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LEARN FROM YOGI HOW TO PUNISH
CRIMINALS: BJP MP TO GEHLOT
New Delhi (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) Rajya Sabha
MP from Rajasthan,
Ram Kumar Verma, on
Thursday slammed
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot over the Dausa
gang-rape and murder
of women and said
that the law and order
situation is worst in
the state while sug-
gesting that the gov-
ernment should use
bulldozers on crimi-
nals, like CM Yogi
does, and not on tem-
ples. “The condition of
Rajasthan is deplora-
ble. The incident of
gang rape in Dausa
with the 32-year-old
woman is shameful,”
Verma said.
He also issued a piece
of advice to Gehlot to
take a cue from Yogi
Adityanath.
“If you want to use a
bulldozer, then run it on
the criminals. The way
Yogi ji run a bulldozer
on criminals and mafi-
as, the government of
Rajasthan should learn
from him and run bull-
dozers on criminals
rather than on temple
in Alwar,” he said.
UPministersvisitdistrictsto
collect feedback on governance
Mathura/Bareilly
(PTI): On the direc-
tions of Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, 18
cabinet ministers on
Friday toured different
districts allotted to
them to take feedback
on governance.
The ministers fanned
out to different districts
and interacted with of-
ficials and people to
take stock of the imple-
mentation of govern-
ment schemes at the
grassroots level.
Deputy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya visited
Mathura, Dy CM
Brajesh Pathak visited
Varanasi, and cabinet
minister Nand Gopal
Gupta ‘Nandi’ went to
Bareilly
. Maurya held a
review meeting with
senior officials at the
collectorate in Mathu-
ra. Another Deputy
CM, Brajesh Pathak,
took stock of the func-
tioning of various gov-
ernment departments
in Varanasi and in-
structed officials that
non-functional tube-
wells should be re-
paired within a day
.
In Jhansi, Minister
for Women’s Welfare,
Child Development and
Nutrition Baby Rani
Maurya held a meeting
to review development
works and various
crime-controlmeasures.
AN EXAMPLE SET
CM Yogi listening to people’s complaints at the Gorakhnath Dham
in Gorakhpur on Friday.
Keshav Prasad Maurya
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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) 153/8 pulled a spectacular 20-run win
against Punjab Kings (PBK) 133/8 in the 42nd match of IPL in Pune on
Friday. For LSG, Quinton de Kock top scored with 46 off 37 balls. Punjab’s
Kagiso Rabada took 4 wickets giving away 38 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
IPL: LUCKNOW
SUPER GIANTS
DEFEAT PUNJAB
KINGS IN PUNE
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
LT GEN RAJU NEW VICE
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
CHINA TO PERMIT
INDIAN STUDENTS
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. P6
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
attractive investment
destination for semicon-
ductor technologies,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Friday said
the country’s own con-
sumption of semicon-
ductors is expected to
cross $80 billion by 2026
and may touch $110 bil-
lion by 2030.
PM Modi said that
the country is building
a digital infrastructure
to connect over 1.3 bil-
lion citizens.
“We are using digital
technology to trans-
form lives in all sectors
of governance from
health and welfare to
inclusion and empow-
erment,” PM Modi said
while virtually inaugu-
rating the three-day
Semicon India Confer-
ence-2022 in Bengaluru.
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,
India is paving the way
to lead the next technol-
ogy revolution.
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
CRUCIAL READ
MAMATA MEETS
KEJRI IN DELHI
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. 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.

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GOVT TO ‘WEAVE’ NEW FUTURE
OF SILK INDUSTRY IN KASHI
Varanasi (PTI): The
state of UP is soon go-
ing to have its Silk Ex-
change in Hindu pil-
grimage city of Vara-
nasi, the centre of a
famed silk-weaving in-
dustry. The silk ex-
change is expected to
facilitate the ready
availability of silk to
traders and sari manu-
facturers at reasonable
prices.
At the same time, the
government is also
working towards open-
ing the Karnataka Silk
Marketing Board
(KSMB) office at the
Silk Exchange to make
available raw silk
reeled in the State to
weavers making
Banarasi sarees in Ut-
tar Pradesh.
The silk exchange
will check the smug-
gling of silk in the re-
gion and lead to lower-
ing of costs for the silk
traders and manufac-
turing units.
Working in the
same direction, the
government will also
connect weavers of the
area with Silk Ex-
change in the next six
months. While the de-
partment will also
work on the digitiza-
tion of silk exchange
under the ODOP
scheme.
Once the silk ex-
change becomes oper-
ational, the weavers,
yarn making units and
silk exchange will be
brought to a single
platform through digi-
tization. This will also
make availability of a
single platform for
sale and display of fin-
ished silk products of
weavers.
Silk weaver while making Banarasi saree .
Govt to check smuggling of silk; promote silk weavers in the state
WHAT IS SILK EXCHANGE
In order to facilitate the marketing of raw silk pro-
duced within the State, the govt is setting up the
Silk Exchange. The reelers of Uwill bring the silk
produced by them to the Silk Exchange for sale.
All the silk lots brought this way will be first tested
for quality and then the floor price of each silk lot
will be fixed based on the average silk price in the
state and the quality of the particular lot. Then the
silk lots are put up for auction. The exchange en-
sures spot payment to the reelers. The operations
of the Silk Exchange will stabilise the silk reeling
industry and encourage more investment in the
reeling industry by private entrepreneurs.
Farrukhabad(PTI):
Amid a widening rift
with Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav,
senior socialist leader
Shivpal Singh Yadav on
Friday did not rule out
forming a front with
jailed SP leader Azam
Khan.
When asked by a re-
porter about the chanc-
es of him and Khan
forming a new morcha,
Yadav said, “A decision
on this will be taken at
the right time... after he
comes out of jail.” He
said he will discuss the
matter with party lead-
ers after Eid. Azam
Khan’s bail plea is ex-
pected to come up in the
Supreme Court on May
2.
The 10-time MLA
from Rampur Sadar is
in Sitapur jail for over
the past two years in
connection with multi-
ple cases. Talking to me-
dia after inaugurating a
petrol pump here, Shiv-
pal Yadav reiterated
that he was not joining
the BJP.
He had earlier hit out
at Akhilesh’s remarks
alluding to the former’s
apparent closeness to
the ruling BJP, and
dared the SP chief to
expel him from the leg-
islature party. ”Under
his leadership, the SP
approach of launching
a struggle for people’s
causes is nowhere to be
seen today,” he said in
an apparent dig at Akh-
ilesh.
