27022022 first india lucknow

Fifth Phase Unwinds Today As Key Names Watch With Bated Breath
Lucknow: Polling to
decide the fate of 692
candidates in the fray
for 61 assembly seats
across 12 districts of
Uttar Pradesh will
take place in the fifth
phase of the ongoing
state assembly elec-
tions here today
.
Campaigning for
the fifth phase ended
on Friday evening,
and all necessary ar-
rangements have
been completed,
state Chief Election
Officer Ajay Kumar
Shukla said here on
Saturday
.
Polling will start at
7 am and will contin-
ue till 6 pm, he said.
Around 2.24 crore
voters will exercise
their franchise in
this phase in the dis-
tricts of Sultanpur,
Chitrakoot, Pratap-
garh, Kaushambi,
Prayagraj, Baraban-
ki, Bahraich,
Shravasti and Gon-
da. Amethi and Rae-
bareli, once consid-
ered Congress bas-
tions, and Ayodhya,
the epicenter of the
Ram temple move-
ment, will too vote
on Sunday.
Prominent faces in
the fray for the fifth
phase include Depu-
ty Chief Minister Ke-
shav Prasad Maurya,
who is contesting
from the Sirathu as-
sembly seat in
Kaushambi district.
He is facing Apna
Dal (Kamerawadi)
candidate Pallavi
Patel. More on P3
UP ON POLL ROLL

Around 2.24
crore voters
will exercise
their franchise
in this phase
DY CM KP
Maurya, Minister
Sidharth Nath
Singh, Nand
Gopal Gupta &
Ramapati
Shastri etc are
in fray
A MOTHER IS NEVER OFF-DUTY: A woman EC official
carries out her duties to the fullest as she holds her kid
in one arm & still somehow manages to hold the VVPATS.
—PHOTO BY ANI
UTTAR PRADESH PHASE-5
61
Constituencies
12
Districts
2.24
crore voters
692
Candidates
in the fray
7
AM
Polling
begins
With the completion
of polling on Sunday,
Uttar Pradesh will
have voted on 292 of
the total 403 seats in
the Assembly
UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad
Maurya (Sirathu) against Apna
Dal (Kamerawa-
di) candidate
Pallavi Patel,
Siddharth Nath
Singh (Al-
lahabad West),
Moti Singh
(Patti), Nand Gopal Gupta
(Allahabad South), Ramapati
Shastri ( Mankapur), Raghuraj
Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya
(Kunda) Aradhana Mishra
Mona (Rampur Khas)
KEY CANDIDATES
In 2017, BJP won 38 seats
out of 55, while the SP had
retained 15 and the
Congress had
won two
seats
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi carries offerings as he arrives
at the Dwarkadhish Temple in Dwarka, Gujarat.
Dwarka: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Saturday asked his
party leaders in Guja-
rat to prepare a list of
“Kauravas” in the
party, who just “sit in
their AC offices, do
nothing but talk and
disturb others”, add-
ing that such people
eventually cross over
to the BJP.
He also hit out at
the Modi government
over the use of central
agencies, saying it has
“CBI, ED, media, po-
lice and goons”, and
said ultimately it is
the truth that matters.
Alleging that Guja-
rat is suffering be-
cause of “BJP’s poli-
tics”, he said Congress
has an opportunity to
win the next Assem-
bly polls in the state,
but it fails to convey a
clear vision to the peo-
ple about what it in-
tends to do after it
comes to power.
Rahul was in Guja-
rat to attend party’s
Chintan Shivir.
RAHUL AT CHINTAN SHIVIR
‘Cong‘Kauravas’
sittinginACoffices,
makelistofthem’
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RELIANCE TAKES OVER
FUTURE RETAIL STORES
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s
Reliance Industries Ltd. has
taken over the operations of
at least 200 stores of Future
Retail and has offered jobs to
its employees after the Kishore
Biyani-led group failed to make
lease payments to landlords.
GOVT CLEARS UP TO
20 PERCENT FDI IN LIC
Centre cleared an amendment
to allow up to 20 foreign direct
investment (FDI) under the “auto-
matic route” in Life Insurance Cor-
poration. This comes ahead of the
proposed initial public offer of LIC,
which is expected to be the largest
in the Indian capital markets.
R
ussian troops
pressed toward
Ukraine’s capi-
tal on Saturday after a
night of explosions and
street fighting sent Kyiv
residentsseekingshelter
underground.
Ukraine’s President
Ukraine’s President Vo-
lodymyr Zelensky re-
fused an American offer
of air evacuation.
Ukrainian officials re-
ported some success in
fending off assaults, but
fighting persisted. Rus-
sia claims its assault on
Ukraine is aimed only at
military targets, but ci-
vilians have been killed
and injured during Eu-
rope’s largest ground
war since World War II.
The conflict has al-
ready driven hundreds
of thousands of Ukrain-
ians from their homes.
Afterdaysof massiveair
and missile strikes, Rus-
siansoldierswerejust30
kilometers from Kyiv
city centre.
K
KNEES
NEES
YIV
YIVON ITS
RUSSIAN MISSILES STRIKE HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
IN UKRAINE AS DEATH TOLL MOUNTS TO 198
UKRAINE SOLDIER BLOWS HIMSELF UP
Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych, A
Ukrainian soldier sacrificed his life
by blowing himself up to stop a
tank. The soldier was standing on
a bridge connecting the mainland
of Ukraine and Russia-Occupied
Crimea. As he blew himself and the
bridge, the tank was thwarted.
RUSSIAN ARMY ORDERED TO BROADEN
UKRAINE ASSAULT “FROM ALL DIRECTIONS”
The Russian army has been
ordered to broaden its Ukraine
advance “from all directions” af-
ter Ukraine said it had repulsed
an attack on Kyiv but “sabotage
groups” were in the city. Oc-
casional blasts of what soldiers
said were artillery and Grad mis-
siles being fired near area close
to city centre in Kyiv.
UKRAINE PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO PM MODI
Ukraine’s President
Volodymyr Zelen-
sky on Saturday
tweeted that he had
spoken to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, seeking
“political support”.
The President said
he briefed PM Modi about the course of the Russian
assault with more than 1 lakh invaders.
“OP GANGA” FLIGHT WITH INDIANS
FROM UKRAINE LANDS IN MUMBAI
India on Saturday evacuated 219 people as part of its mis-
sion to bring Indians from war-hit Ukraine. The flight took
off from neighbouring Romania, as the Ukrainian airspace
has been closed for civil aircraft operations, and landed in
Mumbai at 7:50 pm. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
and Minister Piyush Goyal (who was present at the Mum-
bai airport) tweeted to welcome students home. Jaishankar
said this is the first step in the evacuation mission titled
“Operation Ganga”, which he is monitoring personally.
WHY INDIA ABSTAINED ON UN
VOTE AGAINST RUSSIAN INVASION
India’s abstention from the vote on the draft resolution
with “deploring in strongest terms” Russia’s operations
inside Ukraine was no surprise, given the fine balance
Delhi has sought to strike between its crucial partnership
with Moscow and its Western allies over the last month.
Earlier, Russia vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolu-
tion. China, India and the UAE abstained from voting on
the US-drafted text. The remaining eleven council mem-
bers voted in favour.
Russia vetoes UN Security Council
action on Ukraine, India abstains
1 Germany approves rocket-launcher
deliveries to Ukraine: Govt sources
2 Ukraine says discussing place and time for talks;
Russia alleges Ukraine refusing negotiations
3
HOLDING A
KALASHNIKOV
GIVES ME HOPE
...Ukrainian Member of
Parliament Kira Rudik
said on Saturday. Rudik,
who is also the leader of
Ukraine’s Voice Party, is
among Ukrainians who
have decided to take
matters into their own
hands in the face of the
Russian invasion.
Need Ammo,
Not A Ride.
—Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
Ukraine President rejects
evacuation offer by US
A dejected woman
looks from an
apartment building
damaged by a
Russian missile
strike in Kyiv.

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For Dhannipur villagers, development a bigger concern than Mosque
Ayodhya (PTI): Resi-
dents of Dhannipur vil-
lage in Bikapur Assem-
bly segment here are
more concerned about
the development of
their area instead of the
mosque, set to come up
at a site allotted there
following the SC verdict
in the Ramjanmabhoo-
mi case.
In accordance with
the apex court order,
five acres have been al-
lotted for the mosque,
whose site is about 20
km away from the spot
where a massive temple
of Lord Ram is coming
up in Ayodhya.
Ejaz, a resident of
the area, says people of
different faiths live
peacefully at Dhan-
nipur village.
“Peopleonlywantde-
velopment and nothing
else,” he says.
Another local Afroz
Alam, says “mandir-
masjid” is no point of
discussion among peo-
ple here. We are more
concerned about bet-
terment of civic facili-
ties, he says.
Candidates for the
polls also tell the same.
Congress candidate
Akhilesh Yadav says, “I
have visited Dhannipur
during campaigning.
People here want devel-
opment. They wish the
redress of their day-to-
day problems and will
be voting for a change.”
The mosque site is a
non-issue among them,
he says.
“I don’t think this
(mosque site) will hard-
ly have any impact on
the elections,” he adds.
His BJP rival Amit
Chauhan too says peo-
ple with whom he inter-
acted at the village
wanted development.
“People crave all-
round development of
the village,” he says.
“The proposed
mosque is not at all an
issueinthiselection.We
are contesting the polls
on development plank,”
the BJP candidate says.
SP candidate Firoz
Khan, who lives barely
a km away from the
mosque site, too ex-
presses same views.
“The proposed
mosque is not a topic in
the polls,” he says, add-
ing development is the
main issue.
AIMIM president As-
aduddin Owaisi, who
hadlaunchedhisparty’s
campaign in September
last year from Rasu-
labad village, not far
from the mosque site,
has not fielded any can-
didate in Bikapur.
SC VERDICT ON MOSQUE
‘CYCLE WILL BE PUNCTURED BY
WEIGHT OF TUMBLING ELEPHANT’
Army chief
hails Lucknow,
Chennai Defence
corridors
CM Yogi slams SP, BSP by bringing up ‘pariwarvad’ narrative, calls them anti-Ram
First India Bureau
A m b e d k a r n a g a r,
Taking a swipe at the al-
liance of SP and BSP,
CM Yogi on Saturday
said the BSP’s elephant
was ‘tumbling here and
there’ and SP’s ‘bicycle
will puncture’ under the
weight of the ‘elephant’.
Addressingaseriesof
rallies in Ambedkar Na-
gar, CM Yogi said, “Ye
haathi to waise bhi id-
har-udharfisalrahahai.
Those who fought with
‘elephant’ last time are
now fighting with an-
other party
. It’s quite ob-
vious that when an ‘ele-
phant’ couldn’t handle
theweightof ‘their’mis-
deeds, then the ‘cycle’ is
ought to get punctured.”
Training guns at the
previous governments
for consuming all the
ration in the state
meant for poor, the CM
said, “Those who ate
the poor’s ration, we’ve
bulldozers for them.
Power of bulldozer is
such that it is used for
construction of
Purvanchal express-
ways as well as to raze
the properties of cor-
rupt leaders.”
Invoking Ram Mano-
har Lohia, Yogi said he
was a great socialist
thinker. “In 1960, Lohia
started Ramayana
Mela in various dis-
tricts. Now, his present
followers shoot at Ram
Bhakts,” adding that
Lohia used to say that a
true socialist must stay
away from property
and progeny.
But the slogan of
these so-called social-
ists (‘kathit samajwadi)
is ‘Sabka Saath, Saifai
pariwar ka vikas’ (sup-
port of all and develop-
ment of only family be-
longing to Saifai), he
said.
Slamming the Akh-
ilesh-led SP, the CM
said those who in the
reigns of the previous
governments used to
roam around with pis-
tols in their pockets
were now carrying the
“Bajrang Bali’s mace”
to show that they have
changed for the better.
“When we come back
in the 2024 LS polls,
most of these ‘pariwar-
vadis’ will be offering
‘Kar Seva’ with Ram
devotees in Ayodhya.
