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IQBAL CHAHAL EMPANELLED FOR
SECRETARY LEVEL POSTS IN GOI
Mumbai: Iqbal Singh Chahal has been
empanelled for holding Secretary
Equivalent posts in Government of
India. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of
Maharashtra cadre, currntly serving as
Commissioner of Bombay Municipal Corporation.
Chahal is currently on a two day visit to UK.
GYANVAPI MOSQUE
HEARING ADJOURNED
TILL MAY 30
MHA TRANSFERS
‘DOG WALKER’ IAS
TO LADAKH
Varanasi: A local court
here has concluded hear-
ing amid heated arguments
over damage to the Shiv-
ling found inside Gyanvapi
mosque. The next hearing
is on Monday, May 30. The
plea by the Muslim side
had challenged the petition
filed by a group of Hindu
women.
New Delhi: IAS officer San-
jeev Khirwar, who sparked
outrage for taking his dog
for a walk at Thyagaraj
Stadium here, was on
Thursday transferred to
Ladakh by the Union Home
Ministry. His IAS wife,
Rinku Dugga, also faced the
axe as she was transferred
to Arunachal Pradesh.
Civilian killings belie
claims of normalcy: Mufti
Srinagar: After the kill-
ingof afemaleTVartiste
by LeT terrorists in Bud-
gam district, PDP chief
Mehbooba Mufti ques-
tioned the Centre’s J&K
policysayingthecivilian
killings did not support
Govt of India’s claims of
normalcy in the UT.
“In Kashmir, mourn-
ings have sadly become a
dailyritual.Countlessin-
nocentciviliansarekilled
inonewayorother&dev-
astated families are left
behind to pick up pieces.
What will it take for GOI
to recalibrate their J&K
policy to end this blood-
shed,” Mufti tweeted.
KILLINGS A MATTER
OF CONCERN: BJP
Budgam: BJP leader
Kavinder Gupta said on
Thursday that the recently
reported killings in the last
10 days in the Union terri-
tory are a “matter of con-
cern”. While praising the
efforts of security forces
in maintaining peace in
the Union Territory, Gupta
asserted that there is a
need to reform the “de-
sign against extremism”.
PM Modi to inaugurate India’s
biggest drone festival today
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will inaugurate
India’s biggest Drone
Festival -Bharat Drone
Mahotsav 2022 - on Fri-
day at 10 AM at Pragati
Maidan, here.
‘Bharat Drone Ma-
hotsav 2022’ is a two-day
event and being held on
May 27 and 28.
Modi will inaugurate
India’s biggest Drone
Festival ‘Bharat Drone
Mahotsav 2022’ on May
27 at 10 am at Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi, the
Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO) said in a state-
ment.
On this occasion, the
Prime Minister will in-
teract with kisan drone
pilots, witness open-air
drone demonstrations
and interact with start-
ups in the drone exhibi-
tion centre, the state-
ment said.
Over 1,600 delegates
comprising govern-
ment officials, foreign
diplomats, armed forc-
es, central armed police
forces, public sector un-
dertakings, private
companies and drone
startups will partici-
pate in the festival.
More than 70 exhibi-
tors will display vari-
ous use cases of drones
at the exhibition, it
said.
The mahotsav will
also witness a virtual
award of drone pilot
certificates, product
launches, panel discus-
sions, flying demonstra-
tions, display of a Made
in India drone taxi pro-
totype, among others, it
said.
Vinai Kumar Saxena takes oath
as Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor
New Delhi (ANI): Vi-
nai Kumar Saxena on
Thursday was sworn in
as the Lieutenant Gov-
ernor of Delhi.
OnMay23,Saxena,the
chairman of Khadi and
Village Industries Com-
mission, was appointed
Delhi’s new Lieutenant
Governor after Anil Bai-
jal resigned from the po-
sition last week. A state-
ment issued by the Rash-
trapatiBhavaninformed
that President Ram Nath
KovindhasacceptedBai-
jal’s resignation and ap-
pointed Vinai Kumar
Saxena as the new Lieu-
tenant Governor.
Baijal, who served as
Delhi LG for five years
and four months, re-
signed citing personal
reasons.
“The President of In-
dia has been pleased to
appoint Vinai Kumar
Saxena to be the Lt Gov-
ernor of National Capi-
tal Territory of Delhi
with effect from the
date he assumes charge
of his office,” read the
statement.
L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena with
Delhi HC acting Chief Justice
Vipin Sanghi and CM Kejriwal.
MP HARSH VARDHAN
WALKS OUT OF L-G’S
SWEARING-IN
New Delhi (PTI): BJP
MP and former Union
minister Harsh Vardhan
on Thursday left the
swearing-in ceremony
of newly appointed Del-
hi LG Vinai Kumar Saxe-
na at Raj Niwas here,
expressing unhappiness
over seating arrange-
ment for the dignitaries.
Vardhan was seen
leaving the venue,
saying “I will write to
Vinai Kumar Saxena ji
that this is the arrange-
ment,” in a video that
went viral on social
media. “They have not
provided any seat for
even Parliament Mem-
bers,” he was heard
saying when asked what
had happened.
MALIK ‘ALL ALONE’
IN PRISON
Yasin Malik will now
spend the rest of his
life ‘all alone’ in prison.
The Kashmiri separatist
has been lodged in jail
number 7 of the Tihar
prison. Separated from
the outside world, he has
been kept alone inside the
prison, away from nearly
13,000 prisoners.
Congress nurtured
Yasin Malik: MP
Home Minister
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Home Minis-
ter Narottam Mishra
on Thursday alleged
that separatist leader
Yasin Malik, who was
convicted in a terror
funding case, was nur-
tured by the Congress
party.
Mishra put forth his
stance and targeted the
party leaders for not
reacting over life sen-
tence to Yasin Malik.
“Sonia Gandhi, Rahul
Gandhi, Digvijay Sin-
gh’s tweet on Yasin
Malik did not come.
Congress nurtured Ya-
sin Malik has been
convicted by the court,
he himself has accept-
ed the murder on TV,”
he said.
‘8 years, 8 bluffs’, Congress
hits out at Modi government
New Delhi: On com-
pletion of eight years
of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s gov-
ernance, the Congress
on Thursday released
a report card terming
the BJP’s performance
naming it as “eight
years, eight bluffs”.
In the report card,
Congress has high-
lighted the issues such
as inflation, unem-
ployment, economic
mismanagement and
national security as
‘major failures’ of the
government.
Addressing a press
conference, Congress
General Secretary
Randeep Surjewala
and Ajay Maken re-
leased the booklet
named ‘Aath saal,
Aath chhal’ stating
that the “Acche din”
promised by the BJP
is nowhere in sight.
Surjewala added
that people are feeling
thepinchnow.“During
the campaigns in 2014,
Modi used to say that
good days will come
but people are still
waiting for it,” he said.
Maken said, “It is
only the BJP and a few
industrialistswhohave
benefitedfromthisgov-
ernment.” Surjewala
asked why the inci-
dentsof communalvio-
lence are on the rise.
Congress leaders Ajay Maken, Randeep Surjewala, and Vineet
Punia releasing the booklet at AICC HeadQuaters in New
Delhi on Thursday.
PM Modi lashes out at KCR govt
for promoting political dynasty
Hyderabad: Lashing
out at the TRS govern-
ment in Telangana, PM
Narendra Modi on
Thursday said that
when parties dedicated
to one family come to
power, members of that
family become the big-
gest faces of corruption.
Addressing a public
meeting in the state, PM
Modi said, “Due to po-
litical dynasties, the
youth, talents of the
country do not even get
an opportunity to enter
politics. Parivarwad
crushes every dream of
such youth and closes
every door for them.
Therefore,freedomfrom
dynasties, freedom from
family parties is also a
resolution for the India
of the 21st century
.”
“The people of Telan-
gana are seeing that
when parties dedicated
to one family come to
power, the members of
that family become the
biggest faces of corrup-
tion. The people of Tel-
angana are seeing that
family parties only
prosper and fill their
coffers,” he added.
PM Narendra Modi at the graduation ceremony of the PGP Class of 2022, at ISB in Hyderabad on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
INDIA FASTEST
GROWING ECONOMY
AMONG G-20
Hyderabad: India is the
fastest growing economy
among the G-20 nations,
besides boasting of sev-
eral other achievements
including in the start-up
environment, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said on
Thursday. Addressing grad-
uating students of the ISB
in Hyderabad, PM Modi said
that last year the country
attracted record amount of
Foreign Direct Investments.
Today, India is
the fastest
developing
economy in G-20. India is
in the second position
when it comes to internet
users. India is in second
position in global retail
index. India has the third
largest start-up ecosystem
in the world. There are
several such achievements.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
ED raids locations linked
to Sena min Anil Parab
MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
ED FILES CHARGESHEET AGAINST
KARNATAKA CONGRESS PRESIDENT
CBI RAIDS RESIDENCES OF EX-
JHARKHAND MINISTER BANDHU TIRKEY
Karnataka: The Enforcement Directo-
rate has filed a chargesheet against the
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee president DK Shivakumar and
others in a money laundering case on
Thursday. The chargesheet has been
filed in the Rouse Avenue Court of
Delhi before Special Judge Vikas Dhull.
Ranchi: CBI on Thursday conducted
searches at 16 locations, including the
residence of former Jharkhand Sports
Minister Bandhu Tirkey, in connec-
tion with the alleged irregularities in
the multi-crore games equipment
purchases for the 34th National Games
held in Ranchi in 2011, officials said.
Besides Tirkey, the CBI also searched the premises of
noted lawyer RK Anand.
New Delhi/Mumbai:
In a jolt to Shiv Sena, the
ED on Thursday raided
multiple locations in
Maharashtra as part of
a money-laundering
probe against state
transport minister Anil
Parab, known to be close
to CM Uddhav Thacker-
ay, and others linked to
alleged irregularities in
a land deal in coastal
Dapoli area of Ratnagiri
district and other charg-
es, officials said.
Locations in Dapoli,
Mumbai and Pune are
being searched after the
federal agency filed a
fresh case under the
criminal sections of the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act
(PMLA). The Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
action pertains to the
allegations of purchase
of a parcel of land at
Dapoli by Parab in 2017
for a consideration of
Rs 1 crore but it was reg-
istered in 2019. Some
other charges are also
being probed by the
agency. Parab has been
questioned by the ED in
the past in Anil Desh-
mukh’s case also.
Anil Parab
Modi’s touchstone to gauge people’s spirit
upchand Sevkani recalls how PM
Modi used to connect with the
pracharaks during Emergency in
order to carry on the revolution-
ary work of protecting Indian
democracy
.
When Modiji was the Sangath-
an Mahamantri of the State, I was
the district Mahamantri.
This in-
cident that I am narrating here
shows us clearly how Modiji is a
born leader. His leadership quali-
ties are reflected in not just the big
decisions, but also in the smallest
steps he takes for the Sangathan,
the party and the country
.
Once a sabha had been organ-
ised in Ahmedabad during the
Emergency. Modiji was present
for the sabha but we could see
that the chair reserved for the
State Mahamantri
was vacant.
We all were wondering where
Modiji could be when someone
informed that he was present
backstage with the Sangathan
workers. We all headed towards
the backstage to meet Modiji and
find out what he was doing there.
The reply he gave at that point
was so inspirational
that all of us
were touched and humbled by his
simplicity and greatness. He said,
“This backstage is Gujarat. I can
gauge the pulse of Gujarat here. I
get to meet all the workers of San-
gathan and devise strategies for
future action. Meeting workers at
an individual level will take a lot
of time and I only have a few
hours to find out what’s happen-
ing in the state. This is the right
place to ideate.”
