First india lucknow edition-13 january 2021

Over 24 lakh jobs in a year under ‘Mission Rozgar’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adity-
anath’s ‘Mission
Rozgar’ comes with a
hope of a better to-
morrow for the
State’s unemployed,
be it providing relief
through MNREGS
jobs, filling up gov-
ernment vacancies or
self-employment op-
portunities. And if
figures provided by
the authorities are
anything to go by, the
UP Government
claims to have provid-
ed 24.30 lakh employ-
ment and self em-
ployment opportuni-
ties between Decem-
ber 5, 2020, and Janu-
ary 7, 2021.
The Yogi Govern-
ment plans to double
this figure and has set a
target of creating 50
lakh employment op-
portunities by March
2021 of which 5 lakh
jobs will be made avail-
able by filling up vacan-
cies in various govern-
ment departments, said
an official. The Mission
Rozgar campaign was
launched by the UP CM
on December 5, 2020.
A major thrust to
provide employment
to migrant workers
during the Covid 19
induced lockdown
came through MN-
REGS and the state
government says it
provided 35 crore
man-days’ work. “Ut-
tar Pradesh has about
1.80 crore MNREGA
job cardholders. Out
of them, 85 lakh have
been active. About 15
lakh new job cards
have been added in
the past few months
and most of them are
migrant labourers,”
said an official. “We
are roping in all many
major departments to
provide work in addi-
tion to jobs being pro-
vided under the MN-
REGS,” he said.
The claim, however,
is challenged by Oppo-
sition parties, which
point out that even if
taken at face value,
these were at best tem-
porary relief measures.
Officials brush aside
the allegation and cite
data of ‘Mission
Rozgar.’ “The micro
small and medium en-
terprises (MSME) de-
partment, public works
department, horticul-
ture department and
the agencies construct-
ing the expressways
will also contribute in a
big way in creation of
more jobs,” said the of-
ficial. In the past year
under the Mission
Rozgar campaign,
4,57,628 unemployed
youths were assisted for
self-employment. A to-
tal of 59,728 youths will-
ing to get employment
were selected for skill
training and so far,
17,57,489 youth have
been provided employ-
ment in the private sec-
tor,” said an official as-
sociated with the drive.
He said besides this,
another 69,691 youth
have been recruited on
a regular basis so far.
As many as 2,259 per-
sons were given jobs
through outsourcing
and 36,868 people were
given employment on a
contract basis.
1.6 LAKH COVID-19 VAX
DOSES ARRIVE IN
LUCKNOW FROM PUNE
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: It was a
big day in anticipa-
tion for the whole of
Uttar Pradesh as peo-
ple from all walks
including those in
the government set
up as well as com-
moners, waited with
bated breath for the
arrival of first con-
signment of the Cov-
id-19 vaccine here on
Tuesday evening.
As many as 1.6
lakh doses were
transported through
a special flight from
Pune that landed at
Lucknow airport at 4
pm. The total weight
of the containers
carrying vaccine
vessels was approxi-
mately 400 kilo-
grams, health minis-
ter Jai Pratap Singh,
said while speaking
to First India.
A total of 11 boxes
containing the total
1.6 lakh doses were
taken out with ut-
most care at the air-
port. The vaccine
was received by
health minister, Di-
rector General
health DS Negi and
various other senior
officials.
Chief airport of-
ficer, Adani Airports
Limited SC Hota too
shared his happiness
being a part of a very
important process.
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Yogi Govt’s job juggernaut promise
comes with a hope of a better
tomorrow for the State’s unemployed
Yogi Adityanath
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the country, which would be priced around Rs 60 lakh. Earlier in 2020, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk hinted at the company entering India in 2021. “Next year for
sure,” Musk said on Twitter replying to a post with a photograph of a T-shirt with the message: “India wants Tesla”.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD LUCKNOW
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day stayed the imple-
mentation of three
farms laws until fur-
ther orders and formed
a four-member commit-
tee to hold talks with
farmers over the Acts.
“Implementation of
the three laws stayed
until further orders,”
said Chief Justice of In-
dia SA Bobde. A three-
judge bench, headed by
the CJI, is hearing a
batch of petitions, in-
cluding those filed by
DMK MP Tiruchi Siva,
RJD MP Manoj K Jha,
regarding the constitu-
tional validity of three
farm laws, passed by the
Central government,
and the plea to disperse
protesting farmers.
“We are forming a
committee so that we
have a clearer picture.
We don’t want to hear
arguments that farmers
will not go to the com-
mittee.Wearelookingto
solvetheproblem.If you
(farmers) want to agi-
tate indefinitely, you can
do so,” CJI Bobde said.
“We are concerned
about the validity of the
laws and also about pro-
tecting the life and prop-
erty of citizens affected
by protests. We are try-
ing to solve the problem
in accordance with the
powers we have. One of
the powers we have is to
suspend the legislation
and make a committee,”
he said.
“This committee will
be for us. All of you peo-
ple who are expected to
solve the issue will go
before this committee.
It will not pass an order
or punish you, it will
only submit a report to
us... The committee is
part of the judicial pro-
cess in this case. We are
planning to suspend the
laws but not indefinite-
ly,” he added.
The Apex Court also
issued the notice on the
Delhi Police’s applica-
tion seeking to stop the
proposedtractorrallyon
RepublicDaybyfarmers
protesting against the
new farm laws.
Attorney General KK
Venugopal said that if
these farmers are al-
lowed to enter, Turn to P6
New Delhi: Taking a
dig at ‘political families’
in the country, Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Tuesday said ‘dynas-
ty politics’ is a challenge
beforeIndiaandithasto
be ‘uprooted’ by the
youth of the nation.
Speaking at the vale-
dictory function of the
second National Youth
Parliament Festival on
January 12 via video
conferencing,thePrime
Minister said the days
of those who used to
fight elections on the
basis of their surname
are numbered.
“There are some
changes left and these
changes have to be
brought in by the youth
of the country. Dynasty
politics is such a chal-
lenge before the coun-
try and it has to be up-
rooted. Turn to P6
Retail inflation
eases to
4.59% in Dec
New Delhi: India’s re-
tail inflation eased to
4.59 per cent in Decem-
ber from 6.93 per cent a
month earlier on the
back of drop in vegeta-
ble and food prices, gov-
ernment data showed
on Tuesday.
A low base and soften-
ing of vegetable prices
pulled down inflation,
which is measured by
the consumer price in-
dex (CPI). Inflation has
been above the Reserve
Bank of India’s limit of
6 per cent for the past
eight months until No-
vember. Turn to P6
SUPREME COURT RULES! PUTS ON HOLD
FARM LAWS, FORMS PANEL TO HOLD TALKS
New Delhi: Ahead of
the first phase of the
COVID-19 vaccination
drive scheduled to start
from January 16, vac-
cine transportation has
started from Pune to 13
locations across the
country, Union Minis-
ter Hardeep Singh Puri
said on Tuesday.
In a series of tweets,
the Minister said 56.5
lakh doses of vaccines
are being transported to
Delhi, Chennai, Kolka-
ta, Guwahati, Shillong,
Ahmedabad, Hy-
derabad, Vijayawada,
Bhubaneswar, Patna,
Bengaluru, Lucknow
and Chandigarh, from
Pune. “Civil aviation
sector launches yet an-
other momentous mis-
sion.Vaccinemovement
starts. First two flights
operated by SpiceJet
and GoAir from Pune to
Delhi and Chennai have
taken off,” he tweeted.
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56.5 lakh vax doses dispatched
from Pune to 13 locations
Political dynasty biggest
enemy of democracy: Modi
New Delhi: The Indian cricket team, which landed in
Brisbane for the fourth and final Test against Aus-
tralia, was in for a shock on Tuesday as it was lodged
at a hotel which “lacked basic facilities”, prompting
an intervention from the BCCI top brass. It is learnt
that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, Turn to P6
New Delhi: ECI held an interactive meeting with
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, on Tuesday to
discuss requirement vis-a-vis availability of Central
Armed Paramilitary Forces and related matters, for
upcoming Assembly polls in Assam, Kerala, Tamil
Nadu and West Bengal, and UT of Puducherry. —ANI
BCCI STEPS IN AS TEAM INDIA
DENIED FACILITIES IN OZ HOTEL
ECI, UNION HOME SECY MEET
OVER POLLS IN 4 STATES
EXPERT VIEW
Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the three controversial
farm laws and formed a four member committee to take
over negotiations with the farmers and “solve the problem”.
THE FOUR MEMBERS...
Ashok Gulati
Agricultural
economist
Anil Ghanwat
Prez, Shetkari
Sangathan
Bhupinder Mann
President,
Bharatiya Kisan
Union (Mann)
Pramod Joshi
ex-director S Asia
Int’l Food Policy
Research Institute
New Delhi: Farmer
leaders and Opposi-
tion parties welcomed
the Supreme Court’s
decisiononTuesdayto
stay the implementa-
tion of the three farm
laws,butsomeof them
expressed doubts over
the neutrality of the
committee formed by
the top court to end
the impasse over the
farm laws.
The agitating farm-
ers also asserted that
they would not call off
their protest until the
newly enacted legisla-
tions are repealed.
“It is clear that the
court is being misguid-
ed by various forces
even in its constitution
of a committee. These
are people who are
known for their sup-
port to the 3 Acts and
have actively advocat-
ed for the same,” a
statementissuedbyAll
IndiaKisanSangharsh
Coordination Commit-
tee (AIKSCC) said.
Addressing a press
conference, Congress’
chief spokesperson
Randeep Surjewala
said the Turn to P6
SC decision generates
mixed reactions
TESLA ENTERS INDIA
MARKET, REGISTERS
COMPANY IN BENGALURU
PM Narendra Modi at valedictory function of 2nd National Youth
Parliament Festival, through VC, in New Delhi on Tuesday.CISF Security personnel stand guard as Lucknow Airport officials
deplane boxes carrying Covid-19 vaccine that arrived from Pune
on Tuesday evening. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR

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CM Yogi Adityanath
on Tuesday praised
PM Narendra Modi for
encouraging youths
via video conference,
on the occasion of
‘National Youth Parlia-
ment Festival-2021’.
He said that the PM
has awakened people’s
conscience with his
‘Vocal for Local’
‘mantra’ to embody the
vision of “One India,
Great India.
The CM recalled the
contributions of
Swami Vivekananda on
his birth anniversary
on Tuesday. Swami ji
believed that physical
and mental strength
is very important, he
said.
CM Yogi mourned
the death of Union
Minister Shripad Naik
and his wife in a road
accident. He conveyed
his deep condolences
to bereaved family
members.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adi-
ytanath got unsolicited
praise from unexpected
quarters on Tuesday.
The plaudits came from
Rakesh Singh, Congress
MLA from Sonia Gan-
dhi’sRaeBareliconstitu-
ency.
Taking strong excep-
tion to AAP leader Som-
nath Bharti’s abusive
rantagainstUPCM,this
Congresslegislatorfrom
Harchandpur in Rae
Bareli said, “Yogi ji is a
devoted CM who works
round the clock for peo-
ple’s welfare.”
Showering praises on
the CM, he went a step
further, when he vener-
ated him (UP CM) and
and said that Yogi was
he was no less than God
for him.
No wonder coming
from a leader of a party
most critical of the BJP
GovernmentintheState,
Singh’s public admira-
tion for the CM has set
tongues wagging.
The Congress MLA
demandedthatBhartibe
booked under NSA and
asked Arvind Kejriwal-
led party to take strin-
gent action against him.
Helaterwentontofelici-
tatethedistrictconvenor
or Hindu Yuva Vahini
for throwing ink on the
face of the AAP leader.
The Hindu Yuva Vahini
functionary was award-
ed Rs 51,000 and garland-
edfor‘savingthehonour
of Rae Bareli and Hindu
Samaj.’
