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CM orders strict action against encroachment
‘TAKE ACTION WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION’
Lucknow (PTI): Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Wednesday
directed officials to take
strict action against il-
legal occupants of any
land, be it government
or private, without dis-
crimination.
During the presenta-
tion of an action plan
by the department of
rural development be-
fore the council of
ministers here, Yogi
Adityanath said
whether the land is
owned by the govern-
ment or a private enti-
ty, the strictest action
should be taken
against illegal occu-
pants without discrim-
ination.
Stressing that an en-
croachment of land is a
factor of big disputes in
the villages, he said il-
legal encroachments
should be investigated
and action should be
taken.
The chief minister
also directed that ef-
forts should be initiat-
ed to cover 13 lakh fam-
ilies under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana
(Rural) and 1.5 lakh
families under Mukhy-
amantri Awas Yojana
(Rural) in the direction
of providing houses to
every homeless person.
CM Yogi along with council of ministers reviews an action plan by the department of rural development on Wednesday.
MATHURA TEMPLE SWITCHES OFF
SOUND SYSTEM
Mathura (PTI): Loud-
speakers and sound
systems installed at
various places inside the
Shri Krishna Janmab-
hoomi temple complex
here have either been
switched off or would be
played at low volume,
the temple trust authori-
ties said on Wednesday.
Shri Krishna Janmab-
hoomi Trust and Shri
Krishna Janmasthan
Seva Sansthan secretary
Kapil Sharma said the
decision has been taken
on the Uttar Pradesh
government directives
on the use of sound
systems in religious
places. He said the
loudspeakers installed
atop Bhagwat Bhawan,
the tallest shrine building
inside the Shri Krishna
Janmabhoomi temple
complex, were switched
off on Wednesday. The
loudspeaker atop the
building was switched off
on Wednesday, he said,
adding that earlier, from
the time of Mangala Aarti
in the morning, loud-
speakers were used dur-
ing all religious activities.
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A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition
of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The
case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, and the
WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal.
UK COURT
APPROVES
EXTRADITION OF
ASSANGE TO US
Delhi Capitals’ Tim Seifert has tested positive for COVID-19 just hours
before his team’s match against Punjab Kings. Seifert is the second
overseas cricketer in the Capitals after Mitchell Marsh to get infected.
Meanwhile, Delhi government made wearing mask compulsory.
ANOTHER DC
PLAYER TESTS +VE;
MASKS MUST IN
DELHI AGAIN
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
announced Wednesday
that the Centre would
soon introduce a special
Ayush visa category for
foreign nationals who
want to come to India to
take advantage of tradi-
tional medicine, as part
of initiatives to pro-
mote medical tourism.
“With this visa, it
will make travel easier
for accessing Ayush
therapies (in India),”
said PM Modi while
speaking at the inaugu-
ral session of the Glob-
al Ayush Investment
and Innovation Summit
2022 at Mahatma Man-
dir in Gandhinagar. He
added that the Centre
has a plethora of initia-
tives to encourage and
promote the Ayush sec-
tor, including the estab-
lishment of a digital
portal to connect me-
dicinal plant farmers
with Ayush product
manufacturers.
New Delhi: Halting the
demolition drive
launched by Delhi mu-
nicipal authorities in
Jahangirpuri area,
which witnessed com-
munal violence last
week, the Supreme
Court on Wednesday
asked authorities to
maintain status quo and
saiditwillhearpetitions
challenging the demoli-
tions on Thursday
.
“Maintain status quo.
List it before appropri-
ate bench tomorrow,”
orderedChief Justiceof
India NV Ramana as
Senior Advocate Dushy-
ant Dave brought up
the matter. P5
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Amid row-
over the use of bulldoz-
ers in BJP-ruled UP
,
Madhya Pradesh and
Gujarat and by party-
governed MCD in Delhi,
Union IB Minister An-
urag Thakur slammed
Rahul Gandhi for his ad-
vicetoModigovernment
to “switch off bulldozers
of hate” remark.
Accusing Rahul of
“sowing the seeds of ha-
tred”, Thakur said he
was “maligning the
name of the country”.
AYUSH VISA SOON...
For foreign nationals who come
to India for treatment: PM Modi
Speaking at the inaugural session of the Global Ayush
Investment and Innovation Summit 2022 at Mahatma Mandir
in Gandhinagar, PM Modi said that the Centre has a plethora
of initiatives to encourage and promote the Ayush sector
Prime minister Narendra Modi, Director General of World health organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus and Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth during the Global Ayush Investment
and Innovation Summit, at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
AYUSH SECTOR INCREASED TO OVER $18 BILLION
FROM $3 BILLION IN 2014, SAYS PM MODI
The Prime Minister
said, “We are already
witnessing unprecedented
growth in the production
of AYUSH medicines, sup-
plements and cosmetics.
In 2014, where the AYUSH
sector was less than USD
3 billion, today it has in-
creased to more than USD
18 billion.” He said that
the Ministry of AYUSH has
taken several major steps
to encourage a startup
culture in the field of
traditional medicines. A few
days back an incubation
centre developed by the All
India Institute of Ayurveda
has been inaugurated,
informed PM Modi.
Bulldozers in Jahangirpuri
apply brakes after SC order
Centre extends ceasefire
agreement with three Naga
insurgent groups for 1 year
New Delhi: The Centre
has extended ceasefire
agreement with three
Naga groups for further
period of one year. The
groups include National
Socialist Council of Na-
galand-NK (NSCN-NK),
NationalSocialistCoun-
cil of Nagaland-Refor-
mation (NSCN-R) and
NationalSocialistCoun-
cilof Nagaland-K-Khan-
go (NSCN-K-Khango).
All these groups are
breakaway factions of
NSCN-IM and NSCN-K
and signed the ceasefire
agreements with the
government over the
years. The development
comes even as NSCN-IM
leaders, led by General
Secretary Th Muivah,
Tuesday met with Cen-
tre’s representative for
Naga peace talks, AK
Mishra, at the outfit’s
headquarters, Camp
Hebron near Dimapur.
Thakur’s jibe at Rahul for
‘sowing seeds of hatred’
DELHI BJP LEADERS MEET AMIT SHAH
New Delhi: Top Delhi BJP leaders met with Union Home
Minister Amit Shah at the Union Home Ministry headquarters
in Delhi on Wednesday, hours after a controversial demoli-
tion drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri that was halted by the
Supreme Court. Shah met with the Delhi leaders for an hour.
Those in the meeting were Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, MP
Ramesh Bidhuri, MLA Ram Bir Bidhuri and leader Maninder
Singh Sirsa. “It was a routine meeting,” said Sirsa.
RAHUL: BULLDOZERS MUST BE USED
TO ANNIHILATE HATRED AMONG PEOPLE
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Wednesday sneered at the
Bharatiya Janata Party’s move to start
an encroachment drive in Jahang-
irpuri and said that the bulldozers
must be used to end hatred among
people. “This is a demolition of India’s
constitutional values. This is state-
sponsored targeting of the poor and minorities. BJP must
bulldoze the hatred in their hearts instead,” tweeted Gandhi.
CASE FILED
FOR DOCTORING
KEJRIWAL VIDEO
Punjab cops
knock on poet
Kumar’s doors,
he warns Mann
New Delhi: Early on
Wednesday morning,
former Aam Admi Par-
ty member and poet Ku-
mar Vishwas tweeted
pictures of Punjab Po-
lice personnel outside
his house.
The Punjab Police
came visiting Vish-
was’s house after a case
was allegedly regis-
tered against him un-
der the IT Act for alleg-
edly doctoring a video.
In a tweet, Vishwas
warned Punjab Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann that AAP nation-
al convener and Delhi
Chief Minister would
“betray him”.
“I am warning you
that the man sitting in
Delhi, whom you are al-
lowing to play with the
power given by the peo-
ple of Punjab, will one
day betray you and Pun-
jab also. The country
will remember my
warning,” he tweeted.
Vishwas’s comments,
which were allegedly
on Kejriwal, before the
Punjab election had cre-
ated a furore. BJP had
shared a video of Ku-
mar alleging that Kejri-
wal wanted to be “ei-
ther the Punjab CM or
the PM of Khalistan”.
DIDI, ADANI AT BGB SUMMIT
West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee and Adani
Group Chairman Gautam
Adani exchange greetings
during the inauguration of
6th Bengal Global Business
Summit in Kolkata on
Wednesday. (Inset) Adani
speaking during the event. P6
UK PM JOHNSON IN
AHMEDABAD TODAY
PM MODI LIVE FROM
RED FORT TODAY
British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson is scheduled to arrive
in India for a two-day visit begin-
ning on Thursday. The UK PM
will be in Ahmedabad on April
21, 2022 and leave for Delhi
the same day. He is expected to
meet PM Modi on Friday. P6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will address the nation from the
Red Fort on the 400th Parkash
Purab of Sikh guru Tegh Baha-
dur on Thursday. PM Modi will
also release a commemorative
coin and postage stamp on
the occasion.
UNDER HOME MINISTER
AMIT SHAH’S WATCH
...slams ‘bulldozers
of hate’ remark
OPPOSITION BARBS: AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia said that the only way to end hooliganism in the
country was to bulldoze the BJP headquarters.
Union IB
Minister
Anurag
Thakur speaks
during press
conference
at BJP HQ, in
New Delhi
on Wednesday.

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Lucknow (PTI): The
state government is
mulling over setting up
“cow sanctuaries” in 30
districts and adding to
its existing capacity to
keep abandoned cattle,
a senior official said on
Wednesday. The move
aims at tackling the
stray cattle menace,
which had snowballed
into a major issue in the
recently held Assembly
polls.
Yogi government
plans to provide shelter
to 50,000 stray cattle
within 100 days of its
second term, according
to Animal Husbandry
Department Director
Indramani. The num-
ber will be raised to one
lakh in six months, he
said. In addition to “cow
sanctuaries”, the capac-
ity of the existing cow
shelters will be in-
creased, he said.
“We are going to build
sanctuaries in 30 dis-
tricts in the state de-
pending upon the avail-
ability of land, especial-
ly in those districts
where there are for-
ests,” he said.
“A boundary wall will
be erected around them.
Besides, there will be
provision for water and
four feeding spots,” In-
dramani said. When
asked about the dis-
tricts where the sanctu-
aries may come up, he
said, “Some of the dis-
tricts are Unnao, Lakh-
impur Kheri, Bahraich
and Pilibhit.” “Our en-
deavour is that maxi-
mum cattle should be
preserved,” he added.
The stray cattle menace
across UP was a major
poll narrative in the re-
cent elections. The op-
position parties had
prominently raised the
issue of abandoned cat-
tle damaging crops.
Aims to provide shelter to 50,000 stray cattle within 100 days, 1 lakh within six months
STAY AT ‘POSTINGS’,
CM TELLS OFFICERS
The chief minister
directed that block
development officers,
tehsildars and sub-di-
visional magistrates
should stay at their
places of postings. Ad-
ityanath further added
that a separate portal
should be developed
for receiving com-
plaints of corruption.
Yogi govt plans to set up cow
sanctuaries in 30 districts
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
government will bring
further refinement to
Khadi which has un-
ending promises, possi-
bilities and potential.
And to do so the Khadi
is going to further in-
crease its range and it
will now not be limited
to only clothes.
Shoes, bags, fancy
purses etc. will also be
made through Khadi
clothes. To further en-
hance the beauty of
Khadi clothes by giving
them an attractive look,
the Yogi government
will take the help of em-
inent fashion designers
of the country and its
related organizations
(NIFT).
