First india lucknow edition-19 january 2021

Mission Rozgar gains further momentum
First India Bureau
Lucknow. January 18,
At a time when Covid-19
pandemic seems to have
paralysed growth, UP
CM Yogi Adityanath
has decided to defy all
odds and give a big job
push. Claiming to have
already given jobs and
employment opportuni-
ties to 24 lakhs under
Mission Rozgar, the UP
CM now intends to dou-
ble this target in the
coming year. And to
keep the momentum go-
ing he will distribute
online appointment let-
ters to 436 candidates
for the post of Assistant
Teachers/Associates
and lecturers in the
Arts Department Of the
Secondary Schools on
Tuesday. The CM will
also interact with the
newly appointed staff.
Candidates will be is-
sued online appoint-
ment letters / posting
orders containing pho-
tographs through the
website developed in
technical collaboration
with NIC.According to
Vinay Kumar Pandey,
Director of Secondary
Education, 114 female
and 24 male candidates
have been selected for
the post of Assistant
Teacher of Arts in gov-
ernment schools. Apart
from this, 298 candi-
dates, 189 women and
109 men, have been cho-
sen as lecturers. Online
appointment letters
will be distributed to
the candidates by the
CM at latter’s residence.
On this occasion, C.M.
Yogi will also communi-
cate with newly ap-
pointed teachers by
means of video confer-
encing through NIC.
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Yogi Adityanath
JOB-BOOST
CM Yogi to distribute appointment
letters to 436 newly appointed
secondary teachers on Tuesday
Tourists take picture in a snow-covered region of Tangmarg, in Baramulla district of
North Kashmir. The Kashmir Valley is reeling under severe cold, as Srinagar recorded a
low of minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the city after 29 years. —PHOTO BY PTI
Kashmir valley is reeling under intense cold
wave which has resulted in the freezing of
water supply lines and water bodies in several
areas, including the Dal Lake.
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R DAY TRACTOR
RALLY: COPS TO
DECIDE, SAYS SC
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Monday said the Delhi
Police should decide on
the entry of protest-
ing farmers into Delhi
on Republic Day, as it
heard a plea seeking an
injunction against the
proposed tractor rally
scheduled on January
26. Stating that it is a
law and order matter,
the apex court said,
“Police is first authority
to decide who should be
allowed to enter Delhi.
We are not going to tell
you what you should
do. We will take up this
matter on Jan 20.” P5
GOVT: REACTIONS,
2 DEATHS NOT
LINKED TO VAX
New Delhi: A total
of 3.8 lakh people
have been vaccinated
since the rollout of the
coronavirus vaccines
three days ago, the
government said on
Monday. Among them,
580 cases of adverse
reactions have been
observed 7 persons
have been hospitalized.
Two persons have died
also but neither deaths
are related to vaccines,
the government said.
1,48,266 healthcare
workers were admin-
istered the vaccine on
Monday. P6
—PHOTOBYANI
Nandigram (West
Bengal): West Bengal
Chief Minister and Tri-
namoolCongress(TMC)
chief Mamata Banerjee
on Monday announced
that she will contest
from Nandigram As-
sembly seat in the state
election that is due in
just a few months.
The Chief Minister’s
return to Nandigram is
a direct challenge to Su-
vendu Adhikari, who
has led an exodus of
Trinamool leaders to
the BJP over the past
few weeks. Over 40 Tri-
namool Congress lead-
ers joined Adhikari as
he defected to the BJP
in a mega rally in De-
cember in the presence
of Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah.
“I will contest from
Nandigram Assembly.
If possible I will contest
from both Bhawanipur
and Nandigram,” she
said while addressing a
rally here.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives for a public meeting in Nandigram on Monday.
Didi sounds bugle for WB
polls from Nandigram
Her former right hand man Adhikari, who represented the seat, but
crossed over to BJP says ‘CHALLENGE ACCEPTED’
ADHIKARI ACCEPTS DIDI’S DARE, SAYS WILL
DEFEAT HER IN NANDIGRAM OR QUIT POLITICS
Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday accepted the challenge thrown
by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from his Nandigram
assembly seat, asserting he will defeat her in the election
or quit politics. He, however, said the final decision to field
candidates will be taken by BJP leadership after thorough
discussion and not in an arbitrary way like in the ruling TMC.
“If I am fielded by my party from Nandigram, I will defeat her
by a margin of at least 50,000 votes or I will quit politics,” he
asserted. “I don’t know from where I will be fielded, whether
I will be fielded,” he said, addressing BJP workers after a
three-km road show. Banerjee, Adhikari alleged, was playing
with the sentiments of the people of Nandigram.
Lucknow: Tandav, a po-
litical drama series
streaming on Amazon
Prime Video, has creat-
ed furore over its al-
leged portrayal of Hin-
du deities in a ‘bad light’
and use of ‘casteist
scenes and dialogues’.
In this regard FIR has
been lodged in Lucknow
against the makers of
this web series and also
Amazon’s India head of
original content for al-
legedly depicting Hindu
gods in a manner hurt-
ful to religious senti-
ments of the people.
The FIR against Apar-
na Purohit, the head of
Amazon’s India head of
original content, direc-
tor of the series Ali Ab-
bas, producer Himan-
shu Krishna Mehra,
writer Gaurav Solanki,
and an unknown person
was lodged late on Sun-
day night by senior Sub
Inspector Amar Nath
Yadav at the Hazratganj
Kotwali police station in
Lucknow.
The makers of web
series ‘Tandav’ on Ama-
zon Prime Video Mon-
day issued an uncondi-
tional apology for “un-
intentionally” hurting
sentiments of public.
“The cast and crew
did not have any inten-
tion to offend the senti-
ments of any individu-
al, caste, community,
race, religion or reli-
gious beliefs or insult
or outrage any institu-
tion, political party or
person, living or dead.
The cast and crew of
“Tandav” take cogni-
zance of the Turn to P6
‘Tandav’ over web series
for hurting sentiments,
makers say sorry after FIR
SECURITY INCREASED AT
SAIF, AMAZON’S OFFICES
New Delhi: Joining the list of leaders opposing
the content of Saif Ali Khan-starrer web series
‘Tandav’, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati
on Monday said that some scenes of the series
“hurt the religious and ethnic sentiments” of peo-
ple and it would be appropriate to remove them
to maintain peace and harmony in the country.
BJP leader Kapil Mishra too sent a legal notice
to Amazon Prime Video demanding immediate
removal of the web series from its platform.
CEC arrives in Assam
to review poll preps
Guwahati: Chief Elec-
tion Commissioner
Sunil Arora and other
EC functionaries on
Monday arrived in As-
sam on a three-day visit
to review preparedness
for the forthcoming As-
sembly polls in the
state, officials said.
Arora chaired a
closed-door meeting
with Chief Electoral Of-
ficer Nitin Khade and
senior police officers of
Assam at a city hotel in
the evening soon after
reaching here.
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ECI team led by CEC Sunil
Arora alongwith with Sushil
Chandra Rajiv Kumar in
Guwahati on Monday.

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Stage set for unopposed elections for 12 seats of
legislative council, 10 BJP candidates file papers
Biennial polls: Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and former IAS officer AK Sharma file their nominations
UP CM has said that
clean drinking water
would be supplied to
each and every house-
hold by 2022. He said
there was no dearth
of funds for “Jal Jivan
Mission.”
UP CM met Union Jal
Shakti Minister GS
Shekhawat on Monday
and discussed “Namami
Gange” and various
other water resources
and conservation pro-
jects in the State.
Yogi has directed
that construction
of all state universities
and private universi-
ties including medical
colleges to be set up
in the state should
be completed within
the stipulated time-
line to provide better
educational infrastruc-
ture and facilities to
youths.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: The stage is
set for unopposed elec-
tions for 12 seats of UP
legislative council with
10 BJP candidates filing
their nomination on the
last of the process on
Monday. Two Samajwa-
di Party candidates, Ra-
jendra Chowdhary and
Ahmed Hasan have al-
ready filed their nomi-
nation on January 15.
A minor flutter was cre-
ated when an independ-
ent candidate Mahesh
Chandra Sharma of
Kanpur also filed nomi-
nation.
According to sources,
the candidature of the
13th candidate Mahesh
Chandra Sharma, how-
ever. is likely to be re-
jected as his candida-
ture did not have requi-
site number of propos-
ers and fee-receipt as
per norms
The BJP put up a show
of strength as a long
cavalcade of party nom-
inees and party work-
ers drove from party
office to Vidhan Bha-
wan where the nomina-
tion process was held.
Returning Officer, BB
Dubey said, “Monday
was the last day for the
filing of nominations
for 12 legislative coun-
cil seats, which will fall
vacant on January 30.
The scrutiny of papers
will be held on January
19 and names can be
withdrawn till January
21. The polling is sched-
uled to take place on
January 28 and the
counting will be held an
hour after completion
of the polls.” CM Yogi
Adityanath and minis-
ters were present dur-
ing the filing of papers.
Those who filed their
nominations include
state unit BJP president
Swatantra Dev Singh,
Lakshman Prasad
Acharya, Deputy CM
Dinesh Sharma, former
IAS officer AK Sharma,
Kunwar Manvendra
Singh, Govind Narayan
Shukla, Salil Bishnoi,
Ashwani Tyagi, Dhara-
mveer Prajapati and
Surendra Chaudhary.
The BJP has asserted
that it will win 10 out of
12 seats. Each candidate
requires 32 votes to
make it through.
After filing their nomination papers all BJP candidates for MLC polls posing with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma. (Right) Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma handing over
his nomination papers to Returning Officer BB Dubey, at Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow on Monday. Many senior ministers were also present during the filing of nomination papers at Vidhan Bhawan. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
All eyes on PM’s close aide AK
Actually three Shar-
ma’s filed nomina-
tions on Monday but
all eyes were on the
former civil servant
and close aide of PM
Modi AK Sharma
aka as AK SharmaB-
harat for twitterati.
“BhavaaniShanka-
rau Vandey! With
blessings of National
President Shri Nadda
ji of Shri Modi ji,
Amit Shah ji, Swtan-
tra Dev Singh ji, Yogi
ji, Bansal ji, other
leaders BJP family,
I am filing MLC nom-
ination today. Really
moved by support of
all. Grateful!,” said
the former IAS offic-
er greeting the gath-
ering with folded
hands.
PM Modi’s close aide and BJP candidate AK Sharma filing his nomination papers on Monday.
BJP chief Nadda in
Lko on Jan 21-22
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) na-
tional President Jagat
Prakash Nadda is
scheduled to visit Luc-
know between January
21-22, party sources re-
vealed on Monday.
Earlier, the BJP na-
tional chief was sup-
posed to come to Luc-
know on December 28
and 29 but the visit was
called off after he tested
positive for Covid-19.
“BJP national Presi-
dent JP Nadda will visit
Lucknow, on a two-day
visit to hold discussions
with state leadership on
state organisation and
government,” said a
party office-bearer re-
questing anonymity.
The top leadership of
BJP is expected to dis-
cuss and finalise the
campaign itinerary not
only for West Bengal
but also discuss strate-
gy for party’s comeback
in the next Assembly
election under Mission
2022. Being the national
chief of the ruling par-
ty, Nadda would also be
meeting party minis-
ters as well as function-
aries to ensure smooth-
er coordination be-
tween the two.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Famous for
its sweet, succulent and
juicy Dussehri man-
goes, the City of
Nawabs, will host an
event to showcase a
product that is at the
heart of many mouth-
watering sweets in the
country on the direc-
tion of UP Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath.
