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New Delhi (ANI): Laud-
ing Punjab Chief Minis-
ter Bhagwant Mann’s
announcement of roll-
ing out a doorstep ration
delivery scheme in the
state, Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) convenor and CM
Arvind Kejriwal took a
swipe at Centre for not
allowing him to imple-
ment the same in Delhi.
Addressing the me-
dia, Kejriwal said,
“There’s a saying, ‘you
can’t stop the idea
whose time has come;’
they (Centre) didn’t al-
low us to implement it
in Delhi, no problem,
we’ll do it in Punjab and
country will demand it.
It’ll get implemented in
the country, like mohal-
la clinics.” Punjab CM
on Monday rolled out a
doorstep ration deliv-
ery scheme in the state.
He said that the scheme
is an optional one, and
the ration-card holders
can opt-out of it.
Mentioning how the
BJP-led Centre did not
let him do the same for
Delhi, Kejriwal said,
“Today, Punjab Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann has announced
doorstep delivery of ra-
tion... it’ll be imple-
mented soon. We’ve
been struggling to im-
plement it in Delhi for
the last four years; we
planned out everything
but the Centre’s BJP
government stopped it.”
In November last
year,theSupremeCourt
had declined to inter-
fere with the Delhi High
Court interim order
which had cleared the
way for the Delhi gov-
ernment’s doorstep de-
livery of ration scheme.
Delhi government
had told the apex court
that nowadays every-
thing is being delivered
home, including cooked
food and liquor, and
there is nothing wrong
with the delivery of
food grains at the doors
of poor people under
the Public Distribution
System.
Delhi CM Kejriwal addresses media, on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kejriwal lauds Punjab’s doorstep ration delivery
AAP National Convenor takes a swipe at the Centre for not allowing him to implement the same scheme in Delhi
In November last year,
the Supreme Court
had declined to
interfere with the
Delhi High Court
interim order which
had cleared the way
for the Delhi govt’s
doorstep delivery of
ration scheme.
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Sworn-in as the state’s 14th chief minister, Pramod Sawant on Monday vowed to
make Goa the top tourism destination in India, while also listing employment regen-
eration and resumption of mining activity as top priorities of his government. Sawant,
along with eight other ministers were administered oath in presence of PM Narendra
Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda and CMs of 7 BJP-ruled states.
SAWANT TAKES
OATH AS GOA CM,
ANNOUNCES STATE
BUDGET ON MAR 30
Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the
face for joking about his wife. Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a
short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s tightly
cropped hair to Demi Moore’s appearance in the film “G.I. Jane”. Jada, also an
actress, suffers from alopecia, and publicly revealed her diagnosis in 2018.
WILL SMITH
SLAPS CHRIS
ROCK OVER WIFE
JOKE AT OSCARS
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST PM IMRAN KHAN TABLED
SHAHBAZSHARIF
NEXTPAKPM?
Debate on Motion on March 31, voting likely on April 4
Islamabad (Agencies):
The no-trust motion
against Imran Khan
could be delayed and be
held next month, Paki-
stan-based news agency
the Dawn reported. Pa-
kistan interior minister
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed
told the media that the
voting on the no-trust
motion would take
place on April 4 as the
Pakistan national as-
sembly speaker allowed
tabling it on Monday
afternoon. Pakistan op-
position leader of the
National Assembly
, Mu-
hammad Shehbaz Sha-
rif moved the no-confi-
dence motion.
The comments by the
Pakistan cabinet minis-
ter shows that the gov-
ernment is seeking to
buy more time in a bid
to save the Imran Khan
government from get-
ting ousted. The rule
states that once a no-
trust or no-confidence
motion is tabled then it
‘shall not be voted upon
before the expiry of
three days, or later than
seven days.’
The opposition has
criticised Asad Qaiser
for acting in a partial
manner and on behalf
of Imran Khan’s Paki-
stan Tehreek-e-Insaf-
led (PTI) government.
Jamhoori Watan Party
leader and special assis-
tant to the prime minis-
ter (SAPM) Shah
zain
Bugti’s resignation also
was detrimental to Im-
ran Khan’s bid to re-
main in power.
Kolkata: Five Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
MLAs including the
Leader of Opposition
Suvendu Adhikari
were suspended from
the West Bengal As-
sembly on Monday fol-
lowing a clash with
TMC MLAs on the
floor of the House over
Birbhum violence.
The other BJP MLAs
suspended include
Manoj Tigga, Shankar
Ghosh, Narahari Ma-
hato and Dipak Bar-
man. The MLAs were
suspended until fur-
ther notice. BJP MLAs
then held a protest out-
side the Assembly
.
Pak Punjab CM
Usman Buzdar
resigns; PML-Q’s
Chaudhry Pervaiz
Elahi likely to be
next chief minister
File photo of Pakistan PM Imran Khan with LoP in National Assembly Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar called on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his
residence in New Delhi on Monday.
FAZL-UR-REHMAN
COULD BE NEXT
PAK PRESIDENT
According to sources,
PML-N president
Shahbaz Sharif could
be next prime minister
of Pakistan, replacing
Imran Khan. They also
suggested that cleric and
current president of Ja-
miat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman
could replace Arif Alvi
to take over the role of
president of Pakistan.
The chairman’s position
could go to former prime
minister and Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP)
leader Yusuf Raza Gillani.
The current speaker of
the Punjab province as-
sembly, Chaudhry Pervaiz
Elahi, could replace him
and take over the role
of chief minister. The
Pakistan Muslim League-
Q (PML-Q), an ally of
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,
had demanded that
Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi
be appointed to the role.
Suvendu, four other
BJP MLAs suspended
from Bengal Assembly
BJP MLAs in a scuffle with TMC MLAs during a session of the
West Bengal Legislative Assembly in Kolkata on Monday.
WB GUV JAGDEEP DHANKHAR MEETS AMIT SHAH
An ally of the Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Pakis
tan Muslim
League-Quaid (PML-Q) finalised a deal on Monday with the opposition party Pakistan Muslim
League-Nawaz (PML-N) which could see Imran Khan step down in less than a week. People
familiar with the developments said that PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif could be next Pak PM
Will fight for claim over Chandigarh: Punjab
CM Bhagwant Mann after Shah’s remark
Chandigarh: A day af-
ter Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah an-
nounced that Central
Civil Service Rules
will be implemented
for all employees un-
der Chandigarh Ad-
ministration, Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann said that
his government will
fight strongly for its
“rightful claim over
Chandigarh”.
“Central Govt has
been stepwise impos-
ing officers and person-
nel from other states
and services in Chandi-
garh administration.
This goes against the
letter and spirit of Pun-
jab Reorganisation Act
1966. Punjab will fight
strongly for its rightful
claim over Chandi-
garh…(sic),” Mann
tweeted on Monday.
Punjab has been see-
ing these developments
as infringement on
rights of the state and
a violation of the Reor-
ganisation Act. The
state has been staking
claim on Chandigarh
as its capital.
Bharat Bandh: 48-hour strike begins,
sees partial response in several states
New Delhi (ANI): A 48
hours Bharat bandh or
a nationwide strike
called by different trade
unions to protest
against government
policies has kicked off
in several states on
Monday
.
The strike will be ob-
served for two days,
March 28 and 29.
This is the first such
strike after the BJP won
the Assembly elections
in four of five states.
Reduced rate of inter-
est on Employees’ Prov-
ident Fund Organisa-
tion, rising fuel prices,
are among a few rea-
sons for the Bandh call.
KERALA HC ASKS
STATE TO RESTRICT
GOVT STAFF FROM
JOINING STRIKE
Kochi: Kerala High Court di-
rected the State Government
to issue an order restrict-
ing the state government
employees from participating
in the two-day Bandh. The
Court also observed that it is
illegal that state government
employees are participating
in the strike. Hours after
the high court order, Kerala
government barred its em-
ployees from participating
in the general strike.
THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE
(IDENTIFICATION)
MoS (Home)
Ajay Mishra
tables Bill in
Lok Sabha
New Delhi (Agencies):
Amid the ongoing sec-
ond half of the budget
session which com-
menced on March 14,
the Minister of State for
Home Affairs Ajay
Mishra Teni presented
the ‘Criminal Proce-
dure Identification Bill’
in the lower house of
the Parliament - Lok
Sabha. While present-
ing the bill, the MoS as-
sured that the new bill
will not only help the
police in investigation
but also increase pros-
ecutions.
Members from the Left Front
gathered in huge numbers and
blocked tracks at Jadavpur
Railway Station in Kolkata.
WHAT IS THE BILL?
The Bill aims to give the
police the full authori-
sation to take certain
examinations for the
purpose of identifica-
tion of the criminal. The
examinations allowed as
per the bill are, “finger-
impressions, palm-print
impressions, footprint
impressions, photo-
graphs, iris and retina
scan, physical, biologi-
cal samples and their
analysis, behavioural
attributes, including sig-
natures, handwriting or
any other examination.
RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE,
UKRAINE PEACE
NEGOTIATORS MAY
HAVE BEEN POISONED:
STATES WSJ REPORT
Sanctioned Russian
billionaire Roman
Abramovich and Ukrain-
ian peace negotiators
suffered symptoms of
suspected poisoning
earlier this month after a
meeting in Kyiv, the Wall
Street Journal reported
on Monday. Abramovich,
who accepted a Ukrainian
request to help negotiate
an end to the Russian
invasion of Ukraine,
and at least two senior
members of the Ukrainian
team, were affected. Their
symptoms included red
eyes, constant and painful
tearing, and peeling of
skin on faces and hands.

CAPITOL
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New Delhi (PTI):
A SpiceJet flight on Mon-
day collided with an elec-
tric pole at the Delhi air-
port.
The incident took
place when the Boeing
737-800 aircraft of Spice-
Jet was pushed back
from the parking posi-
tion to be ready for take-
off to Jammu, reported
PTI quoting DGCA offi-
cials.
The Directorate Gen-
eral of Civil Aviation
(DGCA) has begun the
probe into the matter.
No passengers were
injured. However, the
aircraft's right wing was
damaged. The plane was
scheduled to depart from
Delhi at 9.20am, officials
noted.
"On March 28, 2022,
SpiceJet flight SG 160
was scheduled to operate
between Delhi and Jam-
mu. During push back,
the right-wing trailing
edge came in close con-
tact with a pole, causing
damage to aileron. A re-
placement aircraft has
been arranged to operate
the flight, said a SpiceJet
spokesperson in a state-
ment.
SpiceJet aircraft hits electric
pole at Delhi airport, probe on
Right-wing trailing edge came in close contact with a pole, causing damage to aileron
SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 (VT-SLJ, built 2007) received wing damage when it hit an apron light mast during pushback.
New Delhi (PTI): A
massive fire broke out
at the dumping yard of
east Delhi’s Ghazipur
area on Monday leading
to a huge cloud of
smoke enveloping the
region and neighbour-
ing areas.
Nine fire tenders are
at the spot to bring the
blaze under control, an
official of the fire de-
partment said.
Chief Fire Officer
Atul Garg said efforts
are on to douse the
flames, adding that it
may take few more
hours.
According to the fire
department, a call was
received at around 2.30
pm about the fire in
Khaata at Ghazipur.
Garg told PTI that the
cause of fire is yet to be
ascertained. A thick
blanket of smoke was
seen at a section of the
dumping yard, where
the fire broke out.
Massive fire breaks
out at dumping yard
of Ghazipur locality
New Delhi (PTI) The
whopping `200 crore
earned from ‘The Kash-
mir Files’ film should be
used for the welfare of
the displaced Kashmiri
Pandits and rebuilding
their homes, Deputy
Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia told the Delhi As-
sembly on Monday,
stressing that the pain of
the community should
be felt by people and not
“be sold in crores”.
In his address, he also
said this huge amount
should be either put into
a new welfare foundation
or existing foundations
working for the Kashmi-
ri Pandit community.
