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LUCKNOW l THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00
RNI NO. UPENG/2020/80229 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 314
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW NEW DELHI
Srinagar: A top Air Force officer on Wednesday said there was no plan “at the
moment” to capture Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), but expressed that
someday India will have the “whole of Kashmir”. Speaking at an event, Air
Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Air Command, Air Marshal Amit Dev,
also said the people in PoK are not being treated very fairly by the Pakistanis
Mumbai: Sensex was down 206.93 points or 0.34% at
61143.33, and the Nifty was down 57.40 points or 0.31% at
18211.00. About 1672 shares advanced, 1378 declined, and 109
were unchanged. On the Sensex, Axis Bank, RIL, Bajaj Finance
fell the most, with 23 Nifty stocks gaining and 27 declining
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PEGASUS SNOOPGATE: CENTRE FACES IRE FOR ‘NO SPECIFIC DENIAL’ ON ALLEGATIONS
‘THIS CAN’T
BEALLOWED’
SC-bench headed by CJI Ramana
orders independent probe, says
the govt can’t get away every time
issueof‘nationalsecurity’israised
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Ruling that
the state does not get a
free pass every time the
spectre of national secu-
rity is raised, the Su-
preme Court on Wednes-
day appointed a commit-
tee comprising three
technical members and
supervised by its retired
judgeJusticeRVRaveen-
dran to conduct a “thor-
ough inquiry” into alle-
gationsof useof Pegasus
software for unauthor-
ised surveillance.
On the selection of
members for the com-
mittee, the bench, also
comprising Justices
Surya Kant and Hima
Kohli,said,“Ratherthan
relying upon any Gov-
ernmentagenciesorany
,
we have constituted the
Committee and short-
listed expert members
based on biodatas and
informationcollectedin-
dependently
.”
The ruling came on a
batch of 12 petitions
which sought an inde-
pendent probe into the
allegations which sur-
faced in the media
about the unauthorised
surveillance.
The court said the
right to privacy, al-
though declared to be
inalienable, cannot be
said to be an absolute, as
the Constitution does
not provide for such a
right without reasona-
ble restrictions. Certain
limitations exist when it
comes to the right to pri-
vacy as well, it said, add-
inghowever,anyrestric-
tions imposed must nec-
essarily pass constitu-
tional scrutiny
, and with
such allegations this
kind of snooping activ-
ity just can’t be allowed.
The Centre had de-
clined to file affidavit
citing national security
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: To provide
food security to every
citizen of the state, the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment has so far distrib-
uted approximately 122
Lakh MT of free food
grains since the first
wave of COVID-19 pan-
demic in April 2020. As
per the directives is-
sued by Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, the
distribution was car-
ried out entirely
through PoS devices
with biometric Aad-
haar and dealer authen-
tication in an utmost
transparent manner.
The state has distrib-
uted 98,53,889.085 MT of
free food grains under
PMGKAY, and another
23,39,556.740 MT of free
ration ‘over and above’
the amount distributed
under PMGKAY. The to-
taldistributionamounts
to 121,93,445.8 MT.
During PMGKAY IV
so far, 95.75% of the to-
tal allocation has been
distributed.
UP Govt gave 122 lakh MT free
grains since first Covid wave
PM Modi gave GDP‘a human face’
during his seven-year tenure: Shah
Yes,I am forming party,can go for
seat-sharing with BJP: Amarinder
GANDHIAN SUBBARAO
PASSES AWAY AT 92
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi has changed the
“scale and size” of the
schemes initiated by
the Centre and gave
GDP “a human face”
during his seven-year
tenure, Home Minister
Amit Shah said on
Wednesday.
Shah also said that
Modi who developed
Gujarat as a model state
was chosen by the BJP
as a prime ministerial
candidate at a time
when the country was
facing a severe leader-
ship crisis.
Chandigarh: Ahead of
the state polls next year,
former Punjab chief
minister Amarinder
Singh on Wednesday
announced that he will
form a new political
party
.
“Yes, I will be form-
ing a new party. The
namewillbeannounced
once the Election Com-
mission clears it, along
with the symbol. My
lawyers are working on
it,” he said.
On entering an alli-
ance with the BJP , Am-
arinder said that he has
not talked to the BJP or
Sukhdev Singh Dhind-
sa’s party Shiromani
Akali Dal (Sanyukt) as
yet but they would want
to have a seat-sharing.
“We have got many
people with us, we will
fight all 117 seat, we will
have plenty of Con-
gressmen coming in,”
he added.
CM Yogi along with cabinet minister Ashutosh Tandon lays
foundation of 76 new Nagar Panchayat offices in UP, on Wednesday.
SHAH VISITS DHANKHAR AT DELHI AIIMS
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on
Wednesday visited West Bengal Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar at AIIMS in New Delhi. The Governor was
admitted on Monday after being tested positive for
malaria. A source said, “The governor was admitted at
3 pm. He has been admitted under supervision of Dr
Neeraj Nischal, addl professor, Department of Medicine.”
ARYAN STAYS IN JAIL AS BAIL HEARING DEFERRED
LAWYERS TERM ARREST AS WRONG,
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR TO ARGUE TODAY
Mumbai: Aryan Khan
accused in the cruise
drugs case along with
Arbaaz Merchant and
Munmun Dhamicha
did not get bail on
Wednesday. Aryan,
lodged in Arthur Road
Jail since October 8,
will now be heard in
the Bombay High Court
at 2.30 pm on Thursday.
During the hearing
in the court, the judge
said that if Additional
Solicitor General (ASG)
Anil Singh will reply in
an hour tomorrow, he
will try to finish the
matter on Thursday
.
Aryan’s lawyer and
former Attorney Gen-
eral Mukul Rohatgi re-
quested to see the arrest
memo again. Rohatgi
said that Aryan was
wrongly arrested. The
investigation of this
case may continue even
after he is granted bail.
Arbaaz Merchant’s
lawyer Amit Desai also
presented the argu-
ments at the beginning
of the hearing on
Wednesday. He called
the arrest of the ac-
cused wrong without
giving notice.
MALIK RELEASES WANKHEDE’S
‘NIKAHNAMA’ IN CASTE CERT ROW
DIGITAL FORENSICS, MALWARE DETECTION
EXPERTS IN INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik Wednesday
released a document that he claimed was the nikahnama
of NCB Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede
and reiterated his allegation that
Wankhede, in spite of being a Muslim,
had taken reservation benefits of
the Scheduled Caste community
to secure his job in the Indian
Revenue Service. The handwritten
nikahnama, dated December 2006,
refers to the marriage of one Sameer
Dawood Wankhede with one Shabana Zaheer Qureshi.
The nikahnama is a written document that two Muslim
partners entering into a civil union must put their
signature on in order to legalise their marriage.
Naveen Kumar Chaudhary is a
professor of cyber security and
digital forensics at Gujarat’s
National Forensic Sciences
University. Prabaharan P is a
professor at Kerala’s Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham. With over
two decades of experience in
computer science and security.
Ashwin Anil Gumaste of IIT
Bombay specialises in optical
networks, broadband networks,
access networks, dynamic optical
networks Former IPS officer
Alok Joshi and Sundeep Oberoi,
chairman of a subcommittee at
the International Organisation
of Standardisation, will assist
Raveendran in overseeing work.
SINGH BACKS BSF’S
JURISDICTION; TO
MEET SHAH TODAY
Chandigarh: Former
Chief Minister Captain
Amarinder Singh
reiterated his support to
the Centre’s decision to
enhance the jurisdiction
of the BSF in Punjab,
and said the purpose of
the force is to secure
international borders
and not take over the
state government. Singh
also shared his plan of
paying a visit to Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday to discuss
various issues including
farmers’ protests.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Renowned
Gandhian thinker Dr SN
Subbarao passed away
at the age of 92 at the
SMS Hospital in Jaipur
on Wednesday morn-
ing, a development
which Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot termed
as his personal loss.
Subbarao was admitted
to SMS last week and
suffered a heart attack
on Tuesday evening fol-
lowing which he suc-
cumbed on Wednesday
morning. His last rites
will be performed on
Thursday at Gandhi
Ashram in Jaura in
Morena dist of MP. He
was famous for his
‘Shramdan’, activities
camps, with which
many youth were
associated across
India.
Vindicated, will push
for Parliament debate
on Pegasus: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress’s
RahulGandhiwelcomed
the Supreme Court’s or-
der to form a committee
to look into the Pegasus
spyware row, saying the
opposition’sstandonthe
issue is “vindicated”
since the judges have
flagged the same con-
cerns.“Weprotested,but
noreply
.WestoppedPar-
liament, but we still did
not get a reply
. Now our
stand is vindicated. So,
our questions remain
the same,” Gandhi said.
Gandhi said the opposi-
tion, has been asking
three basic questions.
“Who authorised
Pegasus (and) who has
bought Pegasus? Who
are the victims of
Pegasus snooping? Did
any other nation have
data on our people?
What all information do
they have?”
Justice RV
Raveendran
Dr Naveen K
Chaudhary
Alok
Joshi
Dr Prabaharan
P
Sandeep
Oberoi
Dr Ashwin Anil
Gumaste
WHAT WILL THE COMMITTEE LOOK INTO...
The SC bench said the committee will “enquire, investigate and determine” (i) whether
the Pegasus suite of spyware was used on phones or other devices of Indians to access
stored data, eavesdrop on conversations and intercept info; (ii) The details of the victims
affected; (iii) What steps/actions have been taken by the government after reports were
published in 2019 about hacking of WhatsApp accounts using the Pegasus spyware;
(iv) Whether any Pegasus spyware was acquired by the Centre or any State Government
or any central or state agency for use against citizens of India; (v) If any governmental
agency has used the Pegasus; (vi) If any domestic entity/person has used the spyware
on the citizens of this country. The panel will also then make recommendations.
You read it in First India on Sept 14, 2021 PM not above nation,
said the Cong leader
Captain Amarinder Singh

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021
02
ONLY BJP WORKS FOR THE
INTEREST OF CITIZENS: CM
Yogesh Sharma
Lucknow: In a frontal
attack on Samajwadi
Party, Uttar Pradesh
CM Yogi said that dur-
ing the tenure of Akh-
ilesh Yadav, terrorists
were worshipped and
fake cases were lodged
against Hindus.
“SP govt had with-
drawn cases against
terrorists who had at-
tacked Ram Janmab-
hoomi and false cases
were put on the inno-
cent ,” said the CM
while addressing the
Pal/Baghel Community
on Wednesday
.
Mincing no words,
Yogi said, “Akhilesh be-
longs to the party that
works for terrorists
whereas BJP works for
the poor and is whole-
heartedly committed
towards the welfare of
the state and its people
including poor, farm-
ers, and women.”
While addressing the
event, he stated, “One is
always remembered for
his good work. “People
should be made aware
of the development
works done in the last
4.5 years. They should
also be told about how
our Government saved
the lives and livelihood
of the people during the
COVID-19 pandemic. It
is only BJP that works
for the interests of the
citizen of the country
and the state.”
The CM also invoked
Babasaheb Ambedkar -
considered as an iconic
figure for the backward
classes. He said that Dr
Ambedkar emerged as
the voice of the down-
trodden classes and was
revered due to his work
towards social justice,
equality, Indian values
and tradition.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: “By improv-
ing the health infra-
structure, our govern-
ment has paved the way
for the development of
the state, as no place
can develop fully in ab-
sence of medical re-
sources. Every district
will soon have a medi-
cal college to provide
accessible healthcare
services to the citizens
in the state”, said Chief
Minister Yogi while
launching 144 develop-
ment and medical pro-
jects of Rs 1,132 crore in
Gonda.
“The state, the gov-
ernment has worked in
a planned manner to
improve the existing
healthcare system and
expand the health infra-
structure in UP,” he
said while laying the
foundation stone of
Government Medical
College at Rs 282 crore
in Gonda.