In a first of its kind
show, Lucknow will
hold a Jaggery Festival
(Gur Mahotsav) some-
time next month. The
decision to hold the fes-
tival is part of Yogi Adi-
tyanath government’s
initiative to ensure
branding of agro-based
products.
According to a gov-
ernment spokesman,
the ‘Gur Mahotsav’ ‘
will be showcasing the
branding of jaggery
and its related prod-
ucts.
Progressive sugar-
cane farmers from eve-
ry corner of the state
will be invited and it is
expected that many spe-
cialist producers of the
agriculture and food
processing sector will
also visit the festival
and share their knowl-
edge. The ‘Gur Mahot-
sav’ was scheduled to
take place last year but
due to the Corona pan-
demic, it was post-
poned.
The sugar industry
and sugarcane develop-
ment department has
started gearing up for
this huge event. Addi-
tional Chief Secretary,
sugarcane development
department, Sanjay
Bhoosreddy, recently
held a meeting in this
regard to discuss the
format and purpose of
the Gur Mahotsav. “The
Gur Mahotsav” will
have stalls of jaggery
chocolates, sweets, can-
dies, and kheer. The In-
dian Council of Agri-
cultural Research and
the Sugarcane Research
Institute have jointly
prepared chocolate and
other products from
jaggery in different fla-
vours.
This event, which
will be held in Lucknow,
will not only benefit
Ayodhya and towns ad-
jacent to it but will also
promote sugarcane
farmers of Avadh and
Purvanchal regions.
After strawberry fest in Jhansi, now Lko to hold ‘Gur Mahotsav’
ADDING SWEETNESS

The decision to
hold the festival
is part of Chief
Minister Yogi
Adityanath
government’s
initiative to
ensure branding
of agro-based
products.
In a first of its kind show, Lucknow will hold a Jaggery Festival sometime next month.
JP Nadda
Return to organic farming,
Guv Anandiben urges farmers
First India Bureau
Shahjahanpur: Uttar
Pradesh Governor
Anandiben Patel
strongly advocated for
the importance of or-
ganic farming. The
Governor attended a
programme organised
to mark the completion
of 40 years of the estab-
lishment of Vinoba
Seva Ashram in Shahja-
hanpur, where she was
a chief guest.
In her address at the
event she said that peo-
ple should move to-
wards organic farming
and that by the use of
fertilizers, even though
the production has in-
creased, but so have dis-
eases like cancer. She
urged the farmers to
return to organic farm-
ing so that the future
generations will not be
affected by such diseas-
es. On reaching Vinoba
Seva Ashram, Gover-
nor visited the Model
Goshala and observed
the method to make ver-
min compost and later
visited Trimata i.e. Ja-
nani Mata, Go Mata and
Dharti Mata Sadan es-
tablished in the ash-
ram.
She later inquired
the benefits of various
government schemes
from the woman farm-
ers and expressed her
displeasure that wom-
an farmers didn’t get
any benefit. She asked
DM Indra Vikram Sin-
gh to make sure the
farmers get the benefit
of Ayushman card as
well as other schemes.
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel.
Yogi cabinet meet
to discuss budget
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The first
cabinet meeting of the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment this year
would be held on Tues-
day to discuss and
fine tune pro-
posals for
budget 2021-22.
Since this
would be the
last budget of
the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party govern-
ment, funds allocation
for top priority schemes
and programmes being
run by various depart-
ments would be taken
up during the brain-
storming, said sources.
Here it is pertinent to
mention that there can-
not be a gap of more
than six months be-
tween the sitting of a
House.
The last assembly
session has held on Au-
gust 22, as such the
government has to con-
vene a session by Febru-
ary 21, sources pointed
out.
The budget
session tenta-
tively sched-
uled for Febru-
ary 18, would
be brief.
Sources said all
the government de-
partments have been
asked to submit their
proposals immediately,
so that preparations
could start.
After two to three
days of debate on
Thanks motion over the
Governor’s address, the
budget would be tabled
and it would be passed
in a week.
Lucknow: The servic-
es of officer on special
duty (OSD) of Uttar
Pradesh State Univer-
sity of Medical Sci-
ences, Saifai, Etawah
Gurjit Singh Kalsi
have been terminated
with immediate effect.
Kalsi after retiring
from the post of direc-
tor (finance) of the
same university in Au-
gust last year was ap-
pointed as OSD in No-
vember.
As per government
spokesman, Kalsi was
being paid honorari-
um as OSD despite the
fact that in accordance
to University rules cre-
ation of any new post
in the university was
only possible with the
prior approval of Gov-
ernment or by any gen-
eral or special order of
the State Government.
Services of Saifai
medical varsity
OSD terminated

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NEWSat a glance
5 COPS INJURED IN ATTACK
A police team was attacked by villagers when
they raided Ruhasa village to nab cow-slaughter
accused. Five policemen including police outpost
incharge were injured in the attack. Police sources
said when Daraula police reached at Ruhasa village
to arrest cow slaughter accused Mujjamir then
Mujjamir’s relative and other villagers attacked on
police team. Five cops including police out post
incharge were severely injured in the attack.
AAP ALLEGES MP GOT DEATH THREAT
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday alleged
that its Rajya Sabha MP and UP in-charge Sanjay
Singh had received a death threat. “A person called
on the phone of Sanjay Singh’s aide. He said he
is from Hindu Vahini and will burn Singh alive by
sprinkling kerosene oil on him,” AAP’s state presi-
dent Sabhajit Singh alleged.
MOHAN BHAGWAT IN VRINDAVAN
RSS’ Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat arrived in
Vrindavan late in the evening on Monday for his
two-day programme. He will meet major saints of
Braj at Keshavdham and the sangh promoters to
discuss issues of national interest. Bhagwat has
been provided with Z plus security. The Intelligence
Bureau and the local intelligence unit are keeping
an eye on people living around Keshavdham.
TEACHERS DISMISSED FOR FAKE DOCU
Two assistant teachers working in basic ed-
ucation department for last 23 years were
dismissed from service on Monday for allegedly
submitting forged documents, ofﬁcials said. Di-
rectives have been issued to lodge cases against
them and realise the salary paid to them.
‘ABDUCTED’ GIRL BROUGHT BACK
Gorakhpur police on Monday said it had brought
a man booked under UP’s anti-conversion law
from Karnataka and handed over the 19-year-old
girl who was allegedly abducted by him to her
family. However, further action in the case will
be taken based on the girl’s statement as she is
an adult, the police said.
BEACON OF HOPE: UP REGISTERS LEAST
COVID-19 CASUALTIES IN LAST 6 MONTHS
Only four fatalities reported in 24-hrs; Caseload also declines with just 379 fresh cases
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a pleasant
development,thatshows
light beaming at the end
of the tunnel, UP report-
ed least number of fa-
talities in the last six
months on Monday.
As many as four COV-
ID-19 fatalities, the low-
est in over six months,
whichtookthedeathtoll
to 8,580, were registered,
health department offi-
cials said. Also, the state
witnessed only 379 fresh
infections which have
pushed the caseload to
5,96,904. The number of
active cases stands at
8,631. At least 622 people
were discharged, ACS,
Health, Amit Mohan
Prasad said.
“Thereare8,631active
cases in the state and the
total number of recover-
ies has risen to 5,79,693.
Of the active cases, 2,948
are in home isolation,
823areundergoingtreat-
mentinprivatehospitals
and the rest are in gov-
ernment hospitals,” he
added. So far, over 2.63
crore samples have been
tested for covid, includ-
ing more than 1.10 lakh
on Sunday, Prasad said.
Ward boy died of
heart attack
Post-mortem report
of the ward boy says he
died of heart attack and
not due to the corona
vaccine. It was found
that the volunteer’s con-
dition had deteriorated
after the administration
of the vaccine and when
an ambulance was re-
quested, the operator
kept asking about the
address of the patient.
As the patient soon fell
unconscious, he was
taken to hospital in an
auto and he was de-
clared dead on arrival
bythedoctors.Thenews
made headlines as the
family members blamed
the death due to the co-
rona vaccine.
Another shocking
fact was the heart of the
patient was only 500 gm
whereas a normal heart
weighs 800 gm.
Photo for representational purpose only. —FILE PHOTO
5.7 L RECOVERIES
Rathore involved in many crimes, NSA likely
First India Bureau
Jalaun: Expelled BJP
leader Ram Bihari
Rathore, arrested last
weekonchargesof child
sex abuse, was involved
in various criminal and
anti-social activities for
last six-seven years.
As per the sources,
along with various
crimes, Rathore operat-
ed a betting racket from
his house in Konch po-
lice area of Jalaun dis-
trict. Investigators are
collecting evidence
against him and may
summon police person-
nel who had been posted
in the area in the past
fewyearstogathermore
information.
Konch police station
SHO Imran Khan said
all aspects were being
looked into and neces-
sary evidence was being
collected so as to invoke
the stringent National
Security Act (NSA)
against Rathore.
Under the NSA, a per-
son can be detained
without charge for up to
12 months if authorities
are satisfied that he or
she is a threat to nation-
al security or law or-
der. Three cases have
been registered against
Rathoresofar.The65-yr-
old was arrested on Jan-
uary13onthecomplaint
of two minor children
accusing him of sexu-
ally exploiting them.
First India Bureau
Ayodhya: Just as the
construction of Ram
Temple gains pace, the
Dhannipur mosque pro-
ject, which includes a
hospital, a museum, a
library, a community
kitchen, the Indo-Islam-
ic Cultural Research
Centre, a publication
house,besidesamosque,
will formally begin in
Ayodhya on the upcom-
ing Republic Day.
“At a meeting of the
Indo-Islamic Cultural
Foundation (IICF), it
was decided that Repub-
lic Day will be celebrat-
ed with the start of the
Dhannipur mosque pro-
ject, which includes a
hospital, a museum, a
library, a community
kitchen, the Indo-Islam-
ic Cultural Research
Centre, a publication
house and a mosque,”
secretary and spokes-
person of the trust
Athar Hussain said on
Sunday.
He said at 8.30 am on
January 26, the national
flag will be hoisted on
the five-acre plot of the
project, which will be
followed by plantation
of saplings by the chief
trustee and the member
trustees of the IICF.
At a virtual meet
chaired by IICF presi-
dent Zufar Ahmad Fa-
rooqi and attended by
all the nine trustees, the
progress of the trust ac-
tivities, especially the
procedural delay in get-
ting the 12-A/80-G clear-
ances under the I-T Act
and the proceedings for
the opening of an FCRA
account, was discussed,
the statement said.
“It was deci0ded to
make a formal begin-
ning of the project by
applying for the plan
clearance from the Ayo-
dhya District Board and
start the soil testing pro-
cess at the five-acre
plot,” he added.
R-Day start to Dhannipur mosque project with hoisting of Tricolour
ART OF HARMONY

Apart from the
mosque,
the 5-acre
project includes
a hospital, a
museum, a
library, a
community
kitchen, the
Indo-Islamic
Cultural
Research Centre
and publication
house
Design of the proposed mosque complex.
Trust gets donations to the tune
of Rs 100 crore for Temple
Ayodhya: Shree
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust
has received a dona-
tion around Rs 100
crore, said General
Secretary of Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust
Champat Rai.
Rai said, “The data
has not reached to
the headquarters till
now but we have got
a report from our
karyakartas, that
they have received a
donation for around
Rs 100 crores for this
noble cause.”
The Trust is con-
ducting a mass con-
tact and contribution
campaign for the
construction of the
grand temple which
began on January 15
and will go on till
February 27.
