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                                      694 INDIANS OUT OF SUMY, WILL GO TO WESTERN BORDER                                                                                                           I-T searches premises                                                     Standoff at
                                      Last major Indian group exits                                                                                                                                of Aaditya aide, Sena                                                     Hot Springs:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             India, China
                                      Ukrainian city, heading home
                                      Leave now, Govt
                                                                                                                                                                                                   says attack from Delhi
                                                                                                                                                                                                   KHUSHBOO NARAYAN
                                                                                                                                                                                                   & ZEESHAN SHAIKH
                                                                                                                                                                                                   MUMBAI, MARCH 8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             to hold talks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             on March 11
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             KRISHN KAUSHIK
                                      urges all Indians;                                                                                                                                           THE INCOME Tax (I-T) depart-                                              NEW DELHI, MARCH 8
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ment searched premises linked
                                      says next corridor                                                                                                                                           to three persons close to Sena                                            TWO MONTHS after they last

Regular flights                       is uncertain                                                                                                                                                 Sena leaders in connection with
                                                                                                                                                                                                   two separate cases in Mumbai
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Searches at a flat linked to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Yuva Sena’s Rahul Kanal. PTI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             met, Indian and Chinese officers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             will sitacross the table on March
                                                                                                                                                                                                   and Pune on Tuesday.                                                      11 for the 15th round of Corps
abroad to start                       ANISHA DUTTA
                                      & SHUBHAJIT ROY
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Officials said the tax depart-
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ment searched premises linked            A tax official said the search
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Commander-leveldiscussionsto
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             try and end themilitary standoff
March 27 after                        NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                                                                                                                                           to Yuva Sena leader Rahul Kanal,
                                                                                                                                                                                                   a close aide of Sena leader and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        on Kanal was a "fallout" of its
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        probe into the alleged hawala
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             inthe remainingfriction areas of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             easternLadakh,especiallyatHot
gap of 2 years                        AFTER A harrowing two weeks,
                                      Indian students stranded in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                   minister Aaditya Thackeray;
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sadanand Kadam, brother of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        transactions by Yashwant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Jadhav, chairman of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Springs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Defence establishment
                                      northeastern Ukrainian city of                                                                                                                               Shiv Sena leader Ramdas              Brihanmumbai           Municipal     sourcessaidthetalkswillbeheld
PRANAV MUKUL                          Sumy have finally moved to-                                                                                                                                  Kadam; and Regional Transport        Corporation (BMC) standing           at the Chushul-Moldo Border
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                    wards Poltava in the central part                                                                                                                            Officer (RTO) Bajrang Kharmate,      committee. Kanal is a member         Personnel Meeting point. Lt
                                      of the country, from where they       Indian students from Sumy head to Poltava where they will board trains to the border. UNI                              who is known to be close to Shiv     of BMC's education committee         General Anindya Sengupta, who
AFTER A two-year suspension,          will be taken in trains to                                                                                                                                   Sena minister Anil Parab.            and a trustee of Shri Sai Baba       took over as commander of the
India will resume scheduled in-       Ukraine’s western border.                                                                                                                                        Twelve premises in Mumbai        Sansthan Trust, Shirdi.              XIV Corps responsible for the
ternational commercial flights            The last big group of Indians     announcement of the next such             Poland     Belarus   Kharkiv            Ukrainians fail                      andseveninPuneweresearched.                 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4           Line of Actual Control in Ladakh,
                                                                                                                                                     Russia

from March 27, the Ministry of        being evacuated from Ukraine,         corridor is “uncertain”.                                                                                                                                                                         will lead the Indian delegation.
Civil Aviation said on Tuesday.       they will be flown home from             The evacuation from Sumy,              Slovakia             Sumy
                                                                                                                                                              in bid to oust                                                                                                 He had taken over as the Corps

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Vadra under-reported
                                                                                                                                   Kyiv
While scheduled international         one of the neighbouring coun-         announced by Union Minister                                                                                                                                                                      Commander days ahead of the
flight services have been sus-
pended since March 2020 due to
                                      tries in the next couple of days.
                                          The government, in another
                                                                            Hardeep Singh Puri, was a chal-
                                                                            lenging exercise given the
                                                                                                                     Hungary
                                                                                                                                   Poltava
                                                                                                                                       UKRAINE                Russians from                                                                                                  14th round of talks in January.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 "Bothsideswillnowfocuson
thepandemic,specialflightshave
been operating between India
                                      advisoryTuesday,askedstranded
                                      IndiansinUkrainetomakeuseof
                                                                            volatile situation in the region
                                                                            near the Russian border. It came
                                                                                               CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
                                                                                                                         Romania
                                                                                                                          Moldova          Crimea             Delhi group                          Rs 106-cr income over                                                     achieving resolution of the bal-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ance friction areas. Recent state-

                                                                                                                                                                                                   11 years, alleges I-T
and 37 countries since July 2020      thehumanitariancorridorsasan                                                                                                                                                                                                           mentsbybothsidestofindamu-
under air bubble arrangements.                                                                                                                                RITU SARIN                                                                                                     tually acceptable solution have
    "After having recognised the                                                                                                                              NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                                                                                             been encouraging and positive
increased vaccination coverage
acrosstheglobeandinconsulta-
tion with the stakeholders, the
                                      Behind the scene: 2 calls, 12 buses,                                                                                    THIRTEEN DAYS into Russia's in-
                                                                                                                                                              vasion, echoes of the conflict are   RITIKA CHOPRA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             in nature," a source said.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The last round of discussions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             in January did not result in a
Governmentof Indiahasdecided
to resume scheduled commer-
cialinternationalpassengerserv-
                                      tense journey with Red Cross help                                                                                       being heard far beyond the bat-
                                                                                                                                                              tlefieldsofUkraine—inthediplo-
                                                                                                                                                              matic corridors of New Delhi.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   NEW DELHI, MARCH 8

                                                                                                                                                                                                   THE INCOME-TAX Department
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Vadra: Clear
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          malicious
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          political
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             breakthrough, but the two sides
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             said in a joint statement that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             they would meet again soon.
ices to/ from India from                                                                                             led to the evacuation effort on              The Indian Express has learnt    has alleged that Robert Vadra,                         witch-hunt             China has a platoon-size
27.03.2022, i.e. start of summer      SHUBHAJIT ROY                         WORLD                                    Tuesday, told The Indian Express.        that the diplomatic defence          son-in-law      of     Congress                                           strength of troops on the Indian
schedule 2022," the Ministry of       NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                                                                 Sourcessaidthecallsbetween           corps of Ukraine in the national     President Sonia Gandhi, under-                                            sideof theLACatPatrollingPoint
Civil Aviation said in an official                                          U.S. PRESIDENT BANS                      theleadersgavetheinitiativea“fi-         capitalmadeafailedbidto“sanc-        reported his income from be-         proposed to add roughly Rs 9         (PP) 15 at Hot Springs. Chinese
statement.                            THE TWO separate phone calls          RUSSIAN OIL                              nal push”, and the decks were            tion” their Russian counterparts     nami landholdings in Rajasthan       crore to the income of Vadra’s       troops are blocking Indian sol-
    It said the international op-     that Prime Minister Narendra                                                   cleared after officials in Moscow        andkeepthemoutof theForeign          by Rs 106 crore over 11 years. It    seven companies – M/S Artex,         diers from accessing their tradi-
erations will be subject to "strict   ModihadwithRussianPresident           THOUSANDS FLEE                           and Kiev got instructions to cre-        Service Attaches and Adviser         hasproposedtoaddthisamount           Skylight Hospitality, Skylight       tional patrolling limits at PP10,
adherence to the Ministry of          Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian          WAR-HIT ZONE                             ate a “humanitarian corridor”.           Association in India (FSAAA).        tohisincomeduringassessment          Realty, Bluebreeze Trading,          PP11, PP11A, PP12 and PP13 in
Health & Family Welfare guide-        President Volodymyr Zelenskyy         PAGE 16P                                     External Affairs Minister S              The FSAAA is described as a      years 2010-11 to 2020-21, The        Lambodar Arts, North India IT        Depsang Plains,which isclose to
lines for international travel"       onMondaysettheballrollingfor                                                   Jaishankar worked the phone              “private” association of defence     Indian Express has learned.          Parks and Real Earth — spread        India'sstrategicDaulatBegOldie
dated February 10, which state        thefinalevacuationof about700                                                  lines, too, while Defence                attachesanddiplomatshandling            The I-T Department has also              CONTINUED ON PAGE 4                  CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
thatalltravellerscomingtoIndia        Indians from Sumy in north-           the Prime Minister that they did         Ministry officials reached out to        defencematters,whoareposted
should either have a full-vacci-      eastern Ukraine.                      not have a problem with safe             their counterparts and two               in New Delhi, and has members
nation certificate or a negative         “In both calls, the leaders        passage,” an official, who was           Indian ambassadors — Pavan               from 63 countries, including
RT-PCR report (test conducted         gave their green signal and told      privy to the developments that                  CONTINUED ON PAGE 4                      CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
72 hours prior to boarding).
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INSIDE                                Resorts lined up, leaders rush to Uttarakhand
                                      and Goa as BJP, Cong brace for hung Houses

