New Delhi Delhi India NewsVoir LPU B Tech 3rd Year student Ashish Kumar has been declared as one of the top three All India Best NCC Cadet in Army Wing In addition to him three other LPU students has also participated in 73rd Republic Day Parade in New Delhi LPU students participated in parade along with Indian Military Navy Air Force and other Para-Military forces at Rajpath New Delhi Proving his calibre and cult 3rd-year BTech Computer Science Engineering student at Lovely Professional University LPU Ashish Kumar has been declared among the top three All India Best NCC Cadets At present he is Under Officer UO of Army Wing of the NCC and received Bronze Medal during the 73rd Republic Day Parade celebrations in New Delhi To win this prestigious award Ashish underwent 100 days of training in the national NCC camps Including UO Ashish four of the NCC and NSS students of Lovely Professional University LPU also participated in the 73rd National Republic Day celebrations - 2022 in New Delhi The other three students who participated in the RD parade are Deeksha Gaur of BBA-MBA Integrated 2nd year Omkar Nath of MBA 1st Year andSaumya Singh of B-Tech Mechanical Engineering 3rd Year All of them represented the nation at grand RD celebrations Being adjudged among the best NCC cadets and NSS volunteers of the country all of these LPU students saluted with dignity to the unfurled Tricolour the President of India Ram Nath Kovind Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top national guests on 26th January 2022 Saumya is an NSS volunteer and was a participant in the PM Rally also The Ministry of Youth Affairs Sports Government of India has selected LPU students in the toughest competition among lakhs of student-volunteer participants from across 5-zones of India LPU students were selected keeping in view their overall performance for the parade cultural activities proficiency to participate in the debate on different social issues and ability to depict the culture of their state They also got awarded prestigious testimonials by the President of India for their significant national role and participation LPU students got a golden opportunity to parade along with the Indian Military Navy Air Force and other Para-Military forces at the Rajpath Feeling proud of being selected for such a sought-after opportunity they express We have got this opportunity by excelling in various selection camps organized at a different state zone national levels Groomed and motivated well by LPU faculty and mentors we have not only been able student volunteers but also deft in co-curricular activities ImageLPU students Saumya Singh Deeksha Gaur Omkar Nath and Ashish Kumar receives Medal during 73rd Republic Day Celebrations in New Delhi PWR PWR

New Delhi Nov 23 PTI The Supreme Court Tuesday refused the Trinamool Congress TMC partys plea for postponing of municipal elections in Tripura and said it is an extreme recourse and last resort to do in a democracy and passed a slew of directions to the state police to ensure free and fair electionsThe apex court directed reassessment of deployment of Para-Military forces in critical areas and warned of coercive action if the directives are not followed scrupulouslyIt also sought details of the FIRs registered in view of violent incidents during campaigning and the arrests made in those caseA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Vikram Nath said Postponing election is a matter of last and extreme recourse It is our considered view that short of postponing of elections the apprehensions which have been expressed on behalf of the petitioners by the counsels can be suitably addressed by issuing peremptory directions to the State of Tripura so as to ensure that the remaining phases of the Municipal elections take place in peaceful and orderly manner The top court was hearing a plea of TMC seeking contempt action against the Tripura government and other officials for failing to curtail violent incidents against opposition parties in the run up to the upcoming Municipal polls It said the reports of breach of law and order which have been brought to the notice of law enforcing agencies are to be duly dealt with in accordance with lawThe DGP and the IGP law and order shall hold a joint meeting with the State Election Commission by tomorrow morning for the purpose of assessing the availability of sufficient strength of paramilitary forces drawn from the CRPF for ensuring peaceful conduct of the remaining phases of the elections the bench directedThe top court said that after making an assessment of the situation on the ground if so required a requisition shall be submitted to the CRPF or as the case may be to the Union Ministry of Home AffairsAny such request shall be duly considered having regard to the situation and in the interest of ensuring peace security and orderly conduct of elections in the state of Tripura on November 25 2021 it saidThe bench said the DGP and the IGP shall take all steps to ensure that the election process is conducted in peace and orderly manner and without any disruptions particularly on the date of polling leading up to the counting of ballots on November 28Since serious grievance have been raised on behalf of the petitioners by the counsel that despite the lodging of FIR no action has been taken by law enforcing agencies the respondents Tripura and police shall submit before this court a tabulated statement of the complaints which have been lodged FIR which have been registered action which have been taken and arrests that have been made the bench said It said the tabulated statement shall be submitted together with the compliance affidavits which have already been directed to be filed by this court by its previous order dated November 11While we are not inclined to accede to the prayer for postponing of the elections we are equally of the view that it is the duty of DGP and IGP and the home secretary of Tripura to assuage any misgiving about the fairness of the law enforcing machinery in supporting the electoral process it saidThe top court said the law enforcement agencies must discharge their duties even handed and in nonpartisan manner to obviate the grievance which have been raised before this court that candidates and supporters of the Trinamool Congress TMC are unfairly targeted by contesting political groups When a compliance affidavit is filed before this court it shall contain a detailed elaboration of steps which have been taken with regard to law and order to ensure security for the contesting candidates and protect the electoral process from any kind of taint leading upto the counting of votes and declaration of results it saidThe bench said We would impress upon the DGP to observe these directions scrupulously so as to obviate the need for this court to adopt any coercive steps in the event of breach of its directions comes to its lightSenior advocates Jaideep Gupta and Gopal Shankaranaryanan said that they have filed an application for appointment of an independent observer in the state for free and fair conduct of electionsThe bench said let us see what happens in two days and we would then consider it on November 25 We have given our mind to the law enforcing machinery and on November 25 we will see what else could be doneEarlier during the day the bench sought to know from senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani about the Para-Military force deployment and whether any more Central Armed Police Forces CAPF can be requisitioned for deployment in critical areasJethmalani submitted a statement filed by state DGP VS Yadav and Inspector General of Police IGP Arindam Nath giving the details of force deploymentThe bench noted the position and said that three battalions of CRPF comprising 18 companies nine sections per company are deployed in the State for field duty On November 11 the top court had directed the Tripura government to ensure that no political party including TMC in the fray for local body polls of the state is prevented from pursuing electoral rights in accordance with law and from campaigning in a peaceful and orderly mannerIt had issued notice to the state government on the plea by TMC and its Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev seeking security for the party workers and representatives alleging wide scale violence against them PTI MNL SA