OFF TRACK
Two coaches of the Amritsar-Jaynagar Express derailed at 7:50 AM on Monday at
Lucknow’s Charbagh Railway Station. There were 155 passengers in the two coaches. No
injury and casualty was reported. The train had just left the yard and was running at a slow
pace. A committee is being formed to probe the matter. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Expelled BJP leader Ram Bihari Rathore.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Life
across UP continues
to reel under ex-
treme weather con-
ditions. Icy cold
winds during the
day have negated
the effect of sun-
lightwhiledensefog
has reduced the
speed of vehicles on
the highways.
As per the MeT
department, a cold
dayiswhenthemin-
imum temperature
is below 10 degree
Celsius and the
maximum is at least
4.5 degrees below
normal. The lowest
temperature was 3.6
degree Celsius at
Fursatganj (Rae
Bareli)andthehigh-
est was 22.5 degrees
Celsius registered
in Jhansi.
The local MeT of-
fice said cold wave
conditions occurred
at isolated places in
east UP. Day tem-
peratures rose in
Gorakhpur, Mo-
radabad, divisions;
fell appreciably in
Prayagraj, Kanpur,
Bareilly divisions.
Timely disposal of Police Housing Corp
proposals saving huge money: Awasthi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In accord-
ance to the instructions
of CM Yogi Adityanath,
Additional Chief Secre-
tary, Home, Awanish
Awasthi has said that
special measures are
being undertaken for
improving the function-
ing of UP Police Hous-
ing Corporation by en-
suring timely disposal
of all construction pro-
jects, which otherwise
in the past resulted in
huge losses to the ex-
chequer.
According to Awasthi
the corporation suffered
financial loss of Rs 11.29
crorein2018-19financial
year besides Rs 7.12
crore in 2019-20. Howev-
er, in 2020-21 the Corpo-
ration registered profit
which has witnessed
steady growth and has
exceeded Rs 4 crore in
current financial year.
Meanwhile ADG, Po-
lice Housing Corpora-
tion, HR Sharma said
total 155 construction
works were being pres-
ently carried out by Po-
lice Housing Corpora-
tion which included
construction of residen-
tial and non-residential
buildings for the Police
department as an-
nounced by the CM.
Fursatganj
coldest in
state at 3.6
degrees
ACS Home Awanish Awasthi
Road Safety Month
The National Road
Safety Month and a
Public Awareness Cam-
paign was started in the
toll booths of Lucknow and
Agra on the Agra Lucknow
Expressway by IAS Amit
Kale, SDM Fatehabad.
Starting January 18 to
February 17 under the Na-
tional Road Safety Month
and a Public Awareness
Campaign, UPEIDA has
set up eye test camps at
the toll booths of Agra and
Lucknow on the Lucknow-
Agra Expressway. This
booth has been set up to
check the eyes of all mo-
torists passing through the
said toll booths for free.

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PERSPECTIVELUCKNOW | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021
ridgerton, Netf-
lix’s hit of the
season, which
is adapted from
the historical
fantasy novels of Julia
Quinn, plays fast and loose
with history. It opens in
1813, the year in which
Jane Austen’s Pride and
Prejudice was published,
Napoleonic war raged in
Europe and London’s West-
minster Bridge was illumi-
nated by the world’s first
public gas company.
Bridgerton is far from
an accurate portrayal of
the historical Regency pe-
riod in which it is set –
named for the transfer of
power from the incapaci-
tated King George III to his
son George IV in 1811 until
the king’s death in 1820.
However, it does get some
things right.
In the show, London’s so-
cial set are abuzz with gos-
sip provided by the anony-
mous column of Lady
Whistledown. The column-
ist’s salacious writing is in
step with the time: gossip
newspapers circulated in
Regency London, detailing
the exploits and scandals
of the “Bon Ton”, or fash-
ionable elite, during “the
season”.
As Bridgerton’s histori-
cal consultant Hannah
Grieg has detailed, this was
the six months each year
during which the daugh-
ters of Britain’s richest
families would be present-
ed at court, and advanta-
geous marriages arranged.
Some have expressed
surprise at Bridgerton’s
depiction of sex on screen.
But, while Daphne Bridg-
erton’s (Phoebe Dynevor)
extensive outdoor copula-
tion against a backdrop of
triumphant baroque archi-
tecture may not have been
every new bride’s experi-
ence, sex was everywhere
in Georgian England. For
two shillings, tourists in
London could purchase
Harris’ List of Covent Gar-
den Ladies, a catalogue of
sex workers in the city that
later informed the show
Harlots.
Scandalous elopements,
abductions and unfaithful
spouses within the upper
classes were all fodder for
the gossip columns. The
adultery trials of aristo-
cratic women proved par-
ticularly popular, among
them Seymour Fleming,
known as Lady Worsley in
1782, and Lady Anne Foley
in 1786.
Another thing Bridger-
ton has received attention
for its clumsy handling of
issues of race in the Re-
gency period. The show is
one of several recent cos-
tume dramas looking to
make the historical pres-
ence of people of colour in
Regency England visible.
Another thing Bridger-
ton has received attention
for its clumsy handling of
issues of race in the Re-
gency period. The show is
one of several recent cos-
tume dramas looking to
make the historical pres-
ence of people of colour in
Regency England visible.
While the decision to in-
troduce racial diversity to
the story has been lauded
by many, including the nov-
els’ author, Julia Quinn,
Bridgerton has faced
strong criticism from
scholars and viewers alike.
Bridgerton’s visual cul-
ture is no less implicated.
Across its luscious sets,
paintings copied from real-
life artworks give depth
and legitimacy to the Re-
gency world created on-
screen. A group portrait of
the Bridgerton brothers,
hung in the stairwell of
Bridgerton house and to
which the camera returns
throughout the series, rep-
licates Sir Joshua Reyn-
olds’s 1760s depiction of
the British politician Hen-
ry Fane and his friends.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
HOW ‘BRIDGERTON’ ADAPTED THE PERIOD
COSTUME DRAMA FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
B
You prefer the life of this
world, while the hereafter
is better more lasting.
—Surah Al-A’la (87:16)
Spiritual
SPEAK
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TWEET
Ravi Shankar Prasad @rsprasad
New Agriculture laws strengthen
the economic conditions of the
farmers and bring transformational
changes in the agriculture sector.
From 2009-14 to 2014-20, there is
773% increase in payments made
to farmers for oilseeds and copra.
#ModiWithFarmers
Dr Harsh Vardhan
@drharshvardhan
#COVID19 has made ‘Health’
the central focus of global
agenda. Even though the world
has collectively portrayed great
resilience while facing this
unprecedented challenge, it is
an opportune time to focus on
overcoming shortcomings building
stronger healthcare systems.
n big corporate houses, there
are various departments to
achieve company goals. They
have a group of senior manag-
ers leading each department.
They also have a department
called Market Analysis which
enables them to stay connected
with the market of their seg-
ment, but small companies do
not have such facility of de-
partment segmentation. In a
small company, there will prob-
ably be a small team – maybe
four or five employees. The pro-
moter will be thoroughly in-
volved in every aspect of the
business – from production to
sales and finance and service.
The small company may not af-
ford the cost of Managers and
Leaders. At such a time, if the
promoter or company owner
does not have progressive
thinking, then the company
will not grow.
Also, some small entrepre-
neurs believe that whatever
they know is true. They give
great importance to their tradi-
tional thinking for the compa-
ny’s operation. They always try
to find some other kind of fault
with new things or ideas. They
are too much into their own
world. They often give more
importance to a process driven
by people and if a particular
manager remains absent for a
day they become conscious.
They never try to invest in pro-
cess Automation or system de-
velopment. They believe and
have over-confidence in their
own skills, but whenever they
face a sudden challenge in the
company, they get confused
and start panicking.
If the Head of a company
possess such a hollow view
then the company has to bear a
heavy loss at some or the other
point in time. The Head of the
company needs to change its
mindset. If the company wants
to be on the path of develop-
ment, then the Head of the
company should keep a pro-
gressive approach and connect
with some outside expert fol-
lowing the vision of the com-
pany’s business.
Today let’s talk about one
such progressive company’s
entrepreneur, Keyur Shah, Pro-
moter and CEO of Reyes Tech-
serve Pvt. Ltd. This company is
a renowned IT company offer-
ing innovative technologies
and software to the healthcare
industry and most of its busi-
ness comes from the USA. In
order to keep the company pro-
gressing for the last 17 years,
Keyur has been continuously
offering new ideas and innova-
tive products to the customers.
The company’s philosophy is to
give more than what is re-
quired at any corner of the
world, and also within the fixed
time limit.
Keyur believes that if you
want to keep your customers
happy, then you have to keep
employees happy. Mr. Keyur is
an outspoken partner who has
participated in the vision of
the company so that employees
are optimally participating in
the development of the com-
pany. With the help of external
Experts, Keyur has been pro-
moting employees to become a
part of the company’s growth.
Every single employee has
been given a fixed goal, they
are all made to feel responsible
for the task they have been del-
egated. The company has im-
plemented the Flexible Work-
ing Hours Policy. Keyur, who
gave the company an MNC-like
atmosphere, has adopted a five-
day working culture.
Reyes TechServe is now look-
ing forward to becoming a lead-
ing IT company making busi-
ness easier, and all the credit
goes to Keyur’s company em-
ployees and progressive cul-
ture of the company. In his
words, if you want to develop
continuously, and need to be a
step ahead of the market and it
requires expert opinion then it
is advisable to take one.
The conclusion of the whole
discussion is if the company
has to develop with a progres-
sive mindset and develop skills
to look at both sides of a coin,
then you need to encourage
progressive and expert person-
alities to participate in your
company’s vision leading to
the ultimate benefit of people.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Some small entrepreneurs believe that
whatever they know is true. They give great
importance to their traditional thinking
for the company’s operation. They always
try to find some other kind of fault with
new things or ideas. They are too much
into their own world. They often give more
importance to a process driven by people
and if a particular manager remains
absent for a day they become conscious
IF THE COMPANY
WANTS TO BE ON THE
PATH OF DEVELOPMENT,
THEN THE HEAD OF THE
COMPANY SHOULD
KEEP A PROGRESSIVE
APPROACH AND
CONNECT WITH SOME
OUTSIDE EXPERT
FOLLOWING THE VISION
OF THE COMPANY’S
BUSINESS
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
BUSINESS/ HR EXPERT
I
LOOKING AT BOTH
SIDES OF COIN
IT’LL BE NANDIGRAM
ONCE AGAIN
fter Mamata Banerjee’s confidante Suv-
endu Adhikari defected to the BJP, the
move was nothing short of a political
quake in West Bengal. Adhikari’s depar-
ture from Trinamool Congress was sig-
nificant because of the influence he commands in
not one or two but 65 Assembly constituencies
across six districts. He was the face of the Nandi-
gram protests over land acquisition by the Left
government in 2007 in which 14 people were killed.
Mamata herself was deeply involved in the pro-
tests and coined the “Maa, Maatee, Manush” slo-
gan which catapulted her to power in Bengal in
2011. Now Mamata has locked horns with Adhi-
kari by announcing her decision to contest from
Nandigram, which is the latter’s home turf. She
will also contest from the Bhawanipore seat.
“I have always started my campaign for the as-
sembly polls from Nandigram. It is a lucky place for
me,” said the West Bengal chief minister who is a
legislator from Bhawanipore in south Kolkata. The
announcement is tantamount to throwing a gaunt-
let which was promptly accepted by Suvendu Adhi-
kari. The former transport minister responded by
saying that if he can’t beat Mamata by “half lakh
votes” he will “quit politics”, making it one of the
most prestigious contests in the coming elections.
