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Till my death neither will I leave Kashi nor
its people will leave me: Modi in Varanasi
Varanasi (Agencies):
PM Narendra Modi told
the people in Varanasi
today that “prayers for
my death were done” by
his political rivals. “We
have seen how much
people have stooped low
in Indian politics but
when in Kashi prayers
for my death were done,
I felt elated,” he was
quoted as saying by
news agency at a rally
in Varanasi. “This
meant that till my death
neither will I leave
Kashi nor its people will
leave me,” PM added.
The swipe was at SP
chief Akhilesh, who
had directed barb at PM
over his many functions
in Varanasi last year.
PM Narendra Modi greets people gathered for a public rally for UP polls in Varanasi on Sunday.
Uttar Pradesh was no 1 in crime during SP govt, says Shah
Ballia (ANI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday said
that Uttar Pradesh
was number one in
crime during Akhile-
sh Yadav’s regime
and now crime rate
has fallen down in the
state under Yogi Adi-
tyanath government.
Addressing a pub-
lic rally in Ballia,
Shah said, “Earlier,
government land was
snatched by ‘Bahuba-
lis’. Dalits, under-
privileged, everyone
was deprived. These
Parivarwadis’ in
their tenure commit-
ted atrocities against
the poor. BJP got peo-
ple’s lands free from
land mafias,” said
Shah.
He further said
that SP, BSP, Con-
gress party have done
nothing except
spreading the poison
of casteism and gave
strength to the mafia
while Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
done the work of se-
curing the country.
The Home Minister
promised that smart-
phones, laptops will
be given to the youth
going for higher edu-
cation. “The BJP gov-
ernment will do the
work of giving free
scooty to the daugh-
ters going for higher
education,” he added.
“The BJP govern-
ment will do the work
of giving free scooty
to the daughters go-
ing for higher educa-
tion,” he added.
Under SP-loots, murders, rapes were at
no. 1. Akhilesh, shame on you! Under
Yogi Ji’s leadership, there have been 70%
fall in loot, 29% fall in murders.” These ‘Parivar-
wadis’ in their tenure committed atrocities against
the poor. —Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
PM Modi to address
rallies in UP today
HM PROMISES SMARTPHONES, LAPTOPS TO YOUTH GOING FOR HIGHER EDU
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing BJP supporters
during a public meeting at Phephna, in Ballia on Sunday.
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1ST OCTOBER, 2001…WHEN VAJPAYEE
ASKED A PERFORMER MODI TO TAKE OVER
AN EARTHQUAKE RIDDEN GUJARAT!
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE… THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 5
S
oon after Narendra Modi
left Gujarat and came to
Delhi over the compromise
formula, he was given the
charge of BJP’s national
secretary
. He was also made
incharge of Punjab and
Jammu & Kashmir in addi-
tion to Haryana, Chandi-
garh (UT) and Himachal
Pradesh. Modi once again
provedhispoliticalacumen
and BJP emerged as a big
political force in Haryana
and Chandigarh
during
1996 assembly elections.
His magical run contin-
ued and he managed to
form BJP government
in
Himachal Pradesh in 1998
under the leadership of
Prem Kumar Dhumal. This
gave a new height to Modi’s
stature at national level
and the BJP appointed him
as the organisational
gen-
eral secretary
.
“Modijiisalwayseagerto
learn new things. If I could
learn computers way back
in 1996, it was the inspira-
tion of Modi ji,” remembers
Manohar Lal Khattar,chief
minister of Haryana.
BJPwasgainingstrength
at nationalleveland in vari-
ous states. Modi’s political
strategyandorganisational
skills were playing a major
role in party’s emergence.
Just then in May
, 1999, Kar-
gilwarbrokeoutandIndian
Armed Forces gave befit-
ting reply to Pakistan’s in-
vasion. The entire world
witnessed the unique war-
fare of Indian forces, which
won the battle without
crossing the line of control.
Narendra Modi was devas-
tated with the loss of lives
of soldiers and he went to
meet the injured soldiers.
He showed solidarity with
them and praised their
courage and valour.
“A soldier had lost both
his arms in a mines blast.
Modi has gone to meet
him in the hospital.
Modi asked the sol-
dier, it must be pain-
ingbadly
.Thesoldier
replied - it was pain-
ing till last evening.
Now that we have
won back the Tiger
Hills, the
pain has
vanished. Modi was down
with tears with that reply
,”
remembered
Prem Kumar
Dhumal, chief minister,
Himachal Pradesh.
The grand victory in
Kargil war brought back
Vajpayee government
for
the third time in 1999. Modi
was also becoming power-
ful at national level with
the party gaining strength
day by day
. However, in his
home state Gujarat, Modi
was still not that influen-
tial. The party suffered
massivedefeatinlocalbody
election in 2000. In the same
year on Republic Day
, Guja-
rat suffered the worst ever
earthquake resulting into
deaths of 10,000 people.
“The situation was
dreadful specially in
Kutch region. Now if we
look at Bhuj, one can’t im-
agine that the district was
down in shambles post the
earthquake in 2000.
But Modi ji believes in find-
ingopportunityincalamity
.
He practised this key strat-
egy to rebuild and trans-
form the shredded Bhuj
into a modern city,” remi-
nisced Vishnu Pandya, a
senior journalist.
The inaction of the then
Gujarat’s chief minister
Keshubhai Pa-
tel during the relief
work was questioned.
The public also showed
its anger by defeating BJP
in the bypoll of Sabarkan-
tha Lok Sabha and Sabar-
mati Vidhansabha.
There
was unrest in the party
.
On 1st October 2001, Con-
gress leader Madhav Rao
Scindia died in a helicopter
crash. Along with him a
cameraman Gopal Singh
Bisht also lost his life. Nar-
endra Modi was attending
the cremation ceremony of
Bisht when his mobile
phonerang.Theprimemin-
ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was on the other line. He
asked Modi to meet him in
the evening. And on that
evening Modi received
marching orders for Guja-
rat to replace chief minis-
ter Keshu Bhai Patel who
had failed miserably in re-
constructionof earthquake
ridden state.
After becoming the
chief minister, the first
lesson Modi learnt was
from his mother Heera
Bai who said “Beta koi
ghoos de to lena mat ( Nev-
er take bribe from anyone).
Four months passed
since Modi was sworn in.
As per the law, he had to be-
come member of assembly
within 6 months. So, in Feb-
ruary 2002, he contested by-
election from Rajkot-II as-
semblyseatandenteredthe
assembly where he reigned
supreme till he got into the
parliament in 2014. For
Modi, who had ensured vic-
tory for several leaders
over last one and half dec-
ades, a win for himself was
just a cakewalk.
Soon after Modi entered
the Gujarat assembly, fol-
lowing Godhra train burn-
ing case which changed the
entire political discourse in
the state. On 27th February
2002, 20 years back, rioters
set afire S-6 coach of Sabar-
mati Express which was
coming from Ayodhya. The
target was lives of karse-
vaks returning from Ayod-
hya. As many as 59 people
lost their lives which trig-
gered communal riots in
various parts of the state.
“Modi requested for po-
licehelpfromvariousstates
including Congress-ruled
states. But no one came up
for help. He also asked for
military support. The next
daymilitarycameintoforce
to control the violence. It’s
purely malicious publicity
that Modi has fanned the
violence,” said Uday Ma-
hurkar, a senior journalist.
It was a big challenge for
Modi to maintain commu-
nal harmony and peace in
Gujarat amid targeted at-
tacks from the opposition.
“The so-called secularists
from across the country ac-
cused Modi for wrong do-
ing and igniting commu-
nal violence in the state.
They did everything to de-
fame Modi. But Modi ji
never lost patience,” said
Vijay Rupani, former chief
minister of Gujarat.
The opposition sharp-
ened their attacks on Modi
and in July 2002, Governor
S S Bhandari dissolved the
Gujarat Assembly on the
recommendatio
n of the
state council of ministers
on Friday paving the way
for early election in the ri-
ot-torn state. The assembly
was dissolved nine months
ahead of its term.
Undeterred by the turn
of events, Narendra Modi
launched Gaurav Yatra
across Gujarat towns to
bring back the glory of Gu-
jarat by winning 127 seats
out of 182 assembly seg-
ments and paving the way
for his oath taking ceremo-
ny at Gandhinagar
Raj
Bhavan as the Chief Min-
ister for the second time.
To be continued….
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Narendra Modi was
devastated with the loss of
lives of soldiers and he went
to meet the injured soldiers.
courage and valour. “A
soldier had lost both his
arms in a mines blast. Modi
has gone to meet him in the
hospital. Modi asked the
soldier, it must be paining
badly. The soldier replied -
it was paining till last
evening. Now that we have
won back the Tiger Hills,
the pain has vanished. Modi
was down with tears with
that reply,” remembered
Prem Kumar Dhumal,
chief minister, Himachal
Pradesh.
Narendra Modi meeting victims of Gujarat Earthquake.
Modi visiting a devastated Bhuj.
Narendra Modi visiting Kargil in 1999
to show solidarity with the soldiers.
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new and bigger roles in
the Army, daughters are
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Chandigarh Police officials were on toes after two
bullet shells were recovered from a private bus being
used to ferry the Sri Lankan cricket team. The police
during a routine check recovered two bullet shells
from luggage compartment of a private bus.
POLICE ON ALERT
AFTER 2 BULLET
SHELLS ON SRI
LANKAN TEAM BUS
India completed a clean sweep beating Sri Lanka by
six wickets in third T20 International in Dharamsala
on Sunday. Chasing a target of 147, it was like a walk
in the park for Shreyas Iyer, who smashed 73 not out
off 45 balls to complete the chase in 16.5 overs.
IYER’S THIRD
FIFTY IN A ROW
HANDS INDIA 3-0
SWEEP VS LANKA
‘US waives in-person interview
for many visas for Indians till Dec’
Washington (PTI):
The United States has
waived in-person in-
terview requirements
for many visa appli-
cants, including stu-
dents and workers, at
its diplomatic mis-
sions in India through
December 31 this
year, a senior Ameri-
can diplomat has told
Indian community
leaders.
These applicants el-
igible for the waiver
are students (F, M, and
academic J visas),
workers (H-1, H-2, H-3,
and individual L vi-
sas), Culture and ex-
traordinary ability (O,
P, and Q visas), report-
ed news agency PTI.
“This is much-need-
ed support to visa ap-
plicants. This would
be very helpful to our
friends and immediate
family members and
remove a lot of their
concerns and remove
inconveniences,” Ajay
Jain Bhutoria, South
Asian Community
Leader and US Presi-
dent Joe Biden’s Advi-
sor for Asian Ameri-
cans, said after his
meeting with Assis-
tant Secretary of State
for South Central
Asia, Donal Lu.
Imphal (Agencies):
Thefirstphaseof polling
for the Manipur Assem-
bly election will be held
on Monday
, February 28.
In the first of the two
phase election, 38 assem-
bly constituencies of the
state will go to polls.
Of the 38 seats, 29 are
in districts of Imphal
East, Imphal West and
Bishnupur, while nine
seats are spread across
Churchandpur, Kang-
pokpi and Pherzawl.
Moirang constituency
will witness a three-cor-
nered fight between BJP
,
Congress and National
People’s Party
. Sitting
MLAPukhremSharatch-
andraSingh,whowonon
BJP ticket in the last
term, is contesting as a
Congress candidate this
time while former Con-
gress member Mairem-
bam Prithviraj Singh is
the BJP candidate, with
Thongam Shanti Singh
of National People’s Par-
ty the third candidate.
Meanwhile, for Olym-
pic medallist Mirabai
Chanu’svillage,drinking
water supply and poor
road condition tops list.
MANIPUR VOTES TODAY;
JD(U) CANDIDATE ‘BULLET’ SHOT AT
Chief Minister and BJP candidate
from Heingang seat N Biren Singh,
Assembly Speaker Y Khemchand
Singh from the Singjamei seat, Deputy
CM and NPP candidate Yumnam
Joykumar from the Uripok seat and
Manipur Congress president N Lokesh
Singh from the Nambol seat.
