First india lucknow edition-09 february 2021

DaysforbadguysoverinUP:CMYogiAdityanath
First India Bureau
Ghazipur: Days of
‘mafioso’, especially
those from Purvanchal
(Eastern UP), are over
in the State, said Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Monday add-
ing that his govern-
ment had demolished
the ecosystem built by
40 such ‘bad guy’ and
seized their assets
worth Rs 1,000 crore.
“There is there no
place for them (crimi-
nals) the state. The
BJP had vowed to
eliminate such ele-
ments at any cost and
we have demolished
their network and con-
fiscated their ill-gotten
assets,” he said send-
ing out a strong mes-
sage from the land of
Ghazipur, the fiefdom
of mafia-don Mukhtar
Ansari. The UP Gov-
ernment is locked in a
court battle with Con-
gress-led Punjab Gov-
ernment to get
Mukhtar Ansari
lodged in a jail there
back to Ghazipur Jail.
“Our government
has come down heavi-
ly and will continue
with the crackdown
till we get rid of the
scourge of mafia cul-
ture which hindered
the development of
not only Purvanchal
but also of the entire
State for long,” the UP
CM said.
He said the previous
governments patron-
ised such mafia and
criminals in the state
due to which the devel-
opment of the state
received a massive set-
back. Turn to P6
IndiaMART CEO booked for selling
Govardhan Hill rocks online
First India Bureau
Mathura: Three men,
including the CEO of
an e-commerce site,
were booked on Sun-
day for allegedly put-
ting up for sale online,
rocks taken from the
Govardhan Hill here,
police said.
Govardhan Hill in
Mathura is consid-
ered a sacred site for
Hindus as it is the set-
ting for many legends
relating to the life of
Lord Krishna.
Stern action would
be taken against the
company, its CEO, and
the supplier for incit-
ing religious feelings
by misusing the facil-
ity of information
technology, SP (Rural)
Shirish Chandra said.
He said an FIR has
been filed under Sec-
tion 265 of the Indian
Penal Code and Sec-
tion 66 of the Informa-
tion Technology Act
against IndiaMART
founder-CEO Dinesh
Agarwal, co-founder
Brajesh Agrawal and
Mathura-based sup-
plier Ankur Agrawal.
The FIR was lodged
basedonacomplaintby
Mathura-based social
workerKeshavMukhia
at Govardhan police
station, the SP said.
Crackdown count: The UP govt. has seized
`1000 crore assets of 40 mafioso in UP so
far and the count isn’t stopping anytime soon
FLYING MACHINE ON EXPRESSWAY: Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’s chopper landed on the under-construction Poorvanchal
Expressway on Monday where he reviewed the work progress of the
mega project. He is accompanied by ACS Home and UPEIDA Chief
Awanish Awasthi who is seen alighting from the chopper.
NIPPING ROWDIES IN BUD
Dinesh Agarwal, CEO, IndiaMART
LUCKNOW l TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 87
New Delhi: Farmer un-
ions agitating against
the three agri laws on
Monday asked the gov-
ernment to fix a date for
the next round of talks,
soon after PM Modi
urged them to end their
stir and invited them to
resume the dialogue.
They, however, objected
to PM’s remarks that a
new “breed” of agita-
tors called “andolan
jivi” has emerged in the
country, and said that
agitation has an impor-
tant role in a democracy
.
Farmer leader BKU
spokesperson Rakesh
Tikait on Monday reit-
erated that a law is
needed on MSP for
crops, dismissing the
promise made by PM in
Parliament earlier.
“Prime Minister said
‘MSP hai, tha aur rahe-
ga’ today but he did not
say that a law will be
formed on MSP... the
country does not run on
trust. It runs on consti-
tution and law,” he said.
“There will not be
business over hunger in
the country
. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday appealed to
protesting farmers to
end their agitation
against the new farm
laws even as he ques-
tioned Opposition par-
ties for their sudden “U-
turn” on the agricul-
ture sector reforms.
The prime minister
also hit out at those be-
hind the protests, say-
ing a new “breed” of
agitators called “an-
dolan jeevi” has
emerged in the country
who cannot live without
agitation and the nation
should guard against
them. He also said a new
FDI (Foreign Destruc-
tive Ideology) has come
up in the nation and “we
need to be more aware
to save the country from
such ideology”.
“I invite you to come
forward and solve the
problems of the agri-
culture sector by mak-
ing those protesting
against the laws to un-
derstand the reforms...
Let’s move forward to-
gether,” he said.
Defending Centre’s
policies for farmers and
referring to those tak-
ing a “U-Turn” from
laws, PM quoted his
predecessor Manmo-
han Singh who had
once called for making
one single market for
agriculture produce.
“Manmohan Ji is
here, I would read out
his quote. Those taking
a U-Turn (farm laws)
will perhaps agree with
him. ‘There are other
rigidities because of
marketing regime set
up in the 1930s which
prevent our farmers
from selling their pro-
duce where they get the
highest rate of re-
turn...” said PM Modi in
his reply to the Motion
of Thanks on the Presi-
dent’s Address in Rajya
Sabha. “...It is our inten-
tion to remove all those
handicaps, which come
in the way of India real-
ising its vast potential
at one large common
market,” he added.
“Manmohan Singh Ji
had made his inten-
tions clear to give farm-
ers the freedom to sell
their produce, and have
just one market.
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Dehradun: In the after-
mathof Uttarakhandgla-
cier burst, 26 bodies have
been recovered till re-
ports last came in. Ac-
cording to Uttarakhand
DGP Ashok Kumar 171
people still remain miss-
ing of which 35 are sup-
posed to be stuck in the
tunnel where rescue op-
erationsarestillgoingon.
However, Uttara-
khand Disaster Man-
agement Centre claims
197 people are missing
since the day of tragedy
.
A multi-agency res-
cue operation including
— Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) and Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF) —
is in full swing to release
people still stuck in the
tunnels. The forces have
cleared 90 meter stretch
of debris in the big tun-
nel at Tapovan till now,
with about 100 meters of
clearing still left to do.
Uttarakhand CM
Trivendra Singh Rawat
visited Chamoli district
and said that saving
lives was their first pri-
ority. He will visit af-
fected areas in Chamoli
today and will also meet
people there. Turn to P6
MASSIVE RESCUE OPS ON
TO TRACK OVER 140
MISSING; TOLL RISES TO 26
Need to save India from ‘andolan jeevis’
Foreign Destructive Ideology: Modi
Remove 1,178
Pak-Khalistani
handles: Govt
asks Twitter
New Delhi: Amid the
‘Toolkit’ controversy
surrounding the ongo-
ing farmers’ protest,
Centralgovthasdirected
microblogging platform
Twitter to remove 1,178
Pakistani-Khalistani ac-
counts spreading misin-
formation and provoca-
tive content on farmers
agitation, sources said.
Additionally
, govern-
ment feels that Twitter
CEO Jack Dorsey ‘lik-
ing’ a few tweets sup-
porting the protest rais-
es questions over the
platform’s neutrality
.
In an emailed re-
sponse, a Twitter
spokesperson said that
Twitter Turn to P6
GLACIER
DISASTER HANGING GLACIER MAY
HAVE BROKEN FROM MAIN
PART: DRDO SCIENTIST
Chamoli: Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) scientist Dr LK Sinha on
Monday said that a hanging glacier in Uttara-
khand’s Chamoli may have broken away from the
main glacier which caused damage. Sinha said
that DRDO scientists are analysing the data to
ascertain the cause of glacier burst. “Our team did
an aerial survey of the glacier where the incident
took place in Chamoli. Prima facie, it looks that a
hanging glacier broke away from the main glacier
and came down in the narrow valley,” the DRDO
scientist told ANI. “In the valley, it formed a lake
which burst later and caused the damage. The
data is being analysed by our scientists in detail
and if required, they would again go to get more
details.” The DRDO scientist further said.
Joint team of ITBP, Army, SDRF, NDRF trying
to reach trapped people in Tapovan tunnel
CARRY RELIEF WORK WITHOUT
HINDRANCE: RAHUL URGES
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday condoled the deaths of people in the
Uttarakhand glacier burst and said
there should be no hindrance
in relief work for few days.
“The whole country is with
Uttarakhand. At this time,
the most important thing
is that there should be no
obstructions in the relief work
for the next few days. I am with
the victims with all my heart
and wish for their safety,”
Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat
directed SDRF to release Rs 20 crore funds
to carry out rescue and relief operations in
the state. Ration and relief materials were
transported by helicopter to villages that
were cut off from connectivity.
PM Narendra Modi and former PM Manmohan Singh during
Budget Session of Parliament in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Ready for talks; fix
a date, say Farmers
PM also quotes Manmohan while referring to those taking ‘U-turn’ over farm laws
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UP CM Yogi
Adityanath has
announced a compen-
sation of Rs 2 lakh
each for dependents of
those killed in the Ut-
tarakhand glacier burst
tragedy. He has also
directed that proper
medical treatment
should be ensured for
the injured.
CM Yogi said that
One-District-One-
Product (ODOP) pro-
gram has given a new
identity to the products
of each district of the
state.
UP CM has ordered
strengthening
and widening of
Bansi-Itwa-Belha road
(Highway no. 159) in
the Balrampur district
to ensure smooth ride
for commuters.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh has been
ranked first in country
for the year 2017-18,
2018-19 and 2019-20 in
construction of 2.18
crore toilets under
Swachh Bharat Mis-
sion (Rural).
All 75 districts In UP
attained ODF status in
2018, one year before
the deadline of Octo-
ber 2, 2019 set by De-
partment of Drinking
Water and Sanitation.
Against target of con-
struction of commu-
nity toilets in over
58,756 gram panchay-
ats of UP in 2020-21,
43,830 community toi-
lets were constructed.
UP received Silver
Medal in Scotch Award
in 2017-18 for maximum
toilet construction and
effective awareness pro-
gram in rural develop-
ment sector in country
besides UP received Rs
735 crore incentive mon-
ey Central government
for outstanding perfor-
mance in National An-
nual Rural Sanitation
Survey (NARS).
In 2020-21, UP received
award for best perform-
ing state in Community
Sanitation Campaign in
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Ab-
hiyaan (GKRA) besides
received second prize for
Swachh Sundar Sam-
uhik Sauchalay
. Further,
Bareilly and Aligarh dis-
tricts were awarded at
national level for con-
struction of maximum
toilets within deadline
besides 26 Panchayat
Learning Centers were
establishedatacostof Rs
5lakheachin24districts.
Construction of 206 mul-
tipurpose panchayat
buildings was completed
targetof 237withRs41.36
crore released in last 4
years.
Against target of 848
funeral sites 718 con-
structed with Rs 206.56
crore in last 04 years
while CM Panchayat In-
centive Award Scheme
started in 2018-19 for en-
couraging outstanding
works in gram panchay-
ats.
Prize money of Rs
36.87 crore given to 724
grampanchayatsinlast3
yearsbesidesUPreceived
E-Governance Award for
outstanding perfor-
mance in Panchayats at
National Panchayat
Award-2020.
‘Swachh’UPsecurestopspotinconstructionoftoilets
CLEAN INDIA
2.18 cr toilets were built under Swachch Bharat Mission in UP.
The project, as an experiment, was launched during the Covid-19 pandemic
Parents’fav‘MeraGhar,MeraVidyalaya’
outdoes convent schools: Basic Edu Dept
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The ‘Mera
Ghar, Mera Vidyalaya’
(mohalla class) scheme
introduced by Yogi gov-
ernment has evoked
overwhelming response
from parents so much so
that they now prefer it
over convent school,
claims the state’s basic
education department.