This is a symbol of the
BJP’s ideological vic-
tory,” said.
First India Bureau
G a n d h i n a g a r :
Chief of Army Staff
General MM Naravane
on Saturday said that
defence corridors in
Lucknow & Chennai
have changed the en-
tire ecosystem of the
defence industry and
85 per cent of what the
army buys are from In-
dian companies.
The Army chief on
Saturday inaugurated
the Ahmedabad De-
sign Week 3.0 at Kar-
navati University
Gandhinagar.
The theme for this
year’s event is Design
and Innovation in De-
fence and Aerospace.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Army chief
said “Change is a con-
stant and it is always
happening around
us and change is the
result of design. If
we do not change
and innovate we stay
stagnant.”
CM Yogi Adityanath (inset) speaking during an election campaign in Ambedkarnagar on Saturday.
SP leader Dimple Yadav with party MP Jaya Bachchan addressing
an election meeting in Madiyahon Assembly segment for party
candidate Sushma Patel.
BJP president JP Nadda addressing an election rally in Sant Kabir
Nagar on Saturday.
First India Bureau
Jaunpur: Samajwadi
Party leader and former
MPDimpleYadavonSat-
urday targeted CM Yogi
Adityanath, saying a
large number of people
diedduetooxygenshort-
age during the coronavi-
ruspandemicbuthehad
no “regret”.
“He told a lie when he
said that there was no
shortage of oxygen in
UP
,” said Dimple Yadav,
who is the wife of SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav.
“How can those who
have no family under-
stand the pain of those
who lost their family
membersinthepandem-
ic,” she asked.
The SP leader also
said she is proud of the
Samajwadi family as
well as the alliance part-
ners, who are all set to
write a new history in
UP in the Assembly
polls. “We are proud of
ourSPfamilyandoural-
liance partners, who are
all together fighting
these elections and are
all set to write a new his-
tory
,” she said address-
ing an election meeting
in the Madiyahon As-
sembly segment for par-
ty candidate Sushma
Patel. The SP leader’s
statement was in refer-
ence to the continuous
attacks by BJP leaders
over dynasty politics in
her party
. Taking pot-
shots at the UP CM’s
statementon“takingout
the heat”, Dimple Yadav
said perhaps he has
failedtounderstandthat
the weather has
changed.“Seeingyourat-
titude, it seems BJP peo-
ple will have to be put in
the cold storage,” she
said. Terming her par-
ty’s candidate Sushma
Patel her younger sister,
Dimple appealed to peo-
ple to ensure her victory
with a big margin.
SushmaPatelhadwon
the 2017 Assembly elec-
tionsfromtheseatonthe
BSP symbol but joined
the SP last year. In her
address, SP MP Jaya
Bachchan termed her-
self, Dimple Yadav and
Sushma as three daugh-
ters-in-law and said that
itwastheirrighttomake
a demand for votes from
their brothers-in-law to
ensure that SP forms its
government with a big
majority
.
FOR SUHELDEV
SPallsettowritenew
historyinUPpolls,
saysDimpleYadav
‘Akhilesh made
terroristfriendsfor
votebankpolitics’
First India Bureau
Sant Kabir Nagar: In
a scathing attack at Sa-
majwadi Party, BJP na-
tional president JP Na-
dda on Saturday said
that SP leaders were as-
sociated with terrorists,
adding that even Akh-
ileshYadavmadeterror-
ist friends for vote bank
politics.
Addressing an elec-
tion rally in Sant Kabir
Nagar, Nadda said, “In
the Ahmedabad bomb
blasts, 38 people have
been sentenced to death.
There is a person named
Mohd Saif, whose father
istheleaderof SP
.There
are pictures of him hug-
ging Akhilesh Yadav.
The word ‘gunda’ is too
mild for SP people. The
SP leaders are associat-
ed with the terrorists,”
he said.
The BJP president
said that 200 riots hap-
pened under SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav’s re-
gime in UP while not a
single riot happened in
last five years of Yogi
Adityanath.
“My allegation is that
the SP has links with
terrorists. It is my alle-
gation that the leaders
of the party give protec-
tion to the goons. 200 ri-
ots took place in UP un-
der Akhilesh’s rule and
not a single riot hap-
pened in five years of
Yogi,” he said.
NADDA ATTACK
CM salutes IAF on Balakot strike anniv
BJP will form govt again,
MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As the Bal-
akot airstrikes complet-
ed three years on Satur-
day
, CM Yogi saluted the
extraordinary valour
of ‘Indian Air Force’
and said that these sol-
diers will always be re-
membered with pride.
Taking to Twitter,
Adityanath said, “On
the third anniversary
of ‘Balakot Air Strike’,
salute to the extraordi-
nary valour of ‘Indian
Air Force’. This valour
of our soldiers is that
indelible blow on the
chest of the terrorists
living on enemy soil,
which will always be re-
membered with pride.
Jai Hind! @IAF_MCC.”
On February 14, Pa-
kistan-based terror out-
fit Jaish-e-Mohammad
(JeM) targeted a CRPF
convoy on the Jammu-
Srinagar highway near
Pulwama in South
Kashmir killing 40
CPRF personnel.
Days later, IAF
launched an airstrike
on a JeM camp in Bala-
kot in Pakistan’s Khy-
ber Pakhtunkhwa
Province.
The airstrike was
launched in the early
hours of February 26
and Pakistan’s efforts to
launch an offensive the
next day to target Indi-
an military installa-
tions in J&K were
thwarted by an alert
Indian Air Force.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After pic-
ture of Mayank Joshi,
son of BJP MP Rita Ba-
huguna Joshi went vi-
ral on social media, BJP
MP lauded party’s de-
velopment work and
claimed that BJP will
again form the govern-
ment under the leader-
ship of Yogi Adity-
anath.
Earlier, Rita Bahu-
guna Joshi had offered
to resign as Lok Sabha
MP in exchange of the
party fielding her son
as candidate from state
capital. When party did
not give ticket to Ma-
yank, he met SP pres-
dent Akhilesh Yadav.
It was speculated that
Rita could also join SP
during ongoing assem-
bly elections in state
but she has conveyed
the message with sup-
porting words for BJP.
Though it was claimed
that Joshi has influ-
ence at a seat in Luc-
know and her praising
came after polling at
that seat.
I
I
I
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Former student leaders of Lko University
make a splash in political waters of UP polls
Lucknow (PTI): Hav-
ing their roots in Luc-
knowUniversity
,several
former student leaders
have made their way
into the mainstream
politicsandareinfrayin
the ongoing Assembly
polls in UP
.
One such prominent
former student leader is
Uttar Pradesh Law Min-
ister Brajesh Pathak,
who had been the presi-
dent of the Lucknow
University Students Un-
ion (LUSU). Now a BJP
leader, Pathak is wait-
ing for the poll result in
the Lucknow Canton-
ment Assembly constit-
uency
. Pathak won the
previous election from
Lucknow Central.
Another alumnus of
the university Manoj Ti-
wariwasinfrayfromthe
Lucknow East seat on a
Congressticketwhilethe
Samajwadi Party had
fieldedRavidasMalhotra
from Lucknow Central
seat and Pooja Shukla
from Lucknow North.
Pooja Shukla rose to
limelight after she was
arrested for waving
black flag at Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath in 2017.
In Ayodhya, the SP
has fielded Tej Narayan
Pandey aka Pawan Pan-
dey
, another former LU
student leader. Pawan, a
former minister, is con-
sidered close to SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav.
Minister Brajesh Pathak offering prayer at Kali Bari Temple in
Lucknow on Saturday.
Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Pathak credits
poll acumen to
LU experience
Brajesh Pathak, who
held the post of the
LUSU president in the
early nineties, said he
was introduced to the
nuances of politics
during his college
days. “I learnt the ba-
sics of politics during
my days at Lucknow
University. The lessons
I learnt in student
politics continue to
help and guide me till
this day. The experi-
ence as a student
leader has shaped my
political career and will
continue to do so.
An artistic impression of the proposed mosque.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
Ayodhya (PTI): In Ayo-
dhya, the BJP appears to
have an edge over its
close contender SP
, with
the construction of the
Ram Temple and devel-
opment of the temple
town. “We will vote in
the name of develop-
ment here,” Ram Sha-
hare Pandey
, a resident
of Ayodhya, said.
When asked who will
do development in Ayo-
dhya, Ram Shahare
said, “Yogi govern-
ment,” adding that
“cleanliness, beautifi-
cation of Ayodhya, bet-
ter parking arrange-
ments, and widening of
roads are major issues”.
“Besides this, con-
struction of Ram temple
is also a key factor,” said
Shahare.”
Besides Ram temple,
theotherkeyfactorsthat
give an upper hand to
BJP here are widening
of roads, cleanliness of
Saryu ghats and Ram Ki
Paidi, better law & order.
However, it’s not an
easy task for the ruling
party as a keen fight is
being played out be-
tween the BJP and SP
,
which will see its first
bigelectionafterthe2019
SC verdict on the Ram
Janmabhoomi case.
The anti-incumbency
factorforBJPmayaffect
the party’s vote bank in
the region as Ved
Prakash Gupta, current
BJP MLA who will face
SP’sTejNarayanPandey
(PavanPandey),doesnot
enjoy much of a positive
reputation.
BJP has fielded Gup-
ta, who according to the
locals, rarely visited
them in last five years.
The support for the
BJP stems from people’s
admirationforPMModi-
and CM Yogi and their
welfaremeasureslikethe
free ration and houses
under PM Awas scheme.
SP’s Brahmin face Tej
Narayan Pandey or Pa-
van Pandey
, who won
here with a slim margin
of 5,405 votes in 2012, is
also a popular face.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The BJP is
bankingonRamMandir,
developmentof religious
towns and large number
of beneficiaries of wel-
fare scheme while its
main rival SP on caste
equations and support
of Muslims in the fifth
phase of polling on 61
assembly seats in UP
,
which include Ayodhya,
on Sunday
.
Evenas692candidates
are in fray in this phase,
Sunday’s polling will
also seal the fate of four
ministers, including
DeyCM Keshav Prasad
Maurya, seeking re-elec-
tion from Sirathu in
Kaushambi.
The old Congress bas-
tion of Amethi is also
going to polls. Barring a
few seats, where the BSP
andCongresscandidates
had made the contest
three-cornered or
multi-cornered, Sun-
day’s contest is expected
tobemainlybetweenthe
BJP and SP
.
While the first phase
polls was dominated by
Jat & Muslims, second
by minorities, and third
with a maximum of Ya-
dav and Lodh votes, the
fifth phase has a mixed
bagof variousbackward
communities with mi-
norities.In2017,BJPhad
won 47 of 61 seats in this
phase while SP could get
only five. BSP and Apna
Dal won three each, two
indepdents and one by
Congress. Besides Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya, the
other UP ministers,
whose fate would be
sealed on Sunday
, in-
clude Sidharth Nath
Singh, Nand Gopal Nan-
diandRamapatiShastri.
Maurya is locked in a
toughfightwithSP’sPal-
lavi Patel, a ‘Kurmi’,
who are in good num-
bers in the constituency
.
Former minister and
leader of Jansatta Dal,
Raghuraj Pratap Singh
Raja Bhiyya is also con-
testingfromhistradition-
al seat of Kunda, Pratap-
garh.Inthesamedistrict,
Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
president Krishna Patel
is contesting from City
seat while Congress’
Aradhana Mishra from
Rampur Khas.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Indian stu-
dentstrappedinUkraine
have become a cause of
concern. Most of them
are youths, who went
there to study medicine,
MBA etc. Family mem-
bers of these youths are
now keeping an eye on
their well being by con-
tacting on phone.
One student trapped
in Ukraine is Hiti Singh,
daughter of JS Chau-
han of Dipwal village of
Auras development
block, who is presently
pursuing medical from
BN Kazin University
Kharkib Ukraine.
Herfatherisateacher
in an Inter College in
Lucknow while mother
Neelam Singh is HoD in
IT College, Lucknow.
Hiti said everyone was
waiting patiently since
the bomb blasts started
on February 24. Many
people have been affect-
ed by air strikes and
tanks are running on
roads. She said students
had taken shelter in
basements and metro
stations to save lives.
