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CM Yogi transfers `1980 cr to school going kids’ parents
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Without tak-
ing the name of SP
President Akhilesh Ya-
dav, Chief Minister
Yogi questioned his ed-
ucation credentials
commenting that the
education without cul-
tural values cannot dif-
ferentiate between na-
tionalists and traitors.
His observation came
in the wake of Akhile-
sh’s statement in which
he had taken the names
of Sardar Patel and Jin-
nah in the same breath.
Not only this, he made a
sharp remark that in
the early stages of edu-
cation, if parents are
not able to give proper
values to their children,
then it is difficult for
them to differentiate be-
tween a nationalist and
anti-national.
The Chief Minister
was addressing a pro-
gram organised at his
official residence on
Saturday. Under a
scheme of the Basic
Education Department,
he started a transfer of
` 1980 crore through the
DBT system to the ac-
count of the students of
Basic School. With this,
parents of students will
be able to buy quality
school uniforms, shoes,
socks and bags as every
student will get ` 1100.
As many as 1.80 crore
students studying in
basic schools will get
the benefit of this ar-
rangement.
The amount will also
be sent to the remain-
ing 60 lakh students
soon.Speaking on this
occasion, CM Yogi said
that by using DBT
technique, there will
not be any allegations
of corruption. Turn to P2
PARENTS OF STUDENTS FROM BASIC
SCHOOL TO GET RS 1100 EACH FOR
BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF KIDS
LOVE @ FIRST BITE: CM Yogi offering an infant his first feed to
mark his annaprashan in an event in Gorakhpur recently.
Deshmukh in judicial custody
as court refuses plea by ED
Mumbai: A special
holiday court in Mum-
bai on Saturday sent
former Maharashtra
home minister Anil
Deshmukh in a
14-day judicial
custody in con-
nection with a
money launder-
ing case. Court,
however, refused to
grant Enforcement Di-
rectorate(ED)addition-
al custody for 9 days.
Meanwhile, the ex-
minister’s son Hrishi-
kesh Deshmukh ap-
proached the court
with an anticipatory
bail plea in the case
filed by ED. The
court has posted
the matter for fi-
nal hearing on
November 12, re-
fusing to grant
interimrelief tillthen.
According to reports,
the ED had summoned
Hrishikesh for ques-
tioning on Friday
.
DOOMSDAY
11 COVID-19 PATIENTS KILLED IN
MAHA’S AHMEDNAGAR HOSPITAL FIRE
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik said the ICU had been newly built to treat
Covid patients and the fact that a fire had broken out was a ‘very serious issue’
Ahmednagar:Asmany
as 11 Covid-19 patients
died after a fire broke
out at the intensive care
unit (ICU) of a govern-
menthospitalinAhmed-
nagar district of Maha-
rashtra on Saturday
.
Therewere17patientsat
the Covid ward at that
time. Initially
, 10 had pa-
tients died in the fire
while seven others were
shifted.Outof theseven,
one patient who was
critical died later.
Ahmednagar district
collector Rajendra Bho-
sale has ordered an in-
quiry into this incident.
Bhosale told media per-
sons that the fire report-
edly broke out at around
10.30 am at the Covid
ward in the new build-
ing of the civil hospital.
Maharashtra Chief
MinisterUddhavThack-
eray said that stern ac-
tion will be taken
against guilty of negli-
gence.
He asked district col-
lector to carry out a
thorough probe and
submit a report.
Prima facie reports
suggest that an electri-
cal short-circuit may
have started the fire.
But the exact reason
can only be determined
after the probe is com-
pleted. —ANI
Charred remains at the ICU of Civil Hospital after a fire broke out in Ahmednagar on Saturday.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Anguished
by the loss of
lives. Condo-
lences to the bereaved
families. May injured
recover at the earliest
99 killed in oil
tanker blast in
Sierra Leone’s
capital city
Freetown: An oil tank-
er exploded near Sierra
Leone’s capital, killing
at least 99 people and
severely injuring doz-
ens of others after
large crowds gathered
to collect leaking fuel,
officials and witnesses
said Saturday.
The explosion took
place late Friday after a
bus struck the tanker in
Wellington,asuburbjust
to the east of Freetown.
President Julius
Maada Bio, who was in
Scotland attending the
UN climate talks Satur-
day, deplored the “hor-
rendous loss of life.”
The explosion site near Sierra
Leone’s capital Freetown.
Army goes all guns blazing in J&K
after villagers’ claim of terrorists
Srinagar: The Army
has launched a major
combing operation in
the Khablan forests of
Jammu and Kashmir’s
Rajouri district after vil-
lagers reported the pres-
ence of heavily armed
terrorists in the area.
The Thanmandi-Ra-
jouri road has been
closed to traffic as a pre-
caution.
Saturday’s op is part
of the ongoing anti-ter-
ror operation in the
Poonch and Pirpanjal
regions of J&K. Nine
soldiers, including two
officers,havebeenkilled
in action over the past 27
days. —Agencies
Mumbai:Dismissedcop
Sachin Waze extorted
large amounts of money
from cricket bookies on
the instructions of for-
merMumbaipolicecom-
missioner Param Bir
Singh, now an abscond-
ing accused in an extor-
tion case, the Mumbai
Police told a court here
on Saturday
.
Themagistrate’scourt
sent Waze to further cus-
tody of the police till No-
vember 13 following a
submission through his
lawyerRounakNaikthat
hewaswillingtoconcede
and be sent to police’s
custody to cooperate
with the probe. —ANI
‘Wazeextortedmoneyfrom
bookiesonBir’sinstructions’
NCB SIT FORMED TO PROBE ARYAN;
5 OTHER CASES REACH MUMBAI
Mumbai: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of
NCB reached Mumbai on Saturday, a day after
the agency transferred investigation in six cases,
including the controversial cruise drugs case in
which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was
arrested, to it. The team which flew in from Delhi,
later left for the NCB zonal office in south Mum-
bai. It is headed by senior IPS officer Sanjay Ku-
mar Singh, DDG Operations at NCB headquarters.
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MODI IN
KEDARNATH
Aditi Nagar
hile offering
prayers at Baba
Kedarnath
Temple in
Uttarakhand and unveiling
a 13-foot-tall statue of
Adi Guru Shankaracharya
at his reconstructed
samadhi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Friday
said that India’s success
is no longer bound by the
old ways; new India has
a new vision to be one of
the leading economies
in the future. PM added
these pilgrim centers are
not limited to tourism and
a source of enjoyment
but rather a “way of living
for Indians and makes
us who we are”. PM
inaugurated development
projects worth `225
crore under first phase
during his one-day visit to
Kedarnath.
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PM Narendra Modi offering prayers at Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand on Friday. PM informed that work on the Char Dham road project is going on with great pace and is
being connected with a highway. Meanwhile, portals of Kedarnath Temple closed for winters for 6 months on Saturday at 8 am. —PHOTOS BY PTI