Shivpal, who is Akh-
ilesh’s uncle and heads
his own Pragatisheel
Samajwadi Party (Lo-
hia) (PSPL), won the re-
cent UP Assembly polls
on an SP ticket. Speak-
ing in favour of Azam
Khan, the PSPL chief
said he is being har-
assed over “small cas-
es”. Shivpal, who visit-
ed Khan in Sitapur jail
last Friday, also rued
that the Samajwadi Par-
ty under the leadership
of Mulayam Singh Ya-
dav. Azam Khan had re-
cently quit as the Lok
Sabha MP from Rampur
after being elected as an
MLA from his native
Rampur sadar seat.
Decision on new morcha with Azam Khan later: Shivpal Yadav
SPLIT AND RULE
lll
Azam Khan’s
bail plea is
expected to
come up in
the Supreme
Court on
May 2
FAVOURING AZAM KHAN
THE MAHANT IN HIS DHAM
CM Yogi while pampering cows and feeding them jaggery at Goraksh Nath mandir.
CM Yogi while understanding and listening to the problems of the people.
CM Yogi while playing with Kalu and Gullu at Goraksh Nath mandir.
CM to unveil
5 CFCs soon
under ODOP
Lucknow (PTI):
CM Yogi Aditya-
nath will soon in-
augurate five
common faculty
centres (CFCs) to
help entrepre-
neurs under the
One District One
Product” (ODOP)
scheme and 18
more centres
are under con-
struction.
It will provide
facilities and sup-
port to entrepre-
neurs associated
with the ODOP
scheme. The com-
mon facility cen-
tres are set up in
Azamgarh, Sita-
pur, Siddharth-
nagar, Ambedkar
Nagar and Agra
districts, in-
formed Navneet
Sehgal, addition-
al chief secretary,
MSME and
Khadi, UP, on
Thursday. The
centres are ready
and will be inau-
gurated by Chief
Minister Yogi
Adityanath soon,
said Navneet
Sehgal.
A total cost of
Rs 18.93 crore has
been incurred to
establish these
centres and CFCs
in 18 more dis-
tricts are under
c o n s t r u c t i o n .
“There will be
one CFC in every
district under the
ODOP scheme,”
Navneet Sehgal
said.
BJP leader’s wife kill self over boy child
Banda (PTI): The hus-
band of a BJP leader
was arrested here on
Friday, two days after
his wife allegedly
hanged herself to death
over her in-laws’ pres-
sure to give birth to a
male child, police said.
Banda’s Additional
Superintendent of Po-
lice Laxmi Niwas Mish-
ra said Deepak Singh,
the husband of district
panchayat member
Shweta Singh Gaur,
was arrested during the
checking of vehicles in
the Mataundh area of
the district.
Gaur was found
hanging from the ceil-
ing of her room in the
Indira Nagar locality
of Banda on Wednes-
day, police had said. In
his complaint, the BJP
leader’s brother has
also alleged that his sis-
ter faced consistent
pressure from her in-
laws to give birth to a
male child and sarcasm
over her inability to do
so till now.
Mishra said though
the post-mortem report
attributed the woman’s
death to hanging, her
brother had lodged a
criminal case accusing
his sister’s husband of
killing her.
Gaur was found
hanging from
the ceiling of
her room on
Wed, police said
ATS arrests Bangladeshi man for living
on forged documents in Deoband Darul
Lucknow (PTI): A
Bangladeshi national
living allegedly on
forged documents in
Darul Uloom, Deoband
was arrested in Saha-
ranpur, a release issued
by the Anti Terrorism
Squad ( ATS) said here
on Friday
. ATS unit had
got information that
one Talha was residing
in Darul Uloom and
was involved in anti-na-
tional activities .
Following the infor-
mation, he was called to
the field unit office of
the Saharanpur unit of
ATS, the statement
said. On being ques-
tioned about his nation-
ality, he produced an
Aadhar and a PAN card
and the life member-
ship card of Darul
Uloom in support of his
claim of being an Indi-
an national but failed to
give a satisfactory reply
to questioning, the re-
lease said.
A photocopy of a
Bangladeshi passport
and two Bangladesh
currency notes were
also found from his wal-
let. On sustained ques-
tioning, he accepted his
identity as Talha Taluk-
dar bin Farooq resident
of Barguali village of
Comilla district of Ban-
gladesh.
He has been arrested
and detailed investiga-
tions are on to ascer-
tain how he got the
forged Indian docu-
ments made as well as
his Indian network. He
was residing in room
no 61 of Darul Uloom
and was a student of
Arbi Alim. An Aadhar
card, PAN card, ID card
of Darul Uloom Deo-
band, life time member-
ship card, Bangladeshi
currency, photocopy of
Bangladeshi passport
and Rs 150 in Indian
currency have been re-
covered by Anti Terror-
ism Squad (ATS).
Arrested man has been identified as Talha Talukdar Farooq.
FAKE IDENTITY
CS approves
`1,829.71 cr
for health sector
Lucknow: Chief Secre-
tary Durga Shankar
Mishra on Friday
chaired the State Level
Committee of the 15th
Finance Commission
and gave his approval
to the health grant pro-
posal of Rs 1,829.71
crore for the financial
year 2022-23. This grant
includes the proposals
of Rs 1334.79 crore for
rural areas and Rs
494.92 crore for urban
areas.
The Chief Secretary
during the meeting said
that with the sanc-
tioned amount, the pri-
mary testing facilities
at PHCs in rural areas
would be increased and
urban health wellness
centers will be con-
structed. He added that
more buildings of PHC
and CHC will be con-
structed in remote ru-
ral areas and public
health unit will also be
established at the block
level. He further added
that existing primary
health centers and sub
centers will be devel-
oped as health wellness
centers.
Smart city meeting held under the
chairmanship of DC Ranjan Kumar
Lucknow: The 16th
board meeting of Luc-
know Smart City was
held on Friday under
the chairmanship of
Divisional Commis-
sioner Ranjan Kumar.
Among the various to-
pis discussed were
Smart Road, Open Ear
Gym, Foot Over Bridge,
Fahufekade Lighting,
Braille Classes and
Health ATM.
The Divisional Com-
missioner in his ad-
dress at the meeting
said that Health ATM is
a unique initiative in
itself it will help the
public become aware
about their health pro-
file. He further in-
structed officials to ex-
pedite the work related
to smart city and en-
sure that all these
works are completed in
timely manner. Ranjan
Kumar, Chairman Luc-
know Smart City Limit-
ed on the occasion di-
rected the officials to
expedite the progress
of ongoing projects. He
also shared his feed-
back on how to improve
the rank of Lucknow
Smart City
.
The meeting was at-
tended by Ajay Kumar
Dwivedi, Municipal
Commissioner, Pankaj
Singh Additional Mu-
nicipal Commissioner,
SC Singh General Man-
ager, Shubhi Shrivas-
tava Company Secre-
tary and other officers.
DC Ranjan Kumar while conducting meeting with other officers.

