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DELHI TOP COP INTERACTS WITH 50K
WOMEN THROUGH ‘TARANGINI’ EVENT
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
First India Bureau
New Delhi:Ontheocca-
sion of International
Women’s Day, Rakesh
Asthana, Delhi Police
Commissioner, interact-
ed with around 50,000
women from 1,784 police
beats across the city
through a hybrid plat-
form ‘Tarangini’. It was
Asthana’s first ever in-
teraction with women
on such a large scale
through video-confer-
encing to discuss their
concerns, Delhi police
statement said. The pro-
gramme was beamed
live through Youtube
andFacebookplatforms.
The event saw the par-
ticipation of a large
number of women from
Resident Welfare Asso-
ciations’ (RWA) and
working professionals at
the Adarsh Hall. Astha-
naalsoreleased‘Vivarni-
ka’,containingdetailsof
initiativestakenbyDelhi
Police in the field of
women’s safety and
women empowerment.
Addressing thou-
sands of women on be-
half of thepolice,theCP
underlined that Wom-
en’s Day should not re-
main limited to being
just a specific day in the
year, rather should be
observed every day in
order to foster the val-
uesof dignityandequal-
ity towards them.
Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana at the event on Tuesday.
Asthana lauds female cops’ role in
protecting people and said that Delhi
Police is committed to women’s safety
BPR&D planning self-defence camps for women in every dist: Irani
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Minister Smriti
Irani said one-stop
centres are planning
to organise self-de-
fence camps for wom-
en and girls in every
district in collabora-
tion with the Bureau
of Police Research
and Development
(BPR&D).
Addressing the Na-
tional Conference on
Safety and Security of
Women at Public and
Workplaces organised
by the BPR&D, Irani
said the government
is working towards
linking mahila help-
desk at every police
station with one-stop
centres.
“One-stop centres
in collaboration with
the Bureau of Police
Research and Develop-
ment are planning to
organise self-defence
camps for women and
girls in every dis-
trict,” she said in her
speech at the confer-
ence organised on the
occasion of the Inter-
national Women’s Day.
Irani also put for-
ward a number of pro-
posals where collabo-
ration can take place
between BPR&D and
the Women and Child
Development Minis-
try. She said BPR&D
and NIMHANS, which
is among the coun-
try’s apex centre for
mental health and
neuroscience educa-
tion, can collaborate
to provide counselling
for women police per-
sonnel who are
stressed.
She also proposed
that the BPR&D and
the Women and Child
Development Minis-
try can have a special
crèche facility for
women personnel in
every district. Irani
said that under the
Nirbhaya fund, the
government wants to
empower women. She
said, “4,000 crore
have been given to
various States and I
request BPR&D if
they wish to propose
any new projects un-
der the fund then we
welcome it.”
Union Minister also put forward a number of proposals where collaboration can take place between BPR&D and the Women and Child Development Ministry
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India on Tuesday, after a gap of two years, lifted the
ban on international flights. The overseas flights,
suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, will
be available from March 27. Air Bubble arrangements
also stand revoked, announced Civil Aviation Ministry.
INDIA TO RESUME
SCHEDULED INT’L
FLIGHT SERVICES
FROM MARCH 27
10 GET LIFE IN DISHONOUR KILLING CASE
A special court in Madurai sentenced ten people in a
dishonour killing case to life imprisonment. 21-year-old
Gokulraj, who belonged to Dalit community, was killed in
2015 for his relationship with an upper-caste woman.
India will hold the next round of top-level military talks
with China on March 11 in yet another bid to defuse
the 22-month long troop confrontation in eastern
Ladakh, after the last such dialogue in January failed
to break the deadlock in the high-altitude region.
INDIA, CHINA
TO HOLD 15TH
ROUND OF TALKS
ON MARCH 11
Oppn moves no-confidence
motion,Imran Khan on edge
Islamabad (Agencies):
Pakistan’smajoropposi-
tion parties on Tuesday
submitted a no-confi-
dence motion against
Prime Minister Imran
Khan,seekingtoremove
him from office after
holding his government
responsible for the un-
controlled inflation.
The motion, signed
by about 100 lawmakers
from the Pakistan Mus-
lim League-Nawaz
(PML-N) and Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP),
was submitted to the
National Assembly Sec-
retariat, PML-N spokes-
person Marriyum Au-
rangzeb said.
As per rules, signa-
tures of at least 68 Mem-
bers of Parliament are
required to force the
Speaker to summon a
session, which should
be convened between
three to seven days to
conduct a vote on a no-
confidence motion.
n the house of 342,
the opposition needed
the support of 172 mem-
bers to remove the
Prime Minister and his
cabinet.
Khan, 69, is heading a
coalition government
and he can be removed
if some of the partners
decide to switch sides,
which is not unusual in
parliamentary democ-
racies.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party President Akhile-
sh Yadav, on Tuesday,
alleged that a top official
in the Chief Minister’s
secretariat was tele-
phoning District Magis-
trates across UP and
asking them to slow
down counting process
on Thursday if BJP is
losing. Addressing a
hurriedly convened
press conference, he al-
leged that a truck carry-
ing EVMs had been in-
tercepted by party work-
ers in Varanasi while
two other trucks man-
aged to speed away
. He
appealed to his party
workers to keep a vigil
on strong rooms.
Kyiv (Agencies): Civil-
ians fleeing the Russian
invasion in Ukraine left
two embattled cities
along safe corridors
Tuesday, even as offi-
cials said the exodus of
refugees from the coun-
try reached 2 million.
The evacuation of
around 600 Indian stu-
dents stranded in
Ukraine’s Sumy began
on Tuesday
. Union min-
ister Hardeep Singh
Puri told reporters that
all 694 Indian students,
who were stranded in
Sumy, have left for Pol-
tava in buses.
Meanwhile, Presi-
dent Joe Biden an-
nounced a ban on US
imports of Russian oil
on Tuesday, in the ad-
ministration’s most far-
reaching action yet to
punish Moscow for in-
vading Ukraine.
“We’re banning all
imports of Russian oil
and gas and energy.
That means Russian oil
will no longer be accept-
able at US ports ,” Biden
said in an address.
CIVILIANSFLEE
BESIEGEDSUMY
All 694 Indian students stuck in
Ukraine’sSumymovedout:Govt
US Prez Biden bans Russian oil
imports over Ukraine invasion
NATO won’t fight Russia,
don’t want to join alliance,
says Ukraine President Zelenskyy
Will not buy
Russian oil:
Shell company
Decision on fuel prices to be based
on public interest, oil companies to
determine fuel prices: Hardeep Singh Puri
1 2 3
‘Vote machines
stolen in UP’
Who is paying for exit polls?:
Yadav on BJP win in prediction
AKHILESH YADAV’S VIDEO
SHOCKER BEFORE COUNTING
“If the EVMs were being moved, then the candidates concerned
should have been informed as per the Election Commission
guidelines. We have videos to prove what we are saying,” SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav said in a press conference.
CONGRESS INITIATES
BACKCHANNEL TALKS
SANCTIONS ON INDIA FOR RUSSIA DEAL
“EXTRAORDINARILY FOOLHARDY”: US
TAMIL NADU STUDENT JOINS UKRAINE
FORCES TO FIGHT RUSSIAN INVASION
UKRAINE ACCUSES
RUSSIA OF HOLDING
CIVILIANS HOSTAGE
RUSSIA DROPPED
500-KG BOMBS, 18
DEAD, SAYS UKRAINE
TMC DEPLOYS TOP
GUNS IN GOA
On the brink of the result of
the 2022 Assembly election,
the Congress top leadership
has started to implement
its post-poll strategies and
has opened backchannels
for post-poll alliances with
like-minded parties. In UP,
Congress general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi herself is
holding the fort.
India is a critical ally of the US and it would be “extraor-
dinarily foolhardy” to impose any sanctions on New Delhi
under the punitive CAATSA law for its purchase of the
S-400 missile defence system from Russia, said a top
Republican Senator. The US administration is required
under law to impose sanctions on any country that has
significant transactions with Iran, North Korea or Russia.
Sainikesh Ravichandran, a 21-year-old student from Co-
imbatore district in Tamil Nadu has joined the paramilitary
forces in Ukraine to fight against Russia. Officials visited
his residence and inquired his parents about it. They
discovered that he had applied to join the Indian Army but
was rejected. In 2018, Sainikesh went to Ukraine to study
at the National Aerospace University in Kharkiv.
Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs of Ukraine Dmytro
Kuleba said Russia holds
300,000 civilians hostage
in Ukraine’s besieged city
of Mariupol and a child has
died from dehydration in
Mariupol after spending
several days with no water.
Dmytro also accused Rus-
sia of violating the ceasefire
agreements and shelling
humanitarian corridor.
A claim to that actors
are being used to act out
scenes from an attack to
prove that the war is a
hoax is in the form of a
video circulating showing
a young man having fake
blood applied. The video is
from Ukrainian TV series
‘Contamin’ in 2020.
Ukraine’s Ministry of
Culture and Information
Policy has said 18 people
including two children were
killed after Russia allegedly
dropped 500-kg bombs
on residential buildings
in Sumy city. The Minis-
try tweeted, “Last night
Russian pilots dropped
500-kilogram bombs on
residential buildings. 18
civilian died in attack”.
TV series pics go
viral as war images
of Russia-Ukraine
With the Goa Assembly poll
results out on March 10, the
Trinamool Congress (TMC)
is staying on its toes. As per
sources, the TMC has al-
ready deployed its top guns
to secure its candidates who
might emerge victorious and
to review any proposal of
alliance that might come
from Congress.
Ukrainian soldiers
and militiamen
carry a woman in
a wheelchair as
the artillery echoes
nearby, while
people flee Irpin
on the outskirts of
Kyiv in Ukraine.
FACT CHECK
Pakistan PM Imran Khan

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We need to change the thought process that women cannot go out, says NCW
INT’L WOMEN’S DAY: DELHI POLICE
ORGANISES KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP
New Delhi (ANI): On
the eve of International
Women’s Day, Delhi Po-
lice organised an All
India Women’s Karate
Championship at Talk-
atora Stadium in New
Delhi on Tuesday.
Delhi Police Commis-
sioner Rakesh Asthana
and National Commis-
sion for Women Chair-
person (NCW) Rekha
Sharma inaugurated
the program.
The NCW’s Chairper-
son congratulated the
men and women and
said, “We need to
change the thought pro-
cess that women cannot
go out.
There is a need to
change the mentality of
men, it is important to
teach men what their
responsibility towards
women is. Girls should
learn self-defence.”
“Till now, there was a
mentality that a woman
must go out in the com-
pany of their brothers
and fathers. I think
women who can learn
self-defence can protect
even their brothers. I
think we need to people
need to give respect to
women the same way
they respect their sis-
ters at their homes.
Only then the atmos-
phere for the women
must change,” she
added. International
Women’s Day is cele-
brated on March 8 eve-
ry year.
CRUCIAL READ
DDA LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL
SHOWING LAYOUT PLANS OF DELHI
New Delhi: The DDA launched a web portal (dalop.
org.in) displaying layout plans of various regions in
the Delhi to make old records
accessible to people. “The DDA
got all the layout plans collect-
ed from the 17 planning zones
of Delhi for an area of 1,483
sqkm. These layouts are 40-70
years old. The latest approved layouts were identified,
scanned and digitised for which a consultancy firm
was awarded the work,” said a senior DDA official.