This, however, is not
the first time that Singh
has publicly shown his
admiration for a BJP
leader. In September,
2019 he had organised a
‘yagna’ on Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
birthday wishing him
“longlifeandincreasein
fame and popularity.”
UP CM no less than God to me, says Cong MLA
EXCEPTIONAL TAKE
Congress MLA Rakesh Singh.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi to unfurl 246-ft tall Tricolour in Gorakhpur; state’s tallest.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath will
unfurl the tallest na-
tional flag in the state in
the Ramgarh lake area,
on Wednesday. An offi-
cial release by the state
government said.
The Tricolour
would be 246-feet
high and will be an-
other addition to the
attractions of Gora-
khpur. This flag
would be visible from
a distance of 15 km.
CM Yogi is on a two-
day visit of his con-
stituency to attend
Makar Sankaranti
and the ongoing Gora-
khpur Mahotsav.
It may be recalled
that industrialist Amar
Tulsiyan started work-
ing on the highest flag
project in December
2017 after taking per-
missions from the Gora-
khpur administration.
Apart from unfurling
the tallest flag in Gora-
khpur on Wednesday,
the CM will inaugurate
the jetty entrance gate
and the Buddha gate at
Ramgarh Lake. Being
the chief guest of the
closing ceremony of the
two-day Gorakhpur Ma-
hotsav, that started on
Tuesday, Yogi Adity-
anath will also distrib-
ute motorised tricycles
among the differently-
abled people.
Until now, the highest
Tricolor in Uttar
Pradesh is in Ghazi-
abad which is 211 feet
high. However, the flag
which the Chief Minis-
ter is going to inaugu-
rate on Wednesday will
be 246-feet high and will
measure 540 square feet
in area.
Talking about Gora-
khpur Mahotsav, Divi-
sional Commissioner
Jayant Narlikar said
Bollywood artistes were
not invited this year
due to the pandemic ,
which turned out to be
an opportunity in dis-
guise for local artists,
who getting a platform
to perform at the Gora-
khpur Mahotsav and
hog all the limelight.
A bird watching and
wildlife photo exhibi-
tion in the wetland of
Shaheed Ashfaqullah
Khan zoo would also be
held on Wednesday. A
fashion show showcas-
ing Khadi would also be
organised in the even-
ing.
MP Ravi Kishan
would be the chief guest
of the event being or-
ganised under the joint
aegis of the forest de-
partment, Gorakhpur
zoo and the Heritage
foundation.
Besides Chief Minis-
ter Yogi, Tourism Min-
ister Neelkanth Tiwari
would be the chief guest
at the at the Gorakhpur
Mahotsav.
A fashion show re-
lated to Khadi garments
will also be a part of the
event.
HIGH FLYING: YOGI TO UNFURL
TALLEST TRICOLOUR TODAY
CM takes big strides to the
run up to ODOP in Gkp
Health Min terms
vaccine arrival as
a historic feat
No ops in HC on January 15,
owing to Magh Mela crowds
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court
will not operate on
January 15 and judi-
cial proceedings of
this day will be con-
cluded on April 17.
Chief Justice Govind
Mathur has directed for
the same on request of
Bar Association.
Bar Association Gen-
eral Secretary has made
written request that
thousand of devotees
will throng on Sangam
on January 14 on the oc-
casion of Makar Sank-
ranti and Magh Mela.
He requested that due to
large crowds, it would
be difficult to conduct
judicial proceedings.
Allahabad HC regis-
trar Ajay Kumar Srivas-
tava has issued notifica-
tion for holiday on Jan-
uary 15. The High Court
will be closed for four
consecutive days after
announcement of the
holiday.Continued from page 1
Speaking exclusively to
First India, the Health
Minister said, “Today
(Tuesday) is a historic
day. We have taken a
major leap in fight
against Covid-19. The
vaccine that has ar-
rived from Pune, will be
stored in safe places af-
ter being transported
by special refrigerated
vehicles.”
Singh also informed
that health workers
would be the first ones
to get vaccinated.
According to sources,
each vaccination centre
will have three rooms to
carry out the immuni-
sation process. Those
receiving the vaccine,
will enter through the
first room, where their
ID and personal details
will be scrutinised. Af
this, the recipients will
be sent to the second
room, where the vac-
cine will be adminis-
tered.
The last room has
been set up as a waiting
area, where all the vac-
cine recipients will be
spendapproximately 30
minutes after the im-
munisation to negate
any immediate after ef-
fects of the vaccine.
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: UPChief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath, on Tuesday de-
clared making the
readymade garments
sector as the second
ODOP (One District
One Product) of Gora-
khpur on Tuesday.
A workshop, aiming
for the same was or-
ganised on the first
day of Gorakhpur fes-
tival on Tuesday,
where many experts
and entrepreneurs
shared their views
and ideas during the
brainstorm event on
the subject. A propos-
al to pave way for the
Readymade Garments
Park was also mooted
by the Chamber of In-
dustries in GIDA.
It is to be noted
that more than 150
entrepreneurs have
shown interest to in-
vest in setting up
units.
The Yogi govern-
ment has included
the readymade gar-
ments industry of
Gorakhpur in ODOP
after Terracotta.
During the Corona
Crisis, a large number
of artisans who were
working in the ready-
made garments facto-
ries in Mumbai, Su-
rat, Ludhiana, re-
turned back to Gora-
khpur.
“The efforts will
benefit these artisans
in a big way. There are
around 500 units of
readymade garments
in Gorakhpur where 5
to 20 machines are op-
erational,” said a
GIDA official.
All through his par-
liamentary tenure,
Yogi Adityanath has
strived hard to up-
grade the textile and
readymade garments
sector of his constitu-
ency.
Efforts of Gorakh-
pur Industrial Devel-
opment Authority
(GIDA) and officials
of the Department of
Industries, now, seem
to be bearing fruits.
Deputy Commis-
sioner of Industries
RK Sharma stated
that arrangements
have been made for
subsidised loans with
all facilities to pro-
mote readymade gar-
ments units.
SKAgarwal,former
president of the
Chamber of Indus-
tries of Gorakhpur,
said the efforts of
Yogi government will
result in increase of
employment in Gora-
khpur.
CM TO OFFER FIRST ‘KHICHDI’ AT GORAKHNATH TEMPLE There is a lot
of potential
in this (Ready-
made Garments )
sector in Gorakh-
pur and will help
increase employ-
ment.
—RK Sharma,
Deputy Commissioner,
Industries
UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh performing a ritual after
receiving the vaccines at Lucknow airport on Tuesday.
DM instructs strict adherence to Covid
guidelines during Republic day events
First India Bureau
Lucknow: DM Ab-
hishek Prakash who
was presiding over the
preparatory meeting of
events to be held on Re-
public day 2021 in Dr.
APJ Abdul Kalam Audi-
torium, Collectorate in-
structed the officials to
that the events for the
Republic Day should be
conducted by following
the COVID-19 protocols.
He said that the presen-
tations on R-Day should
showcase the national
unity and government
schemes related to wa-
ter conservation, envi-
ronment including oth-
er welfare oriented ini-
tiatives.
The events would be
organised on 26th Janu-
ary in front of Vidhan
Sabha in presence of
the CM and the Gover-
nor.
DM Prakash said that
the Army commanders
will be leading the Re-
public Day 2021 parade
passing in front of the
Legislative Assembly.
DM Abhishek Prakash presiding over the meet at Collectorate.
Gkp Mahotsav
inaugurated
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Uttar
Pradesh Tourism
Minister Neelkanth
Tiwari on Tuesday in-
naugurated the Gora-
khpur Mahotsav.
He asserted that it
was Tulsidas’ Ram-
charitmanas and the
Ramlilas spread the
message that “Lord
Ram is our king and not
Mughal emperors like
Babar or Aurangzeb”.
Tulsidas wrote the epic
when Mughal rulers
were forcing religious
conversion in the coun-
try at the point of
sword, he said.
Yogi, on Tuesday, took a stock of preparations related to events to be organised today in Gorakhpur. CM’s endeavours in Gorakhpur seem to be paying off.
Price of Vax
As per Central govern-
ment’s norms, people
might have to pay be-
tween Rs 200 to 290 per
dosage, as soon as it is
ready to be administered
to general public.

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NEWSat a glance
First India Bureau
Lakhimpur: A 21-year-
old man was slapped
with a case and had to
spend a night at a police
station after he landed
with birthday gifts at
the home of a minor
girl whom he had be-
friended online, the po-
lice said Tuesday.
Salmantravelled2,000
km--takingaflightfrom
Bengaluru to Lucknow
and then a bus to Lakh-
impur Kheri -- to be able
to reach her home in
time for her birthday,
butherfamilyrefusedto
recognise him.
He had brought with
him chocolates, a teddy
bear and other such
items. The girl’s family
reprimanded him and
called the police and he
had to spend the Sunday
night at police station.
“The girl’s family
members refused to file
FIR against the youth.
He was produced be-
fore the sub-divisional
magistrate’s court
Monday,” Kotwali PS
in-charge Sunil Singh
said Tuesday.
“The youth was re-
leased on Monday on
personal bond,” Singh
added. Salman hails
from Deoria district and
works as a mechanic in
Bengaluru.
He told the police he
developed a friendship
with the girl through a
virtual platform and
travelled the distance to
offer her birthday gifts.
“However, the girl’s fam-
ily, got suspicious about
him and called the po-
lice,” the SHO said.
Singh said a return
ticket to Bengaluru for
January 11 and some
cash were found on him.
Singh said the girl’s
parents asked the po-
lice to warn the man
against any recurrence
of such incident.
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: In an undue
crackdown, the poultry
traders from the state
are crying foul claiming
that the officials are not
letting them function
and neither they are be-
ing allowed to sell poul-
try products even in
areas unaffected by the
bird flu.
Speaking to First In-
dia, Poultry Farmers
(Broilers)WelfareFeder-
ation President FM
Sheikh said in most dis-
tricts, the administra-
tion is functioning
against the Centre’s
guidelines. “In the radi-
us of 1 km where any
bird flu case comes up,
we are ordered to cull all
birds while in 10 kms ra-
dius, no selling is al-
lowed which is absolute-
ly fine. But in most dis-
tricts, this is being vio-
lated through verbal or-
ders from the officials
who come to the shops
and ask us to shut them
down,” Sheikh rued.
He added, “Just as
the poultry business
was picking up after re-
cent unlocks in the
state, the traders have
now been massively hit
by the Bird Flu scare.
And to add to our woes,
this unruly behaviour
of the officials is unac-
ceptable. We would be
meeting the Kanpur
Commissioner soon in
this regard.”
Meanwhile, In the
state Kanpur has been
the worst hit city by
Bird Flu as, as many as
74 birds, including 51
crows and nine pigeons,
were found dead in the
last 24 hours here.
These deaths were re-
ported from urban and
suburban pockets of
the city, according to of-
ficials.
As many as 74 birds
were found dead in 13
different areas of Kan-
pur, including Chun-
niganj, Fazalganj, Sees-
amau, Latouch Road,
Kalyanpur, KDA Colo-
ny, Bilhaur and
Choubepur, District
Forest Officer (DFO),
Kanpur, Arvind Yadav
said here on Tuesday.
Five rapid response
teams, which were con-
stituted in the wake of
teh bird flu scare, visit-
ed the spots, collected
samples and disposed
carcasses in a scientific
manner, he said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Cold to se-
verecoldconditionspre-
vailed over parts of Ut-
tar Pradesh with Kan-
pur being the coldest
city in the state where
the mercury dipped to
4.4 degrees Celsius, the
met department said.
It said a dense fog to
very dense fog envel-
oped isolated places in
the state.
