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LUCKNOW l SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 112

Women wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk under cherry blossoms in full bloom at a park in Seoul, South Korea. (Inset) Men dig graves at the Valle de Chalco cemetery during the new coronavirus pandemic on the outskirts of Mexico City. The rapidly rising corona numbers in India since last month has brought back the spectre of a lockdown. Limited lockdowns have already been imposed in some cities, and threat of stringent lockdown looms large. Corona crisis Back to square one SACHIN HOSPITALISED ‘UNDER PRIYANKA IN ISOLATION AFTER NO LOCKDOWN IN DELHI FOR NOW, EXPECT STRICT RESTRICTIONS MEDICAL ADVICE’ DAYS AFTER HUSBAND ROBERT TESTS +VE, SITUATION NOT AS SERIOUS AS SOON, SAYS UDDHAV THACKERAY TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID CANCELS CAMPAIGN FOR 3 DAYS BEFORE, SAYS CM KEJRIWAL ON MAHARASHTRA COVID SURGE

Mumbai: Sachin New Delhi: Congress New Delhi: Delhi Chief Mumbai: The possibil- Tendulkar, who tested leader Priyanka Gandhi Minister Arvind Kejriwal ity of a lockdown in positive for COVID-19 Vadra Friday went into on Friday said the ongo- Maharashtra can’t be last week, said on self-isolation after her ing wave of the Cov- ruled out if the surge in Friday that he has husband Robert Vadra id-19 pandemic in the coronavirus cases con- been hospitalised as a tested positive for Capital is not as serious tinues, Chief Minister precautionary measure. Covid-19. Priyanka has as the previous waves Uddhav Thackeray said The 47-year-old took to cancelled her campaign and hence there is no on Friday amid a fresh Twitter to announce the plans for the next three need of imposing any COVID-19 wave in the development. “Thank he wrote. Tendulkar had days, in Assam, Kerala positive for COVID lockdown. “We will be the second wave in the state that has seen the become complacent. We you for your wishes and tested positive for the and Tamil Nadu. Robert although I am asymp- reviewing the situation. country, it is the fourth highest daily infections are in a Catch 22 situ- prayers. As a matter of infection on March 27 Vadra announced in tomatic so far. As per In future, if the need wave for Delhi. An since the beginning of ation - should we look abundant precaution and had been in home the morning that he the COVID guidelines, for a lockdown arises, emergency meeting was the pandemic in the last at economy or health?” under medical advice, I isolation ever since. “He has tested Covid-19 Priyanka and I are self- I will consult before called at the chief Minis- two weeks. “I cannot CM said. Meanwhile, have been hospitalised. is doing fi ne and has positive, “Unfortunately, isolating although she taking any such deci- ter Kejriwal’s residence rule out imposing a night curfew timings I hope to be back home been admitted for nor- I came into contact has tested negative,” sion,” the Chief Minister considering the increase lockdown if the current in Pune were revised in a few days. Take care mal (course of) treat- with someone COVID RObert Vadra said in a said, adding that though of Cooronavirus cases COVID-19 situation to 6 pm-6 am from the and stay safe everyone,” ment,” said a source. positive and have tested Facebook post. it is being considered in the city. prevails. People have earlier 8 pm-7 am. 50 of 60 seats for BJP from 2 phases, EC orders repoll in Assam’s Ratabari after Mamata losing Nandigram, says Shah reports of EVMs in BJP candidate’s car Didi running TMC govt on ‘3T model’ All four officers EC BANS BJP’S of ‘Tolabaji’ (extortion), ‘Tanashahi’ of the polling HIMANTA FROM (dictatorship) and ‘Tushtikaran’ party have been CAMPAIGNING (appeasement), says Home Minister suspended by EC BJP Assam leader Himanta Sarma has Kolkata: Union Home in Cooch Behar district, Guwahati/New Delhi: been given a 48-hour Minister Amit Shah Fri- Shah said, “It is clear The Election Commis- ban on campaigning. day claimed the BJP “had from the first two phas- sion (EC) has ordered a EC issued order on won” over 50 seats out of es that the BJP will win repoll for a polling sta- Friday after Sarma the total 60 that went to more than 50 seats out tion in the Ratabari As- threatened to send polls in the first two phas- of 60. And Didi is losing Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses an election rally at sembly seat of Assam Video grab of EVM kept inside the car belonging to the wife of Hagrama Mohilary - es in West Bengal, and the election from Shitalkuchi in Cooch Behar on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI after reports emerged Krishnendu Paul, a BJP contestant in nearby Patharkandi. whose BPF (Bodoland that Chief Minister Nandigram. Later, Di- late last night of an EVM People’s Front) is a Mamata Banerjee had di’s advisor went to her replied that she would wouldn’t vote for her.” being transported in a olation of transport day morning, said that member of the oppo- lost from Nandigram. and asked. ‘Didi! Where fight from anywhere Shah asked the peo- private vehicle belong- protocol,” the Commis- it has issued a show- sition alliance - to jail Addressing a public would you want to con- but not from north Ben- ple of north Bengal not ing to a BJP candidate. sion, in a press state- cause notice to the Pre- by misusing the NIA. meeting at Sitalkuchi test from now?’ But Didi gal, as the people here to give Turn to P6 Acknowledging a “vi- ment released on Fri- siding Officer Turn to P6

COVID SURGE: 7 CITIES PUT ON UP ON EXPRESSWAY TO DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS HIGH ALERT IN UP Lucknow gets flyovers to ease traffic thanks to the Defence Expressway between First India Bureau Minister and the Minis- Lucknow and Kanpur. snarl and a greenfield corridor on its ter of Road Transport Under the guidance Lucknow: Seven cities and Highways,” said of the Prime Minister, have been put on high lifeline - Gomti River CM Yogi. He said that unprecedented work alert as UP reported 16 the state government has been done in the di- more COVID-19 fatali- First India Bureau dation stone of another has taken over the con- rection of road connec- ties on Friday, pushing four lane flyover at struction of a new tivity. The process of the death toll to 8,836, Lucknow: Defence Khurram Nagar. Ex- greenfield corridor us- connecting every dis- while 2,967 new Minister Rajnath Singh, pressways are not mere- ing both banks of the trict headquarters with cases took the tally to Union Road Transport ly roads that offer a Gomti River. This will four lane, connecting 6,22,736, according to and Highways Minister smooth ride. They are a become the life line of every tehsil and block a health dept bulletin. Nitin Gadkari and symbol of progress and Lucknow. headquarters with two- Lucknow reported the Chief Minister Yogi development give a new He added that Trans- lane is going on in the highest number of fresh deaths at 9. Two Adityanath inaugurat- identity to the State, port minister Nitin full steam. deaths were reported ed projects worth `280 said CM Yogi at the in- Gadakari had given his CM Yogi said that the from Varanasi and cr including a four-lane augural function. nod to all the projects process of building five one each from Kanpur flyover on Tedhi Pulia “The frequent traffic proposed by the De- new expressways in the Nagar, Ballia, Mathura, on Ring Road, here in jams on the roads of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and fence Minister for Luc- state was also going on Etawah and Pilibhit. Lucknow on Friday. State capital will now Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath join hands for the development of Uttar Pradesh as they inaugurate know including the a fast pace. They also laid the foun- be a thing of past the four-lane fl yover on Tedhi Pulia on Ring Road in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR prestigious Greenfield More on pg 2&6 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, APRIL 3, 2021 02 Lko MP Rajnath Singh, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, CM Yogi inaugurate Tedhi Pulia flyover DEFENCE MIN ANNOUNCES SETTING Yogi Speaks M Yogi has called UP OF DRDO CENTRE IN LUCKNOW Cfor a clampdown First India Bureau on illegal sale of liquor and asked STF Lucknow: Union De- to keep a watch on all fence Minister Rajanth distilleries. In Lucknow Singh on Friday an- district. additional nounced that a centre director general of po- of Defence Research lice, has been asked to and Development Or- ensure effective patrol- ganization (DRDO) ling in this regard. will be set up in Luc- know, his parliamen- P CM has called for tary constituency. Ustrict compliance He said this while inau- of COVID protocol by gurating the 2.2 km Te- commercial establish- dhi Pulia flyover in ments. “It should be Lucknow. ensured that sanitizers Speaking on the oc- and masks are being casion, he said, “To- Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Defence Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, CM Yogi Adityanath press the inaugural used by people and so- day 1,830 metre long Minister Rajnath Singh and CM Yogi Adityanath lighting the lamp buzzer of the Tedhi Pulia fl yover in Lucknow in presence of Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, Lucknow Mayor cial distancing norms and four-lane flyover during inauguration of Tedhi Pulia fl yover Sanyukta Bhatia, Jal Shakti Minister Dr Mahendra Singh, UAD Minister Ashutosh Tandon and Law Minister Brijesh Pathak are being followed at has been inaugurat- these places,” he said. ed. The budget for the The importance of ed foundation stone has RAJNATH PRAISES YOGI, GADKARI Development Organisa- Addressing the event, construction of the the flyover is that it is also been laid for the tion (DRDO) has also CM Yogi said that the M Yogi has directed flyover is Rs 88 crore. built on a single pillar construction of flyover been established in Luc- process of building five Call DMs and CMOs The daily traffic on using modern technol- from Khuram Chowk to know. “For this, the pro- new expressways in the to meet regularly in this route was found ogy. The Defence Min- Indira Nagar at a cost of cess of land acquisition state was also going on the morning in Covid to be up to 42,000 and ister lauded Union Min- Rs 180 crores that will will start soon and a fast pace. Purvanchal Hospitals and at the is continuously in- ister of Road, Trans- reduce the problem of around 26 acres of land Expressway is in the fi- Integrated Command creasing. In June port and Highways Ni- traffic jams. He added would be needed for the nal stages and state and Control Center 2019, the work started tin Gadkari and Uttar that the double-decker centre,” he said. government is pursu- in evenings to review and even during the Pradesh Chief Minister bus can also pass under The MP also assured ing the construction of situation and take pre- pandemic, the as- Yogi Adityanath for the Khuram Nagar flyo- that the work of Luc- Gorakhpur Link Ex- ventive steps to control signed task was com- their role in the 2.2 km- ver easily. The minister know-Kanpur Express- pressway and Ballia COVID-19 spread. pleted within time.”, long flyover project. also said that a centre of way will be completed Link Expressway on a he said. Singh also highlight- Defence Research and before the end of 2021. war footing. Yogi govt gives `996 cr Children of Andhra’s Chechan tribe meet CM First India Bureau further gave instruc- tions to make sure that to needy in four years Lucknow: Uttar all the children are safe- Pradesh Chief Minister ly made to reach their First India Bureau Yogi Adityanath met a destination. The chil- team of 21 children and dren will cover 15 states, Lucknow: Yogi govern- young adults from the 75 districts and over ment has outdid previ- disadvantaged Chen- 9,000 kilometers by bi- ous regimes in loosen- chu tribal community cycle in a 150-day long ing the purse string to who are being taken on journey. help the poor and the an expedition to the During their interac- needy in their time of Himalayas by running tion with CM Yogi, the crisis, according to the and cycling for the first children belonging to data provided by the time in their history. the ‘chenchu’ tribe also state’s information de- The group of 21 chil- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with children of Chenchu tribal community of Andhra Pradesh. recited the holy ‘Gay- partment. dren from Andhra atri Mantra’ following The Chief Minister’s CM Yogi reviews COVID-19 state in UP in presence of Medical Pradesh, who had been 88 thousand sages, Land Despite having a sued directives to the which CM Yogi Adity- Discretionary Fund Education Minister Suresh Khanna, ACS (Home) Awanish Awasthi, on an excursion to of Lord Rama, Ayodhya busy schedule, CM officials to ensure anath distributed came to the rescue of ACS (info) Navneet Sehgal, PS to CM Sanjay Prasad, DGP Hitesh Naimisharanya, Sita- and Varanasi met CM Yogi made sure to in- their security and sweets, tracksuits and more than 64,353 har- Chandra Awasthy and other top offi cials. pur, believed to be the Yogi at his official resi- teract with the tribal that proper food is cycles to the children ried and deserving peo- center of mediation of dence on Friday. children and also is- provided to them. He hailing from Andhra. ple when they had no was given to 18,014 peo- one to support and help ple in the financial year Funds were given for them. 2019-20 and Rs Reserve three days a week The government cancer, renal, heart 2,75,71,75,036 was given HOLI GREETINGS! gave out Rs 996 crores disease and other to 15,343 people in the for marginal farmers: CM in the past four years serious diseases financial year 2020-21. sans any discrimina- “As desired by the CM Lucknow: Chief minis- ment agencies. . tion to patients suf- Yogi, the needy and ter Yogi on Friday di- He said three days in a fering from serious A year wise break-up poor people are being rected the food depart- week be reserved for the illness, said a govern- shows that CM Yogi pro- helped through the ment officials to ensure small and marginal ment release. vided an amount of Chief Minister’s Dis- that the interests of the farmers for the pur- The SP government, Rs.1,84,42,88,750 to cretionary Fund. farmers are taken care chase of wheat. that gave away only Rs around 13,224 people In this, funds are giv- of during the wheat He said facility of on 552 crores to around from the Chief Minis- en to the needy patients procurement as per the spot registration for 42,508 people in its re- ter’s Discretionary for kidney transplant, minimum support price small and marginal gime. Fund in the financial cancer, heart disease for the current Rabi farmers be provided at Moreover, the figures year 2017-18, and Rs. and other serious dis- season. procurement centres. were even lower in the 2,56,34,61,400 to 17 ,772 eases” says Vishakh, Heasked them to and directed the Dis- BSP government in people in the financial who handles responsib- ensure that farmers trict Magistrates to con- which only Rs 84 crore year 2018-19. lities as Special Secre- do not face any incon- stitute special teams for CM Yogi accepts Holi greetings from President of Women Cell of Parvatiya Mahaparishad, Suman Rawat, President of Parvatiya Mahaparishad Ganesh Joshi and Mohan Singh Bisht. was provided to as In continuation to tary to the Chief Minis- venience in selling the inspection of these many as 18,462 people. this, Rs. 2,80,23,56,695 ter Yogi Adityanath. the wheat to procure- centres.

