First india lucknow edition-09 march 2021

CELEBRATING WOMANHOOD UP GETS ITS
8TH AIRPORT
AT BAREILLY
Lucknow: An all-women
crew of Alliance Air,
led by Captain Poonam
Yadav, made its maiden
touch down at the new
built Trishul Airport in
Bareilly on Monday. UP
Civil Aviation Minister
Nand Gopal Nandi,
Union Minister Santosh
Gangwar launched the
air service from Baraeilly
Airport. Many industrial-
ists and eminent people
of Bareilly became
witnesses of this historic
occasion which could
take place due to relent-
less endeavours of the
Yogi government in the
state. More on P2
All Days Belong To Women: CM Yogi Adityanath
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Monday said all days
belong to women and
they deserved being
celebrated eternally
and not just on any one
particular occasion.
"Be it any sphere of life
or vocation, they are
the architect of society,
pillar of strength in a
family and help build
an ideal state," he said
while honouring 15
women for their contri-
bution in various fields
at a function organised
here in the State capital
to mark the Interna-
tional Women's Day
.
Apart from inaugu-
rating various schemes,
theUPCMalsolaunched
the second phase of
'Mission Shakti' under
Safe City Project to fur-
ther strengthen the safe-
ty mechanism and pro-
vide an environment
free of fear to women.
"When we formed the
government, there was
a lack of awareness re-
garding crimes against
women. Turn to P6
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Helpline number
181 for domestic
violence has been
integrated with other
helpline numbers to
make it effective
CM Yogi and Retd. SC Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra during the Mission Shakti event. He was accompanied by CS
RK Tiwari (not in picture),ACS Info Navneet Sehgal and PS to CM Sanjay Prasad along with other dignitaries.
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PM SALUTES AATMANIRBHAR
womenpreneurs, shops online
Modi-Shah peddling lies
on women’s safety: Didi
Kolkata: Chief minis-
ter Mamata Banerjee
on Monday sharpened
her attack on Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Union home
minister Amit Shah
amid escalating friction
between her Trinamool
Congress (TMC) and
the Bharatiya Janata
Party in the run-up to
the West Bengal Assem-
bly Election 2021.
Banerjee, while ad-
dressing a rally at the
tail end of a roadshow
from College Street to
the Dorina Crossing
area in Kolkata, alleged
that the Prime Minister
and Shah were “ped-
dling lies” regarding
women’s security in
West Bengal.
“They [the BJP] are
saying that women
aren’t safe in West Ben-
gal. Had there been no
safety
, women in Bengal
would not have been
able to move around
freely at night,” Baner-
jee said, rebutting PM
Modi’s assertion that
the women feel unsafe
in the state. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday said women
are playing a leading
role in India’s quest to
become self-reliant.
On the occasion of
International Women’s
Day, he took to Twitter
and shared a list of
products he bought
from women entrepre-
neurs of the country
and lauded their efforts
for preserving and pop-
ularising local crafts
and products. “Women
are playing a leading
role in India’s quest to
become Aatmanirbhar.
On International Wom-
en’s Day, let us commit
to encouraging entre-
preneurship among
women. Today, I bought
a few products that cel-
ebrate women enter-
prise, creativity and
India’s culture. #Nar-
iShakti,” he tweeted.
The prime minister
further said that he had
bought a ‘Gamusa’
made by various self-
help groups of Kakati-
papung Development
Block, a handmade jute
file folder from tribal
communities of West
Bengal and a tradition-
al shawl from Naga-
land.
He also bought a Kha-
di Cotton Madhubani
Painted Stole, a hand-
crafted Gond Paper
Painting made by tribal
communities and a
h a n d - e m b ro i d e re d
Shawl made by artisans
of the Toda Tribe of Ta-
mil Nadu. “I am eagerly
waiting for a Classic
Palm Craft Nilavilakku
made by women based
in Kerala,” PM Modi
tweeted. “Saluting our
indomitable #Nar-
iShakti on Internation-
al Women’s Day! India
takes pride in the many
accomplishments of
the women of our na-
tion. It is our govern-
ment’s honour to be get-
ting the opportunity to
work towards further-
ing women empower-
ment across a wide
range of sectors,” he
tweeted. —ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the National Committee to commemorate ‘Azadi ka Amrut
Mahotsav’, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI, SEE P6
Scindia could’ve been
a CM in Cong: Rahul
Batla House case: IM man
convicted for killing cop New Delhi: BJP leader
Jyotiraditya Scindia
could have become
chief minister with the
Congress but has be-
come a backbencher in
the BJP, said Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday
.
According to sources,
while speaking to the
Youth Wing of the party
about the importance
of Congress organisa-
tion, Gandhi said, “He
(Scindia) would have
become the Chief Min-
ister had he stayed with
Congress but has be-
come a backbencher in
the BJP
. Scindia had the
option to strengthen the
organisation by work-
ing with Congress
workers. I told him -
One day you will be-
come the Chief Minis-
ter. But he chose anoth-
er route.”
The Gandhi scion, ac-
cording to sources, fur-
ther said, “Write it
down, he will never be-
come Chief Minister
there. He will have to
come back here for
that.” He also instruct-
ed the Youth party
workers to fight the ide-
ology of RSS and not be
afraid of anyone.
Notably, Scindia had
resigned from the Con-
gress party and joined
the BJP in March last
year. —ANI
New Delhi: A court
hereonMondayconvict-
ed Ariz Khan, allegedly
associated with the ter-
roroutfitIndianMujahi-
deen, for the murder of
Delhi police inspector
Mohan Chand Sharma
in a case related to 2008
Batla House encounter
which was questioned
by certain political par-
ties and leaders.
Additional Sessions
Judge Sandeep Yadav
said “the evidence pro-
duced by the prosecu-
tion duly proved the
case beyond reasonable
doubts.”
The judge said that it
was “duly proved that
Ariz Khan and his asso-
ciates caused murder of
police official and fired
gunshot on the police
official.”
The court will hear
arguments on the quan-
tum of sentence on
March 15.
Ariz Khan faces a
maximum punishment
of death penalty while
the minimum sentence
for murder is life im-
prisonment. He was ar-
rested on February 14,
2018, after a decade be-
ing on run.
The judgement as-
sumes importance as
Congress leader Digvi-
jay Singh had voiced his
doubts over the police
claims about the en-
counter and Samajwadi
Party and Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (BSP) had
also demanded a judi-
cial inquiry into the
matter.
FIVE TMC MLAS JOIN BJP AHEAD
OF WEST BENGAL POLLS
Kolkata: In a significant development ahead of
West Bengal Assembly polls, five sitting TMC
MLAs and a party candidate who was allotted a
seat from Habibpur joined BJP on Monday. TMC
MLAs Sonali Guha, Dipendu Biswas, Rabindranath
Bhattacharya, Sital Sardar and Jatu Lahiri joined
BJP in presence of WB BJP prez Dilip Ghosh, BJP
V-P Mukul Roy and party leader Suvendu Adhikari.
7 JULY 1935 – 8 MARCH 2021
Ex-Raj Guv Anshuman Singh
dies due to COVID at 86
Lucknow: Former Governor
of Rajasthan Anshuman Sin-
gh died at a Lucknow hospital
on Monday, a month after he
was admitted there with cor-
onavirus-related pneumonia.
He was 86. Singh was admit-
ted to Lucknow’s Sanjay Gan-
dhi Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Sciences due to COV-
ID pneumonia on February 8
and was later admitted to a
non-COVID ICU. “Subse-
quently, his condition wors-
ened and led to a multi-organ
failure requiring life support
system,” hospital said in the
statement, adding that he
died at 4.30 am on Monday
.
Raj Governor Kalraj
Mishra, CM Ashok Gehlot
and others condoled Singh’s
demise. Singh had taken
charge as Raj Governor on
Jan, 1999 & remained in office
till May 2003.
HAVE HIGHEST
RESPECT FOR
WOMANHOOD:
CJI BOBDE
New Delhi: The Chief
Justice of India SA
Bobde on Monday
said that as an
institution and Court,
“We have always had
the highest respect
for womanhood” and
have never asked
a rape accused to
marry the victim.
A three-judge bench
headed by Chief
Justice Bobde
maintained that the
Court has the highest
respect for woman-
hood as an institu-
tion, and there was
“misreporting” on its
recent queries in a
rape case. “We never
asked anyone to
marry,” Chief Justice
said. His query to
rape accused -- ‘Will
you marry her?’ was
in the facts of that
case, Turn to P6
Conversations about “how dark” their baby’s skin tone would be. A rift between Prince Harry and his father so deep that Harry said his father
at one point “stopped taking my calls.” And Meghan, Duchess of Sussex saying she “just didn’t want to be alive anymore.” These were
some of the shocking details described by Harry and Meghan in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the first they have given since
they stepped away from official royal duties last year. They said they would have stayed had they gotten support from the royal family.
MEGHAN ACCUSES UK
ROYALS OF RACISM, SAYS
‘DIDN’T WANT TO BE ALIVE’
EXPLOSIVES
OUTSIDE
AMBANI HOUSE:
NIA TO PROBE
Mumbai: Two days
after the BJP raised
questions over the
circumstances sur-
rounding the death of
Mansukh Hiren, the
owner of the stolen
Mahindra Scorpio
found with explosives
and a threat letter
outside the residence
of billionaire Mukesh
Ambani on February
25, the Centre handed
over the probe to the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA).The
NIA is currently in the
process of registering
a case, Turn to P6

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Bareilly: The timing
couldn’t have been more
appropriate.Bareillygot
a unique gift on Interna-
tional Women’s Day
thanks to CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath when an all-
women crew of Alliance
Air,ledbyCaptainPoon-
am Yadav, made its
maiden touch down at
the new built Trishul
Airport in Bareilly on
Monday
.
UP Civil Aviation
Minister Nand Gopal
Nandi, Union Minister
Santosh Gangwar
launched the air service
from Bareilly Airport.
Many industrialists
and eminent people of
Bareilly became wit-
nesses of this historic
occasion which could
take place due to relent-
less endeavours of the
Yogi government in the
state. Union Minister
Santosh Gangwar was
the first to get down
from the flight with the
tricolor in his hand
while the UP Civil Avia-
tion Minister welcomed
the people coming from
Delhi by giving them a
rose flower.
Those present on the
occasion thanked CM
Yogi. UP is now the first
state in the country to
havethehighestnumber
of airports. With com-
mencement of Bareilly-
Delhi flight, soon the
airport will have flights
to Mumbai and Banga-
lore.
UP had only four ac-
tive airports namely
Lucknow, Agra, Vara-
nasi and Gorakhpur in
2017. Eight airports in-
cluding Prayagraj, Kan-
pur,HindonandBareilly
are now functional.
The government is
also working on devel-
oping 10 more air-
ports. Azamgarh, Ali-
garh, Chitrakoot, Mo-
radabad, Sonbhadra,
Shravasti, Ayodhya,
Kushinagar and Saha-
ranpur (Sarsawan)
airports are under
construction and will
be operational soon.
Soon, direct air flights
will be available to
many countries from
Lucknow, Varanasi in-
cluding Ayodhya,
Kushinagar and Gau-
tam Budh Nagar.
Lead by lady Capt, Bareilly has a take off
FIRST FLIGHT
Union Minister Santosh Gangwar exchanges greetings with state’s Minister of Civil Aviation
Nand Kumar Nandi at Trishul airport that kicked off operations on Monday.
