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Sikhs a strong link in India’s relations with other countries: Modi
PM SAYS THE NATION FEELS GRATEFUL TO THE SIKH COMMUNITY FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE AS WELL AS IN THE POST-INDEPENDENCE ERA
New Delhi (PTI): As-
serting that the new In-
dia is leaving its mark
on the whole world,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Friday said
the Sikh community
has been a strong link
in relations between In-
dia and other countries.
Addressing a Sikh
delegation at his resi-
dence, he said the entire
country feels grateful to
Sikhs for their contribu-
tions in the freedom
struggle as well as in the
post-independence era.
The prime minister
hosted the Sikh delega-
tion which included
people from different
walks of life.
Modi said the gurus
inspired people and the
Sikh tradition is indeed
a living tradition of ‘Ek
Bharat, Shreshtha
Bharat’.
The new India is
touching new dimen-
sions and leaving its
mark on the whole
world, Modi said, add-
ing that the period of
the coronavirus pan-
demic is the biggest ex-
ample of this.
“At the beginning of
the pandemic, people of
an old mindset were ex-
pressing concerns
about India but now
people are giving exam-
ples of the country,” he
said.
“Earlier it was being
said that with such a
large population, from
where will India get the
vaccine, how will peo-
ple’s lives be saved? But
todayIndiahasemerged
as the manufacturer of
the biggest protective
shield of vaccines,” the
prime minister said.
Lauding the Indian
diaspora across the
globe, Modi said he has
always considered them
as the country’s ambas-
sadors. “All of you who
are out of India are the
loud voice of ‘Maa
Bharati’, its lofty iden-
tity,” he said.
The people of India
went to different parts
of the world without
any resources and
achieved success
through their labour,
the Prime Minister said.
This is the spirit of
the new India, he added.
Modi also said that
going to gurudwaras,
spending time in ser-
vice, getting langar, and
staying at the homes of
Sikh families have been
a part of his life.
“The feet of Sikh
sants from time to time
keep falling in the
prime minister’s resi-
dence here. I keep get-
ting the good fortune of
their company
,” he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the Sikh delegation, at 7
Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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Kagiso Rabada took 4 wickets giving away 38 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
IPL: LUCKNOW
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit Bengaluru on May 3 ahead of
the likely cabinet expansion in the state. “Amit Shah is likely to visit Bengaluru
on May 3 and I would try to use the opportunity to seek an audience to discuss
cabinet expansion,” said Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday.
K’TAKA CABINET
EXPANSION:
BOMMAI TO MEET
SHAH ON MAY 3
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MAMATA MEETS
KEJRI IN DELHI
LT GEN RAJU NEW VICE
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
CHINA TO PERMIT
INDIAN STUDENTS
EXPLOSION AT
KABUL MOSQUE
New Delhi: At a time
when both AAP and
TMC are vying for the
Opposition space in
several states, Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal
met his West Bengal
counterpart Mamata
Banerjee on Friday. P3
Lt Gen Baggavalli Somashekar
Raju will take over as the next
vice chief of the Army Staff on
May 1, the defence ministry
said on Friday. Lt Gen Raju
will succeed incumbent Lt Gen
Manoj Pande who will take the
reins of Army from Naravane.
The Chinese government
announced on Friday that it will
allow ‘some’ Indian students
to return to China and continue
their education, after more than
two years since the onset of
the COVID-19 pandemic and
subsequent lockdowns. P5
Kabul: A powerful
explosion ripped through
a mosque during Alvida
namaz in the Afghan
capital of Kabul on
Friday, killing at least 10
people and wounding
more than 20, a Taliban
spokesman said.
Ex-CEC Sunil Arora: EVMs
can never be tempered
Dr Anita
Hyderabad: The
launch ceremony of Tel-
angana People’s Agenda
for Development (T-
PAD) took place at the
Institute of Engineers
India in Hyderabad’s
Khairtabad on Friday
.
Former Chief Elec-
tion Commission-
er Sunil Arora attended
the ceremony as chief
guest. The event was
presided by Prof T Tiru-
pati Rao, who is the
chairman of the T-PAD.
Arora,whilespeaking
during the ceremony
, re-
called his fond memo-
ries with Hyderabad.
He also said that Elec-
tronic Voting Machines
(EVMs) can have flaws
like any other machine,
but cannot be tempered.
“We faced various
courts on several occa-
sions, but none of them
ever doubted the integ-
rity of the election Com-
mission,” he added.
COALCRISIS
New Delhi: India’s se-
vere heat waves are ex-
pected to stretch into
early next month,
meaning millions of
people will have to en-
dure more days of dan-
gerous temperatures
and hours-long black-
outs.
The country is brac-
ing for temperatures to
rise to a record high,
according to Mrutyun-
jay Mohapatra, head of
meteorological depart-
ment. The agency is
working with states
and the government’s
disaster management
arm to get early warn-
ings to those on the
ground, he said in an
interview in New Del-
hi.
Thermometerread-
ingshavealready
reached 46
degrees Celsius (115 de-
grees Fahrenheit) in
central and northern
India, with two months
to go before the mon-
soon season that typi-
cally brings cooling
rains. They hit the
highest since 1901 last
month. The heat has
tested power grids as
airconditionersrunon
full blast and threat-
ened wheat crops. Lo-
cal authorities are im-
plementing action
plans to manage health
risks and even deaths,
Mohapatra said.
“Why is it exception-
ally warm this year?
Theonlyreasonisglob-
alwarming,”saidRoxy
Mathew Koll, a
climate
scientist at the Indian
Institute of Tropical
Meteorology
. “We have
looked at data for sev-
enty years and at the
intensity
, the number
of heatwavesisdirectly
in response to global
warming.”
India is expected to
suffer more frequent
andintenseheatwaves,
extremerainfallander-
ratic monsoons in the
coming decades as the
planet warms, accord-
ing to the United Na-
tions’Intergovernmen-
tal Panel on Climate
Change.
BLACKOUTS
LEADS TO POWER
Extreme heatwave, hours-long
powercuts to stretch into early May
CANCELLED 42 TRAINS MAKE WAY
FOR COAL TRANSPORTATION
Some 42 passenger trains have been cancelled
across India to allow faster movement of coal
carriages to tackle
critically low stocks
at power plants in the
middle of blackouts and
outages in many states.
These trains have been
cancelled indefinitely,
Railways officials said
today, with coal stocks depleting rapidly in thermal
power plants. The Railways is trying to take steps
“at war-footing” to transport coal and also cut down
the time it takes to move coal to power plants.
DELHI GOVT WARNS OF METRO,
HOSPITAL SERVICES DISRUPTION
The Delhi government on Thursday warned of a
possible power disruption at crucial establishments,
including metro and
hospitals. The warning
stemmed from an in-
creasing coal shortage.
Delhi Power Minister
Satyendar Jain has now
written to the Union gov-
ernment urging it to
ensure adequate coal supply to power plants
that provide electricity to the national
capital. Jain said, “The govern-
ment is trying to ensure
that people do not face
power outage”.
SEVERAL STATES HIT
BY ACUTE SHORTAGE
n PUNJAB: Farmers’ body Kisan Mazdoor
Sangharsh Committee staged a protest in
Amritsar on Friday in front of the house of the
power minister accusing him of not ensuring
adequate electricity supply to the farming
sector. Punjab power minister Harbhajan Singh
said that driven by the rising temperature, the
demand for electricity shot up by 40 per cent
compared to the corresponding period of last
year.
n ODISHA: The Orissa High Court was apprised
that the ongoing coal crisis of aluminium
major NALCO has been resolved following
a discussion among the stakeholders con-
cerned. The High Court, which on April 25 had
directed three Union secretaries (mines, coal,
and power), and the Chairman of the Railway
Board to sit together, in virtual or hybrid mode,
with the chairman-cum-managing directors of
the MCL and NALCO to find a way within 24
hours for resolving the crisis so that NALCO’s
smelter plant at Angul and its Alumina refinery
at Damanjodi were not pushed to the brink of a
shutdown, was informed about the outcome of
the discussion
n UTTAR PRADESH: Amidst the shortage of coal
in thermal power stations, the power crisis
may deepen in the densely populated state of
Uttar Pradesh as only one-fourth of the coal
stock is left in the state, which is way below
the required level. Sources said in the first
fortnight of April, the demand for electricity in-
creased due to scorching heat. The coal crisis
in the state-owned Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut
Utpadan Nigam continues as only 26 percent
of the coal that should be in stock is left.
n OTHER STATES: In Andhra Pradesh, Maha-
rashtra, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Haryana, there
are powercuts ranging from 3 to 8.7 per cent.
Semiconductors consumption
in India projected to cross $80
billion by 2026, says PM Modi
New Delhi (ANI): Hail-
ing India for being an at-
tractive investment des-
tinationforsemiconduc-
tor technologies, Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Friday said the coun-
try’s own consumption
of semiconductors is ex-
pected to cross $80 bil-
lion by 2026 and may
touch $110 billion by
2030.
PM Modi said that the
country is building a
digital infrastructure to
connect over 1.3 billion
citizens.
“We are using digital
technology to transform
lives in all sectors of
governance from health
and welfare to inclusion
andempowerment,”PM
Modi said while virtu-
ally inaugurating the
three-daySemiconIndia
Conference-2022 in Ben-
galuru.
The Prime Minister
said that with steps like
connecting six hundred
thousand villages with
broadband investment
in developing capabili-
ties in 5G, IoT, and clean
energy technologies, In-
dia is paving the way to
lead the next technology
revolution. More on P5
Zelenskyy: Russian troops came
close to capturing me family
Kyiv: Ukraine’s Presi-
dent Volodymyr Zelen-
skyy said in a recent
interview that Russian
troops came very close
to capturing him and
his family
. He made the
revelation while speak-
ing to Time magazine,
while recalling the in-
tense early days of the
Ukraine war.
Russian President
Vladimir Putin an-
nounced the invasion
on February 24, and
Zelenskyy recalled from
the memories that exist
“in a fragmented way”
what happened that day
.
One of the most vivid
memories, the Presi-
dent said in the inter-
view, is he and his wife
Olena Zelenska waking
up their 17-year-old
daughter and 9-year-old
son to tell them that the
bombing had begun.
“It was loud. There
were explosions over
there,” Zelenskyy said.
Soon it became ap-
parent that Zelenskyy
was a target and presi-
dential offices were not
the safest place to be.
The President said he
was informed that a
Russian strike teams
had parachuted into
Kyiv to kill or capture
him and his family
.
Anti-Khalistan
protest: 2 groups
clash in Patiala,
curfew imposed
Patiala: Parts of Patia-
la in Punjab are tense
aftertwogroupsclashed
during an anti-Khal-
istan protest march to-
day. The police fired in
the air to disperse the
crowd. At least two peo-
ple are believed to have
been injured in the
clashes. A curfew has
been imposed in the
city from 7 pm today till
6 am tomorrow.
Punjab Chief Minis-
ter Bhagwant Mann
called the incident un-
fortunate and vowed his
government would not
let anyone create dis-
turbance in the state.
“The incident of
clashes in Patiala are
deeply unfortunate. I
spoke with the DGP (po-
lice chief), peace has
been restored in the
area,” CM Mann said.
Clashes broke out af-
ter the procession held
by the group which
identifies itself as Shiv
Sena (Bal Thackeray)
came face to face with a
Sikh group that is be-
lieved to be pro-Khal-
istan.
Later in the day,
Shiv Sena expelled
Punjab unit working
president, Harish Sin-
gla, after a clash.
Ex-CEC Sunil Arora
Ukraine’s President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
PM Narendra Modi

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New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi government on
Fridayflaggedan“acute
shortage”of coal,claim-
ing that many power
plants are left with only
one day stock and
warned of supply dis-
ruptions to the national
capital, even as Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal said the situation
was being handled
somehow.
The chief minister
called for quick and
concrete steps to tackle
the crisis facing the
country.