                                                                                          E
                                                                                                                     in Uttarakhand.
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                                      & MAYURA JANWALKAR                                            Taking no        Tuesday deputed senior leaders
                                      DEHRADUN, PANAJI, MARCH 8                                                      ahead of the results to                            BY UNNY
                                                                                                  ● chances          Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and
SP ALLEGES EVM                                     WITH EXIT polls                                                   Manipur. While Karnataka
‘THEFT’, CEO SAYS                                  predicting that                 AS EXIT polls predict             Congress chief D K Sivakumar,
USED FOR TRAINING                                  Uttarakhand and                 hung Assemblies in                who has performed a similar
                                                   Goa results would               at least two states that          role for the party in previous
CENTRE TO ASSESS                       DECISION    end in a dead heat,             went to the polls, the            such situations, will be the spe-
LEARNING LOSS OF                         2022      political parties in            Congress and BJP are try-         cial observer in Goa, general sec-
CLASS 3 STUDENTS                                   both state capitals             ing to cover all bases to be      retary Mukul Wasnik, senior
                                      started preparing Tuesday for                the first to claim stake. For     Chhattisgarh leader T S Singh
FRESH RECOVERY                        post-election scenarios. In Goa,             the Congress, the memory          Deo and Vincent Pala have been
NOTICES OVER CAA                      Congress candidates and party                of 2017’s reversals in Goa        deputed to Manipur. General
PROTESTS IN U.P.                      leaders would be gathering at a              and Manipur are only              secretary Ajay Maken and party
PAGES 8, 11, 14                       hotel on Wednesday, while the                too fresh.                        spokesperson Pawan Khera are
                                      party was considering the same                                                        CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

