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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it
has become a “routine” affair that Uttar Pradesh of-
ficials are approaching it against the Allahabad High
Court orders and they do not “respect orders of the
court”. The observation
was made by a bench
headed by Chief Justice N
V Ramana when a counsel
sought an urgent hearing
of a plea of a senior IAS
officer and Chief Execu-
tive Officer of New Okhla
Industrial Development
Authority (NOIDA), Ritu
Maheshwari, against the issuance of a non-bailable
warrant (NBW) by the Allahabad High Court in a
contempt case related to a land acquisition matter.
The high court order had come as the officer could
not appear before it in time.. More on P2
UP OFFICIALS DON’T RESPECT
COURT ORDERS: SC
Ajay Mishra Teni’s threats led to violence: Allahabad HC
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Lakhim-
pur Kheri incident of
last October, in which
eight persons including
four farmers and a jour-
nalist were killed, might
not have taken place had
Union Minister Ajay
Mishra Teni not made
utterances threatening
local farmers with ex-
pulsion, the Allahabad
High Court has said.
The court made the
observation while re-
jecting the bail pleas of
four co-accused in the
case,inwhichtheprime
accused is Ajay Mishra
Teni’s son Ashish
Mishra, the Minister’s
son.
The court said there
was “overwhelming evi-
dence” against each of
the four accused Sumit
Jaiswal, Shishpal,
Lavkush, and Ankit
Das, who is the grand-
son of former Chief
Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, BabuBanarasi
Das.
The court said, “This
incident might not have
taken place if the Union
Minister of State for
Home had not made al-
leged utterances as has
been pointed out in the
counter-affidavit filed
on behalf of the Investi-
gating Agency and also
mentioned in the charge
sheet.”.
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Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni
PM Modi, industry
leaders expected in Lko
on June 3 mega event
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh is preparing to
host a major investors’
event in Lucknow under
the leadership of CM
Yogi Adityanath on
June 3. The mega event
is slated to be attend-
ed by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi
and major industry
leaders of the
country
. Chief
Minister Yogi
Adityanath
on Monday
presided over a meeting
to review plans for the
event to and directed of-
ficials to make the
“ground breaking cere-
mony”, as it is being
called, a grand success.
The event is aimed at
making Uttar Pradesh
thetoprankedstate
in Ease of Doing
Business rank-
ings of the coun-
try
. UP occupies
the second slot
in the rank-
ings at pre-
sent.
STRONG WORDS
Ritu Maheshwari
New Delhi: The Centre
told the Supreme Court
on Monday that the
provisions of the sedi-
tion law (Section 124A)
will be re-examined
and reconsidered.
This comes after
PM Modi issued in-
structions to re-eval-
uate the necessity of
this colonial law in
present times.
On Monday, the gov-
ernment also asked the
court not to consider
the petitions challeng-
ing the colonial law
and to wait for the re-
consideration exercise
to be conducted by the
Centre.
The Supreme Court
had earlier fixed May
10 as the date to hear
petitioners who are
challenging the consti-
tutional validity of the
sedition law.
The central govern-
ment has filed a three-
page affidavit in the
Supreme Court and
said that it is commit-
ted to maintaining and
protecting the sover-
eignty of the nation as
well as removing out-
dated colonial laws.
When the country is
celebrating Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav,
the government is
working to shed colo-
nial baggage, the Cen-
tre said.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday filed his
nomination from Champawat where a bypoll will be held on May 31.
Former MLA Kailash Gehtori, who resigned from the seat to pave way
for the chief minister, accompanied Dhami, who lost from Khatima seat.
U’KHAND CM DHAMI
FILES PAPERS
FOR CHAMPAWAT
ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday opened the annual grand
parade commemorating Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II on the
77th Victory Day, saying the Russian military in Ukraine was protecting
the “motherland” from an “absolutely unacceptable threat.”
RUSSIA DEFENDING
‘MOTHERLAND’ IN
UKRAINE, SAYS PUTIN
ON VICTORY DAY
NIA CONDUCTS RAIDS
ON PREMISES OF
DAWOOD’S AIDES
Mumbai: The National In-
vestigation Agency (NIA) on
Monday conducted raids at
several locations in Mumbai
against associates of fugitive
gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
Centre’s U-turn in
SC: Sedition law
willbere-examined
KASHMIR’S STRAWBERRY BOWL!
A farmer harvests strawberries inside a farm, on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday.
Strawberry is the first fruit that grows after six months of harsh winter in the valley. The
farmers said that the yield is not good this season due to hot weather.
PM Rajapaksa steps down,
his ancestral home set ablaze
At 77.17, Indian Rupee falls to
all-time low against US dollar
Mumbai: India’s offi-
cial currency Rupee has
dropped 51 paise to an
all-time low of Rs 77.41
against the US dollar in
early trade on Monday
.
At the interbank for-
eign exchange, the Ru-
pee opened at 77.17
against the American
dollar, then lost ground
to quote at 77.42, regis-
tering a fall of 52 paise
from the last close. The
Rupee has slipped past
the previous record low
of 76.98 in March.
On Friday, the Rupee
had slumped 55 paise to
close at 76.90 against the
US dollar.
The reason behind
the drop in value of the
Rupee could be blamed
on the demand for risk-
ier assets and also be-
cause the foreign inves-
tors continue to dump
the domestic stocks.
Colombo: As the na-
tionwide protest contin-
ues to intensify
, Sri Lan-
kan Prime Minister
Mahinda Rajapaksa on
Monday resigned, a
move that is likely to
pave the way for a new
cabinet in the crisis
marred country
.
Later in the night, the
ancestral home of the
Rajapaksas at Medamu-
lana in Hambantota was
set on fire by a group of
protesters.Videofootage
circulatingonsocialme-
dia showed the entire
houseupinflamesasthe
protesters hooted away
.
A Sri Lankan parlia-
mentarian of the ruling
party Sri Lanka Poduja-
na Peramuna (SLPP),
AmarakeerthiAthukora-
la, and two others were
found deadduringclash-
esthatbrokeoutbetween
anti-andpro-government
protesters in the country
on Monday
.
The protesters said
the bullets were fired
from MP’s SUV first, af-
ter which he was killed
during clashes.
MP killed, at least
130 injured as Prez
Gotabaya imposes
nationwide curfew
CENTRE PITCHED
FOR SAME LAW
ON SATURDAY
WHAT IS THE
SEDITION LAW?
This comes two days
after the Centre told the
Supreme Court that the
verdict in the Kedar-
nath Singh vs State of
Bihar case upholding the
sedition law was binding
and there was no need
to revisit the same. In a
written submission, the
Centre told the three-
judge bench, led by
CJI NV Ramana, “The
Kedarnath judgment that
upheld the validity of se-
dition law is established
law, no reason to revisit
and the bench of three
judges cannot reconsider
the ratio of a constitution
bench without referring
matter to a larger bench.”
Section 124A of the
Indian Penal Code states
that a person commits
the crime of sedition
if he/she brings or at-
tempts to bring in hatred
or contempt, or excites
or attempts to excite
disaffection towards the
government established
according to the law. It
prescribes the maxi-
mum punishment of life
imprisonment.
New Delhi: The nation-
al capital on Monday yet
again witnessed a high-
voltage demolition dra-
ma in the Shaheen Bagh
area of the city, nearly
20 days after a similar
drive was carried out in
the communal violence-
hitJahangirpuriareaof
northwest Delhi. It was
officially learnt on May
4 that the South Delhi
Municipal Corporation
had planned a major
drive against illegal en-
croachments in the
south Delhi area and the
illegal structures at
Shaheen Bagh will be
demolished on May 9.
Meanwhile, the Su-
preme Court refused to
entertain a plea filed by
the CPI(M) against a
demolition drive car-
ried out in Shaheen
Bagh area by the South
Delhi Municipal Corpo-
ration, asking the party
to approach the high
court.
Shaheen Bagh drew
attention during the
a n t i - C i t i z e n s h i p
Amendment Act (CAA)
protests.
DEMOLITION DILEMMA: CIVIC BODY TEAM BEGINS DRIVE BEFORE SC HEARING
AS DELHI BULLDOZES SHAHEEN BAGH,
SC SAYS, “GO TO HIGH COURT”
SC raps SDMC officials for not sending
prior notice, but refuses to entertain
CPI-M plea against demolition of buildings
“What is this CPI(M) party filing this case? We can understand if the
affected person came here.What fundamental right of a party that
is violated? Is there no individual who is affected?” the bench asked
(Above) Locals stage a protest during an anti-encroachment
drive by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), at Shaheen Bagh
area in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
(Left) Security personnel attempt to stop locals staging a protest.
AAP MLA
AMANATULLAH
KHAN BOOKED
WILL REMOVE
ALL SQUATTERS:
BJP COUNCILOR
Hours after the demoli-
tion drive at Shaheen
Bagh was disrupted,
the Delhi Police has
logded an FIR against
AAP MLA Amanatullah
Khan and his support-
ers for allegedly halting
the MCD-led drive on
Monday. The FIR under
IPC sections 186 (Ob-
structing public servant
in discharge of public
functions) and 353 (as-
saulting public servant)
has been registered.
Rajpal Singh, the BJP
councilor and the SDMC’s
central zone standing
committee chief, had
stated that the munici-
pality will do its job and
encroachments will be
eliminated. “Our workers
and officials are ready.
Teams and bulldozers
have been organized.
Encroachments will be
removed wherever they
are, be it Tughlakabad or
Shaheen Bagh,” he said.
We have never given licence to every-
body to come here and say, ‘my house
is being demolished’, even if it is unau-
thorised. Merely because we are showing indul-
gence, don’t take shelter under the court’s orders
—The Supreme Court Bench
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HONOURED GUESTS
CM Yogi meets Centre’s Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani at his
official residence on Monday.
Former UP Governor Ram Naik paid a courtesy visit to CM Yogi Adityanath at his
official residence on Monday.
CM Yogi Adityanath and Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly Ritu Khanduri during a
courtesy meet at Lok Bhawan on Monday.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The resi-
dents of Uttar Pradesh
living in the country’s
industrial metropolis
Mumbai will now be
able to connect with
their native home state.
Thanks to the new ini-
tiative of Yogi govern-
ment.
The Uttar Pradesh
government is going to
set up a new office in
Mumbai with the aim
of enabling the resi-
dents of Uttar Pradesh
living in Mumbai, the
capital of Maharash-
tra, to invest in their
state, protect their in-
terests and ensure
their social security.
According to official
sources, through this
office proposed by the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment, it will be pos-
sible to connect with all
the residents of Uttar
Pradesh who have ei-
ther been living in
Mumbai for a long time
for a job or business.
. The people of UP have
made remarkable con-
tribution in many
fields like industry, ser-
vice sector, retail trade,
transport, food busi-
ness, factory or mill in
Mumbai. There are
many areas where they
play a big role in the
lives of the residents of
Mumbai. The residents
of UP have also done
remarkable work in
Mumbai in the field of
industry and startups.
There is a big contribu-
tion of entrepreneurs
of UP in industries like
information technolo-
gy, film, television,
manufacturing, fi-
nance, food processing
etc.
In the last two years,
due to the Covid disas-
ter and lockdown, they
had to come back from
Mumbai to their home
state in large numbers,
and at that time, the
Yogi government, not
only brought them
back to their home dis-
tricts. in UP.
