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The Centre’s guidelines on
regulating social media do
not have any “teeth” for taking
appropriate action against dig-
ital platforms showing inap-
propriate content, the Supreme
Court said on Friday while
granting protection from arrest
to Amazon Prime Video’s India
head Aparna Purohit in FIRs
lodged over web series Tandav.
The apex court also direct-
ed Purohit to make the Centre
a party to her plea. Tandav is a
nine-episode political thriller
starring Bollywood A-listers
Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia
and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub.
The web series has been
accused of inappropriate depic-
tion of Uttar Pradesh Police
personnel, Hindu deities and
the adverse portrayal of a char-
acter playing the Prime
Minister in the web series.
A Bench comprising jus-
tices Ashok Bhushan and RS
Reddy also issued notice to the
Uttar Pradesh Government on
Purohit’spleaforananticipatory
bail in FIRs on Tandav series.
Observing that the Centre’s
regulations on social media are
mere guidelines and do not
have provision for any action
against digital platforms, Justice
Bhushan said, “We have gone
through your rules and it does
not have any teeth. No power
for prosecution. No mecha-
nism to control violations.”
After the court empha-
sised that without legislation
the Government cannot con-
trol social media, Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta, appear-
ing for the Centre, said the
Government will consider
appropriate steps and any reg-
ulation or legislation on it will
be placed before the court.
The top court had on
Thursday observed that some
over-the-top (OTT) platforms
at times show pornographic
contents and there should be a
mechanism to screen such pro-
grammes. It had asked the
Centre to place its guidelines
on regulating social media.
Mehta had said he would
place on records the
Information Technology
(Guidelines for intermediaries
and Digital Media Ethics Code)
Rules, 2021.
Senior advocate Mukul
Rohatgi, appearing for Purohit,
had on Thursday termed the
FIRs against her as “shocking”
saying that this woman is an
employee of Amazon and she
is neither a producer nor an
actor but still she has been
made an accused in around 10
cases relating to the web series
across the country.
Earlier, the apex court, on
January 27, had declined to
grant interim protection from
any coercive action to Ali
Abbas Zafar, director of the
web series, Purohit, producer
Himanshu Mehra, the show’s
writer Gaurav Solanki and
actor Mohammed Zeeshan
Ayyub.
It had said they may seek
bail from courts concerned in
the FIRs lodged in connection
with the web series.
Now, Purohit has appealed
to the top court against the
Allahabad High Court’s
February 25 order declining
anticipatory bail to her. A sin-
gle-judge Bench of the High
Court had said Purohit had not
been “vigilant and has acted
irresponsibly making her open
to criminal prosecution in per-
mitting streaming of a movie
that is against the fundamen-
tal rights of the majority of cit-
izens of this country and there-
fore, her fundamental right of
life and liberty cannot be pro-
tected by a grant of anticipato-
ry bail to her in the exercise of
discretionary powers of this
court”.
While rejecting the plea,
the High Court had said the
applicant was earlier granted
interim protection from arrest
by another Bench in a similar
case but she was not cooperat-
ing with the investigation.
The HC had observed,
“Western filmmakers have
refrained from ridiculing Lord
Jesus or the Prophet but Hindi
filmmakers have done this
repeatedly and are still doing
this most unabashedly with
Hindu gods and goddesses.”
“This tendency on the part
of the Hindi film industry is
growing and if not curbed in
time, it may have disastrous
consequences for the Indian
social, religious and communal
order,” the High Court had
observed.
On January 19, 2021, an
FIR was lodged on the com-
plaint of one Balbir Azad of
Raunija village under
Rabupura police station of
Greater Noida. In the com-
plaint, Azad alleged that the
show depicted Uttar Pradesh
and its police in a poor light.
The complaint alleged the
web series had deliberately
denigrated Hindu gods and
goddesses. Several other FIRs
have also been lodged in States
like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Bihar and Delhi.
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West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee will
contest from the Nandigram in
Purba Medinipur district,
dropping out from Kolkata’s
Bhawanipur seat, which she
had represented for the past
two terms. The TMC had
trailed from Bhawanipore, the
Chief Minister’s home turf, by
a few thousand votes in the
2019 general elections. The
TMC on Friday announced
candidates for 291 of the 294
Assembly seats in the State, and
Mamata’s candidature was the
highlight of the list.
“I will contest from
Nandigram, I had given my
word and will stick to it,” she
said. Mamata dropped as many
as 27 sitting MLAs and five
Ministers from the Trinamool
Congress candidates’ list,
besides introducing about a
dozen of celebrities, including
cine personalities and players
for the upcoming Assembly
elections.
Candidates for at least 150
seats have also been
changed. A third high point fig-
uring 291 names is
nomination of 50 women and
35 Muslims.
The Left Front, which has
formed a grand alliance with
the Congress and Indian
Secular Front formed by
Muslim cleric of Furfura
Sharief Abbas Siddiqui, too
released its candidates’ list for
the first phase polls.
Curiously the name of
economist Amit Mitra, the
State Finance Minister, too
does not figure in the list of
TMC candidates. Apart from
him senior Ministers like
Purnendu Bose and Abdul
Rezzak Mollah have been
dropped.
Among the prominent
faces dropped from TMC list is
Singur MLA Rabindranath
Ghosh, who had been with
Mamata through the thick and
thin of the land movement.
Ghosh’s son had recently joined
the BJP.
The richest TMC MLA
according to recent wealth dec-
larations — Samir Chakraborty
who won in 2016 from
Taldangra constituency in
Bakura — pulled out of the
contest. Chakraborty said that
he would campaign for the
party. The eight-phase Bengal
legislative Assembly elections
will be held from March 27 to
April 29.
“This time around we have
stressed more on youth and
women candidates which is
why we have dropped around
23-24 sitting MLAs, including
some Ministers,” Banerjee said
declaring her future plans of re-
introducing the State
Legislative Council — “where
the senior leaders will be re-
inducted later on — which had
been discontinued by the Left
Front Government.”
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The Overseas Citizenship of
India (OCI) cardholders
will now get multiple entry life-
long visa for visiting India for
any purpose but will be need-
ed to obtain a special permit
from the Foreigners Regional
Registration Officer (FRRO) or
the Indian Mission to under-
take research, missionary,
Tabligh and journalistic activ-
ities as well mountaineering
expedition.
In another major conces-
sion to OCI cardholders, the
Union Home Ministry has
allowed them parity with
Indian nationals in the matter
of tariffs in air fares in domes-
tic sectors, entry fees for visit-
ing national parks, national
monuments and museums in
India.
In a notification, the Home
Ministry said the OCI card-
holders will be entitled to get
multiple entry lifelong visa for
visiting India for any purpose
but “required to obtain a spe-
cial permission or a special per-
mit from the FRRO or the
Indian Mission to undertake
research and to undertake any
missionary or Tabligh or
mountaineering or journalistic
activities”.
The OCI cardholders will
also require a special permit to
undertake internship in any
foreign diplomatic missions or
foreign Government organisa-
tions in India or to take up
employment in any foreign
diplomatic missions in India or
to visit any place which falls
within the protected or restrict-
ed or prohibited areas as noti-
fied by the Central
Government or competent
authority.
The Home Ministry said
the OCI cardholders will now
be exempted from registration
with the FRRO or Foreigners
Registration Officer (FRO) for
any length of stay in India, but
they have to inform the FRRO
or FRO concerned whenever
there is a change in permanent
residential address and in their
occupation.
An OCI cardholder is a
foreign national holding a pass-
port of a foreign country and
is not a citizen of India.
They will also get parity
with Non-Resident Indians in
the matter of inter-country
adoption of Indian children
subject to the compliance of the
procedure as laid down by the
competent authority, appearing
for the all India entrance tests
such as National Eligibility
cum Entrance Test, Joint
Entrance Examination (Mains),
or other such tests to make
them eligible for admission
only against any Non-Resident
Indian seat or any supernu-
merary seat, provided that the
OCI cardholder shall not be eli-
gible for admission against any
seat reserved exclusively for
Indian citizens, the notification
read.
The OCI cardholders will
get parity in the purchase or
sale of immovable properties
other than agricultural land or
farmhouse or plantation prop-
erty and pursuing professions
like doctors, dentists, nurses
and pharmacists in India as per
the provisions contained in
the applicable relevant statutes
or laws.
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is expected to meet
US President Joe Biden virtu-
ally as leaders of the four-
nation Quad will assemble this
month to work together for
peace, prosperity and stability
of the Indo-Pacific grouping.
The “Quad” is an informal
strategic forum of the US,
Japan, Australia, and India. It
provides a platform for the four
nations that have each had
conflicts with China recently.
This could be PM Modi’s
first meeting with Joe Biden
since he took over as US
President. The two leaders had
spoken over the phone after
Biden was declared the winner
in a closely contested election
in November last year. The
Prime Minister’s Office has
not officially confirmed such a
meeting yet.
Australian Prime Minister
Scott Morrison on Friday indi-
cated that the leaders of the
Quad block will hold their first
meeting in the coming days,
and heads of the four nations
will be present for the meeting,
which will be followed by one-
on-one interactions. While no
final dates have been
announced, the meeting is like-
ly to be held virtually. Foreign
Ministers of the four countries
met last month to prepare for
the meeting of the heads of
government in March.
“It will be the first-ever
such gathering. I have already
had bilateral discussions about
this with Narendra Modi and
Yoshihide Suga, the Prime
Minister of Japan, and of course
the Prime Minister of India.
And of course we’re looking
forward to those discussions
and follow-up face-to-face
meetings as well,” Australian
Prime Minister Scott Morrison
said without giving details on
the timing of the talks, expect-
ed to be held virtually.
Morrison said he had dis-
cussed arrangements with
Biden and Kamala Harris
and expected the talks would
be followed by face-to-face
meetings.
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The mystery shrouding the
recovery of a gelatin sticks’
laden SUV near industrialist
Mukesh Ambani’s skyscraper
mansion “Antilia” in south
Mumbai on February 25 deep-
ened on Friday as the vehicle
owner was found dead in a
creek near Mumbra in the
neighbouring Thane district.
The body of Thane-based
businessman Mansukh Hiren,
whose “stolen” vehicle had
been used in the sensational
crime, was recovered from the
marshy Reti-Bunder creek
Mumbra with the help of a
crane by the local disaster
management workers.
Hiren had reportedly been
missing from his Thane home
since Thursday.
The incident sparked a
major controversy in the
Maharashtra Assembly as for-
mer Chief Minister and leader
of the Opposition Devendra
Fadnavis demanded the resig-
nation of State Home
Minister Anil Deshmukh and
rooted for the transfer of the
case to the National
Investigating Agency.
