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How CM Yogi fought an invisible enemy that Covid-19 is!
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: The Covid
management endeav-
our of Uttar Pradesh
government received a
huge international rec-
ognition in the form of
high praise by the
World Health Organisa-
tion (WHO). The global
health body has show-
ered praise on Uttar
Pradesh Government
for its COVID-19 man-
agement strategy that
helped in getting con-
trol over the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
“The UP govern-
ment’s strategic re-
sponse to COVID-19 by
stepping up contact
tracing efforts is exem-
plary and can serve as a
good example for other
states,” said Dr. Roderi-
co Ofrin, WHO Country
Representative.
The global health
body appreciated the ef-
forts made by Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath and his govern-
ment for the manage-
mentespeciallyintrack-
ing the high-risk con-
tacts. Over 70,000 front-
line health workers
worked across the state
to reach out to high-risk
contacts of COVID-19
positive cases.
Acknowledging con-
tact tracing as an essen-
tial public health tool
for controlling the pan-
demic, Dr. Ofrin stated,
“Systematic tracking of
contacts through a
proper mechanism is
key, along with a well-
trained health work-
force to implement the
surveillance activities.”
It is to be mentioned
that the government
has increased the test-
ing to keep a check on
COVID-19 infections
and also requested the
people of the state to re-
main alert and follow
all the precautions.
Uttar Pradesh has al-
ready set a record in the
country for having done
most tests in the coun-
try. On an average, more
than 1.75 lakh Covid
tests are being done in
the state, again the
highest in the country.
Covid preparations by
UP government ‘BEING
POSITIVE IN A NEGA-
TIVE SITUATION IS
NOT NAIVE. IT IS
LEADERSHIP’.
The story had begun
much before the danger
bells rang. It was in the
month of February, 2020
itself when the first case
of Covid was reported.
Fully realising that ‘the
sweat in peace time
saves blood in the war
time’, Yogi immediately
assessed his health in-
frastructure and chart-
ed out requirements
even before the other
states and even coun-
tries started taking cog-
nisance of Coronavirus.
Team-11 in a novel
initiative, later to be
emulated by other
states, the CM set up a
Team-11 comprised of
11 senior officers, to re-
view the measures tak-
en by the government in
management of Covid.
Each officer was given a
specific task to be car-
ried out by him in coor-
dination of other offic-
ers. CM used to take
meetings of Team-11 on
a daily basis. The
prompt monitoring in
such a manner helped
the state control the
spread of Corona better
than any other state in
the country. The offic-
ers/team was selected
keeping in view the is-
sues public was likely to
face because of Covid
restrictions. For exam-
ple in the Agriculture
sector, it was for the gov-
ernment to ensure has-
sle-free harvesting and
in the Industrial sector,
it was to be looked into
thatallimportantindus-
tries like those dealing
withmedicines,medical
equipment’s were run
without any difficulty.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
BJP PRESIDENT JP NADDA LAUNCHED
HIS 120-DAY NATIONWIDE TOUR ON
FRIDAY BY VISITING UTTARAKHAND P6P5
JAVADEKAR ASKS DELHI GOVT TO TAKE
SWIFT ACTION ON THE COMPLAINTS
FORWARDED BY POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Vijay Mallya’s
assets in France
worth 1.6 mn
euros seized
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday said
India’s vaccination
programme against
COVID-19 would begin
as soon as a go-ahead
from scientists is giv-
en, and asserted that
healthcare workers in-
volved in treating cor-
onavirus patients,
frontline workers and
old people suffering
from serious condi-
tions would be inocu-
lated on priority.
In his closing re-
marks at an all-party
meeting with leaders of
various political par-
ties to discuss the COV-
ID-19 pandemic situa-
tion in the country,
Modi said experts be-
lieve the wait for the
COVID-19 vaccine will
not be long and it may
be ready in a few weeks.
Turn to P6
PM MODI: COVID VACCINE
MAY BE READY IN FEW WEEKS
COUNTDOWN BEGINS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs an all-party meeting to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, via video
conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
“BlockallroadstoDelhi”,sayfarmers
astheycallfor‘All-IndiaBandh’OnDec8
Trudeau’s ‘farmers’ remark: India
summons Canadian high commissioner
New Delhi: Hardening
their position ahead of
the fifth round of talks
with the government,
agitating farmers on
Friday announced a
‘Bharat Bandh’ on De-
cember 8 and said they
would occupy toll pla-
zas on that day.
Addressing a press
conference, farmer lead-
er Gurnam Singh Cha-
doni said if the Centre
does not accept their de-
mandsduringSaturday’s
talks, they will intensify
their agitation against
the new farm laws.
“In our meeting to-
day, we have decided to
give a ‘Bharat Bandh’
call on December 8 dur-
ing which we will also
occupy Turn to P6
Hyderabad: The BJP’s
great push in the Great-
erHyderabadMunicipal
Corporation (GHMC)
polls has paid off par-
tiallyforthepartythatis
eyeing the Telangana
Assembly election due
in 2023. The BJP has
ended the single-party
dominance of Telanga-
na Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao’s
Telangana Rashtra
Samiti (TRS) in the
GHMC, thanks to high-
pitchedcampaignbyUn-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah,UPCMYogiAdity-
anath and BJP National
President JP Nadda.
Shah hailed the BJP’s
impressive perfor-
mance in the GHMC
elections in Hyderabad.
Taking to Twitter, he
expressed gratitude to
the voters who ‘reposed
faith in PM Modi-led
BJP’s Politics of Devel-
opment.’ Turn to P6
New Delhi: India on
Friday summoned the
Canadian High Com-
missionerandconveyed
to him that the com-
ments made by Canadi-
an Prime Minister Jus-
tin Trudeau and some
other leaders there on
the farmers’ agitation
constituted an “unac-
ceptable interference”
in the country’s inter-
nal affairs.
The Canadian diplo-
mat was also told that
such actions, if contin-
ued, would have a “seri-
ously damaging” im-
pact on the bilateral
ties, the external affairs
ministry said.
Trudeau, backing the
agitating farmers in In-
dia, had said that Cana-
da will always be there
to defend the rights of
peaceful protests, and
expressed concern over
the situation.
“The Canadian High
Commissioner was
summoned to the Minis-
try of External Affairs
today and informed that
comments by the Cana-
dian Prime Minister,
some Cabinet Ministers
and members of Parlia-
ment on issues relating
to Indian farmers con-
stitute an unacceptable
interference in our in-
ternal affairs,” the MEA
said, adding a demarche
was made to the envoy.
The MEA said these
comments by the Cana-
dian leaders have en-
couraged “gatherings
of extremist activities”
in front of the Indian
High Commission and
Consulates in Canada,
raising issues of safety
and security. Turn to P6
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
Vaccination prog would begin as soon as a go-ahead from scientists is given
Statement could
have ‘damaging
impact on bilateral
ties’, conveys India
SIKH BODY DEMANDS
KANGANA’S APOLOGY
Mumbai: It was Kangana
Ranaut versus not just
Diljit Dosanjh but several
other Punjabi artistes as
well as the Delhi Sikh
Gurdwara Management
Committee on Friday with
the actor’s comments
against an elderly
participant in farmers’
protest leading to a bitter
war of words and demands
for an apology. Delhi Sikh
Gurdwara Management
Committee President
Maninder Sirsa said
Ranaut’s tweets tried to
portray farmers protest as
“anti-national” and were
derogatory against the
aged mother of a farmer.
Farmers during Delhi Chalo protest against new farm law,
at Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Fugitive bil-
lionaire Vijay Mallya’s as-
sets in France worth 1.6
million euros have been
seized by the Enforce-
ment Directorate, the
probe agency said in a
statement on Friday. “On
the request of Directorate
of Enforcement (ED), a
property of Vijay Mallya
located at 32 Avenue
FOCH, France has been
seized by the French
Authority. Investigations
revealed that a large
amount was remitted
abroad from the bank
account of Kingfisher
Airlines Ltd,” the ED said.
Amit Shah K Chandrasekhar Rao Yogi Adityanath
We must make sure
rumours are not
spread during
vaccination. all political
parties must make sure
that we save all Indians
from such rumours and
spread awareness
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
FIRST TO 1 CRORE
HEALTH WORKERS
COVID-19 vaccine will be
first given to about one
crore health workers from
both the public and private
sectors, and then to about
two crore frontline workers,
the Union Health Ministry
said in its presentation at
the all-party meet on Friday,
said government during the
all-party meeting on Friday.
AZAD: PANDEMICS THREAT TO
COUNTRY’S INTERNAL SECURITY
COVID-like pandemics can pose a threat to
the country’s internal security and policy
makers should address this challenge,
senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
said on Friday. Addressing the all-party
meeting, the Leader of Opposition in the
Rajya Sabha also said that the country
should be well placed to get vaccines at
affordable prices and at an early stage.
HYDERABAD CIVIC POLLS VERDICT
KCR LOSES TO
SHAH & YOGI!BJP MAKES KCR
DEPENDENT ON
OWAISI, YET AGAIN
AIMIM-BJP ENGAGE IN NECK-
AND-NECK FIGHT IN HIGHLY
POLARISED BATTLE
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MORAL VICTORY, PARTY ONLY ALTERNATIVE
TO RULING TRS IN TELANGANA, SAYS BJP
New Delhi: BJP’s performance in the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls is a “moral victory”
for the party and it has emerged as the “only alterna-
tive” to the ruling TRS in Telangana, its general secretary
Bhupender Yadav said on Friday.The BJP’s performance
has confirmed the trend that it is replacing the Congress
as the main challenger to the TRS, Yadav said.

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First India Bureau
Uttar Pradesh Chief
anath on Friday said
though the state and
central governments
are making all needed
efforts to check the
spread of COVID-19,
people must continue to
take all precautions
against the pandemic.
The Chief Minister
added that his govern-
ment was able to control
encephalitis deaths by
upto 95% this year.
Yogi was speaking at the
inaugural function of
the Founder’s Week cel-
ebrations of Maharana
Pratap Shiksha Pari-
shad (MPSP).
Deputy Chief Minister
Dinesh Sharma and
Chief of Defence Staff
(CDS) Bipin Rawat also
attended the event.
The Chief Minister said
the state government
and the Centre are put-
ting in huge efforts to
check the spread of
COVID-19 and are also
preparing for vaccina-
tion in the future but
“We have to continue
taking precautions and
follow COVID-19 proto-
cols”, he said.
Enumerating achieve-
ments of the state gov-
ernment in control-
ling COVID-19, the
CM credited Centre’s
Swachh Bharat cam-
paign for bringing
down deaths in UP.
