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CRUCIAL READ
BOMB HURLED AT
NITISH’S JANSABHA
Patna: A bomb was hurled
near Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar’s ‘Jansabha’
(public meeting) site in
Nalanda district. Accord-
ing to reports, it was a
low-intensity bomb that
blasted around 20 feet
away from where the Bihar
CM was present during
the event.
GOVT APPROVES
PROSECUTION
New Delhi: Clearing the
way for cognisance of
CBI chargesheet against
Amnesty International and
its chair Aakar Patel, the
government has granted
the agency sanction to
prosecute the organisa-
tion. CBI sources said the
sanction was received two
days ago.
13 SHOT AT IN SUBWAY STATION IN NEW
YORK, COPS SAY NO ACTIVE EXPLOSIVES
New Delhi: Five people were shot Tuesday morning at
a subway station in Brooklyn, New York. Fire person-
nel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street
station in the Sunset Park neighborhood found multiple
people shot and undetonated devices. The fire depart-
ment said 13 people were injured, but there were no de-
tails on what those injuries entailed. Reports indicating
preliminary information said that a suspect fled wearing
a construction vest and a gas mask.
Huge scope for petroleum by-products based industries
in refinery cum petrochemical complex: Chief Minister
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that HPCL Rajasthan
Refinery is the biggest
project of the State after
the Indira Gandhi Ca-
nal Project. “Rajasthan
will develop as the hub
of petroleum based in-
dustries and there will
be a lot of employment
with the petrochemical
complex, which is being
constructed along with
the refinery at Pachpa-
dra in Barmer district.
Not only oil but petro-
leum by-products will
also come out which
will bring investment to
the State and will create
huge potential for vari-
ous industries,” Gehlot
said while reviewing
the progress of the Ra-
jasthan refinery on
Tuesday
.
He said petroleum re-
finery is a big dream for
the development of the
entire State including
Western Rajasthan. “It
has faced many obsta-
cles earlier. After the
long struggle by the
people of the area and
with the efforts of our
Government, this pro-
ject has now gained
pace and efforts will be
made to complete it on
time,” he said and di-
rected the HPCL offic-
ers to accelerate the
work of the project by
increasing the resourc-
es required.
The Chief Minister
said that an inter-de-
partmental working
group should be made
by taking officers of all
departments associated
with the project along
with HPCL, so that the
issues pertaining to the
refinery along with the
petrochemical complex
can be resolved on time.
The Chief Minister
took information about
the progress of 9 main
refinery units and 4
main petrochemical
units. Besides this, he
directed to develop in-
dustrial areas nearby
the refinery Turn to P8
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
JHARKHAND CABLE CAR ACCIDENT
3 dead,CM Hemant
Soren announces probe
BJP’s bulldozer
carrying “hatred,
terror”: RaGa
Want “peaceful
cooperative”
ties with India:
Shehbaz Sharif
Our goals are absolutely
clear and noble: Putin
‘Indian monthly oil
import lesser than EU’s
usage in one noon’
New Delhi: Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
tin said on Tuesday that
Moscow’s military oper-
ation in Ukraine would
undoubtedly achieve
what he said were its
“noble” objectives.
Speaking at an awards
ceremony at the Vostoch-
ny Cosmodrome in the
Russian Far East, Putin
was quoted as saying by
Russian news agencies
that said Moscow had no
otherchoicebuttolaunch
a military operation to
protect Russia and that a
clashwithUkraine’santi-
Russian forces had been
inevitable.
“Its goals are abso-
lutely clear and noble,”
Putin said of Russia’s
military campaign.
Putin said the main
objective of Moscow’s
military intervention in
Ukraine was to save
people in the Donbas re-
gionof easternUkraine.
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar Tuesday said
that India imports less
oil from Russia than Eu-
rope does in an after-
noon when asked about
India’s position on the
Russia-Ukraine war and
its foreign policy goals.
Responding to ques-
tions after the India-US
2+2 meeting between
the two sides, Jais-
hankar said, “I noticed
you refer to oil purchas-
es. If you are looking at
energy purchases from
Russia, I would suggest
that your attention
should be focused on
Europe, which probably
we do buy some energy
which is necessary for
our energy security
. But
I suspect, looking at the
figures, probably our
total purchases for the
month would be less
than what Europe does
in an afternoon.”
Deoghar: The death toll
in the Jharkhand cable
car accident rose to
three on Tuesday after a
woman fell to death
while being rescued.
She was the second per-
son to fall during the
rescue operation and
succumb to injuries. A
third person who was
injured in the accident
on Sunday evening ear-
lier died. Indian Air
Force (IAF) choppers
Tuesday rescued 10 of
the 15 tourists who re-
mained trapped in cable
cars over the Trikut
Hills in Jharkhand’s De-
oghar district for more
than 40 hours following
a technical snag. The
rescue operations had
been briefly halted late
evening on Monday
.
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment should run a
bulldozer over prob-
lems of the people
such as inflation and
unemployment but the
BJP’s bulldozer is car-
rying “hatred and ter-
ror”, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi said on
Tuesday.
His attack on the BJP
came after the
Khargone district ad-
ministration in Madhya
Pradesh started demoli-
tion of at least 50 “ille-
gal” structures of peo-
ple accused of pelting
stones at a Ram Navami
procession.
New Delhi: Thanking
Narendra Modi for con-
gratulating him, Paki-
stan’s new Prime Min-
ister Shehbaz Sharif on
Tuesday said that his
country desires peace-
ful and
coopera-
tive ties
with In-
dia.
With-
in min-
utes of
being sworn in as the
PM on Monday, Sharif
was congratulated by
Modi, adding that “In-
dia desires peace and
stability in a region free
of terror, so that we can
focus on our develop-
ment challenges and
ensure the well-being
and prosperity of our
people.”
he virtual meeting between
US President Joe Biden and
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in which the former
hailed India’s humanitarian
approach towards the people
of Ukraine and mentioned
that both the nations are go-
ing to continue close consul-
tation to manage destabilis-
ing effects of this Russian
war, seems to have paved way
for India becoming one of the
world leaders.
The meeting ahead of the
2+2 dialogue between the two
countries in which Biden
said the US and India share
a strong and growing “ma-
jor defence partnership”,
has given a clear signal to
the world that India, un-
der the leadership of
Modi, is no longer going to
play the second fiddle and
has its own influence on
the world stage.
When the war began, it
was Ukraine, that was look-
ing toward India to bail it
out by persuading Russia to
stop the war, but now the
world’s super powers
are banking on In-
dia while recognizing
its
ability and potential. From
the two major global players
- Putin and Biden - to Israeli
PM Neftali Bennet, to UK
Prime Minister Boris John-
son, to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a
host of other leader; all have
been looking towards Modi
and India’s relations with
countries across the world to
drive home their respective
points and concerns.
India, and Modi in particu-
lar, do not just have a massive
‘goodwill’ among nations, but
also have the ability to pro-
vide a ‘conscious stability’ to
the world affairs, a fact that
global powers have begun to
accept, only over the past few
years. Be it Modi’s ‘hug di-
plomacy’, his ‘covid care’
programstoallpowerful
and weak nations alike,
or his ‘scientific solu-
tion finding ap-
proach’ to modern
problems; all these
combined have ef-
fectively cemented
Modi’s and India’s
place in global lead-
ership as a mindful
world power! Observ-
ersbelievethatUkraine
hasprovidedanoppor-
tunity to Modi to
establish
himself as global leader even
above Biden and Putin.
In fact, the US President
was all praise for India re-
cently when he said, “I want
to welcome India’s humani-
tarian support for the people
of Ukraine, who are suffering
a horrific assault, including
a tragic shelling in a train sta-
tion last week that killed doz-
ens of innocent children and
women and civilians attempt-
ing to flee the violence.”
“The United States and In-
dia are going to continue our
close consultation on how to
manage the destabilizing
ef-
fects of this Russian war,”
Biden said and added, “We
take the same concerns about
the global challenges we face
for Covid-19, advancing
health security and tracking
the climate crisis and we
share a strong and growing
major defence partnership.”
On his part, while giving a
clear indication that India
was bound to play a key role
in resolving conflicts, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi apt-
ly reiterated that India was
hopeful of the “ongoing talks
between Russia and Ukraine
will pave the way for peace.”
“When I came to Washing-
toninSeptemberlastyear,you
saidthatIndia-USpartnership
can contribute to the solution
of many global problems. I
completely agree with you. As
theworld’stwolargestandold-
est democracies,
we are natu-
ral partners,” he added.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GLOBAL LEADER MODI EMERGES
AS A ‘SUPERPOWER’ OVER BIDEN
AND PUTIN IN UKRAINE CRISIS
Ukraine has provided an opportunity for Modi to establish himself as a global leader,
where everyone in Moscow and Washington DC looks up to Narendra Modi
T
2+2 dialogue between
the two countries in
which Biden said the US
and India share a strong
and growing “major
defence partnership”,
the world that India,
under the leadership
of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, is no
longer going to play the
second fiddle and has its
own influence on the
world stage
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
The United States and India
are going to continue our
effects of this Russian war,”
major defence partnership.
was bound to play a key
role in resolving conflicts,
Modi aptly reiterated that
India was hopeful of the
“ongoing talks between
Russia and Ukraine will
pave the way for peace”
JOE BIDEN
VLADIMIR PUTIN
NARENDRA MODI
PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A person can rise through
the efforts of his own mind;
or draw himself down, in
the same manner Because
each person is his own
friend or enemy.
—Bhagavad Gita
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Under the ongoing public relations
campaign in Himachal Pradesh, today
in the Jhanduta assembly of Bilaspur,
the name of Vijaypur booth president
Smt. Jamna Devi was honored. It is
these activists who have made the
Bharatiya Janata Party resound all over
the country today.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
The demise of Dr. R. Venkatapathy is
a big loss for news industry in India.
He played an instrumental role in
taking the Tamil daily Dinamalar to its
heights. My deepest condolences to
the bereaved family members and the
staff of Dinamalar.
TOP TWEETS
IN DIRE STRAITS,
LANKA RESORTS TO
EMERGENCY STEP
OF LOAN DEFAULT
ri Lanka’s Prime
Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa said on
Monday that his gov-
ernment will tide
over the economic crisis the way
it finished off the LTTE to end
the 30-year war. Mahinda is the
elder brother of President Got-
baya Rajapaksa. Under intense
public pressure to resign, Prime
Minister Mahinda is clinging on
to power even as the situation in
the country is turning from bad
to worse. A proof of the gloomy
situation came on Tuesday
when Lankan finance ministry
announced that it would be de-
faulting on all its external debt
of $51 billion as it has run of
foreign exchange to pay for im-
ports. For a nation grappling
with severe shortage of food,
fuel and medicines this was an
emergency measure.
The Rajapaksas are in no
mood to oblige either the opposi-
tion with their resignation.
They expect countries like India
to bail them out with supplies of
essentials. So far India, which
has managed its economy better
than its neighbours, has not dis-
appointed.
S
ensuring India for
its human rights
record, US Secre-
tary of State An-
tony Blinken said
in the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jais-
hankar and Defence Minister
RajnathSinghthattheUSwas
monitoringtherecentsurgein
human rights abuses in India.
