05122021 first india lucknow

The Guns of Amethi: 5 lakh AK-203 rifles
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Central
government has ap-
provedaplantoproduce
more than five lakh AK-
203 assault rifles at Ko-
rwa in Amethi, in what
official sources de-
scribed as an endeavour
to provide a big boost to
self-reliance in defence
manufacturing. The
proposed pro-
ject reflects
the ever in-
creasing para-
digm shift in defence
acquisition from buy
(global) to Make in In-
dia, they said. This man-
ufacture will be done in
partnership with Rus-
sia and it reflects the
deepening partner-
ship between the
two coun-
tries in
the defence
sector, accord-
ing to the sources in
theCentralgovern-
m e n t .
The project
will provide
business oppor-
tunities to various MS-
MEs and other defence
industries for supply of
raw material and
c o m p o n e n t s ,
which will lead to
generation of new em-
ployment opportuni-
ties. The project marks
a significant stride to-
wards making UP a key
contributor in the de-
fence manufacturing
prowess of India. The
7.62 X 39mm caliber AK-
203 Rifles will replace
in-service INSAS Rifle
inducted over three dec-
ades back. AK-203 As-
sault Rifles, with an ef-
fective range of 300 me-
ters, are lightweight,
robust and easy to use.
The rifles with proven
technology will en-
hance the combat poten-
tial of soldiers to ade-
quately meet present
and envisaged opera-
tional challenges. They
will enhance the opera-
tional effectiveness of
the Indian Army in
Counter Insurgency/
Counter Terrorism op-
erations.
The AK-203. —FILE PHOTO
AMIT SHAH TO ATTEND BSF RAISING DAY, ADDRESS BJP LEADERS IN JAIPUR TODAY
SHAH’S
NIGHTOUT
WITH JAWANS IN
‘VEERBHOOMI’
JAISALMER
The Home Minister visited border, Tanot
Mata Temple before interacting with troops
and scheduled night halt in the border area
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at Tanot
Mata temple in Jaisalmer on Saturday. (Top) Shah along
with BSF official Pankaj Ghoomer at Indo-Pak border.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Shivendra Parmar/
Rajiv Gaur/
Suryaveer Singh Tanwar
Jaisalmer: The Naren-
dra Modi government is
working to ensure bet-
ter healthcare facilities
and increased housing
satisfaction and family
time for personnel of
the Central
Armed Police
Forces,Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah said in Jaisalmer
on Saturday
. Addressing
Border Security Force
(BSF) personnel at the
‘Rohitash’ post along
the India-Pakistan bor-
der, the minister said
the government will do
“everything for the wel-
fareof troopswhospend
the golden days of their
life in protecting the
motherland”.
Shah, who is on a two-
day visit to Jaisalmer in
the desert state, said the
personnel of paramili-
tary forces including
BSF will now be able to
stay with the family for
100 days. Shah spent the
first night of his trip at
the ‘Rohitash’ border
post, where he shared
meals with jawans dur-
ing the ‘bada khana’
(feast). On Sunday
, Shah
willofficiateasthechief
guest of the 57th BSF
raising day celebrations
and parade to be held
here. The minister will
takesaluteof theparade
and address troops.
Before this interac-
tionwiththeBSFtroops,
the minister was given a
briefing on the opera-
tions and the general
security situation of the
border area by senior of-
ficers of the paramili-
tary force, including
Director General (DG)
Pankaj Kumar Singh.
—With PTI Inputs
AMIT SHAH CALLED, CAN
END STIR IF TALKS GO
WELL, SAY FARMERS
New Delhi: Union Home Minister
Amit Shah called farmers’ leaders
to discuss remaining issues, the
farmers said on Saturday, announc-
ing a five-member panel to hold
talks with the government. “The
result of the meeting between the
government and the committee will
be discussed on December 7th, and
if a compromise is found, then there
is a possibility of farmers going
back from borders,” he said.
SHAH: BJP TALKING TO
AMARINDER, DHINDSA
FOR ALLIANCE IN PUNJAB
New Delhi: The BJP may fight the
Punjab elections in alliance with the
parties of Captain Amarinder Singh
and former Akali leader Sukhdev
Singh Dhindsa, Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah said on Saturday.
Also speaking at length on Jammu
and Kashmir, the Home Minister
said statehood would be restored
only after elections, and those
demanding it were merely trying to
create a political controversy.
I am going to
stay here
tonight with
you at this post and
this is an attempt to
understand your
difficulties and to find
ways to ease problems.
—Amit Shah,
told troopers during an evening
address at a ‘Sainik Sammelan’
Good healthcare,
housing & leaves
for CAPF jawans
priority of Modi
govt, said Shah
CORONA CATASTROPHE
UP
INDIA
8,603
new cases
415
new fatalities
27
new cases
00
new fatalities
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The Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrashek-
har informed the Parliament that it had no information on whether the United States
has blacklisted the NSO group, which has been at the centre of a global controversy
over the alleged misuse of its Pegasus spyware to tap phones of journalists, activ-
ists, and politicians. There is also no proposal to ban the group in India, MoS said.
A man who returned from Zimbabwe has been found infected with the Omicron
variant of coronavirus in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, the state health department said. This
is the third Omicron case in India. Meanwhile, a 33-year-old man has tested positive
for Omicron, in Dombivli near Mumbai following his return from South Africa. He is
the first confirmed case of Omicron in Maharashtra and the fourth in India.
NO PLAN TO BAN
NSO, DON’T
KNOW STATUS IN
US: GOVT IN PARL
THIRD OMICRON
VICTIM FROM
GUJARAT,
FOURTH IN MAHA
Sena takes dim view of Mamata’s ‘no
UPA’ remark, bats for Cong-led alliance
Mumbai: Taking a dim
view of Trinamool su-
premo and West Bengal
chief minister Mamata
Banerjee’s bid to side-
line the Congress and
emergeasthekeyfaceof
the Opposition against
the BJP dispensa-
tion, the Shiv
Sena on Saturday
said that pushing
thegrandoldpar-
ty away from na-
tional politics
and creating
an Opposi-
tiongroupingparal-
leltotheUPA(Unit-
ed Progressive
A l l i a n c e )
would be
akin to
strengthening the BJP
and “fascist” forces.
Barely a few days af-
terBanerjeepronounced
the demise of the Con-
gress-led UPA, the Sena,
in “Saamana”, said
those who do not want
the UPA should make
their stand clear openly
and not whisper as it
would spark confusion.
AKHILESH WELCOMES MAMATA-LED FRONT
Jhansi: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said he might be
open to joining an alternate political front to be led by the Trinamool
Congress boss and Bengal CM Banerjee. Yadav said the ruling party
would be “wiped out” in Uttar Pradesh like they were by Banerjee in
the Bengal polls. “I welcome her. The way she wiped out the BJP in
Bengal... the people of Uttar Pradesh will wipe out the BJP,” Yadav
said in Jhansi during his campaign yatra. “We will speak about it
when the time is right,” he told the reporters.
IN PLACE OF BIRTH, AJAZ
JOINS PERFECT 10-FOR CLUB
Ajaz Patel was just eight when his
family left Mumbai in 1996 for New
Zealand. He began as a fast bowler
before he realised spin would open
more doors for him. On Saturday,
he clinched all 10 wickets of India’s
first innings of 2nd test in Mumbai.
AJAZ PATEL
NEW ZEALAND
10/119
v/s India in 2021
10/74
ANIL KUMBLE India
vs Pakistan
in 1999
10/53
JIM LAKER England
vs Australia
in 1956
MARCH 11, 1954 - DECEMBER 04, 2021
Zaika of TV news will be bland
forever without icon Vinod Dua
eteran journalist Vinod Dua died on
Saturday at the age of 67 following a
prolonged illness after a Covid infec-
tion, to which his wife Chinna Dua also
succumbed in June. With an illustrious
career spanning four decades, Dua was the voice
of television media a generation grew up listening
and watching to. His legacy transcends the 80s,
90s, the 2000s and in his last avatar, on digital
new age media. He was also known to have revo-
lutionised election coverage in India. The last rites
will be performed at Delhi’s Lodhi crematorium at
12 noon on Sunday.
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UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ahead of
the upcoming 2022 As-
sembly elections in the
state, the UP Cabinet
has approved a scheme
aimed at boosting the
agriculture sector,
which will be imple-
mented from the cur-
rent financial year. In a
meeting chaired by CM
Yogi, the Cabinet on
Friday gave its nod to
implement Atma Nirb-
har Krishak Integrated
Development Scheme
in UP from 2021-22.
Under this scheme,
1,475 Farmer Producer
Organisations (FPOs)
will be formed in the
next three years in
each development
block of the state, the
UP government said in
a statement. The state
government is likely to
bear an expenditure of
Rs 1,220.92 crore for im-
plementation of the
scheme from financial
year 2021-22 to 2031-32.
The scheme will also
help in achieving the
target of utilising a
budget of Rs 12,000
crore allotted to the
state by the Centre un-
der Agriculture Infra-
structure Fund(AIF).
On July 8, 2020, the Un-
ion Cabinet had ap-
proved the AIF scheme.
Under the scheme, Rs 1
lakh crore will be pro-
vided by banks and fi-
nancial institutions as
loans to Primary Agri-
cultural Credit Socie-
ties, Marketing Coop-
erative Societies,
FPOs, Self Help
Groups, farmers, joint
liability groups, multi-
purpose cooperative
societies, agri-entre-
preneurs, startups, ag-
gregation infrastruc-
ture providers and cen-
tral/state agency or
local body sponsored
Public Private Partner-
ship Project. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Finance
Minister Suresh Kumar
Khanna on Saturday
said the govt depart-
ments have achieved a
revenue target of 84.20
percent with collecting
of Rs 12,962.20 crore in
the month of Nov 2021.
He said in the month
of Nov, 2021, Rs 2058.33
crore more revenue was
received as compared to
the month of November,
2020 of the previous
year.Khanna said in a
statement here that
against the target of Rs
15389.83 crore in the
month of Nov 2021-22 in
the main non-tax reve-
nue items, a total reve-
nue of Rs 12962.20 cr
was received in the
month of Nov 2021
which is around 84.20
per cent of the target.
Khanna, commenting
on the receipt of non-tax
revenue for the finan-
cial year 2021-22 of the
state, said that in the
month of November,
2021 a total of Rs 3101.57
crore was collected
through excise, whereas
in the month of Nov,
2020lastyear,thereceipt
was Rs 2464.78 crore. He
said that against the tar-
get of Rs 17707.77 crore
on VAT, Rs 16938.74
crorehasbeenachieved,
which is 95.70 percent.
Qazi Abdur Rahman
Gorakhpur: CM Yogi
Adityanath said here
that New Education
Policy will pave the way
for building a new India
under visionary leader-
ship of Prime Minister.
While delivering his
views to mark the in-
ception day of Maha-
rana Pratap Inter col-
lege here on Saturday,
Chief minister said
that New Education
Policy was the need of
the hour for the all
round development of
the youths. He said it
was a matter of pride
that Indians were in the
team researching to
discover the vaccine to
combat COVID 19.
He claimed that the
slogan of PM Khelega
India played a vital role
in enthusing the youth
and sportsperson that
eventually yielded a re-
markable results in re-
cently concluded Olym-
pics and other Interna-
tional games.He re-
called that UP govt or-
ganised a programme
to felicitate 72 sport-
sperson and has given
48 crore rupees to them.
Delivering his views on
this occasion Union
Minister for Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
Anurag Thakur said
that Gorakhpur has its
own individual identity
at national and interna-
tional level as the dis-
trict gave a new dimen-
sion to the freedom
movement of the coun-
try
. He praised CM Yogi
Adityanath for making
an atmosphere to at-
tract the investment
and said Uttar Pradesh
stands on second posi-
tion in field of ease of
doing business.
He also stated that
UP is emerging as sec-
ond largest economy.
Shobha Yatra was also
taken out to mark the
day that concluded at M
P Inter College. Chief
minister also distrib-
uted medals and re-
wards among the win-
ners of Wrestling com-
petition.
