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At least five people died in a blast at a firecracker unit in Pudupatti near Sivakasi
on Saturday morning. Ten people are seriously injured in the blast. The accident
took place on Saturday morning and fire and rescue personnel are working to
douse the flame. The firecracker unit is owned by Murugan of Padupatti and the
explosion took place at the chemical blending unit.
Pakistan and India on Saturday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations
that cannot be attacked in case of an escalation in hostilities, as part of an an-
nual ritual that has been in practice between the two neighbours for more than
three decades, a Foreign Office statement said. This practice of exchanging
lists has continued since January 1, 1992.
5 DEAD, 10 HURT
IN FIRE INCIDENT
AT TAMIL NADU
CRACKER UNIT
PAKISTAN, INDIA
EXCHANGE NUCLEAR
INSTALLATIONS,
PRISONERS’ LIST
Over 12K NGOs
including Jamia
lose foreign aid
New Delhi: FCRA li-
cences—needed to re-
ceive funding from
abroad—of over 12,000
NGOs and other organi-
sations have expired,
the Home Ministry said
Saturday morning,
days after it cited “ad-
verse inputs” to refuse
renewal of a licence for
Mother Teresa’s Mis-
sionaries of Charity
.
Of 18,778 orgs whose
Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act licenc-
es expired on Saturday,
12,989 had applied for
renewal. P5
FOR JAB: CO-WIN
REGISTRATION
OPENS FOR
15-18 YEAR OLDS
New Delhi: In line with
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s announcement
on Christmas, registra-
tions for vaccinating
15-18-year-old children
against COVID-19
began from Saturday
on the Co-WIN portal.
As announced by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on December 25, 2021,
the vaccination for the
age-group 15-18 years is
scheduled to begin from
Monday while adminis-
tration of precautionary
third dose for the vulner-
able categories is to
commence from January
10, 2022.
10 MAHA MINISTERS,
20 MLAs TEST +VE
Mumbai: As many as 10
ministers and over 20
MLAs have tested positive
for Covid-19 in Maharash-
tra despite cutting short
the Assembly session,
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said
on Saturday. If the number
of patients keeps increas-
ing, the government may
have to impose further
restrictions, added Pawar.
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
22,775
new cases
406
Omicron tally
301
new cases
00
new fatalities
MAATAM
MATA’S DURBAR
Stampede at Vaishno Devi Shrine leaves
12 dead, 13 injured during New Year rush
@
Altercation between two
groups on pathway leading
to shrine complex led to incident
1 Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered a high-level inquiry
by 3-member team led by Principal Secy Home, and
including Divisional Commissioner and Addl DGP of Jammu
2
Jammu: Twelve people
losttheirlivesandovera
dozen others were in-
jured in a stampede at
the famous Mata Vaish-
no Devi shrine in Jam-
mu and Kashmir in the
early hours during a
heavy rush of devotees
on New Year.
This is first such trag-
edyattheshrine,located
atop Trikuta hills that
attracts lakhs of people
every year.
Theincidentoccurred
between2.30AMand2.45
AM on Saturday near a
relatively narrow pas-
sage at gate number 3
outside the sanctum
sanctorum of the hilltop
shrine where devotees
usually arrive round the
clockaftertrekkingfrom
Katra base camp.
TECHNICAL SOLUTION
IN OFFING: MINISTER
Katra: Union minister
Jitendra Singh, who rushed
to Katra in J&K following
the stampede stated that
they are wanting to add
some technical solutions to
the pilgrimage to the hilltop
temple to avoid mishaps
within the future.
VERY DISTRESSED: PRESIDENT KOVIND
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind
on Saturday said he was very distressed
to know that an unfortunate stampede
claimed the lives of devotees at Mata
Vaishno Devi Bhavan in Jammu and
Kashmir and offered heartfelt condolences
to the bereaved families. “I wish speedy
recovery to those injured,” he said.
IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH JK ADMIN: MODI
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday
said that the central government is in constant touch
with the J&K Administration and full care is being taken
towards the relief work for those injured in the stampede at
the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. Speaking at a programme,
Modi expressed his condolences for all those who died in
the post midnight tragedy and said that he has spoken to
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
4 INJURED IN SERIOUS CONDITION: DOCS
Jammu: Four people who were injured in Saturday morn-
ing’s stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Katra are currently in serious condition and
are on ventilators, according to authorites of the hospital
they have been admitted to. According to doctors, eleven
people are stable and out of which 3-4 were discharged.
Heavy rush of devotees at
Darshani Deodi of Mata
Vaishno Devi shrine, in Reasi
district on Saturday morning.
(Right) View of a relatively
narrow passage at gate no. 3
where the incident occurred
between 2.30 AM and 2.45
AM on Saturday.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Heart is deeply pained by
the tragic accident at Mata
Vaishno Devi Temple. In
this regard, I have spoken
to the Lieutenant Governor
of J&K Shri Manoj Sinha ji.
I express my condolences
to families of deceased.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
The tragedy due to a
stampede at Mata Vaishno
Bhawan is heart-wrench-
ing. Anguished by the
loss of lives due to it. My
condolences to the families
in this sad hour. Praying
for recovery of injured.
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
The accident of stampede
in Mata Vaishnodevi
temple is extremely sad.
My condolences to the
bereaved families of the
deceased. Wishing speedy
recovery of those injured
in the tragic incident.
Mehbooba Mufti
@MehboobaMufti
I am also saddened by the
tragic accident at Vaishno
Devi & neither the adminis-
tration the nor police are
carrying out their duties.
Instead they are engrossed
in threatening people into
silence. My condolences.
Kalraj Mishra
@KalrajMishra
The sad news was received
about the stampede
accident in Maa Vaishno
Devi temple in which many
devotees lost their lives.
May God rest the soul of the
deceased, my sympathies
are with their families.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Deeply saddened at the
loss of lives due to a stam-
pede at Mata #VaishnoDevi
Bhawan, Katra in J&K. My
heartfelt condolences to
the bereaved families.
May they remain strong
to bear this loss.
Onnewyear,PMModireleases10th
installmentunderPM-KISANscheme
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
released the 10th in-
stallment of financial
benefit under the Prad-
han Mantri Kisan Sam-
man Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
scheme on Saturday.
Under the scheme, an
amount of over Rs
20,000 crore was trans-
ferred to more than 10
crore beneficiary farm-
er families across the
country
.
Under the scheme, a
financial benefit of Rs
6,000 per year is provid-
ed to the eligible farmer
families, payable in
three equal install-
ments of Rs 2,000.
The money is trans-
ferred directly to the
bank account. P5
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at an event.
‘ECO INDICATORS
BETTER THAN
PRE-COVID TIMES’
New Delhi: Observing
that many economic indi-
cators are better than the
pre-Covid times, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
said, “Today, the growth
rate of our economy is
more than 8%. Record
foreign investment has
come to India and our
forex reserves have
reached record levels.
Also, old records have
been surpassed in the
GST collection. We have
also set new paradigms
in case of exports & es-
pecially agriculture”. P5
Amount of `20K crore
was transferred to
more than 10 crore
beneficiary farmer
families across nation
4 killed in landslide in Haryana
mining zone, several trapped
Bhiwani: At least four
mining workers were
killed and several oth-
ers feared trapped un-
der the debris follow-
ing a landslide at the
Dadam mining zone
in Tosham block of
Haryana’s Bhiwani
district on Saturday
morning.
A few workers were
also said to have been
injured in the land-
slide. The rescue opera-
tion was launched by
the district administra-
tion, even as the exact
number of fatalities is
yet to be ascertained.
AMIT SHAH SPEAKS TO HARYANA CM
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday
expressed grief over a landslide that took place at a min-
ing site in Haryana’s Bhiwani in which two people died,
and spoke to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar about the
accident. Police said around half a dozen dumper trucks
and some machines have been buried under debris after
the landslide in Tosham block.
A view of the site of a landslide incident at Dadam mining.
GEHLOT’S HUMANITARIAN DECISION
TO INCREASE GRANT PER PLATE FOR INDIRA RASOI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To ensure that
quality of food is not af-
fected due to inflation,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has decided to
increase the amount of
grant per plate from `12
to `17 under the Indira
Rasoi Yojna.
The scheme was
launched in August 2020
for realising the Chief
Minister’s resolve of ‘no
oneshouldsleephungry’.
With this decision to
increase the grant on
New Year, now the op-
erations of Indira Rasoi
will be smooth and
quality and nutritious
food will be made avail-
able continuously to the
needy people.
358 Indira Rasoi oper-
ating in the state will
get an additional grant
of `5 per plate. The
State Government will
bear the additional fi-
nancial expenditure of
`27.63 crore per annum
while the consumers
will continue to get food
plate at `8 as before.
Indira Rasoi is being
operated by more than
300 NGOs in the state on
‘no loss-no profit’ basis.
Due to the increased
prices of food items and
LPG, the operators were
facing problems in the
operationof thekitchen.
In view of the infla-
tion, they had demand-
edfromtheChief Minis-
ter to increase the grant
amount.UrbanDevelop-
ment Minister Shanti
Dhariwalhadalsourged
to increase the grant.
Taking a sensitive de-
cision, the Chief Minis-
ter gave approval to in-
crease the grant amount
so that the needy people
including poor, deprived
sections,labourers,rick-
shaw pullers and others
can be provided good
quality and nutritious
food for just `8 per plate.
Allocation for Indira
Rasoi Yojna hiked
from `12 to `17
Scheme was
launched under
CM’s resolve of
‘No one should
sleep hungry’
The cost of food
for beneficiaries
has not been hiked
CM JOINS PM’S
FUNCTION VIRTUALLY
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot virtually joined the
function wherein Prime
Minister Narendra Modi an-
nounced the 10th installment
of the financial assistance
given to farmers under Prad-
han Mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi scheme. The function
was held through video
conferencing on Saturday.
CM Ashok Gehlot

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COPSONTOESASTOURISTSFLOCK
AMBER,SARISKAONNEWYEAR
Tragic NY: Traffic cop dies after
being hit by drunk driver
Mission 2023 Vijay Sankalp:
1,100 BJP mandals meet today
Raj continues to reel under cold
wave, Fatehpur shivers@ 1.8°C
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The police,
home guard personnel,
local police and the traf-
fic police personnel are
on their toes to handle
the rush of tourists in
the Pink City and en-
sure their safety,
On the first day of the
year, Amber Palace and
Amber Biological Park
were seen buzzing with
tourists. A large num-
ber of tourists from
various states reached
Jaipur.
A similar footfall of
tourists was seen at Sa-
riska. On Saturday, 826
tourists arrived in 80
gipsies and 18 canters
here. At the same time,
712 devotees also visited
Pandupol. Team Saris-
ka did good monitoring
Under leadership of FD
RN Meena and DFO Su-
darshan Sharma,
Touristswerethrilled
to see ST 9 and ST 21.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
BJP has decided to or-
ganise Mandal Working
Committee meetings
simultaneously in all
1,100 mandals of the
state on Sunday to chalk
out an action plan for
the victory of BJP Mis-
sion 2023 Vijay Sankalp.
There will be four ses-
sions which will be or-
ganised like national,
state, district working
committee meetings.