Talking to reporters,
Delhi Power Minister
Satyendar Jain said
there is an acute short-
age of coal due to una-
vailability of adequate
number of rakes and
warned there may be
“difficulty” in supply if
power plants are shut.
The National Ther-
mal Power
Corporation(NTPC), in
reply to the Delhi gov-
ernment's claims of
shortage of coal at its
plants, said in a tweet
that currently Uncha-
har and Dadri power
stations, supplying pow-
er to the national capi-
tal, are running at full
capacity and receiving
“regular” coal supplies.
“All six Units of
Dadri and 5 Units of
Unchahar are running
at full capacity and re-
ceiving regular coal
supplies. Present stock
is 1,40,000 MT and
95,000 MT respectively
and import coal sup-
plies are also in pipe-
line,” NTPC tweeted.
However, Kejriwal
claimed the power situ-
ation in the whole of
India is very grave.
“There is a huge
shortage of power in
the country. So far we
have managed it some-
how in Delhi. The situa-
tion is very grave in the
whole of India. Togeth-
er we soon need to find
its solution. Quick, con-
crete steps are required
to tackle this problem,”
Kejriwal tweeted.
Power situation grave, Delhi Govt
somehow handling, says Kejriwal
All six units of Dadri and 5 units of Unchahar are running at full capacity: NTPC
Delhi High Court on
Friday deferred hear-
ing till May 6 on former
JNU student Umar
Khalid’s bail plea in a
Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act case
concerning alleged con-
spiracy behind the riots
here in February 2020
in view of the upcom-
ing hearing before the
Supreme Court on the
constitutional validity
of the law of sedition
and sought the Delhi
Police’s stand on Shar-
jeel Imam’s bail applica-
tion in the same case.
A bench headed b’
Justice Siddharth
Mridul issued notice on
Imam’s challenge to the
rejection of his bail
plea by the trial court
and listed it for further
hearing alongside
Khalid’s petition on the
date after the top court
considers the issue of
the validity of section
124A (sedition) of IPC
on May 5.
Senior counsel Tri-
deep Pais appearing
for Khalid submitted
that the Supreme Court
was “not likely to con-
clude” on that day and
the present bail pro-
ceedings were not lim-
ited to just section 124A
but concerned provi-
sions of the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention)
Act (UAPA).
“Anything that may
have a bearing, howev-
er remote, we should
wait (for it). Like you
said, the outcome is go-
ing to be seminal,” said
the bench also compris-
ing Justice Rajnish
Bhatnagar.
Delhi riots: HC defers hearing on Khalid bail in UAPA
New Delhi (Agencies):
The fire at Bhalswa
landfill continued for
the third consecutive
day with the firefight-
ers saying several pock-
ets on the 36-acre land-
fill were sporadically
catching fire as they
continued the operation
to douse them.
A huge portion of the
landfill caught fire on
Tuesday evening, the
fourth such blaze in Del-
hi’s landfill sites over the
last month. The other
three fires were reported
from east Delhi’s Ghaz-
ipur landfill site. A thick
blanket of toxic smoke
has made it difficult for
the local residents to
breathe with many re-
porting problems, in-
cluding children.
Delhi Fire Services
said the fire which broke
out at the landfill on
Tuesday evening at 5:45
pmwas“yetto bedoused
but is under control”.
“Because of the gases
that the garbage ema-
nates and the high tem-
peratures, smaller fires
are breaking out in sev-
eral pockets and fire-
fighters are working
round the clock to douse
them,” said a fire depart-
ment official.
Bhalswa landfill smoulders for 3rd straight day;
firetenderscontinueoperationstodouseflames
Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Delhi
is set to organise a Do-It-
Yourself (DIY) summer
boot camp named
‘Change.Makers’ for
students of classes 11
and 12, who will be able
to use the institute’s
state-of-the-art facilities
to “convert their im-
pactful ideas to reality”.
The IIT Delhi’s non-
residential boot camp
will be held from May 23
to June 24, 2022. Students
interested in applying for
the boot camp can submit
their application till May
7, 2022, or until slots are
available.
“The boot camp will
begin with hands-on,
rapid prototyping-based
training in digital fabri-
cation techniques. The
training will happen at
the Makerspace (a DIY
facility at IIT Delhi). Af-
ter the training, the stu-
dents will continue to
avail the IIT Delhi facili-
ties till the end of the
boot camp to build pro-
jects aimed at address-
ing some high impact
societal problems,” the
IIT Delhi said. The na-
ture of the projects in-
cludes building an elec-
tro-mechanical proto-
type for the problem at
hand. The kind of pro-
jects possible can range
from building an air pol-
lution monitor to a med-
ical device for the visu-
ally impaired to smart
furniture and so on.
Thebootcampwillalso
provide an opportunity to
IITDelhistudentstomen-
tortheseClasses11and12
school students. For any
boot camp related query,
students can email on-
acadoutreach@admin.iit.
ac.in. “We urge Change.
Makers, i.e. the 11th and
12th grade students pas-
sionate about tinkering
and building things, to
use their interests and
skills to bring about a
positive change in the so-
ciety,” Jay Dhariwal, Co-
ordinator, Change.Mak-
ers summer boot camp,
IIT Delhi, said.
Summer boot camp for students of classes 11 and 12 from May 23
IIT-DELHI
lll
The boot
camp will begin
with hands-on,
rapid
prototyping-
based training
in digital
fabrication
techniques.
BURGLAR NABBED AFTER ENCOUNTER
WITH DELHI POLICE
New Delhi (PTI): A burglar was arrested following an
encounter with the Delhi Police here on Friday, police
said. A police team laid a trap to nab the accused who
had reportedly committed crimes in the CR Park area
in the last few weeks, a senior police officer said. “On
Friday morning, five such criminals were intercepted by
police inside the Jahanpanah city forest. They attacked
the police team with knives and escaped,” Deputy Com-
missioner of Police (south) Benita Mary Jaiker said.
FULFILLING PROMISE!
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia hands over the Samman Rashi of `1 crore to the
family members of a staffer of LNJP Hospital who lost her life during the COVID-19 pandemic,
in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
QUICK, CONCRETE STEPS NEEDED
DELHI HAS FEW
DAYS OF COAL
SUPPLY LEFT,
SAYS JAIN
CIVIC BODY
SLAPPED
`50 LAKH FINE
New Delhi (PTI): Amid a
deepening crisis in coal
shortage, the Delhi
government on Friday
raised alarm bells and
sent out an SOS that less
than a day's stock is left in
national capital. On Thurs-
day, the Arvind Kejriwal-led
government had warned
of a possible setback in
providing an uninter-
rupted electricity supply to
important establishments in
the capital, including Metro
trains and hospitals. “If
electricity is being pro-
duced, we keep getting
it, there's no issue. But if
power plant shuts down it'll
be problematic (in Delhi)...
There's coal
shortage in country,
should've 21-day coal
backup,but at many power
plants coal left for less than
a day, Delhi Power Minister
Satyendar Jain.
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi Pollu-
tion Control Committee
has slapped a fine of
`50 lakh on the NDMC
for being negligent
and not taking proper
steps to prevent the
fire at the Bhalswa
landfill, officials said
on Thursday.
Environment Minister
Gopal Rai had earlier
asked the anti-pollution
body to probe the
incident and submit a
report within 24 hours.
New Delhi (PTI):
AAP MLA Atishi has
taken the “Kejriwal
model of govern-
ance” to the United
Nations as she ad-
dressed the UN Gen-
eral Assembly, where
she emphasised that
Delhi can be an ex-
ample for all cities
when it comes to en-
suring growth, equi-
ty, ecological sustain-
ability and fiscal pru-
dence, according to
an official statement
issued on Friday.
Atishi's address at
the UNGA drew acco-
lades from her party
members, including
Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal and
his deputy Manish
Sisodia.
Kejriwal praised
Atishi for the feat and
said the world is look-
ing at Delhi for solu-
tions in several areas
of urban governance.
Atishi, who is an
Oxford graduate, ad-
dressed the UNGA in
the early hours of Fri-
day on the achieve-
ments of the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
government in Delhi
in striking the bal-
ance of egalitarian
development, keeping
in mind the factors of
sustainability and fis-
cal prudence.
“In a city of 30 mil-
lion (three crore) resi-
dents, we have shown
that we can do both
— provide high-quali-
ty public services
while running a fis-
cally responsible gov-
ernment. Power cuts
were frequent, the
government water
utility was facing
losses, government
schools and hospitals
were failing.... How-
ever, in the last seven
years, the Delhi gov-
ernment has turned
all this around.
MLA Atishi highlights ‘Kejriwal
modelofgovernance’atUNGA
CM LAUDS
PARTY MLA
New Delhi (PTI):
After AAP leader
Atishi addressed
the United Nations
General Assembly
(UNGA), Chief
Minister Arvind
Kejriwal praised
her on Friday and
said the world is
looking at Delhi for
solutions in many
areas of urban
governance. In her
address, Atishi,
who is an Oxford
graduate, highlight-
ed the governance
model of the
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP).
CRUCIAL READ
NOIDA: 5 COPS
INJURED AFTER
SCUFFLE WITH
VHP MEMBERS
2 INJURED AFTER
ROOF OF ROOM
COLLAPSES,
OWNER ARRESTED
Noida: Five policemen
were injured in a scuffle
that broke out inside a
police station between
cops and activists of
the VHP and Bajrang
Dal. Police later took
several of the assailants
into custody. Around
4pm on Thursday,
50-60 members of
the VHP and Bajrang Dal
reached Sector 39 police
station to “talk” to the
cops, who had detained
a 13-year-old boy, a Hu-
indu, for allegedly raping
a 17-year-old girl from a
minority community.
New Delhi (PTI):
Two persons, includ-
ing a Delhi University
student, were injured
when the roof of a
rented accommodation
in Delhi's Vijay Nagar
collapsed partially, a po-
lice official said. An FIR
was registered against
Rajendra Chadda, the
owner of the house, and
he has been arrested,
the official said. The
room in the two-storey
building was rented by
Indraprastha College
For Women's (IPCW)
student Sukanya (22).
KEY POINT
Umar Khalid
New Delhi (PTI):
The NCB has wid-
ened its probe into a
recent seizure of
about 50 kg of heroin
from a house in
south Delhi's
Shaheen Bagh area
with the arrest of
three more people on
Friday, officials said.
An Indian and two
Afghan nationals
were arrested on Fri-
day, they added.
The agency took
the foreign nationals
into custody from
Delhi while the Indi-
an man was nabbed
from Uttar Pradesh.
A 40-year-old man
was earlier arrested
by the Narcotics
Control Bureau
(NCB) in the case.
All the accused
have been arrested
under the provisions
of the Narcotic
Drugs and Psycho-
tropic Substances
(NDPS) Act. NCB Di-
rector General (DG)
S N Pradhan said
terror links cannot
be ruled out in this
case and the agency
is probing these con-
nections further.
NCB arrests
three more
including
Afghans
SHAHEEN BAGH
DRUGS BUST

INDIA
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Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In Maha-
rashtra, the controver-
sy involving MP
Navneet Rana and her
MLA husband Ravi
Rana started with the
public recitation of Ha-
numan Chalisa, but
now the matter seems to
be gaining momentum.
After the arrest of both,
many things have start-
ed to come out in open
and new cases are being
expected. It is reported
that the agencies have
got information about
the relationship with
the underworld and
wires are being connect-
ed from a bar in Mum-
bai to a spiritual insti-
tute in Haridwar. How
much truth is there in
these ‘claims’ or is it
merely heresy
, it will be
known after investiga-
tion, but it seems that
the problems of both
are going to increase.
There are also allega-
tions of money launder-
ing but it has to be inves-
tigated by the ED, so
nothing can be said
about that right now.