Those were the days when the
publication of newspapers had
been shut and the only way to dis-
seminateinformationtothework-
ers was through Panjasya Saapta-
hik. Only one copy was printed
and it was passed on from one
karyakarta to another in clandes-
tine ways such as hiding the copy
beneath the shirt while circulat-
ing it. The Panjasya Saptahik car-
ried information about the activi-
ties of the Sangh and provided
guidelines for the karyakartas to
carry on work during Emergency
.
This weekly guided the karyakar-
tas on ways to protest the wrong-
doings of the government, raising
one’s voice against the authoritar-
ian regime and also laid down the
future of the Sangh once the
Emergency was over. The aim was
to carry on the dialogue and con-
versation of the Sangh, even
though the branches of the Sangh
were shut. In these ways we tried
to ensure that the Sangh stayed
alive and the flow of information
never stopped.
It had not rained enough in
Panchmahal
Zila and in several
districts it was a state of drought.
Water was scarce and people were
facing severe problems. There
was no water or fodder for the
livestock either. We requested
Modiji to help us resolve these is-
sues who immediately
got in
touch with the Secretary and the
Collector regarding these issues.
We met the Collector who asked
us about the issues being faced in
various pockets and assured us of
help and timely action. This is
how Modiji bears the hallmark of
a true leader- a keen observer, a
patient listener, a problem solver
and a strategist par excellence.
R PANJASYA SAPTAHIK:
GUIDELINES FOR
THE KARYAKARTAS
The Panjasya Saptahik carried
information about the activities of
the Sangh and provided guidelines
for the karyakartas to carry on work
during Emergency. This weekly
guided the karyakartas on ways
to protest the wrongdoings of the
government, raising one’s voice
against the authoritarian regime
and also laid down the future of the
Sangh once the Emergency was over.
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UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 6
NO HUNGER WITH MODI’S ‘LANGAR’
WHEN MODI DONNED A CHEF’S HAT AND
SURPRISED EVERYONE’S TASTEBUDS!
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
ssistant at BJP Office, Rohtak, Deepak
Kumar has worked closely for Modiji
as his assistant in the Rohtak BJP of-
fice. He reminisces an interesting an-
ecdote when PM Modi donned the hat
of a chef and with elan. Modiji not
only cooked food but served it too with
love. But can our PM ever do anything
without teaching a valuable lesson?
Well, no! That day Modiji imparted a
lesson in zero-wastage
of food and
prepared parathas with leftovers.
Deepak shares with us how our PM
values personal relationships
above
everything else.
It was 9.30 in the morning when I
heard a tapping at the gate. I opened
the gate and it was Modiji. He made
straight for the kitchen and asked me
for breakfast. I was dumbstruck for a
couple of moments. Regaining my
composure, I said, “We all have had
our breakfast. Unfortunately
, we are
out of food now.” He looked around
and his sight got fix-
ated at a box of pick-
les at the topmost
shelf. I knew what
was coming, so I in-
formed him before-
hand, “Sir it’s only
the masala that’s left.
Pickle as such is fin-
ished.” Modiji asked
me immediately
“So
what do you do with
it?” I said “Sir noth-
ing. It’s just the lefto-
ver. We don’t use
this.” He then in-
structed me, “Take
out the mixture for
me please and chop
some onions, finely.” Meanwhile, he
kneaded the dough with a dash of
leftover pickle mixture and said “Let
me make parathas for us!” Then Modi-
ji made terrific pyaz parathas with the
spicy dough that both of us relished
thoroughly. The lesson he imparted
that day was that no food item should
get wasted. If we use our creativity
and cook with the intention of utiliz-
ing food stuffs efficiently, we are sure
to come up with some interesting
recipes and will get to bond with each
other too, over food.
Not just this. Who does not know
about our PM’s famous khichdi para-
thas? He has often recommended
the
recipe in order to ensure that leftover
khichdi does not go waste. Infact,
when Modiji was national BJP secre-
tary in-charge of Haryana, he served
them to Manohar Lal Khattar who is
still a big fan of the recipe.
A
MODI’S
EXPERIMENTS
IN KITCHEN
LESSONS IN
ZERO-WASTAGE
MODIJI SERVES
FOOD WITH LOVE
Modiji not only
cooked food but
served it too with
love. But can our
PM ever do anything
without teaching a
valuable lesson? Well,
no! That day Modiji
imparted a lesson in
zero-wastage of food
and prepared parathas
with leftovers.
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Fifty Eight years back, on this day, In-
dia lost its first and longest serving
Prime Minister. A lawyer turned politi-
cian, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru played a
crucial role in the tranformation of India
from a British dominion to ‘Swaraj’
ushering in a wave of reforms in educa-
tion to make India a thriving democ-
racy. Born in Allahabad in a family that
hailed from Kashmir, he studied far and
wie in England and returned to India in
1912 and practised law for some years.
In 1916, he married Kamala Kaul and
the following year they had a daughter,
Indira, who went on to become the first
and till now the only, female Prime Min-
ister of India. Nehru is the leader who,
on the eve of Independence, gave the
much revered speech famously called
“Tryst with Destiny”.
P4
REMEMBERING
PANDITJI!

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New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Thursday
said the government is
issuing instructions to
all sports facilities to
stay open for sportsper-
sons till 10 pm.
“It has come to my
notice that sportsper-
sons are facing prob-
lems because of the
heat and the stadiums
get closed by 6 or 7 pm.
We are issuing instruc-
tions that all sports fa-
cilities should remain
open till 10 pm so that
the sportsperson can
use them,” Kejriwal
told reporters.
The direction comes
following a media report
that the Thyagraj Stadi-
um was being closed for
sports activities earlier
than usual so that an
IAS officer could walk
his dog at the facility.
Earlier, Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Siso-
dia had said that Kejri-
wal has directed all
state-run sports facili-
ties in the city to stay
open for sportspersons
till 10 pm.
Tagging the report,
Sisodia said in a tweet:
“News reports have
brought to our notice
that certain sports fa-
cilities are being closed
early causing inconven-
ience to sportsmen who
wish to play till late nite
(night). CM @Arvind-
Kejriwal has directed
that all Delhi Govt
sports facilities to stay
open for sportsmen till
10pm.”
Sports facilities to stay open till 10 pm
Sports facilities to stay open till 10 pm
ORDERS COME AFTER REPORT THAT THYAGRAJ STADIUM WAS BEING CLOSED FOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES EARLIER THAN USUAL
SisodiameetsUKSkillsMinisterto
explorepartnershipopportunities
New Delhi (PTI): Depu-
ty Chief Minister Man-
ish Sisodia on Wednes-
day met UK’s Minister
for Skills Alex Burghart
to explore new partner-
ship opportunities to fos-
ter innovation and give a
boost to Delhi’s higher
education system.
The high-level meet-
ing took place in London.
“Future partnerships
with UK higher educa-
tion institutions will
help us promote innova-
tion and create 21st cen-
tury jobs in Delhi.
“Insightful meeting
with the Minister for
Skills and faculties
from universities gave
us an opportunity to
understand their work-
ing and curricula be-
ing implemented here.
Got some really inno-
vative ideas which can
be implemented in our
state universities,”
said Sisodia, who is
also Delhi’s education
minister. Later, he vis-
ited University of East
London and University
College London (UCL).
“The Delhi govern-
ment is looking for-
ward to collaborating
with universities in the
UK to work together on
different lines such as
teacher education,
sports, skill develop-
ment and research. In-
stitutes like UEL and
UCLarecountedamong
the top higher educa-
tion institutes in the
world and are working
diligently towards the
holistic development of
students,” he added.
The Delhi govern-
ment has held discus-
sions with UCL in the
past too, to explore dif-
ferent avenues such as
curriculum design, re-
search collaboration,
exchange programmes,
creative assessments,
etc.withrespecttoDelhi
Teachers University
. A
collaboration between
Delhi Sports University
and UEL is also on the
cards with respect to de-
signing sports universi-
ty curriculum and ca-
pacity building.
Threat calls to MP
Naveneet Rana:
Police lodges FIR
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police has registered an
FIR a day after
Independent Lok Sabha
MP Navneet Rana, who
was recently granted
bail by a Mumbai
court in connection
with Matoshree-Hanu-
man Chalisa case, filed
a complaint alleging
that she received multi-
ple life threatening
calls, officials said on
Thursday
.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (New Delhi)
Amrutha Guguloth said
the FIR has been regis-
tered at the North Ave-
nue police station un-
der sections 506 (pun-
ishment for criminal
intimidation) and 509
(word, gesture or act in-
tended to insult the
modesty of a woman) of
the Indian Penal Code.
Rana had filed the
complaint with the Del-
hi Police on Wednesday
.
According to the
complaint filed by her
personal assistant, the
MP received 11 calls on
Tuesday from 5.27 pm to
5.47 pm on her personal
mobile number.
Dy CM visits University of East London and University College London
DELHI EDUCATION MINITER SPEAKS
The university has a dedicated School of Health, Sport and Bioscience,
which provides hands-on, experience-led teaching across multiple disci-
plines in sports. We are looking forward to collaborating with UEL to work
on capacity building, innovative curriculum design, research for Delhi
Sports University.
Delhi education minister Manish Sisodia and UK’s Minister for Skills Alex Burghart.
MP Navneet Rana with her husband Ravi Rana. —FILE PHOTO
DDA TO SELL
VERMICOMPOST
ON E-COMMERCE
New Delhi (PTI):
Buoyed by the re-
cord production of
vermicompost at
its parks, the Delhi
Development Au-
thority is contem-
plating making it
available to the gen-
eral public through
e-commerce firms.
At present, the
land-owning agen-
cies is preparing
vermicompost at
133 of its around
800 parks in the
capital. “The DDA
has not purchased
fertilisers for its
parks since Decem-
ber 2020. We are
manufacturing it
on our own using
the green waste fro-
m the parks itself,”
an official said.
MCD APPOINTS 3 DEPUTY
COMMISSIONERS AND
22 ADDITIONAL DCS
New Delhi (PTI): The
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD) has ap-
pointed three deputy
commissioners and 22
additional deputy com-
missioners in its differ-
ent zones and allocated
them departments, offi-
cials said on Thursday.
They said that the ap-
pointment and alloca-
tion of department is a
part of civic body’s on-
going staff structuring
process which is likely
to be completed in a
fortnight.
An order regarding
the appointments was is-
sued by the Central Es-
tablishment Department
of the civic body on May
24, the officials said.
According to the or-
der, Rajesh Goyal has
been appointed as the
deputy commissioner of
City-SP zone and will
also be the DC (land and
estate) for Karol Bagh,
Rohini, Keshav Puram,
Civil Lines, City-SP, and
Narela zones. Sanjeev
Kumar Mishra has been
made the DC (labour)
and also took charge as
DC (factory licensing)
for Shahdara (south and
north) zones, DC (health)
for Karol Bagh, Kehsav
Puram, Rohini, City-SP,
Civil Lines, Narela, and
Shahdara (south and
north) zones.
Satnam Singh has
been appointed as Direc-
tor (Personnel-I), DC
(factory licensing) Karol
Bagh, Keshav Puram,
Rohini, City-SP, Civil
Lines, and Narela zones.
The order said that 22
officials have been ap-
pointed as ADCs (addi-
tional deputy commis-
sioners) and given dif-
ferent responsibilities.