AGRO BOOST New policy on anvil to promote bio-energy enterprises in UP

First India Bureau and this will stop the es were provided capi- a new bio-energy pol- tural waste in the fields, pollution,” a senior gov- tal subsidy, 100 percent icy to promote agro- but will also solve the Lucknow: The Uttar ernment official said, reimbursement of state waste based bio-ener- problem of the decrease Pradesh Government is here on Friday. GST for 10 years and 100 gy enterprises. in the productivity of all set to introduce a “The blueprint of the percent exemption in The policy proposes the land,” the official new bio-energy policy policy is ready and it stamp duty on land pur- additional subsidy from said, adding that the to promote agro-based will be approved soon,” chase for setting up the state government in biggest beneficiary of bio-energy enterprises the official said. these enterprises. addition to the grant the policy would be the which can provide ad- The beginning in this The government also from the central gov- farmers ditional income to sector was made in 2018 issued approval letters ernment, where, the Due to this policy, the farmers and create new when the government to 14 big projects related government is expected option of generating employment opportuni- implemented the State to various bio-energy to spend about Rs bio-energy from urban ties in rural areas. Bio Enterprise Promo- products and technolo- 257crore per year. solid waste, agricultur- “Due to this policy, tion Program to pro- gies. “This policy will not al produce, mandis the burning of agricul- mote bio-energy. Taking cognizance only solve the environ- waste, sugar mills tural waste (parali) will Under this pro- CM Yogi addressing the public after the inauguration of Tedhi Pulia four lane fl yover in Lucknow. of this, the CM direct- mental crisis arising waste and livestock will also stop in the fields gramme, the enterpris- —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR ed officials to prepare from burning agricul- be used. 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, APRIL 3, 2021 03 Schools up to Class 8 to stay shut till April 11 2,967 new cases in state, 16 deaths Lucknow worst-hit with over 900 infections CM directs to reactivate covid hospitals First India Bureau to 8,836, according to a BY—PHOTO SUMIT KUMAR 103 from Kanpur Nagar, health department bul- TESTING CAMP AT LU the bulletin had said. Lucknow: The Uttar letin. CM Yogi Adity- Adityanath also asked Pradesh government on anath issued the fresh officials to increase cov- Friday extended to April directions during a re- erage of vaccination. Of- 11 the closure of all view meeting at his 5 Ka- ficials have been told to schools for students up lidas Marg residence take all steps to break the to Class 8, amid a spike here. coronavirus chain by fol- in coronavirus cases, ac- Authorities have been lowing the Centre’s man- cording to an official. ordered to ensure all tra of three Ts - Track, Earlier, the govern- covid protocols are fol- Test, and Treat. A deci- ment had shut schools lowed for other classes. sion was also taken to for students up to Class 8 During this period, ficials to reactivate covid agraj, Ghaziabad and double the number of till March 31. teachers will continue to hospitals and give a re- Agra. Of the fresh cases vaccination, activate UP reported 2,967new go to schools for admin- port to him by evening in on Thursday, the highest vigilance teams up to the covid cases and 16 fatali- istrative work while edu- this regard. He directed 940 cases were reported mohalla level to track ac- ties on Friday, pushing cation activities will not for special alertness in from Lucknow followed tive cases. The new aca- the state’s infection tally be there, the CM said. Lucknow, Kanpur, by 242 from Allahabad, demic session was to be- and taking the death toll Adityanath asked of- A covid testing camp for staff and students being held at Lucknow University campus on Friday Meerut, Varanasi, Pray- 198 from Varanasi and gin from April 1. Illegal arms manufacturing unit busted Bonded Labourers Issue:

First India Bureau side a sugarcane field by the Hakheri road Centre asks Punjab to act Muzaffarnagar: The The gangsters were under the New Mandi Muzaffarnagar police operating the police station area, he First India Bureau on Friday busted an il- arms manufacturing said, adding these peo- legal arms manufac- unit inside a ple were also involved New Delhi: The Centre turing unit in the dis- sugarcane field in supplying arms to has informed the Punjab trict and said it was people with criminal government that 58 men- supplying arms to peo- antecedents involved tally challenged people ple with criminal ante- in the upcoming pan- from Bihar and Uttar cedents involved in the besides several pistol chayat elections. Pradesh were found ongoing Uttar Pradesh barrels and other parts The arrested ac- working as bonded la- Panchayat election and implements used cused are Sudhir Baly- bourers in the border process. in manufacturing an, Sagar Balyan, districts of the state and Police also arrested them, Muzaffarnagar Vishal Rajput, Nis- asked it to take appropri- six persons involved in Superintendent of Po- hant, Sunil and Javed, ate action to deal with operating the unit and lice Arpit Vijay said. the SP said. the “serious” problem. recovered 17 finished The gangsters were He added that one of In a communication to —FILE PHOTO country-made pistols, operating the arms the accused absconded the chief secretary of 10 semi-finished ones —FILE PHOTO manufacturing unit in- during the police raid. Punjab, the Union Home “The persons appre- Ministry said the Border Shiromani Akali Dal hended belong to poor Security Force (BSF) has family background and found these 58 people has questioned the hail from remote areas Two die, several GREEN IN THE RED were brought to Punjab missive, describing it of the states of Bihar with the promise of good as an attempt to and Uttar Pradesh,” the salary but exploited, defame state’s farmers letter, said. injured in boiler given drugs and forced to The home ministry work in inhuman condi- said it has been further tions. “During the course of informed that “human- blast at food factory The home ministry questioning, it emerged trafficking syndicates First India Bureau rushed to the spot. said the BSF has in- that most of them were hire such labourers from Police broke the gates formed it that these la- either mentally chal- their native place to Gorakhpur: Two work- of the factory to enter bourers were rescued lenged or were in a feeble work in Punjab on the ers died on the spot and found two workers from the border areas of state of mind and have promise of a good salary, while several others were dead while others Gurdaspur, Amritsar, been working as bonded but after reaching there, were injured when boil- were severely injured. Ferozepur and Abohar labourers with farmers they are exploited, paid er of Nangalia Food In- Injured were rushed to in Punjab in 2019 and in border villages of poorly and meted out in- dustry exploded late on the Nagaliya hospital 2020. Punjab. human treatment.” Friday evening in Sec- from where some of tor 13 GIDA of indus- them were referred to trial area under GIDA BRD medical college police station. hospital. A snapshot of Shushant Golf City in Lucknow shows how increasing human settlements Police said that more Deceased were identi- are gradually destroying nature. A landscape which once had many trees is today left with CRIME ROUND UP than 10 employees work fied as Purushottam just two of them in precarious condition. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR TWO BURGLARS FIR AGAINST FORMER WAQF BOARD here in the food factory and Mukesh Kumar which makes toffee, Mishra. The explosion ARRESTED WITH CHAIRMAN FOR ‘INCITING HATRED’ toasts, biscuits and oth- was so intense that wall FAKE CURRENCY Shahjahanpur: FIR was registered against former er fast-food items. of the factory was de- Lucknow: Two noto- Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi for incit- On Friday evening stroyed. Police have ini- Attacked in vehicle checking rious thugs posing ing religious hatred and spreading anarchy after heavy explosion oc- tiated the investigation themselves as corre- demanding removal of few sections from Quran. curred in the industry and prima facie no se- spondents of a news On complaint of Imtiaz Ali Khan, Azaz Hasan Khan, following which police curity arrangements drive, 4 cops severely injured channel, were arrest- Azamal Hasan Khan, Ani Irshad and Imam of Nori were found. ed and fake currency Mosque Maulana Shareef FIR was registered. It was Anil Nangalia, direc- First India Bureau rushed to the CHC, from papers along with con- of about Rs 8 lakh, one alleged Rizvi was intentionally spreading hatred. tor of the factory said where two constables stables Divyanshu, country-made pistol, that factory was started Farrukhabad: Police were referred to Lohia Ravindra and Deepak 18 mobile phones, ONE KILLED, ONE SEVERELY INJURED IN on Friday morning after outpost in-charge and Hospital due to their Chaudhary. They inter- computer and other checking all machines. three constables were critical conditions. cepted one suspect on a equipment to make MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION He said that all ma- brutally beaten up by Police sources said bike without registra- fake currency were Sidharth Nagar: One person died on the spot chines and equipments miscreants after dispute that fair was organised tion plate. When police recovered from him. while one was severely injured in mysterious explo- were on the mark and over vehicle checking in in Neem Karori temple team interrogated the SP Neeraj Jadaun sion in a grocery shop near Nadepar crossing here. security arrangements Mohamdabad here. Po- here and people from person, he left his bike said Kotwali police It was reported that Rajman (30) owner of grocery were fine. He said that licemen saved their lives nearby areas thronged there and fled. After arrested a profession- store and Virendra Gupta, scrap dealer, were inside all possible help would by hiding in a clinic in there. Police outpost in- sometime, he came back al thug along with his the shop when heavy explosion occurred. Ramjan be extended to the fami- that area. charge Mohit Mishra with several goons who accomplice and recov- died on the spot while Virendra was severely in- —FILE PHOTO ly of deceased. The injured cops were was checking vehicle attacked the police team. ered fake currency. jured.

