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WEST BENGAL GOVT DISTANCING
ITSELF FROM RULE OF LAW: DHANKHAR
Kavita Pant
New Delhi: As the farm-
er agitation intensified
withacallfornationwide
strike (Bharat Bandh) on
December 8, by farmer
unions which have been
protestingonDelhi’sbor-
ders for 11 days, the Op-
position too rallied be-
hindthemannouncingto
joinintheirprotesttoput
pressure on Centre for
repealing the farm laws.
In what may be called
as a move to embarrass
PM Narendra Modi, the
Congress, TRS, DMK,
AAP, RJD, SP, the newly-
minted People’s Alli-
ance for Gupkar Decla-
ration in J&K, and a
collection of Left outfits
come together.
Meanwhile, Actor
Kamal Haasan’s Mak-
kal Needhi Maiam stat-
ed that it will take part
in the ongoing protest.
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FARMERS’ AGITATION GETS POLITICAL COLOUR!
A man fumigates at Singhu Border where farmers stage a protest against farm law, in New Delhi on
Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PAWAR TO MEET PREZ ON DEC 9
VIJENDER TO RETURN KHEL
RATNA OVER FARMERS’ ISSUE
Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar is scheduled
to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Decem-
ber 9 over the ongoing farmers’ protest against
agrarian laws, the party said here on Sunday. NCP
spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said the former
Union agriculture minister will apprise Kovind
of the situation in the country in the backdrop
of the protest. The meeting comes on the day
of the next round of talks between the farmers’
representatives and the Centre after the previous
round ended inconclusively on Saturday. NCP had
staged a walk-out in Rajya Sabha when the three
farm bills were introduced in September.
Vijender Singh, who won a bronze medal at the
2008 Beijing Olympics, said on Sunday that he
will return his Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award if
the demands of the protesting farmers at the Delhi
border aren’t fulfilled. Singh, who is from Hary-
ana, is the latest in the line of sportsmen, artistes
and activists from across the country—majorly
from the key protesting states of Punjab and
Haryana—to have thrown their weight behind the
“Delhi Chalo” protest, which entered its 11th day
on Sunday.
GRASSROOTS
GEHLOTtoback
farmers’bandh
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Ahead of the
‘Bharat Bandh’ called
out by farmer organiza-
tions on 8th December
against the new agri
laws passed by the cen-
tral government, Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, on Sun-
day, assured that the
Congress supports
‘Bharat bandh’ on favor
of the farmers.
Taking to micro blog-
ging site Twitter, Gehlot
said that former
party chief
R a h u l
Gandhi
has been an ardent sup-
porter of farmers and
every Congress worker
stands with him.
“Congress party sup-
ports Bharat bandh in
favour of farmers on
8th December. Turn to P6
BENIWAL’S RLP LENDS SUPPORT TO FARMERS,
THREATENS TO EXIT NDA COALITION
The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Sunday
extended its support to the farmers’ agitation. RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal in a video
message posted on Twitter said that he will also take a call on its support to NDA
after December 9 if the government does not solve problems faced by the farmers.
Cong, TRS, AAP, DMK join hands to embarrass Modi
Rahul Gandhi has been an ardent
supporter of farmers says the
Rajasthan Chief Minister
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As soon as
the Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath unveiled the am-
bitious plan to open the
world-class film city in
Noida, the Indian Mo-
tion Picture Producer’s
Association wrote a let-
ter to Maharashtra CM
Udhav Thackerey that
explains why it is diffi-
cult for the producers to
shoot in Maharashtra.
In the memorandum
of demands, the IMPPA
said, “Subsidies and
Entertainment tax ex-
emption which is made
available only for all
Marathi films by the
Government should
also be made applicable
to all Hindi films. The
film industry today is in
dire need of financial
assistance and today
Hindi film producers
are getting subsidies
from various State Gov-
ernments including UP
and many others.”
“There are too many
unions of workers and
each political party has
its own film-based un-
ion who visit and cause
disturbance and disrupt
shooting forcing the
producers to shift out of
the state for a harmoni-
ous working environ-
ment,” the letter added.
Producers prefer go-
ing to shoot at new loca-
tionsbecausetheyfound
it reasonable rather
than shooting in Maha-
rashtra at a high price,
the letter mentions.
In a letter issued by
IMPPA, it is mentioned
that producers are be-
ing harassed Turn to P6
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
17 volunteers given Russia’s
Sputnik V vaccine in Pune
Pune: A total of 17 vol-
unteers have been ad-
ministered Russia’s
Sputnik V coronavirus
vaccine at a Pune hospi-
tal as part of the human
clinical trials, doctors
said on Sunday. Sputnik
V vaccine has been de-
veloped by the Gama-
leya National Research
Center of Epidemiolo-
gy and Microbiology
and Russian Direct In-
vestment Fund (RDIF).
As per reports, India
has purchased 100 mil-
lion doses of the candi-
date from Russia.
“17 healthy volun-
teers were administered
Sputnik V vaccine in
the last three days as
part of human trials,”
Dr SK Raut, Head of
Clinical Research De-
partment of Noble Hos-
pital, said. The inocula-
tion process began on
Thursday, he added.The
selection of volunteers
was done as per laid-
down norms as they
need to be healthy. —PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will inaugurate the con-
struction of the Agra
Metro Rail Project
(AMRP) on December 7
at 11.30 am through vid-
eo conference.
Union Minister of
Housing and Urban Af-
fairs Hardeep Singh
Puri, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath and other
dignitaries will also at-
tend the event that will
be held at 15 Battalion
PAC parade ground in
Agra. Agra Metro pro-
ject comprises two cor-
ridors with a total
length of 29.4 km and
connects major tourist
attractions like Taj Ma-
hal, Agra Fort, Sikan-
dra with railway sta-
tions and bus stands.
PM had, on March 8
lastyear,inauguratedthe
AgraMetroprojectalong
with the commencement
of commercial opera-
tions of Lucknow Metro
on the entire 23 km long
North-South corridor
from CCS Airport to
Munshipulia. —ANI
More on P2
Agra Metro: PM to
virtually inaugurate
construction works
Yogi’sFilmCitygets
industry’ssupport
Muslim
clerics back
CM Yogi’s
new law
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: The good-
ness of the newly
framed law against
forceful conversions in
Uttar Pradesh is now
gradually seeping into
the Muslim community.
On a brighter note on
Sunday, a number of
senior Muslim clerics
called for supporting
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’s move
against the forceful reli-
gious conversions.
The clerics have
come out in full sup-
port of Yogi govern-
ment’s call to put an
end to forceful mar-
riages in the name of
religion and have is-
sued directives to
Qazis to not solemnise
marriages that do not
have consent from ei-
ther of the family
members of the bride
and groom-to-be.
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PFIZER SEEKS
EMERGENCY VAX
USE NOD IN INDIA
QUEEN TO BE
AMONG FIRST TO
GET VAX IN UK
New Delhi: Pfizer India
has become the first
pharmaceutical firm
to approach the Drugs
Controller General of
India seeking an emer-
gency use authorisation
for its Covid-19 vaccine
in the country. It is to
be noted that Pfizer
India’s parent company
Pfizer has already got
emergency-use clear-
ance in the UK and
Bahrain.
Queen Elizabeth, 94,
and Prince Philip,
99, are expected to
be among the first to
receive the Pfizer/Bi-
oNTech vaccine, whose
first consignment has
arrived in the UK and is
set to be administered
first to those above the
age of 80 from Tuesday.
Leading figures such as
the Queen taking vac-
cine is expected to help
overcome anxieties.
AMARINDER SEEKS
PRIORITY VAX FOR
PUNJAB FROM PM
Punjab CM Captain
Amarinder Singh wrote a
letter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Sun-
day, seeking priority al-
location of the COVID-19
vaccine on account of
its higher mortality rate
than other states.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
In Yogi’s regime, Hindu-Muslim bury hatchet in Ayodhya
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: Sunday was
‘just another day’ in
Ayodhya. The Hindus
and the Muslims went
out for their routine
chores just like they
would, on any given day.
On a chilly morning,
the Pundit Tea stall
near the Ram Janmab-
hoomi had a veteran
Muslim discussing with
a Hindu seer about the
upcoming Ram Temple
and how lavish it was
going to be. The two
have been knowing
each other for quite
some time now and
would have tea together
at the shop.
This isn’t just a one-
off incident in Ayodhya
rather Hindus and the
Muslims, seemed to
have moved away from
the tainted past.
“Kya rakha hai saab
in baaton mein, sab
bhai hi to hain
hamare,”said the Abdul
Raees who too was pre-
sent at the tea stall.
Though there was
quite a huge deploy-
ment of security forces
including the paramili-
tary forces but there
seemed no need for it at
all, especially to the lo-
cals. “What has hap-
pened, has happened,
we move on,”said Ram-
dhari Singh who works
at a nearby grocery
store.
On Sunday, it was the
28th anniversary of the
demolition of Babri
Masjid that fell approxi-
mately four months af-
ter PM Narendra Modi
laid foundation stone
for Ram Temple after
Supreme Court verdict.
Members of both
communities also de-
cided to refrain from
observing any kind of
event to mark the anni-
versary. Previously,
Muslims used to ob-
serve the day as “Yaum-
e-Gham” (day of sor-
row) by displaying
black flags.
Both communities refrain from any
show of strength on Sunday, on
occasion of Babri anniversary
THE VERDICT
On Nov 9, 2019, the Supreme Court had ordered the
Government of India to create a trust to build the Ram
Mandir temple and form a Board of Trustees within
three months. The disputed land is to be owned by the
Government of India and subsequently transferred to the
Trust after its formation. The Court ordered the entire
disputed land of area of 2.77 acres to be allocated for
the construction of a temple while an alternative piece of
land of area of 5 acres be allocated to the Uttar Pradesh
Sunni Central Waqf Board for the construction of a
mosque at a suitable place within Ayodhya. The Court
ruled that the 2010 Allahabad High Court’s decision,
division of the disputed land was incorrect.

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Supporting
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’s mega pro-
ject of making coun-
try’s biggest ever film
city in Western Uttar
Pradesh, noted comic
actor Rajpal Yadav has
said that the project
should come up in the
state. However, his
words came with a sur-
prising twist.
Yadav has demanded
that instead of Greater
Noida, the internation-
al level film city should
come up at Pilibhit in
Uttar Pradesh.
“Uttar Pradesh Chief
anath is constructing a
film city in Greater Noi-
da, while Pilibhit is
more appropriate for it.
Pilibhit in Rohilkhand
should have the ‘Chal-
chitra Nagari’ (film
city), as it has jungles,
hills and valleys. Mak-
ing a film city there will
not incur much expens-
es,” Yadav said.
Rajpal’s comments
come after Yogi Adity-
anath’s recent visit to
Mumbai where he stole
the limelight.
About the film city,
Yogi had said, “We have
not come here to take
away anything,” amid
concerns that he was in
the city to take away the
local Hindi film indus-
try to Noida where his
government has allo-
cated 1,000 acres for a
brand new film city.
“It is not a purse, that
it can be taken away. If
someone can provide a
safe working atmos-
phere, better facilities
and social security
then, it will attract peo-
ple and investment.”,
said the actor.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
issued directions to the
Uttar Pradesh Metro
Rail Corporation (UP-
MRC) to complete the
first phase of the Agra
Metro Rail Project
(AMRP) by December
2022.
On December 7,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will inaugu-
rate the construction of
the first phase of the
AMRP through a virtu-
al program amidst the
presence of CM Yogi.
Up Governor Anandi
Ben Patel and Union
Minister of Housing
and Urban Affairs (in-
dependent charge ) Har-
deep Singh Puri will
also be present on the
occasion.