However, Deshmukh
rejected Fadnavis’ demand for
an NIA probe into the incident.
It may be recalled that the
police had recovered 20 gelatin
sticks and a letter were recov-
ered from what was later
described as Mahindra Scorpio
that was found abandoned in
the vicinity of Mukesh
Ambani’s 27-storey residence
“Antilia” on Carmichael Road
in south Mumbai.
The letter recovered from
the car had among other things
carried a message: “Ye to sirf ek
trailer hai. Neeta Bhabhi,
Mukesh Bhaiyya, family... ye to
sirf ek jhalak hai. Agli baar ye
saaman pura hokar tumhare
pass aayega, aur pura intezaam
ho gaya hai”.
A day after the recovery of
the car, the police had said the
SUV — used in the crime —
had been stolen from Vikroli in
north-east Mumbai and the
gelatin sticks found in the car
were manufactured at Nagpur-
based firm M/s Solar
Explosives Ltd.
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Statements of Bollywood
actors Deepika Padukone,
Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali
Khan are part of the
chargesheet filed by the
Narcotics Control Bureau
(NCB) in the drugs case linked
to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death,
an official said on Friday.
Padukone, Kapoor and
Khan, all prominent Bollywood
stars, were among those who
had been questioned after the
NCB began to probe the case.
Rajput’s girlfriend and
actor Rhea Chakraborty and
her brother have been named
among the accused, the official
said.
After an over six-month-
long investigation, the Central
agency on Friday filed a charge
sheet running into around
70,000 pages in a special court
here. The bulk of it -- nearly
50,000 pages -- is in digital for-
mat. It includes statements
over 200 witnesses, the official
said. The charge sheet names
Anuj Keshwani and Azam
Jumman as main accused.
Rhea Chakraborty has
been charged with procure-
ment of drugs, facilitation and
financing. The evidence against
her brohter Showik includes
voice notes, WhatsApp chats,
forensic lab reports, deleted
messages which were retrieved
by the NCB, the official said.
Besides WhatsApp, the
accused were using other mes-
saging apps including Telegram
too, the official said.
The NCB has invoked var-
ious sections of the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act in the case.
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In a brazen violation of all the
standard protocols attached
with the Covid-19 vaccination
drive, hundreds of senior citi-
zens were administered the
vaccine here on the Panch
Mandir temple premises of
Channi Himmat, Jammu, on
Friday.
The drive witnessed chaot-
ic scenes as a large number of
residents converged on the
temple premises to receive the
first jab of the coronavirus
vaccine.
Local workers of a political
party created a “piquant” situ-
ation for the health workers by
circulating a message on vari-
ous social media platforms
inviting residents to attend the
“Covid vaccination camp”
within the temple.
Earlier, when senior citi-
zens started trickling in the
temple there was no system in
place to regulate the rush. In
the absence of any registration,
it was free for all.
Some of the senior citizens
suggested measures to “appro-
priately” channelise the rush
but due to absence of man-
power and health workers it
became more chaotic.
At times, the health work-
ers present at the venue
refused to administer the dose
as residents raised a lot of hue
and cry over the poor arrange-
ments.
Majority of senior citizens
received the vaccine while
remaining seated on their
chairs in different rows and
columns, one by one.
One of the health workers
was seen filling the injection
from the vial and the same was
handed over to the other health
worker before administering to
a senior citizen.
No observation room was
set up on the premises to han-
dle any exigency in case of any
adverse reaction.
One of the health workers
present at the venue said, “We
had not anticipated such a
huge response to the vaccina-
tion drive”. He said, “The camp
was organised on the temple
premises by the Health depart-
ment due to paucity of space in
the Government dispensary
located in the densely popu-
lated residential area of the
housing colony”.
A member of the Panch
Mandir managing committee
told The Pioneer, “The temple
authorities had only facilitated
the Government agency by
providing the hall and chairs.
We provided drinking water
and sanitisers as per Covid-19
management protocols”.
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Punjab Vidhan Sabha on
Friday passed a resolution
seeking “unconditional with-
drawal” of the central farm laws
in the interest of the farmers
and the State, and to continue
with the existing system of
MSP-based government pro-
curement of food grains.
The Resolution, which was
later passed unanimously by
those present in the House,
expressed the angst of the
members against the Centre’s
“inconsiderate and unrespon-
sive attitude”, which has aggra-
vated the situation and
enhanced unrest and anguish
amongst the farmers.
Introducing a resolution
calling for repeal of the farm
laws by the Centre, the Chief
Minister Capt Amarinder
Singh declared in the Vidhan
Sabha that these laws cannot be
accepted and allowed to remain
on the statute book to the
detriment of the farmers, as not
only are they against the prin-
ciples of cooperative federalism
but their objectives are appar-
ently preposterous.
At the same time, the Chief
Minister asked 10 questions
from the nation to expose the
Centre’s true intent behind the
legislations, which “are unac-
ceptable to the farmers and the
State under any circumstances”.
The Chief Minister also
appealed to the Central
Government to withdraw all
cases and notices against the
agitating farmers to build a
congenial environment for an
amicable solution.
While the Speaker Rana
KP Singh had suspended the
SAD MLAs over “unruly
behaviour” during the Chief
Minister’s speech, AAP MLAs
had staged a walk-out before
the resolution was put to vote.
Ostensibly, these laws are
aimed to achieve the objective
of doubling the farmers’
income, but it does not appear
to be so, Capt Amarinder said
while tabling the Resolution,
pointing out that the farmers
consider these a threat to their
livelihood, and as a result, they
started agitation against these
laws, demanding that these
may be withdrawn.
Capt Amarinder also
termed it “unfortunate” that the
three Bills, passed unanimous-
ly by Punjab Assembly to
counter the ill-effects of the
farm laws, had still not been
granted the Presidential assent
required to enforce them under
Article 254 (2) of the
Constitution of India.
Underlining the need to
immediately repeal the central
farm laws, the Chief Minister
raised 10 vital questions to the
nation, exposing the lacunae
that make the legislations unac-
ceptable under any circum-
stances.
“I wanted to ask who ben-
efits from completely unregu-
lated private mandis? Who
benefits from 100 percent waiv-
er of mandi fees, cess, and taxes
in a private mandi? Who ben-
efits by debarring Government
Officials from offering MSP to
farmers in a private mandi?
Who benefits when we abolish
the institution of arhtiyas, who
are mandated by law to provide
mandi services of cleaning of
grains, unloading and loading
of bags and stitching of bags
strictly at rates fixed by the
Government? Who benefits
when Mandi Fees or charges,
currently mandated to be paid
by the purchaser, are deregu-
lated with a liberty to charge
these from the farmers? Who
benefits when private mandis
are given a liberty to fix services
charges for any activity under-
taken in such a mandi? Who
benefits when farmers are
debarred from approaching
civil courts for any dispute
related to an agreement signed
with the corporates? Who ben-
efits when the Government is
rendered ineligible to intervene
into any dispute between the
farmer and a corporate? Who
benefits when stock limits on
storage of food grains by pri-
vate persons or corporates are
abolished?
Who benefits when the
specifications of seeds and fer-
tilizers are totally deregulated
and the Government is ren-
dered ineligible to specify any
parameters for them?” asked
Capt Amarinder.
“Though nobody dares
speak out aloud, the response
to these questions is clear,”
said the Chief Minister, adding
that Punjab Government was
fully conscious that the
Government of India has no
choice but to withdraw these
legislations, and allow the time-
tested existing agriculture mar-
keting systems to continue,
ensuring socio-economic secu-
rity of the farmers and farm
workers.
STOP REPREHENSIBLE
STATEMENTS AGAINST
FARMERS: CAPT TO CEN-
TRE
Launching a frontal attack
against BJP leaders over their
reprehensible statements
against the farmers, Capt
Amarinder asserted that
Punjab’s farmers and farm
workers are not anti-nationals
but are the same patriotic and
nationalistic people who gave
their lives for the country in
Galwan valley last year to pro-
tect India’s integrity and sov-
ereignty. Calling for an imme-
diate end to attempts to defame
Punjabi farmers by branding
them miscreants or ultras, the
Chief Minister said that “they
have never done anything anti-
national, they are not anti-
national, and they will never do
anything against the unity and
integrity of this country”.
“They are patriotic and
nationalistic – while one son
ploughs the fields in the vil-
lage, the other brother is busy
guarding the country’s bor-
ders.
These are the same
people who gave their lives for
the country, along with sol-
diers from other States too, in
Galwan last year protecting the
sovereignty of our country,”
said the Chief Minister, urging
the Centre to ensure that this
defamation campaign against
farmers is immediately ended.
Pointing out that despite 11
rounds of discussions, the
Government of India was
unmoved and unconcerned
about the protests of the farm-
ers across the country, and had
not taken any positive step to
meet their demands, the Chief
Minister said: “Instead, the
statements and allegations of
some of the leaders who are not
familiar with the ground real-
ities have aggravated the situ-
ation and have further
anguished the farmers.”
AAP AGAIN EXPOSED ITS
ANTI-FARMER AGENDA
BY WALKING OUT
BEFORE VOTE ON RESO-
LUTION
Capt Amarinder lashed
out at AAP for “once again
exposing its true colours” on
the issue of the farm laws and
the farmers’ agitation by walk-
ing out of the House before the
Resolution seeking repeal of the
legislations was put to vote.
The Chief Minister, after the
session, said that the party
had never been truly con-
cerned about protecting the
farmers or their interests, and
its leadership again proved
itself to be an agent of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
with whom AAP national con-
vener and Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal was colluding
against the agitating farmers.
CAPT SETS THE TONE FOR
ASSEMBLY POLLS
Punjab Chief Minister
Capt Amarinder Singh on
Friday used the last budget ses-
sion of the current
Government as a platform to
set the tone for the 2022 state
assembly elections. Among
other things, the Chief Minister
declared that the free power to
the farmers and subsidized
power to the industry will con-
tinue, besides 200 free units of
power to SC, BPL or BC house-
holds and freedom fighters in
the State.
Giving his concluding
remarks on the discussion over
the Governor’s Address to the
House, the Chief Minister also
announced that the remaining
1.13 lakh of the 5.64 lakh small
and marginal farmers, eligible
for the State Government’s
debt waiver scheme, would be
covered within the next fiscal
year.
Besides, he announced that
the State Government would
disburse Rs 520 crores to 2.85
lakh landless farm labourers,
who are members of the
Primary Agricultural
Cooperative Societies.
He also claimed that the
farmers’ incomes have also
increased through higher
quantities purchased on MSP
in the state.”Food grains pur-
chased annually were 213.5
lakh million tones (yearly aver-
age) during 2007-2017, and
have increased to 285 lakh
million tones (yearly average)
during 2017-21,” he said.