DUBAI EXPO 2021 Gang rape victim minor UP to showcase itself as Most Favoured Destination girl kills self, two held First India Bureau kidnapped, dragged to nology. India will also ed towards promoting old haveli near the vil- At least 1,000 companies from 100 participate in Dubai and facilitating invest- Meerut: A minor girl lage and gang-raped by nations may participate in the event Expo through Invest In- ment in the state, besides was abducted and gang- four miscreants of same dia and UP being the a grievance redressal raped by four miscre- village. Case was regis- First India Bureau tors and top MNCs, fi- largest state of the coun- platform for investors ants when she was going tered against one known nancial institutions and try has started making and problems of existing for tuition classes, po- and three unidentified Lucknow: Come Octo- global investors will par- preparation for the glob- and up-coming indus- lice sources here said persons and two of the ber and Uttar Pradesh ticipate in the expo. al event. Invest UP has tries. adding that grieved vic- accused were arrested. will showcase itself as Global companies recently conducted sev- Sources said here on tim consumed poison Brother of the victim the most favoured desti- from construction, elec- eral preparatory meet- Friday Invest UP will after the heinous crime told police that her sis- nation (MFD) for invest- tronics, communication ings in this connection. showcase Uttar Pradesh and succumbed during ter was kidnapped and ment during the Dubai and telecom, tourism, Invest UP, earlier as most favoured desti- treatment in hospital. gang-raped by Lakhan Expo in United Arab real estate and solar en- known as Udyog Band- nation for investment SP (rural) Keshav Ku- and his three aides Emirates (UAE). Global ergy will showcase their hu, is an organisation of and starting new busi- mar here said that a mi- when she was going for leaders in different sec- latest product and tech- A portion of Dubai skyline at night. —FILE PHOTO the government dedicat- ness in the state. nor girl was allegedly tuition classes. Promoted by First India News International Pvt. Ltd. PERSPECTIVE www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 04

IN-DEPTH COVID-19 IS BACK WITH VENGEANCE THE TATA-MISTRY FEUD According to the definition of small shareholders cited in the relevant act, a small shareholder is a ovid-19 is back on centre stage with a vengeance. As the fear of the virus di- shareholder or a group of shareholders who hold shares of the nominal value of not more than `20,000 minished, people became careless about following the Covid-19 protocol and the C disease spiralled. The scary part of the New Coronavirus is that it is attacking not in one or two but multiple peoples at a time. Ahmedabad IIM became a hotspot after 70 people tested positive in two weeks. Maharashtra remains the worst-af- fected state with 8832 fresh cases, the highest single- day spike, and 20 deaths in 24 hours. Considering he recent victory of the Tata the seriousness of the situation, the Centre has group brings an end to India’s ordered vaccination of all 45 plus people in two longest and much-awaited cor- weeks. Vaccine coverage may not guarantee 100 per- porate legal battle with the cent protection but it is the only step that can pre- Mistry family. The Mistry fam- vent the spread of the virus provided people dili- ily is the single largest share- gently follow the Covid protocol. As Uddhav Thack- holder in the Tata group. eray, the Maharashtra Chief Minister said it was T A three-judge Supreme because of the lowering of guard that the situation Court bench, headed by Chief in the State has turned so drastic since March. Justice S.A. Bobde set aside the Many anticipated that Thackeray would announce NCLAT (National Company a second lockdown but the Chief Minister steered Law Appellate Tribunal) order clear of the controversial move. Instead, he asked dated December 18, 2019. The for people’s support in fighting the disease. apex court upheld Tata Sons’ The Centre has been stressing on mass vaccina- decision to hand a pink slip to tion. As no State wants to impose a lockdown, vacci- Cyrus Mistry as a chairman of nation and strict adherence to the Covid protocol by the conglomerate. people is the only way to tackle the problem. Else, the The judgment lifts the veil on situation will go out of hand with hospitals running one of the ugliest board room short of beds. On its part the government is ensuring controversies in India. adequate supply of vaccines and beds but if people do not volunteer, the entire exercise will go to waste. What did the Supreme Court declare in the recent judgment? The apex court allowed the ap- peals by Tata Group to challenge CONG ATTACKS EC OVER the NCLAT decision of Decem- ber 2019 that reinstated Mistry EVM CONTROVERSY to his post. The issue majorly controversy has broken out over Election concerned the 18.4 percent stake Commission officials ferrying an Elec- that the Mistry family holds in tronic Voting Machine in the car of the Tata Group which allowed Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from them to take the legal recourse. holders of listed companies by This attention-seeking and shift to corporate governance A Patharkandi Krishnendu Paul. The Elec- The judgment highlighted that appointing at least one board highly sought-after judgment in practice. tion Commission has ordered a repoll in Assam’s neither there was the oppres- member by small shareholders. does not directly affect the Ratabari after the recovery of EVM’s were recov- sion of the minority sharehold- According to the definition of rights of minority sharehold- What is the way forward? ered in the MLAs luxury vehicle. Four polling offic- ers of the Tata Group nor there small shareholders cited in the ers of other companies. In per- The apex court had an opportu- ers have been placed under suspension for violating was mismanagement on the relevant act, a small sharehold- spective, it gives shareholders nity to look and scrutinize the EC’s transport protocol. The poll panel’s action part of the Tata Group. er is a shareholder or a group of direction and instruction to bigger messes of corporate gov- against its officials does not clear the suspicion that The Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) shareholders who hold shares ensure that they have a legiti- ernance in India and tighten the it is playing a biased role in these elections. Its ex- A three-judge group alleged that the removal of the nominal value of not mate contract with majority whole corporate world in gener- planation of the series of events has also been Supreme Court was in violation of the basic more than Rs. 20,000. However, shareholders or promoters of al. However, the courts with lim- found unconvincing by the Opposition parties. Con- bench, headed principles of corporate govern- this is clearly not the case with the company to have represen- ited resources and time failed to gress General-Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, by Chief Justice ance and the Articles of Asso- the SP group classifying them tation on the board. acknowledge the same and di- who has withdrawn from campaigning due to her S.A. Bobde set ciation (AoA). Article 75 of the as “minority shareholders” and The apex court has not ig- rected their judgement specifi- husband testing positive, said in a long tweet, “Eve- concerned AoA gives the com- not “small shareholders”. This nored the ideas of contractual cally to the controversy at hand. ry time there is an election video of private vehicles aside the pany the right to purchase com- change in nomenclature pro- agreements or quasi-partner- The court also directed the caught transporting EVMs show up. Unsurpris- NCLAT pany shares from minority vides that there is no statutory ships. However, the judgment parties themselves to find an ingly they have the following things in common: (National shareholders at fair market provision that gives the SP provides that it is crucial for amicable solution for settlement z The vehicles usually belong to BJP candidates or Company Law value. The SP group was con- group the “right to claim pro- shareholders and companies to for the 18% shareholding and their associates… Appellate cerned that the Tata Group may portionate representation on have an effective agreement to valuations. It should be noted z The videos are taken as one-off incidents and dis- Tribunal) order use the Article to their unfair the board of Tata Group. claim or have a fair representa- that if the parties were to come missed as aberrations. advantage and buy them out. The Supreme Court bench fur- tion on the boardroom seats. to conclusion themselves then z The BJP uses its media machinery to accuse those dated December The apex court while dis- ther added that neither SP group This judgment in its entire- the resources of the judicial bod- who exposed the videos as sore losers. The fact is 18, 2019. The cussing minority shareholder’s nor Cyrus Pallonji Mistry can ty pushes the courts and deci- ies could have been preserved. that too many such incidents are being reported and apex court rights held that they or their bring a new request to NCLAT to sion-makers in the Indian sub- Finally, the time period to nothing is being done about them. upheld Tata representatives are not auto- review and rewrite the contract, continent to challenge the resolve this board room drama …The EC needs to start acting decisively on these Sons’ decision matically entitled to a seat on by seeking an amendment of the models of corporate govern- was rather unnecessary and complaints and a serious re-evaluation of the use of to hand a pink the private company’s board AoA in question. ance in the nation. The courts laggard for no logical reason. EVMs needs to be carried out by all the parties.” like a small shareholder’s rep- now have to decide if the ulti- The apex court, unfortunately, That brings us back to the debate over EVMs slip to Cyrus resentative. The bench also Does this judgment impact mate decision-makers of the missed an opportunity to high- versus ballot boxes. Almost all parties claim that Mistry as a noted the key provisions of the minority shareholders of company are either share- light and discuss the underlying EVMs are not tamper-proof. The same can also be chairman of the Company Act 2013, which pro- other companies or the future holders or the board of direc- demons and ill practises of cor- said about ballot boxes, though. conglomerate tects the rights of small share- of corporate governance? tors which will be a paradigm porate governance in India.