Similarly Ashutosh,
son of Vinod Singh of
Nayakheda Dhankoli in
Bighapur tehsil, is also
trapped in Udesha of
Ukraine. Ashutosh is
pursuing fourth semes-
ter of MBBS and has
taken shelter at a metro
station. However, some
students of the city are
settoreturnintheplane
that has been arranged
by Government of India
on Saturday for 270 stu-
dents.
Meanwhile, address-
ing a press meet in Luc-
know on Saturday, for
mer Uttarakhand CM
Harish Rawat said the
Centre should convene
an all-party meet over
Indian citizens strand-
ed in Ukraine. He said,
the government should
have evacuated Indian
nationals before the
situation in Ukraine
worsened.
Ram Temple gives BJP edge over SP, though easy win still tough
AYODHYA PUZZLE

Factors lending
an upper hand
to BJP are
widening
of roads,
cleanliness of
Saryu ghats and
Ram Ki Paidi
Indian students make a beeline in evacuation bid as Ukraine gets
bombarded by Russian forces.
Polling officials with the EVMs and other polling equipment at a distribution center for the fifth phase
of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, in Prayagraj on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Wards stuck in war zone:
Parents wait with bated breath
A helpline has been started in Kanpur on gov-
ernment orders. DM Neha Sharma informed that
Indian Embassy in Kiev was trying to provide
all possible help to Indians in Ukraine. The
helpline- +380997300428, +380997300483,
+380933980327, +380635917881,
+380935046170 is being operated by Ministry
of External Affairs and Indian Embassy in Kiev,
Ukraine. A Control room (24x7) has been set up
on ground floor of Collectorate whose phone
numbers are - 0512-2985500, 0512-2985501
and 9889233358.
UP Assembly election
stands at the gate of cru-
cial East UP, which will
decide the fate of power
contenders in the state.
With fifth phase sched-
uled to go polls on Feb
27 in east UP, a debate
has ensued in Purvan-
chal about stray cattle
menace and its likely
impact on electoral out-
come on remaining three
phases. The BJP has
belatedly realised that
“stray cattle” menace i is
an issue it can ill-af-
ford to ignore and has
thus launched massive
damage control exercise
to contain anger among
the people in rural areas.
The SP has howev-
er targeted the Yogi
government for ignoring
the problems all these
years and destroying
the farmers. PM Modi
and CM Yogi are now
assuring people to find
a lasting solution to the
crisis. The government
had identified around
31 districts facing stray
cattle menace and most
are in remaining three
phases. Even though the
problem is in entire UP, it
is serious in east UP and
Bundelkhand.
KANPUR SETS UP CONTROL ROOM,
RELEASES HELPLINE NUMBERS
BJP WAKES
UP TO STRAY
CATTLE ISSUE,
PROMISES
ACTION
61 ASSEMBLY SEATS, 692 CANDIDATES IN FRAY
VOTING IN 12 DISTS IN UP
5TH PHASE POLLS TODAY
The EC has barred UP
Congress candidate
Ajay Rai from cam-
paigning for 24 hours
for making objection-
able remarks against
the prime minister and
the state chief minis-
ter. Censuring Rai for
violating the poll code,
the Commission said
the ban commences at
8.00 am on Saturday.
Rai, who is contesting
from Pindara, had
made the objection-
able remarks in a
live Facebook post in
January.
Out of the 61 Assem-
bly seats across 12
districts, the main
constituencies include
Amethi, Rae Bareli,
Sultanpur, Chitrakoot,
Pratapgarh, Prayagraj,
Ayodhya, and Gonda.
There are 692 candi-
dates in the fray for
the fifth phase of the
election.
EC BAR ON
CAMPAIGNING
EYES ON AMETHI,
RAE BARELI
Body of missing
22-yr-old found
First India Bureau
Muzaffarnagar: A
22-year-old man, son
of a jeweller who was
abducted more than
a week ago, was
found murdered in
this district of Uttar
Pradesh on Saturday,
police said.
The victim,
AshutoshVerma,was
abductedonFebruary
18, they said.
The body of
Ashutosh, son of jew-
eller Jagpal Verma,
was found in the
fields in Biralsi vil-
lage under Chartha-
wal police station
limits. Police have
arrested a friend of
the victim and are
questioning him to
know about others
involved in the case.
According to Sta-
tion House Officer
(SHO) Gyaneshvar
Bodh, investigation
revealed that some
youths had abducted
Ashutosh Verma and
murdered him using
sharp-edged weap-
ons. His body was
dumped in the fields.
Someone had
dropped a letter at
the jeweller’s house,
demanding Rs 2 lakh
as ransom, the vic-
tim’s family mem-
bers claimed.
First India Bureau
Banda: In a horrific in-
cident, five persons lost
their lives while two oth-
ers received severe inju-
ries when the car they
were travelling in
rammed a stationary
truck here on Saturday
,
the police said.
The truck was parked
along the Jhansi-Mir-
zapur national highway
in Jamuniha Purwa un-
der Kotwali police sta-
tion area, and the car
wascomingfromChitra-
koot, they said. It was
reported that they were
heading towards Jalaun
to attend a marriage cer-
emony
.
Two people died on
the spot and three more
succumbed to injuries
at a hospital, Superin-
tendent of Police (SP),
Banda, Abhinandan
said adding that two
other injured were un-
der treatment and their
condition was stated to
be critical.
Police said car driver,
Shivdas, has been re-
ferredtoaKanpurhospi-
tal with severe injuries.
The deceased were
identifiedasGufran(35),
Musharraf (22), Sam-
shul Hussain (20), An-
war, alias Tillu, (22) and
Rinku (22). The bodies
havebeensentforautop-
sy
, the police said.
First India Bureau
Firozabad: The police
arrested two persons for
murder of bank official
near Anandipur village
under Basai Moham-
madpur police station
area.
SP (rural) Akhilesh
NarayanSingh,saidthat
bank employee Shivam
was shot dead near his
residence in Anandipur
under Basai Moham-
madpur police station.
It was reported two
miscreants had shot
dead Shivam, late on
February 21 when he
was returning home.
Case was registered
against unidentified
criminals on complaint
of hisfatherRamNiwas.
Fivepoliceteamswere
formed and after investi-
gation two accused were
arrested. One of the ar-
rested accused was mi-
nor while other was
identified as Arun, resi-
dent of Rasulpur area.
Two held for murder of young banker
5 killed, 2 injured as car rams truck
The damanged car at the accident site on Saturday.
Current BJP
MLA VP Gupta,
doesn’t have
much positive
reputation
First India Bureau
Pratapgarh: With the
fifth phase of the as-
sembly elections set to
take place in the state
tomorrow, Pratapgarh
district which always
makes the headlines
due to Raja Bhaiya has
again hogged the lime-
light.
This time albeit due
to the removal of Sunil
Kumar Shukla, ADM
(FR) of the district by
the EC due to his dete-
riorating health owing
to stress and pressure
of elections.
Shukla who also held
the responsibility as
Deputy District Elec-
tion Officer has been
replaced by PCS
Mukesh Chandra.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
willmakearrangements
to bring its residents re-
turning from Ukraine to
the state, an official
spokesperson said here
on Saturday
.
The resident commis-
sioner of the state has
been asked to set up
counters at airports for
the convenience of peo-
ple of Uttar Pradesh
coming back from
Ukraine and to ensure
necessary arrange-
ments in coordination
with the central gov-
ernment and all other
authorities concerned,
he said.
In view of the pre-
vailing situation in
Ukraine, the Uttar
Pradesh government
has appointed its relief
commissioner as the
nodal officer to coordi-
nate with the Ministry
of External Affairs and
the Embassy of India in
Kyiv to facilitate sup-
port required for evacu-
ation of people of the
state stranded in the
war-torn country
.
Besides, a 24X7 toll-
free helpline has been
set up which can be
reached by dialling
(0522) 1070. A mobile
number 9454441081 and
anemailidrahat@nic.in
have also been set up.
UP govt to help bring back residents
AIRPORT KIOSKS
Pratapgarh ADM shifted
ADM Sunil Kumar Shukla

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Lust, anger and greed are
the three gates to
self-destructive hell.
—The Bhagwad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
The contribution of Veer Savarkar ji as
a revolutionary freedom fighter and
his struggle for equality in society,
is unforgettable. He always strongly
expressed his views in favor of the
integrity of India. Humble tributes
to such a great patriot on his death
anniversary.
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
Now we are bringing fiber network
to every village of the country, 5G
technology will also arrive soon: PM @
narendramodi #HealthInBudget
TOP TWEETS
PRISON REFORMS
ARE NEED OF THE
HOUR, AND SC
SHOWS THE WAY
he Supreme Court
has taken a big step
towards the much-
needed prison re-
forms in the country
.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kis-
han Kaul and MM Sundresh em-
phasised on government and
courts adopting a reformative
approach by allowing bail to
those who have spent 10-14 years
in jail while serving a life term.
Remittingtheirsentencecanalso
be considered, the bench said.
The approach will help reform a
prisonerandalsoreducethehigh
number of pendency of cases.
The Supreme Court observed
that the poor and underprivi-
leged languish in jail, while the
rich and influential can secure
bail and also escape the law by
fleeing the country
.
While the government has to
take the call on remission of sen-
tence, High Courts have to be
more responsive towards the
plight of prisoners whose cases
often don’t come up for hearing
for months and that skews the
disposal rate. The order will go a
long way in alleviating the plight
of prisoners.
T
ermany is getting
all the flak for be-
ing Europe’s weak
link in its re-
sponse to Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine. Former
defence minister A. Kramp-
Karrenbauer tweeted, “I’m so
angry at ourselves for our
historical failure. After Geor-
gia, Crimea, and Donbas, we
have not prepared anything
that would have really de-
terred Putin.” On the contra-
ry, Germany’s navy chief
Vice-Admiral Kay-Achim
Schonbach while visiting In-
dia spoke in favour of Rus-
sian President Vladimir Pu-
tin “should be given the re-
spect he deserves”. He also
said that Crimea may not go
back to Ukraine. Schonbach
had to resign after making
that statement.
Some hesitancy on the part
of Germany is being felt in its
response to the Ukraine crisis
and that, as Latvia’s defence
minister Artis Pabrik said,
“Europeansecuritycannotbe
done without a leading Ger-
man role”. German Chancel-
lor Olaf Scholz recently ruled
out providing lethal weapons
to Ukraine while aligning
himself with other EU poli-
cies. Instead of weapons, Ber-
lin reportedly offered to send
5,000helmetsandmedicalaid.
It is not known if the helmets
are going to be bullet proof.
Germany is being guided
by a feeling of guilt and its
“historicalresponsibility”for
World War II and its cata-
strophic effect on Russia.
Lakhsof Russianswerekilled
in the War which was started
by the Third Reich. If, howev-
er, Germany longs for “his-
toric reconciliation” with
Russia, it has to do the same
withUkrainewhichremained
under the occupation of the
Third Reich from 1941-42.
Berlin’s passive response
to the Ukraine crisis makes
it a weak link in the Europe-
an Union.
GERMANY CHARTS ITS
OWN COURSE ON RUSSIA
Germany is being guided
by a feeling of guilt & its
“historic
responsibility” for
World War II and its
catastrophic effect on
Russia.Lakhs of Russians
were killed in the War
started by Third Reich
G
TREASURED EPISTLES
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Naroji Road
Kilpauk,
Madras-10
24 November 1966
My dear Natwar,
I was so glad to read your letter of 22 November.
I shall indeed be very glad if you can get me the N.Y.T review of your
anthology
. I have not yet received the copy of the book from the publish-
ers. Sea mail takes more time.
I am not surprised you so much like the service
under Smt. Indira Gandhi. She is splendidly endowed
with all the graces of a good civilized lady
. She grew
up under the example of her gracious father.