Mundka fire: Families still wait
for remains of loved ones
New Delhi (PTI): It has
been nearly two weeks
since the Mundka fire
tragedy but the families
of many victims are still
awaiting a closure as the
remains of their loved
ones are yet to be handed
over to them.
At least 27 people were
killed and many others
injured in the massive
blaze that ripped through
a four-storey building in
outer Delhi's Mundka on
May 13.
The Delhi Police had
earlier said it has col-
lected biological samples
of 26 people, whose fam-
ily members are believed
to be killed in the fire, for
DNA profiling.
Of the 27 bodies that
were recovered, only
eight bodies have been
identified.
The family of 22-year-
old Monika, one of the
victims of the tragedy,
said since the remains
of her body has not been
handed over to them,
they don't know when
they will be able to per-
form rituals and say
their last goodbye to
her. Family members of
many other victims said
they have become ex-
hausted as despite
their countless visits to
hospitals and police sta-
tions, they are yet to get
remains of their loves
ones.
ON TRACK
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot inaugurates the night test facility at Shakurbasti, Mayur
Vihar and Vishwas Nagar’s Automated Driving Test Tracks in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): A
government survey in
2021 has found that the
performance of Delhi
students of classes 3 and
5 in language, mathe-
matics and environmen-
tal science was below
the national average.
The performance of
Delhi students of classes
8 and 10 was better than
the national average, ac-
cording to the National
Achievement Survey
(NAS) conducted by the
Ministry of Education.
The NAS was con-
ducted throughout the
country for classes 3, 5,
8 and 10 on November
12 last year.
About 34 lakh stu-
dents of 1.18 lakh
schools in both rural
and urban areas in 720
districts participated in
the survey
. The last NAS
was held in 2017.
The national mean
score for all levels (class-
es 3, 5, 8 and 10) and sub-
jects was also found to be
lower than that of the
previous National
Achievement Survey
conducted in 2017.
The NAS covered gov-
ernment, government-
aided and private
schools. The subjects
covered were language,
mathematics and EVS
for classes 3 and 5; lan-
guage, mathematics,
science and social sci-
ence for class 8 and lan-
guage, mathematics,
science, social science
and english for class 10.
Students’ performance of classes 3, 5 below national average
THE SURVEY
lll
The National
Achievement
Survey (NAS)
was conducted
throughout the
country for
classes 3, 5, 8
and 10 on
November 12
last year
HELPLINE TO
COUNTER
'MISCONCEPTION'
New Delhi (PTI): To
counter the “mis-
conception” about
the demolition
drives carried out in
the capital, the Mu-
nicipal Corporation
of Delhi issued a
helpline number on
Thursday on which
people can seek
clarification over
its encroachment
removal actions,
officials said.
The move comes
after Aam Aadmi
Party alleged that
the MCD was
“targeting the poor”
through demolition
drives across the
city.
CRUCIAL READS
WOMAN PLOTS HER
OWN KIDNAP TO
EXTORT MONEY, HELD
New Delhi (PTI): A
38-year-old woman
was arrested for
allegedly plotting her
own kidnapping to
extort money from
her brother, police
said on Thursday. The
police said the woman
was going through a
financial crisis
and was in need of
money following
which she converted
her voice to sound like
a man with the help
of an app and sent
it to her brother for
ransom.
AFGHAN MAN
HELD WITH OVER
`64L DRUG AT
IGI AIRPORT
New Delhi (PTI):
An Afghanistan
national was
apprehended by
CISF personnel
at the Delhi air-
port for carrying
tablets valued
at more than Rs
64 lakh in an al-
leged unauthor-
ised manner. Fa-
zli Ahmad Shah
Mohammad
was intercepted
on Wednesday
evening just
before he was
about to board a
SpiceJet flight to
Kabul via Dubai.
We are issuing instructions
that all sports facilities
should remain open till 10
pm so that the sportsperson can
use them.
Arivind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister

INDIA
03
Sidda rules out Cong-JD(S)
alliance for RS, 2023 polls
Karwar (PTI): Senior
Congress leader Siddar-
amaiah on Thursday
ruled out any “political
relationship” between
his party and the JD(S)
eitherduringtheupcom-
ing Rajya Sabha polls or
the 2023 Assembly elec-
tions in Karnataka.
His statement gains
significance, as none of
the three parties has an
adequate number of
votes to win the fourth
Rajya Sabha seat from
the State Assembly
.
The Leader of Oppo-
sition in the Karnataka
Assembly also made it
clear that he would not
go to national politics,
and would remain ac-
tive in the State.
“There will not be
any relationship (alli-
ance or understanding)
with JD(S)…we (Con-
gress) will not have any
political relationship
with JD(S), there will
not be any relationship
during the elections or
any other political rela-
tionship,” Siddaramai-
ah said in response to a
question.
The June 10 election
to four Rajya Sabha
seats is necessitated as
the term of office of
members — Nirmala
Sitharaman (Union Fi-
nance Minister) and K C
Ramamurthy of BJP,
andJairamRameshand
late Oscar Fernandes of
Congress — is due to ex-
pire on June 30. The last
date of filing nomina-
tions is May 31.
A candidate needs 45
votes to win in this RS
election, and based on
the current party posi-
tion in the Legislative
Assembly, the BJP can
win two seats and Con-
gress one, official
sources said, adding
that the JD(S) can win
one, provided it gets the
support of either one of
the national parties.
Similarly
, in case the
BJP or Congress wants
to win the extra (fourth)
seat, they will need
JD(S)’support,theysaid.
Siddaramaiah HD Deve Gowda
There will not be
any relationship
(alliance or un-
derstanding) with JD(S)…
we (Congress) will not have
any political relationship
with JD(S), there will not
be any relationship during
the elections or any other
political relationship.
—Siddaramaiah,
Senior Congress leader
BRIEF
in
in
ISRAELI DEFENCE
MIN TO VISIT
INDIA NEXT WEEK
COURT TO DELIVER
SENTENCE TO
CHAUTALA TODAY
New Delhi: Israel’s de-
fence minister Benny
Gantz will visit India
next week during
which he will sign a
Letter of Intent (LOI)
to mark 30 years of
bilateral diplomatic
and defence ties, his
office said on Thurs-
day. India and Israel
elevated their bilat-
eral ties to a strategic
partnership during the
historic visit of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi to Israel in July
2017. Since then, the
relationship between
the two countries has
focused on expand-
ing knowledge-based
partnershipincluding
boosting the ‘Make in
India’ initiative.
New Delhi: The Rouse
Avenue Court of Delhi
on Thursday is likely
to pronounce sentenc-
ing against former
Haryana Chief Minister
Om Prakash Chautala
in a disproportionate
assets (DA) case filed
by the Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI).
The Court will hear
arguments first on the
point of sentence and
may pass a sentence
against OP Chautala to-
day. Special Judge (PC
Act) Vikas Dhull, last
week had convicted
Chautala and said the
accused had failed to
satisfactorily account
for such dis-propor-
tionality by proving his
source of income.
Germany OK’s Covaxin
for travel from June 1
New Delhi (Agencies):
German Ambassador to
India and Bhutan, Wal-
ter J Lindner on Thurs-
day said the govern-
ment of the European
nation will start recog-
nising Bharat Biotech’s
COVID-19 vaccine for
travel purpose there
from June 1.
In a tweet, Lindner
said, Very happy that
GER government just
decided to recognise
WHO-listed Covaxin for
travels to GER, starting
June 1! This Embassy
has been pushing very
actively for such deci-
sion (because of Covid-
backlogs visa sections
have longer waiting pe-
riods than normal,
please have patience).
In November last year,
theWorldHealthOrgani-
sation recommended
Emergency Use Listing
(EUL)statusforCovaxin.
Several countries in-
cluding Australia, Ja-
pan and Canada allow
passengers vaccinated
with Covaxin into those
countries.
New Delhi: Maha-
rashtra, followed by
Manipur and Uttar
Pradesh, have recorded
the highest number of
Covid-19 deaths in 2020,
when 1.6 lakh people suc-
cumbed to the virus in the
country. As per the registered
medically certified deaths in 2020,
Maharashtra has recorded the
highest percentage of medically
certified Covid deaths with 17.7
per cent followed by Manipur (15.7
per cent), Uttar Pradesh (15.0 per
cent), Himachal Pradesh (13.5 per
cent), Uttarakhand (12.8 per cent),
Andhra Pradesh (12.0 per cent),
Punjab (11.9 per cent) and Delhi
(10.8 per cent).
MAHA, MANIPUR, UP
RECORD HIGHEST
NUMBER OF COVID-19
DEATHS IN 2020
K’taka students call
for implementation
of HC Hijab verdict
Bengaluru (ANI): Stu-
dents of University Col-
lege, Mangalore have
claimed that the college
hasnotimplementedthe
Hijab rule. As per the
Karnataka high court
order, hijab has been
banned from school and
college campuses. Ac-
cording to a section of
Hindu students in the
Mangaluru college, stu-
dents were allowed to at-
tend classes wearing hi-
jab, media reported.
A section of students
were sitting outside the
Mangaluru college cam-
pus demanded that the
hijab rule be implement-
ed and Muslim students
benotallowedtoallowed
to wear before entering
classes. The students
said that the students
wearing hijab must fol-
low the high court’s or-
der and remove them.
The hijab controversy
had erupted in last year
December when six
Muslim students were
barred from entering
classes. The Udupi Gov-
ernment Pre-university
College, where the girls
studied, were told that a
policy was put in place
which banned the stu-
dents from wearing any
piece of clothing to the
college that was not part
of the uniform.
Temple priest
hacked to
death in TN
Chennai (Agencies): A
priest of Kalaimannan
temple in Tamil Nadu’s
Madurai was hacked to
death on Thursday
morning, police said.
The deceased was
identified as 52-year-old
Lakshmanan, who was
also a government em-
ployee, working as a
clerk at Idayapatti pan-
chayat in Madurai. He
was attacked early in
the morning while he
was on his way to the
temple on a motorbike.
The murder of a tem-
ple priest on the day
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi is visiting the
state has alerted the po-
lice and the DGP has
instructed Madurai po-
lice to immediately nab
the culprits.
However, local police
said that the murder
was due to a personal
grudge between some
distant relatives and the
priest, adding that some
relatives were sore that
Lakshmanan was not
allowing them to get pri-
ority at the temple.
Assam: Gang
rape accused
shot at while
trying to flee
Kokrajhar (PTI): A
man, who was arrested
for his alleged involve-
ment in the gang rape of
a girl, was shot at and
injured when he at-
tempted to escape from
police custody in As-
sam’s Kokrajhar dis-
trict on Thursday, an
officer said.
The police had arrest-
ed the accused, who
along with two others
had allegedly raped the
girl on Monday night,
and he was being taken
to a place where he had
hidden the mobile hand-
set with which they had
filmed the rape inci-
dent, Additional Super-
intendent of Police S S
Panesar said.
As they neared the
Dholmara Ranipur tea
garden, the accused was
showing the spot when
he suddenly turned and
snatched the service
pistol of a police officer
and attempted to fire at
the police team.
Webcasting
at 50% polling
booths in
Tripura bypoll
Agartala (PTI): Atleast
50 per cent of the polling
boothsinthefourassem-
bly seats where bypoll
will be held on June 23
will have webcasting
surveillance to ensure
free and fair election, an
election department of-
ficial said on Thursday
.
Voting in all the 221
booths of Agartala,
Town Bardowli, Surma
and Yubarajnagar con-
stituencies will be video
graphed under proper
security arrangement,
said Tripura chief elec-
toral officer (CEO)
Kiran Gittee.