Sena MP Sanjay Raut
has tweeted and alleged
that MP Navneet Rana
had taken a loan of Rs 80
lakh from Yusuf Lak-
dawala. Keep in mind
that Lakdawala was ar-
rested by the ED in the
money laundering case
and he died in jail. Raut
has said that Lakdawala
had links with Dawood
Ibrahim gang and called
it a matter related to na-
tional security
. Now the
ED and other central
agencies are also under
pressure to investigate
from this aspect. What-
ever happens in the in-
vestigation, but now the
Ranacouple’sdifficulties
may increase. The state
police is also looking for
some new cases which
could lead to trial.
Rana couple’s troubles may increase, substantially!
HANUMAN CHALISA ROW
Is Azam Khan
really distancing
himself from SP?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Samajwadi
Party MLA Azam Khan
is leaving no chance to
express his displeasure
towards his party and in
thisregardheismeeting
leaders of all parties ex-
cept SP’s. He has ex-
pressed his intention by
gettinghisspokesperson
to make a statement
againstSPanditsnation-
al president Akhilesh
Yadav. He has given the
message that he wanted
to give to the BJP
, and
nowhehopestogetsome
relief. But it’s not like he
is merely pretending to
be against the party and
its leader. In fact, Azam
Khan actually believes
that that by staying with
theSP
,thereisnothingto
be gained and now his
first priority is to some-
how get out of jail.
So, he will continue to
give the message that he
is distancing from SP
. It
is thus that he refused to
meet SP MLA Ravidas
Mehrotra, who came to
meet him in jail. But he
met Congress leader
Pramod Krishnam and
also met Shivpal Yadav.
His son Abdullah Azam
welcomedRashtriyaLok
Dal leader Jayant Singh
to his home. Asaduddin
Owaisi’s party has sent
an invitation to him to
join forces with AIMIM.
On the other hand,
the SP is also not giv-
ing much importance
to the developments
now. However, the true
color of Azam Khan’s
politics will be known
when the by-election
will be announced on
the Rampur Lok Sabha
seat vacated by his res-
ignation. Owaisi’s par-
ty is hoping to estab-
lish a foothold in UP
and open an account
with his support.
ED files FIR against Kolkata
Police over ‘forged’ order
Kolkata (Agencies):
The Kolkata Police has
been accused of “for-
gery and fabrication of
a court order” in an FIR
filed by the Enforce-
ment Directorate
against the force.
In 2021, an audio clip,
purportedly of ED offi-
cials discussing the coal
smuggling case against
TrinamoolCongressMP
Abhishek Banerjee, sur-
faced. Mamata Baner-
jee’s nephew had then
filed an FIR against the
agency over the audio
clip. The matter was tak-
en up by a magistrate’s
court in Kolkata.
However, trouble be-
gan when the court
asked for voice samples
of theEDofficersreport-
edly heard in the conten-
tious clip. The Kolkata
Police, which reports to
Mamata Banerjee - Ben-
gal’s Home Minister,
sent the court order to
the ED but allegedly
with certain edits.
Although the court
asked for the voice sam-
ple, it also mentioned an
important aspect - con-
sent. Kolkata’s Alipore
court asked ED officials,
especiallyJointDirector
Kapil Raj, to appear be-
fore the Kolkata Police
and provide voice sam-
ples with their consent.
Kapil Raj is also super-
visingtheinvestigations
in the coal and cattle
smuggling cases in
which Banerjee is under
the scanner of the finan-
cial probe agency
.
“The Kolkata Police
sentthecourtordercopy
multiple times through
different channels.
When we approached
the court and got the
original order copy
, it
was mentioned that a
voice sample can be tak-
en only provided the of-
ficer gives his consent.
Theconsentpartwasnot
in the order copy sent by
theKolkataPolicewhich
amounts to forgery
,” an
ED source told media.
The ED said that the
ordersentbytheKolkata
Policehadnomentionof
consent — a subterfuge,
the ED alleged, to force
its officials to comply
with the Kolkata Police.
CENTRE-BENGAL BATTLE ESCALATES
Jhukega Nahi: Mevani
after bail in assault case
Guwahati: Gujarat
MLAJigneshMevanion
Fridayallegedtheruling
BJPby“usingawoman”
to“frameacase”against
him has done a “coward-
lything”.Thecomments
came hours after Mr Me-
vani was granted bail by
a court in Assam in a
case of alleged assault
onawomanconstableof
the Assam Police.
“I will not bow down
(jhukega nahi),” Mevani
told media, alluding to
the movie Pushpa.
Mevani was arrested
in the alleged assault
case on April 25 just af-
ter he was granted bail
by another court in As-
sam in a case over
tweets on Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
“My arrest was not a
simple matter. It must
have been done under
the instruction of politi-
cal bosses at the PMO
(Prime Minister’s Of-
fice),” Mevani said.
“Iamstillproudof the
tweet I did. In the tweet,
I basically asked the
Prime Minister to main-
tain peace and harmony
as communal classes
happened...As a citizen
of India,Ihavemyrights
to ask this. As a lawmak-
er what’s our duty? It is
to urge people to main-
tainpeace,sothat’swhat
I did,” Mevani said.
“And in the second
case, they cooked up a
story to frame a case by
using a woman. The
government is such a
coward that it used a
woman against me.
Such a coward act it is,”
the Gujarat MLA said,
adding the ruling BJP
is doing all this with an
eye on the Gujarat elec-
tion, which will be held
later this year.
Cong revamps
Punjab unit
after assembly
poll debacle
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Congress on
Friday appointed five
new vice presidents, a
treasurer and a general
secretary in the Punjab
unit of the party.
“Congress president
has approved the pro-
posal of appointment of
treasurer, vice presi-
dents and general secre-
tary of Punab Pradesh
Congress Committee,”
an official statement
from the party said.
While Amit Vij was
appointed as the treas-
urer of the PPCC, Aru-
na Chaudhary, Inder-
bir Singh Bolaria,
Kushaldeep Singh Kiki
Dhillon, Pargat Singh,
Sunder Sham Arora
have been made as vice
presidents.
Chennai (Agencies): Tamil Nadu Assembly on
Friday passed a unanimous resolution urging
the central government to
permit the state to send es-
sential items, medicines to Sri
Lanka on humanitarian basis.
The resolution was moved
by Chief Minister MK Stalin
signalling the government’s
changed stance. Earlier, the
DMK government in the state had asked the
central government’s permission to send the
essential items to only Sri Lankan Tamils.
New Delhi: Amid the tactical firing at the security
forces’ camps in Chhattisgarh since the last 10 days,
the intelligence agencies have sounded an alert that
the Maoists may execute a bigger attack in the state.
Sources quoting the intelligence inputs said that the
ultras have initiated more than 10 incidents of firing
and shelling at the security forces’ camps, the latest
being on the CRPF’s Milpa and Amalgunda camps in
Chhattisgarh. Sources also said that the ‘Maoists may
be planning to execute a bigger attack on the security
forces in coming weeks’.
TN PASSES RESOLUTION TO SEND
ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO SRI LANKA
MAOISTS PLANNING BIGGER ATTACK:
INTEL AGENCIES SOUND ALERT
ANIL DESHMUKH’S
CUSTODY EXTENDED
TILL MAY 13
NO HOMEMADE
FOOD FOR RANA
COUPLE IN JAIL
CRUCIAL READ
Mumbai: A special
PMLA court on Friday
has extended the judi-
cial custody of former
Maharashtra Minister Anil
Deshmukh for 14 days in
a money laundering case.
The former Maharashtra
Minister will stay in judicial
custody till May 13. Earlier,
a Special CBI court refused
to grant further custody
of the former Maharashtra
Home Minister to the Cen-
tral Bureau of Investigation
after it sought his custody
for a further three days.
Mumbai: A magistrate’s
court in Mumbai on Friday
rejected independent MP
Navneet Rana and her
MLA husband Ravi Rana’s
applications seeking home
food in jail. The couple,
who were arrested last
Saturday after their call to
chant Hanuman Chalisa
outside Shiv Sena supre-
mo and Maharashtra chief
minister Uddhav Thacker-
ay’s family residence ‘Ma-
toshree’, filed applications
for homemade food on
Thursday.
MAMATA MEETS KEJRIWAL
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee being presented a bouquet by Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a meeting, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
Maha Cong
in-charge
meets Sonia
Post poll violence:
BJP delegation
meets Prez Kovind
Nitish to skip meet
called by Law Min
New Delhi: Amid the
loudspeaker row and
the controversy over
‘Hanuman Chalisa’
recitation, Maharash-
tra in-charge of the
Congress, HK Patil met
Sonia Gandhi on Fri-
day and briefed her
about the situation in
the state where the
Congress is a part of
the MVA government.
Sources said that the
issue of the appoint-
ment to the Maharash-
tra Assembly Speaker’s
post also came up dur-
ing the meeting. After
the Assembly elections
of 2019, Nana Patole of
the Congress was elect-
edSpeakerof theHouse.
New Delhi (ANI): A
10-member delegation,
including lawyers repre-
senting victims of post-
poll violence in West
Bengal, on Friday called
on President Ram Nath
Kovindandurgedforim-
position of presidential
rule citing “complete
breakdown of law and
order in the state”.
“Today we (BJP lead-
ers) along with lawyers
from Supreme Court,
Delhi HC and district
court met President and
demandedtoimposeArt
356, that is, presidential
rule due to complete
breakdown of law and
order in the state,” a top
court lawyer said.
Patna (Agencies): Ni-
tish Kumar has report-
edly decided to skip a
meeting of Chief Min-
isters called by the Un-
ion Law Ministry in
Delhi on Saturday. The
Bihar Chief Minister
has, instead, asked his
Law Minister to stand
in for him.
Nitish Kumar’s re-
fusal to join the meet-
ing is being read as a
sign that he is upset
with ally BJP after re-
cent statements by
various leaders ap-
peared to suggest his
replacement by a “BJP
Chief Minister”. Offi-
cially, he is flying to
Purnia to launch an
ethanol factory.
The government is such a coward
that it used a woman against me.
Such a coward act it is.
—Jignesh Mevani, MLA, Gujarat
ILLEGAL COAL MINING CASE INVOLVING
MAMATA’S NEPHEW ABHISHEK BANERJEE
Kolkata: An intense battle is being fought between the
Bengal police and the central agencies over investi-
gations into illegal coal mining operations allegedly
involving TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is being
investigated for receiving payoffs from illegal mine
operators. Banerjee and his wife Rujira have been
summoned multiple times by the ED for questioning
in the case. Although the TMC MP did appear before
the agency, he also skipped a few.
Jignesh Mevani does the Pushpa move after getting bail.
Opp unity among key points in
Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee meet
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal and his
WestBengalcounterpart
Mamata Banerjee held a
meeting in the national
capital today
, the first af-
ter their parties contest-
ed the Assembly Elec-
tions in Goa recently
.
There was buzz over
ties souring between
the two Chief Minis-
ters, after the Trina-
mool Congress decided
to contest in Goa, where
Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi
Party, or AAP, had al-
ready been preparing to
enter the electoral bat-
tle. The Trinamool’s en-
try into the Goan arena
was seen as a hurdle for
Kejriwal then.
The meeting that
lasted half-an-hour be-
tween Kejriwal and Ba-
nerjee indicated the
buzz over worsening
political ties between
the two would be put
firmly in the past tense.
The AAP or the TMC
haven’t made public
whatthetwoleadersdis-
cussed in their meeting.
Sources said it is under-
stood both spoke about
opposition unity for the
2024 Lok Sabha polls
and the upcoming presi-
dential election.
“Itwasacourtesycall,”
media reported quoting
an unnamed Trinamool
leader. Ms Banerjee con-
gratulated Mr Kejriwal
on his party’s victory in
Punjab, the leader said.
The two met at the
Delhi home of Trina-
mool MP and Ms Ba-
nerjee’s nephew Ab-
hishek Banerjee.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For the senses wander, and
when one lets the mind follow
them, it carries wisdom
away like a windblown ship
on the waters.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
India is a Talent Nation. Our talented
engineers and designers are trusted
by the world to deliver solutions.
It is this foundation on which our
Semiconductor programme is built.