CM Yogi meets with Gaya Prasad Singh, a progressive farmer of Sultanpur district who organically
cultivates “dragon fruit” and earns about 8 times more income than traditional farming, in Lucknow.
UP Finance Minister Suresh Khanna with CM Yogi Adityanath
before the presentation of State Budget 2020-21 in the UP
Legislative Assembly in Lucknow. —FILE PHOTO
CM Yogi Adityanath speaks at the inaugural function of the week-long Maharana Pratap Shiksha
Parishad Foundation Day celebration in Gorakhpur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
ATMA NIRBHAR KRISHAK
UP CABINET NOD TO FARMERS’
SELF-DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
CM Yogi has
extended warm
greetings to all navy
personnel on the
Indian Navy Day on
Saturday and said
“We are all proud
of your unwavering
commitment, valor
and courage to
serve and protect
the nation.”
Yogi
Yogi
Speaks
Speaks
RISE IN THE
SECOND DOSE
COVERAGE
Lucknow:The ‘cluster
approach’ and
door-to-door visit
statewide Covid-19
vac campaign has
resulted in a signifi-
cant hike of around
5 percent in the
second dose cover-
age across UP. While
more than 77% of
the adult popula-
tion has received at
least the first dose
of Covid vaccine,
over 35% have been
covered with both
doses.Keeping in
mind the new variant
of corona infection,
the state govt is
committed to provid-
ing vaccine shield
to the people of the
state at the earliest.
Revenuecollectionhas
picked,upsaysKhanna
T
T
T
TARGET COMPLETED
OMICRON SCARES
Medical staff busy preparing an isolation ward in case people infected with Omicron variant are to
be admitted to Lok Bandhu Hospital in Lucknow, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: While re-
jecting bail application
of an ex-MLA of the Ut-
tar Pradesh Legislative
Assembly, who was con-
victed by a lower court
for assaulting a person
in the police lockup, the
Allahabad High Court
observed, “Nowadays,
the legislatures and po-
litical persons are
thinking themselves as
above the law. This
menace cannot be light-
ly taken and should be
dealt with iron hand.”
The appellant - Has-
ratulla Shervani was a
sitting MLA when this
incident had taken
place on August 30,
2012. Hearing the ap-
peal filed by Hasratulla
Shervani, an ex-MLA
seeking suspension of
sentence and his re-
lease on bail during the
pendency of an appeal
against lower court’s
conviction order, Jus-
tice Mohd Aslam ob-
served, “It was his duty
to raise the issue of
misuse of law in As-
sembly and get it reme-
died but instead of it he
himself misused the
law and took law in his
hand and pressurized
the police personnel to
adopt third degree and
get him lodged in police
lock up, this act of the
accused amounts to
misuse of police ma-
chinery, therefore, his
act deserves no sympa-
thy instead of condem-
nation”. The additional
district and sessions
judge, Kasganj had on
August 25, 2021 convict-
ed the appellant – Has-
ratulla Shervani and
seven others under var-
ious sections of Indian
Penal Code (IPC ) in-
cluding the offence of
attempt to murder.
HC’s stern words on arrogant lawmakers
BAIL DENIED TO EX-MLA
‘Legislators,
politicians think
themselves to be
above the law’
‘TOOK LAW IN HIS OWN HAND’
Youth of the country is pillar of this
nation: Dy CM Dinesh Sharma
First India Bureau
Kanpur: To connect
directly with profes-
sional youth, Bharati-
ya Janata Yuva Mor-
cha State President
Pranshu Dutt Dwivedi
organized a youth up-
liftment program. UP
Deputy Chief Min
DineshSharmagraced
the occasion as chief
guest while BJYM
State Vice President
Rohit Mishra besides
nearly 1000 profession-
al youth including
bankers, law students,
MBA students attend-
ed the program. In his
address to the profes-
sional youth Deputy
CM Dinesh Sharma
dwelt on the role of
youth in nation build-
ing and apprised about
theworkbeingdoneby
Modi and CM Yogi and
their long-term results
and benefits.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Antarashtri-
ya Hindu Parishad
leader Dr Praveen Tog-
adia on Saturday de-
manded a law for the
construction of tem-
ples in Varanasi and
Mathura, apparently
referring to some Hin-
dutva groups’ claim
that places of Hindu
worship once stood at
spots where now
mosques are located.
The demand by him
has come days after
UPDeputy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya stirred
a controversy by say-
ing that the ruling BJP
is preparing to build a
temple in Mathura.
The supposed temple
site in Mathura, which
is a subject of multiple
lawsuits, is located in-
side an Aurangzeb-era
mosque and shares its
premises with a prom-
inent temple. Stress-
ing his point, Togadia
said the way the gov-
ernment solved the
complex issue of Jam-
mu and Kashmir’s spe-
cial status, it should
“bring a law for the
construction of tem-
ples in Kashi (Varana-
si) and Mathura”. He
told reporters that the
abrogation of Jammu
and Kashmir’s special
status boosted the mo-
rale of patriotic peo-
ple, though terrorism
has not ended.Stress-
ing on bringing terror-
ism in Jammu and
Kashmir to an end, he
said, “We will destroy
the jihad and throw it
in the Jhelum. On be-
ing reminded of his
relations with the PM
in the past, Togadia
said, “After getting
power, old relations
have no meaning. He
now likes Iqbal Ansari
of Babri Masjid.” The
govt will have to crush
the jihad.”
When asked about
chances of Yogi becom-
ing the chief minister
again after the Assem-
bly elections next year,
he said, “In conversa-
tion with some senior
leaders, it emerged
that this time 40 per
cent people who vote
for the BJP will not
vote in its favour. So,
the party will have to
work very hard.”
Dinesh Sharma in Kanpur
MAKE LAW FOR MATHURA &
VARANASITEMPLES:TOGADIA
Onhistieswith
PMTogadiasaid,
“HeisthePMand
Iaman
unimportant
person.Whatkind
oftiescantherebe
betweenasmall
personandthe
PM.”
—FILE
PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO
‘NEPwillprepareyouthforfuturechallenges’

UTTAR PRADESH
03
First India Bureau
Varanasi: Kashi is all
set to witness yet anoth-
er‘DevDeepawali’when
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will inaugu-
rate his dream Kashi
Vishwanath Corridor
Project (KVCP) on De-
cember 13.
Not only the entire
stretchof majesticriver-
front of the cres-
cent-shaped river Ganga
will be illuminated but
the ruling Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) will
alsodistributearound30
lakhs ‘laddoos’ to all res-
idents of the city
.
The district adminis-
tration in Varanasi, the
Lok Sabha constituency
of Modi, plans to distrib-
ute laddoos to lakhs of
householdsinthecityon
this occasion. There are
around seven to eight
households,accordingto
administration officials.
A booklet would also
be distributed along
with the sweets contain-
ing information about
thespiritualimportance
of theKashiVishwanath
Temple, which was one
of the 12 ‘Jyotirlingas’
(Shiva Temples) in the
country
.Theofficialsaid
every packet would have
two- or four laddoos de-
pending upon their size.
“We may have to pre-
parearound28to30lakh
laddoos, the preparation
will start at least two
days prior to the inaugu-
ration,” said an official.
The food and civil sup-
plies department had
been entrusted with the
task of preparing and
distributing the laddoos.
A meeting of the CMs
of the BJP-ruled states
would also be held at the
Kashi Vishwanath Cor-
ridor Complex a day af-
ter the inauguration.
The event assumes add-
ed significance as it
comes barely two
months before the state
goes to polls.
Significantly
, in what
could possibly be one of
his first direct interac-
tions with farmers after
the decision to repeal
three contentious agri-
culture reform laws, PM
Modi may address a
farmers’ convention on
cow-based organic agri-
culture.
The convention is pro-
posed to be held near
Shahanshahpur in the
Rajatalab area of Vara-
nasi, said an officer of
the agriculture depart-
mentwhoaskednottobe
named.VaranasiisPM’s
Lok Sabha constituency
.
About2,500to3,000farm-
ers will be invited to the
convention, said the offi-
cer, adding that they will
share their experiences.
30L laddoos to greet residents as KVCP awaits grand inauguration by PM
DREAM CORRIDOR
Ready for the show

The event as-
sumes added
significance as
it comes barely
2 months before
polls. A meet-
ing of CMs of
BJP-ruled states
would also be
held the next day
CRUCIAL READ
GOPAL TANDON DEDICATES BEAUTIFICATION
WORK OF UPAMANYU VATIKA
Lucknow: Minister for Urban Development and Pover-
ty Alleviation Gopal Tandon dedicated the development
and beautification work of ‘Upmanyu Vatika’ in Vijay
Khand-II of Gomti Nagar in Rajiv Gandhi-I Ward under
Amrut Yojna on Saturday. Cabinet Minister of Legisla-
tive, Justice, Rural Engineering Service Brajesh Pathak,
Lucknow Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia, ACS, Urban Develop-
ment Rajneesh Dubey, Mission Director (AMRUT)
Anurag Yadav, Municipal Commissioner Ajay Kumar
Diwedi, Chief Engineer (Civil), LMC Mahesh Chandra
Verma besides Corporators Rajesh Singh, Shailendra
Verma, Arun Rai, Ram Krishan Yadav etc were present.
MAN KILLS SELF,
KIDS AFTER TIFF
WITH WIFE
Village head
shot dead
in Amethi
Kids found dead
with slit throat,
mother hangs
Amethi: A 59-yr-old vil-
lage pradhan was shot
dead by unidentified as-
sailants in Nizamuddin-
pur village under Musa-
firkhana police station
here, the police said on
Saturday
. The deceased
was identified as Guru
Sharan Yadav.
Inhiscomplaint,Saty-
endra Yadav, son of the
deceased, said his father
was shot dead by some
people on Friday night
when he was sleeping in
the verandah of their
house. Initial investiga-
tions revealed land dis-
pute could be behind the
murder. PTI
Mahoba: Three chil-
dren with their throat
slit and their mother
hanging were found at a
house in Kulpahad area
of the district on Satur-
day, the police said.
SP Sudha Singh said
Sonam (35) was found
hanging in a room of
her house while bodies
of her children--Vishal
(11), Aarti (9) and Anjali
(7)--were recovered with
their throat slit.
She said it seems that
the throat of the chil-
dren was slit using
sharp-edged weapons.
Additional Superin-
tendent of Police Rajen-
dra Kumar Gautam
said neighbours of
Kalyan, the woman’s
husband, told the police
that a few days ago,
there was an argument
between Sonam and
him. Family members
of Sonam helped settle
the dispute.
Kalyan was being in-
terrogated, the SP said.
The bodies have been
sent for a post-mortem
examination. —PTI
Muzaffarnagar: A
man allegedly killed
his two children and
then himself in a village
in Shamli district on
Saturday over a dispute
with his wife, police said.
The man, Savit Kumar,
had a fight with his wife
on November 29 and
had been missing from
home in Kudana village
since then, they said,
adding that he had taken
the kids, aged eight and
five, with him.
PNB SPECIAL APP
FOR DIFFERENTLY
ABLED STAFFERS
Lucknow: Punjab
National Bank observed
‘Int’l Day of Persons
with Disabilities’ in a
unique way by launch-
ing PNB Pride- CRMD
Module Tool. This tech
tool is an android-based
app custom-made for
differently-abled PNB
employees to monitor
and effectively follow up
with the Special Mention
Account borrowers. This
tool shall be compatible
with Ios also very soon.
INFIDELITY? There was well thought conspiracy behind incident, believe cops
First India Bureau
Kanpur: The police
have not been able to
find the doctor who
killed his wife and chil-
dren even on the second
day. Under the leader-
ship of DCP, after trac-
ing the last location of
the triple murder ac-
cused Dr Sushil Singh
at Ganga Barrage, the
mastermind of this
high-profile murder
case, divers and water
police all through the
day searched the Gan-
ges but nothing could
be found. Although, ac-
cording to police sourc-
es, he was finally
nabbed from Ganga
Barrage late in the
night, but it was not be-
ing officially an-
nounced because the
police wanted to go to
the bottom of the mat-
ter.
