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BJP now dominant in Legislative Council
as newly elected members take oath
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The 36 new
members of the Uttar
Pradesh Legislative
Council took oath on
Tuesday
. UP Legislative
Council chairman Kun-
war Manvendra Singh
administered the oath.
All the members took
oath in Hindi, while
some of them raised
the slogan of “Jai Shri
Ram” and “Bharat
Mata ki Jai” after the
ceremony
.
Prominent among
those who took the oath
are Minister of State
(independent charge)
Dinesh Pratap Singh,
who was elected from
Rae Bareli constituency
.
Two independent MLCs
and MLC of Jansatta
Dal (Loktantrik) from
Pratapgarh, Akshay
Pratap Singh also took
oath. Rest of the win-
ning legislators are
from the BJP
.
According to the re-
sults declared on April
12, the BJP won 24 of the
27 seats, where polling
was held last week. In
addition, the BJP had
won nine of the 36 seats
unopposed.
In the 100-member
Legislative Council, the
BJP will now have 67
MLCs, Samajwadi Par-
ty (SP) 17 and the Bahu-
jan Samaj Party (BSP)
four. The Congress,
Apna Dal (Sonelal) and
the NISHAD party have
one member each in the
House.
4 dead, 28 injured as bus
overturns in Lalitpur
Lalitpur (PTI): Four
passengers were killed
and 28 others injured on
Tuesday evening when
the bus they were trav-
elling in overturned
and fell into a roadside
ditch here, police said.
The accident took
place near Masaura vil-
lage when the driver
lost control over the
bus while trying to
avoid hitting a motorcy-
clist, they said. Addi-
tional SPGirijesh Ku-
mar said that the bus
overturned and fell into
a roadside ditch. Four
people died on the spot,
while 28 other passen-
gers were injured, Ku-
mar said. He said the
identity of the deceased
and the injured is yet to
be ascertained.
CM Yogi Adityanath with Legislative Council Chairman Manvendra
Singh, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna, Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya, and Cabinet Minister Swatantra Dev
Singh at the swearing-in ceremony held at Tilak Hall in Vidhan
Bhavan on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
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Mumbai: Benchmark indices rebounded sharply on Tuesday after falling
for the past two days, with the Sensex jumping 657.67 points. The
30-share BSE benchmark was trading 657.67 points higher at 57,237.56
in early trade. The NSE Nifty jumped 204.35 points to 17,158.30.
MARKETS
REBOUND 657
POINTS AFTER
2-DAY SLIDE
Barpeta: Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was remanded to five days in
police custody on Tuesday by a court in Assam’s Barpeta district in
an assault case filed by a woman police officer. CJM Mukul Chetia
remanded Mevani to police custody.
MEVANI SENT TO
FIVE DAYS IN
POLICE CUSTODY
IN ASSAULT CASE
Denied free hand, PK
‘folds hands’ to Cong
As Prashant Kishor declines Sonia’s offer to join Cong and says party
currently needs ‘leadership, collective will to fix structural problems’,
party appoints Pratibha Virbhadra Singh as Himachal PCC Chief;
dismisses Jakhar, Thomas and suspends 5 MLAs from Meghalaya
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor,
popularly addressed to
as PK in political cir-
cles, on Tuesday de-
clined the Congress of-
fer to join the party and
evolve its poll strategy
and said more than
him, the party needs
leadership and collec-
tive will to fix deep-root-
ed structural problems
through transforma-
tional reforms.
Kishor was asked by
Congress president So-
nia Gandhi to join the
party and be a part of
the Empowered Action
Group-2024 and take
care of its election strat-
egy for upcoming polls.
Congress chief spokes-
person Randeep Sur-
jewala said Kishor has
declined the offer and
the party appreciates
his efforts and sugges-
tions. Kishor had made
a detailed presentation
before top Congress
leaders, which was dis-
cussed at length by sen-
ior leadership of the
party
, after which an of-
fer was made to him.
“ In my humble opin-
ion, more than me the
party needs leadership
and collective will to fix
the deep rooted struc-
tural problems through
transformational re-
forms,” Kishor said in a
tweet.
CONG REMOVES
JAKHAR AND
THOMAS FROM
ALL PARTY POSTS
45 CR LOST HOPE DUE TO MODI’S
“MASTERSTROKES’’: RAHUL GANDHI
DID PK ASK FOR MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW?
70% PEOPLE WHO TOOK BOOSTER
DOSE DIDN’T GET COVID: STUDY
PROBABILITY OF 4TH WAVE EXTREMELY
LOW, VIROLOGIST JACOB JOHN
New Delhi: The Con-
gress Disciplinary
Committee on Tuesday
recommended the
suspension of its former
Punjab unit chief Sunil
Jakhar for two years and
his removal from all party
posts, besides recom-
mending removal of Ker-
ala leader K V Thomas
from all party positions
for anti-party activities.
Ahead of the Congress
disciplinary committee
meeting, Jakhar had
said those who still
have a conscience will
be punished. The panel
also recommended the
suspension of five party
MLAs in Meghalaya, who
had supported the ruling
Meghalaya Democratic
Alliance (MDA) in the
state, while defying the
party directives.
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on
Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi
over the unemployment issue, alleging over 45
crore people have lost hope of getting a job due to
his “masterstrokes”. He claimed that Modi is the
“first such prime minister” in 75 years to do so.
Informed sources in Congress have disclosed that PK wanted to lead the
Empowered Committee 2024, but Sonia wanted to make PK only a member of
the committee. Furthermore, PK wanted to report only to the Congress leader-
ship, but as a member he could not directly contact the high command. Prob-
ably because of all these reasons Kishor did not join the Congress. However,
the grapevine in ‘relevant’ party circles is that claim that Rahul and his team
were not too elated by PK’s entry in the party and in the meantime, the news of
Priyanka going on a foreign tour last night also acted as the final nail. In such
a situation, there was no consensus in the Gandhi family about PK, who, it is
learnt, had advised Gandhis to make an outsider as party president while also
advocating for change in Rajasthan.
New Delhi: Seventy per cent of the people who received
a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the
disease during the third wave, according to a new study
that covered around 6,000 people in India. The study said
that 45 per cent of the vaccinated people who did not take
a precautionary dose reported Covid in the third wave.
Renowned Virologist Dr T Jacob John has said that the prob-
ability of fourth Covid wave in India is ‘extremely low’. He
said that Delhi and Haryana had minor increases in Covid
numbers over the last two to three weeks but the increase
was not being sustained. He stressed that one thousand
cases in Delhi is equal to just five per lakh population.
Kids over 5 now under
Covid vax umbrella!
DCGI allows Corbevax for kids aged 5-12, Covaxin
for 6-12 age group, in major relief to parents
New Delhi:India’sdrug
regulator has granted
emergency use authori-
sation for Biological E’s
COVID-19 vaccine Cor-
bevax for those aged five
to 12 years and Bharat
Biotech’s Covaxin for
children in the age
group of six to 12 years,
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
said on Tuesday
.
The Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI)
has also granted emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion (EUA) to Cadila for
its ZyCoV-D for an ad-
ditional dose of 3mg
with a two-jab inocula-
tion schedule 28 days
apart for those aged
above 12 years.
The approval by the
Drugs Controller Gener-
al of India (DCGI) comes
following recommenda-
tions by the Subject Ex-
pert Committee on COV-
ID-19 of the CDSCO.
RAM NAVAMI
VIOLENCE
SC junks plea
seeking setting
up of judicial
commission
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day junked a PIL seek-
ing setting up of a judi-
cial commission to in-
quire into the recent
communal violence in
Delhi’s Jahangirpuri
andinsevenotherstates
during Ram Navami.
A bench of Justices L
Nageswara Rao and B R
Gavai dismissed the
plea filed by advocate
Vishal Tiwari. “You
want inquiry to be
headed by former CJI?
Is anybody free? Find
out...What kind of re-
lief is this...Don’t ask
for such reliefs which
can’t be granted by this
court. Dismissed,” the
bench said.
108 ex-bureaucrats
request PM to call for
end to ‘politics of hate’
New Delhi: Over 100
former civil servants
have written to PM
Narendra Modi with
the hope that he will
call for an end to what
they termed as “poli-
tics of hate” allegedly
practised “assiduous-
ly” by governments un-
der BJP’s control.
In an open letter, they
said “we are witnessing
a frenzy of hate filled
destruction in the coun-
try where at the sacrifi-
cial altar are not just
Muslims and members
of the other minority
communities but the
Constitution itself”.
Former Lt Governor
of Delhi Najeeb Jung,
former NSA Shivs-
hankar Menon and for-
mer prime minister
ManmohanSingh’sprin-
cipal secretary T K A
Nair are among the 108
signatories to the letter.
“Your silence, in the
face of this enormous
societal threat, is deaf-
ening,” the letter said.
Meanwhile, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will interact with
Chief Ministers on the
emerging COVID-19
situation in the country
on Wednesday through
video conferencing.
Are Sonia Gandhi,Priyanka on long holiday,
asks Anurag on Dausa gangrape-murder
New Delhi (PTI): Hit-
ting out at the Con-
gress govt over Dausa
gang-rape and murder,
Union minister Anur-
ag Thakur on Tuesday
said whether Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and party gen-
eral sec Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra have gone
on a long holiday.
Meanwhile, the Dausa
police arrested second
accused in the case on
Tuesday
.
“Atrocities on
children, women
are on the rise in
Rajasthan and
questions are
raised about gov-
ernance in the
state. I wonder
whether Sonia
Gandhi and
Priyanka Gandhi too
have gone on a long
holiday as Ra-
hul ji? Can’t
they see the
breakdown
of law and
order in Ra-
jasthan?,”
T h a k u r
t o l d
reporters when asked
about the incident of
gang-rape and murder
in Dausa, Rajasthan.
“Why has the Con-
gress party and Raj
govt remained a mute
spectator? I hope they
will take these things
seriously and the Raj
govt, which is fast
asleep, will wake up,”
he said.
CAA a limited, narrowly tailored
law for specific reasons: MHA
New Delhi: The Citi-
zenship (Amendment)
Act (CAA) is a limited
and narrowly-tailored
legislation that seeks to
provide a relaxation to
specific communities
from specified coun-
tries with a clear cut-off
date, taking a compas-
sionate and ameliora-
tive view, according to
the annual report of the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA).
“The CAA is a limited
and narrowly tailored
legislation which seeks
to provide a relaxation
to aforesaid specific
communities from the
specified countries with
a clear cut-off date. It is
a compassionate and
ameliorative legisla-
tion,” the MHA annual
report for 2020-21 said.
Elgar Parishad
case: HC rejects
Navlakha’s plea
for house arrest
Mumbai: The Bombay
high court on Tuesday
dismissed the petition
filed by human rights
activist Gautam Nav-
lakha, an accused in the
Elgar Parishad-Bhima
Koregaon violence case,
seeking to be placed un-
der house arrest due to
his failing health and
lack of proper medical
facilities in Taloja jail.
Navlakha, arrested on
August 28, 2018, from his
residence in New Delhi,
had moved the petition
through advocates Yug
Chaudhry and Payoshi
Roy claiming relief on
the grounds of his ad-
vanced age and the fact
that he had a lump in
his chest.

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WORKING WITH NEW ZEAL
‘PLANNING FROM THE
BOTTOM’ IS THE NEW
MANTRA OF YOGI 2.0
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
Government has decid-
ed to hold discussion
with all the stakehold-
ers prior to formulating
policy and planning of
overall development of
the state.
The mantra of ‘Plan-
ning From The Bottom’
was given by CMYogi to
his ministers in a meet-
ing here on Tuesday
. Ac-
cordingtoagovernment
spokesperson, the state
governmenthasdecided
that the problems at the
lower level will be stud-
ied first and on this ba-
sis, a policy will be made
for the state. Under this,
a ‘Model District Plan’
will also be prepared for
each district. There will
be a proper brainstorm-
ing for the model dis-
trict plan and the prob-
lems of every district
will be studied.
