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Op Ganga proof of our
influence in world: PM
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA IS READY FOR TALKS AND THAT
UKRAINE ‘OPERATION’ WILL ONLY STOP IF HIS DEMANDS ARE MET
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The voting for the seventh phase of assembly polls in
Uttar Pradesh will be held on Monday. The counting of
votes will take place on March 10. Around 2.06 crores
voters are eligible to exercise their franchise. The exit
polls will be released after 7 pm on Monday.
POLLING FOR
SEVENTH AND
LAST PHASE IN UP
TO BE HELD TODAY
Former National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chief Execu-
tive Chitra Ramkrishna, accused of grave irregularities
at the stock market including sharing confidential
information with an outsider she dubbed a “Himalayan
yogi”, has been arrested by the CBI.
EX-NSE
HEAD CHITRA
RAMAKRISHNA
ARRESTED BY CBI
ERDOGAN DIALS PUTIN, URGES
FOR ‘URGENT CEASEFIRE’
NEARLY 16K INDIANS
EVACUATED
FILL GOOGLE FORM:
EMBASSY TO STUDENTS
INDIANS UNABLE TO
USE CEASEFIRE ROUTES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
appealed for an urgent general ceasefire in
Ukraine when he spoke on Sunday to Rus-
sian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone,
Erdogan’s office said. The two heads of
state spoke several days ahead of a diplo-
matic forum in the southern city of Antalya
on March 11-13 that Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to attend.
New Delhi: Under ‘Operation
Ganga’, 2,135 Indians have
been brought back today
by 11 special civilian flights
from Ukraine’s neighbouring
countries. With this, more
than 15,900 Indians have
been brought back since Feb-
ruary 22. Among the special
Civilian flights today, 9 landed
in New Delhi while 2 reached
Mumbai.
New Delhi: The Indian em-
bassy in Ukraine on Sunday
advised all students stranded
in the war-hit country to
fill up an online form on an
“urgent basis”. “All Indian
nationals who still remain in
Ukraine are requested to fill
up the details contained in
the attached Google Form
on an URGENT BASIS,” the
embassy said in a tweet.”
New Delhi: Russia and
Ukraine announced on Satur-
day a ceasefire — they called
it a “regime of silence” —
and humanitarian corridors
for civilians to leave the cities
of Mariupol and Volnovakha,
but Indians stranded in east-
ern Ukraine were unable to
use these exit routes. Ukraine
said the Russians violated the
agreement.
UKRAINE MAKING NUCLEAR ‘DIRTY
BOMB’ IN CHERNOBYL: RUSSIA
Russian media cited an unnamed source on
Sunday as saying that Ukraine was close to
building a plutonium-based “dirty bomb”
nuclear weapon, although the source cited no
evidence. The TASS, RIA and Interfax news
agencies quoted “a representative of a compe-
tent body” in Russia on Sunday.
MACRON, PUTIN HOLD TELEPHONE
TALKS FOR OVER AN HOUR
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday
held new telephone talks with Russian President
Vladimir Putin over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The call, which a presidential official said lasted
1 hour 45 minutes and was at Macron’s request,
was the fourth time they had spoken since the
Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Pune (ANI): PrimeMin-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday said the ongoing
evacuation of students
from war-torn Ukraine
is a proof of India’s
growing influence in the
world. Modi was speak-
ingattheGoldenJubilee
programme of the Sym-
biosis University in
Pune. Modi said that
morethan1,000students
have been evacuated
from Ukraine till date.
“At a time when other
countries are finding it
difficulttorescueitsciti-
zens, we managed to get
our people out. This
provestheincreasingin-
fluence of India in the
world,” Modi said.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
pays homage to the
statue of Mahatma
Jyotirao Phule in
Pune on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
Indians unable to use ceasefire routes, Government seeks safe corridor for students.
Indian students stranded in Ukraine receive humanitarian
assistance in Sumy on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
R
ussian Presi-
dent Vladimir
Putin warned
Ukraine on Sunday that
Russia’s military oper-
ation would only be
halted if Kyiv stopped
resisting and fulfilled
all of the Kremlin’s de-
mands. Putin stressed
that Ukraine’s negotia-
tors should take a more
“constructive” ap-
proach. Ukrainian am-
bassador to the United
States, Oksana
Markarova called Rus-
sia a “terrorist state” in
an interview with Fox
News on Sunday
.
Putin: I WILL STOP... only if...
Police inspect Warne’s room hours after his death. —FILE PHOTO
BSF jawan
shoots dead
4 colleagues,
kills self
Amritsar: A Border Se-
curity Force (BSF)
jawan allegedly opened
fire inside the force’s
headquarters in Khasa
in Punjab’s Amritsar
district Sunday morn-
ing and killed four of
his colleagues before
turning the weapon on
himself, the police said.
Amritsar Rural police
senior superintendent
of police (SSP) Deepak
Hilori confirmed the
five casualties, includ-
ing that of the jawan
who opened fire. Anoth-
er BSF personnel was
also critically injured
in the firing and is un-
der treatment at a pri-
vate hospital in Amrit-
sar. The BSF has not
released any statement
so far, however, sources
said that the jawan, who
opened fire was upset
with his duty hours.
CISF should develop model
to train pvt agencies: Shah
Warne’s room had blood stains on
floor and bath towels: Thai Police Ghaziabad (PTI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Sunday pitched
for a “hybrid” security
model where the CISF
could train and certify
private security agen-
cies so that they can
take over the task of ef-
ficiently guarding vari-
ous kinds of industrial
and manufacturing
units in the country
.
Speaking at the 53rd
Raising Day celebra-
tions of the CISF, Shah
said the CISF worked
like a silent “karmayo-
gi” to ensure the coun-
try’s industrial develop-
ment and secured the
private manufacturing
production units.
Bangkok: Thailand po-
lice have reportedly
found “blood stains” on
the floor of Shane
Warne’s room and on
bathtowelswhilesearch-
ing the villa where the
legendary Australian
cricketerdiedwhileholi-
daying. Warne was de-
clareddeadbydoctorsin
the Thai International
HospitalonFridaynight,
after friends tried to re-
vive him in his luxury
villa hours earlier.
Home Minister Amit Shah
WoMEN in BLUE
strike high!
The Men and Women
Indian cricket team
won their matches
against Sri Lanka and
Pakistan respectively
as both the national
squads displayed su-
perb game skills. Pooja
Vastrakar’s 59-balls
67 and Sneh Rana’s
unbeaten 53 (48)
helped India register a
thumping 107-run win
over Pakistan in their
opening ICC Women’s
World Cup match at
Mount Maunganui.
India continued their
unbeaten run against
Pakistan in women’s
ODIs, winning all their
11 matches, with
four of those being in
World Cups.
Indian team players click selfie with Pakistan skipper
Bismah Maroof and her daughter Fatima after winning
the ICC Womens World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan
Women, at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates the dismissal of Sri
Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella on the 3rd day of the first test
match between India and Sri Lanka, at PCA Stadium, in
Mohali on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
DRINKING WATER PROJECTS SHOULD
BE COMPLETED ON TIME: GEHLOT
CM REVIEWS WATER SUPPLY SITUATION IN STATE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that the state govern-
ment’s top priority is to
supply tap water to
each household in eve-
ry village in the state.
The officers should
work in this direction
with full readiness and
bring relief to the com-
mon man by complet-
ing the water projects
on time. He said that
delay in projects not
only increases their
cost, but the public also
has to face difficulties.
Gehlot was address-
ing the review meeting
of Public Health Engi-
neering Department
through video confer-
ence at the Chief Minis-
ter’s residence on Sun-
day
. He said that the
budget announcements
made in the last three
years and the budget an-
nouncements made this
year should be complet-
ed in the timeline pre-
scribed. The Chief Min-
ister said that in view of
the upcoming summer
season, the officers
should ensure all ar-
rangements for drink-
ing water supply in ad-
vance. After assessing
the needs in all the dis-
tricts, on the basis of the
contingency plan, alter-
nate arrangements for
water sources should be
ensuredimmediately
,he
said. Turn to P8
In a display of affection, CM Ashok Gehlot drapes an elderly, who
had come to honour CM, in a cloth at CMR on Sunday.
Ensure proper arrangement of
drinking water supply in summer,
CM instructs officers
‘RIVERS OF BLOOD’ FLOWING
IN UKRAINE, SAYS POPE FRANCIS
Pope Francis on Sunday rejected Russia’s use of the
term “special military operation” for its invasion of
Ukraine, saying the country was being battered by war
and urging an immediate end to the fighting. “In Ukraine,
rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This is not just a
military operation but a war which sows death, destruc-
tion and misery,” the pope said in his weekly address to
crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The five-
month-old leopard cub
was found dead behind
the Dhanushdhari Ha-
numan temple in the
Nahargarh sanctuary
area of Jaipur.
The male cub, per-
haps, died during a
fight with a big male
leopard.
On receiving the in-
formation, forester
Gaurav Rathi and his
team reached the spot
and took the cub’s body
to the Veterinary Poly
Clinic where post-mor-
tem was conducted.
In a conversation
with First India, Dr
Arvind Mathur said
that the teeth marks of
another leopard were
found on the cub’s body
.
Besides, pugmarks
of another leopard was
also found on the spot.
It is possible that the
leopard killed the cub
at night.
In another case from
Lalsot of Dausa Pan-
ther movement in
Khanpur village.
Panther attacked two
people including a girl.
Both were seriously in-
jured. Panther’s move-
ment has created a stir
in the village. The pan-
ther was hiding in the
mustard fields. Forest
department team has
reached the spot an ef-
forts are on to rescue
Panther. Mandavari po-
lice has also reached.
5-month-old leopard cub found dead
FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
TRIBAL WOMEN CHOOSE THEIR LIVE-IN PARTNER
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY : HER BODY, HER CHOICE
Swapna S Mohanty
Jaipur: A few months
back India woke up to
‘Bulli Bai’ and ‘Sulli
Deals’ apps that en-
abled fake online ‘auc-
tions’ of women. But
little do many people
know that in far tribal
area of Rajasthan,
even today in the name
of custom some wom-
en are being auctioned.
This tradition is
called ‘Nata’, here man
pays money for a live-
in relationship with a
woman he likes, he can
only live-in when she
breaks marriage with
the first husband and
passes on his wife to
another man in return
of cash or kind.
The strangest thing
is Panchayat or head of
tribe decides price that
has to be paid for
‘Nata’. Price can range
from a few hundred to
lakhs, depending on ca-
pacity of man who is
interested in woman.
To find out the actual
ground reality
, First In-
dia visited tribal domi-
nated Banswara dis-
trict, what we saw was
shocking.
At least five cases of
‘Nata’ exist in each vil-
lage; there are over
1500 tribal villages in
Rajasthan.
Paru Devi of Anand-
puri, a mother of two
had Nata last year. Af-
ter her husband’s
death, she left house &
went with her new hus-
band to live-in.
To know more about
the existing custom we
spoke to Jayesh Joshi,
who has devoted his
life to tribal communi-
ty
. Joshi says tribal cus-
toms and traditions
have evolved for good
cause and have empow-
ered community, but
over years bad practic-
es could have plunged
into it, “It is only
through education that
tradition can survive &
changes can come.”
Menstrual hygiene: ‘Padman’
screened at Raj Mandir cinema
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Movie ‘Pad-
man’ was screened for
free at Raj Mandir Cin-
ema Hall here on Sun-
day on behalf of the
Department of Wom-
en’s Empowerment
ahead of the Interna-
tional Women’s Day.
Extending her best
wishes to women in
the state, Minister of
Women and Child De-
velopment, Mamta
Bhupesh said the state
government is sensi-
tive towards the health
of women and has de-
cided to provide free
sanitary napkins to
adolescent girls and
women by launching
the UDAN scheme.
“In the absence of
menstrual hygiene,
women contract dis-
eases which puts their
lives in danger,” she
said. The movie ‘Pad-
man’ will be screened
at all district head-
quarters.