“Total remuneration of
farmers from Government
Procurement of food grains has
gone up to Rs 2.16 lakh crore
since April 2017, which is an
increase of about Rs 90,668
crore over the earnings in the
corresponding procurement
seasons of the previous
Government. Thus, the farm-
ers’ incomes through sale of
food grains has increased by
more than 72 percent ever
since the Government took
over in March 2017,” said the
Chief Minister, adding that all
payments to farmers were done
online bringing more trans-
parency.
Also making it clear that
free and subsidized power ben-
efits would not be withdrawn
by his Government at any cost,
the Chief Minister said that the
government was totally com-
mitted to the welfare of all sec-
tions of the people, with focus
on the development of key
sectors, including agriculture
and industry.
“There are approximately
14.23 lakh tube-wells in the
State, and the total subsidy
borne by the State is Rs 5,733
crore for the year 2018-19,
and Rs 6060 crore for the year
2019-20,” said Captain
Amarinder, thus benefitting
14.23 lakh farmers. Besides,
1.36 lakh industries had, so far,
received Rs 6,010 crore in
power subsidy, while 24.31
lakh domestic consumers were
getting free power, he added.
Promising all-out efforts to
meet the people’s aspirations,
Capt Amarinder expressed the
confidence that the people of
the state will not be carried
away by the “false promises and
euphoric claims of some lead-
ers who are completely
detached from Punjab and
Punjabiyat,” but would contin-
ue to repose confidence in his
transparent, and responsive
government.
“We have noted every gen-
uine concern expressed by the
Members of this House, and
would make every possible
effort to meet aspirations of the
people of Punjab,” he said,
while seeking “some more
time”.
Thanking the people for
showing faith in his govern-
ment as manifest in the sweep-
ing mandate for the Congress
in the recently-concluded
municipal election, he assured
the people that he, along with
his team of Ministers and
MLAs, would never let them
down in meeting their aspira-
tions in future as well.
Giving ‘report card’ of the
Government’s four-year tenure,
the Chief Minister pointed out
that of the 546 commitments or
promises made to the people of
Punjab in the manifesto during
the 2017 elections, “the gov-
ernment has fulfilled 455,
translating into success rate of
84.6 percent — a feat never
achieved before by any politi-
cal party”.
He assured the House that
the remaining promises of his
Government will also be ful-
filled in the time left at its dis-
posal.
Summing up the outcomes
of his government’s pro-poor
policies and programmes, he
reiterated the benefits delivered
to farmers, domestic and
industrial consumers as a result
of free or subsidized power, as
well as debt relief to farmers
and farm workers.
He further spoke about
free health insurance to 38
lakh families (nearly 68 per-
cent of the State’s popula-
tion), social security pensions
to over 25 lakh old aged, wid-
ows and disabled persons,
subsidized rations to 1.55
crore persons including 9
lakh persons funded by the
State, coverage of about 7.5
lakh women headed house-
holds and seven lakh persons
with disabilities.
In addition, 1.74 lakh
youth had benefitted as a result
of the free smartphones
scheme, said the Chief
Minister, adding that, contex-
tual and locally relevant infra-
structure is being developed in
almost all villages and towns of
the State.
Asserting his resolve to
bring to book all those involved
in sacrilege and police firing
incidents of Behbal Kalan and
Kotkapura, Capt Amarinder
informed the House that on the
recommendations of the
Commission, constituted by
his government to investigate
the cases, so far, five Police or
Civil Officials had been iden-
tified or nominated for legal
action, while five persons had
been convicted up the courts.
ENFORCEMENT DIREC-
TORATE UNDER SENIOR
COP TO CRACK DOWN
ON ILLEGAL MINING
Vowing to completely
eliminate the scourge of illegal
mining from the state, Punjab
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder
Singh on Friday announced the
constitution of an Enforcement
Directorate for Mining, under
the command of a senior Police
officer with adequate police
force at his command.
Slamming the previous
SAD-BJP Government for not
only patronizing illegal mining
but actively promoting sys-
temized loot of the state exche-
quer, the Chief Minister said
that Congress Government had
spent the last four years in set-
ting in order the mining rev-
enues, which the erstwhile
regime had allowed to be frit-
tered away, he was now “crack-
ing down on the aspect of ille-
gal mining” in a big way.
When Congress
Government took over, the
revenue from mining was as
low as Rs 35 crore annually,
which has been enhanced to Rs
250 crore — an increase of Rs
215 crore, said the Chief
Minister, expressing shock over
the loss of Rs 2,150 crore by the
Akali-BJP combine during
their 10-year rule.
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The Punjab Cabinet on
Friday gave its nod to intro-
duce the Punjab Abadi Deh
(Record of Right) Bill-2021,
and Anti Red-Tape Bill, in the
ongoing budget session of
Vidhan Sabha, besides other
significant decisions.
The Abadi Deh bill is
aimed at helping the State
Government compile Record of
Rights of properties within the
Lal Lakir in the villages for the
purpose of implementing
Mission Lal Lakir (with the
cooperation of the Central
Government under its
SVAMITVA Scheme) and also
to deal with the issues arising
out of the rights accruing out
of these properties.
Besides, this legislation
would also facilitate villagers or
owners to monetize property
rights and avail various bene-
fits provided by Government
departments/institutions and
banks.
It may be recalled that at
the time of settlement and
consolidation of agricultural
land in the State, the abadi in
the village was placed within
the Lal Lakir. No Record of
Rights was prepared or creat-
ed for the area within the Lal
Lakir. Possession has been con-
sidered as the ruling point for
the ownership of any land
within the Lal Lakir. In certain
cases, some registered sale
deeds have taken place on the
basis of Chulha Tax etc.
However, in most of the places,
the ownership of the area with-
in the Lal Lakir is usually
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Haryana Governor Satyadeo
Narain Arya, while laud-
ing the efforts of State
Government for efficiently
tackling Covid-19 pandemic,
said that like every other State
in the Country Haryana
Vidhan Sabha is also meeting
in the shadow of a global pan-
demic that has changed the
world in several
ways.
The Government has taken
various initiatives to effective-
ly control the spread of this
Pandemic. Arya was delivering
his address on the first day of
Budget Session of Haryana
Vidhan Sabha which com-
menced on Friday.
Divulging details, Arya
said that because of the decisive
strategy adopted by the State
Government, the positivity rate
of the Covid-19 samples have
been drastically reduced to 4.8
percent, the State’s mortality
rate is 1.1 percent whereas the
recovery rate is 98.4 percent.
The Governor also applauded
State Corona Warriors who
have led the fight against this
deadly virus.
Describing Haryana as pre-
dominantly an agrarian State,
Arya said that the present State
Government is working on a
vision to make the agriculture
sector profitable. For this, the
State Government has taken
several decisive steps towards
doubling the farmers income
including procurement at MSP
for 9 crops from State Budget,
top up subsidy under Mission
for Integrated development of
Horticulture, Micro Irrigation,
and highest claim to premium
ratio (greater than 1) under
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana (PMFBY).
He said the State
Government is vigorously pur-
suing the SYL matter in the
Supreme Court and the Court
has given a verdict in favour of
Haryana, revalidating the claim
of Haryana for construction of
SYL canal.
Arya said that the current
financial year has posed
unprecedented challenges
before the government due to
Covid-19 pandemic. In these
challenging times the State
Government took several ini-
tiatives to revive the economy
of the State. He said the State
has witnessed a robust growth
in the 2nd and 3rd quarter of
2020-21. The collections from
GST, VAT and Excise, taken
together, have been Rs.
36,594.64 crore during April 1,
2020 to January 31, 2021 as
against Rs. 33,970.68 crore
which is 7.72 percent higher
than the corresponding period
of the previous year, shared
Arya.
CONGRESS TO MOVE NO-
CONFIDENCE MOTION
ON MARCH 10
The main opposition
Congress will move a no-con-
fidence motion against the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-
Janata Jannayak Party (JJP)
coalition Government on
March 10. With the beginning
of the House after the
Governor’s address on Friday,
Leader of Opposition
Bhupinder Singh Hooda raised
the issue of a no-confidence
motion in which he had sub-
mitted to the State Speaker
Gian Chand Gupta. Replying to
this, Gupta said that the
Congress party’s no confidence
motion has been accepted in
the Business Advisory
Committee (BAC) meeting.
Party will move a no-confi-
dence motion in the Assembly
on March 10. On the same day,
the House would discuss and
vote on it, he added. 28
Congress MLAs have appar-
ently signed on the proposal of
no-confidence motion that was
submitted to the Speaker.
However, according to the
rules, if 18 MLAs bring this
proposal together, then the
Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly will have to accept it
and decide the time for dis-
cussion and voting.
CONG MLAs WEARING
BLACK ARMBAND
PROTEST OUTSIDE
ASSEMBLY AGAINST AGRI
LAWS
On the first day of the
Budget Session, Congress leg-
islators wearing black arm-
bands and black masks under
the leadership of Leader of
Opposition and former Chief
Minister Bhupinder Singh
Hooda took out a rally against
the passing of Agriculture Acts
from High Court Chowk to
Haryana Vidhan Sabha cam-
pus. They shouted anti-BJP
Government slogans. Talking
to reporters, Hooda said that
for the last four months, farm-
ers have been sitting on a
dharna against the centre’s
a g r i c u l t u r a l
laws.
But the BJP Governments
at the Centre and State have
closed their eyes over their
demands. “To open the eyes of
these Governments, we are
going to the assembly with
black armbands and black
masks against the passing of
Agriculture Acts,” he
added.
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Punjab CM Capt Amarinder
Singh on Friday trashed
BJP’s allegation of Congress-
ruled states rejecting Covaxin
as a complete lie and part of the
ruling party’s false and politi-
cally-motivated propaganda.
Categorically denying the
charge on Covaxin, the CM
slammed BJP spokesperson
Sambit Patra’s claim that
Punjab, along with other
Opposition-ruled states, had
expressed doubts and refused to
accept the vaccination. “It is not
at all true,” said Capt
Amarinder, who was respond-
ing to a question during an
informal media interaction after
taking the first shot of the
Covid Vaccine at Mohali Civil
Hospital.
When asked how he was
feeling after the COVID jab,
the Chief Minister said that he
was in ‘chardi kalan’ (high
spirits) and was feeling
absolutely fine. Later, Punjab
Health Department’s official
said that the State had received
1.34 lakh Covaxin doses, of
which 2,500 had already been
administered.
