This document is a newspaper from Uttar Pradesh, India called First India. It provides various news stories and announcements. The main stories include: - The Uttar Pradesh government approving a draft ordinance that would jail people for up to 10 years for religious conversions solely for the sake of marriage, in response to so-called "love jihad" cases. - Prime Minister Modi urging Chief Ministers to reduce COVID-19 positivity rates below 5% and fatality rates below 1% during a video conference. - The Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V being reported as over 95% effective by its developers. - Various other local news stories from Uttar Pradesh, India.

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GUJARAT EDITION TODAY
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment on Tuesday
blocked access to 43
more Chinese mobile
apps, including Aliba-
ba Workbench, AliEx-
press, Alipay Cashier,
CamCard and WeDate,
for being prejudicial to
the sovereignty, integ-
rity and defence of the
nation. The Ministry
of Electronics and IT
has issued the order
for blocking the access
of these apps by users
in India based on the
comprehensive re-
ports received from
Indian Cyber Crime
Coordination Center,
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs, an official re-
lease said.
Sources, meanwhile,
said these apps have
Chinese links.
“Government of In-
dia today issued an or-
der under section 69A
of the Information
Technology Act block-
ing access to 43 mobile
apps. This action was
taken based on the in-
puts regarding these
apps for engaging in
activities which are
prejudicial to sover-
eignty and integrity of
India, defence of India,
security of state and
public order,” the re-
lease said.
The Tamil Nadu government
has declared a public holiday
in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday
as the state braces for the
cross over of Cyclone Nivar
late in the evening on Novem-
ber 25. As per the government
order, only essential services
will continue to operate to-
morrow. The India Meteoro-
logical Department (IMD) has
forecast widespread rainfall
and thunderstorms over
coastal and north interior
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and
Karaikal on November 24 and
November 26, over south
coastal Andhra Pradesh and
Rayalaseema on November
25 and 26 and southeast
Telangana on November 26 in
the wake of Cyclone Nivar. The
IMD has issued a red alert for
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry,
while a yellow alert has been
issued for coastal Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana. P6
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BLOCKED BY INDIA
CYCLONE NIVAR TO INTENSIFY, MAKE
LANDFALL IN TAMIL NADU TODAY
80TH ALL INDIA PRESIDING
OFFICERS CONFERENCE
Constitution
reinforces our
democracy: Birla
Aditi Nagar & Jyoti Rawat
Gandhinagar: Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la, who arrived in
AhmedabadonTuesday,
enroute to attend the
80th All India Presiding
Officers Conference in
Kevadia from 25 to 26
November, informed
that the Conference will
be inaugurated by Pres-
ident Ram Nath Kovind
on 25 November at 11
am and will be attended
by Vice President and
Chairman of Rajya Sab-
ha M Venkaiah Naidu.
“The Presiding Offic-
ers of all State Legisla-
tive Assemblies and
Legislative Councils
have been invited to the
Conference and 27 have
confirmed their partici-
pation. Secretaries of
State Legislatures and
other senior officials
are also expected to
join,” Birla said.
Speaking on Consti-
tution Day, falling on
November 26, Birla ob-
served that it is an im-
portant date in India’s
democratic history, as
this day is celebrated as
Constitution Day.
Observing that our
Constitution reinforces
our democracy and
thereby strengthens
people’s faith in parlia-
mentary democracy,
Birla said that Legisla-
tures are the supreme
fora to raise the issues
that affect the masses.
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Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla addressing a Press Conference in
Gandhinagar Tuesday.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday cautioned
states and union terri-
tories against any laxi-
ty in fighting the COV-
ID-19 pandemic and
called for reducing posi-
tivity and fatality rates
by focusing on curbing
virus transmission.
Interacting with
chief ministers, PM
also called for more
RT-PCR tests, even as
he underlined that In-
dia’s COVID-19 situa-
tion is more stable
than other countries in
terms of recovery and
fatality rates. Modi
asked them to work to-
wards bringing down
the positive rate to
nearly 5% and the fa-
tality rate to under 1%
and called for more RT-
PCR tests.
“We need to speed up
our efforts to reduce
transmission of the vi-
rus. Testing, confirma-
tion, Turn to P6
BRING COVID FATALITY RATE
UNDER 1%: PM TELLS CMsOur priority is to make vaccine available for all; States should put
in the necessary mechanism including cold storage, said Modi
‘RUSSIA’S
SPUTNIK V HAS
EFFICACY OF
OVER 95%’
New Delhi: The Russia-
developed Sputnik V
vaccine against coronavi-
rus has been found to be
over 95 percent effec-
tive, CEO of the Russian
Direct Investment Fund
(RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said
on Tuesday. In a virtual
conference from Moscow,
he said Sputnik V is not
only one of the most
effective but also among
the affordable vaccines
in the world. The vac-
cine has been developed
by Gamaleya National
Research Center of Epide-
miology and Microbiology
and RDIF. RDIF CEO said
the vaccine can be stored
in temperatures ranging
from 2-8° Celsius which
is a very important factor
in facilitating easy dis-
tribution. The efficacy of
the vaccine is over 95%
which is a great news for
all, Dmitriev said.
PRIME MINISTER’S VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH CHIEF MINISTERS OF 8 STATES
Rajasthan triumphs
on all parameters in
Corona war: Gehlot
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: With a spike
in Corona cases sud-
denly due to onset of
winters, recently con-
cluded festive season
and weddings, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday held
a video conference
with the Chief Minis-
ters of 8 states includ-
ing Rajasthan regard-
ing Corona manage-
ment. The Prime Min-
ister spoke on man-
agementparameters,
on which the perfor-
mance of Rajasthan
has been excellent.
The Prime Minister
said that bringing the
death rate below one
percent from the co-
rona should be the
main goal of all states.
“The cause of death
of patients should be
analyzed. It should be
the effort of the states
to keep the positivity
rate below 5 percent
while increasing the
number of investiga-
tions and making the
society more aware to
protect against Cov-
id,” Modi emphasised.
Informing about co-
rona situation and
management in Ra-
jasthan, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot in-
formedthatRajasthan
has been at the fore-
front on all the param-
eters stated by the
Prime Minister in the
matter of winning the
battle against Corona
and is in a better posi-
tion than other states.
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Naming Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu as only two states
carrying out the reliable RT-PCR tests, Gehlot
suggested to Modi to ask other states to follow suit
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot speaks during a meeting of
PM Narendra Modi with Chief Ministers of States over the
COVID-19 situation, through video conferencing in New Delhi
on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
THE ATTENDEES
The meeting was also attended by Union
Home Minister Amit Shah and Health
Minister Harsh Vardhan, while the chief
ministers who participated in the virtual
interaction include Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal,
Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot, West Bengal’s
Mamata Banerjee, Maharashtra’s Uddhav
Thackeray, Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh
Baghel, Telangana’s K Chandrashekhar
Rao and Gujarat’s Vijay Rupani.
We need to speed
up our efforts to
reduce transmis-
sion of the virus. Testing,
confirmation, contact
tracing and data must be
given top priority.
—Narendra Modi, PM
Yogi’s masterstroke against ‘Love Jihad’ gets Cabinet nod
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: In a water-
shed moment for Yogi
Adityanath-ledgovern-
ment in Uttar Pradesh,
Cabinet approved a
draft ordinance to deal
with religious conver-
sion for the sake of
marriage, which could
land violators in jail
for up to 10 years.
The Cabinet gave its
nod to the ordinance at
its meeting chaired by
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath in Lucknow
on Tuesday. In recent
weeks, BJP-run states
like Uttar Pradesh, Har-
yana and Madhya
Pradesh have revealed
plans to enact laws to
counter alleged at-
tempts to convert Hin-
du women to Islam in
the guise of marriage,
which Hindu activists
refer to as love jihad .
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In case of mass conversions, the
punishment is from 3-10 yrs & a
fine of `50,000 on organisations
which indulge in the act
ORDINANCE APPROVED
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath
THE WAY OUT?
If someone wants to
marry and do religious
conversion then that
person has to inform the
district magistrate two
months before doing that
and there is a prescribed
form and if the person
gets permission with
respect to that then that
person can undertake
religious conversion
along with the marriage
Shia cleric
Maulana Kalbe
Sadiq dies at 83
Lucknow: Prominent
Shia cleric and All In-
dia Muslim Personal
Law Board vice presi-
dent Maulana Kalbe
Sadiq died in Lucknow
on Monday. He was 83.
Maulana breathed
his last at around 10 pm
at a private hospital
here, his son Kalbe
Sibtain said. He was ad-
mitted to ICU on No-
vember 17.

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Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: While the
Uttar Pradesh Police
(UPP) is infamous for
flouting norms, a rare
incident from Praya-
graj stands testimony to
the fact that rules are
same for everyone.
On Monday evening,
Senior Superintendent
of Police (SSP), Alla-
habad’s former Steno
Sub-inspector Gaurav
Tiwari was vrooming
on his Rs 5 lakh Harley
Davidson bike in the
Civil Lines area flout-
ing all possible norms.
He was neither wear-
ing a helmet, nor a
mask. He wasn’t even
having a number plate
on his bike.
During a routine
check, ADG Prem
Prakash was also pre-
sent on the spot when
he saw Tiwari throt-
tling hard the luxury
bike.
The ADG instantly
ordered his men to stop
Tiwariwhofirstseemed
reluctant i but then
gave in. Tiwari’s col-
leagues told that he con-
sidered himself a stud
and would always com-
pare himself with Bol-
lywood heroes.
Upon interrogation,
the cop couldn’t give
any satisfactory an-
swers about breaking
rules and hence, the
ADG ordered his arrest.
Tiwari was brought to
the Civil Line police sta-
tion and case was regis-
tered against him for
flouting norms, violat-
ing orders of section
144, creating hindrance
in public proceedings
by government officials
and others. The com-
plaint was given by Sub
Inspector Bharat Singh.
This is not the first he
has been buckled up.
About two months ago
too, he was suspended
from his duties for ne-
glecting his duties and
avoiding transfers.
A tale of Harley lover cop who went behind bars
FLOUTING NORMS
—FILEPHOTO
Gaurav would often compare
himself with Bollywood biggies
LU HEARS BHAJAN SAMRAT
Anoop Jalota, also reverred as Bhajan Samrat of India, performing at the centennial
celebrations of Lucknow University. It is to be noted that Jalota was educated in
Lucknow’s Bhatkhande Music Institute and has a deep connect with the city.
20 ambulances donated by
Zee to fight coronavirus
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
flagged off 20 ambu-
lances donated to the
UP government by the
Zee Entertainment En-
terprise Ltd. 5000 PPE
kits were also donated
to the Uttar Pradesh
government. The am-
bulances and the equip-
ment were handed over
to the Uttar Pradesh
Government by Punit
Goenka, MD and CEO,
ZEE, in a digital flag-
off event.
“As a responsible
player in media and en-
tertainment industry,
ZEE has taken a num-
ber of steps to enhance
the overall healthcare
infrastructure of the
nation ad to strengthen
its fight against the on
going pandemic.
We are committed to
provide a strong sup-
port to Uttar Pradesh in
its fight against Cov-
id-19.” Goenka said.
The CM, said,“The
government has
strengthened the health
infrastructure of the
state on a wide scale ba-
sis through pro-
grammes and initia-
tives during this pan-
demic to ensure better
health of its citizens”.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The boat-
man community across
Uttar Pradesh has wel-
comed CM Yogi Adity-
anath’s move to train
them to avoid mishaps.