This scheme was
started by Uttar
Pradesh Basic Educa-
tion Department was
initially started from
the Sewapuri block in
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s constituen-
cy Varanasi.
“It has become so pop-
ular that we are getting
inquiries from other cit-
ies by NGOs and other
socialactivistswhowant
to emulate the model,”
said a senior official of
the department. He said
the project, as an experi-
ment, was launched in
2020 during the Covid-19
pandemic when all
schools and educational
institutions were shut.
“We came up with the
‘Mera Ghar, Mera Vidya-
laya concept as an at-
tempt to facilitate learn-
ing through ancient ‘Gu-
rukul’residentialstyleof
teaching,” he said. The
idea became an instant
hit.
“Westartedtheproject
with an aim to provide a
school-like environment
at home through digital
means. The teachers and
staff of the schools have
been delivering books
and study material to the
children. It is being re-
ceived well by the stu-
dents and parents alike,”
said Basic Shiksha Adhi-
kari, Rakesh Kumar Sin-
gh of Varanasi.
Under the scheme, the
studentstakeclasseseve-
ry alternate day from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. An hour
between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
is set aside for sports
whereas7p.m.to8p.m.in
the evening is dedicated
to moral stories. The par-
ents have been directed
nottogiveanyhousehold
chores to the children
during the assigned tim-
ings. This initiative of
the state government re-
flectstheancientresiden-
tial learning system
amid natural surround-
ings.
Initially
, the teachers
and students had to face
certain difficulties be-
cause of poor internet
services and even the
parents were wary of
sending their children
for the ‘Mohalla Path-
shaala’. However, later
theyagreedandnowthis
initiative is being highly
appreciated by all.
‘Mohalla Pathshaalas’
are designed to reduce
the distance of children
fromschoolsandbooksis
alsogivingmanybenefits
to the students of private
schools. In order to avoid
heavyfees,childrenfrom
private schools are now
switchingtogovernment
schools.
GURUKUL WAY
A Mohalla class being conducted in outskirts of Lucknow.
Muslim Bhais join donators’
bandwagon for Ram Temple
First India Bureau
Ayodhya: Members of
the Muslim community
onSundaydonatedfunds
for the construction of
theRamTempleinAyod-
hya, at Ram Bhawan in
UttarPradesh’sFaizabad.
Talking to a news
agency about the dona-
tion, Member, Muslim
Rashtriya Manch, Ayod-
hya, Haji Saeed Ahmed
said,“LordRamisevery-
body’s and Ram Temple
belongs to everyone. We
all Muslims in large
numbers will assist in
the construction of the
temple.”
Heassertedthatwhat-
ever Babur and Mughals
did in Ayodhya was not
right. Lord Ram and his
teachings are worth ap-
preciation.
“LordRambelonged
to our Hindustan and
we too belong to this
nation. We belong to
LordRam’sdynastywe
are all one. We are not
from Iraq, Iran or Tur-
key
. Hindus are our
brothers. Lord Ram is
our ancestor and we
have a deep respect for
him, he is just like a
prophet for us,” he
added.
Speaking on the occa-
sion,RamBhawanPresi-
dent Shakti Singh said,
“Today through the
‘Nidhi Samarpana Abhi-
yan’,Muslimbrothersof
Faizabad have donated
Rs 5,100 for the construc-
tion of Ram Temple. ”
Nidhi Samarpana Ab-
hiyan is a fundraising
drivebeingconductedfor
the construction of the
RamMandirinAyodhya.
The initiative sets an
example of peace and
unity not only in the
country but also in the
world, Singh said.
From Apr, Ghazipur to
Delhi will be a 10-hr drive
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Monday said the con-
struction of six-lane
Purvanchal Express-
way will be completed
byMarch,anditwillbe
inaugurated by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi in April.
CMYogi,onavisitto
Ghazipur and Azam-
garh, carried out both
an aerial and spot sur-
vey of the ongoing con-
struction work of the
expressway
. “
After the
Purvanchal Express-
wayiscomplete,people
from Ghazipur can
reach Lucknow in
three hours, and Delhi
in 10 hours,” he said
duringaprogrammein
Ghazipur.
The construction
work of the express-
way is moving at a
fast pace. By March
2021, the expressway
will be completed,
and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will
inaugurate it in
April, he said.
Despite COVID-19, the
expressway
,hesaidwill
be built in the stipulat-
ed three-year time-
frame adding that this
model of development
had become a centre of
attraction for the coun-
try and the world.
“We have changed
the work culture. Un-
der previous govern-
ments, the projects
with a one-year dead-
line took over 12 years
to be completed. The
Purvanchal Express-
way will be completed
before the scheduled
time,”hesaidandlaud-
ed UP Expressway and
Industrial Develop-
ment Authority (UPEI-
DA) for the commend-
able job.
The CM was in-
formed that 77 percent
of the work on the Ex-
pressway had been
completed. He asked
the authorities to de-
velop MSME clusters
along the e-way and
said it would boost em-
ployment opportuni-
ties in the region
Being built at a cost of
Rs 22,000 crore includ-
ing land acquisition
cost, the 340-kilometre-
long six-lane Purvan-
chal Expressway will
connect Lucknow with
the economically un-
derdeveloped districts
such as Azamgarh,
Mau, Ghazipur,
Faizabad, Sultanpur,
Ambedkar Nagar and
Amethi.
Prime Minister Nar-
endraModihadinJuly
2018laidthefoundation
stone for the Purvan-
chal Expressway at
Azamgarh. He also an-
nounced that the Gov-
ernment is working to-
wards the establish-
mentof aUniversityin
Azamgarh.
CM Yogi inspecting the Purvanchal Expressway in presence
of ACS Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi. PM Modi will
inaugurate the expressway in April.
Muslim donators talking to media in Ayodhya.
Governor inaugurates
Central Zone VC Conf
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Gover-
nor Anandiben Patel
inaugurated the ‘Cen-
tral Zone Vice Chan-
cellor Conference’ on
Monday that was or-
ganized online from
Raj Bhavan under
joint aegis of Indian
University Associa-
tion and Sri Sri Uni-
versity
, Cuttack, Oris-
sa. The Governor said
biggest specialty of
new education policy
was to achieve 100%
youth and adult litera-
cy by 2030.
She said the policy
wassettogivenewdirec-
tion to social and eco-
nomic life of 21st centu-
ry India.
Prime Minister’s vi-
sion was that universi-
ties of country should
make effort to achieve
rank up to hundred by
improving its function-
ing besides agreement
withforeignuniversities
could play an important
role in this direction.
GUV GIVES SPORTS
GOODS TO CHILDREN
Teachers should teach
withfulldedication,said
Governor Anandiben
Patel in Dhampur vil-
lage in Sarojininagar
developmentblockwhile
distributingsportsgoods
to children of 40 Angan-
wadi centers.
Sports goods had
been arranged by Raj
Bhavan in collabora-
tion with 26 engineer-
ing colleges affiliated
to Dr APJ Abdul Kal-
am Technical Univer-
sity
, Lucknow.
Governor Anandiben Patel feted DM Abhishek Prakash on
concluding day of three-day flower and vegetable exhibition on
Monday. Commissinor Lucknow, Ranjan Kumar, ACS Mahesh
Gupta, Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, Horticulture
Minister Ram Pal and ACS (Horticulture) Manoj Kumar Singh were
also present on the occassion.
Passed out candidates representing 49568 police recruits,hold a protest against the state government demanding
‘joining’ for rest of 35568 candidates on Monday.
DEMOCRATIC PROTEST
Varasat: 6L
plus cases
resolved
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Varasatcam-
paignlaunchedtoresolve
long-pending land dis-
putes is turning out to be
a milestone of Yogi gov-
ernment. In just three
months (from Dec 2020
to Feb 2021) as many as
6,21, 484 cases have
been disposed off by
the officials.
Thesecaseswerepend-
ing for years, have been
settled by the officials of
the revenue department
under the special drive
within three months.
Out of 6,66,535 applica-
tions received so far,
more than 6.21 lakh have
already been settled, ac-
cording to revenue de-
partment.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
First India Bureau
Varanasi: Additional
Chief Secretary (ACS)
Home Awanish Kumar
Awasthi, during his
visit to Varanasi, asked
the officials to submit
the proposal for 14 new
police outposts while
also identifying the
land where they are to
be built.
The new police sta-
tions to be built is to
strengthen the law and
order of the city
.
At a midnight inspec-
tion, Awanish Kumar
Awasthi visited the
Cantonment Police Sta-
tion and in particular
the Women’s Help Desk
of the station and asked
the officials how the
complaints recorded at
the Women’s Help Desk
were processed.
He also went through
some of the documents
present in the station
after inspecting the fa-
cilities built in the sta-
tion like mess and bar-
rack.
IPS Brij Bhushan
Sharma, ADG Zone and
Chandra Tripathi, SP
City Development, Var-
anasi gave their feed-
backs to the ACS, Home
on crimes as well as the
law and order situation
of the city
.
Awanish Kumar
Awasthi after spending
a brief amount of time
at the Cantonment po-
lice Station, proceeded
to Chetganj Police Sta-
tion of the city and
was accompanied by
IPS Vijay Singh Meena,
IG and IPS Amit
Pathak, SSP.
In the Chetganj Po-
lice Station too the ACS,
Home went on to in-
spect the barrack, de-
tention house and
kitchen of the police
station.
ACS Awasthi inspects Varanasi police stations
BETTER POLICING
Asks officials to submit proposal for 14
new outposts to spruce up law order
ACS Awanish Awasthi visiting a police station in Varanasi on Monday.
AMU students seek
resumption of hostel
First India Bureau
Aligarh: Students of
Aligarh Muslim Univer-
sity staged a protest on
campus on Sunday de-
manding resumption of
hostel facilities and of-
fline classes.
Protesting students
said other Central uni-
versitiesatleastnotified
possible reopening
dates, while AMU hasn’t
given any notification
about restarting on-
campus activities yet.
They also presented a
memorandum to the
proctor demanding the
resumption of univer-
sity facilities.
“In India except for
educationinstitutes,eve-
rything else has been re-
opened. Neither govern-
mentnoradministration
is giving us importance.
We are the future of the
nation and our educa-
tionshouldberesumed,”
said a student.
DeadlyDeluge:70fromUPmissing;
CM Yogi dials UK counterpart
Yogi announces Rs 2L each for dependents of those killed in the glacier burst tragedy
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Over 70 la-
bourers from six dis-
tricts of UP, working at
the Tapovan Vishnugad
HydropowerProject,are
reported missing after
the Chamoli glacier
burst hit their site.
Family members of
these missing persons
areworriedandhaveap-
proached the adminis-
tration to help them
knowtheirwhereabouts
and whether or not they
are dead or alive.
Maximum number of
people reported missing
are from Lakhimpur
Kheri. DM Shailendra
Kumar said over 65 peo-
ple from different vil-
lages had gone to Tapo-
vantoworkinthepower
project as labourers.
While about 15 have so
far contacted their fami-
lies, there is no news
about the rest of them.
TheDMalongwithSP
Amit Dhull visited four
villages Majra Babupur-
wa, Kadia, Icchanagar
and Bhairampur under
Nighasan tehsil to pre-
pare a list of missing
people. “We are prepar-
ing a list of missing per-
sons to submit it to the
government for taking
up the issue with the Ut-
tarakhand govern-
ment,” said the official.
