15012022 first india lucknow

CM YOGI EATS
KHICHDI AT DALIT
HOUSEHOLD
Gorakhpur: CM Yogi
Adityanath had a meal
at the home of a Dalit
BJP worker here on
Friday and said that dur-
ing the Samajwadi Party
rule there was “social
exploitation” and not
“social justice”, whereas
the BJP govt was
working for the develop-
ment of every section
of society without any
discrimination. Adity-
anath’s visit to the Dalit
family in Gorakhpur
came after his ministers
Swami Prasad Maurya,
Dara Singh Chauhan
and Dharam Singh
Saini resigned from the
government accusing it
of being anti-Dalit. P2
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CATASTROPHE
UP
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NEW
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NEW CASES
IN LUCKNOW
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NEW DEATHS
On first day of nomination for nail-biter UP
election, only SP’s Nahid Hasan shows up
Lucknow: Sitting Sa-
majwadi Party MLA
from Kairana assembly
constituency Nahid
Hasan on Friday be-
came the first candidate
to file his nomination
papers for the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly polls
beginning next month.
Hasan was the lone
candidate who filed his
nomination papers on
the first day of issuance
of notification on the
UP Assembly elections.
He is a two-time SP
MLA from Kairana
constituency in Shamli
district.
According to the
Election Commission,
in the first phase, 58 as-
sembly constituencies
spread over 11 districts
of Uttar Pradesh will go
to polls on February 10.
The last date for fil-
ing nomination papers
is January 21. Scrutiny
of nomination papers
will be done on January
24, while January 27 is
the last date for with-
drawal of nominations.
Counting of votes
will be held on March
10.
The districts which
are going to polls in this
phase are Shamli, Mu-
zaffarnagar, Baghpat,
Meerut, Ghaziabad,
Gautam Buddh Nagar,
Hapur, Bulandshahr,
Aligarh, Mathura and
Agra.
In all, 2,27,83,739
(over 2.27 crore) voters
— including 1,23,31,251
(over 1.23 crore) male
voters, 1,04,51,053 (over
1.04 crore) female vot-
ers and 1,435 third gen-
der voters are eligible to
exercise their voting
rights in the first phase
at 25,849 polling booths
located in 10,766 polling
centres.—PTI
Nahid Hasan, MLA from Kairana
IED found in bag in Delhi,NSG
carries out controlled explosion
New Delhi: An impro-
vised explosive device
(IED) was discovered
inside an attended bag
at East Delhi’s Ghaz-
ipur market on Friday,
sending the security
agencies into high alert.
According to officials,
some locals first discov-
ered a suspicious iron
box inside the bag today
morning, and alerted
the police.
A senior official said
they first received a call
at 10.19 am about the
bag. Officers found that
it was an iron box and
they also called the
NSG’s bomb disposal
squad. NSG’s bomb de-
tection and disposal
team carried out a con-
trolled explosion.
5-KG IED FOUND IN
PUNJAB VILLAGE
An IED weighing five
kg and some Indian
currency notes were on
Friday found concealed
in a bag lying on the
Attari-Bachiwind road in
Punjab’s Amritsar, close
to the India-Pakistan
border, police said.
Based on a specific input
about drugs and explo-
sives, the Punjab Police
STF recovered the bag
during search operation.
2,64,202
With 1,09,345 recoveries , active cases are now at 12,72,073,
while the daily positivity rate has risen to 14.78 per cent. Confirmed
cases of the Omicron variant presently stand at 5,753
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: India re-
ported 2,64,202 fresh
Covid-19 cases on Fri-
day, marking a 6.7 per
cent uptick since yes-
terday
.
This is the highest
single-day spike in 239
days. With 1,09,345 re-
coveries , active cases
are now at 12,72,073,
while the daily positiv-
ity rate has risen to
14.78 per cent.
Worst affected Maha-
rashtra recorded 238
new cases of Omicron
taking the state’s tally
of the new coronavirus
variant to 1,605. Maha-
rashtra also reported
43,211 fresh Covid-19
infections and 19 relat-
ed deaths in the past
24 hours.
HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY
SPIKE IN 239 DAYS
UNITED NATIONS REPORT WARNS OF RISE
IN DEATHS IN INDIA IN ‘NEAR FUTURE’
AUnited Nations report said that the deadly wave of
Covid-19 Delta variant stole 240,000 lives in India
between April and June in 2021 and disrupted economic
recovery, and warned that “similar episodes” could take
place in the near term. The flagship United Nations report
also said that with Omicron unleashing new waves of
infections, the human toll projected to increase again.
ireworks cover the sky in Walled City area of Jaipur on
the occasion of Makar Sankranti, on Friday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
(Above) Union Home Minister Amit Shah being felicitated inside
the Lord Jagannath temple during his visit in Ahmedabad.
F
Bishop Franco
acquitted in
Kerala nun
rape case
Pilot disorientation
due to weather
change led to CDS
chopper crash:
Court of Inquiry
Kochi: A trial court in
Kerala Friday acquitted
Franco Mulakkal, the
former Jalandhar Bish-
op of the Catholic
Church, of all charges
in the alleged rape of a
nun in a high-profile
case that had led to an
unprecedented public
protest in the state
more than three years
ago by other nuns in
support of the com-
plainant.
Mulakkal was pre-
sent in the courtroom
when Kottayam Addi-
tional Sessions Judge G
Gopakumar pro-
nounced the verdict. He
later broke down in the
corridor outside,
hugged his lawyers, and
told reporters before
leaving the premises:
“Daivathinu sthuthi’
(Praise the Lord).”
However, one of the
nuns who had spear-
headed the protest
against Mulakkal, Sis-
ter Anupama, ex-
pressed disbelief at the
verdict. “We cannot be-
lieve this verdict. We
will continue this fight
until the day our fellow
sister gets justice even
if it means we have to
die,” she said.
New Delhi: An unex-
pected change in weath-
er that disoriented the
pilot who then probably
hit the aircraft at a sur-
face had led to the De-
cember 8, 2021, crash of
the Mi-17 V5 with In-
dia’s first chief of de-
fence staff, General Bi-
pin Rawat, the tri-ser-
vices’ Court of Inquiry
has found. The Indian
Air Force said on Fri-
day that the Inquiry
had submitted its pre-
liminary findings rul-
ing on Januray 5.
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Maurya, Saini, other
turncoats join SP
Lucknow: Swami Prasad
Maurya and Dharam Sin-
gh Saini, former ministers
in the Yogi Adityanath
cabinet, joined the Sama-
jwadi Party in the pres-
ence of its chief Akhilesh
Yadav in Lucknow on
Friday. Among the former
legislators of the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) present at the event
were Bhagwati Sagar,
Vinay Shakya, Mukesh
Verma and Roshan Lal
Verma. More on P2
Akhilesh
welcoming
Maurya.
Kamal Khan, award-winning
reporter, dies of heart attack
Lucknow: Kamal Khan,
a veteran and award-
winning journalist
known for his out-
standing reportage of
Uttar Pradesh politics
and elegant language,
died at his home in
Lucknow this morning
after suffering a heart
attack at the age of
61. Kamal Khan was
with NDTV for over
three decades. His last
report was on the exits
of BJP MLAs ahead
of the Uttar Pradesh
Assembly elections.

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First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath had a meal at a
Dalit household here on
Friday and said during
the Samajwadi Party
rule it was “social ex-
ploitation” and not “so-
cial justice”, whereas
the BJP government
was working for the de-
velopment of every sec-
tion of society without
any discrimination.
Adityanath’s visit to
the Dalit family in
Gorakhpur came a lit-
tle before Swami Pras-
ad Maurya, Dara Singh
Chauhan and Dharam
Singh Saini, who re-
signed from the gov-
ernment accusing it of
being anti-Dalit, gath-
ered at the Samajwadi
Party office in Luc-
know to take up its
membership.
Several BJP and Apna
Dal legislators have also
quittheirrespectivepar-
ties to join the SP
.
After having meal at
Amritlal Bharti’s home
on Makar Sankranti,
Yogi told reporters,
“Only 18,000 houses
were given to people un-
der PM Awas Yojna in
full five-year term of
the Akhilesh Yadav gov-
ernment in UP, whereas
the present BJP govern-
ment has given 45 lakh
houses to the poor and
the deprived under the
scheme.”
“It was ‘samajik sho-
shan’ (social exploita-
tion) and not ‘samajik
nyay’ (social justice)
during SP rule in UP,”
he said, taking a swipe
at Akhilesh Yadav.
He said 2.61 crore
households got toilets
and 1.36 crore families
benefitted from the
Ujjwala Yojana under
the “double engine”
government, referring
to BJP rule at the Cen-
tre and in Uttar
Pradesh. —PTI
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav on Friday, refer-
ring to the spate of res-
ignations that took
place in the Yogi Adity-
anath government, took
a jibe at the Chief Min-
ister saying that he does
not know how to play
cricket and has dropped
a catch.
Addressing a press
conference here, Yadav
said, “BJP wickets are
falling one after the
other, but our CM does
not know how to play
cricket. He has already
dropped the catch now.
As Swami Prasad Mau-
rya said, wherever he
goes, the government is
formed. Even this time
he brought a huge num-
ber of leaders along
with him.”
Swami Prasad Mau-
rya and Dharam Singh
Saini, who resigned this
week from the Yogi Adi-
tyanath government,
joined the Samajwadi
Party (SP) on Friday in
the presence of party
chief Akhilesh Yadav.
“Nobody had thought
that Swamy Prasad
Maurya would join us
along with his whole
team. They have boost-
ed our morale,” he said.
The Samajwadi Party
chief, said that when
the Samajwadi and
Ambedkarwadi have
come together, no one
can stop their winning
the upcoming Assem-
bly elections.
“Who can forget the
Digital India error...
Raid was supposed to be
somewhere else but
ended up in their own
house. The Cycle is
strong as Samajwadi
and Ambedkarwadi
have come together and
no one can stop us”,
said Akhilesh Yadav in
his speech. —ANI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Former
ministers Swami Pras-
ad Maurya and Dharam
Singh Saini, who re-
signed this week from
the Yogi Adityanath
government and the
ruling BJP ahead of As-
sembly polls, have
joined the Samajwadi
Party (SP) on Friday in
presence of party chief
Akhilesh Yadav.
Along with the for-
mer ministers, sitting
MLAs Bhagwati Sagar,
Vinay Shakya, Roshan
Lal Verma, Mukesh
Verma and Brajesh Ku-
mar Prajapati have also
joined SP.
Apna Dal MLA
Chaudhary Amar Sin-
gh, former BSP MLA
Neeraj Kushawaha
Maurya, former BJP
MLC Harpal Saini, for-
mer BSP MLA Balram
Saini, former BJP MLA
Rajendra Pratap Singh,
former Minister of
State Vidrohi Maurya,
former Chief Security
Officer Padam Singh
and former Congress
MLA Bansi Singh Pa-
hadiya also joined the
Samajwadi Party
.
The spate of resigna-
tions began with Swami
Prasad Maurya quit-
ting the cabinet. Mau-
rya, a prominent leader
from the OBC commu-
nity, had joined the BJP
from BSP.
Dara Singh Chauhan
had resigned as minis-
ter on Wednesday
. Dhar-
am Singh Saini became
the third minister on
Thursday. BJP MLAs
Mukesh Verma, Vinay
Shakya, Avtar Singh
Bhadana, Roshan Lal
Verma, Brijesh Praja-
pati and Bhagwati Sa-
gar also resigned from
the party
.
Samajwadi Party has
stitched a coalition of
smaller parties for the
assembly polls and has
emerged as the main ri-
val of the ruling BJP in
the state.
Lucknow: Ahead of
joining the Samajwadi
Party (SP), sitting BJP
MLA from Shikohabad
constituency of Firo-
zabad district, Mukesh
Verma, on Friday went
vocal against the ruling
party and alleged that
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) wants to de-
stroy the Constitution.
Mukesh Verma re-
signed from the BJP on
Thursday, following the
resignation of Swami
Prasad Maurya who re-
signed from the Yogi
Adityanath cabinet re-
cently
.
Speaking to ANI, the
former Bharatiya Janta
Party leader said, “BJP
wants to destroy the
Constitution.” He fur-
ther added, “Educated
people who are cunning
and clever are deliber-
ately destroying the
Constitution of the
country
.” —ANI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Apna
Dal (K) president Krish-
na Patel has become
“Rajmata” of Samajwa-
di Party which has suc-
ceeded in roping her
support to get well-en-
trenched Kurmi-Patel
voters in the state. With
all respects due to her,
Krishna Patel is being
called ‘Rajmata’ in SP.
The SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav has also
been giving high re-
spect to her. During the
last meeting of allies
Yadav had offered his
chair at the SP office
and the picture had
gone viral on social me-
dia. The SP’s move is
being seen in political
circle to connect with
the community
.
The political message
of such gesture is loud
and clear to Krishna Pa-
tel’s daughter Anupriya
Patel, who is an ally of
BJP and a junior minis-
ter in Modi ministry.
Krishna Patel’s alliance
with the SP has come as
a major move for the SP
which has been trying
to widen its reach in
Kurmi community
.
Late last year moves
were afoot to patch-up
differences between
mother and daughter
but it could not yield
positive results.
CM Yogi eating Khichdi at a Dalit’s place in Gorakhpur on Friday. —FROM TWITTER
Akhilesh fetes Swami Prasad
Maurya, who joined SP on Friday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Swami Prasad Maurya, Dharam Singh Saini and 13 other MLAs
includng Bhagwati Prasad Sagar, Brajesh Prajapati, Dr. Mukesh
Verma, Vinay Shakya, Roshan Lal Verma, Chaudhary Amar Singh
and others join SP in presence of its chief Akhilesh Yadav at
Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow on Friday.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav with Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) President
Krishna Patel. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mukesh Verma
Akhilesh felicitates Dharam Singh Saini.
CM sends social justice msg,
eats Khichdi at Dalit’s house
DARA TO JOIN SP ON SUNDAY CM CONDOLES
KAMAL’S DEATH
Former UP minister Dara Singh Chauhan, who
recently quit the state council of ministers,
is likely to join the Samajwadi Party (SP) on
Sunday.Chauhan, a resident of Azamgarh, is the
sitting MLA from Madhuban Assembly seat in
Mau district.Sources said that the ex-minister is
likely to join the SP on January 16.Chauhan did
not attend a Samajwadi Party event on Friday. A
source said, “It was already decided in advance
that Chauhan will join the SP on January 16, and
hence he did not turn up today.”
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath ji has
condoled the death of
senior journalist Kamal
Khan. Praying for the
peace of the departed
soul, the Chief Minister
expressed his condo-
lences to the bereaved
family members,” a CM’s
office statement said.
BJP wickets falling, one
after other: SP supremo
Ex BJP Ministers, MLAs
including Maurya join SP
When
Samajwadi and
Ambedkarwadi
come together,
no one can stop
their winning in
UP Polls, said
Akhilesh
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The resig-
nations of more than a
dozen BJP MLAs, in-
cluding three senior
m i n i s t e r s - S w a m i
Prasad Maurya, Dara
Singh Chauhan, Dha-
ram Pal Saini- has ex-
posed chinks in “social
coalition” of the party
has also brought back
focus on five-year gov-
ernance of Yogi Adi-
tyanath.
Even as the BJP pre-
pares to take on the re-
surgent Samajwadi
Party, a debate has en-
sued within Sangh Pari-
var and outside about
what went wrong
during the last five
years that such a large
number of leaders from
backward communities
have rebelled against
state leadership.
The BJP, which is in
a state of shock at a
time when tickets are
being finalised, has
seen these desertions as
major setback to “social
coalition” which Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah had sewed during
the last nine years.
With more than 300
MLAs the party was ex-
pecting fissures in the
rank during ticket dis-
tribution, but never saw
the problems from
those who were unlike-
ly to be axed from the
BJP’s candidates lists.
The three minis-
ters-Swami Prasad
Maurya, Dara Singh
Chauhan and Dharma
Pal Saini, who had re-
signed from the minis-
try and the BJP- were
sulking because of
their utter neglect in
government.
Swami Prasad Mau-
rya claimed that Depu-
ty Chief Minister Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya,
who was strong claim-
ant of the chief minis-
tership, was “unhappy”
under the present dis-
pensation.
“Woh to Bechara
hain (he is pitiable),
Swami Prasad com-
mented about Keshav
Prasad Maurya. Other
ministers also were
facing the same issue,”
he said.
OBC MLAs’ resignations puncture BJP’s ‘social coalition’
POLL HURDLES

