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CM presides over GCS Medical College convocation
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Chief
Minister Bhupendra Pa-
telpresidedoverthecon-
vocation of the MBBS
2016 batch of GCS Medi-
cal College held at Sard-
ar Patel Community
Hall on April 25. Due to
theCOVID-19pandemic,
the ceremony was held
after a gap of two years.
Presenting degrees to
thegraduatingstudents,
the CM called on all 140
budding doctors to use
their knowledge and
professional skills to
serve society
. “The con-
vocation is not the end
of education, but the be-
ginning of a profession-
alcareeraswellassocial
service.The21stcentury
is the century of knowl-
edge and using it for the
benefit of society is the
demand of time,” he
said.
Reiterating the gov-
ernment’s commitment
to creating jobs and
planningmedicaleduca-
tion in Gujarat, the CM
stated, “Today’s youth
have a golden opportu-
nity to shape India’s to-
morrow and compete
with the world. So, we
must create opportuni-
ties for them. The state
government is commit-
ted to planning for the
future of medical educa-
tion in Gujarat.”
On this occasion, Pan-
kaj Patel, Executive
Chairman – GCS, said,
“We all know that the
COVID-19pandemicwas
challenging. The fact
that all students have
studied and graduated
during that time is com-
mendable. This is a
memorable day for all
our students.”
CM Patel presided
over the convocation in
the presence of Pankaj
Patel, Chairman - GCS,
Padma Shri awardee Dr
Pankaj Shah, Vice Presi-
dent - GCS, Kshitish
Madanmohan, Vice
President - GCS, among
other dignitaries.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel presenting a degree certificate to
one of the graduates.
A total of 140
MBBS graduates
were awarded
degrees at the
ceremony in
Ahmedabad
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Mumbai: Benchmark indices rebounded sharply on Tuesday after falling
for the past two days, with the Sensex jumping 657.67 points. The
30-share BSE benchmark was trading 657.67 points higher at 57,237.56
in early trade. The NSE Nifty jumped 204.35 points to 17,158.30. P7
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Barpeta: Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was remanded to five days in
police custody on Tuesday by a court in Assam’s Barpeta district in
an assault case filed by a woman police officer. CJM Mukul Chetia
remanded Mevani to police custody. P6
MEVANI SENT TO
FIVE DAYS IN
POLICE CUSTODY
IN ASSAULT CASE
Denied free hand, PK
‘folds hands’ to Cong
As Prashant Kishor declines Sonia’s offer to join Cong and says party
currently needs ‘leadership, collective will to fix structural problems’,
party appoints Pratibha Virbhadra Singh as Himachal PCC Chief;
dismisses Jakhar, Thomas and suspends 5 MLAs from Meghalaya
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor,
popularly addressed to
as PK in political cir-
cles, on Tuesday de-
clined the Congress of-
fer to join the party and
evolve its poll strategy
and said more than
him, the party needs
leadership and collec-
tive will to fix deep-root-
ed structural problems
through transforma-
tional reforms.
Kishor was asked by
Congress president So-
nia Gandhi to join the
party and be a part of
the Empowered Action
Group-2024 and take
care of its election strat-
egy for upcoming polls.
Congress chief spokes-
person Randeep Sur-
jewala said Kishor has
declined the offer and
the party appreciates
his efforts and sugges-
tions. Kishor had made
a detailed presentation
before top Congress
leaders, which was dis-
cussed at length by sen-
ior leadership of the
party
, after which an of-
fer was made to him.
“ In my humble opin-
ion, more than me the
party needs leadership
and collective will to fix
the deep rooted struc-
tural problems through
transformational re-
forms,” Kishor said in a
tweet.
CONG REMOVES
JAKHAR AND
THOMAS FROM
ALL PARTY POSTS
45 CR LOST HOPE DUE TO MODI’S
“MASTERSTROKES’’: RAHUL GANDHI
DID PK ASK FOR MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW?
70% PEOPLE WHO TOOK BOOSTER
DOSE DIDN’T GET COVID: STUDY
PROBABILITY OF 4TH WAVE EXTREMELY
LOW, VIROLOGIST JACOB JOHN
New Delhi: The Con-
gress Disciplinary
Committee on Tuesday
recommended the
suspension of its former
Punjab unit chief Sunil
Jakhar for two years and
his removal from all party
posts, besides recom-
mending removal of Ker-
ala leader K V Thomas
from all party positions
for anti-party activities.
Ahead of the Congress
disciplinary committee
meeting, Jakhar had
said those who still
have a conscience will
be punished. The panel
also recommended the
suspension of five party
MLAs in Meghalaya, who
had supported the ruling
Meghalaya Democratic
Alliance (MDA) in the
state, while defying the
party directives.
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on
Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi
over the unemployment issue, alleging over 45
crore people have lost hope of getting a job due to
his “masterstrokes”. He claimed that Modi is the
“first such prime minister” in 75 years to do so.
Informed sources in Congress have disclosed that PK wanted to lead the
Empowered Committee 2024, but Sonia wanted to make PK only a member of
the committee. Furthermore, PK wanted to report only to the Congress leader-
ship, but as a member he could not directly contact the high command. Prob-
ably because of all these reasons Kishor did not join the Congress. However,
the grapevine in ‘relevant’ party circles is that claim that Rahul and his team
were not too elated by PK’s entry in the party and in the meantime, the news of
Priyanka going on a foreign tour last night also acted as the final nail. In such
a situation, there was no consensus in the Gandhi family about PK, who, it is
learnt, had advised Gandhis to make an outsider as party president while also
advocating for change in Rajasthan.
New Delhi: Seventy per cent of the people who received
a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the
disease during the third wave, according to a new study
that covered around 6,000 people in India. The study said
that 45 per cent of the vaccinated people who did not take
a precautionary dose reported Covid in the third wave.
Renowned Virologist Dr T Jacob John has said that the prob-
ability of fourth Covid wave in India is ‘extremely low’. He
said that Delhi and Haryana had minor increases in Covid
numbers over the last two to three weeks but the increase
was not being sustained. He stressed that one thousand
cases in Delhi is equal to just five per lakh population.
Kids over 5 now under
Covid vax umbrella!
DCGI allows Corbevax for kids aged 5-12, Covaxin
for 6-12 age group, in major relief to parents
New Delhi:India’sdrug
regulator has granted
emergency use authori-
sation for Biological E’s
COVID-19 vaccine Cor-
bevax for those aged five
to 12 years and Bharat
Biotech’s Covaxin for
children in the age
group of six to 12 years,
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
said on Tuesday
.
The Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI)
has also granted emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion (EUA) to Cadila for
its ZyCoV-D for an ad-
ditional dose of 3mg
with a two-jab inocula-
tion schedule 28 days
apart for those aged
above 12 years.
The approval by the
Drugs Controller Gener-
al of India (DCGI) comes
following recommenda-
tions by the Subject Ex-
pert Committee on COV-
ID-19 of the CDSCO.
RAM NAVAMI
VIOLENCE
SC junks plea
seeking setting
up of judicial
commission
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day junked a PIL seek-
ing setting up of a judi-
cial commission to in-
quire into the recent
communal violence in
Delhi’s Jahangirpuri
andinsevenotherstates
during Ram Navami.
A bench of Justices L
Nageswara Rao and B R
Gavai dismissed the
plea filed by advocate
Vishal Tiwari. “You
want inquiry to be
headed by former CJI?
Is anybody free? Find
out...What kind of re-
lief is this...Don’t ask
for such reliefs which
can’t be granted by this
court. Dismissed,” the
bench said.
108 ex-bureaucrats
request PM to call for
end to ‘politics of hate’
New Delhi: Over 100
former civil servants
have written to PM
Narendra Modi with
the hope that he will
call for an end to what
they termed as “poli-
tics of hate” allegedly
practised “assiduous-
ly” by governments un-
der BJP’s control.
In an open letter, they
said “we are witnessing
a frenzy of hate filled
destruction in the coun-
try where at the sacrifi-
cial altar are not just
Muslims and members
of the other minority
communities but the
Constitution itself”.
Former Lt Governor
of Delhi Najeeb Jung,
former NSA Shivs-
hankar Menon and for-
mer prime minister
ManmohanSingh’sprin-
cipal secretary T K A
Nair are among the 108
signatories to the letter.
“Your silence, in the
face of this enormous
societal threat, is deaf-
ening,” the letter said.
Meanwhile, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will interact with
Chief Ministers on the
emerging COVID-19
situation in the country
on Wednesday through
video conferencing.
Are Sonia Gandhi,Priyanka on long holiday,
asks Anurag on Dausa gangrape-murder
New Delhi (PTI): Hit-
ting out at the Con-
gress govt over Dausa
gang-rape and murder,
Union minister Anur-
ag Thakur on Tuesday
said whether Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and party gen-
eral sec Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra have gone
on a long holiday.
Meanwhile, the Dausa
police arrested second
accused in the case on
Tuesday
.
“Atrocities on
children, women
are on the rise in
Rajasthan and
questions are
raised about gov-
ernance in the
state. I wonder
whether Sonia
Gandhi and
Priyanka Gandhi too
have gone on a long
holiday as Ra-
hul ji? Can’t
they see the
breakdown
of law and
order in Ra-
jasthan?,”
T h a k u r
t o l d
reporters when asked
about the incident of
gang-rape and murder
in Dausa, Rajasthan.
“Why has the Con-
gress party and Raj
govt remained a mute
spectator? I hope they
will take these things
seriously and the Raj
govt, which is fast
asleep, will wake up,”
he said.
CAA a limited, narrowly tailored
law for specific reasons: MHA
Opposition parties slam
Mann for ‘Delhi agreement’
New Delhi: The Citi-
zenship (Amendment)
Act (CAA) is a limited
and narrowly-tailored
legislation that seeks to
provide a relaxation to
specific communities
from specified coun-
tries with a clear cut-off
date, taking a compas-
sionate and ameliora-
tive view, according to
the annual report of the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA).
“The CAA is a limited
and narrowly tailored
legislation which seeks
to provide a relaxation
to aforesaid specific
communities from the
specified countries with
a clear cut-off date. It is
a compassionate and
ameliorative legisla-
tion,” the MHA annual
report for 2020-21 said.
Chandigarh: Opposi-
tion parties in Punjab
on Tuesday slammed
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann for signing
a knowledge-sharing
agreement with his Del-
hi counterpart Arvind
Kejriwal, accusing him
of surrendering his au-
thority and institution-
alising interference in
the border state.
An agreement was
signed on Tuesday be-
tween the two chief
ministers with Mann
saying that 117 schools
and mohalla clinics
will be developed in
Punjab. Congress lead-
er Partap Bajwa
termed it complete ab-
rogation of responsi-
bility on behalf of the
state government
Elgar Parishad
case: HC rejects
Navlakha’s plea
for house arrest
Mumbai: The Bombay
high court on Tuesday
dismissed the petition
filed by human rights
activist Gautam Nav-
lakha, an accused in the
Elgar Parishad-Bhima
Koregaon violence case,
seeking to be placed un-
der house arrest due to
his failing health and
lack of proper medical
facilities in Taloja jail.
Navlakha, arrested on
August 28, 2018, from his
residence in New Delhi,
had moved the petition
through advocates Yug
Chaudhry and Payoshi
Roy claiming relief on
the grounds of his ad-
vanced age and the fact
that he had a lump in
his chest.

NEWS
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First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The Gu-
jarat Mineral Develop-
ment Corporation Ltd
has announced profit
after tax (PAT) of Rs176
crore and revenue of
Rs1,097 crore in its
fourth quarter for fiscal
2022.
In 2021-22, lignite pro-
duction at Bhavnagar
mines achieved was
16.37 lakh MT, an in-
crease of 11.45 lakh MT,
as against 4.92 Lakh MT
in 2020-21.
This March, the pro-
duction achieved was
9.10 lakh MT--the high-
est production achieved
during the month of
March over the last four
years.
