First india lucknow edition-02 march 2021

UP Film City will be truly world class: Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The coun-
try’s biggest film city
proposed at Gautam
Buddh Nagar will also
have a film institute,
said UP Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath.
The UP CM, who was
reviewingtheactionplan
for the development of
proposed film city here
onMonday
,saidtheinsti-
tute will provide a plat-
form to youths aspiring
to make a career in film
production and acting.
This institute will be
set up in 40 acres land
within the ambitious
Film City
. It will provide
training in various gen-
res related to film and
TV production such as
directing, production,
choreography
, editing,
screenplay writing and
sound recording, and
alsolearnthenuancesof
acting. Talking about
making Film City
, a new
destinationfortheenter-
tainment industry
, CM
Yogi said reputed film-
makers, directors, stu-
dios, technicians of the
world should be consult-
ed, so that their inputs
may help in making the
UP Film City as a truly
World Class destination.
During the metting a
report by the world class
consultants Turn to P6
CM Yogi Adityanath chairs the NOIDA film city review meeting at Lok Bhavan on Monday, also seen are ACS Information Navneet
Sehgal, Director Information Shishir and YEIDA and CBRE officials.
A World Class
institute will be set up
in 40 acres land
within the Film City
& provide training in
genres related to film
and TV production
SEC 144 IMPOSED
YOGI POISED TO
TAKE ON DIDI
IN BENGAL
The Lucknow administra-
tion has imposed section
144 in the state capital
eyeing a massive spell of
protest from farmers and
political bodies here. In
a statement released by
Naveen Arora, JCP, Law &
Order, it has been said that
Section 144 remains in
force till April 5 in Lucknow.
Lucknow: BJP’s star
performer & UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath would spearhead
the BJP’s biggest politi-
cal onslaught for the up-
coming West Bengal As-
sembly elections from
Tuesday
. Billed as one of
the biggest election rally
intheregionafterthean-
nouncement of poll
schedule, the firebrand
UP CM would lead the
charge to unseat Chief
MinisterMamataBaner-
jee and trounce TMC.
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LAG BHI GAI, PATA BHI
NAHI CHALA: MODI
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi’s
humourous side came
to the fore as he took his
first dose of COVID-19
vaccine at the All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi
on Monday
.
The medical staff was
a bit overawed by the
situation, as they found
the Prime Minister of
the country standing at
thevaccinationcentreto
receive the jab from
them. Sensing the some-
what tense and nervous
atmosphere, PM Modi
instantly struck up a
conversation with the
nurses, asking their
names and hometowns
to ease their nerves.
lightening up the at-
mosphere, he asked
the nurses whether
they would use a nee-
dle meant for veteri-
nary purposes.
The nurses said no
but did not fully under-
stand the question. He
then explained that the
politicians were known
to be very Turn to P6
Priyanka dances, Rahul shows
‘martial moves’ to woo voters!
New Delhi: Congress
General Secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra,
who is in Assam ahead
of assembly elections as
part of the party cam-
paign, on Monday
joined in to do the ‘Jhu-
mur’dancewithagroup
of young performers of
the tea tribes in Lakh-
impur. Gandhi, who was
surrounded by a huge
crowd of media person-
nel, supporters and par-
ty workers, Turn to P6
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi at St. Joseph’s Matric Hr. Sec.
School in Kanyakumari. —PHOTO BY ANI
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee being greeted by RJD leader
Tejaswi Yadav at State Secretariat, in Kolkata. —PHOTO BY PTI
Support Didi, Tejashwi
tells Biharis in Bengal;
CM silent on alliance
Kolkata: RJD leader
Tejashwi Yadav met
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
on Monday, 1 March,
and promised to extend
full support to the TMC
in areas populated with
Hindi-speaking and Bi-
hari voters in Bengal.
After the meeting, CM
Banerjeesaid,“Wedon’t
want BJP to control
Election Commission.”
The RJD leader, who
led the RJD in its fight
against the NDA during
Bihar elections, met the
West Bengal CM at the
state secretariat in Na-
banna. Tejashwi Yadav,
also voiced support for
TMC and has appealed
to the people from Bi-
har to stand with
Mamata in Bengal polls.
Senior TMC leader
and Urban Develop-
ment Minister Firhad
Hakim also joined the
meeting.
Defamation case: Bailable
warrant against Kangana
New Delhi: A month
after issuing summons
to actor Kangana
Ranaut, a Mumbai
court on Monday is-
sued bailable warrant
against the Bollywood
actor after she failed to
appear before court in
a defamation case filed
by poet-lyricist Javed
Akhtar. A metropolitan
magistrate’s court had
summoned Ranaut
based on the complaint
by Javed Akhtar.
PLEA CHALLENGES
EC DECISION OF
POLLS IN 8 PHASES
A plea challenging the
Election Commission’s
decision to conduct
assembly elections over
eight phases in West
Bengal was filed in
the Supreme Court on
Monday. The plea, seeks
the apex court’s direction
to the poll panel to stop it
from conducting eight-
phase elections in the
state as it violates Article
14 (right to equality) and
Article 21 (right to life) of
the Constitution.
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SHOWING
THE WAY!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being given the first dose of COVID-19
vaccine at AIIMS in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AMIT SHAH RECEIVES
FIRST JAB OF
COVID-19 VACCINE
HARSH VARDHAN
PRAISES PM MODI
FOR LEADING BY
EXAMPLE
New Delhi: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah ad-
ministered the first shot
of the COVID-19 vaccine
on Monday. According
to officials, doctors from
the Medanta hospital ad-
ministered the vaccine to
Shah. Soon after receiv-
ing the first dose of the
vaccine at AIIMS Delhi,
he tweeted, “Took my first
dose of the COVID-19
vaccine at AIIMS.”
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has lead
by example as he took the
first jab of COVID-19 vac-
cine the day when the vac-
cination of people above
60 years began, said
Union Health and Family
Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
on Monday. He also urged
opposition leaders to take
the COVID-19 vaccine and
help in ending the vaccine
hesitancy. P6
DON’T NEED COVID JAB:
HARYANA MINISTER ANIL VIJ
MBBS STUDENT TESTS COVID
POSITIVE AFTER 2ND DOSE
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil
Vij on Monday said he didn’t need the Cov-
id-19 vaccine as his antibodies count was
quite good owing to the shots taken during
trials for the vaccine. Vij, who inaugurated
the third phase of inoculation digitally on
Monday, explains why he doesn’t need a
vaccine immediately. Turn to P6
Mumbai: A Final-year MBBS student from
Sion hospital tested positive for the novel
coronavirus on Saturday, days after receiv-
ing the second dose of the vaccine against
Covid-19. Doctors said even after both
doses, it could take several days for im-
munity to build. The 21-year-old received
the Covishield vaccine. Turn to P6
1. Rajasthan Governor
Kalraj Mishra; 2. Vice
President Venkaiah
Naidu, 3. NCP chief
Sharad Pawar, 4.
Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar received
the first dose of
COVID19 vaccine on
Monday.
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3 4
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hina may have targeted power facilities across India last year in the middle of
hostilities at the border, a new study says. A massive power outage in Mumbai in
October, which stopped trains and shut down hospitals and the stock exchange
for hours, may have been linked to these activities by a group of Chinese hack-
ers, says the report that has been shared with the government. The study shows that
alongside the Ladakh tensions, which escalated in June with the clash at Galwan Valley in
which 20 Indian soldiers died for the country, Chinese malware was flowing into systems
that manage power supply across India. However, Union Power Minister R K Singh has
claimed that the cause Mumbai outage was instead “human error” and that the Power
Ministry was aware of a major Chinese state operation to use malware Turn to P6
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Students express happiness on revisiting their longed-for schools, friends and teachers
AFTERCOVIDBREAK,ENERGETCYOGI‘BACK
TO SCHOOL’ TO GREET BRAVEHEART KIDS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: How is your
first day at school?
Asked CM Yogi from a
young Seema studying
in class II. “It is good,
Sir,” pat comes a reply
from the kid as she
reached school after a
break of almost a year
on Monday
.
The CM visited a
school in Narhi area of
Lucknow where he in-
teracted with a number
of kids. He was accom-
panied by ACS Informa-
tion Navneet Sehgal,
Principal Secretary to
CM Sanjay Prasad and
Lucknow DM Abhishek
Prakash.
Private and govern-
ment primary schools
across Uttar Pradesh
greeted students of
Classes 1 to 5 with bal-
loons and flowers as
they reopened on Mon-
day, nearly a year after
they were closed due to
the outbreak of the on-
going COVID-19 pan-
demic.
Students expressed
joy and happiness upon
meeting their friends
and teachers. “I am so
gladtobebackinschool.
Ihaven’tseenmyfriends
in a long time. I’m very
glad to see my teachers
as well,” said a student.
There are currently
2,103 active COVID-19
cases in Uttar Pradesh,
as per data from the
Union Health Ministry.
As many as 5,92,699 re-
coveries and 8,725
deaths have been re-
ported from the state
so far.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In accor-
dance to Yogi govern-
ment’saimof connecting
every village with broad-
band under the National
Broadband Mission,
31,149 gram panchayats
have been connected
with optical fiber where-
in all government works
isdonethroughinternet.
Further 14,100 gram
panchayatswouldbecon-
nected in next 60 days. A
total of 58,194 gram pan-
chayatsin75districtsare
to be connected by De-
cember 31, 2022 in three
phases.
With this, online edu-
cation will commence in
schools and children of
schools in 31,149 gram
panchayats will not have
to face that presently ow-
ing to poor connectivity
studentsarefacinginon-
line classes.
It may be mentioned
Central government had
decided to connect every
village in country with
high-speed broadband
connectivity for which
NationalBroadbandMis-
sion was launched two
years ago.
Under the Mission 50
lakh kilometer optical fi-
bercablewouldbelaidto
provide high speed
broadband service in ru-
ral areas of state besides
tower density would be
increased from 0.42 to 1.0
per 1000 population so
that access to govern-
ment schemes in rural
areascouldbemadeeasy
.
To accomplish the
task, CS RK Tiwari
constituted a State
Broadband Committee
under his chairman-
ship comprising of of-
ficers of many depart-
mentsincludingITand
Electronics.
Under committee’s su-
pervision 17,903 gram
panchayats in Eastern
Uttar Pradesh and 10,481
inWesternUttarPradesh
West have been connect-
ed to optical fiber till De-
cember 31 while 17,032
gram panchayats in UP
East and 2195 in UP West
would be connected by
April 30.
CMYogicovers31Kp’yatsundere-umbrella
MISSION BROADBAND
CM Yogi and Minister of Medical and Health Jai Pratap Singh
visited Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital on Monday
to inspect the second phase of nationwide COVID-19 innoculation
drive that covers people above 60 years of age and those above
45 years having comorbidities against coronavirus.
Governor graces
convocation events
Dissastisfied with govt
reply, SP stages walkout
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party members on Mon-
day staged a walkout
from the Uttar Pradesh
legislative council say-
ing they were not satis-
fied with the govern-
ment’s reply on the law
and order in the state.
Opposition staged the
walkout after a clash
with ruling BJP during
Zero Hour, while press-
ing for admission of an
adjournment notice on
aw and order situation.
SP MLC Anand Bha-
dauria accused the
Yogi government of
maintaining jungle
raj in UP
, alleging that
workers of all opposi-
tion parties are being
targeted.
“Not only the SP lead-
ers but anyone opposing
the BJP is targeted. The
government only boast
of its zero-tolerance (to
crime), but incidents of
murders and rapes keep
making newspaper
headlines every day, he
said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Addressing
thefifthconvocationcer-
emony of Khwaja
Moinuddin Chishti Bha-
sha University on Mon-
day
, UP Governor and
Chancellor Anandiben
Patel said that convoca-
tion day remains unfor-
gettable for all students
as their degree comes
with the responsibility
of proving their identity
byachievingamilestone
in life.
Addressing the ocas-
sion, she said that the
students of the insti-
tute would contribute
positively to the prog-
ress of their family be-
sides the society as well
as the nation.