We plan to bring 50
per cent of the polling
booths under webcast-
ing to ensure free and
fair elections. It may in-
crease depending on the
situation. VVPAT will
be attached to all the
EVMs, he said during a
press conference.
Security forces will
be deployed in all the
polling booths.
DRI seizes 52 kg
cocaine valued
at `500 crore
Monsoon onset over Kerala can
happen anytime till June 1: IMD
The wait for the most
awaited news at this
time of the year just got
extended.
Contrary to its earlier
prediction of the onset
of the Southwest Mon-
soonoverKeralaonMay
27, the India Meteoro-
logical Department
(IMD) on Thursday said
it can happen anytime
this forecasting week
(meaningtillJune1)and
the conditions are being
monitored real time.
The news of onset of
Southwest Monsoon
over Kerala is the most
awaited news for the
agrarian practices
across India that have a
major impact on the do-
mestic economy, in-
cluding on the share
markets.
“Conditions are fa-
vorable for further ad-
vance of Southwest
Monsoon over some
more parts of South
Arabian Sea, entire
Maldives adjoining
areas of Lakshadweep
and some more parts
of Comorin area dur-
ing next 48 hours. Con-
ditions are likely to
become favourable for
onset of monsoon over
Kerala during the
week,” the IMD’s Ex-
tended Range Forecast
said.
This‘week’isthefore-
casting week, from May
26 till June 1, and that in
turn means, the mon-
soon is expected any
time till June 1.
Asked for the spe-
cific reason for the de-
lay, a senior IMD scien-
tist said: “Our earlier
forecast for May 27 did
mention an estimation
of plus/minus four
days. Kerala’s all 14
identified stations
have not received rain-
fall even today.”
Monsoon is a com-
plex phenomenon and a
number of criteria are
to be satisfied before
IMD declares onset
over Kerala and is de-
pendent on factors such
as rainfall, wind field
and Outgoing Long-
wave Radiation (OLR).
First, if after May 10,
60 per cent of the desig-
nated 14 stations en-
listed in Kerala subd-
division report rainfall
of 2.5 mm or more for
two consecutive days,
the onset over Kerala
can be declared on the
second day.
ARREST OF 4 KHALISTANI TERRORISTS:
MHA HANDS OVER CASE TO NIA
The Ministry of Home
Affairs(MHA)hashand-
edoverthecaseof arrest
of four Khalistani ter-
rorists in Karnal to the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA), officials
said here on Thursday
.
The NIA registered a
fresh case against the
four terrorists and also
named another terror-
ist Harvinder Singh
Rinda who is said to be
hiding in Pakistan.
OnMay5,theHaryana
Police arrested four
Khalistani terrorists
who have links with pro-
scribed organisation
Babbar Khalsa Interna-
tional. Arms and ammu-
nition and explosives
were recovered from
their possession. These
Punjab-based gangsters
werearrestedbytheHar-
yanaPoliceatatollplaza
in Haryana’s Karnal.
The four gangsters
were reportedly on their
way to Telangana to de-
liver the explosives and
armswhentheywerear-
rested after inputs from
the Intelligence Bureau
and Punjab Police.
One pistol, 30 car-
tridges, three IEDs
weighing 2.5 kg each
and Rs 1.3 lakh cash is
was recovered from the
vehicle that bore a Del-
hi registration number.
The Directorate of Rev-
enue Intelligence (DRI)
on Thursday said it has
recovered a consign-
ment of 52 kg of cocaine
valued at Rs 500 crore
under “Operation Nam-
keen” at Mundra port
that was imported from
Iran.
“On the basis of ex-
tensive data analysis
and field surveillance,
intelligence was devel-
oped by the DRI that
certain consignments
being imported from
Iran were likely to con-
tain narcotic drugs.
“… ‘Op Namkeen’
was launched and a con-
signment, declared to
contain 1,000 bags of
common salt having
gross weight of 25 MT,
which had been import-
ed at Mundra port from
Iran, was identified for
detailed examination,”
said a DRI official.
The said consign-
ment was examined for
three continuous days
from May 24-26.
During the examina-
tion, some bags were
found to be suspicious,
as a substance in pow-
der form having dis-
tinct smell was found in
these bags.
Samples were drawn
from those suspected
bags and testing was
conducted by officials
of Directorate of Foren-
sic Sciences, Gujarat,
who reported the pres-
ence of cocaine in these
samples.
DEFENCE MINISTER IN KARNATAKA
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inspects naval guard of honour upon his arrival, in Karwar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Conditions are likely to become favourable for onset of monsoon over Kerala during the week.

PERSPECTIVE
04
Modi’s touchstone to gauge people’s spirit
upchand Sevkani recalls how PM
Modi used to connect with the
pracharaks during Emergency in
order to carry on the revolution-
ary work of protecting Indian
democracy
.
When Modiji was the Sangath-
an Mahamantri of the State, I was
the district Mahamantri. This in-
cident that I am narrating here
shows us clearly how Modiji is a
born leader. His leadership quali-
ties are reflected in not just the big
decisions, but also in the smallest
steps he takes for the Sangathan,
the party and the country
.
Once a sabha had been organ-
ised in Ahmedabad during the
Emergency. Modiji was present
for the sabha but we could see
that the chair reserved for the
State Mahamantri was vacant.
We all were wondering where
Modiji could be when someone
informed that he was present
backstage with the Sangathan
workers. We all headed towards
the backstage to meet Modiji and
find out what he was doing there.
The reply he gave at that point
was so inspirational that all of us
were touched and humbled by his
simplicity and greatness. He said,
“This backstage is Gujarat. I can
gauge the pulse of Gujarat here. I
get to meet all the workers of San-
gathan and devise strategies for
future action. Meeting workers at
an individual level will take a lot
of time and I only have a few
hours to find out what’s happen-
ing in the state. This is the right
place to ideate.”
Those were the days when the
publication of newspapers had
been shut and the only way to dis-
seminateinformationtothework-
ers was through Panjasya Saapta-
hik. Only one copy was printed
and it was passed on from one
karyakarta to another in clandes-
tine ways such as hiding the copy
beneath the shirt while circulat-
ing it. The Panjasya Saptahik car-
ried information about the activi-
ties of the Sangh and provided
guidelines for the karyakartas to
carry on work during Emergency
.
This weekly guided the karyakar-
tas on ways to protest the wrong-
doings of the government, raising
one’s voice against the authoritar-
ian regime and also laid down the
future of the Sangh once the
Emergency was over. The aim was
to carry on the dialogue and con-
versation of the Sangh, even
though the branches of the Sangh
were shut. In these ways we tried
to ensure that the Sangh stayed
alive and the flow of information
never stopped.
It had not rained enough in
Panchmahal Zila and in several
districts it was a state of drought.
Water was scarce and people were
facing severe problems. There
was no water or fodder for the
livestock either. We requested
Modiji to help us resolve these is-
sues who immediately got in
touch with the Secretary and the
Collector regarding these issues.
We met the Collector who asked
us about the issues being faced in
various pockets and assured us of
help and timely action. This is
how Modiji bears the hallmark of
a true leader- a keen observer, a
patient listener, a problem solver
and a strategist par excellence.
R
PANJASYA SAPTAHIK:
GUIDELINES FOR
THE KARYAKARTAS
The Panjasya Saptahik carried
information about the activities of
the Sangh and provided guidelines
for the karyakartas to carry on work
during Emergency. This weekly
guided the karyakartas on ways
to protest the wrongdoings of the
government, raising one’s voice
against the authoritarian regime
and also laid down the future of the
Sangh once the Emergency was over.
YOU READ PART-5 ON MAY 26, 2022
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 6
NO HUNGER WITH MODI’S ‘LANGAR’
WHEN MODI DONNED A CHEF’S HAT AND
SURPRISED EVERYONE’S TASTEBUDS!
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
ssistant at BJP Office, Rohtak, Deepak
Kumar has worked closely for Modiji
as his assistant in the Rohtak BJP of-
fice. He reminisces an interesting an-
ecdote when PM Modi donned the hat
of a chef and with elan. Modiji not
only cooked food but served it too with
love. But can our PM ever do anything
without teaching a valuable lesson?
Well, no! That day Modiji imparted a
lesson in zero-wastage of food and
prepared parathas with leftovers.
Deepak shares with us how our PM
values personal relationships above
everything else.
It was 9.30 in the morning when I
heard a tapping at the gate. I opened
the gate and it was Modiji. He made
straight for the kitchen and asked me
for breakfast. I was dumbstruck for a
couple of moments. Regaining my
composure, I said, “We all have had
our breakfast. Unfortunately, we are
out of food now.” He looked around
and his sight got fix-
ated at a box of pick-
les at the topmost
shelf. I knew what
was coming, so I in-
formed him before-
hand, “Sir it’s only
the masala that’s left.
Pickle as such is fin-
ished.” Modiji asked
me immediately “So
what do you do with
it?” I said “Sir noth-
ing. It’s just the lefto-
ver. We don’t use
this.” He then in-
structed me, “Take
out the mixture for
me please and chop
some onions, finely.” Meanwhile, he
kneaded the dough with a dash of
leftover pickle mixture and said “Let
me make parathas for us!” Then Modi-
ji made terrific pyaz parathas with the
spicy dough that both of us relished
thoroughly. The lesson he imparted
that day was that no food item should
get wasted. If we use our creativity
and cook with the intention of utiliz-
ing food stuffs efficiently, we are sure
to come up with some interesting
recipes and will get to bond with each
other too, over food.
Not just this. Who does not know
about our PM’s famous khichdi para-
thas? He has often recommended the
recipe in order to ensure that leftover
khichdi does not go waste. Infact,
when Modiji was national BJP secre-
tary in-charge of Haryana, he served
them to Manohar Lal Khattar who is
still a big fan of the recipe.
A
MODI’S
EXPERIMENTS
IN KITCHEN
LESSONS IN
ZERO-WASTAGE
MODIJI SERVES
FOOD WITH LOVE
Modiji not only
cooked food but
served it too with
love. But can our
PM ever do anything
without teaching a
valuable lesson? Well,
no! That day Modiji
imparted a lesson in
zero-wastage of food
and prepared parathas
with leftovers.
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INDIA
05
BIG INFRA PUSH IN SOUTH
PM lays foundation stone of 11
projects worth over `31K Cr
Chennai (Agencies):
dra Modi on Thursday
dedicated to the nation
several completed pro-
jectsandlaidthefounda-
tion stone for several
new schemes in Tamil
Nadu’s Chennai.
The PM dedicated to
the nation five projects
worth over Rs 2,960
crore, in the presence of
Governor RN Ravi, Un-
ion Minister L Murugan
and CM Stalin.
Further, he also wit-
nessed inauguration of
1,152housesconstructed
as part of the Light
House Project-Chennai,
built at a cost of Rs 116
crore under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana-Ur-
ban. The prime minister
also laid the foundation
stoneof 6projects,worth
over Rs 28,000 crore.
Among them are the
262 km long Bengaluru-
Chennai Expressway
,
whichwouldbebuiltata
cost of over Rs 14,870
crore. It would pass
through the states of
Karnataka, Andhra
PradeshandTamilNadu
and help reduce travel
timebetweenBengaluru
and Chennai by two to
three hours.