GURGAON: PSO
SHOOTS SELF,
TWO BOOKED FOR
ABETMENT
Gurgaon: A 28-year-
old personal security
officer (PSO) allegedly
shot himself with his
licensed gun near a
society in Sector 84
on Monday morning.
Police have registered a
case of abetment of sui-
cide against two people.
According to police,
the deceased has been
identified as Ravi Singh
alias Chintu. He had
been working as a PSO
for a Sector 82 resident
for the past one year.
In the police complaint,
the victim’s brother,
Ashish, said that at 9.10
am, he received a video
on WhatsApp from his
brother. He added that
after a few minutes,
he got a call from his
friend informing him
that his brother had
shot himself.
FIRE AT PLASTIC
FACTORY, NO
CASUALTIES
REPORTED
New Delhi: A fire
broke out at a plastic
factory in outer
Delhi’s Bawana area
Tuesday morning.
Delhi Fire Service
said they deployed 25
fire tenders and 100
firemen to the spot. Of-
ficials said they’re also
using a drone in the
firefighting operation.
No casualties have
been reported so far.
Meanwhile, Delhi on
Monday recorded 158
fresh Covid-19 cases
and 3 deaths, while
the positivity rate
stood at 0.46 per cent,
the city health
department notified.
The city conducted
32,469 Coronavi-
rus tests the previous
day, the notification
added.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Despite over 77 govern-
ment-run veterinary
facilities, including
hospitals, dispensaries
and polyclinics, in the
Capital, an audit has
found that not even a
single one has an in-
patient department
(IPD), where animals
can be admitted for
treatment. The audit re-
port, conducted by vol-
unteers part of the
‘Ahimsa’ fellowship
(supported by a group
of animal welfare
NGOs each year), also
found some facilities
were lacking basic med-
icines and medical sup-
plies.
“Delhi has 49 veteri-
nary hospitals, 26 vet-
erinary dispensaries, a
first-aid centre and a
veterinary polyclinic.
Many of these institu-
tions were found to be
in poor condition, with
dilapidated infrastruc-
ture, insufficient staff-
ing and severe shortage
of equipment and con-
sumables. Out of the 77
facilities, four hospitals
and six dispensaries
were found to be de-
funct,” said the report.
The report classified
facilities as defunct if
they were completely
shut or did not have any
veterinary staff.
The audit also found
most facilities were
only open from 9am to
1pm for outpatient
(OPD) services, with
trained veterinary staff
found missing in some
facilities. “Instead of
trained professionals,
sometimes, treatment
was being administered
by unlicensed para-vets
and multi-tasking staff
(MTS), including sani-
tation workers,” said
the report.A senior ani-
mal husbandry depart-
ment official, when con-
tacted, said, “We al-
ready know which facil-
ity requires infrastruc-
ture upgradation,
which needs more
equipment and which
ones are short on staff.
Public vet centres lack basic supplies: Report
FURRY FRIENDS
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
HC seeks reply of KVS, Centre
over Class I admission age issue
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on
Tuesday sought re-
sponses of Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan
(KVS) and the Union of
India on a plea chal-
lenging KVS Class I ad-
mission criteria 2022-23
laying down the mini-
mum age of a child to
six years, instead of five
years.
The bench of Justice
Rekha Palli on Tuesday
also asked the Counsel
for respondents to
take instructions and
also said that on 10
March, the next date of
hearing, it would con-
sider passing of
interim order in the
matter.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hands over awards to Indian women’s hockey team players Rani (2L) and Namita Toppo (R) during Delhi
Commission for Women (DCW) Awards 2022 on International Women’s Day, at India Habitat Center in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): The
State Election Commis-
sion (SEC) has released
guidelines for the up-
coming municipal elec-
tions in New Delhi.
The SEC is yet to an-
nounce the schedule for
the elections to the three
municipal bodies, after
which the MCC will
come into force.
The guidelines state
that “no rallies and pub-
lic meetings” will be al-
lowed between 8 pm and
8 am on any campaign
day. For door-to-door
campaigns,“amaximum
of five persons including
candidates, excluding se-
curity personnel, if any,
shall be allowed”, it says.
“Further, rallies and
meetings shall be al-
lowed only in earmarked
places and with prior
permissions of district
administration… Nuk-
kad Sabhas (meeting)
will not be allowed on
public roads, rounda-
bouts or public streets or
corners. Further, politi-
cal parties and candi-
dates are advised to con-
duct their campaign as
much as possible
through digital/virtual/
media platforms/mo-
bile-based mode instead
of physical mode ensur-
ing strict compliance of
Covid safety norms,” it
states.
Two held for
duping people
in Najafgarh
New Delhi (ANI): Two
persons were arrested in
the Delhi’s Najafgarh
area for allegedly duping
people in lieu of redemp-
tion of credit card points,
Delhi Police said.
According to Delhi Po-
lice, the complainant
who has been identified
as Hetram alleged that
his credit card was used
for three fraud transac-
tions of Rs 44,000 and he
has not received or
shared any OTP for the
same and money was
transferred to a wallet,
an online rent payment
website and a shopping
website.
2 teenagers thrashed
outside school in city
New Delhi (PTI): Two
students, both aged 13,
were allegedly thrashed
by a group of boys out-
side their school in the
Delhi Cantonment area,
the police said, adding
that the victims study
at Kendriya Vidyalaya
No. 2 and were return-
ing home when the ac-
cused beat them up.
No arrests have been
made in the case yet.
While one of the boys
sustained injuries on
his head and abdomen,
his classmate had mi-
nor injuries, the police
said.
On February 28, the
victims were outside
the school around 3.30
pm when a group of
boys, who are not stu-
dents of the school, al-
legedly waylaid them.
An FIR was lodged on
the basis of a complaint
by the 13-year-old boy.
“After classes got over, I
left with my friend.
Around 3.30 pm, when
we were outside the
school, a group of boys
came and held me and
my friend. They all
started to beat me and
my friend. My friend
managed to escape after
some time, they beat me
up and I suffered inju-
ries,” he said in the FIR.
Delhi will witness
rise in temperature
national capital has
been seeing an increase
in the day-time temper-
ature, with the maxi-
mum temperature hit-
ting 30.6 degrees Celsi-
us on Monday, two de-
grees above the normal.
The IMD has predict-
ed a further rise in max-
imum temperatures
over the next six days. It
is likely to climb up to
about 32 degrees Celsi-
us on March 13, and fur-
ther to 34 degrees Cel-
sius by March 14.
This month, till Mon-
day, the maximum tem-
perature had remained
below 30 degrees Celsi-
us.Meanwhile, the min-
imum temperature re-
corded early on Tues-
day was 13.6 degrees
Celsius.
It is also likely to in-
crease to around 17 de-
grees Celsius by March
14, the IMD forecast has
indicated. The mini-
mum temperature, for
the first seven days of
the month, has re-
mained below 16 de-
grees Celsius.
Meanwhile, partly
cloudy skies are on the
forecast for Tuesday,
while a relative humid-
ity of 89 per cent was
recorded at 8.30 am. The
temperature at 8.30 am
was 16.6 degrees Celsi-
us.
The rest of the week
is likely to remain dry.
Though a western dis-
turbance is set to affect
the Western Himalayan
Region from tonight,
rainfall is no longer on
the forecast for Delhi.
NCRTC to use
unique tech
for rapid rail
New Delhi (PTI): To
have an efficient and
qualified rail track sys-
tem to run the high-
speed rapid rail, the
National Capital Re-
gional Transport Cor-
poration (NCRTC) has
decided to construct a
unique Precast Slab
Track System for the
upcoming RRTS, offi-
cials have said.
The technology is be-
ing used for the first
time in India in the con-
struction of the first
regional rail of the
country. The Precast
Track Slab technology
produces high-capacity
ballastless track slabs
that have a longer life
cycle and require less
maintenance.
Delhi High Court on
Tuesday asked the
Delhi Development Au-
thority (DDA) to check
allegations made in a
PIL against encroach-
ment of the Cultural
Centre of Sahitya Kala
Parishad on the land
allocated for a pond of
Budhela Village in city.
The Division Bench
of Justice DN Patel
and Justice Neena
Bansal Krishna today
after noting down the
submissions disposed
of the petition and
asked the DDA to look
into the grievances
raised by the petitioner
and decide it accord-
ing to the law, rules
and regulations and
Government policies
as expeditiously as
possible.
HC: DDA TO CHECK ALLEGED
ENCROACHMENT ON POND LAND
All India Women’s Karate Championship-2022 was launched by Delhi Police at Talkatora Stadium.
New Delhi (ANI): On
the occasion of Inter-
national Women’s Day,
Delhi Police dedicated
Defence Colony Police
Station to all women
officers. They will
operate all the depart-
ments of Defence
Colony Police Station
today from handling
cases to attending
calls. Speaking to ANI,
South DCP Benita Mary
Jaikar said, “Today,
Defence Colony Police
Station is dedicated
to the women. We will
serve you to the best of
our capabilities across
all ranks right from the
SHO to the beat staff to
the division and patrol-
ling staff, PCR will be
women. Whether it’s
a case, whether it’s
a call, whether it’s a
complainant, lady staff
will handle it today.”
“Delhi Police would like
to send a message to
citizens of the national
capital that the officers
and staff here are well
equipped and very
capable of handling
all your matters, DCP
added. DCP South has
also given flowers and
chocolates to all the
women officers at the
police station.
DEFENCE COLONY STATION
DEDICATED TO WOMEN OFFICIALS
SEC releases guidelines for
New Delhi municipal polls

INDIA
03
Sena’s Aaditya Thackeray’s
close aide raided by I-T dept
Mumbai (PTI): The
Shiv Sena on Tuesday
accused the Centre of
selectively targeting op-
position-ruled Bengal
and Maharashtra, after
the Income Tax Depart-
ment conducted a series
of raids of people linked
to state ministers Aadi-
tya Thackeray and Anil
Parab.Accusingthegov-
ernment of misusing
the Central agencies,
Thackeray said this
“happened in Bengal,
Andhra Pradesh and
nowif electionsaretobe
held in Maharashtra, it
is happening here too”.
Sources said raids
were conducted today at
the home of Shiv Sena
office-bearer and Shirdi
Trust member Rahul
Kanal, who is consid-
ered close to Maharash-
tra Minister Aaditya
Thackeray. Locations
liked to cable operator
Sadanand Kadam and
Bajrang Kharmate
were also subjected to
search and seizure op-
eration, sources said.
Sadanand Kadam
and Bajrang Kharmate
are allegedly linked to
Shiv Sena Minister
Anil Parab.
Linking the raids to
the approaching elec-
tions at the Mumbai
civic body Brihanmum-
bai Corporation — the
richest in the country
— senior Shiv Sena
leader Sanjay Raut
said, “Till the BMC elec-
tions are not held, every
ward of Mumbai will be
raided. Now the IT De-
partment is now left
with only this work”.
“Why are people be-
ing targeted only in Ma-
harashtra and West
Bengal? Only Shiv Sena
and Trinamool Con-
gress are being raided.
The government is do-
ing this to create pres-
sure so that the state
governments can be
toppled,” Raut said.
Most of the raids, he
said, are happening in
Maharashtra. “There
have been raids on 14
prominent people in
Maharashtra, seven
more in West Bengal.
