Afspaliftedfrompartsof Assam, Nagaland, Manipur: If China Breaches Lac Again, Russia Won'T Help, Says Us Dy Nsa
Afspaliftedfrompartsof Assam, Nagaland, Manipur: If China Breaches Lac Again, Russia Won'T Help, Says Us Dy Nsa
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arrested by ED under Armed Forces Special
Powers Act (AFSPA) in the states
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Nagpur-based advocate Satish due to the consistent efforts and “We will continue to exert on the law and order front, the
Uke in connection with an al- several agreements to end insur- pressure on the Centre to com- Governmenthasdecidedtowith- NEWEPISODEEVERYDAY
leged land grabbing case follow- gency and bring lasting peace in pletely remove the Disturbed drawAFSPA,”hesaid,addingthat
ing day-long searches at his res- Northeast” by the Government. Areas tag,” said Manipur Chief concerns over law and order in We take a look at what the Criminal
idence and questioning him. According to the Ministry of Minister N Biren Singh who de- Assam and the Northeast is a Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, allows
Uke has, in the past, filed several HomeAffairs(MHA),AFSPAisbe- scribed the Centre's move as an “matter of the past”. “Now the police to do, and the concerns it raises
petitions against politicians, in- ing removed from 15 police sta- “initial step”. Northeastisreadyforinvestment,
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cluding BJP leader Devendra tion areas in seven districts of Birensaidthestatewouldalso economic development and in-
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Fadnavis, for non-disclosure of Nagaland; 15 police station areas honour Irom Sharmila for her dustrialisation,” he said.
information in election affidavit. insixdistrictsofManipur;and23 struggle against AFSPA. The face On the nine districts and one
On Thursday, the ED began districts entirely and one district of Manipur’s protest against the sub-division of AssamwhereAF-
searching Uke’s residence in partially in Assam. Act,Sharmila--knownastheIron SPAisstillinforce,Sarmasaidthey causeofthepersonalinterestthat Singh, an Indian-American Singh wasappointed Deputy dissoluble union of India. Every
Parvati Nagar area of Nagpur The decision comes in the Lady of Manipur -- undertook a were hoping to “take a call soon”. Union Home Minister Amit Shah officialandthebrainsbehindthe National Security Advisor, deal- citizenofthecountryisthecusto-
around6am.Later,Ukewastaken backdrop of vociferous demands 16-year-long hunger strike to de- “The status has remained where hastakenontheissue,keepingin Us sanctions against leading ing with international econom- dian, and the State is the sentinel
to the office of the agency in forAFSPAtobeliftedaftersixcivil- mand its repeal. the situation is yet to improve to touchwithusconstantly,”hesaid. Russian figures including ics, by the Biden administration of the unity of India and the con-
Nagpur for questioning, said ians were gunned down in Shah has been holding regu- the satisfaction of the Ahead of the 2012 elections, President Vladimir Putin and last year. stitutional values of the nation.”
sources.Accordingtoasource,the Nagaland's Mon district last lartalkswithNortheasternstates Government...itisstillinthetran- and his third term as Chief Lavrov along with top Russian Thefactthatpeopleweretrav-
ED case pertains to an alleged Decemberinabotchedoperation in a bid to resolve boundary dis- sitionstage.Wehopethatwewill Minister, Congress's Okram Ibobi officials and oligarchs, met sen- Masks elling long distances within the
complaintofgrabbingofa1.2acre bysecuritypersonnel.Sevenmore putesandbringinsurgentgroups be able to take a call sooner than Singh had opposed the repeal of ior officials in the Prime reduced from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500 countryforeducationwassome-
prime plot in Nagpur by Uke us- civiliansandasecuritypersonnel to the mainstream. later,”hesaid,addingthatthegov- AFSPA entirely from Manipur. Minister’s Office, Finance and last month. thing to celebrate, the court said.
ingforgedownershipdocuments. died in the retaliatory violence “As a result, most of the ex- ernment had taken steps “cau- Today,Singhremainscautious.“If External Affairs ministries in While the DDMA is yet to is- “Students travelling freely to dif-
Sources said ED has seized a lap- that followed, prompting the tremist groups have laid down tiously but decisively”. the government repeals AFSPA Delhi. He also met Commerce sueadetailedorder,sourcessaid ferentpartsofthecountryinquest
top,somedocumentsandmobile NagalandAssemblytopassares- their arms expressing their faith InNagaland,inthewakeofthe fromsomeareasinthevalley,but and Industry minister Piyush itislikelytoadvisethecontinued of knowledge is the true celebra-
phones owned by Uke. olution for the repeal of AFSPA. in the Constitution of India and killing of six civilians in Mon dis- noneintheHilldistricts,whatwill Goyal Wednesday. Russia has use of masks in crowded areas. tionofIndia'sdiversityandavivid
Earlier,Ukehadsoughtcrimi- However, Mon district re- policiesof theModigovernment. trict by security forces, the bethereactionofthetribalpopu- sanctioned Singh as well. Most of the Covid-related manifestationofIndia'sunity.Itis
nal proceedings against Fadnavis mainsa“disturbedareasincethis Today, all these persons have be- “Disturbed Area” notification is lation of the state? Will there be WhileLavrovarrivedinDelhi curbs in the capital were lifted thedutyofthepeopleofthehoist-
for non-disclosure of two crimi- is a border district, and has a come a part of the democratic being withdrawn from 15 police repercussions, will the hill-valley Thursday evening from Beijing, last month, and all schools will ingstatetocreateenablingcondi-
nal cases against him in his elec- strongpresenceofNSCN-K(YA),” process and are participating in stations in seven districts from dividewiden?Wewillhavetojust he will hold talks with External return to only offline mode from tions for visiting scholars to learn
tion affidavit of 2014. saidsourcesintheNagalandgov- thedevelopmentoftheNortheast. April1.Mondistrictwillremaina wait and see,” said Singh. Affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday. Sources said hospitals and live the constitutional values
Uke is also the lawyer repre- ernment. About 7,000 militants have sur- “Disturbed Area” under the Act. Chief Ministers of other Friday. British Foreign Secretary will be directed to test and track of our nation. It is also the obliga-
senting Congress leader Nana The notification of “disturbed renderedinthelastfewyears,”the Nagaland Chief Minister Northeast states, too, welcomed Liz Truss, who came early people with flu-like symptoms. tion of young scholars to imbibe
Patole in a Rs 500 crore defama- areas” under AFSPA has been in MHA said. NeiphiuRiotweeted:“Thisisasig- the move. Meghalaya Chief Thursday, held talks with In Maharashtra, the govern- and adhere to such values."
tion suit filed against IPS officer force in Assam since 1990, in “In comparison to 2014, there nificant development towards Minister Conrad Sangma said it Jaishankar. ment announced that all restric- The court quoted three lines
Rashmi Shukla in the alleged Nagaland since 1995, and in hasbeenareductionof74percent bringingstability,security&pros- was an “important step in the Stressing that “friends don’t tions will be lifted from April 2. from poet Alama Iqbal's song
phone tapping case. Manipur, except the Imphal in militancy incidents in 2021. perity to the North East region. largerinterestofthepeopleofthe setredlines”,Singhsaid,“Weare "Gudi Padwa is the beginning of 'Saare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan
Hehadalsofiledapetitionbe- Municipality area, since 2004. Similarly, deaths of security per- Speaking to The Indian Northeast.” During the Mon inci- very keen for all countries, espe- the new year. This is the day to Hamara' to stress on the "con-
foretheNagpurbenchofBombay Starting2015,theGovernmentre- sonnel and civilians have also Express, Nagaland Deputy Chief dent in December, Sangma had cially our allies and partners, not startnewwork...Forthepasttwo stancy of Indian values and per-
High Court asking for a police moved AFSPA entirely from comedownby60percentand84 Minister Y Patton said the state demandedthat“AFSPAshouldbe to create mechanisms that prop years, we've successfully battled petuity of Indian people".
probe into the death of B H Loya, Tripura and Meghalaya, and par- per cent, respectively, during this was "grateful" for the move, as it repealed”. up the ruble and attempt to un- the deadly coronavirus, and to- The judge also said that the
CBI special judge in the tially from Arunachal Pradesh, period,” the MHA said. hadbeenalongstandingdemand. Thanking Modi and Shah, dermine the dollar-based finan- day it seems to be fading. To court is entertaining the bail ap-
Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake en- whichcurrentlyhasthreedistricts Sources in the Ministry said “We have been asking for this for TripuraChiefMinisterBiplabDeb cial system” to circumvent sanc- make a fresh start, the restric- plication directly. “There are ex-
counter case. and two police station areas in a AFSPA is imposed or removed in 30-40 years...after the incident in tweeted that the Northeast, tions. tions imposed... under the ceptionalcircumstancesfordoing
fourth district under the Act. a state fully or partially by the Mondistrictlastyear,theopposi- “which was highly neglected in Underlining that India “cur- Disaster Management Act as so. It is informed that the Agra
Section of IIM-A On Thursday, Shah said the
Northeast,“whichwasneglected
Central Government after “due
consultation” with state govern-
tionfromthepublicbecameeven
stronger,” he said.
the previous govt is witnessing
unprecedented development
rently importing Russian energy
doesn't violate any of the sanc-
well as the Epidemic Diseases
Act are being completely lifted
District Bar Association had
passedaresolutionfornotprovid-
faculty opposes for decades, is now witnessing a
new era of peace, prosperity and
ments,armedforcesandthecen-
tral agencies. The Act is imposed
He added that the removal of
the Disturbed Area status from
now”. He described the decision
as a “big step to ensure peace in
tions”, he said: “We would not
like to see anyone taking advan-
from Gudi Padwa (April 2),"
Chief Minister Uddhav
ing any legal assistance to the ap-
plicants.Theapplicantswerealso
logo change plan unprecedented development”.
In Assam, AFSPA will remain
for six months at one stretch, fol-
lowingwhichadecisiononexten-
Mon district was still “under ob-
servation.”“Wehavetoobserveit
the region”.
Mizoram Chief Minister
tageof thesituationtorapidlyin-
crease energy supplies at cross
Thackeray said in a statement.
State Health Minister Rajesh
assaulted in the District Court at
Agra.”
New Delhi: A section of IIM- in the districts of Karbi Anglong, sionisreviewedunderthesuper- for some time. The main issue is Zoramthanga thanked the Prime purposes with our strategic ob- Tope said: "But this doesn't Thecourtsaid:"Lawyershave
Ahmedabad’s faculty has op- WestKarbiAnglong,DimaHasao, vision of the Home Secretary that the district borders Minister and Home Minister, jectivesinthesanctionsregime.” mean people should be compla- an oath inscribed in their con-
posed a proposal to change its Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Charaideo, “aftertakingtheopinion”ofstates, Myanmar...and some militant tweeting: “#NorthEastIndia is When pressed whether any cent, they need to be careful. science to assist the cause of law
iconiclogo,sayingthemove“will Sivasagar,Golaghat,Jorhatandthe forces and agencies. groups have a strong presence One”. specific transaction like the S- Although it is not mandatory to under all circumstances and to
have far-reaching implications Lakhipur subdivision of Cachar. According to the MHA, the there,” Patton said. Arunachal Pradesh Chief 400 will face consequences, he wear a mask, people are advised servejusticetoallthosewhoseek
andlong-termconsequences”on ChiefMinisterHimantaBiswa Centre has signed several agree- In Manipur, where civil soci- MinisterPemaKhandudescribed was diplomatic: “That's the sub- to wear masks wherever they it at all times.”
its brand and stakeholders. Sarmasaid31,724.94sqkmofthe ments to end insurgencies and ety organisations and activists the move as an “honest and sin- ject of private discussions, I am can, to take care of themselves Thestudentshadbeenbooked
The proposal was approved 78,438sqkmgeographicalareaof bring “lasting peace” to the have long fought for the law’s re- cere attempt at doing something not going to share that…on spe- and others." under IPC Sections 124 A (sedi-
at a March 4 meeting of the IIM- the state is under the “Disturbed Northeastern states over the past peal,ChiefMinisterNBirenSingh different”. Thanking Modi and cific transactions and hypothet- Tope pointed out that many tion), 153-A (promoting enmity
A Board, according to a letter Area” status. He said the Act will three years. These include the said the move was “expected”. Shah, he referred to the decision icals, I'm going to leave those regionsintheUS,UKandEurope between different groups) and
sent by the faculty members to remain in force across the Upper Bodo Accord (2020) and Karbi- Unlikepoliticalpartiessuchas as “a significant step aiming to conversations private.” have already become mask-free. 505(1)(B)(withintenttocause,or
the IIM-A board of governors Assam and hill districts. Anglong Agreement (2021) in the Congress and Conrad bring peace, stability & prosper- Making a case for the sanc- "But we have made it optional. which is likely to cause, fear or
chairman Kumar Mangalam “InUpperAssam,ULFA-Iisstill Assam;theNLFT(SD)Agreement Sangma's NPP, the BJP did not ity”intheNorthEast.“Weallstand tions, Singh said: “The intent of The decision has been taken by alarm to the public, or to any sec-
Birla. Former IIM-A director active and we have also noticed (2019) to bring militants into the havetherepealof AFSPAasapart solidlyinsupportofthisstrongde- these sanctions is to change the the chief minister and all others tionofthepublic),and66-Fofthe
BakulDholakiasaidtheproposal the movement of other militant mainstream in Tripura; the Bru- of its manifesto. Instead, the BJP cision,” he tweeted. strategic calculus to show un- in consultation with the task Information Technology Act, for
“defieslogic”and will“dilutethe groupsinthatarea.Inthehilldis- Reang refugee agreement (2020) attacked the Congress on in- While AFSPA was repealed in equivocally that if he continues force and the health depart- allegedly sending WhatsApp
identity” of the country’s fore- tricts of Karbi Anglong and Dima for resettlement in Tripura. creased violence from insurgent Mizoram,TripuraandMeghalaya, towagethisneedless,illegal,un- ment," he said. messages “against the country”
most business school. Hasao, we have signed a peace On Tuesday, the chief minis- groups,aswellasallegedextra-ju- it still remains in force in parts of provoked war of aggression, it The Maharashtra govern- after the cricket match.