In a Punjab corner, principal held after a cloak
of silence kept child abuse hidden for 14 years
PAGE 1                                tographs and videos of three girl                                              and sought a probe.                      did not have any solid proof. The
ANCHOR                                students allegedly filmed by him                                                   Ranasaidnovillager ever ap-          girls nevercomplained,noteven
                                      leaked and went viral, the 54-                               HIMACHAL          proached him with allegations            to their parents,” a panchayat
                                      year-old principal was arrested.                                               against the principal. “Police           member said.
                                      His school is affiliated to the
                                                                                                   PRADESH           have already arrested him and I               Police said the principal
ANJU AGNIHOTRI CHABA                  PunjabStateEducationBoardand                                                   hope hewill getexemplary pun-            might have silenced them with
NANGAL (ROPAR), MARCH 8               isarecipientofgovernmentfunds.                                                 ishment,” he said.                       threats to leak the photographs
                                          The Punjab government has          PUNJAB                                      The Congress too has denied          he had taken of them.
                                                                                                          SUTLEJ
FOR 14 years, in and around two       set up an SIT to probe the mat-                                                any association with the princi-             On why the village did not go
                                                                                                          RIVER
villages situated close to each       ter.Sourcessaidtheprincipalhas                   NANGAL                        pal, who villagers said was a            togethertopolice,thepanchayat
other, and over three Assembly        admitted that the photos were                                                  party worker.                            member said: “Not all people
elections, it was one of the worst    taken from his computer.                                                           He started his first school in       were in favour of this as it would
kept secrets of Nangal — a prin-          However, the main task of                    Chandigarh                    early 2000. It was forced shut in        bring disrepute to the girls. We
cipal-cum-school owner who            police will be lifting the cloak of                                            2016 with villagers claiming             decided to ensure the school
had sexually harassed girl stu-       silence, with villagers admitting                                              they got this done after they be-        shifted from here.”
dents and got away, as the vic-       many of them suspected what           Speaker and three-time                   came suspicious of his habit of              Police said the principal was
tims and villagers kept quiet,        was going on, and just one for-       Congress MLA from Anandpur               calling girl students for tuitions       suspectedtohaverecordedpho-
afraid of “shame” and his polit-      mer student coming forward to         Sahib Rana K P Singh, whom the           after school hours.                      tographs and videos of the girls
ical clout.                           testify against the principal.        principal claimed proximity to,              “We came to know he was              around 2008.
    OnFebruary15,after198pho-             Punjab Assembly outgoing          has denied any links with him            sexuallyabusingthegirls,butwe                   CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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                                                                                                                   or 11, sources said. “It wasn't an    "ATM". "Certain ED officials are       tionaltravelispickingupinIndia,        LLP) and others in the Kolayat        briefedthePM“aboutBJP'sstrong
                                                                                                                   easy task to get them out...and       boundtogobehindbarsafterthis           and there has been a significant       (Bikaner) land scam case”.            performance in Goa Assembly
                                                                            a day after Prime Minister             therewerealotofchallenges,but         investigation," he said. He, how-      uptickintravelsearchqueriesfor             AlmosthalfoftheRs106crore         Polls 2022 which will provide us
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                                      to identify two accused who           President Vladimir Putin and           one's life,” another official, who    designationsoftheseEDofficials.        tions like Australia, Sri Lanka, the   claims Vadra concealed is al-         Under his dynamic leadership
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE                  came ona two-wheeler without          Ukrainian President Volodymyr          was privy to the arrangements,                                               US and UK. Travel search queries       legedly from just two years – Rs      andguidance,wewillcontinueto
SRINAGAR, MARCH 8                     (a) number-plate to commit this       Zelenskyy and sought their sup-        told The Indian Express.              Hot Springs                            fromIndiaforAustraliancitieslike       20 crore in 2013-14 and Rs 28         work for people's welfare”.
                                      crime and fled on the same ve-        portforsafeandquickevacuation                                                base in the north. Some Chinese        Melbourne,AdelaideandSydney            crore in 2019-20. According to            Otherseniorpartyleaderswill
THE POLICE on Tuesday claimed         hicle after committing the ter-       of Indians from Sumy.                  Oust Russians                         have also pitched tents on the         have jumped 15-20 per cent this        sources, about Rs 4 crore is pro-     be meeting state poll in-charge
tohavesolvedthecaseofSunday’s         rorist act,” the police stated.           The return of students from        those in the European Union.          IndiansideinDemchok,andhave            month," said Aloke Bajpai, co-         posed to be added to the income       DevendraFadnavisinMumbai.A
grenade blast in Srinagar’s Amira         During analysis of CCTV           Sumy, located 350 km east of           There are seven Russian mem-          refused to vacate.                     founder and group CEO of online        of M/S Artex, a small company of      senior Goa BJP leader said they
Kadal with the arrest of two per-     footage,policestated,“Theroute        Kyiv and 180 km northwest of           bersaccreditedtotheFSAAAand               Troops have disengaged on          travel platform ixigo.                 Vadra’s specialising in jewellery     havedesigneda"fool-proofstrat-
sons, which left two people dead      adoptedbybothaccusedwaslo-            Kharkiv, will be a high point of       two Ukranians.                        the north and south banks of               "Weareseeingatrendoftrav-          andhandicraftexports,intheyear        egy"toretainpower.“Wewillnot
and 35 others injured.                cated back to one neighbour-          Operation Ganga mounted by                 Members of the FSAAA told         Pangong Tso and Gogra Post, but        ellers now eager to book long-         2015-16 and roughly Rs 1.5 crore      waste any time to decide our
    The arrested accused were         hood in Khanyar area”.                the government to fly home             The Indian Express that last week,    havecontinuedtofaceeachother           haul destinations, fuelled by in-      to Real Earth Estates' income in      leaderandwillstakeclaimtoform
identified as Mohd Bariq and              The accused were arrested         IndiansstrandedinUkrainefol-           representatives of Ukraine,           at Hot Springs ever since the          ternational borders reopening          theassessmentyears2010-11and          the government,” a senior BJP
Fazil Nabi Sofi. The two-wheeler      fromKhanyararea,policestated.         lowing the Russian invasion on         backed by the EU members,             Chinese crossed the LAC in May         and relaxationof rules across the      2012-13.                              leader said.
the duo allegedly used in com-            “Investigations also revealed     February 24. So far, 83 flights        moved a request for the Russian       2020.                                  globe. Resumption of interna-                                                    TrinamoolCongressGoachief
missionof theterroracthasbeen         that the arrested accused had         have brought back over 17,100          memberstobeexcludedfromall                Both sides have over 50,000        tionalcommercialflightswillalso        Resorts lined up                      KiranKandolkarclaimedhisparty
recoveredandseized,policesaid         committed the terrorist act on        Indians.                               affairs and events of the associa-    troops each in the depth areas,        regularise the demand-supply           to be stationed in Punjab, while      wouldwinseven-eightseatsand
in a statement.                       the directions of active terrorists       In New Delhi, Puri said the        tion.Itisunderstoodthatthesen-        alongwithadditionalairdefence          balance, resulting in lower inter-     RajyaSabhaMPDeependerSingh            their ally MGP another four-five,
    The police stated: “Keeping       operatinginKashmirValley,”the         evacuationof694Indianstudents          sitive issue was taken up at a        assets, tanks, artillery and other     national airfares," he said.           Hooda is in Dehradun.                 "after which we will bargain for
inviewtheheinousnatureof the          statement said.                       stuck in Sumy had begun. "Last         meetingoftheFSAAA’sExecutive          weapons.                                                                          Party leader Priyanka Gandhi      the chief ministerial post, if any
case, which created terror, panic         “As per their plan, the           night, I checked with the control      Board two days ago, following             The statement Monday by            Robert Vadra                           Vadra visited Jaipur on Monday,       party wants our support".
and anguish among the masses          grenade was to be lobbed on the       room, 694 Indian students were         whichthedefenceattacheswere           China'sForeignMinisterandState         overassessmentyears2010-11to           amid talk that Congress-ruled         Kandolkar said that unlike other
in whole of Srinagar city, SSP        parked security vehicle but as        remaining in Sumy. Today, they         informedthatthemovehadbeen            Councillor Wang Yi has been            2015-16.                               Rajasthanmayhostpartyleaders          parties, the TMC hadn't asked its
Srinagar, Rakesh Balwal, consti-      the grenade was thrown from a         have all left in buses for Poltava,"   rejected.                             viewed positively by sections of           The under-reporting of in-         to prevent poaching attempts.         MLAs to head to the party office
tuted a Special Investigation         moving two-wheeler, they              he said.                                   The reasons cited were two-       theIndiansecurityestablishment.        come is in connection with the             The Congress had burnt its        after the results, but go ahead
Team (SIT). During the course of      missed the intended target and            Arindam Bagchi, spokesper-         fold: charter rules of the FSAAA          At a press conference in           department’s investigation             hands in Goa in 2017 when the         with their celebrations first.
investigation, including analysis     the grenade exploded in an ad-        son for the Ministry of External       and sensitivity of relations with     Beijing, Wang said relations be-       against Vadra for alleged tax eva-     BJP had stolen a march over it to         “Wedon'tfearthatourcandi-
of CCTV footage, besides exami-       jacent crowded area where             Affairs,said,"Happytoinformyou         the host country in which the         tween the two countries "have          sion in land deals in Rajasthan        formthegovernmentdespitethe           dateswillleavetheparty.Wealso
nation of some eyewitnesses,          many road-side vendors and            that we have been able to move         FSAAAoperates,whichisIndiain          encounteredsomesetbacksinre-           covered under the Benami               party emerging as single-largest.     know that no one can form the
the investigation team was able       buyers were busy,” it added.          outallIndianstudentsfromSumy.          this case. It is understood that      centyears,whichdonotservethe           Transactions (Prohibition) Act.        From 17 MLAs, the Congress had        next government without the
                                                                            They are currently en route to         membersarenowexpectingfur-            fundamentalinterestsof thetwo          ThedepartmenthadinDecember             been reduced to two in the out-       support of the TMC and MGP,"
                                                                            Poltava, from where they will          ther details from the Executive       countries and the two peoples."        2021 also apprised the                 going Assembly.                       Kandolkar said.
CHHATTISGARH                          BBIN MV DEAL                          board trains to western Ukraine.       Board on deliberations over the           SayinghehopesthatIndiawill         Enforcement Directorate of its             In Dehradun, the Congress            WITHENSDELHI,PTIINPUTS
12,000-page        India, Nepal                                             Flights under Operation Ganga
                                                                            arebeingpreparedtobringthem
                                                                                                                   Ukrainian move.
                                                                                                                       Speaking to The Indian
                                                                                                                                                         work with China to uphold the
                                                                                                                                                         strategic consensus that they
                                                                                                                                                                                                findingontheunder-reportingof
                                                                                                                                                                                                Vadra’sincome(Rs106crore)and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       watchedwithtrepidationtheen-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       try into the picture of senior BJP    Principal held
chargesheet        and Bangladesh                                           home."
                                                                                The Indian embassy in
                                                                                                                   Express,DeanofFSAAA,Brigadier
                                                                                                                   General Phumzile Callingworth
                                                                                                                                                         “posenothreatbutofferdevelop-
                                                                                                                                                         ment opportunities to each
                                                                                                                                                                                                his seven companies (Rs 9 crore
                                                                                                                                                                                                approximately).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       leaderKailashVijayvargiya–who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       successfully engineered a split in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Days after he was forced to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             shut the school, he reopened it,
filed against IPS finalise MoU                                              Ukraine posted a message on
                                                                            Twitter: "The humanitarian cor-
                                                                                                                   Zamile Fongoqa, who is Defence
                                                                                                                   Attache of South Africa in New
                                                                                                                                                         other”, he said the two countries
                                                                                                                                                         must "continue to build mutual
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Vadra's lawyer Suman
                                                                                                                                                                                                Khaitan did not respond to a set
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the Congress ranks in 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           "AlltheCongressMLAwillbe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             notfarfromtheoriginallocation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Hisreputationprecededhim,ad-
officer in DA case NewDelhi:India,Bangladeshand                             ridor for evacuation of stranded
                                                                            people has been announced in
                                                                                                                   Delhi, confirmed the develop-
                                                                                                                   mentanddescribeddeliberations
                                                                                                                                                         trust, avoid misunderstanding
                                                                                                                                                         and miscalculation, so that we
                                                                                                                                                                                                ofquestionsbyemail.Whencon-
                                                                                                                                                                                                tacted, Vadra told The Indian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       stayinginaresortinNorthGoaon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Wednesday,”apartyfunctionary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             mit residents of the second vil-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             lage, but by now he had known
                                      Nepalfinalisedanenabling MoU          various parts of Ukraine from          onthesubjectas“internalandpri-        will be partners for mutual suc-       Express, "Same reasons as last         said, adding that on Thursday, as     political links and villagers
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE                  to be signed by them for the im-      1000hrsonMarch8.Considering            vate”.                                cessinsteadofadversariesofmu-          many years.. the timing seems          resultscamein,allwinningcandi-        thought it better to stay quiet.
RAIPUR, MARCH 8                       plementation of the BBIN Motor        the security situation, establish-         “Weareanassociationwhich          tual attrition."                       apt,tobringoutmyname.Aclear            dateswouldbereachingtheparty                Overtheyears,officialrecords
                                      Vehicles Agreement (MVA),             ment of the next humanitarian          is apolitical and set up for better                                          malicious Political witch-hunt!!       office.                               show,theschoolgotRs35lakhin
TWO MONTHS after his arrest,          pending ratification of the MVA       corridor is uncertain."                communication between all             Regular flights                        My legal team as you've ad-                A day earlier, AICC desk in-      allasgrantfromthegovernment.
the Raipur police submitted a         by Bhutan.                                "AllstrandedIndiannationals        Defence Attaches and India. Our           As the decision comes just         dressed them already... can an-        chargeforGoaDineshGunduRao                  Thephotosallegedlytakenby
12,000-page chargesheet in the            The MoU was finalised at a        are urged to make use of this op-      charter does not permit bilateral     ahead of the summer travel sea-        swer clearly.”                         had said the party would take a       the principal came out in the
sessions court against sus-           meeting of the three nations on       portunity and evacuate using           matters to be taken up and we         son,itwillallowairlinestoaddin-            According to sources, Vadra        decision about moving its candi-      public domain after they were
pended IPS officer GP Singh in        the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,        trains or vehicles or any other        havetooperatewithintheguide-          ternational flights. This could re-    and his companies will have the        datestoacommonvenuetoward             leaked by his former friend, a
the disproportionate assets case      Nepal (BBIN) MVA here on              available means of transport giv-      lines. This was discussed at the      sult in lowering of airfares on        opportunitytocontesttheI-Tde-          off the BJP's "dirty tricks".         pharmacist,whoisalsounderar-
on Tuesday. The state Anti-           March 7-8, 2022. Bhutan partic-       ing due consideration to safety,"      meeting of the Executive Board,”      someinternationalroutes,which          partment'sfindingonthealleged          However, on Tuesday, the party        rest. A teacher at the school said
Corruption Bureau (ACB) has           ipated in the meeting as an ob-       the embassy said.                      the FSAAA Dean said.                  haveriseninrecentweeksdueto            under-reporting of income.             said Wednesday's gathering was        the existence of the photos was
made Singh’s family and a fam-        server.                                                                                                            increasing oil prices and the              Under Section 270A of the IT       only to celebrate the birthday of     knownforatleastfour-fiveyears,
ily friend co-accused in the case.        The meeting was held to dis-      Behind the scene                       Aaditya aide                          Ukraine crisis.                        Act 1961, income tax evasion can       leader Digambar Kamat. The            with the pharmacist allegedly
     In July last year, the ACB       cuss the passenger and cargo          Kapoor in Moscow and Partha                 According to sources, the            A senior government official       attract a penalty of 50 per cent of    Congress also held a meeting of       sharingtheseamonghisacquain-
raided the house of the 1994-         protocolsthatareessentialtoop-        SatpathyinKiev--liaisedwithtop         searches at premises linked to        toldTheIndianExpressthatwith           thetaxpayableforunder-report-          its candidates and workers at a       tances.
batchofficer.AformerACBchief,         erationalise the BBIN MVA for         officials in the two capitals.         Kadam and Kharmate are not            thedecksbeingclearedtoresume           ing of income. If under-reporting      hotel in Bambolim Tuesday.                  Last month, Bhim Army
Singh was accused of extortion        the regulation of passenger, per-         The Red Cross in Geneva was        connected to Jadhav's case and        operations later this month, the       isonaccountofmis-reporting,the             Vijayvargiya, who arrived in      leader Ashwini Kumar ap-
and having disproportionate as-       sonal and cargo vehicular traffic     also contacted and they alerted        pertain to a separate instance of     process of finalising the summer       penaltywillbe200percentofthe           Dehradun on Sunday, has been          proachedpolicewiththephotos.
sets. Police has said that a diary    between Bangladesh, Bhutan,           their unit in Ukraine, which           alleged tax evasion.                  schedule for international flights     tax payable.                           meetingtopstateleadersinclud-         Thisledtothefilingof anFIRand
was also found at his residence,      India and Nepal, signed on June       helpedwithsomeofthearrange-                 "Maharashtra has earlier         willcommencenow.Theexercise                In 2020, as first reported by      ing incumbent Chief Minister          the principal's arrest.
whichhadfictionalisedaccounts         15, 2015.                             ments.                                 facedattacksandthisisanattack         is conducted by various stake-         TheIndianExpress,theI-Tdepart-         PushkarSinghDhamiandformer                  Ashwini said he came to be
of governmentfunctionariesand             Thisisthefirstmeetingof the           Andyet,therewasintenseap-          from Delhi. Over the last few         holders -- airlines, airports, civil   ment had searched multiple             CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.          know about the photos some
other officers with the intention     group since the outbreak of           prehension over whether the            months,whentherewereindica-           aviation ministry, Directorate         premisesinpossessionof former              In 2016, the BJP national gen-    time back, and approached po-
of creating unrest. He was then       Covid-19 pandemic. The last           ceasefire would hold or not, as        tions that we would go to polls,      General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)       CongressMLALalitNagarandhis            eral secretary was said to have       liceafterthepharmacistignored
booked under sedition charges         meeting was held in February          everyonewaitedanxiouslywhile           the BJP, threatened by the MVA,       and the Airports Authority of          brother Mahesh Nagar, a former         played a key role in the revolt       his advice to inform the authori-
for the content of the diary.         2020 in New Delhi.            PTI     day rolled into night.                 has started this. They have done      India(AAI)--incoordinationwith         aide of Vadra and, eventually,         within the Congress against its       ties.
                                                                                Several phone calls were           this in UP, in Hyderabad and in       each other.                            claimed to have found evidence         then CM Harish Rawat. As the                One of the alleged victims
                                                                            made and messages exchanged            Bengal, and with elections slated         The decision means that air-       of a money trail that traced size-     statewentunderPresident'sRule,        said even her parents remained
                                                                            beforethefinalgreensignalcame          in the state, they are doing this     linescanoperatewithcapacityas          able land transactions in              anunhappyRawat hadbeenone             in the dark about what had hap-
                                                                            through about midnight on              here.Thecentralagencieshave,in        decided under the original bilat-      Rajasthan by Nagar’s associates        ofthereasonsforthesubsequent          pened. She said the principal
                                                                            Monday, even as the students           away,becomepublicitymachin-           eral air service agreements be-        backtoVadraandhiscompanies.            Congress collapse. In the 2017        threatened them with his politi-