There is no action
against BJP people.
Are they begging on
the streets?” Raut de-
manded.
The Sena, he said, has
sent 50 names to Income
Tax Department and the
Enforcement Directo-
rate, but “no action is
being taken even at the
behest of an MP”.
The Central agencies
have been misused in
the past too. It hap-
pened in West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh and now it’s happen-
ing in Maharashtra. Maha-
rashtra will not bow down.
Aditya Thackeray,
Tourism Minister, Maharashtra
RAUT SAYS CENTRE
USING TACTICS TO
DESTABILISE MVA
Mumbai (ANI): Following
Income Tax Department
raids on premises of
close aides of Shiv Sena
leaders, Rajya Sabha
MP Sanjay Raut on
Tuesday said that central
agencies are targeting
select people from states
like West Bengal and
Maharashtra. He said the
raids are tactics to “pres-
surise and destabilise”
the Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government in
Maharashtra. Briefing
mediapersons, Raut said,
“Why are central agen-
cies targetting a selected
few from states like West
Bengal and Maharashtra.
Do not they get anybody
else from other states?
It is a tactic to pressurise
and destabilise MVA
government.”
33% quota for women in
govt jobs: Shah in Tripura
Agartala (ANI): On
the occasion of Interna-
tional Women’s Day
, Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Tuesday
announced that 33 per
cent of government
jobs in Tripura would
be reserved for women.
“33 per cent reserva-
tion in jobs in Tripura
administration is going
to be reserved for wom-
en”, said Shah. He was
addressing a public
rally in Agartala on the
completion of four
years of the BJP gov-
ernment in Tripura.
Attacking the previ-
ous CPI-M government
in Tripura, Shah said
that Chief Minister Bi-
plab Deb has put a com-
plete stop to political
killings in the state
while the previous CPI-
M government played
Holi with Opposition’s
blood during their rule.
“Wherever there is
Communist govern-
ment, Holi is played
with the blood of politi-
cal opponents. But I can
proudly say that our
Chief Minister Biplab
Dev has put a complete
stop to the political kill-
ings in Tripura. I assure
you that in the last four
years we have taken
Tripura’s responsibili-
ty”, said Shah, adding
that more than 39 work-
ers of BJP and other
parties were killed.
He said, “Give BJP
one more chance after it
completes its tenure, we
will make Tripura the
number one state in the
country
.”
According to Shah,
CPI-M in Tripura ruled
for 25 years in the name
of poor but did nothing
for their upliftment.
He said, “For 25 years,
the communists ruled
here in the name of the
poor. But did nothing
for the poor.”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb wave at the supporters, during
Tripura Government’s 4th-anniversary celebrations, in Agartala on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
HIJAB ROW
Karnataka Cong
leader arrested
in Hyderabad
Bengaluru: The Kar-
nataka Police on Tues-
day arrested Congress
leader Mukarram Khan
in Hyderabad for mak-
ing a controversial
statement on hijab.
Khan had given pro-
vocative statements
during the protests on
the hijab row, which
had gone viral. In the
video, he had said that
those who oppose stu-
dents wearing hijab
will be ‘chopped to piec-
es’ and had urged the
government to permit
the hijab-wearing stu-
dents to attend classes
in Sedam city
.
A case was lodged in
the Sedam police sta-
tion on February 16
against him.
As soon as the case
was lodged, Khan went
into hiding and moved
bail petition in the
Kalaburagi District
Court. The police ar-
rested him in Hy-
derabad, but was later
admitted to a private
hospital because of his
his health condition.
The Hijab row, which
started as a protest by
six students of Udupi
Pre-University Girl’s
College, turned to be a
major crisis in the state
threatening law and or-
der situation.
Mukarram Khan
Will KCR’s efforts ever bear result to
bring all Opposition on one platform?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Telangana
Chief Minister K Chan-
drashekhar Rao’s at-
tempt to form a federal
front has not been suc-
cessful. Chandrashek-
har Rao sat camping in
Delhi for two days but
did not meet any big
leader. It was later said
that he and his wife had
gone to Delhi for check-
up and treatment. The
question is, when he
came to Delhi for treat-
ment, what was the need
to put up his posters all
over Delhi? He used to
come to Delhi earlier
also but this time the
journey was perhaps for
a different purpose and
end. This time his party
hadputuppostersacross
Delhi.Raoevensatdown
to meet the leaders but
no one came. However,
BJP MP Subramanian
Swamy
, who is retiring
from Rajya Sabha, and
farmer leader Rakesh
Tikait met him.
After staying in Delhi
for two days, Chan-
drashekhar Rao went
on a tour of Jharkhand.
There he met Chief
Minister Hemant Sor-
en. What happened be-
tween the two was not
made public. But ac-
cording to informed
sources, there was dis-
cussion about forming
a front against the cen-
tral government. Many
states are angry with
the Center over the re-
duction in the powers
of the states and the de-
creasing share of the
states in the central
taxes. That is why the
Chief Minister of
Jharkhand is with Rao
on this issue but he is
not in favor of forming
any front without Con-
gress. As such, his gov-
ernment rests on the
support of 18 Congress
MLAs. Shiv Sena is say-
ing the same thing and
DMK has to say the
same thing. Therefore,
apart from opposing the
policies of the Center,
Rao is not going to get
much success in form-
ing a new front.
Telangana CM KCR with Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav.
No agitation on roads, Cong's preferred
mode of agitation is the virtual ground!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party is waiting
for the assembly elec-
tionsinUttarPradeshto
end and if the price of
petrol, diesel starts in-
creasing, it will protest.
This has been clearly
stated by the party
. The
party has said that if the
government increases
the price of oil, then
there will be a demon-
stration in the whole
country
. In view of the
height at which the
price of crude oil has
reached in the interna-
tional market, everyone
is sure that the retail
priceof oilwillincrease.
Even Rahul Gandhi
took a jibe and advised
the people of the coun-
try to get their tanks full
because the central gov-
ernment’s election
scheme is about to end.
Think,whyistheCon-
gress party not perform-
ing now? Are the prices
of petrol and diesel low
in the country right
now?Evennowtheprice
of petrol is around or
above Rs 90 per liter in
most of the states. In
some states, even now it
is close to a hundred ru-
pees a liter. The price of
diesel is also around 80
rupees a liter in almost
allthestates.Whatisthe
performance of Con-
gress regarding such a
high price? Did the Con-
gress protest when the
price of petrol reached
Rs 120 and diesel was be-
ingsoldformorethanRs
90 a liter? Last week, the
government increased
the price of a 19 kg LPG
cylinder by Rs 105, so
what did the Congress
do? The entire protest
and agitation of Con-
gress is also on Twitter.
Therefore, the future
‘movements’ will also
happen on Twitter and
Facebook itself!
Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the BJP-led Central Government on Saturday over rising fuel prices and
advised people to fill up their fuel tanks. —REPRESENTATIONAL PHOTO
Prashant, Mamata
on stage together,
scotch rift rumours
Kolkata: Poll strategist
Prashant Kishor shared
stage on Tuesday with
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee and
her nephew Abhishek
Banerjee at a Trina-
mool Congress meeting,
projecting “all-is-well”
vibes amid fierce specu-
lation of his break-up
with the party
.
On stage at a Trina-
mool meeting in Kolka-
ta, Prashant Kishor’s
presence was an at-
tempttotacklerumours
of his rift with Mamata
Banerjee.
Mamata Banerjee
has reportedly been
upset with Prashant
Kishor’s outfit IPAC.
Mr Kishor is close to
her increasingly ambi-
tious nephew, who has
been advocating chang-
es in the party. He is
also going with Ab-
hishek Banerjee to
Goa, where the possi-
bility of a hung verdict
has galvanised parties
into seeking alliances
and pacts.
Abhishek Banerjee is
seen as the main liaison
between the party and
I-PAC, which has
worked with the Trina-
mool since its spectacu-
lar victory in the Ben-
gal election last year.
SUSPENDED BENGAL
BJP LEADER JAY
PRAKASH JOINS TMC
Kolkata (PTI): Jay Prakash
Majumdar, who was sus-
pended from the Bharatiya
Janata Party in January,
joined the Trinamool
Congress on Tuesday. Jay
Prakash Majumdar was
formally inducted into the
TMC during a meeting at
Nazrul Mancha in Kolkata.
The latest development
comes just a day after BJP
MP Locket Chatterjee met
suspended BJP leaders
Jay Prakash Majumdar
and Ritesh Tiwari who are
known to be unhappy with
the party leadership.
IOC plant in Gkp shut after mishap
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: After
death of security super-
visorwhenaguardroom
gate of bottling plant fell
on him in Indian Oil
plant in Sector 15 under
Geeda Industrial area,
the plant was shut. The
workers went on strike
andcylinderrefilingwas
stoppedwhichcancreate
scarcity of LPG during
festival time.
Sources said Deena
Nath Yadav (55) of Net-
warPattiwasworkingas
security supervisor in
theplant here. The gate
of his cabin fell on him
on Monday and he was
severely injured in the
accident. Late he suc-
cumbed to during treat-
ment in hospital.
After the death of the
supervisor, workers
therehaltedall workand
plant was shut. It was re-
portedthattheplantwas
supplyingLPGcylinders
to 17 districts and plant
seizure can create prob-
lemaroundfestivaltime.
Meanwhile, workers al-
leged that some miscre-
antshaveremovedCCTV
footage and installed
cameras about the inci-
dent.
Sarvajeet Singh, PRO
IOC said theplant was
shut for a day after the
tragicincidentanditwill
be working with full ca-
pacity from Wednesday
.
Congress open
to alliance with
anti-BJP
parties in Goa
Panaji (ANI): Congress
Goa in-charge Dinesh
Gundu Rao on Tuesday
said that in case there is
a hung assembly in the
state, Congress would
be open to alliance with
anti-BJP parties.
“If any anti-BJP Par-
ty wants to come for-
ward and support us,
we are ready to take
them along,” said Gun-
du Rao on being asked
whether he is open to a
post-poll alliance with
Aam Aadmi Party
.
Even though Exit
polls predict that no
party will get the clear
majority, the Congress
leader said, “We are con-
fident Congress will get
an absolute majority
.”
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he CSS, being the most criti-
cal supporting tier of the gov-
ernment, it goes without say-
ing that the deserves con-
stant grooming and its offic-
ers better career opportuni-
ties. However CS-1 division
in DoPT which is Cadre
Controlling Authority of CSS
is alleged to have never seri-
ously looked into the cadre
issues of CSS officers. The
prime reason is the Director
level post at the CS-1 division
being manned by non-CSS of-
ficers for many years who
does not understand the in-
tricacy of issues of CSS and
its repercussions in the func-
tioning of Central Govern-
ment. Many times it is due to
the wrong advice of Director
CS-1 to the senior level offic-
ers of DoPT, which leads to
the avoidable delay in solving
even the minor issues.
At present, CSS is facing
acute stagnation due to the
stoppage of promotions in
each grade. Regular promo-
tion orders in CSS were last
issued in December 2015 and
since then CS-1 division is
continuously taking the
stand that promotions in CSS
can’t be done just because of
the pendency of the ‘reserva-
tion in promotion’ case in
Apex Court.
