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COVID: OVER
6-FOLD RISE IN
PATIENTS IN DELHI
New Delhi (PTI): The
number of coronavi-
rus patients in home
isolation in the national
capital has seen an over
six-fold increase from
447 on April 11 to 2,812
on April 24, according to
official data. The number
of patients admitted in
hospitals also increased
from 17 to 80 during
the period. However,
the Delhi government
has assured people that
despite the rise in cases,
the hospitalisation rate
has remained low.The
city is witnessing a spurt
in COVID-19 cases over
the past few days with
the number of active
cases increasing to 3,975
from 601 on April 11. P2
Twokilledasbuilding
collapsesinDelhi
New Delhi (ANI): Two
of the five people, who
were rescued from the
debris of an under-con-
struction building that
collapsed in Delhi’s
Satya Niketan, have
succumbed to their in-
juries, an official in-
formed on Monday
.
Speaking to ANI, Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF)
officer Goverdhan Bair-
wa confirmed the death
of two persons. The
NDRF officer further
informed that as many
as 25 teams of NDRF
were involved in the
rescue operation. P2
95% patients visiting Delhi mohalla
clinics happy with services: Kejriwal
New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Monday
said 95 per cent of the
patients visiting ‘Aam
Aadmi Mohalla’ clinics
in the national Capital
are satisfied with the
services provided there.
He showed a mohalla
clinicandaDelhigovern-
ment school to his Pun-
jab counterpart Bhag-
want Mann, who is on a
two-daytourtothecityto
learnaboutthebestprac-
tices ‘of the Aam Aadmi
Party’s (AAP) model of
governance.?
At a mohalla clinic,
patients told Mann that
on an average, a person
spends just 10 minutes
in these clinics to meet
the doctor and get pre-
scribed medicines.
“Ninety-fivepercentof
the patients visiting mo-
halla clinics are happy
with the services. Any-
body
, be it from any state,
can come and get free
treatmentatthesehealth
facilities,” Kejriwal said.
“We have opened two
mohalla clinics in city’s
most posh area — Great-
er Kailash — and a lot of
rich patients also come
to these centres. They
say they do not get such
care anywhere else,” Ke-
jriwal told Mann.
At the government-
run Sarvodaya Bal Vid-
yalaya in Chirag En-
clave, Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Siso-
dia told the Punjab CM
that the party, after
coming to power in Del-
hi, had called a meeting
of school principals
and asked for their sug-
gestions to strengthen
the education system in
the city
.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. —FILE PHOTO
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was granted bail in Kokrajhar, but was re-arrested on Monday by Barpeta police in another case.
ARRESTED, BAILED, ARRESTED!
With bail in hand, MLA Jignesh Mevani re-arrested in Assam, this time for ‘detering public
servant from discharge of duty and criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty’
Guwahati: Even as the
Chief Judicial Magis-
trate court in the Kokra-
jhar district Monday
granted bail to Jignesh
Mevani, arrested last
week in connection
with an allegedly de-
famatory tweet against
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, the Assam
Police rearrested the
Gujarat MLA in a fresh
case registered in the
neighbouring district
of Barpeta.
“The Barpeta police
rearrestedhimfollowing
thebailorder,”saidAng-
shuman Bora, Mevani’s
counsel, adding that the
sections he was booked
under (294, 354, 353 and
323 of the Indian Penal
Code)suggestedthatMe-
vani had “misbehaved/
assaulted” police offi-
cials while in custody
.
Among others, these
sections are related to
“assault or use of crim-
inal force to deter pub-
lic servant from dis-
charge of his duty”
(Section 353) and “as-
sault or criminal force
to woman with intent to
outrage her modesty”
(Section 354).
Mevani allegedly
“misbehaved, used
slang words and
touched her (the wom-
an police officer) inap-
propriately, Assam Spe-
cial DGP (Law and Or-
der) GP Singh said.
Mevani has been
booked under IPC Sec-
tions 294 (obscene acts
and songs in public
place), 354 (assault or
criminalforcetowoman
with intent to outrage
her modesty), 353 (as-
sault or criminal force
to deter public servant
from discharge of his
duty), and 323 (voluntar-
ily causing hurt).
Mevani
“misbehaved,
used slang
words and touched her
(the woman police
officer)
inappropriately.
—GP Singh, Assam Special
DGP (Law and Order)
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Benchmark indices tumbled for the second day in a row on Monday,
with the sensex tanking 617.26 points. The BSE index dived 1.08 per
cent to end at 56,579.89 after plummeting 840.28 points or 1.46 per
cent during the day. P6
SENSEX SLUMPS
617 POINTS;
NIFTY FALLS
BELOW 17,000
One importer was arrested and 205.6kg of heroin worth `1,439 crore
seized under a joint operation conducted by Gujarat anti-terrorism
squad and DRI. The consignment, which had been imported by a
Uttarakhand-based firm, is being examined by DRI.
HEROIN WORTH
`1,439 CR SEIZED
NEAR KANDLA
PORT IN GUJARAT
MATOSHREE-HANUMAN CHALISA ROW
Bombay HC dismisses Rana
couple’s plea to quash FIR
Mumbai: The Bombay
high court on Monday
dismissed a petition
filed by Maharashtra
MP Navneet Rana and
her MLA husband Ravi
Rana seeking cancella-
tion of an FIR regis-
tered against them in
connection with the
call for chanting of the
Hanuman Chalisa out-
side chief minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s resi-
dence.
A bench of Justices
PB Varale and SM
Modak said it found no
merit in the plea.
The high court, how-
ever, directed the Maha-
rashtra Police to pro-
vide a notice of 72 hours
to the Rana couple be-
fore arresting them.
Meanwhile, the cou-
ple moved the sessions
court on Monday seek-
ing bail in the FIR reg-
istered by the Mumbai
Police against them on
charges of sedition and
promoting enmity. The
bail plea is likely to be
heard on Tuesday
.
Earlier in the day, the
couple had moved the
high court to quash a
second FIR registered
against them on Sun-
day under IPC Section
353 (assault or criminal
force to deter public
servant from discharge
of his duty) at Khar po-
lice station in Mumbai.
COURT GRANTS
BAIL TO 16
SENA WORKERS
Mumbai: Sixteen Shiv
Sena workers, who
were arrested by Khar
Police on Sunday for
allegedly creating a
ruckus outside the res-
idence of Amravati MP
Navneet Rana and her
husband Ravi Rana,
an MLA, were granted
bail by a Mumbai Court
on Monday following
which the Sena were
released.
MP Navneet Rana at Santacruz Station, after she along with her husband Ravi Rana arrested.
NCP LEADER SEEKS SHAH'S NOD TO CHANT
RELIGIOUS PRAYERS NEAR PM'S RESIDENCE
Mumbai: Amid the ongoing Hanuman Chalisa row in
Maharashtra, NCP Mumbai north district working president
Fahmida Hasan Khan has written to Union home minister
Amit Shah requesting permission for chanting prayers of
every religion in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok
Kalyan Marg residence in the national capital. I, Fahmida
Hasan Khan of Kandivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra, request you
to grant permission to offer Namaz, recite Hanuman Chalisa,
Navkar Mantra, Guru Granth and Novena in front of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's residence. Kindly let me know the
date and time, Khan's letter, dated April 23, stated.
COUPLE MOVES SESSIONS COURT FOR BAIL
SC TO HEAR
PILS RELATED
TO ARTICLE
370 IN JULY
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Monday said it will
list petitions for a
hearing challenging
the abrogation of Ar-
ticle 370 and the bi-
furcation of JK in
the month of July
. A
bench headed by CJI
NV Ramana said it
will try to list a
bunch of petitions
challenging the va-
lidity of the law in
the month of July
.
Senior advocates
P Chidambaram and
Shekhar Naphade
mentioned the peti-
tions before the
court for hearing.
After poll debacles,
Cong to form group
for 2024 election
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Monday decid-
ed to constitute an Em-
powered Action Group
to prepare for the 2024
Lok Sabha polls. The
development follows a
report submitted by an
eight-member commit-
tee on April 21.
According to sources,
the group will be a win-
dow for political strate-
gist Prashant Kishor,
known as PK in politi-
cal circles, to work for
the party till 2024 elec-
tions but there is no of-
ficial word on it.
“Congress president
Sonia Gandhi received a
report from the eight
member group on April
21. Today she discussed
the report with the
group. Based on the dis-
cussions, the Congress
president has decided to
constitute an Empow-
ered Action Group for
2024 in order to address
the political challenges
ahead,” the party said.
Randeep Singh Sur-
jewala said that he did
not want to comment on
the members till the
Congress president has
constituted the panel.
Party to hold Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir from
May 13 to 15 in Udaipur; no decision on PK yet
CBSE MEANS
CENTRAL BOARD
OF SUPPRESSING
EDUCATION: RAGA
New Delhi: Days after
the CBSE removed
several chapters from
syllabus of Classes X and
XII, former Congress
chief Rahul Gandhi on
Monday called national
level board of education
‘Central Board of
Suppressing Education’.
He further targeted RSS
over and termed it
‘Rashtriya Shiksha
Shredder’.
Anurag, other BJP
leaders meet to plan
Modi govt’s 3rd
anniv
New Delhi: A team of
senior BJP leaders, in-
cluding Union minister
Anurag Thakur, met on
Monday as the party
plans a big outreach to
mark the third anniver-
saryof theModigovern-
ment in its second term
after the COVID-19 in
2020 ruled out any major
public event during the
first two anniversaries.
Membersof acommit-
tee formed by the BJP to
decide the modalities of
the programme dis-
cussed various sugges-
tionsatameetingheldat
the party headquarters.
Union minister Thakur,
BJP general secretaries
ArunSingh,CTRaviand
D Purandareswari and
chief spokesperson Anil
Baluni, among others,
are part of the panel.
JP NADDA CHAIRS
IMPORTANT PARTY
MEETING
An important meeting was
chaired by BJP national
president JP Nadda on
Monday at his residence
wherein organisational
secretaries took part. Notably,
during the meet, the tentative
dates of working committee's
meeting was also discussed
and word is that the meet
could be held on 14th and
15th May. Interestingly, the
Congress's 'Chintan Shivir'
would also be held in Udaipur
in Rajasthan at the same time.

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CRUCIAL READ
DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE CAUTIONS COMMUTERS
OF CONGESTION IN SOME PARTS OF CITY
New Delhi (PTI): Citing congestion in some parts of
the national capital due to “law and order arrange-
ments”, the Delhi Traffic Police on Monday asked
commuters to plan their travel
accordingly.Taking to Twitter,
the Delhi Traffic Police posted
an advisory that read, “Traffic
will remain affected today at
specific stretches due to law
and order arrangements.” “Traffic at Sardar Patel
Marg, MTC Shanti Path towards South Avenue
Road, Gole Methi round about, Ashoka Road, Tugh-
laq Road, K Kamraj Marg will be affected from 4 pm
to 7.20 pm,” according to the advisory.
