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RAPED AND STRANGLED,
WOMAN LAYS UNCONSCIOUS
FOR 6 DAYS BEFORE RESCUE
JOSHI REPRIMANDS RATHORE,
SAYS YOU HAVE VIOLATED
SANSADIYA TRADITIONS
Nagaur: A 35-year-old
woman was found
lying unconscious in
Nagaur district six days
after two men allegedly
raped her, attempted to
strangle her and then
abandoned her near a
pond thinking she was
dead, police said on
Friday. After the woman
was found on Thurs-
day, SP Ram Moorthy
suspended Deedwana
police station SHO and
a head constable for
inaction. The woman
had gone missing on
the night of Febru-
ary 4, and her family
had lodged a missing
complaint two days
later at the Deedwana
police station, accus-
ing a man identified as
Suresh Meghwal for it,
Moorthy said. P3
Jaipur: Speaker Dr CP
Joshi on Friday repri-
manded Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore for bringing
four suspended MLAs
inside the House and
demanding revocation of
suspension. “You don’t
teach me parliamentary
tradition. The biggest
credit for violating parlia-
mentary traditions in Ra-
jasthan goes to Rajendra
Rathore. Despite being
deputy LoP, you brought
suspended members
inside the House and are
creating ruckus,” Joshi
said in a stern tone. The
4 MLAs were suspended
for the rest of the Budget
session on Thursday
for creating ruckus in
the House. “Why did
you bring 4 MLAs to the
House before the sus-
pension is revoked? You
have done the work of
breaking the traditions,”
Joshi said.Rathore
wanted to raise the is-
sue of REET paper leak
as soon as the House
began, but Speaker CP
Joshi did not allow, but
Rathore continued to
speak, Speaker got angry
and reprimanded him.
Related reports on P2
YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN POSITION
ACCORDING TO YOUR ABILITIES, NOW START
WORKING FOR MISSION 2023: GEHLOT
POLITICAL APPOINTEES CALL ON CM
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: After receiving
political appointments,
Congress leaders made
a beeline to meet Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
and expressed their
gratitude on Friday.
Congratulating all the
leaders in the High Tea
program organized at
the Chief Minister’s
residence, CM Gehlot
said that everyone’s
consent and responsi-
bilities have been given
according to their abil-
ity. “You have to main-
tain your activism
among the public. Your
role is very important
for Mission 2023. All of
you leaders should take
responsibility of each
and every district of the
state along with the
functioning of their re-
spective Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot
NO MoS STATUS FOR APPOINTEE MLAs
With suspense developing over the issue if MLAs, who
has been given political appointments, will be given
MoS status, it has now come to light that such MLAs will
not be accorded MoS status. According to the decision of
the Supreme Court, MLAs cannot remain in the office of
profit. In such a situation, only the responsibility of the head
of the Board / Corporation / Commission will be given and
no facilities will be given to the MLAs. In this regard the
state government will not issue any order for granting sta-
tus or any facility. This was cleared in the meeting at CMR,
although leaders who are not MLAs will get facilities.
‘OPPN FAILED IN DIVIDING PEOPLE ON CASTE LINES’
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ON HIJAB CONUNDRUM
BJP LEADING IN UP POLLS
1ST PHASE, CLAIMS PM
After Thursday’s elections, I can tell you that BJP will break all past records,
says PM; Elimination of BJP started from Phase-I, counters Akhilesh Yadav
Aditi Nagar
Kasganj: A day after
Phase I elections in the
58 seats of Western Ut-
tar Pradesh, both the
main players—
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty and SP/RLD—
claimed major gains
and leads in the seven-
phase elections in the
key state.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi said the
ruling BJP “will win
UP with record num-
bers” while main chal-
lenger Akhilesh Yadav
of the Samajwadi Par-
ty maintained the saf-
fron party’s “elimina-
tion has started from
Phase I”.
Bengaluru: The inter-
est of students in Kar-
nataka will be served
better if they return to
classes rather than
raise protests over is-
sues like wearing the
hijab and saffron
shawls in classrooms,
a full bench of the Kar-
nataka High Court has
stated in its seven-page
interim order on the
hijab row which has
led to the closure of
colleges in the state.
The HC on Friday
put out the full copy of
its order after initially
issuing oral orders on
Thursday at the end of
a hearing for interim
relief on the issue re-
garding whether a ban
on Muslim girls wear-
ing the hijab in class-
rooms in some colleges
in the state is a viola-
tion of their funda-
mental right to free-
dom of religion.
“The interest of stu-
dents would be better
served by their return-
ing to the classes than
by the continuation of
agitations and conse-
quent closure of insti-
tutions. The academic
year is coming to an end
shortly,” the high court
full bench comprising
Chief Justice Ritu Raj
Awasthi, Justice Krish-
na S Dixit, and Justice
JM Khazi stated in the
interim order.
Yogi finished mafia
fromRohilkhand:Shah
Bareilly: Maintaining
the spotlight on the is-
sue of law and order,
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Friday
hailed UP CM Yogi
Adityanath-led UP gov-
ernment for “finished
mafia from western
parts of the state and
Rohilkhand”.
Addressing a public
rally in Bareilly, Shah
said, “There was a
time when the UP po-
lice used to run
away after see-
ing the ma-
fia. Now
mafia runs away after
listening to the Police
siren.” Shah also tar-
getted SP and BSP for
playing caste politics
in the state.
Will be better for students to
attend classes than protest
Security forces hold flag march in Udupi
STIR AT CHAKSU COLLEGE,
PROTESTS AT ALBERT HALL
Jaipur: The heat of the Hijab controversy case
in Karnataka has now reached the capital Jaipur.
Muslim girls and relatives held a stir at a private
college in Chaksu after the students were not al-
lowed to attend classes wearing burqas. A meeting
of administrative officials and Muslim community
representatives was held late Friday where it was
decided to follow dress code prescribed in the col-
lege and not to repeat such an incident. Meanwhile,
a massive protest was held on behalf of Muslim
women on the hijab issue. The rally started from
Muslim Musafirkhana and ended at Albert Hall via
different routes. It was demanded that the way in
which an attempt is being made to create com-
munal tension, the central government should take
efforts to stop this. A large number of girl students
participated in the demonstration. P7
IIM BANGALORE
FACULTY URGE
NCW TO ACT
SC REFUSES
URGENT HEARING
ON THE ISSUE
Five faculty members of
IIM Bangalore urging the
National Commission for
Women (NCW) to secure
the rights of Muslim
women facing “intimi-
dation”, and 184 Azim
Premji University students
showed solidarity with
those “denied education
based on their attire”.
The Supreme Court on
Friday refused to urgently
hear petitions challenging
the Karnataka High Court’s
order concerning the hijab
row that has erupted in
the state. “Don’t spread
these things to a larger
level Let us see what is the
appropriate time for us to
interfere,” the SC said.
1 cop killed, 4 hurt in terrorist
attack in J&K’s Bandipora
One section after hijab, another
after dhoti: Madras CJ Bhandari
Bandipora: police offi-
cial was killed and four
others were injured
when terrorists threw a
grenade at them near
Nishat Park in Bandip-
ora district of Jammu
and Kashmir on Friday
.
The injured have
been shifted to hospital
for treatment.
“
At about 1700hrs, ter-
rorists hurled a grenade
on a joint party of police
and BSF in Bandipora
resulting in martyrdom
of one police personnel
and injuries to four oth-
er police personnel,”
saidapolicespokesman.
The condition of the
otherinjuredpersonnelis
stable, he added. The po-
licemankilledwasidenti-
fied as Zubair Ahmad.
Chennai:Certainforces
have raised controver-
sies relating to dress
code and it is spreading
all over India, the Ma-
drashighcourtobserved
duringahearingonpeti-
tions that sought orders
to the government to
prescribe a dress code to
enter temples.
“It is really shocking,
somebody is going for
the ‘hijab’, some for the
‘topi’ (cap) and a few
others for other things.
Is it one country or is it
divided by religion or
something like that?
This is quite surpris-
ing,” the bench of act-
ing Chief Justice MN
Bhandari and justice D
Bharatha Chakravarthi
observed.
Sitha mocks Rahul over
‘poverty a state of mind’
New Delhi: Hitting
back at former Con-
gress president Rahul
Gandhi for his allega-
tion that the Union
Budget 2022-23
did not have
enough for the
poor, Finance
Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman on
Friday recalled
the Wayanad MP’s 2013
comment of “poverty
being a state of mind”,
and mocked him asking
if that was the poverty
she was supposed to ad-
dress.
Speaking during the
discussion on the Budg-
et in the Rajya Sabha,
S i t h a r a m a n ,
without naming
Gandhi, referred
to the Congress
leader’s remarks
on poverty to
counter the criti-
cism from Opposition
leaders, including for-
mer finance minister P
Chidambaram, that the
Budget left out the poor.
‘BJP stole people’s mandate
in 2017 Goa Assembly polls’
Unnao murder accused
not linked to SP: Akhilesh
Madgaon: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Friday hit out at
the Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party for “steal-
ing” the mandate of
the people of
Goa in the
2017 Assem-
bly elec-
tions in the
s t at e
through corruption.
Addressing a press
conference here
ahead of the assem-
bly elections, the for-
mer Congress chief
said, “The BJP in
the five years,
they did not do
any work of de-
velopment. Now
they say that
nothing was
done before
2012.”
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav denied any links between his party
and Rajol Singh, an ex-Uttar Pradesh min-
ister’s son who was accused of the murder
of a Dalit woman in Unnao. “The minister
died four years ago and his son
has nothing to do with the party,”
Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday.
Akhilesh’s comments came a
day after the body of a 22-year-
old woman was recovered near
an ashram. The woman had
gone missing two months
ago on December 8.
STOP IT OR WE
WILL: SC TO TEAM
YOGI ABOUT FINING
CAA PROTESTS
The UP government was told
off by the Supreme Court for
trying to recover money for
property damage during the
2019 anti-CAA protests from
those identified as protest-
ers. The court said it is
giving one final opportunity
to withdraw the proceedings
or it will quash it for being in
violation of the law.
Members of Muslim community stage protest against the Hijab
controversy at Albert Hall in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN
PM Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Kasganj on Friday.
90% COPS CORRUPT,
INCAPABLE: SAYS
MADRAS HIGH COURT
In a contempt petition
filed against a Police
Inspector alleging wilful
disobedience of the court
order, Madras High Court
observed that the police
department is running
with 90 per cent corrup-
tive officers as on date.
Justice P Velmurugan
further observed that it is
the right time to sensitise
police officials.

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RUCKUS OVER REET FOR 3RD
CONSECUTIVE DAY
SPEAKER JOSHI & MIN DHARIWAL RULE OUT OPPN’S DEMAND FOR CBI PROBE INTO REET PAPER LEAK, BD KALLA SAYS MATTER SUBJUDICE
Yogesh Sharma &
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan as-
sembly witnessed un-
ruly scenes for the
third consecutive
day on Friday as
the opposition
BJP created a
ruckus de-
manding a CBI
inquiry into the
REET paper leak
case.
On Thursday, four
BJP MLAs were sus-
pended from the assem-
bly for the rest of the
session for disrupting
the proceedings of the
House. However, the
four arrived in the
House on Friday and
joined other BJP legis-
lators in the protest to
whichSpeakerCPJoshi
raised an objection.