CM Yogi Adityanath
has instructed the cabi-
net ministers to go to
the field. He has direct-
ed that the work of the
state visit of the Coun-
cil of Ministers will
have to be completed
before the upcoming as-
sembly session
As many as 18 Groups
of Ministers have been
constituted in this re-
gard. These 18 groups
will visit 18 divisions
and will be in the field
from Friday to Sunday
.
In the first phase, after
visiting the state, the re-
sponsibility of other di-
visions will be given
under the rotation sys-
tem of the ministerial
groups.
The Chief Minister
has directed that every
team will have to stay in
a district for at least 24
hours during the three-
day circle tour. Senior
ministers leading the
team should visit at
least two districts.
After the visit, the
policy of the state will
be decided on the basis
of the ministers report.
On the basis of this, sep-
arate model district
plans will also be pre-
pared for each district.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday ordered the
suspension of an offi-
cial for dereliction of
duty, days after remov-
ing him from the post of
director of secondary
education following a
class 12 English ques-
tion paper leak.
Vinay Pandey was re-
moved as director of
secondary education on
April 21 and was posted
as the director of litera-
cy alternative educa-
tion, Urdu and oriental
languages.
A tweet by the chief
minister’s office read,
“Another strict action
by Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath Ji over neg-
ligence in the discharge
of official duties. The
then Director of Educa-
tion (secondary) sus-
pended.”
The Chief Minister
has ordered the suspen-
sion of the then director
of education (second-
ary) who was found pri-
ma facie guilty of not
discharging official du-
ties properly
, negligence
and indifference to-
wards government
works and non-compli-
ance of government-lev-
el instructions, the
tweet further added.
Tilak Hall of Vidhan Bhawan on Tuesday witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected
members of UP Legislative Council. Acting Chairman of the Council, Manavendra Singh is seen
administering the oath of office to the members on the occasion. CM Yogi, Dy CM Keshav Prasad
Maurya, State BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh were also present. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
LEADERS OF GROUPS OF
MINISTERS CONSTITUTED
FOR STATEWIDE TOUR
Deputy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya
Agra Division
Suresh Khanna
Lucknow
Division
Chaudhary
Laxmi Narayan
Aligarh Division
Nandgopal
Gupta ‘Nandi’
Bareilly Division
Jitin Prasad
Kanpur Division
Yogendra
Upadhyay
Saharanpur Division
Deputy CM
Brajesh Pathak
Varanasi Division
Swatantra Dev
Singh Moradabad
Division
Jaiveer Singh
Chitrakoot Dham
Division
Bhupendra
Singh
Mirzapur Division
Rakesh Sachan
Devipatan Division
Ashish Patel
Basti
Division
Surya Pratap
Shahi
Meerut Division
Baby Rani
Maurya
Jhansi Division
Dharampal
Singh
Gorakhpur Division
Anil Rajbhar
Prayagraj
Division
Arvind Sharma
Ayodhya Division
Sanjay Nishad
Azamgarh
Division
TOP
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DECISIONS
The Yogi government, which has been
elected for the second term, is leaving
no stone unturned to accelerate the
pace of development in Uttar Pradesh
The UP government on
Tuesday gave nod to a
proposal to levy toll tax on
the Purvanchal Expressway
from May 1. The contract
to collect the toll has been
awarded to a private player
for a sum of `222 crore
to be paid annually to the
state government. ”A bid
of `222 crore has been
received against the reserve
price of Rs 200 crore. The
developer will also provide
six ambulances and 12
patrolling vehicles. The
toll rates will be notified as
early as possible,” Industrial
Development Minister Nand
Gopal Gupta Nandi said.
Constructed at an estimated
cost of about `22,500 cr, the
Purvanchal e-way is going to
give a boost to eastern parts
of UP, especially the districts
of Lucknow, Barabanki,
Amethi, Ayodhya, Sultanpur,
Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh,
Mau and Ghazipur, a govern-
ment statement said.
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Hike in wages among slew of
cabinet decisions on Tuesday
CM Yogi Adityanath presides over the cabinet meeting in Lucknow on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
PAY TOLL ON
PURVANCHAL
EXPRESSWAY FROM
MAY 1 ONWARDS
UP TO MANUFACTURE HIGH PERFORMANCE
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC)
HONORARIUM HIKE FOR PART-TIME
INSTRUCTORS AND COOKS IN SCHOOLS
In another important
move, the state gov-
ernment has also decided to
hike the honorarium given to
part-time instructors and cooks
working in state-run schools.
Giving details of the decision
taken under the aegis of Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Basic Education
Minister Sandeep Singh went on to inform: “It has been
decided to hike the honorarium of 27,555 part time
instructors be raised from `7,000 per month to `9,000 per
month Similarly, it has been decided to hike the honorar-
ium of 3,77,520 cooks from `1,500 per month to `2,000
per month for 10 months.” In addition, a saree will be
given to women cooks and shirts and pants to men worth
`500 every year, he added.
Finance Minister Suresh Kumar said that till now UP was
importing High Performance Liquid Chromatography
(HPLC) from China. “It is a kind of ethanol used in labs, Now it
has been decided that the state will produce 10 lakh HPLC on its
own.” HPLC has been used for manufacturing (e.g., during the
production process of pharmaceutical and biological products),
legal (e.g., detecting performance enhancement drugs in urine),
research (e.g., separating the components of a complex biolog-
ical sample, or of similar synthetic chemicals from each other),
and medical (e.g., detecting vitamin D in blood) purposes.
The cabinet has decided to hand
over land belonging to the Irrigation
Department which is lying opposite to the
renowened Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate
Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS)
near Telibagh area of Lucknow to the
Medical Education Department . “The land
having an area of 5,393 square meters
will be used to construct a building,
Medical Edu Minister Khanna said.
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3
4
LAND OPPOSITE TO SGPGI TO
BE GIVEN TO MED-EDU DEPT
In another important decision, a
five-member committee, which will be
presided over by Finance Minister Suresh
Khanna, has been constituted to look into the
proposals that are being put before the cabinet.
Besides Khanna, cabinet ministers Baby Rani
Maurya, Jaiveer Singh, Yogendra Upadhyay
and Dharampal Singh have also been made
members of the committee who are going to
examine the proposals that are being put forth.
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TEAM TO EXAMINE PROPOSALS
PUT BEFORE THE CABINET
PWD TO ENSURE ROAD CONSTRUCTION FROM NABARD FUNDS
The public works department will ensure that the roads that
are being constructed through rural infrastructure develop-
ment funds that are provided by NABARD, will be maintained by a
contractor for a period of five years. Up to 10% of the project cost
will be offered to the contractor as maintenance charges of the
road. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development is an
apex regulatory body for overall regulation of regional rural banks
and apex cooperative banks in India and is under the jurisdiction of
Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
Government will be
starting a community
radio - ‘Jai Ghosh’ at the
Sangeet Natak Aka-
demi to preserve, pro-
mote and popularise
the unique cultural
identity of the state.
The Culture depart-
ment of Uttar Pradesh
has mentioned that
they will be publishing
75 books depicting the
rich history of 75 dis-
tricts of the state on the
occasion of Amrit Ma-
hotsav. Moreover, the
department will also
produce and screen 75
short films based on pa-
triotism.
The department, in
its six-month action
plan, has promised to
organise One Dis-
trict-One Special Cul-
tural Event in every
district across Uttar
Pradesh.
Reviewing the pre-
sentations by the de-
partments of culture
and tourism, earlier,
CM Yogi Adityanath
has appreciated the
plans and was encour-
aged to execute them
within the promised
timelines.
In an effort to appre-
ciate the efforts of our
martyrs and freedom
fighters, the depart-
ment will also establish
their statues and pride
plaques in the selected
government boy/girl
school of every district.
The Culture depart-
ment of Uttar Pradesh
has also proposed to
construct a gallery
based on the saga of in-
dependence at the Gov-
ernment Archives Luc-
know and promised to
organise a ‘Tridhara’
national event dedicat-
ed to Sant Kabir, Sant
Ravidas and Baba Gora-
khnath.
Culture Dept’s community radio ‘Jai Ghosh’ to launch at Sangeet Natak Academy
NEW INITIATIVE
lll
CM Yogi has
appreciated the
plans of the
Culture dept and
has directed to
execute them
within promised
timelines SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY
Lucknow to have two new police stations
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP gov-
ernment on Tuesday
said two new police sta-
tions will be set up in
Lucknow Police Com-
missionerate to im-
prove policing in the
state capital.
As of now there are 43
police stations in the
c o m m i s s i o n e r a t e.
“Determined to
strengthen law and or-
der and provide easy
availability of police
services to the general
public, CM Yogi has de-
cided to set up new po-
lice stations Madeeganj
under Hazratganj police
station and Dubagga un-
der Kakori police sta-
tion in Police Commis-
sionerate, Lucknow,”
CM’s Office on tweeted.
The number of police
stations in Lucknow
will now increase to 45.
The BJP government
implemented the police
commissionersystemin
Lucknow and Gautam
Budh Nagar districts in
January 2020.
CM suspends ex-director
of secondary education
Lucknow: Yogi gov-
ernment has ordered
demotion of additional
commissioners, Ravikant
Singh, Bhupendra Kumar
in cooperative depart-
ment on charges of
corruption.
Yogi govt demotes
Addl commissioners
DEAR MAHANT, GET WELL SOON!
Deputy CMs
Keshav Prasad
Maurya and
Brajesh Pathak on
Tuesday met Ram
Janmabhoomi
Trust chief Mahant
Nritya Gopal Das at
a private hospital
and enquired about
his health. Das
(83), was brought
to Lucknow’s
Medanta hospital
from Ayodhya on
April 24.
Lucknow office of
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CRUCIAL READ
Kanpur: Shubham Goldie Spices Pvt Ltd., Kanpur on
Tuesday organised a grand function here to honour
its vendors. Inaugurated by company director Akash
Goenka, cars and bikes were distributed as gifts by
the company to their employees on the occasion. Go-
enka said the hard work of the directors, distributors
and employees of the group, quality and reasonable
price as well as the technology, production and
keeping in mind the changing market environment,
innovative experiments are being carried out in works
related to expansion, marketing and promotion.
BODY OF 20-YR-
OLD BA STUDENT
FOUND IN JUNGLE
Pratapgarh: The body of
a 20-year-old man was
found in a forest here on
Tuesday morning, police
said. Station House Offi-
cer of Patti Police Station
Nandlal Singh said the
deceased was identi-
fied as Sunil Verma, a
second year BA student.
Verma was beaten to
death and his body was
found from the Bhopal-
pur forest, he added. A
case has been registered
against unknown people
on the basis of a com-
plaint lodged by Verma’s
mother, he said.
TOURIST DROWNS
WHILE BATHING
IN RISHIKESH
Dehradun: A tourist
from Delhi drowned
while bathing in the
Ganga in Uttarakhand’s
Rishikesh on Tuesday,
police said. The State
Disaster Response
Force’s deep divers
found his body stuck in
between rocks around
25 feet under water,
hours after the incident,
Sub-Inspector, Dhal-
wala, Kavindra Sajwan,
who led the search
operation, said. He was
identified as Ankush
Joss, a resident of East
Gokulpuri, Delhi.
SHUBHAM GOLDIE SPICES DIRECTOR
AKASH GOENKA FETES EMPLOYEES
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Luc-
know Bench of the Alla-
habad High Court has
taken cognizance of the
problem of traffic jams
due to encroachment on
both sides of the road
from Nattha Tiraha to
Durgapuri located near
Charbagh railway sta-
tion.
On a PIL filed in this
regard, the court has
ordered the District
Magistrate, Lucknow to
conduct an inspection
by forming a team of
officers.