KEY PLAYERS’ FATE AT STAKE
UP records 54.98%
voting in 5th phase
Around 55 per cent polling was recorded on Sunday in the
fifth phase of UP Assembly polls. According to Election
Commission, the polling percentage was 54.98. Police said
voting was largely peaceful, barring in Pratapgarh’s Kunda
seat where Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadav’s
convoy was allegedly attacked by some people. Party work-
ers claimed that Yadav sustained minor injuries. SP state
president Naresh Uttam and party national spokesperson
Rajendra Chowdhury have sent a complained to EC. The
night before voting began in Gonda, Samajwadi Party can-
didate from the Colonelganj Assembly seat along with his
brothers and supporters were booked for allegedly raping a
woman and beating her up. Around 2.24 crore people were
eligible to vote in the fifth phase in which 692 candidates are
in the fray. The Election Commission of India’s voter turnout
app showed
Amethi recorded
55.86 per cent vot-
ing, Ayodhya 58.01
per cent, Bahraich
54.60 per cent,
Barabanki 54.65
per cent, Chitra-
koot 59.64 per
cent and Gonda
54.98 per cent.
MANIPUR PHASE-1
Moscow (Agencies):
Russian President
Vladimir Putin ordered
his defence chiefs to put
the country’s nuclear
“deterrence forces” on
highalertSundayandac-
cused the West of taking
“unfriendly” steps
against his country
.
Internationaltensions
are already soaring over
Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, and Putin’s or-
der will cause further
alarm.
Moscow has the
world’s second-largest
arsenal of nuclear
weapons and a huge
cache of ballistic mis-
siles which form the
backbone of the coun-
try’s deterrence forces.
NOW, UKRAINE AGREES TO TALKS
WITH RUSSIA ON BELARUS BORDER
AI EVACUATION FLIGHTS COSTING `7-8 L/HR;
ANOTHER AIR INDIA FLIGHT LANDS IN DELHI
UKRAINE KNOCKS
ON ICJ DOOR
MODI HOLDS HIGH
LEVEL MEETING
Moscow: Ukraine on Sunday agreed to hold talks with
Russia in Belarus, the Russian state media said quoting
officials in Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy’s office said the two sides would meet at an
unspecified location along the Belarusian border and did
not give a precise time for the meeting.
As Air India ferries hundreds of Indians stranded in
Ukraine, the cost of operating a two-way evacuation
flight will be more than Rs 1.10 crore and the amount
will go up depending on the duration of the flights. The
airline is operating the services with wide-body Boeing
787 plane, better known as Dreamliner. Meanwhile, the
second evacuation flight of Air India, carrying 250 Indians
stranded in Ukraine, landed in Delhi. More on P6 and P7
Ukraine approached the
International Court of Jus-
tice against Russia to hold
Russia accountable for its
actions against Ukraine.
President Volodymyr
Zelensky tweeted that
Russia must be account-
able for “manipulating
the notion of genocide to
justify aggression”.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi upon his return from
UP poll campaign held a
high-level meeting on the
Ukraine crisis on Sunday,
official sources said.
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar was part of the
meeting which was also
attended by top govern-
ment officials.
CANDIDATE SHOT AT IN IMPHAL EAST
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) candidate
Wanglembam Rohit Singh, also known as
Bullet and contesting from the Kshetrigao
constituency in Imphal East district, was
shot at late on Saturday, the police said.
Kshetrigao constituency goes to polls on Monday. Police
said the incident occurred at around 11.30 pm when the
candidate was meeting some of his supporters at Naha-
rup Makhapat, about 3 km from his residence. Sapam
Ronaldo, the driver of the candidate, said Rohit was shot
at by one of the two assailants who came on a scooter.
38
Constituencies
05
Districts
20
lakh voters
173
Candidates
in the fray
7AM
Polling
begins
In 2017 polls, Congress emerged the
largest party with 28 MLAs, Later, eight
Congress MLAs left the party. BJP won
21 seats, formed govt with more support.
Development,
welfare of youth
and women top
wishlist of voters
NUCLEAR
THREAT
Russian Prez Putin puts nuclear
“deterrent” forces on high alert
France had warned Putin that
NATO has nuclear weapons
I order the defence min-
ister and the chief of the
general staff of the Rus-
sian armed forces to put
deterrence forces of Rus-
sian army into a special
mode of combat service
—Vladimir Putin,
Russian President
A women holds a child and a dog in a shelter inside a building in
Mariupol, Ukraine on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
EU TO BUY WEAPONS
FOR UKRAINE, BANS
RUSSIA IN AIR, ON-AIR
The EU on announced
new sanctions against
Russia over its invasion
of Ukraine, closing its air-
space to Russian aircraft
and banning Russian state
media outlets broadcast-
ing in the bloc. It will also
buy weapons for Ukraine.
P4
PM MODI TO
ADDRESS DPIIT
STAKEHOLDERS’
MEET ON PM
GATISHAKTI
New Delhi (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Monday will address
participants on the vision of
GatiShakti which is an inte-
grated plan to enhance ease
of living, ease of doing busi-
ness, minimize disruptions
and expedite completion of
works with cost efficiencies
and create next-generation
infrastructure.

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Restrictions lifted: DMRC to allow
standing passengers from today
All station gates to remain open to facilitate passengers entry throughout the day
New Delhi (PTI): With
the lifting of all restric-
tions by authorities af-
ter fall in Covid cases,
from today onwards
Delhi Metro will allow
passengers in standing
position in trains.
On Friday, the Delhi
Disaster Management
Authority (DDMA),
chaired by Lieutenant
Governor Anil Baijal
and attended by Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal, decided to with-
draw all restrictions
from Monday, reduce
the fine for not wearing
masks from `2,000 to
`500 and resume physi-
cal classes in Delhi
schools from April 1.
In view of the latest
guidelines issued by the
DDMA on Covid man-
agement, announcing
lifting of all prohibi-
tions or restrictions im-
posed earlier, Delhi
Metro services will now
be available with re-
vised norms from Mon-
day, the DMRC said.
Passengers will be al-
lowed to travel in the
metro without any re-
strictions i.e, they can
travel in both standing
and sitting manner, it
said.
All gates of metro
stations will remain
open to facilitate pas-
senger entry through-
out the day
.
Delhi Metro services will now be available with revised norms.
DMRC HIRES TOP CONSULTING
FIRM FOR INTEGRATION OF
METRO SERVICES, E-COM
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Metro has set the
ball rolling on a vision-
ary project that seeks
to integrate its regular
services with e-com-
merce via cutting-edge
digital platforms, with
the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation hiring a top
consulting firm to work
on the plan, official
sources said. Accord-
ing to the vision, for
instance, a rider may be
able to order a product
online while travelling
in a metro train and
will be able to get it at
the destination sta-
tion through advanced
digital platforms of the
urban transporter. “We
have started working on
this vision, and a
top consulting firm,
McKinsey, has been
hired to work on the
plan that we have en-
visioned,” a top official
source told PTI.
BREATHER FOR DELHI!
New Delhi (Agencies):
The recently an-
nounced Delhi Film
Policy 2022 aims to
make the Capital an in-
ternational filmmaking
location.
As per the new policy,
there will be a subsidy
of up to `3 crore for film
production in Delhi,
based on parameters
such as number of days
of shooting in the city
and how much of Delhi
is visible in the films.
An online clearance
portal for permissions
within 15 days and a
film fund of `50 crore —
to reduce costs for film-
makers — have also
found space in the poli-
cy. Dinesh Kumar Ag-
garwal, deputy director
(events) at New Delhi
Municipal Council,
says, “Although we give
clearance in a day or
two, an e-portal will in-
crease transparency
and accountability at
all levels.”
In addition, the Cap-
ital will get its own in-
ternational film festi-
val and film card for
discounted services
for travel and stay
within the city. Film-
maker Imtiaz Ali says,
“This is a positive step
forward for Delhi as a
shooting location... I
hope this is emulated
at other places.”
New film policy is welcome: Actors, filmmakers
FILM POLICY 2022

There will be a
subsidy of up
to `3 cr for film
production in
Delhi, based on
number of days
of shooting and
how much of
Delhi is visible
in the films
New Delhi: With training and working at VIP routes,
Metro, markets, airports and railway stations for hours
every day, the Canine Squad
follow a disciplined routine under
the Crime Branch of Delhi Police.
The dogs will soon be deployed
in all ranges in the capital to
do more tracking, detection
and investigative work, officials said Sunday. The Delhi
Police’s dog squad currently has 64 trained dogs — Ger-
man shepherds, Labradors, Belgian Shepherds and Golden
Retrievers. Out of the 64, 49 dogs are experts in explosive
detection and 13 are tracker dogs.
New Delhi: Ninety per cent of adolescents in the
age group of 15 to 18 years in the national capital
have been administered
the first dose of vaccine
against COVID-19 since
the launch of the drive
on January 3, accord-
ing to official data. Until
February 24, 54 per
cent of them have even
received the second dose of the vaccine, the data
presented during a meeting of the Delhi Disaster
Management Authority (DDMA) earlier this week
mentioned.
DELHI POLICE TO DEPLOY DOG SQUAD
ACROSS ALL RANGES IN CAPITAL
90 PC PEOPLE IN 15-18 AGE GROUP GIVEN
FIRST DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE: DATA
New Delhi: Delhi Transport department has di-
rected that no objection certificates (NOCs) will be
issued for de-registered 10 to 15 years old diesel
and above 15 years
old petrol vehicles for
other states barring
restricted areas there
as per National Green
Tribunal directive. An
order issued by
Transport department on Friday also stated
that no no objection certificates will be issued
for diesel vehicles older than 15 years from
their first registration and such vehicles will be
scrapped only.
NOC TO BE ISSUED FOR OLD DE-REGISTERED
DIESEL VEHICLES TO PLY IN OTHER STATES
CRUCIAL READ
Over 300 buses prosecuted, 19
impounded in 4 days:Traffic cops
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi Police traf-
fic unit prosecuted
more than 300 buses
and impounded at
least 19 under the Mo-
tor Vehicles Act be-
tween February 22
and February 25 for
plying without a
proper permit.
The police officials
said most of these
buses had contract
permits or all-India
tourist permits but
were violating the
norms by taking pas-
sengers from differ-
ent routes, changing
destination points.
The police said
they had received in-
formation about the
violation and con-
ducted checking in all
ranges in Delhi. A to-
tal of 323 buses were
tagged as “dagga-
mar” and prosecuted.
“Among all the bus-
es, 152 buses were
prosecuted in the
eastern range, 95 in
the central, 29 in the
outer, 30 in the south-
ern and seven in the
west and New Delhi
region,” said joint
commissioner of po-
lice (traffic) Vivek
Kishore.
Most of the buses had contract permits but were violating norms.
‘BUSES NOT ALLOWED TO DEVIATE’
NDMC forms sanitation response
unit to provide safety to scavengers
In order to provide safe-
ty to sanitation workers
and stop sewer deaths,
New Delhi Municipal
Council has constituted
a sanitation response
unit (SRU) for technical
and managerial inter-
ventions during sewer
cleaning.
The main objective of
this unit is to eliminate
accidents and fatalities
that occur when the
workers enter the sew-
ers without proper
PPEs, training and non-
adherence to protocols.
“The unit wil work
under the name emer-
gency response sanita-
tion unit (ERSU) and it
will be a professional,
well trained, motivated
and appropriately
equipped establishment
for the maintenance and
management of sew-
ers,” said an official.
The main objective of this unit is to eliminate accidents.
KEY POINTS
DELHI UNLOCK!