Admitting that cases of
COVID in Punjab were on the
rise, having crossed 1,000 after
more than a month, Capt
Amarinder said that it was a
matter of concern. “Punjab
Govt is keeping a close watch
on the situation,” he said, blam-
ing the casual and carefree
attitude of Punjabis for the
resurgence in cases. He
appealed to the people to strict-
ly adhere to all COVID safety
norms, including wearing of
masks and social distancing,
and not let their guard down,
as the Coronavirus had not
g o n e
yet.
COVID CURBS TO CON-
TINUE WITH MEASURES:
CAPT
Underlining the need to
continue COVID appropriate
behaviour, Punjab CM Capt
Amarinder Singh on Friday
made it clear that safety restric-
tions and norms in the State
shall continue, while ensuring
minimum, if any, loss of liveli-
hood to the citizens of the
State.
passed on through an informal
agreement etc, and the posses-
sion is the basis of ownership.
ANTI-RED TAPE BILL
OKAYED FOR TABLING IN
BUDGET SESSIONTo elimi-
nate Red Tapism and promote
effective administration of pub-
lic affairs, the Cabinet also
okayed the Punjab Anti Red
Tape Bill to be tabled in the
ongoing budget session of
Vidhan Sabha for enactment.
Part of the government’s
reforms agenda for improving
delivery of services to the pub-
lic and ease of doing business
to industry, the Bill contains
provision to reduce the cost
and burden of compliances on
the citizens and businesses,
through simplified, trust-based
procedures that would expedite
processes and make gover-
nance efficient.
The Bill would be instrumen-
tal in improving the
Governance Systems to help
citizens and businesses by
removing inefficiencies and
Red Tape in the system. It
would also provide various
measures for simplification of
government processes, re-engi-
neering government systems,
reduction of compliance bur-
den and removal of external
intermediaries to bring a sys-
tem which would promise to
serve its citizens and
business.
HEALTH, MEDICAL EDU
COMMON CADRE BIFUR-
CATION GETS GO-AHEAD
The Cabinet also approved
the bifurcation of common
cadre of the Departments of
Health and Family Welfare
and Medical Education and
Research — aimed at prompt
resolution of disputes arising
out of establishment matters
between the two departments
through separation of control-
ling authority and rules of
both the departments.
Also, in line with the con-
sensus emerged in Officers’
Committee meeting held under
the chairmanship of Chief
Secretary on January 13, 2021,
the Cabinet also gave approval
to remove the posts of common
cadre (Ministerial, Nursing
and Para-Medical) of Health
and Family Welfare and
Medical Education and
Research Departments from
the purview of prevailing rules
and allot these to the Medical
Education and Research
Department.
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Ninety nine
years old
ascetic Barkha Giri
passed away
recently in his
Ashram hut at
Kalishila in
Rudraprayag dis-
trict. He was given
a final farewell by
his devotees in the
A s h r a m .
According to
belief, goddess Kali
had appeared as a
12-year-old girl at
Kalishila. Reached after an
eight kilometre steep climb
from Kalimath, one reaches
Kalishila where footprints of
the goddess can be seen on a
rock. Barkha Giri had arrived
here about 50 years ago for
worshiping goddess Mahakali
and remained here since then
worshipping the goddess while
living in a hut amidst dense
forests. Many serious seekers
became his disciples like
Saraswati Giri of German ori-
gin. Narsinghpithadhishwar
Rasik Maharaj expressed sor-
row at the demise of Barkha
Giri. He recalled that the ascetic
had practiced penance in the
worship of the goddess and
lived in simplicity throughout
his life.
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The HDFC bank released
#Parivartan Impact Report
for the state of Uttarakhand.
The report showcases the ini-
tiatives undertaken by the bank
as part of its Corporate Social
Responsibility in the state.
According to officials, the
HDFC Bank #Parivartan, the
umbrella brand for all social
responsibility initiatives under-
taken by the bank, has trans-
formed the lives of more than
8.4 lakh individuals in
Uttarakhand.
At a function organised in
the city, the #Parivartan Impact
Report for Uttarakhandwas
released by branch banking
head Akhilesh Kumar Roy and
CSR state head Arvind Singh in
the presence of other senior
bank officials.
The bank’s CSR head
Nusrat Pathan said, “We are
delighted to release the
#Parivartan state report for
Uttarakhand. Sustainable
development happens when
there is a commitment to cre-
ating change over a long time
frame. We firmly believe that
the bank has to stand shoulder
to shoulder with all stakehold-
ers in the society to make a dif-
ference.”
Speaking on the occasion
Roy said, “In Uttarakhand, we
are committed to not only
providing the full suite of prod-
ucts and services for our cus-
tomers but also work towards
making meaningful change in
the lives of individuals and
households.”
As part of HDFC Bank
#Parivartan, a thorough assess-
ment of the village is carried
out to understand its develop-
mental needs. To address these
needs in a sustainable and
effective manner, the bank cre-
ates long-term solutions in
partnership with an NGO and
the local community including
small farmers, youths, landless
labourers, children andwomen.
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The focus of Uttarakhand
government in the last four
years has been on making
Uttarakhand safe, self reliant,
healthy and accessible. The
chief minister Trivendra Singh
Rawat listed these four areas as
his government’s priorities dur-
ing his interaction with the
media persons at Bharadisain
on Friday. The CM said that the
state government has made in
increase of 34 per cent in the
budget of health sector this
year. He said that the state
health service now has 2,136
doctors and process of recruit-
ment of 763 doctors is at pre-
sent under progress. “In Atal
A y u s h m a n
Uttarakhand Yojana,
2,35,000 people have
so far availed the ben-
efit and a sum of Rs
254 crore has been
spent so far. The
infant mortality and
mother mortality rate
has witnessed a
decrease while the
immunisation has
increased from 87 per
cent to 99 per cent in
Uttarakhand,’’ he said.
The CM claimed
that a total of 7,431
kilometres of roads
were built in the state in the
past four years which is almost
equal to 7,529 kilometres built
in first 16 years since the cre-
ation of the state. “A total of Rs
1,083 crore is kept in budget
this year under Pradhan Mantri
Gramin Sadak Yojana along
with Rs 330 crore for con-
struction of motor bridges and
Rs 385 crore for maintenance
of roads. For increasing air con-
nectivity a provision of Rs 181
crore is made in the budget,’’ he
said.
The CM further informed
that the government has
increased the budget for edu-
cation by Rs 300 crore. He said
that the government has made
a provision of Rs 24 crore for
providing school bag and shoes
to the students. He said that the
government has increased the
budgetary allocation in agri-
culture from Rs 1,048 crore to
Rs 1,108 crore this year. Rawat
said that a provision of Rs 30
crore is made for development
of border areas under Chief
Minister’s Border Area
Development Plan. To prevent
migration the government has
allotted Rs 18 crore. “The gov-
ernment has also allotted Rs 20
crore for development of
Chaukhutia airstrip as the area
has tourist potential and is of
strategic importance. For auto-
mated testing centres, a provi-
sion of Rs 17.12 crore is made
in the budget and for con-
struction of Panchayat
Bhawans, Rs 20 crore has been
provided in the budget. For
payment to sugarcane farmers,
a sum of Rs 245 crore is kept,’’
he said.
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The chief minister Trivendra
Singh Rawat has said that
the government has approved
a sum of Rs 350 crore for devel-
opment of summer capital
region of Gairsain. Talking to
the media persons, the CM said
that a budget of Rs 50 crore has
been allocated for infrastruc-
ture, Rs 15 crore for secretari-
at, Rs 106 crore for drinking
water projects, Rs 2.42 crore for
stadium, Rs 93.25 crore for
construction of roads in the
area and Rs 11.50 crore for
upgradation of Community
Health Centre (CHC). He said
that for doubling of
Diwalikhal- Bharadisain road
a sum of Rs 8.87 crore would
be spent. Similarly Rs 2.5 crore
would be for a food processing
unit, Rs five crore for bus
depot, Rs one crore for skill
development and Rs two crore
for police barracks in
Gairsain.
The CM reiterated that his
government is committed to
planned development of
Gairsain. He said that a tender
would be floated for planned
development of Gairsain. He
added that the helipad at
Gairsain would be expanded so
that three MI helicopters can
land on it at a time. It is being
done in view of expected vis-
its of Prime Minister or
President, he said. The CM said
that headquarters of tea board
would be set up in Gairsain and
a nature trek would be devel-
oped in Benital near Gairsain.
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In a novel plan the
Uttarakhand government
has decided to provide finan-
cial help to women during the
period of litigation related to
marital discord. The chief
minister Trivendra Singh
Rawat said on Friday that a
sum of Rs 3.60 crore is kept
in this year’s budget for the
scheme. He said that the
objective is to provide help to
the women during the
process of litigation as no
alimony is paid during this
period. The CM said that
Uttarakhand has set up a
precedent for other states by
providing co-ownership
rights for women in the
ancestral properties of their
husbands. He said that the
Ghasyari Kalyan Yojana is a
unique scheme which would
not only remove the load of
fodder from the shoulders of
the women but would also
give an impetus to rural econ-
omy. The CM said that he has
lost family members who had
gone fetch fodder. He said
that under the scheme, farm-
ers would be encouraged for
farming of grass family crops
which would be processed
and provided to the women.
The CM added that the state
government is providing
Saubhagyavati Kits to the
mothers and new born under
which nutrition and other
items are provided. He said
that the state government
has prepared a plan to pro-
vide self defence training to
more than one lakh girls.
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The opposition Congress
staged a walkout from the
assembly on the issue of the
dues of sugarcane farmers and
sugarcane prices on Friday.
The Congress members were
not satisfied with the reply of
parliamentary affairs minister
Madan Kaushik and staged a
walk out from the assembly.
The Manglaur MLA, Qazi
Nizamuddin even became
emotional while raising the
plight of sugarcane farmers.
Raising the issue under rule 58,
he said that the prices of sug-
arcane have remained stag-
nant for the last four years due
which lakhs of sugarcane farm-
ers are facing many problems.
In his reply the parliamentary
affairs minister Madan Kaushik
said that the sugarcane farmers
of the state are getting better
prices for their produce as
compared to the other states.
He said that a provision of Rs
245 crore is made in the bud-
get for the farmers. The min-
ister said that in the year 2019-
20, Rs 327 per quintal for early
variety and Rs 317 per quintal
for common variety of sugar-
cane were paid to the farmers.
He claimed that sugarcane
prices are Rs two per quintal
more for early variety and Rs 12
per quintal more for common
variety as compared to Uttar
Pradesh (UP). He also gave
data of some other states to
prove that the sugarcane prices
are better in Uttarakhand. The
minister further averred that all
dues of sugarcane farmers have
been cleared in Uttarakhand.