“Today, the founda-
tion stone of a medical
college in Gonda is be-
ing laid with the resolu-
tion to start admissions
in this institute by the
year 2022-23,” he added.
Highlighting the im-
proved road infra-
structure in UP, Yogi
added, “Earlier, it used
to take about 3 to 3.5
hours to travel from
Gonda to Devipatan,
now it takes even less
than one hour.”
Hitting out at the pre-
vious governments for
turning the state into a
centre of ‘riots and cha-
os’, Yogi said that,
“none of the previous
governments thought
of building a medical
college here. Has any-
one thought why? The
reason is that their de-
velopment was just con-
fined to their own ben-
efit. Had they worked
for the welfare of peo-
ple, the place would
have witnessed develop-
ment long back.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Director, Ut-
tar Pradesh Krishi Ut-
padan Mandi Parishad
Anjani Kumar Singh
informed that every ef-
fort was being made to
control prices through
better arrangements
for arrival and sale of
onions and tomatoes in
mandis of the state.
He said proper de-
mand and supply of On-
ion and Tomato was be-
ing monitored so that
there was no possibility
of profiteering. He in-
formed State Govern-
ment was committed to
supply onions and to-
matoes etc. to general
public at cheap rates.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The state
government has pro-
cured 6853 Metric
Tonne (MT) of paddy
at MSP from more than
7163 farmers till now
in the 27 days of the
commencement of
2021-22 Kharif market-
ing season.
Addressing a meet-
ing with the officials on
Wednesday, the Chief
Minister gave instruc-
tions, “It should be en-
sured that the system
remains smooth at all
the paddy purchasing
centres. The DM him-
self should inspect the
purchasing centers”.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: State Agri-
culture Minister Surya
Pratap Shahi has said
that adequate stock of
chemical fertilizers,
urea, DAP and NPK are
available in all the dis-
tricts of state and there
was no shortage of fer-
tilizers anywhere.
While directing the
officers, he said ferti-
lizer manufacturing
companies should en-
sure early supply of
residue fertilizers
against the allotted tar-
get. He said supply
should be ensured on
priority basis in dis-
tricts where there is a
shortage, as farmers
should not face any
problem due to short-
age of fertilizers in any
district.Shahi was re-
viewing availability of
fertilizers in a meeting
with the officials of Ag-
riculture Department
in Vidhan Bhawan on
Wednesday
. He said gov-
ernment is committed
to provide adequate
quantity of fertilizers
to farmers and would
do the needful.
Lucknow: Four new
members of Uttar
Pradesh Legislative
Council, including state
minister Jitin Prasada,
were administered oath
at a function here on
Wednesday
.
Besides Prasada,
Sanjay Nishad, who
heads Nishad (Nirbal
Indian Shosit Hamara
Aam Dal) Party; Chaud-
hary Virendra Singh
Gujjar and Gopal Anjan
Bhurji were adminis-
tered oath by Chairman
of the Legislative Coun-
cil, Manvendra Singh in
Tandon hall of the As-
sembly
.
The four members
were nominated to the
upper house of the leg-
islature last month.
UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, Deputy
CMs Keshav Prasad
Maurya and Dinesh
Sharma were among
those who were present
on the occasion.
Prasada, who hails
from Shahjahanpur,
had recently crossed
over to the BJP from
Congress and was also
made a minister in the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment.
Sanjay Nishad was in
the news for demanding
that the BJP should pro-
ject him as a deputy CM
face in the upcoming as-
sembly polls. He had
claimed that Nisfisher-
men constitute about
18% of the electorate
and play a deciding role
in 160 assembly seats.
The Nishad Party
had contested the 2017
assembly elections in
alliance with the Peace
Party led by Dr Moham-
ed Ayub and contested
72 seats.
Yogi Adityanath further stated that people should be told as to how
his government saved lives during the Covid-19 outbreak in UP CM Yogi lights the inaugural lamp of the event where he launched developmental projects on
Wednesday in Gonda. Medical Education Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna, Social Welfare Minister
Ramapati Shastri, MSME Minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Brijbhushan Sharan, others were present.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath virtually inaugurating 76 newly-built Panchayat Bhawans at his
official residence on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Urban Development Minister Ashutosh
Tandon and other officials on the occasion.
C
M Yogi has expressed
his sympathies with the
families of injured in a fire
accident which took place in
Malana village of Himachal
Pradesh and wished them
speedy recovery.
C
M Yogi said the govern-
ment has resolved to light
9 lakh lamps in Ayodhya
to express faith in Maryada
Purushottam Lord Shri Ram
this Diwali.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
Despite facing
wrath of natural
calamities like
floods, Gonda has
made great pro-
gress. This has been
possible because of
several growth-ori-
ented reforms im-
plemented by the
government at the
ground level.
—Yogi Adityanath,
Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
CM launches ` 1,132-cr
worth projects in Gonda
Jitin, Nishad among four MLCs to take oath
First India Bureau
Washington: There
has been a new twist in
the celebration of Paki-
stan’s victory by the
students of RBS College
in Jagdish area.
Taking cognizance of
this matter, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath has di-
rected to take NSA ac-
tion against students
and other persons sup-
porting Pakistan.
The most important
thing in this case is that
cases have been regis-
tered not in Agra but in
5 cities including Agra.
Action will be taken
under NSA at all its
places.
On Tuesday evening,
a case was reported of
some Kashmiri stu-
dents celebrating Paki-
stan’s victory in the
match and congratulat-
ing Pakistan on their
WhatsApp status at
RBS Bichpuri campus
of Jagdishpura police
station area.
Acting on this, the
the Hindu organiza-
tions had registered
their protest in Agra
region.
BJP Yuva Morcha
leader Gaurav Rajawat
, in this case, had lodged
a complaint against
Kashmiri students who
were reportedly cele-
brating on Pakistan’s
victory
. The police have
also registered a case in
the matter.
NSA against students celebrating Pak’s win: Yogi
ANTI NATIONAL STANCE

Action has not
only been taken
against those
celebrating
Pakistan’s win
over India in
Agra, but also in
five other
districts of Uttar
Pradesh
Efforts on to
control onion,
tomato prices
Gopal Anjan Bhurji, Sanjay Nishad, Jitin Prasada, Virendra Singh
Gurjar were administered oath of office on Wednesday. (L to R)
CS emphasises
on Naimisharanya
Dham’s makeover
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh’s Chief Sec-
retary Rajendra Ku-
mar Tiwari on
Wednesday chaired a
meeting to review
the development
works of Naimisha-
ranya.
In his address at
the meeting, the
Chief Secretary said
that a master plan
has to be made at the
earliest to make
Naimisharanya a
grand spectacle and
to develop all other
tourist facilities–
passenger shed,
drinking water, toi-
lets etc. He further
instructed that nec-
essary preparations
at major pilgrimage
sites should be en-
sured in time along
with development of
tourism facilities
around them.
Chief Secretary
asked the officials to
take suggestions of
the local people
while preparing the
master plan and in-
structed them to con-
struct a pavilion hall
while developing Raj
Ghat at Naimishara-
nya where Yoga and
other activities can
be performed by the
vistors.
He also instructed
the officials to en-
sure that necessary
preparations be com-
pleted soon for the
construction of Ve-
dic Museum at Naim-
isharanya and devel-
op Chakratirth as a
corridor along with
marking and signage
of other important
places of Sitapur.
The Chief Secre-
tary keeping view
the specialty of Da-
dhichi Kund, direct-
ed the officials to
make proper ar-
rangements to keep
the water clean and
develop a proper
drainage system
around the kund.
CS noted the
sacredness of
Dadhichi
Kund and
directed
officials to
keep its
water clean
UP GOVT BUYS 6853 MT OF
PADDY FROM FARMERS
Agriculture Minister Shahi holds
meeting over fertiliser shortage
CS RK Tiwari presides over a meet on Wednesday. Lko
Divisional Commissioner Ranjan Kumar and other officials
were present.
Surya Pratap Shahi
—FILE PHOTO
CM Yogi addressing at a meet
on Wednesday.
WELFARE MOTIVE
Students booked for celebrating Pakistan’s cricket win in Agra.
CM Yogi presides over a Covid-19 review meet on Wednesday at his
official residence. CS RK Tiwari, ACS (Home) Awanish Awasthi, ACS
(Info) Navneet Sehgal, ACS (CM) SP Goyal, ACS (Panchayati Raj) Manoj
Singh, ACS (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad, DGP Mukul Goel and others
were present.
@Uppolice tweets
on the matter
On Oct 24, 5 cases
have been registered
in Agra, Bareilly,
Badaun and Sitapur
distts against persons
celebrating Pak’s
victory and making
anti-national remarks.
Under which 7
persons have been
booked and 5 have
been arrested.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
SIT ENGAGED IN SEARCH OF
EYEWITNESSES IN KHERI CASE
PROPERTY OF ANSARI’S WIFE ATTACHED
MAN HELD FOR RAPING MINOR CHILD
CRUCIAL
READ
Lucknow: The Special Investigation Team
(SIT) on Wednesday released contact num-
bers of its members for eyewitnesses to reach
out to in the Lakhimpur
Kheri violence case that
left 9 persons dead. “It is
requested to the people that
if any eyewitness wants to
provide his evidence in rela-
tion to this incident, then he
can approach the SIT. The
SIT will keep the name and address of the wit-
ness and eyewitness confidential and will also
be provided security,” the SIT said.
Ghazipur: The district administration here has at-
tached the under construction shopping complex of
Afshan Ansari, wife of don-turned-politician Mukhtar
Ansari. On the orders of the district magistrate, SDM
Sadar Anirudh Pratap Singh, Police Officer-Nagar
Ojaswi Chawla, Kotwal Deepender Singh reached the
spot on Tuesday and attached it, the official said.
Azamgarh: A POCSO court here on Wednesday
sentenced a man to life imprisonment for rap-
ing his daughter repeatedly for five years. Special
judge, Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) court, Ravish Kumar Atri also imposed a
fine of Rs 55,000 on Shoaib.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With Luc-
know becoming the
most expensive team
ever bought in the Indi-
anPremierLeague(IPL)
history, a lot of heads
have turned towards the
city as it hogs the lime-
light across the word.
Even before the first
edition started in the
year 2008, it was Mum-
bai Indians that was
bought at approximate-
ly Rs 800 crore. And
now, with RPSG group
grabbing the team from
the city of Nawabs for a
whopping Rs 7k crore+,
th IPL is showing the
world why cricket is the
second most popular
sport on the planet.
The BCCI was hoping
for a cumulative bid in
the range of Rs 10,000
crore for both
Ahmedabad and Luc-
know but to their sur-
prise, earned Rs 7090
crore from Goenka’s RP-
SG Group for the Luc-
know franchise itself.
The two teams were sold
off forapproximatelyRs
12k crore. The Lucknow
purchase was sure to
evoke reactions from
the world with former
England captain Mi-
chael Vaughan saying
that while the price for
one team is so high, it
was clear that the IPL
was the most important
aspect of Cricket across
the world.
Australian great
Shane Warne too joined
Vaughan in stating that
no wonder why cricket
is the second most
viewed on the planet it
because of the money
involved in the IPL.
Meanwhile, BCCI Presi-
dent Sourav Ganguly
said he wasn’t sur-
prised with the way
things went in Dubai on
Monday. ”We were not
surprised actually, this
(IPL) is a big brand and
we are extremely happy
that Indian cricket is
moving growing for-
ward. That is what is
important for us. Con-
gratulations to Sanjeev
and CVC for being num-
ber one and number
two but we look at Indi-
an cricket and that’s
what our job is.
