Police in Lucknow have arrested five individuals involved in a burglary at lawyer Sanjeev Shukla's home, where they held his mother and wife captive while stealing valuables. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched an e-pension portal to facilitate transparent pension disbursement for retired government employees. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Europe for discussions with various leaders amid ongoing geopolitical challenges.

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5 ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY IN
LAWYER’S HOUSE
Lucknow: Police have arrested five persons who were
involved in a burglary in a lawyer’s house in Bajrang
Bihar Colony under Gudamba police station area
here. Prachi Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner
of Police (North), identified the arrested criminals as
Omkar Singh, Makhan Singh, Bhola Singh, Dinesh
and Ramu. The police have recovered the jewellery,
cash and other valuables that they looted from lawyer
Sanjeev Shukla’s house after keeping captive his
mother Shushma and wife Sarita.
MOON NOT SIGHTED, EID ON TUESDAY
New Delhi: The crescent moon has not been sighted in
the country, so Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Tuesday,
Markazi Chand Committee head Khalid Rasheed Firangi
Mahali announced. Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti
Mukarram Ahmad said that the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
of the mosque contacted many places in New Delhi,
West Bengal, Bihar and other parts of the country to
establish that the moon had not been sighted anywhere.
“Therefore, Monday will be the last day of Ramzan and
Eid will be celebrated on Tuesday,” he said.
You will be recognised as ‘Pension-Yogi’,
not ‘Pension-Bhogi’: CM Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
rolled out a new plat-
form — e-Pension por-
tal — to ensure a trans-
parent, hassle-free dis-
bursement of pension
to the retired govern-
ment employees on the
occasion of Labour
Day on Sunday.
“Labour Day marks
the hard work and con-
tribution of each work-
er towards the growth
of the state. The e-Pen-
sion portal will end the
struggles for those re-
ceiving pensions and
will make the process
transparent, paperless,
contactless and cash-
less,” he said.
Taking note of com-
plaints and grievances
of the state government
employees who super-
annuate from services,
the portal will track the
status of their applica-
tions (PPO) and will
ease the living of lakhs
of people who will ben-
efit from it.
“Through technolo-
gy, Uttar Pradesh in last
five years has brought
revolutionary changes
in the lives of its 25
crore people. The gov-
ernment is making con-
sistent efforts to intro-
duce technology in eve-
ry field,” said the CM
Speaking about the
portal, Yogi said that it
is the effort of the Fi-
nance Department to
end the pain and agony
of the senior citizens.
“This end to end online
pension portal is built
to make the process of
receiving pension sim-
pler and Turn to P2
16 IAS
OFFICERS
TRANSFERRED
LUCKNOW: The state
government on Sunday
transferred 16 IAS offic-
ers of ACS and Princi-
pal Secretary rank. San-
jeev Mittal was appoint-
ed as Chairman of Rev-
enue Council while
Arvind Kumar was giv-
en charge of Industrial
Development Commis-
sioner. Narendra
Bhushan has been made
principal secretary of
PWD while Meerut
Commissioner Suren-
dra Singh has been giv-
en additional charge of
CEO Greater Noida.
Nitin Ramesh
Gokarn has been made
Principal Secretary,
Housing and Urban
Planning, Deepak Ku-
mar made Principal
Secretary of Basic Edu-
cation, Subhash Chan-
dra Sharma made Prin-
cipal Secretary of Tech-
nical Education, Voca-
tional Education and
Skill Development, Su-
dhir Garg made Princi-
pal Secretary Turn to P3
LABOUR DAY: CM LAUNCHES E-PENSION PORTAL
CM Yogi Adityanath launches the e-pension portal at Lok Bhavan
on Sunday. Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh
Pathak, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna, Chief Secy Durga
Shankar Mishra also present. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Meerut Commissioner
Surendra Singh has been
given additional charge of CEO
Greater Noida.
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MODI’S EUROPE
VOYAGE
PM ON 3-DAY FRANCE
GERMANY, DENMAK
VISIT FROM TODAY
PM Modi will conduct a whopping
25 back-to-back meetings with
eight world leaders from seven
different countries during his visit
New Delhi: Ahead of
his visit to Germany,
Denmark and France,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Sunday
said his trip to Europe
comes at a time when
the region faces many
challenges and choices,
and that he intends to
strengthen the spirit of
cooperationwithIndia’s
European partners.
In a statement, PM
Modi said he will be vis-
iting Berlin on May 2 at
the invitation of Ger-
man Chancellor Olaf
Scholz, following which
he will travel to Copen-
hagen on May 3-4 at the
invitation of his Danish
counterpart Mette
Frederiksen to partici-
pate in the Second In-
dia-Nordic Summit.
PM Modi will also
make a brief stopover
in Paris for a meeting
with French President
Emmanuel Macron.
Priority is to ensure high
standards of operational
preparedness: Gen Pande
New Delhi: Newly-ap-
pointed Army Chief
Gen Manoj Pande on
Sunday said his “ut-
most and foremost” pri-
ority would be to ensure
very high standards of
operational prepared-
ness to face current,
contemporary and fu-
ture security challenges
across the entire spec-
trum of conflict.
Gen Pande also said
the global geopolitical
situation is changing
rapidly “as a result of
which we have multiple
challenges ahead”, as-
sertingthattheArmy
,in
“coordination and coop-
eration” with the Indian
Air Force and the Navy
,
will unitedly deal with
any situation.
The Army chief said
he would focus on the
ongoing reforms, re-
structuring and trans-
formation of the Army
to enhance its opera-
tional and functional ef-
ficiency besides giving
importancetoachieving
self-reliance in defence.
The Army chief was
speaking to the media
after he was presented a
ceremonial guard of
honour at the South
Block lawns, a day after
he took charge of the
force. Air Chief Mar-
shal V R Chaudhari and
Navy Chief Admiral R
Hari Kumar were also
present at the guard of
honour ceremony
.
LOOK UKRAINE, WHO HAS COME!
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, going to the
railway station and hospitals to meet people displaced by the war with Russia before later
leaving after air-raid sirens sounded. Jolie, 46, is a special envoy for the United Nations
refugee agency, which says more than 12.7 million people have fled their homes in the
past two months, which represents around 30% of Ukraine’s pre-war population.
Will defeat you: Kejri
challenges BJP in Guj
Bharuch: Addressing
his first public rally
since the Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) formed a
government in Punjab,
AAP national convenor
and Delhi Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal
lashed out at the
Bharatiya Janta Party
(BJP) in Gujarat on
Sunday
.
Kejriwal was ad-
dressing a tribal gather-
ing in Chanderia vil-
lage in Bharuch dis-
trict’s Valia on Sunday,
where the party an-
nounced an alliance
with Chhotubhai Vasa-
va’s Bharatiya Tribal
Party (BTP) and urged
the people of Gujarat to
“break the arrogance
of the BJP” by voting
the AAP into power.
Pak gets $8 billion in
support from Saudi
after PM Sharif visit
Islamabad: During Pa-
kistan Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif’s visit
to Saudi Arabia, a deal
was secured as per
which the Gulf country
will provide Islamabad
with a financial support
package of around USD
8 billion.
The financial pack-
age will help Pakistan
bolster dwindling forex
reserves and revive the
ailing economy. The
country has been facing
growing economic chal-
lenges, including high
inflation, sliding forex
reserves, a widening
current account deficit
and a depreciating cur-
rency
.
Pakistan requires fi-
nancial assistance of
USD 9-12 billion till
June 2022 to avert fur-
ther depletion of for-
eign currency reserves.
CENTERED AROUND UKRAINE,
MANY CHALLENGES AWAIT MODI
WITH NEW CHANCELLOR, MODI
AIMS TO CEMENT GERMAN TIES
PM TO INTERACT WITH
INDIAN DIASPORA
My visit to Europe comes at a time when
the region faces many challenges and
choices,” PM Modi said. “Through my
engagements, I intend to strengthen the
spirit of cooperation with our European
partners, who are important companions
in India’s quest for peace and prosperity,”
the PM said in his departure statement.
Detailing his engagements, PM Modi said
his visit to Berlin will be an opportunity
to hold detailed bilateral discussions with
Chancellor Scholz, whom he met at G20 last
year in his previous capacity as Vice-Chan-
cellor and Finance Minister. “We will co-
chair 6th India-Germany Inter-Governmental
Consultations,” PM Modi said.
“Continental Europe is
home to over one million
persons of Indian origin,
and Germany has a sig-
nificant proportion of this
Diaspora. Indian Diaspora
is an important anchor in
our relations,” said PM.
My utmost and foremost priority
will be to ensure very high stand-
ards of operational preparedness to
face the current contemporary and future
challenges across the entire spectrum of
conflict —Gen Manoj Pande, Army Chief
...after taking
over as the
Army chief
Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General Manoj Pande arrives
to inspect a Guard of Honour, after taking charge as the 29th
Chief of Army Staff, at South Block in New Delhi on Sunday.
Kejriwal announces
AAP-BTP alliance
AAP national convenor Arvind
Kejriwal at the Adivasi Sankalp
Mahasammelan in Bharuch.
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi working
inside the aircraft during one of his recent visits.

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Lucknow: On the occa-
sion of May Day
, a camp
was organised in hon-
our of the workers at
Raj Bhavan on Sunday.
Addressing the work-
ers, Governor Anandi-
ben Patel said that
workers are an integral
part of society and they
are not workers but ar-
tisans.
“The skill with which
workers carry out their
work was not achieved
through education in
schools but passed from
generation to genera-
tion,” she said, adding
that such camps should
be organised frequently
for workers so that they
could get benefits of
government’s schemes.
Speaking about the
health camp organised
in the event, she said
that workers found to be
unwellinthetestshould
be kept under observa-
tion till they recover
and arrangements for
medicine should be
made for them.
In the ceremony, the
Governor gave bicycles
to 13 children who
passed classes 9th,
10th, 11th and 12th un-
der Sant Ravidas Edu-
cation Assistance
Scheme and Cycle As-
sistance Scheme. Two
children who passed
Class 12 were given a
cheque of Rs 6,000 un-
der PM’s Swanidhi Yo-
jana. Also, one sari
each, specially brought
from Gujarat, was dis-
tributed to every work-
er’s family during the
ceremony.
TENSION OF PENSION IS OVER
1.5 LAKH EMPLOYEES TO BENEFIT
Contd from P1:
Will eliminate the
need for pensioners to
go anywhere physical-
ly,”CM Yogi said. On
the occasion, Yogi said
that we need to empha-
sise making good use
of the knowledge, ex-
perience and efforts of
the retired employees
which can help in val-
ue addition towards
the progress and de-
velopment of the state.
Praising the services
of the workers, Yogi
Adityanath said that,
“Each worker’s hard
work matters and has
contributed towards
the progress of the
state. You will be rec-
ognised as ‘Pension-Yo-
gi’ not ‘Pension-Bhogi’,
as you are a ‘Karm-Yo-
gi’, he remarked.
Working on the
guidelines provided by
the Union govern-
ment, the state Fi-
nance Department has
created the portal
which will have the op-
tion of tracking the
status of employees
who attain the age of
59.5 years, it will bene-
fit around 11.5 lakh
pensioners in the
state.
This system has been
implemented for the
state government em-
ployees and soon, other
departments will also
join the process which
will benefit lakhs of
people and no one will
have to wander for pen-
sion, said the chief
minister Yogi Aditya-
nath.
Listing the efforts of
the government to-
wards providing social
and economic security
to the labourers, Yogi
highlighted that every
worker whether mi-
grant or resident, has
been provided an in-
surance cover of Rs 2
lakh and health insur-
ance cover of Rs 5
lakh.
In addition, to pro-
vide proper education
to the children of the
labourers who keep mi-
grating for work, the
government has also
made arrangements for
‘Atal residential
schools’.
Lucknow (PTI): UP
CM Yogi Adityanath on
Sunday directed offi-
cials to set up shelters
that can accommodate
2,000-2,500 cows at block
level in bid to protect
them from heat amid
soaring temperatures.
“There should be prop-
er arrangements for
green fodder, straw...
in...shelters, it would be
appropriate to buy ani-
mal feed now. It is ex-
pected to speed up the
process of formation of
milk committees,” CM
Yogi said.
UP government re-
cently announced that
it’s mulling setting up
“cow sanctuaries” for
abandoned cattle in 30
districts.