The existing logo is inspired treaty with Karbi groups, but our ters of Assam and Meghalaya dicial killings, which had taken Arunachal Pradesh. will be a strategic failure.” mentisyettoissueofficialorders The chargesheet had been
by lattice work of the Siddi dialoguewiththeDimasamilitant signed an agreement in the pres- place by security forces and the He listed out “five channels in this regard. filedunderthesameIPCsections.
Saiyyed Mosque in Ahmedabad organisation (Dimasa National ence of Shah to resolve six out of police. US Dy NSA of sanctions:” imposing “imme- Welcoming the bail,
and bears a Sanskrit shloka - Liberation Army) is in an ad- 12areasofdisputealongtheirbor- “There were two reasons for “No one should kid them- diateandacutecosts”onRussia's HC bail MadhuvanDutt,amemberofthe
Vidya Viniyogat Vikasa. vanced stage. The moment we der,resultinginabout70percent this. First of all, because we ex- selves -- Russia is going to be the largest banks and central bank; Sheikh and Showkat Ahmed accused'slegalcounselteam,said:
Dholakia, who was IIM-A di- signapeacetreatywithDNLA,we of the border between the two pected this to happen, and sec- junior partner in this relation- cuttingoff “necessary”technolo- Ganai have spent the past five “We thank the Honorable Court
rector between 2002 and 2007, will be able to withdraw AFSPA states becoming dispute-free. ondly we wanted our manifesto ship with China. And the more gies; revoking MFN status and monthsintheAgraDistrictJail,af- for looking at the merits of the
said at least 45 faculty members from the hill districts,” he said. The first major move at the to reflect new projects. Whereas leverage that China gains over denial of IMF, World Bank, bor- tertheywerearrestedonOctober case since the students do not
had signed the letter. Sarma saidthatinCachardis- Central level on AFSPA was taken scrutinising the need for AFSPA Russia, the less favourable that is rowing privileges from Russia; 26forcommentsmadefollowing have any criminal background
Thelettersaidtwonewlogos trict’sLakhipur,apartfromaHmar in 2004, when the Jeevan Reddy has been a continuous process,” for India,” he said. “I don't think “holding to account the Russian Pakistan's victory over India. The and hail from poor families. The
had been proposed — one inter- militantgroup,anumberofother CommitteesetupbythethenUPA Biren said. anyone would believe that if Kleptocracy” and “downgrading threewerestudyingatanAgraen- students will finally get to go
nationalandtheotherdomestic. insurgent outfits were active. government had recommended Fresh from his recent victory China once again breached the Russia's status as a leading en- gineering college under the PM home.”
The faculty was informed of this In Nagaland, the Centre ac- itsrepeal.Followingthis,aCabinet in the Assembly polls, Biren said Line of Actual Control, Russia ergy supplier.” Special Scholarship Scheme Nasir Khuehami, spokesper-
intheacademiccouncilmeeting cepted the recommendation of a sub-committeewasformedtoex- the Prime Minister had met the would come running in India's “I have come here in a spirit (PMSSS). sontheJ&KStudents'Association
onMarch4,itstated.“Thefaculty high-level committee formed in amine the matter. However, the “aspirations of the Northeast and defence. And so that's the con- of friendship to explain the InhisorderWednesday,Judge which has been assisting the stu-
members were never informed the aftermath of the Mon killings NDA government rejected the the Manipuri people in particu- text in which we really want the mechanisms of our sanctions, Ajay Bhanot said: "The unity of dents in their legal battle, said:
that there is a need to redesign and decided to withdraw AFSPA Reddy Committee's recommen- lar”. democracies across the world the importance of joining us to Indiaisnotmadeofbambooreeds "The three have suffered a great
the logo. Nor was a committee in a phased manner from April 1. dationsanddissolvedtheCabinet “This has been a long-stand- and specifically, the Quad to expresssharedresolveandtoad- which will bend to the passing deal,frombeingroughedupatthe
formed, that we are aware of, The withdrawal covers an area of sub-committee. (WITHJIMMY ingdemandanddesireofthepeo- come together and voice your vance shared interests. And, and windsofemptyslogans.Thefoun- Agra Sessions Court to facing re-
whose term of reference include 4,138sqkm,whichisabout25per LEIVONINIMPHAL) pleofthestate.ThePrimeMinister sharedinterestsandyourshared yes, there are consequences to dationsofournationaremoreen- current delays in hearing of their
logo redesign. No inputs were cent of the total area of the state. has created trust and confidence concerns about the develop- countries that actively attempt during.Eternalidealsbindthein- case. The bail order has restored
sought from faculty; no presen- The districts of Shamator, Northeast CMs among the people of Manipur. ments in Ukraine and the impli- to circumvent or backfill the destructible unity of India. andreposedthefaithofcommon
tationsweremade...,”itsaid. ENS Tseminyu and Tuensang are fully Thedevelopmentmarkedthe And this could only happen be- cations.” sanctions,” Singh said. Constitutionalvaluescreateanin- man in the judiciary.”
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Soon, no fine for not wearing
a mask in public: DDMA order withthedecisiontodoawaywith
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE fines. Dr T Jacob John, virologist
NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 from Christian Medical College-
Vellore,said,“Maskingmandates
THEDELHIDisasterManagement shoulddefinitelybeovernow,in-
Authority(DDMA)hasdecidedto stead the government should fo-
do away with fines for not wear- cusonpromotingmasksinplaces
ingmasksinpublic,officialssaid. like crowded markets. Masks
A meeting of the Authority, shoulddefinitelybepromoted—
headed by L-G Anil Baijal was The penalty for not wearing masks in public was reduced bytellingpeopleabouttheirben-
held Thursday where the deci- from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500 last month. Archive efits—especiallywithinhospitals
sion was taken. It was attended asitwillreduceotherrespiratory
byChiefMinisterArvindKejriwal, infections too. The only places
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, rev- from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500. those with flu-like symptoms. A where it should be avoided are
enue minister Kailash Gahlot, Accordingtosources,thepro- push for a sustained awareness ATMs and other security-sensi-
Chief Secretary Vijay Dev, AIIMS posal to lift fines entirely for not campaign for wearing masks is tive areas where facial recogni-
director Dr Randeep Guleria, wearingmaskswasdiscussedfor also expected, officials said. tion is important.”
NCDCheadDrSKSinghandICMR a long time, with some officials After the meeting, Baijal DrJugalKishore,head,depart-
Delhi’s Dr S Panda. suggesting the fines not be re- tweeted,“Whileappreciatingthe ment of community medicine at
Most Covid-related restric- moved entirely. “Many were of efforts made by all stakeholders Safdarjung Hospital, however,
tions,includingacaponthenum- the opinion that wearing masks in management of Covid, (I) em- saidmaskingshouldnotbeman-
ber of people who can attend should remain mandatory. phasisedupontheneedtofollow dated as it does little to prevent
weddings and funerals, market However, it was finally decided the five-fold strategy of Test, infections in a real-life setting:
timings,runningweeklymarkets that no fine would be issued. The Track,Treat,Vaccinateandadher- “Whenwesaythatif bothpeople
etc were lifted last month. While order will contain an advisory, ence to Covid Appropriate wearmasks,itreducestransmis-
fines for not wearing masks in a which asks people to remain Behaviour as advised by the sion by x per cent, results are
personal vehicle were lifted en- masked in public,” a source said. Ministry of Health and Family based on pristine lab conditions.
tirely,thepenaltyfornotwearing Officials,however,saidhospi- Welfare, Government of India.” In real life, no one can ensure
masks in public was reduced talswillbeaskedtotestandtrack Experts, meanwhile, agree proper and 100% masking.”
New Delhi: A 26-year-old man WALK-IN-INTERVIEW FOR ENGAGEMENT AS DOCTOR ON CONTRACTUAL BASIS
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names of four personnel, children.Hewascrossingtheroad day: “They have been through a hadanyconnectionwiththe de-
who gunned down as- togototheshopwhenaTharjeep Girdhar (39) was a mason lot... Around a year back, maasi ceased but there’s nothing. The AFTER HELMING the Delhi
sailants who killed gang- mowedhimdownatJanpathand (Rekha) lost her fifth child... he two are strangers and it was an MetroRailCorporationforovera
sterJitenderGogiatRohini the driver allegedly fled. diedsoonafterbirth.Theirthree- accident,” said an officer. decade, Managing Director
court last year, have also A mason from UP’s Jhansi, packed some for his wife and year-old son has also not been Police said while Arun was in ManguSinghbidsfarewelltothe
been mentioned. Girdhar is survived by his wife children. On our way back, he keeping well for a few months. the jeep, the NRI was in a white organisation he has been part of
Rekha and their four children said he forgot to take biscuits for Wetookhimtotwo-threedoctors Mercedes and he came back to since1998.Thepandemichitthe
SCtocivic aged 12, 8, 5 and 3. The family
livedatRajendraPrasadLaneand
the kids. I insisted that he come
back, but he said his kids are
but he keeps getting high fever
and has difficulty breathing. We
check on Girdhar minutes after
the incident. “The NRI was in an-
Metro’s ridership, he tells The
Indian Express, but is now 73% of
body:PayRs have now gone back to Jhansi.
A video of the incident was
waiting for biscuits and went
alone.IwishIcouldhavestopped
areallworried.Maasihasn’teaten
anything and is inconsolable.”
other car with a driver. When he
realised a pedestrian got into an
pre-Covidnumbers.Afullrecov-
ery, however, will take time.
Outgoing DMRC MD Mangu Singh (left) with his successor
Vikas Kumar.
2ksolatium circulated on social media. In it,
a red vehicle is seen hitting
him. After 5-10 minutes, people
started screaming and I found
Meanwhile, police said the
accuseddriver,Arun,wasbooked
accident because of his butler,
he came back to help. He has You have been associated
amonthto Girdhar, who was trying to cross
theroadinfrontof aLexusshow-
that my friend was severely in-
jured. He later died at the hospi-
under sections of rash driving
andcausingdeathbynegligence.
some stock and investment
business and has been staying at
with Delhi Metro since the
beginning. What do you see
How long do you
think it will take
people and serving
the purpose of pro-
Khorievictees roomatJanpath.Thedriver,who tal,” said Ali, who has known DCP (New Delhi) Amrutha a hotel in the capital for a as your biggest achievement? for Delhi Metro viding a world-class
CM flags off first e-auto fleet, 35 registered so far Audit team to look into structural
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, MARCH 31
been registered and around 20-
25 are in process of issuance of
registration,” said transport
DMRC for their last-mile con-
nectivity, which they have said
they will give to women auto
issues of 60 societies: Gurgaon DC
commissioner Ashish Kundra. drivers. That is still being structural audit team. They will, process—visualinspection,non-
BLUEANDlilacelectric autosbe- Online applications were in- processed by DMRC,” Kundra PAVNEET SINGH CHADHA prima facie, conduct verification destructivetesting,verificationof
gan plying on the city’s roads vited to allot 4,261 e-autos in said. GURGAON, MARCH 31 of infrastructure and structural grade,anddetailedstructuralau-
Thursday, after they were OctoberandNovemberlastyear. A total of 663 e-autos have issues of these societies. In cases dit—astheaudit’smethodology.
flagged off by Chief Minister Of these, 1,406 e-autos (33% of been allotted to the DMRC to be THEGURGAONdeputycommis- where larger structural issues The DC held a meeting with
Arvind Kejriwal. E-auto drivers the total) were meant to be for handed over to women drivers, sioner (DC)Thursdaygavedirec- persist, we will get a probe con- 12 structural audit firms, repre-
whohadcompletedtheregistra- women. But only 743 applica- withpermissiontooperatethem tions to constitute a structural ducted under the supervision of sentatives of RWAs and district
tion of their vehicles attended tions were received from through an aggregator. audit team that will address government agencies and in administrationofficialsThursday,
the flag-off. women. A fresh round of appli- Transport Minister Kailash complaints related to irregulari- cases where only smaller infra- and sought suggestions to make
Speaking at the event, cationswasinvitedfromwomen Gahlot, who attended the flag ties in construction and struc- structure issues are reported, highrisessafe.Officialssaidadis-
Kejriwal said: “With the launch E-autos have been allotted through a computerised draw. in February this year, and 93 off, said a subsidy of Rs 30,000 tural safety received from over these private agencies can pro- cussion was held on redressal of
of e-auto, 3,500 drivers’ families womenhaveapplied.Thelilace- per e-auto and a 5% rebate on 60 colonies and group housing pose corrective measures...” complaints related to structural
will now have a livelihood, autos are for women. loans has been ensured. “We are societies in the past two years. Hesaidthetermsandcriteria safetyofbuildingsandstepstobe
which includes 500 women — a fuel-based to electric ones. In women driving these e-autos “When we invited applica- in talks with the DMRC and we Gurgaon DC Nishant Kumar for empanelment in terms of taken to ensure that an incident
matter of great pride for Delhi.” this direction, these electric au- were handed their official docu- tions, we said one-third will be will ensure that charging facili- Yadav said, “Since over 60 com- costing, expenses for audit and like the one that occurred in
He added: “Keeping the situ- toshave beenintroduced,which ments.” for women. But not enough ties are made available at every plaints have been received from experience were also discussed. Chintels Paradiso society, where
ation of pollution in Delhi in will now regularly operate The e-autos have been allot- women were there, and who- Metro station soon,” he said, ac- societies, we have decided to Itwassuggestedbystructuralen- two women were killed after a
mind,wearegraduallyinitiating throughout Delhi. As a symbolic ted through a computerised ever applied got it. We have also cording to a communication empanel structural auditors and gineers that the administration largeportionofanapartmenthad
aparadigmshiftinvehiclesfrom gesture, some of the men and draw. “Around 35 e-autos have given a number of these to the from the Delhi government. private agencies as part of a needed to adopt a four-step collapsed, is not repeated.