Mamta Bhupesh, Sreya Guha, Rashmi Gupta, other officials and
girls at Raj Mandir where movie Padman was screened.
Have spoken to tirbal-
women, there was a
mixed reaction but most
of them were happy, they
feel they have a lot of
power to decide what
they have to do with
their body. Being a sexu-
ally open society, women
are treated equally. Male
are very conscious how
to treat their wives.
—Tejaswini Gautam, IPS officer
GOVT WOMAN TEACHER JAILED FOR
DISTRIBUTING ANTI-RELIGIOUS BOOKS
Bhilwara: A woman teacher of a government
school here was sent jail as court denied her bail
in the matter of distributing anti-religious books to
the students. The teacher Nirmala Kamad told the
students that after reading this book, their faith in
God will end. She also made objectionable remarks
for Lord Rama and Brahma. When the children
told the parents, they demonstrated in the school.
The police arrested the teacher and produced her
in the court. The matter is of a government school
in Rooppura village of Asind. The book Hinduism
Dharma or Kalank was distributed to the students.
Jaipur: A blood donation and free health check up
camp was organised at Govind Devji temple by Vipra
Foundation on Sunday.
Minister Mahesh Joshi
inaugurated the camp.
He encouraged youth and
devotees to donate blood
and also encouraged them
to get their health test
done on the spot. More
devotees and common
people will be able to take
advantage of the camp.
MAHESH JOSHI ENCOURAGES YOUTH TO
DONATE BLOOD & HAVE CHECK-UP DONE
Jaipur: All BJP MLAs
except two have
submitted their iPhone
13 gifted by CM
Ashok Gehlot on the
day the state budget
was presented. MLAs
Suryakanta Vyas and
Shobha Rani will also
return their cellphones
on the day of the
assembly. Leader of
opposition, Gulab
Chand Kataria, said,
“Two MLAs and they
have agreed to deposit
their mobile phones.”
2 BJP MLAs YET TO
RETURN iPHONES
NEWS DIGEST
Two ex-ministers, others in
race for Mahila Cong Prez
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: There is close
fight between two for-
mer ministers for post
of Raj Pradesh Mahila
Congress President.
Among contenders,
name of the MLA from
Nagaur’s Jayal & for-
mer Women and Child
Development Minister
Manju Meghwal and
former Education Min-
ister Naseem Akhtar
Insaaf, who lost the
election from Pushkar,
is prominent.
Meghwal & Naseem
are lobbying till Delhi
for the post. Apart from
these, many faces in-
cluding former Jaipur
Mayor Jyoti Khandel-
wal, Professional Con-
gress President Ruk-
shmani Kumari are
also claiming.
Jayal MLA Manju
Meghwal has been a
former minister. This
time she has not been
given a ministerial post
in the government.
Nor has there been
any place in any politi-
cal appointment.
Meghwal belongs to
Dalit community, a
strategy of cultivating
Dalit vote bank can be
adopted by making her
Prez of Mahila Con-
gress. At present, there
is no Dalit president in
any of forward organi-
zations of Cong.
Carcass of dead leopard cub in Nahargarh sanctuary.
Viral audio: Cop files complaint
against Congress MLA Bidhuri
Jaipur (PTI): A police
officer has filed a com-
plaint in ACJM court
against ruling party
MLA from Begun (Chit-
torgarh) Rajendra
Singh Bidhuri alleg-
ing that he abused,
threatened and pres-
sured him to arrest a
person in a case of
criminal trespass.
A 7.37 minute-long
audio clip of the pur-
ported phone call be-
tween Sanjay Kumar,
SHO at Bhainsroad-
garh police station
here and the accused
MLA went viral on
Friday.
Following this, BJP
created an uproar in
House and demanded
an investigation.
Kumar’s statement
was recorded at the
court of the Additional
Chief Judicial Magis-
trate, Rawatbhata, and
the next hearing is
scheduled for March 7.
The SHO had earlier
given a written com-
plaint to Chittorgarh
superintendent of po-
lice Preeti Jain.
Lawyers demand ACB
and other courts in Dausa
First India Bureau
Dausa: Swearing-in
ceremony of district
Attorneys Association
was held here & Ses-
sions Court premises.
Chief Guest of func-
tion, Justice Prakash
Gupta of Jaipur HC ad-
ministered oaths to
elected officials & in-
spired them to dis-
charge their responsi-
bilities.
District & Sessions
Judge Puranmal Shar-
ma, member of Ra-
jasthan Bar Council
Sanjay Sharma & judi-
cial officers of district
along with SP Anil
Beniwal participated.
They demanded to open
ACB and other courts
for the district.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: 15 members
of a caste panchayat
were booked for alleg-
edly boycotting a fami-
ly & imposing a fine of
`5 lakh for eloping a
married woman, police
said. Incident has been
reported from the Bay-
tu police station here.
SHO Lalit Kishore con-
firmed report. Victim
family approached po-
lice alleging that caste
panchayat members
have boycotted them
while levelling baseless
allegations. Following
the caste panchayat
dictates, other families
in the community avoid
speaking with them.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Mansarovar
police have arrested 3
miscreants including
main accused in case
of stealing gold from
the wardrobe of a jew-
eller businessman 6
months ago. The ac-
cused turned out to be
carpenter, who worked
for jeweller business-
man. After the theft, he
got some gold bars
smelted and sold. The
sum he received was
used in construction of
a second-floor roof of
house and luxuries.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An incident of
purse snatching has
been reported in Man-
sarovar police station.
Two bike ridden mis-
creants robbed wom-
an’s purse when a wom-
an along with her
daughter was heading
to market. According to
information of com-
plainant, there was
`10,000 cash and some
jewellery. Another rob-
bery incident took
place at Ajmer road in
the Sadar area, where
the crooks fled with the
woman’s purse. The
two miscreants came
on a bike and snatched
the purse of woman.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The West
Mahila Police Station
team in association
with Women’s Adviso-
ry Security Centre
united 1,500 families.
Police officer Kiran
Godara said, “Two
thousand cases were
reported in three
years from 2019 to
2021. Out of these, cas-
es were registered in
650 cases and the rest
were settled with me-
diation and mutual
understanding. Later,
about 50 percent of
the 650 cases reported
were settled through
mediation.”
Caste panchayat
booked for
ostracizing family
Carpenter held
with stolen gold
worth `1 crore
Snatching scare:
2 women fall
prey in the city
Cops settle 1,500
domestic disputes
via mediation
UNBEARABLE
INCIDENT:
BAINSLA
LEOPARD
HUNTS 4
BLACK DEERS
The matter of
viral audio of MLA
Bidhuri abusing the
police station in-
charge is intensifying.
Reacting to the issue,
Vijay Bainsla of Gurjar
Aarakshan Sangharsh
Samiti stated this in
indecent behaviour
with an on-duty
policeman Sanjay
Gurjar. Misbehaviour
and the use of abusive
language by an elected
public representative
is something that is
unbearable and unac-
ceptable.
Udaipur: Leopard
terror is in Sajjangarh
Biological Park for the
last two days. Leopard
hunted 4 black deers
in two days. Forest
department staff
is searching for the
predator leopard.
Manju Meghwal, Naseem Akhtar, Jyoti Khandelwal and
Rukshmani Kumari are among the top contenders for the post.
Prakash Gupta, Puranmal Sharma, Anil Beniwal and others.
Women from Bhil tribe during a community meet at Banswara.
RAIN, STORM ON THE CARDS
Meteorological Department has issued alert for storm and rain in 11 districts including
Jaipur. There has been a drop in temperature in Jaipur, Kota, Dungarpur, Baran. Temperature
dropped below 10 degrees at Fatehpur, Sikar. Sky remained cloudy in Jaipur on Sunday as is
seen at Statue Circle. — PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
RAJIV SHUKLA
IN JAIPUR TODAY
Jaipur: AICC in-charge
of Himachal Pradesh
Rajiv
Shukla
will be
in Jaipur
on
Monday.
He will
reach
the Pink city from Delhi
by 1:45 PM Indigo flight.
Shukla is slated to attend
a function at Hotel ITC
Rajputana and will leave
for Delhi from Jaipur on
Tuesday.

Ashvini Yadav
New Delhi/Jaipur: As
many as 744 students
from Rajasthan, who
were stuck in Ukraine,
have returned to India
so far under Op Ganga.
Since Saturday night,
25 students have arrived
at Delhi airport by six
flights. 9 students
reached Hindon airbase
inGhaziabadwhile6stu-
dents reached Mumbai.
Commissioner of Ra-
jasthan Foundation
Dheeraj Srivastava who
is also nodal officer is
coordinating with the
students. He said that
out of 9 students who ar-
rived at Hindon airbase
onSundaymorning,two
are from Nagaur and
Tonk, each, and one
each from Jaipur,
Udaipur, Jhunjhunu,
Churu and Jodhpur.
Anotherflightreached
Mumbaiat12:51amwith
182 Indians, including 6
Raj students. 5 students
Neha Saha, Avinash
Gaba, Karthik Gautam,
AkashParashar,Mahen-
draKumar,whoarefrom
Jodhpur, Kota, Sri Gan-
ga Nagar and Nagaur,
reached Jaipur by a Go-
Air flight while one stu-
dent Priyadarshan of
Sirohi went with rela-
tives.
Pradeep Gadwal
Jhunjhunu: Jhunj-
hunu’s sole surviving
freedom fighter, Se-
duram Krishnaian,
passed away in the ear-
ly hours of Sunday.
Krishnaian, a resident
of Bhudana, was a sol-
dier of the Azad Hind
Fauj and died at the age
of 104. He had been un-
well and had stopped
eating and drinking.
His last rites were done
with full state honour.
Krishnaian wished
that the village school
should be named after
him. His nephew Om-
prakash and his family
took care of him as he
remained unmarried.
He joined the army of
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose and fought for the
country’s freedom. He
was honoured with a
copper plate insignia
from CM Ashok Gehlot
and former PM late In-
dira Gandhi as well.
District officials and
villagers mourned
Krishnaian’s death. Re-
cently, on Republic Day,
SDM Shailesh Khairwa
also honoured him.
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: In a five year
old bribery case, SI
Dinesh Sharma posted
in Jawahar Circle po-
lice station was arrest-
ed late night and pro-
duced in a court from
where he was sent to
jail. In the year 2018,
complainant Navrat
Sharma had given a
complaint to Anti Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB).
Dinesh Sharma, posted
at Sanganer Sadar po-
lice station, was de-
manding money to give
him benefits in a case.
The ACB team got
the complaint verified
on the basis on 23
March 2018. On 26
March, the victim
called the accused to
get money but he said
he was away
.
The accused had got
clues about ACB trap
as such refused to take
money but ACB filed a
case on the basis of the
evidence. The accused
had taken a stay from
the court on his arrest.
ACB took the sanction
of the prosecution and
arrested him.
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: The famous
annual Falgun Lak-
khi mela at Khatu
Shyam mandir of Si-
kar has begun. Lakhs
of devotees will take
part in the 10-day an-
nual Falgun fair. Tak-
ing precautionary
measures devotees
with both the doses
and Vax certificates
are allowed at Khatu
Shyam mandir.
From Reengus to
Baba Shyam’s temple,
atthreeplacesmedical
teamshavebeensetup
for assistance. Kha-
tushyam Baba’s tem-
ple was decorated by
Bengali artisans. This
year Khatu temple is
decorated on the lines
of Vrindavan. Due to
the first day being a
Sunday
, huge crowd of
devotees were seen.
Right from Reengus to
Khatu Dham one can
see devotees on their
way to temple.
RAJASTHAN
03
744 RAJ STUDENTS HOME SO
FAR;OPGANGAINLASTPHASE
For the safe return of the
students,Youth Congress leader
Sumit Bhagasara is voluntarily
helping Indian Embassy in
Hungry since March 2.
Neha Saha, Avinash Gaba, Karthik Gautam, Akash Parashar and Mahendra Kumar at Mumbai Airport.
Due to Sunday, huge footfall received at Khatushyamji temple.
