PM Modi inaugurates 341-km Purvanchal Expressway in UP

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LS SPEAKER BIRLA ARRIVES IN SHIMLA
FOR PRESIDING OFFICERS CONFERENCE
Shimla: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday arrived
in Shimla for the Presiding Officers conference and he
was accorded a warm welcome by Himachal Pradesh
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on his arrival at
Raj Bhavan. Lok Sabha Speaker has arrived here to attend
the Presiding Officer’s Conference being organised in HP
Vidhan Sabha. A dinner will also be hosted in his honour
by the Governor in Peterhoff on November 18. P6
RECOVERY IS NOW
TAKING HOLD: DAS
New Delhi: RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday
said that there are numer-
ous indicators that suggest
that economic recovery is
now taking hold, but for
the growth to be sustain-
able and reach its potential,
investment in private capital
has to resume.
CM GEHLOT
ACCUSES SHAH
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot on
Tuesday accused Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
of being involved in the
fall of Congress govern-
ment in Madhya Pradesh
and trying to do it with his
state government too last
year.
SC JUNKS PIL ON PB
DGP APPOINTMENT
Chandigarh: SC on
Tuesday dismissed
petitions filed by
DGPs Sidharth Chat-
topadhyaya and Mohd
Mustafa challeng-
ing appointment of
1987-batch IPS officer
Dinkar Gupta as the
Punjab Police chief
by Captain-led Punjab
govt. The development
is seen as a setback to
Chattopadhaya, con-
sidered a frontrunner
for the post of Punjab
DGP, the appointment
of which is expected in
the next few days.
—Agencies
E-WAY
TO PROGRESS,
SECURITY
Sultanpur: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday
accused the previous Uttar
Pradesh governments of let-
ting poverty and the mafia
take over the state’s eastern
part, saying the BJP govern-
ment is now writing a new
chapter of development there.
Modi was addressing a rally
here after the launch of the
341-km Purvanchal Express-
way
, where he himself landed
in a military transport air-
craft on a 3.2-km stretch devel-
opedasanemergencyairstrip
for the Indian Air Force.
Development was limited to
places where the previous
CMs had their homes or fami-
lies, Modi said while not nam-
ing SP, the BSP or Congress
which the ruling BJP faces in
the Assembly polls just
monthsaway
.UPCMYogiAdi-
tyanath,GovernorAnandiben
Patel & others were present.
Shah: Kartarpur Corridor to
reopen ahead of Gurupurab
New Delhi: In a major
decision, PM Modi-led
government has decid-
ed to reopen the Kartar-
pur Sahib Corridor
from Wednesday, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah said on Tuesday
.
Taking to Twitter
Shah said, “In a major
decision, that will bene-
fit large numbers of
Sikh pilgrims, PM Nar-
endra Modi government
has decided to re-open
the Kartarpur Sahib
Corridor from Novem-
ber 17. The nation is all
set to celebrate the
Prakash Utsav of Shri
Guru Nanak Dev ji on
November 19 and I am
sure that PM Narendra
Modigovernment’sdeci-
sion to reopen the Kar-
tarpur Sahib corridor
willfurtherboostthejoy
and happiness across
the country
.” —ANI
MIRAGE, JAGUAR, SUKHOI AND AN-32
AIRCRAFT SPELLBOUND SPECTATORS
A MAJOR BOOST
FOR IAF PLANES
Event ended with an air show by Mirage, Jaguar,
Sukhoi and An-32 aircraft, before PM headed back
to Delhi on C-130 Hercules which had brought
him here. A Mirage-2000 was the first to land.
Commandos emerged later from the belly of an
An-32 plane. Another Mirage, two Jaguars and an
Su-30MKI performed touch-and-go manoeuvres
on the air strip. Show ended with a flypast.
341 KM-LONG
EXPRESSWAY
The 341 kilometre-long
Purvanchal Express-
way starts from village
Chaudsarai in Lucknow
on Lucknow-Sultanpur
road and ends in Hydaria
village located on National
Highway number 31, 18
kilometres east of the Ut-
tar Pradesh-Bihar border.
MAMATA LIKELY TO MEET
MODI NEXT WEEK
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee is likely to visit New Delhi
next week for three days and meet PM
Modi to discuss dues to the state and
increased BSF jurisdiction in Kolkata.
Didi is expected to fly to Delhi on
November 22 and return to Kolkata on
November 25. During her visit, she may
meet PM Modi and also hold meetings
with leaders of other parties.
The key feature of the E-
way is 3.2 km long airstrip
to enable landing and take-
off of IAF fighter planes
in case of emergency.
Six-lane expressway can
be expanded to eight lanes
in the future. It has been
constructed at estimated
cost of `22,500 crore.
New Delhi: The operations at the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
had been suspended since March 16, 2020, on account
of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pilgrimage through the cor-
ridor would be facilitated as per existing procedures and
adherence to Covid protocols. Punjab CM CS Channi an-
nounced that the entire state Cabinet would pay obeisance
at Sri Kartarpur Sahib on 18 November as a part of the
first delegation after the re-opening of the corridor.
Capt.Amarinder Singh @capt_amarinder
My profound gratitude to PM @narendramodi
and HM @AmitShah for timely opening of Kar-
tarpur Sahib Corridor. It will provide a chance
to thousands of devotees to pay obeisance at the holy
shrine on occasion of Guru Purab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Can’t interfere
in how to hold
‘puja’, break a
coconut: SC
WB Assembly
resolution against
GoI’s BSF move
2 businessmen killed in Srinagar
Op; supported terrorists,say cops
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day said the constitu-
tional court can’t inter-
fere in the day-to-day
affairs of the temple,
and declined to issue
any order on a petition
alleging irregularities
in certain rituals of
Tirupati Balaji temple.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice NV Ra-
mana said constitution-
al courts can’t spell out
how rituals (‘puja’ in a
temple) should be per-
formed, how coconut
should be broken, how
a garland should be put
on a deity, etc.
Bench, also compris-
ing Justices A.S. Bopan-
na and Hima Kohli said
these issues cannot be
decided in a writ peti-
tion. Sarvari Daadaa, a
devotee of Lord Ven-
kateshwara Swamy had
filed the PIL. —ANI
Kolkata: West Bengal
Assembly on Tuesday
passed a resolution
against the Centre’s de-
cision to extend BSF’s
jurisdiction, amid oppo-
sition by BJP legisla-
tors. WB became the
second state after Pun-
jab where such a resolu-
tion has been passed.
House saw unruly
scenes after TMC MLA’s
remark against BSF. P5
Srinagar: Four per-
sons, including two
businessmen, were
killed during an anti-
terror operation by se-
curity forces in Srina-
gar. The police said that
two terrorists were
killed in the operation
and the killed business-
men were “terrorist
supporters”.
The killed business-
men—Dr Mudasir Gul
and Altaf Bhat—had
shops in the commer-
cial complex at Hyder-
pora where the encoun-
ter took place on Mon-
day evening.
Ex-J&K CM Mehboo-
ba Mufti had demanded
an inquiry into the kill-
ings. The families al-
lege that the business-
men were killed by se-
curity forces but cops
earlier insisted that
both of them were ei-
ther killed in terrorist
firing or killed during
the crossfire. —ANI
CBI crackdown on child porn at 76 locations
New Delhi: In a major
crackdown against sex-
ual abuse and child por-
nography, the Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) conducted search-
es at around 76 loca-
tions across 14 states
and union territories in
the country
.
A senior official on
Tuesday informed that
CBI has registered 23
separate cases on Mon-
day against a total of 83
accused on the allega-
tions related to online
child sexual abuse and
exploitation. “The raids
are underway in
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi,
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,
Bihar, Odisha, Tamil-
nadu, Rajasthan, Maha-
rashtra, Gujarat, Hary-
ana, Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh and
other states,” he added.
Details will be re-
leased after completion
of raids they said. —ANI
Country’s security is as important as its prosperity said PM
Modi, who landed in a C-130 Hercules plane on the airstrip
constructed on 341-km Purvanchal Expressway on Tuesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
arrives to inaugurate 341-km long
Purvanchal Expressway, at Karwal
Kheri in Sultanpur on Tuesday.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
SHUT DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
When I laid the foundation stone of
Purvanchal Expressway 3 yrs back, I
had never thought that I will land here
on an aircraft one day. Roar of these aircraft
will also be for those who ignored nation’s
defence infra for decades. —Narendra Modi, PM
The corridor was shut in wake of the COVID pandemic
PM Modi flanked by UP Governor Anandiben Patel
and CM Yogi Adityanath enjoy the air show.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Chief
Minister, on Tuesday,
has ordered the officials
to expedite the relief
work by providing ap-
propriate compensation
to every farmer in the
state who suffered from
crop loss at the earliest.
While addressing a
meeting on Tuesday,
CM Yogi said, “Every
single farmer, whose
crop has been damaged
due to floods or exces-
sive rains, must be com-
pensated. This work
should be done on pri-
ority with utmost sensi-
tivity and promptness.”
Till now, the state has
allocated over `384
crores in relief funds to
farmers who have suf-
fered crop loss owing to
recent floods in the fi-
nancial year 2021-22
benefitting more than
11 lakh farmers across
the State. The respective
district collectors will
distribute it among
farmers through DBT.
The government had
already released four in-
stallments including-
`102crore(1,02,63,76,346)
forover2,98,496farmers,
`74.60 crore to about 2.08
lakh farmers, a total of
`1,59,28,97,496 (approx
`160 crore) to about
4,77,581 farmers, and a
fund of `48,20,57,668 to
1,39,863 farmers identi-
fied after primary sur-
veywhichaccountsfora
total of `384 crores.
Ensure prompt compensation for crop damages
across UP, directs CM Yogi Adityanath
CM Yogi presides over a meet at his official residence on Tuesday. Medical Education Minister
Suresh Khanna, CS RK Tiwari, ACS (CM) SP Goyal, PS to CM Sanjay Prasad, ACS Health Amit Mohan
Prasad, ACS Panchayati Raj Manoj Kumar Singh and others were also present.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief
minister Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday said the newly opened
Purvanchal expressway will give
momentum to development in
the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing the inaugural
event of the 341-km expressway,
Adityanath said, “Three years
ago, the foundation of the ex-
pressway was laid. Despite the
coronavirus disease (Covid-19),
the expressway is ready for in-
auguration on schedule.”
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Min-
ister said that this is the ex-
pressway for the people of Uttar
Pradesh and it is not only a me-
dium for transportation, but it
would also pave the way for de-
veloping the state’s eastern re-
gion which remained neglected
since the country’s Independ-
ence.
“We are laying the foundation
of new India. Purvanchal will
become the lifeline for develop-
ment in eastern UP
,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that
work is also going on for four
more expressways in the state,
namely Bundelkhand, Ganga,
Gorakhpur and Ballia.
He thanked Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for giving his
valuable time for inaugurating
the ‘Purvanchal Expressway’, a
path to realize the vision of mul-
tidimensional development of
India.
“Under your able guidance,
Uttar Pradesh will continue to
create new paradigms of such
development,” he said.
The development of express-
ways in Uttar Pradesh is getting
a renewed a boost with the Gat-
iShakti National master Plan for
infrastructure development.
CM Yogi will be visiting Ma-
hoba and Jhansi districts in
Bundelkhand today and will
also take stock of preparations
for forthcoming visitsof PM
Modi in UP.
First India Bureau
Sultanpur/Lucknow:
The 341 kilometre long
PurvanchalExpressway
,
dubbed to be the ‘ex-
pressway to develop-
ment’, and boasting an
additional feature of a
3.2 kilometre long air-
strip where fighter jets
could make emergency
landing, was inaugurat-
ed by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on a
spectacular note with a
muscular airshow by
the Indian Air Force
(IAF) at Arwal Keeri
KarvatvillageinSultan-
pur district on Tuesday
.