However, even after the
clear judgment of Apex
Court in the above matter,
and instructions of Hon’ble
MoS to senior officers, no ac-
tion was taken by the CS-1
division with regard to regu-
lar promotions in CSS. It is
also ironic that even during
the pendency of reservation
in promotion matter in the
Court, DoPT in mid-2018 is-
sued instructions to all Cadre
Controlling Authorities to go
ahead with promotions sub-
ject to the outcome of the
court case, and in all other
services regular promotions
are going on except in CSS.
Further, while regular pro-
motions were halted by
DoPT, agitations were made
by CSS Forum, due to which,
DoPT resorted to ad-hoc
promotions and in December
2018 mass promotions
were done on an ad-hoc
basis. In, 2020, DoPT
again stopped ad-hoc pro-
motions. Then after much
pressure from the CSS fo-
rum, DoPT took advice
from the Attorney General
of India and started pro-
motion again. Now in 2021,
a contempt petition was
filed in Apex Court for the
promotions made in DS to
Director grade in CSS.
Though no directions were
issued in the impugned peti-
tion, only on the apprehen-
sion of contempt, DoPT of-
ficers stalled even the adhoc
promotions in CSS despite
the fact that adhoc promo-
tion is a temporary provision
and no officer can claim ad-
hoc post as his right.
The moot question here is
whether an eligible officer
can be denied promotion cit-
ing the reason of pendency of
any case in Court. Stagnation
in CSS can be understood
from the fact that Direct Re-
cruit Assistant Section Offic-
ers of 2012 batch are yet to be
promoted to the post of Sec-
tion Officer and Under Secre-
tary of 2011 batch are yet to
be promoted to Deputy Secre-
tary grade while eligibility
from the US to DS is only 5
years of service in US grade.
Second, the long-pending
issue of CSS is an extension
of all benefits of Organised
Group ‘A’ Service. It has been
a fact that CSS is the earliest
organized Group ‘A’ service
in the country. Same has
been established in DoPT’s
Cadre Review Division note
dated 19th March 2018 (CR
Division is the Nodal Depart-
ment for deciding the status
of any service as Organised
Group A Service). Further, in
a reply to Lok Sabha uns-
tarred question no. 3744,
DoPT has stated that one of
the benefits of organized
Group –A service i.e. Non-
Functional Upgrade (NFU)
can not be acceded to CSS
since there has been a status
quo on grant of NFU to any
service by the Ministry of
Finance since July 2016.
However, even after 2016,
DOPT has agreed to grant
NFU to many other services
i.e. CAPFs, Indian Railway
Management Services, Indi-
an Naval Material Manage-
ment Service.
It is surprising that when a
service can rise to the levels
of Secretary to Government
of India on a functional basis
why pay upgradation can not
be given on a nonfunctional
basis especially when such
facilities are available to oth-
er similar services which are
participating in Central
Staffing Scheme.
Further, the CS-1 division,
DoPT, has issued orders re-
stricting CSS officers to go
on deputation even in Cen-
tral Government till 9 years
of service in Cadre. However,
DoPT’s own guidelines
which are applicable to all
other Central Government
officers do not put any such
restrictions. On seeing the
noting of file on this issue
which has been accessed by
CSS forum through RTI, it
seems that this issue is un-
necessarily being delayed by
DOPT officers without any
reason.
Also, there has been a de-
mand by CSS Forum to offi-
cially announce 1st October
as CSS day since CSS Rules
were first notified on 1st Octo-
ber 1962. There has been a
practice in Central Govern-
ment to celebrate different
service days to boost the mo-
rale of officers and highlight
the importance of different
services. Civil Services Day
,
Indian Defence Account
Service Day, Audit day,
AFHQ day are being cele-
brated by different Cadre
Controlling Authorities
however DoPT has been
reluctant on even official
announcementof CSSday
.
There are many issues
in different grades which
have plagued an other-
wise prestigious service.
Recently, CSS Forum has
made several representa-
tions to seniors level officers
of DoPT. In the months of
September and October 2021,
the Additional Secretary of
DoPT held meetings with
CSS Forum to look into the
issues of CSS. However, the
process was stalled from No-
vember when she got the
charge of Establishment Of-
ficer, and she could not give
much time for meetings.
However, even after her in-
structions, her subordinate
Joint Secretary did not give
time for monthly meetings.
Aggrieved with such a sit-
uation, CSS officers started a
relaytwittercampaignwhich
led to the Minister initiating
a meeting with the CSS fo-
rum and assuring them of
full cooperating in attending
to their problems. However,
even after 20 days, DoPT Of-
ficers took no action which
ignited frustration among of-
ficers of CSS who have been
constantly working for im-
provement in Central Gov-
ernment functioning even
after being denied promo-
tions for years by DoPT.
This further inaction by
the CS-1 division and senior
officers of DoPT left CSS of-
ficers with no other option
but to meet the Minister in
charge. As per media reports,
on 25th Feb, when CSS offic-
ers gathered to meet Minis-
ter Dr. Jitendra Singh, the
minister was not available in
his office. His PS, after hav-
ing a discussion with the
Minister, assured the CSS
Forum that the Minister is
very positive on their issues
and has instructed Secretary
,
DoPT to immediately look
into the issues of CSS offic-
ers and issue promotion or-
ders by 10th March.
So the CSS officers are now
keeping their fingers crossed
and hoping for the best and
preparing for the worst.
STAGNATION IGNITES
FRUSTRATION IN CSS CADRE
INSENSITIVE DoPT?
T
There are many issues in
different grades which
have plagued an
otherwise prestigious
service. Recently, CSS
Forum has made several
representations to seniors
level officers of DoPT. In
the months of September
and October 2021, the
Additional Secretary of
DoPT held meetings
with CSS Forum to look
into the issues of CSS.
However, the process was
stalled from November
when she got the charge of
Establishment Officer,
and she could not give
much time for meetings.
However, even after her
instructions, her
subordinate Joint
Secretary did not give
time for monthly meetings
RAKESH RANJAN
The author is a senior journalist
CEO, New Media Network
2018 mass promotions
were done on an ad-hoc
basis. In, 2020, DoPT
again stopped ad-hoc pro-
motions. Then after much
pressure from the CSS fo-
rum, DoPT took advice
from the Attorney General
of India and started pro-
motion again. Now in 2021,
a contempt petition was
filed in Apex Court for the
promotions made in DS to
the importance of different
services. Civil Services Day
,
Indian Defence Account
Service Day, Audit day,
AFHQ day are being cele-
brated by different Cadre
Controlling Authorities
however DoPT has been
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA
MARCH 8, 2022
Regular promotion
orders in CSS were
last issued in Dec
2015 and since then
CS-1 division is
continuously taking the
stand that promotions
in CSS can’t be
done just because
of the pendency of
the ‘reservation in
promotion’ case in
Apex Court
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
However many holy words you
read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if
you do not act on upon them?
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
On Women’s Day, I salute our Nari
Shakti and their accomplishments
in diverse fields. The Government of
India will keep focusing on women
empowerment through its various
schemes with an emphasis on dignity
as well as opportunity.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
On ‘International Women’s Day’,
salute to women power, the epitome
of courage and bravery. Human
development is incomplete without
women empowerment. The Modi
government is instilling new confidence
in the mother power by making them
strong and strong, due to which they
are making the country proud with their
achievements in every field.
TOP TWEETS
LOT NEEDS TO BE
DONE FOR WOMEN
FOR A GENUINE
TRIBUTE TO THEM
nternational Wom-
en’s Day has been cel-
ebrated with much-
deserved eulogies for
the fairer sex. Is a
day’s celebration enough to as-
sure lakhs of women of their
safety and well-being in the
country? Not just safety, wom-
en’s health issues and their edu-
cation should be prioritised as a
mark of respect to womanhood.
Maternal mortality ratio in
states like Assam (237) and Uttar
Pradesh (201) is far too high than
the national ratio of 130. Bring-
ing this ratio down will be a real
tribute to our womenfolk.
On the education front, an es-
timated four lakh adolescent
girls are out of schools and ef-
forts are on to bring them back.
At 70.3 percent the female litera-
cy rate is way below 84.7 percent
of males. The low female literacy
ratereflectssociety’sbiasagainst
girls’ education. States like Ra-
jasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand
have poor female literacy rates.
Changing patriarchal mind-
sets will perhaps be the biggest
honour to women. Society must
strive towards it
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INDIA
05
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Karnataka
Chief Minister Basa-
varaj S Bommai is wor-
riedabouthisChief Min-
isterial chair. It is being
said that whatever may
be the election results of
Uttar Pradesh and four
other states, there will
definitely be a change in
Karnataka. Although
there is talk of change in
one or two more states,
but Karnataka is more
talked about because the
BJP is doing new experi-
ments of Hindutva, in
which Basavaraj Bom-
mai’s place is not being
made. Informed leaders
say that the BJP needs a
face that polarizes votes
completely
. The BJP has
totakemaximumadvan-
tageof theongoinghijab
controversy in schools
and colleges.
Keep in mind that the
BJP came to power in
this southern state only
after the movement to
hoist the tricolor at the
Idgah ground. Uma
Bharti was arrested on
thepretextof trialinthe
same movement. She
wasdischargedfromthe
post of Chief Minister
of Madhya Pradesh.
However, it looks like
the hijab controversy or
some such new contro-
versy will continue till
the assembly elections
to be held in May next
year and therefore, a
face that can give maxi-
mum benefit to BJP is
being found.
Meanwhile, Bommai
claims that many Con-
gress and JD(S) leaders
will join the BJP. Al-
though it is not known
as to how many leaders
will switch sides, but by
mentioning them, Bom-
mai is trying to save
himself. On the other
hand BS Yediyurappa is
still roaming across the
state and claiming to
bring BJP back to power
next year. If BJP loses in
Uttar Pradesh, Yeddy-
urappa’s claim will have
a substantial base.
BOMMAI WORRIED ABOUT SAVING
THE CHAIR AS YEDDY LURKS AROUND!
Nawab Malik urges
court to quash arrest
‘Navy to induct
women into
three branches
through NDA’ Mumbai (PTI): Maha-
rashtraministerandNa-
tionalist Congress Party
(NCP) leader Nawab
Malik onTuesdayurged
the Bombay High Court
to set aside his arrest by
the Enforcement Direc-
torate claiming it violat-
edhisfundamentalright
to life and liberty
.
Malik’s counsel,
senior advocate Amit
Desai, told the High
Court the NIA was try-
ing to connect the min-
ister with gangster
Dawood Ibrahim and
cases related to the fu-
gitive, even though his
client had nothing to
do with them.
“My remand paper
deals all with the Da-
wood gang even though
I am not related to it.
They (ED) have tried to
suggest that on Feb 3,
2022, they had regis-
tered an FIR against
Dawood Ibrahim
Kaskar. It goes into folk-
lore around Dawood
and into incidents go-
ing back to 30 years
ago,” Mr Desai said.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Centre on Tuesday
told the Supreme Court
that the Indian Navy has
decidedtoinductwomen
cadetsintothreebranch-
es or cadres through the
National Defence Acad-
emy (NDA). The Indian
Navy
, in an affidavit,
said: “Given the intent
of theinterimdirections
fromthecourt,Navyhas
decidedtoinductwomen
into three Branches/
Cadres through NDA.
There are total of four
Branches and four Cad-
res in the Navy which
are further sub-divided
into 23 sub specialisa-
tions.”