MAN WANTED IN
KABADDI PLAYER’S
MURDER ARRESTED IN
NATIONAL CAPITAL
DELHI GOVT SOON TO
DISTRIBUTE 10K DIY
KITS TO PROMOTE
URBAN FARMING
Delhi Police's Special Cell
has arrested a 30-year-
old man, wanted in six
murder cases including
of an international kabad-
di player Sandeep Nangal
in Punjab last month.
Accused Vikas alias
Malhey, resident of
Dhanwapur village,
Gurgaon, was nabbed
on Sunday. In 2019, he
had also killed Congress
leader Vikas Chaudhary
in Faridabad, they said.
He was on the run for
three years and was
involved in six murder
cases registered in Hary-
ana, Punjab and UP.
Delhi government will
soon distribute 10,000
DIY(do it yourself) kits to
promote urban farming
announced in the annual
budget 2022-23, officials
said on Sunday. Pro-
moting urban farming
was one of the 20 areas
announced in the Kejriwal
government’s annual bud-
get presented last month
by Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia.The
government has targeted
creation of two million job
opportunities in the next
five years through initia-
tives including promotion
of urban farming.
BJP-ruled South Delhi
Municipal Corporation
(SDMC) will launch a
month-long anti-en-
croachment drive at a
number of places un-
der its jurisdiction,
civic authorities said
on Monday, adding that
the dates are yet to be
decided.
According to SDMC
Mayor Mukesh Suryan,
the areas where the
drive is likely to be con-
ducted include Okhla,
Tilak Nagar and
Shaheen Bagh, among
others.
This comes after Del-
hi BJP Chief Adesh
Gupta wrote to the may-
ors of South and East
corporations on April 20
seeking the removal of
encroachments “by Ro-
hingyas, Bangladeshis
and anti-social ele-
ments” in their areas.
Suryan said that reg-
ular meetings are being
held to “zero in” on the
areas where there is
heavy encroachment
leading to traffic snarls
and other issues.
“A meeting was held
today (Monday) as well
and a month-long plan
has been prepared to
remove encroachments
from roads, footpaths
and government land.
Encroachments can be
seen in many areas
such as Okhla, Madan-
pur Khadar, Tilak Na-
gar and Shaheen Bagh,
among others. Sites are
still being identified
and a final list will
soon be prepared,” the
mayor said.
He added that dates
for the anti-encroach-
ment drive are yet to be
decided by the civic
body
. Last week, an anti-
encroachment drive
conducted by the North
Delhi Municipal Corpo-
ration in Jahangirpuri
area, which witnessed
violence between two
communities on April
16, drew widespread
criticism. The Supreme
Court had to intervene
to stop the action there.
Suryan said remov-
ing encroachments
from roads and govern-
ment land is an “obliga-
tory function” of any
civic body and the same
approach being adopted
by the SDMC.
SDMC to launch month-long anti-encroachment drive
STRICT ACTION
TWO KILLED IN DELHI
TWO KILLED IN DELHI
BUILDING COLLAPSE
BUILDING COLLAPSE
New Delhi (ANI):Two
of the five people, who
were rescued from the
debrisof anunder-con-
struction building that
collapsed in Delhi’s
Satya Niketan, have
succumbed to their in-
juries, an official in-
formed on Monday
.
Speaking to ANI,
National Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF)
officer Goverdhan
Bairwa confirmed
the death of two per-
sons. The NDRF of-
ficer further in-
formed that as many
as 25 teams of NDRF
rescue operation.
Atul Garg, Delhi
Fire Service Chief
said that the rescue
operation has been
completed.
Further, Deputy
Commissioner of Po-
lice South-West Manoj
C said that there were
a total of six persons
working at the build-
ing, and a labourer
managed to escape.
“Four are under
treatment while two
have died,” he added.
He said that South-
West district police
with Delhi Fire Ser-
vice, BSES and NDRF
rescue operation.
Earlier, Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Ke-
jriwal took to Twitter
and said that he is tak-
ing stock of the res-
cue work at the site of
the collapse.
“This accident is
very sad. The district
administration is en-
gaged in relief and res-
cue work. I myself am
taking every informa-
tion related to the inci-
dent,” he said.
As per the South
Delhi Municipal Cor-
poration Mayor Muke-
sh Suryan, the build-
ing was someone’s
house who wanted to
get it repaired. He also
added that it was in a
danger zone, and the
same was notified to
the police and the Sub-
Divisional Magistrate.

z The labourers
were rescued af-
ter a three-hour-
long operation
and rushed to a
hospital for treat-
ment.

z Six fire ten-
ders reached the
spot to carry on
the rescue opera-
tion.

z The building was
in danger zone.
THE FALL
WilllearnfromDelhi’smohallaclinic
modelforbettermentofPunjab:Mann
New Delhi: Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann on Monday
said his state will learn
from Delhi’s model of
mohalla clinics that has
won the national capi-
tal praise from the en-
tire world.
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal showed
a mohalla clinic and gov-
ernment schools to
Mann, who is on a two-
day visit to the national
capital to learn about the
best practices of the
Aam Aadmi Party’s
(AAP) model of govern-
ance.At the mohalla clin-
ic, Mann interacted with
the patients, who told
him that it takes them
just 10 minutes to meet
the doctor and get
medicines.“The mohalla
clinics in Delhi have
been praised by the en-
tire world. We too will
learn from this model for
the betterment of Pun-
jab,” Mann said. Punjab
Health Minister Vijay
Singla and senior offi-
cials are accompanying
Mann on the Delhi visit.
Kejriwal said 95 per
cent of the patients vis-
iting Aam Aadmi Mo-
halla Clinics in Delhi
are satisfied with the
services provided there.
“We have opened two
mohalla clinics in Del-
hi’s most posh area,
Greater Kailash, and a
lot of well-off patients
also come to these cen-
tres. They say they do
not get such care any-
where else,” Kejriwal
told Mann.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann attend the class
during their visit to Kautalia Government Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
PUNJAB TO REPLICATE
DELHI’S EDUCATION MODEL
New Delhi: The
Punjab government
will replicate Delhi’s
education model in the
state where students
from all economic
backgrounds will get
quality education,
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann said on
Monday. Mann, who
is on a two-day visit
to Delhi along with his
senior officers, toured
health institutes and
schools in the national
capital to understand
the “Delhi model” and
replicate it in the state.
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal and his
deputy Manish Sisodia
accompanied Mann
to a Delhi govern-
ment school in Chirag
Enclave.“The revolu-
tion in education’s
system is discussed
across the country. We
will replicate the same
model in Punjab where
students from either
rich or poor back-
ground will get quality
education together. The
country will progress
this way by learning
from each other,”
Mann said.Kejriwal
said, “Let us work
together to strengthen
the education system
of the country”.The
Punjab CM is accom-
panied by a battery of
senior officers.
Covid: Over six-fold rise in patients in Delhi
number of coronavirus
patients in home isola-
tion in the national
capital has seen an
over six-fold increase
from 447 on April 11 to
2,812 on April 24, ac-
cording to official data.
The number of pa-
tients admitted in hos-
pitals also increased
from 17 to 80 during the
period.
However, the Delhi
government has as-
sured people that de-
spite the rise in cases,
the hospitalisation
rate has remained low.
The city is witnessing
a spurt in COVID-19
cases over the past few
days with the number
of active cases increas-
ing to 3,975 from 601 on
April 11.
The hospitalisation
rate, however, has so
far been low, account-
ing for less than three
per cent of the total ac-
tive cases, according
to the data.
Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal has
been reiterating that
even though the cases
have risen, the hospi-
talisation rate has
been low.
BJP seeks
action against
AAP’s Atishi
BJP Sunday demanded
action against AAP
MLA Atishi over her
“false” claim that “offi-
cials from Kerala” vis-
ited a school in Delhi to
learn about the Kejri-
wal government’s edu-
cation model.
It comes after Kerala
Education Minister V
Sivankutty said in a
tweet that no “officials”
from the state visited
Delhi as claimed by Ati-
shi on Saturday
.
His tweet was in re-
sponse to a post by Ati-
shi, the MLA from Del-
hi’s Kalkaji, who had
said, “It was wonderful
to host officials from
Kerala at one of our
schools in Kalkaji. They
were keen to under-
stand and implement
our education model in
their state. This is @
ArvindKejriwal Govt’s
idea of nation building.
Development through
collaboration.” Sivan-
kutty replied to her
tweet, saying, “Kerala’s
Dept of Education
has not sent anyone to
learn about the ‘Delhi
Model’.
OVER 1,000 PEOPLE
PENALIZED FOR NOT
WEARING MASKS
DERC TO CONDUCT
VIRTUAL PUBLIC
HEARING IN MAY
Noida (PTI): Over a
thousand people were
penalized across Noida
and Greater Noida in a day
after they were allegedly
found without face masks
in public places amid a rise
in COVID-19 cases, police
said on Monday.The action
was taken on Sunday, they
said. Action is also being
ensured against those not
following the rules and
on Sunday, challans were
issued to 1,018 people
for not wearing masks in
public places.
New Delhi (PTI): Power
regulator DERC has said
that it will conduct a
virtual public hearing on
May 12 and 13 to receive
stakeholders’ feedback on
petitions filed by power
companies, including
discoms for tariff revision
2022-23.According to
the health department,
Delhi on Sunday reported
1,083 fresh COVID-19
infections with a positiv-
ity rate of 4.48 per cent,
while one person died
due to the disease.

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Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Questions
are being raised about
the timing of the com-
munal riots in the na-
tional Capital. Commu-
nal riots took place just
before the visit of Brit-
ish Prime Minister Bo-
ris Johnson to India. It
can be said that it was a
coincidence because be-
fore that there was Ha-
numan Jayanti and
stone pelting took place
on the procession,
which was followed by
riots and bulldozing of
illegal construction by
the municipal team.
But remember how two
years ago there were ri-
ots in Delhi even during
the visit of the then US
President Donald
Trump. The riots start-
ed in Delhi on 23 Febru-
ary and Trump reached
India the very next day
.
He first went to Gujarat
and after attending the
Namaste Trump pro-
gram there, reached
Delhi the next day
.
At the time when
Trump was in Delhi, a
part of Delhi was in
the grip of riots. This
riot that started over
the citizenship law
continued for many
days even after
Trump’s visit. Ques-
tion of timing of Del-
hi riots is also being
done because Delhi
Municipal Corpora-
tion elections have
been postponed just
prior to the riots. On
the other hand, Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
won in Punjab and in
Delhi elections were
postponed, after
which communal riots
broke out and several
structures were bull-
dozed. So somewhere
it seems to be part of
some experiment.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Do political
parties have workers or
employees? This ques-
tion is pertinent be-
cause the state presi-
dent of Gujarat BJP has
announced to give
three-day leave to the
party workers. Not to
the employees working
in the party office, but
to the party workers,
which is an astonishing
development and begs
the questions : Does the
party have full time
workers who need
leave? Keep in mind
that the state president
of Gujarat is CR Patil,
whose model of work-
ing is famous all over
the country
. Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has mentioned this
many times. As a leader,
the way he works for
the people of his area is
amazing.
So when he an-
nounced a holiday for
party workers, ques-
tions were raised on it.
He has asked the party
workers to take leave
from May 2 to 4 as they
have to work non-stop
for the next six months.