Usually, politicians contest from two seats when
theyareunsureof retainingtheirconstituency.They
then look for a safe seat.But here Didi is entering the
lion’s den. Although the size of a political rally does
notguaranteevotes,theBengalchief minister’srally
on Monday showed she is ready to take on the BJP.
A
IN-DEPTH
SIBAL REMINDS CONG
OF PROMISED REJIG
n December last year, Congress Presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi pacified a group of 23
dissenters (G-23) by accepting in princi-
ple their demand for inner-party democ-
racy, which implied holding elections for
the Congress Working Committee and the new
chief of All-India Congress Committee. Even after
five-hour long deliberations between Sonia Gandhi
and G-23, the issue of Rahul Gandhi’s return as
party president remained unresolved. With nearly
a month gone, there is no indication that the Con-
gress leadership is in any hurry to keep that prom-
ise. Rahul Gandhi remains a reluctant leader even
as the disenchantment in the party is growing.
Internal issues plaguing the Congress once again
resurfaced with senior leader Kapil Sibal question-
ing the delay in effecting the much-needed changes
in the party. “Since the meeting on December 19,
we’re almost one month down the road. We’ve had
no response on how and when this will happen. We
hopethatthatresponsecomes inthenext few days,”
said Sibal who could not attend that meeting as he
wastravellingabroad.Alsoabsentfromthemeeting
were Randeep Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Rajiv Sa-
tav, and some other loyalists of Rahul Gandhi.
The revival of Congress is imperative for its sur-
vival. It has already faced electoral reversals in
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala. Its prospects
don’t look good in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and
Assam. With internal strife persisting and no clar-
ity on party president, sentiment against the Gan-
dhis is growing. Yet, they seem to think that pana-
cea lies in procrastination and not in taking the
problems head-on.
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INDIALUCKNOW | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court said on
Monday the entry of
protesting farmers into
Delhi on Republic Day
to be decided by the Del-
hi Police due to it being
a “law order issue”.
The apex court was
hearing a plea seeking
an injunction against
the proposed tractor
rally on January 26.
“We said this last time
that entry to Delhi has
to be seen under Delhi
police. Who should not
be allowed and the num-
ber of people who can
enter are all matters of
law and order to be
dealt with the by the po-
lice,” the top court said.
“We have indicated
to the Attorney General
and Solicitor General
that it’s totally up to the
police to decide who
should enter and who
should not. Does the
Union of Indian want
police to be told that
they have powers under
the police act?,” said
the bench, after the AG
sought an adverse or-
der against the tractor
rally.The matter has
been adjourned till
Wednesday.
In an application
filed through the Delhi
police, the Centre told
the court that any
planned rally or demon-
stration that aimed to
interrupt and disrupt
the festivities of Repub-
lic Day would cause the
nation to be “embar-
rassed”.
After the hearing,
Union Agriculture Min-
ister Narendra Singh
Tomar said that the re-
forms brought in by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi were “coura-
geous” and would ben-
efit farmers.
Agitating farmer un-
ions have remained
firm on holding a trac-
tor rally on the Repub-
lic Day and vowed to
continue their stir till
the Centre’s farm laws
are repealed. Agricul-
ture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar on Sunday
urged them to discuss
alternatives to scrap-
ping the legislation at
the next meeting sched-
uled for January 19.
However, Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU)
leader Rakesh Tikait
told reporters in Nag-
pur that the farmer
groups were prepared
to sit in protest till May
2024. “Our demand is
that the three laws be
taken back and the gov-
ernment provide a legal
guarantee on the MSP,”
he said.
In an application filed
through the Delhi po-
lice, the Centre told the
court that any planned
rally or demonstration
that aimed to interrupt
and disrupt the festivi-
ties of Republic Day
would cause the nation
to be “embarrassed”.
Meanwhile, union
leader Yogendra Yadav
said at a press confer-
ence at the Singhu bor-
der protest site that the
agitating groups will
carry out a tractor pa-
rade on the Outer Ring
Road in Delhi on Repub-
lic Day. —Agencies
JIO TO EMBED E-COMMERCE APP
INTO WHATSAPP IN 6 MONTHS
Bengaluru: Reliance
Industries plans to embed
its ecommerce app
JioMart into WhatsApp
within 6 months, sources
reported on Monday, as
the conglomerate looks
to ramp up its retail and
grocery business in the
country. Reliance, which
has been trying to move
away from its mainstay oil
and energy business, had
last year raised about $26
billion from investors like
Google Facebook for its
digital and retail arms as
it takes on Amazon.com
Inc and Walmart-backed
Flipkart in India. The
move to integrate JioMart
with WhatsApp will allow
hundreds of millions of
users to order products
from Reliance without
having to leave the app.
INTER-DISTRICT SNOW RUGBY
C’SHIP HELD IN BUDGAM
Budgam (Jammu and
Kashmir): A ﬁrst of its
kind inter-district snow
rugby championship
was held at Dharmuna
in Budgam district
of North Jammu and
Kashmir on Monday
to encourage youth
of the valley to take
up sports. The event
was organised by
the District Rugby
Association, Budgam.
Overwhelming partici-
pation of the youth was
observed at the sports
event. It was a great
opportunity for partic-
ipants to display their
athletic skills during
this winter season.
PARL PANEL SUMMONS FB,
TWITTER OFFICIALS ON JAN 21
New Delhi: The Parlia-
mentary Committee on
Information Technology
has issued summons
to ofﬁcials of Facebook
Twitter for January
21, to question them
over misuse of social
media/online news
platforms. The allega-
tions of a Facebook bias
towards the BJP were
reported in The Wall
Street Journal in 2020
had claimed Ankhi
Das, the platform’s then
India Policy Head had
opposed the idea of
removing hate posts by
BJP leaders, warning
that this could hamper
“commercial interests”.
SENSEX TANKS 470 PTS; NIFTY
DROPS BELOW 14,300
Mumbai: Equity bench-
mark Sensex plunged
470 points on Monday,
tracking losses in index
majors Infosys, HDFC
and ICICI Bank amid
a weak trend in global
markets After a choppy
session, the 30-share
BSE index ended 470.40
points or 0.96 per cent
lower at 48,564.27. Sim-
ilarly, the broader NSE
Nifty tumbled 152.40
points or 1.06 per cent to
14,281.30. ONGC was the
top loser in the Sensex
pack, shedding around 5
per cent, followed by Sun
Pharma, PowerGrid, Bajaj
Finance, IndusInd Bank,
Dr Reddy’s and Maruti.
On the other hand, Re-
liance Industries, Titan,
HDFC Bank and ITC were
the gainers.
‘POLICE TO DECIDE ON FARMERS ENTERING DELHI’Farmers’ protests: Centre opposes the entry of protesting farmers in Delhi, fears law order violation
Rakesh Tikait, the
National Spokes-
person of the Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU),
on Monday reiter-
ated that the farmers’
leaders have said that
they would take out a
parade on Outer Ring
Road in the national
capital so the police
should come and talk
to them and remove
the roadblocks for the
parade.
He was responding
to the order of the Su-
preme Court delivered
on Monday which said
that the Delhi Police
should decide on the
entry of protesting
farmers on Republic
Day as it is a matter of
‘law and order’ while
hearing a plea by the
centre that sought
an order against the
proposed tractor rally
by farmers on Republic
Day.
“The highest court
has taken cognizance
of the matter. It is a
good thing that the
law and order situation
must be looked into by
the police, said Tikait
The farmers protest-
ing against the farm
laws have announced
a ‘Tractor March’ on
Republic Day.
Tikait said the
citizens of the country
cannot be stopped by
constitutional institu-
tions or the police from
celebrating the Repub-
lic Day. —Agencies
We will not quarrel, but
celebrate R-Day: Farmer
leader Rakesh Tikait
New Delhi: Distanc-
ing itself from Bhartiya
Kisan Union (BKU) chief
Gurnam Singh Chaduni,
Sanyukt Kisan Morcha
(SKM) on Monday said it
was not associated with
the “all-party meeting”
attended by Chaduni.
In a press note, SKM
said a committee has
been formed to look into
the matter and give its
report in three days’ time.
“SKM is not associ-
ated with the “all-party
meeting” taken up by
Chaduni with political
parties. SKM, after taking
note of Gurnam Singh
Chaduni’s ongoing activi-
ties with political parties,
after a due discussion
on the same in a general
body meeting of SKM
yesterday, has formed
a Committee that will
inquire into the matter
and give its report in 3
days’ time. SKM will take
further steps thereafter,”
the statement read.
Punjab union leaders
Darshan Pal, Balbir Singh
Rajewal and Jagjeet
Singh Dallewal, as well as
Rashtriya Kisan Maha-
sangh leader Shiv Kumar
Kakkaji, All India Kisan
Sabha leader Hannan
Mollah and All India
Kisan Sangharsh Coordi-
nation Committee leader
Yogendra Yadav, signed
the letter.
Asserting to continue
to protest against the
BJP rallies, Chaduni
on January 10 said his
organisation had not let
the Haryana CM Mano-
har Lal Khattar to hold
a rally in Karnal. BKU is
is protesting against the
three newly enacted farm
laws Farmers’ Produce
Trade and Commerce
(Promotion and Facilita-
tion) Act, 2020, the Farm-
ers (Empowerment and
Protection) Agreement
on Price Assurance and
Farm Services Act, 2020,
the Essential Com-
modities (Amendment)
Act, 2020. —ANI
Sanyukt Kisan Morcha distances
itself from BKU chief after
political outreach allegation
New Delhi: The Un-
ion Minister of Road
Transport and High-
ways Nitin Gadkari on
Monday said that the
government aims to
bring down road acci-
dents and its related
deaths down by 50 per
cent before 2025.
While inaugurating
the National Road
Safety Month at Vig-
yan Bhawan today, Ni-
tin Gadkari said, “If
we wait till 2030, 6-7
Lakhs more people
will die.
So, we have made a
commitment that be-
fore 2025, road acci-
dents and deaths due
to it will be brought
down by 50 per cent
with help of people’s
participation.”
Highlighlight the
achievements of the
Ministry, Nitin Gad-
kari said, “We have
achieved the target of
constructing 30 kilo-
metres of road per
day. I believe that by
the end of March, per-
haps we will achieve
the target of con-
structing 40 kilome-
tres of road per day.”
The inaugural func-
tion was launched by
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh and Union
Minister for Road
Transport and High-
ways, Nitin Gadkari.
Minister of State for
Road, Transport and
Highways, General
(Retd) V.K Singh and
CEO, Niti Aayog, Am-
itabh Kant also partici-
pated.
Activities planned
during the month in-
clude the launch of a
film on Road safety,
flagging off of a Na-
tional Championship
Safe Speed Challenge
from Wagah border to
Kanyakumari, and giv-
ing away of awards for
Road Safety, stated the
press release by the
Ministry. —ANI
New Delhi: Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) has arrested a
senior railway officer
of Northeast Frontier
Railway and four others
in an on-going investi-
gation of a case related
to alleged bribery of Rs
1 crore. The five ac-
cused were arrested on
Sunday. As per CBI, it
has arrested a Chief
Administrative Officer
(a Senior Railway Of-
ficer), Construction-II,
North Eastern Frontier
Railway(NFR), Mali-
gaon (Assam); a Deputy
Chief Engineer, NFR,
Agartala; an Assistant
Executive Engineer,
N.F. Railway (NFR),
Agartala (Tripura); an
employee of a private
company based at
Guwahati (Assam) and
a private person (a rela-
tive of CAO, North-
Eastern Frontier Rail-
way) in an on-going in-
vestigation of a case
related to alleged brib-
ery of Rs 1 crore. The
statement read, another
sum of Rs 18.5 lakh (ap-
proximately) Rs 6.5
lakh have been recov-
ered from the premises
of Deputy Chief Engi-
neer Assistant Execu-
tive Engineer (AEN).