The members of the
community in Varanasi
said that the CM has
been leading from the
front and listens to
their problems and asks
officials to solve them.
He also said that block
development officers
and lekhpals should be
given the responsibility
of inspecting the boats,
a statement issued by
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment said.
Yogi Adityanath
while going through
the presentation of ‘UP
Nav Durghatna Nuini-
karan evam Suraksha
Neeti-2020’ (UP Boat
Accident Minimisa-
tion and Safety Poli-
cy-2020) said the boat-
men must be paid on
time while the boats
should be equipped
with life jackets.
CM Yogi flagging off the ambulances donated by Zee Enterprise
Ltd. ACS Navneet Sehgal too was present on the occassion.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: French
Ambassador to India
Emmanuel Lenain on
Tuesday said that he
will be meeting Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on the second
day of his two-day
visit to Uttar Pradesh
wherein discussions
will be held to pro-
mote new bilateral
partnerships.
On the first day of
his visit, Lenain said
that France wishes to
promote new partner-
ships, welcome more
students from UP and
have more French
companies to invest
in UP.
Speaking in a video
message from La
Martiniere College,
he said, “I am very
happy to be in this
wonderful city of
Lucknow today and
tomorrow to discover
the rich heritage and
to promote bilateral
cooperation. UP and
France have a very
long history dating
back to the 18th cen-
tury.”
“During my meet-
ing with Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath,
we will be trying to
promote new partner-
ships. UP being the
most populous and
one of the youngest
states in India, we ex-
pect much more stu-
dents coming from
UP in French schools,
colleges and universi-
ties. That’s the mes-
sage I will carry to-
morrow at the IIM.
We also want more
business to come to
UP,” he added.
The French Ambas-
sador also reiterated
the same on his twit-
ter handle, where he
mentioned the great
potential of the state
and about the expeca-
tions of more stu-
dents coming in from
the state to France.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister of Uttar Pradesh.
Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday directed con-
cerned officials to make
sure that all the vacant
posts in the state are
filled within the next
six months.
In a reply to the
above, the Uttar
Pradesh Staff Selection
Commission said that
recruitment proposals
of many departments
are still pending and is
the reason why more
than 1000 posts are still
vacant in state.
It is to be noted that
the departments that
have most vacancies
are Family Welfare,
Revenue and Child De-
velopment and Nutri-
tion departments .
There are 29 other de-
partments int he state
that have more than
100 vacancies to be
filled. While the Fami-
ly Welfare department
has 9222 vacancies, vil-
lage development has
1658 to be filled posi-
tions.
On the other hand
revenue board needs a
work force of 6028. 1303
positions for the post of
internal accounts audi-
tor and 3349 positions in
Child Welfare and Nu-
trition department are
lying vacant across the
state..
Sugarcane and Sugar
Department too has a
vacancy of 1066 employ-
ees that is yet to filled.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday, chaired a cabi-
net meeting where he
discussed a number of
key issues including the
passing of ordinance
against Love Jihad, of-
ficial naming of the
Ayodhya airport to
Maryada Purushottam
Shri Ram Aiport, prom-
ulgation of video corn-
ferencing norms for
court hearings, reduc-
tion in Mandi charge
from two percent to one
percent, approval of Rs
1672 crore Saryu Canal
to benefit farmers,
building of 15 police
outposts on Lucknow-
Agra expressway for
added protection along
with a number of oth-
ers issues.
The Chief Minister
chaired the meeting
wherein the key topics
included passing of law
against religion conver-
sions in the name of
marriage, renaming the
Ayodhya Airport in the
name of Lord Ram, re-
ducing charge on the
Mandis, building of
overbridges for easier
train and human com-
mute in Prayagraj etc.
During the meeting it
was decided to reduce
Mandi charge from two
percent to one percent
and development
charge to .05 percent
which is expected to
benefit the farmers
greatly.
Eyeing the increase
in COVID-19 cases
across the state, the CM
also took the issue of
hearing of cases
through video confer-
encing under the disas-
ter management act.
CM YOGI TO MEET
FRENCH ENVOY
TO BOLSTER TIES
Emmanuel Lenain, the French Ambassador to India
Fill all vacant posts within six months: CMUPSSC awaits recruitment proposal from concerned departments to initiate processes related to filling the vacancies
CM of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath.
CM’s move on ‘training’
welcomed by boatmen
—FILE PHOTO
Ayodhya airport to be officially named after lord Shri Ram
—FILE PHOTO

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Woman files case
against doctor
A woman, living in Luc-
know’s Gomti Nagar ex-
tension, has filed a case
of cheating and black-
mailing against Dr Ni-
kita Varun Agarwal, of
Vishesh Khand, her
husband Varun Agarw-
al, mother-in-law
Shashi Agarwal, broth-
er-in-law Tarun Agarw-
al and another. She also
accused Varun Agarw-
al, the doctor’s hus-
band, of raping, making
pornographic videos
and arrogating the la-
dy’s property by threat-
ening to make the vide-
os viral. DCP Eastern
handed over the investi-
gation to Gomtinagar
ACP Shweta Srivastava.
Engg case: Court
reserves verdict
The court has reserved
its verdict after hear-
ing the custody remand
application of Junior
Engineer Ram Bhawan,
accused of sexually
abusing 50 children.
The court is expected
to give its verdict in
this case tomorrow.
The court ordered the
accused JE Rambhavan
to be sent to jail by ju-
dicial custody till 30
November.
Locker case:
Victim cries theft
In the Bank of Baroda,
Chowk, Lucknow case,
victim Amit Prakash
says the iron leaf in the
locker’s lock was up-
rooted. He suspects
theft by opening the
locker with a drill.
Amit’s parents have a
locker in the bank
from which jewellery
worth `1 crore had
gone missing.
BRIEF
in
First India Bureau
Lucknow: During a
virtual interaction of
state chief ministers
with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Tuesday, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minsit-
er Yogi Adityanath
updated the PM on the
state’s preparedness
for the roll out of the
Covid-19 vaccination.
Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment had already
launched the prepara-
tions for Covid-19 vac-
cination in the state and
the required logistics
would be in place in ad-
vance, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath said
here on Tuesday.
During the virtual in-
teraction organised
specifically over the
Covid-19 vaccination
process in the near fu-
ture, CM Yogi informed
the PM that the Uttar
Pradesh government
had issued necessary
directions to all the de-
partments concerned to
be fully prepared for the
massive vaccination
programme in the state.
“The whole exercise
should be done in an or-
ganised and time-bound
manner with inter-de-
partmental coordina-
tion and all logistics
should be in place in
time,” the CM said.
The UP CM further
said his government
was well aware that an
adequate number of
vaccinators would be
needed in view of the
large population of the
state that has to be ca-
tered to. The health de-
partment was also
asked to make arrange-
ments for the training
of the vaccinators.
It may be recalled
that CM Yogi Adity-
anath had issued direc-
tions to ensure cold-
chain arrangements in
all districts by Decem-
ber 15 next in order to
enhance the efficacy of
the vaccine, which has
the potential to get
spoiled in higher tem-
peratures.
CM Yogi, during the
course of the virtual
conference, also re-
posed faith in the lead-
ership of Prime Minis-
ter Modi and Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah in the skillful han-
dling of the Covid-19
crisis in the country.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The plea of
dismissed Border Se-
curity Force (BSF)
constable Tej Baha-
dur against the elec-
tion of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi
from Varanasi Lok
Sabha constituency
was rejected by the
Supreme Court on
Tuesday.
A three-judge bench
of the apex court, head-
ed by Chief Justice of
India (CJI) Sharad
Arvind Bobde, rejected
the plea. The apex
court had, on Novem-
ber 18, reserved its ver-
dict after hearing from
the respective parties.
Lawyer Pradeep Ya-
dav had made all the
detailed submissions
for the petitioner Tej
Bahadur, whereas sen-
ior lawyer and legal ex-
pert Harish Salve had
argued for PM Modi be-
fore the Supreme Court.
The dismissed BSF
constable had filed an
appeal before the Su-
preme Court, challeng-
ing the Allahabad High
Court stance, which
had dismissed his ap-
peal on the ground that
neither he was a voter
from Varanasi constitu-
ency nor he had repre-
sented himself in the
election against PM
Modi.
Bahadur had submit-
ted that he wanted to
fight an election against
PM Nrendra Modi from
the Varanasi constitu-
ency, but his nomina-
tion before the election
was rejected on the
ground of his “false
submissions” to the
Election Commission.
Bahadur was dis-
missed from service
after he released a vid-
eo in 2017 complaining
about the quality of
food served to soldiers
in the para-military
force.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A draft of
the proposed Uttar
Pradesh State Bio-Ener-
gy Policy was presented
at a meeting held under
the chairmanship of
Chief Secretary Rajen-
dra Kumar Tiwari.
Director NEDA
Bhavani Singh Kha-
graut detailed on the
proposedpolicythrough
a presentation.
A detailed discussion
was held regarding pur-
chase of paddy straw-
based power produced
through developers, spe-
cial facilities for select-
ed LOI holders under
Sustainable Scheme,
Top-up subsidy by the
state government in ad-
dition to the subsidy be-
ing given by MNRE on
waste to energy pro-
jects, arrangement of
retail sale of bio-diesel
in the state, selection of
developers, transmis-
sion line costs, water
charge waiver, simplifi-
cation of land permis-
sions, subsidy on agri
equipment, long term
biomass supply agree-
ment between FPOs and
LOI holders etc.
CS Rajendra Kumar
Tiwari emphasised
making good and effec-
tive policy after meeting
departments concerned
and entrepreneurs. Sen-
ior officials of con-
cerned departments
were present in the
meeting.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: An AIIMS
doctor was killed while
two went missing when
their car fell into the
Ganga canal in Muzaf-
farnagar district on
Tuesday, the police said.
Another doctor travel-
ling in the car, was res-
cued and hospitalised.
Circle Officer Kul-
deep Kumar said the in-
cident occurred when
four doctors of the All
India Institute of Medi-
cal Sciences (AIIMS),
Delhi -- Priya, Arti,
Praveen and Nitin Ku-
mar -- were on their way
to Delhi from Rishikesh
in a car (DLSCJ 4293).
On information about
the accident near Kam-
heda village in Purkazi
PS limits, the police
rushed to the spot and
rescued Priya. However,
Arti lost her life and
Praveen and Nitin were
missing, the police said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Inter-state
katta smugglers’
gang’s Janardhan
Verma alias JD and
his two other aides
were arrested with
heavy cache of pis-
tols and arms here on
Tuesday.
The accused was car-
rying Rs 25,000 reward
on his head on charges
of snuggling and mur-
der. The action was
taken by the state STF.
The other two ac-
cused has been identi-
fied as Gauri Shankar
Pandey, son of Late
Ram Adhar Pandey,
resident of Gosaiganj
PS area and Praveen
Kumar Singh, son of
Ranjeet Singh, a resi-
dent of Ambedkarna-
gar district. Verma
hails from Gosaiganj in
Ayodhya.
At least 19 illegal pis-
tols of . 32 bore, 38 mag-
azines, Rs 2,280 cash,
three Aadhar cards,
PAN card, driving li-
cence and two mobile
phones were seized
from the possession of
the three accused.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
workers carried out
massive protests
against the state gov-
ernment alleging that
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath had not
been able to lead the
state well in terms of
law and order.
