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IN BRIEF
One Nation, One Election:
Kovind invites suggestions
New Delhi: Panel on
‘One Nation, One Elec-
tion’ headed by ex-Prez
Ram Nath Kovind has in-
vited suggestions from
the public “for making
appropriate changes in the
legal framework. P5
Alaska Airlines grounds
Boeing 737-9 aircraft
New Delhi: Alaska Air-
lines has temporarily
grounded its entire fleet of
Boeing 737-9 after one of
the planes experienced a
mid-air emergency when
an exit door detached
from the aircraft. P7
BJP National President JP
Nadda with Haryana CM ML
Khattar during a roadshow
in Panchkula, Saturday. P5
‘ModiMantras’echoinRaj!
DAY 2: 58TH DGPs/IGPs CONFERENCE 2023
l PM MODI AND SHAH ADDRESS
MANY CRUCIAL SECURITY ISSUES
l PM ATTENDS ALL 5 SESSIONS;
SPENDS 12 HOURS AT VENUE
Nirmal Tiwari, Vinod Singh
Chouhan, Satyanarayan
Sharma, Shivendra Singh
Parmar, Pankaj Soni, Ayushi
Maharishi & Dimple Sharma
Jaipur
On the second day of the
DirectorGeneralofPolice-
Inspector General of Po-
lice conference, guest lec-
tures and discussions on
thecountry’sinternalsecu-
rity were held in five ses-
sions in the presence of
PM Narendra Modi and
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah. PM Modi was
present in all 5 sessions
andwaspresentatthecon-
ference venue RIC for
about 12 hours. He said
there is a need for police
coordination among states
onissuesliketerrorismand
bordersecurity forsmooth
action. PM said, “Engage
in innovation along with
traditional policing. Keep
inmindhowcommonpeo-
ple should get facilities in
innovations. Our govern-
ment has abolished many
police-related laws dating
back to British Raj. All
DGPs should make their
besteffortsforfriendlypo-
licing.” MOREONP8
SUGGESTIONS WERE SOUGHT TO END KHALISTANI
TERRORISM, BRAINSTORMING OVER CYBER THREAT
Suggestions were sought from DGs of all states
to end Khalistani terrorism. NSA Ajit Doval shared
his input on this topic with everyone in the confer-
ence for about 20 minutes. Many big cyber experts and
cyber teams of the country became a part of it. PM Modi
was informed about the work being done on cyber security.
Changing laws, increasing punishment and fines were dis-
cussed. DGs of many states including Shah presented their
views. Nityanand Rai gave a presentation about human
trafficking and how it can be prevented.
MODI AND SHAH RELISH
LUNCH WITH DGs, IGs
Modi and Shah
had lunch with all
DGs-IGs at 1 pm
on Saturday. During 1-hour
lunch, Modi interacted
with everyone one to one.
According to info, the order
for lunch was given to Taj
Group, more focus was
given on Rajasthani food.
Changing
Laws
2 hours
Increasing
Punishment
2 hours
Cyber
Security
3 hours
Human
Trafficking
2 hours
DISCUSSED
TOPICS
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(1) Prime Minister Narendra
Modi at BJP office in Jaipur
on Friday. (2) PM Narendra
Modi interacts with the
newly elected BJP MLAs
and party’s office-bearers
for upcoming LS elections,
as CM Bhajan Lal Sharma,
Deputy CMs Diya Kumari
& Prem Chand Bairwa and
BJP State President CP Joshi
look on. (3) CM Bhajan Lal
Sharma felicitates PM Modi
with ‘Modi Sathe Rajasthan’
memento on Friday.
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Pradhan & Laxman Raghav
Jaipur
After the formation of
CM Bhajan Lal Sharma’s
government, the first ma-
jor transfer list of 72 IAS
and 121 RAS officers
was released late on Fri-
day night. The govern-
ment has changed the
picture of district admin-
istration in two-thirds of
districts by changing 33
district collectors, 32
ADMs and 82 SDMs.
Now transfer list of Govt
Secy and senior IAS of-
ficers is expected to
come soon. In the recent
reshuffle, Churu Collec-
tor Siddharth Sihag has
been made Special Sec-
retary to CM, while Ash-
ish Modi has been made
Director of Secondary
Education and Sita Ram
Jat has been made Direc-
tor of Elementary Educa-
tion Dept. Rukmani Riar
has been made JMC
Greater Commissioner
andAbhishek Surana has
been made JMC Heritage
Commissioner. P3
New Raj govt
transfers 72
IAS and 121
RAS officers
The ISRO at around
4pm on Saturday
successfully placed
Adiyta-L1, the first space-
based Indian observatory
to study the Sun, into
its destination orbit
Lagrange Point-1 - which
is around 1.5 million
kilometers from the Earth.
A satellite in a Halo orbit
around the L1 point has
the major advantage of
continuously viewing
the Sun without any
occultations or eclipses.
ISRO launched solar
mission on September 2.
The success of this
insertion not only
signifies ISRO's
capabilities in such complex
orbital manoeuvres, but it but
gives confidence to handle
future interplanetary missions.
S SOMANATH, ISRO Chairman
Another grand feat
accomplished by
ISRO! Significant
participation of women
scientists in ISRO missions
takes women empowerment
too onto a higher orbit.
DROUPADI MURMU, President
India creates yet
another landmark.
India’s first solar
observatory Aditya-L1
reaches it’s destination. We
will continue to pursue new
frontiers of science.
NARENDRA MODI, PM
SURYA
NAMASKAR!
After 127 days,
ISRO’s first sun
mission Aditya L1
enters final orbit
ASSEMBLY SESSION FROM JANUARY 19
CM Sharma visits Assembly to
meet Speaker regarding session
Yogesh Sharma, Aishwary
Pradhan & Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
hief Minister
Bhajan Lal
Sharma reached
the Rajasthan Assembly
on Saturday and met As-
sembly Speaker Vasudev
Devnani. The CM and
Speaker held talks in
view of the future session
starting from January 19.
In fact, CM Bhajan Lal
Sharma has restarted a
healthy tradition by
reaching theAssembly to
meet the Speaker. This
tradition had almost end-
ed in the last few years.
Only the speaker used to
go to meet the CM and
the practice of the CM
coming to the Assembly
and meeting the Speaker
had almost stopped. This
tradition was alive in the
era of MLSukhadia, Hari
Dev Joshi, Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat. Now once
again Bhajan Lal Sharma
brought tradition alive.
Devnani also appeared
elated with arrival of leg-
islature party leader.
C CM Bhajan Lal Sharma calls on Speaker Vasudev Devnani at the
Rajasthan Assembly in Jaipur on Saturday. Also present here are
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena, Jogaram Patel and Jogeshwar Garg.
CM BL Sharma has
restarted a healthy
tradition by meeting
Speaker in Assembly
STATE BUDGET SOON
AFTER UNION BUDGET
This time State
budget will not
be presented in
February rather Vote on
Account will be presented
in Assembly due to Lok
Sabha elections. Union
Budget will be presented
after LS elections, State
budget will be presented
after the Union Budget.
DEVNANI PRESENTS
BOOK TO CM SHARMA
Assembly
Speaker Vasudev
Devnani on Satur-
day presented a copy of
Vinayak Damodar Sa-
varkar’s book “The Indian
War of Independence
1857” to Chief Minister
Bhajan Lal Sharma. This
was during latter’s cour-
tesy visit at Assembly.
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Our government is
determined to connect the
holy city of Lord Shri Ram,
Ayodhya, with the whole
world. In this regard,
along with declaring the
airport as an international
airport, the proposal to
name it ‘Maharishi
Valmiki International
Airport, Ayodhya Dham’
has been approved.
NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER
DEVOTION
AT ITS PEAK!
64 year-old devotee from
Hyderabad during his ‘padayatra’
towards Ayodhya to present
gold-plated footwear to Lord
Ram, ahead of the consecration
ceremony at the Ram temple.
Challa Srinivas
Sastry, 64 years
old, is traversing
the Ayodya-Rameswaram
route, covered by Lord Rama
during ‘Vanavas’ (exile) in
reverse. He said he wanted to
undertake the journey in the
reverse order touching all the
Shiva Lingas established by
the Lord en route and began
his trudge on July 20. He will
present gold-plated footwear
for the God, coinciding with
the consecration of the grand
temple on January 22.
Karthik Joshi, a
22-year-old ultra
marathoner has set out
on a 1,008 km-long run from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh to
reach Ayodhya before the idol
of Lord Ram is consecrated
at the magnificent temple in
Ayodhya on January 22 in
a show of devotion for the
Hindu deity. Joshi is slated to
complete his run to Ayodhya in
14 days after he commenced
his journey on Friday amid
chants of Jai Jai Siya Ram.
Madhya Pradesh’s
Indore city will be lit up
with 1.11 crore lamps
on January 22 when the Ram
temple will be inaugurated in
Ayodhya. Lamps will be lit at
people’s homes, said state
Urban Development Minister
Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Supreme Court, while hearing the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute in 2019,
had asked the Muslim side why there was no mention of the mosque
built by Babur in Ain-i-Akbari, though the book talks about Ram
PANKAJ SONI
The writer is
Associate Editor
at First India
he Supreme Court, while
hearing the dispute on
September 24, 2019, had
asked the Muslim side
why there was no men-
tion of the mosque built
by Babur, which is at the
centreoftheRamJanma-
bhoomi controversy, in Ain-i-Akbari,
which is a detailed account of the life
and times of Mughal emperor Akbar.
On the 30th day of the daily hearing of
the case, the court asked the Muslim
petitioners in the case, “Why is it so?”
Ain-i-Akbari mentions minute details,
but there is no mention of the mosque
inAyodhya. Why is it not mentioned in
it? Was the mosque not there?
It may be noted here that Abul Fazal
was a minister in the court ofAkbar, and
the work of writingAin-i-Akbari in the
Persian language was completed under
his supervision in the 16th century. Its
second section mentions the “province
ofAwadh” as one of the largest cities in
India and a place sacred to Hindus.Ac-
cording to this, Awadh has been de-
scribed as the residence of Ramchandra
who lived here inTretaYuga.This book
contains details of nine incarnations
(Avatar) of God (Lord Vishnu), one of
which is “Ram Avatar”.
MYTHOLOGICAL BOOKS WERE
CITED DURING ARGUMENTS IN SC
In the Supreme Court, while hearing
the case, the evidence or arguments
presented in favour of Ram being born
in Ayodhya, mentions the importance
of Ayodhya in ‘Ramayana’ written by
Maharshi Valmiki and ‘Vaishnav
Khand of Skanda Purana’. According
to Ramayana (composed before the
writing of Mahabharata and Srimad
Bhagavad Gita), Ram was born in the
palace of King Dasharatha and his
mother’s name is Kaushalya. The court
has accepted that the exact place of
birth has not been mentioned in Rama-
yana. It was said in the court that Ayo-
dhya Mahatmay of Skanda Purana has
been made the basis for identifying the
place of Ram Janmabhoomi. Accord-
ing to historians, it was composed in
the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
However, the court rejected this argu-
ment of the historians.
RAMAYANA WAS TOLD TO BE
FROM 300 YEARS BC
A historian appearing in the court said
that the time of composition of Rama-
yana was 300 to 200 BC. Skanda Pura-
na was written in the eighth century.