“This year, we are
able to control encepha-
litis deaths up to
95%and PM Modi’s vi-
sionary Swachh Bharat
campaign helped a lot
in achieving this tar-
get,” he said.
The CM also addressed
the youths and said that
they should adopt right
icons in their life to stay
strong.
“Youths should set
goals and choose the
right icons for life,” he
said.
“Mahant Digvi-
jaynath ji established
Maharana Pratap Shik-
sha Parishad taking in-
spiration from Maha-
rana Pratap 88 years
ago. We need to stay
strong (like Maharana
Pratap) and turn chal-
lenges into opportuni-
ties,” he added.
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Dinesh Sharma and
CDS Bipin Rawat also
underlined the impor-
tance hardwork and of
having teachers in life.
Yogi necessitates need of taking precautions to tackle COVID-19
BETTER THAN CURE
The CM says that the state government is
going full throttle against the pandemic, but
the citizens too should take due care
Expansion mode: NSEIT DeX
sets up new office in Lucknow
Saudi groom’s digi-marriage with Jaunpur bride
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The COV-
ID-19 pandemic has
brought in newer ways
of working from home,
going out of house with
a mask on and has also
added the latest trend
of tying the nupital
knot online to its kitty.
One such digital-mar-
riage was reported from
Jaunpur. Due to COV-
ID-19 protocols and the
risks associated with
the infection, the
groom, who is present-
ly in Saudi Arabia, was
not able come to India,
to the bride’s place for
solemnising the mar-
riage ceremony.
The tech-savy couple
wasted no time and ful-
filled all the marriage
rituals online on Thurs-
day night. As such, peo-
ple were witness to a
marriage that was done
via video conferencing.
Sipahi Mohalla resi-
dent of Jaunpur Kaji
Hayat’s daughter Tah-
reen Zaidi was married
to Akil Abbas of Saudi
Arabia.
Akil works in a com-
pany in Saudi Arabia.
Family members and
close relatives number-
ing 25-30 reached Jaun-
pur from Sultanpur.
Fully decked up
and dapper in his
marriage costume,
Akil turned up on
screen from Saudi
Arabia. Maulana
Shamimul Hasan sol-
emnised the mar-
riage.
Bride’s brother Shay-
ad Zaidi said social dis-
tancing norms and reg-
ulations were duly fol-
lowed during the cere-
mony at Jaunpur while
the marriage related
rituals were completed
through video-confer-
encing.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Leading and
significant service pro-
vider of National Re-
pute, NSEIT Ltd. with
proven track record of
over 13+ years of con-
ducting end to end on-
line exam services is
expanding its presence
in the state of Uttar
Pradesh under which
the company has start-
ed its new branch office
in Vinay Khand Gomti
Nagar, Lucknow.
NSEIT DeX has its
own exam centers, own
software and own staff
across 16 districts in Ut-
tar Pradesh and is
strongly positioned to
handle end to end on-
line exam services.
The premier institute
of national repute also
has strong partnership
with Engineering and
Management colleges
for use of their comput-
er labs for conduct of
large volume projects.
It is to be noted that
NSEIT DeX has been
conducting high vol-
ume exams round the
year for many of its cli-
ents which include Reg-
ulatory bodies, Central
& State Govt., PSUs,
large Examination bod-
ies, Universities and
Corporates.
UP PRESENCE: The new NSEIT
office in Gomti Nagar.
GIRDING UP LOINS: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has assured that his
government is taking all needed measures to counter the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
BONDED ONLINE: The stranded groom in Saudi solemnised the
online marriage ceremony with the bride who was in Jaunpur.
The groom could not
come to India for the
ceremony and hence
resorted to online
mode for the same
1985 fresh COVID-19 cases
reported in UP on Friday
‘Invest UP’ is all set for a
more professional makeover
First India Bureau
Lucknow:TheCOVID-19
infectiontallyinthestate
went up to 5,51,179 with
1,985newcasesonFriday
while the number of peo-
ple who lost their lives
duemountedto7,877with
29 more deaths.
The number of active
cases in the state pres-
ently stood at 22,665 of
which 10,653 are in home
isolation while 2,135 oth-
ers are undergoing treat-
ment in private hospi-
tals, Additional Chief
Secretary, Health, Amit
Mohan Prasad said.
As many as 5,20,637
people have recovered
and been discharged
from hospitals of which
2,247 people have been
discharged in the past 24
hours. Recovery rate in
UP now stands at 94.46
per cent.
Out of 29 deaths, five
were reported from Luc-
know, three from Jaun-
pur,twoeachfromPraya-
graj, Varanasi, Meerut,
Muzaffarnagar and
Mainpuri,KanpurDehat
among others. The high-
est number of fresh cas-
es with 259 have been re-
ported from Lucknow
followed by 224 from
Meerut, 120 from Vara-
nasi,and117fromGhazi-
abad, the bulletin said.
OnThursday,over1.71
lakh tests were conduct-
ed,takingthetotalcount
of tests conducted to 1.99
crore,inUP. TheCMwill
launch an app on Friday
providing information
about availability of
COVID test centres for
benefit of all those who
want to get themselves
tested, he said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Subsequent
to a series of success-
ful initiatives to attract
and materialize invest-
ment in Uttar Pradesh,
the State government
has initiated the pro-
cess to professionalize
its investment promo-
tion and facilitation
agency – ‘Invest UP’ in
right earnest.
Additional Chief
Secretary, Infrastruc-
ture & Industrial De-
velopment, Alok Ku-
mar informed that in a
first-of-its-kind initia-
tive, the State govern-
ment has decided to
engage highly quali-
fied professionals from
business and manage-
ment sphere with am-
ple experience for
seamless integration
of investment promo-
tion and facilitation
streams.
Alok Kumar, who is
also the Member-Secre-
tary of the Governing
Board of ‘Invest UP’,
informed , “In all 44
professionals are pro-
posed to be recruited to
enhance the efficiency
of services to investors
and industrialists. In
the first phase, five
well-qualified persons
will be recruited, in-
cluding a Chief Oper-
ating Officer (COO) to
lead the investment
promotion functions of
the agency under the
guidance of the Chief
Executive Officer
(CEO).”
“Appointment as
well as removal of the
Chief Operating Offic-
er (COO) will be ap-
proved by Hon’ble
Chief Minister, who is
the Chairperson of the
Governing Board of
the newly established
agency”, he added.
LORD AT WORK: Recently, men dressed as Hindu gods, made
people aware of wearing masks. —FILE PHOTO
FOR BETTER: ACS Alok Kumar
to rope in better talents.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Alla-
habad High Court has
sought the criminal
history of strongman
and four-time MLA
Vijay Mishra from
Gyanpur district. The
court sought e record
of the 71 criminal
cases against him.
Hearing a petition on
his bail plea, Justice
Sunit Kumar directed
to present the plea on
December 7.
The court has also
allowed Vijay Mishra
to file his reply on the
affidavit of the state
government.Thelatest
accusationontheMLA
isof encroachingupon
thelandandhouseof a
relative Krishna Mo-
han Tiwari, as the lat-
ter lodged an FIR
against him.
Additional Advo-
cate General MC
Chaturvedi told the
court that the peti-
tioner had 71 running
criminal cases
against him.
Need criminal history
of Gyanpur MLA: HC
Bhagyanagar Ka Bhagyoday Ho Raha Hai: UP CM
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: As the Bhar-
tiya Janata Party (BJP)
penetrates through the
Hyderabad political set
up and has hit TRS and
AIMIM where it hurts
the most, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
made it ‘personally of-
ficial’ that Hyderabad
will switch names with
‘Bhagyanagar’.
Tweeting after a mo-
mentous performance
in recent Hyderabad
polls, Yogi on Friday
Tweeted, “Bhagyana-
gar Ka Bhagyoday Pra-
rambh ho Raha hai
(Bhagyanagar’s good
fortune has begun).” He
also thanked people of
Hyderabad compli-
menting them as people
of Bhagyanagar.
“I thank the people of
Bhagyanagar for show-
ing great faith in the
leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and,” Yogi’s tweet
read.
After a high-octane
campaigning by CM
Yogi Adityanath in Hy-
derabad recently, the
BJP made significant
electoral inroads here
in the fiercely contested
GHMC polls, almost giv-
ing a scare to the ruling
TRS, which just man-
aged to retain control of
the civic body it won
four years ago.
BJP’s resurgent per-
formance prompted the
state leadership to de-
scribe it as a “saffron
strike”, while party in-
charge Bhupendar Ya-
dav said it has now
emerged as the “only
alternative” to the K
Chandrasekhar Rao-led
regional dispensation
with people accepting
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s brand of
good governance.
The Telangana Rash-
tra Samiti admitted the
results were not on ex-
pected lines, but its
Working President K T
Rama Rao said there
was nothing to feel dis-
appointed about it.
The BJP emerged as
the principal challeng-
er to the TRS though the
state’s ruling party was
still ahead of its rivals,
and the saffron surge
could bring its cadre
the much needed mo-
rale booster ahead of
the 2023 Assembly polls.
From four wards in
the 2016 GHMC polls as
an ally of the Telugu De-
sam Party, the saffron
party has managed a
ten time jump all alone.
Upbeat over the par-
ty’s impressive perfor-
mance in the city civic
poll, BJP state presi-
dent Bandi Sanjay Ku-
mar said it was a “saf-
fron strike” in which
the electorate reposed
faith in the BJP and
voted against the rul-
ing TRS.
Today’s good show
follows the surprise de-
feat handed by BJP to
the TRS in the recent
Dubbak Assembly by-
poll.
The results reaffirms
that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s lead-
ership and his model of
good governance have
acceptability across re-
gions,” Yadav, who was
deputed as in-charge for
the local elections in
Hyderabad, said.
The GHMC elections
would be an unpleasant
experience for the rul-
ing TRS as it had swept
the last city polls in
2016, winning 99 out of
the 150 wards.
The TRS now has to
deal with a resurgent
BJP, which improved its
strength substantially.
Rama Rao, son of
Chief Minister K Chan-
drashekhar Rao, said
theparty’sperformance
will be discussed in de-
tail thean internal fo-
rum. He said TRS lost
several wards by ex-
tremely low margins.
“However, there is noth-
ing to feel disappointed
about,” he added.
In GHMC elections, BJP sniffed close to the ruling TRS, which just managed to retain control of the civic body it won four years ago
IT TAKES TWO: Central Home Minister Amit Shah and UP CM Yogi Adityanath share a laugh in a
recently organised rally directed towards campaigning for the GHMC elections.