First India Bureau
Lucknow/Auraiya/
Etawah: Attacking the
Samajwadi Party chief,
on glorification of Jin-
nah, CM Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday said
that the public needs to
stay alert from people
with ‘criminal mindset’
as they are least con-
cerned about the prob-
lem faced by the public.
He also said, “You guys
have given them oppor-
tunities in the past but
all went in vain.”
“The leader of the
opposition compared
Jinnah with the nation-
al hero Sardar Patel.
Such shameful and rep-
rehensible statements
and such people should
be rejected. You must
understand their dirty
mindset and stay alert
from them. For their
political interests, they
are shaking hands with
the mafias.” The CM-
was on the Auraiya and
Etawah tour. In Aurai-
ya, he laid the founda-
tion stone of the Gov-
ernment Medical Col-
lege to be constructed
at a cost of Rs 280 crore.
He also laid the founda-
tion stone of 12 devel-
opment projects worth
109 crores. While in
Etawah, the CM inau-
gurated the Central
Prison equipped with
modern facilities built
at a cost of Rs 272
crores and launched
various development
projects worth Rs 575
crore. Addressing the
public meeting, CM
Yogi said that till 2017
there were only 12 med-
ical colleges in the
state. Now there are 58
medical colleges. He
said work is being done
to speed up the develop-
ment projects in the
district.
Asserting that the
government is stand-
ing with the distressed
farmers, CM Yogi said
he had visited Aurai-
ya a few days ago,
when the district was
experiencing floods.
The government has
given compensation to
every person, every
farmer. The govern-
ment is standing with
the distressed farm-
ers. Hitting on the op-
position, CM Yogi said
that during the SP gov-
ernment development
was limited to Etawah
only. People should
question why there
was no development in
Auraiya.SP, BSP and
Congress, everyone
was in power in UP
but services like
health, life supporting
ambulances were pro-
vided only when the
BJP government was
formed in 2017.
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Crop Loss Relief: Govt releases `283-cr for over 8.27 L farmers
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ensuring
full financial assis-
tance to farmers for
the loss of crops
caused due to adverse
weather in the recent
months, the Uttar
Pradesh government
has released a fund of
Rs 283 crores benefit-
ting over 8 lakh farm-
ers in the state.
After further assess-
ment of the damaged
crop, the government
has pegged the crop
loss in the state at Rs
2,82,02,57,858 . Work-
ing with full force for
the interest of 8.27
lakh ‘annadatas’, the
state government has
released the compen-
sation to the respec-
tive district collectors
who will distribute it
among farmers online.
The state govern-
ment has released an
instalment of Rs 74.52
crore to be distributed
as relief to over 2.08
lakh farmers in 44 dis-
tricts affected by
flood. The govern-
ment had already re-
leased two instal-
ments including- a to-
tal of Rs 1,59,28,97,496
(approx Rs 160 crore)
to about 4,77,581 farm-
ers and a fund of Rs.
48,20,57,668 to 1,39,863
farmers identified af-
ter survey in last week
of October.
The farmers’ crops
have been badly dam-
aged due to torrential
rains and heavy floods
in September and early
October. The compen-
sation amount will be
directly transferred to
the bank account
(DBT) of farmers from
the district treasury
.
In wake of the natu-
ral calamities, the
government is provid-
ing financial assis-
tance from the State
Disaster Relief Fund
(SDRF). Standing
firmly with the farm-
ers suffering from
crop loss due to floods,
the Chief Minister
has also instructed
the officials to give
appropriate and im-
mediate compensa-
tion to the farmers at
any cost.
—FILE PHOTO
AT A GLANCE
JINNAH SUPPORTERS CAN’T
BE YOUR WELL WISHERS: CM
CM lays foundation stone of 12 development projects worth Rs 109-cr in Auraiya
CM Yogi along with other BJP leaders with beneficiaries of several schemes in Auraiya on Saturday.
CM Yogi seeks action plan to
prevent spread of Zika virus
CM Yogi Adityanath
transfers....
CM distributes mobiles
among party workers
Swatantra Dev, ministers,
MLAs perform Jalabhishek
Diwali Break: Tourists flock to Taj
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Asking offi-
cials to remain alert to
prevent spread of Zika
virus, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath has di-
rected them to release
detailed guidelines on
covid-19vaccinationand
Zika virus in the state.
Presiding over a high-
level meeting here on
Saturday
, the Chief Min-
ister said that a target
should be set to vacci-
nate up to 25-30 lakh peo-
ple on daily basis in the
next two months. He
asked the state’s Addi-
tional Chief Secretary
Health to speed up the
covid-19vaccinationpro-
cess by holding a meet-
ing with all the CMOs of
the state. The action on
vaccination has to be ac-
celerated, the CM said.
He said that due to the
right implementation of
the policy of ‘tracing,
testing, treatment and
vaccination, there is ef-
fectivecontroloncorona
infection in the state.
In the last 24 hours, 72
thousand 969 samples
were tested and only 7
were infected with the
virus. On Saturday
, the
total number of active
cases in the state is 83.
The number of covid
19 cases are increasing
in many countries. In
suchasituation,weneed
to be more careful, he
added. The CM further
instructed that every
person coming to UP
from other states must
be tested. “Need to be
extra careful at the bus,
railway stations and air-
port. Effective measures
must be followed,” he
added.TheCMinformed
that more than 13 crores
28 lakh covid-19 vaccine
doses have been admin-
istered in the state.
“More than 3,37,70,000
people have been provid-
ed with the security cov-
er from covid-19 by ad-
ministration of both
doses of the vaccine,”
the CM said.
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The Chief Minister
said that in order to
give a corruption free
system, the money is
being transferred to
the parents account
through Direct Bene-
fit Transfer (DBT).
Now teachers can as-
certain that children
come to school in
proper uniforms,
shoes, socks and bag-
books.
Besides cultural
values, the Chief Min-
ister put emphasis on
students being taught
about general eti-
quette and cleanliness
should also be taught
to the students of ba-
sic schools. This will
make them good citi-
zens with nationalist
values instilled in
them.
“There are more
than six lakh teach-
ers, instructors, Shik-
shamitras in the state,
if they take up this
responsibility then
this dream can also
become possible,” the
Chief Minister said.
The chief minister
said that the state gov-
ernment has decided
that every school
should be adopted by
public representa-
tives, so that the stu-
dents of basic educa-
tion can get other ba-
sic facilities in schools
including clean drink-
ing water.
Under this scheme,
out of 1.60 lakh basic
schools in the state,
1.33 one lakh have
been included in this
scheme.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ahead of
the UP Assembly elec-
tions, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Sat-
urday distributed
sweets, handbags,
clothes and 1250 mobile
phones among the par-
ty workers and also
gave them the mantra
to win the election.
Addressing the
workers, CM asked
them to highlight wel-
fare schemes launched
by the BJP government
and said that happi-
ness lies in collectivity
and asked them to
share this happiness
with poor and down-
trodden people. All the
BJP and Hindu Yuva
Vahini workers were
invited from 5 Assem-
bly constituency of
Gorakhpur Parliamen-
tary seat. CM said that
he will contest the up-
coming elections and
party will decide the
seat for him as the par-
liamentary board of
the party takes the fi-
nal decision. There
were presumptions
that CM will contest
the upcoming elections
from Ayodhya to mobi-
lize the support of a
particular community.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: State BJP
President Swatantra
Dev Singh, ministers,
MLAs, senior party of-
ficials, along with
workers and devotees,
performed Jalab-
hishek in the temples
and worshiped Lord
Shiva in the pagodas in
Lucknow on the occa-
sion of the dedication
and worship of Adi
Guru Shankaracharya
by the Prime Minister
in Kedarnath. Live tel-
ecast of PM’s Kedar-
nath programme was
seen by arranging big
screens.
Swatantra Dev Singh
witnessed the Prime
Minister’s Kedardham
programme from Luc-
know’s Mankamesh-
war temple, Daliganj.
During this, Swatantra
Dev Singh performed
Jalabhishek with ritu-
alistic worship and
aarti in the temple.
Metropolitan President
Mukesh Sharma, MLA
Dr Neeraj Bora also
worshiped together.
While addressing
the media he said that
India has its own cul-
tural tradition. Mil-
lions of people have
sacrificed while saving
our culture. It is also
the task of the people
of the political field to
preserve the different
sections of the society
and the culture of In-
dia. They should also
work above casteism,
regionalism, individu-
alism.
First India Bureau
Agra: After the Coro-
na epidemic, once
again the influx of
tourists has started
pouring in the Taj Ma-
hal. A large number of
tourists visited Agra
during Diwali break.
For the last two
years, people associat-
ed with the tourism
business were disap-
pointed due to the Co-
rona epidemic. Tourist
places around the
world were closed Due
to which the people as-
sociated with the tour-
ism business were fac-
ing huge losses.
But with the slowing
down of Corona, once
again the tourism
business has started
gaining momentum.
Due to heavy rush visi-
tors had to wait for
hours to enter the Taj
Mahal.
State BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh performs Jalabhishek at Mankameshwar Temple in
Lucknow on Saturday.
Visitors at the Taj Mahal in Agra on Saturday.
CM Yogi Adityanath
30 MORE ZIKA VIRUS POSITIVE
C
M Yogi has greeted people
and conveyed his best wishes
to all on the auspicious festi-
val of ‘Bhai Dooj’ on Saturday
C
M Yogi has deeply mourned
the death of Prasoon Pathak,
brother of Kannauj Member
of Parliament, Subrat Pathak
and conveyed his condolenc-
es to the bereaved family.
‘SANKAT KE SAMAY BABUA GHAR ME
DUBKE RAHE,AB JAWAB DENE KA SAMAY’
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks

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Janardan Misra
Lucknow: A contro-
versy erupted after re-
lease of the book ‘Mo-
hammed’ by Waseem
Rizvi, former chair-
man of Shia Waqf
Board.
The book was un-
veiled by Mahant Yeti
Narasimhanand Saras-
wati, which stirred the
controversy even more
as he has image of
hardcore Hindu leader.
Rizvi visited Ma-
hakali temple in Das-
na, Ghaziabad and got
his book ‘Mohammed’
released by Mahant
Yati Narasimhanand
Saraswati.
Soon after release of
the book demand to ban
this book was raised by
several Muslim clerics.
Speaking to First In-
dia Rizvi said “I was
unable to understand,
what is in this book
which has created so
much ruckus.”
According to him
more than 350 books
and Muslim texts have
been referenced in the
book.
He said the book ex-
poses the character of
the Messenger of Mus-
lims. He said “Why did
Islam come into the
world and why does it
have so many violent
thoughts? This book
underlines preaching
and other content de-
fining the religion.”
Rizvi said that Islam
is actually a Moham-
medanism and Islam
can be understood only
by understanding Mo-
hammed.
Meanwhile, Shia
cleric Maulana Saif
Abbas demanded a ban
on the book. If the
Prophet of Waseem
Rizvi has been arro-
gant in the glory of Is-
lam, he said, it has hurt
the sentiments of all
the Muslims of the
world.
Maulana said Rizvi
has opposed the Quran.
“We demand complete
ban on the book which
has writing against the
religion, opposing the
Prophet. It cannot be
justified in any way
. Le-
gal action should be tak-
en against Rizvi and the
bookshouldbebanned,”
he pointed out.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP gov-
ernment on Saturday
asked officials to esca-
late the pace of the
Covid vaccination pro-
gramme, with a focus on
the second dose, across
the state.
CM Yogi Adityanath
issued directions to ex-
pedite the inoculation
drive by setting a target
of delivering 25 to 30
lakh doses every day in
the next two months.
In a high-level meet-
ing on Saturday, CM
Yogi told officials, “A
target should be set to
vaccinate around 25 to
30 lakh people daily so
that 100 per cent eligible
population gets vacci-
nated against Covid-19 .
To expedite vaccine cov-
erage, the Additional
Chief Secretary, Health
must start preparations
and speed up the pro-
ceedings by holding a
meeting with all the
CMOs of the state.”
Over 67.18 per cent of
UP’s eligible adult popu-
lation have received at
least one dose, while
around 22.19 per cent
are fully immunised.
Of the target popula-
tion of 15 crores, the
state has inoculated
13.28 crore doses till Fri-
day
. Over 3.38 crore peo-
ple in the state have
been fully vaccinated.
Earlier, the CM had
issued a deadline to vac-
cinate 100 per cent eligi-
ble population by De-
cember 15. He had asked
health officials to come
up with a special drive
to motivate people to-
wards vaccination.
Cluster Model 2.0
The government has ad-
opted the ‘Cluster Model
2.0’ to improve second
dose coverage in villag-
es/localities where the
first dose vaccination-
was successful through
the cluster model. The
earlier model in June
made the task easy
, equi-
table, and seamless.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A man tried
to self-immolate after
pouring petrol on self at
Hazaratganj crossing in
here on Saturday
.
Cops at Hazaratganj
crossing doused the
flames and rushed him
to the Civil Hospital,
where his condition was
stated to be critical.
Shyambabu Shukla,
inspector Hazaratganj
saidthevictimwasiden-
tified as Mahesh of Ma-
jhlavillageinHasanganj
area of Unnao.
During investigation
it was revealed that Ma-
hesh has a long-pending
land dispute with a dis-
tant family member
Sukhlal and officials,
workers of consolida-
tion department were
torturing and pressuris-
ing him.
First India Bureau
Agra: The police have
arrested nine persons
including the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) Mi-
nority Wing district
vice-president for gam-
bling, here on Saturday
.
Police sources here
said that acting on a tip-
off, a police team ar-
rested Sandeep Kumar,
Afroz Khan, Liyakat Ali
and Amit Kumar from
an agricultural farm
near Kalyan Gadi vil-
lage for gambling.
Sandeep Kumar is
a BJP leader and Afroz
Khan is district
vice-president of mi-
nority wing of the
party
.
In another raid, a po-
lice team arrested Me-
htab Singh, Shashi Ka-
poor, Govind, Neeraj
and Narendra alias
Teetu for gambling.
Case was registered
against the arrested ac-
cused under Public
Gambling Act 1867.
Meanwhile, BJP dis-
trict president Pradeep
Chauhan said that
Sandeep and Afroz were
not involved in gam-
bling and the police had
framed false charges
against them.
First India Bureau
G o r a k h p u r / L u c -
know: Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Sat-
urday announced that
Gorakhpur has zero
coronavirus (Covid-19)
cases.
He also congratulat-
ed the healthcare offi-
cials and people of Go-
rakhpur for the feat.
“In Gorakhpur, the
holy land of Mahayogi
Guru Gorakhnath ji,
the number of corona
infected has become
zero today. This
achievement is due to
the active participation
of the district adminis-
tration, the tireless
work of the committed
health workers and dis-
ciplined cooperation
from honourable and
dedicated public repre-
sentatives and the peo-
ple of Gorakhpur,” the
UP CM said on Koo, an
Indian microblogging
and social networking
service.
The number of ac-
tive cases in Uttar
Pradesh has stayed be-
low 100 since October.
On Saturday, the ac-
tive cases went down by
four and stands at 91.
The state recorded just
five new Covid-19 cases
and one related fatality
in the last 24 hours.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: Taking a
serious note of delay in
submission of viscera
reports, which adverse-
ly affects investigation
of criminal cases, the
Allahabad High Court
has directed the Direc-
tor General of Police
(DGP), UP and the Sec-
retary, Home, Govern-
ment of UP to take up
this issue at their end
for expeditious exam-
ination of viscera sam-
ples to help the investi-
gating agency, so that it
would not become an
impediment before the
courts in deciding mat-
ters.
Hearing a bail appli-
cation of one Tahir
Khan, a resident of
Jhansi district, Justice
Samit Gopal observed,
“The examination of
viscera is also an inte-
gral part of investiga-
tion which may provide
a link regarding the
cause of death or give a
lead in the matter. In so
far as the offence is
concerned, the delay
in examination of vis-
cera and due to the
same being wanting,
the investigating agen-
cy forwards reports un-
der the criminal proce-
dure code before the
court concerned, on
which the courts take
cognizance and pro-
ceed with the matter
and then at some stage
the report of viscera is
supplemented as docu-
ment of investigation.
In totality of circum-
stances, investigation
remains lacking in the
event of non-receipt of
report of chemical ex-
aminer.”
Muslim clerics miffed after Waseem Rizvi’s book release by Hindu seer
PROPHET VILIFIED?