The protestors gath-
ered in large numbers
at the Parivartan
Chowk here and raised
slogans against the gov-
ernment. They also
held placards. Mean-
while, the city police
had a tough time con-
trolling the protestors
as they asked them to
vacate the area. How-
ever, when the protes-
tors didn’t budge, police
used mild force to dis-
perse them.
On the other hand,
seeking to expand its
base in India’s most po-
litically significant
state, the AAP has an-
nounced to contest up-
coming Zila Panchayat
elections in Uttar
Pradesh.
The local body elec-
tions will help the AAP
to test its mettle in the
Assembly elections slat-
ed for early 2022.
Interestingly, the par-
ty has planned to use
corruption as a chief
plank to make inroads
in the BJP-led state. It
had used the same is-
sues to win Delhi polls
for the first time.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the virtual meeting with the PM.
Aam Aadmi Party members protest in Lucknow on Tuesday —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Former BSF constable Tej Bahadur who had filed the plea.
Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari discussing the Bio-Energy policy.
The accused in custody with the
cache of arms.
Alllogisticsforcovidvaccination
ready,CMYogiinformsPMModiCM speaks about preparedness for Covid-19 vaccination in a virtual conference with PM Modi
SC rejects plea
against PM Modi
MARCHING AHEAD
Dairy Development,Animal Husbandry, Fisheries Minister Lakshmi Narayan Choudhary, accepting
the cheque amount of `10 lakh along with Principal Secretary (Fisheries) Bhuvnesh Kumar and
Director (Fisheries) SK Singh as the department got first place in India for excellent work and milk
production at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Aam Aadmi Party workers
protest against rising crime
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a re-
markable event out
of nowhere, the city
roads witnessed unu-
sual traffic managers
donning yellow sa-
rees and talking
straight to the face of
those violating the
rules of the road.
On Tuesday after-
noon, city’s biggest and
busiest crossroad Haz-
ratganj Chauraha wit-
nessed Eunuchs man-
ning the traffic on the
road.
They not only gave
earful to the viola-
tors, including a few
cops but also tamed
those roaming on the
streets without
masks.
The Lucknow traffic
police officials seemed
to be enjoying the pres-
ence of unexpected
visitors as they did get
some time off as those
draped in yellow Sa-
rees took matters in
their hands.
Speaking to First In-
dia, one of the members
of the contingent said
that it was very much
important for people to
follow traffic norms.
“For years, there we
no traffic lights in our
city but now that we
have them at every
crossing, people don’t
follow them. This
is one of the causes
why accidents take
place and people get
injured,” said the mem-
ber.
Adding that the vio-
lators also include the
policemen who flout
norms at will thinking
nothing will happen to
them, the members of
the Eunuch group
stopped a policeman
donning uniform.
The policeman was
wearing the helmet
but he wasn’t wearing
the mask. To this,
the members gathered
around him giving him
tough time.
They didn’t leave
him until he took a
mask from his pocket
and wore it.
The passersby too
enjoyed seeing unusual
scenes on the road.
Eunuchs take the onus of city traffic management in their hands
HELPING HAND
lll
They not only
gave earful to
the violators,
including some
cops but also
tamed those
roaming
without masks Eunuchs bestowing traffic sense to the people.—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
AIIMS Delhi doc killed in
accident, friends missing
3 of interstate arms smuggling gang held
CS discusses UP Bio-Energy Policy draft
First India Bureau
Lucknow: An impor-
tant meeting relatedto
controlling Covid-19
was convened in the
Smart City Auditorium
by District Collector Ab-
hishek Prakash. Follow-
ing guidelines were giv-
en in the meeting -
The collector first re-
viewed the contact trac-
ing and testing in the
meeting. DM Instructed
that the tracing and test-
ing work done by RRT
teams should be expe-
dited. Target testing
should be ensured by
setting up camps in hot-
spot areas of the dis-
trict. Testing should be
increased in urban are-
as as well as rural areas.
The status of Aliganj
CHC was not found good
in the review for which
the collector expressed
displeasure and said
strict action would be
taken against the nodal
and MOIC if the situa-
tion doesn’t improve
within two days.
Lucknow DM
holds meet on
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There is no fear for one
whose mind is not filled
with desires. —Buddha
Spiritual
SPEAK
new report
from the In-
ter national
M o n e t a r y
Fund says that
COVID-19 will increase
income inequality in
emerging markets and
developing countries,
“further widening the
gap between rich and
poor” and increasing the
urgency for “investment
in retraining and reskill-
ing programs [that] can
boost reemployment
prospects for adaptable
workers whose job du-
ties may see long-term
changes as a result of
the pandemic.” For
many years, these coun-
tries have been chal-
lenged by disaffected
youth along with “wide
inequality in education,
and large gaps remain-
ing in economic opportu-
nities for women.”
The report further
warns that “COVID-19 is
expected to make inequal-
ity even worse than past
crises since measures to
contain the pandemic have
had disproportionate ef-
fects on vulnerable work-
ers and women.” Even be-
fore the pandemic, grow-
ing income inequality had
become a stubborn feature
of global economies, but
that doesn’t mean we
should accept it — or the
social devastation it’s
likely to cause.
TRAGIC RISE IN
INEQUALITY
The rise in inequality
isn’t just tragic for the
millions who are directly
affected. We see it re-
flected in the growing al-
lure of authoritarian-
ism, in the fearmonger-
ing directed at lower-in-
come groups, and in the
despair and hopelessness
of those who feel left out
and left behind. The ac-
celerating increase in
inequality is dangerous
for the future of socie-
ties and for the planet.
Ironically, the two groups
who have fared best in re-
cent decades are the very
poor and the very rich. The
global decline in extreme
poverty is one of the most
important developments of
recent times. Between 1990
to 2015, the extreme poverty
rate dropped from nearly
36% to 10%. At the other
extreme, the very rich have
done quite well. In the last
10 years, the number of bil-
lionaires around the world
has nearly doubled. In 2018,
the 26 richest people in the
world held as much wealth
as did the entire bottom
half of the global popula-
tion — some 3.8 billion peo-
ple. More to the point, from
1990 to 2015, the share of
income going to the top 1%
increased in four out of five
countriesaroundtheworld.
This massive redistri-
bution of wealth means
that the world can no
longer be neatly sorted
into “developed” and
“developing” countries.
The global distribution
of wealth is now more of
a continuum. But the
good news ends there,
and the trend is inescap-
ably clear: Wealth ine-
quality is growing
around the world. In the
United States, it’s rising
not just because the rich
are getting richer, but
because since 2000, in-
comes at the lower end
of the scale have stag-
nated or fallen. Inequal-
ity in the US is the high-
est among the G7 coun-
tries, and the wealth gap
between America’s rich-
est and poorest families
more than doubled from
1989 to 2016. Between
2007 and 2018, median
income in black house-
holds fell from 63% to
61% of median white
household income.
COVID-19 has worsened
things considerably. The
pandemic has hit poor
countries particularly
hard, with experts estimat-
ing that as many as 115
million people could fall
back into extreme poverty
in 2020 alone. Unemploy-
ment in most countries
has risen the most for peo-
ple in lower-paid jobs. In
the US, unemployment
among those with less than
a high school diploma
reached 21.2% in April,
while for those with a post-
secondary degree it peaked
at 8.4%. According to the
World Economic Forum,
the impact of COVID-19 on
workers with lower levels
of education will be even
worse than the global fi-
nancial crisis of 2008.
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
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IN-DEPTH
GUPKAR ‘GANG’ LEADERS
NOW ‘LAND-GRABBERS’
he Gupkar Alliance will find it difficult to
contest the District Development Council
elections after Farooq Abdullah’s name
emerged in the Roshni Land scam, de-
scribed as J&K’s biggest. A CBI inquiry
wasorderedintothescam,estimatedtobearoundRs
25,000 crore, by the state high court in October. The
JammuandKashmirStateLands(Vestingof Owner-
shiptotheOccupants)Act,alsocalledtheRoshniAct,
was passed by the state government headed by Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad in 2001. The Act aimed at “conferring
20.55 lakh Kanal of state land to the occupants”. The
ActwasrepealedbythethenGovernorSatyaPalMa-
likin2018asitfailedtorealisethedesiredobjectives.
The J&K administration has in a list named Fa-
rooq Abdullah, who heads the Gupkar Alliance,
and his son Omar Abdullah as the biggest benefi-
ciaries of the Roshni Act and declared their Jam-
mu residence was built over illegally possessed the
land. Abdullahs have denied the charge. Several
other leaders, including former PDP leader Haseeb
Drabu, from different regional political parties,
have also been named in the list.
The naming of these leaders in the land scam
comes at a time when they are preparing to jointly
contest the District Development Council elec-
tions. They have been called the Gupkar ‘gang’ and
have been accused of seeking help from China to
resolve the Kashmir issue. With the new epithet of
“land-grabbers” against their names, the Gupkar
leaders have to fight, along with the DDC polls,
another battle for survival. A weakened Gupkar
Alliance will leave the poll field open for the BJP.
T
PM TAKES CHARGE OF
COVID-19 SITUATION
s the race for a vaccine to fight the coro-
navirus enters the final lap sending
hopes of a cure soaring, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi made a few things clear
to the chief ministers of several states
in a video conference on Tuesday. The important
point made by the prime minister was that as of
now he had no idea about the vaccine’s price (an
expensive vaccine may be unaffordable for the
masses) or how many doses would be required to
be administered for developing antibodies.
The other issue concerning the vaccines has
been about its distribution. Who should be vacci-
nated first, frontline warriors like doctors and
other medical staff or senior citizens and others
in the more vulnerable category?
According to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Ru-
pani, Mr. Modi outlined a plan as per which the vac-
cine will be given to frontline health workers, who
number around one crore in the first stage. In the
second stage, it will be given to police personnel and
sanitary workers and those above 50 years of age
will be covered in the third stage. People with co-
morbidity will get the vaccine in the fourth stage.
The prime minister called the vaccination pro-
gramme a national commitment and urged the
states to send a detailed action plan explaining
how the vaccine will reach the lowest denominator.
India has a good record in executing vaccina-
tion programmes, be it the anti-polio drive or uni-
versal immunisation for child survival and safe
motherhood. The Covid vaccine distribution
could prove to be more challenging but not really
impossible to handle.
A
he current era of a pandemic
has witnessed unprecedented
turmoil in the socio- economic
environment. It has not only
slowed down the economy but
alsohasbeenacatalystinbring-
ing about systemic changes. My
concern here as a soldier is re-
garding the diabolical changes
being made in the basic struc-
ture and ethos of established
Defense practices which some-
how or the other are detrimen-
tal and de- motivating to the
glorious honor of the soldier.
Currentlystrangeproposalsare
being talked about Armed forc-
es at a time when India faces
Military challenges on two
fronts, Pakistan and China.
It appears from the financial
measures being adopted, that
it’s only our Armed forces who
are responsible for the econom-
ic slowdown of the country. Our
policymakers feel that the Mili-
tary power of a country flows
out of its economic strength. It
is a misnomer. If parallels are
an index of observations and
hypothesis, I would refer to Chi-
na that attained independence
two years later than India and
at the time of the Korean war
was no match to the American
economy. Yet, it used its man-
power to flex its military mus-
cles and send cold sweat down
American spine. It was its poli-
cies as well as the motivational
drive for their mammoth Army,
that ensured the growth of its
economy from nowhere to $15
trillion. While India still strug-
glestoreachthe$3trillionmark
after 72 years of independence.
The Defense Forces today are
facing a severe crunch on the
very basic needs for its war ma-
chine to be well lubricated.