In the investigation
so far, the police is con-
sidering the murder to
be carried out under
conspiracy
, as his suspi-
cion on his wife was be-
lieved to be the big rea-
son behind this.
Dr Sushil Kumar,
who lives in Divinity
Homes apartment in
Kalyanpur, here, had
told his brother Sunil a
few days ago that he
was suffering from de-
pression and wanted to
kill his wife.
Dr Sushil was miss-
ing after the murder of
wife Chandraprabha,
son and daughter in the
flat on Friday and had
sent a message on mo-
bile at 5.30 pm asking
his brother to go home.
On this, brother Dr
Sunil reached his house
as soon as he read the
message, only to find
bodies of wife, son and
daughter lying in the
room. In the message,
Sushil had written to
inform the police as he
was in depression. Af-
ter this the police
reached the spot. Police
Commissioner Aseem
Arun also reached the
spot and investigated.
Probe has revealed
that Dr Sushil re-
mained at home till 1:10
pm and then the loca-
tion of his phone was
found in Mandhana at
6:30 pm, after which it
was switched off. Kaly-
anpur PS in-charge
Ashok Dubey said it
was revealed in the
statement of brother
Dr Sunil
and the letters received,
that accused Dr Sushil
was suffering from
depression. But, the
whole incident was
pointing towards some
conspiracy
.
CS orders speeding
up Lucknow Green
Corridor work
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Luc-
know Green Corridor
Projectwaspresentedin
a meeting held under
the chairmanship of
Chief Secretary Rajen-
dra Kumar Tiwari. In
his address, CS Tiwari
directed to expedite the
implementation of the
Green Corridor Project
and to complete the nec-
essary formalities for
starting the Phase-I
works of the corridor at
the earliest.
Earlierinthemeeting,
it was informed that the
DPR for the first phase
of the project had been
received and PIU has
been issued for the im-
plementationof theproj-
ect. It was also informed
that work was in prog-
ress in the 140m gap be-
tween the I.I.M road and
Hardinge bridge and the
same would be complet-
ed this month. The land
comingunderalignment
has also been identified.
The project will be im-
plemented by Lucknow
Development Authority
and the project will be
funded through moneti-
sation of land of govern-
ment departments.
It was also informed
in the meeting that the
implementation of the
project had been pro-
posed in four phases.
First Phase from IIM
to Hardinge Bridge
would be executed at a
cost of Rs 791.37 crore,
second phase from
Harding Bridge to Pip-
raghat would cost Rs
1000 crore, third phase
Pipraghat to Shaheed
Path has a cost of Rs 600
crore and fourth phase
from Shaheed Path to
Kisan Path would cost
Rs 708.63 crore.
Relatives wait to receive bodies after the postmortem of the
woman and her two children at Kalyanpur in Kanpur on Saturday.
EXTREME HATRED
Goldie Hungama
Superstar lucky
draw opened
First India Bureau
Kanpur: The lucky
draw of ‘Goldie Hun-
gama Superstar And-
Hum Sab Ek Hain
Uphaar Yojana’ an-
nounced earlier by
India’s famous spices
manufacturer Shub-
ham Goldie Spices
Pvt Ltd, Kanpur was
conducted with great
enthusiasm. The pro-
gramme was inaugu-
rated by Legislative
Council Member
Salil Vishnoi.
Company Director
Som Goenka, while
disclosing the mar-
keting policy of
Goldie, said, “Today
Goldie had made its
place at this stage of
success only through
a common marketing
system not in the
whole country but
also abroad.”
The Lucky Draw
concluded with First
Prize of eight Hyund-
ai Santro Cars, 20
Dubai Foreign Tours,
8 Motorcycles
amongst more than
11,000 prizes. Over
25,000 prizes includ-
ing 11 Maruti Alto
cars, 111 Bajaj motor-
cycles have also been
announced under the
lucky draw.
QUELLING POLLUTION
LMC’s multi-function water sprinkler in action with anti-smog gun in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
CS RK Tiwari at the review meeting on Saturday. Commissioner
Ranjan Kumar and LDA VC Akshay Tripathi also seen.
3 killed, 1 hurt in accident
on Agra-Lko Expressway
Kannauj: Three people
were killed and one in-
jured when their car
rammed a matador on
Agra-Lucknow Express-
way, the police said on
Saturday
.
The dead include a se-
poy of Delhi Police and
a revenue official.
Thatia SHO Prayag
Narayan Bajpayee said
the accident took place
on Friday night. The car
was going from Luc-
know to Delhi and hit
the matador from be-
hind. Satyendra Kumar
(29), of Delhi’s Trilokpu-
ri and posted in Delhi
Police as a sepoy, reve-
nue official at Shashtri
Nagar SDM office Gun-
jan Kumar (30) and Ji-
tendra Kumar (43) died
on the spot.
Paramveer, a resident
of Delhi’s Kundli, was
injured, and has been
admitted to Tirva medi-
cal college.
The SHO said Jiten-
dra and Paramveer
worked in a private com-
pany
. The bodies have
been sent for a post-mor-
tem examination, the
SHO said. —PTI
Cops clearing the accident site on Friday night.
Triplemurderaccused dodges
policeonsecondday’smanhunt

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
And for those who fear
Allah, he will make
their path easy.
—Quran
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
On this special day commemorating
Indian Navy’s daring ‘Operation Trident’
during #1971War, my greetings and
best wishes to all personnel of this
outstanding force which continues to
protect our National Interest through
Maritime Security. #SwarnimVijayVarsh
@indiannavy
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
This 4-lane greenfield alignment
enables uninterrupted inter-state
connectivity and increases the
commercial traffic between Madurai
and other parts of Southern Districts
of Tamilnadu to Trivandrum and reduce
travel time by at least 40 mins in the 16
km stretch.#PragatiKaHighway.
TOP TWEETS
AJAZ PATEL’S
PERFECT TEN AT
WANKHEDE
CATAPULTS HIM INTO
CRICKET HISTORY
jaz Patel joined a se-
lect group of bowlers
by grabbing all ten
wicketsinIndia’sfirst
innings in the second
Test at Mumbai’s Wankhede sta-
dium. He became only the third
bowler to achieve this feat after
England’s Jim Laker and India’s
Anil Kumble. However, he is the
first bowler of a touring side to
have proved so lethal. Not that it
helped New Zealand as they
were bowled out for their lowest
score against India in their first
innings. But Mumbai-born Pa-
tel’s performance still shone
through his side’s dismal batting
collapse. Patel deservedly got a
standing ovation from the
Wankhede spectators as he led
his side to the pavilion.
He is only the second cricket-
er to have played against India
in his city of birth afterDouglas
Jardine.
For thousands of spectators it
must be a memory to cherish.
Now New Zealand has to ensure
that Patel’s efforts do not go in
vain. It’s tough though.
A
here can’t be a big-
ger embarrass-
ment for Pakistan
than a tweet from
its embassy in
Serbia criticizing Prime Min-
ister Imran Khan over non-
payment of salaries.
The tweet said, “With infla-
tion breaking all previous re-
cords, how long do you expect
@ImranKhanPTI that we of-
ficials will remain silent &
keep working for you without
being paid for the past three
months & our children being
forced out of school due to
non-payment of fees. Is this
#NayaPakistan?” To manage
the situation, the Pakistan
Foreign Office said in a state-
ment that the Twitter, Face-
book and Instagram accounts
of the Embassy of Pakistan
in Serbia have been hacked.
Pakistan Bureau of Statis-
tics data showed that infla-
tion had jumped sharply
from 9.2 percent to 11.5 per-
cent. That apart, Pakistan is
in dire straits financially and
is literally going around with
a begging bowl. To bail out
the cash-strapped country,
Saudi Arabia recently agreed
to park $ 3 billion as loan in
Pakistan’s central bank on
latter’s request. The bailout
comes with a tough condition
that it will have to return the
money within 72 hours of
Saudi request in case of sov-
ereign default. Islamabad
turned to Saudi Arabia out of
desperation as the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund turned
down its borrowing request.
Pakistan has often tee-
tered on the brink and has
been described as a failed
state. Over the years it has
done precious little to
strengthen its economy. Nor
has it taken credible meas-
ures to eliminate terror ha-
vens on its soil. Besides, it
continues to be run under
the shadow of the army and
mullahs and China—perfect
recipe for disaster.
PAKISTAN IN DIRE
FINANCIAL STRAITS
Pakistan has often
teetered on the brink
and has been described
as a failed state. Over the
years it has done precious
little to strengthen
its economy
T
GLOBAL COAL
HYPOCRISY
India has also updated its
nationally determined
contributions, which it must
fulfill by 2030. The country
is now pledging to increase
its installed renewable-
energy capacity to 500
gigawatts, and meet 50% of
its energy requirements
from non-fossil-fuel sources
ndia has somehow emerged
as the villain of last month’s
United Nations Climate
Change Conference (COP26),
blamed for resisting cuts to
coal consumption even as
toxic air envelops its capital,
New Delhi. The country’s
supposed crime in Glasgow
was to join China in insisting
on a last-minute change to
the conference’s final decla-
ration, in which countries
pledged to “phase down”
rather than “phase out” coal.
For that, India, whose per
capita carbon-dioxide emis-
sions are a fraction of those
of the world’s leading emit-
ters, was widely criticized for
obstructing the global fight
against climate change.
The irony is that India has
done far less to intensify the
planet’s greenhouse effect
than either China or the de-
veloped West. True, the coun-
try is a major coal consumer,
and derives about 70% of its
energy from it.
But, as recently as 2015, at
least a quarter of India’s pop-
ulation couldn’t take for
granted what almost every-
one in the developed world
can: to flick a switch on a wall
and be bathed with light.
Worse, Indians are among
the biggest victims of cli-
mate change, periodically
enduring devastating floods
and unseasonal droughts, in
addition to choking on pol-
luted air. Delhi is a poster
child for poor air quality,
which hovers between “se-
vere” and “hazardous” for
much of the year.
The causes include PM2.5
particles emitted from coal-
fired power plants, fumes
from dense traffic, industrial
pollution, and the burning of
crop stubble by farmers in
neighboring states – all com-
bined with winter fog.
But given India’s tradition-
al role as a leading voice of
the developing world, it be-
came the face of the last-min-
ute change of language at
COP26. The “phase down”
wording regarding coal con-
sumption had already ap-
peared in a US-China bilat-
eral climate agreement
signed earlier in the confer-
ence. Nevertheless, India be-
came the focus of global op-
probrium. India does not de-
serve to be the fall guy. For
starters, the country has 17%
of the world’s population but
generates only 7% of global
CO2 emissions. (China, with
18.5% of the world’s people,
generates 27% of emissions,
and the US, with less than 5%
of the world’s population, ac-
counts for 15%.) Whereas
wasteful consumption and
unsustainable energy-guz-
zling are rife in the West,
most Indians live close to the
subsistence level, and many
have no access to energy. To
expect India to meet the tar-
gets that rich countries cur-
rently tout is unfair and im-
practical. Economic develop-
ment – indispensable to pull-
ing millions of Indians out of
poverty – requires energy.
Coal may be polluting, but it
is not feasible for any devel-
oping country to switch rap-
idly to cleaner alternatives
that need scaling up.
Moreover, despite having
vast financial resources and
access to cleaner fossil fuels
such as natural gas (which
India must import), Western
countries have done little to
help. They have failed to keep
climate-finance promises to
poor countries (notably the
$100 billion per year they
committed to provide at
COP15 in Copenhagen in
2009), and refused to transfer
advanced green technolo-
gies. And COP26 singled out
the coal used by developing
countries, not the oil and gas
used extensively in the West.
India’s energy require-
ments are expected to in-
crease faster than those of
any other country in the next
two decades. Since COP21 in
Paris in 2015, India has an-
nounced ambitious plans to
scale up its production and
use of renewable energy,
which currently accounts for
only 18% of its electricity
generation. And at COP26, In-
dia complemented its explicit
commitment to phase down
coal with a pledge to achieve
net-zero emissions by 2070.