I can never forget the moving gesture of her affec-
tion when she came and received my daughter at the
Delhi railway station (Mrs. Devadas Gandhi), when
I took her to Delhi from Bombay after she unexpect-
edly and cruelly lost her husband. Indira Gandhi whom I did not expect
was at the station and led my daughter to the car like a sister. The touch
was a consolation both to her and to me. This was August 1957, when I
had already begun openly and severely to criticise Jawaharlalji.
Yours Sincerely
(C. Rajagopalachari)
Shri Natwar Singh
New Delhi
Broadlands,
Romsey,
Hampshire, SO5 9ZD
14th February 1978
My dear Natwar,
Thank you so much for your letter of the 3rd February
.
How nice of you to have talked to President Kaunda about the Unit-
ed World College. In your letter you say, “Sir Ian’s
material arrived just in time. KK was interested in
the project. As I did not wish to add to his paper work
I took the liberty of telling him that you would be
writing to him. He was delighted.”
This is slightly ambiguous to me because I am not
sure whether you left behind the material which Ian
Gourlay had given you, with the President, or wheth-
er you want me to send a new lot of material to the
President. In any case, I imagine it is best not to worry him about this
until shortly before his visit in the summer, as then I can ask for an
interview to discuss it all with him.
I can also discuss all this with the Prince of Wales, who really is now
in charge.
With best wishes to you and Hem.
Yours ever,
[Mountbatten of Burma]
PS
Since dictating the above I have had your second letter and have
seen John Baratt and he tells me that he has already spoken to you
over telephone and is arranging for us to meet at my little house in
London, 2 Kinnerton Street, SW1, on my return from
Germany, either on the evening of 6th or the morning
of 7th September.
I look forward very much to seeing you then
13, Akbar Road,
New Delhi
24 January 1966
My dear Natwar,
So the world’s largest democracy has chosen a woman to lead! Indu’s
election has made history- I hope and pray she may be given the wis-
dom. At present the nation is jubilant but when the first excitement
wears off, the usual criticism and fault finding will
begin. It is then that she must be tolerant and have
safe counsel.
The air is thick with rumour about the new cabi-
net and the names will be known to you long before
you receive this letter. I do not know who Indu’s con-
fidants are, except of course, Uma Shankar Dikshit
who has been ‘Eminence Grise’ for many years. But
whoever advises, I hope for the sake of the country
the advice is just and sound.
We are facing a crisis of great magnitude, not only matters like food,
Tashkent etc., but the physiological crisis which has us in its grip and
needs the full hand and far seeing vision of a read leader____________
26th. I was interrupted and now the new Government is in power. A
definitely right-wing government and one over which the establishment
will have some control. I hope Indu gets cooperation and support.
The manner in which the world has hailed the election has been most
heart-warming.
This is the stranger letter- do forgive me. I am now in Bombay help-
ing Tara to move into her flat. I shall return in time for parliament.
Write when opportunity offers.
Love and good wishes
(Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit)
Yadavagiri,
Mysore-2
10 April 1972
My dear Natwar,
What a joy it was being with you in Delhi. I miss you badly, I tell you.
Have you no business which can bring you to Mysore?
I used to be hopeless letter writer before, but now I promise improve-
ment. I am going to write to you as often as I hear from you, and if I
don’t hear from you I will always leave one at credit.
I want some more copies of the photo with the
P.M., preferably some that include Indira, and the
negative of my picture. Could you manage all this?
Iwouldhesitatetobotheranyoneaboutphotographs,
but the occasion is special and I feel I can take this
liberty with you. Thank you.
Did you manage that piece for The Hindustan
Times? How did it go?
I am in torment about the choice of a theme for my next novel. I am
thinking of a new subject each day and rejecting it after a few hours
of enthusiastic speculation. The most acceptable seems to be Woman-
eater of Malgudi!
Please give my remembrance to Deep (An intimate friend of mine.
She was one of the most beautiful women of her generation)
Affectionately
(R.K. Narayan)
The air is thick with rumour about the new cabinet and the names will be
known to you long before you receive this letter. I do not know who Indu’s
confidants are, except of course, Uma Shankar Dikshit who has been
‘Eminence Grise’ for many years. But whoever advises, I hope for the sake of
the country, the advice is just and sound. (wrote Vijay Lakshmi Pandit)

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INDIA
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Bengaluru (PTI): The
murder of a 27-year-old
Bajrang Dal activist
Harsha Hindu in the
city of Shivamogga in
Karnataka by a gang of
armed men on Febru-
ary 20 is being current-
ly viewed by police as a
localised crime stem-
ming from a long-stand-
ing communal rivalry,
even as investigations
are looking closely at
how the gang of 10 peo-
ple who have been ar-
rested so far assembled
to carry out the murder.
All the arrested indi-
viduals have been sent
to police custody till
March 7 by a local court.
The timing of the
murder of the right-
wing activist, who has
antagonised Muslims
in the region in the past
with derogatory re-
marks against Islam on
social media, amid the
ongoing protests over
restrictions on wearing
the hijab by Muslim
girls in schools and col-
leges is also under po-
lice scrutiny
.
“There is no immedi-
ate motive that has
emerged from the inves-
tigations into the mur-
der. It seems to be part
of a long rivalry be-
tween Hindutva gangs
and Muslim gangs in
the area,” a senior po-
lice official said while
indicating that further
investigations are on.
Harsha Nagaraj alias
Harsha Hindu was
murdered on the night
of February 20 in the
Doddapet police station
limits of Shivamogga
after he left home to
have dinner at a restau-
rant with a couple of
friends. A gang that
was lying in wait in a
car and an auto rick-
shaw hacked the Ba-
jrang Dal worker to
death with swords
when he got separated
from his associates for
a while. Shivamogga
witnessed a brief spell
of violence the next
morning when Har-
sha’s funeral proces-
sion was taken out.
The investigation so
far has allegedly re-
vealed that the main
accused Mohammed
Kashif (30), who was
reportedly identified
by witnesses at the
crime scene and was
detained a few hours
after the murder,
brought together the
gang that was involved
in the murder.
K’taka: Investigation bespeaks local gang rivalries
BAJRANG DAL ACTIVIST MURDER
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty is worried about
Maharashtra. It seems
that it has not being
able to digest the joint
government of Shiv
Sena, NCP and Con-
gress, termed the
Maha Vikas Agadi
(MVA) in Maharash-
tra. At first the BJP
tried to form the gov-
ernment in some way
and when it did not get
success, and MVA gov-
ernment was formed,
thereafter, from day
one, the Maharashtra
BJP leaders have been
giving deadlines by
which, according to
them, the MVA gov-
ernment will fall. That
is why it seems that
along with the politi-
cal efforts of the BJP,
the efforts of some
other ‘power centres’
have also intensified.
First Home Minister
Anil Deshmukh was
arrested and now
Nawab Malik has been
arrested by the ED.
Apart from these, the
sword is hanging on
about a dozen minis-
ters, MLAs, MPs in-
cluding Shiv Sena MP
Sanjay Raut.
Three days ago, BJP
leader and senior cen-
tral government min-
ister Narayan Rane
had said that the ED’s
notice is ready against
four leaders of Maha-
vikas Aghadi. Think,
he said and in three
days the ED team
reached the place of a
senior minister with a
notice and arrested
him too. The question
is, how did Narayan
Rane know about the
preparations of the
ED? Maybe his ‘extra
knowledge’ of the
functioning of central
agencies in Mumbai
region. Notably, Shiv
Sena’s powerful MP
Sanjay Raut had ac-
cused only a few days
back those central
agencies are being
misused against the
state government!
However, on one
hand the central agen-
cies are after the min-
isters and leaders of
the state and on the
other hand the state
government agencies
are taking action
against the central
government ministers
and BJP leaders. BMC
officials have also
probed the alleged il-
legal construction of
Narayan Rane’s bun-
galow in Juhu. Sanjay
Raut has said that sep-
arate rooms is being
prepared in the jail for
four big leaders of BJP.
Word is that the state’s
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB), state po-
lice and Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpo-
ration (BMC) officials
are preparing the files
of BJP leaders.
The way the state
agencies harassed the
BJP leaders in West
Bengal against the ac-
tion of the central
agencies, similarly
preparations are being
made in Maharashtra
to take action. In this
way, it may be the be-
ginning of another un-
fortunate chapter in
the relationship of the
Centre and the Maha-
rashtra government.
YOU HIT ME, I HIT YOU: THE NEW AGE POLITICAL
MANTRA OF CENTRE AND MAHA GOVERNMENT!
In poll-bound
States, cash,
drugs worth
`1K cr seized
Embassy authorities lack
coordination: Venugopal
Manipur: BJP clarifies
stand on repeal of AFSPA
Students must be guided
by school uniform: Naidu
New Delhi (ANI):
Amid the ongoing ten-
sions in Ukraine, Con-
gress MP KC Venugo-
pal on Saturday wrote
to Minister of Exter-
nal Affairs Dr S Jais-
hankar and urged him
toensurecoordination
of ‘Indianembassyau-
thorities at the border
pointsof Hungaryand
Romania’ for evacua-
tion of Indian citizens
from the Eastern Eu-
ropean country
.
“There is an abso-
lute lack of proper co-
ordination on the part
of embassy authori-
ties even at the border
points to systematise
the evacuation plans.
The students are com-
plaining that they are
unable to contact hel-
pline numbers and
control rooms. It is ex-
tremely worrying that
the Government has
not even sent a dedi-
cated team to the bor-
der points to coordi-
nate with the embas-
sies at the respective
neighbouring coun-
tries,” Venugopal said.
“I would urge you to
immediately ensure
proper coordination
at the earmarked bor-
der points for proper
evacuation of our citi-
zens including stu-
dents with the great-
est possible dispatch,”
the Congress MP add-
ed complaining that
the government of
India has issued an
advisory not to move
from where they are
located despite stu-
dents’ “desperate” at-
tempts to reach an im-
mediate “getaway
from the war zone”.
Guwahati (Agencies):
Ahead of the first
phase of assembly polls
in Manipur, Chief Min-
ister N Biren Singh has
said that five years of
his government in the
state has ensured peace
which has laid the
foundation for the re-
peal of the Armed
Forces (Special Pow-
ers) Act (AFSPA) in the
future. This statement
comes at a time when
the BJP has been criti-
cised for its silence
over AFSPA in its cam-
paign and manifesto.
All other leading politi-
cal parties in the fray
have pitched the repeal
of AFSPA as a key poll
promise in Manipur.
“We have a sensitive
border with Myanmar.
So, the Centre has to be
convinced before lift-
ing AFSPA. The peace
talks process with re-
bel groups will pave the
way for this. The state
government will have
to create the ground
situation, and for the
last five years, we have
been working towards
it,” the CM said.
Bengaluru (PTI): Amid
the raging Hijab contro-
versy in Karnataka,
VicePresidentVenkaiah
Naidu on Saturday said
unnecessary controver-
sies should not be en-
couraged and students
should be guided by the
school uniform.
“Unnecessary contro-
versies should not be
encouraged like the con-
troversy going on in
Karnataka. In a school,
you are all guided by the
school uniform, what-
ever uniform it is,” Vice
President Naidu said af-
ter inaugurating the in-
door sports arena and
L’atelier at a private
school in Bengaluru.
Underlining the need
to realise the beauty of
diverse Indian culture,
the Vice President said,
“Vividhata mein Ekta,
Bharat Ki Visheshta
(Unity in Diversity,
that’s India’s specialty).
Alag Bhasha, Alag Vesh
- Phir Bhi Apna Ek Desh
(Different languages,
different costumes - yet
we are one nation).
New Delhi (PTI): The
ElectionCommissionto-
daysaidtheenforcement
agencies had seized
cash, liquor and drugs
worthoverRs1,000crore
during the ongoing As-
sembly elections in five
poll-bound states.
Punjab tops the list
with total seizures
worth over Rs 510 crore,
followed by Uttar
Pradesh (Rs 307 crore).
While UP topped in
liquor seizures (worth
Rs 54 crore), Punjab
topped in case of drugs
(Rs 376 crore). Seizures
worth Rs 300 crore
were made in these
states during the 2017
Assembly elections.