Aspecial team of doctors has extended their duties at
Rajasthan House in Delhi to examine the students
coming from Ukraine. Most of the students were found
with tiredness, headache and anxiety. There was no
symptom of any serious illness. Meanwhile, minister
Rajendra Yadav will go to Delhi today to look after the
arrangements for Rajasthani students returning from
Ukraine. Mamta Bhupesh has returned to Jaipur while
Tikaram Jully and Subhash Garg are already in Delhi.
SPECIAL TEAM OF DOCTORS ACTIVE
AT RAJASTHAN HOUSE IN DELHI
Khatu Shyam fair starts with huge
crowd on Sunday as Covid cases dip
12,81,327
TOTAL CASES
173 IN A DAY
55 IN JAIPUR
12,69,033
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,543
TOTAL DEATHS
1 IN A DAY
0 IN JAIPUR
2751
ACTIVE CASES
COVID-19
UPDATE
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Greetings to all the devo-
tees on the inauguration of
Falguni Lakkhi Mela of Baba
Khatushyamji.
Jhunjhunu’s last freedom fighter no more Jawahar circle SI held in 5-yr-old bribe case
Seduram with family of his
nephew. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Uttar Pradesh
Deputy CM Dinesh
Sharma on Sunday
reached Jaipur in an
Indigo flight on a three-
day tour. He was re-
ceived at the airport
and left for Salasar Bal-
aji to have a ‘darshan’
of the deity
. He later
proceeded to Khatu
Shyamiji for a night
stay
. On Monday morn-
ing, Sharma will have a
‘darshan’ of the deity
there and then come
back to Jaipur by after-
noon.Heisscheduledto
meet some education-
ists here in evening. He
also has an appoint-
ment with Guv Kalraj
Mishra on Tuesday
morning. He then has a
programme to meet
eminent intellectuals
on Tuesday afternoon
before going to UP
.
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: Interna-
tional ghazal singer
Rajkumar Rizvi took
his last breath on Sun-
day morn-
ing at 6.35
am in
M u m b a i .
This infor-
m a t i o n
was shared
with the media by his
nephew Ramzan Riz-
vi. Rajkumar Rizvi
was a resident of Man-
dawa, Jhunjhunu.
Rizvi lent his voice to
songs and ghazals in
several Bollywood
films, apart from the
title song in the film
Laila Majnu (1976).
The country’s well-
known international
Qawwal Dilawar Babu
has also expressed
deep grief over his
death.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former per-
sonal secretary of for-
mer Prime Minister
late Atal Bihari Vaj-
payee, Shiv Kumar Pa-
reek was cremated at
Chandpole Muktid-
ham in Jaipur on Sun-
day
.
Senior BJP leader
Ghanshyam Tiwari,
former BJP state presi-
dent Arun Chaturvedi,
Dy Mayor of JMCG
Puneet Karnawat, for-
mer DIG RN Gaur and
general public were
present during the last
rites of Pareek.
UP Dy CM Dinesh
Sharma in Raj; to
meet Guv Mishra
on Tuesday
‘Laila Majnu’
fame ghazal
singer Rizvi
passes away
Pareek’s last rites held
inJaipur;Moditweets
People paying last respects to Shiv Kumar Pareek before last rites
were performed at Chandpole crematorium on Sunday.
First India Bureau
Baran: Preparations
are on to celebrate for-
mer Rajasthan Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje’s birthday on
March 8, which is also
celebrated as Women’s
Day. On Sunday, MP
Dushyant Singh took a
meeting of BJP offi-
cials and BJP workers
at the MP’s office for a
grand programme to
be held at Keshoraipa-
tan in Bundi on her
birthday
.
A large number of
women have also been
invited to the pro-
gramme. According to
sources, around one
lakh people will attend
Raje’s birthday
. All the
supported MLAs, for-
mer MLAs, close lead-
ers have been asked to
mobilize a crowd of at
least two to three thou-
sand to make it grand.
Singh said that in or-
der to celebrate the
birthday in a grand
manner, District Prez
Jagdish Meena along
with all the officers
and workers of all the
divisions are working.
The programme will
begin with Raje offer-
ing prayers at Keshav
Raiji temple followed
by events.
Preps on for Raje’s grand b’day on
March 8; more than 1 lakh to attend
Dushyant Singh taking stock of preps at his office on Sunday.
Pali: The ACB arrested
the then Tehsildar Badri
Narayan Vishnoi in the
case of disproportion-
ate assets. The ACB
had earlier held him in
a trap for taking bribe
in a case, said SP ACB
Narpat Chand.
ACB ARRESTS
TEHSILDAR
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Saddened by the passing
away of Shri Shiv Kumar
Pareek Ji. Firmly rooted
in our Party’s ideology,
he devoted himself to
service, nation building
and worked closely with
Atal Ji. Condolences to
his family. Om Shanti.

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Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Saddened by the passing away of Shri
Shiv Kumar Pareek Ji. Firmly rooted
in our Party’s ideology, he devoted
himself to service, nation-building
and worked closely with Atal Ji. Will
cherish my interactions with him over
the years. Condolences to his family.
Om Shanti.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
The dream of farmer welfare is being
fulfilled, India is becoming prosperous
and happy as its own.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Believe nothing, no matter
where you read it, or who
said it, no matter if I have
said it, unless it agrees
with your own reason and
your own common sense.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
STREET DOGS’
RIGHT TO FOOD IS
IN THE HANDS OF
SUPREME COURT
an’s best friend finds
himself abandoned
by the Supreme
Court of India, at
least for the time be-
ing, which stayed the Delhi High
Court’s directions for the wel-
fare of stray dogs. In 2021 the
high court allowed stray dogs to
be fed in residential societies
and said that street dogs also
“have the right to food and citi-
zens have the right to feed com-
munity dogs but in exercising
this right, care and caution
should be taken to ensure that it
does not impinge upon the rights
of others or cause any harm”.
This, incidentally, went against
a 2015 order of the Supreme
Court restraining high courts
from passing any order relating
to the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act, 1960 “and the 2001
rules pertaining to dogs”.
Street dogs become a menace
once they start breeding and
civic officials do nothing to ster-
ilise them. Their increased num-
bersposearisktomotor-cyclists,
cyclists and even pedestrians.
Yet, should they be starved?
TOP TWEETS
M
he war in Ukraine
is set to rend a
jumbo-sized hole
in our pockets.
The biggest con-
tributor will be the rising
price of crude but there will
also be other commodities
which will take a hit. Ana-
lysts warn that crude may
touch $150 a barrel in the
event the West puts sanctions
on Russian energy supplies.
At present Brent crude was
selling at $118 a barrel. It is
anticipated that oil compa-
nies will raise prices by Rs 15
to Rs 22 per litre to meet its
revenue losses. India imports
85 percent of its oil and the
rising prices mean a rising
import bill and a consequent
ripple effect on inflation.
Cooking oil prices have al-
ready seen a jump of Rs 25/
litre in the aftermath of the
Ukraine crisis. In 2021, about
13 percent of India’s edible oil
(mainlysunflower)camefrom
Ukraine and Russia. Prices of
other oils like mustard and
palm may also see a spike.
While mustard, sunflower
and refined oil prices will di-
rectlyimpacthouseholdbudg-
ets, leading producers of
palm-oil based commodities
are likely to raise prices as it
has also become costlier.
In the case of wheat, the
war is proving to be a boon.
With disruption in supplies
from Russia, which is the sec-
ondlargestexporterof wheat,
Indiahassteppedupitswheat
export.Wheatfromthegrana-
ries of Gujarat, Rajasthan
and Uttar Pradesh is meeting
the requirement. However, if
steps are not taken to check
unlimited outflows from
warehouses of Food Corpora-
tion of India, supplies in the
domestic market will be ad-
versely impacted.
WAR IN UKRAINE IS
PUSHING PRICES
The war in Ukraine is
set to rend a jumbo-
sized hole in our
pockets. The biggest
contributor will be the rising
price of crude but there will
also be other commodities
which will take a hit.
Analysts warn that
crude may touch $150
a barrel in the event the
West puts sanctions on
Russian energy supplies
T
RAJ DHARMA 4
FROM PAST PRECEDENTS
TO FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
special high-
light of the
first Aarambh
were the ses-
sions with the
faculty from
S i n g u l a r i t y
University an
institution that
believes that ‘exponential
technology can give anyone,
anywhere, the ability to cre-
ate a positive impact in which
people and planet work in
harmony rather than at cross
purposes. Rather than worry
about ‘disruption’, it advo-
cates looking at the future
from the point of view of dis-
ruptive technologies, and
their impact on products, ser-
vices, and entrepreneurship.
The second Aarambh fo-
cused on the related themes
of Ek Bharat – Shresth
Bharat: Cultural diversity
and synergy in India as an
Influencer; Economic diver-
sity and oneness as strength,
Atma Nirbhar Bharat: In En-
ergy, Health and building
large systems for handling
black swan events and
Naveen Bharat: Research
Innovation in Education, In-
dustry, and Administration.
Officer Trainees made pres-
entations on these themes to
the Prime Minister.
‘Moving towards a sustain-
able Five trillion-dollar econ-
omy’ was the theme for the
third Aarambh held at SoU
on January 11 and 12. The is-
sues discussed included driv-
ers and constraints to
growth, strengthening the
Infrastructure pipeline, scal-
ing up the investment in the
private sector, new education
policy, and skilling and holis-
tic social protection infra-
structure.
In all the three Aarambh
programs, the key message
was that while it is good to
keep the past precedents in
mind, it was equally, if not
more important to look at the
possibilities which the future
held. Thus, even as the coun-
try celebrates the Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav, the next
twenty-five years are envi-
sioned as the Amrit Kal – the
dawn – for India’s century
2047-2147 which would see
the resurrection of India as
the knowledge hub and
thought leader of the world.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is Distinguished Fellow, USI Delhi
and Historian Policy Analyst. Also former
Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration, Mussoorie
This phase marks the beginning of an IAS officers’
professional training in the Service. In addition to the
traditional attachments with the armed forces, the public
sector, municipal bodies, voluntary agencies, tribal areas,
Non-Government Organizations(NGOs) officers also see
new age infra projects in PPP mode. Thus, even as Yoga
Karmasu Kaushalam (YKK) remains the leitmotif – the
platforms and agendas are totally different: while at
Bengaluru ( then Bangalore)the 1985 batch trained with
the HMT (which is now defunct), the 2020 batch were
attached to the Bengaluru International Airport Limited
(BIAL), a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created with
LT, Siemens, Zurich airport and 13% share each of the
Union and Karnataka governments to establish a world
class airport in the PPP mode.
In this phase, officers develop actionable skill sets to dis-
charge administrative responsibilities in the first decade
of their career. This is usually as field functionaries in the
District Administration, or as CEOs in Zilla panchayats
or Municipal corporations. The focus is on partnerships
, working with people, non-adversarial communication,
and technology driven public systems which offer trans-
actions at near zero costs and a guaranteed time frame.
Over the years, district training has become more struc-
tured, and while the role of the DM as the mentor to the
officer trainee continues as before, institutional training
at ATI, attachments at the Secretariat and independent
charges have ensured that they get a 360-degree view
of the district administration. After a series of attach-
ments with the Collectorate, Zila Parishad, SSP, District
Session Judge, DFO, CMO, PWD, Municipal Corporation/
Council, officers are given independent charges, viz. that
of BDPO, Tehsildar and in some cases those of Executive
Officer in a Municipal Council.
Having spent a year with an ‘ear- to- the- ground’, this
phase is designed to ‘analyse individual and collective
experiences of District Training through a process of
structured reflection’. They also make a presentation
of their Action research reports in the district which
are evaluated by their peers, internal faculty and an
external domain expert.
An important highlight of this course is the ‘effective
SDO seminar’. It involves bringing one SDO from all
cadres from batches immediately prior to the one be-
ing trained. They share their experiences and provide
a nuanced view of the problems likely to be seen in
the field.