On the power crisis,
the chief minister said
the situation was nor-
mal at present and as-
serted that uninter-
rupted power supply
should be ensured as
per the roster. “I had a
positive conversation
with the home minis-
ter, energy minister
and the railway minis-
ter regarding power
supply during my visit
to Delhi. The ministers
assured full coopera-
tion.
“The railways is go-
ing to give us addition-
al rakes to transport
coal, additional elec-
tricity will also be re-
ceived from the Cen-
tre.” he said. He ob-
served that not a single
consumer should get
‘wrong’ electricity bill,
and everyone should
get the bill on time.
Mr. Yogi Adityanath
said that for the power
supply to continue, it is
necessary to receive
payments of bills. He
said it is the responsi-
bility of every consum-
er who consumes elec-
tricity to pay their dues
on time.
SPEAKING ABOUT THE PORTAL, CM ADITYANATH SAID IT IS AN EFFORT OF THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO END THE DIFFICULTIES THAT SENIOR CITIZENS FACE
CM Yogi speaking at the function held at Lok Bhavan on Sunday to launch the
e-pension portal. —PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
INSURANCE COVER OF
`2 LAKH TO EVERY WORKER
This system has been implemented for the
state government employees and soon, other
departments will also join the process which
will benefit lakhs of people, he said, adding that
no one will have to wander for pension. Listing
the efforts of the government towards providing
social and economic security to the labourers,
Adityanath highlighted that every worker wheth-
er migrant or resident has been provided an
insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh and health insur-
ance cover of Rs 5 lakh. For providing proper
education to the children of the labourers who
keep migrating for work, the government has
also made arrangements for ‘Atal residential
schools’, he said.
HAR HAR GANGE!
Devotees perform Ganga aarti on the occasion of
Vaishakha Amavasya at Sangam in Pryagraj on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Set up shelters
to protect cows
from heat: Yogi
‘Ensure 24X7 power during festivals’
Lucknow: Amidst on-
going power crisis in
the State due to techni-
cal snag in a few power
generation plants and
shortage of coal Chief
Minister Yogi on Sun-
day directed the offi-
cials to ensure adequate
power supply during
Eid and other festivals.
Presiding over a
high-level team meet-
ing, Yogi said smooth
and adequate power
supply should be en-
sured on the occasion
of Akshay Tritiya,
Parashuram Jayanti
and Eid.
“Facilities like clean-
liness and drinking wa-
ter should be arranged
near religious places
and convenience of the
people should be kept in
mind.” he said. The CM
said he had positive in-
teraction with the
Home Minister, Energy
Minister and Railway
Minister regarding
power supply during
his Delhi visit and they
have assured of full co-
operation. ”The rail-
ways are going to pro-
vide additional rakes
for transportation of
coal and the central gov-
ernment will give addi-
tional energy to the
state. Proper arrange-
ments should be made
for uninterrupted pow-
er supply as per the ros-
ter. Situation is normal
as of now and power
supply should be en-
sured as per the roster,”
he directed. Yogi direct-
ed that it should he en-
sured at all costs that
not a single consumer
gets a wrong bill and
gets his bill on time.
Provide medical facility to unwell workers:Guv
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY PERKS
Governor
Anandiben says
workers are not
labourers, they
are artisans
TWO POWER CORPORATION
EMPLOYEES BEATEN WITH
STICKS BY VILLAGERS
Budaun (PTI): Two
employees of the Ut-
tar Pradesh Power
Corporation were al-
legedly beaten by vil-
lagers here on Sun-
day when they went
to rectify a faulty
high tension line, po-
lice said.
The incident took
place at Takia vil-
lage in the Sahsawan
area, they said.
When Fukran Hus-
sain and Nafees
Ahmed reached the
village to rectify the
faulty high tension
line, they were beat-
en by some villagers
with sticks, police
said. An FIR has
been registered
against four persons
Chandrapal Singh,
Joginder Singh,
Ramchandra and
Mujeeb based on the
complaint of the em-
ployees under the
relevant sections of
the IPC. Cops said on
Friday, an SP MLA
allegedly assaulted a
UPPCL employee in
the district as well.
Lucknow (PTI): Amid
allegation that an at-
tempt is being made to
destroy the basic form
of education in madra-
sas in UP, Minister of
State for Minority Wel-
fare Danish Ansari said
on Sunday the govt’s
agenda is not to change
the form of education
but to make it better.
The Uttar Pradesh
Madrasa Education
Board has decided that
Urdu, Arabic, Persian
and ‘Diniyat’ (religious
teaching) will be taught
as one subject instead
of separate texts, a
move criticised by a
teachers’ association.
Asked about apprehen-
sions that the basic
form of madrasa educa-
tion is being changed,
Ansari told. “The govt
is not going to take any
such step. We are mov-
ing in the direction of
making madrasa educa-
tion better for stu-
dents.”
“The things that are
good will be implement-
ed. Whatever good in-
put madrasa board gets,
it is put forward. What-
ever decision will be
taken, it will benefit
common people’’.
‘Agenda not to change madrasa
education but to make it better’
Minister of State for Minority Welfare Danish Ansari
‘QURAN ALONG WITH LAPTOP’
CM Yogi Adityanath along with Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, Finance Minister Suresh
Kumar Khanna, Chief Secy Durga Shankar Mishra, and ACS, Info, Navneet Sehgal release a new edition of Maharishi
Dayanand Saraswati’s book ‘Satyarth Prakash’.
Governor Anandiben Patel along with Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Brajesh Pathak, Employment Minister Anil Rajbhar,
District Magistrate Lucknow Abhishek Prakash, and Director SGPGI Prof Dr RK Dhiman at the event.
Gandhinagar University Vice Chancellor Dr Bimal Patel met CM
Yogi at his official residence in Lucknow on Sunday. ACS, Home,
Awanish Awasthi was also present.

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Dehradun: The presence of king crow butterfly, an un-
common species, has been recorded for the first time in
U’khand, officials said on Sunday. The discovery assumes
significance as it is an attractive new addition to the existing
list of 450 butterfly species found in UP, they said. The
research wing of forest department recorded its presence
at Nainital’s Bhujia Ghat area, CCF (research) Sanjeev
Chaturvedi said. The discovery also assumes importance
because it marks the western most recording of the un-
common species after Katrania Ghat Sanctuary, he said.
MAN KILLS BRO
IN DISPUTE
OVER TREE
ELDERLY MAN
KILLED IN FOREST
DEPT NURSERY
Barabanki: The police ar-
rested a man for allegedly
killing his elder brother
with a cleaver following
a dispute over cutting
a tree, the police said
Sunday. ASP Poornendu
Singh said, “The incident
took place at Hussainpur
village when Naimilal tried
to stop his younger broth-
er Rajendra from cutting
down a tree near their
house. “The argument
escalated and Rajendra
attacked Naimilal with a
cleaver,” the officer said.
The injured brother was
rushed to the hospital
where he succumbed to
the injuries, police said.
Sitapur: An elderly man
was axed to death near
Lauli Naher Kothi near Lauli
culvert. Police said Suresh
Tripathi (76) was working
in Forest Department’s
Nursery. He was found
dead near his shelter in
Nursery in Sandana area.
His body was mangled as
several attacks were made
with sharp-edged weapon.
Police rushed to the spot
and initiated investigation.
They interrogated several
villagers and forensic de-
partment collected evidenc-
es from the spot. Initial
investigations revealed that
deceased was also known
for tantric rituals.
IN A FIRST, PRESENCE OF KING CROW
BUTTERFLY RECORDED IN U’KHAND
Yogi govttodevelopMahbharataCircuit,Bundelkhand
First India Bureau
Lucknow: CM Yogi Ad-
ityanath has embarked
upon a mission to tap
the immense tourism
potential of its abun-
dant historical heritage
sites dating from the
Mahabharata period to
the struggle for inde-
pendence. The Govern-
ment is developing the
Mahabharata Circuit
and Bundelkhand as
part of this mission.
The government’s
motive behind this
move is also to increase
people’s awareness of
UP’s rich historical her-
itage and remind them
of the lost and forgotten
saga of its heroes such
as Maharani Laxmibai
and Maharaja Suheldev.
Principal Secretary
,
Tourism, Mukesh Mesh-
ram said efforts were on
to improve infrastruc-
ture and other facilities
for tourists in a phased
manner at all the signifi-
cant historical sites as
pledged in BJP’s 2022
pollmanifesto. TheGov-
ernment is also trying to
promote the sites as
brands in order to at-
tract visitors, he added.
“Work is underway to
build a grand bronze
statue of Maharaja
Suheldev riding a 40-
feet high horse in Bah-
raich at a cost of Rs 45
crore. Similarly, the
preparation of the DPR
for the proposed Light
and Sound Show at Ma-
haraja Bijli Pasi Fort in
Lucknow is in prog-
ress,” Meshram said.
The government
aims at carrying for-
ward its 2018 policy to
develop places of his-
torical significance in
Bundelkhand and Ma-
habharata circuits.
The land of Bun-
delkhandissynonymous
withbraveryandculture
initself.Inthisaridarea,
the beautiful pond at
Charkhari (Mahoba)
built by the Chandel Dy-
nasty
, which never dries
up, is a major attraction
for tourists. Similarly
,
Kalinjar Fort at Banda
as well as heritage sites
in Jhansi, Deogarh and
Lalitpur continue to be
tourist hotspots.
Besides, the Chunar
Fort in Mirzapur dis-
trict, the origin of the
popular stories of
Chandrakanta, which
was built by King Vikra-
maditya of Ujjain in
memory of his brother
Bharthari in the 16th
century, is also a major
attraction for tourists.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A family in
Chandauli has claimed
that one of their daugh-
ters died allegedly after
being assaulted by po-
licemen.
NDTV reported the
police as saying that
they had gone to exe-
cute a non-bailable
warrant against a trad-
er accused of illegal
sand mining and left as
the accused was not
home. The family has
alleged that the daugh-
ters of the accused
were severely assaulted
by policemen.
“Hamari badi behen
ka hatya kar diye hai
police waale (Our elder
sister has been mur-
dered by policemen),” a
man can be heard in a
video of the incident.
When asked who hit
her, the other woman in
the video is heard say-
ing “police”. Probed if
her sister too was beat-
en up by police, the
woman, who appears in
severe pain, says “haan
(Yes)”. Two policemen
were injured in the in-
cident as angry villag-
ers chased them away.
The injured policemen
are now in hospital.
“An inquiry has been
ordered. And if a po-
liceman is found guilty,
strict action will be tak-
en. Prima facie it ap-
pears that the death is
due to other reasons.
We are awaiting the
post-mortem report,”
said Ankur Agarwal,
Superintendent of Po-
lice, Chandauli.
Akhilesh Yadav
tweeted: “Police has be-
come killer in UP
. There
should be a murder case
against the guilty po-
licemen and they
should get the harshest
punishment.”
First India Bureau
Muzaffarnagar: Acting
on tip-off of Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB)
Gujarat Anti-terrorist
Squad raided in Kidwai
Nagar under City Kot-
wali police station area
here, recovering a huge
consignment of heroin
from there.
PolicesaidtheGujarat
team raided Haider’s
house late on Saturday
nightandrecoveredover
200-kilogram heroin
from there and nabbed
an accomplice from the
spot.Itwasreportedthat
Imran, close aide of
Haider, was taken into
custody by Gujarat ATS.
NCB had raided in
Shahin Bagh area in
New Delhi three days
back and recovered
97-kilogram drugs from
there. During investiga-
tion it was revealed that
drugs was smuggled
from Afghanistan and
after interrogations Ah-
mad was arrested from
Kairana (Shamli) along
with two Afghanistan
nationals.
ATS had arrested
Haider from Kidwai
NagarinMuzaffarnagar
afterinterrogationswith
Ahmad and furthers
raids were conducted on
his statements. Imran,
associate of Haider was
alsonabbedbyATSfrom
the spot and further in-
terrogations were un-
derway
.
Lucknow (PTI):
Nearly 54,000 unautho-
rised loudspeakers
were removed from re-
ligious places and the
volume of over 60,000
was set to permissible
limits across UP fol-
lowing a government
order, a senior police
official said on Sunday
.
A statewide drive
undertaken to remove
unauthorised loud-
speakers from reli-
gious places and set
the volume of others
within permissible
limits from April 25.