Thus, a total amount of
Rs 2.39 crore (approxi-
mately) has been recov-
ered. This includes an
alleged bribe of Rs 1
crore, which exchanged
hands yesterday, is stat-
ed to be one of the big-
gest bribe money
trapped. —ANI
Before 2025, we intend to bring down
road accidents by 50 pc: Nitin Gadkari
CBI arrests senior Railway officer,
four others in Rs 1 crore bribery case
HC disposes PIL seeking removal
of Amitabh Bachchan’s voice
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: All district
courts of Delhi on Mon-
day resumed physical
hearing on an alternate
day basis. The courts
will continue taking up
the matters through
‘video conferencing’ on
non-physical days.
Many lawyers prac-
ticing in district courts
welcomed the decision
and said that it will heal
the lawyers of trial
court who had suffered
financially due to lim-
ited hearing in the
courts.
Bharat Lal Shivhare,
a counsel, said that the
decision to resume par-
tial physical hearing
will help those lawyers,
who were suffering fi-
nancially. Another
young lawyer Mehul
Prasad, who is practic-
ing in lower courts, ex-
pressed happiness
about the resumption
of physical hearing and
said that many lawyers
are not technology-
friendly and were una-
ble to argue in virtual
hearings. —ANI
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court said accept-
ing new privacy policy
of WhatsApp was a
“voluntary” thing
one can choose not to
use that platform if one
did not agree with its
terms conditions. The
court said if the terms
conditions of most
mobile apps are read,
“you would be sur-
prised as to what all you
are consenting to”.
New Delhi: The Centre
on Monday informed
the Supreme Court that
Vijay Mallya’s extradi-
tion has been raised at
the highest political
level, but the UK gov-
ernment has refused to
share the details of the
confidential proceed-
ings delaying his extra-
dition. “In December
2020, External Affairs
Minister Dr S Jais-
hankar raised the issue
with UK Foreign Secre-
tary Dominic Raab and
most recently in Janu-
ary 2021, the Home Sec-
retary of India raised it
with the UK Permanent
Under Secretary of
Home. UK’s response
remained the same”,
said Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta before a
bench headed by Jus-
tice UU Lalit. Mehta
added that in November
last year the foreign sec-
retary of India raised
the issue of Mallya ex-
traditionwithUKHome
Secretary Priti Patel,
who responded that the
UK’s legal complexities
were preventing Mal-
lay’s quick extradition.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court was on
Monday informed that
Bollywood Megastar
Amitabh Bachchan’s
voice has been removed
from the caller tune on
precautions against the
Covid-19 viral infection,
leaving the PIL invalid.
The bench of Chief
Justice D N Patel and
Justice Jyoti Singh was
hearing the submission
of the petitioner who
sought removal of the
actor’s voice from the
caller tune in his plea as
it was infructuous
Taking note of the
submission, the court
disposed of the petition
as not pressed.
The petitioner had
sought removal of the
voice of the megastar
from the caller tune on
the ground that the ac-
tor himself, along with
some family members,
had been infected by the
virus. —ANI
Delhi district
courts resume
physical
hearing
Don’t join
WhatsApp if
not accepting
new policy: HC
Jaishankar raised Mallya’s
extradition: Centre to SC
Nitin Gadkari

INDIALUCKNOW | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021
Mission Rozgar
Pandey informed that
for the first time, on the
instructions of the
Chief Minister, newly
appointed teachers are
being given the facility
to select the options of
schools in the order of
online preference as per
their wish. Online ap-
pointment letters will
be issued to selected
teachers based on their
choice of order of pref-
erence. In the recruit-
ment process, the first
preference is being giv-
en to the selected candi-
dates in the Handi-
capped category from
Public Service Commis-
sion, from which they
will get appointment in
the highest priority
schools. Similarly, mar-
ried women candidates
whose children are au-
tistic or are 40 pc disa-
bled and whose spouse
is posted in Indian
Army / Air Force /
Navy or Central Para-
military Forces, or wid-
owed women / widower
who have not remar-
ried, and are single par-
ents and whose spouses
are employed in state or
aided schools, council
schools, state / central
universities and state /
semi-government ser-
vices falling under ba-
sic, secondary and high-
er education will also
be given preference in
posting.
Didi sounds...
Adhikari had won the
Nandigram seat as the
TMC candidate in 2016.
Traditionally, Banerjee
has always contested
from Bhawanipur.
“I will come again
and again as Nandi-
gram is my lucky place.
In the 2016 election, I
announced my election
from Nandigram. To-
day also I came to
Nandigram. TMC will
win in 2021.
Mamata had swept
into power defeated the
ruling Left with a land-
slide victory in the 2011
Assembly election.
“If I make mistake
slap me but don’t go
away from me. Who will
do that much work for
you? If anyone calls me
bad, I won’t let them,”
she said.
“ B h a w a n i p o r e ,
please don’t feel sad. I
will give you a good can-
didate,” the 66-year-old
promised. Later in her
speech, she indicated
that she may contest
from both constituen-
cies and said, “Nandi-
gram is my big sister,
Bhawanipore is my
younger sister... I will
fight from both if pos-
sible. In case I am una-
ble to contest from Bha-
wanipore, someone else
would contest.”
—ANI
‘Tandav’ over...
concerns expressed by
the people and uncondi-
tionally apologize if it
has unintentionally
hurt anybody’s senti-
ments,” series director
Ali Abbas Zafar shared
the statement on his
Twitter handle.
The film starring
Saif Ali Khan, Dimple
Kapadia, Sunil Grover,
Tigmanshu Dhulia,
Dino Morea, Kumud
Mishra, Mohd Zeeshan
Ayyub, Gauhar Khan
and Kritika Kamra, pre-
miered on the stream-
ing platform on Friday.
Taking to Twitter,
BSP President Mayawa-
ti called for removing
the objectionable con-
tent from the web se-
ries.
Protests are being
registered against some
scenes hurting the reli-
gious and ethnic senti-
ments in the Tandav
web series, in respect of
which it would be ap-
propriate to remove
whatever is objectiona-
ble so that the atmos-
phere of peace, harmo-
ny and mutual brother-
hood in the country is
not spoiled anywhere,
she said.
According to the FIR,
following public out-
rage expressed on so-
cial media platforms,
the web series was
viewed and it was found
in the 17th minute of
the first episode of the
series that Hindu gods
and goddesses have
been allegedly present-
ed in an “undignified
manner’ and shown us-
ing language which is
hurtful to religious sen-
timents.
Dialogues in the web
series can incite caste
anger, the FIR stated.
CEC arrives...
The CEC is accompa-
nied by 7 senior offi-
cials of the Commis-
sion. The EC team on
Tuesday would hold
separate meetings with
the chief secretary,
home secretary, DGP-
district election officers
and the SP, officials
said.
Other members of
the team are Election
Commissioners Sushil
Chandra and Rajiv Ku-
mar, Director General
Dharmendra Sharma,
Deputy Election Com-
missioner Chandra
Bhusan Kumar, Senior
Principal Secretary
Narendra N Butolia Di-
rector of Expenditure
Pankaj Srivastava and
EVM Consultant Vipin
Katara. —PTI
FROM PG 1
FOUR OFFICERS GET ASSIGNMENTS
IN ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
Four officers in the Additional/Joint Director level
have been given jobs the Enforcement Directorate
(ED). Accordingly, Ms Monika Sharma has been
appointed as Additional Director, (HIU-1, Training,
Systems, Adjudication), Headquarters, while Kapil
Raj was given the charge of HIU-2, Penalty Recov-
ery, Headquarters and Rohit Dwivedi is assigned
Administration, Establishment and Vigilance with
additional charge of intelligence, Headquarters.
Besides, Yogesh Sharma has been appointed as
Additional Director, Mumbai Zone office-II.
10 TOP EXECUTIVES OF
A PSU UNDER SCANNER
The Vigilance Department is whispered to have
served notices - regarding financial irregularities
- on 10 Top Executives in a Public Sector Under-
taking (PSU). The Executives came under scanner
after they allegedly siphoned off the company’s
money to different sector.
WHERE IS THE FILE OF 13 BANK ED’S?
The file pertaining to the appointment of 13 new
ED’s in various banks is said to have been stuck up.
Guessing game is on.
NHRC’ CHAIRMAN’S POST TO
REMAIN VACANT TILL MAY ?
Post of the Chairman of National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) is lying vacant. It is said that
the post will remain vacant till May.
MAJOR OVERHAULING OF IRS
OFFICERS AFTER BUDGET
A Major overhauling in the CBDT and the CBIC is
expected to take place after the budget is presented.
MAHARASHTRA CHIEF SECRETARY
TO RETIRE NEXT MONTH
Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar is retir-
ing in February end. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.
LOKPAL ORDERS PRELIMINARY
INQUIRY INTO 21 COMPLAINTS
Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has ordered
preliminary inquiry into 21 complaints – 18 by the
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and three by
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS STUCK UP?
Appointment of members of Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal seems to have stuck up. J Khanwilkar
Committee sent recommendations in October
2019. Supreme Court Constitution Bench Judg-
ment came in November 2019. Another judgment
of Supreme Court came in November 2020 to
clear the appointments. Still there is no process
undergoing in any ministry. In the meanwhile, all
other tribunals like NGT, RCT, NCLT, APTEL, IPAB
have been facilitated with recruitment. Tribunal
has vacancy of more than 60 members and crores
of rupees tax is stuck and VSVS scheme has not
reduced the litigation at all.
WHO WILL MOVE TO SRINAGAR ?
After the merger, about half a dozen IAS officers of
UT cadre are likely to move to Srinagar.
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE
OF DR Y L P RAO ENDS
The central deputation tenure of Dr Y L P Rao
working as Deputy Director General, UIDAI, HQ,
New Delhi has come to an end. He is a 1986 batch
IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
19 PRIVATE SECRETARIES OF
CSSS PROMOTED
As many as 19 Private Secretaries of the Central
Stenographers’ Secretariat Service (CSSS) have
been promoted as Principal Private Secretaries.
Those promoted are: S P Bhatnagar, Sanjay
Dhawan, Hema Narang, Mahendra Singh Rawat,
V Ravi, Anita Arora, R N Sahai, Indira Mohan Kar-
tikeya, Neeraj Jaitly, Rita Devnani, Sanjeev Sharma,
Archana Bhatnagar, Gulshan Kumar, Punam Verma,
Geeta Negi, Sudha Bhardwaj, Deepa Rajesh, Gul-
shan and Sarita Peghwal.
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PM’S VEILED DIG AT CONG: PREVIOUS GOVT
LACKED MODERN APPROACH FOR METRONew Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday took a veiled
dig at previous Con-
gress-led United Pro-
gressive Alliance (UPA)
regime, saying that the
previous government
had no modern ap-
proach and policy for
metro.
Speaking at the
‘Bhoomi Poojan’ of
Ahmedabad Metro Rail
Project Phase-II and Su-
rat Metro Rail Project
via video conferencing,
the Prime Minister said
over 450 kms of metro
network became opera-
tional in the last six
years.
“Work on projects
worth Rs 17,000 crore is
starting from today.
This shows that the
country’s efforts for
new infrastructure pro-
jects is increasing dur-
ing COVID-19.
Ahmedabad and Surat
are cities that will em-
power self-reliant India.