#SemiconIndia2022
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
I appreciate all the experts, academia
and intellectuals for making possible
this landmark day in our Indian
knowledge system. The mandate
document, India’s model of education
based on the NEP 2020 will act as a
benchmark for emerging economies
across the world.
TOP TWEETS
MAYAWATI WANTS
TO BE CM AGAIN
BUT REALISING
THE DREAM
WILL BE TOUGH
ne can always dream
and dream big. So
there’s nothing
wrong in Bahujan Sa-
maj Party president
Mayawati dreaming of once
again becoming the chief minis-
ter of UP and then the prime
minister. If only it was possible
to realise her dream in the face
of odds which are stacked
against her! From 19 seats her
party won in 2017, the BSP was
reduced to just one seat in 2022.
Mayawati wants to rise like a
phoenix when she dreams of be-
coming the chief minister again.
Mayawati has been the chief
minister of Uttar Pradesh on
four different occasions. Start-
ing under Kanshiram’s tutelage,
the BSP stuck to its core vote
bank of Dalits, mainly Jatavs.
Later her effort to include Brah-
mins, Thakurs and Muslims
also helped the party stay afloat.
The tide began to turn against
her after the I-T raid on her par-
ty office and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah
began to wean BSP voters. Poli-
tics of UP has changed to
Mayawati’s disadvantage.
O
ast week Prime
Minister Naren-
dra Modi prom-
ised the youth of
Jammu and Kash-
mir a better future unlike
their parents. “You won’t
have to suffer like your par-
ents and grandparents as this
region will write a new chap-
ter of prosperity and develop-
ment in the next 25 years.”
For assimilating Kashmiri
youth in the mainstream our
mindsets have to stop looking
at them from the communal
prism as was done to India’s
ace fast bowler Mohd. Shami
when he went wicketless
against Pakistan in the T20
World Cup. Shami was bru-
tally trolled for his religion
but was stoutly defended by
the team captain Virat Kohli
who called “targeting some-
one for his faith the most pa-
thetic thing to do”. The entire
team rallied around Shami.
In the case of players like
the Jhelum Express Umran
Malik a greater amount of
sensitivity has to be observed.
He has to be treated with re-
spect for his talent and all reli-
gious bigotry has to be kept
aside. Then alone he will feel
part of the Indian team and
India, in case he is selected.
How we treat Umran will en-
courage the lanky 6’3” Basit
Bashir and Sharukh Ahmed
Dar to admire Indian ethos.
Bashir,allof 19,isanotherfast
bowlerwhoisverypromising.
The troll army of the Hin-
dutva brigade should not be
allowed to go around con-
demning a player or other
talents from Kashmir on reli-
gious ground. If the PM is
reaching out to them, they
must not scuttle his plans.
Encouraging the Muslim
youth from Kashmir to join
the mainstream is the best
way forward.
GIVE JK YOUTH CHANCE
TO JOIN MAINSTREAM
The troll army of the
Hindutva brigade should
not be allowed to go
around condemning a
player or other talents
from Kashmir on religious
ground. If the Prime
Minister is reaching out
to them, they must not
scuttle his plans
L
BEYOND
UKRAINE
WAR
WAR SCAN
ussia’s invasion of Ukraine
has led to the most important
clashindecadesbetweenMos-
cowandtheWest.Russiastart-
edinvasionof Ukraineon24th
of Feb 2022 thinking of creat-
ing shock and awe by its rapid
advance through Air, Sea and
land using it’s awesome mili-
tary power. President Putin
thought that Ukrainian popu-
lationwaspro-Russiaandthey
willwelcometheRussianforc-
es with open arms, like the
liberation of Bangladesh, by
the Indian armed Forces. It
wastheirconsideredviewthat
NATO forces and EU will not
come to save Ukraine. They
had planned to wrap up the
campaign in just two to three
weeks. None of their assump-
tionscametrueexceptinvolve-
mentof NATOtosaveUkraine.
However, it’s easy to start a
war but difficult to stop it.
The war in Ukraine has
been going on for two months
now. The Ukrainian forces or
Govthasnotsurrendered.The
war could well drag on, prov-
ing the existence of space
for conventional war,
in the nuclear
b a c k d r o p .
Russia is fac-
ing logistics
problems in
the battle-
field and
the economic sanctions will
begin to hurt soon. However,
in this short time, the conflict
has not only divided the world
but also given rise to fears of
World War III.
EMERGING WORLD
ORDER
The UN was established after
World War II to guide the
world in the right direction.
But it got bogged down in the
battle between two ideologies
in what became the Cold War.
Ukraine may be wake-up call
for the West. To wake up to
therealityof arapidlyemerg-
ing new international order,
driven by national interests.
All the developed coun-
tries have united under the
US banner, against Russia.
They are weaponizing trade
and finance and carefully
scrutinizing arms sales. Rus-
sia has been declared eco-
nomic pariah and all world
trade has been stopped with
Russia. There’s real concern
among Western leaders over
their failure to build a broad-
er coalition against Russia.
India’s neutral
stand has hit
them par-
ticularly
hard.Even
tradition-
al Western
allies like Israel, Saudi Ara-
bia, UAE, among others, have
refused to fall in line. As the
distinctly disjointed global
response to the Ukraine war
demonstrates, most develop-
ing countries would prefer to
forge their own path in a
global political economy
.
INDIA’S PRINCIPLED
STAND
NATOandRussiaarecompet-
ing to persuade some of the
world’s most powerful na-
tions, namely China and In-
dia, to take a side in the con-
flict. Both Russia and the U.K.
senttheirforeignministersto
India. One of the top U.S. ad-
visors, Daleep Singh, also
travelled to India in April.
PrimeMinisterof U.K. wasin
Indiarecently,callingNaren-
dra Modi as his ‘Khas Dost’.
PROGNOSIS
Astheconflictgrindsonamid
meandering negotiations in
search of a mutually accept-
able face-saving diplomatic
formula. Sooner or later, the
war will come to an end, but
Ukraine will be damaged be-
yondimmediaterepair.There
islikelytobebarteratthebar-
gaining table where Ukraine
will be declared a buffer state
between Russia and NATO.
The Eastern parts of Ukraine
and Crimea could be declared
Independent with Russia
friendly Govts. Russia will
agree to phased withdrawal
from Ukraine along-with lift-
ing of sanctions. There may
be regime change in Kyiv, in-
spite of all the bravery on so-
cial media by Zelensky
.
A new world order will
emerge post Ukraine War,
with multi polar dimensions.
It will see degradation of Eu-
rope further in global order
and image of USA as the only
superpowerwillgetabeating.
Regional alliances and super
powerswillemergewithcoun-
tries like China, India, Japan,
Russia and Australia having
their own influences. On the
economic front, supremacy of
dollar as world trading cur-
rency will decline and many
alternatives of direct trade
will emerge. Interdependence
on other countries will reduce
with PM Modi’s call of ‘
At-
manirbhar Bharat’ gaining
momentum. The relevance of
strongarmedforcesasthelast
instrument of foreign policy
will be established again. All
developing countries like In-
dia will have strong ‘Force of
Deterrence’ to safeguard it’s
frontiers and as guarantee to
safety
, progress and growth. .
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
R
NATO Russia are
competing to persuade some
of the world’s most powerful
nations, namely China
India, to take a side in
conflict. Both Russia U.K.
sent their foreign ministers
to India. One of the top U.S.
advisors, Daleep Singh, also
travelled to India in April.
PM of U.K. was in India
recently calling Narendra
Modi as his ‘Khas Dost’.
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH (RETD)
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)
Clean-up crews prepare to work at the site of an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Inset): A view of a hall in museum of Arkhip
Kuindzhi, destroyed after shelling in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol. —PHOTOS BY PTI
India has taken a path of principled neutrality. The key reasons
for this stand are old connections, Russian concessions
following oil price spikes, the reliance on Moscow for
60% of military supplies, and the current government’s
resolve. PM NARENDRA MODI’S ‘NATION FIRST’ THEORY
APPLIES TO STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AS
WELL. POTUS has taken a mature stand and stated that
US understands India’s specific needs and neutral stand
due to it’s own compulsions.

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INDIA
05
Moni Sharma
Ranchi: On papers, the
Bharatiya Janata Party
is an extremely strong
opposition in
Jharkhand with 26
MLAs and ‘all weather
allies’ also in the House.
Despite this, the BJP is
unable to play the role
of a strong and effective
opposition, the reason
is that since the forma-
tion of the Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha-Con-
gress Government in
State at the end of 2019,
the BJP leaders are
waiting for its fall, as
and when. But Con-
gress is finding it diffi-
cult to come back to
power the next time. On
the one hand, even in
the BJP
, most of the sen-
ior leaders are of the
opinion that now there
should be no effort to
form the BJP govern-
ment for two-and-a-half
years. Their intention
is that if the govern-
ment falls, President’s
rule should be imposed
and then mid-term elec-
tions should be held.
But bringing down
the State Government
is not easy either since
the issues, which BJP
leaders think are
enough for the govern-
ment to fall, are in real-
ity not ‘enough’. The
BJP may try to play up
the issue of Chief Min-
ister Hemant Soren
getting a mining license
issued in his own name
or the land bought in
the name of his wife or
his brother’s company
or his media advisor
Abhishek Prasad re-
ceiving mining license;
but will they lead to the
ultimate goal of bring-
ing down the govern-
ment? The alleged cam-
paign of the BJP to
break the Congress to
topple the government
has failed. Now BJP
leaders are hoping to
bring down the govern-
ment on the basis of
internal strife within
the JMM Shibu Soren
family. But all the old
leaders know that the
internal strife in the
Soren family like any
other political family
has been going on for
years and it does not af-
fect party politics.
As far as the matter of
office of profit against
the Chief Minister is
concerned,thepartyhas
presentedacasewiththe
Governor and a reply
will also be sent to the
ElectionCommissionon
behalf of the govern-
ment. The mine, which
was allotted in the name
of the Chief Minister,
was already in his name.
The government says
thatCMdidnotapplyfor
Consent to Operate
(CTO),whichmeansthat
he did not intend to prof-
it from it. Despite this,
even if the Election
Commission terminates
the membership, it does
notaffectthemajorityof
the government. If this
happens, someone else
will become the Chief
Minister in place of He-
mant Soren.
BJP can’t topple J’khand Govt, even if it tries its best!
Beijing (PTI) : China
on Friday announced
plans to permit the re-
turn of “some” Indian
students stranded in In-
dia for over two years
following the visa and
flight restrictions im-
posed by Beijing due to
the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chinese Foreign Min-
istry spokesman Zhao
Lijian told a media
briefing here that Chi-
na attaches high impor-
tance to Indian stu-
dents' concerns about
returning to China for
studies. We have shared
with the Indian sides
the procedures and ex-
perience of other coun-
tries' students return-
ing to China .
Actually, the work for
Indian students' return
has already been start-
ed. All that remains to
be done is for the Indian
side to provide the list
of students who really
need to come back to
China, he said.
Asperearlierreports,
over 23,000 Indian stu-
dents, mostly studying
medicine in Chinese
colleges, are stuck in In-
dia after they returned
home as the coronavi-
rus broke out in China
in December 2019. They
could not return to Chi-
na due to the restric-
tions imposed by the
Chinese government to
arrest the spread of the
contagion.
After over 2 yrs, China to permit
‘some’ Indian students to return
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s
President on Friday
agreed to replace his
older brother as Prime
Minister in a proposed
interim Government to
solve a political crisis
caused by the country’s
worst economic crisis.
“President Gotabaya
agreed that a council
will be appointed to
name a new PM com-
prised of all parties,”
lawmaker Maithripala
said after meeting with
the President.
New Delhi (ANI): Na-
tional Technical Advi-
sory Group on Immuni-
sation (NTAGI) on Fri-
day approved Serum
Institute of India’s Co-
vovax Covid-19 vaccine
for the age group 12-17,
said sources. This
comes after Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
stressed vaccination for
all eligible children at
the earliest with “spe-
cial campaigns” in
schools is a priority for
the Government.