Earlier in the day, the
deputy leader of Congress leg-
islature party Karan Mahra
raised the issue of alleged cor-
ruption and irregularities in the
Cricket Association of
Uttarakhand (CAU) in the
House. Accusing the CAU
authorities of ‘nepotism and
favoritism in selection of play-
ers for the team, he alleged that
undeserving players were
selected. The Ranikhet MLA
also alleged that norms are
openly being flouted by the
office bearers of CAU. He said
that a person is holding a key
post in the CAU for three suc-
cessive terms which is not per-
missible in the rules of CAU.
Mahra said that even
though the CAU is an
autonomous body it cannot be
permitted to flout the set
norms and leave out deserving
players in any team. He gave
the example of a female player
who was adjudged best bowler
in under-21 tournament at
national level but was rejected
in the trials. The Congress
MLA demanded a probe in the
whole issue. In his reply the
sports minister Arvind Pandey
said that the truth in the whole
issue would be brought out.
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Dehradun achieved 29th
rank in the Ease of Living
Index 2020 (EOLI) report
released recently by the
Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs (MoHUA). It was
ranked 27th among 62 cities
with less than a million popu-
lation. Though the city did well
in the categories like sustain-
ability and citizen perception,
it fared poorly in the categories
that include economic ability
and quality of life. Moreover,
Dehradun got a poor 47th
rank among 60 cities under the
Municipal Performance Index
2020 (MPI). MPI analyses the
performance of municipal bod-
ies based on their five set func-
tions which are services,
finance, technology, planning
and governance comprising 20
sectors like health, sanitation,
water and waste water, regis-
trations and permits, and
human resource. From the said
five sets, Dehradun has scored
well only in the planning sec-
tion with 53.73 scores while it
performed poorly in the
remaining sections with 6.79
scores in technology, 31.32 in
governance, 38.92 scores in
services and 48.58 scores in
finance.
Talking about the ranking
of Dehradun in both the EOLI
and MPI reports, Dehradun
mayor Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' stat-
ed that the Municipal
Corporation of Dehradun
(MCD) took several new ini-
tiatives but certain things got
delayed due to Covid-19 which
affected the facilities in the city.
The conditions will certainly
improve this year in the city,
stated the mayor. Meanwhile,
independent director of
Dehradun Smart City Limited,
Lokesh Ohri said that the city
has failed on many fronts like
proper garbage disposal, plastic
waste and sanitation facilities
probably due to Covid-19 pan-
demic. However, he added that
the administration is mainly
focussing on infrastructural
development rather than taking
care of rivers, green areas and
heritage which have made the
whole city a big construction site
which also contributes to pol-
lution in the city. According to
him, the authorities concerned
should incorporate nature in the
development projects in the
city. Giving the example of
Shimla which topped the cate-
gory of the cities with less than
a million population in the
EOLI report, Ohri said that
Shimla has worked on improv-
ing many facilities like minimal
road traffic, greenery and even
recognised its heritage sites and
worked to preserve them. Such
initiatives can also improve the
condition of Dehradun in the
future, he added.
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The Border Roads
Organisation (BRO) has
restored connectivity by
launching a 200 feet Bailey
bridge across the Rishiganga
river on the Joshimath-Malari
road in the Niti valley. Apart
from providing connectivity
in this high altitude area, this
road is also strategically impor-
tant as it leads to the border
region with China. The earlier
bridge near Raini village had
been washed away by the dis-
aster on February 7.
According to the BRO, the
bridge has been completed in a
record time of eight days. The
90 meter span RCC bridge
across the Rishiganga river
near Raini village on this axis
and the only link to the ham-
lets in the Niti valley up to the
border area was washed away in
the disaster. The local resi-
dents also expressed happiness
at the completion of the bridge.
Project Shivalik chief engi-
neer Ashu Singh Rathore
informed that the BRO had
mobilised its might in this
operation and put in various
resources including about 100
plants, equipment and vehicles
which also included about 15
heavy equipment/machinery
like excavators, dozers, wheel
loaders and compressor. One
rock cutting machine was also
airlifted for the task.
The selection of the bridge
site was a challenging task as
the Joshimath side of the bridge
had 20-30 metre high debris
and the Malari side has steep
vertical rock face.
Posing a formidable engi-
neering challenge the bridge
site was finalised on February
10. The ground on the bridge
site had lost its safe bearing
capacity due to debris deposi-
tion hence an abutment
employing innovative soil sta-
bilisation techniques was
designed to provide a safe sub-
structure to the planned bridge.
Initially the bridge was to be
completed by March 20 but the
BRO managed to complete it
much earlier. The BRO direc-
tor general lieutenant general
Rajiv Chaudhry had com-
mended the efforts by the BRO
team. Senior officials of the
organisation were the first to
pass across the new bridge in
their vehicles.
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Atotal of 51 positive cases of
Covid-19 were reported
on Friday along with 35 recov-
eries and deaths of two Covid
patients in the state. Currently,
the total number of active
cases of Covid in the state is
556 with a recovery percentage
of 96.24. Meanwhile, a total of
19,531 beneficiaries were vac-
cinated in 205 sessions in the
state on Friday. The governor
Baby Rani Maurya and
Bharatiya Janata Party state
president Banshidhar Bhagat
were among those who were
vaccinated during the day.
According to the health depart-
ment a total of 47,405 benefi-
ciaries have been fully vacci-
nated in the state so far while
18,500 people aged above 60
years and 894 persons in the
45-59 years age group with
comorbidity have been admin-
istered the first dose of the vac-
cine.
The governor received her
vaccine shot at the Government
Doon Medical College hospi-
tal. The governor said that she
was feeling completely normal
after receiving the shot. Talking
to the media, Maurya appealed
to the people of the state to get
vaccinated without any fear
when their turn comes. Stating
that the vaccine is completely
safe, she thanked scientists,
doctors, nurses and all other
frontline workers stating that
due to their efforts, the vacci-
nation programme is being
conducted successfully. She
further said that even after
being vaccinated, the benefi-
ciaries should continue to
observe precautions like wear-
ing masks in public, maintain-
ing social distancing and
observing hand hygiene.
Talking to the health director
general Dr Tripti Bahuguna,
the governor sought informa-
tion about the status of the vac-
cination programme in the
state. Maurya told the DG to
send daily reports of the vac-
cination activity to the Raj
Bhawan. Public awareness
should also be raised on the
subject of vaccination against
Covid, she added.
Meanwhile, of the 51 pos-
itive cases reported on Friday,
26 were from Dehradun, four
from Haridwar, 17 from
Nainital, three from Udham
Singh Nagar and one from
Bageshwar. The districts of
Pauri, Pithoragarh,
Rudraprayag, Tehri, Uttarkashi,
Chamoli, Champawat and
Almora registered zero positive
cases of Covid on the
day.
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The weather in some parts of
Uttarakhand is likely to
take a turn on Saturday night.
According to the forecast issued
by the state meteorological
centre, very light to light
rain/thunderstorm/snowfall is
likely to occur at a few places
in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag,
Chamoli, Tehri and Dehradun
and at isolated places in
Pithoragarh, Nainital,
Haridwar and Pauri districts
from the night of March 6. Dry
weather is likely to prevail in
the remaining districts of the
state. The meteorological cen-
tre has also issued a warning
about the possibility of
hail/lighting likely to occur at
isolated places in Uttarkashi,
Chamoli and Rudraprayag dis-
tricts. In the provisional state
capital Dehradun, the weather
on Saturday is forecast to have
mainly clear sky becoming
partly cloudy towards night.
Thunder cloud development is
likely towards late night hours.
The maximum and minimum
temperatures are likely to be
around 30 degrees Celsius and
12 degrees Celsius respective-
ly in Dehradun on
Saturday.
Meanwhile on Friday the
maximum and minimum tem-
peratures recorded in various
places of the state were 30
degrees Celsius and 11.6
degrees Celsius respectively in
Dehradun, 30.1 degrees Celsius
and 7.1 degrees Celsius in
Pantnagar, 20.4 degrees Celsius
and 5.9 degrees Celsius in
Mukteshwar and 20.2 degrees
Celsius and nine degrees
Celsius respectively in New
Tehri.
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In order to make Rishikesh a
child-friendly space, the
Dehradun district administra-
tion will run an awareness
campaign in the city under
Child Protection Scheme. In a
meeting with the representa-
tives of various departments
and Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) on
Friday, the chief development
officer (CDO), Nitika
Khandelwal discussed the plans
to eradicate child beggary, sub-
stance abuse and juvenile
crimes in Rishikesh. She direct-
ed the representatives of
departments and NGOs to pre-
pare data by conducting field
inspection of various areas in
the city and rescue the needy
children from such areas. She
also instructed the officials
concerned to plan the rehabil-
itation of such children
involved in juvenile crimes,
child beggary and substance
abuse. She said that all the res-
cued children must be given
the required protection under
the scheme besides proper
education and professional skill
training. Further, Khandelwal
also ordered that counselling be
provided to the parents of the
rescued children too. She
stressed that the police must
also provide protection to those
children who might be associ-
ated with some criminal groups
while conducting a proper
investigation in the matter.
Moreover, the CDO also direct-
ed officials concerned to select
shelter homes so that rescued
children can stay in the same
city. She instructed the health
department to conduct regular
health check-ups of the rescued
children. Further, she instruct-
ed the district probation offi-
cer and social welfare depart-
ment to make all the arrange-
ments for the rescued disabled
children. The CDO directed
the officials and the represen-
tatives of the NGOs present in
the meeting to work in coor-
dination with each other to
make a safe child space in
Rishikesh. The prominent
departments and agencies that
were represented in the meet-
ing were the education depart-
ment, district child welfare
committee, juvenile justice
board and Bachpan Bachao
Andolan foundation.
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Emphasising “self-regulation,
self-attestation and self-cer-
tification”, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Friday
highlighted the need for reduc-
ing compliances burden and
said it is the effort of the
Government to reduce 6,000
compliances burden at the
State and Central level this year.
Modi called for lesser
Government interference and
increasing self-regulation.
“We believe that
Government interference in
everything creates more prob-
lems rather than solutions.
That is why we are emphasis-
ing on self-regulation, self-
attesting, self-certification,” he
said.
“This year, our effort is to
reduce 6,000 compliances bur-
den at the State and Central
level. The compliance burden
should be reduced. Technology
has come. I want to get rid of
the forms for everything. Your
suggestions and advice are
priceless in this relation. With
technology, we must reduce
such compliances,” he said.
Addressing a webinar on
the Production Linked
Incentives (PLI) scheme
through video conferencing,
the Prime Minister empha-
sised the need to make Indian
companies and manufactur-
ing being done in India, glob-
ally competitive and also, to
create global recognition for
our production cost, products,
quality and efficiency.
