PM Reviews Covid Situation, Dispatches Teams to 3 States
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www.fi rstindia.co.in OUR EDITIONS: www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD twitter.com/thefi rstindia & LUCKNOW facebook.com/thefi rstindia instagram.com/thefi rstindia LUCKNOW l MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 114 Visitors have been thronging the Tulip Festival at Asia’s largest tulip garden along the banks of Dal Lake on the foothills of Zabarwan mountains, in Srinagar. (Inset) Earlier Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha along with Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan visited the Tulip Festival. The 30-hectare world-famous garden presents a colourful look as 15 lakh tulip bulbs of various colours and 62 varieties captivated the visitors. The Tulip Garden was conceived and conceptualized by former CM Ghulam Nabi Azad in 2006-07 with an aim to boost floriculture and promote tourism in the Kashmir Valley. In 2014, it was declared as the second-best tulip garden in the world by World Tulip Summit Society. —PHOTOS BY PTI PM reviews covid situation, Bodies of 17 jawans recovered from Naxal encounter site; toll now at 22 dispatches teams to 3 states Bijapur (Chhattis- Shah dials Baghel, garh): Bodies of 17 accesses situation Ensure availability jawans were recovered YEAR’S BIGGEST on Sunday from the site New Delhi: Home Min- of beds, testing of an encounter be- ister Amit Shah spoke facilities & timely SINGLE-DAY tween security forces to Chhattisgarh Chief and Maoists in Chhattis- Minister Bhupesh JUMP IN CASES Baghel and took stock hospitalisation: PM garh’s Bijapur, taking of the situation. Shah New Delhi: India on the death toll in Satur- also directed DG,CRPF New Delhi: Prime Min- Sunday recorded day’s clash to 22, Bijapur Kuldeep Singh to visit ister Narendra Modi on 93,249 new corona- Superintendent of Po- An injured security person in Bijapur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI Chhattisgarh Earlier, Sunday reviewed the virus infections, the lice confirmed. Five se- highest single-day rise Shah tweeted that the COVID-19 situation and curity personnel were 2000 personnel from at trict headquarters. valour of the security vaccination exercise in so far this year, which killed in action. One least five camps in Suk- Personnel belonging took the total COVID-19 personnel who laid the country amid an jawan is still missing, ma and Bijapur had gone to the Central Reserve down their lives fi ght- “alarming rate of cases to1,24,85,509, Bijapur Superintendent into the forest around Police Force (CRPF), its according to Union ing the extremists will growth” in infections of Police confirmed. Tarrem in Bijapur dis- elite unit CoBRA (Com- never be forgotten. and deaths, with 10 PM Narendra Modi at a high-level meeting to review the health ministry data. On April 2, more than trict, 60 km from the dis- mando Turn to P6 states contributing to COVID related issues and vaccinations happening in the This is the biggest country, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI more than 91 percent of daily rise in cases since them. September 19, when Modi directed that SPIKE: MAHA ANNOUNCES NIGHT 93,337 fresh infections central teams consist- CURFEW, WEEKEND LOCKDOWN were recorded. The Our ‘Double Engine’ government will death toll climbed to ing of public health spe- Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on cialists be sent to Maha- 1,64,623 on Sunday Sunday announced new restrictions including with 513 new fatalities, ensure growth in Assam: Amit Shah rashtra, Punjab and a night curfew in the state and a “strict lock- Chhattisgarh, where the ministry data up- Sorbhog (Assam): Un- tion rally in Barpeta ment for all and belief down” over the weekends from Friday 8 pm to dated at 8 am showed. the situation was of se- Monday 7 am amid an unprecedented surge in ion Home Minister district, on the last day in all). rious concern, and said Registering a steady in- Amit Shah on Sunday of campaigning for the “The Congress can- coronavirus cases. The rules, which come into crease for the 25th day the five-fold strategy of effect tomorrow, include a curfew from 8 pm accused the Congress third and final phase of not solve any problem testing, tracing, treat- in row, the active cases party of having no dis- polls in Assam, Shah ac- and their leader Rahul to 7 am; a ban on gatherings of fi ve or more surged to 6,91,597, ment, COVID-appropri- throughout the day; malls, restaurants, bars cernible agenda for As- cused the Congress of Gandhi comes as a tour- accounting for 5.54per ate behaviour and vac- and places of worship will be closed; home sam’s development, and dividing people to rule ist to the state. They cent of the total infec- cination