BJP PENETRATES
HC FOR MORE OF ‘GYAN’:
Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Riding high
on Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath’s
dominance in Uttar
Pradesh, the Bhartiya
Janata Party (BJP)
registered victory on
three out of six Legis-
lative Council seats
here.
The party won three
of the six Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Council
seats for which results
were announced ini-
tially on Friday.
Altogether, polling
was held on 11 seats re-
served for graduates
and teachers in the bi-
ennial elections.
The BJP on Friday
won a maximum of
three of these seats, Sa-
majwadi Party one, and
Independent candi-
dates bagged the
remaining two.
The results for the
remaining five seats
had not been an-
nounced till the report
was published. Howev-
er, it is expected that
the BJP will win at
least three more seats,
the poll pundits have
predicted.
BJP's Umesh Dwive-
di, Shrishchandra
Sharma and Hari Sin-
gh Dhillon were de-
clared winners from
Lucknow, Meerut and
Bareilly-Moradabad
teachers' constituen-
cies, respectively, an of-
ficial statement issued
here said.
SP candidate Lal Bi-
hari Yadav won from
Varanasi teachers' con-
stituency, while Inde-
pendents Akash Agar-
wal and Dhruv Kumar
Tripathi won from Agra
and Faizabad teachers'
constituencies, respec-
tively, it said.
The counting for the
11 seats started on
Thursday and the re-
sults of the remaining
are likely to be an-
nounced by Friday
evening, officials said.
The voting for the 11
seats were held on De-
cember 1 and a total of
199 candidates were in
the fray.
The BJP, the SP, the
Congress and teachers'
associations contested
the polls.
Of the 11 seats, five
are graduates' constitu-
encies and six teachers'
constituencies.
The term of office of
the MLCs from these
constituencies expired
on May 6.
Less than a month
ago, the BJP had swept
away the bypolls in the
state by a crushing
win against its oppo-
nents. In the bypolls no
other party other than
BJP and Samajwadi
Party had opened ac-
counts as SP could just
bag one seat.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Scores of
farmers opposing the
Centre's new farm laws
stayed put at the Noida-
Delhi border for the
fourth day on the trot on
Friday, even as a key
road connecting Uttar
Pradesh and the nation-
al capital remained par-
tiallyshutduetothestir.
The protesters, in-
cluding some women,
are camping at one car-
riageway of the Delhi-
Noida Link Road at the
Chilla border, while
some are demonstrating
at the nearby Dalit Pre-
rna Sthal near the Ma-
hamaya Flyover, accord-
ing to officials.
"One carriageway of
the Noida-Delhi road is
closed while the other
side, Delhi to Noida, is
open. The law and order
situation is under con-
trol and commuters
have been advised to
take alternative routes
of the DND and the Ka-
lindi Kunj to travel to
and fro Delhi, Noida
Deputy Commissioner
of Police Rajesh S told.
Noida Traffic Police
also issued an advisory
on Thursday night, sug-
gesting alternative
routes instead of the
Chilla road, even as the
alternative routes —
Delhi-Noida Direct ex-
pressway and Kalindi
Kunj — witnessed more
than usual traffic in
peak morning hours on
Friday.
Farmers from west-
ern UP districts like
Meerut, Muzaffarnagar,
Firozabad, Kasganj,
Gautam Buddh Nagar
and belonging to groups
like Bharatiya Kisan
Union, Bharatiya Kisan
Union (Bhanu) and
Bharatiya Kisan Union
(Lok Shakti) are protest-
ing at the border here.
First India Bureau
Mau: Fourteen peo-
ple have been booked
under the new anti-
conversion law here,
police said on Friday.
Shabab Khan aka Ra-
hul (38) and 13 of his
acquaintances were
booked under relevant
sections of the IPC and
UP Prohibition of Un-
lawful Conversion of
Religion Ordinance,
2020, the police said.
The FIR was lodged
on Thursday night at
Chiraiyakot Police Sta-
tion in Mau district fol-
lowing a compliant by
a resident of Molna-
ganj village, ASP,
Tribhuvan Nath Trip-
athi said.
According to the
complainant, Khan,
who is married, alleg-
edly abducted his
27-year-old daughter
along with his associ-
ates on the eve of her
wedding on November
30 with the intent to
change her religion,
the police said.
The state police had
made its first arrest un-
der the new anti-con-
version law in Bareilly,
days after a man com-
plained that someone
was harassing his
daughter in a bid to
change her religion.
Uttar Pradesh Gover-
nor Anandiben Patel
on November 28 had
given assent to the Ut-
tar Pradesh Prohibi-
tion of Unlawful Con-
version of Religion
Ordinance, 2020,
against forcible or
fraudulent religious
conversions.
The law provides for
imprisonment of up
to 10 years and a
maximum fine of
`50,000 under different
categories.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Metro Rail Cor-
poration Limited (UP-
MRC) has always been
involved in promoting
the art and cultural her-
itage of Lucknow. Un-
der the same process it
is going to organise an
art exhibition titled
‘Moving Expressions’
from December 5 to De-
cember 13.
The exhibition will be
held at Hussainganj sta-
tion of Lucknow Metro
where in Lucknow Uni-
versity students would
exhibit their works. UP-
MRC GM Operation
Swadesh Kumar Singh
willinauguratetheevent
today at 11 am at Hus-
sainganj metro station.
Earlier in 2019 art-
works, including paint-
ings and sculptures, of
a Lalit Kala Akademi
10-member team were
exhibited at Hazratganj
Metro station con-
course area.
The heritage of Luc-
know has been very
well encapsulated and
represented in not only
the metro stations but
also in the design of the
rolling stocks. These
have been given priori-
ty from the very begin-
ning under the inspira-
tion of UPMRC MD
Kumar Keshav.
Lucknow metro has
not only proved a boon
for the people of the
city as a world class
commuting option but
it is also a major source
of informing the people
on the cultural, artistic
and literary heritage of
the city.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Punjab Na-
tional Bank (PNB)
will lead the bank
consortium for fund-
ing the Gorakhpur
Link Express project.
Maximum `2,250
crore has been fixed
as loan limit for the
Expressway project.
However loans worth
`2,300 crore has al-
ready been sanc-
tioned by different
banks.
The cabinet has given
the permission to form
a consortium for this
project.
MD of Bank of
India Brijlal handed
over a loan sanction
letter of `500 crore to
ACS Awanish
Awasthi.
Prior to this, Rs 750
crore had been given by
Punjab National Bank,
`250 crore by UCO
Bank, `250 crore by
Bank of Maharashtra,
Rs 250 crore by the Un-
ion Bank of India and
`300 crore by Canara
Bank for the project.
The loan amount will
be taken from the banks
from time to time ac-
cording to need by UP-
EIDA. Upfront fees and
processing fees for the
loans have been waived
off for UPEIDA by the
banks.
The loans are to be re-
payed in 12 years, start-
ing after the moratori-
um of three years. The
payment schedule will
be quarterly in 48 in-
stallments.
The Link Express
will start from Gorakh-
pur bypass NH 27 near
Jaitpur village and end
at Poorvanchal Ex-
pressway in Azamgarh
district. The length
of the expressway is
91.35 KM.
Gorkahpur, Ambed-
kar Nagar, Sant Kabir
Nagar and Azamgarh
will be benefited by this
project. Six per cent
physical work has been
finished so far.
Victory March: BJP workers carrying a huge party flag to celebrate MLC poll victory.
ACS Home Awanish Awasthi accepts `500 cr loan cheque from Bank of India MD Brijlal and other officials on Friday.
The event ‘Moving Expressions’
will be held till December 13
Har Fikra Ko Dhuen Me...!: Protesting farmers at the Delhi-UP border strategize further course of
action as they puff out a few smoke rings from the Hukka.
UP MLC polls: BJP wins three
seats, SP one in initial results
BJP's Umesh Dwivedi, Shrishchandra Sharma and Hari Singh Dhillon have won
Farmers continue to
stage sit in at border
14bookedunder
lovejihadlaw
PNB to head consortium for
Gkp Expressway funding
UP Metro to hold art
exhibition from today
WINNING STREAK
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Three
men threatened a
jeweller at gunpoint
and decamped with
a bag containing
gold and silver jew-
ellery he was carry-
ing while returning
home in Buland-
shahr district of Ut-
tar Pradesh, police
said on Friday.
The incident hap-
pened on Thursday
night in Shikarpur
town of the district
and valuables
weighing 500 gm of
gold and 7-kg of sil-
ver jewellery were
stolen, police fur-
ther said.
SSP Santosh Ku-
mar Singh suspend-
ed Shikarpur police
station in-charge
Yogendra Singh
with immediate ef-
fect.
Atul Mittal of
Jassi Wali street in
Shikarpur town,
runs a jewellery
shop in Imli Bazaar.
He closed the shop
and headed back
home around 7.30
pm on Thursday.
While he was
near his house, two
m i s c r e a n t s
snatched the jewel-
lerybagwhilepoint-
ing a gun at him. As
he pleaded for help,
the miscreants hit
Mittal on the head
withthegunandleft
him injured.
The two thieves
fled the spot with
their third partner,
who was waiting on
a motorcycle in the
street.
SP (Rural) Haren-
dra Kumar said the
merchant was
robbed in front of
his house.
Jeweller
robbed of
ornaments
at gunpoint The law provides for
imprisonment of up to
10 years and a
maximum fine of
`50,000
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a won-
derful initiative
aimed at reducing
the load off students’
back, the Uttar
Pradesh government
will observe a No-
Bag Day here for one
day in a week.
As per the directives
from the government,
all schools will have to
observe a day for stu-
dents where they
would come to school
without their school
bags. The initiative
will benefit students
from class 1 to 8 in all
government schools in
the state.
The day on which
school kids will not
come with a school
bag, they will interac-
tive classrooms where
they will learn while
they play. The initia-
tive which is at the pri-
mary stage for now,
has come from Deputy
Chief Minister of Ut-
tar Pradesh Dinesh
Sharma under the new
education policy. The
idea was discussed at
the task force meeting
on Friday where the
authorities brain-
stormed over the pros
and cons of the possi-
ble move.
This is not the first
time that school bag
load is being discussed.
In 2018, the education
ministry had directed
the schools that stu-
dents should not be al-
lowed to prescribe any-
thing other than
NCERT textbooks in
classes so that weight
of school bag can be
regulated.
The weight of the
school bag for classes 1
and 2 should be 1.5 kg, 3
kg for classes 3 to 5, 4 kg
for classes 6 and 7, 4.5
kg for 8 and 9 and for
class 10, the weight can
be up to 5 kg was pre-
scribed at that time.
