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A delegation of Congress leaders, led by three months seeking repeal of three farm appeals addressed to the President signed RAGA TO MEET PREZ former party chief Rahul Gandhi, will meet laws. Congress general secretary in-charge by farmers, farm labourers and other stake WITH 20 MM SIGNATURES President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday of organisation KC Venugopal said the party holders opposing the three new farm legis- to submit around 20 million signatures col- had launched a nationwide campaign in lations. He said around 20 million signatures AGAINST FARM LAWS lected from across the country in the past September for collecting memoranda of have been collected till now. OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW 11°C - 26°C www.firstindia.co.in | www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia | instagram.com/thefirstindia MODI REACHES OUT TO FAROOQ & MEHBOOBA Muslims with New India call MAKE A COMEBACK Aligarh Muslim University represents ‘mini-India’ and has to its BUT AFTER HYD, NOW SAFFRON credit 100 glorious years of excellence in education: PM M Hasan Top US honour EMERGENCE IN SRINAGAR! Aligarh: Prime Minis- Kavita Pant ter Narendra Modi on ‘Legion of Tuesday called upon Srinagar: The BJP the Muslim community Merit’ for PM seems to be on a roll as to join the efforts of the New Delhi: After being was depicted in Tues- Central government for conferred the prestig- day’s results of Dis- the overall development ious Legion of Merit trict Development and growth of every from US President Don- Council elections in section of the society. ald Trump, Prime Min- Jammu and Kashmir. Reaching out to the ister Narendra Modi The Saffron party community within and said he was deeply hon- showed a dramatic im- outside the country oured by the award, provement in its posi- through the significant adding that it recognis- tion in Kashmir al- platform of Aligarh es the efforts of India most immediately af- Muslim University and the US to improve ter making a mark in (AMU) while address- bilateral relations be- the Municipal polls in ing online centenary PM Narendra Modi addresses the centenary celebrations of tween the nations. Hyderabad. The party celebrations, the PM Aligarh Muslim University via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Taking to Twitter, on Tuesday won an said the NDA govern- on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI PM Modi said that the election for the first BJP supporters dancing in jubilation as Ajaz Hussain of BJP won DDC election from Balahama ment had been striving award reflected the bi- time from any seat in area in Srinagar on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI for balanced growth ir- Bahadur Shashtri had would generously ex- partisan consensus of Kashmir while facing respective of “religion, addressed the universi- tend all help solve its both countries about regional heavyweights last year in August. single largest party party won 20 seats. caste and creed”. ty’s convocation func- problems. The Prime the Indo-US strategic like the National Con- The People’s Alli- winning 65 seats as of Lotus bloomed in It was after a long gap tion. Setting at rest all minister also released a partnership. “I am ference and the PDP. ance for Gupkar Decla- now. Counting of votes Kashmir as the people of 56 years that a Prime the misgivings prevail- postal stamp commemo- deeply honoured to be The DDC elections ration (PAGD), an for the 280 DDC in J&K of the Valley exhibited Minister was address- ing in the AMU campus rating 100 years of insti- awarded the Legion of hold significance as it amalgam of seven po- is still underway. Nota- their faith in the leader- ing the AMU fraternity and outside about the tution which had tried Merit by @POTUS @re- was the first major litical parties, includ- bly, as many as 39 seats ship of Prime Minister to recognise its vital role NDA government, Modi to transform the Mus- alDonaldTrump. It rec- electoral exercise in ing the NC and the PDP were bagged by Inde- Narendra Modi, said in the nation-building. said that the centre was lim community from its ognises the efforts of the Valley since the ab- won over 90 seats while pendent candidates, local party leaders. In December 1964 the committed to institu- rigid traditionalism to the people of India rogation of Article 370 the BJP emerged as the while the Congress Turn to P6 then Prime Minister Lal tion’s progress and modernism. Turn to P6 Turn to P6 Shah’s next Bengal visit in Jan, No Board exams till New strain Raid in Mum club: Raina, not seen in Sussanne, 32 others held to spend more time from Feb February, final dates India so far, Wasn’t aware of timing, protocol: Raina New Delhi: Union soon: Pokhriyal says Centre Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah would Not possible to New Delhi: A mutated be frequently visiting and more aggressive the poll-bound West hold exams strain of the novel coro- Bengal from January online: Min navirus - which was first onwards ahead of 2021 identified in the United Assembly polls. Sourc- New Delhi: Union edu- Kingdom in September es informed that Shah cation minister Ramesh - has not been seen in would be visiting West Pokhriyal said on India so far, the govern- Bengal for a week every Tuesday that the board ment said Tuesday. month from February. exams will not be held The new strain - initial Mumbai: Thirty four The raid took place at This was communicat- in January or February. data suggests it is at least persons including crick- the Dragonfly Experi- ed by Shah in an inter- “No board examina- month announced that 70 per cent more easily eter Suresh Raina and ence club near the nal meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a roadshow in Birbhum in tions will be conducted board exams in 2021 will transmitted - has sparked Bollywood celebrity Sus- Mumbai international leaders of the state on West Bengal. —PTI FILE PHOTO in January or February. be conducted in written concern worldwide, sanne Khan were held airport at around 3 am, his recent visit. A decision on the con- mode and not online. amid surging infection after a raid at a posh club police said, adding the The senior party lead- sideration could be presence would grow duct of examinations Schools across the coun- rates in the UK and fears near the Mumbai air- 34 also included seven ers in BJP said that around January 23, the intense, informed a sen- will be taken later,” try were closed in March the first lot of vaccines port on Tuesday for vio- staffers of the club. there are two dates that birth anniversary of ior party leader. Pokhriyal said during a to contain the spread of may not be as effective lating social distancing They were booked are being finalised by Subhash Chandra Bose. “He told us that Feb- virtual interaction with the Covid-19 pandemic. against the mutation. norms, police said. under sections 188 (Dis- Shah’s office for his next “Post January 20 is a ruary onwards he teachers. They were partially reo- “The new strain or Thirteen women who obedience to order duly visit. While there is the possibility,” is what a would be spending al- He also said that it is pened in some states mutation of (the) corona- were among those held promulgated by public possibility of him visit- top leader of the state most a week each month not possible to conduct from October 15. virus in the United King- were allowed to leave servant), 269 (whoever ing the state on January said when asked about in the state till Assem- the board exams in on- However, a few states dom has not been seen in after being served no- unlawfully or negli- 12 which is the birth an- Shah’s next visit. Shah’s bly elections. His pres- line mode. have decided to keep India, so far,” Dr VK Paul, tices while the men gently does any act niversary of Swami visit and the pressure ence boosts the party The Central Board of them closed in view of a a member of govern- were shown as arrested which is, and which he Vivekananda, the other on the state govern- cadre that is reeling Secondary Education spike in the number of ment think-tank NITI and granted bail later, knows or has reason to date that is under con- ment because of his Turn to P6 (CBSE) had earlier this infections. Aayog, said. Turn to P6 police said. believe to be, Turn to P6 Yogi Govt to roll out dole on Kisan Diwas on Wednesday M Tariq Khan their agitation before creasing pressure, the questing anonymity. Ac- their much-hyped e-in- THE BONANZA mandarins in Bapu and cording to him, six doz- As farmers intensified teraction with Prime z On the occasion of z Among the farm- Mandi Parishad have en farmers belonging to their stir on new farm Minister Narendra Modi ‘Kisan Samman Diwas’, ers to be awarded been browsing and dust- different districts will be laws ahead of ‘Kisan on December 25. While farmers will be awarded at the state level, 09 ing old files in the hope chosen for free distribu- Diwas’ on Wednesday, elaborate arrangements from the district level to women farmers are also of finding an ‘attractive’ tion. “Since there will be which also happens to have been made to cele- the state level. included. inducement to lure the a mad rush of the appli- be former prime Chaud- brate ‘Kisan Diwas’ in agitating farm brigade. cants, the winners will hary Charan Singh’s all districts, in Lucknow, STEPS TAKEN SO FAR And one such ‘bonanza’ be selected through birthday – the Yogi Adi- the UP CM himself will z Rs 36,000 crore loan under PM Kisan Sam- the Yogi Government is bumper lucky draws un- tyanath Government is participate in a function waiver of 86 lakh small man Nidhi expected to roll out is der the scheme known pulling out all stops to to be held in Lok Bha- and marginal farmers distributing free trac- as ‘Mukhya Mantry placate them. wan, the seat of govern- z Modernisation and tors to farmers. “It was Krashak Uphar Yojana.’ In a two-pronged ment on Wednesday. z Payment of Rs 1.12 Expansion of 20 sugar an old scheme and had Since the UP CM has a strategy, along with dia- Government officers lakh crore to sugar cane mills including the one been lying defunct for penchant for adding a logue, the UP Govern- have been told to look farmers at Ramala. want of funds for quite personal touch to every- ment has also decided to out and hunt for schemes z Rs 24000 crore z Rs 60,000 crore sometime now. But we thing he does, the keyes ‘dole’ out benefits to and initiatives even out- transferred into bank under MSP to farmers intend to revive it in a of the tractor would be these ‘sons of the soil’ to side the state to woo accounts of farmers for crop purchase. big way,” said a Mandi handed over by him to take the steam out of farmers. Faced with in- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Parishad official re- the winners, Turn to P6 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 | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 02

Walkover! Sisodia With new strain, alert UP CM keeps waiting for SN Singh on debate

