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UP GOVERNMENT BUDGET 2022-23
Big Stride Towards One Trillion Economy
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment on Thursday an-
nounced a budget of
`6,15, 518.97 crore for
the financial year 2022-
23, almost double the
size of `3,46,935 crore
budget presented by
the Akhilesh Yadav
government for the fi-
nancial year 2016-17.
It is also significantly
higher than Yogi Gov-
ernment’s budget of
` 5,50,270.78 crore for
financial year 2021-22. It
is being seen as a mas-
ter stroke towards real-
ising the dream of
achieving one trillion
dollar economy for Ut-
tar Pradesh.
The budget proposes
free irrigation facility
to farmers through
34,307governmenttube-
wells and 252 minor
branch canals, as well
as `1000 crore projects
under Mukhya Mantri
Laghu Sinchai Yojana.
The budget proposes ac-
cidental insurance of
`650 crore for farmers
under Mukhya Mantri
Krishak Durghatana
Kalyan Yojana, as
against Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s `2.50 crore budg-
et for accidental insur-
ance scheme for farm-
ers. For employment
generation, a provision
has been made for a sur-
vey to connect one per-
son from every family
to a government job,
employment or self-em-
ployment. The govt
aims to distribute 2
crore smartphones and
tablets in the next five
years. The government
has proposed `897
crore for multi-modal
connectivity projects
under PM Gati Shakti
Yojana and `694. 34
crore for the 594-km
6-lane Ganga Express-
way from Meerut to
Prayagraj.
More on P2 P3
`6.15 lakh
crore annual
budget
focuses on
education
employment
of youth,
empowerment
of women and
farmers
CM Yogi Adityanath along with Finance Minister Suresh Khanna,
Dy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, and Jal
Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh brief the press on the
Budget, in Lucknow on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
CM Yogi Adityanath and
Finance Minister Suresh
Khanna arrive at the Vidhan
Sabha with the Budget
statement.
DEFICIT: 3.96%
The total receipts in the
current financial year are
estimated at `5,90,951.71
crore, including revenue
receipts of `4,99,212.71
cr and capital receipts of
`91,739 crore. The share
of tax revenue in revenue
receipts is `3,67,153.76 cr.
This includes its own tax
revenue of `2,20,655 crore
and the state’s share in cen-
tral taxes of `1,46,498.76
crore. The fiscal deficit is
estimated at `81,177.97
crore, which is 3.96 per cent
of the estimated GSDP.
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.
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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!
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
MALIK ‘ALL ALONE’
IN PRISON
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.
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.
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
K’TAKA CONGRESS CHIEF
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.
Congress nurtured
Yasin Malik: MP
Home Minister
Civilian killings belie
claims of normalcy: Mufti
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.
Srinagar: After the kill-
ing of a female TV artist
by three Lashkar-e-Tai-
ba terrorists in Budgam
district, People’s Demo-
cratic Party (PDP) presi-
dent Mehbooba Mufti
onThursdayquestioned
the Centre’s Jammu and
Kashmir policy saying
the civilian killings in
Kashmir did not sup-
port Government of In-
dia’s claims of normal-
cy in the union territory
.
“In Kashmir, mourn-
ings have sadly become
thenormadailyritual.
Countlessinnocentcivil-
iansarekilledinoneway
ortheotherdevastated
families are left behind
to pick up the pieces.
What will it take for GOI
to recalibrate their JK
policy to end this blood-
shed,” she said.
MHA transfers
‘Dog walker’
IAS to Ladakh
New Delhi: IAS officer
Sanjeev Khirwar, who
sparked national out-
rage for taking his dog
forawalkatDelhi’sThy-
agaraj Stadium, was on
Thursday transferred to
Ladakh by the Union
Home Ministry (MHA).
HisIASwife,RinkuDug-
ga, was transferred to
Arunachal Pradesh.
Khirwar, Delhi’s Prin-
cipal Secretary (Reve-
nue), reportedly used to
take his dog for a walk at
the Thyagraj Stadium.
Athletes and coaches at
the Delhi government-
run stadium com-
plained about being
forced to wrap up train-
ing earlier than usual,
by 7 pm. The incident
triggered a social media
storm.
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”.
Anil Parab
‘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.

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‘Budgetmeetspeople’saspirations’
FMtablesYogi’ssecond-termgovt’s
maidenbudgetofover`6.15-lakhcr
Budget proposes
`2,100-crformed
colleges in 14 dists
CMYogiAdityanathsaysthisbudget
isUPgov’tvisionfornextfiveyears
Lucknow (PTI): The
Uttar Pradesh budget
for 2022-23 meets the as-
pirations of the people
of the state and is the
government’s vision for
the next five years, CM
Yogi Adityanath said on
Thursday
.
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, he said.Along
with all-inclusive devel-
opment, the budget will
also prepare the road-
map for a bright future,
Adityanath added. Fi-
nance Minister Suresh
Khanna on Thursday
tabledYogiAdityanath’s
second term govern-
ment’s maiden budget
of over Rs 6.15 lakh
crore in the assembly
.
This is the biggest budg-
et of the state till date.
“This budget is also a
vision for the next five
yearswhichwillprepare
the road for a bright fu-
ture, along with inclu-
siveandholisticdevelop-
ment of the state,” the
chief minister told re-
porters after the budget
presentation.“Of 130
resolutions in the BJP’s
election manifesto, 97
have been taken care of
in this first budget itself,
and a provision of Rs
54,883 crore has been
made for this,” Adity-
anath said.
Of these, 44 are new
announcements or
schemes, he added. Adi-
tyanath said the elec-
tion manifesto an-
nouncement of provid-
ing two LPG cylinders
free of cost to benefi-
ciary families of the
‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwa-
la Yojana’ has been giv-
en place in the budget.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
governmenthasplanned
to attract industrial in-
vestment at an unprece-
dented scale of Rs 10
lakh crore in next 10
years. Plans are afoot to
improve and strengthen
road,airconnectivitybe-
tweenthedistrictsof the
state and other states,
development of high
quality industrial infra-
structure, and all ar-
rangements for large-
scale industrialisation.
Through a huge budg-
et of over Rs 6.15 lakh
crore for 2022-23, UP will
haveamajorshareinthe
national-levelprojectsto
strengthen the infra-
structure. New schemes
worthRs39,181croreare
included in this budget.