“…we are monitoring some
recent concerning develop-
mentsinIndiaincludingarise
in human rights abuses by
some government, police and
prison officials,” Blinken said
at a joint press briefing. His
comments came days after US
Representative
Ilhan Omar’s
remark that the US was hesi-
tanttocriticisetheIndiangov-
ernmentforitsallegedhuman
rights abuses. With Blinken
not elaborating his statement
further and Jaishankar mak-
ing no mention of it at the
press conference, not much
should be made out of
Blinken’s statement.
Risingcommunalincidents
in the country targeting and
stigmatising
minorities and
ruling party leaders giving
cover to the troublemakers,
India is emerging more as a
theocratic nation where secu-
larism and democratic princi-
ples are slowly disappearing.
One only has to look at the US,
UK, Australia and New Zea-
land where majority versus
minority debate has seldom
turned into Islamophobia
and
compare with the situation in
India to see where we are
headed.Whetheritisdisallow-
ing Muslims to pray in an
open space despite govern-
mentpermission,threatening
Muslimwomenwithrape,pro-
tests over hijab, boycotting
Muslimtradersandclosureof
meat shops during Hindu fes-
tivals, has divided the society
.
Despite growing conflicts
it is unlikely that the US will
go beyond verbal censure of
India, which it looks at as a
key defence, strategic and
business partner.
ANTONY BLINKEN’S
UNEXPECTED REMARK
Censuring India for its human
rights record, US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said in
the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S.
Jaishankar and Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
that the US was monitoring
the recent surge in human
rights abuses in India
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Ukraine has provided an opportunity to Modi to
establish himself as global leader, where everyone in
Moscow and Washington DC looks up to Narendra
Modi, writes Shashikant Sharma
GLOBAL LEADER MODI
EMERGES A SUPERPOWER
OVER BIDEN AND PUTIN IN
UKRAINE CRISIS
It was yet another disappointing session for Dalal Street investors as the
benchmark indices extended losses after a gap-down start on Tuesday.
Losses across sectors pulled the headline indices lower, with the 30-share
pack Sensex declining 388 points or 0.66% to settle at 58,576.37.
NIFTY ENDS
BELOW 17,600,
SENSEX FALLS
388 PTS
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A new political
threat for Kejriwal
Shashikant Sharma
Shimla: A Narendra
Modi and Amit Shah
confidante, a silent per-
former and an unas-
suming cricketman
turned politician, Anu-
rag Thakur, has sud-
denly started giving
sleepless nights to Aam
Aadmi Party supremo
and Delhi Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal.
The reason is simple:
Thakur has demolished
Kejriwal’s dreams of
establishing a govern-
ment in the hill state of
Himachal Pradesh.
After having success-
fully brought AAP’s
state chief Anup Kesri
and other office bearers
of the newly formed
party into the BJP fold,
Thakur rubbed salt in
the ‘still fresh’ wounds
of Kejriwal when on
Monday he ensured a
smooth transition from
AAP to BJP of state
chief of AAP’s mahila
morcha-MamtaThakur
along with the deputy
chief and other office
bearers of the women’s
wing, Industries wing
and even the social me-
dia incharge of AAP for
Himachal Pradesh.
This was Anurag
Thakur’s second suc-
cessful ‘surgical
strike’ at AAP, to
which the rival
party has no an-
swer. After the
dual blow, the
leaders of Aam
Aadmi Party are
in a tizy as to what
needs to be done
towards ‘damage
control’. AAP,
which is dreaming
of sitting on the
throne o Himachal, has
suddenly reached the
margins in the state due
to Thakur’s master-
stroke.
Assembly elections
are to be held in
Himachal at the end of
this year.
Lucknow: After regis-
tering a historical sec-
ond consecutive win to
return to power for 18th
legislative assembly
, the
BJP once again marked
a thumping victory in
legislative council polls
and won 33 seats, in-
cluding nine unopposed
out of 36 vacant seats.
However, the party
failed to end the monop-
oly of jailed mafia don
Brijesh Singh’s family
in Varanasi seat, as his
wife Annapurna Singh
won in a one-sided con-
test to become MLC for
the second time. She se-
cured 4,234 votes to de-
feat SP’s Umesh Yadav
who bagged 345 votes.
The BJP candidate Su-
dama Patel managed to
fetch 170 votes only
.
Two other seats, such
as Azamgarh-Mau and
Pratapgarh were won by
independentcandidates.
UttarPradeshlegislative
councilhas100seatsand
on April 9, the state went
for a poll on 36 vacant
seats. Once the results
are formally declared,
the BJP will enjoy a ma-
jority in both houses of
Uttar Pradesh for the
first time in decades.
After the landslide
victory in MLC polls,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath extended
congratulations to win-
ning MLCs. In the two
tweetshewrote,“Hearty
congratulations and
best wishes to all the
newly elected members
of the Upper House of
Uttar Pradesh.”
Bypolls: Violence
breaks out in Asansol
Elections were held to
Asansol Lok Sabha
seat and four Assem-
bly seats - Ballygunge
in West Bengal,
Khairagarh in Chhat-
tisgarh, Bochahan in
Bihar and Kolhapur
NorthinMaharashtra
on Tuesday
. Barring a
few incidents of vio-
lence, the polling for
WestBengal’sAsansol
Lok Sabha constitu-
ency and Ballygunge
Assembly seat, was
largely peaceful, with
over 52 per cent of eli-
gible voters casting
their votes till 5 pm.
BJP’s candidate Ag-
nimitra Paul alleged
that people from the
Trinamool Congress
hurled stones at her
convoy
, while the po-
lice took no action, ac-
cording to ANI.
BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul leaves after inspecting a
polling booth in Asansol parliamentary constituency.
Narendra Modi@narendramodi
The results are once again an expression of people’s
faith in BJP’s “development model”.
ANURAG THAKUR
(Top) ITBP personnel evacuate a child during a rescue operation.
(Below) ITBP, NDRF personnel during a rescue operation after the
collision of two cable cars at Trikut Ropeway, in Deoghar.
Union Minister for Information
and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur
P4
UTTAR PRADESH MLC POLLS
BJP REGISTERS THUMPING
VICTORY, WINS 33 OF 36 SEATS
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

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z US Conveys Full
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Churu: The police
have traced minor
mother of a new born
girl found abandoned
in thorns and mud on
April 6 in Sardarsha-
har of Churu.
It has been revealed
that due to becoming
a mother at the age of
16, her relatives
forced to throw the
new born.
The family members
said they came to
know about the mi-
nor’s pregnancy with
a delay and delivery
had to be done.
The newborn was
found in mud at Mi-
tasar village on the
night of April 6.
Omprakash Saran
of village took her to a
hospital in Sardarsha-
har.After gathering
information for four
days, police reached
the minor mother.
The police caught
the minor girl from
her uncle’s house and
presented her before
the Juvenile Judicial
Board.
The police are now
also investigating who
is the one who got mi-
nor pregnant and ac-
cused’s DNA samples
will also be taken for
testing.
Minormomabandonednewborn,caught
HUMANITY CRIES
lll
16-year-old
became mother
after relation
with someone
whom the police
are now tracing,
family said
they came to
know of
pregnancy late
419 NEW BORN
ABANDONED
Starting from 2020 to
February 2022, a total of
419 abandoned children
were found in Rajasthan,
out of which 238 were
newborn girls. The latest
incident is on the night
of April 10 at Jaisalmer’s
Jawahar hospital where
a girl was abandoned at
the hospital.
BJYM to hold rally in violence
hit Karauli today, meet families
Manoj Jain
Karauli: BJP Yuva
Morcha National Presi-
dent Tejashwi Surya,
Raj BJP state president
Satish Poonia and Yuva
Morcha state president
Himanshu Sharma will
be in Karauli today to
meet the Hindu families
affected by the violence.
Om Prakash Mathur,
Kirodi Lal Meena,
Sukhbir Singh Jau-
napuria, Ranjeeta Koli,
Jaskaur Meena, Rajen-
dra Rathore, Manoj Ra-
jouria, preparations
have been expedited for
the march. Rathore said
that BJP will now do
politics of agitation.
CURFEW
EXTENDED
TILL APRIL 14
BL SANTOSH IN
JPR TOMORROW
Karauli: Curfew period
has been extended till
April 14 at the district
headquarters, District
Magistrate Rajendra
Singh Shekhawat issued
orders on Tuesday.
Curfew will, however, be
relaxed from 6 am to 10
am today for which First
India had already given
indications. On Tuesday,
curfew was relaxed for
9 hours. According to
sources, the relaxation
period was reduced due
to the visit of political
leaders.
Jaipur : BJP national
organising secretary
BL Santosh will be
in city on Thursday
on a day’s visit. He
will preside over an
meeting of the state
level party func-
tionaries at its head
office here. State
in-charge Arun Singh
will also come to
attend the meeting.
Santosh is scheduled
to address the media
later in the day.
CP Anand Srivastava said such events boost morale of police, he also thanked Lucknow Police
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: SIT team of
Jaipur police was hon-
oured by the High
Court Bar Association
on Tuesday for tracing
and brinign back two
minor daughters of an
advocate Awadhesh
Purohit. The girls were
recovered from Luc-
know.
The award ceremony
was organized at Satish
Chand Auditorium in
the High Court prem-
ises. Justice Ashok Ku-
mar Gaur and Justice
Inderjit Singh were the
chief guest while
Jaipur Police Commis-
sioner Anand Srivasta-
va was special guest.
All the 17 members of
the SIT team including
Additional Police Com-
missioner (crime) Ajay-
pal Lamba and DCP
South Mridul Kachha-
wa were honoured. “It
is a happy day for us.
Such events boost mo-
rale of police. Last year
371 girls went missing
out of which 369 have
been brought back,”
said Srivastava. Mridul
Kachhawa had led the
team and went to Luc-
know. On this occasion,
HC Bar Association
President Bhuvnesh
Sharma, General Secre-
tary Girraj Prasad
Sharma hundreds of
lawyers were present.
The team also included
RPS Karan Sharma.
It is a happy
day, last
year 371 girls
went missing out of
which 369 have been
brought back.
— Anand Srivastava
Poice Commissioner
Anand Srivastava gets memento from Justices Inderjit Singh Ashok Gaur, lawyers Bhuvnesh
Sharma Girraj P Sharma.
AdCP Ajaypal Lamba with Justices Inderjit Singh and
Ashok K Gaur.
RETD RAJ GOVT EMPLOYEES TO GET
PENSION AS PER 7TH PAY SCALE
Jaipur: Retired employees-pensioners of all gov-
ernment undertakings, boards, corporations and
universities of Rajasthan will get pension in accor-
dance with the 7th pay scale. This will benefit about
one lakh ex-employees. Employees of many state
undertakings, boards, corporations and pensioners
organizations, including Rajasthan Roadways had
been demanding from the government to give the
benefit of 7th pay scale.
Kota: Former MLA Bhavani Singh Rajawat, who
was in custody for trying to slap a DFO, was re-
leased on Tuesday. He was
admitted to the hospital on
second day after going to
jail. He was also discharged
from hospital after an order
for his release. He then reached office where party
workers welcomed him. Rajawat reached the Modh
Devi Mata Temple and prayed. —Bhanwar S Charan
DFO SLAPPING INCIDENT: MLA BHAWANI
RAJAWAT RELEASED FROM JAIL
NEWS DIGEST
Gravel mafia
mows down man
under tractor, dies
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 35-year-old
man was killed by the
gravel mafia by tram-
pling him with a trac-
tor-trolley. The young
man asked them to use
a different route, other
than colony route, to
take their gravel filled
vehicles.