No bag day once a week for students from classes 1 to 8
EASING BURDEN

The initiative,
which is at
the primary
stage for now,
has come
from Deputy
Chief Minister
of Uttar
Pradesh Dinesh
Sharma under
the new
education
policy Heavy school bags children have to carry is often an area of concern across the country

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PERSPECTIVELUCKNOW | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020
he Boeing 737
Max began fly-
ing commer-
cially in May
2017 but has
been grounded for over a
year and a half following
two crashes within five
months. On October 29,
2018, Lion Air Flight 610
took off from Jakarta. It
quickly experienced prob-
lems in maintaining alti-
tude, entered into an un-
controllable dive and
crashed into the Java Sea
about 13 minutes after
takeoff. Then on March 10,
2019, Ethiopian Airlines
Flight 302 from Nairobi
suffered similar problems,
crashing into the desert
around six minutes after
leaving the runway.
In total, 346 people lost
their lives. After the sec-
ond crash, United States
regulator the Federal Avia-
tion Administration decid-
ed to ground all 737 Max
planes, of which around
350 had been delivered at
the time, while they inves-
tigated the causes of the
accidents.
Now, 20 months later, the
Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration has announced that
it is rescinding this order
and has set out steps for the
return of the aircraft to
commercial service. Brazil
has responded quickly, also
approving the 737 Max. So,
what went wrong – and can
we be confident that it has
been fixed?
The causes of the two ac-
cidents were complex, but
link mainly to the 737’s ma-
noeuvring characteristics
augmentation system,
which was introduced to
the 737 Max to manage
changes in behaviour cre-
ated by the plane having
much larger engines than
its predecessors.
There are some impor-
tant points about the ma-
augmentation system
which we must consider
when reviewing the “fix-
es”. The manoeuvring
characteristics augmenta-
tion system prevented stall
(a sudden loss of lift due to
the angle of the wing) by
“pushing” the nose down.
Stall is indicated through
an angle of attack sensor
– the 737 Max is fitted with
two, but manoeuvring
tion system only used one.
If that angle of attack sen-
sor failed, then the system
could activate when it
should not, unnecessarily
pushing the nose down.
The design meant that
there was no automatic
switch to the other angle of
attack sensor, and manoeu-
vring characteristics aug-
mentation system kept
working with the errone-
ous sensor values. This is
what happened in both
crashes.
The design of the ma-
augmentation system
meant that it was repeated-
lyactivatedif itdetermined
that there was a risk of a
stall. This meant that the
nose was continually
pushed down, making it
hard for pilots to keep alti-
tude or climb. The system
wasalsohardtooverride.In
both cases, the flight crews
were unable to override the
manoeuvring characteris-
tics augmentation system,
although other crews had
successfully managed to do
so in a similar situation,
and this contributed to the
two accidents.
THE FIXES
Have these things been
fixed? The Federal Avia-
tion Administration has
published an extensive
summary explaining its
decision. The manoeu-
vring characteristics aug-
mentation system software
has been modified and now
uses both angle of attack
sensors, not one.
The manoeuvring char-
acteristics augmentation
system software also now
only activates once, rather
than multiple times, when
a potential stall is signalled
by both the angle of attack
sensors. Pilots are provid-
ed with an “AoA [angle of
attack] disagree warning”
which indicates that there
might be an erroneous ac-
tivation of manoeuvring
tion system software. This
warning was not standard
equipment at the time of
the two accidents – it had to
be purchased by airlines as
an option.
Importantly, pilots will
now be trained on the op-
eration of the system and
management of its prob-
lems. Pilots claimed that
initially they were not even
told that manoeuvring
tion system existed. This
training will have to be ap-
proved by the Federal Avia-
tion Administration.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Boeing 737 Max: Has enough been done to fix the aircraft?
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ol. Rajyavardhan Rathore:
The period of youth is defined
by challenges, goals, achieve-
ments, and ambitions. Many
chase success as defined by oth-
ers. In this hyper-connected,
information-saturated era,
there is the added stress of in-
formation overload and work-
related burnout. Such stress
takes away the happiness of
our youngsters. We see more
and more cases of depression
amongst youth. How can the
youth continually be happy in
such challenging times? I want
to know the truth about youth
and happiness.
Sadhguru: Namaskaram
Raj. In every generation, there
is a set of people who are al-
ways complaining about some-
thing. Of course, there are also
people who are making use of
the situations of their times.
As a generation today, we
have more conveniences and
comforts than ever before. The
world is not moving any faster
than what it was a few thou-
sand years ago – it is still spin-
ning at the same pace. But we
feel that the distances have
been reduced simply because
of technological progress.
Those who are complaining
about information overload
must visualize life a thousand
years ago. You would not know
what was happening just one
hundred kilometers away. Even
if something fantastic hap-
pened, or there was a great ca-
lamity, it would take one or two
months for you to get the infor-
mation. Today, whatever is hap-
pening anywhere in the world
comes to you quickly.
We are technologically em-
powered like never before. This
is one of the greatest privileges
we have as a generation. Right
now, people are complaining
about technology which has
made their life easy and com-
fortable. The problem is just
that they have not prepared
themselves for the life that they
need to handle.
ENHANCING YOUR
CAPABILITIES
I want you to just imagine if
you lived a thousand years ago.
In the morning when you woke
up, you would need water for
your use, so you would have to
walk down to the river and
carry two buckets full of water.
Believe me, most of the youth
today are not fit enough to car-
ry two buckets of water for a
mile. Physically, they are just
not capable of doing it.
If you were here a thousand
years ago without technology,
would you carry these buckets
of water without complaint?
You would definitely complain
because you are physically not
capable. Similarly, if you have
not made yourself mentally ca-
pable to handle the various re-
alities of today, then you will
complain.
You must engineer yourself
in such a way that you are fit
for life. In the early part of your
life, the most important thing
is not your ambitions, your de-
sires, or the lifestyles you as-
pire for. The only thing you
should be concerned about is
how to enhance this life to a
higher level of possibility. If
you invest enough time in the
inner development of who you
are, handling the present situ-
ations will be effortless. Above
all, you will not be complaining
about the greatest gifts that
have been offered to you.
Never before could you fly
from India to the United States
in fourteen hours’ time, or pick
up your phone and talk to
someone in any part of the
world, or see a million things
happening all over the world
and even in outer space. You
can see beyond your normal vi-
sion, hear beyond your normal
sense of hearing, and experi-
ence things beyond your nor-
mal sense of experience.
UPGRADING YOURSELF
The technology around you is
phenomenally upgrading itself
every few months or years. It is
time you upgrade yourself. In-
ner Engineering or yoga means
you focus on enhancing this
life. If you enhance your activ-
ity without enhancing this life,
of course, you suffer the activ-
ity. It is like taking an old,
junky car on an F1 track – it
will fall apart. That is all that is
happening to people.
Instead of educating our
children just to make a living
and find a job, we have to edu-
cate them first of all to enhance
themselves. Tools for self-trans-
formation are the most impor-
tant requirement of this age
because external situations are
largely going to be handled by
machines. It is very important
you are a little smarter than the
machines you handle.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
C
SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION
Ranked amongst the fifty most influential
people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic,
visionary and a New York Times bestselling
author Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma
Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017,
the highest annual civilian award, accorded for
exceptional and distinguished service
DEALING WITH INFORMATION
& TECH OVERLOAD
Those who are
complaining
about
information
overload must
visualize life a
thousand years
ago. You would
not know what
was happening
just one hundred
kilometers away.
Even if
something
fantastic
happened, or
there was a great
calamity, it
would take one
or two months
for you to get the
information.
Today, whatever
is happening
anywhere in the
world comes to
you quickly
THE TECHNOLOGY
AROUND YOU IS
PHENOMENALLY
UPGRADING ITSELF
EVERY FEW MONTHS OR
YEARS. IT IS TIME YOU
UPGRADE YOURSELF.
INNER ENGINEERING OR
YOGA MEANS YOU
FOCUS ON ENHANCING
THIS LIFE
BJP MAKES BIG INROAD IN
HYDERABAD CIVIC POLL
olarisation of votes is profitable politics.
This is evident from the significant
surge in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s
tally in the Greater Hyderabad Munici-
pal Corporation. The party which had
only four out of 150 divisions has won 48 divisions,
a massive gain of 44, after an extremely divisive
campaign unleashed by senior BJP leaders includ-
ing Union Home Minister Amit Shah and UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath. Ruling Telangana Rash-
tra Samithi (TRS), which held 99 divisions, has this
time won 58 suffering a loss of 41 divisions. The
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
of Asaduddin Owaisi with 44 divisions has been
able to hold on to its 2016 tally of 44.
These elections are important for the BJP as five
districts contiguous to Hyderabad come under the
GHMC limits. Together they account for five Lok
Sabha and 24 assembly seats would give the BJP a
decisive edge over K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s TRS in
future electoral battles. The party is naturally
buoyed by the success, KCR will have to analyse its
losses. The results are a backlash against his gov-
ernment’s handling of the flood situation and
other local issues.
It was somewhat a pyrrhic victory for the BJP,
however. The party suffered a much bigger setback
in Maharashtra where it lost the prestigious Nag-
pur graduate constituency, BJP’s stronghold for 25
years, to the Congress. It is the home turf of Union
minister Nitin Gadkari and former Maharashtra
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. What’s more, it
also lost two Pune seats to Congress and the NCP.
P
IN-DEPTH
COVID GLOOM CLEARS AS
VACCINE ROLLOUT NEARS
here’s a need for caution, but not fear.
The Covid-19 vaccine is just a few weeks
away. Quoting experts, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi told an all-party meet-
ing that a vaccine could be rolled out in
the next few weeks. The encouraging news comes
close on the heels of the United Kingdom an-
nouncing an emergency rollout of Pfizer’s vaccine
from next week.
“It is believed that a vaccine would be available in
thenextfewweeks,”hesaid,addingthatvaccination
willbeginassoonasscientistsgivetheirnod.Earlier,
SerumInstituteof India’sCEOAdarPoonawallahad
said that the Centre was likely to buy 30-40 crore vac-
cinesbyJuly2021.Healsosaidthattheyweretoapply
for an emergency use trial in two weeks’ time. As
Poonawalla said this on November 28, his institute
should be preparing for its next move.
On logistics, the prime minister said that after
getting inputs from states the cold chain and other
support would get the necessary fillip. On the dis-
tribution network also the PM dispelled doubts,
claiming that it was much better than in many
other countries. The price of vaccines as yet re-
mains undecided.