According to offi-
cials, the total cost of
the AMRP is Rs 8379.62
crore and in the first
phase, Sikandra to Taj
East Gate corridor will
be constructed.
CM Yogi is himself
monitoring the project
and the traffic on this
corridor is expected to
start in December 2022.
There are two corridors
of a total of 29.4 kms
are proposed in the pro-
ject.
In the first phase, the
6 km long primary sec-
tion of 14 kms Sikandra
– Taj East Gate corridor
will be constructed and
it will be having six
metro stations. While
Taj East Gate, Basai and
Fatehabad Road metro
stations will be elevated
stations, the Taj Mahal,
Agra Fort and Jama
Masjid halts will be un-
der ground stations.
The 15.4 km long
Agra Cantt – Kalindi
Vihar corridor will be
having 14 elevated met-
ro stations at Agra
Cantt, Sadar Bazar, Col-
lectorate, Subhash
Park, Agra College,
Hariparvat Crossing,
Sanjay Place, MG Road,
Sultanganj Crossing,
Kamlanagar, Rambagh,
Foundary Nagar and
Kalindi Vihar.
Besides benefiting
the 26 lakh odd locals of
the Taj city, the metro
will also prove to be a
better option for move-
ment to over 60 lakh
tourists who visit Agra
every year
“The Agra metro will
provide an environ-
ment friendly, comfort-
able and hassle free
means of public trans-
port and it will also
make it easy to travel to
world famous tourist
destinations like Taj
Mahal and Agra fort”,
Kumar Keshav, manag-
ing director of UPMRC
said.
It is to be mentioned
that the UPMRC has set
a precedent by con-
structing the Lucknow
metro rail project well
ahead of the schedule
and construction work
of the Kanpur metro is
also being carried out at
a fast pace.
The foundation stone
of the AMRP was laid
by the PM through a
virtual programme in
May 2019.
COVID 19 spreads tentacles, 1950
new cases reported in last 24 hrs
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for Agra Metro today
First India Bureau
L u c k n o w : U t t a r
Pradesh reported 1,950
new coronavirus cases
and 23 deaths in the
past 24 hours, said the
state health department
on Sunday.
The total coronavi-
rus active cases in the
state of Uttar Pradesh
stood at 22,160, while
1,993 people were dis-
charged after receiving
treatment for COVID-19
in the same period.
As many as 7,924 peo-
ple have succumbed to
the infection because of
the pandemic.
With these new cas-
es, the coronavirus tally
of the state has surged
to 5,54,944 including
5,24,860 recoveries.
“In the month of De-
cember, the positivity
rate is running at 1.2
per cent. 1,79,972 sam-
ples were tested yester-
day. A total of 2,03,08,636
samples have been in-
vestigated so far,” Uttar
Pradesh Additional
Chief Secretary Health
Amit Mohan Prasad
told the mediaperson-
nel on Sunday.
Meanwhile, India re-
corded more recoveries
than the new COVID-19
cases for the last nine
days, the active corona-
virus caseload dropped
to 4.03 lakh (4,03,248) on
Sunday, the lowest in
138 days, according to
the Union Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare.
As many as 482 case
fatalities have been re-
ported in the past 24
hours.
It is to be noted that
Ten states/UTs account
for 79.05 per cent of the
new deaths, where in
Maharashtra saw a
maximum, 95, casual-
ties.
States such as Delhi
and West Bengal follow
the aforementioned
state with as many as
with 77 and 49 deaths
respectively.
AWARENESS IS THE KEY: Police personnel try to educate the importance of wearing masks to
commoners. This in turn, will help the administration fight the pandemic better.
A PARTNERSHIP THAT SCORES WELL: UP CM Yogi Adityanath and PM Narendra Modi have been gelling
off well in political scenario and are aiming for long term developmental goals. —FILE PHOTO
OPINION: To Rajpal, Pilibhit seems better than Greater Noida.
Rajpalvouchesforfilmcity,butinPilibhit
ANOTHER TAKE
Centre praises Lko on women safety measures
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Lucknow
has been appreciated by
Government of India
for taking needed steps
for protecting women in
the city.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has direct-
ed officials to take swift
action in crimes against
women in the state. Fol-
lowing which, frequent
campaigns have been
organized campaigns
for the protection of
women and girls in the
state.
The progress made
so far in the ‘Safe City
project’ being imple-
mented with the ob-
jective of making
women safety strong-
er and sturdy in the
state capital Lucknow
has been widely ap-
preciated by the Gov-
ernment of India.
Giving the above in-
formation, Additional
Chief Secretary, Home,
Awanish Awasthi said
the three cities which
have been praised by
the Government of In-
dia in the progress
made so far in the in-
stallation of equipment
and resources etc. un-
der this project are Hy-
derabad, Chennai and
Lucknow.
ACS Awnish Awasthi
also informed that the
state government is
continuously taking
timely action for the
successful implementa-
tion of this particular
project.
As a result, the ef-
forts of the State Gov-
ernment have been ap-
preciated by the Gov-
ernment of India.
India recorded more recoveries than new COVID-19 cases for the last nine days
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will personally monitor the development of the ambitious project that will cater to locals, tourists of the city
Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah
Yojna wedlocks 63 couples
Akhilesh extends full support to
Bharat Bandh call on Dec 8
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Former Ut-
tar Pradesh Chief Min-
ister and Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav will extend full
support to the Bharat
Bandh Call on Decem-
ber 8.
After paying his re-
spect to late BR Ambed-
kar on his 64th death
anniversary Akhilesh
spoke to media persons
where he said that he
fully supported the
Bharat Bandh call on
December 8.
Yadav said, “Farmers
Bharat Bandh has the
full support of Sama-
jwadi Party.” Farmer
unions have decided to
intensify their agita-
tion against the farm
laws calling for Bharat
Bandh on December 8
and stated that they
were not satisfied with
amendments being pro-
posed by the govern-
ment.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As many as
63 couples were wed-
locked on Saturday in
five blocks of Amethi
district by Social wel-
fare Department under
‘Mukhyamantri sam-
uhik Vivah Yojna’ .
Out of these 63 mar-
riage ceremonies in 5
blocks of district 22
couples got married in
Bhetua followed by 15 in
Shahgarh, 6 in San-
grampur, 15 in Baha-
durpur and 5 in Jag-
dishpur blocks.
The newly married
couples were greeted
and blessed by con-
cerned officials and
public representatives
on behalf of the CM.
Later District Social
Welfare Officer Rajesh
Sharma said that under
this ambitious welfare
project started by chief
minister gifts of Rs.
10,000/ are presented to
to the newly wedlocked
couples and an amount
of Rs. 35,000 is directly
deposited / transferred
into their bank ac-
counts.
Sharma said that at
least Rs. 6000 was spent
on arrangement of the
auspicious ceremony.
TOGETHER FOR EVER: Mass
marriage ceremony in Amethi.
ATTACKING MODE: Akhilesh in
support of farmers’ call.
Yogi Adityanath pays
tribute to Ambedkar
Jobs for some of the
kins of martyred cops
First India Bureau
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Sunday paid floral trib-
ute to Dr BR Ambedkar
on his 64th death anni-
versary, which is ob-
served as ‘Mahaparinir-
vana Diwas’, in Hazrat-
ganj area of Lucknow.
Ambedkar, chief archi-
tect of Indian Constitu-
tion and a Dalit icon,
passed away in 1956.
“Ambedkar suffered so-
cial injustice since
childhood. He faced hu-
miliation. When he
came back to India after
higher education, he
faced social untoucha-
bility. . Even then, he
continued to strive for
the advancement of the
Dalits, the underprivi-
leged, the poor and eve-
ry section in the socie-
ty,” Adityanath said
while paying tributes.
Born on April 14, 1891,
Babasaheb Ambedkar
was an Indian jurist,
economist, politician
and social reformer,
who campaigned
against social discrimi-
nation towards the un-
touchables (Dalits) and
supported the rights of
women and workers.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The kin of
the some of the mar-
tyred cops in the Bikru
incident will soon get
employment.
SP Rural Brijesh Ku-
mar Srivastava said
that Mandhna police
station incharge Anoop
Singh’s wife Neetu, con-
stable Rahul’s wife Di-
vya, constable Sultan’s
wife Urmila and consta-
ble Bablu’s brother
Umesh applied for jobs
reserved for kin of the
deceased.
Other cops who were
martyred were Circle
Officer, Bilhaur, Deven-
dra Kumar Mishra,
Shivrajpur station
house incharge Mahesh
Chandra Yadav, Sub-in-
spector Nebulal and
constables Rahul and
Jeetendra.
Post document exam-
ination, two women
were asked to appear
for endurance run but
they requested for ex-
tension citing health
reasons. The docu-
ments of Urmila and
Umesh are in verifica-
tion process.
All three women will
be appointed as Sub-
inspectors.
WELL PLANNED!
STAND FOR JUSTICE: Yogi, while paying tributes said that
Ambedkar stood for the lowest strata of the society.
Addtional Secretary, Home, Awanish Awasthi (left) with Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO
GOVT’SWAYOFSHARINGWOES: VikasDubeyencounterremnicises
of losses suffered by the cops, their families. —FILE PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESHLUCKNOW | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Addl Chief
Secretary, MSME and
Information,Navneet
Sehgal said here on
Sunday that Uttar
Pradesh was constant-
ly trying to ramp up
economic activities
and encouraging the
openingof newMSME
units to create job op-
portunities. A grant
of `19,796 crore had
been given to 6.49
lakh new MSME
units, he added.
Sehgal said new MS-
MEshadcreatedaround
25 lakh job opportuni-
ties and more were be-
ing created under ‘Mis-
sion Rozgar’. Vacant
posts were being filled
as early as possible. In
this respect, the CM dis-
tributed appointment
letters to 36,000 newly-
appointed teachers of
the Basic Shiksha De-
partment.
The ACS said around
3.70 lakh people had
been given employment
in the last three years.
Meanwhile, district
magistrates have been
instructed to ensure
that farmers’ produce
was purchased on time
and they received the
(MSP) for maize and
paddy, Sehgal said.
Meanwhile, ACS
health, Amit Mohan
Prasad said a total of
1,79,972 samples were
testedinthestate.Hesaid
1950 new cases had
emerged and 1993 had re-
covered in the last 24
hours. To date 2,03,08,636
sampleshavebeentested
and 5,22,867 people have
recovered. Prasad also
informedthate-sanjivani
portal had been started
for healthcare consulta-
tion and 2,52,093 people
had used it.
He said the CM
launched the Mera COV-
ID Kendra app yon Sat-
urday through which
the user can obtain in-
formation about COV-
ID-19 testing centre in a
range of 5 km.
UP has become the
first state in the coun-
try to conduct more
than two crore COV-
ID-19tests,ACSNavneet
Sehgal added.
He also said that un-
der the able administra-
tion of CM Yogi Adity-
anath, the surveillance
teams had been able to
obtain information
about COVID-19 infec-
tion from over 14 crore
people. Urging people to
strictly follow govern-
ment guidelines, Sehgal
said the number of hot
spots in the state had
risen to 8,095.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Traffic con-
gestion was seen near
Ghazipur industrial
area on Sunday as the
farmers’ agitation at
the Ghazipur border
(Uttar Pradesh-Delhi
border) entered the
ninth day.
Delhi Police said
Chilla border (both car-
riageways) was closed
for traffic while Ghaz-
ipur border on NH-24
was open from Delhi to
Ghaziabad. The Singhu,
Auchandi, Piao Mani-
yari, Mangesh borders
andNH44remainclosed
on both sides.
