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SC SEEKS GOVT REPLY ON PLEA
OF MANISH GUPTA’S WIDOW
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response
from the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea
seeking a CBI probe into the death of Kanpur-based business-
man Manish
Gupta in
which six po-
licemen have
been charged
with murder.
A bench of
Justices DY
Chandrachud
and BV
Nagarathna
issued notice
to the Centre
and posted the matter for further hearing after the Diwali
break. Advocate Amit George, appearing for the widow of
the businessman, said that just after the incident, there was a
press release by the office of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
saying the government would recommend a CBI probe.
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SP, BSP, Cong destroyed UP’s identity: Amit Shah
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Slamming
Opposition parties in
Uttar Pradesh, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday said
that the Samajwadi Par-
ty (SP), Bahujan Sama-
jwadi Party (BSP) and
Congress had “de-
stroyed” the identity of
the state but the Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment has given the state
a distinct identity
.
He said the state has
made rapid develop-
ment strides under BJP
rule. “Before 2017, Uttar
Pradesh was the sev-
enth-largest economy
of the country
. Today it
has become the second
largest economy of the
country. Akhilesh ba-
bu’s state budget was Rs
10 lakh crore. Yogiji has
kept an interim budget
of Rs 21.31 lakh crore,”
Shah said.
He said there was
forced migration from
parts of Uttar Pradesh
during the rule of non-
BJP parties and those
responsible for it have
themselves migrated
now. “Today no forced
migration takes place
from Uttar Pradesh.
Those responsible for it
have themselves migrat-
ed. Today there are no
Bahubalis. This change
is because of the BJP
government,”Shahsaid.
“People who were sit-
ting at home for the last
five years are coming
out thinking their gov-
ernmentwillbeformed.
I want Akhilesh Yadav
to tell the people of Ut-
tar Pradesh that for
how many days he was
staying abroad. Where
was he during the COV-
ID and floods? They
only worked for their
family,” he said.
Shah said that the
BJP government in the
state had fulfilled 90 per
cent of promises made
in the 2017 manifesto
and the remaining 10
per cent would also be
completed in the next
two months.
Home Minister Amit Shah is welcomed by BJP workers at the
Lucknow airport on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Says Yogi govt has
fulfilled 90 percent
of its manifesto’s
promises
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US-manufactured Chinook heli-
copters, ultra-light towed howit-
zers, rifles and supersonic cruise
missiles will back Indian troops in
areas bordering eastern Tibet.
Sensex fell 677.77 points or
1.13% to close at 59,306.93,
while the Nifty was down
185.60 points or 1.04% at
17,671.70 on Friday.
The Appointments Committee
of the Cabinet has approved
the reappointment of Shak-
tikanta Das as RBI Governor
for a period of three years.
Petrol prices increased by 34 paise
and of diesel by 35 paise in UP on
Friday. Petrol soared to `105.56
per litre in Lucknow while diesel
now costs `97.83 per litre.
INDIA PUTS
US WEAPONS
AT CHINA
BORDER
SENSEX
DROPS 677
PTS, NIFTY
AT 17,671
RBI GOVERNOR
TENURE
EXTENDED BY
THREE YEARS
FUEL PRICES
SKYROCKET
WITH ANOTHER
INCREASE
CORONA CATASTROPHE
UP
INDIA
14,348
new cases
805
new fatalities
08
new cases
00
new fatalities
PM Modi holds talks
with top EU leaders on
trade,Covid,globalissues
Rome: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Fri-
day held wide-ranging
talks with the top lead-
ers of the European Un-
ion here during which
the two sides discussed
deepening the India-EU
friendship, particularly
in areas such as politi-
cal and security rela-
tions, trade, culture and
the environment.
Prime Minister Modi,
who arrived here earli-
er in the day to partici-
pate in the G20 Summit,
began his official en-
gagements in Rome
with a productive inter-
action with President
of the European Coun-
cil Charles Michel and
President of the Euro-
pean Commission Ur-
sula von der Leyen.
Later, Modi described
as wonderful his meet-
ing with the EU leaders
on the sidelines of the
16th G20 Summit here.
After their meeting,
Ministry of External
Affairs spokesperson
Arindam Bagchi said
that they held extensive
discussion on a number
of key issues.
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‘META’ WORD HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD THAT MEANS
‘BEYOND’. THE WORD SYMBOLISES THAT THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO BUILD
acebook is no longer Facebook. It’s Meta.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook announced
the news at the company’s Connect event last
night. The change of the name however does
not apply to its individual platforms, such as Face-
book, Instagram and WhatsApp. It will only be ap-
plicable to the parent company that owns them.
F
WHY THE
NAME CHANGE?
The rebrand of the tech giant
comes as the company faces
criticism from regulators and
lawmakers for its policies,
market power, algorithms and
more around data security and
privacy.
META: MEANING
AND SIGNIFICANCE
Mark Zuckerberg in his letter
stated that the “Meta” word has
been derived from the Greek
word that means “beyond”. The
word symbolises that there is
always more to build, he said.
“Today we are seen as a social
media company, but in our
DNA, we are a company that
builds technology to connect
people, and the metaverse is
the next frontier just like social
networking was when we got
started,” Zuckerberg added.
APPS, BRANDS
AREN’T CHANGING:
ZUCKERBERG
In the letter, the social media
giant’s CEO has noted that the
name change would not affect
how Facebook and other apps
work. “Our apps and their
brands aren’t changing either.
We’re still the company that
designs technology around
people,” Zuckerberg says. You
will still be using Facebook,
WhatsApp and Instagram the
way you used to. From now on,
the company will be Metaverse
first and not Facebook first. It
will no longer be a social media
company but only a social
media app that is a part of meta.
IS FACEBOOK
CHANGING ITS
LOGO TOO?
Yes. The company has come up
with a new sign/logo at its
headquarters in Menlo Park,
California to replace the earlier
Thumbs up like logo.
ZUCKERBERG ON
FACEBOOK PAPERS
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has
termed Facebook paper as
unfair criticism. The company
formerly known as Facebook
also said that it plans to begin
trading under the stock ticker
“MVRS” on December 1.
WHAT IS MARK
ZUCKERBERG
PROFILE’S NOW?
The job title in Mark
Zuckerberg’s personal
Facebook page has been
changed to: “Founder and CEO
at Meta”. On his plans to
remain CEO at Facebook in the
next 5 years, Zuckerberg told
The Verge, “Probably. I don’t
have a specific date how long I
want to be doing this for. I
guess what I could say is I’m
very excited about the next
chapter of what we’re doing.”
DELHI ASSEMBLY
SUMMONS FB OFFICIALS
OVER 2020 RIOTS
New Delhi: Delhi Assembly
has asked Facebook India’s
senior representatives to
depose on November 2 on
the “role of social media in
curbing the spread of false
and malicious messages
which can fan disharmony
and affect peace”. The
Assembly’s ‘Peace and
Harmony’ committee will be
chaired by Raghav Chadha.
The Delhi Assembly had
summoned Facebook India
Director Ajit Mohan before
also but Fb had gone to SC.
If you want Modi in 2024, vote
for Yogi in 2022: Shah tells UP
Lucknow: Underling
the importance of Ut-
tar Pradesh in national
politics, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Friday called on the
electorate in the state
that if they wanted to
see Narendra Modi as
Prime Minister again
in 2024, then they have
to ensure that Yogi Adi-
tyanath is elected as
the Chief Minister
again in 2022.
While addressing the
launch of “Mera Pari-
vaar-BJP Parivaar”
membership drive,
Shah said, “If you want
to make Modi Prime
Minister again in 2024,
make Yogi Adityanath
the Chief Minister
again in 2022. We will
make UP the number
one state.
Home Minister said
that the BJP govern-
ment had fulfilled 90
per cent of promises
made in 2017 manifesto.
Aryan’s 14-point bail,
but papers get late
Mumbai: Aryan Khan,
the son of superstar
Shah Rukh Khan, had
to spend another night
in jail as his bail pa-
pers missed the
deadline on
Friday after a
nerve-wrack-
ing count-
down that
went down to
seconds.
Aryan Khan, 23,
was granted bail on
Thursday by the Bom-
bay High Court.
For him to leave jail
this evening, the dead-
line for a hard copy of
the release order to be
dropped in the “bail
box” at Mumbai’s Ar-
thur Road was 5.30 pm.
Jail officials said the
papers did not reach
them on time.
“The bail
box is shut.
Any release
now will hap-
pen only after
10 am on Sat-
urday,” said Ni-
tin Wayachal, a jail
official. HC has listed 14
conditions for his bail -
Aryan cannot leave
Mumbai without in-
forming police and has
to appear before NCB
every Friday
.
ACTOR RAJKUMAR DIES AT
46 AFTER CARDIAC ARREST
Bengaluru: Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar
passed away at the Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru
on Friday after suffering a heart attack, Karnataka
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai
confirmed. His body is to be
kept at Kanteerava stadium
for people to pay homage.
The police are making ar-
rangements and a tight se-
curity is in place around
the stadium. Talking to
media, state minister
R Ashoka said Rajku-
mar’s last rites will be
performed with full state
honours and just like
father, his eyes
were donated.
INDIA HAS A KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN
GREEN TRANSITION: EC PRESIDENT
Rome: In a tweet, European Council President Michel
said India has a key role to play in green transition.
“India has a key role to play in green transition. We
discussed global health and fighting the pandemic, the
strong EU-India Strategic Partnership, the situation in
Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific, he said, amid China
flexing muscles in the region. European Commission
President Leyen said it was good to meet Prime
Minister Modi and we agreed that our trade negotiators
will start to work. We’ll deepen our cooperation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with the President of European Council Charles Michel
and President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, in Rome on Friday.
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah and UP CM Yogi
Aditiyanath garlanded by
the party workers during the
launch of Mera Pariwar, Bhajpa
Pariwar campaign in Lucknow.