The more Indian
cricket prospers, the
better it is,” Ganguly
said in a released state-
ment. “All the money
goes back to the Indian
cricket.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On day
two of the drama
that unfolded after
Kiran Gosavi’s
phone call to Luc-
know police offering
to surrender, the
Pune police contin-
ued to search for him
in the city.
However they
couldn’t fetch his
whereabouts as Gos-
avi had escaped
from the city, Pune
police said. Gosavi
is the Narcotics
Control Bureau
(NCB) witness in the
drug on cruise case
involving Bollywood
actor Shah Rukh
Khan’s son Aryan
Khan. On Monday,
Gosavi had said that
he would surrender
to Lucknow Police,
following which two
teams of Pune po-
lice reached Luc-
know. However, ac-
cording to the Pune
police officials,
Kiran Gosavi had es-
caped from Uttar
Pradesh and “is not
hiding in Lucknow
anymore”. A case
was registered
against Gosavi with
Faraskhana police
station of Pune city
on May 19, 2018, for
allegedly commit-
ting fraud by prom-
ising a person a job
in Malaysia by tak-
ing money. However,
he neither returned
the money nor of-
fered the job to the
complainant. The
accused was booked
under sections 419,
420 of the IPC along
with relevant sec-
tions of the IT Act.
Notably, the body-
guard of Gosavi,
Prabhakar Rohoji
Sail has alleged that
he took Rs 50 lakh
from an individual
after the raid at the
cruise ship.
First India Bureau
Hardoi: UP Panchayati
Raj Upendra Tiwari
while hailing PM Modi
went so far that he
termed him an incarna-
tion of the Almighty.
“Narendra Bhai Modi is
no ordinary person. He
is an incarnation of the
Almighty,” Tiwari said
while addressing a
gathering in Hardoi on
Tuesday evening.
Addressing the
“Swachh Bharat” semi-
nar as part of the Amrit
Mahotsav here, the min
said, “The ‘Bua’ (aunt)
and ‘Bhatija’ (nephew)
who did not want to see
each other formed the
coalition. 24 such par-
ties formed a ‘Mahagat-
bandhan’ (grand alli-
ance). They had only a
single agenda that is
‘Modi hatao’.
The UP BJP unit has
defended the minister’s
remarks. BJP spokes-
person Anila Singh
said, “I think (Mr) Up-
endra’s statements
should not be viewed
from a political prism.
He was perhaps ex-
plaining the feelings of
people and women who
now have their own gas
connections, houses,
toilets, bank accounts
and whose children are
getting a good educa-
tion. There are hun-
dreds of social schemes
by the Prime Minister
that have benefitted a
lot of people so for that
person Modiji is equiva-
lent to god. But that
does not mean they are
a God.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police have
arrested another ac-
cused in the case of
sexual abuse of a Mum-
bai-based social media
influencer. Police sourc-
es said that the victim
had filed a complaint
against four people, in-
cluding Rajan Pandit
alias Divyansh, Neetu
Tewari,NehaTewariand
YashChaurasiyaonSept
22. Rajan Pandit and the
victim were in live-in re-
lationship and they were
residing in Indira Nagar.
Victim had accused Ra-
jan of raping her on pre-
text of marriage while
Neetu Neha, Yash de-
frauded her of money
.
Acting on a tip-off, po-
lice arrested Yash near
Ring Road while he was
trying to escape. Police
said that Neetu and
Neha had obtained stay
from arrest from the HC
and search is on to nab
prime accused Rajan.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On the basis
of written examination
and interview for ad-
mission (session 2020-
21) in Lucknow Univer-
sity’s Regular Full time
Ph.D., the list of select-
ed candidates of San-
skrit subject has been
released.
Candidates can check
the list on the LU web-
site. Selected candidates
should deposit their fees
online using their login
id between October 28
and 30, 2021. The result
of pool counseling of
UP Joint Entrance
Exam, B.Ed.-2021-23,
conducted by LU in Au-
gust was declared on
Wed. The candidates
who have been allotted
seats can login to the
websitetillOct30,down-
load the confirmation
letter and report imme-
diately after contacting
the allotted college. Fur-
ther, the Provisional
Complete Merit List of
MA and M.Sc. Statistics,
MA /M.Sc Forensic Sci-
ence, Master of Journal-
ism,andM.Sc.FoodTech
has been released on the
university website.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: The Zika vi-
rus patient in Kanpur
is under treatment but
stable, and samples of
22 persons who were in
contact with him have
resulted negative for
the mosquito-borne
disease, officials said
on Tuesday.
The 57-year-old man
had tested positive for
Zika virus on October
22, prompting the Cen-
tre to send a high-level
multi-disciplinary team
of medical experts to
Kanpur.
One case of Zika vi-
rus infection (a mos-
quito-borne viral in-
fection) was found in
the Pokharpur village
of Jajmau area here a
few days back. It was
diagnosed at the Air
Force Hospital, Divi-
sion Commissioner
Raj Shekhar said. ”As
on date, only one case
of Zika virus is report-
ed in Kanpur.
Treatment of the pa-
tient is going on at the
Air Force station hos-
pital and the patient is
stable,” Raj Shekhar
said. The Health Dept
has collected samples
of 22 other persons
who are family mem-
bers or close contacts.
But all the samples
were found negative
for the virus, he add-
ed. During the site
visit, They interacted
with the family mem-
bers of the Zika virus
patient, took case
details, his travel
history and informa-
tion of people who
were in his contact in
recent days, according
to officials.
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Being the
boss of the bosses (figu-
ratively speaking)
seems to have become a
boring burden.
What else would ex-
plain the fact that the
UP IAS association
which boasts of having
about 700 civil servants
as its members is ‘head-
less’ for the past six
months, ever since the
death of its last chief
Deepak Trivedi, a
1985-batch IAS officer,
in April this year due to
Covid.
Not only that, the as-
sociation is yet to hold
its annual event, the
IAS Week, in keeping
with the resolution
adopted on Jan 19, 2013,
declaring that the IAS
Week will be held every
year. Once considered a
covetedchairnotforany
trappings but for helm-
ing the affairs of the
powerful fraternity
, the
titular post has of late
lostmuchof itssheenfor
reasons of its own mak-
ing. In the absence of
election, the association
requests the senior-most
IAS officer to take over
as the organisation’s
presidentwheneverava-
cancy arises. Herein lies
the big dilemma for the
body: the man eligible to
hold the baton, Moham-
mad Iftikharuddin
(1985), being the next
senior-most officer post-
ed in the state.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With
changing weather
conditions, garbage
dumped in open spac-
es and stagnant
drains continue to
contribute to the
state’s Dengue woes.
Stagnant water in
drains and open gar-
bage grounds are pos-
ing high risks as peo-
ple continue to reach
hospitals bitten by the
vector bug.
In the last 24 hours
in Lucknow, 19 cases
of Dengue surfaced at
various hospitals
with mostly getting
admitted at the Ram
Manohar Lohia hospi-
tal. Those who suf-
fered the disease in-
clude residents of
Aliganj, Turiyaganj,
Alambagh, NK Road,
Chinhat and In-
diranagar areas.
These localities are
the part of 15 hotspots
areas from where
around 20 cases are be-
ingrecordedeveryday
.
IPL PUTS GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT ON LUCKNOW
Team fetches the
highest-ever price
of `7k cr+ in IPL
history
Display of Ramayana Laser show on historical Chattar Manzil as part of Diwali Utsav will begin from 28th October, till November 3,
in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
A dengue patient at a hospital in Prayagraj on Wednesday.
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BCCI PRESIDENT SAYS
On the hunt for
KiranGosavi,Pune
cops reach UP
ELUSIVE
Minister calls
PM Modi
incarnation
of God
IAS body headless,next-in-line chief
embroiled in‘conversion’ row
Lucknow: Among 12 IPS officers transferred
on Wednesday by the Yogi government, Inspec-
tor General of Police (IGP) Kanpur Mohit Agar-
wal has been sent to Lucknow as IGP Technical
Services, while Naveen Arora, IGP Agra, has
been sent to Lucknow as IGP Budget. Prashant
Kumar has been made the new IGP Kanpur,
while Nachiketa Jha is the new IGP Agra. Ac-
cording to sources, more transfers are expected
to be affected in this week before UP elections.
12 IPS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED IN UP
DENGUE CASES CONTINUE TO RISE
1morearrested
in sexual
abuse case
LU declares admission,
seat allotment results
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The 3 UP
Naval NCC Unit, under
the aegis of NCC Group
HQ Lucknow, complet-
ed one of the most ardu-
ous and challenging
expeditions for naval
NCC Cadets on River
Ganga from 18 to 27 Oct.
The Flag-in ceremo-
ny was held today at
Saraswati Ghat, where
Group Commander
NCC Group HQ
Prayagraj welcomed
the contingent upon the
successful completion
of the expedition. The
Sailing cum Boat Pull-
ing expedition was
flagged off by Brigadier
Ravi Kapoor, Group
Commander, NCC
Group HQ Lucknow, at a
ceremony held at Dhori
Ghat, Kanpur on 18 Oct.
This is the first time
ever that a river expedi-
tionof 270kmfromKan-
purtoPrayagrajbyNCC
has been undertaken,
braving the navigation-
al complexities on this
route. The expedition
was led by the Com-
manding Officer, Cap-
tain (IN) Navendu Saxe-
na, along with his Exec-
utive Officer Lieutenant
Commander Ashwani K
Singh. A total of 63 NCC
Cadets 38 Boys and 25
Girls participated using
two DK Whalers and an
Assault Boat, a Gemini
craft and two Rescue
boats.
NCC cadets sail, row 270 km on Ganga river
Flag-in ceremony was held at Saraswati Ghat.
Family of Zika virus patient tests negative in Kanpur
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
SAILING EXPEDITION
—FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
In separateness lies the
world’s greatest misery; in
compassion lies the
world’s true strength.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Addressed the Army Commanders’
Conference today. The high standard
of operational preparedness and
capabilities of the Army is praiseworthy.
I compliment the excellent synergy
between the CAPF/ Police the Army in
tackling the menace of terrorism in JK.
Anand Sharma
@AnandSharmaINC
The BJP government remained
obdurate and arrogant to deny
discussion on Pegasus scandal and
derailed the Monsoon Session of
Parliament. After the Supreme Court
order, they have an egg on their face
that calls for honest reflection.
TOP TWEETS
WHISTLEBLOWER
PUTS SOCIAL
MEDIA GIANT
FACEBOOK
INTO TROUBLE
acebook, an im-
mensely popular so-
cial media platform,
is in the news for the
wrong reasons. Al-
though Facebook is not new to
controversies, the recent revela-
tions by whistleblower Frances
Haugen have caused a bigger
dent in its reputation. Face-
book’s revenues have, however,
risen 17 percent to $ 9.2 billion.
Although under pressure after
calls for his removal, the reve-
nue buffer gives Mark Zucker-
berg, Facebook’s chief execu-
tive, the cushion to brush away
the allegations presented by
Haugen in British parliament. A
lawmaker from Scotland said,
“Facebook is failing to prevent
harm to children, it’s failing to
stop the spread of disinforma-
tion, it is failing to stop the
spread of hate speech. It does
have the power to deal with these
issues, it’s just choosing not to.”
Indian authorities are also
thinking of calling Facebook’s
executives to understand how
the social media platform’s algo-
rithms work. India is one of the
biggest victims of hate messag-
es which have flooded Facebook
virtually unchecked.
F
n a major setback
to the Central gov-
ernment the Su-
preme Court re-
fused to buy its
argument about national se-
curity concerns and formed
a six-member committee of
experts to inquire into the
Pegasus spyware issue. The
committee will be headed by
former Supreme Court judge,
Justice RV Raveendran and
has eminent cyber security
experts who are free from
prejudices. The panel will in-
vestigate if the Pegasus spy-
ware was used on phones or
other devices of the citizens
of India to access stored data,
eavesdrop on conversations
and intercept information.
