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Only BJP has power to make a poor an MLA, says Nadda
Mirzapur (ANI): The
BJP candidate from
Machhali Shahar in Ut-
tar Pradesh only had Rs
3,000 in his bank ac-
count, said BJP chief
Jagat Prakash Nadda
on Monday emphasiz-
ing that only BJP has
the power to make a
poor man an MLA.
Addressing a rally in
Mirzapur, Uttar
Pradesh, Nadda said, “I
was in Machhlishahr,
discussing about the
candidate there.
You will be surprised
to know that one of our
workers is contesting
elections, he had only
Rs 3,000 in his account.
It is the BJP that has the
power to make a poor
man an MLA.” Hailing
the leadership of NDA,
he said, “We can say
with certainty that
NDA is another name
for development work.
Another name for the
development of UP is
BJP, Nishad Party, and
Apna Dal.” During the
COVID-19 lockdown,
Nadda said BJP depos-
ited Rs 500 for three
months in the accounts
of 20 crore women of
the state. Nadda, who is
a star campaigner of
the BJP in Uttar
Pradesh, has held sev-
eral rallies in the state
to garner votes of the
party’s candidates.
JP Nadda along with others raises hands at a public meeting for the UP Assembly elections, at Swami Govind Ashram Inter College, Paidapur in Mirzapur on Monday.
UP POLLS: JP NADDA IN MIRZAPUR
Election in state, Nadda said is not about
sending someone to Assembly or making
anyone an MLA but it is about taking UP
on path of ‘strong & new development’
No village left in
UP where people
defecate in the
open. BJP provided a
dignified life to women.
We work for the women
and the poor welfare.
Till 2014 only 15
(government) medical
colleges, while today we
have 69 medical
colleges (in the state).
This means that the
state is producing every
year 100 MBBS
doctors, 100
paramedics, and 100
nurses.
—JP Nadda, BJP Chief
Belarus (Agencies): A
Ukrainian presidential advis-
er today called for the retreat
of all Russian forces from
Ukrainian territory. The de-
mand came as Russia and
Ukraine began ceasefire talks
on the Belarusian border.
The talks are being held at
Ukraine’s border with Belarus
-- near the Chernobyl exclu-
sion zone -- after a call between
President Volodymyr Zelen-
sky and Belarus leader Alex-
ander Lukashenko. Ukraine
had earlier refused to talk in
Belarus, where Russian troops
were stationed before the inva-
sion.
According to Sputnik, Rus-
sian President Vladamir Putin
reportedly told his French
counterpart Emmanuel Ma-
cron that Ukraine solution is
possible only if Russia’s secu-
rity interests are considered.
Meanwhile, according to
AFP, Russian shelling killed at
least 11 civilians in Ukraine’s
second largest city of Kharkiv
on Monday
. P7
Dialogue between
Ukraine, Russia take
place at Belarussian border
UN rights boss
Bachelet said at least
102 civilians, including 7
children died in Ukraine since
Russian invasion. Moreover,
304 have been injured
Ukraine’s goal for
talks was immediate
ceasefire and withdrawal
of Russian forces
4 Union Ministers
going to Poland and
Romania to oversee
evacuation of thousands of
Indians stuck there
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Talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in the Gomel region at Ukraine-Belarus border.
DIDI’S SUPPORT TO
PM MODI ON
UKRAINE CRISIS
UKRAINE FOR
“IMMEDIATE” EU
MEMBERSHIP
PM MODI CHAIRS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING
GOVT TO INDIANS
STUDENTS...
RUSSIA BANS
AIRLINES...
EX-MISS UKRAINE
JOINS FIGHT
AGAINST RUSSIA
INDIA ABSTAINS
FROM UNSC CALL
West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee Monday
offered unconditional support
to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on the Ukraine issue
and urged him to consider
convening an all-party
meeting for a national resolve
to emerge from the crisis
in sync with the country’s
long-standing stand for
international peace and non-
aggression.
Ukrainian President Volo-
dymyr Zelensky on Mon-
day urged the European
Union to grant his country
“immediate” member-
ship, as Russia’s assault
against the pro-Western
country went into its fifth
day. “We appeal to the
European Union for the
immediate accession of
Ukraine via a new special
procedure,” the 44-year-
old leader said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while chairing a meeting
over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine on Monday, decided
to send four Union Ministers to Poland and Romania to
oversee the evacuation of thousands of Indians, including
students, who are still stuck there. Meanwhile, Air India’s
fifth evacuation flight landed in Delhi with 249 Indians.
Indian students who are in
conflict-hit Ukraine should
try to move towards the
western side of the country
and stay in nearby towns
and not reach the border
directly, MEA said.
Russia has announced it is
banning flights by airlines
from 36 countries includ-
ing Britain and Germany in
response to a slew of bans
on its planes. Its list also
includes Jersey.
Anastasia Lenna, who
represented Ukraine in the
Miss Grand International
in 2015, is now joining
the Ukrainian military as it
fights Russian forces.
India abstained from UNSC
procedural vote to call for a
rare emergency session of
the UNGA on Ukraine. The
resolution was adopted with
11 votes in favour, paving the
way for the General Assembly
to meet on Monday.
LET’S
TALK
TALK
LET’S
TALK
TALK INDIA ABSTAINS
FROM UNSC CALL
INDIA ABSTAINS
LET’S
TALK
Belarus (Agencies): A
Dialogue between
LET’S
TALK
LET’S
LET’S
TALK
TALK
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CORONA CATASTROPHE
Madhabi Puri Buch, the former whole-time member
(WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of
India (Sebi) has been appointed as its new chief for a
tenure of three years. She is the first woman to head
the market regulator since its inception. P6
MADHABI PURI
BUCH NAMED
NEW SEBI
CHAIRPERSON
India’s GDP for the October-December quarter (Q3)
grew by 5.4 per cent, while the GDP for the entire
financial year 2021-22 is seen growing 8.9 per cent,
as per the second advanced and quarterly estimates
of GDP released by MoSPI on Monday.
INDIA’S GDP
GROWS 5.4% IN
Q3, TO GROW AT
8.9% IN FY22
Ukraine seeks withdrawal of Russian troops at talks; Russian nuclear triad begins rehearsals
Dozen civilians killed, hundreds wounded in Russian shelling on Kharkiv: Ukraine official
MAHA SHIVRATRI TODAY
Devotees dressed as Lord Shiva participate in procession
ahead of Shivratri festival in Jammu on Monday.
Violence mars Manipur phase 1
polls with 78.03% voter turnout
HC issues notice to leaders including
Sonia, Rahul on plea to implead them
Imphal: Violence
marred the first phase
of elections to 38 of Ma-
nipur’s60Assemblycon-
stituencies on Monday
as 78.03% of about 12.09
lakh voters exercised
their franchise by 5 p.m.
tone-pelting and gun-
fire were reported from
the Keirao constituency
in Manipur a few hours
after the first phase of
the Manipur Assembly
elections got underway
.
Polling was also dis-
rupted in the New
Keithelmanbi constitu-
ency in the Kangpokpi
district after Congress
and Bharatiya Janata
Party workers allegedly
clashed over allegations
of booth capturing.
Violence was also re-
ported from the Sing-
hat Assembly constitu-
ency in Churachand-
pur when a clash be-
tween BJP and KPA
broke out during mock
poll testing. A control
unit of the EVM was
damaged. The return-
ing officer had to call
for a backup EVM.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Monday is-
sued a notice to several
political leaders and ac-
tivists, including Con-
gress leaders Sonia
Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi,
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra, and Union Min-
ister Anurag Thakur, in
applications seeking
their impleadment as
respondents in peti-
tions calling for regis-
tration of FIRs against
them for allegedly giv-
ing hate speeches prior
to the 2020 Northeast
Delhi riots.
The court had earlier
asked the petitioners if
it can proceed to issue
directions against
whom allegations have
been made without
them being arrayed as
parties. Following the
court’s observations,
the two petitioners –
Lawyers Voice and
Shaikh Mujtaba Farooq
& Ors. – moved two ap-
plications seeking to
add at least 24 persons,
against whom FIRs are
being sought, as re-
spondents to the peti-
tions which are pend-
ing since 2020.
A man injured in
the clash and(right)
The damaged EVM.
Giving hate speeches before 2020 Northeast Delhi riots:
Notice to Priyanka, Union Minister Anurag Thakur too
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EV charging unit for residential areas launched
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot unveils ‘Residential Electric Vehicle Charging Guidebook’ in Vasant Kunj
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi
Transport Minister
Kailash Gahlot inaugu-
rated Residential Elec-
tric Vehicle (EV) Charg-
ing station set up by
Vasant Kunj RWA
through Single Window
Facility of Delhi Gov-
ernment on Monday.
The Dialogue and De-
velopment Commission
of Delhi (DDC) has col-
laborated with World
Resources Institute, In-
dia (WRI India) and un-
veiled ‘Residential Elec-
tric Vehicle (EV) Charg-
ing Guidebook’ to sim-
plify and enable the
adoption of EV charg-
ing in all types of resi-
dential areas in Delhi.
The document guides
residential societies in
understanding the im-
portance of EV charg-
ing, details the process-
es involved in planning,
installing and manag-
ing EV charging sta-
tions in the parking
space of the societies.
“Inaugurated EV
Charging Station set up
by Vasant Kunj RWA
through Single Window
Facility of Delhi Govt.
Released the Residen-
tial EV Charging Guide-
book prepared by @
DDC_Delhi and @WRI-
India in the presence of
MLA Shri @MLA_Nar-
eshYadav along with
Shri @Jasmine441,”
Kailash Gahlot tweeted.
He also appealed to
all RWAs to install EV
Charging Points in
their societies and be a
part of this EV revolu-
tion of Delhi.
“Delhi is marching
towards becoming EV
Capital under the able
leadership and guid-
ance of Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal,” he
saidinaseriesof tweets.
Meanwhile, Vice Chair-
person of Dialogue and
Development Commis-
sion Jasmine Shah said,
“Delhi government has
taken many pioneering
steps to promote adop-
tion of EVs and build
charging infrastructure
at mass scale. With the
launch of this step-by-
step guidebook, the
Delhi government will
become the first state
government in India to
make RWAs and resi-
dential areas an inte-
gral part of the EV
movement.”
“RWAs across Delhi
have expressed their in-
terest to Delhi govern-
ment of joining the EV
revolution. This guide-
book will facilitate that
journey and enable the
people of Delhi to ac-
cess EV charging points
in colonies all over Del-
hi,” he added.
SC JUNKS PLEA AGAINST HC STAY
OVER CM’S PROMISE ON HOUSE RENTS
New Delhi (ANI): The Supreme Court on Mon-
day refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court
division bench’s order which stayed the decision
to direct the Delhi Government to implement the
promises made to pay rents of poor tenants by CM
Arvind Kejriwal. The bench said that it is not inclined
to hear a special leave petition challenging Delhi
HC’s interim order dated September 27, 2021. “On
September 27, 2021, division bench had given stay
order on the judgment delivered by the single judge
on July 22, 2021. In this SLP, we had challenged the
interim order dated September 27,2021,” the order
copy added. The Division Bench of HC in an interim
order, stayed the Single Bench order dated July 22,
2021 that had directed the Government to imple-
ment the promises made to pay rents.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi HC refused to
entertain a PIL seeking
change in title name of
Yash Raj Films' upcom-
ing movie "Prithviraj"
which stars Akshay
Kumar and Manushi
Chillar in the lead roles.
The Bench of Justice
DN Patel, Justice Nee-
na Bansal Krishna after
hearing the submission
allowed the petitioner
to withdraw the plea.
HC JUNKS PLEA
AGAINST TITLE OF
MOVIE ‘PRITHVIRAJ’
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Manish Sisodia on
Monday said that the
government will organ-
ise its ‘Business Blast-
ers’ investment summit
at the Thyagaraj Stadi-
um on March 5, during
which over 100 top busi-
ness ideas from govern-
ment school students
will be presented to the
investors.