First India Bureau Yogi’s UP Model at swings in action to nip it in bud Gandhi Bhawan in Lucknow: Delhi Kaiserbagh area Yogi asks officials to trace recent UK-returnees, initiate preventive actions Deputy Chief Minis- here, keeping a va- ter Manish Sisodia cant chair waiting First India Bureau UK in the past 15 days, private labs should not with a significant in- on Tuesday dared Ut- for Siddharth Singh would be given the re- charge more than Rs crease in the rate of tar Pradesh Minister with his name writ- Lucknow: With the quired treatment and 700 for a RT-PCR (re- COVID-19 infection in Siddharth Nath Sin- ten over it. His photo- new coronavirus would be made to fol- verse transcription England. gh to join him in a graph was also kept strain taking the whole low protocols laid polymerase chain reac- Meanwhile, the debate. He also tried on it. world by storm and down by the health tion) test. COVID-19 death toll in visiting a govern- “I will wait for Sid- India banning all ministry. The Variant of Con- Uttar Pradesh rose to ment school, but was dharth Nath Singh flights to and from “The people, who cern 202012/01 (VOC) 8,224 on Tuesday with stopped by the ad- and I am sure he will United Kingdom, Ut- came in the past 15 which was previously 13 more people suc- ministration. come forward for the tar Pradesh Chief cumbing to the disease, Sisodia, who debate, Sisodia told Minister Yogi Adity- CM TO PAY TRIBUTES TO CHARAN SINGH while 1,277 fresh cases reached the state cap- reporters, pointing anath on Tuesday di- pushed the infection ital along with Aam at the vacant chair. rected state officials tally to 5,76,832. Aadmi Party’s Uttar Sisodia descended to trace people who In a statement is- Pradesh in-charge upon Lucknow a came from abroad in sued by the health de- and Rajya Sabha MP week after Delhi the past 15 days. partment, of the 13 Sanjay Singh flung Chief Minister and The CM, in a meet- fresh COVID-19 deaths the challenge at the AAP supremo ing held at the Lok reported in the state, UP minister with a Arvind Kejriwal on Bhawan stated that two were from Ballia. touch of drama. December 15 an- people in the state need days from the coun- known as the first Var- Of the 1,277 fresh He held an open nounced his party’s not panic as the state tries where a new COV- iant Under Investiga- COVID-19 cases report- debate on State of intention to fight government will ID-19 strain has been tion in December 2020 ed in a day, state capital Education Kejriwal’s various elections in ensure that those found, should be quar- (VUI), and also known Lucknow accounted Delhi Model versus Uttar Pradesh. who have re- antined and their con- as lineage B117, is a for 197. During the turned tacts be traced,” the variant of SARS-CoV-2, same period, 1,330 from CM said at a review the virus that causes COVID-19 patients re- the meeting adding that in COVID-19. covered from the dis- all districts, the admin- The variant was first ease. istration should en- detected in the United So far, 5,51,917 COV- sure compulsory con- Kingdom in October ID-19 patients have re- tact tracing. 2020 from a sample tak- covered from the dis- He directed the en in September, 2020, ease. The state now has Health Department and it quickly began to 16,691 active cases of to issue a separate spread by mid-Decem- COVID-19, the state- Yogi Adityanath helpline and said ber. It is correlated ment said. Delhi Deputy CM waits for Siddharth Nath Singh. Azam, son, Make way! Purvanchal produced Now, holy Varanasi set to be before court readies itself for exports epicentre of agricultural exports First India Bureau First India Bureau produce to identify dividends because of First India Bureau where it comes from, the trainings received Incomes have Rampur: Samajwadi Varanasi: While organ- informed that NAB- from the government Varanasi: Varanasi, Party leader and Ram- ic farming products are ARD’s collaboration is institutions. the holy city of Uttar doubled because of pur MP Azam Khan and catching up in market, playing an instrumen- One of the exporters Pradesh is being trans- export of agricultural his son Abdullah Azam Yogi government is cap- tal role in the GI regis- Ramkumar Rai stated, formed into an impor- products coming from were produced in Mo- italising on the oppor- tration process in for “If one farms in a bal- tant center for agricul- Purvanchal farmers radabad’s MP MLA tunity to training farm- agricultural products anced way just like oth- ture export and food court on Tuesday. Both ers in Poorvanchal for in Purvanchal such as er industries, then you processing, is slated to have been booked for the same. banana, amla and even can earn more profits.” blossom faces of farm- to make Varanasi an Chhajlat incident and Dr Rajnikant, an ex- flowers that are likely Varanasi Commis- ers, who toil hard to Agri Export Center was for making controver- pert who deals in speci- to be exported. sioner Deepak Aggar- get their produce ready floated on November 1, sial comments on the fying Geographical In- Exporters of agricul- wal said, “Through for markets. 2019, during the Buyer BJP leader Jayaprada. dications (GI) of the tural products also reap APEDA and Horticul- Joint efforts of Yogi- and Vendor Meet. After Both of them were ture Department are led Uttar Pradesh gov- this, an MoU between been sent to custody in training farmers so ernment and the Modi four FPOs and the relation to the Jayapra- that they can increase government at the cen- Fresh Vegetable and da case, the defence their yield according to tre will soon be setting Fruits Export Associa- counsel argued against export standards.” up a pack house match- Varanasi, known for its spiritual presence across the world, will soon be tion (Wafa) Mumbai has the charges levelled “A five-tonne capaci- ing global standards. an export hub, exporting Purvanchal’s produce. been signed. The en- against them in the 2008 ty cold chamber has The city has regis- deavour has resulted in Chhajlat incident. been built at Lal Baha- tered an exponential While business Government of India, export of 14 metric tons Azam Khan, Abdul- dur Shastri Airport to increase in exports. across the country earned almost double of green chilies to lah Azam and MP Dr ST make Varanasi an Agri Farmers Producer Or- plummeted downhill under the direction Dubai in the year 2019.” Hussain, were of ac- Export Hub. River ganisation (FPO) has during the lockdown, Yogi Adityanath. APEDA is also train- cused of making con- Port on river Ganga is been one of the funda- Agriculture and Pro- APEDA has also ing farmers in Varana- troversial remarks on already in place to mental forces result- cessed Food Products opened its regional of- si, Chandauli, Ghazipur BJP leader and former transport containers ing in export of prod- Export Development fice in Varanasi. Re- districts of the state in MP of Rampur, Jayapra- from Varanasi to Kolk- ucts such as Banarasi Authority (APEDA), gional in-charge Dr C.B to provide export relat- da, in case registered Farmers will be given required training to produce products qualifying for ata for export to South mango, black rice and Ministry of Commerce Singh heading the of- ed information to farm- on June 30, 2019. exports across the world. East Asia. green chilies. and Industry under fice says, “The proposal ers of the region.

RANKING HIGH Niti Aayog tags five UP districts as best performing ones

 First India Bureau that Balrampur, Sid- (69), Chitrakoot (91), has been allocated for dharthnagar, Sonbhad- Fatehpur (93), Balram- Siddharthnagar dis- The review Lucknow: Five dis- ra, Chandauli and pur (100) and Bahraich trict that managed to covered key tricts of the state have Fatehpur districts of (104). grab 11th rank on an been listed as the best Uttar Pradesh fared Aamod Kumar, Prin- overall basis, for getting areas under performing aspiration- quite well. cipal Secretary, Plan- good ranks in financial heads such as al districts of the coun- The review was based ning Department, in- inclusion. Workplan for try in an assessment on the information pro- formed that the delta the same has been sent health, nutrition, that was conducted by vided by NITI Ayog on ranking signifies the to the NITI Ayog. Like- the government think the real time monitor- efforts undertaken by wise, Rs 2 crore was ap- education, tank Niti Aayog. ing dashboard http:// the district magistrates proved for the district agriculture, The assessment, championsofchange. for the past 2-3 months. after it attained the sec- based on review based gov.in since the initia- “The DMs must con- ond rank in February. water resources, on performance of tion of the programme Balrampur is one the districts that have been performing well. duct detailed study of Similarly, District financial schemes on six themat- in April 2018 to October all the 6 thematic areas Magistrate of Balram- ic areas consisting of 2020. Balrampur, Sid- and Sonbhadra have structure. In the delta along with the district- pur, Krishna Karunesh inclusion, skill health and nutrition, In terms of improve- dharthnagar, Chandau- managed to grab ranks ranking, the the dis- level officers and try to informed that out of Rs education, agriculture ment in health and nu- li, Sonbhadra and among the top 10 dis- tricts of the state along figure out the reasons 2.47 crore allocated by development and water resources, fi- trition, five districts of Shravasti while in edu- tricts. with their ranks are for the decline in quali- the Niti Aayog, for get- and basic nancial inclusion, skill Uttar Pradesh that were cation arena, four dis- Fatehpur appeared Siddharthnagar (11), ty level of any thematic ting good ranks in edu- development and basic among the top 10 dis- tricts-- Balrampur, Sid- on the 9th position in Shravasti (47), Sonb- area,” he said. cational fields, Rs 21.88 infrastructure infrastructure, found tricts in the country are dharthnagar, Shravasti terms of basic infra- hadra (48), Chandauli A sum of Rs 3 crore lakh has been utilised. 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 | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 03 CM Yogi stresses need for Ambitious Purvanchal Expressway promoting organic fertiliser all set to be rolled out in Jan 2021 The 341-km, six-lane expressway is being pegged as the longest in the country Vishal Srivastav & way too will boast of a Ahtesham Siddiqui 3.2 kilometre long air strip for the emergecy Lucknow: Pegged as usage by the Indian Air one of the dream pro- Force (IAF) where al- jects of Uttar Pradesh most all the fighter jets Chief Minister Yogi will be able to land and Adityanath, the take off. Purvanchal Express- The 341-km, six-lane Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi Adityanath along with officials at the presentation by bio-gas expert way is all set to open in (can be extended to from Gujarat Bharat Patel on Tuesday. all its grandeur in Jan- eight lanes) Purvan- uary next year. chal Expressway is be- First India Bureau NEW WEBSITE organic fertilisers,” he The mega Rs 22494.66 ing pegged as the long- said. Patel said biogas crore project is being est in the country. Lucknow: With a mis- could be successfully led by one of his key Starting from Luc- sion to effectively imple- prepared by mixing par- men Additional Chief know, along the Luc- ment bio-energy and samad, dung and parali, Secretary (Home) and The project is being led by ACS (Home) and UPEIDA Chairman Awanish Awasthi (L). The work in progress (R) know-Sultanpur road organic fertiliser in the which can be used as Uttar Pradesh Express- (NH-731), it will be state, a presentation was bio-fertiliser and CNG. ways Industrial Devel- on the soil is nearing 92 work of moulds has vers, seven railway routed through Bara- made by Bharat Patel, a CM Yogi appreciated opment Authority (UP- per cent mark. The sub- been completed by 90 overbridges, seven over banki, Amethi, Ayod- bio-gas expert from Gu- the presentation and EIDA) Chairman grade work has been per cent. bridges, 13 interchang- hya, Sultanpur, Ambed- jarat, under the chair- said it would be first in- Awanish Awasthi. completed by 79.54 per The expressway is es (with 6 toll plazas), kar Nagar, Azamgarh manship of Governor stalled in gaushalas in Till December 21, cent, GSB work is 77.76 slated to be completely five ramp plazas, 271 and Mau to terminate Anandiben Patel and in each district of the state. 2020, approximately 70 per cent completed, functional by March underpasses while 503 at Ghazipur. The Yogi the presence of Chief Farmers will be encour- per cent of the work on WMM work is done by 2021 while the main car- small bridges (Pulias) Adityanath govern- Minister Yogi Adity- aged to use organic ma- the expressway is done 73.79 per cent, the DBM riageway will be opened are being constructed. ment is projecting the anath. While presenting nure in their fields. Un- and dusted. The clear- work is done by 71 per by January 2021. What is interesting highway as one of its he said due to the abun- ing from various seri- der the Organic Mis- ing and grubbing work cent while BC work The expressway’s is the fact that like the flagship projects to dant use of chemical ous diseases. “It is im- sion, these works would has been 100 per cent stands at 45 per cent main carriageway will Lucknow-Agra ex- usher in development fertilisers, pesticides, portant that today we be done in every district completed while work completion rate. The have as many as 18 flyo- pressway, this express- in the state. etc., people were suffer- motivate farmers to use of UP, he added. in BRIEF Four officers of khadi department UP tech institutes Cong state-wide protests for farmers today The Congress will hold protests across Uttar Pradesh suspended for poor performance to give admission in support of the farmers’ agitation on Wednesday First India Bureau daya officer of Sultanpur marking the birth anniversary of Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh. In a statement on Tuesday, and DVIO of Gorakhpur the UP Congress said party workers will ‘gherao’ of- Lucknow: The Minis- were given adverse entry through JEE-Mains fices and residences of BJP MPs, MLAs and public ter for Khadi and village in the ACR. They have representatives in support of protesting farmers, and industry Sidharth Nath also been transferred to also demonstrate by clapping and beating steel plates. Singh and additional other districts. The min- chief secretary Navneet ister said to help the Jal Nigam officials Protestors block Sehgal reviewed the weaker sections, the face graft charges highway functioning of the de- Central and state gov- The EOW has filed a Hundreds of protestors partment here on Tues- ernments had launched case against 22 people, blocked NH 24 to Delhi day. While taking stock welfare schemes and of- including Jal Nigam en- in western UP on Tues- of budget allocations Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Sidharth Nath Singh and ACS, ficial slackness would gineers and contractors day after being stopped and other schemes, the Khadi and Village Industries Navneet Sehgal revewing the dept. work not be tolerated at any for reportedly siphon- by cops from moving to ing off Rs 20 crore in- the national capital to minister took serious level. He said all the of- works related to the de- join the farmers’ stir. view of slackness in per- meeting of Gramudyog, Gautambudhdhnagar. ficers would have to The Yogi govt has asked to ensure improving quality of education. partment in Chitrakoot Some protesters mobbed formance of four dis- PM employment As against the target of change their attitude from 2010 to 2012 under the official vehicle of a trict khadi and village scheme and CM artisan these projects in all 75 and style of functioning First India Bureau Abdul Kalam Techni- the BSP regime. Jindal senior police officer industries officers and employeent it was districts, these four dis- and there should be cal University. Water Infra had got ten- while others confronted ordered their suspen- found there was utter tricts could not achieve 100% utilisation of allo- Lucknow: Now tech- AKTU has got per- ders for the work. The other personnel that led case was registered at to a long traffic jam, ac- sion. The minister also negligence in the com- it. At an earlier meeting cated funds. He said nical institutes of the mission for admis- Lucknow under Sec- cording to purported ordered adverse entry in pletion of these the officers of these dis- without proper reason state will grant admis- sion in technical in- tions 409/120, 13 (2) IPC. videos on social media. ACR of an officer. schemes in Etah, Shra- tricts were warned. fund should not be sur- sions through JEE- stitutes through JEE During review of the wasti, Maharajganj and The district gramo- rendered in any scheme. Mains instead of the and the proposal has state entrance exam. been sent to the gov- The Yogi govern- ernment for approval ment has asked to en- to conduct B.Pharma LDA to hold housing grievance 8 held on charges of forcible sure it in order to im- and other exams. prove the quality of According to offi- education by admit- cials there are about redressal camps on Dec 24-25 conversion, marriage ting students through 270 institutes of online exam. B.Pharma in UP. First India Bureau near Kaveri Apartment no effective action taken First India Bureau to buy some items but At the same time, Where admissions to on December 24-25 be- to stop illegal construc- did not return home. for the first time un- 21,000 seats of B. Lucknow: Lucknow De- tween 12-4 pm. tions. He said public Lucknow: Police here Police here arrested The complainant sub- dergraduate Phar- Pharma with engi- velopment Authority To address Kanpur feedback will be taken arrested eight people on eight people on sequently came to know macy Aptitude Test neering were given Vice President Abhishek Road and Sharda Nagar and action against con- charges of forcible con- the charge of that the eight people ab- (UGPAT) will be or- through the state en- Prakash has asked to set scheme related alloca- cerned engineers, who version of a 21-yr-old forcible conversion ducted her for marriage ganised at the nation- trance exam. From up camps to address the tion and physical posses- do not stop illegal con- girl and then conducting and forcible conversion, al level for admission the new session, the grievances of the au- sion issues, a camp will struction, will be taken. her marriage, according the police added. in B.Pharma colleges process of admis- thority allottees. be organised at Bharani Moreover, allotment of to the police on Tuesday. including a woman, The arrested are Ram- of the state. The Na- sion to technical in- To end disputes relat- Apartment Sector-P platforms was done to In Azamgarh, three were arrested from near jani of Etah, Aamreen tional Testing Agen- stitutions through ed to the allocation and Mansarovar Yojna, Kan- the farmers of Sitapur other people were ar- Agra crossing. of Aligarh, Mahmood cy, NTA will organise JEE Mains will be physical possession in pur Road between 12-4 Road and Aliganj rested under the state’s On November 17, the Ali, Mahfooz Ali, Haidar it at the national level conducted. NTA will Gomti Nagar Extension pm on 24-25 December. Prasar Yojana land ac- anti-conversion law. girl’s father had told po- Ali, Antar Hussain, An- following the sugges- conduct the exami- Scheme, a camp will be Further, he ex- quisition through a lot- According to Etah po- lice that his daughter sar Hussain and Shahid tion by the Dr APJ nation. held at the site office pressed resentment over tery system. lice, the eight accused, had gone to the market Hussain of Kasganj.