While passing the order,
the Chief Justice of India N.
Ramana said, “The State can-
not get a free pass every time
by raising national security
concerns. No omnibus prohi-
bition can be called against a
judicial review. The Centre
should have justified its stand
here and not render the court
a mute spectator.” The CJI
bluntly told the government
that it “would not rely on any
government agencies” or a
government-appointed com-
mittee for the probe. The re-
mark shows the extent to
which the apex court has lost
trust in the Centre.
At a time when democratic
institutions look compro-
mised, the order on Pegasus
spyware has once again reaf-
firmed people’s faith in the
Supreme Court. As the Cen-
tre was not forthcoming on
the truth about Pegasus, the
Bench said that surveillance
affects people’s rights and
freedoms and not just jour-
nalists and social activists
alone but every citizen ought
to be protected against viola-
tions of privacy
.
The Pegasus spyware con-
troversy had shaken the very
foundation of democracy
and the court, which was
flooded with PILs, was peo-
ple’s only hope.
SUPREME COURT WON’T
TRUST ANY GOVT AGENCY
As the Centre was not
forthcoming on the
truth about Pegasus,
the Bench said that
surveillance affects
people’s rights and
freedoms and not just
journalists and social
activists alone but every
citizen ought to be
protected against
violations of privacy
I
GIRLS @ NATIONAL
DEFENCEACADEMY
n Aug 18, 2021, the Supreme
Court ruled that girls should
also be inducted into Armed
Forces through the premier
defence training institute-
National Defence Academy,
Khadakwasla, Pune. With
one stroke of pen, the Su-
preme Court has done what
crores of expenditure on pro-
moting Defence Career and
catchy advertisements like
‘Do You Have It In You’, ‘Lead
A Life Less Ordinary’, ‘Ocean
of Opportunities in Indian
Navy’ and ‘Touch The Sky
With Glory’ could not do in
all these years. I am told that
there is great enthusiasm
amongst the girls to compete
for meagre NDA seats avail-
able for them but I am certain
that the applications from
the boys have increased man-
ifold. While the veterans and
serving officers are sulking
over the missed opportuni-
ties, the cadets at the NDA
are bracing up for impressive
performances to win over
‘the hearts and minds’ of the
female cadets. “Boys will be
Boys”. However, Campus at
the ‘Cradle of Excellence’
has got a romantic fragrance.
THE VERDICT
In a major step towards gen-
der equality, on 25 March
2021, the Supreme Court first
directed armed forces to
grant permanent commis-
sion to women entry officers
and on 18 Aug 2021, allowed
eligible girls to take the ex-
amination for admission to
National Defence Academy
(NDA) scheduled to be held in
Nov 2021. While delivering
the landmark judgment, the
Supreme Court bench ob-
served that the mindset has
to change, which is not
changing at all. The next log-
ical step, I suppose, will be to
induct them into combat
arms of Indian Army. Hope
the Court will take note of
unique challenges before
they pass orders for gender
equality in combat arms.
WINDS OF CHANGE
Girl cadets will be trained at
NDA with the aim of grant-
ing them Permanent Com-
mission, as has been recently
indicated by the Armed Forc-
es. These decisions are bound
to cause some consternation
in a tradition bound system
but it should be welcomed
with caution. The concerns
and objections by a segment
of the serving and veteran
male officers is initial inhibi-
tion and a psychological
mental block as the NDA has
been a purely male bastion
for 65 years.
Major issues will have to
thought through -- for exam-
ple, the number of seats open
for girls in the initial batch-
es; whether there will be
separate squadrons created
for girls; physical training
routine; uniforms and a host
of other issues. We should
study academies globally to
get an idea on how to turn
from an all-boys only institu-
tion to boys and girls. How-
ever, any change takes its due
time to be accepted and
streamlined.
LIFE AT NDA
Entry into NDA is a dream
come true for young aspir-
ants. Entry should therefore
be purely on merit and to the
most deserving. It must be
reserved for only those who
meet the stringent standards
of the institution.
NDA is known for intense
outdoor training, indoctrina-
tion into disciplined defence
lifestyle and simply to say-
‘Making Men out of Boys’.
NDA training also includes
group games conducted by
physical training teams, ac-
tivities such as cross-country
race, drills, horse riding etc.
The unorganized punish-
ment regime is also there to
physically toughen them up
and make them mentally ro-
bust. Along with changing
mindsets, the nature of offi-
cial and unofficial physical
punishments will also have
to change -- what punish-
ments can be given and by
whom will also be laid out.
PRECEDENCES FROM
OTA, CHENNAI
The Officers Training Acade-
my(OTA)Chennai,originally
only a men’s training institu-
tion, commenced training
women in 1992 to be officers
through the Short Service
route, so precedence does ex-
ist about training and logis-
tics for girl cadets. There is no
reason why it cannot eventu-
ally happen at NDA also.
Learning from the experi-
ences at the OTA which
trains both men and women
officers, it can be said with
pride that female cadets have
often proved themselves on
equal terms and won the cov-
eted ‘Sword of Honour’ in
open competition against
their male counterparts.
CONCLUSION
Change is the spice of life.
Adapting to changing societal
norms is the key to keeping
yourself relevant and battle
worthy
. The armed forces also
needtogrowupwithtimeand
treat women as equally com-
petent officers. However, any
change takes its due time to
be accepted and streamlined.
Any change like this needs in-
depth deliberation, since it
will have a long-term impact
onthearmedforces.TheNDA
gates will open a plethora of
new horizons and break the
stereotypes. Let the girl ca-
dets at NDA be the harbingers
of change.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
O
Girl cadets will be
trained at NDA with the
aim of granting them
Permanent Commission,
as has been recently
indicated by the Armed
Forces. These decisions
are bound to cause some
consternation in a
tradition bound system
but it should be welcomed
with caution
The armed forces
also need to grow up
with time and treat
women as equally
competent officers.
However, any change
takes its due time to be
accepted and streamlined
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH, RETD
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)

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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Indian ath-
letes Neeraj Chopra,
Ravi Dahiya and Lovli-
na Borgohain are set to
be awarded the Major
Dhyan Chand Khel Rat-
na award.
Sources in the known
of developments told
ANI that the Major Dhy-
an Chand Khel Ratna
award will be awarded
to Neeraj Chopra, Ravi
Dahiya, Lovlina Borgo-
hain, PR Sreejesh, Ava-
ni Lekhara, Sumit An-
til, Pramod Bhagat,
Krishna Nagar, Manish
Narwal, Mithali Raj,
and Sunil Chhetri.
Apart from this, 35 play-
ers will be awarded the
Arjuna Award. Among
them are Yogesh Kat-
huniya, Nishad Kumar,
Praveen Kumar, Suhas
Yathiraj, Singhraj Ad-
hana, Bhavina Patel,
Harvinder Singh, and
Sharad Kumar.
All men's Hockey In-
dia team who has won
the historic bronze
medal in Tokyo 2020
Olympics has been
awarded Arjun Award
with the exceptions of
PR Sreejesh and Man-
preet Singh.
Arjuna Award win-
ners from the hockey
team are: Harmanpreet
Singh, Rupinder Pal
Singh, Surender Ku-
mar, Amit Rohidas,
Birendra Lakra, Hardik
Singh, Vivek Sagar
Prasad, Nilakanta
Sharma, Sumit, Sham-
sher Singh, Dilpreet
Singh, Gurjant Singh,
Lalit Kumar
Upadhyay, and
Mandeep Singh.
Dronachar-
ya Award has
been awarded
to Radhakrish-
na Nair, TP
Ouseph, Sand-
eep Sangwan
among others.
—ANI

❍ KHEL RATNA
NEERAJ,RAVIANDMITHALIRAJ
AMONG11OTHERSFORAWARDS
New Delhi: Dearness
Allowance for central
govtemployeeshasbeen
hikedto31%of thebasic
pay from 28 % with ef-
fect from July 1, the Fi-
nance Ministry said. In
an office memorandum,
the Finance Min, said
the term 'basic pay'
means the pay drawn as
per the 7th pay commis-
sionmatrixanddoesnot
include any other type
of special pay
. The hike
will also apply to civil-
ianemployeespaidfrom
the Defence Services,
while in respect of
ArmedForcespersonnel
separate orders will be
issued. —PTI
DA hike to
31% effective
from July 1:
Finance Min
Ravi Dahiya Mithali Raj
Olympic Gold medalist,
Neeraj Chopra
New Delhi: India today
successfully test-fired
the Agni-5, a surface-
to-surface ballistic
missile that can accu-
rately strike targets
up to 5,000 km away
,
in what is being
seen as a strong
message to China.
Agni-5, which
broadly falls into
the category of an
Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile or
ICBM,waslaunched
from the APJ Abdul
Kalam Island, off
the coast of Odisha,
at 7:50 pm.
The successful
test of the missile is
in line with India’s
statedpolicytohave
‘credible minimum
deterrence. De-
signed and devel-
oped by the De-
fence Research
and Development
Organisation, the
Agni V missile is
a canister-
launched system
that is transported by
truck.
With its range, the
AgniVwouldbecapa-
bleof strikingtargets
in mainland China.
Besides China, with
its range, Agni V
can reach other
Asian countries and
parts of Europe and
Africa. It can carry
a payload of 1.5
tonnes and weighs
around 50 tonnes.
Indiaistheeighth
country to have in-
tercontinental bal-
listic missile capa-
bility after the Unit-
ed States, United
Kingdom, Russia,
China, France, Isra-
el and North Korea.
Prior to this, India
has inducted Agni
III which has a
range of 3,000-5000
km.
Agni-III was
commissioned
into the Indian
armed forces in
2011. —PTI
In message to China,
India tests Agni-V
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi: There is
concern in Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
regarding the displeas-
ure of Jat farmers of
UP and the Jat Sikh
farmers of Punjab and
Haryana. According to
informed sources, this
was discussed during
an important meeting
of union office bearers
in Noida recently
.
Along with the elec-
tions to be held next
year, the Sangh office-
bearers have also ex-
pressed concern about
the lasting impact on
the society
.
They feel that even
though a dispute has
started on the issue of
farmers, but due to this
community tension is
increasing, which is not
good for the society
. It is
being said that in the
meetings that were held
for successive days, eve-
ry aspect of displeas-
ure in both the Hindu
and Sikh communities
was discussed.
It is being said that
Krishna Gopal, who is
looking after the work
of coordination be-
tween the BJP and the
Sangh, also attended
this meeting and after
the meeting the BJP has
been asked to reduce
this tension.
The Sangh has said
that it does not want
any kind of community
tension at this time.
Due to this, electoral
losses have also been
feared. It is notewor-
thy here that mainly
these groups are pro-
testing against the
three agricultural laws
made by the central
government.
Farmers of Punjab,
Haryana and western
Uttar Pradesh are ada-
mant that the govern-
ment should repeal all
three laws and a way is
being sought to reduce
this tension without re-
pealing the law.
Is Sangh fearful of resentment of Sikhs Jats?
A CAUSE OF CONCERN
NEET RESULTS: SC HEARING ON PLEA
AGAINST RE-EXAM ADJOURNED TILL TODAY
VICTIM NAMED AND SHAMED IN TARUN
TEJPAL CASE: GOA GOVT TO COURT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has adjourned till
tomorrow hearing of the plea filed by the National Testing
Agency (NTA) against the
Bombay HC order of fresh
NEET exam for two students.
The Edu Ministry’s NTA had
moved the top court saying
results of over 16 lakh stu-
dents are ready but can not
be announced as the Bombay HC has ordered re-exam for
two candidates.This will affect the UG medical admission
process, the NTA said.Vaishanavi Bhopali and Abhishek
Shivaji filed the petition in Bombay HC saying they were
handed over question papers and answer sheets with
different serial numbers. NEET result 2021 will be an-
nounced by the NTA after SC’s order on the matter.