For this, Khadi will
modernize the technol-
ogy of production cen-
tres to improve the
quality of yarn. Solar
Charkhas will also be
distributed on a
large scale.
Those who will be
provided with these
charkhas will also be
given the training to
operate them. Overall,
the department has set
a target of distributing
5000 solar charkhas in
the next five years.
This will not only im-
prove the quality of
the threads but also
increase production.
There are 14 govern-
ment centres of Khadi
in different districts of
the state. The old looms
of these centres will
soon be replaced by
new solar looms.
The government has
also prepared a com-
plete action plan in
this regard for the next
five years.
Recently, during the
presentation of the in-
frastructure and in-
dustrial development
sector, CM Yogi re-
viewed this action plan
and also gave neces-
sary instructions.
Khadi and village in-
dustries are an area of
potential. With it being
eco-friendly, the indus-
try associated with it
can be set up with min-
imum structure, with
less capital and less
risk. It is the most em-
ployable sector at the
local level in terms of
capital.
Therefore, by making
them self-sufficient,
this mission is also
helpful in empowering
them, Navneet Sehgal -
Additional Chief Secre-
tary Khadi and Village
Industries said.
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Modern tech
will be
adapted to
improve the
quality of the
yarn, fashion
designers to
give new
looks
Khadi products to get into e-commerce mode to increase sales
Navneet Sehgal, ACS Khadi Vikas Board.
ACTION PLAN
SET UP A BOARD FOR
ELDERLY, SEERS, CM
DIRECTS OFFICIALS
Lucknow (PTI): Ut-
tar Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Wednesday directed
the officials to begin
work on setting up a
board for the welfare
of elderly seers and
priests and develop an
online system that pro-
vides information
about temples to devo-
tees.
The chief minister
also told them to get
‘Bhajan Sandhya
Sthal’ constructed in
major religious desti-
nations of Prayagraj,
Mathura, Gorakhpur
and Varanasi districts.
Yogi gave the direc-
tives during the pres-
entation of the action
plan of Tourism, Reli-
gious work, Culture
and other departments
before the Council of
Ministers.
“Online Integrated
Temple Information
System should be de-
veloped for the conven-
ience of devotees and
tourists within the
next 100 days. It should
have information
about temples, history
,
route map etc.
“According to the
‘Loksankalp Patra’
(BJP’s election mani-
festo) a board is to be
formed for the welfare
of elderly seers and
priests. Action should
be taken accordingly,”
the CM said.
On the lines of Uttar
Pradesh Day, special
events should be or-
ganised on the main
day of the history of
the district/village/
city
, he added.
Stating that with the
efforts of the prime
minister, Uttar
Pradesh is becoming a
confluence of “nature,
culture and adven-
ture”, the chief minis-
ter said ‘Bhajan Sand-
hya Sthal’ should be
built in Prayagraj, Ma-
thura, Gorakhpur and
Varanasi.
Construction of
Shri Kashi Vishwa-
nath Dham Corridor
in line with public as-
pirations, construc-
tion of Shri Ram Tem-
ple in Ayodhya, Ayod-
hya Deepotsav, Braj
Rangotsav, Dev-Deep-
awali of Kashi, Vind-
hya Dham Corridor,
Naimish Teerth, Shuk
Teerth renovation, in-
stallation of Ma An-
napurna statue after
100 years are wonder-
ful works, the chief
minister said.
They are going to be-
come the identity of
the “New Uttar
Pradesh of New India”
all over the world, he
added. While preserv-
ing, promoting and
popularising the
unique cultural iden-
tity of the state, the
chief minister said, “it
is our endeavour to es-
tablish the state as a
cultural destination”.
CM Yogi reviews the presentation of Rural development
department, Tourism and culture department on Wednesday.
Dy CMs Brajesh Pathak, Keshav Maurya, other ministers,
officials were also present.
T
T
THE 12 CIRCUITS
GUJ CM PRAISES
YOGI FOR GOOD
GOVERNANCE
150 nurseries to be developed
under MGNREGA in the state
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The gov-
ernance of Uttar
Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
has come in for a
huge praises from
his Gujarat counter-
part. Applauding ef-
forts of the Uttar
Pradesh govern-
ment, Gujarat Chief
Minister Bhupendra
Patel in his letter to
journalist cum writ-
er Shantanu Gupta
said that the Uttar
PradeshChief Minis-
ter made ‘remarka-
ble success’ in trans-
forming the scenario
of the state which
was very well depict-
ed in the biography
.
The Gujarat CM
was acknowledging
the effort of the au-
thor whose book on
CM Yogi has, of late,
earned a wide rang-
ing appreciation.
“I am thankful to
receive your inform-
ative creation of
“The Monk who
Transformed Uttar
Pradesh” How Yogi
Adityanath changed
‘UP waala Bhaiya’
abuse to a Badge of
Honour, an obvious
effort to make under-
stand the situation
handled by Shree
Yogi Adityanath af-
ter taking charge as
the CM of UP”, he
wrote.
Bhupendra Patel
in his letter further
said that Yogi Adity-
anath’s remarkable
success with his
achievements in-
cluding making the
state feature at the
second position in
GSDP, 2nd in Ease of
Doing Business and
No. 1 in 45+ Central
G o v e r n m e n t
Schemes etc. have
been covered in this
book.
“I applaud your ef-
fort to highlight the
achievements for a
state once consid-
ered as the synonym
of BIMARU,”the Gu-
jarat CM further
went on to write.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In another
‘farmer centric’ move,
the UP government will
develop as many as 150
nurseries under the
Mahatma Gandhi Na-
tional Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA). This will
not only create employ-
ment opportunities in
the state but also will
give a boost to the farm-
ers engaged in horticul-
ture.
In this sequence, the
Department of Rural
Development has been
asked to prepare a pro-
posal to set up nurser-
ies in 100 days. As many
as 22.50 crore saplings
will be planted in these
nurseries. Out of
which, each nursery
will have at least 15
lakh saplings. The
nurseries will comprise
traditional crops, flow-
ers, vegetables as well
as good quality fruits
and vegetables which
will become a source of
increased income for
the farmers of Uttar
Pradesh.
In its second term,
the Yogi government is
working assiduously to
promote the nursery
sector. A maximum of 2
nurseries will be set up
in each district.
In these, farmers will
be taught and will be
made aware of ways to
cultivate medicinal
plants like Sarpagand-
ha, Ashwagandha,
Brahmi, Kalmegh,
Kaunch, Satavari, Tul-
si, Aloe vera along with
other flowers and
fruits.
Through the develop-
ment of nurseries, the
people in the state will
get many opportunities
to establish their own
employment avenues.
LUCKNOW MEIN SWAGAT HAI!
National president of BJP Yuva Morcha Tejashvi Surya being welcomed by Yuva Morcha
state president Pranshu Dutt Dwivedi at BJP office in Lucknow on Wednesday .
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Yogi Adityanath.
Judge recuses himself from
HEARING MUKHTAR CASES
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: A judge of
Allahabad High Court
has recused himself
from hearing two crim-
inal cases filed against
mafia turned politi-
cian and former MLA,
Mukhtar Ansari, who
is presently lodged in
Banda jail.
First case relates to
a case registered
against Mukhtar An-
sari under gangsters’
Act at Azamgarh and
another case relates to
the alleged misuse of
vidhayak nidhi (MLA’s
fund) by Ansari,
which is pending at
Mau.
Justice Rajiv Gupta
passed these orders
when two separate pe-
titions were presented
before him.
In the first order
dated April 18, Justice
Gupta released the
case relating to al-
leged misuse of MLA’s
fund. In the second or-
der passed on April 20,
Gupta released anoth-
er case relating to
gangsters’ Act.
In two separate or-
ders, Justice Gupta di-
rected to place these
matters before the
chief justice of this
court.
Now, the registry
will place these mat-
ters before the chief
justice, who will nomi-
nate any other court to
hear these cases.
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Lucknow: Navneet Sehgal, ACS (MSME) on Wednes-
day reviewed the weekly department works during his
visit to Export Promotion Building, Kaiserbagh. In his
address at the meeting, he said that under the 100-day
action plan, a “Mega Loan Mela” with the help of State
Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) will be held in the
month of June to help distribution of loans to one lakh
beneficiaries in departmental employment schemes
and various other schemes run by banks. He further di-
rected all district level officers to come up with a target
and complete it withing the stipulated time.
POLICE OFFICIAL, 3
OTHERS BOOKED
FOR ASSAULT
Noida: Four people, in-
cluding a police official,
have been booked on
charges of assaulting
a person after he shot
and posted a video
highlighting alleged
illegal sand mining
here. Sunil Prasad, the
complainant, alleged
that after his video went
viral, Chand Diar police
outpost in-charge Ga-
nesh Pandey and three
others attacked him
while he was having
food at a restaurant.
The incident took place
in Bairia on Monday,
according to the local
police station in-charge
Shivshankar Singh.
ENGINEER MANOJ
GUPTA APPOINTED
UP PWD HEAD
Lucknow: Manoj Kumar
Gupta, who was the
Chief Engineer inPWD
has now been appointed
Head of Department,
PWD, Uttar Pradesh.
Manoj Gupta who has
been serving diligently
in the department for 38
years will now head one
of the most important
departments of the
state. Prior to his post-
ing as Chief Engineer in
PWD, he was posted in
UPEIDA on deputation
for three years as Chief
Engineer. Under his
able supervision, the
Bundelkhand Express-
way got a much-needed
impetus.
‘MEGA LOAN MELA TO DISTRIBUTE
LOANS TO 1L BENEFICIARIES IN JUNE’
Ghaziabad(PTI): The
father of the manage-
ment student, who was
shot dead in Toronto
earlier this month, has
demanded that the gov-
ernment waive the loan
that he has taken to
send his son to study in
Canada.
Several people, in-
cluding his friends and
old classmates, on so-
cial media platforms
have also been demand-
ing the waiver.
Kartik Vasudev was
shot dead in Toronto on
April 7 outside the Sher-
burne subway station.
He had gone there in
January to study MBA.
“We mortgaged our
house and ornaments to
send him to Canada for
MBA. The Indian con-
sulate in Canada helped
us to bring his body
back,” Kartik’s father
Jitesh Vasudev said.
Jitesh Vasudev also
handed over a demand
letter, which was ad-
dressed to DM RK
Singh, to the sub-divi-
sional magistrate, who
visited his house.
In the letter, he said
that the government
should ensure that the
loan is waived.
Jitesh Vasudev also
demanded “free educa-
tion and government
job for Kartik’s younger
brother Parth Va-
sudev”.
He also said the gov-
ernment should pay for
his travel to Canada for
court hearings in that
country and demanded
a meeting with CM Yogi
Adityanath.
“April 20 is fixed for
hearing in the court (in
Canada) and the Cana-
dian government has
provided us with free
legal help for which a
senior advocate has
been appointed,” he
said.
Meanwhile, scores of
residents here paid trib-
utes on Tuesday to the
student.
During the condo-
lence meeting, people
from Rajendra Nagar
colony, RWAs of group
housing society of Kes-
hav Kunj and Maharaja
Agarsen trust were
seen in tears while re-
membering the youth.
Kartik Vasudev was
cremated in his home
town, Rajendra Nagar,
on Saturday
.
Father of boy shot dead in Canada demands waiver of study loan
REMEMBERING KARTIK
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Handing over
demand letter
Jitesh Vasudev
also sought free
education and
government
job for Kartik’s
younger brother
Parth Vasudev Kartik with his parents and brother during happier times.
