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RULING PARTY AND OPPOSITION ARE
TWO WHEELS OF DEMOCRACY: CM YOGI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In his first
address to the House af-
ter assuming office for
the second time, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath said that the rul-
ing party and opposi-
tion will work together
towards the progress of
the state and will main-
tain the dignity of the
House.
The Chief Minister
also congratulated sen-
ior BJP leader Satish
Mahana on becoming
the Speaker of the As-
sembly
.
Addressing the 18th
Legislative assembly on
Tuesday, the CM said,
“Democracy has two
wheels, one is the ruling
party and the other is
the opposition. Both of
them together will work
for the population of 25
crore(of UttarPradesh).
Together we will con-
tribute to making the
new Uttar Pradesh of
New India.” Turn to P2
CM’s ADDRESS TO ASSEMBLY
CM Yogi Adityanath along with other members of the Vidhan Sabha congratulate Satish Mahana as
he takes the Speaker’s Chair on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
RUSSIA ‘RESONATES’
TO UKRAINE’S OLIVE BRANCH
RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS BEGIN WITH ‘COLD WELCOME’
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: India’s
sharp economic recov-
ery post Covid-19 and
Budget initiatives will
help in sustaining
growth momentum in
the years to come, Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman said on
Tuesday. She also high-
lighted that the govern-
ment had not raised
taxes during the pan-
demic or had not used
the tax route to fund the
recovery process. Si-
tharaman said, “no tax
was increased to fund
recovery process,” or
that the government
had “not taken taxation
as a route to resource
mobilisation.” Despite
that, Sitharaman said,
Rs 8.35 lakh crore de-
volved to states in the
current fiscal, higher
than the revised esti-
mate of Rs 7.45 lakh
crore for FY22.
HEATWAVE
ALERT FOR
PARTS OF N.INDIA
SENSEX GAINS
350 POINTS, NIFTY
OVER 17,300
New Delhi: A heat-
wave spell is likely
in several parts of
north and west India
over the next two
days, while rainfall is
likely to continue over
northeast India, the
IMD has said. Delhi
and southern Hary-
ana will experience
heatwave conditions.
The Saurashtra-
Kutch region, eastern
Rajasthan likely to see
heatwave conditions.
Indian shares ended
higher for the second
consecutive ses-
sion on March 29 on
positive global cues
following reports of
peace talks between
Russia and Ukraine
and a fall in crude
prices. At close,
the Sensex was up
350.16 points, or 0.61
percent, at 57,943.65
and the Nifty was up
103.30 points, or 0.60
percent, at 17,325.30.
‘Sharp recovery in FY22
to help sustain growth’
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Alwar: A major fire spread in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Alwar district
prompting the authorities to rope in two IAF choppers to control it. Manpower of more
than 200 which included forest staff, nature guides and local people was also deployed
for the fire fighting operation. The fire was controlled by close to 40 percent and is
expected to be under control on Wednesday, a top forest department official said. P9
HUGE FIRE IN
SARISKA TIGER
RESERVE, IAF
TO RESCUE
New Delhi: The UP government told the SC that the “attack” on a witness in the
Lakhimpur Kheri violence case had nothing to do with the case — as alleged — but
was the outcome of some people throwing gulal (coloured powder) on the person.
Meanwhile, the UP government also said that bail application by Union Minister
Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra, had been “vehemently opposed” by it.
LAKHIMPUR:
RECENT FEUD AN
ALTERCATION, UP
GOVT TELLS SC
IRON MAN SHAH SORTS OUT 50 YEAR OLD
ASSAM-MEGHALYA BORDER DISPUTE
Both states resolve border
issues in 6 locations, Shah
terms it ‘historic day’ for
Northeast
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Assam
and Meghalaya on
Tuesday signed an
agreement to resolve
their five-decade-old
border disputes in six
of the 12 locations,
with Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah calling
it a “historic day” for
the Northeast. In fact,
sources reveal, that it
was primarily the ‘te-
nacious’ and far sight-
ed Shah who not only
initiated the efforts but
was also involved at
every juncture so that
the disputes can be re-
solved and the states
can move ahead on de-
velopmental path.
On Tuesday, the
agreement was signed
in the presence of Shah
and CMs of Assam and
Meghalaya Himanta
Biswa Sarma and Con-
rad Sangma respective-
ly
. The pact will resolve
the protracted disputes
in six of the 12 places
along the 884.9 km bor-
der. “It is a historic day
for the Northeast,”
Shah said at the func-
tion. Shah said with
the signing of the
agreement, 70 per cent
of the border dispute
between the two states
has been resolved.
There are 36 villages in
the six places, covering
an area of 36.79 sq km,
with regard to which
the agreement has
been reached.
Didi writes to all Oppn
leaders for united fight
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee wrote to all
Opposition leaders and
CMs calling for a united
fight against the BJP.
Mamata alleged that
the BJP repeatedly at-
tacked the federal struc-
ture of the country. “I
am writing to you to
express deep concern
over direct attacks on
institutional democra-
cy by the BJP. Central
agencies such as the
ED, CBI, CVC and the
Income Tax Depart-
ment are being used to
target political oppo-
nents for vendetta,”
said Bengal CM Mama-
ta Banerjee in her letter.
CONG MLA, SIX
OTHERS BOOKED
FOR ASSAULTING
POWER AEN JEN
Dholpur: Congress MLA
from Bari, Girraj Singh
Malinga and six others were
booked on
Tuesday for
assaulting
officials of
the Electricity
Department
and making
casteist remarks, Dholpur
SP Shivraj Meena said. They
have been booked under the
SC/ST Act. Malinga denied
his role in the case and his
name has been added as he
complained against corrup-
tion by power officials. In
a complaint to police, AEN
Harshadipati alleged that
MLA Malinga and the others
assaulted him and JEN Nitin
Gulati on Monday.
Amit Shah @AmitShah
In another milestone towards fulfilling
PM Shri @NarendraModi Ji’s resolve
of a peaceful and dispute free North East, today a
historic agreement was signed by the CM Assam
Shri @himantabiswa and CM Meghalaya Shri @
SangmaConrad for the settlement of their inter-
state boundary.
Istanbul: Russian and
Ukrainian negotiators
began the first direct
peace talks in more
than two weeks on
Tuesday in Istanbul,
with the surprise at-
tendance of Russian
billionaire Roman
Abramovich who is
sanctioned by the West
over Moscow’s invasion
of Ukraine.
Russia promised at
peace talks to drasti-
cally scale down its
military operations
around Kyiv and the
northern Ukrainian
city of Chernihiv, while
Ukraine proposed neu-
tral status with interna-
tional guarantees to
protect it from attack.
Ukrainian negotiators
said they had proposed
a status under which
their country would not
join alliances or host
bases of foreign troops,
but would have its secu-
rity guaranteed in
terms similar to “Arti-
cle 5”, the collective de-
fence clause of NATO.
They identified Israel
and NATO members
Canada, Poland and
Turkey as countries
that could help provide
such guarantees.
RUSSIAN ROCKET STRIKE KILLS 7,
INJURES 22 IN UKRAINE’S MYKOLAIV
GOVT MAKING EFFORTS TO MITIGATE
WAR-INDUCED ECONOMIC SETBACK
UKRAINE WAR HAVING IMPACT
ON SUPPLY CHAINS BROKEN
‘… I WILL
THRASH THEM’,
SAYS PUTIN
A Russian strike on a govt building in Ukrainian’s
Mykolaiv has killed seven people and injured more
than 20 others, Zelensky has said. A rocket tore a
hole through the nine-storey building shortly be-
fore 09:00 local (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday morning.
Bhopal: PM Modi on Tuesday said efforts are being
made to mitigate the burden on citizens due to the
economic crisis which, after the Covid-19 pandem-
ic, aggravated as the world has entered a battlefield,
in an apparent reference to the Russia-Ukraine war.
New Delhi: Finance Minister Sithararaman said
on Tuesday that the war is impacting all countries
similar to how the pandemic did, with the “supply
chains broken.” Crude oil prices have shot up
since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Moscow: Russia’s
Vladimir Putin has
vowed to ‘thrash’
Ukraine, British daily
The Times reported on
Monday ahead of anoth-
er round of peace talks
between the Russia and
Ukraine. In an exclusive
report (paywalled)
The Times said Putin
reportedly told Roman
Abramovich - the Rus-
sian billionaire ex-owner
of English Premier
League club Chelsea
seen as the president’s
unofficial envoy - ‘Tell
him (Ukraine president
Volodymyr Zelenskyy) I
wil thrash them.’
DONT VOTE, ELSE YOU WILL FACE
CONSEQUENCES: TMC’S MLA NAREN
Kolkata: BJP Bengal co-in-charge and the party’s IT
Cell chief Amit Malviya on Tuesday shared a video of
TMC MLA Naren Chakraborty threatening the voters.
In the purported video, Chakraborty is heard asking
BJP supporters not to vote, otherwise, they would face
consequences after polls. He said that if they do not vote,
then they can continue to stay in the state and do a job.
Malviya has demanded the Election Commission to take
action against Chakraborty on the basis of the video.
Ukraine stresses on neutral status as Russia says “will
radically reduce military activity near Kyiv and Chernihiv
Chandigarh: A group
of farmers demanding
relief for crop damage
allegedly held 12 gov-
ernment officials hos-
tage for hours inside a
sub-tehsil office in
Muktsar district’s Lam-
bi in Punjab. The offi-
cials who were taken
hostage, included a
naib-tehsildar and pat-
waris, were freed by po-
lice late on Monday as
the protesters refused
to let them go.
farmers have been
demanding relief for
damage to their cotton
crop by pink bollworms.
Farmers seeking relief hold 12
Govt Officials Hostage In Punjab
7 INJURED IN POLICE LATHICHARGE
Seven farm union activists sustained minor injuries after
police resorted to cane-charge on Monday midnight to
free revenue officials held hostage for nine hours. Naib-
tehsildar Arjinder Singh and his subordinate staff were
held hostage by members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union
(Ekta-Ugrahan) and the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union.
Police swung into action on receiving distress calls from
the officials, who had been locked in their office.

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CM Yogi also advised
the Opposition, refer-
ring to the campaigns
during the recently
held state elections,
that the public is
against any kind of
negativity.
“Development is pos-
sible only with positiv-
ity and the trust of the
public has to be ful-
filled,” he said.
“Today, when the
country’s expectations
are from UP in every
area, the state has to
prepare itself to live up
to those expectations.
The government has to
work with the opposi-
tion to move forward.
Ek aur ek do nahi, balki
11 (gyarah) ban kar lok-
tantra ko majboot karte
hain.”
Stating that 343 mem-
bers of the Assembly
took oath in a single
day, the CM said that
now the members need
to think for the down-
trodden people, the
youth, women, farm-
ers, labourers, of the
state, and work towards
their welfare.
“We, as members of
this House, have the
trust of the people. We
can’t let this trust turn
to distrust at any
point,” said CM Yogi.
“The entire country
has its eyes on UP as-
sembly. It was also a
challenge to call the
17th assembly during
the Covid-19 period, we
did it. We also conduct-
ed the House for 36
hours on the birth an-
niversary of Mahatma
Gandhi, an achieve-
ment in itself,” he said.