The Division Bench
of Justice Devendra Ku-
mar Upadhyaya and
Justice Subhash Vidy-
arthi passed this order
while hearing a PIL by
RC Pathak, advocate (In
Person).
The Court observed
that, near Charbagh
Station there is a road
emanating from a tri-
section of roads known
as Nattha Tiraha which
goes to Alambagh and
in the stretch of the
road from Nattha Tira-
ha to Durgapuri on both
sides there are some
permanent / temporary
encroachments.
Allegation in the peti-
tionisthatonaccountof
the encroachments un-
usual traffic jams occur
very frequently which
cause a lot of difficulties
to the commuters.
Further, submission
made in the petition is
that on account of these
permanent/temporary
encroachments the
width of road which is
available for actual use
getsreducedcausinglots
of problems.
It has also been stated
that on account of the
Metro Rail running
above the road and also
on account of the Metro
Rail Station the daily
foot fall on the road has
increased, however be-
cause of the encroach-
ments the pedestrians
and other commuters
find it difficult even to
cross the road.
Thecourtsaid,remov-
al of encroachment, as
we understand, is pri-
marily the duty of the
local body i.e. LMC. So
farasthetrafficmanage-
ment is concerned, the
district traffic police has
to take appropriate and
adequate steps to make
the traffic smooth.
First India Bureau
Agra: Fire fighters here
had an abnormally busy
dayonTuesdayasmulti-
plefiresragedfromtown
to country
. Property
worth lakhs were gutted
in the fires that broke
out at 6 places. However,
no casualties were re-
ported in the incidents.
In Agra city
, at around
11:30 am, employees
working in MI’s
multi-storey furniture
showroom on the bypass
near Nagla Padi saw
smoke rising from the
basement. Soon flames
andsmokestartedrising
from the showroom. It
was evacuated immedi-
ately
. The fire brigade
had to struggle hard to
extinguish the fire. Due
to lack of pathway
, the
wall had to be broken by
calling a bulldozer. It
tookaboutthreehoursto
put out the fire. Furni-
ture showroom owner
Rajan Sehgal said 40 em-
ployees worked in the
showroom. The cause of
the fire is believed to be
short circuit. The show-
roomhasbeencomplete-
ly gutted.
Anotherfirebrokeout
in Mangalam Marriage
Hall in Sarai Khwaja
Chowki area of
Shah-
ganj police station. Here
too, the fire brigade and
police personnel had to
make a lot of effort to ex-
tinguish the fire. SP City
Vikas Kumar said as
soon as the information
about the fire was re-
ceived, the fire brigade
and police team reached
the spot and handled the
situation. Along with
this, he told that from
morning till afternoon,
fire broke out at 6 places
in Agra district, out of
which efforts are being
made to extinguish the
fire in some places.
Lucknow(PTI): With
COVID-19 cases register-
ing a spike in NCR, CM
Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday stressed taking
preventive measures
and significantly in-
creasing testing to com-
bat the threat in UP
.
Minimum 1.5 lakh
tests should be per-
formed daily and all nec-
essary arrangements
should be made for the
treatment of infected
persons, he said.
He said infected per-
sons being isolated in
their homes should be
given complete informa-
tionabouttheCovidpro-
tocol they have to follow.
TheCMgavethesedirec-
tions while chairing a
meeting with senior offi-
cials, an official said.
HC takes cognizance of traffic jams due to encroachment
CHARBAGH CROWD
Triple murder
accused tries
to flee, hurt in
police firing
Gorakhpur (PTI):
A man, arrested for
allegedly killing
three members of a
family
, was shot at
andinjuredinpolice
firing as he tried to
escape police custo-
dy on Tuesday
.
SSP Vipin Tada
said accused Alok
Paswan was shot at
when he tried to es-
cape police custody
while being taken to
the crime spot for
the recovery of the
weapon used in the
triplemurderonear-
lyTuesdaymorning.
Paswan snatched
a pistol from an offi-
cial accompanying
him and began fir-
ing at the police in
his bid to escape,
forcing the police to
resort to firing at
him, then SSP said.
“The police fired
and chased Paswan.
During the firing,
the accused was hit
by a bullet in his
right leg. He is un-
dergoing treatment
at BRD Medical Col-
lege in Gorakhpur,”
Tada said.
FieryTuesday:Multiple fires rage through Agra
SIZZLING SIX
1 4
5
6
2
3 (Clockwise from left) Mangalam
Marriage Hall badly damaged
due to the fire. (R) Firefighters
douse a fire at a showroom.
CM Yogi listens to problems of people at the Janta Darshan
programme at his residence on Tuesday.
CM for more tests to
arrest Covid spread
DEATH OF TEENAGER IN UNNAO
New Delhi (PTI): Ex-
pressing displeasure
over the way the investi-
gation was conducted
into the death of a
17-year-old boy in Uttar
Pradesh’s Unnao dis-
trict, the Supreme Court
has handed over the
probe to the Inspector
General of Police on a
complaintbyhismother.
A bench of Jusices
Ajay Rastogi and Bela
M Trivedi said the
probe conducted by the
investigating officer
cannot be said to be fair
and impartial.
The boy was allegedly
assaultedinpolicecusto-
dy for violating Covid
restrictions in the state.
The top court said fair
investigationistheback-
bone of criminal justice
system and the object of
the probe is to search for
the truth so that it would
help in meeting the ends
of justice by way of fair
trail in court.
“At the same time, the
need to ensure fair in-
vestigation of crime is
undoubtedly impera-
tive because it protects
at one level the rights of
the victim and the fun-
damental rights of ev-
ery citizen in ensuring
that crime is investigat-
ed and dealt with in ac-
cordance with law,” the
bench said.
The apex court said
after going through the
records it was of the
prima facie view that
the complaint of the pe-
titioner deserves indul-
gence of this court.
“We have an option
either to send the mat-
ter to the CBI for further
re-investigation, but af-
ter we have heard coun-
sel for the parties, con-
sider it appropriate at
this stage that let senior
police officer, Bhagwan
Swarup, IG, Intelli-
gence, HQ, Lucknow
shall personally under-
take further investiga-
tion of the complaint
made by the petitioner
in a fair and impartial
manner, the bench said.
EIGHT WEEKS TIME GIVEN TO
FURNISH REPORT TO COURT
The apex court said the report be furnished to this
Court within a period of eight weeks. The State is
directed to hand over all papers including charge sheet
and other material to the officer positively within seven
days and render all assistance to him, if required. The
matter is listed for next hearing on July 19. The incident
took place when the deceased Mohd Faisal was report-
edly selling vegetables outside his house in Bangarmau,
Unnao beyond curfew timings. Accused cop Vijay
Chowdhary and homeguard Satyaprakash allegedly
started beating him for breaking curfew rules.
TMCtoNHRC:Policetried
to‘bury’rapeevidence
inPrayagrajmurders
New Delhi (PTI): The
TMChaswrittentothe
NHRC alleging “omis-
sions” on the part of
the Uttar Pradesh Po-
lice and that it tried to
“bury” evidence of
rape in the incident in
Khevrajpur village in
Prayagraj district
where a family of five
members were mur-
dered and their house
set on fire.
A fact-finding dele-
gation of the TMC vis-
ited the spot of the in-
cident on April 24 and
met with the family
and other villagers to
inquireintothedetails
of the incident.
The party alleged
that despite surviving
membersof thefamily
stating to the police
that they suspected
rape, no FIR to that ef-
fect was registered.
During the visit of
the delegation, we
foundoutfromthesur-
viving member of the
family Sunil Yadav
that there have been
shockingomissionson
partof thepoliceinthe
investigation of the
case,” the letter said.
It said that among
other things, the one
important fact that
stood out was that Ya-
dav and his family
stated that the bodies
of two of the victims
i.e. Sunil Yadav’s wife
and his 22-year old
handicapped sister
were found without
their clothes on.
“There was also vag-
inal bleeding on the
body of the handi-
cappedsisterleadingto
firm suspicion on part
of the surviving fami-
lies that the 2 victims
had been raped before
being murdered.
“The surviving
members of the fami-
ly also told us that this
fact was repeatedly
mentioned by them to
the police. However,
the FIR registered in
the case (FIR no.
0080/2022 at Tharwai
Police Station) does
not include the charge
of rape u/s 376 of the
IPC, 1860,” the letter
from the TMC delega-
tion said.
For fair probe, apex court asks IG (Intel)
to ‘personally’ take over investigation
The TMC delegation at Khevrajpur. —FILE PHOTO
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Had a wonderful meeting with the UK
Minister of Defence Procurement,
Mr. Jeremy Quin. We discussed
the opportunities available in
areas pertaining to aviation, ship
building and other defence industrial
programmes for both the countries.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
On #WorldIPDay, we recommit to
strengthening India’s Intellectual
Property (IP) regime to foster
innovation. This year’s theme ‘IP
Youth: Innovating for a Better Future’
rightly acknowledges the positive
changes that youth are effecting through
disruptive ideas technologies.
TOP TWEETS
PRASHANT KISHOR
AND CONGRESS
COME CLOSE, BUT
CHOOSE TO PART
day after Congress
president Sonia Gan-
dhi formed an em-
powered action
group to take steps
for the party’s revival based on
the points made by poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor the two
have parted company, though
not on a bitter note. Prashant
Kishor’s statement that he has
declined the Congress chief’s of-
fer to join the party has led to
finger-pointing at Rahul Gan-
dhi’s coterie. One would tend to
believe those who say that this
coterie does not want any
change which will weaken their
position in the Congress.
The point of friction could
have been the role which was of-
fered to PK as against what he
aspired for. Whatever may be the
reason, the star-crossed Con-
gress looks set to continue its
journey on the beaten track.
The party’s plan to hold a Nav
Chintan Shivir at Udaipur next
month for revival may prove to
be an exercise in futility given
the old guard’s penchant for sta-
tus quo. Who wants change?
A
lon Musk, who is
the new owner of
Twitter, has been
a strong advocate
of free speech on
the social media platform. A
month before making his hos-
tile bid to buy out Twitter in
an all-cash deal, Musk con-
ducted his own poll tweeting,
“Free speech is essential for
democracy
. Do you believe
Twitter rigorously adheres to
this principle?” Of the
2,035,924 votes polled, 70.4 per-
cent said “No”. The Tesla and
SpaceX boss describes him-
self as a “free-speech absolut-
ist”. Although he is known to
have blocked some of his crit-
ics on Twitter, Musk said in
another tweet, “I hope my
worst critics remain on Twit-
ter, because that is what free
speechmeans.”Inyetanother
tweetMusksaid,“Freespeech
is the bedrock of democracy,
and Twitter is the digital
town square where matters
vital to the future of human-
ity are debated…”
All that sounds like wish-
ful thinking. Democracies
around the world, including
India, are reluctant to allow
absolute freedom of speech
even though it is guaranteed
in the Constitution. Govern-
ment, though biased in quite
a few cases, keeps an eye on
hate and provocative mes-
sages on Twitter. Will Musk
allow an anti-Narendra Modi
tweet the likes of which land-
ed Jignesh Mevani, the inde-
pendent MLA from Gujarat,
in jail in Assam?
Indiaisstronglyinfavourof
regulating social media plat-
forms and so is the European
Union. The EU has proposed a
Digital Services Act that pro-
vides for hefty fines on Inter-
net platforms like Twitter if
theyfailtoflagterroristpropa-
gandaorcurbdisinformation.
Absolutely free speech will
remain a notional idea.
FREE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS RISKY BIZ
Though biased in quite a
few cases, the Government
keeps an eye on hate and
provocative messages on
Twitter. Will Musk allow
an anti-Narendra Modi
tweet, the likes of which
landed Gujarat MLA
Jignesh Mevani in jail?