40 YEARS DOWN THE LINE...
Stating that induc-
tion of women in
the National Defence
Academy (NDA) is a
step towards gender
equality, Army chief
General MM Naravane
on Friday said that “40
years down the line
they (women) could be
standing where I am
standing now.” He
was reviewing the
passing out parade at
the NDA in Pune.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021
02
PHIR EK BAAR, BJP 300 PAAR: HM
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Compli-
menting the Good Gov-
ernance in Uttar
Pradesh during the
last four and a half
years, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
made it clear that it
would go a long way to
achieve the goal in of
over 300 seats in UP as-
sembly elections 2022.
“Yogi government
has led the state well in
it is bound to reflect in
the nest assembly
polls,” said Shah while
giving the slogan ‘Phir
Ek Baar BJP 300 Par’
for the UP assembly
elections at the launch
of BJP’s massive mem-
bership drive “Mera
Parivar-BJP Parivar”
in Lucknow on Friday
.
Accusing the SP, BSP
and Congress govern-
ments of ruining Uttar
Pradesh’s law and or-
der, he said there used
to be two-three mafias
in every district. “Now
after Yogi Adityanath
government, which
came to power in 2017,
mafia is not visible in
UP even after looking
through binoculars,”
commented Amit Shah.
He said that after SP,
BSP, Congress, UP had
seen the rule of law
established by the BJP.
“ UP has been a land of
Baba Vishwanath, Lord
Ram, Gautam Buddha,
Jain saints and Maha-
mana Malviya. This
could be realised only
after 2017 as the Yogi
government restored
the pristine glory of the
state getting rid of the
Mughal culture pre-
vailed during the previ-
ous governments, “ he
opined.
Shah said that BJP
fulfilled its two pledges-
build a grand Ram tem-
ple at Ayodhya and
scrapping article 370
from Kashmir. Akhile-
sh and Company used
to taunt that the temple
will be built there but
BJP would not tell the
date, but now they went
speechless, he said.
Vande Mataram! Home Minister Amit Shah lighting the inaugural lamp at BJP’s senior party leaders’
meet organised at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Friday. He was accompanied by CM Yogi, Dy CM
Dinesh Sharma, Union Minister Dharamendra Pradhan and BJP’s Nat’l VP Radhan Mohan Singh.
CM Yogi greets Home Minister Amit Shah at BJP’s senior workers’
meet at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Friday.
Amit Shah is greeted by senior party workers including Atul Anjaan at BJP’s senior party workers’
meet on Friday. Shah was accompanied by National Vice President of BJP Radha Mohan Singh, CM
Yogi and other senior leaders at the event.
Shah praises govt’s role during Covid-19
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Appreciat-
ing the commendable
work done during the
Corona period, Amit
Shah said that the ef-
forts of Yogi Adity-
anath saved people’s
lives. “Today
, be it Covid
testing or vaccination,
UP is number one in
both,” he revered.
All praise for the Yogi
government on econo-
my front, Shah said
that the state of Uttar
Pradesh, which was the
number seven economy
of the country under
Akhilesh’s rule, was
now the number two
economy under the
leadership of Yogi Adi-
tyanath.
He said that in 2017
there were 12 govern-
ment medical colleges,
after that 30 medical
colleges had already
been built and there
will be 40 more medical
colleges by 2022.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Senior Uttar
Pradesh minister
Suresh Khanna has ad-
vised Congress General
Secretary and UP In-
charge Priyanka Gan-
dhi to form an alliance
with Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party (PSPL)
to save the face of her
party
.
Taunting the belea-
guered Congress in UP,
he said that at least the
election meetings of
Shivpal Yadav are at-
tracting more crowds
than her rallies and
meetings.
“Moreover, the Rahul
Gandhi-Akhilesh Yadav
alliance has already
been rejected by the
people in 2017, so it is
better to go with Shiv-
pal this time,” suggest-
ed Khanna.
Calling Priyanka’s
election campaign noth-
ing more than a ‘pleas-
ure trip to Uttar
Pradesh’, Khanna said,
“Priyanka is a seasonal
politician. The party
that has ruled over the
country and UP the
longest periods of time,
was sidelined by the
people of UP three dec-
ades ago. The people did
the right thing by end-
ing their political pres-
ence in 2014, 2017 and
2019 polls.”
The Medical Educa-
tion minister of Uttar
Pradesh said, “After
brother’s (Rahul Gan-
dhi) flop show, sister is
busy in political photo-
shoots while enjoying
UP tourism.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: CEO,
GeM Prashant Ku-
mar Singh on Fri-
day met ACS
(MSME) Dr
Navneet Sehgal
and discussed in
detail about a cam-
paign that would
include products
of local craftsmen
and tribals.
The ACS in-
formed that in
first phase, ‘Gem
Event’ would be
organized in 10
districts of UP in-
cluding Mirzapur,
Bhadohi, Varana-
si, Gorakhpur,
Lucknow, Kanpur,
Kannauj, Agra,
Aligarh, Mo-
radabad, Meerut
and Greater Noi-
da. In this, partici-
pation will be en-
sured by local MS-
MEs, industrial
organizations and
dignitaries of
main district.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: ACS, Home
Awanish Awasthi on
the 28th meeting of
State Level Security
Committee formed for
the security of banks
under the Reserve Bank
of India, Gomti Nagar
was informed that spe-
cially trained and
skilled personnel of
newly formed Special
Security Force will be
deployed in UP to make
banks security system
of banks more agile .
He said that the sur-
veillance system and
data storage need to be
made more effective to
further strengthen the
security system of
banks. He added all
branches, currency
chestsandATMbranch-
es, proper arrangement
of CCTV should be
made compulsorily and
its written certificate
should be given to the
government.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh has secured
the ‘top rank’ country-
wide in prompt griev-
ance redressal under
the PM-Kisan scheme.
Fulfilling the aim to
improve the lives of the
farmers, under the Yogi
government, as many
as 3,68,926 grievances
have been resolved out
of as many as 3,70,085
grievances received in
the state. The govern-
ment has made it easier
for over 3.70 lakh farm-
ers in the state to avail
the benefits of PM-
Kisan scheme.
Due to inaccuracies in
documents and other
such errors, many
farmers in the state
were unable to receive
the benefits of the PM-
Kisan scheme.
In addition, due to
some discrepancy in
the bank records, the
payment response of
many farmers was
pending, while the pay-
ments of some were
failing. To benefit the
crop growers, the UP
government in a mas-
sive campaign has
solved over 3.68 lakh
complaints, with mere-
ly 1158 grievances
pending.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Detailed
guidelines have been is-
sued regarding celebra-
tion of the birth anni-
versary of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, the
architect of national in-
tegration, on October
31, 2021, as ‘National
Unity Day’ with full en-
thusiasm and gaiety.
Giving the above infor-
mation, Chief Secre-
tary Rajendra Kumar
Tiwari said that on this
occasion, a swearing-in
program would be or-
ganized under “Nation-
al Unity Day” following
the COVID-19 protocol
for the unity and integ-
rity of the country.
Apart from this, march-
past will also be organ-
ized jointly by the state
police and other uni-
formed forces and other
agencies to strengthen
the sense of national
unity, integrity and se-
curity
.
Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Dharamendra Pradhan, CM Yogi, UP BJP Chief Swatantra
Dev Singh during the launching of book ‘Antyoday ko sakaar karta Uttar Pradesh’ at the senior BJP
workers meet held at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on Friday.
Shah pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mukerjee, Pt Deen Dayal
Updadhyay on Friday. —PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
UP Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna —FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
U
ttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath has given
his approval to the
project that involves
renovation of Narayan-
pur Pump Canal, which
will be costing Rs
60,30,90,000 to the
exchequer.
GeM portal
to promote
tribals arts,
craftsmen
Priyanka should tie-up
with Shivpal: Khanna
UP tops in solving
farmers’ issues
NAT’L UNITY DAY
guidelines issued
JIBE@PRIYANKA
GANDHI VADRA
Mocking Priyanka,
Khanna said,
“Despite allmeas-
ures, she is lagging
behind Shivpal. My
advise is to pre-
serve her remaining
credibility by form-
ing an alliance with
the PSPL”.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Senior Uttar
Pradesh minister and
government spokesman
Sidharth Nath Singh
has taken a strong ex-
ception to the statement
of Maharashtra minis-
ter Nawab Malik about
theproposedfilmCityin
Noidadubbingitas‘mis-
leading’and‘misplaced’.
In a statement, the UP
Minister said the Maha-
rashtra minister was
trying to create a wedge
between two states with-
out understanding the
thought process behind
the project. “The
growth of regional cine-
ma in UP in the recent
past will also add to the
logistics around this
project, “ clarified the
Uttar Pradesh BJP
spokesperson in his
statement here in Luc-
know.
‘UP Film City not for destablising Bollywood’
CONTROVERSY

Singh chided
Nawab Malik for
misguiding the
public and
Maharashtra
and accused
him of creating a
rift between the
people of two
states
GOOD INTENTIONS
Proposed layout of the Fim City in Noida. —FILE PHOTO
Spl security
force for
banks in UP
PHOTO EXPO COMING SOON
ACS (Info) Navneet Sehgal unveiled the poster of 8th UP Photo Expo.The Expo will be held on 8
and 9 January 2022 at Golden Blossom Imperial Hotel in Lucknow.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
ACS (MSME) Navneet
Sehgal meets CEO, GEM,
Prashant Kumar Singh
Vallabh Bhai Patel’s birth
anniversary is also known as
National Unity Day.
HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH DURING HIS LUCKNOW VISIT PRAISES GOOD GOVERNANCE
OF CM YOGI, SAYS MAFIA IN THE STATE IS NOT VISIBLE EVEN FROM BINOCULARS

UTTAR PRADESH
03
BJP’S CHANAKYA LAUNCHES
MERAPARIVAAR-BJPPARIVAAR
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Popularly
known as Bhartiya Ja-
nata Party’s ‘Chanakya’
Home Minister Amit
Shah received an ex-
pectedly warm welcome
in the city of ‘Nazakat &
Nafasat’ with CM Yogi
Adityanath leading the
proceedings.