The production stood
highest at 25.07 lakh MT
in Q4 which is also the
highest production
achieved during simi-
lar comparable quarter
of past four years.
The firm’s revenue
from operations stood
at Rs1,057 crore and
profit after tax stood at
Rs176 crore, with earn-
ings per share of Rs5.53.
Its total income stood
at Rs2,888 crore in FY22
as against Rs 1,494 crore
in FY21.
Revenues from opera-
tions was reported at
Rs2,732 crore as com-
pared to Rs1,343 crore
in FY21.
Roopwant Singh,
IAS, Managing Direc-
tor, GMDC, said,
“GMDC has delivered
its best-ever annual re-
sults over the last five
years and is the second-
best in the company's
entire life so far. Over
the next few years, our
focus will be to realise
more and more world-
class value-added prod-
ucts using the latest
technology and equip-
ment. We have part-
nered with Boston Con-
sulting Group (BCG) for
strategic transforma-
tion; McKinsey Co.
for the development of
REE Assets; AT Kear-
ney for the transforma-
tion of Thermal Power
Project, and Deloitte to
fast-track the six new
lignite mining pro-
jects.”
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Congress
party’s Chief Spokes-
person Manish Doshi
on Tuesday accused
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leaders of selling
land of a lake and also
plots allotted to retired
defence personnel in
Aloda village of
Mehsana district, for
Rs40 crore. He has de-
manded that a criminal
case be filed against
those responsible for
the land scam.
Addressing a press
conference, Doshi al-
leged, “When the land
was allotted to retired
Army jawans or offic-
ers in 1974, it was with
the condition that if the
land remained unused
for long, it would have
to be returned to the
government. In case,
anyone changed the use
of that land, the govern-
ment would have a valid
reason to reclaim it.”
The land was in new
tenure, as per the reve-
nue department’s re-
cords. However, BJP
leaders created fake
ownership documents
of the land and grabbed
it. A talati, who was de-
puted for just one day,
regularized the claims
made by the BJP lead-
ers, he added.
All original docu-
ments that made way
for fake documents that
were approved by dif-
ferent officers in the
year 2020 and 2021, are
missing from the reve-
nue record. On October
14, 2021, then Deputy
Collector MD Patel had
illegally converted the
land from new tenure to
old tenure. That record
is missing as well, as-
serted Doshi.
Meanwhile, the vil-
lage lake land was sold
under the grab of agri-
cultural land. To fill the
lake, an application was
submitted to the DRL
department. Though lo-
cal residents are angry
with this scam and mis-
use of the land, they are
frightened of BJP lead-
ers and have not raised
the issue, alleged the
spokesperson.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: AAP na-
tional convenor Arvind
Kejriwal and Bharatiya
Tribal Party (BTP)
founder Chhotu Vasava
will jointly address a
tribal rally on May 1
near Valia in Bharuch
district, in the run-up to
the Gujarat Assembly
elections, which are due
in December this year.
Kejriwal will come to
Gujarat on May 1 and
meet Vasava at Chand-
eriya in Valia taluka,
AAP and BTP leaders
said on Tuesday
.
“Kejriwal and Vasava
will discuss issues of
common interest con-
cerning the tribal com-
munity before address-
ing ‘Adivasi Sankalp
Mahasammelan’,” state
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) president Gopal
Italia said.
BTP, founded by
Chhotu Vasava, had
contested the 2017 Guja-
rat elections on some
tribal-dominated seats
in alliance with Con-
gress and won two
seats.
However, the BTP
later distanced itself
from Congress. The
BTP founder and the
party national presi-
dent Mahesh Vasava
recently met Kejriwal
separately in Delhi.
The AAP is looking to
forge an alliance with
the BTP for the upcom-
ing polls in Gujarat, ac-
cording to sources.
“AAP chief Arvind
Kejriwal will visit Guja-
rat on May 1 on the state
Foundation Day
. He will
hold discussions with
Chhotubhai Vasava at
‘White House’ (the BTP
office) at Chanderiya.
Leaders of both the
BTP and the AAP will
attend the meeting, Ita-
lia said.
After the meeting,
the two leaders will
jointly address the ‘Adi-
vasi Sankalp Mahasam-
melan’ at 11 AM where
they will talk about the
issues discussed.
BTP president Ma-
hesh Vasava, brother of
Chhotu Vasava, told re-
porters at the joint
press conference that
the party is looking for
“a new start in its strug-
gle for the rights of trib-
als who have been failed
by both the BJP and the
Congress”.
“On Gujarat Founda-
tion Day, we will pre-
sent a roadmap for a
new Gujarat model. We
will provide the mes-
sage to all the tribal-
dominated districts and
states across the coun-
try,” he said.
BTP holds influence
in the districts of
Bharuch and Narmada
and the tribal pockets
of south and central
Gujarat.
In the 182-member
House, 27 seats are re-
served for Scheduled
Tribe (ST) candidates.
AAP is trying to project
itself as an alternative
to the already decimat-
ed Congress in Gujarat,
the traditional bastion
of BJP and the home
state of PM Modi.
First India Bureau
Vadodara: Rajeshwari
Singh from Vadodara
has been working tire-
lessly for years to raise
awareness against the
use of plastics that pol-
lute the environment.
She finally launched an
e-commerce market-
place called zeroite.
com, a one-of-its-kind
initiative. Here, the
buyers can order sus-
tainable, plastic-free
products from any-
where and get them de-
livered to their doorstep
without using plastics
or other materials,
which prove dangerous
to the environment.
It is India's first eco-
friendly e-commerce
website to sell organic
products, paraben-free,
chemical-free products
and foodstuffs. Through
zeroite.com they are
connecting with the
farmers, small busi-
nesses and women arti-
sans intending to give
them a platform and
help their eco-friendly
products reach the
masses.
The online store was
launched by the global
citizen Maa Anand
Sheela, former Spokes-
person of the Rajneesh
Movement and the
UNEP recognised Envi-
ronmentalist.
Zeroite will be an
online ecosystem con-
necting all small busi-
nesses to big manufac-
turers present in India
to sell their products
which are eco-friendly
and sustainable. It also
plans to create green
transportation and
packaging as much as
possible. We also
launched a recycling
station outside our
place where people can
get cash vouchers in re-
turn for the waste. We
take five types of waste,
including e-waste and
based on the weight, we
will give them cash
vouchers, which they
can redeem for grocer-
ies and other items at
our store and online,
said Founder Director
Rajeshwari Singh.
GMDC reports
‘dynamite quarter’
BJP leaders made
`40 cr by selling
Mehsana land
GMDC is one of India’s leading PSE in the mining sector. —FILE PHOTO
(Left to Right) Founder Director of the e-portal Rajeshwari Singh
with Maa Anand Sheela.
March saw
production of 9.10
lakh MT lignite--the
highest y-o-y for
March in four years
ECO-FRIENDLY E-PORTAL
Plastic-free products at your
doorstep at a click of mouse
Entrepreneur
launches India’s
first organic and
zero plastic
e-commerce
website for
sustainable
plastic-free
products
Kejriwal, Chhotu Vasava to
address tribal rally on May 1
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN FAILED BY BOTH THE
BJP AND THE CONGRESS: BTP PREZ MAHESH VASAVA
An alliance between AAP and Vasava’s Bharatiya Tribal Party may be in the offing.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: It is
perhaps for the first
time that a govern-
ment or private hospi-
tal in India has had 11
patients in one month
alone, donating their
organs and saving
lives. The Ahmedabad
Civil Hospital has to
its credit 58 organ do-
nation cases so far.
Their last case was
that of a youth
brought for treatment
following a tragic
road accident.
Abdul Khalifa,
from Kutch, met with
a road accident. He
was brought to the
Civil Hospital for
treatment but was
soon declared brain-
dead by the doctors.
The State Organ and
Tissue Transplant
Organization (SOT-
TO) team met the fam-
ily members and con-
vinced them to donate
Abdul’s organs. While
taking his body for re-
trieval, the doctors
prayed to the Hindu
gods while the youth’s
family read their
namaz during the
holy month of
Ramzan, thus, show-
ing unity in diversity
.
Civil hospital su-
perintendent Dr
Rakesh Joshi said, “It
is perhaps the first
time for any private
or government hospi-
tal to have carried out
11 cases of organ do-
nations in 25 days. In
the last 36 hours, the
hospital team has
carried out three cas-
es of organ donation.
In one month we do-
nated 19 kidneys, 10
livers, one pancreas,
two hearts, and four
lungs summing up to
a donation of 36 or-
gans. The hospital
has received 221 or-
gans from 58 patients
and has saved 159
lives.”
BRAIN-DEAD YOUTH’S
ORGANS DONATED
—FILE PHOTO
HOT WEATHER
With the maximum temperature in Ahmedabad hovering between 42 degree Celsius and 44 degree Celsius, the Vastrapur
Lake has dried up almost completely. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Ahmedabad Civil
Hospital has been
instrumental in
convincing families of
11 patients to donate
organs of their loved
ones
Map of the village where lake land
has been sold.
Cong Spokesperson
Manish Doshi

GUJARAT
03
Kadva Patidars want strict
laws against love matches
Low sex ratio means men from the community find it hard to
find brides; end up paying high bride prices or staying single
First India Bureau
Mehsana: Opposing
love matches in their
community
, 84 villag-
es dominated by Kad-
va Patidar population
have demanded a law
that discourages
youngsters from pur-
suing love marriages.
A working committee
meeting took place on
Sunday in Mehsana,
where office-bearers
and community mem-
bers discussed various
issues pertaining to
Patidars.
Expressing leaders’
wishes for legislation to
make it harder for peo-
ple to register love
matches, community
president DM Patel told
themedia,“
Aspeopleare
opting for love marriag-
es, all castes in the com-
munity are facing a se-
vere shortage of brides
fortheirsons.Girls’elop-
ing with their lovers is
not good for the society
and so, the Patidar com-
munity will call a meet-
ing to raise the demand
for a special law.”
He further stated,
“Our demand is that the
stategovernmentshould
bring in changes in the
love marriage registra-
tion rules. They should
make it mandatory for a
woman’s parents to sign
the forms, without
which, the marriage
shouldnotberegistered.
If it is registered, then it
shouldbenullandvoid.”
Their second demand
is that if a love match is
disapproved by the
bride’s parents, the girl
orwomanwillautomati-
cally lose her rights over
her parental property
.
A community mem-
bertoldFirstIndia,“The
fear is a result of gender
ratio deficit in the com-
munity
. The number of
girls is lower than boys,
and because of this,
manygroomsdonotsuc-
ceed in securing a bride
from the community
.
They either remain
bachelors till middle age
or have to marry by pay-
ing dowry to the girls’
parents, who mostly be-
long to the tribal belt. As
if this was not enough,
Patidar girls’ inter-caste
love marriages are add-
ing fuel to the gender
deficit issue. That is why
they are demanding
stringent laws to keep it
in check.”
A community leader addressing the Kadva Patidar working committee meet in Mehsana.
TOUGH LOVE?
Babra police hunt for
absconding accused in
animal sacrifice case
First India Bureau
Amreli: A complaint
has been registered by
Babrapoliceagainst11
personsforconducting
animal sacrifice at the
Vadaliwala Meldi
MatatempleonFriday
.
While police detained
someof theaccusedon
Monday
, they are on
the hunt for the rest.
The gruesome inci-
dent has also hurt the
sentiments of reli-
gious people in the
area, against sacrific-
ing animals.
In the official com-
plaint lodged on Sun-
day, Lakhman Dabhi,
Vihabhai Bharvad,
Naran Zinzuwadia,
Sanjay Karkar, Bhu-
pat Zinzuwadia and
five others have been
accused of carrying
out the ritual. Police
have invoked Indian
Penal Code sections
for conspiracy, injur-
ing or defiling place of
worship with intent to
insult, mischief by
killing or maiming
cattle, trespassing and
various sections of
Gujarat Animal Pres-
ervation Act, 1954.
