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7 HELD FOR THROWING OFFENSIVE
MATERIAL AT MOSQUES IN AYODHYA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police on
Thursday arrested sev-
en persons for allegedly
throwing objectionable
posters and torn pages
of religious texts out-
side three mosques and
a shrine in Ayodhya on
Wednesday
.
Senior Superinten-
dent of Police (Ayod-
hya) Shailesh Kumar
Pandey at a press con-
ference identified the
arrested persons as Ma-
hesh Kumar Mishra,
Pratyush Srivastava,
Nitin Kumar, Deepak
Kumar Gaur alias Gun-
jan, Brijesh Pandey,
Shatrughan Prajapati
and Vimal Pandey – all
residents of Ayodhya
district.
“While seven persons
have been arrested,
four others are abscond-
ing. We will arrest them
soon. During question-
ing of those arrested, it
came to light that they
wanted to ruin the ami-
cable atmosphere and
peaceful tradition of
this city,” Pandey said.
He said that objec-
tionable items were
thrown at three
mosques – Taatshah
Jama Masjid, Masjid
Ghosiyana, Kashmiri
Mohalla mosque – and
at the shrine of Gulab
Shah Baba under the
Kotwali police station.
“A total of eight per-
sons on four motorcy-
cles, led by Mahesh
Mishra, threw objec-
tionable posters and ob-
jects at the mosques and
the shrine… The objects
which they had thrown
were recovered, and the
vehicles used by them
have been impounded…
After collecting the evi-
dence, police teams
were able to figure out
the whole chain of
events,” the SSP said.
The will be booked
under Gangster Act and
NSA, the SSP said, add-
ing that three of the ar-
rested accused – Ma-
hesh Mishra, Nitin and
Vimal Pandey – had
criminal background.
STEP UP
CM Yogi Adityanath distributed electronic tablets to students of Dr Shakuntala Misra
National Rehabilitation University in Lucknow on Thursday. Vice Chancellor Dr Rana Krishna
Pal Singh and minister Narendra Kashyap were also present. More on P2
‘REVENGE FOR JAHANGIRPURI’
Police said that Mahesh Kumar Mishra was the
“mastermind” of the incident, and the planning
was done at his house “to take revenge for the com-
munal violence in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri”. KP Singh,
Inspector General (Range) and SSP Shailesh Pandey
said that senior police officials held meeting with
religious clerics and they helped in maintaining law
and order and peace in the area.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
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Ranchi: Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad was on Thursday released on bail
from the Birsa Munda Jail after his bail bond was paid. The RJD chief
was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court last week almost 42 weeks
after his conviction in the Doranda case.
LALU PRASAD
YADAV GETS
BAIL, RELEASED
FROM JAIL
Mumbai: Indian markets gained on Thursday, as investor sentiment improved
on optimism that the Covid-19 situation in China may not be as bad as feared.
Investors also cheered strong earnings from Meta Platforms, leading to a bounce
in technology stocks. Sensex gained 702 points and nifty ended near 17,250
MARKETS
RALLY AS GLOBAL
SENTIMENT
IMPROVES
Working on lifting AFSPA
from Northeast: Modi
Guwahati: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday said the Cen-
tre was working to-
wards lifting the Armed
Forces (Special Powers)
Act [AFSPA] from the
Northeast. “For long,
many states of the
Northeast have been
under AFSPA. But in
the past eight years, be-
cause of peace and bet-
ter law and order situa-
tion on the ground, we
have lifted AFSPA from
many parts of the re-
gion,” said Modi, ad-
dressing a “Peace, Uni-
ty and Development”
rally at Diphu in As-
sam’s Karbi Anglong
district.
Earlier in the day, the
prime minister inaugu-
rated three colleges for
veterinary science and
agriculture in Diphu.
He also launched the
Amrit Sarovar Project
to rejuvenate 2,950 wa-
terbodies across the
state. Modi said that
since 2014, violent inci-
dents had reduced by 75
per cent in the region.
“That is why we were
able to lift AFSPA first
from Tripura, then
Meghalaya,” he said.
“In Assam, in the
past few years, the situ-
ation has improved so
much that AFSPA was
lifted from 23 dis-
tricts,” he said, adding
that the Centre was
working towards lift-
ing the Act from Naga-
land and Manipur.
PM MODI-RATAN TATA
INAUGURATE 7 STATE-
OF-THE-ART CANCER
HOSPITALS IN ASSAM
Dibrugarh: Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi along with industrialist
Ratan Tata on Thursday inaugu-
rated seven state-of-the-art cancer
hospitals and laid the founda-
tion stone for seven new cancer
hospitals. “Today, 7 new cancer
hospitals have been inaugurated
in Assam. There was a time, even
one hospital getting opened up in
7 years was a thing to celebrate.
Times have changed now. I have
been told 3 more cancer hospitals
will be ready for your service in a
few months,” PM Modi said.
PM LAUDS
DOUBLE-ENGINE
GOVT FOR ASSAM
‘BODO ACCORD’
BROUGHT LONG-
LASTING PEACE
INSURGENCY IN NORTH EAST
REDUCED BY 80 PERCENT: MHA
Diphu: PM lauded the
double-engine govern-
ment for the development
of northeast regions.
“Today, the double-engine
government is developing
the nation with the mantra
of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka
Vikas’,” he said.
Diphu: PM Modi hailed
the Bodo Accord, saying it
has brought “long-lasting
peace” to Assam. “Last
year, several organisa-
tions from Karbi Anglong
joined the resolve for
peace and development.
Bodo Accord opened new
doors for lasting peace in
2020,” said PM Modi in
Assam.
New Delhi: Incidents of insurgency in the north-
eastern states reduced by 80 per cent in the last
eight years while casualties of security forces
went down by 75 per cent and civilian deaths by
99 per cent, an official report said. According to
the annual report of the MHA, the security situ-
ation in the northeastern states has improved sub-
stantially since 2014 and the year 2020 recorded
the lowest insurgency incidents and casualties
among the civilians and security forces during the
last two decades.
“Modi’s Federalism is not
cooperative. It’s coercive”
Rahul attacks PM over fuel price issue
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Thursday accused
PM Narendra Modi of
“abdicating responsi-
bility” by ‘blaming’
states for the inflation
despite the Centre tak-
ing 68 per cent of all
fuel taxes.
“High Fuel prices –
blame states. Coal
shortage – blame
states. Oxygen short-
age – blame states,”
Gandhi wrote. “68 per
cent of all fuel taxes
are taken by the centre.
Yet, the PM abdicates
responsibility. The PM
abdicates responsibili-
ty. Modi’s Federalism
is not cooperative. It’s
coercive,” Gandhi
tweeted.
MAHA GOVT’S COLLECTED RS 79, 412 CR
AS FUEL TAXES: HARDEEP SINGH PURI
New Delhi: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Hardeep Singh Puri questioned the Maharashtra govern-
ment’s decision to not reduce VAT on fuel in order to provide
relief to people. Puri stressed his stand by highlighting that
the State government is expected to collect Rs 33,000 crore
as fuel taxes this year. “The truth hurts, but facts speak for
themselves. Maha govt is expected to collect Rs 33,000 crore
this year. Why did it not reduce VAT on fuel to provide relief
to people?,” he asked.
PM Modi being felicitated with traditional Assamese
Japi by Assam CM Sarma and Union Minister
Sonowal in Dibrugarh on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DELHI’S HOTTEST APRIL DAY
IN 12 YEARS @ 43.5°
IMD issues orange
alert for 5 states
Kamal Nath
resigns as LOP
in MP Assembly
Bhopal: Congress lead-
er Kamal Nath has re-
signed as the Leader of
Opposition in the Mad-
hya Pradesh Assembly
.
The Congress high
command has accepted
the former chief minis-
ter’s resignation from
the post and appointed
Dr Govind Singh as the
Leader of the Congress
Legislature Party, and
therefore the Leader of
Opposition in the Mad-
hya Pradesh Assembly
.
In a letter dated April
28, Congress general
secretary KC Venugopal
wrote to Kamal Nath,
“This is to inform you
that Hon’ble Congress
President has accepted
your resignation from
the post of Leader, Con-
gress Legislature Party
,
Madhya Pradesh with
immediate effect. The
party wholeheartedly
appreciates your contri-
bution as the CLP Lead-
er, Madhya Pradesh.”
Bhubaneswar: The In-
dia Meteorological De-
partment (IMD) has is-
sued an orange alert for
five districts in India
overcontinuedheatwave
conditions until May 1.
The five districts which
have been warned are:
Bihar, Jharkhand, inte-
rior Odisha, Chhattis-
garh and Gangetic West
Bengal April 30 and Tel-
angana till May 1.
“There has been no
significantrainfallsince
February25.Inbetween,
on April 14 and April 21,
there were dust storms
in Rajasthan and Hary-
ana but there was no sig-
nificant rain. Hence the
long dry spell has result-
ed in high tempera-
tures,”seniorIMDscien-
tist R.K. Jenamani said.
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police Crime Branch on
Thursdayarrestedoneof
the most wanted accused
of Jahangirpuricommu-
nal riots from West Ben-
gal, sources said. The ac-
cusedhasbeenidentified
as Farid alias Neetu, a
history-sheeter in the Ja-
hangirpuri area with
cases of robbery
, snatch-
ing, burglary etc.
“He was very actively
involved in the commu-
nal riots and played a
major role. Our several
teams who have been
deployed in West Ben-
gal arrested him on
Thursday from his
aunt’s house in Tamluk
village. He is being
brought to New Delhi
via flight today,” one of
the sources said.
The accused had fled
from the spot after the
riots and had been
changing his locations
and moving across West
Bengal.
KOVIND, SHAH TO MEET BENGAL
VIOLENCE VICTIMS
New Delhi: President and Union home minister
Amit have agreed to meet a delegation of lawyers
representing victims of post-poll violence on
April 29. According to sources, the President has
consented to meet the delegation of lawyers at
noon. Shah will meet the delegation the same
day at 9 pm. The lawyers will also hold a peaceful
candle march in the national capital on Friday to
highlight the “struggle and fight of the affected
people of the state”.
JAHANGIRPURI VIOLENCE
Key accused Farid arrested from Bengal
Pedestrians shield their faces from the heat with a scarf, in
Gurugram, Thursday, April 28, 2022. —PHOTO BY PTI
Farid alias Neetu
PM Modi receives a traditional welcome
during his visit to Dibrugarh on Thursday.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2022
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: With
around eight per cent
Muslim community
voting for the BJP in
recent assembly elec-
tions in UP the saffron
brigade has planned to
reach out to the com-
munity in the country
to widen its base in the
run up to the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections.
According to sources,
the BJP has prepared
an outreach plan, which
is yet to be approved by
the central leadership,
for booth level interac-
tion with the commu-
nity across the country
.
Under the fresh ini-
tiative the BJP leaders
will visit Muslim-domi-
nated areas and hold
interaction with them
to know their problems.
Sources said the BJP
national president JP
Nadda may launch the
programme in next few
months, mainly in poll-
bound states like Guja-
rat, Himachal, MP and
Rajasthan.
Moves are also afoot
to target effectively fe-
male members of the
community
.
During UP elections
the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had re-
peatedly mentioned
about the elimination
of menace of “triple Ta-
laq” which had badly
affected the Muslim
women in the country.
A four-member team of
the BJP has been work-
ing on the draft in this
connection.
The party had also
identified 90 Lok Sabha
constituencies in coun-
try where it could not
perform well in 2019
election and large num-
ber of them were mi-
nority dominated.
However, politically
the community had
gathered around the Sa-
majwadi Party and alli-
ance in 2022 assembly
giving it 125 seats.
In UP assembly elec-
tions, that witnessed
sharp division between
two communities on re-
ligious lines the CSDS-
Lokniti had come out
with its findings that
ruling BJP, despite gen-
eral perception that
Muslims voting against
it, has succeeded in get-
ting at least 8%vote of
the community.
The survey showed that
among 20% Muslim
votes the SP secured
around 79% and at least
eight per cent votes
went to the BJP, which
is an increase of one
per cent in 2017 assem-
bly elections.
With an eye on 2024 LS poll, BJP plans Muslim outreach programme
THINKING AHEAD
lll
BJP leaders
will visit
Muslim
dominated
areas to hold
interactions
to know
people’s
issues
TEST CASE
WE SHOULD NEVER JUDGE A PERSON ON
THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: CM YOGI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A person
should not be evaluat-
ed by his physical ap-
pearance but by his
level of thinking, intel-
ligence, prudence and
courage, said CM Yogi-
while laying the foun-
dation stone of the En-
gineering and Technol-
ogy Faculty building
that will be established
at the Dr Shakuntala
Misra National Reha-
bilitation University in
Lucknow.
Speakingattheevent
organised by the
Divyangs Empower-
mentdepartmentof the
university, on Thurs-
day
, the CM said, “I am
happy that today the
foundation stone of the
building of the Faculty
of Engineering and
Technology has been
laid at Dr Shakuntala
Misra National Reha-
bilitation University
.”
He also distributed
smartphones and tab-
lets to 868 students
here. Stating that this
innovative scheme of
tablet distribution was
started last year, CM
Yogi said, “Till now, we
have distributed over
1.61 lakh smartphones
andtabletsinLucknow.
Today we have distrib-
uted tablets and smart-
phones to 868 children
including different-
ly-abled children and
final year students.”
The CM said that
with an aim to take In-
dia towards being a
global superpower,
smartphones and tab-
lets are being distrib-
uted among 1 crore
students in the state,
which will enable them
to have access to digi-
tal content for free.
It is to be mentioned
that the CM also laid
the foundation stones
of Mamta Mandir,
School for Deaf and
Dumb and Mentally
Retarded which will be
established in
Chandauli and Sanket
Junior School in Chi-
trakoot.
CM Yogi distributed tablets to students of Shakuntala Mishra Rehabilitation University on Thursday,
MoS Narendra Kashyap, VC RKP Singh were also present. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
CM PRAISES SHAKUNTALA MISHRA UNIV
Heaping praise on Dr Shakuntala Misra National
Rehabilitation University, the CM said, “The spe-
ciality of this university is that it has both normal
and differently-abled kids. Now, the Faculty of
Engineering and Technology is also going to be
established here.”
Foundation stone
of Faculty of
Engineering
Tech laid by CM
We are working towards providing
every youth with a smartphone and a
tablet. Officials will execute this goal
in a phased manner across the state”
—Yogi Adityanath,
Chief Minister
Will they, won’t they?
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath is
known for implement-
ing his promises and
announcements seri-
ously irrespective of
the consequences.
One such recent proc-
lamation of his that is
being discussed anima-
tedly in the power corri-
dors is directing his
ministers and civil ser-
vants to declare their
assets in three months.
In 2017 the CM had
issued a similar order
soon after taking oath
as CM for the first time.
The monk from Gora-
khpur showed he prac-
tised what he preaches
and was the first to de-
clare his own assets.
He expected all his
ministerial colleagues
to follow suit. But was
let down by his ministe-
rial colleagues.
Information gleaned
from assembly secretar-
iat shows that 33 minis-
ters and 359 out of the
total 403 members of
legislative assembly did
not declare their assets
in 2017. What happened
in subsequent years, as
assets declaration is an
annual exercise, is not
known. Those who fig-
ured on the list of de-
faulters included 18
cabinet ministers, four
ministers of state (inde-
pendent charge) and 11
ministers of state.
Ideally, all informa-
tion related to assets
declaration should be
put on the secretariat’s
website as is the rule for
civil servants whose
worth is published by
the DoPT.
The State govern-
ment is silent on the is-
sue but we are keeping
our fingers crossed.
New check dams, ponds bring prosperity to B’khand
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The con-
struction of check dams
and water-filled ponds
has drastically changed
the picture of the
parched Bundelkhand
area. The Minor Irriga-
tion Department of the
Ministry of Jal Shakti
has completed the con-
struction of 317 check
dams and the renova-
tion of 218 water ponds
under the third phase
of the Bundelkhand
package.
Due to the construc-
tion of new check dams,
the agriculture yield
has been enhanced in
the area. Not only this,
but the green cover is
also increasing around
the ponds. Water is be-
ing made available to
farmers for irrigation
purposes and the reno-
vated ponds are quench-
ing the thirst of ani-
mals.
These rain harvest-
ing structures and the
check dam together
have also managed to
raise the groundwater
table benefitting crop
intensification. The
Ministry of Jal Shakti
is working hard to com-
plete the work of the
third phase of the Bun-
delkhand package.
The Yogi government
started a campaign for
the availability of wa-
ter— for drinking as
well as irrigation to
Bundelkhand, which
was suffering from
drought under SP, BSP
governments. The Mi-
nor Irrigation Depart-
ment is working with
full force in this regard.
The Yogi government
aims to present Bun-
delkhand as a model
before other states of
the country
.
A pond being revived in Banda.
REPORT CARD
AILING MAHANT NRITYA GOPAL
DAS' CONDITION IMPROVING
Lucknow (PTI): The
health condition of
Mahant Nritya Gopal
Das, the president of
Shri Ram Janmab-
hoomi Teerth Kshet-
ra Trust, undergoing
treatment for a uri-
nary tract infection
in a hospital here, has
improved.
The 84-year-old Ma-
hant was admitted to
Medanta Hospital in
Lucknow on Sunday
afternoon following
complaints of uri-
nary tract infection
and a serious kidney
problem.
In a medical bulle-
tin on Thursday, the
hospital administra-
tion said Mahant Nr-
itya Gopal Das has
been kept in the criti-
cal care unit because
of a urinary tract in-
fection.
His condition is
stable and satisfacto-
ry. He is kept under
observation of ex-
perts of the urology
department, the bul-
letin said.
Mahant Nritya Go-
pal Das is the chair-
man of Shri Ram
Janmabhoomi Teerth
Kshetra Trust, which
has been entrusted
with the task of build-
ing the Ram temple in
Ayodhya.
He was admitted to
Medanta Hospital
last in November 2020
after suffering from a
breathing problem
and in October 2021
after contracting
Covid.
Mahant Nritya Gopal Das.
‘Gyanvapi mosque was
never a waqf property’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As the hear-
ing of the Varanasi’s
Kashi-Vishwanath
T e m p l e - G y a nv a p i
Mosque issue resumed
before the Allahabad
High Court on Thurs-
day, the counsel appear-
ing on behalf of the
temple argued that the
property in dispute is
not a waqf property and
the provisions of the
Waqf Act are not appli-
cable here.
It was further argued
that when the Waqf Act
of 1995 came into force,
there was a provision
under the aforesaid Act
that the waqf property
be again registered but
the property in dispute
has never been re-regis-
tered under the Waqf
Act, 1995, therefore, the
property in dispute is
not a waqf property and
the provisions of the
Waqf Act are not appli-
cable, added the counsel
appearing on behalf of
temple before the judge
of the Allahabad High
Court.
Hearing a petition
filed by Anjuman Inta-
zamia Masjid of Vara-
nasi and other connect-
ed matters, Justice
Prakash Padia ad-
journed the hearing of
the case till May 10,
2022.
CM Yogi during Janta Darshan
in Lucknow.
BUSY DAY FOR CM
CM Yogi
inspecting
works on the
Rs 196-crore
project to build
4-lane road
from Bargadwan
to Kauabagh,
a stretch of
8.56 km in
Gorakhpur.
CM Yogi
inaugurates
Aryavarta
MRI Centre
at Ramgarh
Tal-Circuit
House Road in
Gorakhpur on
Thursday.
The World Bank
delegation
consulting
the UP Govt
on Clean Air
Project with CM
Yogi Adityanath
at his official
residence in
Lucknow on
Thursday.
In Gorakhpur, the
CM inspected the
construction work of
the Atal Residential
School which is being
built on 12 acres of land
at a cost of Rs 64.08
crore. He also reviewed
work on the Sahjanwa
Polytechnic, Sainik
School, Ayush University,
Link Expressway
and other projects in
Gorakhpur.
—FILE PHOTO