Keep in mind that the
assembly elections are
going to be held in Gu-
jarat in December and
perhaps that is why,
Patil has given leave to
the workers before the
preparations begin. If
the workers are em-
ployees then they
should have been giv-
en leave from May 1,
i.e. Labour Day itself,
but that is not ideolog-
ically correct. Howev-
er, it is believed that
this is a psychologi-
cal initiative to put
pressure on the oppo-
sition parties as no
worker is doing party
work every day and
all the time. So there
is no point in giving
him three days off.
Were Delhi riots part of an ‘experiment’? Does BJP have workers or employees?
Perhaps only CR Patil can answer that!
Yadgir (Agencies):
Refusing to take off
their hijab, six stu-
dents in Karnataka’s
Yadgir district re-
turned home without
writing their Class 12
exams on Monday.
The incident took
place at the Govern-
ment Pre-University
College in Yadgir.
The girl students,
who had come to write
their economics exam,
insisted with the au-
thorities to let them
write the paper wearing
hijab. After their re-
quest was turned down,
the students walked out
from the examination
centre, refusing to take
off their hijab.
The crucial Class 12
exams are being con-
ducted peacefully
across the state. The
students, especially
the Muslim girls, are
following the uniform
rules and writing their
papers without wear-
ing hijab.
As many as 68,84,255
students have enrolled
for the board exams,
which began on April
22 amid tight security
in the backdrop of the
hijab row. The special
bench of the Karnataka
High Court had earlier
dismissed the petitions
seeking to allow stu-
dents to attend classes
wearing hijab. It also
mentioned that wear-
ing the hijab is not an
essential part of Islam.
Following the court
order, the Karnataka
government banned the
hijab in classrooms and
announced that hijab-
clad students and teach-
ers will not be allowed
inside the centres.
Aliya Assadi, one of
the petitioners, took to
Twitter to slam the de-
cision to ban the entry
of hijab-clad students.
“What is the crime
here? Where is our
country headed to,” she
had questioned.
6 STUDENTS RETURN WITHOUT
WRITING CLASS 12 EXAMS
Chennai (Agen-
cies): The Tamil
Nadu assembly on
Monday unani-
mously passed a
resolution that em-
powered the MK
Stalin-led govern-
ment to appoint
vice-chancellors to
various universities
in the state, a move
aimed at curbing
the governor’s say
in the matter.
Legislators of the
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) walked
out of the House af-
ter higher education
Minister K Pon-
mudy tabled the Bill
to amend the exist-
ing Tamil Nadu Uni-
versities Laws.
A media report
said the chief minis-
ter, while appealing
to legislators in
House to support the
government’s initia-
tive, said that even
in Gujarat, the
home-state of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, vice-chancel-
lors are not appoint-
ed by the governor
but the state. Same
was the case with
other states includ-
ing Telangana and
Karnataka.
The ruling DMK’s
move will allow the
state government to
appoint VCs to state
universities. The
government said the
bill was tabled based
on recommendations
by the University
Search committee.
The chief minis-
ter said the gover-
nor was the chancel-
lor of 13 universities
in the state, with the
higher education
minister being the
pro-chancellor. The
state government
being not empow-
ered to select the
vice chancellors had
created a “big im-
pact” on higher edu-
cation, he added.
TN Guv’s power clipped;
Bill empowering Govt
to appoint VCs passed
PM doing nothing over
‘targetting’ of Muslims
in parts of India: Mufti
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in State Assembly.
The girl students, who had come to write their economics exam, insisted with the authorities to let
them write the paper wearing hijab. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI):
PrimeMinisterModi
on Monday congrat-
ulated French Presi-
dent Emmanuel Ma-
cron on his re-elec-
tion, and said he
looked forward to
continue working
together to deepen
the India-France
strategic partner-
ship. Macron com-
fortably won a sec-
ond term on Sunday
.
“Congratulations
to my friend Emma-
nuel Macron on be-
ing re-elected as the
President of
France! I look for-
ward to continue
working together to
deepen the India-
France Strategic
Partnership,” PM
Modi tweeted.
Rameswaram (PTI):
As many as 15 more Sri
Lankan Tamils includ-
ing 4 babies arrived
here on Monday fleeing
from their crisis- hit na-
tion by boat, officials
said.
The group of Sri Lan-
kan Tamils reached
Arichalmunai point off
Dhanushkodi near here
and they were brought
to the Mandapam camp
by police, they said.
During enquiry by
the police, the five
women and six men
from the island nation
said they reached Ta-
mil Nadu by a boat.
Srinagar (PTI): For-
mer Jammu and Kash-
mir Chief Minister Me-
hbooba Mufti on Mon-
day said Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi is
doing nothing over the
alleged targetting of
Muslims in some parts
of the country
.
She said this while
talking to reporters in
Srinagar, over PM
Modi’s visit to Jammu
and Kashmir.
The Prime Minister
was in Pali village of
Samba in Jammu on
Sunday where he par-
ticipated in the celebra-
tion of the National
Panchayati Raj Day and
addressed ‘Gram Sab-
has’ across the country
.
In his address, the
Prime Minister said
that the youth will not
see the miseries that
their parents and
grandparents have seen
in the past.
Mehbooba Mufti
said India is a secular
country but the largest
minority of the coun-
try “is being bull-
dozed, their houses
and livelihoods are be-
ing bulldozed.”
“Jammu and Kash-
mir despite being a
Muslim majority state
joined a secular coun-
try where people be-
longing to all religions
live together, but that is
not the case now. Mus-
lims are feeling low
now,” she said.
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Mumbai Police on
Monday arrested four
accused, including Shiv
Sena leader and former
city mayor Vishwanath
Mahadeshwar, in con-
nection with the attack
on Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader Kirit
Somaiya, whose car was
pelted with stones on
Saturday at the Khar po-
lice station where he
went to meet arrested
lawmaker couple from
Amravati, MP Navneet
Rana, and her MLA hus-
band Ravi Rana.
The arrests took
place on a day when a
Somaiya-led BJP dele-
gation met officials of
the Union Home Minis-
try, including Minister
of State (home), Nity-
anand Rai, and Home
Secretary Ajay Bhalla,
in connection with the
incident. “Nityanand
Rai assured BJP Delega-
tion to take appropriate
steps to Stop Abuse of
Power Assault,” the
former Mumbai North-
East MP posted on Twit-
ter after the meeting.
Somaiya, had ac-
cused ‘100 Shivsena
Gundas’ of pelting
stones at his car. On
Sunday, Maharashtra
home minister Dilip
Walse Patel confirmed
that stones were indeed
pelted at the BJP lead-
er’s vehicle, adding that
a case had been regis-
tered in the matter.
The attack on So-
maiya as well as the
ongoing Hanuman
Chalisa row involving
the Ranas, are likely to
be yet another flash-
point between the
MVA government and
the Opposition BJP.
Information Broad-
casting (IB) Ministry
has got blocked 16 You-
Tube news channels,
including six from Pa-
kistan, on charges of
spreading false and un-
verified information to
create panic, incite
communal disharmo-
ny and disturb public
order in the country.
The action has been
taken using emergency
powers under the IT
Rules. These channels
had a cumulative view-
ership of over 68 crore.
A Facebook account
has also been blocked.
“It was observed
that these channels
were used to spread
fake news over social
media on matters re-
lated to national secu-
rity, India’s foreign re-
lations, communal
harmony in the coun-
try, and public order.
None of the digital
news publishers had
furnished information
to the Ministry as re-
quired under Rule 18
of the IT Rules, 2021,”
the Ministry said.
As alleged, the con-
tent published by
some of the India-
based YouTube chan-
nels referred to a com-
munity as terrorists,
and incited hatred
among the members
of various religious
communities.
“Such content was
found to have the po-
tential to create com-
munal disharmony,
and disturb public or-
der,” it stated.
Shimla (PTI): Terming
theUniformCivilCodea
“good step”, Himachal
Pradesh Chief Minister
Jairam Thakur on Mon-
day said the state gov-
ernment is examining
the concept and is open
to implementing it.
Healsocommentedon
the Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) emerging as the
third political player in
the state where the as-
sembly polls are sched-
uled later this year.
“Himachal Pradesh
is a peaceful state.
AAP’s style of politics
will not work there.
The state will not ac-
cept any third alterna-
tive,” he said.
Asked to comment on
BJP-ruled Uttara-
khand’s willingness to
implement the Uniform
Civil Code (UCC),
Thakur said, “UCC is a
good step. It is being ex-
amined in the state. We
are open to implement it
in Himachal Pradesh.”
Kolkata (Agencies):
Trinamool Congress
strongman Anubrata
Mondal has set some
conditions to appear
for questioning by the
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) in
connection with the
twin cases of cattle
and coal smuggling
and post-poll violence
in West bengal.
At5.30p.m.onMon-
day
, a letter from Mon-
dal reached the offices
of the Anti-Corrup-
tion Branch (ACB)
and the Special Crime
Branch (SCB) of CBI,
wherein Mondal, the
Trinamool district
president for Birb-
hum, gave two condi-
tions relating to the
time and place of his
appearanceforcentral
agency interrogation.
In the letter, Mon-
dal said that he will
be able to appear be-
fore the CBI sleuths
only after May 21. As
regards the place of
integration, Mondal
insisted that it would
be decided only after
mutual discussions.
Modi’s message
to Macron on poll
win:‘Look forward
to deepen ties’
15 more Lankan
refugees reach
Rameswaram
IB Ministry blocks 16 more
YouTube news channels
Jairam bats for UCC,
terms it a ‘good step’
TMC leader puts condition
to meet CBI investigators
BENGAL POST-POLL VIOLENCE
EX-MUMBAI MAYOR MAHADESHWAR, 3
OTHERS HELD FOR ATTACK ON SOMAIYA
Again and
again we face
disappoint-
ment! BJP MLA
Raghupathy Bhat had
threatened us with
criminal cases against
us if we go to attend
exams tomorrow.
—Aliya Assadi, Hijab petitioner
BJP Leader Kirit Somaiya —FILE PHOTO
HIJAB BAN
Former JK Chief Minister and
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti.
Himachal CM Jairam Thakur
CR Patil

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
We are kept from our goal
not by obstacles, but by a
clear path to a lesser goal.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
To provide quality medicines at
affordable rates, the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Aushadhi Kendra started by
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @
narendramodi has proved to be a boon
for the poor and middle-class today.
By purchasing medicines from these
centers, this section has saved more
than `13,000 crore.
Dr Jitendra Singh
@DrJitendraSingh
Some of these agencies have track
record of selective condemnation
of human rights violation. Biggest
violation of human rights is terrorism.
In 2014, when PM @narendramodi
spent Diwali with flood victims in
Kashmir, he never asked how many of
them belonged to which religion.
TOP TWEETS
MAHARASHTRA
POLITICS OVER
LOUDSPEAKERS
TURNS DEAFENING
uss over the reading
of Hanuman Chalisa
outside mosques and
use of loudspeakers
to offer namaz is get-
ting a bit too far. Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena led by Raj
Thackeray has woken up to lead
the charge against loudspeakers
in mosques. He is the same Raj
Thackeray who at one point of
time was busy chasing out auto
drivers from UP to keep Maha-
rashtra safe for Marathis. Hav-
ing lost his hold on Shiv Sena he
now wants to make a political
comeback by raising the loud-
speaker issue. He has found a
strong ally in the BJP.