         EXPRESS EDUCATION
                                                                            wereaskedtostayawayfromso-             ery of the BJP. Maharashtra will      tween India and their home             Earlier, properties belonging to       elections,thepartyhadwononly          cal links.
                                                                            cial media -- no tweets, no posts      not bow down," said Aaditya           country, instead of the restricted     theNagarbrothersweresearched           11seats,withtheBJPgetting57of               She claimed at least one sen-
                                                                            on Instagram.                          Thackeray.                            capacities decided under the air       by the Enforcement Directorate         70. In this election, Rawat is back   ior woman teacher at the school
                                                                                Near Sumy, three teams of               On February 25, I-T officials    bubble arrangements.                   and the I-T Department in April        front and centre in the Congress      washand-in-glovewithhimand
                                                                            Indianofficialsandlocalembassy         had searched Jadhav's premises            So, countries like the US,         2017 and October 2019, respec-         campaign.                             also had photos of the girls. “I
                                                                            staff were stationed in three dif-     and claimed to have uncovered         where the bilateral agreement          tively.                                    Congressorganisationgeneral       couldnevergatherthecourageto
                                                                            ferentcities.LocalUkrainiancon-        benami properties worth Rs 130        with India says unlimited flight           It is alleged by the I-T depart-   secretaryMathuraDuttJoshitold         tellmyparents.Ihavebeenliving
                                                                            tacts of the embassy also helped.      crore. In a statement, the depart-    frequencies can be operated by         ment that Vadra purchased land         The Indian Express that the tim-      with this trauma and will live
                                                                            Finally, the buses were able to        ment had said that it also            airlines of both countries, could      inBikanerandJodhpurusingbe-            ing of Vijayvargiya's visit to        withthisallthroughmylife,”said
                                                                            reach Sumy after facing a lot of       searched four BMC contractors         see a drop in fares of non-stop        nami names with the help of            Uttarakhand was significant. He       the victim, now in her mid-20s.
                                                                            challenges, the official said.         andfoundundisclosedincomeof           flights. However, airline execu-       Mahesh Nagar in anticipation of        alsosaidthatif needed,theparty              Policeofficerssaidthatwhile
                                                                                Itwashardtofinddrivers,and         Rs200crore.I-Tofficialssaidthey       tives are wary of the effect of the    theNationalSolarMission,taxin-         would consider shifting its win-      they suspect the role of others,
                                                                            the vehicles were mostly com-          had found "evidences" that indi-      Ukrainecrisisandtheconsequent          centives offered by the state gov-     ning MLAs to “a secure location”.     they were still gathering evi-
                                                                            mandeered by Ukrainian army            cate a "close nexus" between          airspacerestrictions.Accordingto       ernmentandthesubsequentap-                 “In 2016, Vijayvargiya stayed     dence.Noteacherhasbeensum-
                                                                            personnel. Some private cars           Jadhav and these contractors.         industry sources, rising jet fuel      preciation in land value. The          here for a month and left only af-    moned so far.
                                                                            were roped in. There was also a             Sources said Sadanand            pricesandthereroutingofflights         persons in whose names land            ter dislodging our government,”             District Education Officer
                                                                            shortageoffuel,especiallyforlong       Kadam and Kharmate are both           due to airspace restrictions have      was purchased, the department          Joshi said.                           (DEO), Ropar, Jarnail Singh said
                                                                            journeys. The local contacts           closetoAnilParab.Kharmatewas          already resulted in an increase in     has claimed, were either not               Vijayvargiyasaidhehadcome         before a school is recognised, it
                                                                            helped out once again. Officials       earlier searched and questioned       fares for India-US and India-          aware of the transactions or de-       to the state for training party       must fulfil a long list of condi-
                                                                            were aware, meanwhile, that            by the ED in connection with the      Canada flights.                        nied it completely. Further, the       workers for counting day.             tions, relating to infrastructure,
                                                                            someroadsweredamaged,anda              allegationsbydismissedpoliceof-           Prior to the suspension of         proceeds of the sale have al-          “Sometimes those participating        faculty and basic facilities. “After
                                                                            fewbridgesdestroyedbyshelling          ficer Sachin Waze. Waze, in his       flights in March 2020, as per the      legedly either reached Vadra or        arenewworkers,”hetoldtheme-           a school has met all these condi-
                                                                            in and around Sumy.                    statement,hadallegedthatParab         winter schedule of 2019-20             Mahesh Nagar and hence                 dia.                                  tions, the state board recognises
                                                                                Finally, 12 buses were able to     receivedcroresofrupeesasbribe         (October 27, 2019 to March 28,         amounted to under-reporting of             In Goa, Congress election in-     it. If it is found to have submitted
                                                                            reachapointinSumy,fromwhere            fromKharmatefortransfersof10          2020), approximately 580 inter-        income, according to the tax de-       chargePChidambaramreiterated          any wrong information, a fine is
                                                                            theywereabletopickupthestu-            police officers in Mumbai last        national flights operated from         partment.                              that the party was open to talks      imposed and a school can be
                                                                            dents from a hostel. The buses         year. The agency had also             India per day, of which 247 were           The Enforcement Directorate        withotherpartiesaheadofcount-         derecognised.”
                                                                            then moved to Poltava in central       recordedstatementsofwitnesses         operated by Indian airlines and        began probing the Bikaner land         ing,anddiscussionswerealready               MLA Rana said there was no
                                                                            Ukraine where they were ex-            in its case against Kharmate and      333 by international carriers.         deals in 2015 and summoned             on. Speaking to NDTV, he said:        truth to the claims that the prin-
                                                                            pected to reach late Tuesday           Parab.                                    After the first suspension in      Nagarforquestioning.Hemoved            “Our goal is to forge a non-BJP       cipal was close to him. “Why did
                                                                            night.Thenextstepisforthestu-               The tax searches came on a       March 2020, which was valid for        court but got no reprieve and, in      frontandsucheffortsaregoingon         people remain silent all these
                                                                            dentstotakethetraintothewest-          daywhenShivSenaleaderSanjay           a month, the government ex-            December 2016, was told to ap-         in other parts of India. Why not      yearsandwhydidtheysendtheir
                                                                            ern border from where they             Raut said at a press conference       tended the ban every month. An         pear before the agency. The ED         make the same effort in Goa?”         childrentohisschool?”hecoun-
                                                                            would enter another country.           thattheMumbaiPolicewouldin-           earlierplantoresumeflightsfrom         has since handed over details of           Sitting BJP Goa CM Pramod         tered.
                                                                                Once the paperwork is com-         vestigateacomplaintagainstfour        December 15, 2021 was shelved          the Bikaner land deals to the I-T      SawanttravelledtoDelhiTuesday               About government grants to
        Contact for Advt. Booking: M/s Friends Publicity Service            plete, which is expected to take a     EnforcementDirectorate(ED)of-         bythegovernmentfollowingthe            investigation unit. In February        tomeetPrimeMinisterNarendra           the school, Rana said it was one
                                                                            day,thestudentswouldbeflown            ficialsforallegedlyrunninganex-       emergence of the Omicron vari-         2019,EDsaidithadattached“as-           Modi and Union Home Minister          of themanyinstitutionsthegov-
             (M): 9212665841, 9212008155                                    backtoIndiaonatleastthreeair-          tortionracket.RautsaidsomeED          ant of Covid-19.                       sets worth Rs 4.62 crore of M/S        AmitShah.Afterhismeetingwith          ernmentgaveaidtowiththeaim
                                                                            craft by the morning of March 10       officials were acting as the BJP's        "The demand for interna-           SkyLightHospitality(P)Ltd(now          Modi, he tweeted that he had          of promoting education.