The PM also laid the
foundation stone of a
Multi-Modal Logistic
Park at Chennai worth
around Rs 1430 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the foundation stone laying dedication to the nation of mult-
crore intrastructure projects, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister MK Stalin and Governor RN Ravi and other leaders are also seen. —PHOTO BY PTI
STALIN: MAKE
TAMIL OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE ON
PAR WITH HINDI
Chennai (Agencies):
Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister MK Stalin
urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Thursday to make Ta-
mil an official language
on par with Hindi as
the two shared stage
at an event in Chen-
nai. He also called
for exempting Tamil
Nadu from the national
medical entrance test
NEET after a bill was
passed recently in the
state assembly. “Make
Tamil the official lan-
guage like Hindi and
the official language in
Madras High Court,”
said the Chief Minister.
Three LeT terrorists gunned
down in Kupwara encounter
Srinagar (ANI): Three
terrorists affiliated
with terror outfit LeT
were neutralised in an
encounter between ter-
rorists and security
forcesatKreeriinNorth
Kashmir’s Kupwara dis-
trict on Thursday
.
“Their identification
is being ascertained. In-
criminating materials
including arms and am-
munition have been re-
covered,” IGP Kashmir
told media.
“Based on a specific
input developed by Kup-
wara Police regarding
infiltration attempt of
terrorists in village
Jumagund, Kupwara,
an encounter has start-
ed when the infiltrating
terrorists were inter-
cepted by the Army and
the Police,” police said.
The firefight between
terrorists and security
forces took place after a
joint team of the police
and the security forces
cordoned off the area
and launched a search
operation on the basis
of specific information
about presence of ter-
rorists. As the security
forces zeroed in on the
spot where terrorists
were hiding they came
under a heavy volume
of fire that triggered
the encounter.
NINE KILLED AS CAB FALLS INTO DEEP
GORGE IN GANDERBAL DISTRICT
Srinagar (Agencies): Nine people, including an
Army personnel, were killed when their cab rolled
into a deep gorge on the Srinagar-Leh national
highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal dis-
trict, officials said on Thursday. The cab, on its way
from Kargil to Srinagar, skidded off the road late
on Wednesday at Zojila and rolled down the gorge,
they added. The police, army and locals launched
a search-cum-rescue operation and recovered four
bodies and rescued five others who were rushed
to a hospital, officials said. Those rescued suc-
cumbed to injuries at the hospital, they said.
KARTI GRILLED FOR
9 HOURS BY CBI
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI
on Thursday questioned
Congress MP Karti Chid-
ambaram for nine hours in
connection with an alleged
scam pertaining to the
issuance of visas to 263
Chinese nationals in 2011
when his father P Chidam-
baram was home minister,
officials said. A special
court had ordered Karti
Chidambaram to join the
CBI investigation within 16
hours of his arrival from the
UK and Europe, where he
had gone with the permis-
sion of the Supreme Court
and the special court.
Breather for Karti Chidambaram as Court
stays his arrest in visa case till May 30
New Delhi (PTI): A
DelhicourtonThursday
granted interim protec-
tion from arrest till May
30 to Congress MP Karti
Chidambaram in a case
registered by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) in the Chinese Vi-
sas case.
Special Judge M K
Nagpal also issued no-
tice to the ED on the an-
ticipatory bail applica-
tionmovedbyKartiChi-
dambaram.
The ED recently regis-
tered the money-laun-
deringcaseagainstKarti
Chidamabaram and oth-
ers in the alleged scam
about the issuance of vi-
sasto263Chinesenation-
als in 2011 when his fa-
ther P Chidambaram
was the home minister.
The federal agency
has filed its case under
the provisions of the
PMLA taking cogni-
sance of a recent first
information report by
theCBIinthesamecase.
Karti outside the CBI headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday.
Jitendra Singh inaugurates India’s first
Lavendar Festival in Jammu’s Bhaderwah
Jammu (Agencies):
Union Minister Dr. Ji-
tendra Singh on Thurs-
day inaugurated the
country’s first ‘Laven-
dar festival’ at Jammu’s
Bhaderwah where the
cultivation of lavender
has transformed the
economy of the moun-
tainous area.
The Minister de-
scribed Bhaderwah in
the Doda district as the
birthplace of India’s
purple revolution,
which he said was pos-
sible due to the vision-
ary rural upliftment
policies of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
Jitendra Singh ac-
cused previous govern-
ments of neglecting
places like Bhaderwah
and said the economy
of such areas was now
improving because of
better connectivity
through roads and tun-
nels created by the
Modi government.
Lavenderhaschanged
the fortunes of farmers
in Jammu and Kashmir
under the ‘Aroma Mis-
sion or Purple Revolu-
tion’, an initiative of the
Central government to-
wards transforming the
lives of UT’s farmers’
community
.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh speaks after inaugurating the
country’s first ‘Lavender Festival’ in JK on Thursday.
Bihar: Naxal wanted in
500 cases found dead
Gaya (Agencies): Secu-
rity forces have recov-
ered the body of naxal
commander Sandeep
Yadav, who carried a re-
wardof Rs83lakhonhis
head announced by dif-
ferentstategovernments
onhishead,fromBanke-
bazar village in Gaya
district, police said.
Yadav was found dead
under mysterious cir-
cumstancesinBaburam-
dih area of the village
under Lutua police sta-
tion on Wednesday
.
The police, however,
confirmed Yadav’s
death on Thursday
.
He was wanted in
over 500 cases in six
states, including Bihar
and Jharkhand.
Gaya senior superin-
tendent of police Har-
preet Kaur said the au-
topsy was conducted at
AnugrahNarayanMedi-
calCollegeinGayainthe
presenceof amagistrate
andtheentireprocessof
was videographed.
The exact cause of
death can be ascer-
tained only by the re-
port of the postmortem
report, she added.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with RLD chief Jayant.
SP fields Jayant for
Rajya Sabha polls
Lucknow (ANI): Rash-
triya Lok Dal chief Jay-
ant Chaudhary will be
the joint candidate of
the Samajwadi Party
and RLD for the Rajya
Sabha elections.
With this, Jayant
Chaudhary will be its
third candidate for the
Rajya Sabha polls, slat-
ed to be held on June 10.
The RLD is a constitu-
ent of the SP-led alli-
ance in Uttar Pradesh.
EarlieronWednesday
,
Kapil Sibal and Javed
Ali filed their nomina-
tions for the Rajya Sab-
ha polls. Sibal said that
hehadquittheCongress
last week and is in the
fray as an independent
candidate with the sup-
port of Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s SP
.
Elections to 57 Rajya
Sabha seats spread
across 15 states will take
place on June 10. The
maximum number of
seatsisinUttarPradesh,
with polls to be held for
11 vacancies.
In February-march
this year, the RLD won
only eight out of 33 seats
on which the party had
fielded candidates. The
SP bagged 111 seats.
MISA BHARTI,
FAIYAZ AHMAD
TO BE RJD’S
CANDIDATES
Patna (ANI): The RJD,
which is the leading
opposition in Bihar, has
revealed its candidates
for the upcoming Rajya
Sabha elections. Ac-
cording to media, RJD
has chosen Misa Bharti
and Faiyaz Ahmad as
the party candidates
for the polls. Misa is
Lalu’s eldest daughter
and sitting RS mem-
ber while Dr. Faiyaz
Ahmad is a former
MLA and a senior
member of the party.
Budget Govt’s ‘vision
for next 5 yrs’: Yogi
Lucknow (PTI):TheUt-
tar Pradesh budget for
2022-23 meets the aspira-
tionsof thepeopleof the
State and is the govern-
ment’s vision for the
next five years, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath said on May 26.
The budget has taken
care of the BJP’s Lok
Sankalp Patra (election
Manifesto) released dur-
ing the Assembly polls,
and out of 130 resolu-
tions, 97 have been ad-
dressed, CM Yogi said.
Along with the all-in-
clusive development of
theState,thebudgetwill
also prepare the road-
map for a bright future,
Mr. Adityanath added.
This is the biggest
budget of the state till
date. Yogi also said the
budget was prepared
keeping in mind the
overall development of
the State.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
lll
Naga national
flag symbolising
the community’s
political identity
is not negotiable.
The issue is the
longest-running
insurgency
movement in
Southeast Asia
Guwahati: The fate of
the Naga peace process
hangs in the balance as
the Isak-Muivah faction
of the major insurgent
group National Social-
ist Council of Nagalim
or NSCN-IM on Thurs-
day said in clear terms
that it would not accept
the “Naga national
flag” as a cultural flag
as hinted by Govern-
ment of India.
“It is unthinkable for
NSCN to accept Naga
national flag as cultural
flag as hinted by Gov-
ernment of India. Naga
National Flag that sym-
bolises Naga political
identity is not negotia-
ble,” the NSCN-IM said
in the editorial of its
latest “news bulletin”
Nagalim Voice.
The statement comes
against the backdrop of
reports emanating
from Nagaland that the
Centre has offered that
the Naga national flag
could be used for cul-
tural purposes and
there would be some
reflection of the Naga
constitution in the con-
stitution of India.
The NSCN-IM said
when the Framework
Agreement was signed
on August 3, 2015,
dra Modi went “histri-
onic” by announcing
he had solved the long-
est-running insurgen-
cy movement in the
Southeast Asia.
“Today, the NSCN is
watching how the same
PM of India is going to
handle Framework
Agreement with NSCN
and Naga people that he
himself took so much
pride and credit,” the
editorial reads.
The outfit expressed
concern over the “ha-
bitual betraying” na-
ture of the Centre.
“Such has the de-
pravity on the part of
the Government of In-
dia been that every
good thing gained dur-
ing the 25 years of In-
do-Naga political talks
is facing the risk of go-
ing down the drain,”
the NSCN-IM said.
The outfit added that
the “unfortunate devel-
opment” was tanta-
mount to political
blackmail but it was
unnerved in the face of
such brinkmanship.
There has been a sud-
den spike in political
activity and whispers
of a Naga settlement in
Nagaland following the
Centre’s recent sepa-
rate meetings with
Naga leaders.
The meetings fol-
lowed Nagaland Deputy
Chief Minister Yant-
hungo Patton’s state-
ment back home that
some senior insurgent
leaders do not want a
settlement to the issue
so that they can contin-
ue to enjoy the comforts
of life at people’s cost.
Fate of peace process hangs in balance as NSCN-IM rejects Centre’s offer
UNTHINKABLE TO ACCEPT NAGA NATIONAL FLAG AS CULTURAL FLAG
People hold Naga National flag. —FILE PHOTO

BIZ BUZZ
06
Ministry of Road
Transport and High-
ways has increased the
third-party motor in-
surance premium for
various categories of
vehicles with effect
from June 1, a decision
which is likely to jack
up the insurance cost
of cars and two-wheel-
ers. According to the
revised rates notified
by the MoRTH on
Wednesday, private
cars with an engine ca-
pacity of 1,000 cc will
attract rates of `2,094
compared to `2,072 in
2019-20. Similarly, pri-
vate cars with an en-
gine capacity between
1,000 cc and 1,500 cc
will attract rates of
`3,416 compared to
`3,221, while owners of
cars above 1,500 cc will
see a drop in premium
from `7,897 to `7,890.
Two-wheelers over
150 cc but not exceed-
ing 350 cc will attract a
premium of `1,366, and
for over 350 cc, the re-
vised premium will be
`2,804.
After a two-year mor-
atorium due to the
COVID-19 pandemic,
the revised Third-Par-
ty (TP) insurance pre-
mium will come into
effect from June 1.
Earlier, TP rates
were notified by the In-
surance Regulatory
and Development Au-
thority of India. This is
the first time that the
MoRTH has notified
the TP rates in consul-
tation with the insur-
ance regulator.
