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IN VARANASI, MODI SEEKS
ANOTHER TERM FOR BJP GOVT
Varanasi (PTI): PM Nar-
endra Modi on Saturday
interacted with intel-
lectuals and prominent
personalities here and
said if the BJP returns
to power in UP, the state
will be at the forefront
of economic devel-
opment. Modi, who
represents Varanasi Lok
Sabha constituency,
also stressed the need
for a stable government
in the state which can
take bold decisions.
Nearly 200 participants
interacted with the PM
at the ‘Prabudh Varg
Sammelan’ held at Ra-
man Niwas here. Padma
Bhushan awardee and
Hindustani classical
singer Channulal Mishra
and BHU vice chancellor
Sudhir Jain were among
the attendees. Famous
paan seller Ashwani
Chaurasia, known as
‘Keshav paan wala’,
and tea seller Pappu,
at whose kiosk Modi
enjoyed a cuppa.
Pro-incumbency at work in
UP throughout six phases: PM
First India Bureau
Khajuri (Varanasi):
“It is pro-incumbency
for the double engine
government at work in
Uttar Pradesh as evi-
dent from the six phas-
es of elections in the
state, PM Narendra
Modi said on Saturday
.
Seeking votes for the
candidates of the BJP
and its alliance part-
ners in UP, Apna Dal
and Nishad Party for
the seventh and final
phase of polls, Modi
said the people have re-
jected parties that pro-
tected mafia, gangsters
and eve-teasers as well
as promoted corrup-
tion, illegal occupation
of land and nepotism
and are unitedly saying
“Aayegi to BJP hi, aay-
enge to Yogi hi.”
PM Narendra Modi addresses a rally for the 7th and last phase of
UP polls, at Khajuri Village, in Varanasi on Saturday. –PHOTO BY ANI
Russia declares partial ceasefire
UKRAINE’S ZELENSKYY ADDRESSES US SENATE;
NATO JUNKS ‘NO-FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE’ PLEA
Ukrainian forces
shoot down Russian
aircraft, capture pilot
3
Evacuation from Ukraine’s Mariupol,
surrounded by Russians, was delayed as
officials accuse Moscow of breaking ceasefire
2
Russian military observed a temporary
ceasefire in two areas of Ukraine to allow
civilians to evacuate, escape the brutal war
1
T
he Russian De-
fense Ministry
said that it had
agreed on evacuation
routes with Ukrainian
forces to allow civilians
toleavethestrategicport
of Mariupolinthesouth-
east and the eastern
town of Volnovakha.
Authorities in the
Ukrainian city of Mari-
upol said an evacuation
of civilians planned for
Saturday had been post-
poned as Russian forces
encircling the city were
not respecting an agreed
ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
tin said that Moscow
would consider any
third-party declaration
of a no-fly zone over
Ukraine as “participa-
tion in armed conflict”.
Refugees with children
arrive at the border
crossing in Medyka, Poland.
STAY INSIDE: INDIA TO
STUDENTS IN SUMY
India’s foreign ministry
claimed that the ministry
and Indian embassies are in
regular touch with the stu-
dents stranded in Ukraine.
“Have advised our students
to take safety precautions,
stay inside shelters and
avoid unnecessary risks,”
said Arindam Bagchi, of-
ficial spokesperson of the
Ministry of External Affairs.
WEST ACTING LIKE
BANDITS, SAYS RUSSIA
The Kremlin on Saturday hit
out at Western nations for
slapping crippling sanctions
against Russia following
its invasion of Ukraine
and said they were acting
like bandits. Moscow said
Russia was far too big to be
isolated as the world was
much larger than just the
United States and Europe.
NMC ALLOWS MEDICOS TO FINISH INTERNSHIPS
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has made a
significant relaxation for students who are unable to
complete their MBBS internships because of compel-
ling situations like the Ukraine war or the Covid-19
pandemic. It has said foreign medical graduates can
apply to complete their internships in India.
PUTIN: UKRAINE COULD LOSE ITS STATEHOOD;
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA BY WEST AN ACT OF WAR
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a meeting on
Saturday warned that Ukraine might lose its state-
hood “if they continue doing what they are doing,” The
New York Times reported. During the meeting, Putin
also likened sanctions imposed by Western countries
toward Russia as “akin to a declaration of war”.
RUSSIA: NEEDED
HARSH MEDIA LAW
The Kremlin on Saturday
defended new legislation
that could see people
jailed for up to 15 years
for publishing “fake
news” about the Rus-
sian military, saying the
country was facing “an
information war”.
PM MODI HOLDS
MEET ON UKRAINE
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi held another
high-level meeting on
Saturday evening to
discuss the situation
in war-hit Ukraine and
India’s evacuation efforts
to bring back its citizens,
officials said.
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TALIBAN RELEASE INTERIOR
MINISTER HAQQANI’S
PHOTO FOR THE FIRST TIME
Afghanistan’s Taliban government
has for the first time put out a picture
of its interior minister, Sirajuddin
Haqqani, who also happens to be a
UN-designated terrorist. He is seen
reviewing new Afghan police recruits
during graduation ceremony in Kabul.
A view of snow-covered Himalayan mountain
range as seen from Shimla on Saturday.
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IN KASHMIR,
AN APPEAL FOR UKRAINE
Amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia,
a Ukrainian woman has reached out to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to help the war-torn nation “in any which
way possible”. Married to a Kashmiri, Oliza said with
her family in Ukraine, she was appealing to the Indian
government for help as Russia’s military operations in
Ukraine continued to batter the nation.
Oliza, a
Ukrainian
national married
to a Kashmiri,
who lives in
J&K’s Pulwama.
Thousands
without internet
after massive
“cyberattack” in
Europe: Report
Paris: Thousands of
internet users across
Europe have been
thrown offline after
what sources said Fri-
day was a likely cyber-
attack at the begin-
ning of Russia’s offen-
sive in Ukraine.
AccordingtoOrange,
nearly 9,000 subscrib-
ers of a satellite inter-
net service provided by
its subsidiary Nordnet
in France are without
internet following a
“cyberevent”onFebru-
ary 24 at Viasat, a US
satellite operator of
which it is a client.
Eutelsat, the parent
company of satellite
Bigblu internet service,
confirmed that around
one-third of bigblu’s
40,000 subscribers in
Europe, in Germany,
France, Hungary,
Greece, Italy and Po-
land, were affected by
the outage on Viasat.
BJP confident of return to power
in 4 states, upbeat about Punjab
New Delhi: As As-
sembly elections in
five states come to a
close, the Bharatiya
Janata Party on Satur-
day said it would re-
turn to power in four
states and have an im-
pressive performance
in Punjab.
Home Minister Amit
Shah said the way the
Modi-led government
intervened to get the
stranded Indians out of
war-hit Ukraine also
would have its impact
on the BJP’s electoral
prospects.
Bharatiya Janata
Party National Presi-
dent JP Nadda asserted
that the programmes
initiated by the Centre
and brought to people
by chief Ministers had
brightened the party’s
chances of returning to
power in the states of
UP, Uttarakhand, Goa
and Manipur.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP
Nadda address a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday.
MANIPUR TURNOUT:
76.04% IN 2ND PHASE
Manipur recorded 76.04%
voter turnout in second
phase of Assembly polls on
Saturday amid reports of
EVM destruction and two
people being shot, one by
security personnel. There
are chances of repolling in
some areas.
avindra Jadeja etched his name in history
books by slamming a career-best unbeaten
knock of 175 on Day 2 of the first Test
against Sri Lanka in Mohali. Jadeja on Saturday
broke Kapil Dev’s long-standing record for the
highest score by an Indian coming to bat at No.7
or below in Test cricket. Kapil held the record for
35 years. He had amassed 163 against Sri Lanka
in Kanpur way back in December, 1986 while bat-
ting at No.7. Jadeja went past that score.
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JADEJA!
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New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Delhi Police
department is now
planning to redevelop
six police colonies and
construct the newly
housing projects as ac-
cording its annual re-
port for 2021, Dehli Po-
lice personnel are not
satisfied with thier ac-
commodation.
“Currently, the satis-
faction level of residen-
tial accommodation for
Delhi Police personnel
is only 19.59 %,” the
Delhi Police said in its
annual report for 2021.
Special commission-
er provisioning and fi-
nances division, David
Lalrinsanga, through
the annual report, in-
formed, “In order to
enhance the level of
satisfaction, the de-
partment will redevel-
op six police colonies
and construct the new-
ly housing projects.”
Notably, the con-
struction, maintenance
and upkeep of police
buildings, including
residential buildings,
is an important activity
and a morale booster
for men and women of
the police force.
There is a separate
Land and Building Cell
within the P&F divi-
sion that deals with
matters of procure-
ment of land, construc-
tion of major projects,
maintenance and re-
pair of Delhi Police
buildings and residen-
tial colonies.
According to Delhi
Police, at present 276
staff quarters are un-
der construction while
309 are at tender or
planning stage under
the scheme Delhi Po-
lice building pro-
gramme, which is ex-
pected to start soon.
The government this
year, in its budget, al-
located an additional
funds of Rs 1,701.03
crore for the Delhi Po-
lice taking its budget
estimates for 2022-23 Rs
10,355.29 crore. Of the
aforesaid amount, Rs
259 crore shall be spent
exclusively for police
infrastructure for con-
struction of office
buildings, residential
buildings.
In order to
enhance the
level of
satisfaction, the
department will
redevelop six police
colonies and
construct the
newly housing
projects.to come
out and large
numbers.
—David Lalrinsanga,
Special commissioner
provisioning and finances
division
DELHI POLICE PERSONNEL ‘UNHAPPY’ WITH ACCOMMODATIONS
SKYWALK LINKING NEW
DELHI RLY STATION OPENS
242-metre long modern facility connects with Delhi metro station
New Delhi (PTI): In a
major boon for commut-
ers, especially those re-
lying on public trans-
port, a dedicated sky-
walk providing seam-
less connectivity be-
tween the New Delhi
railway station and the
neighbouring metro sta-
tion was thrown open
for public on Saturday
.
The 242-metre long
modern facility will
also help in streamlin-
ing the traffic flow on
the Ajmeri Gate side of
the railway station, of-
ficials said.
It has been provided
with escalators along
with facilities such as
CCTV cameras.
“The dedicated sky-
walk, constructed by the
DMRC in collaboration
with Northern Railway,
for providing seamless
connectivity between
the Ajmeri Gate side
and the adjacent New
Delhi Metro stations on
the Yellow Line and the
Airport Express Line
was opened for passen-
ger use from today
morning,” a DMRC
spokesperson said.
The newly-construct-
ed skywalk is an exten-
sion of the FOB inside
the railway station and
connects the Ajmeri
Gate side of the railway
platform with the New
Delhi metro station as
well as the multi-level
parking across Bhavb-
huti Marg through mul-
tiple entry and exit
points.
