First india lucknow edition-12 february 2021

First India Bureau
Lucknow: Good news
for the citizens of Uttar
Pradesh. If your griev-
ancesarenotattendedto
or heard properly at lo-
cal levels, you may lodge
yourcomplaintsdirectly
at Chief Minister Hel-
pline number 1076 be-
cause the CM has fur-
ther strengthened the
feedback mechanism.
He held a high-level
meeting on Thursday
and issued stern direc-
tions in this regard. The
brief to the officials is
simple, the ‘tahsils’ and
‘police stations’ of all
the districts should be
sensitised to redress the
woes of the poor. If not,
the officers will be tak-
en to task and the DMs
and SPs of the con-
cerned district will be
held liable for the lapse.
Furthermore, if the
complainant is not sat-
isfied with the redres-
sal, he or she may ap-
proach the CM helpline.
The CM helpline,
startedfunctioningfrom
February 13, 2018 is
mannedbysome250per-
sonnel who receive
about 35,000 calls every
day
. The complaints re-
ceived from CM helpline
are forwarded to differ-
ent departments where
they belong to. A proper
feedbacksystemisinthe
place to monitor the sta-
tus of complaints with
the instructions that the
aggrievedpersonshould
beaskedabouthis‘satis-
faction level.’
Out of a total of 44.8
lakh complaints lodged
on CM helpline, more
than 35 lakh have so far
been disposed of. Dur-
ing Covid times, the CM
Hepline did wonders in
terms of receiving que-
ries about shelter
homes, status of mi-
grants, distribution of
foods etc. In fact, the lo-
cal public representa-
tives, DM offices, Aasha
workers and corpora-
tions were all integrat-
ed into the system to
provide relief to the
complainants.
He was of the view
thatif alargenumberof
persons come to lodge
their grievances at CM
helpline, it clearly
means their woes are
not being solved at local
levels. He asked his offi-
cials to be sensitive
about complaint redres-
sal mechanisms.
Nobody listening? Call me at CM Helpline 1076 : Yogi
CM Yogi along with BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma, Law
Minister Brajesh Pathak, Cabinet Minister Swati Singh and others, paid floral tributes on the occasion
of the death anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
TEMPLE TRUST GARNERS `1000 CRORE
All district’s ‘Tahsils’ and ‘police stations’ to
be sensitised to redress problems. DMs &
SPs of the district will be liable for failure
UP gets Defence
booster shot
with `4500 cr
Lucknow:Givingwings
to Uttar Pradesh’s much
anticipatedflightof hav-
ing a hub defence equip-
ment manufacturing
here, the Uttar Pradesh
Defence Industrial Cor-
ridor has attracted a
whopping investment
worth `4500 crore.
The corridor has at-
tractedfreshinvestment
intents worth `4,500
crore at the Aero India
show,2021inBengaluru,
the state’s Turn to P3
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Cooch Behar/
Thakurnagar: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah said on Thursday
the Centre would start
granting citizenship to
refugees under the
Citizenship Amend-
ment Act (CAA) after
the Covid-19 vaccina-
tion drive ends. At-
tending a rally at Mat-
ua in poll-bound Ben-
gal, Shah said the Op-
position is misleading
minorities on CAA
and assured that law
would not impact the
citizenship status of
Indian minorities.
Earlier in the day,
Shah launched fourth
phase of the “Poribor-
ton Yatra” from Rash
Mela Ground in Cooch
Behar. Turn to P6
New Delhi: India and
China have reached an
agreement on disen-
gagement in the North
and South bank of Pan-
gong lake in eastern
Ladakh that mandates
both sides to cease for-
ward deployment of
troops in a “phased, co-
ordinated and verifia-
ble” manner, Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh announced in Par-
liament on Thursday,
in a breakthrough after
a nine-month border
standoff.
Sharing details of
the pact to defuse the
tense military face-off
in eastern Ladakh
that severely
strained ties be-
tween the two Asian
giants, Singh also as-
sured the Rajya Sabha
that India has not con-
ceded anything in the
sustained talks with
China. India will not al-
low even an inch of its
territory to be taken by
anyone, he said.
The defence
minister said
implementa-
tion of the pact
will “substan-
tially Turn to P6
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Thursday said
there will be no peace
and tranquillity if
there is no status quo
ante at the Line of Ac-
tual Control (LAC)
with China. He also
asked why the govern-
ment is insulting the
sacrifices of Indian
soldiers. “No status
quo ante = No peace
and tranquility. Why
is Government of In-
dia (GOI) insulting
the sacrifice of our
jawans and letting go
of our territory?” he
wrote on Twitter.
The former Con-
gress chief’s remarks
came soon after De-
fence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh made a
statement in the Ra-
jya Sabha.
On Thursday, Con-
gress MP Rahul Gan-
dhi spoke extensively
on farm laws evoking
uproar from BJP MPs
who demanded he
should stick to speak-
ing on Union Budget.
Gandhi said the aim
of the first farm law is
to end Mandi system
whereas the content
of the second law is
aimed at unlimited
hoarding in India.
More on P6
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari was sched-
uled to travel by a state
government aircraft to
Dehradun in Uttara-
khand on Thursday, but
the permission to use
the plane was not grant-
ed even as the governor
had boarded the air-
craft, sources said.
The governor later
took a commercial
flight to travel to Dehra-
dun, a statement from
the Raj Bhavan said.
This comes amid un-
easy ties between the
state’s Shiv Sena-NCP-
Congress coalition gov-
ernment and the gover-
nor, with both the sides
have being critical of
each other in the past.
The Raj Bhavan state-
ment said governor’s
secretariat had written
to the government au-
thorities Turn to P6
‘NOTHINGCONCEDED’
Raksha Mantri tells Rajya Sabha
Shocking! Maha guv denied use
of VVIP plane, flies commercial
No peace if there’s no status
quo ante at LAC: Rahul
INDIA-CHINA DISENGAGEMENT IN EASTERN LADAKH
Refugees to get citizenship under
CAA after end of vax drive: Shah
Chennai: Chief Elec-
tion Commissioner
(CEC) Sunil Arora
Thursday said the poll-
ing time for the upcom-
ing Assembly election
in Tamil Nadu would be
extended by an hour to
adhere to the social dis-
tancing guidelines is-
sued by the centre in
view of the Covid-19
pandemic.
Addressing the re-
porters in Chennai to
brief upon the EC’s pre-
paredness for the gen-
eral election, Arora
said apart from the nor-
mal election observers,
they have decided to
send two special ex-
penditure observers.
This initiative is taken
by the EC to prevent the
rampant money distri-
bution which the state
had witnessed in the
past elections.
“Due to Covid-19, the
polling stations in the
state have been in-
creased. With the addi-
tional 25,000, there will
be a total of 93,000 poll-
ing stations Turn to P6
EC to extend polling time in TN by an hr
RAHUL GANDHI @RAHULGANDHI
No status quo ante = No peace & tranquility.
Why is GOI insulting the sacrifice of our jawans &
letting go of our territory?
Maharashtra Guv Bhagat Singh
Koshyari arrives at Dehradun
Airport on Thursday. —ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses during the launch of fourth phase of Poribortan Yatra,
ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, in Cooch Behar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
The Chinese side will keep its troop
presence in the North Bank area to east
of Finger 8. Reciprocally, the Indian
troops will be based at their permanent base at
Dhan Singh Thapa Post near Finger 3.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
Shah: Fight between Modi’s ‘Vikas’ & Mamata’s ‘Vinash’
Coochbehar/Thakurnagar/Chirang: Branding West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee a “failed administrator”, Union Home Minister Amit
Shah Thursday said the upcoming assembly elections in the state will be a
contest between Narendra Modi’s “development model” and her “destruction
model” of governance. The upcoming assembly polls, he said, will be a fight
between the “Vikas (development) model of the Narendra Modi government
and Mamata Banerjee’s Vinash (destruction) model”.
‘Even Didi will
chant Jai Shri
Ram before
end of polls’
PRIYANKA TAKES HOLY
DIP IN SANGAM ON MAUNI
AMAVASYA, PERFORMS PUJA
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra on Thursday took a holy dip at the Sangam
in Allahabad on Mauni Amavasya and performed
a puja. The Congress leader, who arrived in Pray-
agraj in the morning, reached Sangam, a conflu-
ence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Sarswa-
ti river, for taking the holy dip and participation in
puja. Priyanka was accompanied by her daughter
Miraya and Congress MLA Aradhana Misra. She
also meet Jagat Guru Shankaracharya Shri Swa-
mi Swaroopanand Ji Maharaj at Mankameshwar
Temple, after taking the holy dip. While returning
from Sangam, she was seen assisting a boatman
in rowing. She also visited Anand Bhawan where
she interacted with children from an orphanage.
Sunil Arora

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021
02
UP CM takes stock of COVID-19 vaccination drive in the state
‘DON’TLETYOURGUARD
DOWNAGAINSTCORONA’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
said that despite a sig-
nificant reduction in
the rate of corona infec-
tion, its threat has not
yet ended, so it is neces-
sary to be cautious at
every level.
“Don’t let the guard
down against corona
yet,” the CM who was
reviewing the Unlock
process at a high-level
meeting convened at
the Lok Bhawan on
Thursday
.
Expressing satis-
faction over decline
in the number of ac-
tive corona cases in
UP
, he said that there
is a need to maintain
vigilance while main-
taining effective sys-
tem of prevention
from Covid-19.
He said that the COV-
ID vaccination work in
the state is going
smoothly. He also in-
structed officials to con-
tinue this process of
vaccination in accord-
ance with the Centre’s
guidelines.
He was informed by
officials that the Coro-
na frontline workers
were being vaccinated
on Thursday
.
Administration of
second dose of Covid
vaccine to health work-
ers will start from Feb-
ruary 15. Health work-
ers who have not under-
gone vaccination in the
first phase will be pro-
vided an opportunity to
undergo vaccination in
this phase.
Expressing sastisfac-
tion on the performance
of e-Sanjeevani app,
Yogi Adityanath said
that people should be
made aware of this fa-
cility by carrying out a
publicity drive and add-
ed that more and more
people should be pro-
vided online medical
counseling facilities.
The CM directed that
all medical institutions
function with their full
potential. Various treat-
ment procedures like
general OPD, surgery
etc should be carried
out smoothly. Medical
Education Minister
Suresh Khanna, Health
Minister Jai Pratap
Singh, Health Minister
for State Atul Garg,
Chief Secretary RK Ti-
wari, Additional Chief
Secretary (Home)
Avneesh Kumar
Awasthi, Additional
Chief Secretary(MSME
& Information) Naveen
Sehgal, Additional
Chief Secretary
(Health) Amit Mohan
Prasad, Additional
Chief Secretary Pan-
chayati Raj and Rural
Development Manoj
Kumar Singh, Principal
Secretary to CM and In-
formation Sanjay Pras-
ad, Principal Secretary
Medical Education
Alok Kumar and other
senior officials were
present in the high level
meeting.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister of Uttar Pradesh,
Yogi extended his greet-
ings to the people of the
state, especially to
lakhs of devotees, who
took a holy dip at
Sangam - the conflu-
ence of holy rivers Gan-
ga, Yamuna and the
mystical Saraswati in
Prayagraj - on the aus-
picious day of ‘Mauni
Amavasya’ on Thurs-
day
.