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WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS TN POLLS: PM MODI SLAMS DMK, Amit Shah is managing CONGRESS OVER JALLIKATTU BAN elections, not ECI: Mamata Madurai: Prime Min- Coochbehar: After the ister Narendra Modi VOTE FOR NDA high-voltage second on Friday slammed MEANS MORE phase polls in Nandi- Dravida Munnetra Ka- INVESTMENT, gram, West Bengal zhagam (DMK) and Chief Minister Mamata

Congress for posing as DEVP IN TN: PM Banerjee on Friday al- BY ANI —PHOTO protectors of Tamil Madurai: PM Modi leged that Union Home culture and pointed said a vote for Minister Amit Shah out that the UPA-led National Democratic was actually managing Central government Alliance (NDA) is a the ongoing elections in had banned Jallikattu, vote for more invest- the state, instead of the a practice which has ment and develop- Election Commission ment in the region. “A been part of state’s of India (ECI). vote for NDA is a vote culture for centuries. Speaking at a public for better investment The Prime Minister gathering in Dinhata- in this region. We’re added that the NDA Sanhati maidan, Baner- creating the right government cleared an atmosphere for more jee said: “Bharatiya Ja- ordinance brought by industries to come nata Party (BJP) has AIADMK which al- here, especially agro- killed a lot of our work- lowed Jallikattu to industries with help ers. Our workers were continue. PM Narendra Modi addresses the public during election rally in Madurai on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI from our farmers in killed yesterday in sev- “DMK and Congress value addition,” PM eral areas. I am only West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee interacts with EC offi cers have no real agenda to DMK, Congress cannot provide safety, Modi said. “In this waiting for the elec- during her visits to the voting booths after getting complaints of talk about but they year’s Union Budget, tions to be over. I will Vote Loot from supporters, at Nandigram, in East Midnapore. should control their dignity to women, says PM Modi a series of economic spare no one, I know the lies because people are corridors have been fight. I say this with not foolish. They keep Madurai: Prime Min- “Madurai teaches us peace-loving Madurai announced, and great regret and with JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA IN BJP’S STAR showing themselves as ister Narendra Modi important lessons on into the mafia because one of them is the humble regards to the CAMPAIGNERS LIST FOR PHASE 4 the only protectors of on Friday, while ad- empowering Nari of complications in Madurai-Kollam cor- Election Commission, Kolkata: BJP has released its list of 30-star cam- Tamil Culture, but the dressing a public rally Shakti. We see it in the DMK’s first family. ridor. Funds allocated it is not managing the paigners for the fourth phase of the assembly polls facts suggest some- in Madurai slammed way women are wor- They have not under- for railway infrastruc- elections, the elections to be held on April 10 in West Bengal. BJP has thing else,” PM Modi Dravida Munnetra Ka- shipped and revered,” stood the ethos of Ma- ture projects in the are being managed by added the name MP Jyotiraditya Scindia to the list- said. The PM pointed zhagam (DMK) and PM Modi said. durai, no wonder, lead- state have increased Amit Shah.” Banerjee making him a star campaigner for the polls along out that while one Congress saying these “DMK and Congress ers keep insulting by a record 238 per also made a lot of prom- with PM Narendra Modi, HM Amit Shah, president United Progressive Al- parties cannot guaran- will neither guarantee women again and cent compared to that ises to the people if her JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, UP CM liance (UPA) minister tee the safety and dig- safety nor dignity. again,” PM Modi add- of 2009,” the Prime party won the ongoing Yogi Adityanath and several other union ministers. described Jallikattu as nity of women. DMK tried to make ed. —ANI Minister said. —ANI elections in the state. “barbaric” and banned “I know I will win, but ACTOR MITHUN DIDI IS WELCOME the festival in 2011, if other Trinamool Con- DMK ministers had GOOD FRIDAY REMINDS US ABOUT STRUGGLES AND gress (TMC) candidates CAMPAIGNS FOR TO FIGHT FROM held big portfolios in do not win with me, how LOCKET VARANASI: BJP its government. SACRIFICES OF JESUS CHRIST: PM MODI will the numbers in- Chuchura: The Actor- New Delhi: The Bharati- “UPA was in power New Delhi: On the oc- the struggles and sac- fi xion of Christ on Good Christ,” Jaishankar crease, and if the num- turned-politician and ya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi in 2011 and casion of Good Friday, rifi ces of Jesus Christ. Friday. External Affairs tweeted. Congress bers don’t increase and BJP leader Mithun has welcomed West DMK had big minis- Prime Minister Narendra A perfect embodiment Minister S Jaishankar leader Rahul Gandhi I do not get 200 seats, Chakraborty on Thurs- Bengal Chief Minister tries in the Central Modi said Jesus Christ of compassion. He was said that people should also shared his mes- then how will I form the day campaigned for Mamata Banerjee to government. The same was a “perfect embodi- devoted to serving the “remember the message sage on the day. “Let government? If I am not party candidate Locket contest from the Vara- UPA government ment of compassion” needy and healing the of service and sacrifi ce this Good Friday be a able to form the govern- Chatterjee who is con- nasi Lok Sabha con- banned Jallikattu. One and was devoted to sick,” PM Modi said in of Jesus Christ”. “On reminder of the power ment, there will be no testing the Chunchura stituency in the 2024 UPA leader described serving the needy and a tweet as Christians all Good Friday, remember of compassion, love Kanyashree, Rupashree, assembly seat in the elections and said she Jallikattu as a barbaric healing the sick. “Good over the world com- the message of service and empathy,” Gandhi free ration, free bicycles ongoing West Bengal would never be labelled practice,” the PM Modi Friday reminds us about memorated the cruci- and sacrifi ce of Jesus tweeted. —ANI and free land for farm- elections. as an ‘outsider’. added. —ANI ers,” she said. —ANI

IN THE COURTYARD ASSAM POLLS Bombay HC to pronounce order Congress became mentally, ideologically on Param Singh’s plea on April 5 bankrupt in its lust for power, says JP Nadda Guwahati: BJP Presi- Mumbai: The Bombay dent J P Nadda accused Blame game between BJP HC will pronounce its the Congress of indulg- order on ex-Mumbai Po- ing in the “politics of lice Commissioner Par- opportunism” and has & Cong on social media am Bir Singh and oth- become mentally and Karimganj: A war weakness. As the ers’ petition seeking a ideologically bankrupt of words has erupted election results will CBI inquiry into alleged in its lust for power. Ad- between the Con- near, Congress will corrupt malpractices of dressing election rallies gress and the Bharati- say that BJP has tem- Maharashtra Home Min- in three constituencies ya Janata Party after pered EVMs in ways ister Anil Deshmukh & going to polls in the a video surfaced on that on pushing the challenging Singh’s third and final phase in social media purport- button with ‘hand’ transfer on April 5. Assam, Nadda claimed edly showing an EVM symbol, the vote is The Court on March that the Congress has being found in a BJP going to ‘lotus’. The 31 reserved its order on forged alliances with The BJP National President JP Nadda addresses an election candidate’s car in Pa- youth is literate, and Singh’s petition. “communal” forces and rally, in Boko on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI tharkandi constitu- they know what’s In his plea, Param Bir the Bombay High Court transfer him from the its relationship with ency following the right,” said Union Singh repeated the graft after the Supreme Court post of Mumbai Police the Left parties changes ologically bankrupt. It BJP of being communal second round of poll- Minister Jitendra allegations that he had refused to entertain his Commissioner. from state to state. “The is the oldest party of the when it itself has ing in Assam. Singh. BJP MP Dilip made against Desh- plea regarding the Singh, who was re- Congress is mentally country and, without aligned with the Mus- “This is a language Saikia also called the mukh in a letter to same. Singh, who was cently transferred, had bankrupt and follows any hesitation, has lim League in Kerala, of defeat. Whenever allegation of EVM Chief Minister Uddhav shunted out as Mumbai written to Maharashtra the policy of political aligned with some com- Indian Secular Front Congress thinks they tempering an “old Thackeray, and also ac- Police Commissioner in Chief Minister Uddhav opportunism and I as munal parties for the (ISF) in West Bengal are about to lose, habit” of Congress cused the Maharashtra the wake of the Antilia Thackeray claiming the BJP’’s national sake of coming to pow- and the Badruddin Aj- they use this lan- and said his party be- Home Minister of inter- bomb scare case, has Deshmukh’s involve- president say this with er,” he said. He said that mal-led All India United guage. This is spoken lieves in the Election fering in police investi- also challenged the gov- ment in severe “mal- full responsibility. the Congress has the Democratic Front (AI- from a position of Commission. —ANI gations.Singh moved ernment’s order to practices”. —ANI “The Congress is ide- audacity to accuse the UDF) in Assam. —PTI

INDIA PITCHES FOR DISENGAGEMENT 2 MILITANTS INVOLVED IN ATTACK IN REMAINING AREAS OF LADAKH MAHARASHTRA CM THREATENING ON BJP LEADER’S HOUSE KILLED HAASAN ‘SUPER-NOTA’, PARTY New Delhi: India hoped briefi ng, Spokesperson in PEOPLE WITH LOCKDOWN: RANE Srinagar: Three militants, tion in Ghat Mohalla in the WON’T WIN ANY SEAT: KARTI that China will work with the Ministry of External Mumbai: BJP leader Narayan Rane on Friday said including two who were district’s Kakapora area, a New Delhi: Congress leader Karti Chidambaram it to ensure disengage- Affairs Arindam Bagchi Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray had failed involved in an attack on a police offi cial said. During on Friday dubbed Kamal Haasan a “super-NOTA” ment of troops in remain- said the two sides con- to tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases and was BJP leader’s house here, searches in the area in and said the actor-turned-politician’s Makkal ing areas of eastern tinue to remain in touch “threatening” people with another lockdown. He were killed in an encoun- south Kashmir, the mili- Neethi Maiam (MNM) will not win a single seat Ladakh at the earliest, and through military and dip- said Maharashtra had seen 54,000 deaths due ter with security forces tants fi red on the security in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls as it is “not a asserted that de-esca- lomatic channels on the to the infection, the highest for any state in the on Friday in Jammu forces, who retaliated, sustainable political party”. The Congress MP lation of tension alone issue. He also referred to country, but added that another lockdown was and Kashmir’s Pulwama and an encounter ensued, from Sivaganga also slammed the AIADMK-BJP will lead to restoration of External Affairs Minister “unacceptable”. Mocking the Uddhav Thackeray district, police said. The he said. Addressing a alliance and said the people of Tamil Nadu do peace and tranquility in S Jaishankar’s comments government’s ‘’my family, my responsibility’’ anti- encounter took place press conference, the not want a government which has any “stain, border areas and provide that a prolongation of Covid campaign, Mr Rane said the chief minis- early in the morning after IGP said that the security scent or shadow” of the BJP as its ‘’Hindi-Hin- conditions for progress of the situation is in neither ter’s own family had contracted the infection. security forces launched a forces solved the case in dutva’’ agenda “irritates” them. bilateral ties. At a media side’s interest. cordon and search opera- less than 24 hours. 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 | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 06

