LUCKNOW l SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No.37 COMEDIAN KUNAL KAMRA, CARTOONIST RACHITA TANEJA HAVE BEEN AGRICULTURE MINISTER NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR DURING AN GIVEN CONTEMPT NOTICES BY SUPREME COURT FOR THEIR CRITICISM INTERVIEW SAID THAT THE INFORMAL TALKS WITH THE FARMERS OF THE TOP COURT IN TWEETS AND ILLUSTRATIONS RESPECTIVELY ARE ON AND IS HOPEFUL TO REACH A SOLUTION BEFORE YEAR ENDS OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW 5°C - 19°C www.firstindia.co.in | www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia | instagram.com/thefirstindia Exodus from Trinamool ‘I APPEAL WITH continues as Amit Shah FOLDED HANDS’ lands in West Bengal Now, Barrackpore About a dozen TMC MLAs and heads of Ready to discuss all issues, end of MLA Shilbhadra elected bodies are believed to be preparing Dutta quit TMC to resign and walk with Suvendu to BJP MSP is a lie: PM Modi to farmers Aditi Nagar Kolkata: A day after Mohd Fahad former transport minis- ter Suvendu Adhikari New Delhi: Prime Min- resigned from the Tri- ister Narendra Modi, namool Congress and strongly defending on the threshold of Un- farm laws that have Farms laws were ion Home Minister triggered massive pro- Amit Shah’s two-day tests near Delhi, said on not brought West Bengal visit, the Friday that he was overnight. There party’s Barrackpore ready “with folded were demands for MLA, Shilbhadra Dutta, hands” to discuss every the reforms from quit and sent his resig- Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee issue with farmers and nation to party supremo parties, experts, allay their fear. He also Mamata Banerjee. SPEAKER REFUSES TO ACCEPT said any talk about the progressive In his resignation let- new laws doing away farmers for many ter, Dutta wrote, “I am ADHIKARI’S RESIGNATION LETTER with MSP or Minimum years. The tendering my resigna- Kolkata: The Bengal assembly Speaker’s refusal to Support Price for crops tion as a member of All accept the resignation of Suvendu Adhikari, who “is the biggest lie ever”. previous India Trinamool Con- resigned yesterday, highlights the Trinamool’s “If anyone has any governments had gress as well as from all desperation. Speaker Biman Banerjee asked Mr concerns, then with our made promises to others positions held by Adhikari to meet him on Monday, saying the letter heads bowed and our the farmers but me in the party and its was not in order and he was not satisfied that it hands folded, with hu- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the farmers of Madhya Pradesh via video conferencing, in associate organisation was “genuine and voluntary”. mility, we are willing to New Delhi on Friday. never delivered. with immediate effect.” discuss with them and They are upset Dutta had earlier refused NO COERCIVE ACTION AGAINST BJP assuage their fears,” PM also said though agricul- past 22 years, every gov- ties opposing these laws to meet the party’s elec- because what they LEADERS: SC TO MAMATA GOVT Modi said, addressing tural reforms were dis- ernment, state has dis- today promised these had only talked tion strategist Prashant farmers in Madhya cussed for over two dec- cussed these in detail. reforms in their mani- Kishore and his team. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued Pradesh via video as ades by every govern- Farmer groups, agricul- festos,” said the PM. about, Modi has On Thursday, Jiten- notice to Mamata Banerjee government on part of the govern- ment, the opposition was tural experts, econo- “These parties are done that dra Tiwari, MLA from petitions filed by BJP MPs Kailash Vijayvargiya ment’s redoubled efforts misleading farmers. mists, scientists and pro- pained today. They are —Narendra Modi, Pandabeswar and presi- and Arjun Singh alleging foisting of false cases to reach out to farmers. “These laws were not gressive farmers, have asking themselves how Prime Minister dent of the TMC’s Pas- on them. P5 The Prime Minister brought in overnight. In called for reforms. Par- Modi could Turn to P6 chim Turn to P6 4 months after CBI finds: Hathras victim dissent, Sonia to INDIA TAKES FIRST INNINGS LEAD meet some of was gang-raped, killed 23 letter-writers AFTER BOWLERS TAME AUSTRALIA CBI also invoked charges against the four accused under today in Delhi the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in its chargesheet New Delhi: Sonia Gan- Hathras: The four ac- dhi will on Saturday cused in the alleged meet some of the 23 sen- gang-rape and torture ior lead- of a young Dalit wom- ers who an in Uttar Pradesh’s had writ- Hathras in September ten to her were on Friday charged in August by the CBI of gang- seeking rape and murder, over