Yogi-led govt has dedicated schemes for new born girls to ladies with employment, entrepreneurial potential
WOMEN’SDAY:CMHIGHLIGHTSBOLD
STEPS FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Chief
Minister on Women’s
Day highlighted the
campaignsorientedto-
wards empowermet of
women in the state, that
included Kanya Suman-
gala Yojana, where Rs
15,000 are given in 16
phases from the birth of
a girl child to her gradu-
ation.
At the same time, one
and a half lakh girls
were married through
theCM’s‘samoohikKan-
ya Vivah yojana’. The
girl is given a sum of Rs
51,000 by the govern-
ment for her new family
life.
TheCMfurtherstated
that as many as 218 fast
track courts have been
setupinthestatetopun-
ish the perpetrators of
crimes against women.
Another ambitious
scheme to provide nutri-
tious food to a child or a
girl aged between 6
months to 5 years under
the ‘Mukhyamantri Su-
poshan Yojana’ is also
beenimplementedinthe
state, where poor fami-
lies are being provided a
financial assistance of
900rupeesamonthalong
with a milch cow.
Yogi said that even
during the Corona peri-
od, the government con-
tinueditseffortstomake
women self-reliant,
where59thousandBank
Sakhis were trained.
He said that now the
people of the village will
nothavetogotothebank
to deposit and withdraw
money
.BankSakhisalso
knownasBCSakhiswill
solve their problem at
home.
Retired Supreme
Court Judge Gyan
Sudha Mishra, while
addressing the event
said that everyone
knows how to chant
slogans for the well-
being of women but it
was CM Yogi who
worked at grassroots
levels to make women
self-reliant and self-
dependent. “There is
no difference between
his words and his ac-
tions”, said Sudha.
IndianBankCEOPad-
maja Chandru said that
the UP government’s
ODOP scheme is a gold-
en initiative and her
bank will cooperate in
every way to boost it.
It is to be noted that
Government’s flagship
scheme, “Mukhya Man-
tri Kanya Sumangala
Yojana’ launched by the
CMinpresenceof Union
Women and Child Devel-
opment Minister Smriti
Irani, played a vital role
in encouraging daugh-
ters’ birth in state and
has ensured the welfare
of women.
CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Dinesh Mishra, Retd SC Judge Gyan Sudha Mishra, Indian
Bank CEO Padmaja Chandru CS RKTiwari,PS to CM Sanjay Prasad andACS Navneet Sehgal,
at the Women’ Day event at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on Monday.
CM Yogi, Retd SC Judge Gyan Sudha Mishra with Indian Bank CEO at the ribbon cutting
ceremony of the event.
CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Dinesh Mishra, Retd SC Judge Gyan Sudha Mishra, Indian
Bank CEO Padmaja Chandru CS RK Tiwari pose for a group photograph with empowered
women who were feted on the ocassion of International Women’s Day.
UP CM has issued
show cause notice
to 30 executive officers
of local bodies for
laxity in implementing
PM Street Vendors
Atmanirbhar Nidhi.
CM Yogi has
expressed deeply
mourned the demise
of Anshuman Singh,
former Governor of
Gujarat and Rajasthan
and conveyed his
heartfelt condolences
to the bereaved family
members.
UP CM has extended
the term of Police
Modernization and
Strengthening Com-
mission from April
1, 2021 to March 31,
2022.
CM Yogi was
presented painting
depicting Mission-
Shakti initiative of the
government by a class
nine girl student Aakrit
Samyak at a painting
competition organized
by LDA in which 891
girl students partici-
pated on Women’s Day.
‘Women scripting success stories,
no more dependent on hubbies’
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Women Self
Help Grroups (SHGs)
are scripting several
success stories under
the Mission Shakti
campaign to empower
them and make them
self-reliant.
Ravi Ranjana Pal,
Founder of Jai Durga
Mata Self Help Group
and assistant at Balinee
Milk Producer Compa-
ny is one such doughty
woman who was felici-
tated by CM Yogi for
her achievements. She
takes care of 16 SHGs
of her village to whom
she teaches Organic
Farming and Animal
Husbandry. “When ru-
ral women become self-
reliant and strong, no-
body can stop Bun-
delkhand from riding
on the path of success,”
she said. By producing
over 25 litres of milk
through Balinee dairy,
Pal is providing em-
ployment opportunities
to other women. Apart
from this, she has pro-
vided employment to
140 women and con-
nected over 60 women
to SHGs.
MSME Minister Siddharth Nath Singh and ACS Navneet
Sehgal and feted PCS Ritu Suhas, Joint Secretary LDA, on
the occassion of International Women’s Day at a symposium
on organised in ICAI auditorium on Monday.
‘Women’s upliftment
must for progress’
Ram Darbar sketch with 51K
Ram Naam sent to ‘Didi’ in WB
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A lady Ram
Bhakt from Varanasi,
has sent a unique sketch
painting of Ram Darbar
with Lord Ram’s name
etched on it 51,000 times
to West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee who had objected
to raising of Jai Sri Ram
slogans. It took one and
half months for Shalini
Mishra to sketch Ram
Darbar having pictures
of Lord Ram, mother
Sita,Bharat,Lakshman,
Satrughan, Lord Brah-
ma, Lord Vishnu, Lord
Mahesh and Lord Hanu-
manindifferentcolours.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: To mark
International Wom-
en’s Day
, Governor
Anandiben Patel in-
augurated ‘Mahila
Samridhi Mahotsav’
organized in joint as-
sociation with NAB-
ARD and allied insti-
tutions of King
George Medical Uni-
versity
, Lucknow Uni-
versity
, Shakuntala
Mishra University
andAPJAbdulKalam
Technical University
,
Lucknow in Raj Bha-
van on Monday
.
The Governor con-
gratulated women of
self-help groups from
all 75 districts and
said that no develop-
ment could be imag-
ined without uplift-
ment of women as
they are axis of devel-
opmentof anysociety
.
Ontheoccasion,the
Governor presented
approval letter for the
Rs 1 crore grant given
by NABARD for in-
cluding 10,000 rural
women of Uttar
Pradesh in 1000 self
help groups and di-
rected NABARD that
the amount should
have been more.
CHARBAGH FLAUNTS PINK
Charbagh Railway station was illuminated in pink hues on the occassion of International Women’s Day on Monday.
Akharas withdraw Shahi Snan boycott
First India Bureau
Mathura: A call for
boycott of ‘Shahi Snan’
at the Vrindavan
Kumbh given by the
heads of three ‘Ani
Akhadas’ (Hindu reli-
gious groups) has been
withdrawn.
Upset over the pollu-
tion in the Yamuna at
the Devarha Ghat on
the first ‘Shahi Snan’
(auspicious bath) at the
Vrindavan Kumbh, the
Nirvani Ani Akhada,
Digambar Ani Akhada
and the Nirmohi Ani
Akhara had on Febru-
ary 27 declared that
they would boycott tak-
ing a dip if the water is
not clean. The second
and the third “Shahi
Snan” are slated for
March 9 and on March
13.
“Due to more dis-
charge of Ganges water
into Yamuna, the latter
has become clean and
fit for bathing. Hence,
the boycott call for Sha-
hi Snan of Tuesday is
being withdrawn,” Ma-
hant Rajendra Das, na-
tional president of Nir-
mohi Ani Akhara said,
while speaking to re-
porters at the Vrinda-
van Kumbh.
After the boycott
call, the administra-
tion ensured clean wa-
ter in the river through
discharge of extra Gan-
ges water.
Vidhan Sabha Speaker HN Dixit in a ‘thanks giving’ mode
to the Governor for her to speech at the recently concluded
budget session.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
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BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
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BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

UTTAR PRADESH
03
COP SUSPENDED FOR PROVIDING
MOBILE TO MURDER ACCUSED
LOVE COUPLE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
WITH THROATS SLIT IN LUCKNOW
Hardoi: SP Anurag Vats has suspended the con-
stable who provided mobile phone to Shravan
Sahu’s murder accused Akeel Ansari for calling
a businessman. Sharjeel Rahman of Raebareli
had filed complaint that murder accused Ansari
had called him for ransom. Rahman said Akeel
threatened him to meet on next hearing with ran-
som money
. Akeel was prime accused of murder
of Ayush, son of Shravan Sahu.
Lucknow A love couple was found uncouncious
with their throat slit in Devi Kheda colony at
Cantt Road in Ashiyana area. Both were rushed
to the hospital where their condition was stated
tobecritical.Additionaldeputycommissionerof
police (East) Kasim Abdi here said that after in-
formation that a young couple was lying in a pool
of blood, the police reached there immediately
and shifted them to the hospital.
JEWELLERY SHOP
LOOTED ON GUN
POINT IN LKO
Lucknow: Three
unidentified perpe-
trators looted a jew-
ellery shop on gun
point in busy market
of Ashiyanainbroad
day light here on
Monday
. Police said
three persons, one of
them wearing hel-
met while two others
wearing mask en-
tered Nath Jewellery
shop at around 3:30
pm. Two of them
showedpistoltoshop
owner and workers
there and directed
them to fill all valu-
ables in their bags.
SCHOOL BUS
DRIVER HELD FOR
RAPING STUDENT
Bulandshahr: A
school bus driver in
Bulandshahrdistrict
was arrested for al-
legedly raping a
Class 11 student, po-
lice said on Monday
.
In a complaint the
teenager’s uncle said
the incident took
place in January
.
SSP Santosh Kumar
Singh said. “An FIR
was lodged at the
Anoopshahr police
station after which
the accused school
bus driver has been
arrested,” Singh
said.
CRIME ROUND UP
UP constitutes panel for Amrit Mahotsav
First India bureau
L u c k n o w : U t t a r
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath jon
Monday took part in the
video conferencing of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi from his offi-
cial residence here to-
day. This video confer-
encing was held in con-
nection with the first
meeting of the National
Committee constituted
under the chairman-
ship of the Prime Min-
ister to commemorate
the 75th anniversary of
India’s independence.
This commemora-
tion will be called the
‘Amrit Mahotsav of In-
dependence’ which will
last for the next 75
weeks. The Mahotsav
will begin on March 12,
2021. In his address
through video confer-
encing, the Prime Min-
ister said that the objec-
tive of this event is to
make people under-
stand the importance of
India’s freedom and its
freedom struggle.
Also, the young gen-
eration has to be in-
formed about the free-
dom movement. This is
to connect the youth.
This event has to be giv-
en the shape of a move-
ment. The Prime Minis-
ter said that this event is
very important for the
country and pointed out
that efforts will be made
onhowthiseventshould
become a festival of peo-
ple. It should be a festi-
val in which the strug-
gle for freedom is expe-
rienced, he mused.
This event will reflect
the pride of Sanatan In-
dia. This will also de-
velop the concept of
celebrating 100 years of
independence in the
year 2047, the Prime
Minister said and add-
ed that through this
event, stories of un-
known fighters of free-
dom struggle will also
be reached to people.
It is worth mention-
ing here that on the oc-
casion of the 75th anni-
versaryof theindepend-
ence of India the state-
level organizing com-
mittee has been consti-
tuted by the state gov-
ernment for the state
level Amrit Mahotsav
under the chairman-
ship of the Governor
and the Executive Com-
mittee has been consti-
tuted under the chair-
manship of the Chief
Minister.