Panaji: The Goa authorities instructed the Bombay Ex-
cessive Court docket’s bench right here on Wednesday
that the sufferer in a 2013
rape case, by which jour-
nalist Tarun Tejpal was
acquitted, was named
and shamed and the
trial courtroom’s judge-
ment was “retrograde”
and “match for fifth century”.The Goa bench of the
HC, comprising Justices Revati Mohite Dere and M S
Jawalkar, later adjourned the listening to into the mat-
ter until Nov 16, when it is going to hear Tejpal’s utility
difficult the maintainability of the state authorities’s
enchantment towards his acquittal within the case.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: Over 11
crore people who have
taken the first shot of
COVID-19 vaccine have
not got themselves
jabbed with the second
dose even after the ex-
piry of the prescribed
interval, according to
govt data. The data
showed that over 3.92 cr
beneficiaries are more
than six weeks overdue
for their second dose,
around 1.57 cr are up to
four to six weeks late,
and more than 1.50 cr
are up to two to four
weeks overdue for their
second shot of either
Covishield or Covaxin.
—PTI
2nd vax dose
overdue for 11
cr people: Data
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Will the
Congress party be the
only ‘vote-cutting’ par-
ty in Uttar Pradesh?
Will Congress General
Secretary Priyanka
Gandhi’s ‘activism’
harm Samajwadi Party
and benefit the BJP? If
political experts are to
be believed, the pros-
pects of Congress in
upcoming Assembly
polls are being thought
of within this range.
BJP leaders are happy
that Priyanka is active
and doing politics, then
she will get anti-govern-
ment vote divided.
That’s why many
Congress leaders sin-
cerely want there
should be some kind of
coordination with SP so
that anti-government
vote is not divided. But
no one has seen from
point of view that Con-
gress can make a dent
in BJP’s core votes.
BJP’s core vote in UP
is Brahmin, non Yadav
OBC and non Jatav
backward classes.
In this Brahmins
are angry for many rea-
sons. But BJP is confi-
dent thinking Brahmin
voters will not opt for
any other party as they
have no option.
BSP is not in fight
and Brahmins do not
vote for SP. That’s why
they will have to vote
for the BJP with a bang.
Priyanka can pro-
vide an alternative to
that vote. Whatever
vote the Congress gets
will be the vote of the
BJP.
Similarly, Congress
has made a Dalit Chief
Minister in Punjab, so
that it can make a dent
in the non-Jatav Dalit
vote as well.
Congress has
made the Chief
Minister of Chhattis-
garh as senior observer
of UP. He hails from
OBC Kurmi caste and
this aspect will also be
helpful to the Congress.
In this way, if the
Congress makes some
dent in SP’s Muslim
vote, it will also make a
dent in BJP’s upper
caste, non-Yadav OBC
and non-Jatav Dalit
votes.
Due to the presence
of Priyanka, the women
votes will go to the Con-
gress and it will also be
a big loss for the BJP.
Will Congress only cut votes in UP?
Priyanka Gandhi
M Sharma
New Delhi: The elec-
tionof thenationalpres-
ident of the Congress
party will be held in
August-September next
year, but it was decided
in the meeting of the
Congress Working Com-
mittee on Saturday that
Rahul Gandhi would be-
come President again.
Senior party leaders
proposed his name and
he also said that he
would consider it. Even
G-23 leaders have sup-
ported Rahul’s name.
So now the possibility
is almost completely
gone that any leader
will challenge Rahul in
party President elec-
tion.
Earlier it seemed that
one of the rebel Con-
gress leaders could
float their nomina-
tion for the post,
but that is highly
unlikely now.
After what happened
in CWC, no leader, in
his complete senses,
will go down to contest
elections against any
member of Gandhi fam-
ily. It was possible that
someone would have
contested the election if
Rahul had played the
stakes of getting some
other President. But by
fighting against Rahul,
one does not want to be-
come Jitendra Prasad.
Prasad had challenged
Sonia in 2000 and lost
badly
. However, Sharad
Pawar gave a tough
fight to previous party
President Sitaram Kes-
ari. So, if there was any
other leader, there
would have been a situ-
ation of elections, but
there would be no such
chance in front of Ra-
hul. The way he was
elected unopposed in
2017 he will be elected
in 2022 as well. All the
veteran leaders who
raised questions on
functioning of Con-
gress high command
have surrendered. Al-
though the interest of
many satraps who have
left the Congress is in
fact that Rahul
should be chal-
lenged, but
there is no one
to challenge
him.
No ‘leadership’ to challenge
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘leadership’
Rahul Gandhi
Sharat K Verma
Chandigarh: The real
good news for the Con-
gress party in Punjab is
that former CM Captain
Amarinder Singh is
forming a separate par-
ty and the BJP will
align with him.
Captain has tried his
hand in past to form a
party and returned to
Congress after failing
miserably
.
However, Manpreet
Badal’s history in Pun-
jab is likely to be repeat-
ed with Captain’s an-
nouncement of contest-
ing polls, as a separate
party. Manpreet had
contested assembly
polls in 2012 by forming
his own party and for
the first time after near-
ly four and a half dec-
ades, paved way for a
party to return to power
for second time in a row.
Manpreet is the neph-
ew of Parkash Singh
Badal, the longest serv-
ing CM of Punjab, and
was Finance Minister
in Badal government
formed in 2007. But he
knew that command of
Akali Dal was to be in
hands of Sukhbir Bad-
al.
So by rebelling
against his uncle, he
formed Punjab People’s
Party and contested
polls in 2012. Akali Dal
got advantage of this as
anti-govt votes went to
him and despite de-
crease in votes, Akali
Dal won for the second
time in a row.
Now, it seems Cap-
tain will also work on
same lines.
With Captain going
with BJP, anti-govern-
ment votes will surely
go to their combined ac-
count.
Congress will benefit
from this as the main
contest of Congress in
Punjab is with AAP and
SAD. If anti-govt vote
was polarised towards
either of these parties,
then Congress would
have suffered.
Second thing is that
Captain has no ‘politi-
cal capital’ other than
Jat Sikh vote and this
vote is also the ‘capital’
of SAD and a part of the
same vote has been
with AAP as well!
Will Manpreet Badal’s history be
repeated in Punjab through Amarinder?
Manpreet Badal
RSS Chief, Mohan Bhagwat

INDIA
06
CRUCIAL READ
UAE EXPLORING
INDIA’S LOW-COST
LAUNCH VEHICLES
New Delhi: The UAE
could use low-cost
launch vehicles devel-
oped by the ISRO for
lifting off small satellites
from within the country.
Sarah Al Amiri, MoS
for Advanced Technol-
ogy and Chairperson of
UAE Space Agency, said
that the two nations are
looking at a wide variety
of scientific coopera-
tion in the space sector.
We spoke during the
International Astronauti-
cal Congress (IAC) with
Isro, looking at different
aspects that are impor-
tant to both countries.
DELHI HIGH COURT
ISSUES SUMMONS
TO BABA RAMDEV
New Delhi: Delhi HC on
Wednesday issued sum-
mons to Baba Ramdev
on lawsuit by IMA
docs body for alleg-
edly spreading misinfo
against allopathy amid
Covid. Justice Shankar
granted 4 weeks to file
his response to suit.
Next hearing is in Janu-
ary. Judge clarified that
he was “not expressing
any opinion” on merits
of allegations in plaint
against yoga guru
issue of grant of any
relief, interim or oth-
erwise, shall be looked
into subsequently.
KASHMIRI STUDENTS
SUSPENDED FOR
POST ON PAK WIN
Srinagar: 3 J-K students
have been suspended by
an engineering college
in UP’s Agra for alleg-
edly posting a What-
sApp status praising
Pakistan players after
their victory over India
in a T20 World Cup
league match. The stu-
dents - Arsheed Yousef,
Inayat Altaf Sheikh,
Showkat - are from Raja
Balwant Singh Engineer-
ing Technical Campus in
Bichpuri. College hostel
termed students’ action
of posting a status in
favour of Pak as an
“indiscipline act”.
GOVERNOR MALIK
OUTBURSTS
AGAINST BJP, MODI
New Delhi: Meghalaya
Governor Satya Pal
Malik’s is a curious case
in the Modi govt and the
ruling BJP. He is only
Guv appointed by Modi
govt who has gone on
record to oppose the
policies of Centre and
target his party, includ-
ing PM Modi. In his
latest interview, Malik
told that corruption was
norm in BJP’s Goa govt.
Malik also alleged that
he was transferred from
J-K during abrogation of
Art 370 as he refused to
clear certain files that he
felt were graft-ridden.
ASSAM BYPOLLS: EC WARNS CM, ASKS TO
‘EXERCISE RESTRAINT’ WHILE CAMPAIGNING
Guwahati: The Election Commission Wednesday
warned Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
and asked him to “exercise restraint” while making
public utterances during
his campaigns for the
upcoming bypolls. “The
Commission issues
warning to him (Sarma)
and cautions him to be
more careful and exer-
cise restraint in future and strictly follow the provision
of Model Code of Conduct, while making public utter-
ances,” said a notice by EC secretary NT Bhutia.
INDIAEXPRESSESCONCERN
OVER CHINA’S NEW LAND BOUNDARY LAW
China's unilateral decision to
bring about legislation which
can have an implication
on our existing bilateral
arrangements on border
management as well as on
the boundary question is of
concern to us. The passage
of this new law (China's
Land Boundary Law) does
not in our view confer any legitimacy to
the so-called China-Pakistan Boundary
Agreement of 1963 which the GoI has
consistently maintained is illegal and
invalid agreement.
—ARINDAM BAGCHI, Official spokesperson MEA
WHEN WAS THIS
LAW PROPOSED?
In March 2021, the law was first
proposed. Forces of India and
China have been in a standoff since
last April-May following clashes
along the LAC. The clashes oc-
curred when the Chinese troops
were mobilized and who carried
out multiple transgressions.
ABOUT THE
NEW LAW...
This new law according to the
Chinese media reports is for the
“protection and exploitation of
the country’s land border areas”.
This new law is not meant for the
ongoing border disputes with In-
dia. There are disputes along the
3,800-km boundary with China.
INDIA TELLS
CHINA...
India said, “We also
expect that China will
avoid undertaking ac-
tion under the pretext
of this law which could
unilaterally alter the
situation in the India-
China border areas”.
WHY IS CHINA
DOING THIS?
It is to reaffirm its territo-
rial claims. It is building
628 “moderately well
off villages’’, and this is
being done to encour-
age the herders to settle
in the disputed areas in
border areas.
NEW LAW W.E.F
JAN 1, 2022...
The new Chinese law will
take effect on January 1,
2022. Lawmakers ap-
proved the law at the clos-
ing meeting of a legislative
session of the Standing
Committee of the National
People’s Congress.
THE MEA ON WEDNESDAY SAID THAT THE LAW WILL HAVE ‘NO BEARING ON ARRANGEMENTS BOTH SIDES REACHED
EARLIER’, NEW LAW WAS ADOPTED BY BEIJING RECENTLY FOR PROTECTION, EXPLOITATION OF COUNTRY’S BORDER
Like Sail, I was forced by NCB
to sign blank papers:Witness
Mumbai: Days after
Prabhakar Sail raked
up a controversy by
claiming that he was
made to sign blank pa-
pers by NCB, a witness
in another drug bust
case has alleged that he
had to go through a sim-
ilar experience earlier.
Shekhar Kamble, a
Navi Mumbai resident
claimed that the probe
body took his signature
on 10-12 blank papers
and later filled it up
themselves without in-
forming him about the
contents of the pan-
chanama. Kamble said
Sail’sinterviewinspired
him to reveal truth.