MAJOR BOON FOR COMMUTERS
Passengers at the newly opened skywalk connecting the Ajmeri
Gate side of the New Delhi Railway Station with adjacent Delhi
Metro stations, in New Delhi . —PHOTO BY PTI
DMRC OFFICIAL SAYS
Graft: Social Welfare Department
officials among five convicted
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court has convict-
ed five people, includ-
ing officials of the So-
cial Welfare Depart-
ment, in a case of for-
gery and corruption,
officials said on Friday.
The court sentenced
District Social Welfare
Officer Mahesh Kumar
Sharma, Junior Ac-
countant Rajender Ku-
mar Sharma and Depu-
ty Controller (Finance
and Account) Inder
Singh Pimoli to vary-
ing jail terms.
It also sentenced
Rajeshwari Chauhan,
the superintendent of
Bal Sadan and Home for
Healthy Children of
Leprosy Persons (HH-
CLP), to four-year rig-
ourous imprisonment
and her daughter Deep-
ika Chauhan who owns
a company to two years
in jail. The judge also
imposed fines of Rs
1,80,000 and Rs 50,000
respectively on them.
According to an offi-
cial statement, the Del-
hi government’s Anti-
Corruption Branch re-
ceived a complaint from
NGO Pratidhi on Janu-
ary 29, 2009 that Rajesh-
wari Chauhan misused
power and authority to
give an order worth Rs
3,42,619 for purchasing
bedding and clothing
for the use of inmates
of Bal Sadan and HH-
CLP to Swastik Corpo-
ration, owned by her
daughter.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE CASE
A
ccording to the
officials, a case
was registered
on February 2, 2009
under sections 120 B,
469 and 471 (using
as genuine a forged
document or electronic
record) of the Indian
Penal Code and relevant
sections of the Preven-
tion of Corruption Act.
The charge sheet was
filed in the court on
June 2, 2011, they said.
Mahesh Kumar Sharma
was sentenced to rigor-
ous imprisonment of
three years along with
a fine of Rs 1,50,000,
while Rajender Kumar
Sharma was given a
two-year jail term and
slapped with a fine of
Rs 1,00,000.
CRUCIAL READ
THREE APPREHENDED FOR BID TO
UPROOT ATM IN DELHI’S NANGLOI
2 HELD FOR CREATING RUCKUS INSIDE
POLICE STATION IN DELHI’S ROHINI
New Delhi (PTI): Three
people, including a
juvenile, allegedly tried
to uproot a private bank
ATM in west Delhi’s
Nangloi area after taking
inspiration from a YouTube video, police said on
Saturday. Two of the accused were identified as
Kundan Kumar (22) and Papu (22), both original-
ly hailing from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, they
said. All the three accused have been apprehend-
ed, police said.
New Delhi (ANI):Two
women were on Satur-
day arrested for creating
ruckus inside a police
station in Delhi’s South
Rohini area. The two
women, claiming to be the wives of a man who was
arrested earlier, created a furore and manhandled a
sub-inspector, said the police officials. The women
have been identified as Alka and Hemlata and the
man has been identified as Mahesh Barwa who was
arrested earlier on a charge of creating a ruckus.
NOIDA MAN
ARRESTED FOR
MAKING RANSOM
CALL TO BIZMAN
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi
Police arrested a man
for allegedly making a
ransom call demand-
ing Rs 60 lakh and
threatening to kill a
businessman. Delhi
Police said a com-
plaint of ransom call
was received by Preet
Vihar Police on Friday
morning. Complain-
ant Mahesh Aggarwal,
a wholesaler of gold
jewellery, alleged that
his son received a
phone call.
62-YEAR-OLD
MAN DIES BY
SUICIDE IN
GURUGRAM
Gurugram(PTI): A
62-year-old man
allegedly killed
himself by jumping
off the 18th floor
balcony of an apart-
ment block in sector
103 here on Saturday,
police said. He was
identified as Saheb
Singh, a retired Army
man, and his family
claimed that he was
mentally disturbed,
they said, adding that
no suicide note was
found.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Forest Depart-
ment is working on a
policy that will allow
institutions and indi-
viduals to adopt a tree
and maintain it, accord-
ing to officials.
“Considering Delhi is
the national capital and
people are aware of the
importance of trees, we
are keen on having a
tree adoption policy for
Delhi on the lines of
Sikkim. However, it is
still at the discussion
stage and may take
some time,” a senior
forest official said.
The move is aimed at
strengthening conser-
vation policies and the
relationship between
people and nature, he
said.
The department will
also conduct a survey to
identify trees that are
“very old and need
care”, and prepare a
database, the official
said.
Delhi may soon have tree adoption policy
SIKKIM MODEL

The move is
aimed at
strengthening
conservation
policies and the
relationship
between people
and nature,
says a senior
forest official
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OFFICIALSPEAK
Accused granted
bail in alleged
buying of ganja
on Telegram App
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on
Friday granted bail to
an accused allegedly in-
volved in purchasing
ganja from the online
social media group cre-
ated on Telegram App.
Justice Mukta Gupta
observed in the order,
“From the facts of the
complaint and even
based on the statement
under Section 67 of the
NDPS Act and the mon-
ey transaction, it is evi-
dent that the petitioner
was at best consuming
narcotics drugs which
he used to buy from the
seller in the group.”
The bench also said,
“the petitioner is in ju-
dicial custody since 4
September 2021 and is
no more required for
investigation. Conse-
quently, this court
deems it fit to grant bail
to the petitioner.”
Man held by EOW
of Delhi Police for
duping people
New Delhi (ANI): The
Economic Offences Wing
of Delhi Police has ar-
rested a proclaimed of-
fender for allegedly al-
luring the victims to
pledge their properties to
avail a bank credit limit
and then running away.
“Sanjay Tulsyan (45),
is arrested on a com-
plaint of five victims
who alleged that in 2013,
the accused met them
and showed them a rosy
picture about the busi-
ness of Diamond and
Gold Jewellery,” said
Joint Commissioner.
Mother Dairy hikes milk prices
by `2 per litre in Delhi-NCR
New Delhi (PTI):
Mother Dairy will in-
crease milk prices by Rs
2 per litre in Delhi-NCR
with effect from today
due to rise in procure-
ment costs.
The announcement
comes within days after
Amul and Parag Milk
Foods increased prices
by Rs 2 per litre each.
“In view of the rising
procurement prices
(amount paid to farm-
ers), fuel costs and costs
of packaging material,
Mother Dairy is com-
pelled to raise its liquid
milk prices by Rs 2/litre
in Delhi NCR with ef-
fect from March 6,
2022,” the company said
on Saturday
.
Full cream milk will
cost Rs 59 per litre from
Sunday, up from Rs 57
per litre on Saturday
.
Prices of toned milk
will increase to Rs 49,
while double toned milk
will rise to Rs 43 per li-
tre. Cow milk prices
have been hiked to Rs 51
per litre from Rs 49 per
litre. Bulk vended milk
(token milk) price has
been raised to Rs 46
from Rs 44 per litre.
It has also raised
milk prices by Rs 2 per
litre in Haryana, West-
ern Uttar Pradesh and
Uttarakhand.
Two days ago Amul and Parag Milk had also hiked prices.
Sisodia opens 2
swimming pools
in Govt school
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodiya inau-
gurated two swimming
pools in a government
school in Delhi. The stu-
dents of Sarvodya Kan-
ya Bal Vidyalaya, May-
ur Vihar, cheered and
made two rounds of the
pool during the inaugu-
ral event. The Deputy
CM said that it was the
decision of CM Arvind
Kejriwal to provide
world-class facilities to
these schools. There-
fore, we would like to
make swimming pools
in future too. Sisodiya
said that from April 1,
the pool will be fully
functional and open for
all children from near-
by schools.
Two arrested for snatching
phone after brief encounter
New Delhi (ANI):
Two men have been
arrested for allegedly
snatching a man’s
mobile phone on
Wednesday and firing
at police in the na-
tional capital, the
Delhi Police said.
The accused identi-
fied as Sonu, 24 and
Sunil 33 were arrest-
ed yesterday and one
pistol,twoliverounds
and a stolen motorcy-
cle were recovered
from them. A senior
police official said, “A
police team was pa-
trolling near L block
in Sector 5 of Bawana
industrial area
around 2.30 pm on
Wednesday when a
person walked up to
them and pointed to-
wards two men on a
bike alleging that
they snatched his mo-
bile phone.” Police
started chasing the
bike and directed the
suspects to stop the
vehicle using a loud-
speaker. The officer
said the pillion rider
opened fire. “The po-
lice too fired three
rounds, but the sus-
pects managed to flee
after entering narrow
streets of Sannoth
village,” he said.
—FILE PHOTO

INDIA
03
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Does dy-
nastic rule for the
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty only means the Gan-
dhi family and the Mu-
layam Singh Yadav
family? Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra has said that
for the BJP, dynasty
means only her family.
The BJP itself is pro-
moting several family
members.
In the special context
of Uttar Pradesh, Mu-
layam Singh Yadav’s
family is also on target
because the BJP is fac-
ing real competition
from Samajwadi Party.
That’s why right from
dra Modi to BJP leaders
are constantly target-
ing the SP.
The Prime Minister
had said without nam-
ing that more than 40
members of a family
were in one or the other
post. He has continu-
ously appealed to defeat
the dynasts and mafias.
Maneka and Varun
Gandhi are facing col-
lateral damage for cam-
paigning by targeting
the Gandhi family
. Both
are BJP MPs but this
time BJP did not in-
clude them in the cam-
paign. Prime Minister
Modi removed Maneka
from the cabinet and
did not give place to
Varun. Even both of
them did not get a place
in the national execu-
tive of the party. Con-
gress leaders believe
that Maneka and Varun
Gandhi have been treat-
ed like this because the
prime minister was to
launch a massive attack
on the dynasts in the Ut-
tar Pradesh elections
and the BJP had to con-
test on this issue. Both
Maneka and Varun
Gandhi understand this
and after March 10 they
will also decide the fu-
ture strategy
.
Dynasty only means Gandhi family!
FOR BJP
Negative political ideology: PM Modi slams Oppn
Whenever some challenges crop up before the nation, these dynasts look for their political interests, PM said during a rally in Varanasi
Varanasi (ANI):
dra Modi on Saturday
came down heavily on
the Opposition for po-
liticising the Ukraine
crisis, saying that “dy-
nasts always look for
opportunities to serve
their self-interests”.
“Blind opposition,
continuous opposition,
acute frustration, and
negativity have be-
come their political
ideology,” PM Modi
said in his sharp attack
on the Opposition.
PM Modi while cam-
paigning for the last
phase of Assembly
elections said that the
Opposition parties
look for political inter-
ests even when the na-
tion faces challenges,
making the situation
even more critical.
His statement came
amidst India stepping
up the evacuation of
the stranded Indian na-
tionals under ‘Opera-
tion Ganga’.