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PIOUS DEVOTION
Shia Muslims offer Alvida namaz at Asifi Masjid at Bara Imambara in Lucknow on Friday . (Centre Right) Sunni Muslims offer their Alvida namaz at Tile Wali Mosque in Lucknow. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Against peaking demand of 23K MW, UP able to supply only 20K MW power
PERSISTENTHEATWAVE,COALSHORTAGE
FUELPOWEROUTAGESACROSSSTATE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A potent
combination of swel-
tering summer and
acute coal shortage has
triggered power outag-
es and undeclared
blackouts in many
parts of the State.
Uttar Pradesh has a
3,000 MW deficit.
Against the demand of
around 23,000 MW, the
supply is just 20,000
MW, resulting in load
shedding in rural areas
and smaller towns.
And the crisis likely
may worsen during the
monsoon when the coal
supplies fall short an-
nually due to rain and
floods that disrupt
mining and transporta-
tion.
Uttar Pradesh Power
Corporation Ltd (UP-
PCL) chairman M
Devraj said thermal
plants were unable to
maintain the coal
stocks as per the
norms. But he main-
tained it was not affect-
ing power production.
“...we are making all
efforts to maintain the
coal inventory as per
the norms by bringing
coal by road also to
avoid delays often
caused when coal is
transported by rail.”
According to the
data made available by
the state power depart-
ment, at present, elec-
tricity is being sup-
plied in rural areas on
an average of 15 hours
7 minutes against the
scheduled 18 hours.
Similarly, electricity is
being supplied on an
average of 19 hours 3
minutes against the
scheduled 21 hours 30
minutes in tehsil head-
quarters.
However, 24 hours of
electricity is being pro-
vided at district head-
quarters. SP President
Akhilesh Yadav hit out
at the BJP government
in UP for failing to pro-
vide sufficient electric-
ity
.
The government
claims to provide 18
to 20 hours of power
in rural areas while
only 4 hours of elec-
tricity is being made
available and there is a
blackout all night in
many places.
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash arrived to
inspect encroachment near Charbagh railway station after
orders given by the HC. Municipal Commissioner Ajay
Dwivedi and top officials of other departments accompa-
nied the DM on his site inspection on Friday. The Lucknow
Bench of the Allahabad HC had taken cognisance of the
problem of traffic jams due to encroachment on both sides
of the road from Nattha Tiraha to Durgapuri located near
Charbagh. On a PIL filed in this regard, the court had or-
dered the DM, to conduct an inspection by forming a team.
BIZMAN AMONG
TWO KILLED IN
ROAD MISHAP
NRITYA GOPAL DAS
DISCHARGED
FROM HOSPITAL
Bareilly: Two people
were killed and another
severely injured here on
Friday after the driver lost
control of the vehicle as
he was feeling sleepy,
police said. They said
they were yet to ascertain
whether the car collided
with another vehicle or
rammed into a tree. Busi-
nessmen Tarun Chaddha
(35), of Bareilly, and Rohit
Suri (40) from Budaun
were returning from
Delhi, police said, adding
that the accident occurred
near Bareilly city border.
They did not reveal the
identity of the driver, who
was also a businessman.
Lucknow: Mahant Nritya
Gopal Das, president of
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust, was
discharged from a hospital
here following treatment
for a urinary tract infection.
In a statement issued
here, Medanta Hospital
Medical Director Dr Rakesh
Kapoor said, “In view of the
improvement in his con-
dition, he was discharged
from the hospital at 4.30
pm. He has been taken to
Ayodhya in an ambulance.”
The 83-year-old Mahant
was admitted to Medanta
Hospital here on April 24
following complaints of
urinary tract infection.
AFTER HC ORDER, DM LMC COMM
INSPECT CHARBAGH ENCROACHMENT
With Lucknow burning at 44. 5 degrees, school kids cover their face while returning home on a
rickshaw on Friday afternoon. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
UP first state to vax over 14-cr ppl
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Keeping
the pace of vaccination
in top gear, Uttar
Pradesh became the
firststateinIndiatoful-
ly vaccinate over 14
crore individuals.
The state on April 29,
crossed a major land-
markwithmorethan14
crore people —
14,00,02,000—receiving
both the doses of
Covid-19 vaccine so far.
UP has given over
31,42,14,515 ‘Shots of
Life’ to people. In addi-
tion,ithasalsoachieved
thelandmarkof admin-
isteringthefirstdoseof
the vaccine to 100 per
centeligibleadultpopu-
lation. Nearly 85 per
cent is fully vaccinated
in the state.
UP started adminis-
tering booster shots to
the frontline and
healthcare workers as
well as senior citizens
from January 10. Near-
ly 27.70 lakh ‘precau-
tion doses’ have been
administered in the
state so far.
Sofar,over2,26,13,175
doses have been admin-
istered to those in the
15-17 age group and
over 53,71,631 to chil-
drenintheagegroupof
12-14 in the state.
Meanwhile, 295 new
cases were reported in
thestate,withLucknow
having 21 fresh cases.
COMBATING COVID
Over 37k loudspeakers
removed in UP: Awasthi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After the
recentdecreeissuedby
the state government
of UP regarding the
use of loudspeakers,
more than 37,000 loud-
speakers have been
taken down, said
Awanish Kumar Awas-
thi, ACS (Home). If re-
portsaretobebelieved,
people are voluntarily
removing loudspeak-
ers from religious es-
tablishments in many
places across the state,
he added.
Awasthi said since
the order was issued,
peoplehavevoluntarily
removed loudspeakers
from temples and
mosque premises, and
all these were done
with mutual coopera-
tion and harmony
. He
added that after the
government decree
was issued regarding
theuseloudspeakersin
public, religious lead-
ers came forward and
appealedtoeveryoneto
maintain communal
harmony
.
Awasthi speaking
about prayers to be of-
fered on Eid said reli-
gious leaders had coop-
erated with the admin-
istration even during
Friday which is when
prayers are offered. He
saidduetothecoopera-
tion of the religious
leaders, Namaz is not
being offered on the
streetsanditwillnotbe
offered on the streets
even on the day of Eid.
MILLENNIUM SCHOOL
CLOSED FOR 3 DAYS
The Millennium School
has been closed for 3
days, after a couple of
students tested positive
for Covid. The school
situated in South City of
Lucknow, has reported
two cases of a Class 5
and a Class 9 student.
Mufti Mukarram
calls for shunning
Eid celebrations
First India Bureau
Lucknow: TheImamof
Delhi Fatehpuri Mosque
Mufti Mohammad Mu-
karram has given call to
the Muslim community
not to celebrate Eid be-
causeof theatrocitiesof
Delhi administration on
the community in
during and after Jehan-
girpuri communal vio-
lence recently
.
Addressing a Khutba
(sermon) during the
prayer at the Fatehpuri
mosque the Imam ex-
pressed deep anguish
and concern over the
atrocities on the Muslim
community and demoli-
tion of a portion of
mosqueinJehangirpuri.