He said about 500 to
700 students behind
these ideas will be
given direct admission
to BBA programmes
in state universities and
colleges such as Delhi
Technological Univer-
sity
, Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha Universi-
ty and Netaji Subhas
University of Technol-
ogy among others.
Sisodia, who also
holds the Education
portfolio, said 51,000
start-up ideas were sub-
mittedbythestudentsin
the ‘Business Blasters’
initiative, out of which
1,000wereshortlistedfor
the second round of the
programme.
Students will pitch start-up
ideas to investors on March 5
Gurugram (ANI):
Three staff members of
a CNG pump on the Del-
hi Gurugram Express-
way were stabbed to
death early Monday
morning by unidenti-
fied assailants.
Around 3 am, the
pump manager, opera-
tor and filler were alleg-
edly stabbed to death by
unidentified assailants.
In the triple murder
case, the investigation
process has become
time-consuming as the
CCTV cameras in-
stalled at the pump
were switched off just
before the incident.
3 CNG STATION
STAFF STABBED
TO DEATH
Man held for
harassing
woman on
social media
New Delhi (ANI): A
man was arrested for al-
legedly duping over 60
people including gov-
ernment and public sec-
tor employees of over
`14 crore by assuring
them possession of a
flat in housing project
in Greater Noida.
The 64-year-old
man identified as Di-
wakar Sharma was ar-
rested by the EOW of
Delhi Police based on
the complaint filed by
one Gulshan Sethi in
July, 2016.
Man held for duping Govt
employees of over `14 cr
BJP to hold referendum
on new excise policy
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi BJP will hold a
referendum on March
4 seeking the opinion
of 10 lakh people on
the Kejriwal govern-
ment’s new excise pol-
icy, its president
Adesh Gupta said on
Monday.
He alleged the new
excise policy was mak-
ing the youth direc-
tionless by promoting
alcohol with the open-
ing of 850 liquor stores
across the city.
Four boxes will be
kept in each of the 280
wards in the national
capital in order to
gather the opinion of
the people.
New Delhi (PTI):
A man has been ar-
rested for allegedly
harassing and
stalking his col-
league by creating
her fake social me-
dia accounts and
sending defamato-
ry messages to her
relatives and
friends, police said
on Monday.
The accused,
Sourav Thakur(47),
was allegedly in a
relationship with
the woman. When
she started ignoring
him, the accused
created the fake pro-
files and harassed
her, they said.
The woman
reported the matter
to the police on Feb-
ruary 9.
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi airport operator
Delhi International
Airport Limitedhas
signed an agreement
with IIT-Delhi to en-
hance passenger expe-
rience and operational
efficiency at its termi-
nals by leveraging arti-
ficial intelligence-
based predictive ana-
lytics, a statement said
on Monday.
The analytics will
benefit Delhi Interna-
tional Airport Limited
in improvising its allo-
cation of resources in
response to dynamical-
ly changing passenger
loads at the airport, it
said. It will also help in
better understanding
of passenger preferenc-
es and allow DIAL to
design customised ser-
vices for them, the
statement noted.
“A team from IIT Del-
hi...will carry out AI-
based predictive analyt-
ics on identified areas of
improvement and come
up with next-level inno-
vative solutions,” it said.
DIAL, IIT-Delhi ink pact to improve
operational efficiency at Delhi airport
PASSENGER EXPERIENCE
The agreement,
signed between
IIT-Delhi and
DIAL will
remain in force
for five years
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was rescued by CISF
personnel after she got trapped behind a grill on a
ledge at Nirman Vihar metro
station in Delhi on Sunday even-
ing. Officers said the girl was
playing around the stairs and
jumped towards another side,
but got stuck on the ledge around 15-20 feet above
the ground. The girl and her family started screaming
for help, following which a Quick Response Team of
the CISF was called to the spot.
New Delhi: A 55-year-old woman was killed after
her two-wheeler collided with a Bharat gas supply
truck in Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar
area, informed police on
Sunday. According to the
Delhi Police, the woman,
identified as Santosh Arora,
was riding pillion on a
two-wheeled vehicle with her cousin. “Her vehicle
was hit by a truck of Bharat gas supply while going
from Mool Chand underpass side to Ashram Chowk
at Lal Sai chowk in Lajpat Nagar.
CISF JAWAN RESCUES GIRL TRAPPED ON
LEDGE AT NIRMAN VIHAR METRO STATION
DELHI: 55-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES IN
ROAD ACCIDENT IN LAJPAT NAGAR
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman was found
dead inside a hotel room in the Mahipalpur
area of South-
west Delhi here on
Sunday, police said.
Though no explicit
injury marks were
seen on the woman’s
body, police suspect
foul play behind her death. The exact cause
of death will be ascertained after the autopsy,
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest)
Gaurav Sharma said.
New Delhi: One person has been shot dead in a
firing incident in the Gautam Nagar area of Delhi
on Monday morning,
Delhi Police informed.
Deputy Commissioner
of Police of South
District, Benita Mary
Jaiker today said to
ANI, “Around 3 am, a
PCR call was received regarding an incident of
firing in Gautam Nagar area was received.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN SOUTHWEST
DELHI’S HOTEL ROOM, FRIEND MISSING
ONE PERSON SHOT DEAD IN
DELHI’S GAUTAM NAGAR AREA
CRUCIAL READ
DDC SAYS
LIQUOR ON MRP
Kailash Gahlot launches Residential Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging station at Vasant Kunj in Delhi.
Four new judges take
oath of office in HC
Delhi HC Chief Justice DN Patel administered the oath of office to 4 new judges on Monday.
New Delhi (ANI):
Four new judges, in-
cluding a woman, ad-
ministered the oath
of office as judges of
the Delhi High Court
on Monday, taking its
strength to 34.
Delhi HC Chief Jus-
tice D N Patel admin-
istered the oath of of-
fice to Neena Bansal
Krishna, Dinesh Ku-
mar Sharma, Anoop
Kumar Mendiratta
and Sudhir Kumar
Jain as Judges of the
Delhi High Court. The
new appointments
take the number of
judges in the court to
34 against a sanc-
tioned strength of 60.
The Ministry of
Law and Justice on
Friday notified the ap-
pointment of four
new judges to the
High Courts of Delhi.
Notification in this
regard stated, “Presi-
dent is pleased to ap-
point Smt. Neena
Bansal Krishna,
Dinesh Kumar Shar-
ma, Anoop Kumar
Mendiratta and Su-
dhir Kumar Jain, to
be Judges of the Delhi
High Court, in that
order of seniority,
with effect from the
date they assume
charge of their re-
spective offices.”
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL !
Nursing staff of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hold a candle march against hosp authorities
for not providing permanent jobs at RML Hospital in Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
100 top business ideas from government school students will be
presented to the investors.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna
Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta

INDIA
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New Delhi (Agencies):
Human-caused climate
change is now dealing
damage to every region
of the world, with al-
most half of humanity
at risk of increasing
harm to their lives and
livelihoods, concludes a
landmark UN report re-
leased on Monday
.
In its report focusing
on the impacts of glob-
al warming on people
and the planet, the In-
ternational Panel on
Climate Change says
that every inhabited
continent is already ex-
periencing multiple cli-
mate impacts, from
droughts and flooding
to biodiversity loss and
falling food production.
Between 3.3 to 3.6 bil-
lion people live in areas
“highly vulnerable to
climate change,” the
authors warn, with
“additional severe
risks” should the Earth
warm beyond 1.5 de-
grees Celsius (2.7 de-
grees Fahrenheit).
Some of the effects
“will be irreversible,
even if global warming
is reduced.”
Emphasising that the
harms caused by global
warming go far beyond
simply the thread of
fires and flooding, the
report finds: “Climate
change impacts are in-
creasingly being felt in
all regions of the world
with growing challeng-
es for water availabili-
ty, food production and
the livelihoods of mil-
lions of people.”
Crucially, these
harms will intensify
rapidly over the com-
ing years.
“We also know that
impacts will continue
to increase if drastic
cuts in greenhouse gas
emissions are further
delayed—affecting the
lives of today’s chil-
dren tomorrow and
those of their children
much more than ours.”
The report is vital
because it represents
the consensus view of
thousands of climate
researchers from 195
countries, and as such
is intended to guide the
plans that governments
put in place to respond
and adapt to the chang-
ing climate. But the au-
thors say governments
are not doing anywhere
near enough to meet
the threat.
“This report is a dire
warning about the con-
sequences of inaction,”
said Hoesung Lee,
Chair of the IPCC.
Over 3 billion lives now threatened by global warming: UN report
CLIMATE BREAKDOWN
From West to East, UP people have
rejected ‘ghor parivaarvadis’: PM
Ballia (ANI): A day af-
ter the conclusion of
the fifth phase of elec-
tions in the ongoing As-
sembly polls in Uttar
Pradesh, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
people of the state have
rejected the ‘ghor pari-
vaarvadis’ (family-ori-
ented leaders) from
West to East and have
shown that the “vehicle
of UP will not be strand-
ed in the lanes of caste”.
“Five phases of elec-
tions have concluded in
Uttar Pradesh. From
West to East, the ‘ghor
parivaarvadis’ have
been rejected. The peo-
ple of UP have shown
that the vehicle of UP
will not be stranded in
the lanes of caste, but it
has gained pace on the
highway of develop-
ment. Rising above
caste, respecting the na-
tional interest and op-
posing dynasty is the
definitionof Ballia,”PM
Modi said here while ad-
dressing a public rally
.
Lauding Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath for
“bringing the law and
order of the state back
on track”, the Prime
Minister said that the
“ghor parivaarvadis
had destroyed the law
and order situation in
the state during their
tenure in office.
“Development of Bal-
lia, Purvanchal and Ut-
tar Pradesh is my duty
as well as my priority.
Today, along with
Poorvanchal, every re-
gion is being given at-
tention to the develop-
ment, be it electricity,
road, hospital. The
‘ghor parivaarvadis’
had destroyed the law
and order situation in
the state. Yogi Adity-
anath is bringing it
back on track,” he said.
Hitting out at the pre-
vious Samajwadi Party
government in the state
led by party chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav on the issue
of law and order, PM
Modi said that the busi-
nessman of Ballia can-
not forget how the
goons snatched their
money during his rule.
“The businessmen of
Ballia cannot forget
how the goons snatched
their money. Under the
government of Chief
Minister Yogi, the busi-
nessman of Ballia is
feeling safe. The daugh-
ters no more have the
fear of goons when they
go out of their homes,”
he said.
In the sixth phase,
polling will be held in 57
assembly seats in 10 dis-
tricts on March 3.
The 2022 Assembly
elections are being held
in Uttar Pradesh from
February 10 to March 7
in seven phases to elect
403 members of the Ut-
tar Pradesh Legislative
Assembly. The votes
will be counted and the
results will be declared
on March 10, 2022.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with State BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh (2R) and others during
a public meeting for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Ballia on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM: OPP PROMOTED
VACCINE HESITANCY
Maharajganj: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Monday slammed
Opposition for promoting
Covid-19 vaccine hesi-
tancy in the country and
said that the vaccination
drive was successfully
carried out despite several
challenges. The Prime
Minister, while addressing
a rally in Maharajganj,
said, “Those Indians who
felt proud by knowing that
vaccines were Made in
India were incited by the
Opposition not to take the
doses,” he said.
UP POLL CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING
Majority mark crossed
after 5th phase: Shah
Kushinagar (ANI):
SeniorBharatiyaJanata
Party (BJP) leader and
Union Minister for
HomeAffairsAmitShah
of Monday claimed that
the party has already
gone past the majority
mark after the first five
phases of polling in the
UttarPradeshAssembly
elections.
Addressing a public
meeting in Kushinagar,
Shah said, “The BJP
has reached the major-
ity mark in the first
five phases of Uttar
Pradesh elections. In
the sixth and seventh
phases, people have to
vote for the BJP to form
the government with
over 300 seats.”