Addressing an elec-
tion rally in his Parlia-
mentary constituency
Varanasi, the Prime
Minister said, “When-
ever some challenges
crop up before the na-
tion, these dynasts look
for their political inter-
ests. If India’s security
forces and people deal
with a crisis, the Oppo-
sition parties do every-
thing to make the situa-
tion more critical. We
saw this during the pan-
demic and today during
the Ukraine crisis.”
The Opposition,
mainly Congress, has
been slamming the
Centre over ‘Operation
Ganga’, alleging late
reaction in the evacua-
tion of Indians.
Earlierintheday
,Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi slammed the Centre,
citing a media report
claiming that students
were asked to clean toi-
letstoreturntoIndia.“It
is an insult of the entire
country
,”remarkedGan-
dhi on the media report.
He had earlier said that
“evacuation is a duty
and not a favour”.
Forthepasttwoyears,
the Prime Minister said
freerationisbeingmade
availabletoover80crore
poor, Dalits, backward,
and tribals. “The entire
world is amazed at the
rolloutof thefoodgrains
scheme. But I am happy
that the poor is happy,”
he added.
“Those who live in
palaces don’t know the
troubles that a poor
mother goes through in
absence of a toilet at
home. They have to ei-
ther think of answer-
ing nature’s call before
sunrise or bear the
pain throughout the
day and do so only after
sunset,” the Prime
Minister said.
New Delhi (ANI): With
state elections ending
on Monday, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
slipped in a dig at the
government two days
before the final voting
day, advising people to
fill up their fuel tanks
and warning that a
price hike was looming.
"Quickly fill up your
tanks. Modi govern-
ment's 'election' offer is
about to end," he wrote
in a Hindi tweet.
With international
oil prices soaring past
$100 a barrel, petrol and
diesel prices - locked by
state-run oil companies
because of the elections
- are likely to be hiked
after polls get over next
week.
International crude
oil prices have shot
above $110 a barrel for
the first time since mid-
2014 on fears that oil
and gas supplies from
energy giant Russia
could be disrupted, ei-
ther by the conflict in
Ukraine or retaliatory
western sanctions.
The basket of crude
oil India buys rose
above $102 per barrel on
March 1, the highest
since August 2014, ac-
cording to information
from the Petroleum
Planning and Analysis
Cell (PPAC) of the oil
ministry, media report-
ed earlier this week.
The average price per
barrel of the same
crude was $81.5 when
petrol and diesel prices
were locked in in early
November last year.
"With state elections
getting over next week,
we expect daily fuel
price hikes to restart
across both gasoline
and diesel," investment
banking company JP
Morgan said in a report.
The seventh and final
phase of polling for the
Uttar Pradesh legisla-
tive assembly is on
Monday and the count-
ing of votes is slated for
March 10.
Quickly fill up your fuel tanks: Rahul’s ‘election’ advice
Mamata's flight faces
mid-air turbulence
Kolkata (Agencies):
The West Bengal gov-
ernment on Saturday
sought a report from
the Directorate Gen-
eral of Civil Aviation
(DGCA)onChief Min-
ister Mamata Baner-
jee’s aircraft encoun-
tering mid-air turbu-
lence while returning
from Varanasi, a top
bureaucrat said.
The state govern-
ment also wanted to
know from the DGCA
whether the route
taken by the plane in
which the chief min-
ister returned to the
city from Varanasi on
Friday evening had
been granted prior
permission, he said.
Mamatawasreturn-
ingfromUttarPradesh
after campaigning for
the Samajwadi party
.
When contacted, an
official of the DGCA
said that they have al-
ready started working
on the report.
“We conduct inves-
tigations in all such
cases and accord pri-
orities where VVIPs
are involved. We have
already started work-
ing on preparing our
report in this connec-
tion,” he told media.
On Friday evening,
the chartered flight
carrying Mamata
Banerjee from Vara-
nasi airport to the
city hit an air pocket
causing the plane to
rock violently
.
Thepilotmanagedto
steer the plane out of
the air pocket and land
it safely in Netaji Sub-
has Chandra Int’l Air-
port here though
Mamata suffered a
back injury caused
bythesteepclimb-
down the flight
had to make to
cope with the
turbulence.
AIADMK sacks Panneerselvam’s
brother for meeting VK Sasikala
Chennai (ANI): A day
after he called on VK
Sasikalaandhelddiscus-
sionswithheroverparty
related matters, O Raja,
AIADMK top leader O
Panneerselvam’s (OPS)
brotherwasonSaturday
expelled from the party
.
Raja was removed
fromtheparty’sprimary
membership for violat-
ing party discipline and
working against the par-
ty principles, AIADMK
coordinator Pannersel-
vam and co-coordinator
K Palaniswami said in a
joint party statement. In
a disciplinary action,
three other functionar-
ies, also belonging to
Theni party district like
Raja were dismissed.
Confidante of late AI-
ADMK matriarch J Jay-
alalithaa, Sasikala was
eased out from the party
years ago.
PM Modi waves to the supporters during a public rally for the seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, as Deputy Chief
Minister Swatantra Dev Singh and Union Minister Anupriya Patel look on, in Varanasi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Elect those who have values
of service in their DNA: Shah
Jaunpur (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah urged the
voters in this Uttar
Pradesh district on
Saturday to elect can-
didates who have the
“values of service” in
their DNA.
He also asserted
that one or two gang-
sters, who are still out
of jail, will be put be-
hind bars once the
BJP returns to power
in the state on March
10, when the results of
the ongoing Uttar
Pradesh Assembly
polls are declared.
Addressing a poll
meeting in the Mal-
hani Assembly con-
stituency, Mr Shah
said, “Do not make
the musclemen win
this time. You should
make such a candi-
date win who has the
values of service in
his DNA. The one who
does not want to
snatch, but wants to
give. The one who
does not slap anyone,
but wants to send the
person who has
slapped to jail.”
He said in the run-
up to the 2017 state As-
sembly polls, the BJP
had promised that Ut-
tar Pradesh will be
freed of the mafia in
five years.
“Today, Atiq
Ahmed, Azam Khan
and Mukhtar Ansari
are in jail. One or two
are out (of jail). You
make the lotus (the
BJP’s poll symbol)
bloom on March 10
and after that, they
will be in jail,” he
added.
Home Minister Shah gestures during a public meeting for the
seventh phase of Assembly polls in Jaunpur on Saturday.
O Raja and a few other AIADMK functionaries met expelled leader
VK Sasikala in Thiruchendur on Friday. —FILE PHOTO
—FILE
PHOTO
RAHUL HOLDS MEET WITH CONGRESS
LEADERS AHEAD OF DELHI CIVIC POLLS
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held an important
meeting with senior state Congress leaders regarding the
upcoming Delhi Municipal Corporation elections on Saturday.
Addressing reporters on Saturday after the meeting, Delhi
Congress in-charge Shakti Singh Gohil said that in the upcoming
corporation elections, Congress will give tickets to the deserving
candidates in a transparent manner. “Rahul Gandhi instructed
the leaders to fight the corporation elections unitedly,” he said.
Gohil also informed that he along with state chief Anil Chaudhary
will hold meetings every week with former state presidents like
Ajay Maken, JP Agarwal, Arvinder Singh Lovely and Subhash
Chopra. The dates for the Municipal Corporation elections will be
announced within a few weeks. The last time Congress won the
civic elections was about 20 years ago in 2002.
UP POLLS: RITA
BAHUGUNA'S
SON JOINS SP
Lucknow: Mayank Joshi, son
of BJP MP from Prayagraj Rita
Bahuguna Joshi, joined the
Samajwadi Party on Saturday.
He took the membership of the
party during a public meeting
of SP president Akhilesh Yadav
held in Gopalpur Vidhan Sabha
of Azamgarh. After Mayank
failed to secure a BJP ticket
from Lucknow, talks of him
joining the Samajwadi Party
had been doing the rounds
since February. However, Rita
Bahuguna had dismissed the
reports by saying, “The rumour
of her son leaving the party
was baseless.”
West Bengal
Govt seeks
DGCA report
Rishikesh (PTI): The
first phase of the tiger
census work being car-
ried out by the Uttara-
khand forest depart-
ment in the Corbett and
Rajaji tiger reserves
and the adjoining areas
of the two parks has
been completed, Head
of Forest Force (HoFF)
Vinod Kumar said on
Saturday
.
Details related to the
carnivores, their faeces,
poaching, vegetation
and human interfer-
ence in their habitats
were collected in the
first phase, he said.
As part of the second
phase of the tiger cen-
sus, data is being col-
lected through 1,798
camera traps installed
along tiger trails on
around 2,300 square
kilometres of the two
reserves, dividing the
entire area into four
parts.
Of the 1,798 camera
traps, 1,034 have been
set up in the Corbett Ti-
ger Reserve and 764 in
the Rajaji Tiger Re-
serve, Kumar said.
Apart from this, the
tiger census work is
also underway in the
Haridwar, Dehradun,
Lansdowne, Kalsi and
Narendra Nagar forest
divisions, which border
on the Rajaji Tiger Re-
serve, he added.
First phase of tiger census
work complete in U’khand
Rahul Gandhi
Mamata Banerjee

SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Detachment from
material things is the way
to inner peace.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Shashi Tharoor
@ShashiTharoor
Sad to note a 23% decline in India’s
Democracy rating by the globally-
respected @vdeminstitute since
2013: https://thewire.in/rights/india-
among-top-10-autocratising-nations-
democratic-slide-to-continue-v-dem-
institute The people of India want, &
deserve, #DemocracyNotAutocracy
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Greetings to Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister, Shri @ChouhanShivraj ji on
his birthday. He is a popular leader
who has been assiduously working
towards the development of his
state. His passion towards people’s
empowerment is noteworthy. Praying
for his long and healthy life.
TOP TWEETS
MEDICAL STUDENTS
FROM UKRAINE
ARE VICTIMS NOT
OPPORTUNISTS
edical students re-
turningfromUkraine
are now staring at a
difficult future of
completing their edu-
cation in India where standards
aretougherthaninUkraine.Also
most of them are without any
documentsorcertificatestoshow
the level of their competence.
Without any certificate to prove
theirmerittheyarenobetterthan
class 12 pass-outs. A way must be
found to accommodate them per-
haps by testing their competence.
The National Medical Commis-
sion has opened a window by giv-
ing final-year students the oppor-
tunity to clear the mandatory
Foreign Medical Graduates Ex-
amination for foreign students
before they are allowed to com-
plete their internship.
While this is a welcome step,
what about hundreds of those
without their certificates? Their
competence levels may not be
the same as a second, third or
fourth year student studying in
Indian medical colleges and ac-
commodating them will have its
own problems. Even if a way out
is found, are there enough seats
available in government medi-
cal colleges in the country?
M
he Bombay High
Court has taken
suo motu cogni-
sance of cases
pending against
MPs and MLAs in Maharash-
traandGoa.Areportsaidthat
there were 550 cases pending
intrialcourtsinthetwostates
and before different benches
of the Bombay High Court.