Under this exercise,
a total of 53,942 loud-
speakers were re-
moved and volume of
60,295 loudspeakers
was set within permis-
sible limits till Sunday
morning, ADG (Law
and Order) Prashant
Kumar said.
The drive will con-
tinue in the coming
days, confirmed a se-
nior home department
official.
The ADGP said that
the loudspeakers are
being removed from
all religious places
without any discrimi-
nation.
Explaining further
about the action, Ku-
mar said, “The loud-
speakers which are
being removed are un-
authorised.”
Continued from p1
... of Revenue depart-
ment, while ACS Ra-
jnish Dubey was re-
moved from Urban
Development and
made ACS, Milk De-
velopment, Fisheries,
Livestock and Coordi-
nation Department.
Manoj Singh has been
made Agriculture
Production Commis-
sioner along with ad-
ditional charge of CS,
Village Development
and Panchayati Raj,
while Amrit Abhijaat
has been made PS, Ur-
ban Development and
Urban Employment,
and Rajesh Singh has
been appointed PS
Horticulture and
Food Processing De-
partment. L Ven-
kateshwarlu is PS,
Transport depart-
ment while Neena
Sharma was sent to
the UP Government
and Management
Academy. M Devraj
has been given addi-
tional charge of PS,
Energy, while Radha
S Chauhan has been
made ACS, Institu-
tional Finance.
Chunar Fort in Mirzapur —FILE PHOTO
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PROUD LEGACY
FESTIVE RUSH
Crowd shopping for Eid in Lucknow’s Aminabad on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
Mission to
tap immense
tourism potential
Aim to raise
awareness on
UP’s heritage
Project part of
BJP govt’s 2022
poll manifesto
Woman dead
after alleged
assault by
cops
GujATS raid seizes
200-kgheroin,1held
MOVED TO DELHI
It was reported that
Haider alias Chunnu
had started as painter
and he went to Delhi
20 years back. Haider
was jailed under theft
charges and was re-
siding in Shahinbagh.
Over 53,900 unauthorised
loudspeakers removed in UP
WHAT ARE UNAUTHORISED
LOUDSPEAKERS?
Loudspeakers placed without taking due per-
mission from the district administration or the
ones which are placed in excess of the permitted
numbers are categorised as unauthorised, ADG
Kumar said. He said, “Orders of the HC regarding
loudspeakers are also being considered.” As per
the said 2017 order, the HC had asked the UP
government if loudspeakers at religious and public
places were installed after taking permission in
writing from authorities referring to the Noise
Pollution (Regulation and Control) rules 2000.
Gonda (PTI): Angry
with her husband, a
woman along with her
two children jumped be-
fore a moving train on
the Gonda-Gorakhpur
route under the Moti-
ganj police station area
onSunday
,officialssaid.
The woman got mar-
ried eight years ago and
had a five-year-old son
and a seven-year-old
daughter. Her husband,
a resident of Sothia vil-
lage, works at Surat in
Gujarat.
Police said the wom-
an had reportedly
sought money from her
husband to attend her
brother’s marriage that
was to take place on
Sunday
.
But neither did her
husband come to attend
the marriage nor did he
send money which an-
gered the woman. Her
in-laws were also al-
legedly stopping her to
go to her parents’ place,
they said.
On Sunday morning,
she went out of the
house along with her
children. When they did
not return after a long
time, people started
searching for them and
found their bodies on
the railway track out-
side the village, police
said.
GRP official MP
Chaturvedi said the
woman along with her
childrenjumpedinfront
of a train and killed
themselves. The locals
have identified the de-
ceased, he said.
The official said the
bodies have been sent
forpost-mortemandpri-
ma facie it seems to be a
case of suicide.
Following an inspec-
tion of the incident spot,
it seems that the woman
might have pushed her
children in front of the
train and then took the
extreme step herself,
GRP SHO Chaturvedi
said.
Woman with kids jumps before moving train
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magine you live
alone and walk
into a local food
market in La-
gos, the Nigeri-
an commercial capital, to
buy a week’s worth of ba-
sic food items. In less than
15 minutes, you would find
that you’ve spent at least
10,000 Naira (or US$24 at
the official exchange rate
of US$1 = 416 Naira).
This may seem minus-
cule to privileged house-
holds but such expenditure
is a heavy burden on Nige-
ria’s 62 million workers.
The majority of Nigeri-
an workers have to make
do with a monthly mini-
mum wage of 30,000 Naira
(US$72). Only 17 percent of
Nigerian workers hold
jobs that pay enough to get
them out of poverty. Soar-
ing food prices are the ma-
jor cause. Nigeria’s infla-
tion rate was 15.9 percent
in March, 2022, and food
prices rose by 17.2%,
among highest in Africa.
The war in Ukraine has
added further upward pres-
sure on commodity and
fuel prices. This will cause
overall inflation and food
prices to continue to in-
crease well into 2023, a
pointer that workers are in
for a very rough ride dur-
ing next several months.
Coping strategies
To maintain a decent level
of food consumption and
avoid becoming one of the
5 million Nigerians that
face hunger, households
are reducing expenditures
on essential services like
health, electricity, and
transportation. It has be-
come customary for house-
holds to switch off electric-
ity at night to reduce en-
ergy bills. Many now post-
pone or avoid unessential
travels.
Lessons from India
Food shortages were so se-
vere in the 1950s and 1960s
that India became known
as the “begging-bowl” na-
tion. Today, India is not
only self-sufficient in food,
but food is widely afforda-
ble. It has become a net ex-
porter of food. It turned
the situation around
through Green Revolution
initiated by PM Jawaharlal
Nehru in 1960s. India’s
land reform placed a ceil-
ing of 25 acres on land
ownership per household.
Absentee landowners with
surplus land were forced to
relinquish portions of
their land for redistribu-
tion to landless farmers.
Small-scale farming
The Indian case has shown
that the key to food secu-
rity lies with small pro-
ducers, as opposed to Nige-
ria’s focus on large-scale
agricultural projects that
either produce cash crops
or turn out to be white el-
ephants.
Source: The Conversation
A GLOOMY MAY DAY FOR NIGERIAN WORKERS
I
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
I can do all things through him
who strengthens me. —Bible
Bhupender Yadav @byadavbjp
All nation-building starts with
labour. Heartfelt gratitude to our
labour force for everything you
are selflessly doing day and night
for the country.
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Labor power is the basis of
the progress of the nation. I
salute hard work and diligence
of all working brothers and
sisters who are incessantly
engaged in building a self-reliant
and prosperous India. Modi
Government is constantly committed to the social and
economic upliftment of the workers. Happy Labor Day.
TOP TWEETS
In Europe, the West regards
Machiavelli’s Prince as the
foundational text on
statecraft. It talks of how
and what the Prince must
do to retain power. It is a
valuable treatise on
retaining power – power is
regarded as an end in itself
– not a means to an end.
Here in Bharat, the Shanti
Parva and Chanakya’s
discourse in Artha Shastra
tell us that a state exist to
ensure Dharma
(righteousness and the rule
of law ) – one in which the
Ruler is subordinate to
Dharma , and not above it ,
Artha – the creation of
wealth which is the
foundation of both state
and society , and Kama –
the fulfilment of all the finer
things of life – from a
celebration of the arts to
erotica and ecstasy. And
there is no prudery or
shame in celebrating love in
all its manifestations
et us start by asking our-
selves: What is govern-
ance? How is it different
from administration and
management? What is the
role of political mentors,
and what should be the
idealinterfacebetweenthe
elected and selected lead-
ers? Are there any globally
accepted benchmarks for
governance? And if there
are, does an institutional
mechanismexisttoenforce
them,oratleastnudgegov-
ernments towards it.
Traditionally the word
governance has been used
to refer to ‘the affairs of
the state, and the ecosys-
tem of political economy
which envelops the state’.
Of course, these days,
large corporates have
started talking about ‘cor-
porate governance’ to dis-
tinguish themselves from
management decisions
that are taken by individu-
alunitsorfirmsinthecon-
glomerate. It is placed on a
pedestal higher than man-
agement. Therefore in the
context of civil services
and good governance – the
theme for today- we will
examine what is it that the
state and its associated
agencies do that impact
everyone living within the
‘latitudes and longitudes’
which comprise the terri-
tory of the state. It is gen-
erally accepted that a state
exists ‘to provide external
security, internal order,
justice as per established
canon, general welfare
and freedom’. Of course,
each one of these concepts
is evolving. External secu-
rity today means and in-
cludes the exclusive eco-
nomic zone, and in many
cases – control over ship-
ping lanes that are critical
to trade and energy secu-
rity – as for example the
Straits of Malacca. In fact,
today external and inter-
nal order are clubbed to-
gether as National securi-
ty
. Even though justice is
an essential function of
the state – it is functionally
independent of the execu-
tive. With regard to gener-
al welfare and freedom, all
the countries which are
part of the UN system
have accepted SDGs and
the UDHR as ideals to be
achieved. In India, not just
the Union government,
but states and districts are
also drawing up their ac-
tion plans for SDGs.
In this context, we need
to understand that govern-
ance is about the overall
architecture in which the
state performs its func-
tions, the administration
is about plans, policies,
budgets, goals, and objec-
tives – especially in the
context of public systems
while management is
about maximising effi-
ciency in use of resources.
All three are important –
and play a complimentary
role, and in a three-decade
professional trajectory of
a civil servant, she will be
involved in all three – she
will manage programmes
and projects, administer
districts and corporations
and assist the political
leadership in laying down
the framework for govern-
ance. Political mentorship
is of prime importance,
because certain decisions
- say for example the aboli-
tion of Article 370, and the
introduction of reserva-
tionexclusivelyonincome
criterion can be done only
by the political leadership.
A CIVILIZATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE ON
THE STATE
A recent book that I re-
ceived for review from
Cornell ‘Strategies for
Governing’ by A Roberts
-lists a typology of thirty-
one kinds of states – these
include among others, Ad-
ministrative states, City-
states, Civilizational
states, Empires, Garrison
states, Deep states, Nation
states, Multinational
states, Democracies as
well as Fragile/failed
states. Within South Asia,
we have India as a civiliza-
tional state, Pakistan as a
garrisonstate,Bangladesh
as a successful nation
state, the Af- Pak region
along the Durand line and
most of Afghanistan and
Myanmar as fragile or
failed states, Sri Lanka as
a ‘flailing’ state as it can-
not meet its sovereign
commitments. Let me
mention here that the real
tragedy of state failures is
their impact on the re-
source poor, the vulnera-
ble, women and children.
Let me also make the
point that while free, fair
and transparent elections
are the necessary first con-
dition for a Democratic
state, the Rule of Law, ad-
herence to Constitutional
norms as well as a vibrant
civil society and independ-
ent media are equally im-
portant. States must exer-
cise power for the greatest
good of the largest num-
bers – retention of power
for the sake of power can-
not be an end in itself.
This is what brings us to
the civilizational perspec-
tives on state – and I will
talk about the Confucian
state in China, the Raj
Dharma discussed in the
Shanti Parv, the state of
Medina and about the Eu-
ropean city state -which
later morphed into a na-
tion state but retained
Machiavelli’s Prince as
the seminal text.
In the Confucian state,
which in many ways has
been inherited by the CPC,
the state is at the centre of
the social system – every
institution, including
those dealing with the arts
and literature - is subordi-
natetothestate.Of course,
the assumption is that
good government will
bring order, peace, pros-
perity and abundance – in
agriculture, trade as well
aspopulation.Butthestate
expected complete compli-
ance, and any deviation
from the norm, was, and is
brought down by an iron
hand. The state was sali-
ent, but it was also amoral.
The state of Medina is
often referred to as the
‘ideal political establish-
ment’ in Islam. Demagog-
ic leaders in Muslim ma-
jority states – including
Zulfikar Bhutto and Im-
ran Khan often harked
upon it. Its characteris-
tic ethos is religion –
which unites in itself
both the spiritual and
temporal aspects of life
and seeks to regulate not
only the individual’s rela-
tionship to God but hu-
man relationships in a
social setting as well.