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FLAG MARCH
Security forces conduct flag march ahead of Alvida namaz (last Friday of Ramzan) in old Lucknow on Thursday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
CRUCIAL READ
Kanpur: The 78th branch of Union Bank of India was
inaugurated at Dada Nagar. Vijay Kapoor, Chairman,
Kanpur Industrial Development Co-operative Society
inaugurated the program in the presence of Basant Lal
Goenka, Managing Director Som Goenka and Surendra
Kumar Gupta of Goldie Masala. Union Bank Of India
is one of the leading Public Sector Bank of India with
77 branches and 5 offices in Kanpur. With the opening
of Dada Nagar branch, the number of branches falling
under Regional Office Kanpur has increased to 78.
FOB LINKING AQUA
LINE TO BLUE LINE
WITHIN A YEAR
Noida: A foot-over
bridge (FOB) linking
the Sector 52 station of
Delhi Metro’s Blue Line
to the nearby Sector 52
station of Noida Metro’s
Aqua Line here will be
built within a year, the
NMRC said on Thursday.
The Noida Metro Rail
Corporation said this two
days after its 31st Board
meeting.During the
Board meeting, which-
was held on Tuesday
the Board also approved
a budget of Rs 287.62
crore for the financial
year 2022-2023 and
gave its go-ahead for an
internal audit report, it
added.
DRIVE UNDERWAY
TO REMOVE ILEGAL
LOUDSPEAKERS
Lucknow: Close to
11,000 unauthorised
loudspeakers were
removed from religious
places and volume of
other 35,000 was set
to permissible limits
across UP till Wed
evening, Additional
Director General of
Police Prashant Kumar
said. He added that
loudspeakers are being
removed from all reli-
gious places without
any discrimination.
Under this exercise,
a total of 10,923
loudspeakers were
removed and volume
of 35,221 loudspeakers
was set within limits.
UNION BANK OF INDIA OPENS 78TH
BRANCH IN KANPUR AT DADA NAGAR
Govt calls for peace during festivals
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP govt
on Thursday appealed
to the religious leaders
for their support and
cooperation to unin-
stall loudspeakers from
religious places and or-
ganise the celebrations
of upcoming festivals
peacefully. Additional
Chief Secretary of
Home Department,
Awanish Kumar Awas-
thi said, “It has been
requested to all the re-
ligious leaders to pro-
vide all possible coop-
eration in order to suc-
cessfully organise all
our festivals.
Our district adminis-
tration and police offi-
cials have talked to
about 30,000 to 40,000
religious leaders. We
have received support.
This work is in contin-
uous progress.” Awas-
thi said that the people
and the religious lead-
ers have been coopera-
tive in removing the
loudspeakers. This has
given a good message to
the society, he said, add-
ing the department will
ensure a balanced dia-
logue, in case of any
difficulty in removing
the loudspeakers.
“So far, the volume of
39,000 loudspeakers has
been reduced in the en-
tire state’’. Around
17,000 loudspeakers
have been uninstalled
from various religious
places. The home dept
asked the police to re-
move the loudspeakers
and those flouting the
noise limit standards at
religious places across
the state. The order to
remove loudspeakers
in the state was issued
on April 24.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Striding to-
wards another vaccine
milestone, the state of UP
on Thursday achieved
the landmark of provid-
ing over 50 lakh vaccine
doses to the children in
the age category of 12-14.
This is another milestone
as the state continues to
conduct one of the most
successful vaccination
campaigns in the country
since the rollout of the
mass immunisation
drive.
Strengthening its fight
against the Covid-19 pan-
demic, the government is
providing vaccination
cover to all children be-
tween 12 to 17 years of
age in a time-bound man-
ner. So far, over 2,24,75,498
vaccine doses have been
administered to children
in the age group of 15-17
and over 50,02,069 vac-
cine doses have been ad-
ministered to the chil-
dren in the age group of
12-14 in the state.
As per data from CoW-
in portal updated till
1:00pm on Thursday, at
least 31.30 crore out of
the total 188 crore doses
administered in the
country are from UP.
Committed to providing
additional protection
cover to the priority
group, Uttar Pradesh
started administering
booster shots (precau-
tion dose) to the front-
line and healthcare
workers as well as se-
nior citizens from Janu-
ary 10. Over 27.45 lakh
‘precaution doses’ have
been administered in
the state so far.
UP is followed by Ma-
harashtra with 16.44
crore doses administered
so far. To speed up the
vaccination drive for
children in the state,
Yogi has also asked the
concerned officials to en-
sure adequate availabili-
ty of vaccine doses in
Uttar Pradesh.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The mur-
der of a Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party leader’s
brother has raised
questionsontheclaims
of the state govern-
ment of better law and
order, with Brijesh
Singh (40) being shot
near the Gangotri po-
lice outpost under
Naini Kotwali area on
Thursday
.
Police sources here
said that Brijesh
Singh, brother of local
BJP leader Ajit Singh,
was shot dead when he
went to pick up his
children from school
in Gangotri City area.
Five assailants on two
m o t o r b i k e - b o r n e
opened fire on Brijesh
and he died on the spot
as the bullets penetrat-
ed his head. Senior po-
lice officials including
Saurabh Dikshit, Su-
perintendent of Police
(Yamuna Paar) rushed
to the spot and initiat-
ed investigations.
Police interrogated
several persons near
the crime spot about
the incident and recov-
ered a bullet-shell from
the spot. Ajit Singh,
brother of thr de-
ceased, alleged that
Deepu Sharma and his
accomplices killed his
brother over an old ri-
valry. He alleged that
when his family cele-
brated BJP’s victory in
the recently held as-
sembly elections,
Deepu Sharma had a
quarrel with them. Po-
lice have launched
manhunt to nab the
culprits and have tak-
en two persons into
custody
.
Ballia(PTI): A woman
MLA of the BJP’s ally
Nishad Party has al-
legedly threatened an
official for demolishing
a newly built part of the
house of a man on gov-
ernment land in a vil-
lage near here, ignoring
her recommendation’
not to do so.
Ketki Singh, the Ni-
shad Party’s MLA from
Bansdih seat in Ballia
district, is heard in a
video purportedly
threatening the tehsil-
dar for bulldozing a new
structure of the man’s
house built on govt land
at Udha village in the
Sahatwar area of the
district. In the video,
which went viral on so-
cial media, Singh is
heard talking to the te-
hsildar, lamenting that
her small sifarish was
not “honoured” and tell-
ing him that her men
will “return honour” in
the same coin. ”I made a
small ‘sifarish, which
was not honoured. Is
this the honour of my
recommendation that
tehsildar reached the
house with bulldozer?
Singh is heard asking.
“Now my men will re-
turn the honour in the
same language,” the
MLA was heard saying
in the video.
THACKERAY
PRAISES YOGI
Maha Navnirman Sena
chief Raj Thackeray
on Thursday congratu-
lated and thanked Yogi
for removing thousands
of loudspeakers from UP
religious places, ‘specially
the masjids’ ”Unfortunately
in Maha, we don’t have any
yogis; what we have are
bhogis’,” he said.
Officials have
met 40,000
religious leaders:
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Rishikesh(PTI): Two
senior Indian Forest
Service (IFS) officers
have been suspended
and one has been trans-
ferred in connection
with the illegal felling
of trees and construc-
tions in the Corbett Ti-
ger Reserve in Uttara-
khand.
Additional Principal
Chief Conservator of
Forest Jhabar Singh Su-
hag and former divi-
sional forest officer
(DFO) Kishan Chand
have been suspended
with immediate effect
while the reserve’s di-
rector, Rahul, has been
transferred to the office
of Uttarakhand’s Head
of Forest Force, Princi-
pal Secretary, Forest R
K Sudhanshu said in
separate orders on
Wednesday
.
Suhag has also been
indicted for not submit-
ting a statement of ac-
counts of the Compen-
satory Afforestation
Fund Management and
Planning Authority
(CAMPA), as its CEO, to
the Head of Forest
Force. Action against
the officials is under-
stood to have been sped
up to avoid scrutiny as
the Supreme Court-ap-
pointed Central Em-
powered Committee
looking into the matter
is scheduled to meet in
Delhi on Thursday
. ‘‘No
forest department em-
ployee should feel that
they can commit an ir-
regularity and get away
with it,” Uniyal said.
State Forest Minister
Subodh Uniyal said ap-
propriate action may
soon be taken against
some more forest offi-
cials in connection with
the irregularities in the
Corbett Tiger Reserve.
2 IFS officers suspended for illegal construction
CORBETT TIGER RESERVE IN DANGER
ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS
DEMOLISHED IN MEERUT
Meerut: Implementing
the zero-tolerance policy
of the state government
against mafia, the dis-
trict administration here
has demolished several
illegal constructions
in Jagannathpuri area.
Police sources here said
that illegal constructions
of close aide of noto-
rious criminal Badan
Singh Baddo were de-
molished at Jagannath-
puri area at Delhi Road.
Seven shops belonging
to Ajay Sahgal were
also demolished and
further proceedings are
underway, officials said.
Police and administra-
tive officers demolished
several illegal shops
constructed in Jagan-
nathpuri area on March
15 but they had been
rebuilt, officials said. It
was reported that Ajay
Sahgal had constructed
the shops on the land
allotted for a park after
encroachment. Earlier,
he had been jailed in the
same matter. According
to Meerut Development
Authority officials, the
shops were constructed
on 1500 square feet
land allotted for a park.
Several notices were
issued against illegal
construction but Ajay
Sahgal was ignoring
them.
BJP leader’s brother shot dead
near police outpost in Prayagraj
BJP’s ally party MLA
threatens tehsildar
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WOMAN ACCUSES BJP
LEADER OF RAPING
HER IN KAUSHAMBI
Kaushambi: A woman
has alleged that a local
BJP leader raped her
after assuring her of
release of her husband
from police custody.
Police said a woman
filed a complaint that
after police arrested her
husband, a BJP leader
offered to secure his
release. She said that the
accused raped her in the
PWD district office and
threatened her not to
tell anyone. She alleged
that Durgesh Chaudhary,
the local BJP leader,
demanded Rs 60,000 for
release of her husband
and when she said she
was unable to provide
that money, Durgesh
raped her in the guest
house with help of his 3
accomplices.
HOW IT STARTED
Clarifying the situation,
Bansdih’s SDM Deep
Shikha Singh said the
matter has come to
the fore through social
media. ”A new construc-
tion was being raised for
the past 2 to 3 days in
a house built by a man
on govt land. Despite
being asked repeatedly
by the Tehsil adminis-
tration, the construction
continued, the SDM said
in a statement.