During the convoca-
tion ceremony
, the UP
Governor awarded 85
medals to 75 students,
out of which 40 med-
als were awarded to
boys and 45 medals to
girls. Amongst all the
medal recipients
Maryam Hafeez
achieved the distinc-
tion of being awarded
four gold medals.
Governor Anandiben Patel, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma at the 5th
Convocation ceremony at Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti Language
University on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
We are not
sending our
children to
schools as the cor-
nonavirus cases
across the coun-
try are on rise.
We are still not
sure when we
would be sending
them for school
sessions.
Pankaj Mehta,
Musician
My son is a
student of
class IV
here and we sent
him to school as
he was also
caught at home
for almost 11
months. Going to
school was a re-
freshing experi-
ence for him
Rajesh Yadav,
Private Banker
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath talks to a primary student during a school inspection at Narhi area of
the city on Monday. Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Prasad, ACS Navneet Sehgal and Lucknow DM
Abhishek Prakash were also present there.
Teachers welcome students on their ‘comeback’ to school.
Flowers were showered to welcome students back in school.
Yogi to lead BJP’s onslaught
against Mamata in WB today
‘Jewar airport to
set benchmarks’
First India Bureau
Varansi: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath On
Monday said that the
speed with which the
Jewar Airport project
would be implemented
would set a benchmark
for quality and reflect
the new work culture of
Uttar Pradesh.
He said this at a meet-
ing held to ink the state
support agreement be-
tween the Yamuna Inter-
national Airport Private
Limited and the Noida
International Airport
Limited, a subsidiary of
theZurichAirportInter-
nationalAG,thedevelop-
er chosen for the devel-
opment of the world-
class airport.
Reviewing the prog-
ress of the project, he
again expressed his gov-
ernment’s resolve to
complete it on a priority
basis. It was decided to
increase the number of
airstrips from 2 to 6 at
this airport.
Yogi said the project
was pending with previ-
ous governments for al-
most 30 years, but his
government decided in
March 2017 to prioritise
it in the interest of the
state and the country
.
Recalling that there
were only two opera-
tional airports – Luc-
know and Varanasi --
in the state in 2017, the
chief minister said
barely three years lat-
er, however, it now has
seven airports – Agra,
Hindon, Gorakhpur,
Prayagraj and Bareil-
ly – besides those of
Lucknow and Varana-
si and 17 airstrips.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
would spearhead the
BJP’s biggest political
onslaughtfortheupcom-
ing West Bengal Assem-
bly elections from today
.
Billed as one of the
biggest election rally in
the region after the an-
nouncement of poll
schedule, the firebrand
CM would lead the
charge to unseat Chief
MinisterMamataBaner-
jee and trounce TMC.
The party
, according to
sources has drawn up a
detailed itinerary of Yo-
gi’s election tour in the
coming days.
The UP CM is expect-
ed to give a glimpse of
the development model
he has followed in Uttar
Pradesh to the voters in
West Bengal, which is
mired in poverty and
backwardness.
The talking point of
his speech may include
his government’s crack-
down on mafias and
criminals in Uttar
Pradesh, enrichment
cultural heritage and
Self-relianceineconomy
.
Yogi’s aggressive cam-
paigning style and influ-
ence on Hindu votes is
expected to turn tables
in favour of BJP in West
Bengal.
“West Bengal has al-
ways been close to our
hearts. Our ideologue
SyamaPrasadMookerjee
hailed from there. And,
peoplehavingtriedallop-
tions there, now have
hopes from the BJP
,”
BJP’s Harish Chandra
Srivastava said. “Of the
seatsinMaldawithheavy
tribal presence, the CPM
hadwontwoandtheCon-
gressonein2016 Assem-
bly polls. The two CPM
MLAs have since de-
fected to the BJP. Sever-
al important MLAs and
ministers of the Mama-
ta government have
joined the BJP and I
won’t be surprised if
more from the ruling
party or the CPM defect
to the BJP after Yogi
ji’s rally,” said another
BJP leader.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
CM Yogi Adityanath, Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, ACS,
SP Goyal, , CEO NIAL,Arunvir Singh, Christoph Schnellmann, CEO
NIA and Kiran Jain, COO NIA at CM’s official residence.
Cong MLAs protest against unemployment
First India Bureau
Varansi: The Opposi-
tion raised the issue
of unemployment in
the state on Monday
and the Congress
MLAs dissatisfied
with a minister’s re-
ply staged a walkout
from the Assembly
.
Raising the issue
during zero hour, Con-
gress leader Ajay Ku-
mar Lallu accused the
Yogi-led BJP govern-
ment of betrayal and
said, “The youth of the
state is feeling sad and
dejected. Leaking of
question papers (of ex-
aminations) has made
them feel cheated”.
Leader of Opposition
Ram Govind Chaud-
hary compared aspi-
rants to Goddess Sita
and said after appear-
ing in a number of ex-
aminations, ‘Sita’ had
to seek refuge inside
Earth.
GUV@BHATKHANDE
CM Yogi took a jibe
at West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee saying
“you reap what you
sow” and that she be
prepared to face the
peoples backlash in
the polls.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath wished
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
on his birthday. “ I
pray to lord Rama for
your long and healthy
life”, the CM said in
his message.
The CM has instruct-
ed that COVID-19
vaccination centres
in private hospitals
should work in accord-
ance with the stand-
ards and regulations
set by the government.
Yogi said that the up-
coming Noida Film
City should be devel-
oped in accordance with
International standards
on a PPP mode.
I sent my son to school with all safety gears including
masks and sanitizer. I told him to keep sanitizing his
hands and not get in close contact with anyone.
Sarita Singh, Govt official
I think studying from home is better for kids and for
me. Studying from home is better because it saves a
lot of time that we can utilise to learn new things.
Shivangi Khare, Engineer
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks

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03
STF ARRESTS
NEPALI NATIONAL
FOR TERROR PLOT
TWO DIE AFTER CONSUMING ILLICIT
LIQUOR IN MIRZAPUR
MAN RAPES 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
WIFE FILES CASE AGAINST HIM
Mirzapur:Afterconsumingillicitliquortwopersons
of Nevadiya village fallen ill and they were rushed to
CHCwheretheydiedduringtreatment.Districtmag-
istrate has taken cognisance of the incident and in-
structed CMO to probe the matter. Sanjai Kumar,
additional superintendent of police (City) said Ch-
hedi Nishad (56) and Mahesh Nishad (40) died after
consuming poisonous liquor late on Sunday night.
Gorakhpur: A man raped his 13-yr-old daughter
after beating her up. A case was registered against
him on complaint of his wife and mother of the
victim. She said when she was at her parent’s res-
idence, accused raped her daughter. Police have
arrested the accused and case was registered
against him under POSCO Act and 354 A of IPC.
Lucknow: UP Spe-
cial Task Force (STF)
arrested a Nepali na-
tional Salim for ter-
ror plotting in Ayod-
hya and recovered
fake identity docu-
ments including Aad-
har Card, Nepali
passport, educational
certificates and mo-
bilephonesfromhim.
ADG STF Amitabh
Yash said Salim was
residing in a mosque
here after SC’s ver-
dict on Ram Temple
construction.
CRIME ROUND UP
Janardan Mishra
Lucknow: Over a year
after introducing Com-
missionerate system in
Noida and Lucknow, the
UP government has
passed UP Control of
Gunda Ordinance
(amended) 2021. It will
strengthen Commis-
sionerate and law and
order will be imposed
more efficiently, said
Dhruv Kant Thakur,
commissioner of Police
Lucknow.
Thakur told First In-
dia “After this amend-
ment Joint Commis-
sioner of Police will also
have power to take ac-
tions under Gunda Act.
TheActprovidesspecial
provisions for the con-
trol and suppression of
Goondas with a view to
themaintenanceof pub-
lic order”.
The Goonda Act de-
fines that a person or
group of members ha-
bitually commits crime
and disturb public or-
der frequently, will be
termed as Goonda.
Also, actions would be
taken against perpetra-
tors involved in human
trafficking, illicit
liquor trading and
threat to society under
this act.
“Earlier, only Com-
missioner had to take
actions against pre-
parators under Goon-
da Act and the divi-
sional commissioner
had to hear the appeal
for it but after amend-
ment JCPs will take ac-
tions against Goonda
act and its appeal will
be presented in-front
of commissioners”
said Thakur.
The Act has been
proved effective against
organised crime spe-
cially. Several mafias,
habitual criminals, il-
licit liquor traders were
booked under this act
during the Commis-
sionerate period. Such
amendments will pave
the way for better law
and order in state capi-
tal and create fear in
criminals involved in
such crimes.
‘Gunda Act to strengthen commissionarate system’
MORE POWER
Lucknow Commissioner of Police Dhruv Kant Thakur
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The non-
payment of huge elec-
tricity dues has landed
Uttar Pradesh Power
Corporation Limited
(UPPCL) in acute fi-
nancial problem.
The corporation has
been facing major cri-
sis because of increas-
ing dues from the con-
sumers, especially in
rural areas. However,
in view of forthcoming
Panchayat elections
moves are afoot to en-
sure adequate supply to
villages.
According to infor-
mation, at least 35 per
cent consumers have
never paid electricity
bills. Sources said of
around three crore ac-
tive or billable consum-
ers, over 1.39 crore have
never bothered to pay
their bills after getting
the connections over
the years and majority
of them are confined to
rural and semi-rural
areas with nearly 40,000
in cities. Thus only 65
per cent are regularly
paying the bills, com-
mented an officer.
Sources said unpaid
bill of Rs one lakh each
have touched Rs 30,000
crore. With cumulative
deficit increasing to
about Rs 80,000 crore
because of difference
of cost of power supply
and actual returns, the
situation has worsened
during last one year due
to pandemic. Thus, un-
der the prevailing situ-
ation the corporation
expects distribution
losses to 16.64% in 2021-
22 against the approved
11.08% by the UP elec-
tricity regulatory com-
mission (UPERC).
The supply load in ru-
ral areas is likely to in-
crease in next two
months because of the
panchayat elections.
“The corporation would
be forced to purchase
more units of electricity
but not matching re-
turn”,saidanofficerand
added increasing dues
are making difficult for
the UPPCL to clear its
ownbillstopowergener-
ating companies.
UP Rajya Vidyut
Upbhokta Parishad
chairman Avadhesh
Verma said govern-
ment departments had
a major share in the to-
tal power dues.
“UPPCL, on the one
hand, is not able to real-
ise its dues. On the oth-
er hand, it is mulling a
tariff hike in the name
of its mounting deficit.
Any tariff hike, if ap-
proved, will impact the
paying consumers yet
again,” he said.
The problem of con-
sumers never getting
MU (meter unit) bills
was again largely
found in villages with
12.82 lakh consumers
under this category.
HUGE DUES AND SUMMER LEAVE
UPPCL IN ‘CASH 22’ SITUATION
Rural consumers, government entities largest defaulters; deficit rises to `80k cr
AGRA, VARANASI
DISCOMS LEAD
UP STF arrests
7 accomplices
ofVikas Dubey
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh
Special Task Force
(STF) has arrested sev-
en accomplices who
helped dreaded crimi-
nal Vikas Dubey in at-
tacking a police team in
which eight policemen
including deputy super-
intendent of police
were killed. Some of the
arrested accused had
helped Vikas in hiding
and escaping after the
crime.
ADG (STF) Amitabh
Yash said that seven ac-
complices of Vikas
Dubey were arrested
and several weapons
were recovered from
their possession. One
of the arrested accused
had provided shelter to
Vikas Dubey for two
days after the crime.
Eight cops including
a circle officer were
killed in an attack by
Dubey and his accom-
plices on July 2, 2020.
`10L worth
gold, phone
seized at airport
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Officers of
the Customs CCSI Air-
port, Lucknow inter-
cepted one person who
had disembarked from
Dubai by flight No. FZ
8325 and recovered gold
weighing 160.50 grams
valued at Rs. 7,76,820/,
one iPhone Max Pro
mobile phone valued at
Rs. 1,20,000 and 144 tea
bags valued at Rs.