“I have not been able to
watch the film, as I was
busy with the (Delhi)
budget, so I cannot com-
ment on the quality of
the film. But, it's fine that
a film has been made on
the suffering of the Kash-
miri Pandit community,
and it should be seen by
everyone,” he said.
“But, their pains
should be felt by other
people, and not that their
pain be sold in crores,”
Sisodia said.
The film has grossed
`200 crore, so now let the
people living in Pamposh
Enclave or a poor person
in Kondli and other plac-
es also “feel the pain” of
this community, and “put
the film on YouTube for
free,” the deputy chief
minister said.
“And, this `200 crore
should be used for the
welfare of Kashmiri Pan-
dits, those who had to
leave their home and
hearth in 1989-1990,”
Sisodia said.
`200 cr earned from film should be used for
welfare of Kashmiri Pandits, says Sisodia
New Delhi (ANI): A
team of officials from
Indira Gandhi Interna-
tional Airport Police
station busted a prosti-
tution racket and ar-
rested three accused in
the case including the
girl, as informed the po-
lice official on Monday
.
On March 21, the IGI
Police received informa-
tion through a secret
informer about the pros-
titution racket being op-
erated in the vicinity of
the Aerocity area at IGI
Airport. A special team
of police was formed to
conduct raids in the
area. The police team
reached the Aerocity
area and caught the ac-
cused broker identified
as Naveen red-handed
who had come to drop a
woman, involved in the
racket, at the hotel. The
police apprehended the
woman inside the hotel
and caught Naveen out-
side the hotel.
Delhi Police busts high-profile
prostitution racket, 3 arrested
New Delhi (ANI):
Three Bharatiya Janata
Party MLAs were dis-
missed from the House
for the day for raising
slogans against CM
Arvind Kejriwal while
standing on benches in
the Delhi assembly ses-
sion on Monday
.
Chaos erupted in the
House on Monday due
to the protest by the
Aam Aadmi Party lead-
ers over “derogatory”
remarks made by Delhi
BJP president Adesh
Kumar Gupta against
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal. The House
was briefly adjourned
twice over the same is-
sue. AAP MLAs protest-
ed demanding an apol-
ogy from BJP over al-
leged derogatory re-
marks on Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal.
The clutter between
the two political parties
surfaced after Adesh
Gupta slammed CM Ke-
jriwal with making de-
famatory remarks for
his statements on ‘The
Kashmir Files’ movie.
Kejriwal, in his
speech in the Delhi As-
sembly, had accused the
BJP leaders of “promot-
ing” the movie and
asked the makers of the
movie to upload the film
on YouTube which at-
tracted backlash against
the Chief Minister on
social media.
3 BJP MLAs dismissed for a day
for raising slogans against CM
—Representative image
Textile destroying almost 100%
bacteria, virus developed
New Delhi (PTI): An
Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Delhi
startup has developed
an “affordable high-per-
formance medical tex-
tile”, which claims to
“destroy around 99.9%
of the bacteria and vi-
ruses within 30 min-
utes”. The product, Fa-
bium, has been devel-
oped by a start-up called
Fabiosys Innovations.
“Ordinary antimicro-
bial fabric products
available in the market
inhibit microbes in a
spanof 24hoursandthat
too with an unsatisfac-
tory efficiency
. This time
span of 24 hours makes
those antimicrobial fab-
ric products impractical
to be used in everyday
life because a typical
bacterium doubles itself
in a span of around 20-30
minutes,” IIT-D said in a
statement.
“Fabium® is devel-
oped using a technology
called Hi-PAT, which
makes it highly effective
against bacteria, virus-
es, and fungi,” it said.
IIT-D STARTUP
New Delhi (PTI): An
ongoing five-year-long
winter raptor survey at
the Asola Bhatti Wild-
life Sanctuary in south
Delhi has recorded 21
different raptor spe-
cies (birds of prey) at
the sanctuary, 14 of
which are schedule-1
species (prohibited to
be hunted, except un-
der threat to human
life or in case of a seri-
ous disease) under the
Wildlife Protection Act,
1972, officials said.
The census has been
held every winter since
2017, with the 70 sur-
veys held so far record-
ing the presence of,
among others, the criti-
cally endangered red-
headed vulture (Sarcog-
yps calvus), the endan-
gered Egyptian vulture
(Neophron percnopter-
us), steppe eagle (Aqui-
la nipalensis) and the
vulnerable greater spot-
ted eagle (Clanga clan-
ga). A near threatened
pallid harrier (Circus
macrourus) was also re-
corded for the first time
in November 2017 and
more recently, officials
at the Asola Bhatti wild-
life sanctuary recorded
the northern goshawk
(Accipiter gentilis) in
February 2022, the first
ever photographic re-
cord for the Himalayan
species in Delhi.
The survey is being
carried out by the Bom-
bay Natural History
Society (BNHS) in col-
laboration with the
state forest and wild-
life department in or-
der to ascertain the
raptor population in
the area and gauge the
impact of rejuvenation
efforts inside the sanc-
tuary on fauna.
Noting that 28 raptor
species have been his-
torically recorded at
the sanctuary, Sohail
Madan, centre manag-
er of BNHS at Asola,
said the winter survey
has recorded 21 of
these species in the last
five years.
“Of these, 14 species
are currently under
Schedule-1 of the Wild-
life (Protection) Act,
1972, highlighting their
importance. Further, of
the 21 species recorded,
eight are resident spe-
cies, eight are migrant
species, one is a va-
grant and the status for
four is difficult to de-
fine,” said Madan.
21 raptor species spotted at Asola Bhatti Sanctuary
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
CRUCIAL READ
DELHI METRO’S
MAGENTA LINE
HIT BY SNAG
New Delhi (PTI):
Services on a section
of Magenta Line of
the Delhi Metro were
delayed on Monday
due to some signalling
issue, officials said.
Magenta Line connects
Janakpuri West station
in Delhi to Botanical
Garden station in Noida.
“Magenta Line Update
Delay in services be-
tween Janakpuri West
and Terminal-1 IGI
Airport.
FAKE CALL
CENTRE BUSTED
IN DELHI, 8 HELD
New Delhi (PTI): The
police has busted a
fake call centre and
arrested eight persons
for allegedly duping
foreign nationals by
posing as members of
the technical support
team of Amazon and
PayPal, officials said
on Monday. The call
centre was running in
Delhi’s Jamia Nagar
area, they said. Ten
mobile phones, seven
laptops seized.
2 INJURED IN CYLINDER BLAST IN
DELHI'S RANJEET NAGAR AREA
Two Delhi HC
judges take
oath of office
NO HATE CRIME ANGLE IN DELHI’S
NARAINA KILLING, SAY POLICE
New Delhi (ANI): Two people were injured after an
LPG cylinder exploded in the Ranjeet Nagar area of the
national capital, informed Delhi
Fire Service (DFS) on Sunday.
The officials informed that
neighbours took the injured
persons to a nearby hospital
for treatment. An incident of
cylinder blast took place in
Ranjeet Nagar last night at 9 pm. Two people got in-
jured. The windows of adjacent houses were shattered
due to the blast. After the incident, neighbours took the
injured to a nearby hospital, DFS said.
New Delhi (PTI): Two
new Delhi High Court
judges on Monday took
oath of office, taking
the total strength of the
court to 35.
Acting Chief Justice
Vipin Sanghi adminis-
tered the oath of office
to Justices Poonam A
Bamba and Swarana
Kanta Sharma.
The swearing-in cer-
emony took place at the
court of Chief Justice
in the presence of other
high court judges, law-
yers and family mem-
bers of the newly
sworn-in judges.
The Supreme Court
Collegium, in its meet-
ing held on February 1,
had approved the pro-
posal for elevation of
Justices Bamba and
Sharma, who were serv-
ing as judicial officers
in the Delhi High Court.
New Delhi (PTI): Following Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Kapil Mishra’s post on social media
attributing a murder reported in
Naraina on March 18 to a cer-
tain community, Delhi Police on
Sunday clarified that there was
no communal motive behind
the murder. On Sunday, Mishra
tweeted that watching the video of
Shiva Gurjar’s murder was painful, and added that it
had been committed in a certain manner, attributing it
to a particular community. He then wrote, “complete
investigation and justice are important”.
New Delhi (PTI):
A 40-year-old wom-
an who was shot
dead in Old Seelam-
pur on March 14
was murdered by
contract killers
hired by another
woman, Delhi
Police said Sunday
after arresting
the two alleged
hitmen.
Police said the
two alleged hitmen
were paid ₹1 lakh for
the murder.
With their ar-
rest, police have
also solved another
case in which the
two men had killed
a man in October
last year.
According to po-
lice, around 10am
on March 14, Fati-
ma alias Sunita,
who worked at a
hand weaver’s
shop, was shot dead
in her first-floor
house in Old
Seelampur area.
Eyewitness ac-
counts and an anal-
ysis of footage
from CCTV camer-
as in the area
showed that the
two men had come
to the spot on a
Hero Splendor mo-
torcycle.
2 hitmen held
for killing
woman in Old
Seelampur
HIGHLIGHT
3 HELD FOR ROBBING MAN ON
TAXI NEAR NEW FRIENDS COLONY
New Delhi (PTI): Three men were arrested for
posing as passengers and robbing a driver of
his taxi, cash and cellphone in New Friends
Colony, the Delhi Police said. The three men
are alcoholics and committed the crime to make
a quick buck and buy liquor. One of the three
is a history sheeter, and the police have pinned
his involvement in at least 12 cases of theft
and robbery. Police began probing the matter
on March 22, when a taxi driver, Lalit Mohan,
informed that four men boarded his taxi at the
Ashram intersection and robbed him afterwards.
Manish Sisodia

INDIA
03
What happened
to AAP’s maths?
Hijab row: On day 1 of SSLC exam,
K’taka school asks girl to remove burkha
What will Shivpal Yadav do next?
Mahesh Sharma
Patna: Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party leader
Shivpal Yadav is once
again angry with his
nephew Akhilesh Yadav.
He is upset that he was
not invited to the meet-
ing of the legislature
party of the Samajwadi
Party
. Technically he is
an MLA of SP, so he
should have been called
for the meeting. But
since he has not merged
his party with the SP
and the SP had given
him a seat in coordina-
tion with his party,
therefore the SP is look-
ing at him like a leader
of any other ally party
.
That is why it was said
by the SP that on March
28, the ally parties will
meet, in which the par-
ties of Jayant Chaud-
hary
,ShivpalYadav,Om-
prakashRajbhar,Sanjay
Chauhan and Krishna
Patel will be called.
Technically both are
correct in their place.
But politics is not a tech-
nical thing. So it is not
beyond reasoning why
Shivpal Yadav was not
called. Before the elec-
tion,therewasharmony
between the uncle and
nephew duo. On top of
that, this time around
SP has got so many seats
in the elections that
there is no challenge to
Akhilesh’s leadership.
Now Shivpal is also
ready to work together
to secure the future of
his children. Despite
this, the question re-
mains if Akhilesh still
considers Shivpal a
threat? It is being said
that earlier he was to be
made the Leader of the
Opposition and Akhile-
sh was going to do en-
gageinpoliticsasanMP
.
But later he resigned
from the Lok Sabha and
decided to remain an
MLA. Shivpal is said to
be angry with this.
SP president Akhilesh Yadav with his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Before the
Punjab assembly elec-
tions, when Arvind Ke-
jriwal was asked in an
interview as to from
where he would give one
thousand rupees and
free electricity to every
adult woman, he had
laid bare the details of
his ‘plan’, wherein he
stressed that although
commission runs up to
40 percent in tenders in
Punjab, but if 20 per-
cent average commis-
sion is considered, then
20 percent of the budget
of one lakh 70 thousand
crores will save 34 thou-
sand crore rupees and
by stopping sand smug-
gling, the government
will save another 20
thousand crores. He fur-
ther said, “this will con-
tribute to an amount of
54 thousand crores,
while giving one thou-
sand each to every adult
woman will cost 10
thousand crores and
electricity will be two
and a half thousand
crores i.e. 12 and a half
thousand crores, while I
will have 54 thousand
croresextraeveryyear.”