And therefore, as a nation, we
have to decide on our priorities
of loan waiver to farmers, sub-
sidies, financial packages to
rich industrialists and writing
off lakhs of crores of NPA in
banks vis--vis the expenditure
on our national security.
In my personal opinion, the
next war will be fought by the
soldier depending upon his
perception of how his country
respects the Veterans (sooner
or later he shall stand in line
with them) The authorities
must remember, that it’s not
just the weapons and equip-
ment that makes a dependable
Army but the honor and re-
spect of the man behind the
war machine. When the PMF
and police forces in a country
becomes more lucrative and
financially viable options, In-
dia will find it difficult to get
the right leadership for its de-
fense forces.
Paradoxically, more than the
external forces of political
masters and bureaucracy, it is
the elements within the Armed
forces who are doing damage to
soldiers’ motivation and mo-
rale. May I say, somewhere, it’s
Army’s higher echelons re-
sponsibleforproposingstrange
measures to mobilize funds for
modernization of the force at
the very cost of Army itself.
The dissatisfaction amongst
serving officers and soldiers to-
day is noticeable and alarming.
DMA under CDS instead of tell-
ing the present day govt that it’s
their responsibility to arrange
funds for national security has
proposedascaled-downpension
and retirement policy. Cutting
down on CSDs, Officers Messes
and manpower will do nothing
except cutting down on the tra-
ditions,ethos,andcultureof the
fighting machine that gave us
victory in all wars and that held
the nation’s head high in natu-
ral calamities as well, when all
other institutions failed.
I clearly remember as a young
Capt. I would walk into govt of-
fices with confidence and elan.
But over the years, I have seen
diminishing respect for the forc-
es due to undue politicization of
the Army. Here, I would like to
quote history: When General
MacArthur was Chief of US in
1931, President Roosevelt had
proposedtocutdownthedefense
budget…When General did not
agree, Roosevelt dismissed him
and that’s when the General got
up from his chair and said “Mr.
President, in the next war when
an American soldier with the
enemy bayonet piercing his ab-
domen spits out his last curse, I
do not want the name to be Mac-
Arthur but Roosevelt.” Needless
to say, the president reversed his
decision! Alas, India after
Manekshaw has never seen a
Chief with such courage of con-
viction and mettle.
How true are the worlds of
Sun Tzu when he says “I’m not
scared of an army of Tigers
lead by a sheep but an Army of
sheepledbyaTiger”.So,friends
It’snottheturnof theArmybut
the civil society at large to de-
cide, what National Security
they desire and therefore, what
Role, Respect and Honor be be-
stowed upon THY SOLDIERS.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The
dissatisfaction
amongst serving
officers and
soldiers today is
noticeable and
alarming. DMA
under CDS
instead of telling
the present day
govt that it’s their
responsibility to
arrange funds
for national
security has
proposed a
scaled-down
pension and
retirement policy
PARADOXICALLY, MORE
THAN THE EXTERNAL
FORCES OF POLITICAL
MASTERS AND
BUREAUCRACY, IT IS THE
ELEMENTS WITHIN THE
ARMED FORCES WHO
ARE DOING DAMAGE TO
SOLDIERS’ MOTIVATION
AND MORALE
RETD. COL
ANUPAM JAITLY
Defence expert, Motivational
speaker & Corporate Trainer
THY
HONOUR
SOLDIER

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RAM TEMPLE: VHP TO LAUNCH
DRIVE TO COLLECT FUNDS
New Delhi:The Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS)-affiliate Vishva Hin-
du Parishad (VHP), along
with Shri Ram Janmb-
hoomi Teerth Kshetra
Trust, is set to launch a
nationwide campaign to
collect funds for the con-
struction of Ram temple
in Ayodhya. The VHP will
embark on the ambitious
campaign to crowdsource
funds for the temple
construction, on January
15 and will continue till
February 27. To review
the preparations of soon
to be launched mega
campaign, members of
Shri Ram Janmbhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust are
set to meet RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat in Patna
in the first week of De-
cember.
25 PAK PRISONERS INCLUDING
20 FISHERMEN REPATRIATED
Attari: As many as 25 Pakistani prisoners,
including 20 fishermen returned home from the
Attari-Wagah border after being released by the
Indian authorities on Tuesday. Arunpal Singh,
Protocol Officer said, “These fishermen had en-
tered India mistakenly and have completed their
imprisonment. They are being handed over to
Pakistan.”Mohammad, a fisherman from Karachi
said, “I am going back to Pakistan after around
four years. I would like to requests both the gov-
ernments to send back the remaining fishermen.”
GANJA WORTH RS 1.3 CRORE
SEIZED IN JABALPUR; 3 HELD
Bhopal: The Narcotics Control Bureau has ar-
rested three persons from MP’s Jabalpur district
for allegedly smuggling 879.53 kg of ganja from
Odisha, an official said. Based on a tip-off, a
truck was recently intercepted in Jabalpur district
and contraband, which was concealed in the
rear of the vehicle, was seized, director of NCB’s
Indore-based regional office Amit Ghawate said.
According to officials, the value of the consign-
ment is estimated to be around Rs 1.3 crore in
black market. Further probe is underway.
INDIA TEST-FIRES LAND-ATTACK
VERSION OF BRAHMOS MISSILE
New Delhi: India on
Tuesday test-fired a
land-attack version of
the BrahMos supersonic
cruise missile from the
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands. “The target of the
missile was on another
island there. More details
awaited,” reported ANI.
“The supersonic cruise
missile was testfired
at 10 AM today and it
successfully hit its target.
The test was conducted
by the Indian Army which
has many regiments of
the DRDO-developed
Missile system. The strike
range of BrahMos missile
has now been enhanced
to over 400 km.” This
development comes amid
reports India will carry
out “multiple live tests” of
the supersonic missile.
Chronology samajhiye: RaGa’s dig at
Centre over RBI proposal for banks
RBI panel has also recommended raising cap on promoters’ stake in pvt sector banks to 26%
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
asked people to under-
stand the “chronology”
of the measures pro-
posed to reshape the do-
mestic banking indus-
try in another swipe at
the Centre. Gandhi was
using a phrase by Union
home minister Amit
Shah to explain the
BJP’s plans to imple-
ment a nationwide Na-
tional Register of Citi-
zens. Shah had use “aap
chronology samajhiye
(understand the chro-
nology)” last year.
“Chronology sama-
jhiye: First, karz maafi
for few big companies.
Next, huge tax cuts for
companies. Now, give
people’s savings direct-
ly to banks set up by
these same companies.
#SuitBootkiSarkar,”
Gandhi wrote on
Twitter.
The former Congress
president’s tweet comes
in the backdrop of an
internal Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) panel’s
proposal to allow large
corporates to act as pro-
moters of banks after
necessary amendments
to the Banking Regula-
tions Act,1949 “to deal
with connected lending
and exposures between
the banks and other fi-
nancial and non-finan-
cial group entities”.
The RBI panel has also
recommended raising
the cap on promoters’
stake in private sector
banks to 26%.
The central bank had
constituted an IWG on
June 12 this year to re-
view extant ownership
guidelines for Indian
private sector banks.
The committee’s report
was made public last
Friday and RBI has
sought comments by
January 15, 2021, “be-
fore taking a view in the
matter”.
Well run large NBF-
Cs with an asset size of
Rs 50,000 crore and
above, including those
owned by a corporate
house, may be consid-
ered for conversion into
banks. —Agencies
Pralhad Joshi slams
RaGa’s ‘PR driven
media strategy’ jibe
New Delhi: Union
Minister Pralhad
Joshi slammed Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi over his com-
ments on the Centre’s
handling of China,
stating that “if we
have lost our land to
China before it is be-
cause of Congress
party and its wrong
policies from 1962”.
“At least Rahul Gan-
dhi and Congress
should not raise this
issue.
If we have lost our
land to China before
it is because of Con-
gress party and its
wrong policies from
1962. They should
first sort their party
matters and then
talk,” Joshi told ANI
on being asked about
Rahul Gandhi’s tweet
over the issue. —ANI
Rahul Gandhis’ tweet comes in the backdrop of an internal RBI panel’s proposal to allow large corporates
to act as promoters of banks after necessary amendments to the Banking Regulations Act,1949.
THE ISSUE
Abdullahs’ house built
on encroached land:
JK administration list
Jammu: Former CMs-
Farooq Abdullah and
Omar Abdullah have
been named by the J&K
administration in a list
which alleges that their
residential house in
Jammu is built over il-
legally-possessed land,
a charge denied by the
father-son duo. The ad-
ministration of the un-
ion territory as directed
by the Jammu and
Kashmir High Court to
make public land given
under the controversial
Roshni land scheme,
since scrapped by a
court, came out with
the list of beneficiaries.
On Tuesday, it came out
with a list of those who
had allegedly en-
croached land other
than those given under
the scheme.
The list also high-
lighted the headquar-
ters of their National
Conference in both Sri-
nagar and Jammu were
legalised under the con-
troversial Roshni Act.
Reacting to the fresh
list, party vice presi-
dent Omar Abdullah
said, “The news attrib-
uting to sources that Dr
Farooq Abdullah is a
beneficiary of the Rosh-
ni Act is completely
falseandisbeingspread
with a malicious intent.
Both his houses at Jam-
mu and Srinagar have
nothing to do with the
said Act. —PTI
Guwahati: Leaders
from various political
parties and citizens
paid their last respects
to the mortal remains
of former Chief Minis-
ter of Assam Tarun Go-
goi at his Guwahati
residence on Tuesday.
“We will take former
CM Tarun Gogoi’s body
from his residence to
Congress headquarters
at Rajeev Bhawan in the
city. We will also take
his body to Assam Sec-
retariat and State As-
sembly. Subsequently,
we will take his mortal
remains to the Sriman-
ta Sankaradeva Kalak-
shetra,”AssamPradesh
Congress Committee
(APCC) secretary Bhu-
pen Bora told ANI. “The
cremation will be con-
ducted on November
26,” he added.
Gogoi, 84, died on
Monday evening at
Guwahati Medical Col-
lege where he was on
ventilation after suf-
fering a multi-organ
failure. He had tested
positive for COVID-19
in August. —PTI
Farooq Abdullah interacts with son Omar Abdullah during an all-
party meeting in Srinagar. —FILE PHOTO
Leaders, citizens pay last respects
to former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi
Janata Bhawan staff pays last tributes to Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi : The SC y
rejected the plea filed
by dismissed BSF con-
stable Tej Bahadur
against the election of
PM Narendra Modi
from Varanasi LS con-
stituency in UP. A three-
judge bench of the apex
court, headed by CJI
Sharad Arvind Bobde,
rejected the plea. The
apex court had, on No-
vember 18, reserved its
verdict after hearing
from the respective par-
ties.
Lawyer Pradeep Ya-
dav had made all the
detailed submissions
for the petitioner Tej
Bahadur, whereas sen-
ior lawyer and legal ex-
pert Harish Salve had
argued for PM Modi be-
fore SC. The dismissed
BSF constable had filed
an appeal before SC,
challenging the Alla-
habad HC, which had
dismissed his appeal on
the ground that neither
he is a voter from Vara-
nasi constituency nor
he had represented
himself in the election
against PM Modi. —ANI
Sacked BSF jawan’s plea challenging
PM Modi’s election inVaranasi quashed
New Delhi: The SC ob-
served that it is contem-
plating issuing notice to
Maharashtra Assembly
Speaker while hearing
a plea by Republic TV
editor Arnab Goswami
challenging the show-
cause notice issued by
the Maharashtra Legis-
lative Assembly for ini-
tiation of breach of
privilege motion
against him. The notice
was issued for Goswa-
mi’s reporting in con-
nection with case of
death of actor Sushant
Singh Rajput.