The party played yet
another masterstorke
with its newfound man-
tra ‘Mera Parivaar-BJP
Parivaar’ as it looks to
rope in more people
from the state.
Addressingthelaunch
of ‘Mera Parivaar-BJP
Parivaar’ membership
drive, the Home Minis-
ter said, “If you want to
make Modi PM again in
2024, make Yogi the CM
again in 2022. We will
make UP the number
one state. Without UP
therecannotbeagovern-
ment at the Centre and
the credit of the Naren-
dra Modi governments
in 2014 and 2019 goes
completely to people of
Uttar Pradesh.”
The minister said the
BJPgovernmenthadful-
filled 90 per cent of
promises made in the
2017 manifesto and the
remaining 10 per cent
would also be completed
by CM Yogi Adityanath
in the next two months.
“Today I can proudly
say that Yogi ji and his
team have fulfilled 90
per cent of the promis-
es that we made in our
2017 manifesto. I want
to say to Yogi ji to march
towards 100 per cent
target in upcoming
months so that people
can believe that BJP ful-
fils whatever it says,”
said the home minister.
Shah further ex-
pressed confidence that
the BJP would cross the
mark of 300 seats in
2022 and Adityanath
would return to power.
First India Bureau
Mirzapur: The princi-
pal of a school here dan-
gled a Class 2 child up-
side down from the first
floor of the building,
punishing him for eat-
ing gol gappas, as other
children watched in
shock, an official said
on Friday
.
An FIR was lodged
against Principal
Manoj Vishwakarma of
the Sadbhavna Shik-
shan Sansthan Junior
High School under Ah-
raura police station and
he was taken into cus-
tody, the police said.
A video of the shock-
ing incident has gone
viral on social media.
Police said the school
principal inflicted the
shocking punishment
on the 5-year-old for
having ‘gol gappas’ at a
stall outside the school
without informing the
teacher.
After the child came
back to the school, the
principal caught hold
of him by his ankles
and dangled him up-
side down from the
first floor of the school
building, the police
said.
Scared by the shock-
ing treatment, the child
began crying and told
his parents about the
incident after reaching
home, the police said.
The child’s father Ran-
jit Yadav subsequently
lodged a complaint with
the police following
which an FIR was
lodged, Mirzapur DM
Praveen Lakshkar said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Department
of Social Work, Univer-
sity of Lucknow, in col-
laboration with Um-
meed NGO and LMC
held a programme on
Comprehensive Reha-
bilitation of Beggars.
The session was held
with the aim of provid-
ing an orientation on
the rehabilitation pro-
cess of beggars.
The programme was
moderated by Garima
Singh, Asst professor,
Dept of Social Work.
AnoopBhartiya,Head
of the Social Work De-
partment, welcomed the
guestsbywarmly appre-
ciating their involve-
ment with the depart-
ment. The active partici-
pation of the students
was also appreciated.
The students were en-
couraged and motivated
tocomeupwithnewand
better plans which can
be used further in the
future action plan.
Balbir Singh, founder
of Ummeed, focused his
address on beggars and
their issues and how the
youth can contribute to-
wards their rehabilita-
tion. Singh briefed the
students that the pro-
cess of rehabilitation is
a complex process in-
cluding a series of steps
initiated from collec-
tion of statistical infor-
mation through collec-
tion of data and ascend-
ing towards their mobi-
lisation through the
process of motivation
proceeding towards res-
cue and rehabilitation.
The programme was
also addressed by Nidhi
Vajpayee, Livelihood
project officer, DUDA.
She held responsible
the change in mindset
as the important factor
in bringing change. She
considered the feed-
back of students as an
important factor in fu-
ture action plan.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The dengue
tally in the state capital
stood at 929 on Friday.
At least 31 new dengue
patients were identified
at various government
hospitals in the city.
Situation at both gov-
ernment as well as pri-
vate hospitals continues
to be grim as people con-
tinue to reach the OPDs
in large numbers. Most
patients were reported
from RML Hospital.
Cases were reported
mostly from Aliganj, In-
diranagar, Balaganj,
Alambagh, City station
and Jankipuram.
Officials said the
condition of one man
and two women was se-
rious as their platelet
count fell below 20,000
per microlitre of blood,
against normal 1.5 lakh
to 4.5 lakh platelets.
Muzaffarnagar report-
ed 35 patients while
western part of Noida
and Ghaziabad report-
ed 23 patients.
Agra: The police has is-
sued a statement regard-
ing the attack on three
Kashmiri students on
the magistrate’s court
premises on Thursday
.
When the students
were coming out of the
court, some right wing
activists raised slogans
against Pakistan and
chased them. Some
lawyers also heckled
the students, according
to purported videos
that emerged on social
media.
However, the Agra
police said they escort-
ed the students to safety
.
“The students were
taken to the court in a
discreet manner and
were similarly taken
out from there consider-
ing the sensitivity of
the matter. However,
some people heckled the
trio but none was hurt,”
the police official said.
Meanwhile, Nasir
Khuehami, national
spokesperson of J&K
Students’ Association,
urged CM Yogi to drop
seditionchargesagainst
the students, seeking
“mercy on humanitari-
an grounds”. —PTI
Home Minister Amit Shah along with CM Yogi Adityanath, BJP state President Swatandra Dev Singh,
Deputy CMs Keshav Parsad Maurya, Dinesh Sharma, Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Radha Mohan
Singh, Anurag Thakur and others at the launch of BJP’s ‘Mera Parivaar’ campaign in Lucknow on
Friday. (Below) Amit Shah came down from the stage and honoured 107-yr-old Shri Narayan, ex-
MP, former MLA, former Lok Sabha in-charge, who came from Kushinagar to attend the programme.
Home Minister Amit Shah, in Lko
to pep up party’s membership drive,
praises CM Yogi, eyes 300 seats in ‘22
SHAH SLAMS OPPN
CRUCIAL READ
PENALTY OF RS 25L ON HOUSING SOCIETY
FOR POOR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Noida: The Noida Authority on Friday slapped a
penalty of Rs 25 lakh on a group housing society
over violation of solid waste management rules and
for charging unauthorised fees from residents, of-
ficials said. An inspection was carried out by a Noida
Authority team at Supertech Cape Town in Sector 74
over complaints of waste mismanagement during
which violations were found, the officials said.
SI BOOKED FOR
ALLEGED FORGERY
IN GETTING JOB
Muzaffarnagar: A
sub-inspector was
booked for allegedly
getting the job on forged
documents, officials said
Friday.Videsh Kumar
was posted at Budhana
PS, Circle Officer Sharad
Sharma said. According
to a complaint, Kumar
got the job by falsely de-
claring that he belonged
to SC category while he
was in OBC category.
SCHOOL CLERK
HELD FOR FAKING
AS MINISTER
Bareilly: A clerk of a
school here was arrested
on Friday for imper-
sonating as a Union
minister and calling the
SSP to favour a man in
a property case, police
said. Niresh Verma, who
called the SSP to favour
Lotan Singh in the case
involving a dispute over
a plot, posed as Union
minister Narendra Singh
Tomar.
‘Kashmiri
students
escorted
back to safety’
READINESS IS ALL
Police patrol the Yamuna river behind Taj Mahal as part of security measures ahead of
Diwali, in Agra on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Principal dangles 5-yr-old upside
down from 1st floor of school
Lectureon‘elusive’
dengue vax at LU
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In the dis-
tinguish lecture se-
ries being held in the
Department of Bio-
chemistry, a lecture
was delivered by
Naveen Khanna (Pad-
mashri) star alumni
of the department
(Batch 1977). Group
leader of Molecular
Medicine division at
the International
Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Bio-
technology (ICGEB),
New Delhi.
The title of his lec-
ture was “Dengue
vaccine remains elu-
sie because of rogue
antibodies” Khanna
discussed the chal-
lenges being faced in
the development of a
successful vaccine
against four sero-
types of dengue virus
in India and world-
wide. Dengue is still a
cause of concern in
India and parts of the
world. He said two
types of antibodies
werepresentinblood:
Good antibodies and
rogue or bad antibod-
ies. When bad anti-
bodies out-numbered
the good ones the vac-
cine applicacy was
severely compro-
mised. The lecture
was attended by MSc
Biochemistry and
Biotechnology3rdSe-
mester students and
research scholars.
Prominent among
those present were
UN Dwivedi, faculty
members of Depart-
ment of Biochemis-
try, Rajeev Pandey
(Dean Research),
Anil Balapure, Retd
Scientist, CDRI, Luc-
know. The lecture
was chaired by PK
Seth (Ex-Director
IITR, Ex-CEO-Bio-
tech Park Lucknow.
LU, Dept of Social Work students at the event
LU, Dept of Bio-Chemistry students attending the lecture
First India Bureau
Noida: A fleet of 25 elec-
tric rickshaws was
launched for providing
last-mile connectivity to
commuters to and from
the Noida Electronic
City metro station here,
project officials said.
The initiative has
been launched by the
Delhi Metro Rail Corpo-
ration (DMRC) in collab-
oration with ETO Mo-
tors,anelectricmobility
solutions and services
company
, and will even-
tually cover more metro
stations on the DMRC
network in the future,
they said.
DMRC Managing Di-
rector Mangu Singh
flagged off a fleet of 25
e-rickshaws, called
‘ETO’ from Noida Elec-
tronic City Metro sta-
tion of Blue Line and
said, “Along with pro-
viding metro rail con-
nectivity to the people
of Delhi NCR, we aim to
address the last mile
connectivity challenges
faced by commuters by
providing clean, safe
and shared services.”
On the occasion, he
also inaugurated opera-
tions of a smart electric
vehicle charging station
and charged the last-
mile connectivity hub’s
first vehicle, according
to a statement issued by
ETO Motors.
These e-rickshaws
will be plying from 6 am
to 11 pm daily providing
last-mile connectivity to
nearby localities of Noi-
da Electronic City Met-
ro station, the officials
said.