UPbucklesuptocontainCovidspread
CM asks officials to
focus on children
MULTIPLE OXYGEN PRODUCTION UNITS, PICU BEDS IN PLACE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Amid the
risingcasesof COVID-19
across India once again,
the Yogi Government is
sparing no efforts to ex-
pand the healthcare fa-
cilities across Uttar
Pradesh. Adopting a
proactive and multifac-
eted approach to nullify
the spread of deadly in-
fection, the state gov-
ernment has urged peo-
ple to stay cautious and
adhere to the COVID
protocols.
Making foolproof ar-
rangements to protect
children from the coro-
navirus infection, as
many as 6,700 Pediatric
ICUs have been set up.
Addressingahigh-lev-
el meeting, CM Yogi
said, “In 2016-17, there
were only 150 PICU beds
in the state, and today as
many as 6700 PICUs
have been established.
Uttar Pradesh has be-
come self-reliant as it
has established 206 labs
and multiple oxygen
production units. There
has been a 2.5-fold in-
crease in Liquid Medi-
cal Oxygen and an eight-
fold increase in PSA
(Pressure Swing Ad-
sorption).”
He has also directed
the officials to make a
strategy for setting up
an e-hospital in UP and
it should be made func-
tional within two years.
Noida(PTI): In compli-
ance with the instruc-
tions on checking loud
music by the Uttar
Pradesh government,
police in Gautam Bud-
dh Nagar on Tuesday
servednoticestoaround
900 religious places, in-
cluding temples and
mosques, officials said.
Police officials went
around temples,
mosques, among other
places of worship, be-
sides marriage ban-
quet halls and DJ oper-
ators regarding use of
loudspeakers on direc-
tions by Police Com-
missioner Alok Singh,
they said.
These places were
asked to comply with
the instructions given
by the High Court re-
garding sound amplifi-
cation devices, a police
spokesperson said.
“The officers of the
commissionerate gave
notices to 602 temples
out of 621 temples, 265
mosques out of 268
mosques, 16 other reli-
gious places as well as
217 wedding places, 175
DJ operators,” the po-
lice spokesperson said.
“If any religious
place / DJ operator
does not follow the in-
structions given by the
Honourable High Court
regarding sound limit,
then strict action will
be taken against the
concerned,” the official
said.
Amid incidents of
violence during festi-
vals in some states, UP
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has direct-
ed that no religious
procession should be
taken out without per-
mission and that the
use of loudspeakers
should not inconve-
nience others.
With Eid festival and
Akshaya Tritiya likely
to fall on the same day
next month and many
other festivals lined up
in the coming days,
Adityanath said the
police needs to be extra
cautious.
Lucknow(PTI): Sama-
jwadi Party chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Tuesday
called for strict action
against those responsi-
ble for the alleged theft
of valuables worth over
Rs 2.5 crore from lockers
of the Central Bank of
India’s Karachikhana
branch in Kanpur.
He met the victims
whose valuables were
stolen from nine lockers
of the bank.
Yadav said he has
written to Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman and urged
her to ensure that the
customers get justice
andappropriateactionis
initiated against the
guilty bank officials.
“The senior bank offi-
cersdidnotpayanyheed
to customers complaint
and at least 11 lockers
were found broken,” a
statement issued by the
party said.
Fourpeople,including
a bank manager, have
been arrested in connec-
tion with the incident,
police had said.
At least nine custom-
ers of the bank branch
had found valuables
worth crores of rupees
missing from their lock-
ers, they said.
The incident came to
light on March 14, when
Manju Bhattacharya,
one of the customers of
the bank, checked her
locker and found the
valuables missing.
The total cost of valu-
ables looted is estimated
to be over Rs 2.5 crore,
with each customer re-
porting losing about Rs
30 lakh from their lock-
ers, police added.
First India Bureau
Firozabad: The court
of Chief Judicial Mag-
istrate has issued
non-bailable warrant
against Ram Prakash
Yadav alias Nehru and
ordered police to pres-
ent the accused till
April 25. On court’s or-
der police launched a
manhunt to nab him.
Police said case was
registered against Ya-
dav and 15 others on
fraud and other charges
on complaint of Viren-
dra on Sept 2018. During
proceedings three ac-
cused were acquitted
while others faced trail.
Ram Prakash is close
relative of SP patriarch
Mulayam Singh Yadav
and he was an active
worker of the party
.
The HC had granted
stay on arrest of the
accused but it was val-
id for six months only.
After tenure of stay
courts issued notices
to summon the accused
but response was not
received. The court has
now issued NBW
against 12 persons in-
cluding Yadav, Ban-
wari Lal, Jaldevi, Raj
Bahadur, Saroj Devi
and Omkar Singh.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Following
the recent spurt in
Covid-19 cases, Chief
Minister Yogi Aditya-
nath on Wednesday di-
rected officials to main-
tain utmost vigil on the
health of children, es-
pecially in the NCR dis-
tricts, and to create
awareness about
Covid-19 protocols in
schools.
In last 24 hours, 103
new positive cases were
reportedinGautamBud-
dh Nagar and 33 in Gha-
ziabad, on Wednesday
.
TheCMstressedwear-
ing face masks and vac-
cinating the remaining
population in the NCR
districts(GautamBuddh
Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ha-
pur, Meerut, Buland-
shahr and Baghpat) and
Lucknow. He also direct-
ed to make effective use
of publicaddresssystem
to create awareness.
A passenger being tested for Covid at Charbagh railway station in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Massive crowd at the weekly Buddh Bazar in Lucknow on
Wednesday, with scant regard for Covid guidelines.
UP TO BE FIRST STATE TO HAVE
LIVE EMERGENCY MONITORING
Uttar Pradesh will be the first state in India to
have a live emergency monitoring system. In
this regard, the CM has asked his officials to make
preparations for a mobile app-based digital platform
and command call centre to make its execution
smooth.An action plan should be made to add
five new courses — OT Technician, Radiotherapy
Technician, Anesthesia Technician, Dialysis Techni-
cian, and MRI Technician for the skill development of
paramedical staff.
FESTIVE FLAVOUR
A worker stacks vermicelli which is used in making traditional sweet dishes popularly
consumed during the holy month of Ramadan, at a factory in Lucknow on Wednesday.
NBW against 12 including relative
of Mulayam in fraud case
ACTION TAKEN

z Ram Prakash is
close relative of the SP
patriarch and he was an
active worker of SP.

z HC had stayed arrest
till six months which is
over now
Over 600 temples, 265 mosques
getpolicenoticeoverloudspeakers
CM’S TAKE
AkhileshwritestoSitharamanforjusticetolockervictims
Ghaziabad: A 10-year-old boy lost his life in road
mishap in Modinagar area here. Family members of
deceased child alleged that school administration
ignored safety of kids and ferrying double numbers
of the occupancy through school buses. It was
reported that Anurag (10) was not feeling well in bus
and he took his head out through window when he
felt like vomiting. The bus driver made a wrong turn
and Anurag’s head was smashed by an iron pole.
Anurag Bharadwaj died on the spot in the accident.
Meanwhile, the bus driver managed to escape from
the spot. DSP Sunil Singh said irresponsible driving
of bus driver caused death of the boy.
10-YR-OLD KILLED IN MISHAP DURING
TRAVEL BY SCHOOL BUS, DRIVER FLEES
—PTI PHOTO
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
—FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Whatever is not yours: Let
go of it. Your letting go of it
will be for your long-term
happiness and benefit.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji’s
government is constantly taking several
steps for promoting agriculture in India,
increasing the income of farmers and
facilitating export of agricultural products.
As a result of these steps, today India is
gaining ground in the global market by
exporting almost half of the world’s rice.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Building a world class facility in a
New India! Visited the upcoming
India International Convention Expo
Centre in Dwarka, Delhi. It will serve
as a major economic driver helping
India capture a larger share of global
meetings, incentives, conferences
exhibitions market.
TOP TWEETS
BORIS JOHNSON
CASE OFFERS
A FEW LESSONS IN
DIGNIFIED CONDUCT
hatever one may hold
against the Brits,
their parliamentary
democracy and insti-
tutions are almost
above reproach. Last week Prime
Minister Boris Johnson paid a
fine of 50 pounds for attending his
own surprise birthday party
. He is
the first British PM to have been
penalised for breaking a rule
while in office. This week on Tues-
day he apologised “whole-hearted-
ly” for attending an illegal party
during Covid lockdown. Johnson
told the House that he unknow-
ingly broke the rules and misled
parliament. Opposition MPs de-
manded his resignation but John-
son refused to oblige. Labour
Party leader Keir Starmer called
the apology a “joke”.
The UK PM now faces a crucial
parliamentary vote this Thursday
to decide if he should be subjected
to further investigation for his
“misleading” statements on ‘par-
tygate’. Apparently confident of
winning the vote, Johnson will be
in India on a two-day visit. Irre-
spective of the outcome one must
appreciate the dignified manner
in which British parliamentari-
ans are conducting themselves.
W
ately, bulldozers
have been in use
to stamp the su-
premacy of the
majority commu-
nity around festival time and
before elections. Ram Navmi
processions led to violence in
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,
Jharkhand, Rajasthan and
Delhi with the minority com-
munity being held directly
responsible in three of the
states and Delhi. The Ra-
jasthan government handled
the situation with maturity
but at other places bulldozers
werepressedintoactionwith-
out investigating who the real
instigator was. It was hardly
surprising that only one side
bore the brunt. It was also not
surprising that the reason for
bulldozing of tenements was
the illegality of construction.
Why did authorities wake up
to the illegality of construc-
tions only after the clashes
will remain a mystery
.
At least in Delhi the police
said that the Ram Navmi pro-
cession was taken out without
permission. That was a provo-
cation in itself but the MCD
decidedtodemolishstructures
in the Jahangirpuri area.
What’s more the demolition is
believed to have continued un-
tiltwohoursaftertheSupreme
Court stayed the action.
One cannot dispute that il-
legal constructions should be
demolished as they occupy
public land leading to numer-
ous social problems. However,
it is common knowledge that
everywheresquattersbribeof-
ficials for a roof over their
heads and hardly ever illegal
constructions are prevented
from coming up. But to use
bulldozers without following
the due process of law is a
mockery of the criminal jus-
tice system. It also makes the
Constitutionandthejudiciary
irrelevant.Whilewemayhave
a view on what happens in
other countries, we tend to
make light of strife within.
BULLDOZER POLITICS
FOR SUPREMACY
Ram Navmi processions led to
violence in MP, Gujarat,
Jharkhand, Rajasthan and
Delhi with the minority
community being held directly
responsible in 3 of states and
Delhi. Rajasthan government
handled situation with
maturity but at other places
bulldozers were pressed into
action without investigating
L
THE DRAGON DEBT TRAP
CHINA IS EMERGING AS THE NEO-
COLONIZER OF THE 21ST CENTURY
arvane ko nahi pata ki jis
shamaa se who lipat raha
hai, wahi usko jalaa kar
raakh kar degi.” Have you
heard of this famous Bolly-
wood line about fatal attrac-
tion of the moth to a flame?
Similar is the case of devel-
oping or poor countries that
are attracted by soft loans
from PRC with the hope of
developing their country’s
infrastructure and to provide
better life to their citizens.
Unfortunately, they are not
aware of this fatal attraction
and the debt trap, they are
unknowingly getting into.
It’s often too late before they
realize their mistake. More
and more countries are fac-
ing financial crisis after be-
ing trapped by the Dragon.