According to this, visiting Ram’s birth-
place is equivalent to salvation and the
exact place of Ram’s birth is also men-
tioned in it. TheAyodhya Mahatmay of
this Purana contains details of the exact
place of Ram’s birth.According to this,
the birthplace of Ram is east of Vigh-
neshwar, north of Vishishtha and west
of Lomesh.To corroborate the informa-
tion written in the Ayodhya Mahatmay
of the Skanda Purana, several pieces of
evidence were presented in court.
HANS T BECKER’S RESEARCH
ALSO BECAME THE BASIS
During the cross-examination, Swami
Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati based
his arguments on Ayodhya Mahatmay
where he maintained that he had seen
Bada Sthan, Nageshwar Nath Temple,
Lomesh Rishi’s Ashram, Vighnesh
Pindarak (these two are not temples
but names of places) and Vashishtha
Kund. In the same context, there is
also mention of Tulsidas’s ‘Ramcharit
Manas’ which was written in 1631
(1574-75AD).According to one of its
chapters, Bal Kand, Vishnu had said
that he would be born in Kaushalpuri
as the son of Kaushalya and Dashara-
tha. Hans T Becker’s book is men-
tioned in many places in the SC’s deci-
sion. In 1984, Becker gave his re-
search paper on Ayodhya at the Uni-
versity of Groningen. It was published
in the form of a book in 1986. Becker
himself read many books and wrote
that a place namedAyodhya was iden-
tified in the Gupta period and it is also
mentioned in Brahmanda Purana and
Raghuvansh of Kalidasa.
WILLIAM FINCH’S VISIT ALSO
MENTIONED IN COURT
William Finch visited India between
1610 and 1611 and his travelogue
“Early Travels in India” mentions the
remnants of Lord Ramachandra’s pal-
ace and houses. Quoting the trave-
logues of Montgomery Martin, an
Anglo-Irish officer who visited India
in the 18th century, and Joseph Tie-
fenthaler (European missionary), the
SC judgment said that Hindus used to
worship Sita Rasoi, Swarg Dwaar and
Ram Jhula on the disputed land. Ac-
cording to this, before Awadh came
under British rule i.e. before 1856, a
large number of people used to circum-
ambulate the land here. An English
translation of Joseph Tiefenthaler’s
travelogue was presented at the court.
According to this, Aurangzeb con-
quered a fort named Ramkot and then
destroyed it and built a three-domed
Muslim temple in its place. However,
in most of the cases, Babur has been
mentioned instead of Aurangzeb.
the work of writingAin-i-Akbari in the
Persian language was completed under
his supervision in the 16th century. Its
second section mentions the “province
ofAwadh” as one of the largest cities in
India and a place sacred to Hindus.Ac-
cording to this, Awadh has been de-
scribed as the residence of Ramchandra
who lived here inTretaYuga.This book
contains details of nine incarnations
(Avatar) of God (Lord Vishnu), one of
In the Supreme Court, while hearing
the case, the evidence or arguments
presented in favour of Ram being born
in Ayodhya, mentions the importance
of Ayodhya in ‘Ramayana’ written by
Maharshi Valmiki and ‘Vaishnav
Khand of Skanda Purana’. According
to Ramayana (composed before the
writing of Mahabharata and Srimad
Bhagavad Gita), Ram was born in the
palace of King Dasharatha and his
mother’s name is Kaushalya. The court
has accepted that the exact place of
birth has not been mentioned in Rama-
yana. It was said in the court that Ayo-
dhya Mahatmay of Skanda Purana has
been made the basis for identifying the
place of Ram Janmabhoomi. Accord-
ing to historians, it was composed in
the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
However, the court rejected this argu-
A historian appearing in the court said
that the time of composition of Rama-
yana was 300 to 200 BC. Skanda Pura-
na was written in the eighth century.
According to this, visiting Ram’s birth- where he maintained that he had seen sion. In 1984, Becker gave his re-
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25,000 SOLDIERS TO
GUARD AYODHYA TOWN
iven the Pran Pratistha
ceremony in Ayodhya
on January 22, the
temple town has been divided
into two zones, red and yellow,
for security reasons. Moreo-
ver, many areas will be moni-
tored through CCTV cameras.
The responsibility of security
of the Ram Temple is in the
hands of the UP STF as well as
the Central Security Forces.
6 companies of CRPF, 3 com-
panies of PAC, 9 companies
of Special SF, 300 policemen,
47 fire service personnel, 38
jawans, 38 Special Security
Force (SSF), 38 Local Intelli-
gence Unit (LIU) personnel, 40
personnel of radio police, two
teams of bomb squads, one
commando unit of PAC, one
unit of STF, along with central
investigating agencies and
NSG commandos, will also be
deployed. 25,000 soldiers will
be deployed for the security
of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi,
which will also include military
personnel.
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SHIV SENA DONATES
`11 CRORE FOR MANDIR
hiv Sena has donated
Rs 11 crore to the Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra, on behalf of
the people of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra’s Minister of
Industries, Uday Samant, and
Shiv Sena MP Dr Shrikant Shin-
de personally came to Ayodhya
and presented a cheque to the
Trust’s Secretary Champat
Rai. On this occasion, Trustee
Dr Anil Mishra and other of-
ficials were also present.
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Vinod Singh Chouhan,
Kamalkant Sharma,
& Ayushi Maharishi
Jaipur
Medical and Health min-
ister Gajendra Singh for-
mally took charge on Sat-
urday at the Secretariat.
Additional CS Medical
and Health Shubhra Sin-
gh congratulated him.
Singh visited Swasthya
Bhawan and while inter-
acting with the senior of-
ficials of the department,
he said that health is an
important dept and all of-
ficers and personnel
should work with a hu-
mane approach to realize
the vision of a healthy and
prosperous Rajasthan.
Singh said that it should
be ensured that every per-
son gets the benefits of
health schemes.
With this objective in
mind, the Viksit Bharat
Sankalp Yatra is being
organised. The dept
should make Yatra a suc-
cess and ensure that the
best health services are
provided to common
people. Meanwhile, Food
and Civil Supplies Min
Sumit Godara also took
charge at the Secretariat.
Rajendra
Jaipur
The first IAS transfer list
of the newly formed gov-
ernment of Rajasthan
was released on Friday
night after a long wait.
Since a ban on transfer of
district level officials had
come into force, hence it
had become important to
release the jumbo 75
name transfer list primar-
ily revolving around Col-
lectors and ADMs.
It is notable that the list
has been prepared, after a
long time, in CS office
instead of CMO. New CS
Sudhansh Pant and Prin-
cipal Secretary DoP- He-
mant Gera - have played
a major role in the list.
While two dozen IAS
have ‘gained’through the
transfers, about a similar
number of officers have
not been able to feature in
that category.
The ‘gainers’ include
Prakash Sharma, Sid-
dharth Sihag, Himansu
Gupta, Namit Mehta,
Ashish Gupta, Kanaram,
Ajay Singh Rathore,
gauravAgrawal, Khushal
Yadav, Ravindra Goswa-
mi, Utsav Kaushal,
Gaurav Saini, Avdhesh
Meena, Devendra Kumar,
Akshay Godara, Somya
Jha,KanishkaKatariaand
Saloni Khemka.
On the other hand, the
officials who could not
score big are Rajendra
Shekhawat,Vishawa Mo-
han Sharma, Narendra
Gupta, Anil Agrawal,
Rukmani Riyar, MPMee-
na, Suresh Ola, Ashish
Modi, Arun Garg, Babu
Lal Goyal, Bachmesh
Agrawal, Nilabh Saxena,
Saurabh Swami, Om
Prakash Bairwa, Sitaram
Jat, Jasmeet Sandhu,
Ram Prakash and Tara
Chand Meena.
On of the notable
transfer in the list is that
of Sidharth Sihag who
has been posted as Joint
Secretary in CMO, which
is the first permanent
posting in CMO. 2012
batch IAS Sidharth has
served as Collector of
three districts. he has
served as Churu Collec-
tor for two years and his
jump to CMO is being
considered a major jump
from Churu Colelctorate.
Similarly, 2018 batch
officer Kanishka Kataria
has been appointed based
on his merit and capabil-
ity. He was all India top-
per of his batch. He be-
came IAS in his first at-
tempt and had left a hefty
paying private job ina
foreign country to be-
come IAS. But don’t
know why the previous
government kept him at
an arm’s length. How-
ever, his abilities have
been recognised and has
been given the responsi-
bility of JS - DoP. His
father Sanwar Mal Ver-
ma is also an IAS.
The transfer of Namit
Mehta from post of Col-
lector Pali to Bhilwara,
Alok Ranjan’s transfer
from Jhalawar Collector
to Chittorgarh, LN Man-
tri’s transfer from Dun-
garpur to Pali, Gaurav
Agrawal from Chittor-
garh to Jodhpur and
Ravindra Goswami
transfer from Bundi to
Kota Collector is actually
their promotion and is
also a certificate of the
capabilities of these IAS.
Vishwamohan Sharma
had become Kekri Col-
lector after going through
much difficulties. al-
though his appointment
as kekri collector, right
after his stint as Ajmer
Collector was not consid-
ered to be a right move,
but owing to Raghu Shar-
ma’s recommendation,
he was appointed as
Kekri Collector. Now his
post in Kekri is no more
as he has been posted in
midday meal in Jaipur.
Similarly, the position
of Collectors - Anil
Agrawal in Dholpur, MP
Meena in Kota, Suresh
Ola in Sawai Madhopur,
Ashish Modi in Bhilwara,
Neelabh Saxena in Rajsa-
mandandSaurabhSwami
in Sikar - were taken ow-
ing to their one sided role
in the assembly elections.
Avichal Chaturvedi
became Alwar Collector
after much deliberations
as he wanted to stay in
Jaipur owing to person-
al reasons. Now he has
returned back to Jaipur.
One section of BJP has
still not taken to the
transfer list since it con-
siders that a requisite
number of officials have
not been transferred
which will not send a
message that the gov-
ernment has changed.
They cite the continua-
tion of Collectors in Di-
visional Headquarters
like Jaipur, Udaipur,
Bikaner and Ajmer as
casein point.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Congress is preparing to
field big faces in Lok
Sabha elections as the
party wants to wash away
the stigma of not winning
a single seat in the past
two elections.
The party is consider-
ing the names of CP
Joshi, Govind Dotasara,
Sachin Pilot, Jitendra
Singh, Pratap Singh, Har-
ish Chaudhary andAshok
Chandna as the candi-
dates for the LS elections.
It is difficult for Con-
gress to win elections
only on basis of new fac-
es. Last time, many big
leaders did not want to
contest elections. In that
situtation, Congress had
to field candidates as a
formality at the last mo-
ment. The Congress
party will not repeat the
mistake this time.
RAM MANDIR’S FOUNDATION STRONG WITH...
Soil from more than 50 holy places of State
Pankaj Soni
Jaipur
t is a matter of
pride for Ra-
jasthanis that
‘raj kan’ from more than
50 temples, monasteries,
ashrams & pilgrimage
areas of Rajasthan has
been poured into founda-
tion of Ram Temple.
Apart from the famous
Shri Radhagovind Dev Ji
Temple and Motidungari
Ganesh Temple, soil
from Tapobhoomi Galata
Teerth, Haldighati, Chit-
torgarh, Mehndipur Bal-
aji, Trinetra Ganesh and
Diggi Kalyan Ji has been
used in preparing the
foundation.