A Hercules C-130J air-
craftof theIAFcarrying
the PM landed at the air-
strip at around 1:30 pm
where he was received
bytheGovernorof Uttar
Pradesh Anandiben Pa-
tel and CM Yogi Adity-
anath.
Later addressing the
huge gathering on the
expressway, the Prime
Minister said: “The
Purvanchal Express-
way is the expressway
to the development of
UP and to the state’s
growing economic
might. It reflects the ad-
vanced and state-of-the-
art facilities currently
being built in the state
by the Government.”
The Prime Minister
said: “When three years
ago,Ilaidthefoundation
stone of the expressway
,
I didn’t know that one
day I would be touching
down on the airstrip on
the expressway
. But, the
double engine govern-
ment of UP made it pos-
sible so soon. Now any-
one having doubts about
the potential of Purvan-
chal is welcome to visit
theexpresswayandhear
the roar of the fighter
aircraft emanating from
it. It will clear all their
doubts.”
PM Modi said, “Pur-
vanchal has been ne-
glected by previous gov-
ernments for decades.
The previous govern-
ments had surrendered
the region to the mafia
and poverty for fear of
losing their votebanks.
The previous Govern-
ments both at Centre
and the state were also
too preoccupied with
their dynastic politics to
understand that roads
were a prerequisite for
bringing investments.”
He said that the previ-
ous government only
made announcements
about industrial prog-
ress, but did not pay any
attention to enhancing
connectivityinthestate,
which compelled many
existing industrial units
to shut down in the state,nottotalkof opening of new ones. “In
those days, there was no
raah (road), only
raahjani (robbery)”, he
quipped.
“However, the UP
Government under the
leadership of Tejaswi,
Ojaswi and Karmyogi
Yogiji and supported by
the Central Govern-
ment has prioritised en-
hancing connectivity to
the remotest corners of
the state. Today there
are five expressways be-
ing built in the state
which will enhance con-
nectivity across the
state as well as to the
national capital”, the
Prime Minister re-
marked.
Emphasisingthatuni-
form development is a
must for a state and a
country to thrive, the
PMsaidthatthePurvan-
chal Expressway will
pave way for bridging
the gap between eastern
andwesternUPinterms
of development.
The PM said that the
`22,000 crore express-
way will attract invest-
ments worth lakhs of
crores to the region in
different sectors, rang-
ing from food process-
ing, tourism, animal
husbandry, textile, edu-
cation, health etc, creat-
ing employments for
millions of local youths.
“Withtheopeningof the
expressway, UP’s fate
has also changed. Flood-
gates of development
haveopenedinUPtoday
,
creating great employ-
ment opportunities for
the local people.”
PM Modi recollects moments when he laid e-way’s foundation stone
INAUGURAL MOMENT
‘PURVANCHAL EXPRESSWAY
TO BE LIFELINE OF EAST UP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the inaugural function of Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur on
Tuesday. Governor Anandiben Patel and State BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh were also present on the occasion. (Left) PM Narendra Modi addresses
lakhs of people present during the function. (Below from left) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gifts replica of Ayodhya Ram Temple to PM Narendra Modi.
Indian Air Force fighter jets display an air show at the Purvanchal Expressway. A man dressed as Hanuman is captured with a club that displays BJP’s
name, a lotus shaped crown bearing names Ram and Namo and a symbolic heart with Narendra Modi inside. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
Yogi has conveyed greetings
to all journalists on ‘Nation-
al Press Day’ and termed them
the ‘vigilante watchman’ of
democracy. “I salute the efforts
of all of you for the progress of
the nation”, he said.
CM Yogi paid tributes to leg-
endary freedom fighter Uda
Devi, who destroyed the British
army with her amazing valor in
the first freedom struggle.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: This green-
field expressway has its
starting point at Chand
Sarai village, located
near the existing Luc-
know-Sultanpur Road
(NH-731) in Lucknow
district. Its ending
point is near village Hy-
deria on NH-19 in Ghaz-
ipur district, about 18
km before the UP-Bihar
border. It has service
road, toll plazas on the
carriageway at the be-
ginning and end points
of the expressway,
ramp plazas, with fa-
cilities such as police
vehicles, cattle catcher
vehicles and ambulanc-
es deployed.
This fully access-con-
trolled six-lane express-
way can be upgraded to
8 lanes. The districts
falling on the express-
way are Lucknow, Bara-
banki, Amethi, Sultan-
pur, Ayodhya, Ambed-
kar Nagar, Azamgarh,
Mau and Ghazipur.
Access to the express-
way has been provided
at 13 locations through
interchange facility.It
provides benefits like
fuel-saving, time saving
and Control in pollution
level, along with reduc-
tion in accidents.
Already, small estab-
lishments have started
coming up at ramp pla-
zas, mid-way stoppage
points to cater to the
travellers. Both the pas-
sengers and residents
of areas adjacent to the
expressway are awe-
struck at the marvel of
road engineering which
was completed well be-
fore the deadline.
E-way goes through nine UP districts
’
Crowd waves on the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the much-awaited inaugural function of Purvanchal Expressway in
Sultanpur on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd during the inaugural event of Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur on Tuesday. He was accompanied by Governor
Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and State BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh.
Majestic airshow by fighter aircraft
marks opening of Purvanchal Expressway
“During previous govts, there was ‘no
raah, only raahjani”.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
CRUCIAL READ
CHILDREN OF MARGINALISED SOCIETY GIVEN
FREE METRO RIDE; KIDS MAKE PAINTINGS
TEENAGE GIRL ABSCONDING FROM HOME
FOUND HANGING FROM TREE IN BIJNOR
Lucknow: Lucknow Metro in collaboration with ‘Donate
a Coin Society’ celebrated the Children’s Day with the
children hailing from marginalised strata of society.
Being celebrated as pre-cursor to ‘Azaadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ and post celebration event to ‘Çhildren’s Day’,
Lucknow Metro offered free metro ride to 21 children
from Sachivalay Metro Station to Badshah Nagar Metro
station. As a token of gratitude towards Lucknow Metro,
the children drew beautiful paintings of the metro and
expressed their happiness by singing a song for it.
Bijnor: A teenage girl who had run away from home
after being scolded by her parents on a trivial issue, was
found hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field by the
police.Dharamveer Singh, Bijnor Superintendent of Police
(SP), said the girl was around 17 or 18 years old. A miss-
ing complaint was lodged by her parents at the Nagina
police station on Sunday night and her body was found
on Monday. Her family claimed that she had taken some
jewellery and cash with her. However, nothing was found
at the spot, the SP said.
KIN PROTEST IN
DEMAND OF ACTION
ON RAPE ACCUSED
Meerut: Family mem-
bers of the girl who was
raped and murdered
in a marriage home in
Bhawanpur area, blocked
Garr Road and protested
demanding the arrest of
marriage home bounc-
ers and other accused.
Police said locals and
family members of the
deceased girl protested
for stringent actions
against the accused. One
police constable was
taken into the custody in
the matter.
2 HOME GUARDS
KILLED IN ROAD
ACCIDENT
Hardoi: Two home-
guards died on the spot
when a speeding car
rammed their bike head
on at Katra Bhillor high-
way, when they were re-
turning home after duty
in Mallawa police station.
Police said Tulsiram and
Awdhesh Kumar were
returning home after
duty in Mallawa police
station when a speeding
car rammed their motor-
bike near Khemipur Inter
College at Katra bhillor
highway.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The worsen-
ingsituationof airpollu-
tion has the Municipal
Corporationtakeactions
against owners of under
construction buildings
who had not put green
sheets around the area
as well as against those
who had kept building
materials in open or
blocking roads/ side-
walks.
Municipal Commis-
sioner Ajay Kumar
Dwivedi had also in-
structed the officials to
takeactionagainstthose
who burn garbage in the
open under relevant sec-
tions of the Municipal
Corporation Act along
with imposing fine of
them.
Followingtheorderof
the Municipal Commis-
sioner various actions
were taken by all the
city engineers / zonal of-
ficers.
In Zone 1, a fine of 0Rs
2,500werecollectedfrom
those found flouting the
rules and debris from
the roads were removed.
In Zone 2, a fine of Rs.
7,000werecollectedfrom
the builders and notices
were issued to remove
debris weighing 35
tonnes from the roads.
InZone3,noticeswere
given to remove debris
weighing 30 tonnes from
various areas under the
zone while in zone 4, no-
tices to remove about 21
tonnes of debris from
the road were issued
alongwithfinesamount-
ing to Rs 24,800 issued
against erring builders.
InZone5,noticeswere
issued to erring builders
to remove 9 tonnes of de-
bris in the vicinity of
Technical High School
as well as other areas.
In Zone 6, notices were
issued against building
owners for lifting about
24 tonnes of debris from
various areas under the
zone while in Zone 7, no-
tices were issued to re-
move 12.25 tonnes of de-
bris in various areas as
well as fines amounting
toRs3,000werecollected.
In Zone 8, Rs 8,000 was
levied and notice issued
toremove12.10tonnesof
debris from areas falling
under the zone.
On Tuesday
, water
was sprinkled with the
help of mechanical road
sweeping and tankers in
areas where dense smog
was reported.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as cus-
tody death of a youth
Altaf in Kasganj has
snowballed into a major
controversy the de-
ceased father Chand Mi-
yan sent a letter to the
chief minister Yogi Adi-
tayanth on November 15
demanding CBI investi-
gation in the case. The
father has also said that
body of his son be ex-
humed and second post
mortembeconductedby
a team of doctors from
AIIMS to ascertain the
cause of death.
Altaf died in police
custody on November 9
and the police had then
claimed that he had
committed suicide in
the toilet of the police
station. Chand Miyan,
however, in his letter
has said that Kasganj
police were responsible
for the murder of his
son who was picked up
from his home on No-
vember 8 in connection
with the disappearance
of a minor girl from oth-
er community
. The po-
lice then told Chand Mi-
yanthatAltaf wasbeing
taken for interrogation
but on November 9 eve-
ning he was informed
about his suicide.
ChandMiyanhasalso
threatened to resort to
hunger strike if his de-
mands were not accept-
ed with in a week. In his
letter he said the police
registered FIR against
his after his death. He
said a fake case was
lodged against him and
he was killed in custody
.
Meanwhile, the miss-
ing girl was recovered
last Sunday and her
statement has been re-
corded. Her father has
also moved an applica-
tion for the possession
of his daughter.
Construction norms violators fined by LMC
NO TO POLLUTION
A construction site being cleared of debris.
Woman’s
headless
body found
in Amroha
UP scales up fight against Zika
First India Bureau
Amroha: A mutilated
body of an unidentified
40-yr-old woman was
found in Dhekala vil-
lage, under Adampur
police circle in Amroha
district.
The woman’s head
was found about 50
yards from the body in a
field on Monday
. Her
head had been severed
with a sword recovered
from the spot where the
body was found.
ccording to police, three
names – Sumitra, Rahul
and Titu – were tattooed
on the woman’s hand in
Devanagari script.
Vinay Kumar, Adam-
purstationhouseofficer
(SHO) said, “Police have
registeredacaseagainst
unidentified assailant
under relevant sections.
The deceased is yet to be
identified.The police
have recovered a sword
from the spot with
which she was probably
beheaded. We are trying
to identify her with the
help of social platforms
and other means on the
basis of the three names
written on her hand.”
Kasganj custodial death:Victim’s father
demands CBI probe, fresh autopsy
PRESSURE LED TO FIR
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Scaling up
preventive measures to
eliminate the spread of
Zika virus, the Uttar
Pradesh government
has intensified compre-
hensive surveillance
and has initiated door-
stepsurveysthroughout
the state to bring down
transmission levels.