Similarly, Bhagwant
Mann said that in Pun-
jab, tenders are given to
leaders and politicians
are involved in sand
work. Similarly, trans-
port is another section
which is with the lead-
ers, just like the liquor
trade, so the govern-
ment will take all these
works in its own hands
and the revenue will be
transferred in govern-
ment account. Hence,
the government will not
be short of money. But
as soon as the govern-
ment was formed, Bhag-
want Mann reached
Delhi to demand one
lakh crore rupees from
the Prime Minister. He
has said that the condi-
tion of Punjab is very
bad and there is a debt
of three lakh crore ru-
pees, so for the next two
years, the central gov-
ernment should give 50
thousand crore rupees
each year. Keep in mind
that Kejriwal had earli-
er said that there is a
debt of three lakh
crores but his govern-
ment will also free Pun-
jab from debt. However,
it seems that from now
on, preparations have
started to put the blame
on the centre.
AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal with Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia.
Bengaluru (Agencies):
A board examinee in
Karnataka’s Hubli dis-
trictwassentbackhome
for not wearing the uni-
form and refusing to
take off burkha and hi-
jab. The class X student
was allowed to appear
for her papers only after
having changed into her
school uniform.
The SSLC examina-
tion is being held in the
southern state close on
the heels of a massive
controversy over a ban
on hijab (headscarf) on
educational premises.
The high court has up-
held the ban that has
now been challenged in
the Supreme Court.
Monday’s incident
happened at Shanti Ni-
ketan PU College exam
centre on the first day of
the SSLC exams con-
ductedbytheKarnataka
board. As many as 8.73
lakh students are ap-
pearing for the exams.
After several rounds
of protests across the
state, the government
clamped prohibitory or-
ders in and around ex-
amination centres
across the state to en-
sure the smooth con-
duct of exams and made
uniform compulsory
for examinees.
The decision, an-
nounced by Karnataka
primary and secondary
education minister BC
Nagesh, was taken in
line with the high
court’s verdict against
students wearing reli-
gious attire to class-
rooms. The circular
said students coming to
attend the exam with-
out uniform would not
be allowed inside the
exam hall.
MUSLIM LAW BOARD MOVES SC
AGAINST KARNATAKA HC VERDICT
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board
(AIMPLB) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the
Karnataka High Court judgment, which upheld the ban
on hijab in classrooms
after holding that the
wearing of head-
scarves by Muslim
women was not an es-
sential religious prac-
tice. The board has
moved the top court
along with two other
petitioners namely,
Munisa Bushra and
Jaleesa Sultana Yaseen. The plea said the high court
judgment, while dismissing the petitions, has proceeded
with erroneous reasons to address the issue.
KARNATAKA SSLC EXAMS: HIJAB
CLAD INVIGILATOR SUSPENDED
Bengaluru: First day of the SSLC (Class 10) exams was
conducted peacefully across Karnataka amid hijab row.
Most of the students gave their exams in uniform and
only a few abstained and some were sent back for wear-
ing hijab. The Department of Education has suspended
an invigilator for refusing to take off hijab while conduct-
ing the examination at KSTV High School. Noor Fathima,
who was on exam duty, came clad in a hijab. When
she was asked to remove it, she refused and was later
sent back from the examination centre and suspended,
sources in the education department said.
Unconstitutional: Opposition slams
New Criminal Identification Bill
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
strong objections from
opposition parties, the
Centre on Monday in-
troduced a Bill that
would authorise the re-
cording of biometric
data and other measure-
ments of convicts and
other persons for the
purposes of identifica-
tion and investigation
in criminal matters,
and to preserve records.
The Bill, titled ‘The
Criminal Procedure
(Identification) Bill,
2022’, was introduced in
Lok Sabha by junior
Home Minister Ajay
Mishra Teni. If passed,
it will replace the 1920’s
Act ‘The Identification
of Prisoners Act’.
The Centre defended
the proposed law say-
ing, “The term ‘meas-
urements’ used in the
1920 Act is limited to
allow for the taking of
finger impressions and
foot-print impressions
of a limited category of
convicted and non-con-
victed persons and pho-
tographs on the order
of a Magistrate. New
‘’measurement’’ tech-
niques being used in
advanced countries are
giving credible and reli-
able results and are rec-
ognised the world over.
The 1920 Act does not
provide for taking these
body measurements as
many of the techniques
and technologies had
not been developed at
that point in time.”
Opposition parties
including Congress
and Trinamool opposed
the Bill calling it a “di-
rect violation of the
Fundamental Right of
an individual”.
Congress MP Manish
Tewari said “The words
‘biological samples and
theiranalysis’intheBill
could extend to narco
analysis and brain map-
pingandwhenitismade
coercive, it is clearly vio-
lative of Article 20 (3) of
the Constitution”.
Underlining the pro-
vision in the Bill for re-
taining the ‘measure-
ments’ for 75 years from
the date of collection,
Tewari said, “This is in
violation of the Right to
be Forgotten enshrined
in the Right to Life un-
der Article 21 of the
Constitution”.
Congress MP Manish Tiwari in Lok Sabha on Monday.
Teni: Will quit if Opp
proves allegations
New Delhi (PTI): After
beingontargetof theop-
position for months,
Minister of State for
Home Ajay Mishra
“Teni’ took centre stage
in the Lok Sabha as he
piloted a bill to expand
the scope of a 102-year-
old law to allow police to
take physical and bio-
logical samples of con-
victed persons.
Opposition members
triedtorakeuptheissue
of the alleged involve-
ment of Mishra’s son in
the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence last October in
whicheightmen,includ-
ing four farmers, were
killed during a protest
against farm laws.
Mishra’s son was ar-
restedintheLakhimpur
violence case and was
released on bail later.
MoS Ajay Mishra
Mukhtar Ansari
sent back to
UP’s Banda jail
Lucknow (Agencies):
Mafia don and former
MLA Mukhtar Ansari
has been sent back to
Banda jail, hours after
he was brought to Luc-
know on Monday fore-
noon. The government
spokesman said that An-
sari had been brought
here for a hearing in the
MP/MLA court and is
now on his way back to
Banda. Mukhtar’s son
and newly elected MLA,
said that they were ear-
lier told that Mukhtar
was being shifted to Luc-
know jail and now sud-
denly there has been a
change of plans.
I-T notice to ex-PM Devegowda's wife
Bengaluru (PTI): The
JD(S) has strongly con-
demned the Income Tax
Department notice to
former Prime Minister
Deve Gowda’s wife
Chennamma. Deve
Gowda’s son HD Revan-
na on Monday said that
this is nothing but po-
litical vendetta.
“I-T notice has been
issued to the wife of for-
mer PM seeking all de-
tails pertaining to the
property
. Has my moth-
er and father amassed
wealth of crores of ru-
pees? I have also grown
potatoes earlier. Now I
have grown sugarcane.
They have issued notice
and we will reply to
that,” Revanna said.
“Look at the vendetta
politics by the ruling
BJP. Regional Trans-
port Officers (RTO)
have amassed hundreds
of crores. Who will is-
sue notice to them? How
much wealth they have
amassed till date?” he
questioned.
“They are issuing no-
tices after witch hunt-
ing JD(S) leaders. A
time will come and we
will give befitting re-
ply,” he said.
There was no imme-
diate response from the
I-T department regard-
ing the notice.
Former PM HD Devegowda with wife Chennamma. —FILE PHOTO
TMC MP’s plea: SC to
consider early hearing
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on Mon-
day agreed to consider
for urgent listing of a
plea of Mamata
Banerjee’s neph-
ew and TMC MP
Abhishek Baner-
jee and his wife
RujiraBanerjeein
connection with
the money laundering
probe linked to an al-
leged coal scam in West
Bengal challenging the
summonsissuedtothem
bytheEDforappearance
in the Delhi High Court.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice of
India NV Rama-
na said it will
look into the ur-
gent listing of
the plea after
senior advocates
Kapil Sibal and Ab-
hishek Manu Singhvi
mentioned the matter
for urgent listing.
Bhagwant Mann
Bhagwant Mann
announces ration
at doorstep
scheme in Punjab
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann on
Monday announced the
rollout of the doorstep
ration delivery scheme,
saying the poor will no
longer need to stand in
queues as good quality
ration will be delivered
at their doorstep.
However, the scheme
will be optional for the
eligible beneficiaries,
Mann said in a video
message.
Mann said the de-
tails of this scheme
will be made available
shortly.
“The AAP govern-
ment has decided to
start the doorstep de-
livery of ration scheme.
Under the scheme, good
quality ration items
will be delivered at the
beneficiaries’ doorstep
and no one will now
need to stand in queues
or leave his work for
this, he said.
“Our officers will
make a phone call to
the beneficiaries and
ration will be delivered
at their homes as per
their convenience and
availability,” said
Mann.
He said this scheme
is optional.
Satish Mahana to be
UP Assembly Speaker
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Senior BJP
MLA Satish Mahana is
all set to be the Speaker
of the18thUttarPradesh
Assembly
. Mahana filed
his nomination papers
for the Speaker’s post on
Monday and no opposi-
tion party filed nomina-
tions against him.
The deadline for filing
nomination was 2 p.m.
Monday
. Mahana, ac-
companied by CM Yogi
and deputy Chief Min-
ister Brajesh Pathak
filed his nomination pa-
pers. Raja Bhaiyya of
Jansatta Dal was among
the proposers in the
nomination. The decla-
ration of his election
will be made on Tues-
day
. Satish Mahana was
theministerforindustri-
al development in the
first term of the Yogi
Adityanathgovernment.
Satish Mahana files nomination for the post of speaker in
presence of CM Yogi Adityanath and Deputy CMs Brajesh Pathak,
Keshav Prasad Maurya and other leaders on Monday.

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contentment the best wealth,
trust the best kinsman,
nirvana the greatest joy. Drink
the nectar of the dharma in the
depths of meditation, and
become free from fear and sin.
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TOP TWEETS
SIGNS OF BIPOLAR
WORLD AS RUSSIA,
UKRAINE WAR
LOOKS ENDLESS
n one of his speeches
President Joe Biden
described democracy
as“fragile”.Vladimir
Putin and Xi Jinping,
Presidents of Russia and China,
havealsoexpressedoppositionto
liberalism. President Xi favours
a powerful state. In India liberals
arederogatorilycalled“libtards”
to shut out any space for the lib-
eral thought. Christophe Jaffre-
lot, professor of Indian politics
and sociology at King’s College
London has categorised democ-
racy in “people’s democracies”
“guided democracies”, “illiberal
democracies” and “authoritari-
an democracies”.
War in Ukraine has forced a
closer look at the world which is
fast turning bipolar in which
the United Nations has been ren-
dered useless. Even the US dol-
lar may lose its pole position if
countries start paying in other
currencies like the Chinese
yuan and Indian rupee to duck
US sanctions. That would mean
an end to the idea of the world
as a global village.
Russiamaynotwinthewarbut
if it does it could lead to the rise
of authoritarian democracies.
I
his was one cha-
otic scene the Tri-
namool Congress
government could
have avoided in its
own interest. Unless the fisti-
cuff intheWestBengalHouse
wasstartedbyBJPlegislators
who have not been able to
come to terms with their hu-
miliating defeat in the Assem-
bly elections. Scenes of the
brawl reaching the BJP’s IT
Cell in no time also raise a few
questions to which no honest
answers will be forthcoming.
Be that as it may, parliamen-
tarydemocracyinIndiakeeps
touching such lows once in a
while.Onedoesn’tknowwhen
it will touch its nadir and
what that will be like.