“We have to attract cutting
edge technology and maxi-
mum investment in the sectors
related to our core competen-
cy,” he said.
Underlining the difference
between the earlier schemes
and those of the current
Government, the Prime
Minister said earlier, industri-
al incentives used to be open-
ended input based subsidies,
now they have been made tar-
geted and performance-based
through a competitive process.
The Prime Minister said 13
sectors have been brought
under Production Linked
Incentives for the first time.
“PLI benefits the entire
ecosystem associated with the
sector. With PLI in auto and
pharma, there will be very less
foreign dependence related to
auto parts, medical equipment
and raw materials of medicines.
The energy sector will be mod-
ernised in the country with the
help of Advanced Cell Batteries,
Solar PV modules and
Specialty Steel. Similarly, the
PLI for the textile and food pro-
cessing sector will benefit the
entire agriculture sector,” he
said.
The Prime Minister
remarked that it is a matter of
pride that following India’s
proposal, the United Nations
has declared the year 2023 as
the International Year of
Millets. He said more than 70
countries came to support
India’s proposal and unani-
mously accepted it in the UN
General Assembly.
PM Modi urged to start a
worldwide campaign in 2023
on the nutritional potential of
millets or coarse grains to pro-
tect people from getting sick.
He said that the demand for
millets at home and abroad will
increase rapidly with the
announcement of the
International Year of Millets by
the UN in 2023 and this will
greatly benefit our farmers.
The Prime Minister high-
lighted that in this year’s bud-
get, a provision of about 2 lakh
crore rupees has been made for
schemes related to the PLI
scheme.
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Rejecting allegations of the
Trinamool Congress that
Deputy Election Commissioner
in-charge of West Bengal
Sudeep Jain is biased, the poll
body on Friday said it has “full
faith in the integrity and fair-
ness” of the senior official.
The ruling Trinamool
Congress (TMC) in West
Bengal had on Thursday
demanded the removal of Jain,
accusing him of being biased
against it and breaking norms of
the federal structure.
In a statement, the Election
Commission said that all its
deputy election commissioners
and other officials posted in the
commission’s headquarters or
working in the field are “dis-
charging their duties strictly as
per the Constitution of India
and the various extant rules
regarding the conduct of elec-
tions”.
“There could be an odd
exception here or there in which
case the Election Commission
takes corrective action imme-
diately,” it said. The statement
said in the immediate case,
“the commission has full faith in
the integrity and fairness of
Sudeep Jain, DEC”.
“Unfortunately, it is not for
the first time that a concerted
campaign is mounted against
senior officers of the commis-
sion on the eve of or during the
process of elections,” it said.
Referring to allegations
made by the TMC about two
decisions taken by Jain during
the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as
deputy election commissioner
in-charge at EC for West Bengal
elections, the EC clarified that
both these decisions were taken
by the Commission in the inter-
est of holding free fair and
peaceful elections and imple-
mented by the district election
machinery under supervision of
DEC,Chief Electoral Officer,
Police Nodal Officer and other
concerned senior officials.
TMC spokesperson
Sougata Roy had said on
Thursday that party leader
Derek O’ Brien has written to
the ECdemanding that Jain be
removed as he has a “track
record” of being biased against
it during the 2019 Lok Sabha
polls.
“During the last parlia-
mentary poll, Sudeep Jain had
taken several steps which were
not only against the norms of
the Election Commission but
also against those of the feder-
al structure. We don’t have any
faith in him. We (TMC) appre-
hend that this time too he will
take steps which will either
directly or indirectly help the
BJP,” Roy had said at a press con-
ference in Kolkata.
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The Election Commission
(EC) on Friday allowed the
Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal
(United) to use its poll symbol
‘arrow’, in the upcoming
Assembly polls in five States —
Assam, West Bengal, Tamil
Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala.
Similarly, the poll body allowed
the Tejaswi Yadav-led RJD to
use the symbol ‘Hurricane
Lamp’ in Assembly polls in
Assam and the AIl India Majlis-
E-Ittehadul Muslimeen to use
the symbol ‘kite’ in West Bengal
and Tamil Nadu polls.
In a letter to chief electoral
officers of five States, the EC
said the Commission has
decided to extend the con-
cession sought by the party
under paragraph 10 of the
Election Symbols
(Reservation and Allotment)
Order, 1968. “Accordingly, the
candidates set up by “Janata
Dal (United)” at the current
General Election to the
Legislative Assemblies of
Assam, West Bengal, Tamil
Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala
in all the Assembly
Constituencies of all the men-
tioned States, shall be allotted
the symbol ‘Arrow’,” it said.
The Nitish Kumar’s Janata
Dal United has urged the poll
body to allow using symbol
‘arrow’ in the upcoming state
assembly polls. The party said
that it is using the same poll
symbol in Bihar and
Arunachal Pradesh.
The EC has earlier barred
Janata Dal (United) from
using its poll symbol ‘arrow’ in
the upcoming polls in
Jharkhand and Maharashtra,
due to its resemblance with
the bow and arrow symbol of
the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(JMM) and Shiv Sena in 2019.
The poll body has also
granted permission to use
symbol hurricane lamp to
RJD for the Assam polls and
AIl India Majlis-E-Ittehadul
Muslimeen to use symbol kite
in West Bengal and Tamil
Nadu on the same ground.
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BJP’s IT Cell head Amit
Malviya on Friday
described West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee’s
decision to shift to Nandigram
Assembly constituency as a
sign of “nervousness”.
Soon after Mamata
announced her candidature
from Nandigram from where
BJP is likely to put ex-TMC
heavyweight Suvendu
Adhikari, BJP leader claimed
that Mamata left her traditional
constituency as she is feeling
the weight of “ani-incumben-
cy” .
“If the incumbent Chief
Minister is unsure of winning
her traditional seat, it is
because she has sensed strong
anti-incumbency on ground.
This is just the beginning.
Pishi will soon see Maa, Maati
and Manush all slipping out of
her hands. Bengal will finally
see ashol poriborton”, tweeted
Malvia who is also deputy-in-
charge of Bengal.
“Nervous Mamata
Banerjee not only deserts her
traditional seat of
Bhowanipore but also keeps
the option of contesting
Tollygunge open. In the press
she slips in, “I may contest too”
while announcing Arup
Biswas’s name for the seat! “, he
said.
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The Enforcement Directorate
(ED), Goa, on Friday con-
ducted searches under Foreign
Exchange Management Act
(FEMA) at various locations of
Full-Fledged Money Changers
(FFMC) in Mumbai and Goa at
the office and residential
premises of the operators of
Sete Mares Global Forex Pvt.
Ltd. and Nemichand Khemraj
Forex Pvt. Ltd. and their direc-
tors for suspected hawala trans-
actions.
“These companies were
engaged in the business of for-
eign currency exchange. These
FFMC deposited huge amounts
of cash in the bank accounts on
a daily basis and remitted it
through RTGS/NEFT to other
FFMCs and collected foreign
currency in cash which aroused
suspicion against these compa-
nies. It is suspected that these
companies may be involved in
trade based hawala and the for-
eign currency
collected by these companies
were smuggled out of the coun-
try to settle transactions
abroad,” the ED said in a state-
ment.
The searches resulted in the
seizure of Indian currency
totalling to C44.37 lakh and
assorted foreign currencies
amounting to C9.55 lakh found
to be in contravention of
F o r e i g n
E x c h a n g e
Management
Act and Rules
and Regulation
made thereun-
der, it said.
Meanwhile,
the agency has provisionally
attached assets worth C31.83
crore under Prevention of
Money Laundering Act
(PMLA) in a bank fraud case
related to Shubhash Sharma
and his Group Companies.
The ED had initiated inves-
tigation on the basis of FIRs
registered by Chhattisgarh
Police against Hotel Sapphire
Inn, Goodluck Petroleum
Company Pvt. Ltd. and Vidit
Trading Pvt. Ltd. for fraudu-
lently obtaining the loan to the
extent of C38.50 crore on the
basis of forged documents,
concealment of facts and crim-
inal conspiracy.
These loans/credit limits
were availed by these firms
from Axis Bank, Raipur and
Punjab National Bank, Raipur.
These entities were owned and
controlled by Subhash Sharma.
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In a bid to expedite setting up
and promotion of Farmers
Producers Organisations
(FPOs) in the country under a
recently launched Central
scheme, the National
Cooperative Development
Corporation (NCDC), a coop-
eratives focused organisation
under the Union Agriculture
Ministry has roped in Indian
Council of Agricultural
Research’s (ICAR) Institutions
and Krishi Vigyan Kendras
(KVKs) in 116 blocks in the
country.
The idea is to use a well-
oiled network backed by tech-
nology and scientific knowl-
edge of the ICAR and KVKs
which are spread throughout
the country. Presently, of the
total 717 KVKs which have
huge spread across India, 468
are under state agricultural
universities, 65 under ICAR
and 22 under central agricul-
tural universities in the coun-
try.
Union Minister of State for
Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare Parshottam Rupala at
a virtual orientation workshop
organised by the NCDC on
Friday termed the NCDC’s
move to involve KVKs as
Cluster Based Business
Organizations(CBBOs) as
commendable.
The Central Scheme was
launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi last year with
an aim to bring small and
marginal farmers into produc-
tion value chains and help
them boost their income.
The Minister pointed out
that “KVKs play a significant
role in providing technical
guidance and reaching out to
the farmers living in far off
regions in the country” and
said that CBBOs will be the
platform for an end to end sup-
port system for different issues
in FPO cooperative business
helping farmers get various
support, and be the game
changer in bringing about eco-
nomic prosperity.
Calling the scheme as a
revolutionary scheme, NCDC
MD Sundeep Nayak said that
“we are getting massive
response from the farmers.
Under this we will be using
well-structured backbone of
the ICAR which will help us
meet the Prime Minister’s
vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat
through FPOs under the
Cooperative Societies Act.”
For the current fiscal year
2020-21, NCDC has been
given a target for formation
and promotion of 529 FPOs in
103 districts where one district
one product’’ policy is being
implemented.
At the workshop which
was aimed to make stakehold-
ers such as KVKs and ICAR
aware of the scheme and of role
and responsibilities of CBBOs,
Dr T Mohapatra, DG ICAR
talked about the challenges and
opportunities of formation of
the FPOs as he said it were not
only important to set up the
farmers’ entity but also make
them sustainable in the long
run.
Dr AK Singh, DDG ICAR
was of the view that as small
farmers have lots of problems at
the ground level, FPOs will
ensure them multiple benefits
from ‘farm to market’ within a
legal framework.