In the Gati Shakti Na-
tionalMasterplanimple-
mented by the PM at the
national level, 16 depart-
ments have been identi-
fied in the first phase in
UP and 11 departments
inthesecondphase.Gati
Shakti Masterplan in-
cludes Centre’s Praya-
graj-Varanasi-Haldia
Waterway
, East-West
Dedicated Freight Cor-
ridors, Multi-Modal Lo-
gistics Transport Ter-
minals, Regional Rapid
Transport and Delhi-
Jewar-Varanasi High
Speed
Rail Link etc.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
government, engaged in
creating a long chain of
smart cities in the state,
hasgivenabigpushtoth
urban development in
thefirstfinancialbudget
of its second term.
The main focus of the
government is on mak-
ing the cities beautiful,
clean under the Smart
City Scheme. It is also
the aim of the govern-
ment to provide all the
basicfacilitiestothepeo-
ple living in the cities.
Taking this work for-
ward, during the budget
session on Thursday
, the
State Government has
made a provision of Rs
2,000 crore for 10 cities
selected under Central
Smart City and Rs.210
crore for 7 selected cities
in State Smart City
.
The Smart City Mis-
sionschemeinUP
,which
ismovingforwardonthe
path of development un-
der CM Yogi, is taking
strides in this regard.
Five cities of the state
have been included in
the first 20 cities of the
country
. Alongwiththis,
the government has also
made a provision of Rs
550 crore for the develop-
ment of infrastructure
facilities in newly creat-
ed, upgraded and ex-
panded municipal bod-
ies in the state.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The state
government has ear-
marked Rs 2,100 crore
for medical colleges in
14 districts. The budget
also proposes Rs 100
crore for the treatment
of chronic diseases
among economically
poor people in the state.
The government has
made remarkable pro-
gress in developing
high-quality and spe-
cialist medical facilities
in the state. In line with
the goal to make the
state self-sufficient in
medical and health fa-
cilities, funds have been
proposed for different
schemes in the sector.
At present, 65 medical
colleges are under op-
eration in UP, 45 dis-
tricts have at least one
medical college and
medical colleges are un-
der construction in 14
districts. Medical col-
leges will be set up in 16
un-served districts. As
promised in the Sankalp
Patra-2022, Rs 500 crore
has been provided for
increasing MBBS and
PG seats. Rs 50 crore has
been proposed for the
runningof Autonomous
State Medical Colleges.
To make the state a
nursing hub, Rs 25 crore
has been allocated for
setting up Nursing Col-
lege. A provision of Rs
100.45 crore has been
made for establishing
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Medical University in
Lucknow. Rs 50 crore
hasalsobeenearmarked
for Pt Deen Dayal Upad-
hyay State Employees
Cashless Medical
Scheme.
FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS TOURISM

z Priority has been given to the overall development of
tourism. Special attention is being given to generate em-
ployment for locals. Along with this, special focus is being
given to Lord Shri Ram’s Ayodhya and Shiva’s Kashi.

z The maximum provision of ` 250 crore has been
proposed in the budget for the Chief Minister’s Tourist
Places Scheme, which has been started for the devel-
opment of one tourist destination in each assembly
constituency.

z `3.50 crore has been proposed for the development
of Chitrakoot where Lord Rama spent maximum time
with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman during his
exile. Proposal of Rs 3.50 crore has been mooted in the
budget for Vindhya Dham Teerth Vikas Parishad, which
is committed to developing one of the main Shaktipeeths
of the country.
TRIBUTE TO RAM, SHIV
Budget is prepared keep-
ing in mind the overall
development of the state.
Every section of the society, in-
cluding villages, poor, farmers,
youngsters, women and workers,
will be benefited
Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, UP
Finance Minister Suresh Khanna presents the annual budget
statement for 2022-23 in the Vidhan Sabha on Thursday. (L) CM
Yogi Adityanath speaking to the press about his govt’s budget.
(Bottom left) CM Yogi Adityanath and Finance Minister Suresh
Khanna arrive at the Vidhan Sabha with the Budget document
onThursday. — PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
BOOSTER SHOTS
UP targets `10 lakh crore
investments in next 10 years Yogi govt opens coffers
to fill UP with smart cities
`100-CR PROPOSED
FOR PREPARATION
OF MAHAKUMBH
INFRA, INDUSTRIAL BOOM
To strengthen the infrastructure, rapid communica-
tion has a big role, and a provision of Rs 300 crore
is proposed in the budget for capital projects to
strengthen the existing optical fiber cable network.
A provision of Rs 200 crore has been proposed in
the budget for capital projects to promote digitiza-
tion in all sectors in the state.
`200-CR FOR OPTICAL FIBER NETWORK
Many projects are being
started in the coming
years, in which a pro-
vision of Rs 897 crore
has been proposed for
multi-modal connectivity
projects in the budget of
2022-23.
`897-CRORE FOR
CONNECTIVITY
‘Atal Industrial Infrastruc-
ture Mission’ will be im-
plemented for high quality
industrial infrastructure for
potential business partners
in this area, for which Rs
100 crore is proposed for
the first phase.
ATAL INDUSTRIAL
INFRA MISSION
An IAF exercise on the airstrip of the 341-km long Purvanchal
Expressway in Sultanpur. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The state
governmenthasmade
abudgetaryprovision
of Rs 100-crore for the
preparation of Maha
Kumbh to be held in
Prayagrajin2025.The
government is mak-
ing every effort for
this event to be made
a grand affair.
Devotees from all
over the country and
abroad will come to
this event. In such a
situation, keeping in
mind their every con-
venience,theschemes
are being executed
expeditiously
.
The Yogi govern-
ment does not want to
leave any stone un-
turned for the Maha
Kumbh to be held in
the year 2025. Pucca
ghats will be con-
structed on the
Sangam bank. Clean-
liness efforts and wid-
ening of city roads
will be completed at
theMelasite.Thegov-
ernment also plans to
increasefacilitieslike
food courts, exhibi-
tions, water spots etc.
in the Mela area.
Due to the success-
ful organisation of
Kumbh in 2019 by
Yogi government, the
state had achieved
global recognition.
Policemen taking dip in river Ganga at Kumbh Mela in
Prayagraj. —FILE PHOTO
`2000
CRORE FOR SELECT
10 CITIES UNDER
SMART CITY SCHEME
SPL SCHEMES FOR
SLUMS, HOUSING
For the development of
Nagar Panchayats, the
government has made a
provision of `200 crore
under Pt Deendayal
Upadhyaya Adarsh
Nagar Panchayat Yojna
and `215 crore for CM
Urban Underdeveloped
and Slums Scheme.