Even as the BJP
prepares to take
on the resurgent
SP, a debate has
ensued within
Sangh Parivar
and outside
about what went
wrong during
the last five
years
KRISHNA PATEL TURNS
INTO ‘RAJMATA’ OF SP
FOR THE SAKE OF DEMOCRACY
Police stand
guard in Meerut
as the process
for nomination
for UP Assembly
polls begins on
Friday. No one,
however, showed
up. SP’s Nahid
Hasan, MLA from
Kairana, was the
only one who
filed nomination
on the first day.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
‘BJP WANTS
TO DESTROY
CONSTITUTION’
Agra: A 75-year-
old ex-revenue
staff is all set to
contest his 94th
election, as he
filed his nomina-
tion on Friday for
the Uttar Pradesh
assembly polls.
H a s n u r a m
Ambedkari, a for-
mer revenue de-
partment clerk,
has already con-
tested and lost 93
elections since
1985.
Ambedkari told
PTI that in 1985 he
quit his job as an
Amin’ in the dis-
trict administra-
tion after he was
promised a ticket
from Fatehpur
Sikri seat.
But when the time
came, the party re-
fused to honour its
end of the bargain
and instead made
fun of him, he
said.
As I left my job,
the party refused
to give me the tick-
et and mocked me
saying I would not
be able to get a sin-
gle vote in the elec-
tion.
“After that I de-
termined to con-
test the election
independently to
send them a mes-
sage. I contested
my first election
from Fatehpur
Sikri for the state
assembly in the
year 1985, he said,
adding with pride
that he came third.
“And since then
I have been con-
testing every poll
despite knowing
that I would lose”,
he said. —PTI
Agra man files
nomination for
94th election
of his life
BLAMING YOGI
A large number of supporters gathered to witness the joining of
SP Maurya, Dharam Singh Saini and other BJP MLAs at the SP
office in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Hansuram Ambedkari
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

UTTAR PRADESH
03
‘LUCKNOW SE KAMAL KHAN’
NO MORE IN THIS WORLD
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Lucknow’s
most well-known and
soft-spoken TV journal-
ist Kamal Khan passed
away at the age of 61
after suffering a sudden
heart attack on Friday
morning at his home in
Butler Palace Colony.
He is survived by his
wife, Ruchi Kumar, also
a senior journalist, and
their son, Aman.
Khan was NDTV’s
executive editor and a
recipient of several
awards, including the
Ramnath Goenka
Award and the Ganesh
Shanker Vidyarthi
Award, which he re-
ceived from the Presi-
dent of India.
In a statement,
NDTV said, “Kamal’s
reportage over the last
decades stood out for
its perceptiveness, in-
tegrity & the way he
delivered hard truths
with poetic dexterity. ...
he was a wonderful hu-
man being, who
touched the lives of all
those who knew him.”
Khan did his MA in
English from Lucknow
University and an ad-
vance diploma in Rus-
sian language. In an
interview he had said
that he had plans to go
to Russia but when he
had to stay back be-
cause of his mother, his
heart began inclining
towards journalism. He
began his career in 1990
from the Lucknow of-
fice of Nav Bharat
Times, where editor Vi-
nod Shukla gave him
his first job opportuni-
ty
. When the newspaper
closed down three years
later, he joined NDTV
in December 1994.
When asked about
his marriage to fellow
journalist Ruchi Ku-
mar, Khan said his
mother questioned her
about Ruchi’s caste 6
months into their mar-
riage. However, both
his and Ruchi’s family
supported their mar-
riage. He said Ruchi’s
father wrote the wed-
ding card himself, as he
didn’t want anyone to
say that she had eloped
with Khan.
Khan said he was a
complete family man
who liked to spend time
with his wife and chil-
dren instead of going to
the Press Club. “I am a
very simple man who
does journalism with
the utmost sincerity.
Otherwise, I remain
lost in my world of fam-
ily and children. I do
not go to parties or din-
ners unnecessarily. I
would give my all for
any creative work and
given any chance to do
something creative, I
would do it,” Khan said.
Dehradun: Major
ghats of the River Gan-
ga in Haridwar and Ri-
shikesh wore a deserted
look on the occasion of
Makar Sankranti on
Friday with a ban on
ritual bathing in the
river owing to a surge
in COVID-19 cases.
Har ki Pairi Ghat in
Haridwar and Triveni
Ghat in Rishikesh,
which generally receive
lakhs of devotees from
Uttarakhand and the
neighbouring states on
the auspicious occa-
sion, were completely
sealed even as police
personnel stood guard
to ensure that the ban
was effective.
Patrolling and check-
ing along Haridwar’s
borderswereintensified
so that people unaware
of the ban did not enter
the Har ki Pairi area for
a bath, a police official
in Haridwar said.
People proceeding for
a holy dip in the Ganga
due to lack of informa-
tion about the ban were
convinced and made to
return from the bor-
ders, he said.
Haridwar DM Vinay
Shankar Pandey and
his Dehradun counter-
part R Rajesh Kumar
had announced a ban
on ritual bathing in
River Ganga on Makar
Sankranti a few days
ago to check the spread
of the virus.
Though some crowd
was seen on Subhash
Ghat, a short distance
away from Har ki Pai-
ri, SP (City) Swatantra
Kumar said they had
arrived for immersing
ashes of their de-
ceased kin as the
ghat is reserved for the
purpose. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A ceremoni-
al parade was held at Of-
ficers Training College,
Army Medical Corps
Centre and College, Luc-
know as part of the
training curriculum of
Senior Cadre Course
where 103 Non Commis-
sioned Officers who will
be assuming higher
ranks in times to come
were trained.
Military training to
bravesoldiersatOfficers
Training College, AMC
Centre and College has
raised their morale, con-
fidence and self esteem
preparing then to as-
sumeJuniorLeadership
roles with values, ethos
and culture of Armed
Forces Medical Service
as flag bearers effective-
ly
. Ceremonial Parade
was witnessed by course
officersof MedicalOffic-
ers Junior Command
Course (MOJCC) and
Basic Nursing Officers
Course (BNOC).
The parade was
marked by military pre-
cision and customary
elegance. The ceremoni-
al parade was reviewed
by Major General JP
Prasad, Commandant
and Chief Instructor, Of-
ficers Training College,
AMC Centre & College.
Non Commissioned Officers participate in a march past as part of their Senior Cadre Course at
Officers Training College in Lucknow on Friday.
TRIBUTES
POUR IN
 BSP chief
Mayawati said, “The
news of the sudden
demise of Kamal
Khan... is very sad and
an irreparable loss to
the world of journal-
ism. My deepest
condolences to his
family and his loved
ones. May god give
everyone the strength
to bear this sorrow.”
 Congress Gen Secy
Priyanka Gandhi said,
“...A lot wasdiscussed
with him when I met
him a few days back.
He had kept alive
the values of truth
and public interest in
journalism. My deep-
est condolences to the
family of Kamal Khan.”
 Journalist Rajdeep
Sardesai said, “Terri-
bly sad news to report
... Kamal Khan, NDTV’s
fine reporter from
Lucknow and a dear
dear friend, passed
away this morning. I
will miss you dearly
my friend and our long
chats. Lots of memo-
ries! Devastated.”
Maj Gen Prasad reviews ceremonial
paradeatOfficersTrainingCollege
UP REPORTS 16K NEW
COVID CASES, 3 DEATHS
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh reported 16,016
fresh COVID-19 cases,
taking the tally of ac-
tive cases in the state to
84,440, while three more
fatalities pushed the
death toll to 22,949, ac-
cording to an official
statement released on
Friday evening.
Of the three deaths,
two were reported from
Meerut and one from
Gautam Buddh Nagar,
it said.
Of the fresh cases,
2,209 cases were report-
ed from Lucknow, 1,887
cases reported from
Ghaziabad, 1,817 cases
from Gautam Buddh
Nagar and 1,203 cases
from Meerut among
others, it said.
In 24 hours ending
Friday evening, 2,554
COVID-19 patients were
cured, taking the total
number of recoveries to
16,93,842, the statement
said. —PTI
Rishikesh,Haridwar ghats deserted on Sankranti
A deserted Har Ki Pauri Ghat as bath was prohibited on Makar
Sankranti due to rising Covid cases, in Haridwar on Friday.
Tens of thousands of devotees took a holy dip at Sangam in Prayagraj on Makar Sankranti on Friday, braving severe cold
and the coronavirus threat. Devotees flocked to the Magh Mela area since early morning and around 6.5 lakh people,
including children and the elderly, had taken bath in the Ganges by 6 pm. Masks were distributed to 65,000 devotees
and thermal screening of devotees was conducted at all 16 entrances and parking areas —PHOTOS BY PTI
HOLY
DIP
MAKAR SANKRANTI
DHARAM SANSAD
BEST PRIZE TO...
Plea to prevent hate speech
in Aligarh, Haridwar meets
New Delhi: A journal-
ist, one of the petition-
ers in the Supreme
Court seeking probe
and action against
those who allegedly
made hate speeches
during two events held
in Haridwar and Delhi,
has written to District
Magistrates (DMs) of
Aligarh and Haridwar
to take preventive ac-
tion to ensure that no
such speeches are
made there.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice NV Ra-
mana had on January
12 asked the Centre,
Delhi Police and Utta-
rakhand Police to re-
spond to the plea of
journalist Qurban Ali
and former Patna HC
judge and senior advo-
cate Anjana Prakash.
The apex court had
said the petitioners are
at liberty to make a
representation to the
local authorities con-
cerned regarding such
events, after senior ad-
vocate Kapil Sibal, ap-
pearing for the peti-
tioners, had said a
‘Dharam Sansad’ is
scheduled in Aligarh.
In his letters sent to
the DMs of Aligarh
and Haridwar, Ali has
said a public event
styled as a ‘Dharam
Sansad’ was held in
Haridwar and Delhi
from December 17-19
last year where such
speeches were made.
Ali, while referring
to the apex court’s Jan-
uary 12 order, has said
the letters are being
sent pursuant to the
liberty granted by the
top court.
The letters said if
such events are held in
the states of Uttar
Pradesh and Uttara-
khand, it will not only
disturb the public or-
der but will amount to
various criminal of-
fences as well.
The letter addressed
to DM Aligarh said
there are news reports
that another ‘Dharam
Sansad’ is being organ-
ised in Aligarh on Jan-
uary 22-23, wherein the
speakers who partici-
pated in the events of-
December 17-19 last
yeararelikelytospeak.
The responsibility
to take preventive
measures against mob
violence therefore falls
on the district admin-
istration to ensure
no speeches of this
nature are made, it
said. —PTI
Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi in police custody in Haridwar.
JAMIAT WRITESTOECSEEKINGBANON
JAN 22 ALIGARH DHARAM SANSAD
New Delhi: Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-
e-Hind on Thursday said it has written to the
Election Commission and the district magistrate,
seeking a ban on the proposed ‘dharma sansad’
in Aligarh. The Jamiat, in its letter, said that the
‘dharam sansad’ to be organised in Aligarh on
January 22 and 23 or on any other dates at other
places when the election process is on, be prohib-
ited. It sought action against persons “habitually”
indulging in hate speech and unlawful behaviour,
and stated that it is the primary responsibility of
the Election Commission to ensure peaceful and
fair elections.
YOU’LL ALL DIE: YATI NASINGHANAND
ON WASIM RIZVI’S ARREST
Roorkee: “Tum sab maroge (You will all die)”
- this is what Yati Narsinghanand, one of the
religious leaders accused in the Haridwar
hate speeches case, told police officers when
co-accused Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi was
arrested yesterday. Jitendra Tyagi, who was Wa-
seem Rizvi before he converted, is the first ac-
cused to be arrested in the hate speech case in
which provocative remarks were made against
Muslims at a “Dharma Sansad”. Uttarakhand
Police have summoned Yati Narsinghanand and
another accused, Sadhvi Annapurna. In a video
circulating on social media, police officers are
seen requesting Narsinghanand to cooperate as
they take Jitendra Tyagi into custody.
HE WAS A GREAT
JOURNALIST:
AKHILESH
“There were few journal-
ists who had his com-
mand over language.
And what sher has to be
used at what time... he
had that ability. Today,
Kamal Khan is no longer
with us. We are deeply
pained. He was a great
journalist ...We stand
with his family and pray
to God to give his family
& friends the strength to
bear this loss,” Akhilesh
Yadav said.
In his last TV appearance Khan spoke about the series of exits
from the BJP ahead of UP elections.
—PHOTO BY PTI
—PHOTO BY ANI