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PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Love should be shown without
pretending. Hate evil, and
hold on to what is good.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Chaired the 28th Annual General Meeting
of ICFRE with senior officials of the
Ministry in Dehradun today. Deliberated
upon important measures which can be
taken and implemented by ICFRE during
#AmritKaal for long-term preservation
and conservation of our ecology.
Sarbananda Sonowal
@sarbanandsonwal
Honoured to join Hon’ble PM Shri @
narendramodi ji at the inauguration of
Dibrugarh Cancer Centre in presence of
Hon’ble Governor Shri @jagdishmukhi
ji and CM Shri @himantabiswa. The
state-of-the-art centre will greatly
benefit the people of the region. My
heartfelt thanks.
TOP TWEETS
LEARNING TO BEAR
THE SCORCHING
HEAT AS CLIMATE
GETS WARMER
t is that time of the
year when swelter-
ing heat and heat
waves dominate con-
versations. With
wheat grains shriveling in Pun-
jab affecting output, some states
facing severe heat waves, which
is the longest in April in a dec-
ade, and coal and power short-
age adding to the hardship of
those managing without coolers
and air-conditioners. Absence
of rain is adding to woes. The
conversations invariably veer
towards the villain of the piece-
--global warming.
The more pressing issue at
hand is keeping power plants
running by maintaining a regu-
lar supply of coal. Power cuts
have been reported from several
states as they struggle to meet
record demand this season.
There was a shortage of 623 mil-
lion units over a week which was
equal to the total electricity
shortage in March and that
should give an idea. To ensure
that coal carrying trains have a
free passage the Railway Board
hascancelledeightexpresstrains
in Uttar Pradesh. Will the prob-
lem worsen in years to come?
I
ost the comments
by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
naming states for
not lowering their
taxes on fuel in the interest of
the people, a blame game has
started between the Centre
and states of Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal, Jharkhand, Tel-
angana, Kerala, Andhra
Pradesh and Maharashtra.
States blame the Centre for
unfair sharing revenue from
Centralexciseandcessonpet-
rol. In the slugfest over “nam-
ing and shaming” of seven
states, it is the common man
who continues to suffer. The
prime minister blamed these
states for not passing on the
duty relief, which the Centre
effected in November last
year,totheconsumerasheap-
pealed for “co-operative feder-
alism”. Reduce the Value
Added Tax (VAT) now, Modi
urged governments of the
seven states on Wednesday
.
The states immediately
started to hit back. Tamil Na-
du’sfinanceministerPalaniv-
el Thiaga Rajan said it was
not feasible for the state to
reduce taxes on fuel as the
Central taxes were already
very high. Tamil Nadu claims
thatithadprovidedarelief of
Rs 3 per litre by reducing VAT
in August last year. Rajan
charged the Centre for “sub-
stantially increasing” levy in
the last seven years.
West Bengal’s finance min-
ister Chandrima Bhattachar-
yaalsorejectedthesuggestion
to cut fuel prices even though
petrol is selling at around Rs
115 per litre. Compared to Ma-
harashtra, Kerala, Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana “our
VAT is already low” and can’t
be lowered any further, she
said. Responses of other tar-
geted states were no different.
It is ironic that party poli-
tics dominates federalism in
our country at the expense of
citizens.
PEOPLE PAY AS CENTRE,
STATES SPAR OVER FUEL
States blame the Centre for
unfair sharing revenue from
Central excise and cess on
petrol. In the slugfest over
“naming and shaming” of
seven states, it is the common
man who continues to suffer.
The prime minister blamed
these states for not passing on
the duty relief, which the
Centre effected in
November last year, to the
consumer as he appealed for
“co-operative federalism”
P
istory proves that all reigns
mustendonedayandallking-
doms must fall eventually
.
The tale of Mumbai Indians
and Chennai Super Kings in
IPL 2022 resembles those em-
pires which rule for long peri-
ods but when they crumble,
they fall in a heap. A month
before the tournament finale,
the heavyweights are strug-
gling but T-20 fans have been
treated to some exceptional
cricket and edge-of-the-seat
thrillers by the new entrants
- Gujarat Titans and Lucknow
SuperGiants. A mid-season
snippet offers a captivating
mix of flops, successes, come-
backs and new finds.
Mumbai Indians are the
big flops and already out of
the Semi-final race after 8 de-
feats in 8 games. Chennai Su-
per Kings are also on the
verge of elimination and
need a miracle to stay in con-
tention. Kolkata Knight Rid-
ers, another champion side
of the past, is also languish-
ing in the bottom three of the
points table. Besides cham-
pion sides, two superstars of
Indian cricket, Virat Kohli
and Rohit Sharma are also
going through a terrible
slump. This is the worst IPL
season for both and ahead of
the T20 World Cup in Austral-
ia, the form of the big guns is
a big worry for Team India.
Another flop show is all-
rounder Ravindra Jadeja who
is performing poorly in all
departments of the game.
Jadeja’s feast of runs and
wickets at IPL 2021 had made
him the highest-paid reten-
tion for CSK for the 2022 edi-
tionatawhoppingRs16crore.
But his output this season has
been dismal. In 8 matches so
far, Jaddu has scored just 112
runs with the highest score of
26; also, he has taken just 5
wickets at an average of over
42 and an economy rate of
8.09. Even Jadeja’s outstand-
ing fielding has dipped and he
dropped two catches in a sin-
gle game. Clearly, CSK cap-
taincy is a burden that’s hurt-
ing Jadeja’s form.
Despite pre-season favour-
ites floundering, the IPL has
been full of thrills and high-
voltage action. Debutants
Gujarat Titans and Lucknow
SuperGiants are both doing
really well thanks to their in-
spirational leaders. While KL
Rahul has led the way for
Lucknow with two terrific
tons, Hardik Pandya is back
at his best and has taken the
Gujarat Titans to the top of
the Points table. Besides solid
batting, Pandya is bowling
quite effectively and seems
fit and ready to regain his
spot in Team India.
Among other major suc-
cesses is Rajasthan Royals
who are on a remarkable roll.
Jos Butler’s brilliance has
notched up three splendid
tons, a feat never achieved in
any IPL season. While Sanju
Samson has provided aggres-
sive batting and leadership,
Yuzi Chahal and Ravi Ashwin
are spinning a web in the mid-
dle overs after sharp spells by
Boult and Prasiddha Krishna
provide initial shocks to most
oppositions. If they can con-
tinue this form, the Royals
may triumph this year and
pay a special tribute to Shane
Warnewhotookthemtoglory
in IPL’s inaugural season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad and
Royal Challengers Bengalu-
ru are also locked in a close
race to clinch a spot in the
Final Four. After a fab start,
RCB have disappointed in a
few recent matches and need
to pull up their socks. In con-
trast, SRH is cruising to-
wards the top after a sedate
start and could well be the
surprise package of the sea-
son under Kane Williamson’s
able leadership.
Talk of SRH brings us to
Umran Mallik, the BIG FIND
of this season! The Kashmir
boy is the fastest pacer in this
IPL and his thunderbolts are
a special challenge for all op-
position. His incisive spells
areproducingbreakthroughs
at vital moments and even in
the loss to Gujarat Titans on
Wednesday
, Umran picked up
five wickets. Malik’s raw
pace has led to calls for him
to be fast-tracked into Team
India for the T20 World Cup
in Australia.
If Mallik is the newcomer
creatingwaves,DineshKartik
is the big comeback story of
thisIPLedition.Afterbeingin
the TV Commentary team for
an year, ‘DK’ as he’s fondly
called is now batting like nev-
er before. His power-packed
displays have kept RCB in the
hunt despite Virat’s horror
season. DK is keen to return
to Team India and with Ishan
Kishan being in woeful form,
Kartikmaywellgetthenodas
Finisher and 2nd stumper.
Overall, IPL 2022 so far has
provided a lot of thrills, spills
and high quality action. With
favourites floundering, debu-
tants shining and the race for
Final Four tightening, the
season seems set for a thrill-
ing climax.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SPILLS, THRILLS AND NAIL-BITERS
DOMINATE IPL 2022!
DK is keen to return to Team
India and with Ishan
Kishan being in woeful
form, Kartik may well get
the nod as Finisher and 2nd
stumper. Overall, IPL 2022
so far has provided a lot of
thrills, spills and high
quality action. With
favourites floundering,
debutants shining and the
race for Final Four
tightening, the season seems
set for a thrilling climax
H
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry
MISSES