DEMAND SURGES AMID RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
CASH IN ON BIG OPPORTUNITY BY
EXPORTING WHEAT GLOBALLY: PM
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
said that the ongoing
war between Russia
and Ukraine, two of the
biggest wheat exporters
in the world, has in-
creased the demand for
India’s wheat in global
markets and this oppor-
tunity could be used to
provide the best-quality
product globally
.
Speaking at a webi-
nar ‘Financing for
Growth Aspirational
Economy’ organised by
the finance ministry, he
said that the financial
institutions and the
government depart-
ments should work to
meet different financ-
ing needs of exporters.
He said there is now a
renewed push towards
self-dependence in
meeting the country’s
requirements, while at
the same time also on
seizing opportunities
of boosting growth.
FinMin airs concern over
rising crude oil price
NAVEEN’S BODY WILL BE BROUGHT
BACK AFTER SHELLING STOPS: CM
New Delhi: Informing about Naveen Shekharappa, the
MBBS student who died during shelling in Ukraine, Kar-
nataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, “External
Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar has informed
us that Naveen’s body has been embalmed and kept
in a mortuary in Ukraine. His body will be brought to
India once shelling stops there.” Naveen Shekharappa
Gyanagoudar, a student at the Kharkiv National Medical
University, was standing in a queue to buy groceries at
a supermarket in Kharkiv when Russian shelling began
in the city on the morning of 1 March.
New Delhi (PTI): Fi-
nance minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Tuesday
expressed concern over
rising crude prices due
to the Ukraine crisis
and indicated that the
central government is
looking to tap alterna-
tive sources.
At an interactive ses-
sion organised by BJP’s
Karnatakaunit,shewas
asked about the impact
of rising crude prices
and war in Ukraine on
the Indian economy
.
“It will certainly have
an impact on Indian
economy”, the finance
minister said. “How
much we are going to be
prepared to take it as a
challenge and mitigate
the impact is something
which we will have see
as we go (along),” she
added further.
Noting that India im-
ports more than 85 per
cent of its crude oil re-
quirements, she said
when oil prices go up, it
is a matter of concern
and“nowwewillhaveto
see how it pans out”.
She pointed out that
oil marketing compa-
nies fix pump prices
based on 15-day average.
“But now averages and
beyond averages are the
numbers that we are
talking about”.
Terrorists responsible for
attack identified: DGP
SRINAGAR GRENADE BLAST
Kathua/Jammu (PTI):
The terrorists responsi-
ble for a recent grenade
attack in Srinagar have
been identified and the
case will be solved soon,
Jammu and Kashmir
Director General of Po-
lice (DGP) Dilbag Singh
said on Tuesday
.
Two people, includ-
ing a 19-year-old wom-
an, were killed and 32
others injured when
terrorists exploded a
grenade in the crowded
Hari Singh High Street,
near Amirakadal, in
the heart of Srinagar
on Sunday
.
“The enemies of
peace are doing such
kind of cowardly acts.
We have achieved suc-
cess against them in the
past by busting all the
modules created by the
enemy forces to carry
out civilian killings and
throw grenades to harm
the public,” Singh told
reporters on the side-
lines of a function in
Kathua distirct.
NIA RAIDS PUNE RESIDENT IN
CONNECTION WITH ISKP CASE
New Delhi (ANI): The National Investigation Agency
(NIA) conducted raids at the residence of Talha
Khan, a resident of Pune in connection with a case
related to Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP).
The case was initially registered as an FIR dated
March 8, 2020, in the Special Cell of Lodhi Colony
Police Station after the arrest of a Kashmiri couple
Jahanzaib Sami Wani and his wife Hina Bashir
Beigh from Okhla Vihar, Jamia Nagar in Delhi. NIA
had re-registered the case on March 20, 2020. Dur-
ing the investigation, four accused persons namely
Abdullah Basith, Sadia Anwar Shaikh, Nabeel
Siddick Khatri and Abdur Rahman were arrested,
the official release by the NIA reads. Till now, six
accused have been chargesheeted in this case for
conspiring to propagate the ideology of ISIS by
garnering the support of like-minded people to carry
out terrorist activities in India, raising funds, collect-
ing weapons, and execute target killings.
President Kovind confers ‘Nari
Shakti Puraskars’ on 29 women
Haryana CM Khattar
presents over `1.77
lakh crore Budget
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Haryana Chief
Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar, who also holds
the finance portfolio,
proposed a Budget of Rs
1,77,256crorefortheyear
2022-23, a rise of 15.6 per
cent over 2021-22(RE) of
Rs 1,53,384 crore.
Thanks to robust rev-
enue growth, no new
tax was introduced the
budget.
The chief minister
announced Tablets to
all students from class-
es 10th 12th, a scheme to
provide soft loans to
women entrepreneurs,
besides setting up three
dedicated funds to ac-
celerate growth in vari-
ous sectors.
The Budget outlay
comprises 34.4 per cent
as capital expenditure
of Rs 61,057.36 crore
and 65.6 per cent as rev-
enue expenditure of Rs
1,16,198.63 crore.
Presenting the
budget, the chief min-
ister said that the state
has laid special em-
phasis on increasing
capital infrastructure
investment to boost
demand, which holds a
key role in speedy eco-
nomic revival with
multiplier effect.
New Delhi: On Interna-
tional Women’s Day on
Tuesday
, President Ram
Nath Kovind conferred
the ‘Nari Shakti Puras-
kars’ on 29 outstanding
individuals for 2020 and
2 0 2 1 . T we n t y - e i g h t
awards - 14 each for 2020
and 2021 - were given to
the women in recogni-
tion of their exceptional
work towards women
empowerment,especial-
ly the vulnerable and
marginalised.
TheawardisaWomen
and Child Development
Ministry initiative to ac-
knowledge exceptional
contribution made by
individuals and institu-
tions, and to celebrate
women as game-chang-
ers and catalysts of posi-
tive change in society
.
Itsrecipientsarefrom
fields such as entrepre-
neurship, agriculture,
innovation, social work,
education and litera-
ture, linguistics, arts
and crafts, STEM (sci-
ence, technology, engi-
neering, and mathemat-
ics), disability rights,
merchant navy and
wildlife conservation.
PM MODI LIKELY TO CHAIR UNION CABINET MEET TODAY
New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to chair Union Cabinet meet on
Wednesday. The cabinet meeting comes amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and evacu-
ations of Indian citizens via neighbouring countries. According to the Ministry of Civil
Aviation on Monday, more than 17,400 Indians have been brought back under ‘Opera-
tion Ganga’ since special flights began on February 22 this year. The number of Indians
airlifted by 73 special civilian flights have gone up to 15,206.
Karnataka CM Bommai with Former CM BS Yediyurappa.
IN THE COURTYARD
SC seeks Centre response on
plea over Judicial Vista
SC ASKS HOME SECRETARY TO FILE
AFFIDAVIT ON ABU SALEM’S PLEA
LET COUNTING OF VOTES GO ON AS PER
ESTABLISHED PRACTICE: TOP COURT
New Delhi (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday
asked the Home Secretary to file an affidavit on
extradited gangster Abu
Salem’s plea raising the
issue that as per the ex-
tradition treaty between
India and Portugal, his
jail terms cannot extend
beyond 25 years. A
bench of justices Sanjay
Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh asked Home Sec-
retary to file an affidavit in the matter.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined
a request to urgently list and hear a plea to verify
Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with
EVMs before the counting of votes. The Election
Commission of India (ECI) informed the court that
the directions in an April 2019 judgment were al-
ready being followed as regards the verification.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on
Tuesday sought the
Centre’s response on a
petition seeking direc-
tion to prepare the layout
and execute the work of
construction of “Judicial
Vista” over the land adjoining the present premises
of the apex court. A bench of Justices Vineet Saran
and Aniruddha Bose asked the Centre to file a reply
on the petition.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar presents State Budget.
President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady Savita Kovind and WCD Minister Smriti Irani in a group
picture with the recipients of the Nari Shakti Award, on the occasion of the International Women’s
Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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Sensex leaps 1,163 pts from day's
low, ends 581 pts up; Nifty tops 16K
Mumbai (PTI): Snap-
ping four sessions los-
ing streak, the domes-
tic benchmarks closed
higher in choppy trade
on Tuesday, led by
gains in realty, IT, tech-
nology, and pharma
stocks. Markets opened
lower today, in line
with Asian peers and
negative finish at Wall
Street overnight, but
rebounded strongly in
the final-hour trade fol-
lowing positive cues
from European mar-
kets. The continued rise
in commodity prices,
especially Brent crude,
as well as drop in the
Indian rupee against
the US dollar capped the
market’s gain.
The BSE Sensex ral-
lied as much as 1,163
points from the day’s
low to end 581 points or
1.1% higher at 53,424
levels. In a similar
trend, the Nifty50 index
rebounded from its in-
traday low of 15,671 to
settle at 16,013, up 150
points or 0.95%.
“Domestic indices
reversed their trend
and traded with gains
led by export-oriented
sectors like pharma
and IT which witnessed
buying interest as the
rupee fell to its record
lows. Favourable exit
poll results of state
election and low-level
buying seen in mid and
small caps also helped
in adding optimism in
the domestic market,”
says Vinod Nair, head
of research at Geojit
Financial Services.
He further says, “Ma-
jor western markets
were also trading in the
green while other
Asian peers continued
to trade in negative ter-
ritory on fear of the
impact of global infla-
tionary pressure due to
the ban on Russia’s oil
export.”
In line with bench-
mark indices, the
broader markets also
ended higher.
The market staged a strong
recovery in the final hours of
the day’s trade with most of the
sectoral indices ending higher.
The information technology
and realty space gained the
most, while metal and oil gas
sectors were among the worst
performers. The BSE realty
index closed 3.2% higher, led
by Sobha, DLF, Oberoi Realty,
Godrej Industries and Mac-
rotech Developers. The realty
sector was followed by BSE IT
index--closed 2.44% higher.
I-T AND REALTY
SECTORS LEAD RALLY
Global equity markets witnessed mixed trade on
Tuesday, with Asian shares closing in red, while
European shares edge higher in early deals. In
the overnight trade, all three major U.S. indices
closed lower as reports of a ban on oil imports
from Russia pushed crude prices to record high,
reigniting concerns about rising inflation. In the
Asia-Pacific region, Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped
1.7%, the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell
1.4%, and the Straits Times Index in Singapore
dipped 1.2%.
ASIAN STOCKS EXTEND LOSS
The BSE barometer Sensex swung between gains
and losses during the session, with 24 of top 30
shares ending in the green zone. The top gainer
on the Sensex pack was Sun Pharmaceutical
Industries -- ended 4% higher. Among others,
TCS, NTPC, Wipro and Tech Mahindra rose in the
range of 3.3% to 2.7%. On the losing side, Tata
Steel topped the chart with a 1.73% loss. The
other notable losers were Power Grid Corporation
of India, Titan Company, Nestle India and Reliance
Industries, which fell up to 0.5%.
TOP GAINERS AND LOSERS
Adani-IOC ink pact
for augmenting
crude volumes
New Delhi (PTI):
Adani Ports and Spe-
cial Economic Zone
Ltd (APSEZ) has
signed an agreement
with IOCL towards
augmentation of IOC’s
crude oil volumes at
the Mundra port.