“Warm greetings to
all the devotees and
people of the state on
the auspicious day of
‘Mauni Amavasya’, a
great festival of faith
for all. This holy day
reveals the impor-
tance of fasting and
charity and has a
great relevance for
all. May Lord Shri
Rama fill everyone’s
life with happiness,
peace and prosperi-
ty,” tweeted the Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
terYogi Adityanath.
According to an esti-
mate, 50 lakh devotees
from various parts of
the country braved the
morning cold and fog
and took a holy dip in
the Sangam--the conflu-
ence of Ganga, Yamuna
and Saraswati rivers.
The UP Government
put out all stops to make
the occasion a smooth
affair.
On the instructions
of CM Yogi, flower pet-
als were showered on
devotees and seers from
helicopters as a mark of
welcome for them.
The arrangements,
according to an official,
will continue for the
month-long ‘Magh
Mela’ and holy bathing
at the Sangam. Strict
security arrangements
have also been made
and special attention is
being paid to secure PM
Modi’s vision of
‘Swachh Bharat’ and
ensure proper hygiene
and sanitation during
the event.
Apart from cleanli-
ness, the government
has also urged the devo-
tees to abide by the co-
rona prevention guide-
lines and follow social
distancing norms.
UP govt helicopters shower flower petals on devotees in Prayagraj
MUM’S THE WORD
Yogi paid floral
tributes at the
statue of Pandit Deen-
dayal Upadhyay on his
death anniversary on
Thursday. He recalled
his contributions and
sacrifices and said he
was a great son of the
country who worked
tirelessly for every
section of society.
UP CM has asked
officials to make
proper arrangements
for JE vaccination
drive commencing
from February 21.
CM Yogi has
reiterated that all
possible assistance
should be promptly
made available to the
victims of Uttarakhand
disaster.
Yogi has issued
instructions to sen-
sure proper arrange-
ments for transporta-
tion and supply of food
and civil supplies.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presides over a high level meet at Lok Bhavan on Thursday.
INFECTION TALLY CROSSES 6L MARK
CM Yogi to handover
‘Svamitva’ cards today
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
will virtually hand over
ownership cards under
Svamitva Scheme to ru-
ral house owners today
.
“The scheme apart
from eliminating prop-
erty disputes will prove
to be a milestone in
making people self-reli-
ant as with these own-
ership documents will
be able to avail loans to
start their own busi-
ness,” said the CM.
State government
has digitised records of
over 1.57 lakh houses of
more than 1000 villages
under the scheme. Own-
ership certificates to
rest of the people will
be distributed by dis-
trict officials.
The ‘Swamitva
Scheme’ along with an-
other flagship scheme
‘Varasat’ of Yogi gov-
ernment has been start-
ed to put an end to land
disputes in the rural
areas.
The property cards,
to be given to the vil-
lagers will enable
them to access bank
finance using their
property as collater-
al, and will also help
in keeping a record of
properties to get rid
of house ownership
issues.
For the effective im-
plementation of ‘Swa-
mitvaYojana’,launched
by the Central Govern-
ment, the Ministry of
Panchayati Raj of the
Centre and the state
government has al-
ready started survey in
all 75 districts of UP.
In the first phase, af-
ter conducting the sur-
vey of all existing hous-
es, their actual area and
the list of owners of the
houses will be pre-
pared. After this, the
ownership will be de-
clared after disposing
of all the objections.
DGP GETS ‘SHOT’
Director General of Police Hitesh Chandra Awasthy was administered the COVID-19 vaccine
at Medanta Hospital of Lucknow on Thursday.
Tech trainings start today
for Mins, MLAs and MLCs
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The stage is
set for our ‘netas’ (peo-
ples representatives)
trystwithtechnologyon
Friday to groom them
ahead of the paperless
budget to be presented
by CM Yogi Adityanath
on February 22.
“We will train the
ministers, MLAs and
MLCs in in two sessions
on a daily basis starting
today
, that may continue
till Sunday
.
The training will be
imparted in Tilak Hall
of Vidhan Bhawan from
10.30am,”saidPrincipal
Secretary Vidhan Sabha
JPSingh,overseeingthe
training.
There are 403 MLAs
and 100 MLCs, who
have already been
asked by the Yogi Gov-
ernment to purchase
Ipads priced not more
than Rs 50,000. The
money would be later
reimbursed to them.
Senior Vidhan Sabha
officials held a meeting
on Thursday to chalk
out the itinerary for the
training sessions.
“Lets see how many
members show up for
the e-training,” said an
official adding that the
sessionswillbeconduct-
ed by Nattional Infor-
matics Centre staff.
Apart from creating
their respective email
IDs and breifing them
about key security and
operational features of
Ipads, the ministers and
legislators will also be
shown how to access in-
formation on budget
and MLA online portal
and much more.
In 24 hrs, Abhyuday
site crosses 10L hits
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath’s
ambitious ‘Abhyuday
Coaching Scheme’ has
been lapped up by aspir-
ing youths in a big way
.
Within 24 hours of
the launch of the
scheme, the website
www.abhyuday.up.gov.
in has been flooded
with the visitors and
subsequent registra-
tion for the free coach-
ing classes.
More than 10 lakh
hits were recorded on
the website within a
day of its launch with
the number of registra-
tion reaching one lakh.
Half of the registra-
tions were done for Civ-
il Service Exam fol-
lowed by Civil Service
(main) , NEET and JEE.
About a thousand as-
pirants of them have
already cleared Civil
Service (main) exams
and are due to appear
for interview.
The interest is un-
derstandable as the
faculty for direct
counselling includes
a galaxy of big names
of state bureaucracy
like Chief Secretary
R K Tiwari, Agricul-
ture production Com-
missioner (APC) Alok
Sinha, Additional
Chief Secretary
(ACS), MSME and In-
formation Navneet
Sehgal, ACS, Chief
Minister S P Goyal,
Principal Secretary,
to CM Sanjay Prasad,
Principal Secretary,
Medical Education ,
Alok Kumar and Sec-
retaries to CM , Alok
Kumar and Surendra
Singh along withe
several other IAS, IPS
and PCS officers.
All the lectures and
complete study materi-
al covering the entire
syllabus of various ex-
aminations will also be
made available online.
CM Yogi looks forward to groom talents inadministrative fields.
CS reviews
Atal Schools
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Secre-
tary Rajendra Kumar
Tiwari chaired a meet-
ing to review the con-
struction of the Atal
Residential Schools.
He was apprised of
the fact that Atal Resi-
dential Schools are be-
ing constructed in 18
districts of the state
and will provide educa-
tion and boarding facil-
ity to orphans as well as
children of construc-
tion workers who are
registered under the Ut-
tar Pradesh Building
and Other Construction
Workers Welfare Board.
Atal Residential
schools will provide
education and boarding
facility to students from
class 6th to 12th and
will be constructed in
land area of 12 to 15
acres. The schools will-
be run by Uttar Pradesh
Building and Other
Construction Workers
Welfare Board while the
construction schools
will be overseen by Pub-
lic Works Department.
For the construction
of the Atal Residential
Schools were allocated
a fund of Rs. 180 Crores
in the financial year
2019-20 and as of first
installment of Rs. 10
Crore has been given
for the construction of
each school. A budget
of Rs. 270 Crore has
been allocated for Atal
residential schools.
Devotees gather to take a holy dip at Sangam, confluence of River Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati,
on Mauni Amavasya during the ongoing annual Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj. —PTI
Yogi on Feb 2 had
said that cabinet
will hold virtual
meets in future
DISTRICT WISE NO. OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
SLATED TO GET OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS
DISTRICTS : VILL. HOUSEOWNERS
Azamgarh. 46 3167
Kaushambi. 35 8987
Chitrakoot. 24 4414
Jalaun. 187 26275
Jhansi. 131 24565
Fatehpur. 48 7733
Banda. 36 9953
Mahoba 139 25100
Lalitpur 183 13442
Varanasi. 33 1404
Hamirpur 139 32204
Total : 1001 1,57,244

UTTAR PRADESH
03
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Additional
Chief Secretary, Micro
Small and Medium En-
terprises and Export
Promotion Navneet Se-
hgal said that in order to
increase exports from
UP, global online shows
of textiles and apparels,
carpet, rugs, leather
products, etc. would be
organised in coming
months besides five vir-
tual exhibitions. Also a
detailed export strategy
would be chalked out to
includeUP units inglob-
al supply chain.
Sehgal took the deci-
sion at a meeting of
Board of Directors of
UP Export Promotion
Council held at the Ex-
port Promotion Build-
ing. He said with the as-
sistance of EEPC India
in December 2020, 40
engineering units of UP
participated in ‘Access
Middle East Virtual
Expo’ along with Gulf
Cooperation Council
countries.
Also, in January a
7-day GI exhibition was
organised in Varanasi
district along with the
Federation of Indian
Chambersof Commerce
and Industries (FICCI).
In the exhibition GI
registered products of
different districts of the
state like Kalanamak
rice from Siddharthana-
gar, Kannauj perfume,
Firozabad glass prod-
ucts, Banarasi wooden
toys, Chandauli’s Man-
go Rice, Banarasi pink
Meenakari, Brocade
silk products, etc. were
putondisplayat50stalls
which was allotted free
to handicraft artistes
and producers.
Sehgal said the exhi-
bition would provide
new market for handi-
craft artistes and pro-
ducers besides open
new avenues for tradi-
tional arts of UP
.
This will lead to trade
promotion as-well-as
awareness about GI
products in general pub-
lic. The exhibition wit-
nessed business of
about Rs 3 crore.
Global online shows to promote exports from UP
HANDICRAFT BOOST
Strategy would be chalked out to include
UP units in int’l supply chain: Sehgal
ACS, MSME, Navneet Sehgal at the meeting of Board of Directors,
Export Promotion Council in Lucknow on Thursday.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Minister of
State for Food and Logis-
ticsDepartmentRanven-
dra Pratap Singh in a
pressconferencepraised
theDepartmentof Ferti-
lisers and Logistics for
havingundertakenlotof
work with transparency
with respect to distribu-
tion and procurement
system. He added devel-
opment works were be-
ing carried out under
various schemes
launched by the CM.
He informed 24 new
ration cards had been
distributed in the state
which was made under
the One Nation One Ra-
tionCardscheme.Inthis
scheme people living in
Delhi can avail ration
card in Mumbai.
He also praised his de-
partment officers who
have put in their hard
work so that ration card
is issued for everyone.
He mentioned people
holding job cards were
also being provided free
ration while migrant
workers as well as those
who are specially-abled
have also been issued ra-
tion card by running
various campaigns and
through these ration
cards they were provid-
ed with free rations.
Logistics dept gets
patfor‘transparency’
Police file charge
sheet in Bikru case
...Continued from Page 1
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh’s ambitious
plan to become a hub of
defence equipment
manufacturing has got a
shot in the arm with the
UP Defence Industrial
Corridor attracting a
whopping investment to
the tune of Rs 4,500
crore.