Rajesh Jethva,
member of the tem-
ple’s management
committee, stated,
“On Friday morning, I
checked the temple’s
CCTV footage and dis-
covered the crime. On
April 22, around 11
persons had entered
the temple premises
with a goat. Two of
them entered the garb-
hagriha (sanctum
sanctorum) and laid
down a plastic sheet in
front of the Goddess’
statue. Then, they
pulled out a knife and
sacrificed the goat.”
Despite putting up
boards banning ani-
mal sacrifice, this inci-
dent has occurred, Su-
vali Thakor commu-
nity leader Suresh
Dhakhda told local
media persons. A clip
of the CCTV footage
aboutthesacrificewas
incirculationonsocial
media and an attempt
was made to reach a
compromise with the
temple management
committee as well, but
it failed, he added.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Tuesday
raided multiple
premises in Mumbai,
Pune and Surat in
connection with a
money-laundering
probe against ABG
Shipyard Ltd in an
alleged Rs22,842
crore bank loan
fraud case, officials
said.
As many as 26 prem-
ises are being
searched in these cit-
ies by the federal
agency under the
criminal sections of
the Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act (PMLA), they
said.
The searches are be-
ing conducted to gath-
er financial docu-
ments and related in-
formation of the com-
pany and its former
promoters and linked
persons, officials
stated.
The ED had filed a
money laundering
case in February af-
ter studying a CBI
FIR against the for-
mer promoters of
the shipbuilding
company apart from
a forensic audit re-
port prepared on the
operations of the
group.
The CBI had booked
ABG Shipyard Ltd and
its then chairman and
managing director Ri-
shi Kamlesh Agarwal
along with others for
allegedly cheating a
consortium of banks
of over Rs 22,842 crore.
It had also named
the then executive
director Santhanam
Muthaswamy, direc-
tors Ashwini Kumar,
Sushil Kumar Agar-
wal and Ravi Vimal
Nevetia and another
company ABG Inter-
national Pvt Ltd for
alleged offences of
criminal conspiracy,
cheating, criminal
breach of trust and
abuse of official po-
sition under the In-
dian Penal Code
(IPC) and the Pre-
vention of Corrup-
tion Act.
The ED is looking
into the charges of al-
leged “diversion” of
bank loan funds, crea-
tion of shell firms to
launder public money
and the role of the ex-
ecutives of the com-
pany and others.
Surat premises under radar in `22,842 cr ABG Shipyard case
MONEY LAUNDERING LOAN FRAUD
lll
ED
conducted
raids in three
cities to
gather
financial
documents
and related
information
SURTIS CONTINUETO PROTEST CONSTRUCTION OF
POLICE STATION IN PLACE OF PROMISED GARDEN
Surat: A proposal to
shift and construct the
Sarthana police station
in a common plot faces
opposition from resi-
dents living around the
plot. Tuesday was the
sixth day when residents
of Nilkanth Society
sat outside the land,
protesting the construc-
tion of the police station.
A resident Vijay Akbari
said, “We were prom-
ised a garden for senior
citizens, and suddenly,
we are informed that
a police station will be
constructed. There are
no gardens or libraries
in our area, and we will
protest, till our demands
are heard and imple-
mented.” MLA Kamaraj
said of the three plots,
this one was finalized,
but SMC was yet to take
a final call.
CRUCIAL READ
SPICEJET TO START
BHAVNAGAR-PUNE FLIGHT
PATIDAR BIZ SUMMIT TO
ATTRACT 5 LAKH VISITORS
New Delhi: SpiceJet on Tuesday said
it will start flights connecting Bhavna-
gar with Pune and Mumbai on May
5. In a statement, the airline said it
will also start additional flights on the
Ahmedabad-Pune route. The Bhavna-
gar-Pune flight will operate under the
Central government's UDAN scheme,
under which financial incentives from
the Centre, state governments and
airport operators are extended to
selected airlines to encourage opera-
tions from unserved and underserved
airports and to keep airfares afford-
able. SpiceJet will deploy its Q400
aircraft for the flights.
Surat: The Sardardham public trust
will organize a three-day Global
Patidar Business Summit (GPBS)
from April 29 to May 1 at Sarsana
Convention Centre. Members of
the Sardardham Public Trust said
they will have 950 stalls in a 30,000
square feet area, displaying 2,000
products, including agriculture, dairy,
pharma, chemical, engineering,
diamond, textile, jewellery, plastic
and real estate. With 2.62 lakh people
already registered, they are estimat-
ing that five lakh people will visit. The
event will be inaugurated by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Chief
Minister Bhupendra Patel will also
remain present. This will be the larg-
est and a historic exhibition in South
Gujarat,” said President of the trust
Gagji Sutaria.
Gujarat logs 19 new
COVID-19 cases,
active tally now 99
Post clashes, demolition drive
begins in riot-hit Himmatnagar
First India Bureau
Himmatnagar: Civic
authorities have start-
ed a demolition drive
against illegal struc-
tures in Sabarkan-
tha’s Himmatnagar,
where a communal
clash had broken out
during the Ram Nava-
mi celebration earlier
this month.
Bulldozers were be-
ing used to remove en-
croachments in
Chhapariya locality of
Himmatnagar , officials
said on Tuesday
.
“The municipality
has started carrying
out demolition in
Chhapariya locality,
which is close to where
the communal clash
had erupted on Ram Na-
vami. Adequate securi-
ty has been deployed in
the area,” Superinten-
dent of Police Vishal
Vaghela said.
A communal clash
had broken out near
Chhapariya area dur-
ing a Ram Navami pro-
cession on April 10,
when members from
two communities re-
sorted to pelting stones,
leaving some people in-
jured. Some vehicles
were also set on fire
during the clash.
The Anand district
administration had also
earlier carried out a
demolition drive using
bulldozers to remove
structures owned by
people allegedly in-
volved in communal
clashes in Khambhat
town there during the
Ram Navami celebra-
tion.
On April 10, a Ram
Navami procession was
also allegedly pelted
with stones in Khamb-
hat town. One person
was killed and several
others were injured in
the ensuing violence.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Guja-
rat on Tuesday re-
ported 19 new cases
of COVID-9 that
took the tally of in-
fectionsto12,24,276,
an official from the
state health depart-
ment said.
As many as 13 pa-
tients were dis-
charged from hospi-
tals, taking the count
of recoveries to
12,13,234, while the
toll stood at 10,943 as
no casualties were
reported during the
day, he said.
Thestateisnowleft
with 99 active cases,
the official said.
Of the fresh cases,
12werereportedfrom
Ahmedabad, five
were from Vadodara,
and one each from
Anand and Gandhi-
nagar, he said.
With the addition
of 1.23 lakh people
getting vaccinated
against the disease,
the total number of
doses administered
so far has reached
10.74 crore, it was
stated.
No new infection
was reported in the
neighbouring Union
Territory of Dadra
and Nagar Haveli,
Daman and Diu,
which does not have
a single active case.
Cops were deployed in both Anand and Himmatnagar following the clashes. —FILE PHOTO

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Had a wonderful meeting with the UK
Minister of Defence Procurement,
Mr. Jeremy Quin. We discussed
the opportunities available in
areas pertaining to aviation, ship
building and other defence industrial
programmes for both the countries.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
On #WorldIPDay, we recommit to
strengthening India’s Intellectual
Property (IP) regime to foster
innovation. This year’s theme ‘IP
Youth: Innovating for a Better Future’
rightly acknowledges the positive
changes that youth are effecting through
disruptive ideas technologies.
TOP TWEETS
PRASHANT KISHOR
AND CONGRESS
COME CLOSE, BUT
CHOOSE TO PART
day after Congress
president Sonia Gan-
dhi formed an em-
powered action
group to take steps
for the party’s revival based on
the points made by poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor the two
have parted company, though
not on a bitter note. Prashant
Kishor’s statement that he has
declined the Congress chief’s of-
fer to join the party has led to
finger-pointing at Rahul Gan-
dhi’s coterie. One would tend to
believe those who say that this
coterie does not want any
change which will weaken their
position in the Congress.
The point of friction could
have been the role which was of-
fered to PK as against what he
aspired for. Whatever may be the
reason, the star-crossed Con-
gress looks set to continue its
journey on the beaten track.
The party’s plan to hold a Nav
Chintan Shivir at Udaipur next
month for revival may prove to
be an exercise in futility given
the old guard’s penchant for sta-
tus quo. Who wants change?
A
lon Musk, who is
the new owner of
Twitter, has been
a strong advocate
of free speech on
the social media platform. A
month before making his hos-
tile bid to buy out Twitter in
an all-cash deal, Musk con-
ducted his own poll tweeting,
“Free speech is essential for
democracy
. Do you believe
Twitter rigorously adheres to
this principle?” Of the
2,035,924 votes polled, 70.4 per-
cent said “No”. The Tesla and
SpaceX boss describes him-
self as a “free-speech absolut-
ist”. Although he is known to
have blocked some of his crit-
ics on Twitter, Musk said in
another tweet, “I hope my
worst critics remain on Twit-
ter, because that is what free
speechmeans.”Inyetanother
tweetMusksaid,“Freespeech
is the bedrock of democracy,
and Twitter is the digital
town square where matters
vital to the future of human-
ity are debated…”
All that sounds like wish-
ful thinking. Democracies
around the world, including
India, are reluctant to allow
absolute freedom of speech
even though it is guaranteed
in the Constitution. Govern-
ment, though biased in quite
a few cases, keeps an eye on
hate and provocative mes-
sages on Twitter. Will Musk
allow an anti-Narendra Modi
tweet the likes of which land-
ed Jignesh Mevani, the inde-
pendent MLA from Gujarat,
in jail in Assam?
Indiaisstronglyinfavourof
regulating social media plat-
forms and so is the European
Union. The EU has proposed a
Digital Services Act that pro-
vides for hefty fines on Inter-
net platforms like Twitter if
theyfailtoflagterroristpropa-
gandaorcurbdisinformation.
Absolutely free speech will
remain a notional idea.
FREE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS RISKY BIZ
Though biased in quite a
few cases, the Government
keeps an eye on hate and
provocative messages on
Twitter. Will Musk allow
an anti-Narendra Modi
tweet, the likes of which
landed Gujarat MLA
Jignesh Mevani in jail?
E
AAP goes full throttle,
makes forays across nation
f the recently held bypolls in
WB are any indication for the
prospects of the Grand Old
Party… it may be noted that
the party’s fortunes are turn-
ing out to be the same across
the length and breadth of the
country
.
In the Guwahati Munici-
pal Corporation elections,
BJP and its ally Asom Gana
Parishad (AGP) on Sunday
swept elections winning 58 of
the total 60 wards, while the
principal opposition party
Congress drew a blank!
The other 2 seats were
shared by debutant AAP and
the Assam Jatiya Party
(AJP). It is not difficult to
gauge the matter of the fact
that the Congress’ stature of
the principal Opposition par-
ty has been dwindling at jet
speed and it may not be per-
haps wrong to say that the
Old Order has Changeth…!
The buoyed AAP has been
seen to open its account even
in as far as Assam especially
at a time when even regional
parties like Trinamool have
not been able to create a rip-
ple in states like Tripura not-
withstanding its giant stat-
ure in WB.
AAP has already made for-
ays into several frontiers of
the country
. The party has
started its groundwork for the
KarnatakaAssemblyelections
due in the first half of 2023.
Even as the ruling BJP and
the “opposition” Congress
are preparing for the ballot
battle in Karnataka, the AAP
smells opportunity in the
southern state. AAP’s state
convener, Karnataka, Prithvi
Reddy recently told the me-
dia that people of the state
will have a real alternative
after a long time.
While AAP will continue
banking on the party’s win-
ning formula of focusing on
providing basic necessities
for people to live in dignity,
Reddy said adding that a Kar-
nataka plan is also in place.
