14022022 first india jaipur

PUNJAB CONG UNDER
AMARINDER WAS
OPERATED BY BJP IN
DELHI, SAYS PRIYANKA
Kotkapura: Addressing an
election rally in Punjab’s
Kotkapura, Congress Gen-
eral Secre-
tary Priyanka
Gandhi
alleged a hid-
den alliance
between
former Chief Minister
Captain Amarinder Singh
and the BJP govern-
ment in Delhi. “Congress
government under Ama-
rinder had stopped being
operated from Punjab and
instead was being oper-
ated from Delhi, not by
the Congress, but by the
BJP,” she said.
Channi failed to protect PM, how
can he secure Punjab: Amit Shah
Ludhiana: Addressing
his first rally in Punjab
ahead of the Assembly
polls slated for Febru-
ary 20, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
slammed Chief Minis-
ter and Congress leader
Charanjit Singh Chan-
ni and questioned his
capabilities. “How can a
CM who failed to pro-
tect the country’s PM
secure the entire state,”
Shah asked.
The Union Minister
was referring to the se-
curity breach last
month which left Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi stranded on a flyo-
ver in Ferozepur for
around 20 minutes.
Speaking at a rally in
Ludhiana’s Daresi
Ground on Sunday
, Shah
said religious conver-
sions were a major issue
plaguing the state. “Reli-
gious conversions of
Sikhs and Hindus is a
major issue in Punjab.
The Congress govern-
ment led by Charanjit
Channi or AAP can’t
stop these conversions.
There is only one party
that can stop such con-
versions – the BJP
.” —PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at Durgiana
temple in Amritsar on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
UP’s 2ND PHASE, SINGLE-PHASE UTTARAKHAND, GOA VOTE IN ASSEMBLY POLLS TODAY
BJP LOOKS TO RETAIN, CONG ENTERS FRAY
UTTAR PRADESH PHASE-2
55
Constituencies
09
Districts
2.01
crore voters
586
Candidates
in the fray
7am-6pm
Polling time
UTTARAKHAND
70
Constituencies
13
Districts
81
lakh voters
632
Candidates
in the fray
8am-6pm
Polling time
GOA
40
Constituencies
02
Districts
11.60
lakh voters
332
Candidates
in the fray
7am-6pm
Polling time
Saharanpur, Thakurdwara, Moradabad Rural, Moradabad
Nagar, Kundarki, Bilari, Sambhal, Suar, Rampur
KEY CONSTITUENCIES
Ministers Suresh Khanna (Shahjehanpur), Baldev Singh
Aulakh (Bilaspur), Mahesh Chandra Gupta (Badaun),
Gulab Devi (Chandausi); Mohd Azam Khan (Rampur),
Abdullah Azam and Haider Ali (Suar-Rampur), Iqbal
Mahmood (Sambhal), Mahboob Ali (Amroha) and
Supriya Aron (Barielly Cantonment)
KEY CANDIDATES
Incumbent CM and BJP
leader Pramod Sawant,
Ministers Chandrakant
Kavalekar, Manohar
Ajgaonkar, Nilesh Joao
Cabral, Vishwajit Rane’s
wife Divya Rane, former BJP
leader Utpal Parrikar as an
independent, AAP’s Amit
Palekar, Delilah Lobo and
Vijai Sardesai among others.
KEY CANDIDATES
CM Yogi Adityanath
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
CM Pramod Sawant
AAP leader Amit Palekar
CRUCIAL ISSUES
Law and order, efforts for
communal polarisation,
mobilisation of youth,
farmers problems,
Muzaffarnagar riots,
developmental issues.
VOTER BASE
Region (West UP and
Roohilkhand) is largely
Muslim dominated region
along with OBC-Kurmi
population, which is
also quite communally
sensitive. There are also
some pockets of Sikh
community.
Of the total 403 Vidhan Sabha
seats in Uttar Pradesh, the
second phase of voting will take place
on Monday for 55 constituencies
spread across 09 districts
During last Assembly polls in
2017, BJP bagged 38 seats
while Samajwadi Party got
15 and Congress, BSP clinched two
seats each in the region
The politically volatile hill state is
gearing up for a triangular contest.
While the ruling BJP is looking to
retain the power, Congress has left no stone
unturned to regain power. The Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) has also thrown all its might
Goa Assembly elections are likely to
be a high voltage affair this time as
the ruling BJP will be eyeing to retain
power against challenges imposed by the
Congress, and debutantes Trinamool Congress
(TMC) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
Cong leader Harish Rawat
Incumbent CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami, who is
contesting the polls from
Khatima constituency.
Former CM Harish Rawat is
also contesting the elections
from the Lalkuwa seat. A
five-time MP Rawat, who
served as Chief Minister
of Uttarakhand from 2014
to 2017 is Congress Chief
Ministerial candidate in the
polls. Aam Aadmi Party’s
(AAP) chief ministerial
candidate Col Ajay Kothiyal
(Retd) has been fielded from
the Gangotri constituency.
KEY CANDIDATES
OUR EDITIONS:
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RUSSIA LIKELY TO
ON FEB 16?
ATTACK
UKRAINE
US PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN WARNS
VLADIMIR PUTIN ON
‘DECISIVE’ ACTION IF
RUSSIA ‘FURTHER’
INVADES UKRAINE
BIDEN, AFTER HIS
PHONE CALL WITH
PUTIN, TELLS WESTERN
ALLIES THAT RUSSIA
CAN LAUNCH ATTACK
ON UKRAINE ON FEB 16
...ON THE VERGE OF WORLD WAR 3 !
l THE BEGINNING
November 10: NATO warns Moscow
over taking “aggressive action” after US
reports unusual troop movements near
the Ukrainian border.
l STRONG MEASURES IF AN
ATTACK HAPPENS
December 7: US President Joe Biden
threatens Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin with “strong economic and other
measures” if he invades Ukraine.
l RUSSIAN TROOPS
IN BELARUS
January 17: Russian troops begin ar-
riving in ex-Soviet Belarus for military
drills, which Moscow says are aimed
at “thwarting external aggression”.
l US SAYS ANY INCUR-
SION IS ‘INVASION’
JANUARY 20: Biden says any
incursion of Russian troops is “an
invasion” after appearing to suggest
a “minor” attack on Ukraine might
invite a lesser response.
l BALTIC STATES
TO HELP UKRAINE
January 21: ex-Soviet NATO
members Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania say they will send
anti-tank and anti-aircraft
missiles to help
Ukraine defend itself.
l ‘MOSCOW TO INSTALL
A PRO-RUSSIAN LEADER
IN UKRAINE’
January 22: Britain claims Moscow
is “looking to install a pro-Russian
leader in Kyiv” and occupy Ukraine,
which Russia dismisses as “disinfor-
mation”.
l ‘US WHIPPING UP
HYSTERIA’
January 31: Moscow accuses the US of
whipping up “hysteria” as Washington
says 30,000 Russian troops will be
deployed in Belarus near the Ukrainian
border by early February.
l US SENDS 3,000 TROOPS
February 2: the US sends 3,000 troops
to fortify NATO forces in Eastern
Europe.
l LEAVE UKRAINE
February 11: the White House tell
Americans that leave Ukraine within
48 hours as a Russian attack could
come at any time.
A Ukrainian serviceman
uses a periscope
wrapped in textile
bandages to observe a
frontline position in
the Luhansk region
in eastern
Ukraine.
A view of Ukraine’s national flag waves
above the capital with the Motherland
Monument on the right in Kyiv on Sunday.
FLIGHTS HALTED
Some airlines have halted or
diverted flights to Ukraine amid
heightened fears that an invasion
by Russia is imminent despite
intensive weekend talks between
the Kremlin and the West.
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Gehlot’s overview brings
state out of bajri trouble!
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: With the state
reeling under immense
pressure due to dearth
of river sand or bajri for
construction purposes,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot had directed offi-
cials to find alternatives
to the precious resource.
With regular attempts
havingbeenstartedafter
direction from CM Ge-
hlot,nowenvironmental
clearance has been is-
sued for 60 mining areas
in the state for legalized
sandminingfromrivers.
Turn to P8
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR RIVER SAND RECEIVED
COVID RESTRICTIONS
CEASE IN RAJ, LIFE
BACK TO NORMAL
In a fresh order issued by
the Home dept all the restric-
tions imposed due to the
pandemic have been lifted in
the state starting Wednesday
making Rajasthan perhaps
the first state in the country
with zero restrictions except
Epidemic Act. The limit on
people in wedding, any func-
tion, and in multiplexes has
been removed. The schools
for classes 1-5 will reopen
from Wednesday. Although
the government has made
RTPCR test or full vaccina-
tion mandatory for visitors
from outside the state. P3
CM Ashok Gehlot
State government to
earn additional
revenue of `600 crore
as the government
effectively curbed
illegal sand mining
AJMER PROPERTY
BIZMAN KILLED,
BURIED IN UP; 5 HELD
Ajmer: A property
businessman from Ajmer,
Nitesh Nain, 28, was
murdered in Firozabad UP
over an old enmity and
his body was buried there
on February 1. Nain’s
father had lodged a case
of kidnapping and appre-
hension of murder, Ajmer
SP Vikas Sharma said. A
team from Alwar Gate po-
lice station recovered the
dead body from UP and
arrested five persons.