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No registration of sale deeds
of seven projects by Chintels
Paradiso in Gurgaon: DC order                                            velopers/owners until further         flat for size 2,050 square feetand
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE                                                     noticeandthisorderonlyapplies         Rs 37,000 per flat for size 2,630
GURGAON, MARCH 8                                                         totransactions betweenthe said        square feet as rent per month. In
                                                                         developerandthefirsttimebuy-          addition, a one-time lump sum
GURGAON DEPUTY commis-                                                   ers and does not apply to third       amount of Rs 40,000 shall also
sioner has directed all sub-reg-                                         party transactions.”                  be paid to owners presently re-
istrarsand joint sub-registrarsto                                            Theprojectsmentionedinthe         siding in these towers and shift-
stop        registration        of                                       order include group housing,          ing charges shall also be paid as
conveyance/sale deed or any                                              commercial,andresidentialplot-        demandedby‘moversandpack-
property related documents for                                           ted colonies of Chintels Paradiso     ers’ company to be engaged by
projectsrelatingtodevelopersof                                           at Sector 109; Chintels Serenity      you,” said an order issued by the
ChintelsParadiso.Hesaidtheor-                                            Sector 109; Chintels Corporate        office of district town planner
der only applied to transactions                                         Parks at Sector 114; Shoba City       (enforcement) Gurgaon.
between Chintels and first-time                                          Sector 108; International City at         The order added that the
buyers andthat it does notapply      On Feb 10, a portion of a           Sectors106,108,109;ATSKocoon          owners of these four towers are
to third-party transactions.         sixth-floor flat collapsed at       at Sector 109 and a 6.7-acre un-      at liberty to shift to the place
    In an order issued to all sub-   Chintels Paradiso. Archive          developed plot at Sector 114.         identifiedbythemandtheabove
registrars and joint sub-regis-                                              Meanwhile, the committee          charges shall be paid by the de-
trars Monday, Gurgaon DC                                                 formedbythedistrictmagistrate         veloper with the commitment
Nishant Kumar Yadav said, “As        velopers.”                          to oversee the resettlement of        that rent of three months along
all of you are already aware of          Two FIRs have been regis-       residents of Chintels Paradiso on     withthecommitmentinwriting
the incident of collapse of a        tered against the developer and     Tuesday hiked the rent payment        for payment of rent for total 11
building at Chintels Paradiso so-    an SIT is investigating the         to be made by the developer to        months shall be paid or till final-
ciety at Sector 109 on February      charges.                            the owners residing in towers E,      isation of the IIT-Delhi report.
10, in which two casualties oc-          The order added, “In light of   F,GandH,observingthattheear-              R S Bhath, district town plan-
curred and a few were injured.       theincident,itisherebydirected      lier proposal regarding payment       ner, (enforcement) Gurgaon,
Prima facie, it has appeared that    thatyoushouldrefrainfromreg-        of rent was on the lower side.        said, “The process of shifting as
the developer was at fault and       istering any documents related          “You are hereby directed to       per above modalities shall be
accordingly, an FIR has also         to property for the following       pay Rs 25,000 per flat for size       completed within ten days as a
been registered against the de-      projects being developed by de-     1,785 square feet, Rs 30,000 per      preventive measure.”

From bus travel to education, CM
lists steps taken to empower women
                                                                         initiatives taken by the govern-      free bus travel, they can easily
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE                                                     ment on women's empower-              go to college,” the Chief Minister
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                                                       ment.                                 added.
                                                                              “Half our aim of women em-            Transport Minister Kailash
ON       THE     occasion      of                                        powerment gets fulfilled when         Gahlot, who was also present,
International Women’s Day,                                               these girls, who are perhaps          said, “Today the number of pub-
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal                                           first-generation learners, get to     lic busesin Delhi hascrossed the
Tuesdayhonouredwomenfrom                                                 study in world-class schools.         figure of seven thousand. There
various fields and said the AAP                                          We’re doing whatever we can           are marshals present on every
government was making sure                                               in our capacity to make our stu-      bus. That's why our sisters and
that women stand on the same                                             dents the best versions of them-      daughters today feel safe while
pedestal as men.                                                         selves… When women get to             travelling in buses.”
    He also praised the work                                             stand on an equal pedestal, they            DCW chairperson Swati
done by the Delhi Commission                                             fly so high that they leave every-    Maliwal said that in the last six
for Women (DCW).                     Kejriwal said the “NCW              one behind,” he said.                 years, the commission had
    “Most governments mis-           should learn from DCW how                “When we had made bus            processed 1.23 lakh cases.
used commissions and boards          to uplift women’s causes”           travel free for women, we faced            “The 181 helpline team has
to lure people who would gain                                            a lot of flak in the name of giving   attended more than 15 lakh
them political leverage. But we                                          freebies… We aim to empower           calls… Our aim is to make such a
did not follow that precedent…       Commission for Women should         the weakest section of the soci-      system in which people are
Today, DCW stands tall as an ex-     learn from the DCW as to how        ety so they can stand next to the     afraid to commit crimes against
emplary body from which all          to uplift women’s causes,” he       most elite with confidence. So        womenandweareworkingonit
state commissions take inspira-      said.                               many girls have been able to ac-      with full dedication,” Maliwal
tion. In my opinion, the National       Kejriwal also spoke of the       cess education — because of           stated.

In new riots chargesheet,
                                                                                                                                                                               Zonal office, Budh marg, Patna, Bihar-800001, E mail: zopatna@indianbank.co.in, PH:0612-2508237

                                                                                                                                                                                                               E-AUCTION SALE NOTICE

police refer to Umar
                                                                                                                                                            E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of immovable assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement
                                                                                                                                                            of Security Interest Act, 2002 read with proviso to Rule 8 (6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002.
                                                                                                                                                            Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower(s) and Guarantor(s) that the below described immovable property