In light of this, the
DelhiPoliceadvisedcom-
muters to take alterna-
tive routes via Lampur,
Safiabad, Saboli, NH8/
Bhopra/Apsaraborders/
Peripheral expressway
“Traffic has been divert-
edfromMukarbaandGT
Karnalroad.AvoidOuter
Ring Road, GTK road,
NH 44,” Delhi Traffic
Police tweeted.
Farmers from Bilas-
pur and Uttarakhand
reached the Ghazipur
border earlier on Satur-
day to join their coun-
terparts stationed at the
Delhi-Meerut Express-
way to protest against
the three farm laws,
passed in the Monsoon
Session of Parliament
in September by voice
vote despite objection
from the opposition.
The protest at the Sin-
ghu border, meanwhile,
entered its eleventh day.
After the fifth round of
talks on Saturday re-
mainedinconclusive,the
Centre will hold another
meeting on December 9.
The farmers are pro-
testingtheFarmers’Pro-
duce Trade and Com-
merce (Promotion and
Facilitation) Act, 2020,
the Farmers (Empower-
ment and Protection)
Agreement on Price As-
surance and Farm Ser-
vices Act, 2020, and the
Essential Commodities
(Amendment) Act, 2020.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has issued directions
for the renovation of
five bathing stretches
on the Yamuna river-
bank for the upcom-
ing Vrindavan
Kumbh fair near here,
besides building
roads and 17 parking
lots for the visitors, a
state Cabinet minis-
ter said on Sunday.
Talking to report-
ers after inspecting
the ongoing work to
improve facilities for
the Kumbh to be held
from February 16, UP
Power and Additional
Energy Resources
Minister Shrikant
Sharma said the gov-
ernment would make
every effort to make
the fair memorable.
Sharmaalsometthe
saints, who would be
participating in the
fair,andtooktheirsug-
gestions on improving
thefairinfrastructure.
The saints would
also be allocated some
land as per their re-
quirement, he said.
The minister said
officials have already
been asked to ensure
enough water in the
Yamuna and lights at
the river bank during
the Kumbh fair here.
He also said the
roads for the Kumbh
area would be built at
a cost of `5.16 crore.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A Class 12
girl was suspected to be
raped before being mur-
dered at Ghazipur.
SP Om Prakash Singh
formed three teams to
probe the killing of the
girl while ordering that
the case be solved ur-
gently. He also said that
postmortem report
would reveal whether
the girl was raped and
the motive behind her
killing.
According to the fam-
ily members of the girl,
she had left home to ad-
dress nature’s call alone
on Sunday morning.
There were marks on
the neck of the girl. It is
suspected that she was
killed either with a
sharp weapon or by
strangulation. It is also
suspected that her hon-
ourwasviolatedandshe
may have been killed to
hide evidence.
Meanwhile, enraged
villagersplacedthebody
of the deceased girl in
front of the police sta-
tion and blocked the
Saidpur-Chiraiyakot
roadforthreehours.The
jam was lifted only after
authorities assured to
quickly solve the case
and take strong action
against the culprits.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Chief
anath on Sunday direct-
ed officials to ensure
safekeeping of anti-cor-
onavirus vaccine, when
they become available,
as he virtually equated
the security for the vac-
cineswiththatof EVMs.
At a meeting at his of-
ficial residence, he di-
rected officials to in-
crease the cold storage
capacity to 2.30 lakh li-
tres by December 15, ac-
cording to an official
statement. He said cold
chain facilities would be
arranged at each dis-
tricts and divisions.
“All security arrange-
mentsshouldbemadeto
ensure its availability.
The safety of the vac-
cine storage spots
should be ensured in the
same manner as that of
the electronic voting
machines,” the CM said.
Healsodirectedofficials
to ensure healthcare
workers were trained to
administer vaccines.
First India Bureau
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
on Sunday announced
a provision for ex-gra-
tia payment of Rs 5
lakh for serving Home
Guard volunteers and
its honorary officers
in case of their death
or disability.
A UP government
spokesperson said the
chief minister made
the announcement dur-
ing the foundation day
programme of the UP
Home Guards.
Adityanath on this
occasion inspected the
parade and also handed
over a cheque of `5
lakh to the kin of a de-
ceased Home Guard
volunteer.
The CM said his gov-
ernment has raised the
duty allowances for the
Home Guard volunteers
at par with those for the
police personnel so that
they can discharge
their duties with “high
morale”.
On the occasion the
CM also inaugurated
five new district Home
Guards offices at Agra,
Fatehpur, Fatehgarh,
Jaunpur and Hamirpu-
ur. Volunteer Jairam
Katiyar and Ghaziabad
woman Home Guard
Manju were given DG
CommendationDiscand
certificates by the CM.
ACS MSME and Information, Navneet Sehgal
Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma
Farmers continue their stir at Delhi border.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath handing over a cheque of `5 lakh to the kin of a deceased Home
Guard volunteer at the paramlitary force’s Foundation Day on Sunday.
Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
inspecting the
parade of the
Home Guard on
the ocassion of the
Foundation Day
of the voluntary
paramilitary force
on Sunday.
UP pushing economic activities,
MSME dept making rapid strides
CM announces `5L for Home Guard volunteers in case of eventuality
ACS Navneet Sehgal upholds ‘Mission Rozgar’, CM Yogi Adityanath’s commitment
2.5 MN JOBS
Farmers’ stir causes jam
near Ghazipur Ind Area
Infra boost in run up
to Vrindavan Kumbh
First India Bureau
Bulandshahr: A girl
has accused four youths
of gang-raping her in a
moving vehicle after ab-
ducting her in Chhatari
police station area here,
police said on Sunday.
The police have regis-
tered a case and are
questioning one of the
accused named in the
written complaint by
the girl, SSP Santosh
Kumar Singh said.
According to the com-
plaint, the victim
claimed that she was go-
ing to a shop for some
work on December 3
when a van came to a
halt and 3-4 boys pulled
her into the vehicle.
They took her to
Bairamnagar road,
where they allegedly
raped her and made a
video of their act. She
alleged that they threat-
ened to kill her parents
if she disclosed the inci-
dent to anyone.
The girl also alleged
that the main accused
reached her house with
2-3 people on Saturday
morningandthreatened
to kill her family mem-
bers if she registered a
case against him.
Four booked
for rape in
moving car
Girl murdered,suspected
to have been gang raped
CM Yogi orders high
security for vaccine
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Call it CM
Yogi Adityanath’s mag-
ic or his development
model, the BJP won 6
of 11 grads & teachers’
seats, raising the tally
to 25 in 100-member
UP’s Upper House
Of the five graduates’
constituency seats, the
BJP won three and the
SP two, while of the six
teachers’ constituency
seats, the BJP bagged
three, the SP one and in-
dependents two.
The tally of BJP in
the Upper House rose to
25 from 19, SP’s to 55
from 52 and independ-
ents to four from two.
The BSP, which did
not field any candidate,
has eight MLCs, the
Congress two, Apna Dal
(Sonelal) one and Sik-
shak Dal two. There are
still three vacancies.
BJP’s Avanish Kumar
Singh bagged the Luc-
know graduates’ con-
stituency seat while the
SP won two seats. The
two other seats that BJP
bagged was those of
Agra, won by Manven-
dra Pratap Singh ‘Gu-
ruji’ and of Meerut won
byDineshKumarGoyal.
The two seats the SP
bagged out of them are
those of Varanasi and
Allahabad-Jhansi divi-
sions, won respectively
by Ashutosh Sinha and
Maan Singh Yadav.
BoththeSPcandidates
won the seats divesting
themfromtheBJP,while
BJP’s Guruji’ won Agra
seat from SP and Goyal
by defeating four-time,
sittingindependentMLC
Hem Singh Pundir.
Yogi’s magic wins BJP 6 seats in Upper House
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PERSPECTIVELUCKNOW | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020
he Covid management en-
deavour of Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath led the Uttar
Pradesh government to re-
ceive huge international rec-
ognition in the form of high
praise by the World Health
Organisation (WHO). The
global health body has show-
ered praise on Uttar Pradesh
Government for its COVID-19
management strategy that
helped in getting control over
the coronavirus pandemic.
TEAM-11: In a novel ini-
tiative, later to be emulated
by other states, the CM set up
a Team-11 comprised of 11
senior officers, to review the
measures taken by the gov-
ernment in the management
of Covid. Each officer was
given a specific task to be car-
ried out by him in coordina-
tion with other officers. 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 keeping in
view the issues public was
likely to face because of Cov-
id restrictions. For example
in the Agriculture sector, it
was for the government to en-
sure hasslefree harvesting
and in the Industrial sector, it
was to be looked into that all-
important industries like
thosedealingwithmedicines,
medical equipment’s were
run without any difficulty.
Similarly, attention was
paid to those units which
were dealing with essential
commodities. As a pro-active
protective measure, the CM
had sealed the inter-state and
international borders of the
state even before the country-
wide Lockdown was im-
posed. In order to mobilise
the required funds to supple-
ment health services, the UP
government created the
‘COVID Care Fund’. Bed ca-
pacity in the COVID hospi-
tals was increased.
These steps were instru-
mental in keeping as low as
1.3 percent lockdown after
Janta Curfew. The Janta Cur-
few was imposed country-
wide on the appeal of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
March22.ThePMhadtermed
it as the best preventive meas-
ure. Moving ahead in this di-
rection, UP Chief Minister
was the first to announce a
three-day Lockdown but not
before ensuring that the citi-
zens get all necessary items
during this period.
The Centre declared a na-
tionwide lockdown from mid-
nightof March24.Duringthis
also, the state government
catered to all the needs of the
people ensuring they do not
have to move out from their
houses. The government ar-
ranged a doorstep delivery
mechanism for this. Empha-
sis on testing COVID sample
testingistheonlywaytoiden-
tify a Corona-infected person.
Initially, Uttar Pradesh did
not have sufficient testing fa-
cilities. Imagine, the state had
only one testing lab and the
testing capacity of just 60 on
March 22.
It was all about how you
muster and marshal your
available resources. The re-
sult is evident by the fact that
there are over 234 labs in the
state including 131 govern-
ment labs that conduct test-
ing of about 1.75 lakh samples
every day. Uttar Pradesh has
already set a record of having
conducted a total of over 1.30
crore tests. The state govern-
ment was prompt to engage
itself in an expeditious pur-
chase of equipments like PPE
kits, High Flow Nasal Canula
(HFNC), Ventilators, Oxygen
cylinders to provide ICU care.
The training to doctors and
paramedics, which had start-
ed early in March itself, was
also intensified. Contact trac-
ing Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment’s strategy about contact
tracing of the Covid patients,
which also won the WHO rec-
ognition’, came handy in con-
trollingthemenaceandestab-
lished as an effective preven-
tive measure. An aggressive
contact tracing strategy us-
ing Rapid response teams and
ensuring testing for almost
every identified close con-
tacts of Covid positive patient
came across as a defining tool
in the whole Covid manage-
ment process. Thousands of
surveillance teams were
formed to conduct surveys of
the houses, acquaintances,
and contacts of the patients.
In fact, an unprecedented sur-
veillance effort to identify
Influenza-Like Illness(ILI)/
Severe Acute Respiratory In-
fection (SARI) patients using
multiple rounds of the house
to house visit by frontline
workers was afoot to identify
potential threat perception in
terms of Covid.
he problem was the ab-
sence of exclusive Covid hos-
pitals. Again, the challenge
was accepted and now the
state of UP has a total of 674
Covid hospitals inclusive of
571 Level One Covid Hospi-
tals, 77 Level Two Covid hos-
pitals, and 26 Level Three
Hospitals. The total availabil-
ity of beds in these hospitals
has been increased to 1.57
lakh no mean achievement
considering that the popula-
tion size of 24 crores is being
catered to and this number
was zero in March.