—FILE PHOTO
SANATAN INDIA
MINOR RAPE SURVIVOR BECOMES
MOTHER, ACCUSED ARRESTED
As ‘empowerment’ ruled Int’l Women’s Day, here’s a sad tale of loss & trauma of a girl
Vishal Srivastav
Deoria: Becoming a
mother is a blessing
but for a victim of rape,
it is no less than a
curse.
In a shocking inci-
dent, a 13-year-old girl,
who was allegedly
raped in Uttar
Pradesh’s Deoria dis-
trict, gave birth to a
child recently.
The girl was alleged-
ly raped by her next
door neighbour and a
father of two around
eight months ago.
The girl’s family was
initially unaware as
the girl did not share
the development with
them but by the time
they got to know, the
girl had already con-
ceived.
The girl gave birth to
a girl child on February
28 who could not sur-
vive. After this, the
girl’s family ap-
proached the police.
Speaking to First In-
dia, Deoria Superin-
tendent of Police (SP)
Shripati Mishra said
that the girl was given
all possible help from
the administration.
“The family came to
us on Sunday and when
asked why they didn’t
approach the police be-
fore, they said that they
were in talks with the
man and that he had
threatened them of
dire consequences. The
girl’s family is saying
that the girl is 13 years
old but her Aadhaar
Card verifies the age to
be 16. In any case she
was a minor,” SP Deo-
ria told First India.
The top cop added,
“We have arrested a
man on charge of rap-
ing the girl. The girl’s
mother alleged in the
complaint that the mi-
nor was raped at her
house in a village in
Rudrapur area by a
neighbour eight
months ago when she
was alone.”
The accused has
been arrested and sent
to jail, the police said,
adding that a detailed
probe was on into the
matter.
‘PROPER REHABILITATION, MENTAL GROOMING NEEDED’
—FILE
PHOTO
Despite amputated
hands, girlmakesher
mark,inspiresothers
Moradabad: Awom-
an, whose both hands
were amputated after
a tragic incident is in-
spiring women by
teaching students
with amputated
hands in Moradabad.
Pragati said, “My
both hands were am-
putated by doctors af-
ter I inadvertently
touched a live electric
wire in 2010. Initially
,
I was very disturbed.
I found it difficult to
carry out my daily ac-
tivities. But now, I can
write, operate my mo-
bile phone and com-
puter with my ampu-
tated hands. Now, I
teach students for my
expenses and am pre-
paring for bank en-
trance exams,” she
said.
“I just want to con-
vey to all women to
not give up on their
dreams and continue
working hard to be-
come successful in
their lives,” she add-
ed. Pragati, and many
women across the
country
, continue to
inspire women on the
occasion of Interna-
tional Women’s Day
.
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Women’s Day is cele-
brated worldwide ev-
ery year on March 8
to recognise the so-
cial, economic, cul-
tural and political
achievements of
women across the
globe.
Over 1.8L vaccinated in
3,378 centres across UP
Seven held with antique statue
of deity worth `1 crore
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Vaccination
drive for people aged
above 60 years and for
those aged between 45-59
years with co-morbidi-
ties are being held in all
districtsof UPin private
hospitals along with all
district hospitals, medi-
cal colleges and commu-
nity health centres.
In 3,378 vaccination
sessions, a total of
1,82,676 beneficiaries
were administered the
vaccine. The govern-
ment also has plans to
increase this number
even further in the up-
comingsessions.Follow-
ing the SOP
, the benefi-
ciaries were kept in the
observation room for 30
mins before being sent
home. The beneficiaries
were also sent links to
download and print the
vaccination certificate
along with the message
of completion of vacci-
nation on their regis-
tered mobile number.
Theseconddoseof the
vaccine will be adminis-
tered on April 5 to the
beneficiaries who were
administered the vac-
cine on March 8.
On International
Women’s Day
, in 225
health centres in the
state, three special ses-
sionswereconductedfor
the vaccination of wom-
en. In these 15,710 wom-
en were vaccinated.
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: In a joint op-
eration of surveillance
team and Sarojani
Nagar police, seven per-
sons were arrested with
antique statue of Lord
Parshvanath worth Rs 1
crore when they were
trying to sell the statue
without legal papers.
Deputy commission-
er of police (Central)
Somen Barma told First
India “In interrogation
it was revealed that the
statue was found in ex-
cavation during con-
struction work. Arrest-
ed accused managed to
take that statue and
were trying to sell it out
in high prices.”
The accused were
identified as Sunil Kati-
yar, Raju Singh, Raj Ku-
mar Nishad, Shiv Ku-
mar Khagar, Salman
Shah, Vinod Kumar
Gupta and Mohd Afzal.
Several criminal cases
were registered against
them in Hamirpur, Fate-
hpur, Unnao and Kan-
pur districts.
—FILE PHOTO
Five cow
slaughter
accused held
First India Bureau
Moradabad: Thepolice
arrestedfivecow-slaugh-
ter accused after an en-
counter near Bahadur-
nagar village in Thak-
urdwara area while two
of them managed to es-
cape
A police team inter-
ceptedsomecow-slaugh-
tersuspectsnearBushra
BrickworksinBahadun-
agarbuttheyopenedfire
on them. The police
managedtoarrestfiveof
them after retaliatory
firing, while two es-
caped.
Accused were identi-
fied as Ramjani, Anas,
Iqrar, DIlari and Naeem,
police said adding that
two country-made pis-
tols,cartages,fourcalves
andoneSUVwererecov-
ered from them.
IAS Assn calender
will help tourism: CS
Ward boy assaults SDM’s
staff in front of officer
Women’s Day in LU on
theme ‘be special, be you’
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Chief Secre-
tary Rajendra Kumar
Tiwarireleasedthetable
calendar published by
the Uttar Pradesh IAS
Association on Monday
.
CS RK Tiwari was ac-
companied by Divi-
sional Commissioner
Ranjan Kumar, State
Finance Secretary
Sanjay Kumar, Chief
Staff Officer (Chief
Secretary) Pankaj Ku-
mar.
In his address on this
occasion, the Chief Sec-
retary praised the Uttar
PradeshIASAssociation
for its commendable
work and also for the
beautifully captured pic-
tures which relay the
richculturalandhistori-
cal heritage of UP’s art,
culture, wildlife, etc. He
added that the addition
of brief information
about the pictures will
helpboostthetourismof
the state as such infor-
mation will be readily
available to the general
public.
In the table calendar
information along with
pictures of Chhatar
Manzil in Lucknow,
Khurja Pottery
, Sukuma
Dukuma Dam in Jhansi,
Inlay work of Agra, Ter-
racotta from Gorakhpur
etc have been portrayed.
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: A ward boy
brutally assaulted staff
of an SDM in front of
the officer in Kanpur
Dehat after which the
orderly was sent to the
district hospital for
treatment.
According to reports,
in Akbarpur tehsil of
KanpurDehat,wardboy
Rajnish Shukla assault-
ed Shiva Ram Pal, order-
ly of SDM Rajiv Raj in
front of the magistrate.
He also assaulted tehsil
staff who came to save
the situation.
The ward boy was
brought under control
by police and lawyers of
the tehsil. As per Shuk-
la, he was struggling for
three months to get a
domicile certificate, for
which lekhpal had de-
manded Rs 3000 bribe,
leading to the dispute.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On Interna-
tional women’s Day
University of Lucknow
celebrated womanhood
with the theme “Choose
to challenge”, and “be
special, be you”.
The Institute of
Women’s Studies and
Gender Sensitisation
Cell of LU organised a
special programme on-
the occasion. Several
faculty members in-
cluding V-C Alok Ku-
mar Rai, his wife San-
geeta Rai and his moth-
er Rajeshwari Rai
where present in the
event.
Several events in-
cluding special musical
performances by the
student band Rubaru
was held.
CS RK Tiwari with the calender
Decorations at LU
Pragati with her students.
Injured staff Shiva Ram Pal
The statue of Parshvanath

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PERSPECTIVE
04
here’s a global
shortage in
semiconduc-
tors, and it’s be-
coming increas-
ingly serious. The US is
currently reviewing its
supply of the technology,
following a landmark ex-
ecutive order from Presi-
dent Joe Biden.
The president also
pledged US$37 billion (£26
billion) to cover the short-
term costs of rebuilding
and securing America’s
supply of semiconductors,
which are a fundamental
part of microchips and
thus integral to everything
from computers to smart-
phones to renewable ener-
gy and military hardware.
The automotive sector
has been worst affected by
the drought, in an era
where microchips now
form the backbone of most
cars. Ford is predicting a
20% slump in production
and Tesla shut down its
model 3 assembly line for
two weeks. In the UK, Hon-
da was forced to temporar-
ily shut its plant as well.
Even highly experienced
tech companies such as
Nvidia and Microsoft are
struggling to provide a
steady stock of graphics
cards and Xboxes respec-
tively. It appears that no
company, big or small, tech
or non-tech, is safe from
the wide-ranging impact of
the great semiconductor
famine of 2021.
THE CONCENTRATION
PROBLEM
While it is easy to blame
the COVID-19 pandemic for
this situation, the truth is
that the global semicon-
ductor supply chain had
this coming for some time.
As much as 70% of the
world’s semiconductors
are manufactured by just
two companies, Taiwan
Semiconductor (TSMC)
and Samsung.
The entry barriers into
semiconductor manufac-
turing are astronomically
high. There’s a steep learn-
ing curve required to set
up a semiconductor found-
ry, entailing an upfront in-
vestment of US$10-$12 bil-
lion and then at least three
years to become produc-
tion-ready
.
Even then, there are no
guarantees that a new
foundry’s chip yields will
match those of the incum-
bents. Chips rapidly be-
come obsolete and price
pressures are a major prob-
lem in the tech sector, so
there are lots of risks to
profitability
.
Due to such harsh eco-
nomics, it has only made
sense for a handful of large
players to invest in manu-
facturing capabilities and
then spread those costs and
risks across hundreds of
thousands of customers.
Global tech has historical-
ly been very happy to hand
the manufacturing reins to
TSMC and Samsung. And
in turn, this has created
the supply-chain equiva-
lent of a house of cards.
HIGH DEMAND
The pandemic has driven
unexpectedly high demand
for home electronics such
as laptops and gaming con-
soles, as many people start-
ed working from home and
seeking more sources of
indoor entertainment.
Automotive companies
had been expecting lower
demand, given that car
sales tend to move lower in
an economic downturn.
This, however, proved to be
an erroneous assumption,
as new car sales started
bouncing back quickly by
the tail end of 2020. Auto-
motive companies tried to
re-book previously can-
celled semiconductor or-
ders only to discover that
home electronics manufac-
turers had taken their
place.
At the same time, Presi-
dent Trump’s trade war
with China led to new rules
that made it harder for Chi-
nese companies to source
semiconductors from
TSMC and Samsung. With
China’s own semiconduc-
tor technology inferior to
the industry leaders, Chi-
nese tech behemoths like
Huawei stockpiled semi-
conductor chips in advance
of the new restrictions in
2020, soaking up any spare
capacity with large orders.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
How the world ran out of semiconductors
T
And let us consider how we
may spur one another on
toward love and good deeds.
—Hebrews 10:24
Spiritual
SPEAK
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TWEET
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@PrakashJavdekar
75 years of independence should
be a festival in which the spirit of
freedom struggle, its renunciation
can be experienced; in which
there is also a tribute to the
martyrs of the country and the
resolve to make India of their
dreams - PM @narendramodi
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
India’s medical and RD
institutions have played a stellar
role in the fight against the
#Covid19 pandemic. The proposal
for setting up of four additional
National Institute of Virology
in Budget 2020-21 will further
strengthen India’s defences
against future pandemics.