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Had a productive discussion with my
good friend Australian Trade Minister
@DanTehanWannon to fast-track
India-Australia Comprehensive
Economic Cooperation Agreement
negotiations. Both sides working to
identify new opportunities & increase
trade & investment into our countries.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Glad to make three announcements
on the Veterans Day: The DESW
has allotted Rs 320 crores to AFFDF
to clear all backlog of pending
applications for welfare schemes
especially Education & Marriage grants
for widows/ dependent children of
ESM. This will benefit 1,66,471 ESMs.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
It is in the nature of
things that joy arises in a
person free from remorse.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
WHY
KAZAKHSTAN
MATTERS
azakhstan’s Krem-
lin-friendly presi-
dent called in Rus-
sian-led troops to
help quell violent
protests triggered by a govern-
ment decree that doubled fuel
prices. The protests forced the
government to resign, but the
country’s political trajectory re-
mains uncertain, as does the
impact of the Kremlin’s latest
imperial intervention on Rus-
sia’s relations with neighboring
states and the West.
In this Big Picture, former
Kyrgyz prime minister
Djoomart Otorbaev explains
why what started as a relatively
peaceful protest against the fuel-
price hike quickly escalated into
a chaotic battle among oligarchs
for political influence. And in a
2019 commentary, Harvard Uni-
versity’s Nargis Kassenova ar-
gued that then-President Nur-
sultan Nazarbayev’s resignation
could have unpredictable conse-
quences, including the potential
for major social unrest. The re-
cent unrest also raises the ques-
tion of Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s intentions.
—PROJECT-SYNDICATE.ORG
TOP TWEETS
K
n the run-up to
Christmas, there
was considerable
anxiety about
shortages of fes-
tive food and gifts. Trade fric-
tion was already at the core
of the Brexit debate, and sup-
ply chain issues have been
made much worse by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
For example, a computer
chip shortage had a knock-
on effect across many indus-
tries. Concerns have also
been raised about everything
from lithium supply for elec-
tric vehicle batteries to res-
taurant food supplies to even
coffee shortages.
Never has the issue of sup-
ply chain management been
so prominent. The question
now is what challenges sup-
ply chains face in the year
ahead. So what can we ex-
pect? Products reach con-
sumers through a chain of
companies involved, which
typically includes manufac-
turers, logistics firms – who
provide storage, distribution
and transport – and retailers.
Not surprisingly, the whole
system is highly complex.
There’s a whole philosophy
of contemporary supply
chain management (SCM)
concerned with making sup-
ply chains much more inte-
grated than they used to be.
Done well, it can significantly
improve the overall perfor-
mance of companies, as well
asbenefitingtheeconomyand
society
. Yet this long-term ef-
fort to make the whole system
more efficient has been set
back by a whole host of chal-
lengesinglobalsupplychains.
Industry academia are
collaborating to develop in-
novative sustainable prac-
tices, as can be seen in the
work of the Centre for Sus-
tainable Road Freight, for
example. The year ahead will
be key in adoption of these
practices, each of which re-
quires change in the opera-
tional practices of firms.
—theconversation.com
BIG CHALLENGES FOR
SUPPLY CHAINS IN 2022
Business has to be
resilient capable of
adapting to major
disruptions so that it can
develop long-term
strategies solutions
to these complex
challenges
I
Military Leadership @74
he nation celebrates the 74th
Army Day on Saturday, Janu-
ary 15. Armed Forces are the
last instrument of statecraft
of any nation state; therefore
they can’t afford to fail. It is
this zero error professional-
ism that sets the military
leaders as a class above the
rest. In India, the Armed
Forces have a great history of
providing excellent and
praiseworthy military lead-
ership. The Royal Army left
behind a great legacy of so-
cially deep-rooted and well
established military culture
for Indian Armed Forces,
when they left in 1947. Once
a coveted profession, the Ser-
vices today are no longer the
preferred career option for
the millennials.
CHALLENGES IN
21ST CENTURY
The 21st Century brings in
large amount of challenges
for military leaders. The
working environment within
the Armed Forces is rapidly
changing with paradigm
changes in social value sys-
tems and technological ad-
vancements. The dynamic
nature of modern warfare
and expansion of national in-
terests sans frontiers have
placed fresh challenges on
military leadership. Materi-
alism and economic progress
have exerted their own pres-
sures on the moderately paid
soldiers and officers. Several
pay commissions have taken
away the privileges and spe-
cial status of soldiers. The
swag of being elite class and
privileged is slowly fading
away
. Soldiering is no longer
in fashion. Service to the Na-
tion no longer motivates the
youth to undergo a hard life
as soldiering demands. In the
rapidly changing socio-eco-
nomic environment in the
country, the military leader-
ship has to be transformed
and matured to the next level
of competence. Some of the
major challenges faced by
military leadership on 74th
Army Day, are discussed
hereafter.
CHANGED
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
BACKGROUND
The society is undergoing a
rapid transformation on ac-
count of the high growth in
economy and other related
factors including prolifera-
tion of multiple social media
platforms. It also results in
significant changes in the
value system and percep-
tions. Military leadership
need to be responsive to such
changing environment. Given
the higher levels of IQ, it calls
for improved transparency in
functioning. Decision mak-
ing need to be made more in-
clusive to integrate all ranks
in military matters. Despite
these social changes, the need
for military leaders with
strong fundamentals- charac-
ter, integrity and ethics will
never change.
WOMEN IN THE COMBAT
Induction of women into
Armed Forces is the new fla-
vour of 21st Century, which
has brought in winds of
change in this male-dominat-
ed establishment. The gender
bias will slowly fade away, as
we move further in this cen-
tury. The implementation
must be deliberate, progres-
sive and adaptable to all
ranks without sacrificing
training standards. The en-
try of female cadets to NDA
adds a new ‘co-ed’ dimension
to the army training. Induc-
tion of women officers and
their rise to ranks of com-
manding officers and beyond
will harbinger a paradigm
shift in military leadership
styles.
POLITICO-CIVIL-
MILITARY DYNAMICS
Politico-civil-military rela-
tionship in India has been a
low point in the last 75 years.
In fact, much that is amiss in
India’s national security
framework today, could be at-
tributed a civil–military rela-
tionship which has failed to
grow and mature in step with
the needs of modern-day se-
curity challenges. The result-
ant dissonance has severely
impaired the national secu-
rity discourse and strategic
decision-making process.
In the near future, senior
leaders of Armed Forces will
have to also cope up with in-
creasing political pressures.
Ambitious military leader-
ship can be the bane of de-
mocracy, if some leaders,
whose ambition exceeds their
ability, lend themselves to po-
litical manipulations. In the
arena of national security
, the
consequences of moral fail-
ure can be grave. Future mili-
tary leaders will have to deal
with such political pressures
and stand tall for the national
pride and for the welfare of
the men, that they command.
MORAL VALUES
AND ETHICS
Degradation of value system
in society as a whole has had
a profound effect on the mili-
tary leaders. Individualism,
materialism, economic gains
and ‘success at all costs’ are
all traits embedded in the pre-
sent day society
. The individu-
als joining the service also
come from same society and
therefore, cannot totally es-
cape from its effects. However,
a class apart, military leader-
ship demands highest level of
ethics and values to be able to
lead in war. Military Leader-
ship will be able to withstand
all pressures if they adhere to
fundamental values and eth-
ics of army culture.
CONCLUSION
India is going through a
transformation to claim its
rightful place as super power
in the present century
. As the
Indian Armed Forces chart
their way through the 21st
century, the victory in future
battles will be largely depend-
ent on the quality of astute
leadership displayed by our
armed forces senior leaders.
In the changing kaleidoscope
of 21st Century, reform and
reinvention may well be the
only options for the Armed
Forces to retain their superla-
tive standards of leadership
at all times.
“Dil Mange More- from
the Military Leaders”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
India is going through a
transformation to claim its
rightful place as super
power in the present
century. As the Indian
Armed Forces chart their
way through the 21st
century, the victory in
future battles will be largely
dependent on the quality of
astute leadership displayed
by our armed forces senior
leaders.
In India, the Armed
Forces have a great
history of providing
excellent and
praiseworthy military
leadership
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH, RETD
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)
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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Shiv Sena
Rajya Sabha MP and
senior party leader
Sanjay Raut on Friday
slammed the Yogi
Adityanath govt and
said that in the com-
ing days, at least 10
ministers may resign
from the UP govt.
The pre-poll churning
in UP has seen the
BJP getting a jolt with
six MLAs resign-
ing from the party
and three ministers
quitting amid signals
that they will join SP.
Dharam Singh Saini
became the third
minister on Thursday
who has resigned
from the Yogi govt in
the last four days.
PM directs Ministries, depts to formulate
document for ‘Vision India@2047’
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has directed all the Cen-
tral Ministries and De-
partments to formulate
documents for “Vision
India@2047” to identify
the long-term goals and
corresponding out-
comes for this decade
with timelines and
milestones.
In order to suggest
the structural and insti-
tutional reforms nec-
essary to attain the
envisaged “Vi-
sion In-
dia@2047” on govern-
ance, the Department of
AdministrativeReforms
and Public Grievances
will convene a meeting
with sectoral experts,
academics and the sci-
entific community on
Saturday
. In
this re-
gard, Un-
ion Minis-
ter Jiten-
dra Singh is slated to
chair DARPG’s first “Vi-
sion India@2047” meet-
ing with Sectoral Ex-
perts on governance is-
sues on Saturday
.
Key issues pertaining
to improving efficiency
in decision making in
the Central Secretariat,
reducing pendency, ra-
tionalising working of
ministries and depart-
ments, ethics, transpar-
ency and accountability
in public service, crea-
tion of effective execu-
tive agencies, core prin-
ciples of reforms in the
government, bench-
marking governance in
states, management
practices in 21st-centu-
ry governance, citizen-
centric governance, re-
forms in state secretari-
ats, district collector-
ates, use of technology
in governance and crea-
tion of institutions of
excellence would be dis-
cussed in the meeting.
Fifteen sector special-
ists will be participat-
ing in the discussions.
—ANI
ECIorganisesmeetingofobservers
New Delhi: Election
Commission of India
(ECI) on Friday organ-
ized a meeting for ob-
servers, who will be
deployed for the up-
coming Assembly elec-
tions of Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Manipur and Goa.
The ECI had an-
nounced the schedule
for the five poll-bound
states on January 8. As-
sembly elections in Ut-
tar Pradesh, Uttara-
khand, Punjab, Ma-
nipur and Goa will be
held between February
10 and March 7. The
counting of votes will
be held on March 10.
Officers from IAS,
IPS, IRS and other Cen-
tral Services have been
included to be de-
ployed as General, Po-
lice and Expenditure
Observers.
Chief Election Com-
missioner Sushil Chan-
dra, Election Commis-
sioner Rajiv Kumar and
Anup Chandra Pandey
briefed the observers.
As per electoral roll
data with regard to Jan-
uary 1 as the qualifying
date, the total number
of electors in the state
of Goa, Manipur, Pun-
jab Uttarakhand and
Uttar Pradesh are 18.35
crore electors with a to-
tal of 215,368 polling
stations.
Observers were
briefed about their re-
sponsibilities to ensure
proper direction to
field-level officers so
that ECI’s constitution-
al mandate is scrupu-
lously fulfilled.
The half-day long
briefing sessions will
also have a comprehen-
sive briefing by the
Secretary-General ECI
Umesh Sinha on Elec-
tion Planning, Security
Management and
SVEEP aspects.
Briefing sessions
were held on the train-
ing of personnel and
inputs, electoral roll is-
sues and IT applica-
tions and EVM VVPAT
Management System,
legal issues, MCC and
expenditure monitor-
ing etc.
All eyes of political
parties are on meeting
Election Commission
meeting today where it
will review the COV-
ID-19 situation in poll
blind states and take
the decision on its ear-
lier decision of Virtu-
al rallies by political
parties. —ANI
CEC SUSHIL CHANDRA, EC RAJIV KUMAR AND ANUP CHANDRA PANDEY BRIEFED THE OBSERVERS
CEC Sushil Chandra along with ECs Rajiv Kumar Anup C Pandey
addressing Observers Briefing Meeting, organised by ECI for Assembly
polls in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, UP Uttarakhand, in Delhi on Friday.
Congress CEC finalises
names for Pb,list soon
New Delhi: Congress
is likely to release its
first list of candidates
for the Uttarakhand
Assembly election on
Saturday after Con-
gress Central Election
Committee meeting.
Senior Congress
leader Harish Rawat
while speaking to ANI
said, “Tomorrow we
will present all names
to the CEC. Agree-
ment on 70 seats has
been done and after
the CEC meeting, the
first list will be re-
leased.”
He added, “We have
discussed all seats and
compared all the can-
didates who can win in
the present situation.
Almost on all the 70
seats, we have final-
ised the name.” —ANI
New Delhi : A meeting
of the CEC for Punjab
Assembly elections took
place on Thursday
through video confer-
encing in which discus-
sion was held to finalise
candidates. The first list
of Congress candidates
for Punjab polls will be
out soon. Interestingly,
CM Charanjeeet Singh
Channi, who is current-
ly representing the
Chamkaur Sahib seat in
Punjab Assembly, is
likely to contest from
two seats. Congress has
finalised the list of more
than 70 candidates
which include a large
number of sitting
MLAs. Another round
of the CEC meeting will
be held and the first list
of Cong candidates is
likely to be announced
on Friday
.—ANI
Phagwara: Senior Con-
gress leader and former
Punjab Minister Joginder
Singh Mann on Friday
quit the party, snapping
his 50-year-old ties with
the party. The leader from
the SC community was
miffed over “no action”
against perpetrators of
the alleged multi-crore
post-matric SC scholar-
ship scam and non-grant
of district status to Phag-
wara. He resigned from
the party and as Chairman
of the Punjab Agro Indus-
tries Corporation. —ANI
Kolkata: Amid the surge
in Covid-19 and Omi-
cron cases in the state,
the West Bengal State
Election Commission on
Wednesday said that vot-
ers living in containment
zones will be allowed to
vote only during the last
hour of poll timings in the
forthcoming civic elec-
tions. Voters in contain-
ment zones will be able to
cast their votes between
4 – 5 pm on polling day.
Municipal elections in
Asansol, Chandannagar,
Siliguri and Bidhannagar
are scheduled to be held
on January 22. All the
poll-bound areas have
been reporting an sharp
rise in Covid-19 cases.
Goa: The BJP has
shortlisted the names
of candidates for 40
seats for the 2022 Goa
Assembly elections for
recommendation to
the party’s parliamen-
tary board, said BJP’s
national general secre-
tary and party’s in-
charge for Goa CT
Ravi. “BJP is going
contest election on all
40 seats. BJP in Goa
has already done alli-
ance with the people,”
he added.
Goa polls: BJP
to contest all
40 seats
New Delhi: Worried
over soaring COVID-19
cases, the Ministry of
Home Affairs has in-
structed CAPF on elec-
tion duty in five poll-
bound states to strictly
follow safety protocols.
A senior MHA offi-
cial on Friday said that
CAPFs have been asked
to brief the officers on
the ground regarding
the safety and security
of their men deployed
in five poll-bound
states- Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Goa and Manipur to
prevent them from get-
ting infected.
MHA instructs CAPF to
follow Covid protocols
U’khand: Cong to release 1st
list today after CEC meeting
ELECTORS IN STATE
First list of Congress candidates for Punjab polls wil be out soon.
Cong SC leader
Joginder Mann
quits party
Containment
zones to vote in
last hrs: WBSEC
10 MINISTERS MAY
QUIT BJP: RAUT
Lobo can be of use to Cong but his aim
is to remain in power,no matter what!
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: In Goa,
Congress has dealt a
majorblowtotheruling
BJP as Michael Lobo,
a minister in the state
government for five
years, resigned from
both government and
BJP joined Congress.
He is an MLA from
Calangute and was ear-
lier in Congress. For
five years, when he was
in the BJP and was a
minister in the state
government, Congress
leaders levelled major
allegations against him
like irregularities in
land grabbing in the
Calangute area and
horse-trading. But
when he returned to
Congress, the party for-
got all the charges and
welcomed him with
open arms. That’s be-
cause he can be of great
use to Congress. He is a
Catholic Christian and
has good hold among
voters of this group. He
is the third Catholic
Christian to leave BJP,
so Congress sees more
profit in him.
However, now the
BJP leaders are accus-
ing him of land dispute.
Meanwhile, it is also be-
ing said that Congress
can also give ticket to
his wife Delaila. BJP is
already saying that
Lobo was asking for a
ticket for his wife De-
laila, for which BJP
was not ready, after
which he left the party
.
It is being said that
Michael Lobo has influ-
ence in six Catholic-
dominated seats and
with his help, the Con-
gress will win the elec-
tions on these six seats.
However, Congress
leaders are also saying
that no one can guaran-
tee what he will do after
the elections.
His aim is to remain
in power as for him the
party is not of much
importance.
Kavita Pant
Lucknow: With the
poll-bugle for the As-
sembly elections of five
states including Uttar
Pradesh being sounded,
the process of applying
for voluntary retire-
ment by civil servants
has started. Rajeshwar
Singh, Joint Director of
Enforcement Directo-
rate and well-known of-
ficer of UP Police has
applied for VRS and it is
being said that he will
contest from any seat in
NCR region adjoining
Delhi on BJP’s ticket.
Recently, Asim Arun,
who was appointed
commissioner in Kan-
pur, has also talked
about taking VRS and
word is that he can fight
from Kannauj Sadan
seat on BJP ticket.
But the question is,
from where are the IAS
and IPS officers getting
the inspiration to con-
test elections by taking
VRS? How are execu-
tives, who are worried
about their career,
transfer-posting and se-
cure future, suddenly
choosing an insecure
field like politics?
Officers have been con-
testing elections in the
pastaswell,butitseems
that the large number
of retired and voluntar-
ily retired officers,
whom the BJP has
brought on important
position, seems to have
been the inspiration for
other officers and per-
haps that is why most
are joining the BJP.
Last year, Arvind Shar-
ma, an additional secre-
tary level officer in
PMO took VRS in a
hurry and was sent to
Uttar Pradesh. A few
days after reaching Luc-
know, he became a
member of the Legisla-
tive Council and also
became party’s Vice
President. It is every
bureaucrat’s dream to
get a job in PMO but
Sharma left PMO and
went to do politics in
UP! Although he could
not become a minister,
but it is believed that if
the BJP government
comes to power yet
again in UP, he will get
a big role because he
has been a close officer
of the PMO from Guja-
rat to Delhi.
Last year, when the
Prime Minister expand-
ed the first Cabinet of
his second government,
Ashwini Vaishnaw, an
IAS officer of Odisha
cadre, was given three
huge ministries like
Railways, Communica-
tions and IT. He is a 1994
batch IAS.
Aparajita Sarangi, an
IAS officer of batch and
cadre similar to
Vaishnaw, is currently
a Lok Sabha MP of the
BJP. It is not surprising
then that the same IAS
officer of his batch and
Kanpur Commissioner
Aseem Arun also wants
to contest the elections.
Apart from Vaishnaw,
many former bureau-
crats like RK Singh, S
Jaishankar, Hardeep
Singh Puri, who are
ministers in Modi’s gov-
ernment, are also the
inspiration for new of-
ficers to quit their jobs
and contest elections.
IN UTTAR PRADESH, BABUS WILL ALSO CONTEST POLLS?
SOUNDING OF POLL BUGLE