The soil of Rajasthan,
world famous in history
for the devotion of Meera
and bravery of Maharana
Pratap, will now be re-
membered for its contri-
bution in strengthening
the foundation of Ramla-
lla’s temple in Ayodhya.
Soil has been collected
from Moti Dungri
Ganeshji, Govind Devji,
Galta Peeth, Ghat ke Bal-
aji, Shilamata, Jhulelal
Temple Amrapur, Shri
Tadkeshwar Mahadev
Temple, Triveni Dham,
Shakambhari Mata
Sambhar, Jwala Mata
Temple Jobner, Veer Ha-
numan Temple Samod,
Panchkhand Peeth Virat-
nagar, Khatushyam, Re-
vasa Peeth, Jeenmata
Temple from Sikar, Sala-
sar Balaji, Dadrewa
Dham Rajgarh from Ch-
uru, Rani Sati Temple
from Jhunjhunu, Surya
Temple Lohargal,
Shakambhari Mata Tem-
ple Udaipurwati, Bhartri-
hari Dham Pandupol,
Madan Mohan Ji Temple
and Kaila Mata.
FILE
The Mandir is being
built on 2.77 acres of
land, soil from 2,587
areas across the
country has been
used to strengthen
the foundation, the
concrete stone was
laid 50 feet deep and
the work lasted for
about 5 months
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Teli: Use as much local crude oil as possible
Minister Visits Mangala Processing Terminal
Newgovtwillreviewsyllabus:Dilawar
PTI
Barmer
Minister of State for Pe-
troleum and Natural Gas
Rameshwar Teli on Sat-
urday visited the Man-
gala Processing Terminal
operated by Cairn Oil
and Gas - Vedanta Ltd
during his visit to Barmer
on Saturday, and said the
aim will be to use as
much local crude oil as
possible. He expressed
confidence that the area
would become as pros-
perous as Dubai due the
production of crude oil.
“India currently im-
ports 83 per cent of its oil
needs. The vision of PM
Modi is that we should be
self-reliant in this matter
by producing more oil
within the country,” a re-
lease from the company
quoting the minister said.
“The oil fields are pro-
ducing good oil and the
production is going to
increase further in future.
The aim will be to use as
much local oil as possible
in refinery to be built in
Barmer,” release said.
Vinod Singh Chouhan,
Kamalkant Sharma,
Ayushi Maharishi
Jaipur
Rajasthan Education
Minister Madan Dilawar
has decided to review the
schemes of the former
Congress government in-
cluding Mahatma Gan-
dhi English Medium
Schools. After a meeting
with officials at the Sec-
retariat on Saturday, Dil-
awar said that the Ma-
hatma Gandhi English
Medium School running
in Rajasthan will be re-
viewed. He said transfers
will not take place now.
However, he said, there is
no ban on transfer.
Dilawar said that there
is a provision in the New
Education Policy that
classes 1 to 5 should be
taught in the mother
tongue whereas educa-
tion is being imparted in
English in English me-
dium schools.
“In such a situation,
review will be done re-
garding Mahatma Gan-
dhi English Medium
Schools,” he said.
Dilawar said the BJP
government will review
the syllabus again in the
interest of the students
and the country.
FI TOON
SHEKHAR
Shree Annapurna
Rasoi to serve more
food than Indira Rasoi
Gajendra Singh
assumes charge
as Health minister
22,785 people attend Sankalp
Yatra at Malviya Nagar in Jpr
Gajendra Singh Khimsar with
Shubhra Singh on Saturday.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Food served in ShreeAn-
napurna Rasoi scheme
will be more nutritious
and healthy. Now the
plate served in the rasoi
will have 600 gram food
instead of 450 gram.100
grams of coarse grains or
rice will also be served
on the plate. 300 grams
of chapatti will be given
instead of 250 gram. The
local self government de-
partment issued an order
in this regard.The name
of the scheme was for-
mally changed by issuing
an order. CM Bhajan Lal
had announced to change
the name of the scheme
fromIndiraRasoischeme
to Shree Ann apurna Ra-
soi scheme yesterday in
presence of PM Modi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Under the Viksit Bharat
Sankalp Yatra urban
campaign, camps were
organized in all 26 wards
at 18 places under
Malviya Nagar, where a
total of 22,785 people
participated.Agriculture
Director KC Meena
from the PMO office in-
spected the camps. MLA
Kalicharan Saraf partici-
pated in all the camps.
There were 1,085
beneficiaries of Swani-
dhi Scheme. Under the
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala
Yojana, 1,745 women
got KYC done, A total
of 146 representatives
visited 18 camps.
Eye on Lok Sabha: Congress plans to field
seasoned leaders to open its account in Raj
Party wants to wash
away the stigma of
not winning a single
seat in past two polls
CP Joshi, Chechi attend BJYM workshop
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Bhartiya Janta Yuva
Morcha on Saturday held
a workshop on Viksti
Bharat Ambassador at
the party office during
which discussions were
held on the yatra.
BJP state president CP
Joshi, BJYM state presi-
dent Ankit Chechi, BJP
city president Surendra
Singh and other leaders
and workers attended the
workshop held on call by
the PM Modi to acceler-
ate the Yatra by making
youths, ambassadors.
Rameshwar Teli visiting HPCL Rajasthan Refinery on Saturday.
Madan Dilawar meeting with officials in Jaipur on Saturday.
JMCG GETS ITS FIRST WOMAN COMMISSIONER
In a first, IAS officer Rukmani Riar has been ap-
pointed as Commissioner in Municipal Corpora-
tion Greater. For the first time in the history of
the Municipal Corporation, a woman has been appoint-
ed as the commissioner. Municipal Corporation Greater
has a woman mayor. Now Dr Soumya Rukmani Riar
will together run the JMCG. Shivendra Singh Parmar
LEADERS’ SECURITY
TO BE REDUCED
Security of Cong
leaders will be
reduced by the
Bhajan Lal govt. The
decision will be taken
after discussion with the
intelligence officials. The
previous govt had given
security to many leaders.
Shree Annapurna Rasoi
mobile van. FILE
CPJOSHIJUSTIFIESNAME
CHANGEOFINDIRARASOI
BJP state president
CP Joshi reacted
to the change of
the name of Indira Rasoi
scheme to Shree Annapur-
na scheme asking what was
the name of the Indira Rasoi
scheme earlier? He said
that the name of the scheme
has been restored to Shree
Annapurna scheme. He said
that CM Sharma will dedi-
cate the scheme to people
in a better way.
‘YET ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT DUE TO SCIENTISTS’
Congratulating ISRO scientists, BJP state president
CP Joshi on Saturday said that India has made yet
another achievement due to the scientists. “India
has achieved great success today. Scientists achieved great
success under the leadership of PM Modi. Congratulations
from the bottom of my heart to all the scientists and the Prime
Minister,” he said. He said that Modi’s guaranteed vehicle is
going across the country under Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan
and people are getting advantage of the central government.
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Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur
The election department
has published the draft
voter list under the Spe-
cial Summary Revision
Program of Voter Lists.
The draft voter lists are
available on the website
of the EC.
A total of 5,27,12,843
voters are registered till
now. A special campaign
will be run at all polling
stations on 7 and 21 Jan-
uary and the Chief Elec-
toral Officer has called
for adding the maximum
number of names of eli-
gible voters
The draft published is
for 199 assembly con-
stituencies. Claims and
objections will be re-
ceived till 22 January and
will be resolved by Feb-
ruary 2.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The AGTF team along
with Gumanpura police
in Kota arrested criminal
Shakir carrying a reward
of Rs 50,000 in a case of
robbery of Rs 31 lakh on
Friday. The accused Sha-
kir alias Shooter has been
absconding for six
months. Additional Di-
rector General of Police
Crime andAGTF Dinesh
MN said that on June 21,
Jitendra Mehta was re-
turning with Rs 31 lakh
when miscreants came
on two bikes and at-
tacked him with a knife
and looted the bag.
IT RAID AT DESTINATION WEDDINGS
IT detects `200 cr black money
Vimal Kothari
Mumbai/Jaipur
he income tax
department’s
raids started on
Wednesday morning on
two big hotel groups of
Udaipur and their busi-
ness associates related to
destination weddings
ended on the fourth day
on Saturday.
Income tax officials
have claimed to have
seized black money
worth more than Rs 200
crore in the action. The
officials seized cash
worth Rs 3.30 crore, jew-
ellery worth Rs 5.54
crore, and documents re-
lated to the investment.
The IT sleuths on Fri-
day opened 17 out of 20
lockers, and sealed three
lockers. It is being esti-
mated that apart from
jewellery and cash worth
lakhs of rupees, invest-
ment-related documents
will also be found in
these lockers. After the
raids are over, the In-
come Tax Department
will also tighten its grip
on those who make cash
payments in wedding
ceremonies and the GST
Dept may also take fur-
ther action in this matter.
Dinesh Arya
Jaipur
The mineral stones pro-
duced in Rajasthan are in
demand in many coun-
tries of the world. India
Stonemart-2024 will be
held from February 1 to
4 at Jaipur Exhibition and
Convention Centre
(JECC) for the stone in-
dustry and entrepreneurs,
architects, businessmen
etc. associated with this
sector. A meeting was
held at the government
Secretariat on Saturday
under the chairmanship
of the Chief Secretary
Sudhansh Pant for the
successful organization
of Stonemart.
Pant directed the offi-
cials to make efforts to
make this event attrac-
tive and interactive. He
gave instructions to en-
sure all necessary ar-
rangements and facili-
ties for the entrepre-
neurs, buyers and sellers
coming here.
Representational
1. Vendors sell vegetables on a cold winter day in Jaipur on Saturday. 2. A flock of peacocks seen at a nursery in Jaipur.
3. People walking amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in Jaipur. SANTOSH SHARMA
Representational
Accused in police custody in
Kota on Saturday.
Angry villagers protesting outside the hospital in Karauli.
T
CSmeetsofficialsaheadofIndia
Stonemart-2024tobeheldinFeb
EC publishes draft
voter list under SSR
2studentskilled,1injuredinbus
collisioninKarauli,villagersprotest
Minor brutally
gangraped in Pali,
condition critical
No internet in Kota,
Ajmer for 3 hrs to
stop paper leak
Army recruitment
rally in progress
from Jan 3 to 13
Jaipur Rugs to
provide training to
women artisans
First India Bureau
Pali
Two youths allegedly
gang-raped a six-year-
old minor girl in a village
under the Rohat Police
Station area of Pali dis-
trict on the pretext of
buying her chocolates
and snacks, police said.
The victim has been ad-
mitted to Bangar Hospital
in Pali where her condi-
tion is known to be criti-
cal. Meanwhile, the po-
lice have arrested an ac-
cused in the case. “The
minor was lured home by
the accused. A case has
beenregisteredbythevic-
tim’s mother and the mat-
ter is being investigated,”
police said. SP Gagan-
deep Singla has also giv-
en instructions for strict
action to be taken against
the accused.
First India Bureau
Ajmer
Internet services will re-
main shut for three hours
in Ajmer and Kota dis-
tricts in view of the As-
sistant Professor, PTI and
LibrarianExam2023con-
ducted by Rajasthan Pub-
lic Service Commission
on Sunday. The exam will
be held at Ajmer, Bharat-
pur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota
and Udaipur district head-
quarters.