China is the only country
in the world having expan-
sionist policy to control other
countries. However, their in-
tention to dominate other
countries by luring them in
debt has come to the fore only
in the present Xi Ping re-
gime. China’s growing global
footprints and aggression is
shaping the world forum and
now, Chinese power rede-
fines geopolitics and geo-eco-
nomics of the globe.
RISE OF CHINA AS
ECONOMIC POWER
In the 21st Century, China is
playing a pivotal role in the
world economy and contrib-
utes nearly 20% to global
GDP, being just second high-
est after USA. Beijing is also
the world’s largest non-com-
mercial lender, more than the
International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank.
China’s share of bilateral
debt has risen from 45% to
63% last year. Along with
this, 65 % of all the loans dis-
tributed under bilateral rela-
tions in the world have been
distributed by China alone.
DEBT-TRAP
‘Debt-trap diplomacy’ is a
term which describes a cred-
itor country or institution
extending debt to a borrow-
ing nation partially, or solely
to increase the lender’s po-
litical leverage. The creditor
country is said to extend ex-
cessive credit to a debtor
country with the intention of
extracting economic or po-
litical concessions when the
debtor country becomes un-
able to meet its repayment
obligations. Presently, 42
countries have public debt
exposure to China in excess
of 10% of GDP. Poor nations
like the Republic of Djibouti,
Laos, Zambia, Nigeria and
Kyrgyzstan have Chinese
debts amounting to 20% of
their GDP.
China is using its econom-
ic heft by providing huge and
easy loans to developing and
underdeveloped countries
for infrastructure. Chinese
indirectly get access to the
country’s natural resources
through the market. This
leads to the economy of the
country being crippled. Eye-
ing the opportunity, China
demands acquisition of a
strategic asset of the country
to write off the debt in part.
China has taken control of
the strategic port City of
Hambantota in Sri Lanka,
Gwadar port of Pakistan, Le-
kki Deep Sea port in Nigeria,
Port of Sudan, Mombasa
Port in Kenya, Entebbe air-
port of Uganda and many
more. Subsequently, China
indirectly enters the politics
of that country and then
dominates its sovereignty
.
THE FUTURE
TRAPPINGS
The Dragon debt trap may
enhance further in the future
to trap countries like Nepal,
Afghanistan and Maldives in
South Asia. All these coun-
tries are in heavy Chinese
debt. India’s real concern is
growing Chinese presence
and economic instability in
the SAARC nations.
Post Ukraine conflict, Rus-
sia having been isolated from
the world trade by Western
sanctions, may look increas-
ingly towards China to help
them out. Economically weak
Russia, crippled by sanctions
will slowly be sucked into
same debt trap as developing
countries, albeit from a differ-
ent route. Moscow, which is
more beholden to Beijing,
would be drifting away from
India, in case, Sino-Indian
conflictbecomesunavoidable.
IMPLICATIONS
FOR INDIA
The reality is that majority of
smaller nations are increas-
ingly getting lured by Chi-
nese loans for infrastructure
development. Faced with no
other viable alternative, they
are getting trapped into the
Dragon’s debt trap. Pakistan,
Sri Lanka and the Maldives
in its neighbourhood, almost
falling into the ‘Dragon Debt
Trap’ is not a good sign for
India. It’s time for us to act
fast and protect our strategic
backyard from China’s mis-
adventures. The current nar-
rative by the Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi of
self-sustainability (At-
manirbhar Bharat) is the
right approach for any coun-
try, who wants to safeguard
its sovereignty
, in future.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
“
P
Pakistan, Sri Lanka
and the Maldives in its
neighbourhood, almost
falling into the ‘Dragon Debt
Trap’ is not a good sign for
India. It’s time for us to act
fast and protect our strategic
backyard from China’s
misadventures. The current
narrative by the Indian
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi of self-sustainability
(Atmanirbhar Bharat)
is the right approach
for any country, who
wants to safeguard its
sovereignty, in future
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)
China is the only
country in the world
having expansionist
policy to control other
countries. However, their
intention to dominate other
countries by luring them in
debt has come to the fore
only in the present Xi Ping
regime. China’s growing
global footprints and
aggression is shaping the
world forum and now,
Chinese power redefines
geopolitics and geo-
economics of the globe.
CHINA DISTRIBUTED
$5.6 TRILLION IN LOANS
TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES
https://www.thehansin-
dia.com/hans/opinion/
news-analysis/low-
income-nations-walk-
straight-into-dragons-
debt-trap-709110 A
report released in 2020
suggests that China has
distributed $5.6 trillion in
loans to various countries
in the name of develop-
ment. China has financed
bigger projects and taken
on higher levels of credit
risk with stronger repay-
ment safeguards, in place.

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INDIA
05
‘CONSTITUTION
BULLDOZED’
CPM’s Brinda Karat blocks bulldozer in Delhi, waves court papers
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat stands in front of a bulldozer during the demolition of shops in New Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Wednesday.
New Delhi (Agencies):
CPM leader Brinda Kar-
at was seen blocking a
bulldozer at Delhi’s Ja-
hangirpuri and waving
the copy of a Supreme
Court order on Wednes-
day afternoon.
Within an hour after
the Supreme Court or-
dered to maintain the
status quo in the ongo-
ing demolition drive be-
ing carried out by the
North Delhi Municipal
Corporation in Delhi’s
Jahangirpuri, Brinda
Karat arrived in Jahan-
girpuri with the Su-
preme Court order ask-
ing the authorities to
stop the demolition pro-
cess immediately
.
However, the Delhi
police asked the contro-
versial Communist
leader to vacate the
demolition site and not
create any chaos.
“At 10:45 am, the SC
gave the order to main-
tain the status quo on
the demolition drive, I
have come here for the
implementation of the
order”, claimed CPIM
leader Brinda Karat.
“The law and the con-
stitution have been
bulldozed by illegal
demolitions. At least
the Supreme Court its
order should not be
bulldozed,” CPIM lead-
er further said.
The North Delhi Mu-
nicipal Corporation
sent nine bulldozers to
remove what it called il-
legal encroachments in
Jahangirpuri. In a let-
ter to the Delhi Police,
North Delhi Municipal
Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh
asked for 400 policemen
to maintain order in the
area, which has been
tense since the violence.
On Wednesday, more
than 1,500 cops and se-
curity personnel were
at the site.
BULLDOZE CHINESE
ENCROACHMENTS:
CONGRESS TO GOVT
New Delhi: The Congress
on Wednesday attacked
the Centre for not im-
mediately stopping the
demolition drive in Delhi’s
Jahangirpuri and termed
it as ‘brazen contempt
and defiance of SC order’,
and also asked for a
similar action against the
Chinese encroachments
in Arunchal Pradesh and
Ladakh. “India is not
banana republic yet, that
SC orders r defied like
this-Shocking,” Congress
spokesperson Jaiveer
Shergill tweeted.
BJP HAS DECLARED WAR AGAINST
POOREST, SAYS ASADUDDIN OWAISI
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday
alleged that the BJP has declared a war against
the poorest by destroying homes in Delhi like in Uttar
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The Hyderabad MP
was reacting to demolition of alleged illegal encroach-
ments in riot-hit Jahangirpuri in New Delhi. “BJP
has declared war against the poorest. In the name
of encroachment it’s going to destroy
homes in Delhi like UP MP. No
notice, no opportunity to go to court,
simply punishing poor Muslims
for daring to stay alive,” Owaisi
tweeted. Owaisi also demanded that
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
must clarify his adubious role’. Is
his government’s PWD part of this
demolition drive, he asked.
CRUCIAL READ
MAMATA BANERJEE ‘MOST SUITED’ OPPN
CANDIDATE FOR 2024 PM POST: RIPUN BORA
Kolkata: Veteran politician and TMC leader Ripun
Bora on Wednesday said that the West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee is the “most suita-
ble” opposition candidate for Prime Minister’s post
in the 2024 Lok Sabha General election because
she is fighting alone aggressively against BJP.
Speaking to media Ripun Bora said, “I have full re-
spect for all the opposition leaders but considering
the ground reality, I have seen Mamata Banerjee is
the only one fighting aggressively against Modi.” Mamata Banarjee
AL BADR CADRE
DESIGNATED AS
TERRORIST BY GOVT
New Delhi: The Ministry of
Home Affairs has declared
Arjumand Gulzar Dar, an
active associate of terrorist
outfit Al Badr, as a terrorist
under Unlawful Activity
(Prevention) Act, 1967.
The terror organisation ‘Al
Badr’ is listed as a terrorist
organisation under the First
Schedule to the said Act at
serial number 26. Accord-
ing to a Gazette notification
issued on Tuesday by the
MHA, Arjumand Gulzar Dar
alias Hamza Burhan alias
Doctor went to Pakistan
on valid documents where
he joined Al Badr. He has
been an active terrorist and
commander of Al Badr, and
since then and currently
has been operating from
Pakistan, said the Gazette
notification.
ASSAM, ARUNACHAL TO FORM DISTRICT
COMMITTEES TO SETTLE BORDER DISPUTES
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on
Wednesday announced that Assam and Arunachal Prdesh,
the two Northeastern states, will form dis-
trict-level committees to resolve the long-
standing border disputes in a time-bound
manner. The decision was announced after
the Assam CM met his Arunachal Pradesh
counterpart Pema Khandu on Wednesday.
This was the second chief ministerial-level
meeting between the two states over the
boundary issue, Sarma said in a series of tweets.
HUBBALLI VIOLENCE WAS PRE-PLANNED,
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALS
Hubballi: The preliminary investigation into the Hub-
balli violence has revealed that it was pre-planned, police
sources said. The police have collected videos which reveal
the planning for the violence that happened on April 16
in the commercial hub of north Karnataka. A violent mob
outside the police station sought the beheading of a youth,
who had put up an objectionable post in social media. The
mob shouted slogans that called for violence, like “What is
the punishment for the guilty” and “Beheading is the only
punishment for the guilty.”
Mumbai Police taps phones of
Sanjay Raut, Eknath Khadse
Mumbai (PTI): Mum-
bai police on Wednes-
day said that the phones
of Shiv Sena leader
Sanjay Raut and NCP
leader Eknath Khadse
were tapped on the pre-
text of them being anti-
social elements.
During the investiga-
tion, it was found, that
some other names were
also mentioned as anti-
social elements in State
Intelligence Dept (SID)
letter which was sent to
the Additional Chief
Secretary (ACS) Home
for phone tapping that’s
why the ACS gave the
permissionforthesame,
Mumbai police said.
Police informed that
the phone of Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader Eknath Khadse
was tapped for 67 days
while that of Shiv Sena
leader Sanjay Raut was
tapped for 60 days.
Reactingtothematter,
Raut said both leaders
were falsely labelled by
then SID commissioner
Rashmi Shukla.
“The then SID com-
missioner Rashmi
Shukla falsely labelled
all of us whose phones
were tapped as anti-so-
cial elements during
government formation
in 2019,” Raut said.
“Our privacy was
breached. Centre giving
protection to such police
officerswhoareworking
for one party
,” he added.
Sanjay Raut Eknath Khadse
K’taka to set
up commission
to review all
public works
Shivamogga (PTI): In
an apparent fallout of
the death of a civil con-
tractor who levelled
bribery allegations
against a former state
minister, the Karnataka
government on Wednes-
day announced forming
a three-member com-
mission comprising a
retired high court judge
tocleartenderproposals
for all public projects
worth Rs 50 crore and
above, in a bid to check
malpractices in award-
ing contracts.