Instead of locking horns over
loudspeaker politics and arrest-
ing a BJP MP and MLA couple,
Uddhav Thackeray could advise
Raj Thackeray and former CM
Devendra Fadnavis to learn
from Uttar Pradesh where loud-
speakers are allowed in temples
and mosques but with lower vol-
umes. Anybody reciting Hanu-
man Chalisa outside a mosque
is as likely to be arrested as
those in mosques who raise dec-
ibels of loudspeakers.
F
rance was saved
from a tectonic
shift when voters
chose Emmanuel
Macron for a sec-
ond term as President simply
to prevent the Putin support-
er and far-right leader Marie
Le Pen from winning. Ma-
cron, whose popularity had
nosedived over rising prices,
retirement age and his “elit-
ist” behaviour, acknowledged
the role of negative votes in
his victory and promised to
resolve issues. He hardly has
timeforchangeasFrancewill
go to the polls in June to elect
its parliamentarians. Marie
Le Pen, who polled a healthy
41.5 percent of votes, has
vowed to take on Macron in
the June legislative elections.
Such is the disaffection that
approximately 28 percent of
voters did not cast their votes.
His 58.5 per cent vote percent-
age was consequently lower
than the 68 per cent he polled
in his first term.
By blocking Marie Le Pen
voters ensured that a Donald
Trump-like moment was
averted in Paris. She is said
to be anti-NATO and wants to
change the contours of the
European Union. European
Union nations, especially
Germany, heaved a sigh of
relief after Macron was de-
clared the winner. A different
result would have dramati-
cally altered France’s stand
on the Ukraine war.
One major take-away from
the French election results
was the voters’ rejection of
Le Pen only because of her
extremist policies, including
the one on wearing of hijab
in public places and immi-
gration which she promised
to ban. Macron was opposed
to the idea and had told Le
Pen that it will prove to be
disruptive for society. In the
end voters upheld the French
motto of Liberty, Equality
and Fraternity
.
FRANCE REJECTS
FAR-RIGHT, FOR NOW
One major take-away from
the French election results
was the voters’ rejection
of Le Pen only because of
her extreme policies,
including the one on wearing of
hijab in public places and
immigration which she
promised to ban. Macron was
opposed to the idea and had
told Le Pen that it would prove
to be disruptive
F
SEVENTH SENSE
A business mantra for long-term success
In one of the books written
by him, Jobs presented idea
of the soul. Steve Jobs wrote
that “In the 23rd year I made
$ 1 million in the year, in
24th year it became $ 10
million and in 25th year the
amount became one billion.
Despite earning all these
money together, I’ve never
thought of present, I always
took actions after considering
its consequences for five or
ten years, and because of
this decision making, not
only I got the profits but
also the shareholder received
huge profits
t is often said that business
leaderstakeprofessionaldeci-
sions based on “stronghold
gutfeeling”.Thedecisionsare
always taken on the basis of
market conditions, company
policies and inner strengths.
But sometimes the promoters
listen to their Sixth Sense and
take tough decisions about
their businesses. This is also
be called fortress feeling
which can help take tough de-
cisions in tough situations.
The Sixth Sense can also be
referred to as a matter of
mind when the inner gut says
thisisit.Takingdecisionwith
Sixth Sense can help you get
better business results. The
confidence of leader and his
experience comes out to be
very helpful in taking such
decisions. Sixth Sense is very
useful for decision-making in
the most indecisive situation,
but its support relies more on
the leader’s mental strength
and self-confidence.
After sixth sense, now a
new theory is coming into ef-
fect called “Seventh Sense”.
This theory says that there is
a rapid change in external
conditions around the world.
Events occurring are inci-
dental and sudden. Today is
the time when system gets
out of the odds, from all the
heavy losses and suddenly
earn good profits. Prior to the
time, most of the things get
in control but after some
time the situation gradually
changes. In such situations,
“feel your stronghold, keep-
ing in mind the stability of
the outside world and think
ahead of the world, finally
taking strong decisions” is
called Seventh Sense.
The concept of Seventh
Sense is currently been
adopted by many business
leaders. This concept is being
altered in different ways and
adopted in different forms.
Those business leaders who
are able to predict near fu-
ture, majority of their com-
panies have started getting
advantages.
STATING AN EXAMPLE
Steve Jobs, the founder CEO
of world’s most famous Ap-
ple computers, was pleased
that he could think of the
market after 5 or 10 years
later. He came up with the
very first concept of the
world’s technological change
that was about to come some
years later. He also got a well-
estimate about the inconven-
ient situations to come in the
market. Many a times he was
been criticized for calling out
his thoughts in board meet-
ings which sometimes made
him suffer from insults. But
ultimately, the company had
no option other than imple-
menting his thoughts and
principles.
In one of the books written
by him, Jobs presented idea
of the soul. Steve Jobs wrote
that “In the 23rd year I made
$ 1 million in the year, in 24th
year it became $ 10 million
and in 25th year the amount
became one billion. Despite
earning all these money to-
gether, I’ve never thought of
present, I always took actions
after considering its conse-
quences for five or ten years,
and because of this decision
making, not only I got the
profits but also the share-
holder received huge profits.
Giving more detail Steve
Jobs wrote that due to his the
power to see future, he always
worked on the thoughts to
make the future clear. He fur-
ther added “My work has al-
ways been my priority
. The
biggest strength of mine were
my colleagues who worked
very hard and loved working.
I always felt the constant pro-
gress of my fellow employees
and we took Apple to such a
peak that was impossible for
the competitors to face.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
The writer is a Businessman
and HR Expert
There is a rapid change in external conditions all around
the world, sudden and incidental happenings face all of
us every now and then. The theory of Seventh
Sense helps us buck the odds, overcome even
heavy losses and earn good profits
JOBS ADHERED TO HIS
7TH
SENSE ALWAYS...
Steve Jobs took a lot of tough and
uncomfortable decisions in life
based on his Seventh Sense. The
world will always remember his
power and reliability and market
identity. If you are a business leader,
you need to make a habit of taking
decisions from Seventh Sense, then
stay strong in the long run.

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INDIA
05
New Delhi (PTI): Agri-
culture Minister Naren-
dra Singh Tomar on
Monday said about 4
lakh hectare has been
brought under natural
farming so far as part
of a sub-scheme of the
Paramparagat Krishi
Vikas Yojana and think-
tank Niti Aayog will
prepare a roadmap to
scale this up. Tomar,
while addressing a na-
tional workshop on in-
novative agriculture
here, said the need of
the hour is to do farm-
ing that works in har-
mony with nature, re-
duces the cost of pro-
duction, ensures good-
quality produce and
profits to farmers.
Andhra Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
parts of Haryana and
Gujarat are gradually
adapting to natural
farming. More farmers
will join after seeing the
success stories, he said.
Tomar said Niti Aay-
og will prepare a road-
map on natural farming
after deliberation with
farmers, scientists and
agricultural varsities’
vice-chancellors in to-
day’s workshop and the
ministry will move for-
ward accordingly
.
Natural farming
should be promoted in
areas first where less or
no chemicals are used
in farming, he added.
According to the min-
ister, about 38 lakh hec-
tares have been brought
under organic farming
at present. About 4 lakh
hectares of area is un-
der natural farming so
far as part of a sub-
scheme of the Param-
paragat Krishi Vikas
Yojana.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Jharkhand
has been a land of po-
litical experimentation.
Since coming into exist-
ence in November 2000,
the number of experi-
ments that have been
done in Jharkhand in
the last 22 years have
not been done in other
‘older’ states. First of
all, in Jharkhand itself,
an independent MLA
became the Chief Min-
ister and successfully
ran the government for
two years. Thereafter,
be it the case of taking a
bribe to vote in the Par-
liament or the loss of
the Chief Minister in
the by-election, that too
happened in Jharkhand
itself. It too has hap-
pened in Jharkhand
that the mine was allot-
ted in the name of a
Chief Minister, while
the Chief Minister also
held the Mining portfo-
lio. Later, when there
was a dispute over this,
the mine was returned.
In this way the mistake
was also accepted.
Meanwhile, political
agitation has increased
inJharkhand.Although
there is a stir in the
state, but this time it is
not because of the BJP,
the opposition party of
the state, but because of
the central agencies,
constitutional institu-
tions and courts.
Itisnotknownwheth-
er it is a coincidence or
any experiment that all
the agencies have be-
come active simultane-
ously. When the com-
plaint reached the Gov-
ernor regarding the al-
location of mines, the
Governor immediately
sent it to the Election
Commission and the
Commission issued a
notice to the State Gov-
ernment under Rule 192
asking whether the
mine was actually allot-
ted to the Chief Minis-
ter. If this is proved,
which is likely, then
there will be a case of
abuse of office and the
Chief Minister will
have to resign. However,
it is not certain whether
there will be only resig-
nation in this case or
will he face a ban on
contesting elections.
When Sonia Gandhi
had resigned in the mat-
ter of office of profit,
there was no bar to con-
test the elections. But it
is a case of misuse of
office for profit.
Meanwhile, hearing
an old PIL, the High
Court has sought a re-
port on the assets and
companies of the Chief
Minister, his MLA
brother and some of his
close associates. For
this, the court has given
two weeks to the En-
forcement Directorate
and the Registrar of
Companies. The Regis-
trar of Companies has
the data of companies,
which he will give to the
court, but what report
will the ED give without
investigation. There-
fore, it is believed that
ED will initiate an in-
vestigation. So, from the
High Court to the Gov-
ernor and the Election
Commission to the Cen-
tral Investigative Agen-
cies all have become ac-
tive in Jharkhand.
Looking at their com-
mon action, it seems
that some new political
experiment will take
place in Jharkhand in
the coming days.
JHARKHAND: THE POLITICAL EXPERIMENT STATE!
INDIA, EU TO LAUNCH TRADE
AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
Decision to set up TTC will be first for India with any of its partners
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and European
Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
on Monday agreed to
launch an EU-India
trade and technology
council to address the
challenges of ensuring
trusted technology and
security in the wake of
rapid geopolitical
changes.
The decision was tak-
en during talks between
PM Modi and von der
Leyen.
The European Union
said the strategic coor-
dination mechanism
will allow both partners
to tackle challenges “at
the nexus of trade,
trusted technology and
security, and thus deep-
en cooperation in these
fields.” It said both
sides agreed that rapid
changes in the geopo-
litical environment
highlight the need for
joint in-depth strategic
engagement. “The
Trade and Technology
Council will provide the
political steer and the
necessary structure to
operationalise political
decisions, coordinate
technical work, and re-
port to the political lev-
el,” the EU said.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. —FILE PHOTO
PM Narendra Modi with President of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting. —PHOTO BY PTI
EU CHIEF URSULA,
EAM JAISHANKAR
DISCUSS TIES,
UKRAINE WAR
New Delhi: European
Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
met EAM S Jaishankar
on Monday and dis-
cussed ways to take
the India-EU partner-
ship forward and ex-
changed views on the
impact of the Ukraine
conflict. “Pleased
to call on President
of European Com-
mission. Discussed
taking forward the
India-EU partnership.