Till the outbreak of Covid, Officer Trainees also went
on a week-long Foreign Study Tour (FST) to the Civil
Services College, UK and the KDI at South Korea to
understand global best practices. On return, they write
a group paper highlighting the administrative practices
that can be adapted or replicated in the Indian context.
The Academy awards a Masters’ Degree in Public
Management (recognized by the Jawaharlal Nehru
University) to Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Officer Trainees on completion of their two-year long
induction training.
From 2015, the Department of Personnel and Training
has been entrusted with ASAP on completion of their
phase II Training at LBSNAA, Mussoorie. It must
be clarified here that the ASAP – is not training, but
an on-the-job assignment. The idea was to expose
officers to the actual implementation, monitoring and
review of policies and programmes of Government
of India implemented at the district and sub- district
levels. Officers are assigned important Desks in the
Ministries and report to Deputy Secretaries/Directors.
It must also be placed on record that several state
governments, including West Bengal, Telangana and
Tamil Nadu had expressed initial reservations on this
training as they felt that younger officers are best sent
to the field after the Mussoorie training.
YOGA KARMASU KAUSHALAM:
YOGA IS A SKILL IN ACTION
THE DISTRICT TRAINING:
LEARNING BY ‘SEEING AND DOING’
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONALS
MAKING SENSE OF THE JIGSAW: THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S
ATTACHMENT PROGRAM (ASAP)
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
YOU READ RAJ DHARMA 3 IN FIRST INDIA
ON FEBRUARY 22, 2022
In 3 Aarambh programs, key
message was that while it is
good to keep the past
precedents in mind, it was
equally, if not more
important to look at the
possibilities which the future
held. Thus, even as country
celebrates Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav, the next
twenty-five years are
envisioned as the Amrit
Kal – the dawn – for
India’s century 2047-
2147 which would see the
resurrection of India as the
knowledge hub and thought
leader of the world
Officers also work on assessing the ground level
implementation of programs like Swachh Bharat or
Poshan Abhiyan The 2018 batch studied the status of
brick kiln workers to understand the gap between the
legal norms and entitlements for migrant workers and
their children, and the ground reality. From 2019, offic-
ers have been assigned the responsibility of identifying
commodities, products and processes which have /
can have the GI tag and document the forward and
backward linkages

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INDIA
05
Abhishek Mishra
Lucknow: Ever heard
the Hindi saying “Teen
Tigada, Kaam Bigada”?
Well the BJP may wit-
ness such a ‘Kaam
Bigada’ in days to come
as three BJP MPs in Ut-
tar Pradesh are very
angry and it has been
declared also. The BJP
is assessing the impact
of their displeasure on
voting and BJP leaders
are of the view that at
least in their own area
and in the areas nearby
to their own constitu-
ency, there must have
been some significant
impact of this disgrun-
tlement. The reason for
this is that these three
MPs are relatively pop-
ular and influential.
Voting has been com-
pleted in the Lok Sabha
constituencies of these
three MPs.
Sultanpur MP Mane-
ka Gandhi, Pilibhit MP
Varun Gandhi and
Budaun MP Sanghmi-
tra Maurya have
worked silently or ac-
tively against the BJP.
Maneka Gandhi has not
given any statement but
everyone knows that
she is upset over being
dropped from the Union
Cabinet. She has not
even got a place in the
party organisation and
the party has not asked
her to campaign in Ut-
tar Pradesh. Therefore,
there is a possibility of
loss to the BJP in the
five assembly seats of
Sultanpur i.e. her con-
stituency
.
Her son and Pilibhit
MP Varun Gandhi has
openly opposed the poli-
cies of the central and
state government and
made a statement
against it. He has been
tweeting continuously.
Therefore, there is a
possibility of loss to the
BJP in his area and the
surrounding Terai are-
as. The case of Sang-
hamitra Maurya is dif-
ferent from these two.
Swami Prasad Maurya,
father of Badaun MP
Sanghamitra Maurya,
has joined the Sama-
jwadi Party. That is
when Sanghamitra, de-
spite being a BJP MP,
has openly sought votes
against the BJP. So,
there is a possibility of
damage to the saffron
party in areas other
than these MPs’ con-
stituencies.
‘TeenTigada’ofBJPMPs,‘KaamBigada’inUPpolls!
INTERNAL RIFT WITHIN BJP
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh is witnessing a
four-cornered contest
this Assembly election.
While the ruling
Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party
(BJP) un-
der the
leadership
of Chief
Minister Yogi
Adityanath is seeking a
second consecutive
term, it is a do-or-die
battle for the Samajwa-
di Party led by Akhile-
sh Yadav and BSP led by
Mayawati. Uttar
Pradesh has voted al-
ternatively voted for
the SP and BSP before
2017 when the BJP
pulled off a stunning
win, dethroning the SP
government.
This time, the BJP is
hopeful that the coun-
try's most populous
state will break this
trend and vote over-
whelmingly in its fa-
vour, delivering a clear
majority again. The
Congress which is con-
tinuously losing its
ground since its 2014
loss, is also expecting a
change in its fortune
with general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra spearheading
the campaign.
Besides Uttar
Pradesh, Assembly
polls are also being held
in Uttarakhand, Pun-
jab, Manipur and Goa.
Barring Punjab, the re-
maining states are
ruled by the BJP.
PM’s LS SEAT VARANASI SET FOR SPOTLIGHT
TheVaranasidistrictiswitnessingamulti-corneredcontestamongtheBJP,SamajwadiPartyandCongress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi. —FILE PHOTO
LAST PHASE OF UP POLLS TODAY
Rush of political leaders at
Kashi temple in final phase
Varanasi (PTI): As
the fiercely contested
Uttar Pradesh assem-
bly elections enter
the final round, the
Kashi Vishwanath
temple here is wit-
nessing a rush of po-
litical leaders.
They have been mak-
ing a beeline at the fa-
mous shrine dedicated
to Lord Shiva since the
past few days in Vara-
nasi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s parlia-
mentary constituency
and the focus of the sev-
enth phase of the As-
sembly elections.
Friday was a busy
day for the temple as
Modi, Congress leaders
Rahul Gandhi and Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
and Union minister
Smriti Irani came to of-
fer prayers.
The Prime Minister,
who held a roadshow in
the city on Friday to
drum up support for
BJP candidates, went to
temple before the mega
programme ended.
Hours before Modi,
Rahul Gandhi and Pri-
yanka Gandhi paid a
visit to the temple. Irani
had come earlier.
Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav, who was in the tem-
ple town to hold a road-
show on Friday
, reached
the shrine at night to
seek blessings.
On Wednesday, West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee ar-
rived in Varanasi and
paidavisittothetemple.
Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): Indian Union
M u s l i m
L e a g u e
President
and promi-
nent spir-
itual lead-
er Panak-
kad Sayed Hyderali
Shihab Thangal died
at the age of 74 on Sun-
day. Thangal remained
indisposed for the last
few months. He passed
away at a private hospi-
tal at Angamali in Er-
nakulam district.
Ahmedabad (PTI): An
All India Majlis-E-Itte-
hadul Muslimeen leader
was attacked and in-
jured by a group of peo-
ple after he intervened
in a fight in a market in
Ahmedabad on Sunday,
police said.
Shamshad Pathan,
who was recently made
vice president of
AIMIM’s Gujarat unit,
has been hospitalized
and his condition is sta-
ble, an official said.
“Pathan sustained in-
juries after being at-
tacked with a spade by
four people when he in-
tervened in a fight in
Gurjari bazar. He has
been hospitalised. Two
people received minor
injuries. One Faizu
Babu and his associates
are allegedly involved
and an FIR is being
lodged,” Riverfront
(East) police inspector
Vijaysinh Zala said.
Mr Pathan, a lawyer
by profession, told re-
porters Fiazu Baba and
others were beating up
somepersonsandhehad
intervened to stop them
when he was attacked.
IUML chief Sayed
Hyderali Shihab
Thangal dies at 74
AIMIMleaderattacked
in Ahmedabad market
Assam civic elections: Over 50% polling till 2 pm
Guwahati: Over 50
per cent voter turnout
has been registered till
2 pm, as polling for 80
civic bodies in Assam
progressed peacefully
on Sunday, a State
Election Commission
official said.
Though the voting
percentage was low at
20.73 per cent in the
first three hours of
polling, which com-
menced at 8 am, it has
been on an increasing
trend, he said.
Voting will end at 4
pm. “The voter turn-
out till 2 pm has been
50.23 per cent,” the of-
ficial said.
Electronic Voting
Machines are being
used for the first time in
the history of civic elec-
tions in the state.
No report of any un-
toward incident has
yet been received, the
official said.
A total of 2,532 candi-
dates are in the fray,
with the ruling BJP hav-
ing the maximum num-
ber of 825 nominees.
Kolkata (ANI): West
Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar and
Assembly Speaker Bi-
man Banerjee had an
hour-longinteractionon
Sunday regarding the
session of the House
commencing from Mon-
day
, as the state’s consti-
tutional head wrote to
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee seeking a dia-
loguewithherattheear-
liest. The governor had
invited the Speaker for
an interaction on,
among other things, live
coverage of his address
to the House on Monday
complaining that it had
been “blacked out on
earlier occasions.
“There was (an) inter-
action at Raj Bhawan
todaybetweenGovernor
and Assembly Speaker
for an hour regarding
the upcoming assembly
session, Dhankhar
tweeted. The Assembly
has been summoned by
the governor at 2 pm on
Monday after an im-
passe over the timing of
the sitting of the House
with the Governor tak-
ing the stand that a typo-
graphical error in an
earlier communication
that gave the unearthly
2 am as the time of com-
mencement of the budg-
et session, could only be
changed if the cabinet
met again and passed
another resolution cor-
recting the time while
following all constitu-
tional procedures.
WB Guv talks to Assembly Speaker
JP NADDA CHAIRS MEET WITH BJP'S NAT’L GEN SECRETARIES
New Delhi (ANI): BJP national president
JP Nadda on Sunday chaired a meeting
with national general secretaries at the
party headquarters in the national Capi-
tal. This comes on the eve of the last
and seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh
Assembly elections, which will see poll-
ing in Varanasi the Lok Sabha Assembly
constituency of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. Eight Assembly seats in Varanasi
will be in the focus in the last phase of
the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
BJP chief JP Nadda with other party leaders
in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Refurnished temple complex of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
WhenwilltheMaharashtra
Government ‘retaliate’?
Moni Sharma
Mumbai: The loud-
mouth leaders of the
Shiv Sena-led MVA
government of Maha-
rashtra are shooting
verbal barbs and cau-
tioning BJP every day
.
Shiv Sena has said
that the names and
exploits of ‘Dirty Doz-
en’ of BJP will be re-
vealed. That is, a doz-
en BJP leaders will be
exposed. Party MP
Sanjay Raut has said
that a cell is being pre-
pared for four senior
BJP leaders in jail.
Such things are being
heard for the last sev-
eral months and in
the meantime, the
BJP-led central gov-
ernment has started
cracking down on
Shiv Sena, NCP and
Congress leaders.
The state govern-
ment sent a BMC team
to probe the alleged
illegal construction
of BJP leader and Un-
ion minister Narayan
Rane’s bungalow in
Juhu and within two
days, senior state
minister Nawab Ma-
lik went to jail. Earli-
er, a BMC team had
demolished an alleged
illegal construction at
the house of film ac-
tress Kangana Ranaut
and a few days after
that, Anil Deshmukh,
who was the state’s
home minister, was
put in jail. Raids have
been conducted on
Sanjay Raut’s rela-
tives and close friends
and many people, in-
cluding Praveen Raut,
are in jail.
Last week, the In-
come Tax Depart-
ment conducted a
raided on Shiv Sena
councillor Yashwant
Jadhav. His wife
Yamini Yashwant is a
legislator from Shiv
Sena. Prior to that the
Income Tax and ED
team had raided the
family members of
Sharad Pawar. That
is, the action of the
central government
agencies is increas-
ing and on the other
hand the rhetoric of
Shiv Sena leaders is
also increasing in the
same proportion.