“Initially, 25 ETO
rickshaws are being in-
troduced, which will be
increased to 100 by the
end of next month, cov-
ering more stations in
Noida section of Blue
Line, includeing Sector
62, 59, 61, 34 etc,” they
said.
Fleet of e-rickshaws launched for last-mile connectivity with Noida Electronic City
GREEN & CLEAN

GPS-enabled
e-rickshaws are
especially-
designed with a
covered cabin
and full front
windscreen —FILE PHOTO
‘Rehabilitatingbeggarsacomplexprocess’
Dengue: City close to
another grim milestone
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA

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Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
NCAER’s Business Confidence Index at
its Peak! Registers a remarkable 89%
increase Chart with upwards trend in
Q2 over Q1 in FY 2021-22. With Govt’s
fiscal measures, soaring domestic
demand & sustained improvement in
business activities, India’s economic
growth is all set to skyrocket.
Adhir Chowdhury
@adhirrcinc
Vinod Rai the former CAG has proved
himself as a stooge of BJP , who
was entrusted upon playing a sinister
design to tarnish the image of UPA
govt by his quixotic , wilful and
deliberate observations in the CAG
paras. He should be punished for his
dereliction of duty.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If we could see the
miracle of a single
flower clearly, our whole
life would change.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
FACEBOOK GETS A
NEW NAME BUT
WILL IT RESOLVE
ALGORITHM ISSUES
he Bard famously
said in Romeo and
Juliet, “What’s in a
name? That which
we call a rose by any
other name would smell as
sweet.” The quote aptly fits Fa-
cebook which has now got a new
name---Meta. Despite the com-
pany undergoing a name
change, the social media plat-
form may still smell as odious as
there won’t be any rechristening
of the platform. Not much will
change if Facebook doesn’t fix
problems with its algorithm
which is biased towards the
right wing. The inadequate su-
pervision over content has land-
ed the company in its worst cri-
sis yet. Lack of proper modera-
tion of content on Instagram
has put Facebook’s safety meas-
ures under sharp scrutiny
.
By going Meta, Facebook is
betting big on metaverse with an
eye on Virtual Reality and Aug-
mented Reality which will make
the internet a 3-D experience.
Not much is known about the
metaverse. One can assume that
Mark Zuckerberg will address
the issues at hand before taking
a user on technology joyride.
TOP TWEETS
T
JJM IS NOT JUST NUMBER ABOUT
NO OF TAP WATER CONNECTIONS,
IT’S A WOMEN REVOLUTION
UNOPS introduces a new participatory tool for water quality monitoring by women under Jal Jeevan Mission
he recognition of women’s
social rights has been and is
a long and difficult process;
however, gender parity for
basic rights such as access to
clean drinking water is no
more a farfetched dream.
Water is necessary for life,
and for numerous derived es-
sential applications ranging
from industry
, agriculture,
drinking, sanitation, and hy-
giene. Recognizing the impor-
tance of accessing water, the
United Nations Sustainable
DevelopmentGoals(SDGs)em-
phasizes on “clean water and
sanitation”(targets6.1and6.2)
ensuringsustainableandequi-
table access to water for all.
It is also a known fact that
family’s lack of access to wa-
ter disproportionately falls
on women and she devotes on
an average 150 million work-
days every year fetching wa-
ter which could have been
used otherwise on education,
skill development and/or for
their own physical and men-
tal well-being.
Several studies conducted
over more than two decades
worldwide have concluded
that the role of women in the
water segment implies more
substantial improvements in
leadership, transparency and
sustainability of water sup-
plies when men and women
are equally involved, com-
paredtocasesinwhichwomen
aremarginallyornotinvolved
at all. As a matter of fact, an
assessment conducted by the
World Bank, presented that
simply involving women can
increase the effectiveness of
water projects by six to seven
times over those that do not.
On 15 August 2019, only 3.23
crore rural households out of
a total 19.18 crore had piped
water connections. Under Jal
Jeevan Mission, about 43 per
cent rural households have
been provided with tap water
connections till date and 100
per cent homes in six states
and Union Territories are
having tap water supply, as
per official data.
However,thebroaderobjec-
tive is not just increasing the
‘number’ of functional tap
water connections. The focus
of Jal Jeevan Mission is to
initiate a women-driven revo-
lution to decentralize the sys-
tem and empower communi-
ties, especially women to ad-
dress their water concerns
themselves.Today
,ruralwom-
en are breaking glass ceilings
by stepping into traditionally
male dominated roles like
plumbers, masons, electri-
cians etc.as well as testing wa-
ter quality and updating re-
sultsontheportalthemselves.
The Jal Jeevan Mission em-
phasizing on ‘water quality’
in the very definition of func-
tionality and water testing is
considered a priority under
JJM for monitoring the oper-
ation of water supply, verifi-
cation of the safety of drink-
ing water, investigation of
disease outbreaks, validation
process and preventive meas-
ures. As per the operational
guidelines, the surveillance
of waterqualityatgrassroots
will be the responsibility of
the GPs/ rural community
.
The United Nations Office
of Project Services (UNOPS)
is a sector partner to the Min-
istry of Jal Shakti to support
Jal Jeevan Mission and is
currently working in 11 dis-
tricts of Bundelkhand, Vind-
hya and Prayagraj regions of
Uttar Pradesh. Despite avail-
ability of ample sources of
water in rural areas of Uttar
Pradesh, quality of water
has always been an issue.
The possible sources of
contamination include natu-
rally occurring chemicals
and minerals (for example,
arsenic, fluoride, iron, ura-
nium etc) in the earth layer;
local land use practices (for
example, fertilizers, pesti-
cides, livestock, concentrated
feeding operations etc); man-
ufacturing processes (for ex-
ample, heavy metals, cya-
nide) near the drinking water
sources; malfunctioning on-
site wastewater treatment
systems (for example, septic
systems and twin pit toilets)
and microbial contamination
through mixture of wastewa-
ter in the drinking water
source or distribution line.
To address the issues per-
taining to water quality
, under
Information, Education &
Communication activities, a
new innovative tool “Commu-
nity Led Action for Sanitary
Surveillance ” (CLASS) was
developed and introduced by
UNOPS, not only to motivate
the community to be actively
involvedintheprogrammebut
also to develop a participatory
model of community based
water quality monitoring sys-
tem at the grass root level.
The process of CLASS be-
gins with an initial introduc-
tion and rapport building
with community members.
Then UNOPS facilitates the
discussion on mapping of wa-
ter borne diseases, expendi-
ture on water and sanitation
related illnesses and how it
can be minimized. This is fol-
lowed by selection and train-
ing of five women from the
community who analyse all
drinking water sources in the
village for chemical and bac-
teriological contamination
using Field Test Kits (FTKs)
as well as conduct a sanitary
survey
. The details of the
women trained are captured
on JJM-IMIS portal The re-
sults are shared with the larg-
ercommunityaswellasreme-
dial action based on the find-
ingsof waterqualitymonitor-
ing exercise are demonstrat-
ed. Safe and unsafe water
sources are identified and fi-
nalized by the community
.
The outcomes lead to col-
lective realization of risks as-
sociated with different sourc-
es and related water usage,
handling and management
practices and could trigger
collective action at the com-
munity level. In case of bacte-
riological contamination,
which is a universal phenom-
enon in the state of Uttar
Pradesh,therealizationcould
include that people in the vil-
lage are drinking fecal parts
mixed in water. As the tests
are demonstrated in public
view, it creates a sense of dis-
gust and triggers immediate
collective action for remedial
measures such as boiling wa-
ter before use and addition of
chlorine and bleaching pow-
der to ensure safe use by all in
the village. If chemical con-
tamination is observed in the
drinking water sources, the
samples are sent for further
lab testing to district admin-
istration and followed up at
Block level and Jal Nigam for
remedial action. In all cases,
the problems escalate to the
Pradhanandfinallytothedis-
trict administration which
takes the final call.
These identified women
will gradually undertake
complete responsibility of
taking it forward. These com-
munity facilitators would be
the natural leaders who
would emerge during the pro-
cess of CLASS facilitation on
the ground during the initial
facilitation. The community
facilitatorsmayincludemem-
bers from different kinds of
community-based organiza-
tions such as SHGs, VWSC,
ASHA, along with communi-
ty level workers such as
ANMs, teachers etc. The
members of Gram Panchayat
could also be identified and
encouraged to be CLASS fa-
cilitators. Besides all this, any
willing person from the vil-
lage emerging as a natural
leader could be groomed as a
community facilitator.
The ideal outcome of the
exercise is that external fa-
cilitators do not press the
community either for initiat-
ing collective action or action
planning. This should come
about as a considered and
wilful action by the commu-
nity to take their own deci-
sion to protect their drinking
water sources. This can be
replicable in any village for
any drinking water source.
Empoweringwomentolead
water quality surveillance by
integrating technology
, the
Ministry of Jal Shakti has de-
velopedadedicateddashboard
The – Jal Jeevan Mission Wa-
ter Quality Management In-
formation System (JJM
WQMIS), in partnership with
the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR), and also
launchedamobileapplication
forwaterqualitymanagement
on Gandhi Jayanti this year.
All water quality data is avail-
able in the public domain, i.e.
no. of labs, nearest lab, water
sample & testing details, etc.
The app also alerts the local
authorities for remedial ac-
tion, wherever required. This
ease of access to readily avail-
able data will go a long way in
ensuring requisite policy im-
plementation for assured ser-
vice delivery
.