It seems large
number of retired
voluntarily
retired officers,
whom BJP has
brought on
important
position, seems
to have been
inspiration for
others
Will the tradition
be broken in UP?
Sharat K Verma
Lucknow: The poli-
tics of Uttar Pradesh
is bizarre compared
to the rest of the na-
tion, as in this state,
there is no tradition,
for the past 20 years,
of Chief Ministers
contesting Assembly
polls. Rajnath Singh
was the last CM who
had fought the As-
sembly elections in
2002 and in that elec-
tion too he contested
by getting an Opposi-
tion MLA to vacate
the seat.
BSP chief
Mayawati became
CM in 2007 instead
of going through the
electorate, she re-
mained a member of
the Legislative Coun-
cil. Akhilesh Yadav,
who became CM in
2012, was an MP and
he also became a
member of the Leg-
islative Council.
Then in 2017,
when Yogi Adity-
anath became the
CM, he was also an
MP at that time and
after becoming CM,
he became a member
of the Legislative
Council.
Therefore, the
question is, will this
tradition be broken
this time around?
The BJP’s Central
Election Committee
held a meeting on
Thursday to decide
the names of the can-
didates.
It is being said that
this time the party
wants CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath and both the
Deputy CMs—Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya
and Dinesh Shar-
ma—to contest the
Assembly elections.
With this, the tradi-
tion of contesting
the election by Chief
Ministers can be re-
stored. As far as for-
mer Chief Ministers
and CM candidates
are concerned, as of
now, BSP chief
Mayawati’s party
has announced that
she will not contest
polls. There is no in-
formation if SP
chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav will contest the
elections or not as he
is currently a mem-
ber of the Lok Sabha.