The corridor has at-
tractedfreshinvestment
intents worth Rs 4,500
crore at the Aero India
show,2021inBengaluru,
the state’s Industrial De-
velopment Minister Sat-
ish Mahana said on
Thursday
.
At the recently held
Aero India Show, Uttar
Pradesh Defence Indus-
trial Corridor fetched 13
fresh investment in-
tents. This included in-
tents for manufacturing
of defence ammunition,
combustible compo-
nents and ballistic mate-
rial, among others, Ma-
hana said.
The minister said the
Defence Industrial Cor-
ridor has planned over
5,000 hectares of land,
of which 3,796 has been
identified and a total of
1,369 hectares has been
acquired in Jhansi, Chi-
trakoot and Aligarh.
The defence node
land at Aligarh has al-
ready been sold out, al-
lotted to companies and
along with this we are in
the process of acquiring
additionallandforother
interested investors,
Mahana said.
The minister stressed
that the government has
been aggressively pur-
suing industrialisation
led development to gen-
erate new employment
opportunities and uplift
the economic condition
of its citizens.
Mahana said his de-
partment has estab-
lished an identity of its
own during the past 4
years by carrying out
reforms to bring trans-
parency in its working.
He said that seven
mega textile parks are
being planned and the
state government has
pitched in for two such
parks in Kanpur and
Gorakhpur.
As the Budget is rap-
idly promoting indus-
trial infrastructure in
the form of new elec-
tronics and leather
parks etc, the state gov-
ernment is also rapidly
developing such manu-
facturing hubs and clus-
ters, he added.
The government at-
tracted investment in-
tents for Rs 4.28L cr at
the UP investor summit
in 2018. Asaresultof the
diligent pursuance of
these,investmentsworth
Rs 2L cr are under active
stages of implementa-
tion, Mahana said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A division
reviewmeetingof devel-
opment works under the
chairmanship of Divi-
sional Commissioner
Ranjan Kumar took
place in Lucknow on
Thursday
. While review-
ing the Basic Education
Department, Kumar
said that the quality of
education in schools has
to be improved so that
quality education is pro-
vided to all students and
he directed that a block-
wise and school–wise
report should be pre-
pared for this. He added
that data has to be col-
lected by staff regard-
ing the reason why a
student has been con-
tinuously absent in
school. Once the issues
are identified, then the
senior officials should
try to resolve the issues.
While reviewing the
PM Kisan Samman Ni-
dhischemes,hedirected
the officials to conduct
camps in Gram Pan-
chayats so that the ben-
eficiaries whose data
has not been verified or
who are unable to bene-
fit from the scheme due
to error can rectify it.
Divisional Commis-
sioner Ranjan Kumar
during the meeting also
reviewed Health De-
partment as well as
various other develop-
ment works.
Industrial Development Minister Satish Mahana along with CS RK Tiwari addressing press at Lok Bhawan.
Divisional commissioner Ranjan Kumar chairing the review meet
UPgetsDefenceboostershotwith
`4,500-cr investment intents
UP Defence Industrial Corridor fetched 13 fresh investment intents at the B’luru air show
RS 2L-CR PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The police
have registered a case
against two miscreants
for sexually abusing a
graduation first year
boy when he refused to
follow their orders
while ragging in Dr
Shakuntala Mishra Na-
tional Rehabilitation
University here.
The boy alleged that
university administra-
tion did not heed to his
complaint and he had to
reach police for justice.
In the complaint, the
victim toldthe police
that seniors Satendra
Yadav and Akash Yadav
forced him to smoke
and when he refused
they thrashed him and
sexually abused him.
Amit Kumar Singh,
registrar Dr Shakunta-
la Mishra varsity here
said that complaint had
been received about the
ragging in the univer-
sity
. Anti-ragging cell is
investigating the mat-
ter and culprits will not
be spared.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Special Task
Force (STF) has arrest-
ed dreaded criminal
and member of Munna
Bajrangi and Aman
Singh Gang, Abhinav
Pratap Singh from
Chinhat area here.
Abhinav Pratap Sin-
gh, resident of Ayodhya
district was leading
gang of Aman Singh
and was involved in sev-
eral murder and kid-
napping cases of
Jharkhand. He was
shooter in Munna Ba-
jrangi gang and police
was searching him in
many cases.
Police sources here
said that acting on tip-
off STF team arrested
Abhinav near Matiyari
crossing in Chinhat
area. More than 12
criminal cases were
registered against Ab-
hinav under loot, kid-
napping and land grab-
bing charges.
ADG of police,
Jharkhand Murari Lal
Meena has announced
reward of Rs 50,000 for
STF team who arrested
the notorious criminal.
Senior boys
sexually abuse
grad student
during ragging
STF arrests
contract killer
of Munna
Bajrangi gang
Improve quality of edu:
DivCommissioner
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Around 2
lakh health workers
were vaccinated in
nearly 2000 sessions
on the first day of
vaccination of front-
line personnel in UP
on Thursday. ADG
Law and Order
Prashant Kumar got
vaccinated and ap-
pealed to frontline
personnel to cooper-
ate in the drive.
Till Wednesday
evening preparations
were made to vacci-
nate at 1,800 booths
and frontline person-
nel will be vaccinated
on February 12 and 18
also. CRPF personnel
in Thrissundi in Am-
ethi initially refused
to get vaccinated mak-
ing health team wait
for two hours. How-
ever, later they agreed.
It is reported that
DIG, CRPF wanted
Covishield vaccine
instead of Covaccine
but after some ef-
forts team received
permission to vacci-
nate CRPF person-
nel. In the district,
Superintendent of
Police Dinesh Singh,
ASP
, CO, Inspector
and jawans got vac-
cinated.
JEvaccinationcam-
paign will run in 38
districts wherein chil-
dren left out would be
vaccinated.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Pan-
chayati Raj department
has released the new
reservation policy for
the 2021 three-tier elec-
tion. According to Addi-
tional Chief Secretary
Panchayati Raj Manoj
Kumar Singh rotation
reservation has been
implemented in the pan-
chayat elections. A total
of 58,194 gram panchay-
ats have been formed in
826 blocks of the state
besides reservations
made in the reservation
policy from 1995 to 2015
have been taken into
consideration while
forming the new reser-
vation policy
.
The ACS said that res-
ervation would be im-
plemented in SC, OBC
and Women’s category
in view of previous elec-
tions besides the posts
which never had wit-
nessed reservation
would be given prefer-
ence. He said in entire
state two Zilla Panchay-
ats have not been re-
served for schedule cast
and OBC till date while
there were seven such
district panchayats,
whichwerenotreserved
for women.
He said that educa-
tion would not come in
way of elections and
Panchayat elections
would be held as before.
District-wise reserva-
tion and Zilla Panchayat
reservation would be
released at state level.
DM would publish pro-
posed list of reservation
done for the post of
Pradhans, Gram Pan-
chayat, Area and Dis-
trict Panchayat between
March 2 to 3.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A court has
declared Independent
MLA Aman Mani Trip-
athi as an absconder in
a kidnapping case as he
was not appearing dur-
ing the trial proceed-
ings for the past many
dates despite warrants.
Special MP-MLA
court judge P K Rai also
initiated
the pro-
cess to at-
tach his
property
in the case
as the
MLA from Nautanwa in
Maharajganj district
still did not turn up in
the court. The court
fixed March 4 as the
next date of hearing.
An FIR was lodged on
August 6, 2014, at Gau-
tam Palli police station
here against Tripathi
and others accused of
kidnapping a Gorakh-
pur businessman for a
ransom.
Tripathi was expelled
from the Samajwadi
Party in February for
alleged “anti-party” ac-
tivities.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Chaubeypur police have filed charge-
sheet in Bikru case and mentioned that police had
no clue that Vikas Dubey gang was prepared for
such retaliations. The charge-sheet explained the
incident whenthe gang started abusing police team
when they reached there.
Indiscriminate firing was opened on police team
by Dubey and his gang in which eight cops includ-
ing then DSP Devendra Mishra were killed. About
70 criminals had opened fire on police from three
directions and killed all policemen.
2 lakh health workers
vaxed on Thursday
Panchayati Raj dept releases new
reservation policy for 3-tier polls
ACS Panchayati Raj Manoj Kumar Singh and Director Kinjal Singh
addressing the Press at Lok Bhavan in Lucknow on Thursday.
Court declares MLA Aman
Mani Tripathi an absconder
Minister Ranvendra Pratap Singh, Department of Food Logistics
addressing a press meet along with Principal Secretary, Veena Kumari-
Food Logistics, Commissioner Manish Chauhan.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR

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PERSPECTIVE
04
or the last 25
years, revolu-
tions in com-
munication and
transportation
technologies have allowed
companies to create truly
global value chains. Those
processing raw materials
were linked up with manu-
facturers of inputs and
parts, which were in turn
linked to the companies
that assemble and package
final products, and then to
distribution channels ex-
tending to consumers
around the world.
In the two decades before
theCOVID-19pandemic,the
annual value of intermedi-
ate goods exported across
borders tripled, to more
than $10 trillion,giving rise
to an intricately choreo-
graphedproductionsystem.
But, because these global
networks have evolved to
reduce costs through maxi-
mum efficiency
, they can be
brittle, and sometimes will
snap under pressure.
Hence, every country in-
volved in the world’s pro-
duction networks must
understand its risk expo-
sure, and build more resil-
ience where it is needed.
For emerging economies
seeking to expand export-
oriented manufacturing,
the implications of this
global reckoning could be
far-reaching.
True, the pandemic has
not yet reshaped industry
footprints dramatically.
But that is not surprising:
global supply chains re-
flect economic logic, hun-
dreds of billions of dollars
of investment, and long-
standing supplier relation-
ships. Changing the geog-
raphy of production is not
easy when major multina-
tionals’ supplier networks
encompass thousands of
independent companies,
each with its own special-
ized contribution.
Still, as we have seen, far-
flung global supply chains
can be vulnerable to all
types of disruptions, from
natural disasters to cyber-
attacks and trade disputes.
The COVID-19 pandemic
drove home this point as it
forced manufacturers to
manage workforce health
and safety issues, planning
and logistical difficulties,
shortages of materials and
parts, unpredictable spikes
and drops in demand, and
cashflow problems.
Companies cannot as-
sume a return to smooth
sailing after the pandemic.
In a recent survey of sup-
ply-chain executives, the
McKinsey Global Institute
found that disruptions last-
ing a month or longer now
occur every 3.7 years, on
average, imposing steep fi-
nancial costs. Adjusted for
theprobabilityandfrequen-
cy of disruptions, compa-
nies can expect to lose more
than 40% of a year’s profits
every decade (based on a
model informed by the fi-
nancials of 325 companies
across 13 industries). More-
over, a single severe shock
causing a 100-day disrup-
tion could wipe out an en-
tireyear’searningsormore
in some industries. As we
have just learned the hard
way, events of this magni-
tude can and do occur.