The state-run refin-
er shall expand its ex-
isting crude oil tank
farm at APSEZ’s Mun-
dra Port, thus ena-
bling it to handle and
blend an additional 10
million metric tons
crude oil per annum at
Mundra.
This will support
IOCL’s expansion of
its Panipat Refinery
(Haryana). IOCL is
raising the capacity at
its Panipat Refinery
by 66% to 25 MMPTA.
As IOCL’s trusted
long-term partner,
APSEZ is well
equipped to handle the
additional 10 MMTPA
crude oil at our exist-
ing single buoy moor-
ing (SBM) at Mundra.”
said Karan Adani,
CEO and Whole Time
Director of APSEZ.
IOCL, which ac-
counts for nearly half
of India’s petroleum
products, has a refining
capacity of 80.55 MMT-
PA and over 15,000 kilo-
meter of pipeline net-
work. Part of IOCL’s
current crude oil re-
quirement of 15 MMT-
PA for its Panipat Re-
finery is handled at
Mundra Port.
Future Enterprises can
sell stake in insurance JV
Mumbai (PTI): The
BombayHighCourthas
allowed Future Enter-
prises to sell its stake in
insurance joint venture
Future Generali to Ital-
ian partner Generali,
the company said in a
regulatory filing on
Tuesday.
A local city court in
Mumbai, following ob-
jections raised by some
bold holders of Future
companies, had last
month put on hold the
plan of the cash-starved
Future Enterprises to
sell 25 percent of its
stake in Future Gener-
ali India Insurance
Company to Generali
for about Rs 1,252 crore.
The Bombay High
Court has allowed Fu-
ture Enterprises to sell
its stake in insurance
joint venture Future
Generali to Italian part-
ner Generali, the com-
pany said in a regula-
tory filing on Tuesday.
A local city court in
Mumbai, following ob-
jections raised by some
bold holders of Future
companies, had last
month put on hold the
plan of the cash-starved
Future Enterprises to
sell 25 percent of its
stake in Future Gener-
ali India Insurance
Company to Generali
for about Rs 1,252 crore.
BOMBAY HC
Ban on oil imports will double
price to $300 a barrel: Russia
Moscow: A Western ban
on Russian oil imports
may more than double
the price to $300 a barrel
and prompt the closure
of the main gas pipeline
to Germany, Moscow
warned on Monday, as
talks on Ukraine hardly
advanced amid efforts to
agree on civilian safe
passage.
Russia’s invasion, the
biggest attack on a Euro-
pean state since World
War Two, has created 1.7
million refugees, a raft
of sanctions on Moscow,
and fears of wider con-
flict in the West
unthought-
of for dec-
ades.
S i e g e s
and the
b o m b i n g
c o n t i n -
ued as
Kyiv re-
jected
possi-
ble hu-
m a n i -
t a r i a n
corridors
to Russia
and Belarus, but
said some limited
progress had been made
on agreeing logistics for
the evacuation of civil-
ians.
Moscow would give
the residents of the
Ukrainian cities of
Sumy and Mariupol the
choice of
moving elsewhere in
Ukraine on Tuesday, set-
ting a deadline in the
early hours for Kyiv to
agree, Russian news
agencies reported.
Seeking to ratchet up
the pressure on Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
tin, the United States
said Washington and its
European allies were
considering banning
Russian oil imports. Oil
prices spiked to their
highest levels since 2008.
“A rejection of Rus-
sian oil would lead to
c a t a -
strophic
c o n s e -
quences
for the
global
m a r -
k e t , ”
s a i d
R u s -
s i a n
Deputy
Prime Minis-
ter Alexander
Novak, saying
the price
could more
than double to
over $300 per
barrel.
New Delhi: As the Ashneer-BharatPe fight now on a
legal course, the Board of the company is not going
to intervene in a new controversy regarding the
fintech company’s original founder Bhavik Koladi-
ya and his stake in the firm. Sources told IANS on
Tuesday that this is something Bhavik and Ashneer have
to sort out among each other and the Board will stick to the inter-
nal governance review done by third-party law and risk assessment firms.
Another co-founder Shashvat Nakrani has written a fresh letter to employees,
saying that Ashneer tried to create a false narrative about the company that
‘we have built together with the right spirit’.
BHARATPE’S BOARD WILL NOT INTERVENE
IN BHAVIK-ASHNEER STAKE ISSUE
New Delhi: German
auto major Volk-
swagen on Tues-
day unveiled new
mid-sized sedan
‘Virtus’ for the
Indian market. The
company has commenced pre-book-
ings for the new model which com-
petes with the likes of Honda City,
Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz
and Skoda Slavia. Volkswagen plans
to launch the model in the later part
of May this year. The Virtus carries
the global sedan lineage of the Volk-
swagen brand, selling over 129 mod-
els across our 61 years of presence
in the sedan segment world over. A
truly global carline that will redefine,
re-energise and set new benchmarks
in the premium mid-sized sedan
segment in India,” Volkswagen
Passenger Cars India Brand Director
Ashish Gupta said while unveiling the
model.
VOLKSWAGEN UNVEILS NEW
MID-SIZED SEDAN VIRTUS;
LAUNCH IN MAY
New Delhi:
Homegrown
steel products
maker Good-
luck India on
Tuesday said it
exported goods
worth Rs 1,000 crore during the
ongoing financial year, mainly to
its customers in Europe and North
America, registering a 100 per cent.
The New Delhi-based company had
made exports valuing Rs 475 crore
in the entire 2020-21 financial year.
Homegrown steel products maker
Goodluck India on Tuesday said
it exported goods worth Rs 1,000
crore during the ongoing financial
year, mainly to its customers in
Europe and North America, reg-
istering a 100 per cent. The New
Delhi-based company had made
exports valuing Rs 475 crore in the
entire 2020-21 financial year.
GOODLUCK INDIA EXPORTS
`1,000-CR GOODS DURING
ONGOING FISCAL
MEIL to commission 15 oil
gas rigs for ONGC by May
New Delhi (PTI):
Megha Engineering
and Infrastructures
Limited (MEIL), which
has secured an order
from ONGC Limited to
s u p -
ply 47 oil and gas rigs,
expects commission-
ing of 15 of them by
May end, a senior offi-
cial of the infra major
said on Tuesday
.
K Satyanarayana,
Technical Head, Rigs
Project, MEIL, said
most of the 15 rigs
have reached the re-
spective locations
and commissioning
will be expedited
soon.
“The total order
from ONGC was for 47
rigs-20 are workover
rigs, and 27 are land
drilling rigs. We will
be able to commission
the first lot, 15 rigs (10
Drilling Rigs and five
Workover Rigs by May
end,” he told reporters.
The capacity of the 20
Workover Rigs ranges
from 50 to 150 tonnes
while the Land Drill-
ing Rigs have a capac-
ity of 1500HP to 2000
HP, he noted.
Working from home in coronavirus
pandemic is a breeze, but for men: Study
New Delhi (PTI): It’s
great to be able to work
from home, but even
better if you’re a man.
That’s according to a
New Zealand study,
which found that while
most people liked work-
ing from home during
the pandemic, wom-
en still did the lion’s
share of the housework
and childcare.
“Our study makes it
clear that although flex-
ible working has many
benefits, it also high-
lights the difference
between what men
and women are expect-
ed to do around the
home,” said Vittoria
Shortt, chief executive
at ASB Bank, which
commissioned the sur-
vey. “With women still
taking on responsibili-
ty for the bulk of do-
mestic chores, the risk
is that they are being
disadvantaged both at
work and in the home.”
New Zealand was al-
ready adopting more
flexible working ar-
rangements before the
pandemic, including
discussions about
shorter working weeks,
but the strict nation-
wide lockdown in 2020
accelerated the trend
toward working from
home. As the country’s
surging omicron out-
break takes hold, more
employers are encour-
aging staff to stay away
from workplaces, while
school closures and dis-
ruptions require par-
ents to be on hand for
their children.
The study, conducted
by the New Zealand In-
stitute of Economic Re-
search, shows more
than 60% of those sur-
veyed thought working
from home was posi-
tive. However, when it
came to juggling that
with household respon-
sibilities, women were
significantly more like-
ly to report doing all or
most of the housework
and childcare.
Only 22% of respond-
ents felt the home-
schooling load was
shared fairly
.
Women were also
less likely than men to
report having the ideal
equipment and space to
work from home, ASB
said.
A rejection of Russian
oil would lead to
catastrophic
consequences for the
global market.

07
NEWS
InternationalWomen’sDay:PriyankaleadsmarchinLucknow
Lucknow (PTI): Con-
gress General Secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra on Tuesday led a
march here on Interna-
tional Women’s Day, a
day after voting for the
seventh and final phase
of Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly election con-
cluded.
Themarchwastaken
out from 1090 crossing
to Veerangana Uda
Devi (Sikanderbagh)
crossing.The Congress
has come out with the
slogan ‘Ladki Hun Lad
Sakti Hun (I am a girl, I
can fight) and given 40
per cent tickets to wom-
en candidates in the as-
sembly polls.
The march was
named after this slo-
gan. Carrying pink bal-
loons and flags with
“Ladki Hun Lad Sakti
hun” written on them,
thousands of people,
including women from
across the state, gath-
ered for the march.
Besides the 159 wom-
encandidatesfieldedby
the party in the assem-
bly polls, women MLAs
as well as MPs and lead-
ing women from differ-
ent walks of life were
invited for the march.
All India Mahila Con-
gress President Netta
D’Souza said ‘Ladki
HunLadsaktiHun’was
Thieves throw
bag with
jewels in river
First India Bureau
Surat: The Amaroli po-
lice registered a pecu-
liar case of robbery on
Monday. The thieves,
Ajay alias Bodo Ramub-
hai Vasava and Mukesh
alias Pappu Ram Shi-
romani Morya, robbed
the house of diamond
trader Hardik Zaverb-
hai Vasoya. Upon their
arrest, they confessed
that they threw the lap-
top bag in the Tapi riv-
er, thinking it was emp-
ty. The next day’s news-
paper report made
them realise that the
bag contained dia-
monds worth Rs15 lakh.
On February 28, Hardik
took 13 diamonds worth
Rs15 lakh in a laptop
bag from office to home
and kept the bag in his
bedroom, with the win-
dow open for some
fresh air.
AIWOT for 79th Round of
NSS starts at Greater Noida
First India Bureau
Greater Noida: The
National Statistical Of-
fice (NSO) (erstwhile
NSSO), Ministry of
Statistics and Pro-
gramme Implementa-
tion, Government of
India is organising an
All India Workshop of
Trainers (AIWOT) for
the NSS 79th Round of
its Socio-Economic
Survey at National Sta-
tistical System Train-
ing Academy (NSSTA),
Greater Noida from
March 8 to 10. The sub-
jects under coverage in
this Round are Compre-
hensive Annual Modu-
lar Survey (CAMS) and
AYUSH Survey. The
NSO and the State Di-
rectorates of Econom-
ics Statistics will
carry out the 79th
Round survey pro-
gramme jointly for a
period of one year.
Prof Bimal Kumar
Roy, Chairman, Nation-
al Statistical Commis-
sion (NSC), MoSPI, GoI
inaugurated the work-
shop on Tuesday.
Pravin Srivastava,
Chairman, Working
Group of NSS 79th
Round, Ex. CSI Secre-
tary (SPI) also ad-
dressed the partici-
pants on the occasion.