Vimal of Majra Babu-
purwa, who survived
the tragedy and called
his family said many of
his friends from the dis-
trict working in the tun-
nel are trapped inside.
He said rescue opera-
tion was on but there
was no news about his
missing friends.
CM asks officials to
offer assistance
CMYogispoketoUttara-
khand CM Trivendra
Singh Rawat and as-
sured him of all possible
helptodealwiththesitu-
ationarisinginthewake
of glacier breaking off
andcausingfloodinCha-
moli district. Later, the
UP CM held a meeting
withseniorofficialshere
and asked them to coor-
dinaterescueoperations
and provide all neces-
saryassistancetopeople
from the state trapped in
the disaster. The Sugar-
cane Development Min-
ister Suresh Rana was
especiallytoldbytheCM
to coordinate with Utta-
rakhand government
and monitor search and
rescue operations.
Tapovan Hydro Project being ravaged by the avalanche on Sunday. —FILE PHOTO
Sadhus’ delegation
hails Rakesh Tikait
at Ghazipur border
First India Bureau
Ghazipur: EvenasAyo-
dhya seer Jagatguru
Paramhans Acharya of
Peeth Shri Tapasvani
has issued an edict
against farmers agita-
tion, a delegation of sad-
hus led by Acharaya
Promod Krishnan visit-
ed Ghazipur border to
welcome Rakesh Tikait
and other farmers on
dharna for two months.
Pramod Krishnan
said entire sant samaj
was behind Tikait in his
fight against farm laws.
Krishnan who be-
longs to Congress and
had contested 2019 LS-
polls from Lucknow
also presented a “gada”
to Tikait.
The delegation of 11
sadhus included
ShankaracharyaSwami
Narendraband Saras-
wati and Shri Kalki
peethadheshwar.
Amid chanting of sh-
lokas and singing of
Raghu Pati Ragho, the
sadhus showered rose
petals on Tikait and oth-
er farmers. Krishnan
said farming communi-
ty should be hailed for
its united fight against
the farm law. He said
sadhus would also take
out farmers message all
over the country
.
This is for the first
time that sadhus have
met Tikait to extend
support to him.
Fursatganj
coldest at
6.4 degrees
First India Bureau
Lucknow: De-
spite a bright sun-
shine throughout
the day on Monday
in most parts of
Uttar Pradesh,
cold weather con-
ditions continued
to prevail in the
state, with Fursat-
ganj in Amethi
district recording
the lowest temper-
ature at 6.4 de-
grees Celsius.
State capital
Lucknow recorded
a minimum tem-
perature of 8.6 de-
grees Celsius,
while Allahabad
recorded a low of
8.2 degrees Celsi-
us, according to
the Meteorologi-
cal department
here.
The weather
was mostly dry
over the state, it
said.
The weather is
most likely to re-
main dry and shal-
low to moderate
fog is very likely to
occur in the morn-
ing over the state
on February 9 and
February 10, the
MeT department
added.
The weather is
most likely to re-
main dry over the
state on February
11 as well, it fore-
cast.
However, with
mercury rising
gradually in the
state, people are
starting to feel
better.
Students move apex court against
AKTU decision to hold offline exam
Girl allegedly gang-raped in
Lko hospital, threatened for life
Transformation Programme: Chief
Secy asks DMs to monitor districts
State has right to release prisoners
on parole in special cases: HC
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Citing
health risk amid the on-
going Covid-19 pandem-
ic, a group of students
has moved the Supreme
Court against the deci-
sion of the Abdul Kalam
Technical University
(AKTU), UP, to conduct
semester examinations
in offline mode.
The petition has been
filed by the students of
NIT, Noida; Apeejay In-
stitute of Technology,
Noida and Greater Noi-
da Institute of Technol-
ogy, seeking quashing
of the notification pro-
viding for conduct of of-
fline exams.
The students have
statedthatmorethan700
colleges are affiliated to
AKTU and approximate-
ly4lakhstudentshaveto
appear in various cours-
es. It is argued that hav-
ing thousands of stu-
dentsattheexamination
centre is not a suggested
stepamidstcovid,which
has still not ended, and
the precautions and fear
for infection is always
there.
It was also submitted
that if the examina-
tions are conducted of-
fline, many students
will be compelled to
travel from different
states, thereby increas-
ing the risk of spread of
covid. The same will
also impose an unwar-
ranted expense on the
students, who will have
to fetch accommodation
for 10-20 days.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A girl has
filed complaint that a
private hospital’s su-
pervisor Naved Akhtar
gang-raped her in pre-
text of marriage when
she was working in that
hospital during lock-
down period.
She also alleged that
Naved and his accom-
plices threatened her to
make her video viral
and kill her if she told
anything about the
crime to anyone.
The victim said she
was frightened after life
threats and she shifted
to Delhi to save her life.
She filed her complaint
from Delhi and case was
registered against the
accused.
Assistant Commis-
sioner of police Archana
Singh here said victim
belongs to Sitapur dis-
trict. She was working in
a private firm and she
had lost her job during
coronaperiod.Withsome
referenceshejoinedapri-
vate hospital job where
she met with Naved.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Sec-
retary Rajendra Ku-
mar Tiwari chaired a
meeting to review the
progress of the trans-
formation pro-
grammes in districts.
The districts which
were reviewed were
Bahraich, Balrampur,
Chandauli, Chitra-
koot, Fatehpur, Shra-
wasti,Siddharthnagar.
In his address the CS
said that on the basis
of performance scores
of transformation pro-
gramme, five districts
of the state (Balram-
pur, Siddharthnagar,
Sonbhadra, Fatehpur
and Chandauli) have
been named among the
top-10 districts.
He also praised the
district magistrate of
Balrampurforbagging
the first place in that
list and also suggested
that the DM should
conduct month-wise
reviewof theprograms
so that the district
staysonthetopalways.
CS Tiwari said under
the transformation pro-
gramme, the DMs
should also try to im-
prove certain areas of
their respective district
like health, nutrition,
education, agriculture
andwaterresourcesand
basic infrastructure by
continuous monitoring
by the officials.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court
maintained that state
government has right
to suspend the sen-
tence and release the
prisoners on parole in
special cases under UP
(Suspension of Sen-
tence of Prisoners)
Rules, 2017.
The division bench
of Justice SP Keshar-
wani and Justice
Shamim Ahmad passed
this order on petition of
Rinku alias Brijendra
resident of Sisolar area
in Hamirpur district.
Petitioner had
prayed that his elderly
bedridden mother was
suffering from heart
ailments. He sought re-
lease on parole for
treatment of his moth-
er. The state attorney
argued that appeal for
parole should be sub-
mitted in capable court
and the petitions
should be rejected.
The High Court as-
serted that govern-
ment can suspend the
sentence on investiga-
tion reports of district
magistrate and super-
intendent of police.
The Court said that
government can re-
lease prisoner for one
month on parole on re-
lease bonds. Govern-
ment can also increase
suspension of sen-
tence for one month,
court said.
Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow —FILE PHOTO
CS RK Tiwari holding the review meet at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on
Monday.
Victim alleged Naved
raped her after
promising to marry
her and made some
objectionable videos.
Wanted
criminal
arrested after
encounter
First India Bureau
Azamgarh: In a joint
operation of Badhar
and Mehnagar police
stations, dreaded crimi-
nal Vivek alias Mintu
was arrested after en-
counter. Vivek and one
police constable were
injured in cross-firing
during the encounter.
Police sources said
acting on tip-off Bardah
police inspector Vinod
Kumar and Mehnagar
PS in-charge Prashant
Srivastava intercepted
motorbike-borne sus-
pect near Karauti vil-
lage turn but that crimi-
nal opened fire on police
team in which constable
Sandeep Sharma was
injured. In retaliatory
firing the criminal was
injured.
Injured criminal was
identified as Vivek and
onepistol,somecartages
and a motorbike was re-
covered from him. Over
14 criminal cases were
registered against him
and reward of Rs 25,000
was announced on his
arrest.
Protest atAMU gate.—FILE PHOTO
Acharya Pramod Krishnan with
Rakesh Tikait on Monday.

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PERSPECTIVE
04
ational youth
poet laureate
Amanda Gor-
man’srecitation
of “The Hill We
Climb,” at Joe Biden’s pres-
identialinaugurationinthe
United States captured the
attention of a nation and
people globally
.
Gorman highlighted the
power of poets in our cur-
rent sociopolitical context
to speak unique and timely
truths, while tapping into
larger literary traditions.
Some commentators were
reminded of the legacy of
Black women poets like
Maya Angelou and Eliza-
beth Alexander who deliv-
ered inaugural poems re-
spectively at Bill Clinton’s
and Barack Obama’s inau-
gurations. The ring Gor-
man wore was a tribute to
Maya Angelou and a gift
from Oprah Winfrey
.
Gorman inspired people
of all ages with the notion
of seeing and being light.
The day after the inaugura-
tion two of her books
topped Amazon’s bestseller
list.
Gorman moved many in
a time of geopolitical un-
certainty and a pandemic
with the power of critical
hope, something that com-
bats hollow positivity. In
the words of educator and
literary theorist Ira Shor,
critical hope asks us to
“challenge the actual in
the name of the possible.”
We are researchers who
have studied how youth
carve out legacies and how
storytelling can teach and
inspire critical hope. What
struck us in hearing Gor-
man speak was how, at the
age of 22, the poet taps into
the power of generativity,
a concept that refers to cre-
ating a legacy that lasts
beyond our lifetimes to
shape future generations.
As she recited: “But one
thing is certain: If we
merge mercy with might,
and might with right, then
love becomes our legacy
and change our children’s
birthright.…”
SHAPING WHO
WE ARE BY THE
STORIES WE TELL
Research repeatedly indi-
cates that adults in their
30s and 40s who are in-
volved in creating some-
thing that will last beyond
their lifetime enjoy a bet-
ter quality of life until
death in many ways. (Par-
enting, teaching, social jus-
tice activism or engaging
in creative projects are
ways of leaving one’s mark
in the world after death.)
Can people in their early
20s already see themselves
carving out a legacy? Gor-
man’s poem suggests the
answer is yes. She reminds
people that what they do
(or don’t do) will shape the
legacy future generations
inherit: “We will not be
turned around or inter-
rupted by intimidation be-
cause we know our inac-
tion and inertia will be the
inheritance of the next
generation.”
Gorman’s poem speaks
to the creative and leader-
ship potential of youth.
Her display of being part
of a lasting legacy reso-
nates with our experiences
and some of our research.
Psychologist Erik Erik-
son popularized the idea
that in middle age many
adults become interested
in leaving a legacy, but
studies have found that
many youth are also inter-
ested in creating some-
thing that lasts beyond
their lifetime.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
POET AMANDA GORMAN’S RIFF ON LOVE
N
he Indian Penal Code IPC
was formed under the Brit-
ish rule that was around
150 years ago, defining
crimes and punishments.
Under the colonial rule,
the laws were made inter-
esting the Britishers only
as such laws helped the
Britishers to govern their
colonies with ample ease.
Though there have been
many amendments over
the years in the IPC there
are still some corners that
need to be looked at once
more and of course, this
should be done by keeping
in mind the values of de-
mocracy and human rights.