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TALES OF EXPERIENCE LEFT BEHIND BY THOSE RETIRING, REMAINING MEMBERS HAVE TO TAKE THAT FORWARD: PM
Such a film should not have been cleared SC upholds HC order scrapping BJP, ally win both RS
seats from Assam
for screening: Pawar on Kashmir Files 10.5% quota for Vanniyars in TN
vires the Constitution, it said. TORA AGARWALA
shouldmakeeveryeffortfortheirrehabilita- NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 Thecourtalsoruledthatthoughtherewas NEW DELHI, MARCH 31
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NCP chief Sharad tion and not stoke anger against minorities. AHMEDABAD, MARCH 31 no fetter placed on the power of the state to
NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 Pawar said BJP Pawar'sremarkscomeatatimewhenthe legislate, and caste could be the basis of such A DAYof high drama, markedbythesuspen-
was creating a feeling that his party is going soft on the BJP THESUPREMECourtonThursdayupheldthe internal reservation, it could not be the sole sion of a Congress MLA and allegations of
AT A time when the BJP and the AAP are en- ‘poisonous wasgaininggroundwithintheShivSena,the Madras High Court judgment striking down basis. cross-voting, culminated in the BJP and ally
gaged in a war of words over Delhi Chief atmosphere’ NCP’s ally in Maharashtra’s ruling coalition. the law brought in Tamil Nadu last year that The Bench referred to the SupremeCourt United Peoples Party Liberal (UPPL) winning
Minister Arvind Kejriwal's comments onthe Pawar also criticised the BJP for dragging provided 10.5 per cent reservation to ruling in the Indra Sawhney case, saying “on both Rajya Sabha seats from Assam.
movie The Kashmir Files, NCP chief Sharad JawaharlalNehruintothedebateoverKashmir. Vanniyars,withintheMostBackwardClasses the issueof caste-basedclassification”, ithad OnThursdaynight,AssamChief Minister
Pawar on Thursday accused the BJP of creat- promoting the movie. The party’s communi- He argued that it was V P Singh who was PM (MBC) community, in government jobs and “stated that caste could be the starting point Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted: “We won
ing a “poisonous atmosphere” by spreading cation department head Randeep Surjewala when the exodus of Kashmir Pandits began. admission to educational institutions. but not sole basis. Similarly, caste can be the both the Rajya Sabha seats from Assam (one
“false propaganda” about the exodus of had accused the government of trying to “TheVPSinghgovernmentwasbackedby The top court said it was done solely on starting point for providing internal reserva- bytheBJPandotherbyUPPL,ourpartner)by
Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley. spread hatred in society through the movie. the BJP. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was the the basis of numbers without adequate data tion but it is incumbent on the state govern- ahugemarginof 11and9votesrespectively.”
“Suchafilmshouldnothavebeencleared Pawar said that Kashmiri Pandits did, in- homeministerandJagmohan,wholatercon- to show the relative backwardness of the ment to justify the reasonableness of the de- The ruling BJP-led coalition had fielded
for screening. But it is given tax concessions deed, have to flee the Valley, but he pointed tested the Lok Sabha polls from Delhi as a BJP Vanniyar community. cision and to demonstrate that caste is not Pabitra Margherita (of the BJP) and Rwngra
andthoseresponsibleforkeepingthecountry outthatMuslims,too,weretargetedinasim- candidate, was the governor of Jammu and Upholding the HC judgment, a Bench of the sole basis”. Narzary (of the UPPL), both of whom won.
united are encouraging people to watch the ilar manner. “Pakistan-based terror groups Kashmir,” Pawar said. He added that the then Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai said The Madras HC had ruled that the law Former state Congress president Ripun Bora
film that stokes anger among people,” Pawar wereresponsiblefor the attackson Kashmiri J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah had quit itwasof theopinionthatthelawdidnotpro- brought in bythethenAIADMKgovernment lost the lone seat the party was contesting.
said, addressing a convention of the minori- Pandits and Muslims,” he said. followingdifferenceswithJagmohan,andthat vide any substantial basis to treat Vanniyar shortly before the elections was without The days leading up to voting had wit-
ties department of the Delhi unit of his party. If the Narendra Modi government really itwasthegovernorwhofacilitatedthedepar- as a separate group as compared to others quantifiable data on the socio-educational nessed the Congress and the AIUDF levelling
TheCongress,too,hadattackedtheBJPfor cared about Kashmiri Pandits, Pawar said, it ture of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley. among MBCs. Thus, the 2021 Act was ultra status of the Vanniyars. allegationsof cross-votingagainsteachother.
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kehna...”—thisevergreenKishoreKumarsongsungbyagroup Sources said a team of rooms with quarters for the do-
of MPs summed up the mood of the lawmakers at a dinner Directorate of Estates personnel mestic help, are allotted to serv-
hostedThursdaybyRajyaSabhaChairmanMVenkaiahNaidu will be sent on Monday to begin ingministers,RajyaSabhamem-
for the retiring MPs. It was a welcome break for MPs from eviction. Since Pokhriyal is no bers, and senior members of the
across thepolitical divideasthey entertainedeach otherwith longer a minister, he is not eligi- judiciary. Pokhriyal was allotted
songs. While DMK's Tiruchi Siva sang P B Sreenivas's 1960's ble for a Type VIII accommoda- the property when he was the
hit Tamil song 'Mouname paarvaiyaal Oru paattu paataven- tion, said sources. Union Education Minister.
dum',NCP'sVandanaChavansangtheKishoreKumarnumber 27, Safdarjung Road, a corner However,citinghealthconcerns,
'Ruk jaana nahin tu kahin haarke" and Sonal Mansingh sang a bungalownearSafdarjung'sTomb he resigned from the post in July
Meera bhajan. Trinamool's Dola Sen and BJP's Rupa Ganguly inLutyens'Delhi,washometothe last year, just ahead of the
sang Bangla songs. TMC's Santanu Sen played the guitar, and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla with US Deputy Scindiasforyears.Itwasearlieral- Cabinet reshuffle. As per the
outgoing BJP member Ramachandra Jhangra regaled every- NSA Economics Daleep Singh in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Delhi. PTI lotted to Scindia's late father, rules,heshouldhavevacatedthe
onewithaHindisong.PrimeMinisterNarendraModiattended MadhavraoScindia,whenhewas premises within one month of
the dinner, as did floor leaders of all political parties. a Union minister. Jyotiraditya his resignation.
haveoutlinedtheUK'sapproach perative. “When oil prices go up, August last year, when Taliban Scindiaoccupiedthebungalowtill In its latest eviction notice on
SHUBHAJIT ROY to sanctions and the fact that we Ithinkit'snaturalforcountriesto took over the country. 2019,whenheleftafterlosingthe February 3, the Department of
ANUNSCRIPTEDsharpexchange
are ending our dependence on
Russian oil by the end of this
year…Indiaisasovereignnation.
go out into the market and look
forwhataregooddealsforthem.
But I am pretty sure if we wait
Jaishankar said: “I would say
some of it also depends on prox-
imity.Someofitdependsonhow
Lok Sabha elections.
According to sources, after
Scindia switched over to the BJP
Estates said "all persons who
may be in occupation of the said
premises, 27, Safdarjung Road"
THE BJP headquarters will have a special visitor this week — Thursday between External I'mnotgoingtotellIndiawhatto twoorthreemonthsandactually strongly a particular country or and was made Union minister are ordered to vacate the prem-
on his maiden visit to India, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Affairsminister S Jaishankarand do.WhatIhavesaidisasamem- look at who are the big buyers of societyrelatestowhatishappen- lastyear,hewasgiventheoption ises with immediate effect. The
Bahadur Deuba will be at the BJP office on party president J P his counterpart, visiting British ber of the UK Government that Russian gas and oil, I suspect the ing.Ithinkwhatwesawhappen- of at least three bungalows. But ordernotedthatif theoccupants
Nadda’s invitation. Party leaders say the invitation was ex- ForeignSecretaryLizTruss,high- has signed up to the Budapest list won't be very different from ing in Afghanistan last summer he requested to be allotted 27, refused to comply, they were "li-
tended to markthe long-standingwarmandcordialrelations lightedthedivergencesbetween Memorandum, I feel a strong re- what it used to be. And I suspect hadastrongimpacthere.Iwould SafdarjungRoad.WithPokhriyal able to be evicted from the said
between the two countries. This is also perhaps the first time NewDelhiandLondonontheis- sponsibility on behalf of the we won't be at the top 10 of that sayitdidn'thavethesameimpact not vacating the premises, premises, if need be, by the use
that a visiting head of state will be at the party headquarters. sue of sanctions on Russia. United Kingdom to take all the list,” Jaishankar said. in Europe. I think people didn't Scindiahas been livingat hispri- of force as may be necessary".
WithSecretaryTrusslistening, action we can, to support the On how China will behave necessarily relate to the coming vate residence in Anand Lok. WhilePokhriyaldidnotwant
NO RECUSAL, PLEASE Jaishankar said talk of sanctions
“lookslikeacampaign”anditwas
people of Ukraine but that is not
the same as going around telling
seeing Russian aggression, she
said, “I have spoken to my
oftheTalibanthesameway.They
didn't identify with people who
"Ramesh Pokhriyal has been
living at 27, Safdurjung Road
to comment on the matter, a
source close to him said the Lok
SUPREME COURT judge Justice Krishna Murari on Thursday Europe that was buying more oil other countries what to do”. Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. are affected the same way. Truth sincethepastfewyears.Butsince Sabha Secretariat had informed
soughttorecusehimselffromabenchhearingamatterinvolv- from Russia than before the war. Jaishankar responded by un- China is clear that it respects is, many of us have similar or he is no longer a union minister, theurbandevelopmentministry
ing Spicejet and its former promoter, Kalanithi Maran, as his While the British Foreign derlining that in March, Europe Ukraine sovereignty, and that is sharedbeliefs,values,butthereis hewasgivenanewaccommoda- last year thatPokhriyalwasenti-
son works with the airline. CJI N V Ramana, who was heading Secretary repeatedly talked had bought 15 per cent more oil an important principle that as a abilitytorelate,theabilitytoiden- tionat2,TughlaqLanebuthasso tled to a Type VIII bungalow.
the bench, conveyed this to senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi about Russian aggression, and gas from Russia than it did memberof theP-5andarespon- tify, some of it is proximity… the farnotmovedout.Ateamwillbe Following this, the source said,
and Dushyant Dave, who appeared for the two sides, but they Jaishankar did not name Russia the month before. “If you look at sible nation, China needs to stick intensity of the reaction may not sent on Monday to begin the Pokhriyal asked the ministry to
“insisted” that the judge hear it. “In England, son can appear in his statements during the 45- the major buyers of oil and gas to. And therefore we shouldn't be the same all over the world.” eviction," said a senior official. allow him to retain the accom-
before the father judge and have lunch together. What is this minute panel discussion at the from Russia, I think you'll find seeChinasupportingRussia'sac- Accordingtosources,despite modation on Safdarjung Road,
misunderstanding we have in our country,” asked Dave. first India-UK Strategic Futures most of them are in Europe. We tions in Ukraine.” Lavrov to meet PM repeated notices from the which is a Type VIII bungalow.
Weighing in, the CJI remarked, “The walls of maintaining dis- Forum, jointly organised by ourselves get the bulk of our en- On the imperatives of taking Russian Foreign minister Directorate of Estates, Pokhriyal "However, when he did not hear
tanceismoreinSC.InHC,wehadnosuchproblem.Theyused Indian Council of World Affairs ergy supplies from the Middle a moral position, Jaishankar Sergey Lavrov, who arrived on has resisted eviction. He sought from the ministry, he informed
to come to our chambers. Here the distance is 1 km.” Rohatgi and Policy Exchange. This fol- East, about 7.5-8 pc of our oil drewparallelswiththesituation Thursday, will meet Jaishankar permission to retain the bunga- them that he would move to the
saidwhathappensinthecourtshouldhavenobearingonwhat lowed a bilateral meeting. from the US in the past, maybe in Afghanistan last year and said and PM Narendra Modi on low, but his request was denied. Type VII bungalow allotted to
happensoutside,andadded,“YourLordshipsshouldbreakthis In response to questions on less than percent from Russia.” that how Europe was not af- Friday, Russian Foreign ministry According to the rules of the himtilltheyfindaTypeVIIIbun-
rule.”ButtheCJIsaid,“Thatistheculturedevelopedhere,which India buying oil from Russia at HesaidthatIndia’spurchases fectedthesamewayasIndiawas spokesperson Maria Zakharova Directorate of Estate, Type VIII galow. He will move by April 2,"
Icannotchange.”Withthecounselsupporting,thebenchcom- discounted rates, Truss said: “I werebasedontheeconomicim- due to the turn of events in was quoted as saying. bungalows, which have seven said the source.
prising Justice Murari went on to hear the matter.