Also, the government
has ordered a total ban
oninitiatingworksbased
on oral instructions of
ministers or higher offi-
cials. The commission
will be formed under the
Karnataka Transparen-
cy in Public Procure-
ment Act (KTPPA).
Basavaraj Bommai
TN: Sasikala to be grilled
in Kodanad murder case
Chennai (Agencies):
Aspecialteamof theTa-
mil Nadu Police will be
questioning AIADMK’s
former interim General
Secretary, VK Sasikala
in the Kodanad murder
and heist case on Thurs-
day
, officials said.
The 906-acre estate
wasjointlyownedbylate
CM and AIADMK chief
Jayalalithaaandheraide
Sasikala,andthemurder
and heist case took place
on April 24, 2017, four
months after the passing
awayof Jayalalithaaand
the arrest of Sasikala.
According to the
chargesheet, C. Kanaga-
raj, who was once the
driver of Jayalalithaa,
hatched a conspiracy to
break open the Kodanad
estateashebelievedthat
hugemoneywasstashed
in the estate bungalow.
On April 23, 2017, a gang
of tenpeople,ledbyhim,
brokeintotheestateand
killed guard, Om Bahad-
hurwhileanotherguard
Krishna Thapa was
beaten and tied.
InJuly3,2017,Dinesh
Kumar, a computer op-
erator at the estate, was
found dead in his home
leading to five deaths
altogether.
VK Sasikala
Jakhar not replying to notice‘gross
indiscipline’,action likely: Sources
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer Punjab Congress
chief Sunil Jakhar not
replying to party’s
show-cause notice is
being considered an act
of “gross indiscipline”
and “strong action” is
likely to be taken
against him when the
Congress’ disciplinary
committee meets be-
fore the end of this
week, sources said on
Wednesday.
The Congress Disci-
plinary Committee had
on April 11 given a
show-cause notice to
Jakhar for alleged anti-
party activities and
sought a reply within a
week. At the end of the
deadline on Tuesday,
Jakhar said he would
not reply to the panel
notice and was ready to
face action.
“He (Jakhar) was
given a notice for indis-
cipline. His not reply-
ing to the party’s notice
is being considered an
act of gross indisci-
pline and strong action
would be taken against
him,” a high-level party
source told media.
“A decision in this re-
gard would be taken at
a meeting of the party’s
disciplinary committee
which is expected to
take place before the
end of this week,” the
source said.
Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar
Not just to deny edu for a piece of cloth: Karnataka girl
Bengaluru (Agencies):
Almas AH, a second
PUC (Class 12) student
from Udupi Girl’s Pre-
University College, one
among the six
girls who start-
ed a protest on
hijab in Karna-
taka which
went on to become a ma-
jor crisis in the State,
has said that it was not
‘just to deny’ education
for a piece of cloth.
Her post, written on
Tuesday
, has again
raised a debate on hijab
in the State.
“Being Education
Minister, is it
just for you to
denyeducation
for a piece of
cloth?” Almas
has questioned Karna-
takaEducationMinister
BC Nagesh on social me-
dia. She further stated
that she had been pre-
paring for her exams
since long and all that
would go in vain.
Almas underlined:
“Don’t do this injustice
to us sir. Allow us.”
However, the Karnata-
ka govt is all set to con-
duct the second PUC ex-
ams (Class 12) without
allowingstudentstowear
hijab. Karnataka High
Court Special Bench has
dismissed the petitions
submitted by students,
including Almas to per-
mit hijab in classrooms.
Almas had earlier
slammed the state gov-
ernment on its decision
of not allowing hijab
protesters to write ex-
ams.Shehadquestioned
Minister Nagesh, ask-
ing, “Tell me Nagesh sir,
who made us miss our
exams?Ihavemissedmy
practicalexams,yourde-
cision is not only gonna
shatter my dreams but
also I am starting to lose
hope in the system.
Where is the justice sir?
Why do you want us to
suffer?” she said.
Thecourthasalsostat-
ed that wearing of hijab
isnotanessentialpartof
Islam. The Muslim or-
ganisationsgaveabandh
call for business estab-
lishments against the
HighCourtorder.Hindu-
tva organisations later
called for banning Mus-
lim vendors from tem-
ples and religious fairs.
The entire matter has
taken a communal turn,
resulting in unrest type
situation in the state.
BAN
HIJAB

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia has enough coal
stocks to meet more
than 30 days of de-
mands and there is no
need to panic, Govern-
ment sources told ANI.
Sources said 72.5 mil-
lion tonnes (mt) of coal
stocks are lying with
Coal India Ltd.
On average, power
plants in India is having
coal stock of 22 mt and
on an average daily 2.1
mt coal is replaced with
plants. So no shortage
of coal will arise in the
country
, sources said.
Power plants in India
still have 10 days of
stock and the country
has coal stock of more
than 30 days, the sourc-
es added.
Another top official
told ANI that there is no
coal shortage, especial-
ly in Maharashtra. The
government has direct-
ed the states to review
the PPA with power
plantsandMaharashtra
is already reviewing it.
Energy demand rose
due to early summer
and the recovery in the
economy
.
NO NEED TO PANIC, INDIA HAS COAL
STOCKS FOR OVER 30 DAYS: REPORT
SUFFICIENT TO MEET DEMAND
IN THE COURTYARD
HIGH COURT SEEKS CENTRE’S STAND ON PLEA
TO IMPLEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE PROMISES
HIGH COURT SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY ON PLEA
AGAINST SPECIAL STATUS TO WAQF ASSETS
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court today sought the
Centre’s stand on public interest litigation seeking the
constitution of an expert committee for the realisation of
the promises made by India at the UNFCCC in 2021. A
bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice
Navin Chawla asked the Centre to file a status report on
the plea by lawyer Rohit Madan who has asserted that it
is the Indian government’s duty to honour its interna-
tional commitments. Additional Solicitor General Chetan
Sharma, appearing for the Centre, said that the Union
India is alive to the issue raised in the petition.
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday
sought a response from the Centre on public interest
litigation challenging certain provisions of the Waqf Act
which grant special status to Waqf properties. A bench
of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin
Chawla issued notice asked him to make the Waqf Board
a party to the plea. He told the court that the Act was
against secularism as there was no other law to admin-
ister the properties of other religions. Additional Solicitor
General Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Centre, said
that petition raises substantial questions.
SC AGREES TO HEAR
PLEA SEEKING
PAYMENT OF WAGES
TO MNREGA WORKERS
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday agreed to list
for hearing a plea seeking
directions to redress
the situation of workers
under the MNREGA in the
country claiming that their
pending wages are piling
up along with negative
balances in funds of most
of the states. A bench
headed by Chief Justice of
India NV Ramana agreed
to list the matter after ad-
vocate Prashant Bhushan
appearing for petitioner
NGO Swaraj Abhiyan
mentioned the matter for
urgent listing.
TV DEBATE ON COURT
MATTERS AMOUNTS
TO INTERFERENCE IN
ADMIN OF JUSTICE: SC
New Delh: The Supreme
Court has observed that
all matters connected
with a crime and whether
something is a “conclu-
sive piece of evidence”
must be dealt with by
a court of law, and not
through a TV channel. A
bench of Justices UU Lalit
and PS Narasimha said,
“All matters relating to
the crime and whether a
particular thing happens
to be a conclusive piece
of evidence must be dealt
with by a court of law and
not through a TV channel.
If at all, there was a volun-
tary statement.”
Boris to offer India back
up to Russia ties on visit
London (Agencies):
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson will offer
to help India cut reli-
ance on Russian oil and
defence equipment
when he begins a two-
day visit this week that
will test his diplomatic
skills and provide brief
respite from a row rag-
ing at home.
On his first trip to In-
dia as PM, starting on
Thursday, Johnson will
discuss strengthening
security co-operation in
meetings with PM Nar-
endra Modi.
In the wake of Rus-
sia’s invasion of
Ukraine, Western allies
have called for India to
speak out against the
war. India, which is the
world’s biggest buyer of
Russia’s weapons and
imports its oil, ab-
stained in a United Na-
tions vote condemning
the invasion and has
not imposed sanctions
on Moscow.
Traffic moves past a hoarding placed for the welcome of United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris
Johnson ahead of his visit to India, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday
India visit will deepen strategic trade, defence
ties British PM Boris tells House of Commons
London (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said
on Wednesday that his two-day visit to India, starting
in Gujarat on Thursday, will deepen the strategic trade,
defence and people-to-people ties between the two coun-
tries. Addressing the House of Commons for his weekly
Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on the eve of his visit,
Johnson said the trip to Ahmedabad and New Delhi will
build on India being invited as a guest country for the G7
Summit hosted by the UK in Cornwall in June last year.
Need to address energy
security concern: India
United Nations (PTI):
With food and energy
costs spiralling, espe-
cially for many develop-
ing countries in the
wake of the Russia-
Ukraine conflict, India
has for the first time
told the UNSC that en-
ergy security is a “seri-
ous concern” and needs
to be “addressed with
cooperative efforts.”
India’s Deputy Per-
manent Representative
at the UN Ambassador
R Ravindra, speaking at
the UNSC meeting on
the humanitarian situ-
ation in Ukraine on
Tuesday, said that the
food security challeng-
es emanating from the
Ukraine conflict “re-
quires us to respond
creatively
.”
India has maintained
that the impact of the
crisis is being felt be-
yond the region with
increasing food and en-
ergy costs, especially
for many developing
countries.
INDIA SOAKS UP EVERY MAJOR RUSSIAN
OIL VARIETY AS FLOWS PERSIST: REPORT
New Delhi (Agencies): India
is doubling down on Russian
crude oil purchases despite
warnings from the US, snap-
ping up every major grade
from the OPEC+ producer
as its war in Ukraine nears
a third month. State-run oil
refiners are now looking at
privately negotiated deals
instead of buying through
public tenders in order to get
better prices, according to
Indian refinery officials and
traders. India has purchased
everything from flagship
Urals that ships from ports
in the west, to a rare cargo
of ESPO from the Far East,
typically favoured by China.
India has a longstanding
relationship with Russia that
includes weapons buying,
and purchasing of oil adds to
the Kremlin’s coffers while it
tackles financial sanctions.
President Joe Biden last week
told Prime Minister Narendra
Modi that the US was ready to
help India diversify its energy
imports, but self-sanctioning
of Russian crude by some is
making it cheap and alluring.
The meeting between to the
two leaders followed more
pointed commentary from
Biden’s top economic adviser
earlier this month, who said
that the US had warned India
against aligning itself with
Russia. The war has fanned
inflation and driven bench-
mark oil futures above $100
a barrel.
PM to confer
awards for
excellence in
public admin
SC asks ED to
file report on
homebuyers’
stashed money
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will confer the
Prime Minister’s
Awards for Excellence
in Public Administra-
tion in Delhi on Thurs-
day on the occasion of
Civil Services Day
.
The Prime Minister
will also address civil
servants during the
event.
Exemplary work
done in five identified
priority programmes
will be given awards,
including promoting
people’s participation
in ‘Poshan Abhiyan’,
promoting excellence
in sports and wellness
through ‘Khelo India’
scheme, digital pay-
ments and good govern-
ance in ‘PM SVANidhi
Yojana’, holistic devel-
opment through ‘One
District One Product’
scheme and seamless,
end-to-end delivery of
services without hu-
man intervention.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday asked the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) to file a status
report on steps taken to
bring back Unitech Ltd
homebuyers’ money
amounting to Rs 5,000
crore which has been
siphoned off and
stashed in a tax haven
like Cyprus.