PULWAMA ATTACK
3RD ANNIV TODAY
40 Indian soldiers were
killed in terror attack
on security forces in
Pulwama in 2019. Driver
of the ill-fated bus blown
up by suicide bomber was
not on roster that day,
he was substituting for a
colleague, revealed IPS of-
ficer Danesh Rana’s book.

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Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP will lay a
siege to Rajasthan as-
sembly demanding CBI
inquiry in REET paper
leak on February 15.
BJP State president
Satish Poonia will lead
the agitation in which
party leaders and work-
ers from all frontal or-
ganizations of the party
will participate, state
generalsecretaryBhajan
Lal said. National Presi-
dent of BJYM Tejashwi
Surya will also address.
He said that the na-
tional general secretary
and state in charge
Arun Singh will reach
Jaipur on February 14
and will address the agi-
tation on February 15
along. Sharma said that
nearly 60,000 workers
from all over the state
will protest.
On February 1, BJYM
demonstrated in the
presenceof alargenum-
ber of workers at the
Civil Lines railway
crossing. During the
demonstration, Satish
Poonia and other lead-
ers had courted arrest.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Acting Chair-
man of Rajasthan Pub-
lic Service Commis-
sion, Jaswant Singh
Rathi said that it is nec-
essary to organise the
RAS main examination
on February 25 and 26,
2022 as per the recruit-
ment calendar issued
by the commission.
There is a demand for
postponement of this
examination by some
candidates, but it is not
in the interest of the
majority of the candi-
dates. Rathi said that
the candidates have got
enough time to prepare
for the examination. He
clarified that there is a
slight change in the syl-
labus of the examina-
tion. It’s a contempo-
rary change made ac-
cording to the current
circumstances. Most of
the syllabus of the
exam remains un-
changed except for
some changes.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gurjar leader
Himmat Singh Gurjar
has raised objections to
the appointment of
MLA Joginder Awana
as the chairman of the
Devnarayan Board
while accusing the govt
of breach of promise.
He said that in 15
years the board got 2
chairmen but that too
from other states. Him-
mat Gurjar tweeted that
73 youths of the state
lost their lives for the
Gujrar reservation, cas-
es were registered, then
the reservation was
given.“But see the iro-
ny, Devnarayan Board
got two chairmen in 15
years, that too from oth-
er states,” he said.
Accusing the govern-
ment of breach of
promise, he said that
the agreement with the
Gurjars signed on 31
October 2020 has not
been followed.
MLA Joginder Singh
Awana, who reached
Narbali for the first
time after the forma-
tion of the Devnarayan
Board, was accorded a
grand welcome at Ka-
malpura border of
Bharatpur. Awana also
took out a road show in
Nadbai.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In another de-
velopment in the REET
recruitment exam pa-
per leak case, the SOG
team on Sunday made
its 39th arrest. Gramse-
vak Narendra was ar-
rested. The accused
Narendra is a gram se-
vak in the Panchayat
Samiti, Bhinmal in
Khanpur village. Nar-
endra already has a
criminal record in the
past.
Meanwhile, in the
case of suicide by a
PWD clerk at Uniara,
police caught a person
from Jodhpur. The clerk
Lokesh had died be-
cause he had borrowed
money for passing
REET paper.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Minister of
State for Soldier Wel-
fare Rajendra Singh
Gudha has said that if
anyone, be it minister
or the chief minister, is
guilty in the REET pa-
per leak, he must go to
jail. He said that the
REET paper leak is a
very sensitive matter
and affects 26 lakh
youth. “SOG is continu-
ously investigating and
taking action in this
matter.,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cabinet Minis-
ter Dr Mahesh Joshi
has issued a statement
on the letter written by
Rajendra Rathore to the
Governor on political
appointments. He said
leaders should talk on
factual grounds, by stat-
ing unreasonable
things, their credibility
among people fades. If
the appointments come
under the purview of
the ‘Office of Profit’,
then the govt will see. It
cannot fall under the
purview of Office of
Profit on the advice of
Rajendra Rathore, he
further stated.
Meanwhile, Dr Chan-
drabhan. counter at-
tackedRajendraRathore
andstatedthatRajendra
Rathore is in the opposi-
tion party and he can
write a letter to the Gov-
ernor. He further stated
that the meeting was
held at the CM’s resi-
dence on Friday, in
whichCMAshokGehlot
made it clear that the
MLAs will not be given
ministerial status.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the occa-
sion of Sarojini
Naidu’s birthday and
National Women’s Day,
an online programme
on “Violence against
women and its preven-
tion” was organised by
the Department of
Women and Child De-
velopment at Indira
Gandhi Panchayat Raj
Institute, JLN Marg on
Sunday.
On this occasion, the
Minister of Women
and Child Develop-
ment, Mamta Bhupesh
remembered Sarojini
Naidu and Iron Lady
Indira Gandhi. She
thanked former Prime
Minister Late Rajiv
Gandhi for ensuring
women’s participation
in power in Panchayati
Raj. She thanked Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
for Indira Mahila Shak-
ti and various schemes.
At the same time, for
the advancement of
women, she stressed on
the need to create a
fear-free environment
for women.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: The Jaipur po-
lice have arrested eight
members, including
two women of a family
of an inter-state gang
involved in selling fake
branded mobile
phones. More than 90
mobile phones have
been recovered from
them. Surprisingly, all
the cellphones have the
same IMEI number.
The gang members
had been selling fake
mobile phones to peo-
ple citing distress.
They sold cell phones
for Rs 5,000 to 6,000.
This also includes fake
mobile phone purchase
bills of many well-
known branded compa-
nies.
DCP North Paris
Deshmukh said the ar-
rested gang members
are from Delhi, Madhya
Pradesh and Maha-
rashtra. The master-
minds of the gang are
in Mumbai and Delhi.
According to police,
in the last two-and-a-
half-years, the gang has
sold fake mobile phones
in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,
Haryana, Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Police are trying to ar-
rest the other gang
members.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP Rajya Sab-
ha MP Dr Kirodi Lal
Meena ended his dhar-
na at the residence of
minister Rajendra Gud-
ha after the minister as-
sured him that Manisha
Jat would be paid Rs 10
lakh by the govern-
ment, Rs 2 lakh from the
truck contractor, and
one month salary by
Meena. Jat will also get
a government job and a
house under the Prad-
han Mantri Awas Yoja-
na. Manisha’s husband,
a driver, had died when
truck carrying REET
papers met with an ac-
cident.
The death of the driv-
er bringing REET pa-
pers from Kolkata will
be reinvetigated.
Kirodi Meena also C]
compared the REET pa-
per leak issue with the
epic Mahabharata. He
said that the BJP in the
state is fighting the yud-
ha of Mahabharata
with LoP Gulab Chand
Kataria being in the
role of Krishna.
“Shanti Dhariwal is
speaking on behalf of
Kauravas while Rajen-
dra Rathore is speaking
on behalf of Pandavas.
In Mahabharata, truth
won and untruth was
defeated, this is a well-
known fact,” he said.
Gudha-Kirodi vibes make amicable settlement
REET ACCIDENT STALEMATE

Kirodi Meena
said that the
BJP in the state
is fighting the
yudha of
Mahabharata
with LoP Gulab
Chand Kataria
being in the role
of Krishna
JAIPUR: 90 MOBILES OPERATED
ON SAME IMEI NUMBER, 8 HELD
Gang members in police custody in Jaipur on Sunday.
According to police, the gang has sold fake mobile
phones in Delhi, UP, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & Raj
9-YR-OLD BOY
SODOMISED BY
MINOR IN TONK
GANDHIAN
RAMESH THANVI
PASSES AWAY
Jaipur: A case of rape
with a 9-year-old child
has come to light in the
Malpura area of Tonk
on Sunday afternoon.
Police is looking for the
16-year-old teenager
who ran away after
committing the crime.
Rakesh Kumar Bairwa
said that a person,
resident of the Malpura
area has filed a report
that the juvenile, who
was known to his
9-year-old son, has
committed the rape.
Around 12 noon his
son was playing outside
the house when the ac-
cused seduced his son.
Jaipur: A Jaipur: Ra-
mesh Thanvi, the uncle
of Om Thanvi, Vice
Chancellor of
Haridev Joshi
Journalism
University,
died and was
cremated
at Mok-
shadham, Shravan
Path, Mansarovar on
Sunday. A condolence
meeting will be held at
the community centre
in Sector 2, Kaveri
Path, Mansarovar. But
people including senior
journalists expressed
their condolences on
his demise.
Bharatpur: Twenty six cattle, including cows, were
rescued while another three died following a brief
exchange of fire between the police and alleged cow
smugglers during night patrolling in Bharatpur, offi-
cials said on Sunday. On the intervening night of Sat-
urday and Sunday, the alleged cow smugglers opened
fire at the night patrolling team as it chased the truck
in which the animals were being illegally transported.
The police, too, opened fire in self-defence. During
the exchange of fire, the truck hit the divider and then
rammed into a tree.