According to a Duke University study, India has
secured 1.6 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine
for its people with healthcare, frontline workers
and the elderly to be vaccinated on priority.
Against 95,71,559 positive cases in the country,
90,16, 289 patients had recovered. The high recov-
ery rate has helped clear the gloom surrounding
the coronavirus. The good part is that three vac-
cines were being developed indigenously.
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Chandigarh: The win-
ners of Bhartiya Sahi-
tya Akademi Award in
Punjabi including Sir-
mour Shire Dr Mohan-
jit, eminent thinker Dr
Jaswinder Singh and
Punjabi playwright and
editor of Punjabi Trib-
une Swarajbir have re-
turned their awards to
show support for farm-
ers, said Central Pun-
jabi Writers’ Associa-
tion on Friday.
“It may be recalled
that earlier a large num-
ber of Punjabi writers
had protested against
the attitude of such a
tyrannical government
on the question of free-
dom of expression by
withdrawing the Acad-
emy Award. Today
again when the Govern-
ment of India, instead
of accepting the legiti-
mate demands of farm-
ers, is rolling them on
streets in the harsh win-
ter, Punjabi writers are
protesting at national
level by returning the
honour,” CPWA said.
Former Punjab CM
Parkash Singh Badal
had returned Padma
Vibhushan in support
of protest. —ANI
ROSHNI SCAM: CBI INITIATES
ENQUIRIES TO PROBE COMPLICITY
New Delhi: Widening its
probe in Roshni scam
cases in Jammu and
Kashmir, the CBI has
registered four pre-
liminary enquiries into the
alleged non-compliance
of high court directives
by officials of the Jammu
Development Author-
ity (JDA) and others to
“cover up” the complicity
in illegal acts of encroach-
ment of land. The first
enquiry registered by the
CBI relates to matter per-
taining to the encroach-
ment on 784 kanals, 17
marla of land in Gole,
tehsil Jammu which was
transferred to JDA. A pre-
liminary enquiry (PE) is
the first step initiated by
CBI to assess criminality
in prima facie allegations
levelled by a complainant.
PNB SCAM: NO BAIL FOR TOP
OFFICIAL OF CHOKSI’S FIRM
Mumbai: A special CBI court rejected the bail
plea of Vipul Chitalia, V-P of the Gitanjali Group
of Companies arrested in the multi-crore Punjab
National Bank (PNB) scam. Chitalia, who was
arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation
in March 2018, had filed a bail application for
the second time. Special CBI judge V C Barde
rejected the application. CBIhad alleged that Chi-
talia was the “mastermind” for putting through
fraudulent transactions along with absconding
accused Mehul Choksi, owner of Gitanjali group.
RUPEE SETTLES 13 PAISE HIGHER
AT 73.80 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai: The rupee
snapped its two-day
losing streak to close
13 paise higher at 73.80
(provisional) against the
US dollar on Friday as
the Reserve Bank of India
maintained status quo on
the benchmark interest
rate for the third time in
a row. At the interbank
forex market, the domes-
tic unit opened at 73.81
and saw an intra-day high
of 73.70 & a low of 73.81.
It finally closed at 73.80
a dollar, registering a rise
of 13 paise. On Thursday,
rupee had settled at 73.93
against the American
currency.RBI left interest
rates unchanged for the
third straight time amid
persistently high inflation
and said the economy
was recuperating fast.
1,525 KG OF EXPLOSIVES
SEIZED IN MEGHALAYA, 6 HELD
Shillong: Six persons were arrested in Megha-
laya’s East Jaintia Hills district with a huge
quantity of explosives and detonators, police
said. Acting on a tip-off about possible move-
ment of explosives, police conducted raids in
the 4 Kilo area on Wednesday night. An SUV
with Assam registration was intercepted at
Kongong in the Ladrymbai police outpost area,
police said. Ten cartons with 250 kg of explo-
sives, 1,000 live detonators, eight rolls of fuse
were found in car, said AIG Police GK Iangrai.
FARMER’S PROTEST
Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award
winners from Punjab return awards
Farmers sitting at Singhu border during their protest against the new farm law, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Nitin Gadkari virtually also laid foundation stones of 14 NH projects.
IN THE COURTYARD
Beant Singh killing: SC quizzes
Centre over delay in proposal
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Friday
questioned the Centre
over delay in sending
proposal to the Presi-
dent for commuting the
death sentence of Bal-
want Singh Rajoana,
convicted in the 1995 as-
sassination case of for-
mer Punjab Chief Min-
ister Beant Singh.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice S A Bobde
asked the Centre to ap-
prise it as to when the
authority would send
the proposal in this re-
gard to the President
under Article 72 of the
Constitution.
The article deals with
power of President to
grant pardon, suspend,
remit or commute sen-
tences in certain cases.
Apex court noted that a
letter was sent from
MHA to Punjab chief
secretary on September
7 last year intimating
that a proposal would
be sent to the President
to commute death sen-
tence of Rajoana.—PTI
SC declines to
revoke
approver status
to Rajiv Saxena
Nitish Katara
murder: 5-day
custody parole
to Sukhdev
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
stayed the Delhi High
Court order that had de-
clined Enforcement Di-
rectorate’s (ED) plea
seeking the revocation
of approver status
granted to Rajiv Saxena
in the AgustaWestland
VVIP chopper case.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice of India
SA Bobde also issued
notice to Saxena on the
plea filed by the ED chal-
lenging the High Court
order. It had challenged
the June 8 order of the
High Court dismissing
its plea to revoke ap-
prover status of Rajiv
Saxena in the case.—ANI
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court granted custody
parole to Sukhdev Ya-
dav alias Pehalwan,
serving a 20-year jail
term without remission
for the murder of busi-
ness executive Nitish
Katara in 2002, to attend
the marriage of his
daughter.
Justice Anu Malhotra
allowed Pehalwan to go
to Kushinagar to attend
his daughter’s wedding,
scheduled on December
6, and other related
functions in custody pa-
role for five days.
The HC directed the
jail personnel to take
him to his native place
where the marriage is
scheduled and to bring
him back on expiry of
custodyparole.However,
the court said allega-
tions of animosity al-
leged by the witness
cannot be ignored and
did not grant him that
relief. —PTI
Gadkari unveils
NH projects in
Nagaland
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Nitin Gadkari on
Friday inaugurated a
major National High-
way project in Naga-
land and laid a founda-
tion stone for 14 other
NH projects with a cost
of about Rs 4,127 crores.
According to the of-
ficial press release,
Gadkari virtually inau-
gurated and laid foun-
dation stones for 15 Na-
tional Highways pro-
jects in Nagaland today.
These NH Projects have
a length of about 266
km involving a cost of
about Rs 4,127 crores.
Nagaland Chief Minis-
ter Nephi Rio was also
present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Gadkari stated
that Union Government
is committed to the de-
velopment of North
East and Nagaland and
informed that 667 km
were added to the NH
network in Nagaland
during the last 6 years,
which depicts growth
of nearly 76 percent.
“The NH network in
the State today has been
extended to 1,547 km up
from 880.68 km till
2014”, he added.
The Union Minister
said that almost all dis-
tricts in Nagaland now
have been connected
except a few, to a robust
network of National
Highways.
Gadkari requested
CM to urgently send es-
timates for Land &
Damage Compensation
in respect of Kohima
Bypass. He also in-
formed that NH and In-
frastructure Develop-
ment Corporation Lim-
ited has taken up two-
laning of Kohima-Mao
road in Nagaland, and
the civil work has al-
ready been awarded on
Sept 30, 2020.—ANI
On Wed, Former Punjab CM & SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal returned the Padma Vibhushan
CORONA FEAR: PIL
IN SC TO REMOVE
FARMERS
MAMATA EXPRESSES
SOLIDARITY WITH FARMERS
AMARINDER SINGH BEHAVING
LIKE BJP CM, SAYS SISODIA
New Delhi: A petition
has been filed in the
Supreme Court seek-
ing its directions for
immediate removal
of the protesting
farmers from the bor-
ders of the national
capital in view of the
COVID-19 pan-
demic, advocate on
record Om Prakash
Parihar said on
Friday. Advocate Om
Prakash Parihar, the
advocate on record
for the petitioner,
said that the petition
has been filed in view
of the fact that the
protests may pose a
risk of spreading the
COVID-19 pan-
demic in the national
capital and across the
country. This comes
as thousands of
farmers, mainly from
Punjab and Haryana,
have been protesting
at the gates of the na-
tional capital against
the recent farm laws
passed by the Central
government. —ANI
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ex-
pressed her solidarity with protesting farmers
against three farm laws passed by the Centre. “14
years ago on 4 Dec 2006, I began my 26-day hunger
strike in Kolkata demanding that agricultural land
cannot be forcefully acquired. I express my solidarity
with all farmers who are protesting against draconian
farm bills (now laws) passed without consultation by
Centre #StandWithFarmers,” she tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: Hitting out at Punjab CM Captain Ama-
rinder Singh for speaking on the lines of Bharatiya
Janata Party over the ongoing farmers’ protest, AAP
leader Manish Sisodia said, “Captain Amarinder
Singh met BJP leaders yesterday and is now defend-
ing BJP. He is saying that the farmers’ agitation
is a danger to national security. The Punjab Chief
Minister is behaving like a BJP Chief Minister. He is
speaking on the lines of BJP. —ANI
SC rejects plea seeking appointment of
govt nominees in trust for mosque Ayodhya
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
dismissed a plea which
had sought directions
for nominating central
and state government
representatives to the
‘Indo Islamic Cultural
Foundation’ trust for
building a mosque in
Ayodhya.
The apex court on No-
vember 9 last year had
paved the way for the
construction of a Ram
Temple by a trust at the
disputed Ram Janamb-
hoomi-Babri Masjid site
at Ayodhya, and direct-
ed the Centre to allot an
alternative five-acre
plot to the Sunni Waqf
Board for building a
new mosque at a “prom-
inent” place in the town
in Uttar Pradesh.
The matter came up
for hearing before a
bench headed by Jus-
tice R F Nariman which
rejected the plea filed
by two lawyers. —PTI
Mins Goyal, Naik review status
of AYUSH Trade & Industry
New Delhi: The Minis-
ter of Commerce and In-
dustry Piyush Goel and
theMinisterof State(IC)
forAYUSHShripadNaik
took a review of the cur-
rent status of AYUSH
Trade and Industry in
the context of the vari-
ous initiatives taken by
the Ministry of AYUSH
at 4.00 pm on Friday.