Pointing out that reli-
gious places of other
communitywerespared,
the administration only
targeted the mosque and
houses of Muslims.
The cleric, whose vid-
eo message has gone vi-
ral on social media, said
ruling party had crossed
all the limits of atroci-
tiesonthecommunityas
the reports coming from
various parts of the
country indicated the
plight of Muslims. He
said the central govern-
ment had done nothing
to ameliorate the suffer-
ings of the community
.
The cleric said few days
back some people came
to him to known about
the distribution of
clothes to the poor peo-
ple on the occasion of
Eid, but “I told them that
how we can celebrate
Eid when the people of
our community were in
distress..”
Imam of Delhi Fatehpuri Mosque Mufti Mohammad Mukarram.
ALIGARH PROF
SAYS SUCH CALL
IS UNWARRANTED
However, Forum for
Muslim Studies and
Analysis (FMSA) Aligarh,
headed by Prof Jasim
Mohammad criticised
Mufti Mohammad
Mukarram’s call. FMSA
is a forum of Muslim
scholars and thought
provocateurs. The
FMSA believes any such
move is unwarranted
and creates divisions in
society. Eid is a time of
celebrations, love and
forgiveness. By stopping
Muslims to celebrate
Eid, Mufti instills fear
and otherness in the
minds of people, it said.
Namazis clash
with cops over
prayer dictum
First India Bureau
Saharanpur :
There was chaos
following religious
slogans and heated
arguments with
police officials in
Jama Mosque
when cops object-
ed offering prayers
(Namaz)onstreets.
Though clerics
and administra-
tive officials had
requested to keep
peace some mis-
creants raised slo-
gans and protested
the government’s
order. Senior po-
lice and adminis-
trative officials
rushed to the spot
and pacified the
situation.
Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel patrol a street on the last
Friday of Ramadan in Prayagraj on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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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
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@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
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@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
Sharat Kumar 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
Gujarat is BJP’s laboratory for
governance experiments: Nadda
Gandhinagar (Agen-
cies): BJP president J P
Nadda on Friday said
Gujarat is a “laborato-
ry” for his party for the
matters pertaining 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
regionalpartieshavebe-
come family fiefdoms.
“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
“medium of change”
were carried out in Gu-
jarat when Narendra
Modi was a party office-
bearer and later chief
minister, he added.
Notably, Assembly
elections are due in the
BJP-ruled state in De-
cember this year.
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.

INDIA
06
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!
PM: Sikhs a ‘strong link’
in India’s ties with world
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 en-
tire country feels grate-
ful to Sikhs for their
contributions in the
freedom struggle as
well as in the post-inde-
pendence 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-
pressingconcernsabout
Indiabutnowpeopleare
giving examples 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 peo-
ple of India went to dif-
ferent parts of the
world without any re-
sources and achieved
success through their
labour, he said.
INDIA HAS WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING STARTUP
ECOSYSTEM, HEADING FOR ROBUST GROWTH: PM
Bengaluru (PTI): Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Friday said India is
headed for a
robust econ-
omy and the
country’s
consumption
of semi-
conductors is expected to cross $110
billion by 2030 and has the world's
fastest growing start-up ecosystem.
He said India is set to lead the next
technology revolution and investments
are being made in developing capabili-
ties in 5G among other things. “We
are paving the way for India to lead
the next technology revolution. We
are on our way to connect six hundred
thousand villages with broadband. We
are investing in developing capabili-
ties in 5G, Internet of Things and clean
energy technologies,” PM Modi said.
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
‘NTAGI OK’s Covovax
for 12-17 age group’
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HIGHLIGHTS
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
PM Narendra Modi during an interaction with a Sikh delegation at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg on Friday.
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.

NEWS
07
SCUFFLE
BETWEEN RIGHT
WING ACTIVISTS
AND NOIDA COPS
Ascuffle broke out between
police personnel and Vishwa
Hindu Parishad-Bajrang Dal
activists in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida
on Thursday, leading to a brief
detention of some members of
the right-wing organisations,
officials said. A policeman was
injured in the scuffle that took
place in the afternoon after the
right-wing activists, including
their office-bearers, reached the
Sector 39 police station in
connection with a rape case
involving a minor girl and a boy,
they said. A 17-year-old girl was
allegedly raped by a 13-year-old
boy from a different community,
and the activists had gone to the
police station to “discuss” the
case, according to police officials.
However, an argument broke out
between them and the police
which escalated, they said. “Some
members of an organisation had
come to the police station to talk
to the case investigation officer. A
few members of the organisation
then engaged in a scuffle with
some policemen. A case was
lodged over the incident, and legal
proceedings are underway,” a
senior police officer said. VHP
media in-charge Rahul Dubey
claimed that some activists,
including senior office-bearers,
were also injured in the scuffle.
—PTI
MINOR GIRL
RAPED, THROWN
FROM ROOF IN
MATHURA
Aminor girl was raped and
thrown from the roof in the
Chhatikara area in Mathura. Police
sources said that the girl was
missing for two days and the father
of the girl informed police that real-
estate businessmen residing in the
same village had kidnapped her.
When police reached the accused
house, they threw the girl from the
roof. The severely injured girl was
rushed to the hospital where her
condition was stated to be critical.
Meanwhile, the police have
registered cases against real-estate
businessmen Anil, his sister-in-law
Srichand and sister Neetu under
rape and attempt to murder
charges. Police have arrested Anil
and interrogations are underway.
The Father of the victim has alleged
that his daughter was thrown from
the roof when police were present
in their house. MP Singh,
superintendent of police here said
that the girl was found injured
when the police team was
searching for her. She was not
thrown in front of the police team,
he claimed and added that
investigation are underway and
stringent actions will be taken
against the accused.
—Janardan Misra
FATHER SEEKS
HELP FOR HIS 3
KIDS SUFFERING
FROM
THALASSAEMIA
A37-year-old man whose three
children are suffering from
thalassaemia has appealed to the
public and the government for
help, saying he has lost all his
property and is now losing hope to
save his kids. Shiv Veer Singh
Yadav, who lives in Katara village
of Kishni tehsil in Mainpuri district
of Uttar Pradesh, belongs to a
family of farmers. Till 2016, he
worked as a private security guard
in Daman and Diu but had to return
home because of the condition of
his children. “My son is currently
hospitalised in Sanjay Gandhi Post
Graduate Institute (SGPGI) of
Medical Sciences in Lucknow,
while my daughters are staying
with their maternal grandparents in
Etawah,” he said. According to
doctors, thalassaemia patients
need life-long blood support. On
an average, adults suffering from
this disorder need two units of
blood and children need one unit
once a week. —PTI
MUSLIMS JOIN HINDUS TO PROTEST
AGAINST TEMPLE REMOVAL IN AGRA
Agra: The matter of
Chamunda Devi temple
located in the Raja Ki
Mandi railway station
premises of Agra has
reached CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath. Talks have
been started between
both the parties and ef-
forts are being to find a
middle way. According
to the information, till
the consent is not
reached, the railway ad-
ministration will not
take action against ille-
gal encroachment.