People in large numbers gather at Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Open schools
from Wed:
Schools’ body
requests L-G
New Delhi (PTI):
The National Pro-
gressive Schools’
Conference on Sat-
urday wrote to
Lieutenant Gover-
nor Anil Baijal re-
questing opening
of schools in Delhi
from Wednesday
.
As per the letter,
the association of
schools said chil-
dren from nursery
to class 8 have a
huge learning gap.
“We are grateful
for your interven-
tion for the uncon-
ditional reopening
of schools. Howev-
er, the clause of
reopening from
April 1 seems to be
a cause of concern.
“Children from
nursery to class
VIII have huge
learning gap as we
are observing
them. In March we
could have focused
our efforts to
bridge that gap so
that children
would have been
ready for the next
grade in April,”
the letter stated.
Teachers are
also overburdened
with online and of-
fline teaching and
assessment, it
said.
Mendiratta to
take oath as HC
judge today
New Delhi (PTI): He
has straddled both
worlds of Judiciary and
Executive. After a nearly
two-and-a-half-year stint
as Union Law Secretary,
Anoop Kumar Mendirat-
ta returns to the judicial
domain as a judge of the
Delhi High Court.
He is likely to take
oath as a judge today
.
He has achieved a rare
distinction of sorts in
his donning the twin
hats. He was the first dis-
trict judge appointed as
the Union Law Secre-
tary
.
CRIME BRANCH
SONU
DARIYAPUR
GANG MEMBER
ARRESTED
3 ARRESTED FOR
SUPPLYING ARMS,
AMMO, STOLEN
MOTORCYCLES
New Delhi (PTI): A
25-year-old member of
the Sonu Dariyapur gang
who was wanted in a
2021 case of attempt to
murder was arrested by
the Special Cell of the
Delhi Police, officials said
on Sunday. The accused
has been identified as
Prince alias Sunny. A
reward of `20,000 was
declared on his arrest,
police said. During the
course of investigation,
both the accused Amit
Tuli and Taruna Tuli were
arrested by the local
police but accused Prince
evaded his arrest and was
on the run.
New Delhi (PTI): Three
men have been arrested
for allegedly supplying
arms and stolen vehicles
to members of a gang
on the direction of their
bosses who are lodged in
a prison here, police said
on Sunday. With the arrest
of Sajjan (24), Prashant
(25) and Ravi Bhardwaj
(28), the police said they
have busted a gang of
notorious sharp shooters
and arms supplier of the
‘Gogi gang’. Nine pistols,
five extra magazines, 35
live cartridges and two
stolen two-wheelers were
seized from them, police
officials said.
DELHI POLICE INSTALLS E-KIOSK FOR CONTACTLESS
COMPLAINT REGISTRATION AT PARLIAMENT STREET
Delhi Police has installed
a digital e-kiosk at the
Parliament Street police
station here to smooth-
en the public-police
interface and facilitate
citizens, officials said
on Sunday. According
to them, the e-kiosk will
enable people to easily
lodge complaints in a
contactless mode. The
e-kiosk has a message
from the Delhi Police
commissioner It has
several options and
people can look up
information on districts
and various police sta-
tions.
Mumbai (PTI): A
46-year-old man
wanted in a cheat-
ing case registered in
Mumbai against whom
a Look Out Circular
(LOC) was issued, was
detained at the Delhi
international airport
recently while he was
trying to flee to Dubai,
an official said on
Sunday. The accused,
identified as Umar Ab-
dul Aziz Bhawani alias
Sohail Bhawani, was
later arrested by the
Mumbai Police. The
probe revealed that
Bhawani has duped
many people.
MAN WANTED IN CHEATING CASE ARRESTED
AT DELHI AIRPORT WHILE TRYING TO FLEE

INDIA
03
Lucknow (PTI): The
vital issue of clean air
and water is missing
from the Uttar Pradesh
elections though several
cities here often figure
in the list of the world’s
10 most polluted.
Despite clean water
and air being the main-
stay of life, major politi-
cal parties, except for
the Samajwadi Party,
Congress and the Rash-
triya Lok Dal, have not
included the issue of en-
vironmental protection
prominently in their
election manifestos.
Even for the parties
that mentioned it, the
concern for environ-
ment remains on paper
as everyone is busy talk-
ing about Jinnah, Paki-
stan, vote bank politics
and‘pariwarvad’tosway
voters to their sides.
Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav has a degree in en-
vironmental engineer-
ing from Australia but
his party manifesto just
has a reference about
climate issue sans any
major announcement to
deal with the problem.
Even the Congress
has touched on some as-
pects of climate change
in its manifesto, but has
not spoken of any con-
crete initiative.
The issue hasn’t got
much importance in
BJP poll manifesto.
The saffron party has
mentioned cleaning of
the river Ganga but has
not mentioned any-
thing about countering
climate change.
According to a report
by climate think tank
‘Climate Trends’, the
Indus-Gangetic plains
are the most polluted
areas in the country in
terms of air. At the
heart of this vast land-
mass, 99.4 per cent of
the population of Uttar
Pradesh lives in areas
where air pollution lev-
els exceed safe limits.
Senior state BJP lead-
er and State Pollution
Control Board chair-
man JPS Rathore told
media why scientists
have repeatedly ex-
pressed concerns about
poor air quality
.
“The issues which are
liked by the public have
to be taken forward. The
issue of environmental
protection will become
the public’s issue after
10 years. Right now, em-
ployment and develop-
ment are the main is-
sues for the people.”
Promise of clean air and water missing from UP poll agenda
CLIMATE CHANGE

The vital issue
of clean air and
water is missing
from the UP
elections though
several cities
here often figure
in the list of the
world’s 10 most
polluted.
Senior Cong leaders meet
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka
New Delhi (ANI): Sen-
ior Congress leaders
held a meeting on Sun-
day where they dis-
cussed the ongoing as-
sembly elections as
well the party’s strate-
gy regarding poll re-
sults to be announced
on March 10.
The meeting was at-
tended by Rahul Gan-
dhi, Priyanka Gandhi,
Rajasthan CM Ashok
Gehlot, Chhatisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel,
and MP KC Venugopal.
After the meeting,
Chhatisgarh CM Bhu-
pesh Baghel revealed
that the ongoing assem-
bly elections of the five
states were discussed in
the meeting.
“Had a meeting with
KC Venugopal. Rahul
Gandhi, Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra and Ashok
Gehlot today. Detailed
discussion on Assem-
bly Elections in the five
states was taken up.
Strategy regarding re-
sults that will be an-
nounced on 10th March
was also discussed,”
Baghel said, as quoted
by media.
Rajasthan govern-
ment’s decision to re-
vert to OPS has some-
how become an election
issue as well. Last week,
Priyanka Gandhi hailed
the Rajasthan govern-
ment’s decision.
Rajya Sabha elections
are also around and
with veteran leaders of
Congress like Kapil
Sibal and P Chidambar-
am along with many
other leaders will be fin-
ishing their term in ei-
ther June or July this
year, it is believed that
Congress party also dis-
cussed the vacant seats
in the Rajya Sabha.
Kolkata (PTI): Cases
of violence and mal-
practices marred elec-
tions to 107 municipali-
ties across West Bengal
on Sunday even as a
voter turnout of around
76.51 per cent was re-
corded till 5 PM, elec-
tion officials said.
Elections were
scheduled in 108 mu-
nicipalities. However,
with TMC winning one
civic body uncontested
in Dinhata in Coochbe-
har district, elections
were held in 107 towns
Sunday, a State Elec-
tion Commission offi-
cial said.
The opposition BJP,
which dubbed the poll
process as a “mockery
of democracy” has
called a 12-hour shut-
down on Monday to pro-
test the violence. The
TMC has dubbed the al-
legations as baseless
and said opposition par-
ties are trying to find
excuses sensing defeat.
Till 5 PM, 76.51 per
cent of 95.6 lakh voters
exercised their fran-
chise in more than
2,000 wards amid tight
security and strict ad-
herence to COVID-19
guidelines.
Violence mars Bengal civic elections
PM, Yogi, people ‘Triple
Engine’ of UP: Rajnath
Ballia (PTI): In the
backdrop of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Sunday
said India favours
world peace.
“Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s role is be-
ing appreciated on the
matter. India is peace-
lover. India has never
attacked any country
and never grabbed land
of other country
.
“Now triple engine
will run in the state
with PM Modi’s vision,
Yogi’s mission and peo-
ple’s support,” he said.
Terming PM Modi as
“true samajwadi’, Ra-
jnath Singh said no one
has repeated the gov-
ernment in UP but BJP
is going to do it.
“We want world peace
and everyone should ac-
cept it,” Rajnath Singh
said addressing an elec-
tion rally here in Bairia.
He said after surgical
and air strike on Paki-
stan India’s image
changed in the world.
4 jawans summoned for
tampering postal ballots
Pithoragarh (PTI): Af-
ter former Uttarakhand
chief minister Harish
Rawatsharedapurport-
edvideoof thearmy
personnel allegedly
tampering with the
postal ballots in an
army centre in Jam-
mu, the Pithoragarh po-
lice have summoned four
personnel in the matter.
Thesoldiersbelongtothe
2 Kumaon regiment and
are posted in Jammu.
Superintendent of
Police Lokeshwar Singh
said, “This viral video is
of four soldiers of two
Kumaon regiments of
thearmy
.Itwasmade
viral by making a
video in Jammu.
The person who
sent and made the
video is also a
young man from 2 Ku-
maon. The police have
sent a summon to all un-
der 161 CrPC.”
The SP further in-
formedthatthenamesof
thearmypersonnelhave
been identified.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Postal bal-
lot is never considered
very important in elec-
toral politics. Rarely
would this have even af-
fected the results. But
suddenly the impor-
tance of postal ballot is
increasing. Anti-BJP
parties contesting the
elections are worried
over postal ballots as
they are casting unveri-
fied doubts on the Elec-
tion Commission as
well as the administra-
tion. That is because
they feel that BJP or a
ruling party can influ-
ence the results with the
help of postal ballot, by
taking advantage of the
system. Keep in mind
that earlier, the right to
vote by postal ballot was
only for the army per-
sonnel-officers and the
employees conducting
elections. Now, people
above 80 years of age
have been allowed to
vote by postal ballot.
Earlier, when the
counting of votes start-
ed, the postal ballots
were counted first and
after that the EVMs
were opened but now
the postal ballots are
counted alongside, till
the counting is over. An-
other change is that
postalballotsweregiven
through Booth Level Of-
ficer (BLO) earlier but
now they are being sent
by post. A worrying
thing which has come
up is that government
servants who vote by
postal ballot have to car-
ry a copy of their iden-
tity card with them to
ensure transparency
but at the same time this
breaches the secrecy of
the vote and a govern-
ment servant who is vot-
ing for the opposition
may feel compromised.
During the first phase
of polling in Uttar
Pradesh, such an inci-
dent happened on at
least one booth in Gha-
ziabad that the votes of
many members of the
Muslim family
, who had
come to cast their votes,
had supposedly already
been cast by postal bal-
lot, while they were not
aware of it.
That's how the oppo-
sition feel that there can
be some play with the
postal ballot, especially
in those seats where the
margin of victory and
defeat will be less.
Oppositionpartiesfearpostalballots!
SII seeks nod for
phase-3 study of
Covovax vaccine
New Delhi (PTI):
Serum Institute of
India has sought per-
mission from India’s
drug regulator to
conduct a phase-3
study of its COVID
vaccine Covovax as a
booster dose in
adults, official sourc-
es said on Sunday
.
TheDrugsControl-
ler General Of India
(DCGI) had approved
Covovax for restrict-
ed use in emergency
situations in adults
on December 28. The
vaccine is yet to be
included in the coun-
try’s inoculation pro-
gramme.
Prakash Kumar
Singh, Director, Gov-
ernment and Regula-
tory Affairs at SII had
last week submitted
an application to
DCGI seeking nod for
phase-3, observer-
blind, randomised,
controlled study to
evaluate the safety
and immunogenicity
of Covovax as boost-
er dose on those who
have received prima-
ry vaccination either
with Covishield or
Covaxinatleastthree
months ago, an offi-
cial source said.