UP Medical Supplies Cor-
poration ensured that pro-
curement did not become a
barrier to covid response ef-
forts. Indeed, it was due to
clear command lines and un-
cluttered instructions that
helped build up a strong
health ecosystem that could
deal with such a medical
emergency with consum-
mate ease. As of now, all 75
districts of the state have at
least one or more Level-2
Covid hospitals having provi-
sions of ICU beds.
ICCC Identifying the stur-
dy mechanism of monitoring
is the need of the hour, the
UP CM directed to set up the
Integrated Control and Com-
mand Centre (ICCC) at the
office of the Relief Commis-
sioner at state headquarters.
The similar ICCCs were also
established at every district
headquarter to be manned by
the concerned District Mag-
istrate and Chief Medical Of-
ficer (CMO). ICCC became
the focal point of Covid man-
agement from contact trac-
ing, ensuring home visits by
the health team for patients
who were put in home isola-
tion to ensuring testing for
all eligible persons. Besides,
the continuous dialogue with
Covid patients was main-
tained through the CM hel-
pline, all patients were given
a call to know their wellbeing
and any issue faced at the
hospital level. Apart from
these, the streamlined ambu-
lance services, the introduc-
tion of online OPD services,
telemedicine, and tele-con-
sultation facilities were the
other logistics employed by
the government during Cov-
id management.
Yogi government’s deci-
sion to hire trains to bring
the migrants was yet another
master stroke. As many as
1660 trains were run to bring
in migrants from various
places. The condition of the
migrant who returned from
various places of the country
was also pitiable. The gov-
ernment started by ensuring
basics like food and water to
migrants. The community
kitchens were opened which
catered to migrant labourers
and destitute persons. About
6.75 crore food packets were
distributed to them during
the Lockdown period.
The returnee migrants,
who were sent to home quar-
antine, after a proper medical
check-up, were given ration
kits with a 30-day ration. As a
rare goodwill gesture, every
migrant being sent home was
given sustenance allowance
of Rs one thousand each
along with the ration kit. This
helped them go through the
initial uncertainty of relocat-
ing themselves. In addition to
this, about 53 lakh construc-
tionlabourers,streetvendors,
carriage pullers, and daily
wagers of rural areas were
also given rupees one thou-
sand each through Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT). The
employers were persuaded to
pay wages of the Lockdown
period. The employers heard
the government’s appeal and
paid the wages to more than 5
million employees totaling
more than Rs 2000 crore.
The ICCCs set up in every
district became the ‘nerve
centre’ of Covid response
management. Manned by
qualified Doctors, Adminis-
trators,CallCentreOperators
24X7 Every needy is being
taken care of The govern-
ment started distributing free
food grains in April, irrespec-
tive of the place from where
the ration card was issued to
the beneficiary. The govern-
ment paid a two-month pen-
sion in advance to as many as
86,71,781 beneficiaries under
the scheme of old age pen-
sion, destitute pension, Divy-
ang pension, and pension for
lepers. Also, in the month of
June, the pension was paid
under PM Poor Welfare
Scheme Package. 35818 Gram
Sewaks were paid a total of
225.39 crores during the Lock-
down. More than 17,64 lakh
MNREGS labourers were
given jobs in 53487 Gram Pan-
chayats, as much as 4508. 25
crore honorarium was paid to
them by creating 22.90 crore
man-days. Incidentally, UP
tops in the country on this
count as well. Jobs to all The
government made MNREGS
job cards for returnee mi-
grants and also of those who
desired to work in the villag-
es. It was ensured that they
get work close to their homes.
The skill mapping of about 40
lakh labourers was done so
that they get jobs according to
their skill set.
A labour employment com-
mission was set up for the so-
cial and economic security of
labourers. Over 8 lakh MSME
units were made functional
where over 51 lakh labourers
areemployed.Rs10744croreof
theloanwasdistributedamong
4.35 lakh industrial units un-
der Atmanirbhar Yojana. In
addition to this, over 5.81 lakh
newunitswerestartedandthe
loan worth over Rs 15541 crore
was distributed under At-
manirbhar Yojana and over 25
lakh jobs were created.
The loans worth Rs 2447
crore were distributed online
to 98743 units on a single day
on May 14, 2020. The govern-
ment came up with a new
StartUp Policy to motivate
youth towards self-employ-
ment. About 50,000 persons
are expected to get direct and
onelakhpersons,indirectem-
ployment from this. During
the on-going Unlockdown
phases, things are being tried
and are being streamlined.
Low death rate and high re-
coveryrateThedeathratedue
to Covid has come down to 1.3
while the recovery rate has
shot up too close to 90 percent.
In fact, the ultimate recogni-
tion to the Yogi government
came from none other than
the Prime Minister himself.
“The vast preparations
made by Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister saved at least
85,000lives, something un-
thinkable before 2017”- Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s
deft handling of Corona cri-
sis on June 26,2020.
COVID MANAGEMENT OF UP
GOVERNMENT: A LESSON TO LEARN
T
UP Medical
Supplies
Corporation
ensured that
procurement
did not become
a barrier to
covid response
efforts. Indeed,
it was due to
clear command
lines and
uncluttered
instructions
that helped
build up a
strong health
ecosystem that
could deal with
such a medical
emergency with
consummate
ease. As of now,
all 75 districts
of the state have
at least one or
more Level-2
Covid hospitals
having
provisions of
ICU beds
VISHAL
SRIVASTAV
BUREAU CHIEF
FIRST INDIA, LUCKNOW
n 2019, United
States Presi-
dent Donald
Trump de-
clared “space is
the new war-fighting do-
main”. This followed the
creation of the US Space
Force and a commitment to
“American dominance” in
outer space.
Other space-faring na-
tions, and those who fear
the acceleration of an
arms race in space, were
greatly concerned. At the
latest meeting of the Unit-
ed Nations Committee on
the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space, states noted with
alarm that “preventing
conflicts in outer space and
preserving outer space for
peaceful purposes” is more
necessary than ever.
The election of Joe
Biden as the next US presi-
dent and Kamala Harris as
vice-president suggests
there is cause for hope. The
future of space may look
more like the recent launch
of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1
mission to the Internation-
al Space Station.
Onboard were US and
Japanese astronauts, who
joined Russian and US
crew already living aboard
the ISS. As the Falcon 9
rocket soared into space,
the collaborative, coopera-
tive, and commercial na-
ture of space was once
again clear for all to see.
COOPERATION, NOT
CONFRONTATION
TheincomingBiden-Harris
administration appears
more interested in interna-
tional cooperation, and
muchmorecognisantof the
challenges of climate
change, pandemics and oth-
er global issues. A carefully
calibrated space policy can
do much to address “terres-
trial” challenges, while still
allowing for many positive
space activities.
Since 1967, human activ-
ity in space has been guid-
ed by the universally ac-
cepted principles embed-
ded in the Outer Space
Treaty. This has ensured
we have had no military
conflict in space, and re-
quired the exploration and
use of space “for the bene-
fit and in the interests of
all countries”.
Any alternative vision
of the future of space is
dreadful to consider. Rhet-
oric about the inevitability
of “war in space” makes
such conflict more likely
and risks a “tragedy of the
commons” in space.
Any space war would
have no clear winner. In a
complex, globally shared
arena such as space, it is
important that states abide
by accepted rules and es-
tablished practices.
The US has great scien-
tific and technological ad-
vantages and a robust and
competitive commercial
spacesector.Insteadof seek-
ing dominance, it can better
serve the world (and itself)
byfocusingitsleadershipon
harnessing space for the
benefit of all humankind.
In a promising sign,
Biden and Harris’s NASA
review team is composed
of an outstanding group of
space scientists as well as
a former astronaut.
The current administra-
tion re-established the Na-
tional Space Council,
which is chaired by the
vice president, and this has
reinvigorated American
investment and leadership
in space exploration. This
includes an ambitious plan
to return to the Moon un-
der the terms of the Arte-
mis Accords.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Trump’s idea of ‘war in space’ would be a catastrophe
I
How much better to get
wisdom than gold! To get
understanding is to be chosen
rather than silver.
—Proverbs 16:16
Spiritual
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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Indore Municipal Corporation
also came up with a presentation
on setting up of waste-to-energy
plants. Happy to share that IMC
has consistently eliminated
garbage dumps, ensured 100%
household-waste segregation
and converted waste to usable
products, like compost and fuel.
Adhir Chowdhury @adhirrcinc
Request you not to make it a
prestige issue Sh @narendramodi
Ji. The Govt must bow to the
supreme will & aspirations of the
people and accordingly repeal the
Farmer’s law at the earliest, as the
livelihood of millions of farmers is
at stake #FarmerProtest

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INDIALUCKNOW | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020
New Delhi: As the on-
going farmers’ agita-
tion entered the elev-
enth day, the traffic
movement remained
affected in the national
capital region on Sun-
day morning with mul-
tiple borders between
Delhi and neighbouring
states still closed for
commuters.
Delhi Traffic Police
on Sunday appealed to
citizens to take alterna-
tive routes as along
with Singhu, Auchandi,
Piao Maniyari, Man-
gesh borders, Tikri, and
Jharoda borders are
closed for all kinds of
traffic movement. NH
44 is also closed from
both sides.
The traffic police said
Jhatikara border is
open only for two-
wheeler traffic, while
the Badusarai border is
open only for light mo-
tor vehicles like cars
and two-wheelers.
Commuters coming
from Haryana are ad-
vised to take alternate
routes via Safiabad,
Saboli, NH8/Bhopra/
Apsaraborders/Periph-
eral expressway. —ANI
DRI SEIZES GOLD WORTH RS 2.25CR
FROM BIHAR; ONE ARRESTED
Patna: The Directorate of
Revenue Intelligence has
seized over 4 kg of smug-
gled gold bars, valued
at Rs 2.25 crore, from a
Delhi-bound train at Patna
station and arrested one
person in this connection,
an official said. Acting on
a tip-off, DRI sleuths con-
ducted a search operation
in a coach of Dibrugarh-
Delhi special train on
Friday and recovered 26
gold bars, he said. “The
person, a resident of
Sangli district of Maha-
rashtra, was arrested as
he could not provide any
valid document for gold
biscuits seized from his
possession,” the official
said. During interrogation,
he revealed that gold
bars were smuggled from
Myanmar, he said.
‘POLLS TO URBAN LOCAL
BODIES IN MP LIKELY IN JAN’
Sagar: Elections to the urban local bodies in
Madhya Pradesh are likely to be held next month,
state minister Bhupendra Singh said on Sun-
day. A notification for the urban bodies’ polls is
expected to be issued by the end of December,
he told reporters. “These elections are likely
to take place in January next year. Mayors of
the urban bodies will be elected directly by the
people as the government has already brought an
ordinance in this regard,” the Minister for Urban
Development and Housing said.
PALGHAR MAN KILLS FATHER
DURING FIGHT WITH WIFE
Palghar: A man was
arrested in tribal- domi-
nated Jawhar in Palghar
district for allegedly
killing his 65-year-old
father with a sickle after
a dispute, police said on
Sunday. Accused Sunil
Potinda was arguing with
his wife in their home in
Zap village in the inter-
vening night of Wednes-
day and Thursday and his
father Shivram tried to
mediate, a police official
said while informing
about the incident. “An
enraged Sunil picked up
a sickle and hit his father,
killing him on the spot.
The accused was arrested
on Friday and has been
charged with murder,” the
police officer added while
saying further probe in
the case is underway.