IND BEAT SL, GO 2-1 UP
Shreyas Iyer (74* off 44) and cameos from Sanju Samson (39 off 25) and Ravindra Jadeja
(45 off 18) saw India chase down target of 186 to beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the
second T20I at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday.
Manipur CM N Biren Singh
interacts with a woman during
a door-to-door campaign.
Various pro-Hindu organisations stage a protest march over the
alleged murder of Bajrang Dal activist. —FILE PHOTO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray and others. —FILE PHOTO
HIJAB ROW
Embassy of India in Ukraine accommodates more than 200
Indian students at school on Saturday.
PMgaveinstructionsmuchbeforeCCS
meettobringbackIndians,saysRajnath
New Delhi (ANI):
Amid rising tensions
between Russia and
Ukraine,DefenceMinis-
ter Rajnath Singh on
Saturday said that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi had given in-
structions much before
the Cabinet Committee
on Security (CCS) meet-
ing was held, to make
necessary arrange-
ments for bringing
stranded students in
Ukraine back to India.
“During the day before
yesterday’s meeting by
PM Modi, a decision
was made to evacuate
them(strandedstudents
in Ukraine) on GoI’s ex-
penses. PM, in fact, had
instructed much before
to make arrangements
for same,” Rajnath Sin-
gh said.
On the question of
children still trapped in
the interior of Ukraine,
he said, “our foreign
minister has spoken to
the Foreign Minister of
Ukraine, efforts are on
tobringthem(students)
safely
. The situation
should be normal, this
is our wish.”
Earlier on Thursday,
at the Cabinet Commit-
tee on Security (CCS)
meeting on the Ukraine
crisis, PM Modi said
that the topmost priori-
ty of the government is
the safety and security
of Indian nationals, in-
formed Foreign Secre-
tary Harsh Vardhan
Shringla.
Rajnath Singh addresses
after digitally conferring the
degrees to the students at
the 98th Convocation of DU
on Saturday.
Over 15 cr will be vaccinated against
Polio in coming months: Mandaviya
New Delhi (ANI):
Since the neighbouring
countries are still not
polio-free, India needs
to remain vigilant and
continue with its vacci-
nation programme
against the disease,
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya said
on Saturday, highlight-
ing that door-to-door
inoculation campaigns
will be conducted to en-
sure that no one is left
behind.
The minister, who
launched the National
Polio Immunisation
Drive for 2022 by admin-
istering polio drops to
children below five
years of age said over 15
crore children aged be-
low five years will be
vaccinated against the
disease in the coming
months. “India’s strate-
gic fight against polio is
a success story of the
country’s public health
policy against vaccine-
preventable diseases.
We need to continue to
be vigilant and ensure
that every child under
five years of age must
get polio drops,” Man-
daviya said.
Under the leadership
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, the Univer-
sal Immunisation Pro-
gramme is focussing to
protect children from
more diseases than ever
before and has intro-
duced several new vac-
cines like the Pneumo-
coccal Conjugate Vac-
cine (PCV), the Rotavi-
rus vaccine and the
Measles-Rubella (MR)
vaccine in the recent
past, he added.
Mansukh Mandaviya administers Polio drops to a kid on Saturday.
POLIO DRIVE 2022

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
Kolkata: Trinamool
Congress president and
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
will hold the second
meeting of her party’s
newly formed National
Working Committee in
Delhi. She had recently
constituted a working
committee of 20 mem-
bers after being elected
the party president for
the third time in a row.
This working commit-
teeissimilartotheCWC
of the Congress. Mama-
ta has included most of
the senior leaders of the
party in this. Although
many MPs of the party
like Derek O’Brien, Sau-
gata Roy
, Mohua Moitra,
Sushmita Deb etc. are
not included in the
working committee.
State officials and state
government ministers
have also been given a
place in this.
Mamata is coming to
Delhi with all of them
and has called a meet-
ing of the working
committee on March
10. After that she will
stay in Delhi for two-
three days.
Keep in mind that
from March 14, the sec-
ond part of the budget
session of Parliament
is starting. Before that,
she would sit in Delhi
and try to engage in
the politics of forming
a federal front against
the central govern-
ment. It will be her ef-
fort that she should
meet the Chief Minis-
ters of other regional
parties at the same
time. Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister MK
Stalin had talked about
meeting all the Chief
Ministers in Delhi,
therefore, perhaps
Mamata is coming to
Delhi only for that
meeting.
Mamata's 'Dilli Chalo' slogan to forge Oppn alliance
under the garb of Working Committee meeting
New Delhi (PTI): The
Union Cabinet chaired
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on Saturday
approved the national
rolloutof CentralSector
Scheme, Ayushman
Bharat Digital Mission
(ABDM) of health min-
istry with a budget of Rs
1,600 crore for five years.
The National Health
Authority (NHA) will
be the implementing
agency of Ayushman
(ABDM).
The digital health so-
lutions across health-
care ecosystem have
proventobeof immense
benefit over the years,
with CoWIN, Arogya
Setu and eSanjeevani
further demonstrating
the role technology can
play in enabling access
to healthcare.
Based on the founda-
tions laid down in the
form of Jan Dhan, Aad-
haar and Mobile (JAM)
trinity and other digital
initiatives of the gov-
ernment, Ayushman
(ABDM) is creating an
online platform
through the provision
of a wide-range of data,
information and infra-
structure services, duly
leveraging open, inter-
operable, standard-
based digital systems,
while ensuring the se-
curity, confidentiality
and privacy of health-
related personal infor-
mation.
Under the ABDM,
citizens will be able to
create their Ayushman
Bharat Health Account
numbers, to which
their digital health re-
cords can be linked.
The mission is expect-
ed to improve equitable
access to quality
healthcare by encour-
aging use of technolo-
gies such as telemedi-
cine and enabling na-
tional portability of
health services.
New Delhi (ANI):Chief
Justice of India NV Ra-
mana on Saturday said
that provisions for
stronger enforcement
and action against in-
fringement are the need
of the hour and with
start-ups
c o m -
ing up in a big way
across the country IPR
(intellectual property
rights) field of law has
become more relevant
than ever before.
"Provisions for
stronger enforcement
and action against in-
fringement are the
need of the hour.
Awareness campaigns,
especially in rural ar-
eas, are required to be
undertaken. There
have been a few suc-
cess stories like
Darjeeling tea
and Chanderi
silk. These
success sto-
ries need to
be stud-
ied and
re p l i -
cated
i n
other GIs (Geographi-
cal Indications) as
well. With the start-
ups coming up in a big
way across the country
driven by innovative
youth, this field of law
has become more rele-
vant than ever before,"
the CJI said at the Na-
tional Seminar on the
adjudication of IPR
disputes in India in
New Delhi.
The CJI said when-
ever entrepreneurs and
hosts around the world
ask him as to how in-
vestor-friendly the In-
dian judicial system is,
his answer has always
remained the same;
that the "Indian judici-
ary is absolutely inde-
pendent and it always
treats all the parties
equally and equitably".
Kupwara (PTI): Kup-
wara Police along with
28 Rashtriya Rifles in a
joint operation on Fri-
day apprehended two
overground workers
(OGWs) who were plan-
ningtojointerrorranks.
As per the statement
of a senior police offi-
cial from Sogam police
station, “Two individu-
als namely Rashid Ah-
mad Peer and Adil Hus-
sain Shah came under
the observation of the
security forces when
they were found suspi-
cious in their move-
ment and pro-terrorism
activity on the social
media platform.”
Police apprehended
them in a joint opera-
tion at Lolab and re-
covered incriminating
material. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. —FILE PHOTO
AMID RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS
PM CALLS UPON PRIVATE FIRMS TO
ENTER MEDICAL SECTOR IN BIG WAY
New Delhi (PTI): Not-
ing that Indian students
have been going to
many small countries
for medical education
despite the language
barrier, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Sat-
urday urged the private
sector to make a big
presence in the field.
Speaking after inau-
gurating a webinar on
the Union budget an-
nouncements on the
health sector, Modi sug-
gested that state govern-
ments should also for-
mulate good policies for
land allotment for medi-
cal education so that In-
dia could produce a
large number of doctors
and paramedics to fulfil
even global demand.
His remarks assume
significance at a time
when a large number of
Indian students, many
of them studying medi-
cine, have been stuck in
Ukraine following the
Russian attack on that
country
.
Modi made no direct
mention of the crisis
though. The prime min-
ister said Indian stu-
dents going abroad for
study, especially in
medical education, also
result in hundreds of
billions of rupees exit-
ing the country as well.
Our children today
are going to small coun-
tries for study, especial-
ly in medical education.
Language is a problem
there. They are still go-
ing...Can our private
sector not enter this
field in a big way? Can
our state governments
not frame good policies
for land allotment re-
garding this, he asked.
India can benefit a lot
from its demographic
dividend in this field,
he said, adding Indian
doctors have enhanced
the country's prestige
across the world in the
last many decades with
their work.
In the webinar, Modi
also highlighted his
government's efforts to
provide quality health
as well as wellness ser-
vices to people with its
holistic approach to the
healthcare system.
188 people from Uttarakhand
stranded in Ukraine: State DGP
Dehradun (PTI):
Amid the ongoing
Ukraine crisis, Uttara-
khand DGP Ashok Ku-
mar on Saturday said
the police have re-
ceived information
that about 188 people
from Uttarakhand are
stranded in Ukraine.
The Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs (MEA)
is constantly working
out necessary ar-
rangements to bring
back Indian people
“We have got infor-
mation that 188 people
from Uttarakhand are
MEA is working on
necessary arrange-
ments to get them out.
The helpline number
of Uttarakhand is
112,” Kumar said.
A number of explo-
sions were heard in
the capital city of
Ukraine as the Rus-
sian special military
operation entered the
second day, local me-
diareportedonFriday
.
On Monday, Rus-
sian President
Vladimir Putin rec-
ognised Ukraine’s
breakaway regions
— Donetsk Lu-
hansk — as inde-
pendent entities.
Later, Putin ordered
special military op-
erations “to protect”
the people in the
Donbas region.
Several countries
including the UK, the
US, Canada, and the
EU have condemned
Russia and imposed
sanctions on Moscow.
Kerala to bear airfare
of students from Delhi,
and Mumbai to state
WILL STRENGTHEN
DIGITAL HEALTH
ECOSYSTEM: MIN
T h i r u v a n a n -
thapuram (ANI):
The Kerala govern-
ment will bear the
cost of flight tickets
forthestudentsarriv-
ing in Delhi and
Mumbai on evacua-
tion flights arranged
by the Union Govern-
ment from Ukraine
which is under attack
from Russian forces,
state Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan said
on Saturday
.
Vijayan said steps
havebeentakenbythe
state government to
collect the details of
Keralitesreachingthe
countryfromUkraine.
The Kerala Resident
Commissioner in Del-
hi and the NORKA of-
ficials will ensure fa-
cilities for the smooth
travel of students to
thestatefromairports
of DelhiandMumbai,
VijayansaidinaFace-
book post.
“Ayushman Bharat
Health Count Num-
ber (ABHA Number)
will strengthen
the digital health
ecosystem in the
country. Now the cit-
izens will be able to
access their health
records anywhere
in a digital way,”
Mandaviya said.
Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission
rolled out for 5 yrs
Action against infringement
need of hour: CJI Ramana
JK: TWO MEN PLANNING
TO JOIN TERROR RANKS
ARRESTED IN KUPWARA
Mumbai (PTI): The
Bombay High Court on
Saturday extended till
March 3 the 'medical
bail' granted to poet
and activist Varavara
Rao, an accused in the
Elgar Parishad-Maoist
links case.
Rao, 82, was first
granted bail on health
grounds by the high
court in February 2021
for a period of six
months. He was also
asked not to leave
Mumbai.
He then filed an ap-
plication seeking ex-
tension of the bail and
subsequently filed an-
other plea seeking per-
manent bail on the
ground of ill-health.
Nalgonda (PTI): A
trainer aircraft crashed
in Telangana's Nalgon-
da on Saturday. The
trainee pilot, identified
as 28-year-old G Mahi-
ma from Tamil Nadu,
died in the crash.