Similar, or worse, scenes
were first witnessed in Tamil
Nadu in 1988 when support-
ers of J. Jayalalithaa and
Chief Minister MG Ra-
machandran’s widow Janaki
clashed. In the free-for-all that
lasted over an hour, the two
AIADMK factions of Janaki
and Jayalalitha used mikes
and chairs as weapons. That
was the first time when police
entered the Assembly and
lathi-charged the members.
TheTNAssemblywitnessed
similar riotous scenes in 1989
when Karunanidhi’s glasses
were broken and a DMK min-
ister tried to disrobe Jay-
alalithaa.Thistimetoo,projec-
tiles, which included mikes
and slippers, were freely used.
The only difference was that
the police were not troubled.
On October 22, 1997 the UP
AssemblyalsowitnessedaTa-
mil Nadu-like combat when
Congress leader Pramod Ti-
wari along with the BSP de-
mandeddivisionof theHouse.
Paperweights, microphone
stands, chairs were freely
used. In the end several mem-
berssufferedseriousinjuries,
just like the way some were
injured in the Bengal Assem-
bly on Monday
.
WHEN THE HOUSE TURNS
INTO A BATTLE ZONE
Scenes of the brawl reaching
the BJP’s IT Cell in no time
also raise a few questions
to which no honest
answers will be
forthcoming. Be that as it
may, parliamentary democracy
in India keeps touching such
lows once in a while. One
doesn’t know when it will
touch its nadir and what
that will be like
T
THE DAY PAKISTAN BETRAYED
BALOCH BALOCHISTAN
or centuries the land of the
Balochpeoplehasbeenknown
as Balochistan. The first Ba-
lochConfederacywasfounded
in the 12th century
, named
Kalat. From the date of its for-
mation till March 27 1948, it
remained and enjoyed the sta-
tusof anindependentcountry
.
Historically, the Greater
Balochistan region was re-
motely located far away from
the Kingdom of Persia in the
west and equally at a dis-
tance from Indian princely
states in the east. At present,
the Kalat, known as Balo-
chistan, a part of Greater
Balochistan, is now disputed
territory, illegally annexed
by Pakistan, lies between the
Sindh province of Pakistan
and the western internation-
al border of Iran.
In Delhi on August 4, 1947,
a meeting was held between
Sir Sultan Ahmad as repre-
sentative of Kalat and Mo-
hammad Ali Jinnah and Lia-
quat Ali Khan as representa-
tive of Pakistan interim gov-
ernment under the supervi-
sion of Viceroy Lord Moun-
baitan representing the
crown of the British king-
dom. A formal standstill
agreement was signed. It was
agreed upon that Kalat state
would be recognised as an in-
dependent country from Au-
gust 5, 1947, the same status it
enjoyed for many centuries.
The formal standstill agree-
ment between Kalat and the
future state of Pakistan on
occasion reads —That Paki-
stan recognised Kalat as an
independent country. That
legal opinion will be obtained
that whether the Pakistan
government is legally bound
to follow the agreements and
treaties signed between Kalat
and the British Government.
A further meeting will be
held after obtaining the legal
opinion between the repre-
sentatives of Kalat and Paki-
stan. Meantime a standstill
agreement will be made be-
tween Kalat and Pakistan.
The discussion will take
place between Pakistan and
Kalat to reach a decision on
defence, external affairs and
communication. Separately
Britishers will inform the
other rulers of the Baloch re-
gion- Sardars of Kharan and
Lasbela that control of their
region had been shifted to
Kalat under the rule of Khan.
Sinceitsemergencein1947,
Pakistan has been infamous
for not keeping its promises
to the world’s countries. Paki-
stan’s foreign policy is known
for betrayals, taking u-turns
from agreed-upon treaties,
and disowning amicably
agreed agreements. Despite
the Standstill Agreement, on
March 27, 1948, the Pakistan
establishment betrayed the
Baloch people and Pakistan’s
army under GOC Maj. Gen.
Mohammad Akbar Khan in-
vadedtheKalat.Inresistance,
thousands of Baloch were
killed. Pakistan army sized
Kalat and took its ruler to Ka-
rachi and forced him to sign
the instrument of accession.
Jinnah accepted the Instru-
ment of Accession on March
30, 1948. The independent life
of the State of Kalat finally
came up to an end.
Since March 27, 1948, Ba-
loch people and Balochistan
have been facing Pakistan
establishment’s and its lead-
ers’ oppressions and suppres-
sions over them. Pakistan
not only illegally occupied
Kalat state and other parts of
Balochistan but also treated
them as second class citizens.
Today Baloch people are fac-
ing traumatic conditions in
their own land and fighting
for the existence of its iden-
tity and its land, the exist-
ence which Pakistan wants
to eradicate. All these years,
the Baloch are struggling for
life and reclaiming their
homeland, i.e. Balochistan.
In the last seven decades,
the suffering of the Baloch
people has been due to pain,
atrocity
, and oppressions that
Pakistan has given them to
suppress their voices. A voice
that wants to save its culture,
people, and homeland from
Pakistan, its army, and its
leadership, which is trying to
gain control over their his-
torically and traditionally
rich but one of the best piec-
es of land on earth with hefty
of natural resources.
Till now, thousands of Ba-
loch, its political leaders,
children and woman have
been either killed or facing
brutal treatment in jails by
this repression of Pakistan.
Furthermore, there are
countless missing, for whom
there is no signal of them be-
ing dead or alive after they
were whisked up by the army
,
police and agencies of Paki-
stan. It is difficult to find a
Baloch family in Balochistan
which is not affected or in
deep pain by the inhumane
treatment of the autocratic
Pakistan government.
Today
, 74 years long, this il-
legal annexation has consoli-
datedtheBalochpeopleandits
struggle on an ideological and
political base. The black day
,
the27thdayof Marchreminds
the world and young genera-
tionof Balochistanabouthow
Pakistan forcibly occupied its
homeland at the behest of the
Pakistan army and its politi-
cal leader. This day is consid-
ered every year throughout
Balochistan and across the
world as a Black Day by many
Baloch organisations and ac-
tivists. Protest will be held on
this day across the globe.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
F
AZAD SINGH RATHORE
The writer is an author from Barmer,
Rajasthan and a politician, actively
working for Indian National Congress.
He is author of book Balochistan
The Heights of Oppression
Till now, thousands of
Baloch, its political leaders,
children and woman have
been either killed or facing
brutal treatment in jails by
this repression of Pakistan.
Furthermore, there are
countless missing, for
whom there is no signal of
them being dead or alive
after they were whisked up
by the army, police and
agencies of Pakistan. It is
difficult to find a Baloch
family in Balochistan
which is not affected or in
deep pain by the inhumane
treatment of the autocratic
Pakistan government
At present, the Kalat,
known as Balochistan,
a part of Greater
Balochistan, is now
disputed territory, illegally
annexed by Pakistan, lies
between the Sindh
province of Pakistan
and the western
international border of Iran

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INDIA
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New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministry of Defence on
Monday informed the
Rajya Sabha that 153 de-
fence items are planned
to be indigenized upto
December this year, and
there is “no stoppage on
their exports”.
Minister of State for
Defence Ajay Bhatt
gave the information in
a written reply to a que-
ry on “the number of
items related to the de-
fence which are kept
under the list of Aatma
Nirbhar Bharat and the
export of which has
been stopped between
2018-22”.
“Two positive indi-
genisation lists com-
prising 101 and 108
items were promulgat-
ed by the Department
of Military Affairs
(DMA) Ministry of De-
fence (MoD) on August
21, 2020, and May 31,
2021, respectively. The
lists have been hosted
on the Ministry of De-
fence Website to give
wide visibility to the
Defence Industrial base
in enabling them to ef-
fectively meet the re-
quirements of the
ArmedForces.Of these,
153 items are planned to
be indigenized upto De-
cember 2022. There is
no stoppage on their ex-
ports,” Bhatt said.
Asked about the
amount of foreign re-
serve that would be
saved, and whether the
government is consid-
ering adding more
items for indigenous
production; the Minis-
ter said “In addition, to
minimize import by DP-
SUs, Department of De-
fence Production (DDP)
or Ministry MoD has
also notified a positive
indigenisation list of
sub-systems or assem-
blies or sub-assemblies
or components on De-
cember 27, 2021”.
India plans to indigenise 153 defence items by December 2022
TO BOOST DEFENCE SECTOR
NAVY TO COMMISSION 2nd
SQUADRON OF P-8I TODAY
INDIAN ARMY SNIPERS GET
SAKO TRG-42 RIFLES
The Navy will commission on Tuesday
its second long-range maritime
reconnaissance air squadron com-
prising a fleet of P-8I aircraft to add
muscle to its surveillance power. The
air squadron 316 will be commis-
sioned at the INS Hansa, a naval air
station near Dabolim in Goa, in the
presence of Chief of Naval Staff R
Hari Kumar, officials said on Monday.
The INAS 316 will operate the Boeing
P-8I multi-role long-range maritime
reconnaissance and anti-submarine
warfare aircraft, they said.
The Indian Army has inducted the
Sako .338 TRG-42 sniper rifles from
Finland for soldiers deployed along
the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu
and Kashmir, officials said. “The latest
sniper rifles have been inducted into
the Army. They are using it now,” a
senior said. The Sako .338 TRG-42
sniper rifles have a better range,
firepower, and telescopic sights, the
official said. The move is to make the
snipers more lethal amid a change in
operational dynamics along the LoC,
the official said.
ArvindKejriwal‘plays’withfireashis
mockon‘TheKashmirFiles’backfires!
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Aam Aad-
mi Party supremo and
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal nev-
er does two things,
while opposing the BJP.
Firstly, he does not tar-
get Narendra Modi per-
sonally and does not
engage in any work or
make statements
against Hindu inter-
ests. On the contrary
, he
keeps on trying to prove
that the AAP is a more
patriotic party than the
BJP. He adopted this
strategy after the les-
sons learned in the 2014
Lok Sabha elections.
And perhaps for the
first time in the last
eight years, Kejriwal’s
strategy has gone
wrong. The statement
he made in the Delhi
Assembly regarding the
film ‘The Kashmir
Files’ — movie made on
the displacement and
torture of Kashmiri
Pandits, has backfired.
Due to this, his image
among Hindus has been
shaken.
Keep in mind that
apart from politics, this
film is disturbing the
Hindus. People were
aware about the dis-
placement of Kashmiri
Pandits and the Kash-
mir problem, but the
way that reality is pre-
sented in the film is dis-
turbing the community
.
That is the purpose of
the film as well. There-
fore, whoever is linking
this film with politics,
they are making a huge
mistake. For Hindus, it
is not a matter of poli-
tics. It has become an
issue of caste, religion
and national identity.
There is talk of Hindu
identity in the move as
well as patriotism. So,
Kejriwal should have
avoided commenting on
this. He not only com-
mented, but also made
fun of the film and
laughed in the assembly
after mocking it. This is
his first major mistake
in the last eight years.
However, like PM Modi,
he also rectifies his mis-
takes quickly, so let’s
wait to see what step he
takes in this matter.
Colombo (PTI): Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar on Monday
called on Sri Lankan
President Gotabaya Ra-
japaksa and Prime Min-
ister Mahinda Raja-
paksa and assured them
of India’s continued
cooperation and under-
standing as the island
nation was facing an
unprecedented econom-
ic crisis.
Sri Lanka is facing an
acute economic and en-
ergy crisis triggered
due to the shortage of
foreign exchange. India
recently announced to
extend a $1 billion line
of credit to Sri Lanka as
part of its financial as-
sistance to the country
to deal with the eco-
nomic crisis.
Mr Jaishankar is
here to hold bilateral
talks with the country’s
top leadership and at-
tend the seven-nation
BIMSTEC summit.
In his talks with Pres-
ident Gotabaya, the
minister reviewed vari-
ous dimensions of our
close neighbourly rela-
tionship.