However, the state of
Medina makes a clear dis-
tinction between ummah
(believers) and non- be-
lievers and prescribes dif-
ferent rates of taxation.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
L
RAJ DHARMA 8
GOVERNANCE
Let us examine what is it that the state and its associated agencies do that impact everyone
living within the ‘latitudes and longitudes’ which comprise the territory of the state
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is Distinguished Fellow,
USI Delhi and Historian Policy
Analyst. Also former Director,
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration, Mussoorie
Governance is about the overall architecture in which the
state performs its functions, the administration is about
plans, policies, budgets, goals, and objectives – espe-
cially in the context of public systems while management
is about maximising efficiency in use of resources. All
three are important – and play a complimentary role,
and in a three-decade professional trajectory of a civil
servant, she will be involved in all three – she will man-
age programmes and projects, administer districts and
corporations and assist the political leadership in laying
down the framework for governance.
Political mentorship is of prime importance, because cer-
tain decisions - say for example the abolition of Article 370,
and the introduction of reservation exclusively on income
criterion can be done only by the political leadership.
l What is governance?
l How is it different from admin-
istration and management?
l What is the role of political
mentors, and what should be
the ideal interface between the
elected and selected leaders?
l Are there any globally ac-
cepted benchmarks for govern-
ance?
l Does an institutional mecha-
nism exist to enforce them, or
at least nudge governments
towards it?
FUNCTIONS, ADMINISTRATION
AND THE OBJECTIVES...
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Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi
has formed six commit-
tees. She and the coordi-
nators of these commit-
tees may know exactly
what these committees
are supposed to do, how-
ever, what was said in
the Congress’ press con-
ference and the news
carried out by national
media, does not shed
light on the roles of
these committees. It is
being said that these six
committeeswillprepare
a strategy for the gener-
al elections of 2024. But
the question is, what
will be the strategy for
2024 from now on? In the
matter of farmers and
agricultureorintheeco-
nomic matter, Congress
is yet to formulate a
strategy
, on the basis of
which it has to contest
the next general elec-
tion? However, electoral
strategy is a totally dif-
ferent thing, which six
committees cannot
make separately
. Sec-
ondly
, the election strat-
egy is made on the basis
of various types of data
related to elections.
Therefore, it does not
seem that these six com-
mittees will formulate a
strategy for the elec-
tion. Their work is to
prepare the agenda for
the Nav Sankalp Chin-
tan Shivir to be held in
Udaipur, Rajasthan
from May 13 to 15. In
this sense, it can be said
that this is not a new
thing. Such committees
are formed every time
before Congress’ Chin-
tan Shivir or before its
general session and re-
ports are sought from
them. That report is put
up for discussion in the
session and then it is ac-
cepted.
Such Congress com-
mittees had given their
reports even when the
last session of the Con-
gress was held at the In-
dira Gandhi Stadium in
Delhi. Interestingly,
even then Bhupinder
Singh Hooda was the
chairman of the com-
mittee on farmers and
agriculture and this
time also he has been
giventhisresponsibility
.
He prepared his report
from his personal expe-
rience and after talking
to several agricultural
experts. In this, many
suggestions were given
from increasing the
minimum support price
of crops to increasing
the scope of MSP
.
However, these com-
mittees are not entirely
useless and have some
use as well. Through
these, the Congress high
command has given a
message to the party
workers that the party
leadership is doing
something. Secondly
, by
givingplacetomanydis-
gruntled leaders of the
party, a message has
beengiventhattheparty
is working after taking
everyone’s opinion.
Keep in mind that the
leaders of the G-23 had
pointed out the need for
collective leadership.
Therefore the leaders of
that group have also
been included in these
committees. Bhupinder
Singh Hooda and Mukul
Wasnik have been made
the conveners of two
committees. Apart from
them, Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Manish Tewari,
Akhilesh Prasad Singh
etc. have been made
members. In this sense,
it can be said that this is
a political stunt, which
has no special meaning.
Are Sonia’s ‘committees’ merely part of political stunt without any ‘meaning’?
2024 GENERAL ELECTION
BJP capable of changing
leadership: BL Santosh
Mysuru (Agencies):
BJP National General
Secretary BL Santhosh
said on Sunday that
the party’s capacity to
change leadership has
always been its
strength.
The statement has
created ripples in the
state political corri-
dors and assumed im-
portance against the
backdrop of upcoming
General Assembly
elections in 2023.
Though, the high
command has stated
that the next elections
would be fought under
the leadership of Chief
Minister Basavaraj
Bommai, the state-
ment has again started
debate over his leader-
ship, party sources ex-
plained.
The experiments in
this regard have been
successful in Punjab
and Gujarat states.
The strategy of BJP to
keep away sitting
MLAs and family
members of party
leaders have given
good results, he fur-
ther said.
With the introduc-
tion of new faces in
several states, BJP has
attained power. In New
Delhi and Gujarat cor-
poration elections,
new faces who contest-
ed on BJP tickets have
won, he maintained.
Tickets were not giv-
en to those sitting cor-
porators in the nation-
al capital. These exper-
iments are possible
only in BJP, he said.
Himanta says
UCC will ensure
honour for
Muslim women
New Delhi (PTI): As-
sam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
has strongly pitched for
implementation of the
Uniform Civil Code
(UCC) in the country,
saying no Muslim wom-
an wants her husband
to have three wives.
Sarma in New Delhi
on Sunday also met Ut-
tarakhand Chief Min-
ister Pushkar Singh
Dhami, who recently
said his BJP govern-
ment would prepare
the draft of a UCC to be
implemented in the
northern state.
The Assam chief
minister said all Mus-
lims whom he has met
wanted the UCC.
“No Muslim woman
wants her husband to
have three wives. No
one wants this. You
can ask any Muslim
woman. No one would
tell you that her hus-
band should marry
three women. Who
wants this,” he said on
Saturday.
He said if Muslim
women and mothers
have to be given hon-
our in the society, after
the Triple Talaq (law),
the UCC has to be put
in place.
“I am a Hindu and I
have the UCC. For my
sister and daughter, I
have the UCC. If I have
UCC for my daughter,
then Muslim daughters
must have that protec-
tion,” he said.
KARNATAKA MODEL
ENOUGH FOR STATE
CM Bommai reacting to
statements by Santhosh
said, his observations are
correct and he had spoken
in reference to Corporation
elections, he said. BJP
General Secretary and MLA
CT Ravi stated that there
is only Karnataka model
for Karnataka. There is no
need of Punjab or Gujarat
models for the state.
Kerala hate speech case:
Ex-MLA George gets bail
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): Former
MLA and Kerala Jana-
paksham Chairman,
PC George was given
conditional bail by a lo-
cal court here on Sun-
day after he was arrest-
ed over hate speech
charges.
Thiruvananthapuram
Judicial first class mag-
istrate court(ii), Justice
Asha Koshy
, granted
conditional bail to
George conditional.
The court said that he
should not indulge in
hate speech, should not
influence the witness,
and not create any unto-
ward incidents.
Advocate Sasthaman-
galam Ajith Kumar,
who appeared for
George, told media that
this case was bailable.
He said that police
could not give station
bail as George was
charged under IPC Sec-
tions 153 A and 295 A.
George after coming
out of the Magistrate’s
chamber while speak-
ing to the mediapersons
said, “The Judiciary in
India is for justice and
the Honourable Chief
Minister of Kerala,
Pinarayi Vijayan, and
his police had arrested
me as a Ramzan gift to
Islamic terror groups.”
Former MLA and Kerala Janapaksham Chairman, PC George.
Kick me out if I don’t improve
Gujarat’s schools: Kejriwal
Birbhum carnage death count rises
to 10 as woman dies of burn injuries
Bharuch (PTI): Aam
Aadmi Party chief
Arvind Kejriwal today
made another pitch for
change in Gujarat, offer-
ing the governance mod-
el that has been hugely
successful in Delhi and
morerecently
,inPunjab.
Citing the Delhi schools
in Gujarat’s Bharuch —
where tribals form a
chunk of the population
— he claimed the condi-
tion of schools in Guja-
rat is really bad.
“There are 6,000 gov-
ernment schools in Gu-
jarat, which have been
shut. Many others are
in dilapidated condi-
tions. The future of
lakhs of children has
been disrupted. We can
change this future,” Ke-
jriwal said.
“The BJP is making
world record in paper
leaks during examina-
tions in Gujarat. I chal-
lenge Gujarat Chief
Minister Bhupendra Pa-
tel to hold a single ex-
amination without a pa-
per leak,” he said.
Rampurhat (PTI): A
woman, who suffered
burn injuries in the
Rampurhat massacre
in West Bengal’s Birb-
hum district in March,
died on Sunday morn-
ing while undergoing
treatment, police said.
With this, 10 people
have died of burn inju-
ries after their houses
in Bogtui village were
allegedly firebombed
following the murder of
local TMC leader Bhadu
Sheikh.
The woman was ad-
mitted to the hospital
with 27 per cent burn
injuries, a police officer
told media.
“She was discharged
after her condition im-
proved. But, she was
again admitted to the
Rampurhat Medical
College and Hospital af-
ter her health condition
started deteriorating.
She died early Sunday
morning,” he said.
The CBI took over the
investigation of the in-
cident, which happened
on March 20, from the
state police on the direc-
tion of the Calcutta
High Court.
Won’t attend MNS’
‘Chalisa’ event: VHP
Two hybrid terrorists
arrested in Kulgam
After Ram Navami violence, curfew for
Eid in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone
Mumbai (PTI): The
Vishva Hindu Parishad
(VHP) on Sunday dis-
missed as “fake and
baseless” the reports
that its activists and
those of the Bajrang Dal
will participate in an
event to be organised by
the MNS to play ‘Hanu-
man Chalisa’ on loud-
speakers outside the
mosques in Maharash-
tra on May 3.
In a veiled attack at
the MNS, VHP National
Spokesperson Vinod
Bansal also dubbed as
“propaganda politics”
the reports about the
participationof itsactiv-
ists and those of the Ba-
jrangDalintheproposed
MNS’ event, saying the
VHP neither supports
any political party nor
participates in their po-
litical programmes.
“Neither the VHP nor
the Bajrang Dal have ex-
tended any support to
the MNS’ Hanuman
Chalisa event,” said.
Srinagar (PTI): Secu-
rity forces on Sunday ar-
rested two ‘hybrid’ ter-
rorists in Kulgam and
Sringar districts of
Jammu and Kashmir,
police said.
“#KulgamPolice
Army ( 34 RR) arrested
one #hybrid #terrorist
of proscribedterrorout-
fit LeT namely Yamin
Yousaf Bhat of Gadiha-
ma Kulgam,” the Kash-
mir Zone Police said on
its Twitter handle.
The police said in-
criminating material,
arms and ammunition,
including a pistol, two
grenades and 51 pistol
rounds were recovered
from his possession.
Another ‘hybrid’ ter-
rorist was arrested from
Nowgamareaof thecity
here, the police said.
“On a specific input,
Police(50RR)arrested
a hybrid terrorist name-
ly Sheikh Sahid Gulzar
of Muchhwa, Badgam
from Nowgam.
Bhopal (Agencies):
Complete curfew has
been declared during
Eid in Khargone, Mad-
hya Pradesh, which saw
communal violence
during Ram Navami
last month. Eid is likely
to be celebrated on Mon-
day or Tuesday
. Both of
these days will be under
curfew, the district ad-
ministration has said.
“Complete curfew
will be imposed in the
Khargone on May 2 and
May 3. Eid prayers to be
offered at home,” said
Summer Singh, ADM,
Khargone. On these
days, shops will remain
open and students go-
ing for exams will be
given a pass, he added.
“Also, no event on Ak-
shaya Tritiya and
Parshuram Jayanti will
be allowed to be organ-
ised in the district,” Mr
Singh said.
24 people were in-
jured in Khargone on
April 10 when two
groups clashed during
a Ram Navami proces-
sion. A man was killed
during the communal
clashes and Superin-
tendent of Police Sid-
dharth Chaudhary
was shot at.
Five people have been
arrested in connection
with the murder of
Ibris Khan in Anand
Nagar-Kapas Mandi lo-
cality. A man has been
arrested for shooting
the senior police officer.
More than 150 people
were arrested in con-
nection with 64 cases of
communal violence
filed across Khargone.
DYFI
WORKERS
THROW
EGGS
There were several protest marches for
and against George while he was being
brought from his residence in Kottayam to
Thiruvananthapuram. While the BJP work-
ers shouted slogans in support of George,
DYFI workers threw eggs at his vehicle.