However, no decision
has been taken by NTA-
GI on vaccinating 5 to
12-year-old kids against
Covid-19, said sources
Covovax has already
been approved by the
Drugs Controller Gen-
eral of India (DCGI)
for children above 12
years of age.
New Delhi (ANI):
Chief Justice of India
NV Ramana, while ad-
dressing a conference
of the Chief Justices on
Friday, said that 126 ju-
dicial vacancies were
filled in various High
Courts in less than a
year, expressed expecta-
tions of 50 more ap-
pointments.
Highlighting the is-
sue of vacancies, CJI
Ramana said, “Due to
our collective efforts,
we could fill 126 vacan-
cies in various High
Courts, in less than a
year. We are expecting
50 more appointments.
This remarkable feat
could be achieved be-
cause of your whole-
hearted co-operation
and commitment to the
institution.”
CJI Ramana request-
ed the Chief Justices of
High Courts, which are
still having a number of
vacancies, to forward
the names for elevation
at the earliest.
He also expresses
happiness about the re-
sponse from some of
the High Courts, which
according to him, has
been extremely encour-
aging.
“In the past one year,
we have got nine new
judges to the Supreme
Court and 10 new Chief
Justice for High Courts.
I thank my brothers in
the Collegium for their
cooperation.
New Delhi
(Agencies): Rus-
sia has offered In-
dia a dual-pay-
ment mechanism
to allow more
trade in local cur-
rencies as pres-
sure mounts on
the sanction-hit
nation over its
war in Ukraine,
according to peo-
ple with knowl-
edge of the matter.
The latest offer
from Moscow in-
volves payment
for Indian oil im-
ports from Russia
in dollar or euro
while the rest of
the trade will be
settled using a ru-
pee-ruble-denomi-
nated mechanism,
the people said.
Russian central
bank officials
along with repre-
sentatives of Sber-
bank of Russia
PJSC discussed
the proposals with
their Indian coun-
terparts and also
with officials at
the finance minis-
try last week, the
people said.
India’s Finance
Ministry and the
centralbankdidn’t
immediately re-
spond to emails
seeking comment.
Lanka President
Gotabaya agrees
to remove brother
Mahinda as PM
India-Bhutan development
cooperation unique: Jaishankar
Thimphu (PTI): The
India-Bhutan rela-
tionship is based on a
genuine concern for
each other’s welfare
and interests, Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar said here
on Friday, asserting
that New Delhi’s de-
velopment coopera-
tion paradigm with
the Himalayan nation
is unique, prompted
by moral principles
and emotional bonds.
Jaishankar, who is
here on an official
visit at the invitation
of his Bhutanese
counterpart Lyonpo
Tandi Dorji, is Bhu-
tan’s first high-level
visitor from abroad
since the onset of the
pandemic in the coun-
try in March 2020.
He met the coun-
try’s top leadership,
including King
Jigme Khesar Nam-
gyel Wangchuck and
Prime Minister Ly-
onchhen Lotay
Tshering.
Taking to Twitter,
Jaishankar said that
he was privileged to
meet the Bhutanese
King.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar calls on Bhutan Prime
Minister Lotay Tshering. —PHOTO BY PTI
Russia offers
dual-payment
plan for oil
with India
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CJI: Filled 126 vacancies
in HCs in less than a year
Chief Justice NV Ramana and others at the Chief Justices
conference in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Secretary of Department of Biotech-
nology Rajesh S Gokhale on Friday was given
additional charge of
the post of Direc-
tor-General, Council
of Scientific and
Industrial Research
(CSIR)-cum-Secretary,
Department of Sci-
entific and Industrial
Research. Gokhale will
handle the new responsibility from April 30 to the
appointment of a regular incumbent or until further
orders. Born in 1967, Gokhale is an Indian chemical
biologist. He obtained his PhD from IISc and Post-
doctoral studies from Stanford University, USA.
RAJESH S GOKHALE GETS ADDITIONAL
CHARGE OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL CSIR
BSF SHOOTS
DOWN DRONE IN
AMRITSAR SECTOR
OVER 14K B’DESHI
NATIONALS SENT
BACK SINCE 2019
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: The Border
Security Force (BSF) said
it on Friday shot down
a drone, coming from
the Pakistani side, in
Punjab’s Amritsar sector.
According to the BSF
officials, the drone had
entered Indian territory
in the area falling near
village Dhanoe Kalan
in Amritsar sector at
around 1.15 am The BSF
personnel, deployed at
the international border,
heard the humming
sound of a flying object
and as per the standard
operating procedure.
New Delhi: Nearly 14,000
Bangladeshi nationals
were sent back and avert-
ed to enter at Indo-Ban-
gladesh border in India
since 2019, said a BSF
report accessed by ANI.
According to the report,
as many as 9,233 Bangla-
deshis have been held at
IB while they were trying
to flee back after their ‘il-
legal’ stay in the country.
“At least 4,896 Bangla-
deshi nationals were held
while trying to enter India
during the same period
i.e. 1 January 2019 to 28
April 2022,” it said.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant calls on PM Narendra
Modi to discuss various issues and sought guidance from
PM for Goa’s development, in New Delhi on Friday.
Indiahasfastestgrowing
startupecosystem:Modi
Bengaluru (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Friday said
India is headed for a ro-
bust economy and the
country’s consumption
of semi-conductors is
expected to cross USD
110 billion by 2030 and
has the world’s fastest
growing start-up eco-
system.
He said India is set to
lead the next technolo-
gy revolution and in-
vestments are being
made in developing ca-
pabilities in 5G among
other things.
“We are paving the
way for India to lead the
next technology revolu-
tion. We are on our way
to connect six hundred
thousand villages with
broadband. We are in-
vesting in developing
capabilities in 5G, In-
ternet of Things and
clean energy technolo-
gies,” PM Modi said.
“India’s own con-
sumption of semi-con-
ductors is expected to
cross USD 80 billion by
2026 and USD 110 billion
by 2030,” he added.
Speaking about the
economic health of the
country, the Prime Min-
ister said India is head-
ed for robust economic
growth with the world’s
fastest growing startup
eco-system where new
unicorns are coming up
every few weeks.
PM Modi called upon
the industry to estab-
lish India as one of the
key partners in global
semi-conductor supply
chains and work in
this direction based on
the principle of hi-
tech, high quality and
high reliability.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi said, “We
are building the digi-
tal infrastructure to
connect over 1.3 bil-
lion Indians and the
UPI is the world’s most
efficient payment in-
frastructure today.”
Modi also said the
country is using digi-
tal technology to
transform lives in all
sectors of governance
from health and wel-
fare to inclusion and
empowerment.
PRIME MINISTER MODI TO INAUGURATE CHIEF
MINISTERS-CHIEF JUSTICES CONFERENCE TODAY
New Delhi (PTI):Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will inaugurate on Saturday
a joint conference of chief ministers
and chief justices of high courts in
presence of CJI NV Ramana, an event
which is being held after a gap of six
years. A proposal of CJI Ramana to de-
velop infrastructure facilities in courts
has been made part of the agenda
of the conference. The other items
which top the agenda are filling judicial
vacancies, reduction of pendency of
cases, legal aid services and future
road map and envisioning of e-courts.
CJI Ramana and Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju will also address the inau-
gural session of the day-long event.
After the inauguration of the confer-
ence, various working sessions will be
held where the chief ministers and the
chief justices will discuss the agenda
items and try to reach a consensus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO

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Feasible GDP growth over the
medium term is 6.5-8.5%: RBI
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The feasible
range for medium-
term steady state
GDP growth in India-
works out to 6.5-8.5 per
cent, the currency
and finance report of
the Reserve Bank of
India.
The report for 2021-
22 year has the theme
“Revive and Recon-
struct” in the context
of nurturing a durable
recovery post-Covid
and raising trend
growth in the medium
term.
“Reducing general
government debt to be-
low 66 per cent
of GDP over the next
five years is important
to secure India’s medi-
um-term growth pros-
pects,” the report said.
The report priori-
tised inflation over
growth as it said price
stability is a necessary
precondition for
strong and sustainable
growth.
RBI has clarified
that the report reflects
the views of the con-
tributors and not of
the Reserve Bank.
RBI governor Shak-
tikanta Das said, “the
resilience of certain
sectors like agricul-
ture and allied activi-
ties, information
technology services,
exports, digitalisa-
tion and renewable
energy during the
Covid-19 crisis gives
us the confidence that
the Indian economy
can stage a strong
comeback.
“What adds to this
confidence is the way
certain other sectors
used this crisis to re-
build and reconfigure.
These sectors would
include the organised
corporate sector; the
financial sector; start-
ups; and more recently,
the manufacturing
sector,” he said.
Das said the chal-
lenge is to generate a
virtuous cycle of
greater opportunity
for entrepreneurs to
innovate and invest –
businesses to attract
more capital and tech-
nology; and fiscal
space to manage the
distributional effects
of the pandemic while
expanding public in-
vestment in physical
infrastructure and hu-
man capital.
What adds to this confidence is the way
certain other sectors used this crisis to re-
build and reconfigure. These sectors would
include the organised corporate sector; the finan-
cial sector; start-ups; and more recently, the man-
ufacturing sector
—Shaktikanta Das, RBI governor
SteelMinisterdedicates
1.4MTrebarmilltoNation
Angul (PTI): Steel
Minister Ram Chan-
dra Prasad Singh ded-
icated JSPL’s 1.4
MTPA TMT rebar mill
located at the steel
unit here to the na-
tion.
The rebar mill is
one of the world’s larg-
est rebar making units
and the only producer
of 50 mm width TMTs
in India, Jindal Steel
and Power Ltd (JSPL)
said in a statement.
“Union Steel Minis-
ter Ram Chandra Pras-
ad Singh dedicated one
of theworld’slargest1.4
MTPA capacity rebar
mill to the Nation on
Thursday
,” JSPL said.
The ultra-modern
rebar mill of 1.4 MTPA
(million tonne per an-
num) capacity is locat-
ed at JSPL’s 6 MTPA
plant in Angul, Odis-
ha.
The minister also
visited JSPL’s 2 MTPA
coal gasification plant
(CGP) located within
the steel unit. JSPL is
the only company in
India which is using
coal gasification
technology to produce
steel at its plant in An-
gul.
The coal gasifica-
tion plant is equipped
with carbon capture
technology. It cap-
tures approximately
2,000 tonnes of CO2
per day, helping re-
duce carbon footprint
significantly, it said.
JSPL Chairman
Naveen Jindal said,
“We are privileged
that India’s largest
TMT rebar mill is be-
ing dedicated to the
nation. Keeping in
line with our sustain-
ability focus, we com-
missioned India’s
first CGP based DRI
plant at Angul. We
are aligned with the
government’s climate
commitment at
COP26 to become a
carbon-neutral Na-
tion by 2070”.
JSPL MD VR SHARMA SAYS
Maruti Suzuki
consolidated
Q4 net up 58%
India’s largest carmak-
er, Maruti Suzuki
India Ltd, reported a
58% rise in fourth-quar-
ter net profit on Friday,
of Rs 1,839 crore.
The firm had report-
ed a net profit of Rs
1,166 crore in the corre-
sponding period last
year.
Consolidated total
revenue from opera-
tions was up 11.29 per
cent at Rs 26,749.20
crore, from Rs 24,034.50
crore a year ago, it add-
ed.
Total vehicle sales
in the quarter under
review stood at
488,830 units, lower by
0.7 per cent from the
same period previous
year.
Wipro Q4
consolidated net
profit rises 4% to
`3,087 crore
IT major Wipro on Fri-
day reported a 4 per
cent rise in its consoli-
dated net profit to Rs
3,087.30 crore for the
quarter ended March,
from Rs 2,972.30 crore
posted in the same
quarter last year.
The consolidated rev-
enue from operations
stood at Rs 20,860 crore,
up 28.4 per cent from Rs
16,245.4 crore in the
year-ago quarter.
Wipro reported an at-
trition rate at 23.8 per
cent.