12,000. Niharika Lakha,
Deputy Commissioner,
Airport said the gold
was concealed as gold
cap (katori) embedded
around rudraksha and
was knitted in thin plas-
tic thread in form of
Rudraksha Mala. The
officers seized the re-
covered gold under Cus-
toms Act. Further inves-
tigation in the case is
going on.
The exercise was
done under Commis-
sioner Customs Luc-
know, VP Shukla and
team members.
Vikas Dubey during his arrest.
—FILE PHOTO The customs haul at the airport
LPG prices hiked for fourth time in a
month; no change in subsidy amount
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Theeconom-
ic crunch has forced the
governmenttoattackthe
pockets of the people. In
the last 28 days the price
of the gas cylinder (do-
mestic and commercial)
has been increased four
times. The government
while increasing the
price of the gas cylin-
dershaskeptthesubsidy
at the same level as be-
fore. As per petroleum
company officials there
has been no increase in
subsidy on the domestic
cylinders which would
be Rs.48.
According to the re-
port of the Petroleum
Ministry, the prices of
gas cylinders were in-
creased by Rs.25 on Feb-
ruary3,February14and
February 25 and on
March 1, while the sub-
sidy were fixed at Rs.48.
Like its bigger sib-
ling, the price of the
5-kg subsidised cylinder
has also increased. The
petroleum company re-
ports till February 3, the
5-kg domestic cylinder
would cost Rs 285 which
was increased by Rs 36
to Rs 321 on March 1.
The commercial cyl-
inder on the other hand
has seen a increase of
Rs 81 as a commercial
cylinder on 3rd Febru-
ary was costing Rs.1640
is now being sold at
Rs.1721 as on March 1.
KP Mishra, national
vice president of LPG
Federation Association
said the continuous rise
in price is angering the
public and the economi-
callyweakersectionsare
facing hardship.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The next
phase of the coronavi-
rus vaccination drive
began in Uttar Pradesh
on Monday to cover eve-
ryone over 60 and those
aged between 45-59 who
have comorbidities.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary (Health) Amit
Mohan Prasad said
those suffering from 20
diseases, the list of
which has been issued
by the Centre, will be
covered under the drive.
They will be vacci-
nated on the certifica-
tion of a doctor, he said.
There is, however, no
condition for those
above 60, he added.
The new phase of the
vaccination drive has
been launched on a
small scale initially
with only three hospi-
tals selected to give
shots in each district,
though there is enthusi-
asminthepeoplefollow-
ing PM Narendra Modi
taking the vaccine on
Monday
.
A government hospi-
tal, medical college and
a private hospital em-
panelled in the Ayush-
man Bharat pro-
gramme have been se-
lected for the vaccina-
tion. Though the vac-
cine will be provided
for free in government
hospitals, a maximum
of Rs 250 can be
charged by private hos-
pitals for a dose.
Prasad said so far 77
per cent of frontline and
healthcare workers
have taken the first dose
of the vaccine in UP
.
Next round of jab
gets underway; those
over 60 get vaxed
An eledery being vaxed.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Min launches SVANidhi
loan fair for street vendors
Two held in jewellery
shop theft case
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Minister for
Urban Development,
Ashutosh Tandon
launched the SVANidhi
loan fair under the PM’
Street Vendors At-
maNirbhar Nidhi
scheme via video confer-
encingintheDirectorate
of Urban Development
The fair will be held
from March 1 to March 6
in all the municipal bod-
ies of the state. The min-
ister said 8.32 lakh peo-
ple will benefit from the
scheme and along with
this the facility of secu-
rity-free loan up to Rs
10,000, 7 per cent interest
subsidy on regular pay-
ment and cash back of
Rs 1,200 per year will be
given on digital transac-
tion. He said if a loan is
repaid before time then
the person will be eligi-
ble for loans of higher
amount from next time.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The police
arrested two accused
andrecoveredoverRs70
lakh along with valua-
bles of crores on Mon-
day
, three days after the
theft incident at a prom-
inent jewellery shop in
Aminabad area here.
Addressing the me-
dia, Joint police com-
missioner (Crime)
Neelabja Chaudhary
said Aminabad police
have arrested two crimi-
nals for theft in jewel-
lery shops in that area.
He said 10 special teams
were formed to nab the
accused. It was revealed
that thieves reached at
the spot by e-rickshaw
and following that clue
raids were conducted in
several hotels.
Chaudhary said 10-kg
gold, Rs 70.62 lakh cash,
diamonds worth Rs 10
lakhetc.wererecovered.
CS reviews implementation of
schemes,vaccination in dists
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Secre-
tary Rajendra Kumar
Tiwari reviewed imple-
mentation of different
schemes and covid vac-
cination in a meeting
held through video con-
ferencing with all divi-
sional commissioners,
district magistrates and
senior administrative
officials on Monday
.
He said that like 8 am-
bitious districts, Dis-
trict Magistrate of 34
districts should send a
development plan for
various programmes of
health and malnutri-
tion, agriculture and
water resources, educa-
tion, skill development,
financial inclusion and
basic infrastructure in
selected 100 develop-
ment blocks.
He said month-wise
targetsshouldbesetand
weekly review meetings
should be held. He said
he himself would hold a
monthly review meet-
ing of development
works to be done in
these 100 development
blocks of 34 districts.
Nat’l Safety
Day by Metro
Rail Corp
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Metro
Rail Corporation is all
set to celebrate Nation-
al Safety Day on March
4. To mark the 50th An-
niversary of National
Safety Day, UP Metro
will be celebrating the
entire week as Safety
Week i.e. March 1 to
March 5.
The theme for this
year is “Learn from Dis-
aster and Prepare for a
safer future”. Many ac-
tivities will be conduct-
ed in the administrative
office of UP Metro,
Transport Nagar depot
and project site of Kan-
pur and Agra.
Jt Dir Hemant
Singh gets
extension
Hemant Singh, Joint
Director, Information
Department, has been
given a 6-month exten-
sion. He will now serve
as Joint Director cum
Special Officer, Informa-
tion Department.
Minister Ashutosh Tandon
launching the loan fair.
Joint Commissioner Neelabja
Chaudhary addressing the press.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
CS RK Tiwari chairing the review meet on Monday.

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PERSPECTIVE
04
s Australia’s
COVID-19 vac-
cine roll-out
commences,
all eyes are on
the government’s com-
munication strategy —
particularly with some
studies finding vaccine
hesitancy is on the rise
in the country.
Our new study arrives at
an opportune time. We ana-
lysed the public communi-
cation strategies that two
countries — Australia and
France — previously used
to promote childhood im-
munisation. We sought to
gauge what they did right
and where they fell short.
Communication cam-
paigns are one of several
tools governments can
use to encourage vaccine
uptake. Governments
can also provide free and
accessible vaccines to
the public, provide in-
centives for health pro-
fessionals to advocate
for vaccines, or impose
consequences for people
who do not vaccinate.
In recent years, both
Australia and France in-
troduced new measures to
induce more children to
get vaccinated. Australia
introduced its “No Jab, No
Pay” policy in 2016, re-
moving financial entitle-
ments for families who
had previously been able
to register an objection to
vaccinating.
France added eight
new vaccines to the three
that were already man-
datory for schools and
childcare in 2017.
With these new vaccine
policies, both countries fi-
nally found the political
will to invest in substantial
promotion campaigns to
address vaccine hesitancy
and concerns.
How did the Australian
and French campaigns
compare?
Australia’s “Get the Facts”
campaign has run for four
years. The centrepiece is a
regularly updated website,
but it also includes bro-
chures and TV advertise-
ments.
France’s “Vaccine Info
Service” is more static and
consists almost entirely of
a website, although the
country’s ministry of
health also paid influenc-
ers to attend a special ex-
pert presentation on vac-
cines, hoping they would
extol the benefits of vacci-
nation to their followers.
The two countries’ web-
sites could not be more dif-
ferent. Despite its name,
Australia’s “Get the Facts”
campaign has been criti-
cised for not including
enough facts. It focuses on
immunisation more gener-
ally, rather than explain-
ing the benefits of vacci-
nating for specific diseas-
es. Parents who have more
questions are referred to a
separate resource. This
feels like a “less is more”
approach to public com-
munication.
The site also relies heav-
ily on emotion, featuring
powerful testimonies from
bereaved parents who lost
their children to preventa-
ble diseases.
Throughaprocesswecall
“manufacturing consent”,
the site encourages support
for Australia’s mandatory
childhood vaccination poli-
cy by focusing on the soci-
etal benefits of herd immu-
nity
. Immunisation is so
important, it implies, we
should all have to do it.
France’s “Vaccine Info
Service” has the opposite
problem to Australia’s
campaign: too many facts!
The site contains every-
thing a person could pos-
sibly want to know about
vaccines, ingredients, side
effects and the science be-
hind immunisations. It
also focuses heavily on in-
dividual diseases and the
vaccines that prevent
them. The tone is very sci-
entific, making it inacces-
sible to a broad segment of
the population.
The campaign also seeks
to “manufacture consent”
for France’s vaccine man-
dates, but follows a very
different path from Aus-
tralia. It explains the ex-
haustive bureaucratic pro-
cesses the government fol-
lowed to develop the policy,
including a citizen consul-
tation.
THECONVERSATION.COM
Right messaging must to battle vax hesitancy
A
Happiness is a state of mind
and has nothing to do with
the external world.
—Bhagwat Gita
Spiritual
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TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Today, India has emerged as the
pharmacy to the world. I salute
our doctors and scientists for
their grit and determination in
ensuring a #Covid19-free world.
Thank PM @narendramodiji for
making a huge impact on the
way the world looks at India,
especially in these times.
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@AnandSharmaINC
Congress’ alliance with parties like
ISF other such forces militates
against the core ideology of the
party and Gandhian and Nehruvian
secularism, which forms the soul
of the party. These issues need to
be approved by CWC.
ost 05 August 2019, Paki-
stan has tried different
tricks to remain relevant
in Kashmir. However, most
of the Pakistani moves
have either failed or back-
fired. But as far as Pak
sponsored terror is con-
cerned, it is once again
threatening to thwart the
desire of the Government
of India to restore normal-
cy and bring everlasting
peace in Kashmir. It is the
last ditch attempt of Paki-
stan which is certain to fail
but may succeed in delay-
ing the process of normali-
sation. A new wave of ter-
ror is emerging in Kashmir
with indigenous flavour.
Having been recognised
world over as fountain
head of terror and the big-
gest promoter of cross bor-
der terror, Pakistan is des-
perately trying for an im-
age makeover by recruit-
ing locals and giving them
an image of home grown
resistance against the
atrocities committed by the
government forces. The
lurking fear of being black-
listed by the Financial Ac-
tion Task Force, a global
watchdog for terror fund-
ing and financing has also
compelled Pakistan to take
a backseat and remain a
latent promoter of cross-
border terror.
The all familiar names of
jihadi terror organisations
activeinKashmirtillrecently
like the Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad
(JeM), Hizbul Mujahidin
(HM) are gradually being re-
placed by new tanzeems like
The Resistance Force (TRF),
Lashkar-e-Mustafa, Gaznavi
Force, Al Badr. Most of the
new tanzeems are the old
wine in new bottles but with
majority cadre being locally
recruited. Their operational
and financial control remains
with their akas (leaders) in
Pakistan. These new terror
outfits are not as well
equipped as their parent tan-
zeems and rely mainly on the
arms smuggled into the Val-
ley through various means
using the over ground net-
work. The local youth is lured
into militancy in the name of
jihad after being radicalised
through social media plat-
forms and venomous speech-
es of the mullahs and anti-
India leaders. They are not
being trained in the jihadi
training camps in POJK or
Afghanistan but locally in the
jungles of South Kashmir
and blooded into terrorism by
lobbing grenades at security
forces pickets or crowded
places. The focus is also shift-
ing from rural insurgency to
urban insurgency with en-
counters taking place in and
around Srinagar while Jam-
mu is emerging as another
preferred base of these ter-
rorists. Target selection has
also undergone a change with
giving up of earlier modus of
large scale attacks on securi-
ty forces or suicidal (fiday-
een) attacks on their camps
and now concentrating more
on targeted killings and use
of Improvised Explosive De-
vices (IEDs). Nizam-e-Musta-
fa and retaining monolith
character of Kashmir being
the main motivator of the lo-
cal terrorists. Minorities and
police personnel form the
main targets of the targeted
and motivated killings. IEDs
are used for mass casualties
to the security forces.
