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1 ! " # $ ! "# $" %& % & ' ( ')* + % , , $ $ $ ' ( "# $" %& -. / 0" % # . $ )* $ +, -# " 12 0 , 23 % & * " 4 5 6 / 5 $ - 11 & * $ 60% 708!. The Lok Sabha onWe d n e s d a y p a s s e d t h eDelhi Municipal Corporation(Amendment) Bill, 2022, whichseeks to unify the three munic-ipal corporations of Delhi intoone. Moving the Bill whichproposes the reunification ofthree municipal corporations,Home Minister Amit Shah saidthe trifurcation of the MCDwas done in a hurry for polit-ical reasons which lead to animbalance between the incomeand liabilities of the civic bod-ies. I tried to look for the rea-sons for the trifurcation,scoured through files but couldnot find anything on it, saidShah, adding that when thereare no reasons it can beassumed that it may have beendone due to political analyses from 2012 to2022, made this Governmentcome to a conclusion that thecorporations must be com-bined into one, Shah MCD was divided intothree MCDs during SheilaDikshit s tenure in 2011.

2 Shah accused the AAP-led Delhi Government of nur-turing a step-motherly atti-tude towards the MunicipalCorporations and said due tothis they are struggling withinadequate resources for car-rying out their responsibilities. Shah first attacked the AAPG overnment while moving theBill and in his reply attackedTMC for political violenceagainst rivals and said the BJPwanted to fight and win pollseverywhere on basis of its ide-ology, programmes, leader-ship s popularity and perfor-mance of the Government. Asserting that the corpo-rations were trifurcated in a hurry , the Home Ministersaid the three bodies run ondifferent policies, there is nocoordination between workersand due to this anomaly, dis-satisfaction has also beenfound among them. Whenresources and responsibilitieswere trifurcated, it was notdone without much corporation will be insurplus while the other twowill have less income and moreliability, he said.

3 Due to this,problems arise and the electedmembers face a lot of issues,Shah said. (( 60% 708!.Members of the BJP youthwing allegedly vandalisedproperty outside the residenceof Delhi Chief Minister andAAP convener Arvind Kejriwalhere during a protest onWednesday against his remarkson The Kashmir Files film,further intensifying the war ofwords between the two Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia onWednesday alleged that theBJP wants to kill Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal afterits poll defeat in Punjab. He alleged that the BJPyouth wing activists damagedCCTV cameras as well as secu-rity barricades at the ChiefMinister s residence in thepresence of Delhi Police per-sonnel. They allegedly threwpaint on the main gate of theresidence. Sisodia also saidthey will lodge a formal com-plaint in this BJP accused AAP ofscripting a drama and playingthe victim card after the public anger againstKejriwal s remarks mocking displaced Kashmiri Delhi Police said thata case has been registeredagainst unidentified personsin connection with the protestors, led by BJPYuva Morcha s national presi-dent and MP Tejasvi Surya,were holding a demonstrationagainst Kejriwal s remarks onthe recently released contro-versial movie The KashmirFiles , which is based on theexodus of Kashmiri Panditsfrom the Valley after the out-break of militancy.))

4 60% 708!. The Supreme court onWednesday directed theUttar Pradesh Government torespond by April 4 to the tworeports of the retired judgemonitoring the SIT probe intothe Lakhimpur Kheri violencecase. The reports sought can-cellation of bail to AshishMishra, son of Union MinisterAjay bench headed by ChiefJustice NV Ramana said themonitoring judge had writtento the State for cancellation ofbail granted by the AllahabadHigh court to Ashish Mishrain connection with the case. There are two letters sentto the Additional ChiefSecretary (Home) of the UPGovernment by the monitor-ing judge who had written tothe State to file an appeal inSC to cancel bail of mainaccused Ashish Mishra, saidthe bench also comprisingJustices Surya Kant and HimaKohli. Senior advocate MaheshJethmalani, appearing for theUP Government, tookinstructions and informed theapex court that the additionalsecretary of the Home depart-ment has stated that he did notreceive the letters.

5 ! " $ 95 After neutralising a largenumber of terrorist com-manders in a series of anti-ter-rorist operations across theKashmir valley, the securityforces in the Union Territory ofJammu & Kashmir are nowwaking up to a new challengeof dealing with women over-ground workers trained by theterror outfits to target the secu-rity recent incident involv-ing a woman overgroundworker (OGW) hurling a petrolbomb at security forces inSopore, and a journalist-turnedterrorist joining the ranks of aPakistan-based terror outfithas sent alarm bells ringing inthe security local police teams inSopore have identified thewoman OGW who hurled thepetrol bomb at CRPF person-nel late Tuesday CCTV footage camein handy for the security per-sonnel to identify the womanOGW, who is CCTV footage, whichwent viral on various socialmedia platforms, shows awoman, clad in a traditionalburqa, stopped near a CRPF picket in the main chowk areaof Sopore near an SBI branchand hurled a petrol bombtowards them around 7 Wednesday, InspectorGeneral of Police Vijay Kumartold a national news agency inSrinagar, The woman whohurled a bomb at the CRPF bunker in Sopore yesterdayhas been identified.