On the one hand,
whiletheprotestagainst
the railway decision by
Hindutva organisations
continues, in support of
the temple, people of the
Muslim community
have also joined this
campaign. On Friday,
along with BJP leader
Shabana Khandelwal,
many people from the
Muslim community
reached Chamunda
Devi temple. and spoke
to the Mahant of the
temple. The people of
the Muslim community
said that they oppose
the decision of the Rail-
ways to remove the tem-
ple and will not allow
the Chamunda Devi
temple to be removed at
any cost. VHP and Ba-
jrang Dal workers pro-
tested by reciting Hanu-
man Chalisa at the DRM
office. District Magis-
trate Prabhu N Singh
said that a middle way
would be found with
mutual consent. Until a
solution is found, no ac-
tion will be taken by the
Railways in relation to
the temple. The matter
will be resolved through
mutual dialogue. Hun-
dreds of activists of var-
ious Hindu organisa-
tions staged a protest at
Rajamandi railway sta-
tion on Thursday
against the notice to re-
move the temple from
the railway station.
They raised slogans
against DRM and creat-
edaruckusaccusingthe
railway administration
of dictatorship.
The matter of Chamunda Devi temple has reached CM Yogi Adityanath for solution
Members of the Muslim community on Friday joined the protest
against the demolition of a 250 year old Chamunda Devi temple. Hinduites chanting Hanuman Chalisa at DRM Office Agra.
FACE OFF BETWEEN RAILWAYS
HINDU ORGANISATIONS CONTINUES
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal
activists recited the Hanuman Chalisa at the office
of the divisional railway manager (DRM) office on
Friday. The people of the Hindutva organisations
said that the temple will not be removed under
any circumstances if the railway administration
wants, it can shift Raja ki Mandi station to Billoch-
pura, but the temple will remain where it is.
Police verification of students
mandatory before enrolment
Saharanpur (PTI) Is-
lamic educational in-
stitution Darul Uloom
Deoband has made
this year’s admission
process more strin-
gent by making police
verification of the
documents submitted
by the applicants
mandatory, the insti-
tute’s management
said on Friday
.
“Students seeking
admission this year
will have to submit
their documents, in-
cluding their Aad-
haar cards, original
residence certificates
and an affidavit,
which would be
checked and verified
by government agen-
cies, including the
Local Intelligence
Unit (LIU) of the po-
lice,” Darul Uloom’s
Naib Mohtamim
(Deputy Vice Chan-
cellor) Maulana Ab-
dul Khaliq Madrasi
said in a statement.
Those seeking admis-
sion will have to sub-
mit their previous
madrasa certificates,
the marksheets ob-
tained from there and
the Aadhaar cards of
the applicants and
their fathers includ-
ing their mobile num-
bers, he said.
In case the ID is
found wrong, the stu-
dent will not only be
expelled but legal ac-
tion can also be taken
against him.
Talking about the
outstation students,
Madrasi said, “No
one is exempted in
this regard. “ “Stu-
dents of Jammu and
Kashmir, West Ben-
gal, Manipur, Tripu-
ra, Assam etc. will
(also) have to bring
their original resi-
dence certificates and
affidavits, without
which the admission
process will not be
completed,” he added.
Darul Uloom —FILE PHOTO
The seminary
was established
by Muhammad
Qasim
Nanautavi,
Fazlur Rahman
Usmani, Sayyid
Muhammad
Abid and others
in 1866
Police nab wanted criminal
after exchange of fire in Agra
First India Bureau
Agra: A wanted crimi-
nal was shot in the leg
in an encounter with
the police on Friday
near a police outpost in
Agra. Police have re-
covered a pistol and live
cartridges from the ar-
rested criminal. The
arrested man is ac-
cused of multiple crim-
inal cases, including
stabbing a person in the
Garib Nagar area near
the Mandi post on the
previous day. Accord-
ing to information, 17
cases of attempt to
murder, robbery, etc,
are registered against
the accused, Dharmen-
dra alias Chuttan.
On Thursday, he had
stabbed a person named
Arif in Garib Nagar
near Mandi police post,
over a love affair. SP
City Vikas Kumar said
that on Friday morning,
the police got informa-
tion that Dharmendra
Ambedkar was travel-
ling through the bridge.
When the police sur-
rounded him, he opened
fire. Dharmendra was
shot in the leg in retalia-
tory firing by the police
and have been admitted
to hospital injured.
Police and forensic team at the encounter site.
Police nab 4 criminals after
encounter in Gorakhpur
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Po-
lice arrested 4 crimi-
nals after an encoun-
ter near Gorakhpur
Chhawani police sta-
tion early on Friday
morning. 3 police
constables and 4
criminals were in-
jured in cross-firing
in a encounter. Police
sources said that act-
ing on tip-off, police
team intercepted 4
motorbike-bor ne
suspects near Chha-
wani Railway Station
when they opened
fire on the police
team in which 3 po-
lice constables were
injured. Dr. Vipin
Tada, senior superin-
tendent of police
said that in retaliato-
ry firing all four
criminals were in-
jured and later ar-
rested. Injured po-
licemen and crimi-
nals were shifted to
the district hospital.
During interroga-
tion, the arrested ac-
cused confessed their
involvement in sev-
eral crimes. Awanish
Awasthi, additional
chief secretary of
Homehasannounced
Rs 1 lakh reward for
the police team who
arrested the notori-
ous criminals.
MAN HANGS SELF AFTER KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER IN BAREILLY
Bareilly (PTI): A man
allegedly hanged him-
self after killing his
wife and infant daugh-
ter, police on Saturday
said.
Ramprakash, 26, his
wife Meenu, 24, and
their three-month-old
daughter Krishna were
found dead in their
room, Senior Superin-
tendent of Police (SSP)
Rohit Singh Sajwan
said. The incident came
to light when the family
members broke open
the door when no one
came out till late in the
morning to find Ram-
prakash hanging with a
scarf and his daughter
and wife lying dead on
the bed.
Ramprakash, a resi-
dent of Uttam Ganj
West locality, had mar-
ried Meenu around 18
months ago.
Sajwan said prima
facie it appears that
Ramprakash commit-
ted suicide after killing
his wife and child.
Police are present at
the spot and all three
bodies have been sent
for post mortem exam-
ination, the SSP said.
Necessary action is
being taken in the mat-
ter, he added and fur-
ther investigation is
underway
.