Jaipur: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of
former President of PCC, Late Sardar Harlal Singh,
a wreath-laying programme
was organised at 11 am on
Sunday at PCC Headquarters.
Dr. Chandrabhan, Dr Mahesh
Joshi, Mumtaz Masih, Mahesh
Sharma, Manju Sharma, Lalit
Toonwal, Ram S Kaswan, Prashant Sahdev Sharma,
Jaswant Gurjar, Giriraj Garg, Rajesh Chaudhary, Laxmi
Devi, grand-daughter of ex-MLA Pratibha Singh &
others paid tribute to him.
EXCHANGE OF FIRE BETWEEN POLICE,
COW SMUGGLERS IN BHARATPUR
LEADERS & FAMILY MEMBERS PAY FLORAL
TRIBUTE TO LATE SARDAR HARLAL SINGH
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Don’t address Rathore as dy
LoP, it’s no post: Dotasra
First India Bureau
Churu/Sikar: On be-
half of NSUI state
president Abhishek
Chaudhary, a mass
marriage was organ-
ised in the town hall
of Churu on Sunday
where 108 couples tied
the knot. PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
also participated in
the programme.
Dotasra took a jibe
at the deputy leader
of opposition Rajen-
dra Singh Rathore
over his letter to the
Governor to stop po-
litical appointments
as it was unconstitu-
tional. He requested
everyone present
there not to address
Rathore as a deputy
leader of opposition
because it was not a
post.
Dotasra said that he
must be informed if
any circular has come
out in the Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly
.
Dotasra targeted
the BJP for doing
nothing and merely
making announce-
ments.
Govind Singh Dotasra at a mass marriage in Churu on Sunday.
BJP will lay siege to Vidhan
Sabha on February 15
Necessary to organise RAS
main exam on Feb 25-26: Rathi
Joshi,Dr Chandrabhan
react to Rathore’s letter
Satish Poonia having lunch at booth president Ishwar Lal’s
residence in Amer on Sunday.
Joginder Awana Himmat Gurjar
Gurjar objects to Awana as
head of Devnarayan Board
Bhupesh stresses on
creating fear-free
environment for women
REET row:
SOG arrests
39th accused
Gudha wants
who ever guilty
to go to jail
Kirodi Lal Meena ended his dharna at the residence of minister
Rajendra Gudha after main demands about Manisha Jat were
met with.
Mamta Bhupesh
Jaswant Singh Rathi

RAJASTHAN
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Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In the second
day’s auction, Khaleel
Ahmed of Tonk dis-
trict of Rajasthan
was bought by Delhi
Capitals for 5.25
crores. Khaleel is
one of the fastest
bowlers of India.
He is capable of
bowling at a
speed of 148
kilometers
per hour.
Mahipal
Lomror, famous as
India’s Chris Gayle,
who grew up in Na-
gaur district, has been
bought by RCB team
for Rs 95 lakh in the
mega auction.
Mahipal, who has
played five IPL seasons
so far, was listed in the
auction this time at a
base price of Rs 40 lakh.
The success story of
Mahipal is akin to any
Bollywood blockbuster.
Born on November 16,
1999 in Dhadharia
Khurd village of Mund-
wa tehsil of Nagaur
district, Mahipal’s first
cricket bat was gifted to
him by his grandfather
an Sub-Inspector in Ra-
jasthan police, Ummaid
Singh Lomror. what
Mahipal would become
was decided on that
very day and although
his grandfather passed
away, Mahipal’s grand-
mother Singari Devi
struggled hard to fulfill
her grandson’s wish to
play at the highest lev-
el. It is due to the ef-
forts of both of them
that Mahipal has be-
come the brightest star
of IPL today
.
Currently, Mahipal is
in Trivandrum for the
Ranji tournament.
Khaleel Ahmed bought by DC for `5.25 Crore
IPL-2022 MEGA AUCTION
TWO AMITY STUDENTS DIE IN ROAD
ACCIDENT ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY- 48
Shahpura: Two students of Amity University,
identified as Pankaj and Sachin, residents of
Sirsa ans Rewari, were killed in a road accident on
Sunday. Police station in-charge Atarsingh Yadav
said that at 2:05 pm on Sunday,they were return-
ing from Delhi, when the bike slipped Khatolai
culvert & fell down. they fell on culvert and were
hit by vehicles. Both of them died on spot. On
basis of ID and after talking to a friend the police
identified the deceased & informed the families of
both the deceased about the accident.
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RAJ POLICE GENERATES AWARENESS
WITH AN INTERESTING TWEET ON V-DAY
Jaipur: There will be a change in the weather of
Rajasthan once again. A Western Disturbance is
likely to be active since February 18 and there will be
rainfall. After the rain, the state would witness cold
weather conditions once again, said MeT dept.
In the meanwhile, People in parts of Rajasthan
experienced a slight respite from cold conditions as
night temperatures went up by a notch or two on
Saturday, according to a meteorological department
spokesperson. Karauli was the coldest place in the
state on Saturday night with a minimum temperature
of 3.4 degrees Celsius, the spokesperson said.
The mercury settled at 10 degrees Celsius in Jaipur.
WINTER CHILL TO RETURN IN RAJ FROM
FEB 18 ONWARDS, AS MET PREDICTS RAIN
NEWS DIGEST
ALLCOVID-19 CURBS LIFTEDFORLOCALS
INRAJ,CONDITIONS APPLYFORVISITORS
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The Home De-
partment on Sunday, is-
sued fresh guidelines to
permit all private and
government schools in
the urban areas of the
state to conduct educa-
tional activities up to
classes 1to5. Students
will be allowed to attend
school only after writ-
ten consent of parent/
guardian. The facility
of online study will con-
tinue like before.
All the restrictions
imposed by guidelines,
orders, & revised or-
ders issued earlier have
been cancelled.
RAJ: 7 MORE DEATHS, 2,177 NEW CASES
Jaipur: Seven more COVID-19
deaths & 2,177 fresh cases were
recorded in Rajasthan on Sunday,
state health department said. Two
deaths each were reported in Ajmer
& Jaipur & one death each in Bi-
kaner, Jalore & Udaipur it said. The
new 2,177 infections included 569
in Jaipur, 137 in Alwar, 115
in Jodhpur, 103 in Nagaur, 98
each in Ganganagar & Ajmer.
4,510 more people were cured. At
present, 21,064 infected are under
treatment.
12,65,783
TOTAL CASES
2,177 IN A DAY
569 IN JAIPUR
12,35,256
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,463
TOTAL DEATHS
7 IN A DAY
2 IN JAIPUR
21,064
ACTIVE CASES
COVID-19 UPDATE
GOVT ISSUES NEW COVID-19 GUIDELINES
Kota:Tutor allegedly kills
teenage girl student
Kota: A private tuition
teacher on Sunday al-
legedly strangulated a
15-year-old student to
death at his house here,
police said. Gaurav
Jain, the accused, is ab-
sconding. He has been
booked for murder,
they said.
The girl used to re-
turn home from tuition
classes by 11.30 am. As
she did not get back
home on Sunday, her
parents called up Jain,
who informed them
that she would leave by
1 pm. But as they didn’t
receive her even until
late in the noon, they
rushed to Jain’s house
and broke open the door
only to see her gasping
for breath, police said.
Her body was handed
over to the family mem-
bers after a post-mor-
tem in the evening and
her last rites will be per-
formed on Monday, SP
Kesar Singh said. —PTI
Assembly gherao: Kalla placates school owners
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The School Shi-
ksha Parivar has decid-
ed to postpone its deci-
sion to gherao the As-
sembly today over vari-
ous demands, including
payment of RTE after a
delegation met Educa-
tion Minister BD Kalla
on Sunday
.
A five-member dele-
gation led by Shravan
Bohra, Vice-President
of the Parivar, dis-
cussed the problems of
private schools with the
Education Minister, af-
ter which he assured
them of issuing instruc-
tions to the department
officers in this regard
so that their problems
are resolved soon.
However, Parivar
head Anil Sharma
would continue with
his fast in the hospital.
Besides, private
schools will submit a
memorandum to public
representatives and leg-
islators in their respec-
tive areas regarding
their problems. The agi-
tationwillcontinueuntil
their demands are met.
A delegation from the School Shiksha Parivar led by Shravan
Bohra called upon Dr BD Kalla on Sunday.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Woman files triple talaq case against husband
First India Bureau
Tonk: On Saturday, a
married woman from
Ganwar village, Najma
Bano, the daughter of
Sattar Hussain, filed a
case at Malpura police
station against her hus-
band for saying talaq
thrice and arguing with
family members. Police
station in- charge
Kailash Vishnoi said
that she was married to
Salim, a resident of
Ladera Tehsil in Dudu
district Jaipur. She had
come to her parent’s
home, when her hus-
band Salim came and
argued with the family
members and left by
saying talaq thrice.
On this, the police
started the investiga-
tion by registering a
case under the Muslim
Women’s Marriage
Act 2019.
PM pays tributes to
Maharaja Surajmal
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
New Delhi: PM Modi
on Sunday paid tributes
to Maharaja Surajmal
on his birth anniversa-
ry, saying he dedicated
his life to the people.