India has also updated its
nationally determined contri-
butions, which it must fulfill
by 2030. Country is now pledg-
ing to increase its installed
renewable-energy capacity to
500 gigawatts, and meet 50%
of its energy requirements
from non-fossil-fuel sources.
Furthermore, India aims to
reduce its CO2 emissions by
one billion tons and lower its
emissions intensity (which
measures emissions per unit
of economic growth) by 45%
from 2005 levels.
PROJECT-SYNDICATE.ORG
I
SHASHI THAROOR
The writer is former UN under-secretary-
general and former Union MoS for External
Affairs is Congress party MP
India’s stance on coal
at the recent COP26
climate-change
conference drew heavy
criticism, but richer
Western economies
have done little to help
developing countries’
green transition. India will
make a good-faith effort to
help avert climate
disaster, but only within
the limits of what it
can feasibly do

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INDIA
05
Vikas ki Ganga
Dehradun: In a veiled
attack on the Congress-
led UPA government,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Saturday
said that the infrastruc-
ture development in the
hilly border areas was
nowhere in the policy
strategy of those who
remained in power for
decades.
“Our mountains and
culture are not only our
faith but also the for-
tresses of our country’s
security. We prioritize
ease of living for people
living in the mountains.
Unfortunately, it was
nowhere in the policy
strategy of those who
remained in power for
decades,” PM Modi said
while addressing an
event in Dehradun.
“Previous government
didn’t work on the in-
frastructure of the hilly
border areas as sincere-
ly as they should have.
It was as if they did vow
to demoralize the Army
at all levels. We have im-
plemented one rank,
one pension, given mod-
ern weapons, and a be-
fitting reply to terror-
ists,” the Prime Minis-
ter said.
PM Modi said that be-
tween 2007 and 2014, the
central government
built only 288 km of Na-
tional Highways worth
Rs 600 crore in Uttara-
khand, whereas his gov-
ernment in in last seven
years has constructed
National Highways of
more than 2,000 km
worth Rs 12,000 crore in
Uttarakhand.
PM inaugurated and
laid the foundation
stone for multiple pro-
jects worth around Rs
18,000 crore in Dehra-
dun. Speaking on the
occasion, Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami said,
“Some people try to
ruin our name and
twist things in the name
of politics, I’d like to tell
them that till the time
this current govt stays
in power, they can’t do
anything.” —ANI
PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATES
PROJECTS WORTH RS 18K CRORE
THOSE IN POWER EARLIER IGNORED
INFRA DEVP IN HILLY AREAS: MODI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the
inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of multiple projects, in Dehradun on Saturday.
PM SPEAK
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Report: Pak hackers targeting
India, Afghan govts military
New Delhi: Pakistani
hackers are targeting
the Indian and Afghan
governments, especial-
ly the military officials
to steal sensitive Goog-
le, Twitter and Face-
book credentials from
its targets and stealthi-
ly obtain access to gov-
ernment officials, a re-
port by thehackernews.
com has revealed.
The portal said, “Mal-
warebytes’ latest find-
ings go into detail about
the new tactics and
tools adopted by the
APT group known as
SideCopy, which is so-
called because of its at-
tempts to mimic the in-
fection chains associat-
ed with another group
tracked as SideWinder
and mislead attribu-
tion”.
“The lures used by
SideCopy APT are usu-
ally archive files that
have embedded one of
these files: LNK, Micro-
soft Publisher or Tro-
janized Applications,”
the report quoted Mal-
warebytes researcher
Hossein Jazi as saying.
He added, “The em-
bedded files are tailored
to target government
and military officials
based in Afghanistan
and India”.
Thehackernews.com
said in its report the
revelation comes close
on the heels of disclo-
sures that Meta took
steps to block malicious
activities carried out
by the group on its plat-
form by using romantic
lures to compromise
individuals with ties to
the Afghan govern-
ment, military, and law
enforcement in Kabul.
Some of the promi-
nent attacks were
waged against person-
nel associated with the
Administration Office
of the President (AOP)
of Afghanistan as well
as the Ministry of For-
eign affairs, Ministry
of Finance, and the Na-
tional Procurement Au-
thority, resulting in the
theft of social media
passwords and pass-
word-protected docu-
ments.
“SideCopy also broke
into a shared computer
in India and harvested
credentials from gov-
ernment and education
services”, said the re-
port. —ANI
GOING DIGITAL...
Tikait: Samyukta Kisan Morcha forms
committee to hold talks with Centre
New Delhi: Samyukta
Kisan Morcha (SKM)
has formed a five-mem-
ber committee to hold
talks with the Govern-
ment of India (GOI),
informed Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU)
leader Rakesh Tikait on
Saturday
.
The committee will
comprise of Balbir Sin-
gh Rajewal, Shiv Ku-
mar Kakka, Gurnam
Singh Charuni, Yudh-
vir Singh and Ashok
Dhawale, said Tikait.
While speaking to re-
porters after a meeting
of the Samyukta Kisan
Morcha on Saturday
, Ti-
kait said, “SKM has
formed a 5-member
committee to talk to the
Government of India. It
will be the authorised
body to talk to the Gov-
ernment.”
“The committee will
have Balbir Singh Ra-
jewal, Shiv Kumar Kak-
ka, Gurnam Singh
Charuni, Yudhvir Sin-
gh and Ashok Dhawale.
Next meeting of SKM
on December 7 where
we will submit our
agenda,” he added.
Earlier in the day,
Bharatiya Kisan Union
leader Rakesh Tikait
had said that the talks
between Haryana Chief
Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar and farmers,
which was held on Fri-
day, remained inconclu-
sive. —ANI
New Delhi: The Indian
Navy is commemorat-
ing it’s the success of its
‘Operation Trident’ dur-
ing the 1971 War by
marking the Navy Day
.
President Ram Nath Ko-
vind and many senior
leaders greeted the na-
val personnel and the
families on the occa-
sion.
“On Navy Day, greet-
ings to all Navy person-
nel, veterans and their
families. Besides safe-
guarding maritime se-
curity and protecting
our interests in the sea,
our Navy also played a
stellar role in coping
with the COVID-19 re-
lated crises. Indians re-
main grateful for your
service,” President Ko-
vind said on Twitter.
Defence minister Ra-
jnath Singh called Navy
an “outstanding force”
which protects national
interest.
“On this special day
commemorating Indian
Navy’s daring ‘Opera-
tion Trident’ during
#1971War, my greetings
and best wishes to all
personnel of this out-
standing force which
continues to protect our
National Interest
through Maritime Secu-
rity,” he said in his
tweet.
On December 4, dur-
ing the 1971 Indo-Pak
War, the Indian Navy
played a significant role
in the bombing of Kara-
chi harbour, when Op-
eration Trident was
launched. Owing to its
success, since then De-
cember 4 is celebrated
as Navy Day
.
“On the occasion of
Navy Day2021, we reaf-
firm Indian Navy’s un-
wavering commitment
to preserve, protect and
promote India’s mari-
time interest, pay hom-
age to supreme sacrific-
es of our bravehearts
and express gratitude to
our veterans,” said Ad-
miral R Hari Kumar.
Other leaders too, like
Union home minister
Amit Shah and Uttar
Pradesh chief minister
Yogi Adityanath also
wished the Navy on the
occasion.
“Greetings to our
brave Indian Navy per-
sonnel and their fami-
lies on the special occa-
sion of #NavyDay
. The
nation is proud of our
valorous Naval force for
their commitment to-
wards securing India’s
maritime interests and
helping the countrymen
during the civil emer-
gencies,” Shah said on
Twitter.
“Salute to the bravery
of all the navy person-
nel serving to protect
the country’s maritime
borders. Wishing you all
a very Happy Indian
Navy Day
. We are all
proud of your unwaver-
ing commitment, valour
and courage to serve
and protect the nation,”
Adityanath said on Koo.
Operation Trident
caused heavy damage to
Pakistan’s vessels. It
was during this opera-
tion that an anti-ship
missile ship was used
for the first time. Nearly
300 soldiers laid down
their lives and around
700 were injured during
the course of this par-
ticular operation.
During Operation
Trident, the Indian
Navy sank four Paki-
stani vessels and severe-
ly damaged Karachi
harbour fuel fields.
—Agencies
President, other leaders remember success of ‘Operation Trident’
NAVY DAY
General Bipin Rawat (Chief of Defence Staff) CDS, General MM Naravane Chief of the Army Staff
(COAS), Admiral R Hari Kumar Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), and Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari,
Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) paid homage to the martyrs at National War Memorial on the occasion of
Navy Day, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PASSENGER DIES ONBOARD, US-BOUND AIR
INDIA FLIGHT RETURNS TO NEW DELHI
INDIAN AUTO SECTOR MUST GO GLOBAL:
UNION MINISTER MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY
New Delhi: An Air India flight headed to Newark in
the US returned to Delhi airport three hours after
take-off after a passen-
ger died on board. “Air
India Delhi-Newark (US)
flight returned to Delhi
after more than three
hours of flight, due to a
medical emergency on
board,” an Air India official told. A team of airport
doctors arrived on the plane and after thoroughly
checking the passenger declared him dead.
Goa: Stating that the Indian Auto sector must go
global and look for a major share of the global elec-
tric auto market, Union Minister for Heavy Industries
Mahendra Nath Pandey on Saturday said that the
growth of the Auto Industry will help achieve India’s
commitment for “Panchamrita” given by PM Modi in
COP 26 and give huge employment opportunities to
Indian youth. The minister said, “There is a disruptive
change happening in global automotive scenario with
a big boost to ‘Electric Vehicles’ as the future of tech-
nology, innovations technological breakthroughs in
EV components are catalyzing disruption.”
CRUCIAL READ
MUMBAI POLICE FILE CHARGE SHEET
AGAINST PARAM BIR SINGH, SACHIN VAZE
Mumbai: Mumbai crime branch on Saturday filed
charge-sheet against former Mumbai police com-
missioner Param Bir Singh, dismissed API Sachin
Vaze and two others in an extortion case filed by a
hotelier. This is the first charge-sheet filed against
Singh, who faces total five FIRs in Mumbai and
Thane. “We have collected evidence, recorded
statements of many witnesses,” said Shekhar.
Putin’s India visit: New impetus to bilateral ties
New Delhi : Emphasis-
ing that Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin’s
upcoming visit to Delhi
would result in prag-
matic economic out-
comes, Russian envoy
to India Nikolai Kuda-
shev said that the visit
will provide impetus to
bilateral relationship
of Moscow and Delhi.
The ambassador un-
derlined that the 21st
Annual India-Russia
Summit, which will be
held on December 6,
will be of major politi-
cal significance as Mos-
cow-New Delhi ties are
not ordinary. “This (In-
dia-Russia) is a rela-
tionship of a specially
privileged and strategic
partnership that envis-
ages unique level of
confidence,mutual un-
derstanding summit
would give practical,
pragmatic economic
outcomes,” he said.
“21st Annual India-
Russia Summit will not
be an ordinary summit,
it will be historical.
Summit will give new
impetus to bilateral
ties,” he said. —ANI
Courts should be last resort for
dispute resolution: CJI Ramana
New Delhi: Chief Jus-
tice of India N V Rama-
na on Saturday said
that courts should be
the last resort for dis-
pute resolution and one
should explore alterna-
tives like arbitration,
mediation and concilia-
tion before approaching
the courts. He said this
while addressing the
Curtain Raiser and
Stakeholders’ Conclave
of the International Ar-
bitration and Media-
tion Centre, Hyderabad.
Underlining the im-
portance of arbitration
and mediation, CJI said
that Mahabharata pro-
vides the example of an
early attempt at media-
tion as a conflict-resolu-
tion tool, where Lord
Krishna attempted to
mediate dispute be-
tween Pandavas Kau-
ravas. “It may be worth-
while to recall that fail-
ure of mediation led to
disastrous consequenc-
es,” he added.