Congratulating the
Speaker, Yogi Adi-
tynath further said
that it is an honour to
get the opportunity to
serve the population of
25 crore during the
‘Amrit Kaal’.
CM Yogi Adityanath addresses the Vidhan Sabha on the first day of its convening on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Eight-time MLA Satish
Mahana is new Speaker of
UP VIDHAN SABHA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Eight-time
BJP MLA Satish Mah-
ana on Tuesday be-
came the Speaker of
the Uttar Pradesh Leg-
islative Assembly,
with Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath and
Leader of Opposition
Akhilesh Yadav hail-
ing his unanimous
election.
With Mahana being
the only candidate for
the post, he was de-
clared elected without
any contest as the
Speaker of the 18th UP
Assembly.
Speaking in the As-
sembly after escorting
Mahana to the Speak-
er’s chair, Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
said it’s a good sign for
the state that two
“wheels of democra-
cy” (ruling and opposi-
tion) moved in one di-
rection.
He appealed to both
the ruling and the Op-
position members that
now the elections are
over and it’s their duty
to work for the prog-
ress of UP to fulfil
wishes of people.
Speaking next, Ya-
dav hailed the “begin-
ning of a healthy tra-
dition” in the House
by electing the Speak-
er unanimously.
He urged Mahana to
act with neutrality as
a Speaker and protect
the rights of the Oppo-
sition.
“Though you come
from right (BJP) but
now you will see more
towards Left (Opposi-
tion). Being a referee
of the House, you must
not become a part of
their game,” Akhilesh
said.
Speaking in the
House after his elec-
tion, Mahana thanked
both Adityanath and
Yadav for showing
faith in him.
Referring to the
Akhilesh Yadav’s com-
ment, Mahana joking-
ly said, “I will do left-
right (march), which
is good for health too.”
Seeking the support
of all in the smooth
conduct of the House
proceedings, he said,
“All have the responsi-
bility to save democra-
cy, including the trea-
sury as well as Opposi-
tion benches.”
MLAs including CM Yogi, Dy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak, Leader of Opposition
Akhilesh Yadav, pro-tem Speaker Ramapati Shastri and MLA Suresh Khanna congratulate Satish
Mahana for being chosen as Vidhan Sabha Speaker. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
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‘MAHAN’ MAHANA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After no-say
in allotement of portfo-
lios, the newly appoint-
ed UP ministers will
have little choice in the
selction of their staff
thanks to the comput-
erised lottery software
devised by the secre-
tariat administration
for the purpose.
The new, transpar-
ent digital system for
ministerial staff selec-
tion, according to
sources, has already
received the nod of
chief minister Yogi
Adityanath. “While the
ministers would not be
allowed to retain their
own staff, the new pro-
cedure will ensure that
there is 20 per cent fe-
male staff in general
administrative work to
increase their partici-
pation in the work-
force,” said an officer
of the SAD.
The Uttar Pradesh-
secretariat administra-
tion has created a pool
of officers to give pri-
vate secretaries to min-
isters and on rotation
basis these private sec-
retaries will be given to
ministers and officers.
The secretariat admin-
istration has a rule that
the staff of ministers
will be changed every
five years.
New staff will be ap-
pointed on rotation.
This time in the new
system of Yogi govern-
ment, the selection of
staff will be done digi-
tally and the ministers
will have to choose
their staff from the
available list prepared
through computer lot-
tery. If a minister
wants to have a special
staff, then he will have
to take permission
from the Chief Minis-
ter.
All cabinet minister
get 1 personal secretar-
ies and two additional
personal secretaires,
ministers with inde-
pendent charge also get
1 PS and 2 APS and
Ministers of State get 1
PS and 1 APS.
Software to decide ministerial staff in UP
INSIDE STORY
Software to select coded names
Unlike in the past, when
ministers had the liberty
to select and recom-
mend their own sup-
port staff but this time,
arrangements have been
made to select their staff
from the coded names
which will be shortlisted
by the software. These
names will be in a coded
format so that ministers
do not know the religion,
real name or sex of the
person they are select-
ing as their staff.
No 20% women quota in staff
On 20% quota for women, sources said some
ministers were apprehensive of female staff
being posted as at times, as the work related
to their respective ministeriesmay extend till
late night or even involve sudden travel plans
which they felt won’t be feasible. The govt
took back the proposal on Tuesday.
Yogi’s office resolves Sangeeta’s woes
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Keeping
timely redressal of the
issues faced by women
as the top-most priority,
the Yogi-led govern-
ment on Tuesday put an
end to the woes of San-
geeta Solanki. Within
48 hours of her com-
plaint to CM office, San-
geeta was a happy fe-
male thanking UP gov-
ernment’s redressal
system profusely
.
With the prompt in-
tervention of the Chief
Minister Yogi Aditya-
nath and his subse-
quent directive to
Meerut administration,
the complaint of San-
geeta Solanki, a resi-
dent of Bulandshahr,
has not only been at-
tended to but also has
been resolved.
Sangeeta Solanki, a
resident of Bharkau
had been selected as a
lecturer by the UPSec-
ondary Education Ser-
vice Selection Board in
the year 2021. The insti-
tution allotted to her
was Bhagirathi Arya
Kanya Inter College,
Lal Kursi Cantt, Meerut
However, Sangeeta
was denied her official
joining as a lecturer by
the Manager of the in-
stitution and was asked
to submit her 3-month
salary. Looking for a
solution to her problem,
distressed Sangeeta,
called up the CM’s Of-
fice on Sunday, after
which, CM Yogi’s inter-
vention ensured that
not only her issue was
taken cognizance of but
was resolved in the
span of less than 48
hours.
As per the directives
issued by CM, Sangeeta
was made to join her
post on Tuesday
.
Ever since Yogi Adi-
tyanath took over as the
CM, the safety, security,
empowerment, uplift-
ment and all-round wel-
fare of women have
been one among the top
priorities of the Uttar
Pradesh Government.
CM Yogi Adityanath
CM MEETS WB EXECS
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets the delegation of the World Bank, including Lead
Agriculture Specialist Andrew Goodland, in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Govt has to work with opposition
to move forward, says CM Yogi
SP’s Sanjay Lathar
is Leader of Oppn
in Vidhan Parishad
Lucknow(PTI): Sama-
jwadi Party MLC San-
jay Lathar has been
made the Leader of Op-
position in the Uttar
Pradesh Legislative
Council, Principal Sec-
retary Rajesh Singh
said here on Tuesday
.
The post vacant
since the death of SP
MLC Ahmed Hasan in
February. Lathar’s
term as a MLC will end
on May 26, 2022. He is a
Jat leader hailing from
western UP.
Akhlilesh expels SP
members in Ghazi-
pur: Samajwadi Party
Supremo and Leader of
Opposition Akhilesh
Yadav on Tuesday ex-
pelled party members
including former MLC
Kailash Singh, former
District Panchayat
President of Ghazipur
Vijay Yadav and some
other party members
for opposing the party
during the MLC elec-
tion in the district.
Lather has been elected as
Leader of Oppn in the UP
legislative council.
Allahabad HC stays arrest
of Mau MLA Abbas Ansari
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Alla-
habad High Court has
stayed the arrest of
Mau Sadar MLA Abbas
Ansari, the son of ma-
fia turned politician
Mukhtar Ansari for his
alleged statement
threatening the gov-
ernment officials with
payback at a public ral-
ly in Mau district earli-
er this month during
state elections.
The court directed
Ansari to co-operate in
the investigation and
added that in case of
any act of the petition-
ers of noncooperation
in the ongoing investi-
gation, it would be
open for the respon-
dents to approach this
Court for the vacation
of this interim order.
The bench compris-
ing Justice Sunita
Agarwal and Justice
Vikas Kunvar Srivas-
tav also directed the
state and the Election
Commission of India
to file a counter affida-
vit within a period of
three weeks.
President Ram Nath Kovind fetes UP’s Jal Shakti
Minister Swatantra Dev Singh on Tuesday. Principal Secy
(Irrigation) Anil Garg was also present on the occasion.
Kapil Singh, Director Poshan Mission, and Director, ICDS,
Doctor Sarika Mohan met Women and Child Development
Minister Baby Rani Maurya on Tuesday.
ACS (Agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi, Director of
Agricultural Dept Vivek Singh and others met Agriculture,
Agriculture Education and Research minister Surya Pratap
Shahi on Tuesday.
CONGRATULATIONS

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CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Vijay Singh Martolia, Chairman of Kumaon
Sangh in Kanpur and a well-known social worker, met
Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari on
Tuesday and had a brief discussion about political as
well as cultural topics of Uttarakhand and UP. Martolia
also extended his invitation to Koshyari to attend a
grand cultural programme organised by the Kumaon
Sangh. Speaking to the media after the meet, Mar-
tolia said he held a discussion with the Governor on
making better laws related to unorganised labourers.
CHARGES FRAMED
AGAINST ACTIVISTS
IN 2006 CASE
Muzaffarnagar: A
special court on Tuesday
framed charges against
20 Hindu activists for
allegedly damaging a
a meat factory here in
2006. Special judge
Gopal Upadhyay framed
charges against ex-BJP
MLA Umesh Malik, BJP
leader Sanjay Aggarwal,
Hindu Jagran Manch
district president Naren-
dra Panwar and others,
and fixed April 5 as
the next date of hear-
ing. According to the
prosecution, the police
had registered a case
against several people
for allegedly damaged a
meat factory on Jansath
Road here.
FARMER SHOT
DEAD OVER
OLD ENMITY
Baghpat: A farmer was
allegedly shot dead by
unidentified persons at
the Luhari village here,
police said on Tues-
day. Jitendra (46) left
his house on Monday
night with some per-
sons but did not return
home, Circle officer
Harish Singh Bhadau-
ria said. His body was
found later near the
village following which
locals informed the
police, he said. The
incident was fallout of
old enmity, Bhadauria
said, adding that victim
was in jail in connec-
tion with theft case and
was presently out on
bail.
KUMAON SANGH CHAIRMAN MARTOLIA
MEETS MAHA GUV BS KOSHYARI
NO GIVING IN TO POLITICAL COMPULSIONS IN 2.0
Itisnow the Yogi way or the highway
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Thedistribu-
tion of portfolios and
some other steps taken
by CM Yogi in last two
days have given enough
indication that the sec-
ondtermof theBJPgov-
ernment is going to be
Yogi way or the highway
.
The CM’s distribution
of portfolios has a clear
picture of his priorities,
without succumbing to
political compulsions.
“The portfolio distri-
bution also has a mes-
sage that Yogi Aditya-
nathwillrunthegovern-
mentinhisownwayand
will not work under any
pressure,” said a senior
BJP functionary
.
Deputy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya, for in-
stance, has been de-
prived of his favourite
PWD portfolio and given
rural development and
food processing along
with national integra-
tion. Maurya’s loss has
been Jitin Prasada’s
gain.Jitinhaskeptalow
profile ever since he
joined the BJP least year
and it is this that has
wonhimYogi’sapproval.