Under the Central Sector
Scheme “Formation and
Promotion of 10,000 Farmer
Producer Organizations
(FPOs)” the Government has
kept a total budgetary provision
of C4,496.00 crore for five years
with a further committed lia-
bility of C2,369.00 crore for next
five years towards handholding
of each FPO from its aggrega-
tion and formation.
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Punjab and Haryana became
the new Covid-19 hotspot in
the country, joining States like
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh and Delhi in reporting
a high number of cases, con-
tributing at least 84.44 per cent
of the new infections 16,838 in
the last 24 hours.
The Union Health Ministry
underlined that 84.44 per cent
of the 16,838 new cases report-
ed in the country in a day are
from these six states.
Maharashtra continued to
report the highest daily new
cases at 8,998, followed by
Kerala with 2,616 and Punjab
1,071 fresh instances of the
viral infection.
Eight States are displaying
an upward trajectory in daily
new cases, said the Ministry
adding that India’s total active
caseload stands at 1.76 lakh
which comprise 1.58 per cent
of India total infections.
On the other hand,Kerala,
Tamil Nadu and West Bengal
have shown a reduction in
active cases in a span of 24
hours.
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The Supreme Court on
Friday agreed to hear a plea
filed by the mother of an Army
officer seeking direction to the
Centre to take immediate steps
through diplomatic channel
for repatriation of her son,
who is lodged in jail in Pakistan
for last over 23 years.
A Bench headed by Chief
Justice S A Bobde issued notice
and sought response from the
Centre on the petition filed by
81-year-old Kamla
Bhattacharjee, mother of
Captain Sanjit Bhattacharjee,
seeking directions to the
authorities to intervene in the
case on an urgent humanitar-
ian basis .
The plea said the petition-
er had received information
that Sanjit, who was commis-
sioned as an officer of Gorkha
Rifles Regiment of Indian Army
in August 1992, was lodged in
Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail.
The petitioner said that
her family was informed in
April 1997 that her son, who
had gone for patrolling duty at
night time on a joint border in
Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, was
apprehended by the Pakistan
authorities while carrying out
operation reconnaissance along
the international borders on
April 20.
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Kolkata: Bollywood veteran Mithun Chakrabarty
is likely to join the BJP ahead of the Bengal
Assembly elections, party sources said adding the
septuagenarian mega star would remain present
at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega rally in
historic Brigade Parade Ground on Sunday.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief
Mohan Bhagwat had last month met Chakraborty,
at his Mumbai residence amid speculations of his
joining the BJP and becoming its face for the
Bengal polls.
The senior actor who enjoyed good chemistry
with the Left leadership till the Marxists were in
power was later nominated to the Rajya Sabha by
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2014.
Chakraborty, however, resigned his post two years
later. Chakrabarty’r role in Bengali super hit films
MLA “Fata Keshto” and Minister “Fata Keshto”
--- where he rose up from nowhere to become
MLA and Minister and quickly solved people’s
problems --- were hugely liked by the people.
Reacting to the reports of Chakrabarty’s join-
ing the BJP State party vice president Arjun Singh
said, “If Mithun Chakraborty comes it'll be good,
both for Bengal as well as our party. If he comes
on a stage where there is PM, the people of Bengal
will be happier.” PNS
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Faridabad, Haryana: National
Agricultural Cooperative Marketing
FederationofIndiaLtd(NAFED)incol-
laboration with Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL) opens its Grocery Store
in the name of NAFED BAZAAR at
IOCL Fuel station in Faridabad,
Haryana.
The store was inaugurated by
NAFED Managing Director - Mr
Sanjeev Kumar Chadha, NAFED
Additional Managing Director- Mr
Pankaj Kumar Prasad, Indian Oil
CorporationDelhiStateofficeExecutive
Director and State Head - Shri Shyam
Bohra and Indian Oil Corporation
Head office Executive Director in Retail
Transformation - Shri Sandeep Makker.
Mr. Suresh Raina, Indian international
cricketer was also present as a special
guest for the event.
Nafed has a network of 20 grocery
stores and this is the first store in col-
laboration with IOCL.NAFED is plan-
ningtoopen500similarstoresPanIndia
in one year. The objective of the store
isto increase Farmer’s income and get
Farms produce directly to retail.
Located at Indian Oil Fuel station
Badkal Mor, the store joins the grocery’s
Ideal Market store in Faridabad.
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Former Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh and
Samajwadi Party president
Akhilesh Yadav took the State
Government in witness box in
the kisan mahapanchayat held
at Tappal on Friday in protest
against the agricultural law. He
raised questions on law and
order. Stating a very old saying,
he said a confused ruler, a
chaotic state. He quoted that
“Andher Nagri, Chaupat Raja;
Dindahade dushkarm or raatb-
har Gaanja”. He said this is the
state where misdeeds happen in
broad daylight.
After the farmer agitation
and after the arrival of the bill,
this is the first panchayat of
Samajwadi Party President
Akhilesh Yadav in Jaat Land.
This area of farmers is
famous as Mini Chaprauli. He
supported the farmer move-
ment and said that Rakesh
Tikait, who lead the farmer
movement, is the great child of
his great father. His father
Mahendra Singh Tikait had
organized great movements for
the benefit of the farmers.
Rakesh Tikait is also following
his legacy.
He lashed out at the Central
Government on agricultural
laws. Where the farmers' move-
ment has been 100 days today
but there is no effect on the gov-
ernment! I am confident that
the farmer young men will
keep on fighting till this law
come to an end. Akhilesh
assured the farmers that this
fight is yours but the Samajwadi
Party stands with you. Because
the future of India is linked
to it.
Supporting the movement
against the agricultural legisla-
tion, Akhilesh Yadav said that
from the day the farmers start-
ed the movement, no matter
what political party, everyone
chanted the slogan Jai Jawan Jai
Kisan. Farmers are sitting in
Delhi. It has been a hundred
days of agitation. I am confident
that these farmers will contin-
ue to struggle till these three
laws are returned.
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Chief and former Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Mehboobs
Mufti has been summoned by the
Enforcement Directorate investi-
gating cases under the provisions of
the Prevention of Money Laundering
Act , 2002 (15 of 2003).
The summons have been issued
by the officer of the rank of Assistant
Director probing the matter.
According to the summons,
“Mehbooba Mufti has been directed
to appear before the officer on March
15 in New Delhi at 11.30 a.m along
with the documents.
Reacting to the developments
PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti late
Friday evening tweeted, “ GOIs tac-
tics to intimidate browbeat polit-
ical opponents to make them toe their
line has become tediously pre-
dictable.They don’t want us to raise
questions about its punitive actions
policies. Such short sighted schem-
ing wont work”.
Mathura (UP): The All India Teerth
Purohit Mahasabha on Friday urged
Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
increasing the Yamuna's water flow,
an apparent reference to the use of
two canals linking it with the Ganges,
to make it fit for bathing before the
auspicious 'Shahi Snan' on March 9.
While the arrangements
made for the Vrindavan Kumbh by
the Government of Uttar Pradesh are
commendable, the polluted Yamuna
water mars the efforts, the outfit's
president, Mahesh Pathak, said here,
adding that three 'Ani Akhadas'
(Hindu religious groups) have
warned of a boycott if the river water
is not clean.
Upset over the pollution in the
Yamuna at the Devarha Ghat on the
first 'Shahi Snan' (auspicious bath) at
the Vrindavan Kumbh, the Nirvani
Ani Akhada, Digambar Ani Akhada
and the Nirmohi Ani Akhara had on
February 27 declared that they would
boycott taking a dip in the next one
if the water is not clean.
The second and the third “Shahi
Snan” are slated for March 9 and 13,
Pathak said. “Please instruct the
department concerned to discharge
sufficient water into the Yamuna so
that feelings of seers and common
people are not hurt while bathing at
the Devarha Ghat in Vrindavan
Kumbh,” he said.
Another member of the organ-
isation requested the Union gov-
ernment to find a permanent solu-
tion to the problem. PTI
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Srinagar: Clashes broke out in
Srinagar on Friday as sup-
porters of moderate Hurriyat
Conference chairman
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq pelt-
ed stones at security forces to
protest the separatist leader's
house arrest since August
2019 following the abrogation
of Article 370 provisions.
Officials said police and
other security personnel
deployed in the area had to
use force to chase away the
protestors, but no one was
hurt in the action.
Eyewitnesses, however,
claimed that a woman sus-
tained injuries in pellet gun
firing.
Supporters of the Mirwaiz
initially held protests on the
Jamia Masjid compound in
Nowhatta area, but they
poured into the roads after the
congregational prayers con-
cluded, the officials said.
Earlier in the day, the
Hurriyat Conference con-
demned the government's
decision not to release the
Mirwaiz.
“Hurriyat Conference
expresses strong resentment
and regret that after announc-
ing the release of it's chairman
and Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir
Umar Farooq from a 20-
month-long house detention
since August 2019, govern-
ment authorities went back on
their decision,” a Hurriyat
spokesperson said.
On Thursday, a close aide
of Umar Farooq had claimed
that curbs on the movement
of the Mirwaiz had been lift-
ed. The administration, how-
ever, neither confirmed nor
denied it.
The spokesperson on
Friday also claimed that police
officials visited the Mirwaiz
late Thursday night to convey
that he would continue to be
under house arrest and will
not be allowed to go to the
Jamia Masjid for Friday
prayers.
“Since early morning,
additional forces have been
deployed outside his house
and in the area,” he
alleged.
The spokesperson said
the Hurriyat strongly con-
demned the flip-flop.
“Recently in Parliament, the
minister of state for home
affairs had categorically stat-
ed that no one in Jammu
Kashmir is under house arrest.
If that is so, then why does the
Mirwaiz continue to be
detained,” he asked.
He also appealed to peo-
ple to not lose hope and in no
way resort to any form of vio-
lent protest.
The Mirwaiz, who is also
the chief priest of Kashmir,
was among hundreds of polit-
ical leaders -- both separatist
and mainstream -- who were
taken into custody or placed
under house arrest as the
Centre revoked Jammu and
Kashmir's special status under
Article 370 of the Constitution
19 months ago. PTI
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Mahoba (UP): Police here arrested a man for
allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman and trying
to blackmail her into changing her religion using
objectionable videos shot by him, police said on
Friday.
According to police, Munna Khan lured the
21-year-old woman projecting himself as a Hindu.
He kidnapped her, raped her and made objec-
tionable videos, allegedly threatening to upload
these online if she did not change her religion,
Kotwali SHO Anoop Kumar Dubey.
The SHO said Khan was arrested for kidnap-
ping, rape, assault and issuing death threats under
the Indian Penal Code and provisions under the
Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious
Conversion Act, 2020.