BJP national
general secretary
hints at massive
change in K’taka
ahead of State
assembly elections

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Gujarataccountsforfourth
of all pharma exports: Irani
The $24 million exports exports achieved by India, Gujarat accounts for nearly 25%
Ahmedabad (Agen-
cies): Hailing the
state’s contribution in
the pharma sector,
Minister of Women
and Child Develop-
ment Smriti Irani on
Sunday said that of the
$24 million exports ex-
ports achieved by In-
dia, Gujarat accounts
for nearly 25 per cent.
She was inaugurat-
ing the national confer-
ence on “Soaring
Heights of Empower-
ment in Pharma
Healthcare Industry”
here.
The minister also
launched a knowledge
report on “Future im-
pact on Pharma
Healthcare with Diver-
sity Inclusivity: Vi-
sion 2030”.Extending
her wishes on the
state’s Formation Day,
she highlighted the
contribution of Guja-
rat in the Pharma sec-
tor stating that out of
24 million USD exports
achieved by India. She
expressed concern
over lack of opportuni-
ties for women in the
pharma and health-
care sectors and hoped
that the conference
would help to generate
dialogue, discussion
and drive outcomes to-
wards the goal of more
women in these sec-
tors.Deepa Sharma,
Conference convener
said that focussing on
empowering Women
entrepreneurship and
participation in health-
care and pharma to
drive dialogue and ac-
tion was the goal of the
conference. “With a
goal to contribute to
the national agenda of
celebrating Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav, we
hope that the confer-
ence is instrumental in
fuelling the entrepre-
neurial spirit,” she
added.
Dr Viranchi Shah -
National President In-
dian Drug Manufactur-
ers’ Association added
that “Business is in in
every Gujarati’s DNA
and with the emphasis
on strong participation
by women given by the
minister, I am confi-
dent that more partici-
pation from Women
entrepreneurs pro-
fessionals will happen.
The deliberations and
outcome from this con-
ference will help the
stakeholders to have a
look on how to further
strengthen diversity
and inclusivity in this
industry.”
Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Smriti Irani addressing the gathering in
Ahmedabad on Sunday.
AWARENESS
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Election
strategist Prashant
Kishor is once again at
crossroads. His given
deadline expires on May
2 before which he has to
decide whether he is go-
ing into active politics
or not and if is will en-
ter active politics, then
from which platform
will he do politics. Keep
in mind that he has dis-
tanced himself from the
work of election man-
agement. He has sepa-
rated from his company
I-Pac and has expressed
his desire to enter active
politics on his own.
That’s why after the
doors of Congress are
closed, the question is,
which way will he go?
Will he form a sepa-
rate party with disgrun-
tled Congress leaders
and try to make it into a
real Congress? There
have been attempts in
the past to this effect
and several meetings
have been held at Kapil
Sibal’s house to form
‘Sabki Congress’ or
‘Aapki Congress’ and
there have been discus-
sions about forming the
Indian People’s Con-
gress. So, one possibility
is that after the Rajya
Sabha elections, dis-
gruntled Congress lead-
ers form a separate
party and Prashant
Kishor joins it. But this
party will have no politi-
calcapital.PKwantedto
join Congress because
the party has an idea,
political space and close
to 12 crore votes.
Another option for
PK is that instead of
forming a single party,
he forms a third front
against the BJP and the
Congress, involving all
his client parties and us-
ingtheUnitedFrontand
the National Front as
was used in the past. Ni-
tish Kumar could be the
face in this experiment.
Then another option
with PK is to stick with
the Trinamool Congress
and prepare for the elec-
tions by projecting
Mamata Banerjee. On
this, many big satraps
who have left the Con-
gress or will leave the
Congress in the next few
days can come together.
The fourth option is
to continue working for
different parties as be-
fore. Work with Arvind
Kejriwal to YS Jagan
Mohan Reddy, Mamata
Banerjee, MK Stalin,
Uddhav Thackeray, K
Chandrasekhar Rao etc.
and plan Lok Sabha
elections. In such a situ-
ation, after the election,
he can ensure a big role
for himselves. There
may be other options,
about which Prashant
Kishor will reveal some-
thing in the next two-
four days.
WHAT WILL PRASHANT KISHOR DO NOW?
Prashant Kishor
ConspiracytomakeMumbaiUT:Sena
accusesFadnavisinSaamanaeditiorial
‘Fadnavis has presented a plan to the Union Home Ministry’
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Shiv Sena has ac-
cused Devendra Fad-
navis, the Leader of Op-
positioninMaharashtra,
of plotting to make
Mumbai a Union Terri-
tory
. In a scathing edito-
rial in the party mouth-
piece Saamana pub-
lished in the Maharash-
tra Day edition, the Sena
alleged that Fadnavis
has presented a plan to
the MHA to make Mum-
bai a union territory
,
whichwillbringitoutof
the purview of the MVA.
“The conspiracy to
separate Mumbai from
Maharashtraisnotcom-
pletely over even today
.
They want to reduce the
national and interna-
tional importance of
Mumbai and then they
want to make Mumbai a
UT...Fadnavis and his
BJP in Maharashtra are
fully aware of this,” the
editorial read.
It goes on to say: “Fad-
navis prepared a ‘pres-
entation’ which shows
how Mumbai can be
separated from Maha-
rashtra and presented it
to the Home Ministry
.”
Uddhav Thackeray Devendra Fadnavis
Disinvestment of Pawan
Hans ‘injudicious’: Cong
slams Central Govt
New Delhi (Agencies):
TheCongressonSunday
attackedthegovernment
over disinvestment of
Pawan Hans Helicop-
ters, saying the region’s
largest helicopter ser-
vice was a strategic or-
ganisation that should
have been retained.
The government has
decidedtosell51percent
stake in Pawan Hans to
Star9 Mobility Private
Ltd for Rs 211.14 crore.
“PawanHansissouth-
east Asia’s largest heli-
copter company with a
fleetof 42helicoptersfor
off-shore operations,
connecting inaccessible
areas, charter services,
search and rescue work,
VIP transportation, cor-
porate and special char-
ters, hotline washing of
insulators and heli-pil-
grimages (Kedarnath ji,
Badrinathji,Amartnath
ji, Maa Vaishno Devi ji
among others), Con-
gress spokesperson
Gaurav Vallabh said.
CONG QUESTIONS
No 4th wave, only local surges so far, says ICMR
New Delhi (Agencies):
The current spike in the
number of daily Cov-
id-19 cases in India can-
not be termed as the
fourth wave of the pan-
demic, Samiran Panda,
Additional Director
General of the Indian
Council of Medical Re-
search (ICMR), told me-
dia on Sunday
.
Panda said the surge
has been observed at dis-
trict levels, hence it can-
notbesaidthatthecoun-
try is moving towards a
fourth wave.
“Some surges have
been observed at district
levels. This is a called a
blip... Blips are confined
to certain geographical
regions of the country
,”
he said.
While arguing why
this is not the indication
of a fourth wave, Panda
gave four reasons in fa-
vour of the statement.
He said that first of
all, the surge has been
found at some local lev-
els which is due to the
testing ratio.
“Secondly
, what we
see is just a blip and we
cannot say that entire
states are under the grip
of Covid.”
Thirdly
, there is no in-
crease in the hospital
admission across the
country
, he noted.
Andmostimportantly
,
according to Panda, no
new variant has been
found yet which indi-
cates that there is no
fourth wave right now.
While talking about
the positivity rate, he
said that sometimes the
rate goes up because of
low testing.
A health official takes swab sample of a person on a street.
NIA conducts searches in
Assam in Maoist terror case
Guwahati (Agencies):
The National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA) on
Sunday said that it had
recently carried out
raids at two locations in
Kamrup district of As-
sam in connection with
the Maoist terror case.
The case pertains to
arrest of Maoist leader
Arun Kumar Bhattacha-
rjee alias Kanchan Da, a
memberof CentralCom-
mittee of CPI Maoist
along with his associate
AkashOrangaliasKajal,
a member of Assam
State Organising Com-
mitteeof CPI(Maoist)by
Assam Police from Pati-
mara Tea Garden under
Udarband PS of Cachar
district on March 6.
“The accused, along
with their other associ-
ates, were involved in
spreading the network
of CPI(Maoist)inAssam
and North-East region,”
the official said.
The case was initially
registered at Crime
Branch Police Station,
Guwahati, and later, the
probe was taken over by
the NIA on March 16.
War of words breaks out over MLA oath
Kolkata (Agencies):
TMC leader Babul Su-
priyo and West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar engaged in a
war of words over who
would administer the
oath to the TMC leader
elected to the assembly
fromtheBallygungecon-
stituency
.
WestBengalGovernor
Jagdeep Dhankhar had
appointedDeputySpeak-
er Asish Banerjee as the
person to administer the
oath to Babul Supriyo,
the newly elected mem-
ber of the West Bengal
Legislative Assembly
from the 161-Ballygunge
Assembly constituency
.
“Appointment of the
Hon’ble Deputy Speaker
DrAsishBanerjeeasthe
person to administer the
oath to Shri Babul Su-
priyo,electedtotheWest
Bengal Legislative As-
sembly from 161-Bally-
gunge Assembly constit-
uency is in conformity
with article 188 of the
Constitution”, tweeted
Dhankhar on Sunday
.
However, Deputy
Speaker refused to ad-
ministertheoath,saying
it would be an insult to
the Speaker.
Reacting to it, Supriyo
tweeted,“Forthesakeof
people of Ballygunge,
who did not have an
MLA for several months
since the demise of Sub-
roto Mukherjee, I would
request your excellency
@jdhankhar1 ji to re-
verse the decision and
allowHon’bleSpeakerto
preside over my oath
taking allowing me to
start my work.”
Jagdeep Dhankhar Babul Supriyo
BENGAL GUV VS BABUL SUPRIYO
Arms haul
seized in
Mizoram,
four arrested
Aizwal (Agencies):
In one of the big-
gest arms seizure
in Mizoram, As-
sam Rifles on Sun-
day seized a large
cache of arms, am-
munition and ex-
plosives, including
24,000 gelatine
sticks (weighing
3,000 kg) and ar-
rested four people
in this connection,
officials said.
Assam Rifles of-
ficials said that
acting on a tip-off,
a team of the para-
military force in-
tercepted two vehi-
cles near Kelsih
village in Aizawl
district and seized
the arms and am-
munition, which
include three
pump action shot-
guns, five 0.22 ri-
fles, 20 boxes of
pellets, seven tele-
scopes, 44 kg safety
fuse, and 100 kg of
gunpowder, apart
from the 24,000 gel-
atine sticks.
Vinay Mohan Kwatra takes
charge as new Foreign Secy
New Delhi (Agencies):
Seasoned diplomat Vi-
nay Mohan Kwatra on
Sunday took charge as
India’s new Foreign Sec-
retary
. A 1988-batch Indi-
an Foreign Service offic-
er, Kwatra succeeded
HarshVardhanShringla
who retired from service
on Saturday
. Kwatra was
serving as India’s envoy
to Nepal before assum-
ingthechargeof theFor-
eign Secretary
.
“Shri Vinay Kwatra
assumed charge as For-
eign Secretary today
morning. #TeamMEA
wishes Foreign Secre-
taryKwatraaproductive
and successful tenure
ahead,”MEASpokesper-
son Arindam Bagchi
tweeted on Sunday
.
Kwatra is known to
have extensive exper-
tise in dealing with In-
dia’s neighbourhood as
well as the US, China
and Europe.
Vinay Mohan Kwatra
Current spike in
number of daily
cases cannot be
termed as the
fourth wave

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LIGHT DRIZZLE
BRINGS
TEMPERATURE
DOWN
After a continuous scorching
heat and intense sunshine, the
month of May started with dust
storms and rain. Strong Sun was
witnessed in the afternoon, but by
the evening, the weather suddenly
took a turn, and dark clouds
covered the sky. The tin sheds of
the shops were blown away due
to the strong storm. Due to the
heavy dust storm, it became
difficult for the people to walk on
the road. There was a power
outage in the city and vehicles
had to turn their lights on of their
vehicle. The temperature had
been rising continuously for the
past several days. Meanwhile, the
first day of May came with a little
relief. The late evening drizzle
gave relief to the people from the
scorching heat. Trees fell on the
road due to the strong storm on
Etmaddaula road in the Thana
Etmaddaula area. This made it
difficult for the vehicles to get
through. At the same time, the
car of the outpost in charge was
damaged when the hoarding fell
on it near the Sarai Khwaja
outpost in the Shahganj police
station area. —Preeti Nagia
CAMPAIGN HELD
FOR MAKING
PLASTIC-FREE
LUCKNOW
In order to streamline waste
management in UP, Blue Planet
Environmental Solutions on
Sunday launched a collective
responsibility campaign at a
private hotel located in Lucknow.