Waseem Rizvi
visited Mahakali
temple in Dasna,
Ghaziabad and
got his book
‘Mohammed’
released by
Mahant Yati
Narasimhanand
Saraswati
WAR OF WORDS
MAJOR FIRE IN CITY KART MART,
PEOPLE EVACUATED TO SAFETY
CASE REGISTERED AGAINST 14-YR-
OLD BOY FOR RAPING 9-YR-OLD
Banda: A case was registered against a 14-yr-old
for raping a 9-year-old girl, on complaint of the
father of the victim.
Police said the girl
had gone to the farm
to collect fodder near
her village when a
14-year-old boy sexu-
ally abused her. The
accused threatened
the victim to not disclose about the crime. Police
have registered cases under rape and assault
charges and further investigations are underway.
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: A massive fire broke out in City Kart Mart
at Nakkhas Crossroads here on Saturday night.
The incident took place
at around 8 pm on
Saturday, thepolice
said. Three fire brigade
vehicles were rushed to
the site, which battled
several rounds to douse
the high intensity com-
bustion. A number of
people were found trapped in the residential complex
situated above the market but they were all safely
evacuated, the police said.
Escalate 2nd dose jab pace: CM
—FILE PHOTO
Yogi Adityanath asks officials
to set target of 25L-30L doses
everyday in next 2 months
Over 67% of eligible population
vaccinated in state, but only
22% fully immunised
Gorakhpur Covid-free;
CM lauds people, personnel
The number of active
cases in UP has
stayed below 100
since October.
No active
cases in
41 dists
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Coro-
navirus cases have
fallen sharply in
UP since the devas-
tating months at
the start of the
year.
The Active Case-
load has been re-
duced to 83, push-
ing the Recovery
Rate up to a re-
markable 98.8 per-
cent. No active
case has been reg-
istered in 41 dis-
tricts of the state.
The most popu-
lous state has con-
ducted over 72,969
Covid-19 tests. Out
of the 75 districts
in UP
, as many as 7
positive cases were
reported in the
span of the last 24
hours.
As many as 15
patients recovered
in the span of the
last 24 hours in the
state.Tillnow,over
16.87 lakh corona-
viruspatientshave
recovered from the
disease.
FIRS AGAINST 140 PEOPLE FOR
BURSTING FIRECRACKERS
Lucknow: More than 100 FIRs have been lodged and
action taken against over 140 people for bursting
firecrackers in Gautam
Buddh Nagar in viola-
tion of norms this week,
officials said Saturday.
These FIRs have been
lodged for cases from
November 3 to 5,
including Diwali, across
Noida and Greater Noida, police media cell in-charge
Pankaj Kumar said.
FESTIVE GLITTER
A replica of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple made with 15,000 clay lamps by RSS on the occasion of Diwali festival, at Kharghar in
Navi Mumbai.
HC asks UP DGP, Secy Home to
expedite viscera examination
Man tries
to immolate
self over
land dispute
9 INCLUDING
BJP LEADERS
ARRESTED
FOR GAMBLING
3 of family die as train runs over them, 1 hurt
Ayodhya: Three persons
lot their lives after a
train ran over them at
an unmanned railway
crossing near Durgapur
Rampurva village under
Maharajganj police sta-
tion here. The police said
Ram Chandra Nishad,
along with his family,
was crossing the tracks
when a train run over
them. Nishad (38), wife
Vimla (34), son Ganesh
(2) died on the spot
while another son Vinal
(4) was severely injured.
Meanwhile, mangled
body of an unidentified
person was found on
the railway track near
Ashapur crossing in
Sarnath area in Varanasi.
Prima facie it seemed a
murder. Cops are trying
to ascertain identity of
the deceased.
—FILE PHOTO