Srinagar: Security forces on Monday arrested two
terrorists belonging to LeT outfit from Budgam
district of JK, police said. “Police along with other
security forces have arrested two active terrorists
linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT in Budgam.
Incriminating material, arms and ammunition have
been recovered from their possession,” a police
spokesman said. He said the terrorists were arrested
from Sunnergund area of Budgam.
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday allowed the
CBI to collect the handwriting sample of former
managing director and chief executive officer of
National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chitra Ramkrishna
in connection with the NSE co-location case. Special
Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal also extended Ram-
krishna’s judicial custody till April 11, after she was
produced before the court at the end of her earlier
judicial custody.
Mumbai: The Narcotics Control
Bureau on Monday sought 90
more days to file a charge sheet
in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise
case. The agency was supposed
to file the chargesheet by April
2 in the case where Aryan Khan
was arrested along with 19 others.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the NCB has
requested a Mumbai sessions court for the extension.
New Delhi: Islam is not hostile to the concept of
family planning and it is mere “propaganda” that
Muslims can overtake Hindus in terms of popula-
tion numbers, former chief election commissioner
SY Quraishi said on Monday. There are several
myths being spread about the Muslim population
in India which are creating hostility among the
Hindus against the Muslims, Quraishi said, during a
discussion on his book “The Population Myth: Islam,
Family Planning and Politics in India”.
SECURITY FORCES ARREST TWO LeT
TERRORISTS IN JK’S BUDGAM
COURT ALLOWS CBI TO COLLECT
CHITRA’S HANDWRITING SPECIMEN
ARYAN KHAN CASE: NCB SEEKS 90
MORE DAYS TO FILE CHARGESHEET
MUSLIM CAN EXCEED HINDU POPULATION
IS PROPAGANDA: EX-POLL BODY CHIEF
CRUCIAL READ
Jaishankar assures help for
Lanka to tide over eco crisis
EAM S. Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa, in Colombo on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
UK FOREIGN SECY TO VISIT INDIA ON
THURSDAY, UKRAINE LIKELY ON AGENDA
INDIA RULES OUT TAKING PART IN TALKS
TO JOIN 15-NATION TRADING BLOC
New Delhi: British Foreign Secre-
tary Elizabeth Truss will visit India
on Thursday against the backdrop
of the ongoing war in Ukraine. An-
nouncing the visit, the MEA on Mon-
day said Ms Truss will hold consul-
tations with his Indian counterpart S
Jaishankar on bilateral, regional and global issues
of mutual interest.
Dubai: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry
Piyush Goyal has ruled out India resuming talks to
join the ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Part-
nership (RCEP)’, saying that the country walked out
of the negotiations two years ago to give primacy
to the national interest. Goyal said that some of the
countries (during the RCEP negotiations) were not
following the rule of law in trade talks.
Over 5.21 lakh people to
get houses in MP today
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will partici-
pate in the “Grih Prave-
sham”, a ceremony to
hand over new houses
to their owners, of
about 5.21 lakh benefi-
ciaries of the Pradhan
Mantri Awaas Yojana-
Gramin in Madhya
Pradesh on Tuesday via
video conferencing.
The Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO) said he
will also address the
gathering on the occa-
sion, and noted that it
has been his constant
endeavour to provide a
pucca house with all ba-
sic amenities to every
needy family of the
country
. This marks yet
another step in this di-
rection, it added.
The function will wit-
ness traditional cele-
brations with conch,
lamp, flowers and ran-
goli being organised in
new houses.
1.15 CR HOUSES SANCTIONED; SCHEME
ENDING THIS MONTH: HARDEEP PURI
New Delhi: The objective of the Pradhan Man-
tri Awas Yojna-Urban and the dream of the PM
enshrined in it will stand fulfilled within the next
18 months, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri said in the Rajya Sabha on
Monday. Replying to supplementary questions of
members, the Minister said the Government, based
on the assessment demands provided by States,
has sanctioned 1.15 crore houses under PMAY-U
which ends in March 2022, and various projects
underway will be completed in the next 18 months.
Prez confers Padma
awards on late Kalyan
Singh,64 others
President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri to Olympic Gold
medallist Neeraj Chopra on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer UP CM late Kalyan
Singh, often termed as a
Hindutva icon, and ac-
tor Victor Banerjee
were among the 65 dis-
tinguished personali-
ties who were conferred
with Padma awards by
President Ram Nath Ko-
vind on Monday
.
Amongst the promi-
nent awardees at the
second investiture cer-
emony were Padma Vib-
hushan recipients Kaly-
an Singh (posthumous),
during whose tenure
the Babri Masjid was
demolished in 1992, and
classical vocalist Prab-
ha Atre.
Singh’s son Rajveer
Singh, who is a Lok Sab-
ha MP from UP’s Etah,
received the honour.
The Padma Bhushan
recipients include actor
Victor Banerjee, and
Krishna Murthy Ella
and Suchitra Krishna
Ella of Bharat Biotech,
the maker of coronavi-
rus vaccine Covaxin, an
official statement said.
The Padma Shri
awardees include the
country’s first individu-
al Olympic gold medal-
list Neeraj Chopra.
SC gives four weeks to Centre on
plea for identification of minorities
Supreme Court on Mon-
day granted four weeks
to the Centre to respond
to a plea, which has
sought directions for
framing of guidelines
for identification of mi-
norities at the state
level, contending that
Hindus are in minority
in 10 States.
A bench of justices
SK Kaul and MM Sun-
dresh posted the matter
for hearing on May 10
and asked the Union of
India to place its stand
on record on a plea filed
by advocate Ashwini
Kumar Upadhyay. At
the outset, Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta
sought two weeks time,
saying that he had not
gone through the affida-
vit filed by the Ministry
of Minority Affairs.
The Ministry in the af-
fidavit has told the top
court that state govern-
ments can declare any
religious or linguistic
community, including
Hindus, as minority
within the said state.
Responding to the so-
licitor general’s sub-
mission, the bench said,
“The reply appears to
be seen in the newspa-
pers.” To this, Mehta
said,” In some of the
PILs, the pleadings even
before coming to the
law officers, find their
way to the media.
Delhi HC pulls up
Twitter over post
on Hindu Goddess
Delhi High Court on
Monday pulled up Twit-
ter for not voluntarily
taking action against
an account which alleg-
edly published objec-
tionable content about a
Hindu Goddess.
A bench headed by
Justice Acting Vipin
Sanghi, which was
hearing a petition
against the allegedly
obnoxious posts on Maa
Kaali by user ‘Atheis-
tRepublic’, directed
Twitter to explain how
it undertakes the block-
ing of accounts.

BIZ BUZZ
06
Promoted by
AU Small Finance Bank
‘Reserve Bank to maintain
status quo at April meet’
Mumbai (PTI): Height-
ened geopolitical uncer-
tainties will lead the
Reserve Bank’s rate-
setting panel to opt for a
status quo at the next
week’s meeting, Axis
Bank’s chief economist
Saugata Bhattacharya
said on Monday
.
Bhattacharya said he
had earlier expected a
tightening action at the
policy meet scheduled
for April 6-8 but the in-
creased uncertainties
on the geopolitical front
due to the Russian inva-
sion of Ukraine and its
impact on commodity
prices makes him now
think that RBI will de-
fer such an action.
He said the central
bank’s Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) may
hike rates in the second
half of FY23 by up to
0.50%.
Bhattacharya said
the recent events have
led to “some weakening
of growth and harden-
ing of inflation”, and
the RBI’s estimates on
both for the new fiscal
will be very keenly
looked at by analysts.
Making it clear that
we are not staring at a
stagflation, the econo-
mist estimated real
GDP growth to fall to
7.8% in FY23 down from
a projection of 8.9% in
FY22 while the consum-
er price inflation is esti-
mated to rise to 5.8%
from 5.4%.
He also noted that
there are downside
risks to growth and up-
side risks to inflation,
and expected RBI to
also increase its FY23
average inflation esti-
mate sharply to up to
5.2% from the 4.5%
spelled out at the last
policy review in Febru-
ary this year.
It can be noted that
RBI has been on a pro-
longed pause in interest
rates and decided
against a widely expect-
ed rate hike at the last
policy review to sup-
port growth. Headline
inflation at 6.07% for
February has breached
the upper end of the
band set for the central
bank.
Bhattacharya said
RBI will be interested
in looking at whether
inflation gets en-
trenched in the econo-
my and its impact on
the demand process be-
fore deciding on the
rates scenario.
Amid the rise in oil
prices, Bhattacharya
said he expects the aver-
age crude prices for
FY23 to go up to $105 per
barrel as against the
$79.6 per barrel in FY22.
He said that every ru-
pee of cut in excise duty
will hurt the Centre’s
finances by `15,000
crore.
GDP GROWTH
India not buying
Russian oil in rupees
New Delhi (PTI):
India has no plans
to pay in rupees for
the Russian oil its
public sector com-
panies buy, Parlia-
ment was informed
on Monday
.
India buys less
than 1% of its total
oil imports from
Russia. But western
sanctions against
Russia for its inva-
sion of Ukraine
have given way to
talk of a rupee trade
for the oil and gas
purchases.
“At present, oil
public sector under-
takings neither
have any contract
nor is any such pro-
posal under consid-
eration from Russia
or any other coun-
try for the purchase
of crude oil in Indi-
an rupees,” Minis-
ter of State for Pe-
troleum and Natu-
ral Gas Rameswar
Teli said.
State-owned IOC
has bought two par-
cels or shiploads of
distressed Russian
oil through traders
at deep discounts.
IOC bought 3 mil-
lion barrels in each
trade through Euro-
pean trader Vitol.
Western
sanctions against
Russia have given
way to talk of a
rupee trade for the
oil and gas
purchases
New Delhi (PTI):
Petrol price on Mon-
day was hiked by 30
paise a litre and die-
sel by 35 paise, taking
the total increase in
rates in the last one
week to `4-4.10 per
litre. Petrol in Delhi
will now cost `99.41
per litre as against
`99.11 previously
while diesel rates
have gone up from
`90.42 per litre to
`90.77, according to a
price notification of
state fuel retailers.
Rates have been
increased across the
country and vary
from state to state
depending upon the
incidence of local
taxation. This is the
sixth increase in
prices since the end-
ing of a four-and-
half-month long hia-
tus in rate revision
on March 22.
Petrol price
hiked 30
paise, diesel
up 35 paise
5,200 cos with
over `5 cr credit
declared as NPAs
New Delhi (PTI):
More than 5,200 com-
panies having credit
exposure of `5 crore
or above were catego-
rised as non-perform-
ing assets (NPAs) or
bad loans on the
banks’ books as of De-
cember 31, 2021, Par-
liament was informed
on Monday
.
Scheduled commer-
cial banks (SCBs) and
All Indian Financial
Institutions report
certain credit infor-
mation of all borrow-
ers having aggregate
credit exposure of `5
crore and above to the
RBI, under its CRILC
database, since the
quarter ended June
2014, Minister of State
for Finance Bhagwat
Karad said.
The number of
unique borrowers
having aggregate
credit exposure of `5
crore and above, iden-
tified as companies,
and classified as NPA
stood at 5,231 as of De-
cember 31, 2021, Karad
said in a written reply
to the Lok Sabha. The
Central Repository of
Information on Large
Credits (CRILC) is
tasked to collect, store,
and disseminate cred-
it data to lenders.
Govt’s total liabilities rise 2 pc in Dec quarter
government’s total lia-
bilities rose to `128.41
lakh crore in Dec quar-
ter from `125.71 lakh
crore in the three
months ended Sept
2021. The increase re-
flects a quarter-on-
quarter increase of
2.15% in Oct-Dec 2021-
22.
In absolute terms, the
total liabilities, includ-
ing liabilities under the
‘Public Account’ of the
government, jumped to
`1,28,41,996 crore at the
end of Dec 2021. As of
S e p t
30,
the total liabilities
stood at `1,25,71,747
crore.