THIRD-PARTY MOTOR INSURANCE
PREMIUM TO GO UP FROM JUNE 1
MoRTH has
increased the TP
motor insurance
premium for
variouscategories
7.5% DISCOUNT FOR HYBRID EVs
Ambassador likely
to make a comeback
The iconic Ambassador
is likely to make a come-
back in two years in a
brand new avatar. Hind
Motor Financial Corpo-
ration of India (HMF-
CI) and Peugeot are col-
laborating on the de-
sign and engine of the
‘Amby’ which will be
launched in a new in-
carnation.
The new model of the
classic car brand will
be manufactured at
Hindustan Motors’
(HM) Chennai facility,
which is run
by HMFCI, a
CK Birla
Group affili-
ate compa-
ny, Times of India re-
ported.
HM director Uttam
Bose told TOI on
Wednesday that work is
under way to bring out
the ‘new look’ Amby.
“Mechanical and de-
sign work for the new
engine has reached an
advanced stage,” he
added. Ambassador
was a status symbol in
India from the 1960s to
the mid-1990s.
CIL to divest
25% stake in
BCCL
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned CIL
on Thursday said
it is planning to
divest 25% stake
in its unlisted arm
Bharat Coking Coal
Ltd (BCCL) and will
go for the subse-
quent listing of the
subsidiary on stock
exchanges after
obtaining further
clearances. Stating
that the company’s
board had given only
“in principle” approv-
al to the proposal,
CIL said that only
after getting further
clearance from the
government, subse-
quent action would
be initiated.
Singtel to sell
2-4% stake in
Airtel to Mittals
New Delhi (PTI):
Singapore-based
telecom firm Singtel
is in talks with Bharti
Airtel chairman
Sunil Mittal to sell
its 2-4% stake in the
company, a source
said. As per m-cap,
Singtel will be able
to generate close to
`7,500 crore on sale
of its 2% stake. “The
discussion is going
on between Singtel
and Mr Mittal. Sing-
tel is looking to sell
2-4% stake in Bharti
Airtel to Mr Mittal,”
a source said but did
not disclose whether
transaction will take
place in Bharti Airtel
or Bharti Telecom.
ONGC offers
stake in KG block
to foreign cos
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned ONGC
is offering a stake to
foreign companies
in its ultra deepsea
gas discovery and
a high-pressure,
high-temperature
block in the KG
basin as it looks for
financial and techno-
logical help to bring
the challenging fields
to production. ONGC
has floated an initial
tender seeking inter-
est of global majors
with “requisite tech-
nical expertise and
financial strength”
to join as partners
in development of
the DDW block of its
KG-D5 area.
Flexi-cap funds
see `35,877 cr
inflow in FY22
New Delhi (PTI):
The newly-created
flexi-cap category
— which requires
MFs to invest at least
65% of the corpus
in equity without
any restrictions on
investing in large,
mid or small-cap
stock — registered a
net inflow of `35,877
crore in 2021-22. Of
the `35,877 crore,
flexi-cap funds saw a
net inflow of `6,191
crore for the quarter
ended Dec 2021 and
`8,950 crore for
three months ended
March 2022.
FY22 GDP GROWTH SEEN AT 8.2-8.5%: SBI
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The State Bank
of India (SBI) research
report Ecowrap, in its
latest edition, project-
ed India’s GDP growth
for FY22 to be at 8.2-
8.5%. For Q4FY22, the
report projected
growth at 2.7%.
“We however believe
the GDP projection for
Q4FY22 is clouded by
significant uncertain-
ties. For example, even
a 1% downward revi-
sion in Q1 GDP esti-
mates of FY22 from
20.3%, all other things
remaining unchanged
could push Q4 GDP
growth to 3.8%,” the
report said.
Early trend of
Q4FY22 results for cor-
porates, in the listed
space, reported better
growth across param-
eters as compared to
Q4FY21 albeit contrac-
tion in operating mar-
gin due to higher input
costs. Sectors such as
steel, FMCG, chemi-
cals, IT-software, auto
ancillary, and paper re-
ported better growth
numbers.
However, automo-
bile, cement, capital
goods-electrical equip-
ment, and edible oil
reported growth in the
top line in Q4FY22, reg-
istered negative
growth in PAT.
“Meanwhile global-
ly, while the average
real GDP Y-o-Y growth
in Q1 2022 for 25 econo-
mies at 5.5% is a tad
higher than the preced-
ing quarter, GDP
growth is marking an
abrupt reversal in ma-
jor economies.
FOR Q4FY22, THE STATE BANK OF INDIA (SBI) RESEARCH REPORT ECOWRAP PROJECTED GROWTH AT 2.7 PER CENT
MOODY’S LOWERS INDIA’S
GROWTH FORECAST TO 8.8%
New Delhi (PTI):
Moody’s Investors Ser-
vice on Thursday
slashed India’s econom-
ic growth projection to
8.8% for 2022 from 9.1%
earlier, citing high in-
flation.
In its update to Glob-
al Macro Outlook 2022-
23, Moody’s said high-
frequency data suggests
that the growth momen-
tum from December
quarter 2021 carried
through into the first
four months this year.
However, the rise in
crude oil, food and ferti-
lizer prices will weigh
on household finances
and spending in the
months ahead. Rate
hike to prevent energy
and food inflation from
becoming more gener-
alized will slow the de-
mand recovery’s mo-
mentum, it said.
“We have lowered our
calendar-year 2022
growth forecast for In-
dia to 8.8% from our
March forecast of 9.1%,
while maintaining our
2023 growth forecasts at
5.4%,” Moody’s said.
Strong credit growth,
a large increase in in-
vestment intentions an-
nounced by the corpo-
rate sector, and a high
budget allocation to
capital spending by the
government indicate
that the investment cy-
cle is strengthening.
EARLY TRENDS REPORT BETTER GROWTH
High-frequency
data suggests
that the growth
momentum from
Dec 21 quarter
carried through
into the first four
months this year
Vegetables
get costlier,
tomatoes at
`100 per kg
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): After LPG cyl-
inder, rising prices
of tomatoes and
green vegetables are
jeopardising the
common man’s
kitchen budget. In
Delhi, tomatoes are
being sold for `60-80;
while in many cities
its prices have
reached `100 amid
shortfall in supply
.
Apart from toma-
toes, green vegeta-
bles have also gone
costlier in compari-
son to the last week.
Lemon is being
sold in Delhi for `200
to `250 per kg. Simi-
larly, brinjal is at `60
to 80 per kg, calabash
(laoki) `50, cauli-
flower `100 to `120,
onion and potato `40,
capsicum `100 to
`130, carrot `80 and
spinach is being sold
at `60 per kg.
Other vegetables
are also becoming
expensive amid the
shortfall in supply,
said a trader.
Sensex snaps 3-day losing
run, ends 503 points up
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
markets recovered on
Thursday after falling
for the past three days,
with the Sensex jump-
ing over 500 points, aid-
ed by buying in HDFC
twins and ICICI Bank
amid mostly positive
trends in global equi-
ties. The 30-share BSE
Sensex rallied 503.27
points or 0.94% to settle
at 54,252.53. The broad-
er NSE Nifty gained
144.35 points or 0.90% to
end at 16,170.15.
From the Sensex
pack, Tata Steel, State
Bank of India, HDFC
Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI
Bank, HDFC, Nestle,
Wipro, TCS and Tech
Mahindra were among
the prominent gainers.
` SLIPS 2 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 77.57 AGAINST
US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined 2 paise to close at
77.57 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, as
firm crude prices and relentless
foreign capital outflows dented
investor sentiment. However, a
rally in domestic equities and a
weak American currency in the
overseas market restricted the
rupee’s fall, traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange
market, the rupee opened at 77.54 against the greenback
and touched an intra-day low of 77.65 and a high of 77.52.
It finally settled at 77.57, down 2 paise over its previous
close of 77.55.
Advisoryboardformed
for electronics mfg
The Ministry of Elec-
tronics and Informa-
tion Technology has
formed an advisory
board on making India
a $300 billion electron-
ics manufacturing hub
by 2026. The board is
composed of members
from major local and
multinational electron-
ics brands and industry
bodies. It succeeds a
fast tracked task force
set up in December
2014, that focused only
on smartphone manu-
facturing. With the new
group, the ambit has
been expanded to in-
clude other categories
like IT hardware, wear-
ables, LED lights, etc.
Speaking about the
group, Pankaj Moh-
indroo, Chairman,
ICEA, said the basis for
forming the group came
from a report published
by ICEA that outlined
the strategies, challeng-
es and policy work
needed to achieve the
$300 bn target. The re-
port outlines that to
achieve the $300 bn tar-
get, mobile manufactur-
ing has to increase from
$30 bn in 2021 to $126 bn
by 2026, while IT hard-
ware manufacturing
has to go from $3 bn
presently to $25 bn, and
so on.
FTA negotiations
with India very
soon, says EU
New Delhi (PTI): Eu-
ropean Union Execu-
tive Vice-President and
Trade Commissioner
Valdis Dombrovskis
has said the EU will for-
mally launch negotia-
tions for the proposed
free trade agreement
with India “very soon”.
“Excellent meeting
with Minister Goyal @
PiyushGoyal from In-
dia. Will formally
launch Free Trade
Agreement negotia-
tions very soon,” ac-
cording to a tweet by
Dombrovskis on Thurs-
day (May 26).
BMW expects EV to account for over 10% of total sales
Gurugram (PTI): Ger-
man luxury carmaker
BMW is expecting elec-
tric vehicle sales to ac-
count for over 10% of
its total car sales in In-
dia by next year, as it
accelerates its electrifi-
cation journey in the
country, a top company
official said.
The company, which
launched its all-electric
sedan i4 in India at an
introductory price of
`69.9 lakh, is confident
that with the “widest
electric vehicle portfo-
lio” it will lead the
charge in electromobil-
ity” in India.
In Nov 2021, the com-
pany announced plans
to launch three electric
vehicles in six months
in India. It has already
launched its technology
flagship all-electric
SUV iX and all-electric
MINI SE luxury hatch-
back. In the Jan-March
period of 2022, BMW
group had posted one of
its best quarters in In-
dia with a 25.3% jump
in four-wheeler sales.
Venue crosses 3 lakh
sales milestone
New Delhi (PTI): Hyundai
Motor India on Thursday
said its compact SUV
Venue has crossed 3 lakh
sales mark. While the
company sold over 2.5
lakh SUVs in 2021, Venue
accounted for over 42% of
the dispatches with a total
of 1.08 lakh units. The
model had a market share
of 16.9% in the segment.
Kia India opens
bookings for EV6
New Delhi (PTI): Kia India
on Thursday said it has
commenced bookings
for EV6, its first electric
model in the country. The
EV6 can be booked with a
token amount of `3 lakh
exclusively through 15
select dealerships across
12 cities. Customers can
also book through the Kia
India website.

07
NEWS
OBC QUOTA ROW
YOGI'S MASTERSTROKE
TOWARDS 1 TN ECONOMY
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh Government
led by Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Thursday announced
a budget of Rs. 6,15,
518.97 crore for the fi-
nancial year 2022-23,
which is almost dou-
ble the size of Rs
3,46,935 crore budget
presented by Akhilesh
Yadav Government for
the financial year
2016-17.
It is also significant-
ly higher than Yogi
Government’s budget
of Rs 5,50,270.78 crore
for financial year 2021-
22 which included new
schemes worth Rs
27,598.40 crore. It is be-
ing seen as a master
stroke towards realis-
ing the dream of
achieving one trillion
economy for Uttar
Pradesh.