BJP State President
Satish Poonia will at-
tend Jaipur rural Ram-
pura & Jhunjhunu Ru-
ral Board working com-
mittee meetings. State
organisation Gen Secy-
Chandrashekhar of
Bagru Municipal Board
and Khejroli Mandal of
Jaipur Countryside
North, LoP GC Kataria
of Udaipur Municipal
Board, National Minis-
ter Alka Gurjar of Bag-
ru East Circle, Dy LoP
Rajendra Rathore of
Churu City Circle, State
Vice President CP Joshi
Dewari and Vallabhna-
gar Circle of Udaipur
Countryside, Ajaypal
Singh Adarsh Nagar
Mandal of Jaipur City,
Chandrakanta Meghw-
al Keshoraipatan City
and Countryside Circle,
Palsana & Piprali Man-
dal of Madhoram
Chaudhary Sikar,
Mukesh Dadhich Bagad
Nagar of Jhunjhunu
Mandal, Naraisingh De-
val, Raniwada Mandal,
State Gen Secy Madan
Dilawar Ganesh Man-
dal of Kota, Bhajanlal
Sharma of Malviya Na-
gar & Sheopur Mandal
of Jaipur & MP Rajen-
dra Gehlot will be pre-
sent in Ratanada Man-
dal meet of Jodhpur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cold wave con-
ditions prevailed in
parts of Rajasthan with
Fatehpur in Sikar dis-
trict recording a low of
1.8 degrees Celsius, a
MeT department offi-
cial said. Sangaria and
Churu in Hanuman-
garh recorded mini-
mum temperatures of
2.8 degrees Celsius each
on the intervening
night of Friday and Sat-
urday, he said.
The minimum tem-
perature in Karauli was
3 degrees Celsius, while
it was 3.5 deg C in Sikar,
4.5 deg C in Alwar.
Jaipur and Bhilwara
recorded a minimum
temperature of 7.4 de-
grees Celsius each, the
official said. Other ma-
jor places in the state
recorded minimum
temperatures in the
range of 8.6 degrees
Celsius to 14.9 degrees
Celsius.
According to the of-
ficial, most parts of the
state recorded the maxi-
mum temperature in
the range of 18 degrees
Celsius to 24.2 degrees
Celsius.
Director of Jaipur
Meteorological Centre
Radheshyam Sharma
said a new Western Dis-
turbance will be active
in some parts of Ra-
jasthan from January 4.
On January 5, light to
moderate rain activi-
ties are expected to con-
tinue in parts of Bikan-
er, Jodhpur division of
West Rajasthan and
Ajmer, & Jaipur divi-
sion of East Rajasthan.
The effect of this sys-
tem will be seen till
January 7, he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A police con-
stable, Sanjay Kumar,
lost his life on the first
day of the New Year,
when a car travelling at
a speed of 180 to 200
km/hr hit him in the
wee hours of Saturday.
The driver along with 3
others in the car was in
an inebriated state. Ac-
cording to the eyewit-
nesses, the occupants
of thecarweresodrunk
that they could not even
stand properly. The ac-
cident took place at
Harmada police station
area at around 4am,
when the policemen
were rotating shifts and
were relaxed. The car
driver accelerated the
car on seeing the cops
and first hit the barri-
cade, it then collided
with the divider and fi-
nally hit the traffic po-
liceman Sanjay who
was standing nearby.
He was rushed to hospi-
tal, but he had died by
then. The accused were
nabbed by the cops.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Celebrating the
New Year with her
guests, Patricia A Luci-
na, Chargé d’Affaires,
US Embassy, visited the
Amber Mahal with ‘Z’
plus security. Begin-
ning with Diwan-e-Aam
and Ganesh Pol, they
also visited the Sheesh
Mahal. The guide in-
formed them of the pal-
ace’s history and the
rich cultural heritage
of the state. The visi-
tors found the Amber
Mahal remarkable and
praised the palace in
the visitors’ diary
.
She had visited the
City Palace, where she
reprimanded police ad-
ministration for lapses
in arrangements as in-
stead of being taken in
from the VIP gate, she
was made to enter from
the common gate where
she was stuck in midst
of crowd of visitors.
She then rebuked offi-
cials saying that her
visittoAmbershouldn’t
be obstructed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Irate over land
sharks encroaching on
thoroughfare leading to
their houses, residents
of Ramesh Marg in C-
Scheme, staged a demon-
stration at Police Com-
missionerate.Protesters,
led by ex-President of
State BJP Arun Chatur-
vedi,metPoliceCommis-
sioner Anand Srivastava
& handed over a memo-
randum. In wake of
tense situation, addition-
al ‘police bandobast’ has
been put into place in the
area. Residents alleged
thatencroachersblocked
the road, snapping com-
munication to around
two dozen houses. When
they approached cops,
they didn’t take any ac-
tion against culprits De-
vendra Singh & Gautam
Singh, forcing them to
adopt path of agitation.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Bringing relief
to the common man in
New Year, petroleum
gas companies (IOCL,
HPCL, BPCL) slashed
the prices of commer-
cial gas cylinders by Rs
102.50. The 19 kg gas cyl-
inder meant for com-
mercial use will be
available for Rs 2013.50.
Kartikeya Gaur, Gen-
eral Secretary of LPG
Distributors Federation
of Rajasthan, said that
oil firms have brought
about no change in pric-
es of the 14.2 kg domes-
tic gas cylinder that is
still being sold at Rs
903.50 without subsidy.
Gaur said that at pre-
sent 30 to 40,000 such
cylinders are consumed
in Jaipur every day. Its
a huge relief for restau-
rant operators and
small vendors.
US Embassy officer visits Amber in Jaipur,
reprimands officers for mismanagement
Residents stage
demo against
land sharks
Commercial
LPG cylinder
prices slashed
Huge rush can be seen at Badi Chaupar area in Walled City on the first day of the New Year. A large number of tourists throng the historic Observatory, Jantar Mantar
without caring for Covid-19 protocols on Saturday. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
COURTESY MEET
Cong leader Dharmendra Rathore called upon CM Ashok Gehlot on New Year’s Eve. Dr
Raghu Sharma, Arjun Morwadia, Girish Rathore and Akshay were also present.
Sighting the Bar-headed Goose at the famous Barkhera Pond at
Chaksu near Jaipur is every bird-watcher’s delight.
Devotees offer prayers at the famous Moti Doongri Ganesh Temple at Jaipur on Saturday to mark
the very first day of the New Year and seek blessings of the ‘Vighnaharta’ to remove all obstacles
from their lives.
Priests at the Govind Dev Ji Temple in Jaipur offered ‘Chhapan Bhog’ to the deity on the occasion of New Year on Saturday. Special arrangements were made for
devotees at these revered places of worship amid the growing scare of Covid cases driven by the Omicron variant. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
SEEKING LORD’s BLESSINGS ON NEW YEAR
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Sanjay Kumar

RAJASTHAN
03
52 OMICRON CASES IN STATE,
38 IN JAIPUR ALONE IN A DAY
ACS Pant steps
up fight against
Covid-19 in Jpr
Udaipur man
murdered in
USA by robbers
Total 301 Covid positive reported on
Saturday in state, 192 from Jaipur
10 districts have Omicron cases. As
per the report, 9 came from abroad
Patients getting tested at SMS hospital on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Tourists flock at Nahargarh Fort.
Bansilal Sahu
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: On the first day
of the year, 52 new cases
of Omicron have been
reported from state.
Of these, 38 are from
Jaipur, 3 each in Pratap-
garh, Sirohi and Bikan-
er, 2 in Jodhpur & one
each in Ajmer, Sikar &
Bhilwara. A total of 10
districts have Omicron
cases. As per the report,
nine of the infected peo-
ple returned from
abroad.
Twelve patients have
travelled to other states,
while two got infected
after coming in contact
with Omicron patients
and four by coming in
contact with patients
who returned from
abroad. However, there
is no trace of the travel
history of the other in-
fected people.
With this, there are a
total 121 Omicron pa-
tients in the state. Of
these, 61 patients have
recovered. Raj stands at
number three in num-
ber of Omicron cases.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: National
and international in-
vestors are going to
pour a whopping Rs
1,000 core in the tour-
ism industry of the
state in the coming
day, making it the
largest investment
garnering sector.
In this context, a
mega MoU signing
programme will be
organised at a city
hotel on coming
Tuesday
.
More than 70 in-
vestors have already
given their accent for
it. Tourism Minis-
ters Vishwendra Sin-
gh and Murari Lal
Meena as well as
Tourism Secretary
Gayatri Rathore and
Director Nishant
Jain will be present
in the programme.
Recently, Vishven-
dra Singh, in a re-
view meeting of the
department, had giv-
en directions to offi-
cials regarding budg-
et announcement,
implementation and
timely completion of
schemes, efforts
should be made to in-
crease the revenue.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In view of the
increasing number of
cases here, Additional
CS of Public Health En-
gineering Department
and district in-charge
secretary, Sudhansh
Pant has instructed of-
ficials of district ad-
ministration, police,
both the municipal cor-
porations and health
departments to take ef-
fective measures to stop
the spread of coronavi-
rus during a review
meeting at the District
Collectorate Auditori-
um on Saturday
. He has
requested everyone to
wear masks, adhere to
social distancing, not
overcrowd, make saniti-
zation a habit and get
people vaccinated.
Pant said that we
must act in the nick of
time to stop the spread.
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: A business-
man from here who was
on a visit to his daugh-
ter’s in the USA was
murdered on Friday
.
Bansilal Sahu had
been staying in the US
for the last 10 months &
had applied for green
card. His son-in-law has
a hotel there. Some rob-
bers entered his house
at night and he was
badly beaten up fatally
.
Bansilal went to Med-
ford with his wife on
February 28 and was
staying behind his
daughter Neelu Sahu’s
hotel. One of his sons
lives in Udaipur. Bansi-
lal’s body is kept in
mortuary in Medford
and will be handed over
to the family on Mon-
day. Medford Police
have nabbed 1 miscre-
ants, other at large.
I request eve-
ryone to wear
masks, adhere
to social distancing,
not overcrowd, make
sanitization a habit
and get people vacci-
nated. We must act in
the nick of time
—Sudhansh Pant, ACS
`1,000 cr int’l & nat’l
investments expected
in Raj Tourism sector
Jaipur airport gets 50 new
outlets & automated parking
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: After Adani
group took over the op-
erations, Jaipur inter-
national airport is go-
ing to witness improve-
ment in facilities and
new changes including
shifting of internation-
al flights and automat-
ed parking in the year
2022.
International flights
will be shifted to Termi-
nal- 1, about 50 new out-
lets will open in the air-
port building and auto-
mation will be imple-
mented in the parking
lot during the next few
months.
Several changes will
be made by the Adani
Group by using new
technology which will
create new experiences
for the passengers. The
handing over of opera-
tions was completed in
2021 and now the air-
port is being operated
by the Adani Group.
Within two and a half
months of assuming
the operation, the
Group has made many
changes in the airport
building to facilitate
passengers.
The new departure
hall of the airport has
been handed over to In-
diGo airline. In 2022, ar-
rangements will be
made to accommodate
more passengers by ex-
panding security hold
area on the first floor.
Vishnu Mohan Jha,
Chief Airport Officer,
Jaipur Airport said
that the focus will be
on increasing facilities
for passengers, easing
the process of depar-
ture & entertainment
facilities.
`77.82 cr liquor sold on New Year’s
Eve, ` 65.13 cr foreign liquor alone
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Going by the mar-
ket figures, people are cer-
tainly in a high spirit.
Sources said that liquor was
sold to the tune of worth Rs
77.82 crore on Friday alone
whereas it was Rs 70.2 crore
on the last day in 2020. The
bumper Friday sale includ-
ed foreign liquor worth Rs
65.13 crore and beer worth
Rs 12.69 crore. However, it is
much less than 2019 when it
was worth Rs 104.21 crore.
NEW YEAR WISHES
Governor Kalraj Mishra was greeted on New Year by MP Diya Kumari.
A large number of people visited the Governor. He wished the visitors
Happy New Year with happiness, prosperity, and progress.
Houses for 23K in
2022 under CMJAY
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: More than 23000 urban poor
families will get the dream of their
house fulfilled in the 2022 as the Gehlot
government has targeted to complete
projects under affordable housing and
CM Jan Awas Yojna, by the end of
March.
The state government decided to com-
plete the projects under both the schemes
by taking a loan of Rs 200 crore from
HUDCO and hand over the possession by
March end. During the earlier tenure of
Gehlot government in 2009, the afforda-
ble housing policy was introduced to
provide houses to economically weaker
section and low income group families
at affordable prices. Later, during the
BJP regime, the CM Jan Awas Yojana
was implemented under which construc-
tion of houses was started in various
cities with the help of private builders.