Earlier, the weapons
captured from the terror-
ists use to be a big give
away of the Pakistan hand
because all the weapons
and ammunition either
had the Pakistani (POF) or
Chinese (Norinco) mark-
ings. To overcome this Pa-
kistan is now encouraging
the Kashmiri terrorists to
buy locally made weapons
from Bihar. Smuggling
through tunnels and drop-
ping with the help of
drones also continues
since the supply from Bi-
har and its transportation
all the way to JK is prone
to interception by various
law enforcing agencies. Bi-
har also being the major
source of supply to the
Maoists active in the red
corridor is not able to meet
the full requirement of
Kashmiri terrorists.
Pakistan’s intention in all
this is very clear and obvious.
ItwantsKashmirtoremainas
a flashpoint on the screen of
international radar, keep
Kashmir on the boil, discour-
age outside investment which
is likely to generate employ-
mentaswellasweanawaythe
youthfrommilitancyandalso
create a 1990s like environ-
ment of insecurity among the
minoritiessothatthepossible
returnof KashmiriPanditsis
thwarted or jeopardised. By
ensuring the youth remains
unemployed and frustrated, it
wants to ensure the ready-
made supply of fodder to the
jihadi cadre is not affected so
thatthepotremainsboilingin
Kashmir. The image of an in-
secure environment will also
keep the tourists away from
Kashmir and hence prevent
the revival of tourism indus-
try, the backbone of Kash-
mir’s economy
. To this end,
Pakistan has been successful
insellinganarrativeof demo-
graphic invasion and mini-
mising the Muslim-majority
character of Kashmir and
promotingtheHindutvaagen-
da of RSS backed BJP govern-
ment at the centre. Unfortu-
nately
, many so-called nation-
alist mainstream leaders in
Kashmir have been vocifer-
ously promoting the Paki-
stani narrative.
The deep state in Paki-
stan is not satisfied with the
indigenous uprising being
confined only to Kashmir
as this makes its case weak
globally
. A concerted effort
post 05 August 2019 has
been diverted towards re-
viving the militancy in the
Jammu region as well.
Large number of sleeper
cells have been created. The
terrorists are also being
trained for Lone Wolf at-
tacks basically to disturb
the communal harmony
and flare it up into commu-
nal clashes. There are other
reasons for shifting the fo-
cus towards Jammu by the
ISI. Jammu’s location close
to international border and
its heterogeneous popula-
tion with close proximity to
Punjab, another target of
ISI, provides the ideal
breeding ground for mili-
tancy. Also the killings of
local Kashmiri Muslims by
the terrorists both Paki-
stanis and locals has creat-
ed huge resentment among
the common Kashmiri
masses. The awam is not
only fed up but is turning
against the terrorists. They
are not as forthcoming in
providing them shelter as
in the earlier days. They are
sharing the information of
their presence with the se-
curity forces as a result of
which most of the top ter-
rorist commanders have
been killed by the security
forces. Thus, safe havens in
Jammu are considered
more lucrative. But the lat-
est successes of JKP in cap-
turing top commanders of
the TRF as well as Lashkar-
e-Mustafa in Jammu has
sent shockwaves not only to
them but to their akas in
Pakistan as well.
Due to a very strong anti-
infiltration grid on the Line
of Control (LOC) by the In-
dian Army, terrorists and
their handlers have been pre-
ferring the IB sector for infil-
tration hence Jammu acts as
a suitable base for their fur-
ther despatch to Kashmir or
Punjab. Similar is the argu-
ment for smuggling and dis-
tribution of narcotics. Hence
Jammu has emerged as an
ideal and suitable base for
narco-terrorism.
Like Kashmir, the ISI also
wants to send a signal of
insecurity in Jammu re-
gion as well so that future
investors are discouraged.
It has not gone down well
with the ISI that the JK
government is planning to
not to confine the new in-
dustries to Jammu-Kathua
belt only but is encouraging
the investors to setup indus-
try in the far-flung districts
with additional incentives.
The new wave of terror in
JK if not nipped in the bud
may prove costly and damag-
ing as had happened many
times in the past. Surely, our
leaders, experts and plan-
ners would have learned les-
sons from the past and would
not let another window of
opportunity for installing
lasting peace slip away from
their hands. Terrorism
whether local or imported is
enemy of peace and radical-
ised jihadi terrorists are the
enemies of humanity
. Unfor-
tunately, the Pak apologists
operating in the country con-
tinue to remain silent and
hence accord their latent
support to the madness. They
refuse to condemn, name and
shame Pakistan as well as
take a firm stand against tar-
geted killings of the minori-
ties, quite similar to the man-
ner they followed in 1990s.
Only a united approach
would lead to elimination of
the menace of terror and re-
turn of much needed peace.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
NEW WAVE OF TERROR IN
JAMMU KASHMIR
P
The local youth is
lured into
militancy in the
name of jihad
after being
radicalised
through social
media platforms
and venomous
speeches of the
mullahs and
anti-India
leaders. They are
not being trained
in the jihadi
training camps
in POJK or
Afghanistan but
locally in the
jungles of South
Kashmir and
blooded into
terrorism by
lobbing grenades
at security forces
pickets or
crowded places.
BRIG VETERAN
ANIL GUPTA
The author is a Jammu
based veteran, political
commentator, columnist, security
and strategic analyst
THE DEEP STATE IN PAKISTAN IS NOT SATISFIED WITH
THE INDIGENOUS UPRISING BEING CONFINED ONLY
TO KASHMIR AS THIS MAKES ITS CASE WEAK
GLOBALLY. A CONCERTED EFFORT POST 05 AUGUST
2019 HAS BEEN DIVERTED TOWARDS REVIVING THE
MILITANCY IN THE JAMMU REGION AS WELL. LARGE
NUMBER OF SLEEPER CELLS HAVE BEEN CREATED.

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INDIA
05
CONTEMPT PLEA IN DELHI HC
AGAINST NON-EXTENSION OF RTE
New Delhi: A con-
tempt petition has been
moved in Delhi High
Court against Education
Secretary, Union of India
alleging that Government
has failed to decide on
extending Right to Educa-
tion (RTE Act 2009) up to
Class XII by an amend-
ment to protect Econom-
ically Weaker Sections
(EWS)/ Disadvantaged
Group students despite
High Court directions.
Social Jurist, a Civil
Rights Group through
Advocate Ashok Aggarwal
and Advocate Utkarsh
Singh has knocked the
doors of Delhi High
Court seeking initiation
of contempt of court pro-
ceedings against a senior
official of Department of
School Education.
SARADA SCAM: ED SUMMONS
TMC SPOKESPERSON KUNAL
Kolkata: The Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED),
which is probing the
money laundering
aspect of the Sarad-
ha chit fund scam,
has summoned TMC
spokesperson Kunal
Ghosh for question-
ing. Sources said the
former RS MP has
been asked to reach
the CGO Complex
office of the ED at Salt
Lake area of the city
by 11 am on Tuesday.
Ghosh, who is out on
bail in the Saradha
case, was suspended
from the TMC in 2013
for alleged anti-party
activities.
FORMER KERALA HC JUDGE
PN RAVINDRAN JOINS BJP
Kochi: Former Kerala
HC Judge P N Ravin-
dran joined BJP in
presence of Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman in Kochi.
During the BJP state
president K Suren-
dran’s ‘Vijaya Yathra’
at Thripunithura in
Kochi, Sitharaman
welcomed Ravindran
into the party. Earlier
in the day, Sitharaman
had lashed out at the
Vijayan-led gov in
Kerala over the budget
and accused it of
giving all the budget to
the Kerala infrastruc-
ture investment fund
board (KIIFB). —ANI
EX-CS KERALA VISHWAS MEHTA IS
NEW CIC OF STATE
Thiruvananthapuram:
Former Kerala Chief
Secretary Vishwas Mehta
on Monday took charge
as the new Chief Informa-
tion Commissioner (CIC)
of the State Information
Commission.Governor
Arif Mohammed Khan
administered the oath.
A 1986 batch IAS officer
hailing from Rajasthan,
he retired from his
bureaucratic career on
Sunday. Besides being
the Additional Chief
Secretary, Mehta had also
served the state and Cen-
tral gov in various capac-
ities, including Collector
of Wayanad and Joint
secretary in the Ministry
of Health and Family Wel-
fare and Tourism Director
in the Ministry of Tourism
and Culture.
Centre trying to crush Tamil culture: Rahul
ATTACKS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND RSS DURING HIS VISIT TO POLL-BOUND TAMIL NADU
Kanyakumari: Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Monday attacked
the Central Govern-
ment and Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) for attempting to
humiliate and crush Ta-
mil culture, language
and history
.
“This election is
about giving a message.
First is, that our coun-
try is a country of dif-
ferent religions, cul-
tures, languages, histo-
ries and we respect all
that. We do not accept
PM Modi’s and RSS’ at-
tempt to humiliate and
crush Tamil culture,
language and Tamil his-
tory,” said Gandhi on
the second day of his
visit to poll-bound Ta-
mil Nadu. “I was told
that when Kamaraj Ji
died, his entire belong-
ings were in one small
suitcase. A leader like
him truly represents
Tamil people. He had
fought for his people,
and that is the kind of
leader you need as CM,”
he said during a road-
show in Kanyakumari.
During the road-
show, he aimed at Ta-
mil Nadu’s CM EK
Palaniswami along
with RSS, saying that
Palaniswami has been
acting on the directions
of the Centre.
“He (CM) must not let
RSS insult Tamil cul-
ture. Modi says ‘1 na-
tion, 1 culture, 1 histo-
ry’. Is Tamil not an In-
dian language? Is Tamil
history not Indian or is
Tamil culture not Indi-
an? As an Indian, it’s
my duty to protect this
culture,” Gandhi said.
WB polls: Trinamool Congress
likely to drop several sitting MLAs
Kolkata: The Trina-
mool Congress is likely
to axe several sitting
MLAs from its candi-
date list for the upcom-
ing West Bengal elec-
tions, sources said.
The party is planning
to nominate more
youths, women, and
leaders with clean im-
age and acceptability in
their area, they said.
CM Mamata Baner-
jee met the party’s 12-
member election com-
mittee in the afternoon
at her residence in Ka-
lighat and brain-
stormed over the nomi-
nations.
“Today, the election
committee authorised
Banerjee to take the fi-
nal call regarding can-
didates,” a senior TMC
leader said.
Nearly 30 per cent of
the 294 constituencies,
including those of the
19 MLAs who have
switched over to BJP, to
have new candidates,
sources said. —PTI
AICC appoints
28 observers
for Bengal
Kolkata: The All
India Congress
Committee (AICC)
has appointed 28 ob-
servers for poll-
bound West Bengal,
a senior leader said
on Monday.Con-
gress leaders from
states like Gujarat,
Rajasthan, MP, Bi-
har and Jharkhand
have been appoint-
ed as observers for
the eight-phase
elections to the
294-member West
Bengal assembly.
The AICC appoint-
ed four observers
for Kolkata, divid-
ing it into north,
south, central and
Burrabazar dis-
tricts, while there
will be two observ-
ers each for North
24 and South 24 Par-
ganas, he said.
Rahul did push-ups with a student during his visit to a school in Mulagumooda, Tamil Nadu.