Also exchanged views
on the economic and
political implications of
the Ukraine conflict,”
Jaishankar tweeted.
India’s 900m workforce,particularly women,
have stopped looking for jobs,says report
Mumbai: India’s job
creation problem is
morphing into a greater
threat: a growing num-
ber of people are no
longer even looking for
work.
Frustrated at not be-
ing able to find the right
kind of job, millions of
Indians, particularly
women, are exiting the
labour force entirely
, ac-
cording to new data
from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian
Economy Pvt, a private
research firm in Mum-
bai. With India betting
on young workers to
drive growth in one of
the world’s fastest-ex-
panding economies, the
latest numbers are an
ominous harbinger. Be-
tween 2017 and 2022, the
overall labour partici-
pation rate dropped
from 46 per cent to 40
per cent. Among wom-
en, the data is even
starker. About 21 mil-
lion disappeared from
the workforce, leaving
only 9 per cent of the
eligible population em-
ployed or looking for
positions.
Now, more than half
of the 900 million Indi-
ans of legal working
age — roughly the pop-
ulation of the US and
Russia combined —
don’t want a job, accord-
ing to the CMIE.
New Delhi: With term II board examinations starting
on Tuesday amid a spike in daily Covid cases, the
CBSE has said it will prepare final results of students
based on their scores in any one of the term exams
in case they are forced to be absent for the other. For
the 2021-2022 academic session. The examinations
will be conducted in a total of 7,413 centres — 7,279
in India and 133 abroad. With the examinations set
to start amid a spike in the daily Covid-19 cases, the
CBSE board has directed that only 18 students be
seated in a examination room.
Kathmandu (PTI): Five people, including four Indian
tourists, were killed after their car collided head-on with
a bus in Nepal’s Dhading district, the police said on
Monday. The accident occurred
on Sunday night along the Prithvi
Highway in the Thakre area,
according to the police. The four
Indian nationals were returning to
Kathmandu after visiting Pokhara. The Nepalese driver
of the car was also killed in the accident. The bus was
heading towards Dhading from Kathmandu.
Pune (PTI): Former Union home secretary Madhav
Godbole died due to cardiac failure at his residence
in Maharashtra’s Pune city on Monday, family
sources said. He was 85. Before taking voluntary
retirement from the Indian Administrative Service in
March 1993, Mr Godbole served as the Union home
secretary. He had also worked as the secretary of
Petroleum Natural Gas and Urban Development
Departments at the Centre, and principal finance
secretary of the Maharashtra government.
CBSE BOARD EXAMS START TODAY: OVER
7.400 CENTRES, 18 STUDENTS IN A ROOM
5 PEOPLE INCLUDING 4 INDIANS KILLED
IN CAR-BUS COLLISION IN NEPAL
FORMER UNION HOME SECY MADHAV
GODBOLE DIES OF CARDIAC FAILURE
CRUCIAL READ
4L ha under natural farming,
NITI to prepare roadmap: Min
Union Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar.
`13K cr credited
to farmers’ a/cs
in Pb for wheat
Chandigarh: In a
record, the Punjab
Government said it
cleared payments of
Rs 13,000 crore of
farmers for procure-
ment of wheat till
Monday, state Food
and Civil Supplies
Minister Lal Chand
Kataruchak said. He
said this was the
highest in the past
decade. The Minister
said the total MSP
payments released
this year were three
times of what was
paid last year.
IN THE COURTYARD
‘LIKE YOU HAVE CENTRAL VISTA’: TOP COURT
SEEKS CENTRE’S STAND ON ‘JUDICIAL VISTA’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Cen-
tre’s stand on a plea seeking direction for the construction
of “Judicial Vista”, for better functioning of the SC. A bench
of Justices Vineet Saran and JK Maheshwari orally observed
that it is a matter, where the court would not be inclined to
pass directions but would want the Centre to consider it. Ad-
vocate Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, petitioner-in-person,
urged the bench to see “how lawyers are standing outside”.
The bench said, “It is a logical and correct thing that there
should be judicial vista in a planned manner”, and pointed
out that the growth of buildings is not well planned.
MENACE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT: STATES MUST
ACT ON MUSHROOMING ILLEGAL COLONIES: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday observed
that mushrooming of illegal colonies across the country
is a menace to urban development.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara
Rao and BR Gavai appointed
senior advocate Gopal Sankara-
narayanan as amicus curiae in
the matter. “We will have to find
some way of making state governments act on this. This
is a menace to urban development,” it noted. Advocate
Sravan Kumar, contended before the bench that a large
number of unregular establishments are being regular-
ised, which results in development which is unregulated.
Amid shortages, Railways
deploy rakes to transport coal
New Delhi: Amid coal
shortages reported in
the country, the Indian
Railways said on Mon-
day it has deployed ad-
ditional rakes to trans-
port coal to power
plants.
To ensure a swift sup-
ply of coal across power
plants, additional
trains and rakes by In-
dian Railways have
been initiated to aug-
ment the transporta-
tion of coal through its
network, the Ministry
of Railways said in a
statement.
Indian Railways has
ramped up the coal
transportation result-
ing in 32 per cent more
coal freight loading be-
tween September 2021
and March 2022.
There has also been
an increase in 10 per
cent freight, by effi-
ciently mobilising re-
sources after April 2022,
the ministry said.
Let Panchen live
a free life: Tibetan
Govt-in-exile to
Chinese Govt
Dharamshala: The
central tibetan adminis-
tration (CTA) on Mon-
day asked
the Chi-
nese gov-
ernment
to allow
the 11th
Panchen
Lama and his family
members, taken into
custody by China 27
years ago and not seen
in public since then, to
live a free life.
The CTA’s appeal
comes on the 33rd birth
anniversary of Gedhun
Choekyi Nyima, who
was recognised by the
Dalai Lama as the rein-
carnation of the 10th
Panchen Lama when he
was six-year-old. The
CTA said it intends to
sendastrongmessageto
Beijing that the world
has not forgotten about
Nyima to erase him
from history
.
At $76.6 bn, India is third highest
military spender in world: Report
New Delhi: India’s mil-
itary spending in 2021
was the third highest in
the world, according to
the Stockholm Interna-
tional Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI). In-
dia’s military expendi-
ture was $76.6 billion in
2021, up 0.9 per cent
from 2020 and 33 per
cent from 2012.
In a push to strength-
en the indigenous arms
industry, 64 per cent of
capital outlays in In-
dia’s military budget of
2021 was earmarked for
acquisitions of domes-
tically produced arms.
The US and China,
meanwhile, occupied
the first and second
spots in the list of
world’s largest military
spenders. US military
spending reached $801
billion in 2021, a drop of
1.4 per cent from 2020.
China, on the other
hand, spent $293 billion
on defence, an increase
of 4.7 per cent com-
pared with 2020. World
military expenditure
has reached an all-time
high of $2.1 trillion in
2021, as per SIPRI.
INDIA EXPORTED ARMS TO MYANMAR
Asthma drug can
block crucial
SARS-CoV-2
protein, says IISc
Bengaluru: The Indian
Institute of Science
(IISc) on Monday said
that a drug used to treat
asthma and allergies
can bind to and block a
crucial protein pro-
duced by SARS-CoV-2
— the virus causing
Covid-19 pandemic —
and reduce viral repli-
cation in human im-
mune cells.
Approved by the US
Food and Drug Admin-
istration (FDA), the
drug, called montelu-
kast, has been around
for more than 20 years
and is usually pre-
scribed to reduce in-
flammation caused by
conditions like asthma,
hay fever and hives.
Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur
clicks a selfie
with athletes
during the send
off ceremony
of the Indian
contingent for
Deaf Olympic
Games to be
held in Brazil
from May 1.
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Twitter set to accept Elon Musk’s
$43 BN ‘BEST AND FINAL’ OFFER
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Twitter Inc is
poised to agree a sale
to Elon Musk for
around $43 billion in
cash, the price the chief
executive of Tesla Inc
has called his “best and
final” offer for the so-
cial media company,
people familiar with
the matter said.
Twitter may an-
nounce the $54.20-per-
share deal later on
Monday once its board
has met to recommend
the transaction to Twit-
ter shareholders, the
sources said. It is al-
ways possible that the
deal collapses at the
last minute, the sourc-
es added.
Musk, the world’s
richest person accord-
ing to a tally by Forbes,
is negotiating to buy
Twitter in a personal
capacity and Tesla is
not involved in the deal.
Twitter has not been
able to secure so far a
‘go-shop’ provision un-
der its agreement with
Musk that would allow
it to solicit other bids
once the deal is signed,
the sources said.
Still, Twitter would
be allowed to accept an
offer from another par-
ty by paying Musk a
break-up fee, the sourc-
es added.
The sources request-
ed anonymity because
the matter is confiden-
tial. Twitter and Musk
did not immediately
respond to requests for
comment.
Twitter shares were
up 4.5% in pre-market
trading in New York on
Monday at $51.15.
Musk has said Twit-
ter needs to be taken
private to grow and be-
come a genuine plat-
form for free speech.
The deal would come
just four days after
Musk unveiled a fi-
nancing package to
back the acquisition.
This led Twitter’s
board to take the deal
more seriously and
many shareholders to
ask the company not to
let the opportunity for a
deal to slip away, Reu-
ters reported on Sun-
day
.
The sale would repre-
sent an admission by
Twitter that its new
chief executive Parag
Agrawal, who took the
helm in November, is
not making enough
traction in making the
company more profita-
ble, despite being on
track to meet ambitious
financial goals the com-
pany set for 2023. Twit-
ter’s shares were trad-
ing higher than Musk’s
offer price as recently
as November.
Musk’s negotiating
tactics — making one
offer and sticking with
it — resembles how an-
other billionaire, War-
ren Buffett, negotiates
acquisitions. Musk did
not provide any financ-
ing details when he
first disclosed his offer
for Twitter, making the
market skeptical about
its prospects.
Twitter shares were up
4.5% in pre-market
trading in New York on
Monday at $51.15.
Musk has said Twitter
needs to be taken
private to grow and
become a genuine
platform for free
speech.
Adani surpasses Buffett
to become fifth-richest
person: Forbes
New Delhi (ANI):
Adani Group Chair-
man Gautam Adani
has become the
world’s fifth-richest
person overtaking
legendary investor
Warren Buffett, ac-
cording to Forbes.
According to
Forbes estimates, the
net worth of 59-year-
old Gautam Adani
surged to $123.7 bil-
lion as of Friday’s
market close, while
Warren Buffett’s net
worth stood at $121.7
billion. Buffett is 91
years old. Adani’s es-
timated $123.7 billion
net worth makes him
the richest person in
India, $19 billion
wealthier than the
country’s number 2,
Mukesh Ambani,
Forbes said in a re-
port. Adani surpassed
Buffett as shares
of the famed inves-
tor’s Berkshire Hatha-
way dropped by 2 per
cent.