The rebuilding of IPC is re-
quired as a large number of
its arrangements have gotten
old with changing financial
turns of events and innova-
tive advances. Wrongdoings
like horde lynching, mone-
tary violations, middle-class
violations, financial wrong-
doings, and so forth, have not
discovered legitimate ac-
knowledgment in the IPC.
There have been numer-
ous revisions to guarantee
that IPC advances with
time, however, it has not
been changed absolutely
since the date of institu-
tion. Albeit certain changes
to the arrangements of IPC
have been made, as upheld
by the choices of the courts.
For instance in the instanc-
es of infidelity and the de-
criminalization of homo-
sexuality. IPC depends on
the obstruction hypothesis
pervasive around then how-
ever the criminal law needs
to move from the obstacle
or distributive hypothesis
to the reformative hypoth-
esis of discipline. A portion
of the progressions that
should be brought are:

z A sexually impartial meaning
of assault is required. Seg-
ment 375 of IPC does exclude
men, hijras, and young men
as the casualties of assault
and just thinks about ladies
as survivors of assault.

z Dissidence under Section
124 A of the IPC was embed-
ded by the Britishers in 1898
to control the uprisings
against them and to stifle the
opportunity developments.
Nonetheless, as of late, this
part is regularly abused
against individuals who
censure public authority.

z Area 57: Life Imprison-
ment as a discipline is at
the prudence of the court
concerning the number of
years. It relies more upon
the idea of the wrongdoing
that has been submitted.
In any case, with regards
to the computation of parts
of the discipline, it is fixed
for a very long time. This
removes the optional force
of an appointed authority
and contrasts emerge after
picking the methodology of
giving disciplines.

z Under Section 294, the
demonstration of irritating
somebody by playing out
any profane demonstration
openly puts is culpable. Not-
withstanding, the word ‘vul-
gar’ isn’t characterized under
the Act and this is frequently
abused by the police.

z The disciplines gave under
Chapter 3 are a traditional-
ist. It just accommodates
detainment or fine. There is
no notice of local area ad-
ministration or changing the
criminal in any capacity.
EARLIER AMENDMENTS
CRIMINAL
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013
The bill presented was addi-
tionally called the counter-
assault bill. The Act was ac-
quainted with making the
assault laws in India tougher.
This correction enlarged the
meaning of assault by includ-
ing oral sex and the penetra-
tion of different items into
ladies’ bodies as wrongdoing.
Thinking about the rising
number of assaults in India
this was a gigantic advance.
Following had likewise been
condemned under this dem-
onstration. It likewise
thought about the catching
and viewing of ladies in a pri-
vate exhibit without wanting
to, to be a wrongdoing.
CRIMINAL
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018
This Act was assisted to rein-
force the assault laws. The
quantum of discipline was
expanded from in any event 7
to 10 years. Arrangements for
discipline for assault of a
youngladyunder12yearsand
16 years were added under it.
The insertion of Section
153 A and 509 was made to
counter the racially motivat-
ed crimes. However, this did
not receive support from all
the states to that extent.
ASSESSING THE
POLITICAL AGENDA
BEHIND THE
RESTRUCTURING OF IPC
The Union Home Ministry
proposed the plan to patch up
the IPC, which was presented
duringtheBritishstandardin
India, in light of the “ace
worker” soul. Under the Bu-
reau of Police Research and
Development,apanelhaslike-
wise been set up to investigate
theprogressionstobebrought.
Theplanforthepublicauthor-
ity to remake this law which
has been in power for such
countlessyearsistosatisfythe
popularity-based desires of
the individuals and to guaran-
tee quick equity and stream-
line lawful strategies. Despite
the fact that the service guar-
anteesthegenuinemotivation
to do this is to guarantee expe-
dient equity and the disentan-
glement of the general set of
laws,onereallywantstothink
if there is any shrouded po-
liticalplanbehindthis.Chang-
es ought to, in this way
, be ex-
posed to popular assessment
before being actualized.
REFORMING THE
CRIMINAL SYSTEM
Numerousresearchersaccept
that the criminal framework
can’t be changed just by redo-
ing the IPC. The usage of the
code ought to likewise be pro-
ficient to guarantee achieve-
ment. IPC can’t be authorized
by similar police structures.
Police changes are required
for the progressions in IPC to
encourage its effective activi-
ty
. We need an adjustment in
the mentality of the police to-
wards complainants, snappy
enrollment of first data re-
ports (FIRs), and quick reac-
tion against wrongdoings. To
change the mentality of the
policetowardstheconveyance
of equity
, numerous interior,
outer,andunderlyingchanges
areadditionallyrequired.The
policeneedtorefinetheacces-
sible HR, nature of examina-
tions, and be more effective.
Furthermore, it ought to be
guaranteed that there is no
outer tension on the police.
Transforming the criminal
equity framework isn’t only a
one-venturemeasure.Redoing
IPC is a significant advance to
modernizethecriminallawof
India and make it as per the
Indian vote based system. The
Britishers utilized IPC for
their potential benefit and to
take care of political dissi-
dents, it depended on the im-
pediment hypothesis. Despite
the fact that redoing IPC will
prompt transforming the
criminal equity framework,
extra changes in the police
structure are likewise re-
quired.Regardlessof whether
IPC is changed, its usage will
be a test that the public au-
thority should survive.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
OBSOLETE LAWS AND
THEIR DUE AMENDMENTS
THE CHANGES REQUIRED IN INDIAN PENAL CODE
T
The Union Home
Ministry proposed
the plan to patch
up the IPC, which
was presented
during the British
standard in India,
in light of the “ace
worker” soul.
Under the Bureau
of Police Research
and Development,
a panel has
likewise been set
up to investigate
the progressions to
be brought. The
plan for the public
authority to
remake this law
which has been in
power for such
countless years is
to satisfy the
popularity-based
desires of the
individuals and to
guarantee quick
equity and
streamline lawful
strategies
TRANSFORMING THE CRIMINAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK
ISN’T ONLY A ONE-VENTURE MEASURE. REDOING IPC IS
A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE TO MODERNIZE THE CRIMINAL
LAW OF INDIA AND MAKE IT AS PER THE INDIAN VOTE
BASED SYSTEM. THE BRITISHERS UTILIZED IPC FOR
THEIR POTENTIAL BENEFIT AND TO TAKE CARE OF
POLITICAL DISSIDENTS, IT DEPENDED ON THE
IMPEDIMENT HYPOTHESIS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT
REDOING IPC WILL PROMPT TRANSFORMING THE
CRIMINAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK, EXTRA CHANGES IN THE
POLICE STRUCTURE ARE LIKEWISE REQUIRED
MEGHNA
SHARMA
1ST YEAR, BA, LLB LAW
STUDENT FROM MANIPAL
UNIVERSITY JAIPUR
So, if you think you are
standing firm, be careful that you
don’t fall! —Corinthians 10:12
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INDIA
05
‘ISRO experts say disaster caused by
part of snow-laden mountain sliding’
Dehradun: Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Trivendra Singh Rawat
has said Indian Space
Research Organisation
(ISRO) Director told
him that the Chamoli
disaster was caused by
sliding of a part of a
mountain after receiv-
ing snowfall two-three
days ago.
“ISRO director, on
the basis of a report by
the organisation, told
me this place is not an
avalanche-prone area
and the images from
two-three days ago
showed that there was
no glacier at all on the
mountain.” “After re-
ceiving some snowfall a
couple of days ago, a
part of the mountain
slid and caused lakhs of
metric tonnes of snow
to fall down at once
causing the disaster,”
he added.
Meanwhile, Union
Power Minister RK Sin-
gh also visited Chamoli
on Monday to review
the situation after Tapo-
van Vishnugad hydro-
power project suffered
heavy damage. —ANI
5,133 CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS BY
PAK IN 2020: RAJNATH SINGH
New Delhi: Pakistan
resorted to 5,133
incidents of ceasefire
violations last year in
which 46 security force
personnel were killed,
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh said on Monday,
referring to Pakistani
hostilities along the
Line of Control and
International Border in
Jammu and Kashmir. In
replying to a question
in Rajya Sabha, the
defence minister said
“appropriate retaliation”
to the ceasefire
violations, as required,
has been carried out
by the security forces.
The defence minister
said 299 incidents of
ceasefire violations were
reported till January 28
this year.
NEVER SEEN SUCH A CRUEL
GOVT AT CENTRE: MAMATA
Kolkata: West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee
called the centre “a
cruel government” for
its meagre advance to
the state after Cyclone
Amphan”. Didi took on
Opposition for criticis-
ing vote-on-account
presented by her and
saying it was done with
an eye on the coming
state polls. “Even if
vote-on-account is
what Oppn is saying,
where is the problem?
It is for the welfare of
the people. Some are
saying we are there
for a few days. We will
be back with a huge
mandate,” she said.
AVIAN FLU: MAHARASHTRA
CULLS 40,000 BIRDS
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra on Sunday culled
40,000 poultry birds
in Navapur in Nan-
durbar district, 340
km north of Mumbai,
after cases of avian
influenza or bird flu
were confirmed in
the four-layer poultry
farms in the region
Eight samples from
nearly 5,000 dead
poultry birds from
the four-layer poultry
units in Navapur were
sent to the National
Institute of High-Se-
curity Animal Diseases
for avian influenza test.
All the samples tested
positive.
100 KASHMIRI YOUTH VISITED PAK
IN LAST 3 YEARS ARE MISSING
New Delhi: The security
establishment has found
that in 3 years around
100 youth from Kashmir
travelled to Pakistan on
a visa are missing. “They
have either never returned
or have returned but are
missing,” said an IPS
officer adding that they
can be part of ‘sleeper
cells’ of terror organisa-
tions. The officer said as
more proactive outreach
programmes have been
taken up more surveil-
lance mechanisms placed,
the incidents of youth
going missing are “de-
creasing proportionately”.
The intelligence sleuths,
along with immigration
officials, are keeping a tab
on movement of youth at
Wagah border as well as
at the New Delhi airport.
UN CHIEF EXPRESSES GRIEF
OVER LOSS OF LIVES
A PHONE CALL THAT SAVED
12 LIVES IN UTTARAKHAND
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over the
loss of life in Uttarakhand due to the glacier burst
and the subsequent flooding. “The Secretary-
General is deeply saddened by the reported loss
of life and dozens missing following the glacier
burst and subsequent flooding in Uttarakhand
state, India, on Sunday. The Secretary-General
expresses his deep condolences to the families
of the victims and to the people and Government
of India,” said a spokesperson for the Secretary-
General in a statement. The UN stands ready
to contribute to ongoing rescue and assistance
efforts if necessary, the statement added.
Joshimath: They had lost hope of survival when
one of them found his mobile phone network
working, helping them contact the authorities
who rescued them from an underground tunnel
at Tapovan in Uttarakahnd’s Chamoli where flash
floods wreaked havoc following a glacier burst.
“We heard people screaming at us to come out
of the tunnel but before we could react, a sudden
gush of water and heavy silt swamped upon
us,” rescued Tapovan power project worker Lal
Bahadur said. He, along with 11 of his other
colleagues, was rescued by the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP) from an underground
tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on
Monday evening.
SHOW MAMTA
towards farmers:
TMC on PM’s Barb
11 RAFALE AIRCRAFT IN COUNTRY,ENTIRE
BATCH EXPECTED BY APRIL 2022: RAJNATH
Ahead of Kerala polls, BJP
promises law against love jihad
Thiruvananthapuram:
Ahead of the upcoming
state Assembly elec-
tions, the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
promised to bring an
Uttar Pradesh-like law
against love jihad in
Kerala, if elected to
power.