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THE FRACTURED HIMALAYA: INDIA, TIBET AND CHINA, 1949-1962
Rao’s most authoritative book on
India-China relations
irupama Rao was born in
1950. She joined the Indian
Foreign Service in 1973, retir-
ing in 2011. She was Foreign
Secretary, ambassador to the
US and China during her un-
blemished career.
She has very recently writ-
ten, what I think is the most
authoritative book on India-
China relations, “The Frac-
tured Himalaya: India, Tibet
and China, 1949-1962”. The
volume is over six hundred
pages long. Deeply re-
searched, scholarly, insight-
ful and convincing.
She has mentioned me
more than once in her book.
I am no China specialist, but
neither am I unfamiliar with
the torturous course of Sino-
Indian bilateral relations.
My first posting was to Pe-
king in 1956. I spent almost
two years in the country
. My
efforts to learn Chinese were
not spectacular. Indian diplo-
mats at the time were treated
with exceptional cordiality.
The Indian ambassador had
easy access to Chairman Mao
Tse Tung and Prime Minister
Chou En Lai.
The Chairman even came
to have dinner with Ambas-
sador RK Nehru’s residence.
I must have seen Mao at very
close quarters dozens of
times. I even lit his cigarette
when he was fumbling to
locate his match box. I
have several photos,
I took them, stand-
ing six feet away
from him.
Nirupama
i n d i r e c t l y
writes that I
was in some
vague way
connected
with Prime
M i n i s t e r
Chou-En-
lai’s visit
to Delhi in
April 1960. Ac-
tually I
w a s
ap-
pointed liaison officer to the
charismatic Chinese Prime
Minister.
All these years I have held
the view that Chou had come
to strike a deal- Aksai Chin
would remain with China.
The rest of the border would
remain as it was. We blew it.
Nirupama Rao, broadly
speaking, agrees with this
view.
From 1927 onwards Jawa-
harlal Nehru was the sole
Congress spokesman on for-
eignpolicy
.In1938,Nehruwas
president of the Congress.
Japan had occupied large
parts of China. Nehru sent a
medical mission to the Guo-
mindang government. But
severalmembersof thegroup
went over to the communists.
Prominent among them were
Dr Atal and Dr Dwarkanath
Kotnis. Jawaharlal Nehru
himself went to Chunking in
August 1939. A meeting with
Mao could not take place be-
cause Nehru had to rush back
toIndiaasHitlerhaddeclared
war by invading Poland.
Nehru till the mid nine-
teen fifties took a
rather romantic
and unrealistic
view of the Commu-
nist regime. The
Chinese in general and the
communists in particular
had a “profound contempt for
the Indians, and also a sense
of very considerable superi-
ority towards them….” was
the British assessment.
After Independence Nehru
sent KM Panikkar as ambas-
sador to China. When the
communist took over on 1st
October 1949 K.M Panikkar
was retained as ambassador.
A worst choice could not have
been made. Girjashankar Ba-
jpai, Secretary-General, in
August 1950 noted that Panik-
kar was, “a little too respon-
sivetotheatmosphere,wheth-
er for our conviction or a safe
guide to our policy
. His eulogy
of the men who now rule Chi-
na, their great reforms and
their friendship for us, leave
me somewhat sceptical, espe-
cially the last. My own rather
cynical view is that in us,
China sees the only potential
rival, and economic equality
in Asia….Panikkar’s enthusi-
asm,genuineorfeigned,caus-
es me personally a good deal
of difficulty at times. The PM
is impressed with his reports
andIhavetoworkhardtocon-
trol his enthusiasm when, in
my own rather conservative
judgement, caution seems to
be necessary
.”
The other disaster was VK
Krishna Menon. He had his
plus points. The minuses out-
numbered the pluses by ten
to one.
Nehru appointed him De-
fence Minister. Menon sold
the idea to Nehru that the
real enemy was Pakistan, not
China. Nehru himself genu-
inely believed that China
would never go to the war
with India. This was to put it
politely the height of naivety
.
Another Nehru lapse. He did
not raise the question of the
border with Chou Enlai in
1954. “Nehru wished to avoid
confrontation with China”,
writes the author and casti-
gates Nehru for his poor
judgement and faith in Chi-
na’s‘peacefulandPanchsheel’
mantra. She quotes S. Gopal,
Nehru’s biographer and Dr S
Radhkrishnan’s son. Nehru
was “insufficiently alert to
possible Chinese encroach-
ments on a major scale. Curi-
ously, the reported presence
of Chinese personnel in Ak-
sai Chin, and the defence of
Indian sovereignty that this
implied, roused no marked
reaction in Delhi.”
Sumul Sinha was Counsel
General in Lhasa. His critical
reports on Chinese atrocities
in Tibet were not only ig-
nored, these irritated the P
.M.
One of Prime Minister
Nehru’s obsessions was for
China becoming a member of
the U.N. Security Council-
even in 1962 India did not give
up. China never expressed
any gratitude. It has never
considered India as an equal.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the
maker of modern India. His
role in the Freedom Move-
ment was second only to that
of Gandhiji. He was a great
and noble man. He grievously
erredonChina.1962hastened
his death. This is an absorb-
ing, balanced, knowledgea-
ble, eminently readable book.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
N
Nirupama indirectly writes
that I was in some vague
way connected with
Prime Minister Chou-
Enlai’s visit to Delhi
in April 1960. Actually
I was appointed liaison
officer to the
charismatic Chinese
Prime Minister
From 1927 onwards
Jawaharlal Nehru was the
sole Congress spokesman on
foreign policy. In 1938,
Nehru was president of the
Congress. Japan had
occupied large parts of
China. Nehru sent a medical
mission to the Guomindang
government. But several
members of the group went
over to the communists.
Prominent among them
were Dr Atal and Dr
Dwarkanath Kotnis.
Jawaharlal Nehru himself
went to Chunking in August
1939. A meeting with Mao
could not take place because
Nehru had to rush back to
India as Hitler had declared
war by invading Poland
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Our life is shaped by our mind;
we become what we think.
Suffering follows an evil
thought as the wheels of a cart
follow the oxen that draw it.
Our life is shaped by our mind;
we become what we think. Joy
follow a pure thought like a
shadow that never leaves.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Warm birthday greetings to @
DrJitendraSingh ji. His passion for
establishing India as a research and
science-driven economy is admirable.
A terrific orator, he is also committed
to the development of J&K and
the NER. May he be blessed with a
healthy, happy and long life.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Purchase of Packaged Products To
Get More Transparent! Govt’s New
Packaging Guidelines from April
2022 will ensure that manufacturers
mention per unit price of product. The
details will enable consumers make an
informed decision while buying.
TOP TWEETS
CASHLESS
ECONOMIES RAISE
ETHICAL CONCERNS
ABOUT INCLUSION
he global health cri-
sis has led to an in-
crease in going out
cashless due to fears
of transmission of
the coronavirus. Yet this has had
an adverse impact on social and
economic inclusion. It has also
exacerbatedtheso-called“digital
divide” over who has access to
the internet and can buy things
online. In the United Kingdom,
1.9 million households do not
have an internet connection.
Cash, an integral part of daily
lifeformillionsof people,isbeing
sidelined to make way for digital
paymentsystems,undertheguise
of anti-corruption efforts, in-
creasedconvenienceandsecurity
for consumers. The act of going
cashless has crept into our every-
day lives, and it seems somewhat
inevitable that advanced econo-
mies will fully digitalize in the
not-so-distant future. In the UK,
for example, over a third of con-
sumers have reported being re-
fused when trying to pay with
cash “at least once since the first
lockdown in March 2020.”
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
T
fter the pandemic
closed schools
last year, hospi-
tals saw a surge
in mental health-
related emergency visits
among children 18 and un-
der. The statistics have been
grim enough that a large
cohort of the nation’s top
pediatricians recently de-
clared a “national emergen-
cy” in child and adolescent
mental health.
COVID disrupted connec-
tions for everyone, but espe-
cially children. Cut off from
social networks — some-
times even the internet —
young people had few oppor-
tunities to forge relation-
ships outside the home, said
Jenlei Li, the host of a Har-
vard Graduate School of
Education webinar called
“The Healing Power of
Friendships and Relation-
ships.” Stuck at home, they
lost chances to connect with
peers, teachers, coaches, and
guidance counselors.
“Young people are suffer-
ing,” said Rhodes, a profes-
sor of psychology and direc-
tor of the Center for Evi-
dence-Based Mentoring at
the University of Massachu-
setts, Boston. In her re-
search, Rhodes has found
that strong relationships be-
tween children and caring
adults can have positive ef-
fects for decades, extending
through middle age. Many
of those relationships are
built at school.
SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
A knock-on effect of this
was a surge in the number
of mental health cases for
children under 18 and
the isolation also had a
negative effect on
learning, where children
use social environments
and close relationships
to learn
Why young need help to
reconnect after Covid-19
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New Delhi: The Board
of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) on Satur-
day condoled the demise
of legendary coach
Tarak Sinha.
“TheBoardof Control
for Cricket in India ex-
presses grief at the pass-
ing away of renowned
andwell-respectedcoach
Shri Tarak Sinha. The
founderof SonnetCrick-
et Club, which produced
an assembly line inter-
national and first-class
cricketers breathed his
last on Saturday
,” stated
BCCI in a release. “A re-
cipient of the Dronacha-
rya Award, Sinha had
been coaching and nur-
turing cricketers for
over four decades. From
Surinder Khanna to
Rishabh Pant and An-
jum Chopra to Rumeli
Dhar, Sinha always in-
sisted on setting higher
benchmarks for his pu-
pils. While he coached
the wards, he was also
credited for spotting tal-
ents at an early age and
giving them the right
kind of coaching re-
quired to shape their ca-
reers,” the release fur-
ther said. Tarak Sinha
passed away on Satur-
day aged 71 after a battle
with cancer.
Former India batter
Virender Sehwag also
condoled the death of
the coach and tweeted,
“Feel a lot of pain on the
demise of passing away
of Ustaad Ji #TarakSin-
ha. He was one of the
rare coaches who gave
India more than a dozen
Test Cricketers the
values he inculcated in
his students helped In-
dian cricket immensely
.
Condolences to his fam-
ily and students. Om
Shanti.” Sinha is only
the fifth cricket coach,
after Desh Prem Azad,
Gurcharan Singh, Ram-
akant Achrekar and Su-
nita Sharma, to be giv-
en the Dronacharya
award. —ANI
BCCI expresses grief at coach Tarak Sinha’s demise
Akash’s success will motivate
younger boxers to excel: PM
IRCTC plans Ramayana
Yatra train tours
END OF AN ERA
WORLD BOXING C’SHIPS
Thapar Institute to confer honorary
degree on BMC commissioner Chahal
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Rajasthan
born Iqbal Singh Cha-
hal who is Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpora-
tion commissioner
would be conferred
with an honorary doc-
torate degree by his
alma mater Thapar In-
stitute of Engineering
and Technology (TIET)
on Monday
.
According to availa-
ble information, reput-
edTIETthatisadeemed
university, will confer
an honorary degree of
Doctor of Science (Hon-
oris Causa) on its alum-
nus, Chahal, who is cur-
rently holding the pres-
tigious post of
BMC Mumbai, in a spe-
cial convocation on
Monday
.
Chahal’s manage-
ment of the Covid-19
pandemic, as BMC com-
missioner, has received
acclaim from all quar-
ters. Chahal had done
his B.Tech (Electronics
and Communications
Engineering) from the
TIET in 1987, before
joining the Indian Ad-
ministrative Service
(IAS) in 1989.
Chahal planned well
for the second wave of
COVID-19, ensuring
that earlier this year,
when most states in In-
dia battled oxygen
shortage, Mumbai re-
mained well-equipped.
Notably, BMC is In-
dia’s richest civic body
and has an annual budg-
et of Rs 39,000 crore. As
BMC commissioner
Chahal also ensured
that the COVID-19 situa-
tion in Dharavi, the big-
gest slum of India, re-
mained under control.
Established in 1956,
Thapar Institute of En-
gineering and Technol-
ogy, is one of the top
engineering and re-
search institutes in the
country
.
Over the past eight
years, the deemed uni-
versity has not con-
ferred this honour on
anyone, with former
Prime Minister Man-
mohan Singh the last to
be so felicitated.
Sharat K verma
New Delhi: It seems
that West Bengal is a
state created only
for Partition. 116
years ago there was
a great controversy
over the partition
and eventually that
partition was an-
nulled.
But after a few
days, the states of
Bihar and Odisha
were carved out of
West Bengal. At the
time of Independ-
ence, finally East
and West Bengal
were divided and
now it is being said
that West Bengal
will also be divided.
The demand was
started by the lead-
ers of the ruling
Bharatiya Janata
Party at the Centre,
which is now re-
ported to be
serious-
ly being
consid-
ered. There
is news that a
separate state
of North Bengal
can be created to in-
crease administra-
tive efficiency.
Recently, the Un-
ion Home Ministry
had also taken some
initiative regarding
the bifurcation of
the state and a meet-
ing was also held.
The proposal to
create a new state by
separating the dis-
tricts of Darjeeling,
Kalimpong, Kur-
seong etc. is report-
ed to be seriously
considered. Even
during the Atal Bi-
hari Vajpayee gov-
ernment, three
states were divided
and three new states
were formed. The
BJP is very strong
in those three states.
The Congress cre-
ated a new state by
bifurcating one state
and was out of poli-
tics in both the
states.
However, it is be-
ing said that prepa-
rations for the for-
mation of a separate
Gorkhaland are go-
ing on inside.
Opposing this,
Chief Minis-
ter Mamata
Baner-
jee has
s a i d
that she
has a formula
through which
partition can be
avoided perma-
nently.
H o w e v e r,
the BJP itself
is still in a di-
lemma be-
cause if the
state is bifur-
cated, Bengali pride
will be hurt and the
BJP will suffer in
the next Lok Sabha
elections. On the
other hand it is be-
ing said that anyway
Mamata will contest
elections on Bengali
identity to become
the Prime Minister
so there is less
chance for BJP. But
if the state is bifur-
cated into Gorkha-
land, then BJP can
get some benefit
there.
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Trinamool
Congress MP and sen-
ior leader Sukhendu
Shekhar Roy has said
that his party cannot
wait till eternity for the
Congress to come for-
ward and form an Op-
position alliance
against the BJP.
The question is, “Is
the Trinamool Con-
gress really waiting for
the Congress to form
an alliance or does it
want to ‘settle’ the Con-
gress and replace it in
national politics?” Con-
gress also understands
what the real motive of
Trinamool is. That is
why the Congress has
started for itself, leav-
ing aside its allies and
Trinamool and all oth-
er possible parties.
Concerned about its
politics, Congress has
fielded its candidate in
the by-elections of two
seats in Bihar and is
fighting with full force.
It may be that the RJD
will get an advantage
on one seat, but the
Congress has expressed
its intention.
Party’s in-charge
Bhakta Charan Das has
said that the Congress
will fight the next Lok
Sabha elections alone.
Similarly, on the other
hand, in Maharashtra,
Congress state presi-
dent Nana Patole has
announced that the
Congress will fight
alone in the next elec-
tions.
He is part of the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
government but has an-
nounced to fight alone
in the next year’s BMC
elections.
Congress is doing
this work under a strat-
egy. As part of the
strategy, it has cut ties
with its ally Badruddin
Ajmal’s AIUDF in As-
sam. Congress will now
form its new alliance
there according to the
upcoming elections.
There was an alli-
ance of Congress and
JDS in Karnataka, but
now Congress is doing
politics completely
alone. The party’s cur-
rent state president DK
Shivakumar has made
a plan for the Congress
to contest alone in the
2023 elections.
In Uttar Pradesh, the
Congress party has ex-
pressed its intention of
an alliance but is now
preparing to contest
the elections alone.
Today, Congress and
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra are doing poli-
tics like the main Op-
position in Uttar
Pradesh According to
an informed Congress
leader, there are two
reasons for this.
The first reason is
that as soon as the Con-
gress and all the Opposi-
tionpartiescometogeth-
er, the BJP gets an op-
portunity to polarize the
majority vote. Second,
the allies of the Con-
gress are treating the
Congress as a weak re-
gional party
. To change
this thinking, it is neces-
sary that the Congress
strengthens itself.
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday congratulated
Akash Kumar for be-
coming the seventh In-
dian male boxer to win
a medal at World Boxing
Championships.
Akash Kumar’s sen-
sational run at the 2021
AIBA men’s World Box-
ing Championships
ended with a bronze
medal after he suffered
a heartbreaking loss in
the semi-final in Bel-
grade on Thursday.
Akash endured a 5-0
loss against Kazakh-
stan’s Makhmud Saby-
rkhan in 54kg category
.
PM said Akash’s suc-
cess will motivate
younger boxers to excel
in the sport. “Well done
Akash! Congratulations
for the prestigious med-
al at the World Boxing
Championships. This
success will motivate
younger boxers to excel.
Wishing you the very
best for your future en-
deavours,” PM tweeted.
It was India’s seventh
medal at world’s one of
biggest boxing events as
Akash joined the elite
list of boxers that in-
cludes Amit Panghal
(silver in 2019), Vijender
Singh (bronze in 2009),
Vikas Krishan (bronze
in 2011), Shiva Thapa
(bronze in 2015), Gaurav
Bidhuri (bronze in 2017)
and Manish Kaushik
(bronze in 2019) who
have won medals for the
country at Men’s World
Championships in the
past. —ANI
New Delhi: To promote
religious tourism, the
IRCTC has planned a
series of Shri Ramaya-
na Yatra Tours, which
will mark a gradual re-
sumption of domestic
tourism by trains in
view of the improved
Covid situation. One
such tour will begin
from November 7, Indi-
an Railway Catering
and Tourism Corpora-
tion (IRCTC) said.
“IRCTC has planned
the train tour packages
utilising its Pilgrim
Special Tourist Trains
and Deluxe Tourist
Trains duly under-
standing requirement
of the budget premi-
um segment tourists,”
it said on Saturday
.
The first departure
on Ramayana Circuit
train will commence on
November 7 from New
Delhi followed by four
other departures in
subsequent month. Oth-
er packages include 12
nights / 13 days Shri
Ramayana Yatra Ex-
press-Madurai, which
will depart on Novem-
ber 16. —ANI
WILL BENGAL BE
PARTITIONED?
Congress is now a worried lot!
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: At one
stroke, NBCC has
brought down not only
its own reputation but
has also caused shame
to all public sector em-
ployees who take great
pride in serving the na-
tion.
Following an inspec-
tiononSeptember18,of
NBCC’s Green View
Residential Society
spread over 18 acres in
Sector 37 D Gurugram,
the IIT Delhi made sev-
eral alarming observa-
tions in terms of struc-
tural faults and use of
poor quality construc-
tion material. Follow-
ing the vigilance en-
quiry two construction
companies, Rama Con-
structionsandSupreme
Infrastructure, who
constructed the project
have reportedly been
put in the holiday list
for two years.
The IIT Delhi’s in-
spection was necessi-
tated in view of the
complaints from resi-
dentsof thesocietythat
their flats were becom-
ing inhabitable barely a
few years after their oc-
cupation. So the inspec-
tion team carried out
comprehensiveforensic
auditing of the struc-
tures and building ma-
terial.
At some point, an ex-
pert team from the IIT-
Bombay was also roped
in for a second opinion.
NBCC launched its
Green View Project in
2010 and started giving
the possession in Au-
gust2017afteradelayof
over two years. The so-
ciety has 923 flats, in-
cluding 139 EWS flats.
So far, 260 flats have
been sold and more
than 150 families are re-
siding here.
The IIT Delhi inspec-
tion team has con-
firmed the complaints
of the residents as gen-
uine.
In the light of the
complaints, the IIT Del-
hi’s structural audit
team has advised the
evacuation of all resi-
dents within two
months to carry out re-
pairs of the entire
structural work as well
as of plastering and til-
ing which have to be
completely replaced.
This constrained
NBCC to issue an evac-
uation notice on Octo-
ber 3. Already seething
in anger for having
been cheated, residents
have demanded that
they be defrayed the en-
tire cost of their flats
along with interest plus
cost of registration and
interiors because they
have no interest in stay-
ing in an imperilled
housing society
.
Most of the occu-
pants have reportedly
vacated following the
alarming situation but
many others are still
not willing to vacate be-
cause of the issues they
have with NBCC.
NBCC’s Green View fiasco; a true case of breach of trust!