Union Minister Kaushal Kishor
graced the occasion as chief guest
whereas Minority Welfare Minister
Danish Azad, Mayor Sanyukta
Bhatia, MLA Rajeshwar Singh,
and Municipal Commissioner Ajay
Dwivedi were present as special
guests. Addressing the program,
Chief Guest said that at present,
waste management was the most
important topic, and all needed to
think about the future by keeping
the present situation in mind. He
said that keeping in mind the
‘collective responsibility
campaign’, we had to decide to
take a pledge to make Lucknow
plastic-free in the coming year.
Special guest Danish Azad said
that it was necessary for the
society to think about the
environment and that a campaign
started with us for which we
would have to come forward first.
Municipal Commissioner Ajay
Dwivedi said that the residents of
Lucknow will have to develop
awareness present in residents of
Indore city to make Lucknow
clean. He said that residents will
have to understand the difference
between wet waste and dry waste
so that the challenge of plastic
recycling could be reduced.
—First India Bureau
13 PEOPLE DIE, 16 INJURED IN
SEPARATE ROAD ACCIDENTS
DayofAccidents:Rashdrivinghasbeenthekeyreason,sayPolice
Hapur (PTI): Three
men were killed after
their bike was hit by an-
other vehicle here, po-
lice said on Sunday
. The
accident took place on
national highway nine
near Mansoorpur here,
they said. According to
the police, the men were
headed towards Ram-
pur from Delhi on a mo-
torcycle. On Sunday
morning, an unidenti-
fied vehicle hit their
bike. The trio fell from
their bike and were se-
verely inured. A police
team that reached the
spot took them to a hos-
pital where they suc-
cumbed to injuries
during treatment, po-
lice said. Kotwali Sta-
tion House Officer
(SHO) Vinod Pandey
said, “The deceased
have been identified as
Amir, Shahrukh and
Idul. Efforts are on to
identify the vehicle.”
Amir and Shahrukh are
residents of Rampur
while Idul is a native of
Bareilly
, police added.
Woman killed,
husband, minor son
injured as jeep
rams into bike
Saharanpur (PTI): A
lady teacher lost her life
while her husband and
their two-year-old son
were seriously injured
when the motorcycle
they were travelling on
was hit by a speeding
jeep, police said on Sun-
day. The accident took
place under the
Deoband police station
area limits of the dis-
trict, they said.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
TRUCK MOWS
DOWN THREE IN
ALIGARH
Aligarh (PTI): Three
persons on Sunday
were crushed to
death and at least six
were seriously injured
when a truck driver
lost control and ran
over the pavement in
Kuwarsi area here,
police said. Two of
the victims are non
teaching members of
the Aligarh Muslim
University (AMU)
and the rest are said
to be road side fruit
vendors, police said.
The incident took
place in the crowded
Nagla Patwari local-
ity in Kuwarsi this
afternoon, they said.
According to bystand-
ers the death toll
could rise. Four of
the injured persons
are being treated at
the Jawaharlal Nehru
Medical College Hos-
pital where the condi-
tion of one injured is
said to be critical, it
said. The truck driver
was arrested on the
spot and his vehicle
was seized, police
said.
Hardoi (PTI): Two minor brothers were killed and at
least 10 other people injured after an autorickshaw
collided with a speeding car here, police said. The
injured were rushed to a hospital, they said. Additional
Superintendent of Police Anil Yadav said, “The accident
took place near Kudari village on Bangarmau road on
Saturday. The autorickshaw and the car fell off the
road after the collision.” “Two brothers Arun (11) and
Varun (6), who were in the autorickshaw, were killed
while their four family members and the auto driver
sustained injuries. Five people in the car including the
driver were also injured,” he said. The condition of two
of the injured remains critical, Yadav said.
2 DIE IN ROAD ACCIDENT
2 KILLED AS
VEHICLE RAMS
INTO BIKE
Farukhabad (PTI):
2 men were killed
when their bike was
hit by an unidentified
vehicle on Sunday,
police said. The
incident took place
near Nainpur village
in the Gursahayganj
area, they said. Both
of them were seri-
ously injured and
rushed to the hospital
where they were
declared dead, police
said. Pal’s sister was
getting married on
May 12, they said.
The police are trying
to trace the vehicle,
officials said.
Baghpat (PTI): Two people, including a police home
guard, were killed on Sunday when a speeding truck hit
a camel cart and a motorcycle on the Delhi-Saharanpur
highway in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
The deceased were identified as home guard Amit Kumar
(40) and Sajid (35). Kumar was riding the motorcycle and
Sajid was on the camel cart. The truck driver was injured
in the accident in the Badaut area and has been admitted
to a community health centre, the police said.
2 KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT IN BAGHPAT
Prayagraj (ANI): Amid
heatwave and humidity
being reported in sever-
al parts of the country
, a
large number of people
turned to the Ganga
ghat at Prayagraj to take
a dip in ‘Sangam’, the
confluence of rivers
Ganga, Yamuna, and
Saraswati to get some
respite from the scorch-
ing heat. In Prayagraj,
the mercury touched 44
degrees on Saturday,
while on Friday, it was
recorded at up to 45 de-
grees. In such a situa-
tion, people are taking
variousmeasurestopro-
tect their bodies from
scorching heat and keep
themselves cool. It is dif-
ficult to stay indoors as
well.Peoplepreferavoid-
ing any work outdoors
in the afternoon. The
IndiaMeteorologicalDe-
partment(IMD)recently
issued an orange alert
for5statesof northwest-
ern India including Ra-
jasthan,Delhi,Haryana,
UP Odisha.
Ghaziabad (PTI): A
court in Ghaziabad on
Saturday sentenced a
man to six years of rig-
orous imprisonment for
kidnapping a girl eight
years ago. Special POC-
SO court judge Peeyush
Tiwari also imposed a
fine of Rs 20,000 on the
convict Ramesh, said
special public prosecu-
tor Sanjiv Bakharva. He
said that Ramesh had in
November 2014 given
the girl a drink laced
with sedatives and kid-
napped her. Ramesh
kept the girl at his place
for three days and then
left the minor at her res-
idence, the special pub-
lic prosecutor said.
Based on a complaint by
the girl’s mother an FIR
was lodged at the Sihani
Gate police station
against Ramesh under
the relevant sections of
the IPC and the POCSO
Act. During the probe,
IPC section 376 (punish-
ment for rape) was also
added. After listening to
the final arguments of
the defence counsel, the
court on Saturday
waived section 376 of
the IPC, Bakharva said.
The imprisonment has
been awarded under
section 363 of IPC (pun-
ishment for kidnap-
ping) and POCSO Act,
Bakharva said, adding
that from the fined
amount, Rs 15,000 will
be paid to the girl.
Pilibhit (PTI): A
19-year-old man shot
himself dead after kill-
ing another man and
injuring his family
members here on Satur-
day, police said. Senior
Superintendent of Po-
lice Dinesh Prabhu said
as per the preliminary
investigation, it is a
case of a failed love af-
fair. Accused Rinku
Gangwar, a resident of
Uttar Pradesh’s Bareil-
ly district, was alleged-
ly in a relationship with
Rachna Gangwar (22),
but her parents had
fixed her marriage with
another person. This
infuriated Rinku, who
barged into Rachna’s
house in Sirsa village
here in the morning,
and attacked her and
her mother Maya Devi
(50) with a sharp-edged
weapon.
S h a h j a h a n p u r
(PTI): A 30-year-old
woman was allegedly
raped by five men,
who also recorded
the act and made the
video viral, police
said on Sunday. The
woman, in her com-
plaint, alleged that
on April 22, five men
dragged her into a
hut outside her
house and took turns
to rape her. An FIR of
gang rape was regis-
tered on Saturday
based on the com-
plaint of the woman,
resident of a village
in Madanapur police
station area, Addi-
tional Superinten-
dent of Police (City)
Sanjay Kumar said,
adding that a probe
into the matter is on.
The accused, she al-
leged, also filmed the
act and made the vid-
eo viral a week after
the incident. The ac-
cused are abscond-
ing and attempts are
on to nab them, the
ASP said.
Visual from Ganga Ghat in Prayagraj.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
People bathe in Ganga to
beat the heat in Prayagraj
TWO SIBLINGS DROWN WHILE
BATHING IN GANGA
Mirzapur (PTI): Two siblings drowned while bath-
ing in the Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur
district on Sunday, police said. The incident took
place at Parashuram Ghat around 9 am, they
said. Rishi Tiwari (17) and his sister Khushi (13)
drowned after they slipped into deep water while
bathing in the Ganga. Four others who jumped
into the river to save the siblings also started
drowning but were saved by people present at
the spot, Assistant Superintendent of Police
Sanjay Verma said. The victims’ family had come
to pay obeisance at the Ma Vindhyawasini temple
from Jaunpur, he said. The bodies of Rishi and
Khushi were later fished out of the river with the
help of locals, the police said.
BIG RELIEF
An official of a wildlife conservation organisation, Wildlife SOS, sprays water on an elephant
to cool it down on a hot summer day at Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Farah,
near Agra, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Man sentenced to 6 years of rigorous
imprisonment for kidnapping girl
19-yr-old shoots self dead after
killing man,attacking 2 others
WOMAN GANG RAPED
IN SHAHJAHANPUR
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MAY DAY
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Top SP leadership
mulls restructuring
party organisation
After poor show in state polls and plethora of internal
resentments, party now going back to the drawing board
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The Sama-
jwadi Party
, which has
triedtobalancethecaste
equations in its favour
by using alliances with
smaller parties, could
not get the expected re-
sults in the UP assembly
polls. With this disap-
pointing defeat, the SP is
also facing the challeng-
es of resentment and re-
bellion from within its
camp, to overcome these
adverseandcomplicated
situations, the Akh-
ilesh-led party is now
preparing to restructure
its organisation.
Notably
, in the year
2017, the SP got around
21.82 per cent votes.
Whereas in 2022 its vote
share increased by over
10 per cent. 125 seats
were won with 32 per-
centvoteshare, of which
14 seats belong to the al-
lies. Despite this, its
strategy to form the gov-
ernment failed.
The party’s troubles
are not limited to the as-
sembly
, but Akhilesh’s
party also suffered a hu-
miliating defeat in the
recently concluded elec-
tions on three dozen
seatsof thelocalauthor-
ities’ constituencies. As
a result, SP is now on the
verge of losing the post
of Leader of Opposition
in the Legislative Coun-
cil. To overcome these
situations,SPstrategists
have started implement-
ing new plans.
In compliance with
these plans, through the
district chiefs of the par-
ty a detailed report was
summoned about the
reasons for the defeat.
Information has also
been sought about the
active members who
supported the party in
the election and the SP
office bearers who bene-
fited the opposition by
negatingthepartydirec-
tives.Afteranalysingthe
region wise reports col-
lected for all 403 assem-
bly seats, the conclu-
sions drawn have been
compiled and sent to the
top office bearers.
According to a highly
placedsourceof SP
, now
district heads will not be
nominated on the old
pattern. Before giving
the responsibility of the
district, the leadership
capacity of the con-
cerned person will be
assessed.
Onlyasociallyandpo-
litically active person
will be given the com-
mandof thedistrict.The
chiefsof theparty’sfron-
tal organisations will
also be decided on the
basis of merit.
Noida(PTI): A private
university student was
killed after an uniden-
tified vehicle hit him at
a crossroad in Greater
Noida, while a man was
run over by a car fol-
lowing a fight with its
occupants in a case of
road rage, the police
said Sunday.
The student along
with his friends was at
a roundabout in Great-
er Noida’s Beta 2 police
station area when the
unidentified speeding
vehicle hit them late
Saturday night, the
officials said.
They were students
of Galgotias University
and lived in rented ac-
commodation and were
returning to their place
around 11.30 PM when
the incident took place.