z Mumbai Indians are the big flops
and already out of the Semi-final
race after 8 defeats in 8 games

z Chennai Super Kings are also on
the verge of elimination and need
a miracle to stay in contention

z Kolkata Knight Riders, another
champion side of the past, is
also languishing in the bottom
three of the points table

z Besides champion sides, two
superstars of Indian cricket, Virat
Kohli and Rohit Sharma, are also
going through a terrible slump

z All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is
performing poorly in all depart-
ments of the game
HITS

z Debutants Gujarat Titans and
Lucknow Super Giants are both
doing really well thanks to their
inspirational leaders

z KL Rahul has led the way for
Lucknow with two terrific tons

z Hardik Pandya is back at his best
and has taken the Gujarat Titans
to the top of the Points table

z Jos Butler’s brilliance has
notched up three splendid tons

z Sunrisers Hyderabad and RCB
are also locked in a close race to
clinch a spot in the Final Four

z SRH brings us to Umran Mallik,
the BIG FIND of this season

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INDIA
05
B’desh offers Chittagong
Port for use to India
Dhaka (PTI): External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar on Thursday
called on Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina, who under-
lined the importance of
connectivity between
the two neighbours and
offered her country’s
main seaport — Chit-
tagong Port — to India’s
landlocked northeast-
ern states.
Jaishankar, who ar-
rived in Dhaka on
Thursday on a brief of-
ficial visit, handed over
an invitation to Ms
Hasina on PM Naren-
dra Modi’s behalf to
visit New Delhi.
“Thank Prime Minis-
ter Sheikh Hasina for
her warm reception.
Conveyed personal
greetings of PM @nar-
endramodi. Our bilat-
eral relations are mov-
ing from strength to
strength under the
guidance of the two
leaders,” Jaishankar
tweeted.
Why did talks between Congress and PK fail?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Once again
Prashant Kishor’s talk
with the Congress party
failed, however, the dif-
ference this time is that
Prashant has targeted
the Congress. The last
time things went wrong,
he was very angry and
attacked the Congress.
PK had said that the
Congress is not a party
of the Nehru-Gandhi
family, but they are its
custodians. He had also
said that it is not a di-
vine right of anyone to
take over the leadership
of the Congress. But
this time he tweeted,
andpolietlydeclinedthe
offer to become a mem-
ber of the Empowered
Action Group. Rejecting
the Congress proposal,
he further wrote that
the Congress does not
need him, rather needs
leadership and collec-
tive will to rectify its
deep structural flaws.
The question is that
despite such a long con-
versation and giving
presentations at least
thrice, what happened
that there was no com-
munication between the
two. According to in-
formed sources, both
Congress and PK did not
accept each other’s pro-
posals. Prashant Kishor
hadofferedtotakeevery-
thingintohisownhands.
It is being told that he
wastryingtohandleeve-
rything alone and said
that there should be no
interference from the
partyleaders.Hewanted
to report directly to So-
niaorRahulGandhi,but
the party leaders were
not ready for this.
Ontheotherhand,the
condition laid by Con-
gress was that PK’s com-
pany i.e. Indian Political
Action Committee, I-
PAC should break ties
with all other parties as
Congress considered
Prashant Kishor and I-
PACasone.ButPrashant
saidthatI-packisasepa-
rate company, with
which he is no longer
related. He said that he
has been separated from
election strategy mak-
ing and election man-
agement and the com-
pany is working inde-
pendently
. But the I-PAC
deal with the TRS in
Telangana and his pres-
ence in Hyderabad dur-
ing this time caused
Congress leaders to
raise eye brows.
A third reason is the
insecurities of some
baseless and parasitic
leaders of the Congress,
who felt that if PK took
overthereinsof theCon-
gress, they might be
shown the door. That’s
why they created suspi-
cion through propagan-
da.ItistruethatPrashant
had tried to break the
Congress for the first
time when things went
wrong and many leaders
were instigated. But this
timehesincerelywanted
the Congress to contest
the 2024 elections as he
saw only possibility in
this. But in the name of
anti-Congress relations
with Narendra Modi,
Congress leaders ob-
structed his path.
Sonia Gandhi Prashant Kishor
CRUCIAL READ
MAMATA TO ATTEND NAT’L CONCLAVE
IN DELHI TODAY, WON’T MEET PM MODI
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee said she will go to Delhi on Friday to attend
a national conclave slated to be held there the next
day where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be
present, but will not meet him as she will return
to the city to attend the programmes on May Day
and Eid-ul-Fitr. “I will reach New Delhi tomorrow
(Friday) night and return the next day (Saturday).
I have my tickets booked. That is the reason why
I will not get the time to meet the PM this time. I
have no appointment with the PM,” Banerjee told
reporters at the state secretariat on Thursday.
MAHA MINISTER NAWAB MALIK SEEKS
INTERIM BAIL ON MEDICAL GROUND
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, ar-
rested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money
laundering case, sought interim bail on medical
ground from a special
PMLA court here on
Thursday. Malik (62)
had earlier told the court
that was unwell due to
kidney ailments and had
swelling in his legs. His
advocate Tarraq Sayyed
moved the plea for interim bail before special
judge RN Rokade. The court is likely to hear the
plea on Monday.
NADDA IN GUJARAT TODAY; TO HOLD
MEETS WITH BJP WORKERS,LEADERS
Ahmedabad: BJP president JP Nadda will
be on a day-long visit to Gujarat on Friday,
where he will hold meetings with party work-
ers and leaders in view
of the state Assembly
polls, expected to be
held in December this
year, an office-bearer
of the party said.
After his arrival at the
Ahmedabad airport
on Friday morning, Nadda would first visit
Gandhi Ashram, Gujarat BJP spokesperson
Yamal Vyas said on Thursday.
Bihar CM meets Lalu sons again;
other leaders also in attendance
Patna (Agencies): Bi-
har Chief Minister and
JanataDal(United)lead-
er Nitish Kumar, Rash-
triya Janata Dal (RJD)
leaders Tejashwi Yadav
and Tej Pratap Yadav
met in another Dawat-E-
Iftaar party in Patna on
Thursday
.
The Dawat-E-Iftar
gathering was being or-
ganised by Salim Parvej,
the president of JD(U)
minority wing of Bihar.
“We have personally
invited CM Nitish Ku-
mar for the Iftar party
and he has accepted
our invitation. Besides,
I have also sent invita-
tions to former CM
Rabri Devi, leader of
opposition Tejashwi
Yadav, Tej Pratap Ya-
dav, Jagadanand Singh,
leaders of BJP, Con-
gress, CPI, CPM, CPI
(ML), AIMIM, HAM
and VIP. I am expecting
all leaders will come to
the Iftar party. The ven-
ue of the Iftar party is
Patna HAJ Bhawan,”
Pravej said.
Don’t allow BSF, it is
killing people: Mamata
Kolkata (Agencies):
In a move which may
provoke the BJP gov-
ernment at the Centre,
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
on Wednesday asked
the Cooch Behar Police
not to allow the Border
Security Force (BSF)
beyond 50 kms from the
international border.
The Chief Minister
also alleged that the
“BSF is entering the vil-
lages and beating peo-
ple while also throwing
them on the other side
of the international
border”.
“Don’t allow BSF to
enter 50 kms of the area
beyond the internation-
al border in the state
because they are enter-
ing the village, killing
people and throwing
them on the other side,”
the Chief Minister said.
Mamata Banerjee
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HINDI ‘NATIONAL LANGUAGE’ ROW
Bengaluru (PTI): The
subject of Hindi being
India’s national lan-
guage – a debate that
has repeatedly sparked
controversy – is once
again a hotly debated
topic, following the war
of words on Twitter be-
tween Bollywood actor
Ajay Devgn and Kan-
nada actor Kichcha Su-
deep.
Politicians across
party ranks in Karna-
taka have come out in
support of Sudeep and
have slammed Devgn,
who took to Twitter to
respond to Sudeep by
saying, “Hindi was, is
and always will be our
national language.”
Former Chief Minis-
ter of Karnataka and
leader of the opposition
in Karnataka Legisla-
tive Assembly, Siddara-
maiah, tweeted, “Hindi
was never will never
be our National Lan-
guage. It is the duty of
every Indian to respect
linguistic diversity of
our Country. Each lan-
guage has its own rich
history for its people to
be proud of. I am proud
to be a Kannadiga!!
(sic)”, Siddaramaiah
tweeted.
Karnataka Congress
president D K Shivaku-
mar said, “There are
19,500 mother tongues
spoken in India. Our
love for India feels the
same in every language.
As a proud Kannadiga
and a proud Congress-
man let me remind eve-
ryone that Congress
created linguistic States
so that no one language
dominates another.”
Another former
Chief Minister and Ja-
nata Dal (Secular) lead-
er HD Kumaraswamy
slammed Ajay Devgn
and tweeted, “Actor Kic-
cha Sudeep saying that
Hindi is not a National
Language is correct.
There is nothing to find
fault in his statement.
Actor Ajay Devgn is not
only hyper in nature
but also shows his ludi-
crous behaviour.” He
posted a series of tweets
and said India is a land
of multi-cultures and
no effort should be
made to disrupt this.
At a film launch event
last week, when he was
askedhowheviewedthe
record-breaking pan-In-
dia success of the Kan-
nada film “KGF: Chap-
ter 2,” Sudeep had said,
“Hindi is no more our
national language.”
KGF’s Hindi version
alone has minted Rs 336
crore since its April 14
release, while the film
has reportedly earned
Rs 850 crore worldwide,
media reported.
Addressing the me-
dia in Kannada, Sudeep
had said, “Hindi (film-
makers) should say
they are making pan
India movies. They
have been dubbing
those (Bollywood) mov-
ies into Tamil and Telu-
gu, etc., and they are
struggling. They are
not able to. Today, we
just make films that
reach everywhere.”
INDIA TOO DIVERSE TO HAVE
ONE NATIONAL LANGUAGE OR
RELIGION: OMAR ABDULLAH
Srinagar (PTI): National Conference (NC) vice president
Omar Abdullah on Thursday said India is too diverse a
country to have a national language. “The idea of India
is that it gives space to everybody. If the Indian currency
note gives space to all languages, then it’s understood
that we are more than just one language, culture and re-
ligion,” the former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir
said. Speaking of slogans outside mosques, Abdullah
asked, “How would one feel when he listens to ‘ Iss mu-
luk mein rehna hai, Jai Shri Ram kehna’
(if you want to stay in this country,
you have to say Jai Shri Ram)? How
would one feel when the houses of
Muslims are bulldozed?” Abdullah
said he understands that politicians
do or say things for political motives
but, “how would one feel when TV
anchors onboard a bulldozer
suggest that only the
roof but not walls have
been dismantled?”
CM BOMMAI
COMES OUT IN
SUPPORT OF
ACTOR SUDEEP
Basavaraj Bommai Kichcha Sudeep Ajay Devgn
IED recovered along highway in
Jammu, cops avert major incident
Srinagar (Agencies): A
major tragedy was avert-
ed in Jammu on Thurs-
day after police detected
and defused an impro-
vised explosive device
(IED)alongahighwayon
the outskirts of Jammu.
The IED was planted
along the highway at
Sidhra by suspected ter-
rorists, officials said. A
police team reached the
spot after receiving in-
formation about a sus-
picious object found
alongside the highway
.
“
An information was
received regarding some
suspicious object found
alongside highway in
Sidhra area of Jammu
city outskirts. A team
from nearby station
rushedtothespotlater
senior officers also
reachedatthesite”tweet-
ed Additional Director
General police Jammu.
The site was cordoned
off soon after the explo-
sive was detected. The
bomb squad of Jammu
Police destroyed the de-
vicethroughacontrolled
mechanism, police said.
This is the third ter-
rorist-related incident
in Jammu in less than a
week causing serious
security concerns in the
city. Two Pakistani ter-
rorists of the Jaish-e-
Mohammed (JeM) were
killed in an encounter
with security forces in
Jalalabad on the out-
skirts of Jammu on Fri-
day. A CISF officer was
killed and nine security
personnel were injured
in the gunfight.
A bomb disposal squad of the army destroyed the IED. —FILE PHOTO
Cabinet talks:
Bommai to
visit New Delhi
Bengaluru (Agencies):
With Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj Bom-
mai confirming his New
Delhi visit, lobbying for
statecabinetpostshasbe-
gunintherulingBJPgov-
ernment.
Bommai said that he
is leaving for New Delhi
on Friday
.
The long-pending ex-
ercise of cabinet expan-
sion is expected to be
done during the first
week of May
.
Political heavy weights
have already started hec-
ticlobbyingtogetorretain
powerful Cabinet berths.
Withtheresignationof KS
Eshwarappa from the
cabinet, five posts are ly-
ing vacant. The party
high command is also
contemplating overhaul
of the state cabinet.
Two terrorists
eliminated in
Kashmir: Cops
Srinagar (Agencies):
Two terrorists, respon-
sible for recent terror
attacks on labourers
from outside JK in
Pulwama district, have
been neutralised, police
said on Thursday
.
Police said on a spe-
cific input generated by
Pulwama police regard-
ing presence of terror-
ists in Mitrigam area of
Pulwama, a joint cor-
don and search opera-
tion was launched by
police, army, and the
CRPF on Wednesday
.
“During the search
operation, as the joint
search party proceeded
towards the hiding ter-
rorist, they fired indis-
criminately upon the
search party which was
retaliated leading to an
encounter,” police said.
Chennai: Even though
the Indian Institute of
Technology-Madras is
an autonomous institu-
tion under the Minister
of Education of the
Government of India,
the premier institution
will play the Tamil
state anthem, ‘Tamil
Thai Vaazhthu’ hence-
forth in its official
functions.
IIT-Madras to play
TN state anthem
during functions