With companies and gov-
ernments reassessing how
goods flow across borders,
somewillmaketargetedad-
justments to source goods
fromplacestheyperceiveas
less risky
. To understand
how such decisions might
play out, MGI examined the
feasibility of movement
based on industry dynam-
ics,aswellasthepossibility
that governments might in-
tervene to support the do-
mestic production of goods
they deem essential or stra-
tegic. All told, we estimate
that up to one-quarter of
globalgoodsexports–worth
$2.9-4.6 trillion annually –
couldfeasiblyshifttodiffer-
ent countries in the next
five years or so, though the
potential varies considera-
bly across industries.
For years, developing
countrieshavebeenadvised
thatcompetingsolelyonthe
basisof low-costlaborisnot
enough; they must boost
productivity
, develop the
skillsbase,andimprovepro-
duction quality
. And now,
this list will be expanded to
include resilience. Coun-
tries that want to maintain
their positions in global
value chains – or even cap-
ture a share of the produc-
tion that could be in play –
willneedtoassesstheirown
risk exposure and cultivate
thecapabilitiestowithstand
disruptions and recover
from them quickly
.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
Emerging economies have a new imperative
F
any have commented and
talked about the changes that
are being brought about and
others that need to be institu-
tionalised, in view of the
challenges and difficulties
thrown up by the Covid 19
pandemic and its unimagina-
ble threatening spread and
adverse effects across the
globe. It shook the world and
brought to a halt the normal
way of life. Now as we move
towards some betterment,
with vaccines giving the
world community a big ray
of hope, one of the most em-
phasised aspects is the need
for better health care. In this
context, the experts have
talked about not only treat-
ment and medical care but
also preventive and promo-
tive health. In my view, this
aspect deserves serious anal-
ysis not only because it re-
duces the need for treatment
but it is multi sectoral and
requires efficiency and effi-
cacy in the systems in Gov-
ernance, which includes the
government agencies, reput-
ed institutions, private sec-
tor, and above all understand-
ing and cooperation by the
people and society in general.
Immunity, as they say, is es-
sential to fight any illness and
infection and has been consist-
ently and overwhelmingly dis-
cussed as the Covid 19 infec-
tions spread. Immunity comes
from many things and espe-
cially from healthy food and
nutrition. Professionals and
scholars advise on what to eat,
when to eat and how to enjoy a
good healthy diet. However, to
achieve this, it is very essential
that the food that comes from
the farm to the table does not
have an excess of chemicals
that are hazardous for health.
There is no dearth of writings
and analysis on how fertilisers,
insecticides, pesticides, chemi-
cal ripening and colouring
agents are used indiscrimi-
nately in high doses to boost
quantity of production and ap-
pearances: but, as is well ana-
lysed such production of cere-
als, fruits, and vegetables are is
not at all conducive to our good
health. Rather, on the other
hand, they cause severe infec-
tions, illnesses, digestive disor-
ders and may also lead to cer-
tain types of cancers. Though
there are many Acts and rules
in place and Standards laid
down for production and mar-
keting of agriculture and food
products and processed foods,
yet their implementation is not
as efficacious as it ought to be.
The way out therefore seems to
be a people’s movement that is
not just based on demand for
organic foods but also for using
chemicals, where necessary,
within the prescribed and safe
limits. In this regard, the gov-
ernments and the private sec-
tor can join hands to set up a
large and spread out network
of testing laboratories on the
pattern of Medical testing lab-
oratories which are in large
numbers in towns and cities
and not very far in case of ru-
ral areas, and thus facilitate
testing of samples of foods by
households and consumers.
This setup, combined with
awareness about quality food,
will go a long way in improving
the preventive and promotive
aspects of health care.
Another aspect of preven-
tive health is clean and safe
drinking water. This has
been an integral part of pub-
lic policy from the very be-
ginning but still complete
safety and quality is yet to be
achieved. One of the many
problems is that the supply
of surface water coming
from rivers and dams often
gets polluted with drainage
water, sewerage, and sullage
and recourse has to be taken
to home-based filtering and
cleaning which adds to the
cost. Groundwater too gets
polluted with excess use of
chemicals. It is often seen
that even vegetables and
fruits are grown in such con-
taminated water areas lead-
ing to further health dam-
age. Polluted and contami-
nated water adds to our
many health woes and debil-
itates the body and extra ex-
penditures have to be in-
curred for medical treatment
and then income is lost from
not being able to work.
There are many other such
issues and actions like pollu-
tion-free air, regular exercises,
less stress at work, happy fam-
ily relationships, supportive
care that would boost our im-
munity
, well being, and health.
However the availability of
food and food products as per
the laid down standards and
clean and healthy drinking wa-
ter are crucial for our health.
Thus there is a crying need for
them to become part of a Peo-
ple’s Movement by the active
participation of people through
voluntary organisations, mo-
halla committees, and other
existing organisations, as well
as by undertaking more scien-
tific research and sharing of
those findings at diverse plat-
forms to create and increase
awareness. This will put suffi-
cient check and pressure on the
producers to strictly follow the
laid down standards and supply
quality items. It will also help
the Government agencies to en-
force the law as the consumers
and citizens would have forums
and platforms from where they
can raise their voice.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Preventive and Promotive Health
A Case for Peoples’ Movement
M
Immunity, as
they say, is
essential to fight
any illness and
infection and has
been consistently
and
overwhelmingly
discussed as the
Covid 19
infections spread.
Immunity comes
from many
things and
especially from
healthy food and
nutrition.
Professionals and
scholars advise
on what to eat,
when to eat and
how to enjoy a
good healthy diet
POLLUTED AND
CONTAMINATED WATER
ADDS TO OUR MANY
HEALTH WOES AND
DEBILITATES THE BODY
AND EXTRA
EXPENDITURES HAVE
TO BE INCURRED FOR
MEDICAL TREATMENT
AND THEN INCOME IS
LOST FROM NOT BEING
ABLE TO WORK
MEENAKSHI
HOOJA
The writer is a Retd IAS officer
and former Member, Central
Administrative Tribunal
CHARGED RAHUL ATTACKS
GOVT ON FARM LAWS
day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi
reiterated his stand on the three farm
laws and blamed “aandolanjeevi” for the
ongoing farmers’ agitation it was Rahul
Gandhi’s turn to take the floor in the Lok
Sabha on Thursday to take up the cause of farmers
and condemn the contentious laws. Defending the
farm laws in his reply to the motion of thanks to
the President’s address, the prime minister said
that their provisions were “optional” and not “com-
pulsory” as he renewed his offer for talks with
farmers. The prime minister had said that the Op-
position was spreading fear among farmers that
the laws will weaken the mandi system. Rahul Gan-
dhi on the other hand trashed the laws while reply-
ing to the “content and intent” of the new laws. The
first law he said would finish off mandis as it al-
lows unlimited purchase of foodgrains, vegetables,
and fruits from anywhere in the country
. The prime
minister, he said, “has given us options of unem-
ployment, hunger, and suicide”.
Rahul Gandhi opened the party’s attack with the
jibe that it is a government of Hum Do, Hamare
Do, an old slogan on family planning while refer-
ring to the prime minister and Home Minister
Amit Shah and two of the government’s favourite
industrialists. The Speaker reminded Rahul that
he was supposed to speak on the Budget after
which he began criticising the farm laws.
The Congress is extending its support to farm-
ers eyeing political gains in Uttar Pradesh which
goes to poll in 2022. Farmers are expected to play
a decisive role in western UP.
A
IN-DEPTH
INDIA’S TRIUMPH AT
PANGONG TSO
ndia and China began simultaneous dis-
engagement on the north and south
banks of Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh
after months of protracted impasse. The
significant part of the breakthrough is
that India has not made any concession to China.
The agreement was reached after at least nine
rounds of talks and after China realized that In-
dia’s resolve to defend its borders was unshakeable.
Both the sides “agreed to cease their forward de-
ployments in a phased, coordinated manner”, De-
fence Minister Rajnath Singh said in a statement
in the Lok Sabha. A similar announcement was
made by China. Tensions began to rise after China
occupied about 1000 km of India’s territory and
stops Indian troops to patrol up to the LAC. India
made a heavy deployment to prevent further trans-
gression. The situation turned explosive and ended
in a bloody clash at the Galwan Valley on the night
of June 15-16 last year in which 20 Indian soldiers
were killed when the People’s Liberation Army at-
tacked them with medieval-era weapons. The Chi-
nese side is said to have suffered heavier casualties.
As Chinese tanks began rolling back, they were
clearly not pulling back as victors. China must be
seething at the way India stared back and held its
own. India also struck at China’s business inter-
ests to force Beijing to come to the negotiating ta-
ble. The government stopped all Chinese compa-
nies, mainly its telecom giants, from operating in
India. Chinese companies were also barred from
participating in construction projects. The disen-
gagement is a victory of our military, diplomatic,
and efforts. India is no longer a pushover.
I
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things is the way to inner
peace. —Bhagavad Gita
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FARM LAWS IN INTEREST OF
FARMERS’: NITISH KUMAR
New Delhi: Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar on Thursday
met PM Modi. Speaking
to reporters post the
meeting, Kumar said
his party is with the gov
on the farmers’ issue
and that the Centre has
opted for the right path
by holding talks with the
farmer unions. Thousands
of farmers are protesting
on various Delhi borders
for more than two months
demanding the repeal of
the three laws, which they
find pro-corporate and
against the existing mandi
and MSP procurement
systems. However, the
government has rejected
these apprehensions
as baseless, though at
least 11 rounds of talks
have failed to end the
stalemate.
SUKHDEV SINGH VISITED
SINGHU BORDER, AFTER R-DAY
New Delhi: Sukhdev
Singh, an accused in
Republic Day violence
visited the Singhu
border after the
incident and later went
to Punjab, informed
Delhi Police sources.
He was one of the
prime accused who
participated in the 26
January violence at Red
Fort. “He was present
at the Red Fort till
around 10 PM on the
day of the violence and
went to Singhu border
late night,” informed
Delhi Police sources.
Delhi Police Crime
Branch had arrested
Sukhdev Singh.
ONE-YEAR LLM COURSE WILL
NOT BE SCRAPPED THIS YEAR
New Delhi: The Bar
Council of India (BCI)
on Thursday told
the Supreme Court
that its decision to
scrap the one-year
LL.M programme and
derecognise foreign
LL.M will be brought
into force only from
the academic year
2022-23. A Bench of
CJI SA Bobde recorded
the submissions
of BCI Chairperson
Manan Kumar Mishra
that decision to scrap
the one-year LL.M
programme will not
impact this academic
year and adjourned the
matter for four weeks.
PREZ ACCEPTS CREDENTIALS OF 5
ENVOYS IN VIRTUAL CEREMONY
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind
accepted the credentials
of five foreign envoys
in a virtual ceremony
on Thursday. The
Ambassador and High
Commissioners of El
Salvador, Panama,
Tunisia, United Kingdom
and Argentina presented
their credentials to
the President. Those
who presented their
credentials were,
Guillermo Rubio Funes,
Ambassador of Republic
of El Salvador; Yasiel
Alines Burillo Rivera,
Ambassador of Panama;
Hayet Talbi, Ambassador
of Tunisia; Alex Ellis,
High Commissioner of
the UK and Hugo Javier
Gobbi, Ambassador of the
Argentine Republic.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Thursday slammed the
Modi government over
the farm laws in the
Lok Sabha, citing the
family planning slogan
of 'Hum do, humare do'
to say that the laws will
benefit only select cor-
porates at the expense
of farmers.