In protest against the
incident, people created
a ruckus in the police
station for five hours.
The matter took place
on Monday night in the
Kardhani area.
Police said that the
deceased Suresh
Chaudhary (35) is a
resident of Gautam Na-
gar, Sarna Dungar. The
report said that Mukesh
Meena is a driver and
hauls tractor-trolleys
for illegal gravel min-
ing.
Four days ago, Suresh
had interrupted the il-
legal gravel-laden vehi-
cles by asking them to
take them to take anoth-
er road instead of the
colony
.
On this, tractor driver
Mukesh threatened to
kill him by crushing un-
der his tractor-trolley
. In
a fit of rage, Mukesh hit
Suresh and Kanaram
who came in front of the
tractor-trolley
. After
that Mukesh fled.
Justice Inderjit Singh
felicitating DCP Mridul
Kachawa.
RAMLAL EQUATES CONG TO MUGHALS
Jaipur: BJP spokes-
person Ramlal Sharma,
he equated the rule of
the Congress to the
rule of the Mughals.
Ramlal Sharma said
although we have not
witnessed the rule of
the Mughals, but can
say that the Mughal
government is run-
ning in Raj. He said
Congress government
is committing atroci-
ties on majority and no
FIR has been recorded
till date. He accused
the government of
adopting a dictatorial
attitude.
Kirodi joins dharna
of Covid consultants
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RS MP Dr. Ki-
rodi Lal Meena joined
dharna in support of
Covid Health Consult-
ants at Shaheed
Smarak. He said that
the government used
youth as frontline work-
ers during the Covid
period.
But as the corona de-
creased, government
ignored them and left
the job, which is com-
pletely wrong.
In such a situation,
govt should provide em-
ployment to these thou-
sands of youth by in-
cluding them in con-
tract cadre-2022, he
said. Govt had appoint-
ed 25,000 Covid workers
across state during Co-
rona period with re-
sponsibility of taking
medicines from door to
door but on March 31.
KL Meena with protestors. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Former Health Min earned
money in Corona: Devnani
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MLA and
former minister Vas-
udev Devnani on Tues-
day alleged that during
the Corona period, the
then Health Minister of
Rajasthan did not do
any work except to earn
money
. Rajasthan Medi-
cal Services Corpora-
tion was responsible for
procurement of medi-
cines and this agency
has been the root of cor-
ruption, he said in a
press conference at BJP
state headquarters
here. “All drug purchas-
es of RMSCL should be
properly audited and a
third party investiga-
tion should be done.
The then Health Minis-
ter and presently in-
charge of Gujarat Cong
should be investigated.”
RESPITE FROM HEATWAVE!
There was respite from heat wave on Tuesday as sky remained overcast in most parts of
the state. Statue Circle in Jaipur presented a picturesque view in the evening.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
LAWYERS HONOUR CITY COPS
FOR RESCUING TWO MINOR GIRLS

RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Smart Cit-
iesMissionhasreleased
the ranking of 100 cities
of the country in which
Jaipur has got the 6th
place in this ranking.
Jaipur has got 107.89
marks. Kota ranked
13th with 95.90 points,
Udaipur 14th with 95.47
points and Ajmer 18th
with 89.46 points. At the
state level, Rajasthan is
still on the top.
The ranking is issued
every month on the ba-
sis of 9 point analysis
including tenders in
smart city, status of
projects on the spot,
fund utilisation etc.
In Jaipur, so far 56
works have been com-
pleted under Smart
City, while work of
more than 60 projects is
in progress. In Jaipur,
so far 56 works have
been completed under
Smart City
.
Surat has been
ranked 1st; Agra is 2nd,
Varanasi 3rd, Bhopal
4th and Indore 5th.
Jaipur bags 6th
position in Smart City ranking
DEVELOPMENT ON THE RUN
WATERSCARCITYGRIPS10RAJDISTRICTS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The intensify-
ing water crisis in the
state has become a mat-
ter of concern for all.
About 10 districts have
been declared as ‘Disas-
ter Affected’ including
Churu, Barmer, Bikan-
er, Jalore, Jaisalmer,
Pali, Sirohi, Jodhpur,
Nagaur and Dungarpur.
People residing in
more than 50 tehsils of
Rajasthan have been
troubled by severe wa-
ter scarcity
. Water is be-
ing supplied through
water tanks at several
districts to help people
combat the crisis.
In the meanwhile
people residing in
Ajmer, Rajgarh, Tijara,
Siwana, Bandikui, Bas-
wa, Dausa, Anoopgarh,
Bagru and ViratNagar
have also been troubled
with water scarcity
.
Trains will be roped
in to deliver water in
areas where there is a
crisis. For this, 50
tanker wagons have
been readied in five
days at Kota railway
workshop.
They have been
flagged off for the Kota
Rail Division. Water
will be supplied be-
tween Bhagat ki Kothi,
Pali Marwar in Jodh-
pur division through
these tanker wagons.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The dispute be-
tween JMC Greater
Mayor Dr Somya and
Commissioner Yagy-
amitra Singh Deo is vis-
ible once again. The
meeting of the Empow-
ered Committee formed
for the Prashasan
Shehron Ke Sang drive
ended in 10 minutes on
Tuesday due to their
dispute.
About 25 proposals
were to be discussed in
the meeting. Municipal
Commissioner has been
appointed as the Mem-
ber Secretary
.
After a long gap of
about 3 months, Deo
didn’t attend the meet.
Mayor Dr Somya wait-
ed and angrily left the
meeting after 10 min-
utes. Dr Somya said
that the time of the
meeting was fixed 15
days in advance but
the member secretary
did not reach. The
meeting date will be
fixed again.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: JDA will re-
launch the Prashasan
Shehron Ke Sang cam-
paign. Under this,
camps will be organised
from May 2. JDA Com-
missioner Gaurav Goy-
al took a meeting of of-
ficials on Tuesday and
instructed the officers.
During the campaign,
camps will be held after
doing suo moto of 90A
of non-approved
schemes.
The JDC directed all
the Deputy Commis-
sioners of the Zone that
all the preparations for
the camps being organ-
ised from May 2, should
be completed in ad-
vance, so that more
more pattas can be is-
sued as per State Govt’s
intention.
Goyal asked officials
to issue notices under
suo moto of 90A cases,
survey work, title
change other works.
JDC said that where set-
tlements have taken
place in colonies, di-
rected to take advance
action by going to suo
moto 90A and complete
the survey work after
discussing with devel-
opment committees and
prepare an action plan
for setting up camps.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra visited
the Khatu Shyamji tem-
ple on Tuesday and
prayed for state’s pros-
perity. Shyam Mandir
Committee President
Shyam Singh Chouhan,
Pratap Singh Chouhan
presented Shyam Ba-
ba’s statue and a silver
umbrella to the Gover-
nor. Mishra did the
bhoomipujan of Shree
Shyam Sharnam Dhar-
amshala. “Service is
the highest form of re-
ligion,” Mishra said.
Governor of Odisha,
Ganeshi Lal was also
present. work done for
the welfare humanity
gives long-term positive
results to society
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In an action
against illegal con-
structions, the Jaipur
Development Authority
sealed a four-storey
building, including 17
villas on Tuesday. JDA
Enforcement Squad
took action in Ganesh
Nagar in Zone 7, includ-
ing the Ecological Zone
in Zone 10. Chief Con-
troller of Enforcement
Raghuveer Saini said
that without permis-
sion and approval of
JDA, illegal construc-
tions were done in Ra-
jendra Nagar’s plot no.
8 to 25 overnight. The
builder continued the
work ignoring several
notices by the JDA.
Finally, the JDA
sealed the illegal villas.
He said that without the
approval of JDA in
Zone-7, large commer-
cial illegal construction
was done, which was
sealed.
First, a notice was is-
sued to the builder to
stop the construction
but when it did not, JDA
sealed it.
First India Bureau
Alwar: The Alwar po-
lice team busted a rack-
et after raids on hotels,
spas and cafes here on
Tuesday and arrested
73 youths. Of these, 36
are girls and 37 are
boys.
Deputy Superinten-
dent of Police, Aditya
Poonia said that a spe-
cial team was formed
on the instructions of
the SP and ASP and
raids were conducted at
these palces in the city
.
Alwar’s Capital Gal-
leria, a spa situated be-
hind Harish Hospital,
two spas and two cafes
in Cross Mall, Pearl Ho-
tel were raided.
The Police while in-
forming about the case
said that six spa and
cafe owners have also
been arrested.
While 25 girls were
employed in immoral
activity at the spa and
café, the remaining 42
young men and women
acted at hotels, cafes
and spas as customers.
Jaipur: Excise Department’s shameful performance
in Jaipur city in excise settlement, continued in
the second round of auction that started on April
8 wherein, 83
shops were
placed at online
auction plat-
form, but out of
these, only 25
shops could be
picked up. Out
of 102 shops,
only 32 shops were auctioned on Monday. Earlier
in March, in first round, auction was conducted in
6 phases. There are a total of 404 liquor shops in
Jaipur city. In the Excise Settlement 2022-23, 110 of
these shops were renewed. — Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The court of
Additional District
Judge-III imposed a
fine of Rs 4.7 lakh on
JMC for its negligence
resulting in death of
a 16-year-old youth,6
years ago. Petitioner
Govind Ram and oth-
ers submitted before
the court that JMC
JDA have developed
‘Green Valley’ parks on
both the sides of Delhi
Road, where cuts on
livewires were left open
at many places. The
petitioner’s son Suraj
came in contact with
one of them died.
Jaipur: Forest Minister
Hemaram Choudhary
administered oath
to the newly formed
executive of forest
department employ-
ees’ organisations in
4 different cadres in
forest department,
stressed on fulfilling
duties of both employ-
ee’s interest and forest
protection. RTDC
Chairman Dharmendra
Rathore said, “I have
an old relationship with
employee organisa-
tions. Gehlot govt is
an employee friendly
government,”.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After CM Ge-
hlot took over the
front over the (ERCP)
and started a new cam-
paign #ERCP_Nation-
alProjectBanao on the
social media, PCC
president Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra has asked
the party cadres to
protest today in 13 dis-
tricts, which are ben-
efit from this project,
demanding to declare
the ERCP as a national
project.
The party will de-
mand resignation of
Union Jal Shakti Min-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, who is
BJP MP from Jodhpur.
The protest will be
against ignoring the
interests of Rajasthan
by BJP Govt at the
Centre. “Congress will
stage a protest at dis-
trict headquarters
also seek resignation
from GS Shekhawat
for betraying the peo-
ple of Rajasthan,” said
Dotasra. CM Gehlot
may also participate
in the demonstration.
ERCP Tussle: Cong’s stir in 13 dists today
About 10 districts declared as ‘Disaster
Affected’ are Churu, Barmer, Bikaner,
Jalore, Jaisalmer, Pali, Sirohi, Jodhpur,
Nagaur and Dungarpur. 50 tehsils in
these districts are affected severely
Dr Somya JMC officials during the meeting on Tuesday.