“In 2014, the whole
country and Uttar
Pradesh made PM Modi
ji Prime Minister. For
the first time, a non-
Congress party won
more seats than the half
way mark in the UP As-
sembly
. Since then, this
winning campaign of
the BJP has gone on up-
wards. This time you
have to cross the bound-
ary line of attaining vic-
tory
,” he said.
The Union Minister
also slammed the Op-
position for promoting
COVID-19 vaccine hesi-
tancy.
“Had Akhilesh Ya-
dav led Samajwadi par-
ty regime been here in
Uttar Pradesh, people
would have seen tough
time in the third wave
of COVID-19. Opposi-
tion misled the public
due to their vested in-
terests! Opposition
parties created COV-
ID-19 vaccine hesitan-
cy,” he said.
Home Minister Amit Shah greets during a public rally for the UP
polls, in Sant Kabir Nagar on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KUNDA MLA RAJA BHAIYA BOOKED
FOR THRASHING SP WORKERS
Pratapgarh (ANI): Ahead of the sixth phase of the UP As-
sembly elections, Jansatta Dal Loktantrik founder Raghuraj
Pratap Singh alias ‘Raja Bhaiya’ has
been booked for thrashing a polling agent
of Samajwadi Party. An FIR has been regis-
tered against Singh and 17 others at the
Kunda police station in the matter. Indian
Penal Code (IPC) sections and provisions
of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
Tribe (SC-ST) Act have been invoked in the
matter. Polling for the fifth phase of the ongoing Assembly
polls in Uttar Pradesh concluded at 6 pm yesterday.
Rahul releases Stalin’s
autobiography in TN
Chennai (ANI): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Monday released
DMK chief and Tamil
NaduChief MinisterMK
Stalin’s autobiography
,
titled ‘Ungalil Oruvan,’
(One Among You) here.
Gandhi, Lok Sabha
MP
, released the book in
the presence of Kerala
Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan and Leader of
Opposition in Bihar As-
sembly
, Tejashwi Yadav
andNationalConference
leader Omar Abdullah.
The first copy of the
bookwasreceivedbysen-
iorDMKleaderandstate
Water Resources Minis-
ter Duraimurugan.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin with Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi during book launch on Stalin’s biography “Ungalil Oruvan”
(One Among You), in Chennai on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
POST PUNJAB ELECTION RESULTS,
WILL AKALI-BJP FORGE ALLIANCE?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The assem-
bly elections in Punjab
are over and with this
the discussion of the
coming together of both
the old allies – Akali Dal
and BJP has started. On
the very next day of vot-
ing,AkalileaderBikram
Majithia has said that
after the elections, there
can be coordination be-
tween the two parties.
Although he had said
this in the context of
forming the govern-
ment, which is not visi-
ble. Still, even if the gov-
ernment is formed or
not, both the parties can
come together. The Aka-
li Dal withdrew support
from the government on
theissueof threecontro-
versial agricultural
laws. Now that the gov-
ernment has abolished
that law, Akalis will not
objecttoreturningtothe
NDA again.
Ontheotherhand,the
Bharatiya Janata Party
also has to look towards
the 2024 Lok Sabha elec-
tions. It knows that it
will have to work harder
andgarnersupportfrom
more parties to form the
government next time.
That is why the BJP will
also welcome the Akali
Dal with an open heart.
Keep in mind that the
decree issued by Dera
Sacha Sauda for Dera
lovers before voting was
for both BJP and Akali.
In ‘code’, Dera support-
ers were asked to vote
for the lotus and weigh
scale.Moreover,itseems
that non-political forces
will also play a role in
bringing the two togeth-
er. The issue will be on
whether Harsimrat
KaurBadalwillbemade
a minister again at the
Center or not. Akali
leaders would like her to
become a minister
again. Discussion about
this will happen after
the Punjab assembly re-
sultsandbeforethepres-
idential elections.
PM Modi with SAD chief Sukhbir Badal. —FILE PHOTO
Tharoor’s view on Ukraine personal: Cong
New Delhi: Though
Rahul Gandhi has used
sharp words to urge the
government to evacu-
ate students from
Ukraine, the Congress’
official statement on
Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine is far more
diplomatic and is simi-
lar to the government’s
stand at the UN after
abstaining from a vote
to denounce Russia.
Congress leader
Shashi Tharoor, in fact,
was far sharper on In-
dia’s abstention at the
UN.
“After our absten-
tion, many regretted
that India had placed
itself on the ‘wrong
side of history’,” Tha-
roor had said.
Anand Sharma said
his colleague’s views
“are personal” and re-
marked that strong
words must not be
used. “The path of dip-
lomatic negotiations
must be embraced in
all sincerity for a nego-
tiated resolution of all
issues between Russia
and Ukraine, respect-
ing the Minsk and Rus-
sia-NATO agreements
and earlier understand-
ings,” said a statement
from former Union
Minister Anand Shar-
ma, who heads the par-
ty’s foreign affairs de-
partment.
“The Congress while
expressing its anguish
is of the considered
view that the interna-
tional community must
work together for ces-
sation of armed con-
flict and early restora-
tion of peace to save
human lives and fur-
ther aggravation of the
crisis,” said the Con-
gress statement.
Shashi Tharoor
Ram Rahim
returns to jail
after 3-week
furlough
Chandigarh (PTI):
Dera Sacha Sauda chief
Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Singh was
on Mon-
d a y
b r o u g h t
back to
Rohtak’s
S u n a r i a
jail after his three-week
furlough ended.
The sect chief is
serving a 20-year jail
term for raping two
women disciples at his
ashram in Sirsa, where
the ‘dera’ is headquar-
tered. He was convict-
ed by a special CBI
court in Panchkula in
August 2017.
A Rohtak police offi-
cial said the dera chief
was brought from Gu-
rugram to Sunaria jail
in Rohtak district be-
fore noon under heavy
security cover.
He was granted the
three-week furlough on
February 7 for meeting
his family in Guru-
gram.
Muslim students from
Udupi denied entry to
attend practical exams
Bengaluru (PTI): On
Monday three Muslims
students of Udupi Gov-
ernment PU College for
Girls were disallowed
from attending their sci-
ence practical examina-
tionsforwearinghijabto
class. Among the stu-
dents were AH Almas,
one of the petitioners
who had approached the
Karnataka High Court
seeking per-
mission to
wear hijab to
the college.
On 10 February
, in an
interim order the court
banned hijab and other
religious clothing on
campuses where uni-
form is prescribed by
College Development
Committee (CDC).
On Monday
, the stu-
dentswereaskedtoleave
the campus in “five min-
utes,” they alleged. In a
video posted on Twitter,
Almas said, “The princi-
pal told us that he will
call the police if we do
notleaveinfiveminutes.
It was very cruel.”
The students were not
allowed to submit their
practical record books
for attestation from the
faculty concerned, she
alleged. “The teachers
refused to sign the re-
cord books.”
In a press conference
held the pre-
vious week,
the students
had request-
ed the state govt to post-
pone science practical
exams as students who
wear hijab are not al-
lowed to attend classes.
The protest for hijab
started in the Udupi col-
lege in December 2021.
The hijab protest,
however, met with vehe-
ment opposition from
Hindu students who
were backed by Hindu
right-wing outfits.
HIJAB ROW
KARNATAKA
—FILE
PHOTO

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The wise work for the
welfare of the world, without
thought for themselves.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
I urge the people of Manipur,
especially the youth to vote in large
numbers. Your one vote will keep this
beautiful state free from insurgency,
blockade and corruption. So come out
and vote for a prosperous Manipur.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Thank you PM@NarendraModi ji for
capturing the transformative impact
that PM GatiShakti will have on the ec
onomy.#AatmanirbharBharatKaBudg
et backs this initiative that strengthens
cooperative federalism, creates jobs
unlocks our growth potential.
TOP TWEETS
POLAND’S
RACIST ACT
AGAINST INDIAN
STUDENTS
STRANDED IN
UKRAINE
heissueof trappedIn-
dian students in
UkraineandalongPo-
land’s border needs to
be resolved at the ear-
liest. Prime Minister Narendra
Modihasgiventhisresponsibility
tofourUnionministers---Hardeep
Puri, Kiren Rijiju, Gen VK Singh
and Jyotiraditya Scindia---of
bringingbackthestudentsstrand-
ed in the conflict zone. The evacu-
ation exercise has been code-
named ‘Operation Ganga.’ These
ministers will travel to Romania,
Moldova, Hungary and Poland.
It is at the Polish border that
the students have been ill-treated
by the border guards who are not
allowingIndianstudentspassage
becauseIndiadidnotbacktheUN
resolution against Russia. That’s
a racist and reprehensible act of
thePolishguards.OneIndianstu-
dent said that around 50 students
weretrappedinfreezingtempera-
tures. For those trapped in cold,
and amid raging war, the govern-
ment’s response has come a wee
bitlate.Thishasgiventheopposi-
tionpartiesachancetoattackthe
government which seemed busy
with election campaigns.
T
ladimir Putin put-
ting Russia’s nu-
clear deterrence
forces on high
alert has sent a
chill around the world. The
warning came after the West
announced a slew of retalia-
torymeasuresfortheinvasion
of Ukraine, there’s fear of the
warescalating.Especiallypro-
vocativeforRussiaistheEuro-
peanUnionmember’sdecision
to supply weapons, including
anti-tank air defence missiles,
tothebesiegedcountry
.Thisis
the first such decision in the
history of the EU. More sig-
nificant is the change in Ger-
many’s policy banning export
of weapons to a conflict zone
and Sweden shifting from its
neutralstancetoprovethatthe
EU is united in its response to
the Russian invasion.
During the five days of
fighting the West has hit hard
at Russia’s financial inter-
ests. A day ago US, UK and
Europe removed some Rus-
sian banks from SWIFT (So-
ciety for Worldwide Inter-
bank Financial Telecommu-
nication), a messaging sys-
tem for transactions, to block
Russia’s access to the global
financial system. In the latest
reprisal, the Biden adminis-
tration has cut off American
transactions with the Rus-
sian central bank to prevent
it from dealing in dollars.
All this is aimed at squeez-
ing Moscow into stopping the
war and withdrawing its
troops from Ukraine. That is
not happening as reports
suggested that Belarus will
join the war alongside Rus-
sia. Putin, the former KGB
chief, must have done all his
calculations about the conse-
quences of the invasion.
What the west is sceptical of
is whether Putin will stop at
Ukraine or target some Bal-
kan country next. It is this
uncertainty which is keeping
the west on tenterhooks.
WEST HITS FINANCIAL
INTERESTS OF RUSSIA
Belarus will join the war
alongside Russia. Putin,
the ex- KGB chief, must
have done all his
calculations about
invasion’s consequences.
What west is sceptical
of is whether Putin will
stop at Ukraine or target
some Balkan country next
V
Sanctions as America’s
Universal Response to Evil
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FEBRUARY 25:
APPETITE
Is it justified to think that na-
tions have personalities,
along with tastes, fears and
desires? People do. But can
we assume there is an equiv-
alence between the demon-
strable inclinations of a na-
tional government and the
needs, ambitions and predi-
lections of the people in a
democracy? It appears ever
more obvious that the politi-
cal class — increasingly per-
ceived as an isolated elite in
modern societies — is less
representative of and respon-
sive to the people who elect
its leaders and officials than
to the economic and cultural
elite those politicians tend to
associate and identify with.
In a Los Angeles Times ar-
ticle on the Kremlin’s view of
international sanctions, Da-
vid Pierson and Sam Dean
seek to explain how the West
has been elaborating an effec-
tive strategy designed to
counter Russia’s militarily
assault on Ukraine. “With no
appetite for military confron-
tation,” they write, “the U.S.
and its allies are relying on
sweeping economic sanctions
to persuade Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin to pull
out of Ukraine.”
Most people would find
this sentence a reasonable
description of the American
reaction to events in Eastern
Europe. The comforting mes-
sage is that the West has no
interest in war. The damage
and suffering caused by this
war can be blamed on one
government and indeed one
man, Vladimir Putin.