The Yogi Govern-
ment’s budget in-
cludes new schemes
worth Rs 39,181.10
crore, which is three
times higher than
Akhilesh Yadav Gov-
ernment’s proposal of
Rs 13,842 crore for new
development schemes.
UP Budget focuses on education of youth, employment, empowerment
of women and farmers, law order as well as all-round growth
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. —PHOTO BY PTI
YOGI ANNOUNCES
PLANS TO
BOOST
MEDICAL EDU
Lucknow: Sharp-
ening the focus
on boosting
medical education
in Uttar Pradesh,
the Yogi Adity-
anath government
has earmarked Rs
2,100 crore for
medical colleges
in 14 districts.
The budget also
proposes Rs
100 crore for
the treatment of
chronic diseases
among economi-
cally poor people
in the state. The
government has
made remarkable
progress in the
direction of devel-
oping high-qual-
ity and specialist
medical facilities
in the state. In
line with the goal
to make the state
self-sufficient
in medical and
health facilities,
funds have been
proposed for dif-
ferent schemes in
the sector.
Yogi govt opens coffers to
develop Smart Cities in UP
Lucknow: The Yogi
government, en-
gaged in creating a
long chain of smart
cities in the state,
has given a big push
to the Urban Devel-
opment in the first
financial budget of
its second term.
The main focus of
the government is
on making the cities
beautiful, clean un-
der the Smart City
Scheme. It is also the
aim of the govern-
ment to provide all
the basic facilities to
the people living in
the cities.
Taking this work
forward, during the
budget session on
Thursday, the state
govt has made a pro-
vision of Rs 2000 cr
for 10 cities selected
underCentralSmart
City and Rs 210 cr for
7 selected cities in
State Smart City
.
The Smart City
Mission scheme in
UP, which is mov-
ing forward on the
path of develop-
ment.
Maha BJP chief
tells Supriya Sule
to go home cook
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharashtra
BJP president Chandra-
kant Patil sparked a
controversy by telling
NCP MP Supriya Sule to
go home and cook in-
stead of being in poli-
tics, prompting a strong
reaction from her party
.
Patil made the re-
marks during a protest
by the state BJP unit in
Mumbai on Wednesday
in support of reserva-
tion for the Other Back-
ward Classes (OBCs) in
elections.
However, the BJP
leader clarified on
Thursday that his re-
marks were part of a
rural style of speak-
ing and that he did not
mean to disrespect
women or Sule, the
daughter of NCP chief
Sharad Pawar.
Whenever I meet
Sule, we always greet
each other with re-
spect,” Patil said.
On Wednesday, Patil,
during the BJP's pro-
test, hit out at Sule, say-
ing, Why are you
(Sule) even in politics,
just go home and cook.
Go to Delhi or to a cem-
etery, but get us the
OBC quota. Despite be-
ing a Lok Sabha mem-
ber, how come you don't
know how to get an ap-
pointment with chief
minister.
“Whenever I
meet Sule, we
always greet
each other with
respect,” Patil
said.
TELANGANA MAN FOUND DEAD IN
HOTEL ROOM IN DELHI'S MAHIPALPUR
New Delhi (PTI): A man from Telangana was
found dead in a hotel room in Southwest Delhi’s
Mahipalpur on Thursday morning, police said. The
deceased, Subramanian Rajesh, aged around 40-
45 years, is from Shivampalli in Telangana, they
said. He had checked into the hotel on May 19,
the police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police
(Southwest) Manoj C said, “We got a call regard-
ing a man who was staying at a hotel in Mahipal-
pur since a week and was found unconscious.”
Rajesh was unconscious near the bathroom door
of the room and was rushed to a hospital, where
he was declared brought dead, the DCP said.
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has arrested an appraiser
of the Customs Department and his associate posted
at the Delhi airport
for allegedly seeking
Rs 1.40 lakh bribe to
clear a consignment
of batteries to South
Africa, officials said on
Wednesday. Customs
appraiser Amit Dalal and his associate and Customs
house agent Amit Kumar allegedly demanded the bribe
from a businessman exporting batteries to South Africa.
After receiving a complaint, the CBI laid a trap and
nabbed the accused while they were allegedly taking Rs
1 lakh as bribe, CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said.
New Delhi (PTI): TDelhi witnessed clear skies on
Thursday, and the city’s minimum temperature was
recorded at 22.5 degrees
Celsius, four notches be-
low normal, the weather
office said here. The rela-
tive humidity at 8.30 am
was 66 pc, it said. “There
will be clear skies in the city on Thursday. The maxi-
mum temperature of the day is likely to hover around
37 degrees Celsius,” officials of the India Meteorologi-
cal Department said. A slight increase in temperatures
-- up to 41 degrees Celsius -- is predicted over the
next three to four days, but there is no forecast of a
heatwave for another week.
CBI ARRESTS CUSTOMS APPRAISER,
ASSOCIATE IN BRIBERY CASE
DELHI'S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
SETTLES AT 22.5 DEG C
CRUCIAL READS
Expelled BSP leader and former
min Nakul Dubey joins Congress
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer BSP leader and Ut-
tar Pradesh minister
Nakul Dubey on Thurs-
day joined the Congress
here. Dubey was a
prominent Brahmin
face in the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (BSP) and
played a key role in the
formation of Mayawa-
ti’s government in the
state in 2007 due to the
Brahmin-Dalit alliance.
Welcoming Dubey into
the Congress fold, AICC
leader Rajiv Shukla
said several other big
leaders from Uttar
Pradesh will soon join
the party. According to
sources, Dubey had
met AICC General Sec-
retary in-charge for
Uttar Pradesh Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra in
Delhi a few days ago.
Dubey said he has
joined the Congress as
it is the only alterna-
tive to the BJP.
Bhagwant Mann meets
British envoy to India
Chandigarh (ANI):
Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann on
Thursday met British
High Commissioner to
India Alex Ellis and
discussed the prospects
of partnership in edu-
cation, information
technology, and vari-
ous other sectors.
Taking to Twitter,
Chief Minister wrote,
Had the pleasure of
hosting British High
Commissioner @Alex-
Wellis today. Discussed
the prospects of part-
nership in Education,
IT, and various other
sectors.
Have also got assur-
ance from him to con-
sider the demand for
direct flights between
Punjab and UK.
Meanwhile, calling
Mann the youngest
ever chief minister of
Punjab, Ellis said the
meeting was excellent
and they discussed op-
portunities in the
state.
3 criminals
arrested in
Sonipat
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: The
Haryana Police on
Thursday said it
has arrested three
criminals involved
in three dozen cas-
es of murder, at-
tempt to murder
and loot.
A Haryana Po-
lice spokesperson
said the police also
recovered an ille-
gal country-made
pistol and five live
cartridges from
them, the official
said.
During prelimi-
nary interroga-
tion, the accused
confessed to their
involvement in
various crimes.
The spokesperson
said all three were
wanted by Hary-
ana, Delhi and UP
Police in close to
three dozen cases.
12-yr-old undergoes
surgery for removal of
stone in salivary gland
New Delhi (PTI): A
12-year-oldgirlgotanew
lease of life after under-
going a surgery for re-
moval of a 1.6-mm stone
present in one of the
salivary glands at a pri-
vate hospital here, au-
thorities said on
Wednesday
.
The patient had pre-
sented at the hospital
with complaint of per-
sistent swelling and
pain in the right side of
her neck, especially
while eating, they said.
With her problem de-
teriorating following
complaint of repeated
swelling and pain in the
neck, difficulty in
breathing and eating
solid or liquid food, the
patient's family was re-
ferred to the Apollo hos-
pital here by a local phy-
sician.
Under the supervi-
sion of Dr Chanchal Pal,
Senior Consultant, De-
partment of ENT and
Neck Surgery, at the fa-
cility
, she was diagnosed
with a stone of 1.6-mm
in one of her salivary
glands, the hospital said
in a statement.
She was recommend-
ed to undergo an imme-
diate removal of the
stone through a new ad-
vanced technique, Sialo
endoscopy
, it said.
In a rare case, the 1.6-
mm stone present in one
of the salivary glands
the 12-year-old girl was
successfully removed,
it said. The surgery took
place late April, a hospi-
tal spokesperson said,
adding the patient is a
resident of Delhi.
Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh honored with Anuvrat Award
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Former
Prime Minister Dr Man-
mohan Singh was pre-
sented the Anuvrat
Award by Anuvrat Vish-
wa Bharati, here on
Thursday
.
While accepting the
award, Dr Singh said
that the purpose with
which Acharya Tulsi
started the Anuvrat
movement in the year
1949 has become even
more relevant today
.
With these values only
the overall development
of the country is possi-
ble. Dr Singh said, I
have always been influ-
enced by the Anuvrat
philosophy and have
been interested in join-
ing it. Today
, in the form
of this award, I have got
an opportunity to join
the movement. I consid-
er it my privilege.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Environment,
Forest and Climate
Change Bhupender Ya-
dav had a bilateral meet-
ing with Dr Sultan Al
Jaber, UAE Climate En-
voy and Minister of In-
dustry and Advanced
Technology
. In the meet-
ing, they discussed is-
sues relating to climate
change, hosting of COP
28andotherrelatedmat-
ters.
Prior to the bilateral
meeting, a MoU on Cli-
mate Action was also
signed by the the two
ministers. The basic ob-
jective of this MoU is to
establish a framework
tofacilitateandenhance
bilateral cooperation on
climate action, and also
contributes towards im-
plementing the Paris
Agreement.
In the bilateral meet-
ing, Bhupender Yadav
took note of the UAE’s
bid to host COP 28 in
2023, and stated that
we need to prioritise the
concerns of developing
countries, particularly
in areas of implementa-
tion support including
finance and technology
.
Union Environment
Minister stressed that
the issues of climate fi-
nance, adaptation, loss
and damage. Yadav ac-
knowledged and appre-
ciated the UAE’s climate
actions, and also shared
India’s concrete climate
actions, which have
beenundertakingunder
the dynamic visionary
guidance and leader-
ship of our Prime Min-
ister. Both sides also
acknowledged that with
the signing of the MoU
on climate change, both
sides may explore on
how to strengthen bilat-
eral cooperation on cli-
mate action mutually,
especially in the areas
and activities identified
in the MoU.
India, UAE sign MoU to establish framework to facilitate climate action
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
lll
Union Min
Bhupender
Yadav and UAE
Climate Envoy
Min of Industry
and Advanced
Technology sign
the dotted line
THE OBJECTIVE
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was awarded Anuvrat
Award on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chandrakant Patil
Nakul Dubey with AICC Gen Secretary in-charge for UP
Priyanka Gandhi. —FILE PHOTO

The price of an artwork is
never for the labour of the
artist but for his vision.
—Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
‘Women proportion in workforce not near their potential’
First India Bureau
T h i r u v a n a n -
thapuram: Women’s
proportion in the work-
force is nowhere near
their potential due to
deep-rooted social prej-
udices and this is a
worldwide phenome-
non, President Ram
Nath Kovind said on
Thursday and called
for a change in the
mindset of the people.
Amidst demands for
33% reservation for
women in Parliament
and state legislative as-
semblies, the President
said that there should
be more representa-
tion of women in the
various legislative bod-
ies in the country
.
In his inaugural ad-
dress at the National
Women Legislators
Conference held at the
Kerala Legislative As-
sembly, the President
said that from 1857 on-
wards women have
played a “stellar part”
in India’s freedom
struggle and many agi-
tations against the
British rule were suc-
cessful due to their
widespread participa-
tion.