E
AAP goes full throttle,
makes forays across nation
f the recently held bypolls in
WB are any indication for the
prospects of the Grand Old
Party… it may be noted that
the party’s fortunes are turn-
ing out to be the same across
the length and breadth of the
country
.
In the Guwahati Munici-
pal Corporation elections,
BJP and its ally Asom Gana
Parishad (AGP) on Sunday
swept elections winning 58 of
the total 60 wards, while the
principal opposition party
Congress drew a blank!
The other 2 seats were
shared by debutant AAP and
the Assam Jatiya Party
(AJP). It is not difficult to
gauge the matter of the fact
that the Congress’ stature of
the principal Opposition par-
ty has been dwindling at jet
speed and it may not be per-
haps wrong to say that the
Old Order has Changeth…!
The buoyed AAP has been
seen to open its account even
in as far as Assam especially
at a time when even regional
parties like Trinamool have
not been able to create a rip-
ple in states like Tripura not-
withstanding its giant stat-
ure in WB.
AAP has already made for-
ays into several frontiers of
the country
. The party has
started its groundwork for the
KarnatakaAssemblyelections
due in the first half of 2023.
Even as the ruling BJP and
the “opposition” Congress
are preparing for the ballot
battle in Karnataka, the AAP
smells opportunity in the
southern state. AAP’s state
convener, Karnataka, Prithvi
Reddy recently told the me-
dia that people of the state
will have a real alternative
after a long time.
While AAP will continue
banking on the party’s win-
ning formula of focusing on
providing basic necessities
for people to live in dignity,
Reddy said adding that a Kar-
nataka plan is also in place.
THE HIMACHAL STORY
Since Himachal Pradesh and
Punjab are neighbouring
states, many believe the AAP
could “vroom” in Himachal
as it did Punjab. But political
observers with an eye on
Himachal’s politics have a
different script to narrate.
The Ground Reality of
Himachal is a trifle different.
Himachal has traditional-
ly been a two-party state,
with the Congress and the
BJP at the helm. Several po-
litical parties in the past
tried their luck in Himachal
but have never succeeded.
In Punjab, what mainly
wentinfavourof AAPwasthe
existing political forces’ dis-
connect with the masses. The
larger than life political netas
were too far from reality liter-
ally for the aam aadmi and it
was here that the AAP scored
with its grassroots connect.
In Himachal, leaders are
just like next door neigh-
bours. They are so closely
connected with the fabric of
their constituency that they
know each family and attend
their weddings, funerals etc
and all social events.
Himachal is well placed in
most social development pa-
rameters. At nearly 83% lit-
eracy rate (2011 Census), it is
one of the most literate states
in the country. It has also
done well in improving pri-
mary healthcare. Despite its
topography, Himachal has a
hundred per cent electrifica-
tion and a good road network.
ROAD TO GUJARAT
With a massive roadshow in
Ahmedabad on April 2, AAP
declared its next major goal
after winning Punjab — chal-
lenging the BJP and the Con-
gress in Gujarat and consoli-
dating itself as the third
power in what has histori-
cally been (again like in
Himachal) a two-party state.
The AAP’s plans (for the
state) were apparent in the
closed-door meetings that the
party’s national convener
and Delhi CM Arvind Kejri-
wal held with key social and
political leaders. On March
27, Kejriwal met BTP leader
and Dediapada MLA Mahesh
Vasava. The party, which has
two MLAs at present, is like-
ly to ally with the AAP for the
Assembly elections.
AAP’s PAST TENSE
AAP’s Gujarat unit was set
up in 2013 but it got its first
state president 4 years later
in 2017 when 79-year-old re-
tired mathematics professor
Kishore Desai was appoint-
ed. It contested 29 of the 182
Assembly seats and bagged
votes even less than the
NOTA option in some con-
stituencies. The party rejiged
its state organisation in 2020.
So, the Congress must real-
ise the state of affairs and it
is evident from the AAP’s ef-
forts which slow but steady,
that the party is inching
ahead to capture the Grand
Old Party’s position as the
principal Opposition.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
THE BJP CONNECT
The BJP’s national president
Jagat Prakash Nadda hails
from Himachal. Congress also
has a reasonably good presence
there. However, the dismal state
of the Grand Old Party in the rest
of the country could be worrying
for it. AAP will have to work on a
sound and credible roadmap here
that is unique to the Himachal
needs, which would be its USP.
In Punjab, Congress ruled
for 26 years, Akali Dal for
24 and the people of Punjab
felt let down. I think the
situation is very similar in
Karnataka. Now that they
will have a real alternative,
I think Karnataka will
vote in one way.
Prithvi Reddy, AAP’s state
convener, Karnataka

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: In Bihar,
preparations are being
made for a change in the
BJP organization amid
speculation that all is
not well between BJP
and JDU. Words is that
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar would leave Bi-
har politics and head to
Delhi. The present or-
ganization of the party
is not working properly
which is evident in the
NDA’s performance
which was poor in the
recently held elections
to the 24 Legislative
Council seats in the
state. BJP lost many of
its seats, due to mutual
factionalism. After that
the BJP lost badly in the
by-electiononBochahan
seat as well. Since then
the demand for change
in the state organisation
has intensified.
According to in-
formed sources, BJP
state president Sanjay
Jaiswal can be replaced.
It is being told that the
BJP will make an upper
caste individual the
state president. The bot-
tom line of the review
after the defeat of the
Legislative Council and
Bochahan is that the
party has become too
backward-centred, an-
gering the core voters,
the upper castes. Keep
in mind that the BJP
StatePresidentandboth
the Deputy Chief Minis-
ters come from back-
ward castes. Nityanand
Rai is sitting in the most
important ministry at
the center, he also be-
longs to the backward
caste and the in-charge
is also from the back-
ward caste. That is why
it is being said that now
a leader from the upper
caste strata will be made
the state president and
according to sources in
the BJP, a change may
happen soon.
Will BJP fall back on ‘core voters’?
IN BIHAR
Let Sonia Gandhi take decision:
Thomas on disciplinary action
Kochi (Agencies):
Soon after the AK An-
tony-led Congress dis-
ciplinary committee
meeting held to take a
call on breaching of
party discipline by for-
mer Union Minister KV
Thomas, concluded on
Tuesday, Thomas told
the media here that let
the decision come.
According to sourc-
es, the Antony com-
mittee has come up
with a few recommen-
dations, which include
removing Thomas
from posts, and sent it
to Congress president
Sonia Gandhi for fur-
ther action.
Thomas is a member
of the high power po-
litical affairs commit-
tee in the Kerala unit of
the party and is also an
AICC member.
When the media
pointed out these, he
said: “I cannot answer
to such assumptions
and let Sonia Gandhi
take the decision. One
thing I can tell is what-
ever is the decision, I
will always remain a
Congressman.”
Meanwhile, the An-
tony-led committee, de-
clined a request from
Thomas that he would
like to appear in person
before the committee.
Thomas has also
written to Sonia seek-
ing an appointment.
Incidentally
, both An-
tony and Thomas were
in the cabinet of then
Prime Minister Man-
mohan Singh 2009-14
and the latter was the
State Tourism and Fish-
eries Minister in the
cabinet of Antony in
Kerala during 2001-04.
The Congress lead-
ers from Kerala have
been seeking Thomas’s
immediate removal
from the party follow-
ing his participation in
a seminar on the Cen-
tre-state relations held
as part of the 23rd par-
ty congress of the CPI-
M held in Kannur early
this month.
The CPI-M had as
part of its 23rd party
congress invited
Shashi Tharoor and
Thomas to participate
in the seminar.
State Congress party
president AK Sudha-
karan immediately in-
formed both the lead-
ers not to participate
and even the party
president Sonia inter-
vened in the matter and
told the leaders not to
participate. While Tha-
roor backed out, Thom-
as decided to go ahead
with the seminar.
Probe agencies scan PFI’s
role in Jahangirpuri riots
New Delhi (Agencies):
Central probe agencies
have been scanning the
alleged role of the Pop-
ular Front of India
(PFI) into the Jahangir-
puri communal vio-
lence on April 16, ac-
cording to sources.
The sources in the in-
telligence network have
said that the agencies
have been scanning the
presence of a few peo-
ple connected to the
PFI’s student wing in
Jahangirpuri and try-
ing to ascertain with
whom they met while
they were in the area.
The sources also said
that they have identified
around 22 mobile num-
bersof PFIstudentwing
members who were pre-
sent in the area before
the violence erupted.
They said that the
probe agencies have
been trying to ascertain
their activities and they
may be questioned by
the Crime Branch of
the Delhi Police.
Some of these num-
bers were found to be ac-
tiveevenduringtheFeb-
ruary 2020 Delhi riots.
The probe agencies
also want to ascertain
whether these PFI
members had any links
with the violence in Ja-
hangirpuri.
BSP faced
maximum
defections in
UP polls
Police oppose
Umar’s bail
plea in Delhi
riots case
Lucknow (Agencies):
The Bahujan Samaj Par-
ty (BSP) faced the maxi-
mum number of defec-
tions by its candidates
and MLAs during the
recent assembly elec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh.
The BSP lost nearly
75 (27 per cent) candi-
dates to other parties
during the polls and 12
sitting MLAs crossed
over to other parties.
According to a de-
tailed analysis report
released by Associa-
tion for Democratic Re-
forms (ADR), the num-
ber of candidates who
left the Congress to
join other parties was
37 (13 per cent).
In recent assembly
elections, 54 (20 per
cent) out of the total of
276 re-contesting candi-
dates switched to the
Samajwadi Party fol-
lowed by 35 (13 per
cent) candidates who
joined BJP and 31 (11
per cent) candidates
who joined BSP.
DelhiPolicehasopposed
before the Delhi High
Court a plea of former
JNU student Umar
Khalid seeking bail in a
case under the stringent
UAPA for alleged con-
spiracy behind the 2020
riots in Delhi, saying the
narratives sought to be
createdbyhimcannotbe
looked into as his de-
fence at the this stage.
In its reply filed to the
plea which challenges
the rejection of Khalid’s
bail application by the
trial court, the police
statedthatthetrialcourt
has “rightly dismissed”
Khalid’s plea for release
by a “well-reasoned or-
der” which suffers from
no illegality
.
“Itismostrespectfully
submitted that the ap-
peal raises no good
grounds for considera-
tionbythishon’blecourt
andthusthesamebedis-
missed,intheinterestof
justice,” stated the reply
filed through public
prosecutorAmitPrasad.
Bengal SSC scam: Cops use water cannon
to stop Surya-led BJP workers, many hurt
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal Police used wa-
ter cannon to disperse
BJP workers who were
taking out a protest
rally against the state
government towards
Bikash Bhavan in Kol-
kata on Tuesday
.
Lok Sabha MP and
BJYM national presi-
dent Tejasvi Surya was
leading the protest rally
while West Bengal BJP
chief Sukanta Majum-
dar, BJP MP Raju Bista,
BJYM State In-charge
ShaktiSingh,MPJyotir-
moy Singh Mahato and
PriyankaTibrewalwere
also present at the rally
.
State BJP chief Su-
kanta Majumdar al-
leged lathi-charge by
the police. “Mamata Ba-
nerjee has killed democ-
racy in West Bengal. We
told the police to arrest
or detain us but not re-
sort to lathi-charge. But
they did not. Male cops
attacked our women
workers. As per my info,
four workers need hos-
pitalisation, one is al-
ready hospitalised”,
said Majumdar.
He added, “Mamata
Banerjee is a fascist and
a photocopy of Hitler.
The state police’s only
job is to stop the BJP,
they do not have any
other work. Mamata Ba-
nerjee, being a woman
said that the woman
whowasrapedwaspreg-
nant and had an affair.”