“There was a slogan
for family planning
'Hum do, hamare do'.
Like corona comes back
in a different form, this
slogan has come back in
a different form. The
nation is run by four
people – 'Hum do
hamare do'. Everyone
knows their names.
Whose government is
it, of 'hum do, hamare
do',” he was quoted as
saying in the Lower
House amid uproar.
Yesterday, while ad-
dressing the House, PM
said that the Opposition
is talking about the agi-
tation, but not about the
content and intent of
farm laws. I thought I
should make him happy
today and speak on the
content and intent of
the laws, he said at the
outset of his address.
Rahul Gandhi alleged
that the new farm laws
brought by the govern-
ment will lead to “col-
lapse of mandi system,
allow unlimited hoard-
ing and prevent ag-
grieved farmers from
moving courts”.
Gandhi said he was
speaking on the “con-
tent and intent” of
three farm laws to
which PM Narendra
Modi had referred in
his speech on Wednes-
day
.
While treasury
benches and Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla asked
Gandhi to speak only on
the Budget, Gandhi said
he would continue to
speak on farmers.
“Yesterday while ad-
dressing the House, PM
said that the Opposi-
tion is talking about
the agitation but not
about the content and
intent of Farm Laws. I
thought I should make
him happy today and
speak on the content
and intent of the laws,”
he said. —Agencies
HUM DO, HUMARE DO: RAHUL
GANDHI SLAMS MODI GOVT
Like corona comes back in a different form, this slogan has come back
Rahul Gandhi addressing the House on the content and intent.
Uttarakhand: The
death toll in the Uttara-
khand glacier burst in-
cident has mounted to
34 and 204 persons are
still missing, informed
the State Secretariat on
Thursday
.
Out of the 34 recov-
ered dead bodies, 10
have been identified
while 24 of them are yet
to be identified.The
Secretariat reported
that the two persons
working in the Rishi
Ganga company in-
formed to be missing
before, have safely
reached their homes.
The rescue opera-
tions are underway in-
side Tapovan tunnel in
Chamoli. There is a
possibility that some
more people could be
stuck inside the tunnel,
National Thermal Pow-
er Corporation Limited
(NTPC) team using ver-
tical drilling to find
their whereabouts,
said Aparna Kumar,
Deputy Inspector Gen-
eral of Police (DIG) of
Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP).
The ITBP troops are
helping to construct
Jhula Bridge across
disconnected villages
in Chamoli. The bridge
will be used to trans-
port ration from one
side of the bridge to an-
other side.
A glacier broke in the
Tapovan-Reni area of
Chamoli district of Ut-
tarakhand, which led to
massive flooding.
UTTARAKHAND GLACIER TRAGEDY
Death toll rises to 34, 204
people still missing
New Delhi: Telangana
Congress leader Uttar
Kumar Reddy on Thurs-
dayslammedChief Min-
isterK Chandrashekar
Rao for comparing pro-
testors to dogs at an
event in Nalgonda on
Wednesdaysaiditwasa
new low in Indian de-
mocracy.
The MP from Nal-
gonda also alleged
that the Chief Minis-
ter had cheated the
people of the state and
demanded an apology.
There were some trib-
al women who had
come to the meeting to
express grievances
about podu (agricul-
tural) lands and want-
ed to submit a memo-
randum. In what must
be a new low in Indian
democracy, the elected
CM called them dogs
in a public meeting
and asked the police to
remove them, Reddy
told. —ANI
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral government on
Thursday cleared the
empanelment of 29 In-
dian Police Service of-
ficers to hold Director
General level or equiva-
lent posts across the
country in different de-
partments.
These officers are
from 1985, 1986, 1987 and
1988 batches. The em-
panelment of these of-
ficers for DG-level and
equivalent posts is con-
sidered by a Selection
Committee comprising
of the Principal Secre-
tary to Prime Minister,
the Cabinet Secretary,
the Home Secretary, the
Secretary (Personnel)
and the Director of In-
telligence Bureau.
Delhi Police Commis-
sioner Sachidanand
Shrivastava, a
1985-batch Arunachal
Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram
Union Territory (AG-
MUT) cadre officer, is
the seniormost officer
in the list, followed by
Pradeep Kapur, a
1986-batch Odisha cadre
officer.
Jammu Kashmir
Director General of Po-
lice Dilbagh Singh, a
1987-batch cadre officer,
and his batchmate San-
tosh Mehra of the
Andhra Pradesh cadre
are also in the list.
CONGRESS SLAMS
TELANGANA CM RAO
29 IPS
OFFICERS TO
HOLD DG-
LEVEL POSTS
New Delhi: India's
first-ever diesel tractor,
converted to Com-
pressed Natural Gas
(CNG), will be launched
by the Union Minister
for Road Transport and
Highways, Nitin Gad-
kari today.
The conversion, car-
ried out jointly by Raw-
matt Techno Solutions
and Tomasetto Achille
India, will help farmers
increase their income,
by lowering the costs
and help to create job
opportunities in rural
India. Union Ministers
Dharmendra Pradhan,
Narendra Singh Tomar,
Parshottam Rupala and
General (Retired) VK
Singh will also be
present. The most im-
portant benefit for the
farmer will be to save
more than one lakh
rupees annually on fuel
costs, read the release
by the Ministry of
Road Transport and
Highways.
Gadkari to
launch
India’s first
CNG tractor
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police’s Economic Of-
fences Wing has regis-
tered an FIR against
Haryanvi singer Sapna
Choudhary of alleged
misappropriation of
funds, cheating and
criminal conspiracy, of-
ficials said on Thursday
.
The FIR was regis-
tered as per a complaint
by Pawan Chawla, the
director of a firm en-
gaged in celebrity man-
agement and events.
According to the FIR,
She had a contract with
the company and she
was not allowed to work
with or join any other
company, however she
broke the contract and
collected money from
the complainant on
several occasions.
Case filed against Singer Sapna
Choudhary for cheating
Guwahati: A bench of
justices N V Ramana,
Surya Kant and Anir-
uddha Bose dismissed
Gogoi’s bail plea
The Supreme Court
denied bail on Thurs-
day to activist Akhil
Gogoi, who is lodged in
jail for his alleged role
in the violent anti-CAA
protests in Assam.
The bench, however,
told advocate that the
petitioner may ap-
proach the top court for
bailoncethetrialstarts.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Thurs-
day deferred to March 5,
the petition filed by the
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) seek-
ing its direction to
transfer the case from
Chhattisgarh to anoth-
er state, involving Chief
Minister, Bhupesh
Baghel, who is allegedly
involved in a sex CD
controversy
.
A bench of the apex
court deferred the hear-
ing to March 5.
SC rejects
activist Akhil
Gogoi’s bail
SC defers sex
CD case to
March 5
A HOLY SOJOURN
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra seen taking the oars and rowing a boat as she return after takes holy dip
in river Ganga at Sangam. She was accompainied by her daughter Miraya. —PHOTO BY ANI
ACTION AGAINST
FAKE NEWS
The nation is run by four people –
‘Hum do hamare do’. Everyone knows
their names. Whose government is it, of
‘hum do, hamare do’.
—Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader
Chamoli: The director of National Thermal Power
Corporation's (NTPCs) Tapovan hydropower pro-
ject - Ujjwal Bhattacharya on Thursday informed
that they have suspended drilling operation for a
time being as the water is coming in the tunnel in
which at least 30 people are feared to be trapped
inside. We had reached a distance of 6 meters
and then realised that water is coming there.”
DRILLING OPERATION SUSPENDED AS
WATER COMING IN TUNNEL
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Director-General
of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Thursday
informed that DNA samples of the bodies
recovered after the glacier burst incident
in Chamoli district are being preserved by
the state officials. We are preserving DNA
samples of the recovered bodies. Out of
total dead bodies recovered, we have so far
identified 10 bodies,” DGP Uttarakhand.
'DNA SAMPLES OF CORPSES
PRESERVED IN U'KHAND
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: E-com-
merce giant Amazon
on Thursday moved
the SC challenging
an order of the Delhi
HC allowing statuto-
ry authority, such as
National Company
Law Tribunal
(NCLT) to hear Fu-
ture Retail Limited's
(FRL) application
seeking approval to
complete its Rs 24,731
crore asset sale deal
with Reliance Retail.
Amazon has been
seeking enforcement
of an order of the
emergency arbitra-
tor at the Singapore
International Arbi-
tration Centre re-
straining FRL from
taking any steps to
transfer its retail as-
sets. On Amazon's
plea, HC ordered Ex-
change Board of In-
dia to maintain sta-
tus quo of assets sale
deal with Reliance.
Amazon challenges Future
Retail-RIL deal order in SC

INDIA
06
‘Nothing conceded’...
restore” the situation to
the one which existed
prior to the standoff
that erupted on May 5
last, adding the two
sides have agreed they
shouldachievecomplete
disengagement at the
“earliest” and abide ful-
ly by the bilateral agree-
ments and protocols.
“I would like this
House to join me in pay-
ing gratitude to our
armed forces who have
shown grit and resolve
under these extremely
harsh climatic condi-
tions of Ladakh which
has resulted in the pre-
sent agreement,” he
said. —Agencies
Refugees to...
Launching a scathing
attack on on West
Bengal Chief Minis-
ter Mamata Banerjee
and her nephew Ab-
hishek Banerjee,
Shah said the BJP’s
‘Parivartan Yatra’ in
the state was aimed at
ending corruption by
‘Bua-Bhatija’.
Cornering Mamata,
Shah said, “Mamata
didi keeps on quarrel-
ling with Modi ji, she
even quarrelled dur-
ing Subhash babu’s
program. It was Sub-
hash babu’s event,
you could have re-
frained from politics
there.” —ANI
EC to extend...
in the state for the up-
coming assembly elec-
tions,” Arora said.
The EC added that
the bypoll for the Kan-
yakumari parliamen-
tary constituency
would be held along
with 2021 Assembly
polls. The seat fell va-
cant following the de-
mise of Congress MP H
Vasanthakumar.
Arora alongside
Election Commission-
ers Sushil Chandra and
Rajiv Kumar met the
representatives of nine
political parties who
had expressed their
opinion to conduct the
poll in a single-phase
and declare the results
two days from the poll-
ing date.
“We told political
parties that when polls
are conducted in more
than one state, count-
ing can’t be done in a
day or two as it be-
comes difficult for oth-
er states if one state’s
result is out. Some par-
ties had apprehension
about permitting per-
sons above 80 and disa-
bled people to cast bal-
lot votes. Some of them
want the elections to be
held in the last week of
April in view of festi-
vals, exams and other
factors, the EC will
keep these factors in
mind,” the CEC said.
—Agencies
Shocking! Maha...
seeking permission for
the use of aircraft “well
in advance” on Febru-
ary 2.
The office of the chief
minister was also in-
formed about it, the
statement said.
When asked about the
issue, Maharashtra
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
told reporters here he
had no clue and will be
able to comment after
gathering information.