As soon as the Ques-
tion Hour began, oppo-
sition MLAs began rais-
ing their demand for a
CBI probe. They also
demanded that the sus-
pension of the four
MLAs be revoked.
Leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria
and Deputy LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore said the
footage of Thursday’s
proceedings in the
House should be seen
and action against the
ruling party MLAs be
taken for misbehaviour.
They also suggested to
the Speaker to hold a
separate discussion to
end the deadlock.
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur : Under the ae-
gis of Rajasthan High
Court Bar Association,
lawyers took out a
peace march on foot to-
wards the Assembly on
Friday. Advocate Pro-
tection Act, Advocate
Welfare Fund Amend-
ment Bill and demands
for including honorari-
um for young advocates
are the key points of
protest.
Lawyers started the
march from gate no. 4.
The peace march of
lawyers was stopped by
heavy police force at
Ambedkar Circle. After
persuasion, a team of
10 lawyers went in po-
lice vehicles to the As-
sembly for talks. HC
Bar Association Prez
Bhuvnesh Sharma and
GS Giriraj Sharma said
that they have submit-
ted a memorandum to
minister BD Kalla re-
garding many de-
mands.
Kalla has assured
them that he would try
his best to keep the Bill
in this session, other-
wise it would be placed
in the next session.
भारत सरकार
परायावरण, वन एवं जलवारु पररवतयान मंत्ालर
क्षेत्रीर कारायालर (मधर)
क्रमांक: सं. 8वी/राज./06/35/2015/एफ.सी./857 दिनांक : 03.09.2020
सेवा में,
शासन सदिव (वन)
दसदवल सदिवालय,
राजस्ान शासन,
जयपुर, राजस्ान।
Online Proposal No.-FP/RAJ/ROAD/10911/2015
विषय :- Diversion of 2.27 ha. of forest land for construction of Hinglot
to Madnakheri in Rajasthan in Baran Forest Division.
संदर्भ:- शासन सदिव, राजस्ान का पतांक प.1(74)वन/2015, जयपुर दिनांक
20.08.2020
महोिय,
उपरोक्त दवषयक अद्त. प्रधान मुखय वन संरक्षक एवं नोडल अदधकारी, जयपुर के पतांक सं.
एफ-14 ()2015/व.सं. / प्रमुवस / 590 दिनांक 23.07.2018 का आशय ग्रहण करने का कष्ट
करें, दजसके द्ारा दवषयांदक्त प्रस्ताव पर वन (संरक्षक) अदधदनयम, 1980 की धारा (2) के
अन्तर्ग्त भार्त सरकार की सवीकृद्त मांरी रयी ्ी।
प्रकरण के परीक्षणोपरान्त मुझे आपको यह सूदि्त करने का दनिदेश हुआ है दक केनद्र सरकार
उपरोक्त दवषयांदक्त पररयोजना हे्तु 2.27 हे. संरदक्ष्त वनभूदम के प्रतयाव्त्गन एवं दिना वृक्ष पा्तन की
सैद्ानन्तक सवीकृद्त दनम्नदलदि्त श्ततों पर प्रिान की जा्ती है:
1. Legal status of the forest land shall remain unchanged.
2. Forest land will be handed over only after required non-forest land for the
project is handed over to the user agency,
3. Compensatory afforestation shall be taken up by the forest Department
over 2.27 ha equivalent non-forest land in (Compartment Khasra No. Not
provided, Village Sorsan, Tehsil Anta, District Baran) at the cost of the
user ageney. As far as possible. A mixture of local indigenous species shall
be planted and monoculture of any species may be avoided.
4. The non-forest land has to be transferred and matated in favour of the State
Forest Department.
5. The cost of compensatory afforestation at the prevailing wage rates as per
compensatory afforestation scheme and the cost of survey, demarcation and
erection of permanent pillars if required on the CA land shall be deposited
in advance with the Forest Department by the project authority. The CA will
be maintined for 10 years. The scheme may include appropriate provision
for anticipated cost increase for works scheduled for subsequent years.
6. The State Government shall charge the Net Present Value (NPV) for
the 2.27 ha. Forest area to be diverted under this proposal from the User
Agency as per the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India dated
30/10/2002, 01/08/2003, 28/03/2008, 24/04/2008 and 09/05/2008 in
IA No. 566 in WP(C) No. 202/1995 and as per the guidelines issued by
the Ministry vide letters No. 5-1/1998-FC (Pt.II) dated 18/09/2003 as
well as letter No. 5-2/2006-FC dated 03/10/2006 and 5-3/2007-FC dated
05/02/2009 in this regard.
7. Additional amount of the NPV of the diverted forest land if any becoming
due after finalization of the same by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India
on receipt of the report from the Expert Committee. Shall be charged by the
State Government from the User Agency. The User Agency shall furnish an
undertaking to this effect.
8. The complete compliance of the FRA. 2006 shall be ensured by way of
prescribed certificate from the concerned District Collector.
9. User agency shall raise strip plantation on both sides and central verge of
the road as per the IRC norms.
10. Speed regulating signage will be erected along the road at regular intervals
in the Protected Areas/Forest Area.
11. The user agency shall provide suitable under over pass in Protected Area /
Forest Area as per recommendations of CWLW/NBWL/FAC/REC.
12. User Agency shall obtain Environmental Clearnace as per the Provisions of
the Enviornmental (Protection) Act, 1986, if applicable.
13. The boundary of the diverted forest land shall be suitably demarcated on
ground at the project cost, as per the directions of the concerned Divisional
Forest Officer.
14. The layout plan of the proposal shall not be changed without prior approval
of Central Government.
15. No labour camp shall be established on the forest land.
16. Sufficient firewood. Preferably the alternate fuel. Shall be provided by
the User Agency to the labourer after purchasing the same from the State
Forest Department or the Forest Development Corporation or any other
legal source of alternate fuel.
17. No additional or new path will be constructed inside the forest area for
transportation of construction materials for execution of the project work.
18. The period of diversion under this approval shall be co-teminus with the
period of lease to the be granted in favour of the user agency or the project
life. Whichever is less.
19. The forest land shall not be used for any purpose other than that specified
in the project proposal.
20. The forest land proposed to be diverted shall under no circumstances be
transferred to any other agencies, department or person without priour
approval of Govt. of india.
21. Violation of any of these conditions will amount to violation of Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 and action would be taken as per the Moff&CC
Guideline F.No. 11-42-2017-FC dt 29/01/2018.
22. No violation of FCA certificate from concerned DFO shall be provided.
23. Any other condition that the Ministry of Enviornment, Forest & Climate
Change may stipulate from time to time in the interest of conservation
protection and development of forests & wildlife.
24. All the funds received from the user agency under the project shall be
transferred / deposited to CAMPA fund only through e-portal (https://
parivesh.nic.in/).
25. The compliance report shall be uploaded on e-portal (https://pariveshi.nic.in/).
After receipt of the compliance report from the State Government on
fulfillment of the conditions mentioned above, final/stage-Il approval
of the Central Government, in accordance with Section-2 of the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980. Will be accorded.
रिदीय
(डॉ. प्राची गंगिरार)
उप िन महरावनरीक्षक (केन्द्ीय)
DIPR/C/1781/2022
third consecutive
REET paper leak
BUDGET
SESSION
Heavy police force was deployed outside the Assembly keeping in view protest march by lawyers. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Lawyers protesting under the banner of Rajasthan High Court Bar
Association at Ambedkar Circle. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Protesting BJP
has decided that noth-
ing less than a CBI in-
quiry on the issue of
REET paper leak is ac-
ceptable.Ithasalsobeen
decided in their Legisla-
tive Party meeting that
the agitation will con-
tinue till suspension of
4 MLAs is revoked.
MLA Madan Dilawar
said that the govern-
ment is adopting
dogma. “Govt’s minis-
ters and CM are in-
volved in the REET leak
case, then they should
be investigated. CM is
post holder of Rajiv
Gandhi Study Circle
and that’s why investi-
gation is necessary,” he
said.
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DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS
MAMTA ON FUNDS CELLPHONE IN HOUSE
SUSPENDED MLAs PROTEST
KATARIA QUESTIONS
BJPadamantonREETprobebyCBI,
revocationof MLAs’suspension
BJP MLAs holding placards inside the House demanding CBI
inquiry into REET paper leak case on Friday.
CS Usha Sharma tried to end BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena’s dharna and assured Manisha of
Jhunjhunu too for whom Kirodi is protesting along with seeking CBI & ED probe REET row.
Suspended BJP MLAs Ramlal Sharma, Madan Dilawar,
Chandrabhan S Aakya & Avinash Gehlot protesting
outside the Assembly. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Kirodi’s dharna continues,
even after meeting CS Usha
Dr Rituraj Sharma &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP MP Dr
Kirodi Lal Meena met
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma on Friday
over the issue of ir-
regularities in Ra-
jasthan Eligibility
Examination for
Teachers (REET) and
put forth certain de-
mands. When CS Usha
Sharma refused to
oblige, Meena later
staged a sit-in in front
of the house of minis-
ter Rajendra Singh
Gudha against the Ge-
hlot government.
Stating the REET
scam has snatched
everything from Mani-
sha of Jhunjhunu,
Meena said until and
unless she gets justice,
he would continue his
sit-in as Gudha repre-
sents Udaipurwati, the
constituency to which
she belongs to.
Meena accused
Sharma of talking in a
roundabout manner
and dilly-dallying. He
demanded that Mani-
sha be given a compen-
sation of Rs 10 lakh, a
government job and a
high-level inquiry into
death of her husband
who was driving truck
carrying REET pa-
pers.
CA TOPPER SAVED!
A girl, CA topper, fell into the Anasagar lake in Ajmer
on Friday. According to Omprakash, head constable
of Ganj police station, information about fall of Neha
Maheshwari in Anasagar lake was received at the police
station. On the information of the matter, along with
SHO Dharamveer Singh, the police team and SDRF and
Civil Defence teams reached the spot and rescued Neha
safely. After this, the police sent the girl to JLN Hospital
for treatment. “She is a CA topper and is suffering from
depression for a long time. Due to which she is not
mentally well. Our daughter had gone out for a walk in
the morning, during which she fell into the lake,” the
family informed.
RAMGANJ: TIFF
OVER VEND SPOT
LEADS TO CLASH
DEENDAYAL
UPADHYAYA
REMEMBERED
NEWS DIGEST
Jaipur: Two groups
belonging to the same
community in Ramganj
clashed with each other
on Friday over the right
to vend at a particular
place on the roadside.
Altercation over the is-
sue turned violent when
members of both the
groups started pelting
stones at each other. The
Probe is underway.
Jaipur: A programme
to pay tributes was or-
ganised in Dhanakya on
the death anniversary
of Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyaya on Friday.
Keynote speaker All
India Sampark Pramukh
of RSS Ramlal con-
nected through virtual
medium. Union Minister
of State for Education
Subhash Sarkar also
joined virtually.
This is not a good sign. The credit for
breaking parliamentary traditions
will go to Rajendra Rathore.
Paper leak gang should be detected.
Children who are deserving should
get jobs, it should be ensured. I do
not consider opposition’s de-
mand for a CBI inquiry.
—Dr CP Joshi, Assembly Speaker
What is the point of giving investiga-
tion to CBI today? Papers were leaked
5 times in BJP rule, at that time the
probe was not even given to the SOG,
then why give it to CBI now? Gov-
ernment has no intention to hand
over the case to Central prob-
ing agency.