TMC’s Anubrata Mandal
denies having passport
Victims take out padayatra
to K’taka CM’s native town
Kolkata (Agencies):
After TMC strongman
Anubrata Mandal de-
nied having a passport,
the CBI on Tuesday
alerted the Kolkata air-
port authorities and
said that any possible
air travel attempt by
Mandal via there should
immediately be brought
to its notice.
The CBI officers have
also contacted the Re-
gional Passport Office
in Kolkata to verify
Mandal’s claims of not
having any passport.
According to CBI
sources, on Monday
, the
central agency had
sought from Mandal de-
tails about his passport,
but he denied having
one. For the time being,
the agency has procured
photocopies of his Aad-
haar and PAN cards.
“However, we have
alerted the airport au-
thorities and have also
contacted the Regional
Passport Office here to
cross-check his claims,”
said a CBI source.
Haveri (Anegcies):
Hundreds of victims of
a hysterectomy scandal
in Karnataka on Tues-
day took out a padayatra
to Chief Minister Ba-
savaraj Bommai’s na-
tive town of Shiggaon in
Haveri district.
The protest march
has been organised to
condemn the apathy
and negligence of the
authorities as Rs 40
crore compensation
amount sanctioned for
the victims of the scan-
dal was sent back to the
government without
being distributed.
The victims, after
walking a distance of 75
km, will reach the town
on Wednesday
.
The agitators have de-
clared that until Bom-
mai personally arrives
and assures them of re-
lease of compensation,
theywon’tmoveaninch.
Rishikesh: Tourist from
Delhi drowns in Ganga
Dehradun (PTI): A
tourist from Delhi
drowned while bathing
in the Ganga in Uttara-
khand’s Rishikesh on
Tuesday
, police said.
The State Disaster Re-
sponse Force’s deep di-
vers found his body
stuck in between rocks
around 25 feet under wa-
ter, hours after the inci-
dent, Sub-Inspector,
Dhalwala, Kavindra Sa-
jwan, who led the search
operation, said.
He was identified as
Ankush Joss, a resident
of East Gokulpuri, Del-
hi. His family has been
informed, Sajwan said.
Ankush was swept
away by the strong
currents of the river
when he had gone to
bathe in the river near
the Nim beach in the
morning, he said.
MHA seeks factual report from Maha Govt
Mumbai (Agencies):
The complaint filed by
Lok Sabha MP Navneet
Rana claiming that she
was subjected to “inhu-
man treatment” by Ma-
harashtra Police after
her arrest in connec-
tion with a call to chant
Hanuman Chalisa on a
loudspeaker outside
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray’s residence
has been referred to
Lok Sabha Privilege
Committee.
Sources said the Lok
Sabha Secretariat has
also sent a letter to the
state government seek-
ing the reasons for the
arrest as well as the fac-
tual situation about her
claims at the Khar po-
lice station in Mumbai.
In her letter to LS
Speaker Om Birla, the
MP claimed that she
was denied water at the
police station because
she was a Dalit. She
said she was sent to By-
culla Women’s Jail
while her husband was
taken to taloja Jail.
“To my shock and
disbelief, the police
staff told me that I be-
long to Scheduled
Caste and hence they
will not give me water
in the same glass.
Thus, I was directly
abused on the basis of
my caste and it is only
for this reason that no
drinking water was
provided,” she said.
COUPLE’S BAIL PLEA TO BE
HEARD ON FRIDAY
Mumbai (Agencies): In another setback, the
Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court on Tuesday
posted the hearing of independent MP Navneet
Kaur-Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana’s
bail plea for Friday. The couple’s lawyer Rizwan
Merchant had moved the bail plea but the court
directed the prosecution to file its reply on Friday
and would hear it further that day.
TMC-BJP SLUGFEST: WHICH
SIDE DOES ANSAR BELONG TO?
The TMC and BJP are now in a war of words over the
origin of Ansar Sheikh, prime accused in the Jahan-
girpuri clashes. BJP’s Amit Malviya has said Ansar
is one of those who had attacked Suvendu Adhikari,
leader of the opposition in West Bengal, in 2021.
Meanwhile, a photo of Ansar with Ajijul Rehman, a
local TMC councillor, has been doing the rounds on
the social media. TMC’s Ajijul Rehman, however, de-
nied the allegations of him being connected to Ansar.
He accepted that he had met Ansar during his trip to
Manali. “It was a spontaneous photo,” he said.
I cannot answer to
such assumptions;
let Sonia Gandhi
take the decision.
Whatever the
decision, I will
always remain a
Congressman.
KV Thomas,
AICC member
Antony-led
Cong panel
recommends
removal of
KV Thomas
from posts
HYSTERECTOMY SCANDAL
NAVNEET RANA ACCUSES MUMBAI POLICE OF MISTREATMENT
Kolkata Police did not help, says BJP MP Tejasvi Surya as more
than 15 party workers injured during protest rally.
CBI alerts Kolkata
airport authority

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The politi-
cal parties of India use
their internal surveys
for their electoral and
organisational deci-
sions. Apart from this,
there are surveys of
media groups and sur-
vey agencies, which
reveal the popularity
of parties and leaders.
But distanced from
these is the Aam Aad-
mi Party (AAP) has its
own model of survey
wherein the party it-
self conducts the sur-
vey and declares it for
her political purpose.
Like AAP has just an-
nounced a survey
again. This was an-
nounced by the party’s
Kalkaji MLA Atishi.
This survey will be
done across the coun-
try, in which people’s
opinion about the par-
ty will be asked. Along
with this, opinion
about BJP will also be
sought. Through this,
the aim of the Aam
Aadmi Party is to mark
itself better than the
BJP, which will be evi-
dent from this survey
.
Everyone knows the
results as soon as the
survey starts. Every-
one knows that after
this alleged survey, it
will be announced by
AAP that the people of
the country like AAP
instead of BJP and the
model of AAP govern-
ments is better than
BJP governments.
Even before this, the
Aam Aadmi Party has
conducted countless
surveys, in which it
wins every time. After
every survey comes the
desired results of the
party leadership. It is
being told that this is
the beginning of the
party’s positioning for
pan-India politics. In
fact, questions have
been raised about
Arvind Kejriwal’s si-
lence in the midst of
communal riots and
hate speeches happen-
ing across the country
.
Interestingly, political
observers feel that this
survey has been an-
nounced to divert at-
tention from Kejriwal.
AAP ENGAGED IN POLITICAL SURVEY OR SURVEY POLITICS?
Assault case: Mevani sent
to five-day police custody
MLA’s counsel says he will move bail at higher court in Barpeta today
Guwahati (PTI): Gu-
jarat’s Independent
MLA Jignesh Mevani
has been sent to police
custody for five days,
in a case where he has
been accused of as-
sault and molestation
by a woman police con-
stable in Assam.
The case was filed at
the Barpeta road police
station on April 21, in
which Mevani has been
accused under laws
dealing with obscene
acts or words in public,
voluntarily causing
hurt, using criminal
force to deter public
servants from dis-
charge of his duty and
outraging of modesty
.
The MLA’s counsel
said hewillmovethebail
petition at a higher court
inBarpetaonWednesday
.
“We are absolutely
surprised. There was
not a whisper about the
assault on officials
when he was under po-
lice custody for three
days. Suddenly after he
was granted bail, he
was shown as rearrest-
ed,” Mevani’s lawyer
said on Monday
.
The MLA was arrest-
ed immediately after in
the second case involv-
ingthewomanconstable.
Mevani was initially
arrested from Gujarat’s
Palanpur on Thursday
after a complaint was
filed against him by a
leader of the Assam
BJP over his tweets on
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi.
CALL FOR RELEASE
Jignesh Mevani has been accused of using criminal force against
public servant.
Chinese nationals among four
killed in Karachi suicide blast
Karachi (Agencies):
An explosion ripped
through a van inside a
university campus in
southern Pakistan on
Tuesday, killing three
Chinese nationals and
their Pakistani driver,
officials said. A separa-
tist militant group
claimed responsibility
and said the attack was
carried out by a woman
suicide bomber.
The bombing at the
University of Karachi
also wounded a fourth
Chinese national and a
Pakistani guard accom-
panying the van, ac-
cording to university
spokesman Mohammad
Farooq.
Karachi police chief
Ghulam Nabi Memon
said an initial investi-
gation showed a sui-
cide bomber was be-
hind the attack.
Blast occurred near Confucius Institute inside Karachi University.
‘Will continue to take action
against YouTube channels’
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A day after Min-
istry of Information
and Broadcasting
blocked 16 YouTube
news channels for
spreading misinforma-
tion related to the na-
tional security, Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur said on Tues-
day said that the Centre
will continue to take
strict action in future
also if need be.
Thakur said that the
Centre supports free-
dom of expression but
no one has the right to
divide the country,
spread misinforma-
tion and fake news.
“No one has the right
to spread rumours and
fake news which be-
come a challenge to
the security and integ-
rity of the nation.
Strict actions were
taken as per the rules
and once again, Gov-
ernment of India has
taken action against 16
YouTube channels by
blocking them. This is
the fifth such action,”
Thakur said.
It is a clear message
to those outside and in-
side the country that
strict action will con-
tinue in future also.
“No compromise with
the security of India
and efforts will contin-
ue in future to stop mis-
information against
the country,” he said.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur
22K CR MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
ED raids 26 premises
linked to ABG Shipyards
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Tuesday
carried out raids at 26
premises linked to ABG
Shipyard Ltd, one of
the largest private ship-
building companies ac-
cused of cheating a con-
sortium of 28 banks to
the tune of ₹22,842 crore,
people familiar with the
development said.
The raids, under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act
(PMLA), are being car-
ried out at the premises
of ABG Shipyard, its
sister companies and
executives, in Mumbai,
Pune, Surat and other
places, officials said.
The ED registered a
money laundering case
in connection with the
matter in Feb based on
a FIR filed by the CBI.
ABG Shipyard dock in Surat, Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO
SC indicates to list
pleas after two days
Supreme Court on
Tuesday indicated to
list a batch of petitions
challenging the Karna-
taka High Court’s
judgement that upheld
the ban on Hijab in Pre-
University Colleges, for
hearing after two days.
Senior advocate
Meenakshi Arora men-
tioned the matter before
abenchpresidedoverby
Chief Justice NV Rama-
na for urgent hearing.
“I will list the matter,
wait for two days,” the
CJI told her.
The top court had
earlier refused a num-
ber of times a plea to
consider the special
leave petitions against
the High Court’s judge-
ment urgently
.
On March 24, the
court had asked the peti-
tioners not to sensation-
alise the issue when sen-
ior advocate Devadatt
Kamat on behalf of girl
students said that they
wouldloseoneacademic
year, if they are denied
permission to wear
headscarf and appear in
examinationsbeginning
since March 28.
Questioning the High
Court’s verdict, the pe-
titioners claimed wear-
ing of Hijab was pro-
tected under the funda-
mental rights to priva-
cy, expression and con-
science guaranteed un-
der the Constitution.
India’s position is clear on
Russia-Ukraine crisis: EAM
India has a clear posi-
tion on the ongoing Rus-
sia-Ukraine war, exter-
nal affairs minister S
Jaishankar said on
Tuesday, stressing that
New Delhi “urges a ces-
sation of hostilities, re-
turn to dialogue and
national sovereignty”.
During an interaction
at the Raisina Dialogue,
Jaishankar said the con-
flict in Ukraine is one of
the most dominating is-
suesatpresent“notonly
because of interests or
values concerned, but
also because of the con-
sequences worldwide”.
“And there is a wide
world out there where
sustaining a rules based
order is often an issue.”
When asked about In-
dia’s stand on the war,
he said: “When rules-
based order was under
challenge in Asia, the
advice we got from Eu-
rope was; do more trade.
At least we are not giv-
ing you that advice.”
He also stated that
what happened in Af-
ghanistan clearly stated
what was the rules-
based order.