But does it make any sense
to talk of an “appetite” when
speaking of the foreign poli-
cy of a nation? If the meta-
phor of a nation’s appetite
has any factual foundation in
the realm of foreign policy,
the history of the United
States over at least the past
three-quarters of a century
reveals an aptitude of Amer-
ican leaders for war in all its
forms, which may or may not
reflect an appetite or even a
craving of its leaders.
Recent decades have re-
vealed a proclivity of the
American political class to
toggle between physical war-
fare itself — which tradition-
ally pitted trained and
equipped armies against
each other — and economic
warfare directed against en-
tire civilian populations. The
latter has recently been
deemed by political leaders
to be more humane, even
though it spreads suffering
wider and disproportionate-
ly affects uncounted masses
of people not remotely in-
volved in wartime aggres-
sion or any of the practices
cited to justify going to war.
In 1996, when Madeleine
Albright, the US ambassador
to the UN at the time, was
asked about the death of
500,000 Iraqi children due to
US sanctions, she said “the
price is worth it.” This re-
flects the kind of political
calculus that counts half a
million lives not as a tragedy,
but as a “price,” something to
be evaluated in purely mon-
etary terms. In moral terms,
Albright was counting on a
form of specious reasoning
that says if we haven’t direct-
ly sought to kill those chil-
dren, we bear no responsibil-
ity
. Their sacrifice is thus of
no concern.
A similar form of reason-
ing led to the policy privi-
leged at least since Barack
Obama’s presidency of see-
ing drone warfare as humane
because it is “clean,” to the
extent that it precludes any
risk to the “good guys” (our-
selves) doing the killing. If
only bad people are being
killed, war appears to be hu-
mane and possibly as fun as
playing a video game.
So now The Los Angeles
Times wants us to accept the
idea that American leaders
have “no appetite for military
confrontation” in the current
Ukraine drama. Apart from
the irrelevance of the ques-
tion of appetite, that idea is
contestable for another rea-
son. In this case, it isn’t a
question of desire, aptitude,
proclivity or even ingrained
habit. The unwillingness to
mount a military operation is
due to the simple fact that the
United States has no legal jus-
tification for engaging in
physical war with Russia,
which has not threatened US
security or the security of
any NATO nation.
—WWW.FAIROBSERVER.COM
O
Language allows people to
express thoughts, theories,
ideas, experiences and opin-
ions. But even while doing so,
it also serves to obscure what
is essential for understanding
the complex nature of reality.
When people use language
to hide essential meaning,
it is not only because they
cynically seek to prevaricate
or spread misinformation. It
is because they strive to tell
the part or the angle of the
story that correlates with their
needs and interests.
WHY
MONITORING
LANGUAGE IS
IMPORTANT
In 1996, when
Madeleine Albright, the
US ambassador to the
UN at the time, was asked
about the death of
500,000 Iraqi
children due to US
sanctions, she said “the
price is worth it”

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New Delhi (ANI): As
the fifth session of the
United Nations Envi-
ronment Assembly
(UNEA) commenced on
Monday in Nairobi,
Kenya, Union Environ-
ment Minister Bhu-
pender Yadav said that
India will play a major
role in the UNEA,
stressing the govt com-
mitment on the ban on
single-use plastic in the
country. The Assembly
commenced on Monday
and will continue till
March 2 with the theme
of “Strengthening Ac-
tions for Nature to
Achieve the Sustaina-
ble Development
Goals”. Speaking to
ANI, Yadav said, “India
will play a major role in
the Fifth session of the
United Nations Envi-
ronment Assembly
which will be held in
Nairobi, Kenya.
The way Modi has
given us directions, the
Environment Ministry
has issued a notification
to ban single-use plastic
and a resolution for the
same will be passed.”
The Minister said that
the Assembly is the pro-
cess of creating aware-
ness among people re-
garding the environ-
ment. “This is the fifth
Assembly of the Envi-
ronment Ministers at
the international level.
This process has been
started so that aware-
ness could be created
for the subject of the
environment,” he said
Furthermore, this
year’s theme is
‘Strengthening Actions
for Nature to Achieve
the Sustainable Devel-
opment Goals’.
‘India will play a major role in UNEA session’
UN ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
’FADNAVIS USED GUJ SNOOPING MODEL IN MAHA’
New Delhi: Maharash-
tra Congress chief
spokesperson Atul
Londhe on Monday al-
leged that the Bharati-
ya Janata Party`s Lead-
er of Opposition Deven-
dra Fadnavis had intro-
duced a `Gujarat brand`
of surveillance tactics
in Maharashtra and de-
manded a through
probe into the matter.
His demand came amid
the backdrop of the FIR
lodged on Feb 26 by the
Pune police against for-
mer city Police Com-
missioner Rashmi
Shukla in the illegal
phone-tapping case.
“IPS officer Rashmi
Shukla is merely a
pawn.
The real culprits are
those who guided her.
Fadnavis was the state
CM and he implement-
ed the `Gujarat surveil-
lance model` in Maha-
rashtra,” Londhe said
here. His comments
also endorsed state par-
ty president Nana
Patole`s demand on
Sunday that the role of
Fadnavis who was han-
dling the home portfo-
lio during the relevant
period must be investi-
gated in the illegal
phone tapping case.
Speaking to the media
here, Londhe charged
that the `Gujarat sur-
veillance model` -- in
which the government
of the adjoining state
allegedly snooped on
people and overheard
their private conversa-
tions was introduced in
Maharashtra by
Fadnavis.”After 2017,
the phone numbers of
Patole, Shiv Sena, Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty and Congress lead-
ers, ministers, certain
BJP leaders and their
ministers, top bureau-
crats and others were
tapped illegally. The
snooping was ostensi-
bly to link them with
drug dealers”.
CONG ALLEGED THAT FADNAVIS HAD INTRODUCED A `GUJARAT BRAND` OF SURVEILLANCE TACTICS AND DEMANDS PROBE INTO MATTER
PROBE FADNAVIS ROLE IN
ILLEGAL CELL TAPPING CASE
Nagpur: Against the backdrop of the illegal
phone-tapping FIR lodged by police against a
senior woman IPS officer Rashmi Shukla on
Saturday, the Maharashtra Congress on Monday
said that the investigators should probe the role
of Bharatiya Janata Party Leader of Opposition
Devendra Fadnavis in the entire matter. “The IPS
officer Rashmi Shukla is merely a pawn. The real
culprits are those who guided her when Fadnavis
was the state chief minister,” state Chief Spokes-
person Atul Londhe said here. His comments
came a day after state Party President Nana
Patole demanded that the role of Fadnavis who
was handling the home portfolio during the rel-
evant period be investigated in the illegal phone
tapping case. The Bundgarden Police on Saturday
booked the former Pune Police Commissioner
Shukla currently, at Hyderabad.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: An interest-
ing assessment of the
meetings of Parliament
and State Legislatures
has been published. Ac-
cordingtothis,themeet-
ings of Parliament and
Legislatures are getting
less and less every year
in India.
The second thing is
that if you compare it
with other countries of
theworld,thenIndiahas
the least number of sit-
tings in the legislature.
Most of the time even in
the meetings that take
place,itgoesintouproar
and controversy
. In fact,
the work of the legisla-
tureinIndiaisnolonger
to discuss and consider
every aspect of a law be-
fore enacting it. In many
cases, the government
has already enacted a
law through an ordi-
nance and even if it is
not implemented, it be-
comes a law after a max-
imum debate of three
minutes to three hours.
However, the Lok Sabha
in India sits for an aver-
age of 63 days in a year,
while the state legisla-
tures have an average of
30 days. Think assem-
blies meet for only 30
days in a whole year! In
this also, the Legislative
Assemblies of Punjab
and Haryana sit for an
average of 15 days in a
year.
The maximum as-
sembly meetings are
held in Odisha for 46
days and in Kerala for 43
days. In Britain, the
House of Commons
meets for 140 days as
against the Lok Sabha
meeting for 63 days in a
year. India has adopted
the same model of Brit-
ain, which has been go-
ingonforthreehundred
years and even now the
lower house of its Par-
liament meets 140 days
in a year, but in India, it
meets for merely 63
days. America’s lower
house i.e. House of Rep-
resentatives met for 166
days in 2021 and 163
days in 2020 amid the
Corona epidemic. The
upper house i.e. the Sen-
ate met more than this.
CRUCIAL READ
FRIDAY PRAYERS BEING ALLOWED IN
SRINAGAR’S MOSQUE AFTER 30 WEEKS
Srinagar: After remaining closed for Friday’s
congregational prayers for 30 weeks, the ‘Jamia
Masjid’ (Grand Mosque)
is being opened for
devotees for this week’s
Friday prayers in JK’s
Srinagar city. Kashmir
Divisional Commission-
er, P.K. Pole and IGP,
Vijay Kumar visited the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta
area of old city Srinagar on Monday to take stock of
various parameters necessary for allowing the Friday
prayers.
THREE HELD FOR SHOOTING AT
DOCTOR IN UTTAR PRADESH
DALAI LAMA TEMPLE TO REOPEN
AFTER TWO YEARS
Bareilly: Three persons have been arrested for
shooting a surgeon De Keshav Agarwal, who is
also the director of a private medical college in
Bareilly. The assailants said that they were trying
to threaten Agarwal to compromise in a land
dispute case. The doctor was shot at after his SUV
was intercepted by four men on bikes at a railway
crossing in Baradari area of the city on Saturday
night. The bullet passed through his jaws. He has
been hospitalised and his condition is stated to be
stable.
Dharamsala: After nearly two years of closure for
the public owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the
hilltop Tsuglagkhang
temple close to the offi-
cial residence of the Dalai
Lama at McLeodganj near
here will be reopened for
the visitors from March
3, it was announced on
Monday. March 3 is the start of the week-long festi-
val Losar Tibetan New Year Day. “For the benefit of
all devotees and visitors, we request all to follow the
precautionary protocols of wearing a mask.
Indian Legislature heading for
another ‘dubious’ record?
Sanjay Pandey as new
chief of Mumbai police
Mumbai: Sanjay Pan-
dey, the former acting
Director General of Po-
lice of Maharashtra,
has been appointed as
the new Mumbai Police
commissioner, replac-
ing the incumbent He-
mant Nagrale. An offi-
cial order said Mr Na-
grale will take over as
Managing Director of
the Maharashtra State
Security Corporation.
This is the third time
in less than a year that
the Mumbai Police is
witnessing a change of
guard. Then city police
chief Param Bir Singh
was shunted out in
March 2021 after Mum-
bai Police officer Sachin
Waze was arrested in
the ‘Antilia’ explosives
case and was replaced
by Mr Nagrale. Mr Pan-
dey, a 1986 batch IPS of-
ficer, was appointed as
the acting DGP of Maha
in April last year. Never
given the full charge, he
was replaced by Rajnish
Seth, a 1988 batch IPS of-
ficer, earlier this month,
after the BHC rapped
the state govt. Following
the reshuffle, Mr Pan-
dey said the system
worked to “undo some
of the injustice” done to
his career record in the
past and he was leaving
the post with a “clear
conscience”.
Schools reopen amid
prohibitory orders
Bengaluru: Schools
and colleges in the vio-
lence hit Shivamogga
district of Karnataka
state reopened amid
prohibitory orders on
Monday
.
The district adminis-
tration had imposed
curfew in the district
and closed schools and
colleges after the mur-
der of Bajrang Dal ac-
tivist Harsha on Feb
21.However, the district
administration taking
no chances with the law
and order situation had
extended prohibitory
orders banning group-
ing of more than five
people in the Shivamog-
ga city till March 4. The
business establish-
ments will be allowed to
operate from 6 a.m. to 7
p.m. from February 26
and the city is limping
back to normalcy.The
police have arrested 10
persons in connection
with the murder of Har-
sha and the government
has stated that it does
not look like to be just a
case of murder. “There
seems to be a larger pic-
ture than what appears
to the eye,” Bommai
stated.
—PICTURE
FOR
REPRESENTATION
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
said that PM Gati Shak-
ti initiative will lead to
rapid infrastructure
development and also
generate employment.