The CJI said that “the
most important factor
behind the resolution
of any dispute is having
the right attitude. But,
once these conflicts en-
ter a court, much gets
lost in the practice and
procedure.” —PTI
Cyclonic storm Jawad likely to
weaken during next 6 hrs: IMD
New Delhi: The Cy-
clonic Storm ‘Jawad’ is
likely to move nearly
northwards and weak-
en into a Deep Depres-
sion during the next six
hours and then move
north-northeastwards
along Odisha coast and
reach near Puri around
December 5 noon, said
MeT on Saturday
. Mean-
while, HR Biswas, Di-
rector, India Meteoro-
logical Department
(IMD), Bhubaneshwar,
said on Saturday that
Cyclone Jawad was ob-
served moving north-
wards in past one hour
and will continue same
for the next 12 hours.
The weakening trend in
intensity of the cyclone
and expected to hit the
coastal regions of Puri
today and weaken grad-
ually, said Biswas. —ANI
Vladimir Putin Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO
Rakesh Tikait

INDIA
06
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: As the
news broke on Thurs-
day that the Ministry of
Power had shown the
door to NHPC Director
(Personnel) Nikhil Ku-
mar Jain ‘with immedi-
ate effect’ four months
ahead of his scheduled
retirement on March 31,
2022, feverish specula-
tions set off about the
probable reasons for
this sudden develop-
ment.
Moreover, when a per-
son is appointed to a
director post of a com-
pany, he is vetted for his
performance and integ-
rity. So the purported
official reason does not
seem to be tenable.
There could be some-
thing more.
One of the more con-
vincing reasons for this
kind of drastic action is
generally irreconcila-
ble policy differences
arising so much not
from policy differences
as from personal and
temperamental prob-
lems. So it may not be
unreasonable to sur-
mise that probably Jain
has put himself in
harm’s way by defying
not only certain in-
structions from the
Ministry but also by go-
ing against the grain of
teamwork. Possibly his
personal feud with his
bosses might have esca-
lated to a point where
the latter had no option
but to call it quits.
It is rumored that Jain,
originally an IRPS cad-
re officer, had issues
with colleagues and su-
periors even at Air In-
dia, where he was
brought as Personnel
Director by former
CMD Rohit Nandan. It
is said that he could not
even gel with Nandan,
his benefactor. He is
also said to have had is-
sues with another for-
mer Air India CMD Lo-
hani who was gracious
enough to ignore his
faultlines in interest of
maintaining spirit of
railway. After making
things hot for himself,
Jain planned and es-
caped to NHPC in 2017.
Everything was going
fine with him there till
his ambition again
drove him to stir trou-
ble for himself as he
could not restrain him-
self from indulging in
‘habitual petty personal
politicking’.
It is said he reached
the breaking point after
failing to get PESB to
select him as CMD. Hav-
ing failed in achieving
his legitimate dream,
he is said to have set
himself into ruinous
course of picking up
quarrels with one and
all. Ministry decided to
part ways with him be-
lieving that he was be-
yond redemption.
NHPC director Jain dropped for his poor personal dealings
PERFORMANCE VS OVERINDULGENCE
Sharat K Verma
Jaipur: BJP has re-
cently lent a major
blow to its old ally
Akali Dal as it broke
Manjinder Singh Sir-
sa, who was pivot of
Akali politics in Del-
hi and got him in-
cluded in saffron
party. Sirsa joining
BJP is a huge event
and this could be
gathered from fact
that Amit Shah got
him included in par-
ty
. There is a general
perception that
through Sirsa, BJP
has challenged Akali
politics in Punjab.
That may be right in
its place but in Pun-
jab BJP will remain a
small ally alliance
will be headed by
Captain Amarinder.
Sirsa has more political
advantage for BJP in
Delhi than in Punjab!
Elections to all 3 mun corps are to be held in Del-
hi at time of Punjab Assembly polls next year.
At present, BJP is in control of all 3 mun corps.
Therefore, winning this is a matter of life and death
for BJP. If AAP wins, it will be a major setback for
BJP as well as for Union HM Amit Shah because
in Delhi now officially govt means Lieutenant Gov-
ernor and Lieutenant Governor works under Union
Home Ministry. The second importance of Sirsa is
that he will help correct BJP’s deteriorating image
among Sikhs due to the farmers’ movement.
SIRSA HAS MORE UTILITY IN DELHI
AMID OMICRON FEARS
UNIONHEALTHMINISTRY
WRITES TO STATES
 Some districts report over
700% increase in Covid-19
cases in the last 14 days
 Letters have been sent to
Odisha, JK, Mizoram,
Kerala, Tamil Nadu asking
them to be more careful
New Delhi: In the let-
ter, Health Secretary
Rajesh Bhushan said
that 13 out of 14 dis-
tricts in these states
have been reporting a
high number of cases
over the past month,
contributing 55.87% of
new virus cases in In-
dia.
A letter has been
written to Karnataka,
where the first two cas-
es of the Omicron vari-
ant of coronavirus have
been detected. The IN-
SACOG has also report-
ed cluster outbreaks in
the state. In Karnataka,
Tumakuru has report-
ed a 152% hike in Cov-
id-19 cases between the
week ending November
25 to the week ending
December 2.
Districts in Mizoram
are seeing positivity
rates as high as 17%.
Champhai is one such
district. Odisha has
shown a decline in
weekly Covid-19 tests,
down from 4,01,164
tests in the week end-
ing November 26 to
3,88,788 tests in the
week ending December
3. Kathua in Jammu
and Kashmir has seen
a 736 per cent surge in
Covid-19 cases. —ANI
 K’taka Health Minis-
ter instructs medical
colleges to make
necessary preps
 288 samples of
foreign fliers sent for
genome sequencing,
says Mumbai mayor
 SA returnee booked
for violating home
quarantine norms in
Chandigarh
 20 dedicated coun-
ters for those mak-
ing online booking
for testing at Delhi
Terminal 3 Airport
 Madurai to ban entry
of unvaccinated peo-
ple in public places
 Over 21.38 cr unuti-
lized doses available
with States, UTs
 Kerala Man who
returned from UK on
Nov 21, tests Covid
positive
 Ex-Puducherry CM
requests Modi to al-
low booster dose for
fully jabbed
 Allow booster
dose for healthcare
workers: Telangana
Health Min to Union
Health Min
 Omicron is not fatal
but India should be
prepared for third
wave: expert
 Study finds how
Covid affected men-
tal, physical health of
students
 Omicron confirmed
in 10 USA states
COVID UPDATES IN BRIEF!
New Delhi: As calls for Covid-19 vaccine
booster shots grow amid the emergence
of Omicron, the new corona variant, sci-
entists are urging India should prioritize
double vaccinating its eligible population
first so that most people at least get the
base layer of protection against the viral
infection. Many countries have already
started giving booster shots to their
citizens in light of the new strain. India,
however, is yet to consider booster shots
even as several experts in the past few
days have urged for the same.
New Delhi: The BCCI Secretary Jay Shah on
Saturday announced that India would tour
South Africa for three-Test and
three ODIs. The four T20Is
which were also originally
part of the tour will now be
played on a later date. “BCCI
has confirmed CSA that the
Indian team will travel for three
Tests and three ODIs. The re-
maining four T20Is will be
played at a later date,” Shah told.
India to tour SA for 3 Tests, 3
ODIs,T20Is to be played later: Jay
INDIA ON HIGH ALERT...
The newly labeled fifth variant of concern
by WHO, Omicron, has put India on high
alert. In view of the new variant, the Union
Health Ministry has taken note of the surge
in cases, advising states to do the needful in
terms of testing, tracking and treating people
and also ensure to improve the pace of vac-
cination drive.
Kavita Pant
New Delhi: A picture
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and former
PM HD Deve Gowda
went very viral recently
on social media, in
which PM Modi is offer-
ing seat to Gowda re-
spectfully. After this
there were speculations
that there could be a
synergy between BJP
and JDS in Karnataka.
However, there is still
time for the Assembly
elections in southern
state as they will be held
in May 2023. Anyway,
the thought of pre-poll
synergy between these
two parties is too far-
fetched. One reason for
this is that former CM
HD Kumaraswamy has
played emotional card
by calling the next elec-
tion his last and wants
to contest on maximum
number of seats.
Another reason for
this is that going with
the BJP and accepting
the leadership of Lin-
gayat leaders BS Yedi-
yurappa and Basavaraj
Bommai would mean
losing the core Vokkali-
ga vote of the JDS. If
the Lingayat leadership
of the BJP considers
Kumaraswamy as the
leader, then Vokkaliga
votes will be given, oth-
erwise not. On the con-
trary, the chances of
this vote going to the
Congress will be strong
as the Congress has ap-
pointed DK Shivaku-
mar, a renowned Vokka-
liga leader who has
challenged the influ-
ence of the Deve Gowda
family
, as the state pres-
ident and he is consid-
ered to be the future
Chief Minister of Kar-
nataka. That’s why the
Deve Gowda family
might not ‘axe it’s feet’.
However, The possibili-
ty of a post-poll allianc-
es cannot be ruled out.
Will there be ‘understanding’
between BJP and JDS?
Birla: Need a common platform
for PACs for better coordination
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ex-Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
BE AWARE! School students holding placards
participate in an awareness rally against the Omicron
variant of Covid in Chennai on Saturday.–PHOTO BY ANI
DOUBLE VACCINATION FIRST, SAYS INDIAN
EXPERTS AMID CALLS FOR BOOSTER SHOTS
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Saturday emphasised
on the need for one com-
mon platform for Public
Accounts Committees
in Parliament and state
legislature for better co-
ordination.
Om Birla’s sugges-
tion came on the inau-
gural event of the two-
day Centennial year
celebrations of the PAC
in the Central Hall of
Parliament House.
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla further added
that our biggest
achievement has been
that despite several
problems, in these sev-
en decades, we have
emerged as the largest
and most effective de-
mocracy in world. —ANI
Since there are many issues of common
interest between the Public Accounts
Committee of Parliament and the Pub-
lic Accounts Committees of the States, there
should be one common platform for PACs of the
Parliament and the State Legislatures. This will
ensure better coordination, transparency and
accountability of Executive. —Om Birla, LS Speaker
LS Speaker Om Birla addresses at the inauguration of the centenary celebrations of Public Accounts
Committee of the Parliament at the Central Hall of the Parliament House in New Delhi on Saturday.
President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu also present. —PHOTO BY ANI
A medic inoculates 2nd vaccine dose to a woman.
Official reason
for Nikhil Jain’s
removal could
be his poor
performance,
this may appear
too simplistic
Manjinder Singh Sirsa
Jay Shah
Nikhil Kumar Jain

NEWS
07
FROM JINNAH TO
POLLUTED AIR,
UP HAS ITS OWN
WAY OF GETTING
AT PAKISTAN
The Uttar Pradesh
government on Friday told
the Supreme Court that polluted
air from Pakistan affects the air
quality in Delhi, adding that the
industries in UP have no role to
play in the national capital’s
pollution. The Uttar Pradesh
government on Friday told the
Supreme Court that polluted air
from Pakistan affects the air
quality in Delhi, adding that the
industries in UP have no role to
play in the national capital’s
pollution. Senior advocate
Ranjit Kumar appearing for the
UP government told the Apex
Court that Delhi air quality is
affected by the polluting air
coming from Pakistan. He said
the eight-hour operation
window is affecting the
sugarcane and milk industries
in Uttar Pradesh. The CJI-led
bench asked the UP counsel to
go to teh Commission with the
grievance and let them decide
on the issue. Apex court asked
the Uttar Pradesh government
to approach the commission on
air quality management with its
grievance against the direction
that the industries, which was
not running on cleaner fuel in
NCR, will be allowed to operate
for eight hours a day only. A
special bench headed by Chief
Justice N V Ramana also took
note of measures taken by the
Commission for Air Quality
Management in National Capital
Region and Adjoining Areas on
Thursday and asked the Centre,
Delhi states in the National
Capital Region (NCR) to follow
the directions.