The UNESCO Team during their recent visit to Jaipur, inspected
Walled City. Besides praising heritage, also raised concerns over
hanging electric wires in city. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Governor Kalraj Mishra Governor of Odisha Ganeshi Lal,
inaugurate the Shyam Sharnam Dharamshala at Khatushyam ji.
EXCISE DEPT CONTINUES TO LAG
BEHIND EVEN IN 2ND
ROUND OF AUCTION
ELECTROCUTION
DEATH: `4.7L FINE
ON CIVIC BODY
‘GEHLOT GOVT AN
EMPLOYEE
FRIENDLY GOVT’
Mr CM is doing politics on ERCP, stop play-
ing gimmicks on this matter and take effec-
tive steps to stop the auction of the lands of
lakhs of farmers, who had taken loans from National-
ize Bank, Schedule Bank and Regional Rural Bank.
—Rajendra Rathore, Deputy LoP
Now, keeping
the promise, he
should resign
according to his words.
So that all the problems
will be solved. Shekhawat
is twisting his point and
trying to threaten the bu-
reaucrats. But when he is
claiming that 5 people
are threatening Raj bu-
reaucracy, then he should
tell which are those 5 IAS
IPS whom he is talking
about getting jailed.
—Dr Mahesh Joshi,
PHED Minister
Instead, keep
your facts and
point of view
honestly on the ground.
The government of other
states are interested in
this project, but the Ge-
hlot government of Ra-
jasthan is doing politics.
Gehlot did nothing for
the project on the ground
other than fighting a
verbal war on Twitter.
He is just trying to get
political mileage.
—Dr Satish Poonia,
BJP State President
All prepara-
tions related to
PSKS camps to
be organised from May
2, should be completed
in advance to benefit
more and more people
during the camps.
—Gaurav Goyal
JDA Commissioner
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena residents of Dausa, protesting over water
scarcity, called upon Dr Mahesh Joshi in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Tardy pace of Jal
Jeevan Mission in
Raj; Jpr ranks 29
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The Jal Jeevan
Mission is moving at a
slow pace in Rajasthan
which stands at 29th po-
sition out of 33 states.
Only 24% work has
been done in state. More
than 1 crore houses
await water from taps.
Water has reached only
25 lakh houses. After
the launch of Nal se Jal
yojana, 13.66 lakh hous-
es got water.
Four districts lag in
the JJM. These include
Banswara, Dholpur,
Bharatpur and Jais-
almer. Not even 10%
work is completed over
here. Besides, not even
50% work was done in a
single district of the
state. Jaipur is at num-
ber eight with 31.84%
work done.
Overhead cables will no longer be allowed in
Walled city existing ones will be arranged.
JMCH administration issued orders for this. The
UNESCO team, which had come to investigate
work of heritage conservation in city, objected
regarding the network of wires. After this, JMCH
Commissioner Awadhesh Meena had instructed
officers to remove the network of wires from the
city. Along with this, all the cable operators and
representatives of mobile companies have been
called and instructed to free heritage city from
cable trap in 15 days or else fine will be levied.
IrkedoverMemberSecyDeo’s
absence,DrSomyaleavesmeeting
Service is the highest form of
religion: Governor Mishra
FREE WALLED CITY FROM OVERHEAD
CABLES IN 15 DAYS, SAYS JMCH CHIEF
JDA seals 17 illegal villas
four-storey building
NEWS DIGEST
Alwar police arrests 73
for immoral activities
JDA to re-launch PSKS campaign;
Camps to be organised from May 2
Water scarcity in many areas of Jaipur capital is
reported. The public protested in Ward No 6 on
Tuesday and called the XEN and gave him a dressing
down. They alleged that water is being sold openly
from government tankers on the outskirts and com-
plained about leakage and boosters at many places.
WATER SCARCITY IN JAIPUR
The Additional Chief Secretary of PHED Department,
Sudhansh Pant will embark on a five-day tour to
Singapore from today. He will be attending a confer-
ence on water conservation there. He has been permit-
ted for the same at the higher-level.
SUDHANSH PANT TO ATTEND WATER
CONSERVATION CONF IN SINGAPORE

he virtual meeting between
US President Joe Biden and
Modi in which the former
hailed India’s humanitarian
approach towards the people
of Ukraine and mentioned
that both the nations are go-
ing to continue close consul-
tation to manage destabilis-
ing effects of this Russian
war, seems to have paved way
for India becoming one of the
world leaders.
2+2 dialogue between the two
countries in which Biden
said the US and India share
a strong and growing “ma-
jor defence partnership”,
the world that India, un-
der the leadership of
Modi, is no longer going to
play the second fiddle and
has its own influence on
the world stage.
When the war began, it
was Ukraine, that was look-
ing toward India to bail it
out by persuading Russia to
stop the war, but now the
world’s super powers
are banking on In-
dia while recognizing its
ability and potential. From
the two major global players
- Putin and Biden - to Israeli
PM Neftali Bennet, to UK
Prime Minister Boris John-
son, to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a
host of other leader; all have
been looking towards Modi
and India’s relations with
countries across the world to
drive home their respective
points and concerns.
India, and Modi in particu-
lar, do not just have a massive
‘goodwill’ among nations, but
also have the ability to pro-
vide a ‘conscious stability’ to
the world affairs, a fact that
global powers have begun to
accept, only over the past few
years. Be it Modi’s ‘hug di-
plomacy’, his ‘covid care’
programstoallpowerful
and weak nations alike,
or his ‘scientific solu-
tion finding ap-
proach’ to modern
problems; all these
combined have ef-
fectively cemented
Modi’s and India’s
place in global lead-
ership as a mindful
world power! Observ-
ersbelievethatUkraine
hasprovidedanoppor-
tunity to Modi to
establish
himself as global leader even
above Biden and Putin.
In fact, the US President
was all praise for India re-
cently when he said, “I want
to welcome India’s humani-
tarian support for the people
of Ukraine, who are suffering
a horrific assault, including
a tragic shelling in a train sta-
tion last week that killed doz-
ens of innocent children and
women and civilians attempt-
ing to flee the violence.”
“The United States and In-
dia are going to continue our
manage the destabilizing ef-
fects of this Russian war,”
major defence partnership.”
was bound to play a key role
in resolving conflicts, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi apt-
ly reiterated that India was
hopeful of the “ongoing talks
between Russia and Ukraine
will pave the way for peace.”
“When I came to Washing-
toninSeptemberlastyear,you
saidthatIndia-USpartnership
can contribute to the solution
of many global problems. I
completely agree with you. As
theworld’stwolargestandold-
est democracies, we are natu-
ral partners,” he added.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GLOBAL LEADER MODI EMERGES
AS A ‘SUPERPOWER’ OVER BIDEN
AND PUTIN IN UKRAINE CRISIS
Ukraine has provided an opportunity for Modi to establish himself as a global leader,
where everyone in Moscow and Washington DC looks up to Narendra Modi
T
2+2 dialogue between
the two countries in
which Biden said the US
and India share a strong
and growing “major
defence partnership”,
the world that India,
under the leadership
of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, is no
longer going to play the
second fiddle and has its
own influence on the
world stage
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
The United States and India
are going to continue our
effects of this Russian war,”
major defence partnership.
was bound to play a key
role in resolving conflicts,
Modi aptly reiterated that
India was hopeful of the
“ongoing talks between
Russia and Ukraine will
pave the way for peace”
JOE BIDEN VLADIMIR PUTIN
NARENDRA MODI
PERSPECTIVE
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l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
Printed and published by
Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of
First Express Publishers. Printed
at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B.
Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk
Road, Jaipur. Published at 304,
3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das
Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001,
Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504.
Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A person can rise through
the efforts of his own mind;
or draw himself down, in
the same manner Because
each person is his own
friend or enemy.
—Bhagavad Gita
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Under the ongoing public relations
campaign in Himachal Pradesh, today
in the Jhanduta assembly of Bilaspur,
the name of Vijaypur booth president
Smt. Jamna Devi was honored. It is
these activists who have made the
Bharatiya Janata Party resound all over
the country today.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
The demise of Dr. R. Venkatapathy is
a big loss for news industry in India.
He played an instrumental role in
taking the Tamil daily Dinamalar to its
heights. My deepest condolences to
the bereaved family members and the
staff of Dinamalar.
TOP TWEETS
IN DIRE STRAITS,
LANKA RESORTS TO
EMERGENCY STEP
OF LOAN DEFAULT
ri Lanka’s Prime
Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa said on
Monday that his gov-
ernment will tide
over the economic crisis the way
it finished off the LTTE to end
the 30-year war. Mahinda is the
elder brother of President Got-
baya Rajapaksa. Under intense
public pressure to resign, Prime
Minister Mahinda is clinging on
to power even as the situation in
the country is turning from bad
to worse. A proof of the gloomy
situation came on Tuesday
when Lankan finance ministry
announced that it would be de-
faulting on all its external debt
of $51 billion as it has run of
foreign exchange to pay for im-
ports. For a nation grappling
with severe shortage of food,
fuel and medicines this was an
emergency measure.
The Rajapaksas are in no
mood to oblige either the opposi-
tion with their resignation.
They expect countries like India
to bail them out with supplies of
essentials. So far India, which
has managed its economy better
than its neighbours, has not dis-
appointed.
S
ensuring India for
its human rights
record, US Secre-
tary of State An-
tony Blinken said
in the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jais-
hankar and Defence Minister
RajnathSinghthattheUSwas
monitoringtherecentsurgein
human rights abuses in India.
“…we are monitoring some
recent concerning develop-
mentsinIndiaincludingarise
in human rights abuses by
some government, police and
prison officials,” Blinken said
at a joint press briefing. His
comments came days after US
Representative Ilhan Omar’s
remark that the US was hesi-
tanttocriticisetheIndiangov-
ernmentforitsallegedhuman
rights abuses. With Blinken
not elaborating his statement
further and Jaishankar mak-
ing no mention of it at the
press conference, not much
should be made out of
Blinken’s statement.
Risingcommunalincidents
in the country targeting and
stigmatising minorities and
ruling party leaders giving
cover to the troublemakers,
India is emerging more as a
theocratic nation where secu-
larism and democratic princi-
ples are slowly disappearing.
One only has to look at the US,
UK, Australia and New Zea-
land where majority versus
minority debate has seldom
turned into Islamophobia and
compare with the situation in
India to see where we are
headed.Whetheritisdisallow-
ing Muslims to pray in an
open space despite govern-
mentpermission,threatening
Muslimwomenwithrape,pro-
tests over hijab, boycotting
Muslimtradersandclosureof
meat shops during Hindu fes-
tivals, has divided the society
.
Despite growing conflicts
it is unlikely that the US will
go beyond verbal censure of
India, which it looks at as a
key defence, strategic and
business partner.
ANTONY BLINKEN’S
UNEXPECTED REMARK
Censuring India for its human
rights record, US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said in
the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S.
Jaishankar and Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
that the US was monitoring
the recent surge in human
rights abuses in India
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Congress demands FIR
against Karnataka Minister,
seeks independent probe
New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Tuesday
launched a scathing at-
tack on the BJP over
the death of Santosh
Patil, a contractor who
levelled corruption
charges against KS Es-
hwarappa, and de-
manded an FIR against
the Karnataka minis-
ter and an independent
probe into the incident.