Now it is to be seen
when, if at all, the
Shiv Sena-led govern-
ment retaliates. It is
believed that the way
Mamata Banerjee has
controlled the BJP
leaders in her state,
she has shared the
same mantra with
Sharad Pawar also.
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav
Thackeray with NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station for
the municipal polls. —PHOTO BY PTI
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party
(BJP) un-
der the
leadership
of Chief
UP
UP
UNION MIN SONOWAL CASTS
VOTE IN LOCAL BODY POLLS
Dibrugarh (ANI): Union Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday
expressed confidence over the
victory of BJP candidates in the
ongoing Municipal Corporation
polls in Assam as he visited a
polling booth station in Dibrugarh
district to cast his vote. Public is
happy with the development initia-
tives taken up by the Central govt
led by PM Modi, said Sonowal.
Discusses live coverage
of his address; writes
to CM Mamata seeking
early dialogue

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Two phases
of polling are pending
in Uttar Pradesh and
one in Manipur. Voting
will end on March 7.
The results will come
on March 10. If we un-
derstand from the pre-
vious example, then
two days after the re-
sults are out, the prices
will start rising. On
May 2 last year, the elec-
tion results of West
Bengal and four other
states were declared
and two days after that,
the prices of petrol, die-
sel started increasing.
Afternearlytwomonths
of stability, prices start-
ed rising in such a way
that the fuel price, in
most parts of the coun-
try
, crossed the hundred
mark, while the price of
crude oil at that time
went up to $ 73 a barrel.
Now crude oil is at one
hundred dollars per
barrel. So, after the re-
sults of March 10, there
will be an increase in
inflation.
Its small tremors are
just beginning to be felt.
Just as there are small
aftershocks before a big
earthquake, similarly
small tremors are felt
before the rapid rise in
inflation. As the price
of milkincreased.Amul
and Verka have in-
creased the price of
milk and soon the price
of Mother Dairy and
other brands will in-
crease. The prices of
commercial LPG ie 19
kg and 5 kg cylinders
have increased. The
price of 19 kg cylinder
has increased by Rs 105
percylinder,afterwhich
its price has reached
above two thousand in
Delhi and above 21 hun-
dred in Chennai. Simi-
larly
, the price of five kg
cylinder has increased
by Rs 27 per cylinder.
The price of domestic
LPG i.e. 14 kg cylinder is
at nine hundred in Del-
hi, which is expected to
go to a historic high this
month. It is not possible
to even guess how much
the price of petrol, die-
sel will increase.
Elections over: Is it time for price rise?
MODI FLAGS OFF PUNE METRO, TAKES A RIDE
PM buys Metro ticket for inaugural ride, ensures convenient and comfortable travel for people of Pune; cost of project is over `11,400 crore
Pune (Agencies): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday flagged
off the Pune Metro Rail
and later took a ride
from the Garware col-
lege to Anandnagar
metro stations. Prior to
boarding the metro
train, Modi unveiled a
plaque relating to the
project, took a review
of the entire project
from a senior official.
On board the train,
Modi interacted with
specially-abled children
during the 10-minutes
journey at Anandnagar
metro station. The PM
reached the Garware
metro station after un-
veiling a statue of
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj at the Pune
municipal corporation
headquarters. He was
accompanied, among
others, by Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshiyari, deputy chief
minister Ajit Pawar,
Leader of Opposition
and former CM Deven-
dra Fadnavis, Minster
for Urban Development
Department Eknath
Shinde, Pune Mayor
Murlidhar Mohol and
other dignitaries.
ALL IN A DAY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Pune
Metro Rail Project, in Pune on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi enhancing Pune’s
development journey and rides in Pune Metro with the
school children after inaugurating it, in Pune on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
PM WITH YOUNG FRIENDS!
PM Modi unveils Shivaji Maharaj statue
Pune (PTI): Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday unveiled a stat-
ue of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj on the
premises of Pune Mu-
nicipal Corporation.
The statue is made up of
1,850 kg of gunmetal
and is about 9.5-feet tall.
Making a pitch for
the rejuvenation of riv-
ers, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Sun-
day called upon people
to observe ‘Nadi Utsav’
in urban cities once a
year to spread aware-
ness among people for
water conservation in
society
.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays floral tributes to the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj after
unveiling it on the premises of Pune Municipal Corporation, in Pune on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM DEDICATES
150 ELECTRIC
BUSES FOR
TRANSPORT
Pune (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday
dedicated a fleet of
150 electric buses,
manufactured by
Olectra Green, for
public transport.
Besides, PM Modi
also inaugurated
a state-of-the-art
electric bus depot
and charging station
in the Baner locality
of Pune during an
event, the Hyderabad-
based manufacturer
of e-buses said.
MAHARASHTRA DY CM’S NEW DIG AT GOVERNOR IN FRONT OF PM
Pune (PTI): Maha-
rashtra Deputy
Chief Minister Ajit
Pawar on Sunday
said some people
holding high posts
were making unnec-
essary comments
and this was not ac-
ceptable to the peo-
ple of the state.
NCP leader Ajit
Pawar made the com-
ments, apparently
aimed at Maharash-
tra Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari, at
Pune’s MIT College
ground, where PM
Narendra Modi and
the governor were
present during the
inauguration of var-
ious projects.
On Sunday, before
PM Modi’s public ad-
dress, Pawar said, “I
want to bring one
thing to the PM’s no-
tice. Of late, some
people holding im-
portant positions are
making unnecessary
comments which are
not acceptable to
Maharashtra.”
“ChhatrapatiShiva-
ji Maharaj and his
mother Rajmata Ji-
jau formed Swara-
jya. Mahatma Jyoti-
ba Phule and Kranti-
jyoti Savitribai Phule
(both social reform-
ers from Maharash-
tra) laid the founda-
tion for women’s ed-
ucation. We need to
carry forward their
legacy without hold-
ing grudges against
anyone and without
bringing politics into
the development
works,” the NCP
leader said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. —PHOTO BY ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Rape case: SC stays death sentence,
orders psychological evaluation
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court has
stayed the operation of
the death sentence
awarded to a man con-
victed for raping and
murdering an 11-year-
old girl in Dehradun in
2018. The SC, which was
hearing an appeal filed
by the convict against
the January 2020 ver-
dict of the Uttarakhand
High Court which had
confirmed the death
penalty awarded to him
by a trial court, directed
that psychological eval-
uation of the appellant
be done and its report
be placed before it.
“Issue notice of lodg-
ment of appeal to the
state of Uttarakhand,
returnable on May 4,
2022,” a bench headed
by Justice UU Lalit
said.
SC UPHOLDS
DISMISSAL
OF CISF
CONSTABLE
New Delhi (PTI):
The Supreme Court
has upheld a 2001
order sacking a CISF
constable, who had
allegedly assaulted
an officer after he
reprimanded him
for sleeping during
patrolling duty,
saying a sense of
integrity, discipline
and camaraderie is
“paramount” given
the nature of the
force.
MEDIA UNDER ATTACK: EX-TOP COURT
JUDGE’S DON’T ‘TOE THE LINE’ ADVICE
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer Supreme Court
judge Justice Madan
B Lokur noted on Sat-
urday that the media is
under attack “in many
ways” in the country
but the freedom of
press is a fundamental
right guaranteed un-
der the Constitution
and journalists must
stand up to protect it.
Addressing a pro-
gramme organised to
present the IPI-India
awards for excellence
in journalism, he said
a series of events, in-
cluding lodging of
FIRs against scribes
and putting them un-
der arrest for doing
their job, has had “a
chilling effect” on me-
diapersons, forcing
them to become “far
more cautious than
they ought to be”.
Prez Kovind flags off fitness
run at Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi (PTI): Pres-
ident Ram Nath Kovind
on Sunday organised a
run at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan here to promote
fitness and health con-
sciousness as part of
‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahot-
sav’ celebrations, an of-
ficial statement said.
‘Azadi Ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav’ is an initiative
of government of India
to commemorate 75
years of independence.
The run was flagged
off by the President and
First Lady Savita Ko-
vind, the statement is-
sued by the President’s
office said. The 5-km
run started from the
Rashtrapati Bhavan
forecourt and ended at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan
sports complex, it said.
Along with the Presi-
dent, senior officials
and staff of the Presi-
dent’s Secretariat par-
ticipated in the run, it
said.
President Ram Nath Kovind flags off a run in New Delhi on
Sunday. First Lady Savita Kovind also present. —PHOTO BY ANI
WILL WE WITNESS ANOTHER
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Is the Cov-
id-19 pandemic over or
there is still a possibil-
ity of its return? Now
less than 10,000 new
cases are being record-
ed in India every day
and the death toll due to
infection has also come
down significantly. De-
spite this, a study has
been done by IIT Kan-
pur, according to which
the Covid-19 pandemic
may spike again. Ac-
cording to this study,
the fourth wave of Cov-
id-19 may start around
June 22 and peak from
mid to late August. If it
comes, then its effect
will be there for the
next two months.
Keep in mind that the
third wave was not very
deadly
. It was definitely
contagious but not
many people died in it.
This was because the
Omicron variant that
caused the third wave
was not lethal. But it
can’t be said that if any
next wave comes, it will
be similarly less lethal.
Situation can also be
like the second wave. It
depends on the variant
and its potency
. If a new
variant comes, it can be
dangerous too. Accord-
ing to the study by IIT
Kanpur, the nature of
the variant and the sta-
tus of vaccination will
ascertain how the
fourth wave will
behave.
Keep in mind that
when the world is con-
sidering the virus to be
over, it has caused hav-
oc in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, under
the zero covid policy,
everyone has got the
vaccine. Despite this,
there has been an epi-
demic of corona and
the administration
there is preparing for a
very strict lockdown
like China. Therefore,
it can be dangerous to
consider that the Cov-
id-19 pandemic is over
as of now.
—FILE PHOTO
Week after Imran met Putin,
Pak NSA’s visit to UK cancelled
New Delhi: Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran
Khan’s visit to Moscow,
which coincided with
the Russian invasion of
Ukraine, seems to have
caused a diplomatic re-
percussion for the coun-
try — the cancellation
of National Security
Adviser Yusuf Moe-
ed’s official trip to the
United Kingdom.
Moeed was supposed
to land in London Sat-
urday to meet his Brit-
ish counterpart, he
could do neither of the
two events in person.
According to news re-
ports from Pakistan,
the UK government
cancelled the proposed
visit due to the coun-
try’s stance on Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.
The Pakistan PM’s
two-day visit to Russia,
along with his first-ever
summit meeting with
President Vladimir Pu-
tin, had run concur-
rently with the invasion
on 24 February
.
3 killed, 36 injured after bus
carrying labourers overturns
Shahdol (PTI): Three
passengers, including a
minor girl, were killed
and 36 others injured
after a bus carrying la-
bourers from Chhattis-
garh to Uttar Pradesh
overturned in Shahdol
district of Madhya
Pradesh.
The accident took
place around 11.30 pm
onSaturdayatPathkhai
Ghat, some 35 km from
the Shahdol, when the
private bus was on way
to the Lucknow,
Sinhpur police station
in-charge Rameshwar
Uike said.
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
Kapil Sharma
Hanumangarh: In a
first, a total of 200 chil-
dren voted and elected
their child sarpanch at
Longewala gram pan-
chayat of Hanuman-
garh district on Sun-
day
. The children made
a polling booth and
voted under the super-
vision of a child pre-
siding officer.
Children Jigar Bish-
noi and Mohit Godara
were nominated for the
post of child sarpanch
and were allotted elec-
tion symbols. Polling
agents of both the can-
didates sat outside the
polling booth and child
voters were brought on
bicycles to the polling
booth. Godara won by
defeating Bishnoi by 45
votes.
But being caught up
in voting cost the child
presiding officer, who
was beaten up by his
mother at the polling
booth. Voters soon ob-
jected to it.
Longewala sarpanch
Sunil Kranti, who went
to Jaipur to be honored
with the Panchayat
Gaurav Ratna Award,
congratulated children
for their spirit.