RESURGENT UP For farmer boost, Yogi eyes NABARD help for infra, ethanol production

 First India Bureau government in 2017 to all the districts through said that maximum co- projects like the Saryu the benefit of about 86 live streaming. operation and help Canal and the Arjuna In his recent Lucknow: The interest lakh farmers. Since Even in his recent should be taken from tributary canals, which of farmers is para- then, this process has visit to Mumbai, CM NABARD in the con- have been hanging fire visit to Mumbai, mount for the Yogi gov- continued. Yogi did not forget the struction of rural roads for many years now, in CM Yogi had ernment. After assum- Even during the test- farmers. During the and development of use- order to fulfil the slogan ing power, Chief Minis- ing times of of Covid-19, meeting with Govind ful infrastructure facili- of ‘Per Crop More Drop’ met NABARD ter Yogi Adityanath for purchasing the Rabi Rajula Chintala, Chair- ties for agriculture. of PM Narendra Modi. proved his commitment crops of farmers, 5,953 man of NABARD (Na- He also instructed the This will benefit chairman by waiving loans of up government purchase tional Bank for Agricul- Commissioner of Agri- lakhs of farmers from Govind Rajula to Rs one lakh to small- centres have been estab- ture and Rural Develop- cultural Production to many districts of marginal farmers. The lished where purchase ment), he had a serious prepare an action plan Purvanchal. The chair- Chintala on decision to waive off of 35.75 L metric tonnes NABARD has assured help in upgrading sugar mills in ethanol production. discussion about this. with regards to this. man assured to help in loans worth Rs 36,000 of wheat and 38,717 MT After returning to Sugar mills will be upgrading the sugar ways to boost crore was taken in the of gram was done. ferred to their accounts farmers, experts from Lucknow, he discussed upgraded to make etha- mills, crusher units, the state’s the worst financial cir- The price of these by DBT. During this NIC Centre of Lucknow it in a meeting with the nol with NABARD help. MSME units and dairy cumstances in the first purchases of the farm- time, to provide techni- were communicating top officials of the gov- The CM had also industries related to infrastructure cabinet meeting of Yogi ers’ yield was trans- cal information to the directly with farmers of ernment. The CM has asked him to finance making ethanol. PERSPECTIVE www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 04

WINDS OF CHANGE NAYA J&K EMBRACES PANCHAYAT RAJ the Gupkar Alliance. It has re- BRIG VETERAN corded massive increase ANIL GUPTA across all ten districts in com- The author is a Jammu parison to the 2018 Panchayat based veteran, political elections and 2019 Parliamen- commentator, columnist, security tary elections. An achieve- and strategic analyst ment beyond expectations. The election also had many he old order changeth, yield- firsts to its credit; no boycott ing place to new’ has proved call, first electoral exercise of true in respect of the Union the new UT, first elections un- Territory (UT) of Jammu & der newly formed State Elec- Kashmir with the successful tion Commission, West Paki- completion of first ever third stan refugees, Valmikis, tier elections of District De- Gorkhas exercised their fran- T velopment Councils (DDCs). chise for the first time in local A challenging and mammoth elections, reserved seats for task executed brilliantly by STs and newly formed politi- the newly formed State Elec- cal party JK Apni party mak- tion Commission (SEC) with ing its maiden electoral fray. the help of vigilant and dedi- The ballot has ultimately cated members of the security emerged victorious over the forces and JK Police. After the bullet and grassroots democ- election of the DDC Chair- racy has begun to take firm men and formation of the se- roots in the UT. The people of lect committees and District J&K also need to be compli- Planning Commission, the mented for their wholeheart- DDCs will become fully func- ed participation in this car- tional and work in unison ernments in New Delhi were implemented. Local govern- nival of democracy. Political with the other two tiers, Halqa treated as “milch cows” by ance through devolution of parties will interpret the Panchayats and Block Devel- these leaders while at the THE HIGHLIGHT AND MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE power to PRIs is the key to ru- election results based on the opment Councils (BDCs), to same time widening the rift YEAR HAS BEEN THE CONDUCT OF LOCAL BODIES’ ral development, the area in narrative they want to set ensure that Panchayat Raj In- between the people and New ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER-DECEMBER. A MAJOR which the UT lacks woefully. post elections and claim vic- stitutions (PRIs) are fully bed- Delhi. It was all fine as long as GAMBLE WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE A GAME The highlight and major tory but one thing is certain ded in the UT ushering Naya New Delhi submitted to their CHANGER. IN KEEPING WITH ITS INTENT OF achievement of the year has that democracy has already Jammu & Kashmir. demands and pressures but PROMOTING PANCHAYAT RAJ, THE ADMINISTRATION been the conduct of local bod- emerged victorious. The peo- With the PRIs fully func- moment it adopted a different ANNOUNCED ELECTIONS TO THE DDCS ies’ elections in November- ple have also given a befitting tional, the centre of power in approach or squeezed liberal December. A major gamble reply to those who were mak- the UT will shift from the high flow of funds, New Delhi was which has proved to be a game ing loud noises like the com- profile Gupkar Road to the vil- portrayed as the enemy of the changer. In keeping with its plete loss of faith of the peo- lages and towns with the ac- Kashmiris. Even New Delhi brought to an end. Father of Undeterred by the pandem- intent of promoting Panchay- ple in Indian democracy. The tual stakeholders planning hardly ventured to establish a the nation Mahatma Gandhi ic UT administration realised at Raj, the administration an- message is loud and clear With the PRIs and executing the local area direct contact with the people had said, “When the panchay- that it was racing against time nounced elections to the that no place for “sub-nation- fully functional, development. It was for this and hence failed to read the at raj is established, public since it had something to DDCs. A very big challenge alism” exists in Naya Jammu the centre of very reason that the Kashmir pulse of the people. opinion will do what violence prove. The administration be- since the elections were to be & Kashmir. power in the UT based political leadership Behind the shield of Arti- can never do.” With J&K fully gan to take many steps to held on an adult franchise ba- 2020 is ending on a high note will shift from the which remained at the helm cles 370 and 35A, the Kash- integrated with the idea of strengthen the nascent Pan- sis. The newly introduced of successful resumption of high profile for the last seven decades was miri leadership began to feel One India One Nation, it was chayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) DDCs were to replace the ear- the political process with peo- Gupkar Road to unwilling to promote the Pan- indispensable and invinci- a matter of time before the through their financial em- lier District Development ple pinning high hopes on the villages and chayat Raj because it went ble. They even began to hold panchayat raj was introduced powerment through direct Boards which were nominat- their new leaders and the pan- New Delhi at ransom de- ed as against the DDC which towns with the against the tenets of Dynastic and made functional like the funding and delegation of chayat raj system. They hope Rule. For the Gupkaris self- manding greater autonomy rest of the country in the new- powers in keeping with the will be an elected body. that the new system will dawn actual interest and preservation/pro- legitimising exclusivity ly formed UT as well. The pro- 73rd and 74th Amendments The Peoples’ Alliance for an era of change with focus on stakeholders motion of dynastic rule was which had resulted due to cess in fact had begun earlier which had not been imple- Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) mitigating their problems planning and always the paramount consid- mass exodus of indigenous after the application of the mented earlier due to Article also referred to as Gupkar Al- through effective planning at executing the eration since devolution of Kashmiri Hindus and other President’s rule under the 370. The elected representa- liance, formed by the leaders grassroots level and judicious local area power would have meant the minorities gradually con- governorship of Satya Pal tives were given training un- of six mainstream Kashmir use of resources. The attempt development. It empowerment of the common verting Jammu & Kashmir Malik who successfully con- der the centrally sponsored based political parties to by the Gupkar Alliance to use was for this very man considered as an existen- with a distinct identity of ducted the elections to the scheme of Rashtriya Gram fight for status quo, also par- the new system for forced ver- reason that the tial threat by the Gupkar elite. Muslim majority state enjoy- first tier of halqa panchayats Swaraj Abhiyan for the capac- ticipated in the elections de- ification of their retrograde Kashmir based It is therefore not surprising ing special status of a “state and urban local bodies. The ity building to enhance capa- spite initial theatrics and ideology of return to status political that despite huge amounts of within a state”. This trend concept was nascent hence bilities of Panchayats for in- gimmicks. quo will have to be curbed by leadership which central assistance the com- needed to be reversed before took time to mature and gath- clusive local governance. Allaying all fears and appre- the people lest the entire exer- remained at the mon men are still yearning for it became irreversible. ered full steam only post 05 Much needed protocol status hensions, the elections proved cise is hijacked away from its helm for the last the three basic amenities; con- The epoch making decision August 2019. J&K entered was accorded to the Chairman a great success. The gusto main aim by the vested inter- seven decades nectivity, water and electricity. taken by Modi government on 2020 with rays of new hopes of Block Development Coun- with which people of all ages ests. Nothing is static in this 05 August 2019, which ulti dynamic world. Change is the was unwilling to The Gupkaris excelled in emo- - and aspirations. cils (BDCs) to enable them came out of their houses ig- tional exploitation of the peo- mately reversed the trend, Things were moving pretty function with authority. The noring the challenges of bad law of nature. Sooner the promote the ple through lofty slogans, false has now become a part of his- when the deadly pandemic centre’s flagship e-governance weather, harsh winter and ter- change is accepted by the sta- Panchayat Raj promises and manufactured tory of Naya Jammu & Kash- engulfed the entire world in programme for rural govern- rorist threat proved their faith tus quo lobby, the better it because it went narratives spin doctoring his- mir. The three decades of vio- the beginning of 2020 itself. ance, the e-panchayat project in the Panchayat Raj system. would be for the future. against the tenets torical facts to suit their nar- lence also needed to be con- In the UT, its impact began to to automate the functioning of The participation in Kashmir THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY of Dynastic Rule ratives. The successive gov- trolled and ultimately be felt from March onwards. the panchayats has also been has surprised many including THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Top WILL CHINA TURN OFF ASIA’S TAP? TWEET ven after Asia’s priate water resources in Construction Corp, Yan Ravi Shankar Prasad economies transnational river basins Zhiyong, calls an “historic @rsprasad It is a matter of great pride and climb out of the – a strategy that hasn’t opportunity” for his coun- honour for India that our Prime COVID-19 re- spared even friendly or pli- try will be devastating for Minister @narendramodi Ji has been E awarded the ‘Legion of Merit’ by the cession, Chi- ant neighbors, such as Thai- India. Just before crossing President of USA. His charismatic na’s strategy of frenetical- land, Laos, Cambodia, Ne- into India, the Brahmapu- leadership and contributions have ly building dams and reser- pal, Kazakhstan, and North tra curves sharply around elevated the India-US strategic voirs on transnational riv- Korea. Indeed, China has the Himalayas, forming partnership to greater heights. ers will confront them with not hesitated to use its hy- the world’s longest and a more permanent barrier dro-hegemony against its 18 steepest canyon – twice as K C Venugopal to long-term economic downstream neighbors. deep as America’s Grand @kcvenugopalmp prosperity: water scarcity. The consequences have Canyon – and holding A delegation of @INCIndia leaders led by former Congress President China’s recently unveiled been serious. For example, Asia’s largest untapped @RahulGandhi will submit a plan to construct a mega- China’s 11 mega-dams on water resources. memoranda of appeal signed dam on the Yarlung Zangbo the Mekong river, Southeast Experience suggests by around 2 crore farmers from across the nation to Hon’ble river, better known as the Asia’s arterial waterway, that the proposed megapro- Rashtrapati ji on 24th December, Brahmaputra, may be the have led to recurrent ject threatens those re- 2020 urging his intervention to biggest threat yet. drought downriver, and Sea, which has all but dried dia’s government to assess ing in January, will report- sources – and China’s annul the black anti-farmer laws. China dominates Asia’s turned the Mekong Basin up in less than four decades. how China could “weap- edly dwarf China’s Three downstream neighbors. water map, owing to its an- into a security and environ- Against this back- onize” its control over Gorges Dam – currently the China’s past upstream ac- nexation of ethnic-minori- mental hot spot. Mean- ground, China’s plan to transboundary waters and world’s largest – on the tivities have triggered Spiritual ty homelands, such as the while, in largely arid Cen- dam the Brahmaputra potentially “choke” the In- Yangtze River, generating flash floods in the Indian water-rich Tibetan Plateau tral Asia, China has divert- near its disputed – and dian economy. With the almost three times as much states of Arunachal and SPEAK and Xinjiang. China’s ter- ed waters from the Illy and heavily militarized – bor- Brahmaputra megapro- electricity. China will Himachal. More recently, ritorial aggrandizement in Irtysh rivers, which origi- der with India should be no ject, China has provided an achieve this by harnessing such activity turned the n the sky, there is no distinction the South China Sea and the nate in China-annexed Xin- surprise. The Chinese com- answer. the power of a 2,800-meter water in the once-pristine of east and west; people create Himalayas, where it has tar- jiang. Its diversion of water munist publication Huan- The planned 60-giga- (3,062-yard) drop just before Siang – the Brahmaputra’s distinctions out of their own geted even tiny Bhutan, has from the Illy threatens to qiu Shibao, citing an arti- watts project, which will be the river crosses into India. main artery – dirty and minds and then believe them been accompanied by turn Kazakhstan’s Lake cle that appeared in Aus- integrated into China’s What the chairman of gray as it entered India. to be true. —Buddha stealthier efforts to appro- Balkhash into another Aral tralia, recently urged In- next Five-Year Plan start- China’s state-run Power SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE

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INDIA 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 | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 05 Resources of country belong Delhi HC’s women legal forum to observe fast today New Delhi: A forum of to every citizen, says PM Modi women lawyers, social Group of Lawyers of Policies which are being framed today are reaching all without discrimination, he said Delhi High Court have New Delhi: Prime Min- nation,” he said. decided to fast on ister Narendra Modi on “The country is on Wednesday in solidari- Tuesday said that re- the path where every ty with the ongoing sources of the country citizen should rest as- “Satyagrah” by farmers belong to every citizen sured about their con- demanding to roll back and every one of them stitutional rights & the recently passed should benefit from it. their future. The coun- farm laws. “Jo desh ka hai woh try is on the path where Lawyers associated har deshvaasi ka hai no citizen would be left with the forum demand- (Resources of the coun- behind because of their ed to repeal the three Farmers sit on the road as they block Delhi-Meerut Highway try belongs to every religion and everyone farm laws on December during an ongoing protest against the new farm laws, at the citizen). Everyone would get equal oppor- 23, the day which is ob- Ghazipur border in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI should benefit from it, tunities so that every- served as Kisan Diwas. that’s the spirit our gov- one can fulfil their “It is our belief that CHILLA, GAZIPUR BORDERS TO REMAIN ernment is working dreams. Sabka Sath, while the issue of the CLOSED FOR TRAFFIC, INFORMS DTP with,” PM Modi said Sabka Vikas, Sabka Constitutionality of the “The policies which are Vishwas is the mantra farm laws being enact- being framed today are PM Narendra Modi addresses during the centenary celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University via VC. behind it,” he said.—ANI ed by the Centre when reaching every section agriculture is a state without discrimination subject is subjudice be- on the basis of religion. PM LAUDS AMU FOR ‘DROPOUT OF MUSLIM fore the Supreme Court Bank accounts of over STRENGTHENING TIES PM RELEASES POSTAL GIRL STUDENTS REDUCED’ and the issue of the le- STAMP TO MARK 40 crore poor were New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi gality of the enactment opened without any dis- praised the Aligarh Muslim AMU’S CENTENARY said that dropout rate of Muslim by a voice vote in the crimination. Without University and said it has worked New Delhi: PM Modi re- girl students has reduced due Rajya Sabha is also be- discrimination, more to strengthen India’s relations leased a postal stamp as part to government policies. “School ing heard by the Su- than 2 crore poor were with many countries of the world. of centenary celebrations of dropout rate among Muslim girls preme Court, imple- provided pucca houses. “The way AMU has helped society Aligarh Muslim University was more than 70% and this situ- mentation of irreversi- More than 8 crore wom- during the coronavirus crisis is (AMU). Chancellor of the ation persisted for 70 years. In ble and far-reaching en got gas connections unprecedented - free tests, build- University Syedna Mu- these circumstances, the govern- farm laws would render without discrimina- ing isolation wards, plasma banks faddal Saifuddin and Union ment started Swachh Bharat Mis- these petitions infruc- ior advocates Indira syat, Prashant Pad- tion. 50 crore people got and contributing a large amount Education Minister Ramesh sion, built toilets in villages and tuous and could cause Jaising, Mahalakshmi manabham, Ritu di- free medical treatment to the PM CARES Fund shows Pokhriyal Nishank were also toilets for school-going girls. Now irreparable damage to Pawani, Biswajit Bhat- wan, etc. It also includes up to Rs 5 lakh under the seriousness of fulfi lling your present on the occasion. the dropout rate from 70 per cent the farm sector in In- tacharyaMohan Katar- members Shweta Ka- Ayushman scheme obligations to the society.” has fallen to nearly 30 per cent. dia,” the forum said ki, Anand Grover and poor, Zeba Khair & Iram without any discrimi- The forum includes sen- advocates Shadan Fara- Majid among others.

Jailed PDP IN THE COURTYARD COURTESY MEET youth leader Waheed Para Sister Abhaya murder: Jet Airways’ promoter: wins DDC polls Priest, nun found guilty Closure report accepted Srinagar: PDP youth Thiruvananthapuram: Mumbai: A metropoli- president Waheed Para, Twenty eight years af- tan court accepted the who is in custody of the ter the mysterious closure report filed by NIA for alleged links death of Sister Abhaya, Mumbai police in a with militants, won the an inmate of St.Pious cheating case against District Development convent at Kottayam in Jet Airways, which has Council (DDC) elections Kerala, a CBI special been grounded since from Pulwama district court here on Tuesday April last year, its pro- in J&K. Para defeated held it was a case of moter Naresh Goyal BJP candidate Sajad murder and found a and his wife. Ahmad Raina. priest and nun guilty of Catholic Church were The order came a day Marg police here in PDP president Me- killing her. guilty of murder under after theBombay High February this year reg- Army Chief Gen MM Naravane calls on Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at his residence in hbooba Mufti said she Special CBI Judge K Sections 302 and 201 of Court rejected a plea of istered a case against New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI was proud of her par- Sanal Kumar, while pro- the IPC. It also found ED, which is also prob- the Jet Airways, Goyal ty’s youth leader to reg- nouncing the verdict, Father Kottoor guilty of ing the case, to inter- and his wife on charg- ister a win. Para was said the murder charg- offence under Section vene into the matter. es of cheating and arrested by the NIA on es against the two will 449 of the Indian Penal Earlier, a similar criminal beach of November 25, a few stand. Code.The court will plea by ED had been re- trust, on a complaint Bengal ahead of other states on all days after filing nomi- The court held that pronounce the quan- jected by the metropoli- filed by city-based Ak- nation papers as a Fr Thomas Kottoor and tum of sentence on tan court and a sessions bar Travels India Pri- development indices: CM Mamata PAGD candidate. —PTI Sister Sephy of the- Wednesday. —PTI court here. The MRA vate Limited. —PTI Kolkata: Slamming data, facts and figures. Union Home Minister Bengal is ahead of oth- Amit Shah for “deliber- er states on all develop- ‘Cold wave conditions prevail over North India’ ately trying to project a ment indices. But Amit dismal and gloomy pic- Shah ji deliberately New Delhi: A fall in during next 3 days. No some parts. ture” of West Bengal, tried to depict a gloomy minimum temperature significant change in The same is likely Chief Minister Mamata and dismal picture of by 1 to 3-degree Celsius minimum temperature over Odisha, East Uttar Banerjee on Tuesday the state. I was chal- is likely over the plains over some parts of west Pradesh, Gangetic West contended that the state lenged... here is my re- of northwest and cen- India during next 2 days Bengal, Chhattisgarh has fared well on all de- Mamata Banerjee ply,” Banerjee said at a tral India during the and rise by 2-3°C there- and Telangana today. velopment indices. press meet here. next three days, the In- after for subsequent 3 Dense fog will be seen Issuing a point-by- killings and other Kolkata has twice been dia Meteorological De- days,” the IMD said. in the morning over point rebuttal to asser- crimes have decreased accorded the ‘safest city’ partment (IMD) pre- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chan- tions made by Shah in the last ten years un- tag in the country, she said. dicted on Tuesday. Uttarakhand, Bihar, digarh and Delhi on De- against her dispensa- der the TMC rule. “According to NCRB “Fall in minimum Punjab, Haryana, Chan- cember 23, and dense to tion, during his visit to “When the home data, political killings, oth- temperature by 1-3°C digarh, Delhi and West A train runs slowly on its tracks during a foggy winter morning. very dense fog will be Bengal last week, Ba- minister of the country er incidents of crime and over some parts of Uttar Pradesh will most seen at isolated pockets nerjee cited NCRB data says something, it rape cases have decreased plains of northwest In- likely witness cold wave pockets today, while se- tions will prevail on from 24th to 26th De- to state that political should be backed by during the TMC rule. —PTI dia and central India conditions at isolated vere cold wave condi- December 23 and 24 in cember. —ANI