‘’My tributes to Ma-
haraja Surajmal ji, a
great warrior and one
who dedicated his life to
the people, on his birth
anniversary,’’ Modi
tweeted in Hindi.
Maharaja Surajmal
was a ruler of Bharat-
pur who ruled from
1755-63. —PTI
Coaching institute in city accused
of tax evasion, other irregularities
First India Bureau
Jaipur: AIM4 Coaching
Institute located at Go-
palpura, has been ac-
cused of committing
irregularities to evade
tax. Several other com-
pliance-related issues
have been reported.
RP Sharma, former
founder-director of the
institute, has alleged
that more than 600 stu-
dents are studying in
the institute but the en-
rollment of 300 to 400
students has been
shown in papers.
The reason behind
this is the evasion of
GST. The students were
neither given receipts
nor Id cards from the
coaching institute and
they are not recorded in
accounts.He also al-
leged that students be-
ing accommodated, are
more than the capacity
in classrooms & no Cov-
id-19 norms are fol-
lowed. It doesn’t fulfill
fire-fighting norms.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
My humble tributes to
Bharatpur’s Maharaja Surajmal
ji on his jayanti today. He was
a visionary and a great warrior, whose
valour and sacrifice would always be
remembered.
SPORTS STAR
Kids being vaccinated at Bhawani Niketan School to prevent Covid-19 infection.
PIC FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY.
Congress leader Amit Dhariwal reached Rampura Kotwali on
Sunday to express condolences to victim’s family & asked cops
to arrest accused in 24 hours.
Mahipal Lomror
Khaleel Ahmed
A Memorial of Maharaja
Surajmal in Bharatpur.
Classes 1to 5
re-open from
February 16
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
 Heads of institutions/departments/offices etc. will have
to ensure to declare about number of staff who had
received both vax doses. Action will be taken in case
of violation.
 It will be mandatory for all passengers coming to Ra-
jasthan from abroad to get the RTPCR test done by the
Airport Covid team on their arrival.
 As per instructions, till the RTPCR test report comes
negative, the concerned passenger will be kept in insti-
tutional/home isolation for 7 days.
 It will be mandatory for passengers coming to
Rajasthan by domestic air travel/train to submit the
certificate of both vax doses or the RTPCR negative test
report done within 72 hours of the start of the journey.
Save students in Ukraine:
Cong leader to President
LABOURER DIES
AFTER WELL
COLLAPSE
Boy booked for failed
bid to rape minor
First India Bureau
Bundi: The lives of
more than 1,000
students of Ra-
jasthan studying in
Ukraine are in dan-
ger amid the
deepening Ukraine-
Russia crisis.
Around 40 students
from Hadauti region
are currently study-
ing in Ukraine. Con-
gress leader from
Bundi, Charmesh
Sharma has request-
ed President Ram
Nath Kovind to im-
mediately start a hu-
manitarian mission
to bring all Indian
students to India
soon. He forwarded a
representation to
President’s Secretar-
iat. A request for
help has been made
at GoI’s portal.On
Sharma’s request,
NHRC, New Delhi
has started proceed-
ings by registering a
case in this matter.
First India Bureau
Jaipur. A labourer,
Hari Ram died after he
got buried in an under-
construction well
when it collapsed on
Sunday evening, said
police. Karni Vihar po-
lice along with rescue
teams tried rescuing
him with help of the
earthmover machine
for almost 3 hours, but
only recovered his
dead body. Police have
sent the dead body for
post-mortem.
First India Bureau
Nadbai: In a village un-
der the Nadbai police
station area, a known
boy tried to rape a
14-year-old girl while
she was going for defe-
cation in the forest on
Saturday evening. The
accused fled from the
spot after the girl pro-
tested and shouted. Ac-
cording to the police,
the mother of the girl
registered a case
against the youth for
trying to rape her
daughter. In another
case, a married girl was
kidnapped from Jaipur
& raped in Tonk. A case
was registered on vic-
tim’s plaint. A young
man named Ravi Yadav
was accused of kidnap-
ping & taking hostage.
Pratap Nagar police sta-
tion is probing matter.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
It is easy to see the faults of
others, but difficult to see one’s
own faults. One shows the faults
of others like chaff winnowed in
the wind, but one conceals one’s
own faults as a cunning
gambler conceals his dice.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
LUCKNOW SUPER
GIANTS ARE SET TO
MAKE IMPRESSIVE
DEBUT THIS IPL
ucknow SuperGiants
(LSG) are entering
their first IPL season
with a bang. After
all, the Lucknow
franchise was bought by the
RPSG group for a whopping Rs
7,090 crores and its buys at the
IPL auction showed its determi-
nation to leave a mark in its de-
but season. Even before the first
bid was made, the LSG had
roped in KL Rahul (captain) for
Rs 15 crore, Marcus Stoinis (Rs
11 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 4
crore). The franchise’s other im-
pressive buys include Jason
Holder (West Indian all-round-
er), South Africa’s star batsman
Quinton de Kock, England’s
Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Man-
ish Pandey, Deepak Hooda,
Krunal Pandya (both all-round-
ers) and Ankit Rajpoot.
On paper the team looks solid
and well balanced. It has excel-
lent pace bowlers in Avesh
Khan, Wood, Holder and Ra-
jpoot. All of them can decimate
any opposition. KL Rahul, Quin-
ton de Kock, Manish Pandey,
Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pan-
dya will be batting mainstays.
L
ttar Pradesh,
where polling is
being held to elect
legislators, is de-
scribed as a caste
cauldron. Neighbouring MP
Rajasthan also have caste-
driven politics like in many
other states of India.
In UP, tickets were distrib-
uted based on caste. It has
been all about Brahmins,
Dalits, Thakurs, Rajbhars
and Mauryas. Upper caste,
lower caste issue is not con-
fined to politics as it perme-
ates other spheres of society
.
Inter-caste relationships are
frowned upon and those from
lower castes are sneered at
and are expected to follow
many dos and dont’s. As caste
system is an inherent part of
Hindu society, continuation
of the practice is unsurpris-
ing.What is shocking is Indi-
ans carrying the caste sys-
tem to faraway America. In
an opinion piece American
journalist Kenneth J. Cooper
wrote about “shunning of a
people once called untoucha-
bles at workplaces, schools,
romantic relationships and
houses of worship” in 2018.
Based on a survey’s finding
Cooper said that there were
more Dalits with postgradu-
ate degrees than Brahmins.
Over last few years caste-
based discrimination has at-
tracted the attention of au-
thorities, mainly in universi-
ties. In Nov 2019 Brandeis
University became the first
US university to prohibit
caste prejudice on its cam-
pus. Then in June 2020, Cali-
fornia’s Dept of Fair Employ-
ment and Housing sued Cisco
for allegedly discriminating
against an engineer on basis
of his caste. Last year in Sept,
University of California, Da-
vis, public university
, banned
caste-based discrimination.
Colby College followed suit in
October. California State Uni-
versity also added caste to its
anti-discrimination policy
.
INDIANS CARRY CASTE
BIAS TO AMERICA
Over last few years caste-
based discrimination has
attracted attention of
authorities, mainly in
universities. In Nov 2019
Brandeis University
became 1st US
university to prohibit
caste prejudice
on its campus
U
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ho of us is not infected with
it? But this infection is not
one that we can fight with an-
tibiotics. Nor does its remedy
lie in pills. We can feel its
symptoms every day. The
knot of tension in our stom-
ach, the splitting headache,
the feeling that ‘I’m going to
explode,’ that ‘I just can’t take
it anymore.’ Current diseases
manifest themselves in many
forms, but most are rooted in
a single poison – stress. Anxi-
ety has become so much part
of our lives that we have
stopped noticing it, like peo-
ple who live near a busy train
station or airport may no
longer notice the noise. What
brings distress to one person
may be a refreshing experi-
ence for someone else. The
overcrowded areas and loud
noises can affect many, but
some things affect all – such
as personal illness, loss of job
and financial reverses.
Boredom is one of the most
crushing and grinding of
stresses. It is an unpleasant
feeling that something is not
right and that one’s needs are
not met, a feeling of being
trapped. Many are bored with
their routine jobs or a dull so-
cial life. Lacking any stimula-
tion, it may cause a person to
sleep a lot, bringing sickness,
inefficiency and personal
problems. Our mind desires
change, challenge, learning
and new experiences. Variety
adds spice to life. When noth-
ing is really challenging, even
the most glamorous, privi-
leged existence is boring.
The struggle to balance
work, family and outside
commitments, has intensi-
fied. Excessive pressure cre-
ates mental confusion and
can trigger foolish actions
that we later regret. Bur-
dened with anxieties and
daily hassles, many try to
drink away their frustra-
tions. Others try to go on
sprees with their friends or
put on a mask of cheerful-
ness. Using such escapist
measures only increases
frustration. Like a spirited
horse, stress can give us an
enjoyable and exhilarating
ride. But if it goes wildly out
of control, life is at ri sk. So,
stress in manageable doses,
can provide the stimulus to
be creative, productive, en-
thusiastic and cause us to
rise up quickly to challeng-
ing situations. One can never
really get rid of all stress
from life. What we have to
look at is our reaction to it.