`19,500cr to
Jal Jeevan
Mission
First India Bureau
Lucknow: To ac-
complish the twin
objectives of effec-
tive management of
water and ensuring
provision of pure
drinking water in
water-scarce re-
gions, the govern-
ment has allocated
Rs 19,500 crore in its
state budget for
2022-23 under the
Jal Jeevan Mission,
higher from Rs
15,000 crore allocat-
ed in the previous
fiscal year.
Giving priority to
Water, quality sani-
tation and good hy-
giene, which are ma-
jor determinants of
health and nutrition
levels, under the CM
RO Drinking Water
Scheme, a target has
been set for setting
up water purifica-
tion plants based on
ultrafiltration tech-
nology in 28,041
schools in about 14
districts.
CM LAUDS `400-CR FOR
DEFENCE CORRIDOR

z CM Yogi lauded
the proposed outlay of
Rs 400 crores for the
development of Gen
Bipin Rawat Defence
and Industrial Corridor
in Bundelkhand after FM
Suresh Khanna presented
the state’s budget for
2022-2023 on Thursday
in Assembly. “We have
proposed Rs 400-cr for
the development of Gen
Bipin Rawat Defence
and Industrial Corridor
in Bundelkhand. We also
propose to set up anti-
corruption organisation
units in eight divisions of
the state,” said the CM.
Stressing ODOP scheme,
he said,”We propose over
Rs 200 crore to promote
the scheme in the state. A
provision of Rs 300 crore
is proposed for projects
on optical fiber cable
network.”

UTTAR PRADESH
03
ASSEMBLY OF LEADERS
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP):
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad
Maurya arrives at the
Vidhan Sabha for the Budget
presentation on Thursday.
Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satish
Mahana waves to the cameras
before entering the House.
Congress MLA Aradhana
Mishra greets fellow legislators.
Cabinet Minister Ashish Patel
shakes hands with BSP MLA
Uma Shankar Singh in presence
of ex-cabinet minister Jay
Pratap Singh and MLC Jaswant
Singh.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
OPPN SLAMS BUDGET,
Akhilesh calls it a web of statistics
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Opposi-
tion on Thursday
slammed the Uttar
Pradesh Budget, with
Samajwadi Party’s
Akhilesh Yadav calling
it a web of statistics and
BSP’s Mayawati saying
it is a cliched exercise
and lacks measures in
public interest.
Terming the budget a
“makad-jaal (spider-
web)” of statistics, Ya-
dav said this is the sixth
budget of the BJP gov-
ernment and alloca-
tions under every head
have been reduced.
“The common man
does understand it. Un-
der the double-engine
government, inflation
has doubled,” he said.
“Youngsters who want-
ed employment are de-
pressed. Employment is
seen in the statistics but
not in reality,” Yadav
said, adding that the
government talks about
unemployment but does
not give out the figures.
He said the government
failed to run schemes
for the poor and for the
development of the
state’s infrastructure.
“We have seen
dreams of free medi-
cine, treatment and
electricity, but this gov-
ernment in constantly
increasing inflation,”
he added. BSP chief
Mayawati said the state
Budget was “cliched”
and lacked credibility.
“Where is the basic
work that should have
been done on a priority
basis by the so-called
double-engine govern-
ment to bring ‘achche
din’ in the lives of
crores of people of Ut-
tar Pradesh?” she said
in a tweet in Hindi.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The state
government has focused
on improving farmers’
earnings through en-
hanced support for the
agricultural economy
.
Top priority has been
accorded to irrigation
and water supply
schemes in Uttar
Pradesh and Rs 1000
crore has been ear-
marked in the state
budget for Mukhya
Mantri Laghu Sinchai
Yojana. Free irrigation
facility is already being
provided to farmers
through 34,307 govern-
ment tube-wells and 252
minor branch canals.
Installation of solar
pumps is being done in
the fields of farmers un-
der the Pradhanmantri
Kisan Urja Suraksha
Evam Utthan Mahabhi-
yan Yojana. A provision
has been made to estab-
lish 15,000 solar pumps
in the year 2022-2023.
M u k h y a m a n t r i
Krishak Durghatna
Kalyan Yojana has been
implemented from 14th
September 2019. Under
the scheme, there is a
provision to give a maxi-
mumof Rs5lakhincase
of accidental death/dis-
ability
. An amount of Rs
650 crore has been pro-
posed for this scheme in
the budget for the finan-
cial year 2022-2023.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In what ap-
pears to be the first of
its kind move in the
state of UP
, the Yogi
Adityanath-led Gov-
ernment has made
budgetary provision
worthcroresof rupees
to improve policing
and maintain law and
order in the state.
The budget has pro-
posed `523.34 crore for
women’s safety pro-
grammes under Safe
City Scheme, which
will be launched in
Lucknow, Gautam
Buddh Nagar, Agra,
Varanasi, Gorakhpur
and Prayagraj. Fur-
thermore, the Yogi
Governmenthasmade
a budgetary provision
of `250 crore for safety
equipment, arms and
ammunition for dis-
trict police stations.
The budget also pro-
poses `800 crore each
for police housing and
non-residential build-
ings, `300 crore for
residential/non-resi-
dential buildings in
newly-created dis-
tricts, and Rs 65.70
crore for purchasing
land for Police Lines
in the newly-created
districts. The Yogi
Government is also
settingupUPForensic
Science Institute in
Lucknow.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Givingapush
to energy reform, the
state government in its
budget2022-23announced
an ambitious ‘Revamped
Distribution Sector
Scheme’ a reforms-based
and results-linked
scheme with an outlay of
`31,000 crore in associa-
tionwiththeCentralgov-
ernment.
An arrangement of
`5530 crore has been
made under budget. The
schemewillbecompleted
within the next three
years.The scheme aims
to improve quality
, relia-
bilityandaffordabilityof
power supply to consum-
ers through a financially
sustainable and opera-
tionally efficient distri-
bution sector.
Along with that, the
BJP-led government has
madeaprovisionof `1000
crore to ensure uninter-
rupted power supply in
rural areas from 7.00 pm
to 6.00 am during sum-
mer. In a pro-farmer
stance, the government
hasalsomadeaprovision
of 50% discount on elec-
tricity bills of private
tube-well consumers
from 1st January 2022.