Dr GP Samantha, CSI
cum Secretary(SPI),
GoI gave inaugural ad-
dress before the par-
ticipants. Other digni-
taries include Dr Kiran
Pandya, Member, NSC;
SL Menaria, Director
General (NSS). Apart
from this, more than
100 officials from sev-
eral States/UTs also
graced the occasion.
Traffickedwoman
reunitedwithfamily
Itanagar (PTI): A traf-
ficked woman has reu-
nited with her biologi-
cal family in Arunachal
Pradesh after 12 long
years.
Her return, which
took place a day before
the International Wom-
en’s Day, was facilitated
by Arunachal Women
Helpline (WHL-181),
which had received in-
formation about a sur-
vivor of child traffick-
ing and domestic vio-
lence in an area under
the Papu Hill police sta-
tion on February 19 this
year. She was provided
with protection, coun-
selling and shelter at
Swadhar Greh (Short
Stay Home) run by a
welfare body
.
Thecasewasforward-
edtoArunachalPradesh
State Legal Service Au-
thority(APSLSA)which
took up the matter to
ensure that she was reu-
nited with her biologi-
cal family
.
According to the
woman’s statement, her
father was lured by a
trafficker with false
promises of education
for her when she was
just eight and her step
mother sold her to a per-
son in Assam. Within a
few hours the trafficker
took her to Banderdewa
ontheontheArunachal-
Assam border and sold
her as a domestic help to
a local.
She was resold by the
local person after just a
few weeks.
Kumar Prabodh
Patna: Paralympics
Silver Medallist Yogesh
Kathuniya on Tuesday,
March 8 visited Patna’s
Government Girls Sen-
ior Secondary School
and kicked off PM
Modi’s school visit cam-
paign to create aware-
ness among students
about the importance
of balanced diet and fit-
ness in the eastern re-
gion of the country. Ti-
tled Meet the Champi-
ons, Tokyo 2020 Olympi-
ans are visiting schools
across the country, as
partof thisprogramme.
Yogesh, whose moth-
er played a huge role in
his recovery during his
childhood, also took the
occasion to wish all
those who were present
there a very Happy In-
ternational Women’s
Day and said “she has
always been there with
me from the start and
always supported me,
so I especially dedicate
this women’s day to
her.”
He then went on to
talk about his paralym-
pic journey and said
“though the journey
only started in 2017 for
me, I was quick to real-
ise that this was the
sport for me and the ca-
reer I want to be in, and
have since then dedi-
cated myself fully to
this sport.”
Meet the Champions’
initiative is part of the
government’s ‘Azaadi
ka Amrit Mahotsav’
that was kicked off by
Olympic Gold medal-
list Neeraj Chopra in
December 2021.
So far 9 Olympians
and Paralympians have
met student represent-
atives of over 600
Schools over the past
few months and shared
their life experiences,
lessons, tips on how to
eat right and also give
an overall inspiration-
al boost to school chil-
dren.
During Yogesh’s
event in Patna, the
State Education board
also invited Divyang
students from various
schools, so Yogesh can
interact with them and
motivate them to take
up sports.
Addressing the kids
on how a balanced diet
is important for every-
one Yogesh said “we
need to have all food
items, even sugar, but
in the right amount
and from right food
items.”
Paralympics Silver Medallist Kathuniya kicks off PM’s meet in Bihar
CREATING AWARNESS
Yogesh Kathuniya interacting with girls’ in Patna on Tuesday.
lll
Yogesh
Kathuniya
visits Patna’s
local all girls’
school
on the
International
Women’s
Day
SP-RLD claim they would win 300 seats while Cong is confident of improving its seats’ tally
UP OPPOSITION PARTIES
REJECT EXIT POLLS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Opposition
leaders on Tuesday re-
jected the exit polls for
Uttar Pradesh, which
have predicted that the
BJP would return to
power in the state, say-
ing that they were
“misleading” and did
not “reflect the ground
reality
.” SP president
Akhilesh Yadav said
that his party-led alli-
ancewould“sweep”the
polls, winning over 300
seats. “Let the TV chan-
nels show whatever
they wish... We are sure
of winning over 300
seats,” he said. The SP
president also accused
the BJP of presenting
“false data” to the pub-
lic during its election
campaigns in the state.
“The people of the state
are capable of differen-
tiating between facts
and fiction,” he said.
Akhilesh’s alliance
partner RLD presi-
dentJayantChaudhary
also rejected the exit
polls and exuded confi-
dence that the SP-RLD
alliance would get a
majority in the polls. “I
don’t agree with the
exit polls... They have
proved wrong on many
occasions...Thekindof
resentment that I wit-
nessed among the peo-
ple against the BJP will
surely get reflected in
the polls,” Chaudhary
said.
SBSP president Om
Prakash Rajbhar, who
had allied with the SP,
also echoed a similar
sentiment. “Many sen-
ior BJP leaders will
bite the dust in the
polls... Exit polls are
completely against the
ground reality in the
state,” Rajbhar said.
Congressgeneralsecre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi
V also exuded confi-
dence that her party
would do well in the
polls. “We are hopeful
of abetterperformance
in the polls,” she said.
‘‘
Exitpollresultsindicatenoiseonfarm
lawsfailedtoyieldpositiveresults
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The exit
poll results for UP do
not bode well for the
farmers’ leaders who
spearheadedtheyear-
longagitationagainst
the now-repealed
three farm laws.
These farmer leaders
were on forefront of
anti-BJP campaign in
the state.
If the exit poll re-
sults hold, those lead-
ers who had assumed
a larger than life im-
age during the agita-
tion may find them-
selvesintheshadows.
While one may have
to wait until March 10
to know officially
where they stand po-
litically in west UP
, if
the exit poll predic-
tions are any yard-
stick, it may once
again prove that lead-
ing a seemingly mass
agitation is no pass-
port to success in
politics.
In western Uttar
Pradesh, the hub of
the farmers’ agita-
tion, the BJP has
been projected as
winning far more
seats compared to the
Samajwadi Party-
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) alliance. How-
ever, their poor per-
formance may not
impact Akhilesh Ya-
dav and his RLD
counterpart Jayant
Chaudhary as much
as it might the BKU
leader Rakesh Tikait.
Some exit polls
have projected the
BJP winning up to 50
out of 58 seats falling
under West UP which
went to polls in the
first phase of elec-
tions on February 10.
CLOSE RACE
IN U’KHAND
EXIT POLLS
‘WILL SEEK
MGP’S
SUPPORT’
Asheesh Goyal
Dehradun: Ahead
of the election
results of Uttara-
khand Assembly,
Congress is seri-
ously considering
making the Chief
Minister as well
as the Deputy
Chief Minister if
the party comes
to power in the
state, sources
said. Today, this
formula was dis-
cussed in a closed
room meeting of
veteran leaders in
Dehradun’s Hotel.
Rupesh Samant
Panaji: With
just two days to
go for the Goa
Assembly polls
counting, Chief
Minister Pramod
Sawant has said
the central BJP
leadership is
already in talks
with the MGP to
seek its support,
if the saffron
outfit falls short of
a few numbers to
form government.
Elections to the
40-member Goa
Assembly were
held on February
14 and the results
will be declared
on March 10.
Dr G.P. Samantha, CSI Secretary (SPI) with other dignitaries at
All India Workshop of Trainers.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressing ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakta Hoon’ march in Lucknow. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra clicking a selfie with girls.
Akhilesh Yadav with
Jayant Chaudhary.

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
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TOTAL DEATHS
38,28,65,150
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,97,29,168
ACTIVE CASES
44,86,24,192
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INDIA
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08
2NDFRONT
A MODI-SHAH MIRACLE: LIFE
BACK TO NORMAL AT LAL CHOWK!
Jagdeesh Chandra, who was on a day’s visit to Srinagar on Tuesday, visited the historic
Lal Chowk, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with senior BJP leader Murli
Manohar Joshi hoisted the Tricolour on January 26, 1992, defying all terror threats. Today,
in the Modi-Shah rule in Jammu and Kashmir, life is back to normal with the usual traffic
and school-going children being seen in Srinagar.
Channi and Capt’s meets with
Shah betrayal to Punjab: AAP
Mahesh Kumar
Chandigarh: The Pun-
jab unit of the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) has
termed the recent meet-
ings of Punjab Chief
Minister Charanjit Sin-
gh Channi and former
CM Capt Amarinder
Singh a betrayal to the
interests of Punjab.
Senior Punjab AAP
leader and Leader of
Opposition (LoP) Har-
pal Singh Cheema said
on Tuesday that the
meeting between offici-
ating Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Chan-
ni and former CM Capt
Amarinder Singh with
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah as ‘betrayal
to Punjab’ and said that
the Congress, Capt Am-
arinder, Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party and Badals
have always pursued
anti-Punjab policies
and conspiracies. Chee-
ma alleged that Bhakra
Beas Management
Committee and the
Chandigarh issue was
an excuse, the agenda
of meetings of Channi
and Captain with Amit
Shah was to stop the
formation of AAP gov-
ernment in Punjab.
In a statement issued
on Tuesday, Cheema
said that the issue of
ending Punjab’s share
in Bhakra Beas Man-
agement Board and
Chandigarh has been
on the minds of the peo-
ple for a long time now,
because BJP used Pun-
jab Assembly Elections
as distraction to imple-
ment many anti-Punjab
decisions. He said that
the Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Chan-
ni, Capt. Amarinder
Singh and Sukhdev
Singh Dhindsa re-
mained silent against
the tyranny of the Cen-
tre. Now that all exit
polls are indicating the
formation of the Aam
Aadmi Party govern-
ment in Punjab, the
leaders of these tradi-
tional parties are again
coming together to
hatch conspiracies
against Punjab and
Aam Aadmi Party
.
Cheema said if CM
Channi had talked to
Amit Shah about the is-
sues of Punjab, then he
should inform the peo-
ple about solutions of
those issues, because in
his last meeting with
Shah, Channi handed
over half of Punjab to
the Union Government
and BSF’s ambit was
expanded to 50 KMs.
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab
senior leader and MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan,
responding to the exit poll trends, said that the exit
poll results made clear that the people of Punjab
have rejected the corrupt politics of Congress, BJP
and Akali Dal (Badal). Sandhwan claimed that just
like Delhi, the corrupt and nepotism-based politics
of Congress, BJP and SAD will be wiped out of
Punjab on March 10. In a statement issued on
Tuesday, Sandhwan said that the people of Punjab
have voted for the change and chose the Aam
Aadmi Party, which was contesting election on the
agenda of development and upliftment of common
people. Sandhwan said that not only Punjab but
the people of every state want change. People
are fed up with the corruption and nepotism of
BJP-Congress and other traditional parties and
want to get rid of them.
‘AAP TO BECOME A BETTER ALTERNATIVE
TO BJP-CONGRESS AT NATIONAL LEVEL’
EYES ON MAR 10
Road safety top priority of
NDA Govt: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi (ANI):
Road Transport and
HighwaysMinisterNi-
tin Gadkari has raised
concern over the road
accidents in India and
statedthatthecountry
accounts for 5 lakh
road accidents every
year,whichisthehigh-
est in the world.