“We have to find a
way to return to diplo-
macy and to do that, the
fighting must stop.”
Talking about the
wider consequences of
the war, the minister
said “there will be no
winners out of this
conflict”.
Seven CRPF
jawans hurt
in Shopian
road accident
Srinagar (Agen-
cies): Seven Cen-
tral Reserve Police
Force (CRPF)
troopers were in-
jured in a road ac-
cident in JK’s
Shopian district
on Tuesday
.
JK Police
sources said a
CRPF vehicle col-
lided with a speed-
ing truck in Sofi-
pora village of
Zainapora area of
Shopian district.
“Seven CRPF
jawans of 178 bat-
talion were in-
jured in the acci-
dent. The injured
have been shifted
to hospital for
treatment”, the
sources said.
BALOCHISTAN LIBERATION ARMY
CLAIMS ATTACK, SAYS GROUP’S ‘1ST
WOMAN SUICIDE BOMBER’
New Delhi: The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)
on Tuesday claimed responsibility for
a suicide attack at Karachi University
that killed four people, including three
Chinese nationals. The BLA is a militant
group that operates mainly in the
restive Balochistan province that has
previously targeted Chinese citizens
and interests. The explosion ripped
through a van inside the Karachi University campus
in the southern Pakistani port city. The BLA said the
attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber.
EAM S Jaishankar
Centre says over 64,800 Kashmiri Pandit
families left the Valley in early 1990s
New Delhi (PTI): Pa-
kistan-sponsored ter-
rorism forced 64,827
Kashmiri Pandit fami-
lies to leave Kashmir
valley in the early 1990s
and settle in Jammu,
Delhi and other parts
of the country, the gov-
ernment has said.
According to the an-
nual report of the
Home Ministry for
2020-21, as many as
14,091 civilians and
5,356 security force per-
sonnel lost their lives
to terrorism in Jammu
and Kashmir between
the 1990s and 2020.
“Militancy in Jammu
and Kashmir is intri-
cately linked with infil-
tration of terrorists
from across the border,”
the report said.
Besides Kashmiri
Pandits, terrorism
forced some Sikh and
Muslim families too to
migrate from Kashmir
valley to Jammu, Delhi
and other parts of the
country, it said.
Nearly 1,054 families
from the hilly areas of
Jammu migrated to
Jammu plains, it said.
As per the records of
registration available
with the Relief and Mi-
grant Commissioner
of Jammu and Kash-
mir, at present 43,618
registered Kashmiri
migrant families are
settled in Jammu,
19,338 families are set-
tled in Delhi and Na-
tional Capital Region,
and 1,995 families in a
few other states and
Union Territories, the
report said.
Govt cancels
FCRA licences
of two NGOs
The Union Home Minis-
try has cancelled the
FCRA licence of two
NGOs — Common-
wealth Human Rights
Initiative (CHRI) and
Apne Aap Women
Worldwide (AAWW) —
for allegedly violating
laws and diverting
funds received from
abroad, officials said on
Tuesday
.
The NGOs allegedly
failed to file annual fi-
nancial returns man-
dated under the Foreign
Contribution Regula-
tion Act 2010, they said.
The Ministry has
also found that the
NGOs allegedly divert-
ed funds received as for-
eign donations, the of-
ficials said.
The CHRI works in
the field of realisation
of people’s basic hu-
man right to access in-
formation from govt
and other public bodies
in Commonwealth
countries, according to
its website.
The CHRI’s also
works on police reforms
programme that aims
to realise increased de-
mand for rights-based
police reform and the
strengthening of police
accountability in the
Commonwealth, it said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders.
AAP announces new countrywide
survey to get public opinion about
various political parties

❍ HIJAB BAN
Shari Baluch

NEWS
07
GZB DM SETS UP
PANEL TO PROBE
DEATH OF CLASS
3 STUDENT
The Ghaziabad district
magistrate on Tuesday set
up a committee to probe into
the death of a 10-year-old
student who died after his head
was allegedly hit by a pole at
the school gate while peeping
out of the bus window. District
Magistrate R K Singh formed
the committee after meeting
the student’s parents and asked
the probe panel to submit its
probe report within 45 days.
The committee headed by an
additional district magistrate
also comprised Ghaziabad’s
rural superintendent of police,
regional transport officer, chief
fire officer and the district
inspector of schools, officials
said here. Ghaziabad District
Magistrate Singh told
reporters here that after the
probe by the panel, legal action
would be initiated against those
found responsible. The
principal and the manager of
the school have already been
sacked but the victim child’s
parents are not satisfied with
the action taken so far. Anurag
Bhardwaj, 10, a class 3 student
died on Apr 20 when he was
going to school in the school
bus. He had peeped out of the
bus window for vomiting when
his head struck the school gate
pole while the vehicle was
entering the Dayawati Public
School in Modi Nagar. The FIR
was lodged against the
school’s owner and
management besides its
principal Netra Pal Singh and
driver Omvir under various
sections of the IPC, including
302 for murder and 120-B for
criminal conspiracy. —PTI
SP DELEGATION
FAILS TO MEET
PARTY MLA
SHAZIL ISLAM
The Samajwadi Party’s
Bhojipura MLA Shazil Islam,
booked for allegedly making
provocative remarks against Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath, did not
meet a 12-member delegation of
his party on Tuesday. As the SP
delegation led by party MLC
Sanjay Lathar reached Islam’s
residence in Bareilly, it found the
MLA’s house locked and had to
return without meeting him. After
his failure to meet Islam, Lathar,
also the Leader of Opposition in
the UP Legislative Council, on
Tuesday insinuated that Islam
failed to meet him because the
Yogi Adityanath government
wants to keep people frightened .
“The Yogi (Adityanath)
government is very ‘nirdayee’
(cruel). It wants to keep people
frightened. And, it is because of
this that they are operating
bulldozers. The state government
is spreading terror. We will raise
this matter in the House,” the SP
MLA said. After failing to meet
Islam, the SP delegation led by
Lathar met Bareilly District
Magistrate Shivakant Dwivedi and
Senior Superintendent of Police
Rohit Singh Sajwan and handed
over a memorandum to them
regarding the demolition of
Islam’s ‘illegal’ petrol pump.
Shazil Islam had earlier targeted
Chief Minister Adityanath, saying
if he makes any noise now, the
SP guns will not emit smoke, but
fire bullets. —First India Bureau
3KASHMIRISTUDENTSRELEASEDFROMAGRAJAIL
Agra (PTI): Three
Kashmiri students,
who were booked un-
der sedition and cyber
terrorism charges for
allegedly celebrating
Pakistani win in a
cricket match last year,
walked out of the dis-
trict jail here after com-
pleting legal formali-
ties, a students’ associ-
ation said on Tuesday.
The students, who
were arrested in Octo-
ber last year, had se-
cured bail on March 30
from the Allahabad
High Court but were
still languishing in jail
due to the non-avail-
ability of the local
guarantors, a high-se-
curity amount and po-
lice verification, it said.
On Monday, the three
students were released
after the formalities
were completed, Jam-
mu Kashmir Students
Association (JKSA) na-
tional spokesperson
Nasir Khuehami told
PTI. The bail order
from the Allahabad
High Court was a wel-
come step and we ex-
press our deep grati-
tude to the judiciary
for taking a broad and
pragmatic review on
the charges against the
students, he said.
The three students,
who were enrolled in
RBS Engineering Col-
lege under the PM Spe-
cial Scholarship
Scheme for the stu-
dents of J-K, were ar-
rested on October 28
last year for allegedly
posting a WhatsApp
status praising Paki-
stan players after their
victory against India
in a T20 cricket match.
An FIR under Indian
Penal Code sections
124A (sedition), 153A
(promoting enmity be-
tween groups) and
505(1)(b) (cause fear or
alarm to the public)
and section 66F (cyber
terrorism) of the In-
formation Technology
Act was registered by
Agra police against the
three students.
The engineering stu-
dents were also chased
by the right-wing activ-
ists after their court
hearing last year. How-
ever, the Agra Police
escorted and took them
safely back to its custo-
dy
. Khuehmi said, “Our
motive as students as-
sociation is always
safeguarding the rights
and reasonable inter-
ests of students, be-
sides reminding them
of their duties as
law-abiding citizens.”
After local lawyers
had refused to fight the
case of three students,
a lawyer from Mathura,
Madhuvan Dutt
Chaturvedi, represent-
ed them in the court.
The Kashmiri students were arrested for cheering in favour
of Pakistan’s win against India in T20 world cup
The students were initially charged under several IPC sections
and later sedition charges were slapped on CM Yogi’s orders
The three Kashmiri students, booked under sedition and cyber
terrorism charges, walked out of district jail on Tuesday.
T
T
DELAYED RELEASE
Coal shortage likely to
worsen power crisis
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With the
coal shortage taking se-
rious proportion in the
country, Uttar Pradesh
is also likely to face a
major electricity crisis
as thermal power plants
have already started fac-
ing problems. The
shortfall, which has al-
ready become serious,
would further worsen
during monsoon when
the supplies go down an-
nually due to rain and
floods that disrupt min-
ing and transportation.
“Thermal plants face
coal shortage during the
monsoon every year be-
tween June and Septem-
ber. But this time, the
coal shortage started in
April largely due to less-
er supply from coal com-
panies due to a shortage
of wagons for ferrying
coal to plants. The situa-
tion may only get worse
with the rains, floods
and spark more severe
power crisis,” said the
sources in Power Corpo-
rationLimited(UPPCL).
The UPPCL sources
further said that ther-
mal plants were unable
to maintain the coal
stocks as per the norms.
But it was not affecting
power production so far.
All-India Power Engi-
neers’ Federation chair-
man Shailendra Dubey
said the coal shortage in
the state has been affect-
ing power production.
He added this has forced
UPPCL to order emer-
gency load shedding in
villages and smaller
towns. He cited an inter-
nal report and said the
UP Rajya Vidyut Ut-
padan Nigam Ltd (UPR-
VUNL)’s thermal plants
at Harduaganj, Parich-
ha and Obra lost over 13
million units of genera-
tion on April 22 because
of an inability of plants
to run on full steam due
to lack of availability of
backup coal. According
to a Central Electricity
Authority’s report
available on its website,
most of UP’s thermal
plants had coal stocks in
the critical and su-
per-critical range as of
April 22. The state-
owned UPRVUNL’s 4
thermal plants, with an
installed capacity of
over 6,000 megawatts,
are short of 21% of the
normative level they are
mandated to maintain.
The coal shortage may worsen during the monsoon when the
supplies fall short annually due to rain and floods, as per reports.
FIRE IN NOIDA SLUM
Firefighters try to douse a blaze in a slum area in Noida on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CM YOGI ASKS UPPCL TO
AVOID POWER CUTS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: CM Yogi
Adityanathhasasked
the officers of UP
Power Corporation
Limited to ensure
thatallconsumersget
power as per the
schedule without car-
rying out any addi-
tional rostering. The
CM has issued in-
structions following
reports of load shed-
ding in various parts
of the state. The CM
told the officials to
make whatever ar-
rangements they
deemed fit to provide
power to villages, cit-
ies and industries as
per the fixed roster.
“Doitpromptlyinthe
wider public interest.
No laxity in this re-
gard will be tolerat-
ed,” Yogi warned
advised officials to
buy additional power,
if needed, and also
see to it that local
faults were repaired
promptly to avoid un-
necessary load shed-
ding in villages and
cities. He asked them
tobeintouchwiththe
Centre to maintain a
smooth coal supply to
the thermal plants as
perthenormstomeet
the demand.
Construction
of Atal Bihari
Vajpayee Med
University to
be completed
this year
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The con-
struction of prestigious
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Medical University will
be finalised within the
year 2022, according to
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment. The government
is aiming to provide
proper treatment to ev-
ery patient and reduce
the number of referral
cases through the estab-
lishment of the grand
medical university
.