IT IS A CLICHED EXERCISE LACKS MEASURES IN PUBLIC INTEREST, SAYS MAYA
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party leader Abbas Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari, along
with party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar arrives at the Vidhan Sabha on Thursday.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav along with party MLAs arrives at the
State Assembly on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
SHIVPAL PRAISES
YOGI AS ‘HONEST,
HARDWORKING’
Lucknow: Shivpal
Yadav praised CM Yogi
Adityanath as “honest”
and “hardworking” in
the Vidhan Sabha. “I say
that the UP CM is hon-
est and hardworking.
Had he taken support
of all legislators and
others during COVID
pandemic, things could
have been managed in a
better way,” he said.
FOCUS ON ENERGY
REFORMS, POWER SUPPLY
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With mas-
sive plan outlay of
`6.15 lakh crore for the
fiscal year 2022-23 the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment 2.0 faces ma-
jor challenges on re-
source mobilization
front.
The state govern-
ment has already fac-
ing fiscal crunch with
an overall deficit of
3.97 per cent of gross
state domestic product
(GSDP).While the size
of budget was `5.50
lakh crore in last fiscal
year, it had gone up to
`5.66 lakh crore in sup-
plementary budgets.
The size of interim
budget for the current
financial year, which
was presented before
the UP election, was `6
lakh crore.
Since the govern-
ment has committed it-
self tofulfillmostof the
promises made in its
“Sankalp Patra (mani-
festo) there would be
massive pressure on fi-
nances as the chief
minister Yogi Aditya-
nath himself pointed
out that it would entail
an expenditure of `54,
883 crore. The fiscal
deficit is estimated of
`81,177.97 crore which
is 3.96 per cent of the
estimated Gross State
Domestic Product.
Professor Yashvir
Tyagi of Lucknow Uni-
versity said “It would
be watched with inter-
est how the state gov-
ernment would mobil-
ise additional resourc-
es to provide funds for
its ambitious projects
and welfare schemes.”
There is no doubt that
the state had been striv-
ing hard for a long time
to accelerate its rate of
growth but current do-
mestic and internation-
al situations are major
challengetoachievethe
target. Even though
during the last five
years hectic efforts
were made to boost
state’s economy
, the ris-
ing expenditure on the
payment of salaries,
pension and debt ser-
vicing has been an area
of concern. The state
government however
planned to boost the
size of the Gross state
domestic product to a
trillion dollar in the
next five years (2022-27).
Resource mobilisation major challenge for Yogi govt
`6.15 L CR BUDGET
CM Yogi Adityanath addresses the press with Dy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya Finance Minister Suresh Khanna on Thursday.
`1000 cr proposed for Mukhya
Mantri Laghu Sinchai Yojana
Quality seeds are of utmost importance in boosting
agricultural yield. The state government will distribute
60.20 lakh quintals of seeds in 2022-23. In 2022-23,
119.30 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizer to be distribut-
ed. Ensuring the availability of fertilizers in sufficient
quantity to the farmers, the government has set a target
to distribute 119.30 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers in
the year 2022-2023.
QUALITY SEEDS FOR BETTER YIELD
Safe City Scheme:
`523.34 cr proposed
for safety of women
ZERO TOLERANCE
POLICY OF GOVT
Pursuing its zero
tolerance policy to-
wards crime, the Yogi
government has pro-
posed `730. 88 crore
for strengthening of
the Police Emergency
Management System
and allocated `276.66
crore for setting up
UP Special Security
Force.
SP members
walk out of
assembly
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Demand-
ing a discussion on
the issue of infla-
tion,SP memberson
Thursday staged a
walkout from the as-
sembly
, raising slo-
gansagainstthegov-
ernment.
Senior SP mem-
bers Manoj Kumar
Pandey and Rakesh
Pratap Singh de-
manded the discus-
sion under Rule-56
(stopping the pro-
ceedings of the
House on urgent
matters).Hesaidthe
way inflation is ris-
ing suggests the gov-
ernment was unable
to tame inflation. If
thegovernmentdoes
not control it, he
said, “People will
commit suicide and
will be forced to mi-
grate from UP
. ”
FAST FACTS
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

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.
l Vol 2 l Issue No.193 l RNI NO. UPENG/2020/80229. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Amar Ujala Ltd. B-5 Amausi Industrial Area Kanpur Road Lucknow.
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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.
INDIA
05

INDIA
06
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.
NIA arrests key
accused in Sunjwan
terrorist attack
BSF apprehends 2 Pak
fishermen with 4 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 recovered from the
boats except for fish,
fishing nets, and fishing
equipment, the BSF
said, adding “intensive
searchintheareaison”.
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.
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
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.
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.

NEWS
07
MINOR BOY
ASKED TO CLEAN
COW SHELTER
FOR POSTING
EDITED IMAGE
OF CM YOGI
A17-year-old boy held for
posting objectionable
pictures of Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath was
asked to clean a cow shelter and
a public place for 15 days each
as punishment by the Juvenile
Justice Board. The boy had
shared an edited image of the
chief minister on social media on
January 18. After investigation,
police detained the minor, who
confessed to have posted the
pictures.
His counsel, Jawahar Singh
Yadav, told media about the
decision of the JJB on Thursday.
Judge Anchal Adhana, along with
JJB members Arvind Gupta and
Pramila Gupta, in the verdict on
Wednesday said, “The minor will
clean a cow shelter and a public
place for 15 days each. This will
instil a sense of service in him
and he will get a chance to
correct himself.” The board also
slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on
him as punishment. The amount
was deposited in the treasury by
his parents on Thursday.
MAN DAMAGES
TEMPLE IDOLS;
ARRESTED
A27-year-old daily wage earner
was arrested in Greater Noida
for allegedly damaging idols kept
at a temple as he was upset”
with God over his family’s ill
health for the past few years,
police said on Wednesday. The
man, identified as Vinod Kumar
alias Bhoora who is a native of
Chhatarpur district in Madhya
Pradesh, was arrested on
Tuesday after an FIR was lodged
at Beta 2 police station on the
complaint of a local a day after
the incident came to fore, they
said. According to the police,
three idols kept at a temple were
found vandalized on Monday
morning. The temple did not
have any priest and acting on the
complaint, police were deployed
at the site in a preventive
measure, they said. The matter
was investigated and accused
Vinod Kumar was arrested on
Tuesday. The tools used by him
to damage the idols were also
recovered, a police spokesperson
said. During questioning, the
accused told the police that his
wife and five-year-old child have
not been keeping well for the
past three-four years. He said
that he had been praying to the
Gods but their health did not
improve. Recently, his aunt also
passed away, leaving him
severely depressed, the
spokesperson said. All these
events led Kumar to damaging
the idols, the police said,
claiming the accused has
confessed to committing the
crime using a hammer and a
chisel, both of which have been
recovered. A case was lodged
against the accused under Indian
Penal Code Section 295 (defiling
place of worship), the police
said, adding that he has been
sent to jail.