Lucknow recorded a
minimum temperature
of 7.7 degrees Celsius,
Allahabad 8.3 degrees
Celsius, Jhansi 6.2 de-
grees Celsius, Meerut
7.0 degrees Celsius, Ba-
reilly 6.5 degrees Celsi-
us, Varanasi 9.0 degrees
Celsius, the MeT office
said.
Agra recorded a low
of 5.4 degrees Celsius,
while Kanpur was the
coldest city in the state
at 4.4 degrees Celsius.
Cold wave conditions
are very likely to occur
at isolated places over
the state on Wednesday,
the MeT office said.
Weatherismostlikely
to remain dry and shal-
low to moderate fog is
very likely to occur at
isolated places on Janu-
ary 14 and 15, it said.
ness vehicles equipped
with PA systems.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In the meet-
ing of the Project Moni-
toring Group, chaired
by Chief Secretary Ra-
jendra Kumar Tiwari,
the progress of projects
of the highest priorities
of the government in-
cluding the Trans Gan-
ga Project, Auraiya
Plastic City, Saraswati
Hitech City was re-
viewed.
Chief Secretary Ra-
jendra Kumar Tiwari
said that that the entire
work of phase-one of
Trans Ganga Project,
Unnao and Saraswati
Hi-Tech City, Prayagraj
should be completed by
31 March 2021. He added
that along with the de-
velopment works the
plots be given for pos-
session to the allottees.
The CS said develop-
ment work work phase-
II of Trans Ganga be
completed by July 2021.
He further added that
the remnant industrial
plots be publicized for
more attraction
First India Bureau
Agra: Nine notorious
criminals were arrest-
ed after encounter in
Khandauli area here on
Tuesday. One criminal
and one sub-inspector
were injured in cross
firing during the en-
counter, the police said.
Police sources said
that during a vehicle
checking drive, the po-
lice intercepted some
suspects in a Scorpio
car but they opened
fire on the police team
in which sub inspector
Rahul Katiyar was in-
jured. In retaliatory
firing one criminal
was injured. The po-
lice managed to arrest
all nine criminals after
encounter.
The injured were
shifted to the hospital,
the police said adding
that three country-made
pistols, onecar and sev-
eral cartages were re-
covered from them.
The police claimed
that the arrested crim-
inals were planning a
big loot when they were
arrested.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Special
Task Force (STF) has
arrested Shesh Nath
Singh who was appoint-
ed as principal in gov-
ernment school at Bas-
ti on documents of
Deepak Kumar Singh
son of Dinesh Singh, a
media professional
working with promi-
nent news channel
in Noida.
Following leads of
irregularities in teach-
er’s appointment scam
in Primary Education
Department STF got in-
formation that Shesh
Nath Singh resident of
Khalilabad area in Sant
Kabeer Nagar district
was working as princi-
pal in government
school in Rudhauli
block of Basti district
on fake document of
Deepak Kumar Singh.
Acting on tip-off STF
team lead by inspector
Pramod Kumar Verma
arrested Shesh Nath
Singh after confirming
all details from educa-
tion department.
During interroga-
tion arrested accused
confess that he had ob-
tained job deceitfully
after paying Rs 50,000
to a middle man.
The police have
launched a manhunt to
arrest other culprits on
statements of arrested
fake teacher.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Additional
Chief Secretary, Home
Awanish Awasthi
chaired a high-level
meet on cyber secruity
here on Tuesday.
He was informed that
893arrestsweremadein
last five months by the
cyber police. He was
also informed of vari-
ous cases of cyber crime
registered in the newly
created cyber stations.
On the instructions of
CM Yogi, efforts are be-
ing taken to strengthen
the cyber security of the
state. The government
has sanctioned Rs 32.80-
cr for improving the
new cyber stations in
the state. The fund is to
be used for database
management, forensic
tools, data analysis soft-
ware, data extraction
software, etc. required
by the cyber labs of all
cyber stations.
Awasthi asked for ap-
pointments in various
empty posts in the cyber
police stations from the
resources available in
the police department.
ADG of Police, Cyber-
crime Ram Kumar said
apart from prevention
of cyber crimes efforts
were also on to make the
public aware.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Alla-
habad High Court will
hear Wednesday a plea
against the acquittal of
all 32 accused persons,
including BJP veterans
LK Advani and MM-
Joshi, in the 1992 demo-
lition of the Babri
mosque case.
The petition filed on
January 8 by two Ayo-
dhya residents, Haji
Mahmood Ahmad and
Syed Akhlaq Ahmad,
will be heard by a Luc-
know bench of the
high court.
The petition, filed by
two Ayodhya residents
with All India Muslim
Personal Law Board ex-
ecutive member Zafary-
ab Jilani as their coun-
sel, was on Tuesday
listed for hearing by a
benchof JusticeRakesh
Srivastava.
While filing the peti-
tion last week on behalf
of Ayodhya residents
Jilani, who had also
been the convener of
the Babri Masjid Action
Committee, had said
the court was moved be-
cause the CBI has not
yet appealed against the
last year’s judgment.
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HUMANITY AT CROSSROADS
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The youth was
booked under
section 151 of
CrPC (arrest to
prevent the
commission of
cognizable
offences) and
later released on
bond.
Flu fracas: UP cracks
down on poultry biz
Cold wave throws
life out of gear;
Knp shivers at 4.4
CS Tiwari reviews progress
of high-priority projects
9 notorious criminals
held after encounter
UP STF arrests fake teacher ACS Awasthi chairs meet on cyber security
HC hearing on
plea against
Babri aquitals
With 74 bird deaths in 24-hrs, Kanpur worst hit with avian influenza
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CUSTOMS NABS MAN WITH 20G GOLD
Officers of the Customs CCSI Airport, Lucknow
intercepted one person who had come from Jed-
dah and recovered gold weighing 20 grams valued
at Rs 10,41,040. Niharika Lakha, DC Airport said
the passenger had concealed the gold moulded
into rings of the hand bag where the bag’s strap is
attached while few others were kept inside the bag.
NE RAILWAY GOES PAPERLESS
Following in the footsteps of Northern Railway, the
North Eastern Railway has also moved towards
paperless practices. With the launch of Railway
Employees Self Service (RESS) app, all the infor-
mation related to service book and salary slip will
now be available online to over 50,000 staffers.
INDUSTRIES BANDHU PANEL MEETS
Meeting of the Divisional Industries Bandhu Com-
mittee was chaired by Divisional Commissioner
Ranjan Kumar, which was attended by Jt Commis-
sioner Udyog Pawan Aggarwal, SP (Lko Rural)
Hridesh Kumar, Deputy Labor Commissioner Ravi
Srivastava and senior officials and entrepreneurs.
He said the officers have been instructed to work
in a positive intent in the interest of entrepreneurs.
ADM VISITS PADDY PURCHASE CENTRE
On the orders of Lucknow DM Abhishek
Prakash, Additional District Magistrate Civ-
il Supplies RD Pandey thoroughly inspected
the Paddy Purchasing Center at Samesee and
Gadha. Cleanliness of the centres was one of the
agenda. The ADM Civil Supplies also interacted
with the farmers and enquired about any difficul-
ty in selling paddy.
ONE FOR THE REPUBLIC
NCC cadets take part in rehearsal of Republic Day parade at Police Lines ground in Lucknow on Tuesday.
ACS Awathi at the cyber security meeting on Tuesday.
Water droplets found on spider web in the early morning sunlight
at a city park in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
CS RK Tiwari chairing the Project Monitoring Group meeting.
RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS IN ACTION
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PERSPECTIVELUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021
hether the
storming of the
US Capitol was
an attempted
coup, an insur-
rection, or an assault on
democracyismerelyaques-
tion of semantics. What
matters is that the violence
was aimed at derailing a le-
gitimate transition of pow-
er for the benefit and at the
behest of a dangerous mad-
man. President Donald
Trump, who has never hid-
den his dictatorial aspira-
tions, should now be re-
moved from power, barred
frompublicoffice,andpros-
ecuted for high crimes.
After all, the events of
January 6 may have been
shocking, but they were not
surprising. I and many
other commentators had
long warned that the 2020
election would bring civil
unrest, violence, and at-
tempts by Trump to remain
in power illegally. Beyond
his election-related crimes,
Trump is also guilty of a
reckless disregard for pub-
lic health. He and his ad-
ministration bear much of
the blame for the massive
COVID-19 death toll in the
United States, which ac-
counts for only 4% of the
global population but 20%
of all coronavirus deaths.
Once a beacon of democ-
racy, rule of law, and good
governance, the US now
looks like a banana repub-
lic that is incapable of con-
trolling either a contagious
disease – despite spending
more on health care per
capita than any other coun-
try – or mobs incited by a
wannabe dictator. Authori-
tarian leaders around the
world are now laughing at
the US and scoffing at
American critiques of oth-
ers’ political misrule. As if
the damage done to US soft
power over the past four
years was not immense
enough, Trump’s failed in-
surrection has under-
mined America’s standing
even more.
Worse, although Presi-
dent-elect Joe Biden will be
inaugurated in about a
week, that is plenty of time
for Trump to create more
mayhem. Right-wing mili-
tias and white suprema-
cists are already planning
more acts of protest, vio-
lence, and racial warfare in
cities across the US. And
strategic rivals such as Rus-
sia, China, Iran, and North
Korea will be looking to ex-
ploit the chaos by sowing
disinformation or launch-
ing cyber-attacks, includ-
ing potentially against
critical US infrastructure.
At the same time, a des-
perate Trump may try to
“wag the dog” by ordering
a strike – perhaps with a
tactical nuclear warhead –
on Iran’s main nuclear fa-
cility in Natanz, on the
grounds that it is being
used to enrich uranium.
Far from this being out of
the question, the Trump
administration has al-
ready held drills with
stealth bombers and fight-
er jets – loaded, for the first
time, with tactical nuclear
weapons – to signal to Iran
that its air defenses are no
defense at all.
The prospect of an attack
on Iran may give Vice Pres-
ident Mike Pence the pre-
text he needs to invoke the
25th Amendment and re-
move Trump from power.
Butevenif thisweretohap-
pen, it would not necessar-
ily be a win for democracy
and the rule of law. Trump
could – and likely would –
be pardoned by Pence (as
Richard Nixon was by Ger-
ald Ford), allowing him to
run for president again in
2024 or be a kingmaker in
that election, given that he
now controls the Republi-
can party and its base. Re-
moving Trump with the
promise of a pardon may be
a Faustian deal that Pence
strikes with Trump.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
America is the new center of global instability
W
All wrong-doing arises
because of mind. If mind is
transformed can wrong-doing
remain? —Buddha
Spiritual
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To empower the Yuva Shakti of
our country the @narendramodi
government has brought
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GIAN. #YuvaShaktiWithModi
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Coal plays a key role in the
country’s economy the launch
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will bring transparency and
major transformation in India’s
coal sector.
mployees first, customers sec-
ond” was probably one of the
early concepts that were aimed
at empowering the work-
force. It emphasises on the fact
that customers can be delight-
ed only if employees are de-
lighted and hence, committed
to your cause. One cannot take
away the fact that the success
or failure of any business, to a
large extent, depends on its em-
ployees. With this renewed em-
phasis on a company’s work-
force, a relatively new concept
in India, employee as partners
has slowly started to seep into
the business culture of compa-
nies. However, the concept is
still nascent in India. While
some companies have talked
about it, very few have actually
followed through.
The tendency of companies
is to view their employees as
order-takers rather than part-
ners. There are times when em-
ployee contributions fall into
the trap of the expected and
routine and their potential as a
valuable business partner is
not explored to the extent it is
possible. Undoubtedly, if the
companies can view their em-
ployees as business partners, it
will surely enable them to be-
come more competitive and in-
novative in today’s market.