INDIA
06
Islamabad: Pakistan’s
Prime Minister Imran
Khan has signed the
public version of the
first-ever National Se-
curity Policy of Paki-
stan on Friday, for the
years 2022-2026.
“For the first time, the
National Security Divi-
sion has developed a con-
sensus document which
defines national security
in a proper way”, said
Khanattheinauguration
ceremony
, which took
place in Islamabad, re-
ported Samaa TV
. The
National Security Policy
covers all internal and
externalsecurityaspects,
includingthesituationin
Afghanistan and its im-
pact on the neighbour-
hood. The Pakistani pub-
licationsaidthatthedraft
puts economic and mili-
tary security at the core
of policyandoutlinesthe
challenges and opportu-
nities facing Pakistan in
the coming years.
Aside from the mili-
tary and economic is-
sues, the document
throws light on Paki-
stan’s water security as
well as population
growth, terrorism and
foreign policy
.
Earlier, Imran Khan
had summoned a meet-
ing of the National Secu-
rity Council (NSC) to re-
view the country’s first-
ever national security
policy on December 27.
The information of the
review meeting was pro-
videdbyPakistan’sInfor-
mation Minister Fawad
Chaudhryinatweet.The
NSC is Pakistan’s high-
est forum for coordina-
tion on security matters
and is attended by key
federalMinisters,thena-
tional security adviser,
services chiefs and intel-
ligence officials. —ANI
Imran Khan signs Pak’s first-ever National Security Policy
FOR YEARS 2022-2026
lll
Aside from military
economic
issues, the
document throws
light on Pak’s
water security as
well as population
growth, terrorism
and foreign policy.
GDP growth to take a hit; RBI may delay reverse repo rate hike
New Delhi: While the
Omicron variant-led
third wave of Covid-19
inIndiamightbearound
forashorterduration,it
may mildly increase the
inflationary pressures
andmaycauseadelayin
a reverse repo rate hike
from February to April,
research firm Nomura
wrote.
Research shows that
the Indian economy has
entered the third wave
in a far healthier state
relative to the second
wavebutvoluntarypull-
backs and reimposition
of state restrictions are
starting to bite. Private
airline IndiGo recently
cut back on 20% of its
flights while IRCTC re-
duced the frequency of
the Mumbai-
Ahmedabad Tejas Ex-
press from five days a
week currently to three
days between 12 Janu-
ary and 11 February
.
The media reported
on Thursday that con-
sumers have started to
load their pantries
with essentials to avoid
stepping out frequent-
ly amid a spike in Cov-
id-19 infections and
state-level curbs.
Nomura says the re-
imposition of restric-
tions is likely to delay
the recovery in the ser-
vicessector,whicheven
prior to the third wave,
was still trailing pre-
pandemic levels, but it
believes that manufac-
turing and non-contact-
intensive services
should hold up.
Nomura further
says that the previous
waves of the Covid-19
pandemic led to sup-
ply-side disruptions
and a flare-up in infla-
tionary pressures,
which it says, to per-
sist even after the wave
ends, adding another
headwind to house-
holds’ balance sheets.
The research firm
believes that that third
wave will adversely af-
fect India’s growth in
the fourth quarter of
the current fiscal but
that the loss in momen-
tum could be much less
than during the second
wave and largely con-
centrated in services
for a shorter duration.
It has lowered its Q4
GDP growth forecast to
3.2% year-on-year from
5.2% earlier.
Although, Nomura
has also said that the
slowdown in Q4FY22
should lead to a faster
catch-up in Q1FY23,
owing to recovery from
the third wave.
When it comes to in-
flation, Nomura says
that while the third
wave will be inflation-
ary
, it won’t be as bad as
it was during the earli-
er two waves. It expects
headline inflation to
rise from 5.6% year-on-
year in December to
6.0-6.5% in January
. Do
note, MPC’s mandated
tolerance band for in-
flation is 2-6%.
On the policy front,
Nomura expects the Re-
serve Bank of India to
delay the reverse repo
rate hike from its cur-
rent expectation of Feb-
ruary to April.—Agencies
Kremlin: Following
the Supreme Court’s
observation that the
decision to suspend
12 BJP MLAs from the
Maharashtra Assembly
for one year is prima
facie unconstitutional
as there is a constitu-
tional bar to it operating
beyond six months, the
Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
government is likely to tread cautiously on this
issue. One day before the hearing of the case in
the Supreme Court, 6 of the 12 suspended MLAs
appeared before Assembly Deputy Speaker Narhari
Zhirwal for a hearing on their suspension, after they
were asked to come and record their statements
before the Deputy Speaker.
New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) has res-
cued 140 green parrots from clutches of smugglers
and foiled wildlife smuggling along the Indo-Bang-
ladesh border. On the basis of specific information,
the BSF troops in the South Bengal frontier nabbed a
smuggler on Thursday along with these parrots in the
North 24 Parganas district. “All these birds were being
smuggled from India to Bangladesh through the area
of Border Out Post Tarali, North 24 Parganas district
in Bangladesh,” the BSF said.
12 BJP MLAS’ SUSPENSION: MVA GOVT
TREADS WITH CAUTION POST SC REMARKS
BSF RESCUES 140 SMUGGLED PARROTS
ON INDIA-BANGLADESH BORDER
New Delhi: Taking custody of daughter-in-law’s jewellery
for safety cannot constitute cruelty under Section 498A
of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court has said.
A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari
said that failure to control an adult brother, living indepen-
dently, or giving advice to adjust to sister-in-law to avoid
retaliation cannot constitute cruelty to the bride within the
meaning of Section 498A of the IPC. Section 498 A refers
to husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting
her to cruelty. The case was lodged by a woman against
her husband and in-laws for subjecting her to cruelty.
SC: TAKING CUSTODY OF BRIDE’S
JEWELLERY FOR SAFETY NOT CRUELTY
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment’s Subject Ex-
pert Committee (SEC)
on Friday sought more
data from Bharat Bio-
tech and Serum Insi-
tute of India (SII) be-
fore granting complete
market approval for
their Covid-19 vaccines,
Covaxin and Cov-
ishield, respectively
.
Sources said the SEC
asked both the compa-
nies to come back with
specific conditions
backed with data for
the full market approv-
al. The SEC, according
to sources, was of the
view that it cannot al-
low SII and Bharat Bio-
tech to sell Covaxin and
Covishield in the open
market till the govern-
ment is mapping vac-
cination through spe-
cific nationwide drives
via the Cowin app.
Sources also added
that the data, which
has been sought from
both the companies,
has been asked in the
compiled form, rather
than ongoing rolling
data. Bharat Biotech
has already submitted
it now, while the SII
will furnish it soon.
A market authorisa-
tion label for a vaccine
means it can be au-
thorised for use with-
out reservations or
conditions. —ANI
New Delhi: A letter has
been sent to the Attor-
ney General of India
KK Venugopal seeking
consent to initiate con-
tempt proceedings
against the ‘Dharam
Sansad’ leader Yati
Narsinghanand over
his recent remarks
against the Constitu-
tion and the Supreme
Court of India.
The letter written by
activist Shachi Nelli
said that in an inter-
view that went viral on
Twitter on January 14,
Yati Narsinghanand
made “derogatory re-
marks”. “On being
asked about the court
proceedings in the
Haridwar Hate Speech
case, Yati Narshing-
hanand went on to state
that “We have no trust
in the Supreme Court
of India and the Consti-
tution,” the letter read.
The letter further
said that the comments
made by Yati Narsing-
hanand are trying to un-
dermine the majesty of
the institution and the
authority vested in the
SupremeCourtof India,
and is a vile and clear at-
tempt at interfering in
the course of justice by
means of abusive rheto-
ric and baseless attacks
on the integrity of the
Constitution and the
Courts. —ANI
Letter to AG for contempt
against Yati Narsinghanand
New Delhi: Observing
that his act was an “af-
front to the dignity of
women of a particular
communityandcommu-
nalharmonyof society”,
a Delhi court has denied
bail to engineering stu-
dent Neeraj Bishnoi,
who is accused of creat-
ing an app using GitHub
which hosted photo-
graphs of more than 100
Muslim women without
their consent, alongside
objectionablecomments.
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Dr Pankaj
Sharma denied bail to
Bishnoi stating that the
facts disclosed that he
created the ‘Bulli Bai’
app where “women of a
particular community
aretargetedandtheyare
projected in a bad light
with an objective to in-
sult and humiliate them
by objectification”. —PTI
Bulli Bai case:
Bail denied to
accused Niraj
Gathering at Haridwar Dharm Sansad event. —FILE PHOTO
Govtpanel seeks more data from
vaccine firms for full market nod
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister Dr S
Jaishankar held a
talk with the Japa-
nese Foreign Minister
Hayashi Yoshimasa
on Friday, where they
discussed the Covid
situation, travel facili-
tation, bilateral pro-
jects, Quad, Myanmar
and North Korea.
Taking to Twitter,
External affairs min-
ister S Jaishankar-
said, “Delighted to
have a New Year con-
versation with Japa-
nese FM @
hayashi09615064. Dis-
cussed Covid situa-
tion, travel facilita-
tion, bilateral pro-
jects, Quad, Myanmar
and North Korea.
Look forward to cele-
brating the 70th anni-
versary of our diplo-
matic relations in a
befitting manner.”
tweeted Jaishankar.
Notably, India had
signed a peace treaty
with Japan in 1952
and 2022 will mark
the completion of 70
years of diplomatic
ties between both the
countries.
The modern nation-
States have carried on
the positive legacy of
the old association
which has been
strengthened by
shared values of be-
lief in democracy, in-
dividual freedom and
the rule of law.
Over the years, the
two countries have
built upon these val-
ues and created a
partnership based on
both principle and
pragmatism, said
MEA in a statement.
—ANI
EAM discusses Covid
with Japanese FM

z No COVID-19
vaccine shortage in
Maharashtra, clarifies
Union Health Ministry.
Maharashtra has ~24
lakh unutilised doses
of Covaxin available
and the Centre has
sent additional 6.35
lakh doses on Friday.