Singh has stated
that many countries
are already adminis-
tering booster doses
to their citizens con-
sidering the uncer-
tainties of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
BOOSTER DOSE IN ADULTS
Mumbai: Though
the curve of the third
COVID-19 wave
almost flattened, the
decision regarding
the face mask rule
will be taken care-
fully, Maha Health
Min Rajesh Tope said
on Sunday. Tope’s
comments come a
day after Maharash-
tra reported 893
COVID-19 cases and
eight fatalities due to
the infection.
“The peak of the
third wave had seen
48,000 cases per
day in Maharashtra.
Now the number of
fresh cases is not
even ten per cent (as
compared with the
peak). The number
of active cases is
around 9,000 now,
Tope said.
WILL THINK
CAREFULLY
ON MASK
RULE: MAHA
Senior Cong leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The Congress government
of Rajasthan has taken a
big decision in the interest
of government employees
by implementing the Old
Pension Scheme. The Con-
gress party is fully dedi-
cated to the interests of
government employees.
—Priyanka Gandhi,
Congress leader
Police personnel detain a BJP supporter during a protest against
the alleged poll violence during the West Bengal Municipal
Elections, in Kolkata on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Defence Min Rajnath Singh
Everyone is busy
talking about
Jinnah,
Pakistan, vote
bank politics and
‘pariwarvad’ to
sway voters to
their sides.
Discuss strategy
for Assembly
poll results
BJP says mockery
of democracy, calls
for Bengal Bandh Rawatsharedapurport-
edvideoof thearmy
personnel allegedly
postal ballots in an
army centre in Jam-
thearmy
.Itwasmade
viral by making a
video in Jammu.
The person who
sent and made the
video is also a
U’KHAND
U’KHAND
Jammu (ANI): Senior
Congress leader Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad’s neph-
ew Mubashir Azad
joined the BJP on Sun-
day and said he was “in-
fluenced by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi’s
developmental works at
the ground level”.
Mubashir Azad, the
son of Ghulam Nabi
Azad’s youngest broth-
er Liaqat Ali, also said
his uncle was “disre-
spected” by the Con-
gress leadership which
hurt him and led to him
parting ways with the
grand old party. He,
however, claimed that
he did not discuss the
plan to join the BJP
with his uncle.
Mubashir Azad and
his supporters were
welcomed into the party
fold by Jammu and
Kashmir BJP president
Ravinder Raina and oth-
er senior leaders, in-
cluding ex-MLA Daleep
Singh Parihar. His join-
ing the saffron party
was described Raina as
a “turning point” that
will pave the way for
more young activists
from the Doda, Kisht-
war and Ramban dis-
tricts of the Chenab
Valley region to join the
party.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi
Azad’s nephew joins BJP in JK
My uncle was “disrespected” by Cong leadership which led to parting ways: Mubashir
Mubashir Azad was welcomed by Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina into the party.
New Delhi: BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda’s Twitter
account was hacked
on Sunday. A tweet
asking for cryptocur-
rency donations for
Ukraine was posted
from Nadda’s Twitter
account, according to
a screenshot shared.
“Stand with the people
of Ukraine. Now ac-
cepting cryptocurrency
donations. Bitcoin and
Ethereum,” one of the
tweets read. Tweet was
deleted a few minutes
later and access was
restored.
JP NADDA’S
TWITTER
ACCOUNT
HACKED
JP Nadda
BJP is growing fast with the joining of
political leaders from opposition parties,
social workers from all communities
whether Hindus, Muslims, Gujjars, Bakarwals
and Paharis. The (Congress) party is marred in
infighting... while under leadership of Modi the
work for the welfare of the people is taking place on
the ground..
—Mubashir Azad, son of Ghulam Nabi’s youngest brother Liaqat

PERSPECTIVE
04
1ST
OCTOBER, 2001…WHEN VAJPAYEE
ASKED A PERFORMER MODI TO TAKE OVER
AN EARTHQUAKE RIDDEN GUJARAT!
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE… THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 5
S
oon after Narendra Modi
left Gujarat and came to
Delhi over the compromise
formula, he was given the
charge of BJP’s national
secretary
. He was also made
incharge of Punjab and
Jammu Kashmir in addi-
tion to Haryana, Chandi-
garh (UT) and Himachal
Pradesh. Modi once again
provedhispoliticalacumen
and BJP emerged as a big
political force in Haryana
and Chandigarh during
1996 assembly elections.
His magical run contin-
ued and he managed to
form BJP government in
Himachal Pradesh in 1998
under the leadership of
Prem Kumar Dhumal. This
gave a new height to Modi’s
stature at national level
and the BJP appointed him
as the organisational gen-
eral secretary
.
“Modijiisalwayseagerto
learn new things. If I could
learn computers way back
in 1996, it was the inspira-
tion of Modi ji,” remembers
Manohar Lal Khattar,chief
minister of Haryana.
BJPwasgainingstrength
at national level and in vari-
ous states. Modi’s political
strategyandorganisational
skills were playing a major
role in party’s emergence.
Just then in May
, 1999, Kar-
gilwarbrokeoutandIndian
Armed Forces gave befit-
ting reply to Pakistan’s in-
vasion. The entire world
witnessed the unique war-
fare of Indian forces, which
won the battle without
crossing the line of control.
Narendra Modi was devas-
tated with the loss of lives
of soldiers and he went to
meet the injured soldiers.
courage and valour.
“A soldier had lost both
his arms in a mines blast.
Modi has gone to meet
him in the hospital.
Modi asked the sol-
dier, it must be pain-
ingbadly
.Thesoldier
replied - it was pain-
ing till last evening.
Now that we have
won back the Tiger
Hills, the
pain has
vanished. Modi was down
with tears with that reply
,”
remembered Prem Kumar
Dhumal, chief minister,
Himachal Pradesh.
The grand victory in
Kargil war brought back
Vajpayee government for
the third time in 1999. Modi
was also becoming power-
ful at national level with
the party gaining strength
day by day
. However, in his
home state Gujarat, Modi
was still not that influen-
tial. The party suffered
massivedefeatinlocalbody
election in 2000. In the same
year on Republic Day
, Guja-
rat suffered the worst ever
earthquake resulting into
deaths of 10,000 people.
“The situation was
dreadful specially in
Kutch region. Now if we
look at Bhuj, one can’t im-
agine that the district was
down in shambles post the
earthquake in 2000.
But Modi ji believes in find-
ingopportunityincalamity
.
He practised this key strat-
egy to rebuild and trans-
form the shredded Bhuj
into a modern city,” remi-
nisced Vishnu Pandya, a
senior journalist.
The inaction of the then
Gujarat’s chief minister
Keshubhai Pa-
tel during the relief
work was questioned.
The public also showed
its anger by defeating BJP
in the bypoll of Sabarkan-
tha Lok Sabha and Sabar-
mati Vidhansabha. There
was unrest in the party
.
On 1st October 2001, Con-
gress leader Madhav Rao
Scindia died in a helicopter
crash. Along with him a
cameraman Gopal Singh
Bisht also lost his life. Nar-
endra Modi was attending
the cremation ceremony of
Bisht when his mobile
phonerang.Theprimemin-
ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was on the other line. He
asked Modi to meet him in
the evening. And on that
evening Modi received
marching orders for Guja-
rat to replace chief minis-
ter Keshu Bhai Patel who
had failed miserably in re-
constructionof earthquake
ridden state.
After becoming the
chief minister, the first
lesson Modi learnt was
from his mother Heera
Bai who said “Beta koi
ghoos de to lena mat ( Nev-
er take bribe from anyone).
Four months passed
since Modi was sworn in.
As per the law, he had to be-
come member of assembly
within 6 months. So, in Feb-
ruary 2002, he contested by-
election from Rajkot-II as-
semblyseatandenteredthe
assembly where he reigned
supreme till he got into the
parliament in 2014. For
Modi, who had ensured vic-
tory for several leaders
over last one and half dec-
ades, a win for himself was
just a cakewalk.
Soon after Modi entered
the Gujarat assembly, fol-
lowing Godhra train burn-
ing case which changed the
entire political discourse in
the state. On 27th February
2002, 20 years back, rioters
set afire S-6 coach of Sabar-
mati Express which was
coming from Ayodhya. The
target was lives of karse-
vaks returning from Ayod-
hya. As many as 59 people
lost their lives which trig-
gered communal riots in
various parts of the state.
“Modi requested for po-
licehelpfromvariousstates
including Congress-ruled
states. But no one came up
for help. He also asked for
military support. The next
daymilitarycameintoforce
to control the violence. It’s
purely malicious publicity
that Modi has fanned the
violence,” said Uday Ma-
hurkar, a senior journalist.
It was a big challenge for
Modi to maintain commu-
nal harmony and peace in
Gujarat amid targeted at-
tacks from the opposition.
“The so-called secularists
from across the country ac-
cused Modi for wrong do-
ing and igniting commu-
nal violence in the state.
They did everything to de-
fame Modi. But Modi ji
never lost patience,” said
Vijay Rupani, former chief
minister of Gujarat.
The opposition sharp-
ened their attacks on Modi
and in July 2002, Governor
S S Bhandari dissolved the
Gujarat Assembly on the
recommendation of the
state council of ministers
on Friday paving the way
for early election in the ri-
ot-torn state. The assembly
was dissolved nine months
ahead of its term.
Undeterred by the turn
of events, Narendra Modi
launched Gaurav Yatra
across Gujarat towns to
bring back the glory of Gu-
jarat by winning 127 seats
out of 182 assembly seg-
ments and paving the way
for his oath taking ceremo-
ny at Gandhinagar Raj
Bhavan as the Chief Min-
ister for the second time.
To be continued….
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Narendra Modi was
devastated with the loss of
lives of soldiers and he went
to meet the injured soldiers.
courage and valour. “A
soldier had lost both his
arms in a mines blast. Modi
has gone to meet him in the
hospital. Modi asked the
soldier, it must be paining
badly. The soldier replied -
it was paining till last
evening. Now that we have
won back the Tiger Hills,
the pain has vanished. Modi
was down with tears with
that reply,” remembered
Prem Kumar Dhumal,
chief minister, Himachal
Pradesh.
Narendra Modi meeting victims of Gujarat Earthquake.
Modi visiting a devastated Bhuj.
Narendra Modi visiting Kargil in 1999
to show solidarity with the soldiers.
FEB 23,
2022
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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
Lucknow:Theelectoral
strategy of the Bharati-
ya Janata Party has un-
dergone a change in Ut-
tar Pradesh. By its very
nature, BJP does mid-
course correction at the
time of any election.
Four phases of voting
have been completed in
the Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions and before the
fourth phase of polling,
it seems that BJP has
changed its strategy
. Be-
fore the campaigning
for the fourth phase
ended, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi started
asking for votes in his
name. He asked people
in their meetings that
will the people vote for
him? This strategy to
askforvotesinhisname
raises two points to keep
in mind. The first is to
unite the beneficiaries
of the central govern-
ment’s schemes in fa-
vour of the BJP and sec-
ondly to give a message
to the voters of the back-
ward castes.
It seems that the
BJP’s internal assess-
ment is that Yogi Adi-
tyanath’s face may not
able to polarise more
votes at this point and
has reached its limit in
that regard, while even
issue of anti-incum-
bency is also being ob-
served. On the other
hand, Prime Minister
Modi has heard people
say that since they
have eaten Modi’s salt,
then they will not cheat
on him. This means
that the distribution of
ration, salt and oil to
the most backward and
deprived sections of
the society has had the
desired effect and this
is when PM Modi has
started giving a mes-
sage to that voter. By
playing the stake of his
face, he has again
started an attempt to
connect the backward
and most backward
castes closely with the
BJP. How much suc-
cess will be achieved in
this, it cannot be said
right now but BJP has
started a bid to ‘change
the winds’.