Ahmedabad and Surat
are receiving very im-
portant gifts today. Met-
ro will further strength-
en the connectivity in
two major business cen-
tres of the country -
Ahmedabad and Su-
rat,” he said on Monday.
“These metro pro-
jects are being concep-
tualised to meet the
needs of the future. Our
cities will get better fa-
cilities,” PM Modi said.
He added that during
the previous regime ex-
pansion of metro rail-
ways in the country was
comparatively ‘less sig-
nificant’, adding that
around 1,000 kms long
metro lines are being
laid in 27 cities.
“Before 2014, only 225
kms of metro line be-
came operational in 10-
12 years. In last 6 years,
over 450 kms of metro
network became opera-
tional.
Once there was no
modern approach for
metro, and there was no
metro policy. As a re-
sult, there are different
metro in different cities
based on different tech-
niques and facility.
There was no integra-
tion of metro with oth-
er public transport me-
diums,” the Prime Min-
ister asserted.
“Today, we are devel-
oping transportation
system of cities as inte-
grated system. We are
developing cities’ trans-
port system like inte-
grated system, which
means that bus, metro,
rail will not ply as per
their own design but
work as collective sys-
tem, complementary to
each other,” he added.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi highlighted
that Surat is eighth big-
gest city in terms of
population and fourth
fastest growing city in
the world.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the inauguration of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail
Project in Gujarat, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday.
New Delhi: India's to-
tal COVID-19 recover-
ies have surpassed the
active caseload by
more than one crore,
the Union Health Min-
istry said on Monday,
terming it as a land-
mark achievement.
The total number of
Covid-19 recoveries has
touched 1,02,11,342,
while the active cases in
the country stand at
2,08,012 today.
The gap between the
two has progressively
growntotouch1,00,03,330.
Thetotalrecoveredcases
arenearly50timestheac-
tivecasesinthecountry,
the Health Ministry un-
derlined.
New Delhi: North In-
dia will continue to reel
under the grip of an in-
tense cold wave for few
more days even as the
dense fog will lift by
Tuesday, a senior offi-
cial at the Indian Mete-
orological Department
(IMD) said on Monday.
RK Jenamani, the
senior scientist, IMD,
said that the warning
for the cold wave in
North India has been
extended till January
22. Earlier, the IMD had
issued a cold wave
warning for January 13-
15 and then extended it
till January 18.
However, RK Jenam-
ani said that the dense
fog spread across north-
ern plains in Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh and Utta-
rakhand will begin lift-
ing from Tuesday re-
sulting in hotter days
and colder nights.
New Delhi: The Bom-
bay high court observed
that ‘media trials’ can
obstruct the adminis-
tration of justice, and is
in violation of pro-
gramme code under the
Cable Television Net-
work Regulation Act,
impacting the ongoing
investigations.
The high court on
Monday made the ob-
servation while dispos-
ing of a batch of public
interest litigations
(PILs) filed by former
police officers, activ-
ists, lawyers and NGOs
from Maharashtra in
the aftermath of actor
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
death in June 2020.
They had requested the
court to issue restraint
orders to media report-
ing on the actor’s
death. After hearing
out the arguments of
various parties for
weeks, the court had
reserved its judgment
on November 6, 2020.
SSR DEATH CASE
‘Media trials’ can obstruct
administration of justice: HC
NCP DEMANDS JPC ON PURPORTED CHATS
BETWEEN GOSWAMI AND DASGUPTA
‘STAFF ONLY’ R-DAY
@INDIAN EMBASSY
IMD extends
cold wave
warnings
Recoveries exceed active
Covid Cases by over one
Crore: Health Ministry
Covid vax shots may help India by leaps and bounds.
Arnab Goswami
Somnath Temple
trust looks after the
management of the
Jyotirlinga Somnath
temple. On Monday.
A virtual meeting
of the trustees took
place in which Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi has been
unanimously elected
as the chairman. He
will be holding this
post for one year. He
is the second Prime
Minister to chairman
of the trust after late
Morarji Desai.
PM NEW
CHAIRMAN OF
SOMNATH TRUST
Late Sushant Singh Rajput
DESPITE COVID,INDIA SERIOUS ABOUT INFRA DEVELOPMENT: MODI
After the Bhoomi Pujan,
Modi said, “Today, in-
frastructure projects worth
Rs 17,000 crore are going
to start, which shows that
the country is serious on
initiatives related infrastruc-
tural development project
even during the Covid
pandemic.”
He further said that after
Ahmedabad, Surat is one of
the biggest city in Gujarat
which will be connected
with modern transport.
“In Surat, the metro project
will connect the important
business centres with each
other,” the PM said.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi further highlighted
that besides cities, vil-
lages in Gujarat have also
witnessed unprecedented
development.
“Specially the roads, elec-
tricity and the supply of the
water have improved in last
two decades.”, PM Modi
who had served three terms
as the the Chief Minister of
the state said.
Modi also pointed out that
many of us seen the time
when the water was sup-
plied in the villages through
tankers and trains.
“Now 80 per cent of the
population in the state is
getting water supply from
pipeline,” he said.
Modi said that under the
Jal Jeevan Mission, 10 lakh
new water connections
have been distributed. “And
very soon, every household
in Gujarat will be getting
water supply through pipe-
line,” said Narendra Modi
Modi, while enumerating
the acheivements of the
mission.

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First India Bureau
Barabanki: A case of
rape and murder has
been registered against
an unknown person for
the murder and rape of
a specially-abled girl.
On Monday, IG Ayodhya
Dr. Sanjeev Gupta took
stock of the situation
and recorded state-
ments from the be-
reaved family. 5 police
teams have been de-
ployed to arrest the ac-
cused but so far no suc-
cess has been found.
The body of the men-
tally handicapped was
found in a mustard field
in Bibipur village of
Zaidpur, the girl was
said to be bleeding from
her mouth, genitals and
she was strangulated by
a scarf.
The young girl had
stepped out of her home
at 9’O clock in the morn-
ing on Sunday and
when she didn’t return
till late at night, her
family began searching
for her. The mutilated
body of the girl was
found 500 meters away
from her house.
SP Yamuna Prasad,
ASP Manoj Pandey and
DM Dr. Adarsh Singh
also reached the spot on
Monday morning. Zaid-
pur police have taken 10
persons under custody
on suspicion. Police
force has been deployed
in large numbers to
avoid any untoward in-
cident.
The postmortem was
carried under the su-
pervision of Magistrate
and has been video re-
corded.
The report has con-
firmed injuries and ex-
cessive bleeding in vari-
ous parts of the girl’s
body suggesting gang
rape.
Various political
leaders of all major par-
ties arrived at the house
of the girl to assure of
strict actions to be tak-
en against the accused.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bahujan Sa-
maj Party chief
Mayawati has joined
the list of people to
voice their strong objec-
tions against objection-
able scenes and dia-
logues in the web series
Tandava. A case has
been filed against the
director, producer, writ-
er and head of India
original content Ama-
zon of the webseries
Tandava in Lucknow.
Former Chief Minis-
ter, Mayawati has been
tweeting after the up-
roar over the web series
Tandava. Mayawati
said that certain scenes
of the series have hurt
religious and ethnic
sentiments and called
for the removal of such
scenes from the series
so as to maintain an en-
vironment of peace,
harmony and mutual
brotherhood is main-
tained in the country.
Earlier on Sunday
night, FIR was lodged in
Hazratganj Kotwali,
Lucknow against Ali
Abbas Zafar, director of
webseriesTandava,pro-
ducer Himanshu Meh-
ra, writer Gaurav Solan-
ki and Aparna Purohit
of Head India Original
Content Amazon by the
Senior Sub-Inspector
Amarnath Yadav. The
series has been in the
eye of the storm ever
since its release.
One such scene
which has hurt the reli-
gious sentiments is in
the 17th minute of the
1st episode also abusive
language has also an-
gered the people. It is
being said that the se-
ries is made to gain po-
litical supremacy and
incite the religious
sentiments of the com-
munity.
Unknown charged
with rape murder
of specially-abledgirl
Maya joins chorus
against ‘hurtful’
Tandav webseries
MINISTERS
PROPOSE BUT
“BABUS”
REFUSE TO
DISPOSE
Several ministers in
the Yogi Government
are not happy with
the choice of IAS
officers assigned to
their departments by
the state government.
With elections in the
state just about an year
away, these ministers
are being besieged by
their supporters and
party workers from their
respective constituencies
seeking favours and
getting the “odd job”
done. But the “mantrijis”
recommendations are
being shot down by
these “babus” (read IAS
officers) citing rules and
procedures. And the
leading group of these
disgruntled ministers is a
deputy chief minister and
a senior cabinet minister
with a very important
portfolio who have raised
the issue at the top level.
With the transfer season
in full swing, these
minsters have trained
their guns and are now
going hammer and
tongs after a senior IAS
officer from Maharashtra
and another additional
chief secretary rank
civil servant known for
his “no-nonsense type”
approach to get them
shifted. Will the UP CM
agree to their requests?
Only time will tell..
-M Tariq Khan
LDA ACTION
AN EYEWASH!
Inaction by police
in the case lodged
against Dilip Bafla by
Lucknow Development
Authority (LDA) has
raised questions against
the LDA as well as
the police. The police
as per information
received is not getting
the support of LDA for
initiating action against
Bafla. The LDA had
lodged a case against
Bafla alleging that he
had come to the office
for misappropriation
of files. Moreover, the
Mahasamiti had also
accused Bafla of large
scale misappropriation
of land. But in this case
also, the silence of
LDA has raised many a
question as to why no
action has been initiated
against Bafla so far or
why the police have not
been able to arrest him
despite the fact that
he was going around
freely and available
for investigation. Bafla
is also alleged to be
making phone calls
through WhatsApp so
that his conversation
could not be recorded.
However, now is
such a situation the
Mahasamiti will have
to come forward in the
public interest and not
wait for LDA to break
its silence on the issue.
Moreover, the LDA may
give up its land but how
could the Mahasamiti
allow corruption in the
public interest. The big
question is whether
Bafla is showing the
mirror to vice-chairman
Abhishek Prakash or is
Bafla proving to be a
heavyweight in the case.
-Ahtesham Siddiqui
Mayawati
Yogi govt scrambles to
SC after petitions against
‘love jihad’ law flood HCFirst India Bureau
Lucknow: With a lot of
casesbeingfiledagainst
the Yogi governments’
Uttar Pradesh Prohibi-
tion of Unlawful Con-
version of Religion Or-
dinance of 2020, loosely
referred as the ‘love ji-
had’ law, in the Alla-
habad High court, the
UP government has
moved Supreme Court
for relief. The Yogi Adi-
tynath government has
filed a petition in the
Supreme Court for a
stay of all proceedings
of cases filed in Alla-
habad High Court re-
garding the ordinance
and the government has
also asked the cases to
be transferred to Su-
preme Court from the
Allahabad High Court.
The hearing on the
petitions against ‘love
jihad’ ordinance will be
heard on 25th January,
the order was given by
the bench of Chief Jus-
tice Govind Mathur and
Justice SS Shamsheri.
The bench was also in-
formed of the petition
regarding the transfer
of cases filed in the Su-
premeCourt.Thebench
observed that while a
notice has been issued
by the Supreme Court,
no interim order has
been passed thus hear-
ing is not barred.
In the petition, the
anti-conversion law has
been challenged as one
which is against the
constitution’s funda-
mental rights of a per-
son to live and also free-
dom of choice. The call
for repealing the ordi-
nance has been made
because such an ordi-
nance can be misused.