MAN HACKS
WIFE TO DEATH
IN FATEHPUR
A 66-year-old woman was hacked
to death in Asothar area here by
her husband when she was
sleeping, police said. Shivbaran
Sharma (68) allegedly killed his
wife Lalita in the early hours of
Wednesday when she was
sleeping outside their house, they
said. Station House Officer (SHO)
Neeraj Yadav said that Sharma
was arrested when he was found
sitting near the body in the
morning. The incident happened in
a village under Asothar Police
station, police said. After a
complaint was filed by the couple’s
elder son Babloo, a case of murder
was lodged against the accused,
the SHO said. Further investigation
is underway, he said. —PTI
FOUR HELD FOR OFFERING NAMAZ AT TAJ MOSQUE
Agra (PTI): Four peo-
ple were arrested for
offering ‘namaz’ at the
Shahi mosque in the Taj
Mahal premises, police
said on Thursday. The
four were booked under
section 153 of the IPC
which punishes “pro-
voking with intent to
cause riots”.
“Four tourists were
arrested for offering
namaz at the mosque in
Taj Mahal premises on
Wednesday. Three of
them are from Hyder-
abad and one is from
Azamgarh. They have
been booked under the
section of 153 of IPC.
They have been pre-
sented in the court,”
said Vikas Kumar, Su-
perintendent of Police
(City). Superintending
archaeologist, ASI,
Agra Circle Raj Kumar
Patel said there is a Su-
preme Court order that
prohibits offering of
namaz inside Taj prem-
ises on all days except
Friday
.
He said even on Fri-
day only the residents
of Tajganj locality -
where the mausoleum
is located - are allowed
to pray between 12 pm
and 2 pm. The four men
were spotted offering
namaz at the Shahi
mosque at about 5 pm
on Wednesday evening.
They were accosted
by the officials from the
Archaeological Survey
of India and CISF and
were handed over to the
local police.
According to some,
prohibition on offering
of namaz inside the Taj
mosque was unheard of
till a few days back.
‘‘Namaz has been of-
fered at the mosque of
the Taj Mahal regularly
.
But some days ago the
Archaeological Survey
of India claimed that as
per the order of the Su-
preme Court of India
offering Namaz is pro-
hibited in the mosque
premises except Fri-
day,’’ said Ibrahim
Zaidi, the head of the
Intezamia Committee
at Taj Mahal.
Zaidi said the com-
mittee has asked the
ASI to give the prohibi-
tion in writing with
proof and also display a
board announcing the
prohibition to the tour-
ists. Vinod Dixit, a tour-
ist guide from Lucknow,
who accompanied the
tourists, claimed that
the accused had no idea
they were committing a
crime.
‘‘They had no idea
that they cannot offer
namaz. They did it by
mistak. There wasn’t
even any notice board
saying that it’s prohib-
ited,’’ he said.
The ASI said offering of the namaz inside the premises is
prohibitedonalldaysexceptFri,accordingtoanSCorder
Tourist guide says the 3 men from Hyderabad and 1
from Azamgarh had no idea that namaz was prohibited
Devotees offer prayers at theTaj Mahal on the occasion of Eid Ul Fitr.
‘NAMAZ ALLOWED ONLY ON FRIDAY’
“No new practice can be started at the monument like Taj
Mahal and even Supreme Court has endorsed the view
that only Friday namaz is permitted at Taj Mahal. Yet con-
fusion was created by those who have failed to convince
Supreme Court. ASI cannot allow namaz on days other
than Friday at a mosque within Taj Mahal premises as it is
precedence set,” said Raj Kumar Patel, the superintending
archaeologist for Agra circle. He claimed that it is aptly
mentioned at the Taj Mahal that namaz is allowed only on
Friday. Recently a seer wearing saffron was stopped from
holding a ‘Dharam Sansad’ at Taj Mahal and was sent back
to Ayodhya. Zaidi said the committee has asked the ASI to
give the prohibition in writing with proof and also display
a board announcing the prohibition to the tourists.
TIKAIT IN LUCKNOW
Bhartiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait held a meeting in the office of OCR Building in Lucknow on Thursday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
SC sets aside HC order staying SFIO probe
into 9 firms related to Sahara group
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on
Thursday set aside the
Delhi High Court order
granting interim relief
and staying the investi-
gation into nine compa-
nies related to the Saha-
ra Group.
Allowing the Serious
Fraud Investigation Of-
fice (SFIO) plea chal-
lenging a Delhi High
Court order staying the
investigation into nine
companies related to
the Sahara Group, a
bench of justices DY
Chandrachud and Bela
M Trivedi directed the
Delhi High Court to de-
cide the petition expedi-
tiously after re-opening
after summer vaca-
tions. “High Court was
not correct in staying
the investigation at the
interim stage.
We allow the appeals
and set aside the High
Court order on stay,”
the Court said adding
that its decision will not
impact the merits of the
petitions. Solicitor Gen-
eral Tushar Mehta was
representing SFIO in
the matter. He told the
court that this is the Sa-
hara Company matter
which runs into one
lakh crore. The SC last
week agreed to hear a
plea challenging the
Delhi High Court order
which granted relief to
Sahara Group. SFIO
has challenged the Del-
hi HC order staying the
investigation into nine
companies related to
the Sahara Group.
The Delhi HC on Dec
13, 2021, granted inter-
im relief to respon-
dents Sahara Housing
Investment Corpora-
tion Limited and others
by staying the opera-
tion, implementation
and execution of the
investigation orders
dated October 31, 2018,
and Oct 27, 2020, passed
by the Central Govt and
also stayed all subse-
quent actions and pro-
ceedings initiated pur-
suant thereof includ-
ing coercive proceed-
ings and lookout notic-
es issued against the
respondents.
Raids continue at 26 locations
of 19 firms of pan masala
Registration for Char Dham
Yatra stopped temporarily
First India Bureau
Agra: The raids start-
ed on Wednesday after-
noon at 26 locations of
19 firms of Pan Masala
and Gutkha in Agra
continued overnight.