Water woes have always
been linked to women. Jal
Jeevan Mission links the so-
lution to women too. It ena-
bles and empowers women to
address their concerns them-
selves. Today, they are not
just planning the scheme of
water pipeline design in
their village, but also moni-
toring water quality, manag-
ing grey water through kitch-
en gardening, being trained
as plumbers and technicians
as well as finding enough
time to build, not just their
knowledge and skill but also
their health and hygiene.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
MADHURI SHUKLA
The writer is National Communication
Consultant at the United Nations
Office for Project Services
Water woes have
always been linked to
women. Jal Jeevan
Mission links the solution
to women too. It enables
and empowers women to
address their concerns
themselves
The Jal Jeevan Mission
emphasizing on ‘water
quality’ in the very definition
of functionality and water
testing is considered a
priority under JJM for
monitoring the operation of
water supply, verification of
the safety of drinking water,
investigation of disease
outbreaks, validation process
and preventive measures. As
per the operational
guidelines, the surveillance of
water quality at grass roots
will be the responsibility of
the GPs/ rural community

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INDIA
06
ROADS RE-OPEN! Ghazipur border opened after removal
of barricades where farmers are protesting against 3 new
agricultural laws, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘WILL GO TO
PARL TO SELL
OURCROPS’
Ghazipur (Uttar
Pradesh): Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU)
spokesperson Rake-
sh Tikait on Friday
said that they will go
to Parliament to sell
their crops.
"They had put up
the barriers they are
now removing it.
Saukta Morch will
take a decision and
then we will proceed
accordingly
. We were
sitting here for the
last 11 months asking
to go to Delhi. We
were not being al-
lowed. We will now go
to Delhi to sell our
harvest. First, our
tractors will go to
Delhi," BKU spokes-
person said. —ANI
AMID SC ORDER...
Delhi Police at the farmers’ protest at Delhi’s Tikri
border amid a Supreme Court hearing that has
highlighted how traffic in the area had been stopped
by authorities and not by the demonstrators.
BARRICADES
REMOVED FROM
GAZIPUR, TIKRI
New Delhi: After almost 11
months of being blocked
due to the farmers’ agita-
tion against Central farm
laws, Delhi Police has
started removing bar-
ricades and cemented
blocks put up at the
Gazipur and Tikri borders.
The process of opening
the roads has been started
from one side of the car-
riageway for vehicles going
from Gaziabad to New
Delhi at the Gazipur border.
AIKS WELCOMES
REMOVAL OF
BARRICADES
New Delhi: After police
barricades were removed
from Ghazipur and Tikri
borders, AIKS General
Secretary Hannan Mollah
welcomed decision and
said that this would help
protesting farmers come
to Delhi and meet officials
& put forward demands.
He said if govt is willing
to talk then we would
hold a meeting with
SKM and would meet
Prez, PM & MPs.”
Rakesh Tikait reacts
over Delhi Police
removing barricades
from Ghazipur border
1
We have received an
order to remove
barricades and road
has been opened for
public: Ghazipur
Police personnel
2
Gazipur, Tikri
borders was shut for
over 11 months ever
since the farmers’
agitation started
3
If roads are open we will go to Delhi, we
will go to Parliament to sell our crop. PM
had said that farmers can sell crops
anywhere. Now we will tell the farmers
where to sell the crops whose harvest
remains unsold. SKM, an umbrella
organisation of various farmer
unions protesting against 3
farm laws, will decide the
future course of the protest.
—RAKESH TIKAIT, BKU Spokesperson
Varun Gandhi
@varungandhi80
Till there is no
statutory guarantee of
MSP, farmers will con-
tinue to be exploited in
such mandis. Strict action
should be taken on this.
Barbed wires and
barricades are being
removed from the site
at Ghazipur border, New
Delhi on Friday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
CRUCIAL READ
UNION MINISTER NAQVI, U’KHAND CM
DHAMI INAUGURATE ‘HUNAR HAAT MELA’
Dehradun: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
and Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi inaugurated Hunar Haat Mela at Race
Course Dehradun on Friday, informed CMO. In this
program organized on occasion of 75th I-Day Amrit
Mahotsav, more than 500 handicraftsmen and skilled
craftsmen from more than 30 states and union ter-
ritories are participating in the Hunar Haat Mela.
CHANNI MEETS
AJAY MAKEN IN
NEW DELHI
New Delhi: Punjab
Chief Minister Charanjit
Singh Channi met Con-
gress General Secretary
Ajay Maken in New
Delhi on Friday. Maken
and Channi met at
12D Ferozeshah Road,
where their meeting
lasted for about 20 min-
utes. Post the meeting,
Punjab CM Channi left
for Punjab from Delhi.
Meanwhile, during
the day, Maken also
launched Pol Khol Yatra
by showing Congress
flag at Karol Bagh.
GOVT APPROVES
8.5 PC INTEREST
ON EPF FOR FY’21
New Delhi: The govern-
ment has approved
8.5% rate of interest on
employees’ provident
fund for the 2020-21
fiscal, source said. Just
ahead of Diwali, this is
a good news for over
five crore subscrib-
ers of the EPFO. The
8.5% rate of interest on
provident fund deposits
for last financial year
was decided by EPFO’s
apex decision mak-
ing body CBT headed
by Labour Minister in
March this year.
CHIDAMBARAM
ATTACKS CENTRE
OVER PEGASUS
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader
P Chidambaram on
Friday attacked the
Centre over the Pegasus
snooping matter citing
the Israeli envoy’s
remarks that his country
does not allow firms like
NSO to sell products
to non-governmental
actors, and claimed
that in India’s case, the
“buyer was certainly the
GoI”. SC on Wednesday
set up a panel to probe
alleged use of Israeli
spyware Pegasus for
surveillance in India.
K’TAKA REFERS
DRUG, BITCOIN
PROBE TO ED, CBI
Bengaluru: The Karna-
taka Government has
referred ‘drugs and
bitcoin scam’ to ED
and CBI because of the
international nature of
transactions. Karnataka
CM Basavaraj Bommai
on Friday said, “Of-
ficials have conducted
an enquiry. K’taka govt
had filed case in 2020
and we’ve completed
the investigation in 3
cases and they have
been charge-sheeted.”
His govt has launched
a crackdown on drugs,
bitcoin, online gaming.
MANDAVIYA LAUNCHES PNEUMOCOCCAL
CONJUGATE VAX IMMUNISATION EVENT
New Delhi: Union Minister for Health and Family
Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday launched
the nationwide expansion of Pneumococcal Conju-
gate Vaccine (PCV) under
the Universal Immunisa-
tion Programme (UIP) as
a part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ celebration. As
per the MoHFW, communi-
cation packages on PCV to create widespread mass
awareness has been shared with all UTs and States
for further adaptation and utilization.
GOA 2022 POLLS
I am here to help, not to
capture power, says Mamata
Panaji: Ahead of the
2022 assembly elections,
WB CM and All India
TMC supremo Mamata
Banerjee in Goa on Fri-
day said that she is not
there for power but to
help the people of the
state. “I believe in secu-
larism. I believe in uni-
ty
. I believe India is our
motherland. If Bengal
is my motherland, then
Goa is also my mother-
land,” she added.
Meanwhile, on a day
when PM Narendra
Modi arrived in Rome
to attend the G-20 sum-
mit ahead of his visit to
the Vatican, Banerjee
slammed the BJP-led
Centre for not allowing
her to visit the Vatican
and meet Pope Francis
last month. “Ask BJP
people why they did not
allow me to go to Rome,
Vatican? Why not? That
day Congress did not
say it was wrong. (It
was) for an internation-
al peace conference,”
Banerjee said at a party
event near Panaji. —ANI
Mamata Banerjee waves to the supporters in presence of TMC leader
Luizinho Faleiro during her visit to Malin Jetty in Panaji on Friday.
Bengal is a very
strong state. We
want to see Goa as
a strong state in the future.
We want to see the new
dawn of Goa. Somebody’s
questioning ‘Mamata is in
Bengal, how will she do it
in Goa?’ Why not? I’m
Indian, I can go anywhere.
You can go anywhere.
—Mamata Banerjee, TMC Supremo
ACTOR NAFISA
ALI, MRINALINI
JOIN TRINAMOOL
Panaji: Ahead of Goa
Polls 2022, TMC on Fri-
day inducted Bollywood
actor Nafisa Ali and
Mrinalini Deshprabhu
into the party. Announc-
ing their induction into
the party, official handle
of TMC shared pictures
of Ali and Deshprabhu on
their social media handle.
“We wholeheartedly
welcome both leaders”
the TMC said.
TENNIS STAR
LEANDER PAES
JOINS TMC
Indian tennis ace and
Olympic medal winner
Leander Paes joined
TMC in a formal induc-
tion ceremony in Goa in
the presence of WB CM
Mamata Banerjee on Fri-
day. WB CM was in Goa
on a three-day visit.
RAJNATH LAUDS PM MODI
FOR DOING ‘GREAT WORK’
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Friday said in inde-
pendent India, the big-
gest challenge before
politics and politicians
have been a crisis of
credibility and Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi has overcome it
with a deep understand-
ing of Indian society
.
“You might have felt
that in independent In-
dia, the biggest chal-
lenge before politics and
politicians has been a
crisis of credibility
. Due
to the difference be-
tween words and deeds
of politicians, people’s
trust in them lessened
gradually,” he said.
Lauding the PM for do-
ing “great work”, Singh
said that he accepted
this crisis of credibility
as a challenge and over-
came it. —ANI
Rajnath Singh addresses during the valedictory session of a
National Conference on ‘Delivering Democracy: Reviewing Two
Decades of Narendra Modi as Head of Government’ in New Delhi.
IN THE COURTYARD
DELHI HC TO HEAR
PETITIONS ON PM
CARES ON NOV 18
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC on Friday agreed to
hear plea related to the
PM’s Citizen Assistance
and Relief in Emergen-
cy Situations Fund on
November 18. A bench
of CJ DN Patel and Jus-
tice Jyoti Singh allowed
early hearing of the pe-
titions filed by Samyak
Gangwal who sought to
declare the PM CARES
Fund a “State” under
the Constitution and to
restrain it from using
PM of India or PM
including its abbrevia-
tions in its name, and
on its website.