The report re-
leased by the
finance min-
istry on
Monday said
p u b l i c
debt ac-
count-
ed for
91.60%
of the
total out-
standing li-
abilities in Dec quarter
compared to 91.15% at
the end of Sept. Nearly
25% of the outstanding
dated securities had a
residual maturity of
less than 5 years.
The ownership pat-
tern of the central gov-
ernment securities in-
dicates that the share of
commercial banks
stood at 35.40% at end-
Dec 2021, lower than
37.82% at end-Septem-
ber 2021.
Post Covid curbs, airlines 5-star hotels
count gains as Indians holiday lavishly
Mumbai (PTI): Indi-
ans are holidaying lav-
ishly now, spending
more on five-star hotels
and booking business-
class seats as the coun-
try emerges from the
coronavirus pandemic
that restricted travel
for two years, as per In-
dia’s second-biggest
online travel agency
.
“People are living
their lives and splurg-
ingontravel,”Prashant
Pitti, a co-founder of
EaseMyTrip, said in an
interviewwithBloomb-
erg Television on Mon-
day. “It’s a shift which
is happening for good,
for long-term.”
More and more Indi-
ans are taking to the
skies as travel curbs
ease and the country
opens up international
travel, with pent-de-
mand driving travel
needs for millions
stuck at home.
India, the world’s
fastest-growing major
aviation market before
the pandemic, expects
local traffic to exceed
pre-pandemic levels of
415,000 daily fliers
within a year.
Indian airlines are
also adding capacity to
capture the revival in
demand as internation-
al flights resumed from
Sunday
.
Bookings for busi-
ness class seats on
flights and five-star ho-
tels have already dou-
bled compared to pre-
pandemic numbers as
a percentage of total
reservations, Pitti said.
Sensexrises768ptsfromday’slow,ends231ptsup
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark stock indices
Sensex and Nifty re-
versed early losses to
close higher by 0.40%
on Monday helped by
buying in index heavy-
weight Reliance Indus-
tries, ICICI Bank and
Bharti Airtel amid
gains in global equities.
After falling 537.11
points to a low of
56,825.09 in morning
trade, the 30-share BSE
barometer staged a re-
covery in afternoon
trade and climbed
231.29 points or 0.40% to
settle at 57,593.49.
Inox, PVR shares jump after
merger announcement
New Delhi (PTI): Shares of Inox Leisure
and PVR on Monday jumped sharply
after the leading film exhibition play-
ers announced a merger to create the
largest multiplex chain in the country.
Inox Leisure shares jumped 11.33%
to settle at `522.90 apiece on the BSE.
During the day, it zoomed 19.99% to
its 52-week high of `563.60. PVR also
gained 3.06% to settle at `1,883.50 on
the BSE. During the day, it rallied 9.99%
to its 52-week high of `2,010.35.
GOLD DROPS `351; SILVER TUMBLES `561
New Delhi (PTI): Gold price on Monday dropped by `351 to close at `51,452 per
10 gram in the national capital, reflecting the decline in international precious metal
prices, according to HDFC Securities. The yellow metal had settled at `51,803 per
10 gram in the previous trade. Silver also tumbled `561 to `68,182 per kg from
`68,743 per kg in the previous trading session. In the international market, gold
traded lower at $1,933 per ounce and silver remained flat at $25.10 an ounce.
RUPEE RISES BY 8 PAISE TO
76.16 AGAINST $
Mumbai (PTI): The Indian rupee appre-
ciated 8 paise to 76.16 against the US
dollar on Monday, supported by positive
domestic equities and a fall in global
crude oil prices. At the interbank forex
market, the local unit opened weak at
76.36 but entered positive territory later
in the session. It witnessed an intra-day
high of 76.15 and a low of 76.38. The
rupee traded at 76.16 at 1530 hrs, regis-
tering a rise of 8 paise over its previous
close.
Housing prices may go up 10 to
15% on rise in construction cost
Mumbai (PTI): Real-
tors’ body CREDAI on
Monday said the cost
of construction has
gone up by 20-25%,
mainly during the last
45 days, due to steep
rise in prices of raw
materials like steel,
and builders will be
forced to increase
property prices from
next month by an aver-
age 10-15%.
The association said
it would not advise
member developers to
stop construction
works as of now, but if
the price rise contin-
ues then builders
would have no option
but to halt works at
project sites and defer
purchase of raw mate-
rials. “Steel prices
have gone up from `35-
40 per kg to `85-90 per
kg. Cement prices have
gone up by around Rs
100 per bag. Fuel and
transportation costs
have gone up. This has
resulted in an increase
of 20-25% in the overall
construction cost,”
CREDAI-MCHI Presi-
dent told reporters.
JIO LAUNCHES
`259
‘CALENDAR
MONTH
VALIDITY’ PLAN
New Delhi (PTI):
India’s telecom op-
erator Reliance Jio
has launched `259
plan that comes
with calendar
month validity to
help prepaid users
remember just one
recharge date every
month. Jio is the
first in the industry
to launch the ‘calen-
dar month validity’
prepaid plan. `259
plan comes bundled
with 1.5 GB daily
data and unlimited
calling.
New Delhi (PTI): The govern-
ment on Monday said `95.86
crore has been recovered
from 11 cryptocurrency ex-
changes for evasion of GST.
The total amount includes
penalty and interest. Zanmai Labs (WAZIRX),
Coin DCX, CoinSwitch Kuber, Buy Ucoin,
UnoCoin and Flitpay were among the exchanges
that were involved in GST evasion cases. Others
were Zeb IT Services, Secure Bitcoin Traders,
Giottus Technologies, Awlencan Innovations
India (Zebpay) and Discidium Internet Labs,
according to the finance ministry.
GST: `95.86 CR RECOVERED FROM 11
CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES
TRAFFIC TO RISE

07
NEWS
Jatin Takkar
Gandhinagar: Assert-
ing that the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) is
on a strong footing in
Gujarat, Chief Minister
Bhupendra Patel
has said that
Prime Minister
N a r e n d r a
Modi’s popu-
larity and
p o l i c i e s
h a v e
s h r u n k
the opposition space in
the state and in that
limited space some may
choose the Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) over the
Congress in the upcom-
ing state assembly polls.
Underlining that the
state’s finances are in
good shape, Patel said in
the long run the AAP’s
culture of freebies is
not good for the state
and society as well.
Interacting with a se-
lect group of journal-
ists, Patel said the BJP
is in a strong position in
the state and is continu-
ously engaging with the
people.
When asked about
the prospects of the
AAP in Gujarat Assem-
bly polls, Patel said,
“See in democracy eve-
ry party has the right to
contest elections. But
please understand that
the BJP is functioning
consistently with the
same intensity, engag-
ing with people and
staying with them.”
On the back of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s rising popularity
and his pro-people poli-
cies,theBJPisinastrong
position in Gujarat and
the opposition space is
shrinkingsointhatspace
some people might
choose the AAP over the
Congress, Patel said.
Citing the BJP’s per-
formance in local elec-
tions, he said this time
the party even got a
clear majority in the
Gandhinagar Munici-
pal Corporation (GMC)
after a very long time.
There is a very good
coordination between
the government and the
organization, which
has ensured effective
delivery of all welfare
schemes on the ground.
Asked if some senior
MLAswouldbedropped
during ticket distribu-
tion, Patel said in the
BJP everyone is a work-
er first. “In BJP, no
one’s ticket to contest
elections is permanent,
not even of the chief
minister. Everyone is a
party worker first and
has to work for the or-
ganization and the soci-
ety at large,” he said.
Limited Oppn space in Guj, BJP in strong position: Guj CM Patel
OFFERINGASSURANCEOVERSTATE’SFINANCES,HEFORECASTAAP’SWINOVERCONGINUPCOMINGPOLLS
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath and
Leaderof theOpposition
Akhilesh Yadav on Mon-
day took oath as mem-
bersof theUttarPradesh
Legislative Assembly
,
starting a new innings
of politicalrivalryinthe
state. As Leader of the
House, Adityanath was
first to take oath, fol-
lowed by Yadav.
Adityanath won the
recent state polls from
the Gorakhpur Urban
seat and Yadav from
Karhal. Pro-tem speak-
er Ramapati Shastri ad-
ministered oath to the
newly elected members.
Adityanath wel-
comed all the newly
elected MLAs and ex-
pressed hope that they
would discharge their
duties in accordance
with the tradition and
decorum of the house.
I hope all the mem-
bers will cooperate in
the smooth running of
the assembly for taking
up issues of develop-
ment of the state, he
told reporters while en-
tering the assembly.
Yadav told reporters
that his party would
play the role of a re-
sponsible opposition.
As Adityanath en-
tered the house, mem-
bers welcomed him
with Jai Shri Ram
and Bharat Mata ki
Jai chants. Before oc-
cupying his seat, Adity-
anath went to the oppo-
sition side and greeted
Yadav and other mem-
bers.
Similarly, when Ya-
dav, sporting a trade-
mark red cap, arrived
in the house, legisla-
tors from both the
treasury and opposi-
tion benches greeted
him. Senior minister
Surya Pratap Shahi
and others went up to
Yadav to extend their
greetings. Displaying
courtesy, Yadav met the
chief minister and oth-
ers on the treasury
benches while going to
take oath.
Adityanath took oath
amid frenzied chants
of Jai Shri Ram by
his party legislators,
whereas the SP mem-
bers raised Jai Sama-
jwad slogans during
Yadav's turn. After the
two bigwigs, senior BJP
MLA Satish Mahana
took oath.
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Brijesh Pathak was
next to do so. Specula-
tions are rife about Ma-
hana becoming the new
Speaker of the UP As-
sembly. Subsequently,
ministers and other
members went to the
podium to take oath as
members of the 18th
Legislative Assembly
.
ADITYANATH, AKHILESH, MLAS TAKE
OATH AS MEMBERS OF UP ASSEMBLY
As Leader of the House, Adityanath was first to take oath, followed by Yadav First India Bureau
Lucknow: After the
swearing in of 52 lead-
ers as ministers in Yogi
Adityanath cabinet, all
eyes are on the portfo-
lios to be allotted to the
ministers.
The new Adityanath
cabinet made space for
at least 31 fresh faces
while dropping 24 min-
isters, including heavy-
weights, from the first
term of his government
in Uttar Pradesh.
Overall, the team
Yogi Adityanath 2.0
sworn in on March 25
includes two deputy
chief ministers, 18 cabi-
net ministers, 14 minis-
ters of state (independ-
ent charge) and 20 min-
isters of state, apart
from the chief minister.
Among the 52 minis-
ters, five are women.
Keshav Prasad Mau-
rya, one of the two dep-
uty chief ministers, is
all set to get PWD like in
the previous tenure.
Maurya, was re-induct-
ed as deputy chief min-
ister despite losing the
assembly election.
Brajesh Pathak, the
other deputy chief min-
ister in the new govern-
ment, will likely get the
urban development de-
partment, according to
the sources. Pathak was
minister of Legislative,
Justice and Rural Engi-
neering service, in the
previous government.
The Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party created history
in recently held assem-
bly polls when it, along
with allies, won a re-
cord mandate by bag-
ging 274 of the 403 as-
sembly seats of the
state, becoming the first
party in three decades
to get a second term af-
ter completing a five-
year tenure.
Eleven former minis-
ters, who have been
dropped, lost the As-
sembly elections 2022.
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
Focus shifts to who gets
what in Yogi Govt 2.0
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The presi-
dent of Bihar-based
Vikassheel Insaan Par-
ty (VIP) Mukesh Saha-
ni, who was Cabinet
Minister in Nitish Ku-
mar government, had
to pay price of his defi-
ance with the BJP dur-
ing the UP Assembly.
On the demand of BJP,
Nitish Kumar has fi-
nally sacked Sahani
from the cabinet.