AjmerDivisionalCom-
missioner Bharti Dixit
said that to maintain con-
fidentiality, the internet
will remain closed from
11 am to 2 pm. “2G, 3G,
4G, 5G internet services
will remain temporarily
closed. But voice call,
broadband and leased line
data facilities will remain
unaffected,” said Dixit.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
With all preparations
completed, Recruiting
Office (Headquarters),
Jaipur has informed that
the Army Recruitment
Rally is in full swing and
a very encouraging re-
sponse is being received
at the rally venue of
Sports Stadium, Shahpu-
ra, Jaipur. The youth of
Rajasthan are participat-
ing in complete strength
with absolute passion and
vigour in the rally. The
recruitment rally is being
conducted at Sports Sta-
dium Shahpura in Jaipur.
An approximate strength
of 7000 shortlisted candi-
dates are participating
during recruitment rally
in various categories of
Agniveer Regular sol-
diers in Indian Army.
PTI
Jaipur
Carpet manufacturer Jai-
purRugsonSaturdaysaid
it has started a three-
month programme under
which women artisans
will be given training.
“Tread Softly is a plat-
formforarotationalthree-
week artist residency pro-
gramme at Dhun Jaipur
campus in Phagi, during
which women artists from
rural Rajasthan will be
provided with a space
solely dedicated to the
creation of art,” Kavita
Chaudhary, Design Direc-
tor of Jaipur Rugs, said.
First India Bureau
Karauli
Two kids died and one
was critically injured in a
school bus collision and
was taken to Jaipur. The
bodies of deceased pupils
Rohit and Sonu were put
in Nadauti Hospital’s
mortuary. Nadauti police
station administration ar-
rived on the scene after
getting information. In
Gudhachandraji, Nadau-
ti, the incident occurred
near the Rawatara elec-
tricity grid station.
The deceased have
been identified as Rohit
(17), son of Maharaj
Singh Gurjar, resident of
Rampura, Sonu (10), son
of Himmat Gurjar, resi-
dent of Rampura and
Mohit (15), son of Maha-
raj Singh, resident of
Rampura.
old conditions
prevailed in
Rajasthan on
Saturday with Sikar
recording a
minimum
temperature of 2
degrees Celsius and
Sirohi 4.1 degrees
Celsius, the weather
office said. The
officials said
thunderstorms
rainfall are expected
around Jan 8-9.
HANUMANGARH: 4
KILLED 4 INJURED
Hanumangarh:
Four persons
were killed and
four others were injured
in a car-truck collision
near the Town Police
Station in Hanuman-
garh on Saturday. The
collision occurred near
the Shergarh police
station. The injured were
transported to the district
hospital by Shergarh
Chowki police. and
MOTHER SON
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Jaisalmer: Mother
and son along
with two youths
traveling in the car died
in the accident. Four
people were seriously
injured in this accident.
Shortly before the ac-
cident, the accused had
made a reel in the car
and posted it on social
media. It is being told
that all the four youths in
the car were drunk.
Sikar records minimum temperature of 2°C
COLD WAVE GRIPS THE STATE
MERCURYPLUNGES
AGTF arrests gangster
with `50k bounty in Kota
CRIME
ROUNDUP 48-YR-OLDWOMAN
ABDUCTEDGANGRAPED
Sri Ganganagar:
In village 13 ZWM,
a 48-year-old
woman was abducted and
gangraped for two days
straight. When the woman
and her son arrived at the
police station, she told act-
ing SHO Dalip Meena about
her ordeal. Anupgarh CO
Rameshwar Lal reached the
police station after receiving
information about the inci-
dent. On the CO’s orders,
a case is filed against two
people at the Ghadsana po-
lice station. It is estimated
that the incident occurred
six to seven days ago.
GIRL CAUGHT FOR
POSTING REEL WITH
PISTOL IN AJMER
Ajmer: A girl posted
a video with a pistol,
and police detained
her. She was then brought
before the court. After is-
suing a warning, the court
granted her bail. During
interrogation, the young-
ster told police she did it
to become famous. The
girl is in her twelfth grade.
After the video went viral on
social media on Friday, an
investigation was launched.
She had purchased a phony
pistol from Amazon. A video
of the firing was also shared,
with the word ‘Gangster’
written on it. Shubham Jain
SOG ARRESTS 38-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED IN JUNIOR
ENGINEER PAPER LEAK CASE, INVESTIGATION ON
WOMAN AMONG 4 HELD WITH DRUGS IN JAIPUR
Jaipur: On Saturday, SOG apprehended an evading
suspect in the Junior Engineer Recruitment-2020
paper leak case. An FIR was filed at the San-
ganer police station over the leaking of the
JEN-2020 paper prior to the exam on Decem-
ber 6, 2020, which was being investigated
by SOG. The accused, Yashpal Choudhary
(38), fled following the incident. SOG arrested
the accused on Saturday after getting infor-
mation about it. Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Major action was taken against illegal
drug smugglers under the command of Additional
Police Commissioner Kailash Vishnoi. Raids
are being carried out in the rural area of Govindgarh,
including the Malpura Gate. Four smugglers, including
a lady, were apprehended, and MD, brown sugar, hash-
ish, ganja, and cocaine were recovered from them. The
smugglers are currently being questioned.
7-YR-OLD
SODOMISED
BY TWO IN
HANUMANGARH,
PROBE ON
Hanumangarh:
A rape case
involving a seven-
year-old boy has been
revealed. In this regard,
the child’s mother has
filed a complaint at the
Junction Police Station
against two people. The
police are looking into the
situation.The police have
begun their investigation
by filing a report under
the relevant section of
the Protection of Children
from Sexual Offenses Act.
PERCENTAGEOFVOTERS
ANDPOLLINGSTATIONS
The registered
voters include
2,74,98,671 male
voters and 2,52,14,172
female voters. All voters
have been issued voter
photo identity cards. At the
time of draft publication, a
total of 51,507 polling sta-
tions were there at 36,090
locations in the state. The
sex ratio in the voter lists
was 921 as compared to
920 of the estimated popu-
lation. The percentage of
voters in the age group of
18-19 years was 2.81% as
compared to 3.31% as per
the estimated population.
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2 3
The officials seized cash
worth `3.30 crore,
jewellery worth `5.54
crore, and documents
related to the
investment.The IT
sleuths on Friday
opened 17 out of 20
lockers, and sealed
three lockers
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RAJNATH SINGH SAYS...
“Gurukuls needed to protect India’s heritage”
PTI
Dehradun
efence Minister
Rajnath Singh
on Saturday said
Macaulay was sent to In-
dia by the Britishers to
throttle the country’s tra-
ditional system of educa-
tion and enslave Indians
mentally.
He said the revival of
‘gurukul’ was necessary
to counter the effects of
the Macaulay’s system of
education on Indian
minds but advised that
these traditional schools
should synthesise their
education with emerging
technologies like artifi-
cial intelligence and
quantum technology.
“Macaulay was sent to
India to enslave Indians
even mentally by colo-
nising their minds,” Ra-
jnath Singh said, address-
ing a large gathering of
seers and students at the
foundation laying cere-
mony of Patanjali Gu-
rukulam in Haridwar.
Earlier, accompanied
by Uttarakhand Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh
Dhami, his Madhya
Pradesh counterpart Mo-
han Yadav, Union Minis-
ter Arjun Ram Meghwal
and Rajya Sabha MP and
BJP spokesman Sudhan-
shu Trivedi, Rajnath Sin-
gh participated in a havan
on the Jwalapur Mahav-
idyalaya ground and laid
the foundation stone of
Patanjali Gurukulam.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Yoga Guru Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna, Madhya Pradesh CM
Mohan Yadav, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal
during the foundation stone laying of ‘Gurukulam Evam Acharyakulam’, at Swami Darshanand
Gurukul Mahavidyalay in Haridwar, on Saturday. PTI
First India Bureau
Thiruvananthapuram
ExternalAffairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Saturday
lauded PM Narendra
Modi and the work done
by the Central govern-
ment for over last nine
years, stating that “Modi
Ki Guarantee” means
good governance and
people-centric schemes.
He was addressing the
‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra’ here.
“Five years as a minis-
ter and five years before
that have been the most
satisfying years for me. It
is because I have seen a
complete change in how
thegovernmentperforms.
I am also looking to see
how the bankers perform.
If you look at the change
in the government, it is
something that has gone
through every part. The
bureaucracy is more sen-
sible, bankers are more
friendly towards custom-
ers and every public-
dealing organisation to-
day is looking at people
very differently. That is
how ‘Viksit Bharat’ will
be created,” he said.
“Today, ‘Modi ki guar-
antee’ is something that
is believed not only in the
country but also in the
world. ‘Modi ki guaran-
tee’ means good govern-
ance and people-centric
policies. This means that
if someone is in trouble
abroad, whether it is
somebody who goes to
Saudi Arabia or the UAE
or students in Ukraine,
PM Modi is there for
them. This is a big differ-
ence that has happened in
the last 10 years,” the
EAM added.
The Union Minister
further said, “In these ten
years, I have had the
great fortune of working
very closely with PM
Narendra Modi as his
cabinet member.”
PTI
Chandigarh
BJP chief JP Nadda on
Saturday said PM Naren-
dra Modi has changed the
country’s political cul-
ture that used to revolve
around caste, creed, and
vote bank politics.
Nadda held a road-
show in Haryana’s
Panchkula and expressed
confidence that the BJP
would sweep all the 10
Lok Sabha Seats in the
state in the upcoming
general elections.
“He (PM) has changed
the culture of politics in
the country which was
earlier based on caste and
creed... divisive politics
and vote bank politics
were practised for a long
time until PM Modi gave
a new message — Sabka
Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sab-
kaVishwas,SabkaPrayas
— and said that the coun-
try can move ahead with
the mantra,” Nadda said.
Scores of people lined
the route of the roadshow,
which was dotted with
party flags, and showered
flowers on the vehicle of
the BJP chief who urged
the crowd to ensure that
the party repeats its 2019
parliamentary polls per-
formance and wins all 10
Lok Sabha seats in the
state in the upcoming
general elections.
With Nadda’s visit to
Haryana coming after
BJP’s victory in the Ra-
jasthan, Madhya Pradesh
and ChhattisgarhAssem-
bly polls, the BJP chief
told the gathering, this
enthusiasm shows you
want to take the country
and the state forward and
make Narendra Modi the
PM for the third time.
When he asked how
many of the 10 Lok Sabha
seats in Haryana will the
BJP win, the crowd re-
plied,“Duskidus(all10)”
Nadda was accompa-
nied by Haryana CM ML
Khattar and State BJP
chief Nayab Singh Saini
on the vehicle decorated
with marigold garlands
during the roadshow.
PTI
New Delhi
The panel on ‘One Na-
tion, One Election’led by
former president Ram
Nath Kovind has invited
suggestions from the
public “for making ap-
propriate changes in the
existing legal administra-
tive framework to enable
simultaneous elections in
the country”.
In a public notice, the
high-level committee
said the suggestions re-
ceived by January 15
would be taken up for
consideration.
The suggestions can be
posted on the committee’s
website onoe.gov.in or
sent by e-mail to sc-hlc@
gov.in, the notice said.
The committee has
held two meetings since
it was constituted in Sep-
tember last year. It had
also recently written to
political parties seeking
their views and an inter-
action on a “mutually
agreed date” on the idea
of holding simultaneous
polls. It had later sent a
reminder to the parties.