Chief Justice Dipankar Datta
has asked the registry for a
list of the pending criminal
cases and has constituted a
special bench to hear the mat-
ter.Thiswasin“pursuanceof
Supreme Court’s order of
2020” pertaining to the delay
in cases against elected repre-
sentatives.
The Supreme Court has
been seized of the matter but
it is also aware of the con-
straints which the courts
face. “It is easy to say that
expedite this and expedite
that, but where are the judg-
es?” a bench headed by the
Chief Justice of India NV
Ramana remarked in August
last year. In a mild rebuke to
investigative agencies like
the Enforcement directorate
and the CBI, the CJI said,
“We don’t want to say any-
thing about agencies as we do
not want to demoralize them.
There are 300 to 400 cases in
these CBI courts. Drawing
the attention of Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta the
court said, “There is no rea-
son for not filing charge-
sheet for 15 to 20 years”.
Last month the Amicus Cu-
riae informed the Supreme
Court that pending cases
against MPs/MLAs in-
creased from 4122 to 4984 in
two years. With more and
more legislators with crimi-
nal backgrounds sitting in
the august Houses, democra-
cy will keep losing its appeal.
Expediting these cases is a
step in the right direction.
BOMBAY HC’S STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION
There are 300 to 400
cases in these CBI
courts. Drawing the
attention of Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta the
court said, “There is no
reason for not filing
charge-sheet for 15 to
20 years”.
T
hat is the zeitgeist- the spirit
of the age? All I can say is
that I sorely miss it.
Before I come to the war in
Ukraine and its horror, I will
refer to a stunningly moving
act of one of our students in
Ukraine, 21 year old Rishab
Kaushik from Dehradun, re-
fused to leave Ukraine or get
into the Indian Air Force res-
cue plane unless he was al-
lowed to take his pet dog
Maliboo with him.
Finally Rishab and Malibo
reached Gaziabad on Febru-
ary 27.
For the past few days, I
have been recalling what the
Swedish Count Axel Gustaf-
son Oxenstierna (1583-1654)
said, “Know, my son, with
how little wisdom the World
is governed.”
“The United Nations was
founded in 1945. At the open-
ing, the Secretary of State of
theUnitedStateuninhibitedly
declared, “The Veto provision
was an absolute condition for
the United States’s participa-
tion in the United Nations.
The Super Powers (U.S.A,
U.K, U.S.S.R, France and Chi-
na) would not be subject to
any co-ercion. The Veto in-
sured that General Assembly
or the Security Council could
not act against any of the five
permanent members.”
The greatest democracy in
the World ensured the Secu-
rity Council would be a law
unto itself. It would not be a
democratic establishment.
In the Security Council
meeting earlier in the week,
Russia vetoed the resolution
that condemned Russia for
“invading” Ukraine. India
rightly abstained. It also did
so in subsequent meetings.
The 20,000 Indians mainly
students had a rough time
while getting out of Ukraine.
Very many had to walk twen-
ty miles in freezing cold to
reach a railway station. Cha-
os prevailed there. Hundreds
were prevented from enter-
ing the compartments. Stu-
dents from Pakistan, China
and the Philippines had the
same experience.
East European countries
are not known for tilting to-
wards racism. But racism was
evident in several places, par-
ticularlyatstationsinUkraine.
Prime Minister Modi
spoke to President Putin to
ensure the security and wel-
fare of Indians and their
leaving Ukraine. President
Putin’s priority was and is
the annihilation of Ukraine.
The bravery, courage and
patriotism of the Ukrainians
is breath-taking.
NATO and the European
Union have, if I may say so
functioninslowmotion.Sanc-
tions do not work instantly
.
China has made that clear.
The President of Ukraine,
Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has
displayed extraordinary guts,
staying power and fearless-
ness. He is Jewish and had
been an immensely accom-
plished and brilliant comedi-
an. Today
, he is a world figure.
Whydoourmedicalstudents
go to Ukraine? The answer is
simple.ThefeesinIndianmed-
ical colleges and universities
areexorbitant.NotlessthanRs
15 lakh for a six year course. In
Ukraine, they pay half. Can’t
the government take action
against these private medical
Universities, which fleece
youngmenandwomen,whodo
not come from rich families?
In some quarters, there is
talk of prosecuting President
Putin for war crimes. This is
confusing reality with fic-
tion. How is this absurdity to
be implemented as long as he
is President. Who will lead
the coup against him?
I am reading Jairam
Ramesh’s brilliant and mas-
terlybiographyof P
.N.Haksar,
themostpowerfulandrespect-
ed civil servant for almost a
decade in Indira Gandhi’s ten-
ure as Prime Minister.
OF UKRAINIANS WRITING A NEW
SAGA OF COURAGE; INDIRA’S LETTER
TO A ‘RESPECTED’ BUREAUCRAT
W
The bravery, courage and
patriotism of the
Ukrainians is breath-
taking. President of
Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr
Zelenskyy has displayed
extraordinary guts,
staying power &
fearlessness. He is Jewish &
had been an immensely
accomplished comedian.
Today, he is a world figure
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Strictly Personal
Prime Minister
Dec 25, 1972
Dear Haksar Saheb,
I was hesitated to write or to speak. Some things are too
deep for words or it may be that I am not enough of a writer
to find the right words. I have no new or better phrases to tell
you what so many have been repeating- much to your annoy-
ance- all these days and even months, whenever the question
of your leaving us has arisen.
During a period which has spanned so many crises, you
have stood like a rock. Your wise guidance has been invalu-
able in helping us to negotiate the obstacles and steer clear
of the many pitfalls endangering our onward journey, and
even our survival.
There is perhaps no dearth of worthy, intelligent, even sin-
cere or conscientious persons. But the need if for something
over and above that- as you yourself are well- aware. These
qualities can be useful only, if they are combined with a depth
of judgement, which is based on long experience of men,
especially in government, and affairs of India as well as the
world; on an insight into tends and forces. There can be no
doubt that your retirement will greatly diminish the efficacy of
the PM’s Sectt and will be a great loss to me.
At this stage, I can only say thank you for all your help and
wish you better health in the years to come.
With every good wish
Yours Sincerely
Indira Gandhi
ON HIS RETIREMENT, SHE WROTE HIM AN ADMIRING
LETTER, WHICH IS REPRODUCED BELOW:
PERSPECTIVE
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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Gov-
ernment of India had
set a huge target of
earning through disin-
vestment in the finan-
cial year 2021-22. Pre-
senting the budget in
2021, Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
had said that 1.75 lakh
crore rupees will be
raised by selling gov-
ernment companies. A
year after that, when
she presented the budg-
et for 2022, it came to
light that the govern-
ment was able to raise
only 12-13 thousand
crores by selling its
companies. So, in the
revised estimate of the
budget, it has been said
that the government
will earn Rs 78 thou-
sand crore by selling its
companies.
This estimate of the
government is based on
the fact that five per-
cent stake will be sold
by bringing IPO of Life
Insurance Corporation
of India ie LIC, which
can earn 70-80 thousand
crore rupees or more. If
that happens, the gov-
ernment will earn more
in the Revised Esti-
mates and give itself a
pat on the back. How-
ever, there seem to be
several obstacles in this
approach, but the gov-
ernment is also bracing
itself to sell it off, in
any case.
That’s why the stock
market in India is show-
ing a boom even in the
midst of Ukraine’s at-
tack. If markets around
the world fell, there was
a historic fall in India
too. In one day the index
fell by 27 hundred
points and investors
lost thirteen and a half
lakh crores rupees. But
the very next day i.e. on
Friday, the market went
upby13hundredpoints.
The stock market is so
sensitive, yet it is going
up in the middle of the
war, so it means that
some external force
wants it to be so and
thus it is happening.
The Government of In-
dia does not want that
there should be nega-
tive sentiment in the
stock market and inves-
tors should stay away
from it. Therefore, it is
being believed that no
matter how much the
war lasts, but the Indi-
an stock market will
remain bullish.
Concerned about its
earnings from LIC, the
government took an-
other big decision on
Saturday. The govern-
ment has allowed for-
eign direct investment
up to 20 percent in LIC.
For this, the govern-
ment changed the spe-
cial law of LIC. After
this change, foreign in-
vestors will be able to
invest up to 20 percent
in LIC through the auto-
matic route. In fact, the
government is worried
that if domestic inves-
tors do not invest more,
then the target of earn-
ing will remain incom-
plete. Therefore, exemp-
tion has been given to
foreign investors. In the
insurance sector, 74 per-
cent FDI is allowed, but
LIC’s law is different
from the insurance law
and FDI was not al-
lowed in it till now, a
‘hurdle’ which the gov-
ernment has done away
with now.
To boost its earning, Govt has tinkered with LIC law
Jammu (Agencies):
The issues inherent in
redrawing of Jammu
and Kashmir by the De-
limitation Fee persist,
with a second draft fol-
lowing talks addition-
ally operating into ob-
jections.
As per its second
draft report, shared
with its 5 members on
February 24, the panel
has steered that the Ra-
jouri Meeting seat be
reserved for STs in-
stead of Poonch Haveli,
that had been proposed
earlier; restoration of
Suchetgarh, as an al-
ternative of its merger
with R S Pura and
Bishnah; SC-reserved
standing for Suchet-
garh; restoration of
Srinagar’s Habba Kad-
al constituency with its
sizeable Kashmiri Pan-
dit migrant voters; and
renaming of the newly
proposed Mughal
Maidaan as Inderwal.
Other than this, the fee
has additionally re-
drawn boundaries of
some seats in each
Jammu and Kashmir
divisions.
Non-BJP events have
denounced the adjust-
ments as favouring the
BJP
. PDP spokesperson
FirdousTakmentioned
the adjustments “give
credence to our appre-
hensions that the Fee is
working on the behest
of the BJP”. Apni Oc-
casion spokesperson
Vikram Malhotra men-
tioned “the BJP ob-
tained every thing
achieved for its politi-
cal comfort”, whereas
Congress chief spokes-
person Ravinder Shar-
ma mentioned “the De-
limitation Fee has
achieved dissection as
an alternative of de-
limitation”.
The suggestion to not
reserve Poonch Haveli
for STs adopted wide-
spread protests within
the constituency
, which
is basically inhabited
by individuals of Kash-
miri origin, at such a
change. The constitu-
ency’s inhabitants com-
prised 36.60% tribals.
To shift the ST standing
to Rajouri — regardless
of solely 33.84% of its
inhabitantsbeingtribal
— the panel has now
steered including
Fatehpur, Doongi and
Bagla from the pro-
posedThanamandicon-
stituency
. This is able to
take Rajouri’s tribal
numbers to 37.18% of
the inhabitants. Thana-
mandi too can be ST re-
served as per the De-
limitation Fee.