From an English teacher to Army jawan and Yogi’s new target: 10,000 jobs in 100 days
PoW, to the leader of Gujjar quota agitation MAULSHREE SETH
Evam Pronnati (Promotion)
Board, the chief minister told
With incidents of paper leak
casting uncertainty over the ex-
him, Kumar, an IPS officer, was
suspended for allegedly failing
careerasamiddleschoolteacher Devi contested the panchayat LUCKNOW, MARCH 31 themtoshortentherecruitment aminations, the chief minister to control crime in the district,
HAMZA KHAN in Karauli and was soon pro- poll in 2001 and won. He then process and ensure digitisation also told the chairpersons to se- the government said. "The sus-
JAIPUR, MARCH 31 moted to the position of an contested the Zila Parishad elec- AFTER FACING the Opposition's for transparency. lect those agencies for conduct- pensions have sent several mes-
English teacher at a secondary tion as a BJP candidate, but lost heatovertheunemployment is- “The chief minister directed ing examinations that do not sages.Firstof all,thegovernment
FROM AN English teacher to a school.Decadeslater,hisfluency again. While Gujjars had been sue in the recently concluded officialstoexploretheuseoftech- have a “tainted past”. He also di- is serious about zero tolerance
Prisoner of War (PoW) to one of in English and Hindi came in seekingreservationthroughtheir Assembly election campaign, nology for conducting competi- rected officers to ensure that toward corruption and crime.
the tallest Gujjar leaders, Kirori handywhenhespearheadedthe inclusion in the STs category UttarPradeshChief MinisterYogi tive examinations to ensure reservation norms are followed Failing to tackle them will entail
SinghBainsla,whowasthearchi- K.S. BAINSLA Gujjar quota stir. since the mid-1970s, this gained Adityanath on Thursday chaired transparencyandreducetheinci- in the selection process. action,” said a senior officer.
tectof theGujjarreservationagi- 1939-2022 Bainslajoinedthearmyinhis tractionintherun-uptothe2003 a meeting of the heads of all the dentsof paperleaktoalmostnil,” In his previous term, the BJP Thursday's decisions are an
tation in Rajasthan, passed away early 20s as a jawan. He was part Rajasthan Assembly elections. state recruitment boards and Director (Information) Shishir governmenthadfacedallegations extension of the chief minister's
inJaipuronThursdaymorningaf- of it in the war against China in Duringher‘ParivartanYatra’,BJP gave them the target to give jobs Singh,whowasalsointhemeet- of neglecting reservation norms recent direction to officials and
teraprolongedillness.Hewas82. clared) brought dead.” 1962 as well as the wars against leader Vasundhara Raje, on June to over 10,000 youths in the first ing, told The Indian Express. intheselectionprocess–acharge ministerstoset threeshort-term
Bainsla's son Vijay told The Bainsla is survived by three Pakistan in 1965 and 1971. He 18,2003,madeacommitmentto 100 days of his second term. With allegations of the re- refuted by his government. goals –first100days,sixmonths
Indian Express, “He asked us for sons and a daughter. His funeral was a PoW in the 1965 war. He Gujjars for their inclusion in the In a high-level review meet- cruitment process extending for Earlier in the day, the CM or- and 1 year – for the government.
some water at around 5.30 am will take place on Friday at his retiredasaLieutenantColonelin STs list, if voted to power. ing with the chairpersons of Lok months and sometimes years, dered the suspension of Inthefirstweekof hissecond
and went to sleep. He didn’t native Moondiya village in 1994.Hethenreturnedtohisna- WhileBainslahadgrabbedna- Sewa Aayog, Uttar Pradesh Adityanath also directed the se- Sonbhadra District Magistrate term,soonafterheallocatedport-
wakeupfollowingthat.Wetried Karauli in eastern Rajasthan, tive village and started harbour- tionalheadlinesin2007-08,itwas Adhinasta Sewa Aayog, Uttar lectionboardchairpersonstoen- TK Shibu and Ghaziabad SSP foliostohisministers,Adityanath
cardiopulmonary resuscitation family sources said. ing political ambitions. He con- the2010-11developmentswhich Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha surethatrecruitmentrelatedtoa Pawan Kumar. While Shibu, an not only set out goals for his gov-
(CPR) and even took him to a Born on September 12, 1939, tested panchayat elections in cemented his status as one of the Sewa Chayan Board as well as particularfinancialyearorsession IASofficer,wassuspendedforal- ernmentbutalsoemphasisedfix-
hospital where he was (de- at Moondiya, Bainsla started his 1996 but lost. His wife Resham tallest leaders of the community. UttarPradeshPoliceSewaBharti iscompletedinthatsessionitself. legations of corruption against ing the accountability.
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Journalist Rana Gujarat passes Bill to BAJRANG DAL WORKER’S MURDER Ponzi firm owner held for Rs 500 crore fraud in Odisha
Ayyub moves Karnataka court orders Bhubaneswar: The Economic Thursday arrested the head of a swindling Rs 500 crore. The firm
HC against ED pave way for 11 new probe against minister for Offences Wing (EOW) of the
Odisha Crime Branch on
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private universities ‘provocative speech’ Government of India
Department of Atomic Energy
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE out of a total 19 applications for
NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 RITU SHARMA newuniversities11havebeenap- CriminalProcedureCode(CrPC). Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
GANDHINAGAR, MARCH 31 proved. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE KS Eshwarappa (accused 1) and
TWO DAYS after she was The Bill was unanimously BENGALURU, MARCH 31 another Bharatiya Janata Party NUCLEAR RECYCLE BOARD(NRB), Mumbai
stoppedatMumbai airportfrom THE Gujarat Assembly Thursday passedamidobjectionsexpressed (BJP)leaderChannabasappa(ac-
flying to London, journalist Rana unanimouslypassedTheGujarat by the opposition to increasing ASPECIALcourtforpeople’srep- cused2)havebeennamedasthe ADVERTISEMENT NO. 01/2022(NRB)
Ayyub on Thursday approached Private Universities privatisationintheeducationsec- resentatives has directed the respondents in the case.
RECRUITMENT FOR SELECTION OF STIPENDIARY TRAINEES
Delhi High Court against the (Amendment) Bill, 2022, paving torwithoutanygovernmentcon- Karnataka Police to register a Riyazallegedthatevenbefore
lookout circular issued against wayforelevenprivateuniversities trol over institutes in matters like case against Rural Development theDoddapetepolicearrestedthe (CATEGORY – I & II), SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT/B & TECHNICIAN/B FOR
her by the Enforcement including Adani University, fee and admissions. and Panchayat Raj Minister KS accused in the murder,
Directorate (ED) in connection Transstadia University, Whileexpressingtheirobjec- Eshwarappa over his alleged Eshwarappahadbegunpropagat- NRB (TARAPUR & KALPAKKAM) & PRPD, KALPAKKAM
with a case of alleged money SwaminarayanUniversityamong tions, Congress MLAs Virji provocativespeechafterBajrang ingpubliclythatHarshawaskilled Online APPLICATIONS are invited from the eligible candidates for
laundering. otherssetupbycorporateentities, Thummar and Kirit Patel sug- Dal member Harsha’s murder in due to “political and religious”
Ayyub’s counsel made a religious and social trusts in the gested including MLAs in the Shivamogga in February. causes, promoting enmity be- appointment to the following posts:
mentioning for urgent listing of state. committeesofprivateuniversities Hearing a private complaint tween Hindus and Muslims. 1.Stipendiary Trainee Category-I Total No.of posts :71 (UR-27,
the case before the division With the passing of this Bill, to monitor their activities. registered by Riyaz Ahamed, a Eshwarappa’swords, Riyaz said,
bench headed by acting Chief thenumberofprivateuniversities “Make an arrangement resident of Shivamogga, judge “triggered a violent funeral pro- EWS- 8, OBC-18, SC-10, ST-7 & PWD-1 )
JusticeVipinSanghionThursday in the state will increase from ex- wheretwoMLAscanbeincluded Preeth J ordered the Doddapete cession on February 21 in which 2.Stipendiary Trainee Category-II Total No.of posts :189 (UR-118,
morning. isting43to54.Amongthesenew inthecommitteesoftheseprivate policeto investigate the case un- stones were hurled at buildings
Justice Sanghi said the mat- universities, three are in universities for monitoring and der section 156 (3) of the and vehicles were torched”. EWS-14, OBC-33, SC-23 & PWD-1)
ter will ordinarily be listed for Gandhinagar, two each in control. As these private univer- 3.Scientific Assistant/B (Safety) (Direct Recruitment) Total No.of
Friday in case it is filed before Ahmedabad and Junagadh, and sities charge exorbitant fee from
noon. Later, the case was cleared one each in Bhavnagar, Surat, students and many a times mer- Post : 01 ( UR)
for hearing on Friday before Kheda and Patan. itorious students are not able to
Justice Chandra Dhari Singh. Education Minister Jitu get admission,” said Virji
4.Technician/B (Library Science) (Direct Recruitment) Total No.of
In the petition, Ayyub has VaghaniinformedtheHousethat Thummar. Post : 01 (PwBD – HH(PD)
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gencies, some of them up to 60 years old. A In Manipur, too, it was imposed in 1958 in killings alleged 1,528 fake encounters had ment. The Centre takes its decision after hav-
numberofmajorgroupswerealreadyintalks thethreeNaga-dominateddistrictsofSenapati, takenplaceinthestatefromMay1979toMay ingreceivedarecommendationfromthestate
with the Indian government, and these talks TamenglongandUkhrul,wheretheNNCwas 2012.TheSupremeCourtsetupacommission government.Therehavebeeninstanceswhere
ITDIFFERENTFROMGMTECHNOLOGY?
received traction during the current regime. active.Itwasimposedinthe1960sintheKuki- to scrutinise six of these cases, and the com- theCentrehasoverruledthestate,suchasthe
In Nagaland, all major groups — the Zomi dominated Manipur district of mission found all six to be fake encounters. imposition of AFSPA in Tripura in 1972.
NSCN(I-M)andNagaNationalPoliticalGroups Churachandpur,whichwasundertheswayof The fight to repeal AFSPA has largely been
(NNPGs)—areatadvancedstagesofconclud- theMizoinsurgentmovement,andextended Arethereanychecksandbalances? driven by civil society groups. Until the Oting
INDIA HAS allowed easier clearance GMO development ing agreements with the government. totherestof thestatein1979,whengroupsin While the Act gives powers to security firing, no state government had openly de-
norms for "genome edited plants falling Ingeneticallymodifiedorganisms,the In Manipur, insurgency as well as heavy the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley groups forces to open fire, this cannot be done with- mandedtherepealofAFSPAfromtheirstates.
in the categories of SDN1 and SDN2", dis- geneticmaterialof thehostismodifiedby militarisation have been on the decline since began an armed insurgency. outpriorwarninggiventothesuspect.It says After Oting, the Nagaland Assembly passed a
tinguishing them from genetically mod- introducing foreign genetic material. Soil 2012,whentheSupremeCourtstartedhearing Assecessionistandnationalistmovements thatafterapprehensionof suspects,thesecu- resolutionforthefirsttimeforrepealofAFSPA.
ified (GM) crops. bacteriaisthebestsourceforgenes.Incot- a PIL on extra-judicial killings. startedsproutinginotherNortheasternstates, rity forces have to hand them over to the lo- Three chief ministers —Neiphiu Rio of
ton for example, the introduction of the In Nagaland, the killing of 14 villagers in AFSPA started being extended and imposed. cal police station within 24 hours. It says the Nagaland, N Biren of Manipur, and Conrad
Genome editing cry1Acandcry2Abgenesminedfromthe Oting, Mon,isseenashavinghadatellingim- armed forces must act in cooperation with Sangma of Meghalaya — have demanded its
A decade ago, a technique to ‘cut’ DNA soilbacteriumBacillusthuringiensis(Bt)al- pact on reviving the demand to repeal AFSPA. WhathasmadeAFSPAunpopularamong the district administration and not as an in- repeal.
strands and edit genes was discovered, lowsthecottonplanttogenerateendotox-
How does provident fund interest rate cut impact your retirement corpus?
of Rs 450 crore after disbursing the interest.
Keepingtherateat8.5%wouldhaveresulted KEY NUMBERS instruments that generates a positive post-
tax real interest.
TheBudgetproposalbecameeffectiveon
April 1, 2021. The annual contribution to EPF
in a deficit of Rs 3,500 crore. Labour and Employment Minister and Gratuity — and also voluntary contribu-
THE EPFO'S corpus for FY22 stood Ministry data. EPFO has also Bhupender Yadav, while announcing the in- tions to EPF — will be added. If the aggregate
HowdoEPFratescomparewithsmall at Rs 9.4 lakh crore, up from Rs 8.29 redeemed Non-Convertible terestrate,said:“EPFO’sinvestmentsarenot contributionexceedsRs2.5lakh,theinterest
savingsinstruments? lakh crore last fiscal. Its income Debentures of Air India in EPFO’s like commercial bonds; it’s a commitment, income on that will be taxed at the marginal
Even after the rate has been cut by 40 ba- from investments in 2021-22 was Rs portfolio, raising Rs 8,944.32 crore assurance to workers. The Trust’s money tax rate. Importantly, only the contribution
sis points and there has been no downward 76,768 crore, compared to about Rs against the face value of Rs shouldbesafe,secure,andofferoptimumre- linked to the employee’s component — not
Aanchal Magazine revision for small savings instruments, EPF,
which enjoys ‘EEE’ benefit (at all three stages
70,457 crore in 2020-21. 7,772.50 crore. turns.Thisinterestratecomesatatimewhen
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TWO WEEKS after the Central Board of offers the highest return to subscribers. Last February, resulted in realisation of aftermath of the pandemic. Until rate in the range of 6.8-7.1%. Social security tributions above Rs 2.5 lakh will be taxed at
Trustees of the Employees’ Provident Fund year,the2021-22Budgetproposedtotaxthe capital gains of Rs 5,529.7 crore, Dec 31, EPFO had settled 56.79 lakh has to be kept in mind along with the global thesamemarginaltaxrate.Thismeans,if an
Organisation (EPFO) recommended a cut in interest income on contributions exceeding which will be included in the claims worth Rs 14,310.21 crore situationandmarketvolatility.Wecannotin- individualcontributesRs3lakheveryyearto
interest rates from 8.5% to 8.1% for 2021-22, Rs2.5lakhinayear.Againsttheinterestoffer- income for 2021-22, as per Labour provided under the advance facility. vest in instruments with high risk, so the in- PF(includingvoluntaryPFcontribution)then
theCentreonThursdayannounceditwould ing of 8.1% on EPF, the highest interest offer- terest rate was recommended at 8.10%..." theinterestonhercontributionaboveRs2.5
hold the interest rates on small savings ing among small schemes is 7.6% for invest- Over the years, the Finance Ministry has lakh — that is, Rs 50,000 — will be taxed. So,
schemes. This came as a surprise — after the mentsintheSukanyaSamriddhiScheme.The March2021,andwhomakesanannualcon- cuttingtheinterestrate? questioned the high rate retained by EPFO, the interest income of Rs 4,050 (8.1% on Rs
EPF rate cut, markets were expecting small seniorcitizens’savingsschemeoffers7.4%,and tributionofRs1.2lakhthatgrowsat5%every Thecutinratesisablowtoalargesection and has nudgeditto cutitto sub-8% levels. It 50,000) will be taxed at the marginal rate. If
savings rates to be reduced. PublicProvidentFund7.1%. year on account of salary hikes, would have of the salaried class that mostly saves for re- hadquestionedthe2019-20and2018-19in- the individual falls in the highest tax bracket
The post-tax return of 8.1% on EPF is the seen her corpus grow to Rs 1.32 crore at the tirementandotherkeylifegoalsthroughEPF. terestratesof 8.65%,asalsotheEPFO’sexpo- of 30%, she will have to pay tax of Rs 1,262.
lowestrateinatleastfourdecades.TheEPFO, Howwilltheratecutimpactthecorpus? endof 20yearsat8.5%.At8.1%,however,this At a time when CPI inflation has crossed 6%, suretoIL&FSandsimilarentities,whichwas For an individual contributing Rs 12 lakh
which has an active subscriber base of more Itwillhaveanotableimpactattheendof willgrowtoonlyRs1.25crore—Rs7lakhless. most fixed income instruments, including deemed "risky". inayear,thetaxwillbeapplicableoninterest
than 6.7 crore and 6.9 lakh contributing es- service. For example, an individual who has fixed deposits, are generating negative post- income on Rs 9.5 lakh (Rs 12 lakh minus Rs
tablishments,willhaveanestimatedsurplus an EPF corpus of Rs 10 lakh at the end of Whathasthegovernmentsaidon tax real interest rates. EPF is among the few HowwillthetaxonEPFincomework? 2.5lakh).HertaxliabilitywouldbeRs23,985.