Through the pro-
posed office, the mi-
grants living in Mum-
bai will be made aware
of the possibilities of
investment in tourism,
culture and other sec-
tors in Uttar Pradesh.
Office in Mumbai soon for the benefit of UPites living there
BASE EXPANSION
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The initiative of
Yogi govt will
protect interests
of lakhs of UP
residents living
in Mumbai and
will give them
an opportunity
to invest in their
home state
50-60 LAKH UPITES LIVE IN MUMBAI
Leading lights of India Inc expected to attend the grand investors’ meet
Yogi govt to hold mega ground
breaking ceremony on June 3
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh, which has be-
come the first choice
for investors in the last
five years, is preparing
for the third ground
breaking ceremony on
June 3 next.
PM Narendra Modi
is also expected to at-
tend the proposed event
at Lucknow. Chairmen,
CEOs, directors and
representatives of all
national and multina-
tional companies in-
cluding Adani Group,
Microsoft India, Reli-
ance Industries, Hi-
ranandani Group, Birla
Group, ITC Group will
participate.
CM Yogi held a meet-
ing with top officials on
Monday and gave in-
structions regarding
the outline of the pro-
gramme. He said that
UP has emerged as the
best destination for in-
dustrial investment in
the country in the last
five years under the
guidance of Prime
Minister Modi.
“Now this third
ground breaking cere-
mony will give flight to
the aspirations of ‘New
India’s New Uttar
Pradesh’. Designating
‘Invest UP’ as the nodal
agency for the ceremo-
ny, the CM said that pri-
vate institutions, com-
panies as well as gov-
ernment investment
programmes should be
included in the ceremo-
ny. He also gave neces-
sary instructions to
make the ceremony a
grand affair.
As many as 1500 pro-
jects worth more than
Rs 70,000 crore are
planned to be launched
in this third ground
breaking ceremony.
Major projects include
Adani Group’s Rs 4900
crore and Hiranandani
Group’s two data cent-
ers in Noida with an
investment of Rs 9100
crore, Microsoft’s Rs
2100 crore software de-
velopment centre,
Dalmia Group’s Rs 600
crore cement manufac-
turing plant in Mir-
zapur, Hamirpur.
CM Yogi reviews a Covid meet at Lok Bhawan on Monday. Dy CM Brajesh Pathak, CS Durga Shankar Mishra, ACS (Info and MSME)
Navneet Sehgal, ACS Medical Education Amit Mohan Prasad, ACS (IID) Arvind Kumar, APC Manoj Singh and other officials were
also present on the occasion.
Ritu Khanduri being greeting by Satish Mahana.
AIMING FOR TOP RANK
CM Yogi to
honour freedom
fighters on
Kranti Diwas
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
will honor the freedom
fighters and the fami-
lies of the martyrs at
Kranti Dhara (situated
in Meerut) on Kranti
Diwas today.
This is for the first
time that a chief minis-
ter is attending such an
event in Meerut to hon-
our the freedom fight-
ers on Kranti Diwas.
Many cultural pro-
grams have been
planned on Kranti Dha-
ra to commemorate the
completion of 165 years
of the revolt of 1857.
CM Yogi will take
part in many programs
organized on Revolu-
tion Day at the State
Freedom Struggle Mu-
seum and Victoria
Park.
Apart from this, he
will inspect the under-
construction transit
hostel, RRTS project
and Integrated Traffic
Management System.
During this, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
ananth will garland the
statue of revolutionary
hero and martyr Kot-
wal Dhan Singh Gurjar,
the forerunner of the
revolution of 1857.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath will also
pay floral tributes at
Amar Jawan Jyoti,
Shaheed Mangal Pan-
dey and Shaheed Me-
morial Pillar. situated
in the district.
Speakers of UP,
Uttarakhand
meet and greet
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Satish Ma-
hana, Speaker of the
Uttar Pradesh Legisla-
tive Assembly, on Mon-
day paid a courtesy
visit by Ritu Khanduri
Bhushan, Speaker of
Uttarkhand Assembly
and presented her a
bouquet and a memen-
to.
Satish Mahana on
the occasion held dis-
cussion with his coun-
terpart from the Utta-
rakhand Legislative
Assembly on topics
ranging from number
of members who attend
the Uttar Pradesh as-
sembly session to ‘e-
vidhan’.
The speaker of Uttar
Pradesh Legislative As-
sembly on the occasion
also met Deputy Chief
Minister of the State
Government, Keshav
Prasad Maurya and
held discussions on
various topics. Mahana
is a seven time MLA
from Kanpur Cantt,
having served since the
11th Legislative Assem-
bly, in Uttar Pradesh.
FirecrackersexplodenearBJPleadersatevent
Noida (PTI): A fire-
cracker exploded and
triggered a small fire in
a tent under which
some BJP leaders were
seated on a stage dur-
ing a religious pro-
gramme in Greater
Noida, prompting the
local police to launch a
probe, officials said on
Monday.
No individual was
hurt during the explo-
sion but panic had
gripped the crowd pre-
sent during the pro-
gramme, which was
wrapped up immedi-
ately in the wake of
the incident, the offi-
cials said.
Gautam Buddh Na-
gar MP Mahesh Shar-
ma, Aligarh MP Satish
Gautam and other BJP
leaders were on the
stage when the inci-
dent took place around
9.30 pm on Sunday for
the culmination of the
religious programme
at the Dauji temple in
the Jewar area of the
district, they said.
“Some VIPs guests
were also on the stage
for the culmination
programme. The local
police had provided se-
curity for the event
while some security
personnel were present
with the VIP guests
also,” Additional Depu-
ty Commissioner of
Police (Greater Noida)
Vishal Pandey said.
“Firecrackers were
being burst during the
programme in over ex-
citement. It was being
carried out by a person
hired for the job. The
local police had asked
them to not burn fire-
crackers but the event
organisers did not lis-
ten to police,” Pandey
said.
—FILE PHOTO
Scheme for revival of ponds
launched in Mathura region
Mathura: A scheme
aimed at reviving
ponds with rainwater
was launched in this
district on Sunday.
Officials said the
move will help over-
come the problem of
hard water in Mathura.
Seeking to develop
and rejuvenate 75 wa-
ter bodies in every dis-
trict of the country,
Prime inister Naren-
dra Modi had launched
the ‘Amrit Sarovar’
scheme last month as
part of the celebration
of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav’.
At the district-level,
the scheme was inau-
gurated in Hathkauli
village of Baldeo block
on Sunday, District
Magistrate Navneet
Singh Chahal said. Ac-
cording to officials the
ponds will be filled
with soft water or rain-
water.
The officials said it
will help in dealing
with the hardness of
water by reducing its
TDS (total dissolved
solids) concentration.
Potara Kund in Mathura district
of Uttar Pradesh. —FILE PHOTO
CM Yogi. —FILE PHOTO
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CRUCIAL READ
Dehradun: Eighteen Char Dham pilgrims have died
on way to the Himalayan temples since the start
of the yatra on May 3. In most cases, the cause of
death is suspected to be cardiac arrest. In the latest
incident, a 40-year-old man from Bengaluru died on
Monday on the way to the Yamunotri temple, taking
the number of devotees dying on the way to this
Himalayan shrine itself to 10. Considering the fact
that the pilgrimage began just around a week ago, the
number of deaths of pilgrims is unusually high.
THIEF INJURED
IN POLICE
ENCOUNTER
2 ARRESTED
WITH 1 QUINTAL
BEEF IN VILLAGE
Ghaziabad: A thief
was injured in a po-
lice encounter in the
Rajnagar Extension
area of Ghaziabad on
Sunday night, said the
police. The thief was
shot in the leg and
had been sent to the
hospital. The accused
had been identified
as Santosh Yadav,
a resident of Delhi,
added the police.
More than 29 cases
of robbery, theft and
others are registered
in Ghaziabad, Noida,
Delhi and Haryana, as
per the police.
MAN DIES OF CARDIAC ARREST
DURING CHAR DHAM YARTRA
STF arrests drug
peddlers in raids
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Spe-
cial Task Force
(STF) has arrested
three members of
inter-national drug
peddling gang and
recovered huge con-
signment of heroin
from them.
STF sources here
said that acting on
tip-off STF team ar-
rested Mohammad
Ajeez Ahmad, Mo-
hammad Salman and
Sageer Ahmad near
Behraich turn in
Barabanki district
and recovered heroin
worth Rs 50 lakh from
them. During interro-
gation arrested ac-
cused told police that
their gang was in-
volved in smuggling
heroin from Baraban-
ki and other districts
to Nepal and other
states.
In another incident
STF team arrested
notorious criminal
carrying reward of
Rs 50,000 on his head
was arrested in Prat-
apgarh district. STF
team arrested Lalta
Prasad Yadav, murder
accused, who was ab-
sconding from past 15
years was arrested
near Heeraganj town
market in Pratapgarh
district.
First India Bureau
Kasganj: Police have
busted an illegal weap-
on factory near Ghati-
yari village and arrest-
ed two miscreants from
there. Police sources
here said that acting on
tip-off Soro police raid-
ed at corn field near
Ghatiyari village and
busted an illegal weap-
on factory there.
Police have arrested
two miscreants Shan-
karpal and Sonu from
there and recovered
madeandunmadeweap-
ons from there. Police
have recovered coun-
try-made pistols, Cart-
ages and raw materials
from there. Both arrest-
ed accused were sent to
jail and further investi-
gations were underway
.
Cleaning staff beaten
to death in Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur: Panic was triggered in the area af-
ter a cleaning staff member was beaten to death
by his nephew and his friends over minor dis-
pute. Police sources here said that Kallu (46) res-
ident of Domkhana in Tiwaripur area was clean-
ing employee. He had some dispute with his neph-
ew Kundan and after heated arguments Kundan
and his friends beaten Kallu brutally
. Kallu was
unable to reach hospital and he succumbed to his
injuries on Monday morning. Police have regis-
tered case against Kundan and his accomplices
on complaint of son-in-law of deceased and initi-
ated investigations. Pulice have recovered CCTV
footage of area where the accused beaten Kallu.
During investigation it was revealed that Kundan
had arguments with his uncle Kallu over foods
and after arguments they beaten him badly
.
Illegal weapon
factory busted
in Kasganj
FOR A CAUSE
To spread awareness of cervical cancer and HPT vaccination, Governor Anandiben Patel
and Dy CM Brajesh Pathak attended a programme organised by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia
Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow on Monday. Sonia Nityanand, Director of the
institute, honoured the chief guests. —PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bank of
Baroda , one of India’s
leading public sector
banks and named the
Best Technology Bank
IBA, launch an end-to-
end Digital Platform to
facilitate co-lending of
loans in partnership
with NBFCs.
The platform pro-
vides seamless integra-
tion between the Bank
and multiple NBFC
partners to strengthen,
accelerate and simplify
the co-lending process.
The platform uses rule-
based algorithms for
underwriting, enables
credit assessment
checks, enables Retail,
MSME, Agri co-lend-
ing product offerings
and increases process
efficiency
.
The digital co-lend-
ing platform has state-
of-the-art capabilities
to handle both the op-
tion 1 (Non-Discretion-
ary) and option 2 (Dis-
cretionary) models of
co-lending for secured
as well as unsecured
products as per the lat-
est RBI guidelines on
the co-lending model.