Protests prod changes in JK delimitation plans, lead to more issues
Phones of Goa Oppn leaders
tapped, alleges Sanjay Raut
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv
Sena leader Sanjay Raut
on Saturday alleged that
phones of Goa leaders,
including MLA Sudin
Dhavalikar, MLA Vijai
Sardesai, former Chief
Minister Digambar Ka-
mat and state Congress
President Girish
Chodankar, had been
tapped.
Talking to the media
persons in Mumbai,
Raut said, “The phones
of manyleaderswhoare
the leaders of the Oppo-
sition in this country
and especially wherever
elections are being held,
are being tapped. The
public got big informa-
tion in Goa phone tap-
ping case from Congress
only yesterday
.”
“It is true that the
same thing happened in
Maharashtra which is
on record. The same
Maharashtra pattern is
going on in Goa. It is a
matter of coincidence
that the leader of Ma-
harashtra at that time
is in charge of Goa.
Phone tapping may be
going on in Uttar
Pradesh too, I am also
worried about Akhile-
sh Yadav,” he added.
Polling in Goa on 40
Assemblyseatswasheld
on February 14 and the
counting of votes will
take place on March 10.
“The way phones of
Maharashtra leaders
were tapped, the same
patternof phonesurveil-
lance is being replicated
in Goa. Calls of Sudin
Dhavalikar, Vijai Sarde-
sai, Digambar Kamat
and Girish Chodankar
arebeingtapped.Thena-
tionwantstoknow:Who
is the ‘Rashmi Shukla’
of Goa behind this tap-
ping?” Raut tweeted.
Former Pune Police
Commissioner Rashmi
Shukla was accused by
Maharashtra Home
Minister Dilip Walse
Patil of tapping the
phones of leaders like
Nana Patole, Bachchu
Kadu, Sanjay Kakade
and Ashish Deshmukh.
NewDelhi(ANI):Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
isscheduledtovisitPune
onMarch6toinaugurate
the Pune Metro Rail Pro-
ject worth more than Rs
11,400 crore.
He will also inaugu-
rate and lay the founda-
tion stone of various
development projects,
the Prime Minister’s Of-
fice said in a statement.
At around 11 am,
Prime Minister will un-
veil the statue of
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj on the prem-
ises of Pune Municipal
Corporation. The statue
is made up of 1,850 kg
gunmetal and is about
9.5 feet tall.
Prime Minister will
inaugurate Pune Met-
ro Rail Project at
around 11:30 am. This
project is an endeav-
our to provide world-
class infrastructure
for urban mobility in
Pune. The Foundation
Stone of the project
had been laid by the
Prime Minister on De-
cember 24, 2016.
New Delhi (ANI):
A Delhi Court on
Saturday dis-
missed the bail
plea moved by for-
mer AAP Coun-
cilor Tahir Hus-
sain in a money
laundering case
registered by the
Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) in
connection with
the alleged fund-
ing of Northeast
Delhi violence of
February 2020.
Additional Ses-
sions Judge dis-
missed the bail
plea on Saturday.
He had reserved
the order on 8 Feb-
ruary after hear-
ing the arguments
of counsel of the
prosecution and
accused. Hussain
is accused in
many riots related
cases and in cus-
tody for one and
half years.
Uttarakhand (ANI):
With heavy snowfall
hitting high altitude ar-
eas of Uttarakhand,
locals faced difficulties
in commuting as the
road connecting the
Niti-Mana valleys in
Chamoli district re-
mained covered with
snow on Saturday.
The situation wors-
ened as there were a lot
of obstructions on the
pathway. It became an
uphill task for the peo-
ple living in the villages
of the valley, the army
vehicles, and soldiers to
reach the border.
New Delhi: A special
CBI court in Delhi has
dismissed the anticipa-
tory bail plea of Chita
Ramkrishna, the former
managing director and
the CEO of the National
Stock Exchange in con-
nection with the NSE co-
location case. The CBI
has already arrested
Anand Subramanian,
NSE’s former group op-
erating officer, who had
served as Ramkrishna’s
advisor,fromChennaiin
the co-location case.
Chitra and Anand hit
the headlines after
SEBI, in an order on
February 11 charged
Chitra with alleged gov-
ernance lapses in the
appointment of Subra-
manian as the chief
strategic advisor and
his re-designation as
group operating officer
and advisor to MD.
SEBI levied a fine of Rs
3 crore on Ramkrishna,
Rs 2 crore each on NSE,
Subramanian, former
NSE MD and CEO Ravi
Narain, and Rs 6 lakh
on VR Narasimhan,
who was the chief regu-
latory officer and com-
pliance officer.
The CBI, which was
probing the co-location
scam since 2018, swung
into action after the
SEBI report that
showed alleged abuse
of power by the then top
brass of the NSE.
Ramkrishna said she
was steered by a Hima-
layan yogi in the ap-
pointment of Anand
Subramanian. While
CBI claimed Anand
Subramanian himself
was the Himalayan
yogi, SEBI contradicted
the claim.
Earlier, the Securi-
ties and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI)
has penalized the Na-
tional Stock Exchange
(NSE) and its former
CEOs Chitra Ram-
akrishna and Ravi
Narayan and two other
officials for lapses in
recruitment at the sen-
ior level.
Same Maharashtra pattern is
going on in Goa: Sena leader
‘Phone tapping may be going
on in Uttar Pradesh too’
Malik being linked to Dawood as he’s muslim: NCP
Pune (ANI): Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
chief Sharad Pawar on
Saturday said that the
arrest of party leader
and Maharashtra minis-
ter Nawab Malik is “po-
litically motivated” and
attempts were made to
connect him to fugi-
tive Underworld don Da-
wood Ibrahim because
he is a Muslim. He also
dismissed the demands
raised by the Opposition
seeking the resignation
of Malik. Nawab Malik
was arrested by the
Enforcement Directo-
rate on February 23 in
a money-laundering
probe linked to the
activities of Dawood
Ibrahim and his aides.
Pune (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the work of
the metro service to be inaugurated by the PM is
incomplete, and underlined the need to focus more
on rescuing Indian
students stranded
in war-hit Ukraine.
The prime minister
is scheduled to visit
Pune on Sunday
for the inaugura-
tion of the metro
service and unveiling other projects. “I agree that
there are important projects in Pune that are
incomplete and the PM will be inaugurating the
important one....rescuing students stranded in
Ukraine is more important. I think the ruling party
must be thinking of it seriously,” Pawar said.
PM to visit Pune to flag off
Metro Rail project today
Tahir Hussain
Former CEO of the National
Stock Exchange (NSE) Chitra
Ramkrishna. —FILE PHOTO
NE Delhi
violence:Tahir
Hussain’s bail
plea rejected
Uttarakhand:
Heavy snowfall
creates problems
for commuters
Jammu (PTI): The Bor-
derSecurityForce(BSF)
opened fire at a suspect-
edPakistanidronealong
theInternationalBorder
(IB) here on Saturday
, of-
ficials said as a massive
search operation was
launched to ensure no
weapons or narcotics
were dropped by it.
A BSF spokesperson
said alert troops of the
forcefiredatthesuspect-
ed flying object when it
entered the general area
of Arniaaround4.10am.
“The humming sound
of asuspecteddronewas
heard in the morning at
4:10ambyalerttroopsof
the BSF in the general
area of Arnia. The
troops fired towards the
direction of the sound,”
the spokesperson said.
He said the area was
cordoned off with the
help of police, and a
joint search operation
was underway
.
JK: BSF opens fire
at Pak drone along IB Ex-NSE chief’s bail plea turned down
METRO WORK IN PUNE
INCOMPLETE BUT PM WILL
INAUGURATE IT: PAWAR
Delimitation commission members speak in Jammu. —FILE PHOTO
 Proposal to shift practically 20
villages which can be presently
a part of the Kalakote constitu-
ency to Rajouri
 Transferring Sunderbani
tehsil from Nowshera seat to
Kalakote
 Proposal to merge Suchetgarh
with SC-reserved R S Pura
CONTENTIOUS ISSUES
NSE SCAM

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As the Russia-Ukraine battle entered its second week, the world witnessing anxious
moments as the conflict is badly affecting other countries too and India is not an
exception. India’s economy and its five five sectors have neen hit by this war in far off
countries. Russian military action on Ukraine has had a negative impact on equity
markets while leading to a surge in crude oil, base metal, and agricultural commodities.
With an escalating invasion by Russia in Ukrainian territories, sanctions that were imposed by the West
on Russia, have disrupted global supply chains. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis will impact the core
sectors of the Indian economy. As the Indian Rupee also witness depreciation against US Dollars, India is
likely to witness a surge in prices of products in the coming days.
The prices of base metals are likely to move higher
amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis. Navneet Damani,
senior vice president - commodity currency research at Mo-
tilal Oswal Financial Services was quoted by media: “The latest trig-
gers come from Ukraine – Russian geopolitical tensions which have led
to sharp volatility in most asset classes. Before this Russia-Ukraine crisis
escalated, select metals were already seeing very strong fundamentals and
there are possibilities of the United States and its European allies to announce
fresh sanctions against Russia. Aluminum has added over 40 per cent gains in
2021 and added 20 per cent gains in 2022,” The Russia-Ukraine military conflict
may have an implication on the country’s trade in that region as it would affect
the movement of consignments, payments and oil prices, according to export-
ers. The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said they have asked
exporters to hold their consignments to the region or goods that take the
Black Sea route. To Russia, Ukraine and other eastern Eu-
ropean countries, goods move from the Suez
Canal and the Black Sea, FIEO Director-
General Ajay Sahai said. He added that
the quantity of impact on trade
will depend on the duration of
the war.
Ukraine and Russia are the major suppliers
of sunflower oil. Between November 2020
and October 2021, India imported a total of
18.93 lakh tonnes of crude sunflower oil,
of this Ukraine exported 13.97 lakh tonnes
and Russia exported 2.22 lakh tonnes of
sunflower oil to India. With the ongo-
ing Russia-Ukraine crisis, the demand
and supply chain of sunflower oil has
been impacted. As a result, edible
oil companies are now looking at
options to import edible oil from
other countries. They are also
proposing the usage of other
cooking oils such as palm
oil and groundnut oil so
that the retail prices do
not increase.
EDIBLE
OIL The Russia-Ukraine region is one of the major
exporters for some of the key agricultural products
globally. At No. 4 position in wheat exports, after
EU, Russia and Australia (26 mt), is Ukraine, at 24 mt.
Ukraine, moreover, is the world’s third largest exporter of
corn/maize, with a projected 33.5 mt in 2021-22, after the
US (61.5 mt) and Argentina (42 mt). Ukraine and Russia
are also the top two exporters of sunflower oil, at 6.65
mt and 3.8 mt, respectively in 2021-22, as per USDA.