Another DyCM
Brajesh Pathak, report-
edly eyeing PWD, has
been given medical edu-
cation,healthandfamily
welfare. These depart-
ments are known as ‘hot
spots’ in state politics
and leave the minister
in-charge vulnerable to
public anger.
State BJP president
Swatantra Dev Singh
hasbeengivenchargeof
the all-important Jal
Shakti ministry and has
been rewarded for being
a noncontroversial lead-
er who struck up a good
rapport with the CM in
the previous regime.
Former PMO official,
Arvind Sharma, hoping
for a home or finance
portfolio, has got urban
development which
does not match with his
‘status’. Aseem Arun,
the IPS officer turned
politician, was report-
edly eyeing home port-
folio and jails but has
been made to remain
content with social and
SC/ST welfare.
Baby Rani Maurya,
anotherhigh-profilecan-
didate, who was asked to
give up her gubernatori-
al assignment in Uttara-
khand and join active
politics in UP
, has been
given women and child
welfare.Thisiscertainly
not the assignment she
would have accepted in
return. Rajeshwar
Singh, a former ED offi-
cial touted as the Cen-
tre’s blue-eyed boy
, has
been left out of the coun-
cil of ministers. Singh
had given interviews
during the campaigning
where he had spoken at
length about the contri-
butionhewouldmakein
policing and law.
Sanjay Nishad of Ni-
shad Party, who has
bargained his way into
the ministry, has been
left in a corner with the
fisheries ministry
.
Another decision that
makes it clear that Yogi
alone will call the shots
is the one related to
ministers selecting
their staff.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arriving at the Vidhan Bhavan on Monday. ACS, Information, Navneet
Sehgal seen behind him. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
DIGITISEDSELECTION
Hit and miss: Portfolio distribution leaves many miffed
7.8L students drop
out of UP Board exam
Lucknow: The forma-
tionof thenewcabinet,
not to mention the allo-
cation of portfolios to
the ministers, seem to
have triggered resent-
ment within the saf-
fron party as several
senior leaders, who
registered massive
wins in the polls, were
left out while less expe-
rienced MLAs found
place in the cabinet.
The portfolios, an-
nounced on Monday
night, saw many new-
comers,includingturn-
coats, who were consid-
ered to be close to Adi-
tyanath, retaining key
departments while sev-
eral senior leaders and
oldtimers found their
wings clipped with al-
lotment of ‘less import-
ant departments.
Prominent among
those, who found their
wings clipped, also in-
cluded deputy CM Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya,
whoheldtheallimport-
antPWDdepartmentin
the previous Aditya-
nath government but
was allotted lesser im-
portant rural develop-
ment department.
Amemberof UPLeg-
islative Council, he had
lost the assembly poll
2022 from Sirathu seat
to SP’s Pallavi Patel.
Maurya,however, says
he is happy
.
“I’m fortunate to
have gotten the oppor-
tunityforupliftof rural
sector. I have a lot of
thingsinmind,willdis-
cuss with the people in
the department and do
everything to deliver
our schemes to the
needy in a timely man-
ner,” he said.
Former Gujarat cad-
re bureaucrat AK Shar-
ma, considered to be
close to PM Modi and
appointed vice-presi-
dent of the state unit of
the party last year, was
given urban develop-
ment department
thoughhewastippedto
be included as DyCM.
FormerU’khandgov-
ernor Baby Rani Mau-
rya, who expected an
important portfolio,
wasallottedchilddevel-
opment and women
welfare. Senior party
leader Nand Gopal
Nandi,whoheldtheciv-
il aviation department
in the previous govern-
ment, was allotted less
important export pro-
motion department.
Sources said several se-
nior leaders were ig-
nored in the formation
of the cabinet.
First India Bureau
Barabanki: The police
arrestedDrAlkaRaiand
his brother Dr Shesh-
nath Rai into the matter
of fake registration for
ambulance used by ma-
fia-turned-politician
Mukhtar Ansari during
his jail tenure in Punjab.
It was reported that
Mau police had taken
custody of Dr Alka and
his brother a day before
andBarabankipolicear-
rested both on Tuesday
.
Case was registered
against Dr Alka Rai,
owner of Shyam Sanje-
evani Hospital and Re-
search Centre, Mau on
April 2, 2021 under
fraud charges.
Both Dr Alka and Dr
Sheshnath were jailed
after police filed
chargesheet into the
matter. They were re-
leased on bail two
months back.
Ansari was using am-
bulance to commute
during his jail tenure in
Punjab.Itwasregistered
at Barabanki RTO.
During investigation it
was revealed the ambu-
lance was registered on
fake documents.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Two sanita-
tion workers suffocated
to death while cleaning
sewer tank at Manik
road in Raebareli while
two cleaning staff mem-
bers died and condition
of two others was criti-
cal when they were
cleaning sewer near Ma-
bia mosque under
Sa’adat Ganj area in the
state capital.
It was reported that
sewer line work was un-
der process under Amrit
scheme in Raebareli.
Several contractual la-
bourers were cleaning
sewerlineatManikroad
when two fell uncon-
sciousafterinhalingpoi-
sonous gases.
Both were rushed to
the district hospital
where they died during
treatment. They were
identified as Sanju, resi-
dent of Vrindavan,
MathuraandJogeshwar,
resident of Rajakheda,
Rajasthan. DM Vaibhav
Srivastava has ordered
probe into the matter.
Meanwhile, four la-
bourers were cleaning
sewer line near Mabia
mosque in Lucknow. All
of themfellunconscious
after inhaling poisonous
gases. Two of them,
Pooran and Karan, died
while condition of other
two was critical.
It was alleged that se-
curity gadgets were not
provided to the workers
and relief team took
hours to pull them out.
Thepolicehavelaunched
probe into the matter.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Japan Inter-
national Corporation
Agency (JICA), in asso-
ciation with Disability
Department, Govern-
ment of India, has sanc-
tioned a Japanese Judo
Coach, Soma Nagao,
who hails from Kobe, Ja-
pan to the Indian Blind
and Para Judo Associa-
tion (IBPJA).
Nagao was given a
warmwelcomebyAwan-
ish Awasthi, IAS, Chair-
man, IBPJA and ACS,
Home.
Also present to wel-
come the young coach
were Sudhir Halwasiya,
Vice President; Mun-
awarAnzar,GeneralSec-
retary; Aaesha Mun-
awar,JtSecretary;Anup
Gurnanee, Treasurer;
Umesh Kumar Singh,
Chairman Technical
Council; Rajendra Shar-
ma, Judo Coach; Ghan-
shyam Maurya, Judo
Coach; Jaya Sahu, Judo
Coach and Hina Khan,
Judo Coach.
Nagao, who is here for
two years, will be train-
ingtheNormal,Visually
Impaired and Hearing
Impaired judokas. He
willalsobetrainingplay-
ers selected for Interna-
tional Championships.
This was informed in
a press release by Mun-
awarAnzar,GeneralSec-
retary
, Indian Blind and
Para Judo Association.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Nearly 7.8
lakh students have
dropped out of the ongo-
ingClass10and12exam-
inations of the Uttar
Pradesh Madhyamik
ShikshaParishad(UPM-
SP), also known as the
UP Board.
On Monday
, a whop-
ping 2.9 lakh class 10
and 12 students skipped
their exams.
Class 10 and 12 stu-
dents had Computer
and Geography exams
respectively on Monday
.
According to official
sources, the 7.8 lakh fig-
ure surpasses the total
dropouts recorded in
2020 (4.8 lakh) and 2019
(6.5 lakh).
There were no exams
in 2021 due to Covid-19
pandemic.
The UP Board exams
began on March 24.
In fact, the number of
students skipping the
exam so far is the high-
est in almost a decade.
In 2013, 5.6 lakh ab-
sentees were recorded
by the UPMSP, which
conducts exams.
The UP Board 2022
examinations saw 4.1
lakh students missing
the examinations on
day one when Hindi
exam was slated for
both Class 10 and 12.
The UPMSP saw over
70,200 students not at-
tending their languages
paper which was held
on March 26.
Thelanguagesinclude
Urdu, Tamil, Bengali,
Assamese, Gujarati,
Punjabi, Nepali, etc. The
high numbers have now
forced officials to probe
thereasonsfordropouts.
CAMPAIGN MODE
The supporters of
Sidharth Nath Singh,
a cabinet minister in
the previous govern-
ment, have launched
a campaign on social
media seeking his in-
clusion in the ministry.
PROBE ORDERED
Mukhtar case: Dr Alka
Rai, bro arrested again
Dr Alka Rai and Dr Sheshnath Rai in police custody.
—REPRESENTATIVE PICTURE
Four sanitation workers die
while cleaning sewage lines
Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh expressed deep grief over the death of 2 manual
scavengers while cleaning a sewer in the district of Rae
Bareli. The Chief Minister assured the bereaved families
of all assistance and relief from the state government.
CM EXPRESSES GRIEF
ACS Awasthi greets Japanese judo coach,to give training in UP for 2 yrs
ACS Home Awanish Awasthi fetes judo coach Soma Nagao in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Students of Class 10 taking the UP Board exam in Prayagraj on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI):Chief
of Army Staff General
Manoj Mukund Nara-
vane will visit Central
Command HQ in Luc-
know on Wednesday to
preside over delibera-
tions on wide-ranging
subjects concerning mil-
itary preparedness, said
an Indian Army Official.
The Army Chief is
scheduled to review the
deployment of Indian
Army formations in
Western and Northern
borders while they are
transitioning from win-
ter to summer postur-
ing. Senior Army, Navy
and Air force officers
will be attending a se-
ries of discussions fo-
cused on reviewing the
current international
and regional environ-
ment with a view to pro-
gressively increase
their own capabilities.
Army chief
in city today
for strategic
discussions

PERSPECTIVE
04
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Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
That is why we never give up.
Though our bodies are dying,
our spirits are being renewed
every day. For our present
troubles are small and won’t
last very long. Yet they produce
for us a glory that far outweighs
them and will last forever!
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
I am honoured to be addressing the Matua
Dharma Maha Mela 2022 at 4:30 PM
tomorrow, 29th March. We shall also mark
the Jayanti of the great Sri Sri Harichand
Thakur Ji, who devoted his entire life for
social justice and public welfare.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Both the countries look forward to further
strengthen the bilateral relations as India-
Israel complete 30 years of full diplomatic
relations. Defence cooperation is the
founding pillar of our strategic partnership.
Military and industry cooperation
has been on an upward swing.
TOP TWEETS
SRI LANKA HAS
NO MONEY BUT
IT HAS A GOOD
NEIGHBOUR
ri Lanka’s economy
has crumbled. Minis-
ter of External Af-
fairsS.Jaishankaron
his recent visit to Co-
lomboannouncedabilliondollar
credit to help the island nation
face its economic crisis. Such is
the situation there that Colombo
has desperately sought another
loan of $1.5 billion from India.
Thatdoesnotgiveacompletepic-
ture of the seriousness of the
crisis in Lanka where the econo-
my is virtually at a standstill
with no tourists and little tea ex-
port. With just two factors driv-
ing its economy
, Sri Lanka found
the pandemic blow crippling.