THE HIMACHAL STORY
Since Himachal Pradesh and
Punjab are neighbouring
states, many believe the AAP
could “vroom” in Himachal
as it did Punjab. But political
observers with an eye on
Himachal’s politics have a
different script to narrate.
The Ground Reality of
Himachal is a trifle different.
Himachal has traditional-
ly been a two-party state,
with the Congress and the
BJP at the helm. Several po-
litical parties in the past
tried their luck in Himachal
but have never succeeded.
In Punjab, what mainly
wentinfavourof AAPwasthe
existing political forces’ dis-
connect with the masses. The
larger than life political netas
were too far from reality liter-
ally for the aam aadmi and it
was here that the AAP scored
with its grassroots connect.
In Himachal, leaders are
just like next door neigh-
bours. They are so closely
connected with the fabric of
their constituency that they
know each family and attend
their weddings, funerals etc
and all social events.
Himachal is well placed in
most social development pa-
rameters. At nearly 83% lit-
eracy rate (2011 Census), it is
one of the most literate states
in the country. It has also
done well in improving pri-
mary healthcare. Despite its
topography, Himachal has a
hundred per cent electrifica-
tion and a good road network.
ROAD TO GUJARAT
With a massive roadshow in
Ahmedabad on April 2, AAP
declared its next major goal
after winning Punjab — chal-
lenging the BJP and the Con-
gress in Gujarat and consoli-
dating itself as the third
power in what has histori-
cally been (again like in
Himachal) a two-party state.
The AAP’s plans (for the
state) were apparent in the
closed-door meetings that the
party’s national convener
and Delhi CM Arvind Kejri-
wal held with key social and
political leaders. On March
27, Kejriwal met BTP leader
and Dediapada MLA Mahesh
Vasava. The party, which has
two MLAs at present, is like-
ly to ally with the AAP for the
Assembly elections.
AAP’s PAST TENSE
AAP’s Gujarat unit was set
up in 2013 but it got its first
state president 4 years later
in 2017 when 79-year-old re-
tired mathematics professor
Kishore Desai was appoint-
ed. It contested 29 of the 182
Assembly seats and bagged
votes even less than the
NOTA option in some con-
stituencies. The party rejiged
its state organisation in 2020.
So, the Congress must real-
ise the state of affairs and it
is evident from the AAP’s ef-
forts which slow but steady,
that the party is inching
ahead to capture the Grand
Old Party’s position as the
principal Opposition.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
THE BJP CONNECT
The BJP’s national president
Jagat Prakash Nadda hails
from Himachal. Congress also
has a reasonably good presence
there. However, the dismal state
of the Grand Old Party in the rest
of the country could be worrying
for it. AAP will have to work on a
sound and credible roadmap here
that is unique to the Himachal
needs, which would be its USP.
In Punjab, Congress ruled
for 26 years, Akali Dal for
24 and the people of Punjab
felt let down. I think the
situation is very similar in
Karnataka. Now that they
will have a real alternative,
I think Karnataka will
vote in one way.
Prithvi Reddy, AAP’s state
convener, Karnataka

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: In Bihar,
preparations are being
made for a change in the
BJP organization amid
speculation that all is
not well between BJP
and JDU. Words is that
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar would leave Bi-
har politics and head to
Delhi. The present or-
ganization of the party
is not working properly
which is evident in the
NDA’s performance
which was poor in the
recently held elections
to the 24 Legislative
Council seats in the
state. BJP lost many of
its seats, due to mutual
factionalism. After that
the BJP lost badly in the
by-electiononBochahan
seat as well. Since then
the demand for change
in the state organisation
has intensified.
According to in-
formed sources, BJP
state president Sanjay
Jaiswal can be replaced.
It is being told that the
BJP will make an upper
caste individual the
state president. The bot-
tom line of the review
after the defeat of the
Legislative Council and
Bochahan is that the
party has become too
backward-centred, an-
gering the core voters,
the upper castes. Keep
in mind that the BJP
StatePresidentandboth
the Deputy Chief Minis-
ters come from back-
ward castes. Nityanand
Rai is sitting in the most
important ministry at
the center, he also be-
longs to the backward
caste and the in-charge
is also from the back-
ward caste. That is why
it is being said that now
a leader from the upper
caste strata will be made
the state president and
according to sources in
the BJP, a change may
happen soon.
Will BJP fall back on ‘core voters’?
IN BIHAR
Let Sonia Gandhi take decision:
Thomas on disciplinary action
Kochi (Agencies):
Soon after the AK An-
tony-led Congress dis-
ciplinary committee
meeting held to take a
call on breaching of
party discipline by for-
mer Union Minister KV
Thomas, concluded on
Tuesday, Thomas told
the media here that let
the decision come.
According to sourc-
es, the Antony com-
mittee has come up
with a few recommen-
dations, which include
removing Thomas
from posts, and sent it
to Congress president
Sonia Gandhi for fur-
ther action.
Thomas is a member
of the high power po-
litical affairs commit-
tee in the Kerala unit of
the party and is also an
AICC member.
When the media
pointed out these, he
said: “I cannot answer
to such assumptions
and let Sonia Gandhi
take the decision. One
thing I can tell is what-
ever is the decision, I
will always remain a
Congressman.”
Meanwhile, the An-
tony-led committee, de-
clined a request from
Thomas that he would
like to appear in person
before the committee.
Thomas has also
written to Sonia seek-
ing an appointment.
Incidentally
, both An-
tony and Thomas were
in the cabinet of then
Prime Minister Man-
mohan Singh 2009-14
and the latter was the
State Tourism and Fish-
eries Minister in the
cabinet of Antony in
Kerala during 2001-04.
The Congress lead-
ers from Kerala have
been seeking Thomas’s
immediate removal
from the party follow-
ing his participation in
a seminar on the Cen-
tre-state relations held
as part of the 23rd par-
ty congress of the CPI-
M held in Kannur early
this month.
The CPI-M had as
part of its 23rd party
congress invited
Shashi Tharoor and
Thomas to participate
in the seminar.
State Congress party
president AK Sudha-
karan immediately in-
formed both the lead-
ers not to participate
and even the party
president Sonia inter-
vened in the matter and
told the leaders not to
participate. While Tha-
roor backed out, Thom-
as decided to go ahead
with the seminar.
Probe agencies scan PFI’s
role in Jahangirpuri riots
New Delhi (Agencies):
Central probe agencies
have been scanning the
alleged role of the Pop-
ular Front of India
(PFI) into the Jahangir-
puri communal vio-
lence on April 16, ac-
cording to sources.
The sources in the in-
telligence network have
said that the agencies
have been scanning the
presence of a few peo-
ple connected to the
PFI’s student wing in
Jahangirpuri and try-
ing to ascertain with
whom they met while
they were in the area.
The sources also said
that they have identified
around 22 mobile num-
bersof PFIstudentwing
members who were pre-
sent in the area before
the violence erupted.
They said that the
probe agencies have
been trying to ascertain
their activities and they
may be questioned by
the Crime Branch of
the Delhi Police.
Some of these num-
bers were found to be ac-
tiveevenduringtheFeb-
ruary 2020 Delhi riots.
The probe agencies
also want to ascertain
whether these PFI
members had any links
with the violence in Ja-
hangirpuri.
BSP faced
maximum
defections in
UP polls
Police oppose
Umar’s bail
plea in Delhi
riots case
Lucknow (Agencies):
The Bahujan Samaj Par-
ty (BSP) faced the maxi-
mum number of defec-
tions by its candidates
and MLAs during the
recent assembly elec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh.
The BSP lost nearly
75 (27 per cent) candi-
dates to other parties
during the polls and 12
sitting MLAs crossed
over to other parties.
According to a de-
tailed analysis report
released by Associa-
tion for Democratic Re-
forms (ADR), the num-
ber of candidates who
left the Congress to
join other parties was
37 (13 per cent).
In recent assembly
elections, 54 (20 per
cent) out of the total of
276 re-contesting candi-
dates switched to the
Samajwadi Party fol-
lowed by 35 (13 per
cent) candidates who
joined BJP and 31 (11
per cent) candidates
who joined BSP.
New Delhi (PTI): The
DelhiPolicehasopposed
before the Delhi High
Court a plea of former
JNU student Umar
Khalid seeking bail in a
case under the stringent
UAPA for alleged con-
spiracy behind the 2020
riots in Delhi, saying the
narratives sought to be
createdbyhimcannotbe
looked into as his de-
fence at the this stage.
In its reply filed to the
plea which challenges
the rejection of Khalid’s
bail application by the
trial court, the police
statedthatthetrialcourt
has “rightly dismissed”
Khalid’s plea for release
by a “well-reasoned or-
der” which suffers from
no illegality
.
“Itismostrespectfully
submitted that the ap-
peal raises no good
grounds for considera-
tionbythishon’blecourt
andthusthesamebedis-
missed,intheinterestof
justice,” stated the reply
filed through public
prosecutorAmitPrasad.
Bengal SSC scam: Cops use water cannon
to stop Surya-led BJP workers, many hurt
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal Police used wa-
ter cannon to disperse
BJP workers who were
taking out a protest
rally against the state
government towards
Bikash Bhavan in Kol-
kata on Tuesday
.
Lok Sabha MP and
BJYM national presi-
dent Tejasvi Surya was
leading the protest rally
while West Bengal BJP
chief Sukanta Majum-
dar, BJP MP Raju Bista,
BJYM State In-charge
ShaktiSingh,MPJyotir-
moy Singh Mahato and
PriyankaTibrewalwere
also present at the rally
.
State BJP chief Su-
kanta Majumdar al-
leged lathi-charge by
the police. “Mamata Ba-
nerjee has killed democ-
racy in West Bengal. We
told the police to arrest
or detain us but not re-
sort to lathi-charge. But
they did not. Male cops
attacked our women
workers. As per my info,
four workers need hos-
pitalisation, one is al-
ready hospitalised”,
said Majumdar.
He added, “Mamata
Banerjee is a fascist and
a photocopy of Hitler.
The state police’s only
job is to stop the BJP,
they do not have any
other work. Mamata Ba-
nerjee, being a woman
said that the woman
whowasrapedwaspreg-
nant and had an affair.”
TMC’s Anubrata Mandal
denies having passport
Victims take out padayatra
to K’taka CM’s native town
Kolkata (Agencies):
After TMC strongman
Anubrata Mandal de-
nied having a passport,
the CBI on Tuesday
alerted the Kolkata air-
port authorities and
said that any possible
air travel attempt by
Mandal via there should
immediately be brought
to its notice.
The CBI officers have
also contacted the Re-
gional Passport Office
in Kolkata to verify
Mandal’s claims of not
having any passport.
According to CBI
sources, on Monday
, the
central agency had
sought from Mandal de-
tails about his passport,
but he denied having
one. For the time being,
the agency has procured
photocopies of his Aad-
haar and PAN cards.
“However, we have
alerted the airport au-
thorities and have also
contacted the Regional
Passport Office here to
cross-check his claims,”
said a CBI source.
Haveri (Anegcies):
Hundreds of victims of
a hysterectomy scandal
in Karnataka on Tues-
day took out a padayatra
to Chief Minister Ba-
savaraj Bommai’s na-
tive town of Shiggaon in
Haveri district.
The protest march
has been organised to
condemn the apathy
and negligence of the
authorities as Rs 40
crore compensation
amount sanctioned for
the victims of the scan-
dal was sent back to the
government without
being distributed.
The victims, after
walking a distance of 75
km, will reach the town
on Wednesday
.
The agitators have de-
clared that until Bom-
mai personally arrives
and assures them of re-
lease of compensation,
theywon’tmoveaninch.
Yogi asks ministers, IAS
officers to declare assets
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday directed his
ministers to declare
within three months all
property owned by them
and their families and
asked IAS and IPS offi-
cials to put similar de-
tails online.