However, due to some reasons, pro-
jects got stuck and currently 23,356 fam-
ilies are waiting for a long time to get
possession of their houses.
For arranging the necessary budget to
complete the construction of more than
23,000 houses, a decision was taken at
the level of Urban Development Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal as per which Ra-
jasthan Urban Drinking Water Sewer-
age and Infrastructure Corporation
(RUDSICO) applied to HUDCO for a loan
of Rs 200 crores.
HUDCO has issued approval for a loan
of Rs 70 crore out of Rs 200 crore. Out of
the total 200 crore, Rs 160 crore will be
spent to complete the project of Mukhy-
amantri Jan Awas Yojana and Rs 40
crore will for the Affordable Housing
Policy.
New Delhi: Pole vault-
er Devraj Singh came to
Delhi in 2019 from Mali
Khera village of
Bhilwara district in Ra-
jasthan with the dream
of representing the
country in pole vault
one day
.
Today, with no funds
or support from any-
one, Devraj works
night shifts as a secu-
rity guard in Delhi’s
Defence Colony to
make his dreams come
true.
“My parents refused
to give me money for
practice, equipment
and after that Covid
lockdown took place. I
have a dream to do well
so I have to work as a
security guard in the
nightshift,”said Devraj
Singh. —ANI
Looking for funds:
Pole vaulter works
as security guard
Sirohi 496
Nathdwara 525
Phalna 832
Balotra 1024
Chhoti Sadri 288
Jhalawar 1440
Nimbahera 1232
Khetri 640
Rajsamand 1072
Kishangarh 839
Bundi 1104
Pali 1056
Hindaun City 816
Beawar 1216
Bhiwadi 352
Ajmer 432
Jhunjhunu 1360
Churu 288
Pindwara 528
Keshavaraipatan1612
HOUSES WILL BE BUILT IN
Talwara Jodhpur 560
Ochari Chittorgarh 432
Tanwara II-phase Jodhpur 832
Lordi Pandit Package No Jodhpur 1568
Chaukha Jodhpur 784
Kuchaman City 752
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
Jaipur airport

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Through selfless service,
you will always be
fruitful and find the
fulfillment of your desires.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The news of the untimely death of many
people in the accident at Mata Vaishno
Devi Temple is heart-wrenching. Local
administration and BJP workers are
engaged in relief and rescue work.
Condolences to the bereaved family and
wish the injured a speedy recovery.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Reading books is a healthy habit and
a wonderful way to develop cognitive,
language, and social skills. Inspired by
PM @narendramodi’s call to citizens to
read books regularly, I am committed
to cultivate a lifetime habit of book
reading. #PadheBharat
TOP TWEETS
TIME FOR
NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTIONS
t the beginning of
each year, many peo-
ple make vows to ei-
ther do or not do
something to im-
prove their life in some way. As
we start 2022, after two years of
living with COVID-19, this hope
may be stronger than usual. The
pandemic’s impacts have ranged
from deaths and other adverse
effects on physical and mental
health, to huge changes in em-
ployment, income, travel, leisure
and the ability to socialise. The
effect on individuals has varied
considerably, depending on what
their life was like beforehand,
how much it has affected them
and their own resilience. We may
see resolutions driven by loss,
guilt anger, plus a rush on com-
mon types of self-improvement
resolutions and a greater drive
for overall life changes.
In times of trauma, when fu-
ture is uncertain, some people
adopt a ‘devil may care, live for
now’ attitude to life, with greater
risk taking. While others exer-
cise extreme caution. Both
groups may well make New
Year’s resolutions to fit their ap-
proach to life!
THECONVERSATION.COM
A
ikening today’s
capitalist econo-
mies to the com-
munist bloc of
yesteryear may
seem far-fetched.
What could the free market
possibly have in common
with Soviet-style central
planning? In fact, the com-
parison increasingly offers
useful insights into what has
become of the winning side
since the end of the Cold War.
Consider the “soft budget
constraints” that socialist
state-ownedenterprises(SOEs)
used to enjoy and that turned
out to be one of the main rea-
sons why Soviet-bloc econo-
mies failed. Similar financial
conditions are becoming per-
vasive in capitalist America.
As the Hungarian Marxist
apostate János Kornai fa-
mously argued, SOEs could
ignore losses and consumer
preferences because they
could always count on the
state to keep them afloat. Ko-
rnai’s thesis was popular
with the Chinese reformers
of the 1980s: seeking to make
SOEs more responsive to the
market, they “hardened”
companies’ budget con-
straints. By contrast, capital-
ist America seems to be on
the same misbegotten path as
theSovieteconomies.Though
it is starting from a different
place, the result is the same.
Budget constraints are sof-
tening, and capital is increas-
ingly being funneled toward
the fashionable and the well-
connected fantasists and
schemers.
To be sure, borrowing can,
up to a point, energize capi-
talist enterprises. Contrary
to what one reads in intro-
ductory economics text-
books, real-world consumers’
budgets aren’t capped and
venturesome consumers can
borrow to pay for the next
new hot item.
PROJECT-SYNDICATE.ORG
SELECTIVE SOVIETIZATION
OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM
Lax lending standards,
cheap credit, and
massive injections of
liquidity from the central
bank have created a
toxic level of financial
flexibility in the
US economy
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ARCHBISHOP TUTU:
VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
he only time I met Archbish-
op Desmond Tutu was on
2.3.2005 in Cape Town. I spent
a few minutes with him. His
genial personality made a
lasting impression on me.
I was familiar with his
fame and name. He had been
awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1984. The second
South African black to be so
honoured. The first was
Chief Albert Luthuli. The
third was Nelson Mandela.
While in Cape Town, I
bought “Tutu: Voice of the
Voiceless” by Shirley Dubou-
lay. The Archbishop was a
controversial figure. He was
an expert self-publicist, agi-
tator and peacemaker. With
Nelson Mandela and other
A.N.C (African National Con-
gress) in prison in Robben
Island, Tutu kept the anti-
Apartheid movement alive,
but in a peaceful manner.
After his release from pris-
on in February 1990, Mandela
and Tutu became close
friend. Mr. Mandela made the
retired Archbishop Chair-
man of the Truth and Recon-
ciliation Commission, which
in the words of Nelson Man-
dela performed “the most
crucial task of reconciling
the nation.”
On 23rd June 1999 Nelson
Mandela made a speech at a
thanks giving service for
Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Here are a few excerpts from
Mr. Mandela’s speech.
“It is true privilege and
honour for me to share in
this thanksgiving service for
the Archbishop of Cape
Town and the Primate of the
Church of the Province of
Southern Africa, who retires
in one week’s time, just
ahead of his 65th birthday. I
suspect that he is doing so
just to set the record by retir-
ing before I do!
I know that I speak for all
of you, when I say that Arch-
bishop Desmond Tutu had
been a blessing and inspira-
tion to countless people, here
and abroad, through his min-
istry; his acts of compassion;
his prophetic witness; and
his political engagement. He
has a distinguished record as
a leader of his church and the
ecumenical movement, and
as fearless fighter against the
evil and inhuman system of
apartheid. He is renowned for
selfless commitment to the
poor,theoppressedanddown-
trodden. With his colleagues
he remained an effective
voice of the people of South
Africa when so many of their
leaders were imprisoned, ex-
iled, banned and restricted.
Desmond Tutu is esteemed
the world over for his com-
mitment to justice and peace
everywhere. He is forthright
in condemning corruption.
As President of the All Af-
rica Conference of Churches
he missed no opportunity to
speak out against human
rights violations and oppres-
sive regimes in our conti-
nent and elsewhere. The No-
bel Peace Prize measures his
extensive international rec-
ognition.
His most characteristic
quality is his readiness to
take unpopular positions
without fear. Thus it was that
he campaigned for sanctions
against apartheid at a time
when churches in South Af-
rica were still hesitating. He
speakshismindonmattersof
public morality
. As a result he
annoyed many of the leaders
of the apartheid system. Nor
has he spared those that fol-
lowed them- he has from time
to time annoyed many of us
who belongs to the new order.
But such independence of
mind- however wrong and un-
strategic it may at times be-is
vital to a thriving democracy
.
The touchstone of our suc-
cess in transforming South
African society will be the
extent to which we correct
the imbalances and inequali-
ties created by apartheid. The
seriousness of our intent is
inscribed in our macroeco-
nomic strategy for growth,
employment and redistribu-
tion. It is a framework within
which all sectors of our soci-
ety can join hands and, put-
ting long-term interest above
short-term considerations,
achieve our goals for trans-
formation, for reconstruction
and development.
In this great partnership
the religious community has
a special and important role.
As the churches in South Af-
rica and abroad accompanied
us in the struggle for justice
and peace, so should they now
accompany us in building a
just and equitable society
.
This if not a call for the re-
ligious community to accom-
pany government uncritical-
ly. Uncritical support would
endanger our infant democ-
racy
. On the other hand, criti-
cism without visible action to
help alleviate poverty and
suffering can only serve to
discredit the message of the
Church. Rather, the way for-
ward is in what some theolo-
gians have called ‘critical
solidarity’ with government
in the reconstruction and de-
velopment of the country
.
The track record of the re-
ligious communities, both
before and after the achieve-
ment of democracy
, makes us
confident that in them we do
indeed have strategic part-
ners in the project of empow-
ering our people to use their
freedom to work together for
a better life. In the building of
our new nation, reconstruc-
tion goes hand in hand with
reconciliation. We look to the
Church with its message of
justice, peace, forgiveness
and healing, to play a key role
in helping our people, of eve-
ry colour, to move from the
divisions of the past to a fu-
ture that is united in a com-
mitment to correct wrongs
and restore a just order.
Archbishop Tutu, with his
celebration of our rainbow
nation and his powerfully
healingguidanceof theTruth
and Reconciliation Commis-
sion, is an inspiration to us all
in this most crucial task of
reconciling our nation. His
joy in our diversity and his
spirit of forgiveness are as
much part of his immeasura-
ble contribution to our nation
as his passion for justice and
his solidarity with the poor.
In conclusion, may I say
again to the archbishop: We
are thankful for all that you
have done. You were one of
those who blazed the trail of
the new patriotism that is
abroad in our land. We wish
you peace and joy in your re-
tirement.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
His most characteristic
quality is his readiness to
take unpopular positions
without fear. Thus it was
that he campaigned for
sanctions against
apartheid at a time when
churches in South Africa
were still hesitating. He
speaks his mind on matters
of public morality
Archbishop Tutu,
with his celebration
of our rainbow
nation and his
powerfully healing
guidance of the Truth
and Reconciliation
Commission, is an
inspiration to us all in
this most crucial
task of reconciling
our nation
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

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New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday said
India will fight the
Covid-19 pandemic
with full caution and
vigilance, and protect
its national interests.
Speaking at a virtual
event to release funds
under the PM-KISAN
scheme, Modi also
highlighted the
achievements made by
the country in 2021
across various sectors,
including, health, de-
fence and agriculture.
He also lauded In-
dia’s achievement in
providing over 145
crore doses of Covid
vaccine.
The Prime Minister
said coronavirus posed
several challenges, but
“Corona cannot stop
India’s pace”.
He stressed that In-
dia will fight the Cov-
id-19 pandemic with
“full caution and vigi-
lance” and will also
protect its national in-
terests.
Modi said that dur-
ing the pandemic, ad-
ditional food grains for
free was provided to
over 80 crore benefi-
ciaries, which cost
about Rs 2.6 lakh crore
to the central excheq-
uer.
He called upon farm-
ers to adopt natural
farming, saying there
was a lot of demand for
such agricultural
products in the inter-
national market. —PTI
INDIA
05
New Delhi: FCRA li-
cences — needed to re-
ceive funding from
abroad — of over 12,000
NGOs and other organ-
isations have expired,
the Home Ministry
said Saturday morn-
ing, days after it cited
“adverse inputs” to re-
fuse renewal of a li-
cence for Mother Tere-
sa’s Missionaries of
Charity.