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party is actually
facing an existential
crisis. There has been
an uproar since Mon-
day that Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi has
formed six committees
to formulate the strate-
gy for the 2024 Lok Sab-
ha elections. These are
being called the Em-
powered Committees.
Although the role of
these committees is not
yet known, yet if the
Congress party has
formed a committee for
the 2024 elections, then
the party should think
about it once again be-
cause the Lok Sabha
elections are still far
away and before that
the assembly elections
in 10 states are to be
held. Assembly elec-
tions are to be held be-
fore the Lok Sabha in
both the states where
the Congress is in pow-
er - Rajasthan and Chat-
tisgarh. That’s why the
Congress should focus
on the assembly elec-
tions instead of the Lok
Sabha elections.
If Congress does not
win the assembly elec-
tions to be held in these
two years, then it will
not be able to contest the
Lok Sabha elections and
will become a political
outcast. Parties will not
coordinate with it and
even if the party breaks
up and falls apart, it will
not come as a surprise.
Keep in mind that this
year there are assembly
elections in Himachal
Pradesh and Gujarat.
Elections to Tripura,
Meghalaya and Naga-
land are due at the be-
ginning of the year next
year.Thereareelections
in Karnataka in the
middle of the next year
and finally in Ra-
jasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
and Telangana. That is,
before the Lok Sabha,
there are elections to 10
states. Congress will
have to perform well in
these states under any
circumstances, only
then it will be able to
contest the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections. That’s
why Congress should do
whatever it has to do in
the Chintan Shivir but
keep the focus on the
state elections. If it wins
two-three states, it will
automatically become
the center of Lok Sabha
elections.
Cong must focus on State polls and not look at LS!
CLUELESS CONGRESS
What is special in 8th
anniv of Modi Govt?
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Next
month, the Narendra
Modi government will
complete eight years.
The third anniversary
of his second govern-
ment is on 30 May.
Modi’s second govern-
ment was formed in
May 2019 and in Janu-
ary 2020, the Corona
pandemic hit the na-
tion. So, the first and
second anniversaries of
his second term could
not be celebrated. On
the occasion of the gov-
ernment’s anniversary
in 2020 and 2021, the
BJP launched cam-
paigns to help the Co-
rona affected. But this
time BJP is preparing
to do something new
and at a larger scale.
However, this time also
the government and the
BJP have nothing spe-
cial because there is a
crisis of inflation and
unemployment and the
country’s economy has
not fully recovered from
Corona.
Despite this, the par-
ty leaders are preparing
to celebrate the anni-
versary with pomp this
time and right now the
theme of this ‘anniver-
sary’ is being discussed.
Many senior leaders of
the party and two min-
isters of the govern-
ment — Anurag Thakur
andRajivChandrashek-
har — have mulled over
it and although no deci-
sion could be taken in
the first meeting, it is
being told that some
plans have been made.
Whatever be the case,
the government’s big
publicity campaign will
run on this occasion
and three issues would
be highlighted to the
maximum i.e. free vac-
cine for corona virus,
free food grains scheme
across the country and
BJP’s victory in four
states. The entire cam-
paign of the BJP and
the government will re-
volve around these
three things.
India-Japan ties deepened
in every sphere: PM Modi
New Delhi (PTI): On
the 70th anniversary of
the establishment of
diplomatic relations be-
tween India and Japan,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Thursday
said that the ties be-
tween the two countries
have deepened in every
sphere, be it strategic,
economic or people-to-
people contacts.
The recent visit to In-
dia by Japanese PM Fu-
mio Kishida for the an-
nual summit laid out a
roadmap for deepening
the Special Strategic
and Global Partnership
between the two coun-
tries in a post-Covid
world, Modi said in a
tweet.
He said, “As we cele-
brate 70 years of estab-
lishment of diplomatic
relations between India
and Japan today, I am
happy to see that our
ties have deepened in
every sphere, whether
strategic, economic or
people-to-people con-
tacts.”
Joe Biden to meet Modi at Quad summit
in Japan next month, says White House
NEED TO BE READY FOR ‘SHORT, SWIFT
WARS’, ‘INTENSE OPS’: AIR FORCE CHIEF
WANT TO KEEP GROWING TIES WITH
INDIA, SAYS UK FOREIGN MINISTER
New Delhi: US President Joe Biden will travel to South Korea and Japan next
month and attend the QUAD summit in Tokyo, during which he will also meet
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House has said. Biden’s trip
to South Korea and Japan has been scheduled for May 20 to 24. “This trip will
advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s rock-solid commitment to a free and
open Indo-Pacific,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday
here. Biden will also hold bilateral meetings with South Korea President Yoon
Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan. “The leaders will discuss
opportunities to deepen our vital security relationships,” Psaki said.
New Delhi (PTI): The current geo-
political situation necessitates the
IAF to prepare for intense and small
duration operations at a short notice,
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal
VR Chaudhari said. He also said that
there would be a need for the force to
prepare for “short, swift wars”.
London (PTI): The UK wants to keep growing its ties
with India as part of efforts to work more closely with
allies to create a so-called Network of Liberty, Foreign
Secretary Liz Truss said in a foreign policy speech. The
Minister used her address at the Lord Mayor’s Easter
banquet to issue a stark warning to Russia and China on
its aggressive stance as the UK prioritises “security and
respect for sovereignty over short-term economic gain”.
‘Ukrainewarshowsbeing
self-reliant is necessity’
New Delhi (PTI): De-
fence minister Rajnath
Singh said on Thursday
said the Russia-Ukraine
conflict has highlighted
that being self-reliant in
military hardware is a
vital necessity, even as
he called for tri-services
synergy in dealing with
security challenges.
In an address at the
Navy Commanders’
Conference, he said
“jointness” in opera-
tions will be critical in
any future wars and re-
structuring of military
commands and estab-
lishmentof theatrecom-
mands is the way ahead.
“I am aware that ad-
equate progress has
been made towards the
study of maritime thea-
tre command,” he said.
Each of the theatre
commands will have
units of the Army, the
Navy and the Air Force
and all of them will
work as a single entity
looking after security
challenges in a speci-
fied geographical terri-
tory under an opera-
tional commander.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the Naval
Commanders Conference 2022, in New Delhi.
Parl panel
to summon
Google, Twitter,
Amazon, others
Delimitation
panel set to
submit report on
JK next week
New Delhi (PTI): With
a number of global tech
giants facing Competi-
tion Commission of In-
dia (CCI) probe for al-
leged anti-competitive
practices, a key Parlia-
mentary panel on
Thursday decided to
summon representa-
tives of Google, Ama-
zon, Facebook, Twitter
and others to examine
their competitive be-
haviour.
The next meeting of
the panel on the issue is
likely to be held on May
12. The issue was dis-
cussed in detail by
members of the Stand-
ing Committee after a
presentation was made
before it by the CCI.
The regulator told
the panel that it was set-
ting up a ‘Digital Mar-
kets and Data Unit’ for
effectively dealing with
anti-competition prac-
tices of big tech compa-
nies and bringing a new
bill to amend the CCI
Act. CCI also cited a
number of investiga-
tions it is carrying out
in the digital space.
New Delhi (PTI): A De-
limitation Commission,
mandated to redraw the
assemblyconstituencies
of Jammu Kashmir, is
set to submit its report
to the government next
week, sources said on
Thursday
.
The panel would also
make public its “award”
detailing the number of
constituencies and their
size by bringing out a
gazettee notification af-
ter the report is submit-
ted to the government,
the sources said.
The award will deal
with basic details such
as number of constitu-
encies and their size.
Nod on vax for 5-12 age group likely today
New Delhi (PTI): A de-
cision on vaccinating
children aged 5-12 years
will be taken on the ba-
sis of the recommenda-
tion by an expert com-
mittee, Union Health
MinisterMansukhMan-
daviyasaidonThursday
.
The issue may be dis-
cussed in a meeting of
National Technical Ad-
visory Group on Immu-
nisation(NTAGI)sched-
uled on Friday
.
PM Modi in an inter-
action with CMs had
said that the govern-
ment’s priority is to
vaccinate all eligible
children at earliest with
“special campaigns”.
90-year-old Padma Shri awardee
evicted from Govt housing
New Delhi (PTI): The
Centre on Wednesday
asked eight eminent ar-
tistes, who were allot-
ted government accom-
modations years ago
but which were can-
celled in 2014, to vacate
the facilities by May 2,
a move that comes a
day after eviction pro-
ceedings were conduct-
ed against 90-year-old
Padma Shri awardee
and Odissi dancer
Guru Mayadhar Raut.
A senior Union
Housing and Urban Af-
fairs Ministry official
said out of 28 artistes,
there are still around
eight who have not
moved out of their gov-
ernment accommoda-
tions despite multiple
notices.
“These eight artistes
assured us that they are
in the process of vacat-
ing their bungalows
and sought some more
days. They have given
us an undertaking in
written that they would
vacate the facilities by
May 2 and we have giv-
en them time till then,”
the official told Press
Trust of India.
No change in India’s
approach: MEA on Pak
New Delhi (PTI): Over
a fortnight after She-
hbaz Sharif became Pa-
kistan’s new PM, India
asserted there is no
change to its approach
that talks between the
two sides can only take
place in an atmosphere
free of terror.
External Affairs Min-
istry spokesperson
Arindam Bagchi also
said that the terror at-
tack in Karachi only
underlined the need for
all countries to take an
“undifferentiated” posi-
tion against terrorism..
The MEA said on
Thursday that it was
not an opportune mo-
ment to discuss the re-
sumption of issuance
of tourist visas to Chi-
nese nationals in view
of the Covid-19 situa-
tion there.
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail
to former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma
in a case related to the AgustaWestland chopper
scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar grants relief
to Sharma on a personal bond of Rs two lakh,
with one surety in the like amount. The advocates
appearing for Sharma told the court that he was in-
nocent and was been falsely implicated in the case.
The court had on April 11 summoned Sharma.
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana
and Chief Justices (CJs) of all the 25 High Courts
would take part in the 39th CJs’ conference here on
Friday to address issues concerning the judiciary
ranging from appointments of judges in HCs. The
Chief Justices’ conference, which would be attended
by two senior-most apex court judges — Justices UU
Lalit and AM Khanwilkar — in a programme to be held
in the apex court premises.
CHOPPER SCAM: COURT GRANTS BAIL
TO EX-DEF SECY SHASHI KANT SHARMA
CJI, CJS, ACJS OF 25 HIGH COURTS TO
DISCUSS ISSUES CONCERNING JUDICIARY
SHAH FAESAL TO
RETURN TO
SERVICE IN JK
NSA SLAPPED
AGAINST 3 IN UP
BOARD PAPER LEAK
CRUCIAL READ
BIOTECH MUST
ADDRESS WHO’S
SUSPENSION: MEA
HIGHLIGHTS
Weeks after WHO suspended
the supply of Covaxin
through UN procurement
agencies, the MEA sug-
gested that vaccine-maker
Bharat Biotech addresses the
issue immediately to avoid
cancellation of the world
health body’s emergency
use approval for the jab. The
MEA said many issues about
vaccines have arisen and
these must be addressed.