The reason for this is simple:
Treating employees as part-
ners leads to an understanding
among the workforce that they
have a shared purpose and a
common goal that everybody is
working towards. All employ-
ees irrespective of the role they
play have valuable inputs for
the business.
It makes a lot of sense, from
both an economic standpoint
and market reputation perspec-
tive, to make employees busi-
nesspartners.Thistranslatesto
using their knowledge, skills
and experience to enhance the
product quality, customer ser-
viceandinnovationsinthecom-
pany. Making employees busi-
nesspartnersisaboutempower-
ing them to take decisions on a
daily basis – decisions that will
enhance their work output and
quality and enhance the overall
performance of their team and
the company.
This concept reflects the
company’s commitment to be-
ing a good employer that be-
lieves in collaboration rather
than control. It would involve a
deep commitment and loyalty
of employees towards towards
the organization, its success,
reputation and its customer
base. It is a management tru-
ism, that customer service and
a company’s success is not the
job of a few but of each person
that works in the company and
what better way to get everyone
‘on board’ than making em-
ployees business partners.
Making employees business
partners translates to them go-
ing the extra mile, doing much
more than the basic require-
ments of their job and demon-
strating their indefatigable
loyalty towards serving their
customers. Employment secu-
rity displays the company’s
commitment to the welfare and
growth of their staff, such com-
panies also invest hugely in
employee training and coach-
ing programs aimed at self and
professional development.
The clear career paths also
contribute towards making
employees business partners.
The ultimate aim is to achieve
and over achieve all the goals
set out by each person and the
company. Binding employees
with rules and ‘red tape’ will
only make them lazy, dull and
unproductive.
In the endeavour of making
employees business partners,
companies must remember to
share information about the
companywithemployees.Many
companies send out mailers or
hold all-employee meets to
make specific company an-
nouncements. This ensures
that employees hear all that
they need to from the right peo-
ple and refrain from making as-
sumptions. Dissemination of
company news from the highest
rungs displays the company’s
trust in its employees, who then
return this trust by working
hard and doing more than what
the company expects of them.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Making employees business partners
translates to them going the extra mile,
doing much more than the basic
requirements of their job and
demonstrating their indefatigable
loyalty towards serving their customers.
THE CLEAR CAREER
PATHS ALSO
CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS
MAKING EMPLOYEES
BUSINESS PARTNERS.
THE ULTIMATE AIM IS TO
ACHIEVE AND OVER
ACHIEVE ALL THE GOALS
SET OUT BY EACH
PERSON AND THE
COMPANY.
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UPADHYAY
BUSINESS/ HR EXPERT
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PAN-INDIA ROLL-OUT
OF VACCINE BEGINS
ispatch of vaccines to different pan-India
destinations has begun for the world’s big-
gestinoculationdrivewhichissettobegin
fromJanuary16.Thegovernmenthaspro-
cured 110 lakh Serum Institute of India’s
Covishield at a special price of Rs 200 per dose and 55
lakh vials of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Covishield
will be priced at Rs 1000 per dose in the open market.
The mammoth exercise began with 55 lakh Cov-
ishield vaccines being sent to 13 cities under tight
security. The recipient will not have the option of
choosing his vaccine. This will be a dampener for
those who doubt the efficacy of Covaxin as its
third phase of trial data is unavailable. For the vac-
cine to work two doses will have to be administered
over a gap of 28 days. It is only 14 days after the
second jab that the vaccine starts having its effect.
Even after receiving both doses, the recipient will
have to stick to the Covid protocol of mask-wear-
ing, social distancing, and hand-washing.
Dry runs have given states and Union territories
theconfidencethattheywillpasstherealtesttoo.Yet,
giventheemphasisonthedrive’sdigitalsupportsys-
tem, the exercise faces a huge challenge of tracking
the80lakhindividualsshortlistedforthefirstround.
ThesebeneficiariesareregisteredontheCentre’sCo-
WIN system. The other challenge will be to ensure
that there are no power disruptions that snap inter-
net services. These real-time challenges will decide
thesuccessandfailureof thedrive.Oneassumesthat
governments are geared for flawless execution.
D
IN-DEPTH
FARMERS SAY NO TO
PRO-FARM LAW PANEL
day after lambasting the government for
its inability to resolve the crisis created
by the three contentious farm laws, the
Supreme Court stayed their implementa-
tion. They were being strongly opposed
by the farmers since November last year. A three-
judge Bench of Chief Justice of India, Justice SA
Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna, and Justice V. Ramasu-
bramanian ordered that until further orders the
implementation of Farmers (Empowerment Pro-
tection)Agreementof PriceAssuranceFarmSer-
vicesAct2020,FarmersProduceTradeCommerce
(promotion and Facilitation Act and Amendment to
Essential Commodities Act will remain stayed.
The Supreme Court also formed a four-member
expert committee consisting of Bhupinder Singh
Mann, national president of Bharatiya Kisan Un-
ion, Dr Pramod Kumar Joshi, Ashok Gulati (agri-
culture economist), and Anil Ghanawat (president
of Shetkari Sanghatana), all of whom have openly
supported the new farm laws. The protesting farm-
ers obviously don’t expect a fair deal from this pro-
government panel. Therefore, they rejected the
panel and announced that their agitation will con-
tinue. With the impasse unlikely to end now, will
the Supreme Court allow the government to crack
down on the protesters? On Monday the Chief Jus-
tice of India gave an indication of this when he
told the farmers, “Whether you have faith or not,
we are the Supreme Court, we will do our job.”
Staying of central legislation by the Supreme
Court is unusual. In 2019 it refused to stay the
amendments to the Scheduled Castes and Sched-
uled Tribes Atrocities Prevention Act. The court
had then said that it cannot stay legislation passed
by Parliament.
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FARMERS’ STIR
Rahul Gandhi accuses the
Govt of misleading farmersNew Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Tuesday, hit out at the
Central Government
saying that it is trying
to mislead the protest-
ing farmers by distract-
ing them with unneces-
sary talks.
Gandhi tweeted,
“Every attempt of the
Government to mislead
the Satyagrahi farmers
by distracting them
with unnecessary talks
is useless. The Annada-
ta understands the in-
tentions of the Govern-
ment; their demand is
clear, take back the anti-
agriculture laws, that’s
it!”. Farmers have been
protesting at the differ-
ent borders of the na-
tional capital since No-
vemberlastyear,against
the three newly enacted
farm laws - Farmers’
Produce Trade and
Commerce (Promotion
and Facilitation) Act,
2020; the Farmers Em-
powerment and Protec-
tion) Agreement on
Price Assurance and
farm Services Act 2020
and the Essential Com-
modities (Amendment)
Act, 2020. —ANI
RAGA TO BEGIN CONG’
ELECTION CAMPAIGN
FOR TN ON PONGAL
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming
Assembly elections this year, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to
kick-start his party’s election campaign
from Tamil Nadu on January 14, party
sources said here on Tuesday. “Rahul
Gandhi will start his election cam-
paign from Tamil Nadu this month.
He will reach the state on January 14
to attend the Jallikattu programme
organised on the occasion of Pongal.
Later he is likely to visit Coimbatore on
January 23 and 24,” a source said.
‘GOVT MUST COME
FORWARD TO CONSIDER
FARMERS’S DEMAND’
New Delhi: Former Union Law Minister
Ashwani Kumar reacted after Supreme
Court’s judgment to stay all three farm
laws until further order and said “the
nation will expect lots from SC to solve
humanitarian problems, but essentially it
seems the matter of the policy.” “I do not
know to what extent the Supreme Court
eventually able to resolve the matter.
The responsive government must come
forward now to favourably consider the
demand of the farmers,” Ashwani Kumar
told ANI. —ANI
Farmers shout slogans during an ongoing protest against the new farm laws, at the Tikri border in
New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘FARMERS WILL
RETURN AFTER
LAWS REPEALED’
‘FARMERS BEING
PAID TO HOLD
SIT-IN PROTEST’
New Delhi: BKU
spokesperson Rakesh
Tikait said that protest-
ing farmers will not
return to their homes
till the new farm laws
are repealed. His
remarks came after SC
stayed implementation
of the three central
farm laws. “Unless
and until the laws are
taken back, we will not
return to our homes,”
Tikait said.
Bengaluru: BJP MP
S Muniswamy alleged
that farmers who are
protesting at Delhi
have been paid
brought to agitation
sites. Kolar said,
“They are middlemn
fa farmers. They are
eating pizza, burger,s
and KFC products,
and have set up
a gym there. This
drama should stop.”
‘SoniaGandhionlyread
speechesonfarmreforms,
couldnotcomprehend’
New Delhi: Ahead of
Supreme Court verdict
on farm laws, Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur on Tuesday
slammed Congress in-
terim President Sonia
Gandhi and urged her
to revisit her speeches
delivered in favour of
reforms in the agricul-
ture sector.
Reminding Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi
about the speeches she
had delivered in favour
of agriculture reforms,
the BJP leader asked
her to also listen to her
son Rahul Gandhi’s
press conferences on
agriculture reforms.
“My request to Sonia
is to listen to her old
speeches, to see Rahul
Gandhi’s press confer-
ence. They themselves
wanted these reforms
in agriculture laws.
They wanted accom-
plishment by imple-
menting them but could
not. On the other hand,
Modi government al-
ways worked for the
well being of farmers.
Farmers welfare was
merged with the agri-
culture ministry. Be it
PM Kisan Yojana, soil
testing, irrigation,
Modi government did
all,” he added. Thakur
said few people are mis-
leading farmers. He
also expressed hope of
a solution to the dead-
lock over farm laws will
be found.
The Congress chief is
expected to speak to op-
position leaders to
evolve a joint strategy
on farm laws. He said
Sonia Gandhi had deliv-
ered speeches on agri-
culture reforms.
“Maybe because
these were written
speeches and she was
only reading them, but
could not comprehend,”
the Minister said when
asked about Congress
chief’s plan to devise a
joint strategy with op-
position leaders on
farm laws.
BJP leaders have
been alleging that Con-
gress is fuelling the
farmers’ agitation for
its political gains.
While listing the
schemes rolled out by
the Centre for farmers
welfare he said, “2 crore
Kisan credit cards have
been issued during the
pandemic. We have also
aided earnings of dair-
ies and fisheries. Thou-
sands of crores were
given to farmers under
PM Kisan Samman Ni-
dhi,” added Thakur.
Adding further-
Thakur advocated talks
to find a solution.—ANI
Union Minister Anurag Thakur
‘Naik stable, but if
needed, he will be
moved to Delhi’
Man kills wife,her
mother,chopsbodies
in front of kids
Panaji: Union Minister
Shripad Naik, who is
currently undergoing
treatment at ICU of Goa
Medical College after
being injured in an ac-
cident, might be taken
to Delhi for treatment if
needed, said Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Tuesday.
Singh was here to in-
quireaboutthehealthof
his deputy Shripad
Naik, who suffered inju-
ries in an accident. “I
had spoken to Goa Chief
Minister Pramod
Sawant after the acci-
dent, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had spo-
ken to him too. PM had
then called me up and
expressed his distress.
He then asked me to
come here (Goa), I was
thinking the same. Shri-
pad Naik is stable, doc-
torssiadthathedoesnot
seemtobeinanydanger
as of now,” Singh told
media. —ANI
Guwahati: In a horrif-
ic incident, a man in
Tripura allegedly killed
his wife and mother-in-
law and then chopped
their body in front of
his two children who
were found screaming
in horror. He then re-
portedly consumed poi-
son at his in-laws’ home,
the police said.
The incident took
place in Tripura’s
Dhalai district on Mon-
day. It was reported to
the police after locals
found the two women
lying in a pool of blood,
and the children
shocked and crying.