Letters were sent to six
national parties, 33 state
parties and seven regis-
tered unrecognised par-
ties.
The committee has
also heard the views of
the Law Commission on
simultaneous polls. The
law panel could be called
again on the issue.
Agencies
Lucknow
More and more issues
are emerging, instead of
getting resolved, be-
tween the Congress and
the Samajwadi Party
(SP) – the two main con-
stituents of the I.N.D.I.A.
bloc in UP.
The latest stumbling
block between the SPand
the Congress is the Bahu-
jan Samaj Party (BSP).
While the SP is against
the BSP joining the alli-
ance of 28 Opposition
parties, the Uttar Pradesh
Congress Committee
President Ajay Rai, is
urging BSP President
Mayawati to “seriously
consider” joining the
group.
SP’s representative in
the bloc’s coordination
committee, Javed Ali
Khan, said, “Ajay Rai
has a BJP background.
And the Congress must
take cognisance of his
remarks.”
Tension between the
two parties has height-
ened because of this.
PTI
Kolkata
Aday after a mob assault-
ed ED officers during a
raid at the residence of
TMC leader Shahjahan
SheikhinWestBengal,the
centralagencyonSaturday
issued a lookout notice for
him, an official said.
There are apprehen-
sions that he might flee
the country following the
incident on Friday in
which three ED officers
were injured and several
vehicles damaged by a
mob at Sandeshkhali in
North 24 Parganas dis-
trict, which is close to the
Bangladesh border.
Agencies
Amaravati
Ten days after entering
politics, former Team In-
dia cricketer Ambati
Rayudu on Saturday an-
nounced his resignation
from YSR Congress Par-
ty (YSRCP).
He posted on ‘X’ that
he will stay out of politics
for a while. He did not
give any reasons for his
decision.
“This is to inform eve-
ryone that I have decided
to quit the YSRCP Party
and stay out of politics
for a little while. Further
action will be conveyed
in due course of time,”
Ambati Rayudu posted.
He had joined Andhra
Pradesh’s ruling party on
December 28. YSRCP
president and Chief Min-
ister YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy had welcomed
him into the party.
Defence Minister
says Macaulay sent
to India to enslave
Indians mentally
D
Ten days after joining YSRCP, ex
cricketer Rayudu quits politics
Ambati Rayudu with Andhra CM
Jagan Mohan Reddy. FILE
TDPCHIEFCOMMENDS
AMBATIRAYUDU’S
DECISIONTOQUITYSRCP
Amaravathi: The
TDP Chief and for-
mer CM of Andhra
Pradesh, N Chandrababu
Naidu’s party on Saturday
expressed appreciation
for Ambati Rayudu’s
choice to quit Yuvajana
Sramika Rythu Congress,
a week after joining the
party. “Glad to see you not
play your political innings
alongside an evil man like
@ysjagan. Wishing you
the best in your future en-
deavors!” Telugu Desam
Party wrote on X.
VIKSIT BHARAT SANKALP YATRA
Modi ki Guarantee means good governance: Jaishankar
I am very happy,
as we are close
to completing
ten years of the
‘Modi Sarkar’.
This has only
begun now. This
work has to go
on if you want to
create ‘Viksit
Bharat’. The rest
of the world is
actually talking
about us. They
ask what has
changed in India.
S JAISHANKAR,
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MIN
EAM S Jaishankar addresses gathering at a ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra’ event, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Saturday. PTI
WHATIS‘VISKITBHARATSANKALPYATRA’
The resolution of the ‘Viskit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra’ is to develop India in every way by
2047. Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra is being un-
dertaken across the country with the aim of attaining
saturation of flagship schemes of the government by
ensuring that the benefits of these schemes reach all
targeted beneficiaries in a time-bound manner. The
Yatra was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on November 15, 2023 from Khunti, Jharkhand
with multiple Information, Education and Commu-
nication (IEC) vans launched simultaneously from
various locations across the country. By January 25,
2024, the Yatra aims to cover over 2.60 lakh Gram
Panchayats and 4000+ Urban Local Bodies across
the country. The Yatra has reached the farthest
corners of the nation creating awareness about the
Government’s welfare schemes.
BJP sets target of winning all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana again
Election ready
Modichangedcountry’spolitical
culture,saysBJPchiefJPNadda
JP Nadda with ML Khattar and Haryana BJP chief Nayab Singh Saini (L) wave at the supporters
during a roadshow ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, in Panchkula on Saturday. ANI
‘ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION’
Ram Nath Kovind-led panel
invites suggestions from public
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy meets former President
Ram Nath Kovind, in Hyderabad on Saturday. ANI
SP-Cong tensions in UP
simmer over seat sharing
Assault on officers: ED
on hunt for TMC leader
Cong unveils logo, slogan of Rahul
Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’
ANI
New Delhi
The Congress on Saturday
unveiled the logo and slo-
gan of the party’s upcom-
ing ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay
Yatra’whichwillbeledby
partyleaderRahulGandhi.
Congress president
Mallikarjun Kharge, gen-
eral secretary in-charge
communications Jairam
Ramesh and General
Secretary KC Venugopal
were present for the un-
veiling event held at All
India Congress Commit-
tee headquarters in Delhi.
The slogan of theYatra
is “Nyay ka haq milne
tak”. “Under the leader-
ship of Rahul Gandhi, we
are starting ‘Bharat Jodo
Nyay Yatra’ from Janu-
ary 14. ‘Bharat Jodo
Nyay Yatra’is our strong
step towards providing
economic, social and po-
litical justice to the coun-
try’s people,” Mallikar-
jun Kharge said.
An injured ED official in West
Bengal’s Sandeshkhali. FILE
Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and KC Venugopal launch logo
for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, in New Delhi, on Saturday. PTI
‘MOVE TMC LEADERS IN
JAILS OUTSIDE BENGAL’
Kolkata: A day after
demanding the Presi-
dent’s rule in West Bengal
for the attack on ED officials,
the BJP on Saturday said
the TMC leaders arrested by
central agencies in with vari-
ous scams should be lodged
in jails outside the state.
‘BHARAT JODO NYAY
YATRA’ IN 17 DISTS OF
ASSAM FROM JAN 17
Guwahati: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
will undertake the ‘Bharat
Jodo Nyay Yatra’ in 17
districts of Assam from
January 17 to January 25,
All India Congress Commit-
tee spokesperson Mahima
Singh said here on Satur-
day. The yatra will begin on
January 14 in the violence-
torn Manipur and end
on March 20 in Mumbai,
covering 14 states and 85
districts, largely by bus and
on foot, and end just weeks
before Lok Sabha election
next summer.

any seekers
have posed
the question:
What is en-
l i g h t e n -
ment? Enlightenment is
like the ocean in the para-
ble about a congregation of
river fishes who once got
together to discuss who
had seen the ocean.
None of them could ac-
tually say they had seen the
ocean. Then one fish said,
“I think my great grandfa-
ther had seen the ocean!”
A second fish said, “Yes,
yes. I have heard about
this.”
A third fish spoke up,
“Yes, certainly, his great-
grandfather had seen the
ocean.” So the fishes built
a huge temple and made a
statue of the great-grandfa-
ther of the first fish. They
said, “He had seen the
ocean. He had been con-
nected with the ocean.”
Enlightenment cannot
be talked about or under-
stood second-hand. It is the
very core of our being; it
implies the experience of
going into the core of our
self and living our life
from there.
We all come into this
world gifted with inno-
cence, but gradually, as we
become more intelligent,
we lose our innocence. We
are born with silence, but
as we grow up, we lose that
silence and are filled with
words. We live in our
hearts, to begin with, but as
time passes, we move into
our heads.
Now the reversal of this
journey is enlightenment.
It is the journey from the
head back to the heart,
from words back to si-
lence; it is the act of recov-
ering our innocence de-
spite the intelligence we
have developed. Although
it seems very simple, this
is a great achievement.
Knowledge should lead
you to that beautiful point
of being able to say “I
don’t know.” The purpose
of knowledge is ignorance.
The completion of knowl-
edge will lead you to
amazement and wonder. It
makes you fully aware of
this existence. Mysteries
are to be lived, not under-
stood. One can live life so
fully in its completeness,
in its totality.
Enlightenment is that
state of maturity, in which
one’s self is unshakable by
any circumstance. Come
what may, nothing can rob
you of your smile. You do
not identify with limited
boundaries; you feel that
“all that exists in this uni-
verse belongs to me”. This
is enlightenment.
The opposite of enlight-
enment - unenlightenment
- is easy to define. It ap-
pears when you limit your-
self by saying, “I belong to
this particular place”, or “I
am from that culture”.
It is rather like children
saying, “My dad is better
than your dad” or “My toy
is better than your toy.” I
think most people around
the world are stuck in that
mental age group. Only the
toys have changed. Adults
say, “My country is better
than your country.” If one
could take credit for all
that exists throughout the
ages and feel as though “all
this belongs to me”, then
that is a sign of maturity.
Memory can make you
either sad or enlightened.
Memory of events, or of
trivial experiences will
lead you into bondage. On
the other hand, memory of
yourself will liberate you.
The ever changing relativ-
ity- however good or bad it
may be- will bring you
bondage. The unchanging
relativity reminds you of
yourself. Memory of past
events and worries of the
world will diminish in the
infinity of the self.
You should be able to
say, “All this is my wealth,
because I belong to the Di-
vine.” The Divine has
manifested itself in the
form of various kinds of
knowledge, depending
upon the circumstances of
space and time. One be-
comes the knower of the
whole universe and sees
that “all the beautiful flow-
ers are from my garden”.
The whole evolution of
man is from being some-
body to being nobody - and
so, from being nobody to
being everybody. Have
you observed that young
children have that sense of
belonging, that oneness
with other beings, that in-
nocence?
As we grow up, we lose
that innocence and become
more cunning. Like the in-
nocence of an ignorant
person, the cunning of an
intelligent person has no
value.
Enlightenment is that
rare combination of inno-
cence and intelligence, a
state that is reached after
ignorance and cunning
have been renounced. You
must have the words to ex-
press your inner being; and
at the same time, you must
know the value of remain-
ing silent.
In such a state, the mind
is fully in the present mo-
ment. Whatever is neces-
sary is revealed to you in a
natural and spontaneous
way. You have to simply
sit and the song flows
through you.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
TOP
TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
He who can curb his wrath as soon as it
arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s
venom that so quickly spreads — such a
monk gives up the here and the beyond, just
as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
BUDDHA
EXPRESSING
INNER SELF
The whole evolution of man
is from being somebody
to being nobody - and so,
from being nobody to being
everybody. Have you ob-
served that young children
have that sense of belong-
ing, that oneness with other
beings, that innocence? As
we grow up, we lose
that innocence and
become more cunning.
Like the innocence of
an ignorant person, the
cunning of an intelligent
person has no value.
Enlightenment is that rare
combination of innocence
and intelligence, a state
that is reached after igno-
rance and cunning
have been renounced.
You must have the words
to express your inner
being; and at the same
time, you must know the
value of remaining silent.
In such a state, the mind
is fully in the present
moment. Whatever is
necessary is revealed to
you in a natural and spon-
taneous way. You have
to simply sit and the song
flows through you.