Jilted lover kills bride at
her wedding in Mathura
Mathura (ANI):
Every bride dreams to
get married to the love
of her life. However, in
an untoward incident,
a bride was shot dead
allegedly by her ‘jilted’
lover at her wedding
ceremony in Mathu-
ra’s Mubarikpur vil-
lage of Naujheel area
on Friday.
The bride, named Ka-
jal, was shot dead soon
after her ‘Jai Mala’ rit-
ual concluded as per
the Hindu traditions at
the venue. Reportedly,
the accused had been in
a relationship with the
woman and was irked
by her wedding with
another man. After
hearing the sound of
the bullet, the family
members and relatives
rushed to the spot of
the incident. Speaking
to ANI in this matter,
the teary-eyed father of
the victim, Khubi Ram
Prajapati, said, “After
‘Jai Mala’, my daugh-
ter went to the room for
refreshing up wherein
an unknown person
came in her room and
shot her dead. I cannot
believe this happened!”
Soon after this inci-
dent, the victim’s fa-
ther went to the police
station to register the
complaint.
PROBE ON
DARUL ULOOM ADMISSION
Mayawati mocks Akhilesh for saying he
wanted her to become Prime Mininster
Lucknow (PTI): BSP
supremo Mayawati on
Friday mocked Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) pres-
ident Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s assertion that he
wanted her to become
the prime minister
and wondered how
someone who could
not fulfil his own
dream of becoming
the chief minister will
manage to realise the
aspirations of others.
Reacting to Yadav’s
statement that he
wanted her to become
the prime minister
and that the SP had
forged an alliance
with the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (BSP) for
the 2019 Lok Sabha
polls for this, May-
awati, in a tweet in
Hindi, said, “When
the SP chief could not
fulfil his own dream
of becoming the chief
minister (of UP) even
after securing the
votes of Muslims and
Yadavs and forming
an alliance with sev-
eral parties, how can
he fulfil the dream of
others to become the
prime minister.” In a
related tweet, the for-
mer Uttar Pradesh
CM wondered how a
party that managed to
win only five seats in
Uttar Pradesh in the
last Lok Sabha polls
despite stitching up
an alliance with the
BSP will make her the
prime minister.
“Therefore, they
need to stop making
such childish state-
ments,” she added.
BSP supremo Mayawati Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
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2NDFRONT
A true designer creates for people
in real time; Fashion to sustain,
has to be practical.
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Budaun (PTI): An FIR
has been registered
against Samajwadi
Party MLA Ashutosh
Maurya for allegedly
assaulting a power de-
partment employee
and tearing office reg-
ister in Budaun dis-
trict, police said on
Friday.
MLA from the Bisau-
li constituency
Ashutosh Maurya,
when contacted, de-
nied the charges and
said he had gone to the
electricity sub-station
in the night after resi-
dents complained of
an undeclared outage.
According to the po-
lice, the FIR was regis-
tered based on a com-
plaint filed by Bisauli
sub-station operator
(SSO) Abhishek Mish-
ra. Mishra alleged that
the SP MLA reached
the sub-station at 12.30
Thursday night and
asked for the roster
register. The SSO said
in his complaint that
the legislator assault-
ed him and “when
some colleagues made
video of his act, the
MLA snatched their
mobile phones, abused
them and tore the of-
fice register.”
A video of the inci-
dent has gone viral on
social media. Superin-
tendent of Police (Ru-
ral) Siddharth Verma
said that taking cogni-
sance of the com-
plaint and the viral
video, a case has been
registered against SP
MLA Maurya and an-
other person and the
matter is being inves-
tigated.
When contacted,
MLA Maurya categor-
ically denied assault-
ing the SSO. “Locals
complained that power
supply was being di-
verted to a private cold
storage by stopping
the supply to residen-
tial areas, following
which I went to the
substation and asked
for a roster and lock
book, but the employee
there misbehaved with
me,” he said.
“The allegations lev-
elled against me are
baseless. I have given a
complaint about the
whole matter to the po-
lice inspector in the
night itself. The police
inspector is, however,
denying receiving any
complaint,” he added.
SP MLA booked for ‘assaulting’ power dept employee
IMPACT OF VIRAL VIDEO
Ashutosh Maurya
Work at one place:
Himanshu Gupta to
get UP cadre soon
Ahtesham Shiddiqui
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh bureaucracy is
set to get another IAS
officer. IAS Himanshu
Gupta of 2021 is cur-
rently undergoing
training at Lal Bahadur
Shastri Academy, Mus-
soorie and had got Odi-
sha carder but his wife
IPS Shiva Singh of 2020
batch had already got
posting in Uttar
Pradesh Carder and is
currently posted in
Kanpur Commissioner-
ate as ACP.
IAS Himanshu Gupta
had applied to Central
Government to change
his Odisha cadre on the
ground (husband and
wife) as his wife IPS
Shiva Singh was posted
in UP. The Central gov-
ernment in turn has
sought a No Objection
Certificate (NOC) from
Odisha and Uttar
Pradesh government.
Gupta’s file is now in
CM’s office for approv-
al, after which Center
would issue its carder
change notification
making the count of 15
IAS officers of 2021
batch increase to 16 in
UP as the Central gov-
ernment has allotted 15
IAS officers in the IAS
2021 batch to UP carder.
IAS Himanshu Gupta
belongs to a very simple
family as his father, a
resident of Uttara-
khand, owns a shop. Hi-
manshu was very fond
of reading newspapers,
owing to which he de-
cided to prepare for
UPSC later and quali-
fied UPSC exam in 2018.
He got Indian Railway
Service but he again
qualified UPSC in 2019
and got Indian Police
Service (IPS). However
he again passed UPSC
exam for the third time
in 2020 and got Indian
Administrative Service
(IAS). Himanshu Gupta
qualified UPSC thrice
without the help of
coaching.
FROM TEA SELLER
TO IAS OFFICER
IAS Himanshu Gupta
belongs to a very simple
family as his father, a
resident of Uttarakhand,
owns a shop. Himanshu
qualified UPSC thrice
without the help of
coaching. Gupta was
born in Sitarganj in
Udhampur district of
Uttarakhand, while his
childhood was spent in
Sirauli, a small town in
Bareilly. As a child, he
faced extreme poverty
and sold tea with his
father and travelled 70
kilometer distance to go
to school.
Traditional rivals SP-BSP joined hands in 2019 polls but couldn’t reap the gains
THEREASONSWHYMAYAWATIHAS
STEPPEDUPATTACKONAKHILESH
First India Bureau
Lucknow: It is well
known that BSP supre-
mo Mayawati’s stand on
Akhilesh Yadav has
beenhighlymiffedsince
the breakup of the alli-
ance with the former’s
Party
. But in the last few
days, the intense war of
words between these po-
litical stalwarts is ap-
parently attaining new
heights.
Notably
, three years
ago, the arch regional
rivals in UP
, the SP and
the BSP
, burying their
acrimony
,cametogether
and formed an alliance.