Former Congress
chief Rahul Gandhi
accused the prime
minister and the Kar-
nataka chief minister
of being complicit in
the contractor’s death,
saying that the vic-
tim’s pleas to them
went unanswered.
“BJP’s 40% Commis-
sion Government in
Karnatakahasclaimed
the life of their own
Karyakarta. The vic-
tim’s pleas to the PM
went unanswered. The
PM and CM are com-
plicit. #BJPCorrup-
tionFiles (sic),” Gan-
dhi said on Twitter.
Patil was found dead
in a hotel room in Udu-
pionTuesdaymorning.
He had earlier accused
KarnatakaRuralDevel-
opment and Panchayat
RajMinisterEshwarap-
pa of demanding 40%
commission. The Min-
isternotonlydismissed
his allegations but also
filed a defamation suit
against him.
Congress general
secretary and chief
spokesperson Randeep
Surjewala said PM
Narendra Modi and
Karnataka CM Basa-
varaj Bommai should
lodge an FIR of mur-
der and corruption
against the Minister
and dismiss him, oth-
erwise Bommai’s com-
plicity is clear.
“The CM and PM
should Lodge an FIR
of Murder and Cor-
ruption against the
BJP Minister. Arrest
the Minister. Dismiss
him as a Minister. Con-
duct an independent
probe. Otherwise, it
will be clear that CM
Bommai is complicit
in the alleged corrup-
tion (sic),” Surjewala
said on Twitter.
“Dear Friends of the
BJP
, At least show guts
to speak for a fellow
BJP worker! The wife
of BJP worker, late
Santosh Patil is crying
andtellinghowshehad
to sell her jewellery to
fulfil the insatiable lust
of corruption. Will JP
Nadda speak up (sic)?”
he asked.
CM Bommai said
the police will conduct
a thorough and trans-
parent investigation
into the contractor’s
death. He also ruled
out any resignations
in this regard.
Surjewala alleged
that the “stench of cor-
ruption in 40% Com-
mission Bommai Gov-
ernment, Karnataka
has reached its nadir”.
“Even BJP workers
are not spared and are
forced to commit sui-
cide as the CM and PM
refuse to act upon al-
legations of 40% Com-
mission against BJP
Minister, Eshwarap-
pa,” the Congress lead-
er alleged.
CONTRACTOR DEATH
KARNATAKA MINISTER ‘RESPONSIBLE FOR
MY DEATH’: CONTRACTOR'S LAST MESSAGE
Bengaluru (Agencies): A contractor, who had accused
the Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Minister KS Eshwarappa’s associates of demanding a
40% commission for a contract, was found dead at a
private lodge in Udupi this morning. Santosh Patil re-
portedly sent messages to
the media and his friends
early this morning, saying
that he was going to end
his life and alleged that Mr
Eshwarappa was respon-
sible for his death. In his
purported suicide note,
Patil urged PM Narendra
Modi, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai and senior
BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa to help his wife and kids
after his death. “RDPR minister KS Eshwarappa is
solely responsible for my death. I am taking this deci-
sion, keeping my aspirations aside,” he wrote.
Retail inflation shoots
up to 6.95% in March
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia’s retail inflation
surged to a 17-month
high of 6.95 per cent in
March from 6.07 per
cent in the previous
month due to a sharp
increase in food prices,
the National Statistical
Office (NSO) data
showed on Tuesday
.
Retail inflation as
measured by the Con-
sumer Price Index (CPI)
has remained above the
upper limit of the Re-
serve Bank of India
(RBI) tolerance band for
the third consecutive
month. The retail infla-
tion stood at 6.01 per
cent in January 2022.
Theinflationissharp-
ly higher when com-
pared with the previous
year. The Consumer
Price Index (CPI) based
inflation stood at 5.52
per cent in March 2021.
The price rise was
sharper in rural India
than in urban. CPI for
rural India surged to
7.66 per cent in March
from 6.38 per cent in the
previous month.
CPI-based inflation
for urban India rose to
6.12 per cent in March
2022 from 5.75 per cent
in the previous month.
The Consumer Price
Index (CPI) inflation
data is released month-
ly by the National Sta-
tistical Office (NSO),
Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Imple-
mentation.
The Price data are col-
lectedfromselected1,114
urban markets and 1,181
villages covering all
states/UTs through per-
sonal visits by field staff
of the Field Operations
Division of NSO, MoSPI
on a weekly roster.
During the month of
March 2022, NSO collect-
ed prices from 99.9 per
cent of villages and 98.3
per cent urban markets
while the market-wise
prices reported therein
were 90.2 per cent for ru-
ral and 93.2 per cent for
urban, according to an
official statement re-
leased by the National
Statistical Office (NSO).
‘Students can pursue 2
degrees at same time’
New Delhi: Students
will now be able to pur-
sue two full-time degree
programmesinphysical
mode simultaneously
either at the same uni-
versity or from different
universities,UGCChair-
man Jagadesh Kumar
announced on Tuesday
.
TheUniversityGrants
Commission (UGC) will
soon issue detailed
guidelinesinthisregard.
“As announced in the
new National Educa-
tion Policy (NEP) and in
order to allow students
to acquire multiple
skills, UGC is coming
up with new guidelines
to allow a candidate to
pursue two degree pro-
grammes in physical
mode simultaneously.
The degrees can either
be pursued from the
same or different uni-
versities,” Kumar said
at a press conference.
Students will also be
allowed to pursue two
degree programmes in
physical and online
mode simultaneously,
he added.
Northeast has seen rapid
devp under Modi:Thakur
Mumbai (PTI): Union
Minister of Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
Anurag Thakur at-
tended the third day of
the four-day ‘Mad-
havpur Ghed Fair’ in
Gujarat. The event was
alsoattendedbyNBiren
Singh, Chief Minister
of Manipur and Minis-
ters of Gujarat.
Addressing the audi-
ence on the occasion the
Minister said Mad-
havpur Ghed Festival is
highest symbol of con-
necting people and the
festival brings together
the far east of the coun-
try and the west. Speak-
ing on the work being
carried out in the States
of north-east Thakur
saidLookEastPolicyhas
become Act East Policy
only under the current
Govt and north eastern
Statesof Indiahavesince
seen unprecedented de-
velopment in infrastruc-
ture and facilities.
Cong mentality:
AAP on Punjab
singer Sidhu’s
‘gaddar’ lyrics
Chandigarh: Punjabi
singer Sidhu Moose
Wala on Tuesday came
under sharp attack
from Punjab’s ruling
Aam Aadmi Party over
his latest song, with the
party leaders accusing
him of calling the peo-
ple of the state traitors.
Shubhdeep Singh Sid-
hu, also known by his
stagenameSidhuMoose
Wala, released his latest
song titled ‘Scapegoat’
in which he talks about
his defeat in the recent
Assembly polls.
Moose Wala, who
fought on a Congress
ticket from Mansa As-
sembly seat, was defeat-
edbyAAP’sVijaySingla
with a margin of 63,323
votes. AAP leader Mal-
winder Singh Kang al-
leged Moose Wala called
the people of Punjab
“gaddar” in his latest
song and demanded the
Congress to clear its
stand on the “objection-
able” lyrics.
“The song reflects the
mentality of the Con-
gress,” Kang alleged.
Condemning singer,
AAP MLA Jeevan Jyot
Kaur tweeted, “Punjab-
is are neither traitors
nor hypocrites. We have
a rich history and we
always stand for justice
and truth. Mind your
words.”
After Kharge, ED
summons Pawan
in Herald case
New Delhi: Congress
leader and former Un-
ion Minister Pawan
Bansal was summoned
by the Enforcement Di-
rectorate on Tuesday in
connection with the Na-
tional Herald case.
The development
comes a day after the
law enforcement agen-
cy questioned Congress
leader Mallikarjun
Kharge in connection
with its investigation.
Young Indian is a
charitable organisa-
tion, which acquired
AJL and its assets
worth over Rs 400 crore
from Congress.
CRUCIAL READ
MEHBOOBA MUFTI
PLACED UNDER
HOUSE ARREST
Srinagar: Authorities on
Tuesday placed former
Chief Minister Mehbooba
Mufti under house arrest
in Srinagar city prevent-
ing her from going to
Anantnag district. Mufti
alleged that she intended
to visit the family of the
Kashmiri Pandit in Shop-
ian district.
ED ATTACHES RS 50
LAKH FLAT OF IQBAL
KASKAR’S AIDE
Mumbai: ED has attached
a flat in Thane worth
around Rs 50 lakh that
belonged to Iqbal Kaskar’s
close associate Mumtaz
Ezaz Shaikh in a money
laundering case. ED had
registered the case against
Pakistan based gangster
Dawood Ibrahim, his fam-
ily members and others.
MADHYA PRADESH MINISTER BLAMES
MUSLIMS FOR RAM NAVAMI CLASHES
Khargone (MP): In escalating tensions over
clashes during a Ram Navami procession in Madhya
Pradesh’s Khargone, the state Home Minister Narot-
tam Mishra on Tuesday directly accused Muslims
of violence and rioting. He also defended the Govt’s
widely criticised move to demolish homes of those
who allegedly threw stones at Hindu procession.
Shah urges everyone to work for welfare
of country and people in next 25 years
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion home minister Amit
Shah on Tuesday ap-
pealed to everyone, ir-
respective of party af-
filiations, to work for
the welfare of people
and the country in the
next 25 years so that In-
dia becomes one of the
most developed nations
in the world.
Shah said Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
had said the next 25
years — from the 75th
year of India’s inde-
pendence to the 100th
year of country’s free-
dom — is crucial for the
growth of the country
and this period has
been termed as ‘Amrit
Kaal’.
SHAH IN PONDY ON
APRIL 24 TO IRON
OUT DIFFERENCES
New Delhi: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah will
visit Puducherry on April
24 to attend several
programmes. The visit
is primarily intended to
iron out the differences
between CM N Ran-
gasamy and the BJP
legislators. Ever since
the coalition government
of the AINRC and the
BJP assumed office in
the Union Territory, there
have been differences
between the two parties.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing at the Inaugural session
of ‘Amrit Samagam’ in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Delhi remote control: Oppn as
Kejriwal holds Punjab meeting
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Arvind Kejri-
wal’s meeting with Pun-
jab officers on Monday,
reportedly in the ab-
sence of CM Bhagwant
Mann, has fueled a mas-
sive controversy with
the opposition Con-
gress alleging “remote
control” by the AAP
chief.
Arvind Kejriwal, the
CM of Delhi, reportedly
met with top officials of
the Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited
(PSPCL) in the meeting,
where the Sate’s chief
secretary were present.
Opposition parties
like the Congress and
Akali Dal seized on re-
ports that Mann, who
took charge as CM, was
not present at meeting.
“IAS officers sum-
moned by Kejriwal in
Mann’s absence. This
exposes the de-facto CM
and Delhi remote con-
trol. Clear breach of
federalism, insult to
Punjabi pride. Both
must clarify (sic),”
tweeted Navjot Singh
Sidhu.