We can learn to lessen it.
Justlikesteamboilersneed
escape valves, we need a good
supportsystemof friendsand
family to reduce anxiety
. By
resolving conflicts and ac-
cepting others as they are, we
avoid getting annoyed by eve-
ry trifle in life specially when
our expectations are not ful-
filled. Also, complimenting
and treating others with re-
spect, brings out their best.
An organised and clean envi-
ronment reduces irritants.
Surrounding ourselves with
things that make us relax –
photos, flowers and memen-
tos, helps. Spending time on
ourselves in reading and
physical exercise fills our per-
sonal resource bank that
charges us emotionally
.
Meals, with large portions of
fruits and vegetables, prevent
fatigue. Achievement obses-
sion can cause tension.
Wanting to be the best is an
admirable goal but getting
fixated on that one thought
can make one forget to enjoy
the precious moments. By
recognizing our limitations,
abilities and circumstances,
and working out a practical
schedule, one can focus on
what can be done rather than
worrying upon what cannot
be done. Completing tasks in-
stead of postponing minimiz-
es anguish. Staying calm and
trying to solve problems step
by step makes us feel in con-
trol. At times, taking help and
delegating work, prevents
stress from overpowering us.
Another way to fight off the
tension of daily pressures is
to cultivate a sense of humor.
Laughing is healthful – we
relieve tensions and brighten
our mood. Balancing work
and leisure reduces stress.
Taking regular breaks for a
change of pace increases pro-
ductivity, thus stimulating
the mind. Many times a
change is needed in how we
view our situation to cope
with feelings of helplessness.
Dwelling on past errors can
add stress to the present. Life
can be understood back-
wards, but it must be lived
forwards.Thecapacitytocon-
template the harmonious el-
egance in nature is one of the
most satisfactory experienc-
es. Looking at something
greater than our conscious
self makes all daily troubles
appear to shrink in compari-
son. Peace of mind can be
achieved through contact
with the sublime. One can
gain perspective of one’s
problems before the universal
realities. Minimizing anxiety
is more than a matter of fol-
lowing a simple step or for-
mula. Often, a change in out-
lookisneeded.Makingadaily
practice of stress manage-
ment a priority in our busy
lives can reduce the stressful
triggers and soothe our heart,
mind and emotions.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
W
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal
development skills facilitator
Wanting to be the best is an
admirable goal but getting
fixated on that one thought
can make one forget to
enjoy the precious
moments. By recognizing
our limitations, abilities
and circumstances, and
working out a practical
schedule, one can focus on
what can be done rather
than worrying upon what
cannot be done. Completing
tasks instead of postponing
minimizes anguish.
Staying calm and trying to
solve problems step by step
makes us feel in control
Anxiety has become so
much part of our lives
that we have stopped
noticing it, like people
who live near a busy
train station or airport
may no longer notice the
noise. What brings distress
to one person may be a
refreshing experience
for someone else
inefficiency and personal
ANXIETY
THE
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INDIA
05
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Questions
are being raised about
the political and admin-
istrative capability of
Karnataka Chief Minis-
ter Basavaraj Bommai
astheBJPhaslostmany
elections in Karnataka
since he became the
Chief Minister. The BJP
also lost in Bommai’s
ownconstituency
.That’s
when there was specula-
tion about his replace-
ment before the assem-
bly elections to be held
next year. Meanwhile,
thequestionof adminis-
trative capacity has also
startedtoarise.Intwoor
three districts of the
state, there was a dis-
pute over the hijab and
saffron gamcha in col-
leges. There was a lot of
hue and cry in Udupi
andShivamogga,butthe
chief minister suddenly
closed high schools and
colleges across the state
for three days. Nothing
can be more incompe-
tent for any government
than this.
However, on the other
hand some BJP leaders
are calling it a strategy
claiming that some two
decades ago there was a
controversy over hoist-
ing the tricolor at the
Idgah ground, which
paved the way for the
BJP to come to power in
Karnataka. Now that
the tricolor is being
hoisted in colleges and
the BJP has complete
hold on the electorate, it
is in a position to ex-
pand to other southern
states outside Karnata-
ka. Informed sources
say that the issue of pro-
test against Muslim girl
students wearing hijab
and Hindu students go-
ing to college with saf-
frongamchaandsaffron
turban did not arise
spontaneously
. This ex-
periment was done
three years ago and now
the same experiment is
being carried forward.
It is also being said that
the BJP has reached its
peak in North India,
from where it will only
go down, so prepara-
tions are being made to
repeat the politics of
North India in the
southern states.
Is it Bommai’s failure or BJP’s
strategy for future prospects?
HIJAB ROW
New Delhi: “I can give
my life for my brother
and he can give his life
for me,” Congress lead-
er Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra said on Monday
in response to the BJP’s
charge that there is a
conflict between the
siblings.
“Where is the con-
flict,” she said, re-
sponding to reports
that Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath had said
that the “rift” between
Priyanka and Rahul
Gandhi would bring
the Congress down.
Turning the argu-
ment around with a
smile, she said, “The
conflict is in Yogi Ji’s
mind. It seems he is
saying this owing to the
rift in the BJP, between
him, (Prime Minister
Narendra) Modiji and
(Union Home Minister)
Amit Shah ji.”
The Congress leader
responded to the query
while being seated in a
helicopter on the elec-
tion campaign trail.
From political rallies
to campaigns like ‘Lad-
ki Hoon Lad Sakti
Hoon’, the Congress
leader has been spear-
heading her party’s
campaign as it takes on
the ruling BJP and the
main challenger, the
Akhilesh Yadav-led Sa-
majwadi Party.
Last month, Ms
Vadra set off specula-
tion that she could be
the party’s Chief Min-
ister candidate.
To a question on the
party’s choice for the
post at the release of a
job manifesto, Priyanka
replied, “You can see
my face everywhere,
can’t you?” —PTI
New Delhi: On Sunday,
Lok Sabha MP Asadud-
din Owaisi declared
that a girl wearing a hi-
jab would be the Prime
Minister of India one
day
.
All India Majlis-E-It-
tehadul Muslimeen
chief Owaisi tweeted a
video on Sunday, in
which he said that wom-
en wearing hijabs will
go to college, become
district collectors, mag-
istrates, doctors, busi-
nesswomen and so on.
Addressing an audi-
ence, Owaisi can be
heard saying in the vid-
eo, “I may not be alive to
see it, but mark my
words, one day a hijab-
wearing girl will be the
Prime Minister.”
He added, “If our
daughters decide and
tell their parents they
want to wear hijabs,
their parents will sup-
port them. Let’s see who
can stop them! —PTI
SUAR: The Battle of Rampur extends
into neighbouring Suar with the clash of
sons of Azam Khan and Kazim Ali. Azam’s
son Abdullah, who who won the seat in
2017, and later disqualified because of
using fake age certificate, is facing
Kazim’s son Haider Ali Khan, an England-
educated youth who spurned Congress’s
ticket to become the candidate of NDA
partner Apna Dal (S). That makes him the
first Muslim candidate of BJP and allies
since 2014. In 2017, Abdullah had
defeated Haider’s father, who pursued the
‘fake certificate’ case against him. So, it’s
a grudge clash for both.
AONLA: Former minister Dharampal
Singh is seeking his fifth term from this
seat of Bareilly district. He joined the
Yogi government in 2017 as irrigation
minister but resigned midway. He is
facing his former ‘colleague’, BJP MLA
from neighbouring Bilsi Radha Krishna
Sharma, who has crossed over to SP.
Sharma has been two-time MLA.
Known for Iffco’s fertiliser unit and
considered to be a saffron bastion, BJP
has lost just twice in the past 36 years.
Lodhs are the most dominant caste so,
BSP has fielded Laxman Prasad Lodhi
and Congress Omvir Yadav.
BILASPUR: After year-
long farm protest, Yogi
cabinet’s sole Sikh
Minister and sitting MLA
Baldev Singh Aulakh
faces an onerous task of
winning over voters,
especially the Sikhs, who
are present in a large
number here. His
challenger is Congress
veteran Sanjay Kapoor,
who won the seat in 2012
and 2007. SP has fielded
Amarjeet Singh while
BSP is banking on Ram
Avatar Kashyap.
BEHAT: MLA Naresh
Saini, one of the seven
Congress winners in
2017, is now a BJP
candidate. Saharanpur
district, under which this
seat falls, in fact
witnessed a delirious
churning of candidates in
the run-up to the polls.
SP’s Omar Ali and BSP’s
Rais Malik would be vying
for the support of a large
concentration of Muslim
electorates of the
constituency, which may
benefit Saini.
NAKUR: Two turncoats are battling.
Two-time MP and ex-Minister, Dharam
Singh Saini, made a high-decibel crossover
to SP before polls. His rival, BJP’s Mukesh
Chaudhary, was in Congress till 2019 when
he defected to BJP. Saini, however, has his
arch-rival Imran Masood by his side. A
Cong strong man, Masood lost narrowly
to Saini in two elections and switched
over to SP. Although he got no ticket, he
has vowed SP’s win. BSP’s Sahil Khan is
hoping to make a dent in SP’s Muslim
vote bank. Chandra Shekhar’s Azad
Samaj Party, which has presence in the
district, has fielded Sonu Kumar.