Wipro said it ex-
pects revenue
from our IT ser-
vices business to
be in the
range of $2,748
million to $2,803
million.
This translates
to a sequential
growth of 1% to
3%.
Sensex plunges
460 pts,Nifty
settles at 17,100
Mumbai (PTI): The
benchmark equity indi-
ces fell nearly a percent
and closed in the red
wiping off earlier gains
on the last trading of
April.
At close, the Sensex
was down 460.19 points
or 0.80 percent at
57,060.87. Thhe Nifty
was down 142.50 points
or 0.83 percent at
17,102.50. About 1,265
shares have advanced,
2,035 shares declined,
and 117 shares
are un-
changed.
Among top Nifty lag-
gards were Axis Bank,
Coal India, Adani Ports,
Power Grid and Bajaj
Auto. Gainers were
HDFC Life, Tata Con-
sumer. The Indian eq-
uity benchmarks
trimmed all of their
gains in late afternoon
session and ended in
red. Benchmark index
closed with the loss of
0.83 percent, said Mohit
Nigam, Head - PMS,
Hem Securities. Weak-
ness in select Energy
and Oil and Gas shares
dragged key gauges
lower, while buying was
seen in Healthcare and
metal stocks. Sector
wise, telecom sector re-
mained in focused, as
Telecom Minister Ash-
wini Vaishnav has said
the government is like-
ly to hold 5G spectrum
auction in early June.
‘Global smartphone market
declined by 7% YoY in Q1 2022’
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): There has been a
7 per cent decline in the
global smartphone
market YoY (year-on-
year) to 328 million
units in Q1 2022, as the
recent Counterpoint
Market Monitor report
revealed.
The report points
out that the decline has
been caused by the “on-
going component
shortages”, the resur-
gence of Covid-19 that
occurred at the begin-
ning of the quarter,
andtheRussia-Ukraine
war that broke out to-
wards the end of the
quarter.
The global smart-
phone market also wit-
nessed a seasonal de-
cline of 12 per cent
QoQ (quarter-on-quar-
ter).
“The global smart-
phone market present-
ed a mixed bag in the
first quarter of 2022.
Samsung seems to
have overcome compo-
nent shortages that af-
fected its supply last
year, as evidenced by
higher-than-expected
growth in its ship-
ments despite a late
flagship launch.
Major Chinese
OEMs such as Xiaomi,
OPPO and Vivo, mean-
while, faced a greater
component supply
crunch, resulting in
their shipments falling
by 20 per cent, 19 per
cent and 19 per cent
YoY respectively,”
Counterpoint’s senior
analyst Harmeet Singh
Walia said. Research
Director Jan Stryjak
noted that, “While
component shortages
are expected to ease
soon, the Russia-
Ukraine war poses a
new challenge to the
recovery of the global
smartphone market”.
EV fires: Boom Motors recalls Corbett
bikes, stops production temporarily
Chennai (Agencies): Coimbatore-based electric
two-wheeler manufacturer Boom Motors has decided
to recall its bike Corbett and stop production temporarily.
Boom will be the fourth company to recall its E2W
brands involved in fire incidents, after Okinawa, PureEV
and Ola Electric. Gurugram-based Okinawa Autotech had
recalled 3,215 vehicles and Hyderabad-based-Power
Using Renewable Energy (PURE) EV another 2,000 early
this month. Later, Ola Electric recalled 1,441 S1 Pro
scooters, in a specific batch. Last week, a 40-year-old
man was killed and three others injured in Nizamabad
after a fire incident in which a Boom Motors’ bike was
involved. There were media reports that the government
had asked electric two wheelers to refrain from new
launches.
Varroc signs Euro 600 mn deal with
Omnium SE to focus on EV, other segments
Mumbai (Agencies): Varroc Engineering has signed a
Securities Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Compagnie
Plastic Omnium SE of France to divest its four-wheeler
lighting systems operations in the Americas and Europe,
the Aurangabad-based company said in a statement. The
Euro 600 million transaction will see Varroc divesting its
lighting System operations in the USA, Brazil, Mexico,
Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Turkey, and Morocco.
The move is part of the larger strategy to transform Var-
roc into a high-tech company and focus on the existing
growth of electronics, connectivity, EVs product lines and
the two-wheeler segment globally, it said. This divest-
ment will help the company to align its resources with
the high value and high growth primary markets in China,
India, and the two-wheeler sector globally, it added.
‘TATA MOTORS HAS GLOBAL
AMBITIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES’
‘INDIAN REFINERS NEGOTIATING 6-MONTH
DEAL WITH RUSSIA TO IMPORT OIL’
Mumbai (Agencies):
Tata Motors has global
ambitions for its electric
vehicles (EVs) and will look
at serving many markets
outside India with the
range of EVs it plans to
bring over the next few
years, N Chandrasekaran,
chairman of Tata Mo-
tors and Tata Sons, said
at the unveiling of Avinya,
Tata Passenger Electric
Mobility’s (TPEM) first
pure electric car concept
in Mumbai on Friday. “Our
goal is to go global eventu-
ally and we are benchmark-
ing to be the best whether
it is in terms of software,
electric and electronic
architecture or the intuitive
experience. We have re-
ally high aspirations,” said
Chandra without divulging
details on the markets the
company would be keen to
tap into with its range. This
will mark the beginning of
the globalisation strategy
of Tata Motors passenger
vehicle business.
New Delhi (Agenceis):
Indian refiners are ne-
gotiating a six-month oil
deal with Russia to import
millions of barrels per
month, multiple sources
with knowledge of the
matter said, as the world’s
third largest importer
seeks more Russian crude
despite Western sanctions.
India has already bought
over twice as much crude
from Russia in the two
months since its invasion
of Ukraine on Feb 24 as it
did in the whole of 2021.
Russia calls the attack a
“special military operation”.
Western sanctions against
Russia have prompted
many oil importers to
shun trade with Moscow,
pushing spot prices for
Russian crude into record
discounts against other
grades. Rosneft is in talks
with Indian and Chinese
companies about supply
deals after the company
lost Western term buyers,
two sources said.
Startup firms let Indian retail
investors buy corporate debt at $130
New Delhi (Agen-
ceis): Start-up firms
selling corporate
bonds to retail inves-
tors are booming in In-
dia.
At least 10 new finan-
cial technology plat-
forms have sprung up
during the pandemic
with the aim of grab-
bing a share of the $1.9
trillion market for bank
time deposits. They
promise much higher
interest rates through
putting money into
company bonds, which
are generally seen as
riskier higher-yielding
debt.
The firms are riding
on efforts by the Re-
serve Bank of India to
encourage retail invest-
ment in sovereign debt
as it grapples with the
government’s record
borrowing plan. The
risks, of course, are
larger for those inves-
tors who chose to ven-
ture into corporate
bonds and with lightly
regulated platforms
that allow investors
to take part
with as lit-
tle as
10,000 rupees ($131).
Thenewstartupsare
seeking to reassure in-
vestors they are doing
all they can to protect
their clients. The coun-
try has seen
its share of
credit
crises, with previous
events including the
collapse of infrastruc-
ture financier ILFS in
2018, Franklin Temple-
ton’s decision to wind
u p some of
its I n d i a
d e b t
funds in 2020, and the
restructuring of Yes
Bank in the same year
that resulted in bond
holders losing their en-
tire investments.
“We handpick bonds,
study the cash flow of
the issuing company,
make a thorough risk
assessment before of-
fering any corporate
bond,” said Ajay Man-
glunia,managingdirec-
tor and head of institu-
tional fixed income in
Mumbai at JM Finan-
cial Products Ltd.,
which runs BondsKart.
com. Manglunia was
formerly head
of the bond markets
team at Edelweiss Fi-
nancial Services Ltd.,
one of India’s largest
non-bank financial
firms.

07
NEWS
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: BJP
president J P Nadda on
Friday said Gujarat is a
laboratory for his par-
ty for the matters per-
taining to governance
and party organisation.
Nadda, who is on a
day's visit to the state,
also claimed that the
BJP is the only true na-
tional party in the coun-
try now as Congress has
become a party of
brother and sister and
regional parties have
becomefamilyfiefdoms.
Gujarat is a labora-
tory of governance and
party organisation (for
the BJP). We will imple-
ment this model across
the country. As a party
chief, it is also my re-
sponsibility to take
ahead this model, he
told reporters during a
press conference here.
Successful experi-
ments to develop the
party and make it a me-
dium of change were
carried out in Gujarat
when Narendra Modi
was a party office-bear-
er and later chief minis-
ter, he added.
Modi ji created a de-
velopment model in Gu-
jarat. At the national
level, we are now seeing
the reflection of that ex-
periment carried out in
GujaratbyModiaschief
minister, said Nadda.
The sudden change
of guard effected by the
party last year in the
state when chief minis-
ter Vijay Rupani and
his cabinet resigned
and a new government
under Patel's leader-
ship replaced it was
also an experiment car-
ried out as part of the
party's strategy
, he said.
See, it's a laboratory
.
Otherwise which party
would have dared to do
that (replace the entire
cabinet). It was part of
our strategy and it can
not be discussed in pub-
lic. Let us decide what
experiment is needed
for what purpose, said
Nadda when asked
about the reason for the
Rupani cabinet's exit in
September 2021.
The party has
changed the political
culture in India as
prime minister Modi's
politics based on devel-
opment has given a
tough fight to the poli-
tics based on caste, com-
munity and region as
well as dynastic poli-
tics, the BJP chief said.
Asked about Union
minister Nitin Gadka-
ri's recent remark that
there was a need for a
strong opposition, he
said it is the responsi-
bility of opposition par-
ties to become stronger.
Earlier, addressing
party workers at the
Ahmedabad airport
upon arrival, Nadda
said any party which
wants to compete with
the BJP will need to
work hard for at least
50-60 years to be a wor-
thy opponent.
After addressing par-
ty leaders including
MPs and MLAs at the
state BJP headquarters
in Gandhinagar, Nadda
addressed nearly 5,000
party workers at the
Gujarat University Con-
vention Centre in
Ahmedabad.
—With PTI inputs
GujaratisBJP’slabforexperiments
ingovernance,organization:Nadda
Saffron party’s chief claims BJP is the only true national party in the country
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
hasurgedtheRajasthan
government to ensure
participation of all MPs
to Make Jal Jeevan Mis-
sion (JJM) a ‘Jan An-
dolan’ (People’s Move-
ment). The Union Min-
ister said this at a re-
view meeting for the
implementation of the
Jal Jeevan Mission in
Rajasthan with 17 MPs
Rajasthan’s PHED
Minister and the offi-
cials, here.
Shekhawat chaired a
review meeting on Jal
Jeevan Mission (JJM)
with 17 Members of
Parliament (MPs) of
Rajasthan and PHED of-
ficials to expedite the
implementation of the
mission in the State. All
Executive Engineers/
Superintendent Engi-
neers were connected
virtually. The meeting
began with a welcome
address by ACS, PHED,
Rajasthan followed by a
brief presentation by
Additional Secretary
and Mission Director,
National Jal Jeevan
Mission, who shared
the mission overview
and status of imple-
mentation of works in
the various districts of
the State in comparison
with the national aver-
age.
He also explained
about the status of plan-
ning as well as the role
of Members of Parlia-
ment in the implemen-
tation of the mission.
Thanking all the
Members of Parliament
of Rajasthan for their
active participation in
the day-long review
meeting, the Union
Minister appreciated
their concerns as well
as valuable suggestions
to bring improvement
in the pace of imple-
mentation of mission
along with ensuring the
quality of works.
Shekhawat reviews implementation of JJM in Raj
Supreme Court on Fri-
day directed the release
of a 62-year-old Pakistan
national who has been
languishing in a deten-
tion centre here for
more than seven years
as Islamabad refused to
accept him as its
citizen.
A bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and
Hima Kohli directed the
Centre to decide on
granting him a long-
term visa, to enable him
to apply for Indian Citi-
zenship.