Arvind Kejriwal with Bhagwant Mann. —FILE PHOTO
Birla: Youth will make democratic
institutions more accountable
Guwahati (ANI): Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la on Tuesday said that
youth are not only the
future of the country
but also the present.
In his address at the
valedictory session of
the eighth Common-
wealth Parliamentary
Association Confer-
ence, Birla said that the
youth, with their ener-
gy, potential and inno-
vative thinking are ca-
pable of bringing posi-
tive changes in society
and meaningful solu-
tions for the future.
“It is the responsibil-
ity of democratic insti-
tutions to ensure active
participation of youth
and women in policy-
making and to make
maximum use of them
for the development of
the country,” he said.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and other dignitaries at the
valedictory session in Guwahati on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIA
06
READY TO SUPPLY FOOD STOCK
TO WORLD IF WTO GIVES NOD: PM
Ahmedabad: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday said
that during his talk with
US President Joe Biden,
he offered to supply In-
dia’s food stock to the
worldif theWorldTrade
Organisation (WTO) ac-
cords permission.
Food stock in differ-
ent parts of the world is
dwindling due to the
war (in Ukraine),
Modi said.
“Today the world is
facing an uncertain sit-
uation as nobody is get-
ting what they want.
Petrol, oil and fertiliz-
ers are hard to procure
as all the doors are get-
ting closed. Everybody
wants to secure their
stocks after this (Rus-
sia-Ukraine) war be-
gan,” Modi said.
“The world is facing a
new problem now; the
food stock of the world
is getting empty, I was
talking to the US Presi-
dent, and he also raised
this issue. I suggested
that if WTO gives per-
mission, India is ready
to supply food stock to
the world from tomor-
row,” Modi said.
Food stock in different parts of the world is dwindling due to the war between Russia Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing via video conferencing,
in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MODI WRITES A LETTER TO
BENEFICIARY OF AWAS YOJANA
New Delhi (ANI): To
congratulate a ben-
eficiary of PM Awas
Yojana on Tuesday, PM
Narendra Modi wrote
a letter to congratulate
him for the ownership,
to add up to his con-
tentment. According
to an official state-
ment, PM Modi sent a
letter to Sudhir Kumar
Jain of Sagar district
of Madhya Pradesh
for adding up to his
happiness of own roof
by congratulating him.
“House is not just
a structure made of
bricks and cement, but
our feelings, our aspi-
rations are attached to
it. The boundary walls
of the house not only
provide us security
but also instil in us
the confidence of a
better tomorrow,” PM
wrote in his letter to
Jain. “The dream of
your own house has
come true through the
Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana. Your sense of
satisfaction after this
achievement can easily
be felt by your words
in the letter. This house
is like a new founda-
tion for the dignified
life of your family and
a better future for both
your children,” state-
ment read quoting PM.
US yet to decide on sanctions
over Russia-India missile deal
Washington (PTI):
The US has not yet
made any decision on
potential sanctions or
waivers to India un-
der CATSAA law for
its purchase of the
S-400 missile defence
system from Russia,
Secretary of State An-
tony Blinken has said.
The US administra-
tion is required under
its domestic law,
Countering Ameri-
ca’s Adversaries
through Sanctions
Act (CAATSA) to im-
pose sanctions on any
country that has sig-
nificant transactions
with Iran, North Ko-
rea or Russia.
CAATSA is a tough
US law that authoris-
es the administration
to impose sanctions
on countries that pur-
chase defence hard-
ware from Russia.
“We continue to
urge all countries to
avoid major new
transactions for Rus-
sian weapons sys-
tems. We’ve not yet
made a determination
on sanctions under
the CATSAA law,”
Blinken said.
INDIA PLANS $2BN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
India,AmericaurgeTalibantofollowUNSC
resolution, call to end violence in Myanmar
Washington: India and
the US have called on
the Taliban leadership
to abide by the UNSC
resolution which de-
mands that Afghani-
stan’s territory must
never again be used to
threaten or attack any
country or to plan or fi-
nance terrorist attacks.
US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken and US
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin welcomed
Singh and Jaishankar
to Washington for the
Dialogue. “The minis-
ters called on the Tali-
ban to abide by UNSC
Resolution 2593 (2021),
which demands that Af-
ghan territory must
never again be used to
threaten or attack any
country or to shelter or
train terrorists, or to
plan or finance terror-
ist attacks,” the joint
statement issued by the
Ministry of External
Affairs said on Tuesday
.
The ministers also
called for the cessation
of violence in Myan-
mar, the release of all
those arbitrarily de-
tained, and a swift re-
turn to the path of de-
mocracy and inclusive
governance.
Myanmar’s military
seized power on Febru-
ary 1 after overthrow-
ing the elected govern-
ment led by Aung San
Suu Kyi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, EAM S Jaishankar along with US
Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin and US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken in Washington. —PHOTO BY ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
HARDIK PATEL HINTS AT CONTESTING POLLS
AFTER SC STAYS CONVICTION IN RIOTING CASE
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel on
Tuesday said that his aim was not just to contest elections
but also to serve the people, soon after the
Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a 2015
rioting and arson case. “My aim is not only to
contest elections but also to serve the people
of Gujarat with strength. Three years ago, I
was sentenced to two years in jail in a false
case, but today the Supreme Court has stayed the sentence.
I thank the judiciary from the heart,” tweeted Patel.
SC: CLARIFY STAND ON
SALEM’S SENTENCE
New Delhi : The Supreme
Court on Tuesday directed
the Union home secretary
to file an affidavit by April
18 on whether it is going
to abide by the solemn
assurance given by the
then deputy Prime Minister
of India Lal Krishna Advani
to the Portugal govern-
ment that the maximum
sentence handed out to
gangster Abu Salem will
not exceed 25 years.
SC ASKS FTII TO
ALLOW DIVYANGS
New Delhi(PTI): The
Supreme Court on Tuesday
directed the Pune-based
Film and Television Insti-
tute of India (FTII) to allow
candidates suffering from
colour blindness to pursue
all courses on filmmaking
and editing. It said no
discrimination be made
based on colour blindness
for getting admission in the
institute as it is not a form
of blindness.
Raipur: A 56-year-old woman was raped, brutalised
with an iron rod before her head was smashed with a
boulder in a blood-curdling incident in Chhattisgarh, the
police have said. The woman, who had a mental disabil-
ity, had resisted rape and was found last Wednesday
so badly mutilated that the police in Janjgir-Champa
district thought she was killed in a road accident. The
autopsy report revealed the horror. An investigation by
the police and security camera footage found that she
was savagely assaulted and dragged by someone on
the road. She had been kicked in the stomach, punched
in the eyes and assaulted with an iron rod.
Hyderabad: After setting the Centre a 24-hour deadline
to procure foodgrain from Telangana’s farmers, CM K
Chandrashekar Rao heaped insults on the Central gov-
ernment and accused the BJP of
weakening the agriculture sector.
This, he said, is a conspiracy to
hand over the agriculture sector
to corporates and reduce farmers
to labourers. Rao had set up a
fresh face-off with the Centre and
PM Modi with a dispute involving the purchase of rice
from farmers in his state. During his sit-in protest in
Delhi, “I asked them if they don’t have the money or the
PM has no heart to buy food grain,” he said.
56-YEAR-OLD WOMAN RAPED, TORTURED
WITH IRON ROD IN CHHATTISGARH
CONSPIRACY TO HAND AGRI SECTOR
TO CORPORATES: KCR SLAMS BJP
CRUCIAL READ
Covid-19: Health Minister Mandaviya takes
stock of ‘XE variant’, wants boost in vaccination
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya,
who chaired a meeting
of the country’s key ex-
perts on Covid-19’s new
‘XE variant’, directed
officials to boost the on-
going monitoring and
surveillance of new
variants and cases as
well as of vaccinations.
He also asked the of-
ficials to constantly re-
view the availability of
essential drugs and
medicines required in
the treatment of Cov-
id-19 patients, a state-
ment from the ministry
read. The Health Minis-
ter further emphasised
on carrying out the on-
going vaccination drive
at full pace and to vac-
cinate all eligible candi-
dates, the statement
said.
The meeting was at-
tended by Dr VK Paul,
Rajesh Bhushan, Dr
Randip Guleria, Dr Bal-
rama Bhargava, Dr. NK
Arora and others.
US MONITORING
RECENT HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
IN INDIA: BLINKEN
Washington: In an other-
wise congenial diplomatic
engagement between top
US and Indian officials,
the Biden administra-
tion on Monday struck a
mildly disapproving and
discordant note by unilat-
erally raising what it said
is a rise in human rights
abuses in India. “We are
monitoring some recent
concerning develop-
ments in India, including
a rise in human rights
abuses by some govern-
ment, police, and prison
officials,” US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken told
the media.
Mumbai: India is likely
to get average monsoon
rains this year, a private
weather forecasting
agency said on Tuesday
,
raising prospects of
higher farm and eco-
nomic growth in Asia’s
third-biggest economy
.
Monsoon rain are ex-
pected to be 98% of the
long-term average, and
there is a 65% chance
that India will get aver-
age rainfall, Skymet
said.
The weather agency
is in the process of
gathering data sets per-
tinent for a comprehen-
sive monsoon forecast
in April.
New Delhi defines av-
erage, or normal, rain-
fall as between 96% and
104% of a 50-year aver-
age of 88 centimetres
(35 inches) for the four-
month season begin-
ning June.
Monsoon to be average: Skymet
CRUCIAL MONSOON
lll
Nearly half of
India’s farmland,
which has no
irrigation cover,
depends on
Monsoon to
grow crops such
as rice, corn,
cane, cotton and
soybeans.
Lanka announces defaulting on
all its $51billion external debt
Colombo: Sri Lanka
defaulted on its $51 bil-
lion foreign debt Tues-
day as the island nation
grapples with its worst
economic crisis in
memory and wide-
spread protests de-
manding the govern-
ment’s resignation.
Acute food and fuel
shortages, alongside
long daily electricity
blackouts, have brought
widespread suffering to
the country’s 22 million
people in the most pain-
ful downturn since in-
dependence in 1948.
Public anger has
flared in recent weeks
with crowds attempting
to storm the homes of
government leaders.
Sri Lanka’s Finance
Ministry said the coun-
try was defaulting on
all external obligations,
including loans from
foreign governments.
Protester wave a Sri Lankan
national flag during a protest.
ARJUNA URGES
Baisakhi 2022: Sikh ‘Jatha’
from India depart for Lahore
Delimitation in
JK may be
over by April
Amritsar (ANI): A
group of Sikh ‘Jatha’
departed for Pakistan’s
Lahore on Tuesday for
celebrating the festival
of Baisakhi (Khalsa Sa-
jna Day).
“We all are ready to
go to the Guru’s place to
bow the head at Guru
Nanak Dev, who is the
Guru for Indians and
Pir for the people of Pa-
kistan,” said a member
of the batch.
“We had applied for
900 visa permits but
could get permits for
only 705, resulting in
the disheartening of
the 195 whose visas
were rejected,” said
Ravinder Singh Khalsa.
“We really hope the
new Prime Minister of
Pakistan Shehbaz Sha-
rif to keep the brother-
hood amongst countries
maintained and ease
the Visa system,” he
added.