COVID-19 SITUATION IN 11 STATES, UTS POWERGallery CAPACITY BUILDING COMMISSION CONSTITUTED, MATTER OF ‘SERIOUS CONCERN’: GOVT ZAINULBHAI IS CHAIRMAN Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, Quality Council of India has been appointed Chairman, Over 36.7 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours in India Capacity Building Commission, Department New Delhi: Cabinet of Personnel & Training (DoPT), while Secretary Rajiv Gauba Ramswami Balasubramaniam will be Member on Friday chaired a Many countries HR and Praveen Pardeshi (MH:85) is Member meeting on the COV- Administration. Besides, Hemang Jani has been ID-19 situation in the appointed as Secretary in the Commission. country in which it was requesting vax, no pointed out that 11 states INTER-CADRE DEPUTATION OF and (UTs were showing ban on export: MEA NEERAJ KUMAR APPROVED a surge in daily cases The ACC has approved the inter-cadre deputation of and they have not shown New Delhi: Noting the on COVID-19 vaccines,” Neeraj Kumar from Himachal Pradesh to Haryana commensurate increase high demand for ‘Made- Bagchi added. for a period of three years on personal grounds. He in enforcement of con- in-India’ vaccines, the On the demand for is a 2011 batch IFS offi cer of HP cadre. tainment activities. Ministry of External the Indian vaccine, These states and un- Affairs (MEA) on Fri- MEA spokesperson SHABIR AHMAD HANDOO QUITS IRS-IT ion territories have day clarified that it has said, “Many countries Shabir Ahmad Handoo has resigned from the been categorised as not imposed any ban on across the world have Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax. “states of grave con- exports of COVID-19 been requesting for our ROMITA ARORA QUITS IRS-IT cern” on account of vaccine and many coun- vaccines. I don’t have Romita Arora has resigned from the Indian their high and rising tries across the world an exact number. But I Revenue Service of Income Tax. daily COVID-19 cases have been requesting can tell you that Vac- and deaths. The situa- People wearing protective masks crowd a marketplace amid the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai. for its vaccines being cine Maitri has been DEEPAK KHANDEKAR GETS tion was particularly supplied under ‘Vac- extremely successful ADDITIONAL CHARGE “worrying” in Maha- ‘INDIA NOT RIGHT PARTY TO RESPOND’ ministered in the last 24 cine Maitri’ initiative. and very well-liked by Deepak Khandekar has been assigned additional rashtra. The high-level hours across India, in- Speaking at a media our partners across the charge of Secretary, Pensions and Pensioners review meeting was at- formed the union health briefing, MEA spokes- world.” Welfare, Administrative Reforms and Public tended by Chief Secre- I ministry on Friday. “As person Arindam Bagchi “As on date, under the Grievances and Statistics. He is a 1985 batch IAS taries, DG Police and on Day-76 of the vacci- said,” Till now we have Vaccine Maitri initia- offi cer of MP cadre. Health Secretaries of all nation drive (1st April supplied vaccines to tive, we (India) have SAURABH TIWARI CONTINUES states/UTs, with a focus 2021), 36,71,242 vaccine more than 80 countries supplied 644 lakh doses WORKING AT DOWNGRADED POST OF on 11 states/UTs that doses were given. Out of across the world. We to the global communi- JOINT SECRETARY have been reporting which, 33,65,597 benefi- have already stated that ty. Of these, 104 lakh “very high rise” in daily ciaries were vaccinated our external supplies have been supplied as a Saurabh Kumar Tiwari will continue working at cases and daily mortali- across 51,215 sessions would be done keeping grant. 357 lakh on a downgraded post of Joint Secretary in the Direct ty in last 2 weeks. for the first dose and in mind our domestic commercial basis. And Benefi t Transfer Mission till March 9, 2022. He is Meanwhile, a total of 3,05,645 beneficiaries re- requirements.” 182 lakh through the a 1993 batch IP&TA&FS offi cer. 36.7 lakh doses of COV- ceived the second dose “We have not im- COVAX initiative,” DHARMENDRA SHARMA CONTINUES ID-19 vaccines were ad- of vaccine,” it said. —PTI posed any export ban Bagchi said. —PTI WORKING AT UPGRADED POST OF ADDL SECRETARY Dharmendra Sharma will continue working at upgraded post DG, India International Institute IT raids on India holds world record for fastest of Democracy and Election Management at Additional Secretary level till April 11,2022. He is properties of a 1988 batch IAS offi cer of UT cadre. DMK chief’s road construction: Nitin Gadkari Tarun Bajaj PANKAJ JAIN CONTINUES WORKING AT Lucknow: With the UPGRADED POST OF ADDL SECRETARY son-in-law construction of a 2.5 Record GST Pankaj Jain will continue working at upgraded km 4-lane concrete post of Additional Secretary in the Department of road and a 1-lane 25-km collection due Financial Services till April 8, 2022. He is a 1990 bitumen Solapur-Bi- to economic batch IAS offi cer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. japur road within 24 DHARAM PAL CONTINUES WORKING AT hrs, India has made recovery: Bajaj UPGRADED POST OF ADDL SECRETARY three world records, Dharam Pal will continue working at upgraded said Union Minister for New Delhi: The all- post of Additional Secretary in the Department of Road Transport and time high record collec- Highways Nitin Gad- tion of Goods and Ser- Fertilizers till April 12, 2021. He is a 1988 batch New Delhi: With 4 kari on Friday. vice Tax (GST) is due to IAS offi cer of UT cadre. days to go before Ta- “We made three economic recovery and ANNIE GEORGE CONTINUES WORKING AT mil Nadu Assembly world records this increased compliance UPGRADED POST OF ADDL SECRETARY elections, the IT de- month. India now with the use of technol- Annie George Mathew will continue working at partment searched holds the world record ogy, said Tarun Bajaj, upgraded post of Additional Secretary in the the residence of for the fastest road Secretary, Revenue and Department of Expenditure till November 9, 2021. DMK chief MK Sta- construction. We Department of Eco- She is a 1988 batch IA&AS offi cer. lin’s son-in-law Sab- made it to the Guin- nomic Affairs. GST col- areesan, a key DMK ness World Records by Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari during the inauguration function of lection in March this 12 IPS OFFICERS GET NEW strategist & adviser building a 2.5 km two fl yovers, in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT AWASTHI year stood at a record RESPONSIBILITY IN MP to the leader. The 4-lane concrete road high of Rs 1,23,902 As many as 12 IPS offi cers in MP have been search started at within 24 hours and a lakh crore in the next crore. In an interview, assigned new responsibility. Sameer Saurabh has around 8 am and 1-lane 25-km bitumen CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS TOUCHES five years. Bajaj pointed out the been appointed as Commandant, 10th Battalion, has been going on Solapur-Bijapur road 37 KM PER DAY, INFORMS MINISTRY “21st-century poli- reason behind the re- SAF, Sagar, while Agam Jain was appointed SP, PTC, throughout the day. within 24 hours,” Gad- tics is that of progress. cord GST collection in Indore and Rajat Saklecha was made Commandant, The ministry of road, transport and New Delhi: 26th Battalion, SAF, Guna. Similarly, Amit Tolani The searches were kari said while inau- highways said that the construction of National Prime Minister Naren- March. Bajaj said that was appointed as Commandant, 17th Battalion, held at 9 other plac- gurating the Tedhi Highways had touched 37 kilometres per day in dra Modi has resolved there are mainly two es owned by Saba- Pulia flyover and lay- the year 2020-21. “The ministry has achieved to make an ‘Atmanirb- reasons behind the re- SAF, Bhind; Nivedita Naidu as Commandant, reesan & his associ- ing the foundation the record-breaking milestone of constructing 37 har Bharat’. He gave us cord GST collection: 25th Battalion, SAF, Bhopal; Amit Kumar as ates, sources said. stone for the Khuram kilometres highways per day in 2020-21, which is a mission to make self- the economy has start- Commandant, 38th Battalion, SAF, Balaghat; Hansraj The DMK had Nagar flyover in Luc- unprecedented,” it said. It said that over the last reliant India have a ed moving upward and Singh as SP, PTC, Tigra; Amit Jaiswal as ASP, Bhopal; complained to the know. seven years, the length of National Highways has USD 5 trillion economy. we had used technolo- Rohit Kashwani as ASP, Jabalpur; Puneet Gehlot as Election Commis- He further said that gone up by 50 per cent from 91,287 km as of April We have to build an in- gy for better compli- ASP, Mhow, Indore; Ravindra Verma as ASP, Ujjain sion, stating it was the politics of the 21st 2014 to 1,37,625 km as on March 20, 2021. “Total frastructure of Rs 111 ance. For the last six and Hitika Vasal was posted as ASP, Gwalior. “abuse of power” century is that of pro- budgetary outlay increased by 5.5 times, from Rs Lakh crores in 5 yrs months, we are contin- by the IT depart- gress and the govern- 33,414 crore in fi nancial year 2015 to Rs 1,83,101 and I have the responsi- uously getting GST col- By arrangement with: http:// ment. ment will build infra- crore in Financial Year 2022,” the ministry said. bility of the road sec- lection above Rs. 1 lakh whispersinthecorridors.com structure worth Rs 111 tor,” he said. —ANI crore,” he added. —ANI FROM PG 1 Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Ganesh 50 of 60... the BJP comes to power rying an EVM used for details. The EC state- a single seat to Trina- in Bengal, it would stop voting in Polling Station ment further says that mool Congress, and sup- infiltration from neigh- 149 Indira MV School. the officers realised Joshi tests COVID-19 positive port Prime Minister Nar- bouring Bangladesh into Once videos of this inci- their mistake only after endra Modi for the holis- the state. Shah also prom- dent surfaced on social the car was intercepted Dehradun: Uttara- of doctors, I have iso- tic development of the ised that the BJP would media, the poll panel by a group of 50 people khand Cabinet Minis- lated myself. Whoever region. There are 54 As- spend Rs 2,000 crore an- called for a report from near Kanaishil in Ka- ter Ganesh Joshi on has come in contact sembly seats in north nually for the develop- the Assam Chief Elec- rimganj. “The mob also Friday informed that he with me in the last few Bengal. The Union Home ment of north Bengal, toral Officer and its gen- started abusing them has tested positive for days, kindly get your minister also accused and set up an AIIMS in eral observer in the state. and did not allow the ve- COVID-19. tests done,” the Minis- Mamata Banerjee of run- Cooch Behar. According to the Com- hicle to pass. When they Taking to Twitter, ter tweeted in Hindi. ning the TMC govern- mission’s factual report, asked the leader of the the Cabinet Minister Uttarakhand report- ment on the ‘3T model’ of EC orders... the car in which the poll- mob, he replied that it informed about his ed 364 COVID-19 cases, ‘Tolabaji’ (extortion), and also suspended him ing party was transport- was the vehicle of Sri coronavirus report 194 recoveries and 2 ‘Tanashahi’ (dictator- along with three other of- ing the EVM had broken Krishnendu Paul who is and urged his close deaths today. With these ship) and ‘Tushtikaran’ ficers for the lapse. down on its way to the a contesting candidate contacts to undergo new cases, the cumula- (appeasement). “But Nar- The EC’s decision strong room. The polling of a neighbouring con- coronavirus test and tive count of the infec- endra Modi runs the gov- comes against the back- party, made up of the stituency (Patharkandi take all precautions. “I tions in the state has ernment on the 3V mod- drop of the controversy Presiding Officer and LAC-2) and he levelled have tested positive for reached 1,01,275, while el, of Vikas (develop- that broke out last night three other officers, then allegations that the EVM coronavirus. I am the active cases stood at ment), Viswas (trust) Vy- after a group of people hitched a ride in a pri- was being taken to be healthy and under the 2,404. The death toll in apar (business),” he said. intercepted a car in the vate vehicle without tampered with,” states supervision of doc- the state has mounted He reiterated that once Karimganj district car- checking its ownership EC’s release. tors. As per the advice Ganesh Joshi —FILE PHOTO to 1,721. —ANI NEWS www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 07 PAPERS OF AMBULANCE IN WHICH BSP MLA MUKHTAR ANSARI WENT TO MOHALI COURT FAKE, FIR LODGED: COPS Barabanki: A case has “After an initial probe, stituency, be handed been registered here af- the name and address over to Uttar Pradesh ter the documents of an given for the registration Mohali court rejects Ansari’s within two weeks so as to Uttar Pradesh registra- of the ambulance were lodge him in Banda dis- tion number ambulance, found to be false. An FIR trict jail in Uttar used to transport gang- in this regard has been plea for medical examination Pradesh. ster-turned politician registered by an addi- Chandigarh: Mohali (JMIC) Amit Bakshi fresh medical issues The apex court had Mukhtar Ansari to a Mo- tional road transport of- court rejected a plea of said the Supreme Court with the accused,” the also noted that Ansari hali court, were found to ficer against Dr Alka gangster-turned-poli- has already considered Mohali court judge was allegedly involved in be fake, officials said on Rai, whose name was tician Mukhtar Ansari Ansari’s plea regarding said. o separate order various cases of attempt Friday. given for the registration who sought directions his medical condition. to constitute a board to murder, murder, The BSP MLA from of the ambulance,” a to jail authorities to “There is nothing on for treatment of the ac- cheating and conspiracy Mau, who is wanted in senior police official said constitute a medical record which cab sug- cused is required to apart from offences un- Uttar Pradesh for vari- here. board for examining gest that after the apex be passed, the judge der the Gangsters Act, ous cases, was on March The FIR was regis- him. The court of Judi- court order on March wrote in his March 31 lodged in Uttar Pradesh 31 produced before a Mo- tered under relevant sec- cial Magistrate 1st Class 26 there have been any order. —PTI and out of them, 10 cases hali court in connection tions of the Indian Penal Gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari are at the stages of trial. with an alleged 2019 ex- Code, including 420 (for- Ansari’s wife has writ- tortion matter. gery), 471 (fraudulently lice, Yamuna Prasad matter and found that The Supreme Court guise of medical issues. the courts are not to be a ten to President Ram Amid tight security or dishonestly using said acting on media re- documents such as PAN, had recently directed the The apex court had helpless bystander when Nath Kovind, expressing arrangements, Ansari documents as genuine), ports that Ansari was electoral photo id card Punjab government to also said that a convict or the rule of law is being fears that he might be was taken to court in a 467 (forgery of valuable produced in a court in and others were fake. hand over the custody of an undertrial prisoner, challenged with impu- killed in a fake encoun- wheelchair. He was sent security) and 468 (for- Punjab on an ambulance The address on which Ansari to the Uttar who disobeys the law of nity. ter while being trans- back to Punjab’s Rupna- gery for purpose of with the registration these documents were Pradesh Police, saying it the land, cannot oppose The court had said the ferred from Punjab to UP gar jail in an ambulance cheating). number of Barabanki, made was also found to was being denied on triv- his transfer from one custody of Ansari, a BSP following a Supreme after the appearance. Superintendent of Po- police teams probed the be wrong, he said. ial grounds under the prison to another and MLA from the Mau con- Court direction. —PTI