In a first, children elect own sarpanch
at Longewala village panchayat
SON JUMPS INTO WELL TO SAVE
DROWNING MOTHER, BOTH DIE
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: To save his
mother, the son jumped
into the well in Jaipur.
Both died due to drown-
ing. According to police
report, while pulling
water from the well, the
woman’s foot slipped
and she fell into the
well. The accident hap-
pened in Chaksu on
Sunday
.
Chaksu SHO
Yashwant Singh said
that Soni Devi (48) and
her son Girraj Prasad
Prajapat (25) died in the
accident.
On Sunday morning,
mother and son were
harvesting the mustard
crops in the field locat-
ed near the house. Soni
went to get drinking
water from the well.
While drawing water
from the well, suddenly
her foot slipped and she
fell into the well. Hear-
ing the sound of moth-
er’s cry, the son reached
and jumped into the
well to save her.
Both died in the acci-
dent, police said.
First India Bureau
Barmer: A woman and
her three-year-old son
drowned in a water
tank at their residence
in Barmer district on
Sunday, police said.
The incident took
place in Kernada vil-
lage under Chohtan po-
lice station, they said.
Krishna Kumar sud-
denly fell into the water
tank at his house and
his mother, Chatru
Pratapat (25), jumped in
to save him. Both of
them drowned, Station
House Officer Bhutar-
am Bishnoi said.
According to report,
when the mother did
not see the 3-year-old
son playing in the court-
yard, she started look-
ing for him and found
that child fell in the wa-
ter tank. Seeing the
child fall in the water
tank, the mother
jumped to save the son.
Due to which the moth-
er and son died due to
drowning. The in-laws
informed the woman’s
parents and the police.
The bodies have been
sent for a post-mortem
examination.
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Transport sub-
inspector Paras Gehlot
was attacked with an
axe at the Maval check
post in Sirohi Abu Road
on Friday. Six people
scuffled with the trans-
port inspector and at-
tacked him with axe. He
was seriously injured
after being hit with an
axe and there were seri-
ous injuries on the
head, back and neck.
The victim was ad-
mitted to the Govern-
ment Hospital in a seri-
ous condition. Investi-
gation was going on re-
garding the target of
March. A case has been
registered against 4
people at Rico police
station.
After the lodging the
case, Rico police have
launched the investiga-
tion in this connection.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal on
Sunday said that the
Gehlot government has
made the strengthening
of medical and health
infrastructure its first
priority and maximum
budget provisions are
being made for this sec-
tor.
He said that the state
government’s Covid
management was excel-
lent and was appreciat-
ed across the country
.
Dhariwal was ad-
dressing a function af-
ter laying the founda-
tion stone of the second
phase of GNM Nursing
training building at
MBS Hospital premises
in Kota. Referring to the
state-of-the-art NICU-
PICU wards of JK Lone
hospital of Kota, he
said that SMS Hospital
Jaipur is also taking in-
spiration from these
wards and considering
it as a model.
Dhariwal said that Rs
260 lakh was spent in
the first phase and Rs
470 lakh would be spent
on the construction of a
five-storey building, in-
cluding ground floor in
the second phase.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Married wom-
en who want to avail
EWS certificates have
to produce income cer-
tificates of both father
and husband. If the
husband is poor and
father earns well, then
such a woman will not
get economic reserva-
tion. Women want the
government to amend
rules to provide them
relief by considering
only the husband’s an-
nual income for avail-
ing the certificate.
In such a situation,
thousands of women
from economically
weaker sections are de-
prived of benefits.
According to the gov-
ernment, if the hus-
band is poor but the
woman has had a bet-
ter upbringing, then
she does not deserve
EWS.
Mother and 3-year-old
son drown in water tank
The well where incident
happened. (Inset) Victims Soni
Devi and Girraj Prasad
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal laying the foundation stone of
second phase of nursing college in Kota on Sunday.
Children in Longewala posing after the election for own
Sarpanch. (Inset) Mohit Godara was elected as Sarpanch.
EWS certificates:
Raj women seek
relaxation in norms
Medical, health are govt’s priority: Dhariwal
Raj may host Cong MLAs from
Punjab, U’khand to check poaching
Transport SI injured
after attack with axe
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
may soon play host to
Congress MLA candi-
dates from the state of
Punjab and Uttara-
khand as it is increas-
ingly being expected in
Rajasthan’s Congress
circles that these can-
didates will undergo
their ‘badabandi’ (fenc-
ing) in Rajasthan.
Word is that the can-
didates may be brought
to the desert state on
March 9, a day before
the result of these
states would be an-
nounced. Notably, the
Gandhi siblings had
recently mulled over
the issue wherein Ra-
jasthan CM Ashok Ge-
hlot and Chhatisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
along with general Sec-
retary (organization)
KC Venugopal were
also present, where it
was discussed that to
save the party from the
repeat of the past elec-
tions where many of
its victorious candi-
dates were grabbed by
rival parties, this time
they will be kept out of
the state, so as to form
a government when
the time comes.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas and Rajasthan
Housing Board Com-
missioner Pawan Arora
on Sunday flagged off a
vehicle rally to promote
organ donation. The
rally was organised by
Doctors Social and Wel-
fare Society and State
Organ and Tissue
Transplant Organiza-
tion (SOTO) to make
people aware about or-
gan donation.The rally
started from SMS Medi-
cal College.
Khachariyawas, who
as the Chief Guest, said
the govt is serious to-
wards every section
and the doctors should
apply for land for club.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora, who was
Guest of Honour, said
organ donation can
save many lives and
people should come for-
ward for noble cause.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In another re-
shuffle in the judiciary
of the state, 11 judicial
officers have been
transferred and given
new assignments. Om
Prakash Sharma has
been sent to Jaisalmer
as the judge of the Spe-
cial POCSO Court there
while Surendra Kumar
has been transferred to
Pali as the judge of the
Special POCSO Court-
III there, as per a circu-
lar of the High Court
Registrar General on
Saturday. Similarly,
Archana Agrawal has
been posted as the Dis-
trict and Sessions judge
in Jhalawar while Atul
Kumar Saxena has been
made the District and
Sessions judge in Sawai
Madhopur.
PSK, Arora appeal for
organ donation in rally
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Pawan Arora during the Organ
donation rally in Jaipur on Sunday.
11 judicial
officers
transferred
Pradeep Gadwal
Jhunjhunu: A labour-
er Sitaram (50) was
killed and another Ajay
Saini injured at a quar-
ry in Jhunjhunu after a
trolley used for moving
goods crashed .The inci-
dent took place at Koli-
han quarry of Hindu-
stan Copper Limited in
Khetri PS area, they
said. SHO Vinod Sankh-
la said one labourer, Si-
taram, was killed and
another injured when a
trolley used for moving
goods crashed at the
quarry crashed.
Police personnel investigating
at the incident site.
Labourer dies as trolley
crashes at HCL quarry
COURTESY MEET…
Omprakash Bairwa
and Mahendra
Khargawat who
were recently
promoted to IAS
cadre from the
Statistical Service
and from the
Archives Service
respectively paid a
courtesy call to CM
Ashok Gehlot on
Sunday.

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
60,17,280
TOTAL DEATHS
37,88,03,239
TOTAL RECOVERED
6,08,60,378
ACTIVE CASES
44,56,80,897
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,15,063
TOTAL DEATHS
4,23,88,475
TOTAL RECOVERED
59,415
ACTIVE CASES
4,29,62,953
TOTAL CASES
If something stirs a feeling deep
inside you, it was meant to be -
it’s connected to your purpose.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Janta pours in to thank Jan-Neta
Gehlot for all-inclusive budget!
Developmental budget is being discussed even till dhanis: Delegations claim
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A large number
of people from across
the state reached the
CMR on Sunday to ex-
press their gratitude to
CM Ashok Gehlot for
development-oriented
public-friendly budget.
These people stressed
that budget is being dis-
cussed in entire state
even till dhanis. Sansi,
Dhakad Bairwa Sa-
maj, Rawat Rajput Ma-
hasabha, Raj State Elec-
tricity Employees Fed-
eration (INTUC), Abhib-
hashak Sangh Merta,
Delegation of Niwai-
Peeplu Assembly Con-
stituency, Waqf Devp
Council, Dr SN Sub-
barao Seva Forum,
WCD Min Mamta Bhu-
pesh, MLAs, chairper-
sons and members were
present on the occasion.
‘Itismydutytotakecareofpeople’
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: LS Speaker Om
Birla was given a grand
welcome during his vis-
it to Itawa in Kota on
Sunday
. He was garland-
ed by a large number of
people during his visit.
He reached Krishi man-
di and addressed a pro-
gramme of intellectu-
als. He said that people
voted for him and now it
is his responsibility to
take care of the public.
Priyankaonone-day
visit to Jaipur today
Jaipur: Congress Gen
Secy Priyanka Gandhi
will be on a one-day pri-
vate visit
to Ra-
jasthan to-
day and is
proposed
to arrive at
1:50 PM. Instructions
have been given to Cong
workers not to welcome
Priyanka at the airport.
She will hold a discus-
sion with NGO from 6
pm to 8 pm today
. —FIB
Cong BJP both should try to execute Gehlot’s ‘magic’ budget: Surjewala
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Political
leaders on Congress
and BJP attended
Gaurav Samman
Samaroh and Holi Milan
organised by First India
News in Bharatpur on
Sunday. Irrespective of
party lines the leaders
discussed the develop-
ment of Bharatpur. It
remained an all-party
function with Cong
national spokesperson
Randeep Surjewala,
Tourism min Vishvendra
Singh, PWD min Bhajan
Lal Jatav, MP Rajneeta
Koli, Devnarayan Board
chairman Joginder S
Awana, Charagah board
chairman Sandeep
S Chaudhary, Zila
Pramukh Jagat Singh,
MLA Amar Singh at-
tending the programme.
Jagdeesh Chandra wel-
comed all the guests. In
the function, all those
who are doing remark-
able works in Bharatpur
in different areas were
honoured.
Vishvendra Singh called on Jagdeesh
Chandra at latter’s residence on Sunday.
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing
esteemed guests and audience.
Jagdeesh Chandra, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Bhajan
Lal Jatav, Joginder Awana and others enjoying the
Phoolon ki holi by Radha Vallabh group from Mathura.
(From Left) Vishvendra Singh, Ranjeeta Koli, Jagdeesh Chandra, Randeep
Singh Surjewala and Bhajan Lal Jatav during the lamp lighting ceremony.
CM Ashok Gehlot being greeted by large number of people from all
over the state for development-oriented and public-friendly budget.
Officers of State Scout Guide Organization, led by its State Chief
Commissioner Niranjan Arya greeted CM Ashok Gehlot on Sunday.
Randeep Singh Surjewala giving
a speech during the event.
(From Right) Shyam Singh, Alok Ranjan, Prashan Kumar Khamesra, Amar Singh Jatav, Ranjeeta Koli, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Randeep Singh
Surjewala, Vishvendra Singh, Jagdeesh Chandra, Jagat Singh and Deep Raj Singh during the Gaurav Samman Samaroh and Holi Milan
organised by the First India News at the Laxmi Vilas Hotel in Bharatpur on Sunday.
Bhajan Lal Jatav addressing the audience
during the event in Bharatpur on Sunday.
THERE WAS A CONSENSUS ON PURSUING EAST CANAL PROJECT IN DELHI BY LEADERS OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla speaks to an elderly in Itawa on Sunday.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The Drug Con-
trol department has
become a hot topic of
discussion these days
as the ACB’s recent ac-
tion on the department
is slowly revealing the
layers of corruption
that had overlapped the
department and is
frankly leaving several,
shocked.
The facts that have
been revealed by Drug
Inspector Sindhu Ku-
mari prove that a brib-
ery racket of crores of
rupees was active.
There are around fifty
thousand medical
shops in the state and
if Sindhu Kumari’s
confessed monthly
bribery amount of Rs
5,000 per shop is held to
be true, then the
amount reaches Rs 25
crore. ACB’s action has
revealed that even the
‘higher ups’ are also
equally involved in the
‘monthly earnings’.