Wankhede, Mumbai
zonal director for NCB,
said, “Hostile. Will com-
ment in court. Matter is
subjudice.” —ANI
Tripura: Mosque
vandalised and
shops set afire
Agartala: A mosque
was vandalised and two
shops set ablaze in north
Tripura on Tuesday
evening during a VHP
rallytakenoutinprotest
against the recent vio-
lence against Hindus in
neighbouring Bangla-
desh, district SP Bhanu-
pada Chakraborty was
reported as saying in the
media. The state police
haveprovidedprotection
to mosques in sensitive
areas, and warned
against sending of pro-
vocative messages on
social media. —ANI
HC tells authorities to decide on
plea to evacuate Indians from Af
New Delhi: The Delhi
HConWednesdaydirect-
ed the Centre to decide
therepresentationof the
plearelatedto227Indian
andAfghanNationalsof
Indian origin - Hindus,
Sikhs stranded in Af-
ghanistan, as per law.
With these directions,
Court disposed of PIL
relatingto227Indianna-
tionals and Afghan na-
tionals of Indian origin
who are Hindus and
Sikhsbyreligionstrand-
ed in Afghanistan and
who are constantly and
almost daily facing
threats to their lives and
properties at the hands
of the Taliban. —ANI
The petitioner had sought
urgent relief for their evacu-
ation, issuance of e-visa and
safe return to India. The peti-
tioner told that the source of
the knowledge of the facts are
stranded Indian and Afghan
people, a non government or-
ganisation named India world
forum, among others.
PETITIONER TOLD
THE COURT...
However, the Court ex-
pressed its doubt about the
facts mentioned in the case
and asked the petitioner
where he got information
related to stranded people.
COURT EXPRESSES
DOUBT OVER FACTS
KAMBLE CLAIMS
Kamble claimed he is a
witness in this case, “I
am Shekhar Kamble. I am
not making any allega-
tions but I want to say
that I got cheated (by
NCB). In a Kharghar case
number 80/21, a Nigerian
was caught, Nigerian
was not drug peddler. He
pushed us and ran away.”
RAJINI CALLS
ON PREZ, PM!
Superstar Rajinikanth was honoured with India’s highest
cinema award Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the recently
held 67th edition of the National Film Awards. Rajinikanth,
his wife Latha on Wednesday tweeted photos from their
meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President
Ram Nath Kovind. Rajini met the top leaders in New Delhi,
where he had gone to receive the prestigious Award.
New Delhi: Making his
first appearance after 6
years following incar-
cerationatTarapur,RJD
chief Lalu Prasad on
Wednesday took pot-
shots at Nitish Kumar-
led govt calling it a dis-
pensation facing inter-
nalfrictionamongallies.
He also accused the JD
(U) strongman of resort-
ing to cheating before
forminggovtafterBihar
assembly polls
heldlastyear.
—ANI
However, the details of the discussion are
still unknown. The telephonic conversa-
tion comes after Congress and RJD
broke off the alliance ahead of the
by-polls in Kusheshwar Asthan
(SC) and Tarapur constituencies
in Bihar scheduled on October 30.
2 CONSTITUENCIES BY-POLL
IN BIHAR ON OCTOBER 30
Sonia’s‘LET’SFIXIT’calltoLalu
New Delhi: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi
dialled Lalu Yadav on
Tuesday amid signs
that the RJD leader con-
siders his long-time ally
a dead weight in Bihar,
especially with the ap-
proaching by-polls be-
coming a flashpoint be-
tween the parties.
Lalu Yadav, return-
ing to Bihar politics af-
ter 3 years in jail and
hospitals, held up a gi-
ant red flag for the op-
position alliance on
Monday as he publicly
dissed a Congress lead-
er and questioned what
good the alliance had
done for his party
.
Lalu was asked
whether RJD’s alliance
with the Congress was
over. “Kya hota hai Con-
gress ka gathband-
han (of what use
is alliance with
Cong ress),”
snapped Lalu
Yadav. —ANI
Sonia Gandhi speaks to Lalu
Yadav after he taunts Congress
1
Congress prez dials RJD chief amid
‘trouble’ in Bihar grand alliance
2
Though state Congress
leaders are furious
with the RJD leader,
Sonia Gandhi wants to
smooth things over with
one of the party’s oldest
allies, say sources.
SOURCES SAY
HadIbeenoutofjail,Tejashwiwould
haveformedgovtinBihar:LaluYadav
Lalu Prasad
Yadav waves to
supporters during
a by-election
rally at Tarapur
constituency,
in Munger on
Wednesday. Party
leader Tejashwi
Yadav also seen.
PeopleofBiharhadmadeTejashwitheCM.ButNitish
Kumarformedthegovtthroughcheatingand
manipulation.HadIbeenoutside,itwouldnothave
happened.So-called‘doubleengine’govtinBihar-aneuphemism
forNDArulingbothstateCentre--hadfailedonallfrontsasthe
engineswerepullingeachotherindifferentdirections.Issarkar
kokoiidhartohkoiudharsekhichrahahai.
—LALU PRASAD YADAV, RJD chief
Sonia Gandhi

NEWS
07
MUKHTAR
ANSARI
‘FACILITATOR’
BEHIND SP-SBSP
ALLIANCE: UP
MINISTER
Uttar Pradesh minister Anand
Swarup Shukla on
Wednesday claimed BSP MLA
Mukhtar Ansari was the
facilitator behind Samajwadi
Party’s new alliance with the
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.
He also alleged that terrorist
organisations and many Muslim
countries were providing funds
to “such people” to divide
Hindus. Mukhtar Ansari is the
sutradhar’ (facilitator) of the
alliance between these two
parties. The complicity of
Mukhtar Ansari with SP
president Akhilesh Yadav has
been revealed, the minister told
reporters here. Islamic terrorist
organisations and many Muslim
countries of the world are
providing funds to such people
to divide Hindus. People like
(SBSP chief) Rajbhar are talking
about caste to divide Hindus
because of this funding, he said.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and
the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj
Party (SBSP) on Wednesday
announced their alliance for the
2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly
polls and gave the slogan
‘Khadeda Howe’, a call to “drive
out” the BJP from the state .
The BJP had forged a poll
alliance with SBSP in the 2017
UP polls. Having four MLAs in
the House, the Om Prakash
Rajbhar-led party is considered
to have influence in over a
dozen districts in Purvanchal
region of the state.
—First India Bureau
FAVOURABLE
OUTCOME FOR
BUREAUCRACY
AFTER UP
ELECTION
While the leaders of political
parties of Uttar Pradesh have
transfixed their eyes on the
upcoming 2022 assembly
elections in the state, the officers
of the state’s bureaucracy are also
keeping a keen eye over the
sentiment of the public. The
assembly elections will tell us who
won, who lost and who will go on
to become the next Chief Minister
of the state and since the posting
of the officers will also be
somewhat dependent on who
comes to power, the result of the
elections is an interesting topic of
discussion among the officers.
Officers of the bureaucracy are
waiting for the good days to come
but the history and politics in
Uttar Pradesh are making it very
difficult to predict what is going to
happen in the elections and who
will be the next representative
chosen by the public. The officers
too have a bit to gain as a
favourable outcome which can
help them get a good posting.
—First India Bureau
AFTER DCW CHIEF’S LETTER TO YOGI, RAPE FIR
First India Bureau
Bulandshahr: After
the medical report of a
13-year-old girl con-
firmed sexual assault,
the charge of rape was
added in the FIR by po-
lice here, an official
said on Wednesday.
The minor was raped al-
legedly by her neigh-
bour, who inflicted sev-
eral injuries on her and
tried to strangulate her.
Currently
, the girl is un-
dergoing treatment at a
hospital in Delhi.
The incident took
place on October 15,
when the rape survi-
vor’s parents had gone
to work in the field and
the girl was playing out-
side her home. Around
12 noon, their neigh-
bour, a 45-year-old man,
took the girl inside the
house and raped her.
On the basis of a state-
ment from the minor’s
family
, a case was regis-
tered in the matter at
Ahmadgarh police sta-
tion and the accused
was arrested. Senior
Superintendent of Po-
lice Santosh Kumar
Singh said the charge of
rape was added in the
FIR on Tuesday after
the medical report con-
firmed sexual assault.
A proposal was also
prepared for giving fi-
nancial assistance to
the rape survivor’s fam-
ily under the Laksh-
mibai scheme. Delhi
Commission For Wom-
en Chief Swati Maliwal
on Tuesday had written
to Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath, asking him to
direct police to add sec-
tions of rape in the case.
First India Bureau
Agra: Two children
have died of suspected
viral fever during treat-
ment at two separate
places in Agra. Cur-
rently, dengue a mys-
terious viral fever is
raging in the entire
Agra. Hospitals are al-
ready full with such pa-
tients here. There is
high demand for blood
platelets. In some plac-
es, the situation is such
that patients are being
treated on the ground
due to the lack of beds
in the hospitals. In
Agra, the most worry-
ing thing is that most of
the victims are chil-
dren. Newspapers are
filled with news of the
death of children every
day
. On Wednesday, too,
a 6-year-old child and a
5-month-old girl died
due to suspected viral
fever. According to the
data of a private organ-
isation, 38 children
have died due to sus-
pected viral fever so far
in Agra.
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: Sharp-
shooter of mafia
politicianMukhtar
Ansari’s ‘IS 191’
gang , Ali Sher ali-
as ‘Doctor’, who
had a Rs 1 lakh re-
ward on his head,
along with his ac-
complice Bannu
alias Kaamran
were injured in an
exchange of fire
with the Special
Task Force (STF)
team led by Addl
SP STF Vishal
Vikram Singh in
Lucknow on
Wednesday
. Ali
Sher was wanted
for the recent mur-
der of senior BJP
leader Jeetram
Munda in the Palu
area of Ranchi dis-
trict in Jharkhand.
STF sources said
that wanted crimi-
nal Ali Sher his
accomplice Kaam-
ranwereinjuredin
cross-firing during
encounter with
STF team in Madi-
aon area.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP An-
ti-Terrorist Squad
(ATS) has arrested four
members of a human
trafficking gang in-
volved in illegally send-
ing Myanmar and
Bangladeshi nationals
to India then to other
countries by creating
fake identification doc-
uments of Muslim
women as Hindu.
The arrested ac-
cused were identified
as Mithun Mandal,
resident of Sihrel Ba-
ghan Para, Kalna,
Bardhaman in West
Bengal, Shaon Ahmad
(real name) residing as
Pintu Das, son of Jaay
Daas, a native of Bang-
ladesh and having fake
residence as Bhootpa-
ra, Kotwali Nadia in
West Bengal, Monimur
Islam (real name) re-
siding as Romi Pal, son
of Sibu Pal, originally
from Bangladesh and
residing in Nadia West
Bengal, and Mehndi
Hasan (real name) re-
siding as Bapi Rai, son
of Roni Rai, a native of
Jamalpur in Bangla-
desh illegally residing
under Ishpur Kotwali
area in Nadia West
Bengal.
Five mobile phones,
three Indian passports,
four Aadhar cards and
other fake identifica-
tion documents were
recovered from the ar-
rested accused, as per
the sources informed.
During interrogation,
it was revealed that the
accused were traffick-
ing Muslim individuals
from Bangladesh and
Myanmar illegally and
making fake docu-
ments for them.
With the help of fake
documents, they used to
get the Aadhar card of
the illegally transferred
persons which was used
to make their Indian
passports. A case has
been registered against
the arrested accused
under relevant sections
of IPC and further in-
vestigations are under-
way, ATS sources said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After ques-
tions were raised
against the police de-
partment over the sui-
cide in jail of dacoity
accused Rupesh, two
investigation commit-
tees have been formed,
one under DIG (Pris-
ons) and the other con-
sisting of judicial offi-
cials. Santosh Kumar,
spokesperson, Jail
Headquarters, said that
the committee headed
by DIG Prisons will
probe the circumstanc-
es which forced the in-
mate to the extreme
step while the judicial
committee will look
into the legal aspect.