z Omicron does
affect the children but
it is a mild disease.
It is important for us
to understand that
children are not like
adults and we cannot
translate what we
are doing in adults to
children, say AIIMS
experts

z Covaxin now
universal vaccine
for adults, children:
Bharat Biotech.

z All schools, hostels
in MP shut till Jan 31,
pre-board exams to
be held in ‘take-home’
format.
COVID WATCH
100 detained in Arunachal demanding CM’s ouster
Agartala: Over a hun-
dred people were put
under preventive deten-
tion in Arunachal
Pradesh since Thurs-
day amid a 36-hour
bandh call by the All
Nyishi Youth Associa-
tion (ANYA) to demand
the sacking of Chief
Minister Pema Khandu.
ANYA accused Khan-
du of being involved in
a Rs 2,000 crore scam
and asked the govern-
ment to provide clarifi-
cations within 15 days
in a memorandum they
submitted on December
10 last year.
The CM denied the al-
legations and said they
were politically-moti-
vated. A petition with
similar allegations filed
by Arunachal Justice
Forum, seeking probe
against Khandu, was
earlier disposed of by
the Supreme Court in
December last year.
According to offi-
cials, the bandh affected
the normal life in Itana-
gar – the state’s capital
and nearby areas. As a
precautionary measure,
the administration had
suspended mobile inter-
net services from
Wednesday evening for
the next 48 hours to pre-
vent use of social media
in mobilising people to
disrupt law and order.
The strike was also de-
clared illegal by local
authorities.
However, while they
maintained that the
situation is peaceful
and under control, 25 of
the arrestees were
charged under the
Arunachal Pradesh
UAPA, 2014. —Agencies
New Delhi: The year
2021 was the fifth warm-
est year in India since
1901, with the country
recording its annual
mean air temperature
at 0.44 degree Celsius
above normal, the India
Meteorological Depart-
ment said on Friday
.
The country also re-
ported 1,750 deaths due
to extreme weather
events such as floods,
cyclonic storms, heavy
rain, landslides, light-
ning, among others,
during the year, it said.
“Theyear2021wasthe
5th warmest year after
2016, 2009, 2017 2010
since1901.Country’s an-
nual mean air tempera-
ture was recorded at 0.44
degreeCabovenormal,”
the MeT department’s
annual climate state-
ment, 2021 stated.
“The warm tempera-
ture during winter and
post-monsoon season
mainly contributed to
this,” it said In 2016, the
annual mean air tem-
perature for the coun-
try was 0.710 degree
Celsius above normal.
It was 0.550 degree C
and0.541degreeCabove
the average tempera-
ture in 2009 and 2017,
respectively
. —Agencies
2021 India’s 5th warmest
yr since 1901, says IMD
Bhopal: Taking note of
the rising incidents of
children getting addict-
ed to online games and
taking extreme steps,
Madhya Pradesh Minis-
ter Narottam Mishra
has said that the state
government will bring
in an act to regulate
gaming applications on
mobile phones. Mishra
referred to the alleged
suicide by an 11-year-
old boy here while play-
ing Free Fire game.
Law to regulate online gaming
in MP? Minister says ‘soon’
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given
his assent to the Appropriation (No. 5) Act, 2021
that authorises the government to spend an addi-
tional Rs 3.73 lakh crore during the current fiscal.
The Act authorises “payment and appropriation of
certain further sums from and out of the Consoli-
dated Fund of India for the services of the financial
year 2021-22”. —ANI
President Kovind gives assent to Act
allowing govt to spend `3.73 lakh cr
extra during current fiscal
OMICRON EFFECT
OMICRON EFFECT
HARIDWAR HATE SPEECH

NEWS
07
‘TRANSGENDER
HAVE SAME
RIGHTS AS
EVERYONE ELSE’
In Many candidates have been
buying nomination papers and
on Friday, Kinnar Radhika Bai
from Agra Cantonment Assembly
showed up to contest as an
independent, alleging that the
parties are demanding ticket
money and she also said political
parties do not want to see
transgender moving forward.
Kinnar Radhika Bai who is
contesting as an independent
from the Cantonment Assembly
of Agra, also said that she is
contesting the election only
because she wants the Election
Commission and the leaders to
know that the Kinnar community
is still alive. She alleged that
when SP and BSP had talked
about tickets, crores of rupees
were being demanded there for
party funds and I do not have
that much money. Radhika said
that no party wants to see
transgenders succeed but I want
to show that even a transgender
is a part of society and have also
been given equal rights by the
constitution have the same
rights as everyone else. She said
that she is fighting so that in the
future, no transgender have to
face hard times. Bhavani Devi of
Prayagraj has blessed our
society the entire transgender
society is with us. —Preeti Nagia
WOMAN WHOSE
SARI WAS TORN
BY BJP WORKERS
IS CONGRESS
CANDIDATE
In the Panchayat elections, Ritu
Singh was the candidate
announced by Samajwadi Party
from Pasgawa Block. When she
went to file her nomination
papers, there was an attempt to
snatch and tear her nomination
papers and also her sari, an act
for which Bharatiya Janata Party
workers and the party’s National
Vice President and MP from
Dhaurahara, Rekha Verma, were
named as accused. After the
incident, Congress general
secretary Priyanka Gandhi visited
Ritu Singh’s house and consoled
her, while Samajwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav also expressed
solidarity with the victim through
social media and Twitter. A few
days after the meeting of
Priyanka Gandhi with Ritu Singh,
Priyanka Gandhi called Ritu
Singh to the Lucknow Congress
office and made her join the
Congress. Since then,
speculation about Ritu Singh
being announced as a Congres
candidate was rife, which finally
came to an end on Wednesday
with Congress declaring Ritu
Singh as its candidate in the
assembly elections from
Mohammadi seat. After the
announcement of her
candidature, Ritu Singh has
started campaigning in the area.
She said that “whatever the BJP
did to me, I would ensure that it
does not happen again with any
woman. Whenever I become an
MLA, I will not allow the same to
happen to anyone.” —Gopal Giri
RLD-SPSELECTCANDIDATESON
DIFFERENTCRITERIA FOR UPPOLLS
RLD prefers no criminal background, while SP wants ‘winnability’ factor
Noida: The Rashtriya
Lok Dal (RLD) has cho-
sen educated candidates
hailing from the con-
stituency and with no
criminal background,
while partner the Sama-
jwadi Party picked
them on their ‘winnabil-
ity’ factor as the alli-
ance announced the
first list of nominees for
the Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly polls.
The alliance of Akh-
ilesh Yadav’s and Jay-
ant Chaudhary’s par-
ties, which was stitched
last year, on Thursday
announced candidates
on 29 seats 10 from the
SP and 19 from the RLD
in western Uttar
Pradesh which will go
to polls on February 10.
These seats across dis-
tricts like Muzaffarna-
gar, Shamli, Aligarh,
Agra, Ghaziabad,
Meerut, Hapur, Ghazi-
abad were largely won
by the BJP candidates
in the 2017 elections but
have now seen a consid-
erable influence of the
recent farmers’ agita-
tion and changing caste
equations. The criteria
for ticket distribution
have been a candidate’s
background. Of the can-
didates announced by
the RLD today, no one
has a criminal back-
ground. They are all
educated and qualified
candidates having a
good connect with the
people of their region.
None of our candidate
is an outsider. All be-
long to the assembly
seat where they are con-
testing the election,
RLD spokesperson San-
dip Chaudhary told PTI.
He added that party
leaders have held cam-
paigns and panchayats
in recent months which
has led the RLD to also
take decisions on the ba-
sis of public feedback.
Chaudhary also high-
lighted that the recent
agitation of farmers
against the four conten-
tious central farm laws,
which have now been
repealed, have dented
the BJP’s prospects in
Uttar Pradesh, particu-
larly in the western re-
gion. The farmers are
unhappy. The Muslim
community is also un-
happy with the BJP
. The
people have realised the
BJP’s false promises
and false dreams it had
shown to them last
time, he claimed. As the
ticketswereannounced,
Samajwadi Party
spokesperson Abbas
Haider said the alliance
of his party and the
RLD has a definite in-
fluence in western part
of Uttar Pradesh. On
distribution of tickets,
Haider told PTI, Winna-
bility of a candidate is
the first criteria for
ticket distribution in
the alliance. The party
workers are also being
kept in mind during the
process. —PTI
First India Bureau
Agra: Police raided il-
legal arms manufactur-
ing factory in New Agra
police station area and
have recovered many il-
legal arms and ammu-
nition from inside the
factory. Ahead of the
assembly elections, the
Agra Police has arrest-
ed three vicious miscre-
ants by raiding a facto-
ry making illegal arms.
SSP Sudhir Kumar
said that we received in-
formation about people
running illegal arms
manufacturing facto-
ries on the banks of Ya-
muna. SHO Arvind Ku-
mar Nirwal raided the
place held 3 from the
spot who were identi-
fied as Salim, Akash
Abdul Salam.
The SSP said that the
accused arrested in the
interrogation have told
that the demand for
weapons increases dur-
ing the election that’s
why they start making
weapons in huge quan-
tities. Police have recov-
ered one gun, one rifle,
four pistols, 23 cartridg-
es from their factory.
The SSP was also being
given a reward of 10
thousand for the good
action taken by the po-
lice station.
Dehradun: Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
released its third list
of candidates for the
Uttarakhand assem-
bly polls scheduled
for this February.
“Uttarakhand - Third
list of candidates.
Let’s rebuild Uttara-
khand together,” said
AAP Uttarakhand
Incharge Dinesh Mo-
haniya. The list of
candidates along
with their assembly
constituencies in-
cludes: Prakash Ku-
mar (Purola), Uttam
Bhandari (Devpray-
ag), Bharat Singh
(Sahaspur), Shyam
Bora (Mussoorie),
Raju Viratiya (Jha-
brera), Diwan Singh
Mehta (Didihat),
Chandrashekar Pan-
dey (Lalkuan),
Anand Singh Rana
(Nanakmatta) and SS
Kaler (Khatima).
Polls to elect the
70-member state leg-
islative assembly are
scheduled to be held
on February 14. —ANI
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Police
have registered a case
against 3 miscreants for
thrashing other
charges, and it was also
reported that accom-
plices freed the prime
accused after attacking
the police team. Police
sources said that Ram-
garhtal police regis-
tered a case against Ni-
tin Tewari 3 unidenti-
fied miscreants under
an attempt to murder,
clash, threaten, other
charges on complaint
of Sunil Nishad. It was
alleged that Nitin along
with other accomplices
had thrashed vegetable
sellers in the Vivek-
puram area on January
7. When the police
nabbed Nitin in
the Charuchandrapuri
colony, their accomplic-
es attacked the police
team freed the ac-
cused. Police have reg-
istered another case
under interruption in
government duties
charges and against Ni-
tin and his accomplices.
Police have launched a
manhunt further in-
vestigations is on.
First India Bureau
Shravasti: Six antique
idols of Hindu deities
were stolen from Ran
Janaki temple in Ek-
gharva village under
the Bhigna area. It was
reported that stolen
idols were weighed
about 15 kilograms.
More than 12 antique
idols were situated in
the ancient Ram Janaki
temple in Ekgharwa
village. When the tem-
ple was fallen two years
back, the idols were
kept in a room under
the supervision of a
priest.
Arvind Kumar Mau-
rya, superintendent of
police reached the spot
after information and
case were registered
into the matter. He said
that the crime branch
was deployed to nab the
thieves.
Earlier, idols were
stolen from the temple
in the same area in
which the police were
able to nab the two ac-
cused into the matter.
They had smuggled
the idols to Nepal
where they got a huge
amount of antique
idols.
Dehradun: The hue
and cry raised by the
Congress over the re-
constitution of the
Badrinath-Kedarnath
temple committee
shows its party’s “anti-
Hindu” mindset, the
BJP alleged on Friday.
The saffron party’s re-
buttal comes days after
the Congress lodged a
complaint with the
Election Commission
alleging that the tem-
ple committee had been
reconstituted in viola-
tion of model code of
conduct.
“By raking up this is-
sue, the Congress has
proved that it is against
the Sanatana Dharma
it does not want the
next season of the
Chardham Yatra to be
carried out smoothly,”
BJP spokesman Suresh
Joshi said. He said the
order to reconstitute
the temple committee
was issued a day before
the election dates were
announced hence the
question of violating
the model code of con-
duct did not arise.
Joshi said the process
to reconstitute the com-
mittee took off immedi-
ately after the dissolu-
tion of the Chardham
Devasthanam Board.
“However, by moving
the Election Commis-
sion and making an is-
sue out of nothing, the
Congress has proved its
anti-Hindu mindset,”
Joshi said. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police have
registered an FIR in
connection with the
matter of bomb threat
to Kedarnath temple in
which Uttarakhand po-
lice were informed.
Police sources said
that a threat call was
received on December
22 which threatened to
blow up the Kedarnath
temple with a bomb.
During the investiga-
tion, it was revealed
that Raj Dhruv Kumar
had called police
have launched a man-
hunt to nab the ac-
cused. Lucknow police
informed the Uttara-
khand police about the
matter and the location
of the accused was ini-
tially found in Luc-
know and later in
Hardwar.
Earlier, threat calls
were received to threat-
en to kill PM Narendra
Modi CM Yogi Adity-
anath.
Also, threat letters
were received in tem-
ples in the state capital
and it was threatened to
blow up the temples.
Police had arrested an
accused in temple
threat issue and it was
claimed that the ac-
cused Dhruv Kumar
will be nabbed soon.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and RLD leader Jayant Choudhary.
The seized llegal country-made pistols and ammunition.
Suresh Joshi
Kedarnath Temple
Ritu Singh
Radhika Bais
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
THE LONE WOMAN
CANDIDATE IN
THE ALLIANCE
Of the 29 nominees,
Babita Devi of the RLD
is the lone woman
candidate of the alli-
ance so far. She has
been fielded from the
Baldev assembly seat
which is reserved
for Scheduled Caste
candidates.
Police unearth illegal
arms factory, six held
AAP releases 3rd list
for Uttarakhand polls
‘Congmoveshowsanti-Hindustand’
FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Newly inducted Indian Army soldiers during a parade at the Kasam Parade Ground of 39
GTC (Gorkha Training Center) in Varanasi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Police file FIR over threat to
blow up Kedarnath temple
Six idols
stolen from
Ram Janaki
temple
CASE FILED AGAINST 3 FOR
ATTACKING POLICE TEAM
BJP’S REBUTTAL