Interestingly, the
fight for the seat of
HOD and the want of
placing ‘preferred’ in-
dividuals on the seat
has resulted in corrup-
tion being rife in the
department. For this
chair, 3 officers have
been playing ‘musical
chairs’ in recent years.
These officers are Raja-
ram, Ajay Pathak, and
Diwakar Patel. The one
who gets to forge an ‘al-
liance’ with ‘higher-
ups’ gets to push the
other ‘candidate’ and
sit on the ‘throne’!
During BJP rule,
Ajay Pathak had be-
come the drug control-
ler after ‘pacifying’
health minister Kalich-
aran Saraf. When the
current government
came, Pathak was
shown the door by Ra-
jaram, who took the
chair then.
But the discontent of
the then Principal Sec-
retary (Medical) Rohit
Kumar Singh proved
costly to Rajaram and
in March 2020, Rajaram
was moved out of the
department and given a
seat in the Covid Con-
trol Room.
Then Diwakar Patel
took over as Drug Con-
troller. It was only after
Rohit Kumar Singh
was transferred out of
the department that
Rajaram started play-
ing the ‘power-chess’
and he somehow ap-
peased one ‘KAKA’, a
powerful staff member
and in June 2020, Raja-
ram became even more
powerful as he held the
charge of both Control-
ler I and Controller II
as well! This was the
beginning when the
open game of corrup-
tion ‘Farrukhabadi”
began in the depart-
ment.
Rajaram created a
team of his chosen fa-
vourite officers and As-
sistant Drug Controller
- Dinesh Taneja - be-
came his second in
command in Jaipur.
When ADC Anil
Agrawal proved to be
an obstacle to his goals,
he was first sent on
APO and was then
transferred. But Anil
Agrawal first brought a
stay on the order
through RAT and then
through High Court,
but the file for posting
remained unmoved.
In June 2020, after be-
coming the ‘all-in-one’
of the department, Ra-
jaram and his chosen
team made the depart-
ment their personal
fiefdom and broke all
records of ‘Wasooli’.
The Covid time proved
to be a major boon for
them and the Drug
Controller Depart-
ment’s ‘activities’ be-
came the centre of fo-
cus for the media.
But since Rajaram
was directly connected
with ‘KAKA’, wasn’t
even touched. But
when Parsadi Lal Mee-
na became minister, he
did not waste any time
to remove Rajaram
from chair and put him
on APO, sending him
back to his home.
Ajay Pathak’s stars
shone again and after
three years, he came
back to the chair of
Drug Controller. Al-
though he has been
made DC-I and the post
of DC-II is lying vacant.
With the arrest of Sin-
dhi Kumari, Rajaram
and Co. have come un-
der the ‘watchful eye’
and only time will tell
whose neck does the
ACB gets a hold of!
There is more to the dept,
THAN MEETS THE EYE!
ACB’S ACTION ON DRUG CONTROLLER DEPARTMENT
Interestingly, fight for seat of HOD and want of
placing ‘preferred’ individuals on seat has resulted
in corruption being rife in the dept. For this chair,
3 officers Rajaram, Ajay Pathak, and Diwakar Patel
have been playing ‘musical chairs’ in recent years
Drinking water...
The Chief Minister said that
while giving top priority to
the JJM, efforts should be
made to complete the work of
drinking water projects related
to it on time. Gehlot said that
the scheme of installing smart
meters in urban areas of the
state under Mukhyamantri
Rajneer Yojana should be
tested and implemented ef-
fectively. He said that budget
provision has been made for
installation of hand pumps
and tube wells in each as-
sembly constituency. For this,
under the chairmanship of the
District Collector, a committee
of the Superintending Engi-
neer and concerned Executive
Engineer should be formed
to determine the appropriate
places for the installation
of hand pumps and tube
wells. Dr Mahesh Joshi said
that the dept is working in a
time bound frame for timely
completion of JJM as well as
other projects.
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SAMAROH AND
HOLI MILAN
BECOMES AN ALL-
PARTY EVENT

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DESIGNERS DEPEND ON STYLISTS AND
PHOTOGRAPHERS TO CAPTURE AND
SHOWCASE THEIR CREATIONS THE BEST.
WITH RAPID CHANGING SCENARIOS AND LOW
ATTENTION SPAN, CREATIVITY NEEDS A BOOST
AND- ARTISTIC, ZANY, QUIRKY PHOTOSHOOTS
ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON TO DRAW
EYEBALLS AND HOLD THEM. CITY FIRST
CELEBRATES A FEW SHOOTS.
EXCENTRIQUE
POUR TOI
JAIPUR, MONDAY,
MARCH 7, 2022
This shoot
celebrates just
make-up, red
is a universal
shade regardless
of the dress. The
blank back-
ground focuses
only on the lips
while the flowers
and gloves shout
‘I am a lady’!
From cute dogs
to the majectic
lion- animals
have been chosen
to celebrate the
theme of a collec-
tion since decades.
The golden flow-
ing pantaloons,
bralette with a
tribal jacket find
an echo is the
haughty camel -
all celebrate the
uniquness of
the desert.
The beautiful spring
fashion gown is
highlighted with the
Japanese kimono look,
with the focus on eye
make-up as per the
same theme, however
the elaborate flowery
tiara gives it a look
of flamboyance.
Only one who knows
pain can celebrate
joy- the contrast
theme with white
brings out the abso-
lutely flawless cut of
the gorgeous black
dress and the while
pearl choker adds
to the stark look.
Black leather patent dress shot in
a ripped blue frame hints that with
this dress you will ‘always’ make an
entry- what else do you want?
The mixed hues hint at meloncholy and the photographer
highlights the aspect with the model’s body language,
hair style and shadowed eyes as the light artfully plays
across with shadows on her legs and shoulder blades.
In-motion photograph with an art-heist theme
shows off the silver ball gown underlaid with
electric blue. This is something which will
remain in memory for a long time.
The bright forest green
frayed denim skirt and
jacket strongly moves
away from the denim
blue and the stylist
exploits the strong
colour with bold
eyeshadow and white
puffed sleeved top.

10
ETC
Similar treatment to women is a
must for the holistic
development of society
omen today have
education, em-
powerment and
freedom and can
very well under-
stand prejudicial
b e h a v i o u r
against them and mental
harassment. They know
how to fight their battles
and win back what is le-
gally due to them and
also their respect and dig-
nity
. Even if that requires
breaking the norms set
by the society and defin-
ing their own rules.
Still, we see only a few
women, howsoever edu-
cated they may be, dare to
challenge the accepted
norms and discriminato-
ry treatment being meted
to them at the workplace
probably in the fear of be-
ing ridiculed. It is mainly
because society has al-
ways undermined the
self-respect and individu-
ality of a woman. Her
problems are ignored and
her voice is suppressed
because she belongs to a
weaker gender.
Thus empowering
women is the fundamen-
tal right of women. They
should receive similar
treatment like men and
be involved in the deci-
sion making process at
every level. In other
words, they should have
proportionate rights to
contribute to society
But the fact is that for
years women have been
made to feel that they
should settle for less than
what they deserve. Also
as females, we always
have been taught to keep
patience, that in hopeless
situations it is better to
keep quiet than resist it,
that things will turn for
better after some time,
that harassment is not
something that we dis-
cuss or reveal to others
people. If a woman fights
for her rights, self-respect
and equality and refuses
to be a part of the patri-
archal framework, she is
branded as self-centred.
The basic idea of females
questioning the limits of
gender is not acceptable
to the patriarchal society
.
Our Constitution has
provided for equal rights
and opportunities to men
and women. Govern-
ments and people do also
talk about equality and
egalitarianism but rarely
work towards achieving
them. It is only limited to
granting balanced rights
to women. Governments
do make various acts and
provisions to provide a
healthy working environ-
ment and protection to
women personnel but
rarely sensitize the male
personnel on gender
equality
. In such a scenar-
io if any woman dares to
raise her voice against
inequality, gender dis-
crimination, unbalanced
working conditions and
intolerance, expresses
her opinion and asserts
herself at her workplace,
it is considered blasphe-
mous and sacrilegious for
the patriarchal frame-
work that can ruin her
career and peaceful life.
The point Is that is it so
hard to respect opinion-
ated and assertive women
in this male-dominated
society. Why a woman
cannot aspire to be inde-
pendent, why a woman is
not allowed to make a
choice to do ultimately
what she feels is right for
her, that a woman wish-
ing for something other
than a good husband and
marriage is still a hard
idea for the society to di-
gest. Even today women
are pestered about their
marriage plans than they
are even asked about
their professional ambi-
tions. Everybody in the
Indian household has
their own set of plans and
targets about their
daughter’s future specifi-
cally about her marriage
Our culture also glori-
fies the male ego no mat-
ter how reckless it is but
holds women on to whole
different selflessness and
magnanimous level. It is
expected of women that
they must be humble, big-
hearted, obedient, polite,
altogether virtuous. In
other words, our culture
applauds women’s self-
sacrifice but abhors any
form of female assertion.
The patriarchal society
has always been aware of
the enormous capabili-
ties of women, which is
why it has imposed the
obligation of selflessness
on women. Right from
ancient times to modern
times, society has eter-
nalised the rhetoric of
selflessness to control
women. In fact, selfless-
ness is an instrument of
oppression that keeps
women from seeking po-
sitions of power. It denies
them the freedom to live
out their lives according
to their wishes and de-
sires, to prove their self-
worth, shackles them to
live up to other people’s
expectations, leaving
them, mentally
, emotion-
ally and physically ex-
hausted.
However, Today Gen Z
women are learning to
prioritise the self. They
are standing up for them-
selves and they should be
because when we honour
ourselves and our needs,
we take responsibility for
our own lives. We reclaim
what’s ours and establish
a framework to thrive.
These women are begin-
ning to see through the
false morality of selfless
sacrifice and are stand-
ing up for themselves.
This is necessary to pro-
tect their self-worth in a
society that’s relentlessly
misogynistic.
There is nothing wrong
with speaking your mind
or having an opinion.
When one is self-reliant
and confident, one doesn’t
get fazed by others’ opin-
ions. After all, it’s just an
opinion and not a fact and
we all are surrounded by
a sea of opinions. When
we are confident, the in-
ner voice becomes strong-
er than the outer noise.
So the characteristics
of assertiveness, bold-
ness and opinion are not
bad things at all, rather
they are very good traits.
And yes we all agree on
this point that, irrespec-
tive of gender, society
out of its manipulation
tactics do label good peo-
ple with firm stance rude
when they actually are
not and many times re-
ally kind.
So we need to under-
stand that being asser-
tive and opinionated is
fine but at the same time
giving respect and being
tolerant to others’ opin-
ions is also important for
the harmonious and bal-
anced development of
society.
So dear society, please
accept a woman for who
she is and remember, she
has every right to defy the
norms you have set for
her. She will and should
have an opinion of her
own. All her perceptions
and approaches to self-
care are also necessary
for her personal growth.
Every woman needs to in-
dividually think about
what’s good for her. Put
herself first. Value her
worth. Recognise that she
is deserving of dignity.
Pleasing people in one’s
life with no boundaries
whatsoever will only re-
sult in resentment. It is
good to give, sure, but it
is also important to re-
ceive, In fact, new re-
search in human decision
processes suggests that
by being selfish, you not
only get the best for your-
self but also maximise
the benefits for everyone
around you.
So ladies stand up, as-
sert and express them-
selves and realise your
worth. You must know
that opportunities will
not reach your laps, you
would have to determine
ways to create them. You
need to empower yourself
by being aware and con-
fiscating chances to bring
a shift in your status. At
the same time, be warned.
The patriarchal society
may try to demoralise
you first as it is espe-
cially cruel to women
who stand up for
themselves, You will
be called negative,
selfish, greedy
, cal-
culative. But re-
fuse the judge-
ment. Rise and
shine you will.