z Consistent sag-
ging of slabs from the
popping of tiles. At
numerous sections of
the structure 10-12
cm, the thick creed was
observed on the top of
the slab

z Vertical cracks in
the indoor part of the
columns in kitchens

z New cracks were
observed in the slabs
of buildings

z Corrosion was
observed all over the
reinforcement work.
At numerous spots, 4
mm thick rust marks
were seen throughout
the concrete. Pitting
erosion in the reinforce-
ment was also observed

z Compression cracks
at several locations in
the columns

z Progression of de-
terioration in the time
span of the previous
visit of the consultant
IIT Delhi

z The magnitude of
deterioration with the
continuous increase

z The threat of old
contaminated concrete
easily travelling into
the repair concrete and
causing a failure of the
repaired elements
DEFICIENCIES
HIGHLIGHTED BY IIT-D
Chahal’s mgmt of
Covid pandemic, as
BMC commissioner
received acclaim
from all quarters
Iqbal Singh Chahal
Legendary coach
Tarak Sinha is renowned
for coaching players
across generations
and the list comprises
Surinder Khanna, Manoj
Prabhakar, Ajay Sharma,
Atul Wassan, Ashish
Nehra, Sanjeev Sharma,
Aakash Chopra, Shikhar
Dhawan, Anjum Chopra
and Rishabh Pant.
Tarak Sinha

INDIA
06
Mumbai: “A recent re-
port in a newspaper
led to unwarranted
speculation in social
media regarding Am-
bani family’s plans to
partly reside in Stoke
Park, London. RIL will
like to clarify that
chairman and his
family have no plans
whatsoever to relo-
cate or reside in
London or anywhere
else,” the statement
said.
Further, the compa-
ny statement added
that Reliance Indus-
trial Investments
and Holdings Limit-
ed had recently ac-
quired Stoke Park
estate in London with
the intent of turning
the heritage proper-
ty into a “premier
golfing and
sporting re-
sort”. —ANI
Mukesh Ambani family have
no plans of relocating to London
RIL CLARIFIES
PUNJAB AG HITS BACK AT SIDHU
...says Sidhu obstructing govt functioning
Chandigarh: Punjab
Advocate General APS
Deol Saturday hit back
at Congress leader Nav-
jot Singh Sidhu, who
has demanded his resig-
nation for representing
two accused cops in the
2015 sacrilege and po-
lice firing case.
This comes a day af-
ter Sidhu took back his
resignation as Punjab
Congress chief, but add-
ed that he would re-
sume charge only after
the state government
will replace DGP IPS
Sahota and Deol.
Deol said that the
Congress leader has
been making “repeated
utterances (that) seek to
derail the earnest ef-
forts of the state to en-
sure justice in the drugs
matter and the sacri-
lege cases”. —ANI
In a strongly worded
statement, Deol
slammed Sidhu,
accusing him of
“spreading misin-
formation to gain a
political advantage
over his political
colleagues” and
added that Sidhu is
obstructing the func-
tioning of the state
government and of
AG, Punjab.
There is a concerted attempt by vested
interests to malign the functioning of
the Congress party in view of the com-
ing elections in Punjab for their selfish political
gain, by politicizing the constitutional office of
the Advocate General of Punjab.
—APS Deol, Punjab Advocate General
Miles away from the rhetoric of devel-
opment, lakhs of families are forced to
use “chulhas”. The development vehicle
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the
“reverse gear”.
—Rahul Gandhi, Congress Leader
IN FIRM MESSAGE TO SIDHU, CHANNI
BACKS GOVERNMENT LEGAL TEAM
AKALI DAL CHIEF SUKHBIR BADAL
LEADERS PROTEST OVER FUEL PRICES
Chandigarh: Punjab CM
Charanjit Singh Channi,
broke his silence on Sat-
urday, on the 2015 sacri-
lege case and backed the
government legal team
amid barbs from Navjot
Singh Sidhu. Sidhu on
Friday had sent an ultima-
tum to Punjab Congress,
ahead of the state election
next year, on continuing
as the state chief. The
controversy over the 2015
sacrilege case and police
firing has escalated ahead
of the state elections as
the ruling party witnesses
continued infighting.
Channi, also raised critical
issue of drugs and said
our legal team managed
to get permission to inter-
rogate Gurmeet Ram Ra-
him in sacrilege case. Our
lawyers are also fighting
the case of drugs in the
court and hopefully on
November 18, the sealed
reports will be opened.
Chandigarh: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh
Badal along with party leaders and
workers staged a protest outside
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s
residence in Chandigarh demanding
compensation to farmers for reducing
prices of petrol and diesel. Prices of
petrol, diesel have been seeing an up-
ward trend over the past few weeks.
The prices of 2 petroleum products
reduced after Centre announced a
cut in excise duty of petrol and diesel
by Rs 5, Rs 10 resp. Subsequently,
states and UTs reduced VAT on fuel.
Sukhbir Singh Badal with party supporters during a protest outside CM Channi’s residence.
DEOL SLAMS
SIDHU
New Delhi: The BJP
national executive will
meet on Sunday, the
first time since 2019, to
discuss plans for the up-
coming Assembly polls
and pass a political res-
olution, BJP national
general secretary Arun
Singh said on Saturday
.
He added that exhibi-
tions about the “At-
manirbhar Bharat”
mission of the govern-
ment and the recently-
achieved milestone of
100 crore Covid-19 vac-
cine doses would be dis-
played at the venue of
the meeting in New
Delhi, the NDMC Con-
vention Centre. —ANI
BJP nat’l executive to meet today
...124 members to discuss bypoll results, upcoming assembly polls
Arun Singh addresses media at party HQ in New Delhi on Saturday.



DECISION-MAKING BODY TO DISCUSS...
Every mem-
ber, across the
country, will
be getting guidelines
by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
how to make the party
better. Party's nation-
al executive meeting
today will commence
with a speech ad-
dressed by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
and will conclude at
around 3 pm.
—Arun Singh, BJP National
General Secretary
Fake news:Tripura cops
seek info on 102 accounts
Agartala: The Tripura
police have asked the
Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube authorities to
provide details of over
a hundred accounts
from which various
fake and provocative
posts were made in con-
nection with some inci-
dents in Tripura follow-
ing recent instances of
communal violence in
Bangladesh.Thiscomes
within days of the
Tripura Police filing a
dozen criminal cases
and taking action
against more than 70
persons including SC
lawyers, activists, and
religious campaigners.
Cases have been filed
under various provi-
sions of the UAPA and
IPC. Those who have
been booked in these
cases were asked to ap-
pear before probe offic-
ers before Nov 10. —ANI
New Delhi: In a step
ahead to tighten noose
against US-based seces-
sionist group SFJ, a
two-member NIA team
is camping in Canada to
liaise with the authori-
ties in connection with
the pro-Khalistan cas-
es registered with the
agency, said top sourc-
es. The NIA team, com-
prising an Inspector
General rank officer,
will be meeting with
concerned authorities
during its visit to Cana-
da emphasing the exe-
cution of MLAT re-
quests, faster sharing
of info with NIA. —ANI
NIA in Canada
to probe pro-
Khalistan case
CRUCIAL READ
‘WILL GOUGE EYES,
CUT ARMS,’ BJP MP
ARVIND WARNS
Chandigarh: Haryana
BJP congressman
Arvind Sharma on
Saturday made a vile
threat to Cong – that
he would “tear out
their eyes and cut off
their arms” on anyone
who opposes his party
colleague Grover. At
a public event, his
comment was greeted
with applause from
audience. He also said
Cong would “go around
in circles for 25 years”
as BJP – in power after
forging an alliance with
Chautala’s JJP following
2019 polls – reigned.
HARYANA’S 75%
JOB QUOTA FOR
LOCALS NOW LIVE
Chandigarh: Fulfilling a
major election promise,
Haryana govt on Satur-
day enacted a law that
mandates up to 75% job
quota for locals in pri-
vate sector in the state.
However, quota will
apply only for jobs that
offer a gross monthly
salary of up to `30,000.
The draft bill had set the
salary ceiling for this
reservation at `50,000,
drawing bitter criticism
from industry bodies.
The deadline to upload
employees’ data on
state government portal
is January 15.
PROSENJIT COMPLAINS TO MODI, MAMATA
AS SWIGGY FAILS TO DELIVER HIS ORDER
Kolkata: Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee writes
to PM Narendra Modi and WB CM Mamata Banerjee
after food delivery app Swiggy failed to deliver his
food after confirming order.
As soon as Prosenjit shared
letter via Twitter, many
ridiculed him for bringing
issue to the attention of the
political leaders. “Shame to
those who are mocking you
for tagging cm and PM . I further want to say that this
is not national problem but an international one. @UN
should take note,” a sarcastic comment read.
NSAS OF INDIA, FRANCE DISCUSS COOPERATION
IN INDO-PACIFIC AT STRATEGIC TALKS IN PARIS
Paris: NSA Ajit Doval on Saturday met his French
counterpart for an annual strategic dialogue between
2 countries in Paris. Doval co-
chaired the strategic dialogue
with, diplomatic advisor to prez
of Republic of France, Emmanuel
Macron. The French delegation
also included chief military advisor to Macron, Admi-
ral. NSA Doval also met Jean-Yves Le Drian, min of
foreign affairs Florence Parly, min of Armed Forces.
Nath meets Sonia
over bypoll results
New Delhi: Former
Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Ka-
mal Nath on Saturday
met Congress interim
president Sonia Gan-
dhi in New Delhi, said
sources.
Sources close to the
developments of the
leader told, “Kamal
Nath informed Sonia
Gandhi about the re-
cently concluded by-
elections in Madhya
Pradesh, its results.”
BJP bagged two As-
sembly seats while
Congress managed to
secure victory in the
Raigaon constituency
as the bypolls were
conducted on three
seats in the state.
Congress’s Kalpa-
na Verma bagged the
Raigaon constituency
while defeating BJP’s
Pratima Bagari, with
a margin of 12,290
votes. —ANI
Mumbai: The drugs-
on-cruise case involv-
ing Bollywood super-
star SRK's son Aryan
Khan took a new turn
on Saturday as BJP
leader Mohit Bharatiya
addressed PC linked
Maha ex-HM Anil Desh-
mukh with case. Maha
min Nawab Malik said
he will reply to allega-
tions what BJP leader
claimed as ‘revelations’
in press meet scheduled
on Sunday when Malik
is supposed to expose
some secrets hidden in
hotel The Lalit'. —ANI
Sameer Dawood Wankhede’s private army:
Malik reacts to BJP’s ‘twist’ to Aryan case
Modi ji’s devp vehicle is in
reverse gear: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
slammed the central
government over the
rising prices of LPG
cylinders on Saturday.
The Congress MP in
his Twitter shared a
screenshot of a news
report that carried a
survey revealing that
42 percent of people in
rural areas have
stopped using LPG cyl-
inders for cooking
food because of the
hike in prices. This
has forced the people
to go back to using fire-
wood as they can’t af-
ford it. —ANI
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
Far away from the
words of develop-
ment, Millions of
families were forced
to light the wooden
stove. Modi Ji’s
development vehicle
is in reverse gear and
brakes also fail.
Sonia Gandhi Kamal Nath
Tripura police officials discuss
in the meeting about the issue.
MALIK’S DAUGHTER PENS AN OPEN LETTER OVER
‘UNJUST’ TREATMENT OF HER HUSBAND
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra minister Nawab
Malik’s daughter
Nilofer Malik Khan
wrote an open letter to
recount the “unjust
and unlawful manner”
in which her family
was treated after her
husband, Sameer
Khan, was arrested by
the NCB in January
this year. In the letter
titled “From the wife
of an innocent: The
beginning”, Nilofer
recalled the night her
husband, Sameer
Khan, was arrested by
the NCB and talked
about the “catastro-
phe” that her family is
still battling with.
She claimed, “De-
spite being within the
legal parameters and
NCB having no con-
crete proof, Sameer
was arrested. This hit
us hard, that was the
moment we realized it
was more than just
about Sameer as an in-
dividual.” —ANI
Nawab Malik’s daughter
Nilofer Malik Khan.
APS Deol
Navjot Singh Sidhu Charanjit Singh Channi
Rahul Gandhi
no plans of relocating to London