The impact of this is being felt
by the people of Sri Lanka who
are leaving the country
. Those
whocan’t,havetolivewithshort-
ages. A hospital in Kandy an-
nouncedsuspensionof surgeries
due to shortage of medicines. A
“disturbed” foreign minister
asked India’s High Commission-
er in Colombo to help the hospi-
tal tide over the crisis.
Colombo is lucky to have a
good neighbour like India.
S
he demand to bar
Muslim traders
from Hindu tem-
ple sites in Udupi
and Shivamogga
in Karnataka is an extension
of the ban on wearing of hi-
jab by students. The appeal
asking Hindus to not buy
stuff from Muslims has, ob-
viously, come from right-
wing hard liners like the
Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Ba-
jrang Dal, Shri Rama Sene
and Hindu Jagarana Vedike.
It is strange that Muslim ven-
dors who must have been
running their businesses in
the vicinity of temples for
years are suddenly being
seen as threats and untouch-
ables. There is no plausible
reason other than Islamopho-
bia for this bigoted appeal.
These divisive forces are
not confined to the two Kar-
nataka districts. Sadiq Ali, a
tailor who stitched clothes
for Ram Lalla, the presiding
deity at the makeshift tem-
ple in Ayodhya for several
years, was replaced by a dif-
ferent tailor a few years ago.
In fact, lanes in Ayodhya are
the best examples of com-
munal harmony. Ironically,
his shop was located on land
belonging to Hanuman
Garhi temple.
Two Karnataka BJP lead-
ers have openly opposed the
idea oust Muslim traders
from the area. “This is all
madness. No God or religion
preaches these kinds of
things. Religions are inclu-
sive and not exclusive,” said
AH Vishwanath, an MLC. An-
otherBJPleader,AnilBenake,
an MLA who represents the
Muslim-dominated Belagavi
North constituency, also
voicedhisdissenttothemove.
It is wrong to say that people
should purchase from some
stores and not from others,
Benake said. “We will not im-
pose restrictions,” he empha-
sised. It is worrisome how
there is a gradual build-up of
an anti-Muslim sentiment.
DON’T DIVIDE TRADE
ON RELIGIOUS LINES
It is strange that Muslim
vendors who must have
been running their businesses
in the vicinity of temples
for years are suddenly
being seen as threats
and untouchables. There
is no plausible reason
other than Islamophobia for
this bigoted appeal
T
he House is on the boil. On
Monday afternoon, chaotic
scenes were witnessed in the
West Bengal Assembly as leg-
islators of the ruling Trina-
mool Congress and the Oppo-
sitionBJPcametoblowsafter
the BJP demanded that CM
Mamata Banerjee address the
House over the state’s law and
order situation.
Leader of Opposition,
BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari and
four other BJP legislators
have been suspended by the
Speaker following the ruck-
us. “The Opposition had de-
manded a discussion over
law and order and the gov-
ernment declined. They
brought Kolkata police per-
sonnel in civil dress to clash
with our MLAs,” Adhikari
later told the media.
The Birbhum killings were
the triggering factor. For al-
most five decades now and
since the Sixties, the land
which has nurtured culture
and tradition has been haunt-
ed by tremendous political
upheavals and turbulent
times. Who scored over whom
is certainly not a point to be
pondered upon, but that the
stateisrockedbytheseviolent
incidentshasbeenamatterof
huge concern and shame and
there seems to be no light at
the end of the tunnel.
Meanwhile, in Bogtui vil-
lage… the numbness is still
very much there. The palpa-
ble shock and trauma among
those living in the vicinity
hang heavy
. The rustle of
dried leaves makes you wary
that you have visited a crema-
torium or a burial ground of
sorts where the dead lay… but
not in peace. The stench of
burnt flesh is still in the air,
you may feel nauseating with
the very thought that around
8 people were roasted alive!
The area is deserted…
Most of those, whose nearest
ones were charred to death,
have fled to “safer” vistas.
Even shops and kiosks near
the “Killer Spot” have
downed their shutters. Dur-
ing the day, some manage to
huddle and discuss the conse-
quences of that horrible
night when “factional feud
within the ruling party” ini-
tiated the dance of death!
Outsiders are looked upon
suspiciously
. An eerie silence
is deafening and people hail-
ing from outside get those
looks! Often cries of women
who have lost their family
members rent the air. After
sunset,theentirevillagelooks
like a haunted ground and it
seemsthatthespiritsarelurk-
ing in your neighbourhood.
Even as at least 54 police-
menhavebeendeployedonthe
spot in two shifts, villagers are
not confident of returning
home. Some may visit their
homesduringtheday
,butpack
up well before sunset. What is
happening in the land of
Tagore? Bogtui is only 62 km
from Santiniketan, the abode
of peace that Rabindranath
Tagore had built so much love
and affection. Also, Nanoor,
where 11 landless peasants
were killed in 2000, is even
closer to this abode of peace—
just about 20 km!
Last Monday
, TMC’s Bhadu
Sheikhwasmurderedinbroad
daylight in Bogtui. Within
hours,amobattackedthefam-
ilies of the suspected killers,
set fire to their houses and
burntthemalive.Atleast8per-
sons, including 6 women and 2
children were charred alive.
The recent tragedy (in Bog-
tui) looks like an intra-TMC
clash over the loot from the
illegal stone and sand trade.
In this column I would like
to chronicle in short… the
dance of death that has
wrought havoc to our Sonar
Bangla. Naxalism was
crushed following violence
after the Congress won the
state Assembly polls in 1972.
However, till date… the
chronicled figure of the toll
has never been disclosed.
Governments have come
and gone but violence has
been constant. After the Left
Front came to power in West
Bengal in 1977, the govern-
ment, two years later, forcibly
evicted refugees who had set-
tled in Marichjhapi in the
Sunderbans areas. It was per-
haps reportedly the most hor-
rific manner in which police
in the post-Independent era
had acted even as these refu-
gees had been promised a re-
hab scheme by the Front in its
poll campaign! But in reality
what happened after the Left
came to power was something
shocking! It was once again
exhibited that these hapless
people “belonged to no one!”
When and where will this
dance of death end is the
question everyone is asking.
Isn’t it time, we looked back
and told ourselves that
enough is enough and what is
the message we are passing
on to others about ourselves?
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
WHEN WILL THIS
DANCE OF DEATH END?
T
Governments have come
and gone but violence has
been constant. After the Left
Front came to power in WB
in 1977, the government, two
years later, forcibly evicted
refugees who had settled in
Marichjhapi in the
Sunderbans areas. It was
perhaps reportedly the most
horrific manner in which
police in the post-
Independent era had acted
even as these refugees had
been promised a rehab
scheme by the Front in its
poll campaign! But in
reality what happened after
the Left came to power was
something shocking! It was
once again exhibited that
these hapless people
“belonged to no one!” When
and where will this dance of
death end is the question
everyone is asking. Isn’t it
time, we looked back and
told ourselves that enough is
enough and what is the
message we are passing on
to others about ourselves?
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and
former Managing Editor, First India
DEATHS THAT HAVE
WROUGHT HAVOC TO
SONAR BANGLA

z On July 21, 1993 during the
Left Front rule, around 13
people were killed during a
rally demanding that photo
voter identity cards be
made mandatory for free
and fair elections

z In 2000, 11 agricultural
wage labourers were killed
in Nanoor

z In 2001, 11 TMC supporters
were burnt alive in Chhoto
Angaria

z In 2007, 14 were shot dead
by the police at Nandigram

z In 2011, 9 people, including
4 women, were shot dead
in Netai village

z In 2014, Buddhadeb
Bhattachrjee, who was CM
at the time of the carnage,
admitted that “it was very
wrong… our boys had
made a mistake, a very bad
mistake”. But then it was
TOO LATE, Mr Bhattacharjee!

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INDIA
05
PM addresses BJP leaders, tells
them to take up social justice work
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi asked BJP
MPs on Tuesday to un-
dertake various pro-
grammes as part of “sa-
majik nyay pakhwada”
(fortnight dedicated to
social justice) from its
foundation day on April
6, and also asserted that
it is the only ruling par-
ty which has recognised
contributions of every
Prime Minister by
building a museum to
honour them.
With the birth anni-
versary of BR Ambed-
kar, architect of the
Constitution, falling on
April 14, PM Modi at the
BJP’s parliamentary
party meeting asked
party MPs to reach out
to people, especially the
disadvantaged sections
of society like Sched-
uled Castes, to high-
light various govern-
ment programmes for
their welfare.
Quoting him, Union
Minister Arjun Ram
Meghwal told reporters
that PM Modi asked
parliamentarians to
work to spread aware-
ness about the central
government’s welfare
schemes for housing,
nutrition and free
grains among others.
With a museum dedi-
cated to all former
Prime Ministers of In-
dia set to be inaugurat-
ed on April 14, PM Modi
noted his address from
the ramparts of Red
Fort on August 15 in
which he had lauded
their contributions.
“He said we are the
only ones to have ac-
knowledged former
Prime Ministers’ con-
tributions irrespective
of the party they came
from,” a BJP MP said.
The BJP has often ac-
cused the Congress,
which has ruled the
country for much of the
period since Independ-
ence, of glorifying the
Prime Ministers from
its ruling Nehru-Gan-
dhi family while ignor-
ing others.
“This is essentially
democratisation of na-
tional recognition and
articulation of popular
gratitude towards all of
our former Prime Min-
isters,” BJP MP Vinay
Sahasrabuddhe said.
That the museum is
being inaugurated on
BR Ambedkar’s birth
anniversary is a recog-
nition of the democrat-
ic architecture he be-
queathed to the country
,
another party leader
said, referring to PM
Modi’s speech.
PM Modi also noted
that the birth anniver-
sary of noted social re-
former Jyotirao Phule
falls on April 11.
An exhibition on the
movement for India’s
Independence was also
held at Ambedkar In-
ternational Centre, the
meeting’s venue, where
PM Modi arrived earli-
er than its scheduled
beginning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked MPs to reach out to disadvantaged section of society to highlight various govt schemes.
POLITICAL CONSPIRACY
Aaditya dismisses
‘Matoshree’ controversy
Mumbai (Agencies):
Cabinet Minister and
Shiv Sena leader Aadi-
tya Thackeray, who is
on a visit to the Konkan
region of Maharashtra,
has for the first time re-
acted to reports about
the mention of a ‘Ma-
toshree’ (also the name
of the Thackeray resi-
dence) in Shiv Sena
leader and former Bri-
hanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
standing committee
chairman Yashwant
Jadhav’s diary which
was purportedly recov-
ered by Income Tax of-
ficials during a raid.
Responding to a
question from report-
ers, Mr Thackeray said,
“We have to decide how
much to believe these
rumours. Defamation
is being done by
spreading rumours,
the system is being
used. It’s a political
conspiracy. This dirty
politics must stop.”
The Thackeray fami-
ly lives in Kalanangar
in the Bandra suburb of
Mumbai and their fam-
ily home is called ‘Ma-
toshree’. The word Ma-
toshree is often used by
Sainiks (Shiv Sena
workers) to refer to the
top leadership of the
party. Literally, the
word means ‘Mother’.
The BJP is trying to
corner the Shiv Sena on
this issue and has been
taking potshots using
the media reports about
the diary. The Income
Tax department has
made no mention of the
diary anywhere so far.