—Shanti Dhariwal, Parl Affairs Minister
Lawyers protest for
Protection Act

Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: In yet another
feather in its cap, the
ranking of Jaipur In-
ternational Airport has
improved and it has
been ranked third in
the country
, while it has
been ranked 57th in the
world in the quarterly
survey conducted by
Airports Council Inter-
national (ACI) for quar-
ter October and Decem-
ber 2021.
This improvement
has been shown in the
rank of Jaipur airport
just after privatisation.
The rank of Jaipur air-
port was 94th in the ear-
lier survey conducted
between July and Sept.
Points are given to
any airport on the basis
of 33 parameters in-
cluding taxi facility,
parking facility, ar-
rangement in depar-
ture area, staff behav-
ior etc. Jaipur airport
got more points for im-
proved shopping facili-
ties, elegant and helpful
behaviour of check-in
and inspection staff, re-
duced waiting time, etc.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the Envi-
ronment Management
Committee meeting
held at airport here un-
der chairmanship of
Divisional Commis-
sioner Dinesh Kumar
Yadav, the airport ad-
ministration put forth
their issues.
The danger of acci-
dents is expressed due
to the presence of dirt
around the airport.
Due to meat shops and
open drainage around,
birds hover and may
collide with the plane
causing an accident.
Earlier, they had de-
manded that the open-
ing of meat shops in
the periphery of the
airport should be
banned. However, the
Municipal Corporation
said there is a lack of
resources.
Further, the con-
cerned authorities said
that we will try to dis-
pose of the waste prop-
erly from all the shops.
Vishnu Mohan Jha,
Charan Singh, Prahlad
Singh Krishnaia, and
others attended the
meeting.
RAJASTHAN
03
ACI SURVEY: JAIPUR AIRPORT AT 57th
SPOT IN WORLD, THIRD IN COUNTRY
Covid third wave ebbing in State
Officials brainstorm to secure
airport from dirt, bird hits
This is quarterly survey conducted by Airports
Council International for quarter Oct & Dec 2021
Nagaur rape: Two
cops suspended for
delay in probe
Birla congratulates
CA topper Radhika
Narpat Joya
Nagaur: SP Ram
Moorthy suspended
Deedwana police sta-
tion SHO and a head
constable for inac-
tion in the case of
35-year-old woman,
who was found lying
unconscious in Na-
gaur district six days
after 2 men allegedly
raped her & attempt-
ed to strangle.
She had gone miss-
ing on the night of
Feb 4, and her family
had lodged a missing
complaint 2 days lat-
er. Accused identi-
fied as Suresh Megh-
wal, detained but
later released.
The SP said when
he came to know that
neither call detail re-
cords were examined
nor any physical ef-
forts made to ascer-
tain her movement
from Feb 6 to 9, CO
concerned was in-
structed to initiate a
probe, following
which Meghwal was
detained. During in-
vestigation, Meghw-
al revealed that he
and another man
raped the woman on
Feb 4 and then stran-
gled her, Moorthy
said. The woman is
admitted to a hospi-
tal in Jaipur and is
stable, he said.
He added both ac-
cused placed under
arrest.
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla
congratulated Radhika
Beriwala, who topped
the CA final exam in the
country. Conveying his
best wishes to Radhika,
Birla tweeted, “We are
proud of the success of
daughters.” He also en-
couraged other candi-
dates to continue their
efforts and wished for
their bright future.
Radhika is from
Jhunjhunu. The result
was announced on Feb-
ruary 10. Radhika
scored 640 marks (80%).
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: In a big relief
to the state’s motel and
resort operators, the
Gehlot government
has given relaxation in
repayment of huge
lease amount.
Instead of paying all
at once, the amount
can be given in install-
ments. Full amount
can be given in two
years in four half year-
ly installments and
free hold lease will be
available on depositing
all four installments.
The Urban Develop-
ment Department has
issued order in this re-
gard after approval
from UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal. This
is expected to given re-
lief to the tourism sec-
tor people affected dur-
ing the first, second
and third wave of Co-
rona.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: IT Dept took
action on 2 business
groups on Friday, large
amount of jewelery
has been found along
with other items, said
sources, valuation is
being done. Further-
more, documents de-
noting investment in
property has also been
found. IT sleuths have
so far seized Rs 4 cr at
locations of 2 business.
Action at 10 establish-
ments, out of 40, have
been completed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In matter of
armed robbery in the
house of former coun-
cillor Ramdhan Saini
at Sanganer on Thurs-
day, Commissioner of
Police Anand Srivasta-
va on Friday visit spot.
Srivastava directed
the concerned officers
to arrest miscreants at
the earliest.
Two armed men
barged into the house,
held a mother-daugh-
ter hostage and de-
camped with gold
worth Rs 1 crore and Rs
10 lakh cash. The moth-
er and daughter were
alone in the house at
the time of incident.
The miscreants
grabbed the woman’s
hair and dragged her
and beat her badly.
They also assaulted the
two-month-old girl, due
to which her face
turned red.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Covid related
deaths in Rajasthan are
gradually declining. In
the last 24 hours, 2,890
fresh cases were report-
ed in the state, while
nine patients died. This
is the lowest number of
deaths in the last 23
days. On Friday, 6,632
patients recovered
across the state and the
number of active cases
have come down to
25,779. The recovery
rate on Friday was less
than 7 per cent.
According to the
Health Department’s
Friday report, 753 pa-
tients were in Jaipur,
202 in Nagaur, 199 in
Jodhpur, 136-136 in Si-
kar-Udaipur and 107 in
Ajmer.
Divyang minor girl raped,
19-year-old accused held
UDH HIGH LEVEL
COMMITTEE FORMED
Chittorgarh: The police detained an accused of
raping a 7-year-old divyang girl who was working
with her mother in a gram field late Thursday
evening. Police detained 19-year-old accused and
recovered his mobile phone from which police
found a porn clip. The accused had lured the vic-
tim for showing cartoons on his mobile but raped
her, the police said. After the incident, victim
informed her mother about incident. Mother took
her to a hospital. After her father reached home
from a wedding, case was filed late in night. A
forensic team reached spot. Rawatbhata DSP
Jhabarmal Yadav also accompanied the team.
Gehlot govt is seri-
ous for planned
development of cities
in the state for which a
State Level High Power
Committee has been
formed under chairman-
ship of PS UDH Kunji Lal
Meena. Advisor UDH GS
Sandhu, secretary LSG,
JDA Commissioner,
Local Bodies Director,
Former Chief Town Plan-
ner HS Sancheti, HoD
of Urban Planning of
NIT, RK Vijayvargiya are
members.
12,61,000
TOTAL CASES
2,890 IN A DAY
753 IN JAIPUR
12,25,773
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,448
TOTAL DEATHS
9 IN A DAY
3 IN JAIPUR
25,779
ACTIVE CASES
COVID-19 UPDATE
Jaipur Airport got
4.87 rating points in
the survey, 57th rank
in Oct to Dec survey
9 airports of the
country included in
the survey, Jaipur’s
third place
Rank in survey from
July to September
was 94
Wi-Fi facility, speed
of baggage delivery
services bagged
points
Trivandrum ranked
35th, 43rd rank of
Goa
RANK IN
SURVEY
Hotel & motel operators can
pay back loan in 2 years now
CP Anand visits former
councillor Saini’s house
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Anand Srivastava interacting with Ramdhan Saini & his family.
IT dept seizes
`4 cr from 2
marble groups
HC rejects ex-
cop Bohra’s bail
plea for 2nd
time
NEWS DIGEST
RAS MAINS
CANDIDATES TO
GET FREE TRAVEL
IPD TOWER: JDA TO COMPLETE TECH
TENDER PROCESS BY NEXT WEEK
JMCG PAYS `50.95L
TO SAVE ITS ASSETS
FROM AUCTION
Jaipur: After provid-
ing the best facilities
to candidates of REET
examination, like free
transport and lodging
facilities by the state
government, now the
the RAS Mains can-
didates will also be
treated to an almost
similar facility as the
Rajasthan Roadways
has decided to extend
support by offering free
travel service to such
candidates from Febru-
ary 24 to 27.
Jaipur: Four firms gave tenders to the Jaipur
Development Authority to build the proposed
IPD tower at SMS Hospital here. The JDA will
complete the process of technical tender in the
next week. One of these firms had given a single
tender. When the tender was issued for the first
time for the construction of the tower the tender
of this firm was selected in the technical tender.
The second firm was the one who had the lowest
tender.
Jaipur: For not deposit-
ing interest-penalty of
Rs 19,197,000, orders
were issued to attach all
items of JMC Greater
including tables, chairs,
fans lying in the of-
fice of JMC Greater
commissioner. In
compliance with orders
lawyer, Yalap Singh,
reached municipal
headquarters to attach
table, chair, etc. Com-
missioner Yagyamitra
Singh Deo gave Rs
50.95 lakh to stop.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
Jaipur: Refusing to
provide relief to former
top cop Kailash Bohra,
the High Court on Fri-
day rejected the bail ap-
plication of the corrup-
tion tainted officer. He
had pleaded before the
court of Justice Pankaj
Bhandari that he has
been falsely implicated
whereas he has been
awarded many times in
his 25 years of career in
the department.

ndustries are the steel frame
of any nation or state. A state
havingatagof underdevelop-
ment for decades has the big-
gest challenge before it to
stand firm while it comes to
ropeinindustrialiststoastate
like Bihar which earned the
nickname “Jungle Raaj” in
the past with sparse indus-
tries. The subsequent govern-
ments tried hard to cope with
thesituationandcreateasteal
frame of industries but chal-
lenges were bigger and bigger
foralandlockedstateof Bihar
whichcompelledthestategov-
ernment to demand the spe-
cial status to Bihar. In the
givensituationespeciallydur-
ing the pandemic, the NDA
government tried to play its
trump card to strengthen the
status of industries in Bihar
and party in the power, BJP
sent it’s national leader and
former Union Cabinet Minis-
ter Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
toBihartotakeupthecudgels
of Industries Ministry in Bi-
hargovernmentonFeb9 2021.
Initially, it was considered
to be an uphill task for Hus-
sain as he had an experience
of working at the Centre. The
bigger challenges of indus-
tries in Bihar made him bold
enough to think out of the
box. He tried his national and
related international con-
tacts and links to usher in a
new era in Bihar by roping in
multi-national companies to
establish industrial units
there.
In a short span of one year,
The production of Pepsi prod-
ucts by establishing its plant
under Varun Beverages Lim-
ited at BIADA industrial area
of Barauni, Begusarai with
the investment of Rs 557.29
crore, which is about to start
its operation of the first
phase, is a big gain for Bihar.
550 people will get direct em-
ployment & 1,500 will be ben-
efitted indirectly
. The ethanol
industry has got a big boost in
Bihar during the last one year
as of the 151 units of ethanol
17 units worth Rs 180 crore
are getting ready with 4 al-
ready operational, which has
ensured to make Bihar the
biggest hub of Ethanol indus-
tries in India by the overall
production of 36 crore litres
of ethanol. Moreover, the ef-
forts also boosted the youth to
be entrepreneurs by promot-
ing small scale industries in
every village and district of
Bihar for which 16,000 benefi-
ciaries have already been fi-
nalised who will be provided
with Rs 10 lakh each (with Rs
5 lakh as grant and Rs 5 lakh
as loan on easy interest/in-
stalment) for small industries
which is making them a job
giver, not a job seeker. All
these are to be distributed un-
derCM’sSC/STentrepreneur
scheme, CM’s most backward
entrepreneur scheme,
CM’s youth entre-
preneur scheme,
andCM’swomen
entrepreneur
scheme. At
Motipur of Mu-
zaffarpur, a
food park of
Rs 400 crore
has been
sanctioned.