It also appointed for-
mer SC Judge AM Sapre
to look into the policy
and finalization of
standard operating pro-
cedure for monetisation
of project land assets
and non-project land as-
sets of Unitech.
A bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and
MR Shah told Addition-
al Solicitor General
Madhavi Divan, appear-
ing for ED, to file a sta-
tus report about steps
that could be taken to
liquidate the attached
properties, so that the
funds could be utilised
in the construction of
stalled projects.
No more man-days lost in Bengal due to
disruptions, Mamata tells industry tycoons
Vietnam important pillar of Act East
Policy,Indo-Pacific vision: Om Birla
Hanoi (ANI): Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla on
Wednesday said that
Vietnam is one of In-
dia’s closest partners
and an important pillar
of the country’s Act
East policy and Indo-
Pacific vision.
Birla’s remarks came
during his interaction
with the Secretary-Gen-
eral of the Communist
Party of Vietnam Nguy-
en Phu Trong. The Lok
Sabha speaker said that
India and Vietnam
share a common out-
look on issues of global
and regional peace.
Speaking about matters
of regional and global
importance, Birla said
that as countries facing
similar challenges and
sharing similar devel-
opmental perspectives.
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee
Wednesday said her
government has
brought down man-
days lost in the state
due to strikes and dis-
ruptions to zero from 75
lakh per year during
the erstwhile Left re-
gime, as she wooed in-
vestors from across the
globe at a big-ticket
business summit here.
Mamata Banerjee
said the state will work
on eight pillars of de-
velopment going ahead,
including infrastruc-
ture, education, social
security, skill develop-
ment and ease-of-doing-
business.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee felicitates Governor Jagdeep
Dhankar during the inauguration of 6th BGBS in Kolkata.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla meets General Secretary of
Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong.
GUV: CENTRE-STATE
TIES TO IMPACT
INVESTMENTS
Kolkata (Agencies): The
state Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar reminded of the
need for a joint initiative
by the Union and state
government to work for the
economic development of
the state by attracting new
investments. Stressing on
the need for “development
bonhomie,” the Governor
reminded that what industri-
alists are looking for before
investment is political stabil-
ity and rule of law in a state
government.
India’s R-value crosses 1 for first
time in 3 months, says researcher
Blow to Lankan govt as
3 MPs withdraw support
Colombo (PTI): Sri
Lankan President Gota-
baya Rajapaksa, who is
under pressure to re-
sign, was dealt a further
blow on Wednesday
when three more parlia-
mentarians withdrew
their support to the gov-
ernment.
Earlier this month, 39
lawmakers out of 156
MPs pulled their sup-
port to Rajapaksa in the
225-member Parlia-
ment. The breakaway
group, which sits inde-
pendently, has declared
not to align. The inde-
pendentgroupdemands
the formation of an all-
party interim govern-
ment with the resigna-
tion of the Rajapaksa
family from power.
New Delhi: India’s ef-
fective reproduction
number (R) for Covid,
an indicator of how
quickly the infection is
spreading, has in-
creased to over one for
the first time since Jan-
uary, estimates a re-
searcher from Chen-
nai’s Institute of Math-
ematical Sciences.
The country’s R val-
ue, steadily increasing
over the last few weeks,
is 1.07 for the week be-
tween April 12-18, ac-
cording to Sitabhra
Sinha. In the preceding
April 5-11 week, it was
0.93.
The last time the R
was above 1 was in the
week between January
16-22, when the value
was 1.28, Sinha said.
“This increase in R-
value is not just because
of Delhi but also Hary-
ana and Uttar Pradesh,”
the mathematician,
who has been tracking
R for India since the be-
ginning of the pandem-
ic, told PTI.
An R value over 1 in-
dicates that the number
of active cases has in-
creased.
INDIA TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL $500M
FOR FUEL: LANKA
Colombo: India will
provide an additional
$500 million in financial
assistance to Sri Lanka
for it to buy fuel, Sri
Lanka’s foreign minister
said. “Assistance by
the IMF will take about
six months to come to
us and it will come in
tranches,” Sri Lankan
Foreign Minister GL
Peiris said.
CRUCIAL READ
FAMILY OF SEVEN CHARRED TO DEATH AFTER
HUT CATCHES FIRE IN PUNJAB’S LUDHIANA
BrahMos SCORES 2
DIRECT STRIKES
INS VAGSHEER
LAUNCHED IN MAHA
New Delhi: The BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile
on Tuesday scored two
successful direct hits
against the same target,
an abandoned ship, which
sank due to the impact.
The first test-firing was
done by the Navy warship
INS Delhi off the eastern
seaboard of the country.
Mumbai: The Mazagon
Dock Shipbuilders in
Mumbai on Wednesday
launched INS Vagsheer,
the last of the six Scor-
pene-class submarines
under Project 75. The
submarine was launched.
After launch, the subma-
rine will undergo tests and
trials for over a year.
Ludhiana: Seven members, including five children of
a family, were charred to death after a fire broke out in
their hut in Ludhiana. The incident occurred on Wednes-
day at around 2 am when all the family members were
sleeping in the shanty, said Baldev Raj, SI, police station
Tibba. While the bodies have been sent for post mortem,
the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
AMID RISING FOOD ENERGY COSTS
DUE TO UKRAINE CONFLICT

NEWS
07
JIG ON THE JOB
Ajig is probably the last thing
that would be on the mind
of a thief on the job. However,
this thief in Uttar Pradesh’s
Chandauli district was
obviously enjoying his moment
when he sneaked into a
hardware shop over the
weekend. The thief, according
to a viral video, entered the
shop, stole cash and some
goods and then broke into a
dance. The thief, whose face
was covered, apparently saw a
CCTV camera inside the shop
and then danced with gay
abandon. Incidentally, the shop
where the theft took place, is
situated close to the residence
of the Superintendent of Police.
Anshu Singh, the shop owner
said that the thief picked up all
the cash and also stole goods
worth thousands of rupees. The
crime was detected when Singh
opened his shop after seeing
the broken shutter and went
through the CCTV footage. The
footage shows the thief
entering the store with his face
covered, stealing the cash and
goods, dancing, and then
sneaking away. The police said
that they have scanned the
footage and hope to catch the
culprit soon. —M Tariq Khan
REVENUE
COUNCIL
PROMOTES 23
NAYAB
TEHSILDARS TO
TEHSILDARS
In order to meet the shortage of
Tehsildars, presently short in
350 Tehsils, the Uttar Pradesh
Revenue Council has promoted
23 Nayab Tehsildars to
Tehsildars in 10 years. Under the
chairmanship of UP Revenue
Council Chairman Mukul Singhal,
for 54-grade pay in DPC, a total
of 23 Nayab Tehsildars have
been made Tehsildar after 5
years of service and 1-year
relaxation. Uttar Pradesh State
Council Secretary Manisha
Trighatia has already issued its
order besides transfer orders of
Nayab Tehsildars who have been
made Tehsildars have also been
issued. Presently, a total of 400
tehsildars are working on
development projects of
government. After this, the
districts where there was a
shortage of Tehsildars, have
been transferred. Sunil Kumar
has been appointed as the new
Tehsildar of Bhadohi, Kirti
Chaudhary to Hathras, Udayveer
to Aligarh, Supriya Chaturvedi to
Pratapgarh Ismail Haq Paridhi to
Azamgarh, Kailash Nath Yadav to
Kanpur Nagar, Bhopal Singh to
Shamli, Kavita Thakur to
Barabanki, Chandrashekhar
Verma to Deoria, Brijesh Kumar
Singh to Sultanpur, Singer
Chaturvedi to Revenue Council,
Ravindra Pratap Singh to
Badaun, Jaya Singh Rajput and
Ashish Kumar Tripathi to Agra,
Vineet Kumar Singh to Hardoi,
Chandra Prakash Pandey to
Bulandshahar, Prachi Tripathi to
Barabanki, Seema Singh to
Hapur, Akanksha Mishra to
Prayagraj Vishal Singh Yadav to
Mainpuri, Evendra Kumar to
Fatehpur and Bhim Chandra to
Lakhimpur Kheri.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
STF ARRESTS
CRIMINAL
CARRYING
REWARD OF 50K
The STF has arrested notorious
criminals involved in murder,
rape, and other heinous crimes
near Shopprix Mall in front of
Dainik Jagran crossing under the
Brahmpuri police station area in
Meerut. STF sources said that STF
team arrested Raheem, a resident
of the Jhuggi area. Raheem was
jailed earlier in a murder case and
he was out on bail when he
murdered a trader in Meerut. Many
criminal cases under murder,
attempt to murder, rape, POCSO
act, and Arms Act were registered
against him, and a reward of Rs
50,000 was announced upon his
arrest. —Janardan Misra
SPECIAL NEWBORN CARE UNIT
TO BE SET UP IN EVERY DISTRICT
Lucknow: CM Yogi Ad-
ityanath has worked
rapidlyatthegrassroots
level to improve the ru-
ral and urban health
facilities across UP
. As a
result, there has been a
significant reduction in
referral cases from
small hospitals to big
hospitals. The State
Government is continu-
ously working to im-
provetheinfrastructure
of health facilities. In
order to provide better
treatment to the new-
born children, the Yogi
government has or-
dered to set up a New-
born Stabilisation Unit,
Special Newborn Care
Unit in every district,
and expansion of the
number of beds.
Many important
schemes are being run
by the government to
improve the health of
the people in rural ar-
eas. In the last 5 years,
as many as 5,000 new
health sub-centers have
been opened across the
state. The Health De-
partment has been
asked to make arrange-
ments for the necessary
equipment, doctors,
paramedical staff at
these new sub-centers.
It is worth mentioning
that there are 12 bedded
special newborn care
units for newborns in
the women’s hospitals
of the state, whose num-
ber will be increased
rapidly
. In the coming 5
years, the work of set-
ting up these health
sub-centers is being ac-
celerated. A target of
setting up 10000 new
sub-centres has been set
in the next 5 years. With
the opening of these
health sub-centres, ru-
ral people will get many
facilities within their
own locality
.
These centers will
have arrangements for
maternal health, child
health, immunisation,
adolescent health, dia-
betes, blood pressure
check-up, communica-
ble and non-communi-
cable disease manage-
ment, treatment.
Along with this, yoga
and exercise, counsel-
ling, school health edu-
cation, and emergency
medical facilities will
also be available. Apart
from immunisation and
maternal health check-
up, treatment facilities
are provided with mea-
sures to prevent season-
al diseases, such as tu-
berculosis and malaria.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath —FILE PHOTO
CM DIRECTS OFFICIALS TO
APPOINT 10,000 PARAMEDICS
Lucknow (PTI): CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday
stressed on strengthening the health sector in the
state and directed officials to appoint 10,000 para-
medics in the next six months and work on a plan
to set up 10,000 new health sub centres over five
years. He also asked officials to work on a plan to
prepare 100-bed hospitals in all assembly constit-
uencies and start e-hospitals in the next two years.
Terming paramedical staff as the “spine of the health
system”, Adityanath, while addressing a meeting,
said, “We have seen the importance of paramedics
during the Covid pandemic. The health department
should appoint 10,000 paramedics in the next six
months.” “The appointments should be in a trans-
parent manner through the UP Subordinate Service
Selection Board,” he said. Adityanath also directed
officials to prepare a plan to start 100-bed hospitals
in all assembly constituencies in a phased manner.
PROTEST
OVER JOBS
Candidates selected
for teachers’ posts in
UP Government protest
outside the residence of
Basic Education Minister
Sandeep Singh in Lucknow
on Wednesday against the
delay in their appointment.