NEWS
07
PRIYANKA-
JAYANT MEETING
LEADERS
TO TIE-UP
SPECULATION
IN WEST UP
The Rashtriya Lok Dal president
Jayant Chaudhury’s flight from
Lucknow to Delhi along with AICC
general secretary Priyanka Gandhi
and Chhattisgarh chief minister
Bhupesh Baghel in a chartered
plane last week has led to
speculations in the political circle
about the likelihood of electoral
alliance between Congress and
RLD in the state. It was a chance
meeting at Lucknow airport last
week where Jayant Chaudhury
was waiting for his evening flight
for Delhi and Priyanka Gandhi
arrived there with Baghel to fly in
Chhattisgarh state plane. Priyanka
offered to take Jayant on her plane
and he agreed. Priyanka, Baghel
and Jayant held a meeting in a
waiting room before flying
together. Like previous chanced
meeting between Priyanka and SP
president Akhilesh Yadav on a
commercial flight from Lucknow
to Delhi, which had led to
speculations, this one has also
caused debate in the political circle
in Western UP. At a time when
RLD and SP have already
announced an alliance,
the rumours have started doing
the rounds about Congress
making efforts to win over RLD for
its west UP plan. While Congress
offering Jayant Chaudhury a Rajya
Sabha seat from Punjab or
Chhattisgarh and tie up for poll
alliance in Punjab and Haryana,
speculations are going on that
BSP could also be cajoled to come
on the board with RLD and
Congress. The Congress has so
far not been able to tie up with any
party, the BSP has already
announced to go it alone in the
2022 election. The SP has already
entered into an alliance with
smaller parties-RLD, Mahan Dal
and Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj
Party (SBSP).
—First India Bureau
LUCKNOW
MAHOTSAV
FATE HANGS
IN BALANCE
The Lucknow Mahotsav, held
every year in the month of
November and December in state
capital Lucknow may or may not
happen this year. On one hand,
where the city residents wait
eagerly for the Lucknow Mahotsav
event for the whole year, the small
scale shopkeepers, craftsmen, fair
decorators, sellers of products of
the district consider it as a means
of their livelihood. However, for
many years now, this festival is
being postponed due to one reason
or the other. It is expected that this
year also no officer would bother
to get it organised as some officers
had to face the government’s wrath
in organising Lucknow Mahotsav
and since then the officers are not
able to take any risk. Sometimes
they make some excuse, and
earlier, there was a Covid issue and
now something similar is expected
to happen this year too as the
district administration has to
organise the festival between
November 25 and December 25.
Now it is to be seen that will the
district administration be able to
organise the last Lucknow festival
of the government this year
because it is inaugurated by the
chief minister while the closing is
done by Governor.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
BIRDS OF SAME FEATHER
Migratory gulls fly over the Ganga river, near the Sangam in Prayagraj on Saturday.
Syed Mushtaq Ali: Ruturaj slams
47-Ball 81 as Maha beats Odisha
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ruturaj Gai-
kwad scored his third
straight half-century
(81 off 47 balls) to power
Maharashtra to a 27-
run win over Odisha in
an Elite Group A match
of the Syed Mushtaq
Ali Trophy here on Sat-
urday
.
After scoring fifties
against TN and Punjab,
the stylish Gaikwad
toyed with the Odisha
attack and shared a 131-
run partnership for the
second wicket with In-
dia-discard Kedar Jad-
hav, who made 55 from
35 balls. The quickfire
partnership which
came in less than 12
overs put Maharashtra
on track for a big score
as they put on board
183 for eight. Gaikwad
played his trademark
elegant drives and also
played the big shots
with ease. His dismiss-
al in the 15th over came
as some relief for the
Odisha bowlers as the
rest of the batters could
not continue in same
vein.
In reply, Odisha lost
skipper Rajesh Dhupar
when the score was 18
and save for a 56-run
second wicket partner-
ship between Anshy
Rath (34) and Subhran-
shu Senapathi (27), the
batters could not take
the fight to the Maha-
rashtra bowlers. Left-
arm medium-pacer Di-
vyang Himganekar was
the best bowler for Ma-
harashtra, returning
figures of 4 for 35.
—FILE PHOTO
Miscreants
kill father
of advocate
in Agra
First India Bureau
Agra: Advocate
Mahan Mudgal’s fa-
ther was shot dead
by criminals riding
2 bikes in Gyaspura
under Division Out-
post in Shahganj
police station area
of Agra. The rela-
tives of the de-
ceased had regis-
tered a case against
11 people out of
which 2 have been
arrested police
are looking for the
remaining 9. On No-
vember 2nd, advo-
cate Ram bahadur
Mudgal was shot
dead by 4 bike-
borne criminals in
Gyaspura under the
division outpost of
Shahganj police sta-
tion area. Accord-
ing to the experts,
due to the land dis-
pute, it was the real
nephews Shivanshu
Mudgal
TarakeswarMudgal
who conspired to
kill their uncle Ram
Bahadur Mudgal. It
is also being told
that Ram Bahadur’s
son Mahan was the
target of the ac-
cused. Regarding
the arrested ac-
cused, the SSP said
that the police have
also recovered pis-
tol and cartridges
used in the incident
from both the ac-
cused. The SSP said
that the remaining 9
accused will be ar-
rested soon.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With the
2022 UP polls fast ap-
proaching the ruling
BJP has not been leav-
ing anything to chance
both at the governmen-
tal and organisational
levels to keep the base
intact. On the govern-
mental front, the CM
Yogi Adityanath has
rushed through with
major relief in petrol
and diesel prices, which
became a debating is-
sue in the state. Simi-
larly
, the distribution of
35 kg of free foodgrain
has now been extended
up to Holi (March 2022).
The government had
also reeled out its
achievements through
massive publicity mate-
rial all over the state.
Purvanchal Express-
way is scheduled to be
inaugurated by PM Nar-
endra Modi later this
month. The construc-
tion of Ram Temple in
Ayodhya and the devel-
opment work being
done in Mathura and
Varanasi, Chitrakoot,
Vindhyachal have be-
come the focal points of
the BJP campaigning.
The state unit of the
party
, while deploying a
large battery of top
leaders for battle, is also
under the close vigil of
PM Modi Amit Shah.
Both are scheduled to
addressaseriesof meet-
ing in November De-
cember in the state.
Moreover, entire RSS
machinery has also
been galvanised under
the leadership of Dat-
tatreya Hosabale who is
frequenting between
Nagpur and Lucknow.
JP Nadda has laid
stress on booth level
management to reach
out to grassroots. The
appointment of 50 lakh
“Panna Pramukhs”
(head of a page on vot-
ers list) through which
BJP had planned to di-
rectly connect with the
electorate all over the
state is also being seen
as a major weapon in
the arsenal of the party
.
BJP COMBINES STRONG CASTE
COMBINATIONWITHHINDUTVA
The ruling party pushing “Hindutava” agenda aggressively to retain power in UP
—FILE PHOTO
SAFFRON PARTY’S OUTREACH PROGRAMME
YOGI GOVT TO START HOME WATER
SUPPLY IN VILLAGES FROM DECEMBER
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The dec-
ades-long struggle of
the villagers of Bun-
delkhand and Vindhya
region of Uttar Pradesh
for drinking water is
likely to end soon.
The villagers will no
longer have to carry
drinking water from
miles away
.
The state govern-
ment is provide potable
water to every house-
hold in the villages of
Bundelkhand and Vin-
dhyas from December.
The preparations for
this are in the final
stages. Trial runs have
been started in many
areas. Along with start-
ing tap water supply in
Bundelkhand and Vin-
dhya, the work of Har
Ghar Nal Yojana has
also been expedited in
more than two dozen
districts like Varanasi,
Prayagraj, Gorakhpur
and Mathura.
Water supply will be
started in most of these
districts by March 2022.
Now, it is a matter of
weeks when thousands
of villages of UP will
get pure home water
supply under the Jal
JeevanMissionscheme.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Kumkum Bhindi: The wonder
crop will double farmers income
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The popular
green vegetable ladyfin-
ger (bhindi) is now
available in red colour
as well. The new red va-
riety of ladyfinger has
promised to turn the
fate of farmers in UP.
The reddish-purple la-
dyfinger is proving
equally beneficial for
the farmers as well as
the common man. The
crop will fetch the farm-
ers almost double the
price as compared to
the green variety.
The ‘Kumkum bhindi’,
as it has been nomen-
clatured, has 94 percent
polyunsaturated fat
which reduces bad cho-
lesterol. Along with it,
the 66 percent sodium
content is helpful in
controlling high blood
pressure.
Moreover, 21% iron
reduces the chances of
anemia 5% amount
of protein keeps the
body’s metabolic sys-
tem in order. The ideal
time for sowing Red la-
dyfingers starts from
February to the second
week of April.
UP govt reduces
prices of petrol, diesel
by `12 per litre
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Acting on
the Centre’s plea to
states to “commensu-
rately reduce” VAT on
petrol and diesel, the Ut-
tarPradeshgovernment
on Thursday said that
the prices of diesel and
petrol in the state will be
reduced by Rs 12 per li-
tre each.
“Prices of diesel and
petrol in UP will be re-
duced by Rs 12 per litre
each,” Chief Minister’s
Office said.
UP government’s de-
cision came after Cen-
tre on Wednesday re-
duced excise duty on
petrol and diesel to
bring down the prices
of the two petroleum
products which had
been seeing an upward
trend. The Finance
Ministry said that ex-
cise duty on petrol will
come down by Rs 5 and
that on diesel by Rs 10
and it will be effective
from Thursday. The re-
lief to consumers came
on the eve of Diwali.
The Centre had urged
the states “to commen-
surately reduce” VAT
on petrol and diesel to
give relief to consum-
ers. Notably, the states
governments of Uttara-
khand, Manipur, Guja-
rat, Assam, Karnataka,
Goa and Tripura have
also announced a re-
duction of VAT on fuel.
The Centre had
urged the
states “to
commensurately
reduce” VAT on
petrol and diesel
to give relief to
consumers
—FILE PHOTO