Senior advocate Harish
Salve, representing
Goswami, submitted be-
fore a bench headed by
CJ SA Bobde that a no-
tice should be issued to
the Speaker in matter.
On Nov 6, top court had
asked Maharashtra
Legislative Assembly
asst secy to show cause
in two weeks why con-
tempt proceedings
should not be initiated
against him for his Oc-
tober 13 letter to Gos-
wami for showing As-
sembly notice in court.
PAYING OBEISANCE
President Ram Nath Kovind along with First Lady Savita Kovind offers prayers at the Sri
Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai Police files charges
against 12 in fake TRP scam
‘Amrapali’s Anil Sharma
hasn’t deposited `250 crore’
Mumbai: The Mumbai
Police on Tuesday filed
a charge sheet in a court
here in the alleged TRP
(Television Rating
Points) rigging scam.
The charge sheet was
submitted before a mag-
istrate’s court by the
police’s Crime Intelli-
gence Unit (CIU), which
is conducting a probe
into the case, an official
said. The crime branch
has so far arrested 12
persons, including Re-
public TV’s distribu-
tion head and owners of
two other channels, in
connection with the
case, he said.
The fake TRP scam
came to light last month
when rating agency
Broadcast Audience Re-
search Council (BARC)
filed a complaint
through Hansa Re-
search Group, alleging
that certain television
channels were rigging
TRP numbers.
Hansa had been
tasked with installing
barometers, which re-
cord viewership data
(which channel has
been watched and for
how long) at sample
households.
TRP is important as
the advertising reve-
nue of channels de-
pends on it. —PTI
New Delhi: Amrapali
home buyers apprised
SC that real estate
group’s promoter Anil
Sharma has not depos-
ited Rs 250 crores as per
directions of top court.
“More than Rs 250
crores siphoned money
was required to be de-
posited by him as per
the judgment of July 23,
2019, but the same has
still not been done,”
Amrapali home buyers’
advocate ML Lahoty
submitted to the apex
court bench, headed by
Justice Uday Umesh
Lalit.
The court has taken
this on a serious note of
submissions made by
Lahoty and also reject-
ed all bogus defenses on
behalf of Amrapali &
directed that needful be
done after the dues are
verified by receiver and
forensic auditors. —ANI
SC mulls issuing notice to Maharashtra
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Yogi’s
masterstroke...
“The way in which re-
ligious conversions
are done using deceit,
lies, force and dishon-
esty is heart wrench-
ing, and it was neces-
sary to have a law in
this regard, Cabinet
minister and UP gov-
ernment spokesper-
son Sidharth Nath
Singh said.
He said that the pun-
ishment under the new
law is a jail term from
one and five years, and
a fine of Rs 15,000. But
if the woman involved
is a minor or belongs to
a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe, the
jail term would range
from three to 10 years,
he said. The fine would
increase to Rs 25,000.
In the case of mass
conversions, the pun-
ishment is from three
years to 10 years and a
fine of Rs 50,000 on the
organisations which in-
dulge in it,” the minis-
ter told reporters.
Singh said if anyone
wants to change reli-
gion after marriage,
then he or she can do so.
But the district mag-
istrate has to be in-
formed two months in
advance in a prescribed
form, and the person
can convert once per-
mission is granted.
He claimed that this
will resolve law and or-
der problems.
Bring Covid...
contact tracing and
data must be given top
priority,” he said.
Modi said the govern-
ment is keeping a close
watch on the develop-
ment of vaccines and is
in contact with Indian
developers and manu-
facturers, along with
global regulators, gov-
ernments of other
countries, multilateral
institutions and inter-
national companies.
He added that it will
be ensured that the vac-
cine for citizens will
meet all necessary sci-
entific criteria.
He underlined that
just like the focus in the
fight against COVID-19
has been on saving each
and every life, the prior-
ity will be to ensure that
the vaccine reaches ev-
eryone. —Agencies
Rajasthan
triumphs...
“Due to the efforts of
the state government,
the death rate in the
state has remained con-
sistently below one per-
cent, at only 0.89 per-
cent. A detailed analy-
sis of the causes of
death in Rajasthan has
been arranged from the
earliest times in Coro-
na,” Gehlot said.
Gehlot suggested to
the Prime Minister that
RTPCR tests are the
most reliable in the
world. “Like Rajasthan
in all states of the coun-
try, 100% test should be
done by RTPCR method
instead of rapid anti-
gen test. Rajasthan and
Tamil Nadu are the
only two states in the
country where 100 per
cent of the investiga-
tions are being conduct-
ed using RTPCR meth-
od. About 42 lakh inves-
tigations have been
done from RTPCR in
Rajasthan. The case
positivity rate is 5.8 per-
cent in the state, which
is much better than the
national average of 6.89
percent. The state gov-
ernment is working
very seriously to bring
it below 5 percent soon.
Also, the test capacity
has been increased to 60
thousand per day,” he
said, further adding
that the supply of oxy-
gen has been strength-
ened from Medical Col-
lege, District Hospital
to CHC level as well.
“The capacities of large
oxygen plants, pipe-
lines, oxygen concen-
trators, storage etc.
have been widely in-
creased in hospitals. As
a result, the state has
far more oxygen avail-
ability than required,”
he said. CM said in VC
that the state govern-
ment had greatly en-
hanced the capabilities
of ICU Bed, Oxygen Bed
and Ventilators in the
first peak of Corona.
Constitution
reinforces...
“This year is also being
celebrated as the Cente-
nary year of the Presid-
ing Officers Confer-
ence. All India Presid-
ing Officers Conference
began in 1921. Through
the years, this Confer-
ence has proven to be a
platform for sharing
new experiences, ideas
and thoughts for
strengthening the dem-
ocratic process,” he
said. Referring to the
theme for this year’s
Conference viz. “Har-
monious Coordination
between Legislature,
Executive and Judicia-
ry- Key to a Vibrant De-
mocracy”, Birla said
that Presiding Officers
of the Legislatures
shall discuss the need
for better cooperation
and coordination be-
tween the three pillars
of democracy in order
to strengthen India’s de-
mocracy and to make it
more effective. He said
PM Modi will address
the concluding session.
FROM PG 1
WHO WILL BE NEW CHAIRMAN
OF NHRC?
Who will succeed Justice H L Dattu as Chair-
man of the National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC) next month. Latest grapevine has it that
former CJI Justice Arun Mishra may be new
Chairman of the NHRC. If Justice Mishra is not
appointed Chairman then the post will remain
vacant for four months till the superannuation
of present CJI Justice S A Bobde.
SUBODH JAISWAL TO BE DG NSG?
Maharashtra DGP Subodh Jaiswal is being
tipped to be new DG of the NSG.
SHAMBHU NATH SINGH
REPATRIATED TO PARENT CADRE
Shambhu Nath Singh, Special Director, In-
telligence Bureau (IB), has been prematurely
repatriated to his parent cadre, in relaxation of
the IPS Tenure Policy.
LT. GEN. SANJEEV SHARMA MAY
GET NEW POSTING
Lieutenant General Sanjeev Sharma, General
Officer Commanding, 11 Corps, Western Com-
mand, is likely to get new posting orders soon.
INTER-CADRE DEPUTATION OF
RANJLT KUMAR SINGH EXTENDED
Inter-cadre deputation of Dr. Ranjlt Kumar Singh,
from Gujarat to Bihar cadre, has been extended
for a period of two years beyond January 7, 2021.
He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
INTER-CADRE DEPUTATION OF
ARCHANA PATNAIK EXTENDED
The inter-cadre deputation tenure of Ms Arch-
ana Patnaik - from Tamil Nadu cadre to Odisha
cadre - has been extended for a period of two
years beyond December 17.2020. She is a 2002
batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
SEVEN-YEAR DEPUTATION TENURE
OF ADITYA JOSHI ENDS
Seven-year central deputation tenure of Aditya
Joshi, working as Director, CVC, has come to an
end. He is a 1995 batch IRAS officer.
SHORTAGE OF IPS OFFICERS IN AP
There is a shortage of 29 IPS officers in Andhra
Pradesh. Instead of the sanctioned posts of
144, there are presently only 115 IPS officers in
the state.
WHO WILL BE NEW CMD OF FCI ?
D V Prasad, IAS, KN(‘81), presently the Chair-
man and Managing Director of Food Corpo-
ration of India (Central PSU under Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution)
is due for superannuation on November 30.
P N PANDEY PROMOTED TO
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND
CENTRAL EXCISE GRADE
Pashupati Nath Pandey has been empanelled
for promotion to the grade of Commissioner of
Customs and Central Excise in the Indian Reve-
nue Service (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs). He is an IRS officer.
SINGH TO JOIN FINANCIAL
SERVICES, FINANCE MINISTRY
Sushil Kumar Singh is set to join the deptt of
financial services in the ministry of finance as
Director, He is a 2006 batch IDAS officer. He will
join his new assignment next month.
ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO PURWAR
EXTENDED FOR SIX MORE MONTHS
The DoT has extended the additional charge of
the post of CMD, MTML to P K Purwar , CMD,
BSNL to six more months till April 14, 2021.
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Highseverityofthird waveofCOVID-19in
capitalduetomanyfactors:Kejriwal toPM
Coronavirus pandemic & air pollution is a major issue in Delhi
New Delhi: At a meet-
ing with Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi,
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on
Tuesday said the high
severity of the third
wave of COVID-19 in
the national capital is
due to many factors,
pollution being an im-
portant one, sources
said Kejriwal told the
PM that Delhi saw the
peak of 8,600 coronavi-
rus cases on November
10 during the third wave
and since then, the
number of cases as well
as the positivity rate
are steadily decreasing.
The CM hoped that the
trend would continue in
the national capital.
Pollution is an impor-
tant factor. At the meet-
ing with the prime min-
ister, Kejriwal also
sought the reservation
of the additional 1,000
ICU beds in the central
government-run hospi-
tals in Delhi for corona-
virus patients till the
third wave of the infec-
tion lasts in the city.
A health worker collects swab samples of a man for the COVID-19 test, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Delhi schools not opening
anytime soon: Delhi deputy
CM Manish Sisodia
New Delhi: Delhi
deputy chief minster
Manish Sisodia
called on all govern-
ments to come to-
gether as a “team” to
fight the double
whammy of the rise
in coronavirus cases
and air pollution.
Manish Sisodia said
that it is a problem
that plagues the
whole of North India
and not just Delhi.
Manish Sisodia also
ruled out any possi-
bility of schools reo-
pening anytime soon
saying that as a par-
ent he would not
send his kids to
school unless he was
sure they would be
safe. “States need to
forget their politics
and come together as
a team,” Manish
Sisodia said Address-
ing an issue that’s on
top of every parent’s
mind, Manish Siso-
dia that he does not
think the time is
right to reopen
schools. Delhi has re-
corded over 5.34 lakh
cases since the pan-
demic began. Of
these, more than
8,500 are deaths
linked to virus. The
active caseload is
currently over 37,000.
New Delhi: The Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
warned that COVID-19
vaccine could lead to
side-effects in some peo-
ple, as even popular med-
icines do, and that the
government would only
go by science in finalising
one for the country. The
comments came ahead of
the possible launch of the
Oxford-AstraZeneca vac-
cine by early next year in
India, the country with the
world’s second-highest
number of Covid infec-
tions after the US . “Even
medicines popular for 20
years & used by hundreds
of thousands of people
lead to reactions in some,
even today,” PM said in a
video conference with the
chief ministers.