CENTRAL VISTA
LAND USE PLEA IN
SC ON NOV 16
New Delhi: The SC
Friday adjourned to
November 16 the
hearing on a petition
challenging the change
in land use of a plot
where the new official
residences of the Vice-
President and the PM
are stipulated as part of
the ambitious Central
Vista project in Lutyens’
Delhi. “We are informed
that a reply affidavit
has been filed online.
Copy of the reply to
be kept in the paper
book. Petitioner granted
time to file rejoinder as
prayed,” bench said.
CHAHAL FELICITATED FOR
EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP!
qbal Singh Chahal was Awarded Certificate of Recognition by the Kingdom of
Spain by Counsel General Fernando Heredia, on the occasion of National Day of
Spain on Oct 27, for exemplary leadership and excellence in crisis management
of Covid-19 pandemic management in Mumbai. The function was attended
by Maharashtra Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment Aaditya Thackeray and
Counsel Generals of over 40 countries in the World, based in Mumbai.
I

NEWS
07
FINAL GOVT
DECISION ABOUT
ABSCONDING IPS
OFFICER SOON
With the state government
ordering departmental inquiry
against absconding and suspended
IPS officer Manilal Patidar, a final
decision about the continuation of
the accused officer in service
would be taken soon. The
government has handed over the
inquiry to IG Meerut Pravin Kumar.
Patidar has been absconding ever
since his name figured as one of
the accused in a case of abetment
to suicide of a stone crusher dealer
Indrakant Tripathi in September
2020. Tripathi was then SP
Mahoba. Carrying a cash reward of
Rs one lakh on his head for any
clue to his arrest, the government
had sent several reminders on his
address for appearance but he did
not appear. It may be recalled that
before committing suicide Tripathi
had released a video recorded
statement alleging that he was
forced to end his life because SP
Mahoba had been harassing him
and demanding money. Even as
the incident turned into major
controversy the government
ordered the inclusion of Patidar in
the FIR and suspended him. While
the SIT has also investigated the
case, the properties of an
absconding officer in Rajasthan
have already been attached.
—First India Bureau
MP JAISWAL
SURRENDERS IN
SPECIAL JUDGE
MP MLA COURT
Former Union Minister and MP
Shriprakash Jaiswal
surrendered in the Special Judge
MP MLA Court on Friday as he
was wanted in connection with
the violation of the rules of the
Commission and for not
following the code of conduct
during the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections. A warrant was also
issued against him by the court
and meanwhile, the MP’s lawyers
have stated that the case is not
serious hence he should be out
on bail soon. During the 2019
Lok Sabha elections, Shriprakash
Jaiswal was contesting from
Kanpur constituency from a
Congress ticket and his
supporters put up banners,
posters and hoardings across the
city in number more than what
was allowed by the Election
Commission. Following this, a
complaint was made to the
Election Commission which had
instructed the local police to
register a case against Sriprakash
under section 177H of the code
of conduct violation and section
188 of the IPC. A charge sheet
was also filed about the case in
the court, following which a
warrant was issued against him
by the Special Judge MP MLA
Court —Sumit Awasthi
‘Farmers have made up their
mind to dethrone BJP’
West UP Congress
leader Malik, others
quit party & join SP
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party (SP) President
Akhilesh Yadav tore
into the BJP on Friday
over farmers’ issues,
saying farmers are the
worst sufferers under
BJP government and
they have decided to de-
throne the party in the
coming 2022 elections.
Farmers are the worst
sufferers in this govern-
ment and agriculture is
in trouble. That’s why
farmers want to wipe
out the BJP
. People have
also made up their
minds that BJP has to
be removed, Yadav said
at a press conference
here.
The SP chief also
welcomed former Con-
gress MP Harendra Ma-
lik and his son, former
MLA Pankaj Malik,
along with other lead-
ers in the party
. The for-
mer state unit vice pres-
ident of Congress Pan-
kaj Malik and Harendra
Malik, who was a mem-
ber of Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra’s advisory com-
mittee, had quit the
party earlier this
month. Yadav alleged
the state government
failed to save farmers’
crops by not buying
paddy, and it forced the
farmers to dispose off
their crops by setting
them on fire.
This is the country of
farmersandfarmersare
losing their lives be-
cause they are standing
in queues, he said, refer-
ringtothedeathof some
farmers in Lalitpur dis-
trict allegedly while
standing in the queue
for fertiliser. He criti-
cised the government
alsooverrisingpricesof
petrol and diesel and
questioned the per day
hike of 35 paisa. — PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Sama-
jwadi Party president
Akhilesh Yadav today
claimed the BJP govern-
ment was on way out as
there was resentment
among the people all
over the state. He said
there was utter chaos
and anarchy as the BJP
govt had been a big fail-
ure on all fronts. Point-
ing out that BJP would
go into “quarantine”
after 2022 elections, Ya-
dav said SP’s tie-up with
Suheldeo Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party would play
major role in the victory
of the alliance in east-
ern UP
. He said this alli-
ance had rattled the
BJP. Talking to news-
men on Friday after in-
ducting two prominent
Congress leaders for-
mer MP Harinder Ma-
lik and his son former
MLA Pankaj Malik into
the SP, Yadav said the
BJP was all set to deny
renominationtoaround
150 sitting MLAs but it
would not help solve the
problem as the people
were unhappy with the
BJP as whole. Referring
to the attack of Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah’s comment that
“Akhilesh Yadav had
disappeared during
pandemic”, the SP chief
said BJP government
had left the people in
lurch as entire govern-
mental machinery had
gone into stupor.
Bahraich: Two Nepa-
lese youths who were
allegedly trying to
smuggle in drugs worth
at least Rs 1 crore from
Nepal were arrested by
a joint team of the Sa-
shastra Seema Bal
(SSB) and the Uttar
Pradesh Police from
the Indo-Nepal border,
officials said on Friday.
The contraband weigh-
ing 3.40 kilograms and
valued at a minimum
of Rs 1 crore in the in-
ternational market was
recovered from them,
Bahraich Additional
Superintendent of Po-
lice (Rural) Ashok Ku-
mar said. Police have
identified the arrested
youth as Sangam and
Rizwan, residents of
Banke district in Ne-
pal. Based on a tip-off,
the joint team on
Thursday searched the
two youths who were
suspiciously moving
around near the ‘no
man’s land’ in the In-
dian territory under
Rupaidiha police sta-
tion limits and seized
charas from them, Ku-
mar said. During inter-
rogation, they revealed
that the charas was to
be supplied to a person
in Delhi’s Paharganj
area, Kumar said. A
case under the Narcot-
ic Drugs and Psycho-
tropic Substances Act
has been registered
and further investiga-
tions are on. — PTI
First India Bureau
Kanpur: After the suc-
cessful trial inside the
Metro depot, the enthu-
siasm among the people
of Kanpur has in-
creased. Meanwhile, a
nine-kilometre track is
ready between IIT and
Motijheel besides sig-
nalling work has also
been completed. Many
sensors have also been
installed for testing.
Three coaches of the
Metro had arrived last
month from the Sanwali
plant in Gujarat. Later
three more coaches ar-
rived. As per reports,
testing of the coaches
which had arrived ear-
lier had been started.
Earlier on Monday, the
train was on run on the
track built inside the de-
pot. The train had com-
pleted six rounds at a
speed of 15 kmph. Dur-
ing this trial, the speed
of the metro was 5km,
10km and 15 km. On Fri-
day
, the metro was taken
out of the depot and
tested, seeing which en-
thusiasm arose among
people who were seen
taking selfies.
First India Bureau
Agra: Robbers looted
Rs 1,71,000 from a salt
merchant in broad day-
light in Sikandra police
station area on Friday.
The incident has creat-
ed panic in the area. Af-
ter receiving the infor-
mation, the SSP along
with a large police force
reached the spot to in-
vestigate the case.
The increasing inci-
dents of robbery in
Agra has become a
problem for the police.
Giving information
about the latest inci-
dent, SSP Sudhir Ku-
mar said that when salt
trader Puneet Agarwal
came from his house at
the warehouse to fill up
a slip, two robbers cov-
ered his face from be-
hind and snatched a bag
in which he was carry-
ing 1,71,000 rupees.
The SSP said that
there was no helper
boy at the victim’s go-
down so they don’t
have any witness of the
attackers.
According to the vic-
tim, the robbers were
wearing masks due to
which he is not able to
tell much about their
physical appearance. At
present, the police have
registered a case based
on the complaint of the
victim and police teams
have been deployed to
find the robbers.
Ghaziabad: A police
sub-inspector and a
head constable were
suspended on Thurs-
day for alleged dere-
liction of duty in a
case involving dis-
mantling of stolen
cars, officials said.
Taking cognisance in
the case, police out-
post in-charge of
Tronica City Sushil
Kumar and head con-
stable Yashpal were
suspended from duty
,
they said. The go-
down where 74 vehi-
cles were found for
cutting during a raid
falls under the juris-
diction of the police
outpost. Senior Su-
perintendent of Po-
lice Pawan Kumar
has suspended both
policemen for conniv-
ance with the car
breakers. Investiga-
tion regarding in-
volvement of the pre-
vious SHO will also
be conducted, SP (Ru-
ral) Iraj Raja said
adding that the probe
has been handed over
tothecircleofficer.At
the time of the raid
on Tuesday night, 12
workers were dis-
mantling the cars un-
der the supervision
of owner Devendra
Sharma, a native of
Brij Puri in Delhi. All
of them were arrest-
ed by the police and
SOG team. In the go-
down, 74 vehicles
were parked and they
were either bought or
stolen cars. Chassis
and engine numbers
of 29 cars were tam-
pered with, police
added The owner of
the business con-
fessed that they were
purchasing the vehi-
cles from scrap deal-
ers in Delhi. After
cutting each car, he
said the parts were
sold to old automo-
bile parts dealers in
nearby cities after
changing their en-
gine, chassis and reg-
istration number
plates. — PTI
Akhilesh Yadav addressing a press conference at party office in Lucknow on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Akhilesh Yadav during a press conference with Harendra Malik
and MLA Pankaj Malik at party office in Lucknow on Friday.