12 NAXALS SURRENDER TO
POLICE IN VISAKHAPATNAM
Visakhapatnam: Twelve active Naxals surren-
dered before Andhra Pradesh Police in Chin-
tapalle area of Visakhapatnam district during
PLGA week. The Naxal members surrendered
before Chintapalle ASP Vidhya Sagar Naidu
and belonged to villages of Pathrudigunta of
the Galikonda area, Panasalabanda, Akuluru,
and Ramagadda. Naidu said, “The militia have
become vexed with the barbaric acts of Maoists
such as branding people as informers and kill-
ing them based on mere speculation.”
FARMERS’ PROTEST DAY 11
DELHI TRAFFIC REMAINS AFFECTED
DUE TO CLOSED BORDERS
Children play cricket on a blocked Highway where farmers are protesting against the newly passed farm bills at New Delhi - Gazipur
border near Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Bengal govt
distancing itself
from rule of law’
Kolkata: West Bengal
governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Sunday
alleged that the TMC
government has dis-
tanced itself from rule
of law and the soul of
BR Ambedkar, the ar-
chitect of the Indian
Constitution, is getting
deeply hurt.
“I am deeply dis-
turbed, concerned, wor-
ried and pained. The
governance in the state
of West Bengal is get-
ting away from the path
of the Constitution. It is
distancing itself from
rule of law. The soul of
B R Ambedkar is deeply
hurt,” Dhankhar said at
a programme held to
pay homage to Ambed-
kar on his death anni-
versary.
“High time @
MamataOfficial to en-
sure governance in ac-
cordance with constitu-
tion and render police &
administration “politi-
cally neutral”. CS &
DGP @WBPolice non
responsive stance ig-
noring lawful account-
ability, letter & spirit of
constitution is fraught
with serious conse-
quences,” Dhankhar
tweeter later in the day.
TMC Lok Sabha
member and spokesper-
son Saugata Roy react-
ed by saying that
Dhankhar is not follow-
ing ethics.
“He cannot make
such statements in pub-
lic every day. If he has
anything to say about
the government he can
write to the chief min-
ister or call her up.
What he is doing is not
right. There is nothing
wrong with law and or-
der in Bengal. The gov-
ernor cannot see the
reality,” said Roy.
THE TRAFFIC POLICE SAID JHATIKARA BORDER IS OPEN ONLY FOR TWO-WHEELER TRAFFIC
‘I STAND WITH
BJP&FARMERS;
GOVT THINKS OF
FARMERS’
BETTERMENT’
SHARAD PAWAR THREATENS
CENTRE TO RESOLVE ISSUE SOON
LUDHIANA VILLAGE PREPARES
SWEETS, SNACKS FOR FARMERS
Chandigarh: Amidst
the ongoing farm-
ers’ protest against
the farm laws, BJP
Lok Sabha MP from
Gurdaspur Sunny Deol
on Sunday said that he
stands with his party
and with farmers.
He also said that the
central government
always thinks of the
betterment of farmers.
Taking to Twitter, Deol
posted a picture of his
statement on the on-
going farmers’ protest.
“I request the whole
world that it is matter
between our farmers
and the government.
Do not come between
them, because both
will find a way after
discussions. I know
that many people want
to take benefits from it
and are creating prob-
lems. They are not
thinking of farmers.
They may have their
own agenda,” he said.
Mumbai: NCP chief and former Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar accused that the Centre passed the
agricultural laws in haste and warned that if the situ-
ation is not resolved soon more farmers from across
the country will join the protest. “Farmers from Punjab
and Haryana are the main producers of wheat and
paddy, and they are protesting. If the situation is not
resolved soon, we will see farmers from across the
country joining them, “ Pawar said. —ANI
Ludhiana: In a small village of Punjab’s Ludhiana,
Baddowal, local villagers are busy filling up packets
with sweets and snacks prepared from pure desi
ghee to be delivered to agitating farmers sitting on
the borders of Delhi. “We plan to send a total of 300
kilograms of Khoya pinnis (laddoos) and namkeen
matthis prepared in pure desi ghee by families in Bad-
dowal village,” Lakhbir Singh Badwal of the Namdhari
Sangat said. —ANI
Modi govt will take J&K’s
dev to new heights, says min
Jammu: Senior BJP
leader Shahnawaz Hus-
sain on Sunday asked
militants to leave guns
and pick up a pen as the
Narendra Modi govern-
ment is committed to
take Jammu and Kash-
mir to new heights of
development.
However, he warned
those who did not shun
the path of violence to
getpreparedtobewiped
“all-out”.
“J-K is the crown of
India and our govern-
ment is sincere to take
the development in the
region to the top as well.
We will ensure electric-
ity, water and better
roads and no load shed-
ding and darkness
which is the hallmark
of Congress and Gup-
kar gang,” Hussain,
who is the BJP national
spokesperson, told re-
porters here.
The former Union
minister, who has been
camping in Kashmir
valley for the last 15
days in connection with
the ongoing District De-
velopment Council elec-
tions, reached Jammu
on Sunday morning.
“PM Narendra Modi
wants a pen in the
hands of local youth
Leave the gun and pick
up the pen as anyone
indulging in terrorism
will face (operation) all
out,” he said, lauding
security agencies for
busting a plan of terror-
ists. —PTI
“J&K is the crown of India,” Shahnawaz Hussain also added.
GUPKAR GANG NEVER LET YOU VOTE:
SAYS UNION MINISTER SMRITI IRANI
Srinagar/New Delhi: Union minister Smriti Irani
has accused the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Decla-
ration of not extending voting powers to refugees
from Pakistan, who have pride in the Indian flag.
“When the Gupkar gang had power, they never
gave the right to vote to the refugees. But PM Modi
understood that the families who chose Hindustan
over Pakistan should get the right to go and vote,”
said Ms Irani, one of the star speakers of the BJP
for the DDC local body elections. —ANI
IN ALL ITS GLORY...
Villagers ride past a mustard farm on the outskirts of Amritsar on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Many leaders
took money
from me:
Saradha boss
Kolkata: Saradha
ponzi scam prime ac-
cused Sudipta Sen has
written to Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi and
West Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee, al-
leging that several in-
fluential people, in-
cluding prominent po-
litical leaders, have
taken “financial advan-
tages” from him.
In his letter, a copy of
which is with the PTI,
Sen, who is still under-
going trial in the multi-
crore ponzi scam case,
requested the CBI and
the state police to initi-
ate action against all
those who have taken
money from him.
“Respected sir and
respected madam, I, Sri
Sudipta Sen, owner and
director of Saradha
Group of companies,
want to say that there
are many influential
persons have taken
huge financial advan-
tage from me. No action
has been taken.” —PTI
FIR OVER DEMONSTRATION IN PROHIBITED AREA
Arrest me if you can: Tejashwi to Nitish
Patna: RJD’s Tejashwi
Yadav has hit out at the
Nitish Kumar govern-
ment, daring it to arrest
him for protesting in
support of farmers’ de-
mands to repeal the cen-
tre’s three contentious
laws. A case has been
filed against Yadav and
18 other leaders from
various constituents of
the Grand Alliance-led
Opposition in Bihar for
protesting without per-
mission amid the coro-
navirus pandemic.
Reacting to the charg-
es, Bihar LoP Tejashwi
Yadav called his ally-
turned-foe, CM Nitish
Kumar, a ‘coward.’ “The
government of Bihar,
led by a cowardly CM,
has lodged an FIR
against us for raising
voice of farmers. If you
have any real power,
then arrest us. If you do
not, I will surrender
myself. I am ready to be
hanged for farmers,”
Yadav tweeted. —PTITejashwi Yadav
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

NEWSLUCKNOW | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020
Farmers’ agitation...
To resolve the stand-off,
an option to convene a
special Parliament ses-
sion is being consid-
ered, senior govern-
ment source said. “It is
not ruled out, but no
decision has been tak-
en,” the source said to a
question if a special
session was being con-
sidered. Both the sides
have now agreed to
meet again on Decem-
ber 9.
The joint forum of
trade unions that has
supported the farmers’
stir includes Indian Na-
tional Trade Union
Congress (INTUC), All
India Trade Union Con-
gress (AITUC), Hind
Mazdoor Sabha (HMS),
Centre of Indian Trade
Unions (CITU), All In-
dia United Trade Union
Centre (AIUTUC) and
Trade Union Co-ordina-
tion Centre (TUCC).
Grassroots Gehlot...
As we know Rahul ji
has been raising the
voice of farmers
through his signature
campaign, kisan and
tractor rally. He has
been an ardent support-
er of the farmers of
country and every Con-
gress worker stands
with him in taking this
cause of farmers to eve-
ry corner of the na-
tion,” he tweeted.
Gehlot then mounted
scathing attack on the
NDA and its policies,
saying, “Due to the way
the NDA government
works, today farmers
from all over the coun-
try have come on the
roads and announced
Bharat Bandh. The
Modi government has
blown all constitutional
customs and democrat-
ic methods. Dialogue is
most important in a de-
mocracy, but the new
government did not talk
to the state govern-
ments and farmer or-
ganizations on the new
agricultural laws.”
He even questioned
the role of Governor
and President in the en-
tire issue. “When the
central government
will not listen to the
public in peaceful dem-
onstrations, will not
communicate with the
opposition and national
farmer organizations,
the Governor will not
send bills passed by op-
position party govern-
ments to the President
and the President will
not give time to meet
the Chief Ministers of
the opposition party
government, then how
will the public express
their feelings to the cen-
tral government?”
Gehlot further added,
“The attitude of Modi
government is full of
arrogance and fascist
thinking, therefore they
are not listening to the
voice of the public and
the opposition. Protest,
memorandum, sit-ins
and demonstration of
any government are
due to its policies and
decisions which is nec-
essary in a healthy dem-
ocratic tradition. Op-
posing the government
cannot be anti-national
or treason. Today, farm-
ers across the country
are on the streets due to
the Modi government’s
way of suppressing the
public’s voice instead
of listening to them.
Moreover, even when
Rahul Gandhi and Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh
took out a tractor trip in
Punjab in support of
the farmers, had then
the central government
would have taken it se-
riously, the situation
would not have come to
what it is today.”
Yogi’s Film...
by the unions and the
Maha government is
not providing any kind
of protection to them.
Describing the prob-
lems faced by the pro-
ducers, the IMMPA in a
letter explains that nu-
merous difficulties are
faced by the producers
while shooting in Ma-
harashtra as a result of
which producers prefer
to shoot in the state
only if absolutely nec-
essary.
Muslim clerics...
The senior clergymen
of the Islamic faith
have issued a set of in-
structions to be fol-
lowed by Qazis when
officiating Muslim mar-
riages.
The Imam of Jama
Masjid Subhaniya Tak-
iya Kawaldah, Maulana
Jahangir Ahmed Azizi,
has said that Qazis
should make inquiries
about the prospective
bride and groom, and
should solemnize the
marriage only if both
are Muslims. Inquiries
should also be done
about their families.
Qazis should not agree
to the marriage if any
of them has been forci-
bly converted as this
would be against the
tenets of Islam.
Nawab Qazi Mufti
Mohammed Azhar
Shamsi suggested that
qazis should examine
documents such as aad-
har card, PAN card,
voter card, passport or
any other identification
card and should keep a
copy of attested and
signed documents with
them.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: The minis-
try said that the pre-
sent active caseload
comprises 4.26% of the
total positive cases, and
new recoveries have
led to a net decline of
6,393 in the total active
cases, the ministry said
in a statement.