IN-DEPTH
INDIA’S VACCINES SET
TO COUNTER CHINA
ndia’s vaccine diplomacy is proving to be
hugely successful, helping it win goodwill
andfriendsnotonlyintheneighbourhood
but across the world and prove our pole
position in vaccine manufacture and de-
velopment. The latest country to seek vaccine assis-
tance from India is the United Kingdom which has
requested for, and will be provided, 10 million doses
of the vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of
India(SII)incollaborationwithOxford-AstraZeneca
and produced under the brand name of Covishield.
The move has attracted criticism from Medecins
Sans Frontiere which has said that the shipment
could hit supplies to developing countries. Britain’s
Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi has
allayedthesefears.WhileassertingthattheSII’svac-
cine was always intended for Britain, Zahawi said
that AstraZeneca and the SII have given assurances
to the effect that these shipments will not affect In-
dia’scommitmenttoprovidevaccinestothepoorand
developing countries. He mentioned Ghana, Ivory
Coast and the Philippines among the beneficiaries.
The list of countries getting anti-Covid vaccines
from India is now fairly long. Bangladesh, Nepal,
Bhutan, Mauritius, Seychelles, the Maldives, Myan-
mar,SriLanka,Bahrain,Oman,Barbados,Dominica
and Brazil are among the countries to have received
the anti-virus vials. The vaccine strategy is part of a
bigger strategy aimed at staying ahead of China in
the vaccine supply race. India has also sought the
assistance of Quad member nations---the US, Japan
and Australia---to invest in its production capacity to
counter China, which has promised to provide 463
million vials of its own vaccine to various countries.
I
100 DAYS OF PROTEST
STILL GOING STRONG
armers’agitationisnowover100daysold
and there’s no sign of fatigue yet, despite
the government still unwilling to acqui-
esce to their demands. Their resolve to
continue the agitation against the new
farm laws is as strong as the government is firm in
its decision not to repeal them. The Congress party
which has emerged as the biggest supporter of the
agitating farmers described the completion of 100
days as “100 days of BJP’s arrogance.” In a tweet,
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that those
“whosesonsrisktheirlivesatthecountry’sborders,
for them nails have been laid at Delhi’s borders”. He
toldthefarmersthattheirmovementwasstillgoing
strong. His sister and party general-secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi used the hashtag “100days of BJPar-
rogance” to say
, “100 days of BJP government’s ar-
rogance, of assault on farmers, of lies and scorn for
farmers”. Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Ya-
dav also held an impressive Kisan mahapanchayat
in Western UP to lend his support to farmers. How-
ever,theCentreisleastbotheredbythepoliticalsup-
portforprotestersasitisconfidentof winningState
electionswithoutmuchado.Yetthenegativeimpact
of the protests cannot be denied.
Theagitationisexemplaryfortheunityamongst
various groups even after a marathon protest. Per-
haps the longest protest by farmers in the world,
it has “put farmers back on the political land-
scape” of the country. And though the protesters
are pitted against a very strong Central govern-
ment, Rakesh Tikait of the BKU said the agitation
will continue as long as it is needed.
F
hose who understand the
politics of Rajasthan, know
it like the back of their hands
that in the politics of the
largest state in the country,
currently two leaders are at
the top and it seems they will
remain in the top position,
for a foreseeable future.
It remains a fact that current-
ly among two major political
parties, the son of ‘Marusthal’
(arid zone) three-time Chief
Minister - Ashok Gehlot - and
erstwhile Maharani of Dhaul-
pur Vasundhara Raje, a two-
time chief minister have a sig-
nificant place in the politics of
Rajasthan. In fact, Ashok Ge-
hlot and Vasundhara Raje are
theaxisof politicsin Rajasthan.
No other leader in the state, as
comparedtothesetwogiantand
bold leaders, is capable to sail
their party through the tough
state assembly elections.
Both, sixty-nine years old
Ashok Gehlot and sixty-sev-
en years old Vasundhara
Raje are grassroot leaders
and tremendously popular.
Both are farsighted, sensi-
tive, ambitious, hold consid-
erable self-esteem, and have
a developmental vision.
While Gehlot supports social
schemes, Vasundhara favours
developmental schemes. Not
only in regional politics but
both the leaders hold a vital
place in central politics too.
Both have had an illustrious
career as they remained more
in significant positions in their
respective party’s organiza-
tion, served as Member of Par-
liament and minister in the
center from their parties.
Alternately, since 1998, Ge-
hlot and Vasundhara are hold-
ing the power as chief minis-
ters. Whenever they are out of
‘power’, they still wield consid-
erable power’ on the political
ecosystem of the desert state
while playing crucial roles like
senior officials of their parties
and minister at the center.
Vasundhara’s entry into
Rajasthan has been from
Centre when the bold leader
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
was the chief minister of the
state. Similarly, Ashok Ge-
hlot rolled in when Haridev
Joshi, who even served as
Governor of Meghalaya and
West Bengal, was the chief
minister of Rajasthan.
Later on, both Gehlot and
Vasundhara not only proved
themselves as alternatives to the
establishedleadersof theregion,
and leaving them behind turned
out to be ‘in for the long haul’.
Gehlot is a true grassroot
leader who has got a strong
public base from village to
cities. Similarly
, Vasundhara
has got her own aura and is
quite popular among women.
Gehlot never compromised
withhisprinciplesandVasund-
hara with her self-esteem. Both
are rich in their personality in
their own way
. Gehlot is used to
working late in the night while
Vasundhara capable of work-
ing in the need of hours prefers
to work in her daily routine.
Both are experts in handling
bureaucracy
.
While Gehlot is a follower of
the Kabir sect and upholds secu-
larism, and like Vasundhara he
has respect and faith in all the re-
ligions,whileRajeisreligiousand
inclined to spiritualism and is an
exclusive devotee of mother god-
dessDevi.Vasundharaisanener-
geticoratorandcapableof speak-
ing English, Hindi, and Marathi
fluently
,whileGehlotisanexpert
at making others agree with his
point of view in simple language
based on facts and logic. He is ca-
pable of winning the hearts of
people in the Marwari language.
Perhaps the one aspect that
has always been in Gehlot’s
favour is the blessing hand of
his party’s high command on
him while this has not been
the case with Vasundhara
Raje. Her relations with par-
ty leaders, top leaders of the
RSS, Jansangh have been ex-
tremely cordial. No one has
forgotten the contribution of
her mother Vijaya Raje Scin-
dia in developing a sealing
into a gigantic tree. For this
reason, Vasundhara contin-
ues to have a distinct entity
of her own in the party
.
There were times when
Vasundhara was not keen on
entering the state politics hav-
ing tasted the life of politics in
the centre, but when she came,
she carved a niche in the poli-
tics of the state on her own.
Owing to the massive support
of her legislators and public
base, she remained successful
in making her party high com-
mand to agree predominately.
When Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi was the chief minis-
ter of Gujarat, she was success-
ful in getting waters of Nar-
mada River (upper canal of the
Mahi) from Gujarat to the dis-
tricts of Jalore and Barmer.
Both the leaders have always
faced unfortunate situations
whenever they came to power,
and most of the time they had
to deal with the governments
of the opposition parties to ini-
tiate many new schemes on
their own for which they faced
many hurdles.
Since Independence, except
Indira Gandhi Canal Project,
not a single national project
has been initiated. During her
tenure as chief minister, she
got Eastern Rajasthan Canal
Project at a cost of 35000 Crores
to render a permanent solution
to meet with drinking water
and irrigation. She made PM
Narendra Modi announce the
same in public meetings at
Jaipur and Ajmer, but this pro-
ject could not take off till date.
With a change of power CM,
Ashok Gehlot continued to pur-
sue the project and looking at
the importance of the same,
has requested PM several times
to term the project a national
project. In the currently con-
cluded sixth meeting of the
governing council, he remind-
ed the PM, but even though the
central government is ‘satiat-
ed’ with all twenty-five Lok
Sabha seats from Rajasthan,
the desert state is yet to hear
about its second canal.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
TWO POLAR STARS
OF RAJASTHAN POLITICS
T
It remains a fact
that currently
among two major
political parties,
the son of
‘Marusthal’ (arid
zone) three-time
Chief Minister -
Ashok Gehlot -
and erstwhile
Maharani of
Dhaulpur
Vasundhara
Raje, a two-time
chief minister
have a significant
place in the
politics of
Rajasthan. In
fact, Ashok Gehlot
and Vasundhara
Raje are the axis
of politics in
Rajasthan. No
other leader in the
state, as
compared to these
two giant and
bold leaders, is
capable to sail
their party
through the
tough state
assembly elections
GEHLOT IS A TRUE
GRASSROOT LEADER WHO
HAS GOT A STRONG
PUBLIC BASE FROM
VILLAGE TO CITIES.
SIMILARLY, VASUNDHARA
HAS GOT HER OWN AURA
AND IS QUITE POPULAR
AMONG WOMEN. GEHLOT
NEVER COMPROMISED
WITH HIS PRINCIPLES AND
VASUNDHARA WITH HER
SELF-ESTEEM
NEETI
GOPENDRA BHATT
THE AUTHOR IS
A FREELANCE JOURNALIST

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INDIA
05
ARMY OFFICER ARRESTED FROM
TN IN EXAM PAPER LEAK CASE
Pune: A 45-year-old army
officer of a major rank has
been arrested by Pune
city police in Tamil Nadu
in connection with the
Army recruitment exam
paper leak. The police
said that the accused
was arrested in Welling-
ton town and has been
brought to Pune where
he will be produced in a
court later on Monday.
The police further
informed that it was the
ninth arrest in the case in
which two different FIRs
were registered with the
police last month. Earlier,
in a joint operation with
military intelligence of
southern command of
the Indian Army, Pune
city police had arrested
eight accused in this
case.
UZBEK SOLDIERS IN INDIA TO
PARTICIPATE IN JT EXERCISE
New Delhi: The second
edition of India-Uz-
bekistan joint military
exercise “Dustlik-2”
started on Monday at
Chaubatia in Uttara-
khand, the Defence
Ministry said.The first
edition of the joint
military exercise had
taken place in Tashkent
in November 2019. De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh’s office said
on Twitter, “The 2nd
edition of India-Uzbek-
istan military Exercise
starts. This Exercise is
an important milestone
in growing coopera-
tion between both the
countries.”
NAINITAL HIGHWAY 9, CLOSED
DUE TO FARMERS’ PROTESTS
New Delhi: Due to
ongoing protests
against farm laws,
Nainital Highway 9 and
National Highway 24
are closed at the point
of Uttar Pradesh gate,
said Delhi Traffic Police
on Monday. The police
said there is heavy
traffic on both the
sides. “Due to protest
of Kisan Andolan,
Nainital highway No. 9
and NH-24 is closed at
the point of UP Gate.
Traffic is heavy in both
carriageways. The di-
version has been given
from Delhi towards
Ghaziabad,” tweeted
Delhi traffic police.
FRESH SNOWFALL, RAIN IN PARTS
OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
Shimla: The higher
reaches of Himachal
Pradesh received light to
moderate snowfall,
leading to a dip in
temperature of two to four
degrees Celsius
Manmohan Singh, IMD
Director of Himachal
Pradesh on Monday said
that Khadrala, tehsil
Rohru received 10 cm
snow. Mandi district will
receive heavy rainfall
along with thunderstorms
in the next 24 hours and a
yellow alert has been
issued for other places.