He also said that the
ministers’ family mem-
bers should not inter-
vene in the govt work.
The CM while ad-
dressingaspecialsitting
after the cabinet meet-
ing said that the IAS,
IPS, and the Provincial
Civil Service officers
shouldalsodeclaretheir
and their family mem-
bers’ properties and
make it available on an
online portal for the peo-
ple to see it. The code of
conduct prescribed for
the ministers should be
followed, he said.
MHA seeks factual report from Maha Govt
Mumbai (Agencies):
The complaint filed by
Lok Sabha MP Navneet
Rana claiming that she
was subjected to “inhu-
man treatment” by Ma-
harashtra Police after
her arrest in connec-
tion with a call to chant
Hanuman Chalisa on a
loudspeaker outside
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray’s residence
has been referred to
Lok Sabha Privilege
Committee.
Sources said the Lok
Sabha Secretariat has
also sent a letter to the
state government seek-
ing the reasons for the
arrest as well as the fac-
tual situation about her
claims at the Khar po-
lice station in Mumbai.
In her letter to LS
Speaker Om Birla, the
MP claimed that she
was denied water at the
police station because
she was a Dalit. She
said she was sent to By-
culla Women’s Jail
while her husband was
taken to taloja Jail.
“To my shock and
disbelief, the police
staff told me that I be-
long to Scheduled
Caste and hence they
will not give me water
in the same glass.
Thus, I was directly
abused on the basis of
my caste and it is only
for this reason that no
drinking water was
provided,” she said.
COUPLE’S BAIL PLEA TO BE
HEARD ON FRIDAY
Mumbai (Agencies): In another setback, the
Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court on Tuesday
posted the hearing of independent MP Navneet
Kaur-Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana’s
bail plea for Friday. The couple’s lawyer Rizwan
Merchant had moved the bail plea but the court
directed the prosecution to file its reply on Friday
and would hear it further that day.
TMC-BJP SLUGFEST: WHICH
SIDE DOES ANSAR BELONG TO?
The TMC and BJP are now in a war of words over the
origin of Ansar Sheikh, prime accused in the Jahan-
girpuri clashes. BJP’s Amit Malviya has said Ansar
is one of those who had attacked Suvendu Adhikari,
leader of the opposition in West Bengal, in 2021.
Meanwhile, a photo of Ansar with Ajijul Rehman, a
local TMC councillor, has been doing the rounds on
the social media. TMC’s Ajijul Rehman, however, de-
nied the allegations of him being connected to Ansar.
He accepted that he had met Ansar during his trip to
Manali. “It was a spontaneous photo,” he said.
I cannot answer to
such assumptions;
let Sonia Gandhi
take the decision.
Whatever the
decision, I will
always remain a
Congressman.
KV Thomas,
AICC member
Antony-led
Cong panel
recommends
removal of
KV Thomas
from posts
HYSTERECTOMY SCANDAL
NAVNEET RANA ACCUSES MUMBAI POLICE OF MISTREATMENT
Kolkata Police did not help, says BJP MP Tejasvi Surya as more
than 15 party workers injured during protest rally.
CBI alerts Kolkata
airport authority

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The politi-
cal parties of India use
their internal surveys
for their electoral and
organisational deci-
sions. Apart from this,
there are surveys of
media groups and sur-
vey agencies, which
reveal the popularity
of parties and leaders.
But distanced from
these is the Aam Aad-
mi Party (AAP) has its
own model of survey
wherein the party it-
self conducts the sur-
vey and declares it for
her political purpose.
Like AAP has just an-
nounced a survey
again. This was an-
nounced by the party’s
Kalkaji MLA Atishi.
This survey will be
done across the coun-
try, in which people’s
opinion about the par-
ty will be asked. Along
with this, opinion
about BJP will also be
sought. Through this,
the aim of the Aam
Aadmi Party is to mark
itself better than the
BJP, which will be evi-
dent from this survey
.
Everyone knows the
results as soon as the
survey starts. Every-
one knows that after
this alleged survey, it
will be announced by
AAP that the people of
the country like AAP
instead of BJP and the
model of AAP govern-
ments is better than
BJP governments.
Even before this, the
Aam Aadmi Party has
conducted countless
surveys, in which it
wins every time. After
every survey comes the
desired results of the
party leadership. It is
being told that this is
the beginning of the
party’s positioning for
pan-India politics. In
fact, questions have
been raised about
Arvind Kejriwal’s si-
lence in the midst of
communal riots and
hate speeches happen-
ing across the country
.
Interestingly, political
observers feel that this
survey has been an-
nounced to divert at-
tention from Kejriwal.
AAP ENGAGED IN POLITICAL SURVEY OR SURVEY POLITICS?
Assault case: Mevani sent
to five-day police custody
MLA’s counsel says he will move bail at higher court in Barpeta today
Guwahati (PTI): Gu-
jarat’s Independent
MLA Jignesh Mevani
has been sent to police
custody for five days,
in a case where he has
been accused of as-
sault and molestation
by a woman police con-
stable in Assam.
The case was filed at
the Barpeta road police
station on April 21, in
which Mevani has been
accused under laws
dealing with obscene
acts or words in public,
voluntarily causing
hurt, using criminal
force to deter public
servants from dis-
charge of his duty and
outraging of modesty
.
The MLA’s counsel
said hewillmovethebail
petition at a higher court
inBarpetaonWednesday
.
“We are absolutely
surprised. There was
not a whisper about the
assault on officials
when he was under po-
lice custody for three
days. Suddenly after he
was granted bail, he
was shown as rearrest-
ed,” Mevani’s lawyer
said on Monday
.
The MLA was arrest-
ed immediately after in
the second case involv-
ingthewomanconstable.
Mevani was initially
arrested from Gujarat’s
Palanpur on Thursday
after a complaint was
filed against him by a
leader of the Assam
BJP over his tweets on
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi.
CALL FOR RELEASE
Jignesh Mevani has been accused of using criminal force against
public servant.
Chinese nationals among four
killed in Karachi suicide blast
Karachi (Agencies):
An explosion ripped
through a van inside a
university campus in
southern Pakistan on
Tuesday, killing three
Chinese nationals and
their Pakistani driver,
officials said. A separa-
tist militant group
claimed responsibility
and said the attack was
carried out by a woman
suicide bomber.
The bombing at the
University of Karachi
also wounded a fourth
Chinese national and a
Pakistani guard accom-
panying the van, ac-
cording to university
spokesman Mohammad
Farooq.
Karachi police chief
Ghulam Nabi Memon
said an initial investi-
gation showed a sui-
cide bomber was be-
hind the attack.
Blast occurred near Confucius Institute inside Karachi University.
‘Will continue to take action
against YouTube channels’
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A day after Min-
istry of Information
and Broadcasting
blocked 16 YouTube
news channels for
spreading misinforma-
tion related to the na-
tional security, Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur said on Tues-
day said that the Centre
will continue to take
strict action in future
also if need be.
Thakur said that the
Centre supports free-
dom of expression but
no one has the right to
divide the country,
spread misinforma-
tion and fake news.
“No one has the right
to spread rumours and
fake news which be-
come a challenge to
the security and integ-
rity of the nation.
Strict actions were
taken as per the rules
and once again, Gov-
ernment of India has
taken action against 16
YouTube channels by
blocking them. This is
the fifth such action,”
Thakur said.
It is a clear message
to those outside and in-
side the country that
strict action will con-
tinue in future also.
“No compromise with
the security of India
and efforts will contin-
ue in future to stop mis-
information against
the country,” he said.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur
22K CR MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
ED raids 26 premises
linked to ABG Shipyards
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Tuesday
carried out raids at 26
premises linked to ABG
Shipyard Ltd, one of
the largest private ship-
building companies ac-
cused of cheating a con-
sortium of 28 banks to
the tune of ₹22,842 crore,
people familiar with the
development said.
The raids, under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act
(PMLA), are being car-
ried out at the premises
of ABG Shipyard, its
sister companies and
executives, in Mumbai,
Pune, Surat and other
places, officials said.
The ED registered a
money laundering case
in connection with the
matter in Feb based on
a FIR filed by the CBI.
ABG Shipyard dock in Surat, Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO
SC indicates to list
pleas after two days
Supreme Court on
Tuesday indicated to
list a batch of petitions
challenging the Karna-
taka High Court’s
judgement that upheld
the ban on Hijab in Pre-
University Colleges, for
hearing after two days.
Senior advocate
Meenakshi Arora men-
tioned the matter before
abenchpresidedoverby
Chief Justice NV Rama-
na for urgent hearing.
“I will list the matter,
wait for two days,” the
CJI told her.
The top court had
earlier refused a num-
ber of times a plea to
consider the special
leave petitions against
the High Court’s judge-
ment urgently
.
On March 24, the
court had asked the peti-
tioners not to sensation-
alise the issue when sen-
ior advocate Devadatt
Kamat on behalf of girl
students said that they
wouldloseoneacademic
year, if they are denied
permission to wear
headscarf and appear in
examinationsbeginning
since March 28.
Questioning the High
Court’s verdict, the pe-
titioners claimed wear-
ing of Hijab was pro-
tected under the funda-
mental rights to priva-
cy, expression and con-
science guaranteed un-
der the Constitution.
India’s position is clear on
Russia-Ukraine crisis: EAM
India has a clear posi-
tion on the ongoing Rus-
sia-Ukraine war, exter-
nal affairs minister S
Jaishankar said on
Tuesday, stressing that
New Delhi “urges a ces-
sation of hostilities, re-
turn to dialogue and
national sovereignty”.
During an interaction
at the Raisina Dialogue,
Jaishankar said the con-
flict in Ukraine is one of
the most dominating is-
suesatpresent“notonly
because of interests or
values concerned, but
also because of the con-
sequences worldwide”.
“And there is a wide
world out there where
sustaining a rules based
order is often an issue.”
When asked about In-
dia’s stand on the war,
he said: “When rules-
based order was under
challenge in Asia, the
advice we got from Eu-
rope was; do more trade.
At least we are not giv-
ing you that advice.”
He also stated that
what happened in Af-
ghanistan clearly stated
what was the rules-
based order.
“We have to find a
way to return to diplo-
macy and to do that, the
fighting must stop.”
Talking about the
wider consequences of
the war, the minister
said “there will be no
winners out of this
conflict”.
Seven CRPF
jawans hurt
in Shopian
road accident
Srinagar (Agen-
cies): Seven Cen-
tral Reserve Police
Force (CRPF)
troopers were in-
jured in a road ac-
cident in JK’s
Shopian district
on Tuesday
.
JK Police
sources said a
CRPF vehicle col-
lided with a speed-
ing truck in Sofi-
pora village of
Zainapora area of
Shopian district.
“Seven CRPF
jawans of 178 bat-
talion were in-
jured in the acci-
dent. The injured
have been shifted
to hospital for
treatment”, the
sources said.
BALOCHISTAN LIBERATION ARMY
CLAIMS ATTACK, SAYS GROUP’S ‘1ST
WOMAN SUICIDE BOMBER’
New Delhi: The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)
on Tuesday claimed responsibility for
a suicide attack at Karachi University
that killed four people, including three
Chinese nationals. The BLA is a militant
group that operates mainly in the
restive Balochistan province that has
previously targeted Chinese citizens
and interests. The explosion ripped
through a van inside the Karachi University campus
in the southern Pakistani port city. The BLA said the
attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber.
EAM S Jaishankar
Centre says over 64,800 Kashmiri Pandit
families left the Valley in early 1990s
New Delhi (PTI): Pa-
kistan-sponsored ter-
rorism forced 64,827
Kashmiri Pandit fami-
lies to leave Kashmir
valley in the early 1990s
and settle in Jammu,
Delhi and other parts
of the country, the gov-
ernment has said.