HC rejects petition AS THE DANGER LOOMS LARGE... Hefty bills, damaged against reservation wires: NHAI bearing in panchayat polls the brunt of farmers’

First India Bureau sion of the above seats protest on highways is an open violation of Lucknow: After the the provisions of the First India Bureau Supreme Court denied constitution and the to interfere in the Pan- reservation has to be Lucknow: The ongoing chayat elections to be removed so that the pe- protest of farmers held in Uttar Pradesh, titioners will be able against the three Cen- now the Allahabad contest the elections. tral Agricultural Laws High Court has also re- The state govern- has proved costly for the jected the petition filed ment in its argument National Highway Au- against the reservation. had said that the notifi- thority of India (NHAI). The petition which cation of the Panchayat Farmers protesting at was filed by Parmatma elections has already UP border since last Nayak and two others been issued by the State week of November, de- during summer, elec- of Gorakhpur district Election Commission. manding withdrawal of tricity will be used for was heard by a division The Allahabad High People wait to collect COVID-19 testing kits outside a District Hospital in Noida. —PHOTO BY PTI all three Central Agri- coolers, fan, etc. bench of Justice MC Court after hearing cultural Laws have in At the same time, ow- Tripathi and Justice both the arguments of past four months used ing to heavy electric Saurabh Shyam Sham- petitioners and the electricity for daily use load, around 5 kilometer sheri on April 2nd. The state government ob- from the poles of street long cable of street light bench heard the peti- served that according to lights installed on the worth Rs 25 lakh was tion on a holiday due to Article 243O of the con- Vande Bharat Express returns highway worth several damaged. the orders of Chief Jus- stitution, the court does lakh rupees which has The NHAI apart from tice. not have the right to in- been paid by NHAI. informing its seniors The petition had stat- terfere in the election to tracks after gap of 46 days Further, owing to about the same has also ed that there is no once the election pro- overloading on these informed administra- Scheduled Tribe person cess had already begun First India Bureau lower fare of the Tejas wires, nearly Rs 25 lakh tion about the loss. in Gorakhpur district hence the petition Express when com- worth wires have been At the UP Gate, owing and yet the government should be rejected for Lucknow: Country’s pared to the Vande damaged during the pe- to protest of farmers has declared the seats not being maintainable. first High speed train Bharat Express. riod. against agricultural of Chawariyan, Cha- The Allahabad High Train-18 (Vande Bharat The Vande Bharat With onset of sum- laws, the NHAI with an wariyan Khurd and Ma- Court after making the Express) special train Express which has been mer season the agitation aim to minimize the hawar Coal Gramsabha observation rejected has once again returned deployed after a 45-day by protesters at UP gate loss, has decided to stop in the reservation list the petition and stated to the track after a hia- period was thoroughly is causing havoc with power supply during the issued on 26 March that it would not be in- tus of 46 days and will checked by the officials electricity as protesters day. Power supply would 2021. The petition had terfering in the Pan- soon been seen travers- According to the offi- tween Cantt station before it set out on its are using electricity by be provided for street also stated the inclu- chayat election. ing between Varanasi cials, it is necessary to (Varanasi Junction) journey. The Vande connecting wires to cir- lights in the evening. and New Delhi. send the train to work- and New Delhi on Bharat Express which cuit of street light poles As per Project Direc- The express which shop for overhauling Wednesday. is a public favorite has installed by NHAI. tor, NHAI Mudit Garg after the completion of after completing 18 The Tejas Express in been fitted with state of Earlier, during winter the work of NHAI was to 3-year period had to be months or 6 lakh kilom- its last journey in the the art facilities and be- season, apart from light- construct and maintain to sent to Alambagh eters. The gap left by the route was occupied to ing one of the fastest ing, power was con- highway and so far it workshop in New Delhi Vande Bharat Express the fullest due to people trains in India reduces sumed for several daily has suffered loss worth and Lucknow for POH was filled by the Tejas returning from Holi the time taken to travel chores like ironing of several lakh rupees. A (Full Over Hauling) of Express which complet- holidays and people between New Delhi and clothes, mobile phone plan is being prepared the racks of the train. ed its final journey be- also made use of the Varanasi. charging, etc. But now to check the loss.

WHO SAYS that had become the order of the day in the late BABUS ARE nineties. He also handled BORING? the sensational murder of a poetess in Lucknow for n IPS officer has which Amar Mani Tripathi, A embarked upon a then a Minister, was crime trail in UP, reliving convicted. With more than milestones of almost three 200 episodes behind him decades that changed the Sonebhadra in 1990 and then he found he had some time episodes, Pandey talks about that forced the Kalyan Singh and some more to come, face of crime and politics his stints in Jaunpur and to himself. He recounts the sensational murder government to set up a STF Pandey is planning to write – and also its relationship. Azamgarh. The officer, one the Lucknow University’s of Fredrick Gomes, a La to deal with the underworld. a book on his experiences Bareilly IG Rajesh Pandey of the founding members of student politics when Martiniere boys’ school He was one of the key in the UP Police. “I feel the has started a YouTube the special task force (STF) student leaders developed teacher who was shot dead members of this force from new generations need to channel in which he is in UP, played a key role in a fetish for suffixing quirky in his room in 1997. The its inception. The IPS officer, know about this phase in recounting his experiences solving innumerable high- names. Gyanendra Singh high point of Pandey’s a four-time winner of the detail, and not just depend with crime and criminals. profile cases that showed the had ‘Gyanu’ added to his ‘Kissagoi’ is the emergence President’s gallantry award on internet knowledge,” he Titled ‘Kissagoi’, Pandey has criminal-politicians nexus. name, Shailesh Kumar had of dreaded don Shri Prakash and also the UN award for said. Pandey plans to release shared anecdotes from his Pandey said he decided to ‘Shailu’ as an add-on and Shukla and the use of mobile ‘Service of Peace’, details the book after his retirement, first posting as the Deputy chronicle his experiences Arvind Singh became known phones in the underworld. It murders and kidnappings of which is still a year and a Superintendent of Police in during the lockdown when as ‘Gope’. In the subsequent was Shukla’s dare delivery high-profile businessmen half away. —M Tariq Khan We all make mistakes, the main point is not to weigh yourself down by the mistakes but learn from them and fly again! —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, 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 | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 08

The Uttar Pradesh BJP unit taking SP hopes to gain maximum leverage BJP releases candidates’ list for 11 the Panchayat elections seriously from the ongoing farmers protest dists, including Gkp, Ghaziabad First India Bureau

Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata UP Panchayat polls a huge Party (BJP) on Friday released the first list of candidates for the upcoming UP Pan- chayat Elections. The challenge for all parties party has released First India Bureau its candidates. list of candidates for The Bahujan Samaj 11 districts, including Lucknow: The Uttar Party, which has been Ghaziabad and Gora- Pradesh Gram Pan- on the decline since khpur. Nomination chayat Elections, now 2012, plans to regain for first phase of UP STRATEGY to contest the Panchayat less than a fortnight lost ground in the Pan- Panchayat polls is elections on their own, away, are proving a chayat polls. starting from Satur- the BJP could face a de- huge challenge for all Mayawati has given day, April 3. pletion in OBC votes. political parties, ahead the responsibility of The saffron party re- The party is aiming of the 2022 UP Assem- the distribution of tick- leased list of Zila Pan- to win as many seats as bly elections. The three- ets to party’s zonal chayat wards for Ghazi- it can in the Panchayat tier Panchayat elec- heads. She has made it abad, Saharanpur and elections this year to tions in the state will be clear that the tickets in Rampur districts. prepare for the Assem- held in four phases and the Assembly elections While 49 candidates bly elections scheduled all the major political Yogi Adityanath Akhilesh Yadav Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be given based on have been finalised in to be held in 2022. parties in the state are the performance of the Ghaziabad, for Saha- phases and all the ma- The Aam Aadmi Par- gearing up to fight it ployed senior leaders. at elections on their The Samajwadi Par- Panchayat elections. ranpur candidates for jor political parties in ty, which has been ag- with full strength. The state executive has own, the BJP could face ty, on the other hand, The Congress, on the 33 seats have been the state are gearing up gressively working on These elections will chalked out a pro- a depletion in OBC hopes to gain maximum other hand, is banking named. For Rampur 34 to fight it with full the ground since Au- also mark the debut of gramme for this pur- votes. leverage from the ongo- on the charisma of its candidates have been strength. gust last year, will also the Aam Aadmi Party pose. The party has also The party has also ing farmer protests and General Secretary Pri- declared. Sources said that the be testing its potential (AAP) and Asaduddin asked the office-bearers made it clear that no of- has entrusted its dis- yanka Gandhi Vadra to Candidates for vari- BJP will be playing the in the Panchayat elec- Owaisi’s AIMIM — both to either avoid joining fice bearer or his rela- trict units with the re- put up a respectable ous seats in Kannauj, OBC card in the pan- tions for the first time. of which are testing wa- the fray or resign from tive will be given a tick- sponsibility of giving performance in the Kanpur Nagar, Sant Ka- chayat polls in Uttar The much-awaited ters before the Assem- their respective party et this time. The BJP tickets to the candi- Panchayat polls. The bir Nagar, Chitrakoot, Pradesh for which it panchayat elections in bly polls. post to contest election. plans to focus on the dates. The SP will use party claims to have set Mahoba, Gorakhpur, has already made prep- Uttar Pradesh will be In order to mobilise Besides, with young and educated the farmers’ agitation up its organisational RaeBareli,Shravasti arations. held in four phases on cadre at the grassroots Suheldev Bharatiya Sa- candidates. The party to position itself structure at the grass- have also been named. Besides, with April 15, April 19, April level for 2022, the BJP maj Party and now the has also appointed an against the BJP and roots level and these The three-tier Pan- Suheldev Bharatiya Sa- 26 and April 29. Count- taking the panchayat Apna Dal, announcing in-charge for every dis- also plans to get farmer elections will test its chayat elections in the maj Party and now the ing of votes will be done poll seriously has de- to contest the Panchay- trict. leaders to campaign for claims. state will be held in four Apna Dal, announcing on May 2.