The man, a resident
of Hapania in West
Tripura, about 7 km
from Tripura capital
Agartala, was found un-
conscious in another
room, the police said.
“We have arrested
the man and have con-
ducted his medical ex-
amination. Traces of
poison have been found
in his body, but he is out
of danger. The motive
behind the attack is yet
to be curtained as we
have not been able to
question him till now,”
sub-divisional police of-
ficer Ashish Dasgupta
said.
The accused, who is
undergoing treatment
at the GBP Hospital in
Agartala, will be pro-
duced in a local court,
officials said. —ANI
Shivraj making misleading
statements, says Kamal Nath
Bhopal: Former Mad-
hya Pradesh CM Kamal
Nath has taken a dig at
CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan over his re-
cent comments, de-
scribing them as ‘mis-
leading’ ‘pretentious’.
Chouhan had used
harsh words a few days
ago and warned of ac-
tion against officials
found not performing
their duties properly.
Taking a dig at Chou-
han, Kamal Nath tweet-
ed, “burying, hanging
the state officials, all are
pretentious and mis-
leading statements?”
Nathadded,“Duringthe
BJP government, the
mafias are operating
fearlessly, all the action
against them is preten-
tious, all the major ma-
fias are still fearlessly
carrying out their ac-
tivities. The mafias
whichourCongressgov-
ernment had destroyed
have resurfaced as soon
as the BJP government
came to power.” Com-
menting on the deaths
due to spurious liquor
in Morena district, Ka-
mal Nath said, “Liquor
mafias continue to
wreak havoc. —Agencies
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court directed the Elec-
tion Commission of In-
dia (ECI) to decide on
the question of repre-
sentation within the po-
litical parties raised in
a PIL. The PIL sought a
direction to EC to for-
mulate norms of de-
mocracy within the po-
litical parties. The peti-
tion alleged that vari-
ous provisions related
to the organisational
elections are not being
followed by the political
parties. The bench di-
rected the ECI to decide
on the representation as
asked by the petitioner
as soon as possible. —ANI
North 24 Parganas:
Amid the political hus-
tle-bustle, West Bengal
MinisterJyotipriyaMal-
lick on Tuesday claimed
6-7 MPs from other par-
ties would join Trina-
mool Congress (TMC)
before Assembly elec-
tions. Briefing the me-
dia, Mallick said, “Six-
seven MPs will immedi-
ately join TMC within
the first week of May,
before the elections.
Even the MLAs who left
us, have queued up for
rejoining. Tushar babu,
the MLA from Bankura
haverejoinedyesterday.”
On Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader Suv-
endu Adhikari, the sen-
ior TMC legislator stat-
ed, “Suvendu’s thoughts
are grey. I have doubts
about his association
with BJP. Will he stay
with BJP in the coming
months?” —ANI
‘Decide on
political party
representation’
6-7 MPs will
join TMC
before polls:
Mallick
No ifs buts in fighting
terrorism: Jaishankar
New Delhi: Asserting
that there must be no ifs
and buts in the fight
against terrorism, Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Tues-
day said that countries
must not countenance
double standards in this
battle and “terrorists
are terrorists, there are
no good and bad ones”.
Speaking at the Unit-
ed Nations Security
Council open debate on
“International Coopera-
tion in combating ter-
rorism 20 years after the
adoption of 1373”, he
said there are countries
that are clearly guilty of
aiding and supporting
terrorism and willfully
provide financial assis-
tance and safe heavens.
He urged the interna-
tional community to
hold these countries ac-
countable.
The minister, who did
not name Pakistan,
made a veiled reference
to China and said the
“practice of placing
blocks and holds on list-
ing requests without
any rhyme or reason
must end”. He said
there was a need to re-
form the working meth-
ods of the committees
dealing with sanctions.
This was the first
time that the minister
made an intervention
in the UNSC after India
has assumed member-
ship on January 1, 2021.
Jaishankar termed
Security Council Reso-
lution 1373 a landmark
resolution in the global
fight against terrorism.
The minister said
some states lack the le-
galoperationalframe-
works technical ex-
pertise needed to detect,
investigate, prosecute
terrorist financing cas-
es. “However, there are
also other states that
are clearly guilty of aid-
ing and supporting ter-
rorism, and wilfully
provide financial assis-
tance and safe-havens.
WHITE VALLEY
Stranded trucks on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway after a heavy snowfall, in Qazigund on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIALUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021
Supreme Court...
then no one can say,
where they will go. To
this, the CJI replied:
“The police is with you
(government)... Entry
to the city will be a deci-
sion of the police.”
AG said that there is
no question of a huge
group of one lakh peo-
ple entering the city on
Republic Day. “We can’t
say where they all will
go,” he said.
The CJI said it is
within police powers to
control that and check
if they are armed.
The CJI asked Attor-
ney General, “If there
is an infiltration by a
banned organisation
and somebody is mak-
ing an allegation here
before us, you have to
confirm it. File an affi-
davit by tomorrow.”
—ANI
SC decision...
party welcomes the Su-
preme Court’s concern
over the farm laws, but
the party has issues
with the composition of
the committee formed
by it.
He said the members
of the committee have
already expressed their
views in the past fa-
vouring the new laws
“so the question arises
in our minds that how
justice will be done to
farmers by their
hands”.
The farmer leaders
also said they are not
willing to participate in
any proceedings before
a committee appointed
by the Supreme Court,
but a formal decision on
this will be taken by the
Sankyukt Kisan Mor-
cha, an umbrella body
of around 40 protesting
farmer unions.
“We welcome the
court’s order to stay the
implementation of the
farm laws, but we want
a complete repeal of
these laws, which is our
main demand,” Ab-
himanyu Kohar, a sen-
ior leader of the Mor-
cha, told PTI.
Senior Congress lead-
er P Chidambram said
the concern expressed
by the Supreme Court
over the farmers’ pro-
tests is “justified and
welcome in the situa-
tion created by a stub-
born government”.
Nationalist Congress
Party Chief Sharad’s
Pawar also welcomed
the apex court’s deci-
sion to put on hold the
implementation of
three farm bills and set
up the committee to re-
solve the issues. —PTI
56.5 lakh vax...
Earlier today, amid
tight security, three
trucks carrying the
very first consignment
of the Oxford-AstraZen-
eca Covid vaccine
reached Pune airport to
be flown to 13 locations
across the country.Se-
rum Institute of India
(SII) has received a pur-
chase order from the
Govt of India for 11 mil-
lion doses of Covishield
vaccine, which would be
available at the price of
Rs 200 per dose, SII offi-
cials had said on Mon-
day. —ANI
Political dynasty...
Now the days of those
who won elections with
the help of surname are
over. But this disease of
dynasty is not com-
pletely obliterated,”
said the Prime Minister.
He said the political
dynasty only promotes
the philosophy of ‘me
and my family’, instead
of ‘nation first’ philoso-
phy, and called it a ma-
jor reason behind the
political and social cor-
ruption in India.
Slamming the ‘poli-
tics of family’ and ‘fam-
ily politics’ in India, PM
Modi said, “There are
still people, whose ide-
as, whose ethos, whose
goal, everything is to
save their family’s poli-
tics and their family in
politics. This political
dynasty promotes inef-
ficiency in democracy
along with dictator-
ship.”
Encouraging youth
to join politics, Prime
Minister said earlier
the word ‘politics’ had
become synonymous
with quarrel, trouble,
plunder and corrup-
tion, but now honesty
and performance have
become mandatory con-
ditions for politics in
India. —ANI
Retail inflation...
In October, it peaked to
7.61 per cent and then
fell to 6.93 per cent in
November.
Meanwhile, the In-
dex of Industrial Pro-
duction (IIP) contract-
ed by 1.9 per cent in
November as against
3.6 per cent growth in
October, according to
data from the Ministry
of Statistics and Pro-
gramme Implementa-
tion. —ANI
BCCI steps...
secretary Jay Shah and
CEO Hemang Amin
have all got in touch
with their Cricket Aus-
tralia counterparts af-
ter complaints reached
them and have been as-
sured that the the Indi-
an contingent will be
made to feel comforta-
ble from here on. The
series is tied 1-1 cur-
rently.
FROM PG 1
KEY APPOINTMENT IN
2021: RAW CHIEF
If top sources are to be believed, present RAW
chief Samant Goel in all probability will get further
extension or number two in the organization S B S
Tomar will be appointed new RAW Chief.
MSME SECRETARY ARVIND
KUMAR SHARMA QUITS INDIAN
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Arvind Kumar Sharma, Secretary in the Ministry of
Micro, Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) has
sought voluntary retirement from Indian Adminis-
trative Service (IAS) with effect from January 11,
2021. Sharma, who is a 1988 batch IAS officer of
Gujarat cadre, was due to retire in July 2022.
PUJARI TO CONTINUE AS CERC ?
Grapevine has it that P K Pujari, Chairperson, CERC
is getting one year extension this month. He was
appointed as Chairman for three years which will
complete this month only.
TAMIL NADU CHIEF SECRETARY
UNLIKELY TO GET EXTENSION ?
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K Shanmugham is now
unlikely to get extension beyond January 31. He is
1985 batch IAS officer. Vijaya Rama Raju gets full
charge of MD, AP MERC (UPDATED) Vijaya Rama
Raju V has been placed in full additional charge of
the post of Managing Director, AP Medical Educa-
tion and Research Corporation (MERC).
THREE UNDER SECRETARIES
GET NEW POSTINGS
Three Under Secretaries have been given new
postings consequent upon their repatriation from
deputation. Accordingly, Balraj has been posted to
Department of Agricultural Research Education,
Vikash Jaitly to Ministry of Home Affairs and C
L Gautam was shifted to Department of Animal
Husbandry and Dairying.
KRISHNA KUMAR GOES ON INTER-
CADRE DEPUTATION TO HARYANA
Krishna Kumar is going on inter-cadre deputation
from Manipur to Haryana cadre on the grounds of
extreme hardship for a period of two years. He is a
2013 batch IAS officer.
ATUL SINGH IS ALSO
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY, CVC
Atul Singh has been assigned an additional charge
of Additional Secretary, CVC for a period of three
months. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.
MS ANITA TRIPATHI RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Ms Anita Tripathi, Private Secretary to Santosh Ku-
mar Gangwar, MoS for Labour Employment, has
been given premature repatriation in order to avail
of the benefit of promotion. She is a CSS officer.
BUDHI PRAKASH SHARMA
CONTINUES AS CVO, MAHANADI
COALFIELDS LTD TILL SEPT 2022
The additional charge period of Budhi Prakash
Sharma to the post of CVO, Mahanadi Coalfields
Limited, Sambalpur, has been assigned upto Sep-
tember 3, 2022. He is a 1999 batch ITS officer.
TENURE OF DEEPAK KASHYAP
AS CVO, PGCIL EXTENDED
The deputation tenure of Deepak Kashyap working
as CVO, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Delhi,
has been extended upto January 31, 2022.
EIGHT IPS OFFICERS GET
NEW POSTING IN DELHI
As many as eight IPS officers have been given new
assignments in Delhi. Accordingly, Prem Nath has
been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police,
Cyber cell and Technology Cell.
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Patna: An executive of
Indigo Airline was shot
dead by unidentified
gunmen in Patna on
Tuesday evening. The
deceased was identified
as Rupesh, who was
employed as a manager
with IndiGo at its Patna
office.
According to the
sources, the Rupesh
was waiting inside his
car outside his apart-
ment in Punaichak area
when bike-borne at-
tackers opened fire at
him.
Reports further add
that he was shot multi-
ple times. Rupesh was
rushed to a local hospi-
tal but succumbed to
his injuries. The police
have registered a case
and further investiga-
tions are underway.
Eye witnesses said, Ru-
pesh was waiting inside
his car outside his
apartment in Punai-
chak area when bike-
borne attackers opened
fire at him.