z US biotech firm Mod-
erna seeks US authorisa-
tion for jabs in children
under 6

z India records 3,303 new
Covid-19 cases, 39 Covid
deaths in 24 hours: Centre

z Health expert advises
people to not be careless,
says impact of Covid-19 ‘is
down but not out’

z Patna detects first case
of new Omicron variant
BA.2.12
Jammu: Shah Faesal,
the Jammu and Kashmir
cadre IAS officer who
resigned from service, is
going to return to work
after his resignation was
declined by the Centre.
Faesal, who had decided
to form his own political
party after resigning from
service, became disgrun-
tled with politics and later
stepped out of it by giv-
ing up his position in the
JK People’s Movement.
He formed the JK
People’s Movement on
February 4, 2019, but
resigned from politics.
Lucknow:Ballia Police on
Thursday imposed the
NSA, 1980 provisions
against three persons for
their alleged involvement
in the leak of the UP state
board’s Class 12 English
question paper. The
three accused have been
identified as Ravindra
Nath Singh, Rajiv Pratap
alias Raju and Nirbhay
Narayan Singh. “It is
noteworthy that the
examination of English to
be held on March 30 had
to be cancelled in 24 dis-
tricts due to the question
paper leak.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. —FILE PHOTO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Home Minister Amit Shah.
Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi. —FILE PHOTO
Padma Shri awardee Guru Mayadhar Raut being evicted by
Directorate of Estates on Tuesday. His belongings, including the
Padma Shri citation, can be seen strewn outside the home.

NEWS
07
MAN FOUND
DEAD WITH
GUNSHOT
WOUND IN HEAD
IN PRAYAGRAJ
A40-year-old man was found
dead with gunshot wound in
his head here on Thursday,
police said. The man, identified
as Brijesh Singh, was found
dead under Gangotri flyover,
they said. Senior Superintendent
of Police (SSP) Ajay Kumar told
PTI, “Singh sustained bullet-like
injury in his head and prima
facia the incident seems to be
an outcome of an old enmity
over money with one Deepu
Sharma. An FIR is being lodged
on the complaint of the family
members, the SSP said. The
body has been sent for post-
mortem examination, he said.
Singh’s body was found a day
after two people were shot dead
in the Mirapatti area of the
district over a land dispute.
Police have arrested three
people in connection with the
double murder. Last week, five
members of a family were killed
with sharp weapons in
Khevrajpur village of Prayagraj
in Uttar Pradesh. —PTI
64 PEOPLE
BOOKED FOR
KILLING
LEOPARD,
HITTING PUBLIC
OFFICIALS
Sixty-four people including 10
women were booked on
Thursday in connection with the
killing of a three-year-old female
leopard by villagers in
Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary,
police here said. The leopard was
beaten to death by villagers on
Wednesday after it injured 13
villagers in Kathotia village inside
the sanctuary here. Divisional
Forest Officer (DFO) Akashdeep
Badhawan told PTI that the FIR
was registered under various
charges including those related to
Wildlife Protection Act, Criminal
Law Amendment Act 7, creating
nuisance, attacking public
servants, and obstructing
government work. The FIR has
been registered by the Forest
Department at Murtiha Police
Station, he said. In the incident
some forest personnel too were
injured. According to the forest
department sources, the leopard
had wandered out of the jungle
and entered the village in the early
hours of Wednesday. People were
working in the fields when the
leopard attacked them and injured
13 of them, including three
women. On receiving the
information, the forest workers
tried to catch the leopard by
casting a net, but hundreds of
villagers who had gathered there
surrounded the leopard and
thrashed it with sticks, which led
to its death. —First India Bureau
BULLDOZED!
Security personnel stand guard during demolition of an alleged illegal property of SP leader Usman Garhi at Dasna in
Ghaziabad district on Thursday. — PHOTO BY PTI
Dominance of BJP rising,
strength of SP shrinking
In 2017, BJP had only 7 members
in UP Legislative Council, while
the SP had thumping majority
But with the passage of five years,
the number of members of the SP
continues to decrease
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: At one point
of time, the BJP had
only seven members in
the Upper House of the
UP legislature. But, now
the saffron party is
heading towards getting
a two-thirds majority.
Those ministers of the
Yogi 2.0 government,
who are not yet mem-
bers of either house, are
set to be nominated for
the seats vacant after
the end of the term of
three members of the
SP on Thursday
.
In 2017, when Yogi
Adityanath’s govern-
ment came to power, the
BJP had only seven
members in the UP Leg-
islative Council, while
the SP had a thumping
majority. But with the
passage of five years,
the number of mem-
bers of the SP contin-
ued to decrease. In fact,
many MLCs from the
opposition camps
switched sides and
joined the BJP. At the
same time, after the
elections to the council,
the calculus of the num-
ber of members in the
Upper House complete-
ly changed. The term of
three SP members Bal-
want Singh Ramuwalia,
Zahid HasanakaWasim
Barelvi, and Madhukar
Jaitley completed on 28
April. For these three
vacant seats, adjust-
ments will be made to
those newly appointed
ministers of the BJP
government who are
not yet members of ei-
ther house.
The ministers includ-
ed in this list are JPS Ra-
thore, Narendra Kashy-
ap, Jaswant Saini, Dan-
ish Ansari, and
Dayashankar Mishra
‘Dayalu’. After the re-
cently held elections for
36 seats in the local au-
thorities’constituencies,
the BJP’s membership
has crossed the 66 mark
in the Upper House.
First India Bureau
Agra: AgraMPandBJP
Kisan Morcha National
President Rajkumar
Chahar took a pledge on
the banks of the Ganga
in Bakhtiyarpur, Bihar,
to follow PM Modi’s call
to adopt cow-based
chemical-free natural
farming. He along with
supporters walked from
Bakhtiyarpur to Bidhi-
pur and encouraged
farmers to adopt natu-
ral farming. Chahar
said that agriculture
can be done with the use
of cow dung and urine.
He also said that a pub-
lic awareness campaign
will be launched in oth-
er states of the country
like Uttarakhand, UP,
Bihar, Jharkhand,
West Bengal in the dis-
tricts situated on banks
of the Ganga.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: Hearing a
PIL regarding the short-
age of potable water, the
AllahabadHConThurs-
day directed the Nagar
Nigam, Prayagraj to file
a reply (counter affida-
vit) indicating the wa-
ter supply condition in
the Civil Lines ward of
Prayagraj. The court
also directed the Nigam
to state the availability
and working condition
of the water pump.
Hearing a PIL filed by
one Ashok Kumar
Singh, a councilor of
Nagar Nigam,
Prayagraj, who rep-
resents the civil lines
ward, a division bench
comprising Justice Prit-
inker Diwaker and Jus-
ticeAshutoshSrivastava
directed to list this case
on May 10, 2022. Appear-
ing for the petitioner, se-
nior advocate, Shailen-
dra stated that there is
an acute water shortage
in ward number – 29 of
NagarNigam,Prayagraj,
which covers the Civil
Lines area of the city
.
Further,thewaterwhich
is being supplied in the
aforesaid area is unhy-
gienic. Hence, as per
him, the people residing
in the said ward may
sustain some diseases
due to non-supply of
clean water.
Preeti Nagia
Agra: The controversy
over the removal of
Chamunda Devi temple
at Raja Mandi station in
Agra is heating up. On
Thursday morning, sev-
eral protestors gath-
ered and warned that if
the temple is removed,
they will commit sui-
cide collectively
.
In the press confer-
ence held jointly by
Hindu Kalyan Ma-
hasabha, Hindu Jagran
Manch, Rashtriya Hin-
du Parishad, and Jan-
satta Dal, it was said
that if the Railways
tries to remove the
Chamunda Devi tem-
ple, it will face conse-
quences. The temple
Mahant Vishweshwa-
ranand Maharaj
warned of a fierce agi-
tation, and threaten
‘mass suicide’ if sta-
tion temple removed.
Along with this, protes-
tors raised slogans
against the DRM of the
Railways. Meanwhile,
another notice was is-
sued by the railway ad-
ministration to remove
a Dargah located in
Agra Cantt. The notice
was pasted on the wall
of the Dargah.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Mahant of Chamunda Devi
Temple with protestors
Agra MP Rajkumar Chahar
with the supporters.
Dargah located in Agra Cantt.
NUMBERS IN THE
UP LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
There are 66 mem-
bers of the BJP in the
Legislative Council,14
members of SP; 4
members of BSP;
Deepak Singh, the lone
member of Congress;
Ashish Kumar Singh of
Apna Dal and Sanjay
Kumar Nishad of
Nirbal Indian Shoshit
Hamara Aam Dal.
Dr. Akash Agarwal,
Annapurna Singh,
Akshay Pratap Gopal,
and Vikrant Singh
Rishu are independent
MLCs, while the two
MLCs of the Shikshak
Dal (Apolitical) are
Suresh Tripathi and
Dhruv Tripathi. Deputy
CM Keshav Prasad
Maurya and cabinet
ministers AK Sharma
and Jitin Prasad are
also members of the
Upper House.
BJP leader
campaigns
for natural
farming
HCseeksreplyfromNagarNigamonshortageofpotablewaterinPrayagraj
As temple issue heats up,
notice against dargah also
The court also
directed the Nigam to
state the availability
and working condition
of the water pump
CRIME
ROUND-UP
3 DIE, 6 HURT IN ACCIDENT
Unnao (PTI): 3 members of a family, including
a toddler, were killed while 6 others injured
when a car overturned and hit by another
vehicle on the Agra-Lucknow expressway,
police said on Thursday. The incident took
place near Nasirpur village in the Bangarmau
area on Wednesday night when a car going to
Gonda from Rajasthan jumped to the other
lane and overturned before being hit by
another car, Additional SP Shashi Shekhar
Singh said. He said three people were killed
and six others injured. All nine people were
members of the same family, which belongs
to Gonda district. Those killed were identified
as Pawan (23), Chintan (18) and six-month-
old Khyati, police said. The injured were
referred to Lucknow for treatment and their
condition is stated to be stable.
TWO MEN LOST LIVES IN
ROAD ACCIDENT: POLICE
Ballia (PTI): Two
men were killed on
Thursday when the
motorcycle they
were travelling on
was allegedly hit by
a school bus, police
said. The incident took place near Narain
Pali village in the Gadwar area of the district
on Thursday afternoon, the police said,
identifying the victims as Amarnath Dubey,
44, and Abhay Narain Prajapati, 31. They
were seriously injured in the accident and by
the time they were rushed to a hospital, they
died. Their bodies have been sent for the
postmortem, the police said, adding a robe is
on in the matter.
TWO DIE AFTER 2-WHEELER
RAMS INTO TRACTOR
Muzaffarnagar (PTI): A home guard and his
nephew were killed after their two-wheeler
collided with a stationary tractor here, police
said on Thursday. The incident took place in
Nagva village on the Meerut-Karnal highway
on Wednesday, they said. The deceased
have been identified as Tejpal Kashyap (50),
a home guard who was posted at Sarurpur
police station in Meerut district, and his
nephew Anil Kashyap (28), the police said.
The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem
examination, they said.
GIRL DROWNS IN POND IN
SAHARANPUR, BODY FOUND
Saharanpur (PTI): A four-year-old girl drowned
in a pond while playing in Uttar Pradesh’s
Saharanpur district, police said on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police (rural) Suraj Rai told
that the girl from Ambehta area went missing
on Wednesday. The girl’s family, local residents
and some divers arranged by the administration
searched for her in the pond. The search operation
continued through the night and the body was
recovered around 10 am on Thursday, he said.
—FILE PHOTO