Despite the diktat
from the BJP to stay
away from UP poll Sa-
hani had fielded 56 VIP
candidates against the
BJP and its ally, the Ni-
shad Party headed by
Dr Sanjay Nishad in
several parts of eastern
UP. Though unsuccess-
ful, the move was aimed
at disturbing and split-
ting the Nishad commu-
nity vote in Purvan-
chal. Now, the price has
to be paid.
During the course of
the UP elections Saha-
ni, addressing rallies in
Purvanchal, had called
upon the people to en-
sure the defeat of the
BJP. Commenting on
his move to contest in
UP Sahani said the VIP
was an independent po-
litical party and had all
the rights to expand the
organization in Bihar
or outside the state.
In UP he tried to
counter Dr Sanjay Ni-
shad of Nishad Party
who has now become a
cabinet minister in the
Yogi government. Like
VIP in Bihar, UP’s Ni-
shad Party has mobi-
lized the Mallah-fisher-
men community for its
political gains.
Thus, the simmering
discontent between BJP
and VIP finally spilled
over. Sahani has been
dumped. During the Bi-
har election the BJP
had given 12 seats to the
VIP party and it suc-
ceeded in winning four
of them including that
of Mukesh Sahani.
Bihar VIP minister Sahani pays price for
his defiance against BJP in UP elections
Lucknow (PTI): Over
50 criminals have given
themselves up to police
in two weeks after the
BJP returned to power
in Uttar Pradesh, an of-
ficial said Monday
.
Reports from various
parts of the state also
suggest several illegal
encroachments have
been removed with bull-
dozers which many con-
sider now a new em-
blem of the Yogi Adi-
tynath government.
Visuals of many ab-
sconding criminals
walking to police sta-
tions with placards
hanging around their
necks with messages
like I am surrendering,
don’t shoot me, please! ,
surfacing on social me-
dia show the panic
among history-
sheeters, officials said.
Bulldozers, symbol-
izing tough action
against the criminals
and mafias, had reso-
nated throughout the
UP elections earning
Adityanath the sobri-
quet of “Bulldozer
Baba”.
50 criminals in UP
surrender themselves Veteran Cong leader
beaten up by family
of young woman
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Senior
Congress leader and
former Union minis-
ter Bharatsinh Solan-
ki, 68, faced the ire of
a 25-year-old woman’s
family members
when he attempted to
marry her, on Mon-
day
. It is not the first
time the political
leader has landed in
controversy due to
his personal life. Ac-
cording to sources,
Solanki had been see-
ing the young woman
and was getting mar-
ried to her as per Ve-
dic rituals. After the
girl’s parents heard
about the impending
marriage, they repri-
manded the leader.
The rumour mill
suggests that her
family members beat
up Solanki for trap-
ping their daughter.
A post on the subject
has also been circu-
latingonsocialmedia
platforms since Mon-
day morning. He is
also facing multiple
legal charges from
his second wife.
Solanki’s personal
trysts have sparked a
heated debate on his
conduct. With elec-
tions around the cor-
ner, the atmosphere
within the Cong has
become tense, said a
source.
SHAMEFUL ACT
Nawanshahr (Pun-
jab) (PTI): A monitor-
ing committee of the
National Green Tribu-
nal (NGT) on Monday
directed the Shaheed
Bhagat Singh Nagar
district administration
in Punjab to fix dead-
lines for completion of
solid waste manage-
ment projects, sewage
treatment plants and
others works.
According to an offi-
cial release, the com-
mittee held a meeting
with top officials of the
district administration,
including Deputy Com-
missioner Vishesh Sa-
rangal and heads of the
Punjab Pollution Con-
trol Board and other
key departments.
Justice (retired) Jas-
bir Singh is the chair-
man of the committee,
and former chief sec-
retary S C Aggarwal
and renowned environ-
mentalist Balbir Singh
Seechewal are its
members.
Justice Singh said
that officials will have
to fix the timeline of
each component in the
projects, including
preparation of detailed
project report, tender-
ing, date of execution
and completion, and the
committee will also
check the progress of
the projects regularly
by visiting the sites.
The committee also
asked the officials to en-
sure construction of
green belts and bounda-
rywallsaroundthesolid
wastemanagementsites
in the district. Besides,
CCTV cameras must
also be installed at
dumping sites.
The members of the
committee also asked
the officials to mark
collection centres of e-
waste so that people
can dump e-waste
there. They also told
them to set up stations
for monitoring air pol-
lution in the district,
said the release.
The committee direct-
ed that all projects must
be completed timely and
asked the officials to
give “top priority” to
the environment “so
that we can give a safe
future to coming gen-
erations”.
Further, the commit-
tee told the police de-
partment to ensure
SHOs have frequency
metres to monitor the
noise level in their ar-
eas.
NGT directs officials to fix deadlines for waste mgmt
ISSUING DIRECTIVE
‘BJP HAS GOT CLEAR MAJORITY IN GMC’
Yogi Adityanath exchanges greetings with Akhilesh Yadav during the oath-taking ceremony of
newly-elected legislators, in Lucknow on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO
Bharatsinh Solanki. —FILE PHOTO
Mukesh Sahani
Solanki’s
personal
trysts have
sparked a
heated debate
on his conduct

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
61,49,387
TOTAL DEATHS
41,68,84,712
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,93,04,824
ACTIVE CASES
48,23,38,923
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,21,066
TOTAL DEATHS
4,24,83,829
TOTAL RECOVERED
15,828
ACTIVE CASES
4,30,20,723
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
Increasingly, I have come to the
realisation that emotional
intelligence is a game-changer
for high performance and teamwork.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
VP stresses the need of improving healthcare in remote areas
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Vice Presi-
dent M Venkaiah Naidu
on Monday emphasised
the need to rebuild, re-
structure and reinvent
our healthcare systems
for the post-pandemic
era of the 21st century
.
Hewantedallstakehold-
ers—public, private and
people to join together
in this humongous task
of strengthening India’s
health infrastructure
and ensuring the well-
being of the people.
Addressing the 8th
Annual Summit of the
NATHEALTH through a
pre-recorded video mes-
sage, the Vice President
said that over the course
of the pandemic, we
have learnt many valua-
ble lessons related to the
challengesinourhealth-
care system and called
forusingthisexperience
towards re-imagining a
resilient healthcare sys-
tem for a new phase in
the post-COVID era.
Recognising that the
COVID-19 pandemic has
challenged the health-
care systems world over,
Naidu said that India, as
a team, fought back ad-
mirably and showed
great resilience in the
face of adversity
. “This
is reflected in the indig-
enous development of
vaccines and adminis-
tration of over 180 crore
doses, which is a stupen-
dous achievement and a
global benchmark,” he
added. Naidu also
praised the commit-
ment and sacrifices of
Indian healthcare work-
ers- both in the public
and private sectors.
Noting the pressing
need to increase public
expenditure in health,
the Vice President
wanted this increase in
spending to go hand-in-
hand with capacity
building, such as in-
creasing the doctor-to-
population ratio, as per
WHO standards.
Calling for urgently
bridging the spatial dis-
parity in healthcare fa-
cilities between the ur-
ban and rural areas,
Naidu stressed the need
for immediate impetus
to primary healthcare
in rural India. Talking
about the need to bring
down high out-of-pocket
expenditure on health
in India, he appreciated
various government
programs in this regard
including Ayushman
Bharat, Jan Aushadhi
Kendras and the pro-
posal to increase the
number of district hos-
pitals among others.
He also said that
COVID-19 pandemic has
shown the potential of
using digital technolo-
gies and suggested lev-
eraging our strengths in
ICT for improving
healthcare. “Digital
health and Telehealth
services must be ex-
panded to remote rural
areas to ensure equita-
ble access to quality
healthcare,” he said.
Naidu also called for
greater focus on curbing
the worrying trend of
increasingNon-Commu-
nicable Diseases in In-
dia, which account for
around 60 percent of
deaths in the country
.
Stressingtheneedtocre-
ate greater awareness
among people on these
‘lifestyle diseases’, he
urgedhealthexpertsand
culturaliconstotakethe
lead in this regard.
Vice President Naidu inaugurating exhibition on ‘Freedom Struggle of India’ ICHR, in New Delhi on Monday.
‘98% of India’s population to be
covered with piped cooking gas’
New Delhi (PTI): More
than 82 per cent of In-
dia’s land area and 98
per cent of the popula-
tion will be covered
with piped cooking gas
after the latest round of
expansion work, the
government informed
the Rajya Sabha on
Monday
.
Bids for the expan-
sion work will be
opened on May 12 this
year.
Replying to supple-
mentary questions of
members during Ques-
tion Hour, Minister of
Petroleum and Natural
Gas Hardeep Singh
Puri said once the
award of bidding is
done, it typically takes
a certain number of
years for the infrastruc-
ture to be laid.
“After the 11th round
of bidding, we would
have over 82 per cent of
our land area and 98
percent of our popula-
tion complete so that
piped cooking gas can
be delivered to house-
holds,” he informed the
house.
“The only population
that will be left will be
some areas in the North
East and Jammu and
Kashmir because they
are widely dispersed.
Typically, cooking gas
that comes through the
pipe is cheaper and
more consumer friend-
ly than that supplied
through cylinders,” he
also said.
Puri said that during
the pandemic, benefi-
ciaries of the Ujjawala
scheme were given free
LPG cylinders.
RISING NUMBER
OF LPG USERS
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri speaks in the Rajya Sabha, in New Delhi on Monday.
OppnseesredasBihargovt
distributesfreeticketsofTKF
Kumar Prabodh
Patna:Sharpideological
differences came to the
fore inside the Bihar as-
semblyonMondaywhen
members of the opposi-
tion announced boycott
of a special screening of
The Kashmir Files, a
Hindi film on the exodus
of Kashmiri Pandits
from the valley in 1990,
and tore the free tickets
in protest against the al-
legedattemptbythestate
government to promote
the BJP’s agenda.
The tickets were dis-
tributed among the
members after Deputy
Chief Minister Tark-
ishor Prasad told the
Housethatacomplimen-
tary show has been or-
ganised for all MLAs,
which was greeted with
a murmur of protests by
membersof theCPI(ML),
the second-largest con-
stituent of the opposi-
tion Grand Alliance.
By the time the Zero
Hour began, the pro-
tests grew louder and
members of the RJD,
which helms the opposi-
tion coalition, lent their
weight to their junior
partner, trooping into
the well, shouting slo-
gans and throwing
shreds of torn tickets in
the air. —With PTI inputs
Centre shouldn’t impose
dictatorial anti-Punjab
decisions, says Cheema
Raj CM offers charter plane to Amit
Shah to visit Raj to see law and order
Jaipur (Agencies): A
day after the BJP said it
sent Congress leader
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
a train ticket to meet
women crime victims in
Rajasthan, CM Ashok
Gehlot offered to send
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah a chartered
plane to visit the state.
He tweeted that he
wanted Shah to see the
law and order-related
innovations made in Ra-
jasthan and how well
the state is fighting
crime. The tit for tat was
over the alleged rape of
a 15-year-old girl by the
son of a Congress MLA.
Gehlot said in a state-
ment released on social
media, “BJP leaders re-
peatedly invite Priyan-
ka Gandhi regarding
cases of crime in Ra-
jasthan. Priyanka ji
does not hold any con-
stitutional post. We
would like to send a
charter plane for Home
MinisterAmitShahand
request him to come to
Rajasthan. He should
come here and get infor-
mation about the inno-
vations made in rela-
tion to law and order in
the state and the strict
actions being taken
against criminal acts.”
Gehlot added, “Ac-
cording to the NCRB
(National Crime Re-
cords Bureau) data, de-
spite the lockdown in
2020, when crimes
across the country in-
creased by 28.03% as
compared to the previ-
ous year, Rajasthan saw
a decrease of 14.46%.