If that weren’t all, Russia and its next-door ally Belarus
are the world’s No. 2 and No. 3 producers of muriate of
potash (MOP) fertiliser, at 13.8 mt and 12.2 mt in 2020,
respectively, behind Canada (22 mt). The European
Union has already warned that the impact of the
Russia-Ukraine war will be painful for the
agri-food sector.
AGRICULTURE
Ukraine
and Russia
are amongst the
major chip exporters
globally. According to a re-
port by Moody Analytics, while
Russia supplies the semiconduc-
tor industry with important metals
such as palladium, Ukraine supplies
special gases such as Neon and
Helium which are required for chip
making. As the ongoing war between
Russia-Ukraine escalates, the semi-
conductor industry is going to bear
a massive brunt, with chip-dependent
sectors such as the automobile and
the IT sectors getting hit badly. Even
before the crisis, the world was fac-
ing a semiconductor shortage. Ac-
cording to the report, amid the ongo-
ing Russian-Ukraine crisis, the prices
for neon gas have surged 10 times,
which will potentially impact the
manufacturing of automobiles in the
Asia-Pacific region.
BASE METALS
Russia is the third-largest exporter of
crude oil globally. With the Russian inva-
sion of Ukraine, the crude oil prices soared to a
seven-year high of $110 per barrel. On Wednesday,
the Brent crude oil benchmark was trading at $110.23
per barrel. Several sectors are crude-oil dependent.
These include paint makers, oil makers, and fertilizer
companies. India imports 85 per cent of its oil require-
ments. The Economic Survey 2022 estimated India’s Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate at 8.0 to 8.5 per cent
in 2022-23, which hinges on crude oil prices being in the
range of $70-$75 a barrel. With crude oil crossing $100
per mark, it will have a negative impact on these sec-
tors. It is also bad for the overall economy as it will
increase the government’s import bills. Moreover,
with higher crude oil prices in the interna-
tional market, the fuel prices will also
witness a surge, thus giving a push
to inflation further.
FUEL
AUTOMOBILES
The situation in Ukraine
deteriorated after
Russian President
Vladimir Putin
announced a military
operation in Ukraine,
triggering full-scale
military confrontation
between the two
countries. Following
Putin’s announcement,
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
said an“invasion”
could be the beginning
of a“big war”in
Europe.
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New Delhi (PTI): A
“shocked and devas-
tated” Rajasthan Roy-
als on Saturday paid
glowing tributes to late
Shane Warne, saying
the Australian spin
legend had shaped the
values of the franchise
and impacted the ca-
reers of many players
during his stint as cap-
tain in the Indian Pre-
mier League.
Warne played 55
matches for Rajasthan
Royals between 2008
and 2011. He led the
side to the IPL title in
the inaugural edition
in 2008. That triumph
remains RR’s only IPL
title till date. He was
instrumental in
grooming a host of
young Indian cricket-
ers who were part of
the Royals’ squad dur-
ing that period.
“Everyone associat-
ed with the Rajasthan
Royals is still shocked
and devastated. Our
first thoughts are for
his family, who he
cherished so dearly. We
will ensure that he is
never forgotten, and
that his millions of
fans in India get an op-
portunity to pay their
respects,” the Royals’
Lead Owner Manoj
Badale said in a re-
lease.
“Shane (Warne) was
the first Royal. Our
first captain. Our first
family member. And
Our first champion. He
provided so many
memories on and off
the pitch.”
RR pays tribute to its first captain late Shane Warne
EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE

An iconic name
in international
cricket, Warne,
since making his
debut in 1992,
played 145 Tests
for Australia,
picking up
708 wickets with
his leg-spin
his family, who he
will ensure that he is
never forgotten, and
that his millions of
fans in India get an op-
portunity to pay their
respects,” the Royals’
Lead Owner Manoj
Badale said in a re-
lease.
the first Royal. Our
first captain. Our first
Badale said Warne’s humour and passion for life had
inspired one and all. “And the title of the greatest ever
leg-spinner’ in the second most popular sport in the world.
He inspired us all with his humour and passion for
life.“He was a legend in cricket. A legend in India. A
legend across the world. But most of all, he was a
kind, generous, loyal and inspirational friend. We
will miss him every day.”
HE WAS A LEGEND IN CRICKET.
A LEGEND IN INDIA: BADALE
3000 INDIANS AIRLIFTED BY SPECIAL FLIGHTS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Under ‘Op-
eration Ganga’ to rescue
Indian citizens, about
3000 Indians were air-
lifted on Saturday by 15
special flights from
Ukraine’s neighbouring
countries. These includ-
ed 12 special civilian
and 3 IAF flights.
With this, more than
13 thousand 7 hundred
Indians have been
brought back since the
special flights began on
22ndFebruary, 2022.The
number of Indians
brought back by 55 spe-
cial civilian flights goes
up to 11728. Till date, the
IAF has flown 10 sorties
to bring back 2056 pas-
sengers, while taking 26
tonnes of relief load to
these countries, as part
of Operation Ganga.
Three C-17 heavy lift
transport aircraft of the
IAF,whichhadtakenoff
on Friday from the
Hindan air base, landed
back at Hindan on Sat-
urday morning.
629 INDIANS EVACUATED FROM
ROMANIA OTHER COUNTRIES
11 SPL FLIGHTS TO OPERATE
TODAY ON RESCUE MISSION
IAF HAS FLOWN 10 SORTIES TO
BRING BACK 2056 PASSENGERS
SPECIAL CIVILIAN FLIGHTS
BROUGHT BACK 11728 INDIANS
3000 Indians were airlifted on Saturday by 15 special flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries.
Exploring all possible ways to
evacuate Indians from Sumy
New Delhi (PTI): The
Indian embassy in
Ukraine on Saturday
said it is exploring all
possible ways to safely
evacuate the Indian
nationals from the
eastern Ukranian cit-
ies of Sumy and Pi-
sochyn.
The embassy specifi-
cally said it is reaching
out to 298 Indian stu-
dents in Pisochyn and
buses are en route to
evacuate them.
“Reaching out to our
298 students in Pi-
sochyn. Buses are en-
route and expected to
arrive soon,” it said.
The mission also
said it is in touch with
all the interlocutors
concerned.
DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT
STUDENTS IN UKRAINE’S SUMY
New Delhi (PTI): India
on Saturday said it is
“deeply concerned”
about the Indi-
an students
stuck in
the eastern
Ukranian
city of Sumy
and strongly
asked both Russia
and Ukraine through
multiple channels for
an immediate cease-
fire for their safe exit
from the conflict zone.
Arindam Bagchi, the
spokesperson of the
MEA, said the students
have been advised to
take safety precautions,
stay inside shelters
and avoid unnecessary
risks. On Friday,
he had said
around 700
Indians were
stranded
in Sumy.
“We are deeply
concerned about In-
dian students in Sumy,
Ukraine. Have strongly
pressed Russian and
Ukrainian governments
through multiple chan-
nels for an immediate
ceasefire to create a
safe corridor for our
students,” Bagchi said.
about the Indi-
about the Indi-
city of Sumy
city of Sumy
and strongly
and strongly
asked both Russia
asked both Russia
risks. On Friday,
risks. On Friday,
he had said
he had said
around 700
around 700
stranded
stranded
in Sumy.
in Sumy.
“We are deeply
“We are deeply
concerned about In-
concerned about In-
Partiesareatloggerheadsoverclaims
ofvictoryaftersixphasesofvoting
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The voting
process for the ongoing
elections in UP has
reached its final stage.
In the six phases that
have been completed so
far, the fate of the candi-
dates who have contest-
ed for 349 seats, out of
403 assembly seats, has
been locked in the
EVMs. Claims of victo-
ry of their respective
party are being made by
both the BJP and the SP.
Earlier, Union Home
Minister and BJP’s star
campaigner Amit Shah
has claimed that in the
five phases of the elec-
tions, BJP has got the
majority figure. He has
also claimed that now in
the seventh phase, vot-
ers will vote for the gov-
ernment with three
hundred plus. Whereas,
SP Chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav has also put forward
a huge claim and said
that his party hit a cen-
tury in the first two
phases of voting for the
UP Assembly elections.
He said that the SP will
form the govt after the
third and fourth phases.
He has even added that
by the 7th and final
phase of the elections,
silence will prevail at
the BJP’s booths.
LOWER VOTER
TURNOUT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as the
state enters into final
phase of elections a
debate has ensued in
political circle whether
a low or high voter
turnout has a direct co-
relation with prospects
of the political parties
in the fray. The trend
of low turnout in the
election continued
even in phase six
of the crucial polls.
Around 55.70 per cent
electorate exercised
their franchise in the
sixth phase of polling
in 57 constituencies.
The point is however
contestable that low
turnout would harm the
ruling party. There have
been elections where
higher voting helped
the incumbent govt.
PARTIES ROUND OFF CAMPAIGN BLITZ
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Even as the
high-octane campaign
for the last lap of UP
elections came to an end
on Saturday, all parties
made a last ditch effort
to give their best shot as
Purvanchal is considered
to be the bellwether
region of the State. While
the ruling BJP is pulling
out all stops to retain its
bastion, its main con-
tender the SP made an
aggresive push to regain
the constituencies it won
in the 2012 elections. Not
to forget that this phase
will also be a litmus test
for allies on both the
sides from Anupriya Patel
to Om Prakash Rajbhar.
TMC has unleashed ‘unofficial
emergency’ in Bengal: BJP
Kolkata (PTI): BJP
state President Sukan-
ta Majumdar on Satur-
day alleged the ruling
Trinamool Congress
has unleashed an “unof-
ficial emergency “ in
the state, where work-
ing for BJP was “noth-
ing short of a crime.”
Majumdar also
claimed the recently
concluded municipal
polls in the state were
“farcical” and only BJP
put up a spirited fight.
BJP could not win a sin-
gle municipal body out
of 108 which went to the
polls earlier this week
and ended up with a
12.57 per cent of votes
cast.
TMC reacted to the
charges claiming that
these were “wild allega-
tions” made by a party
which did not enjoy the
confidence of the elec-
torate.
Majumdar in his
speech to BJP workers
charged, “In Bengal an
unofficial emergency
situation prevails.”
“One is not targeted
in the same way for be-
ing part of CPI(M), Con-
gress or others, the way
one is singled out for
being part of BJP,” the
BJP MP from Balurghat
alleged.
He claimed that po-
lice remains inactive
when his party’s `kar-
yakartas’ (workers)
“are beaten up or even
murdered by Trina-
mool goons.”
Life term to
five 20 years
to a juvenile in
Isewal gang
rape case
First India Bureau
Ludhiana: In the
infamous Issewal
gang rape case a lo-
cal court here has
announced life im-
prisonment to five
and 20 years im-
prisonment to a mi-
nor convict. There
were six convicts in
the case. Court has
also imposed a fine
of rupees one lakh
each on the five con-
victs and rupees
fifty thousand on
the juvenile ac-
cused. According to
verdict after col-
lecting this amount
it would be paid to
the victim as com-
pensation. The
court of additional
session judge fur-
ther made it clear
in its judgement
that if the govern-
ment give any com-
pensation from the
Victim Compensa-
tion Scheme that
would be addition
to the announced
by the court.