Maha govt withdraws
demolition order on
Narayan Rane’s home
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Maharashtra gov-
ernment on Tuesday in-
formedtheBombayHigh
Court that it has with-
drawnanordertodemol-
ish illegal constructions
in the bungalow owned
by Union MSME Minis-
ter Narayan Rane.
Advocate General
Ashutosh Kumbhakoni
made the submission
before a division bench
of Justices AA Sayed
and MS Karnik.
The statement fol-
lowed a plea against the
March 21 order of the
Collector ordering Rane
to remove the alleged
unauthorised construc-
tions carried out in the
bungalow failing which
the authorities con-
cerned would raze it.
Kumbhakonialsosaid
thatthegovernmentwill
consider any applica-
tion by Rane seeking
regularisation of the
purported illegalities
before taking action in
thematter,andthecourt
allowed the state liberty
to initiate any fresh nec-
essary action in accord-
ance with the law.
Even as a huge row
erupted between the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
government and the op-
position Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party, Rane had
challenged the Collec-
tor’s order citing vari-
ous grounds.
These included that
therewasnoshowcause
notice preceding the or-
der nor a reply sought,
no hearings were con-
ducted prior to passing
the order, it was without
jurisdiction or powers
and arbitrary, violated
the fundamental rights
of the petitioner, etc.
Following the state
government’s submis-
sions, the high court
disposed of Rane’s plea.
Narayan Rane
Pushkar Singh Dhami
Aaditya Thackeray
DHAMI RETAINS
HOME MINISTRY
BJP MLA Ramesh Tawadkar
elected Goa Assembly Speaker
Panaji (PTI): Bharatiya
JanataParty(BJP)MLA
fromCanacona,Ramesh
Tawadkar, was elected
as the Speaker of the
eighth Goa Legislative
Assembly on Tuesday
.
Pro-tem Speaker
movedthemotiononthe
election for the Speaker
when the House began
on Tuesday
.
Given the BJP’s
strength in the House —
with the party having 20
out of 40 of the MLAs,
and the support of inde-
pendents and the Maha-
rashtrawadi Gomantak
Party (MGP) — Tawad-
kar’s victory was more
or less certain when he
filed his nomination on
March 27.
He won by nine votes,
defeating the Opposi-
tion Congress candi-
date Aleixo Sequeira by
24 votes to 15.
Dehradun (Agencies):
Almost a week after
Pushkar Singh Dhami
took oath as Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
for the second time, the
government on Tues-
day announced cabinet
porfolios to the newly
sworn-in ministers.
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami has
kept 23 departments
with himself, while
Cabinet ministers in-
cluding Satpal Maharaj
has got 8 departments
including PWD, Ganesh
Joshi has 9, Dhan Singh
Rawat, Saurabh Bahu-
guna, Chandan Ramdas
and Premchand Agar-
wal have got 6 depart-
ments each, and Sub-
odh Uniyal, Rekha
Arya have got 4 depart-
ments each.
‘Need for dialogue with Pak on nukes’
New Delhi (PTI): Voic-
ing concern over the ac-
cidental firing of a mis-
sile that landed in Paki-
stan, Congress leader
Manish Tewari on
Tuesday called for an
institutionalised dia-
logue on nuclear issues.
Raising the matter
during Zero Hour, he
said facts suggest that
Pakistan had prepared
a retaliatory strike
when the missile had
entered their territory
.
“The trajectory of
the missile had a large
number of civilian air-
craft in its vicinity and
there could have been
an unintended catastro-
phe. We were lucky on
that particular day,”
Tewari said.
The Lok Sabha mem-
ber from Anandpur Sa-
hib said the incident
makes a strong case for
an institutionalised dia-
logue with Pakistan on
nuclear issues.
He said Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh had
made a statement on
the issue on March 15
and informed the House
that a Court of Inquiry
had been ordered to
probe the incident.
According to the de-
fence ministry, one
missile got accidental-
ly released around 7
pm on March 9 during
a routine maintenance
and inspection of the
missile unit.
Pak was ready for ‘retaliatory’ strike after missile incident, says Tewari
Congress leader Manish Tewari
Newly elected Goa Speaker
Ramesh Tawadkar (C)
Creators of
Bulli Bai, Sulli
Deals apps
granted bail
New Delhi (PTI): A Del-
hi court has granted bail
tothe‘BulliBai’appcase
accused Niraj Bishnoi
and ‘Sulli Deals’ app cre-
ator Omkareshwar
Thakur on humanitari-
an grounds.
The court considered
that the accused are first
time offenders and con-
tinued incarceration
would be detrimental to
their overall wellbeing.
The court had im-
posed strict conditions
on the accused so that
they could not threaten
any witness and temper
anyevidence.Thecondi-
tions include that the ac-
cused person would not
try to contact, influence,
induce any victim. The
open source apphad up-
loadedphotosof over100
Muslim women without
their permission.
LTTE terror funding: NIA chargesheets six
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Tues-
day filed a chargesheet
against six accused in
the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
terror funding case.
Those named in the
charge sheet are identi-
fied as Letchumanan
Mary Franciska, Ken-
niston Fernando,
Baskaran,JohnsonSam-
uvel, G. Dharmendran,
and E Mohan. The
chargesheetwasfiledbe-
fore a special NIA court,
Poonamallee, Chennai.
The main accused,
Letchumanan Mary
Franciska, a 50-year-old
woman, was arrested at
Chennai Airport last
year for holding a fake
Indian passport.
The case was regis-
tered by Tamil Nadu
Police and taken over
by the NIA on January
18 this year.
The case pertains to a
criminal conspiracy to
revive the LTTE by com-
mitting forgery for
cheating besides using
forged documents as
genuine to divert funds
lodged in dormant ac-
countstocommitunlaw-
ful and terror activities.
During the investiga-
tion, it was found that
Letchumanan Mary
Franciska, T. Kenniston
Fernando and K.
Baskaran entered into a
conspiracy with foreign
entities to siphon off de-
posits in dormant bank
accounts by using Indi-
an identity documents
obtained fraudulently
and forging identity
documents to revive, re-
vamp and regroup
LTTE in India and Sri
Lanka, said the NIA.
“They were abetted
by Johnson Samuvel,
Dharmendran and Mo-
han in forging Indian
identity documents.”
Founded in May 1976
by Velupillai Prabha-
karan, the LTTE was
involved in armed
clashes against the Sri
Lankan government
and armed forces.
Members of National Investigation Agency (NIA). —FILE PHOTO
Man held for `1,200-crore crypto fraud
New Delhi (PTI): The
EnforcementDirectorate
onTuesdaysaidithasar-
rested an accused in con-
nection with its money
launderingprobeagainst
a Kerala-based business-
man, who is alleged to
have cheated more than
900 investors to the tune
of `1,200 crore in lieu of
providing cryptocurren-
cy to them.
Abdul Gafoor, one of
the main stockists of the
‘Morris Coin Cryptocur-
rency’, was taken into
custodyonMar24,itsaid.
He was produced be-
fore a court the next day
and sent to ED custody
till March 31.
The federal investiga-
tion agency alleged Mr
Gafoorwasnotcooperat-
ing with the investiga-
tion and was “very eva-
sive” in his replies.
“Considering the fact
that Gafoor is one of the
directors of Stoxglobal
BrokersPvt.Ltd.andhas
played active role in fa-
cilitating the placement
and layering of proceeds
of crime, he has been
placed under arrest on
Mar24,”theagencysaid.
The ED case of mon-
ey laundering stems
from a Kerala Police
(Malappuram crime
branch unit) FIR filed
against prime accused
in the case, business-
man Nishad K.
MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE
BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Tuesday received the SKOCH Public Service
Award for managing the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. The award was presented to
him for going beyond the call of duty while managing the coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai.
SKOCH Award is considered to be one of the highest civilian honour in the country.
Sent to ED custody
till Mar 31 for duping
over 900 investors
GROUNDS
Humanitarian
This is
essentially
democratisation
of national recognition
and articulation of
popular gratitude
towards all of our former
Prime Ministers.
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe,
BJP MP
UTTARAKHAND
PORTFOLIOS

INDIA
06
New Delhi: India has
one of the “lowest” 374
Covid-19 deaths per mil-
lion population, accord-
ing to the World Health
Organisation, com-
pared to similarly af-
fected countries like the
USA, Brazil, Russia and
Mexico, the govern-
ment said on Tuesday
.
In a written reply,
Minister of State for
Health Bharati Pravin
Pawar told the Rajya
Sabha that at times, cer-
tain reports have specu-
lated excess Covid-19
deaths, that is, higher
than the official number
of Covid-19 fatalities re-
ported by India.
“These reports have
mostly relied on unvali-
dated methodologies, or
data sources used to de-
rive ‘estimates’ are not
reliable.
India has ‘lowest’ 374 Covid deaths per million: Centre
CITING WHO DATA
New Delhi: In a major reshuffle, the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) appointed Arunachal Pradesh-
Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre
IPS officer Neeraj Thakur as Director-General of
Police Andaman and Nicobar The 1994-batch
AGMUT cadre IPS officer Thakur is currently serving
as Special Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police.
The MHA also transferred incumbent Andaman and
Nicobar DGP Satyendra Garg to Delhi.
Washington: India and United States are scheduled
to hold 2+2 dialogue in Washington on April 11.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh will meet their counterparts
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defence
Secretary Lloyd Austin. Jaishankar and Rajnath
Singh will also have other meetings scheduled. The
last 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between the two coun-
tries was held in October 2020 in New Delhi.
New York: Seven Indian-origin
persons have been charged by
US federal authorities with insider
trading in a scheme through which
they made over a million dollars
in illegal profits. Hari Prasad Sure,
34, Lokesh Lagudu, 31 and Chotu
Prabhu Tej Pulagam, 29, are friends and worked as
software engineers at Twilio, a San Francisco-based
cloud computing communications company.
New Delhi: The Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya, a mu-
seum dedicated to Prime Ministers of India, will be
inaugurated on April 14 to coincide with BR Ambed-
kar’s birth anniversary, sources in the BJP said on
Tuesday. Being built at Delhi’s Teen Murti Estate, the
museum covers the life and times of all the 14 Indi-
an PMs so far and will showcase their contributions.
The collections and works of Jawaharlal Nehru will
stay at the Nehru Memorial Museum. The museum
which is coming up at a cost of Rs 271 crore.
MHA APPOINTS NEERAJ THAKUR AS DGP
ANDAMAN, JASPAL SINGH AS DGP GOA
INDIA, UNITED STATES TO HOLD 2+2
DIALOGUE ON APRIL 11 IN WASHINGTON
7 INDIAN-ORIGIN TECHIES BOOKED IN
$1 MILLION INSIDER TRADING IN US
MUSEUM DEDICATED TO PMs
OF INDIA TO OPEN ON APRIL 14
CRUCIAL READ
SHANGHAI RESIDENTS TOLD TO STAY
INSIDE AS COVID CASES SURGE
INDIA STANDS BY TRADE WITH RUSSIA
AS FOREIGN MIN LAVROV SET TO VISIT
‘DISTURBED’ BY LANKA CRISIS,
EAM ASKS ENVOY TO HELP
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Shanghai: Shanghai cranked up lockdown restric-
tions for people residing in the eastern half of the
city, barring everyone from leaving their homes
even to walk their dogs as local daily Covid-19
infections jumped to a record 4,477 on Tuesday.