Singh further stated that
the state will again
witness heavy rainfall
from March 10. A fresh
western disturbance is
very likely to affect the
western Himalayan region
and the adjoining plain.
MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
SUBTLE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
WOMEN SHOULDN’T BE ENCOURAGED: FM
She spoke about was facing different terms of engagement for both genders
New Delhi: On the oc-
casion of International
Women’s Day, Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitaraman on Mon-
day said nuanced dis-
crimination, even in
language, is often ac-
cepted and not objected
to, due to its subtlety.
She added that lan-
guage needs to be gen-
der-sensitive and wrong
language shouldn’t be
encouraged. “Language
of communication has
to be gender-sensitive.
We stand up each time
for use of the right lan-
guage. We come across
language both formal
and informal that
doesn’t recognise an
implicit gender bias.
We need to say lan-
guage needs to be gen-
der-sensitive. We
shouldn’t encourage
such language,” said Si-
tharaman while ad-
dressing a gathering of
women MPs and jour-
nalists.
Giving an example
she quoted a popular
Hindi expression the
Union Finance Minis-
ter said, “Arey main
choodi pehen ke baitha
hoon kya?” (Am I just
sitting here wearing
bangles like a woman?)
That means you don’t
have courage. Each one
of us has to say that we
don’t accept such lan-
guage.” Another prob-
lem she spoke about
was facing different
terms of engagement
for both genders. “We
are MPs, but we are of-
ten treated as women
first,” she said. —ANI
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman —FILE PHOTO
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES $25 MN
FUND TO EMPOWER WOMEN
New Delhi: In a bid
to support the eco-
nomic empowerment
of women in India,
Google and Alphabet
CEO Sundar Pichai on
Monday announced
$25 million in grants to
non-profits and social
enterprises in India
and around the world.
On the occasion of
International Women’s
Day, Pichai also com-
mitted to help 1 million
women in rural villages
in India to become
entrepreneurs through
business tutorials,
tools and mentorship,
as part of the Google
Internet Saathi pro-
gramme. “Women are
almost twice as likely
to lose their jobs dur-
ing the pandemic and
an estimated 20 million
girls are at risk of not
returning to school.
We have the opportu-
nity to build a future
that is more equal -
and we must take it,”
Pichai said.
Indian Navy deploys women
officers on warships after 23 yrs
Don’t let anyone stop you: Rahul
Gandhi to women
The Indian Navy on
March 8 deployed
female officers onboard
its war vessels after a
gap of 23 long years.
The development
comes on the occa-
sion of International
Women’s Day. Indian
Navy had deployed
women on warships for
the first time in 1998
but the decision was
soon revoked due to
lack of facilities for fe-
male officers and other
issues. According to
spokesperson, four
women officers have
been deployed.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday extended his
greetings on the oc-
casion of International
Women’s Day and said
women are capable of
creating history and
future with formidable
grace. “Women are
capable of creating
history and future with
formidable grace. Don’t
let anyone stop you.
#InternationalWomens-
Day,” he tweeted. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
said India takes pride in
the many accomplish-
ments of the women.
SIT interrogates
Amazon prime
head Aparna
Raj boy among 5 score 100
percentile in JEE Main
New Delhi: National
Testing Agency on
Monday announced the
result for the JEE-Main
with six students scor-
ing 100 percentile in the
February session. The
final answer key was
released late Sunday
night on th websites.
Education Minister
Ramesh Pokhrial tweet-
ed that till last year, ex-
ams were done in three
languages only but this
time exams were con-
ducted in 13 languages
and results have been
declared in 10 days.
Saket Jha from Ra-
jasthan, Pravar Kataria
and Ranjim Prabal Das
from Delhi, Guramrit
Singh from Chandi-
garh,SiddhantMukher-
jee from Maharashtra
and Ananth Krishna
Kidambi from Gujarat
have scored 100 percen-
tile. In the girls category
,
10 female students have
scored above 99 percen-
tile. A total of 6.61 lakh
(6,61,776) candidates
registered for the Feb
session, out of this, 6.52
lakh (6,52,627) candi-
dates applied for the BE
or BTech exam. JEE-
Main is held annually
.
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: Special In-
vestigation Team (SIT)
interrogated Aparna
Purohit, Amazon Prime
head here in Hazarat-
ganj Kotwali. It was re-
ported that about 80
questions were asked
and Aparna was not
able to answer all of
them.
Police sources said
that on instructions of
High Court Aparna had
to record his statements
in matter of objection-
able content in web se-
ries telecasted on Ama-
zon. Case was regis-
tered against Amazon
and others on com-
plaint of inspector Am-
arnath Yadav after pro-
test and demonstration
of Hindu outfits in cap-
ital and other districts
of the state.
Earlier, Aparna had
recorded her state-
ments on February 23
and she has to deliver
statements again in-
front of SIT. Apart from
complaint in Hazarat-
ganj police station case
was registered in Rabu-
pura police station in
Noida and in Jaunpur.
FIR was lodged against
Amazon Prime head
Aparna Purohit, Tan-
dav Web series director
Ali Abbas, producer
Himanshu Krishna Me-
har and writer Gaurav
Solanki in Hazaratganj
police station. State-
ments of director, pro-
ducer and others were
recorded in Mumbai by
investigating team from
Lucknow.
IN THE COURTYARD
Mysore royal family land: State
govt approaches Apex court
New Delhi: The
Karnataka Govern-
ment has moved the
Supreme Court ques-
tioning the Karnataka
High Court (HC) judge-
ment declaring owner-
ship of 1,561.31 acres of
land at Mysuru in fa-
vour of Mysore Royal
family
.
The Government con-
tended that the HC
order went against the
Accession Treaty of
1950, signed between
theMaharajaof Mysore
and Dominion of India
on Jan.23, 1950 and an
earlier British Govern-
ment decision taken in
1881-83 declaring the
land as B-Kharab meant
for public purpose.
SC extends
limitation, asks
Centre to amend
containment
zones guidelines
New Delhi: While dis-
posing of the Suo moto
case, the Supreme
Court in an order on
Monday extended the
limitation and asked
the Union of India
(UOI) to amend the
guidelines for contain-
ment zones, as dis-
cussed.
A three-judge bench
of the Apex Court,
headed by Chief Jus-
tice of India Sharad
Arvind Bobde and also
comprising Justices
AS Bopanna and V Ra-
m a s u b r a m a n i a n
passed the order on the
suo motu case.
The Apex Court’s
three-judge bench, led
by the CJI Bobde
passed the order on the
lifting of the extension
of the limitation peri-
od for filing of cases
granted by the Court in
March 2020, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
—ANI
New Delhi: All states
have been asked to
submit views to the
Supreme Court on 50
per cent cap on reser-
vation for backward
communities - enact-
ed after 1992 Indra
Sawhney case verdict
- as the top court pre-
pares to examine if
the reservation cel-
ling needs to be recon-
sidered.
A five-judge bench
was hearing petitions
against Maratha quo-
ta when Maharashtra
gov urged that “all
states must be called
as parties and their
views should be taken
because any interpre-
tation in Maratha
quota will have im-
pact on OBC quota”.
The Socially and Edu-
cationally Backward
Classes (SEBC) Act,
2018 was enacted to
grant reservation to
people of Maratha
community
.
Supreme Court seeks states’
response on quota to specific class
Firemen,Cop
among 7 dead in
Kolkata blaze
Kolkata: Seven people
have been killed after a
huge fire broke out in
an office building in
centralKolkata’sStrand
Road on Monday even-
ing. Among those dead
are four firemen, a po-
lice officer and a RPF
staff, officials said.
Five of the seven bod-
ies were found in an el-
evator. West Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee, other
ministers and police of-
ficers reached the spot
and firefighters are try-
ing to put out the blaze.
“Seven people are dead.
The police commission-
er says two more may be
missing. The tragedy
took place because the
elevator was used dur-
ing the fire. We will give
Rs10 lakh to the families
of those killed,” Mama-
ta said. “This is a rail-
ways property
. Railways
has a responsibility.
Railways was unable to
provide map of the
building. I don’t want to
do politics over the trag-
edy but no one from the
railways has come to
the site,” she added.
—ANI
NCB arrests 3 in Goa, including 1
who provided drugs to Sushant
Panaji (Goa): The Nar-
cotics Control Bureau
(NCB) has arrested
three persons in Goa for
their alleged involve-
ment in the death of
Bollywood actor Sush-
ant Singh Rajput.
According to NCB
Zonal Director Sameer
Wankhede, one of the
three accused, Maharaj,
was allegedly providing
drugs to the late actor.
The NCB, which has
been probing the drugs
angle in Rajput’s death
case, started the investi-
gation after it received
official communication
from the ED, in which
there were various
chats related to drug
consumption, procure-
ment, usage and trans-
portation.
The ED had on July
31 registered an En-
forcement Case Infor-
mation Report in the
late actor’s death case.
Sushant Singh
Survey: Didi likely to retain
power; BJP may bag 100 seats
New Delhi: Mamata
Banerjee-led Trina-
mool Congress is like-
ly to retain power in
West Bengal for the
third consecutive term
but with a slightly re-
duced majority, an
opinion poll conducted
by Times Now-C-Voter
said.
As per the projec-
tions, the state’s ruling
party is expected to
win around 146 to 162
seats in the 294-mem-
ber Assembly, down
from the 211 seats it
had won in the 2016 As-
sembly polls. —Agencies

INDIA
06
All Days...
We began by expanding
the Women Power Line
to 75 districts from four
districts. Helpline num-
ber 181 for domestic vio-
lence was also integrat-
ed with other helpline
numbers to make it ef-
fective,” he said. “To-
day, 20 percent of wom-
en are inducted in 3
PAC Battalion in Gora-
khpur, Lucknow and
Badaun. For girl educa-
tion, we launched ‘Kan-
ya Sumangla Yojana’
with Rs 15,000 benefit
for a maximum of five
times,” he added.
Throwing light on
the government’s con-
stant efforts to ensure a
safe environment for
women and daughters
in the state, CM Yogi
said, “There was a lack
of awareness regarding
crimes against women.
We began by expanding
the Women Power Line
to all the 75 districts
from four districts.” He
said his government’s
‘zero tolerance’ result-
ed in curbing crimes
against women. Hel-
pline number 181 for
domestic violence was
also integrated with
other helpline numbers
to make it even more ef-
fective. The second
phase was inaugurated
by Chief Executive Of-
ficer and Managing Di-
rector of Indian Bank,
Padmaja Chandru in
the presence of CM
Yogi, after Lucknow,
Varanasi, Gorakhpur,
Gautam Buddha Nagar,
Agra and Prayagraj
have been included in
the Safe City Scheme.
Now Meerut, Kanpur
Nagar, Aligarh, Bareil-
ly, Jhansi, Moradabad
and Saharanpur are
also being included in
the scheme.
The UP CM said that
the government was
working with commit-
ment for the welfare of
women.
Have highest...
said Chief Justice clari-
fying that Court never
gave a suggestion that
“Youshouldmarryher”.
“This court has always
given the largest respect
to women. Even in that
hearing, We never gave
a suggestion that you
should marry, we had
asked are you going to
marry
. It has been com-
pletely misreported,”
the Chief Justice said
while referring to a case
where he asked a state
government employee,
facing charges of raping
a relative when she was
aminorif heintendedto
marry her.