Under the stringent
containment mecha-
nism implemented by
the state government to
check Zika spread, the
health workers are car-
rying out the extensive
exercise of mass-scale
sanitisation, state-wide
surveillance drives,
spraying of anti-larva
chemicals, fogging and
cleanliness drives.
The health workers
have been paying door-
to-door visits to identify
patients with viral fe-
ver, vector-borne dis-
eases and with other
symptoms. The author-
ities are also working to
create awareness on
preventative measures
to curb Zika with the
help of posters.
Apart from ensuring
proper arrangements
for treatment of pa-
tients infected with
Zika virus at govern-
ment hospitals, CM
Yogi Adityanath has
also made it compulso-
ry for private hospitals
to provide treatment to
patients infected with
Zika virus and the cases
of fever are being mon-
itored via the integrat-
ed command centre to
ensure there is no panic
for Zika and dengue.
It is noteworthy that
since the confirmation
of the state’s first case
of ZikavirusonOctober
22, the UP government
is carrying out strict
testing of samples at a
largescaletoremovethe
risk of any further
spread at KGMU.
As a result of the effi-
cient screening, testing
and containment mea-
sures implemented by
the state government,
the Zika test positivity
rate in places like Kan-
pur and Kannauj is re-
cording a consistent
and steady decline.
In pursuance of the
directives issued by CM
Yogi, over 73,000 sur-
veillance committees
and the ASHA workers
have also been visiting
households for screen-
ing, tracing patients
showing viral symp-
toms, fever and influen-
za-like illness (ILI).
9 fresh Covid cases
in last 24-hour
Meanwhile, coronavi-
rus cases have fallen
sharply in UP since the
devastating months at
the start of the year.
The Active Caseload
has reduced to 99 push-
ing the Recovery Rate
up to a remarkable 98.8
per cent.
The fresh and active
cases in 45 districts of
the state have declined
to zero. The most popu-
lous state has conduct-
ed over 1,21,074 tests in
last 24 hours out of
which merely 9 samples
tested positive. Eight
patients also recovered
at the same time.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a shock-
ing incident of barbaric
crime, a 10-month-old
girl was allegedly raped
by the domestic help of
a family in Saadatganj
area here.
The infant has been
admitted to KGMU
paediatric surgery de-
partment. According to
the doctors, the girl is
severely injured as the
brutal act has damaged
her genitalia, including
the vagina and anal
canal.
The infant was bru-
tally raped by the ac-
cused identified as Sun-
ny Kumar, an 18-year-
old boy who worked as
a domestic help in the
girl’s family
.
SHO, Saadatganj,
Brijesh Kumar Yadav,
said the incident took
place on Sunday, when
the girl’s mother heard
the cries of her baby,
while she was working
in her kitchen.
On hearing the cries,
sheimmediatelyrushed
to the bedroom but was
startled to see the do-
mestic help in an objec-
tionable state, following
which she tried con-
fronting Sunny but he
fled the spot.
However, the police
arrested the accused
from Saadatganj on
Monday. A case has
also been registered
against him for rape,
sexual assault and un-
der sections of the
POCSO Act.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Sec-
retary Rajendra Ku-
mar Tiwari chaired a
meetingof theProject
Monitoring Group on
Tuesdaytoreviewthe
updated progress of
Smart City Scheme,
Amrit Yojna, Nama-
mi Gange Yojana and
Metro projects.
Taking note of the
less than expected
progress in the target
set for Smart City
plan, the CS called for
explanation of the
samefromtherespon-
sible officers of the
municipal corpora-
tions. He directed the
Divisional Commis-
sioners to closely su-
pervise the works of
the Smart City and
ensure that the tar-
gets set month-wise
are met.
Fumigation is being done in city areas. —FILE PHOTO
CLOSE MONITORING
10 month-old raped by
18-yr-old domestic help
CS reviews progress
of Smart City works
State Govt has
intensified
comprehensive
surveillance
Health workers
go on door-to-
door mass
sanitisation
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A one-day
workshopwasorganised
fortheall-rounddevelop-
ment of silk industry
in the state and acquain-
tance with the latest
technology/schemes to
increase the income of
farmers, at the Indira
Gandhi Pratishthan on
Tuesday
.
Theworkshopinaugu-
rated by Secretary/Di-
rector, Silk, Narendra
SinghPatelwasattended
by150personnel,officers
and 600 stake holders
from 40 districts of the
state.
In his address Patel
said while 3,000 metric
tonnes of silk threads
are being consumed by
the state only 300 metric
tonnes are being pro-
duced, with the rest hav-
ing to be imported. He
added that various steps
are being taken to make
the state self-dependent
insilkproductionwhich
will decrease the need
for import and entail the
direct benefits to the
f ar mers/silkwor m
growers and weavers.
He further said farm-
ers can earn close to tri-
ple of what they earn by
producing silk through
traditionalwaysbyshift-
ing to sericulture.
‘Steps being taken to make UP
self-reliant in silk production’
CS RK Tiwari chairing the
meet on Tuesday.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: A youngster
committed suicide by
consuming acid due to
brutality of his uncle
andauntinMaqbaracol-
ony under Gwaltoli po-
lice station area. A sui-
cide note was recovered
near the body in which
heaccusedhisuncleand
aunt for his death.
Police said Monish
(25) son of Fakhuddin
committed suicide by
consuming acid due to
brutality of his uncle
and aunt. He was
rushed to the hospital
in serious condition
where he scummed
during treatment.
InthesuicidenoteMo-
nish has accused his un-
cle Shahabuddina and
aunt Rukhsana for his
extremestep.Policehave
registered case against
both accused on com-
plaint of grandmother
of deceased.
In her complaint it
was mentioned that ac-
cused had beaten Mon-
ish a few days back and
Monish had called po-
lice for help. Police had
warned Shahabuddin
and Rukhasana.
Youth kills self accusing
uncle, aunt of torture
Secretary and Director Silk, Narendra Singh Patel inaugurating
the event.

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How BSF’s stretched footprint is
politically significant for Bengal
The state government
decided to bring a
resolution in the Assembly
against the extension of
the BSF’s jurisdiction on
November 16, taking a cue
from the Congress
government in Punjab.
TMC’s apprehensions
stem from the fact that the
directive will bring nearly
one-third of West Bengal,
which shares
global borderlines with
Bangladesh, Bhutan and
Nepal, under the direct
jurisdiction of the BSF
he major amendment in the
statute of the BSF extending
the force’s area of jurisdic-
tion to 50 km from the inter-
national borders with Paki-
stan and Bangladesh in Pun-
jab, Rajasthan, West Bengal
and Assam has created po-
litical heartburn in the
states especially ruled by
non-BJP parties.
The new rule gives BSF an
ambit increase of 35 km from
the existing limit of 15 km in-
side the border and will effec-
tively ensure that almost one-
third of West Bengal, espe-
cially crucial areas in north
Bengal, will come under the
searchlights of the force.
West Bengal has the long-
est and reportedly the most
“porous” global borders. The
state also shares a 2216-km-
long border with Bangladesh
and a 100-km border with Ne-
pal and a 183-long km border
with Bhutan.
This will also have a huge
impact in strategic towns
like Siliguri (in the north)
which is one of the most im-
portant cities after Kolkata
in West Bengal as Siliguri is
also considered to be the
gateway to the entire north-
eastern part of the country
and also Bhutan and Nepal.
Opposition parties have
been watching this develop-
ment closely and haven’t
taken this new law at face
value.
“The expansion of
#BSF area of jurisdic-
tion up to 50 km from
the border of some
states amounts to bra-
zen infringement upon the
territory of states. @HMOIn-
dia, you should not indulge
any ‘Chherkhani’ else will
face the consequences,”
tweeted Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury, leader of the
Congress party in the Lok
Sabha.
“This is simply infringing
upon the sovereign rights of
the state. There are allega-
tions of links between BSF
and smugglers. To let them
increase their area of opera-
tion would be suicidal. The
state should oppose this,”
said Saugata Roy, TMC MP.
Most of North Bengal com-
ing under BSF’s purview is
also seen as a politically sen-
sitive development, as the
region is becoming an in-
tense political hotbed with
the BJP focussing closely on
the region as it is doing rela-
tively better in the area than
rest of Bengal which was wit-
nessed especially in the re-
cently held crucial Assembly
elections earlier this year.
Apart from several BJP
leaders giving a clarion call
for a separate statehood of
north Bengal, this region
also got a shot in the arm fol-
lowing the Centre’s during
the reshuffle in June.
FourMPsfromthestategot
a ministerial berth with two
of them from north Bengal.
The party recently also chose
an MP from north Bengal, Su-
kanta Majumdar, as its state
unit president! Thus giving
more impetus to the region.
In his bid to defend the de-
cision on BSF’s jurisdiction,
minister Nisith Pramanik
had said, “All of us know that
north Bengal is located in
chicken’s neck (the area
where the width of the Indian
sub-continent is the thinnest
and perched between Nepal
and Bangladesh). We have
four international borders
here and this decision (of ex-
tending BSF’s jurisdiction)
can help in bolstering secu-
rity of the region.”
Even as the Union minister
of state tried to pass on a mes-
sage that people living in the
concerned area will not face
any problems following the
jurisdiction order, local peo-
ple continue to live in appre-
hension that their trade
might get affected if the
force imposes fresh re-
strictions across the
new area of jurisdic-
tion. Hundreds of
trucksandgoodscar-
riagevehiclesmeant
for Bangladesh are parked in
this area and innumerable
small traders, who depend on
the border trade, run their
units along the stretches
which run up to the border. It
isstillnotknownif suchfresh
rules on jurisdiction might af-
fect them also.
Meanwhile, the TMC has
decided to raise strong objec-
tions over the new BSF juris-
diction rule in the Winter ses-
sionof Parliamentastheissue
has become a new flashpoint
between the West Bengal gov-
ernment and the Centre.
The TMC sees a political
motivebehindthemovewhich
will allow the BSF to conduct
searchandarrestsdeepinside
the state’s territory with the
purpose of protecting India’s
international borders from il-
legal encroachments and
cross-border crimes.
“It interferes with the po-
lice’s responsibility of main-
taining law and order in the
state and also violates the
federal structure of our
country,” TMC Lok Sabha
leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay
said, adding that the party,
according to instructions
from chief Mamata Baner-
jee, would raise the issue in
both houses of Parliament in
the Winter session starting
from November 29.
The state government de-
cided to bring a resolution in
the Assembly against the ex-
tension of the BSF’s jurisdic-
tion on November 16, taking
a cue from the Congress gov-
ernment in Punjab.
TMC’sapprehensionsstem
from the fact that the direc-
tive will bring nearly one-
third of West Bengal, which
shares global borderlines
with Bangladesh, Bhutan
and Nepal, under the direct
jurisdiction of the BSF.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The new rule gives BSF an
ambit increase of 35
km from the existing
limit of 15 km inside
the border and will
effectively ensure that
almost one-third of West
Bengal, especially
crucial areas in north
Bengal, will come under
the searchlights of the force
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Anyone who is steady in his
determination for the advanced
stage of spiritual realization
and can equally tolerate the
onslaughts of distress and
happiness is certainly a person
eligible for liberation.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Vice President of India
@VPSecretariat
Hearty congratulations to all the friends
associated with the media on the
occasion of National Press Day. You
have an important role in educating
the public with correct, fair, authentic
and timely information, it is also
necessary for a healthy democracy.
#NationalPressDay
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
I thank PM @NarendraModi ji for
institutionalising role of auditing
in nation-building, by marking the
first #AuditDiwas. The CAG’s role
in strengthening transparency &
accountability in governance is
paramount. The institution’s legacy
must be protected & improved.