The Atal Bihari Va-
jpayee Medical Univer-
sity has also been made
the affiliation body for
various medical college
courses across the
state. So far, the es-
teemed university has
affiliated 58 MBBS, 25
MDMS, DM and MCh,
335 B.Sc Nursing, 86
Post Basic B.Sc Nurs-
ing, 43 M.Sc Nursing
and 119 Paramedical
courses from different
medical colleges.
The university has
also helped in increas-
ing the facilities for the
students. In the first
phase of Atal Bihari Va-
jpayee Medical Univer-
sity, affiliation has been
given to other medical
colleges. The university
is being built at the cost
of over Rs 200 crore, for
which the Government
has allocated 50 acres of
land in Chak Ganjaria.
An administrative
block will also be built
on an area of 20 acres.
MAN DIES IN BRAWL OVER BILL
AT RESTRO-BAR IN NOIDA
Noida: A 30-year-old
man died allegedly after
he got injured in a brawl
atarestro-barinaNoida
mall over bill payment,
officialssaidonTuesday
.
The incident occurred
on Monday night at the
Lost Lemons restro-bar
in the Garden Galleria
mall under the Sector 39
police station limits, Ad-
ditional Deputy Com-
missionerof Police(Noi-
da) Ranvijay Singh said.
The deceased has
been identified as
Brajesh, who hailed
from Bihar, police said.
“He had gone to the re-
stro-bar with his col-
leagues for a party
.
Around 11 pm, an argu-
ment broke out between
these people and the bar
staffers over the pay-
ment of a bill,” Singh
said.Itquicklyescalated
into a brawl in which
Brajeshreceivedserious
injuries. He was rushed
to a nearby hospital
wherehedied,thepolice
officer said. After re-
viewing the CCTV foot-
age, eight people have
been identified, he said.
An FIR has been lodged
and over a dozen em-
ployees of the restro-bar
have been taken into po-
lice custody
.
20 booked
for attacking
cops
Kannauj (PTI):
Twenty people
have been booked
for attacking a
woman Sub-In-
spector and a Con-
stable when they
were enquiring
about a dispute in a
village here, police
said on Tuesday.
Superintendent of
Police Prashant
Verma said that on
Monday SI Hemla-
ta and Constable
Naresh had gone
to Devin Tola in
Saraimeera area to
enquire about a
dispute between
two factions, and
were attacked by
the locals.
Police investigate the death of
Brijesh Rai at Garden Galleria
Mall on Tuesday. (Right) Pooja,
wife of Brijesh who was killed in
a brawl with the staff at Garden
Galleria Mall, mourns her
husband in Noida on Tuesday.
SP’s Bhojipura MLA Shazil Islam
—PHOTOS
BY
PTI

08
2NDFRONT
Rationalisation is good to move
forward but always leave space for
sunshine, some flowers and a butterfly!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
HOT SUMMER DAY
HOT SUMMER DAY
The Taj Mahal sees low footfall during noon due to the
scorching heat in Agra on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
SPOTLIGHTBACKONAZAM:
PARTIES JOSTLETO CASH IN
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Former UP
ministerandSamajwadi
Party’s ten-term MLA
Azam Khan, who recent-
ly resigned as MP
, seems
to be at the helm of the
politicalstirinUP
.There
is, apparently
, a competi-
tion among leaders of
many parties to meet
thisveteranpoliticianof
Rampur.
UP’spoliticalmercury
boiled over when
Pragatisheel Samajwadi
Party (Lohia) President
ShivpalYadavmetAzam
Khan in Sitapur Jail on
April 22. After this meet-
ing Shivpal trained his
guns on nephew Akh-
ilesh, by slamming the
latter for ignoring incar-
cerated Azam Khan. Ya-
dav’s jail visit follows a
recent meeting of Rash-
triya Lok Dal president
JayantChaudhary
,anSP
ally
, with Khan’s family
in Rampur. Earlier,
Azam Khan camp has
expressed unhappiness
with Akhilesh Yadav,
claiming he has been ig-
noring the jailed leader
and the Muslim commu-
nity though it voted for
the SP
. After these devel-
opments that embarrass
the SP camp, SP MLA
Ravidas Mehrotra
reachedSitapurfordam-
age control but Khan ex-
pressed his anguish to-
wardstheSPbyrefusing
to meet him. However,
afterthisAzammetwith
CongressleaderPramod
Krishnam. Later, while
talking to the media,
Krishnam said Azam
does not want to meet
any SP leader. Even BJP
MP Brij Bhushan Singh
hailedShivpal’smeeting
with Azam, saying he
would also be willing to
meet the jailed leader.
Experts say
, the politi-
cal equations of 2024 are
behindthissuddenaffec-
tion for Azam, who was
isolated for 2 years.
Lawyer-turned-politi-
cian Azam Khan has in-
fluence in the Muslim
community
. This time,
despite outright support
of Muslim voters, the
victory of SP could not
be possible. Due to this a
vacuum has been creat-
ed before the Muslim
voters and parties are
toiling to fill this gap by
getting Azam’s support.
Cold political calculations behind newfound affection for SP veteran
Azam Khan —FILE PHOTO
AMONG THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF
SAMAJWADI PARTY ALONG WITH MSY
This heavyweight SP leader was among the found-
ers of the SP along with MSY. Khan has represent-
ed Rampur a record 10 times in UP Assembly since
1980. A 4-time minister, he had recently resigned
from the membership of the Rampur parliamentary
seat. He was sent to Rampur Jail in 2019 along
with his wife Tazeen Fatima, MLA from Rampur and
son Abdullah Azam, MLA from Suar, after their bail
application in a case related to forgery of age-proof
documents of Abdullah Azam was rejected by court.
New Delhi (PTI): From
a mountaineer who
scaled Mount Everest
twice in the same season
to India’s first woman
firefighter, the informa-
tion and broadcasting
ministry and Netflix on
Tuesday launched short
films on seven-inspiring
womenaspartof thecel-
ebrations to mark the
75th year of Indepen-
dence.
The films on ‘seven
changemakers’,released
by IB Minister Anurag
Thakurhere,alsomarks
the beginning of a col-
laboration of the minis-
try with Netflix, which
will produce a series of
short film titled Azadi ki
Amrit Kahaniya’ on di-
verse themes such as
women’s empowerment,
environment and sus-
tainable development.
“Netflix will produce
25to30two-minuteshort
films for the ministry
which will be shared on
social media platforms
and telecast on the
Doordarshan network,
Thakur told a press con-
ference which was also
attendedbyBelaBajaria,
head of global TV
, Net-
flix. Thakur also nudged
Bajaria to increase the
number of short films
from 25-30 to 75 to mark
the 75th anniversary of
India’s independence.
He said the ministry
will also collaborate
with Netflix to develop a
creative ecosystem by
organising training pro-
grammes for post-pro-
duction, VFX, anima-
tion, music production
among others across the
country
.
The short films re-
leased on Tuesday fea-
ture ‘seven changemak-
ers’ including Basanti
Devi,theaward-winning
environmentalist who
playedakeyroleinrevit-
alisation of the Kosi riv-
er in Uttarakhand, Ans-
hu Jamsenpa, the first
woman in the world to
scale Mount Everest
twice in the same sea-
son, and Harshini Kan-
hekar, India’s first lady
firefighter.
The films also feature
Poonam Nautiyal, a
healthcare worker who
walked miles across
Bageshwar district in
Uttarakhand to vacci-
nate everyone; Tessy
Thomas,thefirstwoman
scientist to head a mis-
sileprojectinIndia;Tan-
vi Jagadish, India’s first
competitive woman
stand-up paddleboarder
and Aarohi Pandit, the
world’s youngest and
first woman pilot to
crossAtlanticOceanand
the Pacific Ocean solo in
a light-sport aircraft.
NEW COLLABORATION
Netflix, IB ministry release short films on women changemakers
Series ‘Azadi ki Amrit Kahaniya’
on women’s empowerment also
launched in pact with IB
Union Minister of IB Anurag Thakur felicitates Padma Shri Basanti Devi during the launch of ‘Azadi
ki Amrit Kahaniyan’ in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Union Minister Anurag Thakur with GlobalTV Netflix Head Bela
Bajaria at the launch in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
COMMITMENT
TO INDIA IS
STRONG, SAYS
NETFLIX
Netflix’s commit-
ment to India is
strong and grow-
ing and we will
continue to find the
country’s finest sto-
ries and share them
across the globe,
Bela Bajaria, head
of Global TV, Netflix
said. Informantion
and Broadcasting
Secretary Apurva
Chandra said a
deeper collabora-
tion featuring a long
running series on
the freedom strug-
gle is also in the
pipeline.
PF scam: UP govt denies permission
to CBI to investigate 3 IAS officers
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The request
of Central Bureau of In-
vestigation which is
probingthe Rs22billion
PF scam in Uttar
PradeshPowerCorpora-
tion Limited (UPPCL)
seeking prosecution
sanction from the state
government to take ac-
tion against 3 IAS offi-
cers of Uttar Pradesh
cadre has been rejected
by the Appointment and
Personnel Department.
The CBI wanted to in-
vestigate former IAS of-
ficer Sanjay Agarwal,
IAS Alok Kumar and
IAS Aparna U who were
posted in high positions
in UP Power Corp Ltd.
Sanjay Agarwal is a
1984 batch officer on
Central deputation and
is posted as Secretary,
Agriculture Farmers
Welfare Department,
Government of India
and was Principal Sec-
retary UP Power Corpo-
ration, ACS and Chair-
man UPPCL during 2013
to 2017.
Alok Kumar is a 1988
batch officer, who is also
on Central deputation
and is posted as Secre-
tary
, Ministry of Power,
New Delhi and was once
the head of Energy De-
partment,UttarPradesh
Rajya Vidyut Utpadan
Nigam Limited UP Jal
Vidyut Nigam Limited,
Principal Secretary
Power Department UP
and Chairman UPPCL
during 2017 to 2019.
Aparna U is a 2001
batch IAS officer cur-
rently posted as Secer-
tary UP Medical
Health, Family Welfare
and Mission Director
NHM Executive Di-
rector SIFSA Lucknow
and was MD UPPCL
Secretary Power De-
partment UP during
2017 to 2019.
It was during the 2017
to 2019 that the PF scam
happened in the Uttar
PradeshPowerCorpora-
tion Limited (UPPCL)
and these 3 IAS officers
were at the helm of the
department.
Prior to the CBI in-
vestigation, EOW was
investigating the scam
in 2019 and sent former
MD AP Mishra, direc-
tor finance Sudhanshu
Trivedi and PK Gupta
to jail. This was fol-
lowed by several ar-
rests including agents
of the brokerage firm
and CAs.
Sanjay Agarwal Alok Kumar Aparna U
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA
STOP-START INVESTIGATION
The CBI took up probe during 2020 and arrested
many people and questioned many officers includ-
ing Alok Kumar Aparna U but the investigation
started slowing down and picked up pace only
before the 2022 polls. The CBI which started scru-
tinising the files in 2022, served notice to employee
of a brokerage firm and an employee of UPPCL.
Two officers of 2008 batch still
await district collector’s post
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Its every IAS
officers’aspirationtobe-
come a district collector
over the course of their
service. In this regard,
IASofficersof 2006batch
have been promoted
from Special Secretary/
Collector to Secretary/
Commissioner rank
which means that the of-
ficers posted in Varana-
si,Lucknow,Aligarhand
Etawah will be given
new postings ranging
from collector to secre-
tary rank. Officers from
batches 2007 to 2014 have
already been posted as
collectors and there are
21 IAS officers in 2008
batch (12 from Direct Re-
cruitment and 9 from
state cadre).
If experts are to be be-
lieved, the increasing
number of IAS officers
in UP has started ham-
pering the chances of
some officers.