Khadi is be-
ing promoted by organising
KhadiMelacumexhibitionin
many districts and by making
Khadi malls in Patna, Muzaf-
farpur, Bhagalpur, and
Purnea. To promote hand-
loom, National Handloom ex-
pos were held with one in De-
cember last year at Patna and
soon to be held at Bhagalpur,
Nalanda, and Gaya. Prepara-
tions are underway for 75
Khadi and handloom exhibi-
tions in and outside the state.
Decks are set to initiate a re-
gional office of the Indian
Silk Export Promotion Coun-
cil at Bhagalpur in addition to
an office of the Directorate of
Foreign Trade (DGFT). In
terms of industry
, Bihar will
be on the national map with
establishment of an indus-
trial hub on the Amritsar-
Kolkata corridor near Dobhi
of Gaya district.
The corporates roped in by
the efforts of Industries Min-
ister Syed Shahnawaz Hus-
sain have shown their inter-
ests to invest by establishing
industrial units in food pro-
cessing, healthcare-oxygen
plants, plastic and rubber,
tourism, textile etc. An attrac-
tion for the corporate investor
in Bihar is a state-of-the-art
land pool of 2900 acres, which
has been earmarked to estab-
lishindustries.Thegeo-strate-
gic location of Bihar, which is
near Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhu-
tan, UP
, Bengal, Jharkhand,
and Orissa, provides it with a
bigprospectivemarketof over
a population of 55 crore. 750
kilometers of upgraded NHs
and 5 dedicated freight corri-
dors passing through Bihar
haveputBiharonthehighway
of prospective industrialisa-
tion. Apart from bordering
good airports, well-developed
airports with all modern fa-
cilities at Patna, Gaya, and
Darbhanga have the potential
to boost trade and business.
The Nepal sector of the Asian
tradecorridorisjust25kilom-
eters from Bihar, which con-
nects Bihar with other South
Asian nations. Kolkata and
Haldia ports connect Bihar
withSoutheastnations.Above
all, the presence of a large
number of skilled and un-
skilled workforces in Bihar
makes it the cynosure of in-
dustries across the nation.
The acumen and vision with a
national perspective and of
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
have helped Bihar to exploit
all these strategic means to
makeBiharanindustrialhub.
7 images of Bihar are fast
changing at the national lev-
el. The development of a busi-
ness and industry-friendly
atmosphere in recent times
have boosted up the confi-
dence of potential investors
in Bihar to look towards the
state and the receipt of 519
proposals for establishing in-
dustrial units worth Rs 36,694
crore is a glaring example of
a brighter future ahead. Once
bitten twice shy
, the people of
Bihar have been misled for
decades in the name of indus-
trialisation and the recent
development and investors’
interests in Bihar has created
great hope, which has in-
creased the responsibilities
of Industries Minister Syed
Shahnawaz Hussain and his
proactive role has further put
him at the ‘centre of atten-
tion.’ His one year tenure
gives an inkling to tackle big
challenges ahead successful-
ly
. Hope his tenure would be a
landmark in development of
industries in Bihar. The NDA
government, under the lead-
ership of Chief Minister Nit-
ish Kumar, industry minister
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain’s
perspective for industrialisa-
tion would be considered re-
markable, if his vision goes
with the pace it picked up.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A YEAR OF INDUSTRY/INDUSTRIALISATION IN BIHAR
WHAT COULD THE MINISTER SYED
SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN ACHIEVE?
I
DR KHALID
RAZA KHAN
The writer is Former Editor,
Alami Sahara Urdu
Once bitten twice shy,
the people of Bihar have
been misled for decades
in the name of
industrialisation and
the recent development
and investors’ interests
in Bihar has created
great hope, which has
increased responsibilities
of industry minister
Syed Shahnawaz
Hussain and his
proactive role has
further put him at the
‘centre of attention.’
Hussain’s tenure would
be a landmark in
development of
industries in Bihar. NDA
govt, under CM Nitish
Kumar’s leadership &
Hussain’s industrialisation
perspective would be
considered remarkable
if his vision goes with
the pace it picked up
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Vol 3 Issue No. 247
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Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The happiness which comes
from long practice, which leads
to the end of suffering, which at
first is like poison, but at last
like nectar - this kind of
happiness arises from the
serenity of one’s own mind.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Heartfelt tributes to Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyay ji on his death anniversary.
He has given such a philosophical
concept of integral human philosophy
to the politics of India, which is
completely in line with the culture,
tradition and nature of this country. His
thoughts will continue to inspire the
coming generations.
Shashi Tharoor
@ShashiTharoor
Many doctors are expressing concern.
I am all in favour of introducing Indian
elements into Indian education, but
not at the expense of universal values
and standards. Why can’t the Charaka
Shapath supplement, rather than
supplant, the HippocraticOath that
doctors worldwide take?
TOP TWEETS
ASHISH MISHRA
GETS BAIL, SPARKS
FEAR AHEAD OF
FEB 23 VOTING
nion Minister of
State for Home Ajay
Mishra Teni’s son
Ashish Mishra, who
wasaccusedof crush-
ing protesting farmers under an
SUV allegedly driven by him in
Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3,
has been granted bail by the Luc-
know Bench of Allahabad High
Court. Ashish was arrested only
after pressure from the Supreme
Court. There should be no issue
with the high court’s bail order
as the Supreme Court has been
of the view that jail should be an
exception and bail is a rule given
certain conditions.
The only fear is that the ac-
cused may try and intimidate
voters and witnesses in Lakhim-
pur which goes to poll on Febru-
ary 23. There is no guarantee
that Ashish, given his father’s
profile, may not do so. The Un-
nao rape case of 2017 is an exam-
ple of how a high-profile ac-
cused can go all out to silence
witnesses. One ardently hopes
that the state will ensure safety
of witnesses and also challenge
the bail order.
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INDIA
05
BSP's help to Yogi in Gorakhpur
Mahesh Sharma
Gorakhpur: Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP) lead-
er Mayawati is helping
BJP in many ways. In
western Uttar Pradesh,
she has fielded a large
number of Muslim can-
didates. She has fielded
candidates in such a
way that the SP will suf-
fer in more than 60 per
cent of the seats.
But it is surprising
that she has also helped
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath in Gorakh-
pur city seat. Think,
BJP is contesting the
state elections on Yogi’s
face and his work and
he needed help in his
area! To help them,
Mayawati’s party has
fielded a Muslim candi-
date for the Gorakhpur
city seat.
This is the first time
in the last three decades
that a Muslim candi-
datehas been fielded
from Gorakhpur city
seat by any of the state’s
major parties. That too
when the Mahant of
Gorakhnath Peeth and
the Chief Minister of
the state is contesting
from the seat. Mayawati
has fielded Khwaja
Shamsuddin and the
party maintains that
there are a large num-
ber of Muslims and Dal-
its in this seat, whose
equation will work in
favour of BSP and if
Brahmins join together
then BSP will win. It is
also being said that
BSP’s Brahmin leader
Satish Chandra Mishra
is working for this. But
in reality, the purpose
of giving a Muslim can-
didate for Gorakhpur
seat is to polarise to
electorate as because of
the Muslim candidate,
the Hindu vote will be
consolidated in favor of
Yogi, and at the same
time, more strongly the
BSP will contest on this
seat, the more Muslim
and Dalit votes it gets,
and as a result the
weaker the SP candi-
date will be.
Mayawati Yogi Adityanath
There are 715 villages, 10 municipal corporations in Kasganj. —FILE PHOTO
Past trends show UP’s Kasganj seat is ‘key’ to Lucknow
Kasganj: In the city of
temples locals believe
that whoever wins in
Kasganj forms the gov-
ernment in Lucknow
even while the constitu-
ency has never been a
stronghold of any po-
litical party
.
Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) had won Kasganj
seat in 2007 when the
party formed the gov-
ernment in the state. In
2007theBSP’sHasratUl-
lah Sherwani had won
the seat, but Samajwadi
Party (SP) wrested the
constituency in 2012
when the party came to
power in the state. Sher-
wani had lost to SP’s
Manpal Singh in 2012.
In 2017, when the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)formedthegovern-
ment the party’s candi-
date Devendra Singh Ra-
jput won by a margin of
over 49,000 votes against
SP’s Manpal Singh.
Kasganj, a city and
the district headquar-
ters of Kasganj dis-
trict, lies in the ‘Braj
region’. Braj, was
known as ‘Khasganj’
during the Mughal and
British periods.
Prominent farmer’s
leader Kuldeep Pandey
will be seen contesting
for congress against
BJP’s sitting MLA Dev-
endra Singh Rajput
from the key battle-
ground in UP.
Former MLA Manpal
Singh has got tickets
from SP whereas party
worker Prabhudayal
Verma is the nominee
of the BSP.
Since the 1977 elec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh,
BJP won four times and
Samajwadi Party two
times from the Kasganj
constituency
.
There are 715 villag-
es, 10 municipal corpo-
rations in Kasganj. Ac-
cording to the last Cen-
sus, the population is
14,36,719 and has a 61
per cent literacy rate.
The seven phased As-
sembly elections in Ut-
tar Pradesh commenced
on February 10. The rest
six phases for the state
assembly are scheduled
for February 14, 20, 23,
27, March 3, and 7. The
counting of votes will
take place on March 10.
WILL BJP CONTINUE WINNING STREAK?
Political observers say the BJP is going all out for
the Braj region while hoping to retain several seats.
Earlier, BJP national president JP Nadda held a review
meeting with office-bearers of the 40 constituencies in
the Braj region and discussed key issues in the run-up to
the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Prominent
farmer’s leader Kuldeep Pandey will be seen contesting
for congress against BJP’s sitting MLA Devendra Singh
Rajput from the key battleground in UP.
UP: Richest
candidate has
assets worth
`296 crore
Noida: The richest can-
didate in fray for the
second phase of assem-
bly elections in Uttar
Pradesh has assets
worth `296 crore, while
the poorest has just
`6,700, according to a
report.
Voting is scheduled
to take place on Febru-
ary 14 on 55 assembly
seats of the state, span-
ning the nine districts
of Amroha, Bareilly,
Bijnor, Budaun, Mo-
radabad, Rampur, Saha-
ranpur, Sambhal and
Shahjahanpur in west-
ern UP.
The Uttar Pradesh
Election Watch and As-
sociation for Democrat-
ic Reforms (ADR) in a
report said they have
analysed the self-sworn
affidavits of 584 candi-
dates out of 586, who
are contesting the sec-
ond phase elections.
The richest candi-
date, Nawab Kazim Ali
Khan, the Congress
candidate from Rampur
assembly seat, has de-
clared assets worth `296
crore, the report said.
—PTI
IN SECOND PHASE
HARISH RAWAT WILL
BE CM IF CONG WINS
Sharat K Verma
Dehradun: After Pun-
jab, there is a demand to
announce the Congress
chief ministerial candi-
dateinUttarakhand.But
itdoesnotseemthatCon-
gress will announce the
CM contender there. If
theannouncementhadto
be made, the Congress
would have done it by
now. Otherwise why
would party’s election
campaign committee
chairman Harish Rawat
have played the Dalit
card? He announced re-
cently that Yashpal Arya
has the ability to lead.