TOP TWEETS
SC COLLEGIUM BACKS
GAY ADVOCATE FOR
JUDGESHIP, WILL
CENTRE GIVE ITS NOD
fter inducting the
maximum number of
women judges in the
SupremeCourt,Chief
Justice of India NV
Ramana is likely to leave another
legacy
. The Supreme Court’s col-
legiumheadedbytheCJIhasrec-
ommended senior advocate Sau-
rabh Kirpal, a gay
, for appoint-
ment as a judge of the Delhi High
Court. Saurabh Kirpal is openly
gay
. His name has been recom-
mended for judgeship after being
deferred for four years. When the
SCcollegiumforwardedhisname
to Central government in 2017, it
was rejected over his gay partner
beingaSwisshumanrightsactiv-
ist. How will the Centre treat the
recommendation this time re-
mains to be seen.
Centre’s stand on homosexual-
ity is no secret. It has been op-
posedtotherepealof Section377,
which the Court declared uncon-
stitutional in 2018. The Court di-
rected the government to create
public awareness about homo-
sexualitynotbeingacrime.Same
sex marriage is still not recog-
nized. The government’s argu-
ment is that a “spouse” means
either a husband or wife.
A
ttar Pradesh took
the expressway to
development with
PM Narendra
Modi inaugurat-
ing the Purvanchal Express-
way
. Together with Lucknow-
Agra and the Yamuna Ex-
pressways the Purvanchal
Expressway puts UP on the
threshold of becoming one
of the states with excellent
road connectivity. Other ex-
pressways—Bundelkhand,
Ganga and Eastern Periph-
eral Expressways—which
are in the making will pro-
vide further impetus to
growth and reduce regional
imbalances. Like the Agra
and Yamuna expressways,
Purvanchal has also been
constructed keeping in mind
future defence needs and is
built to specifications to fa-
cilitate take-off and landing
of IAF’s aircraft.
Irrespective of Samajwadi
Party claiming credit for ini-
tiating Purvanchal E-way,
the project will always be
known for government
which completed it. The pos-
itive takeaway is that devel-
opment projects conceived
of by any Opposition-ruled
government are not junked.
Besides catalyzing the
state’s development, the
event, which comes a few
months before elections, will
also push issues like infla-
tion and other inconvenienc-
es into the background. Bet-
ter road connectivity and the
hope for a better future
should outweigh the impact
of other issues. Thanks to
PM Modi and CM Yogi, UP is
able to dream of a developed
state tag. The Central and
state governments, being of
the same party, have perfect
understanding and that is
what makes them a “double
engine ki sarkar”. This was
not the case earlier when the
Centre and state were ruled
by political parties pulling in
different directions. That ef-
fectively stalled the state’s
progress pushing it into the
BIMARU category where it
languished for a long time.
POLITICS CAN WAIT,
UP TAKES E-WAY TO PROGRESS
The Central and state
governments, being of the
same party, have
perfect understanding
and that is what makes
them a “double engine
ki sarkar”
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INDIA
05
Mumbai: Keeping the
controversy cauldron
bubbling, actor Kanga-
na Ranaut on Tuesday
claimed Subhas Chan-
dra Bose and Bhagat
Singh got no support
from Mahatma Gandhi
and went on to mock his
mantra of ahimsa by
saying that offering an-
other cheek gets you
“bheek” not freedom.
Inmakingthe“bheek”
comment, Ranaut
wound the clock back to
last week when she
described In-
dia’sIndepend-
ence as
“bheek”, or
alms, and de-
clared that
freedom came
in 2014, when the Modi
govt came to power.
In a series of posts on
Instagram, Ranaut this
time targeted Mahatma
Gandhiandsaid“choose
your heroes wisely”.
The “Manikarnika”
actor, still in the eye of
the proverbial storm for
her comments, today
shared an old news clip-
ping headlined “Gan-
dhi, others had agreed
to hand over Netaji”.
The report claimed
that Gandhi, along with
Nehru and Jinnah,
came to an agreement
with a British judge
that they would hand
Bose over if he were to
enter the country
.
“Either you are a Gan-
dhifanorNetajisupport-
er. You can’t be both...
Choose and decide,”
Ranaut, whose Twitter
account has been sus-
pended, captioned the
news clipping.
In another post,
Ranaut, who has court-
ed many a controversy
with her incendiary
and provocative state-
ments, then claimed,
“Those who fought for
the freedom were ‘hand-
ed over’ to their masters
by those who had no
courage burning/ boil-
ing hot blood to fight
their oppressors but
they were power hun-
gry and cunning.”
She then went on to
target Gandhi, even
claiming that there was
evidence suggesting he
wanted Bhagat Singh to
be hanged.
“Those are the ones
who taught us, ‘If some-
one slaps you offer an-
other cheek for one
more slap’ and that is
how you will get Aazadi.
That’s not how one gets
Aazadi, one can only get
bheekhlikethat.Choose
your heros wisely(sic),”
the 34-year-old actor
said. —PTI
‘Offering another cheek gets ‘bheek’ not freedom’
GANDHI UNDER ATTACK
Either you are a Gandhi fan or
Netaji supporter. You can’t be
both... Choose and decide.
—Kangana Ranaut, Actor
CRUCIAL READ
TMC LEADERS
GRANTED BAIL IN
NARADA SCAM
Kolkata: Kolkata city
sessions court on
Tuesday granted interim
bail to West Bengal
Transport Minister
Firhad Hakim, TMC
leader Madan Mitra,
and Ex-Mayor Sovan
Chatterjee in the Narada
scam on the bond of
`20,000. The next date
for them to appear
physically is January
28. Earlier on May 10,
Bengal Governor had
sanctioned the prosecu-
tion of Firhad Hakim,
Subrata Mukherjee,
Madan Mitra and Sovan
Chatterjee in Narada
scam being probed by
the CBI. —ANI
KERALA HC: BOOZE
SMELL NOT PROOF
OF INTOXICATION
Kochi: The Kerala High
Court on Monday ruled
that alcohol consump-
tion in private places
does not constitute
an offence, as long as
it does not cause any
nuisance in the public,
the Bar and Bench
reported. The court
also observed that the
mere smell of alcohol
does not mean that the
person was intoxicated
or under the influence
of alcohol. —Agencies
JHUNJHUNWALA
AIRLINE’S ORDERS
72 BOEING 737S
Dubai: Akasa Air on
Tuesday placed an order
for 72 Boeing 737 MAX
jets, valued at nearly $9
billion at list prices - a
deal that could help the
US planemaker regain
lost ground in one of the
world’s most promising
markets. The order by
billionaire investor Rake-
sh Jhunjhunwala-backed
airline comes months
after air safety regulator
allowed the country’s
airlines to fly the MAX jet,
ending its nearly two and
a half years of regulatory
grounding after two fatal
crashes in five months
killed 346 people.
—Agencies
HEARING ON NEET
RESERVATION ISSUE
LIKELY ON NOV 24
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court deferred
hearing on a peti-
tion filed against the
implementation of 27
per cent reservation
for Other Backward
Classes (OBC) and 10
per cent reservation for
Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS) in
NEET. The top court is
likely to hear the matter
next on November 24.
NEET PG counseling
for 50% AIQ seats was
scheduled to begin
from October 25, 2021.
However, MCC had
postponed the dates of
NEET PG counseling
2021. —Agencies
DRUGS-ON-CRUISE CASE: NCB ASKED TO
APPROACH PUNE COURT TO EXAMINE GOSAVI
Mumbai: The Special Narcotic Drugs and Psy-
chotropic Substances (NDPS) Court, Mumbai on
Monday disposed of the Narcotics Control Bu-
reau’s (NCB) plea for
recording statement
of KP Gosavi, who is a
witness in the drugs-
on-cruise case and was
arrested by Pune Police
in a cheating case. The
court said that Gosavi
is “technically” in judicial custody of another court
and the NCB should approach that court (Pune
court) for it. —ANI
COLLABORATION STRONG TERM: TOP
COURT ON ZAKIA JAFRI’S SIT CHARGE
New Delhi: The top court on Tuesday objected to
Zakia Jafri, widow of Congress MP Ehsan Jafri,
who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots - alleging
“collaboration” between
the SIT and some of
the accused, including
the then Gujarat CM
Narendra Modi, given a
clean chit. “Collabora-
tion is a strong term for
a SIT constituted by the
court,” a three-member bench of Justices AM Khan-
wilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar said in
reply to senior advocate Kapil Sibal. —Agencies
KCVENUGOPAL:THE‘GENERAL’OF
CONGRESSGENERALSECRETARIES!
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Several
questions were raised
about former Congress
President Rahul Gan-
dhi’s decision to give a
‘major’ promotion to,
Kerala resident & RS MP
from Rajasthan, KC
Venugopal and appoint-
ed him as organisation’s
general secretary in
place of Ashok Gehlot.
Till that time all mem-
bers of AICC did not
even know KC. He him-
self was not familiar
with people and office
bearers associated with
party organisation
across the country. His
scope was also very lim-
ited & there was no spe-
cial recognition about
himeveninDelhimedia.
So, from time of his ap-
pointment, this decision
was under question.
After this appoint-
ment, Venugopal did not
even contest the 2019
Lok Sabha elections, in
which Congress lost for
the second time in a row.
Although it is true
that the Congress per-
formed very well in his
home state of Kerala
and Rahul himself
reached Lok Sabha from
there. Despite this, peo-
ple’s perception about
Venugopal did not
change. But in last two
years, he has gradually
consolidated his posi-
tion and has taken hold
of party organisation.
This happened since he
may have been appoint-
ed by Rahul, but he also
managed to win trust of
Sonia and Priyanka.
Continued support of
the trio made him an ac-
ceptable face among
Congress leaders.
Recently, Venugopal
played an active role in
handling the crisis in
two Congress-ruled
states - Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh - and re-
mained active even dur-
ing the Punjab crisis. So,
it can be said that in the
last one year, he has
played an important role
in resolving the crisis in
the Congress ruled
states. He continued to
act as a bridge for state
governments&organisa-
tion on behalf of Sonia,
Rahul & Priyanka which
hasfurtherstrengthened
his position.
Now he is being called
the ‘General Secretary
of the General Secretar-
ies’ within the party.
Earlier this system used
to work in Congress that
the General Secretary
of the party was in di-
rect contact with the
party President. The
general secretary in
charge of the states also
gave their report to the
president and their feed-
back was most impor-
tant in the politics of the
states. KC Venugopal,
who came to be known
as KCV in the last two
years, is now link be-
tween General Secretar-
ies and President and
former President. That
is, if any general secre-
tary has to meet Sonia
or Rahul, then it is hap-
pening through KCV &
he is also present in
every such meetings. In
fact, Congress leaders
say that he has not be-
come Ahmed Patel and
may not be able to be-
come one, but his posi-
tion in the organisation
is not weaker than that
of Patel.
PARTY’S CRISIS
MANAGER
Recently, Venugopal
played an active role in
handling the crisis in two
Congress-ruled states of
Rajasthan & Chhattisgarh
and remained active even
during Punjab crisis. So,
it can be said that in the
last 1 year, he played an
important role in resolving
crisis in Cong-ruled states.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi with general secretary
KC Venugopal and party leader Rahul Gandhi. —FILE PHOTO
WB Assembly passes resolution against
Centre’s move to expand BSF jurisdiction
Kolkata: The West
Bengal Assembly on
Tuesday passed a reso-
lution against the Cen-
tre’s decision to extend
BSF’s jurisdiction,
amid opposition by BJP
legislators.
Bengal became the
second state after Pun-
jab where such a resolu-
tion has been tabled and
passed.
The resolution was
moved by state parlia-
mentaryaffairsminister
Partha Chatterjee under
Rule 169 of the Proce-
dures of Conduct of
Business of the House.