One of the students,
Ayush (23), died, while
four others were hospi-
talised with injuries, a
police official said.
The families of the
students have been in-
formed and further le-
gal proceedings are un-
derway, the official
said, adding efforts are
on to trace the vehicle
and arrest the person
involved.
In the other incident,
four persons were ar-
rested Sunday after
they allegedly ran their
car over a private firm
employee near the Ma-
hamaya Flyover in Noi-
da around 1.30 AM in a
suspected case of road
rage, the police said.
ACP (Noida) Ankita
Sharma said the vic-
tim, Diwakar Motwani,
suffered severe inju-
ries and has been hos-
pitalised.
There was an argu-
ment between both the
sides after cars appar-
ently brushed against
each other. The argu-
ment escalated into a
fistfight. The other side
then hit the person
(Motwani) with their
car at a very fast speed,
Sharma said.
The person driving
the car has been identi-
fied as Navin Awana.
He and his three other
friends Surya Bhatia,
Abhinav Sehgal, and
Nitish Gupta -- have
been arrested, the of-
ficer said.
Motwani is in a seri-
ous condition in the
hospital. A video of the
incident has also sur-
faced on social media,
taking note of which
we have added Section
307 (murder attempt)
of the IPC in the case,
Sharma said.
IMAGE MAKEOVER
ON CARDS
Veteran leaders
of the party are
advocating to organise
training sessions. So
that such a team of
workers can be formed
which is full of socialist
ideology, which can
effectively present the
viewpoint of socialism
in public forums and
intellectual discourse,
So that the image of
the party can be im-
proved and the public’s
attachment and trust in
the SP can be restored.
Varsitystudentkilled,4hurtinGNoidamishap
ACTION TAKEN
CCTV captures build-up to fatal Noida bar fight
First India Bureau
Noida: A heated argu-
ment over bill, the
flash of a mobile cam-
era and the first blow -
CCTV footage from
Noida’s Lost Lemons
resto-bar captures the
build-up to the shock-
ing incident of assault
that left 30-year-old
Brijesh Rai dead.
A video clip at the en-
trance of the resto-bar
at Noida’s Gardens
Galleria mall shows
some people having an
argument. Some of the
men are seen dressed
in jackets and blazers
of the same colour, in-
dicating they are staff
members.
As the argument
continues, one man is
seen capturing the
events on his phone.
Then, there is a flash
of the camera and the
alleged staff members
corner the man with
the phone.
He responds by
pushing one of them
and the first blow lands
on his head. What fol-
lows is a fight between
the two sides as others
join in.
The video shows the
alleged staff members
grabbing a man by his
clothes and pushing
him to the ground
while thrashing him. It
is, however, not clear if
the man is Brijesh as
the fight moves away
from the camera.
While eight employ-
ees of the bar have
been arrested, a repre-
sentative of the owner
has claimed that those
involved in the fight
did not work with
them. One of the ac-
cused is on the run.
Police have said
Brijesh went to the res-
to-bar with his friends
for a party. They were
billed around ₹ 7,400
and they objected to
being overcharged.
That led to the argu-
ment that escalated
into a fight, they have
said.
Dehradun (ANI):
Ahead of the Char
Dham Yatra, which is
set to begin on May 3,
the Uttarakhand gov-
ernmenthasfixedthe
daily limit on the
number of pilgrims.
As many as 15,000
pilgrims will be al-
lowed daily at Badri-
nath, 12,000 at Kedar-
nath, 7,000 at Gan-
gotri and 4,000 at Ya-
munotri. This ar-
rangement has been
made for 45 days. It is
notmandatoryforthe
pilgrims to carry a
negative test report
or COVID-19 vaccina-
tion certificate this
year.
Earlier on Satur-
day, CS SS Sandhu
took a meeting of the
concerned officers on
the instructions of
CM Pushkar Singh
Dhami to clear the
confusion regarding
carrying out
COVID-19 tests of the
travellers and pil-
grims coming from
outside Uttarakhand.
To date, it is not
mandatory for pas-
sengers and devotees
arriving from the
state borders to un-
dergo COVID-19 test-
ing, and present a
COVID-19 vaccina-
tion certificate, the
official said.
However, it is man-
datory for all the trav-
ellers and devotees to
register on the portal
operated by the Tour-
ism Department for
Chardham Yatra in
Uttarakhand.
Ballia (PTI): Charges
under the stringent Na-
tional Security Act
(NSA) have been
slapped against the
principal of a school in
the Uttar Pradesh
Board of Secondary
Education’s English
question paper leak
case, police said on
Sunday.
The NSA has been
invoked against Ak-
shay Lal Yadav, the
principal of Ma Lach-
hiyamurat Yadav High-
er Secondary School,
Ubhaon police station
SHO Avinash Singh
said.
Earlier, the NSA was
invoked against three
other accused in the pa-
per leak case -- master-
mind Nirbhay Narain
Singh, Bhimpura Ma-
haraji Devi Memorial
Inter College manager
Raju Prajapati and
Ravindra Singh.
Police have so far ar-
rested over 52 people,
including three jour-
nalists, six school man-
agers and five school
principals, in connec-
tion with the leak of
Class 12 English ques-
tion paper on March 30.
Ballia District In-
spector Of Schools
(DIOS) Brijesh Mishra
is also among those ar-
rested in the case.
The three journalists
arrested in the case
were recently released
on bail.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as a
row has erupted be-
tween BJP and Opposi-
tion over rising petrol
prices and high rate of
VAT, Yogi government
has come out with one
of the lowest VATs in
thecountry
.Interesting-
ly despite low VAT rate
the state’s annual reve-
nue on petroleum prod-
ucts is the highest after
Maharashtra.
According to infor-
mationUPalsodoesnot
levy any additional tax
or cess on diesel and
petrol. The state
charges at a flat rate.
According to the UP
government’s notifica-
tion of November 2021
the rate of tax on petrol
is 19.36 per cent or ₹14.85
per litre, whichever is
greater. In case of die-
sel,thetaxratehasbeen
fixed at 17.08 per cent or
10.41 per litre, whichev-
er is more.
While other states
have refused to lower
VAT on petroleum
products the Yogi gov-
ernment lowered VAT
on fuel in November
last year, making them
cheaper by Rs₹12 per
litre in the state.
UP took the step after
the Centre slashed ex-
cisedutyonthetwopet-
ro products, urging
states to follow suit by
lowering VAT on both,
to give some relief to
consumers.
PM Modi, during a
meeting with the CM
last week said some
states had not yet re-
duced VAT on petrol
and diesel. He appealed
to them to do so in the
national interest.
HEAD INJURY
Brijesh is survived by
his wife Pooja, a school
teacher, and two chil-
dren aged five and three
years. Autopsy report
has pointed to a head
injury and a ruptured
spleen as the factors
that led to his death.
Paper leak case: School principal
slapped with charges under NSA
UP among states levying
lowest taxes on fuel in India
U’khand govt fixes
daily limit for Char
Dham Yatra pilgrims
52 ARRESTS
Maharashtra and
Kerala have not
reduced VAT on
petrol and diesel.
—FILE PHOTO

10. escribe yourself, and
what would you say
are some vital skills
or characteristics to
have to make it in
the modelling
world?
I am a 17 year old girl filled with
dedication, determination and
devotion to my duty
. I am pleas-
ant, patient but a proactive and
productive professional with
utmost confidence. My curios-
ity to learn more and my pas-
sion helped me reaching my
ambition in life.
z If you could go in future
and tell yourself one thing
about your career what
would it be?
Nobody has a crystal ball, but
that doesn’t give you an ex-
cuse when it comes to future,
I would like to advice myself,
because to make it to the mod-
elling world you need to be
dedicated, have self-confi-
dence, hard working, pas-
sionate and aware.
z What inspired you to
find the Supermodel in
you. Share some insides
of your journey.
I have always dreamt of
becoming a model and
I am lucky to have a
very supportive
mom, who has al-
ways encouraged
me to go ahead in
this field she has
been my biggest
supporter and
strength.
z What was the
biggest rookie
mistake you
made when just
starting out?
As a student and
a model I didn’t
know how to
manage time in the beginning
becauseIhadtohandlebothmy
education and modelling ca-
reer. But when time passed by I
started learning how to man-
agetimeefficientlyandmaking
use of the time I have. Now I
can handle both my education
and modelling life together.
z What has been the most
memorable or rewarding
moment in your career?
The most memorable mo-
ment for me was when I
won the title ‘Star Miss
Teen India South
2021’, except
this I have
been titled as
‘Fresh face of
Ignite India 2021’
and I have been
the finalist of
Queen of
Cosmos.
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“FAITH IS THE STRENGTH BY WHICH A SHATTERED
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SWEEZAL FURTADO, A STUNNING DIVA FROM
BANGALORE, SPOKE CANDIDLY WITH CITY FIRST
ABOUT HER INSPIRING CAREER AS A MODEL
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This book, apart from a close up of Anuj’s heroic life, also provides a good narrative of the conflict.
Moreover, the emotive story concisely portrays the many facets of Anuj’s short but inspiring life- a
great friend, a dutiful son, a brave leader who led from the front and a gem of a person at heart
here are books
and then there
are books writ-
ten about war
heroes and gal-
lantry awardees.
The Tiger of Drass is
one such book authored
by Meena Nayyar and
Himmat Singh Shekha-
wat. But mind you, this
is no ordinary book and
Meena Nayyar is no or-
dinary person. She’s the
mother of Captain Anuj
Nayyar, Mahavir
Chakra, the main pro-
tagonist of this evoca-
tive book. A book launch-
ing ceremony, organised
by the All Volunteers of
Rashtriya Riders was re-
cently held at United
Service Institution of
India, Delhi, where Lt.
Gen. BS Raju, UYSM,
AVSM, Vice Chief of In-
dian Army graced the
occasion as the Chief
Guest. The book cap-
tures Anuj’s journey of
barely twenty-three
years, during which he
transformed from a re-
served but righteous
child to a gem of a mili-
tary professional. I am
certain that “The Tiger
of Drass” will surely en-
thuse readers and stir a
warm sense of pride and
patriotism.
City First in an exclu-
sive interview with Him-
mat Singh Shekhawat,
who hails from Jaipur,
talks about his journey
and experiences so far.
z Tell us about your
life. You seem to be
part of a bikers group
that travels across the
country visiting mar-
tyrs’ families and dif-
ferent units. Tell us
about that too, please.
I along with Shivaditay
Modi formed this biking
groupbythenameof Rash-
triya Riders with the sole
intention to say thank you
totheservingmen/women
of the Armed forces and
pay our regards to the fam-
iliesof thefallenones.Pro-
fessionally we both are
working, I am working for
Make My Trip as Regional
Head and Shivaditay Modi
is working for Telus Inter-
national as Senior Manag-
er.Allinall,wehaveridden
close to 30,000 km covering
several borders and meet-
ing several families of the
fallen ones.
z This seems to be your
first book, what got
you into writing?
Yes, indeed this is our first
book, basically always
wanted to get into the
Armed Forces however
couldn’t, in hindsight
wantedtodosomethingfor
the Armed Forces. We
were on one such ride
wherein we were meeting
families of the fallen ones,
as per our ride plan we
were meeting Capt Nay-
yar’s family
, however, we
got late due to extended
weekend traffic, we only
managed to reach his
home at about 12 in the
night and had some awe-
some dinner that night
during dinner we had a
conversation about Capt
Nayyar and what kind of
personality he possessed,
exactly after one month af-
ter the ride we called Mee-
na Nayyar Mam and said
that we want to write a
book on Capt Nayyar, her
mother agreed, at first we
read the letters of Capt
Nayyar which he wrote
from the war front. Gradu-
ally
, we had emotional
alignment with him and
his family and then this
bookcameintothepicture.
z Where were you dur-
ing Kargil? How far
back does your rela-
tionship with the fami-
ly (Capt Nayyar’s) go?
During Kargil War, I was
in 10th standard, as I be-
longed to an Army back-
ground and wanted to
jointheIndianArmythus
my inclination towards
Kargil War was very
strong, I was so attached
to the war that I used to
listen to all News Chan-
nels and recorded every-
thing in the tape-recorder
which I had during that
time there was this pro-
gram telecast in Doordar-
shan by the name of “50
days War-A tribute”, I
usedtorecordeverything.
z When did you decide
to write a book about
Capt Nayyar? Why af-
ter 23 years?