All residents in the Pudong district, home to many
elite financial institutions and the Shanghai Stock
Exchange, will be confined to their homes and
allowed out only to get a Covid test, according to a
statement issued by the area’s residential com-
pounds reviewed by Bloomberg News. Residents
shouldn’t walk in the hallways, garages in order to
reduce the risk of infection, Wu Qianyu, an official,
said during a briefing on Tuesday.
New Delhi: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
is set to fly to India this week, sources said, finding
time to visit to one of the biggest buyers of Russian
commodities since the international community be-
gan isolating Moscow. There is little sign that buying
will slow down any time soon. One source said the
two countries could discuss smoothening trade pay-
ments disrupted by Western sanctions.
New Delhi (PTI): Foreign Minister
S Jaishankar on Tuesday asked the
Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka
to help a hospital that has suspended
surgeries because of the shortage of
medicines. External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar said he felt “disturbed”
at reading a Lankan journalist’s tweet
in the middle of a massive economic
crisis in the island nation.
India logs 1,259 new
Covid cases, 35 deaths
in 24 hours
Israeli Prime Minister
Naftali Bennett, who
contracted Covid-19, has
postponed his maiden
trip to India planned for
next week, his office said
on Tuesday.
Nationals of 171 coun-
tries had e-Visa before
Covid pandemic: MoS
home Nityanand Rai
l S Jaishankar meets Nepali, Bhutanese
counterparts on sidelines of BIMSTEC
l India, Sri Lanka sign six agreements to
boost bilateral cooperation
l Rajnath Singh holds telephonic conver-
sation with Israeli Defence Minister
l India to build 3 wind farms in Sri Lanka
l‘Keenly felt’ India, China agree to adhere
to consensus of not a threat to each other:
Wang Yi on his India visit’
BIMSTEC must crack
whip on terrorism: EAM
PM inaugurates
5.21 lakh houses
of PMAY scheme
Bhopal (PTI): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi today inaugurat-
ed 5.21 lakh houses of
beneficiaries of the
Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojna (PMAY)-Gramin
in Madhya Pradesh
while participating in
the ‘Grah Pravesham’
(house-warming), a cer-
emony to hand over
new houses to their
owners.
Addressing the pro-
gramme via video con-
ferencing, PM Modi
said his government
has given topmost pri-
ority to providing hous-
es to the poor people.
So far, 2.5 crore hous-
es have been construct-
ed under the PM Awas
Yojna scheme in the
country, including two
crore in rural areas, PM
Modi said.
Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan partici-
pated in the programme
from Chattarpur in the
state.
On the occasion, PM
Modi also said that un-
der the ‘Nal-Jal’ scheme
in the country, six crore
families were provided
pure water tap connec-
tions in their houses.
Besides, over four
crore fake ration cards
have been cancelled
since 2014 by the pre-
sent government in the
country to prevent theft
of food grains worth
crores meant for the
poor, the PM said.
“We have the policy
to ensure that even the
last man in the queue
gets the benefit of gov-
ernment schemes,” he
said. PM Modi also
called upon people to
take a vow to construct
75 ‘amrit sarovar’
(ponds) in every district
of the country over the
next 12 months, as the
nation marks 75 years
of its independence.
Colombo (PTI): Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar said on
Tuesday that the BIM-
STEC member states
must collectively com-
bat terrorism and vio-
lent extremism as he
emphasised India’s
commitment to inten-
sify, expand areas of
cooperation, especially
connectivity, energy
and maritime.
Speaking at the 18th
BIMSTEC Ministerial
Meeting in Colombo,
Jaishankar also said
that cooperation on
port facilities, ferry ser-
vices, coastal shipping,
grid connectivity and
motor vehicles move-
ment are key
.
“Must also collective-
ly combat terrorism,
violent extremism,
transnational crime,
cyber-attacks and nar-
co-trafficking,” he
tweeted.
“Emphasised our
commitment to inten-
sify and expand areas
of cooperation” he said.
“Will encourage ac-
tive business collabora-
tion and common pro-
jects to this end. Coop-
eration on port facili-
ties, ferry services,
coastal shipping, grid
connectivity and motor
vehicles movement are
key,” EAM tweeted.
EAM S Jaishankar participates in the 18th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial meeting, in Colombo on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Lethal second
P-81 aircraft
squadron
commissioned
Second day of
‘Bharat Bandh’
sees mixed
response
UP bags ‘Best State’ award at
3rd National Water Awards
New Delhi (Agencies):
President Ram Nath Ko-
vind on Tuesday con-
ferred the ‘Best State’
award to Uttar Pradesh
followed by Rajasthan
and Tamil Nadu, at the
third National Water
Awards event held here.
The National Water
Awards are given by the
Ministry of Jal Shakti
for exemplary work in
the field of water man-
agement. The ‘Best Dis-
trict’ awards for the
north zone was bagged
by Muzaffarnagar (Ut-
tar Pradesh) and Sha-
hid Bhagat Singh Na-
gar (Punjab); for the
south zone, it was
Thiruvananthapuram
(Kerala) and Kadapa
(Andhra Pradesh); for
the east zone, East
Champaran (Bihar) and
Godda (Jharkhand)
won the award; Indore
(Madhya Pradesh) and
Vadodara (Gujarat) and
Banswara (Rajasthan)
won the awards in the
west zone while Goal-
para (Assam) and Siang
(Arunachal Pradesh)
won the awards for the
north-east zone.
The awards also in-
cluded zone wise ‘Best
Village Panchayat’,
‘Best Urban Local Body’
(Vapi in Gujarat, Dapoli
in Maharashtra and
Madurai in Tamil
Nadu); ‘Best Media
House’, ‘Best NGO’ cat-
egory and even ‘Best
Institution/RWA/reli-
gious organisation/
campus’. Another di-
rect user category of
awards was ‘Best Water
User Association’.
Government Girls
Higher Secondary
School, Kaveripattinam
in Tamil Nadu, Amalor-
pavam Lourds Acade-
my, Thiruvallur, Pu-
ducherry and Amity
International School,
Noida, UP won the
awards in Best School
category
.
Goa: The Indian Navy’s
second P-8I aircraft
squadron has been com-
missioned into the Navy
on Tuesday. The cere-
mony for the Indian Na-
val Air Squadron 316
was held at INS Hansa
in Goa, and Admiral R
Hari Kumar, the Chief
of the Naval Staff, was
the chief guest.
INAS 316 has been
christened ‘Condors’,
whose insignia depicts
a condor searching over
the vast blue expanse of
the sea. Condors are
known for excellent
sensory capabilities,
powerful and sharp tal-
ons and large wings.
The INAS 316 will op-
erate the Boeing P-8I
aircraft, a multirole
long-range maritime re-
connaissance anti-sub-
marine warfare air-
craft, which can be
equipped with a range
of air-to-ship missiles
and torpedoes.
New Delhi (ANI): The
48-hour ‘Bharat Bandh’
called by different trade
unions to protest
against government
policies continued for
the second day in sev-
eral states on Tuesday
.
A joint forum of cen-
tral trade unions had
given a call for a nation-
wide strike on March 28
and March 29.
The demands of the
trade unions include
scrapping of the labour
codes, rollback of priva-
tisation in any form,
scrapping of the Na-
tional Monetisation
Pipeline (NMP), in-
creased allocation of
wages under MNREGA
(Mahatma Gandhi Ru-
ral Employment Guar-
antee Act), and regu-
larisation of contract
workers among others.
This is the first such
strike after the BJP won
the Assembly elections
in four of five States.
President Ram Nath Kovind hands over an award to UP BJP
president Swatantra Dev Singh for winning the first prize in the
best state category, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM Modi addresses at the
launch of ‘Grih Pravesham’
via video conferencing, in
New Delhi on Tuesday. MP CM
Shivraj Singh Chouhan also
present. —PHOTO BY ANI
3,400 communal riot
cases from ’16 to ’20
New Delhi: Nearly
3,400 communal riot
cases were registered in
the country between
2016 and 2020, Union
Minister of State for
Home Nityanand Rai
said in Lok Sabha on
Tuesday. The minister
also said that 2.76 lakh
rioting cases were reg-
istered in the country
during the said period.
Quoting the reports
of the National Crime
Records Bureau
(NCRB), Rai said 857
communal or religious
riot cases were regis-
tered in 2020, 438 in
2019, 512 in 2018, 723 in
2017 and 869 in 2016.
HIGHLIGHTS
34 outsiders purchased
assets in JK after
abrogation of Article 370:
MHA to Lok Sabha
466 FCRA licence renewal
applications of NGOs
declined since 2020, govt
tells Lok Sabha
1,205 paramilitary
personnel committed
suicide in 10 years, says
Nityanand Rai
SC: Mental and physical loss of road accident
victim can’t be computed in terms of money
SC: ENV MUST PREVAIL OVER
OTHER RIGHTS, FORESTS
HAVE TO BE PRESERVED
PLEA MOVED IN APEX COURT
CHALLENGING DELIMITATION
EXERCISE IN JK
New Delhi: The mental and physical loss of a victim
in a road accident cannot be computed in terms of
money but there is no other way to compensate ex-
cept by payment of just compensation, the Supreme
Court said on Tuesday while enhancing compen-
sation to a 5 years old boy. A bench comprising
Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian
increased the compensation awarded to the boy
to Rs 49. 93 lakh along with interest. “The mental
and physical loss cannot be computed in terms of
money but there is no other way to compensate
victim except by payment,” the Bench said.
New Delhi (PTI): The environment
“must prevail” over other rights
and forests must be preserved, the
Supreme Court said while hear-
ing a matter which involved issues
regarding forest and non-forest land
in Haryana. The SC stressed upon the
need to preserve forests and said it is
because of strict interpretation by the
SC that the forest cover is increasing.
“Environment is more important than
your civil rights,” a Bench headed by
Justice AM Khanwilkar said, adding,
“The environment must prevail over
all other rights”.
New Delhi (ANI): A petition has been
moved in the Supreme Court chal-
lenging the increase of the number of
seats in the Union Territory of Jammu
and Kashmir from 107 to 114. The
plea was filed by two residents of
Jammu and Kashmir. The petitioner
sought to declare that the increase
in the number of seats in JK, as
provided in the J-K Reorganisation
Act, 2019, is ultra vires the constitu-
tional provisions such as Articles 81,
82, 170, 330 and 332 and statutory
provisions particularly Section 63 of
the JK Reorganisation Act, 2019.
IN THE COURTYARD

NEWS
07
TIKAIT STARTS
PROTEST
AGAINST BKU
ACTIVISTS’
ARREST
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on
Tuesday started an indefinite
dharna along with his
supporters at a police station
here against the arrest of some
activists of the farmer outfit. Ten
activists of the Bhartiya Kisan
Union (BKU) were arrested
following a clash at the district
hospital here on Monday night,
police said. Protesting at the
Kotwali police station here,
Tikait demanded the immediate
release of the activists, alleging
that they have been falsely
implicated in the case. Police
said the BKU men were
demanding an immediate
medical examination of people
who had suffered injuries in a
clash earlier. According to the
medical officer of hospital, Dr
Baburam, people belonging to
two groups had come to the
hospital. While the medical
examination of one group was
being done, the BKU activists
started demanding the
examination of the other group,
leading to a clash, Dr Baburam
said. Ten people were arrest in
this connection, police said.