“We demand that this
decision be withdrawn
immediately as enhanc-
ing the area of jurisdic-
tion of the BSF is a di-
rect attack on the coun-
try’s federal structure,”
he said.
Unruly scenes were
witnessed in the House
during the day after
TMC MLA Udayan
Guha made a remark
that raised eyebrows.
“A child living in a
border area can never
be patriotic if he wit-
nesses his mother being
i n a p p r o p r i a t e l y
touched under the garb
of body search by the
BSF,” Guha said.
BJP MLAs opposed
theremarkanddemand-
ed that it be expunged.
Speaker Biman Ba-
nerjee, however, re-
frained from expunging
Guha’s comment.
Leader of the Opposi-
tion Suvendu Adhikari
said the kind of lan-
guage used against a
forceliketheBSFiscom-
pletely unacceptable.
“When the Union
government tries to
withdraw central forc-
es from Junglemahal, it
is the state government
that opposes the move.
And now, the same gov-
ernment is opposing
BSF activities. Under
this new rule (jurisdic-
tion extension), there
is no question of con-
flict between the state
police and the BSF,”
Adhikari stated.
The resolution was
passed with 112 voting
in favour of it and 63 op-
posing it.
The BJP-led central
governmenthadamend-
ed the BSF Act to au-
thorise the force to un-
dertake search, seizure
and arrest within a
larger 50 km stretch, in-
stead of 15 km, from the
international border in
Punjab, West Bengal
and Assam. —PTI
“BSF JAWANS
TOUCH WOMEN
INAPPROPRIATELY
DURING CHECKS”
New Delhi: Chaos erupted at the West
Bengal assembly after Trinamool Con-
gress legislator Udayan Guha accused
personnel of the Border Security Force
(BSF) of inappropriately touching women
while searching them during border
movement. The Dinhata MLA further said
that no matter how much the personnel
chanted ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, they were
not patriotic. Guha made the statement
during a discussion on the Centre’s deci-
sion to extend the BSF’s jurisdiction up to
50km inside the international border.
—Agencies
You can criticise the
decision. You can say
the duty of the police
will be hampered and
if it is true, we will
appeal to the Centre
but what some lead-
ers spoke about BSF,
a force that relentless-
ly works to save our
borders, is very un-
fortunate and people
of India will hear
what opinion the
leaders have about
the forces.
—Suvendu Adhikari,
Leader of Opposition
A GREEN PEDAL
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya arrives on a cycle to inaugurate the Health Pavilion at
India International Trade Fair 2021, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Body of
Maoist leader
found two
days after
Gadchiroli Op
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The body
of a Maoist leader
was recovered from
the encounter site two
days after the encoun-
ter between security
personnel and the Mao-
ists in Maharashtra’s
Gadchiroli.
According to a senior
Home Ministry official,
the commander has
been identified as
Sukhlal Parchaki, who
was carrying a reward
of 25 lakh.
“With this, the num-
ber of Maoists killed in
theencounterreached,”
he added.
Earlier, on November
13, an encounter took
place at the Gyarapatti
forest of Korchi Tehsil
in the Gadchiroli dis-
trict. The police have
recovered the bodies of
26 Maoists. —ANI

INDIA
06
Siddhaarth Mahan
Jaipur: Jaipur will wit-
ness the dawn of a new
era in Indian Cricket
as Rohit Sharma
takes over the reins
of the team in the T20
format. The game with
New Zealand will begin
India’s tryst with ‘Split
Captaincy’.
It has been regarded
as a solution to India’s
cricketing ills for the
past few years. Be-
sides lessening
the burden
on Virat Kohli and en-
hancing the responsibil-
ityonRohitinwhiteball
cricket, it may well in-
fuse fresh ideas and en-
ergythataremuchneed-
edafterIndia’searlyexit
in the recent T20 World
Cup.
Rohitsurehasthecre-
dentials to revive the In-
dian team after its disas-
trous World Cup cam-
paign. On a personal
plane, Rohit is a calm,
laidback character. His
relaxed attitude was
ridiculed in the early
phase of his career but
once the ‘hitman’ un-
veiled his batting prow-
ess, critics were si-
lenced.
His calmness takes
pressure away from his
teammates, testified by
many players of Mum-
bai Indians, the side he
has led to five IPL titles.
When given a chance
to be India captain, Ro-
hit has done well in the
past. He ensured Indian
victories in 15 of the 19
T20 games and in 8 of 10
ODIs.
Moreover, under his
captaincy India not only
won the tri-nation Nida-
has Trophy but also the
Asia Cup in 2018 despite
the absence of several
senior players. Rohit
Sharma’s captaincy
will, of course, be very
differentfromViratwho
is a fierce competitor
and more emotionally
charged in all games. Vi-
ratKohli’shyper-aggres-
sion makes him an ex-
cellent cricketer but a
rather stressful captain.
SPLIT CAPTAINCY AND ROHIT SHARMA
LS Speaker Om Birla arrives in Shimla for Presiding Officers conference
PMTOINAUGURATE
MEETTODAY:BIRLA
Shimla: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Tuesday arrived in
Shimla for the Presid-
ing Officers conference
and he was accorded a
warm welcome by
Himachal Pradesh Gov-
ernor Rajendra
Vishwanath Arlekar on
his arrival at Raj
Bhavan.
The Conference will
be attended by the Dep-
uty Chairman of the
Rajya Sabha and the
presiding officers of all
the States and Union
Territories, added the
Lok Sabha speaker.
Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Jai
Ram Thakur will also
participate in the meet-
ing. Along with this,
many Union ministers
will also participate in
it. The Governor of
Himachal Pradesh will
conclude the confer-
ence, Birla said. —ANI
CRUCIAL READ
CAIT TO HOLD
PROTESTS IN 1,000
CITIES TODAY
New Delhi: The Confed-
eration of All India Trad-
ers said that it would
hold protests today
in around 1,000 cities
across nation over
drug peddling gang
using e-commerce sites
to supply marijuana.
Through protest, they
would request govt to
take cognizance of the
matter and take action.
5 RELATIVES OF
SUSHANT SINGH
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Patna: At least six
people were killed and
four injured in a road
accident in Bihar’s Lakh-
isarai district on Tues-
day. Five of six deceased
were the relatives of late
Bollywood actor Sush-
ant Singh, sources said.
They were going Jamui
from Patna where they
went to attend last rites
of a relative.
MEALS AND MAGAZINES TO BE BACK ON ALL
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS: CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday
said it has allowed airlines to serve meals and also
permitted resumption of
magazine on all domestic
flights. The carriers had not
been allowed to serve meals
in flights, which have dura-
tion of less than two hours,
since April 15 due to the pandemic. The decision has
been taken as “Covid caseload” has reduced.
I hope, from the Shimla Conference, that in coming times, we will
strengthen the democratic institutions of the country and prepare an
action plan for 100 years in the Conference of Presiding Officers.
During this conference, we will formulate an action plan to deal
with the challenges that lie ahead of us over the course of 100 years.
—OM BIRLA, Lok Sabha Speaker

z Rohit Sharma
takes over the
reins of the team
in the T20 for-
mat in Jaipur

z The game
with New Zea-
land will begin
India’s tryst with
‘Split Captaincy’

z Rohit sure has
the credentials to
revive the Indian
team after its dis-
astrous World
Cup
Hardik Pandya clarifies
on seizure of his watches
Mumbai: Dismissing
reports of custom offi-
cials at Mumbai airport
seizing his luxury
watches worth Rs 5
crore, Indian all-round-
er Hardik Pandya on
Tuesday clarified that
‘he voluntarily went to
the Mumbai airport
customs counter to de-
clare the items brought
by him and pay the req-
uisite duty
.’
‘I had voluntarily de-
clared all the items that
I’d lawfully purchased
from Dubai and was
ready to pay whatever
duties that needed to be
paid. As a matter of
fact, the customs de-
partment had asked for
all the purchase docu-
ments which were sub-
mitted; however, cus-
toms is doing the valua-
tion for duty which I’ve
already confirmed to
pay,’ Pandya tweeted.
Hardik Pandya, who
was returning home
along with other Indian
players after India’s
exit from the ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup, also
claimed that the cost of
the watch is approxi-
mately Rs 1.5 crore and
not Rs 5 crore as per ru-
mours floating around
on social media. —ANI
The ways of empow-
ering the Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha and
State Legislative As-
sembly and Legisla-
tive Council would be
discussed. The rights
and responsibilities of
the presiding officers
will also be discussed
extensively in this
conference.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
will on Wednesday
inaugurate a meet-
ing of the National
presiding officers to
be held in Shimla on
November 17 and 18
to commemorate the
centennial year of the
AIPOC, the 82nd edi-
tion of the AIPOC.
POINTS TO BE
DISCUSSED
PM TO ADDRESS
EVENT TODAY
Shekhawat: Climate change
will impact water, food cycle
New Delhi: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Tuesday said climate
change will impact the
water cycle therefore
affect food security but
effective water conser-
vation is possible only
with community. ‘The
already felt impacts of
floods droughts are
definitely its footprints.
This will pose threat to
food security,” Shekha-
wat said at virtual ses-
sion on ‘Int’l Water Se-
curity, Climate Change
Conference 2021’. —ANI
HAR GHAR DASTAK
Mandaviya urges NGOs
to strengthen campaign
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya on
Tuesday discussed “Har
GharDastak”Covidvac-
cination campaign with
NGOs and CSOs and
sought their support to
strengthen the cam-
paign, urging them to
take it to every nook and
corner of the country
.
With the ‘Har Ghar
Dastak’ campaign, the
Centre is targeting to
complete maximum
single dose and second
dose adult COVID-19
vaccination in the
country. It was
launched on November
2 on occasion of Dhan-
wantari Diwas. —ANI
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
@mansukhmandviya
Interacted with NGO
and CSO of the coun-
try. Discussed how an
enhanced partnership
between the government
and these organisations
will strengthen our Har
Ghar Dastak vaccination
campaign. Our govern-
ment seeks support of the
organisations to take our
campaign to every nook
and corner of the country.
Mansukh Mandaviya holds meeting to discuss the strengthening
of PM’s ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign with NGOs, CSOs and the
Development partners, through VC in New Delhi on Tuesday.
US issues ‘Level
1’ travel notice to
India as cases dip
Washington: The US
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) has issued a ‘Lev-
el One’ Covid-19 notice
for Americans travel-
ling to India, saying the
risk of contracting the
infection and develop-
ing severe symptoms
may be lower if one is
fully vaccinated. The
travel health notice has
also been issued for Pa-
kistan. However, US
State Department is-
sued level two and three
travel advisories for In-
dia and Pakistan, say-
ing while citizens are
urged to reconsider
travel to Pakistan due
to terrorism and sec-
tarian violence, those
going to India must ex-
ercise increased cau-
tion due to crime ter-
rorism.—ANI
Nadda meets former bar assn
prez jailed during Emergency
Rudrapur: BJP Na-
tional President JP Na-
dda on Tuesday met the
former president of the
district bar association,
Subhash Chhabra who
was imprisoned during
the Emergency at his
residence in Rudrapur
districtof Uttarakhand.
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami, state
BJP chief Madan Kau-
shik and others were
also present. Nadda,
who is on a two-day trip
to Uttrakhand had in-
augurated the ‘Shaheed
Samman Yatra’ from
Chamoli on Monday.
BJP Prez is scheduled
to participate in several
meetings during his
trip, BJP chief spokes-
person Anil Baluni had
said in statement. —ANI
ED arrests IREO
Group’s Goyal
Chandigarh: ED has
arrested Lalit Goyal,
vice chairman and MD
of the real estate
group IREO, in con-
nection with a money
laundering case. Goy-
al has been taken into
custody under provi-
sions of PMLA by
central watchdog in
Chandigarh. —ANI
JP Nadda at a dialogue programme with Bengali society in Rudrapur.