The Commercial Tax
Dept has raided on the
complaint of tax eva-
sion by purchasing raw
material from firms op-
erating without regis-
tration.
So far, small firms
have accepted tax eva-
sion of Rs 22 lakh in the
raids. At the same time,
action will continue on
many big firms on
Thursday as well. On
Wed, the Central GST
team along with Com-
mercial Tax, mainly Sa-
rin Sarin, Jeet India
Pvt.Ltd.,RNFragrances,
Sarin Fragrance Firm.
This action was also
taken on a dozen other
small firms on the basis
of business links from
documents found from
these companies. The
entire action was taken
under the direction of
Additional Commis-
sioner Grade One AK
Singh, Commercial Tax
Department.
In this, about 70 offi-
cers and employees of
Agraaswellasadjoining
districts were accompa-
nied by policemen.
Rishikesh (PTI): Reg-
istration of pilgrims
for Gangotri, Yamuno-
tri and Kedarnath has
been stopped temporar-
ily as the daily quota of
pilgrims for the famed
temples is full till June
3, officials said on
Thursday
.
Dehradun District
Magistrate R Rajesh
Kumar said the deci-
sion to stop registra-
tion of devotees for
these temples for the
time being has been
taken for their conve-
nience as it will help
prevent chaos and con-
fusion at the Hima-
layan shrines.
The decision was
taken as the daily quo-
ta of pilgrims for these
shrines according to
government guidelines
is full till June 3, SDRF
officials at Rishikesh
ISBT said. An an-
nouncement to this ef-
fect is being made at
the ISBT here. Regis-
tration of pilgrims is
now being done only
for Badrinath.
Officials while conduting late night raid at pan masala company
Devotees arrive to attend the opening ceremony of Gangotri
Dham portals on May 3. —PHOTO BY ANI
SPURIOUS SALT FACTORY
SEIZED IN NOIDA
Noida(PTI): The po-
lice in Greater Noida
on Thursday seized
around 60,000 kilo-
grams of spurious
salt and over 20,000
wrappers labelled
‘Tata Salt’ from a fac-
tory and arrested two
people in connection
with the case, offi-
cials said.
The gang had been
engaged in packing
local salt in packets
bearing label of the
Tata company at the
factory located in the
Dadri area and fur-
ther sold them in mar-
kets, they said. The
factory manufactur-
ing spurious salt in
the name of Tata Salt
was busted by offi-
cials of the Dadri po-
lice station on Thurs-
day. Two people were
arrested from the spot
while a third person
managed to escape
from the spot, a police
spokesperson said.
Over 20,000 wrappers
of Tata Salt were
seized from the spot.
Around 60,000 kilo-
grams of local salt
estimated to be worth
Rs 10 lakh and equip-
ment to seal plastic
packets were recov-
ered from the factory,
the official said.
The SFIO had
filed an appeal
in the top court
against the Dec
13, 2021 order
of the HC
—PHOTO BY ANI

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2NDFRONT
JAYANT SP’S THIRD CHOICE FOR RS,
DIMPLE MAY CONTEST FROM AZAMGARH
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Jayant
Chaudhary
, president of
the Rashtriya Lok Dal
will be the third candi-
date supported by the
Samajwadi Party (SP)
for the Rajya Sabha bi-
ennial elections. The
party has already an-
nounced its support for
Kapil Sibal, who is con-
testing as an indepen-
dent candidate. Another
SP nominee is Javed Ali.
“Jayant Chaudhary
will be a joint candidate
of the SP and RLD,” the
SP said in a tweet from
its official Twitter han-
dle. Meanwhile, Sama-
jwadi Party sources
said that the party was
likely to field Dimple
Yadav in the upcoming
by-election on the
Azamgarh Lok Sabha
seat. The seat had fallen
vacant after Akhilesh
Yadav resigned from
the Lok Sabha in March
and opted to remain ac-
tive in state politics.
By announcing support
to Jayant Chaudhary,
the SP has made the
first move to cement the
SP-RLD alliance for the
Lok Sabha elections.
Jayant is expected to
file his nomination pa-
pers on Friday
. The RLD
has eight MLAs in the
UP Assembly and a can-
didate needs 37 votes to
win the seat. With 273
MLAs in the UP Assem-
bly, the ruling BJP-led
NDA will easily be able
to get 8 members elected
to the Upper House of
Parliament, while the
SP and its allies (RLD
and SBSP), with a
strength of 125 legisla-
tors, will be able to en-
sure the victory of 3
candidates. UP sends 31
members to the Rajya
Sabha. Among the 11 re-
tiring MPs from the
state, five are from the
BJP, 3 from the SP, 2
from the Bahujan Sam-
aj Party (BSP) and one
from the Congress.
Among those whose
tenures are ending in-
clude Sibal, Satish
Chandra Mishra of the
BSP and Rewati Raman
Singh of the SP. With
403 elected members in
the UP Assembly, a can-
didate will require at
least 34 votes for victo-
ry. The outcome of the
state Assembly election
heldinFebruary-March
has changed the equa-
tion this time.
The party has already announced its support for Sibal, who is contesting as an independent candidate
Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary during the joint election
campaign for UP elections in Bijnor. —FILE PHOTO
VOTING ON JUNE 10
Expelled BSP leader
and former min Nakul
Dubey joins Congress
New Delhi (PTI):
Former BSP leader
and Uttar Pradesh
minister Nakul
Dubey on Thursday
joined the Congress
here. Dubey was a
prominent Brahmin
face in the Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP)
and played a key role
in the formation of
Mayawati’s govern-
ment in the state in
2007 due to the Brah-
min-Dalit alliance.
Welcoming Dubey
into the Congress
fold, AICC leader Ra-
jiv Shukla said sever-
al other big leaders
from Uttar Pradesh
will soon join the
party. According to
sources, Dubey had
met AICC General
Secretary in-charge
for Uttar Pradesh
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra in Delhi a few
days ago. Dubey said
he has joined the
Congress as it is the
only alternative to
the BJP.
BJP strategists are eyeing to
secure a two-thirds majority
in the Upper House of UP
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Along with
the Upper House of Par-
liament, the election bu-
gle has also been blown
for the vacant seats of
the Upper House of the
UP legislature.
The BJP
, which se-
curedathumpingmajor-
ity in the recently con-
cluded assembly elec-
tions, is set to gain an
edge in the elections to
the thirteen seats of the
Legislative Council. Af-
ter these elections,
where the BJP will get
more than a two-thirds
majority in the Upper
House,thechallengewill
remain before the oppo-
sition parties to retain
their representation.