—First India Bureau
` 20 LAKH LIFT
INSTALLED TO
REACH FIRST
FLOOR AT DRM
OFFICE
The new lift installed in the DRM
office of Northern Railway
Lucknow Division is now a hot
topic of discussion these days. On
one side, the railway
administration is cutting down on
facilities of the passengers. and at
the same time, with the money
coming out of the pocket of the
passenger, it is preparing an
expensive lift facility. Officials are
getting a new lift worth more than
Rs 20 lakh to reach one floor in
the Lucknow DRM office. A lift of
Rs 20 lakh is not expensive for the
officers who struggle to walk 30
stairs. However, railway staff
leaders are calling it a waste of
money. Senior officers are silent
about this lift. There is no lift to
go to the first floor in the historic
building of the Lucknow DRM
office. Some officers are saying
that the contractors engineering
officers will get relief from the lift.
No matter what happens, the
officers will get the lift installed as
no physically challenged goes in
that department and are making
excuses to get the lift installed.
— Ahtesham Siddiqui
RLD-SP TO ORGANISE FIRST JOINT
RALLY IN MEERUT ON DECEMBER 7
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Rash-
triya Lok Dal (RLD) and
Samajwadi Party (SP),
which have entered into
an electoral alliance
will hold their first
joint rally in Meerut on
December 7. The rally is
significant as it is being
organised after the re-
peal of three farm laws
last month and both
these parties had ex-
tended support to the
farmers on the issue.
On November 2 the
BJP had organised a
rally in Saharanpur
which was addressed
by union home minis-
ter Amit Shah and
chief minister Yogi
Adityanath. Being or-
ganised in communally
sensitive regions, the
rally is also likely to in-
dicate the impact of the
alliance at the ground
level. The RLD-SP are
hoping to cash in on the
anger of the farmers.
Even though a formal
announcement about
the seat-sharing be-
tween the RLD and SP
in west UP is yet to be
announced, indications
are that RLD is likely to
contest around 30 seats
in the region. Since the
well-entrenched Jat
community, which was
at the forefront of the
agitation, has once
again come closer to the
RLD headed by Jayant
Chaudhury there seems
to be enthusiasm in the
cadre that the electoral
drought of the last
three elections would
be finally over. The
Bharatiya Kisan Union
(BKU) under the leader-
ship of Rakesh Tikait
and Naresh Tikait,
which has come closer
to RLD during the last
few months has so far
adopted a hostile atti-
tude towards the BJP.
The farmers’ agitation
has also played a key
role in bridging the
communaldividewhich
was caused after the
2013 Muzaffarnagar ri-
ots and its impact was
clear when BJP routed
the entire opposition in
the 2014, 2017 and 2019
elections. Now the Mus-
lim community, which
was cast aside during
the last 8 years, seems to
havere-joinedrankwith
the Jat community to
help boost the electoral
prospects of the RLD-SP
alliance. However, there
are also reports that a
section of the Jat com-
munity is not happy
with RLD’s tie-up with
SP because of its “pro-
Muslim” image.
Thus, discussion also
going round in the re-
gion is that Jats could
support RLD candidates
but not the SP nominees
on seats on their influ-
ence. The farmers in-
volved in the agitation
have however close af-
finity with the RLD than
the SP
. The RLD is basi-
cally known as party of
Jats behind which the
Muslims had thrown
their lot for political sur-
vival over the decades.
Muzaffarnagar: A
case was registered
against a woman Head
Constable after 578 car-
tons of wine were found
missing from Kairana
Police Station ware-
house, officials said on
Saturday. Head Consta-
ble Taresh Sharma was
booked under section
409 (breach of trust by a
public servant) of the
Indian Penal Code at
the order of the Super-
intendent of Police.
Sharma was held re-
sponsible for the miss-
ing wine - seized in 12
cases - in an inquiry
conducted by Circle Of-
ficer Pradeep Singh.
The incident came to
light when the Head
Constable was trans-
ferred and during hand-
over of the charge to the
next incumbent 578 car-
tons of wine were found
missing. —PTI
First India Bureau
Agra: The cop who bru-
tally killed his own
niece and threw the
dead body in the field
after raping her has
been arrested. The ac-
cused has confessed to
his crime during the
police interrogation.
On December 2, a
heart-wrenching inci-
dent came to light in the
Malpura police station
area of Agra where a
girl who came to the
wedding ceremony was
raped by her own ma-
ternal uncle.
There was a stir in
the police department
after the case of cruelty
with an innocent came
to light SSP Sudhir
Kumar formed four
teams and began the in-
vestigation to arrest the
accused. Within 72
hours, the police were
able to nab the accused.
SP West Satyajit Gupta
said that the accused’s
handkerchief was
found at the spot and
with the help of CCTV
footage, the accused
was identified. The ac-
cused had switched off
his phone to escape
from the police and was
even trying to flee from
his house. SP West said
that the forensic team
has gathered all the nec-
essary details we are
trying to make a strong
case against the ac-
cused to give him the
harshest punishment
for his cruelty
.
Aligarh: A hooch trag-
edy accused allegedly
died in a jail here,
prompting the authori-
ties to order a judicial
probe after her family
members protested over
the incident. Renu Shar-
ma (41) was rushed to
the Jawaharlal Nehru
Medical College hospi-
tal here on Friday night,
where she was declared
dead on arrival, police
said. She is a former
block pramukh and was
arrested in connection
with the hooch tragedy,
which had claimed sev-
eral lives in the district
earlier this year.
While the officials
put the death figure at
40, unconfirmed reports
claimed that over 100
people died after drink-
ing spurious liquor. A
senior official said a ju-
dicial inquiry has been
ordered into the inci-
dent as her family mem-
bers staged a protest,
demanding fixing ac-
countability of the jail
authorities. Renu’s hus-
band Rishi Sharma, one
of the key accused in
the case, and five other
members of her family
are also lodged in the
Aligarh jail, police said.
Her family members
alleged that the jail au-
thorities did not release
her despite the fact that
she had secured bail on
health grounds earlier
this week. She had been
suffering from a host of
illnesses at the time of
the arrest on May 25.
She was admitted to the
hospital several times
it was only on Thursday
that she had been dis-
charged after being un-
der treatment there for
several days, the family
members alleged. As
soon as the news of
Sharma’s death spread,
her supporters and fam-
ily members gathered at
the city morgue and
raised slogans against
the jail authorities. Her
family members, who
sat on a dharna at the
mortuary, said they
would not conduct her
lastritesuntilotherfam-
ily members, who are in
the jail, are released on
parole for it. —PTI
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
The accused in police custody.
BRIDGING OF COMMUNAL TENSION
After the alliance and bridging of communal tension,
the Muslims are also quite hopeful that it would help
in winning the elections against the BJP. Though
the Congress had also extended full support to the
farmers stir, the possibility of any electoral dividend
to the party appears to be far-fetched because it is
organisationally quite weak in the region. The role
of AIMIM headed by Assaduddin Owaisi is also be
watched as he has been making efforts to divide
Muslim votes. The MIM is likely to contest Muslim
dominated seats in Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar,
Moradabad and Bijanur in the region.
578 cartons of wine
missing from police
station, cop booked
Man rapes, kills niece in Agra; arrested
MAN GETS 10 YEARS’ JAIL FOR
RAPING 15-YEAR-OLD NIECE
Muzaffarnagar: A
Special POCSO Court
has sentenced a man
to 10 years of impris-
onment for raping
his 15-year-old niece,
court officials said on
Saturday. Special
Judge Sanjiv Kumar
Tiwari also imposed
a fine of Rs 27,000 on
the accused, Jiten-
dra, convicting him
under section 363, 366
and 376 of the Indian
Penal Code Protec-
tion of Children from
Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act. Ac-
cording to special
POCSO lawyers
Dinesh Sharma
Manmohan Verma,
Jitendra had abduct-
ed his niece from a
village under Charth-
wal Police Station on
April 21, 2017. —PTI
Aligarh hooch tragedy accused
dies in jail, judicial probe ordered
OPPOSITION DEMANDS PROBE
Out on parole,2 hired to kill Gzb politician held
Ghaziabad: Two
criminals, who were
out on parole and had
allegedly taken a Rs 10-
lakh contract to kill a
local politician here,
were arrested on Fri-
day after exchange of
fire with security forc-
es, officials said. Police
had received a tip-off
that some suspects
were roaming the
Modinagar area on a
bike which did not
bear a numberplate,
SP (Rural) Iraj Raja
said. A vehicle check-
ing drive was launched
in the afternoon and a
team of the Bhojpur
police and the Special
Operations Group
(SOG) signalled the
motorcycle to stop. The
suspects, instead, fired
at the team and sped
away towards Modina-
gar, the SP said. The
security forces chased
and tried to encircle
the suspects, whose
bike fell down. The duo
again fired upon the
team. Both the sus-
pects were shot at in
the retaliatory action,
the SP said. Police said
the suspects were iden-
tified as Kishore alias
Shetty, who originally
hails from Jabalpur
district of Madhya
Pradesh and resides in
Modinagar, and Sonu
Verma -- a resident of
DLF Ankur Vihar in
Delhi. During interro-
gation they told the
police that they were
released on parole by
the court. —PTI
The rally is being held post repeal of 3 farm laws which were at centre of raging farmers’ protests

08
2NDFRONT
Troubles are a part of life - show
courage in your own and
kindness in others.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
AMIT SHAH IN JAIPUR
...To launch Mission 2023!
KAVITA PANT
he Saffron Par-
ty’s master-
mind strategist
(Chanakya),
the game changer and
the powerful Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah’s December 5
Jaipur visit basically
aims to boost the mo-
rale of a demoralised
state BJP (especially
after its humiliating
defeatinrecenttwoAs-
sembly by-elections)
and to launch a highly
‘hopeful’ Mission 2023
to bring back the party
to power in Rajasthan.
However, all ‘anx-
ious’ eyes will be on
the towering man
Shah’s response to a
‘waiting’ and a crowd
puller Vasundhara
Raje to indicate her ex-
act role in the upcom-
ing Assembly polls. So
far, in party circles
(and not in public), she
has been perceived as a
side-lined or ignored
leader by the party
highcommand,though
the ground realities
may certainly be a bit
different. In a recent
internal survey held
by the party, Vasund-
hara again emerged as
the tallest and popular
leader among all ‘alter-
natives’, being worked
out by high command
so far.
According to sourc-
es, though she may not
be the first choice of
the party high com-
mand, but if the situa-
tion warrants and
Madam draws large
crowds in her pre-poll
public meetings, then
the party
, after having
a careful assessment,
will not hesitate to
backtrack and bring
back Vasundhara on
the forefront, just to
ensurethelikelycome-
back of one more BJP
state government in
the country
. One thing
is certain, without
properly ‘settling’
(with or without CM
post) Vasundhara fac-
tor, there is no guaran-
teeforaBJPcomeback
in State Assembly, be-
cause in case of a ‘di-
vided house’, a three-
time Congress Chief
Minister and a tower-
ing leader Ashok Ge-
hlot, who is extremely
confident of his fourth
tenure, will have a
smooth sailing in 2023
polls. A smart politi-
cian Gehlot, in re-
sponse to Amit Shah’s
rally has organised a
massive 2 lakh crowd
target Congress really
in Jaipur on December
12 on the issue of price
hike. Initially the rally
was scheduled to be
held in New Delhi but
after New Delhi’s de-
nial to hold the rally on
coronagrounds,aGan-
dhi family loyalist Ge-
hlot has virtually hi-
jacked this rally to
Jaipur, again to show
his skills.
At the moment, on
the face value, during
the last three years, an-
other young Rajput
and Shah confidant,
Jal Shakti Minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat has been indi-
rectly projected by the
Centre as a Chief Min-
isterial face or a CM
designate candidate
for 2023, but nothing
can be said till Raje fac-
tor is finally ‘sorted
out’. However, Gajen-
dra bana’s travelling
with Shah in the same
BSF plane from Jais-
almer to Jaipur on the
crucial day of the rally
is a clear indication of
his proximity with the
policy maker Shah!