AMROHA: Former cabinet minister
Mehboob Ali has had an uninterrupted
run since 2002 and is seeking a fifth
term. In 2017, he won by over 15,000
votes though BJP swept the remaining
three seats of Amroha district. This
time, he got a shot in the arm when the
Congress nominee Salim Khan joined
SP just two days before voting,
claiming that he was not being allowed
to meet Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. BSP
has also fielded a Muslim candidate,
Naved Ayaz, considering a large number
of minority votes. BJP, which last won
in 1991, has fielded Ram Singh Saini.
UP Assembly polls: 10 hot seats in the wild West
Poll action in west UP is peaking with voting
for the second phase on Monday.Take a look
at these 10 key constituencies and what
makes them interesting that will play a crucial
role in the power-share of Uttar Pradesh
RAMPUR: It’s SP veteran Azam Khan versus his ‘nemesis’ Akash Saxena
(BJP). Saxena lodged 30 of 100-odd police cases of land-grabbing against
Azam, which led to his arrest. Azam, who is also Rampur MP, is seeking a record
10th term from jail. Nawab Kazim Ali of Congress, the scion of local royal family,
and four-time MLA from two neighbouring seats makes it a three-way contest.
While the Rampur royalty and Azam have a history of rivalry, Akash, the son of
former minister Shiv Bahadur, waged a long battle against the SP veteran. Azam,
is riding on sympathy factor because of his ‘victimisation’.
CHANDAUSI (R): UP’s junior minister Gulab Devi had to battle other
aspirants from her own party after her candidature was announced for this
reserved constituency of Sambhal. She is a four-time MLA, having won for the
first time in 1991. After 2002, she tasted two defeats before regaining it in 2017.
Congress’s Vimlesh Kumari, runner-up last time, is now SP’s candidate. Last
time, she was supported by SP. Congress has also fielded a woman, Mithilesh
Kumari, while BSP has fielded Ran Vijay Singh. BJP candidate is also battling
against the trend of this seat known for changing winning parties.
SHAHJAHANPUR: UP’s finance minister Suresh Khanna is seeking a
record ninth victory for this terai seat on which he has had a hold since 1989.
SP’s district president Tanveer Khan who offered a tough contest to Khanna in
the past two polls, is back to challenge him, banking on Muslim voters. BSP
has played its Brahmin card, fielding Dhandhu Mishra while Congress has
sprung a surprise by putting its bet on ASHA worker Poonam Pandey. She
hogged the limelight after being assaulted by cops when she was trying to
barge into UP CM’s rally site.
TILHAR: It’s a battle of turncoats here. BJP’s giant killer Roshan Lal
Verma, who felled Congress’s Jitin Prasada in 2017, is now SP’s candidate,
having made the high-profile crossover along with Swami Prasad Maurya
and others. He won the seat in 2012, but as BSP candidate. Verma is facing
BJP’s Saloni Kushwaha, an SP worker who made a quick switchover after
her ticket went to a turncoat. While she is also expected to get the benefit of
the goodwill of her doctor husband, BSP candidate Faizan Ali might make a
dent in SP’s Muslim votebank.
CAN GIVE LIFE FOR MY BROTHER:
PRIYANKA ON BJP’S ‘RIFT’ CHARGE
Etah: Taking potshots
at previous govern-
ments in the state, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath said on
Sunday that those who
are inauspicious for de-
velopment of the state
will automatically van-
ish once the bell made
in Jalesar starts ring-
ing inside the Ram tem-
ple in Ayodhya. He also
said PM Narendra
Modi-led government at
the Centre successfully
put the COVID-19 jinn
in a bottle.
The Chief Minister
was addressing a public
rally in Jalesar.
“A 2,100 quintal bell
will be installed in the
Ram mandir. It is a be-
lief that whenever the
bells made in Jalesar
ring inside temples,
whatever is inauspi-
cious vanishes,” said
the Chief Minister.
Highlighting the role
of Etah in India’s free-
dom movement, Mr
Adityanath said it was
ironic that the district
which played such a
huge role in the coun-
try’s Independence
struggle could not get
proper healthcare fa-
cilities and medical
colleges for more than
70 years. —PTI
Vote to break the spell of
state’s political instability
PM Modi-led govt
put Covid ‘Jinn’ in a
bottle: Adityanath
Girl wearing hijab will
be PM of India one
day: Hyd MP Owaisi
BJP is coming back,
no chance of hung
Assembly: Biren Singh
UTTARAKHAND ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Dehradun: Having
seen 11 Chief Minis-
ters in the last two
decades since the for-
mation of Uttara-
khand, the hilly state
will vote on Monday
for its 70-member As-
sembly seats. While
the incumbent BJP is
up against the elec-
toral trend of the peo-
ple voting out the gov-
ernments in every
elections, Congress is
hoping for a come-
back, and Aam Admi
Party (AAP) has
pitched in to find a
foothold in a state
widely known for po-
litical instability
.
The voting will be-
gin at 7 am and end at
5 pm after the elec-
tioneering came to an
end on Saturday, 48
hours before the elec-
torate begin casting
their votes. There’re
632 candidates in the
electoral fray for 70
Assembly seats.
Other than the BJP
and Congress, and
AAP, Samajwadi Par-
ty and Bahujan Samaj
Party are also testing
their electoral
strengths in the state.
TheAAPhasnamed
a retired colonel and
candidate from Gan-
gotri seat Ajay Kothi-
yal as its chief minis-
terial candidate. For-
mer state chief minis-
ter Harish Rawat led
the Congress cam-
paign during the cam-
paigning. The BJP’s
star campaigners
soughttobuildthepoll
plank on the works
donebytheincumbent
chief minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami.
Dhami is contest-
ing from Khatima As-
sembly seat whereas
Rawat is in the fray
from the Lalkuwa
constituency
.
After Uttarakhand
was formed by carv-
ing out from Uttar
Pradesh, the hilly
state has given man-
dates alternatively to
the Congress and the
BJP, while there also
being instability of
the governments due
to frequent change of
chief ministers.
With the formation
of the government in
2017, the BJP had cho-
sen Trivendra Singh
Rawat, MLA from the
Doiwala seat, as its
chief minister, but he
was replaced by Ti-
rath Singh Rawat in
March 2021. —PTI
Guwahati: With some
election surveys fore-
casting a hung assem-
bly in Manipur, Chief
Minister Biren Singh
has ruled out the possi-
bility despite the Febru-
ary 28 and March 5 polls
being a multi-corner
fight, with regional par-
ties like the NPP, NPF
and new entrant JD(U)
fielding some strong
candidates.
Singh said his party
BJP, which faced an in-
tense backlash within
over its choices of can-
didates last month, has
been calculative in its
strategy and has fo-
cused on the winnabil-
ity of its nominees.
This will earn the par-
ty an absolute majority,
the Chief Minister
claimed.
“There is no chance
of a hung assembly, no
question. I am saying it
will all calculations.
Out of 60 seats, we have
29 sitting MLAs contest-
ing and their winnabil-
ity is very high. And
with that, we just need
to win 11 other seats to
form the government,
which we will easily
achieve. This is the
arithmetic we are work-
ing upon,” Mr Singh
told media. —Agencies
Bangalore: The Udupi district administration has
imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144
of CrPC in areas around all high schools in the
district from Monday till February 19. The move
comes as part of a precautionary measure as the
schools are reopening Monday after the holiday
declared by the state government in view of the
hijab-saffron shawl controversy.
SEC 144 IMPOSED AROUND HIGH SCHOOLS
 KCR wants Him-
anta Sarma sacked for
‘Father-Son’ barb at
Rahul Gandhi
 Punjab Assembly
elections: 41% candi-
dates are crorepatis,
shows ADR report
 Goa CM Sawant 3
times richer since 2017,
assets of Uttarakhand’s
Dhami up 7 times: ADR
ELECTION BUZZ
Manipur CM Biren Singh
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with Rahul Gandhi

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: There is
news about Rashtriya
Lok Dal leader Jayant
Chaudhary that he has
formed a digital team of
one and a half thousand
people. Samajwadi Par-
ty also has a big team on
social media and Con-
gress too has a huge
team.
But till now neither a
fake news has come in
the social media about
the BJP or its candi-
dates nor any tweet has
been made by making a
fake Twitter handle of
any BJP leader. All the
fake news about opposi-
tion leaders are going
viral and fake tweets
are being made from the
Twitter handles of op-
position leaders. Obvi-
ously the leaders of the
opposition should learn
something from the IT
cell of the BJP
. However,
Jayant Chaudhary’s
party has registered an
FIR. In fact, in the past,
a fake Twitter handle of
Jayant Chaudhary was
created with a ‘blue
tick’ terming it to be a
verified account and it
was tweeted that people
should not vote for
Ahmed Hameed, RLD’s
candidate from Bagh-
pat. Similarly, the Twit-
ter handle of the leader
of the Samajwadi Par-
ty’s purvanchal region
carrie a tweet stressing
to vote for SP so that a
new Pakistan can be
created.