According to the an-
nual report of the
Home Ministry for
2020-21, as many as
14,091 civilians and
5,356 security force per-
sonnel lost their lives
to terrorism in Jammu
and Kashmir between
the 1990s and 2020.
“Militancy in Jammu
and Kashmir is intri-
cately linked with infil-
tration of terrorists
from across the border,”
the report said.
Besides Kashmiri
Pandits, terrorism
forced some Sikh and
Muslim families too to
migrate from Kashmir
valley to Jammu, Delhi
and other parts of the
country, it said.
Nearly 1,054 families
from the hilly areas of
Jammu migrated to
Jammu plains, it said.
As per the records of
registration available
with the Relief and Mi-
grant Commissioner
of Jammu and Kash-
mir, at present 43,618
registered Kashmiri
migrant families are
settled in Jammu,
19,338 families are set-
tled in Delhi and Na-
tional Capital Region,
and 1,995 families in a
few other states and
Union Territories, the
report said.
Govt cancels
FCRA licences
of two NGOs
The Union Home Minis-
try has cancelled the
FCRA licence of two
NGOs — Common-
wealth Human Rights
Initiative (CHRI) and
Apne Aap Women
Worldwide (AAWW) —
for allegedly violating
laws and diverting
funds received from
abroad, officials said on
Tuesday
.
The NGOs allegedly
failed to file annual fi-
nancial returns man-
dated under the Foreign
Contribution Regula-
tion Act 2010, they said.
The Ministry has
also found that the
NGOs allegedly divert-
ed funds received as for-
eign donations, the of-
ficials said.
The CHRI works in
the field of realisation
of people’s basic hu-
man right to access in-
formation from govt
and other public bodies
in Commonwealth
countries, according to
its website.
The CHRI’s also
works on police reforms
programme that aims
to realise increased de-
mand for rights-based
police reform and the
strengthening of police
accountability in the
Commonwealth, it said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders.
AAP announces new countrywide
survey to get public opinion about
various political parties

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BIZ BUZZ
07
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SinceUkrainewar,India’simport
ofRussianoildoublesthan2021
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): India has
bought more than
twice as much crude
oil from Russia in the
two months since its
invasion of Ukraine
as it did in the whole
of 2021, according to
calculations, as Indi-
an refiners snapped
up discounted oil that
others have shunned.
Refiners in India
have placed orders for
at least 40 million bar-
rels of Russian oil
since the invasion on
Feb. 24, Reuters calcu-
lations based on infor-
mation from crude
tenders and traders
show.
The purchases are
for loading in the June
quarter. That com-
pares with total im-
ports of Russian oil
into India of 16 million
barrels in the whole of
last year, according to
Reuters calculations.
The world’s third
biggest oil importer
and consumer ships in
over 85% of its crude
oil needs of 5 million
barrels per day (bpd).
Its refiners are buying
cheaper Russian oil to
partly offset the im-
pact of higher official
selling prices of some
producers like Saudi
Arabia, company
sources said. “We try
to insulate consumers
as much from price
shocks as we can, but
we need to protect our
profits as well... so we
are buying Russian
oil,” an official at one
refiner, who declined
to be named, said.
According to Reu-
ters calculations, pur-
chases of Russian bar-
rels by private refin-
ers Reliance Indus-
tries and Nayara En-
ergy outstrip imports
by state refiners Indi-
an Oil Corp, Hindu-
stan Petroleum Corp,
and Bharat Petroleum
Corp.
RBI to hike repo
rate in June, earlier
than predicted: Poll
The Reserve Bank of
India will raise its repo
rate in June and hike at
a faster pace than pre-
dicted just a few weeks
ago as a surge in infla-
tion puts pressure on
the central bank to act
quicker, a poll showed
on Tuesday
.
Retail inflation accel-
erated to nearly 7 per
cent in March, above
the 6 per cent upper
limit of the central
bank’s targeted range,
and will likely soar fur-
ther as a spike in global
energy prices since Rus-
sia’s invasion of
Ukraine seeps into con-
sumer prices.
The Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) kept
its key rate at a record
low 4.0 per cent at its
April meeting despite
shifting its focus to in-
flation from growth.
But March’s 17-month-
high inflation number
leaves little room for
the RBI other than hik-
ing sooner rather than
later, and all but three
of 46 economists in an
April 20-25 Reuters poll
expected the RBI to
raise the repo rate for
the first time since 2018
in June. While 42 ex-
pected a 25 basis point
hike to 4.25 per cent,
only one predicted a 50
basis point hike.
Palm oil imports
on track despite
Indonesia's
curbs:Traders
Mumbai (Agen-
cies): India’s palm
oil imports in May
are set to rise above
600,000 tonnes de-
spite the restriction
imposed by Indone-
sia on exports as
most of the con-
tracted quantity
will be loaded before
Jakarta’s ban be-
comes effective,
traders.
The world’s big-
gest palm oil export-
er plans from Thurs-
day to stop ship-
ments of refined,
bleached and deo-
dorized (RBD) palm
olein but will allow
exports of crude
palm oil (CPO) or
other derivative
products. The ban
could dent India’s
imports in June as
refiners are strug-
gling to secure sup-
plies from Malaysia,
traders said. India is
the world’s biggest
importer of palm
oil.
Over 32 L foreigners
visited India in 2020
during lockdown
New Delhi (PTI):
More than 32.79 lakh
foreigners, including
over 61,000 Ameri-
cans, visited India in
2020 when the country
was on a long spell of
nationwide lockdown
and other restrictions
due to the Covid pan-
demic. Among the for-
eigners who visited
India included 4,751
Pakistani nationals.
According to the an-
nual report of the Min-
istry of Home Affairs
for 2020-21, a total of
32,79,315 foreign na-
tionals visited India
between April 1, 2020
and December 31, 2020.
The maximum num-
ber of foreigners who
visited India during
this period were from
theUS(61,190)followed
by those from Bangla-
desh (37,774), the UK
(33,323), Canada
(13,707), Portugal
(11,668) and Afghani-
stan (11,212). A total of
8,438 German nation-
als, 8,353 French citi-
zens, 7,163 from
Iraq also visited
India during this
period. These 10
countries accounted
for 71.23 per cent of the
total arrival of foreign-
ers during the period
April 1, 2020 to De-
cember 31, 2020, the
report said.
FinMin invites Silicon Valley to join India’s growth story
Washington (ANI):
Union Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Sithara-
man attended a round-
table with business
leaders and investors
co-hosted by the US-In-
dia Business Council
(USIBC) and Confeder-
ation of Indian Indus-
try (CII) in the Silicon
Valley, and invited the
leading investors to be-
come a part of India’s
growth story
.
Senior executives,
business leaders of pri-
vate sectors, venture
capitalists, the institu-
tional investors, who
represented combined
assets under manage-
ment of over USD 1 tril-
lion, attended the meet-
ing with Sitharaman.
In the meeting with
the investors in the
clean energy sector, the
minister discussed top-
ics pertaining to India’s
potential for producing
sustainable energy,
waste-to-energy
, and en-
ergy alternatives. The
minister told the inves-
tors that over the next
few years, India is pre-
pared to be the world’s
fastest-growing major
economy
.
President of USIBC,
Atul Keshap moderated
the meeting while the
Chief Economic Advi-
sor, V Ananth Nag-
eswaran, India’s Am-
bassador to the US,
Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
FASTEST-GROWING
New Delhi (Agencies): Russian and Indian
officials met last week in an effort to resolve an
impasse over the shipping of coking coal to indian
steelmakers, which has dried up since March
over payment methods, a trade source and an
Indian government source said. Russia usually
supplies about 30% of European Union, Japanese
and South Korean coking coal needs, while India
had planned to double its Russian
imports to around 9 million tonnes
this year. Imports make up around
85% of India’s overall
coking coal needs,
which total 50-55
million tonnes a
year, and New Delhi
last year signed a
deal to import
from Russia.
RUSSIA, INDIA IN TALKS TO RESTART
COKING COAL SUPPLIES: REPORT
Real-time payments expected to boost
India’s GDP by $45.9 billion in 2026
Mumbai (Agencies):
Real-time payments
are forecast to boost
India’s GDP by $45.9
billion in 2026 as real-
time payments trans-
action volumes are set
to exceed 206 billion by
that time, a new report
showed on Tuesday.
In 2021, India ac-
counted for the largest
number of real-time
transactions at 48.6 bil-
lion, almost threefold
that of China (18 billion
transactions) and al-
most seven times great-
er than the combined
real-time payments vol-
ume of US, Canada, the
UK, France and Ger-
many (7.5 billion).
According to the re-
port by ACI Worldwide,
in partnership with
GlobalData and the
Centre for Economics
and Business Research
(Cebr), the real-time
payments helped India
unlock $16.4 billion of
additional economic
output in 2021, equiva-
lent to 0.56 per cent of
formal GDP.
“India’s craving for
cash may be plummet-
ing, but there is still a
great deal more to do”
said Ankur Saxena,
Head of India and
South Asia, ACI World-
wide.
1 million ‘Make in India’
iPhones shipped in Q1 2022
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Giving its India
growth story another
fillip, Apple shipped
nearly 1 million ‘make-
in-India’ iPhones in
the country in the first
quarter of 2022, a mas-
sive jump of 50 per
cent (year-on-year) in
iPhone shipments
from within the coun-
try, data showed on
Tuesday
.
According to data
shared by market intel-
ligence firm CyberMe-
dia Research (CMR),
iPhones in India regis-
tered an overall growth
of 22 per cent in the Q1
2022, led by iPhone 12
and 13 sales.
“Our insights point
to the contribution of
‘Make in India’ iP-
hones in Q1 2022, in-
creasing 50 per cent
YoY. The contribution
of newer generation
iPhones, such as iP-
hone 13, is almost
equal to iPhone 12,”
Prabhu Ram, Head- In-
dustry Intelligence
Group at CMR, told
IANS.
Apple’s enhanced
and diversified iPhone
production capabili-
ties in India, along
with aggressive retail
initiatives, continue to
contribute to its strong
growth momentum in
India.
Earlier this month,
the tech giant con-
firmed it has started
manufacturing its top-
selling iPhone 13
smartphone in
India.
RBI imposes `1.12 cr penalty on
Bank of Maha for non-compliance
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has
imposed a penalty of
Rs 1.12 crore on Bank
of Maharashtra for
non-compliance with
certain regulatory di-
rections, including those for know your customer
norms. This action is not intended to pronounce
upon the validity of any transaction or agree-
ment entered into by the bank with customers.
LIC’s IPO to open on May 4, price
band fixed at `902-949: Sources
Mumbai (Agencies):
The initial public of-
fering (IPO) of LIC will
open for subscription
on Wednesday, May 4,
2022. The IPO, through
which the government
will sell a 3.5 percent
stake in LIC will fetch Rs 21,257 crore to the
exchequer, the price band of the state insurer
has been fixed at Rs 902-949 per share, valuing
the insurer at Rs 6.07 lakh crore.
Akasa Air to launch flight ops
in July instead of June
New Delhi (Agencies): The commercial flight
operations of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa
Air will be launched in July instead of June. “As we
get closer to the airline launch date, we can now
confirm refined estimates on our timelines. We
expect our first aircraft delivery by early June 2022,
with the intention to start commercial operations in
July 2022,” Vinay Dube, CEO, Akasa Air, told PTI.
Importantly, there will be no impact on “later air-
craft induction” and Akasa Air remains on plan to
fly 18 aircraft by the end of March 2023, said Dube,
who is also Founder and MD of the carrier.
Sensex surges 776 points; energy, IT,
banking, auto stocks climb
Mumbai (ANI): Snapping two consecutive sessions
of losses, the Indian stock markets’ key indices,
Sensex and Nifty, surged by around 1.4 per cent on
Tuesday, led by a strong buying support in energy,
IT, banking and auto stocks. The 30 stock SP
BSE Sensex surged 776.72 points or 1.37 per cent
to 57,356.61 points against its previous day’s close
at 56,579.89 points. Snapping two consecutive
sessions of massive losses, the benchmark Sensex
started the day in the positive at 57,066.24 points.