BJP eyes the beneficiary and the backward Govt cancels `19K-cr tender for
connecting villages in 16 States
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned Bharat
Broadband Nigam Ltd
has cancelled a Rs
19,000-crore tender that
was floated for connect-
ing villages across 16
states with an optical
fibre-based high-speed
broadband network,
following the lack of
participation of eligi-
ble bidders.
The project was ap-
proved in June last year
to roll out an optical fi-
bre network under
BharatNet in 16 states
in a public-private part-
nership (PPP) model
with a total expense of
Rs 29,430 crore.
The Centre had ap-
proved a viability gap
fund of Rs 19,041 crore
for the project that
aimed to connect 3.61
lakh villages across 16
states.
The project was di-
vided into nine pack-
ages, and tenders for
each of the packages
were floated separately
.
For each of the nine
tenders, BBNL on Feb-
ruary 8 said the tender
of the corresponding
package “with all its
corrigenda is hereby
cancelled on account of
non-participation by
any bidder”.
An e-mail query sent
to BBNL elicited no re-
sponse.
‘In the Army too, daughters are now taking responsibilities in new and bigger roles’
FROM PARLIAMENT TO PANCHAYAT
New Delhi (PTI):Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Sunday said that
women in India are
reaching new heights in
different fields and they
are dispelling old myths.
Referring to the Inter-
national Women’s Day
on March 8, he said that
the women in the coun-
try have taken the lead
everywherewhetheritis
Skill India, Self Help
Group, small or big in-
dustries.
“From Parliament to
reaching newer heights
in different fields. In the
Army too, daughters are
now taking responsibili-
ties in new and bigger
roles and are protecting
the country
,” he said in
his monthly radio pro-
gramme ‘Mann ki Baat’.
He also said that on
Republic Day
, the daugh-
ters were flying modern
fighterplanes.Thecoun-
try also lifted the restric-
tions on the admission
of daughters in Sainik
Schools, and daughters
aretakingadmissionsin
thoseschoolsalloverthe
country
, he added.
‘30 Predator
drones deal
with US
advances’
Naqvi: There
is no ban on
wearing
Hijab in India
ROLE OF INDIAN SCIENTISTS IN FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS PRAISEWORTHY: MODI
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on Sun-
day said that the role
of Indian scientists in
the fight against Cov-
id-19 was praisewor-
thy and due to their
hard work, it was pos-
sible to manufacture
the ‘Made in India
vaccine’.
“Today, I will like to
praise the role of In-
dian scientists in the
fight against Corona,
and because of their
hard work, the manu-
facturing of ‘Made in
India vaccines’ was
possible which gave a
great relief to the
world. This is the gift
of science to humani-
ty,” he said in his 86th
episode of the month-
ly radio address of
‘Mann Ki Baat’.
Talking about the
‘National Science Day’
on February 28, he
said that this day is
also known for the dis-
covery of the Raman
Effect. “Along with CV
Raman ji, I pay my re-
spectful tribute to all
the scientists who
have contributed sig-
nificantly in enriching
our scientific jour-
ney,” he said.
Washington (PTI):
The discussions on the
sale of 30 Predator
armed drones by the US
to India, the first to a
non-NATO ally, at an
estimated cost of USD 3
billion are at an ad-
vanced stage, multiple
sources have con-
firmed.
The major defence
deal was announced
under the previous
Trump administration
during the visit of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to the White
House in 2017. Thereaf-
ter, the two countries
have intensified the dis-
cussions and increased
the number of such
drones to be sold to In-
dia from 10 to 30 - 10
each for navy, air force
and army
.
Governmental sourc-
es told media that the
Predator/MQ9B acqui-
sition program of 30
aircraft is at an ad-
vanced stage of discus-
sion between the Indian
and US governments.
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
the hijab controversy in
Karnataka, Union Min-
ister Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi on Sunday said
there is no ban on wear-
ing the headscarf in the
country, and people
need to understand that
constitutional rights
and duties are equally
important.
Speaking to reporters
here, the Minister for
Minority Affairs said,
“The matter is in the
court… There is no ban
on (wearing of) Hijab in
India. It is clear.. Of
course, some institu-
tions have their disci-
pline, dress code and
uniform. When we talk
of rights of Constitu-
tion then we have to
talk (understand impor-
tance) of Constitutional
duties also.”
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI), prob-
ing National Stock Ex-
change Fraud case, has
found more evidence
that the mysterious
“Himalayan yogi”,
whom then bourse
chief Chitra Ramkrish-
na relied upon for “ad-
vice”, could be the
NSE’s former Group
Operating Officer
Anand Subramanian
only, as per sources.
A few locations of the
mobile device of Subra-
manian were accessed
by the CBI, and found to
be from nearby Subra-
manian’s Chennai resi-
dence, a source said.
“A few electronic evi-
dence have been found.
We suspect that Subra-
manian used to edit the
emails before sending
them as the yogi. We are
currently recording his
statements,” said the
source.
CBI sources has said
that since he had access
to the emails sent to the
yogi, they suspect they
can be the same. How-
ever, the agency did not
officially confirm it.
Subramanian, who
has been arrested after
questioning, was sent to
CBI custody till March
6 after the agency told a
Delhi court that they
needed custodial inter-
rogation to confront
him with seized articles
and others involved in
the case.
A source told media
that his statements was
recorded for three con-
secutive days at Chen-
nai, but was found to be
“evasive”.
Subramanian
could be Yogi
Baba, hints CBI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation through Mann Ki Baat on Sunday.
KPCC chief DK Shivakumar and others during the Padayatra.
Women reaching new heights
in different fields: PM Modi
K’taka Cong kickstarts
Mekedatu padayatra 2.0
Ramnagar (ANI): Kar-
nataka Congress kick-
started the Mekedatu
‘padayatra’ (foot march)
onSundaywiththebeat-
ing of drums and recital
of ‘Vande Mataram’ in
Ramnagar district. The
padayatra is being or-
ganised demanding
commencement of Me-
kedatu reservoir work
to“providedrinkingwa-
ter to Bengaluru and
surrounding areas”.
AICC General Secre-
taryRandeepSinghSur-
jewala inaugurated the
padayatra by beating
drums along with State
Congress president DK
Shivakumar,Opposition
leader Siddaramaiah,
Legislative Council Op-
position leader BK
Hariprasad and other
prominent leaders.
Shivakumar stated
that it is a “historical
walk”, taken up as per
the highest traditions of
the struggle of the Con-
gress party
,and hewon’t
bother about the criti-
cism by the ruling BJP
government. The walka-
thon is being inaugurat-
ed in the most auspi-
cious time, he said.
“This is not our strug-
gle, this is a struggle for
the lives of the people of
the state. It is a struggle
launched to provide
drinking water to Ban-
galoreans. We should
brave the sun for these
five days,” he urged.
Seeking BSY’s guidance to retain power: Bommai
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj
Bommai said on Sunday
that the state BJP lead-
ers will work as per the
‘guidance’ of former
Chief Minister BS Yedi-
yurappa to retain power.
After wishing Yedi-
yurappa on his 79th
birthday on Sunday at
hisresidence,alongwith
Minister for Large and
Medium Industries Mu-
rugesh Nirani and Lin-
gayat Seer Vachananan-
daSwamiji,CMBommai
showered praises on
Yediyurappa. “Yedi-
yurappa has come with
great struggle. He is a
leaderwhoalwaysfought
for the welfare of farm-
ersandthepoor.AllKan-
nadigasarewithhim.He
startedhisstrugglealone
and went on to contrib-
ute immensely to the
state of Karnataka.
“If at all anyone is
there who has not gone
back on his words, it is
Yediyurappa. He had
taken up many pro-peo-
ple projects and initia-
tives. Under his bless-
ings we will march
ahead,” Bommai said.
After the felicitation,
Yediyurappa said that
all leaders will put col-
lective effort to bring
back BJP to power and
he was sure of getting
the blessings of the peo-
ple again. “I am not in
power. Despite that,
thousands of people
have come and blessed
me. I will take up a state-
wide tour again. The
politicking of Congress
won’t work,” he said.
Another Beijing Olympics
Uyghur torchbearer detained
Beijing (Agencies): A
Uyghur doctor, who
served as a torchbearer
in the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing, is
serving an 18-year jail
sentence, said a media
report.
Abduqeyum Semet, a
doctor in Kashgar, had
been detained, received
a lengthy prison sen-
tence, and was serving
his term in a detention
centre administered by
the Xinjiang Production
and Construction Corps
(XPCC), Radio Free
Asia reported citing Ab-
duweli Ayup, an Uyghur
activist and linguist liv-
ing in Norway
, who con-
firmed the news from
Uyghurs living in exile.
Notably
, the XPCC is a
state-owned economic
andparamilitaryorgani-
zation sanctioned by the
US government for its
involvement in human
rights violations against
Uyghurs in China’s Xin-
jiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region (XUAR).
Disha Salian death: Action sought
against Min Narayan Rane, son
Mumbai (ANI): Ma-
harashtra State Com-
mission for Women
(MSCW) on Sunday
said it has asked police
to block the social me-
diaaccountsspreading
false information
about the death Disha
Salian, the former
manager of late actor
Sushant Singh Rajput,
and also sought action
againstUnionminister
Narayan Rane and his
MLA son Nitesh Rane
in this connection.
BJP leader Narayan
Rane had questioned
the circumstances sur-
rounding the death of
Salian(28)inJune2020.
In a series of tweets
on Sunday, MSCW
chairperson Rupali
Chakankar said the
Malvani police (in
Mumbai) had told the
commission that
Salian’s postmortem
report stated that she
was not raped and was
not pregnant.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai with former CM Yediyurappa.
Ever since the law
against triple talaq
has come into
being, there has
been a reduction of
80 per cent in
triple talaq cases
in the country.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
MORE EVIDENCE...

BIZ BUZZ
06
Promoted by
AU Small Finance Bank
Weak PSBs to get most of the
`15K crore capital support
New Delhi (PTI):
Weak public sector
lenders like Central
Bank of India and Pun-
jab Sind Bank will
get the lion’s share of
the `15,000 crore ear-
marked for capital in-
fusion in state-owned
banks for the current
fiscal.
This will help these
public sector banks
(PSBs) meet regulatory
requirements.
The capital infusion
of `15,000 crore would
go mostly to banks
which had got money
through non-interest-
bearing bonds in the
previous year as the
RBI had raised some
concerns on the fair
valuation of these in-
struments, sources say
.
As per the RBI, the
net present value of in-
fusion made last year
through zero-coupon
bonds is much lower
than face value as they
were issued at dis-
count, sources added.
These special securi-
ties with tenure of 10-
15 years are non-inter-
est bearing and valued
at par. Such bonds usu-
ally are non-interest
bearing and issued at a
deep discount to the
face value. So, the effec-
tive Tier 1 capital levels
for the banks could be
lower than the regula-
tory requirement.
According to India
Ratings and Research,
fair valuing of the eq-
uity infused by the
Government of India
(GoI) in five PSBs last
year through zero-
coupon bonds could
lower the banks’ effec-
tive Tier 1 capital lev-
els in the range of 50-
175 basis points than
reported.
commerce ministry
has made
it manda-
tory for
export-
ers to
file registra-
tion-cum-mem-
bership certificate
(RCMC) applications
through a common
digital portal, a move
aimed at promoting
ease of doing busi-
ness for the trading
community. Accord-
ing to a communica-
tion of the Directorate
General of Foreign
Trade (DGFT), the
electronic platform
to facilitate electronic
issuance/renewal/
amendment of RCMC/
registration certificate
(RC) has been imple-
mented. The objective
of the platform is to
provide an electronic,
contact-less single
window for RCMC/RC
related processes.