RUPEE SETTLES 5 PAISE LOWER AT 591 PASSENGERS FROM UK LAND 73.84 AGAINST US DOLLAR CONG WILL BOUNCE BACK: GOA IN MUMBAI IN THREE FLIGHTS INDIAN ARMY, BOB SIGN MOU Mumbai: The rupee pared unit fi nally closed at 73.84 CHIEF AFTER ZP POLL LOSS Mumbai: As many as phylogenetic cluster of FOR MILITARY SALARY PACKAGE most of its initial losses against the American cur- Panaji: Days after Con- seven won by Inde- 591 passengers landed in coronavirus detected and New Delhi: Ministry of network of over 8,200 and settled for the day rency, registering a fall of gress was trounced pendents. “I don’t think Mumbai in three fl ights rapidly growing in UK, all Defence said that the domestic branches 5 paise lower at 73.84 5 paise over its previous in Zilla Parishad polls ZP polls are a signal from the UK on Tues- fl ights originating from Indian Army and Bank and around 20,000 against the US dollar on, close. On Monday, rupee in Goa, the party’s towards Assembly day, a civic offi cial said, UK to India have been of Baroda have entered business correspond- tracking a rebound in plunged 23 paise to end state in charge Dinesh polls. We have seen so adding none of them has suspended temporarily into an MoU for Baroda ent touchpoints. The domestic equities. At the at a two-week low of Gundu Rao said it many elections for lo- been found symptomatic as per orders of GoI,” the Military Salary Package MoU was signed by Lt interbank forex market, 73.79 against US dollar. would bounce back. cal bodies, that should so far. While 299 have BrihanMumbai Municipal under which services General Ravin Khosla, the domestic unit opened Meanwhile, the dollar in- BJP won 32 out of not be the barometer. been sent to various Corporation tweeted.”In will be offered to serv- DG and Vikramaditya at 73.95 against US dollar dex, which gauges green- 49 seats while the We have lot of work to hotels for the mandatory order to prevent spread of ing and retired person- Singh Khichi, Execu- and witnessed an intra- back’s strength against a Congress was left with do & convince people quarantine, 292 are at the the new mutant, BMC has nel of Indian Army tive Director, Bank of day high of 73.82 and a basket of six currencies, just four, less than the about our work.” airport, the offi cial said. issued orders to follow through the bank’s Baroda. low of 73.95. The local was trading 0.29%. “With reports of distinct quarantine of seven days. INDIA 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 | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 06

COVID-19: Number of daily new infections reported in the country was recorded below 20,000 POWERGallery EMPANELMENT FILE OF 1989 IAS Virus weakens as lowest one-day rise BATCH REACHES CVC File of the names of 1989 batch IAS offi cers who fi gure in the empanelment list for the post of Sec- retary in the GoI has now reached to the CVC.

in new cases recorded in —PHOTO BY ANI six months ABOUT 40 IRS (IT ) OFFICERS OF New Delhi: The num- 1988 BATCH TO BE EMPANELLED? ber of daily new corona- According to informed sources, 35 to 40 IRS (IT) virus infections report- Centre releases SOPs ed in the country was offi cers are being promoted to the rank of Chief recorded below 20,000 Commissioner. after nearly 6 months for flyers from UK FIRST JS OF LATERAL ENTRY RESIGNS while the COVID-19 ac- New Delhi: The Union tive caseload fell below health ministry on COCHIN CARNIVAL Arun Goel, who was appointed on lateral entry as 3 lakh, as per the Union Tuesday issued a set of CANCELLED DUE Joint Secretary, has resigned from the govern- Health Ministry data standard operating pro- TO COVID SCARE ment service. He joined the Commerce ministry updated on Tuesday. cedures (SOPs) for pas- last year and looking after e - commerce. He had India’s COVID-19 sengers arriving from Kochi: Cochin Carnival, come from Shopeclus. caseload rose to the United Kingdom the biggest year-end 1,00,75,116 with 19,556 Members of NITI Aayog Dr. Vinod K. Paul along with the Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, (UK) amid the detection celebration in Kerala WILL AN OFFICER IN ED GET new infections being re- Rajesh Bhushan during a press conference on the updates on COVID-19, in New Delhi on Tuesday. of a new variant of the cancelled in a wake of LONG EXTENSION? ported in a day. novel coronavirus dis- the coronavirus situa- Rumour mill says, one senior offi cer of ED is likely to The death toll in- COVID CURBS LARGEST CENTRE TREATING 59 PATIENTS ease. On Monday, the tion in the state, said get long extension - say two to three years. The said creased to 1,46,111 with Centre had announced the founding chair- offi cer’s term is going to complete in few months. 301 new fatalities, the a temporary ban on man of the Carnival KJ Sohan. He said the data updated at 8 am flights from the UK into DR. AJAY KUMAR CONTINUES Carnival which used to showed. India which would con- AS PS TO DHARMENDRA PRADHAN held at the Vasco da The number of peo- tinue till December 31. TILL JULY 2024 Gama Square in Fort ple who have recuper- Several other coun- Dr. Ajay Kumar will continue working as Private Kochi every year has Secretary to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan ated from the disease tries have also an- been cancelled. surged to 96,36,487 nounced travel bans to till July 2024. He is a 2006 batch IAS offi cer of pushing the national and from the UK with a Gujarat cadre. recovery rate to 95.65 view to prevent the sued by the health min- per cent, while the COV- spread of the new vari- istry, all international SBI TO GET TWO NEW MDS NEXT WEEK! ID-19 case fatality rate ant (B117), which is said travellers will be re- File of Swaminthan Janakiraman and Ashwini Ku- stands at 1.45 per cent. to be 70 per cent more quired to declare their mar Tewari for the two posts of Managing Director The COVID-19 active virus infections in the data stated. India’s lakh on August 23, 40 transmissible, as esti- travel history of the last at the State Bank of India has reached to the DoPT. caseload has fallen be- country which com- COVID-19 tally had lakh on September 5 mated by the European 14 days and fill up a self- Offi cial announcement is likely next week. low 3 lakh. There are prises 2.90 per cent of crossed the 20-lakh and 50 lakh on Septem- Centre for Disease Con- declaration form to be 2,92,518 active corona- the total caseload, the mark on August 7, 30 ber 16. —PTI trol. As per the SOPs is- screened for Covid-19. KAPIL PATIDAR APPOINTED DEPUTY SECRETARY, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS Kapil Patidar has been appointed Deputy Sec- KISAN DIWAS: Thousands of farmer protesters gather at Delhi’s borders retary, Department of Economic Affairs. He is a ‘Ban export of beef if 2011 batch IES offi cer. ‘HOPEFUL OF PROTESTING UNIONS MOU SIGNS BETWEEN HUDCO AND you think for cows’ MOHUA HUDCO has signed a Memorandum of Under- RESUMING TALKS WITH GOVT SOON’ standing (MoU) with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) for setting key targets for New Delhi: As farmers’ the fi nancial year 2020-21. The MoU was signed agitation against three between Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA farm laws entered its 27th day, Agriculture and Kamran Rizvi, Chairman and Managing Director, Minister Narendra Sin- HUDCO in the presence of M Nagaraj, Director(Cor- gh Tomar said on Tues- porate Planning) and D Guhan, Director(Finance). day he is hopeful that Panaji: A Congress the Congress, came protesting unions would SIX SPS OFFICERS AWARDED IPS CADRE IN BIHAR leader from Karnataka against the backdrop of soon complete their in- appealed to the Naren- shortage of beef in the ternal discussions and Six offi cers of Bihar State Police Service have dra Modi government to coastal state due to sup- resume talks with the been appointed to the Indian Police Service and ban the export of beef, ply crunch from neigh- government to resolve allocated Bihar cadre. The offi cers are: Rakesh saying such move would bouring Karnataka. the crisis. Kumar Dubey, Sanjay Bharti, Chandra Shekhar ensure that cow are not "Let PM Narendra Modi He met two more Prasad Vidyarthy, Hari Mohan Shukla, Sheela Irani slaughtered. These re- ban the export of beef. peasants’ bodies from and Baliram Kumar Choudhary. marks of MLA Dinesh If that happens, cows Delhi and Uttar Pradesh A poster of Bhagat Singh is seen during a protest against the new farm laws at Singhu border in Gundu Rao, who is the will not be slaughtered," that extended support to New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI 10 COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS, Goa desk incharge of he told reporters. —PTI the legislations. GST & CENTRAL EXCISE GET NEW “Representatives of PROTESTING FARMERS SHOW INDIAN-CANADIAN SINGER ASSIGNMENT different farmers’ bod- BLACK FLAGS TO HARYANA CM JAZZY B JOINS PROTEST As many as 10 offi cers in the grade of Principal ies had come to tell that Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs, GST & the laws are good and Ambala: A group of farmers protest- Singhu Border: Indian-Canadian Central Excise have been transferred. Accordingly, Air Pollution killed 1.7 ing against the Centre's new agri singer Jaswinder Singh Bains a.k.a are in the interest of Nirmal Kumar Soren has been posted to Directorate farmers. They had laws on Tuesday showed black fl ags Jazzy B addressed agitating farmers million Indians in 2019 to Haryana Chief Minister Mano- at the Singhu border. In his address, of Logistics, Delhi and K Ashi Khieya wais shifted to come to urge the govern- Dimapur GST &CX and Abhai Kumar Srivastav will New Delhi: The eco- lution last year. As ment not make any har Lal Khattar when his convoy Jazzy B said that the farm protest has was passing through Ambala City, united farmers from all over the coun- join Bhopal GST & CX. Similarly, S K Vimalanathan nomic loss due to pre- per the scientific pa- amendments to the sources said. Some of the farmers try. "This protest has united all the was shifted to Mumbai-II Nhava Sheva-II Cus; Nit- mature deaths & mor- per on health and eco- laws,” Tomar said after allegedly tried to block Khattar's farmers from the country. The farmers ish Kumar Sinha to DGGI Hqrs. Delhi; Anice Joseph bidity from air pollu- nomic impact of air meeting the two groups. motorcade but police managed to from Punjab, Haryana and many Chandra to DG Vigilance, Delhi Hqrs-III; Manas tion was Rs 2,60,000 pollution published “I am hopeful they provide a safe passage to the chief other states are coming out from their crore or 1.4 % of the in Lancet Planetary (protesting farmers’ un- Ranjan Mohanty to Authority of Advance Ruling for minister, sources said. The farmers areas. I am thankful to the youth who Customs, Mumbai; Vijay Singh Chauhan to Author- GDP in India in 2019, Health on Tuesday, ions) will soon complete waived black fl ags at CM’s convoy. came to support them ," Jazzy said. as per new scientific household air pollu- their internal discus- ity of Advance Ruling for Customs, Delhi; Yogendra paper. It also said that tion decreased in In- sions and come forward Garg to DG NACIN. COE. Delhi and Hardeep Batra 1.7 million deaths dia resulting in 64 % for talks. We will be the protesting groups nalise a date for the break the deadlock as was posted to . Ludhiana (Audit) GST & CX. (18% of total deaths) reduction in the death able to find a solution on Sunday, urging them next round of talks to the agitating unions in the country were rate attributable to it successfully,” the min- to specify their con- end the protests. At have not agreed to any- By arrangement with: http:// attributable to air pol- from 1990 to 2019. —PTI ister said. Agriculture cerns on the govern- least five rounds of for- thing less than repeal whispersinthecorridors.com Ministry had written to ment’s proposal and fi- mal talks have failed to of the laws. —PTI