The aircraft - a Fly-
techAviationCessna152
- had taken off from
Macherla in Guntur dis-
trictof AndhraPradesh.
It is believed that it hit
an electric pole before
crashing to the ground.
It was flying across the
Andhra Pradesh-Telan-
ganaborderandcrashed
in an field in Tungatur-
thi village of Telanga-
na’s Nalgonda district.
The aircraft belonged
to a private aviation
academy called Flytech
Aviation. The victim, G
Mahima, was pursuing
a commercial pilot
course at the institute.
Srinagar (PTI): The
Jammu-Srinagar Na-
tional Highway was
closed for vehicular
traffic on Saturday fol-
lowing fresh snowfall
and multiple landslides
at different places.
The national high-
way is the only all-
weather road linking
Kashmir with the rest
of the country
.
The Banihal-Qazi-
gund sector of the high-
way experienced over-
night snowfall while
landslides and shooting
of stones from the hill-
ocks were triggered by
heavy rains at Rompa-
di-Banihal, Shalgardh-
Wagan, Moumpassi-
Ramsu, Panthiyal, Dig-
dole, Maroog, Monkey
Morh, Cafeteria Morh
and Mehar in Raman
district.
The closure of the
highway left dozens of
trucks stranded at dif-
ferent places.
Jammu-Srinagar NH shut after snow, landslides
MEN, MACHINE AT WORK TO
CLEAR DEBRIS OFF HIGHWAY
Srinagar: With the improvement in
the weather, the road-clearance agen-
cies have pressed men and machinery
to clear the debris off the highway. The
Marwah region of Kishtwar district
received six inches of snowfall.
TRAINEE PILOT KILLED AS TRAINER
AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN TELANGANA
Elgar Parishad case accused
Varavara Rao's bail extended
Huge boulders triggered by landslide block
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Our children today
are going to small
countries for study,
especially in medi-
cal education. Can
our private sector
not enter this field
in a big way?
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister

NEWS
07
WHEN PANDIT
NEHRU SHARED
HIS PHOOLPUR
SEAT WITH
ANOTHER MP
India’s first Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru dominated
India’s political landscape for a
decade-and-half after
Independence. He was the
Member of Parliament from
Phoolpur, a seat adjoining his
hometown Allahabad. But only a
few know about a local
Congressman, Masuria Din
Pasi, who shared the Phoolpur
seat with Nehru in the Lok
Sabha. Being a reserved seat,
the constituency elected two
MPs to Parliament- one general
and one Scheduled Caste. Pasi
was elected to the first and
second LS from Phoolpur in
1952 and 1957 along with
Nehru. In 1961, the provision
for dual membership in
Parliament and Legislative
Assemblies was scrapped by an
act of Parliament after former
President VV Giri lost the 1957
Lok Sabha elections from a
dual-member constituency in
Andhra Pradesh. Pasi then
shifted to the adjoining Chail
constituency and won two more
elections to the Lok Sabha in
1962 and 1967. Pasi was also a
member of the Constituent
Assembly and the provisional
Parliament. His son Shashi
Prakash also won from Chail on
a Janata Dal ticket in 1991. The
Chail Lok Sabha seat ceased to
exist after the 2008 delimitation.
A new constituency was carved
out of some assembly segments
of Allahabad and Pratapgarh
and named Kaushambi.
—First India Bureau
RAM TEMPLE
ONLY ONE OF
THE ISSUES
The construction of Ram temple
seems to have been relegated
to one of the poll issues in
Ayodhya this time as competing
parties are raking up development
topics and also relying on caste
arithmetic for victory. The BJP, for
whom the temple town sharpened
its Hindutva plank, is facing a
challenge particularly from the
Samajwadi Party (SP) in the
ongoing state polls. With 10
candidates in fray, the Ayodhya
Assembly segment will go to vote
in the fifth phase on February 27.
After it became clear that Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath would
not contest from Ayodhya, the
party reposed faith in sitting MLA
Ved Prakash Gupta, while the SP
has fielded former minister Tej
Narayan alias Pawan Pandey. The
BSP, Congress and AAP, too, have
fielded their candidates in
Ayodhya, thereby making it a
multi-cornered contest. “It is
going to be a close contest in the
Ayodhya Assembly constituency.
As far as the issue of Ram temple
is concerned, the BJP was not able
to derive optimum mileage during
this election initially. The issue
started cropping up only after the
third phase of the polls,” Mahant
Raju Das of Hanumangarhi temple
told PTI. He said while the
distribution of ration to the poor
has benefitted people in rural
areas, a number of party leaders,
on the other hand, were of the
view that they will be able to
garner enough votes only with
Modi and Adityanath’s credentials.
They did not want to mingle with
the people and connect with them,
he said. On whether the scene
would have been different if
Adityanath were to contest from
Ayodhya, the mahant said, “There
is no opposition to BJP, there was
an opposition only towards the
candidate.” —First India Bureau
CONGRESS GEN SECY SLAMS
POLITICS OF CASTE, RELIGION
‘UP not developed because you vote for caste, religion’: Priyanka Gandhi tells voters
First India Bureau
Balrampur: Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
on Saturday blamed
the politics of caste
and religion for the dis-
mal’ state of affairs in
Uttar Pradesh and said
the non-Congress gov-
ernments for three dec-
ades had done nothing
except tall claims of
development. The Con-
gress leader also took a
swipe at PM Narendra
Modi saying how he
could remain ignorant
to the raging stray cat-
tle menace faced by the
farmers of the state.
“UP could have pro-
gressed but there are
only advertisements on
which the BJP is spend-
ing crores of rupees.
The CM, PM all are of
the BJP but nothing is
here in the name of de-
velopment, why has
such a situation
emerged, and its direct
answer is that since the
past 30 years, it has been
politics in the name of
caste and religion, Pri-
yanka said at an elec-
tion meeting in Pani-
yara. She said the Bahu-
jan Samaj Party, Sama-
jwadi Party and the BJP
were able to form gov-
ernments only by ex-
ploiting the emotions of
the people over caste
and religion, and hence,
the state did not see de-
velopment.For such a
state of affairs, you all
are also at fault as you
have made it their (lead-
ers) habit that there is
no need to work. You
will vote by closing your
eyes on emotional is-
sues even if your chil-
dren remain unem-
ployed, Priyanka said
addressing the voters.
Attacking the BJP lead-
ers, she said, They come
here and talk about Pa-
kistan, terrorism, caste
and religion, but no one
talks about you.
Referring to the stray
cattle menace, she said
though she had written
to Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath suggesting
that the Chhattisgarh
model could be imple-
mentedforresolvingthe
issue, he did not reply
.
TheChhattisgarhmodel
entails the government
buying cow dung from
the people as a result of
which they are expected
to take care of stray cat-
tle and resolve the issue.
“Last week, the PM
came for campaigning
and said from the dais
that he did not know of
the stray cattle problem
which is there for five
years,” she said taking a
jibe at Modi.
PeoplewillvoteforCM
Adityanathagain,says
SidharthNathSingh
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: Cabinet
Minister in the Uttar
Pradesh government
Sidharth Nath Singh
on Saturday said the
people of the state
want that the security
they enjoyed since
2017 should remain
and for that, they will
vote to make Yogi Adi-
tyanath the chief min-
ister for the second
time. Notably
, Singh is
the candidate from Al-
lahabadWestconstitu-
ency that is scheduled
to go to the polls in the
fifth phase of the As-
sembly elections to-
morrow. Speaking to
ANI,theMinistersaid,
“The kind of support
that was extended by
the people in CM Yo-
gi’s roadshows is am-
ple proof to reflect the
direction of the result.
We are fully prepared
in all the polling
booths. I think the peo-
ple have the wish to
extend the security
providedtothemsince
2017 instead of fearing
from the rule of the
strongmen (Bahubali)
that was prevalent be-
fore it.” Responding to
Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s ‘bhoot’ remark
on the BJP during an
election rally, Singh
said that the former
chief minister of the
statehasbookedatick-
et to abroad with the
entire family as
he knows “whose
ghost will dance” on
March 10.
“Only ghosts will
dance on the BJP’s
booths by the time
the election reaches
the fifth, sixth and
seventh phase,”
Akhilesh Yadav has
said while taking a
jibe at BJP.
DIG AT CENTRE OVER SLEW OF PROJECTS
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Cabinet Minister in UP government Sidharth Nath Singh.
‘New India has been born in past 7
years under PM Modi’s leadership’
First India Bureau
Ballia: Actor-turned
Bharatiya Janata Party
MP from Mathura,
Hema Malini, on Fri-
day, lauded the leader-
ship of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi stating
that new India has been
born in the last seven
years. She also asserted
that everyone wants
PM Modi’s intervention
in the ongoing Russia-
Ukraine crisis.
Addressing a public
rally in UP’s Ballia on
Friday, Malini said,
“Everyone is requesting
Modi Ji to stop Ukraine-
Russia war because eve-
ryone considers him a
World leader. He has
brought the country so
far, and the world re-
spects him.” “PM Modi
is regarded as a big
world leader. It is a mat-
ter of pride for all of us.
New India has been
born in the past seven
years, so UP should also
participate in the build-
ing of this new India,”
the BJP MP stated. PM
Modi spoke to Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
tin on Thursday night
amid Moscow’s ongoing
military operations in
Ukraine and appealed
for an immediate cessa-
tion of violence while
stressing concerted ef-
forts from all sides to
return to the path of
diplomaticnegotiations.
A number of explo-
sions were heard in the
capital city of Ukraine
as the Russian special
military operation en-
tered the second day,
local media reported
on Friday.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini. —FILE PHOTO
Swami Prasad
Maurya faces
challenge in
Fazilnagar seat
First India Bureau
Kushinagar: Influen-
tial OBC leader and for-
mer Uttar Pradesh
minister Swami Prasad
Maurya, who recently
switched over to the SP
along with some other
BJP leaders, faces a
tough challenge to en-
ter the assembly for the
sixth time. Close on the
heels of a BJP master
stroke of inducting for-
mer Union minister
and popular OBC lead-
er RPN Singh to cover
up for the loss, Maurya
changed his constitu-
ency from Padrauna to
Fazilnagar within the
Kushinagar district.
However, the poll battle
may not be easy for him
in Fazilnagar which
was won by Ganga Sin-
gh Kushwaha of the
BJP in 2017. According
to estimates of political
parties, the Fazilnagar
assembly segment has
around 90,000 Muslim
voters, 55,000 Maurya
Kushwahas, 50,000 Ya-
davs, 30,000 Brahmins,
40,000 Kurmi-Sainth-
wars, 30,000 Vaishyas
and about 80,000 Dalits.
UP POLLS
HONOURING LORD SHIVA
Mahant Devya Giri applying Mehndi to (Shiv Ling) Lord Shiva a day before Shiv Baraat on
the occasion of Mahashivratri at Mankameshwar Temple in Lucknow on Saturday.
DeadbodyofCRPFJawan’swifefoundinKanpur CASEAGAINST 41 INMATES OVER
VIOLENCE IN VARANASI JAIL
First India Bureau
Kanpur: A missing
dead body of the wife
of CRPF jawan was
found in the Panki
area. Police have ar-
rested three accused
while one other was
still on the run. Anjan
Kumar Singh, Panki
police station in-charge
said the wife of CRPF
head constable, resi-
dent of Bisanpur vil-
lage in Raniya area
went missing on Febru-
ary 20. During the in-
vestigation, it was re-
vealed that property
dealer Pushpendra
Singh and his associate
were in connection
with the missing wom-
an. Police arrested
Mukhtar, an associate
of a property dealer
and during interroga-
tion, he confessed to
the crime. Mukhtar
told police that he was
in touch with the wom-
an who was also in con-
tact with Pushpen-
dra. Accused planned
for loot and murder of
the woman and abduct-
ed her with help of
Rashid, Bablu alias
Shamshad and Push-
pendra. Criminals loot-
ed valuables from the
house of CRPF jawan
and gang-raped her
wife and then strangu-
lated her to death. Po-
lice have arrested
Mukhtar, Bablu,
Pushpendra while
Rashid still on the run.
A manhunt is launched
to nab the escaped ac-
cused, police said.