Govt to accept
RCMC
application from
exporters via
online mode only
New Delhi (PTI): The government is
looking to hire a person to manage
and monetise land as well as other
immovable properties of AI Assets
Holding Ltd (AIAHL) that are estimat-
ed to be worth around `14,000
crore. The designation of the person will be ‘Chief
of Properties and Monetisation Officer’ and will
report to the board of AIAHL, which was set up in
2019 for holding the debt and non-core assets of
Air India. Air India, which was state-owned at that
time, was acquired by Tatas in January this year.
The non-core assets of Air India, including land
and building, valued at `14,718 crore are with
AIAHL.
Govt scouts for chief of properties
monetisation officer for AIAHL
India’s oil import bill
to top $100 bn in FY22
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s crude oil import
bill is set to exceed $100
billion in the current
fiscal year ending
March 31, almost dou-
ble its spending last
year, as international
oil prices trade at sev-
en-year highs.
India spent $94.3 bil-
lion in the first 10
months (April-Jan) of
the ongoing financial
year that started April
1, 2021, according to
data from the oil min-
istry’s Petroleum Plan-
ning Analysis Cell
(PPAC).
It spent $11.6 billion
in January alone when
oil prices had started
to surge. This com-
pared with $7.7 billion
spending in the same
month last year.
In February, oil pric-
es crossed $100 per bar-
rel, and going at this
rate, India, which im-
ports 85% of its crude
oil requirements, is
expected to almost
double its import bill
to $110-115 billion by
the end of the fiscal
year 2021-2022.
The imported crude
oil is turned into val-
ue-added products like
petrol and diesel at oil
refineries, before be-
ing sold to automobiles
and other users. India
has a surplus refining
capacity and it exports
some petroleum prod-
ucts but is short on the
production of cooking
gas LPG, which is im-
ported from nations
like Saudi Arabia.
Import of petroleum
products in April-Jan-
uary of 2021-22 fiscal
was 33.6 million tonnes
worth $19.9 billion. On
the other hand, 51.1
million tonnes of pe-
troleum products were
also exported for $33.4
billion.
India had spent $62.2
billion on the import
of 196.5 million tonnes
of crude oil in the pre-
vious 2020-21 fiscal
when global oil prices
remained subdued in
the wake of the Cov-
id-19 pandemic.
In the current year,
it has already import-
ed 175.9 million tonnes
of crude oil.
Reliance Retail: King of India Retail
New Delh: Reliance
Retail - which grew its
retail footprint by 39
per cent (in square feet)
since the pandemic,
added multiple brands
and expanded its digi-
tal commerce - will fur-
ther swell its network
with the addition of
Future Retail stores
that came under its fold
aftertheownercouldn’t
pay lease rent, analysts
said. Bernstein in a re-
port said Reliance Re-
tail is India’s largest
organised retailer both
in terms of revenue
and store network. It
has 14,412 stores in In-
dia spread over 40 mil-
lion square f ..
Its revenue has
grown 5x in the last five
years. Core retail reve-
nue of USD 18 billion is
greater than competi-
tors combined, it said
adding a 40 per cent
compound annual
growth rate (CAGR)
has been best in class.
“The company has
built an end-to-end re-
tail strategy across
‘new commerce’, of-
fline retail and e-com-
merce,” Bernstein said.
It is 3x of the nearest
competitionandhasde-
livered consistent
growth across catego-
ries. “Grocery grew at
double digit, apparel
and electronics up 2x
year-on-year. Digital/
new commerce account
for 20 per cent of core
retail.”
Core retail catego-
ries including grocery,
consumer electronics
and apparel have con-
tinued to scale strongly
.
Non-core retail has the
‘connectivity business’
which is the master dis-
tributor for Jio Servic-
es (recharge and cus-
tomer acquisition) via
Jio Stores / retail part-
ners.
“We expect Reliance
Retail to grow at 30 per
cent CAGR over FY22-
25 while expanding
margins,” it said.
BIZ BRIEFS
443 PROJECTS SHOW COST
OVERRUNS OF `4.45 LAKH CR
‘AI EVACUATION FLIGHTS
COSTING `7-8 LAKH PER HOUR’
New Delhi (PTI): As many as 443 infrastructure
projects, each entailing investment of `150
crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns
totalling more than `4.45 lakh crore, according
to the ministry’s latest report for January 2022.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation monitors infrastructure pro-
jects of `150 crore and above. Of 1,671 such
projects, 443 projects reported cost overruns
and 514 projects were delayed.
New Delhi (PTI): As Air India ferries hundreds
of Indians stranded in Ukraine, the cost of
operating a two-way evacuation flight will be
more than `1.10 crore and the amount will go
up depending on the duration of the flights.The
airline is operating the services with wide-body
Boeing 787 plane from neighbouring countries
of conflict-ridden Ukraine, including Roma-
nia and Hungary.It has already brought back
hundreds of Indians. The flights have been
chartered by the Indian govt.
TOP 10 COS
LOSE OVER
`3.3 LAKH CR
New Delhi (PTI):
Equity market
capitalisation dropped
to a seven-month
low in February
this year, with the
top 10 companies
losing a whopping
`3,33,307.62 crore in
market valuation last
week. The total equity
market capitalisa-
tion (market-cap) in
February 2022 stood
at `2,49,97,053.39
crore. The previous
low was in July 2021.
FPIS PULL
OUT `35,506
CR IN FEB
New Delhi (PTI):
Continuing the selling
streak for the fifth
consecutive month,
foreign portfolio
investors (FPIs)
pulled out as much
as `35,506 crore out
of the Indian markets
in February. FPIs
have been pulling
funds out of the
Indian markets since
October 2021 and the
quantum of outflow
in Feb 2022 is highest
since March 2020.
MCA to enter all complaints in
electronic registry
New Delhi (PTI): In efforts to curb possible
instances of unauthentic communications tar-
geting stakeholders, the Ministry of Corporate
Affairs has directed Registrars of Companies
and Regional Directors to enter all complaints
received against companies and LLPs in the
ministry’s electronic registry. Once the details
are entered in the electronic registry MCA21,
then a Service Request Number (SRN) is gener-
ated for the particular complaint and going
forward, the same will be used in all communi-
cations related to that case.
FRLsuspendssupermarket
opsasRILplanstakeover
Future Retail Ltd, In-
dia’s second-largest re-
tailer, suspended most
of its online and offline
operations as stores re-
mained shut on Sunday,
after rival Reliance bid
to take over its flagship
supermarkets for
missed lease payments.
Reliance Industries
Ltd will rebrand the Fu-
ture stores after the
company failed to make
payments for them to
Reliance, sources told
Reuters on Saturday,
closing most outlets of
the popular Big Bazaar
chain.Though Future
has more than 1,700 out-
lets, all the 200 stores
that Reliance will re-
brand as its own will be
Big Bazaars.
New Delhi (ANI):
Kishore Biyani’s
Future Retail said in a
press release that the
company is finding it
difficult to finance the
working capital needs
as it is going through
an acute financial cri-
sis. The Future Retail
said, “The sharehold-
ers are aware that FRL
is going through an
acute financial crisis.
The company has de-
faulted on its loan ser-
vicing and as already
informed, the account
of the Company has
been classified as NPA
by the banks.
Going through
acute financial
crisis, says FRL
RBI to assess
impact of ‘RBI
Kehta Hai’
campaign
New Delhi (PTI):
RBI is proposing to
assess the impact of
the multi-media
awareness cam-
paigns launched by it
to promote financial
literacy and also safe
banking practices.
The RBI runs the
‘RBI Kehta Hai’ cam-
paign to educate and
empower the public
about banking regu-
lations, and also to
make them aware of
good and safe bank-
ing practices. It was
a multi-media multi-
lingual campaign us-
ing SMSes, print, tel-
evision channels, ra-
dio, hoardings, web-
sites social media.
Inviting the RFP
from certain short-
listed entities, the
RBI said they would
be required to under-
take outcome and im-
pact assessment it.
CONVERSION
Macrodatatosettoneforequitymkt
Mumbai (PTI): The
Russia-Ukraine con-
flict, which has rocked
global financial mar-
kets, will set the tone
for Dalal Street this
week amid con-
cerns over energy
prices and foreign
funds inflows,
analysts say
.
P a r t i c i -
pants will also
track key mac-
roeconomic sig-
nals such as
GDP estimates and
PMI data for the man-
ufacturing and ser-
vices sectors an-
nounced this week,
they added.
“With the rev-
enue sea-
son be-
hind us
and over-
all senti-
m e n t ,
the mar-
kets are
expected
to move in line with
their global counter-
parts next week.
“Developments re-
lated to the Russia-
Ukraine crisis will be
closely monitored and
market participants
will also monitor the
movement of energy
prices considering the
inflation overhang,”
said Srikant Chauhan,
Head of Equity Re-
search (Retail), Kotak
Securities Ltd.
IOC to ramp up LPG output in
NE to 8 cr cylinders by 2030
Googleinvestment
okayed by Airtel
shareholders
New Delhi: Bharti Air-
tel shareholders have
cleared the issue of eq-
uity shares by the com-
pany to Google on “a
preferential basis” fol-
lowing the Tech giant’s
recent purchase of a
1.28% stake in the telco
for $700Mn. They have
alsobacked telco’splans
to spend a whopping Rs
1.17 lakh-cr in related-
party expenses, includ-
ing opex, via joint ven-
ture, Indus Towers, and
subsidiaries – Nxtra
Data and Bharti Hexa-
com – over next 4 years.
Guwahati (PTI): PSU
major IOC is planning
three new plants in the
Northeast to increase
its LPG bottling capac-
ity by nearly 53% to
eight crore cylinders
annually by 2030 to
meet the growing de-
mand in the region.
IOC Executive Direc-
tor G Ramesh said the
proposed new LPG bot-
tling plants will come
up in Mizoram, Megha-
laya and AP at a total
investment of `325-350
crore in a combination
of wholly-owned and
PPP models.
Mukesh Ambani

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External Affairs Minister dials his Hungarian Moldovian counterparts to discuss cooperation for evacuation of Indians in Ukraine
New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
Dr S Jaishankar spoke
with his Hungarian and
Moldovian counter-
parts on Sunday and
discussed cooperation
for the evacuation of
Indian nationals
stranded in Ukraine
amid the Russia-
Ukraine crisis.
The EAM thanked
the Hungarian Foreign
Minister Peter Szijjarto
for aiding the evacua-
tion of Indian Nation-
als from Ukraine and
requested further coop-
eration.
Talking to Twitter, he
said, “Called up Hun-
garian FM Peter Szij-
jarto. Thankful for the
evacuation support pro-
vided so far. Requested
further cooperation on
the Hungary-Ukraine
border.”
Jaishankar also
spoke with Moldova
Foreign Minister Nicu
Popescu and sought
support for the entry of
Indian Nationals on the
Ukraine-Moldova bor-
der.
“Called Foreign Min-
ister @nicupopescu of
Moldova seeking sup-
port for facilitating the
entry of our nationals
on the Ukraine-Moldo-
va border. Appreciate
his ready response and
strong support. #Team-
MEA representatives
will accordingly reach
there tomorrow,” he
said in a separate tweet.
Indian students pose for photo with the national flag after returning to India.
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dian Council for Cul-
tural Relations (ICCR)
as part of ‘Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav’
brought together 175
artists and musicians
from 25 groups across
different states of India
in a musical extrava-
ganza in the national
capital.
The musical event
showcase the glorious
history of India’s cul-
ture and achievements
in the countdown to the
75th anniversary of in-
dependence. The cul-
tural evening will wit-
ness the confluence of
various Indian dance
and music performanc-
es highlighting their
distinct nuances and
inherent similarities.
He further added that
musicians, singers and
dancers who will be
participating in the
programme are from
nine states of India —
Rajasthan, Manipur,
Orissa, WB, Nagaland,
Tripura, UP, Kerala and
Punjab.