Also seen here is Pushkar Singh Dhami, Madan Kaushik and others.
India faces more
challenges in the
face of climate
change because there is a
huge geographical diversity.
We have 18% share of world
population but only 4% of
water. Under ‘Jal Jeevan
Mission’, as many as 5.5
crore new connections have
been provided by the govt.
—GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT,
Union Jal Shakti Minister
CENTENARY
YEAR
CELEBRATIONS!
President Ram
Nath Kovind during
the centenary year
celebrations of the
Punjab Engineering
College in Chandigarh on
Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
RWANDA PRESIDENT KAGAME INVITES PM
MODI TO CHOGM SUMMIT IN KIGALI
New Delhi: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has
invited PM Narendra Modi to participate in next
CHOGM summit to be held
in his country in 2022, dur-
ing a call on him by MoS for
External Affairs V Muraleed-
haran in Kigali. Kagame also
spoke about the strategic
partnership between India and Rwanda and ex-
pressed his desire to work with India.
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Vipin
Singh Parmar welcomes Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Om Birla being welcomed by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Raj Bhavan in Shimla on Tuesday.
This is perfect time to blood Rohit about year
ahead of next T20 World Cup. With Rahul Dravid
driving team as Coach, Rohit could soon lead India
to an ICC title that has eluded them since 2013!
Rohit Sharma
Dawn of a glorious era for Indian Cricket?

NEWS
07
CONG’SMISERIES,CHALLENGESHOPEINBUNDELKHAND
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Till the
nineties, Congress
dominated in Bun-
delkhand, later SP and
BSP occupied this area.
But in the last assem-
bly elections, all the
seats here were cap-
tured by BJP. Now un-
der the leadership of
Priyanka Gandhi, the
Congress is trying hard
to regain its old politi-
cal stronghold.
According to the pro-
gram set earlier by the
Congress Party, Priyan-
ka Gandhi had to blow
the bugle of the Con-
gress party’s election
victory from Chitra-
koot, the holy land of
Lord Ram. Since Con-
gress strategists be-
lieve that Priyanka
Gandhi’s announce-
ment of giving 40 per
cent election tickets,
women have started
feeling a special con-
nection with her party
.
Therefore, prepara-
tions have been made
for the dialogue of the
Congress General Sec-
retary with a large
gathering of women at
Ramghat here. At the
same time, a plan has
also been prepared to
register the presence
of Priyanka Gandhi at
places of religious im-
portance to compete
with BJP’s religious
card. However, due to
health reasons, there
is a possibility of
some changes in the
schedule of this tour
of Priyanka.
Notably, in the year
2017, BJP had won all
the 19 assembly seats
in Bundelkhand re-
gion. In order to make
its inroads among the
voters of the land of
Bundela warriors, the
Congress has drawn up
several strategies.
Congress is focusing
especially on those
seats in this area where
the party’s position is
strong in its analysis;
these include Jhansi
Sadar, Garautha, Lalit-
pur Sadar seat, Orai,
Kalpi, Hamirpur, Ma-
hoba, Banda and Chi-
trakoot Sadar seat.
However, it is very
difficult to realize the
plan of Congress to get
success in Bun-
delkhand. According
to political analyst
Smiratmaj Mishra,
during the Mandal and
Mandir era of the nine-
ties, the SP-BSP and
BJP’s hold on Bun-
delkhand became
stronger, as a result of
which the traditional
voters of the Congress
shifted to these parties.
Now bringing them
back in its camp is the
biggest challenge of
the Congress. At the
same time, preventing
veteran regional lead-
ers from being separat-
ed from the party is
also no less than a
tough test for the Con-
gress, he added.
—FILE PHOTO
Kanpur police devise plan
to control organised crime
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: The Commis-
sionerate of Police,
Kanpur has come up
with new plans to tack-
le organised crime and
criminals. Police Com-
missioner Aseem Arun
has issued an order
which targets those in-
volved in the business
of gambling, betting,
drugs and illegal liquor
in the street as these
criminals are found
mostly involved in or-
ganised crime.
As per Commission-
er Aseem Arun, timely
action against these
criminals will bring
down the number of
crimes in the city. The
order by the Police
Commissioner has peo-
ple of Police Station,
Crime Branch, DCRB,
LIU and Social Media
Cell assigned various
tasks along with the
naming of Additional
Police Commissioner
Law and Order Akash
Kulhari as the nodal of-
ficer for the same.
The SHOs of various
police stations have
been instructed to ar-
rest all those criminals
against whom evidence
is available and ensure
that cameras are in-
stalled in places where
illegal incidents hap-
pen frequently, forma-
tion of teams to patrol
the area, identification
of history-sheeters and
active criminals as well
as take action against
such criminals under
the Gangster and Goon-
da Act. Instructions
have also been given to
ensure cancellation of
bail of active criminals
and counselling child
abusers with the help
of the family.
At the same time, the
crime branch has been
directed to identify the
gang’s network and
take action. The LIU
has been entrusted
with the responsibility
of sharing the informa-
tion with the Addition-
al Commissioner of
Police, law and order, as
well as rewarding and
thanking those who
provided information
to the social media cell.
Surveybeginstoidentifykin
whohavereturnedtoKairana
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Shamli
district administration
has decided to under-
take survey of “exodus”
of people in 2014 from
Kairana on law and or-
der issue. The adminis-
tration has planned to
enumerate the people
who had left the town
and then later get it
verified by the police.
The district magistrate
Shamli Jasjit Kaur said
that the administration
would conduct survey
from the beginning
whether there was any
migration from Kaira-
na in 2014 or not.
More than a week af-
ter Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath visited families
who were allegedly
forced out of Kairana in
Shamli district between
2014 and 2016, and prom-
ised them compensa-
tion and “security”, the
District Magistrate has
said that they have
started an exercise to
prepare a list of people
“who had left Kairana
because of the law and
order problem and have
now returned”.
In 2016, former BJP
MP Hukum Singh had
claimed that close to 350
Hindus had left under
threats from criminals
from Kairana, one of
the towns hit by the 2013
riots. Following this,
the Shamli district ad-
ministration had then
conducted a survey and
said that only three
families had left their
homes following al-
leged extortion threats.
On Sunday, Shamli
DM Jasjit Kaur said
that they would go
through the list of Hu-
kum Singh and the in-
quiry report prepared
by the district adminis-
tration then. “The cur-
rent survey will look
beyond the list pre-
pared by Hukum Sin-
gh,” said Kaur.
Shamli DM Jasjit Kaur
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The con-
troversy over the re-
marks made by Bolly-
wood actor Kangana
Ranaut that Independ-
ence in 1947 was given
as ‘alms’, has now
evoked a strong re-
sponse from seers. Lax-
mi Narayan Tripathi,
Acharya Mahaman-
daleshwar of the Kin-
nar Akhara, has termed
Ranaut’s statement as
“wrong”, while de-
manding an apology
from the actress to the
people of the country.
As per Tripathi, such a
statement regarding
the country’s independ-
ence is an insult to the
democracy and the con-
stitution. “So many
great freedom fighters
of the country have
shed their blood, par-
ticipated in satyagraha
and sacrificed every-
thing they had in their
life so that the country
was freed from the slav-
ery of the British. Kan-
gana’s statement is an
insult to the freedom
fighters of the coun-
try,” the head of the
Kinnar Akhara said.
Tripathi also said that
it is not polite to use
abusive words, whether
intended or unintend-
ed, regarding the coun-
try’s freedom.
Kinnar Akhara slams Kangana’s remark, seeks apology
‘AZAADI’ REMARKS
Workers protesting against Kangana Ranaut in Agra.
Ex-MLA booked for
kidnapping, extortion
Moradabad: Former
MLA DP Yadav booked
for kidnapping, extor-
tion Former MP D.P.
Yadav has been booked
by the Uttar Pradesh
Police under charges of
kidnapping, forgery,
and extortion charges.
The new case comes
days after Yadav was
acquitted by the Uttara-
khand HC in a murder
case. Police said an FIR
was registered at the
civil lines police station
against D.P. Yadav, for-
mer Thakurdwara
MLA Vijay Yadav, and
four others in the direc-
tion of the CJM court.
Civil Lines inspector
Ravindra Pratap Singh
said the FIR was lodged
by Delhi Road resident,
Anil Tomar, who has al-
leged that D.P. Yadav,
Vijay Yadav, and four
others ‘kidnapped’ him
from the civil lines area
and demanded Rs 10
crore to release him.
They also threatened to
kill him. The inspector
said that the FIR has
been registered under
Indian Penal Code sec-
tions 420 (cheating), 467
(forgery), 364 (kidnap-
ping for ransom), and
384 (extortion) among
others. He said that the
matter was being inves-
tigated and further ac-
tion would be taken ac-
cordingly
.
Dist Election Officer
chairs workshop of
BLO/AERO in IGP
Lucknow: District
Election Officer Ab-
hishek Prakash on
Tuesday chaired a
workshop of BLO/
Supervisor/AERO at
Jupiter Hall located
at Indira Gandhi
Pratishthan (IGP).
During the workshop
various training
were given to all the
attendees of the
2-session workshop
and even interacted
with the District
Election Officer.
Prakash said that the
revision campaign
of electoral rolls is
being run in the dis-
trict as the state is set
to go to poll in the
next year. He added
that a list was pub-
lished on November
1 for a brief review
objections will be en-
tertained by the Elec-
tion Commission un-
til 30th November. He
further added that a
special campaign
will be launched on
November 21 No-
vember 27 for which
he directed all the
personnel engaged in
the revision cam-
paign to work with
vigor and prepare a
complete voter list.
A MAJOR SETBACK
SIDBI launches
2nd window of SCF
VIP DISCUSSIONS
Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Principal Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Dr Rajesh Singh, Principal Secretary of UP Legislative
Council, Dhirendra Pratap Singh, Special Secretary of Legislative Council and Karmesh Pratap Singh, Information Officer of Uttar
Pradesh Vidhan Sabha attend an all India Conference of Presiding Officers in Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in Shimla.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Small Indus-
tries Development
Bank of India (Sidbi) on
Monday said it has
launched the second
window of Swavalam-
ban Challenge Fund
(SCF) with Green
Bharat as prioritised
theme.
The focus of the fund
is on innovative pro-
jects addressing the
green, clean or efficient
climate change, Sidbi
said in a statement.
Other themes are sus-
tainable livelihood, fi-
nancial inclusion, and
access to financial ser-
vices and promoting
the culture of entrepre-
neurship, it said.
“The themes for this
edition have been cu-
rated with a focus on
green initiatives includ-
ing climate change mit-
igation and adaptation
measures, eco-friendly/
waste reduction prac-
tices through recycle/
reuse/ redesign and of-
fering solutions to re-
duce carbon footprint
in the country,” its
Chairman and Manag-
ing Director Sivasubra-
manian Ramann said in
the release.
A challenge fund is
a financing support
mechanism to allo-
cate funds for specific
purposes using com-
petition among
organisations.
If there is an idea
which needs to be pi-
loted or scaled up, but
funds are an issue, chal-
lenge fund provides a
solution platform to
present the idea in pre-
scribed theme, imple-
ment and validate it.
Later the same can be
scaled up by leveraging
other donor/ financier
support. The proposals
can be submitted for un-
dertaking pilot (upper
cap of Rs 20 lakh) and
scale-up (up to Rs 35
lakh) initiatives, the
statement said.
Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman MD of SIDBI.
Protest against kangana in Agra
Agra: Worker of SP
Mahila Sabha reached
Agra’s mental hospital
on Tuesday to pro-
test against Kangana
Ranaut. The worker
of SP Mahila Sabha
tried to book a bed for
Kangana here but the
hospital refused to do
so following which,
a symbolic effigy of
Kangana was burnt at
the gate of the hospi-
tal. Mahila Sabha has
warned that if Kangana
comes to Agra, they
will admit her here.