Court grants bail to 10 persons BDS IN ACTION AT TAJ ‘Srivigraha’ buried in accused under ‘love jihad’ law Agra’s Fort, claims First India Bureau cused have been in jail Mathura’s advocate since December 2020. Sitapur: A court in dis- In her statement be- First India Bureau his demand, in the trict Sitapur recently fore the magistrate re- court, Singh said, “Pri- granted bail to ten ac- corded under Section Mathura: A Mathura- or to the construction cused booked under 164 of the CrPC, the vic- based advocate on Fri- of Lord Keshav Dev’s UP’s ‘love jihad’ ordi- tim said she had gone day filed an application temple by the efforts of nance for allegedly con- with co-accused Ji- before a local court, Mahamana Madan Mo- verting a 19-year-old braeel on her own voli- claiming that the pre- han Malviya, Orcha girl to their religion. tion and that she was in siding deity of the Naresh constructed a Additional Civil love with him and had Thakur Katra Keshav huge temple for the last Judge Bhagwan Das on bail. Accused Sham- changed the religion of Dev temple in the city time in the year 1618. Gupta said a charge- sad, Rafiq, Aaquib, her own accord. lies buried at a mosque The temple was then de- sheet against the ac- Javed, Jannatun, Afsar Jibraeel is the main built in Diwan-e-Khas stroyed by Mughal em- cused persons had al- Jahan, Naddaf, Pappu accused and is yet to file of the Red Fort in Agra. peror Aurangzeb in the ready been filed and on Saddam, Israil and Moi- a bail application. Ad- Advocate Mahendra year 1669 who built a the facts and circum- nuddin were booked for vocate Rizwan Ahmed Pratap Singh, chair- royal Idgah there over stances of the case, an alleged criminal con- appeared for the ac- Bomb disposal squad (BDS) investigating the spot as an abandoned tin container was man of Sri Krishna the temple’s ruins.’’ there were adequate spiracy to convert a cused before the ACJ found near Taj Mahal in Agra on Friday. —ANI Janmabhoomi Mukti The advocate also grounds to release them Hindu girl. All the ac- Court. Andolan Samiti, filed said that Aurangzeb an application raising buried the ‘Srivigraha’ the new claim before of Lord Keshav Dev the court, which is temple under a small Teachers get a big Centre extends deputation of Brahma Deo hearing the Sri Krishna mosque built in the Di- Janmabhoomi case to wan-e-Khas of Agra’s First India Bureau Deo Ram Tiwari has partment has sent a let- shift the Shahi Masjid Red Fort. “This is hurt- relief from HC held many importance ter to the Appointment from the premises of ing the sentiments of Lucknow: The Central positions like Joint MD Department of the state the Lord Krishna’s followers even today First India Bureau The court has direct- Government’s DOPT UPSRTC, Additional government stating the birth place. and the court should ed the basic education, has extended the inter- Chief Electoral Officer, extension of his deputa- Singh informed the therefore get the ‘Srivi- Allahabad: The Alla- Uttar Pradesh to strict- state deputation of Dr Director, Panchayati tion period in the state. court that the presiding grahas’ out either via habad High Court has ly enforce the order to Brahma Deo Ram Ti- Raj Department and Dr. Brahma Deo Ram deity of the grand tem- the Archaeological De- directed the Director, recall the teachers sent wari, a 2006 batch IAS DM of Kanpur. Tiwari’s wife Dr. Pooja ple of Thakur Kes- partment or some other Basic Education, UP to on deputation for officer by another year. Dr Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari He is currently post- Pandey Tiwari is also havdev built by Orcha scientific method and ensure that teachers sports, scouts, etc., to Dr Brahma Deo Ram ed as the Special Secre- an IAS officer and post- Naresh Veer Singh Bun- preserve them in Katra not given work other their original posts for Tiwari and IAS officer deputation 3 years ago. tary in Forest Depart- ed as Special Secretary dela in Katra is buried Keshavdev,” the advo- than work related to teaching work and said of Assam and Megha- In the years of his ment. in the Government of in the Red Fort of Agra. cate pleaded before the academics and if in that an order be issued laya cadre was posted deputation in Uttar The Central Appoint- Uttar Pradesh also on Claiming to have his- court of Senior Civil case non-academic re- so that teachers are giv- in Uttar Pradesh on a Pradesh, of Dr Brahma ment and Training De- inter-state deputation. torical facts to support Judge Neha Banaudia. lated work are neces- en non-academic work. sary to be done for the The Allahabad High state then those work Court has refused to in- RESHUFFLE should be deputed to terfere with the instruc- the teachers in a man- tion given to all the ba- ner which does not af- sic education officers to fect their academic call back all the teach- Many IAS officers shifted, addl charge to Devesh work. ers sent on deputation. Ahtesham Siddiqui sponsibility of UP Food ment Department IAS who was the Spl Secy, COVID-19: HC ISSUES MODALITIES and Logistics Depart- Arvind Kumar Singh APC Branch has been Lucknow: Many IAS ment. has been named as the given additional charge officers of UP cadre IAS Devesh Chatur- Chairman of Gorakh- of Additional Registrar have been transferred vedi has been given the pur Industrial Develop- (Banking), Cooperative and many more given additional responsibil- ment Authority (GIDA) Department. The last additional charges. ity of the department Devesh Chaturvedi Arvind Kumar Singh and Satharia Industrial IAS officer on the list IAS The list of IAS officer held by Principal Secre- Development Authority. Chandra Shekhar who who have been given ad- tary, Food & Civil Sup- mar Mittal who is cur- of PICUP which was VC of Meerut Devel- was Additional Commis- ditional charges are ply & Upbhokta Sanrak- rently the Commission- left vacant after senior opment Authority, IAS sioner, Chitrakoot has ACS, Department of shan evam Baat Maap er of Infrastructure & IAS officer Alok Tandon Mridul Chaudhary has now been named as Spe- Agricultural Education Department, IAS Veena Industries Develop- was called up for cen- been given additional cial Secretary, election and Research, Devesh Kumari Meena as she is ment Department has tral deputation. charge of Divisional department along with Chaturvedi has been currently on leave. been given the addition- ACS, Infrastructure Food Controller Meerut. additional charge as given the additional re- IAS officer Sanjiv Ku- al charge as Chairman and Industrial Develop- IAS B Chandrakala, ACEO UP. www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 09 LUCKNOW, SATURDAY APRIL 3, 2021 ALIA BHATT TESTED SHOOT BEGINS COVID-19 POSITIVE Ekta Kapoor produced and Vikas Actor Alia Bhatt tested Bahl’s directorial Goodbye positive for Covid-19 and shooting has fi nally is under home quarantine. started. The fi lm will She informed fans about feature Amitabh the development with a Bachchan and post on her Instagram Rashmika Mandanna in Stories. PG 11 the lead role. PG 11 ETC 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, APRIL 3, 2021 10

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Dying To Be Me

cer for almost four years, her body began shutting ‘Until we down, resulting in a coma. She had succumbed to lym- understand phatic cancer. The malig- DEEPAK what is [email protected] nant cells had spread throughout her system. Her within, we tumours, the size of lemons, ontrary to the title, covered her upper body. Her can’t the book is NOT brain and lungs were filled about death. It her- with fluid. She couldn’t understand alds life. It invites breathe. Her skin had le- what is C us to re-evaluate sions, oozing out toxins. As our lives and to live she is rushed to the hospi- without.’ - actually live - each tal’s ICU the doctors declare —ANITA MOORJANI day. This book is an extraor- her ‘almost dead’. She feels dinary account of a young herself leaving her body Her parents were ethnically yearned to ‘belong’, to have girl’s ‘Near-Death-Experi- and entering an extraordi- Indian, originating from friends, to be popular, want- ence’ (NDE). “I believe that nary realm. In her Near- Hyderabad, Sindh. Anita ed. She found herself “sac- the greatest truths of the Death-Experience, she real- was born in Singapore. Her rificing her self to be ac- universe don’t lie outside, izes her true worth. In an grandfather had a trading cepted, to please others at true love in Danny Moorja- cer. She is again ravaged by Fearlessly. Liberated. Joy- in the study of stars and the ‘awakened state’, “I began business in Sri Lanka. After all cost”. Forced into an en- ni, whom she marries. After “Anger, Dread, Frustration, ous. Blissful. planets. They lie deep with- expanding beyond my phys- travelling all over, they set- gagement, by her conserva- living a few “happy -settled Fear, Desperation”. Para- “I am infinite. I, along in us, in the magnificence ical surroundings, no long- tled in the British colony of tive father, she’s torn apart years”, Anita sees her close noid about cancer, she is with everyone else, am a of our heart, mind and soul. er restricted by the confines Hong Kong, predominantly between duty and her de- friend Soni and her hus- soon diagnosed with lym- powerful, magnificent, lov- In sharing my insights, my of space and time, tran- populated by the Chinese. sires. Eventually, she suc- band’s brother, go through phoma. For four years she ing force. If I love myself- all only purpose is to ignite scending to my true mag- She felt rootless. “Why am I cessfully establishes a ful- painful chemotherapy and struggles with alternative will love me. I am the Whole. that spark of divinity that nificence”. She realizes her always different?” She filling career and finds her eventual death due to can- healings and conflicting There is no evil or good: or lies within you. I desire to entity as part of a ‘Divine- theories- till she ends up in ‘them’ or ‘we’. It’s only ‘US’. awaken the incredible reali- Whole-a Being of Pure Hong Kong hospital’s ICU, I already am- that I aspire to zation within you, that Love’. She experiences mul- almost dead. be. Love self and ALL un- guides you to find your tiple periods, converses It is in the throes of conditionally. Eat to enjoy place at the centre of the with her father and sees death that Anita Moorjani food. Being paranoid about universe.” friends and relatives (who finally finds her life. She is healthy, organic foods - will ‘Dying To Be Me’ is had all died earlier). She un- given a choice - and she make us just that- paranoid! Anita Moorjani’s ‘journey derstands why she fell ill chooses to live. On regain- Laughing is more impor- from cancer, to near-death, and how she can come out ing consciousness, she tant than all prayers, to true healing’. In the ‘Fore- of it. “Love, joy, ecstasy, and finds herself in a ‘healthy chants, put together. Be word’, Dr Wayne Dyer has awe poured into me, through body’. The doctors are happy. Spread joy. There are summed it up as a “deep, me, and engulfed me. I knew stumped to discover no miracles in the universe profound, soul-searching all. I could ‘see’ everything”. traces of cancer. Her body that you can’t even imagine book- which challenges The book is written in sores start healing miracu- - life is just one of them.” your cherished beliefs, espe- three parts- her early life, lously. Within days she is An unforgettable life cially about what lies be- the NDE learnings, and que- out of the ICU, and then experience of love, hope yond this world- in the here- ries of readers, doctors etc. even from the hospital - and healing. This is a book after”. In this inspirational Anita Moorjani’s childhood back home-reborn to a ‘New that makes the case that we autobiography, Anita re- was one of turmoil- torn Anita’. Healed, she begins are “Spiritual Beings hav- lates how, after fighting can- apart by different cultures. to live, actually be alive. ing a Human experience”.