Shri Vikramaditya
Singh Khichi, Execu-
tive Director, Bank of
Baroda said Co-lending
is a priority area for
the Bank and we be-
lieve that this state-of-
the-art platform will
help to achieve mile-
stones.
The Bank is target-
ing to partner with at-
least 10 NBFCs and
also to build a Rs.10,000
crore co-lending loan
book through the digi-
tal platform in the next
2 years’’.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The de-
cades-old saffronised
controversy over the
history of Taj Mahal
has finally landed in the
Lucknow bench of High
Court for its archeolog-
ical adjudication. These
“chambers”, which pe-
titioner has sought to be
opened, are actually
forming the platform
on which the actual
building rests. The
structure is situated on
a reclining piece of land
besides the river.
In Feb 2018 the Ar-
chaeological Survey of
India (ASI) had tried to
set the controversy at
rest by filing an affidavit
in Agra court in which
the agency made it clear
that Taj Mahal was a
tomb of Emperor Shah
Jahan and his wife
Mumtaz Mahal and that
claims that it was actu-
allyaShivatemple“Tejo
Mahalaya” was imagi-
nary
. The ASI affidavit
further said that “the
Supreme Court had al-
ready decided what
parts of the Taj Mahal
are to be opened and
what should be closed,
so there was no need for
review of the matter”.
The ASI had also ob-
served that entire con-
troversy was originated
from a book of PN Oak-
Taj Mahal-The true his-
tory, which claimed Taj
Mahal’s Hindu origins.
In 2005 UP Sunni Cen-
tral Board had laid
claim on Taj Mahal say-
ing that it was a grave
and should be under its
control under Waqf Act.
However, the plea was
rejected. It is indeed sur-
prising that at time
when Taj Mahal has al-
ready been recognized
as “seven wonders” of
the world by UNESCO
some forces are at work
to continuously deni-
grate it and putting the
India’s rich cultural his-
tory to shame.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A Salman
Khan lookalike was ar-
rested in Lucknow for dis-
turbing the peace while
making a reel (short vid-
eo) for social media. Azam
Ansari was making the
reel at the Clock Tower on
Sunday night.
It led to a massive traf-
fic jam as a huge crowd
gathered to see the dupli-
cate of the Bollywood ac-
tor. After a complaint by
some commuters, he has
been booked under Sec-
tion 151 for breach of
peace by the Thakurganj
police. Ansari is a content
creator on Instagram
with more than 75,000 fol-
lowers and 1.67 lakh fol-
lowers on Youtube. Huge
crowds often throng to
witness him perform and
make reels.
BoB launches digital co-lending platform
NET-BANKING
HIGH-TECH
PIL WANTS TO DIG IT UP AFRESH
ASI BURIED TAJ MAHAL
controversy long back
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
DR RAVI PANWAR OF
IIT JABALPUR SAYS
Dr Ravi Panwar of
IIT Jabalpur writes:
“because of the age
of the structure, initial
drawings used for the
construction of the
monument are no lon-
ger available. Also with
the time conditions
around the site have
altered significantly.
Therefore, the exact
construction details of
the foundation are not
known”. Bhai’s duplicate held
for causing traffic jam
while making reels
HINDU ACTVISTS DISTRIBUTE
LADDUS AHEAD OF PLEA
Agra: After the petition was filed in the Lucknow High
Court Bench to open the closed rooms of the Taj Mahal,
the activists of the Hindu Mahasabha reached the Taj
Mahal to distribute laddus. Earlier, the workers of Hindu
Mahasabha, who started distributing laddus, were
stopped by the police at the western gate barrier. Police
recovered sweets from
them in search. The
police did not allow
anyone inside the mon-
ument and stopped
them outside. Activists
say that they have
come to express their
happiness over the
petition filed regarding the Taj Mahal. Rajneesh Singh,
the media in-charge of Ayodhya district of BJP, has filed
a petition in the Lucknow Bench of HC, demanding an
inquiry into the closed rooms of the Taj Mahal. Along
with this, a demand has been made to direct the state
government to constitute a committee, which will ex-
amine the permanently closed rooms of the Taj Mahal.
‘CENTRE DENIED
INFO FOR CLOSING
22 ROOMS IN TAJ’
Ayodhya: The
petitioner, who
sought the opening
of the 22 closed
doors in Taj Mahal
to ascertain the
presence of idols of
Hindu deities, has
claimed that the
Centre has refused
to divulge details
for the restrictions
within the Arche-
ological Survey
of India-managed
heritage site in Agra.
Rajneesh Singh,
the petitioner, is a
BJP youth media in-
charge, has moved
the Lucknow bench
of the Allahabad
HC. The plea seeks
the constitution
of a fact-finding
committee and the
submission of a
report by the ASI.
It has been said in
the petition that the
idols of the Hindu
deities are locked up
behind closed doors.
ED summons
Mukhtar
Ansari’s sons
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
has summoned brother
and both sons of mafia
turned politician
Mukhtar Ansari into
money laundering mat-
ter. It was reported that
ED officials interrogat-
ed Afzal Ansari, Bahu-
jan Samaj Party (BSP)
MP, Abbas Ansari and
Umar Ansari for more
than seven hours.
Sultanpur: Two people
were arrested with one
quintal beef in Purva
village, police here said
on Monday. Sattan and
Azad were arrested
from a house raided
on the basis of a tip off
about cow slaughter,
Sub Inspector, Go-
saiganj Police Station,
Bhimbali Yadav said.
Two other people fled
taking advantage of
darkness, he said. Be-
sides the meat, sharp
edged weapons were
also found on accused,
which were seized,
Yadav said.

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Humble tribute to Gurudev
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anniversary.
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Ahead of World Metrology Day
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Workshop on Legal Metrology Act,
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decriminalisation of the Act to protect
consumer interests to further
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Perform all thy actions with
mind concentrated on the
Divine, renouncing
attachment and looking upon
success and failure with an
equal eye. Spirituality
implies equanimity.
—Bhagvad Gita
IN-DEPTH
PUTIN’S SUBDUED
VICTORY DAY
SPEECH BUT NO
WORD ON TRUCE
ussian President
Vladimir Putin’s Vic-
tory Day speech was
marked by the accu-
sation that NATO
created tensions along its bor-
der with Ukraine to justify the
Russian invasion of its neigh-
bouring country. Justifying the
invasion as “the only right deci-
sion” Putin alleged that the
West was creating tension along
the border and was not prepared
to listen to Russia. He, however,
stopped short of formally de-
claring a war on Ukraine. Putin
has blamed the West for indi-
rectly waging a war against
Moscow earlier too.
He also refrained from using
the word “war” for the ongoing
action in Ukraine and instead
called it “a special military op-
eration”. Putin said that his
forces were fighting the neo-
Nazis to defend the “Mother-
land”. Another notable part of
the speech was that Putin did
not repeat his threat of using
nuclear weapons.
The full import of Putin’s
speech is still unclear. Although
he was careful with his choice
of words there was no hint of
cessation of hostilities.
TOP TWEETS
R
conomic crisis in
Sri Lanka came to
a head with PM
Mahinda Raja-
paksa submitting
his resignation to President
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his
brother, amid clashes be-
tween hundreds of protest-
ers and supporters of the Sri
Lankan government. Former
Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar
Sangakkara blamed Mahin-
da for the violence “perpe-
trated by …goons thugs
who came to your office first
before going on to assault
peaceful protesters.” It was a
reminder of violence at Cap-
itol Hill at the behest of Cap-
itol Hill.
Mahinda had earlier re-
fused to step down. It follows
the declaration of emergency
in the island nation by Gota-
baya. His decision on Mon-
day is unlikely to bring calm
to the country which is on the
brink of bankruptcy. Gota-
baya, whose resignation is
also being demanded by the
people, has invited opposi-
tion parties to form an all-
party government.
In the meantime there is
little hope in sight for coun-
try’s economy. It has sus-
pended repayment of foreign
debt and its foreign currency
level has shrunk drastically.
Its foreign debt totals US $ 51
billion and this year it has to
repay US $ 7 billion in foreign
loans. The World Bank had
warned that ‘urgent policy
measures to address the high
levels of debt reduce fiscal
deficit, mitigate the ad-
verse impacts on the poor
vulnerable” were needed.
Despite the warning, the govt
failed to check the slide lead-
ing to acute food, fuel med-
icine shortages culminating
in widespread protests and
finally Mahinda’s resigna-
tion. Gotabaya now has to
win the opposition’s trust to
find a way forward.
LANKA PM QUITS,
CRISIS REMAINS
Mahinda Rajapaksa had
earlier refused to step
down. It follows the
declaration of emergency
in the island nation by
Gotabaya. His decision
on Monday is unlikely to
bring calm to the
country which is on the
brink of bankruptcy
E
The Billionaire Raj?
UBAI – Several reports in the
last few months have sound-
ed the alarm about growing
income and wealth inequali-
ty in India. The statistics
cited are not wrong, but they
are incomplete. And they
have produced sensational,
but misleading, news stories.
For example, an article
based on Oxfam’s recent “In-
equality Kills” report notes:
“India has the third-highest
number of billionaires in
the world.” The story points
out that India has 142 billion-
aires but ignores that India
has 1.4 billion people. Only
one in ten million Indians is
a billionaire, whereas such
“billionaire density” is eight
in Russia, three in Brazil,
more than four in China,
and 22 in the United States.
Likewise, while “India has
more billionaires than
France, Sweden, and Swit-
zerland combined,” in terms
of billionaire density, these
three countries together
have 18 times more billion-
aires than India.
It should come as no sur-
prise that rich countries
have more billionaires rela-
tive to their populations than
poor countries do. For a
more accurate comparison,
consider billionaire density
in middle-income countries.
Relative to the world’s top 20
middle-income economies,
India ranks quite low. Coun-
tries like Brazil, Malaysia,
and Thailand have a far
greater number of billion-
aires relative to their size.
Oxfam is not the only or-
ganization to point out In-
dia’s wealth gap. In Decem-
ber, the World Inequality Re-
port 2022, the flagship publi-
cation of the World Inequal-
ity Lab at the Paris School of
Economics, included India
among the world’s most une-
qual countries. This re-
search, coordinated by lead-
ing economists, fuelled sen-
sational headlines – “Poor
Country with Affluent Elite,
India Is Going Nowhere,” or,
even worse, “How Hindu Na-
tionalism Enables India’s
Slide into Inequality” – that
turned the topic into a do-
mestic political issue.
To be sure, both income
and wealth inequality have
increased in India in recent
years. According to the World
Inequality Report, the rich-
est 10% of Indians account
for 57.1% of all income, com-
pared to only 13.2% for the
poorest half. And wealth in-
equality is more pronounced.
The poorest half of the Indi-
an population possesses just
5.9% of the country’s total
wealth, whereas the richest
10% controls 64.7%.
But do these figures really
support the claim that India
is one of the world’s most un-
equal countries?
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Although India’s poorest
half holds a small percentage
of the country’s total wealth,
itsmembersarestillbetteroff
than their peers in most coun-
tries. Whereas India ranks
67th among the world’s 100
largest economies in terms of
income earned by the poorest
50%, it ranks 17th in terms of
the percentage of wealth held
by the poorest half.