Of the 18,778 organi-
sations whose Foreign
Contribution (Regula-
tion) Act licences were
due to expire between
September 29, 2020, and
December 31, 2021,
renewal.
5,789 - whose licenses
expired yesterday - had
not and their FCRA
registrations lapsed
overnight.
Ministry sources
claimed none of the
the renewal of their li-
censes.
Ministry officials
told NDTV reminders
had been sent to make
the application before
the deadline - Friday -
but many had not done
so. “How can permis-
sion be given...” an of-
ficial asked.
The applications of
179 others, including
Mother Teresa’s chari-
ty, have been rejected,
and scrutiny of the
other applications is
ongoing, the Home
Ministry said.
The list of NGOs
now without a FCRA
licence includes Oxfam
India and the Oxfam
India Trust, Jamia Mil-
ia Islamia, the Indian
Medical Association,
the Leprosy Mission,
the Tuberculosis Asso-
ciation Of India, the
Indira Gandhi Nation-
al Centre For Arts, and
the India Islamic Cul-
tural Centre.
Oxfam India and Ox-
fam India Trust are in
the list of NGOs whose
certificates have ex-
pired and not in those
whose registrations
have been cancelled.
Refusing FCRA
clearance has been list-
ed by critics of the gov-
ernment as its way of
suppressing organisa-
tions whose work or of-
ficials are not consid-
ered supportive enough
of the centre. —PTI
Over 12K NGOs, including Jamia, lose FCRA licence
NO FOREIGN AID
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday released over
Rs 20,900 crore to more
than 10.09 crore farm-
ers across India as 10th
installment of financial
aid under the PM-
KISAN scheme.
Modi released the
amount to beneficiaries
at an event held through
video conference.
Under PM-KISAN
scheme, a financial ben-
efit of Rs 6,000 per year
is provided to the eligi-
ble farmer families,
payable in three equal
installments of Rs 2,000.
The money is trans-
ferred directly to the
bank account of the
beneficiaries.
During the virtual
event, the Prime Minis-
ter also released an eq-
uity grant of more than
Rs 14 crore to about 351
Farmer Producer Or-
ganisations (FPOs),
benefiting 1.24 lakh
farmers. —ANI
Gurugram: Haryana
govt on Saturday an-
nounced several restric-
tions in five districts
including Gurugram,
Faridabad, Ambala,
Panchkula Sonipat
which will come into ef-
fect from today 5 am.
Restrictions will be in
place till 5am, Jan 12. All
cinema halls, theatres,
multiplexes in these 5
dists will remain closed
for these 10 days. Sports
complexes, swimming
pools will also remain
closed. Offices in these 5
districts will function
with 50% sraff attend-
ance while malls and
markets are allowed to
open till 5pm. Bars and
restaurants are allowed
to operate with 50%
seating capacity, the or-
der said.
Only fully vaccinated
persons are allowed to
enter public places like
sabzi mandi, grain mar-
kets, public transport,
parks, religious places,
bars, restaurants, ho-
tels, departmental
stores, liquor wine
shops. —ANI
INDIA WILL FIGHT COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WITH FULL CAUTION, VIGILANCE: PM
New Delhi: Union
Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar
on Saturday said that
in the current financial
year 2021-22, an
amount of more than
Rs 65,800 crore has
been transferred to the
beneficiary farmers
under the Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi scheme. Ad-
dressing at the release
of the 10th installment
of financial benefit un-
der PM-KISAN, Singh
said that the Central
Government has so
far sent more than
Rs 1.61 lakh crore to
more than 11.5 ben-
eficiary farmer fami-
lies in the accounts of
farmer families. “In
the current financial
year 2021-22, an
amount of more than
Rs 65,800 crore has
been transferred to the
beneficiary farmers
under the PM-Kisan
Samman Nidhi PM
Kisan Yojana,” added
Tomar. —ANI
`65,800 CRORE
TRANSFERRED
TILL NOW: AGRI
MIN TOMAR
Foodgrains worth Rs 2.6L cr provided to
over 80 cr beneficiaries during pandemic
PM lauds country’s achievement in
providing over 145 cr doses of vaccine
PM Modi releases the 10th installment of financial benefit under the PM-KISAN scheme via video conferencing on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Akhilesh Yadav during an election rally in Uttar Pradesh.
1 2
PM Modi releases `20,900 crore financial
aid to farmers under PM-KISAN scheme
New restrictions
for 10 days in
Gurugram, 4
Haryana districts
DGGI cracks down on Crypto exchanges
across country, ` 70 cr tax evasion detected
New Delhi: After the
massive tax evasion of
GST by Cryptocurrency
Service providers Wa-
zirX, the Directorate
General of GST Intelli-
gence has come down
heavily on Cryptocur-
rency exchanges oper-
ating in the country,
said sources. “Around
half dozen offices of
Cryptocurrency Ser-
vice providers have
been searched and mas-
sive Goods and Service
Tax (GST) evasion has
beendetectedbyDGGI,”
sources told the media.
Crypto wallet and ex-
change are platforms
where merchants and
consumers can transact
with digital assets like
bitcoin, ethereum, rip-
ple, etc.
According to sources,
around Rs 70 crore
worthof taxevasionhas
beendetectedduringthe
crackdown on Crypto-
currency trade by Mum-
bai CGST and DGGI.
“The DGGI is investi-
gating Coinswitch Ku-
ber by M/s Bitcipher
Labs LLP, CoinDCX by
M/s Neblio Technolo-
gies PVT. LTD., BuyU-
Coin by M/S I Block
Technologies Pvt. LTD.
and Unocoin by M/s
Unocoin Technologies
Pvt. LTD,” sources said.
Official sources fur-
ther said, “They are
providing facilitation
intermediary services
for buying and selling
of crypto coins. These
services attract GST
rate of duty of 18 per
cent which all of them
have been evading.”
Another official
source, who was part of
this search, told ANI,
“These service provid-
ers were charging a
commission for their
facilitation to indulge
in exchange of bitcoins
but were not paying
GST tax. These transac-
tions were intercepted
by DGGI and they were
confronted with evi-
dence that proved non-
payment of GST.”
A top source told
ANI that they paid Rs
30 crore and Rs 40 crore
as GST, interest and
penalty for non-com-
pliance to the statuto-
ry provisions of GST
law. For violating GST
laws the CBIC has re-
covered Rs 70 crore
from Cryptocurrency
Service providers in-
cluding WazirX. —ANI
New Delhi: Food ag-
gregators like Swiggy
and Zomato will have to
collect and deposit tax at
5 per cent rate beginning
Saturday, a move which
will widen the tax base
as food vendors who are
currently outside the GST
threshold will become
liable to GST when pro-
vided through these on-
line platforms. Currently,
restaurants registered
under GST are collecting
and depositing the tax.
Also, cab aggregators like
Uber and Ola will have to
collect 5 per cent Goods
and Services Tax (GST)
for booking two- and
three-wheeler vehicles
effective January 1. Also,
footwear irrespective of
prices will attract 12 per
cent tax from Saturday.
These are among the
many changes in the GST
regime that have come
into effect in this new
year 2022.
New Delhi: Automated
Teller Machines (ATMs)
across banks are all set to
increase service charges
per transaction from
Saturday, following an
order from the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) and
customers will have to
Rs 1 more beyond the
permissible free transac-
tions for cash as well as
non-cash purposes. As
per the RBI notification
dated June 10, 2021,
from January 1, 2022,
banks have been permit-
ted to charge Rs 21,
instead of Rs 20 with ap-
plicable taxes, if any, shall
be additionally payable.
However, the customers
are eligible for five free
transactions (inclusive
of financial and non-
financial transactions)
every month from their
own bank ATMs. They
are also eligible for free
transactions from other
bank ATMs viz.
UNDER NEW RULES, ZOMATO, SWIGGY
TO COLLECT 5% GST BEGINNING JAN 1
ATM SERVICE CHARGES TO COST `21
PER TRANSACTION FROM SATURDAY
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Saturday
slammed the Modi gov-
ernment for an increase
in Goods and Services
Tax (GST) in several
categories from foot-
wear to food delivery
and urged voters to de-
feat the BJP in the up-
coming assembly elec-
tions to tame inflation.
Addressing a press
conference here, Con-
gress chief spokesman
Randeep Singh Surjew-
ala said the Centre had
reduced excise on pet-
rol and diesel after the
BJP’s defeat in bypolls
in Himachal Pradesh
and some other states
and urged voters to ush-
er in a low tax regime
by exercising their
franchise wisely
.
Surjewala sought to
credit the Congress for
the GST Council’s deci-
sion to defer the in-
crease in GST on tex-
tiles from five percent
to 12 percent and
claimed that the taxes
would be increased
once elections to the
five states were over.
“One has to remem-
ber that the proposal to
increase GST on tex-
tiles has not been taken
back, but only de-
ferred. The decision
may be put off by an-
other month till the
elections are over.
Once the elections are
over, the tax will be in-
creased,” he said.
The Congress spokes-
person also said foot-
wear, hiring taxis and
auto-rickshaws using
ride-hailing apps, or-
dering food using food
delivery apps, drawing
kits for children and
withdrawing cash from
ATMs has become cost-
lier from January 1 due
to increase in taxes.
Surjewala said the
prices of tea, pulses, ed-
ible oil, cooking gas and
even salt have increased
since PM Modi came to
power in 2014.
“Remember,if Modiis
there,pricerisewillstay
,
the Modi government
means high prices,” Sur-
jewala said. —ANI
Lucknow: Taking a cue
from the Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP), Samajwa-
di Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav has promised to
provide 300 units of free
electricity to house-
holds if voted to power
in the upcoming Uttar
Pradesh assembly polls.
Addressing a public
meeting in Lucknow on
Saturday, Akhilesh Ya-
dav also promised free
electricity to farmers
for irrigation.
“Domesticconsumers
will be given free elec-
tricity up to 300 units by
the SP government.
Farmers will get free
electricity to irrigate
their fields,” the former
UP chief minister said.
Reacting to Akhilesh
Yadav’s, UP CM Yogi
Adityanath said, “He
[Akhilesh] should be
asked that if his gov-
ernment never gave
electricity, to begin
with, how can they give
it for free.”
The chief minister,
speaking in Rampur on
Sunday, went on to ask
where the money allo-
cated for electricity and
toilets was being routed
during the Samajwadi
Partygovernmentinthe
state before 2017. —PTI
Defeat BJP to rein in
inflation: Congress
SP woos UP voters
with 300 units of
free electricity
Lakhs visit Koregaon
Bhima War Memorial
Pune: Undeterredbythe
rising number of COV-
ID-19 cases and the pan-
demic-related restric-
tions, lakhs of people
paid tributes at the Jay-
stambh military monu-
ment in Pune
district of Ma-
harashtra till
Saturday afternoon to
mark the 204th anniver-
sary of the Koregaon
Bhima battle amid tight
security
.
Incontrasttothe203rd
anniversary of the his-
torical battle last year,
which was a low-key af-
fair due to the pandemic
curbs, lakhs of people
have visited the Jay-
stambh pillar. As per the
Dalit narrative, the Jay-
stambh is the symbol of
thevictoryovercasteism
as the British
forces that
fought the
Peshwas at Koregaon
Bhima on January 1,
1818, comprised largely
of soldiersfromtheDalit
Mahar community
, who
waged a “war for free-
dom” from ‘casteism’ of
the Peshwas, who were
Brahmins. —PTI
Randeep Singh Surjewala
AMID COVID
CURBS

INDIA
06
Srinagar: As a warm
gesture, Indian and Pa-
kistani Army officials
exchanged sweets and
greetings at four loca-
tions on the occasion of
the New Year.
These locations are
Mendhar Hot Springs
Crossing point, Poonch
Rawlakot crossing
point, Chakoti Uri
Crossing point, and
Chilliana Tithwal
Crossing point along
the Line of Control
(LoC), officials said. A
defence ministry state-
ment said, “At the be-
ginning of the year
2022, to promote mutual
trust and tranquility,
IA exchanged sweets
and greetings with Pa-
kistan Army at Poonch
and Mendhar Crossing
Points.” “Considering
ongoing ceasefire. —ANI
INDIAN ARMY EXTENDS GREETINGS TO PAKISTAN COUNTERPART ON NEW YEAR
Sweet gesture of friendship!