if implement- delivery and essential services will be allowed. asserted NDA’s “double- over them, while the have no vision for devel- tions. The recovery ed with utmost serious- Industrial operations and construction activity engine” government BJP follows the mantra opment,” the Home rate further dropped to ness and commitment will be allowed. will continue to ensure of ‘’Sabka Saath, Sabka Minister claimed. would be effective in 93.14percent. P6 the state’s growth. Home Minister Amit Shah Vikas and Sabka Vish- “I had come to you curbing Turn to P6 Addressing an elec- speaking to media in Assam. was’’ (with all, develop- five years ago Turn to P6 Covid grows YOGI ROARS IN BENGAL bigger in UP, kills 31 CM Yogi rattles TMC in Mamata’s den, promises a better Bengal Lucknow: The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar ly objectionable and un- Pradesh rose to 8,881 Yogi Adityanath said that for a few days, POLLS UPSETTING TMC? on Sunday with 31 more becoming of the officials fatalities in the state, the WB administration was not allowing to shun their fairness while 4,164 fresh cases the BJP workers to campaign & and sense of duty. The pushed the infection tally administration is al- to 6,30,059. Of the 31 permissions were denied ways supposed to be new deaths, eight were honest in its conduct reported from Lucknow, First India Bureau chief minister has also which is seen missing in four from Allahabad, warned the local ad- Mamata’s state,’’ he said. three from Kanpur, two each from Varanasi, Rae Kolkata: The chief ministration to be im- Yogi said the Prime Bareli and Ghazipur and minister Yogi Adity- partial in dealing with Minister Narendra one each from Gorakh- anath’s repeated forays the people during the Modi had a vision for pur, Agra, Barabanki, in several parts of West elections or they will the entire country and Lakhimpur-Kheri, Shah- Bengal for election cam- face action once the several welfare schemes jahanpur, Deoria, Etawah, paigning has rattled the BJP comes to power in said “I have noticed from polling, which does not were formulated and Sitapur, Farrukhabad and ruling TMC in the state. the state after May 2. the helicopter that the augur well for any demo- implemented devoid of Bahraich, a statement Addressing a series of Addressing a gather- CM Yogi’s energy won over the people of Bengal where he BJP workers are being cratically elected gov- any discrimination. said. More on P3 election meetings the ing the chief minister campaigned tirelessly giving nightmares to Mamata Banerjee & Co. suppressed during the ernment”. “This is high- More on P2 UTTAR PRADESH www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia LUCKNOW | MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021 02 Landlocked UP’s ‘OUTLAWS HARBOURED BY TMC potentials unlocked by WILL BE JAILED IF BJP WINS’ Yogi govt’s initiatives First India Bureau Khanakul: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sun- day asserted that “goons sheltered by the Trina- mool Congress” will be —FILE PHOTO tracked and sent behind bars after the BJP forms government in West First India Bureau the proposed express- Bengal. Yogi Speaks ways will be about 1,789 He said the “murdered Lucknow: While en- kilometres. Probably, BJP karyakartas (work- hief Minister Yogi suring balanced eco- UP is going to be the ers)” including Sudar- C Adityanath paid nomic development in only state with such a shan Pramanik from homage to soldiers of the state during the last large expressway net- Hooghly district, will get security forces mar- four years, CM Yogi work. justice “after 28 days”, tyred in Naxalite en- Adityanath has made a The latest achieve- referring to May 2, the counter in Bijapur. He mark for himself in the ment of the Yogi gov- day of counting of votes said supreme sacrifice successful saga of over- ernment has been to of brave soldiers who polled in the eight-phase all growth. facilitate the construc- laid down their lives to assembly elections. The lack of develop- tion of Delhi- Meerut protect the nation will “TMC goons, listen ment was often attrib- Expressway which will always be remem- carefully. After the uted to the fact that ever relieve the commuters bered. He paid his counting of votes, we tributes to Rajkumar since seaports became going from Delhi to will teach you a lesson. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressing a rally at Jangipur in poll-bound West Bengal on Sunday. Yadav of Ayodhya and the main mode of trans- Meerut as well as the Similar things happened Dharmadev Kumar of portation and business, journey to Dehradun in Uttar Pradesh four ‘FREE POWER, RATION’ rights of the Hindu com- committees last year in Chandauli district who the landlocked states and rest of Uttara- years back after we munity”, he said.