“India’s total active
caseload has dropped
below 4.10 lakh
(4,09,689) today. This is
the lowest after 136
days. The total active
cases were 4,11,133, on
July 22,” it said. The
ministry said that for
the past eight days, the
daily new recoveries
recorded in the country
have been more than
the daily cases.
India recorded more
recoveries than the
new COVID-19 cases
for the last nine days,
the active coronavirus
caseload dropped to
4.03 lakh (4,03,248) on
Sunday, the lowest in
138 days, according to
the Union Ministry of
Health and Family
Welfare. As many as
482 case fatalities have
been reported in the
past 24 hours. Ten
states/UTs account
for 79.05 per cent of
the new deaths. As
many as 7,924 people
have succumbed to the
infection.
Maharashtra saw a
maximum, 95, casual-
ties. Delhi and West
Bengal follow with 77
and 49 deaths respec-
tively. The health
ministry stressed that
more than 70 per cent
of the deaths occurred
due to comorbidities.
NEW CASES START TO FADETotal COVID-19 active caseload dropped to 4,09,689, according to health ministry
Healthcare workers in protective gear coming out from an
ambulance as they leave after collecting swab samples.
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi paid tributes to
Dr B R Ambedkar on
his death anniversa-
ry&saidhisthoughts
& ideals continue to
give strength to mil-
lions. “Remembering
the great Dr Babasa-
heb Ambedkar on
Mahaparinirvan Di-
was. His thoughts
and ideals continue
to give strength to
millions. We are com-
mitted to fulfilling
the dreams he had for
ournation,”PMModi
tweeted. Ambedkar,
the chief architect of
the Indian Constitu-
tion and a Dalit icon,
passed away in 1956.
Committed to fulfilling
Ambedkar’s dreams: PM
PM Narendra Modi paid tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar on his death anniversary on Sunday.
Srinagar: A yellow
alert avalanche warn-
ing has been issued for
higher reaches of sev-
eral districts in Jammu
and Kashmir by Nation-
al Disaster Manage-
ment Authority (DMA).
These districts include
Rajouri, Ramban,
Kishtwar, Baramulla,
Kupwara, Bandipora &
Ganderbal. The India
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) has predict-
ed heavy rain and snow
over the region for the
next few days. “Under
the influence of a fresh
Western Disturbance,
scattered to fairly wide-
spread precipitation
very likely over Jammu
and Kashmir, from De-
cember 7 to 9. Isolated
heavy rain/snow also
very likely over Jammu
and Kashmir, Ladakh,
Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaf-
farabad on December
8,” the IMD tweeted. On
November 9, 5 passen-
gers were rescued by
Border Roads Organisa-
tion after a snow ava-
lanche hit Zojila Pass.
Yellow alert avalanche warning
in higher reaches of J&K: DMA
Barasat: Senior BJP
leader Kailash Vijay-
vargiya on Saturday
said that the Citizen-
ship (Amendment)
Act is likely to be im-
plemented from Jan-
uary next year as the
Centre and the saf-
fron party are keen
to grant citizenship
to the large refugee
population in West
Bengal. The BJP na-
tional general secre-
tary accused the
TMC government of
not being sympathet-
ic to the cause of the
refugees. “We are
hopeful that the pro-
cess of granting citi-
zenship to refugees
under the CAA will
begin from January
next year,” he told re-
porters on the side-
lines of the party’s
‘’Aar Noy Anyay’’
(no more injustice)
campaign in North
24 Parganas district.
“The Centre has
passed the CAA with
the honest intention
of granting citizen-
ship to persecuted
refugees coming to
our country from
neighbouring na-
tions,” he added. Re-
acting to Mr Vijay-
vargiya’s comment,
senior TMC leader
and state minister
Firhad Hakim said
that the BJP is trying
to fool the people of
West Bengal.
Srinagar: One Police
personnel and a civil-
ian were injured on
Sunday after terrorists
attacked a joint party
of Police and CRPF at
Sazgaripora, Hawal
here in Srinagar.
The area has been
cordoned off to nab the
terrorists and both the
injured were shifted to
hospital. “Terrorists
fired indiscriminate-
ly upon a police party
at Sazgaripora #Ha-
wal in which 01 police
personnel Farooq Ah-
mad Chopan and 01
civilian Muneer Ah-
mad got injured.
Both the injured
were shifted to hospi-
tal. The area has been
cordoned off,” Kashmir
Zone Police tweeted.
Terrorists attack joint party of
Police, CRPF in Srinagar
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah & BJP President
JP Nadda paid tributes
to Dr BR Ambedkar.
"Tributes to Baba Sa-
heb. He gave a future-
oriented and inclusive
Constitution to the
country & paved the
way for progress, pros-
perity & equality in the
country," Home Minis-
ter said. While Nadda
said, "The nation will
remain indebted to Ba-
basaheb who played
important role in
showing the way of so-
cial harmony and so-
cial reform in the coun-
try," Nadda said.
AMIT SHAH, JP NADDA PAY
TRIBUTES TO BR AMBEDKAR
New Delhi: A suspect-
ed incident of water
contamination is be-
lieved to be the reason
behind falling ill of at
least 227 persons in the
West Godavari district
of Andhra Pradesh.
However, officials are
not ruling out viral en-
cephalitis. The incident
happened in Eluru
town; to be specific in
four societies of Ashok
Nagar and Arundhati-
pet. Water contamina-
tion was reported from
these two areas just 10
days back. Those taken
ill include even children
as young as just four
years old, reports said.
“The number of people
falling sick in Eluru is
increasing. Around 140
persons were admitted
and discharged since
last night till this morn-
ing. Their symptoms
include nausea and
fainting. The reason for
this sudden increase is
not yet known,” Eluru
Government Hospital
superintendent Dr Mo-
han told ANI. About 100
additional beds have
been made available at
the government facility
in a precautionary
measure. Blood samples
of those fallen ill have
been collected to find
the reason behind the
illness, said District
Collector R Muthyala
Raju, according to
sources. A door-to-door
survey is being done to
check for water contam-
ination in affected are-
as, he said. Teams of
doctors from Vijayawa-
da are on their way to
Eluru to help the medi-
cal teams there and to
probe the case of ill-
ness, according to
Health Minister Kali
Krishna Srinivas.
A medical officer said
the patients had sud-
denly started vomiting
and complained of
burning sensation in
eyes while some even
fainted. Some of them
were brought to the Elu-
ru hospital in critical
condition but are all
now safe, he said, ac-
cording to the report.
Over 227 fall sick in AP, water contamination suspected
The number of people falling sick with this illness is increasing in Eluru and around 140 persons
were admitted and discharged since last night.
Patna: Amid buzz that
former Union minister
Upendra Kushwaha
and Chief Minister Nit-
ish Kumar may join
hands again, following
their recent meeting
here four days ago, the
RLSP chief on Sunday
downplayed the specu-
lations as "premature
guesswork".
Kushwaha said he
had a cordial meeting
with Kumar earlier in
the week but denied
hammering out a deal
for the homecoming.
He, however, did not
rule out the possibility
of a reunion in future.
Political circles had
indicated that Kushwa-
ha may merge his Rash-
triya Lok Samata Party
(RLSP) with the ruling
Janata Dal (United),
and he would subse-
quently be inducted
into the state cabinet as
a member of the legisla-
tive council.
Hyderabad: Veteran
actress Vijayashanthi
has quit the Congress &
will join BJP on Mon-
day. She is expected to
meet Home Minister
Amit Shah after joining
the BJP in New Delhi.
Telangana BJP chief
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
has reportedly left for
Delhi from Hyderabad.
Vijayashanthi had first
joined the BJP in 1998
and was made the secre-
tary of BJP's Women's
Wing. During the Telan-
gana separate state-
hood movement, she
worked closely with
TRS chief KCR.
Veteran actress
Vijayashanthi
quits Cong, to
join BJP today
‘CAALIKELYTO
BEIMPLEMENTED
FROMJANUARY’
Kushwaha-Nitish meeting
triggers reunion buzz
AIRCRAFT FOR VACCINE DELIVERY
MYSTERY ILLNESS

NEWSLUCKNOW | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020
First India Bureau
Lucknow: It has been
11 days for farmers to
protest against the new
agricultural laws. The
crowd of thousands of
farmers on the Delhi-
Haryana border has
been peacefully protest-
ing from the last 10
days.
There has been talk
of 5 rounds between the
farmers and the gov-
ernment, but the dead-
lock continues.
Farmers from Uttar
Pradesh are also pro-
testing at the Delhi bor-
der against the Central
government’s new agri-
cultural laws. The situ-
ation intensified as
they demanded the set-
ting up of a farm com-
mission to look into
their grievances.
Meanwhile, former
UP Chief Minister and
President of the Sama-
jwadi Party, Akhilesh
Yadav has announced
that SP will organise
“kisaan yatras” (farmer
rallies)” in all the dis-
tricts of the state on De-
cember 7 to protest
against the agricultural
laws introduced by the
Centre.
Akhilesh Yadav will
also hold meetings in
support of farmers in
UP from Monday.
He said while ad-
dressing the media af-
ter paying homage to
Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhim-
rao Ambedkar on
Parinirvan Divas that,
“We support the farm-
ers who are demanding
withdrawal of agricul-
tural laws in Delhi and
appeal to the govern-
ment to withdraw these
laws.” Akhilesh Yadav
himself will march
from Kannauj Mandi to
the farmers market.
Giving full support to
the Farmers Movement
and protest, Akhilesh
Yadav said, “Samajwa-
di Party (SP) & I have
decided to begin ‘Kisan
Yatra’ in every district
against these wrong
laws & to support pro-
testing farmers in Del-
hi. I will start a march
from Kannauj Mandi to
Kisaan Bazaar tomor-
row, asking the govt to
repeal these laws.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Coronavirus
patients will no longer
have to deal with the
oxygen crisis.
For this, the system is
being upgraded in the
level-two, level-three
Covid-19 hospitals of
the city.
After KGMU, a liquid
oxygen tank has also
been installed in Cov-
id-19 Hospital of Lohia
Institute. At the same
time, the work of in-
stalling an oxygen tank
is also going on in PGI
Covid-19 Hospital. Lo-
hia Institute has a Cov-
id Hospital on the
Shaheed Path.
It has a capacity of
200 beds. Currently, Co-
rona patients are being
admitted to 133 beds
only. There are plans to
soon admit patients on
all beds available. For
this, oxygen pipeline
has been laid.
A liquid oxygen tank
of 20 thousand liters
has been installed. With
increased capacity, the
beds of HDU-ICU will
increase from 60 to 150.
Serious patients will
get relief.
According to the in-
stitute’s spokesperson,
Dr. Srikesh Singh, the
inauguration of the ox-
ygen tank is proposed
between December 14
and 16.
Currently, 150 oxygen
cylinders are being con-
sumed every day and at
the same time backup
of 200 oxygen cylinders
is being maintained.
Now, the hassle of fill-
ing the cylinders will be
over.
The oxygen system at
KGMU has also been re-
paired.
A liquid oxygen tank
of 20 thousand liters
has been installed here.
At the same time, a liq-
uid oxygen tank of 20
thousand liters is also
being installed in PGI
Covid.
Hopefully, there will
be no shortage of oxy-
gen to hospitals now
and they will get oxy-
gen supply on time.
SP to hold kisaan yatras in
all districts of state today
Covid: Liquid oxygen tank
installed at Lohia Hospital
First India Bureau
Mahoba: The difficul-
ties seem to be steadily
increasing for ab-
sconding IPS officer
Manilal Patidar who
was the Superinten-
dent of Police of Ma-
hoba.