Indian Army exchange sweets with Pakistan soldiers on New Year day to promote peace in Poonch.
Indian Army presented goodies to Pakistan Army at Chilehana-Tithwal Crossing Point on Saturday.
SUPERSPREADER! Devotees throng at Banke Bihari Temple to pay obeisance to Lord Krishna on New Year at Vrindavan, in Mathura.
PEACE ALONG LoC
New Delhi: The num-
ber of cases of fast-
spreading Omicron
variant has risen to
1,431 in India, with Ma-
harashtra reporting the
most number of infec-
tions. The country also
witnessed a 35 per cent
jump in new Covid cas-
es as it reported 22,775
infections on Saturday
.
The Omicron corona-
virus variant damp-
ened New Year festivi-
ties around much of the
world. In India, the cel-
ebrations remained a
low-key affair amid cur-
fews and restrictions in
many states. With the
Omicron variant cases
surging, experts have
expressed concerns
over the trend, with
some saying that the
third wave of Covid-19
has already begun in
some areas. —ANI
1,431 OMICRON CASES, MOST FROM
MAHA; COVID CASES UP 35% IN A DAY
Agartala: Tripura
NHM Director Siddhar-
tha Shiv Jaiswal on Sat-
urday said that there
are about 4 lakh people
in state who have not
received 2nd dose of
vaccine. Jaiswal said,
We have already ad-
ministered 46.97 lakh
doses in state among
which 21,28,000 people
have already received
both jabs. Projected pop-
ulation in 18 years plus
category was 25,69,000
82% of population has
received full vaccina-
tion. Remaining 18%
eligible beneficiaries,
he said, who are not
showing up at centres
for second dose, are be-
ing traced. —ANI
‘4Lpeoplehaven’ttaken2nddoseinTripura’
‘Need to prepare
for third wave’
Karnataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai on
Saturday said year 2022
would be challenging from
an economic and the
administrative perspective
and asked the officials to
“resolve to face it effectively
together”. Extending new
year wishes to the officials
here, Bommai said, “We
have to prepare for the
possible third wave of
Covid along with pushing
the economy forward.
l INDIA ANNOUNCES PRECAUTION DOSES FOR HEALTH WORKERS
THOSE ABOVE 60 FROM JAN 10 l BIG CHALLENGE INDIA WILL FACE
AMID OMICRON WILL BE SUDDEN NEED FOR MEDICAL CARE: WHO
KEY
HIGHLIGHTS
l The new Omicron
variant has now
spread to 23 states
across the country
l Delhi reports 1,800
Covid cases, posi-
tivity rate at 2.44%
l Curbs imposed at
public places in
Mumbai between
5 pm and 5 am till
January 15
l Tamil Nadu
extends current
lockdown
restrictions till
January 10
l Delhi can vaccinate
3 lakh children
every day, says
Satyendar Jain
l India sends 5 lakh
Covaxin doses to
Afghanistan
l India's vaccination
coverage exceeds
145.16 crore
l Over 19.52 cr
balance, unutilized
doses available
with States, UTs:
Health Ministry
l No reason to be-
lieve any state will
escape Omicron:
Cambridge profes-
sor who worked
on India Covid
tracker
l Tour of Rashtrapati
Bhavan, Museum
to remain closed
from Saturday
WORST
AFFECTED
454
MAHARASHTRA
351
NEW DELHI
118
TAMIL NADU
115
GUJARAT
109
KERALA
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Medical staffers of MS Ramaiah Hospital
wearing PPE suits wishing people a Covid-free New Year 2022.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: Virender Singh Pathania received
Guard of Honour on taking over as new Director-
General of the Indian Coast Guard on Saturday. He
was appointed as the new Director-General of IAF by
the government on December 31.
PARL COMMITTEE
ON HOME AFFAIRS
VISIT TO HYDERABAD
GOA POSTPONED
EARTHQUAKE OF 5.3
MAGNITUDE ROCKS
PARTS OF PAKISTAN,
SAYS PMD DEPT
MAHA WAIVES OFF
TAX ON RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES UP TO
500 SQUARE FEET
DELIMITATION PANEL
VISIT: JK POLICE
LIFTS HOUSE ARREST
OF 3 FORMER CMs
New Delhi: A Depart-
ment-related Parliamen-
tary Standing Commit-
tee on Home Affairs
scheduled one-week
study trip to Hyderabad
and Goa has been
postponed due rise in
Covid-19 cases in the
country. “The tour was
scheduled from Janu-
ary 7 to January 11,”
reads the order from
Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
Congress leader Anand
Sharma is the Chairman
of the Standing Com-
mittee on Home Affairs.
“Fresh date of the study
visit will be informed as
and when finalized,” the
order further stated.
Islamabad: An earth-
quake of 5.3 magnitude
rocked parts of Pakistan
on Saturday evening, lo-
cal media citing Pakistan
Meteorological Depart-
ment (PMD). Tremors
were felt in areas rang-
ing from Swat, Pesha-
war, Lower Dir, Swabi,
Nowshera, Islamabad
and its surroundings,
DawnNewsTV reported.
Meanwhile, an earth-
quake measuring 5.1
on the Richter scale hit
Afghanistan-Tajikstan
border today, as per the
National Centre for Seis-
mology. Tremors were
felt in Kashmir’s Poonch
and other areas around
the Line of Control.
Mumbai: The New Year
brings good news for
Mumbaikars as the
Maharashtra govt on
Saturday announced
to waive off property
tax on residential units
of up to 500 sq ft,
located within the limits
of Mumbai municipal
corporation. The an-
nouncement was made
by CM Uddhav Thack-
eray at a meeting of the
UDH. The decision will
benefit owners of over
16 lakh houses below
500 sq feet in Mumbai.
It is worth mentioning,
the move comes ahead
of the BMC polls to be
held next month.
Srinagar: JK police of-
ficials on Saturday even-
ing ended the day-long
house arrest of three
former CMs - National
Conference’s Farooq and
Omar Abdullah, and the
PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti
- meant to stop them
from leading a protest
against delimitation
commission. High-se-
curity Gupkar Road area
in Srinagar - which is
where all three live - was
sealed for the day with
trucks parked outside
their houses to stop
them, or anyone else
from leaving or entering.
Parties in JK have al-
lege gerrymandering to
favour BJP in Jammu.
THE LAST SURVIVING TERRORIST IN 2019
PULWAMA ATTACK LIKELY KILLED: VIJAY
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police said
on Saturday that one of terrorists killed in Anant-
nag encounter on Dec
30 last year was likely to
be last surviving militant
involved in Lethpora ter-
ror attack of 2019. Police
quoted Vijay Kumar, IG
Kashmir Zone, in its tweet saying, “The picture
of one of the killed #Millitants in #AnantnagEn-
counter on Dec-30th matches with JeM top
commander, who was the last surviving militant
involved in Lethpora #Pulwama #militant Attack.
We are going for DNA sample matching.”
GUARD OF HONOUR!
Haridwar: Haridwar
Police have added the
names of Hindu leaders
Yeti Narasimhanand
and Sagar Sindhuraj in
an FIR in connection
with the case of alleged
hate speech delivered
during ‘Dharma San-
sad’ held in Haridwar.
“On the basis of the
viral video clip, two
more names, Sagar
Sindhu Maharaj Yati
Narsinghanand Giri,
have been added to the
FIR in the Dharma
Sansad hate speech
case, upon further in-
vestigation.
The Dharma Sansad
in Haridwar was held
on December 17-19. The
Uttarakhand Police
registered an FIR
against Rizvi, who was
the former chairman
of UP Central Shia
Waqf Board, under Sec
153A of IPC. —ANI
Yeti Narasimhanand and Sindhuraj
named in ‘Dharma Sansad’ case FIR
HARIDWAR HATE SPEECH
Police have filed a hate speech case against
Yati Narasimhanand Sagar Sindhuraj.
SECTIONS 295, 295A,
153A INCLUDED...
Section 295A has been included in the
FIR,” said Ashok Kumar, Uttarakhand
DGP. Earlier police had informed that
Dharm Das, Annapurna, Wasim Rizvi
aka Jitendra Tyagi, and some others
have been booked under Section
153A of the IPC in the case. After
going through the clips, police have
also added Section 295 (destruction,
damage, or defilement of a place of
worship or an object held sacred, with
intent to insult the religion of a class
of persons) of IPC to FIR.
100 citizens, armed forces
veterans write to Prez, PM
New Delhi: Five for-
mer chiefs of the armed
forces and a number of
other prominent citi-
zens including bureau-
crats have written a let-
ter to President Ram
Nath Kovind and PM
Narendra Modi on re-
cent incidents of hate
speeches and urged
them to take appropri-
ate measures.
Group of over 100
people also referred to
communal comments
made at an event in
Haridwar recently and
condemned “in no un-
certain terms” such
“incitement” to vio-
lence. “We cannot allow
such incitement to vio-
lence together with
public expressions of
hate – which not only
constitute serious
breaches of internal se-
curity but which could
also tear apart the so-
cial fabric of our na-
tion,” they said in letter.

AMIN KAGZI
FOLLOWING PATH OF
GIRDHARI LAL BHARGAVA!
Amin Kagzi seems to be on the path
of Girdhari Lal Bhargava as he has
also taken to going on ‘walks’ in his
Assembly constituency. Interestingly,
when he gets thirsty while walking,
he prefers to quench his thirst at a
‘pyaau’ and not with a water bottle. A
photo of Kagzi has gone viral where
he can be seen making an effort to
become a simple and effective public
representative. —Yogesh Sharma
AN IAS OFFICER’S ‘DESIRE’
FOR HIS JUNIOR RAS!
These days, a letter written by an
IAS officer, is the ‘hot gossip’ in
the State Secretariat. Interestingly,
the letter is not of complaint or action
against any officer, rather it is on the
lines of the ‘desire’ written by MLAs
and ministers. The IAS has written the
‘desire’ in favour of an RAS, whose
promotion has been stalled since he
is a father to 3 children. The IAS, who
is the current boss of said RAS, has
written a recommendation letter to the
Personnel Department stating, “In view
of the good work of RAS, promotion
should be considered.” Interestingly,
both IAS RAS are with Public
Transport Dept. —Shivendra Parmar
Mathur celebrates b’day in adopted
village, distributes woollens, blankets
Subhash
Pali: While distribut-
ing sweaters and blan-
kets on his birthday
among the tribal chil-
dren in his adopted vil-
lage Kakradi, BJP na-
tional leader and Rajya
Sabha MP Omprakash
Mathur said “I find
great joy in celebrating
my birthday with these
children each year.
Ever since I adopted
this village, there has
been a lot of develop-
ment and I have got a
lot of support from the
people’s representa-
tives.”
Mathur inspected the
panchayat building, li-
brary room and the
number of OPDs, status
of COVID vaccination
and medicine distribu-
tion system in the gov-
ernment hospital.
Currently Mathur is
on Pali visit where he
met BJP officials and
workers at his residence
in Bedal.
Om Prakash Mathur with school children in Pali
Barmer RTI activist
goes on hunger strike
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Upset over po-
lice inaction to arrest
the culprit, who assault-
ed the RTI activist, RTI
activist Amraram on
Saturday launched an
indefinite hunger
strike. In a letter wrote
to the Barmer police, he
said that he will not end
his hunger strike till
the arrest of the prime
accused. Victim is ad-
mitted in MDM hospital
Jodhpur, where his
treatment is ongoing.
On Friday, the victim
gave an ultimatum of 24
hours to the police
while demanding arrest
of the prime accused.
But after the police
failed to act, the victim
went on hunger strike.
In a letter to the SP, the
victim alleged that de-
spite lodging the case
around ten days ago,
police till date have not
arrested the culprits.