This political experi-
ment, considered as a
formidable caste coali-
tion, proved ineffective
before the BJP’s meticu-
lous planning in the 2019
general elections. The
BSP got the maximum
benefit of this alliance,
Mayawati’s party
, which
scoredaduckintheyear
2014, captured 10 Lok
Sabhaseatsintheseelec-
tions. However, the Sam-
ajwadi Party could not
getanybenefitoutof the
alliance as it was re-
duced to just 5 seats.
Eventually
, the alli-
ance turned out to be a
doomed relationship as
it was called off by the
BSPsupremo.Afterthis,
the SP-BSP relationship
againreturnedtotheold
track of enmity
. In view
of the election prepara-
tions for 2022, Akhilesh
Yadavhadsethiseyeson
the Dalit vote bank of
the BSP
. The SP started
implementingthestrate-
gy to make its inroads
amongthesevoters.Ever
since the 2019 elections,
morethantwodozenbig-
wigs of BSP have
switched sides and
joined the SP camp.
Since then, Mayawati
has left no stone un-
turned in attacking
Akhilesh. When the SP
chief alleged that the
BSP had shifted its vot-
ers to the BJP, Mayawa-
ti hit back at the Sama-
jwadi Party saying it
colluded with the BJP
to give the UP elections
a communal tint.
BSP supremo Mayawati with SP chiefAkhileshYadav. —FILE PHOTO
‘BSP’S VOTE SHARE GONE IN
PORTION TO BJP, SP’
Lucknow: Senior political
analyst Ranjeev says
that a major share of the
10 per cent reduction
in BSP’s vote share has
gone to the BJP, while
some part has also
been received by the
SP. Instead of taking on
the most powerful BJP,
Mayawati is focusing on
getting back the Dalit
voters who have diverted
to the SP. At the same
time, she also wants
to deliver an effective
message to the Muslim
voters that instead of SP,
the support of BSP can
prove to be electorally
beneficial for them. He
also added that in the
coming days, she may
be seen making more
scathing attacks against
the Akhilesh-led party; as
the BSP chief is toiling to
keep herself relevant in
the ‘opposition space’ by
proving her party to be
a more effective option
than the SP.
AZAM POSES TOUGH
CHALLENGE TO AKHILESH
Lucknow: Political experts believe that since
the displeasure of Azam Khan’s
camp, Akhilesh Yadav is facing
the toughest challenge of his
political journey. The Muslim
leadership within the party has
started expressing outrage
openly. Muslim voters, who are
considered to be the core base of
SP, seem to be getting distracted. Realizing this,
Mayawati has adopted an attacking stand against
Akhilesh.
Revenue Board gives warm
send-off to Singhal, Rajneesh
Gupta given addl charge
Ahtesham Shiddiqui
Lucknow: A farewell
party was organised
byofficersof theBoard
of Revenue to accord a
warm send-off to
1986-batch IAS officer
Mukul Singhal, who
retired on Friday
.
Singhal will retire
on April 30 but since
April 30 is a holiday
,
thefarewellwasorgan-
isedonFriday
.Nowthe
government will have
toappointasenioroffi-
cer as new chairman
of the Board, decision
on which is yet to be
taken.
Officers including
Rajneesh Gupta, Sud-
hir Bogde, Manisha
Trighatia, Ram Sing-
hasen Prem, Anil Ya-
dav, Bhishma Lal Ver-
ma, Sudhir Rungta,
SunilJhawerepresent
in the party
. Singhal
handed over addition-
al charge of UP Reve-
nue Council chairman
to Rajneesh Gupta.
Mukul Singhal with Rajneesh Gupta, Sudheer Mahadev Bobde
and Manisha Trighatia.
Noida twin towers: Demolition
firm seeks extension of time
Passportstaffendprotest,warn
furtherstirifdemandsnotmet
Noida (PTI): Edifice
Engineering, the firm
hired by Supertech to
demolish the twin tow-
ers here on May 22, has
sought an extension of
time to bring down the
illegalstructures,sourc-
es said on Thursday
.
The Supreme Court
on August 31 last year
ordered the demolition
of the nearly 100-me-
tre-tall twin towers built
in violation of building
bye-laws inside the Su-
pertech’s Emerald
Court housing society
in Noida’s Sector 93A.
Edifice, which is tak-
ing help of South Afri-
can company Jet Demo-
lition to demolish the
twin towers, had con-
ducted test blasts at the
site on April 10.
“The engineering
firm carrying out the
demolition of the twin
towers has now written
to Supertech for a time
extension for the job, cit-
ing inputs from the for-
eign experts engaged for
the work,” a source told
PTI. Supertech has de-
clined to comment on
the issue. However, the
Noida Authority con-
firmed that Edifice has
written to Supertech
over the matter.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The six-day
long democratic protest
of India Passport Staff
Association ended on
Friday
.
The members are de-
manding regular meet-
ing with Recognised As-
sociation, transfer of of-
ficers and employees af-
ter completion of two to
three years tenure. They
also demanded that new
Transfer Policy should
be finalised in consulta-
tion with leaders of As-
sociation.
The demands also in-
cluded filling of 1,000
vacancies, timely de-
partmental exam and
appointment of depen-
dants of deceased offi-
cers and employees on
compassionate ground
and to merge Central
Passport Organization
into Ministry of Exter-
nal Affairs.
Association had sub-
mitted memo many
times but the ministry
didnotpayanyattention
to their demands. The
protest and lunch time
demonstration were
heldinalltheofficesand
passport centres across
the nation.
The members warned
of more agitations in fu-
ture if their demands
are not heeded.
A traffic policeman
holds hands of
a child to help a
family cross the
road at Hazratganj’s
Atal Chauraha on
Friday. (R) After
offering Alvida
namaz, a Muslim
man helps a blind
Hindu man cross
the Latouche Road
in Lucknow.
—PHOTOS BY
ASHOK DUTTA
HELPING
HANDS
FAREWELL TO SARANGI
Lucknow: Resident
Commissioner UP
posted in New Delhi
Prabhat Kumar Sarangi
of 1986-batch retired
on Friday. A farewell
party was organised
to accord a warm
send off. A resident of
Dhenkanal in Odisha,
Sarangi handed over
his charge to IAS
Dhanlakshmi K, Addl
Resident Commissioner
as the government was
yet to appoint a senior
officer on the post. Se-
nior officers including
Ringhzhiyan Sampel,
Saumya Srivastava and
other members were
present in the party.
Prabhat Sarangi with addl resident commissioners
Dhanlakshmi K, R Sampel Saumya Srivastava.
Himanshu Gupta with wife IPS Shiva Singh.

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APRIL 30, 2022
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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.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
A

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

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
MEET AND GREET
IAS, Shishir Director
Information Public
Relations, Director Culture,
and Special Secretary UP,
shared a glimpse from his
meeting with the Actor
Shekhar Suman on his
Twitter handle on Friday.