The state government
defended the law saying
that the law has been
brought to protect civil
rights and not to violate
anyone’s fundamental
right. The ordinance is
to prevent conversion
through deceit. The Di-
vision Bench of high
court rejecting the gov-
ernment’s plea to ad-
journ the hearing until
the ongoing hearing in
the Supreme Court and
has decided 25th Janu-
ary as the final hearing
date.
The state govern-
ment was represented
by Advocate General
Raghvendra Pratap Sin-
gh. He told the court
that a petition in the
Supreme Court is also
being heard in addition
to transferring of all
the cases from the state
to the Supreme Court so
that all the cases can be
heard simultaneously.
The high court ob-
served that while the
Supreme Court has not
passed any interim or-
der, the hearing for the
case in High Court can-
not be adjourned. The
state government had
earlier filed its reply in
the court on January
5th which was 102 pages
long and declared that
the ordinance was nec-
essary.
Four separate appli-
cations were filed in the
Allahabad High Court
against the anti-conver-
sion ordinance and all
the petitions had one
commonconcernwhich
was that the ordinance
was non-essential and
is for only political
gains.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
II
n what could be de-
moralising for the
moraleof IPSoffic-
ers in Uttar Pradesh,
the unexpected, out of
turn transfers, alleg-
edly on the whims and
fancies of a handful
influential is not only
defying the Apex
Court guidelines for a
minimum two-year
stayperiodinadistrict
but also allegedly out
toaffectsmoothandef-
ficient policing in the
state. For example,
Anurag Arya, who
took charge of Pratap-
garh in August last
year was transferred
from within a span of
just six months due to
health reasons while
Arvind Chaturvedi,
who took charge of
Barabanki in January
last year, was also sent
toSultanpurbeforethe
completion of one
year, despite his work-
ing having been appre-
ciated by many.
According to for-
mer Director General
of Police (DGP)
Prakash Singh,
known for working on
police reform over the
years, the pace and
pattern in which po-
lice district chiefs are
changed in UP are pa-
thetically different
from the transfer pat-
tern of district magis-
trates. As per Singh,
the recent case of
Hathras was a glaring
example in this con-
text. He further men-
tioned that the trans-
fer of police officers
was mostly carried
out due to political
reasons. Police offic-
ers doing good work
should be given a
chance to work for at
least two years as the
Apex Court order
also mentions so, he
added.
Ex-DGP Vikram
Singh also feels that
most transfers are in
self-interest and not in
the public interest. Po-
litical interference is
the biggest reason for
transfers.
It takes six months
for a police officer to
understand a district
and at least one year to
improve its condition.
therefore, any good of-
ficer should be given a
two-year posting in a
district.
KHAKIKHAKIHELD AT RANSOM!
KHAKIHELD AT RANSOM!
IPS transfers allegedly on the whims and fancies of
a handful influential continues to be the norm while
denting the morale of country’s biggest police force
GLARING EXAMPLES PRESENT A CLEAR
PICTURE OF IPS TRANSFERS IN STATE
1: Shiva Hari Meena is the 14th IPS
officer in Pratapgarh, a politically
charged district. Most of the district
chiefs so far have been able to stay
for six months or less which raises
the question that whether IPS officers
do not like this district or vice versa.
Interestingly the unexpected rapid
transfer of police chiefs in the district
has failed to improve the law and
order scene.
2: In Sultanpur, IPS officer Arvind
Chaturvedi is the fifth officer to be
posted as Superintendent of Police
within a span of two-and-a-half years.
The district considered as important
in political terms has a pathetic law
and order scene as rising crime has
always posed as a challenge. In this
district also, the inability of an IPS
officer to stay for long is a puzzle.
3: Prabhakar Chaudhary, another
IPS officer with a clean image, has
also faced several transfers within
three years. Currently serving as
Superintendent of Police, Moradabad,
Chaudhary had few months stay as
police chief in different districts
including Varanasi, Sonbhadra,
Bulandshahr, Sitapur and Ballia and
Kanpur (Dehat). In the name of public
interest, the government continued
transferring Chaudhary to different
districts at short intervals. On the
contrary in the same state with the
same government setup, many
tainted officers continue to receive
important postings sans any special
achievement.
4: Further IPS Atul Sharma of
2009 batch was made police chief
of several major districts including
Prayagraj. However, with major
crime incidents during his tenure,
he was suspended and removed on
charges of corruption.
5: Finger was raised on the posting
of promotee IPS officer RP Pandey,
who was said to be close to former
cabinet minister and senior
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.
Sanjeev Tyagi, another 2010 batch
IPS officer, who was in controversy
due to misbehavior with women
officers during the tenure of the SP
government, was made police chief of
Auraiya and then Bijnor. Recently he
was being transferred to Pratapgarh
but later cancelled. Similar postings
of controversial officers Ajaypal
Sharma and Himanshu Kumar were
carried out.
6: Another glaring example is that
of Abhishek Dixit, a 2006 batch IPS of
Tamil Nadu cadre who despite lacking
experience in leading major districts
besides having serious corruption
charges against him leveled was
posted as chief of a district like
Prayagraj. He was later suspended.

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2NDFRONT
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: For Riya
Kejriwal, a
2017-batch IAS of-
ficer of Rajasthan
cadre, the New Year
brought cheer and
her joy knew no
bounds when she got
a transfer order to
Uttar Pradesh.
She had applied for a
change in cadre to UP
on grounds of mar-
riage as her husband
and batchmate Ishan
Pratap Singh is an IAS
officer in UP. The De-
partment of Personnel
and Training approved
her request and Riya
has packed her bags
and all set to join her
hubby soon.
She, however, is lucky
to have got the clear-
ance soon.
For, there are
around a dozen such
requests for cadre
change on similar
grounds are pending
with the DoPT,
sources revealed.
The Centre has
tweaked the policy but
existing norms still al-
low an IAS officer to
choose the cadre state
of his/her spouse.
“The proposals are
at various stages of
consideration,” said
an official. The cen-
tral government
may, with the con-
currence of the state
governments con-
cerned, transfer an
officer from one cad-
re to another cadre
on the ground of
marriage, as per a
DoPT policy.
Govt tweaks transfer rule to shift IAS officer
KNOT HAPPY
Riya Kejriwal Ishan Pratap Singh
SP CASHES IN ON BJP’S
KAYASTH NONCHALANCE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The assem-
bly elections in Uttar
Pradesh are a year
away and the political
parties are managing
the political equa-
tions to trump the ri-
vals in the real battle
of votes.
The BJP through the
MLC elections has put
out a strong message
looking to maintain its
caste combination. It
has given tickets to dal-
its, backward classes,
Vaishya, Thakur, Bhu-
mihar and Brahmin.
But the party could not
adjust one for its core
vote bank-the Kayasth
community.
This folly, many be-
lieve, has given the Sa-
majwadi Party a weap-
on to bill the BJP as an-
ti-Kayastha. The BJP
has fielded a Thakur
Kunwar Manvendra
Singh from Jhansi
while Arvind Sharma,
former IAS officer who
joined the party recent-
ly is a Bhumihar from
Mau, East UP. State
president Swatantra
Dev Singh and Dharam-
veer Prajapati are
OBCs. Deputy CM
Dinesh Sharma and Go-
vind Narayan Shukla
represent the Brah-
mins, while Laxman
Acharya and Surendra
Chowdhary come from
the dalit community.
The party has accom-
modated state vice pres-
ident Salil Vishnoi from
the Vaishya community.
It was expected of the
BJP to give ticket to a
Kayasth candidate fol-
lowing the victory of
SP’s Ashutosh Sinha in
the election for legisla-
tive council from Vara-
nasi.
The SP has accused
the BJP of using the
Kayasth community
when it needs and at-
tempting to marginalise
it politically.
Ashutosh Sinha said
the BJP has merely
used the community
but never gave its due.
The Kayasth leaders
and workers were not
given a place in state
body nor has anyone
been sent to Rajya Sab-
ha or legislative coun-
cil. This, despite the
fact that the communi-
ty has always sided
with the BJP and voted
en masse. The SP has
shown its unwavering
commitment towards
the community.
The BJP hasn’t field-
ed any Kayasth leader
for Lok Sabha elec-
tions, mayoral or MLC
elections. The SP on
the other hand gave
one ticket to the com-
munity in 2014 LS elec-
tions and mayoral tick-
et from Jhansi. In 2017
elections the BJP had
given tickets to five
Kayasths and SP to
three.OnlyoneKayasth
leader Siddharth Nath
Singh is a minister in
Yogi cabinet. Sinha,
however, accused the
BJP of not giving rep-
resentation to Kayasth
community on the ba-
sis of population.
Accuses BJP of using the community attempting to marginalise it politically
‘BASELESS’
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with party state president Swatantra Dev Singh —FILE PHOTO
SP to contest
’22 polls on its
own:Akhilesh
First India Bureau
SHRAVASTI: Samajwa-
di Party president Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Monday
said his party would
contest the 2022 Uttar
Pradesh Assembly polls
on its own, but keep its
doors open for smaller
parties, including that
of his estranged uncle
Shivpal Singh Yadav.
Askedif theSPwould
enter into an under-
standing with his un-
cle’s Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party, Yadav
said he has already said
the doors are open for
Shivpal and if there is
any other winnable can-
didate of his party, he
or she too would be con-
sidered. “We have al-
ready said we will not
contest in his (Shiv-
pal’s) area and he would
be made a minister af-
ter the formation of the
government and given
due respect,” the SP
chief said.
To a question on the
upcoming biennial Leg-
islative Council polls on
12 seats, he said if the
elections are held, the
BJP will have to look
after its MLAs as many
of them are ready to
“run away”.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOVERNOR!EVERY DROP COUNTS
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani extended warm wishes of a long and healthy life to Governor
Acharya Devvrat on his birthday at Raj Bhavan (Governor’s House) in Gandhinagar on Monday.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Union Jal Shakti Minister
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at his residence in Lucknow on
Monday.The two reviewed the works related to ‘Jal Jivan
Mission’ and ‘Namami Gange’ projects.
IAS Lav Agarwal’s
brother found dead
HC asks govt to
pay widow of
asst teacher
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
askedtheauthoritiesfor
payment to widow of an
assistant teacher within
three weeks with inter-
est applicable. Court
also levied a fine of Rs
5000 on the state govern-
ment. Petitioner’s hus-
band Muzammil Ali
Khan was an assistant
teacher in Badayun. He
had taken VRS at 60 and
it was approved in 2012.
He was not paid gratui-
ty among other pay-
ments.
First India Bureau
LUCKNOW: Panic
prevailed after the
body of Ankur Agar-
wal, brother of bu-
reaucrat Lav Agar-
wal, was found near
Saharanpur on Mon-
day.
As per reports re-
ceived, body of Ankur
Agarwal, who is broth-
er of joint secretary in
the Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Lav Agarwal, was
found lying in a suspi-
cious condition in
Pilkhani area.
Due to recovery of a
licensed pistol near
the body, the death pri-
ma facie case seems to
be a case of suicide.
On receiving infor-
mation Superinten-
dent of Police accom-
panied by police force
reached the scene and
started investigations.
Several police teams
have been deployed to
investigate the same.
HC disposes of talaq
plea of Muslim man, wife
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Noting the
fact that a man and his
wife have accepted the
talaq, the Allahabad
High Court observed
that now talaq would be
termed to be a khula
tala. The division bench
of Justice Dr Kaushal
Jayendra Thaker and
Justice Gautam Chowd-
hary passed this order
while hearing a petition
filed by Mohammmad
Gufran @ Gufran.