RTI activist Amraram on
hunger strike in Barmer.
PCCputs‘oneperson
onepost’formulain
Rajonback-burner
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress par-
ty’s ‘one person one
post’ principle on which
three cabinet ministers
had to resign from
Ashok Gehlot cabinet
seems to be sidelined by
the party’s state unit in
Rajasthan.
The PCC has bent the
principal to adjust 10
district presidents in
political appointments.
After getting political
appointments, 10 dis-
trict presidents of Con-
gress are now in dual
role and will keep their
interference in power
and party organization.
In such a situation, the
formula of ‘one person
one post’ decided by the
party high command
doesnotseemtobeimple-
mented in the Rajasthan.
On the other hand,
after political appoint-
ment of 10 district pres-
idents, many public rep-
resentatives of the par-
ty are also hoping for
political appointments
thinking that when dis-
trict presidents can be
adjusted in political ap-
pointments, then why
cannot be given politi-
cal appointments.
With this argument,
other leaders have in-
tensified lobbying.
PCC chief Govind
Singh Dotasra, AICC in
charge for Punjab Har-
ish Chaudhary and
AICCinchargeforGuja-
rat Raghu Sharma were
dropped during cabinet
reshuffle on the princi-
pal of one person one
post and it was believed
that the formula will be
further implemented.
The formula was im-
plemented so that no
leader or worker could
work for two posts and
leaders who could not
get tickets in Lok Sabha,
VidhanSabha,Panchay-
ats and local body elec-
tions can be adjusted in
political appointments.
8 RAS OFFICERS
PUT ON AWAITING
POSTING ORDER LIST
Jaipur: Eight RAS
officers have been put
on Awaiting Post-
ing Order (APO).
Narayan Singh
Charan, Ramchandra
Bairwa, Ashok Kumar
Meena, Govind Singh
Ranawat, Om Prakash
Pancham, Uttam
Singh Shekhawat,
Shweta Fagedia and
Dataram were put on
APO after an order
from the Department
of Personnel, said an
official on Saturday.
MINOR GIRL
RAPED BY
NEIGHBOUR
Ajmer : A 15-year-old
was allegedly raped by
a 33-year-old
neighbour who had
been harassing the girl
for quite some time.
The accused first
sedated the family
members with a spray
and then raped the
minor. The family
members regained
consciousness in the
morning and realising
what had happened,
the victim’s father
lodged an FIR at the
Ajmer Ganj police
station against the
accused.The family
had come to know
about the harassment
of their girl by the
youth about 5 months
back. He had recorded
obscene videos and
shot pictures of the
minor and used to
blackmail her by
threatening to leak the
videos on social
media.
BRIEF
in Kota airport demand will
be fulfilled soon: Om Birla
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The dream of
Kota residents to have
an airport in the city
will be fulfilled soon in
the coming time, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la said.
He said that the air-
port project was stuck
due to land related is-
sue but now after the
state government has
allotted the land and the
work will be started af-
ter some formalities.
Birla said that the
land belongs to the for-
est department and the
work of diversion has
to be done. Apart from
this, after completing
some minor formali-
ties, the work of green
field airport will be
started this year.
Birla said that efforts
will be made to com-
plete the project as soon
as possible. He said that
work is also being done
to improve rail connec-
tivity in Kota. He in-
formed that DPR is
ready to make Kota’s
main railway station a
world class station.
Airport is a long
pending demand of peo-
ple in Kota. At present,
old airport is there near
Aerodrome circle, but
large aircraft cannot
land there.
Om Birla at Sri Agamgarh Sahib Gurdwara in Kota.
Chambal river front, Oxyzone park
to add another feather to Kota’s cap
First India Bureau
Kota: After seven won-
der park which has be-
come a must-visit place
for tourist, Kota is going
to become a hotspot on
tourism map with
Chambal river front,
Oxyzone park and other
project of beautifica-
tion in the city which
are in the final phase
and would be dedicated
topublicinnextmonths.
Kota is more famous
foritsIIT-JEEandNEET
coaching classes and
thousands of students
throng this city with
dreams in their eyes eve-
ry year but the seven
wonderprojectstartedin
2013addedanewidentity
to the city which is fur-
thergoingtobeenhanced
with new projects.
Kota UIT secretary
Rajesh Joshi said that
Seven Wonder Park has
been a centre of attrac-
tion for domestic and
foreign tourists ever
since it was started in
2013 and more than 17
lakh domestic and for-
eign tourists have vis-
ited the Park so far.
Like the new projects,
the Park was also a
dream project of UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal, who is focusing on
ensuring that other pro-
jects be it Chambal river
front or Oxyzone Park
are completed in time.
RD Meena, the then
secretary of the UIT,
said that the UIT has
been doing important
projects of development
of the city, focusing on
the vision of tourism.
“In the year 2022,
Chambal River Front
andOxyzoneParkwillbe
dedicated to the public.
The tourists will find the
riverfront project won-
derful,” an official said.
District Tourism Of-
ficer Sandeep Srivasta-
va said that tourists get
excited to see the Seven
Wonder Park and now
Chambal River Front
and Oxizone Park as
well as other projects of
beautification will be
completed and dedicat-
ed to the public.
Seven Wonder Park in Kota
SEVEN WONDER PARK IS A BIG ATTRACTION FOR TOURIST
NEWS
07
Durgadas pitches for bringing
nomadic caste in mainstream
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The nomadic
and semi-nomadic
castes are still fighting
for their rights even af-
ter 70 years. The gov-
ernment brought a lot
of schemes for them but
they could not benefit.
Now the RSS is working
towards giving these
castes their due by
bringing them in the
mainstream.
Narrating the history
of the nomadic and
semi-nomadic castes
and their contribution
to the freedom move-
ment at the Seva Sadan
RSS office, RSS Pracha-
rak Durgadas said that
before Independence
these castes contribut-
ed to the GDP. “The
country’s GDP at that
time was 27 per cent,”
he said, asking the soci-
ety to change its think-
ing towards the castes.
Durgagas said the
RSS has been working
for the upliftment of
the nomadic caste and
tribe for almost two
years. He has shared
her experiences and
challenges faced by the
tribe in a book titled
“Apne Ghumantu”.
The govt brought a lot of schemes for them
but they could not benefit. Now the RSS is
working towards giving these castes their due
by bringing them in the mainstream.
—Durgadas, RSS Pracharak
Centre has made life of common
man miserable, says Modhwadia
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Lashing out at
the Central Govern-
ment over inflation and
other issues, Gujarat
Congress leader Arjun
Modhwadia on Satur-
day said that Modi gov-
ernment has made the
life of the common man
miserable and prices of
everything from food
items to construction
material has increased
manyfold.
He said Baba Ramdev
used to talk about infla-
tion during elections
but now is nowhere to
be seen.
“Inflation is Modi’s
gift on new year. The
centre has increased
GST on footwear from 5
percent to 12 percent,
charges will be applied
on ATM transactions,
house constructions
and vehicles have be-
come expensive,” the
former leader of oppo-
sition in Gujarat assem-
bly said. He said the
price of cement and
steel has increased in 2
years as much as it has
not increased in 7 years.
Rajasthan PCC presi-
dent Govind Singh Do-
tasra also targeted the
BJP and said that de-
spite having 25 MPs
from Rajasthan, BJP
has not brought any fi-
nancial help and cen-
tral scheme for the
state, due to which the
people of Rajasthan are
suffering.Commenting
on BJP’s Samarpan Ni-
dhi, he said that the
party is extorting mon-
ey and black money
will be converted to
white money. Talking
about the upcoming
programmes, Dotasra
said that the PCC will
organise a time-bound
district level training
camp of Congress
workers.
Arjun Modhwadia, Govind Singh Dotasra, Dr Raghu Sharma and
RC Choudhary during a press conference in Jaipur on Saturday.
Raj BJP’s 25 MPs
doing nothing for
state, says Dotasra Jaipur: The Congress
party is not going to
project anyone as its
chief ministerial candi-
date for the Gujarat
election scheduled to
be held this year. For-
mer Health minister
Dr Raghu Sharma,
who is in charge of
the party affairs in the
neighbouring state,
said that the party will
fight the upcoming
polls in five states
under a combined
leadership this time.
Targeting the BJP,
Sharma alleged that
it has failed in all the
fronts in Gujarat.
NO CM FACE IN GUJ
POLLS: DR RAGHU
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR

When life seems to be speeding
by, pause to watch the sunset
and the sparrow take flight!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: New Year has
brought confirmed
news about the new
Chief Secretary
. Now it
is almost certain that
Usha Sharma will be
the successor of Niran-
jan Arya on January 31.
As per the reliable
sources, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has made
up his mind to hand
over the reins of the
state’s bureaucracy to
Usha Sharma.
With this, the specu-
lation about the names
of Veenu Gupta, Sub-
odhAgarwalandPawan
Kumar Goyal has come
to an end.
Usha Sharma, a
1985-batch officer, will
hold the post of Chief
Secretary till June 2023.
Meanwhile, 1988- batch
IAS officer Pawan Ku-
mar Goyal will retire in
February 2023.
Veenu Gupta
(1987-batch) will retire
in December 2023 and
Subodh Agarwal
(1988-batch) will retire
in December 2025,
and the claim of both
the officers on the post
of the top bureaucrat
will remain.
Usha Sharma will
be the second woman
Chief Secretary of the
state. She had gone on
deputation to the Cen-
tre 10 years ago in
May 2012. Prior to
this, she held various
positions in the Tour-
ism department from
2007 to 2012.
It is also believed that
the current Chief Sec-
retary Niranjan Arya
will get some important
responsibility in the
Gehlot government af-
ter retirement on any
semi-political position,
maybe the Vice Chair-
man of 20 point pro-
gramme committee!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot will
take a meeting on Sun-
day to review the Co-
rona situation in the
state. The Chief Minis-
ter will hold meeting
with representatives
of political parties,
NGOs and religious
leaders. It is being said
that Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot can take
important and tough
decisions after taking
suggestions and opin-
ion from these groups.
Amid increasing cas-
es of corona in Ra-
jasthan, the state gov-
ernment has given in-
structions to hold meet-
ings at every level.
As the state capital
Jaipur is witnessing
rise in Covid-19 cases,
strictness will be start-
ed from January 3 to fol-
low the Corona guide-
lines for which addi-
tional personnel will be
deployed in Jaipur city
.
Finally,UshaSharmawillbenewCSonafternoonofJan31st!
CM’s covid review today,
tough decisions expected
Ashok Gehlot Usha Sharma Niranjan Arya
PUNJAB’S
ELECTION
TURMOIL AT AN
INTERESTING
JUNCTURE!
The election turmoil
in Punjab has
reached an interesting
point. On one hand, the
electoral battle in Pun-
jab was hinting towards
fierce multi-cornered
fight, now 22 out of 32
organisations involved
in the farmers’ move-
ment have formed a new
partySKMandwillfield
candidates in polls here.
Some organisations are
completely right-wing
whohavesupportof Jat-
Sikh‘LandLords’there.
Before this united front
took shape, its leader
Balbir Singh Rajewal
had held several rounds
of talks with Kejriwal.
KejriagreedtomakeRa-
jewal ‘CM face’ of AAP,
but the matter did not
work out.
UPHEAVAL IN UP
CONGRESS
Even though Priyan-
ka Gandhi has put
her whole energy into
the UP elections, but
these days everything is
not going well in the UP
Congress. Cong spokes-
person Omkar Nath
Singh and two other
party office-bearers ap-
peared before Commis-
sion to support EC’s call
for ‘ Free and Fair
Polls’. Onkar requested
EC that even after an-
nouncement of polls, if
Avneesh continues to
work by remaining in
his post, then concept
of fair elections in the
state will become mean-
ingless because
Awasthi behaves like a
BJP leader.’ The very
next day
, Congress State
President Ajay Lallu
wrote a letter to the EC,
informing that the par-
ty had not authorized
the delegation that
came to meet
them as such
the commis-
sion should
give time
to dele-
gates au-
thorized
by the party i.e. Pramod
Tiwari, Ajay Lallu him-
self, and CLP leader
Aradhana Mishra. But
EC did not listen to this
request of Congress.