Khalid’s ‘rabid nature’                                                                                                                                     mortgaged/charged to the Secured Creditor, the Symbolic possession of which has been taken by the Authorised Officer of Indian Bank, Secured
                                                                                                                                                            Creditor, will be sold on "As is where is”, “As is what is" and "Whatever there is" on 12.04.2022, due to the Indian Bank, Secured Creditor, from the
                                                                                                                                                            undernoted borrowers/Guarantors. The specific details of the property intended to be brought to sale through e-auction mode are enumerated below.
                                                                                                                                                             Sl No.     Name of the Account                                                                              Reserve Price      Secured creditor’s
                                                                                                                                                             Branch     & Name & Address of                                                                                  (in Rs)       Out-standing Dues
ANAND MOHAN J                                                                                                                                                           Borrower/Guarantors                                                                             Earnest Money           Property ID
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                                                                                                                                                                                               Details of Immovable Properties
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Deposit         Encumbrance on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Bid Incremental           Property
THE DELHI Police, in their supplementary chargesheet filed in the                                                                                                                                                                                                              amt
Northeast Delhi riots UAPA case, has claimed that former JNU stu-                                                                                           01      M/s Amarjeet Kumar            All that part and parcel of the land and building along with           ` 1,50,60,000/-       `40,25,638.22
dent Umar Khalid played a leading role in “drawing sinister commu-                                                                                        Patna     (Prop.-Amarjeet               present/future construction thereon situated at Mohalla-Fulauri         (Rupees One      (Rupees Forty lakhs
                                                                                                                                                          Saheb     Singh) S/o Sardar             ganj, Patna City, Police Station-Khajekalan, District-Patna, Sub       crore fifty lakh
nal objectives at the cost of human lives” by delivering a speech at                                                                                                                              Registry Office at Patna City at Patna under Jurisdiction of Patna                       twenty five thousand
                                                                                                                                                         Branch,    Late Mahendra                                                                                        sixty thousand
an anti-CAA protest rally at Amravati in Maharashtra.                                                                                                                                             Regional Development Authority & Patna Municipal Corporation,                only)      six hundred thirty eight
                                                                                                                                                        Patna City, Singh, Resident of
    The third chargesheet was filed on February 24 at Karkardooma                                                                                                                                 Circle No.-143, Ward No.-65/49/30/23, Sheet No.240, Municipal                            and paise twenty two
                                                                                                                                                          Patna.    Bare Ki Gali, P.O-            Survey Plot No.260 & 262, Holding No.-01 & 02 entire and 04             ` 15,06,000/-
courtagainst18accused,includingUmar,JNUstudentSharjeelImam,                                                                                                         Jhauganj, Patna City,                                                                               (Rupees Fifteen only) as on 02.03.2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                  part, area admeasuring 02 Kathas, 05 Dhurs, 08 Dhurkis & 16
activists Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, and former AAP                                                                                                       Bihar-800008                  Furkies = 3092.76 sqft = 7.1 Decimals vide Registered Lease          lakh six thousand    with further interest,
councillor Tahir Hussain. Police have in multiple court hearings sub-                                                                                               Guarantor: Shri               Deed No.-2049 dated 18.05.2009 & Deed No. Rectification                      only)       costs, other charges
mitted that the Amrawati speech delivered by Umar on February 17,                                                                                                   Narendra Singh S/o            dated 18.06.2009. Boundary (for MS Plot No.-260- As per                   10,000.00
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Deed) : North-M S Plot No.-261, South-Ashok Raj Path, M.S.                              and expenses thereon
2020, was seditious. Umar's lawyer, senior advocate Trideep Pais,                                                                                                   Sardar Late Mahendra          Plot No.-248, thereafter M.S Plot No.242, East-M.S. Plot No.                              from 03.03.2022 till
had rejected these allegations, telling court that “certain news chan-                                                                                              Singh resident of             262, West-P.M.C Lane. Boundary (For M.S. Plot No.262 part-                                realization of bank's
nels played an edited video of his speech, which they later claimed                                                                                                 Bare Ki Gali, P.O.-           As per Deed) : North-M.S. Plot No.260 and PMC lane, South-
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ashok Raj Path, M.S. Plot No.248 thereafter M.S. Plot No.-242,                                    dues.
was taken from a tweet by Amit Malviya, head of the BJP’s IT cell”.                                                                                                 Jhauganj, Patna City,                                                                                                     IDIB202021103
                                                                                                                                                                                                  East-Self lessors presently leased out to Sri Pallav Kumar, part
Umar’s legal team has maintained that “a message of unity based on                                                                                                                                of the aforesaid plot No.-262. West-M.S. Plot No.-261.                                         Not Known
                                                                                                                                                                    Bihar-800008
Gandhiji was given that day and that was termed as terror”.
                                                                                                                                                            02      M/s Kapur Enterprises         Property No. 1: All that piece and parcel of land measuring           ` 28,01,700.00         `56,76,086.00
    Thechargesheetstatedthatthefirstapplicationseek-                                                                                                      Patna                                                                                                        (Rupees Twenty      (Rupees Fifty six lakh
                                                                                                                                                                    Prop.-Shri Vinay              560 Sqft along with three storied constructed old house bearing
ingtoholdtheprogrammewasdismissedbyauthorities                                                                                                            Saheb Kumar, Chhoti Nagla,                                                                                    eight lakh one     seventy six thousand
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thana No.-20, Ward No.-31/36, Circle No.-223, Holding No.-
as they were “well aware of the rabid nature of Khalid                                                                                                   Branch,                                                                                                       thousand seven        eighty six only) as
                                                                                                                                                                    P.O-Madhav Mills,             24/23, M.S. Plot No.1857, Sheet No.274, situated at Mohalla-
andhispropensitiesforincitingabreakdownoflawand                                                                                                         Patna City,                                                                                                     hundred only)        on 02.03.2022 with
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Nagla, Patna City, P.O-Madho Mill, Dist.-Patna-800008 vide
order”. For the second application, police claimed that                                                                                                   Patna. P.S-Nag, Patna City,                                                                                    ` 2,80,170.00     further interest, costs,
                                                                                                                                                                    Pin-800008, Patna,            Registered Mortgage executed jointly by Shri Vinay Kumar S/O           (Rupees Two         other charges and
“Umar Khalid’s name was cunningly omitted, passed
                                                                                                                                                                    Bihar, Pin-800008             Shri Sunil Pd Gupta and Ruby Kumari W/O Sh. Vinay Kumar in               lakh eighty       expenses thereon
the muster of democratic protest norms and was al-
                                                                                                                                                                                                  favour of Allahabad Bank now Indian Bank Patna Saheb Branch           thousand one        from 03.03.2022 till
lowed by the authorities...”                                                                                                                                        Guarantor: 1. Shri
                                                                                                                                                                                                  vide Registered Mortgage Deed No.-7474 dated 15.09.2015,             hundred seventy      realization of bank's
    Thechargesheetstatedthat“defyinglawandexpos-                                                                                                                    Vinay Kumar S/o Sunil
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              only)                 dues.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Book No.-01, Zild No.-139, Page No.267 to 280 CD No.-22 with
inghistrueintentandcolors,Khalidappearedonstage…                                                                                                                    Kumar Gupta.                                                                                            10,000.00          IDIB20202198
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sub Registrar Patna City. Boundary: P/O Ajeet Kumar, South-
anddeliveredanincendiaryspeech.Itwasinthisspeech                                                                                                                    2. Smt. Ruby Kumari                                                                                                          Not Known
                                                                                                                                                                                                  P/O Dhreej Gupta, East-Road, West-P/O Shatrughan Prasad.
that Khalid had called upon for ‘hitting the streets’ dur-                                                                                                          W/O Sh. Vinay Kumar.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Property No. 2: All that piece and parcel of land measuring           ` 19,68,750.00            IDIB20202199
ingupcomingvisitof USPresidentMrTrump”.“Thisact                                                                                                                     3. Shri Dheeraj Kumar         an area 01 Katha situated at Mauza-Ranipur (South of N.H.),                (Rupees                Not Known
of playing fast and loose with law and administration                                                                                                               Nirala S/o Sunil Prasad       Thana-Khajekala (Old) present thana-Mehndiganj, Dist.-Patna            Nineteen lakh
clearly demolishes the plea of democratic, law abiding,                                                                                                             Nirala. Address of            bearing thana no.-19. tauzi-15(old), Present-Bihar Sarkar, Khata          sixty eight
protestsbeingledbytheaccused,primarilyKhalid,”the                                                                                                                                                 No.-1419, Kheshra No.3614, Ward No.-25/29 (Old), 46/61(New),         thousand seven
                                                                                                                                                                    All-R/O Chhoti Nagla,                                                                                  hundred fifty
chargesheetreads.Policeallegedthatduringanalysisof                                                                                                                                                Circle No.-223, Holding No.-24/23, M.S Plot No.-4082, Sheet
                                                                                                                                                                    P.O-Madhav Mills, P.S-        No.-210 : vide registered Mortgage executed jointly by Shri                  only)
newCCTVfootage,itwasfoundthattwoadditionalmeet-                                                                                                                     Nag, Patna City, Patna,       Vinay Kumar S/o Shri Sunil Pd Gupta and Ruby Kumari W/O Sh.             ` 1,96,875.00
ings were held on February 22 and 23, 2020, in Chand                                                                                                                                              Vinay Kumar in favour of E-Allahabad Bank now Indian Bank               (Rupees One
                                                                                                                                                                    Bihar, Pin-800008
Bagh.Policestatedthatnewlydiscoveredconspiratorial                                                                                                                                                Patna City-2, Branch vide Registered Mortgage Deed No.7474             lakh ninety six
meetings have attained “real meaning and proper con-                                                                                                                                              dated 15.09.2015, Book No.-01, Zild No.-139 page no.267 to            thousand eight
text” as they were held to “introspect as to why the de-                                                                                                                                          280 CD no.-22. Boundary: North-Niz land of Vendor, South-Niz         hundred seventy
                                                                                                                                                                                                  land or Vendor, East-Plot No.3615, Shri Dinanath Dubey, West-             five only)
sired scale of violence was being elusive; and decisions                                                                                                                                          Plot No.3613, Gabra.                                                      10,000.00
were taken to take care of one tangible hurdle, that is
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                                                                                                                                                            Date : 02.03.2022                                                                                                                Authorised Officer
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two new protected witnesses in this case.

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                              THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022                                                                                                         VACCINATIONS IN                       DELHI: TOTAL                          Total Vacant            NOIDA
                                                                                                                                                                                   LAST 24 HOURS                         CASES                   HOSPITAL BEDS 10,647 10,561                    Mar 7   Mar 8

                                                                                                                                                                                   41,609                                18,62,047               ICU BEDS      2,403 2,374            Cases     22      15
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Cases        Recoveries   Deaths     Tests       Deaths    0       0
                                                                                                                                                                                   PATIENTSINHOSPITAL:            87
                                                                                                                                              CORONAVIRUS                          OXYGEN SUPPORT                  18
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mar 7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mar 8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       158
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       177
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        321
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        213
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         32,469
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         35,038
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       GURGAON
                                                                                                                                             IN THE CAPITAL                        VENTILATOR SUPPORT               4                                                                 Cases     77      68
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Total       1,057*        18,34,851   26,139   3,67,10,977
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         *Total active cases in Delhi                                 Deaths    1       0