Though, in this en-
tire process, another
grassroots leader from
Hadoti and the present
LS Speaker Om Birla
may also emerge as a
dark horse at the elev-
enth hour. But if the
party, after having a
majority in the House,
decides to bring in a
Jat face at 8, Civil
Lines, then Satish Poo-
nia, a RSS choice, may
be another option. The
impact and influence
of Shah’s presence in
Jaipur is that all the
senior leaders and the
factions of the Saffron
party looked like a sin-
gle and united face
during BJP working
committee meetings
held in Jaipur on Sat-
urday
. A strong crowd
of all BJP Central
Ministers, MP’s,
MLA’s and all Pan-
chayat level grass-
roots leaders are curi-
ous and excited to lis-
ten to iron man Amit
Shah’s speech on Sun-
day!
T
KAVITA PANT
he Saffron Party’s mastermind
strategist (Chanakya), the game
changer and the powerful Union
Home Minister Amit Shah’s De-
cember 5 Jaipur visit basically
aims to boost the morale of a de-
moralised state BJP (especially
after its humiliating defeat in recent two As-
sembly by-elections) and to launch a highly
‘hopeful’ Mission 2023 to bring back the party
to power in Rajasthan.
However,all‘anxious’eyeswillbeonthetow-
ering man Shah’s response to a ‘waiting’ and a
crowd puller Vasundhara Raje to indicate her
exact role in the upcoming Assembly polls. So
far, in party circles (and not in public), she has
beenperceivedasaside-linedorignoredleader
bythepartyhighcommand,thoughtheground
realities may certainly be a bit different. In a
recent internal survey held by the party,
Vasundhara again emerged as the tallest and
popular leader among all ‘alternatives’, being
worked out by high command so far.
According to sources, though she may not
be the first choice of the party high command,
but if the situation warrants and Madam
draws large crowds in her pre-poll public meet-
ings, then the party, after having a careful as-
sessment, will not hesitate to backtrack and
bring back Vasundhara on the forefront, just
to ensure the likely comeback of one more BJP
state government in the country
. One thing is
certain, without properly ‘settling’ (with or
without CM post) Vasundhara factor, there is
no guarantee for a BJP comeback in State As-
sembly
, because in case of a ‘divided house’, a
three-time Congress Chief Minister and a tow-
ering leader Ashok Gehlot, who is extremely
confident of his fourth tenure, will have a
smooth sailing in 2023 polls. Turn to P8
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...TO LAUNCH
MISSION
2023!
ALL EYES ARE ON
SHAH’S RESPONSE
TO VASUNDHARA
VASUNDHARA RAJE
GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT
SATISH POONIA
ALL EYES ARE ON SHAH’S
RESPONSE TO VASUNDHARA
AKHILESH IS ANTI-DALIT,
SAYS RAMAPATI SHASTRI
First India Bureau
Lucknow:UttarPradesh
Social Welfare Minister
Ramapati Shastri has
accused SP President
Akhilesh Yadav of be-
ing anti-Dalit and said
that all the decisions of
the previous govern-
ment bear testimony to
this fact.
Shastri on Saturday
said that no matter how
many statements Akh-
ilesh made in the fa-
vour of Dalits from the
point of view of elec-
tions, but during his
Chief Ministership, he
always worked against
Dalits. The deprived
section of the society
would never forget this
and give a befitting re-
ply in the elections, he
added. Shastri said
Akhilesh Yadav during
his tenure as the CM
had renamed all those
districts which were
named after Dalit icons
great by former CM
Mayawati.
It is noteworthy that
BSPleaderMayawati,in
the capacity of the CM,
had created three new
districts while had de-
cided to change the
names of eight districts
including these. Of
these, Bhimnagar, Pra-
buddhanagar and
Panchsheelnagar came
into existence in 2011,
whose names were
changed by Akhilesh to
Sambhal, Shamli and
Hapur respectively
.
“Not only this, the
changed name of King
George Medical Univer-
sity by Mayawati gov-
ernment to “Chhatrapa-
tiShahujiMaharajMed-
ical University” was
also changed by Akh-
ilesh who restored its
old name again under
SP rule, “pointed out the
minister. Shastri said
during the reign of Akh-
ilesh Yadav, his anti-Dal-
it face had come in front
of everyone.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Minister Ramapati Shastri
Man shot by kin
of bro-in-law
in Meerut
Meerut: Amanwasshot
at by family members of
his sister’s husband on
Meerut-Bulandshahr
highway near Ghosipur
on Saturday
. Police
sourcessaidthatAyasha
and Sabir got married
six years back and they
havethreechildren.Aya-
sha was complaining
about feud in her family
following which her
brother Imran reached
herhouseforsettlement.
WhenImranwasreturn-
ing with his sister Aya-
sha and brother Amir
three motorbike-borne
criminals shot at Amir.
He was severely injured
in the attack and rushed
to the hospital where
his condition was stated
to be critical. Two at-
tackers were identified
as Rohit and Shanu
while identity of third
accomplice was yet to
ascertain. —FIB
Reshuffle: Five IAS officers get promoted;
Juthika, Mritunjay Narayan get key posts
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a major
reshuffle, the Appoint-
ments Committee of the
Cabinet (ACC) on Satur-
day approved promo-
tion and transfer of
over two dozen IAS offi-
cers including six from
UP. Juthika Patankar
of the 1988 batch of UP
cadre, Additional Ssec-
retary in the Union
Ministry of Skill Devel-
opment Entrepre-
neurshiphasbeenmade
Secretary
, Central Infor-
mation Commission,
Department of Person-
nel and Training in the
rank and pay of Secre-
tary to the Government
of India by temporarily
upgrading the post.
Joint Secretary
Mritunjay Kumar
Narayan of 1995 in
Union Ministry of Pow-
er has been made Addl
Secretary, Department
of Home in the Ministry
of Home Affairs. Ash-
ish Kumar Goel, also of
1995, working as Joint
Secretary, Department
of Rural Development
too has been elevated as
Addl Secretary, Depart-
ment of Rural Develop-
ment, and Katru Ram
MohanaRao,1994batch,
Chairman, Vishakhapa-
tnam Port Trust as
Chairman, Vishakhapa-
tnam Port Trust in the
rank and pay of Addi-
tional Secretary
.
IAS (1995) Santosh
Kumar Yadav serving as
Joint Secretary
, Depart-
ment of School Educa-
tion and Literacy in
Union Ministry of Edu-
cation has been promot-
ed as Additional Secre-
tary, Department of
School Education Lit-
eracy, Ministry of Edu-
cation.
Juthika Patankar Mritunjay Kumar Narayan
DECEMBER 12
RALLY: AN
ALBATROSS
AROUND THE
NECK OF
CONGRESS
Ever since Congress
handed over the
reins of the Agitation
Committee to veteran
Digvijay Singh, his re-
bellion has started tak-
ing shape again. One
day suddenly he an-
nounced that the Con-
gress party will hold a
huge rally against infla-
tion in Delhi’s Dwarka
on December 12. After
his announcement, the
Congress’ sleep was
also broken. Rahul
wanted to know what is
rationale for holding a
rally in Delhi now, that
too in Dwarka, neither
the time is favourable,
nor the atmosphere, the
weath-
er and the pollution
both are showing at
peak. If this rally was
held at Ramlila Maidan
in Old Delhi, then the
crowd could have gath-
ered as it is a crowded
area and people also
come walking. Haryana
govt will stop vehicles
from crossing the bor-
der and the Kejriwal
govt of Delhi will also
try its best not to allow
crowds in the rally be-
cause the civic elec-
tions are to be held in
Delhi in two-three
months where AAP is
pushing all its strength.
When both the parties
are face to face in Pun-
jab, Goa, and U’khand,
Gandhi family decided
that rally should be can-
celled for time being. In
such a situation, Ra-
jasthan CM Ashok Ge-
hlot, who appeared on
the scene, suggested to
Sonia-Rahul that the
cancellation of the rally
would not send the
right message to the
party cadre, so Gehlot
hijacked this rally and
scheduled it in Jaipur
where the entire govt
machinery can be
thrown in mobilizing
the crowd. While Ra-
hul’s opinion till the
end was that ‘this rally
should be taken to UP
or Punjab instead of Ra-
jasthan’, but because of
the paucity of time, Ge-
hlot got his point in
front of the high com-
mand. Sonia-Rahul-Pri-
yanka has agreed to
join the rally and clever
Gehlot has targeted
Sachin Pilot’s chances
with this.
A NEW POWER
BROKER HAS
EMERGED IN
DELHI’S
LUTYENS’
ZONE
Defying slogan
‘Na Khaunga
Na Khane Dunga’, a
new power bro-
ker has emerged. He
was once known for res-
taurant business, now
became famous for
food. His house, adja-
cent to a big embassy in
a very posh area of Del-
hi, is becoming famous
these days for spectacu-
lar parties. Parties that
can decide fate of ‘Page
3’ parties. From the
city’s big businessmen,
foreign diplomats, jus-
tices to IAS, IPS and IRS
officers, you can see
them dancing here. Re-
cently, at one of their
parties, Bollywood’s fa-
mous singer Mika mes-
merized audience in
such a way that even
host’s wife also seemed
to lose her rhythm.
IS NITISH CHANGING
COLOURS?
Alot of ruckus was
created in Bihar
polls after an empty bot-
tle of liquor was found
as it made fund of the
‘dry state’. Nitish had
not yet disclosed what
was incident that led
him to implement a liq-
uor ban in Bihar. So,
Nitish has clarified this
secret in the past, that
‘when he was complet-
ing his studies by stay-
ing in Patna, he used to
live in pvt lodge. There
was settlement of poor
around lodge when
they got their salary,
drank wine with meat,
created ruckus in
drunk condition used
to abuse the then PM of
country. On becoming
CM, he tried to give
shape to old resolve. So
much praise for ex-PM
Indira? Can Nitish
change colours in 2024?
DEFECTION
SEASON IN
PUNJAB!
The defection season
has knocked in
Punjab. If sources are
to be believed, then
there are words about a
big leader of Congress,
Sunil Jakhar changing
sides. It is being told
about Jakhar that on
initiative of Captain, he
has been talked about
for several rounds with
BJP top brass. They are
just waiting for notifi-
cation of polls. Bharat
Bhushan, Min for Food
Supplies in Channi’s
cabinet, who was a min-
ister during Captain’s
tenure, is being said to
switch sides with Capt.
WHERE ARE
MANISH TEWARI’S
EYES!
On Thursday, Con-
gress leader Man-
ish Tewari’s famous
book ‘10 Flash Points 20
Years’ was launched in
New Delhi, but surpris-
ingly, veteran Congress
leaders from this cere-
mony made a distance.
Those who came are
included in the impor-
tant faces of G-23 - like
Anand Sharma, Bhu-
pendra Singh Hooda
etc. Janardan Dwivedi
and Pawan Kheda also
came, but there is not
much justification for
their coming or not. But
many prominent lead-
ers of Captain Ama-
rinder camp could be
seen there. What should
be understood from this
is that Tiwari, who con-
stantly targets Dr Man-
mohan Rahul, is the
most adored face of
Captain in Delhi. Ti-
wari’s team does not get
along well with Team
Rahul’s Ajay Maken
and Randeep Surjewa-
la. If Ahmed Patel, who
took Manish forward in
Cong, is no more, can
Manish return in 2024
to show saffron beliefs?
He has old desire to con-
test from Chandigarh.
WHY CONGRESS IS
ON THE TARGET
OF MAMATA?
Congress’s star Ra-
hul Gandhi is not
liked by Mamata Baner-
jee. This quarrel esca-
lated when Rahul made
Mamata’s fiercest oppo-
nent Adhir Ranjan lead-
er of Cong in LS
also handed
over reins of
Cong in Ben-
gal to him.
Mamata is
unable to di-
gest even Ra-
hul’s friend-
ship with
S i t a r -
am Yechury
. So, in tune
with the BJP, Mamata
also said that ‘Rahul
lives abroad more.’