Onkar Nath Singh, a
member of Congress’s
media and communica-
tion dept, was so an-
noyed by Lallu’s letter
to EC that he resigned
from the party by writ-
ing a letter to Priyanka.
WHY IS AKHILESH
ANGRY WITH
JAYANT?
Jayant Chaudhary’s
party RLD may have
got the green signal for
anelectoralalliancewith
Akhilesh Yadav’s party
SP
, but these days ups
anddownscanbeseenin
therelationshipbetween
the two leaders. Earlier,
Akhilesh had agreed to
leave 35-38 seats for Jay-
ant,butnowitseemsthat
the matter will be decid-
ed on 24-25 seats. Akhile-
sh is angry with Choud-
hary over the fact that
evenafterthedraftof the
alliance has been final-
ised, why has he had two
meetings with Piyush
Goyal in the last few
days, where he has been
assuredof LakshmiDar-
shan. If sources are to be
believed, the news of an
alleged sting operation
of Jayant’s sister’s hus-
band had surfaced re-
cently
, in which he was
expectingsomeLakshmi
Darshan in lieu of ticket
fromacandidate.Shortly
before airing of this
sting, as soon as Akhile-
sh came to know about
this, he hurriedly spoke
to the editor-in-chief of
the channel and agreed
to pay the amount for
whichthechannelhad
bought this sting op-
eration footage. The
channel chief is under-
stood to have spoken to
theownersinthisregard
it was decided that
sting would not be aired.
PRIYANKA IN A
NEW ROLE!
Congress leader Pri-
yanka Gandhi has
appeared in a new ava-
tar these days. She has
also taken up the re-
sponsibility of coordi-
nation with the party
leaders in the absence
of Ahmed Patel. She
holds secret meetings
with the angry leaders
of the party in closed
doors and tries to quell
their resentment
against the party. As
happened in the case of
Harish Rawat. Now it
is being
heard that
Priyanka
has pre-
pared such a list of
leaders whose wings
will be clipped after the
elections in five states.
The name of Congress
in-charge of Haryana
Vivek Bansal is also be-
ing taken in this epi-
sode. Preparations are
being made to form a
new screening commit-
tee in UP. Its structure
can be prepared by dis-
solving the old screen-
ing committee. Priyan-
ka feels that unless
preference is given to
local leaders in UP, the
party will not be able to
regain its lost support
there. Priyanka is also
not said to be happy
with UP Cong Presi-
dent Ajay Lallu.
THE FRAGRANCE
OF ‘ PAN
MASALA ‘
MARRIAGE
IN PARIS
The billion-
aire owner
of a well-
known pan
masala brand,
which is repre-
sented by the su-
perhero of the century,
got his daughter mar-
ried to another pan
masala business fam-
ily last month. 700
guests from India were
taken to Paris by char-
tered flight. All these
guests were accommo-
dated in Paris’s expen-
sive five-star Hotel
Four Seasons George
V and the Prince de
Gaulle Marriott.
Sources claim that at
least Rs 600 to 700
crore were spent on
this wedding ceremo-
ny in cryptic language.
The set of Hollywood’s
famous film ‘Avatar’
was made for the en-
tire wedding ceremony.
Guests were also given
return gifts worth
about Rs 15 lakh
stuffed inexpensive
bags of Louis Vuitton.
CORONA HITS HIGH
PROFILE WEDDINGS
In high-profile wed-
dings held in last few
days, many politicians
have also got Corona
infected on a large
scale. On Dec 28, mar-
riage of Nihir Thack-
eray, son of Balasaheb
Thackeray’s late son
Bindu Madhav Thack-
eray, was solemnised
with Ankita, daughter
of a senior BJP leader
Harshvardhan Patil, at
Taj Hotel in Mumbai.
Many leaders who at-
tended this marriage
got infected including
Supriya Sule, her hus-
band, and Balasaheb
Thorat. Harshvardhan
himself came under
grip of Covid. He gave
this info by tweeting.
Another high-profile
wedding was of Praful
Patel’s son which was
held in Jaipur. Many
guests attending this
wedding were found to
be positive.
... AND FINALLY
The exercise of
choosing a new
president of Bihar
Cong is going on but no
suitable face is emerg-
ing to replace current
president Madan Mo-
han Jha. Shakeel
Ahmed, an important
face of Bihar Cong, is
busy projecting his
name from different
corners these days. As
soon as this news came
to notice of senior
Cong leader Tariq An-
war, he dashed Sha-
keel’s intentions by
saying that ‘There are
already 4 Muslim sec-
retaries
in the
A l l
India
C o n -
g r e s s
organi-
zation,’.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Arvind Kejriwal Balbir S Rajewal Priyanka Gandhi Madan Mohan
Akhilesh Yadav
Jayant Chaudhary
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Over 100 IAS,
IPS and IFS officers in
Rajasthan got the New
Year gift on Saturday
with the department of
personnel issuing the
promotion lists after ap-
proval from Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot.
As many as 103 offic-
ers of the All India Ser-
vice which includes 43
IAS, 45 IPS and 15 IFSs
officers were promoted
on the New Year. Pro-
motion posting was
given to nearly 12 sen-
ior officers in the same
place. The home de-
partment now has two
secretaries. Suresh
Gupta was already the
home secretary and
now V Sarvan Kumar
has also been made an-
other secretary in the
same department. One
of the two secretaries
may be transferred
soon. DoP issued an or-
der Friday late night at
1:30 AM for the trans-
fers of 46 IAS, 37 IPS
and 9 IFS officers, in
which many officers
have been kept in the
first posts even after
promotion.
IAS officer Pradeep
Gawande has also been
promoted. No officer
promoted from RAS to
IAS was made a collec-
tor. IPS officer Vandita
Rana has been given the
important post of DCP
(Crime) in Jaipur after
promotion. At the same
time, four IPS officers
have been promoted to
ADG rank. Another
transfer list of IPS of-
ficer is likely to be re-
leased in a day or two.
On the other hand, 46
IAS officers were
transferred. Principal
secretary Abhay Ku-
mar has been promot-
ed to ACS (Home). 9 IFS
were also transferred.
Mridul Kachawa is
new DCP South
IPS Mridul Kachawa
has been appointed as
DCP South in Jaipur
Police Commissioner-
ate in place of Haren-
dra Mahawar, who has
been posted as DIG,
JDA after promotion.
Neeraj K Pawan is
new DC of Bikaner
IAS officer Neeraj K
Pawan has been pro-
moted as Divisional
Commissioner of Bi-
kaner. It may be recalled
that ACB had conduct-
ed a raid in RSLDC in
connection with a case
of graft. Pawan was la-
bor secretary that time.
l PostingsarebasedonmeritandtheentirehomeworkwasdonebyCSNiranjanArya,Principal
SecytoCMKuldeepRanka,DPGMLLatherandPrincipalSecyDoPHemantKGera
l The CM spared time from the exercise on political appointment and approved the proposal of
the DoP following which the promotion and posting lists were released on late Friday night
More than 100 IAS, IPS and IFS
officers reshuffled on New Year
DIG PROMOTED TO IG
10 SPs PROMOTED TO DIG
Those who have been promoted from DIG to IG
are Gaurav Srivastava, Sharat Kaviraj, S Parimala,
Kishan Sahai Meena, Rajendra Singh Chaudhary,
Jainarayan Sher and Sandeep Singh Chauhan. IG
Rupinder Sandhu has been posted as IG Ajmer
Range and UC Dutta on post of Intelligence -I.
10 SPs have been promoted to DIG in the
state. These include Preeti Chandra as DIG
CID- CB, Harendra Kumar Mahawar as DIG
JDA, Rahul Kotoki as DIG CID -CB, Vikas
Pathak as DIG Civil Rights and Human Traf-
ficking, Omprakash (II) as DIG Armed Battal-
ion, Sameer Kumar Singh as DIG ACB Ajmer,
Tejraj Singh Kharodia as DIG Law and Order,
Rajesh Singh as DIG SOG, Jagdish Chandra
Sharma as DIG Security, Rajendra Prasad
Goyal as DIG ACB –Udaipur and Kaluram
Rawat as DIG ACB Jaipur.
CONCERNED CM SPREADS WARMTH!
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot distributed blankets at a Ren Basera near Albert Hall in Jaipur on
Saturday. Gehlot distributes blankets to needy and old people every year during winters. Also
seen here are Dr Mahesh Joshi, Rafeek Khan, Antar Singh Nehra, Sheel Dhabhai, Munesh
Gurjar and others. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

JAIPUR, SUNDAY
JANUARY 2, 2022
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In to the Glitz
he roads of suc-
cess often start
with a bumpy ride,
especially when
you’re a teenager
but passion and
dedication to one’s
craft makes it all bearable.
Ritu Lakhina, participat-
ing model at First Miss In-
dia Teen, winner of 16 con-
secutive pageant titles and
grand winner of the Miss
Glamour Look Internation-
al Ambassador 2019 shared
her journey in an exclusive
interview with City First.
On being asked about her
initiation into the model-
ling world, Ritu said,
“Since childhood, I was fas-
cinated watching Fashion
Shows, Beauty Pageants,
and models on Hoardings
and always imagined see-
ing myself on that stage.
And there are some career
options you don’t choose,
they choose you and model-
ling is that for me.”
Early on in her career,
Ritu faced some setbacks
which helped her make her
mark and reach milestones.
Talking about it, Lakhina
said, “Initially, I had no
idea how to enter and navi-
gate this field but after a
year of struggle, I won my
first title when I was just
15. But not long after I met
with a tragic accident
where I lost my ability to
walk for almost half a year
but after battling depres-
sion and anxiety I picked
myself up and started
working on my craft and
later went on to win 16 con-
secutive titles and now
working on my first web
series.”
Reminiscing about her
successful pageants, Lakh-
ina said, “I won Miss Glam-
our Look International
Ambassador beating 72
countries of the world in
the Philippines and I’m
proud of that.”
Sharing her two cents for
aspiring models, Lakhina
said, “A lot of rejection may
come your way but always
believe in yourself.”
MONICA PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
Glamour
RITU LAKHINA, PARTICIPATING MODEL
AT FIRST MISS INDIA TEEN AND WINNER
OF THE MISS GLAMOUR LOOK
INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR 2019
SHARED HER JOURNEY IN AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST
Ritu Lakhina bagged the
Miss Voice award during
the talent round

A multi-faceted ugly truth
paralyzing our Socio-
Economic structure
Poverty is
not just a
lack of
income and
the inability to
purchase, it is a
very deeply rooted
multifaceted complex
structure comprising of
economic, social,
demographic, cultural,
political, and
psychological factors.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 21
You will derive great
benefit from an exercise
routine. Extra workload is
foreseen at work, but
nothing that you cannot handle within
office hours. Taking the family on a trip
seems impossible today due to your
professional commitments, so postpone
it for some other day.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 20
Your stars favour a bright
beautiful day. A setback
you have recently
experienced can make you
come out stronger. Tax advisor will be a
big help in saving taxes, so don’t
hesitate to contact one. It is difficult for
the relationship of friends turned lovers
to fall apart, so relax.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 18
Previous investments are
likely to give you good
returns. Some of you may
decide to follow in the
footsteps of celebrities and visit the
very same exotic destination that they
had been to.No amount of excuses will
dispel lover’s suspicions about your
tendency to stray the path.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20
Continue doing whatever
you are doing to remain
healthy. Some of you will
have to curb your
splurging ways. Family life will cruise
along smoothly with much love and
bonhomie. Don’t speed up on the road.
Chance of moving to a new location on
transfer is likely for some.
10
ETC
YOUR DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Money put together on
previous occasions is likely
to come in handy now. A
family youngster is keen to
learn from you, so don’t disappoint.