No let up in protest                                                                                                                                                                        HC DISMISSES PLEAS BY SELLERS

as city’s anganwadi                                                                                                                                                                         Discounts on liquor
workers rally again                                                                                                                                                                         will continue to be
                                                                                                                                                                                            prohibited in Delhi
                                     mandsof salaryhikesandincen-
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE                   tives,theseworkershavealsode-
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                   mandedthewithdrawalofshow-
                                     cause notice issued to 1,000
MORE THAN thousands of an-           workers and cancellation of ter-
ganwadi workers and helpers          mination orders issued to 27.
throngedroadsandheldaprotest         They have also sought strict po-
marchcalled‘anganwadi striad-        lice and disciplinary action                                                                                                                                                                   gathering of large crowds out-           tory pricing for possible short
hikar rally’ from Rajghat to the     against officials of the                                                                                                                               EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE                    side liquor stores was leading to        term monetary gains, distor-
Delhi Secretariat to commemo-        DepartmentofWomenandChild                                                                                                                              NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                      a law and order problem and              tions in the market” and alleged
rate International Working           Developmentforallegedlysend-                                                                                                                                                                   also causing inconvenience to            hoarding.
Women's Day Tuesday.                 ing 'intimidating' messages to                                                                                                                         REFUSING TO stay the Delhi              the local population. The gov-               In a written reply last week,
    Demanding increment in           workers and passing comments                                                                                                                           government’s decision prohibit-         ernment order also said that             the government submitted data
salaries, incentives for overtime,   like'lafanga'.“Therearepregnant                                                                                                                        ing discounts or rebates by             such discounting was leading to          relating to the sales made in
health benefits for themselves       women and single mothers who                                                                                                                           liquor sellers in the national cap-     unhealthy market practices. The          December, January and
andtheirfamilies,providentfund       are struggling to run their family                                                                                                                     ital, the Delhi High Court              owners of liquor stores had ap-          February and informed the
(PF), and pension schemes,           alone with their so-called in-                                                                                                                         Monday said that prima facie,           proached the court last week             court that there was “almost
Shivani Kaul, president of Delhi     creased honorariums," said                                                                                                                             grant of such concession by             against the order and sought an          double the increase in February
AnganwadiWorkersandhelpers           Vrishali, media coordinator,                                                                                                                           vends resulted in a steep in-           interim stay during the pen-             2022 as compared to the three-
Unions (DAWHU), said, "This          DAWHU.                                                                                                                                                 crease in sales of liquor in            dency of the case.                       year monthly average sale”.
protest march is to demonstrate          The union plans to launch a                                                                                                                        February as compared to                     Listing the matter for further           The liquor stores argued that
our strength and unity to the        new campaign and strengthen                                                                                                                            December in certain zones as            hearing on March 25, Justice Rao         the liquor policy and tender ex-
mute and deaf government and         their protest from Wednesday.                                                                                                                          against a “minuscule rise” in           in the order also agreed with the        pressly permitted the grant of
itsministerswhohavebeencall-         "We waited till 6 pm but neither                                                                                                                       other zones.                            government submission that               discounts, but without any op-
ing this a BJP and Congress          has the CM met us nor has the                                                                                                                              Agreeing with the submis-           the Excise Commissioner was              portunity of hearing, the order
fundedprotest.Withoutmeeting         government responded to our                                                                                                                            sion made by senior advocate            within his right to intervene to         prohibiting it was passed. It was
us or listening to our demands,      demands. The workers will con-                                                                                                                         Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who              prevent a situation which oc-            also contended before the court
ministers have been calling us       tinue their protest outside the                                                                                                                        represented the government,             curred due to the offering of dis-       that the grant of discount is
names and alleging this is not a     CM’s residence and will go on an                                                                                                                       Justice V Kameswar Rao said,            counts by liquor vends.                  based on the principles of free
protest but an agenda. They may      indefinite hunger strike. Also,                                                                                                                        “He stated that the stipulation is          Justifying its decision, the         market and fair competition in
callusanythingtheywantbutwe          fromtomorrow,wewilllauncha                                                                                                                             being misutilised for gains. The        government Monday told the               operation.
are not stepping back until the      newprotestcampaignagainstall                                                                                                                           intent of the stipulation is to         court that the capital was be-               “The allegation of the possi-
CM meets us and fulfils our de-      ministersandMLAs.Ourwomen                                                                                                                              have a level playing field for all      coming an “export centre” of             bility of bootlegging by some
mands.”                              workers and helpers will divide                                                                                                                        the licensees. To sell a bottle of      liquor to states like Haryana,           unscrupulous customers does
    In February, the government      into groups and go to all the ral-                                                                                                                     liquor free of cost is not healthy      Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat due            not mean that a highly dispro-
increased the honorarium             lies,electionmeetingsof theAAP                                                                                                                         competition, but anti-competi-          to the discounts being offered.          portionate action of banning
amount of workers to Rs 12,720       andprotestuntilourdemandsare                                                                                                                           tive, which is clearly impermis-            Stating that responsible             discounts altogether can be
and Rs 6,810 to helpers. But they    met," said Vrishali.                                                                                                                                   sible.”                                 drinking and prohibiting illicit         taken. The respondents are free
havebeendemandingRs25,000                Responding to the state-                                                                                                                               The court said it agrees with       trade of liquor is its primary ob-       to enforce law against cus-
for workers and Rs 20,000 for        ments,aseniorgovernmentoffi-                                                                                                                           the submission that the stay of         jective, the government also             tomers who may be hoarding
helpers.Adelegationofthework-        cial said, “Delhi pays the highest                                                                                                                     the order would lead to distor-         stated that giving discounts was         liquor. Action should be taken
ers demanded to meet the Delhi       honorariuminthecountry.These                                                                                                                           tions in the market. It had heard       leading to monopolisation in the         against specific customers
CMTuesdaybuttheywerenotal-           leaders in protest are not                                                                                                                             arguments in the matter                 market.                                  rather than shutting down
lowed on the premises of the         Anganwadiworkers.Today,about                                                                                                                           Monday and reserved the order.              The government also argued           granting of discounts alto-
Delhi Secretariat, and the com-      50 per cent of workers have re-      Anganwadi workers held a protest march called ‘anganwadi stri adhikar rally’ from Rajghat                             Delhi’s Excise Commissioner         that there can be a reasonable           gether,” senior advocate Mukul
plex was barricaded by police.       joined duty. Those who do not        to the Delhi Secretariat to commemorate International Working Women's Day. Abhinav Saha                           Excise had on February 28 pro-          discount, but not in the manner          Rohtagi, representing one of the
    Inadditiontotheprimaryde-        join will be terminated.”                                                                                                                              hibited discounts, stating that         which has resulted in “preda-            petitioners, argued.

         BRIEFLY                     For Delhi’s women SHOs, objective is clear: FARIDABAD SCHOOLBOY SUICIDE Cabinet nod
   Womanfalls                        Make women feel safer filing complaints     No specific incident to give DDC
   frommoving
   e-rickshaw,                       EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
                                                                                 of harassment               a boost                                 Hauz Khas police station, said, “I
                                                                                                                                                     feelithasbeenachallengeforme

   resisting
                                     NEW DELHI, MARCH 8
                                                                                 pointed out against                                                 to tackle crimes against women
                                                                                                                                                     in the area, as it’s not easy to win
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             New Delhi: The Delhi govern-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             mentTuesdayapprovedtheplan

   robberybid                        FROM SUPERVISING investigat-                                                                                    everyone’strust.Butwearebuild-                                                                                          to strengthen and restructure its

   New Delhi: A 58-year-old
                                     ing officers and patrolling teams
                                     tohandlingadministrativetasks,
                                     womenpoliceofficialswhohave
                                                                                 headmistress: Court                                                 ing an ecosystem to increase the
                                                                                                                                                     presenceofwomeninthestation
                                                                                                                                                     sothatwomencomplainantsand
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             policy think tank, the Dialogue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             and Development Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (DDC).TheDDC,whichcurrently
   woman fell from a mov-            beenrecentlyinductedasStation                                                                                   children can contact us without                                                nishingabondof Rs50,000with              functions with 15 staff, will soon
   ing e-rickshaw while re-          House Officers (SHOs) in the                                                                                    apprehension. Since the deploy-        EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE                    one surety of the like amount.           have48sanctionedpostsinclud-
   sisting a robbery bid in          Delhi Police say they shoulder                                                                                  ment of women has increased in         NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                          Aspartof bailconditions,she          ing 26 policy experts from vari-
   Outer Delhi’s Paschim             many responsibilities with a key     (From left) SHOs Pratibha Sharma, Poonam Parik, Alpana                     the area, I call these SHOs and in-                                            has been directed to make any            ous domains from across the
   Vihar. The complainant            aim: To make their districts safer   Sharma, Shivani Singh, Sapna Duggal, and Malti Bana. PTI                   spectors and seek help and sug-        A DISTRICT court in Faridabad           inducement, threat or promise            world on a contractual basis.
   was going to meet a rela-         for women and children and po-                                                                                  gestions for dealing with serious      Monday granted bail to the              to any person acquainted with                Of the 48 sanctioned posts,
   tive at a hospital when a         lice stations more 'public-                                                                                     cases. Our seniors are extremely       headmistressof privateschoolin          thefactsof thecaseandnotleave            26 posts will be for policy ex-
   bike rider snatched her           friendly'.                           in my police station. I want peo-     Vihar), said, “It has been five      cooperative and helpful.”              connection with the suicide of a        India without the permission of          perts and 22 for regular staff,
   bag. She fell from the ve-            The Indian Express Tuesday       ple, especially women, to lodge       months since I got posted here.          Pratibha Sharma, SHO               16-year-old student.                    the court.                               young professionals, hired on a
   hicle and was dragged a           mettheSHOsofSouth,Northeast,         complaintswithoutfear.Wehave          Afteralongtime,Iamdoingfield         Vikaspuri, said, “I feel women in          Sessions Judge YS Rathor, in            The court noted that though          five-year contract basis.
   few metres on the road            Shahdara and other districts.        been trying to coordinate better      duty. From the first day, I shared   theforcestriveforperfectionand         his order granting bail to the ap-      in theFIRithas beenallegedthat           Currently, such posts are sanc-
   before the accused man-           Inspector Alpana Sharma, SHO         with patrolling teams to curb         mycontactnumberwithasmany            alwaysworkhard.Theyaredoing            plicant, said that “no useful pur-      the applicant scolded the stu-           tioned for a year or two.
   aged to get her bag and           (RK Puram), said, “I want every-     crimes. My seniors always sup-        locals as I could. We do RWA         different duties at the station        pose shall be served by detain-         dentwhenheappearedforasci-                   The DDC and its experts will
   flee from the spot.               one to feel safe in my area. We      portme,whichreallyhelps.Ihave         meetings regularly and sensitise     while also taking care of their        ingtheapplicantincustody"and            ence examination, "this fact is          advise and assist the govern-
                                     make sure that anti-social ele-      two children; the work can be         staff. I have been encouraging       families.”                             that "no specific incident of ha-       not mentioned in the suicide             ment’s work across six core pol-
   Politics                          ments creating ruckus or perpe-
                                     trating brutal assaults are dealt
                                                                          hectic but I never give up.”
                                                                              TheSHOswerecalledtoIndia
                                                                                                                women to talk to me about their
                                                                                                                issues. We have also been taking
                                                                                                                                                         Inspector Malti Bana said she
                                                                                                                                                     was inducted last month as the
                                                                                                                                                                                            rassment has been pointed out”.
                                                                                                                                                                                                The student had committed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    note”.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The court also stated that af-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             icy sectors — social sector, envi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ronment, transport and
   meanttobuild                      withimmediately.Ialsotakecare
                                     of investigating officers, and
                                                                          Gateforasmalleventwherethey
                                                                          recited poetry.
                                                                                                                suggestions from locals about
                                                                                                                policing.”
                                                                                                                                                     SHOatSoniaVihar andhasbeen
                                                                                                                                                     workingwiththeDelhiPolicefor
                                                                                                                                                                                            suicide on February 25 by jump-
                                                                                                                                                                                            ing off his residential building in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ter going through the contents
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of CCTV footage, the "prosecu-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             infrastructure, economy, gover-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             nance, monitoring, evaluation
   society:                          check the status of each FIR filed       Poonam Parik, SHO (Vivek              Inspector Shivani, SHO at        two decades.                           Faridabad, with a police com-
                                                                                                                                                                                            plaintbyhismotherallegingthat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    tion has admitted that the appli-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    cant had not entered the exam-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             and learning. The DDC will have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             enough flexibility to hire high-
   Rajnath                                                                                                                                                                                  he was harassed over his sexual-        ination hall on that day, and as         quality professionals as staff as