However, the Opposi-
tion BJP in Maharash-
tra accused the state
government of being
“egoistic” and indulg-
ing in “childish acts”,
and demanded an apol-
ogy from the Shiv Sena-
led dispensation over
this.
According to the Raj
Bhavan statement, Ko-
shyari is scheduled to
preside over valedicto-
ry function of the 122nd
Induction Training
Programme of IAS of-
ficers at the Lal Baha-
dur Shastri National
Academy of Adminis-
tration at Mussoorie in
Uttarakhand on Friday
.
He was scheduled to de-
part from the Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj
International Airport
in Mumbai for Dehra-
dun at 10 am on Thurs-
day, the statement said.
Koshyari will travel to
Mussoorie from Dehra-
dun.
“Today, on 11th Febru-
ary 2021, the Honble
Governor reached the
CSIM Airport at 1000
hrs and boarded the
government plane.
However, the Honble
Governor was informed
that the permission for
the use of Government
Aircraft had not been
received,” the state-
ment said.
As directed by the gov-
ernor, tickets for Dehra-
dun were booked for the
governor on a commer-
cial aircraft leaving
Mumbai at 12.15 pm im-
mediately and accord-
ingly, he left for Dehra-
dun, it said.
Earlier, a source told
PTI, “Normally, gover-
nors do not wait for the
permission to come. He
sat in the aircraft. The
pilot then said the per-
mission was not given
yet.”
BJP leader and former
Maharashtra chief
minister Devendra Fad-
navis accused the state
government of being
“egoistic” and indulg-
ing in “childish acts”.
“The government
should understand that
it is insulting a consti-
tutional post,” he said.
FROM PG 1
‘AT FOREFRONT IN GLOBAL EFFORTS TO
FORGE DECISIVE RESPONSE TO COVID’
Prez Kovind said India is re-enforcing its reputation as “pharmacy of the world”
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Thursday said India has
been at the forefront in
the global efforts to
forge a decisive and co-
ordinated response to
COVID-19 to ensure col-
lective health and eco-
nomic well-being.
Addressing an event,
he said under the gov-
ernment of India’s vac-
cine maitri initiative,
highly affordable vac-
cines made in India
have already reached
several countries, re-
enforcing its reputa-
tion as the “pharmacy
of the world”.
The president accept-
ed credentials from Am-
bassador/High Com-
missioner from the Re-
public of El Salvador,
Panama, Tunisia, the
UK Argentine Repub-
lic in a virtual ceremo-
ny, as per statement is-
sued by Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
Kovind said India en-
joys warm and friendly
relations with all these
five countries and these
ties were deeply rooted
in a common vision of
peace and prosperity.
Kovind also thanked
their governments for
supporting India’s can-
didature for the non-
permanent seat of the
UN Security Council for
the term 2021-22, the
statement said.
A health worker takes an Antigen test of passengers arriving from Gujarat in Mumbai on Thursday.
No Covid death reported in 17
states, UTs in last 24 hrs: Govt
New Delhi: The minis-
try informed that 17
states and UTs includ-
ing Telangana, Gujarat,
Assam, Haryana, Odis-
ha, Uttarakhand,
Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Lakshadweep, Ladakh,
Sikkim, Manipur, Mizo-
ram, Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Tripu-
ra, Arunachal Pradesh
and Daman and Diu,
have not reported any
Covid death in the last
24 hours.
India as on Thursday
,
has reported 12,923 new
infections and 108 more
deaths from novel coro-
navirus. The case tally
has mounted to
1,08,71,294 while the
Covid-19 death toll in
the country has in-
creased to 1,55,360, the
data by the Health Min-
istry showed.
RT-PCR test must for Maharashtra
bound travelers from Kerala
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra government
has made RT-PCR test
mandatory for travel-
ers from Kerala, which
has been reporting a
high number of COV-
ID-19 cases, to check
the spread of the viral
infection in the west-
ern state. Kerala’s ac-
tive cases touched
64,390 on Wednesday,
the highest in the
country
. The southern
state also reported
5,980 fresh COVID-19
cases on Wednesday
.
New Delhi: DMK
member Dayanidhi
Maran said that PM
Modi should take a
COVID vaccine shot in
public as such a move
will give confidence to
people since many are
not trusting the vac-
cine. Participating in
the discussion on Un-
ion Budget 2021-22 in
Lok Sabha, he said
that apart from PM,
President, home min-
ister defence minis-
ter should take vac-
cine shots in public.
PM should take vax in public, it will
give confidence to people: DMK Leader
BJP values consensus,
doesn’t believe in political
untouchability: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi as-
serted today that the
BJP does not believe in
political untouchabili-
ty and values consen-
sus in running the
country, as he noted
that his government
has bestowed state hon-
ours on even the ruling
party’s political rivals
to acknowledge their
service to the nation.
Addressing Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
MPs at an event to mark
the 53rd death anniver-
sary of Deendayal
Upadhyay, a party ideo-
logue who had founded
its progenitor Jana
Sangh, PM Modi said
the party always puts
“rashtraneeti” (nation)
above “rajneeti” (poli-
tics) and gives respect to
even its political rivals.
In this context, he
said the current govern-
ment has honoured for-
mer president and Con-
gress stalwart Pranab
Mukherjee with Bharat
Ratna and noted that
Padma awards were
given to former Assam
chief minister Tarun
Gogoi and former Naga-
land chief minister SC
Jamir, both from the
grand old party
.
PM Modi noted that
he had said in Parlia-
ment that a government
may run with majority
but the nation runs
with consensus. —ANI
PM Narendra Modi on the occasion of 53rd Death Anniversary of Pt.
Deen Dayal Upadhyay in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Petrol, diesel prices hiked for third
successive day, scale new highs
New Delhi: With the
petrol and diesel prices
surging to new highs on
Thursday
, people across
cities have raised the
demand to the govern-
ment to find out ways to
reduce the prices.
“There is 70 per cent
tax on petrol and diesel
in the form of cess, ex-
cise, and value-added
tax (VAT). I urge govt to
reduce excise duty on
petrol, diesel and also
reduce some VAT to
make diesel and petrol
prices reduce according
to the budget of the
common person. Sales
of petrol and diesel are
also affected due to
price increase. The gov-
ernment should bring
petrol and diesel under
GST (Goods and Ser-
vices Tax) so that the
prices will be under
control,” said All India
Petroleum Dealers As-
sociation President
Ajay Bansal in Noida.
Petrol price close to Rs
88-mark in Delhi, Diesel
near Rs 85-level in Mum
New Delhi: Petrol
price in the national
capital closed in on re-
cord 88 per litre mark
while diesel neared Rs
85 in Mumbai after
rates across the country
were hiked for the third
day in a row.
Petrol price was in-
creased by 25 paise per
litre and diesel by 30
paise a litre, according
to a price notification
of state-owned fuel re-
tailers.
Women helpline received 2.47
lakh calls during Lockdown: Govt
P Chidambaram slams budget as
‘for the rich, of the rich, by the rich’
New Delhi: The Con-
gress tore into the gov-
ernment in the Rajya
Sabha for presenting a
“disappointing” budg-
et, with former Finance
Minister P Chidambar-
am describing it as a
“budget for the rich, of
the rich by the rich”
that is meant for only
“1% of India’s popula-
tion that controls 73%
of country’s wealth”.
The Congress leader
lashed out at the ruling
dispensation, charging
it with “incompetent
economic manage-
ment”. Mr Chidambar-
am claimed, “The sub-
text is, this is a budget
for the rich, of the rich
and by the rich.... There
is nothing for the poor
people of India, who
continue to suffer....
This is a budget for
those 1% who control
73% of India’s wealth.”
New Delhi: Over 2.47
lakh phone calls were
registered by the gov-
ernment’s women hel-
pline from April to June
last year when the
country was under
lockdown due to the
coronavirus pandemic,
the Women and Child
Development Ministry
said on Thursday
.
From March 25, 2020,
till May 31, 2020, the
country was under
complete lockdown due
to COVID-19, and the
unlock procedure was
started from June 2020.
In a written response
to a question in Rajya
Sabha, Women and
Child Development
Minister Smriti Irani
said the scheme of
‘’Universalisation of
Women Helpline
(WHL)’’ through toll-
free number 181 is op-
erational in 33 states
and Union Territories.
“As per the informa-
tion received from
states/UTs, during the
period between April
2020 to June 2020, over
2.47 lakh calls were reg-
istered in WHLs,” she
said.
The helpline aims to
provide emergency and
non-emergency referral
information service
to women affected by
violence and in distress.
The WHLs work in
coordination with the
One-Stop Centres
(OSC) established in
700 districts across the
country.
Prevent BJP
from coming to
power: Mamata
West Bengal: The West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Thursday urged people
not to allow the BJP to
come to power in West
Bengal and let the state
live in peace. Banerjee,
also the Trinamool
Congress supremo,
claimed that her party
will continue to rule
the state.
“Let Bengal live in
peace. The BJP should
not be allowed to come
to power in the state. I
appeal to all to protect
the honour of Bengal,”
she said at an event in
Kolkata
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral government has
conveyed to Twitter of-
ficials that the manner
in which the social me-
dia giant officially al-
lows fake, unverified,
and automated bot ac-
counts to be operated on
its platform, raises
doubts about its com-
mitment to transparen-
cy and healthy conver-
sation on the platform.
The Ministry of Elec-
tronics and Informa-
tion Technology in a
press release revealed
that the Ministry’s Sec-
retary, in a virtual in-
teraction with Twitter
officials, expressed his
deep disappointment to
Twitter leadership
about the manner in
which it has unwilling-
ly, grudgingly and with
great delay complied
with the substantial
parts of the order.
Centre raises concern over
Twitter’s unverified information
588 CBI cases
pending for
investigation
New Delhi: 588 regular
cases were pending in-
vestigation for over a
year by CBI as on De-
cember 31, 2020. “As on
31.12.2019, CBI had 711
numberof regularcases
pending investigation
for over a year; whereas,
the figure of such cases
as on 31.12.2020 was
588,” Minister of State
for Personnel Jitendra
Singh said. —ANI
—PHOTO
BY
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‘EXCEPTIONAL’
BABU!
Can Babus do
everything? PM
Narendra Modi’s barb
has created a flutter
among the members
of the steel frame
here in Uttar Pradesh.
Even as the issue is
being discussed in
hushed tones here in
officialdom, there is one
‘babu’, a former one,
to be precise, who did
seems to have achieved
for people of his region
(Purvanchal - Eastern
UP) what none of his
peers or politicians
could do in decades
- start a special train
service.
Yes, he is none other
than PM Modi’s one-
time close aide, AK
Sharma aka ‘Bharat.’
A newly-elected BJP
MLC now, this native of
Mau in Eastern UP, had
petitioned Union Railway
Minister Piyush Goyal
with the long-pending
demand of the people
of his region for a direct
rail service to New Delhi.
And lo behold! The
Union Railway Minister
promptly conceded the
request.
The first special train
service between Mau-
Anandvihar-New Delhi is
scheduled to commence
from February 14. “A
great gift to Purvanchal.
Thanks to him (Goyal)
and the Prime Minister!
I will remain personally
remain present at Mau
with the people of the
area on the occasion,”
Sharma tweeted to
express his gratitude.