“According to the
data, there has been a
decrease in all types of
crimes, including da-
coity, robbery, kidnap-
ping, rape, rioting and
theft in the state in 2020.
During this period,
there was 62.29% in-
crease in crime in Amit
Shah’s home state Guja-
rat. In 2021 also, there
was a decrease of 4.77%
in criminal cases in Ra-
jasthan as compared to
2019,” he said.
Gehlot said, “Our
government showed the
courage to make regis-
tration of FIR manda-
tory. While implement-
ing the mandatory FIR
registration policy, we
knew that crime figures
would increase and the
opposition and the me-
dia would question it,
but we implemented
this policy to get justice
for every victim.”
BJPstatesecretaryJi-
tendra Gothwal on Sun-
day had challenged Gan-
dhi to come to Jaipur,
tweetingthathehassent
her a train ticket and
also reminding the Con-
gress general secretary
of her “Ladki Hoon, Lad
Sakti Hoon” campaign.
Mahesh Kumar
Chandigarh: Punjab’s
Finance and Planning
Minister Harpal Singh
CheemasaidonMonday
that the BJP-led Centre
government was adopt-
ing a dictatorial attitude
and was continuously
imposing its anti-Pun-
jab decisions. And if
they don’t refrain from
it then the Aam Aadmi
Party and Punjab gov-
ernment will fight from
the road to Parliament.
He said that the people
of Punjab would never
allow the central gov-
ernment’s plans to end
Punjab’s participation
in Chandigarh adminis-
tration, Punjab Univer-
sity and Bhakra Beas
Management Commit-
tee (BBMB) to succeed.
Harpal Singh Cheema
expressed these views
whileaddressingreport-
ers here on Monday
.
He alleged, “The tra-
ditional ruling parties
ledbyCongressandBJP
at the Centre have al-
ways treated Punjab,
PunjabisandPunjabiyat
step motherly and have
always surrendered be-
forethedecisionsof cen-
tre.” The Modi govern-
ment has been imple-
menting decisions for a
longtimetoabolishPun-
jab’s share in Punjab
University, BBMB and
Chandigarhadministra-
tion and now Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah has decided to re-
move Punjab Service
Rules in Chandigarh ad-
ministration and imple-
ment Central Service
Rules, he added.
Praising Modi, NCP’s
Memon says Oppn
needs to introspect
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In a sur-
prise move, praising
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, senior NCP
leader Majeed Memon
has said that the Oppo-
sition needs to intro-
spect about the PM’s
popularity not just the
country but across the
world despite creating
“divisions in society”.
On Sunday he tweet-
ed: “If Narendra Modi
wins people’s mandate
and is also shown as
world’s most popular
leader, there must be
some qualities in him
or good work he may
have done which the op-
position leaders are un-
able to find.”
Later he was quoted
as having said: “What I
said is that the Opposi-
tion needs to do some
research, some intro-
spection as to what are
the things which are
making Narendra Modi
acceptable not only to
India but even outside.”
Memon’s comments
came days after a mas-
sive win by the BJP in
four of the five states
that went to elections
recently
.
TIT FOR TAT
Majeed Memon
@advmajeedmemon
If Narendra Modi wins
people’s mandate and is
also shown as world’s
most popular leader, there
must be some qualities
in him or good work he
may have done which the
opposition leaders are
unable to find.
Harpal Singh Cheema.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. —FILE PHOTO

Tell us something
about yourself
A lawyer by qualifica-
tion but my drive to-
wards modelling has
always been supersed-
ed. For me, music
and dance work
like meditation. I
have a spiritual
way of living
life and I be-
lieve that the
Universe works
for your good if
you think good about
yourself.
Where do you see
yourself after the
next 20 years-
I want to see myself
healthy, not only
physically but men-
tally as well. For me,
nothing is more impor-
tant than a happy and
peaceful mind.
What are your aspira-
tions and goals
I would want to be a suc-
cessful entrepreneur
but would always stick
to the creative side so
something like being a
Makeup artist/cosme-
tologist or maybe hav-
ing my own Label. Also,
I don’t wanna restrict
myself to a single pro-
fession, I want to ex-
plore and try my hands
on everything that I
would love to do.
How did
your journey
begin?
M o d e l l i n g
caught my interest
when I was in my
first year and got se-
lected in the Fashion
team of our college and
majorly when I became
Miss Pune 2016 Runner-
up. Since then I have
been part of a lot of pag-
eants, runways and
shoots.
What were some of the
battles you fought and
are still fighting in
your journey?
I think I am currently at
a stage where I am fight-
ing a lot of battles.
Since I am a lawyer
everyone expects me
to be an Advocate or
a Judicial officer but
my heart doesn’t al-
low me to be there.
I have always been
fascinated with
every aspect of
the Fashion In-
dustry but I also
know how hard
it is to reach a
certain posi-
tion. I still
don’t wanna
lose any
hope and
work hard
to be in a
position
that I
know I
d e -
serve.
up to
great-
er pro-
jects in fu-
ture.”
YASHASVI SHRIVASTAVA, A PASSIONATE
LAWYER AND A SUPERMODEL IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST
SPOKE ABOUT HER JOURNEY, HER PASSION
FOR MODELLING AND WHAT SETS HER
APART FROM THE CROWD!
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY,
MARCH 29, 2022
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BEAUTY
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ROBICA CHAUDHANI, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Better to consult
an expert in
financial matters
before making
an investment.
Your hard work
and dedication
are likely to
be noticed by
seniors, paving way for promotion or
increment. Family will be supportive
of career aspirations. A promising day
overall as you stay in limelight.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Yoga would
help in raising
energy levels and
improve your
metabolism.
Some of you are
going experience
emotional
fulfillment on
romantic front. Place emphasis on
domestic affairs to enhance the domestic
tranquility and harmony. Associating
yourself with humanitarian group.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It’s a very good
day to take
calculated risks in
financial matters.
Those suffering
from chronic
ailments may
find remarkable
improvement
in their health with home remedies.
Today you will enjoy the trust of senior
management. Minor domestic disputes
may snowball into a major row.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A sound
financial health
of businessmen
would enable to
give monetary
benefits to
employees.
Roadblock in
the matrimonial
alliance of kin gets cleared bringing
happiness for entire family. Your sole
dependency on friends may fail to bring
any respite from loneliness today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Seek opinion
of expert
before opting
for a health
supplement.
The day is not
likely to pose any
major problems
at workplace.
You will succeed in resolving
misunderstanding with family members,
normalizing ties. Seek proper valuation of
the property you are planning to buy.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Successful
implementation
of new ideas
and projects
would add to
your prestige on
the professional
front. A sound
monetary
position would enable you to keep pace
with changing times. Avoid raising
controversial issues at home to maintain
harmony. It is a wonderful day for you.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will be
greatly benefited
by investing in
companies of
repute. Develop a
good adaptability
to handle
pressurized
situation on
professional front. Paying special
attention to plan your career would
give immense joy. You are likely to get
clearance or approval.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You may get a
chance to pursue
old hobby. Health
tips from an
expert will enable
you to get closer
to your fitness
goals. Chances
of being misled
by competitors in business are high, so
remain alert. Your generous behavior
would enable to enjoy some lovely
moments with family.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Avoid being
indulgent in
your spending to
balance budget.
Continue to put
in efforts at work
and you will
see promising
opportunities
coming your way. Matrimonial match
for siblings will bring happiness for
entire family. You will get a good price
for your property.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Distant relatives
may drop in
for a surprise
visit. Investment
antiques and
jewellery would
bring handsome
financial gains.
On professional
front, recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder. Efforts made
to improve looks or personality will bring
desired results.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Don’t give a firm
commitment
in financial
matters before
considering
the viability
of the project.
You succeed in
completing an
important project well before deadline.
Disagreements on the family front are
foreseen. Be careful about the legal
apprehensions in the property.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Long-pending
arrears and dues
are likely to be
recovered. Senior
management will
be appreciative
of your creative
inputs on
professional
front. Seek the opinion of your family
before finalizing a property deal. An
impromptu invitation to a function from a
friend is likely to be received.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
ran and the
western coun-
tries are on the
brink of reviv-
ing the 2015 Nu-
clear Deal. The
nuclear talks
are going on in Vienna
and the diplomats indi-
cate that the next few
days will decide the
fate of the deal. What
would follow if the nu-
clear talks fail, will
Iran return to square
one on the US Sanc-
tions? This article
looks back to every im-
portant event that has
led up to this moment.
Iran, one of the world’s
biggest oil producers,
has been dealing with a
fall in share in the oil
market. The primary
reason behind this is
the sanctions imposed
by the Trump Adminis-
tration when the Unit-
ed States exited the Nu-
clear Deal in 2018. In
May 2018, US President
Donald Trump with-
drew from the deal, as
the US believed Iran to
violate the deal by se-
cretly developing a nu-
clear weapon, which
led to the imposition of
a series of economic
sanctions on Iran, con-
sequently hurting their
already crippling econ-
omy. World trade with
Iran declined drasti-
cally and the economy
fell into a deep reces-
sion. Its oil exports
plummeted, the cur-
rency’s value was re-
duced to half and the
inflation in the country
soared drastically. The
Iran Nuclear Deal also
known as the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA) was an
agreement between
Iran and the five per-
manent members of
the UN and Germany
signed in 2015. Under
the deal, Iran had
agreed to dismantle
much of its nuclear
programme and allow
the International
Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), the UN’s nu-
clear watchdog organi-
zation to inspect its
nuclear facilities, in
exchange for relief
from the billions of dol-
lars sanctions imposed
from 2012-2014. Saudi
Arabia and Israel, both
arch-rivals of Iran,
have been critical of
the 2015 Nuclear Deal.
Both countries have
called for a stronger
and long-lasting deal.
Israel sees Iran’s nu-
clear programme as a
threat to the State of
Israel and has been ac-
cused of cyber-attacks
and assassinations of
Iran’s top nuclear sci-
entists. When the US
withdrew from the
deal, they did not pro-
vide any evidence that
Iran was developing
nuclear weapons and
violated the deal. Iran
accused the US of uni-
laterally making deci-
sions without consid-
eration from other
member countries. Af-
ter exiting the deal in
2018 President Donald
Trump tightened the
sanctions on Iran in
2019 under his ‘maxi-
mum pressure’ policy
but Iran still main-
tained their insistence
to move forward with
their nuclear pro-
gramme by developing
centrifuges for high-
grade uranium at many
nuclear facilities. Due
to the sanctions Iran’s
production of oil bar-
rels reduced from 3.8
million to 2.3 million
per day. This caused a
sharp rise in interna-
tional oil prices to $80
per barrel. Simultane-
ously the U.S urged
Saudi Arabia to in-
crease its oil supply.
Iran experienced mas-
sive inflation from be-
ing 30.22 % to 34.62% in
2019. It also saw a 50 %
rise in its petrol prices
(15,000 Rials per litre),
and by comparison, the
currency lost half its
value. In fact, in 2018,
the Iranian Rial
touched a record low of
176,000 to one dollar.
Many indigenous busi-
nesses in Iran were
shut due to the increase
in production costs.
Presently, the Biden
Administration in the
USA is working with
the Iranian Govern-
ment and other mem-
ber countries for the
revival of the Nuclear
Deal. If the Nuclear
Deal is revived it will
lead to a major geopo-
litical and economical
shift in the Middle East
as many countries will
start rebuilding their
relations with Iran and
Iran will regain its role
in the oil market. If
not, the Iranian econo-
my will end up bearing
the brunt of the US
sanctions.
Iran days away from
signing Nuclear Deal?
SAMAR CHAUDHRY
School name- Neerja Modi School
(Class Grade 11)
I
City First
encourages
young writers
and authors to
exercise their
minds and pen
their thoughts on
paper. Taking the
same thought
forward today we
bring you this
article on world
politics by our
young columnist.

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