Sensextumbles785pointsinearly
tradetrackingweakAsianmarkets
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
markets opened the
trade on a lower note
on Monday, extending
the previous day’s fall,
with the Sensex tank-
ing 785 points in early
trade, mirroring an ex-
tremely weak trend in
Asian markets.
Also, unabated for-
eign fund outflows and
selling in index majors
Reliance Industries, In-
fosys and TCS added to
the weak sentiment.
The BSE benchmark
Sensex was trading 785
points lower at
56,412.14. The NSE Nif-
ty declined 243.35
points to 16,928.60.
Among the 30-share
Sensex pack, Hindu-
stan Unilever, Tata
Steel, IndusInd Bank,
Wipro, Larsen Tou-
bro, Tech Mahindra,
Titan, TCS, Asian
Paints and Infosys
were the major lag-
gards in early trade.
In contrast, ICICI
Bank and Maruti were
the gainers.
On Friday, the
Sensex tanked 714.53
points or 1.23 per cent
to settle at 57,197.15 and
the Nifty declined
220.65 points or 1.27 per
cent to 17,171.95.
Elsewhere in Asia,
markets in Tokyo,
Hong Kong, Seoul and
Shanghai were trading
with deep cuts in mid-
session deals.
Stocks in the
US had also
ended sharply
lower on
Friday
.
Mean-
w h i l e,
i n t e r -
nation-
al oil
bench-
m a rk
Brent
crude declined 2.88 per
cent to USD 103.58 per
barrel.
Foreign institution-
al investors continued
their selling spree, off-
loading shares worth
Rs 2,461.72 crore on
Friday, according to
stock exchange
data.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined 23 paise to
76.65 against the US dollar in the opening trade
on Monday tracking the strength of the dollar
in the overseas market. At the interbank foreign
exchange, the rupee opened on a muted note at
76.58 against the American dollar, then fell and
touched an early low of 76.65 in initial deals, reg-
istering a fall of 23 paise over its previous close.
Friday, The rupee declined by 25 paise to close at
76.42 against the US currency.
RUPEE SLUMPS 23 PAISE TO 76.65
AGAINST US DOLLAR IN EARLY TRADE
India’s GDP may grow 7.5-8% in FY23 on
enhanced exports: CII President TV Narendran
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s economy is expect-
ed to grow 7.5-8 per cent
this fiscal year with ex-
ports playing a key role
in the country’s success
story, CII President TV
Narendran said on
Monday
.
However, he said the
country needs to re-
main prepared for any
fallout of next wave of
COVID-19 pandemic,
and the impact of the
ongoingRussia-Ukraine
war.
“We are confident
that the economy can
retain a high growth
trajectory this year.
So, we are very
optimistic on
the export
front. Exports
will be a key
component of India’s
success story going for-
ward,” Narendran said.
In an interview to
PTI, the P r e s i -
dent of
the industry body said
the resurgence of COV-
ID globally will have an
impact on the global
supply chain and CII’s
India economic growth
estimate of 7.5-8 per
cent in the current fis-
cal factors these devel-
opments.
“The experience
with COVID shows
that every time there
is a fresh wave glob-
ally, it does
h i t
India as well. Therefore,
we must be prepared for
the future waves,” he
said.
According to him, the
industry has in place
well defined safety pro-
tocols and has really
moved up the learn-
ing curve in
m a n a g i n g
COVID and in
its ability to
continue to op-
erate safely
even as infec-
tions rise.
“Therefore, in our
view we are
much bet-
ter pre-
p a r e d
to deal
with the
next wave. In
terms of immedi-
ate action, administra-
tion of precautionary
dose and the vaccina-
tion of below 18 years
could be expedited. Peo-
ple need to be reminded
of the importance of
COVID appropriate be-
haviour and hence re-
minder campaigns are
i m p o r t a n t , ”
the CII President said.
He said in the past the
strategy of micro-con-
tainment has worked
well for India, adding
that the industry body
does not anticipate a
scenario of re-imposi-
tion of major lock-
downs.
“The widely accepted
principle of managing
COVID globally is to
learn to live with it,
rather than go in for
strict lockdowns,” said
Narendran.
Observing that the
rise in oil and other
commodity prices has
impacted margins of in-
dustries and purchas-
ing power of consum-
ers, the CII President,
however, said there is no
call for using a term like
stagflation in the Indian
context. “Growth for the
current fiscal remains
within the 7.5-8 per cent
range. The IMF is look-
ing at 8.2 per cent
growth for India and ex-
pects it to continue to
remain the fastest grow-
ing major economy in
the world. Average infla-
tion for the year is ex-
pected to remain within
the RBI’s target range,”
Narendran said.
SBI Card
engages TCS
for digital
transformation
Mumbai (PTI): TCS on
Monday said it has
signed a deal with SBI
Card that will help digi-
talise and transform on-
line onboarding process-
es of the latter’s custom-
ers and will further ena-
ble the client to expand
its e-card issuance.
It, however, did not dis-
close value of the deal.
TCS has been serving
the largest pure play
credit card issuer in the
country for a decade and
the new deal is an expan-
sion of the engagement,
the IT company said in a
statement. The deal will
help digitalise and trans-
form online onboarding
processes of customers
for SBI Card and will fur-
ther enable the client to
expand its e-card issu-
ance, it said.
TCS as a strategic
partner has played an
important role in this
digital journey for us, es-
pecially in digitizing our
core cards sourcing plat-
form, implementation of
Video KYC and eSigna-
ture features during
COVID-19 period, Rama
Mohan Rao Amara, MD
and CE of SBI Card said.
BHEL to supply 6 electric locomotives to
NTPC for material handling operations
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned BHEL on
Monday said it has re-
ceived an order from
NTPC for six electric
locomotives to be used
for the first time in the
country for industrial
application.
The locomotives will
be manufactured at the
company’s facility in
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
While the traction
motors for the locomo-
tives will be supplied
from its Bhopal plant,
IGBT (Insulated Gate
Bipolar Transistors)
based propulsion
equipment will be de-
veloped and supplied
by the Bengaluru unit,
BHEL said in a state-
ment.
“BHEL has achieved
a major breakthrough
in the rolling stock
business by securing
the order for 6,000 HP
electric locomotives,
first ever in the coun-
try for industrial appli-
cation,” the statement
said.
The order has been
placed by NTPC for
supply of six 6,000 HP
electric locomotives for
material handling op-
erations at Lara Ther-
mal Power Project
site in Chhattisgarh, it
said without divulging
any further informa-
tion.
Major brands sign up
with Market of India; 65
pc of construction done
Chennai (ANI): A host of big brands
have recently signed up and pur-
chased shops and office space at the
ambitious Market of India project
here in Chennai. The SPR City -
Market of India, is a first-of-its-kind
organized wholesale retail centre,
designed to build a self-sustained
community of traders. Currently over
2000 plus shops have been sold at
this project and 65 percent of con-
struction achieved. Shops begin at
Rs. 40 lakhs onwards.The ambitious
5000+ shops project to be built in
phases is aimed at making Chennai
a global trading capital and giving
Indian traders a global platform to
showcase and sell their products.
ICICI Bank stock jumps
nearly 2 per cent after
earnings
New Delhi (PTI): Shares of ICICI
Bank on Monday gained nearly
2 per cent after the company
reported a 59 per cent jump
in standalone net profit for the
fourth quarter of 2021-22. The
stock jumped 1.89 per cent to
Rs 761.50 on the BSE. At the
NSE, it went up by 1.83 per cent
to Rs 761.35. The private sector
lender on Saturday reported a
59 per cent jump in standalone
net profit to Rs 7,019 crore for
the fourth quarter of 2021-22.
The bank had earned a profit of
Rs 4,403 crore in the corre-
sponding January-March period
of the last year.
Six groups set up to
improve PSB functioning
to submit report by Dec
New Delhi (PTI): Six work-
ing groups created to suggest
ways to improve digitisation
in the state-owned banks and
strengthen their balance sheets
have been asked to submit their
respective reports by Decem-
ber, according to a senior bank-
er. Participating in the meeting,
Financial Services Secretary
Sanjay Malhotra recently asked
the banks to explore strategies
for long-term profitability and
adopt a more customer-centric
approach. The working groups
are expected to submit their
respective reports by the end of
the year, the banker said.
Alliance Group adds Rajendra
Joshi to Board of Directors
Chennai (ANI):
South India’s Largest
Real Estate Developer,
Alliance Group Ur-
banrise, on Monday
announced that the
company has appoint-
ed Rajendra Joshi to
its Board of Directors
as a Whole Time Di-
rector, with effect from
April 6, 2022.
A veteran with 30
years of experience,
Rajendra Joshi has led
many leading brands
in the country and has
been instrumental in
launching many
brands and firms
with respect to finan-
cial services and the
real estate industry in
the South Indian met-
ros.
Rajendra Joshi
comes with an educa-
tional background of
Masters in Physics
from the University of
Jodhpur and an MBA
from the University of
Ajmer.
Having joined the
Alliance Group in the
year 2016, as the Exec-
utive Director of Sales
and Marketing, Rajen-
dra Joshi, with his
high level of adminis-
trative and Sales
Marketing acumen
has guided the com-
pany in launching
over 25 million sq ft of
residential communi-
ty and developing over
22,000 homes.
Gautam Adani
CII President TV Narendran
Rajendra Joshi

07
NEWS
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Everyone
knows that COVID-19
Pandemic has affected
the economies across
the world. What many
don’t know is, it has
also affected the lives of
many performing ar-
tistes across the world.
The word ‘performing
artistes’ brings images
of singers, dancers,
theatre artists, stand-up
comedians to our
minds. But, how many
of us ever think of a cir-
cus artiste?
The reason for this,
especially in India, is
that the circus as an art
form has gone so far or
even lost from many of
our lives. There could
be many reasons why
Circus has lost its popu-
larity but Ministry of
Minority Affairs has be-
come one of the promi-
nent reasons why the
forgotten art is back and
in full swing. Hunar
Haat, an initiative of the
Ministry of Minority
Affairs, is being held in
Mumbai at MMRDA
Ground, BKC, from
April 16 to 27, where
around35circusartistes
are performing daily
.
In an interaction with
a few of the circus ar-
tistes, the hard life of
performing circus ar-
tistes came to fore.
As its tagline goes,
‘Craft, Cusine and Cul-
ture’, the 12-day fair is a
one-stop shop for credi-
ble and consummate
‘Swadeshi’ products.
Besides supporting and
encouraging 1000s of
artisans across the
country, Hunar Haat
has also provided a plat-
form for 100s of per-
forming artists from
singers, dancers, come-
dians as well as circus
artistes who are enter-
taining the visitors dur-
ing the fair.
Hunar Haat breathing Oxygen into the once popular ‘Circus’
UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR ARTISTES
It’s after a long time
‘Circus’ has got its
reputation back in
the country, say
circus artistes
Artists performing at the Hunar Haat.
CIRCUS HAS GOT REPUTATION
BACK IN THE COUNTRY: RAMBO
BJP‘WEAK BOOTH COMMITTEE’ TO STRENGTHEN
73,000 BOOTHS AHEAD OF 2024 GENERAL ELECTIONS
“It’s after a long time
‘Circus’ has got its
reputation back in the
country,” said the owner
of the Rambo Circus
Troupe, Shri P T Dileep.