PM Modi warns
India for possible
side-effects of
Covid-19 vaccine
Cyclone Nivar: Section 144 in
Puducherry till November 26;
PM Modi assures full support
New Delhi:The govern-
ment of Puducherry to-
day imposed Section 144
of Criminal Procedure
Code in the Union Terri-
tory. Puducherry’s dis-
trict magistrate Purva
Gargsaidtheordershall
come into force from 9
pm on November 24 and
will remain in effect till
6 am on November 26.
PM Modi said he had
spoken to Tamil Nadu
CM E Palaniswamy &
Puducherry CM Naray-
anasami. “Assured all
possible support from
the Centre. I pray for the
safety and well-being of
those living in the af-
fected areas,” he tweet-
ed. 30 teams of the Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF)
have been pressed into
action across Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
and Puducherry as Cy-
clone Nivar moves to-
wards the southern
coast of India, NDRF
informed. Nearly 12
teams of disaster relief
body have been de-
ployed, while 18 are on
standby across the re-
gion, monitoring the
situation.
Fishing boats are placed on land as the Bay of Bengal
sea is rough ahead of Cyclone Nivar to cross the state, at
Patinambakkam beach in Chennai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Rahul Gandhi appeals to Cong
to offer assistance to people
New Delhi: Former
Congress Party Pres-
ident and a Member
of Parliament Rahul
Gandhi has appealed
to his party mem-
bers, on Tuesday, to
provide assistance to
people in battling Cy-
clone Nivar that is
approaching Tamil
Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh and Puduch-
erry. Rahul Gandhi
took to Twitter and
said, “Cyclone Nivar
is making its pres-
ence felt in Tamil
Nadu, Puducherry
and parts of Andhra
Pradesh. Please fol-
low all safety meas-
ures. I appeal to all
Congress workers to
provide assistance to
those in need. Stay
indoors, stay safe.”
IMD said that the cy-
clone has a wind
speed of 100-110
kmph and gusting to
120 kmph.
DoT accepts
proposal on
‘0’ prefix for
all calls
New Delhi: Callers
will soon be required
to add ‘0’ prefix for
making calls from
landlines to mobile
phones in the coun-
try, with the telecom
department asking
telcos to make neces-
sary arrangements
by January 1 to im-
plement the new sys-
tem. The department
has accepted sectoral
regulator Trai’s rec-
ommendation for
having the ‘0’ prefix
for such calls, a move
that will create suffi-
cient numbering
space for telecom ser-
vices. The Depart-
ment of Telecom
(DoT) in a circular
on `modification of
dialling pattern
from fixed line num-
bers to cellular mo-
bile numbers’ said in
order to ensure ade-
quate numbering re-
sources for fixed line
and mobile services,
Trai’s recommenda-
tions dated May 29,
2020 have been ac-
cepted by the De-
partment.
Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia
Army Chief reviews
security situation in
North East region
Dimapur: Chief of
Army Staff (COAS),
General Manoj Mukund
Naravane, arrived at Di-
mapur, on Monday, on a
three-day visit to review
the security situation in
North East Region. Ac-
cording to an official
press release, “On ar-
rival at Dimapur, the
Army Chief was briefed
by Lieutenant General,
Anil Chauhan; General
Officer Commanding in
Chief, Eastern Com-
mand and Lieutenant
General R P Kalita, Gen-
eral Officer Command-
ing (GOC) Spear Corps
on operational prepar-
edness along the North-
ern borders as well as
operationsinhinterland
of Assam, Nagaland,
ManipurandArunachal
Pradesh. On November
24, the COAS visited
various Army and As-
sam Rifles Headquar-
ters in Nagaland and
Manipur to make a first-
hand assessment of the
ground situation. The
COAS interacted exten-
sively with the troops
deployed in the remote
areas and appreciated
their state of operation-
al preparedness, morale
and conduct of people
friendly operations. Lat-
er in the evening, Gen-
eral Naravane called on
the Governor of Naga-
land, RN Ravi and CM,
Neiphiu Rio to discuss
prevailing security situ-
ation in the State and as-
sured the wholehearted
support of the Army
and Assam Rifles in
maintaining peace and
tranquility in the state
and ensuring security
along the Indo-Myan-
mar border. As part of
Indian Army’s efforts in
contributing towards
the development and eq-
uitable opportunities to
all sections of the socie-
ty, a new residential fa-
cilitytoberunbyAssam
Rifles will be inaugurat-
ed by the COAS on No-
vember 25 prior to his
return to New Delhi.
General Manoj Mukund
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Varanasi: The news of
Chandauli’s Mughal-
sarai police station’s
illegal recovery list
had not faded yet and a
similar case related to
Varanasi is in the news
on social media.
After the recovery
list of Mughalsarai po-
lice station in Chan-
dauli district went vi-
ral, now the recovery
list of Chittipur police
post attached to Lanka
police station of Vara-
nasi has been released
on social media.
Senior IPS officer of
Uttar Pradesh Police,
Amitabh Thakur on
Tuesday shared the il-
legal recovery of Chit-
tipur post of Varana-
si’s Lanka police sta-
tion is Rs 24,500 per
month.
Thakur demanded
the Varanasi police to
investigate it.
Amitabh Thakur
has also attached a list
with the tweet.
It gives information
about how much mon-
ey is paid to the police
of Chittipur outpost
every month by beer,
country liquor and
English liquor shops
as well as illegal works
of cannabis contracts
and gas refilling.
On the other hand,
after getting informa-
tion about IPS Am-
itabh Thakur’s tweet,
SSP Amit Pathak has
summoned the investi-
gation of the case to SP
Crime.
He said that further
action will be taken in
the case based on
the investigation re-
port and such corrup-
tion will not be toler-
ated.
Those who spoil the
image of the police de-
partment shall not be
spared.
First India Bureau
Lucknow. Corona in
Delhi is now uncontrol-
lable; all the ICUs in hos-
pitals are full. There is a
shortage of oxygen to
save the lives of pa-
tients. In such times, 60
tonnes of liquid oxygen
is being supplied from
Uttar Pradesh every day
to save the lives of the
Corona infected in Del-
hi. However, now the
number of serious pa-
tients has started in-
creasing in other cities
of Uttar Pradesh includ-
ingAgra,Lucknow.This
has made things worse.
The Supreme Court
had earlier expressed
the fear that the recent
spurt in Covid cases
may further surge in the
days ahead and sought a
fresh status report from
the state governments,
including Delhi and Gu-
jarat, on their prepared-
ness to meet the chal-
lenges ahead. A while
back,DelhiChief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal had
also informed the prime
minister that Delhi saw
a peak of 8,600 coronavi-
rus cases on November
10 during the third wave
and since then, the num-
ber of cases, as well as
the positivity rate; both
are steadily decreasing,
sources said.
As of now, there is an
increasing demand for
oxygen in Delhi. How-
ever, oxygen is not pro-
duced in Delhi. There
are liquid oxygen plants
in Noida, Ghaziabad
and Modi Nagar in UP.
250 tonnes of liquid oxy-
gen is being produced
from three plants in UP,
out of which 60 tonnes
of oxygen is being sup-
plied to Delhi. At the
same time, the demand
for liquid oxygen in UP
has reached 350 tonnes
everyday after the in-
crease in cases in Agra,
Lucknow, Kanpur,
Meerut.Forthis,oxygen
is being sourced from
Roorkee, Uttarakhand,
Panipat and Bokaro.
As the number of se-
rious Corona-infected
patients is increasing,
the oxygen crisis may
occur in December. Oxy-
gen may not be available
for corona infected pa-
tients.
To combat this situa-
tion, commercial oxy-
gen will be used as de-
mand increases. How-
ever, it will be ensured
that there will be no
shortage of oxygen. The
practice of increasing
supply has also started
as demand for oxygen is
increasing.
After Chandauli, now
Varanasi police station’s
illegal recovery goes viral
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In recogni-
tiontothecreditableper-
formance under various
parameters of the Niti
Aayog, four ‘Aspiration-
al’ districts of Uttar
Pradesh have become
entitled to receive addi-
tional funds for the vari-
ous developmental
schemes and pro-
grammes.
Chandaulidistricthas
secured a good rank in
the overall performance
and has become entitled
to receive an additional
allocation of Rs 10 Crore
and three other districts
have secured good rank-
ingsandarenowentitled
toreceiveandadditional
fund of Rs 3 Crore. The
fund allocations have
beendoneonthebasisof
the performance in the
month of August and
September 2020.
While Balrampur has
secured a good rank in
education sector, Chitra-
koot has performed well
in financial inclusion
and skill development.
Inaddition,theFatehpur
district has secured a
goodrankinagriculture
and water resources.
It is to be mentioned
that the NITI Aayog pro-
vides additional fund al-
location to districts se-
curing ranks through
various developmental
parameters under the
Aspirational District
Programme and eight
districts of the state
namely, Balrampur,
Shravasti, Bahraich,
Siddharthnagar, Chan-
dauli, Sonebhadra,
Fatehpur and Chitra-
koot, have found place in
the programme.
There are eight dis-
tricts of Uttar Pradesh
in the list of 115 Aspira-
tional Districts of the
country in the first
phase of the pro-
gramme. Of these, these
four districts have
braced up to improve
their performance in
the development.
The district magis-
trates and the district
collectors of the con-
cerned districts have m
submit a Plan of Ac-
tion/Project Proposal to
the Program Manage-
ment Unit by November
30 for availing the addi-
tional allocation.
Chandauli gets addl
funds of `10 crore
from NITI Aayog
UP CUTS DELHI’S OXYGEN LINE AS IT
STUMBLES UPON MORE CORONA CASES
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (BSP) Supre-
mo Mayawati raised
the demand for strict
action against the
guilty officers for
deaths due to poison-
ous liquor in UP.
Mayawati wrote on
Twitter that the inci-
dents of poor deaths
and devastation of fam-
ilies due to drinking of
such liquor are con-
stantly happening in
UP, which is very sad.
In the recent inci-
dent of Prayagraj, gov-
ernment action is ap-
propriate after the
death of many people,
but to solve this prob-
lem, strict action
should be taken against
the guilty officers.
More needs to be done to stop illicit liquor:Maya
Mayawati
A policeman imposes fine on offenders for not wearing face masks amidst the COVID-19
pandemic, in Prayagraj on Tuesday.
AT LOK BHAWAN,
NO ONE ‘BELLS
THE RATS’
While the ‘rat race’ for
key postings in Indian
bureaucratic system is quite
evident, those having got it
are watching rats racing past
them, quite literally. At the Lok
Bhawan, where top brass of the
UP government sits along with
the Chief Minister, rats have
become a menace for officers.