Modi-Shah...
To drive home her
point, the TMC chief
drew a contrast with
the BJP-ruled state of
Gujarat and cited me-
dia reports, saying
Modi and Shah’s ‘mod-
el state’ has “witnessed
four rapes and two kill-
ings every day in the
last two years”. She
also referred to Modi
and Shah as a ‘syndi-
cate’.
“Remember the Tri-
namool’s motto — Ma-
Maati-Manush (Moth-
er, Motherland, and
Humanity). Women
will fight for Bengal.
Women will build Ben-
gal. This is my vow, on
the occasion of Inter-
national Women’s
Day,” she said.
Lambasting the ris-
ing prices of cooking
gas, the TMC supremo
said, “Even when the
global price for cook-
ing gas was low, our
central government
kept on hiking it. Now
we are having to pay an
exorbitant amount for
the same, forced to
cook rice which costs 2
per kilo on a cylinder
that costs 800. Will the
BJP ever be able to pro-
vide cooking gas for
free?”
She also took a dig at
PM Modi over the inclu-
sion of his photo in
Covid-19 vaccination
certificates. “He’s
turned the Covid vac-
cine into ‘Modi vac-
cine’. A day will come
when the entire coun-
try will be named after
Narendra Modi,” the
chief minister said.
Explosives outside...
after which a team will
visit the spot and ex-
amine the Scorpio, peo-
ple familiar with the
development said. The
state’s Anti-Terrorism
Squad (ATS) was inves-
tigating the matter till
now.
The SUV was found
abandoned on Carmi-
chael Road, about 600
metres away from An-
tilia, the residence of
Reliance Industries
Chairman Mukesh
Ambani, with 20 gela-
tin sticks on February
25, causing a security
scare. The Mumbai Po-
lice had subsequently
released details of a
letter found in the car,
addressed to the Reli-
ance chairman and his
wife, claiming this was
just “a trailer”. The
SUV sported fake
plates with the regis-
tration number of the
lead car in the security
convoy deployed for
the industrialist’s wife
Nita Ambani.The vehi-
cle had been stolen
from Vikhroli on Feb-
ruary 17.
FROM PG 1
PM: 75TH I-DAY WILL CELEBRATE
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE
‘75th Independence Day will celebrate spirit of freedom struggle’
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday said
that this year’s Inde-
pendence Day celebra-
tion will celebrate the
spirit of the freedom
struggle.
“This year’s 75th In-
dependence Day will
celebrate the spirit of
freedom struggle and
reflect the feeling of
sacrifice. In this, there
should be a tribute to
the martyrs of the
country and a resolve
to build an India of
their dreams. It will
have a glimpse of the
pride of Sanatan India
and the glow of modern
India as well,” PM Modi
said in Hindi while
speaking at the com-
mittee meeting to mark
75 years of India’s Inde-
pendence.
“We have to cele-
brate the festival of 75
years of independence
while taking along 130
crore countrymen with
us. Public participa-
tion is the basic spirit
of this event,” PM
Modi said.
PM Modi-led panel
held first meeting on
the commemoration of
75 years of India’s Inde-
pendence titled ‘Azadi
Ka Amrut Mahotsav’.
India is going to cel-
ebrate its 75th Inde-
pendence Day this year.
—ANI
PM Modi to inaugurate ‘Maitri
Setu’ between India B’desh
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi will inaugu-
rate ‘Maitri Setu’ be-
tween India and Bangla-
desh on 9 March 2021 at
12 noon via video con-
ferencing. The bridge
has been built over Feni
river which flows be-
tween the Indian bound-
ary in Tripura and
Bangladesh. The 1.9 Km
long bridge joins Sab-
room in India with Ram-
garh in Bangladesh. It is
poised to herald a new
chapter for trade peo-
ple to people movement
betweenIndiaandBang-
ladesh. —ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the National Committee to commemorate ‘Azadi ka
Amrut Mahotsav’, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Cong, IUML give adjourn motion
notices in LS over fuel price hike
New Delhi: The Con-
gress, Shiv Sena and the
Indian Union Muslim
League (IUML) on Mon-
day gave adjournment
motion notices in Lok
Sabha over the continu-
ous rise in petrol, diesel
and LPG prices in the
country. Meanwhile,
price of petrol in Delhi
stands at Rs 91.17 per
litre while that of diesel
stands at Rs 81. 47, ac-
cording to the Indian
Oil Corporation.
The second part of
the budget session of
parliament began on
March 8 amid the up-
roar on fuel price hike
in the Rajya Sabha.
Meanwhile, the Lok
Sabha will also function
as per usual timings of
the House existing be-
fore the COVID-19 situ-
ation from tomorrow.
Many leaders of five
poll-bound states and
political parties also de-
manded the curtail-
ment of the budget ses-
sion due to the upcom-
ing assembly elections.
Both Houses of the
Parliament will com-
mence their sitting
from 11 am on Tuesday
.
The decision to revise
the timing of both
Houses was announced
on Monday
. —ANI
Will continue protest
demanding discussion on fuel
price hike in Parl: Mallikarjun
Budget session
may conclude
before Holi
New Delhi: The
second part of Budget
session of Parliament
is likely to be curtailed
and be concluded
before Holi, sources
said on Monday. It is
believed that most top
politicians would be
busy campaigning for
Assembly polls taking
place in March-April.
Both Houses
to commence
at 11 am
New Delhi: Both
Houses of the Parlia-
ment will commence
their sitting from 11
am on Tuesday. The
decision to revise the
timing of both Hous-
es was announced on
Monday. Both RS and
LS were operating
under curtailed hours
of timing.
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said the Congress
will continue its protest demanding discussion
on a hike in fuel prices in Parliament. His re-
marks came as Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated
adjournments following repeated sloganeering
by the Opposition MPs demanding on fuel price
hike in Parliament. Later, the Upper House was
adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.
MP freedom of
Religion Bill, 2021
passed in Assembly
Bhopal: The Madhya
Pradesh Freedom of
Religion Bill, 2021 was
passed in Assembly on
Monday.
The Bill had been ap-
proved earlier in De-
cember last year, by the
state Cabinet in a spe-
cial meeting chaired by
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan.
“We won’t allow
forced conversions in
Madhya Pradesh. Un-
der the new bill, anyone
who does it will face jail
term up to 10 yrs and
minimum Rs 50,000
fine. Many incidents
came to light where mi-
nor girls were convert-
ed, married made to
contest Panchayat
polls,” Shivraj Singh
Chouhan had said. —PTI
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Suvendu Adhikari
to file nomination
on March 12
Kolkata: BJP leader
Suvendu Adhikari will
file his nomination on
March 12 for contesting
WB Assembly elections
from Nandigram con-
stituency, informed the
party’s media cell on
Monday. BJP on Satur-
day released its first list
of 57 candidates for the
polls fielded Mr Adhi-
kari from Nandigram
against CM Mamata Ba-
nerjee, setting the stage
forahigh-profilecontest
from the seat in the state
Assembly elections.
Adhikari, once a close
aide of Ms Banerjee
switched to BJP in De-
cember, last year. —PTI
Close to 60% of new cases in
Maharashtra; Kerala second
New Delhi: Maharash-
tra, Kerala, Punjab,
Karnataka, Gujarat
and Tamil Nadu are the
six states that cumula-
tively account for 86.25
per cent of the new
coronavirus cases re-
ported in the past 24
hours, the Health Min-
istry said on Monday
.
Maharashtra has re-
ported a maximum of
11,141 fresh cases in a
single day, accounting
for 59.90 per cent of
the total new cases re-
corded while Kerala
registered 2,100 new
infections that ac-
count for 11.29 per cent
of the new infections.
Punjab recorded 1,043
new infections (5.60
per cent of total new
cases) in the past 24
hours while Karnata-
ka recorded 622 fresh
cases that account for
3.3 per cent of the total
new infections, the
ministry said.
Gujarat recorded 575
new infections in the
past 24 hours which ac-
count for 3.09 per per
cent of new cases while
Tamil Nadu recorded
567 new infections that
account for 3.04 per cent
of the total new infec-
tions, ministry said.
BJP’s central observers
submit report to party
high command
New Delhi: BJP gen-
eral secretary in-charge
of Uttarakhand Dushy-
ant Kumar Gautam and
Raman Singh, who was
appointed to look after
the current crisis with-
in the party’s state unit,
has submitted its report
to the BJP’s high com-
mand, said sources.
Last week, BJP Utta-
rakhand held an emer-
gency core group meet-
ing which was attended
by observer Raman
Singh, Dushyant Gau-
tam, Trivendra Singh
Rawat, Ajay Bhatt, Nar-
esh Bansal, Mala Rajya
Laxmi and others.
There are specula-
tions about the leader-
ship change in Uttara-
khand as several minis-
ters and around twenty
MLAs are against the
working style of Rawat.
As per sources, sev-
eral MLAs some min-
isters complained about
the CM to the party
leadership. Later, the
BJP central high com-
mand sent Raman Sin-
gh as party observer for
emergency core group
meeting, which was at-
tended by Dushyant
Gautam, general secre-
tary in-charge of Utta-
rakhand BJP. —PTI
SPECULATION
DIRECTOR OF LBSNAA SANJEEV
CHOPRA TO RETIRE
Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration (LBSNAA) Sanjeev Chopra is
superannuating by this month end. He is 1985
batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
WILL DR SWARUP GET EXTENSION?
If sources are to be believed, Secretary, Biotech Dr
Renu Swarup is likely to get extension in service.
It is said that she may get extension at least for
six months.
WILL COLLEGIUM MEET BEFORE
MARCH 23?
Will Supreme Court Collegium meet before March
23 to fill the vacancies of the Judges in the SC.
Since the CJI, Justice S A Bobde, will retire on April
23, his power to convene the Collegium meeting
will freeze one month before his retirement.
WILL SHAILESH PATHAK BE
EMPANELLED TO SECRETARY LEVEL
POSTS IN RAILWAYS?
Whisper has it that the name of Shailesh Kumar
Pathak, presently Chief Commissioner of Railway
Safety (CCRS), is in the panel of empanelment for
Secretary level posts in Railways. He is a 1986
batch IRSE officer.
VIKRAM PAGARIA RELIEVED
TO JOIN NHA
Vikram Pagaria has been relieved to join the
National Health Authority (NHA), New Delhi on
loan basis. He is an IRS-IT officer.
TWO INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE
OFFICERS SHIFTED
Soumya P Kumar has been posted to the
Department of Water Resources, RD GR and
Jawaid Alam Khan was posted to CWC, under the
Ministry of Jal Shakti.
TENURE OF ACTING VC OF DELHI
UNIVERSITY TO BE EXTENDED?
Tenure of Acting Vice Chancellor of the Delhi
University P C Joshi is likely to be extended on
March 10.
5 IAS OFFICERS IN HARYANA GET
NEW RESPONSIBILITY
Five IAS officers in Haryana have been assigned
new responsibility. Krishan Kumar Pradeep has
been appointed as Administrator, HSVP, Faridabad
and Additional Director, Urban Estate, Faridabad,
while Jaspreet Kaur has been posted as Additional
Deputy Commissioner, Panipat and Manoj Kumar
will join as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jind.
Besides, Pradeep Dahiya is posted as Director,
Citizen Resources Information Department and given
additional charge of Additional Secretary, Revenue
Disaster Management and Vishram Kumar Meena
was made Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Ganaur.