The BJP state presi-
dent has made it clear
that if they come to
power, NDA will enact
a law against Love Ji-
had.
BJP has highlighted
the events of illegal
and forceful conver-
sions in the state.
The opposition, how-
ever, has slammed the
move and called it an
attempt to polarize.
NCP leader Majeed
Memon stated that Ker-
ala is one of the most
literate states and the
people there believe in
secularism and the
move will not woo the
voters in Kerala.
However, BJP state
President K Surendran
stated that the Love ji-
had is a serious issue
and apart from Hindu
organizations, Chris-
tians are also demand-
ing for the same law.
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Monday said that 11
Rafale aircraft have ar-
rived in India while the
entire batch of aircraft
will come by April 2022
in the country
.
“11 Rafale aircraft
have arrived in India.
By this March, India
will have 17 Rafale air-
craft. By April 2022, all
Rafale aircraft (the en-
tire batch) will come to
India,” said Singh while
responding to a ques-
tion posed by Bharatiya
Janata Party MP Ma-
hesh Poddar in the Ra-
jya Sabha.
Poddar had asked the
Defence Minister about
how many Rafaels have
come to India, how
many are supposed to
come, and till when they
will be battle-ready
.
The minister also re-
sponded to a question
raised by All India Tri-
namool Congress MP
Dr Santanu Sen on “any
probability of privati-
sation of few aspects of
the Defence in coming
days?” Responding to
his query, Singh said
“We are emphasising
on indigenisation and
have chosen 101 items
that won’t be imported
from other nations but
will be manufactured in
India by Indians.”
Meanwhile, the Lok
Sabha on Monday took
up discussion on mo-
tion of thanks to the
President’s address af-
ter seeing disruptions
over four days last week
over opposition’s de-
mand for separate dis-
cussion on the new
farm laws.
When the House met
after an adjournment,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh said that
the House every year
expresses its thanks to
the President for his
address to the joint sit-
ting of two Houses and
opposition members
also agree that “healthy
democratic traditions”
should continue.
The minister, who is
Deputy Leader of the
House, said members
can say what they want
and also put across their
views on the farm laws.
—ANI
Kolkata: The ruling
TMC in West Bengal on
Sunday slammed Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi for his hard-hit-
ting comments against
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee and urged
him to soften his stand
on the ongoing stir
against farm laws and
show some “Mamta”
(compassion) towards
agitating farmers.
PM Modi during the
day made a scathing at-
tack at the TMC govern-
ment, saying it has
“criminalised politics,
institutionalised cor-
ruption and politicised
the police” and said the
people of the state ex-
pected ‘’Mamta’’ from
Mamata Banerjee but
got ‘’nirmamta’’ (cruel-
ty) instead in the last
ten years.
ReactingtoPMModi’s
barb, Senior TMC MP
and spokesperson Sau-
gata Roy said the people
of Bengal would show
the BJP “Red card dur-
ing elections”.
“Instead of blaming
CM Mamata Banerjee,
the PM should soften
his stand on farmers is-
sue and show some
‘’Mamta’’ towards the
agitating farmers, who
are protesting for the
last 70 days. —ANI
A farmer sitting at Tikri Border during their protest against farm
law, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A team of SDRF and Uttarakhand Police pulling the dead body from mud after the glacier burst, in
Chamoli on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Uttarakhand Chief Minister trivendra Singh Rawat being briefed through maps about the ground
situation after the Glaciar burst in Chamoli on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SC disposes plea
seeking NIA probe
in MLA’s murder
New Delhi: The SC on
Monday disposed of the
petition seeking direc-
tion for an NIA (Nation-
al Investigation Agen-
cy) probe into the al-
leged murder of West
Bengal MLA, Debendra
Nath Roy
.
A bench of the apex
court, headed by Jus-
tice Ashok Bhushan,
recorded the submis-
sions made by lawyer
Shashank Shekhar Jha,
and other parties, dis-
posed of the petition
filed by him, and said,
if the petitioner wants,
then he may approach
the concerned state
High Court to seek re-
lief in the case.
Apex court was hear-
ing the petition filed by
Jha, seeking a direction
for an NIA probe into
alleged murder of
MLA, Debendra Nath
Roy. Jha submitted to
the top court that he
wanted to file his reply,
also in the same case,
the deceased’s wife,
Chandima Roy
, has filed
a petition before the Su-
preme Court, so thereby
this Court should club
these petitions, but the
Supreme Court asked
him to approach the
concerned High Court
and disposed of the pe-
tition filed by Jha.
Chandima Roy al-
leged that her hus-
band’s alleged killing
was a case of pre-
planned murder and
prayed for a probe by a
central agency, prefera-
bly by CBI. —ANI
‘BJP trying to
divide farmers,
misleading
celebrities’
Sensex soars 617 pts,
Nifty ends over 15,100
New Delhi: Congress
leader Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury on Mon-
day alleged that BJP
was “bereft of national
icons” and was remem-
bering Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose to gain
an advantage in West
Bengal elections.
Participating in the
debate on the motion of
thanks on the Presi-
dent’s Address, Chowd-
hury alleged that BJP-
led government had
sought to create divi-
sions among farmers
protesting against the
new farm laws. He also
said that celebrities like
Sachin Tendulkar and
Lata Mangeshkar were
being misled.
“Is our country so
weak that an 18-year-
old-girl (Greta Thun-
berg) is being consid-
ered an enemy for
speaking in favour of
the protesting farmers?
he asked.
Chowdhury said BJP
leaders do not talk
about the contribution
of India’s first Prime
Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru towards self-reli-
ance of the country and
this shows their “small-
ness”. —ANI
Mumbai: Winning
streak extended at the
bourses into sixth
straight day on Mon-
day as investor opti-
mism stayed elevated.
An across-the-board
buying helped front-
line indices scale fresh
record highs in the in-
tra-day trade, before
settling at new closing
peaks.
M-cap of all the listed
firms on the BSE also
hit record Rs 203 tril-
lion in value.
Among key indices,
the benchmark SP
BSE Sensex settled tad
below the 51,350-mark,
at 51,349 levels today, up
617 points or 1.22 per
cent, aided by buying in
MM (up 7.4 per cent),
Bajaj Finserv, Infosys,
Tech M, and Bharti Air-
tel. On the downside,
however, HUL (down 1.5
per cent), Bajaj Finance
(down 0.7 per cent), and
ITC (down 0.5 per cent)
remained top laggards.
—Agencies

INDIA
06
Days for bad...
The CM was here to re-
view t progress of 340-
km long Purvanchal
Expressway, his dream
project.
Significantly, a major
campaign is being car-
ried out by CM Yogi led
BJP Government to
eliminate the mafias
who, previously, were
running a parallel pow-
er in Uttar Pradesh.The
Yogi Government has
also seized illegal as-
sets worth about Rs
1000 crore of more than
40 mafias including
Mukhtar Ansari, Atiq
Ahmad, Vijay Mishra,
Sundar Bhati, etc.
It is noteworthy that
the government is also
demolishing the ille-
gal properties of ma-
fias and their close
aides. Apart from this,
the state government
has also registered
cases against 800
gangsters and their
close associates. Most
of these cases are filed
against Mukhtar An-
sari and Atiq Ahmad,
who ruled the monop-
oly in Purvanchal by
mocking the law. The
time of mafioso in Ut-
tar Pradesh is up and,
they are history now
in the State, which is
scripting a new devel-
opment story,” he
said.
Glacier Disaster...
A day after a portion of
the Nanda Devi glacier
possibly burst through
its banks at Joshimath,
triggering an avalanche
and a deluge that rippled
through the Alaknanda
river system in the up-
per reaches of the Hima-
layas, multiple agencies
coordinated efforts to
search for survivors.Ut-
tarakhandDirectorGen-
eral of Police Ashok Ku-
mar said efforts were fo-
cussed on rescuing 30-35
labourers trapped in a
250-metretunnelatTapo-
van. Two villages, in-
cludingRaini,arecutoff
and essentials are being
supplied to them. —PTI
Need to...
And we are doing it now.
You all should be proud.
‘See, what Manmohan
Singh Ji had said, Modi
is having to do now. (woh
Modi ji ko karna pad
rahahai).Beproud!”PM
Modi said.
He said the agriculture
minister has been hold-
ing constant dialogue
with farmers and has
held several meetings
with them and there is
no tension yet, as both
sides are trying to un-
derstand each other.
“We urge those sitting
on the agitation that
even though it is their
right to agitate, the man-
ner in which the old peo-
ple are sitting there, is
not right. They (agita-
tors) should be taken
back. They should end
the agitation and we will
together find a solution
as all doors are open for
dialogue. From this
House, I again invite
them for dialogue,” he
said.
“We should move for-
ward and not take the
country behind. All the
opposition and the gov-
ernment, protesters
should give these re-
forms a chance and see
if this change helps
them. We are ready to
remove shortcomings.
Modi also stressed that
India is very proud of
the contribution of
Sikhs and the language
used by some for them
will not benefit the coun-
try
. He alleged that some
people are also trying to
defame Sikhs.
“This is a community
that has done so much
for the nation. The coun-
try takes pride in contri-
bution of Sikhs, but
some people are trying
to defame them. The
blessings of the Guru
Sahibs are precious.”w
Ready for...
If hunger goes up, price
of crops will be decided
accordingly
.Thosewant-
ing business over hun-
ger will be driven out of
the country
,” Tikait.
Farmer leader Shiv
Kumar Kakka, who is a
senior member of the
Samkyukta Kisan Mor-
cha which is spearhead-
ing the ongoing stir, said
they are ready for the
next round of talks and
the government should
tell them the date and
time of the meeting.
—Agencies
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is guided by principles
of transparency and em-
powering the public con-
versation.
“If we receive a valid
legal request about po-
tentially illegal content
on Twitter, we review it
under the Twitter Rules
and local law. If the con-
tent violates Twitter’s
Rules, the content will
be removed from the ser-
vice. If it is determined
to be illegal in a particu-
lar jurisdiction but not
in violation of the Twit-
ter Rules, we may with-
hold access to the con-
tent in the location only
.
In all cases, we notify the
account holder directly
so they’re aware we’ve
received a legal order
pertaining to the ac-
count. Our goal is to re-
spect local law while
protecting our founda-
tional principles of free
expression,” it said.
—Agencies
FROM PG 1
RAJA BABU SINGH
DEPUTED AS IG, BSF
Raja Babu Singh has been deputed as Inspector
General in Border Security Force (BSF) for a
period of five years. He is a 1994 batch IPS
officer of MP cadre.
DR SAGAR HANUMAN SINGH
APPOINTED AS DG, INSTITUTE OF
PLANT HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Dr Sagar Hanuman Singh, PG HQ, Regional
Telangana Circle, Hyderabad, has been appointed
as Director General, National Institute of Plant
Health Management, Hyderabad. He is a 1995
batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
EIGHT IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
POSTING IN W BENGAL
As many as eight IAS officers in West Bengal
have been given new assignments. Accordingly,
Ms V Lalithalakshmi has been posted as
Additional Secretary, Technical Education,
Training and Skill Development Department,
while Ms Sana Akhtar was appointed Director
of Consumer Goods under Food and Supplies
Department and Dr Deepap Priya P will join as
Joint Secretary, Agriculture Department. Besides
Krishnendu Sadhukhan is posted as Officer on
Special Duty, West Bengal Valuation Board;
Ms Joyoshi Das Gupta as Officer on Special
Duty, ATI, WB; Ms Mitali Bandyopadhyay as
Commissioner, Consumer Affairs; Ravi Ranjan
as Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare
and Nikhil Nirmal was appointed Secretary, West
Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission.