Tikait, who is also the BKU’s
national spokesperson, told
reporters that the district
authorities wanted to suppress
his outfit by falsely implicating
the activists in a case. He
demanded the release of the
activists, who he said had
accompanied people for a
medical examination in the
district hospital. Security has
been tightened in the Kotwali
police station area. Police and
PAC personnel have been
deployed in the area. —PTI
SEVEN YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PRACTICE
NECESSARY TO
BECOME DIST
JUDGE: ALLD HC
The Allahabad High Court has
said that seven years of
continuous practice is necessary
to become a Higher Judicial
Service Officer / District Judge.
The Division Bench of Justice
Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and
Justice Ajai Tyagi passed this
order while hearing a petition filed
by Bindu. The facts of the case are
that the petitioner applied for
being appointed as a Judicial
Officer in the U.P State Higher
Judicial Services, the clinching
aspect which is under challenge is
that the High Court after the
petitioner had cleared the
preliminary exam, she was not
permitted to appear for final
exams, on the ground that on
interpretation of the rules and
placing reliance on the judgment
of the Apex Court in Deepak
Agrawal v Keshav Kaushik and
others, (2013) 5 SCC 277 the
committee found that the
petitioner does not have
continuous practice for seven
years on date of exam/filling form.
The High Court on its
administrative side conveyed to
the petitioner that she was not
qualified as per rules.
The Court held that the petitioner
cannot seek appointment as
Judicial Officer/District Judge in
this calendar year as the petitioner
does not fulfill the criteria fixed as
per provisions of Articles 233,
234 and 236 of the Constitution of
India and the rules for.
—First India Bureau
GUV PRESIDES OVER AGRA
UNIVERSITYCONVOCATION
First India Bureau
Agra: The convocation
ceremony began at 11:30
in the morning at the
Khandari campus of Dr.
Bhimrao Ambedkar
University
. Degrees
were awarded to 118743
students in the ceremo-
ny
. The event was pre-
sided over by Governor
Anandiben Patel and
Chidanand Saraswati
Maharaj was present as
the chief guest.
Forthefirsttime,PhD
and DLIT students were
awarded degrees on
stage. Governor Anan-
diben Patel said that,
when I used to study,
there was not a single
girl in a class. More than
70% of the medals in the
convocation have been
in the name of daugh-
ters. It shows that now
the time has changed,
daughters are now mak-
ing a name for them-
selves in every field. She
wished all the students
good luck for their fu-
ture. At the same time,
Chidanand Saraswati
Maharaj, who reached
the convocation, said
that Dr. Bhimrao
Ambedkar University
has given two Presi-
dents, 3 PMs, and securi-
ty advisors to this coun-
try
. Praising the PM, he
saidthatNarendraModi
has illuminated the
name of India and the
country in the whole
world. He also appreci-
ated the works of the
Governor and said that
Anandiben has convert-
edtheGovernor’sHouse
into Seva House. Giving
a lesson to the students,
he said that get as many
medals as you can, but
make a model of life.
Saraswati Maharaj said
that today both money
and religion are needed.
Money will give you out-
side comforts. Religion
will give you wealth.
Make the heart a temple
like a temple, a mosque,
a church, cathedral.
Medals were awarded to 169 meritorious students in the 87th Convocation ceremony
organised at the Khandari Campus of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University on Tuesday
The 87th convocation of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University of Agra
was held on Tuesday was presided over by Governor Anandiben.
DEGREES AND MEDALS
1
4
5
6
2
3
DANCING CHANTING
Kanpur Commisisoner gives
ultimatum of August 15
for new airport terminal
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Construction
of the “New Airport
Terminal Building” at
Chakeri is the priority
of the UP Government,
but the work is being de-
layed because of vari-
ous reasons, like not
getting NOC in time
from the Ministry of De-
fence, COVID lockdown,
vendor supplier is-
sues, etc. To assess the
ground situation and
resolve the pending is-
sues, Commissioner
Kanpur Raj Shekhar
visited the worksite at
Chakeri on Tuesday
.
DM Kanpur Nagar,
Nagar Ayukt, Secretary
KDA, Director AAI,
Chief Engineer PWD,
GM (civil ) Airport Au-
thority of India, GM Ra-
jakiya Nirman Nigam
(RNN) others accom-
panied him on the site
visit. Important direc-
tions given by the Com-
missioner were: Two
Pending NOCs from the
Ministry of Defence
have been received on
Monday
. One NOC is for
the Taxi-Runway link
the other is for laying an
11 KV Electricity Cable.
Boththeseworksshould
start in the next few
days. As a show-cause
notice has already been
issued to Rajakiya Nir-
manNigamforthedelay
in work, the RNN has
requested for time ex-
tension till August 15th,
2022. Now, the Final Ulti-
matum of August 15th,
2022 is given to complete
all the works (Civil
work, Electrical works,
mechanical works, Site
development works,
Land scaling works,
Taxirunwaylinkworks,
cable Laying works,
etc). If not completed by
15th August 2022, Com-
missioner will recom-
mend for “Black listing”
of RNN Agency for Ma-
jor Construction works
of the Government.
Kanpur Commissioner Raj Shekhar visits the worksite at
Chakeri on Tuesday.
4 held for Muslim youth’s killing in Kushinagar
Kushinagar (ANI):
Four accused have been
arrested from Uttar
Pradesh’s Kushinagar
districtforallegedlykill-
ing Muslim youth, Ba-
bar Ali, for celebrating
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s (BJP) victory in the
recently-concludedstate
Assembly elections.
Gorakhpur Deputy
Inspector General of
Police (DIG) J Ravinder
Gaud, met with family
of the deceased Babar’s
kin and assured them
of police protection.
“Four accused have
been arrested; family is
naming another ac-
cused, will probe it fur-
ther. Protection to be
given to the kin,” the
senior police official
said. Gaud further said
that Police Station in
charge has been re-
moved. The police in-
formed that Babar suf-
fered serious injuries
and died on March 25
during treatment.
Sub-Divisional Mag-
istrate Varun Kumar
Pandey told ANI that no
action was taken, de-
spite the victim com-
plaining about death
threats.
“We were informed
that the victim had
complained about death
threats, but no action
was taken then. An FIR
has been registered. We
are investigating the
matter,” said Varun Ku-
mar Pandey, SDM. “A
case was registered on
March 21 in which a
person suffered serious
injuries and died on
March 25 during treat-
ment. Two accused have
been arrested and sent
to jail. The accused and
the victim both were
from the same commu-
nity,” said Sandeep Ver-
ma, DSP Khadda, Kush-
inagar.
Three of drug peddling
gang held in Azamgarh
with 2 quintal hemp
First India Bureau
Azamgarh: Police have
arrested 3 members of
an inter-state drug ped-
dling gang and recov-
ered 2 quintal hemp and
a country-made pis-
tol. Police sources said
that the team intercept-
ed a truck laden with 2
quintal hemp near Ra-
jedpur crossing under
the Jeeyanpur police
station area. 3 accused
were arrested from the
spotandacountry-made
pistol was recovered. A
case was registered
against the arrested ac-
cused under the Gang-
ster act and NDPC act
with other charges. The
arrested accused are
identified as Sanjeet
Singh, Ayub, and
Shabuddin. Police are
trying to identify other
perpetrators involved in
the racket. During inter-
rogation, arrested ac-
cused confessed to their
crime and told police
that they were bringing
hemp from Assam and
were going to distribute
the material in several
districts of UP were
involved in drug ped-
dling for a long time.
Gorakhpur Deputy Inspector General of Police J Ravinder Gaud met
with family of the deceased assured them of police protection.
STF nabs 2 criminals
from Varanasi in Mum
builder’s murder case
Father-son duo
among 3 killed
in road accident
Ballia (PTI): Three
people, including a man
and his five-year-old
son, were killed when a
speeding truck rammed
into their motorcycle in
this Uttar Pradesh dis-
trict on Tuesday, police
said. The incident oc-
curred in the early
hours in Navratanpur
village within the
Sikanderpur police sta-
tion limits, they said,
adding that the de-
ceased were identified
as Manoj Kumar (39),
his son Alok (5) and Ro-
hit (20). Deputy Super-
intendent of Police
(DSP) Rajesh Kumar
Tiwari said all three
died on the spot.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP STF has
arrested two criminals
from Varanasi, in-
volved in the murder
of a Mumbai builder
inEastMumbai. Build-
er Samarjeet alias Sa-
may Chauhan, resi-
dent of Manvel Pada
Virar East Mumbai
was murdered on Feb-
ruary 2, 2022, near D
Mart under Virar po-
lice station area.
During the investi-
gation, involvement of
two shooters from Va-
ranasi surfaced follow-
ing which the Virar
crime branch sought
thehelpof UP STF. Fol-
lowing the trails, STF
nabbed notorious
criminals Rahul Shar-
ma alias Ram and
Abhishek Singh alias
Ankur near Anand
Nagar Colony at Kan-
dava road under Chi-
taipur police station
area in Varanasi.
During interroga-
tion, arrested accused
Rahul and Abhishek
confessed their crime
and confirmed the in-
volvement of deceased
criminal Manish
Singh alias Sonu.
Also, it was revealed
that one unidentified
criminal was also in-
volved in that mur-
der. STF has handed
over arrested crimi-
nals to the Virar crime
branch on transit re-
mand and further in-
vestigations were un-
derway
.
Bollywood singer Sukhwinder Singh shooting a devotional song on Hanuman Chalisa on
the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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REWARD FOR WORK
President Ram Nath Kovind honouring Muzaffarnagar DM Chandra Bhushan Singh on Tuesday as Muzaffarnagar secured first
place under the country district category in the third National Water Award 2020 announced by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Timely alliance brings luck
to Apna Dal, Nishad Party
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: In politics,
choosing the right camp
at the right time is con-
sidered as a significant
measure of political
acumen. In terms of
this scale two allies of
BJP in UP, Apna Dal (S)
and Nishad Party have
emerged as successful
political players.
Anupriya Patel-led
Apna Dal (S), which
has a significant influ-
ence among Kurmi vot-
ers, has been a BJP ally
for a decade. In the 2012
assembly elections,
Apna Dal(S) had won
both the seats it got as
an ally of the BJP. In
the year 2017, 11 seats
had come in its quota,
out of which it won
nine. So this time out
of the 17 seats, this par-
ty has succeeded in get-
ting seventy percent
i.e. 12 seats.
The influence of this
party has spread from
the center to the state,
because the party’s
head Anupriya Patel is
the Union Minister,
while her husband and
party’s state president
Ashish Patel has been
given charge of the
minister for technical
education in the Yogi
government.
According to political
expert Pramod Tiwari,
Choosing BJP as an ally
has been the most fa-
vourable for the Nishad
Party
. This party
, which
came into existence five
years ago, has become
the number four party
by overtaking parties
like BSP and Congress.