The troupe has been per-
forming at various Hunar
Haats being organized
across the country. He
was reminiscing about
the Lt. Governor of
Chandigarh honoring the
artistes, a few days back
in Chandigarh when the
city hosted the Hunar
Haat. “We were awarded
with a memento and a
cash prize of Rs 11,000.
Receiving this one of our
senior artistes, Biju Nair,
who performs the clown,
cried out of happiness,”
he said.“It was not the
money. I am more than
50 years and this was the
first time ever in my life
that I received such an
honour and that too from
such a distinguished
person,” Biju Nair said
proudly.
New Delhi (ANI): The
BJP on Monday held
a meeting of its ‘weak
booth committee’ con-
stituted to strengthen
the party in places
where it lacks a strong
organisational pres-
ence. The panel aims
to boost the party’s
preparations for the
2024 general elections.
The third meeting of the
committee was chaired
by BJP vice president
Baijayant Jay Panda
and attended by party
leaders Dilip Ghosh,
CT Ravi and Lal Singh
Arya, all members of
the committee. Sources
said discussions were
held in the meeting
on the strategy to
strengthen the party in
73,000 “weak booths”
across the country. The
committee would draw
a draft plan within a
week and the committee
would seek to imple-
ment it in three months,
they said.Party leaders
said that the party is
focusing on booths,
especially in south India
as part of preparations
for the next general
elections.“Wherever
shortcomings are there
in the organization at
the grassroots, those
should be tackled as
part of electoral prepa-
rations. The Narendra
Modi government
should come to power
for the third successive
time. We are working
in this direction,” Dilip
Ghosh said.“Different
committees are formed
for different types of
work and workers are
given responsibilities
and they take the task
forward. In the meetings
ahead, more workers will
be associated with the
work given to us and it
will be completed,” he
added. The BJP came
to power in four of five
states where results were
announced in March.
ARTISTES
FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY:
The circus
artistes perform-
ing at the Huanr
Haat represent
a mini-India as
they come from
almost all states
of the country:
North-Eastern
states, all states
in North India,
Maharashtra,
Kerala and West
Bengal.
BJP think-tank is focusing on multi-faceted strategies, the most significant of which is the party’s goal of increasing its vote share
BJP’S FOCUS IS ON NON-YADAV OBC YADAV VOTERS
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Emboldened
by the massive victory in
the recently concluded
assembly elections, the
BJP camp is now gearing
up to achieve the target
of 2024. For this, the par-
ty think-tank is focusing
on multi-faceted strate-
gies, the most significant
of which is the party’s
goal of increasing its
vote share. The saffron
camp, which has suc-
cessfully made inroads
among a large section of
non-Yadav voters, is now
eyeing Yadav voters.
The SP failed to regain
its traditional strong-
hold despite the alliance
experiment in UP’s 2022
assembly polls. In Eta-
wah, Mainpuri, Etah,
Kasganj, Kannauj, Au-
raiya, Farrukhabad and
Firozabad, also known
as Yadavland, BJP did
better in 2017; this time
also, BJP performed ex-
cellently by winning 18
out of 29 seats. In the
2019 Lok Sabha elections
too, the BJP had defeated
the SP in its strongholds.
While in the year 2012,
the SP had got 25 seats
out of 29, the BJP could
get only one seat. It is
noteworthy that around
eight percent Yadav vot-
ers are in UP, which is
twenty percent of the
total population of
OBCs. After the emer-
gence of the post-Mandal
era politics, with the
help of these core voters,
SP achieved new politi-
cal heights, Mulayam
Singh Yadav and Yadav
succeeded in becoming
the CM of the state.
YADAV MAJORITY
Yogi completes one month in office,
shows actions speak louder than words
After ‘snub’ to own party,Azam
Khan meets Congress leader
Sitapur (PTI): A day
after jailed Samajwadi
Party MLA Azam Khan
refused to meet a legisla-
tor from his own party,
Congress leader and
spiritual guru Pramod
Krishnam visited him at
the district prison Mon-
day and said putting him
behind bars amounted
to oppression.
On Sunday, SP MLA
Ravidas Mehrotra,
claiming to be an emis-
sary of party president
Akhilesh Yadav, had
come here to see Khan
but was turned away
with the jail authorities
telling him that the in-
mate was unwell. But
some reports suggested
that Khan didn’t want to
see him. On Sunday,
Gonda’s BJP MP Brij
Bhushan Sharan Singh
said he too would meet
Khan whenever he goes
to Sitapur. After his jail
visit, Krishnam said he
believed Khan would be
out of prison soon after
the court decides his
case. Putting a leader
like Khan behind bars in
cases like goat-stealing
was oppression and a big
atrocity
. he added.
“The harassment be-
ing faced by him will
have a bearing on the
politics of the country in
the days to come,” the
Congress leader told re-
porters.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On Monday
as Uttar Pradesh chief
minister Yogi Adity-
anath completed one
month in office, he took
many such decisions
which has has silenced
his critics and oppo-
nents.
Immediately after he
was sworn in as the
Chief Minister for a sec-
ond consecutive term,
he decided to extend the
free ration scheme for
three months.
More than 2.5 lakh
houses will be built for
the poor in the next six
months. More than
10,000 will be recruited
for the posts lying va-
cant in government de-
partments within the
first 100 days of the gov-
ernment. Smart villages
will be developed on the
lines of smart cities for
which an action plan is
being readied.
BJP spokesperson
Rakesh Tripathi, “. Yogi
Adityanath has set an
example in law and or-
der and we will take this
forward.”
In view of the latest
controversy, CM Yogi
Adityanath had said no
new loudspeakers and
microphones will be in-
stalled at religious plac-
es. The sound of loud-
speakers at old places
should be confined with-
in the premises only
.
After the Delhi’s Ja-
hangirpuri violence, he
said no new religious
procession should be
taken out without prior
permission.
We have set
our target for
the next 100
days in the first 30
days of our govt. All
the ministers are co-or-
dinating with their re-
spective depts.
Rakesh Tripathi,
BJP spokesperson
Gadkari inaugurates 10 NH projects of 292 kms
worth `8,181 Crore in Maharashtra’s Solapur
First India Bureau
Solapur: Union Minis-
ter for Road Transport
and Highways Nitin
Gadkari on Monday in-
augurated 10 National
Highway projects of 292
kms worth Rs.8,181
Crores in Solapur, Maha-
rashtra.
The Minister said
these road projects,
which have the potential
to bring Solapur district
and its environs into the
mainstream of the coun-
try, will be important for
the well-being and devel-
opment of the people of
Solapur. He said these
projects will help in
streamlining the traffic
in the city and reducing
the incidence of acci-
dents and environmen-
tal pollution. It will be
easier to connect the ru-
ral areas of the district
with the city, he added.
Gadkarisaidstrength-
ening of road network is
of great importance for
Solapur district which
has important temples
like Siddheshwar Tem-
ple, Akkalkot, Pandhar-
pur. He said built with
these factors in mind,
these highway projects
will facilitate access to
spiritual sites in the city
and district and will also
help in smoothing the
transportation of agri-
cultural goods.
In order to alleviate
the frequent water scar-
city in Solapur district
the Minister said several
lakes have been con-
structed in Solapur dis-
trict on the pattern of
Buldhana pattern
through NHAI since
2016-17. He said many
available reservoirs
were deepened and the
soil and stones obtained
from them were used for
road construction.
Construction of
Atal Bihari Univ to
be completed this yr
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The con-
struction of prestigious
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Medical University will
be finalised within the
year 2022, according to
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment.The government
is aiming to provide
proper treatment to
every patient and re-
duce the number of re-
ferral cases through the
establishment of the
grand medical univer-
sity
.
The Atal Bihari Vaj-
payee Medical Univer-
sity has also been made
the affiliation body for
various medical college
courses across the state.
So far, the esteemed uni-
versity has affiliated 58
MBBS, 25 MDMS, DM
and MCh, 335 B.Sc
Nursing, 86 Post Basic
B.Sc Nursing, 43 M.Sc
Nursing and 119 Para-
medical courses from
different medical col-
leges.The university
has also helped in in-
creasing the facilities
for the students.In the
first phase of Atal Bi-
hari Vajpayee Medical
University, affiliation
has been given to other
medical colleges.
120 Punjab cops
donate blood in Chd
Kulwinder Bawa
Chandigarh: Leading
from the front, Director
General of Police (DGP)
Punjab VK Bhawra was
among the first to donate
the blood while inaugu-
rating a special Blood
Donation Camp organ-
ised at Punjab Police
Headquarters here on
Monday. ADGP Welfare
Arpit Shukla was also
present on the occasion.
The special camp un-
der the banner of ‘Do-
nate Blood and Save a
Life’ was organised by
the Welfare Wing of
Punjab Police with the
help of HDFC Bank. The
Blood Donation camp
was held under the su-
pervision of Dr Priyan-
ka Nagrath and a 14
member team from
PGIMER Chandigarh.
DGP Bhawra appreci-
ated all the volunteers,
who came forward to do-
nate blood.
Giving details, ADGP
Welfare Arpit Shukla
said that as many as 165
donors turned up for do-
nating blood at this
blood camp of which 120
Police Personnel were
found fit for blood dona-
tion. He said that apart
from donating blood, 22
Police Personnel have
also voluntarily pledged
to donate their organs
after death.
Nitin Gadkari said strengthening of road network is of great importance for Solapur district.
Azam Khan
Image for representational purpose only.

08
2NDFRONT
Keep your anger only to fight
against the evil you see in this
world.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Union Home Secy Bhalla reviews
COVID-19 situation in Delhi-NCR
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Chandi-
garh: Union Home Sec-
retary Ajay Bhalla on
Monday held a meeting
to review COVID-19 situ-
ation in Delhi and the
National Capital Region
(NCR) in the wake of re-
surfacing corona cases.
Attending the meet-
ing through video con-
ference from Chandi-
garh, Haryana’s Chief
Secretary Sanjeev
Kaushal apprised the
Union Home Secretary
that the state is strictly
following the Union
Health Ministry’s
guidelines on Covid-ap-
propriate behaviour
and has adopted a pro-
active strategy to com-
bat the recent surge in
cases seen in a couple of
NCR districts. Kaushal
also said a massive vac-
cination drive has al-
ready been run across
the state to arrest the
spread of the virus.
Haryana’s Additional
Chief Secretary (ACS)
(Health) Rajeev Arora,
ACS and Financial
Commissioner, Reve-
nue and Disaster Man-
agement and Consolida-
tion Departments PK
Das, Special Secretary,
Health Department and
Mission Director, Na-
tional Health Mission,
Haryana Prabhjot Sin-
gh, Director General of
Police P K Agrawal and
other senior officers
were also present.
“
Amid recent surge in
the number of infection
cases, Haryana is doing
several management
preparations coupled
with aggressive surveil-
lance, stringent contain-
ment, swift contact trac-
ing,focusedclinicalman-
agement along with pro-
active Information, Edu-
cation and Communica-
tion (IEC) activities,”
KaushalapprisedBhalla.