Unidentified gunmen
opened fire at an execu-
tive working with Indi-
Go airline killing him
on the spot in Patna on
Tuesday evening.
The deceased was
identified as Rupesh,
who was employed as a
manager with IndiGo at
its Patna office.
According to eye wit-
nesses, Rupesh was
waiting inside his car
outside his apartment
in Punaichak area
when bike-borne at-
tackers opened fire at
him. Rupesh, who lived
in flat number 303 of
Kusum Villa Apart-
ment, was shot multiple
times. He was rushed to
a local hospital but suc-
cumbed to his injuries.
Attackers fired at leat
six rounds. The police
have registered a case
and further investiga-
tions are underway.
IndiGo Airline ex shot dead
by unidentified gunmen
outside his house in Patna
New Delhi: Amid an
avian influenza scare in
severalstates,nearly200
birds, mostly crows,
have been found dead in
Uttarakhand’s Dehra-
dun and Rishikesh, of-
ficials said on Monday.
A total of 165 birds were
found dead in Dehradun
onSunday,including121
crows in the Bhandari
Bagh area alone. There
were 162 crows, two pi-
geons an eagle among
the dead birds found in
Dehradun, Divisional
Forest Officer Rajiv Dhi-
man said. Chief Wildlife
Warden JS Suhag said
the samples of the dead
birds have been sent to
the Indian Veterinary
Research Institute in
Bareilly to ascertain the
cause of their death.
More than 30 birds
were found dead at dif-
ferent places in and
around Rishikesh, trig-
gering a bird-flu scare
in the town. —ANI
200 birds including
crows,pigeons found
dead in DehradunNew Delhi: Delhi High
Court directed the Elec-
tion Commission of In-
dia(ECI)todecideonthe
question of representa-
tion within the political
parties raised in a Pub-
lic Interest Litigation
(PIL). The PIL sought a
direction to Election
Commission to formu-
late norms of democra-
cy within the political
parties. The petition al-
leged that various provi-
sions related to the or-
ganisational elections
are not being followed
by the political parties.
The representation
should be as per rules,
regulations accord-
ance with the law. The
petition was filed by Ra-
jshekaran through the
counsel Advocate Ab-
himanyu Tewari Ad-
vocateRakeshTalukdar.
‘Decide on
political party
representation’
New Delhi: Pakistan
and China together
form a potent threat to
national security and
their collusive approach
towards India cannot be
wished away, Army
Chief Gen MM Nara-
vane said on Tuesday.
In a press conference
ahead of Army Day,
Gen Naravane elabo-
rated extensively on the
situation in eastern
Ladakh, and said Indi-
an troops have been
maintaining a very
high level of combat
readiness to effectively
deal with any eventuali-
ties in the region. —PTI
Pak forms
potent threat:
Army chief
New Delhi: With tem-
peratures falling, an
orange alert was issued
by the India Meteoro-
logical Department on
Tuesday for the north-
ern plains with a fore-
cast of a cold wave for
the next four days.
A similar alert has
been sounded for Tamil
Nadu and Puducherry
with a forecast of heavy
rains.
The IMD said that the
minimum temperature
over the north Indian
plains is likely to be be-
low normal during this
period.
“Due to the preva-
lence of dry north/
northwesterly winds,
the minimum tempera-
ture is very likely to be
below normal over most
parts of northwest In-
dia during next 4-5 days
which are very likely to
cause cold day/severe
cold day conditions at
some parts of Punjab,
Haryana, Chandigarh
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh
and Uttarakhand dur-
ing next three days. —PTI
IMD issues cold wave alert
for north Indian plains
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Tuesday
said it will take appro-
priate decision about
resumption of physical
court hearing after con-
sulting medical experts
who have advised that
assembly of people in
the court at present
could lead to spread of
COVID-19.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice S A Bob-
de, while hearing a peti-
tion which has raised
the issue of problems
faced during hearing
conducted through vid-
eo-conferencing, said
that advice of medical
experts on the issue is
most important.
We have been facing
this problem for almost
a year now.
The most important
thing is the medical ad-
vice which we have re-
ceived from authorities
that it is dangerous to
have congregation in-
side the court and it
may lead to spread of
virus and fatalities may
be there due to this, said
the bench, also com-
prising Justices A S Bo-
panna and V Ramasu-
bramanian. —PTI
Will take decision on
resumption of physical
court hearing: SC
Pune: After the first
consignment contain-
ing vials of coronavi-
rus vaccine “Cov-
ishield” were dis-
patched from the Pune
factory, Adar Poonawal-
la, CEO, Serum Insti-
tute of India on Tues-
day termed it a historic
moment and said the
main challenge is to
make the vaccine avail-
able to everyone in the
country.
“This is a historical
moment that vaccine is
being dispatched from
our factory. Our main
challenge is to make it
available to everyone in
the country. It is our
challenge for 2021, let
us see how it happens,”
Poonawalla told ANI.
“We have given a spe-
cial price of Rs 200 for
the first 100 million
doses only to the Gov-
ernment of India on
their request, because
we want to support
common man, vulner-
able, poor and health-
care workers. After
that, we will be selling
it at Rs 1,000 in private
markets,” he said.
The SII CEO in-
formed that the govern-
ment has not given its
nod regarding selling
the vaccine in the pri-
vate market.
“In the private mar-
ket, for those who want
to purchase the vac-
cine, the price would be
Rs 1,000. But we have
not received permis-
sion for this...,” he said.
Poonawalla said a lot
of countries have been
writing to India and the
Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO) for vaccines to
be supplied from Se-
rum Institute to their
countries.
“We are trying to
keep everyone happy.
We have to take care of
our population and na-
tion as well. We are try-
ing to supply vaccine to
Africa, South America.
So we are doing a little
bit everywhere. So we
will try to keep every-
one happy,” he said.
‘COVISHIELD AT ` 1K IN PRIVATE MARKETS’‘BIHAR GOVT USING COVID AS
EXCUSE TO ESCAPE ASSEMBLY’
INDIA TO DECIDE ON VACCINE
EXPORTS IN FEW WEEKS
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led
Bihar government and said the govern-
ment is using the COVID-19 pan-
demic to stop the functioning of state
Assembly. Citing media reports, Mr
Yadav said the Bihar government had
conducted elections and opened the
schools during the ongoing pandemic,
but are escaping to face the House.
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on
Tuesday that the government would
have greater clarity on the export of
COVID-19 vaccines from the country
within the next few weeks.
Mr Jaishankar told the Reuters
Next conference that India under-
stood the anxieties of foreign govern-
ments with regard to getting the vac-
cines delivered to their populations.6,47,500 doses of Covishield vaccine arrive at a storage facility
in Bengaluru on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

NEWSLUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: T h e
Gorakhpur Police have
registered a case of
love jihad against a
youth on the complaint
of girl’s father, a re-
tired jawan
According to the in-
formation, a resident
of a village in Karna-
taka, kidnapped the mi-
nor girl. Based on the
complaints received
the police of Chilluatal
police station along
with crime branch
have left for Bijapur in
Karnataka.
The girl was missing
since January 4. She
had gone to college as
usual on January 4 but
didn’t return home by
evening. The family
filed a missing person
report on January 5.
On further inquiry, it
was found that Mah-
boob, a resident of Bi-
japur district in Karna-
taka, had befriended
the girl while lying that
he was a Hindu.
As per report, the
girl was in touch with
the youth for over a
year. Mehboob had kid-
napped her under the
pretext of getting her a
job.
The Chilluatal police
have filed a case under
Kidnapping and Prohi-
bition of Unlawful Reli-
gious Conversion Ordi-
nance of UP.
DIG/SSP Jogendra
Kumar has instructed
the police of Crime
Branch and Chilluatal
police station to go to
Bijapur. This is the
first case under Unlaw-
ful conversion in Gora-
khpur.
The ex-jawan had
tweeted about the inci-
dent tagging CM, Prin-
cipal Secretary Home
and the DGP.
The jawan requested
the officials to trace his
daughter soon fearing
her safety.
The recently passed
Prohibition of Unlaw-
ful Conversion of Reli-
gion Ordinance prohib-
its unlawful conversion
of one’s religion to an-
other not in accordance
with the law of the
land.
The punishment un-
der this ordinance is
non-bailable and car-
ries provision for im-
prisonment up to five
years along with fines.
Ex-armyman files ‘Love Jihad’ case against Karnataka youth
RELIGIOUS CONVERSION

The youth had
befriended the
girl while lying
that he was a
Hindu. UP
Police left for
Bijapur in
Karnataka to
trace the
accused
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Deputy CM
of Uttar Pradesh Kes-
hav Prasad, who is on
his three-day tour of
West Bengal, visited
the home of Swami
Vivekananda on Tues-
day. The Deputy CM
visited Swami Vive-
kananda’s residence in
the Shimla Street to
pay respect to him on
his birth anniversary.
He also prayed at the
Shiva Linga which is
placed at Swami Vive-
kananda’s home. He
addressed the report-
ers after paying his
homage and said that
Swami Vivekananda
has a different place in
hearts of youth not
only in India but all
over the world.
He added that Swa-
mi’s works are inspira-
tions to the youth and
that they should follow
the footpath of the Swa-
mi Vivekananda.
He further added
that Swami Vivekanan-
da has left a deep im-
pression of Indian cul-
ture and Sanatan Dhar-
ma all over the world
with his ideology and
the world even remem-
bers his historical
speech he gave in Chi-
cago. He wished his
countrymen a happy
Youth’s day which is
celebrated as a sign of
respect to Swami Vive-
kananda.
The Deputy CM also
held a meeting with
prominent BJP mem-
bers of the state. He
will also attend the dis-
trict committee meet-
ing while on his three-
day tour of West
Bengal.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Mudi-
ta Mishra’s speech at
the Second National
Youth Parliament Fes-
tival held on the occa-
sion of the birth anni-
versary of Swami
Vivekananda had an
audience of PM Nar-
endra Modi himself
and also Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla and
Union Education Min-
ister Ramesh Pokhri-
yal Nishank.
Mudita Mishta had
secured the first place in
the competitions organ-
ized by the Nehru Yuva
Kendra and Rashtriya
Seva Yojna at district,
state and national level.
The topic of Mudita
was ‘Vocal for Local’
will pave the way for
revolutionary changes
to make India an eco-
nomic superpower was
heard intently by the
PM Narendra Modi.
Mudita had to cross
the district level,state
level competition prior
to the national one,
where she represented
UP. The top two ranks
from each state had the
opportunity to partici-
pative in the Parlia-
ment.
Prime Minister
Modi said that politi-
cal dynasty is the big-
gest enemy of the de-
mocracy and that it
should be overthrown.
He also pointed out
that even though peo-
ple with famous sur-
names are not able to
win seats but still po-
litical dynasty has not
been overthrown com-
pletely.
He further added that
people who have come
through political dynas-
ty believe that if previ-
ousgeneration’scorrup-
tion has not come to
light then no harm will
be done to them also.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The crucial
investigation report
into Bikru shootout in
Kanpur by a three
member Special Inves-
tigation Team (SIT) has
been given to the en-
forcement directorate.
According to officials
the ED was looking
into the SIT findings
threadbare.
The SIT had gath-
ered evidences of Vi-
kas Dubey who was
gunned down in an en-
counter and associates
building up assets
worth Rs 150 crore.
The team after con-
cluding the investiga-
tion thay stretched for
three months on nine
specific points had rec-
ommended an ED in-
vestigation into these
assets. The ED is ex-
pected to question the
officials SIT has red
flagged in the report.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Agriculture
Minister Surya Pratap
Shahi on Tuesday said
that the government is
ready to listen to the
farmers regarding the
agriculture laws but it’s
the farmers who are
not ready to listen. He
was of the opinion that
the agriculture law was
welcomed by many but
some people who are
politically unsuccess-
ful and prejudiced are
fueling the movement.