FIVE IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
RESPONSIBILITY IN HARYANA
Atul Kumar has been appointed as Secretary
to Governor, Haryana, while Amna Tasneem
was posted as Director, Consolidation of
Land Holdings Land Records, Haryana,
Special Officer (HQ) Special LAO, Revenue
Disaster Management. Similarly, Phool
Chand Meena, Director General and Secretary,
Skill Development Industrial Training and
Employment and Secretary, Finance, was handed
over an additional charge of Nodal Officer,
CPGRAM PG Portal. Besides, Shyam Lal Poonia,
Deputy Commissioner, Sonepat, will hold
additional charge of the post of Commissioner,
Municipal Corporation, Sonepat during the
training period of Jagdish Sharma, while Ms
Priyanka Soni, Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, will
also hold charge of Commissioner, Municipal
Corporation, Hisar during the training period of
Ashok Kumar Garg.
RASHMI SHUKLA
DEPUTED AS ADG, CRPF
Ms Rashmi Shukla has been deputed as ADG in
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) up to June
30, 2024 i.e. date of her superannuation. She is a
1988 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
SAURABH GOYAL DEPUTED AS
ADDITIONAL PS TO MOS FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Saurabh Goyal has been appointed as Additional
Private Secretary to the Minister of State for
Social Justice and Empowerment on deputation
basis. He is an IRS-IT officer.
JK CADRE MERGES WITH UT
CADRE, AMENDMENT BILL PASSED
Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir
Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021. It will
replace Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation
(Amendment) Ordinance of 2021 which merged
the Jammu and Kashmir cadre of the Indian
Administrative Service, Indian Police Service,
and Indian Forest Service with the Arunachal
Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory cadre,
also known as AGMUT cadre. The President had
promulgated the ordinance last month to amend
the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
TWO IPS OFFICERS SHIFTED
TO PHQ, BHOPAL IN MP
Rajesh Kumar Singh, SP Guna and Mrs Vahni
Singh, SP, Niwari have been appointed as
Assistant IGs, PHQ, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
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COVID: INDIA WAS THE FASTEST COUNTRY TO REACH FOUR MILLION VACCINATIONS
Daily COVID deaths in India fall
below 100 for 4th time in Feb
New Delhi: India’s tal-
ly of COVID-19 cases
rose to 1,08,38,194, with
11,831 new infections,
while the daily deaths
fell below 100 for the
fourth time this month,
according to the Union
Health Ministry data
updated on Monday.
The death toll increased
to 1,55,080 with 84 daily
new fatalities, the data
updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people
who have recuperated
from the disease surged
to 1,05,34,505 pushing
the national COVID-19
recovery rate to 97.20
per cent, while the COV-
ID-19 case fatality rate
stands at 1.43 per cent.
The total COVID-19
active cases remained
below 2 lakh. There are
1,48,609 active cases of
coronavirus infections
in the country which
comprise 1.37 per cent
of the total cases, the
data stated. India’s
COVID-19 tally had
crossed the 20-lakh
mark on August 7, 30
lakh on August 23, 40
lakh on September 5
and 50 lakh on Septem-
ber 16. It went past 60
lakh on September 28,
70 lakh on October 11,
crossed 80 lakh on Octo-
ber 29 and had
surpassed the one crore
mark on December 19.
According to the ICMR,
20,19, 00,614 samples
have been tested up to
February 7 with 5,
32,236 samples being
tested on Sunday
.
The 84 new fatalities
include 30 from Maha-
rashtra and 19 from
Kerala, 6 from Chhattis-
garh, 5 from West
Bengal, 4 from Uttara-
khand, 3 from Karnata-
ka, 2 each from Delhi,
Goa, Haryana and Pun-
jab. A total of 1,55,080
deaths have been
reported so far in
the country including
51,310 from Maharash-
tra. —PTI
Malappuram: Two
schools have tested 192
students and 72 staff
members COVID-19
positive in Malappuram
district in Kerala, said the
District Health Authority.
In Maranchery Higher
Secondary School, 149
students and 39 staff
members have detected
COVID-19 positive, while
43 students and 33 staff
members tested positive
for the virus in Vannery
Higher Secondary School.
192 STUDENTS, 72
STAFF TEST
COVID-19 POSITIVE
Hyderabad: Hy-
derabad City Police
Commissioner Anjani
Kumar on Monday
took the first jab of
COVID-19 vaccine
along with several
other senior police
officers. Speaking to
the media after taking
the shot, Kumar as-
serted that the vaccine
is completely safe and
appealed to police
officers to come
forward for vaccina-
tion without any fear.
“I have participated
on the second day
of the vaccine drive.
Compared to the first
day, the response
from police personnel
has increased today.
Along with me, many
other senior police
officers have taken
the vaccine today,” he
said. “I appeal to all
the police officers to
come forward without
any fear and take the
vaccine for their safety
as well as the safety of
their family.” he adds.
HYD TOP COP GETS
VAX, APPEALS
COPS TO FOLLOW
Protecting
Sabarimala
custom is poll
stunt: Kerala BJP
Kochi: BJP State Vice
President of Kerala KS
Radhakrishnan said
that Kerala Pradesh
Congress Committee
chief’s promise of legis-
lation to protect the cus-
tom of Sabarimala was
just an election stunt.
He also challenged
the United Democratic
Front (UDF) to disclose
the number of leaders
in the alliance who
were implicated in the
Sabarimala agitation.
“UDF now introduced
the promis of legisla-
tion in line with Sabar-
amila traditions, it is
just an election stunt. “I
would like to ask my
UDF friends to reveal
the names of the UDF
leader,” he added.
Over 9K women serving as
officers in armed forces: Min
New Delhi: A total of
9,118 women are serv-
ing as officers in the
three defence forces
while the approval has
been granted for induct-
ing 1,700 females as
jawans in the corps of
military police, Minis-
ter of State for Defence,
Shripad Naik told the
Rajya Sabha.
In his reply, the min-
ister stated that the
highest percentage of
women officers was in
the Indian Navy as they
comprised 6.5 per cent
of its officer force with
704 lady officers. As per
the statement, the Indi-
an Army has 12,18,036
men against 6,807 wom-
en who constitute 0.56
per cent of the force.
The Indian Air Force
has 1,46,727 men against
1,607 and form 1.08 per
cent of the force. Indian
Navy has 704 female of-
ficers who constitute 6.5
per cent of the force.
The Indian Army is
the largest among the
three defence forces and
has the highest number
of women serving as of-
ficersandisnowthefirst
force to allow females to
join at the rank of
Sepoys.
The government said
there has been an
increase in the number
of women personnel in
the armed forces (ex-
cluding Medical, Dental
and Nursing cadres)
during the year 2020
compared to the figures
in the year 2019.
In addition to the pro-
vision of Permanent
Commission to Women
Officers in Judge Advo-
cate General and Army
Education Corps, the
Government of India
has recently announced
grant of Permanent
Commission to Women
Officers in all other
Arms in which they are
eligible for commis-
sion. Women are em-
ployed as officers in In-
dian Navy since 1992.
SASIKALARETURNSTOTNAFTERFOURYEARS;
AIADMKSAYSSHEHASNOLINKWITHPARTY
Krishnagiri: Expelled AI-
ADMK leader V K Sasikala
on Monday returned to Ta-
mil Nadu to a grand recep-
tion, days after completing
her four-year jail
term in Bengal-
uru in a cor-
r uption
c a s e ,
amid indications of a con-
frontation with the ruling
party which she once
controlled.
Sasikala, a close aide of
late Chief Minister J Jay-
alalithaa, crossed into Ta-
mil Nadu at Athipalli in
Krishnagiri district border-
ing Karnataka, around 10
am as her supporters broke
into celebrations, dancing
to drum beats and shower-
ing flower petals on her
convoy
.
She later offered prayers
at a Goddess Mariamman
temple in Hosur town in the
district, about 40 kms from
Bengaluru.
Her nephew T T V Dhina-
karan, who accompanied
her, said she would visit the
residence of AIADMK
founder and late Chief Min-
ister M G Ramachandran in
Chennai later.
He claimed several func-
tionaries to welcome Sasi-
kala planned. —PTI
T’gana Cong favours
Rahul as party chief
Hyderabad: Telangana
Congress unit has urged
Rahul Gandhi to take
overaspartychief again.
According to Telan-
gana Congress function-
aries, the presidents of
all the 33 District Con-
gress Committees
(DCCs) in the state on
Sunday passed a unani-
mous resolution urging
Gandhi to become AICC
president.
The unanimous reso-
lution was passed in a
meeting attended by all
the 33 DCC presidents in
the presence of AICC
Telangana in-charge
and Member of Parlia-
mentManickamTagore,
TelanganaPradeshCon-
gress Committee presi-
dent N Uttam Kumar
Reddy, Congress Legis-
lative Party leader Bhat-
ti Vikrarmarka and
other senior AICC and
TPCC leaders in Kham-
mam district.

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: The ongoing
anti-agriculture bill
movement in the capi-
tal Delhi has given the
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) a boisterous dose
of political sarcasm sit-
ting at home. In west-
ern UP alone, RLD has
been reaping the politi-
cal benefits of the farm-
er’s movement. After
the panchayats of Ma-
thura, crowds are seen
thronging to Shamli,
the increasing in the
number of farmers has
made other political
parties restless.
While BSP and SP are
silently watching from
shadows, the Congress
camp has been itching
to reap political bene-
fits from the move-
ments. In districts
where there is zero
presence of RLD, Con-
gress has been trying to
exert their presence
and the Congress has
been chalking out strat-
egies to prevent any in-
filtration of the RLD is
its strongholds.
Congress’ UP in-
charge Priyanka Vadra
is seen having public
meetings and conduct-
ing road shows in Saha-
ranpur. The Congress
also set its sight on the
big vote bank of dis-
tricts to the west of Sa-
haranpur. Saharanpur
has been strong fort for
the Congress.
Congress is also con-
templating its plans to
regain its old fort of
Shamli which they lost
to BJP in the last assem-
bly elections after put-
ting up a good fight.
Congress has been hop-
ing to win seats they
lost to their rivals by
trying to convert the
farmers into their vote
banks.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Luc-
know bench of the Al-
lahabad High Court
consisting of Justice
DK Upadhyay and Jus-
tice Manish Kumar on
Monday dismissed the
petition filed on the
land in Ayodhya where
a mosque is to be built
in.
Two sisters from Del-
hi named Rani Kapoor
Punjabi and Rama Rani
Punjabi had filed a peti-
tion in the court
through senior advo-
cate HGP Parihar, stat-
ing that the 5 acre of
land where the mosque
is to be built was right-
fully their’s as their fa-
ther had allocated it to
them for 5 years.
The state govern-
ment which was repre-
sented by Additional
Advocate General
Ramesh Kumar Singh
had opposed that the
khasra number stated
by the petitioners in
their petition is not the
same as the khasra
number of the land in
Dhannipur where the
mosque will be built on,
hence the petition of
the sisters have to dis-
missed based on it be-
ing factually wrong.