Patidar who contin-
ues to evade arrest is
the prime accused in
the case of seeking ex-
tortion from crusher
businessman Indra-
kant Tripathi and later
murdering him.
Patidar did not get
relief from the Lower,
District and High
Courts and now even
the Police Department
does not seem to be fa-
vouring him at all.
After sending the at-
tachment notice at his
home, the department
has now increased the
prize money on ab-
sconding IPS Patidar
to Rs 50,000.
Inspector General of
Police, Kanpur Mohit
Agrawal has increased
the reward amount on
Mahoba’s absconding
former Superinten-
dent of Police Manilal
Patidar like regular
miscreants.
Now, there is a re-
ward of Rs 50 thousand
announced on Manilal
Patidar. Last week, the
reward was announced
as 25 thousand rupees.
Currently, IG Agrawal
has increased the
amount of reward
against the accused.
For this, Mahoba SP
had written a letter to
the IG on Saturday.
The IG said that the
teams engaged to catch
the accused have been
activated.
Tripathi had been
found shot in his car
days after he had ac-
cused Payidar of
threatening to kill
him.
Reward hiked to
`50k on absconding
IPS officer Manilal
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A close confi-
dant woman of an in-
spector died in suspi-
cious circumstances at
Omega apartment in
Chinhat on Sunday.
Inspector Rahul
Rathore,wholivesonthe
eighth floor of the apart-
ment, was posted in the
cyber cell of Lucknow
and was recently trans-
ferred to Lalitpur dis-
trict. Rahul and Mamta
had met a few years ago
and since then the two
were living together.
On Sunday, Mamta
was shot in the head in
suspicious conditions.
Rahul, who was present
at home, first reported
the incident to the BBD
police post.
After this, he himself
took Mamta to a private
hospital where doctors
declaredherdead.Rahul
was married and had a
dispute with his wife a
few months ago. During
the deployment in the
cyber cell, his wife had
created a ruckus in the
office. Not only this, but
thewomanhadalsobeat-
en Rahul in the cyber
cell by accusing him of a
close relationship with
Mamta.
Mamta was posted in
the railway and was liv-
ing with Rahul. Accord-
ing to ACP Vibhuti
Khand Swatantra Ku-
mar Singh, it has been
revealedintheinvestiga-
tion that Mamta was
shot in the head by an
illegal weapon. The in-
spector is also being
questioned.Theforensic
team is compiling evi-
dence from the spot.
Inspector Rahul
Rathore has been de-
tained for questioning.
ACP Vibhuti Khand
conducting detailed in-
quiries and interroga-
tion on all points in-
cluding suicide. Police
not ruling out murder
as the deceased woman
was right-handed, but
the bullet wound is
found on the left temple.
Body of close confidant woman of
inspector found with bullet in head
Akhilesh Yadav
FAVOURITE
WEDDING
GUEST
Aminister in the
UP government is
the favourite guest
this marriage season.
He is swamped by
marriage invites and
other invitations
which is making it
a herculean task for
him to participate in
all the ceremonies.
His advisors have
given a solution that
an official of the
particular district
should attend the
marriage ceremony
in his place where
the minister is not
able to go and should
give the ‘shagun’
from his side. The
officials who are
following this are
now going to these
marriage ceremonies,
leaving the marriage
in their own houses
and are sending
the selfie to the
minister. Officials
have quipped this as
case of begani shaadi
mein Abdullah diwana
about their situation.
—Vishal Srivastav
Sydney: India sealed
the T20 International
series against Austral-
ia with a game to spare
after a swashbuckling
Hardik Pandya fin-
ished what Shikhar
Dhawan had set out to
achieve with a scintil-
lating 36-ball 52 in the
second and penulti-
mate match here on
Sunday.
The visitors thus
avenged their 1-2 ODI
series loss, chasing
down a challenging 195-
run target in 19.4 overs
with six wickets in
hand. India won the
opener in Canberra by
11 runs on Friday.
This was India’s 10th
successive win away
from home in T20 Inter-
nationals.
Needing 25 of the fi-
nal 12 balls after fetch-
ing 12 in the 18th over,
Pandya brought the
equation down to 14 in
the last over with two
fours. The all-rounder
then hit two sixes to
seal the match in In-
dia’s favour and also
claim the player of the
match honours.
Pandya remained un-
conquered on 42 off 22
balls.
India were off to a
sedate start with no
boundaries coming in
the first two overs. But
fours and sixes rained
from the willows of
Dhawan (52) and KL
Rahul (30) once the duo
got their eye in. Rahul
capitalised on a free hit
by smashing Andrew
Tye for a maximum
over extra cover, In-
dia’s first boundary of
the innings. Dhawan
got himself a couple of
boundaries and a six
off Glenn Maxwell as
India scored 34 runs in
two overs to gain the
momentum they were
looking for.
The seasoned Dha-
wan, despite coming
down the wicket early,
managed to pull Sean
Abbott over deep mid-
wicket for another six.
Australia got their
first breakthrough
when Rahul gave a sim-
ple catch to Mitchell
Swepson at deep point.
But India had still man-
aged a strong start,
reaching 60 for one at
the end of the Power-
play.
Having played some
fine shots, Dhawan top-
edged an attempted
slog sweep off leg-spin-
ner Adam Zampa to
give Australia their
second wicket.
Sanju Samson got
out after a 10-ball 15 but
it was debutant Daniel
Sams, who gave the
hosts their biggest
breakthrough when he
had Virat Kohli caught
behind for a well-made
24-ball 40.
Earlier, stand-in
skipper Matthew Wade
led from the front with
a blistering half cen-
tury and powered Aus-
tralia to a strong total
after a fairly command-
ing performance with
the bat.
Leading the side in
the absence of an in-
jured Aaron Finch,
Wade smashed 58 off 32
balls while Steve Smith
made a breezy 38-ball
46 after India opted to
field.
For the visitors, T
Natarajan finished
with fine figures of
2/20 in his four-over
spell. Australia accu-
mulated 62 runs in the
last five overs after a
few tight middle overs.
Wade started the
Australian innings on
a rousing note, launch-
ing into a flurry of
boundaries and a six
against an Indian at-
tack that lacked in ex-
perience with the ex-
ception of Yuzvendra
Chahal.
Wade collected 13
runs off the first over,
pulling, driving and
paddle sweeping Deep-
ak Chahar for three
fours. Bowling the sec-
ond over, off-spinner
Washington Sundar
was hoicked over deep
square leg for a six as
the hosts looked to set a
big total.
Shardul Thakur was
welcomed into the at-
tack with a boundary,
smashed off the hip by
the in-form Wade.
Sundar conceded 15
runs in the fourth over
and then Wade scored
12 off Thakur as the
hosts raced past 50 in
the sixth over at the
Sydney Cricket Ground
whose shorter square
boundaries aided bats-
men.
However, the intro-
duction of Natarajan
into the attack saw Aus-
tralia losing their first
wicket in the form of
D’Arcy Short.
Least perturbed by
the dismissal, Wade
continued to bat ag-
gressively and brought
up his fifty off just 25
balls with a boundary
off Chahal. But the
stand-in skipper got
out in a comical fash-
ion, run out after Kohli
dropped another abso-
lute sitter at cover, his
second in two days. As
the ball headed towards
Kohli, Wade gave up,
walked towards the
dressing room and
even though he was
alerted by Steve Smith
of the drop, he had
backed up too far by
that time. Before that,
Pandya had dropped
Wade. However, the
Australian onslaught
continued unabated as
the duo of Smith and
Glenn Maxwell kept
dealing in fours and
sixes. —PTI
Pandya’s heroics seal T-20 series for India
India chased
down Aus
target with 6
wickets in
hand and 2
balls to spare
Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer celebrate win in second T20 international match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Remember, plans are good
but you will only be
remembered for what you
did not what you planned.
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2NDFRONT
ON THE PROWL
To ensure the state of law and order in the city is satisfactory, Lucknow police commissioner DK Thakur himself went out
late on Saturday night and took stock of the security, checked 112 PRVs and analysed their response time apart from giving
necessary guidelines to the PRV personnel by checking the event register.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Renowned
film producer, direc-
tor and actor Prakash
Jha on Sunday called
on Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath in Luc-
know. This meeting
came amid the state
government’s plans
to build a new film
city in Noida.
“The environment
building up for enter-
tainment industry here
is very encouraging.
We’ll support this. I see
a lot of opportunities,”
said Prakash Jha.
Earlier this week, the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment led by CM Adity-
anath held discussions
with producers, direc-
tors, actors and other
experts related to film
industry regarding the
proposed world-class
film city in the state.
Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment has said that
1,000 acres of land for
the film city project has
been identified in Gau-
tam Buddh Nagar dis-
trict by Yamuna Ex-
pressway Industrial
Development Authority
(YEIDA) where the Info-
tainment Zone will be
set up with all world-
class civil, public and
technological facilities.
“We want to build a
world-class film city in
Uttar Pradesh. We held
discussions with sever-
al producers, directors,
actors and other ex-
perts related to the film
industry in this re-
gard,” Adityanath had
said during his two-day
visit to Mumbai.
During Prakash Jha’s
meeting with the CM
Additional Chief Secre-
tary, MSME and Infor-
mation Department
Navneet Sehgal, Shal-
abh Mani Tripathi,
State Spokesperson,
BJP along with other of-
ficials were present.
It is worth mention-
ing that in recent years,
a number of film mak-
ers have found Uttar
Pradesh as a suitable
destination for shooting
their films. Some of the
biggest Bollywood hits
that were shot in Uttar
Pradesh include Tanu
Weds Manu, Tanu Weds
Manu Returns, Jolly
LLB, Jolly LLB 2,
Ishaqzade and a lot
more. Recently, Ayodhya
too has become a pre-
ferred location for film
makers. A recent hit
web series on a promi-
nent platform provided
jobs to around 1000
local actors and a num-
ber of other film related
workers.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Addressing
a conference on Sun-
day, Nand Gopal Nan-
di, a Minister of UP’s
Yogi Adityanath Cab-
inet, said, “criminals
are dogs. If you run,
it will chase you but
if you stop it will wag
its tail.”
Sources said that
Nandi was probably
referring to MLA Vijay
Mishra. He said that
there was no need to be
afraid of criminals.
MLA Vijay Mishra
is the accused in the
murderous attack on
Nandi. Cases of de-
manding extortion
filed against MLA
Vijay Mishra on the
complaint of a neigh-
bour. Mishra is cur-
rently lodged in Agra
Jail.
Nandi spoke on vari-
ous issues at the con-
vention of traders at
Baba Bade Shiva tem-
ple in Gopiganj Nagar.
In response to a ques-
tion asked about Vijay
Mishra, Nandi said
that he does not fear
anyone. except God.
Earlier, Vijay Mishra
was accused by Nandi
of committing mur-
ders. Nand Gopal ‘Nan-
di’ had tweeted that
Vijay Mishra also at-
tacked him, and has
killed many people.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The
All-India Congress
Committee (AICC) on
Sunday approved the
proposal of the ap-
pointment of work-
ing presidents of Ut-
tar Pradesh Congress’
Scheduled Caste (SC)
department.
As per an official re-
lease by Congress Gen-
eral Secretary KC Venu-
gopal, Ram Sajiwon
Nirmal has been ap-
pointed working presi-
dent of the SC depart-
ment in Uttar Pradesh
East, while Tanuja Pu-
nia has been appointed
working president of
the department in Uttar
Pradesh Central.