Rupesh, accused of loot
and dacoity, had alleged
in his suicide note that
the Gosaiganj police
had framed him in a da-
coity case. Police had
sent him to jail in the
case of Rs 35 lakh loot
from an iron trader on
August 17. Rakesh,
brother of Rupesh, said
that his brother was not
involved in the loot inci-
dent and he was framed.
Three doctors have con-
ducted post-mortem of
the deceased inmate un-
der camera. The cause
of death could be ascer-
tained only after the
post-mortem report,
doctors said. Rakesh
has also alleged that
other inmates mur-
dered Rupesh in jail.
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: Panic gripped
Maunkhat village in
Sajeti police station
area of Kanpur-
Ghatampur after 9 peo-
ple were buried under a
soil mound while they
were digging up the
ground. In the accident,
70-year-old Ramadevi
of Maunkhat, her
42-year-old daughter-in-
law Anita, 70-year-old
Sitalu of Tikwanpur,
50-year-old Sukirti,
40-year-old Radha,
62-year-old Bholi Devi,
35-year-old Gudiya,
13-year-old Arvind
18-year-old Chillu were
trapped. Hearing the
cries, the nearby villag-
ers began digging out
the mound to rescue
them the police were
informed who along
with villagers rescued
trapped people and
took them to hospital,
where it is stated that 7
of the rescued are in
serious condition while
the mother daughter-
in-law were declared
dead.
Medical report of 13-yr-old confirms rape, allegedly by 45-yr-old neighbour; girl
admitted in Delhi hospital, financial aid proposed under Lakshmibai scheme
Delhi Commission For Women Chief Swati Maliwal Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
5-month-old girl succumbed
to suspected viral fever.
6-year-old child died due to
suspected viral fever.
Ali Sher alias ‘Doctor’
—FILE PHOTO
Girl from UP raped in West
Bengal; police nab accused
Ballia: A teenage girl
from a village under
Haldi police station
limits here was alleg-
edly kidnapped and
raped by a 20-year-old
youth, police said on
Wednesday. The ac-
cused was arrested
on Tuesday, police
said. A 15-year-old
girl had gone missing
from her house on
September 8. Her fa-
ther had lodged a case
against an unknown
person for luring her
away, SHO Suresh
Chandra Dwivedi
said. The police, who
launched an investi-
gation, traced the girl
to Hooghly in West
Bengal on October 25,
the SHO said.
In her statement to
the police, the girl al-
leged that the youth,
belonging to Dum-
raon village in Buxar
district of neighbour-
ing Bihar, kidnapped
her from the village
and took her to
Hooghly, where he al-
legedly raped her.
On the basis of the
statement, the youth
has been booked un-
der relevant sections
of the IPC (POCSO)
Act, Dwivedi said.
Two more children
die of fever in Agra
ATS nabs 4 of human trafficking gang
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
—FILE PHOTO
Sharpshooter
injured in
encounter
with STF in
Lucknow
Two committees to
probe jail suicide
2 dead, 7 critically injured as
soil mound collapses in Kanpur
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE IN LALITPUR
First India Bureau
Lalitpur: In a tragic
incident, a farmer
committed suicide
under depression
while his family
members alleged that
he took this extreme
step due to a shortage
of fertilizers howev-
er the administration
has denied their ac-
cusation. Police
sources here said
that Soni Ahirwar
(40) committed sui-
cide by hanging from
a tree in his farms in
the Mailwara Khurd
village under the Kot-
wali police station
area. His family
members alleged that
Soni was trying to get
the fertilizers for
crops for the past sev-
eral days and under
frustration, he took
this extreme step.
ATHAWALE IN TOWN
National President Republican Party Ramdas Athawale at a
press conference at Taj Hotel in Lucknow on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA

08
2NDFRONT
Leadership is not just leading by
example; it is also far sighted
vision in thoughts and deeds.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Purvanchal the pivot on
which UP politics may turn
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: As political
parties draw the battle
line for the high-stakes
assembly polls 2022, the
ruling Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party (BJP) has fo-
cussed its attention on
Purvanchal, with none
other than PM Naren-
dra Modi helming its
campaign blitzkreig by
addressing six public
meetings in the region
in the past four months.
The importance of
Purvanchal can be
gauged from the fact
that PM Modi visited
the region for the sec-
ond time within a span
of five days. He began
cultivating Purvanchal
right from his visit to
Varanasi on July 15. He
then reached Kushina-
gar on October 20,
where the people of
Purvanchal were given
the gift of an interna-
tional airport as well as
development projects
worth Rs 478.74 crore.
He also dedicated wel-
fare projects worth Rs
5,229 crore to the people
of Varanasi.
With 164 Assembly
segments spread across
28 districts, Purvanchal
contributes about 33 per
cent seats to 403-mem-
berUPAssembly
.In2017
assembly polls, BJP won
115 of the 164 assembly
seats. Samajwadi Party
got 17, BSP 14, Congress
2 and others got 16 seats.
This was followed by the
BJP cornering the max-
imum seats from
Purvanchal in the 2019
general elections. “Post
Lakhimpur Kheri vio-
lence and the farmers’
unrest in western UP,
BJP is now focusing on
Purvanchal to make up
for the possible losses of
western UP by winning
there,” says Professor
Muzzamil Hussain, an
educationist and politi-
cal observer. The ruling
party is trying to bal-
ance the caste equa-
tions in eastern UP by
aligning with smaller
caste-based groups as
Apna Dal of Anupriya
Patel, Nishad Party
of Sanjay Nishad. The
Nishad community
comprises 22 sub-castes
and accounts for 14%-
17% of the population
in districts like Mau,
Azamgarh, Varanasi,
Gorakhpur, Santkabir
Nagar and Prayagraj.
But it is not just BJP;
other Opposition par-
ties, too, have set their
eyes on Purvanchal
are trying to consoli-
date their position.
Mau: The Samajwadi
Party and the Suheldev
Bhartiya Samaj Party
on Wednesday an-
nounced their alliance
for the 2022 Uttar
Pradesh assembly polls
and gave the slogan
‘Khadeda Howe’, a call
to “drive out” the BJP
from the state.
The slogan is on the
lines of ‘Khela Hobe’
(game on), which was
coined by the Mamata
Banerjee-led Trinamool
Congress for the West
Bengal assembly polls
that saw the party de-
feat the BJP and storm
back to power for a
third consecutive term.
“Slogan ‘Khela Hobe’
was given in West Ben-
gal and ‘didi’ drove out
the BJP from the state.
Similarly, in Uttar
Pradesh it will be
‘Khadeda Howe’ (drive
out) and the BJP gov-
ernment will be re-
moved by the people of
the state,” Suheldev
Bhartiya Samaj Party
(SBSP) president Om
Prakash Rajbhar said
here. He was address-
ing a ‘Vanchit, Pichh-
da, Dalit and Minority
Bhagidari Ma-
hapanchyat’, during
which Samajwadi Par-
ty (SP) chief Akhilesh
Yadav announced the
alliance between the
two parties for the as-
sembly polls. “When
BJP leaders come to
your village, you
should ask them about
price rise and then ask
them to leave,” Rajbhar
said. Yadav said Rajb-
har has rightly said
that in Uttar Pradesh
‘Khadeda Howe’.
When red and yellow
colours of the SP and
the SBSP unite, every-
one knows who is be-
coming ‘laal-pila’ (an-
gry) in Delhi and Luc-
know, the SP chief said
in a reference to the
BJP governments at
the Centre and in the
state. “Rajbhar will
close the door through
which the BJP came to
power (in Uttar
Pradesh) SP workers
will lock it,” he said.
“There was speculation
before the alliance
about which party will
win how many seats.
But after the alliance,
even big agencies are
saying no one can stop
us,” Yadav said. —PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Government has ap-
proved the empanel-
ment of 27 IAS officers
of the country for depu-
tation to the Central
Services. All these IAS
officers belong to the
batch of the year 1990.
Out of these, 3 officers
have been empanelled
for posts equivalent to
that of secretary 24 of-
ficers for posts of secre-
tary or additional secre-
tary level. The list ap-
proved by the Appoint-
ments Committee of the
Cabinet includes 3 IAS
officers from UP cadre.
The list includes Nitin
R. Gokarn, currently
serving as additional
chief secretary, Public
Works Department in
UP government.
First India Bureau
Agra: Rashtriya Lok
Dal (RLD) chief Jayant
Chaudhary on Wednes-
day addressed a huge
public meeting in Mini
Chhaprauli regarding
mission 2022 of UP. On
Wednesday, the entire
society gave a warm
welcome to Jayant
Chaudhary in the meet-
ing. The turban ritual
was completed by law
on behalf of the entire
society.
After this, Jayant
Chaudhary targeted
the BJP government
said that there should
be a struggle, not the
urge for power. I am
also continuously los-
ing elections. He said
that the work of a BJP
leader who crushed the
farmers in the move-
ment reminds me of
the Taliban. We all saw
this in Lakhimpur
Kheri incident. Jayant
said that this govern-
ment operates under
the control of Modi,
then there is a govern-
ment that is in no con-
trol of Yogi in the state.
Jayant Chaudhary also
described the increas-
ing unemployment in
the country as a gift of
the BJP government.
There are vacancies in
the Central Govern-
ment. PM Modi is
scared dances at the
behest of four or five
people. The farmers
continued the coun-
try’s economy in the
lockdown, but still, the
BJP government has
been working to sup-
press the voice of the
farmers. He said will
always raise the voice
of the farmers and will
continue to raise it.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP Con-
gress today criticised
the UP minister Suresh
Khanna for making ob-
jectionable comments
against AICC general
secretary Priyanka
Gandhi. The Congress
said that BJP had been
spreading venom in the
society the state gov-
ernment had failed on
all fronts.
The spokesman of
UPCC Ashok Singh said
people had stopped tak-
ing BJP and UP minis-
ters seriously and for
this reason they have
resorted to objectiona-
ble statements against
Priyanka Gandhi, who
has gained ground and
popularity in the state.
He said the BJP was in-
capable of facing chal-
lenges being given by
Priyanka Gandhi.
Claiming that Uttar
Pradesh had been tak-
ing Priyanka Gandhi
very seriously, Ashok
Singh said BJP leaders
and ministers should
take care of themselves.
He said by utter fail-
ure in administration
during the last five
years, the BJP had in-
sulted mandate given to
it by the people. It is for
this reason there was
resentment against BJP
and growing confidence
in Priyanka Gandhi,
Singh claimed. He said
the Congress knew how
to keep promises and
implement them effec-
tively. Singh said the
people had lost faith in
BJP and now it had
been trying to spread
fake claims to mislead
the masses.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Rashtriya
Samaj Party’s (RSP)
state president Chan-
dra Pal in an exclusive
interview with First
India came down heav-
ily on the opposition
party announced
that RSP will contest
403 seats in the state
undertheleadershipof
National President of
RSP Mahadev Pal
Jankar Saheb. He add-
ed that party is not
thinking about form-
ing an alliance for the
upcoming elections
all the parties are mis-
leading the public by
promising free electric-
ity
, scooty
, mobiles, etc.
He added these prom-
ises are nothing but
temptations offered by
the other parties.
OP Rajbhar of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) Akhilesh
Yadav of Samajwadi Party (SP).
The SP and SBSP on
Wednesday announced
their alliance for the
2022 UP assembly polls.
Akhilesh Yadav, ahead
of the ‘Mahapanchayat’
on the on the 19th
foundation day of SBSP
in Mau on Wednes-
day, tweeted that “The
Haldharpur ground of
Mau will prove to be the
Kurukshetra of a great
political war”.