BJP GEARS UP TO MAKE PM’S MEGA RALLY IN WB HISTORICAL
New Delhi: BJP is going
the extra mile to ensure
that PM Narendra Modi’s
rally at Brigade Parade
ground in Kolkata on
March 7 witnesses a
historical crowd. It is
going to be the first
rally of the PM after the
announcement of As-
sembly poll schedules in
West Bengal. According
to BJP sources, from
party MPs to booth level
workers all have been
asked to go door-to-
door to invite people to
attend the PM’s mega
rally. There would be
nukkad sabhas to invite
people to the rally. A
social media campaign
will be launched to make
the PM’s mega rally
successful. According to
party sources, many folk
artists have been invited
to perform at the event.
GST dues worth `29,290 cr yet
to be paid by Centre: Koshyari
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari on Monday al-
leged that the Centre
has yet to pay Rs 29,290
crore out of Rs 46,950
crore GST dues to the
state.
While addressing the
joint session of the Ma-
harashtra Legislature,
Koshyari said, “By the
end of Feb 2021, out of
the Rs 46,950 crore due
to my gov as GST com-
pensation, the Central
government has paid
just Rs 6,140 crore and
Rs 11,520 crore as loan.
The GST compensation
to the tune of Rs 29,290
crore is overdue from
the Central Gov.”
The Governor fur-
ther said that the COV-
ID-19 lockdown has
slowed down the econo-
my of the state.
“The COVID-19 has
slowed down the state
economy in addition to
a medical emergency
and natural calami-
ties,” he said. —ANI
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari.
IN THE COURTYARD
PRIYANKA BEGINS CAMPAIGN
AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at Kamakhya Temple, during her visit to
Assam ahead of state assembly polls, in Guwahati, Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Tarun Tejpal rape trial hearing
adjourned till further notice
Panaji: The scheduled
final argument in the
rape trial against for-
mer Tehelka editor-in-
chief Tarun Tejpal
could not be conducted
on Monday, because of
the death of the judge’s
mother, special public
prosecutor Francisco
Tavora said.
The case has been ad-
journed for a future
date and a new date for
hearing would be an-
nounced soon, said Ta-
vora.
“The final argument
of the prosecution was
to take place yesterday.
For the whole day, the
prosecution was sup-
posed to argue, followed
by the defence lawyers.
After the final argu-
ment, the case was to be
kept for final judge-
ment, but it could not be
held because the judge’s
mother passed away
last night,” Tavora said.
Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal.
Delhi HC adjourns hearing
against WhatsApp policy
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC on Monday ad-
journed till April 19
hearing on petition
against WhatsApp’s
new privacy policy after
the Central gov sought
more time saying that
they are examining the
issue.
A single-judge Bench
of Justice Sanjeev Sach-
deva asked the Centre
to file a status report
and listed the matter for
April 19.
The Court noted that
the government is ex-
amining the issue.
Appearing for the
Centre, advocate Kirti-
man Singh told the
Court that the gov is in
process of obtaining
certain clarification
and they need time to
consider it.
He also told the court
that the SC has already
issued a notice on a sim-
ilar application relating
to WhatsApp’s updated
policy
. —ANI
New Delhi: “Are you
willing to marry her,”
was the question posed
to a public servant, who
is accused of repeatedly
raping a minor girl but
when Supreme Court—
on Monday— was told
that he is already mar-
ried he was asked to
seek regular bail from
the concerned court.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice SA Bobde
was hearing a plea filed
by accused who is serv-
ing as a technician in
Maharashtra State Elec-
tricity Production Com-
pany and has moved SC
against the Bombay HC
February 5 order which
had cancelled anticipa-
tory bail granted to him.
When the hearing com-
menced, the bench also
comprising Justices A S
Bopanna and V Ra-
masubramanian, asked
the accused “Are you
willing to marry her.”
“If you are willing to
marry her then we can
consider it, otherwise
you will go to jail,” ob-
served the bench adding
“We are not forcing you
to marry
.” —PTI
IPS deputation: SC rejects plea
on centre’s overriding power
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day rejected the PIL
filed by a West Ben-
gal based advocate,
challenging the con-
stitutional validity
of Rule 6 (1) of IPS
(Cadre) Rules, 1954
for conferring pow-
ers on the Central
government to over-
ride the states in con-
nection with matters
of transfer and depu-
tation of IPS cadre
officers. A two-judge
bench of the Apex
Court, headed by
Justice L Nageswara
Rao and also com-
prising Justice S
Ravindra Bhat dis-
missed the Public In-
terest Litigation
(PIL) filed by a West
Bengal based lawyer,
Abu Sohel. “We dis-
miss the petition. We
do not find any mer-
its in the petition,”
the bench led by Jus-
tice Rao said in his
order. —ANI
New Delhi: Denying
media reports regard-
ing the revocation of
fugitive diamantaire
Mehul Choksi’s citizen-
ship by an Antiguan
civil court, his advocate
Vijay Aggarwal said hat
Choksi is still very
much an Antiguan citi-
zen and his citizenship
has not been revoked.
“My client Choksi
has clarified that he is
very much an Antiguan
citizen. His citizenship
has not been revoked,”
Aggarwal said. —PTI
Mehul Choksi is
Antiguan citizen:
Advocate to court
Are you willing to marry her? SC
to man accused of raping girl
Mamata Banerjee

INDIA
06
UP Film City...
‘CBRE’, selected for
Film City Develop-
ment, and the officials
of Yamuna Express-
way Industrial Devel-
opment Authority
(YEIDA) was submit-
ted to him which had
an in-depth study of
the Infotainment City
developed in different
countries of the world.
The UP CM said that
all the necessary re-
sources are available
for the development of
Film City in the State.
The establishment of
theme-based amuse-
ment parks will also
give popularity to Film
City as a tourist desti-
nation. He said that
such efforts should be
made that the shooting
can start here by the
year 2022. The Chief
Minister directed to
execute various pro-
jects of Film City on
PPP mode. Representa-
tives of YEIDA and
CBRE were present
during the presenta-
tion along with Addi-
tional Chief w Secre-
tary, Information
Navneet Sehgal and
Director of Informa-
tion Shishir.
Lag bhi...
thick-skinned and
hence were they are
also planning to use
some special thick nee-
dles for him.
On hearing this, the
nurses laughed and
felt relieved. “It was a
wonderful experience,
it was a lifetime oppor-
tunity. I feel honoured
that I had the opportu-
nity to do this. Sir was
very happy, very jovial.
He spoke to us very
normally, we were not
scared that we were
talking to the Prime
Minister. He asked us
about our wherea-
bouts, when I told him
I am from Puducherry
he tried talking to me
in Tamil,” said P Nive-
da, the nurse who ad-
ministered Covaxin to
the Prime
Minister.“Took my
first dose of the COV-
ID-19 vaccine at
AIIMS,” PM Modi
tweeted with his pic-
ture of receiving the
jab. “Remarkable how
our doctors and scien-
tists have worked in
quick time to strength-
en the global fight
against COVID-19,” the
Prime Minister added.
Chinese ‘surgical...
to penetrate India’s
power network. Mean-
while, a Chinese state-
backed hacking group
has in recent weeks
targeted the IT sys-
tems of two Indian
vaccine makers whose
coronavirus shots are
being used in the coun-
try’s immunisation
campaign, cyber intel-
ligence firm Cyfirma
told Reuters. China
and India have both
sold or gifted COVID-19
shots to many coun-
tries. Goldman Sachs-
backed Cyfirma, based
in Singapore and To-
kyo, said Chinese
hacking group APT10,
also known as Stone
Panda, had identified
gaps and vulnerabili-
ties in the IT infra-
structure and supply
chain software of
Bharat Biotech and the
Serum Institute of In-
dia (SII), the world’s
largest vaccine maker.
Don’t need...
“Today the third phase
of Covid vaccination is
starting for people.
There should be no
hesitation for them
now. However, I will
not be able to take a
dose as after getting
Covid, my antibody
count is 300, which is a
quite high,” Vij, who
digitally inaugurated
the third phase of in-
oculation, said in a
tweet.
MBBS student..
Last week, he received
the second dose. He de-
veloped mild symptoms
of the viral infection
and underwent a test
that came out to be pos-
itive. He was admitted
to Seven Hills hospital
on Saturday night,
while several of his hos-
tel mates, who also got
vaccinated, are under
quarantine.
Priyanka dances...
danced along to the
beats of dhol tapping
her feet and swaying
her legs along with the
dancers. Meanwhile,
Priyanka’s brother,
Congress MP Rahul
Gandhi was seen per-
forming an Aikido
(japanese martial arts)
move and push-ups be-
fore students of St. Jo-
seph’s Matriculation
Higher Secondary
School in Mulagu-
moodu, Tamil Nadu on
Monday. Accepting a
student’s challenge,
Rahul Gandhi did 15
push-ups and even end-
ed the drill with an
one-arm push-up. The
students responded
with a loud applause
and cheers.
FROM PG 1
JUSTICE AP SAHI TO HEAD
NATIONAL JUDICIAL ACADEMY
Justice AP Sahi, former Chief Justice of Madras
High Court, has been appointed as Director of
National Judicial Academy (NJA), Bhopal. He will
succeed Justice (retd) G Raghuram.
SITARAM KUNTE IS NEW CHIEF
SECRETARY OF MAHARASHTRA
Sitaram Kunte has been appointed as Chief
Secretary of Maharashtra cadre. He is a 1985
batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
ARUN KUMAR SINGH IS NEW CHIEF
SECRETARY, BIHAR
Arun Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new
Chief Secretary of Bihar. He is a 1985 batch IAS
officer of Bihar cadre.
V P JOY IS NEW CHIEF SECRETARY
OF KERALA
Dr. V P Joy has succeeded Vishwas Mehta as Chief
Secretary of Kerala on March 1. He is 1987 batch
IAS officer.
TARUN BAJAJ IS ALSO SECRETARY,
REVENUE
Tarun Bajaj, Secretary, Department of Economic
Affairs, has been assigned an additional charge of
Secretary, Department of Revenue. He is a 1988
batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
KULDIP SINGH IS NOW ACTING DG
OF CRPF
Special DG – CRPF, Kuldip Singh has been
appointed acting DG of the force. He is 1986
batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
VICE ADMIRAL KUMAR IS NEW F -
N-C, WESTERN COMMAND
Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM,
VSM has taken over as Flag Officer Commanding
in Chief of Western Naval Command at Mumbai on
Sunday. He took over from Vice Admn Ajit Kumar
who retired in February.
DEEPAK KUMAR IS NOW PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY TO BIHAR CM
Outgoing Bihar Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar has
now been appointed Principal Secretary to the
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He is former
1984 batch IAS officer.
SANSAD TV: CAPOOR MAY SHORTLY
BE ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST CEO
According to sources , that former Union Textiles
Secretary Ravi Capoor (Retd IAS:1986:AM) will
be the new CEO of SANSAD TELEVISION (Sansad
TV) on a contract basis for a period of one year.
He retired as Union Secretary in December 2020.
Loka Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV have been
merged together to carve out a newly merged
entity i.e. Sansad TV.
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REGISTRATION FOR VACCINE ON WEBSITE,
NOT MOBILE APP: HEALTH MINISTRY
INDIA BEGINS NEXT PHASE VACCINATION
New Delhi: The Union
health ministry on
Monday issued a clarifi-
cation regarding regis-
tration for Coronavirus
vaccination, saying
that it can be done
through CoWIN web
portal and not the mo-
bile application. The
ministry was forced to
do so amid confusion
among eligible benefi-
ciaries and also lack of
effective messaging
among the general pop-
ulation regarding
the self-registration
process.
There is a CoWin ap-
plication on the play-
store and several people
complained of glitches
during self-registra-
tion, not knowing that
application was meant
only for the vaccine ad-
ministrators. For gen-
eral public, website
www.cowin.gov.in is
open.
“Registration and
booking for appoint-
ment for #COVID19
Vaccination is to be
done through #CoWIN
Portal: http://cowin.
gov.in. There is NO
#CoWIN App for benefi-
ciary registration. The
App on Play Store is for
administrators only,”
the health ministry
clarified in a tweet.