Through this statement,
he told in gestures that
BJP can also make Dalit
Chief Minister. Signifi-
cantly
, Yashpal Arya had
left the party and re-
turned to the Congress a
few days back and now
Rawat has played a big
bet by tossing his name.
Informed sources of
Congress say that there
isnoconfusionaboutthe
face of Congress in Utta-
rakhandandif Congress
wins, Harish Rawat will
be the chief minister.
One of the major rea-
sons for this is Rahul’s
disillusionmentwiththe
youth leaders. A leader
close to him says that
most of the youth and
leaders of political fami-
lies that Rahul brought
forward,turnedouttobe
fraudsters or greedy for
power. Most of them
have left the party and
those who are left are
also not loyal to the Con-
gress and the family
.
Harish Rawat
HIMANTA’S BARB AT RAHUL FOR QUESTIONING SURGICAL STRIKE, VACCINES
DO WE ASK RAHUL GANDHI IF HE IS
RAJIV GANDHI’S SON: ASSAM CM
Dehradun: Assam
Chief Minister and
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Himanta
Biswa Sarma on Friday
said his party never
sought proof of Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi being the son of
former Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi. He said
this while hitting out at
the Congress for repeat-
edly raising doubts
about India’s surgical
strikes and vaccines
against the coronavirus
disease.
Sarma, a former Con-
gress leader who had
switched camps in 2015,
is in Uttarakhand to
campaign for the BJP
for the upcoming As-
sembly election in the
hill state.
“The Congress asked
for proof of surgical
strikes, authenticity of
vaccine. Did we ever
ask proof from Rahul
Gandhi of being Rajiv
Gandhi’s son?” he said.
The Assam CM fur-
ther hit out at Gandhi
over his “union of
states” remark saying
the Congress is indulg-
ing into the politics of
polarisation. Hearing
all this makes one feel
if Jinnah’s soul has en-
tered into the Congress.
—ANI
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma with BJP leaders in Uttarakhand on Friday.
PM MODI
DISTRACTING
PEOPLE OF GOA
FROM REAL
ISSUES: RAHUL
Panaji: Senior Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Friday accused Prime Minister
Narendra Modi of distract-
ing the attention of people
of Goa from real issues like
environment and employment.
Criticising Modi over his state-
ment that if Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru wanted, Goa could have
been liberated “within hours”
in 1947 when India attained
independence, Gandhi said the
prime minister does not un-
derstand the situation of those
times and what was happening
post-World War II. Addressing
a press conference in Margao,
around 35 kms from here,
Gandhi expressed confidence
that the Congress will win
majority of seats in the Febru-
ary 14 Goa assembly elections
and there won’t be any need
for post-poll alliances. “Modi
has come to Goa because he
wants to distract Goa from
real issues like employment,
environment...Did he speak
anything about environment
and employment? BJP’s
manifesto has no word
about environment,” Gandhi
said. PM should tell Goans
what they have done for
creating employment in the
State and for tourism indus-
try, he added. —Agencies
POLLS
U’khand
AFTER PM’S DYNASTY SWIPE, LALU’S
‘BLESS WITH CHILDREN’ REPLY
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav has taken
a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over PM Modi’s comments
in the Rajya Sabha that dynastic parties are the biggest
threat to democracy. Lalu Yadav has nine children. His
son, Tejashwi Yadav, was Bihar Deputy Chief Minister
in 2015 when the Rashtriya Janata Dal, or RJD, and Mr
Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) were in a short-lived alli-
ance. Tejashwi Yadav is seen to be in line to head the RJD
after Lalu Prasad, although his father hasn’t confirmed it
publicly. “Modi never had any children. Nitish has a son
who is averse to politics. One can only pray that they
are blessed with children who can carry forward their
political legacy,” said the RJD chief, who is out on bail
in the Bihar fodder scam, in which he was convicted of
swindling government funds meant for cattle fodder.
CAN’T STOP HONEST
PERSON FOR LONG:
SIDHU’S DAUGHTER
Chandigarh: Punjab
Congress chief Navjot
Singh Sidhu’s daughter
Rabia Kaur
on Friday
claimed
that “an
honest
person
can’t be
stopped for
long” while reacting to
the party not endorsing
his father as the Chief
Ministerial face of the
State. Speaking to media,
Rabia Kaur said that
“maybe the Congress
high command had some
compulsion while choos-
ing the Chief Ministerial
candidate”. “Maybe they
(high command) had
some compulsion. I have
no say in this but it is
good for them,” she said.
BJP IS SWEATING IN
WINTER OF NORTH
INDIA: BKU CHIEF
Muzaffarnagar: As the first
phase of voting on 58 As-
sembly seats spread in 11
districts of
western Ut-
tar Pradesh
con-
cluded on
Thursday,
Bharatiya
Kisan Union
(BKU) president Naresh
Tikait asserted on Friday
that the BJP is losing com-
prehensively in the region
that is why it is sweating in
the winter of north India.
While attacking the BJP, Ti-
kait said, “The electorate’s
rujhan (inclination) was
towards the SP-RLD alli-
ance. Tanashahi (dictatorial
attitude) won’t work with
us. You can look at the his-
tory. We haven’t suffered
injustice for long.”
Thakur slams Jayant for not voting
Varanasi: Union Min-
ister Anurag Thakur on
Friday hit out at Rash-
triya Lok Dal (RLD)
chief Jayant Chaud-
hary
, saying the Opposi-
tion leader did not cast
his vote in the first
phase of polling for Ut-
tar Pradesh Assembly
elections. Thakur said
that Chaudhary’s skip-
ping voting shows “his
opinion on democracy”.
Speaking to media,
Thakur said, “A few dy-
nasty politicians, in-
cluding the RLD chief
Jayant Chaudhary,
don’t cast their votes.
Their thoughts about
democracy become
clear by such actions.
Such parties have lost
earlier also, and will
lose in future too.”
Thakur is campaign-
ing for the candidates
of his party in Varanasi
ahead of the second
phase of the Uttar
Pradesh elections.
While attacking the
Opposition, Thakur
said that the people will
not accept the Congress
irrespective of what is-
sues it raises. —ANI
Skipping voting
shows his opinion
on democracy:
Anurag in Varanasi
Jayant Chaudhary
Anurag Thakur

Cape Town: The World
Health Organization’s
(WHO) chief scientist,
Soumya Swaminathan,
said on Friday that the
world was not yet at the
end of the Covid-19
pandemic as there
would be more Covid
variants.
“We have seen the vi-
rus evolve, mutate ... so
we know there will be
more variants, more
variants of concern, so
we are not at the end of
the pandemic,” Swami-
nathan told reporters in
South Africa, where she
was visiting vaccine
manufacturing facili-
ties with WHO director-
general Tedros Adha-
nom Ghebreyesus.
In an interview to
Bloomberg, Swamina-
than said nobody can
predict when the pan-
demic will end. “Let’s
not declare the pan-
demic over as some
people are doing now. It
would be foolish to
drop all precautions
that we’ve been taking
all this time. We need to
continue that and hope-
fully by the end of 2022,
we’ll be in a much bet-
ter position. A variant
can arise anywhere
and you’re back to
square one. We still
need to be cautious,”
she said.
The chief scientist
said the world will
learn how to live with
the virus, like with
other respiratory vi-
ruses. “We’ll have
much better surveil-
lance systems globally.
We know that even if
you have an ordinary
respiratory infection
or a flu, it’s good to
keep your mask on. We
should take that into
the future,” she said.
INDIA
06
WITH PANDEMIC, WE COULD BE
BACK TO SQUARE ONESOON: WHO
New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and
Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Friday decided
to resume cooked meals on all trains by February
14 after the service was stopped last year owing
to Covid-19 restrictions. As of January, cooked
food services was restored in 80% of trains.
Ready-to-eat meals, however, will also continue
to be served on demand. Due to the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent un-
precedented lockdown, e-catering services were
suspended on March 22, 2020. In August last
year, IRCTC started ready-to-eat meal service.
Cooked food services were restored in 80% of
trains in January, 2022.
IRCTC to resume cooked food
in all trains from February 14
WHO’s chief
scientist sees
long road ahead
after pandemic
z Scientists find
early versions
of Covid, maybe
linked to lab leak
theory
z Prince Charles
is isolating after
testing positive
for coronavirus
for the second
time, his office
says.
z UK lifts all testing
requirements for
vaccinated travel-
lers
z Sikkim lifts
Covid-19 induced
restrictions
z Covid shots for
under-15 under
study: Dr VK Paul
z Study finds two
vaccine doses not
sufficient to fight
Omicron
z Surveillance of
Zika virus needed
to prevent future
outbreaks: ICMR-
NIV Pune study
HIGHLIGHTS
We have seen the virus
evolve, mutate ... so we
know there will be more
variants, more variants of concern,
so we are not at the end of the pan-
demic. —Soumya Swaminathan,
World Health Organization’s chief scientist
Melbourne: Defence
and security are key pil-
lars of the partnership
between India and Aus-
tralia, External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
said in Melbourne on
Friday, as he held talks
with Australian De-
fence Minister Peter
Dutton ahead of a cru-
cial meeting of Quad
Foreign Ministers.
Jaishankar is in Aus-
tralia on his first trip to
the country as external
affairs minister. He will
co-chair with his Aus-
tralian counterpart
Marise Payne the 12th
India-Australia foreign
ministers’ framework
dialogue on February
12 besides attending the
Quad meeting.
“Started the day with
meeting Defence Minis-
ter Peter Dutton_MP.
We followed up on the 2
2 discussions last year,”
he said in a tweet.
“Defence and securi-
ty are key pillars of the
India-Australia part-
nership,” he said.
Jaishankar and De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh held the inaugu-
ral ‘two-plus-two’ talks
with their Australian
counterparts Marise
Payne and Peter Dutton
in New Delhi last year.
Defence, security key pillars of
India-Oz partnership: EAM
Defining devp of this century:
India at Quad on ties with US
IN THE COURTYARD
JUDGE BEHIND INFAMOUS ‘NO SKIN-TO-SKIN
CONTACT’ ORDER RESIGNS, SAYS REPORT
PLEA IN HC AGAINST MAHA
ALLOWING SUPERMARKETS
TO SELL WINE
DELHI COURT ACQUITS INDIAN
NAVY OFFICIAL IN RAPE CASE
KASGANJ CUSTODIAL DEATH:
HC ORDERS SECOND AUTOPSY
UAPA TRIBUNAL ORDERS
ZAKIR TO BE PRESENT
AT NEXT HEARING Mumbai: Bombay High
Court judge Justice Pushpa
Ganediwala, who faced
flak over a series of judg-
ments that was deemed
as controversial for the
interpretation of what
constitutes as ‘sexual as-
sault’ under the Protection
of Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act, has
resigned.
Justice Ganediwala, who
presently presides at the
Nagpur bench of the Bom-
bay High Court, tendered
her resignation on Thurs-
day. After her problematic
judgments given in January
and February 2021, the Su-
preme Court collegium had
withdrawn its recommen-
dation to appoint Justice
Ganediwala as a permanent
judge and instead extended
for one year her tenure as
additional judge.
Mumbai: A PIL has been filed
in the Bombay High Court to
challenge the decision taken
last month by the
Maharashtra gov-
ernment, allowing
the sale of wine in
supermarkets in
the State.