In the meeting held
through video confer-
ence, Kaushal said the
state government is in-
creasing testing capac-
ity, especially in con-
tainment zones, apart
from making aggres-
sive efforts to reduce
the case positivity rate.
He said strategies are
being made for declar-
ing micro containment
zones and increasing
daily testing capacity in
some districts, includ-
ing Gurugram, which
have seen a significant
jump in positivity rate.
Nine micro contain-
ment zones have al-
ready been declared in
Gurugram to break the
virus chain, he said.
Gurugram and
Faridabad, state’s NCR
districts bordering the
national capital, have
seen a surge in Covid
cases during the past
few weeks.
Attending meeting virtually, Haryana’s
Chief Secy Sanjeev Kaushal says state
has adopted proactive strategy to
combat recent recent Covid surge
AT THE MEETING
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal (L) virtually attending a meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary
Ajay Bhalla to review the COVID-19 situation and preparedness in Delhi-NCR, in Chandigarh on Monday.
Vandalization at
Kejriwal’s house:
HC raps Delhi cops
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on
Monday showed dis-
pleasure over the Delhi
Police’s status report on
the incident of violent
protest and vandalism
outside the Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal’s
house saying that what
hadhappenedattheresi-
denceof aconstitutional
functionary is “very dis-
turbing state of affairs”.
The bench of Justice
Vipin Sanghi and Jus-
tice Navin Chawla on
Monday also said they
are not satisfied with
the status report in re-
gards to ‘Bandobast’
made at the CM’s resi-
dence. The bench while
seeking a further status
report from the police,
directed them to dis-
close the reason for the
failure of the arrange-
ment made and to fix
the responsibility of the
lapses in the next status
report. The next date of
hearing is May 17, 2022.
The court, during the
hearing, further said
that three barricades
were breached by the
protestors. “You (Po-
lice) need to look into
the functioning and
bandobast. It could have
been anybody, Union
Minister etc. There has
been a lapse on part of
the force and we want
the Commissioner of
Police to look into this.”
The court was hear-
ing the Public Interest
Litigation filed by AAP
leader Saurabh Bhard-
waj against the alleged
attack and vandaliza-
tion at the official resi-
dence of the Delhi CM
on March 30.
The plea sought di-
rection for the constitu-
tion of a Special Inves-
tigation Team to under-
take an independent,
fair, and time-bound
criminal investigation
with respect to the at-
tack and its perpetra-
tors.
THE ALLEGATIONS
Maoists set
passenger
bus on fire
in Andhra
Alluri Sitharama
Raju (ANI): The Mao-
ists set a passenger bus
on fire near Chintur
Mandal Alluri Sithara-
ma Raju district here,
which is 4 to 5 km from
the Chhattisgarh bor-
der on Sunday night,
said police.
Krishnakant, Chin-
tur sub-Division, As-
sistant Superintendent
of Police (ASP), said
that all the passengers
of the bus are safe as
the Maoists had asked
them to step down from
the bus before they
torched it. “Last night
on Sunday at around
11:30 pm, some Maoists
had come and asked
the passengers to set
down from the bus and
afterwards they
torched the bus. No
casualties were report-
ed. This took place
near Chintur which is
4 to 5 km from the Chat-
tisgarh border. They
put the bus on fire and
left the place,” said
Krishnakant.
He further said that
earlier in the year 2018,
2019 and 2020 similar
incidents were report-
ed in the area.
The police further
said that the investiga-
tion is on.
The police said that
the investigation is on.
Earlier in the year
2018, 2019 and 2020
similar incidents were
reported in the area.
Cattle smuggling:Cognizance taken of ED charge sheet
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court has taken
cognizance of a charge
sheet filed by the En-
against former TMC
youthwingleaderVinay
Mishra, the alleged
kingpinof acattlesmug-
gling racket across the
India-Bangladesh bor-
der, Mohammad Enam-
ul Haque and others.
Special Judge Sanjay
Garg issued summons
against Mishra, his
brother Vikas Mishra
and other accused per-
sons in the matter, and
directed them to appear
on June 1.
“I have gone through
the complaint and the
accompanying docu-
ments. There is suffi-
cient material to pro-
ceed against the ac-
cused. Accordingly
, the
cognizance of the of-
fence under sections of
PMLA (Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act)istaken,”thejudge
said in an order passed.
The charge sheet
was filed through
Nitesh Rana, ED’s spe-
cial public prosecutor,
who told the court that
Haque acquired huge
amount of wealth from
proceeds of crime gen-
erated out of cross-bor-
der activities and vio-
lated several laws.
According to the En-
(ED), the case was
lodged following an
FIR by the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) in Kolkata
against Satish Kumar,
the then Commandant,
Border Security Force
(BSF).
The FIR alleged that
Haque along with Ku-
mar and other public
servants and private
persons was involved
in the smuggling of
cattle.
Cong to deliberate on 6-point at ‘Nav Sankalp Shivir’ in Udaipur
Siddharth Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party has started
preparations to hold a
three-day brainstorm-
ing session Chintan
Shivir of the party’s
‘Nav Sankalp Shivir’ in
Udaipur from May 13
wherein its leaders will
deliberate on the cur-
rent political and eco-
nomic situation and the
challenges in front of
the country besides or-
ganisational issues.
The programme is slat-
ed to be held in Ra-
jasthan’s Udaipur from
May 13 to May 15.
The Congress on
Monday announced
that an “Empowered
Action Group-2024” will
be constituted to ad-
dress the political chal-
lenges ahead and a
‘Chintan Shivir’ will be
organised in Ra-
jasthan’s Udaipur to de-
liberate on organisa-
tional restructuring
and other issues to
strengthen the party
.
CongressinterimPres-
ident Sonia Gandhi had
formedsixcommitteesto
give a detailed presenta-
tion on various issues.
Congress has formed
six different committees
to discuss six agendas
including Farmers and
Agriculture, Youth and
Unemployment,Organi-
sational affairs, Social
Empowerment, Eco-
nomic State, and Politi-
cal Affairs, sources said.
A senior leader will
be the Convener of the
Committee and other
leaders will be mem-
bers of the committee.
The Convener of each
committee will give
presentations on their
respective subjects.
Leader of Opposition
in Haryana, Bhupinder
Singh Hooda has been
appointedasaConvener
of the Committee for
farmers and agriculture
along with other mem-
bers including Nana Pa-
tole, Pratap Singh Ba-
jwa, Shakti Sinh Gohil,
TS Singh Deo, Geeta
Kora, Ajay Kumar Lallu
and Arun Yadav.
According to sources,
Punjab PCC chief Am-
rinder Singh Raja War-
ring has been appointed
as convener of the
Youth and Unemploy-
ment Committee, Sen-
ior Congress leader P
Chidambaram to head
the Committee for the
Economic States, Sen-
ior Congress leader Sal-
man Khurshid will be
the Convener of Com-
mittee on Social Em-
powerment, Senior
Congress leader Mall-
ikarjun Kharge has
been given the task of
Committee on Political
Affairs, Congress lead-
er Mukul Wasnik has
been assigned the Com-
mittee on Organisation
Affairs.
Prior to that, Con-
gress Working Commit-
tee will broadly discuss
the agenda and subjects
to be taken up in Chin-
tan Shivir.
Delhi CM Kejriwal to visit Gujarat on May 1
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: AamAad-
mi Party (AAP) national
leader and Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal will be visiting Gu-
jarat on May 01. Though
his detailed itinerary
has not been disclosed,
he is most likely to at-
tend a public rally in
Surat district, where he
may announce AAP’s al-
liance with the Bharati-
ya Tribal Party (BTP).
Last month, BTP lead-
ers Chhotu Vasava and
his son Mahesh Vasava
had a closed-door meet-
ing with Kejriwal in
Delhi. A week ago, while
speaking to media per-
sons,Maheshhadhinted
of an alliance with the
AAP
. “A massive tribal
rally will soon be organ-
izedinSuratdistrictand
it will be jointly ad-
dressed by me and Kejri-
wal,” he had said.
If the AAP-BTP alli-
ance works out, it will be
interesting to see how
seats are shared between
the two parties in the As-
sembly polls. There is a
possibility that BTP will
demandaminimumof 27
to 35 seats, and will con-
test from the entire tribal
belt from Danta to Dang,
said a source, adding,
“They may even ask for a
fewnon-reservationseats
in Bharuch, Narmada,
Chhota Udepur and
Panchmahal districts.”
Assam Police arrests 16 persons including
absconding Bangladeshi terrorist
Hemanta Kumar Nath
Guwahati: Assam Po-
lice has so far arrested
16 persons including a
Bangladeshi terrorist
from different parts of
the state for their link
with Ansarul Bangla
Team (ABT) and Al-Qai-
da Indian Subcontinent
(AQIS). In an interview,
Hiren Nath, Addition-
al Director General
of Police (Special
Branch) of Assam Po-
lice said that in recent
three cases, police have
arrested 16 persons so
far.
“Out of them, one
named Md Suman alias
Saiful Islam alias Ha-
roon Rashid hailing
from Bangladesh’s
Narayanganj district is
the kingpin. He escaped
from Bangladesh. In the
month of February last
year, the anti-terror tri-
bunal of Dhaka passed
a death sentence
against six persons and
he was among the six
persons who were ab-
sconding,” Hiren Nath
said.
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ity First
brings to you
a brave and
confident diva
Kashika Bassi
and her in-
spiring journey
.

z Tell us something
about yourself
When you really want
something, the whole
universe conspires in
helping you to achieve
it. I am a cinema kid,
I have grown up
watching Sharuk’s
movies and that
has given a bub-
b l y - f i l m y
touch to my
nature.
Katrina Kaif
was my inspiration
during my childhood
days, and I wanted to
be like her.
Dancing has always
been in my heart, my
mother Renu Pahadi
Bassi is a Kathak ex-
ponent. I have gained
interest in dance be-
cause of her, she nev-
er restricted me from
trying new things.
Not only this, my
grandfather Pt Man-
mohan Pahadi was a
classical singer. Com-
ing from an artistic
family I believe it’s
my duty to work as
hard as I can so that I
can match their level
and inspire people.

z How did your
journey begin?
My journey began in
2020 when I partici-
pated in a pageant ti-
tled Miss Delhi,
which changed my
life, from a complete-
ly normal life to a
glamorous one.

z What were some
of the battles you
fought?
We all are fighting our
battles everyday I
guess it is something
that is part of our
life we rise, we
fall, we learn
and rise
again one of
the biggest bat-
tles I could ever
think of is losing
hope and I’m fortu-
nate enough that I al-
ways have my mother
by my side to guide
me and support me.

z Talk to us about
your achievements?
When I was crowned
the winner of Miss
Delhi 2020, it was
like dream come
true. After that, I
won many titles
including Miss
teen capital of
India 2021, Miss
Beautiful Skin
(Queen of Cosmos) ,
etc. I have also
worked in a music
video ‘Dill Di Gall’.

z Where do you
see yourself 5
years down the
lane?
5 years from
now, I believe I
would be fi-
nancially in-
d e p e n d e n t
andlivingmy
dream life. It
is my dream
to give my
mother a
lavish life
because she
h a s
wo rke d
all her
life for
me.
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