The top court said
that the Centre should
place its decision before
thecourtinfourmonths.
The bench said that
Mohammad Qamar,
who has been declared a
foreigner by the tribu-
nal will be released on
the bond of Rs 5000, and
sureties of like amount
will have to report to a
Police station in Meerut
once every month.
Supreme Court directs
release of Pak national
Gurugram (Agen-
cies): The court of Ad-
ditional District and
Sessions Judge (ADSJ)
Mona Singh on Friday
sentenced a former
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) councillor and 16
others to rigorous im-
prisonment of 7 to 10
years for attack on an
anti-encroachment
team of the
Haryana Urban Devel-
opment Authority
(HUDA) and policemen
in May 2015.
The incident had tak-
en place at Sector-47
Jhimar Basti during
an anti-encroachment
drive.
During the incident,
petrol bombs and explo-
sives were also used by
the mob against the
HUDA team, in which a
duty magistrate and 15
police personnel were
injured.
The court of ADSJ
also imposed a fine on
17 people, which includ-
ed 10 women.
Ex-AAP leader
gets jail term for
attacking HUDA
team in ‘15 case
First India Bureau
Hyderabad: Union
MinisterforRoadTrans-
port and Highways Ni-
tin Gadkari on Friday
inaugurated 12 National
Highway Projects of to-
tal length of 460 Km
worth Rs 8000 crore and
7 CRIF Projects in Hy-
derabad in the august
presence of Union Min-
ister G Kishan Reddy,
MoS Gen VK Singh, Ve-
mula Prashanth Reddy,
MPs, MLAs, MLCs and
dignitaries.
The NH Projects of a
total length 460 KM with
an investment of ₹ 8,000
Crore will boost the in-
ter state connectivity by
enabling seamless trav-
el from Telangana to
Maharashtra, Karnata-
ka and Andhra Pradesh.
The fast paced Highway
development will boost
trade and commerce in
the region and create
sustainable employ-
ment opportunities.
Under the leadership
of PM Modi, the net-
work of state of art and
safe National Highways
built will have transfor-
mational impact on the
socio-economic prosper-
ity of the people in Hy-
derabad and Telangana.
Gadkari inaugurates 12 NH Projects worth
`8000 Cr 7 CRIF Projects in Hyderabad
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Lieutenant Governor
Anil Baijal on Friday
lauded the performance
of Netaji Subhas Uni-
versity of Technology,
saying that its new mul-
tidisciplinary courses
will make students fu-
ture-ready
.
The LG made the re-
marks while chairing
the second meeting of
the university's court.
Taking to Twitter, he
appreciated the perfor-
mance of the varsity in
promoting quality edu-
cation.
I am certain that
the new multidiscipli-
nary courses of NSUT
would make the stu-
dents future-ready.
As regards accounts
of the University, ad-
vised authorities to
take necessary action
for settling the pending
audit paras at the earli-
est, he tweeted.
New multidisciplinary
courses ready: Baijal
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on
Friday granted time to
the Delhi government
to file a reply to the
plea moved by Tata
Power Delhi Distribu-
tion Limited in connec-
tion with the petition
moved by BSES Rajd-
hani Power Limited.
BSES has challenged
the transfer of power
from Delhi to Haryana
and the order issued by
the Ministry of Power
last month. Justice
Yashwant Varma grant-
ed time to the counsel of
the Delhi Government
to file a reply and listed
the matter for May 13,
2022. The court has ex-
tended the stay on the
order passed by the Min-
istry of Powers for the
transfer of power to
Haryana till the next
date of hearing.
The bench has also
granted time to BSES to
file a rejoinder in the re-
ply filed by the respond-
ents. The High court on
April 12 had allowed
Tata power to intervene
and to make submis-
sions in the petition
moved by the BSES. The
Counsel for the Delhi
government submitted
that he needs time to file
a reply to the petition
moved by Tata Powers.
HC grants time to Delhi Govt to reply on
Tata Power’s plea on reallocation issue
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: It was a cel-
ebratory mood at the
dinner hosted by Jain
University chancellor
Dr Chenraj Roychand
Jain on Thursday for
their champion swim-
mers who have ensured
the hosts are on top of
the medal tally with a
rich medal haul of 16
gold, 5 silver and 3
bronze at the ongoing
Khelo India University
Games 2021.
Enjoying the scrump-
tious vegetarian meal
were two champions
whose performances
stood out at the prestig-
ious event: Olympian
Srihari Nataraj and his
contemporary Siva
Sridhar. “I need my cus-
tomary ice cream after
every race,” exclaimed
Srihari, looking at Siva
who nodded in agree-
ment. “We both usually
have a big scoop of ice
cream after our races,
this has been a habit for
many years,” men-
tioned Siva who bagged
a total of seven gold
and two silver while
Srihari bagged six gold,
one silver.
The two swimmers:
foes in the pool but dear
friends off it have been
closely keeping tabs of
each other’s success
since 2008. “I met Siva in
2008 during a Swim Life
competition for non-me-
dalists. He beat me in all
the events,” recalls Sri-
hari vividly and was
quick to add that he beat
him the next year in the
same events.
The two have shared
healthy rivalry over the
past couple of years, be
it Sub-Junior Nationals,
Junior Nationals or the
Senior Nationals. “I
think till 2014, he would
beat me in pretty much
all the backstroke
events. That was our
main event: 50m, 100m
and 200m backstroke.
The races were always
close,” recalled Srihari.
Ace swimmers look to make a dream team at Asian Games
FOES IN POOL, FRIENDS IN LIFE
lll
Both swimmers
Srihari Nataraj
and Siva Sridhar
contend to top
the medal tally
for their home
university in the
ongoing Khelo
India University
Games 2021
T
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KEEPING ALIVE HEALTHY RIVALRY
BJP CHIEF SAYS
Urges Raj Govt to
Ensure Participation
of All MPs to make
JJM A ‘Jan Andolan’,
A People’s Movement
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at conference in Jaipur.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 12 National Highway
Projects in Hyderabad, on Friday.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal lauded the performance of
Netaji Subhas University of Technology on Friday.
Kumar Prabodh
Saharsa: A police-
man in Bihar was
suspended on Fri-
day after a video of
him getting mas-
sage from a woman,
who had ap-
proached him in
connection with a
case, went viral on
the Internet.
Saharsa Superin-
tendent of Police
Lipi Singh ordered
the suspension of
S h a s h i b h u s h a n
Sinha, who was in
charge of Darhatta
outpost in the north
Bihar district.
“The conduct of
the police official is
tantamount to in-
discipline and wan-
ton behavior (ud-
dandta). We have
taken suo motu cog-
nizance and he has
been placed under
suspension pending
inquiry,” the dis-
trict police chief
told reporters .
—With PTI inputs
Bihar cop
suspended
as‘massage’
clip goes viral
L-G LAUDS
UNIVERSITY’S
PERFORMANCE
The LG made the
remarks while chairing
the second meeting of
the university’s court.
Taking to Twitter, he
appreciated the perfor-
mance of the varsity
in promoting quality
education.

08
2NDFRONT
A true designer creates for people
in real time; Fashion to sustain,
has to be practical.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Vice President Naidu calls for further simplifying tax system
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Vice Presi-
dent M Venkaiah Naidu
on Friday called for
simplifying the tax sys-
tem further to promote
voluntary compliance
and reduce litigation.
Appreciating the gov-
ernment’s efforts to do
away with complex and
tedious processes,
Naidu stressed the need
for intensifying the ef-
forts toward creating a
stable, user-friendly and
transparent tax regime
in the country
. Address-
ing the Valediction Cer-
emony of the 74th Batch
of Indian Revenue Ser-
vice (Income Tax) at the
National Academy of
Direct Taxes (NADT) at
Nagpur, the Vice Presi-
dent observed that tech-
nology can be a great
enabler in our endeav-
our toward creating a
transparent and taxpay-
er-friendly administra-
tion.
“Leveraging digital
technology is crucial for
financial inclusion, ease
of service delivery and
plugging leakages from
various welfare
schemes,” Naidu said.
Observing that the
country expects a high
order of efficiency and
integrity from all civil
servants, the Vice Pres-
ident asked the officers
to set a high benchmark
and improve the system
to make a positive dif-
ference in the lives of
people.
“We are not content
with the status quo. We
want to convert our
Swaraj into Suraj or
good governance,”
Naidu stressed.
Recognising the im-
portant role of the Indi-
an Revenue Service in
nation-building through
tax collections, Naidu
wanted them to demys-
tify the tax laws and pro-
cedures so that tax com-
pliance becomes the
norm and citizens pay
taxes on time, willingly
and effortlessly
.
Citing an analogy
from Mahabharata, the
Vice President said that
“a ruler should extract
taxes from the people in
the same way as honey
bee extracts nectar
from the flowers with-
out harming the flower
itself.” Terming effec-
tive tax administration
as the bedrock of na-
tional development and
one of the pillars of
good governance, the
Vice President under-
lined that “tax collec-
tion needs to increase
but it should be done in
a transparent and user-
friendly way, not in an
arbitrary manner.”
Stressing the need to
minimise the adverse
impact of taxation on
taxpayers, Naidu said,
“if taxpayers continue
to grow in their respec-
tive productive activi-
ties, both the national
GDP and the revenue
collections will contin-
ue to grow.”
Referring to several
tax reforms in recent
years such as the focus
on litigation manage-
ment to avoid repetitive
appeals, a faceless re-
gime and the adoption
of the Taxpayers’ Char-
ter, the Vice President
complimented CBDT
for ushering in these
far-reaching policy
measures. “I firmly be-
lieve that interaction
between taxpayers and
taxmen should be char-
acterized by a spirit of
trust, transparency and
mutual respect.”
Leveraging
digital technol-
ogy is crucial
for financial inclusion,
ease of service delivery
and plugging leakages
from various welfare
schemes.
—M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice
President
Form groups of entrepreneurs,
experts to suggest reforms: PM
First India Bureau
Surat: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Fri-
day asked the business
community to form
groups of entrepre-
neurs and experts to
suggest policy changes
for reforms in banking
and other sectors, and
also to point out the
shortcomings.
He also said his gov-
ernment was working
on creating a conducive
atmosphere to help peo-
ple from ordinary back-
grounds to become en-
trepreneurs.
The Prime Minister
was speaking after vir-
tually inaugurating
Global Patidar Business
Summit-2022, a three-
day event in Surat.
“I will urge you to
make 10 to 15 groups of
entrepreneurs, young
and old, who should
take up sectors in which
you think we need to
make an impact, study
global practices of
those sectors, how its
market can be devel-
oped, point out short-
comings and suggest
changes in government
policies for it,” the
Prime Minister said.
Experts and academ-
ics should be included
in such groups, he said.
“Take banking. Why
is the banking sector
not growing? Find out
the problems. Every
week, I get representa-
tion from Surat’s dia-
mond industry saying
that banks do not ex-
tend credit to them and
request me to do some-
thing. So where are our
policies going wrong,
why do we have such
questions of priorities
(in banking sectors),”
Modi said.
“In the same way, you
can take up the fintech
sector. A thorough
study of that subject
can be taken up on the
use of technology in fi-
nancial services and
how to overcome our
shortcomings. Other
sectors can be taken up
also,” he added.
Based on the presen-
tations, the government
will think of changing
its policy to propel busi-
ness growth, he added.
Modi also urged busi-
nesspersons from the
Patidar community to
also look into the ways
to modernise farming
saying most of them
come from the farming
background, and asked
them to encourage
farmers to adopt organ-
ic farming.
Visitors and businessmen watch PM Modi inaugurate GPBS-2022 virtually, in Surat on Friday. —ANI
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi police have regis-
tered a case against an
accused who was shot
during an encounter that
broke out between police
and some miscreants in
the wee hours of Friday
at Chittranjan Park in
South East Delhi.