2008-batch officers in-
clude Kinjal Singh,
Soumya Agarwal, Saroj
Kumar, K Vijendra Pan-
dian, Pawan Kumar, Ku-
mar Vikram Singh, Ka-
jal, Amrit Tripathi, B
Chandrakala, Anil Dh-
ingra, Rajesh Kumar I,
Vidya Bhushan,
Balkrishna Tripathi,
Bhavna Srivastava, CB
Singh, Sarvagram Mish-
ra,VimalDubey
,Sukhlal
Bharti, Ved Pati Mishra,
Radheshyam Mishra
and Akhilesh Singh.
Bhavna Shrivastava Radheshyam Mishra
BOTH RETIRE THIS YEAR
Declare
assets: CM
to babus
First India Bureau
Lucknow:CMYogi
onTuesdaydirected
his ministers to de-
clare within three
monthsallproperty
owned by them and
their families and
asked IAS and IPS
officials to put simi-
lar details online.
A similar order
was issued by Yogi
Adityanathwhenhe
took oath as CM for
the first time in 2017
but was not com-
plied by majority of
ministers. Service
rules for civil ser-
vants, on the other
hand, make it oblig-
atory upon them to
makeanannualdec-
laration of their as-
sets to the Centre.

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ndia gracefully strad-
dled the globe after the
huge success of First
Miss India Season 1,
held at Dona Sylvia
Resort, Goa on Octo-
ber 30, 2021 and now
First Miss India is launching
its second season on Wednes-
day, April 27 at Hex High ener-
gy Xperience, Mumbai.
Jagdeesh Chandra will
launch the poster and unveil
the top 3 winning crowns by
SVAR Fine Jewellery in Mum-
bai today
. First Miss India is a
unique blend of glamour and
elegance contrary to the tradi-
tional state of pageantry, hap-
pening on a national level in
India. Empowering young
women while allowing them to
grow and develop a positive
self-image, is the focus of this
beauty pageant.
AnjaliKhandal,oneof theup-
coming supermodels of India, a
new innocent face with a drop-
dead gorgeous international fig-
ureistheFACEof theFirstMiss
Indiaasitopensforregistrations
for its season 2. Anjali with her
debutant entry in fash-
ion week was showstop-
ping for designer Tarun
Tahilliani at India Cou-
ture Week. She has
walked for all national
designers and has shot
several National In-
ternational Cam-
paigns.Onecanregister
and check for further
details on the official
website, https://www.
firstmissindia.in/. Audi-
tions for the same will be
heldofflinein8citiesacross
India, starting from Mum-
baiinJune.ShowDirectorof
Season 2 Parimal Mehhta-
Founder and CEO of Blanckan-
vasMediaPvtLtdalongwiththe
glitterati and celebs of Mumbai
also grace the evening.
Season1setnewbenchmarks
and a show of such magnitude
wouldn’t have been possible
without the support of the
show directors of season 1
GauravGaurandAshokSingh.
Supermodel and influencer
Hina Khan, celebrity Fashion
Designer Ken Ferns, Actress,
VJ and supermodel Deepti Gu-
jral, Supermodel and Miss Uni-
verse India 2015 first runner up
Natasha Assadi were present
on the jury in Season 1.
Season 2 promises to bring
you even more glamour and
entertainment as beauties
from across India compete
for the privileged titles and
crowns.
I
FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON 2
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
LUCKNOW, WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 27, 2022
Anjali Khandal
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SUCCESS GLORY!
SUCCESS GLORY!
AFTER THE HUGE SUCCESS OF
FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON 1
HELD AT DONA SYLVIA RESORT IN
GOA ON OCTOBER 30, 2021,
FIRST INDIA IS LAUNCHING
ITS SECOND SEASON AT HEX
HIGH ENERGY XPERIENCE,
MUMBAI TODAY!

Jagdeesh Chandra with the winners of First Miss India Season 1. Fom left Rayna Sikri (Winner First Miss India Teen) Mrunmayi Barve (First Miss India Teen 2nd Runner up),
Pearl Agarwal (Winner First Miss India), Lekh Uthaiah (First Miss India 2nd Runner up), Shreya Gupta (First Miss India 1st Runner up) and Shubhi Dhaneta (First Miss India Teen 1st Runner up)
—
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BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Avoid being indulgent in
your spending to balance
budget. Continue to put in
efforts at work and you will
see promising opportunities coming
your way. Matrimonial match for
siblings will bring happiness for entire
family. You will definitely get a very
good price for all your property.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Senior management will be
appreciative of your
creative inputs on
professional front. Seek
the opinion of your family before
finalizing a property deal. An
impromptu invitation to a function
from an unexpected friend is likely to
be received.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your hard work and
dedication are likely to be
noticed by seniors, paving
way for promotion or
increment. Better to consult an
expert in financial matters before
making an investment. Family will be
supportive of career aspirations. A
promising day without any efforts.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Yoga would help in raising
energy levels and improve
your metabolism. Some of
you are going experience
emotional fulfillment on romantic front.
Place emphasis on domestic affairs to
enhance the domestic tranquility and
harmony. Associate with humanitarian
group on social front for benefit.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
The day is not likely to
pose any major problems
at workplace. You will
succeed in resolving
misunderstanding with family
members, normalizing ties. You will
remain in demand on social front.
Stand by partner during testing times
to make the relationship stronger.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Efforts made to improve
looks or personality will
bring desired results.
Distant relatives may drop in
for a surprise visit. Investment
antiques and jewellery would bring
handsome financial gains. On
professional front, recognition for good
work would bring motivation.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Rewards and recognition
will come your way for
your involvement in a
social endeavour. It’s a
very good day to take calculated
risks in financial matters. Those
suffering from chronic ailments may
find remarkable improvement in their
health with home remedies.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
It is good day to confess
your love as stars appear
favourable for positive
reply. Your sole depend-
ency on friends may fail to bring any
respite from loneliness today.A
sound financial health of business-
men would enable to give monetary
benefits to employees.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Chances of being misled
by competitors in business
are high, so remain alert.
You may get a chance to
pursue old hobby. Health tips from
an expert will enable you to get
closer to your fitness goals. Your
generous behavior would enable to
enjoy lovely moments with family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Develop a good adaptabil-
ity to handle pressurized
situation on professional
front. Paying special
attention to plan your career would
give immense joy. You are likely to
get clearance or approval for your
construction plans. You find things
moving in the way you want them.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A sound monetary position
would enable you to keep
pace with changing times.
Avoid raising controversial
issues at home to maintain harmony.
Successful implementation of new
ideas and projects would add to your
prestige on the professional front. It
is the time to build new connections.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Don’t give a firm commit-
ment in financial matters
before considering the
viability of the project. You
succeed in completing an important
project well before deadline.
Disagreements on the family front
are foreseen. Be careful about legal
apprehensions in your property.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
t the age of 18, her
village panchayat
sabha and a priest
suggested to Man-
jamma’s parents
to allow her aka
Manjunatha Shet-
ty to lead the life of a Jo-
gati. Once given in service
to Renuka Yellamma deity,
the child stays away from
home to worship Yellam-
ma, begs for alms to sur-
vive, and performs the
folk-dance form of Jogati
in praise of the goddess.
There are exceptions
everywhere and one such
phenomenal soul I met in
Bengaluru was Manjamma
Jogati, the first trans wom-
an in the country who is
the President of the Karna-
taka’s Janapada Academy
since 2019. She was felici-
tated with the honour of
Padma Shri by the Presi-
dent of India Ramnath Ko-
vind in 2021 in New Delhi
for her incredible efforts in
the domain of North Kar-
nataka, South Maharash-
tra, and a part of Andhra
Pradesh’s famous Jogathi
Folk Dance forms.
In this vein, one of Man-
jamma’s unique dance
forms is where she places
the Yellamma deity on her
head and dances. For the
last 40 years, Manjamma is
in the profession of folk
dancing.
People fondly call her
‘Amma’. Always a big red
bindi on the forehead with
sindoor, countless glass
bangles with a fascination
for gajara (flowers) in the
hair are Amma’s style
statements. Today with her
11 members team, Amma
through her registered
trust - Padmashri Mata B
Manjamma Jogathi
Pratistana aims to work
for the Trans community
and their legal rights, train
Trans men and women in
Folk art forms, offer skill
development training, pro-
vide shelter to old age
trans community. She is
developing and conserving
Jogati Padya (singing), nir-
tya (dance) forms and
brought in various non-
verbal dance movements
in the performing arts. To-
day many Jogati communi-
ties are learning and are
giving stage performances
of the art form all over In-
dia. In 2010, Manjamma
received the Rajyotsava
Award from the Karnataka
Government.
Born in a middle-class
family in Karnataka’s
Kallkamba village near
Bellari district on May
20th, 1957 Manjunatha
Shetty aka Manjamma was
one of the blessed children
out of the 21 siblings. But
among those children, only
four survived. Amma’s
voice Vikram B.K. an engi-
neer by profession and a
contemporary dancer con-
nected with Amma in 2017.
He told a detailed story
of Amma to me and said,
“Manjunatha studied till
class 10th. With a male
body but a woman from
deep inside, Manjunatha
was inclined towards girly
stuff and activities since
childhood. He got bullied
quite a lot by other chil-
dren. He loved to wear her
mother’s sarees at home
and helped her mother
with daily kitchen chores.
His father and brother
were entirely against Man-
junatha’s behaviour.”
Feeling isolated and
ignored by her family
Manjamma tried to take
poison but the almighty
had different plans for
her. At the young age of
18 yrs. through proper
rituals, Manjunatha was
adopted into the culture
of Jogati life.
From here Manjunatha
became Manjamma and
left the house. She was sur-
viving in a very difficult
situation by begging on the
streets. During this time,
she got
molest-
ed by
four men.
This inci-
dent shook
her inside
and she tried to
finish her life. But
with a life-changing
thought, she stood up
again and decided that she
will never let down herself.
Then onwards Amma
started selling idlis and
taking tuition classes.
In Devanagari town
where Amma was living
saw a father-son duo. Son
was dancing and father
was singing with a special
instrument. Amma with
enthusiasm showed inter-
est to learn this art form
and joined them. A trans
woman ‘Kaalavva Jogati’
approached Amma and
asked her to join their
group of artists transwom-
en as they wanted some ac-
tive members in the group
to perform and do street
plays/dance with them.
Amma agreed and started
contributing her acting
skills to their play and
learned the group’s dance
form as well. Since then
Amma never looked back
and after Kaalavva’s death,
her legacy Amma is taken
forward.
One fine day while going
for a performance Amma
was sitting with Vikram at
the Bangalore airport and
surprisingly shared some-
thing interesting with him
and said, “Vikram, it is dif-
ficult to accept that four
Idlis that I used to sell in
1 rupee today the same
idlis cost so expensive
today, i.e., One plate
with two idlis costs
Rs. 200/-. Time is
changing so rapidly
.”
In the end, with a
heavy heart, Amma
stated to me, “It’s an
irony that we are living
an isolated life. People
have a fear to mingle with
us. Despite getting the le-
gal rights from the govern-
ment, a society with a
changed mindset needs to
accept us all. There is still
a lot more things that
needs to be done.”
ANUBHA JAIN
Cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
DANCING GAVE AMMA A
REASON TO LIVE
Given in service
Given in service
to Goddess
to Goddess
Yellamma as a
Yellamma as a
teen, Manjunatha
teen, Manjunatha
Shetty was
Shetty was
honoured with a
honoured with a
Padma Shri by
Padma Shri by
President Ramnath
President Ramnath
Kovind in 2021
Kovind in 2021
for her efforts to
for her efforts to
promote the Jogati
promote the Jogati
dance form
dance form
President Ram Nath Kovind felicitates Manjunatha Shetty in November

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