There were also re-
ports that people were
not getting the OTPs
necessary to verify your
details before registra-
tion is confirmed. India
has begun next phase of
Coronavirus disease
(Covid-19) vaccination
yesterday
. —ANI
No issue in Co-WIN portal,
says Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: As the sec-
ond phase of the Cov-
id-19 vaccination drive
began across the coun-
try on Monday, Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan pointed out
that the next few days
the “walk-in system”
for people will be fur-
ther streamlined in
states to ensure smooth
functioning. “We have
given some relaxation
to state governments. In
the next few days, the
walk-in system will be
streamlined, a provi-
sion is in place for this.
A certain number of
people can go to the cen-
tres after taking ap-
pointments through
booking,” Dr Vardhan
said. —ANI
Six states
contribute to 87%
of COVID cases
New Delhi: As the sec-
ond phase of the Cov-
id-19 vaccination drive
began, Union Health
Minister Harsh Vard-
han pointed out that the
next few days the “walk-
in system” for people
will be further stream-
lined in states.
“We have given some
relaxation to state gov.
In the next few days, the
walk-in system will be
streamlined,” Dr Vard-
han said. —ANI
ANTIGUA BARBUDA
THANKS MODI FOR VAX
New Delhi: Antigua Barbuda
PM Gaston Alfonso Browne on
Monday thanked Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for demonstrat-
ing an “act of benevolence, kind-
ness and empathy” by sending
175,000 AstraZeneca vaccines
to the Caribbean countries.
Several Caribbean countries
received 175,000 AstraZeneca
vaccines from India.
JAISHANKAR RECEIVES
FIRST JAB OF COVAXIN
New Delhi: EAM S Jaishankar on
Monday received the first dose
of Covaxin, India’s indigenous
coronavirus vaccine developed by
biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech
and ICMR. Taking to Twitter, Jais-
hankar posted a picture of himself
taking the first dose of the vac-
cine and wrote, “Got my jab. For
the curious, it was Covaxin. Felt
secure, will travel safely.”
MODI’S VACCINATION IS
‘INSPIRATIONAL’: CHOUBEY
New Delhi: Union Minister of
State for Health and Family Wel-
fare Ashwini Kumar Choubey on
Monday said that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s COVID-19
vaccination will inspire other
people across the country to
get themselves vaccinated.
“PM Narendra Modi’s vaccina-
tion is inspirational for others,”
Choubey said.
Awantipora: One ter-
ror associate Muzamil
Qadir Bhat, who was in
touch with terrorist
commanders of Jaish-e-
Mohammad, was ar-
rested in a joint opera-
tion by security forces
from Lorow Jagir Tral
village in Pulwama on
Sunday
.
The operation was
carried out by Jammu
and Kashmir Police, 42
Rashtriya Rifles and 180
battalions of Central
Reserve Police Force
(CRPF). During ques-
tioning, the forces
seized incriminating
material of Jaish-e-Mo-
hammad and one hand
grenade was recovered
from him that he has
kept concealed in the
compound of his home.
A case under relevant
sections of the law has
been registered in Po-
lice Station in Tral.
Further investigation is
going on. —ANI
Chandrababu Naidu detained
at airport, stages sit-in protest
Chittoor: TDP leader
and former CM of
Andhra Pradesh, N
Chandrababu Naidu on
Monday was detained
by the police at the Re-
nigunta airport while
he was going to attend
election campaign in
the Chitoor district.
The TDP chief en-
tered into an argument
with the police officials
as they prevented him
from leaving the Reni-
gunta airport. Con-
demning the police be-
haviour, he staged sit-in
protest at the airport.
Tirupati Special
branch DSP Ramana in-
formed ANI that oppo-
sition leader Chandrab-
abu Naidu has been
served notice of deten-
tion. —ANI
Chandrababu Naidu staging a sit-in protest inside airport.
Rashtriya Rifles and 180 battalions of Central Reserve Police.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
Prashant Kishor is my
principal advisor: Pb CM
Chandigarh: Punjab
CM Amarinder Singh
on Monday said poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor has joined him
as his principal advisor.
Happy to share that
@PrashantKishor has
joined me as my Princi-
pal Advisor. Look for-
ward to working togeth-
er for the betterment of
the people of Punjab!,
said Amarinder Singh
in a tweet.
The development as-
sumes significance as
the Punjab Assembly
elections are due next
year.
Currently, Kishor’s
company, Indian Politi-
cal Action Committee
(I-PAC), is assisting
Trinamool Congress
(TMC) in the West Ben-
gal elections.
Kishor had handled
the poll campaign in the
2017 Punjab Assembly
elections. —ANI
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
(L) and Prashant Kishor (R)
Jaideep
Bhatnagar
is Principal
DG of PIB
New Delhi: Former
head of the News
Services Division
of AIR, Jaideep
Bhatnagar, on Mon-
day took over as
Principal Director
General of the
Press Information
Bureau.
He will take over
from Kuldeep Singh
Dhatwalia, who su-
perannuated on Feb
28, 2021. Bhatnagar,
a 1986-batch IIS of-
ficer, earlier served
in Doordarshan
News. He has also
served as Prasar
Bharati Special
C o r r e s p o n d e n t
West Asia and later
went on to head the
News Services Divi-
sion of AIR. —ANI
Jaideep Bhatnagar
JeM terror associate held by security forces
lll
The operation
was carried out
by Jammu and
Kashmir Police,
42 Rashtriya
Rifles and 180
battalions of
CRPF
Bhima Koregaon Case:
Navlakha moves to SC bail
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court is sched-
uled to hear on Wednes-
day the bail plea of ac-
tivist Gautam Nav-
lakha in the alleged El-
gar Parishad-Maoist
link case. The activist,
on February 19, had
moved the top court
against the Bombay
High Court order of
February 8
dismissing his bail
plea. The high court
had said that “it sees no
reason to interfere with
a special court’s order
which earlier rejected
his bail plea”.
A three judge bench
of the apex court
comprising justices U
U Lalit, Indira Baner-
jee and K M Joseph
would take up the ap-
peal of Navlakha for
hearing on March 3
against the high court’s
order.—PTI

NEWS
07
DEPUTATION
WORRY FOR
YOGI GOVT
The Yogi government
is going to face a
litmus test in the 2022
assembly polls. It had
the support of officers
while implementing
various schemes in
the state but before
polls many officers will
be moving to Central
deputation. Four IAS
officers in UP cadre
have been empanelled
at the secretary level in
the Centre. This include
Renuka Kumar as ACS
(Revenue), SP Goyal
as ACS (CM), Devesh
Chaturvedi as ACS (Agri)
and Sanjay Bhoosreddy
posted as ACS (Sugar).
Goyal returned from
deputation after the
formation of Yogi govt
in 2017 and was named
CS to the CM. Chaturvedi
also, on his return from
deputation in 2019, was
given charge of Housing
Department and after a
few months was made
administrative head of
Health Dept. Principal
Secretaries of many
departments have also
been empanelled at
the Jnt Secy level in
Govt of India and are
awaiting information
about posting. This
would not be the first
time that senior officers
have been called for
Central deputations as
previously Alok Kumar-I
who was relieved from
Central deputation
after formation of Yogi
government was soon
empanelled for the post
of secretary.
—Shishir Awasthi
COVID SCARE
HITS SCHOOLS
P rimary schools
have been opened
from Monday amidst
the fear for safety of
children. From March
1, the Basic Education
Department has allowed
the opening of schools
and classes have
started in the primary
schools of the state
whilst following social
distancing. The officers
are currently on their
toes as the number of
covid cases has been
on rise and special
care has to be taken so
as to maintain social
distancing among
children. Children of
some bureaucrats
have already been
exposed to covid while
some bureaucrats
are skeptical about
getting vaccinated or
sending their children
to school at the present
time. Some officers
say even though
the government has
begun the vaccination
process, some officers
have contracted
covid when they
were following social
distancing. In such
a case implementing
social distancing
amidst children will be
a tough ask and hence
the parents fear for the
safety of their wards.
The recent covid cases
in a reputed school in
Lucknow has also not
helped the cause. The
officers are caught in a
dicey situation with the
opening of schools in
the state.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
OnseconddayofhisVaranasitrip,BJPNationalPresidentJPNaddavisitsKashiVishwanath,KalBhairavtemples
NADDAUPHOLDSCENTRE’S‘REFORMS’
First India Bureau
Varanasi: Bharatiya
Janata Party President
JP Nadda offered
prayers at Kashi
Vishwanath Temple in
Varanasi on Monday.
Later, he also offered
prayers at Kaal Bhairav
Temple here.
Later in the evening,
the BJP national chief
inaugurated the newly
built regional office
and Prayagraj Mahav-
idyalaya in Rohania,
Varanasi. At night-
Nadda interacted with
various social leaders
at Chaudhary Lawns
near Naria, BHU.
Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly elections are
scheduled to take place
in 2022. The BJP had
stormed back to power
in the state in the 2017
Assembly polls.
In the 403-member
Uttar Pradesh Assem-
bly, among the major
parties, BJP has 309 leg-
islators, SP 49, BSP 18,
and the Congress has
seven members.
Highlighting the re-
forms brought by the
Central government,
Nadda spoke about the
abolishment of triple
talaq and said Islamic
nations like Iran, Iraq
and Syria did not have
triple talaq but it used
to exist in India.
“Islamic nations like
Iran, Iraq and Syria do
not have triple talaq but
it used to exist in India
and we used to hail our-
selves as progressive,”
Nadda said while ad-
dressing the social
workers in Varanasi on
Sunday
.
The BJP chief fur-
ther said that it was
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi who ended
torture on Muslim sis-
ters and abolished tri-
ple talaq.Healsopraised
Home Minister Amit
Shah and PM Modi for
quashingArticle370and
bringing the people of
Kashmirintothenation-
al mainstream.
Nadda, along with
CM Yogi Adityanath
also inaugurated the
newly-built party re-
gional office in Varana-
si on Sunday, while an-
other office of the party
was ianugurated in
Prayagraj by vitual
means.
TheBJPchief hadtold
party workers that they
aimed to build 80 offices
in the state, of which 53
hadbeenbuiltandbyOc-
tober, the remaining
would also be ready
.
2.37 cr farmers get PM’s
KisanNidhibenefitsinUP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With CM
Yogi Adityanath taking
up farmers’ issue on pri-
ority, the state govern-
ment has succeeded in
distributing PM-Kisan
Samman Nidhi to near-
ly 2.37 crore beneficiar-
ies in Uttar Pradesh.
The government has
also expedited the exer-
cise to remove anoma-
lies in personal digital
data of farmers who are
inqueuetogetthefinan-
cial benefits under the
PM’s flagship scheme.
In this connection the
government on Monday
started 3-day camps at
grassroots level to cor-
rect the data.
According to infor-
mation, 2.37 crore bene-
ficiaries have already
received seven instal-
ments of Rs 2,000 paid
every fourth month
sincePMModilaunched
the scheme in February
2019.
According to sources
nearly 22 lakh farmers
were still in waiting be-
cause of on-going cor-
rection in their personal
computerised data and
changes in IFSC codes
of some banks after
merger of banks recent-
ly
. In view of panchayat
elections in April,
moves are afoot to reach
out to all eligible en-
rolled farmers under
the scheme.
While the govern-
ment had estimated the
number of beneficiaries
to be around 2.46 crore,
official sources said it
could touch 2.55 crore
after verification of the
pending list. Apart from
the verification drive
launched at block level
Monday, the govern-
ment undertook similar
exercise last month also
todisposeof theapplica-
tion on merit. The prob-
lem had also arisen be-
cause quite a substan-
tial number of farmers
had applied several
times. With the drive
launched Monday, the
government now hopes
that anomalies would be
eliminated to finalise
the number of benefi-
ciaries.
The PM had launched
the scheme with an aim
to augment the income
of farmers by providing
support to all landhold-
ing farmers’ families to
enablethemtakecareof
expenses connected
with agriculture and al-
lied activities as well as
domestic requirements.