It may be recalled
that this infamous
case of gang rape
happened on Febru-
ary 9, 2019 when the
victim was going in
a car with her boy
friend on Sidhwan
canal road ( on the
out skirts of the
city).
WE WILL COME OUT OF THIS: MAJUMDAR
‘SECRET’ PACT WITH CPI(M)
Sushil Kumar to give
wrestling classes to
fellow Tihar inmates
New Delhi (PTI):
Two-time Olympic
medallist Sushil Ku-
mar, lodged in Tihar
Jail in the Chhatras-
al Stadium brawl
case, will soon be giv-
ing coaching classes
on wrestling and
physical fitness to his
fellow inmates, pris-
onauthoritiessaidon
Friday
.
The development
comes in view of a
decrease in the num-
ber of COVID-19 cas-
es across the national
capital and inside
prison premises, they
said. The Tihar Jail
administration said
they had earlier
planned to involve
Kumar in sports ac-
tivities, but the
plan had to be
halted in view
of the third
wave of COV-
ID-19 in Delhi.
“We had
decid-
e d
to allow this earlier
but could not do so in
view of the third
wave of Covid. Now,
with normalisation
of the situation, rou-
tine activities in pris-
ons are being re-
stored. So, we will al-
low Sushil Kumar to
give coaching classes
on wrestling and
physical fitness to
other inmates who
are interested,” Di-
rector General (Delhi
Prisons) Sandeep
Goel told PTI.
Prison officials
said since Kumar is a
trained professional
wrestler, his coach-
ing classes on fitness
and wresting will
benefit inmates
who want to
learn a new
sport and
will also
help them
stay fit
a n d
healthy
.
AT UNHRC, INIDIA URGES SRI LANKA FOR STEPS TO
ADDRESS LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS OF TAMIL COMMUNITY
United Nations/Ge-
neva (PTI): India has
told the UN that it is in
Sri Lanka’sowninterest
that expectations of
Tamils for equality, jus-
tice, peace and dignity
within a united country
are fulfilled, underlin-
ing that as a friend and
immediate neighbour,
New Delhi has consist-
ently called upon Co-
lombo to fulfill its com-
mitments on protecting
the interests of the Tam-
ils. India’s Permanent
Representative to the
UN, Geneva, Ambassa-
dor Indramani Pandey
made the statement on
Friday at the interactive
dialogue on the High
Commissioner for Hu-
man Rights report on
promoting reconcilia-
tion, accountability and
human rights in Sri
Lanka.
He said that as its
friend and immediate
neighbour, India has
consistently called upon
Sri Lanka to fulfil its
commitments on ad-
dressing the issues re-
lated to protecting the
interest of Tamils in Sri
Lanka.
India believes that it
is in Sri Lanka’s own in-
terest that the expecta-
tions of Tamils in Sri
Lanka for equality, jus-
tice, peace and dignity,
within a united Sri Lan-
ka, are fulfilled. This ap-
plies equally to the com-
mitments made by the
SriLankanGovernment
on meaningful devolu-
tion, he said.
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COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
6,012,139
TOTAL DEATHS
377,288,936
TOTAL RECOVERED
61,008,164
ACTIVE CASES
444,309,239
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
514,908
TOTAL DEATHS
42,378,721
TOTAL RECOVERED
63,848
ACTIVE CASES
42,957,477
TOTAL CASES
Meerut (PTI): Passen-
gers on a train from Sa-
haranpur to Delhi had a
narrow escape on Satur-
day when a fire broke
out in two of its coaches
near the Daurala station
here, many joining
hands with the railway
staff to quickly help pull
the remaining bogies
away from the engine
that was also ablaze.
The fire started in the
train, which left Saha-
ranpur at 5.30 am, on its
way to Delhi. When the
train reached Daurala,
about 90 km short of its
destinationDelhi,smoke
was seen rising from a
compartment. By the
time the train reached
the Daurala station at
7.10 am, two coaches
were in flames, Meerut
City Railway Station Su-
perintendent R P Shar-
ma said. The passengers
travelling inside these
coachesweresafelyevac-
uated, he said. There
were no casualties.
A fire usually spells
panic but the passen-
gers of this train kept
their cool and worked to
avert a major tragedy
.
The passengers,
many carrying back-
packs, pulled away the
remaining coaches of
the train from the burn-
ing portion with plumes
of smoke rising in the
background. A video of
the incident has gone
viral on social media.
Sharma said the
cause of the fire is be-
ing ascertained.
There are no reports
of loss of life or prop-
erty of any passenger.
Rail traffic was briefly
disrupted due to the
fire, he said.
COURTESY MEET...
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in conversation with Jagdeesh Chandra at Raj
Bhavan, Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, during a courtesy visit by the latter. Jagdeesh
Chandra was on a one-day visit to the capital of West Bengal.
Jaipur (PTI): Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Satur-
day said the Ukraine
crisis has presented an
opportunity to consider
increasing the number
of medical colleges and
seats in the country
.
The future of thou-
sands of students forced
to return to India due to
the Russian invasion of
Ukraine is now uncer-
tain. In such a situation,
apositivedecisionneeds
to be taken keeping in
mind the future of these
students, he said.
He suggested that the
Centre should change
the rules of the Medical
Council of India so that
both government and
private sectors can open
more medical colleges.
The Ukraine crisis
has given an opportu-
nity to consider the pos-
sibility of the central
and the state govern-
ments working together
to significantly in-
crease the number of
medical colleges and
medical seats in the
country, he said.
Thousands of stu-
dents from India go
abroad for studies. Most
of them go to countries
like China, Nepal,
Ukraine, Russia, Kyr-
gyzstan, Kazakhstan,
Bangladesh etc. for
medical studies be-
cause the expenses are
less there. But when
they come back, they
have to give the Foreign
Medical Graduate Ex-
amination, Gehlot said.
Most of these stu-
dents are unable to pass
the test and are also de-
prived of medical prac-
tice due to the linguistic
and curricular changes.
In such a situation, it
reduces the value of hu-
man resources of the
country and all of them
also suffer economic
losses, he said.
He said the UPA govt
had started a scheme of
opening government
medical colleges in eve-
ry district which is go-
ing on under the cur-
rent dispensation.
Need to think about setting up more medical colleges: Raj CM Gehlot
Rajasthan CM Gehlot has suggested to increase the number of
medical colleges and seats in the country. –FILE PHOTO
UKRAINE CRISIS

Ashok Gehlot
said the UPA
government had
started a
scheme of
opening
government
medical
colleges in
every district
which is going
on under the
current
dispensation.
Jaipur (PTI): The Ad-
ditional Sessions Court
here issued notices to
Rajasthan CM Ashok
Gehlot, PHED Minister
Mahesh Joshi and others,
asking them to appear
before it on March 16 in
the matter of an alleged
phone tapping.
The court also issued
notices to former chief
secretary Rajeeva Swarup,
former additional chief
secretary Rohit Kumar
Singh, former DGP
Bhupendra Singh, Special
Operations Group (SOG)
ADG Ashok Rathore, SOG
police station SHO Ravin-
dra Kumar Bhuria and
the chief minister’s OSD
Lokesh Sharma.
Notices have been
issued on a revision
petition filed by Advocate
O P Solanki. The next
hearing in the matter is on
March 16.
Solanki had filed the
petition in the lower court
over the phone-tapping al-
legations during the power
tussle within the ruling
Congress in 2020.
A case had also been
filed in the Delhi crime
branch in the alleged
phone-tapping.
The case was filed on
the complaint of Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat.
The phone-tapping
controversy erupted in
July 2020 in Rajasthan.
PHONE TAPPING ISSUE: COURT
NOTICE TO RAJ CHIEF MINISTER
GEHLOT, MINISTER, OTHERS
08
2NDFRONT
When confused, choose the
behaviour or response that is
kinder and more compassionate.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Saharanpur-Delhi train
catches fire, no life lost
Brain drain of
Punjab a
matter of deep
concern: Mann
Mahesh Kumar
Chandigarh: Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
Punjab Chief Ministe-
rial candidate and
Member of Parliament
Bhagwant Mann has
expressed deep concern
over the migration of
young minds and mon-
ey (brain and money
drain) from India, in-
cluding Punjab. Mann
said that since inde-
pendence Punjab and
Union governments
have not implemented
any modern and world
class plan or improved
any system in the field
of science including
medicine, engineering,
information that is why
talented brains and
loads of money is also
going abroad.
OPPORTUNITY?
The fire started in the
train, which left
Saharanpur at 5.30
am, on its way to
Delhi. When the train
reached Daurala,
smoke was seen rising
from a compartment.
SANGH’S
PRATINIDHI SABHA
IN KARNAVATI
The meeting of the
Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh’s Prati-
nidhi Sabha is being
convened from March
11 to 13 in Karnavati,
Gujarat. According to
the agenda of the meet-
ing, it aims to outline
various programmes
to commemorate 100
years of the Sangh in
2025. But also look at
the timing of this meet-
ing that the results of
the Assembly elections
of five states will be de-
clared on March 10 and
this meeting has been
kept just a day after
that. Is it so that the
performance of the
BJP in these elections
can also be reviewed?
Or can there be any
discussion on 2024
polls? The Sangh lead-
ership often does such
things in closed rooms
wherein, the top lead-
ers of a select number
of unions are present.
In particular, there will
be talk of making the
celebration of 100
years of the Sangh
‘grand and effective. ’
1,500 people from all
over the country along
with BJP National
President JP Nadda
Org Gen Secy BL San-
tosh are likely to be
present in this meet-
ing.
CAN JN SINGH
REPLACE PK
MISHRA?
The news has gone
very loud that the
almighty PK Mishra of
the PMO is going to
leave. There is talk of
making him the Gover-
nor of some important
state. He is 74 years old,
he is a bit unwell
these days, so looking
at his age and health,
he can be shown the
way out of PMO. Sourc-
es reveal that specula-
tions about Mishra’s
departure are also
gaining weight be-
cause Bhaskar Khulbe,
his very special friend,
did not get an exten-
sion in the PMO. Name
of Dr Jagdeep Narayan
Singh to replace
Mishra is doing the
rounds. Dr. Singh re-
tired as Guj CS in No-
vember 2019. National
Security Advisor Ajit
Doval can also be sent
as the Governor of a
state, say sources.
WILL THE DELHI
MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION
ELECTIONS BE
POSTPONED?
Sources reveal that
the upcoming mu-
nicipal elections of
Delhi, which were to be
held on April 12, maybe
postponed for 6 months.