Kanpur Metro depot on Friday.
Police force deployed to trace the robbers.
—FILE PHOTO
PRE-POLL STRATEGY
SSP suspends 2 for
involvement with
car thieves’ gang
Charas worth
`1 cr seized
at border, 2
Nepalese held
Kanpur Metro being tested
on track inside depot
In broad daylight, robbers loot
`1.7 lakh from trader in Agra
The electricity supply could not start on Friday. In
such a situation, the metro will be charged from the
supply of the generator itself. After this, the metro
will be run on the main track only with DC current.
5 killed in road
crash in Kushinagar
Gorakhpur: Five
people were killed
and four others in-
jured in a head-on
collision between a
car and a tractor at
Ramkola-Kaptan-
ganj road in Kushi-
nagar district, po-
lice said on Friday.
All occupants be-
longed to Deoria
district and were
returning from a
function in Kushi-
nagar late on Thurs-
day evening when
the incident took
place, police said.
Coming from the op-
posite direction, a
tractor rammed
into the car at Ba-
ghakuti village and
turned it upside
down, police said.
The tractor too got
badly damaged but
its driver managed
to flee the scene,
they said. Police
rushed the victims
to the hospital when
it was intimated
about the incident
by some locals.
The deceased
were identified as
Pyarelal (25), Ab-
hishek Verma (26),
Jeetu Maddhesia
(20), Raj Ahmad (24),
who was driving the
car, and Sundaram
Chaube (29), police
said. The injured
are undergoing
treatment at the hos-
pital, they added.
— PTI

08
2NDFRONT
Problems and difficulties are a part
of life, they make us learn and grow,
what is needed is the correct mindset!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The last
monthwasanencourag-
ing one for the officers
of the State Administra-
tive Service of UP as the
PCS officers till the year
2000 got elevated in the
IAS cadre. But on this
hour of happiness, lines
of concern were also be-
ing drawn; in fact, the
PCS officers who got
nod to be the part of the
IAS cadre in the DPC
meeting include office
bearers of the present
PCS officers’ Associa-
tion. Due to their eleva-
tion to IAS cadre, the
current executive of the
PCS Association has
turned out to be a “lead-
erless group”. Efforts
have been initiated to
fill the vacuum in the
PCS association.
Notably, twenty five
officers of the state ser-
vices were approved to
become IAS in the DPC
(Departmental Promo-
tion Committee) meet-
ingheldinSeptemberin
Delhi. The interesting
aspectof thispromotion
was that almost all the
key incumbents of the
present PCS Associa-
tion got promoted. The
PCS Association has be-
come devoid of office
bearers, as Associa-
tion’s General Secretary
Pawan Gangwar, Vice
President Sunil Chaud-
hary, Joint Secretary
Kapil Singh, Vishal
Singh, Treasurer Dhan-
anjay Shukla and Audi-
tor Sameer Verma have
been elevated to IAS
cadre. Whereas, the PCS
Association had become
headless after the then
president Indramani
TripathibecametheIAS
last year.
All these office bear-
ers of PCS Association
were known to raise the
issues of their cadre
firmly and boldly, now
that they have joined the
IAS cadre. So, big ques-
tions have arisen; who
will ultimately take up
the issues of the state
civil service cadre? How
will it operate further?
Concerned about the
interests of their cadre,
the new officers are
brainstorming about
the upcoming strategy
.
A meeting of PCS cadre
members has been
called on October 31 at
Indira Gandhi
Pratishthan, Lucknow.
The roadmap for the
upcoming polls is likely
to be decided in this
meeting. It is expected
that this cadre will soon
beabletogetaPresident
and other office bearers
for their association,
and this cadre will be
able to put its legitimate
demands firmly before
the government.
STATE CIVIL SERVICES’ ASSOCIATION: HEADLESS AND LEADERLESS
CRISIS SITUATION

Assn Gen Secy
Pawan Gangwar,
V-P Sunil
Chaudhary, Jt
Secy Kapil Singh,
Auditor Sameer
Verma have been
elevated to
IAS cadre
—FILE PHOTO
TIME-OUT
Farmers play Kabaddi while on protest against the Centre’s three farm laws at the Ghazipur
border in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Fertiliser Crisis: Priyanka hits
outatBJPforfarmers’ distress
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AICC gen-
eral secretary Priyanka
Gandhi today assailed
the BJP government for
failing to provide ferti-
lisers to farmers of Bun-
delkhand who were fac-
ing problems in carry-
ing on their agriculture
activities.
Priyanka Gandhi,
who visited some affect-
ed farmers families in
Lalitpur Friday
, said the
situation was frighten-
ing as the government
machinery had com-
pletely failed to provide
any succour to the farm-
ers. Pointing out that
four farmers have died
recently
, Priyanka Gan-
dhisaidtwoof themhad
committed suicide and
remaining two died
while in queue to get fer-
tilizer bags. She said in
view of massive short-
age and black-market-
ing of fertilisers farm-
ershadtostandinqueue
for long time and wait
their turn and could not
leave it.
Suicides due to shortage
of fertilisers
Priyanka Gandhi
claimed that two farm-
ers committed suicide
as they could not get
fertilisers for sowing.
Priyanka Gandhi visit-
ed the families of these
farmers where she was
told that farming had
been badly affected be-
cause of lack of facili-
ties. She said local poli-
ticians, traders and of-
ficers were league in
black marketing of fer-
tilisers in Bundelkhand
and the UP government
had not been doing to
help solve the problem.
She said the poor farm-
ers were victim of debt,
hunger and govern-
mental apathy
.
She said while in
Bundelkhand farmers
were committing sui-
cides, in Lakhimpur
Khiri minister’s son
had mowed down four
farmers earlier this
month. She said the
minister was today seen
at the dais in Lucknow
along with Union Home
Minister.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Enforce-
ment Directorate, Luc-
know Zonal Office, has
attachedlandsituatedat
Dehradun owned by
Mohd. Iqbal and his
family members valu-
ing about Rs. 74 Cr. un-
dertheprovisionsof the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002.
Earlier, ED Lucknow
Zone has recorded case
under Prevention of
Money Laundering Act,
2002 against Mohd.
Iqbal, ex- MLC Saharan-
pur and others based on
the investigations con-
ductedbySeriousFraud
Investigation Office
(SFIO), Ministry of Cor-
porate Affairs, Delhi re-
lating to acquisition of
assets through illegiti-
mate means in 2010-2011
by Mohd. Iqbal, ex MLC
Saharanpur and others.
Namrata Marketing P
Ltd and Giriasho Com-
pany P Ltd., shell com-
paniesunderthecontrol
of Mohd. Iqbal and fam-
ily members, participat-
ed in the bidding pro-
cess of disinvestment of
sugar mills of the UP
government during
2010-11 and acquired 07
sugar mills across UP
through laundering of
illegitimate money
through various shell
companies having dum-
my directors and sham
transactions. These 07
sugar mills were at-
tachedunderPMLAear-
lier in March, 2021. ED
has taken possession of
all these 07 sugar mills
for further proceedings
under PMLA.
In continuation of in-
vestigations, ED had
also earlier search op-
erations in premises re-
lating to Mohd. Iqbal in
Saharanpur and Delhi.
In further PMLA inves-
tigations, it has been
found that Mohd. Iqbal
and his family members
acquired land at Saha-
ranpur in the name of
the company BSS Asso-
ciates in 2015 through
staged transactions and
commission of offence
of fraud under Compa-
nies Act.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Friday
sought response from
the Centre and Uttar
Pradesh government on
a plea seeking a CBI
probe into the death of
a Kanpur-based busi-
nessman in which six
policemen have been
charged with murder.
A bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and
BV Nagarathna issued
notice to the Centre and
UP government and
sought their response.
The bench posted the
matter for further hear-
ing after the Diwali
break.
Advocate Amit
George, appearing for
the widow of the busi-
nessman, said that just
after the incident, there
was a press release by
the office of Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
saying the government
would recommend a
CBI probe.
Till now CBI has not
registered the case nor
there is any investiga-
tion going on by the SIT
constituted by the state
government. Not even
crime scene recreation
has been don.
The bench said it is
issuing notice in the
matter. Manish Gupta
(36) died in a Gorakh-
pur hotel during a po-
lice raid. He was stay-
ing along with two
friends in the hotel
The Police had earli-
er denied the charge
and said he received a
head injury after he fell
on the ground as he was
drunk.
On September 29, a
case of murder has
been registered against
six policemen involved
in the raid.The police-
men booked for murder
include JN Singh, Sub-
Inspector Vijay Yadav,
and Phalmandi police
post-in-charge Akshay
Mishra, Gorakhpur DM
Vijay Kiran Anand
said.
The authorities had
suspended the police-
men, including the
Ramgarh Taal SHO,
and handed over the
probe to the SP (city).
—PTI
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad HC said that live-
in relationships have
become a part of life
and need to be viewed
from the perspective of
personal autonomy,
much more than that of
social morality
.
The Division Bench
of Justice Pritinker Di-
waker and Justice
Ashutosh Srivastava
passed this order while
hearing a petition by
Shayara Khatun @
Shaira Khatun And An-
other from Kushinagar.
The writ petitioners,
who are both major and
of different faiths, are
stated to be in a live-in-
relationship with each
other since last more
than two years. The pe-
titioners alleged that
the respondent no. 4,
who is the father of the
woman, is interfering
in the day-to-today life
of the petitioners.
The counsel for the
petitioners submitted
that they have ap-
proached the police but
they were not extending
any help and conse-
quently, the life and lib-
erty of the petitioners
was undermined.
First India Bureau
Chennai: A murder case involving a schizo-
phrenic CISF officer and the apparent igno-
rance of the top brass in the Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF) about the jawan’s mental
condition recently led the Madras HC to briefly
touch upon the stigma surrounding mental ill-
ness (Vijay Pratap Singh v. State).
A Bench of Justices PN Prakash and RN
Manjula acquitted the CISF officer after find-
ing that there was adequate material to show
that the officer was suffering from schizophre-
nia which may have led him to shoot his fellow
officers.