An amount of Rs 6,000
per year is transferred
in three/four monthly
instalments of Rs 2,000
directly into the bank
accounts of farmers,
subject to certain exclu-
sion criteria relation to
higher income status.
PM Narendra Modi launched the scheme in Feb 2019 —FILE PHOTO
One-timesurchargewaiver
for tube well consumers
First India Bureau
Lucknow:With the Co-
rona epidemic adverse-
ly impacting economic
activity, the Energy De-
partment has an-
nounced a surcharge
waiver scheme for the
convenience of domes-
tic and private tube
well consumers.
The scheme named
as One Time Solution
Scheme (OTS) has been
implemented from
March 1. Under the
scheme, domestic and
private tube well con-
sumers will have to
make a one-time pay-
ment of the entire
amount due till March
31, excluding the sur-
charge on arrears up to
January 31.
Energy Minister
Shrikant Sharma said
that the onetime solu-
tion scheme will bene-
fit both domestic (LMV-
1 category) and private
tube well consumers
(LMV-5) in both rural
and urban areas. The
registration for the
scheme will be open
from March 1 to March
15 and the at the time
of registration, the
consumer has to depos-
it 30 per cent of the
original amount (with-
out surcharge) dis-
played in his bill till 31
January and the cur-
rent dues after January
31 are to be deposited
by March 31.
If the consumer does
not make the onetime
payment of the entire
amount due till the
date of payment by
March 31, excluding
the surcharge levied
till January 31, his reg-
istration will automati-
cally be cancelled. Also
a surcharge will be lev-
ied on Rs. 2,000 depos-
ited at the time of reg-
istration or the actual
deposit whichever will
be less and this will re-
flected in the due bill.
The consumer can reg-
ister himself at the
concerned Executive
Engineer/ SDO office
and public service cen-
tres. Consumers can
also register on Uttar
Pradesh Power Corpo-
ration website www.
upenergy.in and this
registration is manda-
tory.
Tube well consumers will have to make a one-time payment of the entire amount due till March 31
BJP National President tastes some delicacies at an eatery in Varanasi on Monday.
JP Nadda at Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Monday.
Nadda offering prayers at Kal Bhairav Temple.
UP ATS nabs 2
Rohingyas, seize
cash,Aadhar
CONTROVERSIAL
PIC:Shabnam
shifted to Bareilly
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh ATS arrested
two Rohingyas who
had entered illegally
from Bangladesh and
were currently staying
in Unnao.
ADG (Law Order)
Prashant Kumar said
the youthswereinvolved
in human trafficking
and used to bring people
illegally from Bangla-
desh. One of them Far-
rukh alias Hasan was
captured from Kasim
Nagar in Unnao while
his brother Shahid was
arrested from a slaugh-
ter house in Achalganj
in Unnao.
Aadhaar, Pan Card
and passport was seized
from Farrukh while
cash of Rs 5 lakh along
with many documents
were seized from Sha-
hid. The police also re-
covered records of 1500-
1600 Rohingya who were
living in India illegally
from the brothers.
The ATS while inter-
rogating a youth from
Hyderabad had received
inputsaboutthetwo.Far-
rukhwaslivinginarent-
edhouseinKasimNagar,
Unnao for five months
with wife and four kids.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Shabnam,
convicted of the
Bawankhedi massacre
in Amroha district, has
again grabbed the head-
lines. A picture of Shab-
nam alongside another
female in the prison
went viral. In an inves-
tigation conducted in
the case, the woman and
her husband were found
guilty of leaking the
picture. Soon after the
incident Shabnam was
shifted from Rampur
jail to Bareilly
. During a
programme organised
for the jail inmates on
Republic Day in Ram-
pur District Jail, the
woman detainee guard
clicked a photo of Shab-
nam along with another
prison inmate Arti us-
ing her husband’s
phone who is also a
guard in the same jail.
The picture went viral
due to which DM An-
janey Singh handed
over the probe to Jail
Superintendent PD Sa-
lonia. When the CC
camera recordings were
checked it showed that
husband of the guard
was going towards the
female barrack carry-
ing a mobile phone.

08
2NDFRONT
A positive attitude not only
brightens up our days but also
has the ability to change our
lives for the better..
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: TheElection
Commission of India
has called up 53 IAS of-
ficersfromUPtobecome
the Election Observers
for the Assembly elec-
tions to be held in the
fivestatesof thecountry
.
In all 53 UP cadre of-
ficerswillbesenttoBen-
gal, Assam, Kerala, Pu-
ducherry and Tamil
Nadu during the assem-
bly elections. The Elec-
tion Commission will
provide one-day online
trainingtotheseofficers
on March 3. Officers
posted in NCR though
can travel to Delhi Elec-
tion Commission for the
training.
The officers include
Anil Kumar II of batch
1989,LVenkateswaraLu
(1991 batch), Alok Ku-
mar II of batch 1993,
Bhuvnesh Kumar of
1995batch,DrHariomof
1997 batch, Anil Kumar
III (1998 batch), Manisha
Trighatia, Sanjay Ku-
mar and Sameer Verma
of 2002 batch, Govindra-
ju N.S. (2005 batch),
Shruti Singh and Pran-
jal Yadav of 2006 batch,
Muthukumar B and Ab-
hay of 2007 batch,
Pawan Kumar, Dr. Kajal,
Dr. Saroj Kumar and
Amrit Tripathi of 2008
batch, Sushil Kumar Pa-
tel, Rupesh Kumar, Anil
Kumar, Jagdish Prasad,
Abdul Samad, Akhilesh
KumarMishra,Masoom
Ali Sarwar, Prakash
Bindu,ShrikantMishra,
Ashok Chandra, Ram
Kewal, Rajesh Kumar 2,
Pradeep Kumar, Rajesh
Prakash,RamaShankar
Maurya , Bhupendra S.
Chaudhary of 2009
batch, Faisal Aftab,
Shrish Chandra Verma,
Yogesh Kumar, Suryam-
ani Lalchand, Surendra
Ram, Sahab Singh,
Krishna Kumar, Prab-
hanshu Kumar Srivas-
tava, Sudha Verma,
Bhavani Singh Khanga-
rot, Sujit Kumar,
AkhandPratapSinghof
2010 batch, Anil Kumar
Mishra, Om Prakash
Roy
, Rishirendra Kumar
of batch 2011 batch and
Neeraj Shukla, Deven-
dra Kumar Singh
Kushwaha, Ravi
Shankar Gupta and C
Indhumathy of 2012
batch.
EC draws poll roster for 53 IAS officers from UP in five states
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

These officers
will be sent to
Bengal, Assam,
Kerala,
Puducherry
Tamil Nadu
during
Assembly
elections
LEADERS FLOCK TO PURVANCHAL AS
REGION HOLDS KEY TO WIN POLLS
After Akhilesh and Priyanka, BJP chief Nadda also visits Varanasi to check poll prospects
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In view of
the upcoming assembly
elections in Uttar
Pradesh, political par-
ties are now trying to
strengthen their hold in
Purvanchal region of
the state.
Samajwadi Party
Chief Akhilesh Yadav
was in Purvanchal for
three days while Con-
gress general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi visit-
ed Varanasi on Sant
Ravidas Jayanti. Soon
after the visit of Akh-
ilesh and Priyanka,
BJP national president
JP Nadda also reached
Varanasi.
Purvanchal region
plays an important role
in the political environ-
ment of UP as 33 per-
cent of the seats of the
state comes from this
region. However, in the
last three decades vot-
ers of Purvanchal re-
gion have never voted
for one party and there
has been shift in the
people’s mindset after
every election.
BSP and SP had per-
formed exceptionally
well in the 2007 and
2012 elections respec-
tively. BJP did a clean
sweep in the area in
2017 but in 2019 has lost
four Lok Sabha seats
and for 2022, the way the
Opposition is active in
Purvanchal, the BJP
has also started
strengthening its
stronghold.
The 28 districts of
Purvanchal holds the
key to winning the As-
sembly election as they
share a total of 162 as-
sembly seats among
them.
In the previous elec-
tions of 2017, BJP won
115 out of 164, while SP
won in 17, BSP won in
14, Congress won only 2
while others won 16
seats. In the 2012 elec-
tions, it was SP who
came out of top in 102
seats out of 164 while
BSP won in 22, BJP won
17 seats, Congress won
15 and others 8 seats.
In 2017, the BJP may
have set a record by
winning 115 seats out of
164 assembly seats in 28
districts of Purvanchal.
It lacked behind SP in
many districts like
Azamgarh where it
could win only 1 seat
out of 10 while 4 out of
9 in Jaunpur and only 3
out of 7 in Ghazipur.
The BJP has hence
shifted its focus on
Purvanchal.
SP Chief Akhilesh
Yadav knows well the
importance of the
Purvanchal region
which is why he visited
Janupur, Mirzapur and
Varanasi to strengthen
his party’s hold in the
region. SP had held its
party’s training camp
in Mirzapur while Con-
gress under Priyanka
Gandhi has also started
the ‘Nadi Adhikar
Yatra’ from Prayagraj
to Ballia.
CM Yogi Adityanath, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
MLA Aman Mani gets notice
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Lucknow
Police sent a notice un-
der section 82 of CrPC
to Independent MLA
Aman Mani Tripathi of
Nautanwan Assembly.
The police had to issue
the notice as the MLA
did not appear in the
court and as per the no-
tice, the MLA will have
to appear in the court
within the stipulated
time and present his
side of argument.
MLA Aman Mani
Tripathi was named in
the case of kidnapping
and threatening busi-
nessman Rishi Pandey
in the MP-MLA court a
few days ago and the
court had issued a war-
rant of arrest against
the MLA for not ap-
pearing in the court.
The court also is-
sued an order for ac-
tion to be taken under
section 82 which
means that the UP leg-
islator has been de-
clared fugitive and has
to soon appear before
the court.
The MLA is not new
to controversies as he
had to face jail time in
a case regarding mur-
der of wife Sara Sin-
gh which is still pend-
ing in the court. As
per the notice, the fu-
gitive MLA is to ap-
pear before the court
on March 4 and pre-
sent his case.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Con-
gress on Monday ap-
pointed seven new pres-
idents for District Con-
gress Committees
(DCC) in UP. According
to the sources, national
secretary Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra changed
the presidents of seven
districts on the report
of Srijan Campaign of
UP Congress.
The new district unit
presidents were ap-
pointed in the districts/
cities of Deoria, Maha-
rajganj, Jalaun, Kan-
pur Nagar Gramin, Un-
nao, Bulandshahar,
Lucknow City (South)
Ramji Giri is appoint-
ed President of DCC
Deoria district, Sharad
Singh Babloo for Maha-
rajganj, Rajiv Narayan
Mishra for Jalaun,
Amit Kumar Pandey for
Kanpur Nagar Gramin.
The DCC of Unnao dis-
trict will have Arti Baj-
pai as its President. Bu-
landshahar and Luc-
know City (South) Sheo-
pal Singh and Dilpreet
Singh respectively
.
33 PC SEATS
FROM REGION
POWER PLAY
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav with WWE wrestler Khali at Samajwadi Party state office in
Lucknow on Monday.
CBI starts probe
in ITBP ‘fake
appointment’ case
First India Bureau
NEW DELHI: The
CBI has taken over
investigation in
ITBP recruitment
scam in which 24 un-
successful candi-
dates from across
the country were
conned with fake ap-
pointment letters to
join the force, offi-
cials said.These can-
didates had ap-
peared in the exami-
nation for the post of
Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) consta-
bles in 2014-15 and
2016 but could not
clear the selection
process, they said.
However, they
reached the force’s
offices with fake re-
cruitment letters to
join duties, leaving
ITBP officials sur-
prised. The candi-
dates were from
across the country
carrying “recruit-
ment letter” in spite
of being unsuccess-
ful in their tests,
they said. The ITBP
officials spotted a
mobile number on
their letters with in-
structions to make
contact on it, they
said.