THESONGOFINNOCENCE
ANDEXPERIENCE
Many seekers have posed the question: What is
enlightenment? Enlightenment is like the ocean in
the parable about a congregation of river fishes
who once got together to discuss who had seen the
ocean. None of them could actually say they had
seen the ocean. Then one fish said, “I think my great
grandfather had seen the ocean!” A second fish
said, “Yes, yes. I have heard about this”
IN-DEPTH
MAMATA NEEDS
TO KEEP GOONS
ON A TIGHT LEASH
STAR-CROSSED OPPN
UNPREPARED FOR ’24
he attack on an Enforcement Directorate
team by the supporters of Trinamool Con-
gress MLA Shahjahan Sheikh is a serious
lapse on the part of West Bengal police. Shahjahan
Sheikh’s background warranted an ED search but
before that his being a TMC legislator raises ques-
tions on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s choice of
men she fields in elections. Her government must be
nurturing some grouse against the ED but that does
not give licence to MLAs like Shahjahan to violent-
ly obstruct the ED team from carrying out its duty.
The details of how a mob attacked the ED team mem-
bers and vandalized their vehicles it is obvious that
Shahjahan is law unto himself in the Sandeshkhali,
North Parganas.
A strong response is needed from the Centre to
ensure that such acts of lawlessness are not repeated
in the future. What that response should be is for the
Centre to decide but dismissing the Mamata govern-
ment may not be a wise one.
T
ll the stars point to a win-win year for the
Bharatiya Janata Party. 2024 being an elec-
tion year the buildup to the consecration of
Ram temple atAyodhya coupled with reports of eco-
nomic development the party is riding the crest of a
favourable wave. The noise aroundAyodhya temple
is deafening for the opposition parties. No matter
what their political response is, the BJP has given
them no quarter. The I.N.D.I.A. groups counter to
BJP’s rapier-like thrusts on the dissonance in its
camp, the failings of its leaders and lack of a cred-
ible response to the BJP’s poll agenda of Ram tem-
ple have left it flail-
ing. Around the date
of consecration or
even before the BJP
is likely to get a fur-
ther boost if the Var-
anasi District Judge
allows making the
Archaeological Sur-
vey of India’s report
public.
To put the Opposi-
tion at a further dis-
advantage, reports
on the economic
front also lend
strength to the BJP.
Based on National
Statistical Office’s
advance data the
Gross Domestic
Product is estimated to grow 7.3 percent in 2023-24.
It is for the third year in a row that the economy has
shown a growth rate above 7 percent despite the
slowing down of the global economy.
AUnited Nations’report pegged the GDPfor 2024
at 6.2 percent. Importantly, the World Economic
Situation and Prospects report said that the growth
in the larger South Asian region will be driven by
the robustness of the Indian economy. This leaves
the Opposition with the option of raising the under-
mining of democratic institutions like a cry in the
wilderness.
A
A UN report pegged
the GDP for 2024 at
6.2%. Importantly,
the World Economic
Situation and
Prospects report
said that the growth
in the larger South
Asian region will be
driven by the
robustness of the
Indian economy
M
Another milestone in Bharat’s journey
through space!! Our first solar
observatory #AdityaL1 reaches its
destination in the space. It is a momentous
event in history that takes us closer to our
civilizational goal of achieving human welfare
through excellence in science and technology.
My heartfelt congratulations to our genius
scientists and the people of our nation.
Amit Shah@AmitShah
From Moon walk to Sun Dance!
What a glorious turn of year
for Bharat! Under the visionary
leadership of PM @narendramodi,
yet another success story scripted by
Team #ISRO. #AdityaL1 reaches its final
orbit to discover the mysteries of Sun-
Earth connection.
Dr Jitendra Singh
@DrJitendraSingh
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SHANKAR
The writer is an Indian yoga
guru, a spiritual leader,
founder of The Art of Living

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TrumpisthreattotheUSin
2024polls,warnsBiden
THREE-YEAR TERM FOR INDIAN-AMERICAN
Shah appointed to NY Fed Board of Directors
PTI
New York
he Rockefeller
F o u n d a t i o n
president and
former head of the Unit-
ed States Agency for In-
ternational Development
(USAID) Dr Rajiv Shah
has been appointed to
the Board of Directors of
the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York.
Shah has been appoint-
ed by the Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Re-
serve System as a ‘Class
C’ director on the New
York Fed Board of Direc-
tors for a three-year term
ending December 31,
2026. Class C directors
on the New York Fed’s
Board of Directors rep-
resent the interests of the
public, a statement said
here Friday. Shah has
led the prominent phil-
anthropic organisation
The Rockefeller Foun-
dation since 2017.
Prior to joining the
foundation, Shah was
founder and managing
partner of Latitude Capi-
tal, a private equity firm
focused on infrastructure
and energy projects inAf-
rica and Asia. From 2009
to 2015, he served as US-
AID head and served on
the National Security
Council, led the U.S. re-
sponses to the 2010 earth-
quake in Haiti and the
2014 West African Ebola
pandemic, and secured
bipartisan support for the
passage of the Global
Food SecurityAct and the
Electrify Africa Act.
Earlier, Shah was a di-
rector at the Bill Melin-
da Gates Foundation,
where he created the In-
ternational Financing Fa-
cility for Immunization.
Rajiv Shah, Rockefeller Foundation president, former head of USAID.
The nine directors of
each Reserve Bank
are divided evenly by
classification: Class
A Directors represent
the member banks
in the District;
Class B Directors and
Class C Directors
represent the
interests of the public
T
TRUMP ‘BIG RISK’ FOR 2024, SAY HALEY RON
DESANTIS IN UNISON AT TOWN HALLS IN IOWA
Des Moines: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
and former UN Ambassador and North Carolina
Governor Nikki Haley were unanimous in saying
ex-President Donald Trump was “a big risk for the GOP “in
the 2024 Presidential race and prospects for “retaking the
White House are doomed”. While Haley skirted around the
legal woes of Trump on civil tax fraud case in New York to
the election subversion cases in four jurisdictions in the US
except saying indirectly that “Chaos follows Trump”.
z The Chinese government and its
state-controlled entities spent over
USD 5.5 million at properties owned
by Donald Trump while he was in of-
fice, CNN reported.
z Groups of voters from Illinois and
Massachusetts filed motions on
Thursday to remove former US Presi-
dent Donald Trump from the 2024
ballot, CNN reported.
z The two states have been added to the
list of states where Trump faces a chal-
lenge to his candidature under the 14th
Amendment’s insurrectionist ban.
Bangladeshtovoteingeneral
electionsboycottedbyOppn
PTI
Dhaka
Bangladesh will go to
the polls on Sunday in
which Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina is expect-
ed to win a fourth
straight term in the ab-
sence of the main Oppo-
sition BNP which on
Saturday began a 48-
hour nationwide strike
against the “illegal gov-
ernment” amidst spo-
radic violence.
The election commis-
sion said it has nearly
completed the prepared-
ness for voting in the 300
constituencies across the
country and also ensured
security arrangements.
Atotal of 119.6 million
registered voters are eli-
gible to vote at Sunday’s
polls in more than 42,000
polling stations, accord-
ing to the country’s Elec-
tion Commission.
More than 1,500 can-
didates from 27 political
parties are contesting in
the election besides 436
independent candidates.
Over 100 foreign ob-
servers, including three
from India, will monitor
the 12th general election,
which is being held under
tight security.
Dhaka University students hold a rally along a roadside in the
capital on January 6, 2024 urging people to boycott Bangladesh’s
general elections on the eve of it’s commencement.
Agencies
New Delhi
Commerce and Industry
Ministry Piyush Goyal
on Saturday urged the
Bureau of Indian Stand-
ards (BIS) to make the
country’s standards
compatible to interna-
tional standards wher-
ever possible like in
case of lifts, air filters or
medical items.
“This can be achieved
through an increase in
stakeholder consulta-
tions and by involving
industry representa-
tives,” the minister said
while addressing the
77th Foundation Day
function of BIS.
The minister said that
a comprehensive net-
work of modern labs
have been set up to fa-
cilitate testing by BIS
and industry. BIS recent-
ly agreed to invest Rs 40
crore to set up 21 labs for
cotton testing.
He called upon indus-
try to come forward
with areas for which
testing is required.
26 girls again
go missing
from MP
shelter home
Agencies
Bhopal
At least 26 girls,
who were living at
an illegally-run
shelter home in
Madhya Pradesh’s
capital city Bhopal,
were reported miss-
ing. The girls were
brought to Bhopal
after being rescued
from different states
like Gujarat,
Jharkhand and Ra-
jasthan beside Mad-
hya Pradesh.
The matter unfold-
ed after National
Commission for Pro-
tection of Child
Rights (NCPCR)
chairman Priyank
Kanungo made a sur-
prise visit to theAan-
chal Girls hostel lo-
cated in the Parwalia
area on the outskirts
of Bhopal.
Alaska grounds all Boeing 737-9 aircraft after mid-air tragedy
Agences
Portland (oregon)
Alaska Airlines ground-
ed all of its Boeing 737-
9 aircraft late Friday,
hours after a window
and piece of fuselage on
one such plane blew out
in midair and forced an
emergency landing in
Portland, Oregon.
The incident occurred
shortly after takeoff and
the gaping hole caused
the cabin to depressurize.
Flight data showed the
plane climbed to 16,000
feet (4,876 meters) be-
fore returning to Portland
International Airport.
The airline said the
plane landed safely with
174 passengers and six
crew members.
Alaska Airlines
grounded all of its Boeing
737-9 aircraft late Friday,
hours after a window and
piece of fuselage on one
such plane blew out in
midair and forced an
emergency landing in
Portland, Oregon.
United Cup: Iga and
Hubert Hurkacz lead
Poland into final
Gauff to face Elina
Svitolina in the
Auckland final
Agencies
Sydney
Polish tennis stars Iga
Swiatek and Hubert
Hurkacz propelled Team
Poland into its first Unit-
ed Cup final at the
mixed-team tennis event
on Saturday. The dynam-
ic duo showcased their
prowess in the semi-final
tie against France, secur-
ing a 3-0 victory and
earning a spot in the
championship match.
Agencies
Auckland
Coco Gauff will defend
her title at the Auckland
Classic
against Eli-
na Svitolina
after beating
fellow
American
Emma Navarro 6-3, 6-1
in a semifinal Saturday.
Gauff needed only 62
minutes to sweep past
fourth-seeded Navarro
and now has won 18
straight sets 9 consecu-
tive matches over 2 years
in Auckland. She has lost
15 games in 4 matches.
ElenaRybakinadominates
Linda Noskova in semis
Brisbane International
Agencies
London
World number four Elena
Rybakina put on a serving
masterclass as she
stormed into the final of
the Brisbane International
with a 6-3, 6-2 win over
Linda Noskova Saturday.
The Russian-born Ka-
zakh blasted eight aces
past the Czech teenager
on her way to the 63-min-
ute win, breaking her op-
ponent once in the first
set and twice in the sec-
ond. Rybakina, who won
Wimbledon in 2022, has
only lost 12 games on
the way to the final and
is yet to drop serve in a
perfect build up to the
Australian Open, where
was runner-up last year
to Aryna Sabalenka.
“Govtcommittedtoworkforsports”
First India Bureau
Jaipur
BJP leader Rajendra
Rathore, while congratu-
lating the Rajasthan Jun-
ior Boys Handball team
at his residence on Satur-
day, said that the govern-
ment will work with
commitment for sports
and improve facilities of
the players. Ajay Moyal
has been made the cap-
tain of Rajasthan team.