ALKA SAXENA
Additional Director, DIPR, Rajasthan
W

oday
, the world
over, great
pens will spew
reams of mat-
ter on women,
each with a dif-
ferent perspec-
tive, some flowery
, some
condescending!!
However, I cannot
take my attention away
from the sins against
women that never let
humanity experience
total equanimity or
peace. A woman carries
emotion, love, caring in
abundance. A woman's
greatest desire is a ro-
mantic relationship
seeped in trust fideli-
ty
.Imaginehowhersoul
isexcoriatedbytheugly
,
lust of strangers ravag-
ing her routinely
. A
woman's silent torment
scorchesthesoulsof the
perpetrators. Can there
be peace harmony in
theworldwherewehave
men suffering the
heat of that infer-
no? Can these dis-
dained women be
any less than the
netherworld??
Even though an ordi-
nary woman absorbs so
manyslightsduringher
lifetime, she is seldom
the cause of civil strife
or war. She is the Ganga
that accepts and cleans-
es all these sins, only to
face another sacrilege
against her very being.
The very fact that In-
ternational Women's
Day came to
becelebrated
as late as 1909, a f -
firms the centuries-old
bias, stereotyping dis-
crimination against
women. This male dom-
ination kept society in
the DARK MODE for
aeons. But as soon as
this Half of society
started participating on
an equal footing in
progres-
sive nations,
theyovertookthe
rest of the world by
leaps bounds. They
are now havens of pros-
perity
, becoming mag-
nets for migrants from
all corners of the world.
As this movement
g a t h e r e d
momentum on basic
issueslikevotingrights,
working conditions, the
right to hold public of-
fice,etc.,thesecountries
emergedfromtheDark-
ness of deprivation
illiteracy
.
Having said
that,itwould
be germane
to quote the fa-
mouspoet/lyricistSahir
Ludhianvi, whose birth-
day too falls today
. Even
as he spoke about the
underdogs of society
, he
reserved his greatest in-
tensity for the plight of
women pushed into
prostitution. He called it
the greatest iniquity of
humanity. His blister-
ing words will put to
shameanyoneworthhis
salt:TheseravagedCar-
avansof Life;Whereare
those custodians of the
great Egos; those who
are so proud of their
Culture,wherearethey
.
On this very special
day
, there must be a
pledge by those Custo-
dians to eradicate this
scourge from the face of
the earth. Otherwise,
uncalled-for and devas-
tating wars will contin-
ue to snuff out many a
precious life, as being
experienced currently
amongtheEasternSlav-
ic brothers!!
ETC
11
RAINU SINGH
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
CELEBRATING WOMEN
God made woman,
A chef d’ oeuvre of
his creation
A pure heart lady
Beyond one’s
imagination
A heart full of love
And a mind full of
devotion
Emotions so deep
Like a never-ending
ocean
Of all her beloved
ones
She embraces their
souls
Adorably and
flawlessly
Playing her diverse
roles
A compassionate
aura
Her beatific vibes
In a part of her
heart
A whole generation
survives
Her extraordinary
percipience
A blessing of the
supreme
Her solicitousness
for the beloveds
Makes her the most
esteemed
Respect, love and
care
That’s all she
wishes
That’s the real
treasure
That’s the real riches
There’s a reason why
we refer
To the Earth as
our mother
And the reason
is that
Like a WOMAN,
there is no one other
AWOMAN
NAMAN JAIN
ये लुटे हुए कारवां ज़िन्दगी क
े ;
कहाँ हैं, कहाँ हैं, मुहाफ़ि़ि खुदी
क
े ; जिन्हें ना़ि है हहन्द पर, वोह
कहाँ हैं ?
ये लुटे हुए कारवां ज़िन्दगी क
े ;
कहाँ हैं, कहाँ हैं, मुहाफ़ि़ि खुदी
क
े ; जिन्हें ना़ि है हहन्द पर, वोह
कहाँ हैं ?

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
head of the In-
t e r n a t i o n a l
Women’s Day,
celebrated eve-
ry year on
March 8, Ma-
hatma Gandhi
Hospital Jaipur and
Pink Womania organ-
ised a Women’s Car
Rally to spread aware-
ness against cancer on
Sunday.
Cabinet Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riawas, Minister of In-
dustry Shakuntala
Rawat and Mahatma
Gandhi Medical Uni-
versity President Dr
Sudhir Sachdev flagged
off the rally on the oc-
casion. Many dignitar-
ies including former
mayor Jyoti Khandelw-
al, Suresh Mishra,
Pawan Tank, Kanu Me-
hta, JD Maheshwari,
Pankaj Goyal, Pawan
Goyal, Sukanta Das,
Virendra Pareek along
with supermodel Miss
India glam 1st runner
up 2022 Navya Shekha-
wat were also present
on the occasion.
An effort was made to
createcancerawareness
in society through ban-
ners written with slo-
ganslikeJeeteinCancer.
More than 400 wom-
en participated on the
occasion. which wit-
nessed more than 150
cars decorated with
positive messages and
balloons.
The rally kicked off
from Ramniwas Bagh
and finished off at Met-
ro Mansarovar station.
The event concluded
with a felicitation cere-
mony held at Hotel
Prime Safari, Jaipur.
Harman Swarnakar,
Trustee of Mahatma
Gandhi Medical Uni-
versity, Shipra Sharma,
Deputy Commissioner
of Municipal Corpora-
tion and Nischal gave
away awards to the
people who are serv-
ing the society in vari-
ous categories. Oncol-
ogist Dr Priyanka Soni
of Mahatma Gandhi
Hospital, Jaipur gave
valuable tips for the
prevention of cancer
and interacted with
the audience.
A
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
FOCUS ON THE FIGHT,
NOT THE FRIGHT
GREETINGS!
MEET GREET!
BABA SEEKS ADVENTURE!
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Gyanchand Jain, PS to Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra on his
birthday on Sunday, at his residence during a courtesy visit by the latter with his family, wife
Asha Jain, daughter Ayushi and son Aditya.
CM Ashok Gehlot hosted an impromptu tea for the reporters at CMR on Saturday. All the
reporters said they felt very cared for and special by this sensitive gesture.
A thrilling match was held between RS Academy and Commerce
College on Sunday. Commerce college won the toss and chose to
bowl first. RS Academy gave a strong target of 117 runs. RS Academy
won the match by 5 runs. Nishant Sharma and Ram Singh Parmar
took 3 wickets each giving away just 17 and 24 runs respectively.
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt went on a Leopard Safari in Jhalana on
Sunday. Dutt was fortunate enough to have close contact with a
Leopard when visiting Jhalana for the first time. During the safari, he
was led by Hemant Dabi and State Wildlife Board member Dhirendra
Godha who documented the Leopard Sighting.
JLF2022:Celebratingliteratureinallitsglory
T
he much-awaited
15th edition of
the Jaipur Litera-
ture Festival
started on March 5 on
its brand-new virtual
platform. Music led
the way to the inau-
gural session of the
literary extravagan-
za which was graced by
the highly acclaimed
artists namely B.C.
Manjunath, Darshan
Doshi, Nathulal Solan-
ki, Pramath Kiran
Praveen D. Rao. The
2022 edition of the icon-
ic Festival began with
an inaugural address
by Festival Co-directors
Namita Gokhale and
William Dalrymple and
Festival Producer San-
joy K Roy
.
Welcoming the audi-
ence, Namita Gokhale,
Festival Co-director,
Jaipur Literature
Festival, said, “The
clouds of war are
gathering around our
planet; even as we
struggle to recover from
the pandemic, we are
faced by chaos and dis-
ruption. Through all
this, the inspirations of
literature, music and
poetry and the solace of
our shared stories have
continued to sustain us.
This edition of the Fes-
tival is a celebration of
heart, mind and intel-
lect. It reflects the con-
cerns of the world
around us as well as the
eternal questions and
timeless answers that
literature offers.”
In his welcome
speech, Sanjoy K Roy
emphasised the fact of
understanding and
making sense of our
present. “Wehavetolook
at our history and be able
toenvisionabetterfuture
forourplanetandourchil-
dren - what better way to
express it than through
literatureandwriting?We
were able to pivot online -
reachingover27.5million
people across the world.
Todayyoudon’tneedtobe
physically present in
Jaipur,”saidRoy
.
CM Ashok Gehlot with his OSD Lokesh Sharma and the team of reporters,
(L to R) Naresh Sharma, Manish, Damodar, Dinesh Dangi, Dashrath Singh and Dinesh Sharma
DE CHAKKA, DE CHAUKKA!
WEDDING BELLS!
The wedding ceremony of Vaibhav, son of Geeta Manoj Bhargava and Aditi, daughter of Anju
Anil Sharma was held on Friday, at Labh Garh Palace Resort, Udaipur. The Sangeet ceremony
was held on Thursday. Many eminent personalities reached to bless the newlyweds.
(L to R) Dr Suman Sharma, Shailendra Sharma, Dr Kedar Sharma, Anil Sharma, newlyweds
Vaibhav Aditi, Urmila Sharma, Anju Sharma, Prachi Sharma and Rahul Sharma
Jagdeesh Chandra greets Gyanchand Jain, also seen are Asha Jain, Ayushi and Aditya
Abdulrazak Gurnah Namita Gokhale Abhijit V. Banerjee
Representational Image
Mahatma Gandhi Medical University team with special guests, Harman Swarankar and Shipra Sharma
(L-R) Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Shakuntala Rawat, Jyoti Khandelwal
Dr Sudhir Sachdev, Suresh Mishra and Pawan Tank
Sudhir Sachdev along with others flagging off the rally
Navya Singh Shekhawat
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
—PHOTO
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
CITY FIRST
J
osh, India’s short
video app wrapped up
the third edition of
its original IP
World Famous’ in a
Grand Finale at Mar-
riott Hotel in Jaipur
on Sunday. Celebrity
mentors Urvashi Ra-
utela and Karan
Wahi graced the
event and felicitat-
ed the winner of
the show, ‘World
Famous’ 2022.
Seher Bedi, Head
of Josh Studios said,
“All the participants
have showcased this
spirit at the core of their
creations, and we are
proud to recognize their
efforts. We hope to contin-
ue this journey of discov-
ering Indio’s hidden talent
and look at what India has
to offer.”
While congratulating the
participants Urvashi Rau-
tela said,” It is a privilege to
be witnessing and men-
toring the talent that
each participant has
showcased. I would like
to thank the team at
Josh for giving me this
opportunity and for put-
ting together this amaz-
ing platform to help discov-
er and encourage the talented
youth in India.”
During the event, Karan
Wahi said, “All talent de-
serves to be recognized and II
am thankful for being associ-
ated with Josh for putting to-
gether this hunt to recognize
the dreams of thousands of
aspiring creators and help ful-
fil them.”
TALENT IN THE CITY
Karan and Urvashi
Urvashi Rautela
CITY FIRST
T
he annual con-
nection 2022 of
the Rajasthan
chapter of the
Indian Institute of
Mass Communication
Alumni Association
was organised on
Saturday at Hotel
Clarks Amer. A new
executive committee
of the chapter was
formed during the an-
nualconnectionwhere
PresidentSachinSaini
was re-elected and the
other members who
were elected included
Vice Presidents Ratan
Singh Shekhawat
and Ankush Singh,
General Secretary
Ram Singh, Secre-
taries Rishabh Shar-
ma and Kiran Kumari
Kindo and Madhav
Sharma as the coordi-
nator.
Dainik Bhaskar’s
National Editor Lax-
mi Prasad Pant; OSD
to CM Anurag Vajpay-
ee, Communication
Head at UNICEF, An-
kush Singh; Director
of Tourism Depart-
ment Nishant Jain;
Commissioner of
DIPR Purushottam
Sharma and MD of
Data Group of Infosys
Dr Ajay Data were pre-
sent on the occasion.
Power of Journalism
The office holders and special guests along with the other members at the event
(L-R) Badri, Ratan Singh, Sachin Saini,Anurag Vajpayee and Nishant Jain

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