As per the official
statement of the Minis-
try of AYUSH, the re-
view came against the
backdrop of the grow-
ing global interest in
Ayush-based disease-
preventive solutions in
the wake of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
“The last joint review
meeting of the Ayush
Trade and Industry was
taken by both Ministers
on April 9, 2020, and
since then the Ministry
of AYUSH has taken
many initiatives to inte-
grate AYUSH Systems
into the efforts to pro-
tect the people from
COVID-19 as well as to
treat them successfully.
Javadekar seeks Delhi govt’s
action on CPCB complaints
New Delhi: Union En-
vironment Minister
Prakash Javadekar on
Friday asked the Del-
hi government to take
swift action on the
complaints forwarded
to it by the Central
Pollution Control
Board (CPCB).
Javadekar said that
the CPCB has issued a
notice to the Delhi
g o v e r n m e n t . T h e
waste that is being
burnt in the open in
the national capital is
not disposed off prop-
erly. “Now the Delhi
government should
take action on the no-
tice. Burning of straw
ranges from 60 to 62
days but rest of the
days the menace of
pollution has to be
dealt by the NCR.”

NEWSLUCKNOW | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020
PM Modi...
Nearly eight vaccines
are at different stages
of trial with their man-
ufacturing assured in
India, Modi said.
Three vaccines from
India are also at differ-
ent stages of trial, he
said.
Experts believe that
the wait for COVID-19
vaccine will not be long
and it is believed that it
may be ready in the
next few weeks, Modi
said.
“India’s vaccination
drive would begin as
soon as we get a go-
ahead from scientists.
The Centre is working
on the basis of sugges-
tions from state govern-
ments about who will be
inoculated in the first
phase of the vaccina-
tion drive,” he said.
“Priority in this (vac-
cination) will be given
to the healthcare work-
ers involved in treating
COVID-19 patients,
frontline workers and
old people suffering
from serious condi-
tions,” he said.
Central and state gov-
ernment teams are
working in tandem for
the distribution of the
vaccine against COV-
ID-19, Modi said, adding
that India has expertise
for vaccine distribution
as well as capacity.
“Our scientists are
very confident of suc-
ceeding in their endeav-
our of developing a vac-
cine against COVID-19.
There are names of vac-
cines from different
countries doing the
rounds in the market,
but the world is keeping
a watch on having the
cheapest and safest vac-
cine. That is why, it is
natural that the world is
watching India,” he
said.
KCR loses...
The BJP’s performance
in the GHMC polls has
worked well for its rival
Lok Sabha MP Asadud-
din Owaisi’s AIMIM
making the TRS de-
pendent on its ally. The
AIMIM is an ally of the
TRS but in the last
GHMC polls, KCR’s par-
ty did not need its ally
to govern the Hy-
derabad municipal
body. At the last count
of votes in the GHMC
election, the TRS
emerged as the single-
largest party but with a
massively reduced
strength in the civic
body. While AIMIM and
BJP were engaged in a
neck-and-neck fight.
The TRS looked set to
win 55 seats -- 21 short
of majority mark in the
150-member municipal
corporation.
Trudeau’s ‘farmers’...
“We expect the Canadi-
an government to en-
sure the fullest securi-
ty of Indian diplomatic
personnel and its po-
litical leaders to re-
frain from pronounce-
ments that legitimize
extremist activism,”
the MEA said.
“Block all...
all toll plazas,” said
Harvinder Singh Lakh-
wal, another farmer
leader. “We have
planned to block all
roads leading to Delhi
in the coming days if
new farm laws are not
scrapped,” he also said.
Delhi’s border points
remained choked as
thousands of farmers
from Haryana, Punjab,
and other states held
demonstrations for the
ninth consecutive day,
after talks with the gov-
ernment failed to yield
any resolution on
Thursday. The farmer
community has ex-
pressed apprehension
that the new laws are
“anti-farmer”, and
would pave the way for
dismantling of the min-
imum support price
system, leaving them at
the “mercy” of big cor-
porations. However, the
government has main-
tained that the new
laws are good,
FROM PG 1
WILL PUJARI GET EXTENSION?
Latest information says that P K Pujari, Chair-
person , CERC is likely to get one year extension
in January. He was appointed as Chairman for
three years – till Jan next year.
WHO IS IMPORTANT IN
DEFENCE MINISTRY?
After Secretary Defence, who is considered
important in the Defence Ministry. Naturally, the
Secretary Defence Production but people say not
the Defence Production Secretary but the Special
Secretary Defence Acquisition.
LT GEN PARAMAJIT SINGH TO
BE DY CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF!
Lt Gen Paramjit Singh is being tipped to be Dep-
uty Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) as part of Army
headquarters’ reorganisation.
NO SECRETARY DEFENCE FINANCE
The post of Secretary, Defence Finance, is lying
vacant after the retirement of Ms Gargi Kaul in
October. She was a 1984 batch IA&AS officer. It
is said that this is for the first time that the post of
Secretary Defence Finance is vacant.
SUNIL KUMAR BARNWAL JOINS AS
JOINT SECRETARY, MHA
Sunil Kumar Barnwal has taken over the charge as
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Barnwal, who is a 1997 batch IAS officer of
Jharkhand cadre, will serve till December 2, 2025.
RAJEEV RANJAN IS ALSO SECRETARY,
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FOR A WHILE
Rajeev Ranjan, Secretary Fisheries, has been as-
signed an additional charge of Secretary, Animal
Husbandry & Dairying till December 13, 2020. He
is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF A
K MOHANTY EXTENDED
The central deputation tenure of Anjan Kumar Mo-
hanty, working as Inspector General of Forests,
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
(MoEF & CC), New Delhi, has been extended for
a period of six months beyond October 17, 2020.
He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Sikkim cadre.
FORMER IB CHIEF IS NO MORE
Former Chief of the Intelligence Bureau and
presently Administrator of Lakshdeep Dineshwar
Sharma has passed away. He was 1976 batch
former IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
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Bhubaneswar: The
Odisha government
has selected senior
IPS officer Arun Bo-
thra to head a special
investigation team
(SIT) which has been
formed to investigate
the alleged kidnap-
ping and murder of
Pari, a five-year-old
girl whose body had
been found days after
she went missing
while playing near
her house in a village
in Nayagarh district
in July this year. Orig-
inallyhailingfromSri
Ganganagar in Ra-
jasthan, Bothra be-
sides, donning the cop
hat, had also been the
horse power behind
Odisha Road Trans-
port Corporation (OS-
RTC) and Capital Re-
gion Urban Trans-
port. Given the jug-
gling of many hats, in
bureaucratic and po-
litical circles, Bothra
is well known as CM
NaveenPatnaik’sman
of all seasons. It’s
CM’s trust that saw
Bothra again being
sentonNayagarhMis-
sion,toinvestigatethe
kidnapping and mur-
der of 5-year old girl.
After completing
his graduation from
Sri Ganganagar col-
lege, Bothra cracked
the UPSC exams to
join the Indian Police
Service (IPS) of Odis-
hacadrein1996.Need-
less to say, Odisha be-
came Bothra’s ‘Kar-
ambhoomi’thereafter.
This celebrated cop’s
lifecanvasshowshues
of a social worker,
whenonetakesglance
at his NGO ‘India
Cares’. He hogged the
national headlines in
lockdowntimes,when
responding to a SOS
byadesperatemother,
Bothraarrangedcam-
el milk for her thalas-
semic son.
The death of Pari
hassparkedamassive
public outrage after
herparentsattempted
to commit suicide in
front of Odisha As-
sembly on Tuesday.
The victim’s parents-
Ashok and Saudami-
ni Sahu alleged that
Minister Sahoo was
shielding the prime
accused, Babuli Nay-
ak as he was a worker
in the BJD.
Pari Murder Case: Raj-
born senior IPS Arun
Bothra to head SIT
Arun Bothra
New Delhi: Defence
minister Rajnath Singh
described the Indian
Navy as an “outstand-
ing force” as he lauded
it on the occasion of the
Navy Day.
A number of union
ministers, diplomats
and prominent person-
alities also conveyed
their greetings to the
Indian Navy. The Indian
Navy has increased its
surveillance missions
and beefed up opera-
tional deployment in
the Indian Ocean in the
wake of increasing for-
ays into the region by
Chinese naval vessels
and submarines.
The Day is celebrated
on December 4 every
year to commemorate
the Indian Navy’s
achievement in inflict-
ing heavy damage on
the Pakistani vessels in
Karachi harbour dur-
ing the India-Pakistan
war in 1971.
Indian Navy is an outstanding
Force: Def Min Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the 2nd edition of the Armed Forces Flag Day CSR Conclave, in New Delhi on Friday.
New Delhi: A comic
book series chronicling
India's maritime herit-
age was launched by
Navy Vice Chief Vice
Admiral G Ashok Ku-
mar on the occasion of
Navy Day, officials said.
"First of the three-
book comic series
chronicling India's
maritime heritage
launched on the occa-
sion of Navy Day. The
series, being published
in collaboration with
Amar Chitra Katha cel-
ebrates the glorious na-
val and maritime herit-
age of India," the Navy
spokesperson tweeted.
The Navy spokesper-
son, in the following
tweet, informed that the
comic book released to-
day tells the story of
our nautical past, while
the upcoming book two
and three will showcase
the transformation of
the Indian Navy since
the Independence.
Comic book
series launched
by Navy Vice
Chief Admiral
Singh hailed Navy’s professionalism and its efforts to keep India’s sea lanes safe
New Delhi: India's
COVID-19 active case-
load has fallen to com-
prise 4.35 per cent of
the total coronavirus
infections reported so
far from 4.44 per cent
on Thursday, the Un-
ion health ministry
said.
Continuing with the
trend of the last seven
days, the country has
also reported more
daily recoveries than
daily new cases in a
span of 24 hours, it
said on Friday.
The trend of more
daily recoveries than
daily cases has led to a
continuous contrac-
tion of India''s active
caseload which stands
at 4,16,082 as on date,
the ministry said.
While 36,595 persons
in India were found to
be infected with COV-
ID-19 in a span of 24
hours, 42,916 new re-
coveries were regis-
tered during the same
period, it said.
"The difference of
6,321 between new re-
coveries and new cases
has led to a net decline
of 6,861 cases from the
total active caseload in
a day," the ministry
said. —PTI
Activecaseloadfurtherdipsto4.35%
of total cases: Health minister
People wearing face masks when stepping outdoors to combat
the coronavirus spread. —FILE PHOTO
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Home Minister
Narottam Mishra on
Friday said that he was
declared unfit to partici-
pate in the trial for the
COVID-19 vaccine and
added that he is pained
by the development.