Most of the pilgrim
devotees have empha-
sized their demand for
cancelling the visa re-
quirements to visit the
Gurudwara in the
neighbouring country
.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Centre will take a final
call on elections in JK
after the Delimitation
Commission submits
its final report by April-
end. The decision will
be taken after the Cen-
tre reviews all aspects,
sources said.
“The report will be
submitted to Ministry
of Law and Justice. And
after which a summary
revision of Electoral
rolls will be taken up by
the Election Commis-
sion,” said official.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chairs a meeting.
Reduce time gap
for booster jab to 6
months: SII to Govt
New Delhi (PTI): Vaccine
major SII has appealed
to the Government to
reduce the gap between
the second and booster
dose to six months from
nine months at present,
according to its CEO Adar
Poonawalla. Recall-
ing that they could not
meet the commitment of
exporting vaccines in the
first quarter of 2021.
GUARD YOUR LEMONS,
THIEVES STEAL 60KG IN
UP’S SHAHJAHANPUR
Shahjahanpur: Anything
that is valuable is a thief’s
delight. And with the
prices of lemon skyrocket-
ing in the market, thieves
in Shahjahanpur stole
60 kilos of lemon stored
in a vegetable trader’s
godown. The thieves also
stole some other high-
priced vegetables from the
godown. Manoj Kashyap,
the vegetable trader, said
the thieves took away 60
kilos of lemon, 40 kg of
onions, 38 kg of garlic and
a fork from his godown.
The trader from Bahadu-
rganj Mohalla, who has a
shop in the Bajaria area.
OVER 1,500 SCHOOLS
IN MAHA DISTRICT
LOSE POWER SUPPLY
Alibaug: The Maharashtra
State Electricity Board
(MSEB) has stopped
power supply to over 1,500
schools in Maharash-
tra’s Raigad district over
non-payment of dues, an
official said on Tuesday.
Power supply has been
disconnected to 1,549
schools of Raigad Zilla Par-
ishad, of which 679 have
lost electricity permanently,
the MSEB official said. The
supply has been stopped
due to non-payment of bills
to the tune of Rs 49.74
lakh, he said. Electricity
has been disconnected at
118 schools in Pen.
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
Promoted by
Ashiana Housing Limited
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot’s deci-
sions such as mandato-
ry registration of FIR,
setting up reception
rooms, forming special
units in each district for
effective investigation
of crimes against wom-
en have provided the
much needed relief to
the poor, neglected and
deprived class and it
has become easy for
them to get justice.
The team from the
Department of DIPR
went to the Ramganj PS
in the walled city of
Jaipur to witness the
things at the ground
level. This police sta-
tion was one of the
‘Adarsh’ police stations.
The staff at the police
station was quite
friendly. Abhishek
Khandelwal, a jeweller,
resident of Ramganj
who was one of the
complainants at the re-
ception room said, “I
had come to know the
status of the complaint
that was registered 10
days ago.” He said that
he had been to this po-
lice station four years
ago, when he had to
bring papers along with
him to register a com-
plaint, but now things
have changed a lot at
this police station.
Similarly, Shama Be-
gum, a housewife, resi-
dent of Mohalla Mahav-
atan had come to regis-
ter a complaint against
her neighbour who was
not allowing her to
build a staircase in her
house. She said earlier
facilities were not much
at the police station, but
now officers attend the
complainants at the re-
ception room and lodge
the complaints.
Ramganj PS House
Officer Bhuri Singh
said this is an ideal PS.
Victims feel good when
they are made to sit in
the reception room and
their problems are
heard. The investiga-
tion is started immedi-
ately in the cases of
crimes against women
after filing the FIR, he
said. The image of the
police has improved
among the people due to
the decisions taken by
the CM Compulsory
registration of FIRs has
encouraged people from
the weaker sections of
society along with wom-
en and girls. It is to be
mentioned that in 2017,
more than 33.4% of
rape cases were lodged
through courts and this
number has reduced to
13.51% in March 2022.
The reception room
was to be constructed in
every police station to
make it public-friendly
and so far out of 868 po-
lice stations, reception
rooms have been con-
structed in 780 police
stations and will be
built soon in the re-
maining police stations.
CM’s efforts bring relief for poor and deprived
JUSTICE FOR ALL
Tonk: A case of suicide attempt by a couple by con-
suming poisonous substances has come to light in
Navrangpura village. On receiving the information, the
police reached the spot.
The young man and the girl
were admitted to the hos-
pital in Malpura, but due to
the critical condition, both
have been referred to SMS
Hospital in Jaipur. The girl
was married in the past, however after the death of
her husband, she was living in Navrangpura.
Bhilwara: Delivering its judgement in the five
years old much-discussed Manju murder case,
the court of Additional District Judge-II here on
Tuesday sentenced the husband of the deceased
to life imprisonment. Judge Gopal Lal Saini of
also imposed a fine of Rs 13,500 on the convict
Kishan Lal aka Kanhaiya Lal Salvi, a resident of
Malola Road in Gayatri Nagar area of the city,
said the prosecution lawyer.
COUPLE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE BY CONSUMING
POISONOUS SUBSTANCES IN TONK
MAN GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR
KILLING WIFE IN BHILWARA
CRUCIAL READ
A MacBook was also recovered from engineer, search operation is on, says ACB
Sandeep Rathore
Pali: An Anti-Corrup-
tion Bureau team from
Udaipur arrested an ex-
ecutive engineer (XEN)
for allegedly accepting
a bribe of Rs 13 lakh in
Pali district on Tuesday
,
said an official. The ac-
cused, Yagyadutt Vidu-
va, works as an execu-
tive engineer at Nation-
al Highways and Infra-
structure Development
Corporation Limited
(NHIDCL).
The accused had al-
ready taken MacBook
(an Apple company lap-
top) as a bribe from the
complainant, which the
bureau also recovered
from the accused, said
ACB Director General,
Bhagwan Lal Soni. A
search operation is on
at Viduva’s residence
and other places.
Yagyadutt Viduva, a
resident of Jaipur, is
engineer from PWD but
was presently working
in NHIDCL.Vimal Ku-
mar, project manager of
National Highway No-8
Beawar-Gomti Pack-
age-2 worth Rs 188 core,
filed a complaint that
Viduva demanded bribe
of Rs 13 lakh for clear-
ing dues of Rs 75 lakh
and letting the firm
work uninterruptedly,
the Anti-Corruption
Bureau said.The ACB
after verifying the com-
plaint, laid a trap on
Tuesday
, and caught the
accused red-handed
while taking a bribe of
Rs 13 lakh from the com-
plainant, officials said.
ACB nabs NHIDCL XEN
with `13L bribe in Pali
Accused Yagyadutt Viduva in ACB custody in Pali.
BJP leaders and 33
others booked over
religiousprocession
Minor mishap:
Congress leader
thrashes car driver
Hem Singh Rajpurohit
Raisingh Nagar: A
Congress leader
thrashed a car driver
brutally over a minor
collision with his car.
After the video of the
leader went viral, po-
lice are mulling over
the action against the
culprit. Local Congress
leader Ashok Royal was
driving towards the
railway crossing. The
car in front of him sud-
denly stopped. During
this, Ravinder Singh,
the car driver of the
other car accidentally
reversed the car, which
resulted in a minor
scratch to the leader’s
car, which angered
Ashok Royal.
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: The dispute
over stopping the pro-
cession of Thakurji
from Kotdi Charbhuja
Nath on Monday con-
tinues to intensify. Po-
lice have registered a
case against 33 people,
including two BJP
MLAs, in the case of
forcibly taking out
Thakur ji ki baraat in
the city. Deputy super-
intendent of police,
city Hansraj Berwa has
registered this case in
Bhima police station.
With the registration
of the case, anger pre-
vailed among the BJP
workers. A delegation
led by BJYM district
president Kuldeep
Sharma protested at
the Collectorate and
submitted a memoran-
dum to Collector Ash-
ish Modi. Sharma said
that the admin created
disturbances during
the procession of
Charbhuja Nath, who
came from Kotdi for
Tulsi marriage.
Kotdi town of
Bhilwara will remain
closed on Wednesday.
This decision was tak-
en late on Tuesday
evening in a meeting
of representatives of
common Chokla and
Sakal Samaj at Kotri
Charbhuja.
Video grab of the incident.
Journo critical
after attack by
mines mafia
Miscreants
strike at bank,
loot `5.60 lakh
First India Bureau
Suratgarh: The mines
mafia engaged in illegal
gypsum mining in the
district attacked jour-
nalist Subhash Choud-
hury with lethal sharp
edged weapons late
Monday night. They
also rammed a dumper
to his car, damaging it
badly
.
Choudhury has re-
ceived serious injuries
on his head and hand.
He was rushed to the
trauma centre in the
government hospital
here but had to be shift-
ed to PBM Hospital in
Bikaner on Tuesday
morning as his condi-
tion worsened.
There is widespread
anger in the journalis-
tic community over the
attack. Various journal-
ist organisations have
demanded quick and
strict action against the
perpetratorsandthreat-
ened to launch state-
wide agitation if the
attackers are not ar-
rested immediately
.
Ashish Mittal
Sawai Madhopur: Crim-
inal activities have in-
creased in the Baman-
was police station area
where miscreants tar-
getted a bank. Accord-
ing to branch manager
Vishnu Gupta, four
bike-borne miscreants
entered the bank and
fired three rounds and
looted Rs 5,60,460 cash
holding the cashier at
the gunpoint. On get-
ting information, ASP
Suresh Kumar, CO Tej-
kumar Pathak and SHO
Brijesh Meena reached
the spot and started in-
vestigation. Police are
searching the CCTV
footage to nab the ac-
cused.
ACB CREATES
HISTORY: DG BL
SONI GREETS
SUBORDINATES
2 WOMEN DIE AS
CAR OVERTURNS
Jaipur: The ACB made
historical record with
127 traps in 100 days in
which about 150 bribe
accused were caught. Ac-
tion taken across the state
created panic among the
corrupt. Action was taken
on the instructions of
ACB DG BL Soni and ADG
Dinesh MN. Soni greeted
all the outpost in-charges
for the traps.
Barmer : Two women
were killed in Barmer on
Tuesday when the car in
which they were travelling
overturned. Nine people
were injured. Four seri-
ously injured have been
referred to Jodhpur. Five
are being treated at the
district hospital. Bodies
shifted to the mortuary.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: CS Usha Shar-
ma in a review meeting
of State Traffic Man-
agement Committee at
Secretariat said that the
hoardings of Mukhy-
amantri Chiranjeevi
Jeevan Raksha Yojna
should be put up in vil-
lage panchayats and po-
lice stations also so that
injured person can
reach hospital on time
Sharma directed the
officials to give wide
publicity to yojana, un-
der which Rs 5,000 is
given as reward to peo-
ple who take seriously
injured in road acci-
dents to hospital.
She directed officers
to identify sensitive
places in road accidents
ensure act
Additional C
tary, Transp
Kumar thro
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The N
Green Tribuna
has imposed a f
2 cr each on
Jodhpur Ba
illegally dis
polluted wate
dustries in Joj
Bandi rivers.