Police took the candidates
into custody and sent
them to their designated
protest site at Eco Garden
in Lucknow.
—PHOTOBYSUMITKUMAR
ATS nabs 4 illegal arms dealers
Nepaleseyouth
killedbycrocodilein
Saryucanal:Cops
No one to guarantee
bail, JK students
still in Agra jail
Bahraich (PTI): A
20-year-old Nepalese
youth visiting his rela-
tives in a village near
here fell prey to a croco-
dile on the banks of the
Saryu canal in Katarni-
aghat Wildlife Sanctu-
ary on Wednesday, po-
lice said. Deepu, visit-
ing his relatives in Sir-
sian Purva village had
gone to relieve himself
on the banks of the ca-
nal along with his cous-
in Shiva when the croc-
odile came out of the
canal, caught hold of
him and dragged him
into the water body
, they
said. The villagers
rushed to the canal
when Shiva raised an
alarm but the crocodile
had disappeared into
the canal with the youth
by then, police said. The
villagers said due to the
strong current of water
and fear of crocodiles,
divers could not enter
the canal because of
which the search for the
youth’s body could not
be launched. On villag-
ers’ information, police
and forest department
officials too reached the
spot but were unable to
launch the rescue oper-
ation immediately
, they
said. Police and Forest
Department have asked
the Irrigation Depart-
ment to stop the water
flow in the canal to find
the dead body which
could not be traced till
the filing of this report.
First India Bureau
Agra: Three weeks af-
ter the Allahabad High
Court granted them
bail, the three Kashmi-
ri engineering students
arrested in Agra over
posts following Paki-
stan’s win over India in
a T20 World Cup match,
and charged with sedi-
tion, continue to lan-
guish in jail. “The delay
has been caused as no
local from Agra was
ready to come forward
as a guarantor (for
their surety),” said Al-
taf Ahmad, the father
of Inayat Altaf Sheikh,
one of the three arrest-
ed students. The fami-
lies had to find guaran-
tors back home in
Kashmir, and with po-
lice seeking their veri-
fication, the process
has been delayed. The
court had granted the
three bail on a surety
bond of Rs 2 lakh each.
“We somehow arranged
the money and deposit-
ed it in the bank,” Ah-
mad said. The family
partly arranged the
money through a crowd-
funding campaign.
However, by the time
the money and docu-
ments were arranged,
police came up with the
verification demand.
“We have forwarded the
sametotheJKPolice,”
Ahmad said.
POLICEFILEFIROVERINTER-FAITHMARRIAGE
First India Bureau
Moradabad: A day af-
ter members of the Hin-
du Yuva Vahini (HYV)
forcibly stopped a cou-
ple who had turned up
to register their mar-
riage at the Moradabad
district court, police on
Tuesday filed an FIR
against the man under
the anti-conversion law
and on charges of al-
legedly kidnapping the
woman from Ludhiana.
“We have lodged an
FIR against the man un-
der IPC sections 363
(punishment for kidnap-
ping), 366 (kidnapping,
abducting or inducing
woman to compel her
marriage), and sections
3-5 of the UP Prevention
of Unlawful Conversion
of Religion Act, 2021.
The man has been al-
lowed to live with his
family while we are in-
vestigating the case, and
the woman has been
handed over to her fami-
ly in Ludhiana. We will
takesuitablelegalaction
once our inquiry is com-
pleted,” said police.
OnMonday
,agroupof
Vahini members accost-
ed the couple outside the
collectorate compound
and accused the man of
love jihad. The couple
was later handed over to
the police while the Va-
hinimembersraisedslo-
gans of Jai Shri Ram.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The An-
ti-Terror Squad of the
Uttar Pradesh Police
arrested four people for
allegedly supplying il-
legal firearms, an offi-
cial statement said on
Wednesday
. Several
firearms, cartridges
and cash were recov-
ered from their posses-
sion, the statement by
the ATS said. ATS
sources here said that
acting on tip-off Vara-
nasi ATS unit had ar-
rested two members of
an inter-state arms
dealer gang on April 19.
“The accused were
involved in smuggling
and sale of illegal fire-
arms in several states
across the country,” it
said. Two of the ac-
cused, Ritesh Pandey
and Dinesh Kumar,
were arrested when
they were on their way
to Buxar in Bihar via
Varanasi after selling
illegal firearms, it said.
Based on the informa-
tion, an ATS team ar-
rested Ankit Satyam
from Delhi, it said. A
case has been lodged
against the accused un-
der relevant sections of
the Indian Penal Code
and Arms act, it said,
adding that 6 members
of the gang have been
arrested earlier.
Ankit Kumar
Ritesh Pandey
Satyam Kumar
Dinesh Kumar Yadav
First India Bureau
Deoria: Seven school
children were in-
jured when their ve-
hicle overturned
near Semrauna
bridge under Rudra-
pur Kotwali area. Po-
lice sources said that
seven school children
including the driver
of a vehicle were se-
verely injured when
the vehicle over-
turned near Semrau-
na bridge. It was re-
ported that the
wheels of the vehicle
jammed after which
it overturned. The
injured students Vi-
jay Lakshmi Yadav,
Ayush Yadav, Yuvraj
Yadav, Satyam Singh,
Anshika Yadav, Pri-
yal, Vidya, and the
driver Bihari were
rushed to the CHC
from where they
were referred to the
district hospital for
further treatment. It
was reported condi-
tion of Ayush and
Priyal was stated to
be critical. The driv-
er told police that 10
school children were
in the vehicle at the
time of the accident
but the other three
received minor inju-
ries. Senior adminis-
trative and police of-
ficials reached the
hospital after infor-
mation and instruct-
ed concerned offi-
cials to provide prop-
er medical treatment.
7 school kids injured as vehicle overturns
SI DIES IN ROAD
MISHAP IN
BULANDSHAHR
Bulandshahr (PTI): A
police sub-inspector
was killed after he was
allegedly hit by a speed-
ing truck on Wednes-
day, police said. Sub-
inspector Sanjay Kumar
Yadav (55), posted at
Pahasu police station,
was going to check ve-
hicles when a speeding
truck rammed his bike.
SI Sanjay Kumar was
severely injured was
rushed to the district
hospital where doctors
declared him brought
dead. Yadav hailed from
Dhaurra village in the
Eitmadpur area of Agra
district. The truck has
been seized arrested the
the driver, police said.
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Electoral drubbing has not dampened AAP’s spirit!
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Aam Aadmi
Party failed miserably
in the electoral struggle
for the power of UP, it
failed to notch up a sin-
gle seat. But now, recov-
ering from this humili-
ating defeat, the party is
preparing to give impe-
tus to the strategy for
theurbanbodyelections
to be held in UP at the
end of current year.
Significantly, in the
elections to the UP as-
sembly
, the Aam Aadmi
Party participated with-
out any alliance and the
party recorded a dismal
vote share of 0.38 per
cent. In many seats, the
party could get fewer
votes than the NOTA
(none of the above) op-
tion; all 377 candidates
of the party’s candi-
dates lost their security
deposits.
However, even in
these disappointing re-
sults, the AAP leaders
seemed to have a silver
lining. Earlier, Rajya
SabhaMPandAAP’sUP
in-charge Sanjay Singh
has said that his party
got more than twenty
five thousand votes in
two seats; while in many
other seats party candi-
dates got 7,000-8,000
votes. This shows that
there is enough space
forAAPtoemergeinUP
.
Now the Aam Aadmi
Partyisgoingtoprepare
itself extensively for the
urban body elections of
UP. Recently, the party
has dissolved all the
unitsof thestateorgani-
zation. Organization
building in-charges
have been deputed in all
the districts of the state.
Through which the par-
ty organization is being
prepared afresh from
the booth level.
An AAP functionary,
speaking on the condi-
tion of anonymity, said
that his party may be
seen as an alternative to
national parties in oth-
er states, but the situa-
tion is different in UP.
Here the party is faced
with the weakness of
the organizational
structure, as well as
there is no effective
strategy in terms of
caste-regional equa-
tions.
He also added that al-
though a roadmap is
being prepared to make
inroads among the ur-
ban voters, the BJP’s
strong hold on these
voters for a long time
will pose a tough chal-
lenge for their party.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With use of
bulldozer becoming
rule of law in crime
control in some BJP-
ruled states the Jamiat
Ulema Hind (JUH) has
sought intervention of
the Supreme Court
against the dangerous
politics of bulldozers.
The petition is likely
to be taken up for hear-
ing in Supreme court on
Thursday
. The JUH
president Maulana Ar-
shad Madni, welcoming
the apex court order of
maintaining status quo
in Jehangirpuri case on
Tuesday, said minori-
ties, especially Muslims
were being targeted un-
der the guise of crime
prevention in BJP ruled
states. Arshad Madni
said “not only minori-
ties but also the consti-
tutionanddemocracyin
the country is in dan-
ger”. The petition has
been filed by senior ad-
vocate Kabir Dixit on
behalf of the JUH.
Filing the petition un-
der Article 32 of the
Constitution the JUH
has sought the Supreme
Court direction that
“residential accommo-
dation and commercial
properties cannot be de-
molished as a punitive
measure”.
The JUH has also ap-
pealed the court to issue
guidelines for the prop-
er training of police
force in handling com-
munal riots and the sit-
uation where the popu-
lation become restive on
some issues.
Pointing out that
menace of destruction
of private and commer-
cial properties belong-
ing to religious and
caste minorities had
been going on in some
states on regular basis
as punitive measures by
authorities because of
criminal cases, the JUH
has drawn the attention
of the court that it had
been going on with the
approval of chief minis-
ters and ministers of
the respective states as
was evident from the
statements given by
these ministers and leg-
islators in connection
with such incidents.
Referring to demoli-
tion cases in MP the
JUH said “it is pertinent
to note that targeted de-
struction of residential
and commercial proper-
ties have been carried
out to great extent
againstminoritygroups
such as Muslims, Dalits
and Tribals.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with AAP’s UP in-charge Sanjay Singh addressing his supporters
PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS WERE A
BOOSTER FOR PARTY’S MORALE
Party leaders have claimed that four million villag-
ers voted in their favor in the panchayat elections.
As a result, 83 district panchayat members, 232 BDC
members and three hundred more village heads had
won with the support of their party. According to
political experts, the AAP may have failed to deliver
the expected results in the assembly polls, but the
results of the panchayat elections held last year were
a booster for the party’s morale.
SC likely to take up JUH plea
against bulldozer politics today
Amid‘rift’withMuslim
leaders,RLDchief
meetsAzam’sfamily
First India Bureau
Rampur:With the As-
sembly elections over,
new political realign-
ments have started tak-
ing place in UP
. RLD
PresidentJayantChaud-
hary
, on Wednesday
,
made a surprise visit to
Rampurtomeetthefam-
ily of SP leader Azam
Khan, who is presently
lodged in jail.
Jayant met Azam
Khan’s wife and former
MLA Tanzeen Fatima
and son Abdullah Azam
Khan, who is MLA from
Suar Assembly seat.
Jayant’s meeting as-
sumes significance in
view of the fact that a
number of Muslim lead-
ers from the SP have
comeoutagainstthepar-
ty chief Yadav’s refusal
to take a stand on Mus-
lim leaders being target-
ed by BJP government.
Akhileshisfacingflak
for not supporting Azam
Khan, who has been tar-
getedbytheYogigovern-
ment. There has not
been much interaction
between Jayant and
Akhilesh after the elec-
tions and sources claim
thattheRLDpresidentis
probing new possibili-
ties for the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections.