6 She will bearrested soon, he year the securityforces faced numerous chal-lenges exposing the terrormodules of hybrid terror-ists. Hybrid terrorist is theterm coined for those whohave had no previous recordof any involvement in hybrid terroristsremained at the forefront oftargeted strikes on membersof the minority communityand daily wage labourers fromoutside the Kashmir , the securityforces on Wednesday morn-ing identified the bodies oftwo LeT terrorists recoveredfrom the encounter site in theRainawari area of to a policespokesman, one of the ter-rorists, identified as RayeesAhmad Bhat, turned out to bea former journalist who ranan online news portal ValleyNews Service in to police, Bhathad joined the terrorist ranksof Lashkar-e-Tayyeba inAugust last year and was placedin C category in the terrorists list of J&K police. 60% 708!

7 With India emerging as animportant voice in find-ing ways to end the ongoingconflict in Ukraine, RussianForeign Minister Sergei Lavrovwill hold talks on the issue herewith his Indian counterpart SJaishankar during his two-dayvisit starting Thursday. It will be the first visit by aRussian Minister to India sincethe war began on February , Lavrov s visitcoincides with high -profilevisit by British ForeignSecretary Elizabeth Truss andUS Deputy National SecurityAdviser (NSA) forInternational EconomicsDaleep Singh. The US DeputyNSA arrives here onWednesday for a two-day is reportedly the main per-son behind sanctions has abstained fromvoting against Russia in theUnited Nations SecurityCouncil and the UnitedNations General Assembly. Prime Minister NarendraModi has held phone conver-sations with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin on February 24,March 2, and March 7 toexpress the country s concernon the Ukraine war.

8 Modi hadalso spoken to UkrainianPresident VolodymyrZelenskyy twice. During histalks with both the Presidents,Modi called for an early cessa-tion of hostilities and favoureddialogue to resolve the issue. Giving details of Lavrov stour, the Ministry of ExternalAffairs said in a one-line state-ment, Foreign Minister of theRussian Federation, SergeyLavrov will pay an official visitto New Delhi on March 31-1 April 2022. Currently, he is in and Russia are likelyto discuss the ongoing war inUkraine and its global impli-cations. Lavrov is likely tofocus on strategic issues result-ing from the war, as well as spe-cific discussions on purchasingRussian oil, payment mecha-nisms, and sanctions againstRussian banks with Jaishankar. The two sides are alsolikely to review any possibleimpact on the unhinderedsupply of weapons include the 50,000 croreS-400 missile systems and pro-duction of AK -203 assaultrifles in India.

9 This deal isworth over Rs 7,000 Government indicat-ed in Parliament last weekthat it is considering offers ofdiscounted Russian oil. A spe-cial inter-Ministerial groupheaded by the FinanceMinistry is looking into thepayments issues for Indianimporters and exporters thatarise from the war and Westernsanctions. # $ " $ !" #$" % & " % ! " '! (( ./85 5-57 Pakistan s embattled PrimeMinister Imran Khan onWednesday effectively lostmajority in Parliament after akey partner of the ruling coali-tion joined the ranks of theOpposition, which has tabled ano-confidence motion againsthis Government in theNational Muttahida QaumiMovement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key ally of the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf-led coalitionGovernment, with its sevenmembers announced that it hasparted ways with theGovernment during a jointpress conference of theOpposition parties Minister Khanneeds 172 votes in the lowerHouse of 342 to foil theOpposition s bid to topple , Maulana FazlurRehman, chief of JamiatUlema-i-Islama Fazl (JUI-F),said the Opposition has thesupport of 175 lawmakers andthe Prime Minister was also announced thatPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)))

10 President andLeader of the OppositionShehbaz Sharif would be nextPrime Minister of the countryafter removal of 69-year-oldKhan. We want to make a newbeginning for politics of toler-ance and true democracy, MQM-P chief Khalid MaqboolSiddiqui told reporters. Iannounce to support theOpposition in Parliament. Sharif said it was an impor-tant day as all Opposition par-ties have joined together toaddress the problems faced byPakistan. The premier, even ifhe is a selected one, shouldresign to set a new tradition, he Bhutto-Zardari,chairman of the PakistanPeoples Party (PPP), said thesupport by the MQM was a bigdevelopment and with this theprime minister has lost themajority. The Prime Ministerhas no option and he will haveto resign, he also said Sharifwill soon be elected as the nextPrime Minister. Another allyof the ruling coalition, theBalochistan Awami Party(BAP) with five members inthe lower House hadannounced on Monday that ithad accepted the Opposition sinvitation to vote , InteriorMinister Sheikh Rashid saidPrime Minister Khan willaddress the nation onWednesday evening and dis-cuss the prevailing political sit-uation.