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No-confidence motion against Imran Khan does
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
not signal deepening of democracy in Pakistan
O
inghistenure.WhatwentwrongwithImran hadhiswayinmovingHameedoutof theISI, Imran Khan to power and warded off threats
N A DAY when Union Home Minister Amit Shah was making a vivid speech Khan’s prime ministership? What does his but the damage was done. This was followed fromhisopponentsandtheir“neutrality”has
in Parliament, invoking “janata ka faisla (people’s verdict)” and taunting po- impending departure mean for Pakistan and bysignalsofneutralityinpoliticalaffairsfrom placed him on a slippery slope. As the num-
India? thearmyleadership.TheOpposition’sefforts bers game turned decisively against Khan on
liticalopponentsincludingtheAamAadmiParty,whilerespondingtothede-
ImranKhan’spoliticalcareer—whichwas that had hitherto failed to dislodge Imran March30,BajwametbothhimandPresident
bateontheDelhiMunicipalCorporation(Amendment)Bill2022,asectionof flounderingsincethefoundingofthePakistan Khan from office gathered steam, culminat- Arif Alvi,signallingthathewasnotadisinter-
his partymen pushed their way up to the Delhi Chief Minister’s residence and acted like Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1996 -- was given a ing in a joint no-confidence motion against ested bystander.
lumpens. Nearly 200 members of the BJP’s youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha boost by the army from 2011 onwards to thegovernment.Thesmallpartiesalliedwith Though Imran Khan has proved to be ut-
(BJYM),brokethroughbarricades,vandalisedaCCTVcamera,kickedandbangedthemain counter Nawaz Sharif. He promised “Naya thegovernmenthadstartedhobnobbingwith terly inept, his fate begs the question — yet
gate and threw colour on it. They were ostensibly protesting against CM Kejriwal’s com- Pakistan”andwonthe2018electionwiththe the Opposition. The dissidents within the PTI again--whetheranyprimeminister,eventhe
army’s support. This resulted in a hybrid also found their voice. The ensuing wheeling mostcompetentone,cansucceedinPakistan
mentsearlieronthefilm,‘TheKashmirFiles,’intheDelhiAssembly.TheywereledbyBJYM
arrangement, in which Khan flaunted his and dealing have resulted in the numbers in without a radical shift in its internal and ex-
national president and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, the leadership’s posterboy who has acquired proximity to the army and was seen as doing theNationalAssemblyshiftingagainstImran ternal orientation. The civil-military imbal-
areputationformakingincendiaryremarksagainstminorities—andwho,recently,hadto its bidding. He adopted an autocratic style of Khan and, barring a last-minute miracle, the ance ends up paralysing every prime minis-
“unconditionally” swallow some of his words when, ahead of the Goa polls, he made a governance,therebyalienatingsomecloseas- fate of his government appears sealed. ter. Further, Pakistan’s army-led adversarial
provocation too many, calling for bringing back into the Hindu fold all those who had con- sociates. He hounded his political opponents Owing to the army’s tight Themost-talked-ofscenariointheeventof posturetowardsamuchbiggerandbetteren-
verted to Islam and Christianity. Surely, the BJP can spot the bizarre contrast in these two through selective accountability and gal- control over Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s ouster is a government headed dowedIndiaplacesunsustainableburdenson
vanised them into joint action. However, he foreign and security policies, by PML(N) President Shehbaz Sharif, who is its cash-strapped economy.
scenesof ademocracy.Surely,itcannotcongratulateitself forimpalingtheOppositionwith
did not display the requisite political and ad- more acceptable to the army than his elder Owing to the army’s tight control over
sharpargumentsontheflooroftheHouse,thehighestforumofdebate,withoutfirstexpress- ministrative acumen to deal with Pakistan’s the fate of a civilian leader brother,Nawaz.However,hemaynotwantto Pakistan’s foreign and security policies, the
ing contrition for the thuggish protest outside the Delhi CM’s residence on Wednesday. intractable problems. can, at best, have a marginal remain in power for too long and incur the fateofacivilianleadercan,atbest,haveamar-
The hostilities between the BJP and AAP have recently received a boost due to the lat- Lessthanfouryearslater,heisontheedge impact on Pakistan’s external burdenofanti-incumbency.Oppositionunity ginal impact on Pakistan’s external posture
ter’s Punjab victory. Its high-profile success for the second time in Delhi had already set of apoliticalprecipiceandNayaPakistancon- posture and key will also not last too long as all parties posi- and key relationships. The dispensation suc-
itona collisioncoursewiththeBJP.Atthe same time,ithas alsobecome clear that theAAP tinues to stare at its long-standing problems. tionthemselvesfortheelectiondueinthenor- ceeding Imran Khan’s -- in the event of his
He has presided over an economy charac- relationships. The mal course in the second half of 2023. ouster--willtakepowerwithPakistanalready
is carving out for itself a less tidy, more complex trajectory. On the BJP-led Centre’s August
terisedbyhighinflation,sliding(Pakistani)ru- dispensation succeeding Therefore,Pakistancouldseeanearlyelection. in an electoral cycle and is likely to focus on
5 scrapping of Article 370 in Kashmir, for instance, the AAP was the first in the Opposition
pee,dwindlingforeignexchangereservesand Imran Khan’s — in the event The army seems to have no clear favourite as theeconomytogivesomerelieftopeopleand
to explicitly support the decision. It has also not hesitated to take the battle to the BJP a mounting debt burden. The relationship of now and unless it acquires one before the earn their goodwill, thus ruling out any bold
with its own endorsement of, and participation in, a performative patriotism and reli- of his ouster — will take
with India remains fraught. His attempts to election,itmaysettleforalessthanidealsce- foreign policy moves. If, however, the eco-
giosity in public spaces, be it in a temple in Delhi or Ayodhya. Whether or not the AAP’s forge a relationship that goes beyond power with Pakistan already nario, confident of its ability to deal with an nomic focus leads to a move to resume trade
strategy is the best way to take on the BJP’s challenge is debatable. But it may have al- Afghanistan with the Biden administration in an electoral cycle and is inconvenient dispensation. with India (its suspension since August 2019
ready made it a little more difficult for the BJP to label Kejriwal’s party as “anti Hindu” or have failed. He managed to alienate Saudi likely to focus on the Imran Khan has responded by, inter alia, has hurt the Pakistani economy and is resen-
Arabia in 2020, making them recall one of wrappinghimselfintheflagandclaimingthat ted by segments of trade and industry), we
“pro Muslim” or "pro terror" reflexively, a ploy it uses with almost every Opposition party.
their loans and end the deferred payment fa-
economy to give some relief he has defended Pakistan’s interests despite shouldfacilitatetheprocessasithelpsourex-
Perhaps the lumpenism by the BJYM Wednesday was meant to pin one of these labels cilityforoilimports.Thearmyleadershiphad to people and earn their external pressures. This is also an attempt at porterstoo.Moreover,Khanhaspaintedhim-
on AAP. Or it was a show of muscle by a party out to fix anyone who stands up to disagree. tostepintomollifytheSaudis.Hehasfailedto goodwill, thus ruling out any image-buildingforfuturepoliticalbattles.He self into a corner by calling for the reversal of
Whatever it was, the BJP must condemn itunequivocally. And Delhi Police,which registe- stem extremism and terrorism. bold foreign policy moves. If, alleges a foreign conspiracy and funding to thedecisiontowithdrawthespecialstatusof
red an FIR against “unidentified persons” even though the culprits are caught on camera, Every civilian surrogate promoted by the oust him and has played up a letter purport- JammuandKashmirforanybilateralengage-
armyhassoonerorlaterfeltstifledanddefied
however, the economic focus edlyconveyingathreatfromanAmericanof- ment,indulginginanti-Indiarhetoricandpok-
brazen and unabashed, must know that its cave-in is being watched. In Parliament, Shah
thematthecostoftheirwrath.Therewerere- leads to a move to resume ficial in the context of his visit to Russia last ing his nose in India’s internal political disco-
said “BJP workers don’t need to be afraid of anyone.” Perhaps he should tell his younger
colleagues, who broke barricades and clambered atop a police vehicle, that not being
ports of the army leadership’s unhappiness trade with India (its month amid the raging Ukrainian crisis. urse. He has seemed politically incapable of
with the performance of Usman Buzdar — suspension since August WithoutnamingtheUS,aseniorministerhas carrying forward army chief Bajwa’s tactical
afraid is not a licence to spread fear. Because blinking at the thuggery of its own does not ImranKhan’sappointeeatthehelminPunjab claimed that the foreign country threatened agenda to lower the temperature with India.
behove a ruling party. province — and the PM’s foreign policy fail- 2019 has hurt the Pakistani troubleforPakistanincasetheno-confidence If a new dispensation manages to shun
ures. Things came to a head late last year be- economy and is resented by motionagainstKhanfailed--achargedenied ImranKhan’santi-Indiarhetoric,thatwouldin
causeof ImranKhan’sdesiretoretainthefor- segments of trade and by the Americans. All this is tilting at wind- itselfbeaplusforIndia’sproblematicrelation-
UNACCEPTABLE TOLL
mer director-general of the ISI, Faiz Hameed, industry), we should mills. The PM has lost in a purely internal po- ship with Pakistan.
againstthewishesof armychief QamarJaved litical game.
Bajwa,whosuspectedHameedofforgingself- facilitate the process as it Theno-confidencemotion,however,does The writer is a former Indian High
serving links with the PM with an eye on be- helps our exporters too. not signal a consolidation of democracy in Commissioner to Pakistan
Another accident at a sewer line in Delhi bares hazardous
nature of sanitation work. And the abdications of employers
P
laughed heartily. friend — I simply cannot sionally not. One morning in August 1975, I The writer is a constitutional jurist and senior
OUR YOURSELF A stiff one before you hear this one. According to Bihar Chief Years after Daphtary had stepped down swallow them!’ was the sole witness to the following con- advocate, Supreme Court
Minister Nitish Kumar, those who drink alcohol are “not Indians”. “They are
mahapaapis,” he thundered in the state assembly. Now, if one could down a
glass of mahua for every innocuous little thing that self-styled custodians of
desi indignation have declared “un-Indian”, it would at least make for pleasant evenings.
But to have a seasoned socialist leader, a six-time chief minister, join in this juvenile la- APRIL 1, 1982, FORTY YEARS AGO
bellingisratherdispiriting.ItsuggeststhatevenaPatialapegof sobriety—arguablyNitish
Kumar’s current choice of poison — might be injurious to health and reason. TALKS WITH CHINA India-Pakistan relationship and said the Commission, it has asked the Jyoti Basu
The irony is that the Bihar CM’s rant came when the assembly was voting to amend the that India wanted a no-war pact, which government if it was ready, and if it could
state’sharshprohibitionlaw,andtotakeitsstingoff forfirst-timeoffenders.Aclearsignthat A CHINESE DELEGATION would visit India would reflect an abiding relationship make arrangements for adhering to the
within the next two months to continue between the two countries. But he time-tables.
evenifBihar’sprohibitionpolicybeganasaresponsetoaconstituencyofwomenvotersand
the dialogue between the two countries, also said that there was a history of
its needs, it is now tottering on the ground. From bootlegging to hooch death tragedies to
overburdened prisons and courts, it has left a trail of broken bottles and promises.
External Affairs Minister P V Narasimha
Rao told the Lok Sabha. While refuting
no-war pacts and India did not want
a repetition.
PRESS BODY CRITICISED
It's hard to break a habit — drinkers know that best. Most also know that hurling moral Opposition criticism that India was FOUR MEMBERS OF the Press Commission
indignation at a bottle of Old Monk doesn’t make it less tempting than before. Neither will dragging its feet on the matter, Rao said
that both sides had a lot of homework to
BENGAL ELECTION are giving a dissenting note that amounts
to a severe indictment of the commission
callingthosewhoenjoytheirdrinksinnerssalvageafailedsocialengineeringexperiment.Who
knows,someenterprisingchapmightwellbeopeningabranchof MahapaapiThekajustto do before the next round of talks. “We are WEST BENGAL IS likely to go to the polls in for its majority report likely to be pre-
in touch with them, and we will continue the middle of May this year to elect a new sented to the government next week. The
rubthatin.So,what’samanorwomantodo?Forstarters,NitishKumarmightstopchannel-
to explore all possibilities to ensure that legislative assembly. The Election dissenters, who are eminent journalists
ing his inner WhatsApp uncle, and dial down on the moral panic. The long lines at liquor the dialogue fructifies,” he added. Commission has sent a communication to and experts, have alleged that the report
shopsacrossthecountryshouldtellhimthatevenhyper-nationalism—that mostheadyof Winding up a two-day debate on grants the Left Front government suggesting a sought to arm the government with pow-
intoxicants — isn’t going to come between a tippler and her drink. Let’s raise a toast to that. for his ministry, Rao also referred to the timetable for the elections. According to ers that can cow down the press.