The accused have been
identified as Sangram
who is a resident of Kas-
ganj in UP. According to
police, he has a criminal
background and many
cases are already regis-
tered against him. The
police deputed a night
patrolling team and were
conducting regular
checking in the area to
locate the miscreants
who were executing
crimes in the area for a
long time. On the early
morning of Friday, a
team at CR police station
laid an ambush to appre-
hend the five miscreants.
1 held, 4 flee in
encounter at CR
Park in South
Delhi; probe on
HC awards `15 lakh
compensation to victim of
police shootout in 1997
Delhi HC has awarded
as compensation Rs 15
lakh along with interest
to the victim of a police
shootout that took place
at Connaught Place
here in 1997.
Justice Prathiba M
Singh directed the Cen-
tre to pay the compensa-
tion amount within eight
weeks and said that the
petitioner-- who was stat-
ed to be 20-year-old when
his car faced indiscrimi-
nate firing which result-
ed in the death of his two
friends, lost the prime of
his life, suffered a disa-
bility in his right arm
and continues to live
with shrapnel in his
body. Tarun Preet Singh,
who filed the petition in
December 1998, sought
Rs one crore as compen-
sation for the misdeeds
of the law enforcing
agency and the violation
of the fundamental right
to life and liberty as
guaranteed under Arti-
cle 21 of the constitution.
He stated that he was
travelling in a car with
his two friends and had
stopped at Barakhamba
Road, near Connaught
Placewhentheshootout
involving the Delhi Po-
lice took place.
While his friends
passed away in the fir-
ing, he was seriously
injured.
Ten police officials
were convicted in the
criminal case and they
were sentenced to life
imprisonment which
was upheld by the SC.
DU to issue commemorative
stamp, `100 coin on 100th yr
Delhi University will
commence a year-long
centenary celebration
on Sunday with the
launch of a commemo-
rative stamp, a coin,
and a website to mark
the completion of 100
years of the varsity,
said officials.
The inaugural cere-
mony on Sunday will be
held in the multipur-
pose hall, University of
Delhi Sports Complex.
Vice President M
Venkaiah Naidu, who is
the chancellor of the
university, will be the
chief guest at the event
and Dharmendra Prad-
han, Minister of Educa-
tion, will be the guest of
honour.
To mark the occa-
sion, DU registrar Vi-
kas Gupta said Vice
President Naidu will
launch a commemora-
tive coin of a hundred-
rupee denomination, a
commemorative cente-
nary stamp, and a com-
memorative Centenary
Volume (booklet) - a pic-
torial representation of
the historical journey
of the university
.
“VP Naidu will also
launch Undergraduate
Curricular Framework
(UGCF) 2022 (Hindi ver-
sion), Undergraduate
Curricular Framework
(UGCF) 2022 (Sanskrit
version), University of
Delhi: A Glimpse - a res-
ervoir of the historical
landmarks achieved by
the University and a
brief account of recent
initiatives and cente-
nary plans,” he said.
He said Naidu will
also launch the cente-
nary website that will
serve as a digital jour-
ney down the memory
lane.
A 100-seconds-long
documentary on the life
of the university will
also be shown during
the ceremony
.
It has also allocated
Rs 10 crore for these cel-
ebrations and has plans
to bring out a coffee ta-
ble book to mark the oc-
casion.
New Delhi (PTI): An Indian man travelling to
Sharjah was caught by CISF personnel at the Delhi
airport for allegedly trying to smuggle foreign cur-
rency worth about Rs 59 lakh by concealing it in his
bag, an official said on Friday. The passenger was
intercepted on the night of April 27 when he arrived at
Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Air-
port to board an Air India flight. A total of USD 22,000
and 2,00,000 dirhams which is worth about Rs 59
lakh were recovered from the passenger, a senior
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official said.
Jammu (Agencies): Three Indian Army personnel, in-
cluding a major, were injured in a landmine blast near
the Line of Control (LoC) in JK’s Poonch district on
Friday, police said. “During a routine patrol along the
LoC in Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of Poonch district
there was a landmine explosion in which three army
personnel were injured. They have been shifted to
command hospital in Udhampur and are being treated
now.
New Delhi (PTI): A 46-year-old contractor was arrested
in connection with the death of two persons following a
building collapse at Satya Niketan in south Delhi, police
said on Friday. He has been identified as Mohammad
Raees, a resident of Araria district in Bihar. DCP Manoj C
said, Raees was arrested by southwest district police. He
was the contractor in charge of modifying building number
173, Satya Niketan, which collapsed on Monday afternoon.
Further investigation in the matter is on, police said.Two
labourers had died and three others were rescued after a
three-storey building undergoing renovation collapsed in
the Satya Niketan area around 1.25 pm on Monday.
MAN HELD AT DELHI AIRPORT WITH
FOREIGN CURRENCY WORTH `59 LAKH
THREE ARMY PERSONNEL INJURED IN
MINE BLAST NEAR LINE OF CONTROL (LOC)
CONTRACTOR ARRESTED OVER BUILDING
COLLAPSE IN SATYA NIKETAN IN S DELHI
CRUCIAL READ
Ahmedabad (PTI): In a
jointoperation,theGuja-
rat Anti-Terrorist
Squadand the Directo-
rate of Revenue Intelli-
gence have recovered
nearly 90 kilogram of
heroinworthRs450crore
from a shipping contain-
er that arrived at the
Pipavav port in Amreli
district from Iran, the
state DGP said on Friday
.
To dodge the authori-
ties, the drug syndicate
hadappliedauniquemo-
dus operandi in which
threads were soaked in a
solution containing her-
oin, which were then
dried, made into bales
and packed in bags for
export, said Gujarat
DGP Ashish Bhatia.
“The container, hav-
ing large bags of
threads, arrived at the
Pipavav port from Iran
nearlyfivemonthsback.
A forensic analysis of
four suspicious bags
having threads weigh-
ing nearly 395 kg re-
vealed that the threads
contained opiate deriva-
tive or heroin,” he said.
Heroin worth
` 450 cr seized
from Gujarat’s
Pipavav port
RAJASTHAN
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two men were
sentenced to death on
Friday for raping and
killing a 15-year-old
girl last year.
They were convicted
by a court dealing with
cases of POCSO Act in
Bundi, Rajasthan DGP
ML Lather said in a
statement.
The court convicted
Sultan, 27, and Chhotu-
lal, 62, with instruc-
tions to carry out the
sentence within next 11
working days.
Bundi SP Jay Yadav
said in a statement that
on December 23, 2021,
the body of a minor
girl was found with no
clothes on in a forest
area under Basoli Po-
lice Station.
He said that a team
of more than 200 police
personnel arrested the
accused within 12
hours of the crime, got
their confession, and
presented the
chargesheet in the
POCSO court in three
working days.
The third accused, a
minor, was sent to the
juvenile home.
Lather said that the
police are sensitive in
crimes against girls
and women. He said
strong actions are be-
ing taken to identify
and arrest the culprits
and bring them to jus-
tice. —With PTI inputs
Rajasthan CM Ashok
Gehlot said that his
govt is committed to
women’s safety and
no guilty will be
spared for committing
such crimes.
2 get death for raping,
killing, minor girl
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NEW DELHI, SATURDAY,
APRIL 30, 2022
09
ANJALI KHANDAL, ONE OF THE UPCOMING
SUPERMODELS OF INDIA AND AN INNOCENT FACE ON
THE GLAMOUR SCENE IS THE FACE OF THE FIRST
MISS INDIA SEASON 2. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH CITY FIRST, THE DIVA SHARES HER JOURNEY
AND HER ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR!
INNOCENCE
INNOCENCE
PERSONIFIED
PERSONIFIED
few years into her
fashion and model-
ling career, Anjali
Khandal is an adven-
turer and a seeker of
creativity, one who
has navigated her wind-
ing path through fash-
ion by being thorough-
ly and unapologetical-
ly herself!
Born and brought
upintheTonkdistrict
of Rajasthan, Anjali
comes from a sim-
ple grounded
family
. Daugh-
ter of a
proudfarm-
er and a
homemak-
er, Anjali
is a true
source
o f
in-
spiration what sets her apart
from the crowd is not just her
beauty but her passion and
hard-working nature.
The queen of the catwalk
when asked about how she
ended up in modelling said,
“When I was in my college, I
bagged the ‘Queen of Hearts’
award during a program and
since then my confidence was
boosted pretty much. I then
came across one beauty pag-
eant, more of a style fest, ‘Ra-
jasthan Style Fest’ by Ab-
himanyu Singh Tomar, Style
Skool Director. Since then
there was no looking back. I
decided to work hard and cre-
ate my own identity
.”
When asked about her in-
spiration in life, the young
diva said, “My mom is my big-
gest motivation who inspires
me each day
. Apart from com-
ing from a small town, she
gave wings to my dreams. Not
only my family supports my
dream of becoming a model
and actress but they also
stood by my side when socie-
ty ranted about this decision.
Besides my parents, Ab-
himanyu Singh Tomar has
played a huge role. He has
helped me tap my potential
always.” She further added,
“I believe that one should
seek inspiration from their
everyday life around. From a
6 years old kid to a 60 years
old man, anyone in life can
inspire. People who work
hard every day, from labour-
ers to big businessmen, I be-
lieve each one has their own
share of struggles and chal-
lenges that can inspire us.”
Anjaliwithherdebutanten-
try in fashion week was show-
stopping for designer Tarun
Tahilliani at India Couture
Week. She has walked for
all national designers and
has shot National In-
ternationalCampaigns
and has worked with
choreographers like
Aparna. Lokesh
Sharma, Anu Ahu-
ja among others.
Her experience
with Suneet
Varma has
been one of
the most
fascinat-
ing ones
so far.
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10-11
ETC
ETC
City First brings
to you some
more glimpses
of the poster and
crown unveiling
ceremony
followed by the
official website
launching of
First Miss
India Season
2 by
Jagdeesh
Chandra
held at Hex
High
Energy
Xperience
Mumbai on
Wednesday!
Adding
excitement to the
party spirits were
the high-profiled
guests who came
in to mark the
celebration
along with
B-town celebs,
prominent
personalities
from the fashion
and glamour
industry,
supermodels
and members
of the First
India family!
..OF GLITZ, GLAMOUR
..OF GLITZ, GLAMOUR
RAZZMATAZZ
RAZZMATAZZ

FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON 2
FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON 2
Jagdeesh Chandra with Reyhnaa Pandit and Zeeshan as they appreciate the First India annual calendar.
Also seen are Ashish Tiwari, Jaskaran Gandhi and Ridhiema Tiwari
Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Kriti Garg and Alina Rai. Also seen is Akanksha Bhalla
Jagdeesh Chandra with Jaskaran Gandhi and Ridhiema Tiwari
Jagdeesh Chandra with Ashish Tiwari and Vishal Kotian
(L-R) Parimal Mehta, Tashveen Sehgal, Jaspal Kaur, Kavita Kharayat, Iris Maity, Pooja Vaidya,
Raya, Akriti Anand, Tushar Gupta, Vijaya Dey, Salman Khan and Khalid Ansari
Jagdeesh Chandra with Brand Ambassador Anjali Khandal
Sakshi Mago, Simmi Kaur and Medha Barui
Zeeshan Khan, Ashish Tiwari and Reyhnaa Pandit
Jagdeesh Chandra launches the website to ecstatic applause. Also seen are (L-R) Astha Khandelwal,
Muskan Moolchandani, Lekh Uthaiah, Anjali Khandal, Pearl Agarwal and Shreya Gupta
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the media. Also seen are (L-R) Kanggana Malik, Shubhi Dhaneta, Muskan Moolchandani, Pearl Agarwal, Anjali Khandal, Chahak Bhandula, Anita Hada, Astha Khandelwal, Akanksha Bhalla, Srishty Khatri, Shreya Gupta and Tanvi
Jagdeesh Chandra with Giorgia Andriani,
Akanksha Bhalla, Ashish Tiwari and Gaurav Gaur
Akanksha Puri
A glimpse of the website
Khushi Ajwani and Bhawna Ajwani Aditi, Nanda and Ria from FI Mumbai Digital Team
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