Referring to the con-
tributions of Rani Lak-
shmibai, Kasturba
Gandhi,SarojiniNaidu
and various others of
India’s freedom strug-
gle, Kovind said that
since India’s independ-
ence, women have been
shattering the glass
ceiling in one domain
after another.
“We have to admit
that they have suffered
from deep-rooted so-
cial prejudices. Their
proportion in the work-
force is nowhere near
their potential. In poli-
tics too, there should
be far more of you con-
testing and also win-
ning elections. This
sad state of affairs is,
of course, a worldwide
phenomenon. Putting
the matter in the global
context helps us realise
that the challenge be-
fore us is to change the
mindset a task that is
never easy,” he said.
President Kovind said that there
should be more representation of
women in various legislative bodies
President Ram Nath Kovind during the inauguration of the National Women Legislators’
Conference-2022 , in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
I think, be-
cause wom-
en are powerful
anyway. Don’t we
say they are a
manifestation of
Shakti’?
Ram Nath Kovind,
President of India
Central Lokpal Act does not
requiresimilarlawinDelhi:HC
Delhi High Court
Thursday dismissed a
petition seeking to im-
plement the provisions
of the Lokpal and Lok-
ayuktas Act, 2013 in the
national capital to es-
tablish the institution
of Lokayukta to deal
with complaints relat-
ing to corruption
against certain public
functionaries.
A bench of Acting
Chief Justice Vipin
Sanghi and Justice
Sachin Datta said it was
not for the court to di-
rect the legislature to
enact or amend a law, as
desired by petitioner,
and rejected the plea
saying there was no
merit in it.
The bench said all
that the 2013 Act re-
quires is the appoint-
ment of Lokayukta in
every state and the
same has been done in
Delhi under the Delhi
Lokayukta and Upalok-
ayukta Act, 1995.
The court was hear-
ing a petition by NGO
Help India Against Cor-
ruption, seeking to di-
rect the Government of
NCT of Delhi to imple-
ment the provisions of
Lokpal and Lokayuktas
Act, 2013 in Delhi in let-
ter and spirit as per sec-
tion 63 of the 2013 Act.
The plea said that in
Delhi, the Delhi Lokay-
ukta and Upalokayukta
Act, 1995 was in force
prior to the enactment
of the Lokpal and Lok-
ayuktas Act, 2013 but it
only covered the politi-
cians of Delhi and does
not cover employees of
the Delhi govt and other
civic agencies.
Justice R N Aggarwal
was appointed as the
first Lokayukta of Del-
hi on December 1, 1997,
thereafter on December
17, 2015, Justice Reva
Khetrapal was appoint-
ed as fourth Lokpal of
Delhi who has demitted
the office on December
16, 2020, and since then,
no Lokayukta has been
appointed by the Gov-
ernment of NCT of
Delhi and the post of
Lokayukta in Delhi ly-
ing vacant with effect
from December 16, 2020,
the plea said.
It said even after the
2013 Act came to force
and in spite of the man-
date of Section 63 of the
said Act requiring the
state government to es-
tablish the institution
of Lokayukta for the
state, the state govern-
ment of NCT of Delhi
has not taken any ac-
tion in this direction.
Delhi govt standing
counsel Santosh Kumar
Tripathi submitted that
retired Jharkhand High
Court judge, Justice
HarishChandraMishra
has been appointed as
Lokayukta of Delhi and
he has assumed charge
on March 23.
BSF apprehends 2 Pak
fishermen with four boats
First India Bureau
Bhuj/New Delhi: The
Border Security Force
(BSF) on Thursday ap-
prehended two Paki-
stani fishermen and
seized four country-
made Pakistani fishing
boats near the horizon-
tal channel of Harami
Nala in Gujarat’s Bhuj,
the force said.
The BSF observed the
movement of some Pa-
kistani fishing boats
while patrolling in the
general area of Harami
Nala at about 8.30 am.
“Patrol party immedi-
ately rushed to the spot
and seized four coun-
tries made Pakistani
fishing boats and appre-
hended two Pakistani
fishermen from the
horizontal channel of
Harami Nala,” said
BSF. The seized boats
were thoroughly
searched and nothing
suspicious was recov-
ered from the boats ex-
cept for fish, fishing
nets, and fishing equip-
ment, the BSF said, add-
ing “intensive search in
the area is on”.
Earlier on Wednes-
day, the BSF had seized
an abandoned Paki-
stani fishing boat near
the border in Gujarat’s
Kutch district, an offi-
cial release said.
A patrolling team of
the BSF spotted the boat
in the morning on the
Indian side of the bor-
der with Pakistan in
Harami Nala creek
area, it said.
Nothing suspicious
was recovered from the
boat except fishing nets
and equipment, the
force said.
HC dismisses plea to implement provisions of new Lokayukta Act in Delhi
ONLY POLITICIANS
embassy of Sweden has
partnered with a top
private school in Guru-
gram to engage youth
in dialogue on climate
change, ahead of Stock-
holm+50, an interna-
tional meet on climate
change and environ-
mental protection.
To highlight the
youth perspective, Her-
itage Int’l Xperiential
Learning School invit-
ed select students to
participate in an inter-
active panel discussion
focused on the wellbe-
ing of current and fu-
ture generations.
Stockholm+50 is a
crucial int’l environ-
mental meet, scheduled
to be held in Stockholm,
Sweden on June 2 and 3,
2022. This year’s
high-level global meet
will initiate climate
talks under the theme
“A healthy planet for
the prosperity of all our
responsibility, our op-
portunity
.”
The int’l discourse
will follow months of
consultations and dis-
cussions with individu-
als, communities, or-
ganisations, and govts
around the world, en-
suring the wellbeing of
current and future gen-
erations. Besides the
interactive session, a
Seven Day Challenge
was also launched by
the Embassy of Sweden
and Swedish Alumni,
starting on June 1, 2022.
Swedish embassy roped in to engage youth
DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
lll
The international
discourse will
follow months of
consultations
and discussions
with individuals,
communities,
organisations,
govts around
the world
BSF officials with a detained Pakistani fisherman.
MASSIVE OPs
‘Only 58% school
teachers took part in
discussions on NEP’
New Delhi (PTI): At
least 44% school teach-
ers in India do not have
adequate work space
while 65% of them are
overloaded with work,
according to the Nation-
al Achievement Survey
(NAS)-2021 conducted
by Union Education
Ministry
.
The survey also
found that just 58%
teachers participated in
discussions around the
new National Educa-
tion Policy (NEP).
Over 5 lakh teachers
of 1.18 lakh schools in
720 districts from both
rural and urban areas
participated in the sur-
vey which was conduct-
ed throughout the coun-
try on November 12 last
year. The last NAS was
held in 2017.
Only 42% teachers
participated in individ-
ual or collaborative re-
search while just 58%
discussions around
new NEP, it said.
While 97% teachers
claimed to have job sat-
isfaction, at least 92%
of them believed that
there is scope for pro-
fessional development.
“Sixty-five percent
teachers engaged in for-
mal dialogue with col-
leagues on how to im-
prove teaching in col-
laboration with BRC
and CRC while 42%
mentoring or peer ob-
servation and coaching
as part of BRCs and
CRCs,” the report said.
NIA arrests key accused in Sunjwan terrorist attack
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency has arrested
key accused in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Sunjwan
terror attack on CISF
vehicle carrying 15 per-
sonnel on April 22.
Abid Ahmad Mir, a
resident of Putrigam in
Pulwama, is an Over
Ground Worker of
Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM). The case per-
tains to indiscriminate
firing upon the security
personnel, during a
joint search operation
in the area of Sunjwan,
Jammu, by unknown
terrorists in which one
Assistant Sub-Inspec-
tor of CISF was mar-
tyred and several oth-
ers were injured. The
security forces retaliat-
ed against the attack
and killed the two ter-
rorists on the spot.
The case was initially
registered in Bahu Fort
Police station in Jam-
mu on April 22 and re-
registered by NIA on
April 26. “Investigation
has revealed that ac-
cused Mir is an Over
Ground Worker of JeM
and was a close associ-
ate of arrested accused
Bilal Ahmed Wagay
. He
was also in touch with
Pakistan-based han-
dlers of JeM. He know-
ingly and voluntarily
had extended support to
the other co-accused
persons in the commis-
sion of the instant
crime,” said the NIA.
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10 held for stone pelting, raising anti-national
slogans ahead of Yasin Malik’s sentencing
Srinagar (PTI): The police have arrested 10 people allegedly
involved in stone pelting and raising anti-national slogans at
the Maisuma area here ahead of the sentencing of separatist
leader Yasin Malik by a Delhi
court a day before, officials said
on Thursday. A Delhi court on
Wednesday awarded life im-
prisonment to Malik, one of the
foremost separatist leaders, in
a terror funding case, saying the crimes committed by him
struck at the “heart of the idea of India” and were intended
to forcefully secede JK from Union of India. “10 accused
arrested so far in anti-national sloganeering stone pelting
outside home of Yasin Malik prior to sentencing in Maisuma
yesterday. “All other areas remained peaceful. Youths are
again requested not to indulge in activities that can spoil
their careers disrupt families,” Srinagar Police tweeted.
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi government pan-
el on Thursday visited
Kamla Nagar and Kash-
meri Gate markets as
part of its survey of 20
major markets for feasi-
bility of beautification,
officials said.
During the visit, trad-
ers put forth demands
to develop selfie-points
and highlight food hubs
in Kamla Nagar and
Kashmere Gate mar-
kets, they said.
SURVEY FOR
REDEVELOPMENT
Delhi govt panel
visits Kamla
Nagar market
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Magnifique
âme: Shikha
The secret to modelling is not being perfect. What
one needs is a face that people can identify in a
second. You have to be given what’s needed by
nature, and what’s needed is to bring something
new, Shikha Sharma, an aspiring model from
Jaipur shares her journey in City First
escribe yourself, and
what would you say
are some vital skills
or characteristics to
have to make it in
the modelling world?
I am a confident girl
and I believe in fulfilling my
every responsibility well. In
the modelling world, we need
to recognize our strengths be-
cause this world is not just
about a beautiful face or figure
but how you make any attire
beautiful by wearing it confi-
dently
. For me beauty is confi-
dence. You should understand
the duties of the job. Just like
you prepare for making a
career in any field the
same way you should
prepare in advance to
make career in mod-
eling.
What inspired
you to find the Super-
model in you. Share some
insides of your journey.
I used to see the catalogue of
mymother’ssareesandusedto
feel that I should get ready in
the same way
, which made me
realise that I am interested in
the fashion world. And when I
grew up some people automati-
cally approached me for photo-
shoots.Duringmycollegedays,
I won the title of miss fresher
in my college. Winning the
title inspired me to
compete for more
and that is how I en-
tered this glamour
world.
What was the biggest
rookie mistake you made
when just starting out?
Mistakesarepartof ourlifebut
I believe in learning from my
mistakes and doing better in
future. During my rookie days,
I was on the hunt for good pro-
jects but due lack of knowledge
aboutthismodellingindustryit
wasverydifficulttogetgoodof-
fers, so I feel that we should
have a good understanding of
our field and should take guid-
ance from people whom we be-
lieve.
What has been the most mem-
orable or rewarding moment
in your career?
I did a photoshoot and ramp
walk for a well-known salon
that is very memorable for me.
But I would also say that what-
ever work I have done so far in
thisfashionandmodellingfield
is so close to my heart.
UTTKARSHA
SHEKHAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
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