"Iwaseagertopartici-
pate in the vaccine trial
and through that do
something for the socie-
ty.Iwasdeclaredunfitas
per the ICMR eligibility
criteria of the COVID-19
vaccine trial. It is an ex-
tremely painful develop-
ment," Mishra told re-
porters here. Earlier,
Narottam Mishra had
said he is ready to volun-
teer for the COVID-19
vaccine trial.
Mishra had consult-
ed a doctor to partici-
pate in the vaccine tri-
als. —ANI
Mishra declared
unfit to take
part in Covid
vaccine trial
Haridwar: BJP chief
JP Nadda began his 120-
day nationwide tour
with a visit to Dev San-
skriti Vishwavidyalaya
in Shantikunj, Harid-
war. The aim of the na-
tionwide tour is to
strengthen the party.
"I am starting my
journey of 120 days
where I will travel to all
the states to strengthen
my party. I have started
it from Shantikunj to
take the blessings of the
Gurus," Nadda said
while addressing an
event at Dev Sanskriti
Vishwavidyalaya. Na-
dda also attended Gan-
ga Aarti at Har Ki Pauri
Ghat in Haridwar dur-
ing his visit. In a bid to
strengthen party ma-
chinery in every nook
and corner of the coun-
try for the 2024 Lok Sab-
ha elections, BJP na-
tional president JP Na-
dda is undertaking a
120-day nationwide tour.
Earlier in November,
BJP national general
secretary, Arun Singh
had said that Nadda
during his country tour
will give priority to vis-
iting the constituencies
where the BJP had lost
in the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections.
BJP chief Nadda starts
his 120-day nationwide
tour to strengthen party
BJP National President JP Nadda being welcomed as he arrives
in Haridwar on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
TTT
KARNATAKA TO BAN NY CELEBRATIONS
PPP
‘FEARLESSLY PROTECTS OUR COASTS’
—PHOTOBYANI
Mumbai: The BJP suf-
fered losses in key
polls in Maharashtra,
where it lost power last
year. Of the six seats
of the Maharashtra
Legislative Council
where polling was held
earlier this week, the
BJP could win only
one. Ruling Shiv Sena-
NCP-Congress coali-
tion won 4 seats and an
independent member
took remaining seat.
The Shiv Sena did not
win a single seat even
though its alliance part-
ners bagged four. The
Sena’s lone candidate
lost in Amravati, where
an independent candi-
date won.
The BJP only won by-
polls to the Dhule-Nan-
durbar local body seat,
the results for which
were declared earlier.
The BJP appears to
have lost out in its per-
ceived strongholds, the
graduate constituen-
cies. Its biggest loss is
the Nagpur seat, a party
stronghold that was
represented in the past
by Union Minister Ni-
tin Gadkari and former
CM Devendra Fad-
navis’s father Gangad-
har Rao Fadnavis. The
NCP of Sharad Pawar
held on to the Aurang-
abad constituency.
SETBACK FOR
BJP IN KEY
MAHA POLLS

NEWSLUCKNOW | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The plan of
the Film City of Uttar
Pradesh is currently
under discussion but
the focus of film stars
has already begun to
shift towards UP. These
days, while Rakhi
Sawant and John Abra-
ham are shooting for
their films in Lucknow,
actor Akshay Kumar
has also expressed keen
interest to shoot his up-
coming film in UP.
Actor Akshay Kumar
has sought permission
from the Chief Minister
to film his next film
‘Ram Setu’ in Ramna-
gari Ayodhya. During
CM Yogi Adityanath’s
visit to Mumbai, Aksh-
ay Kumar had visited
his hotel on December 1
and met the CM. Aksh-
ay congratulated Chief
anath for making the
country’s largest film
city in Uttar Pradesh
and shared a presenta-
tion of his plans.
Actor Akshay Kumar
also shared the screen-
play of the film with
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath. It is be-
lieved that the actor has
got the green signal
from the Chief Minis-
ter. Akshay Kumar and
Abhishek Sharma, di-
rector of the film Ram
Setu, want to shoot
their film in real loca-
tions. Since this is a
man’s journey to know
if the Ram Setu is a
myth or a reality, they
clearly want to portray
things correctly.
Akshay Kumar and
Abhishek want to pre-
sent an accurate por-
trayal of Ram Setu by
shooting the film in UP
by mid-2021, so they
want to shoot at real lo-
cations in the state in-
cluding Ayodhya, the
birthplace of Lord
Rama.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath had said,
there are immense pos-
sibilities of film pro-
duction in the state. In
view of this, the state
government is promot-
ing film production ac-
tivities through Film
Policy-2018.
‘Love jihad’ a planned plot
of Islamisation: Maharaj
First India Bureau
Unnao: BJP MP Sakshi
Maharaj, who has al-
ways been in the lime-
light for his sharp state-
ments, attacked ‘Love
Jihad’ with sarcasm.
He said that ‘love ji-
had’ is being promoted
by funding under a
planned plot of Islami-
sation.
He said that under a
conspiracy, love jihad is
to trap Hindu girls in
their web. Then they
force them to produce
for childbearing, make
their children terror-
ists and these divorce
Hindu girls and put
them to flight.
The work that Chief
anath has done by en-
acting a law on love ji-
had should be imple-
mented in every state of
the country.
MP Sakshi Maharaj
said that in the name of
love jihad, a dangerous
game of tricking
Hindu girls and making
their children terror-
ists is going on in the
country.
A treacherous game
is being conducted from
abroad in the name of
Love Jihad. Conspira-
tors are getting shelter
from madarsas and
mosques.
He even went on to
say that a caste-wise
rate list has been made
for Love Jihad.
He said that the radi-
cals harass women
through divorce thus;
PM Modi implemented
the law against triple
talaq.
The MP said that
soon the Prime Minis-
ter will put a check on
the perpetrators of
Love Jihad.
After Uttar Pradesh,
this law is going to come
in other BJP ruled
states including Mad-
hya Pradesh and Hary-
ana.
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj
DMRC to assist Noida Metro
in expansion of corridor
First India Bureau
Noida: The Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation
(DMRC) will provide
consultation to the Noi-
da Metro Rail Corpora-
tion (NMRC) for the ex-
pansion of Noida-Great-
er Noida metro corridor,
according to an agree-
ment signed between
the two agencies on Fri-
day.
The NMRC already
operates the Aqua Line
over a 29.07-km distance
between Noida and
Greater Noida in Gau-
tam Buddh Nagar in
western Uttar Pradesh
and is planning a new
9-km corridor between
the twin cities, accord-
ing to officials.
The NMRC and the
DMRC today signed an
agreement under which
theNMRCwillbeengag-
ing the DMRC for the
servicesasGeneralCon-
sultants (GC)/Project
Management Consult-
ants(PMC)foritsPhase-
II project from Noida
Sector-51 to Greater
Noida Sector-2, the
NMRC said in a state-
ment.
The pact was signed
by NMRC’s Executive
Director Praveen
Mishra and DMRC’s Di-
rector (Business Devel-
opment) P K Garg. NM-
RC’s Managing Director
Ritu Maheshwari and
her DMRC counterpart
Mangu Singh joined the
occasion through video-
conference along with
other officers of the two
metro organisations.
Two girls die of food poisoning
after eating chowmein at fair
First India Bureau
Ballia: A seven-year-old
girl and another aged 14
died and five others
were taken ill due to
suspected food poison-
ing in Narhi village in
Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia
district, officials said
on Friday.
“There was a fair in
the village on Wednes-
day and some people ate
chowmein at a stall.
Seven people got ill on
Thursday and were ad-
mitted to a private hos-
pital,” Additional Chief
Medical Officer
(ACMO) Harinandan
said.
Mahima (7) and Priya
Rai died during treat-
ment, the ACMO said.
The official said the
treatment of five oth-
ers, aged between four
and 10, is underway.
3 men arrested
with Rs 50 lakh
worth heroin
Sonbhadra: Three men
were arrested on Friday
with heroin worth
about Rs 50 lakh in Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Sonbhad-
ra district, police
said.
The arrests were
made on a tip-off from
Chopan area and the
three accused -- Neeraj
Kumar Singh, Mahesh
Bind and Ravi Sonkar
-- were arrested with 500
grams of heroin worth
about Rs 50 lakh, Super-
intendent of Police Am-
rendra Prasad Singh
said.
A detailed probe is on
in the matter and police
are trying to elicit more
information from them
about their gang, he
said.
CDS: Under foreign influence for too
long,time to reclaim our identity
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: CDS
General Bipin Rawat
said that our country
has been under the oc-
cupation of foreigners
for the last several
hundred years. Due to
which our real culture
has changed.
Now the time has
come for us to bring
our identity back. We
must emphasize on
our culture and stu-
dents have to be pre-
pared for this. One can
bring back the ancient
glory of the country
by connecting with
our ancient culture.
The CDS was ad-
dressing the inaugu-
ral session of the
Founder Week cele-
brations of Maharana
Pratap Shiksha Pari-
shad as the Chief
Guest on Friday at the
MP Inter College cam-
pus.
Explaining the suc-
cess mantra to the stu-
dents, he reminded the
students that Swami
Vivekananda had said
that if you do not face
difficult situations in
your daily routine
then you are definitely
going on the wrong
path because while
walking on the right
path, there ought to be
difficulties. There al-
ways is a need to carve
out and find the right
path, not to get frus-
trated by these diffi-
culties and failures.
He praised the Ma-
harana Pratap Educa-
tion Council and said
that it is good to know
that students in the
council’s institutions
are taking Sanskrit-
based education.
General Rawat made
the students feel re-
sponsible towards the
country and said that
how the country will
progress is dependent
on the progress of the
students. Learn to
identify right and
wrong and keep think-
ing high always. Our
country will rise to
high heights.
CDS Bipin Rawat addressing the inaugural session of the Founder
Week celebrations of Maharana Pratap Shiksha Parishad.
Speeding bus
runs over
kids, 3 dead
First India Bureau
Shamli: Three chil-
dren died and five oth-
ers were injured when
a speeding bus lost
control and rammed
into them when they
were waiting for trans-
port in Uttar Pradesh’s
Shamli district on Fri-
day.
An infant, a toddler
and a 12-year-old boy
died when the state-
run bus ran over the
passengers who were
standing at a bus stop
on the Delhi-Saharan-
pur highway in Thana
Bhawan town, police
said. The bus driver
has been arrested, po-
lice said.