Both these tweets
were fake. In protest
against the BJP, a jour-
nalist, active on social
media, also tweeted by
making a similar Twit-
ter handle that if the
BJP wins, they will
leave journalism and
become a street vendors
instead.
All fake news about the opposition
Modi greets listeners on
Radio Day, calls it amazing
Adopted by UNGA in 2012, February 13 is observed as World Radio Day
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday greeted radio
listeners on World Ra-
dio Day and said radio
remains an integral
part of people’s lives
and is an amazing me-
dium to connect people.
Adopted by the Unit-
ed Nations General As-
sembly in 2012 as an
international day, Feb-
ruary 13 is observed as
World Radio Day
.
“World Radio Day
greetings to all radio
listeners and those who
enrich this outstanding
medium with their tal-
ent as well as creativi-
ty,” PM said on Twitter.
He said radio re-
mains an integral part
of people’s lives be it at
home, during journeys
and otherwise “It is an
amazing medium to
connect,” PM said. —PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with former Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Amolo
Odinga, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Sunday met former
Prime Minister of Kenya
Raila Amolo Odinga
and discussed issues of
mutual interest. The two
leaders share friendly
personal relations going
back decades. PM Modi
expressed his happiness
at being able to meet
Odinga after almost
three and half years,
according to the release
by Prime Minister’s Of-
fice. The Prime Minister
recollected his multiple
interactions with Odinga
since 2008 in both India
and Kenya, as well as
the latter’s support to
the Vibrant Gujarat Sum-
mit in 2009 and 2012.
MODI MEETS EX-KENYA PM RAILA AMOLO ODINGA
Govt to tighten MGNREGA
to plug ‘tremendous leakages’
New Delhi: The Gov-
ernment is working to
tighten the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guaran-
tee Act (MGNREGA)
scheme as “tremendous
leakages” have been no-
ticed in the flagship ru-
ral jobs programme for
the past two years, a top
official said. The Centre
has allocated Rs 73,000
crore for 2022-23, which
is 25 per cent lower than
the Rs 98,000 crore pro-
vided in the revised es-
timate (RE) for the cur-
rent fiscal.
The allocation for the
next fiscal is same as
was budget estimate
(BE) for the current fis-
cal. The official said in
the last two years, the
RE has been higher
than the BE significant-
ly and it has been no-
ticed that tremendous
leakages are going on
and middlemen are tak-
ing money for enrolling
names of beneficiaries
under the scheme. —PTI
Sri Lankan Navy
arrests 12 Indian
fishermen for
alleged poaching
Colombo: The Sri Lan-
kan Navy has arrested
12 Indian fishermen
and seized two fishing
trawlers for allegedly
poaching in the coun-
try’s territorial waters,
an official statement
said on Sunday. The ar-
rests were made in seas
north of Talaimannar.
They were indulging in
bottom trawling, the
Navy said.
“In an operation con-
ducted in seas north of
Talaimannar in the
dark hours of February
12, Sri Lanka Navy
managed to seize 2 In-
dian trawlers with 12
Indian fishermen
whilst poaching in Sri
Lankan waters,” said
the statement.
This is the third ar-
rest of Indian fisher-
men in Sri Lankan wa-
ters this month. On
February 8, the Navy
arrested 11 Indian fish-
ermen and seized three
fishing trawlers. —PTI
Over70%teensjabbed with firstdose:Mandaviya
New Delhi: Over 70 per
cent of India’s adoles-
cents in the 15-18 age
group have received the
first dose of Covid-19
vaccine so far, Union
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya said
on Sunday. He also ap-
pealed to all those in
this age group to get in-
oculated at the earliest.
“Young India further
strengthening the
world’s largest vaccina-
tion drive. Over 70 per
cent of our youngsters
between 15-18 age group
have received their 1st
dose of Covid-19 vac-
cine,” Mandaviya said.
“I appeal to all eligi-
ble young friends to get
vaccinated at the earli-
est,” he added.
Health Ministry data
showed over 1.47 crore
beneficiaries are fully
vaccinated. With the ad-
ministration of more
than 49.16 lakh doses in
a span of 24 hours, the
cumulative vaccine dos-
es administered in the
country have exceeded
172.81 crore. —PTI
Why not discuss the
matter pending in court?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In India,
Governments have a
unique excuse to avoid
discussion and respon-
sibility that the matter
is pending in court. If
the matter is pending in
the court, can it not be
discussed or the respon-
sibility of someone for
that matter be fixed?
Then there can be no
discussion on any issue,
no politics and no re-
sponsibility can be fixed
because somehow all
the cases are pending in
the court — if not in Su-
preme Court, then ei-
ther in High Court of
some State or the other
courts.
The Central Govern-
ment is using this eter-
nal excuse to avoid the
Pegasus espionage case.
The first part of the
Budget Session of Par-
liament has passed and
during this time the
Ministers gave the ex-
cuse that the Pegasus
matter is pending in the
Supreme Court, so there
can’t be discussion on
it. It is a different mat-
ter that even when the
Pegasus case had not
reached the SC, the Gov-
ernment didn’t discuss
it. Keep in mind that
this matter came to
light just before the
Monsoon Session last
year and no one had ap-
pealed in the SC, but
even then the Govern-
ment didn’t conduct dis-
cussion on it. So, the
pendency of the matter
is just an excuse.
Just imagine, for sev-
eral decades the Ayod-
hya case was pending in
the court but did the
discussion ever stop?
The BJP did not believe
in the court earlier in
this matter and there
would be hardly any
BJP leader of the gen-
eration before Naren-
dra Modi, Amit Shah,
who has not questioned
the work of the court in
Ayodhya case, terming
it a matter of faith. But
today all the leaders
have become faithful to
the court!
The Leader of the Op-
position is also not ask-
ing the Government
that the issue of the
three controversial ag-
riculture laws is still
pending in the Supreme
Court and the three-
member committee
formed by the apex
court had given a report
to the SC, which was not
even opened, then how
did the Government
withdraw the three laws
by presenting the Bill in
Parliament? Why didn’t
the Government stand
firm in front of the
farmers that the matter
is pending in the Su-
preme Court?
From raising the lim-
it of reservation, reser-
vation in promotion and
Uniform Civil Code to
Kashmir, countless cas-
es are pending in the
courts, but they are also
discussed in the Parlia-
ment, discussed by the
Government and also
discussed in the media.
Discussions are stopped
on the pretext of court
only on those matters
which are inconvenient
for the Government.
The reality is that the
pendency of any matter
in court is not a hin-
drance to the
Government or
Parliament.
Severe respiratory issues in 44% of
deaths during 3rd wave in Maha
Centre okays `2.5 cr for tribal fair
‘Sammakka Saralamma Jathara’
Mumbai: While the
Omicron variant of the
Covid-causing SARS-
CoV-2 virus doesn’t
affect the lungs, around
44% of the patients
who died in Maharash-
tra during the third
wave had severe res-
piratory complications.
An analysis done by
the State Government
Covid-19 death audit
committee found lower
respiratory problems
in 459 out of the 1,052
Covid patients who died
in January; the Omicron
wave has been on a
decline since the start
of February. “It is pos-
sible these 459 patients
were infected by the
Delta variant,” said Dr
Avinash Supe, who is
a member of Covid-19
death audit committee.
The main difference be-
tween the Omicron and
Delta variants is that the
former mainly affects
the throat and spares
the lungs, leading to
milder infection.
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Tourism
and Culture G Kishan
Reddy on Sunday said
that the Central Govern-
ment has approved
the release of Rs 2.5
crores for Sammakka
Saralamma Jathara, the
largest Tribal festival in
the world. “Government
of India under Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
respects the unique
culture and heritage of
tribal communities. The
Sammakka Saralamma
Medaram Jatara is one
of the largest Tribal
festivals in the world
and the Government is
extending all possible
support,” said Reddy.
Ahead of the tribal festi-
val Sammakka Saralam-
ma Jathara from Febru-
ary 16, Union Minister
for Tourism and Culture
further stated that the
government has sanc-
tioned approximately 80
crores for the develop-
ment of the Tribal Cir-
cuit in Telangana. —ANI
z Over 12.37 crore
unutilised vaccine
doses available with
states, UTs: Centre
z 93% of Covid labs
score over 80% in
ICMR’s quality check
z Vietnam to end
curbs on international
flights from Feb 15
z China reports 28
new local Covid cases
z Beijing Olympics
organiser says 3 new
Covid cases detected
among games-related
personnel on Feb 12
HIGHLIGHTS
CRUCIAL READ
GURUGRAM ROW:
DIVYANG WOMAN
VS EATERY OWNER
SAMEER WANKHEDE DEPOSES BEFORE
NCB VIGILANCE PANEL IN DELHI
‘MENTAL HEALTH LEAST PRIORITY OF
BIHAR GOVT’: PATNA HC RAPS STATE
JEWELLERY FIRM
PROMOTER HELD
IN BANK FRAUD
New Delhi: The owner
of a popular Gurugram
restaurant that had
on Friday night alleg-
edly refused entry to a
woman with a physical
disability as it would
“disturb other custom-
ers” on Sunday declined
to comment further
when asked to explain
the management’s ac-
tions. Goumtesh Singh,
Founder Partner at
Raasta who had posted
an apology on Twitter
earlier in the day.