At this stage it is stat-
ed by both that they
want to bury their dif-
ferences and as this is a
petition under Article
226 of Constitution of
India and as the parties
belong to Muslim reli-
gion and as now they
have accepted the talaq,
which would now be
turned as khula talaq as
per the Muslim Person-
al Law (Shariat) Appli-
cation Act, 1937 and as
per the Muslim Women
(Protection of Rights on
Divorce) Act, 1986.
The husband faces
some offences which
can be said to be in the
realm of non-com-
poundable offences. The
Court refrained from
opining as to whether it
was a pressure tech-
nique or it was a genu-
ine complaint and ob-
served that the parties
“have undertaken not to
indulge in any litigation
against each other in fu-
ture.
Though the State
Counselhashisownres-
ervations but as it is a
private dispute and it
does not affect public do-
main or public policy of
the State, the petitioner
states that this may not
be treated as precedent
in future.
HIgh Court
COVID-19
UPDATE
UTTAR PRADESH
8,580
DEATHS
5,96,904
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,367 DEATHS 2,56,367 CASES
DELHI
10,754 DEATHS 6,32,590 CASES
WORLD
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DEATHS
9,56,75,684
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
1,05,82,458
CONFIRMED CASES
1,52,588
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
50,473 DEATHS 19,92,683 CASES
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ne of India’s most
proficient and im-
portant designers
in the fashion pan-
theon, Rajesh
Pratap Singh is
originally from
Jaipur and now runs his
fashion empire from New
Delhi. His minimalist view-
point and his super-luxuri-
ous execution ensure his
position in the industry
and he is often celebrated
by his peers.
His seasonal offerings in-
clude the most beautiful
winter basics and outer-
wear. Known as one of the
most intellectual of design-
ers, his work is widely ap-
preciated for the complex
development of his fabrics.
Not for him the conveni-
ence of ordering woollen
fabrics from China and Ita-
ly, for he maintains that In-
dian wool counts amongst
the finest in the world and
all it needs is the correct
production guidelines to
make a difference and up-
grade Indian wool to global
standards.
To achieve this, he set up
his own looms in Neemrana
just outside New Delhi and
hired the very best of weav-
ers to produce his fabrics
under his masterful super-
vision. At Rajasthan Herit-
age Week, he showed his
mastery over the medium
with a series of exquisitely
made woollen ensembles
for men women.
Here, he worked with the
Khadi wool of Rajasthan
right from its original
source, choosing the best
quality of raw material
that was processed accord-
ing to his exacting stand-
ards. This raw wool was
hand-spun into fine yarn
and woven by the Master
Weavers of the State, like
Sitaram Ji of Barmer who
painstakingly wove the fab-
ric into the yardage that
would form the foundation
of his collection.
Once the fabric was
ready, he shipped it back to
New Delhi for the finishing
and dyeing process. Some
of the finished product also
returns to Rajasthan for
hand block printing by the
master artisans, and then
again back to New Delhi to
be made into his interna-
tionally celebrated gar-
ments.
This is what sets Rajesh
Pratap Singh apart from
the quotidian. His fabrics
are virtually impossible to
replicate, creating an ex-
clusivity that appeals to the
purists of fashion, for they
know that to wear his col-
lection is literally a badge
of sartorial honour. While
many designers are content
to buy fabric from the usu-
al Chinese/Turkish/Italian
import houses, Rajesh
will never compromise
his exacting standards,
developing his fabrics
from the ground up sea-
son after season.
This winter, he used
wool in an extremely re-
stricted colour palette
of white and off-white com-
bined with grey and black
anthracite to send out a col-
lection at once strong and
sophisticated. His fabrics
were woven into chequered,
striped or jacquard designs,
sometimes inspired by sim-
ple tribal blankets and
sometimes by traditional
European classics. His
block printed woollen fab-
rics created a sensation, for
the furry surface texture of
wool does not lend itself
easily to block printing,
and especially with vegeta-
ble dyes. This was perfectly
executed by the artisans.
Embellished with subtle
detailing like Kantha em-
broidery and resist dyeing
processes to create a batik
effect, his International sil-
houettes were dramatic
and his tailoring impecca-
ble. From blazers to great-
coats, and from three-piece
suits to separates, each
piece reflected his personal
philosophy. Gender fluidity
played a big role in his im-
aginative offerings, blur-
ring lines as his men wore
skirts and the women wore
sharply tailored ensembles
inspired by menswear.
There is no one quite like
Rajesh Pratap Singh in the
Indian Design firmament,
and for me, he is truly the
most important and cere-
bral designer in a market
space flooded with spurious
western knock offs and cop-
ies. With a loyal band of
customers the world over
acquiring his collections,
ensuring that their ward-
robe features timeless piec-
es that can be worn for a
lifetime of style.
With serious investment
and funding, the Rajesh
Pratap Singh label is per-
fectly poised to become an
international brand.
THE RAJESH PRATAP SINGH WINTER COLLECTION
FEATURES THE FINEST WOOL HE DEVELOPED WITH THE
WEAVERS OF SANGANER AND BARMER!
WINTER’S
WONDER WOOL
PRASAD BIDAPA
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RADHA CHOUDHARY, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Maintaining good health
becomes your priority and
sets you on a fitness trail. A
senior will repose full faith
in you for tackling a man management
situation at work. Situation on the
financial front will remain satisfactory,
despite rising expenditure. A property
issue may create tension.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Businesspersons are likely
to find a new venture
progressing satisfactorily.
A profitable day is also
indicated for professionals. There is
much that needs to be done, so
tighten your belt. Good health is
likely to provide you with oodles of
energy and enable you to finish work.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Good diet and regular
exercise will keep you both
physically and mentally
robust. At work, you are
likely to remain in control and see a
project to completion. Financially,
you remain in a comfortable
situation. Travelling long distance is
not recommended today.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Realising a handsome
amount from someone is
possible on the financial
front. Your efforts on the
professional front will be noted by
those who matter. A child or younger
sibling can make you proud by his or
her achievements. Good health keeps
you energetic all throughout.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Returns from previous
investments are likely to
make your financial
worries disappear. A new
exercise regime may need to be
dovetailed to your requirements to
benefit. Your professional rivals are
likely to punch holes in your
cost-cutting ideas for a project.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Salary enhancement cannot
be ruled out. An alternative
to your staple diet may
prove immensely enjoyable.
An argument with senior can make you
feel insecure. You may find the
atmosphere on the home front serene
and most welcoming. Places of tourist
attraction may be on the agenda.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Money comes in a steady
stream and promises to
make you financially
comfortable. Self-discipline
and not succumbing to temptations
will help in maintaining good health.
Some of you may get tied up in office
and reach home late today. It may
become difficult to find time.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Money multiplies, as you
get an opportunity to add
to your wealth. Time has
arrived to reap rich
rewards of your hard work. Parents
or elders may nag you into doing
something you don’t want to, but you
will manage to wriggle out of it. You
will start working out.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
A profitable venture is
likely to fill up the coffers
of some businesspersons.
You may be held responsi-
ble for a deed that you have not
committed at work. Fitness classes
will prove immensely beneficial,
especially for those in the middle age
group.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
On the financial front, a
new source of income is
likely to be tapped soon
that may get your coffers
brimming! Health counselling will do
wonders for those longing to come
back in shape. You are likely to win
much appreciation by completing a
task in record time.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Increased expenditure can
be expected and may get
you worried. It is important
to get back into the thick of
things on the work front. Renovation
work of a property owned by you is
likely to enhance its market value.
This is a very positive day, in which
you get to achieve much.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Some of you can end up
paying more than intended
for a product or service,
but it will be worth it.
Taking up a good health scheme will
prove beneficial. A practical solution
may be found for a complex problem
on the professional front. Support of
family members everywhere.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
here are people
who call it “green
blood” and credit
innumerable ben-
efits to it. As per
claims, wheat-
grass juice can
have dramatic effects in
the management of diabe-
tes, hypertension, heart
diseases, infertility, low li-
bido, obesity, thalassemia,
hemolytic anemia, skin
sores, aging, diseases of
teeth, eyes, muscles and
joints. Claims are made
about the significant role
in the management of
asthma, allergies, inflam-
matory bowel diseases,
cancers, arthritis and loss
of mental functions!
They base their claims
on hemoglobin like struc-
ture in wheatgrass where
magnesium replaces iron
and claim that almost eve-
ry mineral and antioxi-
dant is present in this so-
called “wonder” herb.
Doesn’t this all sound
utopian? There is an old
saying that too many
friends mean no friend.
How can a single herb con-
tain so many ingredients
and can have so many ef-
fects that it can treat al-
most every sickness under
sun! Have you ever looked
closely at a wheatgrass
leaf ? It looks like a stroke
of green by a painter with
no veins and scaffolding
like other green leaves of
plants and trees. It is in
these veins and scaffold-
ing that the minerals and
other substances are
stored. You will see no
such veins and scaffolding
in wheatgrass leaf. This
means the leaf mainly
contains chlorophyll pig-
ment which is responsible
for photosynthesis in
which carbon is extracted
from soil and oxygen and
hydrogen are taken from
the water, then with the
help of sun rays, it synthe-
sizes carbohydrates which
are food for the plant and
are essential for the sur-
vival of the plant.
The theory that it is a
good source of magnesi-
um stands on the loose
ground because magnesi-
um deficiency in human
beings is rare as all the
grains, seeds, leafy green
vegetables and all vegetar-
ian and non-vegetarian
fiber contain plenty of
magnesium. Wheatgrass
is neither a unique nor a
dominant source of this
mineral whose require-
ment to the human body is
also minimal.
The leaf is mainly com-
posed of chlorophyll and
some traces of minerals
and this story of green
blood holds no ground as
magnesium can not carry
oxygen which iron in
hemoglobin does and the
theory of similarity of
structure with dissimilar
constituents appears il-
logical. Secondly, human
intestines can neither
breakdown chlorophyll
nor absorb it so, by simple
logic, chlorophyll is of no
use to the human body.
Some people claim that
wheatgrass juice removes
cancer cells from mouth
cancers and intestinal tu-
mours but no widespread
studies have been conduct-
ed and any beneficial claim
at this juncture should be
considered as an over-en-
thusiasm.
Studies conducted to
date on the usefulness of
wheatgrass “wonders” are
mainly restricted to test
tubes, no clinically signifi-
cant research has been
conducted on a large hu-
man population. But the
enterprising businessmen
have found an opportunity
to make some quick money
as dreams are always easy
to sell to gullible people
who are always in search
of shortcuts to great
health.
Lastly, your logical que-
ry is what you should do?
Well, if you are a fan of
“green blood”, stay so be-
cause fans are usually
overwhelmed by emo-
tions, not logic. They, most
of the time, follow some
unproved line of thoughts,
usually non-factual but
the longevity of belief in
miracles is unending. Let
wheatgrass juice be the
“green nectar” of your
morning drink and nur-
ture the euphoria of
health, vitality, virility
and longevity. Forget the
fact that you don’t need
and can’t perform photo-
synthesis, drink a glass of
green as it is palatable and
as such, causes no harm.
Furthermore, being
drawn from a plant source,
it might do some, yet un-
known, good as well.
But if you expect a mira-
cle, then there might be
many disappointments but
once again, habits die
hard, a myth has its own
survival strength so, drink
if you feel good but do not
forget your cucumber, to-
mato, potato and spinach,
plus remember cabbage,
cauliflower, cluster beans
and coriander.
WHEATGRASS JUICE:WHEATGRASS JUICE:
A PERSPECTIVEA PERSPECTIVET
DR RAMAWTAR
SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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