INDIA THRASH AUSTRALIA
Canberra: A con-
cussed Ravindra Jade-
ja was replaced by
Yuzvendra Chahal in
the first T20 Interna-
tional against Austral-
ia here on Friday with
both the players mak-
ing match-winning
contributions much to
the frustration of the
home side.
Chahal turned out
to be the perfect con-
cussion substitute af-
ter an injured Ravin-
dra Jadeja did his part
with the bat as the duo
played their roles to
perfection in India’s
impressive 11-run vic-
tory over Australia in
the first T20 Interna-
tional here on Friday.
While Jadeja
smashed an unbeaten
44 off 23 balls to pro-
pel India to 161 for 7,
his head injury turned
out to be a blessing in
disguise with India
unleashing Chahal
(3/25 in 4 overs) on an
Australian side caught
completely off-guard.
The hosts could man-
age only 150 for 7 in 20
overs. Credit was also
due to the lion-hearted
effort from debutant
Thangarasu Natara-
jan (3/30) and off-spin-
ner Washington Sund-
ar (0/16 in 4 overs),
who bowled well in
Powerplay.
ICC match referee
David Boon allowed
the visitors a “like for
like” replacement, as
mandated by the rules,
for Jadeja in Chahal
even though home
team coach Justin
Langer looked visibly
angry. And to make
matters worse, Chahal
dimissed two form
men — Aaron Finch
(35) and Steve Smith
(12) — in his first two
overs to turn the game
on its head.
The Australians
were not prepared for
Chahal, who bowled
way better in his most
preferred format, var-
ying the pace of his
deliveries and using
the flight to good ef-
fect.
Chahal’s 3/25 in his
four overs had a mas-
sive role to play in
clinching that tri-
umph and he was ad-
judged player of the
match for it. The Aus-
tralians were not pre-
pared for Chahal, who
bowled way better in
his most preferred for-
mat, varying the pace
of his deliveries and
using the flight to
good effect.
BY 11 RUNS IN CANBERRA
Top: Ravindra Jadeja gets injured during the ﬁrst T20 of the series at Canberra on Friday.
Indian captain Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson and others celebrate with teammates after taking a
catch to dismiss Australia’s Steve Smith during their T20 international cricket match at Manuka
Oval, in Canberra, Australia on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Chahal proves match-winner after
substituting concussed Jadeja
After CM Yogi reaches out to Bollywood with film city project,
Akshay shows keen interest to shoot upcoming film in state
CM Yogi Adityanath meeting Akshay Kumar during recent Mumbai visit. —FILE PHOTO

In a team, the conduct of one
person reflects on all and the
results too, never ignore the
impact of an individual.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
LUCKNOW | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
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2NDFRONT
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Former Chief
Secretary, Rajasthan
DB Gupta has been
appointed as the
Chief Information
Commissioner of Ra-
jasthan while senior
journalist Narayan
Bareth and social
worker Sheetal
Dhankar were ap-
pointed as Informa-
tion Commissioners.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra issued the ap-
pointment orders on
Friday.
Gupta, who was ap-
pointed as the chief
minister’s advisor pri-
or to retirement, is a
well-known name. A
post graduate in eco-
nomics, Gupta a 1983
batch officer has held
various important
posts like ACS in fi-
nance and PWD, princi-
pal secretary in UDH,
agriculture, planning
etc. during his career
Narayan Bareth was
also an associate pro-
fessor in Haridev Joshi
University of Journal-
ism and Mass Commu-
nication during the
earlier tenure of Ashok
Gehlot while Sheetal
Dhankar a graduate
from Lady Shri Ram
College is the daughter
of former RTDC chair-
man Randeep Dhankar.
Raj former CS
DB Gupta is CIC
A DAY’S VISIT TO THE CITY OF NAWABS!
During his one
day visit to
Lucknow on
Friday, Jagdeesh
Chandra met
ACS, Information
Department
Navneet Sehgal
and shared
with him the
growing role and
popularity of the
newly launched
Lucknow edition
of First India
newspaper
in bringing
out the state
government’s
popular policies
and programmes
to the grassroot
readers.
Jagdeesh
Chandra took
the Editorial
review
meeting with
his Lucknow
team at Taj
Lucknow on
Friday. Seen
here with him
are Vishal
Srivastava,
Tariq Khan,
Ahtesham
Siddiqui, Amit
Raj, Sonu
Chhabra,
Rajesh Gupta,
Santosh
Shukla, Dilip
Solanki and
Asheesh
Shukla.
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: With Uttar
Pradesh Assembly
elections still over a
year away, Congress
General Secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra is aggressively
getting involved
in state party unit
affairs.
She is reportedly set-
ting up bases in Luc-
know and Prayagraj,
for better connect with
the people and to have
greater insight into the
ground realities. In
Prayagraj, a possible
location of her resi-
dence has been identi-
fied and work in this
regard will start soon.
Sources said Priyanka
will divide her time be-
tween Delhi and these
two places to reach out
to party leaders and
supporters in various
divisions of UP.
From Delhi, she can
easily cover Saharan-
pur, Agra, Meerut,
Moradabad and Ali-
garh divisions that
are within a 250-km
radius from the na-
tional capital.
From Lucknow, she
can handle Kanpur,
Faizabad, Basti, Gora-
khpur, and Devipatan
divisions, asking Con-
gress workers and sup-
porters to meet her in
the state capital so that
they don’t have to travel
much to meet her.
From Prayagraj, the
Congress leader can re-
main in touch with
workers from Varanasi,
Mirzapur, Azamgarh,
and Bundelkhand re-
gion. Priyanka is likely
to be present in Luc-
know on the Congress’
Foundation Day on
December 28.
In bypolls for seven
Assembly seats held re-
cently, the Congress did
not win any seat but
came second in Bangar-
mau and Ghatampur
segments.
While it had won seven
Assembly seats in the
403-member Assembly
in 2017, MLAs Rakesh
Singh and Aditi Singh
from Raebareli have
since parted ways with
the opposition party.
Meanwhile, on Friday,
she expressed concern
over the increasing
atrocities on Dalits in
UP. Addressing a Dalit
panchayat at the par-
ty’s state headquarters,
through virtual medi-
um, she said the Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment was putting Dal-
its in the dock, instead
of addressing their
problems, and lauded
the efforts being made
by the UP Congress
in reaching out to the
victims.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A couple in
Lucknow, belonging
to different religions,
were stopped by the
police from marrying
on Wednesday under
the state’s recent or-
dinance on preven-
tion of unlawful con-
version of religion.
The wedding of Rai-
na Gupta and Moham-
med Asif was to take
place as per both Mus-
lim and Hindu rituals.
This was with the bless-
ings of both families.
However, marriages
performed in this
manner require both
parties to convert for
the ceremony.
The couple has been
convinced by the police
to give an application
under the Special Mar-
riage Act, so that nei-
ther party has to con-
vert for the marriage to
take place.
Such a notice is to be
given 30 days in ad-
vance and is displayed
to invite objections if
any during the period.
The families have de-
ferred the wedding.
A relative of the
bride said, “This is
very upsetting. We
were left shamefaced in
front of our guests
who did not even have
dinner.”
This is not the first
action since the ordi-
nance came into force.
On Wednesday, the po-
lice arrested a Muslim
youth in Bareilly over
allegations that he was
trying to forcibly con-
vert a Hindu woman to
marry him while also
threatening the family.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: An Uttar
Pradesh court has is-
sued a non-bailable
warrant against BJP
MP Rita Bahuguna
Joshi in connection
with an eight-year-old
case of violation of
the model code of con-
duct.
The notice to the BJP
MP was issued on Thurs-
day. Special MP/MLA
court judge P K Rai also
issuedanoticeregarding
the sureties and fixed
January 4 as the next
date of hearing.
An FIR was lodged on
February 17, 2012, at the
Krishna Nagar police
station in Lucknow
against Joshi, the then
stateCongresspresident,
for allegedly electioneer-
ing in Bajrang Nagar for
the assembly election
even after the time for
the campaign was over.
After a probe, a charge
sheet was filed against
her under Section 133 of
the Representation of
the People Act.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Declining a
PIL seeking a judicial
probe into Hathras
rape case, the Alla-
habad High Court said
it did not want to mul-
tiply the litigations in
connection with the
case as proceedings in
one litigation were al-
ready pending before
its Lucknow Bench.
A division bench,
comprising Chief Jus-
tice Govind Mathur and
JusticePiyushAgrawal,
made the above-men-
tioned observation on
Thursday while refus-
ing to entertain the PIL
filed by one Babita
Upadhyay.
The latest hearing in
the case pending before
a division bench com-
prising Justice Pankaj
Mittal and Justice Ran-
jan Roy in Lucknow was
conducted on November
25 . The Lucknow Bench
of Allahabad HC had
taken suo motu cogni-
zance of the case on
October 1.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: IAS Ajay
Kumar Singh, a 1998
batch IAS officer, who
was sent by the govern-
ment as an observer of
Varanasi elections, suf-
fered heart attack at
around 7 am on Friday.
He was admitted to
Shubham Hospital Si-
gra where his condition
is said to be extremely
critical.
Varanasi Commis-
sioner IAS Deepak
Agrarwal made a lot of
efforts to get Singh’s
treatment done at Ve-
danta Hospital but it
was not possible to take
him anywhere else
from Varanasi.
IAS Nina Sharma,
wife of IAS Ajay Kumar
Singh has also reached
Varanasi. She is a 1998
batch officer and is cur-
rently the Secretary In-
dustrial Development.
Bureaucrats from UP
to Delhi are making ef-
forts to provide better
treatment to IAS Ajay
Kumar Singh. The UP
government has ar-
ranged the best medical
treatment in Varanasi.
District Magistrate of
Varanasi, IAS Kaushal
Raj Sharma, is himself
in command. Under the
supervision of the neu-
rologists, and cardiolo-
gists of BHU, adequate
treatment is being giv-
en but his condition is
still very serious.
In such a situation, he
cannot be airlifted by
air ambulance.
Priyanka is likely to be present in Lucknow on the Congress’ Foundation
Day on December 28.
Ajay Kumar’s wife Nina Sharma reached Varanasi by chopper.
The couple has been convinced by the police to give an application.
Eyeing polls, Priyanka forays
deeper into UP party politics
Cong leader setting up bases in Lucknow, Prayagraj for better connect with people
‘Love jihad’ law: Police
stop inter-faith wedding
WHAT NEW ORDINANCE SAYS
GREATER REACH
Non-bailable warrant against
Prayagraj BJP MP Rita Bahuguna
Hathras rape case: HC refuses to
entertain PIL seeking judicial probe
IAS officer suffers heart attack during poll duty, critical

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