Adani Wilmar market cap crosses `1 lakh
crore as shares surge 5 per cent
Mumbai (ANI): The market capitalization of
Adani Wilmar crossed Rs 1 lakh crore on
Tuesday as the company’s share jumped 5
per cent. With the recent surge in share price,
Adani Wilmar has gained a place among the
top 50 Indian companies in terms of market
capitalization. On the day of its share listing
on the stock markets on 8th February 2022,
the market capitalization of Adani Wilmar
stood at around Rs 35,000 crore.

First India Bureau
Malappuram: Karna-
taka capped off a dra-
matic final game in
Group B to beat Gujarat
4-0 and qualify for the
semi-finals of the 75th
NationalFootballCham-
pionship for Santosh
Trophy at the Manjeri
Payyanad Football Sta-
dium here on Monday
.
Services’ victory over
Odisha earlier in the
day had upset the com-
fortable apple cart that
was this group. The
math, leading into this
final group stage game
was simple. Karnataka
neededtowinbyathree-
goal margin to go
through.
In the 12th minute,
Karnataka had the lead,
Sudheer Kotikela pick-
ing up a brilliantly
played through ball
from midfield, driving
into the box from the
right, and unleashing a
perfect finish into the
bottom far corner.
In the 28th, P Kama-
lesh collected a square
pass from D Arun Ku-
mar at the edge of the
Gujarat area, switched
feet, cutting past Har-
shil Parekh and Mu-
hammed Sagar Ali as if
they weren’t even there,
before opening up his
body and curling for the
right corner of the goal.
His shot was perfect,
and the finish glorious.
Karnataka were two to
the good.
Within minutes, they
had their crucial third.
Prashanth Kalinga ran
into space on the right
and curled a superb
cross into a dangerous
areainKarnataka’sbox.
Despite being sand-
wiched by two defend-
ers, Kotikela, five yards
from goal, sent a first
time finish into the net.
His team were in rap-
tures. And on a ram-
page. Suddenly, with
just half an hour gone,
Karnataka was dream-
ing of the semi-finals.
Gujarat came out for
the second half with a
little more urgency
. But
right on the hour mark,
a cross from D Arun Ku-
mar on the left dropped
the ball perfectly to Ma-
gesh Selva in the box.
Theforwarddidn’tmiss,
connecting neatly to put
Karnataka in dream-
land.
They stayed there for
the remaining third of
the game, controlling
possession brilliantly,
creating chances and
threatening to score
more, all the while keep-
ing Gujarat at safe dis-
tance. At the referee’s
final whistle it was jubi-
lation, in the stands and
on the pitch.
08
2NDFRONT
2 from Raj held with drugs
worth `23 lakh in A’bad
Gujarat’s semi final dream dies after 4-0 loss
Sabarkantha police nab
‘magic eyewear’ conmen
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Two
men from Rajasthan
were arrested on
Tuesday for alleged
possession of me-
phedrone worth
over Rs23 lakh in
Ahmedabad city, an
official said.
A team of the spe-
cial operations group
(SOG) arrested the
duo from Odhav local-
ity of the city with
238.4 gm of mephed-
rone, worth Rs 23.8
lakh, he said.
Mahesh and
Lalshankar, both na-
tives of Dungarpur in
Rajasthan, were ar-
rested while they were
trying to deliver the
contraband, the offi-
cial said. The man
who supplied the
banned drug for deliv-
ery has been named as
a wanted accused in
the case, he said.
“The accused are
primarily farmers
who were drawn into
it for money. The pri-
mary investigation
has revealed that the
duo was promised Rs 2
lakh to deliver the
contraband,” the offi-
cial said.
A case under the
Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Sub-
stances (NDPS) Act
has been registered,
and further investiga-
tion was underway to
identify the receiver,
he added.
The seizure comes a
day after the Gujarat
Anti-Terrorism Squad
(ATS) and the Indian
Coast Guard in a joint
operation caught a
boat from Pakistan
with a consignment
of heroin worth Rs
280 crore.
Bhavesh Barot
Himmatnagar: The
crime branch of Sa-
barkantha police has
busted a gang in-
volved in allegedly
duping people with a
promise of hidden
treasure by selling
them ‘magic chash-
ma’ (magic eyewear).
According to police,
the gang members
would lure probable
customers by telling
tales of the ‘magic
eyewear’. They also
claimed that the eye-
wear would help
them see through the
soil and find hidden
treasures.
Two of the arrested
five member-gang Nat-
varsinh Damor and
Nidhraj Meena used to
procure tinted glasses
from Delhi and later fix
them in golden frames,
giving them a ‘magic
eyewear’ look and sell-
ing them to gullible
people. Police inspec-
tor MD Champavat said
that gang members
would invite the gulli-
ble customers to a
place, make them sit
with a checker who
would convince them
that the eyewear is
real, and then the cus-
tomer would pay for a
new pair of glasses.
They have created a
Himmatnagar busi-
nessman of Rs5.20 lakh.
From the five arrested,
police have recovered
Rs2.70 lakh cash, a car,
mobile phones, the
‘magic eyewear’ specta-
cles and other belong-
ings. A further investi-
gations in underway
.
Mumbai (PTI): The
speed gun radar will be
functioning overtime
when Lockie Fergu-
son’s 150-click thunder-
bolts meet their match
in rising pace sensation
Umran Malik’s toe-
crushers as table-top-
pers Gujarat Titans
clash with close-on-
heels Sunrisers Hy-
derabad (SRH) on
Wednesday
.
The IPL newcomers
are currently in the
midst of a dream incep-
tion year with six wins
from seven games at the
halfway stage and are
placed on top of the ta-
ble.
Interestingly, the
only loss that Titans
suffered in their cam-
paign so far was against
Sunrisers in an earlier
meeting and Hardik
Pandya wouldn’t mind
sweet revenge.
However, the Orange
Army’s bowling attack
especially their four-
prong fast bowling unit
has been exceptional as
one saw when they de-
molished RCB for 68 in
their previous encoun-
ter.
The disconcerting
bounce and movement
created by Marco Jans-
en (6 wickets from 5
games) is ably comple-
mented by Umran’s (10
wickets from 7 games)
fiery pace, T Natara-
jan’s (15 from 7 games)
deceptions off the track
and Bhuvneshwar Ku-
mar (9 from 7 games)
balancing it all with his
experience.
So much so that a
lightweight spin de-
partment manned by
left-arm spinner
Jagadeesha Suchith in
absence of an injured
Washington Sundar, till
now hasn’t been a cause
of worry for Kane Wil-
liamson and his band of
men.
In fact, the rub of the
green has gone SRH’s
way in this particular
season as they now have
five consecutive wins
from five games where
they have chased tar-
gets after the bowlers
intimidated the rival
batting unit.
For Pandya though,
his bowling unit is no
inferior to SRH as Mo-
hammed Shami’s art-
istry (10 from 7 games)
and Ferguson’s (9 wick-
ets from 7 games) ag-
gression has brought
them a lot of success,
not to forget Rashid
Khan’s (8 wickets from
7 games) ability to be
more than decent even
in a quiet year by his
standards.
Titans’ bowling at-
tack has the ability to
catch the SRH batting
unit off-guard consider-
ing that it hasn’t been
tested a lot with young
Abhishek Sharma (220
in 7 games) and No.3
batter Rahul Tripathi
(212 from 7 games) do-
ing the bulk of the scor-
ing in easy chases.
If Titans could
breach through the
Sunrisers top-order,
most of the middle-or-
der batters including
the dangerous Nicholas
Pooran haven’t yet got a
decent hit in the middle
and the rustiness under
pressure could keep Ti-
tans interested.
If they manage to up-
set SRH’s rhythm, it
will take them closer to
play-offs in their maid-
en year in the champi-
onship, no mean
achievement in a com-
petition of this class.
It’s Ferguson vs Umran as Titans look for revenge against Sunrisers
BATTLE OF PACE ACES
lll
Sunrisers
Hyderabad
handed GT
their only
loss in
their seven
games so
far this
season
Lockie Ferguson in action against the Rajasthan Royals on
April 14. —FILE PHOTO
SAMARITAN AIDS MINOR
RAPE VICTIM IN RAJKOT
First India Bureau
Rajkot: After a mi-
nor’s mother neglect-
ed to report her gang
rape by two men, a
good samaritan
stepped in and accom-
panied the 11-year-old
girl to Kuvadva police
station and lodged a
complaint. According
to reports, the victim’s
mother and her para-
mour beat her up and
asked her not to dis-
close her ordeal. Po-
lice arrested both ac-
cused on Monday and
investigating further.
Kuvadva police have
registeredacaseagainst
accused Vishal Roriya
and Kisan Dadukiya un-
der various sections of
the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) for woman raped
by one or more in group
of person acting in fur-
theranceof thecommon
intention, kidnapping,
and sections of Preven-
tion of Children from
Sexual Offences (POC-
SO) Act.
Komalika (name
changed), a Class VI stu-
dent, was returning
home after school on
April 23, when Vishal
and Kisan grabbed her.
They took her to an iso-
lated place and raped
her. The duo then
dropped her off near
her residence and fled
the spot. On reaching
home, the minor in-
formed her mother
about the crime, follow-
ing which, she was beat
up with a plastic pipe.
On April 24, when her
landlord saw her weep-
ingoutsidethehouse,he
inquired about the rea-
son. After hearing her
plight, he took her to
social activist Mustaq
Belim, and they both ac-
companied her to Ku-
vadva police station.
Police Inspector Bhar-
gav Jankat registered a
complaint and swung
into action and arrested
both accused.
According to the vic-
tim, her mother did not
act against the accused
because they are friends
of Alpesh with whom
she is having an affair.
The minor has under-
gone a medical exam.
Instead of reporting the crime, 11-year-old’s mother and her lover beat
up the child and attempted to swear her to secrecy about her ordeal
TWICE THE PAIN
Karnataka now advance to the semis, where they will face hosts Kerala.
Cops recovered Rs2.70 lakh cash, a car and mobile phones in
addition to the ‘magic eyewear’ (top right of photo).
SANTOSH TROPHY
Accused are
farmers who
were drawn
into it for
money; they
were promised
`2L to deliver
the contraband
Rationalisation is good to move
forward but always leave space for
sunshine, some flowers and a butterfly!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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ndia gracefully strad-
dled the globe after the
huge success of First
Miss India Season 1,
held at Dona Sylvia
Resort, Goa on Octo-
ber 30, 2021 and now
First Miss India is launching
its second season on Wednes-
day, April 27 at Hex High ener-
gy Xperience, Mumbai.
Jagdeesh Chandra will
launch the poster and unveil
the top 3 winning crowns by
SVAR Fine Jewellery in Mum-
bai today
. First Miss India is a
unique blend of glamour and
elegance contrary to the tradi-
tional state of pageantry, hap-
pening on a national level in
India. Empowering young
women while allowing them to
grow and develop a positive
self-image, is the focus of this
beauty pageant.
AnjaliKhandal,oneof theup-
coming supermodels of India, a
new innocent face with a drop-
dead gorgeous international fig-
ureistheFACEof theFirstMiss
Indiaasitopensforregistrations
for its season 2. Anjali with her
debutant entry in fash-
ion week was showstop-
ping for designer Tarun
Tahilliani at India Cou-
ture Week. She has
walked for all national
designers and has shot
several National In-
ternational Cam-
paigns.Onecanregister
and check for further
details on the official
website, https://www.
firstmissindia.in/. Audi-
tions for the same will be
heldofflinein8citiesacross
India, starting from Mum-
baiinJune.ShowDirectorof
Season 2 Parimal Mehhta-
Founder and CEO of Blanckan-
vasMediaPvtLtdalongwiththe
glitterati and celebs of Mumbai
also grace the evening.