SISIR KUMAR RATHO REPATRIATED
TO PARENT CADRE
Sisir Kumar Ratho, presently working as ADGF
(FC) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change, New Delhi, is allowed to
prematurely repatriate to his parent cadre Odisha.
He is a 1987 batch IFS officer.
A K MISHRA POSTED AS DIRECTOR,
DEPT OF COMMERCE, ON
DEPUTATION
Anand Kumar Mishra has been appointed
as Director in the Department of Commerce
(Government e Marketplace) under the Central
Staffing Scheme for a period of five years. He is
an Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDES)
officer of 1999 batch.
BAN ON TRANSFERS IN HARYANA
TILL MARCH 31
The Haryana Government has imposed complete
ban on transfers in all the departments/Boards/
Corporations under the government till March
31, as the current financial year is coming to a
close and there may be heavy workload in all the
departments.
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NEWS
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government is
set to develop a new eco-
tourism circuit as a
symbol of love for na-
ture and wildlife. The
Agra-Chambal circuit
is one of it wherein na-
ture walk in the Green
Belt around Taj Mahal
in Agra to getting a
glimpse of beautiful na-
tive and exotic birds in
the Keetham lake is a
part. Further Lion Sa-
fari and Bear Conserva-
tion Center in Etawah
would also be part of
the circuit. Also a new
eco-tourism circuit
would be built on
Amangarh Tiger Re-
serve and Shivalik
Range in Bijnor.
Presently
, Forest Cor-
poration has only Dudh-
wa Tiger Reserve, Katar-
niaghat and Chuika
Beach in Pilibhit on the
name of eco-tourism
which made the govern-
ment develop new eco-
tourism circuits which
would generate employ-
ment opportunities by
making locals as nature
guides besides provide
touristsstayingfacilities.
According to Princi-
pal Secretary (Forest)
Sudhir Garg has consti-
tuted team of officers
for developing new eco-
tourism circuits.
The Agra-Chambal
circuit is considered
important and thrilling
site as camel and horse
riding would be provid-
ed in ravines of Cham-
bal besides crocodiles
and tortoises could be
seen in National Cham-
bal Sanctuary
. Arrange-
ments to see stars dur-
ing night would also be
made besides boating
for tourists would be ar-
ranged. The Forest De-
partment has also dis-
covered a camping site
at Nadgawan, Agra
where night stay in
tents for tourists would
be arranged.
Nature walk and her-
itage trees will be an at-
traction during jungle
safari in Amangarh and
Shivalik circuits while
tourists would enjoy
boating at Pili Bandh
for which NOC would
be required from Irriga-
tion department. A
camping site is also on
cards in Gathla besides
Gurjar community and
their living will also be
attraction of this cir-
cuit.
Online booking
would be arranged for
tourists besides every
vehicle will have a na-
ture guide. Further, in
Vindhya Forest Cir-
cuit, possibilities of
eco-tourism are being
explored in Kaimur
Wildlife Sanctuary,
Chandraprabha Wild-
life Sanctuary, Hathi-
nala Renukoot, Vi-
jaygarh and Chunar
etc. Similarly, in East-
ern Wildlife Circuit
tourism possibilities
are being explored in
Sohailwa Wildlife Sanc-
tuary, Sohagibarwa
Wildlife Sanctuary and
Parvati Arga Wildlife
Sanctuary.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Aam
Aadmi Party has been
gearing up for the pan-
chayat elections as
State President Sab-
hajeet Singh has been
constantly touring the
state and holding meet-
ings with leaders. Sab-
hjeet Singh has been
reviewing the prepara-
tion for the panchayat
election and said that
the party will be field-
ing its candidates for
posts of District Pan-
chayat members and
BDC. He added that
among the party work-
ers candidates for the
Gram Pradhan will also
be fielded and the candi-
dates will be selected by
the committee consti-
tuted by the party
.
In the meeting it was
clearly stated that to
win any election, it is
important for the or-
ganization to be built
strong and that strong-
er the organization, the
easier will be the road
to victory. Sabhajeet
hence called for the con-
stitution of committee
at the ward level soon
which will be help more
and more people associ-
ate with the party
.
The woman wing of
Aam Aadmi Party has
also increased it activi-
ties in view of the pan-
chayat election.
From bird parks to lion
safaris, plethora of nature
circuits on the cards in state
Aam Aadmi
Party gets
ready for
panchayat
elections
Childhood dream: M’nagar DM
rides buffalo cart across city
500 athletes to compete in 32nd
North Zone Junior championship
First India Bureau
Muzaffarnagar: The
political wind in the
western parts of Uttar
Pradesh has been pick-
ing up pace with the or-
ganisation of Mahapan-
chayats one after an-
other and Muzaffarna-
gar was witness was
witness to a different
scene where the Dis-
trict Magistrate of Mu-
zaffarnagar was seen
riding a buggy pulled
by a buffalo.
Muzaffarnagar Dis-
trict Magistrate Selva
Kumari J was seen
sharing a rare moment
of leisure with her
daughter in Muzaffar-
nagar as the duo rode a
buggy pulled by a buf-
falo. She initially was
riding the buggy near to
her residence but soon
went out to explore the
city on the buggy which
came as a surprise to
the residents of the city
.
The residents were sur-
prised and at the same
time happy at the hum-
ble nature of the DM.
DM Selva Kumari J.
while tweeting about
her ride wrote that she
had wished for many
years to ride a buffalo
pulled buggy and that
the opportunity pre-
sented itself when she
was transferred to west-
ern Uttar Pradesh. She
even mentioned that
the ride has given her
immense pleasure as
her desire of years has
come to fulfillment.
The tweet of the DM
caused a flood of com-
ments in her profile
withpeoplepraisingher
for the initiative and the
replies to the tweet even
had pictures of people
themselves riding a buf-
falo pulled buggy
.
First India Bureau
Meerut: The District
Athletic Association in
collaboration with Ut-
tar Pradesh Athletics
Association is going to
organise 32nd North
Zone Junior Athletics
Championship at
Kailash Prakash Sports
Stadium, Meerut. The
Championship will be
held from March 20 to
22 and expected to have
participation of 500 ath-
letes from 9 states. The
junior level competi-
tion is the first competi-
tion to be organized by
the Athletics Associa-
tion of India in the cal-
endar year of 2021.
The competition will
have athletes from 9
states including the or-
ganizing state where
they will participate in
99 events split into 8 dif-
ferent age groups.
The participating
states include Uttar
Pradesh, Delhi, Chandi-
garh, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Ut-
tarakhand, Punjab,
Ladakh and Jammu
and Kashmir with
Ladakh taking part in
the championship for
the first time after be-
ing recognized as a
union territory from
2019.
In every event, only a
maximum of two play-
ers can be sent to par-
ticipate in this champi-
onship from a state and
there will be no opening
or closing ceremony in
the championship due
to the Covid rules. The
players will be present-
ed with medals at the
end of event and will be
asked to take leave from
the venue.
The Officials of the
National Anti Doping
Agency will also be pre-
sent during the champi-
onship.
On International
Women’s Day, women
medal winners were
honored by the District
Athletic Association
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The farmers
movement seems to
have become albatross
around the neck of BKU
leaders Naresh Tikait
and Rakesh Tikait as af-
ter more than 100 days
of agitation on UP-Delhi
border the protest ap-
pears to have lost its
sheen. Now it is more a
political exercise being
carried out by the Rash-
triya Lok Dal and Con-
gress than a united fight
of the farming commu-
nity
.Thedriveof BKUto
mobilise the farmers
outside “Jatland” espe-
cially Purvanchal and
central UP has also
failed to yield positive
results.
According to infor-
mation from the west-
ern UP the farming
community has now
been feeling disenchant-
ed as there is belated
realization that they
have missed the goal-
post. Now the Congress
with the repeated forays
of AICC general secre-
taryPriyankaGandhito
the western UP has been
making desperate ef-
forts to somehow capi-
talise on the issue. So is
the case with Jayant
Chaudury of RLD who
has been organising the
“Kisan Mahapanchay-
at” frequently in the re-
gion. “The agitation has
slipped out of hands of
farmers”, commented a
political analyst KK
Verma of Saharanpur.
The Congress is organ-
ising Kisan Panchayats
in 28 districts of West
UP to raise a voice
against the three farm
laws and to support
farmers’ demand to re-
peal them. However, de-
spite BKU efforts, the
lack of enthusiasm
among the farmers in
Purvanchal, Bun-
delkhand and central
UP has come as stum-
bling block in the move-
ment, which has now
belatedly dawned on the
agitating leaders.
The meeting of a del-
egation of farmers of
western UP with the
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath last week
has also given ample in-
dication about finding
some solution to the is-
sue. Irrespective of
movement the Yogi gov-
ernment has already
launched scores of wel-
fare schemes for the
farmers,whichhasgone
down well with the com-
munity
. The chief min-
ister’s decision for dis-
tribution of credit cards
to farmers is another
move aimed at helping
them out of financial
stress.
Meanwhile, a well-
researched article of ad-
ditional chief secretary
agriculture Devesh
Chaturvedi dispelling
the apprehension of the
farming community
hascomehandytomake
further make effort to
convince them. Chatur-
vedi arguing the case in
favour of the reform
said “the reforms are
neither going to end the
MSP regime nor jeop-
ardise the landowner-
ship of farmers in any
way. On the contrary
they will provide an op-
portunity to the farmers
to diversify the produce
based on market de-
mands in order to fetch
remunerative prices.
Farmers will get multi-
ple marketing options-
directsellingtoconsum-
ers, traders within and
outside mandis, export-
ers, agro-processing
units and time-tested
MSP mechanism. It will
eventually lead to en-
hancing farmers in-
comeandgeneraterural
employment opportuni-
ties”.
LONG-DRAWN FARMERS AGITATION FAST LOSING
SHEENASPOLITICAL PLAYERSTAKECENTRESTAGE
REMEMBER PK
LAXKAR? HE
IS UP AGAINST
LAWYERS
THIS TIME!
W ho won’t be
familiar with the
name of Praveen Kumar
Laxkar, the former
controversial District
Magistrate of Hathras
who made headline
during the recent rape
and murder of a girl in
a Hathras village. Even
CM Yogi Adityanath
faced a lot of flak from
media and opposition
for shielding the DM as
him, who speculatively
ordered the untimely
cremation of the victim
in full police presence.
He was also recorded
threatening victim’s
family of consequences if
they narrated their ordeal
to media. However, days
have passed and the DM
Sahab is now helming
Mirzapur district. But
here too, he doesn’t seem
to be able to manage
affairs as expected of
him. Recently, the officer
got into a brawl with
a lawyer and allegedly
misbehaved too. To this,
members of lawyers
association got agitated
and carried out a massive
protest against the DM
demanding apology. But
by now, Laxkar seems to
have become quite firm
tackling such attacks
and doesn’t seem to
care about it. There is
no apology yet from him
but lawyers are hell bent
that they won’t let go off
the issue until DM Sahab
does away with his ego
and apologises!