In any case, statistics that
compare the top 10% and bot-
tom 50%, while easy to com-
prehend, are not the only
measures of inequality. Cal-
culated from the World Ine-
quality Report data, India’s
Gini coefficient – a widely
used indicator that ranges
from 0, indicating perfect
equality, to 1, for perfect ine-
quality – is 0.6 for income in-
equality and 0.7 for wealth
inequality. Compared to the
largest 100 economies of the
world, India lies in the mid-
dle for wealth inequality and
among the top 20 for income
inequality
.
On balance, India is no
paragon of egalitarianism,
but nor is it one of the world’s
most unequal countries.
A more fundamental ques-
tion is whether India should
continue to focus on econom-
ic growth to reduce poverty,
even if it increases inequali-
ty. The answer, according to
the Indian government’s
2020-21 economic survey is,
unsurprisingly, an unquali-
fied yes. The government is
betting that a rising tide lifts
all boats, and the facts seem
to support this maxim.
In the decade from 2006 to
2016, the Indian economy av-
eraged 7.6% annual growth
– one of the fastest ten-year
expansions in the country’s
history
. Concurrent with that
growth was an increase in
inequality: the share of in-
come going to the richest
10% increased from 47.8% to
57.1%, while the share of the
poorest half declined from
16.1% to 13.1%. But, over the
same period, the number of
people living in multidimen-
sional poverty – a broad
measure covering health,
education, and standard of
living – decreased from 642
million to 370 million.
Although the COVID-19
pandemic reversed some of
these gains, a recent working
paper by the National Bu-
reau of Economic Research
shows that income inequali-
ty in India declined. Richer
Indians experienced a steep-
er drop in income than poor-
er ones, as their businesses
were most affected by the
economic downturn. And de-
mand for the kind of service-
sector jobs held by wealthier
Indians fell sharply. The In-
ternational Monetary Fund
forecasts 24% growth for the
Indian economy in 2021-23,
which one hopes will reduce
both poverty and inequality
.
The relationship between
economic growth, poverty,
and inequality is complex,
and the forces that influence
it in richer countries may
not be at play in India. Eco-
nomic growth has lifted
more than 250 million Indi-
ans out of poverty in a rela-
tively short time. As a result,
inequality has increased –
but not to levels that should
trigger alarm bells.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Source: www.project-syndicate.org
D
AMIT TYAGI
The writer is
Chief Risk Officer of Zand
A more fundamental
question is whether India
should continue to focus on
economic growth to reduce
poverty, even if it increases
inequality. The answer,
according to Indian
government’s 2020-21
economic survey is,
unsurprisingly, an
unqualified yes. The govt is
betting that a rising tide
lifts all boats.
As India’s economy
continues its upward
growth trajectory,
wealth and income
inequality have become
more pronounced. But the
country remains less
unequal than many of its
peers, and rising
inequality may be a small
price to pay for the
overall reduction in
poverty.

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INDIA
05
New Delhi (Agencies):
To attract young talent
to the party, a Congress
sub group has recom-
mended to give only one
ticket per family so that
big leaders do not cor-
ner party tickets and
deny a place to the gen-
uine hard workers.
However, the party re-
cently flouted this rule
inGoaandUttarakhand.
In the hill state, former
chief minister Harish
Rawat and his daughter
were given tickets, and
the senior Rawat lost in
the polls; Yashpal Arya
and his son were also
given tickets, son San-
jeev Arya lost; former
Punjab chief minister
Charanjit Singh Channi
contestedfromtwoseats
and lost both.
The other recommen-
dation is to expand the
social base and give res-
ervations to the SC/ST
and marginalised OBC.
The CWC will take a
view on Monday even-
ing and deliberate in the
brainstorming session.
To increase the vote
share, Congress has de-
cided to focus on in-
creasing its social base
and reach out to the
groups which have not
found place in the party
apparatus, sources
have said.
The convenors of
the sub committee met
party president Sonia
Gandhi and handed
over their recommen-
dation to her.
To attract youth, Congress panel
recommends one ticket per family
By Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: In a 360-de-
greeabout-turn,thegov-
ernment has dropped
the experiment of ap-
pointing a person from
the Indian Legal Service
orthejudicialfraternity
as the law secretary
. It
has again bet on the old
workhorse, IAS, for fill-
ing the post of union
law secretary
.
This seems to be the
general inference in the
administration follow-
ing the appointment of
Dr. Niten Chandra
(IAS:1990:OR) as Secre-
tary, Department of Le-
gal Affairs (Law Secre-
tary). As Law Secretary,
Chandra may have a
tenure up to October
2025 i.e. till his superan-
nuation.
The post had been va-
cant since February
this year on the ap-
pointment of Anoop
Kumar Mendiratta as
the Judge of the Delhi
High Court. It may be
noted that Mendiratta
was drafted from the ju-
dicial service on loan.
The post was earlier
held by Alok Srivastava
(IAS:1984:MP), who as
Secretary Justice also
functioned as Law Sec-
retary for over a year
beginning December 01,
2018, until Mendiratta
was made Law Secre-
tary in October 2019.
Mendiratta was cred-
ited with drafting the
ill-fated farm laws that
were repealed follow-
ing the large-scale
farmers' protest lasting
for over a year.
It is pointed out that
the drafting quality of
these farm laws, among
other pieces of legisla-
tion, drew sharp reac-
tions from the Chief
Justice of India in his
speech at a Republic
Day function who
bluntly commented
that the quality and
precision of the Draft-
ing of law legislation
has diminished.
It is inferred from cir-
cumstantial evidence
that Alok Srivastava's
track record as law sec-
retary might have per-
suaded the government
to return the post to the
IAS cadre.
But Dr. Chandra's ap-
pointment as law secre-
tary has had its own
twists. Earlier, he was
overlooked for secre-
tary empanelment. In
2018, he was empaneled
as an additional secre-
tary and his peers
thought that he might
not get into the league
of secretaries.
In a sudden turn of
developments, Chandra
has not only become a
full-fledged secretary
but has been entrusted
with the department of
law which is seen as a
critical ministry in the
NDA dispensation be-
cause of its focus on re-
forming and liberaliz-
ing the law and admin-
istrative processes.
Maybe, the govern-
ment has come to count
on the old workhorse
IAStoexecuteitsreform
agenda seamlessly in
conjunction with the
lawministrywhereafel-
low IAS is placed as the
officer in charge instead
of someonefromoutside
its fraternity for a better
rapport within the por-
tals of the government.
IAS REGAINS LAW MINISTRY: READ BETWEEN LINES
After Rupee plummeted
to an all-time low
against the US Dollar,
the Congress on Mon-
day attacked the gov-
ernment, saying that it
is now time for the ru-
pee to march towards
the 100-mark.
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi said, “Ru-
pee has fallen to an all-
time low to 77.4 to a Dol-
lar. The Prime Minister
has already achieved
his target of 100+ in pet-
rol and diesel, and of
1,000 in LPG. Now it’s
the Rupee’s turn to
march towards 100.”
He alleged that India
is in the middle of a
huge economic crisis,
which will worsen fur-
ther and turn into
something that Indians
never witnessed before.
“The PM cannot keep
the economic and social
realities of India hid-
den forever. It is time he
acknowledges the situa-
tion and starts working
towards solutions in-
stead of just offering PR
distractions,” Rahul
Gandhi added.
Congress General
Secretary Randeep Sur-
jewala said it is unprec-
edented that thr Indian
rupee has fallen to an
abysmal low of Rs 77.41
to a dollar.
“Never has this hap-
pened in 75 years. Un-
der the Modi govern-
ment, Indian rupee is in
ICU. What are the rea-
sons for it,” he asked.
Surjewala said there
are apparent reasons for
the inflation: “
As life has
become unbearable and
expensive, whether it is
petrol or diesel or cook-
ing gas or CNG or even
eatables, everything has
gone beyond the reach
of the common man.’
He alleged that there
is immeasurable flight
of capitalfromIndiaand
the reasons behind that
are the BJP-sponsored
communal tensions trig-
gered across India, ram-
pant corruption in BJP-
ruled states.
‘AFTER PETROL, IT IS RUPEE’S
TURN TO BREACH 100-MARK’
PM can’t hide economic and social realities of India forever: Rahul
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): As some Hindu
groups in Karnataka
launched a campaign
against the alleged un-
authorised use of
loudspeakers in
mosques in the state
on Monday, Chief Min-
ister Basavaraj Bom-
mai directed state of-
ficials to implement
strictly the Supreme
Court orders regard-
ing their use, as a sec-
tion of Congress' Mus-
lim leaders met him
over the issue.
Ahead of his meeting
with top police, home
and law department offi-
cials here, Bommai said
he has given directions
regardingtheimplemen-
tation of the SC order on
use of loudspeakers.
Recorded versions or
bhajans being recited
by those present at the
temples were played out
at around 5 am to coun-
ter the morning azaan
being recited on the
loudspeakers.
K’TAKA: HANUMAN CHALISA
PLAYED IN SEVERAL TEMPLES
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The statement of
Delhi BJP leader Ta-
jinder Pal Singh Bagga,
who was picked up by
Punjab Police from his
home pursuant to an
FIR against him in the
state, could not be re-
corded before a local
court here on Monday
as he was not present
in the national Capital.
Delhi Police said that
it will move an applica-
tion to record his state-
ment when he returns
to the city
.
After a Mohali court
issued an arrest war-
rant against him on Sat-
urday, the Punjab and
Haryana high court di-
rected the Punjab gov-
ernment not to take any
coercive action against
BJP leader Bagga till
next date of hearing.
On Monday, Bagga's
advocates appeared
before Metropolitan
Magistrate Nitika Ka-
poor in Delhi and
submitted that they
will move an applica-
tion for releasing two
mobile phones be-
longing to the BJP
leader and his father,
allegedly snatched by
unknown persons on
Friday morning.
Bagga out of Delhi,
statement not recorded
Kolkata (Agencies):
Leader of Opposition in
West Bengal Assembly,
Suvendu Adhikari, has
called upon BJP work-
ers to resist possible at-
tempts by the ruling
Trinamool Congress to
capture booths and rig
next year's panchayat
elections in the state.
He also claimed that
the minority communi-
ty is upset with the Tri-
namool and has not for-
gotten the Birbhum kill-
ings, and this will reflect
in the rural elections.
The BJP MLA from
Nandigram, while ad-
dressing a meeting to
markoneyearof hisvic-
tory against Mamata in
the constituency in the
2021 assembly elections,
alleged that the Trina-
mool had unleashed vio-
lence in the seat after
poll results were de-
claredonMay2lastyear,
but asserted that people
of Nandigram won't be
intimidatedbysuchter-
ror tactics.
Our party offices
were ransacked, several
of our activists killed,
and houses looted and
burnt down by Trina-
mool goons after the
election results but the
people of Nandigram
fought back and many
of these attackers are
now on the run due to
intervention of the
court and NHRC. The
vengeful Trinamool ad-
ministration tried to im-
plicate us in false cases
but did not succeed, Su-
vendu Adhikari said.
Suvendu claims Trinamool may
try to rig 2023 Panchayat polls
Shopian: One militant
was killed in the initial
exchange of fire in an
encounter in Shopian
district of Jammu and
Kashmir on Monday
.
Security forces had
launched a cordon and
search operation in
Pandoshan area of the
district following infor-
mation that militants
were present there, a
police official said.
He said the search op-
eration turned into an
encounter after mili-
tants opened fire on se-
curity forces, who then
retaliated.