The handling of the case by Uttar Pradesh Police - particularly the sweeping changes in the three months after the late-night cremation of the victim allegedly without the family’s Congress organisation approval - had led to angry protests across the country. incident that triggered and an effective, full- outrage across across PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA time leadership that is the nation. @PRIYANKAGANDHI “visible” and “active”. The CBI has also in- On one hand, there was government- This will be the first at- voked charges against protected injustice. The family, on the tempt at rapprochement Adelaide: India celebrate the wicket of Australia’s Matthew Wade on the second day of their cricket test the accused under the other, was hopeful of justice. The victim’s from both sides. match at the Adelaide Oval in Australia on Friday. After scoring 244 in the first Innings, Indian bowlers SC/ST (Prevention of body was burnt forcibly. There were A list of potential at- collectively dominated Australia into submission, bowling them out for 191 on the second day of the Atrocities) Act. The attempts to discredit the victim. The family tendees was sent to So- opening Day/Night Test. Ravichandran Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 55. At the end of probe agency filed its was threatened. But eventually, Satya nia, out of which a se- the day, India were 9 for 1 after losing Prithvi Shaw and leading by 62 runs. chargesheet before triumphed. Satyameva Jayate #HathrasCase lect group will meet her, Turn to P6 sources said. UTTARAKHAND CM RAWAT TESTS For a cleaner Ganga: Varanasi first to have CNG boats COVID POSITIVE Boats operating in the River Ganga of to make River Ganga Dehradun/New Delhi: free of pollution.” WHY CNG... Uttarakhand Chief Kashi will neither release toxic smoke From a budget of Minister The vibrations caused Trivendra nor will make a loud noise anymore over 34 crores, as many by the loud sound of Singh as 1700 small and big the diesel engine af- Rawat (in Vishal Srivastav (CNG) fuel. boats will have CNG en- fect humans as well as pic) has The city has got an- gines. Each small boat aquatic animals, and tested Varanasi: While Vara- other gift from Chief will cost around 60 to 70 positive for coronavirus also the eco-system is nasi has been hogging Minister Yogi Adity- thousand, while a big damaged, as well as on Friday. In a tweet, all the limelight ever anath-led Uttar Pradesh boat will cost over 2 Rawat said he went the historical heritages since PM Narendra Government in the lakhs. A small amount into home isolation situated along the Modi won from here in form of CNG-run boats. will also be taken from after testing positive. banks of the ghat also 2014, the oldest city in Boats operating in the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath the boatmen. Meanwhile, Indian get spoiled. In com- Council of Medical the world has added an- River Ganga of Kashi It is to be mentioned Research (ICMR) other feather to its cap. will neither release tox- kiya Ghat. In the first will operate the boat on make River Ganga pol- that the diesel engine parison to diesel, CNG Director General Balram The city is world’s first ic smoke nor will make phase, about 51 boats such a large scale. Vara- lution-free, in this re- will be withdrawn is less flammable, so Bhargava also tested place to incorporate in a loud noise anymore. will have CNG based en- nasi commissioner gard, under Corporate from the boat on which it is likely to reduce Covid positive and is its water channel boats As a part of the pilot gines. Deepak Agarwal stated, Social Responsibility the CNG based engine the risk of disasters being treated at AIIMS running on the Com- project, a CNG station It is for the first time “Chief Minister Yogi Project, GAIL India has will be fitted. from boats. Trauma Centre. press Natural Gas is being built at Khir- in the world where CNG Adityanath aims to taken the responsibility 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 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020 02 Kisan Jam: Smriti Irani says Digitalisation speeds UP development: Adityanath UPA allies provoking farmers First India Bureau Lucknow: Sustained ef- The bill had already been discussed with farmer leaders, the Union Minister said forts of Uttar Pradesh First India Bureau the opposition,” Smriti Chief Minister Yogi Adi- urged farmers. tyanath to take the state Meerut: Amid ongoing Smriti said that dur- on the fast track of growth farmers’ agitation ing the six years of the , progress and digitalisa- across the country, Un- PM Narendra Modi’s tion has started showing ion Minister Smriti tenure, the government results.