The Minister, who
was at the Gorapkhpur
Mahotsav, speaking
about Swami Vive-
kananda said that peo-
ple should keep march-
ing forward keeping
the goal in mind just
like he would liked the
youth to do. He said
that the Central and the
state governments
keeping this slogan in
mind are making con-
tinuous efforts for de-
velopment.
He added to double
the income of farmers
PM Modi started the
Pradhan Mantri Kisan
Samman Yojana and
this money is being reg-
ularly deposited in the
bank account of farm-
ers. He said the previ-
ous government could
not provide support to
farmers and they had to
struggle to get manure
and seeds.
DyCMMauryavisits
SwamiVivekananda’s
homeinKolkata
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NATIONAL YOUTH DAY
Rapt attention: PM at Mudita speechBikru shootout: SIT
gives report to ED
‘Unsuccessful people are giving
wind to the farmer movement’
RELIGIOUS PROSESSION
ISKCON followers take part in religious procession during the annual ‘Magh Mela’ at
Sangam, in Prayagraj on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Sunil Sethi
Lucknow: Itseemsthe
Yogi government is on
an exemplary spree to
bring order in the work-
ing of the administra-
tive and other depart-
ments by weeding out
corruptionthatpurport-
edly preceded the BJP
Governmentinthestate.
Last week the gov-
ernment demoted four
district-level officers of
Information and Public
Relations Department.
They are Additional
District Information
Officers Narsingh,
Dayashankar, Vinod
Kumar Sharma and
Anil Kumar Singh post-
ed at Bareilly, Firo-
zabad, Mathura and
Bhadohi respectively.
Narsingh and
Dayashankarhavebeen
demoted to the post of
peon and watchman,
whereas, the other two,
VinodSharmaandAnil
Singh have been revert-
ed to their earlier posts
of cinema operator-
cum-publicityassistant.
Thismovehasproved
to be a precedent for
those officials who,
somehow, manage their
promotionsthroughma-
nipulations.Muchtothe
dismay, it comes to light
thattheabovemanipula-
tions date back to 2014.
Now after almost seven
years, earnest efforts of
the Yogi Government
have brought forth the
nexuses within the gov-
ernment machinery,
which give shape to the
nefarious intentions of
the ones who are being
heldcriminallyculpable
by no less than the high
court,whichestablished
that the above were giv-
en promotions in 2014
under Regional Publici-
ty Organization violat-
ing legal norms.
The government or-
ders were served to the
officials by Shishir, Di-
rector, Information,
asking them to report
on their demoted posts
with immediate effect.
Itispertinenttomen-
tion that this is not the
first time the Yogi gov-
ernment has acted
sternly against the offi-
cials found guilty. Ear-
lier, a Sub Divisional
Magistrate was also de-
moted to tehsildar.
On record, the BJP, in
last three years, has sent
2,100officialsto jailwhen
found guilty. Besides, the
government has also
taken disciplinary ac-
tionsagainst50PCSoffic-
ers and mild actions
against 44 since April
2017. It has also taken ac-
tion against 480 cops.
But a big question is
how all the nefarious
dealings happen? Obvi-
ously, they would not
have been possible with-
outtheblessingsof some
higher bureaucrats or
politicians. Therefore,
thismightbejustatipof
theicebergof manipula-
tionfloatingsafelyinthe
seaof corruption.Catch-
ing these small fish does
make a scratch, but this
effort of the present gov-
ernment should be
treatedasastart-upfor
itscrusadeagainstthe
corruption. The gov-
ernment must not shy
awayfrombringingall
the highly
placed people
tobooks,beit
bureaucrats
or politi-
cians.
YOGI GOVT ADOPTS ZERO
TOLERANCE ON GRAFTOVER 90 PCS OFFICERS, 480 COPS HAVE FACED ACTION
SINCE THE BJP GOVT CAME TO POWER IN 2017
TEMPLATE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE
YOGI ADITYANATH

Best wishes on the occasion of
Lohri. May the holy fire burn all
negativity and bring joy to us.
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2NDFRONT
Governor
Anandiben
Patel feting
the voluntary
organizations
adopting TB-
infested children
in the inspection
building at
Khurja in
Bulandshahr
district on
Tuesday.
FOR A
CAUSE
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Yogi gov-
ernment has trans-
ferred four IPS officers
in the state with imme-
diate effect.
These transfers have
been replaced by SP
Vigilance as well as
ADC of the Governor.
The Governor’s ADC
Abhishek Mahajan has
been removed.
In place of Abhishek
Mahajan, Additional
Superintendent of Po-
lice, Ghaziabad Ab-
hishek Verma has been
made the Assistant
(ADC) of Governor
Anandiben Patel.
Additional Superin-
tendent of Police,
Shahjahanpur Nipur
Aggarwal has been
sent to this post in
Ghaziabad.
The current ADC of
Governor Anandiben
Patel, Abhishek Ma-
hajan has been posted
as SP Vigilance Estab-
lishment Lucknow. SP
Vigilance Establish-
ment Lucknow
Shailesh Kumar Yadav
has been transferred
to the same post in Ut-
tar Pradesh Police
Headquarters.
Sanjeev Kumar Vaj-
payee, ASP Traffic
Janpad Bareli has
been posted as ASP Ru-
ral Janpad Shahjahan-
pur. Deputy command-
er 49 PAC Ram Mohan
Singh has been ap-
pointed as ASP Traffic
Janpad Bareli.
Abhishek Verma is now ADC to Governor
TRANSFER SPREE

Four IPS
officers
transferred in
Uttar Pradesh;
Governor’s ADC
Abhishek
Mahajan is
posted as
SP vigilance
Establishment
Abhishek Mahajan Abhishek Verma Nipur Agarwal Sailesh Yadav
SPinafixovernameforcouncilseat
BJP guaranteed to win 10 seats as Legislative Council elections take place on January 28
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The elec-
tions for the 12 seats
of UP legislative coun-
cil would be held on
January 28. Of this
the BJP is guaranteed
to win 10 seats. Sama-
jwadi Party would
surely get one seat but
that puts the party in
a sort of a bind.
The SP is struggling
to overcome this chal-
lenge of who should it
send to council again.
Ramesh Yadav the
chairman of the coun-
cil or the leader of op-
position Ahmad Hasan.
Since the party could
bag one seat of the total
12 seats, who would the
party pick up. Of these
12 seats the SP had six
and would get reduced
to getting one.
The process to file
the nominations has
begun and January 18
would be the last day
for doing so. Nomina-
tion papers would be
examined on January
19 and candidates could
withdraw by January
21. Political pundits are
waiting with bated
breath to show the SP
cards or choosing be-
tween the two stalwarts
Yadav or Hasan.
In fact the tenure of
chairman Ramesh Ya-
dav, deputy chief minis-
ter Dr Dinesh Sharma,
state BJP president
Swatantra Dev Singh,
leader of opposition
Ahmad Hasan and eight
others is coming to an
end on January 30. This
include former Bahu-
jan Samaj Party leader
Nasimuddin Siddiqui
who has fallen out with
former chief minister
Mayawati.
The SP has 49 legisla-
tors in the state assem-
bly who could help it
win maximum one seat.
Yet the party would
have some votes in sur-
plus but like in the case
of BJP they would not
be enough to their party
an extra seat.
In such a situation
the SP like the BJP
would have to secure
surplus votes in other
parties. The situation
for the 12 seat is hotting
up with parties going
on the drawing boards
to score on each other.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
MLAS SUMMONED
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AIMIM
chief Asaduddin Owai-
si, who had arrived in
Varanasi on Tuesday to
strengthen his alliance
with Suheldev Bharati-
ya Samaj Party (SBSP),
launched a broadside on
SP chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav claiming that the SP
chief had barred him
from coming to UP a
dozen times when he
was UP CM
before 2017.
Interacting with me-
dia persons at Varanasi
airport,Owaisisaidthat
he had now arrived in
UP to keep his commit-
ment to SBSP chief OP
Rajbhar with whom
AIMIM had cobbled up
an alliance -- Bhagidari
Sankalp Morcha.
On a day-long visit to
eastern UP, Owaisi met
alliance workers in the
Jalalpurlocalityof Jaun-
pur and then proceeded
to Azamgarh and Mau.
Azamgarh, a Muslim-
dominated constituency
in eastern UP, is repre-
sented by SP chief Akh-
ileshYadavinLokSabha
and Mau is the turf of
mafia don-turned-politi-
cian Mukhtar Ansari,
currently lodged in Ro-
par jail. Owaisi has al-
ways been vocal against
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
as both AIMIM and Sa-
majwadi Party have a
common constituency in
Muslims.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Alla-
habad High Court has
summoned information
from the Uttar Pradesh
government on a PIL
filed by some parents of
children studying in pri-
vate schools of Gautam
Budh Nagar (Noida) re-
gardingthenon-submis-
sion of fees by students,
who have not paid for
their online education
and that their name is
being removed from the
school register. The peti-
tion has been fixed for
hearing on January 21.
The order was given
by a division bench of
Chief Justice Govind
MathurandJusticeSau-
rabh Shyam Shamsheri
onaPILfiledbyPraveen
Antal and 22 others.
The petitioners said
due to the Covid-19 lock-
down, the government
has announced a policy
onJuly4,2020thatif stu-
dents do not submit fees,
their online classes will
not be closed and names
will not be removed.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Rakesh Sin-
gh, a Congress MLA
from Sonia Gandhi’s
Rae Bareli constituency
showered praise on UP
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath and even
likened him to God.
The surprise admira-
tion and veneration for
CM Yogi from a Con-
gress leader has set
tongues wagging.
Singh described Yogi
Adityanath as a com-
mitted, devoted Chief
Minister working
round the clock for peo-
ple’s welfare.
Congress MLA from
Harchandpur of Rae
Bareli went an extra
mile in praising CM Yo-
gi’s leadership and said
that he is rightly consid-
ered as God for his hon-
est and ideal govern-
ance. Rakesh Singh also
took strong exception to
AAP leader Somnath
Bharti’s abusive rant
against the CM and de-
manded he be booked.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bahujan Sa-
majPartychief Mayawa-
ti’s birthday on January
15 marks a day of grand
celebrations for party
members. This year,
however, her birthday
will be observed as a day
of austerity.
In solidarity with
farmers protesting
againsttheCentre’sfarm
laws and due to the ongo-
ing Covid pandemic,
Mayawati is learnt to
have told party workers
that no cake will be cut
andthepartywillinstead
distribute clothes and
blankets among the poor.
Mayawati also lost her
95-year-old father in No-
vember, said a senior
party member, a huge
blow to her as she is
known to be very close to
her family and often
spent the evening of her
birthday with her par-
ents in Delhi. This, too,
maybeafactorforhernot
celebrating this year as
she has given strict in-
structionsthatnocakeor
sweets are to be distrib-
uted,aBSPmembersaid.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AsPriyanka
Gandhi, the AICC Gen-
eralSecretary in-charge
of UP, steps into the
50th or the Golden Jubi-
lee year of her birth on
January 12, 2021, she is
straddled with an oner-
ous responsibility. That
is, to revive a moribund
party in UP, where it
lost power exactly three
decades ago, in 1989.
For the first time in
recent years, Congress
has been seen on the
streets in UP, with the
state government giv-
ing away issues on the
platter. The plight of
the Migrant Workers
walking hundreds of
miles to reach their
homes and mounting
crimes against women,
as seen in the recent
gangrape and brutality
meted out to the 20-year-
old woman in Hathras
and the 50-year-old
woman in Badaun,
making anyone hang
their heads in shame.