The petition filed
by Sandip Kusalkar, a social
worker, said the government’s
decision was defeating the aim
and objective of de-glamorising
alcohol consumption and
would facilitate a person to buy
alcohol on his own without any
supervision. The petitioner, who
claims to be working closely
with teenagers, young adults
and underprivileged children,
who are either orphans or una-
ble to receive parental care, said
such children are susceptible to
social vices like alcohol or drug
addiction and gambling.
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a
Lt. Commander serving in Indian Navy in
a rape case and noted that at three differ-
ent stages, three different versions were
given by the prosecutrix. Additional Ses-
sions Judge Ankur Jain, Tis Hazari court,
in a judgement passed last week said, the
benefit of the doubt has to go to the ac-
cused. The defence counsel Ravi Drall for
the accused argued that the relationship
between the complainant and the accused
were consensual in nature.
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has
directed the police to exhume the body of
22-year-old Altaf, who was found dead in
a police station in Kasganj district in Uttar
Pradesh on November 9, 2021, and send
it for a second post mortem to All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in
New Delhi. The police had claimed Altaf
hanged himself with a drawstring from
the hood of his jacket, using a water pipe
in a toilet at the station that is a couple of
feet from the ground.
New Delhi: After Islamic evan-
gelist and preacher Zakir Naik
showed an inability to go to the
Indian Embassy
in Malaysia for
authentication of
his credentials
for Vakalatnama,
the UAPA Tribunal
said, “He is bound
to file a vakalatnama in proper
format with proper authentica-
tion or he may remain physi-
cally present on the next date
of hearing”. The UAPA tribunal
noted, “Despite the order
passed by this Tribunal on the
last date of hearing, vakalat-
nama in proper format, with
proper authentication of Dr.
Zakir Naik has not been filed.”
“The Counsel who is appear-
ing for the other Trustee of IRF
has shown his inability to au-
thenticate the credentials of Dr.
Zakir Naik on his vakalatnama.
New Delhi: Both Rajya
Sabha Chairman and
Deputy Chairman on
Friday expressed happi-
ness over the proceed-
ings of the first part of
the Budget Session,
mentioning there was
“no forced adjourn-
ments” and members
were able to raise 51
starred questions, 71
Zero Hour submissions
and about 50 special
mentions.
Deputy Speaker Hari-
vansh Narayan Singh
said “just before we ad-
journ (the House) for a
long recess, on behalf
of Chairman and on my
own behalf, I would like
to express our happi-
ness over the manner in
which proceedings of
this august House took
place during the first
part of the Budget
Session”.
“The House has not
witnessed any forced
adjournments during
the entire first part of
this Budget Session and
it functioned nearly
half-an-hour more than
the scheduled sitting
time,” said the Deputy
Chairman of RS.
PARLIAMENT SESSION
RajyaSabhadidn’twitnessanyforced
adjournmentin1stpartofBudgetSession
TMC Min’s explosive
claim: I-PAC used my
social media handles
11%jumpincybercrime
in2020:NCRBdata
z Rajya Sabha
adjourned to meet for
2nd part of Budget
Session on March 14
z Rajya Sabha
Privileges Committee
meeting on March 3
z PM Modi wasted
Parliament’s time,
ducked issues raised
by Opposition, says
Leader of Opposition
in the Rajya Sabha
and senior Congress
leader Mallikarjun
Kharge
z Budget has noth-
ing for poor, farmers,
middle class: Leader
of Opposition in Lok
Sabha Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury
HIGHLIGHTS
Rajya Sabha on the last day of the first part of the Budget Session of Parliament. —PHOTO BY ANI
EAM S Jaishankar presents a cricket bat signed by Indian
cricketer Virat Kohli to Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne
in Melbourne on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
—FILE PHOTO
Kolkata: West Bengal
minister Chandrima
Bhattacharya made an
explosive claim on Fri-
day. The Trinamool
Congress (TMC) leader
has accused political
consultant I-PAC of
making posts using her
without her knowledge.
Chandrima Bhat-
tacharya, a MoS in CM
Mamata Banerjee’s gov-
ernment, made the al-
legation hours after her
were used to endorse
TMC’s “#IsupportOne-
PersonOnePost” cam-
paign.
In a phone conversa-
tion with India Today
on Friday, Chandrima
Bhattacharya said
Mamata Banerjee has
the last word in the Tri-
namool Congress. The
TMC leader told India
Today that she supports
fellow minister Firhad
Hakim’s statement con-
demning social media
posts by several young
TMC leaders.
Responding to the al-
legations, I-PAC issued
a statement saying, “I-
PAC doesn’t handle any
digital properties of @
AITCofficial or any of
its leaders. Anyone
making such claim is
either uninformed or is
blatantly lying.”
New Delhi: As per the
National Crime Record
Bureau (NCRB) data,
India reported an 11 per
cent jump in cyber
crime in 2020. The Min-
istry of Home Affairs
(MHA) informed the
Home Committee that
asperthereport“Crime
in India, 2019, of NCRB,
the data of cyber crimes
in the States/UTs was
21,796 in 2017, 27,248
cases in 2018, 44735 in
2019 and stood at 50035
in 2020.
The data for 2020 has
been obtained from the
report “Crime in India,
2020 of the NCRB.
A total of 50,035 cases
in 2020 were registered
under cyber crimes,
showing an increase of
11.8 per cent in registra-
tion over 2019 (44,735
cases). —ANI
CRUCIAL READ
COURT DISMISSES
BAIL OF EX-IAS
OFFICER’S SON
‘TIGER WIDOWS’ OF SUNDARBANS
SPIN KHADI TO EKE OUT LIVING
HEAD HALF-SHAVED, FACE BLACKENED:
COW THEFT PUNISHMENT IN MP
JAGAN LIKELY TO
SHIFT TO VIZAG
AROUND UGADI
New Delhi: A local court
in Delhi on Friday sent
the son of a retired
bureaucrat to 14 day
judicial custody in con-
nection with a hit-and-
run incident that took
place in south Delhi’s
Greater Kailash area.
The man was arrested
on Friday for hitting a
man with his car and
carrying him on its
bonnet. The accused, a
27-year-old law student,
has been identified as
Raj Sunderam.
Kolkata: More than 100 ‘tiger widows’ of Bali Island
in Sundarbans of West Bengal, who were facing
an acute financial crisis after the death of their
husbands in tiger attacks, are spinning khadi to eke
out a living. The initiative of the Khadi and Village
Industries Commission (KVIC) since 2018 has
borne fruit as the remote island, which was totally
disconnected from the mainstream of development,
now bustles with activity with the sound of spinning
of power loom and charkha breaking silence.
Damoh (MP): Villagers shaved half the moustache
of a man, half-tonsured him and blackened his
face as “punishment” for allegedly stealing a cow
in MP’s Damoh district, police said on Friday. The
bizarre punishment was meted out by the residents
of Marutal village in the district, an official said.
“The man had admitted to stealing a cow, following
which a group of villagers decided to half-shave his
moustache and half-tonsure his head,” he said.
Vijayawada: YS Jagan
Mohan Reddy seems to
have made up his mind
to shift the capital from
Amaravati to Visakhapa-
tnam on Ugadi or soon
after the Telugu New
Year. It is also likely that
Jagan will not pitch for
three capitals, and in-
stead go for Visakhapa-
tnam as the lone capital
city, sources in the CMO
said. He would be shift-
ing his base to the port
city anytime in the near
future.
Melbourne: The
changing India-US
relationship has been
a very defining devel-
opment in this cen-
tury, said External
Affairs Minister
(EAM) S Jaishankar
on Friday during bi-
lateral talks with US
State Secretary An-
tony Blinken on the
sidelines of Quad
FMs’ Meeting.
“Quad, we have
progressed a lot and
much of that is due to
the fact that we’ve all
devoted a lot of time,
energy, attention to
that. We have made it
into concrete action-
able propositions our
teams have worked
on...A big part of that
is because we’ve
strong bilateral rela-
tionships,” EAM
said. “Certainly, for
us, in this century
the changing India-
US relationship has
really been a very de-
fining development.
So, I welcome the
chance today to sit
with you and look at
our relationship and
see how we can con-
tinue,” he added.

NEWS
07
NOWHIJABROWHITS
KASTURIDEVICOLLEGE
College admin said wearing burqas not only violates dress code,
but it also encourages other students to come without uniform
Babulal Saini
Jaipur: In the matter
of some Muslim girls
coming wearing Bur-
qas at Kasturi Devi Col-
lege, Chaksu in Jaipur,
the college administra-
tion said wearing Bur-
qas does not violate
only the dress code,
which has been in the
college for six to seven
years, but it also en-
courages other stu-
dents to come to the
college without a uni-
form which affects the
atmosphere of study
.
The family and their
relatives of the girls
held a demonstration
at a private college at
Chaksu in Jaipur dis-
trict on Friday when
the students were not
allowed to attend
classes wearing bur-
qas and hijab.
While the college au-
thorities maintained
the girls have begun
coming in Burqas only
for the last four or five
days, the students and
their parents said they
had been attending
classesinBurqasforthe
lastthreeyearsandthey
never objected to it. The
college authorities,
however, said they nev-
er stopped girls from
wearing hijab or head-
scarves. Police reached
the college and inter-
vened in the matter.
“Some of the girls
began coming to the
college in Burqas for
the last three to four
days. Seeing them,
some other students
too came to the college
without uniform on
Thursday,” said Col-
lege’s Assistant Direc-
tor Sumit Sharma.
Around five girls
again came in burqas
on Friday. “When we
did not allow them,
they called their rela-
tives who gathered out-
side the college and
demonstrated.”he said.
Deputy Leader of
Opposition Rajendra
Rathore and Former
Education Minister
and BJP MLA Vasudev
Devnani condemned
the Chaksu Burqa inci-
dent. MLA Wajib Ali
said, “I demand from
CM Ashok Gehlot that
taking cognizance of
this incident, strict ac-
tion should be taken on
the college.
Vagad region gets light 1st
time since Independence
Ravi Sharma
Banswara: Under the
Saubhagya scheme of
the Central government,
Ajmer Discom did the
work of providing elec-
tricity to remote villages
through a solar panel in
the Vagad region. These
tribal dominated villag-
es had not been electri-
fied ever since Independ-
ence, said an official.
For the tribals living in
Tibulipadavillageof Gha-
tolassemblyconstituency
,
35 km away from Ban-
swara district headquar-
ters, many houses were
withoutelectricitybutthe
Saubhagya scheme
brought a ray of hope.
Ajmer Discom, under
the Off Grid Saubhagya
Yojana, gave solar panels
to the villagers. One ta-
ble fan, 5 LED lights and
80 hp battery controller
were installed in 200
watt solar panels.
Three years ago, under
the Saubhagya scheme
of the Central govern-
ment, more than 25,000
families of the district
gained from installation
of solar panels by Ajmer
Vidyut Vitran Limited.
Diya thanks Gadkari for road funds in Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: MP Diya Ku-
mari met Union Minis-
ter of Road Transport
Highways, Nitin Gad-
kari in New Delhi and
expressed gratitude for
the approval of Rs 722
crores for the four-lane
from Gomti to Beawar
and Rs 838 crores for the
two-lane from Charb-
huja to Nichli Odan.