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Modi reaches... about the Indo-US Stra- of Srinagar. Kakpora- Shah’s next... “(And) as of now, it has back to Delhi. He was mention that the chief been amended and up- Modi was all praise for tegic Partnership,” he Pulwama, Tulel-Bandi- under the oppression no impact on the poten- not aware of the local minister is also ex-offi- graded gradually with the role played by AMU tweeted. pora, Gurez-Bandipora. by the state for quite tial of vaccines being timings and protocols,” cio chairman of the Ut- the time and six-month- founder Sir Syed Ah- In another tweet, the The saffron brigade is some time now,” stated developed in our coun- a statement on behalf tar Pradesh State Agri- ly bumper lucky draws mad Khan. Prime Minister said also leading in two seats a senior BJP MP from try and (which) are of Raina said. cultural Produce Mar- will now be held twice a Since the Muslims of that the Indo-US rela- in Kupwara and Anant- West Bengal. available in other coun- “Once pointed out, he ket Board of Mandi year to distribute two the country closely as- tionship can leverage nag. Sources said Shah tries,” he added. immediately complied Parishad. tractors (35 HP) each in sociate themselves with the vast potential of the Senior BJP leader would be camping in with the procedures The much-touted Up- all the 18 divisions to this institution, PM’s people to provide global and Union minister the state for two days. Raid in... laid out by the authori- har Yojana launched in the farmers winning positive vibes were leadership for the ben- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Shah has set a target likely to spread the in- ties and regrets the un- 2003 with a view to en- the first prize. “At a largely aimed at con- efit of the entire hu- had campaigned for the of 200 seats in the elec- fection of any disease fortunate and uninten- couraging farmers to time when the state gov- necting with the com- manity. BJP candidate in the tions for 294-member dangerous to life), and tional incident. He al- bring their agri pro- ernment has suspended munity’s intellectuals. The Legion of Merit predominantly Shia West Bengal Assembly. 34 (Acts done by several ways holds rules and duce to market produce many schemes with fi- AMU known as intellec- Medal is a five-rayed area of Balahama in the He has recently re- persons in furtherance laws laid down by gov- committees (mandis) nancial implications tual capital of Muslims white cross, edged with Srinagar district pe- turned from a two-day of common intention) erning bodies with the for the sale too is being due the funds being di- has always played con- red, resting on a green riphery. The BJP also visit to the state. of IPC, police said. highest regard and will revisited. The scheme verted to fight the pan- siderable political role. wreath with a blue cen- put up a good fight West Bengal is sched- “Suresh was in Mum- continue to do so in the sought to give prize cou- demic, the govern- tre containing 13 white against the regional uled to go for Assembly bai for a shoot which future as well,” it said. pons on monthly, quar- ment’s decision to dis- Top US... stars. (ANI) parties in the valley polls in mid-2021. The extended to late hours PTI terly and half-yearly tribute tractors certain- & the US to improve bi- who had come together dates have not been an- and was invited by a basis to farmers on ly is an attempt to send lateral ties, reflected in Farooq & ... on a single platform -- nounced yet. —ANI friend for a quick din- Yogi Govt... their mandi transac- a positive message to the bipartisan consen- BJP won four seats in Peoples Alliance for ner post the same prior according to the plan. tion of Rs 5,000 and farmers,” said the Man- sus in both countries Kashmir including that Gupkar Declaration. New strain... to him taking his flight Here it is pertinent to above. The scheme has di Parishad official. NEWS 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 | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 07 BJP makes inroads in high octane Bengal Bikers splash acid TMC battles BJP GORKHALAND A MAJOR ISSUE on rape victim, hunt on one side, Cong- on for accused Left on the other, First India Bureau with AIMIM eyeing Lucknow: Crime the Muslim votes against women con- First India Bureau spoke to NCP boss olive branch to Bimal by tinues to soar in the Sharad Pawar and tried allowing him to hold a state. In another case Lucknow: Defection, to win his sympathy rally. For BJP, there is a of acid attack, youths disinformation/mis- over the alleged at- clear opportunity: “It is, on a bike threw acid information and in- tempts by the Centre to say, 15 versus 280 seats. on a rape victim in ducing fear of defeat destabilize opposition- The TMC can now Swar town of Rampur are among the essen- ruled states. easily be accused of district. tial instruments of The Gorkha Janmuk- soft-pedaling the There was chaos on statecraft, which po- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benarjee greets Union Home Minister Amit Shah —FILE PHOTO ti Morcha has resur- Gorkhaland issue. For the spot after the inci- against the accused. litical parties love to faced with the emer- us, we’ll go with the rest dent. The police are Taking action against settle scores with grandstanding has paid lic rally last week, the “enemy” TMC, Mamata gence of Bimal Gurung, of Bengal,” said a BJP trying to arrest the him, the police put him their adversaries. off: starting from the ac- perception in the saffron again looks menacing who had been under- leader. On Muslim accused. behind the bars. He Something of this tivist Governor to pro- camp was south Bengal enough to put the BJP ground for over three votes, the AIMIM of A young girl from a was later released on sort is very much in evi- jecting the rancorous is more or less won. in its place. The battle years after a violent Asaduddin Owaisi has neighbouring village bail. On Monday night, dence in West Bengal Trinamool Congress Didi, the once stormy of perception has begun clash with the state au- staked its claim. In a of Swar had been in the bike riders threw where Assembly polls Chief Minister Mamata petrel, isn’t a pushover. in earnest. thorities in 2017. state where the Trina- love from many years. acid on the girl. The po- are due in about three Banerjee, it all seems to She struck back on Mamata then sum- Except around over a mool is hard-pressed to The accused is said to lice reached the spot as months from now. add up to saffron calcu- Monday, leaving the moned her poll strate- dozen seats where the corner the minority be a government em- soon as the informa- It is here the cut-throat lations. BJP MP from Bishnu- gist Prashant Kishor to Gorkhaland demand vote in the face of Con- ployee. He made physi- tion was received. politics would test the When Suvendu Adhi- pur in Bankura district, do some plain-speak: matters, the rest of Ben- gress straining every cal relations with the They started efforts larger efficacy of BJP’s kari switched sides Saumitra Khan, in the BJP won’t cross the gal is against the state- nerve to sew up an alli- girl on the pretext of to nab the accused. It Hindutva in its con- along with a sitting MP tears. Though the MP double-digit figure in hood. Rather than ar- ance with the Left marrying her later. also carried out a quest of the east. and nine MLAs besides has vowed to divorce his the 294-member Assem- resting him for several Front, the prospect of Later, he refused. checking campaign, So far, so good for BJP others, including local wife Sujata Mondal bly else he’d quit Twit- pending cases, Mamata vote division looks emi- Later, the woman but they could not be by all indications -- the Muslim leaders, at a pub- Khan for joining the ter! On her part, the CM has already extended an nently clear. registered a rape case nabbed. BSP prez ‘Panchayat polls Despite smart meters, STF to probe ‘shock’ dishes up by March-end, on consumer bill amount, assures energy min toddy gyan to First India Bureau the level of MD for the fight corona notification soon’ delay in giving bills to Lucknow: The truth An investigation is consumers. Electricity First India Bureau will be out after the being conducted from supply at city, country- investigation report STF as per the side and tehsil levels Lucknow: The con- of the STF on the instructions of Chief has been ensured as fusion over the date shortcomings of Minister Yogi per schedule. of the Panchayat elec- smart meters in vari- Adityanath He said that tube tions in UP, after the ous districts of the wells of farmers, ben- tenure of the prad- state. efiting from Covid-19 hans (heads) ending Based on the report, Lump Sum Solution in December, was Panchayati Raj Minister action will be taken being conducted from Scheme, will be started cleared by Panchayati Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary against the guilty offic- STF as per the instruc- in between 30 to 60 Raj Minister Bhupen- at an event on Tuesday. ers along with strict ac- tions of Chief Minister days. The equipment of Bhim Rajbhar dra Singh Chaudhary tion against the meter Yogi Adityanath. the store in the electric- on Tuesday. said the constitution- supplying firms. He said that a large ity department will be First India Bureau He has asked to is- al system would re- Energy Minister Shri- number of consumer reviewed and the pur- sue a notification main in force as be- kant Sharma was ad- bills have been issued chase slips of equip- Lucknow: Bahujan Sa- once the primary fore till the term of dressing the DVVNL of- After the press conference, Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma, MP SP Singh, incorrectly. These will ment will be uploaded maj Party (BSP) state work for the prepara- the Panchayat ends. ficials at the headquar- Rajkumar Chahar went by bicycle from MD office to Sikandra Sub Station. be revised by 31 Janu- on its website. president Bhim Rajb- tion of Panchayat The minister ters of Dakshinchal Vid- ary and from next time These slips will in- har gave an absurd elections is complet- termed the Agri Re- yut Vitran Nigam Limit- said in a press confer- jumping of smart me- onwards, a meter read- clude complete infor- statement in Ballia dis- ed. He was attending form Bill as beneficial ed (DVVNL) regarding ence that there was a ters in many districts er will deliver the bill mation related to the trict on Tuesday. He ad- the three-wheeler ve- to farmers. He said revenue and dues. complaint of complete of the state. to consumer’s home. company such as name, vised people to drink hicle distribution the public had chosen The Energy Minister reading error and An investigation is Action will be taken at equipment quality, etc. toddy to prevent corona programme at Kan- BJP and political peo- virus infection. nauj Collectorate. ple were obstructing Addressing the peo- During the distri- the work of the elect- ple from the forum, he bution of equipment ed government. “It is 5 charred to death as car hits tanker, catches fire said that drinking tod- to the differently- being prevented from dy would not cause the abled, journalists working for the farm- First India Bureau CM CONDOLES lock system, she said. infection. He even com- asked the minister on ers. Such people have Singh said a work- pared toddy with Gan- the ending tenure of not been able to suc- Lucknow: Five peo- er of a booth on the ga’s water. the heads. He said the ceed in politics. ple were charred to Yamuna Expressway He said that toddy’s

Panchayati Raj de- Hence, they are frus- death on Tuesday —FILE PHOTO reported the accident drop was even holier partment was doing trated and agitating after their car to the police, and the than Ganga’s water. Ra- the primary work of by misleading farm- caught fire on col- fire brigade was jbhar said that people elections. Gram sab- ers,” he said. “The liding with a tanker called in, but by the of Rajbhar society has had been recalcu- PM has pledged to truck carrying die- time the fire was con- raised their children by lated and now a noti- double the income of sel on the Yamuna trolled, all five occu- giving them toddy. Bhi- fication would be is- farmers by 2022. The Expressway near pants of the car were ma Rajbhar visited Bal- sued after delimita- government has tak- Agra, police said. badly burnt. lia for the first time af- tion and reservation en steps to remove the Etmadpur Deputy The officer said the ter becoming the state and panchayat elec- roadblocks in achiev- Superintendent of truck driver fled the president of the Bahu- tions would be held by ing the target,” he Police Archana Sin- moving at a high ing to Lucknow from car got trapped in- scene after the crash, jan Samaj Party. He the end of March. He added. gh said the truck took speed, following Agra collided with it. side it after the crash and a search was un- was welcomed warmly a wrong turn while which the car head- The occupants of the because of its central derway to nab him. in the district.