Settling down in a new house is
indicated for some.You may have to
awaken partner’s interest in you once
again.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 21
People falling under this
sign will have very refresh-
ing day. Visiting a mall or
watching a movie with
family may be the highlight of the day.
You may enjoy travelling to a tourist
destination. Reignite the flickering
romance in your life by spending more
time together.
Gemini
MAY 22 - JUNE 21
Something you have
implemented at work may
profit the company and get
you noticed. You may
celebrate the achievement of a family
youngster in a grand way. Shifting into
your own house may soon become a
reality. An exotic island destination
beckons.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 22
An extravagant vacation
you only dreamed about is
likely to become a reality
soon. Healthy eating will
help prevent digestive ailments. Money
will be absolutely no constraint in
buying what you like. Driving down
with lover to a happening place is
indicated today.
Leo
JULY 23 - AUGUST 22
Your financial situation is
set to improve, as earning
opportunities come to you.
Help from co-workers in a
time consuming task will be forthcom-
ing on the work front. Support of family
will encourage you to take up a
challenge. Socially, your presence will
be much looked forward to.
Virgo
AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 22
Some clarification will need
to be sought on a financial
issue, before you take the
next big step. A project left
halfway by someone else may come on
your shoulders, but your efforts will be
acknowledged if you do justice to it.
Some of you are all set to enjoy a
splendid vacation.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 22
Money coming from
various streams will keep
you in an elated state of
mind. A new fitness regime
that you have adopted promises to keep
you in the good health. Getting an old
furniture upholstered may be at the top
of the mind. Your search for perfect
partner may soon be over.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are likely to find the
day most auspicious. Your
knowledge about your line
of work will be roundly
appreciated and get you the thumbs up
from higher ups. Friends and family
may get together to give you a surprise
and make your day. Business travel may
leave little time for romance.
n d o u b t e d l y,
poverty is a
state with myr-
iad root caus-
es. All these
factors collec-
tively and indi-
vidually contribute to
the establishment of
poverty.
It is very rightly said
that India is a rich
country inhabited by
poor people.
FEMINIZATION OF
POVERTY AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Feminization of pov-
erty refers to the in-
creasing number of
women getting affect-
ed by poverty, as com-
pared to the males.
Poverty has been de-
scribed as a social
evil for ages but gen-
der biases are affect-
ing females much
worse than males.
This has not hap-
pened overnight.
There are various
reasons behind this
social malfeasance,
which is the outcome
of years and years of
malpractices prevail-
ing in society.
 The condition of
women in poor fami-
lies is very pathetic
and lamentable.
Along with all the
other responsibili-
ties, they have to car-
ry the financial bur-
den of raising their
children along with
helping other family
members. They get
minimal financial
support from their
family members.
 A bitter truth, they
carry the burden of
being a woman in a
harsh society, in aw-
ful conditions beyond
imagination, where
sometimes social
structure and even
their close family
members are their
worst foes.
FEMINIZATION OF
EDUCATION,
MALNUTRITION AND
POOR HEALTHCARE
 Mostly, families with
the low-income group
have many children
due to a lack of
awareness and a re-
served sense of re-
sponsibility towards
themselves and the
nation. As a result,
they cannot afford
the education and
well-being of all their
children equally.
They prefer to invest
their limited finan-
cial resources, into
necessities such as
nutrition and educa-
tion, to their male
child more than the
girl child. The conse-
quences are disas-
trous, most common
being, malnutrition,
and illiteracy, the
burden of which, a
girl has to carry
throughout her life.
 There are more fac-
tors over and above
the economic factors
which act as the rea-
son behind the femi-
nization of poverty.
Social factors which
are deleterious and
detrimental for the
growth of the eco-
nomic structure of
our country, such as
gender inequality,
dowry, female infan-
ticides, illiteracy,
lack of sanitization,
malnutrition, etc.,
are the result of fac-
tors based on the so-
cial thinking prevail-
ing that expenditure
done for the welfare
of females is useless.
Women have to face a
lack of sanitization
and poor healthcare
facilities in our coun-
try. Females are more
prone to infection
than males. They
need proper health-
care, nutrition, and
sanitization. They
need proper nutri-
tion as they carry a
child while they are
pregnant. A woman
deserves proper hy-
giene during the
menstrual cycle.
Proper post-natal
care is of utmost im-
portance for the
health
of the
m o t h e r
and the
baby. Poor
hygiene and
nutrition affect
them more ad-
versely once they
become mothers.
WOMAN LIBERATION:
TRUTH OR ILLUSION?
 Associating earning
of the livelihood,
with women’s libera-
tion and equality, is
inappropriate and
not justified in the
present scenario.
The achievements
made by women are
undervalued. The or-
thodox mentality
prevails that liberty
has been granted to
her and she has not
gained it.
women in the lower
class is much worse.
They are the ones
who are suffering the
most and that too
without any savior.
With the patriarchy
so profoundly estab-
lished into the core
value system of In-
dian society, the ac-
cess of the woman to
the family inherit-
ance is restricted or
negligible. Men and
women are like two
pillars of our society.
It is very
obvious, if
one pillar is
strong and the
other one is de-
liberately weak-
ened, it cannot
form a strong base
for any structure.
 Women are earning
their livelihood, but
that is not enough to
solve the problem.
The struggle and dep-
rivation they are fac-
ing are much more in
comparison to the
small amount of
money they can
earn. They are strug-
gling for basic mini-
mum survival, basic
minimum dignity,
and basic minimum
support from their
family, society, and
the country.
T h e s e
malfea-
s a n c e s
have to be
changed, as
they are dam-
aging the basic
foundation of
our rich culture
and heritage. Then
only we can attain
freedom in the true
sense.
paralyzing our Socio-
Economic structure
Poverty is
not just a
lack of
income and
the inability to
purchase, it is a
very deeply rooted
multifaceted complex
structure comprising of
economic, social,
demographic, cultural,
political, and
psychological factors.
n d o u b t e d l y,
poverty is a
state with myr-
iad root caus-
es. All these
factors collec-
tively and indi-
vidually contribute to
the establishment of
poverty.
It is very rightly said
that India is a rich
country inhabited by
poor people.
FEMINIZATION OF
POVERTY AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Feminization of pov-
erty refers to the in-
creasing number of
women getting affect-
ed by poverty, as com-
pared to the males.
Poverty has been de-
scribed as a social
evil for ages but gen-
der biases are affect-
ing females much
worse than males.
This has not hap-
pened overnight.
There are various
reasons behind this
social malfeasance,
which is the outcome
of years and years of
malpractices prevail-
ing in society.
women in poor fami-
lies is very pathetic
and lamentable.
Along with all the
other responsibili-
ties, they have to car-
ry the financial bur-
den of raising their
children along with
helping other family
members. They get
minimal financial
support from their
family members.
 A bitter truth, they
carry the burden of
being a woman in a
harsh society, in aw-
ful conditions beyond
imagination, where
sometimes social
structure and even
their close family
members are their
worst foes.
FEMINIZATION OF
EDUCATION,
MALNUTRITION AND
POOR HEALTHCARE
 Mostly, families with
the low-income group
have many children
due to a lack of
awareness and a re-
served sense of re-
sponsibility towards
themselves and the
nation. As a result,
they cannot afford
the education and
well-being of all their
children equally.
They prefer to invest
their limited finan-
cial resources, into
necessities such as
nutrition and educa-
tion, to their male
child more than the
girl child. The conse-
quences are disas-
trous, most common
being, malnutrition,
and illiteracy, the
burden of which, a
girl has to carry
throughout her life.
 There are more fac-
tors over and above
the economic factors
which act as the rea-
son behind the femi-
nization of poverty.
Social factors which
are deleterious and
detrimental for the
growth of the eco-
nomic structure of
our country, such as
gender inequality,
dowry, female infan-
ticides, illiteracy,
lack of sanitization,
malnutrition, etc.,
are the result of fac-
tors based on the so-
cial thinking prevail-
ing that expenditure
done for the welfare
of females is useless.
Women have to face a
lack of sanitization
and poor healthcare
facilities in our coun-
try. Females are more
prone to infection
than males. They
need proper health-
care, nutrition, and
sanitization. They
need proper nutri-
tion as they carry a
child while they are
pregnant. A woman
deserves proper hy-
giene during the
menstrual cycle.
Proper post-natal
care is of utmost im-
portance for the
health
of the
m o t h e r
and the
baby. Poor
hygiene and
nutrition affect
them more ad-
versely once they
become mothers.
WOMAN LIBERATION:
TRUTH OR ILLUSION?
 Associating earning
of the livelihood,
with women’s libera-
tion and equality, is
inappropriate and
not justified in the
present scenario.
The achievements
made by women are
undervalued. The or-
thodox mentality
prevails that liberty
has been granted to
her and she has not
gained it.
women in the lower
class is much worse.
They are the ones
who are suffering the
most and that too
without any savior.
With the patriarchy
so profoundly estab-
lished into the core
value system of In-
dian society, the ac-
cess of the woman to
the family inherit-
ance is restricted or
negligible. Men and
women are like two
pillars of our society.
It is very
obvious, if
one pillar is
strong and the
other one is de-
liberately weak-
ened, it cannot
form a strong base
for any structure.
 Women are earning
their livelihood, but
that is not enough to
solve the problem.
The struggle and dep-
rivation they are fac-
ing are much more in
comparison to the
small amount of
money they can
earn. They are strug-
gling for basic mini-
mum survival, basic
minimum dignity,
and basic minimum
support from their
family, society, and
the country.
T h e s e
malfea-
s a n c e s
have to be
changed, as
they are dam-
aging the basic
foundation of
our rich culture
and heritage. Then
only we can attain
freedom in the true
sense.
Feminization
of Poverty
ESHITA SINGH
Manager, State Bank of India, Jaipur
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he human
mind is a cu-
rious place.
It can go
from a zero
to hundred
very quickly.
You never know what
might trigger someone or
what the other person might
be thinking. It is capable of
some truly beautiful and some
truly twisted things. While we
can’t all witness it first hand, mov-
ies are a great way to peep into that
world.
City First brings to you 8 mind
boggling movie recommendations
that will keep you on your toes.
JOKER
Arthur Fleck, a party clown, resides
with his ailing mother in a run-down
apartment. When society rejects him
and labels him a freak, he chooses to
live a life of crime and anarchy
. This
film may finally give an answer to
the question, “Why so serious?”
GONE GIRL
When a man’s wife suddenly disap-
pears without a trace, he finds him-
self in the middle of a quest to find
her. Along the way, it becomes evi-
dent that she isn’t — and never was
— the woman he thought.
SPLIT
What happens when a man with dis-
sociative identity disorder loses con-
trol of one of his personalities and
abducts three teenage girls. Will
they survive?
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
On her daily commute, an unreliable
witness encounters something
shocking, and she gets obsessed with
the ongoing mystery—but no one be-
lieves her.
GET OUT
During a weekend break, Chris, an
African-American guy, decides to
pay a visit to his Caucasian girl-
friend’s parents. He is unprepared
for the horrors that lie ahead, de-
spite the fact that they appear nor-
mal at first.
SHUTTER ISLAND
A US Marshal and his colleague are
dispatched to the site after a killer
appears to vanish from a mental in-
stitution. As the inquiry progresses,
more and bizarre facts emerge.
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
When Jill, a young babysitter, starts
receiving frightening anonymous
calls, she becomes frightened. Noth-
ing, however, could prepare her for
the terror she would experience
when she discovers where the calls
are coming from.
BLACK SWAN
What happens when dedication
crosses the line to obsession? This is
the story of a young ballerina’s sense
of reality distorts. How will she fig-
ure out what’s real and what isn’t?
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
IF YOU ENJOY THRILLERS AND
SUSPENSE MOVIES, ONES WITH
A SLEW OF UNEXPECTED TURNS
AND AN UNPREDICTABLE
FINALE, THEN HERE IS A
SELECTED COLLECTION OF
EIGHT FILMS THAT WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY
FULFILL YOUR
“ENTERTAINMENT
BUDS”!
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