Earlier on Sunday, a
Pakistani terrorist of
LeT and a local terror-
ist were killed in the
Kulgam district.
Militant killed in
encounter with
security forces
in JK’s Shopian
Lohardaga (Agencies):
A local BJP leader was
shot dead in his sleep in
Jharkhand's Lohardaga
districtearlyonMonday
,
police said.
The incident took
place at Chatakpur vil-
lage in Kuru police sta-
tion area around 2 AM,
officer-in-charge Anil
Kumar said.
Thedeceasedhasbeen
identified as Ratan Ma-
hato, a BJP booth com-
mitteepresident.Hewas
rushed to RIMS, Ranchi
but he died on the way
,
the officer said.
As per the prelimi-
nary probe, a land dis-
pute is suspected to be
the reason behind the
killing.
Jharkhand local
BJP leader shot
dead over
property dispute
The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) will on
Tuesday question IAS
officer Pooja Singhal in
connection with a Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering case pertaining
to illegal mining in
Jharkhand.
The ED had on Sun-
day recorded the state-
ment of her husband
Abhishek Jha.
Chartered Account-
ant Suman Kumar, who
works for the IAS offic-
er and her husband,
was placed under arrest
on Saturday following
several raids.
Kumar was then sent
to five days ED's custody
.
The ED had on Friday
recovered Rs 19.31 crore
and a few incriminating
documents from the
premises of Kumar.
ED to question IAS
Pooja Singhal today
T
T
WHY SHOULD ANYBODY INVEST HERE?
CM orders officials
to implement apex
court orders
Puducherry (Agen-
cies): About 500
DMK cadres, includ-
ing Leader of the
Opposition in Pu-
ducherry Assembly
R. Siva and three
party MLAs, were
arrested on Monday
after they laid siege
to the Jawaharlal
Institute of Post-
graduate Medical
Education and Re-
search (Jipmer)
here demanding the
administration to
rescind the circular
insisting that en-
tries in all regis-
ters/service books
would be made “as
far as possible only
in Hindi”.
The protesters led
by Siva, MLAs —
Annibal Kenndy, R.
Senthil Kumar, L.
Sambath — and sen-
ior leader SP Siva-
kumar laid siege to
the main entrance
and raised slogans
against the move.
The police moved in
and arrested them.
Talking to report-
ers, Siva said the
Central government
was trying to impose
Hindi on the people
of Puducherry, and
the Jipmer adminis-
tration should with-
draw the circular
immediately.
Four DMK MLAs
among 500 held for
picketing JIPMER
‘HINDI IMPOSITION’
TAMIL GIVEN
PRIORITY: LT GUV
Soundarara-
jan, who visited
JIPMER and
held discussions
with the Director
Rakesh Aggarwal,
said “there is no
imposition of Hindi
in any manner in
the institute and
Tamil, the local
language is given
priority”. She told
reporters that there
were four circulars
and a couple of
them were being
propagated as
imposing Hindi.
Suvendu Adhikari
Pooja Singhal
Tajinder Bagga
DMK workers attempting to picket JIPMER on Monday.
Rahul Gandhi
SHAH’S DAY OUT IN ASSAM!
Union Home Minister Amit Shah meeting people residing near Mankachar BPO (Border Out-
Post) in Assam on Monday.

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): The
severe cyclonic storm
Asani is likely to re-
curve over the sea away
from the coast, and
would not cross Andhra
Pradesh, Odisha, or
West Bengal, India Me-
teorological Depart-
ment (IMD) Senior Sci-
entist RK Jenamani
said on Monday
.
At present, Mr
Jenamani said that the
cyclonic storm is locat-
ed around 450 and 500
km south of Visakhapa-
tnam and Puri.
“This system is a se-
vere cyclonic storm at
the moment. It is mov-
ing in a northwest di-
rection with a speed of
around 21 to 25 km in
the last 12 hours. This
will continue to move. It
is moving towards
north coastal Andhra
Pradesh and Odisha,”
he said, adding that
from tomorrow on-
wards, it will recurve.
The meteorological
department has predict-
ed heavy to very heavy
isolated rainfall from
May 10 to May 11 over
the district of north
coastalAndhraPradesh
like East Godavari, Vi-
jayawada and Vi-
sakhapatnam, Srikaku-
lam and the coastal dis-
trict of Odisha.
Asani moving towards Andhra, Odisha
TO RECURVE
lll
Under the
influence of
Asani, some
coastal districts
of Odisha are
expected to
receive heavy
rainfall from
May 10
onwards
France to work with India’s
initiatives in space, defence
Both sides welcomed ongoing cooperation across all defence domains
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia and France agreed
to work in close prox-
imity in line with the
Make in India initia-
tives to address chal-
lenges related to space
issues, besides having
deeper ties in climate
change and defence-re-
lated matters.
Building on a great
tradition of over 60
years of technical and
scientific space coop-
eration, and in order to
address the contempo-
rary challenges that
have arisen in space, in
particular maintaining
secure access to space
for all, India and France
have agreed on setting
up a bilateral strategic
dialogue on space is-
sues during Indian PM
Narendra Modi’s recent
visit to France.
“It will bring togeth-
er experts from space
and defence agencies,
administration and
specialised ecosystem
to discuss security and
economic challenges in
outer space, the norms
and principles applica-
ble to space as well as
unveil new areas of co-
operation. The two
sides agreed to hold the
first dialogue this year
at the earliest,” the
joint statement re-
vealed.
During the meeting
between PM Modi and
French President Em-
manuel Macron, both
sides welcomed the on-
going intense coopera-
tion across all defence
domains. Joint exercis-
es (Shakti, Varuna,
Pegase, Desert Knight,
Garuda) illustrate ef-
forts towards better in-
tegration and interop-
erability wherever
possible.
SYNERGY IN TIES
PM Narendra Modi with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Anchored boats on the shore after IMD issued an alert for coastal
states regarding Cyclone Asani, in Puri. —PHOTO BY PTI
Top court stays proceedings
in HCs on IT Rules 2021
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on Mon-
day stayed further pro-
ceedings before the
high courts in matters
involving challenges to
the Information Tech-
nology (Intermediary
Guidelines and Digital
Media Ethics Code)
Rules 2021 or Cable TV
Networks (Amend-
ment) Rules 2021.
A bench of Justices A
M Khanwilkar and AS
Oka passed the order
while hearing a batch
of petitions, including
those raising the issue
of hate speech and seek-
ing regulations for OTT
(Over the top) plat-
forms.
“We direct stay of fur-
ther proceedings pend-
ing before the high
courts in the respective
cases or to be filed here-
after until the next date
of hearing involving a
challengetotheITRules
or Cable TV (Amend-
ment) Rules, which are
the subject matter of
proceedings in these
cases,” the bench said
and posted the matter
for hearing on May 19.
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, appear-
ing for the Centre, told
the bench that there are
several petitions in the
matter pending before
the apex court.
“Can your lordships
consider granting stay
so far as transfer peti-
tions are concerned so
that no further orders
are passed,” Mehta
said. The bench also is-
sued notices on the peti-
tions before it in which
notices were not yet is-
sued.
PM pays tributes
to Tagore, Pratap,
Gokhale on their
birth anniversary
NewDelhi(PTI):Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday paid
tributes to Ra-
bindranath Tagore on
his birth anniversary,
saying he continues to
inspire millions in
thought and action.
Modi also paid hom-
age to freedom fighter
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
and the brave Mewar
king Maharana Pratap
on their birth anniver-
saries.
RememberingTagore,
born in 1861 and a man
of many talents, Modi
said, “I bow to Gurudev
Tagore on his Jayanti.
In thought and action,
he continues to inspire
millions of people. He
taught us to be proud
of our nation, culture
and ethos. He empha-
sised on education,
learning and social em-
powerment.”
Congress having links with
‘left extremist forces’: FM
Chennai: Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sithara-
man attacked the Con-
gress party, alleging
that it was having links
with left-wing extrem-
ist forces who would
pose a threat to the uni-
ty of the country
.
Addressing the 52nd
Annual Day celebra-
tions of Tamil weekly
magazine ‘Thuglak’,
she said the ruling BJP
was bringing in a
“transfor mational
change” in the country
with its policies and the
economy was growing
fast despite the impact
of the Covid-19 pandem-
ic. Targeting the Con-
gress, Sitharaman said,
“Even those places
where the late prime
ministers Indira Gan-
dhi or Rajiv Gandhi
would tread (careful-
ly)...(Congress leader)
Rahul Gandhi goes and
stands next to them —
left extremist forces
who can break the unity
of the country. They
(Congress) are doing
absentee politics.
Continuing her ti-
rade, Sitharaman said,
“Congress was involv-
ing itself in absentee
politics and what we
needed was a Congress-
mukt Bharat.... They
(Congress) have done
blunders, corruption,
2G scam, and were also
involved in dynastic
politics.”
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered a case
against an author based on a complaint by a 32-year-
old woman who accused him of raping her for 10 years
under the pretext of marriage, police said on Monday.
The FIR was lodged at Timarpur Police Station in the
national capital on the basis of the complaint of the
woman who hails from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. In
her complaint, the woman said she has been living on
rent in Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi for the last 10 years and
is preparing for UPSC examination. According to the
FIR, about 10 years ago she met the Sahitya Akademi
award-winning writer on a social media platform and
become friends. In her complaint, she referred to an
incident when he allegedly abused and beat her up.
Thane: The National Lok Adalat held in Thane recently
ordered a total settlement of over `68 lakh to two
widows, whose husbands died on the same day in road
accidents in Maval and Thane, an
official said on Monday. The NLA
was held on Saturday, and in the
first case Sarika Thorat (32) was
awarded compensation of `36.95
lakh for the death of her husband
Anand, an electrician, in a road
accident in Maval on June 26 last year, the official said.
In the second case, Shabana Ansari (40) was awarded
`31.50 lakh for the death of her husband Mohammad
Salim Ansari in a road accident in Thane on June 26
last year. The highest compensation of `75 lakh was
awarded to one Bhavana Rajput whose husband Chetan
died in a road accident on Eastern Express Highway.
Chandigarh: The Border Security Force (BSF) has
shot down a drone coming from Pakistan, which
was carrying heroin, in Pun-
jab’s Amritsar, said the force
on Monday. The BSF said it
recovered nine packets of her-
oin from the drone, thwarting
a smuggling bid from across
the border. “Frontier #BSF
troops foiled another smuggling attempt through
Pak drone. Vigilant BSF troops fired at the drone
coming from Pak brought it down. Drone carrying
9 packets suspected to be #Heroin (10.670Kgs) in
a bag were also recovered,” said the BSF (Punjab
Frontier) in a tweet.
AWARD-WINNING DELHI AUTHOR ACCUSED
OF RAPING WOMAN FOR 10 YEARS
`68 LAKH COMPENSATION FOR 2 WIDOWS
WHOSE HUSBANDS DIED IN ACCIDENTS
PUNJAB: BSF SHOOTS DOWN PAK DRONE
CARRYING HEROIN ALONG BORDER
CRUCIAL READ
India should stop ‘regulatory assault’:
Chinese state media on Xiaomi row
New Delhi: India
should stop its “regula-
tory assault” on Chi-
nese companies, state-
backed Chinese news-
paper Global Times
said, after smartphone
maker Xiaomi Corp al-
leged threats of “physi-
cal violence” in Indian
investigations.