Party members have be-
come MPs, MLAs and
cabinet ministers”.
This viewpoint is rati-
fied by the fact that the
alliance with the BJP
changed the fortunes of
the Nishad Party
.
As, this party fought
the 2017 elections in al-
liance with the Peace
Party but could only
win from Gyanpur seat.
Party chief Sanjay Ni-
shad himself lost the
election from Gorakh-
pur Rural seat. In the
2017 Gorakhpur parlia-
mentary seat by-elec-
tion, the Nishad Party
formed an alliance with
the SP; Sanjay Nishad’s
son Praveen won the
election. But in the 2019
elections, Sanjay Ni-
shad opted for an alli-
ance with the BJP.
His son Praveen Ni-
shad got success in be-
coming an MP from
Sant Kabirnagar. In the
2022 assembly elections,
it became the number
four party in UP by win-
ning 11 of the 15 seats it
got as BJP’s alliance
partner. Sanjay Ni-
shad’s younger son Sar-
wan Nishad became
MLA from Chaurichau-
ra seat. At the same
time, Sanjay Nishad
himself got the respon-
sibility of the fisheries
department as a cabinet
minister in the Yogi
government.
CHOOSING RIGHT POLL PARTNER DOES THE TRICK FOR ALLIES
Leaders of Apna Dal (S) Anupriya Patel and Ashish Patel meet BJP
President JP Nadda in New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
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GOOD TIMES
HC adjourns
hearing
of temple-
mosque case
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Al-
lahabad High court,
while expressing
dissatisfaction over
the absence of any
senior government
counsel, adjourned
hearing of Varana-
si’s Kashi Vishwa-
nath Temple-Gyan-
wapi Mosque com-
plex case due to
paucity of time till
April 4, 2022 .
Hearing a peti-
tion of Anjuman
Intazamia Masjid,
Justice Prakash Pa-
dia observed,
“Though the Centre
and the state gov-
ernment is the par-
ty but it is unfortu-
nate that no senior
counsel is present
except Rajesh Ku-
marMishraandVed
Prakash Dwivedi,
learned Standing
Counsel for the
State.” Earlier on
March 24, the coun-
sel representing
temple argued the
religious character
of the place re-
mained the same as
onthedayof August
15, 1947, therefore,
the provisions of
Place of Worship
Act, 1991 cannot be
applied.
Lucknow (PTI): BSP
chief Mayawati on
Tuesday claimed the
Muslims made a “huge
mistake” by voting for
the Samajwadi Party
which she accused of
being “complicit with
the BJP in giving com-
munal colour” to the
Uttar Pradesh Assem-
bly polls.
The BSP has won just
one seat in the recent-
ly-concluded election
for the 403-member As-
sembly. In a tweet in
Hindi on Tuesday, the
BSP supremo said,
“The internal complici-
ty of the SP and BJP in
Uttar Pradesh is widely
known.”
“They created an at-
mosphere of fear by
making the assembly
elections a Hindu-Mus-
lim affair which espe-
cially misled the Mus-
lim society and it made
a huge mistake of vot-
ing unilaterally for the
SP. This has to be recti-
fied to defeat the BJP
here.” Soon after the
results, Mayawati had
claimed the “fear of
‘jungle raj’ returning”
in the state if the Sama-
jwadi Party emerged
victorious made BSP
supporters shift to the
BJP.
She had also alleged
the media’s “aggressive
propaganda portraying
the BSP as the ‘B team
of the BJP’ drove Mus-
lims and anti-BJP vot-
ers from it”.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The appoint-
ment of Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav as leader of Op-
position has again led
to tussle in Yadav fami-
ly as Akhilesh’s uncle
Shivpal Yadav did not
seem to be happy with
the development.
Shivpal did not turn
up at the allies meeting
called by Akhilesh Ya-
dav on Tuesday
. Though
Shivpal Yadav contest-
ed on SP ticket from
Jaswant Nagar, he still
continues to be presi-
dent of Pragatsheel SP
(Lohia) as neither he
dissolved the party nor
merged it with the SP.
There are signs of
strains in the relation-
ship yet again. Shivpal,
has alleged that he was
not invited to the par-
ty’s legislative meeting
on Saturday where
Akhilesh Yadav was
elected as leader of leg-
islature party
.
“I was not invited to
the party meeting. I
waited for two days and
cancelled all my pro-
grammes for the meet-
ing, but I wasn’t invited.
I am an MLA from SP
but still not invited,”
Shivpal said told news-
men here before leaving
for Safai last Friday
from where he went to
Delhi to discuss future
course of action with
SP patriarch Mulayam
Singh Yadav. However,
SP state president Na-
resh Uttam said despite
being elected in SP tick-
ets Shivpal and Pallavi
Patel (Apna Dal-K) were
allies as they are lead-
ers of other parties.
Hence, they were not
called for SP MLAs
meeting. Patel said
meeting with the allies
will be held soon.
Lucknow (PTI): The
CBI on Monday told the
Allahabad High Court
that it had concluded its
probe into the role of
the local police in the
case of rape and murder
of a woman in Hathras,
and sent the evidence to
its headquarters.
The CBI was respond-
ing to the court’s query
as to whether it was still
probing the role of the
local police in the mat-
ter. After the CBI’s re-
sponse, the Lucknow
bench of the high court
fixed Tuesday as the
next date of hearing on
the matter.
A bench of Justices
Rajan Roy and Jaspreet
Singh was hearing a PIL
it had registered suo
motu after the Hathras
incident.CBIlawyerAn-
urag Kumar Singh ap-
prised the bench further
thatwithregardtoother
issues,theagencywould
take a decision within a
fortnight or so. The
bench thereafter asked
Singh to ensure that the
CBIfurnishesthereport
in a sealed cover.
Earlier, the bench had
found, from a report of
theDistrictJudgeof Ha-
thras,thatoutof 104wit-
nesses, 28 were exam-
ined before the trial
court. The state also
filed an affidavit in the
courtabouttheconstitu-
tionof specialinvestiga-
tion team (SIT) in the
case soon after the inci-
dent. The 19-year-old
woman had died at a
Delhi hospital a fort-
night after her alleged
rape by four men from
her village on Septem-
ber 14, 2020.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment on Tuesday told
the Supreme Court that
the “attack” on a wit-
ness in the Lakhimpur
Kheri violence case had
nothing to do with the
case — as alleged — but
was the outcome of
some people throwing
gulal (coloured powder)
on the person.
The state govern-
ment’s response came
after the witness, Diljot
Singh, lodged an FIR
and said the attackers
threatened him saying
that “Respondent No. I
(Ashish Mishra) is out
on bail and the ruling
party has also won the
election and that they
will see to him.”
However, the state
government said in an
affidavit filed in the top
court that during the
course of the investiga-
tion, the witness’ “Gun-
ner Manoj Singh (as-
signed to protect him as
per this Hon’ble Court’s
Orders)…as well as
three independent eye-
witnesses to the inci-
dent were examined,
and all 4 persons stated
that the incident oc-
curred suddenly due to
an altercation” between
the witness “and the at-
tacker party over the
throwing of Gulal on
him”.
It added, “As per the
Section 161, statements
of thesaideyewitnesses,
on 10.03.2022, at around
8.15 pm, the witness
came towards the Pri-
mary School near Dan-
ga, on a tractor-trolley
laden with sugarcane.
HispolicegunnerManoj
Singh was with him at
the time. At that time,
some people were play-
ing with Holi Gulal near
the school and threw the
Gulal on Diljot Singh as
well. When Diljot Singh
objected to the same, an
altercation broke out be-
tween him and the oth-
ers, in which one of the
miscreants hit him with
a belt and others kicked
and punched him”.
The state filed the affi-
davit in response to a
petition by the relatives
of someof thevictimsof
theKheriviolenceinOc-
tober last year. The peti-
tioners sought cancella-
tion of the bail given by
the Allahabad High
Court to the main ac-
cused Ashish Mishra,
son of Ajay Mishra.
No attack on witness, altercation was over Holi colours: UP govt to SC
LAKHIMPUR VIOLENCE
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The state filed
the affidavit in
response to a
petition by the
relatives of
some of the
victims of the
Kheri violence in
October last
year
—FILE PHOTO
The UP govt on Tues-
day told the Supreme
Court that decision to
challenge the grant of
bail by the Allahabad
HC to Ashish Mishra
in connection with
the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence that left eight
people, including
four farmers, dead
is pending consid-
eration before the
relevant authorities.
GOVT CONSIDERING
CHALLENGE TO BAIL
Muslims made huge mistake by
voting for SP, says Mayawati
Yadav family feud erupts again
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav with uncle Shivpal Yadav. —FILE PHOTO
Shivpal Yadav did not
turn up at the allies
meeting called by
Akhilesh Yadav
Probe into role of police in
Hathras case over: CBI to HC

eha Jaiswal
doesn’t just
contain multi-
tudes, she dis-
plays them,
boldly
. She has
earned a huge
name in the fashion and
glamour industry at a
young age, catapulting
from an architect to a
supermodel without
missing a beat. For
Neha, becoming a fash-
ion icon seemed to be
written in the stars yet
she never failed to work
hard towards her
dreams, seeks inspira-
tion from her everyday
life and incidents.
Born in a family of
army officers, a certain
kind of pedigree for the
fashion field was never
on her side. Since being
a part of the Elite Miss
Rajasthan in 2016, Neha
has broken barriers
throughout her career.
The stunning model,
who has graced count-
less runways, magazine
covers, and designer
campaigns throughout
her still-burgeoning ca-
reer, has become a de-
fining face for what a
new-age supermodel
not only looks like but
thinks like.
When asked about
her journey and back-
ground, the diva said,
“Moving around vari-
ous cities has always
me evolve into a better
human, has helped me
develop knowledge
about various cultures
of the country, it adds
to your confidence and
helps develop a strong
personality. This has
helped me a lot in beau-
ty pageants.”
She further added, “I
bagged the Second Run-
ners up Miss Diva title
for the national-level
beauty pageant. And
though there were
many challenges dur-
ing the journey, espe-
cially before the pag-
eant, with the support
of my friends, family
and teachers, I man-
aged to excel and tap
my potential.” While
expressing gratitude,
Neha said, “I wasn’t
much prepared with
modelling and step-
ping in for EMR was
indeed an 11th-hour de-
cision. Gaurav Gaur,
director of Elite Miss
Rajasthan along with
senior supermodels
supported me big time.
They’re no less than a
family who helped me
grow and learn.”
Talking about her cur-
rentwork,Jaiswalshared,
“Iamworkingwithalead-
ing architecture company
inMumbaiandalsopursu-
ing modelling with Times
Talent, a talent agency
. I
have been blessed with
amazingopportunitiesand
looking forward to many
more.”
NEHA JAISWAL, A SUPERMODEL, WHO
WON THE PRESTIGIOUS TITLE OF ELITE
MISS RAJASTHAN 2021, IS KNOWN
FOR HER CHARISMA AND
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HER BEAUTY, SHARES HER JOURNEY,
LIFE GOALS, STRUGGLES AND
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