08
2NDFRONT
A day is beautiful in the rays of
the sun, dew on the grass, a ripe
red tomato, a smile from a
stranger - revel in it.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Varanasi (ANI): Heavy
security force was de-
ployed at the Banaras
Hindu University
(BHU) in Varanasi on
Thursday after several
controversial slogans
were written on the
walls of the university
.
It has been alleged
that several members
of the Bhagat Singh Ch-
hatra Morcha have
written offensive slo-
gans on the walls of the
university. “It is inap-
propriate to write such
things on the wall. We
are conducting an in-
vestigation into the
matterbygoingthrough
the CCTV footage,” said
Bhuvan Chandra Ka-
pri, Chief Proctor BHU.
“These all are the de-
liberate attempts to de-
stroy the peace of the
university
, and we won’t
let it happen. We will
make our children
aware-- they are sensi-
ble, hence will under-
stand the actual inten-
tions behind such activ-
ities,” he added.
Explaining the histo-
ry of the BHU, Dr Gyan
Prakash Mishra (assis-
tant professor) at the
university alleged, “ad-
joining the name of
Kashmir with BHU and
saying that the Brah-
mins will be removed
to transform BHU into
Kashmir is very sad-
dening.”
“I believe it is an at-
tempt by several an-
ti-nationals or terror-
ists (one can call it) are
trying to create anar-
chy in the country, via
the BHU to destroy the
peace in the state and
the country,” said
Mishra.
Adding further, he
said that the central
government, state gov-
ernment, and the uni-
versity administration
should tackle the issue
by taking adequate
measures.
Lucknow (PTI): BSP
supremo Mayawati on
Thursday junked Akh-
ilesh Yadav’s remarks
about her prospects of
becoming President of
the country, saying she
has never aspired to be
one and that the SP
leader was dreaming
about it to clear his
path to become the
chief minister.
Mayawati’s remarks
come a day after Yadav
said in Mainpuri that
the “BSP has trans-
ferred its votes to the
BJP in the Uttar
Pradesh polls. Now it
will be interesting to
see whether the BJP
makes Mayawati Pres-
ident or not) in re-
turn”.
The BSP leader and
former chief minister
said she had never
dreamt of being ap-
pointed to the post.
“I had never dreamt
of becoming the presi-
dent of the country. All
I know that the work I
am doing of making
the downtrodden stand
on their feet can be
achieved by becoming
CM and PM but not
president and so the
Samajwadi Party
should forget it,” May-
awati told reporters
here.
The SP leader is
dreaming of making
me the President of
the country in order to
clear the path for him
to become the chief
minister of UP, the
BSP president said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In order to
expand the party base
across UP, the Rashtri-
ya Lok Dal chief Jayant
Chaudhuryhasplanned
a major youth-centric
digital platform to
reach out to the masses
during the party’s mem-
bership drive com-
mencing from May 6.
Even though the RLD
had contested the re-
cent assembly elections
in alliance with SP in
Western UP, now it has
planned to widen its
base in other parts of
the state. The RLD had
won eight assembly
seats in alliance. This
victory encouraged the
party leadership to en-
large the party’s base in
entire UP
. Now, its think
tank has churned out a
few youth -centric pro-
grammes and is seek-
ing help of some digital
initiatives.
Sources said that now
the time had come to
add and address issues
of othersectionsof soci-
ety along with those of
farmers and sugarcane
for which the party
largely worked in west-
ern UP. “Issues of
youths and inflation are
a few examples which
the party needs to take
up,” the party added.
The party also ex-
plained that those who
would work hard for the
betterment of the party
would get an opportuni-
ty to become office-bear-
ers. “Sitting idle after
becoming member of
the party would not
earn any one posts in
the party,” said the par-
ty. The RLD has veered
round to the view that
use of new technologies
would help in enlarging
the party’s base. Lok Sa-
hayak App and Project
Sarthi had been envis-
aged keeping these
goals in mind.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A BSP delegation led by the party’s Gen-
eral Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra met Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday in connec-
tionwiththemaintenanceandupkeepof thememo-
rials and parks set up during the Mayawati govern-
ment in the state.
“The BSP delegation handed over a letter to the
Chief Minister for a bet-
ter upkeep and mainte-
nance of the memorials
and parks set up by the
party’s government in
the memories of great
personalities belonging
to the Dalit, Adivasi and
backward classes,” party
chief Mayawati said.
Seeking to clear the spec-
ulation that may arise
out of the meeting of the
BSP leaders, including its
lone MLA in the state, Uma Shankar Singh, with the
CM, Mayawati said, “The maintenance of these
parks and memorials was largely neglected during
the days of the SP government and even now, under
the BJP government, those are in a bad state.” A let-
ter drawing the attention of the BJP government to
thismatterhasbeenhandedovertotheCMforbring-
inganimprovement.Ihopehewilltaketherightand
concrete steps in this direction,” she added.
Ahtesham Shiddiqui
Lucknow: The Central
Government has ap-
proved the appointment
of 2010 batch UP cadre
IAS officer K Balaji as
Personal Secretary to
the Minister for Cul-
ture, Tourism and De-
velopment of North
Eastern Region G Kis-
han Reddy in the Minis-
try of Tourism.
Recently, the Ap-
pointment and Person-
nel Department of UP
relieved him of state
government posts and
sent him on central dep-
utation. Balaji, soon af-
ter being relieved, had
visited the CM’s Office
in Lok Bhavan and met
all the senior IAS offi-
cers. Balaji, who is orig-
inally from Triuchara-
palli (Tamil Nadu), is
counted among the
most hardworking and
honest officers of UP.
He started his career as
joint Magistrate of Bas-
ti in 2012 and has held
posts like CDO Agra,
Special Secretary Medi-
cal Health and Family
Welfare, CDO Ballia,
and MD, UP Land Re-
form Corporation.
During his stint as DM
of Auraiya, Ghazipur
and Meerut, he under-
took several projects to
improve the condition
of these districts.
Balaji has started his
new stint as Personal
Secretary to G Kishan
Reddy from Thursday
.
Security deployed at BHU over controversial slogans written on walls
PROBE ORDERED
Banaras Hindu University (Inset) Bhuvan Chandra Kapri, Chief
Proctor, BHU —FILE PHOTO
BHU STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST VC’S
IFTAR PARTY, BURN HIS EFFIGY
UP GOVT LIKELY TO SACK
ABSCONDING MAHOBA EX-SP
Lucknow: 2014 batch IPS officer Manilal Patidar, who has
been missing for nearly 18 months after he was found
guilty of serious charges like corruption and abetment to
suicide, will soon be sacked by the Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment following recommendations of a departmental inqui-
ry. Mahoba’s former SP Manilal Patidar, who is currently
suspended, is yet to be caught by the police even after a
bounty of Rs 1,00,000 was announced for information
on him. Patidar was named in an FIR filed by Ravi Kant
Tripathi, brother of slain businessman Inder Kant Tripathi
who used to run a crusher business in Mahoba. Patidar
was suspended in September 2020 and did not appear
before the SIT formed under Vijay Singh Meena, IG Range
Varanasi, investigating the case. He has been absconding
ever since the case was filed against him.
Varanasi (ANI): A
group of students
from BHU burnt
the effigy of the
Vice-Chancellor
outside his residence
on Wednesday night
after he organised an
Iftar party on cam-
pus. “VC is trying to
impose a new tradi-
tion. This has never
happened before in
the university
. He is
trying to politicise
the entire situation,”
said a university
student, Shubham.
The agitated students
alleged that the coun-
try is moving towards
a Uniform Civil Code
but the VC is trying
to indulge in appease-
ment politics here.
They raised slogans,
saying that this is
against the culture of
the university
.
WAR OF WORDS
MayaslamsAkhilesh,
says never dreamt
ofbecomingPresident
BSP supremo Mayawati (R) SP chief Akhilesh Yadav—FILE PHOTO
RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary —FILE PHOTO
Maintenance of parks:
BSP leaders meet CM
RLD plans youth-centric digital platform
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MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
PoliceinvokeNSA
against three for
board paper leak
Ballia (ANI) : Bal-
lia Police on Thurs-
day imposed the Na-
tional Security Act
(NSA), 1980 provi-
sions against three
persons for their al-
leged involvement
in the leak of the UP
state board’s Class
12 English question
paper.
The three accused
have been identified
as Ravindra Nath
Singh, Rajiv Pratap
alias Raju and Nir-
bhay Narayan Singh.
They were arrested
by the police on April
3. “It is noteworthy
that the examination
of English Interme-
diate Board of Sec-
ondary Education
Prayagraj to be held
on March 30 had to be
cancelled in 24 dis-
tricts due to the ques-
tion paper leak on
social media plat-
forms. A case was
registered in this re-
gard at Police Station
Bhimpura, Nagra
following which the
NSA provisions have
been slapped against
the accused,” the
state police said in an
official statement.
The police said
that the main ac-
cused Nirbhay
Narayan Singh, who
is the manager of
Maharani Devi Sma-
rak Inter College, al-
legedly got the ques-
tion paper printed
and got it solved by
two English teachers
while selling the cop-
ies of the solved pa-
per for Rs 25,000 to Rs
30,000 per student.