—Vishal Srivastav
IPS OFFICERS
AWAITING
DEPLOYMENT
T he total number of
IPS officers who
are without any posts is
currently at 8 of which
5 are under suspension
and the other 3 have been
reinstated but are yet to
receive any posts. IPS
officer Vaibhav Krishna,
who was the SSP in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
has been reinstated after
serving suspension and
is bound to get posting
in a few days but the
officers who have been
sitting idle for almost a
year have no clue when
they will be reinstated and
assigned a post. Officer
Jasvir Singh who at the
time of suspension was
holding a rank of ADG
is an IPS officer of 1992
batch. He was suspended
on 14th February 2019
for making controversial
comments against the
Yogi government and
even after 2 years the
suspension has not
be revoked. Dinesh
Chandra Dubey an IPS
officer of batch 2013
who held the rank of
DIG was suspended
for 6 months in a case
regarding cheating in
livestock department but
is yet to get permission
to join duty. Abhishek
Dixit IPS officer of batch
2006 who held a rank
of SP was suspended
by Yogi Government on
September 8, 2020 for
allegedly taking money in
a case of transfer posting.
He also has been waiting
for the suspension period
to end to resume his duty.
Anant Dev another IPS of
batch 2006 who held rank
of DIG was suspended
from 12th November by
the government after the
Bikru scandal in Kanpur
which took life of 8 cops.
—Shishir Awasthi
File photo of Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Jayant Chaudhary addressing a Kisan Mahapanchayat.
Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate riding a buffalo cart.

08
2NDFRONT
There is so much beauty in the
world and so little apprecia-
tion and still humanity focuses
on the negativity, we must change this.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Congress gears up to ‘grab’ Amethi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Congress is
preparingtosendacross
a big political message
from Amethi to the
whole of country
. The
party is now trying to
get over the memory of
the 2019 defeat in Ame-
thi and hence state in-
charge Priyanka Gand-
hi Vadra and her team
have gathered in Ame-
thi to prepare for the
elections in UP
.
Congress is now pin-
ning its hopes on Pri
and is busy planning its
return strategy in Ame-
thi. Despite her brother
and senior Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
losing the Amethi seat
to Union minister Smri-
ti Irani in 2019 Lok
Sabha elections, Priyan-
kaGandhihasremained
connected with party
workers and the resi-
dents in the constituen-
cy
. The party members
in Amethi are keeping
mum but renovation
work of the party’s cen-
tral office and Ra-
hul-Priyanka’s house is
sending different infor-
mation.
Congress’ District
President Pradeep Sin-
ghal while not denying
the possibility of Pri-
yanka contesting the
assembly elections from
Amethi said that Rahul
and Priyanka consider
familyrelationshipwith
Amethi so how can one
stay away from family
.
He added Priyanka
may contest elections
from here or from Rae-
bareli.. Amethi, top con-
gress leaders have been
spending money from
their funds on taps, so-
lar lights and the Con-
gress has even donated
Rs. 5 lakh to 16 schools
in the district.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Amethi. —FILE PHOTO
People believe that
Amethi will be a
good place for
Priyanka to start her
electoral journey
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Two senior
IAS officers, one due to
retire in April and an-
other one completing
his term as chairman
of an important com-
mission are set to get
key assignments in the
Yogi Government.
PresentlypostedinAl-
lahabad, this 1985 batch
IAS officer, a batchmate
of chief secretary RK
Tiwari,hadabrief meet-
ing with Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath as his
tenure is coming to an
end in April.
Having won praise on
numerous occasions
from the Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister, this up-
right civil servant, a top-
per of his batch, is now
being considered for a
plum job by the former.
“He wanted to relo-
cate to Greater Noida
but the CM told him
that he had an import-
ant assignment cut out
for him,” said a senior
officer on condition of
anonymity
.
The position vacated
by him is likely to be
filled up by senior IAS
officer Deepak Trivedi,
presently chairman of
Revenue Council.
Also president of the
UP IAS Association
Trivedi is due to hang
up his boots in April,
this year. As per tradi-
tion, the senior most
IAS officer is elected as
the president of the UP
IAS Association.
Though RK Tiwari is
the senior most IAS offi-
cer in the State, being
chief secretary
, he could
not be made the presi-
dent of the association
followingwhichTrivedi,
who is the next senior
most civil servant was
elected to the position.
Two IAS officers to get key roles in Yogi regime
PLUM POSTS
The 1985 batch officer, whose tenure is
ending in April, had a meeting with the
CM regarding an important assignment
SC stays demolition of Dargah
Mubarak Khan Shaheed in Gkp
Man gets death penalty for rape,
murder of 11-year-old Dalit girl
Ladies toilet in police stations: HC
asks UP Home Secy to file affidavit
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Monday
ordered stay on any fur-
ther demolition of any
structure at Dargah
MubarakKhanShaheed
atGorakhpur.TheCourt
has restrained the dem-
olition till disposal of
theproceedingspending
under the UP Public
Premises (Eviction of
Unauthorised Occu-
pants) Act, 1972.
A division Bench of
Justice Navin Sinha and
Justice Krishna Murari
has also issued notice to
the State of UP
.
The special leave pe-
tition has been filed
challenging Allahabad
High Court’s judgement
dated Feb 10 dismissing
petitioners request of
declaring the demoli-
tion as void and inter-
dicting the authorities
from demolition.
During the hearing
before the Apex Court,
Senior Advocate Vibha
Dutta Makhija argued
for the petitioners.
The Court was orally
informed by the peti-
tioners that they re-
ceived information to-
day about a letter dated
March 3 by Secretary,
GDA requesting SP Go-
rakhpur to depute po-
lice force for starting
the demolition drive on
March 9.
The present special
leave petition has
been drawn by Advo-
cate Shariq Ahmed,
and filed by AOR Sunil
Kumar Verma on be-
half of the petitioner
Dargah Mubarak
Khan Saheed.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A local
court in Jaunpur dis-
trict on Monday award-
ed the death sentence
to a man, just seven
months after he was
booked for the rape and
murder of a 11-year-old
Dalit girl.
Special POCSO
Judge Ravi Yadav con-
victed the accused Bal-
govind, alias Govinda,
of rape and murder,
among other charges,
and sentenced him to
death. The crime was
committed in a village
under Madiahun police
station in the Purvan-
chal district.
On August 8, 2020 the
father of the girl lodged
a complaint that his
daughter had been al-
legedly lured away by
the accused on August
6. The girl’s body was
discovered in a corn
field two days later, her
father said in his police
complaint.
The accused had al-
legedly tried to disfig-
ure the victim’s face by
pouring acid on it and
then hid the body.
Rajesh Upadhyay,
lawyer for the victim,
said the accused lured
her with toffee. Eleven
witnesses were pro-
duced in court.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court on
Monday asked the
Home Secretary of the
Uttar Pradesh Govern-
ment to file an affida-
vit in respect of steps
taken for construction
of ladies’ toilets in
each Police Stations in
the state.
A Division Bench
comprising of Justices
Sanjay Yadav and
Jayant Banerji told the
State counsel that in
case an affidavit is not
filed, the Secretary
should personally re-
main present before
the Court on the next
date of hearing.
The development
comes few days after
the Court expressed
displeasure at the fact
no immediate steps
have been taken by the
UP Government for
availability of toilets/
washrooms and other
essential amenities for
female police person-
nel at different police
stations.
On Monday, the
counsel appearing for
the State of UP in-
formed the Bench that
effective steps have
been taken by fixing
the agency for con-
struction of women’s
toilets in respective po-
lice stations.
In this context the
Bench ordered, let an
affidavit be filed by
Secretary, Home in re-
spect of steps taken
by the State in fur-
therance of order dat-
ed 17.02.2021 by fixing
an agency for con-
struction of ladies
toilet in respective po-
lice stations in the
State of UP.
Deepak Trivedi
Probe against 5 cops for
helping liquor smugglers
First India Bureau
Ballia: A probe has
been ordered against
five Uttar Pradesh Po-
lice personnel, includ-
ing two sub-inspectors,
for allegedly helping
liquor smugglers here,
an official said on
Monday.
The smugglers were
recently arrested after
large quantity of li-
quor was recovered in
the city and nearby
Haldi area.
The alcohol was be-
ing taken to Bihar,
where there is a prohi-
bition on it, Superin-
tendent of Police Vipin
Tada said. Role of five
police personnel have
cropped up and a probe
has been ordered
against them, the po-
lice official said.
The five people, includ-
ing sub-inspectors
Suryanath Yadav and
Surjit Singh, have been
sent to police lines, he
said, adding that strict
action would be taken
against them after the
report.
BEING SAFE
Cabinet minister Satish Mahana getting Covid-19 vaccine at Kanshiram Trauma Centre in
Kanpur on Monday. His family members also got the vaccine. The minister appealed to the
public to get vaccinated.
—FILE PHOTO
Shishir Awasthi
Lucknow: All the par-
ties of the state are
basking in the election
fire in regards to the
assembly elections in
UP to be held in 2022.
The state’s politics has
been divided into two
parts in one part the
Yogi government is giv-
ing it’s all to stay at
power and the other in
which the Samajwadi
Party is going the ‘Sam
Dam Dand Bheda’ way
to somehow evict the
Yogi government and
assume power.
What has not been
understandable is the
slowness with which
BSP supremo Mayawa-
ti has been acting and
implementing plans for
the next year’s assem-
bly elections.
She has been missing
from the public view
for a long time and also
not shown much inter-
est in cornering the
Yogi government. She
had on her 65th birth-
day though announced
that BSP would be con-
testing the elections in
Uttar Pradesh and Ut-
tarakhand alone as she
believes that her party
would be at disadvan-
tage due to alliance.
Mayawati had
though claimed that
the BSP’s victory in the
elections is certain but
looking at the current
circumstances the
claim seems to be long
shot one as BSP has not
even appointed in-
charge for the assem-
bly seats.
In 2019, SP and BSP
had joined hands for
the Lok Sabha elec-
tions and the BSP
which did not win a
single seat in 2014 was
able to win 10 seats
while SP’s seat count
was at just 5 in 2019
similar to 2014.
Thesurprisingpartis
that Mayawati even
though she calls out the
state government at
timeaswellpraiseithas
in many occasions kept
silent. This nature of
BSP supremo Mayawati
has been confusing the
political pundits about
her future in politics.
The Congress has
been marginalised in
UP for more than three
decades which is why
the BJP leaders don’t
have much to speak
against its government
at the state. It is a known
fact that the entire poli-
tics of the Congress
used to revolve around
casteist politics where
the Gandhi family sit-
ting in Delhi had the UP
Chief Minister in their
palm.
Pundits when talking
about the rise of region-
al politics in the coun-
try said that the domi-
nance of caste politics
has been on the rise in
the country as well the
states. With respect to
Uttar Pradesh, May-
awati and Mulayam had
thrived in caste-based
politics and after the
Congress lost it promi-
nence, the Dalit voters
of the Congress went
with Mayawati and
backward and Muslim
voters went with Sama-
jwadi Party
.
In the casteist poli-
tics the dominance of
the particular caste
will be seen represent-
ing the government.
IS BSP PLAYING DARK HORSE IN POLL UPMANSHIP?
Party supremo Mayawati has been missing from the limelight; doesn’t even appoint in-charge for the assembly seats
The BSP won no
seats in the 2014
Lok Sabha elections.
It bagged 19 seats in
the 2017 UP assembly
polls and 10 in the 2019
Lok Sabha election,
when it fought in an alli-
ance with the Samajwadi
Party. It parted ways
with the SP soon after
the results were declared.
Earlier, BSP supremo said
that party will not forge any
alliance with any political par-
ty for the upcoming Assembly
elections in Uttar Pradesh.
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