   NewDelhi: Politicsisdone          Kejriwal govt made education agenda for all: Sisodia                                                                                                   ity and the school ignored her
                                                                                                                                                                                            complaint.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    such applicant had not met de-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ceased in the examination hall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             well as consultants/young pro-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             fessionals from around the
   for building the society                                                                                                                                                                     In a purported suicide note         on that day and there is thus no         world.
   and the nation, and not                                                ers from the field of education at        He added that from infra-        share to 25% in 2015. Today all        recovered by police, the student        possibilityof herscoldingthede-              DDC       vice-chairperson
   just for formation of the         EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE                 “ThinkEdu Conclave”.                  structuretoinculcatingagrowth        the Delhi government schools           had blamed his school and               ceased in the examination hall”.         Jasmine Shah said, “With the ex-
   government,         Union         NEW DELHI, MARCH 8                        “Until the Kejriwal govern-      mindset among students and           have been provided with state-         higher authorities. On the com-             "Besides this, during the last       pansive mandate and recruit-
   Minister Rajnath Singh                                                 ment came into power, educa-          other stakeholders, the Kejriwal     of-the-art infrastructure, which       plaint of the boy’s mother, the         two years, when the deceased             mentflexibility,wewillbeableto
   said Tuesday. “If the mo-         DEPUTY CHIEF Minister Manish         tion was never the agenda of          government has been working          includes smart classrooms,             police had registered a case of         was enrolled in the senior wing          contributetoawidearrayof crit-
   tive of politics limits           Sisodia Tuesday saidIndia needs      elections across the nation and       on each component of the edu-        highly equipped laboratories,          abetment of suicide under IPC           headed by the applicant, he              icaldevelopmentchallengesand
   around forming the gov-           a “focused and dedicated ap-         now each state wants a govern-        cation system in a structured        computer labs, montessori labs,        section 306 against the head-           came to school for around 20             help find evidence-based and
   ernment by any mean               proach to achieve the goals set      ment which can work towards           manner.                              and world-class sports facilities.     mistress and school administra-         days only out of which he ap-            people-centricsolutions.Thiswill
   then, the word loses its          by the National Education Policy     the development of the educa-             “The government was al-          This target was achieved with          tion. On Sunday, the head-              peared in the examination for            fulfil Chief Minister Arvind
   value and sense,” he said         2020andprovidequalityeduca-          tion sector. Even political parties   ways sure what it wanted from        the little shift of budget here and    mistress was arrested and sent          about 14-15 days and attended            Kejriwal's vision to make Delhi
   at an event organised to          tion to every child”.                have started to give priority to      education. And it began with in-     there and giving priority to edu-      to judicial custody.                    the classes for the remaining            come on a par with Singapore
   inaugurate Indraprastha               He was talking to stakehold-     education,” Sisodia said.             creasing the education budget        cation,” he said.                          She was granted bail on fur-        days," the court said.                   economy by 2047.” ENS
   park in Sagarpur of
   southwest Delhi. He was
   accompanied by Delhi
   BJP chief Adesh Gupta
   and SDMC Mayor                    GITHUB CASE
   Mukesh Suryan.

   Guidelines                        Chargesheets against 2 who ‘created app targeting Muslim women’
   forcivicbody                                                           software firm after several                                                                                       accused” in the chargesheet.            integration) and 354 A (sexual               In the chargesheet, police
   pollsout                          JIGNASA SINHA
                                     NEW DELHI, MARCH 8
                                                                          Muslim women lodged com-
                                                                          plaints with the Delhi and Noida
                                                                                                                                                                                                “Thoughhe wiped out all the
                                                                                                                                                                                            data from his laptop and other
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    harassment) and sections of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    IT Act.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             said they found “firm” technical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             evidence against Bishnoi. “We
   New Delhi: The State                                                   police. A similar app was again                                                                                   devices, we interrogated him                In the second case, a                have the database and the code
   Election Commission               NEARLYTWOmonthsaftera25-             created in December last year,                                                                                    and found that he wrote the             chargesheet has been filed               script used to make the app. He
   (SEC) has released guide-         year-old man from Indore and a       which had photos of more than                                                                                     codeforthefirstapp.Hewasalso            against 21-year-old engineering          usedtheGurumukhiscriptwhile
   lines for the upcoming            21-year-old student in Assam         100 women that the creators in-                                                                                   found as a member of a ‘trad’           student Niraj Bishnoi and his al-        creating the app. This was done
   municipal elections in            were arrested for allegedly cre-     sinuated were being “auc-                                                                                         group called ‘tradmahasabha’.           leged associates, some of whom           to create a rift between commu-
   New Delhi. As per the             ating and uploading photos of        tioned”.Thesecondappwasalso                                                                                       We have evidence related to the         have been arrested by the                nities,” claimed an officer.
   Model Code of Conduct             Muslim women on an app               pulled down by GitHub.                                                                                            group that proves that he cre-          Mumbai Police. Bishnoi was ar-               A 2,000-page chargesheet
   (MCC) 2022, candidates            alongside objectionable com-             Sources told The Indian                                                                                       ated the app with the help of a         rested from his house in Jorhat,         has been filed against Bishnoi
   will have to abide strictly       ments, the Delhi Police Special      Express that a 700-page                                                                                           few other group members,”               Assam on January 6 this year.            and others under IPC sections
   by Covid protocols. The           Cell has filed chargesheets          chargesheethasbeenfiledinthe                                                                                      claimed an officer who had ac-              DCP (Cyber Cell) KPS                 153A (promoting enmity be-
   SEC is yet to announce            against the accused for defam-       first case against 25-year-old                                                                                    cess to the chargesheet.                Malhotra had earlier told the            tween        different),153   B
   the schedule for elec-            ing the women, harassing them        Aumkareshwar Thakur, who                                                                                              The chargesheet has been            media that Bishnoi was the               (Imputations, assertions preju-
   tions to the three munic-         and creating a “rift” between        was arrested on January 9 from                                                                                    filed under IPC sections 153 A          “main conspirator” in this case.         dicial to national integration),
   ipal bodies, after which          communities.                         his home. He is a freelancer who                                                                                  (promotingenmitybetweendif-             Using one of his Twitter ac-             354A (sexual harassment), 509
   the MCC will come into                The first app was created in     worked with IT companies and          The accused, 25-year-old Aumkareshwar Thakur (left) and                     ferent groups on the ground of          counts, he had also challenged           IPC (word or action to insult
   force. ENS                        July last year using GitHub, and     ran a web-developing company.         21-year-old Niraj Bishnoi                                                   religion),153B(Imputations,as-          police online to arrest the cul-         modesty of a woman) and sec-
                                     was soon pulled down by the          Hehasbeennamedasthe“main                                                                                          sertions prejudicial to national        prits.                                   tions of the IT Act.

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