NGT gave d
a petition file
Panchayat
Bench head
Justice Ada
rected the
State Pollut
tion Board
water from
treatment
released in
out treatm
Order s
discharge
ing treate
then it sh
It was inf
lion liter
Publicise ‘Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi J
TO CURB ROAD ACCIDENTS

CS stressed on
the scheme
under which Rs
5,000 is given
as reward to
people who
take seriously
injured in road
accidents to
hospital
Sirohi Food Inspector, 1 more
held taking bribe of `17,000
A dairy operator was harassed by Food Inspector in the name of sample testing
Ashok Kumawat
Sirohi: Taking action
on corrupt medical de-
partment employee, Ja-
lore ACB on Monday
arrested food inspector
Grade IV employee
red-handed.
Jalore ACB team in-
spector Rajendra Singh
said a milk dairy opera-
tor in Jawal town was
harassed by Food In-
spector Vinod Sharma,
who threatened him for
sample testing de-
manded bribe.
On complaint, ACB
team got demand for a
bribe verified, during
which food inspector
demanded Rs 22,000.
During action, when
complainant reached
Food Inspector’s office
with bribe, Food Inspec-
tor asked complainant
to hand over bribe to
subordinate, Grade IV
employee Vishal Singh.
Food Inspector Vinod Sharma.
ACB arrests then VDO in
12-yr-old bribery case
Rajsamand: The ACB
on Monday arrested
the then VDO of Kun-
waria in a 12 years
old Rs 51,000 embez-
zlement case. The
accused Jeevraj Singh
was later forwarded
to the Special Anti-
Corruption Court-I in
Udaipur, which in turn
remanded him to judi-
cial custody. According
to ACB sources, Singh
had demanded Rs
51,000 from complain-
ant Gayatri Devi for
issuing land record
in her name in 2010.
Neither had he given
any receipt for applica-
tion money she had
deposited nor did he
follow the prescribed
procedure to issue the
patta as per law.
—Tarun Joshi
Jeevraj Singh
NGT im
each on
Crowd surges in Charbhuja
procession, police use force
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: There was a
huge uproar over un-
controllable crowd in
Lord Charbhuja’s pro-
cession entering route
other than prescribed
one gathering in
more numbers.
The administration
had allowed only 100
people, but due to the
arrival of more than
1500 people, the police
used mild force. Crowd
was driven out, due to
which shops in inner
area of Bhilwara city
were closed.
Thousands of people
attended procession of
Lord Charbhuja Nath
from Kotdi town to get
married with Tulsi on
Monday here to reach
Rishi Shringa Sansthan
with pomp. Crowd was
stopped by police and
administration. People
present in crowd start-
ed making a ruckus and
insisted to go to temple,
then police used mild
force to disperse the
crowd.
Jhajpur MLA Gop-
ichand Meena called it
pure religious event.
Rukcus in Lord Charbhuja’s procession on Monday.
7 more held in
Gurjar murder
Gul Mohammad
Kota: The SIT team ar-
resting seven more ac-
cused in Deva Gurjar
murder case in Rawatb-
hata.
The mastermind,
Sanwara Gurjar has
also been arrested. Po-
lice arrested nine ac-
cused earlier. The prime
main accused in the
murder, Babu Gurjar,
has also been arrested.
The seven arrested
are Sanwara Gurjar,
Prem Sagar, Balchand,
Arjun, Kalyan, Shanti-
lal and Ramesh Chand.
So far, the police have
arrested about 16 ac-
cused in the murder but
about six are abscond-
ing. The SIT team is led
by Kota SP.
Forty-year-old Gur-
jar, a resident of Bora-
ba
br
sa
to
d
w
Woman jumps into well with 2 grandkids, all die
Ashok Kumawat
Sirohi: An elderly
woman committed sui-
cide by jumping into a
well with her grand-
daughter and grand-
son. The incident took
place in Sirodki vil-
lage of Kalandri area
in Sirohi.
According to Kalan-
dri Police Officer Gani
Mohammad, a 70-year-
old woman committed
suicide by jumping
into a well on her agri-
cultural land along
with 6-year-old grand-
daughter and 4-year-
old grandson.
The bodies of three
were taken out of the
well and kept in the
mortuary. As per the
information, the bod-
ies of deceased Jatu
Devi (70), her grand-
daughter Mamta (6)
and grandson Bhaiyya
(4) recovered.
The deceased Jatu
Devi’s son informed
that when he woke up
in morning, his moth-
er, son and daughter
were not on the cot.
The report stated that
the deceased elderly
was mentally ill. The
police have handed
over the dead bodies.
Dev
Deceased Jatu Devi, Mamta and Bhaiyya.
Agarwal ask
roadmap fo
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Additional CS
Energy Departmen
Subodh Agarwal has d
rected three discoms o
state to prepare a roa
map for issuing new a
riculture connectio
in sync with the bud
announcement.
He held a virt
meeting with Manag
Directors, Finance
ficers and Technica
ficers of the discom
Secretariat. Aga
said discoms w
Usha Sharma, Abhay Kumar and Mahendra Soni during the review meeting on Monday
Two cousins
arrested for
honour killing
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: Police on
Monday arrested a man
and his cousin for kill-
ing a youth annoyed
over his affair with his
daughter. Police said
deceased Monu Dubey,
a resident of Bundi
Road area here, had
gone to meet daughter
of Chhotu Singh at her
house in Gangrar on
April 6.
Angry over it, Singh
and his cousin brother
Kalu Singh (21) first
thrashed him and later
strangled him to death.
Duo then took the body
in a sack to Hajyakhedi
bridge on Chittorgarh-
Udaipur highway and
disposed of it into Wa-
gan river there. Monu
was wanted in a case.
This is a pure religious event and the
administration should take it sensitive-
ly. The event was being organized in a
peaceful manner. I urge the government and the
administration not to behave in such a way
that provokes excitement in any society.
—Vitthal Shankar Awasthi, MLA
First India Bureau
Alwar: ACB on Mon-
day forwarded 11 ac-
cused arrested from
DTO in Shahjahanpur
its check post located
on NH-48 here a day be-
fore, to court which in
turn remanded 4 of
them to judicial custo-
dy sent 7 others to
jail. ACB team had raid-
ed 2 places arrested
Inspector Ravindra
Singh Bhatti, 7 guards
middlemen Ravi
Chouhan, Sube Singh
and Harish.
Transport Inspector,
three middlemen
remanded to JC
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA
ON APRIL 12, 2022
Meghwal leaders’ face off in Bikaner
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Cabinet Min-
ister Govind Meghwal
andRaviShankarMegh-
wal, son of Union minis-
ter Arjun Meghwal shot
barbs at each other on
Tuesday
. Govind said he
used to respect Arjun
but was stunned when
the Union minister held
a rally during Corona.
Takingapinchaboutthe
national forum of Ravi
Shankar Meghwal, Go-
vindsaidtheideologyof
Congress has been of
social unity but the BJP
has been opposing
Ambedkar and reserva-
tion.
In retaliation, Ravi
also held a press confer-
ence and said that Go-
vind Meghwal is a great
leader and says any-
thing. “His security was
forfeited and we’ll face
him in elections again.
When did he celebrate
Ambedkar Jayanti? He
has abused Karni Mata
and Shri Ram. We are
not to compete with him
but focus for the better-
ment of youth,” said
Ravi.
His forum will hold a
national convention in
Bikaner on the eve of
Ambedkar Jayanti
where Arjun Meghwal
will be the chief guest.
Ravihasrecentlyformed
the forum with focus on
the issue of youth in the
state.
Bus-tractor collision leaves 3
dead in Alwar, 2 die in Kota
First India Bureau
Alwar: Three people
died and 20 others were
injured when a road-
ways bus collided head-
on with a tractor-trolley
near Kushalgarh on Al-
war-Jaipur road on
Tuesday evening. Both
the Jaipur-bound bus
and the bricks-laden
tractor were being driv-
en at a high speed. The
bus driver Mohan Ku-
mar Verma, a resident
of Ramgarh Haal in
Jaipur, local resident
Guddi (35) and a saint
died on the spot while
two of the injured per-
sons are in critical con-
dition. In Kota, tractor
trolley collided with
bike and cycle in Lad-
pura in Kota. Two peo-
ple riding bicycle and
bike died in accident.
Class 10 student gangraped
Sanjay Prajapat
Churu : A minor stu-
dent of class 10th
was gangraped by
two youths in Churu.
The victim has regis-
tered a case against
two youths in the Ma-
hila police station.
The police have got
the medical of the
minor done. A youth
living in the neigh-
bourhood of the vic-
tim had raped her
about one and a half
years ago on the pre-
text of marriage.
During this, he had
also made videos and
then raped her on
many occasions by
blackmailing her
with his friend.
YOUTH RAPES CLASS
8TH STUDENT, HELD
Ajmer : A case of kidnap-
ping rape with an class
8th student by by a youth
after befriending her on
Instagram has come to
the fore. The police have
arrested the accused
after 45 days of hard
work, while the girl has
been handed over to the
relatives. A 16-year-old
schoolgirl residing in the
Alwar Gate police station
area had gone missing
since February 10.
MINOR’S RAPIST
GETS 20 YEARS JAIL
Sirohi: The POCSO
Court sentenced a
man to 20 years of
imprisonment for
outraging the mod-
esty of a minor in
Barlut police station
area 5 years ago.
GIRL RAPED IN
DHOLPUR
Dholpur : A case
of rape has come
to light in Kaulari
PS area. The family
members of the girl
have filed a com-
plaint against the
named accused.
COURT AWARDS LIFER FOR RAPING MINOR
Ajmer: The Special POCSO Court-I here on
Tuesday sentenced a man to imprisonment till
death for raping a minor in Beawar under City
police station area two year ago.
MINOR GIRL RAPED IN JHUNJHUNU
Jhunjhunu: An 8-year-old was allegedly raped
by an acquaintance in Jhunjhunu. The accused
asked the girl to accompany her on a pretext of
buying her chocolates and then raped her.
When did he celebrate Ambedkar
Jayanti? He has abused Karni Mata
and Shri Ram. We focus on
betterment of youth.
—Ravi Shankar Meghwal, Bikaner leader
Town will remain
shut today
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The State Wet-
land Authority has
been formed for two
years and despite its
fourth meeting, the
collectors have not
been able to identify
the wetland area in the
state. Forest Environ-
ment Minister Hemar-
am Choudhary, while
presiding over the
meeting of the Author-
ity, expressed concern
about this and directed
the collectors to iden-
tify the wetland area at
the earliest.
So far, Udaipur, Ban-
swara, Pali, Dungar-
pur, Chittorgarh and
Bhilwara have given
reports regarding
identification of the
area and the report of
27 districts is awaited.
Choudhary ap-
proved the annual ac-
tion plan for 2022-23
and construction of a
dedicated rail track in
Sambhar Lake. A logo
of the State Wetland
Authority was also re-
leased.
Choudhary instruct-
ed officials to keep the
wetland land clean and
encroachment free.
Identify wetland areas: Min
Hemaram Choudhary addressing the officials on Tuesday. Principal
Secretary Sreya Guha, UDH Principal Secretary Kunjilal Meena are
also seen in the meeting.
The accused had
already taken
MacBook (an Ap-
ple company lap-
top) as a bribe
from the com-
plainant, which
the bureau also
recovered from
the accused.
—BL Soni,
DG-ACB

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