In his reply, the peti-
tioner’s counsel HG S
Parihar apologised for
the mistake and de-
manded the withdrawal
of the petition which
was then promptly dis-
missed by the court.
Raunahi Pradhan’s
representative Meraj
Khan said that the vil-
lage of Dhannipur was
formerly the capital of
Raunahi.
He also added that
the women’s name who
filed the petition never
mentioned in any pan-
chayats and that the fil-
ing of the petition was
only to grab media at-
tention.
Meraj Khan said the
land allotted by the gov-
ernment has no dis-
putes and that the khas-
ra number of the peti-
tioners is related to a
land in the neighboring
village of Sheikhpur
Jafar which is adjacent
to Dhannipur.
PMshouldaskallMPsandMLAsto
giveuptheirpension,says Tikait
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The na-
tional spokesperson of
the Bharatiya Kisan
Union Rakesh Tikait,
during a conversation
with reporters, said
that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi should
ask all MPs and MLAs
from across the country
to give up their pension.
Rakesh Tikait said that
the Kishan Morcha will
be thankful to the legis-
lators who are ready to
give up their pensions.
He added that couple of
the demands of the
farmers is to increase
the minimum wage of
small scale farmers to
Rs. 24000 and also waiv-
ing off their debts.
Rakesh Tikait during
a conversation with re-
porters on Monday said
that the farmers’ organ-
ization is not against
another round of talks
and that the farmer’s
committee is ready for
talks only if the govern-
ment is also on the same
page. He also said that
the central government
will come to know of
problems with the cur-
rent farmer’s law after
making the 15 amend-
ments in the agricul-
tural laws which the
central government
wants to make.
Rakesh Tikait while
reacting to the PM Nar-
endra Modi’s speech in
the parliament where
he asked the farmers to
end their stir said that
the central government
should come up with a
law for MSP after which
the farmers will be
ready to negotiate with
the government.
Farmers of many
states including Pun-
jab, Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh have been pro-
testing against the
three Central Agricul-
tural Laws from the last
2 months and have been
demanding the with-
drawal of the 3 afore-
mentioned laws. They
are currently protest-
ing in Singhu, Tikri,
Shahjahanpar and bor-
der of Ghazipur.
After RLD, now Cong
looks to harvest big
political gains from
kisanmahapanchayats
HC junks sisters’ plea
claiming ownership of
Ayodhya mosque land
ALLROUND SUPPORT
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait (C) with Acharya Pramod Krishnan (R) and other saints during the ongoing farmers protest against
the new farm laws, at Ghazipur Border on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary at mahapanchayat in Mathura. -File PHOTO
TIK TOK APP
PUSHES COUPLE
ON THRESHOLD
OF DIVORCE
The growing interest
of people to make Tik
Tok videos has become a
bane for families of some.
Educated as well as those
who are less educated
have been getting addicted
to making videos on Tik
Tok. Tik Tok is a famous
app where people dub and
enact various scenes from
movies. One such incident
has happened to an officer
in UP. The officer was not
aware of his wife making
Tik Tok videos while he was
busy in office. The officer
who has almost reached
retirement age has been
bound to office till late
hours due to work, so he
has not been able to give
due time to his other half.
So the wife of the officer
had found a new hobby of
making Tik Tok videos to
pass her time. A friend of
the officer who was worried
about the officer’s recent
work stress had suggested
him to download and
watch videos on Tik Tok.
The officer upon taking
his friend’s suggestion
downloaded the app and
to his bewilderment found
videos of wife on the app.
The officer shocked at such
videos had confronted his
wife about the same leading
to argument and the couple
ended up filing for divorce.
The court had ordered
counseling as first resort
and in the counseling it was
found that the real cause
of arguments between the
couple was the Tik Tok
videos of the wife. The
officer in his defence said
that he has a dignity to
maintain in front of society
and the videos of his wife
have been tarnishing the
dignity of his. The wife also
retorted saying that had
the officer given her the
attention that she needed
from him, she wouldn’t
have been making videos.
Since the case of divorce
was between two adults
who have been married to
each other for some time,
the lawyer persuaded the
couple to take back their
divorce petition and make
time for each other as
well as stay from Tik Tok.
Heeding to the requests of
the lawyer, the wife soon
stopped making videos on
Tik Tok and the officer also
began reaching home soon
after his office hours. The
two have been seen going
to restaurants together
and seem to have realised
their mistakes and made
amends.
—Ahtesham Siddiquii
VILLAGER WINS
KHATAUNI
BATTLE AFTER
16 LONG YEARS
Bhola Singh alias
Shyam Narayan
Singh, resident of village
Amoi has finally won the
battle for his right after
16 years. The Tehsildar
of Sadar, Sunil Kumar
issued an order to write
Shyam Narayan Singh’s
name in Khatauni after his
brother Raj Narayan Singh
refused to conduct DNA
test. Bhola Singh has been
fighting for 15 years to
get his name recorded in
the khatauni documents
but the administration
had been turning deaf
ears to his pleas. Only
when CM Yogi Adityanath
took cognizance of
the issue during his
visit to collectorate
that the administration
sprung into action. An
investigation turned out
to be inconclusive which
forced DM Praveen Laxkar
to call for a DNA test of
Bhola and his brother.
The administration had no
trouble getting the DNA
sample from Bhola but
brother of Bhola refused to
give his sample. Tehsildar
Sadar Sunil Kumar then
investigated the villagers
and submitted a report to
the court. The court ruled
in the favour of Bhola and
his name will be recorded
in Khatauni. —Amit Baliyan
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has opened its doors to
help Uttarakhand gov-
ernment in relief and
rescue operations in the
natural disaster which
wrecked havoc in Cha-
moli district of Uttara-
khand on Sunday
.
The UP government
has also set up an emer-
gency operation control
room for rescuing peo-
ple stuck due to the dis-
aster. The government
has announced a hel-
pline number along
with a Whatsapp num-
ber for the emergency
service.
The Yogi Adityanath
government is making
serious efforts in ex-
tending relief and res-
cue measures for resi-
dents affected due to the
natural calamity as
part of which search
operations are being
carried out to rescue
people hailing from
Lakhimpur Kheri, Sa-
haranpur, Amroha,
Shravasti and other dis-
tricts who are likely to
be stranded due to the
February 7 disaster in
Chamoli, Uttarakhand.
Relief commissioners
of Uttar Pradesh are
constantly coordinat-
ing with the Uttara-
khand government in
the relief and rescue
operations.
On receiving infor-
mation efforts are being
made to contact the vic-
tim besides arrange-
ments are also being
made to treat the in-
jured besides send peo-
ple back to their home.
For relief and rescue
operations, the state-
level emergency opera-
tion center is functional
round the clock and
family members of
missing persons could
provide his details on
WhatsApp number
9454441036 besides on
the relief helpline num-
ber 1070.
Bodies of two of the
33 residents of Lakhim-
pur Kheri likely to be
stranded in Chamoli
have been found while
eight residents of
Shravasti who had gone
to Chamoli to work in
Rishi Ganga project are
expected to be stranded
there. Further five of
the eight persons from
Motipur Kala village in
Sirsia, Shravasti are
also said to be missing.
Five people Saunth
village under Nangli
police station of Hasan-
pur tehsil in Amroha
are also missing which
include Rohit (28 years)
son of Mahendra, Ma-
hipal (35) son of Jaipal
Singh, Kavendra Singh
(25) son of Jaipal Singh,
Than Singh (45) son of
Ram Swaroop and Sun-
ny Dutt (24) son of Gyan
Prakash.
Five people from
Meerut including four
from Kaserukheda and
one from Paratapur are
missing. These people
were working in setting
up of a Jio tower in Sar-
asota, 18 km above
Tapovan.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath said that UP
government would pro-
vide all possible help to
Uttarakhand to deal
with this natural disas-
ter. He has instructed
district magistrates and
SP of 27 districts situ-
ated on the banks of
Ganga alert people in
villages and towns adja-
cent to banks of Ganga
besides shift them in
case of need.
In may be mentioned
post the disaster there
was a possibility of wa-
ter moving towards Ut-
tar Pradesh via Koti,
Nandprayag, Karnpray-
ag, Rudraprayag, Srina-
gar, Rishikesh and
Haridwar. At present,
water flow has slowed
down. In Uttar Pradesh,
officials in Bijnor, Bu-
landshahar, Badaun,
Hapur, Farrukhabad,
Kannauj, Fatehgarh,
Kanpur, Prayagraj, Mir-
zapur, Varanasi and
Ghazipur districts are
on alert. As per experts,
water flow had become
weak and not much im-
pact was expected on
villages and cities pre-
sent on the banks
of Ganga including
that in Rishikesh and
Haridwar.
UP SETS UP HELPLINE TO REACH OUT TO
PEOPLE AFFECTED BY U’KHAND TRAGEDY
1. Vinod Kumar
ADM FR Saharanpur
Mob. 9454417646
2. Anit Kumar
SP Crime Bijnor
Mob. 7906309842
3. Amresh Kumar
SDM Kheri
Mob. 8177011544
4. Chandrakant
Expert, Relief Com-
missioner Office UP
Mob. 9454410743
Helpline Numbers
Relief Commissioner
Office Lucknow:
Toll Free : 1070
Whatsapp:
9454441036
The 13.2 MW small hydro
project on the Rishiganga
river was swept away
in the glacier burst in
Uttarakhand’s Chamoli
district on Sunday and over
150 workers went missing.
Details of the team deputed by UP Govt to Joshimath Uttrakhand
for coordinating locally the relief operations for people of UP

A person who believes that he
can has an amazing head start
on all the others and is already
halfway there.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor, First India
08
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Three under
construction Express-
ways-Poorvanchal,Bun-
delkhand and Ganga
Expressways- are going
to be lifeline in the long-
term development of
the State.
With CM Yogi Adity-
anath laying emphasis
of early completion of
the three prestigious
projects, Poorvanchal
Expressway is all set to
open for light vehicles
from next month. The
Chief Minister on Mon-
day made whirlwind
tour of region to review
the progress.
Equally important is
Bundelkhand Express-
way, which is a green-
field project, in UP’s
most backward region,
which had been yearn-
ing for development for
years. Similarly, Ganga
Expressway, which was
originally conceived
during the period of
Mayawati (2007-12)
could not make head-
way as a PIL was filed
and the project was im-
mediately shelved.
Even as Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav has still been
basking under the glory
of 300 Km long Luc-
know-Agra Expressway
,
also a greenfield project,
the Yogi government is
going to have three such
projects rolling or under
constructionbythetime
state goes to polls in
early 2022.
The 340 km long
Poorvanchal Express-
way, with an estimated
cost of Rs 22,494.66 crore
as against Lucknow-
Agra Expressway’s cost
of around Rs 15000
crore,ispresumablylow
cost venture passing
though Lucknow, Bara-
banki, Amethi, Sultan-
pur, Ayodhya, Ambed-
karnagar, Azamgarh,
Mau and Ghazipur.
Official sources said
that the Poorvanchal
Expressway would
prove to be catalyst for
the development of the
region.
Moreover, Poorvan-
chal Expressway getting
connected with existing
Lucknow-Agra Express-
way has all the potential
of connecting vast in-
dustrial corridor con-
necting eastern bound-
ary to western region of
the state ensuring over
all development.
“Lack of infrastruc-
ture in eastern UP had
proved bane for the re-
gion over the decades as
successive governments
in the past never looked
at the region from devel-
opment perspective”,
commented a Gorakh-
pur-based social activist
Imtiyaz Ali. He said the
credit for speeding up of
region’s development
goes to Yogi Adityanath.