Jayant held a meeting
with Bhim Army chief
Chandra Shekhar and
the two are said to have
discussedanalliancefor
the next elections. The
two also discussed fac-
tors that led to their re-
spective parties under
performance in the re-
cent elections. Jayant
and Chandra Shekhar
also travelled together
to Rajasthan to meet
family of Jitendra
Meghwal, who was mur-
dered in Pali. Chandra
Shekhar has already
ruled out any truck with
Akhilesh.
RLD president Jayant Chaudhary during a meeting with SP leader
Azam Khan’s family in Rampur on Wednesday.
NEW EQUATIONS
Party starts preparation for the
urban body elections in UP
Party organisation is being
prepared afresh from booth level
Saharanpur (PTI): An
SP leader here resigned
from the party, accus-
ing its chief Akhilesh
Yadav of ignoring Mus-
lims and questioning
his “silence” over the
arrest of senior party
legislator Azam Khan.
A few days ago, simi-
lar allegations were
levelled by a close aide
of Khan. Sikander Ali,
who held several posts
in the party’s district
unit in the past, told
the media that today’s
Samajwadi Party is
different from the one
led by Mulayam Singh
Yadav.
The party won 111
seats in the recently
held Assembly polls
only by taking Muslim
votes but Akhilesh Ya-
dav is silent on the is-
sue of party leaders
Azam Khan and Nahid
Hasan.
“When he can’t not
stand up for his MLA,
then how will he sup-
port the common work-
er,” Sikandar Ali said.
He alleged that Ya-
dav “does not react” to
cases of oppression
against the Muslims
while the community
always voted for him.
Yadav considers Mus-
lims only his vote bank,
he alleged.
Sikander Ali also
charged the SP chief
with instigating rival-
ry between the Mus-
lims and the BJP. In the
coming times, like the
BSP, the Muslims will
make the Samajwadi
Party a “samaptwadi
party”, he said lashing
out at the SP chief.
Recently similar al-
legations were made
by Fasahat Ali Khan,
jailed Samajwadi Par-
ty leader Azam Khan’s
spokesperson. He ac-
cused Yadav of ignor-
ing Khan and the Mus-
lims, sparking specu-
lation of a rift in the
party. Fasahat Ali
Khan also alleged that
despite Muslims over-
whelmingly voting for
Yadav and the SP,
the former UP chief
minister never
uttered a word for the
community.
SP leader quits,accuses Akhilesh of ignoring Muslims
Sikandar Ali (R) Akhilesh Yadav
GHAZIPUR-BALLIA GREENFIELD
CEO of UPEIDA Awanish Kumar Awasthi and Vipnesh Sharma, NHAI’s authorised Regional Officer, UP (East) signed an MoU for
land transfer for NH-31 Ghazipur to Ballia Manjhighat Greenfield Project, in Lucknow on Wednesday.
ADANI HAS ‘POWER’ MORE THAN A VIP!
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Industrialist
Gautam Adani was ex-
tended a ‘VVIP’ treat-
ment at Jaipur airport
on Tuesday wherein
flight permission grant-
ed by the airport man-
agement during runway
closure. The runway re-
mains closed for 2 hours
formaintenanceworkat
Jaipur Airport and on
Tuesday, the runway
was closed for 2 hours
from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
During this, normal-
ly there cannot be move-
mentof planesatJaipur
Airport but for the air-
port operator and in-
dustrialist Adani, the
administration gave ‘re-
laxation’ in the rules as
he left for Ahmedabad
at 3:20 pm from Jaipur.
Adani came to Jaipur at
11.30 am to attend a pri-
vate event and now
some people have raised
questions on this whole
incident.
Congress in-charge
Ajay Maken was not
given permission on
November 1, 2021. Dur-
ing NOTAM, Maken’s
flight coming to Jaipur
was not allowed to land
and was diverted back
to Delhi. Therefore,
Maken could not come
to Jaipur while Do-
tasara and Khachariya-
was stayed at the air-
port for two and a half
hours to receive Maken.
Now today’s develop-
ment is discussed
among Congress minis-
ters and MLAs.
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JUH APPEAL
SP president Akhilesh
Yadav is facing flak
for not supporting
Azam Khan
MAHANA CALLS ON THAKUR
Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Satish Mahana called on Union Minister for
IB and Youth Affairs Sports Anurag Thakur in New Delhi on Wednesday. In a courtesy
meeting between the two leaders, the political issues of UP were discussed.

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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some positive changes can
be expected on the home
front. This seems a good
day for job seekers. New
avenues for earning open up as you
get more determined. Fitness is
assured for the deskbound. If you are
in love, chances of making an exciting
plan together is possible.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A family youngster is likely
to do you proud. A
business trip is indicated
and will achieve much.
Your strategy to promote yourself on
the professional front will bear fruits.
You need to speed up things on
academic front to remain ahead.
Special romantic news awaits you.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your own happiness is in
your hands today. Spouse
may need her space,
respect that. This is a
favourable day for completing
pending jobs. Financially, no
problems are foreseen. Fun is in
store on the social front. If you are
adventurous then fun is in store.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Some favourable
developments on the social
front are foreseen. Buying
new furniture or a major
appliance is possible. With good
networking, a prized posting can be
yours Those trying to get back their
money will succeed. A healthy phase of
life begins for some.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Professionals will be able
to give their best in a new
situation. Financially, this
day may prove lucky for
you, so go ask for the raise that is
keeping you on tenterhooks. Don’t
take any chances with your health
today. You will succeed in putting
stagnant love life back on the track.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Those fond of travelling may
get their chance soon. This
is the time when you enjoy
yourself with a new group of
friends or colleagues. A change of job
is likely to give you better salary and
perks. Those in business will soon get
a chance to make profits. Spending
time with lover proves most fulfilling.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your reputation is likely to
boost your image on the
social front. On the work
front, you will manage to
keep superiors in good humour. This
is an excellent day to spend time with
family. Good planning will see you
complete a task at work in record
time. Monetary front grows for you.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You are likely to take up
someone’s cause and earn
appreciation from all
quarters on the social
front. Remaining on the good side of
those who matter on the academic
front will help you achieve much.
Good tidings of your well wishers will
keep you going on professional front.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may wait for
someone’s invitation for a
trip. Tenant troubles are
foreseen for some house
owners. You will find family life more
than fulfilling. A senior is likely to put
in a good word for you to the higher
ups. Financially, you will be able to
consolidate your position.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your desire for an exciting
time on the social front is
likely to be fulfilled today.
Those looking for buying a
house can get a good bargain.
Appreciation is in store for some
homemakers. A professional victory
is yours if you play your cards well
today. You will enjoy good health.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You have to be focused on
the academic front. You
may get busy organising
something on social front.
Put your ideas into actions to prove
yourself. A party may be thrown in
your honour at work. Your good
performance will be noticed by
seniors.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will manage to achieve
what you had aimed for on
the academic front. A
celebration can find you in
your element today. Praise and
honour are likely to greet you in
something that you have managed to
achieve. You will be a pillar of
strength to a friend or associate.
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Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
hen I was a
young boy
my father
tried his ut-
most to get
me to play
cricket. Cor-
rection. To get me to
play cricket with him!
He bought me the best
gear money could buy,
gathered a bunch of
workers from his fac-
tory to create a legiti-
mate team, and in the
sprawling lawns of our
home in Jaipur, set up a
field each Sunday, in
hope. In almost desper-
ate anticipation that I,
his SON, would natu-
rally conform to that
age-old cornerstone of
the ‘father-son’ rela-
tionship – sports bond-
ing. How else would it
be proved, to ourselves
and the world at large,
that we were both, al-
beit in our disparate
capacities of eight-
year-old and thirty-six-
year-old – men!
In case you hadn’t
gathered, I was unre-
lenting. When I was sent
to boarding school with
much pride and joy, I
was told by my father in
no uncertain terms, that
they (my parents) were
going beyond their
means to ensure I re-
ceived a first-class edu-
cation at one of the
country’s most regarded
residential schools, and
that I should under no
circumstances, squan-
der that opportunity. I
suppose their efforts
were in vain. There I
was, lodged in this tes-
tosterone-overdosed all-
boys school, where man-
hood was defined and
measured not as
much by individuality
and character, more by
goals and runs scored.
As I followed my pas-
sion for Hindustani
classical music, both vo-
cal and instrumental,
my peers and my father
were left in despair. I
had failed to prove my-
self a MAN, yet again!
Years later, I fell in
love with a beautiful girl
and got married. My
wife and I lived and
worked in Mumbai. We
loved to entertain. We
were house proud. We
hosted many dinner par-
ties. There too, the gen-
der stereotyping contin-
ued. Even in liberated,
cosmopolitan Mumbai,
our guests would be
most surprised if and
when they found out
that – I’d laid the table,
I’d arranged the flowers,
I’d selected the drapes, I
was sipping a white spir-
it! Blasphemy! The final
nail in the coffin was
that I’d cry like a baby if
I watched or read some-
thing that moved me.
I’m simply using my
life as an example to ad-
dress this hypocrisy and
patriarchal DNA of our
society. I realized very
early on in life that there
are deep-rooted, euphe-
mistically called 'tradi-
tional values associated
with the sexes. I've heard
within my own larger
family things said such
as men can't cry, busi-
ness ladies-log ka kaam
nahi hai, a son is a
son, and oh God that
gay is abnormal and
countless other scandal-
ous, morally repugnant
statements. Telling testi-
mony to the fatal misgiv-
ings of generational
gender biases.
And so, now, as a fa-
ther of a five-year-old
daughter, and as an Edu-
cator, I always urge par-
ents that it is vital that
parents, guardians, car-
egivers, and educators
espouse a gender-equal
philosophy. That we
bring up our children in
a gender-free, gender-
equal manner. So that
generations of unfair
gender biases may final-
ly be undone by the new
generation. How can we
do this?
EQUALITY IN PARENTING
SET THE RIGHT
EXAMPLE
Kids follow examples set for
them at home. If they see, first
and foremost, both parents re-
specting each other equally, a
father genuinely respecting
the mother, treating her like
an equal, that is what the child
will imbibe.
THE RIGHT
MESSAGING
Second, parents should always
make it a point to subtly mes-
sage children with a sound,
equal gender morality. This
can be done in several ways,
from selecting books/stories
that champion this cause, to
showing and sharing films
that speak to equal rights.
Also, we often hear parents
tell their daughters, “behave
like a lady”, and to boys, “boys
are naughty, it’s just natural”.
Clichés such as these amplify
the gender divide and promote
negative stereotypes and
should be avoided.
GENUINE
EQUAL
TREATMENT
Most importantly
, however, es-
pecially in families where
there are children of both gen-
ders, they must be treated
equally. You can’t for instance
have a scenario where the
male child is being sent abroad
for higher studies and the girl
child is not being extended
that privilege.
To rid our children of the
atrocities that manifest as a
result of gender biases, suf-
fered in equal measure by men
as well as women, is both our
duty and an opportunity that
we have. Wouldn’t you want
your child to grow up to be ex-
actly what and how they want
to be, free from judgement,
stereotyping, labelling, and
societal indignation? That a
boy could grow up to be the
most prolific Classical Dancer
and be celebrated for it. That
a girl could go on to become a
Fighter Pilot and not be be-
rated for it. We owe it to our
children, to ourselves and to
society, to employ and imple-
ment, a truly gender-equal
parenting ethos.
KARTIK BAJORIA
(The author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills Educator Writer)
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