And on this issue, there
has been an agreement
between the two major
political parties of Del-
hi i.e. Bharatiya Janata
Party and Aam Aadmi
Party. But both these
parties have kept Con-
gress in the dark in
this matter. This was
first disclosed by Vijen-
dra Yadav, former dep-
uty chairman of Stand-
ing Committee. Yadav
says that “the three
corporations should be
united first, then elec-
tions can be held here
only after six months.”
Elections can be held
in the month of Sep-
tember. In this regard,
there is an important
meeting of the top BJP
leaders of Delhi on
March 12 in which a de-
cision can be taken to
postpone the elections.
...AND FINALLY
Petro diesel prices
in the country
have not increased in
the last three months,
but after the last phase
of the Uttar Pradesh
elections to be held on
March 7, there may be
an unexpected price
increase of Rs 10 to Rs
20 in the prices of pet-
rol and diesel. The Oil
companies and the
government can
blame it on the recent
Russia-Ukraine war.
The price of edible
oils has risen by about
15 percent as the Ada-
ni Wilmar Oil pro-
cures 60 percent of its
demand from Ukraine,
which is almost
doomed to bear the
brunt of war these
days.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
JN Singh PK Mishra

NEW DELHI, SUNDAY,
MARCH 6, 2022
head of The Fash-
ion Connect season
11 to be held on
March 12 at Oaks
Ibn Battuta Gate
Hotel Dubai, City
First shares the ex-
clusive collection of one of
India’s foremost couturi-
ers, Suneet Varma. A name
that immortalizes glamour
and timeless style. Known
for his timeless creations,
the ace couturier has also
dressed many celebrities
— from Sonam Kapoor
and Deepika Padukone
to Jennifer Lopez and
Sarah Jessica Parker.
He will be showcasing
his exquisite crea-
tions at the grand
finale of The Fash-
ion Connect sea-
son 11 to be held
on March 12 at
Oaks Ibn Battuta
Gate Hotel Dubai!
The face of
differ-
ent lifestyle brands, Suneet
has helped create some of
the most iconic and luxuri-
ous identities in India.
Time and again, Suneet is
invited to style advertising
campaigns for the best
companies in India includ-
ing Airtel, Raymonds, The
Oberoi Group of Hotels and
various high-end jewellery
brands. Suneet has show-
cased his collection in the
famous Hammer Museum
in Beverly Hills in front of
renowned Hollywood direc-
tors, producers actors.
He has also bagged two Hol-
lywood films for costume
styling designing. He was
appointed to co-host the In-
dian launch of Omega
watches in 1999.
Admired for his enigmatic
work in India and the
world, Suneet has been
awarded the Designer
of the Year award
several times by the
Bollywood Fashion
Council in NYC.
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With Fashion Connect season 11 to be held on
March 12 at Oaks Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel Dubai,
just a week away, City First takes you on a
whirlwind tour of what all to watch out for the
top single day fashion event of India... starting
with grand finale designer Suneet Varma!
CONNECTING TO
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A
MITALI DUSAD
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Suneet Varma

10-11
ETC
irst India with it’s one-
day fashion show,
Fashion Connect cele-
brates Indian culture
and ethos and brings it
to the world.
The Fashion Con-
nect has set the bar high
with the completion of
its very successful
previous sea-
sons. Fash-
ion Con-
nect is grabbing all eyes ahead
of its Season 11 to be held on
March 12 at Oaks Ibn Battuta
Gate Hotel Dubai. With the
huge response and netizens go-
ing gaga over the exemplary
lineup and digital readiness,
the first international Fashion
Connect scored an amazing win
over the fashion industry
.
For those who swear by the
charisma of fashion, any dis-
cussion on the topic is incom-
plete without the mention of
Mohit Falod. Talking about his
collection, Mohit said, “The re-
galia collection is purely in-
spired by nature and the Rajpu-
tana array
. We have experi-
mented with a wide
range of jewels, in-
cluding polkas and
s e m i - p r e c i o u s
stones. There has
been a beautiful uti-
lisation of real gold
and silver gotas and
threads, semi-pre-
cious stones, polkis,
and turquoise
with an interplay
of fabrics.”
Sogani Jewellers
with their finest and
luxurious gold, plati-
num silver jewellery
collection presenting every
product meticulously carved
withnaturalcertifieddiamonds
and precious gemstones are all
set to enhance the beauty of the
models.
While brands like Shades
and Sizzlin Scizzors, Paavaki
jewellers are official styling
partners and have been in
the industry for a while
now. Their expertise in-
cludes professionals who
are here to change the
way this industry func-
tions.
Shivayu Fashion Stu-
dio will be showcasing
traditional Indian wed-
ding attires with a
touch of the indigenous
Dubai fashion style.
Karigiri is the ulti-
mate fashion destination
for the modern woman who
is always on the lookout for
exquisitely crafted designs.
With the aim of preserving
the Indian heritage but with a
modern lens and outlook.
Jaipur Dori, which is al-
ways categorized as a dynam-
ic one, where consumer pref-
erences surely rule the mar-
ket.
There is no denying that
Indian arts, crafts, and local
traditions are unparalleled
the world over, often inspir-
ing global fashion trends.
FASHION BLITZKRIEG
Oaks Ibn Batutta Gate Hotel, Dubai
The beautiful lobby of Oaks Ibn Batutta Gate Hotel, Dubai
F

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
Kumar Sanu's 'Mohabbat mein tere
hai Sanam' song is back. A press
conference for the same was held
in New Delhi recently. The song
has been created to revive those
melodious times and make the young
generation realize the beauty of
melody and good lyrics and take- up
to singing to its tunes. Kumar Sanu
has rendered the song brilliantly with
Vaibhav Saxena as music director,
Gunjan Jha as composer and lyricist
and upcoming singers Kshitij Vedi and
Diksha Samaria. The song is released
worldwide produced by Vusic Records.
Superstar Sanjay Dutt was spotted at Jaipur International
Airport on Saturday. The actor was in the town for his
upcoming film 'Ghudchadi', which is a Bollywood drama
starring Raveena Tandon too. The film also features Khushalii
Kumar and Parth Samthaan. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
CITY FIRST
A
press confer-
ence with the
star cast of '10
Nahi 40' was
held on Saturday at
PVR Plaza, Connaught
Palace, New Delhi. Ac-
tor Manoj Bakshi
graced the occasion as
a special guest. Dr JS
Randhawa (Actor- Di-
rector- Producer),
Birbal (Veteran Actor)
and Manmauji (Veter-
an Actor) were also
present on the occa-
sion. Talking about the
movie, Dr Randhawa
said, It is an educa-
tional entertainer
sending a message to
the society to under-
stand and care for the
elderly. To know their
insecurities and fears
as they approach the
twilight of their lives.
He further added, The
movie is based on the
fact that in the flag end
of life all that old peo-
ple need is love and
companionship.
Laced with humour,
10 nahi 40 sends out a
message to the young-
sters to be more under-
standing towards the
elder people. It empha-
sises that life is beauti-
ful and has to be lived
with zest till the end.
CITY FIRST
I
n keeping with the
new education poli-
cy 2020, a two-day of-
fline workshop on Ped-
agames in collaboration
with Maharaja Sawai
Mansingh II Museum
and Mahatma Gandhi
International school
Ahmedabad was hosted
at The Palace School
Jaipur. 22 schools from
New Delhi, Gujarat, Ma-
harashtra, Uttar
Pradesh and Rajasthan
attended the workshop.
The workshop began
with the welcome ad-
dress by Urvashi War-
man, Principal, The
Palace School.
The workshop was
in-depth and exhaus-
tive with Anju Chazot
and Pascal Chazot lead-
ing the training ses-
sion. The workshop was
one of its kind organ-
ised for the first time in
the country keeping in
view the importance of
fun-based learning and
teaching through sto-
ries as emphasised by
NEP 2020.
Sandeep Sethi, Direc-
tor Education, MSMS II
Museum, reiterated the
importance of training
teachers as learners so
that they can keep
themselves abreast
with the current peda-
gogical developments.
—cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Workshop on
Pedagames
CITY FIRST
R
eliance Indus-
tries Ltd. an-
nounced the
opening of the
country’s largest and
most prestigious multi-
faceted destination, the
Jio World Centre on
Saturday
.
The project is envi-
sioned by Nita Amba-
ni, Director of Reli-
ance Industries and
Founder-Chairperson
of Reliance Founda-
tion. The first-of-its-
kind destination in In-
dia, the Jio World Cen-
tre includes a cultural
centre, a musical foun-
tain, an upscale retail
experience, a curated
selection of cafés and
fine dining restau-
rants, serviced apart-
ments and offices, and
the state-of-the-art con-
vention facility
.
Sharing her vision
for the Centre, Nita
Ambani said, “Jio
World Centre is a trib-
ute to our glorious na-
tion and a reflection
of the aspirations of
New India. Jio World
Centre is envisioned
as Mumbai’s new
landmark, a point
where we come to-
gether to script the
next chapter of In-
dia’s growth story.”
the Dhirubhai Amba-
ni Square is a dedi-
cation to the be-
loved founder of
Reliance, Dhirub-
hai Ambani.
A celebration of
the spirit of the city,
it will be an iconic
new public space
where people share
joys and soak in
the colours and
sounds of Aamchi
Mumbai! I am de-
lighted to pay a special
tribute to teachers on
the opening night. Jio
World Convention
Centre is set to be In-
dia’s foremost venue
for distinguished
business and so-
cial events includ-
ing consumer
shows, conferences,
exhibitions, mega con-
certs, gala banquets
and weddings. The
multi-dimensional
venue sets global
benchmarks in India
with transformative
spaces, backed by
technology.
The opening of Jio World Centre, RIL calls it Mumbai’s ‘new landmark’
SPOTTED!
10 NAHI 40!
RETRO FEEL IS BACK!
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n array of de-
signers are
taking part in
the 2nd edi-
tion of Guru-
gram Interna-
tional Cou-
ture Week 2022 in-
cluding Ashley Rebel-
lo representing and
supporting the part-
nership with Srilanka
Design Council at
Gurugram.
The three-day event
is featuring runway
shows and entertain-
ment for both estab-
lished fashion brands
and up-and-coming
designers. The second
day witnessed an ex-
clusive collection by
designers RISA, Ra-
mola Bacchan and
Bhaskar Bora among
others. The Interna-
tional Couture Week
2022 by The Black
page Fashion Host
Pvt Ltd is being held
at Huda Gymkhana,
Gurugram.
GICW is a luxurious
affair giving a new di-
mension to the fashion
revolution in India.
The grand event de-
lights the opulent audi-
ence and is an exclu-
sive platform bridging
the gap between the
Indian fashion indus-
try and international
trends.
—PHOTOS BY
MANOJ KESHARWANI
AND SHAZID CHAUHAN
Manoj Bakshi, Dr JS Randhawa, Birbal and Manmauji
Nita Ambani
During the workshop
A
—PHOTO
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
Gurugram International Couture Week 2022 is a luxurious affair
giving a whole new exposure to the world of fashion and
creative minds coming together to redefine trends!
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