Season1setnewbenchmarks
and a show of such magnitude
wouldn’t have been possible
without the support of the
show directors of season 1
GauravGaurandAshokSingh.
Supermodel and influencer
Hina Khan, celebrity Fashion
Designer Ken Ferns, Actress,
VJ and supermodel Deepti Gu-
jral, Supermodel and Miss Uni-
verse India 2015 first runner up
Natasha Assadi were present
on the jury in Season 1.
Season 2 promises to bring
you even more glamour and
entertainment as beauties
from across India compete
for the privileged titles and
crowns.
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AHMEDABAD, WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 27, 2022
Anjali Khandal
A GATEWAY TO
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SUCCESS GLORY!
SUCCESS GLORY!
AFTER THE HUGE SUCCESS OF
FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON 1
HELD AT DONA SYLVIA RESORT IN
GOA ON OCTOBER 30, 2021,
FIRST INDIA IS LAUNCHING
ITS SECOND SEASON AT HEX
HIGH ENERGY XPERIENCE,
MUMBAI TODAY!

Jagdeesh Chandra with the winners of First Miss India Season 1. Fom left Rayna Sikri (Winner First Miss India Teen) Mrunmayi Barve (First Miss India Teen 2nd Runner up),
Pearl Agarwal (Winner First Miss India), Lekh Uthaiah (First Miss India 2nd Runner up), Shreya Gupta (First Miss India 1st Runner up) and Shubhi Dhaneta (First Miss India Teen 1st Runner up)
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Avoid being indulgent in
your spending to balance
budget. Continue to put in
efforts at work and you will
see promising opportunities coming
your way. Matrimonial match for
siblings will bring happiness for entire
family. You will definitely get a very
good price for all your property.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Senior management will be
appreciative of your
creative inputs on
professional front. Seek
the opinion of your family before
finalizing a property deal. An
impromptu invitation to a function
from an unexpected friend is likely to
be received.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your hard work and
dedication are likely to be
noticed by seniors, paving
way for promotion or
increment. Better to consult an
expert in financial matters before
making an investment. Family will be
supportive of career aspirations. A
promising day without any efforts.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Yoga would help in raising
energy levels and improve
your metabolism. Some of
you are going experience
emotional fulfillment on romantic front.
Place emphasis on domestic affairs to
enhance the domestic tranquility and
harmony. Associate with humanitarian
group on social front for benefit.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
The day is not likely to
pose any major problems
at workplace. You will
succeed in resolving
misunderstanding with family
members, normalizing ties. You will
remain in demand on social front.
Stand by partner during testing times
to make the relationship stronger.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Efforts made to improve
looks or personality will
bring desired results.
Distant relatives may drop in
for a surprise visit. Investment
antiques and jewellery would bring
handsome financial gains. On
professional front, recognition for good
work would bring motivation.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Rewards and recognition
will come your way for
your involvement in a
social endeavour. It’s a
very good day to take calculated
risks in financial matters. Those
suffering from chronic ailments may
find remarkable improvement in their
health with home remedies.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
It is good day to confess
your love as stars appear
favourable for positive
reply. Your sole depend-
ency on friends may fail to bring any
respite from loneliness today.A
sound financial health of business-
men would enable to give monetary
benefits to employees.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Chances of being misled
by competitors in business
are high, so remain alert.
You may get a chance to
pursue old hobby. Health tips from
an expert will enable you to get
closer to your fitness goals. Your
generous behavior would enable to
enjoy lovely moments with family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Develop a good adaptabil-
ity to handle pressurized
situation on professional
front. Paying special
attention to plan your career would
give immense joy. You are likely to
get clearance or approval for your
construction plans. You find things
moving in the way you want them.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A sound monetary position
would enable you to keep
pace with changing times.
Avoid raising controversial
issues at home to maintain harmony.
Successful implementation of new
ideas and projects would add to your
prestige on the professional front. It
is the time to build new connections.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Don’t give a firm commit-
ment in financial matters
before considering the
viability of the project. You
succeed in completing an important
project well before deadline.
Disagreements on the family front
are foreseen. Be careful about legal
apprehensions in your property.
YOUR
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Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
t the age of 18, her
village panchayat
sabha and a priest
suggested to Man-
jamma’s parents
to allow her aka
Manjunatha Shet-
ty to lead the life of a Jo-
gati. Once given in service
to Renuka Yellamma deity,
the child stays away from
home to worship Yellam-
ma, begs for alms to sur-
vive, and performs the
folk-dance form of Jogati
in praise of the goddess.
There are exceptions
everywhere and one such
phenomenal soul I met in
Bengaluru was Manjamma
Jogati, the first trans wom-
an in the country who is
the President of the Karna-
taka’s Janapada Academy
since 2019. She was felici-
tated with the honour of
Padma Shri by the Presi-
dent of India Ramnath Ko-
vind in 2021 in New Delhi
for her incredible efforts in
the domain of North Kar-
nataka, South Maharash-
tra, and a part of Andhra
Pradesh’s famous Jogathi
Folk Dance forms.
In this vein, one of Man-
jamma’s unique dance
forms is where she places
the Yellamma deity on her
head and dances. For the
last 40 years, Manjamma is
in the profession of folk
dancing.
People fondly call her
‘Amma’. Always a big red
bindi on the forehead with
sindoor, countless glass
bangles with a fascination
for gajara (flowers) in the
hair are Amma’s style
statements. Today with her
11 members team, Amma
through her registered
trust - Padmashri Mata B
Manjamma Jogathi
Pratistana aims to work
for the Trans community
and their legal rights, train
Trans men and women in
Folk art forms, offer skill
development training, pro-
vide shelter to old age
trans community. She is
developing and conserving
Jogati Padya (singing), nir-
tya (dance) forms and
brought in various non-
verbal dance movements
in the performing arts. To-
day many Jogati communi-
ties are learning and are
giving stage performances
of the art form all over In-
dia. In 2010, Manjamma
received the Rajyotsava
Award from the Karnataka
Government.
Born in a middle-class
family in Karnataka’s
Kallkamba village near
Bellari district on May
20th, 1957 Manjunatha
Shetty aka Manjamma was
one of the blessed children
out of the 21 siblings. But
among those children, only
four survived. Amma’s
voice Vikram B.K. an engi-
neer by profession and a
contemporary dancer con-
nected with Amma in 2017.
He told a detailed story
of Amma to me and said,
“Manjunatha studied till
class 10th. With a male
body but a woman from
deep inside, Manjunatha
was inclined towards girly
stuff and activities since
childhood. He got bullied
quite a lot by other chil-
dren. He loved to wear her
mother’s sarees at home
and helped her mother
with daily kitchen chores.
His father and brother
were entirely against Man-
junatha’s behaviour.”
Feeling isolated and
ignored by her family
Manjamma tried to take
poison but the almighty
had different plans for
her. At the young age of
18 yrs. through proper
rituals, Manjunatha was
adopted into the culture
of Jogati life.
From here Manjunatha
became Manjamma and
left the house. She was sur-
viving in a very difficult
situation by begging on the
streets. During this time,
she got
molest-
ed by
four men.
This inci-
dent shook
her inside
and she tried to
finish her life. But
with a life-changing
thought, she stood up
again and decided that she
will never let down herself.
Then onwards Amma
started selling idlis and
taking tuition classes.
In Devanagari town
where Amma was living
saw a father-son duo. Son
was dancing and father
was singing with a special
instrument. Amma with
enthusiasm showed inter-
est to learn this art form
and joined them. A trans
woman ‘Kaalavva Jogati’
approached Amma and
asked her to join their
group of artists transwom-
en as they wanted some ac-
tive members in the group
to perform and do street
plays/dance with them.
Amma agreed and started
contributing her acting
skills to their play and
learned the group’s dance
form as well. Since then
Amma never looked back
and after Kaalavva’s death,
her legacy Amma is taken
forward.
One fine day while going
for a performance Amma
was sitting with Vikram at
the Bangalore airport and
surprisingly shared some-
thing interesting with him
and said, “Vikram, it is dif-
ficult to accept that four
Idlis that I used to sell in
1 rupee today the same
idlis cost so expensive
today, i.e., One plate
with two idlis costs
Rs. 200/-. Time is
changing so rapidly
.”
In the end, with a
heavy heart, Amma
stated to me, “It’s an
irony that we are living
an isolated life. People
have a fear to mingle with
us. Despite getting the le-
gal rights from the govern-
ment, a society with a
changed mindset needs to
accept us all. There is still
a lot more things that
needs to be done.”
ANUBHA JAIN
Cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
DANCING GAVE AMMA A
REASON TO LIVE
Given in service
Given in service
to Goddess
to Goddess
Yellamma as a
Yellamma as a
teen, Manjunatha
teen, Manjunatha
Shetty was
Shetty was
honoured with a
honoured with a
Padma Shri by
Padma Shri by
President Ramnath
President Ramnath
Kovind in 2021
Kovind in 2021
for her efforts to
for her efforts to
promote the Jogati
promote the Jogati
dance form
dance form
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CITY FIRST
pitome, a new
global dining
restobar, made its
debut in Juhu on
Sunday. A pure
vegetarian eatery
that has a pres-
ence in Dubai as well,
Epitome is expected to do
well in this eclectic Mum-
bai neighbourhood.
It was a glittering
launch with many Bolly-
wood celebs in attend-
ance at the do. The event
was one-of-a-kind
turned page three par-
ty of Bollywood. Fa-
mous B-town faces likes
( Salman Khan's Rakhi
sister Shweta Rohira,
Smita Thackeray, Tan-
ya Sharma, Vindu Dara
Singh, Vishal Kotian,
Heena Panchal, Akan-
sha Puri, Jasmin Bha-
sin, Aly Goni, Simran
Sachdeva, Talat
Aziz, Raai Laxmi,
Sonali Sheygal,
Ashish Tiwari and
many more Were
spotted in the event.
The restaurant is
located in an exotic
and constantly develop-
ing suburb. The menu is
designed to cater to a
broad spectrum of cus-
tomer base, with unique
twists, modern methods,
and elevated flavourings.
Akshay Nayar, the Head
Chef, designed the menu to
cater to ground breaking
andcontemporarytastesof
Jain,veganandvegetarian
palates and flavourings.
With a special kids
menu as well as popu-
lar Asian and Leba-
nese dishes.
Epitome, a 350-
seat restaurant,
serves all-day
dining with popular dish-
es such as Veg Kheema
Pav, Pindi Chole, Epitome
Special, Avocado Tikka
Masala, and Avocado Pani
Puri, to name a few.
Every nook and cranny
of the place exudes style.
Epitome is an ode to the
beautiful Roman era with
gothic elements to marvel
at, with interiors designed
by ace interior designer
Sumesh Menon. Epitome
beckons and makes people
wish they didn't have to
leave, from capturing Eu-
ropean culture to creating
a fusion of modern and
old school feels.
Shrey has introduced a
new concept to the lounge
and bar industry with his
innovative idea of provid-
ing a comfortable menu
option for vegetarians
who love to explore liquor
but are a little uncomfort-
able with the non-veg
menu. So Shrey devised
the concept of a vegetari-
an menu for the lounge.
IT WAS A GRAND
LAUNCH FOR EPITOME
E
City First brings to you some glimpses of a star-
studded affair at Shrey Karia’s restobar in Juhu
on Sunday, where B-town celebs and prominent
personalities were seen enjoying the glitzy night
Vindu Dara Singh and Ashish Tiwari Aly Goni and Jasmin Bhasin
Vishal Kotian and Ashish Tiwari
Vindu Dara Singh, Jasmin Bhasin and Aly Goni
Vindu Dara Singh Tanya Sharma
Laxmi Raai Vishal Kotian and Shrey Karia
Jasmin Bhasin
Ashish Tiwari and Erica Fernandes
Ashish Tiwari and Akansha Puri
Zeeshan Khan Smita Thackeray

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