Addressing a webinar
on Monday, the Prime
Minister said, “PM Gati
Shakti will not only
lead to rapid infrastruc-
ture development but
also generate employ-
ment.
With PM GatiShakti,
we will be able to opti-
mally utilise our re-
sources.” The Prime
Minister highlighted
that PM Gati Shakti
will enhance the infra-
structural fervour of
New India. “To fulfil the
dreams of 21st century
India, PM Gati Shakti
will enhance the infra-
structural fervour of
New India,” he said.
“Usually, we develop in-
frastructure according
to our requirements.
Whether it is a work of
rail or road, there are
conflicts between the
two. This is because dif-
ferent departments
don’t have details of all
development projects,”
he said. The govern-
ment informed earlier
that PM Gati Shakti is
an initiative aimed at
synergizing the infra-
structure projects of all
key infrastructure Min-
istries including Rail-
ways, Roadways, Water-
ways and Aviation for
planning and coordi-
nated execution of na-
tion-wide infrastruc-
ture projects including
all the State Govern-
ments.
PM:GatiShakticreatinginfrawithjobs
PM GREETS THE SCIENTISTS
ON NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY
Prime Minister Modi greeted India’s scientific
community on Monday on the occasion of Na-
tional Science Day. In a post on Twitter, Modi said,
“National Science Day greetings to all scientists
and science enthusiasts. Let us reaffirm our com-
mitment towards fulfilling our collective scientific
responsibility and leveraging the power of science
for human progress.” The Centre also announced a
series of webinars to facilitate the implementation
of science and technology-related announcements
made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in
the Union Budget announced at the start of Feb.
IN THE COURTYARD
BOMBAY HC DEFERS HEARING ON CONTEMPT
PLEA AGAINST NAWAB MALIK
Mumbai: The BHC on Monday deferred hearing for one
week on a plea filed by Dhyandev Wankhede, father of
NCB’s former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede,
which sought contempt action against Maharashtra minister
Nawab Malik, while noting that the latter is already behind
bars. Dhyandev Wankhede had claimed in his contempt plea
filed earlier this year that despite an undertaking given to
court in December 2021, to refrain from making defama-
tory public comments and social media posts against the
Wankhedes, Malik continued doing so.
TWIN TOWERS TO BE
DESTROY ON MAY 22
New Delhi : The Noida
authority has informed the
SC that Supertech 40-sto-
ry twin towers will be
demolished on May 22. In
its Aug 31 judgment, last
year, the SC had ordered
for the demolition of twin
towers in Noida. A bench
comprising Justices D.Y.
Chandrachud and Surya
Kant said that all authori-
ties should strictly comply
with the timeline given.
‘INTL FLIGHTS TO
REMAIN SUSPENDED’
New Delhi: Scheduled
international commercial
passenger services to and
from India will remain sus-
pended till further orders,
the Director-General of Civ-
il Aviation said on Monday.
In partial modification of
circular dated, the compe-
tent authority has decided
to extend the suspension
of scheduled international
commercial from India till
further orders.
CLIMATE CONCERN
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. —FILE PHOTO
Sanjay Pandey
BAJRANG DAL ACTIVIST MURDER

BIZ BUZZ
06
BIZ BRIEFS
Engg exports
surpass
target: EEPC
New Delhi (PTI):
On course to meet
FY22 export target
of $107 billion,
engineering goods
exports during
April-January
2021-22 has been
over achieved
to the extent of
85.3%. Consider-
ing the target on a
pro-rata basis, the
target for April-
January was $ 89.4
billion while actual
exports was $ 91.5
billion during this
period, as per data
compiled by EEPC
India.
Tata Nexon
reaches 3 lakh
milestone
New Delhi (Agen-
ices): Tata Motors
successfully rolled
out the 3,00,000th
unit of the its Sport
utility vehicle Nexon
from its production
facility on Monday,
which is located
in Ranjangaon of
Pune district in
Maharashtra state.
The compact SUV
celebrated the 2
lakh units produc-
tion milestone in
June 2021, and it
has managed to
reach this gap of 1
lakh units in just 8
months.
‘Play Pass’
subscription
launched
New Delhi: Google
on Monday an-
nounced the launch
of Play Pass sec-
tion in Play store
to offer over 1,000
apps and games
without advertise-
ment and provide
access to their
premium features
on a fixed monthly
or annual charge.
Pass collection will
include titles from
sports, puzzles etc.
BBL to go for
IPO in 18-24
months
B’luru: Biocon
Biologics (BBL) is
looking to go for
an IPO in the next
18-24 months,
said BBL executive
chairperson Kiran
Mazumdar Shaw.
“The debt that
BBL is taking on
to finance this
transaction will be
financed by equity
infusion by exist-
ing shareholders
and the IPO,” said
Shaw.
New Delhi (PTI):
Madhabi Puri Buch
on Monday was ap-
pointed as the new
chair-
person of Sebi, the
first woman to head
the capital market
regulatory body
.
She has replaced
Ajay Tyagi, whose
five-year term
has come to
an end.
The Ap-
pointments
Committee
of Cabinet
has ap-
proved Bu-
ch’s appointment for
an initial period of
three years, sources
said.
A formal order in
this regard would be
issued shortly, they
added. She has also
served as a whole-
time member of Secu-
rities and Exchange
Board of India (Sebi).
Previously, Buch
was a consultant to
the New Development
Bank in Shanghai,
China. She has also
served as the Head of
the Singapore office
of the Private Equity
Firm, Greater Pacific
Capital.
Buch had a long
stint in ICICI Group
and served as the
managing director
and chief executive
officer at ICICI Securi-
ties Limited and also
as executive director
on the board of ICICI
Bank.
A graduate of St
Stephen’s College,
Buch holds an MBA
from the IIM,
Ahmedabad.
Tyagi, a 1984 batch
IAS officer of
Himachal Pradesh
cadre, was appointed
as Sebi chairman on
March 1, 2017, for a pe-
riod of three years.
Subsequently, he was
given a six-month ex-
tension and later in
August 2020, his ten-
ure was extended by
another 18 months.
As per the proce-
dure for the appoint-
ment of regulators,
the candidates are
shortlisted by the Fi-
nancial Sector Regula-
tory Appointments
Search Committee
(FSRASC) headed by
cabinet secretary
.
MADHABI PURI BUCH APPOINTED
AS FIRST WOMAN CHIEF OF SEBI
Sitharaman says government is closely monitoring evolving situation
Worried about Russia-Ukraine conflict
impact on India’s exports: FM
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
on Monday said the
government is worried
about the impact of the
Russia-Ukraine con-
flict on India’s foreign
trade, particularly
farm sector exports.
In a post-budget in-
teraction with busi-
ness and industry lead-
ers in Tamil Nadu, Si-
tharaman said the gov-
ernment is closely
monitoring the evolv-
ing situation in the
Russia-Ukraine region
and assessing the im-
pact of the conflict on
the country’s trade.
“We are rightly wor-
ried about what comes
from there but I am
more worried about
what is going to happen
to our exporters who
are doing very well,
particularly the farm
sector, to Ukraine and
Russia,” Nirmala said.
“The government is
already looking at the
emergent situation.
But I will have to have
a complete assessment
through the various
concerned ministries
and only then will be in
a position to comment
on it,” she said.
Sitharaman pointed
out that Ukraine is a
major supplier of sun-
flower oil seeds and fer-
tilizers and the disrup-
tion in supply would
impact essential com-
modities like edible oil.
“But you can be as-
sured that we are fairly
seized of the matter in
its granular form be-
cause it’s going to have
an impact on the essen-
tials which come,” she
said.
Sustained conflict likely
to raise gas prices
Global gas prices are
expected to rise if any
material and sustained
escalation in the con-
flict between Russia
and Ukraine puts
constraints on Russia’s
gas exports, global
financial services
provider firm Moody’s
Analytics said. Russia
is the world’s largest
exporter of gas. The
majority of its gas
exports stay in Europe,
with Germany, Italy,
Turkey, Austria and
France the largest re-
cipients, the consulting
firm said adding never-
theless, Asia’s largest
economies including
India all source some
of their gas needs from
Russia.
April-Janfiscaldeficitat
58.9% of FY22 target
New Delhi (PTI): The
central government’s
fiscal deficit at end-Jan
worked out at 58.9% of
the annual budget tar-
get for 2021-22, accord-
ing to official data re-
leased on Monday
.
The fiscal deficit was
66.8% of Revised Esti-
mate of 2020-21 during
the corresponding pe-
riod of the last fiscal.
In actual terms, the
deficit was `9,37,868
crore at end-Jan 2022
against upwardly re-
vised annual estimate
of `15.91 lakh crore.
The country’s fiscal
deficit -- the difference
between total revenue
and total expenditure --
is projected to be higher
at 6.9% this fiscal as
against 6.8% estimated
earlier.
Govt promotes setting
up FPOs to boost income
New Delhi (PTI): Agri-
culture Minister Naren-
dra Singh Tomar on
Monday said the gov-
ernment will promote
setting up of more
Farmer Producer Or-
ganisations (FPOs) in
the country as part of
its efforts to increase
income of small and
marginal farmers.
He said the govt has
already started a
scheme to set up 10,000
FPOs with an outlay of
`6,865 crore and the pro-
gramme is being imple-
mented at a fast pace.
Tomar said the pro-
gramme of setting up
FPOs is very effective in
ensuring progress of
small and marginal
farmers.
Nearly 86% of farm-
ers are small and mar-
ginal with average land
holdings of less than 1.1
hectare. Tomar said the
government is making
efforts to make Indian
agriculture profitable
and bring prosperity to
farmers.
To boost farmers’ in-
come, he said the gov-
ernment is trying to
ensure availability of
easy finances, market
linkages and elimina-
tion of middlemen in
agri marketing.
Sensex rallies 389 points,
Nifty ends near 16,800-mark
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark BSE Sensex re-
covered from early lows
to close higher for the
second straight session
on Monday, mirroring a
rebound in Asian equi-
ties,evenastheUkraine
crisis continued to roil
western markets.
After a weak open-
ing, the 30-share BSE
barometer plunged
more than 1,025 points
to the day’s low of
54,833.50, before staging
a recovery to close
388.76 pts higher at
56,247.28, marking its
second session of gains.
On similar lines, the
broader NSE Nifty
climbed 135.50 points to
settle at 16,793.90.
Tata Steel emerged as
the lead gainer among
Sensex scrips, jumping
by 6.61%, followed by
Power Grid, Reliance
Industries, Titan,
NTPC, LT, Asian
Paints and ICICI Bank.
On the other hand, Dr
Reddy’s, MM, Axis
Bank, HDFC twins
Kotak Bank were the
major laggards.
‘Will work towards
improving bilateral
trade’
New Delhi (PTI): US
President Joe Biden’s
ambassadorial nomi-
nee to India, Eric Garc-
etti has assured the In-
dian-American commu-
nity that he will work
towards improving bi-
lateral trade and under-
lined the importance of
human rights and plu-
ralism. Garcetti, who is
currently the Mayor of
LA, said that Biden has
told him that the US-
India relationship is the
most important global
r’ship in his mind.
Kia India ramps
up production to
full capacity
New Delhi (PTI):
Automaker Kia India
on Monday said it
has ramped up pro-
duction to full capac-
ity of 3 lakh units
annually with the
start of the third
shift at its Ananta-
pur plant. Kia India
had commenced
mass production
from the facility in
August 2019. It had
recently crossed 5
lakh cumulative dis-
patches from the
Anantapur plant.
Reliance to control
250 more FRL stores
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): India’s top re-
tailer, Reliance, will
add 250 more Future
Retail stores to its
portfolio after the
company failed to
make lease payments
for the outlets to Reli-
ance, two people with
direct knowledge of
the matter said on
Monday
.