Among the 13 mem-
bers of the UP Legisla-
tive Council, whose
term is going to end on
July 6, CM Yogi Aditya-
nath has resigned after
being elected as a mem-
ber of the Legislative
Assembly
. Out of these
thirteenseats,6arewith
the SP, 3 each with the
BJP and BSP, and one
seat with the Congress.
In the elections to be
held on June 20 for these
vacant seats, a vote of 32
MLAs will be required
per seat. The BJP-led al-
liance of 273 members
will easily win 8 seats.
Even after this, an addi-
tional 17 votes will be
left. While the 125-mem-
ber SP-Alliance can eas-
ily get 3 seats, an addi-
tional three votes will be
required to get the
fourth seat.
There are also appre-
hensions about
cross-voting for the SP,
which is battling inter-
nal discontent. Howev-
er, with the support of
two MLAs of the Raja
Bhaiya-led Jansatta
Dal, the ruling alliance
will definitely explore
the chances of winning
another seat through
second preference. It is
worth noting that in the
elections for the 36 seats
in the local authorities’
constituencies of the
Legislative Council held
last month, the BJP had
won the maximum
number of 33 seats.
With which the saffron
party’s member
strength in the Upper
House has crossed the
66 mark. BJP-led alli-
ance partners Ashish
Patel of Apna Dal and
Sanjay Nishad of Ni-
shad Party have also
secured MLC seats.
MORE POLITICAL CHALLENGES FOR SP?
Three nominated members of SP retired on Thursday.
With which the member strength of SP has been reduced
to 11. The term of six other SP members will end in July.
Then Akhilesh’s party will have only five MLCs left.
IN SOLIDARITY
Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad met Lucknow University Professor Ravikant
Chandan, who is facing a police FIR and ire of ABVP members for his remarks on the Kashi
Vishwanath Temple, at his house in Lucknow on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: With the ex-
ception of top leader-
ship, the party has made
it clear those above 70
years will not be consid-
ered for an RS seat. The
exception from UP
could be Laxmi Kant
Bajpai former state BJP
chief. Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi is another major
contender.
The BJP strategists
are keeping an eye on if
the main opposition Sa-
majwadi Party would
like to force a contest by
fieldingfourcandidates,
while being sure of an
outright win of only
three of the SP nomi-
nees fortheRajya Sabha
polls. Aware that a BJP
nomination would
mean an assured win,
the list of contenders
for these polls is in-
creasing rapidly, with
claimants not just from
the party but from the
opposition too, said par-
ty leaders. By July, 11
more vacancies would
open up in legislative
council, and based on
the current strength of
parties, the BJP is likely
to bag 9 of these with SP
being the only opposi-
tion party that would be
in a position to send a
couple of members to
the council. In a long
time, the BSP won’t be
in a position to send
even a single member to
the legislative council.
Race on as contenders eye BJP nomination for RS seats
RS OR VRS
lll
Hectic
consultations
and lobbying
are underway
in the BJP post
announcement
of June 10
Rajya Sabha
polls to fill up
11 vacancies
from UP
Chairman of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Joining Committee
in UP, Laxmi Kant Bajpai addresses a press conference at the
party headquarters in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY ANI
FOR RS POLLS
DISTRICTCOURTTOCONTINUEHEARING
ONMAINTAINABILITYONMAY30
Varanasi (PTI): A dis-
trict court, which on
Thursday heard argu-
ments of Muslim side
on the maintainability
of the Gyanva-
pi-Shringar Gauri com-
plex case, fixed May 30
as the next date of
hearing in the case.
“The Muslim side’s
arguments on the main-
tainability of the case
remained incomplete
today, which they will
continue on May 30 --
the date fixed by the
court for the next hear-
ing,” said District Gov-
ernment Counsel Rana
Sanjeev Singh. The
court had on May 24
fixed May 26 for hearing
on the maintainability
of theGyanvapi-Shring-
ar Gauri complex case.
Singh on Tuesday had
said the court also gave
a week’s time to both
Hindu and Muslim
sides to file objections
to the report of a
court-mandated videog-
raphy survey of the
Gyanvapi mosque
premises. On May 20,
the Supreme Court had
transferred the Gyanva-
pi-Shringar Gauri com-
plex case from a civil
judge (senior division)
to a district judge, say-
ing looking at the “com-
plexities” and “sensitiv-
ity” of the issue, it is
better if a senior judi-
cial officer having an
experience of over 25-30
years handles this case.
GYANVAPI CASE
Advocates representing the Hindu side leave the court after the
hearing on Thursday.
Advocates representing the Muslim side discuss after the court
hearing in Varanasi on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Bank account of jailed MLA attached
Bhadohi (PTI): Thedis-
trict administration on
Thursday attached a
bank account with Rs
1.28 crore in it allegedly
transferred by former
MLAandgangleaderVi-
jay Mishra. Superinten-
dent of Police, Bhadohi,
Anil Kumar said, “Mish-
ra who is lodged in Agra
Jail deposited Rs 1.28 cr
in a bank account in
Bhadohi owned by his
close aides and son Vish-
nu Mishra.”
“The said money has
been gathered with the
help of illegal activities
and was attached on the
direction of the senior
administrative officials
under provisions of the
gangster act.” Associat-
ed with the Samajwadi
Party for a long time,
MishrawaselectedMLA
thrice under its banner
- 2002, 2007, and 2012. He
contested from Gyanpur
assembly seat of Bhad-
hohi from jail in the lat-
est UP election, but lost.
Mishra reportedly has
over 60 cases lodged
against him, including
that of rape. Vishnu, his
son, is absconding since
August 2020.
Awareness campaign on
menstrual hygiene held
Kanpur: Nine Founda-
tion has kickstarted an-
other round of its cam-
paign to spread aware-
ness about menstrua-
tion in villages, cities,
schools, and colleges.
The representatives of
NineFoundationtaught
women and girls how to
keep themselves safe,
clean, healthy during
menstruation and how
to safely use and dis-
pose of sanitary nap-
kins. On Thursday, the
team distributed sani-
tary napkins and sani-
tisers to women and
girls in Bikru Bhiti,
Suja Nivada and Udait-
pur villages in Shivra-
jpur. The team also
nominated two women
of Nathupur village to
spread awareness about
mensuration among
other girls and women.
Nakul Dubey with AICC
Gen Secretary in-charge
for UP Priyanka Gandhi
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artist but for his vision.