Reuters reported on
Saturday that Xiaomi
had told an Indian court
that its top executives
faced threats and coer-
cion during question-
ing by an Indian agency
investigating illegal re-
mittances. The agency,
the Enforcement Direc-
torate, called the allega-
tions “untrue and base-
less”.
Citing the story, the
Global Times in an
opinion piece late on
Sunday said the uncer-
tainty surrounding Xi-
aomi’s “regulatory pre-
dicament should raise a
red flag for India” and
asked New Delhi to stop
its “regulatory assault
onChinesecompanies”.
“The impression that
Chinese and other for-
eign companies could
be intentionally target-
ed and suppressed isn’t
something good or fa-
vourable for India,” it
said.
Modi announces
`2 lakh aid for
those killed in
Telangana mishap
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday condoled the
death of nine people
who were killed in a
road accident in
Kamareddy district of
Telangana and an-
nounced an ex-gratia of
`2 lakh each to the next
of relatives of the dead.
PM Modi also an-
nounced a compensa-
tion of `50,000 for those
injured in the accident.
The PMO, in a tweet,
said, “Distressed by the
loss of lives due to an
accident in Kamareddy,
Telangana. Condolenc-
es to the bereaved fami-
lies and prayers with
the injured.
CHALLENGE TO IT RULES
Fill posts of chairman,
member in tax body in
6 weeks: HC to Centre
Jyotiraditya Scindia to probe case
barring divyang kid to board flight
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi High Court has
directed the Centre to
complete within six
weeks the process of ap-
pointment of Chair-
man and a Member for
the Principal Bench of
the Customs, Central
Excise and Service Tax
Settlement Commis-
sion.
It further said that
the process of appoint-
ment of Vice-Chairman
and one member for the
additional bench of the
Commission at Mum-
bai be completed within
six weeks.
The Delhi High Court
was hearing a petition
by Yashpal Singh alleg-
ing that the Centre has
failed to appoint mem-
bers as required by law
in the Settlement Com-
missions established
under Central Excise
Act, which is increas-
ing the pendency of ap-
plications.
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Civil Aviation Min-
ister Jyotiraditya Scin-
dia on Monday said that
he himself will investi-
gate the alleged inci-
dent of IndiGo airlines,
which barred an adoles-
cent child with special
needs from boarding
a plane along with
his parents at the
Ranchi airport on
Saturday
.
The Union
Minister said
that there is
z e r o - t o l e r-
ance for such
behaviour and appro-
priate action will be
taken. “There is zero
tolerance towards such
behaviour. No human
being should have to go
through this! Investi-
gating the matter by
myself, post which ap-
propriate action will be
taken,” he said in a
tweet.
A social media post
on Sunday alleged the
staff of IndiGo airlines
barred an adolescent
with special needs from
boarding a plane along
with his parents at the
Ranchi airport on Sat-
urday
. “The Indigo staff
announced that the
child would not be al-
lowed to take the flight.
MINISTERSPEAK
ED DENIES
XIAOMI’S
ALLEGATIONS
New Delhi: The ED
on Monday rejected
Xiaomi Technology
India Private Limited’s
allegations claiming
that statements of its
officials were taken
under coercion. The
ED claimed that the al-
legations made by the
Chinese mobile manu-
facturing company
were “baseless”.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Udhampur(PTI): The
highly sophisticated
‘Zen ShootEdge’ corner
shot pistol weapon sys-
tem will be inducted by
the Jammu and Kash-
mir Police for close
combat and 100 of these
will be delivered, ac-
cording to company of-
ficials.
It facilitates shooting
around corners and
over the top of walls,
without exposing the
person using the pistol,
they said.
Security officials
said that this modern
weapon will protect
members of anti-terror-
ist operation parties
from coming in direct
fire from terrorists in
close combat, which
mostly takes place in
congested and populat-
ed areas in Kashmir.
“Recently
, we have re-
ceived an order from the
Jammu and Kashmir
Police for (procurement
of) 100 such systems,”
Senior Manager Sales,
Zen Technologies,
Baljeet Singh, told PTI.
The weapon system
had been put on display
by Zen technologies at
the two-day Northern
Tech Symposium or-
ganised by the Indian
Army in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Udhampur
district to identify cut-
ting-edge technologies
it needs for solving op-
erational challenges.
The symposium ended
on Sunday
.
J-K cops to be armed with
corner shot weaponry

NEWS
07
SINGAPORE TO
BAN ‘THE
KASHMIR FILES’
The Kashmir Files’, a
Bollywood movie on the
exodus of Hindus from the
Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley,
will be banned in multi-racial
Singapore as the film has been
assessed to be beyond the city-
state’s film classification
guidelines, a media report said
on Monday. The authorities have
assessed the Hindi-language
film to be beyond Singapore’s
film classification guidelines,
said the Infocomm Media
Development Authority (IMDA)
in a joint statement with the
Ministry of Culture, Community
and Youth (MCCY) and the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The film will be refused
classification for its provocative
and one-sided portrayal of
Muslims and the depictions of
Hindus being persecuted in the
on-going conflict in Kashmir,
the authorities told Channel
News Asia. These
representations have the
potential to cause enmity
between different communities,
and disrupt social cohesion and
religious harmony in our
multiracial and multi-religious
society, they said. Under the
film classification guidelines,
any material that is denigrating
to racial or religious
communities in Singapore will
be refused classification, they
added. The Vivek Agnihotri-
directed movie, being screened
in India since March to mixed
reviews, is based on the exodus
of Kashmiri Pandits from the
Kashmir Valley the 1990s due to
terrorism. The film, written and
directed by Agnihotri, stars
Anupam Kher, Mithun
Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi in
lead roles. —PTI
HCBA PREZ
URGES CHIEF
JUSTICE OF HC
TO IMPROVE
LISTING OF
CASES
The lawyers of Allahabad High
court will abstain from judicial
work on Tuesday demanding
prompt listing of cases and other
improvements in the computerised
system of listing of cases
introduced in recent times. High
court bar association (HCBA)
president and senior advocate, RK
Ojha said that several letters were
sent to the Hon’ble Chief Justice
regarding problems faced by
lawyers and litigants due to delay
in listing newly filed cases as well
as old cases but nothing was done
to resolve the issues. He urged the
chief justice of the Allahabad high
court to ensure improvement in the
entire system of listing of cases, as
according to him, at present the
fresh cases were being listed
before the court after 10 to 60 days
after their filing in the registry. It
must be ensured that all the fresh
cases are listed before the court
after 48 hours and it must also be
ensured that information in this
regard is conveyed to the lawyers
by the registry through SMSes.
—First India Bureau
AKHILESH YADAV DEMANDS
PROBE BY SITTING HC JUDGE
Varanasi (PTI): Sama-
jwadi Party president
Akhilesh Yadav on
Monday demanded a
probe by a sitting High
Court judge and the reg-
istration of a murder
case into the death of a
Chandauli woman, who
died after she was al-
legedly beaten up by
police personnel. The
woman had died during
a police raid on May 1,
after which a case of
culpable homicide was
registered against six
police personnel.
Her family members
had alleged that she
was raped. Yadav, who
visited the family of the
woman in Chandauli,
said the family will get
justice only after a
high-level judicial in-
quiry by a sitting judge
of the High Court is or-
dered, according to par-
ty release. He assured
all possible help to the
family for securing jus-
tice asked the govern-
ment to help them out.
The family has said that
their daughter died be-
cause of police, so a
murder case should be
lodged against them,
Yadav said, alleging
that atrocities have ris-
en under the BJP gov-
ernment.
The BJP does not
want society to live in
peace, he alleged, add-
ing that the party is
“spreading hatred”.
“The BJP wants people
to keep fighting
amongst themselves,”
Yadav said. “Can any-
one imagine that police
will become ‘dabang’
(high-handed) on pre-
text of ‘dabish’ (raid).
Who has given police
the right to enter any
house and indulge in
manhandling? Under
which law, they got the
right to beat up people?
She died due to man-
handling by police,” Ya-
dav said.
Akhilesh Yadav meeting the family members of the victim in Chandauli on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Akhilesh Yadav outside the Varanasi district jail on Monday after
meeting SP activists lodged there. —PHOTO BY PTI
Husband, in-laws held for
killing woman for dowry
M u z a f f a r n a g a r
(PTI): A 28-year-old
woman was allegedly
killed by her husband
and in-laws for dowry
in Jansath area of the
district, police said on
Monday
. Shabana was
found hanging in her
room on Saturday,
they said.
However, her broth-
er Rashid claimed in
the police complaint
that the accused killed
the woman and then
hanged her body to
pass it off as suicide,
police said.
Shabana’s husband
Shokin, father-in-law
Shabir and mother-in-
law Shakila have been
arrested while their
distant relative
Aslam, also named in
the FIR, is abscond-
ing, they said.
The body has been
sent for post-mortem
examination, they
said. The couple had
got married in Octo-
ber 2020.
RELATIVE RAPES
WOMAN IN BALLIA
Ballia (PTI): A
23-year-old married
woman was allegedly
raped by her relative
in the Rasra area of
the district, police
said on Monday. An
FIR was registered
and the accused
has been arrested,
they said. Accord-
ing to police, the
incident took place
on Sunday when the
woman (23) was
alone in her house
and her relative
Ashwani Ram (21)
reached there and
raped her. A detailed
probe is on in the
matter, they said.
YOGA ENTHUSIASTS
Children perform yoga at Assi Ghat as part of the countdown to International Day of Yoga, in Varanasi, Monday, May 9.
Neighbour throws acid at Agra
family sleeping on roof, injures four
Agra: Four members
of a family, including
two women, were in-
jured in an acid attack
when they were sleep-
ing on the roof of their
house in Shahganj po-
lice station in Agra city
,
police said. A case has
been registered against
a man living in the
neighbourhood and the
victims have been ad-
mitted to a hospital for
treatment.
A wife, daughter, son,
and brother of auto
driver Aslam got badly
burnt after coming into
the grip of flammable
material. All the injured
were admitted to the
emergency of SN Medi-
cal College for treat-
ment. In the case of an
attack on flammable
material, the victim
Aslam has accused
Kallu, who lives in the
neighborhood, of as-
sault. It was revealed
that there was a rift be-
tween the family of
Aslam and Kallu be-
cause of an incident
that occurred 10 years
ago. In this attack, apart
from Aslam, 18-year-old
Sahil, 26-year-old Fur-
qan, 17-year-old Elma,
and 38-year-old Reshma
got injured. Out of
which Sahil and Fur-
kan have been dis-
charged after first aid.
SSP Sudhir said that
Kallu, who was accused
on the complaint of the
victim Aslam, has been
taken into custody by
the police and is being
interrogated.
Man attempts self-immolation
Ghaziabad (PTI): Dis-
traught over the failure
of police to trace his
kidnapped daughter, a
50-year-old man on
Monday tried to immo-
late himself in front of
the district magistrate.
Dharmendra Kumar,
a resident of Sector-23
Sanjay Nagar of Mad-
huban Bapu Dham
area, poured petrol on
his clothes and tried to
immolate himself at the
collectorate office. Dis-
trict magistrate RK
Singh with the help of
policemen deputed
there stopped him and
handed him over to the
police. Kumar was re-
portedly angry with the
police which have not
been able to trace his
minor daughter.