‘KURUKSHETRA
OF A GREAT
POLITICAL WAR’
ALLIANCE
BETWEEN SP AND
SBSP A MISMATCH:
SURESH KHANNA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh finance
minister Suresh Ku-
mar Khanna called
the alliance between
Samajwadi Party
and OP Rajbhar-led
Suheldev Bharatiya
Samaj Party (SBSP)
a “mismatch” and
said it will end up in
a divorce as people
of Uttar Pradesh
have a firm belief in
Yogi Adityanath.
Khanna said,
“Mismatched alli-
ances and mis-
matched marriages
have only one fate
and that is divorce.
The nature of the al-
liance between SP
and Suheldev Bhar-
tiya Samaj Party is
exactly the same…
Alliances do not
work with partners
having a mindset
like this.” Khanna
further pointed out
that it is a “Maha-
thagbandhan’ (alli-
ance of cheats) than
Mahagathbandhan
(grand alliance) and
the people of Uttar
Pradesh are fully
aware of the agenda
behind it and will
not allow themselves
to fall into their
trap”. “The people
are and will remain
with the honest,
strong and work-ori-
ented government of
the BJP government
led by CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath,” he said.
The crowd gathered on Wednesday in Mini Chhaprauli.
SP-SBSP in Mau give
call for ‘Khadeda Howe’
GAME ON
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Various leaders from other parties joining BJP in presence of State President Swatantra Dev
Singh at the BJP state office in Lucknow on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Modi govt
empanels 3 UP
IAS officers
UPCC flays min for comments against Priyanka
RSP state president
Chandra Pal
‘RSP WILL
CONTEST
403 SEATS’
RLD chief says BJP
suppressing farmers
‘There should be a
struggle, not
the urge for the
power’
Muzaffarnagar
riots worst after
Partition: Owaisi
Muzaffarnagar:The
Muzaffarnagar riots
were the worst after
the Partition and the
then ruling Samajwa-
di Party failed to pro-
vided justice to the
victims, alleged
AIMIM chief Asadu-
din Owaisi on
Wednesday
. The Hy-
derabad MP said this
while addressing a
party rally here. Peo-
ple were forced to
leave their homes
mosques, he claimed.
The MP also accused
Akhilesh of consider-
ing Muslims as only
vote bank. They do
notwantthepresence
of the AIMIM in UP
as the party has been
raising issues of mi-
norities, he claimed
while exhorting peo-
ple to vote for his out-
fit in next year’s as-
sembly polls. The MP
claimedthathisparty
has been raising is-
sues of not only Mus-
lims but also Hindus
and Dalits. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chairman
of National Commis-
sion for Protection of
Child Rights, represent-
atives from retailers’ as-
sociation, global local
experts have appealed to
the Government of In-
dia to strengthen the
national tobacco control
law in order to protect
the youth from taking
up tobacco use. All of
these experts have
urged the Government
thatincreasinglegalage
of sale of tobacco prod-
ucts to 21 years, adopt-
ing comprehensive ban
on tobacco advertise-
ment promotion and
banning sale of single
sticks of cigarettes/
bidis, would go a long
way to prevent children
and youth from initiat-
ing tobacco use at an
early age.The Cigarettes
and Other Tobacco
Products Prohibition of
Advertisement and Reg-
ulation of Trade and
Commerce Production,
Supply and Distribution
(COTPA) Act, 2003 that
are preventing effective
implementation to re-
duce youth tobacco con-
sumption. The Act was
introduced in 2003 to
regulate advertising,
sale, and availability of
most forms of tobacco
products in India.
Owaisi in Muzaffarnagar on
Wednesday.
PRIYANKA GANDHI
‘Prevent kids from initiating tobacco use’
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
SURESH KHANNA

LUCKNOW, THURSDAY
OCTOBER 28, 2021
First India brings you the most glamorous special guests of First Miss
India 2021, Natasha Assadi, Malvi Malhotra and Dr Amit Karkhanis, who
are all set to amp up the fashion quotient at the event along with
mentors Gaurav Gaur, Megha Sachdeva, Divya Kasliwal, Aakriti Anand,
Swati Jangid, Kriti Garg, Riya Sain and Akanksha Bhalla.
FIRST MISS INDIA 2021
SNEAKPEEKINTOOUR
SPLGUESTSMENTORS
NATASHA ASSADI
Natasha Assadi is a famous Pageant Contestant. She has won many titles
like Miss Universe India 2015 first runner-up, Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva
2015 first runner-up, and Yamaha Fascino Miss Fascinating. She is known
for her role in Movie Gautham Nanda.
MEGHA SACHDEVA
Megha Sachdeva was the finalist at
Campus Princess 2019 and Liva Miss
Diva Universe 2020. She started her
career as a model and has walked the
ramp in several fashion shows.
KRITI GARG
Kriti Garg is an Indian film actress
who has worked predominantly in the
Telugu movie industry. She is very
talented and hard-working and is best
known for her work in the film Raahu
in the year 2020.
MALVI MALHOTRA
Malvi Malhotra is an Indian actress and
model. She is most popular for her work in
movies like Hotel Milan and Udaan. She has
done prominent role in numerous Telugu and
Bollywood, and Tamil films.
SWATI JANGID
Swati Jangid is a famous model and social
media influencer. She won the title of Mrs
India The Queen of Desert 2018. Full of
elegance and poise, Swati is really the
epitome of beauty.
AAKRITI ANAND
Aakriti Anand is a model, fashion blogger, and
Tv host. She was crowned as Miss Jaipur, Miss
Teenage personality 2006 and Miss Desert India
2008. She also won the title of Indian Princess.
www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia
facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09

10-11
ETC
City First
brings to you a
few more
glimpses from
the First India
Food Awards
2021 presented
by Bikaji held
on October 22
at Hotel
Rambagh
Jaipur.
HOSPITALITY
AWARDS 2021
AWARDS 2021
FIRST INDIA
FIRST INDIA
Dignitaries honoring the team of Peshawri, ITC Rajputana for
Best Specialty Indian Restaurant Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Brown Sugar for the Best Cafe Award
Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar and
Aman Verma as they look at updates from the First India newspaper
Dignitaries honoring the team of White Kitchen for the Best Cloud Kitchen Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Okra, Jaipur Marriott Hotel for the Best World Cuisine Award Dignitaries honoring the team of Town Coffee for the Best All Day Diner Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Blackout for the Best Night Club (Rooftop) Award Dignitaries honoring Radhika Agarwal for the Best Food Blogger Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Chao Chinese Restaurant for the Best Chinese Restaurant Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Little Affair, Sariska for the
Best Upcoming Boutique Resort Award
Dignitaries honoring Neeti Kasliwal for Hops n Taters
for the Best Mutli Cuisine Restro Lounge Award Dignitaries honoring the team of Half Light Coffee Roaster for the Best Coffee Roaster Award
Dignitaries honoring the owner of Scoop and Cones
for the Best Gelato Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Fairmount Jaipur for
Best Hotel for Events Award
Dignitaries honoring Bake Hut for the Best Bakery Award Dignitaries honoring Dzurt for the Best Patisserie Award Dignitaries honoring the team of IHM for the Best Personalised Catering Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Chirmi Palace for Best Wine Bistro Award Dignitaries honoring Tarun Gupta for Best Food Photography Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Vishal Jalani for the Emerging Entreprenuer of the year
Dignitaries honoring the team of Mohan Mahal,
Leela Palace for the Best Rajasthani Restaurant Award
Jagdeesh Chandra with Aman Verma, Rishee Miglani and Anita Hada
Dignitaries honoring the team of Club Trove for the Best Night Club (Dancing) Award Dignitaries honoring the team of Rawat Mishthan Bhandar for Best Mishthan Bhandar Award
Shashi Bhati, Deepak Agarwal, Anita Hada and Rishee Miglani
Dignitaries honoring the team of Hotel Clarion Inn for
the Best Mid Size Hotel for Weddings Events
Dignitaries honoring the team of Shiv Vilas Resort for the Best Wedding Hotel Award
Jagdeesh Chandra and Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar presenting the Best Luxury Hotel Award to
Rambagh Palace, also seen on the stage is actor Aman Verma
Dignitaries honoring the team of Pitstop for the Best Theme Cafe Award
Dignitaries honoring the team of Swiggy for Best Delivery Award
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
AND
MUKESH
KIRADOO

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
hadi in all its
pristine quality
and natural fi-
bre has always
emerged as the
fashion for the
ethnically di-
verse or culturally rich.
Fast forward to 2021,
it has taken a contempo-
raryspinandhassoared
as the fabric of modern
fashion.
Farha Ansari, an ace
fashion designer and en-
trepreneur from Jaipur
showcased a western-
ised Khadi collection at
the recently concluded
Lucknow Khadi Fash-
ion Show as an attempt
to entice the young gen-
eration to adopt Khadi.
Lucknow Khadi Fash-
ion Show, an initiative
by First India CMD,
Jagdeesh Chandra was
an endeavour to endorse
Khadi as envisioned by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and was con-
ducted under the aegis
of the Uttar Pradesh
Khadi Board.
The collection
showcased by Farha
Ansari was inoculat-
ed with contemporary
modes, eye-catching
patterns and innovative
styles.
Talking about Khadi
and its importance in
India, Farha said, “Our
new collection speaks
volumes on the idea of
vocal for local, and
through this collect,
I'd like to request
the chief minister,
Yogi Adityanath and
the prime minister of,
Narendra Modi to en-
courage wearing khadi
to all government offi-
cials at least once week-
ly to promote the herit-
age as well as to encour-
age khadi workers.
This will encourage
more and more employ-
ment as well as protect
our prestigious cul-
ture.”
The Khadi India
marked designer (Farha
Ansari) along with her
team of proficient arti-
sans created appropri-
ate apparel for both
casual and festive wear-
ing with a touch of the
aesthetic elite.
Farha Ansari, the
Society for Empower-
ment of Women Arti-
san (SEWA) founder
said, “My work is about
designing apparels
that are attractive and
practical for Ramp-to-
Retail approach and
bridging the gap be-
tween weaver market
gap. I am inspired by
Bibi Russell and want
to promote the tradi-
tional heritage to the
global fashionistas in a
similar manner.”
IPS Akash Tomar took charge as SSP Saharanpur on Tuesday. City First congratulates him on the happy occasion.
IAS Sunil Kumar Chaudhary, Sepcial Secetary, Technical Education UP (left)
and IAS Kumar Vineet, MD UP DESCO (right) were spotted reading First India
newspaper on Wednesday morning.
The birthday of IAS Amit
Singh Bansal was on
Wednesday, October 27.
We wish him luck!
An Awareness campaign based on 'Self-reliance with
integrity' was organised at Chaudhary Charan Singh
International Airport, Lucknow on Wednesday. Chief Airport
Officer SC Hota administered the oath of corruption-free India
to the passengers, officers and staff of Adani International
Airport in the terminal premises.
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
K
MONICA
PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
NEW SSP B’DAY
BACK TO THE ROOTS
KEEPING UP!
AIRPORT INTEGRITY HOMAGETO HANDLOOM
CONTEMPORARY
COLOURS
KHADI
OF
Farha Ansari
showcased a
westernised
Khadi collection
at Khadi
Fashion Show
Ahead of the festive season,
Matikala Mela, an art
exhibition, was organised by
Uttar Pradesh Mati Kala Board
at Sangeet Nayak Academy on
Wednesday. Siddharth Nath
Singh, Navneet Sehgal and
Udaybhan Singh inaugurated
the exhibition and encouraged
the participants with their
words of worth.
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
Sumitra Godara Farha Ansari, Ritu Suhas and Reena Rathaur during show sequence Show stopper Ritu Suhas
Deepika Singh Tuba Khan
Women were captured flaunting beautiful Silk sarees at Silk India
Exhibiton held at Safed Baradari on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR

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