Surprisingly, the Sa-
majwadi Party of Akh-
ilesh Yadav and Bahu-
jan Samaj Party of
Mayawati have taken a
political backseat.Both
BSP and SP are seen
playing ball with BJP,
leaving the Opposition
space blank. BSP leader
Mayawati supported
the BJP in passing the
Triple Talaaq Bill in
Parliament that crimi-
nalized Triple Talaaq
and supported the Modi
Government on the ab-
rogation of Article 370
of the Constitution that
confersSpecialStatuson
Jammu Kashmir.
Akhileshstopped
mefromvisitingUP
12times:Owaisi
HC seeks govt
reply on PIL
against schools
removing kids
Congress MLA showers praise on
Yogi Adityanath, likens him to God
Mayawati’sbirthday
tobeobservedas
dayofausterity
Priyanka Gandhi’s
plan for Congress
revival in state
Mayawati
Asaduddin Owaisi
Rakesh Singh
Priyanka Gandhi
COVID-19
UPDATE
UTTAR PRADESH
8,504
DEATHS
5,93,680
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,350 DEATHS 2,53,161 CASES
DELHI
10,707 DEATHS 6,30,892 CASES
WORLD
19,60,278
DEATHS
9,15,92,043
CONFIRMED CASES
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1,51,522
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
50,151 DEATHS 19,74,488 CASES
RAJASTHAN
2,739 DEATHS 3,13,718 CASES
KARNATAKA
12,149 DEATHS 9,28,806 CASES
For the first time in
recent years, Cong has
been seen on the
streets in UP, with the
state govt giving away
issues on the platter.
Owaisi is on a visit to
eastern UP to explore
the possibility of
expanding his
alliance by roping in
more parties

ohri being the first traditional
festival of the year, is celebrated
with immense love, laughter and
happiness all around. Celebrated
on January 13, Lohri marks the end
of the winter solstice and is also a
major harvest festival. For all the
ladies, it is one of those festivals, where they
get to glam-up and look their best, by putting
on their best ethnic outfits. Along with revdi,
gajak, chikki and popcorn, style, glamour
and love are what this festival is all about.
Like every year, since you cannot celebrate
this festival with all your family and friends,
there is definitely something you can surely
do- DRESS UP!
City First brings you a few styling tips to
look your best this Lohri, and eventually
spread love in your own sweet way.
Elegant Gown: Wearing a gorgeous gown or a
floor-length dress can never go wrong during
such a grand night. This will enhance the en-
tirelookandbringoutthegracefulsideof you
so you can slay effortlessly the entire event.
Dhoti and Kurti: Wearing a dhoti is the
new trend, and women are going absolutely
gaga over it. A short kurti with a dhoti will
make you look a class apart and is definitely
a head-turner.
Kurti with Palazzo/Pants: These combina-
tions may be the simplest ones, but are one
of the most elegant ones too. Pairing a gor-
geous kurti with contrasting-colour palazzo/
pants, or even palazzo/pants of the same
colour will make you look super graceful
throughout the event.
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AARADHANA RAO, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will be a bundle of
energy today as you go
about doing what needs to
be done. You will be able to
increase the pace of work to be
productive. Taking steps to bolster
your image on the social front will
hold you in good stead. Romance
may not be your priority today.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Impressing those who
matter on the academic
front is possible today.
Things start looking
brighter on professional front. Those
in the creative field will be in a
position to dictate their price.
Excellent health is indicated. Expect a
passionate evening today.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
A workplace issue is
resolved in your favour.
You will meet someone
you had not met in years
and enjoy your heart out. An elder is
likely to favour you over others.
Some of you are likely to travel to an
exotic destination. Good returns from
an existing property are likely.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Something confidential may
be divulged to you on the
social front, but keep it
under wraps. This is a good
day to start a thing you had been
thinking for long. Financial worries
become a thing of the past as a
monetary issue is decided in your
favour.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Travelling to a distant place
with friends becomes a
blessed journey of
togetherness. Be cautious
of a distant relation who can sow the
seeds of discord in the family. Your
insistence of doing daily workouts is
likely to get you positive results on
the health front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
This is the time to assert
your authority at work to get
things moving. Money
multiplies through excellent
financial planning. At work, you will get
an opportunity to put your point across
to those who matter. Someone you
have known will sympathise with you.
Lover’s nearness is likely to appear.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Someone may distract you
from your work today, but
you will be to blame for
this! Maintaining a working
relationship with those you don’t
particularly like will be a better
option. You are likely to influence an
important decision on the social
front.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Somebody may expect you
to take initiative in a
current situation, but take
your call. With confusion
over a domestic issue sorted out,
you will heave a sigh of relief. An
indescribable inner joy is likely for
those anticipating something
positive.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Shaking a leg and making
life more active promises
to do you good on the
health front. Rising
expenses may get you into conserv-
ing mode on the financial front.
Pressure of work that you had been
feeling for the past few days is set to
increase. You will seek sympathy.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will be a bundle of
energy today as you go
about doing what needs to
be done. You will be able
to increase the pace of work to be
productive. Taking steps to bolster
your image on the social front will
hold you in good stead in the future.
You will find strength.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
This is the time to put in
your best efforts in
securing the best job on
offer. Your intelligence and
confidence will soon find you on the
path to success. The project you had
been working on for long can face
hurdles. Your firm resolve to come
back in shape will soon bear fruits.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A refreshing change is in
the offing for some. If you
can take care of your
health today, you are
certain to enjoy the day to the hilt! A
business trip is likely to open many
lucrative opportunities for you. Leave
applied for a vacation is likely to be
sanctioned.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
opted for a post-
ing as Director
National Acade-
my Of Customs
Excise and Nar-
cotics [NACEN
for short –name
has since changed to NA-
CIN after GST] at Sector
22 at Faridabad. I joined
in July 1997 from Gwalior.
The Academy is spread
over 22 hectares campus
with teaching and admin-
istrative blocks, games
and sports block and resi-
dence for Probationers
and faculty.
I lived in one of the
Bungalows. My office was
500 mts away.
The faculty at NACEN
came from amongst the
officers of the Depart-
ment.
I received my first
shock upon joining the
academy. I was very dis-
appointed to find that the
milieu at the Academy
was practically anti-
training.
The faculty would
troop in leisurely around
11 in the morning. A few
classes would begin
around 11. 30 before ad-
journing for the one hour
lunch break. Usually no
classes were held after
lunch.
Between 3 to 4 the acad-
emy would shutter down
in a gradual manner as
faculty and staff would
leave for the day. . To be
fair to them it must be
stated that these people
came from far off places
in Delhi and Gurgoan etc.
Also the public transport
availability was practi-
cally nonexistent.
Thus they had compel-
ling reasons to leave early
to reach home. But in the
process the work at the
Academy suffered a great
deal.
Thus for me it became
imperative that a big
change was needed as I
was mandated by the Cen-
tral Board of Excise and
Customs to get the Acade-
myworkingatfullthrottle.
I approached the Board
and requested for dedi-
cated faculty to be posted
at NACEN. The Board ad-
vised me to call for volun-
teers who were willing to
work and stay at the acad-
emycampus.Sureenough
there were quite a few
takers. Very soon we had
a mix of committed Fac-
ulty who were mandated
to live on the campus as
well. That solved many of
my problems. But just as
I was about to put in my
plans into operation I was
nominated for Training
for Trainers 15 days pro-
gram at NADT [National
Academy of Direct Tax-
es] at Nagpur.
The course was being
conducted by Canadian
faculty under the CIDA
(Canadian International
Development Agency) In-
dia –Canada agreement.
The course was sched-
uled for the first fortnight
of November.
I was very resentful. I
wanted to spend the love-
ly ‘pink’ winter month of
November soaking mild
sun in the sky and enjoy
the mild winters in North
India in those days. And I
was just settling down in
my new job.
Thus I went to Nagpur
in a sullen mood. But eve-
rything changed once I
joined the program. Fac-
ulty consisted of two
highly affable and lovable
Canadian specialists in
Training of Trainers.
They taught in a unique
tandem style. And attend-
ing the course proved to be
a Game Changer for me.
In just one fortnight I
was pitch forked as train-
ing Specialist from just
being the Director.
My life underwent a
morphosis way beyond
my wildest imagination.
On 8th July Pradeep
the Excise expert and
Subramaniam the CA
and the training expert
along with DG Audit R K
Chakraborty boarded the
Air Canada flight to Mon-
treal with a halt at Heath-
row onwards to Ottawa
for a three week ‘Train-
ing cum Writing work-
shop’ with Canadian
trainers and auditors .
Those days FIFA World
Cup 1998 was reaching the
climax. DG Chakraborty,
a hardcore football enthu-
siast was keenly following
the tournament, expect-
ing Brazil to win.
At Heathrow, he was so
keen to check out the out-
come of Brazil vs Nether-
lands game.
I volunteered to speak
to a few who were in the
Airport Cafe. But most
shrugged their shoulders.
Finally one British
lady told me that Brazil
was ahead by two goals.
DG did a small zig right at
his table.
DG did watch the first
half of the final in my
room as I was cooking
rice and chicken for
lunch on that Sunday.
He ate his lunch in si-
lence as Zidane and
France simply over-
whelmed a star studded
Brazilian team. Zidane’s
head butt of Materazzi
went on to become more
famous than the Win it-
self. He walked off disap-
pointed without finishing
his grilled chicken and
beer.
But the next three
weeks proved to be hectic
and game changers for
the three of us. First
week we learnt the finer
tricks of training of
trainers which were easy
to pick.
But on Friday after-
noon the trainers, Girish
and Amir distributed a
lap top each for us to get
familiar with the ma-
chines during the week-
end.
But tried as hard as we
could, the laptops refused
to work. The three of us
were stumped but waited
for Monday guidance.
But come Monday
morning our writing out
the training material on
laptops began ‘in Ear-
nest’.
Using a laptop to write
in Word was a very pain-
ful idea. We started off by
making too many mis-
takes and faced challeng-
es. Not saving consist-
ently. And writing slowly.
But our trainers were not
bothered. They just
pressed on.
We groaned and cursed
but we learnt to use a
computer within three
days. We had no choice
either.
CIDA had decided that
the entire training mate-
rial for New Audit manu-
al will not be conducted
on any platforms but on
electronic platforms only.
Our task was simple
and straight forward. We
had to write a manual for
the Trainers and another
one for Trainees. And we
had to finish bulk of the
work in Canada itself. It
was a huge task.
But by the end of the
three weeks we had al-
ready completed three
chapters on the Laptop.
Properly saved on lap-
top and CD as well.
When we returned to
India we just needed to
write two more chapters.
And conduct five Train-
ing or Trainers programs
for Superintendents and
Inspectors of Central Ex-
cise drawn from across
India. It seemed to be a
difficult task at first but
we managed it beautiful-
ly.
Thus for me the three
week trip to Ottawa
proved to be a game
changer. In next to no
time I had become tech
savvy.
Those days words like
http//: www and Dot.
Dot. Dot. sounded like Al-
ien Martian language .
And I was sitting on
cusp of all India fame and
recognition for our new
training methodology.
Very soon I became the
face of Training in my
service. And here I was
cursing the two week Nag-
pur training program.
The ToT Nagpur course
turned out to be a Game
Changer. Suddenly I be-
gan to like the 15 days
Nagpur stint.
MY MUSE:
My Academy Years
SUBHASH MATHUR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
I
Subhash Mathur was born
and brought up in small
towns in Rajasthan.
During his school and
college education at
Jaipur, he was keenly
involved in sports,
journalism and public
speaking. His civil
services career has given
him a platform for
spreading his ideas about
modernising tax
administration to benefit
the common man. Post
retirement he is devoting
his energies, along with
his wife Tilak, to public
and humane causes.
About the Author
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