NEW YEAR to be promoted to the rank to ascertain the lineage of —Amit Baliyan revealed that the letter was CHEERS FOR 100 of Principal Secretary from the baby. On Monday, the sent from Badlapur post OFFICERS the level of Secretary and two-month old baby had CBI LODGES FIR offi ce in Jaunpur district he New Year is Commissioner, another 14 to undergo a DNA test. A FOR FAKING CM on 13 June 2019. The Texpected to bring cheer offi cers including Special heartrending scene took YOGI’S sender of the letter wrote for around 100 IAS offi cers Secretary to the CM and Grade and Junior Scale them were promoted from then nothing matters. But place where on one hand SIGNATURE his name as Sandeep in the form of promotion Director of Civil Aviation to Senior Time Scale. The Principal Secretary to ACS. there is hope as everyone there was the deceitful he CBI Delhi Crime Singh.When the CBI and hurt burns for some Surendra Singh will 1990-batch IAS serving —M Tariq Khan is equal in the eyes of law. father refusing fatherhood TBranch has registered interrogated Sandeep, other colleague, who will also move up the ladder as principal secretaries, In a case in Mirjamurad and on the other hand an FIR in connection the letter’s handwriting have to wait for their turn from Special Secretary however, will have to wait DNA TEST TO a lover was sent to jail a young unwed mother with the fake signature revealed that the letter was till the next meeting of to Secretary. Two of the to get promoted as ACS TEST PATERNITY for physical exploitation fi ghting for the rights of of CM Yogi Adityanath sent by Sandeep’s known department promotion offi cers proposed for as the government is yet OF ‘CHEATING and the pregnant woman her baby! On Monday, for sending letters to PM Shivaji Yadav, a resident of committee. promotion to the post of to take a call on them and FATHERS’! became an unwed mother. the police brought the Narendra Modi. The case Jaunpur. The investigation As on January1, 2020, 126 secretary include DM of create requisite vacancies ow DNA test will But the joy of motherhood accused from jail and the was later transferred to also revealed that Shivaji IAS offi cers are in the line Jaunpur and Ghaziabad. as the the Finance Nbe used to identify of the young mother was blood sample was taken the CBI Lucknow unit. was in constant contact of promotion in various Apart from these, there Department is considering deceitful fathers who fractured by the fact that of both the ‘father’ and the The case was investigated with a person named posts and pay scales. will be promotion from its justifi cation. In fact, the indulge in affairs and then her innocent child had no ‘baby’ in the presence of by the CBI Lucknow unit Vishal Yadav via mobile The UP Appointments Junior Administrative 1988 batch offi cers too shirk the responsibility of father. At this moment the the Magistrate. The sample on the instructions of phone. Vishal told CBI that Department has started Grade to Selection Grade, had to wait for promotion parenthood. It is a matter law of the land came to her was sent to the Forensic Assistant Director of the Shivaji was trying to get a proceedings. While seven Senior Time Scale to from January-2019 till of fact that when love and rescue and gave directions Laboratory in Lucknow for Prime Minister’s Offi ce ticket from BJP. IAS offi cers are expected Junior Administrative July this year when 20 of passion are at their peak to the Forensic laboratory DNA testing. PK Issar. Investigation —Shishir Awasthi An individual’s happiness is always dependent on the outside and the within and the within has a bigger role. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 2ND FRONT 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 | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 08

WORLD INDIA UTTAR PRADESH COVID-19 UPDATE 17,15,207 7,80,03,474 1,46,438 1,00,97,540 8,224 5,76,824 DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES MAHARASHTRA RAJASTHAN KARNATAKA DELHI GUJARAT 48,876 DEATHS 19,02,458 CASES 2,634 DEATHS 3,00,716 CASES 12,016 DEATHS 9,10,241 CASES 10,329 DEATHS 6,18,747 CASES 4,248 DEATHS 2,37,247 CASES BJP-ruled states find Hathras gang rape case: CBI accuses UP police of negligence —FILE PHOTO role model in CM Yogi First India Bureau material, including in- florescence of bajra, Bihar, Karnataka, MP govts mullling bringing in ‘love jihad’ law Lucknow: The Cen- from the crime of scene tral Bureau of Inves- and the samples were First India Bureau tigation has made sev- analysed by experts at eral important revela- the Central Forensic Lucknow: UP Chief tions in its charge Science Laboratory in Minister Yogi Adity- sheet in the case of the national capital. anath has not yet com- the alleged gang rape It also got the forensic pleted four years at of a Dalit girl in Hath- psychological assess- the seat of power, but ras. In the charge ment and layered voice today he has become a sheet filed in Alla- used the word coercion in 8 days later. analysis test of the ac- role model for all the habad High Court on her statement, but the po- At the same time, the cused and others by BJP-ruled states. December 18, the CBI lice ignored sexual har- CBI also alleged that for CFSL experts. His decisions are be- has said the UP police assment cases two times, the first time, the police The CBI, also got the coming a foreword for has committed negli- which destroyed the fo- have not included the brain electrical oscilla- those states where the gence in the case. rensic evidence. names of two other co- tion signature and poly- second or third term of The CBI in its 19-page In the charge sheet, accused, while rejecting graph test of the four BJP-ruled governments charge sheet has said that the CBI has claimed that his statement in writ- accused at the Directo- is going on. The Yogi the victim’s statement the victim’s statement ing. CBI said during the rate of Forensic Science Adityanath government has not been taken on has been taken after 5 investigation, it collect- in Gandhinagar on has brought the Uttar UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath —FILE PHOTO September 14. The victim days and she was tested ed soil, dried vegetative December 10. Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of STRICT STEPS TAKEN BY CM of 3 to 10 years sentence Religion Ordinance and dealt strictly with 1.89L trees 2020, more popularly protest against the citi- In a sudden move transport known as ‘Love Jihad zenship law. Law’. Although some The Yogi government chopped for people are criticising it, has changed the names minister transfers twenty ARTOs the BJP-ruled states are of many cities since expressway trying to adopt it. On the coming to power, in Ahtesham Siddiqui one is aware of the sud- Rampur, Amit Rajan lines of UP, states like which Allahabad has den transfer. ARTO Ra- Rai Headquarters to Haryana, Madhya been changed to Praya- Lucknow: After Chief ghavendra Singh got Lucknow, RK Saroj Pradesh and Karnataka which the MP Assem- Jihad’. In Bihar, BJP graj and Faizabad dis- Minister Yogi Adity- best posting of HQ to Lucknow to Raebareli, are working on it. bly’s Speaker Ramesh- leaders are raising de- trict has been renamed anath’s approval, Ghaziabad. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Haryana CM Mano- war Sharma reached mands for similar legis- Ayodhya. Not only this, Transport Minister These ARTOs include Gonda to Lucknow, har Lal Khattar had also Lucknow in the first lation from the Nitish the Mughal Museum in Ashok Kataria trans- Mohammad Azim Luc- Aditya Tripathi Luc- constituted a three- week of December to Kumar-led government. Agra has been renamed ferred 20 ARTOs on know to Kushinagar, know Headquarters to member committee to understand the provi- The BJP government Chhatrapati Shivaji Ma- Tuesday. Babita Mathura to Gon- Amroha, Shivshankar study the laws applica- sions of the ordinance. of Himachal Pradesh haraj Museum. In this Principal Secretary da, Sudhir Kumar Ver- Singh Amroha to Bi- ble in UP and other The Government of has also brought a law to way, many works are be- Transport R K Singh ma Enforcement to jnor, Pranav Jha Bijnor First India Bureau states. Four-time CM of Karnataka is also study- stop such conversion. ing done or are being gives new deployment Kanpur, Satyendra Ku- to Mainpuri, Rajesh Madhya Pradesh ing the provisions of the Yogi had taken steps to considered on the lines to 20 ARTOs. Now this mar Yadav Lucknow to Kardam Headqarters Mathura: The Uttar Shivraj Singh Chauhan Ordinance of UP to en- prevent cow slaughter of UP government in is the bureaucracy of Azamgar, Surendra to Mainpuri among Pradesh authorities is preparing for this, for act a law against ‘Love and passed a provision BJP-ruled states. Uttar Pradesh that no Singh Lucknow to others. have cut over 1.89 lakh trees for the construc- tion of the Bundelkhand expressway, an RTI GOODWILL GREETINGS Away from farmers’ stir, Rajbhar query has revealed. In a reply to Banda- based activist Kuldeep stitching alliance with smaller parties Shukla, Senior Manager of the UP Forest Depart- First India Bureau shown the door in the kar Party President ment, Atul Asthana, midst of the 2019 Lok Babu Singh Kushwaha, said the Expressway In- Lucknow: Away from Sabha elections after he Rashtra Uday Party dustrial Development the media spotlight made several anti-gov- chief Babu Ram Pal, Ja- Authority (UPEIDA) has that is currently fo- ernment statements. nata Kranti Party Presi- cut 1,89,036 trees for the cused on the ongoing The SBSP is focused dent Anil Singh Chau- 296-km-long project. farmers’ agitation on on the Rajbhar commu- han and Rashtriya Up- The trees were cut in the Delhi borders, nity, which constitutes ekshit Samaj Party chief Banda, Chitrakoot, Ma- Suheldev Bharatiya around 17-18 per cent of Premchand Prajapati,” hoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Samaj Party (SBSP) the population in the SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar the sources said. Auraiya and Etawah, it chief Om Prakash Ra- Purvanchal area of Ut- Rajbhar plans to mo- said. The UPEIDA has jbhar is quietly busy tar Pradesh. isheel Samajwadi Party bilise Dalits, backwards planned to plant over stitching alliances Sources close to Rajb- Lohia, are in the final and Muslims so that 2.70 lakh saplings along with smaller parties har said that he is in the stages. Rajbhar also had they can play a signifi- the expressway, the RTI in Uttar Pradesh. final stages of sewing up a meeting recently with cant role in the forma- added. Banda Divisional Rajbhar, a BJP ally alliances with smaller Asaduddin Owaisi of All tion of the next govern- Forest Officer Sanjay Former Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore called on UP Chief till last year, was a Min- parties.“Talks with India Majlis-e-Ittehadul ment after the 2022 Agarwal said the trees Minister Yogi Adityanath at his offi cial residence in Lucknow on Tuesday. ister in the Yogi Adity- Shivpal Singh Yadav, Muslimeen. Talks are Assembly elections in were cut after permis- anath government but who heads the Pragat- also on with Jan Adhi- Uttar Pradesh. sion from the Centre.

IN THE WINGS Crucial DPC meet tomorrow; to decide on IAS officers’ promotions Family Welfare depart- 7 officers of 1996-batch of UP cadre ment, are two other of- ficers up for promotion. likely to be elevated as principal secys Jhimomi’s work dur- ing the Covid-19 pan- Ahtesham Siddiqui on Thursday. The demic has been widely 1996-batch officers, if all appreciated in the gov- Lucknow: The corri- goes well, would be ele- ernment. Sources said dors of bureaucracy vated as principal secre- the officers would be are buzzing with the taries in their current assigned new responsi- imminent meeting of cadre, UP. Aneeta C Meshram Dheeraj Sahu Nitishwar Kumar Anil Garg Subhash Chandra M Devaraj V Hekali Zhimomi bilities with their pro- departmental promo- On top of the list is motion. At the same tion committee (DPC), Dheeraj Sahu who is at ber, secretary NCTE, ram would join the Tourism, was promoted While M Devaraj who list in seniority. Sub- time, the government which would decide present Commissioner, Department of Educa- league of her husband last year. Secretary, Ir- is holding dual posts in hash Chandra Sharma, would have to appoint on the promotion of Transport. Similarly, tion and Literacy is sec- as a principal secretary. rigation and Water Re- UP- MD of both UP Pow- Commissioner Jhansi new commissioners in seven IAS officers as Nitishwar Kumar who ond on the list. Her husband Mukesh source Department er Corporation Limited division and V Hekali Jhansi and Meerut principal secretaries. is on Central deputa- Commissioner, Meerut Meshram of 1995-batch, Anil Garg also figures and Water Election Cor- Zhimomi, Secretary, where the positions The DPC would meet tion and posted as mem- Division, Anita Mesh- principal secretary, UP in list. poration- is fifth on the Medical Health and would become vacant. www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09

LUCKNOW, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23, 2020 THE FINALISTS OF MISS OCEAN WORLD 2020 FROM THE TOP 11 COUNTRIES ABSOLUTELY ACED IT IN THE ‘NATIONAL COSTUME ROUND’ HELD VIRTUALLY! FLAUNTING THE NATIONALITIES