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,541,058
TOTAL DEATHS
264,347,587
TOTAL RECOVERED
51,353,210
ACTIVE CASES
321,241,855
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
485,350
TOTAL DEATHS
34,824,706
TOTAL RECOVERED
1,272,073
ACTIVE CASES
36,582,129
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
On Army Day, we pay tribute to our
soldiers and remember the Indian
General who took over the Indian
Army - Gen KM Cariappa.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
IN FULL SWING
Stone slabs meant for the last phase of the foundation of the Ram Mandir are seen in the foreground at the site of the Ram
Janmabhoomi Mandir being built in Ayodhya on Friday. The foundation work of the temple is nearing completion.
BSP’SLOSINGGRIPONDALITSHAS
SP, BJP EYEING THE VOTE BANK
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Dalit
vote bank of Bahujan
Samaj Party which has
always been its strong-
hold has become the tar-
get of political parties.
BSP supremo
Mayawati has come to
power four times in the
state owing to the Dalit
vote bank but the situa-
tion seems to have
changed for Mayawati
ahead of the assembly
elections as she is nei-
ther attacking the BJP
nor is seen making any
strong preparations for
elections. If the passive
nature of Mayawati an-
gers the Dalits, who will
they turn to and who
will they choose as their
leader have become the
biggest questions. The
state has 21% Dalit pop-
ulation which plays a
major role in the UP
politics and used to
stronghold of Congress
but this vote bank shift-
ed to BSP as it enjoyed a
relevanceinthestatefor
three decades due to the
Dalit vote bank.
The past election re-
sults though have made
it clear that the Dalit
vote bank has now shift-
ed from the BSP as BJP
was able to make a dent
in the Dalit vote bank
and now SP and Con-
gress are also engaged
in bringing the Dalit
into their fold. The 21%
Dalit vote bank consti-
tutes of 11.7% Jatavs,
3.3% Pasi, 3.15% are val-
mikis, 1.05% Dhanuk,
Gond, Khatik and 1.57%
are other Dalit castes.
The sooner political
parties understand the
equation, the easier it is
for them to get their key
to power just how
Mayawati was able to do
it for the past 3 decades.
The reason for Mayawa-
ti to lose the 2012 elec-
tion and BSP not having
a single elected member
in2014electionswasdue
to her loosening grip on
the Dalit vote bank.
The BJP was able to
win in majority of the
reserved seats last time
around and even for the
upcoming elections,
many Dalit leaders
have been given the
power. The scenario
though is a tad differ-
ent from last time
around as the SP is also
eyeing the Dalit vote
bank in its quest to re-
gain its lost credibility
.
BJP already
made inroads in
last elections
Lucknow: Poll defec-
tions and accusations
are adding to the dra-
matic build-up in UP
ahead of the seven-
phase state polls that
start on February 10.
Former Chief Minis-
ter Mayawati’s cam-
paign has been muted
so far, but a video of a
leader from her BSP is
now being widely
shared on social media
- and not for the right
reasons. In the video,
BSP’s Arshad Rana is
seen bursting into
tears after he was
dropped as a candidate.
“I feel humiliated. I
never thought this
would happen. They
made me sit inside (the
office) and told me that
they have picked some-
one else to contest the
polls instead of me,”
Rana says, weeping, in
the video tweeted by a
news agency
. “You
must be watching the
news reports daily
...
hoardings and all... I
am doing everything.
Despite all the efforts,
they are doing this to
me,” he sobs bitterly
.
Mayawati won’t con-
test the state elections,
the party has made it
clear. Rivals say the
BSP doesn’t even have
enough candidates to
fight400seatsinUP
,but
party MP Satish Chan-
dra Misra has said they
will win the elections.
Ghaziabad: Top police
officers took stock of
preparedness of nomi-
nation procedure and
security arrangements
for the Uttar Pradesh
polls at the collectorate
here on Friday.
Commissioner Suren-
dra singh and Inspector
General of Police
Praveen Kumar of
Meerut range gave in-
structions to the return-
ing officers.
The nomination pro-
cedure for the UP as-
sembly election began
on Friday, but so far no
candidate of any politi-
cal party has filed their
nomination papers. Fif-
ty-five candidates from
Loni, Muradnagar,
Modinagar, Sahibabad
and Ghaziabad constit-
uencies have obtained
nomination forms, Ad-
ditional district infor-
mation officer Gaurav
Dayal said in an official
statement. To ensure se-
curity two deputy su-
perintendents of police,
four inspectors, two
dozen sub-inspectors
and two hundred police-
men have been deputed,
apart from the PAC
force. CCTV cameras
and metal detector gates
and fire tenders have
been installed and the
local intelligence unit
will also keep a vigil on
the activities, the state-
ment said. City Superin-
tendent of Police (first)
Nipun Agarwal said
that he along with Adi-
tional district magis-
trate will monitor the
security arrangements.
The nominations will
be filed till 21 January
and scrutiny of the pa-
pers will be held on Jan-
uary 24. Candidates can
withdraw their names
till January 27. —PTI
Commissioner, IGP Meerut take stock of security
FIR against SP for mega
induction event in UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Hours af-
ter the mega induc-
tion of BJP rebels
like Swami Prasad
Maurya and Dharam
Singh Saini, an FIR
was on Friday lodged
against the SP for vio-
lating Section 144 by
arranging an event
that saw hundreds in
participation amid
rising Covid cases in
UP. In the FIR lodged
at the Gautampalli
police station, the
Epidemic Act has
been invoked.
Between 8 pm - 8
am, no rallies and
public meetings...
this will be contin-
ued”, Chief Election
Commissioner Su-
shil Chandra had
said talking about
the scenario post re-
view, adding that the
maximum number
of people allowed in
the rallies will be as
per the direction of
the SDMAs.
Addressing the
crowd during the
event, Yadav said,
“This election is fi-
nal. Nobody had
thought that Swamy
Prasad Maurya
would join us along
with his whole team.
They have boosted
our morale,” he said.
With the leaders
from the BJP leaving
the party ahead of
the elections and
joining the SP, Yadav
said that when the
Samajwadi and
Ambedkarwadi have
come together, no one
can stop their win-
ning the upcoming
elections.
Notably, along with
the former Ministers,
the sitting MLAs
Bhagwati Sagar, Vi-
nay Shakya, Roshan
Lal Verma, Mukesh
Verma and Brajesh
Kumar Prajapati
have also joined SP.
Apna Dal MLA
Chaudhary Amar
Singh, former BSP
MLA Neeraj Kush-
awaha Maurya, ex-
BJP MLC Harpal
Saini, ex-BSP MLA
Balram Saini, ex-BJP
MLA Rajendra Pratap
Singh, ex-MoS Vidro-
hi Maurya, former
Chief Security Offic-
er Padam Singh and
ex-Congress MLA
Bansi Singh Pahadi-
ya joined the party
.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Private
Schools in Uttar
Pradesh that violate
the rules of the Right to
Education (RTE) Act
will now face action for
doing so. As per the re-
port, the Department
of Basic Education has
decided to begin the
process of revoking
recognition from
schools that do not
comply to the rules set
by the RTE Act.
Additional Director,
Basic Education, Lali-
ta Pradeep conveyed
this decision. She said
that complaints had
been received against
several schools for not
complying with RTE
guidelines.
As per the RTE Act,
children belonging to
economically weaker
sections (EWS) and dis-
advantaged groups are
enrolled in recognised
unaided private schools
up to 25% of the entire
capacity of their entry-
level classes, either
pre-primary or Class 1.
The department has
received complaints re-
garding school admin-
istration harassing
parents for unneces-
sary documents, strik-
ing children’s names
off without reason, re-
fusing to allow children
to attend school even
after their names had
been approved by the
government, and
charging money from
students without pro-
viding receipts.
Under RTE rules, pri-
vate schools are re-
quired to submit a rec-
ognition certificate
from the state educa-
tion department in or-
der to seek affiliation
from any board (CBSE
or ICSE), Pradeep said.
“Action will be taken
against schools that do
not admit children un-
der RTE rules,” she
said.
New Delhi: Research-
ers at the Indian Insti-
tute of Technology
(IIT), Roorkee, have
identified the role of
white blood cell mark-
ers in sepsis-related
complications which
will help in detecting
stages of sepsis and de-
ciding appropriate
treatment.
The results from the
research work have
been published in The
Journal of Immunolo-
gy, the official journal
of the American Asso-
ciation of Immunolo-
gists (AAI), and pre-
sented at the interna-
tional conferences or-
ganised by the Indian
Immunology Society.
According to the team,
neutrophils, mono-
cytes, and macrophages
are white blood cells
that act as scavengers
of dead cells and for-
eign bodies such as bac-
teria and other patho-
gens. They move from
the blood to the site of
infection to mop up the
disease-causing foreign
matter. —Agencies
Lucknow: The BJP on
Friday hit out at Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra over the
suspected rape case of
a mentally-challenged
minor girl in Ra-
jasthan, accusing her
of engaging in ‘selec-
tive politics’ and using
the cause of atrocities
against women to push
her politics.
She claims to cham-
pion the cause of wom-
en in UP with a slogan
like ‘Ladki hoon, lad
sakti hoon’, but her
suggestion to women
in a Congress-ruled
state like Rajasthan is
‘Ladki ho to ladna
mana hai’,” BJP
spokesperson Sambit
Patra said.
“Everyone should
speak for justice for
women and raise their
voice against any atroc-
ity against them. How-
ever, when the issue is
used selectively to push
political ambition and
agenda like Priyanka
Gandhi and Rahul Gan-
dhi have done, it be-
comes unforgivable,”
he said, adding that
neither Priyanka nor
her brother visited the
victim’s family or met
her, as she battles for
life in hospital, like
they do in states that
are not ruled by the
Congress. —Agencies
Pvt schools to lose recognition
in case of RTE violations: Report
Sepsis: IIT study
finds new WBC
markers
BJP attacks PGV for ‘selective politics’
QUICK LOOK
DENIED POLL
TICKET, BSP
LEADER BURSTS
INTO TEARS
Nobody had thought
that Swami Prasad
would join us along
with his whole team.
They have boosted
our morale
—Akhilesh Yadav,
SP Chief
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
—FILE PHOTO
BSP’s Arshad Rana is seen
bursting into tears over
being denied the poll ticket.
—SAMBIT PATRA
Goldiee Spices holds felicitation ceremony
Kanpur: India’s well-
known spices manufac-
turer Shubham Goldiee
Spices Pvt Ltd held a
felicitation ceremony
to motivate spices
Vendors in Panipat on
Friday.
The programme was
inaugurated by the
company’s sales man-
ager Ram Ji Agarwal
who flew all the way
from Kanpur to Pani-
pat for the function.
In his address at the
event, Ram Ji Agarwal
said that the hard work
of the directors, dis-
tributors and employ-
ees and the changed
made in marketing en-
vironment in terms
with changing market-
ing environment along
with good quality and
reasonable price has
ensured a greater sale.
—FILE PHOTO
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fter a hard time of COVID, Ma-
kar Sankranti was celebrated
by people across the country
with immense joy, happiness
and love on Friday. Being the
first festival of the year, it
was celebrated with great
enthusiasm, people were seen en-
joying with their family and friends
all day long, with ‘vo kaaate’ and
lots of prayers and laughter
across.
The festival was enjoyed with
the sweetness of rewri, moongfa-
li, and popcorn. People not only
enjoyed the delicacies but had
fun with colourful kites, bal-
loons, music and wonderful com-
pany around.
Makar Sankranti marks the
beginning of Uttarayan, which
lasts for six months, and the
starting of the month of Magh
in the Hindu calendar. The fes-
tival suggests the movement of
the sun towards the northern
hemisphere, signifying the on-
set of warmer and longer days.
City First shares a few glimps-
es of the Makar Sankranti
celebration which portrays
the pure love and happiness
of the people, in regards to
this festival. Since it’s the
best time to spend the entire
day with your loved ones,
this festival is loved by eve-
ryone and is definitely a spe-
cial one for all of them.
This year, keeping the fact in
mind that COVID is still not
over, everyone took the re-
quired precautions and made
sure the day was not only
about fun and laughter but
about safety too.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
City First brings to
you some glimpses
from the colourful Makar
Sakranti celebrations
held keeping in mind
the Covid-19 guidelines.
Various moods of the
festival were captured
on the occasion.
A
LUCKNOW, SATURDAY
JANUARY 15, 2022
Taruna, Shubda, Megha, Muskan,
Aastha, Simran, Neelanjana, Vasudha,
Shrishti and Shreya enjoying the festive vibes
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Poonam Sharma, Riya Suledia, Tripti Arora,
Akanksha Bhalla, Gaurav Gaur and Muskan Kamdar