—FILE PHOTO
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MASTER MIND
K Balaji appointed as Personal secy to Minister G Reddy
Minister G Kishan Reddy IAS K Balaji
COURTESY VISIT
Actor Shekhar Suman with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence in Lucknow on
Thursday.
Satish Mishra

ONE OF THE MOST COURAGEOUS THINGS YOU CAN
DO IS IDENTIFY YOURSELF, KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND WHERE YOU WANT TO
GO. A BEAUTIFUL DIVA FROM LUCKNOW, SANSKRITI
SHARMA SHARED HER MOTIVATING JOURNEY AS A
MODEL IN CANDID CONVERSATION WITH CITY FIRST
escribe yourself, and
what would you say
are some vital skills
or characteristics to
have to make it in
the modelling world?
I am a person who tries to im-
prove oneself every second
of my life, who believes
that I can accomplish
anything if I believe in
myself. I figured that
if a girl wants to be a
legend, she should go
ahead and be one, I am a per-
son who has the courage to
face the universe all alone and
wants to help the needy people,
besides modelling I love to ex-
press myself through dancing
and singing.

z If you could go in future
and tell yourself one thing
about your career what
would it be?
I see myself as a person who
would overcome all the obsta-
cles of my journey in order to
accomplish the goals that I
have always dreamt of, I want
to tell my futurself that Work
is our worship and we should
always work to inspire others
and to work for the welfare
of the society. I want
to see myself as an
improved version
of myself.

z What inspired you to
write Finding the Super-
model in You, The Insiders
Guide to Teen Modelling?
I was really inspired by Su-
shmita Sen, at the age of 14
and wanted to do something
like her, I wanted to bring
the power to my voice so that
I could bring changes in my
society, so I started search-
ing for beauty pageants and
then I came across one pag-
eant, I got selected at the
ground auditions, I worked
really hard on myself it took
me 6 months to change my-
self as a person before the
competition, I became a
confident and coura-
geous person and
won Star Miss
Teen India 2021,
Delhi.

z What was the
biggest rookie mis-
take you made when
just starting out?
Like every other person
sometimes I go through
mental breakdowns, some-
times I feel low, but at the end
of the day I knew I had myself,
I believe in myself also I am
lucky enough to have a family
who supports me.

z What has been the most
memorable or rewarding
moment in your career?
The moment when I won 2
main titles – Miss Teen India
2021 and Miss Queen of Cos-
mos 2022, it was like a dream
come true juncture.
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09

10
ETC
t would be an un-
derstatement to
say that Robin
Roy or fondly
called Rob Roy
as he is by some,
is a seasoned journal-
ist. Anyone who reads
newspapers or is asso-
ciated with the news-
paper world will vouch
for this. What is also
true of Roy is that he is
an incredible writer,
an attribute whose
glimmers have so far
only shone through
the chinks of his news-
paper articles, which
are at best limiting in
their scope and at
worst, not read! Intel-
lectual romance with
newspapers is a thing
of the past now.
Robin Roy is but one
of those old school
scholars who still
delve deep into the
cloistered recesses of
the socio-political nar-
rative with astute pas-
sion and spin out mag-
ical ‘stories’ with pa-
nache. How to weave a
Page 1 story from nug-
gets of scanty infor-
mation minutes before
the sacrosanct dead-
line with just one sub-
editor in the office?
How to prod a reporter
and find a new peg of
an otherwise invisible
story and make it the
most read one the next
morning? How to re-
draw page design and
play up a story at the
death, beating the
competition in the best
possible way by con-
triving some ingen-
ious way that the world
outside would never
know, or how the play
of headlines – of
which Roy is a master
– changes the whole
tack of a story
. If one is
interested to know any
of these, welcome to
Robin Roy’s new book
Between the Lines.
The wit, the tenacity
,
the command over lan-
guage, the nerves of
steel, the patience, per-
severance, a tinge of
humour with a pinch
of salt and above all,
objectivity – all that go
into the making of a
good journalist have
been touched upon and
their value in journal-
ism expatiated in Be-
tween the Lines. Writ-
ten in terse caustic wit
Between the Lines can
be called an ultimate
handbook for all jour-
nalists, especially peo-
ple who are on the
desk. Perhaps there is
no relevant book near
at hand which de-
scribes the ordeals and
adventures of an edito-
rial job in such brevity
as Between the Lines
does. Any youngster
who wants to make a
mark in journalism
and if or she is espe-
cially aiming to take
the editorial job a
notch higher, this has
to be on his/her must-
read list.
In the short simple
exposition, Roy has laid
bare all the ifs and buts,
pros and cons and the
challenges and rewards
of adeskjobandwhatit
needs to be a successful
editorial hand. Yes, a
desk job is a boring
graveyardshiftthrough
the mill, with little pro-
fessional interaction
with the outer world.
The glamour that has
come to be associated
with jour-
nalism these days is
washed away in the
sweat and grime of in-
tellectualchurningthat
goes into the backroom
cubbyholes. No one
knows them outside, a
decided advantage a re-
porter has, and what
kind of struggle to pro-
duce the best for the
readergoesinside,away
from the limelight, is a
little known story
which Roy has brought
to the fore and driven
home the point how vi-
tal desk role is in deliv-
ering a good product
that stands out and re-
wards its readers for
theirtrustreposedonit.
I can’t remember hav-
ing read any book that
deals in such empathet-
ic details the littlest nu-
ances of newsmaking.
As a double-edged
sword, the book not
onlysucceedsinprovid-
ing a template for new-
bies in the line to navi-
gate and become suc-
cessfulbutitalsowarns
frail-hearts to think
twice before taking the
plunge because of the
qualities that make a
good deskie are ac-
quired through lots of
reading,understanding
and practise. It is the
devotion and the hon-
esty with which one
dedicateshimself tothe
task that is the sign of
his success – Roy him-
self being an example
of the
s a m e.
That’s
w h a t
t h e
book de-
scribes.
Between
the Lines is
an interesting read
also for the fact that
Robin Roy has inter-
cepted his tale of
boardroom secrets
with interesting anec-
dotes from his personal
experiences as a han-
dler of the editorial re-
sponsibilities – how
things are managed
under the pressure of
tightscheduleandwith
scant resources in the
dead of night. Between
the Lines is not a ‘sto-
ry’ of stories, it is the
hardcore truth of the
game straight from the
mouth of the bruised
soldier manning the
frontier in the cold,
away from the glare of
the world. It is also a
tribute to those mil-
lions of journalists,
especially the desk
nerds around the
globe, who spend their
whole lives painstak-
ingly curating news
poring into the words
to read Between the
Lines and spread the
light of knowledge.
The book is delight-
ful to read from the
very first page. The
wordplay is addictive
and sparkling in subtle
homespun humour
that speaks volumes
about Roy’s mastery
over the art of journal-
istic writing. Whenev-
er the chips are down
or the mind is in a fix,
a journalist can always
go back to this one
book and draw his in-
spiration from it. A
right piece of wisdom
at the right time!
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MANVI CHOUDHARY, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
This is the
best time try
something new
with life give
yourself a new
purpose. You
will feel amorous
towards your
wife. Work on
your limitations, there can be no better
time than this. You have more opposite
sex friends than the same and you may
be judged sometimes but don’t care.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Best day to
buy gold and
silver or any
precious metal
for investment
sake. You love to
live close to your
family. You are a
child at heart and
never let this child die. You have a big
heart and you always help someone if you
can. Video gathering is possible as you
miss your social circle like anything.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Do whatever
you can do to
cheer everyone
up. You will
feel financially
comfortable and
infact you are in
position to invest
money in some
new venture. Your personality will attract
many eligible bachelors. Spend time
talking with likeminded people as it will
make you feel good for now.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are a pro in
your field and no
one can beat you.
Female scorpios
are lioness and
women around
are often jealous
from them.
You give tough
competition to the people around. Many
people get inspired by you. You will get
a very special treatment from your dear
ones.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You are very
fortunate to have
a great friend
circle. You are
very generous
by nature and
also you are the
backbone of your
family. Today is
a favourable day for business. You may
postpone your study plans. Be careful of
the words that come out of your mouth.
Your lover may say yes for marriage.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Take stand where
you need to, don’t
run in the same
direction where
everybody else
is going. Visit a
doctor if you have
any doubts about
your health.
Don’t attack stress even if you don’t have
any. Let go of things that are not in your
control. You want your own house and
you will work hard for it.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You must create
an environment
of understanding
at home. You
need a break
from day to
tensions and the
way to cope up
with stress is to
meditate. You will succeed in any sort
of examination if you put your heart and
soul to it. Promotion can be expected
even if other are not.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Never demotivate
someone even if
someone is not
capable of doing
something. You
make sure to
make things work
your way. You are
most wanted by
your friends. You can have romantic affair
in office and a serious one. You will invest
money in clothes and accessories today.
You are a God fearing person.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You need help on
academic front
and you should
not shy away
from asking.
Your spouse
may make you
spend more than
you expected.
Fantastic day for investing money in stock
market as you can make fortune. You
miss your parents and fear to loose them.
Admit your faults in relationship.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You are
opportunist and
this will make you
successful one
day. Your spouse
is someone
who can do
anything for your
happiness. There
may be delays in property possession
and it won’t effect you. You are happy
spending whole day at home. Help your
mothers at home today.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Don’t make
friends for money
and status rather
make friends who
will stick with you
forever. You care
about you lover
but somehow
hesitate in
expressing that care. On social front, you
may have to spend some extra money
in buying gifts for someone for some
specific occasion.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Scrumptious
food is what you
are craving for
today. You always
maintain cordial
relationship with
everyone. You
workout daily
to keep yourself
fit. You may start a side business to earn
extra money. You are not a jealous kind
and you feel happy for others. You are a
very grounded person.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Reading Between the Lines:
Theartofjournalism
DIPTIMAN CHAKRABORTY
Senior Journalist Writer
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