She said that due to the
construction of roads,
not only will the trans-
port facility increase,
but the trade and tour-
ism sector will also get
a boost in the area. Dur-
ing the meeting, the MP
urged for approval
of construction of
roads from CRIF, decla-
ration of some routes as
NHs and construction
of ROB, RUB, pillar
bridge and service lane
at some places of NH
No. 8 Gomti-Beawar
4-lane currently under
construction.
Under the Saubhagya Yojana, the people in tribal areas have been provided a table fan, 5 LED lights and
80 hp battery controller each with 200 watt solar panels.
‘Submit draft
of mineral
policy soon’
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: ACS Mines,
Petroleum and Energy
Subodh Agarwal dis-
cussed the proposed
mineral policy with
the members of the
committee finalising it
on Friday. The policy
aims to promote min-
eral exploration and
mining activities in
the state besides creat-
ing employment.
Agarwal and Direc-
tor Mines KB Pandya,
after preparing the
draft of the policy, dis-
cussed it with the com-
mittee members. He
directed to submit the
draft to the state gov-
ernment this month.
LoveJihad:Hindutva
groupsclosemarkets,
takeoutrallyinUdaipur
First India Bureau
Udaipur: The case of
suicide by the girl’s
mother has intensi-
fied, who consumed
insecticide after her
daughter fled with a
youth belonging to a
particular community
from Juda village un-
der Mandwa police sta-
tion area of Kotra sub-
division. It is a tribal
dominated area of
Udaipur. Hindu organ-
izations closed the
market on Friday
morning and took out
a rally, terming it as a
case of ‘love jihad’ con-
ducted under a well-
planned conspiracy.
Meanwhile, the police
took quick action and
arrested the accused
youth, Kaif Khan and
handed over the girl to
the family members.
On Friday, activists
of various Hindu or-
ganizations under the
banner of Vishwa Hin-
du Parishad took out
protest march at the
Kotra subdivision
headquarters. Mean-
while, many shops in
the market were also
closed for some time.
The rally reached the
sub-division office rais-
ing slogans and a mem-
orandum was submit-
tedtothesub-divisional
officer in the name of
the Chief Minister. It
wasallegedinthemem-
orandum that the girl
was abducted by people
of a particular commu-
nity in a private vehicle
on the night of Feb 9. ACS Subodh Agarwal
Diya Kumari hands over a list of
more road works to Nitin Gadkari.
4 ACCIDENTS
CLAIM 8 LIVES IN
RAJASTHAN
MOB ATTACKS
COPS OUT TO
CATCH A ‘RAPIST’
TIGRESS HUNTS
CAMEL IN SWM,
VIDEO VIRAL
NEWS DIGEST
Sawai Madhopur:
Tigress T99 has
hunted a camel in
Ranthambore National
Park located in Sawai
Madhopur. After the
hunt, the tigress
dragged its prey and
brought it to the other
side. Tourists who
came to Ranthambore
for Tiger Safari have
captured this sight in
their cameras.
—Abhinav Agarwal
Jaipur: Eight persons
were killed in 4 separate
road accidents – one
each in Sikar, Bikaner,
Kota and Jaipur dis-
tricts on Friday. Both
the riders – Kanhayalal
Gurjar and Vikash
Sharma, residents of
Aliawad Niwai, were
killed when their scooty
collided with a bike in
Chaksu town of Jaipur.
In Sikar incident, a
collision between 3 ve-
hicles on Srimadhopur
resulted in death of 2
persons. Similarly, two
trucks collided on the
highway at Bamanwali.
Meanwhile, Mother and
son were killed in road
accident in Kota.
Bharatpur: In an at-
tempt to catch the rape
accused, the Bharatpur
police was beaten up
by 50 women and
youth in Jugla Patti of
Uchhain police sta-
tion area of Bharatpur.
As soon as the police
arrested the accused
and were taking him
in the jeep, the crowd
came together and
surrounded the police.
They started beating
and abusing the police.
Meanwhile, the mob
took away the accused
from the police.
Controller to
send alerts for
failed drugs
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: To check the
flow of sub-standard
drugs in the market,
the drugs controller of-
fice has initiated a pro-
cess of sending alerts
on the mobile phones
of the chemists. After
the sample failure in
the lab, the Drug Con-
troller Organization
will issue an alert that
will reached the regis-
tered drug dealers im-
mediately
.
The Drug Controller
Organization has
started working seri-
ously in the direction
of improving the sys-
tem of sending month-
ly alerts. During the
investigation, dozens
of medicines are found
non-standard every
month.
Drug controller Ajay
Phatak has shown seri-
ousness so that the alert
message is followed
properly
. A system is be-
ing developed in col-
laboration with DOIT.
ACCUSED HELD
Students in hijab staging demonstration outside the college.

UMA SHANKAR
PACIFIES AGITATED
SPECIALLY-ABLED
Jaipur: Uma Shankar
Sharma has been given
charge of Commissioner
in Directorate for Spe-
cially-abled Persons and
on Friday he took charge
during which many em-
ployees and officials were
present. On the very day of
assuming the chair, Shar-
ma approached a group of
agitating specially-abled
individuals, who had been
staging the sit-in for the
past several days. Sharma
heard their problems and
assured of a solution.
WILL WORK FOR
WELFARE OF
ELDERLY: SHEKHAWAT
Jaipur: Former MP Gopal
Singh Shekhawat has been
made the Chairman of
the State Senior Citizens
Board and on Friday, he
took over the charge at
Ambedkar Bhawan located
at the Civil Lines. He said
that he is working towards
the betterment of senior
citizens and will continue
to do so. A large number
of people congratulated
and extended a warm
welcome to the newly
appointed member of the
Board.
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,811,602
TOTAL DEATHS
327,323,919
TOTAL RECOVERED
74,104,535
ACTIVE CASES
407,240,056
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
507,208
TOTAL DEATHS
41,331,158
TOTAL RECOVERED
697,771
ACTIVE CASES
42,536,137
TOTAL CASES
Once you decide, anything and
everything can inspire you;
From an ant to a sunrise.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: In the state ad-
ministration,thebunga-
lows of officials right
from Chief Secretary to
DGP to even bungalows
of 32 district Collectors
are ear-marked, but sur-
prisingly and sadly, the
bungalow for Jaipur
Collector has not been
ear-marked. This situa-
tion is not a new one,
rather has been prevail-
ing for the past 34 years
and all the Collectors
that came in all these
years, either took small
houses or huge bunga-
lows on rent and even at
times, stayed in duplex
flats or at other times, in
their own houses.
The responsibility to
provide a befitting and
ear-marked bungalow to
Collector falls on GAD,
but it seems that over
the course of 34 years,
the department has for-
gotten its responsibility
.
ThecurrentCollectorof
Jaipur district - Rajan
Vishal - is 50th Collector,
and sadly he resides in
Heera Bagh flats, which
according to bureau-
cratic observers, is not
befitting the standard of
a Collector.
In districts, the bun-
galows of Collectors is
known by one and all so
thatattimesof need,the
general public can easi-
ly approach the Collec-
tor for help. But the situ-
ation of Jaipur Collec-
tor is entirely reverse.
Till 1970, Collectors
used to reside in a bun-
galow specially ear-
marked near the Collec-
tor office at Banipark.
However, after this, this
space was allotted to Ra-
jasthan Congress and
after some time, the
Congress party handed
it over to Youth Con-
gress and since then,
this bungalow is with
the Youth wing of the
Grand- Old- Party
.
More than two dozen
Collectors have come
and gone since 1970, but
they all stayed at sepa-
rate locations through-
out their stints. Officials
like SN Thanvi, VS Sin-
gh, Shrimat Pandey and
SudhanshPantstayedat
the chair for 3-4 years
and in this long dura-
tion the general public
didn’t know about the
Collector’s bungalows,
but only a handful of
them ever knew about
where the remaining
Collectors resided.
It is also important to
note here that in the
past three years, the cur-
rent Gehlot government
has shuffled four Collec-
tors in Jaipur in which
Jagroop Singh Yadav
stayed at the helm for
merely 11 months, while
Jogaram stayed for
merely 7 months and
Antar Singh Nehra was
at the helm for 17
months. This means
that by the time the gen-
eral public would come
to know of the residence
of Collectors, a new of-
ficial was posted in their
place.
It is indeed a laugha-
ble aspect about Collec-
tors of Jaipur especially
considering that in the
past 34 years, several
CMs and Chief Secre-
taries came and went
and no one ever batted
an eyelid over the issue.
The matter, thus, now
rests in CS Usha Shar-
ma’s court, who is a ca-
pable, hard-working
an experienced officer,
who not only has the
CM’s trust, but also the
support of bureaucracy
.
Therefore, she is in a po-
sition to take any bold
decision and it is thus
expected of her to ear-
mark a bungalow for the
District Collector, there-
by
, putting an end to the
issuethathasbeenlying
pending for past 34
years!
Will CS provide a roof on Jaipur Collector’s head?
TALES OF BUREAUCRACY
Usha Sharma Rajan Vishal
ONONECALLFROMHIGHCOMMAND,IRESIGNED:DOTASRA
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Departments so that
with the coordination of
power and organisation,
yourpresenceamongthe
public remains strong.
Youth has also got repre-
sentation in the appoint-
ment as 30 year old Sat-
veer has been given di-
rect appointment right
from student politics.
Promote the schemes of
the government in the
district, meet the work-
ers and do the work of
the organisation,” Ge-
hlot said.
In the programme or-
ganised at CMR, State
Congress President Go-
vind Singh Dotasra,
while addressing new
leaders, said that these
appointments of yours
are very important, but
merely show of prestige
through cars and other
such things will not
work, you will have to
work for the public. Do-
tasara narrated an anec-
dote related to himself
that the high command
is paramount for any
leader and its command
has to be followed to the
hilt. “I was on tour with
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot. While boarding
thehelicopterduringour
return, I got a call from
Delhitoresign.Iimmedi-
Newly appointed members of various Commissions, Boards and Corporations in Rajasthan including Dr Chandrabhan, Rameshwar
Dudi, Lakshman Meena, Pukraj Parashar, Dharmendra Rathore, Rajiv Arora, Joginder Singh Awana Gopal Singh, Lakshman Kadwasara
and Chunnilal Rajpurohit called upon CM Ashok Gehlot at CMR on Friday. Govind Singh Dotasra was also present on the occasion.
Commissioner of Rajasthan Foundation Dhiraj Srivastava
called upon newly appointed Chairman of Rajasthan
Small Industry Development Corporation, Rajiv Arora
congratulated him for taking charge on Friday.
WCD Minister Mamta Bhupesh with newly appointed Chairman
of Rajasthan Women’s Commission, Rehana Riyaz Chishti.
During her interaction with the media, Rehana said, “I will
work for the upliftment of women by taking everyone along.
Steps will be taken to prevent atrocities on women in the
state. Women of the state will be empowered by running an
EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE MEASURES TO
ENSURE COAL SUPPLY: CM TO OFFICERS
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot while reviewing coal
supply through VC on Friday, directed the officers
to ensure the availability of coal in sufficient
quantity to the power stations so that power
generation is not hampered anywhere in the
state. He added that all possible alternative
measures should be considered to ensure this.
CM Gehlot further said that MoS for Power
the ACS, Department of Energy, should visit New
Delhi and coordinate with the Ministries con-
cerned. He also that they should be in touch with
the Union Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited
to increase coal supply. The Chief Minister also
said that the officers of the Energy Department
should regularly review the arrangements for the
allocation of new coal blocks, smooth transporta-
tion and storage of coal.
ately called up the PA
and got it typed and the
resignationwasaccepted
before reaching Jaipur.