Yogi Jatav is presi-
dent Uttar Pradesh
West. Recently, Uttar
Pradesh Congress held
a Dalit Mahapanchayat
at its Lucknow head-
quarter. It was attended
by over 500 SC leaders
of the party from across
the state. Congress’ Ut-
tar Pradesh in-charge
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
addressed the highly-
charged meeting from
Delhi via video confer-
encing. Dalit voters
have always played an
important role in the
politics of the country,
which is why all the ma-
jor parties have been
seen to be trying to woo
them.
The BSP was success-
ful in bringing the Dalit
voters under one um-
brella, but since the last
2014 Lok Sabha elec-
tions, it has been con-
sistently losing its vote
bank. Priyanka is likely
to be present in
Lucknow on the Con-
gress’ Foundation Day
on December 28.
First India Bureau
Moradabad: A case has
been registered against
twomenundertheUttar
Pradesh Prohibition of
Unlawful Conversion of
Religion Ordinance,
2020 in Kanth Tehsil of
Moradabad.
Vidyacharan Shukla,
Superintendent of Po-
lice, Moradabad Rural
said that the case was
registered based on the
complaint of daughter’s
mother.
Shukla said, “In
Kanth, a woman from Bi-
jnor filed a complaint
that her daughter is be-
ing married after con-
verting her religion. On
thiscomplaint,acasehas
been registered against
twobrothersunderUttar
Pradesh Prohibition of
Unlawful Conversion of
Religion Ordinance, 2020
.” TheManisfromKanth
and the girl is from Bi-
jnor. The woman said,
“I’m 22-yr-old & married
Rashid 5 months ago as
per my wish.” Both per-
sons have been arrested
and the investigation is
underway. Last month,
UPGovernorAnandiben
Patel had promulgated
theUPProhibitionof Un-
lawful Conversion of Re-
ligion Ordinance 2020.
CM Yogi Adityanath, film producer and director Prakash Jha, ACS Information and MSME Navneet
Sehgal, Information Director Shishir, Information Department advisor Rahees Singh and State BJP
spokesperson Shalabh Mani Tripathi in Lucknow on Sunday.
Cabinet Minister Nand Gopal Nandi
Cong leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
UP haslotofopportunities
for filmind:PrakashJhaAce director meets CM Yogi Adityanath to support film prospects
STATE A GROWING SHOOTING HUB
After Priyanka’s UP Mahapanchayat,
AICC appoints SC working presidents
Two Moradabad men booked
under anti-conversion law
‘Criminals are dogs, don’t be scared’
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The desire
to become the ‘Chief
Information Commis-
sioner’ in Uttar
Pradesh, known as a
very powerful chair,
is hidden in the hearts
of more than half a
dozen IAS officers.
Sources in the bu-
reaucracy say that sen-
ior bureaucrats Prab-
hat Kumar, Rajiv Ka-
poor, and Uttar Pradesh
IAS Association presi-
dent Deepak Trivedi
have applied for the
post of Chief Informa-
tion Commissioner.
The application of
these three officers will
be sent to the Chief
Minister for an NOC
first. After getting per-
mission from there, the
administrative reforms
will consider NOC
and provide its own
account.
Retired IAS officers
Prabhat Kumar and Ra-
jeev Kapoor have held
exceptionally signifi-
cant positions in the
central and state gov-
ernment while Senior
Bureaucrat IAS Deepak
Trivedi is currently the
chairman of the
Revenue Council.
The most remarkable
thing is that the chair
of the Chief Informa-
tion Commissioner in
the Akhilesh govern-
ment was given to for-
mer Chief Secretary
Javed Usmani. Javed
Usmani completed his
term and the chair of
the Chief Information
Commissioner of UP
has remained vacant
since his term ended.
Former DGP OP Sin-
gh’s name had also
come in the limelight
for this position. IPS OP
Singh did not even ex-
tend his service to the
post of DGP and it was
expected that he would
be the next new Chief
Information Commis-
sioner of Uttar Pradesh
for which he had ap-
plied. But after the be-
ginning of Covid in Ut-
tar Pradesh, the entire
process of selection
lingered in the air.
But now the govern-
ment wants to engage
its most trusted person
on this chair. It will be
interesting to see who
gets the chair! Senior
journalists, politicians
and many officials have
applied for the post of
Chief Information
Commissioner, but if
the little bird is to be
believed, then only a big
officer will be recruited
on this position.
Many big names in race for chief information commissioner chair
Politicians, senior journalists and many
officials have applied for the post
Deepak Trivedi OP Singh Prabhat Kumar Rajiv Kapoor
BALLIA: Police have
apprehended a
17-year-old youth for
allegedly abducting
and raping a minor
girl in a village here
in Bhimpura Police
Station area, an offi-
cial said on Sunday.
The 16 year-old girl
was allegedly lured by
the youth on the pretext
of marriage, SHO of
Bhimpura Police Sta-
tion Shivmilan said.
“On the complaint
lodged by the girl’s fa-
ther, a case was regis-
tered against the
youth,” he added.
17-yr-old
arrested
for rape
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EXCLUSIVE
COVID-19
UPDATE
UTTAR PRADESH
7,924
DEATHS
5,54,944
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,081 DEATHS 2,18,788 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
1,538,550
DEATHS
6,71,37,639
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
96,76,801
CONFIRMED CASES
1,40,590
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
47,734 DEATHS 18,52,266 CASES
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henga can be pretty monoto-
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Financial worries become a
thing of the past as a
monetary issue is decided
in your favour.
Unnecessarily worrying about health
will serve no purpose. Nothing much
may happen at work today, but you
will need to be around. A fun time
with family is foreseen.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Some of you may be
gearing up to enter a new
field on the professional
front. Timely and correct
decision will help you in saving a lot
of money. Health drinks may not
provide what they promise. Family
appears responsive and eager to
cater to your needs.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Good health will keep you
energetic the whole day
today. You are likely to
continue your exercise
routine to stay in good health.
Moneywise, you will have enough to
pay off a loan. Your sixth sense will
prevent you from making a mistake
at work.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Monetary condition will start
showing signs of
improvement. A business
proposal presented by
someone may seem exciting, but needs
to be examined thoroughly. Health
remains good, as you manage to
regulate your diet well. You are likely to
plan something with the family today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A conscious effort on your
part will help boost
earning. Good connections
will help you further your
interests on the professional front,
but don’t bank too much on them.
Spouse may line up something
special for you today. You can
volunteer to accompany someone.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Career planning may be on
the top of your mind. You
may enroll in fitness training
just to get back in shape.
Learn to value money, as splurging
seems to be your second nature. Some
of you may take the initiative to make
the home front aesthetically pleasing. A
property issue is likely to be resolved.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Good financial
management will help save
money for spending on
other major requirements.
You are likely to enjoy someone’s
company today. A family member is
likely to prove a great help around
the house. Taking someone close
seriously is important.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Go in for any important
financial transactions
today. You will manage to
overcome temptations to
retain good health. You will be able
to tackle distractions and interrup-
tions at work. A job on the home
front will be possible, as you have
the money now.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
An exciting time during a
get together is envisaged.
You are likely to overspend
on things which you don’t
exactly need. Avoid junk food for the
sake of health, as those not heeding
may suffer the consequences.
Spouse may desire a change on the
home front, so help him or her out.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your good performance
and hard work will make it
easy for you to enter the
promotion zone. A financial
crunch being experienced by some
will soon be over. Those not feeling
too healthy may have to embark on
the road to fitness. You will arrange a
get together for close ones.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
New opportunity to make
money is likely to be seized
by some. Health remains
good, as you remain
regular in workouts. This is a good
day that will find you doing well
professionally. Family may have high
expectations from you, so don’t
disappoint.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Good monetary decisions
are likely to keep you finan-
cially secure. Those
choosing a career must
consult those already in the field.
Your calculations can go awry on the
work front and put you in a spot. You
may start an exercise regimen to
counter workplace stress.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
BAND,BAAJA,BAARAT!AND...HAATHI
t is wedding season; the
pandemic hasn’t damp-
ened the wedding spirit.
Neither should the ab-
sence of an animal.
Many bloggers create
content about outfits,
decor, and food. They often ig-
nore some valuable advice, in-
cluding that of engagement of
animals in the baaraat. Well, not
this blogger!
I love Indian weddings, and I
look forward to attending them
whenever I get a chance. The
band baaja and baaraat, all
sound so much fun! I have been
part of many such baaraats, but
each time I am also left saddened
and disappointed. Given the sub-
jects I have been writing about,
you may have guessed correctly
by now; that it is the part where
the groom rides an animal (ei-
ther a horse or an elephant) in
the baaraat that bothers me.
Since tradition is often cited
as the reason we do what we do,
I am sure there must be some ref-
erence to the link between riding
an animal and lifelong happy
marriage. Me being me, I decid-
ed to dig in deeper and find refer-
ences to such rules in religion
that is often what guides us. I
hate to be the one breaking this
to prospective grooms: Nowhere
does it say that the groom must
ride an animal in his baaraat!
Nowhere does it say the elephant
brings good fortune to a mar-
riage; nowhere does it say that a
horse should endure loud music
and gunshots; nowhere does rid-
ing an animal in a baaraat imply
stature.
Yet our beloved grooms do it.
And they have every right to ful-
fill their childhood dream just as
every woman does! And this is
where the problem is. It isn’t
education or financial stature. It
isn’t caste or creed that deter-
mines our tradition. Grooms
educated in the finest of educa-
tional institutions ride animals
in their baaraat; grooms from
the middle class and less edu-
cated families also ride animals.
Royalty and commoners ride
animals in their baaraat. It has
nothing to do with formal educa-
tion. And yet it has everything to
do with an education rooted in
ethos and compassion. It has eve-
rything to do with attitude.
The problem is the men are
put in charge of planning the
wedding and they walk in front
of the groom and the animal. If
the men walked alongside the
animal they would witness the
tears and the pain the animal
has to endure. It is not a pretty
sight. It will break even the
strongest men with a heart.
If you must have an animal at
the wedding, I suggest you do
something different. Different
makes the wedding memorable
and talked about! Here are a few
things to consider.
The comfort of the ani-
mal: For one any animal work-
ing in a different environment
should be entirely comfortable
with the situation they are in.
Making sure they have an area
that is their own, are kept away
from unfamiliar or potentially
threatening items such as bright
lights or loud noises, and ensur-
ing that your guests understand
appropriate behavior around the
animals is important.
Handle the handlers: Know
where your animal is coming
from and give their handlers spe-
cial instructions. Most working
animals are not treated well and
the earnings from them do not
benefit them. You must try to
avoid supporting such owners.
Instead, spend some time with
the animal owner and handler
and ensure they understand that
it is important for you that the
animal be treated well.
Support an animal chari-
ty: You can have a designated
area for your guests to interact
with animals. Invite a local char-
ity to bring in their animals. En-
sure they have a comfortable spot
and food. This encourages adop-
tions and compassion. And it also
satisfactorily fulfills your dream.
Friends, talk your friend
out of it: The bride and the
groom’s friends could try to talk
him out of it. Of course this can
only happen if they themselves
understand the sentience factor
of animals. I am hoping someone
near and dear to the groom can
be persuasive enough to talk him
out of it.
If friends fail, you could al-
ways reach out me: Yes that is
right, I can be quite convincing.
I may even get you to donate to
an animal charity! Heck, I might
even talk you into adopting an
animal.
And better yet, here’s a sug-
gestion to grooms this wedding
season and many more to come.
Ditch the haathi and the ghoda.
Opt for a classy ride instead.
How about a Mercedes or an an-
tique ride instead? I would also
endorse a convertible!
After all, why must something
auspicious as a new relationship
begin with pain for another liv-
ing being? If my groom insists
on riding an animal at our wed-
ding, I will divorce him even be-
fore we are married!
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
thepersianladki@gmail.com
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