The candidates
were also asked to
deposit some money
as “training charg-
es” in bank accounts
prior to joining their
duties, they said.
Some of these candi-
dates were lured by
the letter and scru-
pulously deposited
the money in those
accounts, they said.
It was clear that
the candidates from
Uttar Pradesh 14 oth-
er states were issued
fake recruitment let-
ters even as genuine
candidates were
cleared after the due
process and recruit-
ment process was
completed already,
they said.
—FILE PHOTO
Candidates were
asked to deposit
some money as
training charges
Cong appoints 7 new
dist chiefs in state
SC stays arrest of rape
accused for four weeks
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day once again ignit-
ed the debate sur-
rounding consent in
rape with Chief Jus-
tice of India, SA Bob-
de querying whether
sexual intercourse
between a lawfully
wedded man and wife
can be termed as rape.
TheCourtwashear-
ing the petition of a
person accused of
rape by a woman with
whom he had been in
a live-in relationship
forovertwoyears.The
woman had filed an
FIR for rape after he
marriedanotherwom-
an. “If a couple is liv-
ing together as man
and wife, the husband
may be a brutal man,
butcanyoucalltheact
of sexual intercourse
between a lawfully
wedded man and wife
as rape,” CJI Bobde
asked. The Court pro-
ceededtograntprotec-
tion from arrest to the
accused man for four
weeks, but declined to
pass any orders on his
plea to quash the FIR.
According to the
the complainant, the
UP based couple had
been in a relation-
ship, but she had re-
fused to enter into a
sexual relationship
till marriage. Her
consent was “ob-
tained by fraud”
since in February
2014, the couple went
to Manali where they
performed marriage
rituals at the Hidim-
ba temple, advocate
Aditya Vashishtnath
appearing for the
woman, submitted.
The man denied
that any marriage
took place contending
that the live-in rela-
tionship was a con-
sensual one. “Making
a false promise of
marriage is wrong.
But that is different
from saying that the
act of sexual inter-
course is rape,” ob-
served the bench.
The woman raised
allegationsthattheac-
cused had “brutally
exploited” her, and
she had to visit a hos-
pital. On another oc-
casion, she had a frac-
tured leg, it was al-
leged. “Then you file a
case for assault and
marital cruelty
. Why
filearapecase?”ques-
tioned the CJI, who
also questioned
whether the abuse
withina“relationship
of marriage” could be
considered rape.
Allahabad HC had,
in 2019, rejected
the petitioner’s plea
to quash the FIR
Aman Mani Tripathi
HURT BY WORDS

nd the fashion
forecast for
spring trend sug-
gests heavy print
fall along with
hues of pastel
and OTT accesso-
ries adornment. From Mi-
chael Kors Collection to
Balenciaga to Dolce
Gabbana all are in tune for
setting the biggest fashion
statement. Today, City
First will bring to you
fashion marvels’ runway
designs as inspiration for
your new spring ward-
robe-essentials.
PASTEL POWER
Nothing says spring like
the splash of 7 different
colours of the rainbow
better yet, their pastel
counterparts. Ranging
from soothing buttercup
yellows, lovely lilacs, peo-
ny pinks, to subtle blue-
bells. There’s a whole pool
of pastel to pick from.
SOOTHING SILHOUETTES
Stepping out of gloomy
winters and a stack of lay-
ers,we’venowsteppedinto
a wide world of tropical
summers and this only
means soothing silhou-
ettes. From billowing pop-
lin to soothing cotton to
flowy silk satin; spring
this season is looking
comfort+chic.
DRAMATIC DENIM
Gone are the days when
your XL denim belonged to
your boyfriend, dad or
brothers, it’s time to own
them yourself. Many run-
ways including Paris Fash-
ion week saw prominent
denim on denim looks
swayed majorly by over-
sized ripped jackets and
denim overalls.
GO BOLD OR GO HOME
Spring 2021 is all about
prints, from subdued dain-
tydaisiestopowerfulpolka
dots to neon peonies and
larger than life floral de-
signs. Bold prints are this
season’s favourite and a
stapleforyoutolooktrendy
.
Plus, from a fashion per-
spective, animal prints,
polkadotsanddaintyfloral
design never really leave
thefashioncapital.
TEXTURED DRAPES
This season is all
about bespoke de-
signs and textures
just add volume
and life to an en-
semble. Eventually,
ruffles, shoulder
pads, draped co-ord
sets have become
spring staples. Put
these textures with
prints like checks,
plaid and or even a
monochromatic
‘fit, it’ll make some
outstanding outfits.
These five fashion favour-
ites are this season’s para-
mount for you to look up to
date or like the French say
it, à la mode.
LUCKNOW, TUESDAY
MARCH 2, 2021
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HUES OF
HUES OF
SPRING!
SPRING!
The season of
fresh bloom
and striking
sunshine is
here. It’s the
season of new
beginnings and
a fresh new
wardrobe filled
with colours of
spring!
MONICA
PRABHAKAR
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You may have to be at your
convincing best, as spouse
may hold you accountable
for neglecting something
important. There is much that needs
to be done, so get to it right away. A
hectic day is foreseen, which may find
you running from pillar to post in
getting something done.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
It is certainly a wonder
how you manage to
become popular in any
set-up. You may remain
busy with additional work today.
Those in business will be able to
increase their net earnings. Help
from someone in finances will help
you overcome a tight situation.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You are likely to
consolidate on whatever
you have achieved on the
social front up till now.
Spouse may compel you for
something that you are in no mood
of, but little you can do about it!
Someone is likely to help you make
the right decisions.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Reputation of those
associated with the media is
likely to rise. This is a good
day to look up someone,
who is persistent in inviting you over. A
tiff with spouse or family member
needs to be dealt empathetically. Those
working in IT sectors may need to go
for some skill enhancement courses.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Prospects of a journey to a
distant place may get you
all excited. Academic
aspirations of those
pursuing higher studies are likely to
be met. Some of you are all set to
expand your social circle. Spending
time with a friend is foreseen. Total
bliss is foreseen for new lovebirds.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Meeting your near and dear
ones is likely to keep you
much entertained. You will
feel proud of something
achieved at work. Great opportunities
await you on the academic front. Your
resolve to become fit is likely to bring
positive results on the health front. You
are likely to find your partner loving.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Planning something
exciting with friends is
possible today. Your
popularity is set to rise, as
you start getting more social. You
will need good negotiating skills to
swing a deal in your favour on the
professional front. There is a great
opportunity on the business front.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Some of you may take up a
new hobby or join some
class. You are likely to up
your profits without
hurting your client base. Key to good
man management is to keep the
subordinates happy. You will find
yourself at peace by opening up your
heart to the one you love.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Your spirit is likely to
motivate those around you.
It is a good time for
making new contacts.
Those in a joint family will enjoy total
harmony. Taking care of your health
should be your priority. Day is
favourable for those wanting to pop
the question or tie the knot.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You can get involved in
something important on
the social front. You may
get a chance to add to your
friends’ list, as you meet someone
exciting. Home will be a happy place
to be in today. A workplace colleague
may trigger romantic feelings in your
heart. You may excel in academics.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Suitable accommodation is
likely to be found for those
hunting. A property may
come through inheritance.
You will find everything moving
smoothly at work. Professionals are
likely to do well. You maintain good
health. Your popularity on the social
front is set to rise.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
New ideas are likely to
bring positive changes.
This is going to be a good
day overall. Helping
coworkers and colleagues will bring
you appreciation. Those facing
interview are likely to fare well. Huge
financial gains are apparent, provided
you are ready to take more risks.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
omance is a fine
expression of life,
universally found,
across all forms of
life - human, ani-
mal and plants in-
cluding trees. Ro-
mance transcends every
boundary - one can be ro-
mantic to a beloved but can
still feel so for a plant, tree,
flower, a bird or an animal
like a horse or anything on
planet earth including a
mountain or a lake. Ro-
mance is a state of mind.
Romance is no mathe-
matics, there are no calcu-
lations because it is an
overpowering experience
and for this, we need to
know the science of the
phenomenon called love.
There are three sequential
happenings when a person
enters a state called love.
Firstly, there is an ascend-
ing form of intimacy which
when reciprocated leads to
the second stage called pas-
sion. During the state of
passion, the lover finds
everything positive in the
beloved, thinks of no nega-
tive aspects and even if de-
tects something of dislike,
overlooks and ignores. The
love then enters the final
stage called commitment
which may last for a vari-
able duration depending
upon maturity and mutual
adjustment by the couple
or till the time burns out
the flame.
Love is a physiological
phenomenon while ro-
mance is its extension
based on curiosity and at-
titude. One may be in deep
love yet be a non-romantic
and dull person. Love is
controlled by hormones
while romanticism is a be-
havioural trait. Though
poets call it “ falling in
love” but psychologically a
person ascends to cloud
nine when in love with the
fantasy of bringing down
the moon and stars to the
feet of the beloved. Love
generates a lot of energy in
the body, especially in the
brain. The heart starts
pounding and blood starts
flowing in arteries at a fas-
cinating speed. The brain
and many glands of the
body start secreting many
compounds and hormones
like phenethylamine, dopa-
mine and oxytocin making
the person alert, excited
and wanting to bond with
the beloved. The palms
start sweating, there may
be lightheadedness and
narrowing of mental focus.
There comes plenty of pos-
itivity with racing of heart
rate and imagination.
The human brain loves a
euphoric, dreamy state of
innumerable and wild fan-
tasies and hence, is bio-
logically responsible for
love, not the pounding
heart who is merely an ex-
ternal manifestation. Re-
searches indicate that the
person in love enters an
unrealistic euphoric state
where nothing can go
wrong, the love lasting for
eternity and this happens
because of a surge of oxy-
tocin levels in the blood-
stream. The future conse-
quences and responsibili-
ties are neglected under
the desire to create a new
world of their own.
But love needs lust for its
emergence as well as surviv-
althoughvehementlydenied
by its participants. A logical
introspection would reveal
thatlustisanintegralpartof
the phenomenon of love and
this focused lust should be
accepted as a natural behav-
iour pattern. How can there
be love without desire? If it
still is then it is compassion.
Lust is mediated through
hormonecompoundslikedo-
pamine, adrenaline and no-
radrenaline.
When love happens and
romantic feelings start
cascading, serotonin hor-
mone levels in the blood
start falling. This same
phenomenon has been not-
ed in a well-known condi-
tion called obsessive-com-
pulsive disorder (OCD)
and this explains the fre-
quent occurrence of
crimes of passion or some
spectacular life achieve-
ments. As a natural rule,
nothing lasts forever. A
successful love gradually
matures into a friendly
and understanding com-
panionship that may last
for the whole life. But in
the majority of cases, the
monotony kills the rela-
tionship, passion gets lost,
bitterness and mutual nag-
ging become part of the
residual life.
The whole rela-
tionship then
survives only
on pressure of
family, society,
law, insecurity
and financial
d e p e n d e n c e.
The glands se-
creting those
wonderful hormones start
shrinking because of non-
use dystrophy. This hap-
pening can be called the
death of love.
Love, as noted, matures
or dies but its other beau-
tiful aspect romance is at
significant risk of extinc-
tion. Romance might be
facing an existential
threat. The flood of non-
sensical information, por-
nography, availability of
body for cash, total immer-
sion in mobile devices is
all killing the subtle art of
seduction which is the
soul of romance. You lis-
ten to old songs, read old
poetry or novels and then
compare with the stuff be-
ing thrown at you and you
will immediately notice
that innocence, subtlety
and curiosity have all been
replaced by a matter of
fact and directness. The
future of romantic love is
getting bleaker with the
dominance of pleasure-
seekers or egoists. Mobile
addiction and online chat-
ting both have taken away
the beauty of romance
with fakeness and decep-
tion in many cases. It ap-
pears that dominance of
money, materialism and
mobile may deplete the hu-
man race of romance and
genuine love.
SCIENCE OF LOVE
SCIENCE OF LOVE
AND ART OF
AND ART OF
ROMANCE
ROMANCE
DR RAMAWTAR
SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
R

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