He was produced in a court on Friday, which
sent him to 14-day judicial custody, the SHO said.
The woman said in her complaint that she had
married a man of her caste on December 8 and had
moved to Delhi with her husband.
According to her, she was kidnapped by
Munna Khan on February 18 when she visited her
parents' home here. The accused kidnapped her,
took her to his sister's house where he raped her
for two weeks, according to the complaint. PTI
Etah (UP): A six-year-old girl
was allegedly raped by a 25-
year-old man here on Friday,
police said.
$e man sexually assaulted
the girl when she was playing
outside her house in the after-
noon, they said.
The accused, who is said to
be mentally-challenged, has
been arrested, Station House
Officer of Kotwali Police Station
Pankaj Mishra said. The girl has
been sent for medical exami-
nation, he said.
“Case will be registered
against the accused on the basis
of the medical examination
report. The accused seems to be
mentally-challenged and he is
being interrogated,” Mishra said.
He said the girl's family
approached the police and filed
a complaint against the
accused. PTI
Bhadohi (UP): A 30-year-old married
woman was allegedly raped by a paddy trad-
er when she had gone to receive the payment
of the produce sold by her husband in a vil-
lage in Aurai area here, police said on Friday.
The accused is missing and efforts are
underway to catch hold of him, the police
added. The woman has alleged that when she
had gone to Aurai police station for filing a
written complaint of rape, the policemen pre-
sent there tore up her complaint and chased
her away. She later met the Bhadohi
Superintendent of Police and pleaded for jus-
tice after which a case of rape, provisions of
the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention
of Atrocities) Act among other sections of law
was filed on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police Ram Badan
Singhsaidthevictim'shusbandhadsoldpaddy
to Bade Lal Bind and the victim had gone to
the accused man's house around 15 days ago
toreceivethepayment. Ithasbeenallegedthat
Bindlockedherupinthehouse,rapedherand
also threatened to kill her if she told anyone
about it. PTI
Amaravati: The Andhra
Pradesh Government seems to
be weighing different options
over the conduct of Budget
Session of the State Legislature
this month in view of the elec-
tions to local bodies.
While the election process
for urban local bodies will
conclude on March 14, there is
still uncertainty over the polls
to mandal and zilla parishads.
As the issue related to the
conduct of mandal and zilla
parishads is currently pending
disposal in the High Court, the
government is said to be wait-
ing for clarity to plan things.
In the normal course, the
Budget session of the
Legislature usually begin in
the first or second week of
March so that the Finance and
Appropriation Bills are passed
by the end of the month, ahead
of the beginning of the new
financial year from April 1.
The government is con-
templating whether to take the
Ordinance route to get the
expenditure for the first three
months of the next fiscal
approved.
In March 2020, the gov-
ernment got an Ordinance
promulgated as the Legislature
session could not be held due
to the outbreak of coronavirus
pandemic.
“Even if the court gives the
go ahead for the (mandal and
zilla parishad) polls, they may
stretch till the end of the month
and we cant hold the
Legislature session.So we are
weighing different options
because there is no clarity on
the election schedule,” a key
government source said on
Friday.
If the mandal and zilla
parishad polls were put off, by
any chance, the government
might conduct the Budget ses-
sion for a brief duration ahead
of the March 31 deadline, he
added.
If this does not happen, the
government might take the
Ordinance route once again
and conduct the Legislature
session at a subsequent time to
pass the full budget. PTI
Muzaffarnagar (UP): A court here on Friday
convicted a man and his four sons in a case
ofabductionandmurderofafour-year-oldgirl
in 2011 and sentenced them to life imprison-
ment.
Additional district sessions judge Ankur
Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 each
on Shakil and his sons Tanvir, Husain, Pervez
and Kalim after holding them guilty under
Indian Penal Code sections 364, 302 and 201.
According to public prosecutor Niraj
Kant Malik, Shakil and his sons kidnapped
MehvishJahanonDecember7,2011whileshe
was going to a shop near her house in Khoja
Nagla village under the Chapar police station
limits. Later, that night they strangled her and
ditched the body in a nearby forest area, Malik
said.Asthegirldidnotreturnhome,herfather
approached the police. During investigation,
Shakil and his sons were arrested and the body
was recovered, the government counsel said.
PTI
Kohima: A working group was set up
on Friday to review Nagaland's reser-
vation policy and put forward its rec-
ommendation to the State Government,
officials said.
The 15-member working group has
seven ministers and advisors, and one
member each from eight civil society
organisations, they said.
The decision was taken at a crucial
consultative meeting on the reservation
policy under the chairmanship of Chief
Secretary J Alam.
The meeting, convened by the state
government through the cabinet sub-
committee on reservation policy head-
ed by Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo
Patton, was held at Hotel
here.
Ministers Neiba Kronu, Metsubo
Jamir and P Paiwang Konyak, Advisors
KT Sukhalu, Zhaleo Rio and Toshi
Wungtung from the cabinet committee
were present in the meeting.
Representatives of Rationalisation of
Reservation Policy, Eastern Nagaland
Peoples' Organisation, Eastern Naga
Students' Federation, Eastern Nagaland
Gazetted Officers Association, Central
Nagaland Tribes Council, Naga Students'
Federation, Tenyimi Public Organisation
were also present.
Representatives of the Nagaland
Public Service Commission were also
present in the meeting.
Briefing the press, Kronu said the
meeting had fruitful deliberations with
the stakeholders on the current reser-
vation policy of the state.
Earlier, 25 per cent was reserved for
the backward tribes of Eastern Nagaland,
and another 8 per cent for the other
backward tribes such as Chakhesang,
Zeliang and Pochury.
A few years back, the quota for the
backward tribes from Eastern Nagaland
was kept the same, but reservation for
the other three backward tribes was
enhanced from 8 to 10 per cent. Also,
another 2 per cent reservation was
introduced for the Sumi tribes of the
Kiphire district.
Kronu said the reservation policy for
the backward tribes has been in exis-
tence since 1977.
However, the policy underwent
several changes over the years, he
said.
The working group will meet on
March 20 to discuss the suggestions pre-
sented in Friday's meeting and review
the job reservation policy, which would
be then submitted to the government by
the cabinet sub-committee, the minis-
ter said.
The working group members would
consult their tribes and dive into details
before submitting the views, he said.
The Eastern Naga Students'
Federation has been demanding that 25
per cent quota for the backward tribes
from Eastern Nagaland be increased to
45 per cent.
The demand was criticised by other
groups. Amid the row, the state gov-
ernment had to put on
hold the functioning of the newly-con-
stituted Nagaland Staff Selection Board
(NSSB), which was notified in July last
year. PTI
Amaravati: Active coron-
avirus cases in Andhra
Pradesh rose to 900 as 124 were
added afresh in 24 hours end-
ing 9 am on Friday as the case-
load now touched
8,90,441.
The state reported 94
recoveries and one death in a
day, the latest bulletin said.
Total recoveries now
increased to 8,82,369 and the
death toll to 7,172, it said.
In ten days, the number of
active cases in the state has shot
up by 325.
Six of the 13 districts
reported new cases in double
digits in a day, with Chittoor
again topping with 30.
Krishna added 18, Guntur
16, Visakhapatnam and East
Godavari 13 each and
Anantapuramu 10 fresh cases,
according to the bulletin.
The remaining districts
reported less than six cases
each.
Anantapuramu district
saw one fresh COVID-19 fatal-
ity, taking its total to 600.
In all, more than 1.41 crore
samples were tested in the
state, including 51,660 in 24
hours, at an overall infection
positivity rate of 6.30 per cent,
the bulletin added. PTI
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Pathanamthitta (Ker): Kerala
BJP chief K Surendran on
Friday clarified he had not
made any announcement on
the party's chief ministerial
candidate for the coming
Assembly elections in the state
and said what he expressed was
that the people and party work-
ers wanted E Sreedharan to
lead them.
He said the BJP's central
leadership alone will decide on
the party's chief ministerial
candidate. What I
said yesterday was the people
of Kerala and the BJP workers
want a leader like E Sreedharan
to lead them. There is no doubt
in it. Kerala and its people want
the leadership of Sreedharan.
I am the party chief in
Kerala. I know what I said. I
never made any announce-
ment yesterday other than say-
ing that the people of Kerala
want the leadership of
Sreedharan, Surendran said at
Pathanamthitta.
His comments came a day
after Union Minister V
Muraleedharan tweeted that
the 'Metroman' will be the CM
candidate only to retract later
saying the party had not made
any such announcement.
Surendran also blamed the
media in the state for wrong-
ly interpreting what he had
said and claimed that the
CPI(M) and the Congress were
jittery after Sreedharan joined
the party.
Earlier on Thursday,
Surendran had said that if the
NDA under the leadership of
the 'Metroman', gets an oppor-
tunity to rule the state, we are
confident we will be able to
implement development works
under Prime Minister
Narendra Modi with a ten-fold
force in Kerala.
Addressing a party meeting
in Thiruvalla, he highlighted
the achievements of
Sreedharan, including com-
pleting the reconstruction of
the Palarivattom flyover here in
five months, much ahead of the
stipulated time.
He completed the project
in five months without any cor-
ruption. That is why we
requested Sreedharan and our
party leadership that he should
be projected as the (NDA's)
Chief Minister candidate, he
had said.
This was the first time the
party indicated that Sreedhran
will be the NDA's chief minis-
terial candidate.
Confusion prevailed
among BJP cadres since
Thursday after Muraleedhran
withdrew a tweet saying the
'Metroman' will be the chief
ministerial candidate of the saf-
fron party for the Assembly
elections on April 6.
Muraleedharan on Thursday
night clarified that he wanted
to inform that through media
reports he learnt that the party
has announced Sreedharan as
the chief ministerial candi-
date. PTI
Mumbai: A 35-year-old man
has been Arrested here for
allegedly posing as a policeman
to extort money from people
roaming without masks in pub-
lic places, police said on Friday.
The Mahim police on
Wednesday nabbed Anil Ashok
Tawde for allegedly robbing an
autorickshaw driver of Rs 5,000
by posing as a policeman, an
official said.
Tawde had allegedly inter-
cepted the autorickshaw and
accused the driver of not wear-
ing his mask properly, he said,
adding that the victim was
taken to an isolated spot and
robbed.
Based on a complaint
lodged by the auto driver, the
accused was arrested under
relevant sections 170 (imper-
sonating a public servant), 392
(punishment for robbery) and
365 (kidnapping) of the IPC, he
said.
On interrogation, the
accused revealed that he had
used the same ruse to extort
money from several others,
the official said. Fur t her
probe is underway in this
regard, he added. PTI
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