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During the performance POSITIVE ctor Alia the development with a home quarantine. I am fol- Bhatt tested post on her Instagram Sto- lowing all safety protocols positive for ries. She posted a note late under the advice of my A CULTURAL Covid-19 Thursday which said, doctors. Grateful for all A and is under “Hello all, I have tested your love and support. home quar- positive for Covid-19. I Please stay safe and take antine. She have immediately isolated care.” RENDITION informed fans about myself and will be under —Agency

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egam Batool, born in a family Shoot of musicians shared her jour- ney of hailing from a small B village in Rajasthan, Kerap to traveling all around the world repre- begins senting the exotic Rajasthani culture. In an exclusive interview with City First, Begam shared, “My father, kta Kapoor pro- Meerabaksh Khan Saab had encour- duced and Vikas aged me to sing from a very tender Bahl’s directorial age. Even though I belonged to a Mus- Begam Batool E Goodbye shooting lim family, I learned how to sing has finally started. The Bhajans, play Tabla and sing Mand, her dream of performing and led her film will feature Amitabh which is the most renowned genre of to perform in France, Spain, Ger- Bachchan and Rashmika Rajasthani music. It is sung for every many, Italy among other countries. Mandanna in the lead role. festival and seasons in Rajasthan. She further adds, “I am grateful to But apart from them, For example, “Saffron Balam” is my family for all the lessons. I Television star Shivin sung on the arrival of the guests and love to procure my culture and Narang will also make “Sena Raa Bayeriya” is sung during my identity, I wish to open a mu- a big-screen debut the summer season.” Anwar Hus- sic school someday to teach oth- Alia Bhatt with this film. This sain, her son has further supported ers what I have learnt.” is the first time Amitabh Bach- chan and Rash- any Bollywood stars also mika Mandanna BIRTHDAY WISHES! have taken their first jab of will be sharing ollywood ac- the COVID 19 vaccine and JABBED! screen space. tor Ajay M now megastar Amitabh —Agency Devgn cele- Bachchan also informed fans that he Ekta Kapoor B brated his received the first dose. In a blog post, birthday on Friday. Amitabh Bachchan As the actor turned a revealed that he got year older, wishes the first jab of the poured in from all vaccine with the en- corners. Fans to ce- tire family except lebrities all took to for his son Ab- their social handles hishek Bachchan. Ajay Devgn to wish the Singham Malaika Arora also Rashmika Mandanna actor on his special day. Kajol wrote a wish shared a photo for hubby, “Tried getting a selfie but the only while taking the Amitabh Bachchan “selfie” I could manage was his “self” with first jab of the COV- Malaika Arora another camera.. doing what makes him hap- ID 19 vaccine on Friday. —Agency piest! Happy Birthday... today and always @ ajaydevgn.” —Agency SPOTTED! PAID TO HIRE Full of Gratitude Big win for Dua haron Stone CITY FIRST Talking about the mas- he highly anticipated nomina- paid for Leon- sive success of the tions for the 2021 edition of the ardo DiCap- t would be right to film, the actress annual BRIT Awards were S rio’s salary say that actress shared, “I am grateful T recently announced, from her own pocket Sanya Malhotra’s with the response we and British singer Dua to hire him for her I career took quite have received for Pag- Lipa and her contempo- 1995 movie The the leap this year with glait. My phone hasn’t rary Celeste were among Quick and the Dead, her performance in stopped buzzing. Big the leading contenders the actor has re- her latest ‘Pagglait’. thank you to Guneet, for this year’s upcoming vealed in her mem- Playing such a differ- Ekta and Umesh Sir & event. Lipa, who recently oir “The Beauty of ent role in the film, the Achin for believing in won the 2021 Grammy Leonardo DiCaprio Living Twice”. The actress left many in me for the film. It en- award for the Best Pop Vocal book, in which the actor talks about her life awe of her skills and courages me to take album, has three nods to her and career in Hollywood, was released in the more so, her craft. more and different name, same as Celeste, who is US on Tuesday. In the memoir, the 63-year-old roles like these.” ‘Pag- currently also up for a best orig- actor reflects on everything, from her painful glait’ saw Sanya in a inal song Oscar in America. Lipa childhood in Pennsylvania to films such as never-seen-before and Celeste have been joined in the erotic thriller “Basic Instinct” and Martin comic role. Her top ranks by Arlo Parks, AJ Trac- Scorsese’s mobster epic “Casino”, which had comic-timing, ey, Headie One, and the duo Young Kangana Ranaut was spotted in Udaipur Dua Lipa earned her an Academy Award nomination straight-faced T & Bugsie. —Agency while shopping on Friday. and a Golden Globe award. —Agency sarcasm and the bright smile be- FAMILY TIME came the ameron Diaz talk of the fans won’t town. have a rea- No Twitter C son to rejoice aily Baldwin anytime soon as the has quit Twit- critically acclaimed ter and she American actor has H recently shared that she has shared in a new video no plans to get in on Dr Jessica Clem- front of the cameras ons YouTube chan- in the near future. nel, “The thought of Cameron Diaz Cameron said that even opening the app she “I do not have what it takes to make gives me such bad movies right now. So it’s just a different anxiety that I feel like time in my life now. Now I’m here and this I’m gonna throw up.” is the most fulfilling thing that I’ve ever Baldwin said that done in my life. To have a family and be every time she opened married and have our little nucleus of the popular social a family. It’s just completely the best media application thing.” Cameron has decided to put her she was often met Jasmin Bhasin and Aly Goni were spotted at family first for time being. —Agency with a “very toxic en- Jaipur Airport on Friday. Haley Baldwin Sanya Malhotra vironment”. —ANI —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO CITY BUZZ 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, APRIL 3, 2021 12

FIRST INDIA ALL THE WAY!

MONICA PRABHAKAR [email protected] PASSION PROJECT t is an art to turn your pas- sion into a paycheck. The I era of social media is fan- TURNED PAYCHECK ning this wild- fire via a pool of con- City First got candid with a few of Lucknow’s bespoke fashion & lifestyle influencers Team First India Blue handing over the Winner’s Trophy of the tent creation con- Press Premier League organised by Pink City Press Club, to sumed by millions about their journey from being a 9-5 artisan to an all-around influencer! Jagdeesh Chandra at his residence on Friday. Seen here with daily. The Lucknow- him are Kartikey Dev Singh, Gajraj Singh, Mukesh Sharma, ites are not far behind sion but the success of Vinod Sharma, Captain of the team Mahipal Singh and Bharat in showcasing their my channel and brand Dixit. The fi nal was played between First India Blue and Dainik creative flex and prov- collaborations turned Bhaskar on March 26 at RCA grounds wherein First India Blue ing to the world that their views 360 de- won by 33 runs. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA an off-beat career like grees.” social media influenc- Meanwhile, Shweta YOGI’S LOOKALIKE! ing is here to make Verma, a manager them stand on top. turned Youtuber said, City First in a can- “Quitting my job in did conversation with the middle of a pan- Lucknow’s bespoke demic and lockdown fashion and lifestyle might not be a very influencers about calculative decision, their journey from be- but choosing satisfac- ing a 9-5 artisan to an tion and passion over all-around influencer. anything is a feeling Shruti Wahi, an as- which is second to sistant professor none. My turned Lifestyle influ- Such is the charisma of CM Yogi that people are not only encer shared her imitating him in look and style unabashedly but drawing story and said, huge admiring crowds too! Here we see a crowd gathered “I did enjoy near a Yogi lookalike after an Inaugural ceremony at Tedhi Shruti Wahi writing inter- Pulia Flyover, Lucknow on Friday, April 02, 2021. national journals, au- never-ending curi- ativity and resources HEALTH CHECK! thoring a osity to create con- to keep going. book & tent and the fact that Mansi Singh, a styl- teaching my I had to compromise ist turned fashion class. How- because of my job Youtuber said, “Being ever, in 2014 made me change an influencer might my mother my decision, and look fun, glamorous was diag- now my channel and oh-so-pretty, but nosed with has over 120K there’s a lot of hard breast can- subscribers.” work that goes into it cer, I gave But all that and competition is up my 9-5 glitters is not very high. My trick is to take gold, content to stay grounded, care of creation is not think positive and her. It was a child’s play, it stay true to myself Students and staff members of Lucknow University during this requires dedi- and my love for fash- were examined by the medical team for Covid-19 at the time my cation, cre- ion, hence it’s a pas- University’s campus on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR journey as sion project turned an influenc- profession for HAPPY B’DAY! er began. Ini- me.” tially, my friends & family did not take my work seriously and thought of it as more of a hobby than a Shweta Verma profes- Bhawani Singh Khagrawat, Girijesh Kumar Tyagi and Mansi Singh Shamim Ahmad Khan celebrated their birthdays on Friday, April 2. We wish them all the best!

GOOD FRIDAY! —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR HATIYA HOLI MELA

Patron Moolchandra Seth greeted by participants at with gujiyas

CITY FIRST

Jesus Christ died on the Cross to lift the burden of sins from humankind. To honour the solemn he city celebrat- act, Christians gathered at the Cathedral Church, Lucknow to celebrate Good Friday, through ed its annual the Way of the Cross and prayers. T festival Ganga Mela on Friday. Accord- VACCINATED! A TOKEN OF LAUGHTER! ing to Patron Mool- chandra Seth, Inde- pendence was celebrat- ed by playing Holi for the past 79 years on be- half of the citizens be- fore Independence Day. Holi was banned by the then British Collector in the year 1942. In pro- test of this, the towns- people played Holi at During the Hatiya Holi Mela Hatia Park. 43 people were arrested in this who were later released taken out from the vari- hood. The fair is com- Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party’s national president Shivpal Singh Deputy CM Dr Dinesh Sharma, Minister Brajesh Pathak among others felicitated the on Anuradha Nak- ous streets of the city to monly known as the Yadav received the fi rst dose of #Covishield vaccine at Dr Ram laughter gurus at the Lantarani Hasya Seat Programme conducted at Ram Manohar Lohia shatra. Therefore, Anu- convey the message of Hatiya Holi Mela. Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow on Friday. Park, Lucknow on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR radha Nakshatra is freedom and brother- cityfirst@firstindia