Rathore provided
track suits and kits to
the players. Nasirabad
MLA Ramswaroop
Lamba, Treasurer of
Handball Association
India Tejraj Singh and
others were present.
Under the aegis of
HandballAssociation In-
dia, the 46th Junior Boys
National Handball
Championship 2023-24
is being organized by Ra-
jasthan State Handball
Association and Kripa
Baba Handball Acade-
my-Karauli from January
9 to 13 at Shri Mahavir
Ji’s Government School.
Honorary Secretary of
the association Yash
Pratap Singh said that
about 650 players from
30 teams from all over
the country are partici-
pating in the competition.
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Agencies
Washington
During his first 2024
campaign speech in
Pennsylvania for the
presidential elections,
US President Joe Biden
underscored that his po-
tential opponent, Donald
Trump, is ready to jeop-
ardize democracy by pri-
oritizing his own power,
according to CNN.
Biden also criticized
Trump’s campaign for
being fixated on the past
rather than focusing on
the future.
Biden said Trump’s
re-election bid is based
on trying to seek “re-
venge and retribution”
against his political en-
emies. He reminded
Americans that Trump
has called his opponents
“vermin,” the “same ex-
act language used in
Nazi Germany.”
The US President
also accuses Trump
of plotting revenge
on those seeking
to punish him
US President Joe Biden N Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Ex- President Donald Trump
Joe Biden’s record is
an unbroken streak of
weakness, corruption
and failure. Other
than that, he’s
doing quite well.
All throughout the
world, we are an
embarrassment
as a country.
DONALD TRUMP, US EX-PREZ
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
Unidentified arsonists set fire to at least five primary
schools, including four polling booths, in Bangladesh,
police said on Saturday, the eve of a general election
that the main opposition party is boycotting. Police are inves-
tigating the fires in Gazipur, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka,
but suspected that wrongdoers aiming to disrupt Sunday's
election had set fire to the schools in the middle of the night.
Taipei (Taiwan): Taiwan’s Defence Ministry accused
China on Saturday of harassment and trying to affect
public morale by repeatedly sending balloons over the
self-governing island. A ministry analysis found that the paths
of the balloons posed a serious threat to international passen-
ger flights, according to a report by Taiwan’s official Military
News Agency. The ministry called for an immediate end to the
activity to ensure flight safety. “The ministry urged the people
(of Taiwan) to clearly understand the Chinese Communist
Party’s cognitive combat methods and face it rationally and
calmly so as to avoid being affected by it,” the report said.
Bureau of Indian Standards celebrated its 77th
Foundation Day as a state level function on 06
January 2024 in Jaipur. The function was presided
over by Shri Ajitabh Sharma, IAS, CMD, Jaipur City Trans-
port Services Limited and Shri NK Bansal, Chief Engineer,
CPWD and Smt. Kanika Kalia, Director Head, Bureau of
Indian Standards. At the ceremony, representatives of ma-
jor industries of the state were also honored with awards
for their quality. Besides, the winners of the national and
regional quiz competition recently organized under the
aegis of BIS Standards Club were also honoured.
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BJP leader Rajendra Rathore (C) with Rajasthan Junior Boys Handball
team on Saturday. Nasirabad MLA Ramswaroop Lamba, Treasurer of
Handball Association India Tejraj Singh and others were present.
Union Minister of Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar
Choubey and Union Minister of Commerce Industry Piyush Goyal
(Virtually) attend the inauguration of the 77th foundation day of
BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) in New Delhi on Saturday. ANI
Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing
window of an Alaska Airlines Flight in Oregon, U.S on Saturday.
Goyal asks BIS to raise standards
of goods to international level
77th Foundation Day function of BIS

Shivprakash Purohit
Jodhpur
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter Gajendra S Shekha-
wat said that the govts
that came in the last sev-
enty years have made
mistakes somewhere in
making India as per the
dream of those who sac-
rificed their lives for the
country’s independence.
“But ever since Naren-
dra Modi became the
Prime Minister, the coun-
try has started develop-
ing and continuous pro-
gress is being made. The
whole world has started
accepting this,” Shekha-
wat said. He was ad-
dressing a program under
Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra organized at
Pratapnagar in Jodhpur
on Saturday. He said that
in the last seventy years,
things could not be done
as they should have been.
“The pace of develop-
ment of the country was
very slow under the pre-
vious governments, but
ever since Narendra
Modi became PM, he re-
solved that his schemes
would bring change in
the lives of the villages
and the poor,” he said.
THREEBIGMESSAGESOFPM
NARENDRAMODI’SJAIPURVISIT
First India Bureau
Jaipur
There are three big mes-
sages from PM Narendra
Modi’s visit to Jaipur.
The first is that like the
Gehlot regime, now no
MLAwill be the regional
chief minister, rather
MLAs themselves will
work within their scope
and within their authori-
ty. Moreover, MLAs will
not interfere in the post-
ing of Collector-SP to
Police Station Officers.
In the Gehlot regime,
postings from Collector,
SP to Patwari were done
only on the recommenda-
tion of the regional MLA
andtherewerecomplaints
of corruption in all this
work. Now the Prime
Minister has made a new
code of conduct for elect-
ed public representatives
for Rajasthan. Like Guja-
rat, the desire system is
likely to end in Rajasthan
too. No MP or MLA will
behave insultingly or
threateningly with gov-
ernment officials in the
field. Elected public rep-
resentatives will behave
in accordance with the
decency and civilized cul-
ture of BJP.
The second big mes-
sage is that there will be
no ‘political vendetta’ in
Rajasthan. This is a big
news that will bring relief
to the bureaucracy which
is scared of Income Tax
and ED. The Prime Min-
ister revealed in blunt
wordssaying,“Irresponsi-
ble attitude of MLAs has
come to my knowledge.
MLAs abuse officers and
doctors.All MLAs should
behave politely with the
general public and gov-
ernmentemployees.”This
announcement by the
Prime Minister created an
atmosphere of tremen-
dous enthusiasm in the
Rajasthan bureaucracy.
However, the policy of
zero tolerance in corrup-
tion cases will continue
and Bhajan Lal govt will
take prompt and strict ac-
tion on complaints related
to corruption.
Officers of Gehlot
camp are also happy with
this announcement of PM
Modi. Putting aside their
different political alle-
giances, the entire bu-
reaucracy is now becom-
ing one. And all these
people together will im-
plement the agenda of
PM-CM in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, the third
message is that due to the
absence of interference
from MPs and MLAs in
the everyday work of the
administration, the bu-
reaucracy will remain
relatively more powerful.
And there will be continu-
ous remote monitoring of
the govt’s functioning
even at the PMO level.
Additionally, there will be
continuous monitoring
for successful monitoring
of central schemes. From
this point of view, the ap-
pointment of JP Gupta, a
top Gujarat cadre officer
of Rajasthan origin, as
CMO will be an impor-
tant announcement.
Overall, these three
messages of the PM will
completely change the
entire face of Rajasthan’s
politics and bureaucracy
and a new political
and administrative cul-
ture will come in the next
100 days.
PM Narendra Modi greets supporters at BJP office in Jaipur on Friday night. SANTOSH SHARMA
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negative people is that we receive the same
vibration that we emit.
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Union Minister of State for Road Transport General VK Singh
greets Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma at his OTS residence
in Jaipur on Saturday.
Bring plans on ground instead of
paper: Diya during PWD meeting
Rajyavardhan, Kharra list Modi
govt’s schemes during Viksit
Bharat Sankalp Yatra camp
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
Deputy CM, Diya Ku-
mari has directed that
there should not be any
compromise with the
quality of work and strict
action should be taken
against those who don’t
pay attention to the qual-
ity of work.
She gave these instruc-
tions in the review meet-
ing of the schemes of Fi-
nance, Public Works De-
partment, Women and
Child Development De-
partment, Tourism, Art
and Culture Department
held at the Secretariat on
Saturday. She discussed
many important points
regarding the financial
situation of State in meet-
ing with the officials of
the Finance Department.
She took detailed infor-
mation about financial
condition of State, reve-
nue expenditure on
various schemes. Diya
Kumarialsoinstructedthe
officials to prepare an ac-
tion plan to improve eco-
nomic condition of State.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur
Industries minister Rajya-
vardhan Singh Rathore
and UDH minister Jhabar
Singh Kharra on Saturday
visited a camp held at
Chitrakoot stadium under
the Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra. Rathore said that
the govt is giving cylin-
derstothebeneficiariesof
Ujjwala scheme for Rs
450. He said that small
businessmen can take ad-
vantage of PM Swanidhi
scheme and avail loans at
very low interest rates.
Through Ayushman
Card, he said, beneficiar-
ies can go to any state of
country for treatment.
Jhabar Singh Kharra
said that PM Modi has
conceptualized a devel-
oped India. “This is his
concept that when we
complete 100 years of in-
dependence in the year
2047, the country can
stand in the developed na-
tions category and we all
must contribute.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
On Saturday, Congress
formed Rajasthan
Pradesh Election Com-
mittee of which Govind
Singh Dotasra has been
made chairman. Moreo-
ver, 24 leaders have been
included in the state elec-
tion committee. The
names included in the
committee are as follow:
 Ashok Gehlot
 Sachin Pilot
 Mahendrajit S Malviya
 Mohan Prakash
 CP Joshi
 Harish Chaudhary
 Ramlal Jat
 Pramod Jain Bhaya
 Pratap S Khachariyawas
 Mamta Bhupesh
 Bhajanlal Jatav
 Murari Lal Meena
 Ashok Chandna
 Neeraj Dangi
 Jitendra Singh
 Rajkumar Sharma
 Rohit Bohra
 Indira Meena
 Dungarram Gaidar
 Shimla Devi Nayak
 Lalit Yadav
Diya Kumari and Manju Baghmar during the review meeting at
the Secretariat in Jaipur on Saturday.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Jhabar S Kharra at VBSY camp
in Jaipur on Saturday.
Gajendra S Shekhawat giving dummy cheque to a beneficiary in
Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra camp in Jodhpur on Saturday.
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
Agriculture minister Ki-
rodi Lal Meena on Satur-
day said that increasing
farmers income will be
his priority. He said cor-
ruption will not be toler-
ated. The minister also
said that there was no
displeasure regarding the
allotment of the portfolio.
He said that he took birth
in the home of a farmer
and coincidently, he got
department of agriculture
and rural development.
“There is no displeasure,”
he said. He added that vil-
lagers should get benefits
of schemes and pro-
grammes of the central
and the state govts.
Increasing farmers’ income will
be my priority: Dr Kirodi Meena
Govtsoflast70yrsmade
mistakesindevelopmet
ofIndia:GSShekhawat
First India Bureau
Jaipur
What Bharat 24-First In-
dia reported over the past
fewdays,isgoingtocome
true as a top officer from
Gujarat is coming to Ra-
jasthan. ACS Finance JP
Gupta coming to Ra-
jasthan after completion
of ‘Gujarat Vibrant’ on
15th January, to post of
ACS,CMO.Aspersourc-
es, formalities of deputa-
tion are being completed.
JP Gupta is a native of
Dausa and has been a stu-
dent of Jodhpur Univer-
sity. Furthermore, Gupta
is batchmate of CS Sud-
hansh Pant.Thus, now the
duoofJPGupta-Sudhansh
Pant will run the adminis-
tration of Rajasthan under
the leadership of CM
Bhajan Lal Sharma.