10-11
ETC
LET'S FILL THE SKY WITH
COLOURS AGAIN!
SAKRANTI IS THE ONE FESTIVAL THAT BOTH ADULTS AND YOUNG CAN ENJOY ALIKE. THOUGH THE LAST YEAR
HAS BEEN TOUGH, PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK WITH HEARTS FULL OF KITE-FLYING SPIRIT. CITY FIRST BRINGS
TO YOU SOME GLIMPSES OF OUR READERS’ LOVELY CELEBRATION KEEPING IN MIND COVID PROTOCOLS!
very year on Ma-
kar Sakranti the
sky is painted in a
thousanddifferent
colours thanks to
all the beautiful kites.
This year, however,
there’salittletwist.Since
the lockdown and the
stress, last year ham-
pered the proper celebra-
tion of Sakranti. This
year, people are celebrat-
ing the relaxation in the
Covid situation and the
newfound freedom and
hopesintheirhearts.The
markets are packed, the
roofs are crowded,
themusicisblast-
ing, and the true
spirit of ‘pa-
tangbaazi’isin
the effect.
Though the
people are ex-
cited, the in-
cidents of
last year have
made them cau-
tious. Can we expect
the public to have
funwhilestillbe-
ing safe?
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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Govind Sharma, Somyata Mishra, Yogesh Mishra, Nimisha Mishra and Sanskriti Mishra
Young girl in festive swag
Kanupriya Singh
Astha Khandelwal Shreesha and Nitin Modi
A new bride tries her hand
Youth enjoying the occasion
The ‘vo kaate’ moment captured beautifully The Modi family: Gaurav, Vigya, Aarudra and Arun
The lantern moment
Hemal Chaudhary
Tripti, Tanu, Akanksha and Tanu
Yogesh Mishra
Avika Tinker
Yashvi and Radhika caught in a candid moment
An excited group of girls
Shubhda, Megha, Simran and Nakul Tanu, Shrishti, Megha, Shubhda and Simran grooving on bollywood music
Suresh Mishra, Mukesh Mishra and Yogesh Mishra
Khushboo
Dahiya
Vasudha Tiwari
Tanu
Choudhary
Riya Singh
Tripti Sharma
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA, HANIF SINDHI, MUKESH KIRADOO AND SUNIL SHARMA

CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
The
people of
Lucknow
celebrated
the wonderful
occasion of
Makar Sakranti
by distributing
Khichadi on the
roadside as an
act of kindness.
MONICA
PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
RETURN
OFHOME
WORKOUTS
he 1 month
long kite-
making work-
shop, organ-
ised under
'Azadi ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav' by EPCH, with
the support of the of-
fice of the Develop-
ment Commissioner
(Handicrafts), Minis-
try of Textiles, Gov-
ernment of India,
came to a colourful
end today. This camp
took place at the kite
making clusters of
Rampur, Bareilly, Luc-
know, Prayagraj,
Agra, Mathura, Luc-
know, Cuttack,
Ahmedabad, Surat,
Baroda, Jodhpur,
Udaipur, and Imphal
among others.
Participants were
taught kite-making
techniques in this
workshops and pro-
vided with a great
time for families and
friends to come to-
gether and get close .
The kites made in
the duration of this
workshop were flown
on the occasion of
Sankranti and Utta-
rayan on Friday. The
kite-flying pro-
gramme commenced
at 11 AM at Gullala
Ghat, Mohini Purva,
Lucknow.
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
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CITY FIRST
SPOKE TO FIT-
NESS COACHES
FOR THEIR
ADVICE TO
DRAW AN
IDEAL PLAN
FOR FIT-
NESS AT
HOME
very new year
comes with a
default set-
ting of ‘hit-
ting the gym’
on the first
day, but this
year was welcomed by
a new strain of Cov-
id-19 (Omicron) with
the gyms inevitably
shut down again.
With gyms locked,
the fitness regime has
moved back to the con-
fines of home. But fit-
ness, as we know it, is
now more vital than
ever to fight the rising
threat of novel Coro-
navirus.
To simplify the
home workout plan,
City First spoke to Fit-
ness Coaches and
asked for their advice
to draw a plan of ac-
tionforfitnessathome.
Mayank Mishra,
Fitness Nutrition
Expert and owner at
Vyayamshala Gym ad-
vised, “Regular exer-
cise is essential for
supporting healthy
immune function, pre-
venting weight gain,
boosting mood and
keeping you healthy.
Some exercises I sug-
gest are:
• Cycling
• Running
• Jumping Jacks
• Crunches for abdominal
strength
He added, “for beginners,
daily exercises to incorporate
can be,
• Forward lunge
• Hands-elevated
push-ups
• Glute bridge
• Pull-Ups
E
Varnit Yadav, Nutrition and
Fitness consultant, suggested,
“I would recommend people to
get a pair of adjustable dumb-
bells and a resistance band to
keep themselves engaged with
a workout. A full-body work-
out session three times a week
consistently will ensure you
get sufficient stimulus. A bal-
anced diet with sufficient pro-
tein along with at least 7 hours
of sleep per day will enable
people to create a solid foun-
dation for good health.”
Mohd Yasir Junaid, Health
Coach, suggested exercises to
replicate gym workout at
home and said, “Strength
training, also called weight
training or resistance
training, is an impor-
tant part of any fitness
routine. With strength
training, you move your
body against some sort of
resistance, such as:
• Free weights like dumbbells or
barbells
• Resistance bands, resistance
machines, like
cable machines, single-exer-
cise ma chines, or multi-
gym systems
He added, “There are Many
Exercises that you can try at
Home like;
Pushups, Body weight
Squats, Biceps Curl,
Overhead Press, Banded
Side Steps, Walking
Lunges with Dumbbell
Workout anytime. You
can exercise on your
schedule, no matter
the time of day or
night.
Go at your
own pace.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
TRADITION OF GOODWILL!
CITY FIRST
nder the an-
nual ceremo-
ny organised
by the Nishu
Welfare Foun-
dation, on Thursday;
15 personalities were
awarded the Ratna-e-
Awadh Samman and
101 social workers
were honoured with
Chhatrapati Shahuji
Maharaj Samman. Ad-
ditional Deputy Com-
missioner of Police
Sweta Srivastava,
Archana Kanojia, Var-
sha Verma, Manoj
SinghChauhanamong
others were honoured
with the Ratna-e-
Awadh award.
Gunjan Verma,
President of Nishu
Welfare Foundation,
saidthattheorgani-
sation honours those
who have done excel-
lent work in various
fields for society
.
SAVIOURS HONOURED
Lohri Manon Di Karo Tayari
U
o the rhythms
of the dholak
on traditional
Lohri songs
like Dulla Bhat-
ti Wala, Sanu De, Lohri,
Teri Jeeve Jodi, and
other Punjabi songs, la-
dies and women clothed
in Punjabi robes cir-
cumambulate the fire at
the Udaan Lohri festi-
val. By combining Gid-
da with Bhangra dance,
young women created
an alluring shade.
The women and girls
presented Gajak, Re-
wari, Jaggery, Maize,
Mishri, Groundnut,
and other foods to the
burning fire and dis-
tributed them as Prasad
to everybody
. Sarita
Singh, the founder of
Udan Sanstha, re-
marked that Lohri is a
festival of happiness,
peace, and prosperity
that we should all enjoy
together.
The birthday of IAS Abhishek Pandey, IAS Manish Pandey, IAS Amit Kishore, and IPS Akash
Kulhary was on Friday, January 14. We wish them all the best.
National President of Bahujan Samaj Party, Mayawati (L), and the leader of Samajwadi
Party, Dimple Yadav (R), wife of Akhilesh Yadav will celebrate their birthday today,
January 15. City First wishes them good health!
During the event
During the lamp lighting ceremony
Mayank Mishra
Mohd Yasir Junaid
Varnit Yadav
GREETINGS!
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