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CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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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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MUKESH
KIRADOO

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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will need to adhere to
strict dietary control to
keep good health. Previous
investments promise to
keep some cozy on the financial front.
Avoid risks on the road today. Stars
are strong for buying a house. A
long-term relationship may end with
wedding bells for those in love.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You may remain in
celebratory mood on the
social front as you enjoy
your popularity within your
circle of friends and relations.
Starting again on the professional
front will have better financial
prospects. Developments on the
career front are foreseen for some.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will find things moving
the way you want them at
work today. Your focus
can be health at this
juncture and taking up an exercise
regimen just to come back in shape
cannot be ruled out. Tensions on the
family front cannot be ruled out. A
property issue is best left untouched.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Things begin to look up on
the financial front as gains
accrue. Those staying
separated from the family
are likely to get a chance to visit home.
Suitable accommodation is likely to be
taken on rent by those looking for one.
Volunteering for a cause on the social
front will give you satisfaction.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A satisfying day is foreseen
for professionals. Keeping
good health may become
your motto soon, as you
take positive steps towards a healthy
lifestyle. Financial position will
remain satisfactory, but overspend-
ing should be guarded against. A
marriage proposal can be received.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Health front looks healthy,
as you find yourself fit and
energetic today. You will
need to do some financial
planning before putting money in your
dream project. A chance to become
part of a prestigious organization is on
the horizon. Don’t take decisive step
regarding a property today.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
A bonanza on the financial
front cannot be ruled out.
You will take a break from
your hectic work schedule
just to get in touch with your inner
self. Your actions may arouse
suspicion and get parents on your
back. You will benefit from a property
related matter.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Cutting corners and
tightening belts will help
you save a lot. Eating right
and remaining active are
the only ways for you to keep good
health. Carelessness at work can get
you on the wrong side of a senior. A
family gathering is likely to provide
you a chance to meet everyone.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You will be able to
effectively curb expenses
by taking some drastic
measures. You are likely to
enjoy good health as you resolve to
take up some physical activity
seriously. You will have to put your
trust in people, if you want to
establish on the professional front.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A small financial crisis may
threaten you, but you will
steer through it success-
fully. You will manage to
steer to total fitness by adhering to
your daily routine. Much caring and
sharing at home is likely to keep you
happy and contented. Listen to
spouse before deciding something.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your professional stars are
on the ascendant and will
help make your mark on
the career front. Some of
you may get a step closer to coming
back in shape. Despite your efforts, a
decision regarding property may not
go in your favour. Marriage is on the
anvil for the eligible.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A source of income
threatens to dry up and
may require your personal
attention. You will remain
careful of your health to prevent
recurrence of an old ailment.
Satisfaction on the professional or
academic front may elude you, but it
will not deter you to perform well.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
he holiday season
is almost upon us,
so it’s time to start
planning a suita-
ble skincare rou-
tine. A sudden
change in weather
can wreak havoc on the
skin, and then there’s the
actual journey to think
about. Below, three experts
share their top tips for sup-
porting your skin through-
out.
CLEANSE
THOROUGHLY
“When travelling from
cold to hot climates the
most immediate difference
is that your skin is likely to
perspire more,” says con-
sultant dermatologist Dr
Anjali Mahto. “For those
with acne-prone skin, this
can be a trigger for a break-
out – not so much the per-
spiration initially, but
when it is left on the skin
for a long time.” This is
why Mahto insists on thor-
ough cleansing twice a day,
to remove perspiration,
sunscreen and pollution
from the skin. And not just
on the face. “This expands
to your whole body,” she
says. “The neck, chest and
back are also prone to
breakouts.”
OPT FOR A PH
BALANCING TONER
As you travel from between
different climates the pH
of the skin can change,
which is why top facialists
and aestheticians always
recommend using a pH-
balancing toner. Our skin
is naturally acidic. Typi-
cally it has a pH balance of
between five and six. When
our skin’s pH rises towards
alkaline levels, it triggers
a chain reaction that re-
sults in trans-epidermal
water loss, dehydration,
and eventually inflamma-
tion. A pH balancing toner
restores the skin to its ide-
al state.
DON'T
UNDERESTIMATE
LIFESTYLE FACTORS
One last note, while be-
ing away from your nor-
mal skincare routine can
lead to skin changes, it’s
important to remember
that other travel-related
elements can affect your
complexion. “It’s a mis-
take to think that how
your skin looks and feels
is the result of only your
skin plus your skincare,”
Anjali warns. “There are
so many new variables
that can enter into the
equation while you trav-
el.” We know the climate
is one such factor, but so
is your overall health and
wellbeing. Diet can have
a huge impact on your
skin. If you’re eating out
or suddenly ordering a
dessert every night, that
extra sugar can throw
things out of whack. And
then there is the topic of
beauty sleep.
Your travel destination
should also inform which
products you should
swap in or out. For exam-
ple, if you’re heading to
the desert, you might
pack a richer moisturiz-
er and facial oil. If your
destination is hot and hu-
mid, reach for a
lightweight hydrator.
These little swaps can be
really important to help
your skin stay in
balance.
As for the ev-
er-popular sheet
masks and face
mists that many influ-
encers and content crea-
tors post about using be-
fore taking
off ? Sheet
m a s k s
can be
skipped, but face mists
can be great, so long as
you check the ingredient
list.
If you like mists,
rose hydrosols
are a must-try.
They act as an
a s t r i n g e n t
toner, anti-in-
flammatory
agent, as well
as a hydrator
all in one!
Avoid spritzing
your face with
formulas that in-
clude alcohol or
other drying agents
that make matters
worse. You should
use skin friendly
products.
T
HEALTHY SKIN IS ALWAYS IN
HEALTHY SKIN IS ALWAYS IN
Everyone takes care of their skin in different ways. For some of us, it means a strict regime of
moisturizers and serums slathered onto clean skin, while for others the focus is more about keeping
hands hydrated after being dried out by sanitiser or cold weather. City First brings to you the best travel
skincare tips by consultant dermatologist Dr Anjali Mahto who believes in giving our skin a little love!
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INVEST IN A GOOD LIP BALM
“The low humidity associated with cabin air can be quite drying for
the skin,” says Mahto. Any flight that’s longer than four hours, and
your skin is going to feel it – particularly on the incredibly vulner-
able lips. An occlusive lip balm applied regularly is an absolute must.
Dr Anjali Mahto

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