Speaking at the In-
ternational Confer-
ence on Machine Vi-
sion and Augmented
Intelligence (MAI)
2022 via video confer-
encing, Gadkari said
that road safety is a
major concern across
the world and has be-
come a challenge for
developing countries
like India. “India ac-
counts for 5 lakh road
accidents every year,
which is the highest
across the world and
leads to about 1.5 lakh
deaths and 3 lakh are
seriously injured in
these accidents. It is
unfortunatethat70per
centof deathsoccurin
the age group of 18 to
45years.Roadsafetyis
the top priority of our
government,” he said.
He said there is a
need for artificial in-
telligence to remove
human interfer-
ence and the
possibility
of errors.
“My vision
is to use AI for en-
forcement purposes
in cities where state
governments or mu-
nicipal authorities
are falling short due
to a variety of rea-
sons. There is a need
for extensive integra-
tion of AI-based tech-
nology
, which will re-
move human interfer-
ence and the possibil-
ity of errors,” Gad-
kari said.
The Union Minis-
ter identified high
priority areas that
could benefit from AI-
based technology -- fo-
rensic post-crash in-
vestigations, the pat-
tern of accidents due
to black spots, fatigue
indicators, and sleep
detectors for the driv-
er, and advanced ve-
hicle collision avoid-
ance sys-
tems.
Nitin Gadkari said that the Central government
has rolled out an advanced traffic monitoring
system (ATMS) to avoid road accidents.
Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash
Satyarthi felicitates 2 real-life
heroes who saved daughters
First India Bureau
New Delhi: On Interna-
tional Women’s day
, No-
bel Peace Laureate
Kailash Satyarthi felici-
tatedtwoindividuals,an
e-rickshaw driver who
saved two girls from be-
ing kidnapped and a
woman cop who had
traced 73 missing chil-
dren in last eight
months.
Lauding their efforts,
Nobel Peace Laureate
Satyarthi said, “What
Bramhadutt and Sunita
have done is exemplary
.
They listened to their
inner voice and stood
up for what is right and
saved children from
clutches of traffickers.
They are role models,
standing tall in their
own right. For me they
are real heroes who in-
spire thousands across
the country
.”
On March 5, Bram-
hadutt Rajput, a resi-
dent of Farukkhabad
who lives in Jhilmil,
was waiting for passen-
gers near Balaji temple
in Vivek Vihar. A man
along with two girls
boarded his e-rickshaw
and asked to be dropped
at Chintamani chowk.
However, Bramhadutt
could sense something
fishy
. The man was car-
rying two rubbish-filled
polybags. Inside the e-
rickshaw, the two girls,
aged 7 and 4 years,
asked the man to drop
them home only after
providing food. Bram-
hadutt then asked the
girls whether they
knew the man and both
said no. An alert Bram-
hadutt then stopped his
e-rickshaw near a traf-
fic official and ex-
plained the situation.
The police then took
the man into custody
.
After being interro-
gated, the man revealed
that he was Sanjay, a
vagabond and a drug
addict and had kid-
napped the girls to force
them into beggary. The
two girls were later
united with their par-
ents, who were con-
struction workers.
GIVING THEIR DUE
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Ministry of
Ayush has signed a tri-
partiteMemorandumof
Understanding with
Council of Scientific
Industrial Research
(CSIR), and Indian
Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) for In-
ter-Ministerialco-opera-
tion for the promotion
and facilitation of re-
search and develop-
ment, validation, and
deploymentof agri-tech-
nologies related to me-
dicinal plants and their
value-added products of
benefit to humans,
plants and animals.
The MoU was signed
by Vaidya Rajesh Kote-
cha, Secretary
, Ministry
of Ayush, Dr Trilochan
Mohapatra, Director
General,ICARandSecre-
tary
,Departmentof Agri-
cultural Research and
Education, and Dr Shek-
har C Mande, Director
General,CSIRandSecre-
tary
,DSIRinthepresence
of senior officials from
the three organizations
in New Delhi.
Kailash Satyarthi with woman
cop Sunita who reunited 73
missing kids with their families.
Officials signing the tripartite MoU, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
OBJECTIVE OF THE
TRIPARTITE MOU
Good health and financial
comfort become all the more
important with years.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Ayush, CSIR ICAR
ink MoU in areas of
common interest

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NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 9, 2022
he First India
Woman of Sub-
stance Awards
2022 was or-
ganised at the
channel office
on the occa-
sion of Women’s Day,
on Tuesday. Diya Ku-
mari; MP Rajsamand
was the Chief Guest
while Dr Somya; Mayor
Jaipur Heritage,
Munesh Gurjar; Mayor
Jaipur Greater, Rehana
Riyaz; Chairperson
State Women Commis-
sion and Suman Choud-
hary; Addl DCP Jaipur
North graced the occa-
sion as Guests of Hon-
our.
20 women from vari-
ous fields were hon-
oured and the award
ceremony was followed
by a ritual cake cutting
to celebrate the special
day after which a panel
discussion on Empow-
ering Women in Digital
Era was held with emi-
nent women guests and
awardees. Senior Editor
Sudhanshu Mathur, An-
ita Hada and Gaurav
Gaur, Director Elite
Miss Rajasthan wel-
comed all the guests.
Shweta Mishra an-
chored the show with
her usual aplomb and
grace, winning the
hearts of one and all.
Diya Kumari appreci-
ated the initiative by
Jagdeesh Chandra and
First India for empow-
ering women and recog-
nition of their efforts.
She said this was a one-
of-a-kind event and fur-
ther emphasised that
why celebrate women
only on one day? “In my
opinion, every day is
special. Women should
get equal pay in every
field because they are
no less than men. Wom-
en do not want more or
less, just equality, Diya
Kumari added. She also
conveyed her congratu-
lations to all the women
awardees.
Munesh Gurjar, May-
or Jaipur Greater ex-
pressed her gratitude to
Jagdeesh Chandra for
this unique initiative
and said we cannot
measure the tolerance
of a woman because
compassion and toler-
ance are the greatest
power of a woman.
Dr Somya thanked
First India for the
chance to interact with
such special women
and congratulated the
Team for this wonder-
ful gesture on Women’s
Day.
Rehana Riyaz, Chair-
person of State Women
Commission on the oc-
casion said “Katil ji ka
Katilana Andaaz bohot
ki unique hain. Wo hi
aisa kuch kar sakte
hain. Women are born
with special powers and
the world should appre-
ciate their hard work
and efforts”.
Suman Choudhary,
Addl DCP Jaipur North
said “Yeh din nhi ek
ehsaas hain. Nature
has created us repro-
ductively different and
stronger than man.
Women are warriors
and can perform any
task without any prob-
lem. just this world has
to learn the importance
of a woman.
Senior Editor Sud-
hanshu Mathur gave
the Vote of Thanks and
conveyed gratitude to
all the guests and wom-
en awardees.
T
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
THE FIRST INDIA
WOMAN OF
SUBSTANCE
AWARDS 2022
WERE HELD ON
MARCH 8, TUESDAY
AT THE CHANNEL
OFFICE, AN EFFORT
TO HONOUR THE
WOMEN WHO
INSPIRE US AND
ARE TORCH
BEARERS OF
SOCIETY
NAARI SHAKTI
Diya Kumari with the awardees and the First India team (L-R) Moon Bohra, Toshi Vijay, Bhavya Chhabra, Dr Sushila Nagar, Mona Gautam, Priya Singh, Poonam Madan,
Charvi Dutta, Isha Agarwal, Suman Choudhary, Marcela Baur, Munesh Gurjar, Mani Devi, Rehana Riyaz, Sudhanshu Mathur, Gaurav Gaur, Bhavna Jagwani,
Urvashi Warman, Anita Hada, Dr Rita Taneja, Rashmi Kuchhal, Ajit Maan, Suheb Aghwani, Aditi Dhabhai, Tusharika Singh and Shweta Mishra
Diya Kumari cuts the celebratory cake along with Anita Hada, Suman Choudhary, Rehana Riyaaz,
Munesh Gurjar, Shweta Mishra, Sudhanshu Mathur, Gaurav Gaur and Jinendra Shekhawat
Anita Hada, Suman Choudhary, Munesh Gurjar, Dr Somya,
Shweta Mishra and Sudhanshu Mathur during the event Shweta Mishra
Diya Kumari
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

SUNIL
SHARMA

10-11
ETC
HONOURING THE ICONS!
Diya Kumari confers the First India Woman of Substance award on Bhavna Jagwani for Social Service and Organ
Donation work, also seen are Suman Choudhary, Munesh Gurjar, Sudhanshu Mathur, Anita Hada Gaurav Gaur.
Dr Pushpa Nagar receives the award in the field of medical and health.
Mani Devi, widow of Martyr Late Naiik Ishwar Singh of 5 Jat who lost his life in Kargil, receives the award for
Inspirational life.After her husband’s demise she single handedly brought up 9 daughters and today all are well settled.
Ajit Maan receives the award on behalf of his daughter Sanjeela Maan, for Sports. Sanjeela is polo player.
Rashmi Kuchhal receives the award for Social Service for her work for HIV positive children.
Moon Bohra receives the award for Fashion in the field of Designer Indo Western.
As First India conferred the Woman of Substance awards
2022 to these amazing women from various fields on March
8, women power was celebrated in it’s true essence. It was a
treat to watch all these super women- guests and awardees-
stand strong for each other and for women in general.
Women’s Day was celebrated in true spirit at First India!
Diya Kumari confers the First India Woman of Substance award on Urvashi Warman in the field of Education,
also seen are Suman Choudhary, Munesh Gurjar, Rehana Riyaz, Anita Hada, Sudhanshu Mathur Gaurav Gaur.
Aditi Dabhai receives the award for Fashion-Styling and Makeup.
Mona Gautam receives the award for Dance in the Art and Culture field.
Poonam Madan receives the award for Agent of Change.
Charvi Dutta receives the award for Acting, in the field of Entertainment.
Diya Kumari being accorded a floral welcome by Gaurav Gaur, also seen are Anita Hada and Sudhanshu Mathur.
Toshi Vijay receives the award for Entrepreneurship in the field of Public Relations.
Isha Agarwal receives the award for Fashion in the area of Modelling.
Madhu Bhatt receives the award for Singing in the field of Art Culture.
Tusharika Singh receives the award for her work in the field of Public Relations.
Bhavya Chhabra receives the award for her Singing in the field of Art and Culture.
Dr Rita Taneja receives the award in the field of Education.
Priya Singh, a body-builder receives the award in the field of fitness.
Marcela Baur receives the award for Social Media influencer.
Suheb Aghwani receives the award in the field of Entrepreneurship.
Diya Kumari being accorded a floral welcome by Gaurav Gaur, also seen are Anita Hada and Sudhanshu Mathur.
Isha Agarwal receives the award for Fashion in the area of Modelling.
Madhu Bhatt receives the award for Singing in the field of Art Culture.
Tusharika Singh receives the award for her work in the field of Public Relations.
Bhavya Chhabra receives the award for her Singing in the field of Art and Culture.
Dr Rita Taneja receives the award in the field of Education.
Marcela Baur receives the award for Social Media influencer.
Shweta Mishra moderates the panel discussion, seen here are (L-R) Priya Singh, Urvashi Warman, Rita Taneja, Toshi Vijay, Dr Sushila Nagar, Bhavna Jagwani, Poonam Madan and Charvi Dutta
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

SUNIL
SHARMA

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