—M Tariq Khan
NEW CIC
APPOINTMENT
RAISES
QUESTIONS
Q uestions are being
raised over the
appointment of the
new Chief Information
Commissioner of UP.
The appointment of
Bhavesh Kumar Singh
has raised confusion
regarding the seniority
of two other officers
who are apparently
senior to Bhavesh
Kumar Singh, one such
officer is a former IAS
officer and the other
one is a former IPS
officer.
According to the RTI
Act, to be appointed
in the Information
Commission as the
State Chief Information
Commissioner or the
State Information
Commissioner, he/
she should not have
any relation to his/
her pervious service
where they served
on their appointment
as Commissioner.
So the appointment
of SCIC or SIC is a
fresh assignment and
thus the question of
seniority is absurd
if he is appointed to
the Commission from
another service or
cadre. Another point is
that, seniority comes
into the picture only in
same cadre or service.
Thus the question
of seniority in the
Commission can arise
between current as well
as previous Information
Commissioner’s but as
far as CIC is concerned,
there is only one
post in Information
Commission. As per the
RTI Act the SCIS is the
Administrative Head of
the Commission.
Practically speaking,
any officer who has
joined the service before
another officer will feel
uncomfortable to work
under an officer who
is a junior. In such a
situation, it is up to the
officer to relieve himself
from the position as the
appointment of SCIS
is done by the CM’s
Committee only after
the fulfillment of all the
legal Criteria.
—Shishir Awasthi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as UP
government’s budget-
ary allocation for the
overall development of
Ayodhya is set to in-
crease in forthcoming
state budget against pre-
sent funding of around
`600 crore under cur-
rent fiscal, the Ram Jan-
mabhoomi Teertha Kse-
htra Trust, tasked for
theconstructionof Ram
Temple, has succeeded
in collecting around
`1000 crore during the
last 25 days of country-
wide fund collection for
the project.
Trust general secre-
tary Champat Rai said it
was an estimated figure
as final tally would be
available after Feb 28
when one-and -half
month long fund collec-
tion drive comes to end.
Rai also expressed
satisfaction over the
drive through 1.50 lakh
teams throughout the
country
. Dr Anil Mishra
of the trust said mass
contact plan was aimed
at approaching 11 core
families in the country
.
CM Yogi wants to devel-
op Ayodhya as world
class religious tourist
spot. He has also as-
sured of no paucity of
the fund for this pur-
pose. Tata Consultancy
and Design Associates
of Noida have also been
engaged for the project.
Ayodhya Development
Authority has however,
engaged a Canadian or-
ganisation for city devel-
opment. Temple trust
would, however, develop
entire 70 acres around
the temple. In the cur-
rentfinancialbudgetthe
government had allocat-
ed around `600 cr, which
included the expansion
of Ayodhya airport,
beautification of city
and renovation of Tusli
Samarak Bhawan.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The interro-
gation of Jagga, a Pro-
Khalistani terrorist ar-
restedfromJankipuram
Sector-C, Lucknow by
officers of Lucknow Po-
lice Commissionerate
and Amritsar State Spe-
cial Operation Cell has
revealed that he had
purchased 20 state-of-
the-art pistols, huge
quantities of ammuni-
tion and other materials
from Madhya Pradesh
to create havoc in sev-
eral states of India with
the help of funding from
foreign countries. He
had made these pur-
chases months ago and
has already delivered
some of them to his
agents.
Jagga’s associate Jag-
roop Singh who was ar-
rested by Amritsar po-
lice had in his posses-
sion 5 pistols while Jag-
ga had sold 3 pistols to
the partner of one if his
jailed agent Jasveer Sin-
gh. Inspector Parmind-
er Singh of Amritsar
State Special Operation
Cell who is Lucknow
said that Baljeet Singh
who is an accomplice of
Jagga and is currently
lodged in Amritsar Jail.
It expected that investi-
gation of Baljeet Singh
will reveal more facts
related to Jagaa and his
network. The police and
the Intelligence depart-
ment is also setting up
plans to uproot all of
Jagga’s network in the
country
.
Baljeet Singh was an
important link to Jag-
ga’s network as he was
the one who was respon-
sible for getting funds
from people sitting in
Canada, USA and Ger-
many
. The arrest of
Baljeet had put spanner
in the work of Jagga,
who started to feel the
pinch. So the interroga-
tion of Baljeet is sure to
throw light to the links
of terror funding and
many more things.
Proposed Ram Temple
Jagdev Singh in police custody
Blessings In Bounty: Temple
Trust gets `1K cr in 25 days
CM assured of no paucity of funds for making Ayodhya as world class religious tourist place
Jagga purchased 20 pistols,
ammunition from MP
ALL EFFORTS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Akshay Ku-
mar’s upcoming film
‘Bachchan Pandey’ will
beshotinUttarPradesh.
The movie consists of
the star cast of Kriti Sa-
non, Jacqueline Fer-
nandes, Arshad Warsi,
Pankaj Tripathi and
Prateek Babba all play-
ing important roles.
Initially the movie
was being shot in Jais-
almer but after certain
hiccups the producers
of the movie have de-
cided to shoot the re-
maining part in UP
. The
movie which is directed
by Farhard Samji is slat-
ed to be released on Jan-
uary 26, 2022.
The film stars Akshay
Kumar in the lead as a
gangster who wants to
become an actor while
Kriti Sanan plays a jour-
nalist who wants to be-
come a director.
While the movie is
planned to be released
in 2022, the movies pho-
tos and videos which
were leaked in the so-
cial media has caused a
lot curiosity among
people.
Bachchan Pandey’s
team is currently in
Jaisalmer, where the
film is being shot. The
movie was supposed to
shot at places like
Gadisar Lake and Jais-
alkot in Rajasthan. The
films lead actors Ak-
shay Kumar and Kriti
Sanon pictures with
MBN school staff and
students have surfaced
online.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: As soon even-
ing falls, the silent
streets of Kanpur are
raided by the bike-
borne youths who per-
form stunts on their
bikes. The youths on
bike are not the ones to
care about people’s life
but only worry about
speeding. The dangers
posed by these gangs of
youth were evident of
Wednesday as two peo-
ple were killed due to
these gangs.
These gangs are in-
volved in performing
stunts as well as speed-
ing and pose serious
threat to the general
public. People who sur-
vive such accidents find
it difficult to return
back to their normal life
with proper functioning
of limbs. These gangs
can be seen hitting the
streets of Ganga Bar-
rage, Bhaunti Ruma
Flyover, Swaroop Nagar,
VIP Road, Motijheel,
Sanjay Forest Road and
other major locations in
the evening.
Various awareness
campaigns by the police
have not had any impact
on these miscreants, as
these miscreants man-
age to out-speed the traf-
fic police. The shocking
fact is that the youths
are at times accompa-
nied by girls.
Theseyouthsperform
stunts after watching
videos of the stunts in
internet and they cap-
ture videos of them-
selves doing stunts like
burnouts, wheelies and
upload in the social me-
dia. The girls who ac-
company such youths
can also be seen per-
forming stunts along
with them.
First India Bureau
Shahjahanpur: Some
miscreants attacked on
police team in Kalan
town here when police
reached there on com-
plaint of molestation
of a minor girl.
It was second such
attempt when police-
men were thrashed by
goons while perform-
ing their duties.
Police sources said
that Devi Jagran was
organised in town near
Badaun-Farukhhabad
road near the market.
Some drunken miscre-
ants tried to molest a
10-year-old girl in pan-
dal during Jagran.
When girl resisted
and informed her par-
ents they thrashed her
parents also. After in-
formation sub-inspec-
tor Pankaj Chaudhary
reached at the spot with
force. But the criminals
attacked on police team
also in which SI Pankaj
got injured.
The police team im-
midietly called for back-
up and within no time
police force from nearby
police stations reached
at the spot and arrested
the miscreants. Police
have arrested five ac-
cused and interrogating
them. An FIR was regis-
tered against culprits
and actions were being
taken against them.
JaisalmersettobesetinUPfor
Akshay’s‘BachchanPandey’
Cops thrashed by goons, five detained
‘Fast and Furious’:Unruly Knp
youths set the roads on rage
Akshay Kumar’s Bachchan Pandey will be released in January next.
First India Bureau
Unnao: Panic triggered
in the area after par-
tially burnt body of a
woman was found in a
room in Alamnagar
area near Poni road un-
der Gangaghat police
station. After informa-
tion police reached at
the spot and sent the
bodies for post-mortem.
Police said the wom-
an was identified as
Babli alias Anjali aged
35years.Afterinvestiga-
tion it was revealed that
Akhilesh Nishad, her
husband torched her
over speculations of il-
licit relationship. Akh-
ilesh was arrested with-
in few hours.
During interrogation
Akhilesh confessed to
his crime and said he
had doubt that it was
not his baby
. It was also
reported that Akhilesh
had beaten her badly
before torching her.
A woman in surround-
ing saw a dog with hu-
man hand and she fol-
lowed it. When she saw
the partially burnt
body of pregnant wom-
an, she informed the
police. With the help of
forensic team and dog
squad police revealed
that husband of the de-
ceased had committed
the crime.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A woman
committed suicide with
her daughter by jump-
ing in front of moving
train near Harda village
on Thursday morning.
Police have sent the
bodies for post-mortem
and initiated the investi-
gations. Police sources
said that deceased wom-
an was identified as Ra-
jrani (40) and girl was
identified as Puja (18).
Rajrani was wife of
Suresh Raidas. Initial
investigations revealed
that Puja’s marriage
was fixed and her fiancé
used to come to her
house frequently which
caused tension in the
family
. Rajrani and Puja
left the house in the
morning without in-
forming anyone.
Man torches
pregnant wife
over suspicion
of infidelity
Girl, mother
jump before
train, die
Cyber thugs siphon off `92 lakh
from NHM account in Sonbhadra
First India Bureau
Sonbhadra: Cyber
criminals have tar-
geted on accounts
of National Health
Mission (NHM) and
siphoned off about
Rs 92 lakhs in three
months’ time.
Cyber crime cell
has registered the
case and initiated the
investigations.
During investiga-
tion it was revealed
that cyber thugs
have made 71 trans-
actions in 20 ac-
counts in three
months. NHM has
four different ac-
counts for payments
of reimbursements,
and other schemes.
They have hacked all
accounts. When ac-
countant Tauhiq Ah-
mad reviewed ac-
counts he found that
several transactions
were not done by the
department.
It was second such
attempt when policemen
were thrashed by goons
while performing their
duties.

Of course, it makes a difference
where you came from but
what really matters is where
you are going.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor, First India
08
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In March
2010, as Mayawati
thundered before
lakhs of supporters
at a political rally in
Ramabai Maidan
here, with the crowd
chanting slogans of
‘Jai Bheem’ in re-
sponse, a swarm of
bees came out from
nowhere and de-
scended on her.
The crowd was
stunned seeing the
bees hovering over
Mayawati, but the lead-
er of the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party stood her
ground and declared
that the bees were a
blessing from heaven.
But this belligerence is
no longer to be seen,
say political observers.