With this, there will be
better coordination be-
tween the Center and the
State. Notably, Gupta is
an expert in finance mat-
ters and an experienced
bureaucrat.
You read it in First India on
JANUARY 04, 2024
Bharat24-FIN news proves right on
IAS JP Gupta coming to Rajasthan
Cong forms Raj
Pradesh Election
Committee ahead
of Lok Sabha Polls
Diya instructs that
there should be no
complaints of poor
quality of roads
Analysis
By Tridib Raman
The author is a journalist and political commentator
and views expressed are his personal
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
Mirch Masala
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN JHARKHAND?
WHAT WILL NITISH KUMAR DO?
ou may insult Nitish Kumar by
calling him a ‘u-turner’, but you
cannot ignore his infallible hold
on the political barometer. Everyone is
equally impressed by his skill in political
drama. People close to Nitish believe that
‘Nitish can make a new blast on this Janu-
ary 22 i.e. the day of Shri Ram’s consecra-
tion ceremony in Ayodhya.’ However, even
Tejashwi Yadav’s patience is breaking as
Nitish has been in Bihar for a long time.
The expansion of the cabinet is being post-
poned and when Tejashwi wanted to get
the latest update, Nitish said ‘We will see
after 14’. Sensing the delicacy of the issue,
Lalu Yadav became active. In
order to convince Nitish, Lalu
hurriedly talked to the allies of
‘INDIA Bloc’ and talked about
making Nitish the coordina-
tor of the Alliance. Everyone
from Sharad Pawar to Uddhav
Thackeray agreed and at one
time even Arvind Kejriwal was
ready, but Mamata Baner-
jee’s consent could not be obtained on
this proposal, and the matter got stuck.
Lalu wanted that ‘Nitish should become
the convenor of the Alliance and lead the
opposition charge against the BJP across
the country and hand over the throne of
Bihar to Tejashwi and make Lallan Singh
his Deputy.’ It is believed that about 15
JDU MLAs and 6 MPs are in constant
contact with Lallan. Some 8 Congress
MLAs are also said to be in contact with
Ashok Chaudhary. Both BJP and RJD are
aware that if Assembly polls are held along
with Lok Sabha in Bihar, then Nitish will
be its biggest beneficiary and JDU’s seats
will increase. This time Nitish
wants to contest assembly
polls on 125 seats so that he
remains prominent in Bihar
politics. At the same time, the
state unit of BJP believes that
‘if this time BJP goes to the
elections on its own, then both
the base and vote percentage
of the party will increase.’
Y
ongress President
Mallikarjun
Kharge is still not
so convinced about Rahul
Gandhi’s proposed ‘Bharat
Jodo Nyay Yatra’. Sources
close to Kharge reveal that
in fact, the real concern of
the President is about the
party fund and if sources
are to be believed, only
around Rs 489 crores have
been collected in the party
fund so far. During Rahul’s
visit itself around Rs 250
crores would be spent and
general elections are also
round the corner,so how will
the party be able to contest
the Lok Sabha elections
with so little money left?
It is said that Kharge has
made Rahul aware of this
concern. On this, Rahul
suggested that, ‘If we are
so short of money, then
Congress will not pay the
expenses of any of its
candidates to contest the
Lok Sabha elections.’ On
this, Kharge said that ‘In this
situation, the party will face
shortage of good candi-
dates.’ But on this Rahul
is in revolutionary mode,
saying, ‘We are fighting to
bring a positive change in
the country, whoever wants
to join us in this fight should
come prepared for anything.
C
or the 2024 general elections, BJP’s target
is to win 425 seats. In the last Lok Sabha
elections of 2019, BJP had contested only
436 seats out of total 543, out of which the party had
won 303 seats. Of these, the party had to face defeat
on 160 seats and the deposits of BJP candidates
were forfeited on 51 seats. Under the alliance philoso-
phy, the party did not field its candidates on 56 seats
in three states i.e. Punjab, Bihar and Maharashtra.
BJP had fielded its candidates only on 3 out of 13
seats in Punjab, 25 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra
and only 17 out of 40 seats in Bihar. This time BJP
plans to field its candidates on all the seats of Punjab,
Bihar and Maharashtra. For this, the list of names
of possible candidates has started reaching party
president JP Nadda. In Western UP, BJP earlier
wanted to form an alliance with RLD, now the party
has made up its mind that it will contest the elections
alone there too. So, to reduce the influence of RLD
and SP in Western UP, organisations associated with
BJP are organising religious programmes every week
in the villages, where in the middle of the events, the
schemes of Modi government are discussed.
n Jharkhand, the sword of ED is con-
tinuously hanging over Hemant Soren
government and questions are also being
raised that if Hemant Soren goes to jail, will his
wife Kalpana Soren take over the reins of the state
government? But amid these speculations, state
Governor CP Radhakrishnan has gone to his home
state Tamil Nadu on holidays and the chances of his
returning to Ranchi before Monday are very slim. On
Dec 31, Hemant Soren’s most trusted MLA Sarfaraz
Ahmed suddenly resigned from his assembly seat,
and it is being speculated that he has vacated this
seat for Kalpana Soren to contest the elections. Any-
way, elections in Jharkhand were held in December
2019 and the first meeting of the Assembly was held
on 6 January 2020. Now by-elections can also be
held only if the term of the Assembly is more than
one year left. Soren has a majority of 47 MLAs in the
80-member Jharkhand Assembly. Also, it is not con-
stitutionally mentioned anywhere that if a CM goes to
jail for any reason, he cannot run his business from
jail. Kalpana is a non-tribal, originally from Odisha,
and whether or not she is sworn in as the CM
depends entirely on the discretion of the Governor.
So the question remains: What was Hemant Soren
thinking when he got Sarfaraz Ahmed to resign?
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aise your
hand if you
regularly
find your-
self walk-
ing up a flight of stairs.
What about carrying
heavy bags of groceries?
How about picking up
your child or grandchild?
Most of us would raise
our hands to do at least
one of those weekly, or
even daily.
As people age, it can
become more and more
difficult to perform some
physical tasks, even
those that are normal ac-
tivities of daily living.
However, prioritizing
physical fitness and
health as you get older
can help you go through
your normal day-to-day
routine without feeling
physically exhausted at
the end of the day.
It can also help you
continue to have special
memories with your fam-
ily and loved ones that
you might not have been
able to have if you
weren’t physically ac-
tive. For example, I ran
two half-marathons with
my dad when he was in
his 60s!
I am an exercise phys-
iologist who studies how
people can use resistance
training to improve hu-
man performance,
whether it be in sports
and other recreational
settings, in everyday life,
or both. I am also a certi-
fied strength and condi-
tioning specialist. My
career has allowed me to
design exercise programs
for kids, college athletes
and elderly adults.
Staying physically ac-
tive as you get older
doesn’t need to include
running a half-marathon
or trying to be a body-
builder it could be as
simple as trying to get
through the day without
feeling winded after you
go up a flight of stairs.
Although our muscles
naturally get weaker as
we age, there are ways
we can combat that to
help improve our quality
of life as we get older.
MUSCLE LOSS AND
CHRONIC DISEASE
One of the most impor-
tant parts of exercise pro-
gramming, no matter
who I am working with,
is proper resistance train-
ing to build muscle
strength. Some amount
of age-related loss of
muscle function is nor-
mal and inevitable. But
by incorporating resist-
ance training that is ap-
propriate and safe at any
ability level, you can
slow down the rate of de-
cline and even prevent
some loss of muscle
function.
The medical term for a
condition that involves
age-related loss of mus-
cle function and mass is
sarcopenia. Sarcopenia
can begin as early as age
40, but it tends to be
more common in adults
age 60 and older. Sarco-
penia is associated with
several health issues such
as increased risk of fall-
ing, cardiovascular dis-
ease and metabolic dis-
ease, among others.
In one of our team’s
previous studies, we saw
that otherwise healthy
individuals with sarcope-
nia had issues delivering
vital nutrients to mus-
cles. This could lead to a
greater likelihood of
various diseases, such as
Type 2 diabetes, and
slow down recovery
from exercise.
Recent estimates sug-
gest that sarcopenia af-
fects 10% to 16% of the
elderly population world-
wide. But even if a per-
son doesn’t have clini-
cally diagnosed sarcope-
nia, they may still have
some of the underlying
symptoms that, if not
dealt with, could lead to
sarcopenia.
STRENGTH
TRAINING IS
KEY
So the question
is, what can be
done to re-
verse this de-
cline?
Recent ev-
idence sug-
gests that one
of the key fac-
tors leading to
sarcopenia is
low muscle
strength. In other
words, combating
or reversing sarcope-
nia, or both, may be
best done with a proper
resistance-training pro-
gram that prioritizes im-
proving strength. The
decline in muscle
strength seems to occur
at a much faster rate than
the decline in muscle
size, underscoring the
importance of proper
strength training as peo-
ple age. Continuing to
regularly strength train
with moderate to heavy
weights is not only effec-
tive at combating the
symptoms of sarcopenia
but also very safe when
done properly. The best
way to make sure you are
strength training proper-
ly is to seek out guidance
from a qualified individ-
ual such as a personal
trainer or strength and
conditioning specialist.
Despite the clear ben-
efits of strength training,
it’s been shown that only
about 13% of Americans
age 50 and older do some
form of strength training
at least twice a week.
FINDING WHAT
WORKS FOR YOU
So how does a person
properly strength train as
they age?
The National Strength
and Conditioning Asso-
ciation, a leading organi-
zation in advancing
strength and condition-
ing around the world,
states that for older
adults, two to three days
per week of strength
training can be incredi-
bly helpful for maintain-
ing healthy muscles and
bones and combating
several chronic condi-
tions.
The organization rec-
ommends that these
workouts involve one to
two exercises involv-
ing multiple joints
per major muscle
group, with six to
12 repetitions per
set. These are
done at an inten-
sity of 50% to
85% of what’s
known as a one-
repetition maxi-
mum – the most
weight you could
handle for a single
repetition – except
body weight exer-
cises that use one’s
body weight as the re-
sistance, such as pushups.
I would also recom-
mend resting for about
two to three minutes be-
tween sets, or even up to
five minutes if the set
was challenging. For
older adults, particularly
those age 60 and older,
the National Strength and
Conditioning Associa-
tion guidelines suggest
that a program like this
be performed two to
three days per week, with
24 to 48 hours between
sessions.
MAKING LIFE’S TASKS
LIGHTER
The guidelines above are
only one example out of
many options, but they
provide a framework that
you can use to build your
program. However, I
would highly recom-
mend seeking out a pro-
fessional in the field to
give specific exercise
programming advice that
can be tailored to your
own needs and goals as
you age.
Following such a pro-
gram would give your
muscles an excellent
stimulus to enhance
strength, while also al-
lowing enough recovery,
a very important consid-
eration as people age.
Zachary
Gillen
Assistant Professor of
Exercise Physiology,
Mississippi State
University
R
Aerobic or resistance ex-
ercise in the morning may
stimulate earlier melatonin
release in the evening.
High-intensity exercise in
the afternoon may promote
sound sleep by reducing
wakefulness.
Light resistance or
aerobuc exercise int he
evening may help reduce
nighttime awakenings.
EXERCISE TO IMPROVE SLEEP
AGEINGCHALLENGES!

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