“As the evening will
unroll, traditional
dance and music will be
performed which will
witness performances
of Hojagiri from Tripu-
ra; Kathak and Dindig-
ul Drums from Tamil
Nadu; Theyyam, Mar-
gam Kali and Chenda
Drums from Kerala.
ICCR hosts musical event with 175 artists, musicians
EVE TO REMEMBER

The cultural
evening
witnessed the
confluence of
various Indian
dance and
music
performances
highlighting
their distinct
nuances and
inherent
similarities
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court of India on Sunday-
has held that an individual facing any deficiency in telecom
services can approach consumer
forums directly with his com-
plaint against the company. “It
would be open to a consumer to
opt for the remedy of arbitration,
but there is no compulsion in
law to do so and it would be open to a consumer to seek
recourse to the remedies which are provided under the
(Consumer Protection) Act of 1986, now replaced by the Act
of 2019, the bench said. The top court passed the verdict on
an appeal of Vodafone.
New Delhi (ANI): Aman died after two undergraduate
medical students in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore attempted sex
reassignment surgery on
him by watching a YouTube
tutorial. The botched
procedure was undertaken
at a private lodge by two B
Pharma students on Thurs-
day. The deceased was identified as Srikanth, 28, a native of
Prakasam district who used to do menial jobs in Hyderabad.
He came in contact with the two BPharma students and
disclosed his desire to get surgery. Srikanth wanted to go to
Mumbai for it but the two undergrads convinced him to let
them operate on him for a cheaper price.
MOBILE USERS CAN APPROACH CONSUMER
FORUM FOR DEFICIENCY IN SERVICE: SC
MAN DIES DURING BOTCHED SEX
REASSIGNMENT SURGERY
Mumbai (PTI): A high-level probe has been ordered
after many parts of India’s financial capital Mumbai faced
a power outage on Sunday morning, Maharashtra Energy
Minister Nitin Raut said.
Many areas in the finan-
cial capital, including
residential pockets of
Dadar, Matunga, Sion,
among others, experi-
enced power disruption
for over an hour in the morning. The power started get-
ting restored from 11 AM, officials had said. The power
outage also resulted in the halting of local train services
on the Western Railway line between Churchgate and
Andheri stations.
MAHA GOVT ORDERS PROBE INTO
POWER OUTAGE IN PARTS OF MUMBAI
CRUCIAL READ
Emotions run high at Delhi airport
as parents welcome children
New Delhi (PTI):
Emotions ran high at
the Delhi airport as
the anxious wait of
several parents to reu-
nite with their chil-
dren arriving from
Ukraine ended in joy
with the landing of
the third evacuation
flight on Sunday
.
On the other hand,
scores of parents,
whose children are
still stuck in the vio-
lence-hit country, are
having sleepless
nights. The IGI Air-
port became a witness
to a plethora of emo-
tions as parents gave
their children a grand
welcome with flowers,
cards and warm hugs
upon their arrival
here from the Hungar-
ian capital Budapest.
As the returnees be-
long to different states,
several states have es-
tablished help desks
and provided trans-
port services from the
Delhi airport to their
homes.
Family reunion at IGI.
FOURTH EVACUATION FLIGHT CARRYING 198
INDIANS LEAVES FOR DELHI FROM BUCHAREST
New Delhi (PTI): A
fourth evacuation flight
carrying 198 Indians
from Bucharest left
for India on Sunday,
External Affairs Minis-
ter S Jaishankar said.
Following the closure
of Ukranian airspace,
India is facilitating
evacuation of stranded
Indians from Ukraine
through its land
border crossings with
Romania, Hungary,
Poland Slovakia. The
first evacuation flight
carrying 219 Indians
from Bucharest landed
in Mumbai on Saturday
evening.
India advises citizens to move out
of conflict zones in Ukraine
New Delhi (PTI): With
Russian forces closing in
on Kyiv and the civilian
toll rising in Ukraine since
Putin declared war, the In-
dian embassy on Sunday
advised the Indian dias-
pora to move away from
regions of active conflict
to the western regions.
The embassy highlighted
that citizens should ven-
ture out only after curfew
is lifted. Taking to Twitter,
the embassy informed
that Ukraine Railways is
additionally organising
emergency evacuation
trains at no cost, on first
come first serve basis
from Kyiv. The schedule
can be found at stations.
HIGHLIGHTS
 Students from
Ukraine couldn’t
come back on
time as Air India
increased fare of
tickets: Chhattis-
garh CM.
 Kerala CM writes to
PM Modi requesting
urgent intervention
for Indian students
stranded in Ukraine.
 CM Soren writes to
Amit Shah, requests
for safe return of
Jharkhand people
from Ukraine.
 Foreign secy Shrin-
gla says India in
touch with embas-
sies for evacuation.
 An Indian student
in Ukraine refuses
to leave behind
his rescued pet
dog and urged the
authorities in his
country to expedite
procedure for his
evacuation along
with dog.
Artists perform on the stage as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ at Purana Qila, Delhi on Sunday.
TOP ARTISTS
UTTAR PRADESH POLLS
Yogi Adityanath’s govt has added
40% to UP’s debt, says Chidambaram
Lucknow (PTI): Ask-
ing the people to think
about what they are vot-
ing for, Congress leader
P Chidambaram on
Sunday said that the
Yogi Adityanath model
of government has
made the state poorer
and has added 40% to
the state’s debt.
Batting for his party,
Chidambaram said that
the Congress’ slogan
‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti
Hoon’ has added a new
dimension to the goal
of gender equality in
elections.
“What are you voting
for?” Chidambaram
sought to know from
the people, and said
Adityanath’s model of
governance is a mix of
“authoritarianism, fan-
ning religious hatred,
perpetuating caste en-
mity, police excesses
and gender violence”.
“This model has
made the state poorer
and kept a majority of
the people of UP poor,”
he said, adding that the
state’s total outstanding
debt is over `6.62 lakh
crore. Attacking the
Yogi government for its
performance, Chidam-
baram said the GSDP of
UP has declined steadi-
ly from 11.4% in 2016-17
to -6.4% in 2020-21.
“The per capita in-
come is less than half
the national average.
Under Adityanath, the
per capita income actu-
ally declined by 1.9%.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mukhtar Ansari not in fray
this time but still remains
centre of attention
Mau (PTI): Derided by
the BJP as a mascot of
the criminal-and-mafia
raj during Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s previous rule in
UP
, jailed don-politician
Mukhtar Ansari is out
of the poll fray this time
and his son is instead
contesting as the oppo-
sition alliance candi-
date in his Mau seat.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah and oth-
er BJP leaders have
been taking Mukhtar
Ansari’s name to attack
the SP on the issue of
law and order and how
the Yogi Adityanath
government ran bull-
dozers on his proper-
ties. Mukhtar Ansari’s
30-year-old son Abbas
Ansari has been fielded
in the election by the
SP’s ally Suheldev
Bhartiya Samaj Party
(SBSP) of Om Prakash
Rajbhar as the coalition
nominee in the seat,
where voting will take
place in the seventh and
last phase on March 7.
The BJP has nominated
Ashok Singh in the seat,
while the BSP has field-
ed its state president
Bhim Rajbhar and the
Congress Madhavendra
Bahadur Singh.
Om Prakash Rajbhar
had earlier declared
Mukhtar Ansari as his
party’s candidate in the
seat, but when the pro-
cess of nomination be-
gan in the seventh
phase, Abbas Ansari
filed his nomination pa-
pers instead.
The BJP and BSP
candidates have been
making an issue out of
Mukhtar Ansari’s crim-
inal image and have ap-
pealed to people to free
Mau from the mafia.
SP candidate, brothers booked for rape, assault
Gonda (PTI): Hours
before Gonda went to
polls on Sunday, Sama-
jwadi Party candidate
from Colonelganj As-
sembly constituency,
his brothers and sup-
porters were booked
for allegedly raping a
woman and beating
her up. Police said they
booked SP candidate
Yogesh Pratap Singh
and others on Satur-
day night after they al-
legedly barged into the
residence of the wom-
an, and assaulted her
and her family mem-
bers for ‘supporting
the BJP’.
The woman was
cooking at her house.
Singh, his two broth-
ers and supporters
barged into her house
and picked up a fight.
When her family mem-
bers resisted, they
were beaten up.
They also allegedly
opened fired and
snatched the woman’s
gold necklace, the po-
lice said citing the
complaint.
Diplomats pay tribute to people
who lost their lives in Ukraine
New Delhi (PTI): Brit-
ish High Commissioner
to India, Alex Ellis and
Ukraine Ambassador to
India Igor Polikha on
Sunday paid tribute to
people who have lost
their lives in Ukraine at
theEmbassyof Ukraine
in New Delhi.
Ellis condemned Rus-
sian military opera-
tions in Ukraine and
said, “British Govern-
ment condemns the un-
justifiable military in-
vasion. The UK is sup-
porting Ukraine with
military support, sanc-
tions, putting diplomat-
ic pressure to make
Russia step back from
this step of reintroduc-
ing war in Europe.”
He said that what is
going on is a full-scale
invasion of a democra-
cy by its neighbour
(Russia). It is totally un-
justifiable.“It is calami-
tous from the humani-
tarian point of view.
Mukhtar Ansari

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,965,551
TOTAL DEATHS
365,406,026
TOTAL RECOVERED
63,844,358
ACTIVE CASES
435,215,935
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
513,756
TOTAL DEATHS
42,290,921
TOTAL RECOVERED
111,440
ACTIVE CASES
42,916,117
TOTAL CASES
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2NDFRONT
Prez urges people of Assam to work towards wildlife conservation
Kaziranga (PTI):
President Ram Nath
Kovind on Sunday
urged the people and
the Government of As-
sam to work towards
wildlife conservation.
President Kovind, in
presence of Assam CM
Dr Himanta Biswa Sar-
ma also inaugurated a
photo and archival ex-
hibition on conserva-
tion and presentation
of the proposed Ka-
ziranga Elevated Cor-
ridor at Kohora in Ka-
ziranga.
On the last day of his
three-day visit to As-
sam, Kovind made the
appeal after being
briefed by the state gov-
ernment on its conser-
vation efforts in the
wildlife sector.
“The President was
briefed about wildlife-
friendly initiatives. He
exhorted the Govern-
ment and people of As-
sam to take forward
their conservation ef-
forts,” it added. The
Prez was also given a
presentation on the
proposed Kaziranga El-
evated Corridor, he
added.
Sarma also wrote, “I
express my gratitude to
President for his valua-
ble advice, which will
definitely encourage
inspire Park authority,
forest guards and local
communities/NGOs to
work with more dedica-
tion and set new exam-
ples of conservation for
others to emulate.”
President Ram Nath Kovind being presented a memento by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in
presence of First Lady Savita Kovind during inaugural ceremony of exhibition at Kohora, Kaziranga.
President Ram Nath Kovind along with his daughter Swati enjoys an
elephant ride in the Kaziranga National Park of Assam on Sunday.
HIMANTA BISWA SARMA @HIMANTABISWA
On behalf of people of Assam, gave a warm send-off to
Hon’ble President Shri Ram Nath Kovind ji First Lady Smt
Savita Kovind ji at Jorhat Airport. The warmth, affection,
guidance advice from the Hon’ble President in past three
days will always remain an inspiration for us.
Saving Punjab’s water, forest and land
is matter of urgency: Bhagwant Mann
Punjab has
been known for
its pristine riv-
ers, quality ground wa-
ter and fertile land. But
after independence, the
people of Punjab risked
their forests, land and
water to meet the food
needs of the starving
country. As a result, the
condition of Punjab’s
land, water and air are
constantly deteriorating.
—Bhagwant Mann, AAP
Med services crashed
in Punjab; big reforms
are needed: Cheema
Chandigarh: AAP sen-
ior leader and LoP Har-
pal Singh Cheema said
that public health ser-
vices are completely
crashed in the state and
anti-people and anti-
Punjab policies of Aka-
li-Congress govts has
broken the backbone of
every public sector. He
added that every public
sector is in dire need of
reform but health sec-
tor of Punjab needs an
immediate attention.