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S KOREA COURT UPHOLDS TATTOOING BAN
The Constitutional Court in Seoul upheld a ban on tattooing on Thursday, confirming
South Korea as the only developed country that permits no one but medical profession-
als to perform the procedure. Tattoo artists derided the decision, calling it backward and
lacking cultural understanding. Despite the decades-old ban, South Korea has nearly
50,000 tattoo artists, who risk police raids and prosecution for practising their trade.
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CONVOY HEADS TO MARIUPOL FOR EVACUATION
E X P L A I NE D
from US oil
withallpartnersinprovid-
ing a safe nation where all
co-exist peacefully.” AP
Energoatom, the operator,
gavenoimmediatedetailsonthe ruble gas payments reserve
of his allied parties also with-
drew their support and joined Isthevote ON TO REACH DEAL
condition of the troops or how
many were affected. But it said In televised remarks, Putin
the ranks of the opposition.
“The nation should decide ● close? BETWEEN PM AND OPP’
theRussianshaddugininthefor- REUTERS said buyers of Russian gas “must Washington: Under growing where the country should go…I Lahore: With Pakistan PM
NEW ZEALAND est inside the exclusion zone BERLIN/LONDON, MARCH 31 open ruble accounts in Russian pressure to bring down high en- always played until the last ball. IMRAN FACES a tight vote. Imran Khan virtually losing
aroundthenow-closedplant.The banks. It is from these accounts ergy prices, President Biden an- I will never resign,” he said. He became PM after his themajorityinthe342-mem-
Mansentenced troops “panicked at the first sign RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir that payments will be made for nounced on Thursday that the “Those against me should have party, PTI, won the most ber National Assembly after
GOVT TRYING TO IMPROVE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD, ISSUES WITH SECURING MEDICAL HELP, SAYS OFFICIAL; ACKNOWLEDGES MISTAKES IN RESPONSE
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Rupee-ruble trade not to be SpiceJet settles Credit Suisse dispute ‘in-principle’
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New Delhi: The government on
affected by sanctions: Russia their allies which have led to a
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pairing,andoverhaulingoftheair-
craft engines and components.
The Swiss banking conglom-
eratehadmovedtheMadrasHigh
tion of the Madras HC verdict.
“With regard to the dispute
pending between Credit Suisse
and SpiceJet Limited, we would
a SpiceJet spokesperson said.
The person added, “SpiceJet
had already deposited $5million
on the direction of the Hon’ble
Thursday hiked the price of the ENSECONOMICBUREAU sharpfallintheRussianstockma- SPICEJET SAID on Thursday it has Court,whichorderedwindingup liketoinformthatthepartieshave Madras High Court in the Credit
majority of domestically pro- NEWDELHI,MARCH31 rket and in the value of the ruble. arrived at an in-principle com- of SpiceJet and even directed an nowreachedanin-principlecom- Suissecaseandthereisnoadverse
duced natural gas by about 110 TheEUhasbarredseveralRussian mercial settlement with Credit official liquidator attached to the mercialsettlementof thedispute financialliabilityontheCompany.
per cent on the back of rising in- RUSSIA HAS assured the Indian banksfromtheSWIFTmessaging Suisse in the $24-million dispute high court to take over the assets andtheprocessofdocumentation Thesettlementinvolvespayment
ternationalgasprices.Thepriceof government that trade between systemthatenablesinternational betweenthetwoparties.Thedis- of the airline. However, the court isunderway.Thesettlementwith of settlementamountoveramu-
natural gas produced from fields thetwonationsintheirdomestic financialtransactions.TheUShas pute pertains to Credit Suisse al- allowedSpiceJettoappealitscase Credit Suisse follows SpiceJet’s tually agreed period of time.” An
awarded to state-owned ONGC currencies was not restricted by banned all energy imports from leging that the low-cost airline intheSupremeCourt.OnJanuary successful settlements with De e-mailquerysenttoCreditSuisse
andOil Indiaregulated underthe Westernsanctions.Sourcesaware Russia and sought to restrict failed to honour its commitment 28,theapexcourtgrantedSpiceJet Havilland Aircraft of Canada didnotelicitaresponseatthetime
Administered Price Mechanism of the developments said the Russianaccesstohigh-techcom- topaythebillsforover$24million three weeks to resolve its finan- Limited (DHC), Boeing, aircraft of publication. Full report on
(APM) was hiked to $6.1 per mil- Russian embassy had written to AGazprom pipelineinAmur, ponents,bothhardwareandsoft- raised towards maintenance, re- cialdisputeandstayedtheopera- lessorsCDBAviationandAvolon,” www.indianexpress.com
lionBritishthermalunit(mmBtu) the Ministry of External Affairs Russia.Indianoilrefiners ware, made with any parts or in-
for the April-September period, andtheMinistryofCommerceas- have alreadybeenallowedto tellectual property from the US.
up from $2.9 per mmBTu cur- suringofficialsthattradebetween buyRussiancrude. Reuters file Government officials here
rently,accordingtothePetroleum the two countries through a pro- noted that the Department of
PlanningandAnalysisCell(PPAC). posed rupee-ruble trade would FinancialServicesandtheRBIare
Thehike,whichwillcomeinto not violate sanctions imposed on bytheUS,UKorEU,”saidasource working on a payment mecha-
effect on Friday, will likely lead to Russia by the US, UK and EU. aware of developments, adding nismtoallowtradebetweenIndia
a rise in prices of CNG and piped Merchandise trade between that the letter noted there were andRussiatocontinue.TheCentre
naturalgas.Thepriceof domesti- India and Russia stood at $10.75 manyways to processpayments. has already greenlit new pur-
cally produced natural gas is re- billion in the first 10 months of Theissueofanalternativepay- chasesofRussiancrudeoilbystate
vised in line with the average FY22,withIndiaexportinggoods mentmechanismtoenableIndia- ownedoilrefiners.Therupee-ru-
prices in four key global markets worth about $2.8 billion and im- Russia trade is likely to be taken ble trade between the two na-
— US Henry Hub, Canada Alberta porting goods worth $7.9 billion. up at Russian Foreign Minister tions, if approved, could be along
gas, UK NBP, and Russian Natural “There are several options SergeyLavrov’songoingvisithere. the lines of an earlier payment
Gas—everysixmonths.APMgas available. The point they made in In response to its invasion of mechanism with Iran which was
accounts for over 90 per cent of the letter is that trade in rupee or Ukraine, Russia is facing a slew of also subject to US sanctions, said
ONGC natural gas output. ENS ruble is not affected by sanctions sanctionsfromtheEU,theUSand sources aware of the matter.
OFFICE OF THE DY. DIRECTOR (HORT.) NORTH
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company, sources said. FE which will make it attractive for millionbarrelsthisyear,oneofthe “STOP CORONA; WEAR MASK, FOLLOW PHYSICAL DISTANCING, MAINTAIN HAND HYGIENE”
New Delhi to get into contracts sources said. The offer comes as
Creditofftake with Moscow despite elevated
freight costs, sources said.
European nations cut down on
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DELHI JAL BOARD
OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF ENGINEER (M)-9
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NEW DELHI-110075
editsaw8%inFebruaryagai- as much as $30-35/barrel on its meanwhile, has been reportedly
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Replacement of old damaged water pipe line by P/L 100mm Rs. Rs. 30.03.2022 12.04.2022
NewDelhi:Februarycorese- fective from the closure of busi- FRL’s director Rahul Garg had dia D.I. water line in Balmiki Basti, Shahbad Mohammadpur 56,55,007/- 1,13,100/- upto 3.00 PM
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3.3% contraction a year ago. ItaddedKishoreBiyani,Future FRL has already defaulted on a NIT along with all the terms & conditions is available on DJB web sitet https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in Sd/-
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of February-end was 82.7% reappointed executive chairman banks in January under the OTR Advt. No. J.S.V. 1336(2021-22) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER(T)M-9
offullyearbudgettarget. PTI of FRL for another three years. planandtheaccounthasbeende- STOP CORONA: “Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene”
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2022
I,Karmbir S/o Randhir singh R/o- I,KULVINDER SINGH S/O I,Sukhdev Singh Syan S/o-Prem
COURT NOTICE
Classifieds
315 Bank Wali Gali Auchandi SURJEET SINGH BEDI R/O F- Singh R/O-B-80,Second floor,
Delhi-110039 changed my 19,THIRD-FLOOR, GALINO.4, Lajpat-nagar-1, Delhi-110024,
name to Karambir. VIRENDER-NAGAR,DELHI- have changed my name to
0040608507-4 110058.HAVE CHANGED MY Sukhdeev Singh. 0040608501-7
NAME TO KULVINDER SINGH
PERSONAL I, FATMA BEGAM W/O NASIR BEDI. 0040608523-3
I,Yatin S/o Harish Kumar R/o-
KHAN R/O B-374/5, GALI NO. 468/4,Ram Nagar,Near Shiv
13/1, SUBHASH VIHAR, NORTH I,Jai Parkash S/O Laxman R/O, Mandir,Gurugram, Haryana,
I, HAKIM KHAN, S/o CHAW Q-1/8, Phase-1, Budh-Vihar have changed my name to
KHAN, R/o- House No-344, GHONDA, DELHI-53 Have
changed my name to FATMA delhi-110086 have changed my Yatin Grover for all future
Sohna Bye Pass Road, Ward No- name to Jai Prakash purpose. 0040608511-7
7, Sohna, Gurgaon, Haryana BEGUM. 0040608082-7
122103 Have Changed my 0040608511-1 I,Vivek Kumar Sadh, S/o:Anil
I,Poonam Kapoor W/o Vikram
name to HAKAM DIN for all Kapoor R/o A-283,Sector-8, I,KARAM SINGH,R/o F-43, Kumar Sadh, R/o:D-20026,16th-
purposes. 0070779234-1 Omaxe City,Sonipat, Haryana- Mansarovar park Shahdara Avenue,Gaur city-2, Greater-
131001,have changed my Delhi-110032,Have changed my Noida West,Gautam-Buddha
I, Gopal Ramprasad Pandey S/O Nagar,U.P-201009,Changed my
sh. Ram Prasad Pandey R/O daughter’s name from Riya minor daughter name kajal to
Kapur to Riya Kapoor. Kajal Kaur,for all future name to Vivek Sadh.
493, 4th floor, Tower Amantha,
Gaur Saundaryam Techzone-4, 0040608507-9 Purposes. 0040608501-4 0040608485-5
Greater Noida West, Gautam I,KARAM SINGH,R/o F-43, I,Vishal Singh,S/O Vijay Kumar
I,Pooja Rani W/o Sandeep
Buddha Nagar, U.P-201318 have Mansarovar park Shahdara Singh,R/O K-1103,Great-Value
Mehta R/o C-201,Venus
changed my name to Gopal Delhi-110032,Have changed my Sharanam,Sector-107,Noida,
Apartment Rani Bagh Delhi-
Pandey. 0070779302-1 minor daughter name Komal to GautamBudh-Nagar-201304,
110034,changed my name to
I, Gautam Kumar S/O Mahadev Pooja Mehta. 0040608507-3 Komal Kaur,for all future U.P.Have Changed my Name to
Rabidas, R/o C-5, Metro Purposes. 0040608501-3 Vishal Kumar Singh.
I,Paras Prasad Singh S/O Ram
Enclave Sector-7 Pushp Vihar I,Imran S/o Shahbuddin R/o 0040608507-6
Binod Prasad Singh,R/O A-2/59
Malviya Nagar, South Delhi- CPB-27, New Seelampur Delhi-
D,Kali Mandir,Aya Nagar,Delhi- I,T M MALHOTRA,S/O RAMESH
110017, have changed the 110053 have changed my name
110047changed my name to CHANDER,R/O-395,GALI.NO.23,
name of my minor daughter to Mohd Imran. 0040608523-5
Parasmani Singh. 40608523-6 BLOCK-D, TOMAR-COLONY,
Anshika Kumari aged about 6
I,Dhaval Subhash Kulkarni R/o- BURARI,DELHI-110084,have
Years and She shall hereafter I,PRINCE KUMAR S/O LAXMAN
374,Naval Technical officers changed my name to TILAK
be known as Anshika Gautam. LAL R/O HNO.C-139-140,J.J.
CGHS-Ltd,Sector-22, Dwarka MOHAN. 0040608511-4
0070779248-1 COLONY,BAKKARWALA,DELHI-
110041.HAVE CHANGED MY Delhi-110075,have changed my I, Mohua Tiwari or Mahua
I, Bimla, W/o Ramkisan, R/o NAME TO PRINCE CHHILWAL. minor Daughter name from Arvind Tiwari, R/o Flat No. A-
School, Dahakwada, Amroha, Mokshada to Mokshada 704, 7th Floor Skytech Matrott,
0040608485-2 Dhaval Kulkarni,for all future
Uttar Pradesh-244221, have Sector 76, Noida Uttar Pradesh
changed my name and shall I,Nidhi Kumari,D/O Jagdev Singh purposes 0040608446-2 have changed my name to
hereafter be known as Vimla R/O A-2/63, Safdarjung I,Dev Kumar,S/o.Late Shri.Ratan Mahua Tiwari.