TEMPORARY BREAKS
The Indian Railways’ North Eastern Division has issued an order prohibiting AC Double Decker
trains between Lucknow and Anandvihar.As per reports,Train no 12583/12584 Lucknow Junction
Anandvihar Terminal Double Decker will resume its operations from 10 May and run 4 days a week.
COLOURS
COLOURS ARE EMOTIONS
ARE EMOTIONS
he object of art is not to re-
produce reality, but to cre-
ate a reality of the same
intensity. And it will re-
main the most astonishing
activity of mankind born
outof thestrugglebetween
wisdom and madness, between
dream and reality in our mind. It is
the expression of the most profound
thoughts in the simplest way
.

=Tell us something about your-
self and your art?
I am an artist from Lucknow and
I run an Instagram page: @colours-
byanki. With my artwork and crea-
tivity, I try to connect one's feel-
ings and emotions with colours.
I call myself a budding artist
and have worked with various
influencers, collaborators, and
professionals across the industry
to deliver my best work.
=When did you decide that you
shall take up art as your career?
Back in 2019 while pursuing my
MBA I decided to take my artwork
to a next level. And thereafter, my
art page @coloyrsbyanki came into
existence. And I am proud to say
that there has been so much look-
ing back since then.

=What role does the artist have
in society?
In my opinion, artists give a Col-
ourful perspective to things. We
find colours (happiness) in dull
moments. We express collective
emotions from small objects of
nature. New ideas can be brought
to life and these ideas can lead to
small or large changes in society.

=What does your artwork rep-
resent? Does your art represent
something about you?
Each artwork of mine is a piece of
me, reflecting my true self. My art
is a clear picture of the emotion
and theme.

=What inspires you? What con-
nection do you have to your art?
My hobby and my passion for
paintings drive me each day to-
wards my art studio. I have had a
deep connection with colours ever
since my childhood. Participating
in events, competitions and exhibi-
tions have been my thing. I see art
as my oxygen!

=What do you like to do besides
art?
I like travelling. I have travelled to
places for my education and pro-
fessional commitments. I feel
travelling to different places has
given me a perspective and it
helps me boost my creativity
. I get
inspired by different art works I
see in different cities.

=Who are your biggest artistic
influences?
I am inspired by the beauty of this
nature. The thought I always have
is to bring this beauty of nature to
paper before it's lost. Hence I keep
painting and inspiring myself to
work hard each day
.
T
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Reaching goals
Ahtesham Siddiqui
I
AS Ghazal Bhard-
waj CDO Rampur
recently met with
the UP Chief Secre-
tary IAS Durga Shankr
Mishra and handed
over a copy of her new
book, The Making of
Modern India.
Gazal Bharadwaj
is an officer of the
Uttar Pradesh Cad-
re. She is currently
serving as the Chief De-
velopment Officer of
Rampur.
Through this book,
she aims to provide a
well rounded historical
account of the process-
es of the making of
Modern India and the
freedom struggle, root-
ed in the making of the
Modern World
Ghazal realised how
these distinct subjects
of Modern India and
Modern World history
were spread in different
books throughout her
own Civil Services
training. Inspired by
this, she created a col-
lection in which all
of these themes and
processes of mod-
ern history can be
contained in a single
book with brevity and
simplicity of under-
standing for students,
weaving in diverse top-
ics such as colonialism
and imperialism, the
industrial revolution,
the French Revolution,
and the world wars.
Hockey Hype!
CITY FIRST
U
nder the ambit of the ‘Khelo
India’ scheme, KD Singh
Babu Stadium in Lucknow is
all set to start a hockey train-
ing centre on its premises, soon! This
new centre has been set up by the
Sports Authority of India(SAI) in
Lucknow as a part of the One Dis-
trict One Sports scheme and will be
inaugurated on May 1.
Notably, Lucknow would be the
first city to utilise the ODOS concept.
According to reports, 30 aspiring
hockey players will participate in a
trial session before being coached by
a specialised coach at this new facil-
ity. SAI will hand out `25,000 per
month to the coach who will be re-
sponsible to train the young play-
ers. With an annual
grant of
`5 lakhs,
the Sports
Authority of India has
been directed to manage the
Khelo India Hockey Centre.
Moreover, SAI will also hand
out another `2 lakh to purchase
sports equipment.
Training and
Inspections
CITY FIRST
T
he training
and inspec-
tion work of
the 3rd UP
Naval Wing was
completed at Sub-
hash Chandra Bose
Institute of Higher
Education, Pra-
bandha Nagar,
Lucknow on Fri-
day. Captain
Navendu Saxena,
Chief Petty Officer
Kanhaiya Singh,
and Ship Modeling
Instructor Shirish
were welcomed by
the college with a
bouquet of flowers.
Following that, Sax-
ena toured the col-
lege’s NCC office,
NCC storeroom, and
sports area.
Using projectors,
Capt Navendu em-
phasised numerous
vital aspects of the
Indian Navy at the
national, interna-
tional, and other lev-
els. All of the cadets
as well as all of the
college students
were given some
training to join
the Indian Army.
During the program,
Dr Abha Kharen,
the college’s princi-
pal, was present
along with CTO
Ravindra Vikram
Singh, all depart-
ment heads, and all
professors and em-
ployees.
MISSION SHAKTI,
FOURTH PHASE
CITY FIRST
T
he University of
Lucknow is pre-
paring to com-
memorate the
fourth phase of Mis-
sion Shakti, a govern-
ment of Uttar Pradesh
programme, under the
active patronage of
Prof Alok Kumar Rai,
Vice-Chancellor, Uni-
versity of Lucknow.
The Departments of
Geology and Mathe-
matics have
planned a large-
scale celebration
for this phase. Prof
Madhurima Lall Con-
venor said, “With over
6000 students and a 1000
experts contributing
with different policies
as laid down by the gov-
ernment by focusing on
security, health, self-re-
liance, medical camps,
girls camp, NCC NSS
yoga camps, and var-
ious cultural activi-
ties competitions,
the university has
celebrated the third
phase with commenda-
ble records.”
In keeping with the
theme, they want to cel-
ebrate phase four in
several departments,
with a variety of events
planned in the most en-
gaging way possible.
Starting with the HOD
of the Department of
Mathematics, Prof
Poonam Sharma, who
has worked on the safe-
ty of female students,
the HOD of the Depart-
ment of Geology has
invited experts such as
ACP Gomtinagar, a sen-
ior journalist, as well as
the founders of NGOs
to help students ad-
vance in their careers.
Ghazal Bharadwaj with Durga Shanker Mishra
Ankita Tandon
During the tour
City First brings to you glimpses of the artistic journey
of AnkitaTandon a talented artist from city of Nawabs

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