They also appealed to
the women to boycott
Kangana’s films. Jyoti
Suri, who was leading
the protest appealed
to the government to
take back the Padma
Shri from Kangana
and give it to the real
hero Sonu Sood.
—FILE PHOTO
2014 EXODUS

08
2NDFRONT
If your efforts can bring joy to
even a single person, they are
worth it!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
IN JUST 61 DAYS...
Jagdeesh Chandra
Gandhinagar: In just
61 days of his taking
over the charge of the
‘powerful’ post of the
Chief Minister of Guja-
rat, a Narendra Modi-
Amit Shah choice, Bhu-
pendra Patel creates a
new hope to bring back
the saffron party to
power in 2022 assembly
polls. According to po-
litical observers, with
his grassroot personal-
ity, a clear image, integ-
rity and a straight for-
ward approach, a low
profile and media shy
Patel virtually gives a
new life to the political
and bureaucratic cir-
cles of Gujarat. In fact,
now has proved to be a
welcome change at Gan-
dhinagar.
In his new ‘scheme of
things and governance
model’, Patel has care-
fully chosen to give a
complete free hand in
the running of CMO to
a Narendra Modi trust-
ed K. Kailashnathan to
choose his working
team which includes a
dynamic face Pankaj
Joshi, ACS CM and a
lady IAS Secretary to
the Chief Minister
Avantika Singh Aulakh,
a smiling face to handle
Gujarat’s troubled me-
dia. This has brought a
newlooktoPatel’sCMO.
The main job of the
team is to ‘assist’ the
Chief Minister to work
out a suitable strategy
to convert the civil ad-
ministration into a re-
sult- oriented machin-
ery to bring back yet
another 5-year tenure
for the ruling BJP in
Gujarat.
With the arrival of a
‘proactive’ state BJP
chief CR Patil there is a
new sense of enthusi-
asm among the party
workers and CR’s excel-
lent coordination with
thenewCMPatelmakes
a perfect team to take
on the opposition in
2022. However, there is a
growing ‘sense and con-
cern’ of a day-to-day
interference of the par-
ty chief CR’s in the mat-
ters of governance
though a top bureau-
crat still holds that
there is no interference
of the party chief in the
decision making pro-
cess of CMO and the
postings of IAS and IPS
officers which are being
entirely done by the
Chief Minister, in con-
sultation with his prin-
cipal aide Kailashna-
than and the Chief Sec-
retary Pankaj Kumar.
There is also a specu-
lation at Gandhinagar
Secretariat about the
arrival of a new Chief
Secretary on or before
May 2022, when the pre-
sent incumbent retires.
According to a reliable
input, the name of Raj
Kumar who has been
recently repatriated
back to his parent cad-
re, Gujarat from the
coveted post of Secre-
tary, Defence (Produc-
tion) in the Union gov-
ernment, is being seri-
ously considered for the
new Chief Secretary.
However, till the retire-
ment of the present CS,
Raj Kumar may be ap-
pointed as ACS Home,
which at present is as
additional charge with
Rajiv Gupta, ACS In-
dustries and Mining.
In this way, a well-co-
ordinated bureaucratic
team of KK and the new
CS will carry forward
new CM Patel’s agenda
in the state.
According to sources,
one of the main tasks
before the Chief Minis-
ter is to restore the cred-
ibility and image of the
chief minister’s office,
which has been tar-
nished a bit during Vi-
jay Rupani’s tenure and
fingers were raised
about the ‘proximity’ of
the former CM with the
real estate lobby and
also some complaints
about an alleged ‘re-
mote control influence’
of his wife Anjali in the
matters of state. One of
the reasons for the
change of leadership in
Gujarat was a feedback
to the central leader-
ship about a growing
anti-incumbency factor
related to the style and
functioning of Vijay
Rupani. However, after
his exit from 6, Minister
Enclave, a high profile
Rupani has suddenly
gone low profile.
After interacting
with a couple of rele-
vant persons in Gandhi-
nagar and Ahmedabad
on Monday, I also no-
ticed a new sense of
confidence and enthusi-
asm in the higher bu-
reaucracy
, which enjoys
a complete functional
free hand under the
leadership of a silent
performer and the new
CM Patel.
Gujarat is now curi-
ously looking up to Oc-
tober-November 2022
assembly polls but still
there is a talk in
Ahmedabad and New
Delhi about a likely ear-
ly assembly polls in
March-April along with
other 5 states, including
UttarPradesh.Butkeep-
ing in mind a top secret
style of functioning of
Narendra Modi and
Amit Shah, no one in
Gandhinagar Secretari-
at has any clue about it.
However, looking to
the mood of the voters
in the recent Gandhina-
gar municipal corpora-
tion polls, BJP is all set
to dominate the show in
2022 polls.
CMPATEL:AFRESHRAYOF‘HOPE’INGUJFOR2022!
Bhupendra Patel
K. Kailashnathan
CR Patil
Amit Shah
Narendra Modi
Modi-Shah’s CM choice to ‘rally’ bureaucratic team
which will ‘assist’ the CM to work out a suitable
strategy to convert the civil administration into a
result-oriented machinery to bring back yet another
5-year tenure for the ruling BJP.
Priyanka to hold women’s meet in Chitrakoot today
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AICC gen-
eral secretary Priyan-
ka Gandhi will hold a
conference of women
in Chitrakoot on
Wednesday which
would be held at
Ramghat.
Priyanka Gandhi has
been carrying on spe-
cial women centric
campaign to mobilise
them in the state.
The spokesman of
UPCC Dr Umashankar
Pandey said Priyanka
Gandhi, who has
emerged as a symbol of
fighter for the cause of
women, has been at-
tracting this section of
the society who are
looking towards her
with hope and
aspiration.
Pandey said that Pri-
yanka Gandhi’s slogan
“ I am girl, I can fight”
has attracted the wom-
en to a large extent and
has become symbol of
women empowerment.
He said she will be
holding dialogue with
women in Chitrakoot.
Pandey said the way
the BJP had turned the
state in to a “crime
state” the worst affect-
ed section was women
and Priyanka Gandhi
has given call to them
to join her campaign.
He said the Congress
has already promised
40 per cent reservation
to women in ticket dis-
tribution and girl stu-
dents of intermediate
and graduation would
be given smartphone
and scooty.
Similarly women
would be allowed free
travel in the govern-
ment buses. He said
aganwadi workers had
been promised Rs
10,000 remuneration
and three gas cylinders
would be provided free
to women in a year. He
said the Congress had
been making hectic ef-
forts to mobilise the peo-
ple in the 2022 election.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ten mem-
bers of the Uttar
Pradesh legislative
council, belonging to
the Samajwadi Party
and Bahujan Samaj
Party, will be joining
the BJP soon. All these
leaders wield consider-
able influence in their
respective areas and
with support from the
BJP
, they will manage a
comfortable re-election
next year.
In the list that has
been cleared for induc-
tion into the BJP, the
most prominent name
is that of Ravi Shankar
Singh Pappu who is
presently in the Sama-
jwadi Party. He is the
nephew of former
Prime Minister late
Chandra Shekhar.
It may be recalled
that late Chandra Shek-
har’s son Neeraj Shek-
har has already joined
the BJP.
Former Minister
Markanday Chand’s
son, CP Chand is also
joining the BJP.
Akshay Pratap Sin-
gh, a cousin of former
minister Raghuraj
Pratap Singh alias Raja
Bhaiyya, is also quit-
ting the Samajwadi
Party to join the BJP.
BSP MLC from Jaun-
pur Brijesh Singh
‘Princu’ is also chang-
ing loyalties to join the
BJP.
He is considered
close to former BSP MP
Dhananjay Singh. In-
terestingly, most of the
leaders joining the BJP
belong to the Thakur
community.
Their joining the
BJP is expected to give
a major boost to the rul-
ing party which had
faced reverses in the
panchayat elections
held earlier this year.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP
BJP has drawn up a
masterplan to woo
the youth in a big way
ahead of the crucial
assembly elections
2022. To draw the
young voters, the rul-
ing party has roped
in Bhojpuri film star
Gorakhpur MP Ravi
Kishan, former crick-
eter Gautam Gamb-
hir, wrestler Babita
Phogat, National
President of BJYM
Tejasvi to lead the
campaign.
The newly formed
youth brigade has al-
ready embarked on a
fortnight long out-
reach campaign
which was kicked off
by BJP spokesperson
Sambit Patra from
Subharti University
inMeerutonMonday
.
Named ‘Yuvot-
than’, the drive will
continue till Novem-
ber 30 during which
there will be a youth
dialogue programme
in 14 cities of UP.
These include
Meerut, Moradabad,
Aligarh, Agra, Kan-
pur, Jhansi, Bareilly,
Gorakhpur,Lucknow,
Ayodhya, Prayagraj,
Varanasi, Saharan-
pur, and Noida. This
event will be held in
any major education-
al institution or uni-
versity of the city
.
This event will be
held from 15 to 30 No-
vember.
Under the Yuva Ut-
than programme, it is
the effort of the BJP
that the issues of the
youth should be ad-
dressed through
these big icons, so
that the vote bank of
a large youth will be
placed directly in the
program related to
the Bharatiya Janata
Party, especially the
celebrity faces, which
are the youth. What
doesitneed,howdoes
the youth of UP see
politics. A state gen-
eral secretary of BJP
said, keepinginmind
the UP assembly elec-
tions 2022, BJP is
making every effort
to woo the youth. In
this episode, now the
Party is going to
launch its youth bri-
gade in UP. So that
this youth brigade
goes among the youth
and talks about their
issues and directly
connects with BJP
for the 2022 elections.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
slammed the Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) for its failure to
properly investigate the
alleged custodial death
of a 24-year-old man
from Jaunpur.
The court said that
the affidavit filed by the
probing agency is to-
tally unsatisfactory as
it indicated that no con-
crete effort had been
made by it to arrest the
accused persons, who
are the policemen.
Hearing a writ peti-
tion filed by one Ajay
Kumar Yadav of Jaun-
pur district, a division
bench comprising Jus-
tice Surya Prakash Kes-
arwani and Justice Pi-
yush Agrawal observed,
“The averment made by
the CBI that efforts are
being made, appears to
be merely an eyewash in
view of the stand taken
on the last date of hear-
ing as recorded in the
order October 27, 2021
that the CBI arrests ac-
cused only after comple-
tion of investigation.”
Initsaffidavit,theCBI
gave the details of police
officers, suspects and ac-
cused persons and also
stated that efforts are be-
ing made by conducting
raids/ searches at their
known addresses, exam-
ining their CDRs/ IP-
DRs, and deploying
sources to get their pre-
sent locations for the ex-
ecution of non-bailable
warrants (NBWs).
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The re-
sponsibility of the 3
crore youth voters of
Uttar Pradesh has been
given to BJP’s youth
brigade of Gautam
Gambhir, Ravi Kishan
and Sambit Patra.
The BJP which has
sensed that these young
voters can play a major
role in the Uttar
Pradesh elections 2022
has given the vital role
of winnng these voters
to party’s strong
spokesperson Sambit
Patra, Bhojpuri film
star Gorakhpur MP
Ravi Kishan, former
cricketer Gautam
Gambhir, wrestler Bab-
ita Phogat and BJYM
national president
Tejashwi Surya.
AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi addressing a press conference in Lucknow —FILE PHOTO
RECOGNISING
WOMEN POWER
The Congress has
prepared a separate
manifesto for women
for the 2022 Uttar
Pradesh Assembly
polls. Congress Uttar
Pradesh election in-
charge Priyanka Gan-
dhi had announced
last month that her
party will give 40 per
cent tickets to women
in the polls slated for
early next year.