Mayawati, a leader
known to take a fight
head-on, has now gone
into a shell. While cele-
brating her 65th birth-
day on January 15, the
four time CM of Uttar
Pradesh declared that
the BSP would go alone
in next state assembly
elections, scheduled to
be held in early 2022.
In the 2014 LS polls,
the BSP had failed to
win even a single seat.
For the 2019 LS elec-
tions, an alliance with
the Samajwadi Party,
once considered its
arch-rival, helped the
BSP win ten seats. But
a month after the re-
sults, Mayawati had
called off the alliance.
Since then, many of
the political positions
she has taken appear to
favour the ruling BJP.
The question common-
ly being asked in UP is:
will Mayawati overtly
or covertly support the
BJP in the next elecion?
Farmers’ protests
Since January 28, the
protests against Modi
government’s three
farm laws have taken
western UP by storm,
with leaders from sev-
eral Opposition parties
visiting the Ghazipur
to express their sup-
port. But BSP leaders
have stayed away so far.
Article 370
In August 2019,
Mayawati took every-
one by surprise with
her stand on the abro-
gation of Article 370 of
the Constitution, which
granted special status
to Jammu and Kashmir
Triple Talaq bill
In July 2019, the BSP
had indirectly sup-
ported the BJP by ab-
staining from voting
on the Triple Talaq bill
in Parliament.
RS elections
In November 2020,
elections were held for
10 Rajya Sabha seats
from UP. After the elec-
tions, Mayawati de-
clared that her party
was even willing to go
with the BJP to defeat
the SP’s candidates.
Many believe Mayawa-
ti has toned down her
stance on the BJP to
buy reprieve in the
cases being investigat-
ed by central agencies.
Mayawati’s reported
proximity with the
BJP has sparked spec-
ulation over whether
the BSP might enter
into a pre-poll alliance
with the ruling party.
The BSP had formed a
coalition with the BJP
in 1995, 1997 and 2002.
But a pre-poll alliance
between the two par-
ties in the 2022 assem-
bly election is unlikely,
say analysts.
In the event of an al-
liance, “Mayawati will
risk losing all her
Muslim votes,” said
Pradhan. “The BJP
will benefit more if
she fights alone and
cut off the opposi-
tion’s Muslim vote.”
CM Yogi Adityanath and BSP supremo Mayawati
Maya’s overtures veer onto BJP, as
BSP supremo loses clout in UP politics
The former four-time CM of the state has been seen to side with the BJP on several issues in recent times
DALITS DESERTED BSP FOR BJP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Vijay
Yatra led by BJP state
president K Surendran
will begin on February
21, a day later than
what was planned ear-
lier. The date has been
rescheduled to suit the
convenience of UP
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath who will
inaugurate the yatra in
Kasaragod.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah is ex-
pected to inaugurate
the public meeting
marking the culmina-
tion of the yatra in the
state capital on March
7, BJP state general
secretary and yatra
convener MT Ramesh
said. Though the de-
tailed itinerary of the
15-day yatra is being
worked out, it will pass
through more than
half of the constituen-
cies in all districts,
party sources said. For
instance, in Thiru-
vananthapuram dis-
trict, the yatra will
cover eight of the 14
constituencies.
“Two days have been
earmarked for Thiru-
vananthapuram as the
party expects improved
results from the district
this time. Of the two
days in Thiruvanan-
thapuram, the first day
will be exclusively for
constituencies falling
under Attingal parlia-
mentary segment,
where the party per-
formed exceptionally
well in the recent elec-
tions,” said a source.
CM Yogi to flag off Vijay
Yatra from Kasaragod
CM Yogi Adityanath
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Four sen-
ior IAS officers from
state bureaucracy
would head for Cen-
tral government dep-
utation before the as-
sembly elections in
2022.
These four senior IAS
officers from state se-
lected for the Central
deputation are part of
the total 40 IAS officers
empanelled by cabinet
committee from all over
the country for Central
government posting.
The first of the four
senior officers is Shashi
Prakash Goyal who is
presently serving as
Chief Minister’s Addi-
tional Chief Secretary
considered to be one of
the most powerful
officer in present UP
Government.
Goyal is a
1989-batch IAS offic-
er who presently
apart from being ACS
of CM also holds
charge of Civil Avia-
tion, State Protocol
and Additional Resi-
dent Commissioner.
Another senior bu-
reaucrat set to head for
Central government
posting is Devesh
Chaturvedi who also is
a 1989-batch officer and
presently holds charge
of ACS Agriculture,
Agriculture Education
besides all departments
associated with agri-
culture.
The third officer is
also a 1989 -atch senior
IAS Sanjay R Bhoosred-
dy, who presently holds
charge of ACS Sugar
Industries, Invest Com-
missioner, Excise Com-
missioner and Cane.
These three officers of
1989 batch are present-
ly ACS of important
department in UP who
have charge of many
departments. Further
the fourth officer is
Jiwesh Nandan of 1987
batch who is presently
Joint Secretary De-
fence in Government
of India. His promo-
tion could not be done
due to technical rea-
sons but now through
approval of Central
cabinet has been made
secretary.
Four IAS officers to go on central deputation before assembly polls
BIGGER ROLE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Central
Government has filed a
transfer petition in the
Supreme Court seeking
transfer of cases pend-
ing in different High
Courts for regulation of
Over The Top (OTT)
platforms like Netflix,
Prime Video etc., to the
Supreme Court.
The move is signifi-
cant as it comes amidst
various indications giv-
en by the Centre that it
will bring guidelines to
regulate the content
streamed in OTT plat-
forms, which are out-
side the regulatory
framework of the Cen-
tral Board of Film Cer-
tification under the Cin-
ematograph Act.
It was on December 20
last year that the trans-
fer petition was filed
through the Secretaries
of the Ministries of In-
formation Broadcast-
ing, Electronics Infor-
mation Technology and
Law Justice.
On February 9, a di-
vision bench of Justic-
es S Abdul Nazeer and
Sanjiv Khanna issued
notice to the respond-
ents on the petition and
listed the matter on
March 23 by tagging it
with another pending
petition filed by an
NGO named ‘Justice
For Rights Foundation’
seeking the regulation
of OTT platforms. ‘Jus-
tice For Rights Founda-
tion’ filed a Special
Leave Petition in the
Supreme Court after
the Delhi High Court
had dismissed its peti-
tion saying that OTT
regulation was a legis-
lative exercise.
Presently, the High
Courts of MP, Alla-
habad, and Punjab
Haryana are consider-
ing petitions seeking
regulation of OTT plat-
forms.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Seven IAS
officers were arrest-
ed for corruption in
the last three years
and a total of 340
non-performing gov-
ernment officers
were prematurely re-
tired by the govern-
ment in the past six
years, Minister of
State for Personnel
Jitendra Singh in-
formed the Parlia-
ment on Thursday.
In a written reply to
a question in the Rajya
Sabha, Singh said, “As
per information re-
ceived from 27 state
governments/Union
Territories, seven of-
ficers belonging to In-
dian Administrative
Service have been ar-
rested for corruption
during the last three
years.”
According to infor-
mation received from
the Ministry of
Home Affairs, one
IPS officer serving
under the Uttar
Pradesh government
was found involved
in a criminal case
during the period
from September 2020
till date, Singh said.
“The said IPS officer
has been placed under
suspension and disci-
plinary proceedings
have also been initiated
against him by the
state government,” he
added.
Priyankatakesholydip
inSangamonMauni
Amavasya,performspuja
‘7 IAS, one UP IPS officer
held for graft in 3 years’
Govt seeks transfer of OTT cases from HCs to SC
HOLY OBEISANCE
Priests performing oil lamp evening Aarti prayers near the banks of river Ganges ahead of
the Mauni Amavasya festival during Magh Mela, in Prayagraj on Wednesday.
IAS Shashi Prakash Goyal IAS Devesh Chaturvedi IAS Sanjay R Bhoosreddy Jiwesh Nandan
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Congress
general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra, on Thursday,
took a holy dip at
the Sangam in Alla-
habad on Mauni
Amavasya and per-
formed a puja.
The Congress lead-
er, who arrived in
Lucknow in the morn-
ing, reached the
Sangam, a confluence
of the Ganga, Yamu-
na and mythical
Sarswati river, for tak-
ing the holy dip and
participation in the
puja, Congress media
convener Lalan Ku-
mar said. She was ac-
companied by her
daughter and Con-
gress MLA Aradhana
Misra, party sources
said.
While returning
from the Sangam, she
was seen assisting a
boatman in rowing.
The Congress leader
also visited the Anand
Bhawan where she in-
teracted with chil-
dren from an orphan-
age. She also offered
flowers at the place
wheremortalremains
of her great grandfa-
ther and India’s first
prime minister Pt
Jawaharlal Nehru
were kept before be-
ing immersed in the
Sangam.
The Anand Bhawan
had been the Nehru
family’s residence in
the past but it has now
been converted into a
museum, showcasing
India’s Independence
movement. Priyanka
Gandhi, who was in
Saharanpur on
Wednesday to address
a farmers’ rally, has
lately been making ef-
forts to revive the
party’s support base
in Uttar Pradesh be-
fore the assembly
elections next year.
Priyanka takes holy dip in Sangam on Mauni Amavasya, performs puja.
7 IAS TRANSFERRED

t’s the season of ex-
pressions and we
love to express our-
selves in our best ca-
pabilities, the love
we share with our-
selves or our beloved!
And as you move out to take
on the exciting thrill of the
day, you wonder if it would
appear a little bit cliche if
your clothes are in perfect
harmony with the season, but
who cares, as long as the diva
in you roars! You open your
wardrobe and look at the most
attractive colour that would
make people gape as you
would enter any premises.
You pick the most terrific of
all- RED!
Why is red such a perfect
colour for this occasion? Well,
red is an emotionally intense
colour, it is the colour of our
blood, strawberries and wine.
The lusciousness of this col-
our attracts us towards it. Red
is also symbolic of power,
fierceness and courage. As
often as we doubt ourselves,
if we may carry ourselves
well, flooded in this colour, all
doubts will vanish once you
step out in red.
In our country, red is often
worn by brides, it suggests
that red displays the joyful-
ness, energy and enthusiasm
of young blood. Red just not
display playfulness and bold-
ness,itisalsosymbolicof dan-
ger, which is why everywhere
in the world, the stop signal is
always exhibited in red.
That is the most exciting
thing about red, it conno-
tates many worlds in
just one assertion. Al-
most like magic. But,
what is it about red, that
makes us relate to it as if
it is the colour of love, no
matter what? Why are the
roses always red?
There is a tinge of mys-
tery attached to this col-
our. Let this mystery lead
you more and more to-
wards putting it as your
the first option as you
sway in red! It might be a
red outfit, or a red watch
or a red lipstick. Suit up in
accordance with your cur-
rent mood and paint the
town in red.
But, what if you don’t feel
like swaying in red even dur-
ing this season? Well! Love
matters more in our hearts!
We are sure that whatever
shade you might pick for to-
day, let it bring out the best
in you!
I
LUCKNOW, FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
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It is the season of romance, intensity,
celebration, joy, happiness, but most
of all? Love! City First dedicates this
day to all the lovers of red!
LOVE
THE COLOUR OF
SUSHMITA AIND
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