The Court in its order also lamented how
marriage is viewed as a cure for mental illness
in India.
“In fact, in our country
, there does exist, even
now, a belief that marriage will cure mental ill-
ness, as if it is the panacea therefor, little realis-
ing that, post marriage, the life of the other
spouseisgoingtobeinjeopardy
,”theCourtsaid.
The Court also expressed surprise that neither
his colleagues nor the higher ups at the CISF
were aware that the officer was suffering from
schizophrenia.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets family members of a farmer who committed suicide in Lalitpur.
ATTACKS SHAH
IN THE COURTYARD
Live-in relationships
part of life: Ald HC
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COPS’ CLAIM
Transfer of Amethi,
Mau DMs withdrawn
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as 15 IAS officers were
transferred in UP, the transfer orders of DM
Amethi and DM Mau were withdrawn. This
means that Arun Kumar will continue as the
DM of Amethi and Amit Singh Bansal will
continue as the DM of Mau.
In the latest transfers, those who received
posting are Anuj Jha as Director Panchayati
Raj, Andra Vamsi as MD Skill Development
Mission, Kunal Silku as MD PCBF, VK Singh
as Village Development Commissioner, Ujjwal
Kumar as special secretary IT, Arvind Chaura-
sia as special secretary residence, Gyan
Prakash Tripathi as Special Secy PWD and De-
vendra Pandey has been sent to APC branch.

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LUCKNOW, SATURDAY
OCTOBER 30, 2021
NOT JUST A HOTEL!
NOT JUST A HOTEL!
MAKEEVERYMOMENTMATTER
NOT JUST A HOTEL!
Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia
Resort is all set to host
the Grand Finale of the
all-India beauty pageants:
First Miss India and First
Miss Teen India 2021 to
be held today with
gorgeous-looking models
all set to compete for
the crown!
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
ovotel Goa Dona Sylvia
Resort, nestled between
the tranquillity of the
White Sands of Cavelos-
sim Beach and opulent
greenery, is one of Goa’s
finest and super luxurious
beach resorts. This premium 20
acres property exudes extrava-
gance and opulence harnessing
your holiday with priceless mo-
ments. Novotel is known for its ex-
tremely clean and safe environ-
ment and has now gone a step fur-
ther to strengthen its safety norms.
The resort staff leaves no stone
unturned and implements strin-
gent safety rules.
All this and more is being expe-
rienced by the First India team and
the 43 participants who are at the
venue, here for the grand finale of
the First Miss India 2021 and First
Miss India Teen 2021- all India
Beauty Pageant - the initiative of
Jagdeesh Chandra. The venue with
its conference halls, ballroom,
sprawling poolside and private
beach is a paradise to hold discus-
sions, mentoring programmes,
practise for the finale and umpteen
photography/selfie points.
The grand ballroom of Novotel
is being done up to host the grand
finale.
N
It is indeed
wonderful to
host the First
Miss India
2021, the all India beauty
pageant organised by First
India! The team of First
India and the participants
are gracious guests and
we are happy to be hosting
them. Novotel Goa Dona
Sylvia Resort with its
facilities and its new Grand
ballroom is indeed the
perfect venue for an event
of this magnitude.
— DENNIS D’COSTA, GM
Novotel Goa Dona
Sylvia Resort
Malvi Malhotra

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City First brings to you the 43 gorgeous beauties who will be competing
City First brings to you the 43 gorgeous beauties who will be competing
today for the First Miss India 2021 and First Miss India Teen 2021
today for the First Miss India 2021 and First Miss India Teen 2021
titles and crown! We wish all our contestants all the best for today!
titles and crown! We wish all our contestants all the best for today!
ANGELS ON EARTH
ANGELS ON EARTH
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Yashasvi Srivastava, Chahak Bhandula, Aanchal Ajaipal, Athmika Suresh, Tanvi Purohit, Anita Kriplani, Shreya Gupta, Vaaruni YS, Navyashree Shetty, Taruna Thapa, Suman
Manva, Priyanka P, Shreya Khanna, Kritika Swarnkar, Shibani Singh, Lekh Uthaiah, Divisha Paliwal, Karishma Tak, Divya Prasad, Pearl Agarwal, Akanksha Tiwari, Shreet Chande,
Sowmyaa Kharatmal, Supriya Roy, Kavya Kapoor, Sargam Sharma, Rukmini, Priya Arora, Kanishka Bhagat, Angel Sain, Rayna Sikri, Kanggana Malik, Muskan Mulchandani,
Naavya Srivastava, Mrunmayi Barve, Navya Singh, Ritu Lakhina, Rishika Chandani, Priya Yadav, Rutvi Tiwari, Upadi Jolotia, Shubhi Dhaneta and Yashika Kumawat

12
CITY BUZZ
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Many cultural programmes were presented
on the second day of the two-day Avadh
festival held at Lucknow University on
Friday. Dean, Students’ Welfare, Professor
Poonam Tandon encouraged the students
and Director of Cultural Affairs, Professor
Rakesh Chandra, guided the team to
conduct an event of such vast magnitude.
Coordinator of Cultural Affairs, Ayush
Shukla successfully organised the entire
programme with the help of his team.
Jal Vayu Parivartan
Sammelan Exhibtion was
organised at Indira Gandhi
Pratishthan on Thursday.
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
Cold Medicine Chamber was inaugurated at Northern
Railway Divisional Hospital, Lucknow on Friday by
the President, Northern Railway Women’s Welfare
Organisation (NRWWO), Shikha Gangal.
Safe Society organised the formal launch of ‘Shwet’
Chikankari products made by Self-Help Group women in
Lucknow. The inaugural event of Shwet – ‘AARAMBH’ was
held at HCL Technologies Campus, IT City, on Thursday. The
launch was graced by eminent dignitaries Pradeep Kumar
(IAS), Special Secretary, MSME Export Promotion, Govt.
of U.P., Nidhi Pundhir, Director HCL Foundation, Rishi Kumar,
VP HCL Technologies Puneet Mishra, Deputy Director, Mahila
Kalyan Vibhag, Government of U.P. and Kirti Karamachandani,
Head-Government Relations, HCL Foundation.
A CULTURAL SAGA EXHIBIT! UPGRADING EVERYDAY!
BRINGING LAURELS
SHWET HUA ‘AARAMBH’!
Students of St Anjani's
Public School bagged
two gold and two bronze
medals in the 2nd Bharat
Ratna Late Atal Bihari
Vajpayi Memorial State
Taekwondo Championship
which was held at
K.D.Singh Babu Stadium,
Lucknow.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS!
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted and blessed the staff members whose birthdays fell in October as a joint celebration was held at
the First India Channel office on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
n the second day
of the pageant
journey for the fi-
nalists of First
Miss India and
First Miss India
Teen 2021, i.e. on
Friday, the girls witnessed
varioussessionsbyexperts
and were thrilled by the
knowledge they shared.
Jagdeesh Chandra con-
ducted the most awaited
motivational session and
encouraged the girls to ac-
complish their goals and
wish them all the best in
their future endeavours.
He also ensured that the
girls are having a comfort-
able stay and advised them
to be mentally and physi-
callyfit.Also,manymodels
like Ritu Lakhina, Rishika
Chandnani and Shubhi
Dhaneta thanked him from
the bottom of their hearts
for providing this amazing
opportunity where they
can showcase their talent.
One of these was Aan-
chal Ajaipal, who said,
“This is a place where we
can learn and grow, we
have made a family here
which will be with us till
the end.” Another session
of the day was conducted
by Supermodel Aakriti
Anand Singh who shared
her valuable thoughts on
pageant and model-
ling. Then skincare
expert Dr Amit
Karkhanis took a ses-
sion on skincare tips as it
is a very important aspect
for any girl in the fashion
industry
. After this, stun-
ning actress Malvi Mal-
hotra interacted with all
the girls and shared her
experiences.
Along with all these ses-
sions, the finalists had an
amazing photoshoot at the
beach where they were
looking no less than di-
vas. Post the photo-
shoot, Kriti Garg en-
couraged the girls
along with some
unique tips while the fa-
mous costume designer
Ken Ferns discussed cloth-
ing and garments. This
was not the end, the day
concluded with the Talent
round for the Miss catego-
ry and the Question and
Answer round for the Teen
Category
.
MESMERISING BEAUTIES OF FMI’21
THE FINALISTS OF FIRST MISS INDIA AND FIRST MISS INDIA TEEN 2021 ARE SPREADING GLAMOUR IN ONE
OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES OF INDIA-GOA.THE SECOND DAY OF THE PAGEANT WAS FULL OF
KNOWLEDGEABLE SESSIONS BY THE EXPERTS OF THE INDUSTRY
MANSI BACHANI
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—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra interacting with the participants of First Miss India
Ken Ferns during the mentoring session on clothing
Kriti Garg engaging with the girls
Aakriti Anand sharing her experiences from
the modelling industry
Dr Amit Karkhanis sharing skincare tips with the girls
during the grooming session Malvi Malhotra addressing the girls
Jagdeesh Chandra with Sudhanshu Mathur, Mahesh Sharma, Shweta Mishra, Vijender Solanki, Jinendra
Singh Shekhawat, Kareena, Intzaar Ali, Adi, Manish, Kumher, Sanjeev, Praveen, Manjula, Ramesh, Jitendra,
Prashant, Jiya, Dimple, Jigyasa, Malvika, Tripti, Arge, Happy, Varun, Megha, Sanjeev, Lalit, Gaurav, Naveen,
Hemant, Deepak, Prashant, Zia, Rakesh among others
Jagdeesh Chandra during the cake cutting ceremony with Sudhanshu Mathur, Mahesh Sharma, Shweta Mishra, Vijender
Solanki, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Kareena, Dinesh, Intzaar, Arge Appaso, Kumher Sharma, Varun Bissa,
Gaurav, Manish, Megha Jain among others

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