I along with Shivaditay
Modi decided to write a
book on Capt Nayyar dur-
ing one such ride dedi-
cated to fallen ones, the
exact date when we made
the decision was on No-
vember 2, 2017. As far as
23 years go, I proudly say
that I and Shivaditay
Modi are the chosen ones,
destiny has played an im-
portant role, never did we
think that we would write
anything of this stature.
Now I can proudly say
thatthebookwrittenwith
all passion has turned out
to be a Bestseller.
z A person born the
year Kargil happened
will turn 23 today.
What impact do you
think the story would
have on them?
The impact of the story is
very inspirational I must
say, principally the rea-
son I can vouch is that I
have been receiving com-
munication (Phone/text/
WhatsApp/email/mes-
senger) that they are in-
spired by the deeds of
Capt Nayyar. For a per-
son who is 23, might be
looking now into the pro-
fessional world, this book
will act as an inspiration.
z Who all have you spo-
ken to while research-
ing for the book? How
many officers/troops?
The research for the book
hasbeenextensive,wehave
interviewed all officers
(seniors/juniors/course
mates-NDA/IMA),notonly
officers we have also inter-
acted with all troops who
haveworkedalongsidehim
and those who have also
foughtalongsideCaptNay-
yar during the Kargil war.
We have reached several
people at different loca-
tions (Uri-Kashmir, Drass-
Kargil, Udaipur, Delhi
NCR). All in All more than
80-100 officers/troops were
being interviewed for the
bookmaking is extensive
research.
z Is anyone in your
family in defence? Did
you ever want to join?
Yes, my father, my grand-
father, my uncle, my
brother, my father-in-law
were from defence and I
always wanted to join the
Indian Army as stated
above however I couldn’t,
I have cleared written 4
times, all 4 times I was
screenedinhoweverinthe
conferenceIwasn’trecom-
mendedintheconference.
z How far back have
you dug into Capt Nay-
yar’s story in this
book?
I, Shivaditay Modi along
with the brother of Capt
Nayyar (Karan Nayyar)
has worked on the book
which comprises his life
since he was born and the
time till he laid down his
life. Every aspect of his
life including childhood/
schooling/training/Ops
in Kashmir to finally the
battle of Kargil is thor-
oughly covered.
z How did it feel coor-
dinating with the mar-
tyr’s mother?
It was an emotional out-
burst as it is very difficult
to speak to the mother of
a fallen soldier and that
toowhowasonly23years.
It isn’t easy for a mother
to narrate about her son
but the objective of writ-
ing about Capt Nayyar
and make people aware
of who exactly was Capt.
Nayyar kept us going.
z Did you visit the
places where the war
happened and Capt
Nayyar sacrifice him-
self? What does it look
like today? If you did,
what did you feel about
the place?
Yes, we made sure that we
visited Pimple Complex
in Drass of Kargil to un-
derstand the difficulties
our men in uniform faced
while advancing to the
peaks where Capt Nayyar
and his men fought val-
iantly and finally sacri-
ficed themselves. It was a
very emotional part of
the journey as till the
time you don’t visit the
Pimple complex or for
that matter of fact any
peak where the war was
fought, one can never feel
the complexity our men
faced while taking our
territory
, I can clearly say
that Kargil War is the
most war-mountain
fought is the modern-day
warfare.
z What’s your view of
the 17 Jat Regiment, if
you’ve ever visited
them? How do they re-
member Capt Nayyar?
17 JAT unit is a very
strong unit composed of
tough military people,
they have shown their
military prowess time
and again, their role in
the war was of high stat-
ure and received acco-
lades for their roles. I
have visited them sever-
al times (Uri-Kashmir,
Alwar), the visit primar-
ily included our interac-
tion with troops to un-
derstand Capt Nayyar in
detail. As far as remem-
bering Capt Nayyar, 17
JAT has Anuj hall which
is dedicated to Capt Anuj
Nayyar and his men.
The hall has Pakistani
soldiers’ diaries and am-
munition from the war-
time, in the unit there
are two busts of Capt
Anuj Nayyar, one at the
Anuj Hall and the other
one in the office area of
17 JAT. They have kept
each and everything re-
lated to Capt Nayyar
stored carefully.
TIGER OF DRASS: Bravery
and Leadership in combat
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(L-R) Shivaditay Modi, Himmat Singh Shekhawat, Meena Nayyar and Lt. Gen. BS Raju The book launch garnered a lot of applause from the audience
Himmat Singh Shekhawat
addressing the audience
Meena Nayyar addressing the audience
Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain
addressing the audience
Lt. Gen. YK Joshi addressing the audience
US Bawa addressing the audience
Lt. Gen. BS Raju addressing the audience
(L-R) Karan Nayyar, Himmat Singh Shekhawat, Ashish Nayyar, Lt. Gen. Y K Joshi,
Lt. Gen. Mohinder Puri, Meena Nayyar, SC Dhingra, Rakesh Dhingra, Gen BS Raju and Brig. Umesh Singh Bawa Meena Nayyar being greeted by Indian Army Officials
Meena Nayyar
Himmat
Singh Shekhawat

12. A PR party was organised for Revel
and Anidra Saturday Nights, Jaipur
on Saturday by Minal Sahni and
Ankit Saxena. Anidra Saturday
Nights means ‘no sleep Saturday’
is an after party place with
heartwarming symphony.The
bash was organised to
spruce up the weekend after
hectic working days. The party
was celebrated till wee-hours in the
morning with party music, enticing
beverages, unforgettable experience
and mouth-watering delicacies.
ETC
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SATURDAY NIGHT
DONE RIGHT!
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Rishee Miglani and Virendra Meel Rishee Miglani, Bhawna and Anirudh
Parul, Tanya, Minal, Neha and Neeti
Virendra Meel and Abha
Deviya, Aditi and Bhavika
Aish, Namrata, Sujata and Doorva
Rais, Kiara and Mehuljeet
Parul and Rahul
Tarun, Charu and Suvigya Chetan, Rahul and Anurag Abha, Tanya, Priyanka, Chetan, Virendra, Rahul and Pragati
Namrata Sharma
Garima and Siddharth Pooja and Minal
Vijaykirti, Rinku, Parul, Minal, Neha, Aparna and Vriti
Ashima, Rinku, Minal and Abha
Minal and Sandeep Singh
Kunal and Apra
Ankit, Akshay, Dushyant, Parul, Barkha, Manish and Neha Parul and Anshu Aakansha Bakshi

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
CITY FIRST
W
hen we think
of Lucknow,
we think of
mouth water-
ing Tundey Kebabs, ar-
omatic Biryani, and
enticing Chicken Masa-
la. People go from all
over the globe to Luc-
know to taste indige-
nous dishes that have
been honed over centu-
ries, and the city has
long been a famous
tourist destination, par-
ticularly for its cuisine.
There are many alter-
natives for you to taste
here, from delicious Ke-
babs to drool-worthy
Biryani to creamy
Malai Makhan. City
First brings to you some
of Lucknow's greatest
street food so you may
taste some of the best
Nawabi delicacies.
KEBABS
Kebabs have been a staple
of Lucknow's streets for
centuries, and they are
unquestionably the great-
est street food in the city.
These mouth watering
kebabs are a must-try dur-
ing your visit to this city.
These ke-
babs are
cooked
until
they are
tender
enough to
disinte-
grate on
your tongue,
with a crispy outer
layer and a soft stuffing
inside. This dish is best
served with rumaali roti,
but vegetarian variations
are available. Some of the
must-try items include
Galouti Kebabs, Tundey
Kebabs, and Veg Shami
Kebab.
BIRYANI
Biryani is a must-try in
this city, which is known
for its Nawabi culture and
cuisine. Biryani is another
well-known dish on our
list of the greatest food
in Lucknow. The slow-
cooked rice with spices,
veggies, and
bits of meat,
famous
for its
scent and
flavours,
will blow
your mind as
soon as you
take your first
mouthful.
BASKET CHAAT
Chaats are an essential
component of every
street food menu. The
spicy, flavorful, and tangy
flavours will satisfy your
taste buds. Basket Chaat
is another popular street
food in Lucknow. Crispy
potato shelling stuffed
with mashed potatoes,
spicy chutney, veggies,
and peas. Basket chaat,
Lucknow's greatest street
cuisine, is a must-try if
you're seeking a full and
flavorful snack.
—cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
eing a wom-
an who is
strong, moti-
vated, and
s e l f - s u f f i -
cient is a po-
tent mix.
The gift of independ-
ence is a significant
one that a woman
may offer to herself.
It has the potential to
propel her to greater
heights and achieve
more success. And,
at the end of the day,
it is the happiness
and fulfilment that a
woman feels as a re-
sult of her independ-
ence that is impor-
tant. A woman's men-
tal strength is inex-
tricably linked to her
independence.
Tell us something about your-
self.
I was born and raised in Lucknow.
I enjoy life and adventure. I be-
lieve that life is too short to experi-
ence and witness all of the wonder-
ful things that the world has to offer,
so don't forget to live it to the fullest.
How did your journey begin?
Because I had been body-shamed my
whole childhood, I was always insecure
about my appearance but I realised the pow-
er of fashion and what it can do for your self-
esteem. I began to flaunt my figure and ap-
preciate myself. I wanted to share this sense
of self-assurance with other women, so I
began my fashion and lifestyle blogging
career in the hopes of assisting other wom-
en in similar situations.
What were some of the battles you
fought and are still fighting in your
journey?
My size has been the most difficult obstacle
to overcome. We as a culture have begun to
embrace plus sizes and understand that call-
ing someone overweight is incorrect. In
our nation, many ethnic companies do
not provide sizes bigger than Me-
dium. We are continually re-
minded that we need to con-
sume less to look beautiful.
This is my most difficult bat-
tle: convincing people that
fat-shaming is just as
bad as any other kind
of body shaming.
Talk to us about
your achievements?
I've been able to use my plat-
form to bring attention to so-
cietal concerns such as body
shaming, women's equality,
women's empowerment, ani-
mal rights, and so on.
—cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
SHUBHANSHI
PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
B
Honouring Scholars
CITY FIRST
A
felicitation cer-
emony was or-
ganised for the
students of the
Physical education de-
partment, who once
again raised the flag of
the university in the
results declared by
theUttarPradesh
Higher Educa-
tion Service Com-
mission for Assis-
tant Professor at the
office of Dean Student
Welfare. Three stu-
dents from the Physi-
cal Education depart-
ment and Seven stu-
dents from the Luc-
know University of
Zoology department
havebeenselectedfrom
the list of successful
candidates. The stu-
dents were selected
based on state-level
written examina-
tions and interviews,
in which their gener-
al knowledge along
with academic excel-
lenceinthesubjectwas
considered. The stu-
dents of the PE depart-
ment were felicitated
by Prof Poonam
Tandon (Dean of Stu-
dentWelfare). Congrat-
ulating all the success-
ful students, Professor
Rai motivated them to
worktowardsacademic
excellenceinfuturetoo.
Professor Poonam
Tandon told that the
Pratibha Samman cer-
emony for successful
students of the zoology
department will also be
organised soon.
—cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
The birthdays of IAS J
Reebha, IAS Purna Bohra
and IAS Ram Singhhasan
Prem were on Sunday,
May 1. We wish them all
the best!
Biodiversity Park under the
concept of Amrit Sarovar
CITY FIRST
P
M Narendra
Modi un-
veiled a new
idea called
“Amrit Sarovar,”
which emphasises
water conservation
and pollution reduc-
tion in the country’s
ponds. A biodiversi-
ty park will be con-
structed on Luc-
know University’s
second campus to
conserve urban bio-
diversity under the
supervision of Vice-
Chancellor Prof
Alok Kumar Rai
with the inspiration
of the Prime Minis-
ter and the direc-
tions of Governor
Anandiben Patel. In
this park, the Facul-
ty of Engineering
and the Institute of
Management Sci-
ences will collabo-
rate to create a
pond/lake that will
serve as a habitat for
various animals and
birds. The biodiver-
sity park will be a
major tourist desti-
nation. The biodi-
versity of the city
will be preserved.
—cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
TASTE THE BEST OF TOWN
Jhalak
JHALAK:
A TRUE
INSPIRATION
City First brings to you a confident and
independent Lucknow based blogger
Jhalak and her inspiring journey.