Additional superin-
tendent of police (first)
Nipun Agarwal said
that an FIR was regis-
tered on April 18 in the
case against a man on
charges of kidnapping.
He has been detained
for questioning, he said.
The girl had left from
home with two of her
friends to go to Noida
but did not return.
Police is trying to
trace her through elec-
tronic surveillance and
manual intelligence,
Agarwal said. After the
immolation attempt,
the security of the DM
office has been en-
hanced, he said.
ACID THROWN AT COUPLE
OVER SEX HARASSMENT
CASE OF DAUGHTER: POLICE
Pilibhit (PTI): Five
people here allegedly
threw acid on a teen-
age girl’s parents to
pressure them to
withdraw a case
lodged for their
daughter’s sexual ha-
rassment, police said
on Monday. The cou-
ple had lodged the
case against one
Rajesh.
In a bid to pressure
them for the with-
drawal of the case,
the five people threw
acid on Nanhe Lal
(42) and his wife
Lakhmi (40), who
were sleeping in their
house at Agyari vil-
lage in the Gajraula
area on Sunday
. They
were seriously in-
jured in the incident
and admitted to a pri-
vate hospital in Ba-
reilly for treatment,
police said.
The accused have
been identified as
Ajay, Chhotelal,
Ramkishan, Guddu
and Harishankar, all
residents of Agyari
village. Police have
arrested three of
them. Superinten-
dent of Police Dinesh
Prabhu told report-
ers they have sus-
pended Gajraula
SHO Tejpal and Su-
has police outpost in-
charge Lokesh Ku-
mar for dereliction
of duty in the sexual
harassment case.
Both were
seriously
injured in the
incident and
admitted to a
private
hospital in
Bareilly for
treatment,
police said
CHANDAULI WOMAN’S DEATH
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
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2NDFRONT
Life is messy with complex
relationships, uncertain
outcomes and irrational people
and that is the beauty of it!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: In UP, when
all the political parties
are gearing up for the
upcoming Lok Sabha
elections, then almost
all the main parties are
apparently grappling
with the problem of
indecision regarding
their respective
state president. In this
context, BJP is passing
through the phase
of the most intense
churning.
Keeping in view the
Mission-2024, BJP strat-
egists are assessing to
balance the caste-re-
gional equations. That
is why the final decision
is getting delayed.
Whereas, it is believed
that the opposition par-
ties are waiting for the
announcement of the
name of the new state
president of BJP; only
after that all these par-
ties would like to open
their cards.
Although the tenure
of BJP’s present state
president Swatantradev
Singh is till 2023, he has
become a cabinet minis-
ter in the Yogi 2.0 gov-
ernment.AsBJPstrictly
adheres to the principle
of ‘one man one post’,
the new face is sure to
get the command of the
state organisation in his
place. In order to suc-
cessfully deal with the
upcoming election chal-
lenges, the focus is espe-
cially on caste equa-
tions. Party strategists
areengagedinassessing
the aspects of profit and
loss associated with the
selection of Brah-
min-Dalit or OBC face.
On the other hand, UP
Cong state president
Ajay Kumar Lallu had
resigned after the par-
ty’spoorperformancein
the assembly elections.
Discussions are going
on about the names of
many veterans in the
Cong for Lallu’s vacant
seat. But even after al-
most two months no de-
cision has been taken.
After this the state pres-
identDr.MasoodAhmed
left the party
. Since then
no posting has been
done on his vacant post.
There has been a round
of discussionsinSPalso
to replace Naresh Uttam
Patel but no final deci-
sion could be taken.
There have been
speculations about re-
placing the state presi-
dent Bhimrajbhar in
BSP. In AAP too, the
decision to select the
president is pending.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Lakh-
impur Kheri incident
of last October, in
which eight persons
including four farmers
were killed, might not
have taken place had
Union Minister Ajay
Mishra Teni not made
utterances threatening
local farmers with ex-
pulsion, the Ald HC
has said.
The court made the
observation while re-
jecting the bail pleas of
four co-accused of
prime accused Ashish
Mishra, the Minister’s
son, in the killing of
four farmers and one
journalist on October
3, 2021 in Tikonia.
The court said there
was “overwhelming ev-
idence” against each of
the four accused Sumit
Jaiswal, Ankit Das,
Shishpal and Lavkush.
While rejecting the bail
application of Ankit
Das, the grandson of
former Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh Babu
Banarasi Das, Justice
Dinesh Kumar Singh
observed, “Political
persons holding high
offices, should make
public utterances in a
decent language con-
sidering repercussions
in society
. They should
not make irresponsible
statements as they are
required to conduct
themselves befitting
their status and digni-
ty of high office which
they hold.”
Justice Singh said:
“Several innocent lives
would not have got lost
in a most cruel, diabol-
ic, barbaric, gruesome
and inhuman manner
allegedly by his very
promising son and oth-
er accused’’.
Muzaffarnagar (PTI):
Meghalaya Governor
Satya Pal Malik has
said that promises
made to farmers in De-
cember last year have
not been fulfilled by the
government so far and
advocated a law on min-
imum support price
(MSP).
Expressing displeas-
ure over the prevailing
situation, Malik said
farmers have only end-
ed their dharna at Delhi
borders but their move-
ment against the three
controversial agri legis-
lations is still alive else-
where. “Promises made
by the government to
farmers are not being
fulfilled. The govt
should make a law on
MSP to resolve the is-
sues, Malik said while
talking to reporters
here on Sunday even-
ing. Farmers have only
ended their dharna in
Delhi but their move-
ment is still alive,” he
added.
Thousands of farm-
ers, mostly from Punjab
and Haryana, laid siege
at Delhi borders in No-
vember 2020 demanding
that the Centre with-
draw the three farm
laws. The protest ended
in December 2021 after
Modi govt withdrew the
farm laws. The protest-
ing farmers had refused
to clear the protest sites
as they demanded the
withdrawal of cases
lodged against them, le-
gal guarantee on MSP,
and a compensation to
the kin of farmers who
died during the course
of the protest among
others.
Meghalaya governor Satya Pal Mali
Deliberate delay in
appointing party
state chiefs in UP
With BJP’s principle of ‘one man one post’, the new face
is sure to get the command of the state organisation
Ajay Kumar Lallu Dr. Masood Ahmed Naresh Uttam Patel
OTHER PARTIES WAITING FOR
THE FINAL DECISION
Political experts insist that in order to recover from
the brunt of a crushing defeat, it is imperative for
the opposition parties to restructure at the organiza-
tional level, under which changes have to be made
from top to bottom. But the opposition camps are
deliberately delaying the final decision on the name
of the head of the state. Once the name of the new
state president of the saffron party is revealed, then
the rest of the parties will choose their options only
to counter the BJP’s caste equations; because every
party has to compete with BJP. This view is also
corroborated by the fact that during the assembly
polls, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav withheld his party’s
manifesto till the BJP declared its sankalp patra.
Allahbad high court denies bail to 4 accused
LAKHIMPUR KHERI CASE
ALD HC DIRECTS BHU TO FORM
PANEL TO LOOK INTO PLEA
Noida: Allahabad High Court has directed the
formation of a committee of two experts to inquire
into a petition challenging the six questions asked
in the Assistant Professor Recruitment Examina-
tion, Chemistry, conducted by the Higher Educa-
tion Service Commission. A single-judge bench
of Justice Sid-
dharth passed
this order
while hearing a
petition filed by
Subhash Chan-
dra Srivastava
And 10 Others. In the writ petition, the answers
which have been disputed have been shown to be
incorrect on the basis of the authorities annexed
with the writ petition. Counter affidavit filed on
behalf of respondent no 2 by Gagan Mehta, Advo-
cate, shows that there is no material to the con-
trary except the report of the expert stating that all
the answers are correct, the Court observed.
COURTESY MEET
New IAS trainee officers called on Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra for a courtesy meet
on Monday.
‘Promises to farmers
not fulfilled’: Guv
seeks law on MSP
NOT SATISFIED
CORRUPTION
Woman SHO suspended
over ` 1 lakh bribe
Meerut(PTI): A Sta-
tion House Officer
(SHO) of an all-women
police station and a
sub-inspector (SI) were
suspended here on
Sunday on charges of
demanding a bribe of
Rs 1 lakh to omit the
name of an accused in
a case, officials said.
A case of indulging
in corruption has been
registered against the
two at the Civil Lines
police station here and
departmental inquiry
also ordered against
them, the officials said.
SP (City) Vineet Bhat-
nagar said that Investi-
gating Officer SI Ritu
Kajla and Monika Jin-
dal, the SHO of the all-
women police station,
had demanded Rs 1
lakh from an Army
jawan, a resident of
Chhur village in Sard-
hana area of the dis-
trict, to remove his
name from the list of
accused in a case.
He added that Sen-
ior Superintendent of
Police (SSP) Prabha-
kar Chaudhary had
asked the SP (Rural) to
probe the matter, in
which Jindal and Ritu
Kajla were found to be
guilty
.
Based on the probe
report, a case has been
registered against
them. Both the female
police personnel have
been suspended on the
orders of the SSP,
Bhatnagar said. The
matter came to light
when the Army jawan
made a video of the
two and complained
against them to the
SSP. Police sources
said the matter has
been registered by his
sister-in-law. Sumit
had given Rs 35,000 to
the women police per-
sonnel. He made a vid-
eo, and complained to
the SSP, after which
action was taken.
FIR AGAINST TWO WOMEN
OFFICERS IN BRIBE CASE
Meerut: Both women police officers accused
of taken bribe were suspended and case was
registered against them under corruption
charger in Civil lines police station. Vineet
Bhatnagar, superintendent of police here said
that case was registered against both women
police officers on orders of SSP Prabhakar
Chawdhary. A home-guard posted in police
station has filed compliant in SSP officer that
women police station in-charge Monika Jindal
and sub-inspector Ritu Kajla had taken bribe in
rape matter. In his complaint he said that case
under rape charges was registered against an
army jawan in March 22 and both police offi-
cers had taken Rs 1 lakh to remove his name
from accused list. SSP had ordered probe
into the matter and during investigations both
women officers were found guilty.
TEHSILDAR BOOKED FOR
CORRUPTION IN BAREILLY
Bareilly: A case of corruption has been regis-
tered against the tehsildar of Bareilly Sadar and
his orderly for allegedly demanding Rs 5 lakh
from a man to protect his plot of land from land
mafia. District Magistrate Shivakant Dwivedi
has suspended the attendant, and attached the
tehsildar to the collectorate. Senior Superinten-
dent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan said Sadar
tehsildar Sher Bahadur Singh, his orderly Abrar,
and another man were booked under charges of
corruption on Sunday at Kotwali Police Station.
According to police, a complaint was filed by one
Virendra Singh Bisht, a retired bank manager
from Veer Sawarkar Nagar, on May 5 alleging
he was under threat from land mafia, who were
trying to wrest his 720 square metre plot from
him. Bisht had also submitted a complaint at the
tehsildar’s office for measurement of his land. The
orderly demanded Rs 5 lakh in bribe for giving
the possession of the land, police said.
Union Minister Ajay Mishra
Self-criticism is needed in party forums, but it should not erode morale: Sonia at CWC
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: New Delhi:
The top decision-mak-
ingbodyof theCongress
metonMondayaheadof
a brainstorming session
in Rajasthan’s Udaipur
to discuss the agenda for
it and clear a batch of
internal reports on or-
ganisational reforms,
social justice and em-
powerment, agriculture
and farmers among oth-
er issues.
Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi, son and MP Ra-
hul Gandhi, Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot and
other leaders attended
the Congress Working
Committee (CWC) meet-
ing at the party’s head-
quarters in Delhi.
Besides setting the
agenda for the Udaipur
‘Chintan Shivir’, the
CWC meeting also dis-
cussed greater social
representation of vari-
oussectionsinallorgan-
isational positions, and
above the current 33 per
cent per cent reserva-
tion for women.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajeev Shukla, PL Punia and others after the
Congress Working Committee meeting, at the AICC headquarters, in New Delhi
on Monday.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi with party
leader Rahul Gandhi during the Congress Working
Committee meeting, at the AICC headquarters, in
New Delhi on Monday.
Congress has been good to all, time to repay
that debt in full. There are no magic wands,
only discipline, consistent collective pur-
pose to demonstrate our tenacity, resilience. Seek full
cooperation of leaders to ensure unity, determina-
tion, commitment to Congress’s accelerated revival
—Sonia Gandhi in apparent reference to voices of dissent in party
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CWC, the
highest decision-
making body of
Congress, met to
work out the
modalities and
agenda of its
brainstorming
session to be held
in Udaipur from
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development part-
ner, Aachho Jaipur
weaves enchant-
ment at the Ra-
jasthan Handloom
Show 2022. The col-
lection emphasises integrat-
ing ethnic fashion traditions
with modern sensibilities
The Rajasthan State Han-
dloom Corporation, led by
CMD Neha Giri IAS, held
the Rajasthan Handloom
Show 2022 on the eve of Ra-
jasthan Diwas, which is cel-
ebrated every year on March
30. The fashion show’s ‘Time
Travel’ idea was designed to
promote sustainable fashion
as well as the artisans, weav-
ers, and manufacturers that
make textile crafts. Aachho,
one of India’s finest ethnic
wear fashion enterprises
based in Jaipur, is the fash-
ion show’s design develop-
ment partner. The whole col-
lection was created using
locally sourced natural ma-
terials and traditional dye-
ing and printing techniques.
Rimjhim Hada, the Founder
and Creative Head of Aach-
ho, curated the collection
with an emphasis on fusing
ethnic fashion traditions
with modern sensibilities.
Black is the life of all par-
ties, it is a symbol of class,
business, elegance, and sexi-
ness while also having an
overbearing, even some-
times evil character to it.
Flowers and block print on
chanderi, Bagru Print, and
cotton dominated the run-
way
, with matching bags, ac-
cessories, and shoes made of
the same fabric, as well as
oxidised silver jewellery.
Models from Style Skool, as
well as supermodels Candice
Pinto and Deepti Gujral, per-
formed at the fashion show,
which took place at Hawa
Mahal, one of Jaipur’s most
prominent places. Blue col-
ours are connected with
trustworthiness, intellect,
confidence, and power in the
collection.
The official make-up and
hair partner, Sizzlin Sciz-
zors, stuck to the show’s con-
cept, providing all of the
models a stunning appear-
ance, while Diggi Palace set
the bar high for exceptional
guest service. The show was
directed by the renowned
TV stylist and fashion Cho-
reographer, Abhimanyu
Singh Tomar and the entire
event was managed by Ab-
hishek Singh from Vanamo
Entertainment.
Yash Jangid, the official
fashion photographer,
caught stunning moments
via his lens. Starting June 1,
the collection will be availa-
ble on aachho.com.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarshashekhar@firstindia.co.in
AACHHO JAIPUR KNITS MAGIC AT THE RAJASTHAN HANDLOOM
SHOW 2022 AS AN EXCLUSIVE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. THE
FOCUS OF THE COLLECTION IS ON FUSING ETHNIC DRESS
TRADITIONS WITH A CONTEMPORARY SENSIBILITY.
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ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Satisfaction is
foreseen for the
image conscious
people trying to
achieve perfect
figure and
physique. Your
efforts on the
academic front
will keep you in contention. You are likely
to spend an enjoyable time with a close
relation today. Your help to someone in
need will be greatly appreciated.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will put in
extra efforts to
complete a task
entrusted to you.
Your academic
aspirations may
take some time
to get realised.
A contentious
property issue may not show any signs
of getting sorted out amicably, so you
should have a backup plan ready.
Be careful during the day.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
A lot of time
may be wasted
in socialising,
but you will love
every moment
of it. You will
succeed in
surmounting the
odds to get a
stalled job back on the tracks. Something
concerning property will work out in your
favour. A romantic outing is on the cards
and promises much fun and frolic.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Sticking to
workout routine
may benefit you
on the health
front. Meeting
relatives at a
marriage or party
cannot be ruled
out. Support from
the family may seem most encouraging
for those aiming an academic pursuit.
A passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
romantic front brightens.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Recovering
a loaned
amount from
someone will
not pose much
difficulty. You
will manage to
defuse tensions
prevailing at
home by your tactful ways. A work trip
is on the cards for some. You manage to
weave your magic on the one you love. It
is a good day for you.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will manage
to ignore
distractions and
interruptions at
work to complete
a pending task
in time. Job
prospects for
those freshly
out of professional institutes are set to
brighten up soon. Those not in a stable
job can expect permanency. Health will be
satisfactory, be regular in workouts.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Spirituality will
have a special
allure for you.
Your innovative
ideas on the
professional front
are likely to be
well received.
Good health will
keep you fit and energetic. You are likely
to expand your social circle. You are likely
to get immense fulfillment in your current
romantic relationship.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Homemakers
will get a chance
to implement
their ideas. You
are likely to be
recognised for
your efforts on
the professional
front. Chance of
a raise is possible for some. Timely and
correct decision will help you in saving a
lot of money. You will be able to de-stress
yourself completely today.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Homemakers can
exceed budget
in doing up
their homes. An
old friend or a
relative is likely
to pay you a visit.
You succeed
in putting an
ambitious project on the tracks and cross
all hurdles in making it a success. Love
beckons and promises to give immense
joy and fulfillment.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Speculation may
not be profitable
and you can very
well burn your
fingers. A major
purchase may
make a dent in
your savings,
but will surely
help in keeping up with the flow. Some of
you may get hard pressed to find a good
match for someone eligible in your family.
Be careful during the day.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
It is one of those
days when you
will feel satisfied
with whatever
you do today on
the social front.
Those seeking
love may not
get lucky,
but persistence will pay! A friend or
relative can touch a sensitive nerve
and get you all upset. A job switch
needs to be considered.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A profitable day
for entrepreneurs
is envisaged.
You may be
played upon
for spending
on someone
else’s needs
and desires.
Homemakers are likely to enjoy the day
in the company of neighbors and friends.
Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but
adequate breaks will keep you going.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
A Contrarian View Of
TEACHING ENGLISH
iteracy, espe-
cially in the
urban Indian
landscape, a
milieu that I
inhabit and
am most fa-
miliar with, is largely
centered on an in-
creasing number of
parents being obses-
sive about their chil-
dren learning the Eng-
lish language well.
While the overt em-
phasis and importance
placed on this might be
debatable, that is the
subject-matter for an-
other time. What I am
here to share in this
write-up, being a com-
munications educator
who is often mistaken
for an ‘English teach-
er’, is that perhaps
there are some myths
and practices incor-
rectly associated with
literacy-learning that
urban Indian parents,
as well as educators,
would be wise to re-
visit, reconsider. What
are these? In my view,
here they are…
ENGLISH TUITIONS!
Far too many of us
parents seem to be-
lieve that it would be
ideal to get the stu-
dent/learner/ward
help by way of ‘Eng-
lish tuition’ around
middle-school. The
simple problem there,
if not in all cases, a
vast majority of cases,
is that it is simply too
little, too late. Let me
explain. See language
is something that, in
my belief, is imbibed
organically, naturally,
and from one’s envi-
ronment. However, for
absolutely no fault of
ours (Indians), most
of us do not speak a
majority of the time,
at home, in English.
Therefore, the forma-
tive years of a child
are likely to be domi-
nated more by Hindi
or a regional Indian
language, rather than
by English. This cou-
pled with a not-too-
high standard of Eng-
lish language instruc-
tion/teaching at
schools results in ex-
tremely weak gram-
mar fundamentals
that have become
deep-rooted in most
kids by the time they
are in middle school.
To then expect to fi-
nesse their language,
on the base of this
faulty foundation, is
unfair and illogical.
Perhaps the solution
is to try and ensure
proper language ini-
tiation and orienta-
tion from a very young
age through reading
in the language,
speaking correctly in
the language, and de-
veloping the funda-
mental building
blocks of English.
BIG WORDS FLOWERY
LANGUAGE!
There also appears to
be this common belief
that prowess and pro-
ficiency in the English
language has mostly
to do with knowing
big, fancy, complicated
words and using them
liberally. What fuels
this myth is a slew of
questionable literary
practices ranging
from Spelling Tests,
Word Lists that are to
be committed to mem-
ory, and blind usage of
the Thesaurus where
learners are encour-
aged to simply substi-
tute ‘simple’ words
with more complex-
sounding ‘replace-
ment’ words, not ac-
counting for context,
appropriateness etc.
my contention is that
all these practices are
worth questioning be-
cause the premise it-
self is flawed. To sug-
gest that expertise in a
language is largely
dependent on know-
ing fancy vocabulary
is absurd, especially
when what is expected
much before that stage
– to have clear funda-
mentals such as gram-
mar, sentence con-
struction, argument-
building, effective and
convincing writing
speaking, are them-
selves sorely lacking.
Language, even sim-
ple, can be most com-
pelling. The point is to
focus on the content,
the thoughts, the ide-
as, the opinions, the
perspectives; not on
language words per
say! We need to en-
courage our learners
to open their minds to
thought, not their
brain-spaces to a thou-
sand new words!
FORCED READING!
Finally, my last liter-
ary-practice worth re-
considering is related
to this penchant for
forcing children to
read. Many parents
and educational insti-
tutions seem to
breathe down stu-
dents’ necks by forc-
ing them to read, ei-
ther books the latter
don’t enjoy, or at a
regulated time-band
that kids find too long
and/or inconvenient
(such as library peri-
od at school or read-
ing-hour at home). I
might be causing
some degree of
scandal here but
my own belief is
that children
shouldn’t be
forced to read. In fact,
the reason the NEED
to force has arisen, is
because in most cases,
reading was NOT pre-
sent as a natural activ-
ity in the household or
childhood environ-
ment of that particu-
lar learner. Now, when
the child has grown
up a little bit, his or
her mind is naturally
lured by more inter-
esting attractions
such as the ‘screen’.
Forcing reading then,
to my mind, can per-
manently put-off kids
from books and litera-
ture. Ideally then, in-
troduce reading at a
formative stage. And
if you’ve missed that
bus, at least don’t
force what and when a
slightly more grown-
up learner is to read.
Leave it to them.
We ought to, as par-
ents and care-givers,
find ways of making
not just languages, all
subjects interesting to
our children. It is in-
cumbent upon us to
regularly revisit the
practices we are put-
ting in place to edu-
cate our children.
KARTIK BAJORIA
(The author is a Jaipur-
based Communication Skills
Educator Writer)
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