Devi. 0070779244-1 Enclave,New Delhi-110029,have Singh R/o.Flat.No.6123/4, PUBLIC NOTICE
0070779231-1
Changed my Name to Nidhi Sector-D,Pocket-6, Santushti- “It is hereby notified for General Public
I, Ashutosh Shrivastava S/o that Smt. Satwant Kaur W/o Late
Rana. 0040608507-7 Apartment,Vasant-Kunj,New I,SHALINI D/O-RAJENDER
Rakesh Bhushan Srivastava Saroop Singh, Currently residing at Old
Delhi-110070,have Changed my SINGH,R/O QTR NO 44 RK Age Home is the absolute owner of
R/o M-306, Monarch, Tower, I,Neel Kamal Syan W/o-Sukhdev property bearing no. F-71, Vishnu
minor Son’s name,from Bhavya PURAM SEC-2,NEW DELHI- Garden New Delhi-18 and have two
Ajnara Gen-X, Crossing Singh R/O-B-80,Second-floor, children; a son namely Gurvinder
Panwar to Bhavik Panwar,for 110022,HAVE CHANGED MY
Republik, Ghaziabad, UP- Lajpat nagar-1, Delhi-110024, Singh and a daughter namely Ranjit
all,Future Purposes. NAME,FROM SHALINI TO Kaur. That she is of unsound mind and
201016 have changed my name have changed my name to Neel is not competent to execute any will or
SHALINI SINGH VIDE-AFFIDAVIT
to Ashutosh Srivastava. Kamal. 0040608501-6 0040608515-8 contract in favour of any person. That
DATED.29.MAR.2022. any will or contract executed by her in
favour of any person shall stand null
0040608427-1 I,Munish Khanna S/o Vinod I,DALMIA MOHIT SUNILKUMAR, and void.”
0040608515-7
I, Altaf Hussain Ganie,S/O-Gh Khanna R/o C-226 Avantika S/o SUNILBHAI
Sd/-
YASHPAL JOLLY
Sector-1,Rohini Delhi-110085, PARMESHWARLAL DALMIA I,SATINDER BATRA S/O GYAN Advocate
Mohd Ganie ,R/O- Uttersoo, Enrl. No. D-3167/99
changed my name to Manish Add.Q291,TOWER-Q,DLF- SINGH BATRA,R/O BQ-151,
Tehsil Shangus, District- Ch. No. 267, Western Wing
Khanna. 0040608507-1 ULTIMA, SECTOR-81,GURGAON, SHALIMAR BAGH,DELHI- Tis Hazari Court Delhi-110054
Anantnag. In my service
HARYANA-122004,Changed my 110088.HAVE CHANGED MY
records the name of my son I,Mohammad Yaqoob,S/o
name to MOHIT SUNILBHAI NAME TO JATINDER BATRA.
has been wrongly mentioned Bismilla Khan R/o.A-31, 1st-
as Mosin Altaf instead of Floor Shaheen-Bagh,Abul DALMIA. 0040608501-5 0040608485-4
Mohsin Altaf.It needs Fazal-Enclave Part-2,Okhla, I,CHHOTI DEVI W/O LAXMAN LAL I,SANDHYA DAS,Mother
correction. Objections be filed Jamia-Nagar N.Delhi-110025, R/O C-139-140,J.J.COLONY, OF,PALLAB DAS R/O.SMQ-
to concerned authorities changed my name to DELHI-110041.HAVE CHANGED 204/8,WAC,SUBROTO PARK,
within seven days. Mohammad Yaqoob Khan. MY NAME TO KAVITA,FOR ALL NEW DELHI-110010,HAVE
0020436770-1 0040608511-3 FUTURE PURPOSES. CHANGED MY NAME FROM
0040608485-3 SANDHYA DAS TO SANDHYA
I, AMIR RAZA SIDDIQUI, S/o I,Mansha Devi,W/o Raghwendra
RANI DAS VIDE-AFFIDAVIT
MOHAMMAD ALAM SIDIQUI, Singh,R/o 515-B gali.no.35 I,Bhawna Grover,W/o Nishant DATED-31/03/2022 BEFORE
R/O- E-256, 3rd Floor, Shastri Molarband Extn Badarpur Grover,R/o 1675,Outram-Line NCT-DELHI. 0040608515-5
Nagar, Delhi-52 Have Changed Delhi-110044,have changed my Kingsway-Camp Dr.Mukherjee-
my name to AMIR RAZA SIDIQUI name Mansha to Mansha Nagar Delhi-110009,Have I,Renu Rastogi,D/o-Khushali
for all purposes. 70779235-1 Devi,for all future purposes Changed my Name to Bhawna Ram,R/o B-59/B,2nd-Floor,
0040608485-6 Thukral Grover,for all Rear-Entrance,Kalka ji,New- PUBLIC NOTICE
I Vipin Chandra S/O, Lt. Dr. Amir
purposes. 0040608501-2 Delhi-110019,hereby declare
Chandra Shastri, R/o 545, 2nd This is to informed to all General
I,MAYANK SAHRAWAT S/O, that have changed my name as Public that the Property Documents
Floor, Rishi Nagar, Rani Bagh, I,BHUPESH SINGH,S/O
KULDEEP SINGH R/O,116, Renuka Bala,for all purposes. of my Client Raj Kumar Katyal S/o
Delhi -110034, Solemnly affirm RAJENDER SINGH,R/O Late Sh. Shyam Lal Katyal, 3/73
VILLAGE HIRAN KUDNA TIKRI
and declare that I am also QTR.NO.44 RK.PURAM SEC-2 0040608511-6 NCERT, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New
KALAN DELHI-110041,HAVE Delhi-110016 has been Lost Any
known as Vipin Chandra NEW-DELHI-110022,HAVE
CHANGED MY NAME TO I,Ria Vij W/o Mohit Gandhi R/o Where
Kushal and both the names are CHANGED MY NAME,FROM Property Description
MAYANK SEHRAWAT. 38, Ground Floor, Shakti
of one and the same person. BHUPESH SINGH TO BHUPESH 1. Original Building Sanction Letter
0040608501-8 Vihar,Pitampura, Delhi Issued By DDA of Property C-6/112,
0040608480-1 SINGH PANWAR VIDE- Changed Name to Ria Gandhi. Yamuna Vihar, Delhi-110053
I,LAXMAN DASS S/O KUNDAN AFFIDAVIT DATED-29.MAR.2022. If any person Find this Document
0040608507-8
I Rajbir dharmashya S/o Sh.
Rampat R/o H/No-104
LAL R/O HNO.139-140,J.J. 0040608515-6
Return back at my Address.
If any person misused these lost INSTITUTE ON MANAGEMENT
COLONY, BAKKARWALA,DELHI- I,Raghav Kohli,R/O 181 Jagriti
OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Document this should be treated null
Khampur Delhi-110036, have I,Ashish Kumar S/O Parhlad
110041.HAVE CHANGED MY Enclave Delhi,Have Changed and void.
changed my surname from Kumar R/O plot no.286-A,KH. Sd/-
NAME TO LAXMAN LAL. My Name To Raaghav Kohli S/O
Rajbir Dharmashya to Rajbir
0040608485-1
NO-189,kakrola village, Sunil Kohli 0040608507-5
V.K. Sharma
Advocate KK-237 ( IMAGE )
Singh for all future purposes. Kakrola,South West Delhi,
0040608453-1 I,Kiran Kumari W/o Manoj Delhi-110078,do hereby
C-11/96, Yamuna Vihar,
Delhi-110053
(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE OF
I Daljit Singh, Daljit Singh
Kumar Sharma R/o.E-21, solemnly affirm and declare
LOST & FOUND GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA)
Sector-22,Noida-Gautam that I have changed my name
Khokhar S/o Sewa Singh R/o
221/8C, Gali No.6, S Block,
Buddha-Nagar,U.P.-201301, from Wakeel Yadav to Ashish
I, Vijay Mathur s/o Late Sh. N.P.
PUBLIC NOTICE
My client Ms. Punita Sharma W/O Late Siripur, BHUBANESWAR-751003,
have changed my name to Kumar for all future purposes. Sh. Rakesh Kumar R/O H/No. B-88,
Vishnu Garden, Post Office
Kiran Sharma vide-Affidavit 0040608485-8
Mathur have lost my Share
Certificate of Flat No. E-53 DGS
Subhadra Colony, Sarai Rohilla,
Omkar nagar, Saraswati vihar, North
Odisha
Tilak Nagar, New Delhi - 110018
No.DL11653021801892U. West Delhi - 110035 declares that she
Ph. - (0674) 2974145,
have changed my name to I,Akanshu Goel,S/o Sunil Cooperative Group House has from this date of publication
Daljeet Singh 0040608478-1 0040608507-10
Goel,R/o C-23A, UGF, Mahindra Building Society Plot No6, debarred/disowned her son Mr.
Prateek Dogra aged 29 years from all
E-mail : [email protected]
I,Khajan Singh Pipal,S/o Munshi Park,Uttam Nagar, Delhi- Sector 22 Dwarka Phase 1 New PUBLIC NOTICE practical purposes and divested him of No.1423/IMAGE, Dated : 31.03.2022
I,Raj Kumar Singh,S/o Gaj Pal all present and future, claims, title,
R/o-76, Kalakhuri,Jahangir Ram Pipal,R/o.6437,Gali.no-1,2, 110059,have changed my name Delhi. Ph: 9899027335 I, Raj Bahadur Singh, advocate on behalf my
client namely Sh. Ranveer, aged about 65
inheritance and Interest from all her
movable & immovable properties due
CORRIGENDUM
Pur,Khurja, Bulandshahar,U.P.- Block-8,Dev Nagar,Karol-Bagh, to Akanshhu Goel. 0050194678-1
The last date for submission of Request for Proposal
years S/o Late Sh. Gubbu Ran, R/o House to his cruelties/bad behavior. Further
203141,have changed my name New Delhi-110005,declare that No.-74, Aya Nagar, Ghoda Mohalla, New my client is not responsible for any of
0040608501-1 It is notified that the original- Delhi, caused this notice to the General her son's acts/deeds.
to Raj Kumar vide-Affidavit Khajan Singh and Khajan singh
deed and other-related Public that my above said client has debarred
CHIRAG ARORA ADVOCATE,
(RFP) documents which was fixed on 02.04.2022
Pipal both names are one and I,ANITA W/O- RAJEEV KUMAR and disowned his son namely Sh. Rinku,
No.DL12186470692404U.
Same person. 0040608507-12 GUPTA R/O 397,BLOCK-A, documents-related to my aged about 39 years, who was earlier residing
at House No. 74 Aya Nagar, Ghoda Mohalla,
H-4/104, 1st FLOOR, VARDHMAN NORTH-
EX PLAZA, NETAJI SUBHASH PLACE,
earlier has been extended to 11.04.2022 upto
0040608507-11 SHASTRI NAGAR, DELHI-110052 residential-property at Ward- New Delhi-110047 but now my client doesn’t PITAMPURA, DELHI -110034. 3.00 P.M.
I, Sangeeta Goel R/o E-64 Saket 45,Mochiwada, Churu- know about his present address, from all his
I,NEELIMA W/O KULVINDER have changed my name to movable and immovable assets/ properties Date of opening of Technical proposal-
Near PVR South Delhi-110017 331001,Rajasthan,have been
SINGH BEDI R/O F-19,THIRD- ANITA GUPTA. 0040608511-5 throughout India because of his act(s) and
FLOOR,GALINO.4,VIRENDER
have changed my minor child’s lost on-01.02.2022.If found,the conduct and now my above said client have 11.04.2022 at 5.00 P.M.
name from Shaurya Goel to I, WSEEM AHMAD, S/o NAYEEM same may please be returned no concern with his aforesaid son.
NAGAR,DELHI-110058.HAVE
Shourya Goel for all purposes. AHMAD, R/O- Plot No-324/7, to Sh.Sarwan Kumar Soni,
If any person deals with my aforesaid son, in
any way, in that case he/she/they would be
Date of Technical presentation- 20.04.2022 at
CHANGED MY NAME TO
0070779224-1
Khasra No-57/16, Extn-2C, R/o.4345/4C, Soni-Sadan,
doing so at their own risk.
11.30 A.M.
NEELIMA BEDI. 0040608523-2 Sd/-
Nangloi, Delhi-110041 Have Ansari Road, DaryaGanj,New- RAJ BAHADUR SINGH Date of opening of Financial proposal- To be
Ispatika Apartments, Plot- I, SANJAY SHARMA, S/o Sh. Vijay Changed my name to WASIM Delhi-110002.The founder shall Advocate
No.29, Sector-4,Dwarka, New- Prasad, R/o Flat No. 59, AHMAD for all purposes. be suitably rewarded
En. No. D/47/1998(R)
66, Church Road Bhogal
intimated later.
Delhi-110078, have changed my Himalaya Apartments, Plot No.
0070779236-1 0040608511-10
New Delhi-110013 The details of the corrigendum relating to the
61, I.P. Extension, Patparganj,
name to SUDHIN PRAKASH
East Delhi, Delhi-110092, have I, VANDANA MAURYA D/o
queries of different bidders are available in
REDDY. 0040608523-8
changed the name of my Minor Rajaram Maurya R/o B- www.agriodisha.nic.in / www.odisha.gov.in /
I,karanjit singh,S/O Lakhwinder LOST & FOUND PUBLIC NOTICE
Singh R/O.469A Baba-Faridpuri
Daughter Aanya Sharma aged 169,Dabua colony, Delhi Tent
That my client Sh. Rosan Lal and Smt. https://agri.odisha.gov.in.
12 years to Kaira Sharma for all House, Sector-10, Nit I Dhanna Singh Arora s/o
West Patel-Nagar,New Delhi- future purposes. 70779311-1 Faridabad-121001 have M.S. Arora R/o 383/15
Kalawati R/o F-5/172, Sultan Puri,
Nithari, Sultanpuri C-Block, Delhi- All other terms & conditions shall remain
110008,have Changed my Name
I,Babita Dave W/o No.14390422Y
changes my name form KM East Azad Nagar, Delhi
110086, have disowned their son namely
Mr. Akshay Kumar from their movable unchanged.
Karan Jeet Singh,all future have lost my
Purposes. 0040608501-9 HAV Munesh Kumar R/o Village
VANDANA to VANDANA and immovable properties as they have
become dishonest and disobedient
Sd/-
MAURYA Permanently. CERTIFICATE OF
I,Priya Devi,Spouse of
Shikarpur,Near Banquet
SHARE bearing book no.
towards my clients. My clients shall have
no concern, connection and will not be
DIRECTOR, IMAGE
Hall,Najafgarh,Delhi-43,have 0040608516-1
no.4278936X Sone Lal Baski, changed my name to Babita
ONE, Certificate No. 50, responsible in respect of any kind of
liabilities dealings, acts, criminal’s OIPR - 01408/11/0004/2122
I, Kajal Tiwari, D/o Anand Tiwari, Membership No. 52 (Fat
Resident village Tetrahi PO- Devi vide affdavit dt.31.3.2022
proceedings etc. done by them in any
W/o Santosh Dubey, R/o House no 315, Himgiri manner. My clients have also broken up
Tetrahi, PS- Janki Nagar,The all their relation with them.