Three expressways to be lifeline of UP’s changing face
Yogi govt is going to have these projects
rolling before assembly polls next year
CONCERN FOR PEOPLE
CM Yogi holding a meeting with senior officials to coordinate rescue operations
and provide assistance to the people from UP trapped in the disaster in Chamoli
(Uttarakhand), on Monday. Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari also seen.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The IAS
fraternity in the state
will not organise its
association week this
year. According to the
sources, IAS associa-
tion has neither final-
ised the programme
for the weeknor has
sought time from the
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath to address
the prestigious gather-
ing of bureaucrats in
the state.
Sources said the IAS
officers at district level
are hard pressed due to
corona pandemic this
yearandnotinaposition
to spare time for IAS
week.
IAS week is impor-
tant because of annual
AGM in which impor-
tant issues connected
with IAS cadre are tak-
en up for discussuion.
The week also involved
various activities.
Ranjan Kumar, Sec-
retary IAS association,
said that officers at
Lucknow and other dis-
tricts were busy due to
covid pandemic and
could not get time to
hold the annual meet.
We will soon hold ex-
ecutive meeting to de-
cide about the associa-
tion week.
The event normally
takes place in Decem-
ber, but it was said to be
postponed in 2019 due
to the Ayodhya verdict
and other important
events, including the
anti-CAA protests.
Annual IAS Association week
will not be held in state this year
SC dismisses plea
for President’s
rule in state
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day dismissed a peti-
tion seeking imposi-
tion of President’s
rule in UP citing an
allegedbreakdownof
Constitutional ma-
chinery and rising
crime in the state.
The top court
warned the petition-
er advocate of impos-
ing a cost on him and
questionedhimabout
the research of crime
records of other
states. A bench of
Chief Justice Bobde
and Justices AS Bo-
pannaandVRamasu-
bramanian told peti-
tioner advocate CR
Jaya Sukin that there
is no research on the
claims which he has
been making and
asked him how his
fundamental rights
were violated.
Sukin while refer-
ring to data of Na-
tional Crime Records
Bureau (NCRB) and
the National Human
Rights Commission
(NHRC) said he has
donehisresearchand
crime graph has gone
up in UP. “In how
many states have you
studied the crime re-
cord? Have you stud-
ied crime records of
other states? What is
your research of
crime records in oth-
er states? Show us on
what basis you are
saying this,” the
bench said.
The top court said
that there is no re-
search done by him
on the claims he has
been making.
CM Yogi Adityanath inspecting the work on Poorvanchal Exp’way.
Supreme Court
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) has appointed
in-charges on each of
84 seats in UP on which
it faced defeat in the
last assembly elec-
tions.
The party has pre-
pared a roadmap to
win these seats pres-
ently occupied by SP,
BSP, SUBHASPA and
independents. Out of
403 assembly seats,
BJP secured 310 seats
and its ally Apna Dal
(S) won 9 seats while
the opposition parties
and independents got
84 seats.
Of these 84 seats,
BJP has never won on
50 seats for which a
strategy has been
chalked out for 2022 as-
sembly election. For
every seat, Rajya Sabha
members, members of
the Legislative Coun-
cil, presidents of cor-
porations and boards
have been made in-
charges and assigned a
12-point agenda.
The party appointed
in-charges of 50 seats
have visited their areas
two to three times in
the last two months
and pondered over the
political and caste
equations besides
scope for improve-
ment.
The Saharanpur, Mo-
radabad and Meerut
divisions are the main
ones in western region
of BJP with 70 seats
while with one more
seat in Badaun district
of Bareilly division in
western region the
count reaches to 71.
Of these, BJP has 52
seats. The 21 constitu-
encies are considered
as weak seats as they
are presently occupied
by other parties.
To register win in
these areas, the BJP
has chalked out a strat-
egy and started work-
ing on it.
Jaswant Saini has
been appointed for
Kairana seat, Sanjeev
Goyal Sikka for Saha-
ranpur Sadar seat, Sub-
hash Sharma for Saha-
ranpur seat, Captain
Vikas Gupta for Dhola-
na seat, Suryaprakash
Pal for Noorpur seat,
Vijaypal Singh Tomar
for Behat seat and Kan-
ta Kardam for Mo-
radabad Dehat seat.
Further senior five
leaders have been en-
trusted with the task
for other five seats for
strengthening the or-
ganisation and encour-
aging party activists.
State president Swa-
tantra Dev Singh said
search for potential
candidates of the party
should be started in
these constituencies
besides more and more
influential people of
the area should be con-
tacted to establish so-
cial and caste equa-
tions in favor of the
party.
He said party work-
ers will approach pub-
lic with achievements
of Modi-led govern-
ment at the Centre and
Yogi-led government in
state.
BJP leader Radha
Mohan Singh said the
Union budget was an
important step towards
fulfilling the dream of
building a self-reliant
India and party work-
ers should convey this
information to each
person.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
BJP’snewstrategyfocusesonlostseats
Party appoints in-charges on 84 such seats to regain voters’ confidence; aims to take Modi’s Yogi’s achievements to people
Punjab is
supporting a
gangster: UP
govt to SC
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
told the Supreme Court
on Monday that the
Punjab government
was “vociferously de-
fending” Uttar Pradesh
Member of Legislative
Assembly Mukhtar An-
sari and stalling his
transfer from Ropar
Jail to Ghazipur Jail.
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, appear-
ing for the UP govern-
ment, told the Bench of
Justices Ashok Bhush-
an, R Subhash Reddy
and MR Shah that seri-
ous charges are pend-
ing in UP against An-
sari, who has been re-
manded in Punjab for
two years in connec-
tion with a “minor
case”.
“How can the State of
Punjab support Ansari
so much?”, Mehta que-
ried. He added that
there are very serious
cases pending and the
trial of the same is
pending in Uttar
Pradesh. Mehta further
submitted that it was a
“question of serious
significance”. He has
been facing serious
charges where sum-
mons were issued.
ROADMAP
Alleged Khalistani terrorist, wanted
in anti-national activities held in Lko
INSPECTOR SENT TO LINES DUE
TO NEGLIGENCE IN LODGING FIR
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: An alleged
Khalistani terrorist was
arrested by joint team
of Punjab and UP police
near Secretariate cross-
ing in Jankipuram on
Monday
.
Arrested accused was
identified as Jagdev Sin-
gh alias Jagga and he
was wanted by Punjab
police for several anti-
national activities.
One of his accomplice
was arrested by Punjab
Police few days back
who confirmed his pres-
ence in the state capital.
Following which ten
members team headed
by Inspector Indradeep
Singh from Amritsar
state special operation
cell reached Lucknow
and arrested him with
the help of local police.
Joint Commissioner
of police (Crime) Nilab-
ja Chaudhary said
Jagdev was involved in
sale-purchase of illegal
weapons in several
state. “After interroga-
tionseveralinformation
can be reaved” he point-
ed out. More than nine
criminal cases were reg-
istered against Jagga in
various police stations
in Firozpur district of
Punjab. Police will take
remand of arrested
criminal for further in-
terrogation.
It was reported that
Jagga was connected
with anti-national ele-
ments including Param-
jeetPammaandMaltani
Singh.Jagdevwasjailed
in March 23, 2019 and
again in October 26,
2020. It was also alleged
that Jagga was involved
in several anti-national
activities running from
other countries like
England and Germany
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In the case
of FIR lodged against
two IAS officers on the
complaint tendered by a
female employee the In-
spector (Mahanagar)
Yashkant has been sent
to lines owing to negli-
gencecommittedbyhim
while lodging the case.
Awomanemployeeof
State Planning Institute
had tendered a com-
plaint against 11 em-
ployees including two
IAS officers without
mentioning their desig-
nations. The Inspector
while lodging the FIR
failed to check the desig-
nations. Later, it was
revealed that the ac-
cused include two IAS
officers. On inquiry by
government officials,
the mistake came to fore
leadingtoactionagainst
the inspector. For carry-
ing out investigation in
the case besides sending
notice to them, the po-
lice will have to take
prior permission.
The accused include
retired Syed Afaq
Ahmed, Dr Satveer Sin-
gh, Senior Assessing Of-
ficer Dr Santram, Jun-
ior Assistant Dinesh
Kumar, Dr Rajendra Ya-
dav, Former Director
AnkitKumarAggarwal,
IAS Gyan Prakash Trip-
athi, Dr D Sarin, Umesh
Kumar, Dr Govinda
Babu and V Srivastava.
The woman employee
stated that the two IAS
officers as former direc-
tors ignored her com-
plaint and failed to ini-
tiate action.
Accused Jagdev Singh
Ranjan Kumar

f you’re looking for inspira-
tion, you’ll find plenty of
ideas for weird and wacky
proposals; try to give yours
the personal touch and pick
something relevant to you as
a couple. From the man who
created a discount coupon to propose
to his bride-to-be to geeky proposals
inspired by games and TV shows, a
wacky proposal shows imagination
and effort and is sure to sweep her
off her feet.
CHOOSE A FAVOURITE PLACE
When you’re at a beach, hotel
rooftop, underwater, monu-
ment or national park—
that has personal sig-
nificance to the two
of you, ask some-
one nearby to
take a
p i c -
ture of you together. Instead of pos-
ing, drop down on one knee or have
a choir, brass band or drum line
show up for a surprise performance
of your loved one. For a personal
touch, ask the performers if they can
incorporate your lovers’ name into
the lyrics.
DESTINATION PROPOSAL
Plan a romantic destination getaway
for two. When you’re on the plane, use
the loudspeaker system (of course,
run your plan by the flight attendants
first) and propose at 35,000 feet or rent
a Vespa, scooter or bikes to tour the
city or and invite your soon-to-be fi-
ance or lover for a ride, but remind
them to be safe and wear a helmet.
Hand over the helmet, with a box of
ring already in it then zip around
town to celebrate.
EASY PEASY PROPOSAL
Gather a bunch of your friends and
family for a party and have everyone
put on a T-shirt or carry balloons
filled with helium (otherwise they
won’t float) bearing one of the
letters in the phrase,
‘Will you marry me?’ Then during
the party suggest a group picture to
reveal the message or you can spell
your proposal out in glow-in-the-dark
star stickers on your ceiling. Get into
bed, turn the lights off and wait for
the gasp.
FOODY PROPOSAL
Make the box holding the ring as a
selection on the dessert tray at your
favourite restaurant or put togeth-
er a gift basket of yummy treats—
like dark chocolate, coffee or fresh
fruit—and hide the ring among
the presents (in its box, so it
doesn’t get lost in the goodies).
Whether you want to pop
the question in a cute but
simple way or you’re ready
to organize a super unique
surprise, there’s some-
thing here for you.
Whatever the case, re-
member that the best
proposal ideas are
those that truly
capture the cou-
ple’s relation-
ship.
LUCKNOW, TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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WACKY
PROPOSALS
PROPOSALS
WE
KNOW HOW NERVE-
WRACKING PLANNING A
PROPOSAL CAN BE. IF ALL THOSE
JITTERS ARE MAKING IT HARD TO DECIDE ON
HOW TO PROPOSE THIS VALENTINE, WE’VE GOT
YOUR BACK. CITY FIRST GIVES YOU SOME CRAZY
PROPOSAL IDEAS THAT WON’T GO IN VAIN!
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