Such is the condition that they
have now started to put traps in
their rooms. On the other hand,
rats seem to be winning this race
against humans as they often deal
big blows by munching the files
and official documents. It has
often come to fore that whenever
officers take a break from work,
rats grab their attention and tease
them. Till now, no one seems to
have ‘belled the rats’ and who
knows, one might see a very
important file being gobbled and
digested by the rodents.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
HOPE UNFURLS-
CORONA VACCINE
There is positive news
concerning the Corona
vaccine as the state and nation
grapple with the second wave
of COVID19. It is believed that
the first batch of the vaccine
for Uttar Pradesh will reach
all the hospitals in the capital
Lucknow by the second week
of December. Presently, the
government hospitals have been
advised to maintain their cold
chains. It is expected that the
vaccine for Corona will reach
the hospital cold chains. The
hospitals have also been asked to
send in the names and addresses
of all their staff members. CM
Yogi Adityanath also took an
urgent brainstorming meeting
concerning the second wave
of Corona. The experts are of
the opinion that in case the
first batch of vaccine is given
to the corona warriors i.e. the
medical and health workers by
15 December then at least they
will motivated and emboldened
to fight corona further. As of
now the vaccines from Offord
University and Hindustan Biotech
is expected in Uttar Pradesh. The
vaccine is expected to be kept in
the Warehouse in Nadarganj area
in Lucknow after clearance from
United Kingdom before being
given to the people.
—Vishal Srivastav
CHALLANED FOR NO MASK
THAKUR
SHARES LIST
Senior IPS officer of
Uttar Pradesh Police,
Amitabh Thakur on
Tuesday shared the
illegal recovery of
Chittipur post of Vara-
nasi’s Lanka police
station is Rs 24,500
per month. Thakur de-
manded the Varanasi
police to investigate it.
 The famous elephant safari at Amber
Fort, that was stopped after lock-
down, restarted after a gap of eight
months on Tuesday. In enthusiasm,
a mahout of an elephant named
Maruti wrote on the pachyderm’s
forehead – ‘I Am Back’.
 Archaeological and Museum
Director Prakash Chandra Sharma
had issued an order on Monday
regarding permission to start the
elephant rides. The decision has
brought relief to a large number
of families of the unemployed
elephant owners.
 Around 50 decorated elephants
reached the stand on Tuesday and
waited for the tourists. There are a
total 96 elephants in the Hathi Gaon,
a special village for mahouts. Only
50% elephants will be allowed per
day on rotation basis as per the
Covid norms.
 Two girls from Ahmedabad availed
the first ride. The mahouts wel-
comed them with rose garland and
sanitised their hands before board-
ing the safari. The girls seemed
quite enthused as they did not
expect such reception.
 Hathi Malik Vikas Samiti, Amber
thanked BP state president Satish
Poonia. President of the committee
Abdul Aziz and other officer bear-
ers said the closure of safari was
causing financial problems to the
elephant owners.
PADHARO
Jumbo ride resumes after
eight months at Amber Fort
Elephants lined up while waiting for their turn for a safari at Amber Fort on Tuesday. The mahouts will have to follow all the
Covid related guidelines. The Amber Fort superintendent will oversee all arrangements related to elephant handling and to follow
the guidelines. Over 10 lakh people associated directly and indirectly with the state’s tourism sector which includes vendors,
hawkers, guides, folk artists, hotel and resort owners are dependent on tourism. With restrictions easing gradually, they see a
hope of a sector revival. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
MHARE DES
RAJASTHAN CALLING: JAIPUR BREATHES ROYALTY &
ELEGANCE. GRANDNESS OF ITS JEWEL AMBER FORT IS
EXPERIENCE BY TAKING AN ELEPHANT RIDE UP THE FORT

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2NDFRONT
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: After the
implementation of
the Police Commis-
sionerate, prepara-
tions have started to
end the dispute reign-
ing in the bureaucra-
cy of the state.
The government is
considering withdraw-
ing the power related to
land given to Lucknow
and Noida Police Com-
missionerate. Ever
since the system was
implemented in Uttar
Pradesh, there has been
a tussle between IAS
and IPS in Lucknow
and Noida.
The police could at-
tach the disputed
land and house under
Section 145 of CRPC,
but now the rights
will be taken back in
Lucknow & Noida.
Noida DM Suhas LY
and Lucknow DM Ab-
hishek Prakash will
be more powerful.
The government is
also preparing to hand
over Section 133 of
CRPC back to the dis-
trict administration.
Under 133, the right to
the land of pond, vil-
lage society, roads etc is
disposed of!
Work on this has
also started in the de-
partment of Addition-
al Chief Secretary,
Home department,
Awanish Awasthi.
According to bureau-
cracy sources, there
was no need for a police
commissioner system
in Noida and Lucknow
but due to the hasty de-
cision, it is being pon-
dered over again today.
The Home department
has asked for comments
on these two streams
from Distict Magistrate
of Noida and Lucknow.
Land disputes power to be taken from
police; Lko, Noida DMs to be in charge
SHIFT IN POWER
Government is
also preparing to
hand over Sec 133
of CRPC back to
the district
administration
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ahead of
the nationwide No-
vember 26 strike, Ut-
tar Pradesh is set to
witness a massive
demonstration with
10,000 buses to re-
main off-road today.
Nearly 40,000 drivers,
conductors and workers
of Uttar Pradesh State
Road Transport Corpo-
ration (UPSRTC) have
decided to go on a one-
day dharna in 75 dis-
tricts against the Yogi
Adityanath-led Bharati-
ya Janata Party govern-
ment against national-
ised routes running
private buses for the
first time and other six
key demands.
The other demands
of the employees, under
the banner of Sanyukt
Sangharsh Morcha, in-
clude, banning inter-
state bus permits, abol-
ishing the barrier of
50% load factor on the
salary of contract em-
ployees and regularisa-
tion of contractual em-
ployees till contract 2001
who have been working
hard for several years.
Jaswant Singh,
spokesperson of Sany-
ukt Morch, said alleged
that the move by the
government to allow
opening of two of its
prime nationalised
routes --Lucknow-Gora-
khpur (via Ayodhya-
Basti) and Lucknow-
Agra-Noida Express-
way (via Ring Road Ku-
berpur (Agra)-Pari
Chowk) for running
private buses for the
first time was a part of
a larger conspiracy to
decimate the state-run
corporation in favour of
private operators. Singh
said, “Of around 52,000
employees only 18,500
are permanent employ-
ees, whereas 34,000 are
contractual workers,
paid paltry salary.”
UPSRTC employees on
massive protest today
Nearly 40,000 drivers,
conductors and
workers of UPSRTC
have decided to go on
a one-day dharna in
75 districts
Nearly 10000 UPSRTC buses will be off roads on Wednesday in protest
against Yogi government policies.
First India Bureau
Allahabad: On a day
when the Uttar
Pradesh cabinet
cleared its controver-
sial ordinance to
tackle what it and
other BJP-ruled
states call ‘love jihad’,
the Allahabad High
Court on Tuesday
cancelled an FIR filed
against a Muslim
man by the parents of
his wife.
The girl had convert-
ed to Islam after marry-
ing the man Salamat
Ansari. “Interference
in a personal relation-
ship would constitute a
serious encroachment
into the right to free-
dom of choice of the
two individuals,” the
court observed.
“We do not see Pri-
yanka Kharwar and
Salamat Ansari as
Hindu and Muslim,
rather as two grown-
up individuals who -
out of their own free
will and choice - are
living together peace-
fully and happily over
a year. The Courts
and the Constitution-
al Courts in particu-
lar are enjoined to
uphold the life and
liberty of an individ-
ual guaranteed under
Article 21 of the Con-
stitution of India,”
said a two-judge
bench.
Salamat, from Kushi-
nagar in UP married
Priyanka Kharwar
against her parents’
wishes in August 2019.
Before the marriage,
Priyanka converted to
Islam and changed her
name to Alia. Priyanka’s
parents then filed an FIR
against Salamat, accus-
ing him of crimes like
“kidnapping” and “ab-
duction to compel a mar-
riage”.
Priyanka’s parents
also included the
stringent POCSO Act
(Protection of Chil-
dren from Sexual Of-
fences Act) in their
complaint, claiming
that Priyanka was a
minor when she mar-
ried. Over the last few
weeks, five BJP-led
state governments in
– UP, MP, Haryana,
Karnataka and Assam
– have declared their
intention to bring a
new law into effect
that would curb al-
leged instances of
‘love jihad’ – a term
used to describe the
forced conversion of
non-Muslim women to
Islam by Muslim men.
“The government
will also work to curb
‘Love Jihad’, we’ll enact
a strict law. I warn those
who conceal their iden-
tity and play with the
honour of our sisters
and daughters, if you
don’t mend your ways,
your ‘Ram naam satya’
journey will begin,” the
CM had recently told a
rally in Jaunpur.Giving its judgement the court upheld article 21 that guarantees life and liberty of the individual.
Conversion: State sees two verdicts on same day
On a day when the Yogi govt cleared ordinance to curb instances of ‘love jihad’, hearing a case Allahabad High Court called it ‘interference’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: There’s
still a year-and-a-
half left for the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly
Elections 2022, but
political parties have
already started to
set the political equa-
tion.
All parties in the
state are eyeing the
vote bank of the OBC
community, so from the
ruling party to the op-
position, all of them
have placed their par-
ty’s command in the
hands of candidates
from the backward
community. In such a
scenario, it will be ex-
citing to see which par-
ty wins their trust.
Actually, the back-
ward class has played
an important role in
the politics of Uttar
Pradesh. It is be-
lieved that whichever
party is able to win at
least 50 per cent of
these voters, is usu-
ally able to make the
government.
The BJP received
support from the back-
ward classes in the 2017
assembly and 2014 and
2019 Lok Sabha elec-
tions. Similarly, in 2012,
the SP too came to pow-
er in the state on the
strength of the OBC
community, while in
2007, Mayawati won the
election battle by play-
ing stakes with Dalits.
All the political
parties of the state
have started work on
the strategy of con-
necting with the
backward castes.
State presidents of
main parties like BJP,
SP, Congress and BSP
are from backward
castes. BJP’s state
president Swatantra
Dev Singh comes from
the Kurmi caste,
while Naresh Uttam
of the same caste has
been made state pres-
ident by the SP.
At the same time,
Congress state presi-
dent Ajay Kumar Lallu
comes from Sainthwar
OBC and BSP state
president Bhim Rajb-
har comes from Rajb-
har society of a very
backward community.
First India Bureau
Lucknow The Elec-
tion Commission of
India has started a
process to enlist eli-
gible voters across all
constituencies in Ut-
tar Pradesh from No-
vember 17 to the vot-
ing list while allow-
ing individuals to
rectify errors on
their voter ID card or
seek amendments.
The poll body’s web-
site also allows voters
to enlist, remove or
make rectifications to
their details. The
state’s chief electoral
officerAjay Kumar
Shukla told media, that
individuals who want
to make changes to
their voter registration
details can also fill
these forms offline.
People can get these
forms from booth level
and designated offic-
ers, voter registration
centres across tehsils
and the office of dis-
trict electoral officer.
The chief electoral of-
ficeralsosaidthatif vot-
ers want to check if
their names are reflect-
ing on the updated list,
they can either visit the
website www.ceout-
tarpradesh.nic.in by
looking their name in
the search bar. They can
also visit their respec-
tive polling stations till
December 15.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After the
recommendation of the
state government, the
CBI has now shifted fo-
cus to the assets of the
Shia and Sunni Central
Waqf Boards. The CBI
has taken the assets
worth several crore ru-
pees under probe.
Gorakhpur also has a
large number of Waqf
properties and rules
havebeenignoredwhile
transferring or selling
them. Despite repeated
complaints, there has
been no change. Ac-
cording to the informa-
tion, Waqf has assets
worth over Rs 2,000
crore in Gorakhpur and
its surrounding dis-
tricts. Two years ago,
Syed Ejaz Abbas, a
member of the Central
Waqf Council, New Del-
hi, also wrote a letter to
the CM in June 2017 de-
manding a CBI inquiry
into the Waqf proper-
ties in Gorakhpur.