0040608485-10 No-234, Gali No-9, Chandan Apartment, J Block, Vikas
Banmankhi Dist-Purnia,State- Sd/- PARAS CHAUDHARY
Vihar, West Sant Nagar Burari, Puri, ND-18) LION’s (ADVOCATE)
Bihar,PIN-854102,at present I, SAHIL KUMAR GARG S/o SHRI 1227, LAWYERS CHAMBER ROHINI
Delhi-110084, have changed my Coop. GROUP HOUSING
New Delhi,do hereby solemnly VED KUMAR Resident of house COURT, NEW DELHI
name and shall hereafter be SOCIETY LTD. (REGD.),
affirm and declare that I have No.171, B1, Aravali Apartment,
known as Kajal Dubey. 1241 Gulabi Bagh Delhi-
changed my name from Priya Sector-34, Noida-201301 have
Baski to Priya Devi. changed my name from SAHIL 0070779294-1 7. Finder may contact
KUMAR to SAHIL KUMAR GARG 9990003648.
0040608485-9 I, ILTaf Ahmed S/o Manta R/o-
Permanently. 0040608516-2 266 Ekta Vihar,R.k.puram
I,No-9112587Y,NK-Riyaz Ahmad
I, Ruchica Soni W/o Ashutosh sector-6,Delhi-110022,have PUBLIC NOTICE
Naikoo,S/O- Mohd Ramzan
Srivastava R/o M-306, changed my name from ILtaf That Mr. Divya Garg is into Agreement for
Naikoo ,R/O- Nagam, Tehsil Purchase with Mr. Dinesh Bakshi and Mrs.
Monarch, Tower, Ajnara Gen-X, Ahmed to ELtaf, for all future
Kokernag, District-Anantnag. Anuradha Bakshi who are the Present owner
Crossing Republik, Ghaziabad, purposes 0040608446-1 of the property as Unit No. 1003, 10th Floor,
In my service records the name
of my daughter has been UP-201016 have changed my I, Harshdeep Sharma S/o
Block-T9, “EXOTICA DREAMVILLE”, situated
at Plot No. GH-01A, Sector-16C, Greater Noida,
wrongly mentioned as Saqiba name to Ruchika Srivastava. Kuldeep R/o Moh Chaudhriyan Gautambudh Nagar, U.P. That the Original Sub-
Riyaz instead of Maryam 0040608427-2 Raisan, Haldaur (Rural), Bijnor, Lease Deed dated 07.09.2017 is available but
it’s page No. 7 is missing. That Mr. Divya Garg
Riyaz.It needs correction. Uttar Pradesh-246726, that is availing loan from SBI and it is declared
I, Ram Kumari, D/o Shri
Objections be filed to name of my father has been publicly. That any person(s)/Appropriate authority
concerned authorities within Sukhbeer Singh, R/o Near nh2, etc if finds the misplaced page No. 7 of the Sub-
wrongly written as Manoj
seven days. 0020436769-1 D/60, Balaji Puram, Lease Deed dated 07.09.2017 in favour of
Kumar Sharma in my aforesaid owners may come forward and inform
Aurangabad, Mathura, Uttar
Educational Documents. The the undersigned within 15 days from the date of
I,No-9088610A,Ex-NK Syed Pradesh- 281006, have changed Publication.
actual name of my father is M-NO- 9871596542,
Ashaq Hussain S/O- Syed my name and shall hereafter
Kuldeep 0070779289-1 JYOTI SINGH (ADVOCATE)
Masoom Shah,R/O-Chowkibal, be known as Rama Chaudhary.
Tehsil-Kralpora,District- I, Praveen Sharma, S/o Bishan
0070779243-1
Kupwara.In my service records Dass, R/o Flat No-21133, Tower-
D o B of my daughter namely I, Lalit Kumar S/O Sh.Subh Karan 10, Mahagun, Mywoods, Opp
Rukhsar Fatima has been Jain R/O E-45-46, U.G.F, North Gaur City-2, Greater Noida
wrongly mentioned as 09-09- Side, Block-E, Arya Samaj West, Gautam Buddha Nagar,
1992 Instead of 15.11.1993.It Road,Uttam Nagar, New Delhi- Uttar Pradesh-201304, declare
needs correction.. Objections 110059 inform that Lalit Kumar that Praveen Sharma &
be filed to Unit 13 JAKLI within & Lalit Kumar Jain both are one Praveen Billan Loch are name
seven days.. 0020436772-1 & same person for all future of one person. 0070779317-1
purposes. 0040608460-1
I, Nitin Kumar Parashar, S/o I,SAAD S/O MOHD YUNUS,R/O
Girraj Kishore Sharma, R/o Flat I,SURJEET SINGH S/O INDER HOUSE NO.330, SHAHZADA
No-407, Tower-9, Purvanchal SINGH BEDI R/O F-19,3rd- BAGH PHASE-1, INDERLOK,
Royal Park, Sector-137, Noida, FLOOR, GALINO.4,VIRENDER- DELHI-110035,have changed
Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar NAGAR,DELHI-110058.HAVE my name to MOHD SAAD.
Pradesh-201305, have changed CHANGED MY NAME TO
0040608523-1
my name to Nitin Parashar for SURJEET SINGH BEDI.
all future purposes. 0040608523-4 I,SHUSHANT KUMAR,S/O
DEVIDAS LOKHANDE,R/O
0070779241-1
I,Sandeep Kumar Mehta S/o H.NO.B-20 3RD-FLOOR NEAR-
I,Sanjay Kumar S/O Banke Singh Madan Lal R/o C-201,Venus PATEL PARK WEST PATEL-
R/O,Flat No-11/74, 1st-Floor Apartment Rani Bagh Delhi- NAGAR CENTRAL,DELHI-
Subhash Nagar Delhi-110063, 110034,changed my name to 110008,HAVE CHANGED MY
have changed my name to Sandeep Mehta. NAME TO SHUSHANT KUMAR
Sanjay 0040608511-2 0040608507-2 LOKHANDE. 0040608485-7
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The Brihanmumbai Electric
Supply & Transport Undertaking
BEST (OF THE BRIHANMUMBAI MAHANAGARPALIKA) BEST
TENDER NOTICE
E-tender is Re-invited for the supply of following items.
(1) 73065 (Corrigendum) (2) 73047
procurement 3. Last date of Submission of Online Payment (EMD, Tender & Processing Fee) - 1 1 - 0 5 - 2 0 2 2
Upto 06.00 PM
For more conditions and details visit website 4. Pre-Bid meeting will be held on (Meeting Hall, UIT, Udaipur) - 28-04-2022 at 12.30 PM
Critical Dates:
1 Publish Date 31-03-2022
2 Document Download/sale start Date 31-03-2022
3 Date of Pre-bid meeting 12-04-2022
4 Bid submission start date 31-03-2022
5 Bid submission end date 23-04-2022
6 Date and time of Bid opening 25-04-2022 (at 1400 Hours)
1. Bid documents can be accessed and downloaded from the website www.jktenders.gov.in
2. The pre-bid meeting will be held in the office chamber of the Chief Engineer, Kashmir, PHE Department.
3. The whole bidding process shall be completed online on tender portal www.jktenders.gov.in. The intending bidders can download the bid
document from the tender portal and can submit their bids by uploading them on the tender portal.
4. The valid bids received shall be opened online in the office of the Chief Engineer, Kashmir, Jal Shakti (PHE) Department Srinagar.
5. Bids must be accompanied by bid security Declaration and cost of Tender Document as specified in column 4 of the table and shall be
payable at Srinagar.
a. The cost of tender documents should be in form of RTGS/DD/TR/e Challan in favour of Executive Engineer, WSMP, Jal Shakti (PHE)
Department.
6. The bid shall remain valid for a period of 180 days from the last date of submission of bids. If any bidder withdraws his bid before the
said period or makes any modifications in the terms and conditions of the bid, the said earnest money shall stand forfeited and the bid
shall be declared non-responsive.
7. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents from the website www.jktenders.gov.in.
8. Queries by email if any should be made at [email protected].
Sd/-
No:10067-96 Executive Engineer,
Date: 30-03-2022 DIPK-20275 Jal Shakti, WSMP Div. Srinagar
No. DME/1.5Tesla/LMCH/329/2021
INVITATION FOR E-BID (IFB)
GLOBAL COMPETETIVE BIDDING
E-Tenders are invited online through e-procurement system i.e. through website
www.assamtenders.gov.in from the intending Manufacturer/Accredited Dealers for Supply,
Installation & Commissioning of 1.5 Tesla MRI Machine for Lakhimpur Medical College &
Hospital, North Lakhimpur On Turnkey Basis, under the Health & F.W. Department, Govt. of
Assam.
The Equipment had invited for bids earlier vide no. DME/1.5Tesla/LMCH/32/2021/22402, Dated
04/12/2021, however due to unavoidable circumstances, the tender has been cancelled and
now is being tendered again. The Pre-bid meeting minutes (dated 21-12-2021 & 05-03-2022)
and other corrigendum relating to the earlier tender shall be part of this tender.
The e-Tender is Two-Bid System, to be submitted with affixed Court Fee Stamp Rs.8.25
(Rupees eight point two five paisa) only (for local bidders) or IPO of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) only
(in case of bidders from outside of the State of Assam) in favour of "Director of Medical
Education, Assam, Sixmile, Khanapara,Guwahati-781022
Important dates of the e-Tender
Sl. No. Scheduled Start Date Start Time End Date End Time
1. e-Tender Publishing 30-03-2022 11.00 AM - -
2. e-Tender Download 30-03-2022 11.30 AM 13-04-2022 12.00 Noon
3. Pre-Bid meeting Pre-bid Meeting held on dated 21-12-2021 & 05-03-2022 against the earlier tender
vide no. DME/1.5Tesla/ MCH/32 /2021/22402, Dated 04/12/2021 will stands
4. Bid Submission 31-03-2022 12.00 Noon 13-04-2022 02.00 PM
5. Bid Opening 13-04-2022 05.00 PM
1. Brief Schedule
Sl. Description Bid Security Delivery/ Installation Tender Eligibility
No. (Name of the Items) (E.M.D.) schedule/ Completion period fees in Rs.
1. Supply & Installation & Rs. 10.00 120 days Rs. Manufacturer/
Commissioning of 1.5 Tesla Lakh 10,000/- accredited
MRI Machine at Lakhimpur Dealer
Medical College & Hospital,
North Lakhimpur On
Turnkey Basis
The detailed information of bidding documents are available online through e-procurement
system i.e. through website www.assamtenders.gov.in only. The bidder would be required to
register in the website for submission of the bids. The bidders are required to have Digital
Signature (DSC) from any of the Certifying Authorities. Aspiring bidders who have not obtained
the user ID and password for participating in e-procurement may obtain the same by registering
in the www.assamtenders.gov.in. The requirements to register with the e-procurement portal
are available on the website indicated above. The tender fees is non refundable and payable
in favour of the "Director of Medical Education, Assam, Sixmile, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022,
at SBI-Dispur (Guwahati) Branch.
JANASANYOG / C/14087/21 Director of Medical Education, Assam
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(Information, Education and Communication) under Lacs Seventy- Thousand)
Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) in 16 ULBs across Five Thousand
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The 16 ULBs are as given below,
1. Kathua 2. Billawar 3. Basholi 4. Lakhanpur
5. Parole 6. Hiranagar 7. Doda 8. Bhaderwah
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LucKLess at Lucknow
Captains and coaching staff these days
areoftencriticisedforrelyingtoomuch
ondataandnotenoughongutinstinct
and a feel of the game. If KL Rahul and
the Lucknow Super Giants had indeed
delved into the stats, it didn’t seem so
whenRobinUthappatookthemtothe
cleaners during the Powerplay.
It's an open secret that Uthappa’s
AchillesHeelthroughouthiscareerhas
beenthewell-directedshortball.At36
years of age, his reflexes are bound to
be slower than in his younger days.
Rahul even got a reminder in the first
over – whenever Avesh Khan got the
ball to climb chest-high or above,
Uthappawasdistinctlyuncomfortable.
Incontrast,anythingpitchedinhishalf
went the journey as he reached his 50 wise heads in the dugout who call the
in half as many deliveries. shots. But going by events in the first
Rahul is very early in his captaincy two games, the franchise’s best hope
role, and showed in South Africa that would be that Rahul learns on the job,
he has plenty to learn. His track record andthattooquickly.IfIPLcaptaincyisa
atPunjabKingswasn’ttooinspiringei- testing ground for a future leadership
ther. It’s the quest for a known Indian rolewiththenationalside,Rahulisnot
face and lack of options that may have getting good grades at the moment.
put him in charge. Very often in fran- Super Giants’ maiden IPL season may
chisecricket,itisthecoachingstaffand get underwhelming in a hurry.
England crush
S. Africa, set up final
clash with Australia
nament with three straight
REUTERS defeats, England have re-
CHRISTCHURCH, MARCH 31 bounded with five wins.
Thursday's victory was their
DANNI WYATT scored her most complete performance
second one-day international of the tournament, with
century and Sophie Sophia Dunkley chipping in
Ecclestone took six wickets as 60 in a 116-run partnership
champions England crushed with Wyatt for the fifth
South Africa by 137 runs on wicket. The English may need
Thursday to set up a mouth- to lift their game again, how-
watering Women's World ever, to beat undefeated
Cup final against heavy- Australia at the same venue
weights Australia. on Sunday. Meg Lanning's
Wyatt, dropped five side thrashed West Indies in
times, punished South Africa the other semi-final and have
with 129 off 125 balls to help a chip on their shoulder after
England build an imposing being knocked out of the
293 for eight at 2017 semi-finals. Australia
DIP/Shabdarth/D/0255/21-22
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