First India Bureau
Varanasi: Following
the violence in district
jail on Friday over the
death of a prisoner, the
jail authorities lodged
an FIR against 41 iden-
tified prisoners and
dozens of unidentified
prisoners. The FIR was
lodged on the complaint
of jailor Virendra Ku-
mar Trivedi, under rel-
evant sections of IPC,
Criminal Law Amend-
ment Act and Prison
Act. following the vio-
lence in district jail on
Friday over the death of
a prisoner Rajesh Ku-
mar Jaiswal in jail. Po-
lice have initiated in-
vestigations into the
matter and CCTV foot-
age was recovered from
district jail. Also, police
have recorded state-
ments of the jail offi-
cials including guards
who were on duty on
that day
. After the death
of a prisoner Rajesh
Jaiswal due to cardiac
arrest on Friday Febru-
ary 25, the inmates went
on a rampage causing
utter chaos in the dis-
trict jail. The po-
lice force of 10 nearby
police stations had con-
trolled the situation.
The deceased wife of CRPF jawan

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363,695,182
TOTAL RECOVERED
64,253,653
ACTIVE CASES
433,908,197
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INDIA
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08
2NDFRONT
JAVADEKAR,
PRASAD
GANGWAR MAY GET
GOVERNORSHIP!
Union Minister San-
tosh Gangwar’s
spirit was broken be-
cause he couldn’t get
ticket for his daughter
evenaftertoilinghardin
theUPpolls.Disappoint-
ment grew to such an
extent that Gangwar di-
rectly called BJP’s num-
ber two Amit Shah say-
ing, “I am an eight-time
MP
,butcouldn’tevenget
mydaughteraticket.”If
sources are to be be-
lieved, Shah consoled
him saying, “don’t lose
yourheart,wearethink-
ing of something big for
you, you start preparing
to head to Raj Bhavan.”
At once, all the sadness
wasremovedfromGang-
war’s face. After UP
, let’s
go to Patna. Ex- Union
Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad after losing his
chair, was active in
Sangh’s various pro-
grammes. He was ad-
vised to distance him-
self from political fo-
rums, because he could
getanimportantrespon-
sibility
, which may be
non-political, but consti-
tutional. Speculations
are rife that the soft-spo-
ken ex- Union Minister,
Prakash Javadekar has
also got a hint that he
can be made Governor
of an important state.
WILL THE
COMMAND OF BJP
BE IN SHAH’S
HANDS AGAIN?
After March 10, the
BJP intends to
change CMs of three
states i.e. Karnataka,
Himachal and
Tripura.According
to sources, Amit
Shah himself, in a
conversation with
Sangh’s top lead-
ers, admit-
ted that
only
JPNaddacansaveBJPin
Himachal. If Nadda does
indeed move to Shimla,
Shah may once again be-
come BJP’s National
President. However, Kar-
nataka CM Bommai has
pleaded with PM and
Shah that ‘Super CM of
K’taka i.e. BL Santosh
sits in Delhi and takes all
important decisions so
Bommai has nothing
muchlefttodo.Afterthis
the PM sarcastically told
Santosh, “We changed 3
CMs in Uttarakhand
its fate is for everyone to
see. So now don’t convert
Karnataka into Uttara-
khand. As for Tripura,
young CM Biplab Deb is
facing opposition from
his MLAs.
WHY IS DIDI SO
ANGRY WITH
PK?
It is believed
that these
days Mamta
Banerjee is not
even happy with
P r a s h a n t
K i s h o r.
The rift
between
these two has grown so
big that on Abhishek
Banerjee’s advice, PK
has left Kolkata and is
focusing on Delhi. It is
said that this rift started
with municipal polls in
Bengal. Mamta had en-
trusted this work to PK.
When PK visited Bag-
dogra, he met Gorkha
leaders of Darjeeling
there and without ask-
ing Didi, he promised
them that TMC would
leave some seats of Silig-
uri Municipal Corpora-
tion for them and will
not field its candidates
on these seats. Mamata
went furious on this. In
view of Kolkata civic
polls, WB’s Local Intelli-
gence Unit complained
Mamta that they have
been asked for money in
lieu of tickets. Mamata
immediately cancelled
list issued a new one.
PK was also annoyed by
this and sent an SMS to
Mamta that it would be
difficult for him to work
in these circumstances,
to which Mamata re-
plied, ‘Ok’.
PK’s OVERWHELMING
AMBITIONS!
Prashant Kishor, the
country’s famous
election strategist,
called upon Telangana
CM K Chandrashekhar
Rao recently
. The meet-
ing lasted for a long
time that led to specula-
tions that the work of
TRS poll campaign was
given to PK’s company
‘IPAC’. After this, when
Chandrashekhar Rao
met Maharashtra CM
Uddhav Thackeray,
Uddhav asked,
“These days you
have started mak-
ing statements
against Modi, have
you hired PK?
Rao replied
sarcasti-
c a l l y ,
“ O u r
ship is very small, how
will he (PK) fit in it? He
is considering himself
as PM contender in
2029.” An uneasy si-
lence prevailed thereaf-
ter.
AAP’S AKALI LOVE!
Reliablesourcesclose
to AAP reveal that
the day when polls were
to be conducted in Pun-
jab, Raghav Chaddha,
Arvind Kejriwal’s close
aid, called up Akali lead-
erBikramSinghMajith-
ia and told him that he
was doing very well in
theelections.“Yourelec-
tion has picked up a lot
in last five days. Our
thought process lead-
ership are almost the
same. AAP can neither
gowithCongress
nor with BJP
,
but we can
talk with
Akali Dal. If
such a situa-
tion arises on
March 10,
then
both the parties can
work on the formula of
two-and-a-half years.”
However, AAP’s CM face
Bhagwant Mann has
claimed that even if
Akali Dal, BJP Cap-
tainjoinhands,thenalso
they can’t form govern-
ment in Punjab.
PRIYANKA’S
FRANKNESS!
Ajournalist in Luc-
knowrecentlyasked
her saying, ‘Is the Con-
gress’ own information
system so shabby that
party’sbigleadersleaveit
and join the BJP
, but the
high command doesn’t
even know about it?’ Pri-
yanka replied, “This is
politics, people will come
and go. But she is very
angry with two people,
one the son of Madhav
Rao ji who toppled Con-
gress government in MP
to switch to the BJP
.
About RPN, she already
knewthathewasplaying
inthehandsof theBJP
,in
collaborationwithBanna
Gupta, a minister in the
Soren government,
he was trying to
destabilize the
Congress-backed
government in
Jharkhand. Both of
them contacted
some dozen Con-
g r e s s
MLAs
a n d
asked them to join the
BJP
. When I came to
know about this, I spoke
toRPNmyself,andasked
him‘Doeshewanttojoin
BJP?’ but RPN flatly re-
fused.Threedayslater,he
called the AICC office
four times and said that
he owed the party Rs 1.10
lakh on account of air-
fare, etc. So, it should be
cleared immediately
.
Whenthismattercameto
my notice, I asked the ac-
counts people to clear his
accounts immediately
.
Because I knew that now
he is not going to stop.”
...AND FINALLY
If sources are to be be-
lieved, Amit Shah
called up Harsimrat
Kaur on the day of vot-
ing in Punjab at around
8 am. It is said that Shah
told ex- Union Minister
HarsimratKaur“Iknow
thatyoudo‘Paath’inthe
morning, that’s why I
have called you now. I
daily drink the juice of
the Kinnus that you had
sent from your farm.
This time the
Kinnu are
sweeter than
last time.”
The conver-
sation ended
with a talk on
‘meeting.’
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
PRASHANT KISHOR
PRIYANKA GANDHI
BIKRAM SINGH MAJITHIA
RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD AMIT SHAH
Disappointments are a part of
daily life, but let them fall like
dry leaves, don’t weigh down the
‘tree of life’ with them.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Politicians
can stoop down to any
level to win elections is
nothing new, They can
be seen touching the
feet of people of their
area, joining hands in
front of them during
election campaigns.
But a UP MLA has
touched a new low in
this matter.
After apologizing by
holding his ears and
doing sit ups in a re-
cent meeting, he even
was seen giving mas-
sage to an elderly voter
with oil. Its video has
now become viral on
social media.
The politician in the
video is BJP MLA and
candidate Bhupesh
Choubey of Rob-
ertsganj. In the video,
he is giving an oil mas-
sage to an elderly per-
son. Although it is not
clear about when the
video was made but af-
ter doing sit-ups on the
stage in a meeting his
act is being discussed
widely. In Sonbhadra,
elections are to be held
in the seventh phase on
March 7. With only a
few days remaining for
polling, candidates are
making all attempts to
persuade voters. In the
same sequence, the vid-
eo of BJP candidate
Bhupesh Choubey
holding his ear on stage
has surfaced in Tridev
Sammelan of BJP for
removing public re-
sentment.
Bhupesh Choubey
has been walking bare-
foot continuously after
filing nomination.
BJP MLA caught massaging people for vote
VIRAL MASSAGER
‘UP POLLS FOR SAVING DEMOCRACY’
SP stole taps, how
will they provide
food: Thakur
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: BJP lead-
er and Union Minister
Anurag Thakur on Sat-
urday took a dig at Akh-
ilesh Yadav and ques-
tioned how the Sama-
jwadi Party would be
able to provide food for
people when they used
to steal taps during
their tenure.
Speaking with media
in Gorakhpur, Thakur
said, “Akhilesh Yadav
is talking about provid-
ing free electricity but
during SP’s tenure
there used to be no elec-
tricity. Instead, people
would hang clothes on
electricity wires. They
(Akhilesh) used to steal
‘toti’ (taps); how can
they provide ‘roti’
(food)?” “We often
used to hear about gang
wars and Japanese fe-
ver (encephalitis) in
Gorakhpur but Modiji
and Yogiji freed the dis-
trict from them,” he
said while lauding the
double-engine BJP govt
in UP.
Further, praising the
work done by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath,
Thakur said, “There
was no AIIMS in Gora-
khpur for 70 years.
Modiji-Yogiji came to
power and now in five
years, Gorakhpur has
an AIIMS; not just the
land, but a functioning
building.”
Attacking over law order, Yadav said the maximum custodial deaths have taken place under BJP govt
First India Bureau
Balrampur: Samajwa-
di Party president Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Satur-
day said the UP Assem-
bly polls are for saving
democracy and the
country’s Constitution,
which will be “de-
stroyed” by the BJP if
it returns to power in
the state.
In an apparent jibe
at PM Modi, Yadav said
though the BJP gov-
ernment talks about
“sabka saath, sabka
vikas”, its people are
backward only in doc-
uments and not by
birth. These elections
are for saving democ-
racy and the Constitu-
tion, he said. If the
BJP comes to power, it
will destroy both, Ya-
dav alleged in an elec-
tion rally here. Attack-
ing ruling party over
law and order, Yadav
said the maximum cus-
todial deaths have tak-
en place under their
government. Even an
IPS officer is abscond-
ing in a case of illegal
recovery and his ar-
rest is yet to be made,
he said.
Attacking Yogi,
Mr. Yadav said he calls
him a “rioter”
but doesn’t see his
own face in the mirror.
The BJP govt is mak-
ing tall claims about
giving free ration to
the poor but the
scheme will be stopped
after March, Mr. Yadav
said.
“If the SP forms the
govt in the polls, the
poor will be given free
ration for full five
years,” he promised. Mr.
Yadav said people of the
State are upset due to
stray cattle and prom-
ised that after coming to
power, his party’s gov-
ernment will build cow-
shed for the cattle
besides saving crops
from them.
He also claimed of
sweeping the Assem-
bly polls. “After the 5th
and 6th phase of poll-
ing, Baba will go
home”.
Giriraj Singh
attacks Akhilesh
First India Bureau
Ballia: Union minis-
ter Giriraj Singh on
Saturday said Sama-
jwadi Party chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav has become
the representative of
only 20 per cent of peo-
ple in Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking to reporters
after addressing an
election meeting here
in Phephana, Giriraj
Singh mocked the SP’s
claims of forming the
next government in
the state.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav with party leaders during an election campaign rally for
the ongoing UP Assembly elections, in Balrampur on Saturday.