Uponexitingtheairport,
Ajay Maken, the in-
charge, announced my
resignation and two oth-
er ministers in accord-
ance with principle of
one person, one post,”
Dotasra said. The PCC
Chief had a purpose to
narrate this anecdote
that honouring high
command’s instruction
is the supreme job for
any leader.
An interesting picture
was also seen in this pro-
gram held at the CMR as
apart from PCC Presi-
dent,RameshwarDudi
ex- President Dr Chan-
drabhansharedthestage
with CM. Infact, Dudi
met Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot after a
long time and the two
leaders met each other
warmly
.
While the Chief Min-
ister congratulated
Rameshwar Dudi for his
appointment, Dudi also
expressed his gratitude
to the Chief Minister.
Many leaders including
Dharmendra Rathore,
Pukhraj Parashar,
JoginderAwana,Lakhan
Meena and Satveer
Chaudharywerepresent
in the programme.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On Friday, the
DoP issued orders sus-
pending RAS Mamta
Yadav, who was Zonal
Deputy Commissioner
in JDA was recently
trapped by ACB in a
bribery case.
Meanwhile, two IAS
officers have been given
given additional charg-
es. IAS Gajanand Shar-
ma has been given ad-
ditional charge of the
post of Commissioner
of Child Empowerment
along with that of the
Joint Secretary of the
Social Justice Depart-
ment. The additional
charge has been handed
over till Anuprana Sin-
gh Kuntal returns from
her duty as Poll Observ-
er. Meanwhile, IAS
Sunil Sharma has been
given additional charge
of the post of Director
(Medical) IEC, Jaipur,
till further orders are
issued in this regard.
Moreover, IRS Kul-
deep Kumar Singh, who
was put on Awaiting
Posting Orders (APO)
has been given a post-
ing in Rajasthan Gov-
ernment as Additional
Commissioner, Com-
mercial Tax Depart-
ment.
The Department of
Personnel issued an or-
der in this regard.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: LS Speak-
er Om Birla, while pre-
siding over the last day
of the first phase of
budget session, appre-
ciated the active par-
ticipation and positive
cooperation of all
members. He informed
the House that despite
challenges of Corona
transition, members
fulfilled their constitu-
tional obligations with
commitment by work-
ing till late at night in
House, which resulted
in 121 % work produc-
tivity.
On Birla’s behest, in
registration camps or-
ganised by Social Jus-
tice Empowerment
Dept in Sultanpur on
Feb 15, 1,266 equipment
worth Rs 45 L will be
given to 238 Divyangs
under ‘Rashtriya Vay-
oshree Yojana’.
RAS Mamta suspended,
2 IAS get addl charge
‘Members supported positively
in 1st phase of Budget session’
Under Om Birla,
LS productivity
reaches 121 %
A BUSY SUNDAY FOR LS SPEAKER IN KOTA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ex- Dy CM
while speaking about
Congress’s position in-
Goa, said, “People of
Goa want a good gov-
ernment this time
Congress will win with
absolute majority. BJP
has been in power in
Goa for last 10 years,
but there hasn’t been
any development. Thus,
public has made up its
mind that Congress
govt should be brought
in Goa.”
“We are confident of
our victory in Punjab
and the party is strong
in Uttarakhand. Con-
gress will do well in
elections in 5 states,” he
said. “We will break the
convention of a differ-
ent party government
in Raj as Congress will
win again in 2023 polls.”
he said. On Saturday, he
will be campaigning for
Uttarakhand polls.
ASSEMBLY POLLS
Cong will win in all 5
states, asserts Pilot
Sachin Pilot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After being ac-
corded the honour of
Star Campaigner in
Punjab, CM Gehlot has
now been
made a star
campaign-
er for UP
polls too.
Gehlot’s po-
litical ap-
peal in various states
has been a factor which
the Congress party
hopes to tap in. Mean-
while, former Dy CM
Sachin Pilot has also
been named as a star
campaigner.
After Punjab,
CM Gehlot, a
star campaigner
for UP polls too!

ell us some-
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yourself.
I am an IT
graduate cur-
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as a software
engineer. I would de-
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is keen on learning and
exploring new things.
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always been the high-
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I had always
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Just do whatever you can
to cheer everyone up. You
will feel financially
comfortable and you are in
position to invest money in some new
venture. Your personality will attract
many eligible bachelors. Spend time
talking with likeminded people as it
will make you feel good.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You must create an
environment of
understanding at home.
You need a break from day
to day tensions and the way to cope
up with stress is to meditate. You will
succeed in any sort of examination if
you put your heart and soul to it.
Promotion can be expected.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You are a pro in your
field and none can beat
you. Female Aries are
lioness and women
around them are often jealous. You
give tough competition to people.
Many people get inspired by you.
You will get special treatment from
your dear ones.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Don’t make friends for
money and status rather
make friends who will stick
with you forever. You care
about you lover but somehow hesitate
in expressing that care. On social front,
you may have to spend some extra
money in buying gifts for someone for
some specific occasion.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
This is the best time try
something new with life
give yourself a new
purpose. You will feel
amorous towards your wife. Work on
your limitations, there can be no
better time than this. You have more
opposite sex friends than the same
and you may be judged sometimes.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You always maintain cordial
relationship with everyone.
You workout daily to keep
yourself fit. You may start a
side business to earn extra money. You
are not a jealous kind and you feel
happy for others. You are a very
grounded person. And today you will
feel special with you love.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You are opportunist and
this will make you
successful one day. Your
spouse can do anything for
your happiness. There may be delays
in property possession but it won’t
effect you. You are happy spending
whole day at home. Help your
mothers at home today.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Best day to buy gold and
silver or any precious
metal for investment sake.
You love to live close to
your family. You are a child at heart.
You have a big heart and you always
help someone if you can. Video
gathering is possible as you miss
your social circle like anything.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You are very fortunate to
have a great friend circle.
You are very generous by
nature and are the
backbone of your family. Today is a
favourable day for business. You may
postpone your study plans. Be
careful of the words you speak. Your
lover may say yes for marriage.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You make sure to make
things work your way. You
are most wanted by your
friends. Never demotivate
someone even if someone is not
capable of doing something. You can
have romantic affair in office and a
serious one. You will invest money in
clothes and accessories today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Take stand where you need
to, don’t run in the same
direction where everybody
else is going. Visit a doctor
if you have any doubts about your
health. Don’t attract stress. Let go of
things that are not in your control.
You want your own house and will
work hard for it.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You need help on academic
front and you mustn’t shy
away from asking for it.
Your spouse may make
you spend more than you expected.
Fantastic day for investing money in
stock market as you can make
fortune. You miss your parents a lot
and somewhere fear to loose them.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
SCIENCE BEHIND HUGS!
CITY FIRST
e hug others when
we’re excited, happy,
sad, or trying to com-
fort them. Hugging, it
seems, is universally
comforting. It makes
us feel good. And it
turns out that hugging is prov-
en to make us healthier and
happier.
Hugs reduce stress by show-
ing your supportWhen a friend
or family member is dealing
with something painful or un-
pleasant in their lives, hug
them. Scientists say that giving
another person support
through touch can reduce the
stress of the person being com-
forted. It can even reduce the
stress of the person doing the
comforting.
HUGS MAY PROTECT YOU
AGAINST ILLNESS
The stress-reducing effects of
hugging might also work to
keep you healthier.
The participants with a
greater support system were
less likely to get sick. And
those with the greater sup-
port system who did get
sick had less severe symp-
toms than those with lit-
tle or no support sys-
tem.
HUGS MAY BOOST
YOUR HEART HEALTH
Hugging can be
good for your heart
health. According
to these findings,
an affectionate rela-
tionship may be good
for your heart health.
sometimes call the
“cuddle hormone.” This
is because its levels rise
when we hug, touch, or
sit close to someone
else. Oxytocin is associ-
ated with happiness and less
stress.
Scientists have found that
this hormone has a strong ef-
fect on women. Oxytocin causes
a reduction in blood pressure
and of the stress hormone nor-
epinephrine.
HUGS HELP REDUCE
YOUR FEARS
Scientists have found that
touch can reduce anxiety in
people with low self-esteem.
Touch can also keep people
from isolating themselves
when reminded of their mor-
tality.
They found that even touch-
ing an inanimate object in this
case, a teddy
bear.
HUGS MAY HELP REDUCE
YOUR PAIN
Research suggests some forms
of touch may be capable of re-
ducing pain. In one study
, people
with fibromyalgia had six thera-
peutic touch treatments. Each
treatment involved light touch-
ingontheskin.Theparticipants
reported an increase in quality
of life and reduced pain. Hug-
ging is another form of touch
that may help reduce pain.
HUGS HELP YOU COMMUNICATE
WITH OTHERS
Most human communication
occurs verbally or through fa-
cial expressions. But touch is
another important way that
people can send messages to
one another. Hugging is a very
comforting and communicative
type of touch.
HOW MANY HUGS DO WE NEED?
Family therapist Virginia Sat-
ir once said, “We need four
hugs a day for survival. We
need 8 hugs a day for mainte-
nance. We need 12 hugs a day
for growth.” While that may
sound like a lot of hugs, it
seems that many hugs are bet-
ter than not enough. So, how
many hugs should you have a
day for optimal health? Accord-
ing to the best science, we
should have as many as possi-
ble if we want to reap the great-
est positive effects.
HUGGING YOURSELF HAS
SERIOUS BENEFITS
Like hugging, self-hugging can
have some pretty big benefits,
so it’s a great way to give your-
self some love.
It can help relieve pain
According to research from
2011, hugging yourself could
help reduce pain.
Research from the 2015 Trust-
ed Source suggests the hor-
mone oxytocin, released with
soothing touch, may play a role
in pain relief.
Oxytocin release could help
relieve pain directly. The re-
view authors note this hormone
can also help reduce sensitivity
to pain indirectly by decreasing
feelings of anxiety and fear.
YES, YOU CAN (AND SHOULD)
GIVE YOURSELF A HUG
Hugs can provide a lot of com-
forts. They can help you feel
closer to someone you care
about, whether that’s a partner,
friend, or child. They can also
increase feelings of happiness
and fulfilment by reinforcing
your knowledge that other peo-
ple care about you.
IT CAN HELP YOU FEEL
SAFE AND SECURE
The importance of human con-
nection can’t be understated,
and social support offers plenty
of benefits. When someone you
care for wraps their arms
around you in a hug, for exam-
ple, you probably feel comforted
and less alone. Hugging your-
self can replicate these feelings
of comfort and safety
.
IT CAN IMPROVE YOUR MOOD
Touch, even your own touch,
helps promote relaxation since
it lowers Trusted Source levels
of cortisol (the stress hormone)
in your body
. Sure, a hug won’t
solve your problems entirely,
but it can help relieve some of
your tension and stress.
IT CAN INCREASE
SELF-COMPASSION
Like touch, self-compassion can
lower cortisol levels and im-
prove overall well-being.
Practising self-kindness
helps make it easier to accept
yourself as you are and soothe
yourself after hardship or mis-
takes. By increasing mindful
acceptance and self-esteem, self-
compassion can also improve
your general outlook on life.
SOURCE: https://www.healthline.com/
health/hugging-benefits#7.-Hugs-help-
you-communicate-with-others
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