When Mamata came to
Delhi in July, she only
asked for time to meet
Sonia, but for a while in
that meeting, Rahul
was also present. When
Mamata went to Mum-
bai and met Sharad Pa-
war, she raised ques-
tions on the existence
of the UPA asking
‘Which UPA?’ J’khand
CM Soren is also unable
to refuse UPA as his
govt also has support of
18 Congress MLAs.
Cong and RJD may have
fought separately in Bi-
har by-poll, but Lalu
himself does not ques-
tion existence of UPA.
...AND FINALLY
The new Punjab opin-
ion polls are projecting
a hung Assembly there.
The big players in fray
- Cong, AAP, SAD, BJP
and Amarinder. There
is a tough fight between
Congress and AAP
. SAD
is also in a formidable
contest. Analysts are
telling that if the
picture remains as
it is, then for the
first time AAP and
BJP can come to-
gether, this alli-
ance could also
get support
of BSP
Capt.
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BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
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a g d e e s h
C h a n d r a
launched the
posters of
two upcom-
ing mega-
events by
First India, the first
is the much-awaited
Season 11 of Fashion
Connect and other was
the international an-
nual beauty pageant
launched by First India-
Queen of Cosmos at The
Leela Palace on Saturday
night!
Excitement ran high at
the Leela Palace as FC
Brand Ambassador Rish-
eeMiglaniannouncedthe
details on behalf of First
India.
FirstIndia’sTheQueen
of Cosmos, an interna-
tionalbeautypageantwill
beheldinDubaionMarch
10, 2022. Women from dif-
ferent parts of the world
will compete for the cov-
eted title. Auditions will
be held at Hotel Fairmont
on February 2 for the
same. Besides this, the
Fashion Connect season
11 will be held on March
12 at Oaks Ibn Battuta
Gate Hotel Dubai. The
season 9 was also held in
Dubai and was greatly ap-
preciated by one and all.
Jagdeesh Chandra un-
veiled the posters of both
the event on the glorious
winter evening on Satur-
day
. He said, “After the
grand success of the First
MissIndia/Teen2021held
atNovotelGoaonOctober
30, First India has come
up with another magnifi-
cent pageant. Along with
our endeavour to show-
case the beauty and talent
of charismatic ladies,
with Queen of Cosmos
2022, we also strive to em-
power women by trans-
forming them into strong-
er individuals
who are aware
of theircreden-
tials. This pag-
eant will be a
great contribu-
tor to the welfare
of society
, while also
working in the fash-
ion and entertain-
ment industry
. I con-
gratulate the entire
team.”
Chandra Shekhar
Joshi, GM the Leela Pal-
ace and Rajat Sharma, Di-
rector of Sales Leela Pal-
ace said, “We are glad to
host the Fashion Connect
and Cosmos team. Look-
ing forward for the grand
show to be held in Dubai.
I extend my heartiest
wishes to the team.”
Prince of Karauli,
Vivasvat Pal Karauli
graced the evening
as the special
guest. Show Di-
rector Lokesh
S h a r m a ,
V i k r a m
S u k h a n i ,
Rajat Shar-
ma, Direc-
tor of
SalesLeela
P a l a c e ,
V a n i s h
Chugh, owner
Sizzlin Sciz-
zors, JD Ma-
heshwari, San-
jay Sardana,
DeepakSankit,
Mohit Falod,
Wrickie An-
grish, Shalini
Naruka, Ravi De-
wani and Vishaal
Mahur among
other dignitaries
also graced the
evening.
Queen of Cosmos
THE FIRST PRE-EVENT OF THE FASHION CONNECT SEASON 11 WAS
HELD AT THE LEELA PALACE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4!
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Sanjay Sardana, Vishaal Mathur, Aasawari Sahni, Aruna Beniwal,
JD Maheshwari, Deepak Sankit, Jessica Snock and Lokesh Sharma after the poster launch ceremony
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Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Aasawari, Aruna and Deepak
Jagdeesh Chandra with Haneet Singh and Ramit
Richa Jalani
Rishee Miglani
Aruna Beniwal and Aasawari Sahni
Yashika Singh
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
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FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
All property matters will
be resolved favourably.
Adding to your comfort
on the domestic front
can be one of your aims
today. Your suggestions at work are
likely to be appreciated and imple-
mented too. Joining a gym or
meditation/yoga classes is possible in
the quest for a healthy body and mind.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Good preparation will
keep you in contention
in a competition. Money
comes from unexpected
sources .Hiring party
agreeing to the terms and conditions
for a payment will be like a financial
coup for those freelancing. You will
take up an exercise regimen that suits
your lifestyle.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A social obligation may
make you waste your
time. Financial front
looks okay. Excellent
man management skills
will help you in managing many things
at once on the professional front.
Eating right and remaining active will
help maintain good health, despite
irregular hours and little rest.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
Keeping a tab on others
will help strengthen
your position on the
academic front. Peace
prevails on the home
front. Your bank balance is likely to
swell and make you financially secure.
Good performance is likely to get
recognition for you on the professional
front.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Converting a freehold
property into builder
floors is possible and
will prove a win-win
situation for all. Doing
exceptionally well on the academic front
will add to your prestige. Some award
awaits those in a government job. A
new health product may benefit those
trying to come back in shape.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Financially, you will feel
more secure now, than
before. Judicious
spending will help you
save much. Don’t pick
up an argument at workplace as it can
go against you. Wayside food is best
avoided, especially during this season.
Family life will be immensely fulfilling.
Your health remains fine.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
Parents may give you a
free hand in something
you wanted to do all by
yourself. Whatever
preparations you have
done for an exam or competition will be
enough to see you through. Someone
may be planning to take you out for a
meal, so remain available! You may
wriggle out of a tight financial situation.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Don’t expect any
concessions on the
promotional front, but
the system will not be
unfair to you. Those
suffering from a lifestyle disease will
succeed in getting it under control.
Your innovations on the home front
will be much appreciated. Possession
of a property may be given to some.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
A function at home is
likely to keep you busy
and entertained. You can
be invited to a social
function which you will
enjoy a lot. Less workload at work will
give you adequate time to pursue some
personal commitments. Joining a gym
or starting an exercise routine is
indicated on the fitness front.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Marital relationship will
get strengthened by
mutual give and take.
Those travelling by road
may make good time.
You may find yourself growing
financially strong. Your inputs on the
professional front will be much
appreciated. Becoming health
conscious will lead to total fitness.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
You will find someone
knowledgeable enough
to discuss a complex
property matter.
Financially, you could
not have been on a sounder wicket, as
money flows in. A new deal is in the
offing for businessperson and may
prove lucrative. It is time to get going
on the fitness front to improve health.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
Getting a suitable
accommodation is
foreseen for those
desperate for it. Good
earning will keep your
coffers brimming and keep you in high
spirits. Financially, you are likely to find
yourself on the top of the world. You
will find things moving favourably at
work. Health remains satisfactory.
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PARSI FIRE TEMPLE
onserving a spe-
cial bond with
nature, the Par-
sis clan leads a
covert life but
with full enthusi-
asm. Parsis are
staunch believers of their
religion and religious be-
liefs. They fear from al-
mighty and wor-
ship fire. Parsis respect
and find all four elements
of nature, i.e., fire, earth,
air, and water, sacred.
Their temple is called Ag-
iary or Fire Temple. One
fine day, I came across an
age-old famous Par-
si Fire Temple that is situ-
ated near the overcrowded
Indian Express building
junction on Queen’s road
in Bengaluru.
To preserve their reli-
gious identity Parsis land-
ed on the South West coast
of Gujarat’s Sanjan town
in the year 716 A.D. At the
time of the Mysore Wadi-
yar dynasty, Parsis were
seen in Karnataka. The
first recorded settlement
of the Parsees in Banga-
lore was in 1880. Parsis mi-
grated to Bengaluru city
and were allowed to follow
their tradition and cus-
tom. The Parsi families
who were working for the
British army settled in the
cantonment area in the
city
. A need to establish an
Anjuman in Bangalore
was felt by the Parsee Zo-
roastriansintheyear1922,
and, they inaugurated the
Bangalore Parsee Zoroas-
trian Anjuman.
Talking about Parsis’s
journey in South India,
one of the Board of Trus-
teesShereyarD.Vakil,Vice
President, The Bangalore
Parsee Zoroastrian Anju-
man in an interview stat-
ed,“ParsiscametoMysore
between 1888 and 1890. Dr.
D.K. Darashaw was the
first practicing Parsi doc-
tor in Mysore. In 1900
there were only 15-20 Par-
si families in Mysore and
then they spread to Banga-
lore. In 1920 there were
about 100 Parsis.”
In 1937, the Zoroastri-
an population of Banga-
lore increased to 300 from
125 in 1925. Vakil informed
that there are now 800
communitymemberswith
roughly 400 to 450 families
of the Parsi clan are resid-
ing in Bengaluru.
With the donation given
by the late Seth Dinshaw
Cawasji, the Bangalore
Parsee Zoroastrian Anju-
man started the construc-
tion of the Agiary
(The Fire Temple) in 1924
in Bengaluru. And,
the temple was consecrat-
ed in the year 1926.
The Fire temple has been
named ‘Bai Dhanmai
Cawasji Dadabhai Dar-E-
Meher’.
Though the fire tem-
ple is enclosed with loads
of vehicle noise and crowd
everywhere,soasIentered
the temple premises, the
peaceful surrounding and
environment inside, en-
tirely transformed my
moodtoconcordandseren-
ity
. The temple is built-in
rare British Iranian archi-
tecturestylewithfireflame
designed cemented pillars
in white and grey colour
giveamystifyingfeeltothe
passers-by
. In the Sanctum
Sanctorum (a holy secret
placetoperformanyritual
or activity) of the fire tem-
ple, there is an eter-
nal fire burning all the
time. An interesting fact is
that only sandalwood is
used to burn the fire. Dur-
ing my visit to the tem-
ple when I tried to enter
inside the temple where
the fire is burning the
priest Faredoon Karkaria
stopped me and stated that
the priest or anyone from
the Parsi community is
only allowed to enter the
Sanctum Sanctorum. I felt
surprised listening to this,
but every community has
its rituals and customs to
follow.
Vakil further said that a
prominent Parsi visitor
Sir Jehangir Kothari of
Karachi and his wife vis-
ited Bangalore in 1923. Ko-
thari’swifepassedawayin
Bangalore city
. On his sub-
sequent visit to the city,
the Parsis requested Sir
Kothari to construct a hall
in the fond memory of his
wife. And, in this vein, an
iconic building the Lady
Jehangir Kothari Memo-
rial Hall was constructed
and presented to the Anju-
man. Now the building is
used for the social gather-
ing of Parsis. In this se-
ries, Parsi B.J.Entee estab-
lished a Parsi Dharamsha-
la or a guest house for Par-
si travellers.
Burial or cremation is
also prohibited in the Par-
si community
. The fa-
mous Parsi Tower of Si-
lence - also, known as the
Dokhma or a well built-in
1940 by the Parsi clan in
the city
. Not to affect
the Zoroastrian way of
disposing of the dead the
Dokhma was constructed.
Here, to prevent the pollu-
tion of earth or fire, the
bodies of the dead are
placed in the Dokhma and
exposed to the sun, and
even for birds to prey
upon.
Subsequently
, as the Zo-
roastrian population of
Bangalore increased,
structures like the Tower
of Silence, the Lady Je-
hangir Kothari Memorial
Hall, the B.J. Entee Dhar-
mashala, and the Kothari
Hall, etc. were added to the
assets of the Anjuman.
A notable effort of the
Anjuman was the con-
struction of a block of
flats in 1967 for the middle-
income group Zoroastri-
an, families, who were
finding it difficult to get
suitable living accommo-
dation at reasonable rents.
Anjuman has also insti-
tuted an Education Fund
to encourage the younger
generation in their pur-
suit of education.
In the end, I can say
that though small in num-
ber the community is
quite active in the city and
doing satisfactory social
work for the Parsi clan.
ANUBHA JAIN
Journalist writer
jainanubha1@outlook.com
A few in number Parsi clan thriving in the garden city Bengaluru
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