BJP leader and Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
A
A
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SELLING AIRPORTS? WHY
BETTER CONDITION
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ueen of pageantry,
Vasudha shared her
journey, from talent
rounds to workshops.
She glammed the
stage with her beauti-
ful looks and bold per-
sonality
. Vasudha is also work-
ing with her mother in the
child development centre Vid-
hya Aditi Foundation and re-
cently won many hearts with
the title for the First Runner
Up in Elite Miss Rajasthan.
When asked about her jour-
ney
, the diva said, “My journey
has been a roller coaster. My
parents were opposed to the
glamour industry, and con-
vincing them of my modelling
profession was the most diffi-
cult challenge I faced. Model-
ling, in their opinion, is not a
long-term job, but I was able to
persuade them by accepting
their terms. They had asked
me to join the family business
to pursue modelling.”
“But this is not the end of
the struggles. I was completely
new to this fashion world;
learning it from the scratch
was very difficult, but that did
not stop me from following my
dreams,” she added. On her
inspiration, she said, “I look
up to my mom as she is one of
the most hardworking and dis-
ciplined people I have ever
known. At the age of 25, I was
reluctant and scared to start
my modelling career, but she
guided me through this rough
time. She always taught me
one thing ‘if you have the
spark and the confidence no
one can stop you from achiev-
ing your desired goals”.
The diva shared that “In the
future, I want to pursue model-
ling and make a career out of
it. Participating and winning
Elite Miss Rajasthan was a
dream come true. It was a
breakthrough in my model-
ling career. It is my dream to
always work in front of the
camera. I am grateful to my
mentor Gaurav Gaur for his
supportandguidancethrough-
out the Miss Rajasthan Jour-
ney
. I would also like to express
my gratitude to Akansha Bhal-
la ma’am for always motivat-
ing us to work hard and to
push our limits”.
Q
BOLD AND
BOLD AND
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Gorgeous model, nimble
psychology student Vasudha
glammed the stage with her
beautiful looks and bold
personality. In an exclusive
interview with City First,
Vasudha Tiwari reveals all
about her journey,
aspirations and vision board

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As the summer
tiptoes in, we rush to
embrace the colours
of spring and the sun-
kissed flowers find an
echo in our very own
hearts. City First
brings to you colours,
fashion and hues to
celebrate the incoming
Spring so that the
amazing flowers
which are in bloom
everywhere are in your
heart and soul too!
If ever there were a spring day so perfect,
so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze
that it made you want to throw
open all the windows in the house
and unlatch the door to the canary's cage,
indeed, rip the little door from its jamb,
a day when the cool brick paths
and the garden bursting with peonies
seemed so etched in sunlight
that you felt like taking
a hammer to the glass paperweight
on the living room end table,
releasing the inhabitants
from their snow-covered cottage
so they could walk out,
holding hands and squinting
into this larger dome of blue and white,
well, today is just that kind of day.
—Today by Billy Collins
—Today by Billy Collins
Embrace the desi
look with a boldly
patterned flower
lehenga. The
browns are muted
due to the large and
bold bright magenta
flowers and the
dupatta, add silver
jhumkis and a braid
to complete the
aesthetic desi look.
Blue and white
are not colours
normally
associated with
spring but can
there be anything
more spring-like
than these artful
flowers and
leaves? Put a
sprig in your hair
and be ready to
usher in the
season!
Team up a long floral
open kurta with
‘forever’ blue jeans
and you are ready to
rock the world.
Capture the perfect spring
look, white with scattered
coloured patterns, bow-ties
spaghetti with loose flowing
summery palazzo pants.
Off shoulder floral dresses
and crop tops with flare
pants are totally a Spring
look and the printed tribal
border aces the look!
A plain pastel saree
with embroidered
flower motifs,
teamed with a
bralette and you are
more than ready for
a formal dinner to
welcome the spring!
A peach lehenga
with a focus on
green gives it a
bold look and
green dupatta
highlights it,
making it both a
day evening wear.
Celebrate the
power of red as
you ‘spring’ it
with white
flowers. The
spaghetti start
with side slit
and open
sandals make it
perfect.
If you have time,
then ace a special
occasion by
‘Twinning-it’ with
your beloved, carry
it off with panache.
You simply can’t go wrong in
a pastel georgette saree with
lightly coloured flowers
sprinkled all over with fine
gold border and the backless
blouse, hold the look!
Grace your simple green
kurta with a coloured flowery
scarf to add a summerish
spring look to your outfit!
Go for it with a
cream formal
dress with
English grey
and yellow
leaf-flower
print, with cut
sleeves and a
faux side bow.
Men carry off spring flowery
designs as well as women!
Add the oomph factor for an
occasion and go all out with
flowery Indian ensemble and
the plain jackets.

The Kavi Sammelan began as Passport Of-
ficer Kanishk Sharma and all of the poets lit
the lamp in the Passport Office auditorium.
Under the supervision of Dr Uday Pratap
Singh, the country’s senior-most poet, Dr
Sarvesh Asthana, Gajendra Priyanshu, Sarla
Sharma, Abhay Nirbhik, and Swayam Shriv-
astava captured the hearts of the audience
through poetry relating to patriotism.
CITY FIRST
D
uring the AKAM
week, a spectacular
“Nukkad Natak” on
the theme “Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav” was
held in front of the city’s
prominent “Rumi Darwa-
za,” in which the message
of patriotism was deliv-
ered. Through this play,
awareness regarding pass-
port services and facilities
was also spread among the
general public. At the
same time, a patriotism-
filled poets’ conference
was held.
As part of the ‘Azadi Ke
Amrit Mahotsav’ week, a
‘Passport Adalat’ was held
at the Regional Passport
Office in Lucknow. It at-
tracted more than 100 ap-
plications. In addition, the
workforce as a whole dis-
posed of about 5000 letters.
12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
DENIM FOREVER!
he season of change from cold blizzards to the warm
breeze is right around the corner and it only means
one thing: Spring. Denim, despite being a wardrobe
must-have, has become a spring mainstay this year
thankstoaslewof reinventeddesignsfromthe1980s,
1990s, and 2000s. This vintage style turned trend has been
spotted on fashion runways like Valentino showing throw-
back styles from the 80s, and Balenciaga showcasing 90s and
Y2K aesthetics. Fashion Influencers and models share their
viewsonfavouritedenimpiecestostylethisspring-summer.
T
Fashion Influencers,
bloggers and models
share their views on
favourite
denim
pieces to
style
MONICA PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Drishti Phagwani, a fashion blogger said, “After
watchingfashionweeksaroundtheglobe.Iwouldsay
denim jackets with vintage touch (like puffer
arms), the white shaded denim pants and denim
corsets would be a classic touch for this spring if
one wants to ace both the couture end as well as
a street style look.” She added, “Denim, unlike
any other fabric, has a constant rage for every
season. We can see megastars like Julia fox,
Kanye west Kiara Alia Advani Deepika Padukone,
from fashion weeks to street style, denim is a rage
that is neverending. I love vintage style and the inspira-
tion of Schiaparelli.”
Nitin Singh Rajput, fashion influencer said,
“The classic look of a denim jacket continues to
be a hit this season as well. I’d add on a graphi-
cally detailed jacket to a basic outfit for an eye-
catching look or a contrasting colour denim
jacket to spruce up basic jeans and t-shirt look.”
Rajnandini Singh,
fashion influencer said,
“White denim is the per-
fect denim choice for
spring, especially when
it’s paired with a denim
jacket. The white colour
adds a fresh, light aes-
thetic to the look. Throw-
ing your denim jacket
over a dress is a must for
the season. It adds struc-
ture to a flowy dress.
Irfan Khan, a Fash-
ion model said, “I’d go
for a light super comfy
denim jacket this spring
season. The combina-
tion of thick cotton
sleeves and denim in the
middle looks different
and gets in a ton of com-
pliments. A look of den-
im on denim with a black
T-shirt would be a fail-
proof option.”
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THE CHOSEN ONE!
Taskar, the first healthcare mall in India organised
a free healthcare checkup camp near the IT
college in Lucknow.The camp is set to provide
various healthcare services like nutrition tests,
free consultation, with other services.
On the 24th of February, the Ambakeshwar Group of the Institute’s team travelled to the Sitapur district,
where Assistant Professor Archita Tiwari of the Institute’s team visited Hindu Kanya Pathshala Inter
College, Government Girls Inter College, and Lucknow Public School.They informed the students that
while a middle-class family has numerous challenges in pursuing courses such as MBBS, they can
assure their income by pursuing a pharmacy degree. During the presentation, Dr Savita Upadhyay,
Vishwanath Dubey, and Sandeep Yadav were present.
Abhinandan Goswami, the son of Niranjan and Gouri
Mahanta Goswami from Assam, has been chosen to
represent India in the 2022 Deaf Olympics in Brazil. He won the
gold medal in the national election held on Saturday in Lucknow.
HOCKEY WITH HEART
CITY FIRST
T
he Sports Au-
thority of In-
dia’s (SAI) open
selection trials for
hockey players are
set to begin in its
various National
Centres of Excel-
lence (NCoEs) from
March 2.
The selection trials
will be conducted at
various locations
across the country
where both girls and
boys between the age
of 14 to 24 years can
participate.
The tryouts will go
on three days, with the
selectors putting the
potential players
through different tests
to assess their level of
fitness and skill. In
Lucknow, the trials are
from March 3 to 5 for
women and March 7 to
9 for men and, at the
SAI Netaji Subhash
Regional Centre, Luc-
know, aspirants can be
seen practising hard
before the trials.
BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday!
The birthday of IAS Arvind
Singh was on Saturday,
February 26. We wish him
all the best!
At Rumi Darwaza
Archita Tiwari during the session
ADVANCING MEDICAL SCIENCES
CITY FIRST
T
he Central Medi-
cine Research
Institute of the
CSIR in Luc-
know has created a
standardised drug
called ‘Picroliv’ to
treat Non-Alcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease
(NAFLD), which is
about to enter the third
phase of clinical test-
ing. The CSIR-CDRI
has been granted au-
thorization to under-
take clinical studies
among NAFLD pa-
tients in collaboration
with the ICMR to de-
termine the effective-
ness and adverse ef-
fects (if any). These
clinical trials will be
conducted across six
hospitals in India,
including AIIMS
Delhi, ILBS Delhi,
PGIMER Chandi-
garh, KEM Mumbai,
NIMS Hyderabad and
KGMU Lucknow.
In a remarkable feat
against the NAFLD the
CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow
has developed the drug
‘Picroliv’ from the
plant Picrorhiza kur-
roa (also known
as Kutki) under the
Phytopharmaceutical
mode of Drug Control-
ler General India
(DCGI). The new drug
may help in the reduc-
tion of fat in the liver
and its subsequent
complications, revers-
ing severe hepatic con-
ditions such as cirrho-
sis and cancer.
Consequently, there
is an increased need
for medicinal treat-
ment and this is where
CDRI’s Picroliv comes
into the picture. Earli-
er, the tests conducted
by the CDRI revealed
faster recovery and a
fall in bilirubin and
SGPT levels. On the
other hand, the cur-
rent clinical trial will
witness the reduction
in fat content of the
liver via MRI. The
drug will be available
after phase-III clinical
trial completion for
use in society
.
Dr Vivek Bhosale,
Medical expert, CSIR-
CDRI informed that it
is a common condition
in obese individuals or
people with diabetes.
Commonly there are
no symptoms, however,
there may be some
amount of abdominal
pain that may be con-
centrated in the cen-
tral or right upper part
of the abdomen. Pa-
tients also experience
fatigue and tiredness
and even cases of an
enlarged liver.
Representational Image Central Medicine Research Institute
Practising Players
AKAMEVENTS
Kanishk Sharma, Uday Pratap Singh, Sarvesh
Asthana, Gajendra Priyanshu, Sarla Sharma,
Abhay Nirbhik and Swayam Srivastava
KAVI SAMMELAN
Kanishk Sharma

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