BJP ropes in star
campaigners for
youth connect
Allahabad HC slams
CBI for shoddy probe
BJP deputes
Gambhir, Ravi
for UP polls
‘Yuvotthan’ drive
will continue till
Nov 30 during
which there will be
a youth dialogue
10 influential SP,BSP
MLCs to join BJP soon
All of them are Vidhan
Parishad members,
elected through local
bodies, and their terms
are coming to an end
in March next year. The
names of these ten lead-
ers have been cleared
by the newly constituted
joining committee of the
Uttar Pradesh BJP, ac-
cording to party sources.
TERMS ENDING IN
MARCH 2022
MLCs Ravi Shankar Singh, CP Chand and Ramesh Mishra
meeting CM Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO
ALD HC JUDGE
TRANSFERRED
Gautam Gambhir and Ravi
Kishan

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Politics,
Democracy
Academics!
Digital Baal Mela’s initiative
‘Baccho ki Sarkar Kaisi Ho’, intends to connect
young children with our democratic ethos, show
them the spirit of our constitution and the
governance structure of our nation!
he Digital Baal
Mela which
celebrated the
second season
this year is a
concrete step
forward in
bringing the idea of
Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru to life when he
said, “The children of
today will make the In-
dia of tomorrow.”
Dr CP Joshi launched
the campaign Baccho
Ki Sarkar Kaisi ho on
June 15, 2021. Digital
Baal Mela, sponsored
by LIC, co-sponsored by
IDBI, and designed by
the Future society wit-
nessed children in vari-
ous roles like Assembly
Speaker, Leader of Op-
position, Chief Whip
and ministers on 14 No-
vember 2021 at the Ra-
jasthan Assembly
.
Jagdeesh Chandra
also hosted the young
masterminds at Ram-
bagh Palace, Jaipur on
Tuesday and motivated
them to continue to
bring their own per-
spective to the politics
of the nation and high-
light the issues faced by
the young generation
and also their expecta-
tions from the political
leaders.
CM Ashok Gehlot
and other ministers
congratulated and ap-
preciated Dr Meena
Sharma for her efforts
to make this a success-
ful program.
The Digital Baal
Mela was started by a
10-year-old girl, Janhvi
Sharma, during the
first lockdown when
the children were
cooped up in their
homes and had a lot of
problems adjusting to
this new life thrust
upon them.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Raj Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi and MLA Sanyam Lodha with the Baal Mela children outside Rajasthan Vishan Sabha
CM Ashok Gehlot, Om Birla, Dr CP Joshi, Sanyam Lodha, Mahendra Choudhary and others
walk forward happily to the Children’s Govt proceedings day!
Jagdeesh Chandra with Sanika Lalwani, Aayushi Saini, Priya Sharma, Raghav Kalla, Janhvi Sharma, Anita Hada,
Meena Sharma, Lipi Gupta, Vaibhavee Goyal, Harshsardhan Sharma, Aditya Sharma, Ronit Jain and Shreyansh Agarwal
Samyak Jain as MLA of opposition shedding
some light on almsgiving
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressing the Children’s Assembly
Gulab Chand Katariya addressing the Baal Vidhansabha
Vidhan Sabha session for children
Kashwini Gehlot addressing the house Baal Session Speaker Janhvi Sharma
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Special Guest and All India BBC Head Rupa Jha with Himanshi Gehlot

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P
rof Rattan Lal Mittal is
former Head of Orthopae-
dic Department, Principal
Government Medical Col-
lege, Patiala; Director, Research
Medical Education, Government
of Punjab, Chandigarh and Dean
as well as Chancellor’s nominee
Punjabi University, Patiala. He
has been a Member of the Medical
Council of India (1993-95), Chair-
man of the ESI Medical Board
(1981-1995) and Sports Medicine
teacher at the National Institute
of Sports, Patiala.
Born on April 23, 1937, Prof
Mittal completed MBBS in 1960
and MS in 1966 from Punjabi Uni-
versity, Patiala. He has been a
passionate researcher in diverse
areas with 135 landmark global
publications. He has been a
strong advocate of low-cost tech-
nology for LMICs (Low and Mid-
dle-Income Countries), including
India. He invented numerous or-
thopaedic instruments. Superan-
nuated in April 1995, Prof Mittal
has been a passionate researcher.
His special field of lifetime inter-
est has been the grey area of ex-
treme clubfoot deformities in
which he has done pioneering
original research with 11 global
publications in reputed journals
during the last half-century. His
research includes the all-inclu-
sive four in one plastic surgery
procedure for correction of se-
vere clubfoot deformities. He has
been a distinguished Orthopae-
dic surgeon with numerous
awards and rewards viz. Govern-
ment of India’s Senior Common-
wealth Fellowship to UK 1984,
Indian Council Medical Research
award for Skeletal Fluorosis in
1991, Dr BC Roy National Award
1994, President, Asia Pacific Foot
Ankle Society 2000-2002, Life
Fellow National Academy Medi-
cal Sciences since 1995 etc. He
was specifically authorized by
Punjab Government in 2016-2017
and performed unprecedented 38
free unique clubfoot surgeries at
Government Mata Kaushalya
Hospital, Patiala. He has written
an invited book on congenital
club foot published in the USA by
Taylor and Francis released at
IOACON at Coimbatore in 2018.
r Niru Kumar has
been honoured as Pad-
ma Shri Awardee 2021
for her tireless work in
the field of Diversity
and Inclusion. She is
also the National Icon
and Board member Election
Commission of India. She is a
Diversity and Inclusion Con-
sultant, Medical Doctor, Execu-
tive Coach, NLP Master Practi-
tioner trained from Dr Richard
Bandler founder NLP and a
CHI Certified Teacher and
Practitioner of Hypnosis.
Dr Niru’s consulting and
training sessions are one of its
kind as she skillfully uses Di-
versity and Inclusion, Coach-
ing skills, NLP and Hypnother-
apy techniques to bring pro-
found and authentic transfor-
mation in the personal and
professional lives of the par-
ticipants.
Dr Niru is the founder of a
DI Consulting firm Ask In-
sights. This is a woman-owned
firm and is the only DI Con-
sulting firm that has partnered
with the world’s best thought
leaders in the field.
Dr Niru offers her expertise
in Diversity Strategy, Policies,
Talent Management, Assess-
ments and Analytics covering
areas of Gender Generation,
LGBTQ, Disability and Uncon-
scious Bias and Inclusion. She
has provided consulting to
more than 50 leading organisa-
tions and trained more than
30,000 people from Global Lead-
ers to the frontline in plants in
remotest areas. Some of her
clients are Unilever, Google,
Amazon, Flipkart, Aditya Bir-
la, PepsiCo, TATA etc.
She also coaches top Global
Leaders in the field of Inclu-
sive Leadership in one-to-one
sessions. Through the work-
shops and these sessions, the
leaders are able to drive
change within the organisa-
tion to not only be inclusive
but to leverage Diversity of
Thought in Innovation and be
Market Leaders.
Dr Niru is currently running
many Global Projects for top
leaders in various geographies
in companies like Unilever,
Concentrix etc.
THE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT
THE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT
City First brings to you the Padma Shri Awardees, Dr Niru Kumar and Prof Rattan Lal Mittal who
because of their hard work and efforts were conferred the award by President Ram Nath Kovind!
D
The work and the
transformation I saw in
people was my award.
Receiving this honour has
intensified my belief that I
am in service of the
divine. My life story
including getting polio at
age 3 was for a purpose
and I was being prepared
for this role since then.
From an early age being
different myself, made me
feel the pain of others who
were different and were
not included.
—DR NIRU KUMAR
Receiving this
award is the
culmination of my
original work over
the last 50 years in
the field of
congenital clubfoot. With this
novel surgical concept, even the
most severe deformity can be
corrected. I am grateful to the
Government of India for reaching
out to all the corners of the
country and giving recognition to
the efforts of its citizens. I draw
my inspiration from the teachings
of Swami Vivekananda.
—PROF RATTAN LAL MITTAL
President Ram Nath Kovind conferring the Padma Shri Award to Dr Niru Kumar
Dr Niru with her students while taking a session on empowering women
Dr Niru at the Minneapolis Forum
Dr Niru with the Hindalco Factory Unit
Prof Rattan Lal Mittal with Dr Arun Kumar Chopra, Dr Suruchi Chopra, Bhuvan Mittal,
Pritha Khurana and Sanjiv Khurana among other family members
President Ram Nath Kovind conferring the Padma Shri
Award to Dr Rattan Lal Mittal
Dr Mittal with his wife Dr Radha Rani Mittal and daughter Dr Suruchi Chopra
Picture of a patient before and after surgery treated by Dr Mittal
Dr Mittal greeted by his wife Dr Radha Rani Mittal, neighbors and
friends on his homecoming
Dr Niru Kumar with her family

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Janhvi is the first child
in the country who
stepped out in the Coro-
naAwarenessCampaign
of the Government of
Rajasthan during the
lockdown of March -
April 2020. On learning
of the plight faced by
her ‘locked down’
friends, Janhvi the logo
of this new kids’ world
in her notebook and did
everything from her
home.
The Future Society
heard the children’s call
and turned this into a
national initiative by
formally launching the
Digital Baal Mela on No-
vember 14, 2020, Chil-
dren’s Day. Rajasthan
Education Minister Go-
vind Singh Dotasara re-
leased a video of the
Baal Mela and appealed
to the children to par-
ticipate in large num-
bers. Dr BD Kalla, Minis-
ter of Arts and Culture,
Government of Ra-
jasthan, described it as a
platform for children.
Children from across
the country participated
in 10 kinds of competi-
tions of Digital Baal
Mela. Not only chil-
dren, but their
parents also showed
huge enthusiasm.
As a result, in one
month, children
from all over the
country appeared
at this Baal Mela.
While one
thousandchildren
became active mem-
bers of Digital Baal
Mela, about fifteen lakhs
also reached social me-
dia platforms. DBM 2021
was designed to take
the voice of children
to the political func-
tionaries so that they
also become stake-
holders in the politi-
cal process even
though they don’t
vote. Starting on June
15, DBM, 2021 has al-
ready been able to con-
nect more than 15 lac
children and their fami-
lies.
Children have been
selected to experience
for themselves how the
state Assembly func-
tions. These children
were allowed inside the
Rajasthan Vidhan Sab-
ha and got the opportu-
nity to run the House.
FROM PG 09
Chief Minister of Children’s assembly Harsh Bharat Bhai
Piyush Goyal as Health
Minister shared his views
on children’s health issues
Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha Secretary
Pramil Kumar Mathur
Finance Minister Anushka Rathore answering
questions on the child development budget
Proud mothers of the children of Baal Mela sitting as MLA in Vidhan Sabha Children’s Assembly
Opposition MLA Anvesha Singh discussing on effective operation
on E- vehicles for the prevention of air pollution
Dinesh Bairad as Minister of Social justice and welfare
development giving possible solutions on child marriage issues
Dr CP Joshi with Dr Meena Sharma
and Digital Baal Mela team
Dr Meena Sharma giving brief instructions to the children before the session
Children of Digital Baal Mela outside the Assmebly on 14 November
Jagdeesh Chandra presents Certificate of Participation to Vaibhavee Goyal Jagdeesh Chandra appreciates Lipi Gupta on Tuesday evening Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Ronit Jain
Mayank Potaliya
Politics,
Democracy
Academics! BD Kalla, Rajendra Pareek,
Mamta Bhupesh, Meena Sharma, Lalchand Kataria,
Ashok Lahoti, Prasadi Lal Meena at the Vidhan Sabha
DURING THE INTERACTION! —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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