The plans - which
sources said will be
executed within weeks
- come after Reliance
took possession of and
started rebranding
about 200 of Future’s
Big Bazaar supermar-
kets over the weekend,
and is set to further
hollow out Future,
which has been at the
centre of a pitched
battle between Reli-
ance and Amazon.com
Inc.
CORE SECTOR
GROWS 3.7% IN
JAN 2022
New Delhi (PTI):
Production of eight
core sectors rose
by 3.7% in January,
2022. April-January
core sector output
grew by 11.6% as
compared to same
period last year. The
index of eight core
industries measures
the output of eight
infrastructure indus-
tries - coal, crude,
natural gas, refinery
products, fertilisers,
cement, steel and
electricity. The core
sector index has a
40.27% weight in
the index of IIP and
a low growth points
to a likely weak
industrial growth.
Airtel only Telco to gain RMS in Dec quarter: TRAI
Bharti Airtel is the only
telco to gain revenue
market share (RMS) in
the Dec quarter, helped
by the steep tariff hike
taken last November,
experts said, analysing
latest financial data col-
lated by the Trai.
Trai data, however,
showed that all three
private carriers gained
in Q3 from impact of
the November 2021 tar-
iff hike, which fuelled
sequential growth in
their respective quar-
terly adjusted gross rev-
enue.
The Sunil Mittal-led
telco reported 92 bps
gain sequentially, tak-
ing its RMS in the fiscal
third quarter to 35.4%.
Reliance Jio’s RMS, by
contrast, fell 38 bps se-
quentially to 40.6%
while loss-making
Vodafone Idea’s de-
clined 61 bps on-quarter
to 18.4, analysts added.
“Bharti Airtel with
its broad-based perfor-
mance has been win-
ning revenue share and
its gains (on this score)
in Q3FY22 show supe-
rior (market) execu-
tion,” ICICI Securities,
said in a note. The bro-
kerage added that Air-
tel’s steady RMS gains
also meant “its incre-
mental AGR has been
higher than existing
(revenue) share”. The
RMS is a measure of
overall telecom market
leadership.
Analysts, though,
said Jio’s RMS dip is
largely temporary as
the telecom market
leader hasn’t immedi-
ately gained much from
the last tariff hike, giv-
en that most of its cus-
tomers are on longer-
validity plans. They
expect Jio to report
strong RMS gains in the
current quarter which
started in January
.
CLEAR WINNER
BSE Smallcap
index set to record
its sharpest fall
New Delhi (PTI):
The SP BSE Small-
cap index is set to
record its sharpest
decline in six years
during the month of
February as a sharp
sell-off engulfed eq-
uities amid Russia-
Ukraine conflict.The
BSE Smallcap index
has fallen 9.2% in
the month of Febru-
ary, recording its
sharpest fall in the
month since 2016.
Back then, it had
fallen 12.2% during
the month.
MADHABI PURI BUCH
Nirmala Sitharaman

07
NEWS
Sukma: Nineteen Naxals, including four women cadres,
surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s worst insurgency-hit Sukma
district, police said on
Monday. The ultras, three
of them carrying cash
rewards of Rs 1 lakh each
on their heads, turned
themselves in before police
and CRPF officials at Bhejji
police station in the district on Sunday evening, citing
disappointment with the “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist
ideology, a senior official said.
CHHATTISGARH: 19 NAXALS
SURRENDER IN SUKMA
SPECIAL PROG
ORGANISED FOR
GIRL STUDENTS
AMUL HIKES
MILK PRICE BY
`2 PER LITRE
Patiala: To provide basic in-
formation to teenage girls on
menstrual hygiene, the Hira
Lal Kundan Lal Memorial
Trust organised a special pro-
gramme at the Victoria Girls
Sr Sec School. Dr Madhuri-
ma Arora of Madhu Nursing
Home gave a detailed lecture
on menstrual hygiene. She
inspired all young girls to
take good care of themselves
during the special days. The
girls were also provided
basic know-how on how to
properly use and dispose of
the sanitary napkins.
New Delhi: India’s largest
dairy firm Amul announced
on Monday it has decided
to increase milk prices by
`2 per litre effective from
March 1, 2022, across
India. Gujarat Co-operative
Milk Marketing Federation
Limited, which manufactures
and market milk and other
dairy products under the
brand name of Amul, said in
a statement that Amul Gold
price will be increased to
`60 per litre effective from
March 1 from the existing
`58 per litre.
CRUCIAL READ
Srinagar (Agen-
cies): As Kupwara-
Karnah road remains
closed form vehicular
movement due to
heavy snowfall, sev-
eral patients and
JKSSB aspirants are
waiting to get airlift-
ed from snow-bound
Karnah for treatment
and examination re-
spectively.
The aggrieved resi-
dents said that many
patients and JKSSB
aspirants are waiting
to get airlifted from
snow-bound Karnah
as the only road link,
connecting them with
district headquarters
remains closed due to
heavy snowfall. They
said that on Monday 3
patients were air-lifted
along with two attend-
ants to district head-
quarters for medical
attention, however,
many patients are still
waiting to get airlifted
to get medical atten-
tion. They said that
the administration
was not paying any
heed to their repeated
pleas, while the resi-
dents continue to suf-
fer in view of the clo-
sure of road.
They also said that
many job aspirants
who are supposed to
appear in JKSSB
examination are
also waiting to get
airlifted, so that they
can appear in the ex-
amination.
Patients, JKSSB aspirants waiting to get airlifted
AMIDST THE SNOWFALL
RARE SHIVALINGA
On the eve of Mahashivaratari
Festival an ancient Shiv Temple
in Pune is all set to greeet Lord
Sihva. Shivalinga with 365
Shivamudras at Hattarsang
Kundal Sangameshwar in Kushi,
South Solapur, Maharashtra.
The ancient Shivlinga is rare
and the history of Shiva devotee
Malikkarjun says that it was
discovered from a deep well
while excavating in recent
yearsThe Archaeological Survey
of the Central Government
has paid special attention to
the preservation of wonderful
sculptural treasures and special
complete architectural objects.
IN THE COURTYARD
ExternalaffairsministerSJaishankaralongwithseniorministerswerealsopresent
PM MODI CHAIRS HIGH-LEVEL
MEETINGONUKRAINECONFLICT
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
chaired a high-level
meeting on Ukraine. Ex-
ternal affairs minister S
Jaishankar along with
senior ministers were
present in the meeting.
This is the second meet-
ingchairedbytheprime
minister over the ongo-
ing war between
Ukraine and Russia.
On Sunday, PM Modi
held a two-hour long
meeting with external
affairs minister S Jais-
hankar, foreign secre-
tary Harsh V Shringla
and other top officials.
During the meeting,
the PM made it clear
that the evacuation of
Indians from the war-
hit country is a top pri-
ority. Meanwhile, the
government has an-
nounced that India will
be sending humanitari-
an aid and medicines to
Kyiv on the Ukrainian
government’s request.
The modalities of hu-
manitarian aid are be-
ing worked out.
Besides sending hu-
manitarian relief, the
Modi government is
sending four union
ministers tonight to ex-
pedite the evacuation
process under Mission
Ganga. Union minister
Hardeep Singh Puri
will monitor evacua-
tion from Hungary,
civil aviation minister
Jyotiraditya Scindia
will be in-charge of
evacuation operations
from Romania and Mol-
dova, law minister
Kiren Rijiju will expe-
dite trans-border move-
ment from Slovenia and
roads and transport
minister General VK
Singh will be supervis-
ing the operation from
the Polish border.
ED ATTACHES ASSETS IN RAM
GANESH GADKARI SSK CASE
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday
attached assets including 90 acres of land of erstwhile Ram
Ganesh Gadkari SSK held in
the name of M/s Takshshila
Securities Pvt. Ltd. and two
pieces of non-agricultural
land measuring 4.6 acres
worth `7.6 crore belonging
to Prajakt Tanpure. The ED’s
action is based on an FIR
dated 26.08.2019 registered by Economic Offence Wing,
Mumbai Police, under various sections of IPC and Preven-
tion of Corruption Act.
Continue ration distribution
for sex workers, directs SC
Supreme Court on Mon-
day directed all the
states to continue the
process of identifica-
tion of sex workers and
to continue distribution
of dry ration.
A Bench comprising
Justices L Nageswara
Rao and BR Gavai fur-
ther opined that the fig-
ures given in the status
reports were not realis-
tic and therefore efforts
have to be made by the
states and take the as-
sistance of the CBO
without solely relying
on the list prepared by
NACO for the purpose
of implementation of
directions.
It also said that Voter
ID cards shall also be is-
sued to the sex workers
identified by NACO and
CBOs after verification
of the list.
ODISHA RURAL POLLS
BJD WINS 542 ZILLA PARISHAD
SEATS, BJP BAGS 31, CONG 30
Bhubaneswar (PTI):
With the counting for
the panchayat polls in
Odisha entering the
third and final day on
Monday, the ruling BJD
won 542 of the 610 Zilla
Parishad seats, the re-
sults of which have
been declared so far.
The opposition BJP and
the Congress got only
31 and 30 seats respec-
tively, and others, in-
cluding independent
candidates, bagged
only seven. The count-
ing for the remaining
241 Zilla Parishad seats
is underway.
ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
Kupwara Police evacuate an ill elderly patient from Jabdi village.
SC agree to hear
Mistry’s plea
Delhi HC issues
notice to NCST
New Delhi (ANI): Su-
preme Court on Monday
agreed to hear the plea
of Cyrus Mistry seek-
ing to expunge remarks
made against him by the
top court in a judgment
upholding Tata Group’s
decision to remove him
as its chairman. The
apex court has decided
to posts the matter for
hearing after 10 days. The
Supreme Court will hear
in open court on March 9
the review petition.
Delhi High court has
issued a notice to the
National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
on the plea moved by the
Indian Railway Finance
Corporation (IRFCL). The
IRFCL has challenged
the two summons issued
by NCST on a complaint
pertaining to service con-
dition by an employee of
the IRFCL. The commis-
sion had summoned the
CMD of IRFCL.
New Delhi (PTI): As
the Ukraine-Russia
crisis intensifies with
President Putin put-
ting nuclear forces on
alert, several students
fleeing Ukraine have
alleged assault and po-
lice brutality at the
Ukrainian border. In a
video, shot at night,
Ukrainian guards are
seen beating up wom-
en with gunshots be-
ing fired and screams
heard, and their suit-
case and other belong-
ings lying on the road.
An Indian student,
Malavika, who said in
a video that she’s stuck
at the Ukrainian-Slo-
vakian border, points
to the Ukrainian check
post where she along
with others have been
stranded for 12 hours
without food and wa-
ter. She alleged that
the police there have
used chilli and pepper
sprays on them
“thrice”, many of
whom fainted after.
She said people have
contacted the Slovaki-
an embassy for “help”.
They even tried to call
the Kiev embassy,
which is temporary
out of service. None of
the helpline and emer-
gency numbers are
working, she added.
“Everybody has said
they cannot do any-
thing. So, we’re just
standing here, not
knowing who to call
and what to do?”
INDIAN STUDENTS ALLEGE ASSAULT BY UKRAINIAN FORCES
 India, Pakistan
take a similar
diplomatic path on
Russia-Ukraine.
 Air India’s fifth
evacuation flight
lands in Delhi with
249 Indians.
 At the request
of Parliamen-
tary Committee
on Foreign affairs,
Shringla briefs on
Ukraine, Operation
Ganga.
 Govt revises
travel guidelines
for Indians being
evacuated from
Ukraine.
 Only Their
(Ukraine) People
Allowed To Cross
Border, Indians
Allege.
 Negotiations
between Russia
and Ukraine begin
in Belarus.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
8K+ Indians have left Ukraine
since initial advisories: MEA
‘Govt must urgently share
detailed evacuation plan’
New Delhi (ANI):
India has evacuated
over 8000 nationals
since the initial advi-
sories were issued by
the country
, Ministry
of External Affairs
spokesperson Arin-
dam Bagchi said.
“Evacuation efforts
on Ukraine situation
on the ground con-
tinue to be complex
and fluid, some of
them quite concern-
ing, but we’ve been
able to accelerate our
evacuation process.