NEHAL NAYAR [email protected]

n international beau- ty pageant, Miss Ocean World 2020 which began earlier A this month, recently held a ‘National Cos- tume Round’ for all the finalists competing for the United Kingdom Chile title. Participants from a total of 11 countries were a part of Yogesh Mishra this round, where they flaunt- ed the traditions and values pageantry, which is an ex- of their respective countries. tremely proud moment for Egypt After this round, a total of 7 our country. finalists will be shortlisted for Talking about being the the Interview Round, which is host of the pageant this year to be held on the 28th of this and for the next two years, Yo- month. Renowned people gesh Mishra stated, “Being a from the fashion world will be host of this esteemed beauty a part of the interviewer pan- pageant is a really great op- el, to make the competition portunity for me. It is the very more interesting. first time that I am organising Yogesh Mishra from Jaipur, a pageant virtually, but it is who is the host and the inter- definitely a great and inter- national director of this beau- esting experience altogether.” ty pageant has been working Something that makes this extremely hard and making pageant unique from the oth- the Pink City proud with his ers is the fact that it acted as achievements. From organis- a great opportunity for the ing beauty pageants at the women who were of a bigger state level to going interna- age, and not married. Spain tional, Yogesh has come a re- “We believe that everyone ally long way. The pageant must receive an equal chance, Miss Ocean World is and that is the reason why we ranked as #17 didn’t focus much on the age in the world this time- all we required of inter- were the other criteria to be national fulfilled by the participants,” said Yogesh. He added, “This year, the theme of the pageant is ‘Clean Ocean’. Since there Venezuela are hardly any activi- ties dedicated to once people found out about the oceans in the theme. We will be spread- the pageants, ing awareness to save the Nigeria a great buzz ocean and keep it clean.” was created The grand finale of Miss across the Ocean World 2020 will be held globe virtually on 30 December.

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KISAN KUMBH

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n our ancient Hin- du culture, a great festival & pilgrim- age takes place I every 12 years at Prayagraj, on the confluence of the holy Ganga, Jamuna & the mythical Saraswati rivers. The attendees are from all sections of Hindu life, and they assemble in the larg- est numbers known to man- kind. It is a 48-day Mela (festival). It is the KUMBH MELA. It is believed that when the gods were carry- ing the Kumbh (pot) con- manipulated via duress, taining the Elixir of im- money or guile of the pow- mortality, some drops fell at ers that be. The sagacity this site. Thereafter, any- and grip over their subject one who bathes here wash- were evident when the es away all the sins of his/ three dozen Union Leaders her life. sat patiently for long hours Today we are witnessing across smug Govt officers a far bigger phenomenon in and ministers and meticu- numbers and inclusive- lously weeded out all the ness. We are becoming part glaring anomalies in the of History in the conflu- Farm Bills. The Govt ence of all castes, regions, agreed to amend those er- religions and races. The rors and unwittingly made sins of strife between these their “farmer-friendly” sections are being sani- Bills look devious and in- tized in this KISAN fructuous. The KISAN KUMBH to form a single KUMBH is here to push In- Bhartiyata (Indianness). dia’s civilization onto a Starting as a small agita- unifying train that will tion in the heart of Punjab, of food, milk, tea & fruits to Punjabi singers joined in gible Cultural Heritage of move voluntarily towards lage bumpkins. Now they steamroll all political she- it has already snowballed the policemen. The pall of and lifted the sky of the Humanity” in these lofty Delhi as if drawn by a mag- are surprised by common nanigans that “fooled all into a festival of an ancient aggression evaporated into spirit high. Singing Live words, I am sure many in- net. They are sensing His- sense and general knowl- the people, all the time”. civilization waking up to a peaceful brotherhood. Af- from atop tractors and tellectuals must be scurry- tory being created in a tan- edge voiced by the sun- Any farmer worth his salt its ideals. The world has al- ter all, 90% of these police- makeshift stages, they mo- ing around to define this gible form and deeply long kissed farmers in front of and guilty of tolerating the ready taken note. men were from rural stock tivated the farmers by ap- phenomenon. If anyone to be part of this festive mikes thrust at them by the callousness of various Gov- This miracle started to too. With subtle connivance pealing to their bravery thinks these millions were revolution. farm-illiterate paparazzi. ernments will surely em- unfold from the day the they let the farmers remove and history of their fight “organised” to demon- The sceptical and cynical To further fox everybody, bark on this pilgrimage to water-cannons and tear gas the barricades and dance & against injustice. strate, he must be living in urbane urban were brought they haven’t nominated the KISAN KUMBH to shells were greeted with sing to the Delhi borders. If UNESCO had called an illusion. People from up to think of these sons & just one single leader to cleanse the soul of Bharat folded hands and serving Then the hugely popular Kumbh Mela as an “Intan- across India have started to daughters of the soil as vil- lead them, lest he/she be Varsh.

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NOT THE END ARJUN’S NAIL OF THE WORLD DILJIT YAMI FEELS SECURED POLISH DOSANJH ami wrapped up shooting for the first schedule of her REVEALS forthcoming film Bhoot Po- Y lice across locations in the “During my state where she stayed for almost childhood, I a month. The actress informed only watched that she has just commenced movies starring shooting for her remaining por- Arjun Rampal Amitabh Bach- tions of the horror-comedy Katty Perry chan and Dhar- flick in Mumbai. “As I com- mendra at mence the Mumbai sched- ctor Arjun Ram- ven in the Earth’s home. I loved ule of ‘Bhoot police’ cannot pal has opened final moments, the fight help but think of our shoot up on shooting people will still be scenes. The in Himachal. Pandemic has A for his upcom- E mixing up Katy only movies hit us all & everywhere but ing film Nail Polish amid Perry and Zooey De- apart from the security that your home- the ongoing pandemic, schanel! In the music these two stars town gives you is amazing. describing the experi- video for Perry’s Not the that I watched Home is where is the heart ence as challenging. “It End of the World, which were of Ra- is... #shootdiariesofHi- was extremely challeng- the pop singer dropped jinder Kumar. machal #dalhousie,” ing -- everything from Monday morning, a I’ve always she wrote on Insta- production teams hav- spaceship full of benev- had a strong gram. Directed by ing to be on top of their olent blue-skinned al- connection Pavan Kirpalani, game, to actors being iens abducts Deschanel to hill sta- the horror-com- vulnerable, to Zee5 tak- thinking she’s Perry, tions and edy film also ing a huge risk, to 9co- whom they revere and that’s the stars Saif stars) Manav (Kaul) and wish to rescue before reason I Ali Khan, Anand (Tiwari) getting our exhausted planet chose movies Jacque- Covid, to shoot coming comes to its untimely by Rajinder line Fer- to a halt for three demise. Ever the quick Kumar,” he re- nandez, Ar- weeks,” Arjun said. He thinker, the New Girl called. “There was jun Kapoor added, “Re-gathering star plays along, trying a point in my life and Jaaved ourselves and braving on Teenage Dream-era when I didn’t do any- Jaaferi. the situation, we had all costumes and props in thing except practise —Agency the experiences. The hopes that she and her music. Working in a fac- best feeling was fighting fellow space travellers tory was my backup op- through all these times can save Earth. tion,” he added. —Agency Diljit Dosanjh Yami Gautam and finishing what we —Agency had started.” —Agency

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MEET & GREET! MULTITASKING 1

MUALucknow’s most talented MOMS MUAs (Makeup Artists) who not only follow their dreams but do it with a baby in their arms!

MONICA PRABHAKAR [email protected]

n every job, there’s a day or two off but there’s one job that requires work 24x7, Lubna Abbas with baby Noor Kirti Jotwani I that is a mother’s job. While being a moth- er is the noblest most 1. Jagdeesh hectic task in itself, there are Chandra with some mothers who take out Gaurav Gaur, time for their passion too. Director, Elite We’ve talked to a couple of Miss Rajasthan Lucknow’s passionate and and Akanksha most talented MUAs (Makeup Bhalla, Patron of Artists) who not only follow the pageant, and their dreams but do it with a the winners- Isha baby in their arms. Kirti Jot- Agarwal, Divija wani, a professional makeup Gambhir and Riya artist, MD at Kirti Jotwani Sain, in Jaipur. Makeup Studio and Salon, “Being a full time mom to a 7 is kinda working I guess.” dolling up my brides, they The winner of Elite says, “I have been passionate month old is the best thing ever! Talking about the sheer joy trust us for their big day and Miss Rajasthan was about makeup since long, but But honestly speaking, it used to that comes with the happy the smile on their faces after Isha Agarwal, while 4 years back I started doing it be very difficult. With the whole brides after their makeovers, being dolled up gives us Divija Gambhir and professionally with my own pandemic situation, nowhere to major MUA in city, Kirti remi- strength to work even harder.” Riya Sain were the makeup academy. go, no one to come visit. But nisces, “I remember, after hav- The saying still stands, first and second And, Yes it is difficult to leave soon after I had my baby girl, I ing a C-section with my first- where there’s a will, there’s a runner-ups. my two absolute cute kids at restarted creating makeup born, I actually started work- way. These MUA moms are home.” Self taught makeup art- looks and posting online which ing 10 days after it not because just another motivation for 2. Riya Sain, Isha ist and a mom to a beautiful 7 I have been doing since 2015. I had any pressure of the busi- everyone to hustle harder to- Agarwal and Divija month old, Lubna Abbas, says, Also, all these years of practice ness or anything but I love wards our goals! 2 Gambhir

THE STRONG BOND! A GOOD DEED CITY FIRST tious plans, mission power and women ai Dham Tem- empowerment of CM ple Founda- Yogi Adityanath, and tion Trust on assured them that the IAS Officers S Monday or- police are with them for the 2013 ganised an event at at all times and they batch stand the Malin Basti at Ba- have given everyone united, with loo Adda, Dalibagh, the mobile numbers a great bond Lucknow, where they of their department of friendship. distributed blankets exposed to. Seen here are to the underprivi- The founder of Sai (from left) IAS leged, during the Dham Mandir Foun- Apurva Dubey, winter season. This dation Trust Amit IAS Sunil initiative was done Sharma invited the Verma, IAS by the Officer in the women present in Rishi Garg, IAS Women’s Welfare De- Malin Basti to their Raj Kamal, IAS partment, Vartika know. Pramod Tiwari men- temple on Christmas, Ramesh, IAS Shukla from the Col- The chief guest of tioned to the attend- 25 December. Deepa and IAS lectorate Office Luc- the program, DCP ees about the ambi- [email protected] Samuel Paul. INVESTITURE CEREMONY! CONDOLENCES... Cute Little Santas CITY FIRST

he Digital Baal Mela by LIC wit- nessed the cutest T Christmas based competition on Tuesday. Khawash Kapil One year Sanyam from Barmer became Santa. Being so young he looked adorable and mischievous in Santa’s dress. Parents prepared Students and faculty their children quite members during well. Initially, the mini- the Investiture mum age of children Sanyam Swastika Ceremony was required to be six celebration of years old to attend the Avadh Girls’ Degree Children’s Fair. Howev- was also changed from everyone by becoming College in Lucknow er, when the entry of 14 December to 21 De- Santa while Khwaish on Tuesday. young children started cember and prize distri- Gupta of Jaipur sent her Legendary folk coming, the Future So- bution will take place entry to the Digital Chil- singer Padmashri ciety, which is organis- on Christmas. dren’s Fair as Santa. The Malini Awasthi ing the Digital Chil- 7 years old Kapil Vash- jaw-dropping Santa look graced the occasion dren’s Fair changed istha, a resident of came from 1-year-old as the Chief Guest. their decision in favour Shivpuri Colony in Soda- Swastika Sharma from —PHOTOS BY of the children. The last la area of J​​ aipur, decided Guwahati. SUMIT KUMAR date for sending entries to fulfil the wishes of [email protected]