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Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The BSP,
which never released
the manifesto, is now
making all the big elec-
tion promises. It is try-
ing to connect voters of
different castes and
classes with the party.
In fact, along with the
goal of achieving elec-
toral victory, the BSP is
also struggling with the
challenge of rebels of
its parties.
In the last two years,
more than three dozen
BSP leaders have
joined the Samajwadi
Party since the
breakup of the SP-BSP
alliance. Veer Singh,
three-time Rajya Sabha
member, had been as-
sociated with the BSP
since its inception in
1984. Now he has be-
come a part of Sama-
jwadi Party. Lalji Ver-
ma and Ram Achal Ra-
jbhar, once influential
leaders of BSP, have
now joined the SP. On
Sunday, both these
leaders will showcase
their strength by or-
ganizing a big rally un-
der the leadership of
Akhilesh Yadav in
Ambedkar Nagar. The
list of those who broke
ties with BSP is very
long. Recently, six rebel
BSP MLAs had joined
the SP. BSP Bhaichara
Committee’s state con-
vener Chintamani
Kanojia’s resignation
from the party’s
membership was
a major setback
for Mayawati.
Out of the 19 BSP
MLAs who won in
the year 2017, only six
MLAs are left with the
party today. Obviously,
there are serious chal-
lenges for the BSP,
multi-level efforts are
going on to deal
with them.
The BSP is try-
ing to implement
the formula of so-
cial engineering
firmly. For example,
Brahmin candidates
have been decided in
Kidwainagar and Go-
vindnagar in Kanpur.
Preparations are being
made to field candidates
from the upper castes in
two out of the remain-
ing four seats here. Sen-
ior journalist Rajkumar
Singh said, “Mayawati
is thinking that Brah-
mins angry with BJP
can join BSP
, that is why
slogans like ‘Hathi nahi
Ganesh hai’ have been
heardinBSPmeetings”.
The pro-Hindu attitude
that came into vogue in
the Modi-Yogi era is re-
flected in Mayawati’s
strategy as well, the de-
velopment of Ayodhya-
Kashi-Mathura is in-
cluded in the BSP’s
agenda, he added.
WILLTHEELEPHANTSHOWITSMIGHTINUP?
In the last two years, more than
three dozen BSP leaders have
joined the Samajwadi Party
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HIGHLIGHTS
UP Min recommends
Narco test for Akhilesh
Yogi confirms contesting in UP polls
‘if BJP decides’ as Akhilesh bows out
On Bhai Dooj, 1.25 lakh
take dip in Yamuna
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP min-
ister Anand Swaroop
Shukla on Saturday
said that Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav should get a
narcotic test done for
glorifying Muham-
mad Ali Jinnah. Dur-
ing a public meeting
in Hardoi on October
31, Yadav put togeth-
er names of Mahat-
ma Gandhi and other
freedom fighters
with Jinnah’s.
SP chief Akhilesh
Yadavmakingastate-
ment on Muhammad
Ali Jinnah is not a
common incident
Jinnah is responsible
for the division of the
country. Jinnah is a
villain, who no Indi-
an would like to see
or listen to. Akhilesh
Yadav must clarify as
to under which pres-
sure, greed, is he glo-
rifying Jinnah?”
Shukla told reporters
on Saturday
.
“I want that Akh-
ilesh Yadav to him-
self come forward,
and get his narco test
done,” Shukla said.
He further said that
those heaping prais-
es on Jinnah, should
go to Pakistan.
Those raising
‘zindabad’ slogans in
praise of Jinnah,
having thoughts and
feelings of Jinnah in
their mind, have no
place in India. They
themselves should
go to Pakistan,”
Shukla, a BJP leader,
said on Saturday.
“Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has be-
come a challenge for
the Islamic world.
Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav is getting all sup-
port from them. Akh-
ilesh is getting ‘san-
rakshan aur sujhav’
(patronage and ad-
vice) from the ISI. It
is possible that he
might also be getting
economic support
from it,” Shukla had
said on Tuesday
.
The BJP has not
reacted over the
statement made by
the UP minister.
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Yogi Adi-
tyanath has said that
he is ready to contest in
the coming assembly
election.
Setting aside all con-
fusions regarding his
contesting from any as-
sembly segment in the
coming elections, Yogi
said he is ready for it.
Yogi’s announce-
ment is significant as
his principal opponent
Akhilesh Yadav of the
Samajwadi Party has
declined to do so. The
SP Chief had recently
said that he would not
be contesting assembly
polls in UP and instead
campaign for party
candidates. However
later on he stated that
the party in this regard
would take any deci-
sion. The other leaders
from the opposition in-
cluding Priyanka
Gandhi, Jayant Choud-
hury and Mayawati
have not made any
announcement in this
regard so far.
On Saturday, Yogi
was in Gorakhpur, his
home district to partici-
pate in various pro-
grammes. CM said that
it is up to the party lead-
ers to decide about the
assembly segment from
where he would contest.
He said that Ayodhya
has been developed in a
way that everyone in
the world is talking
about this place. Yogi
said that the Deepotsa-
va programme organ-
ized in Ayodhya every
year is making records.
It may be mentioned
that in his 4.5 years ten-
ure CM Yogi has visited
Ayodhya 30 times.
First India Bureau
Mathura: Over one
lakh pilgrims and local
devotees took a dip
at different ghats of
Yamuna river on Yam
Dwitiya festival on
Saturday
.
“At least 1.25 lakh pil-
grims have taken a dip
in the holy Yamuna at
Vishram Ghat,”
Navneet Singh Chahal,
District Magistrate,
Mathura said.
To avoid congestion,
pilgrims and locals also
bathed at other ghats of
Yamuna along with
those in Gokul, Vrinda-
van and rural areas of
the district.
There was no untow-
ard incident reported
owing to foolproof
planning, the DM
claimed.
After bathing in the
river, pilgrims also paid
their obeisance in Ya-
muna Yamraj temple
located at the banks.
People from different
parts of the country
came in for the festival
including Uttar
Pradesh, Delhi, Hary-
ana, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Gujarat
and Bihar.
The boons, on the re-
quest of his sister Ya-
muna, were granted by
Yamraj as he was said
to be pleased with her
owing to the hospitality
extended during to his
visit on the auspicious
day, the priest added.
HIGHLIGHTS
On Saturday, the
Samajwadi Party
demanded sacking
of Shukla for
accusing Yadav of
getting economic
support.
CM Yogi Adityanath
SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav —FILE PHOTO
As the festive season comes to an
end for now, let us continue to
celebrate togetherness, love and
harmony in our lives.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
SHAHRUKH’S REAL
CONCERN ABOUT
SON ARYAN
Shah Rukh Khan’s
son Aryan may have
got bail and is back
home, but Shah Rukh is
still not at peace and his
real concern is about
his son’s mental state.
Sources close to Khan
say that ever since Ary-
an has come home, he is
silent, in extreme
shock, he is not talking
to anyone and he is
mostly spending time
alone in his room. Ary-
an had left his house
only on Friday to give
his presence at the NCB
office. If sources are to
be believed, the days
spent in Arthur Jail
were nothing less than
a torture for Aryan. For
many days he could not
sleep in the jail. Shah
Rukh is in constant
touch with an eminent
mental health expert in
America these days to
help his son, an intro-
vert by nature, get out
of this phase of depres-
sion. It is said that those
experts are behaving
like Aryan’s life coach-
es these days. Shah
Rukh wanted to take his
son to America, but
since Aryan’s passport
is deposited with NCB,
he cannot leave the
country even if he
wants to. So, these
American experts are
helping Aryan online. A
close aide of Shah Rukh
says that Aryan had
been introvert and shy
since childhood and has
also avoided cameras so
these days he is finding
it very difficult to ad-
just to the current situ-
ation. Somewhere in
the entire world, there
is a perception that
Shah Rukh has become
a victim of political
disagreements. Rahul
Gandhi’s recent state-
ment in his support also
reinforces this belief.
Many foreign newspa-
pers and magazines
want to interview Shah
Rukh in detail to know
his side on Aryan’s is-
sue, but he is refraining
from saying anything
because he does not
want to make any fuss
with current system.
WILL SHIV SENA
TURN BACK?
Markets of specula-
tion are heating
up again that a new coa-
lition of power may
start in Maharashtra.
Sources say that very
soon the future of Maha
Vikas Aghadi govern-
ment in Maharashtra is
going to come to an end
and Uddhav Thackeray
is going to rule through
old relations. With this
changed alliance of
BJP with Shiv Sena, the
Sena can also breathe a
sigh of relief in the
coming BMC elections.
It is said that Sharad
Pawar had told PM
Modi that he will take a
U-turn in 6 months but
when it did not happen,
investigation agencies
started targeting Pa-
war’s close friends. The
arrest of NCP leader
Anil Deshmukh is an
example of this. Where-
as former Mumbai Po-
lice Commissioner Par-
ambir Singh, who ac-
cused Deshmukh, had
on October 13 submit-
ted an affidavit before
Justice KU Chandiwal
Commission, admitting
that he did not have
any solid evidence to ac-
cuse Deshmukh of cor-
ruption worth Rs 100
crore. Now Nawab Ma-
lik, who is close to Pa-
war, may be another
target. Malik has
worked to expose NCB
and Sameer Wankhede
in Aryan Khan case, but
Nawab Malik’s past is
creating trouble for
him. Speculations of
his underworld connec-
tions are being probed
by the investigating
agencies, so there may
be another big blast in
the coming days, in
which Sharad Pawar
can be hit again.
WANKHEDE
WANTED WIFE’S
ENTRY IN B’WOOD?
One more thing is
troubling the inves-
tigating agencies that
who is providing accu-
rate information to
Nawab Malik about Sa-
meer Wankhede of
NCB? Investigating
agencies have come to
know that it could be
Wankhede’s first wife
Dr Shabana Qureshi
who is also a relative of
Nawab. Wankhede’s
second and current
wife Kranti Redkar has
been associated with
Marathi films and she
wanted a respectable
entry in Bollywood for
herself. If sources are
to be believed then Sa-
meer Wankhede had
also approached
Shah Rukh asking
him to give his wife
abreakinBollywood
but it is said that
Khan did not listen
to Wankhede
who then
showed his
true col-
ours.
WHAT DO THE
BY-ELECTION
RESULTS SAY?
The results of the re-
cent by-elections in
the country clearly
show that voters no
longer have any faith in
the fractured mandate.
The parties which do
not have winning pros-
pects or act just to cut
votes were shown the
door. In Bihar, the same
thing happened with
both Congress and Chi-
rag Paswan’s party,
whose candidates got
their security forfeited.
The results of the by-
polls also showed that
the vote share of the
BJP has fallen sharply.
In Madhya Pradesh, due
to rebels, Shivraj Singh
s ave d
his
party from embarrass-
ment but the vote share
of the Saffron party has
fallen by 7% there. Con-
gress vote share may
have increased by 4.5%
but party could not con-
vert it into seats. BJP’s
vote share in Bengal
also come down from
40.71% in 2019 LS elec-
tions to 38.09% in 2021
elections. If the same
trend of vote percent-
age continues, Mamata
may set the aim to win
all 42 LS seats in West
Bengal in 2024.
HOW WILL CONG
RISE IN BIHAR?
Rahul Gandhi’s con-
cern is about the fu-
ture of Congress in Bi-
har. Team Rahul still
hopes that if Congress
gets a good leader in Bi-
har, then new doors of
possibilities can open for
the party there. Earlier,
when Rahul held a meet-
ing with PCC chief, in-
charge of Bihar and 19
party MLAs, he had
made it clear that party
would now move ahead
on its own in the state.
The by-elections of
TarapurandKushesh-
war Asthan came as
a real ordeal for the
Congress. In both
these constitu-
encies, secu-
rity of Con-
gress candi-
dates was
forfeited. The biggest
problem of Congress in
Bihar is that every vet-
eran party leader is sym-
pathetic either to Nitish
or Lalu. Rajesh Mishra,
the Congress candidate
in Tarapur, was a para-
chute candidate who
came from America. He
hadnothingtodowithlo-
cal party organisation.
The in-charge of Assem-
blySameerSinghisclose
toNitishashisfatherhas
also been a minister in
Nitish govt. When Sa-
meerwasfilinghisnomi-
nation for the seat of the
Legislative Council, Nit-
ish had helped him a lot
internally
. For the
Kusheshwar Asthan by-
election, Congress had
initially made Shyam
SunderSinghDheerajin-
charge but Lalu put pres-
sure and got his confi-
dant Akhilesh Singh ap-
pointed as in charge of
seat. Rahul entrusted
Meira Kumar and Nikhil
Kumartocampaignhere,
but both were already in
touch with Lalu who had
promised to send them to
Rajya Sabha.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Rahul Gandhi
Shivraj Singh
Uddhav Thackeray, Nawab Malik
Aryan Shah Rukh Khan
Mamata Banerjee
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MANSI BACHANI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
iwali is a festival of joy, victory of
good over evil, togetherness and
harmony
. It is celebrated in honour
of Lord Ramchandra because on
this day Lord Rama returned to Ayo-
dhya after 14 years of exile. Like all
other festivals, the First India family
celebrated Diwali 2021 in a fantas-
tic and unique manner.
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted
everyone present on the oc-
casion and wished them a
year full of happiness
and prosperity. An-
chor Shweta Mishra
hosted the occasion
and made the even-
ing more beautiful
with her charisma.
The event was full
of fun, frolic and
games where
gorgeous divas
grooved on Bol-
lywood music. and
participated in fun
competitions. Pearl Agarw-
al, winner of First Miss In-
dia 2021, Sonal Kukreja,
Miss Universe India 1st
Runner up, Supermodel
Aakriti Anand, Kriti
Garg, Rishee Miglani,
Yogesh Mishra, Aruna
Beniwal, Ashok Sin-
gh, Lokesh Sharma,
Gaurav Gaur,
Khalid Ansari ,
also graced the
evening.
The evening
was made all
themoremag-
ical with the
festivespirit
and sumptu-
ous food!
The beats of
music, colourful
attires, magnificent
performances and
beautiful faces,
this was the
charming
atmosphere of the
First India Diwali
celebration on
November 3 which
made this festival
of lights even
more exciting!
D
(L-R) Navya, Shubhi, Rishika, Yashika, Angel, Muskan, Juhi, Mona, Kriti, Aakriti,
Divya, Shweta, Isha, Riya Sain, Riya Suledia, Akshita, Chahak, Simran and Yashvi
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Rishee Miglani, Vishal Mathur,
Aakriti Anand, Gaurav Gaur, Pearl Agarwal and Sonal Kukreja
Muskan Mulchandani
Kriti and Mona
Rishika Chandnani
Shubhi Dhaneta
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO

10-11
ETC
HERE ARE SOME MORE GLIMPSES
FROM THE DIWALI CELEBRATIONS THAT
WITNESSED FUN-FILLED GAMES LIKE
‘TUG OF WAR’, ‘BALLOON BALANCE
DANCE’ AND ‘PEN IN BOTTLE’ AMONG
MANY OTHER. THERE WAS ALSO A
COMPETITION IN WHICH THE GIRLS
DANCED WHILE BALANCING ‘DIYAS’
ON THEIR HANDS. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
DRESSED UP IN BRIGHT ETHNIC WEAR
AND JEWELLERY WERE LOOKING NO
LESS THAN GODDESSES.
DEEPAWALI
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO
Kriti Garg and Mona Gautam caught in a candid moment
Pearl Agarwal
Chef Akshay Khalid Ansari and Ashok Singh Lokesh Sharma and Rishee Miglani Yogesh Mishra Upadhi Jolotia grooving to the beats
Clockwise: Divya Kasliwal, Shweta Mishra, Aakriti Anand and Angel Sain
Chahak Bhandula dancing to the festive tunes
Rishika Chandnani and Karishma Tak
Girls enjoying the Tug of War
Sapna
Bundwal
Birthday celebration of Shweta Mishra on November 3
DILWALON KI
DILWALON KI
Karishma, Angel, Muskaan, Juhi, Shweta, Mansi and Ayushi groove to the music
Sonal Kukreja
Sanya
and
Srishti
enjoying
the
evening

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AS DIWALI FESTIVITIES GRADUALLY RECEDE, CITY FIRST SPEAKS TO
LUCKNOWITES TO DISCOVER THE HITS MISSES THIS YEAR
INTHESPIRITOFDIWALI
he festival of lights
brings along joy
, pros-
perity and together-
ness making it the
central theme of all
our lives. This year’s
celebrations were ex-
tra special as people celebrat-
ed Diwali with full gusto with
their families after two years
due to the pandemic.
The festivities galore amid
the reunion of families, ac-
companiedbymixedcuisines
and various card games. As
the festivities come to an end,
City First talked to a few Luc-
knowites on how they cele-
brated Diwali this year.
MONICA
PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
I celebrated Diwali this year with my
family and friends and away from
fireworks. I believe the real joy comes
from being with family at the special
festivals to reminisce about the fact
that family comes first. This year
was special as we completely cut
back on fireworks. We already have
cities with the most degraded air
quality and I think this is the least
we can do for the environment that
we breathe in. Furthermore, the
noise from crackers adversely affects
animals and pets.
—Saubhagya Dixit,
Fashion Influencer
Diwali is one of my fa-
vourite times of the year
.
Thebeautifullylithomes,
Diyas and their soothing
effect on our minds! Be-
ing a doctor
, every year I
see so many burn cases
along with
other acci-
dental inju-
ries during
Diwali when
we are sup-
posed to en-
joy the most. Since Diwa-
li is the festival of lights,
we decided to arrange a
beautiful light show to-
gether which would not
only be beautiful to look
at but also reusable. This
was not only safe but
creative and magical.
—Dr Maha Waqar
Beg, Medical Officer
This Diwali I enjoyed celebrat-
ing with my family doing rituals
like pooja, eating sweets and
playing cards. It gave me more
happiness than going out and
burning crackers which, as a
child, I enjoyed. Being grateful
for family and friends after such
a dire wave of the pandemic is
what truly calls for a celebration.
—Rishabh Sahu,
Digital Creator
Diwali is a festival celebrat-
ed not just in India but
across the globe. And with
such bandwidth of the fest,
I decided to stop wasting
money on crackers and help
underprivileged people with
a good meal to make their
Diwali a happy and prosper-
ous one as well.
—Aalok Chauhan, Life-
style and fashion influencer
DIL WALI DIWALI!
RAMLILA GOES GLOBAL!
ANNAKUT PRASADAM
BRINGING LAURELS!
Mukul Goyal, Director
General of Police, UP,
along with his wife
Sonia Goyal celebrat-
ed Diwali at Shri Ram
Industrial Orphanage,
Aliganj and Village
Bhauli with children
and elderly people on
November 3. They ex-
changed warm greet-
ings and presents on
the occasion. Com-
missioner of Police
Lucknow, Additional
Director General
of Police, Director
General of Police
GSO, Divisional Com-
missioner Lucknow,
Inspector General
of Police, Lucknow
Zone, Superintendent
of Police, Lucknow
Rural and other
officers were also
present on the occa-
sion. Superintendent
of Police UP-112 Dr
Ajay Pal Sharma also
distributed gifts and
sweets to orphans
and underprivileged
children at Shri Ram
Orphanage, Aliganj
in Lucknow. The kids
were enthralled to
receive sweets and
presents on Diwali
and thanked the of-
ficers for their kind
gestures. With happy
faces and spark in
the eyes, they were
all set to start Diwali
celebrations in full
swing.
After the grand suc-
cess of ‘Ayodhya ki
Ramlila’ performed in
October in Ayodhya,
the Ramlila is all set to
be staged in different
parts of the world. It
will be staged in Patna,
Bihar from December
26, 2021 with Rahul
Butchar in the role of
Lord Ram and well-
known Bhojpuri star
Shubhi Sharma in the
role of Goddess Sita,
along with MP Manoj
Tiwari in the role of
Parshuram and Shah-
baz Khan as Ravana.
The Ramlila will be
performed Malaysia,
Indonesia and Nepal
in 2022.
DIWALI IN GLIMPSES
HAPPY B’DAY!
The birthday
of IPS Nipun
Agarwal was
on Saturday,
November 6.
We wish him
all the best!
A beautiful tableau was
decked up with sweet
treats at Ghasiyari
Mandir, Kali Bariin on
Friday on the occasion
of Annakut Pooja, also
known as Govardhan
Pooja. —PHOTOS BY
ASHOK DUTTA
Dr Roli Mishra, teacher, Economics at Lucknow Uni-
versity and Dr Nagendra Kumar Maurya of Applied
Economics have been selected for the prestigious
K Srinivasan award for their joint research paper,
‘Demographic Opportunity and Economic Develop-
ment: A Comparative Study of India and China.’ This
award is presented annually to appreciate research
work that is published in ‘Demography India’ on de-
mographic techniques and substantive demography.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Diwali 2021 was a
beautiful affair for
Lucknow as the city
dazzled with beautiful
lights and decora-
tions. Hazratganj
market was lit up
to perfection while
Aishbagh Market was
a major attraction
for shoppers for fire-
crackers and home
decor items.
—PHOTOS BY
ASHOK DUTTA

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