Over 8000 Indian na-
tionals have left
Ukraine since we is-
sued the initial advi-
sories,” the MEA
spokesperson said on
Monday. He also in-
formed that the six
evacuation flight
have landed in India
bringing back
around 1400 citizens.
New Delhi (ANI):
Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on
Centre must urgent-
ly share the detailed
evacuation plan with
Indian citizens
stranded in Ukraine
as well as their fami-
lies. Tweeting a pur-
ported video in
which Ukrainian
army personnel can
be seen using force,
the Congress leader
said, “My heart goes
out to the Indian stu-
dents suffering such
violence and their
family watching
these videos. No par-
ent should go
through this. GOI
must urgently share
the detailed evacua-
tion plan with those
stranded as well as
their families. We
can’t abandon our
own people.”
—PHOTO BY VIJAYKUMAR HARISHCHANDRE

Guwahati (ANI): Un-
ion Minister of Jal
Shakti Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat on Monday
said that the Centre is
committed towards the
development of the
North East and its im-
pact is visible in the
lives of the people of
the region.
While addressing the
conference of state
Ministers of North
Eastern Region on Jal
Jeevan Mission and
Swachh Bharat Mission
(Grameen) in Guwaha-
ti, Shekhawat said,
The state should give
emphasis so that the
quantity, quality, and
sustainability must be
maintained while im-
plementing the Jal Jee-
van Mission in the re-
gion. The Union Minis-
ter appreciated the ef-
forts of NE states for
the implementation of
the Jal Jeevan Mission
(JJM) in their region.
He further informed
that Manipur, Megha-
laya, and Sikkim aim to
achieve Har Ghar Jal by
2022. The deadline set
by Arunachal Pradesh,
Mizoram, Tripura, and
Nagaland is 2023 while
Assam aims to meet the
goal by 2024.
Under JJM, idea is
not just to install a tap
in every rural house-
hold but to ensure the
service delivery and
long term sustainabili-
ty and it is the duty of
the authorities to con-
tinuously monitor and
ensure it, Minister
Shekhawat said.
To achieve the target of Har Ghar Jal
in eight north-eastern states in the
stipulated time frame, the govern-
ment has allocated Rs
6,000 crore for the JJM. The JJM
will lay the foundation for the all-
around development of the region, as
envisioned by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
—Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,
Union Minister of Jal Shakti
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,969,917
TOTAL DEATHS
366,964,392
TOTAL RECOVERED
63,372,552
ACTIVE CASES
436,306,861
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
513,843
TOTAL DEATHS
42,307,686
TOTAL RECOVERED
102,601
ACTIVE CASES
42,924,130
TOTAL CASES
Greetings on the occasion of
Mahashivratri! Power and
courage to all of you!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Jagdeesh Chandra, Prem Prakash (Grandfather of the
groom) and Baijayant Jay Panda at the wedding reception on Monday.
Jagdeesh Chandra extends a floral greeting to Smita Sanjiv Prakash.
Baba Ramdev warmly greets Jagdeesh Chandra.
Jagdeesh Chandra with the newlyweds Ishaan and Sarah.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The
wedding reception
of Ishaan, son of
Smita and Sanjiv
Prakash with Sarah,
daughter of Andree
and Late Mr. Paul
Terence Walsh was
held on Monday,
February 28 at Air
Office Auditorium,
Subroto Park, New
Delhi. Sanjiv Prakash
is the CEO of ANI
while Smita is the
Editor News at ANI.
Senior leaders, media
personalities, elite
from different sections
of the society, family
and friends reached
to convey their best
BLESSINGS GREETINGS!
wishes to Sanjiv and
Smita and bless the
newlyweds. Minister
of Defence Rajnath
Singh also reached to
bless the couple, as did
Baijayant Jay Panda
(former MP and National
Vice President of BJP),
Baba Ramdev, Jagdeesh
Chandra, Arnab
Goswami (MD Editor-
in-Chief of Republic
Media Network), Rakesh
Asthana (Delhi Police
Commissioner) and
Naveen Kapoor (National
Bureau Chief, ANI).
New Delhi (ANI):
Leader of the Congress
in the Lok Sabha Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury on
Monday wrote to Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la claiming that he
could not discharge his
duty as a member of
Parliament and accused
the ruling Trinamool
Congress of ‘unleash-
ing violence’ in the mu-
nicipal polls in West
Bengal.
The Congress leader
appealed to Mr. Birla to
take up the matter with
authorities concerned
as “a custodian of of
the rights and responsi-
bilities of members of
the Lok Sabha”. My
movement is complete-
ly restricted in WB. The
ruling party goons are
doing all the violence
and nuisance and are
restricting my move-
ment in collusion with
the local authorities,
the letter read.
“I am mobbed/ gher-
aoed and heckled by the
Trinamool goons wher-
ever I go for campaign-
ing or to attend to the
problems of my constit-
uents. My movement is
completely restricted in
West Bengal. The ruling
party goons are doing
all the violence and nui-
sance and are restrict-
ing my movement in
collusion with the local
authorities,” Mr.
Chowdhury added.
NOT BEING PERMITTED TO
DISCHARGE MY DUTY AS MP
...Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Om Birla Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Centre committed to devp
of NE region: Shekhawat
Leveling allegations of
creating hurdles in the
effective discharge of
his duties as a public
representative, the
Congress MP in his
letter said, The ruling
party has unleashed
a reign of terror and
violence in the entire
municipal election.
The ruling party
goons are threatening
candidates of other
political parties with
violence. Chowdhury
further alleged that
wherever he goes for
campaigning or to
attend to the problems
of his constituents, he
is mobbed/ gheraoed
and heckled by the
TMC goons.
LETTER SAYS
Rupani issues
notices to Cong
LoP, 2 MLAs over
` 500 cr scam
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Former Gujarat chief
minister Vijay Rupani
on Monday said he had
slapped legal notices on
LoP Sukhram Rathwa
and two of the latter’s
Congress colleagues for
accusing him of being
part of a Rs 500 crore
scam. Last week, Rath-
wa and other Congress
leaders had alleged that
Rupani helped a private
real estate development
company by converting
the use of land parcels
in two villages under
Rajkot Urban Devp Au-
thority as part of the Rs
500 crore scam. He said
“political conspiracy”
to defame him will not
be taken lightly, Con-
gress was trying to di-
vert attention of people
from fact.
Ambedkarnagar (PTI):
Samajwadi Party chief
AkhileshYadavonMon-
day claimed the BJP is
hatchingaconspiracyto
end reservation and
hence, is selling govern-
ment organisations to
the private sector.
Addressing an elec-
tion meeting in the
Jalalpur assembly con-
stituency, Yadav said
his party will win all
the seats of Ambedkar-
nagar as well as of
n e i g h b o u r i n g
Azamgarh district in
the UP Assembly polls.
“The Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party is hatching a
conspiracy to end reser-
vation, and hence it is
selling government or-
ganisations to the pri-
vate sector,” he said.
Ambedkarnagar has
five assembly seats and
will vote on March 3 in
the sixth phase.
Azamgarh, with 10 as-
sembly seats, will vote
on March 7 in the last
phase. The BJP is in a
bad situation after the
polling so far, Yadav
claimed. “In the five
phases of elections, the
people of the state have
rejected the BJP
, and by
the time the sixth phase
comes, it will become
certain that the BJP
would be wiped off,” Ya-
dav said.
With the high-octane
UP elections reaching
the Purvanchal region
of the state, caste factor
appears to be gaining
huge prominence.
Akhilesh Yadav at ‘Karyakarta Sammelan’ in Basti on Monday.
BJP hatching conspiracy to end reservation: Akhilesh
Mahesh Kumar
Ludhiana: To ensure
tight security of the
polled EVMs in all 14 as-
sembly segments of Lu-
dhiana district, thou-
sands of security per-
sonnel from CAPF, Pun-
jab Armed Police and
state Police have been
deployed by the district
administration for the
security cover. Chief
Electoral Officer Pun-
jab Dr S Karuna Raju
said that inner perime-
ter of strong rooms is
being guarded by Cen-
tral Para Military
Force, second perimeter
by Punjab Armed Po-
lice and outer security
cover to strong rooms
in each segment is be-
ing provided by police.
Pb poll counting! Officials discuss
over tight security arrangements CASTEISM...
Dr S Karuna Raju, Varinder Kumar Sharma, Gurpreet S Bhullar,
Khanna J Elanchezhian, Dr Ketan Baliram Patil in a meeting.
Priyanka flays BJP over
unemployment inflation
Kushinagar (PTI):
Congress leader Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra on
Monday flayed the Cen-
tre for selling off PSUs
and the UP govt for not
filling up 12 lakh vacant
posts as she accused the
BJP of working only for
the rich and its big in-
dustrialist friends. The
Congress general secre-
tary also slammed the
Centre over the now-re-
pealed farm laws which
she claimed would have
benefitted big industri-
alist friends of the gov-
ernment at the cost of
farmers’ hard work.
Addressing a poll ral-
ly in Tamkuhi Raj area
of Kushinagar in sup-
port of Congress candi-
date and its state unit
president Ajay Kumar
Lallu, Priyanka Gandhi
also hit out at the gov-
ernment for inflation,
highfuelpricesandelec-
tricity bills, farmers’
woes, among others. She
asked why the situation
was such in the last five
years that the youth are
unabletofindjobs,small
traders and business-
men are worried over
new policies being an-
nounced, farmers can’t
earnaliving,womenare
hit by inflation and con-
cern for their safety, se-
curity
. “How did such
politics flourish here?
For whom are these pol-
icies being made? It’s
time to open eyes and
understand this.
The politics being
done in this state and in
the country is only for
the rich, only for a select
few industrialists, Pri-
yanka Gandhi said. She
said employment is gen-
erated either from agri-
culture sector or mid-
dle-size businesses, gov-
ernment jobs and public
sector undertakings
(PSUs) like BHEL, ITI,
Railways, etc. which
were nurtured by the
Congress and were pub-
lic property but the BJP
has sold them off.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets with family
members of Uttar Pradesh Party President Ajay Kumar Lallu, at his
residence,Tamkuhi Raj, in Kushinagar on Monday.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra waves to people during a roadshow at
Bansdih, in Ballia on Monday. —PHOTOS BY ANI

NEW DELHI, TUESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2022
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WHEN IT COMES
TO HAIR COLOUR
HIGHLIGHTING
AND BALAYAGE
TECHNIQUES AND
TRENDS, SOMETIMES
THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THEM ARE
SO NUANCED THAT
IT’S HARD TO KEEP
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,
not flashy and obvious.
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hair colour, the effortlessly
cool hair trend that’s taken
red carpets by storm. The
look is accomplished via
hand-painted highlights, and
clients love the technique be-
cause it gives a natural sun-
kissed look to the hair and
the maintenance is much
easier than traditional foils”,
said Jassi Chhabra, owner of
Shades Skin Hair Care.
Wait, what does “balayage”
mean? The term comes from
the French word “balayer,”
meaning to sweep. It’s a term
that refers to the way the col-
our is applied, not the colour
itself. “Balayage is a tech-
nique where hair colour is
painted onto the hair to cre-
ate a graduated, more natu-
ral-looking highlight effect.
Every balayage is differ-
ent: Placement, gradation,
and colour are based on your
hair colour, texture, and
length, so it can be personal-
ized for each client to high-
light or soften facial features.
A good stylist will always
take into consideration the
client’s skin tone and natural
base colour to determine
which ones will work best.
No two balayage should look
the same — keep that in mind
as you’re looking through
your stylist’s portfolio.
The terms ‘balayage,’
‘ombre,’ ‘babylights,’ and
‘highlights’ are all various
styles and techniques that
refer to the same goal:
lightening the hair. They
can all be combined for the
desired look.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
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BALAYAGE!