Many cases were re-
ported in which Muta-
walli (Trustee) sold the
Waqf properties by en-
tering the names of
relatives in the records.
Election Commission’s website
allows voters to remove or make
rectifications to their details.
Political parties peg hopes on
OBC for cornering majority votes
EC starts enlisting voters in constituencies
CBI starts probe into Waqf Board assets
Ajay Kumar Lallu Naresh Uttam Patel
Noida DM Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, Lucknow DM Abhishek Prakash, Noida police commissioner Alok Singh, Lucknow police
commissioner DK Thakur.
COVID-19
UPDATE
UTTAR PRADESH
7,582
DEATHS
5,28,833
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,892 DEATHS 2,00,409 CASES
DELHI
8,621 DEATHS 5,40,541 CASES
WORLD
1,408,289
DEATHS
5,98,14,258
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
92,15,929
CONFIRMED CASES
1,34,661
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
46,683 DEATHS 17,89,800 CASES
RAJASTHAN
2,200 DEATHS 2,50,482 CASES
KARNATAKA
11,695 DEATHS 8,76,425 CASES

10. CITY FIRST HAS PUT TOGETHER A GUIDE TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN FOLLOW THE
COWGIRL FASHION, AND ACE THE LOOK IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY!
CHIC COWGIRL FASHION
ost of the women
have been tomboys
in their early child-
hood, and that’s
probably their ulti-
mate comfort zone.
May it be the peer
pressure of the surround-
ings or the group or the sud-
den change in the personali-
ties, these tomboys eventu-
ally start dressing up way
more than usual. But at the
end of the day, dressing up
comfortably and decently is
what they also opt for, and
theCowgirlFashionissome-
thing that is a total comfort
zone, come what may!
When it comes to cowgirl
fashion, the first thing that
pops up in the head is den-
im and boots, right? Well,
that is the best way to com-
bine everyday western fash-
ion with high fashion. This
kind of fashion also doesn’t
fail to showcase the wom-
an’s personality and her
love for the culture.
With the flood of western
outfits across the globe, this
kind of fashion includes
clothes that are classic,
yet follow an individual
style.
City First has put to-
gether a guide to find out
how you can follow the
cowgirl fashion, and ace
the look in your own
sweet way!
GO DENIM: One of
the most common
things needed in cow-
girl fashion is a denim
outfit. You can either opt
for a denim shirt or denim
jeans, or you can also go
denim-on-denim.
APT BOOTS: A woman’s
boots fit way differently
than men- the boots for
women have a slightly lifted
heel to shape the legs. Make
sure to pick out just the
right and appropriate one,
and you’ll be good to go.
MATCHING HAT:
Based on the kind and col-
our of the outfit that you
are opting for, get a hat of a
contrasting colour. This
would make your outfit look
even more appealing, and
give you a classy look.
SHIRTS: Button-down
shirts are something that
would never compromise on
your look. These look as
classy as ever, and would up
your fashion game on the go.
CLASSY BELT: One last
thing that would top
the cowgirl fashion
look is a classy
belt. There are so
many kinds of
belts available on
e-commerce plat-
forms- all you have
to do is select the
best one to ace
the look.
NEHAL NAYAR
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Chances of winning a deal
become bright through
your efforts on the
business front. You are
likely to resolve to come back in
shape and start an exercise regimen.
Family will be supportive and look
after your needs. Someone you are
working closely with may attract you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Some of you are set to add
to your wealth. You will
find people acknowledging
your skills and talents at
work. Those unwell are set to show
remarkable recovery. Your plans for a
new business are likely to
materialise, so get ready for the new
beginnings on its way.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
A happy reunion of sorts is
in the offing on the family
front. Regular workouts
and eating right is your
mantra for keeping fit. A piece of
immovable property can come to you
through a will or gift. You will put in
the required efforts on the
professional or academic front.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will be in a happy state
as far as finances are
concerned. Marketing
people are likely to be at
their selling best. A peaceful domestic
environment will help you unwind.
Someone is likely to spoon feed you on
the academic front. Those feeling left
out should take time to introspect.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Focus on health will
become your priority and
will have a positive
outcome on your fitness.
Family support will be crucial against
those who are trying to tarnish your
image on the social front. Initiative
taken on the property front is likely to
benefit.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Monetary condition is set to
improve as money comes to
you from various sources.
Your confidence is likely to
win the day for you on the professional
front. Something is likely to happen on
the academic front which may go in
your favour. Life will surprise you in a
beautiful way.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
This is the time to muster
all your resources for
tackling something
complicated on the work
front. A new line of treatment for an
old ailment is likely to work wonders.
A family event may keep you
entertained. You are likely to benefit
from a property related matter.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your confidence is likely
to win the day for you on
the professional front.
Some of you can strike a
friendship that may turn into
something serious. Those pursuing
sports may find themselves in
excellent.Legal issues involving prop-
erty are likely to be in your favour.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Some of you will resolve to
come back in shape and
may even join a gym.
Financially, it is advisable
to remain tight fisted. A long-winded
project is likely to near completion.
Family will bestow its love, as you
continue to excel in your field. Some
urgent issues may be addressed.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Stringent cost-cutting
measures may find you
growing financially strong.
Not much is likely to be
achieved on a business trip, but it
may open new opportunities.
Devoting some time for physical
fitness is indicated for some and will
help keep them fit.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You will manage to remain
regular in your fitness
schedule. Guidance of your
near and dear ones will
prove a great help. This is a good
time to sell an asset as you are likely
to get a good price for it. Those
preparing for competitive exams are
likely to find the going easy.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are likely to resolve to
come back in shape and
start an exercise regimen.
Taking a ride with your
near and dear ones will be fun.
Someone is likely to become your
mentor and help you out of a
situation on the academic front.There
is a possibility of a suitable match.
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12. J
ennifer Lopez‘s
2020 American
Music Awards
performance has
been raising some eye-
brows. The 51-year-old
entertainer gave a super
sultry performance with
Maluma during the
awards show on Novem-
ber 22. While perform-
ing Pa’ Ti and Lonely
from their upcoming
movie Marry Me,
Jennifer rocked a
black, skintight bod-
ysuit, while sporting
short, wet-looking
hair. Shortly after her
performance, fans took
to Twitter to compare
Jennifer‘s performance
to Beyonce‘s perfor-
mance. —Agency
M
ichael B. Jordan
is joining the
masses and sign-
ing up for Only-
Fans. The 33-year-old ac-
tor, who was just named
People‘s Sexiest Man
Alive, opened up about his
reason behind joining the
explicit site, and it turns
out, it’s for a noble cause.
“I’m actually going to
start one, but like all the
proceeds I want to go to-
wards a barber school be-
cause during the quaran-
tine, you know, there’s
been so many businesses
and schools that shut
d ow n , ” Michael shared
with Jimmy Kimmel dur-
ing his recent appearance,
as they were talking about
his new moustache.
The facial hair, which
he dubbed Murphy, was
born out of quarantine. “I
never had time to actually
sit in one place and grow
my facial hair
where I didn’t
have to get it
groomed,”
h e
shared.
—Agency
K
im Kardashian
is telling an un-
known story
about husband
Kanye West‘s song, Lost
In The World. The
40-year-old reality star
revealed that the song
was actually based off
a poem Kanye had
written her for her
30th birthday. “For
those that don’t know
the story of Lost In
The World on My
Beautiful Dark
Twisted Fantasy…
Kanye couldn’t come
up with some lyrics and
then realized he had
them, it was what he
wrote me for my 30th
birthday card,” Kim
shared on Instagram this
morning.
She added that he had
taken “the poem he wrote
me and made it the song.
Happy 10 year anniversa-
ry MBDTF.” In the follow-
ing story, Kim also showed
off the birthday card with
Kanye‘s handwritten
poem which became the
first verse of the song.
—Agency
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RED CARPET...egan Fox just made her
official red carpet debut
with boyfriend Machine
Gun Kelly! The two
stepped out for the 2020
AmericanMusicAwards
on November 22, which
took place at the Microsoft Theat-
er in Los Angeles. Although Meg-
an and Machine Gun Kelly have
been spotted out in Los Angeles
together, this is their first official
red carpet event together.
Later on in the night, Megan
also supported her man! The
34-year-old actress took to the
stage at the 2020 American Music
Awards to introduce boyfriend‘s
performance. “Once in a lifetime,
magic can happen. But this next
performer, we’ve all been under
his spell since his debut in 2012,”
Megan said before the 30-year-old
rapper took the stage.
—Agency
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A
s the 2006 action-thriller
‘Dhoom 2’ clocked 14 years
on the horizon of Indian cine-
ma, choreographer Shiamak Davar
shared his experience making the
two megastars Aishwarya Rai and
Hrithik Roshan groove to hit num-
bers from the superhit. Davar shared
that he had two of the best dancers
of the industry Hrithik and Aish-
warya in Yash Raj Films’ blockbuster
‘Dhoom: 2’ and he created magic
with the two. “In Dhoom: 2, I had
Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan.
Being probably the coolest dancers
ever, it wasn’t very difficult for me to
make them look cool because they
are cool and I love the fact that I was
given a chance to work,” said Davar.
—ANI
I
n what comes as a proud moment
for India, Netflix web series
‘Delhi Crime’ has won the ‘Best
Drama Series’ award at the 48th
International Emmys. The Interna-
tional Emmy Awards Twitter handle
announced the news of the major
achievement. It read, “The Inter-
national Emmy for Drama Series
goes to “Delhi Crime” produced
by @NetflixIndia, #India! #iem-
mys #iemmyWIN.” The Netflix
series is based on the horrific
2012 Delhi gang-rape. The cast
of the web show comprised
Shefali Shah playing the lead
as Deputy Commissioner Vartika
Chaturvedi. It also starred Abhilasha
Singh, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang,
and others in key roles. —ANI
A
lia Bhatt has been
spreading positive
vibes all around over
social media. In her
recent post on Tuesday, the
actor shared a video recalling
her childhood. Recalling her
childhood, the ‘Kalank’
star shared a heart-
warming video of
her playing with
two abandoned
kids. The adora-
ble video pic-
tures the star
with a cheerful
smile, donning a
casual pastel
pink tee, play-
ing stone paper
scissors with
the kids. A day
before the fol-
lowing day, the
star posted a
video with the
same theme in
which she is
wearing a pas-
tel blue dress,
t w i r l i n g ,
jumping, and
playing with
the kids.
With the
video, the ac-
tor quoted,
“Childhood!
A time when
the world
feels like
your play-
g ro u n d , ”
w i t h
emoticons
of earth
a n d
g r e e n
heart.
—ANI
Reminiscing
Childhood Days
S
haring a glimpse of
what she terms as
‘crazy’ fun, actor
Taapsee Pannu who
seems to be on a picture
sharing spree from her up-
coming sports drama
‘Rashmi Rocket’ on Tues-
day treated fans to ‘the boot
camp-like schedule’ she
went through for the film.
Talking about the best
unwinding after complet-
ing the ‘boot camp schedule
1’, the ‘Thappad’ star in the
caption hinted that she is
running towards the shoot-
ing of her next flick ‘Loop
Lapeta’, (an Indian adapta-
tion of Tom Tykwer’s 1998
German hit Run Lola Run).
She noted in the caption,
“The boot camp like sched-
ule 1 gets done, now
running towards the lola
family.” —ANI
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...still from Delhi Crime
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Alia Bhatt
...still from Dhoom 2