Cheema said that Con-
gress, BJP and Akali
govts introduced
scheme for health but
their focus was not
health of public, but to
benefit handful of peo-
ple by swindling tax
payers’ money
.
Cheema pointed out
the failure of Ayush-
man Bharat Scheme
said that it has turned
into a scam where a
large amount of tax
payers’ money is going
to pvt firms and hosps.
Every year
government
allot Rs
4,000 crore to private
insurance companies
and then private hos-
pitals loot that money
with over-prescrip-
tion, over-testing,
over-admission, over-
treatment etc. Now
imagine this amount
being spent yearly to
improve public health
sector and govern-
ment hospitals.
—Harpal Singh Cheema,
AAP senior leader
Amid rumours of being hired
byTRS,PK visitsTelangana
Hyderabad (Agen-
cies): A popular po-
litical strategist
Prashant Kishor met
Telangana CM K
Chandrasekhar Rao
at the latter’s farm-
house at Erravelli vil-
lage in Siddipet dis-
trict on Sunday, amid
reports that the rul-
ing Telangana Rash-
tra Samithi has hired
him for the next as-
sembly elections
scheduled in the sec-
ond half of 2023.
Amid speculation
that the ruling Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) is contemplat-
ing seeking the ser-
vices of Prashant
Kishor to form a strat-
egy for the next elec-
tion, the political
strategist visited
Kaleshwaram project
in Telangana’s
Jayashankar Bhupal-
pally district on Sun-
day. Kishor was ac-
companied by actor
Prakash Raj, a known
critic of the Union
government who had
unsuccessfully con-
tested the 2019 LS
polls from Bengaluru
Central constituency
as an Independent.
No one in either the
TRS or the state gov-
ernment replied to
questions on the pur-
pose of Kishor and
Prakash Raj’s visit.
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday
accused PM Narendra Modi of distracting
country when it needs action. “Our country
needs action. PM only provides distraction,”
Gandhi said on Twitter. Gandhi has been criti-
cizing Modi for distracting people from issues
of unemployment, economy and price rise.
RaGa ATTACKS MODI FOR ‘DISTRACTION’
To be calm in your heart in the
midst of noise, trouble and work
is to be at ‘peace.’
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Mahesh Kumar
Chandigarh: AAP
Punjab President, MP
and Chief Ministerial
Candidate Bhagwant
Mann while expressing
deep concern over the
turbulent climate of
state said that saving
water, forest and land of
Punjab was a matter of
urgency
.
According to Mann,
AAP govt would take
necessary steps to tack-
le this challenge which
posed a threat to the
survival of Punjab and
future generations and
would seek the invalu-
able support of the peo-
ple, experts and social
organizations, includ-
ing NRI community
.
Mann said that rul-
ing parties in centre
and Punjab are respon-
sible for it not Punjab’s
people and farmers. He
added that the situation
would not have been so
dire if the leaders of
the ruling parties Con-
gress, Akali Dal Bada
and BJP had far-sighted
policies and sympathet-
ic intentions for Punjab
condition of natural
resources, forests and
fertile lands of Punjab
wouldn’t have been bad.
Bhagwant Mann stressed on the need to fix the fees of medical colleges in the
state and said all the state governments, including the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment at the Centre should think seriously about why students from different
parts of the country including Punjab and Haryana go to Ukraine, Russia, China,
Philippines and Tajikistan for higher education. Mann said that if thousands of
Punjabis, Haryanvi and Indian students were stranded in war-torn Ukraine to-
day, then the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, including governments
of Punjab and Haryana, were responsible who never paid attention towards the
compulsion of Indian students to go to countries like Ukraine for medical stud-
ies and higher education.
OUR GOVT WILL IMPLEMENT SC’S DECISION TO REGULATE FEES
2023 POLLS?
Prashant Kishor
K Chandrasekhar Rao
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: As Assem-
bly elections in 5 states
are about to conclude
on March 10, a crucial
meeting of CMs of
Chhattisgarh and Ra-
jasthan with Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
and party general sec-
retary Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra and KC Venu-
gopal was held on Sun-
day in Delhi. Their
closed-door meeting
lasted for over an hour
discussions on many
issues were held. As-
sembly poll results of
Punjab, UP
, Manipur,
Goa, and U’khand will
be declared by ECI on
March 10 and whispers
in Congress circles is
that party’s Assembly
candidatesfromPunjab,
UP and Goa may be
brought to Rajasthan to
be kept way from other
political parties who
may attempt to whisk
them away in order to
form govt.
CM Bhupesh Baghel
said: The discussion
was held regarding the
ongoing election pro-
cess in five states.
Moreover, the Rajya
Sabha elections were
also discussed.
CM Ashok Gehlot
said: While speaking
to media he said, “De-
tailed discussion on
polls in 5 states and
way forward was done.
There are challenges
posed by present Cen-
tral Govt under which
Constitution and de-
mocracy are under
threat. Cong is only Op-
position party today
where people have ex-
pectations. It’s our
duty to see what we can
contribute to party
.”
Both leaders had an in-
depth discussion on
strategy to be adopted
by party after results
on March 10, 2022. They
also discussed C’garh
PCC polls and the con-
sideration of names on
vacant seats in RS.
Interestingly, the is-
sue of coal mines in
Chattisgarh also came
up in the meeting, how-
ever, both Gehlot and
Baghel did not respond
to questions on the is-
sue posed by the media.
Party Assembly candidates
may be brought to Rajasthan
for ‘safety’ from horse trading
GANDHI SIBLINGS HUDDLE WITH KC, GEHLOT
AND BAGHEL TO CHALK OUT PARTY’S FUTURE!
Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi KC Venugopal Ashok Gehlot Bhupesh Baghel

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022
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he Jaipur Winter
Polo Season 2022
came to an end with
the final match of
the Carysil Jaipur
Open for HH Briga-
dier Maharaja Sawai
Bhawani Singh, MVC being
played at the Rajasthan Polo
Club on Sunday. This 16 goal
tournament concluded with
the Vimal Arion Achievers
defeating Sona Polo by one
goal to claim the trophy
.
This tournament was the
highlight of the Jaipur Polo
Season and its finale was just
as spectacular with 3 players
scoring hattricks in one
match! But without any doubt
the hero of the evening was
Padmanabh Singh of the erst-
while royal family of Jaipur.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced
the event as the special guest
and congratulated the win-
ning team.
Singer, Harman Kaur per-
formed various popular
songs. The trophy was award-
ed to the winner and runner-
up teams of the tournament
by Jagdeesh Chandra,
popular cine actor Zayed
Khan along with Ravindra
Singal, ADG Maharashtra
Police and Vinita Singal,
Principal Secy Maharashtra
as well as Chirag Parekh,
M.D Acrysil Ltd Sheetal
Parekh, and also Narendra
Singh and Digvijay Singh.
The winning team had Raj
Sports Min Ashok Chandna,
Padmanabh Singh, Juan Cruz
Losada and Chris Mackenzie.
Veteran film-maker and pro-
ducer, Akbar Khan, well
know musicians DJ Aqeel
and Malaika Parekh Khan
were also present at the
presentation ceremony.
The match saw many
faces from the Pink
City's glitterati to
cheer the teams such
as Rajeev Arora,
Bhim Singh, Dinesh
MN, Siddhant
Singh, Samarth
Kasliwal, Archa-
na Saboo and KS
Garcha among
others.
T
POLO
KAVITA CHAUHAN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
KING OF
GAMES
THERE IS SOMETHING REGAL ABOUT POLO
AND AS THE JAIPUR POLO SEASON COMES
TO A GLITTERING END, SUNDAY EVENING
WAS BATHED IN TRUE-BLUE ROYAL
FLAVOUR AND FERVOUR!
GAME OF KINGS
Narendra Singh, Padmanabh Singh, Digvijay Singh, Jagdeesh Chandra and
Zayed Khan with ‘Salsa’, the Best Polo Pony of the tournament
Narendra Singh and Gauravi Kumari
THE MAHARAJA OF GOODWILL: Padmanabh Singh hoisted on shoulders by his enthusiastic supporters after the victory
Jagdeesh Chandra, Zayed Khan and Chirag Parekh award the winning trophy to Ashok Chandna, Padmanabh Singh, Juan Cruz Losada and Chris Mackenzie of the winning ‘Vimal Arion Achievers’ team.
Also seen are (L-R) IV Rohet, Vikram Singh Rathore, Parul Rai, Digvijay Singh, Narendra singh and Sheetal Parekh
Padmanabh Singh
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

SUNIL
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the stunning show, City
First brings to you the jour-
ney and achievements of
Dr Poonam Madan, a wom-
an who has carved a niche
for herself and Dr Purva, a
multi-talented
woman, who
are the of-
f i c i a l
partners
of First
India FC
S e a s o n
11!
MITALI DUSAD
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F
AMARA: A ONE STOP SOLUTION
D
r Purva Jingar,
founder of Amara
specialises in provid-
ing individuals with den-
tal, skin, and hair-related
solutions. She has ob-
tained multiple degrees,
including BDS, PGDCC,
PGDMT, laser aestheti-
cian which goes on to wit-
ness her expertise in the
realm of dentistry, cosme-
tology, and trichology
.
Dr Jingar
aims to make
such treatment
accessible to
everyone at a
cost-effective
rate. Her zeal to
provide the best
of dental and
c o s m e t o l o g y
treatment can
be witnessed
through the
awards she has
won. So far she has bagged
many accolades namely
‘Global Achievers Award’
for the best skin and hair
care clinic, WASME SME
Award, the best skin doc-
tor in Rajasthan by Ra-
jasthan Fashion Awards,
Jaipur, Best skin doctor,
Jaipur by Creare Heritage
Award, Jaipur, ASV Pro-
duction Award for the
Best Skin Care Doctor.
Amara looks forward to
bringing in experts spe-
cialising in dentistry, cos-
metology, and trichology.
Her team at Amara shares
her view that optimum
performance and innate
knowledge. With that in
mind, Dr Purva has been
running the centre for
more than seven years.
Some of her clients in-
clude the Big Boss par-
ticipant, Saba Khan,
a renowned singer
Shibani Kashyap,
Aditi Hundia who
happens to be a
fashion mod-
el, Meera
Bhandari, a
m a k e u p
artist by
p r o f e s -
sion, and
m a n y
more.
D
r Poonam
Madan is an
educationist
by academics, an
entrepreneur and
a businesswoman
by choice and a so-
cial influencer by
passion.
Her story is one of
deter mination,
passion and hard
work.
She stands tall
with firm convic-
tions, boundless
ideas and a posi-
tive attitude.
She embarked
on her journey as
an entrepreneur
by entering into
the pharmaceuti-
cal business.
She is the Owner
and Founder of
Pristine Global
Healthcare which
deals with medici-
nal formulations,
prescriptive drugs,
over the counter
products, health
drinks, multivita-
min supplements
etc. Pristine Global
Healthcare is
aligned towards
s t r e n g t h e n i n g
health care and
medical facilities
in Rural India by
making affordable
quality medical
products and ser-
vices accessible to
rural communi-
ties.
There is a very
old and famous
saying, “behind
every successful
man, there stands
a woman” But Dr
Poonam Madan
prefers to intro-
duce a different
spectrum to the
whole concept that
“there’s a man be-
hind every suc-
cessful woman”
and she gives all
the credit of her
success to her hus-
band Sanjay
Madan. She always
says “whatever I
am today
, I owe it to
my husband. My
husband is the rea-
son behind my suc-
cess and yes today
I can proudly say,
that there’s a man
behind every suc-
cessful woman.”
FIERCE AND FABULOUS
A still from the Fashion Connect Season 9 held at Oaks Ibn Batutta Gate Hotel
Poonam Madan
Dr Purva Jingar

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