Jassi Chhabra styling a client with her team

10
ETC
AWAKEN THE LEADER
WITHIN YOU
We all have heard the word ‘leader’, but the true essence
of a leader means much more than the word itself!
ightly said,
leadership is
not about a ti-
tle or a desig-
nation. It’s
about impact
influence and
inspiration. We all
know the meaning of a
leader but do we know
the essence of being a
leader in the true sense?
A true leader is not only
aware of his qualities
and how to make the
best out of himself, but
he is also aware of how
to enhance the skill of
his subordinates so that
they can be developed
into future potential
leaders. The future of
an organization is not
determined by the num-
ber of managers but by
the number of capable
leaders who can sow the
seed of a promising fu-
ture and help it germi-
nate with prudence and
foresightedness.
Our future is never
determined by our
past. Even if we have a
glorious history, it can-
not ensure a golden fu-
ture. Right thoughts
which can create the
right actions at the
right time are precious
building blocks of a
promising future. We
can witness from our
history, many empires
and kingdoms have col-
lapsed due to poor lead-
ership styles. A true
leader knows how to
pave the path towards a
golden tomorrow.
ESHITA SINGH
eshitasingh07396@gmail.com
R
WHO IS A LEADER?
There is an existing
definition of a leader,
‘A true leader has the
confidence to stand
alone, the courage to
make tough decisions,
and the compassion to
listen to the needs of
others. He does not set
out to be a leader, but
becomes one by the
equality of his actions
and the integrity of
his intent.’
When we hear the
word leader we often
think of someone who
does much more than
merely manage people.
In my opinion, a lead-
er is someone who is
extremely capable of
creating great miracu-
lous changes. He has a
positive outlook and his
approach to solving a
problem is very creative
and updated. He is self-
motivated and ensures
to motivate the people
around him as well. A
leader constantly
thrives on development
and helps people to
move forward towards
their goals through con-
stant motivation. A
leader is empathetic
and considerate. He
knows how to use the
qualities and capabili-
ties of people around
him for overall better-
ment which can help
create a better future
for all.
A true leader always
treats the people work-
ing with him with re-
spect and humility. He
knows that irrespective
of the hierarchy, every-
one deserves to be treat-
ed with respect and dig-
nity. He helps in im-
proving the self-esteem
of all the people work-
ing around him. Happy
employees working ef-
fectively with all their
efficiency can produce
miraculous results in
an organization. Em-
ployees in a joyful state
of mind can produce ef-
ficacious results. A true
leader knows how to
ensure maximum pro-
ductivity. A true leader
can never treat the peo-
ple like his slave who
work in a constant state
of fear, humiliation,
and threats. He knows
the importance of self-
respect and self-esteem.
LEADERSHIP IS THE
CAPACITY TO
TRANSLATE VISION
INTO REALITY
A leader with true lead-
ership qualities is re-
quired in every
organization,and socie-
ty
, who can ensure prop-
er growth and develop-
ment of the place and
its people. Living is not
just earning money,
paying bills, and dying.
Being alive signifies
much more than the
normal routine activi-
ties we do. A leader
helps his team to live a
life full of joy, and exu-
berance. He positively
influences the quality
of life of his team.
A leader ensures op-
timum utilization of
available resources.
Human resource is the
most important and
the most delicate part
of any organization,
which can create mira-
cles if properly man-
aged.
GOOD BUSINESS
LEADERS CREATE A
VISION, ARTICULATE
THE VISION,
PASSIONATELY OWN
THE VISION, AND
RELENTLESSLY DRIVE
IT TO COMPLETION. –
JACK WELCH
A leader can create mir-
acles, with his vision
and his team, who are
determined to achieve
their goals with enthu-
siasm and passion.
To make this world a
better place to live for
yourself and for the
future generation,
awaken the leader
within you.
SPOTTED!
B-town singers
Jubin Nautiyal,
Sukhbir Singh,
Honey Singh
Badshah, Guru
Randhawa and
Asees Kaur along
with Director
Rocky Khanna
and Lakshyaraj
Singh Mewar
were spotted
at Jaipur
International
Airport on
Monday, February
28. The celebs
are in Pink city to
attend a private
wedding.
—PHOTOS BY
MUKESH KIRADOO Lakshay Raj Singh Mewar
Director Rocky Khanna
Honey Singh
Badshah
Asees Kaur
Guru Randhawa
Jubin Nautiyal
Sukhbir Singh

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11
DEVO KE DEV- MAHADEV
SHIV: STRONGEST HELPFUL INSPIRING VIRTUOUS
The most Powerful and Auspicious one! Devo ke dev Mahadev, is one of the principal deities
of Hinduism also considered to be the father of the whole universe.
he one who
s h o w e r s
his devo-
tees with
immense
love and
d e s t roy s
those all evildoers
and hence is
known as the de-
stroyer or the
transformer of
theworld.Tomark
and same and cel-
ebrate the oneness
of LordShivawith
Goddess Parvati,
Mahashivaratri is
celebratedwithre-
ligious fervour
and gaiety in the
entire nation.
On this auspi-
cious day
, devotees
worship Lord Shi-
va in early morn-
ing. On this day of
celebration of Ma-
hashivaratri, City
First brings you
some astonishing
temples of Ma-
hadev across the
nation, that every
devotee must visit
must in his life-
time.
T
his beautiful temple
is dedicated to
Meenakshi (God-
dess Parvati) and Sunda-
reswarar (Lord Shiva). It
is the only temple in the
country, where you can
spot Lord Shiva with a
smiling face. The temple
is located in Madurai. It
is one of the most talked-
about mysterious tem-
ples, as its shrines have
historical and mytholog-
ical importance. The
temple has 4000 pillars
and all of them are made
of a single rock
T
ungnath is directly
translated to Lord
of the Peaks and the
place remains true to its
name. It is located in the
Rudraprayag district of
Uttarakhand and is con-
sidered to be the highest
Shiva temple in the
world.
Located at an altitude
of a little over 12,000 feet
at the base of Chan-
drashila peak, this tem-
ple is one of the Panch
Kedars. The temple is
surrounded by snow-
capped peaks on all sides,
and it is truly breathtak-
ingly beautiful and offers
the perfect break that
travellers look for.
MEENAKSHI AMMAN
TEMPLE: MADURAI
TUNGNATH MANDIR
T
he Kailasa temple is
the largest rock-cut
Hindu temple which
was made in the 16th cen-
tury at the Ellora Caves,
Aurangabad. Mythology
says that the structure of
Kailasa cave temple is
built on a single rock and
interestingly the render-
ing of Ramayana is en-
graved in it.
According to various
archaeologists, approxi-
mately 30 million San-
skrit carvings are yet to
be decoded to know the
meaning.
KAILASA TEMPLE: ELLORA
CAVES, MAHARASHTRA
STAMBHESHWAR
MAHADEV: KAVI KAVOI
VILLAGE, GUJARAT
L
ocated in Vadodara, Gujarat, it
is known as a submerging Shi-
va temple and this temple is vis-
ible only during low tides.
LINGARAJA TEMPLE: BHUBANESHWAR
I
t is said that near the
completion of this
temple, Lord Shiva
and Lord Vishnu’s vis-
ited the temple, bless-
ing it forever. Accord-
ing to mythology, in-
side the Garbh Griha,
the lingam is self-orig-
inated and that’s why
it’s termed swayamb-
hu. The temple often
looks much larger than it is because of its optical illusion.
UTTKARSHA
SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
T

CITY FIRST
A
s part of Azadi
Ka Amrit Ma-
hotsava,celebra-
tions of the 75
years of India’s inde-
pendence, EdCIL organ-
ised‘StudyinIndia’Dip-
lomatic Conclave for
showcasing the educa-
tion sector of India par-
ticularlythepoliciesand
schemes for providing
education opportunities
to foreign students in In-
dia. The event was held
at Sushma Swaraj Bha-
wan, New Delhi on Feb-
ruary 24 with the par-
ticipation of diplomats
from across 20 countries
of the world.
Union Minister of
State for External Af-
fairs and Education, Ra-
jkumar Ranjan Singh,
chaired the opening cer-
emony in presence of
Saurabh Kumar - Secre-
tary, Anil Kumar Rai –
Joint Secretary and sen-
ior officials from EdCIL
Limited. In his opening
remarks, MoS empha-
sised the opportunities
available to internation-
al students under the
‘Study in India’ pro-
gramme of the Govern-
ment of India to
strengthen the associa-
tion among countries in
theeducationsector.The
aim of the ‘Study in In-
dia Diplomatic Con-
clave’ was to promote
the sharing of best aca-
demic and research
practices through inter-
actions between diverse
education systems
through the foreign Dig-
nitaries who further
helped in understand-
ing higher education
systems followed in di-
verse international
markets. Foreign Digni-
taries also shared their
views about the educa-
tion system of their re-
spective country, and
their views on the Indi-
an Education System.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
INCREDIBLE INDIA!
CITY FIRST!
A
certificate distribution
ceremony of She Leads
was organised on Mon-
day at Multipurpose
Hall, Kamala Devi Complex,
India International Centre,
New Delhi. With the aim to
strengthen the status of Indian
women in the country’s politi-
cal scene. She Leads is a collec-
tive initiative of Stree Shakti -
The Parallel Force, Indian
School of Democracy co-found-
ed by Hemakshi Meghani and
Political Shakti founded by
Tara Krishnaswamy. Indian
School of Democracy is a non-
partisan organisation with a
mission to nurture principled
political leaders focusing on
making political representa-
tion more value-driven, inclu-
sive and equitable. The She
Leads initiative led by Cheven-
ing Alumna Kanta Singh, is
also supported by the UK Gov-
ernment’s flagship scholarship
programme Chevening
through its Chevening Alumni
Programme Fund (CAPF).
Speaking at the occasion, Su-
priya Chawla, Head Chevening
Scholarships India said “This
is a remarkable example of Ch-
evening alumni creating last-
ing positive impact when they
return to their home countries.
We are proud of their achieve-
ments and their work towards
transforming people’s lives.”
In this programme, Dr Hena
Gavit (BJP), Ghanshaym Ti-
wari (SP), Rajiv Gowda, Marga-
ret Alva (INC), Archana Chit-
nis (BJP), Bandana Kumari
(AAP) guided the trainees.
BrownBrella, a home bakery started in June 2020 by Swati Dang an apparel
sourcing specialist turned into a certified Baker, with a vision of providing
healthy, delicious and premium bakery products. All her bakes are free from
eggs, preservatives, refined flour and refined sugar. Her products are available
in gluten-free and vegan variants too. Her specialization is in tea travel cakes,
brownies, cookies and cheesecakes. Swati Dang started with a vision to
provide premium healthy bakes and desserts to people living a conscious
eating lifestyle. —CITY FIRST
GOURMET CAKES!!
EVENINGDEDICATEDTOART!
nder the ban-
ner of Azadi ka
Amrit Mahot-
sav, the Cultur-
al Relations
Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs
presented an evening
of Dance and Music
at Purana Qila, Ma-
thura Road, New Del-
hi on February 27, to
bring various per-
forming art forms un-
der one roof. The pro-
gramme was initiated with
the message by the Chief
Guest of the event, Meenakshi
Lekhi, Union Minister of State
for External Affairs Culture.
She said, I am very grateful and
happy to be Chief Guest at a cul-
tural evening by of a confluence
of dance music forms, showcas-
ing India’s culture achieve-
ments. Thanks to the diplomatic
community for their presence It
marks the conclusion of very suc-
cessful celebrations she added.
ICCR President Dr Vinay Sahas-
rabuddhe also graced the event as
a special guest and motivated the
audience with his kinds words.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
Uttkarshashekhar@firstindial.co.in
U
Of the Women, by the Women and for the Women!
Meenakshi Lekhi and Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
Swati Dang
(L-R) Richa Saini, Tabassum Khan, Hemakshi Meghani, Anita, Katy Budge, Rekha
Mody,Mahima Singh,ManishaAhlawat,Abha Banerjee, Samreen Khan,Anand Sahu
—PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
—PHOTO BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
—PHOTO BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
Rajkumar Rajan Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Anil Kumar with a guest During the event
During the event

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