New Delhi: Sameer Wankhede, the Narcotics
Control Bureau’s former Mumbai zonal director, on
Sunday appeared before a departmental vigilance
panel here that is investigating allegations of
extortion against the agency tea that conducted
the drugs-on-cruise raid leading to the arrest of
actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and oth-
ers. Official sources said Wankhede presented his
version and documents related to the raid, which
took place at the international cruise terminal in
Mumbai, before NCB DDG for the northern region
Gyaneshwar Singh.
Patna: Expressing shock and displeasure over the
lack of a mental health authority in Bihar despite
such provisions in the Mental Health Care Act, 2017,
and the growing need of mental healthcare services
in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the Patna high
Court has directed the state’s chief secretary to
forthwith take all steps ensuring establishment of
the authority as stipulated and indicate the steps
taken for complying with the other provisions of the
statute.
New Delhi: The
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Sunday
said it has arrested a
managing partner of a
Hyderabad-based gems
and jewellery firm in a
money laundering case
linked to an alleged
bank loan fraud of Rs 67
crore. Sanjay Agarwal
was produced before a
special PMLA court in
Hyderabad on February
11 and the court re-
manded him to 15 days
of judicial custody.
SBI says no delay in filing of
case on ABG Shipyard fraud
New Delhi: Amid alle-
gations of delay in fil-
ing of complaint
against the country’s
biggest bank fraud to-
taling Rs 22,842 crore,
State Bank of India
(SBI) on Sunday said it
has been diligently fol-
lowing the ABG Ship-
yard fraud case with the
CBI following the foren-
sic audit report.
The CBI recently
booked ABG Shipyard
Limited, its former
chairman and manag-
ing director Rishi Kam-
lesh Agarwal and oth-
ers for allegedly cheat-
ing a consortium of two
dozen lenders led by
ICICI Bank.
ABG Shipyard fraud
is much higher than the
one perpetrated by
Nirav Modi and his un-
cle Mehul Choksi, who
cheated the PNB of
around Rs 14,000 crore
through issuance of
fraudulent Letters of
Undertaking (LoUs).
Congress general sec-
retary Randeep Singh
Surjewala wondered as
to why did it take five
years after the liquida-
tion proceedings of
ABG Shipyard to lodge
even an FIR for duping
28 banks of Rs 22,842
crore.
Responding to the al-
legation, SBI in a state-
ment said a fraud is de-
clared basis the foren-
sic audit report find-
ings that are discussed
thoroughly in joint
lenders meetings. —PTI
‘Glaciers in Karakoram
stable, others melting’
New Delhi: Glaciers in
the Karakoram region
are in a stable condition,
but those feeding the
Ganga and the Brahma-
putra river basins are
melting at a faster rate,
the Earth Sciences Min-
istry has said.
In reply to a question
in the Lok Sabha, the
Ministry said the mean
retreat rate of the Hin-
dukush Himalayan gla-
ciers was 14.9-15.1 me-
tres per annum, which
varied from 12.7-13.2 me-
tres per annum in the
Indus, 15.5-14.4 metres
per annum in the Ganga
and 20.2-19.7 metres per
annum in the Brahma-
putra river basins.
“However, glaciers in
the Karakoram region
have shown compara-
tively minor length
change, indicating the
stable condition,” the
ministry said.
The ministry
, through
itsautonomousinstitute
National Centre for Po-
lar and Ocean Research
(NCPOR),hasbeenmon-
itoringsixglaciersinthe
Chandra basin in Hima-
laya since 2013. —PTI
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
4-day Jaisalmer Maru Mahotsav
begins with traditional fervour
Minister Shaleh Mohammad and Vaibhav Gehlot inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp
Rajeev Gaur/ Suryaveer
Singh/ Chandra Shekhar
Dave
Jaisalmer: The four-
day world famous Maru
Mahotsav kick started
with much grandeur in
Jaisalmer’s Pokaran on
Sunday. Grand proces-
sion, folk songs, compe-
titions and colours
marked the beginning
of the Mahotsav.
The Minister for Mi-
nority Affairs, Waqf,
Colonization, Agricul-
ture Irrigated Area De-
velopment and Water
Utilities, Shaleh Mo-
hammad flagged off the
event near Salamsagar
pond.
On this occasion, Dis-
trict Collector Pratibha
Singh, District Superin-
tendent of Police Bhan-
warsinh Nathawat,
public representatives
of the area, officers, art-
ists, BSF personnel,
tourists and a large
number of residents
were present. In the
procession, BSF brave-
hearts rode camels,
Mangal Kalash Yatra of
girls and women was
the primary attraction.
Shaleh Mohammad
and RCA president Vai-
bhav Gehlot lit a lamp
during the opening cer-
emony held at the Gov-
ernment Higher Sec-
ondary School ground
in Pokaran. Bharat was
selected as Mr. Pokaran
and Nikita as Miss
Pokaran.
Minister Shaleh Mohammad and Vaibhav Gehlot distributing prizes to winners. Collector Dr Pratibha
Singh, SP Bhanwar Singh Nathawat, Padma Shri Anwar Khan, BSF Deputy Commandant Avinash
Kumar were also present on the occasion. (Inset) Winners with their trophies.
11 die in separate road
accidents in Rajasthan
First India Bureau
Dausa/Tonk/Jaipur/
Bharatpur/ Sri Gan-
ganagar: Two were
killed and three injured
in a truck and car colli-
sion. A truck collided
with a car near the
Tikri intersection on
Sunday on NH 21 in
Mahwa. The injured in
the car were pulled out
by the police and all
were admitted to the
CHC in Mahwa. The
doctors declared Han-
sram Jat and Parasram
Jat dead.
In Tonk, a car
rammed the bike leav-
ing 2 people dead. The
accident was so severe
that one person died on
the spot, while the other
person died during
treatment in Jaipur.
in Jaipur, two died
due to the collision with
an unknown vehicle
near Shahpura. After
receiving the informa-
tion about the accident
Bhabru police reached
the spot. Both the dead
have not been identi-
fied.
In Bharatpur, Cabi-
net Minister Vishven-
dra Singh reached RBM
Hospital on Sunday af-
ter the tractor trolley
overturned in Deeg
town in which three
girls were died. Vishv-
endra Singh inquired
about the well-being of
the injured.
In Sri Ganganagar,
husband and wife were
killed in road accident
while their 2 children
of were seriously in
Srivijayanagar of Sri
Ganganagar on Sunday,
the police said.
Two labourers die as staircase at under
constructiontemplecollapsesinChittor
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: Two la-
bourers died in an ac-
cident in an under-
construction temple in
Matrukundiya of
Rashmi PS area on
Sunday. An Shiva tem-
ple is being construct-
ed here. On Sunday, 5
labourers were work-
ing at a height of 35
feet at the construc-
tion site. Suddenly, the
wooden stair broke
and all the workers fell
down. The deceased
were identified as
Kaluram Garasiya (23)
and Raju (25) Serious-
ly injured labourers
were referred to Chit-
torgarh Hospital.
Where 2 injured were
declared dead by the
doctors.
Doctors giving treament to injured workers at the hospital.
Dausa MP seeks tiger rescue centre
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur:
Dausa Member of Par-
liament Jaskaur Mee-
na wrote a letter to Un-
ion Minister Bhupend-
er Yadav demanding a
Tiger Rescue Center in
Ranthambore. Member
of Parliament raised
Demand due to increas-
ing number of tigers in
the Ranthambore Tiger
Project. By writing a
letter to Union Minister
Bhupendra Yadav, MP
informed that a center
should be built for the
medical and rescue of
wildlife. With the ap-
proval of Tiger Rescue
Center, treatment of
wildlife, diseases and
human wildlife conflict
can be controlled.
A panther fell in a well in Chamunderi village of Bali in Pali
dist The rescue team from Jodhpur reached the village and
rescued the panther. In another incident, panther attacked
a teenage girl who was working in a field in rural area of
Udaipur. The girl was brought to Gingla CHC for treament.
Banswara woman
kills two kids,
dies by suicide
First India Bureau
Banswara: A woman
hanged her two chil-
dren and then hanged
herself in Ruparel vil-
lage under the Ambapu-
ra police station on Sat-
urday night.
According to SI Ga-
jendra Singh, the de-
ceased Sadhna (32) wife
Raman Kharadi hanged
her 6-year-old girl Geeta
and 4-year-old son Amit
and then hanged her-
self. The deceased’s
10-year-old son was out
at the time of the inci-
dent.
The police are not
clear about his wherea-
bouts. After Raman
Kharadi got informa-
tion about the incident,
he reached home and
found his wife and chil-
dren hanging.
Rape threats by
neighbour lead
to suicide by
husband
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: In a shocking
incident a man commit-
ted suicide after his
neighbour threatened to
kidnapandrapehiswife.
Incident took place late
on Saturday night under
Chohtan PS in Barmer.
Policereachedatthespot
and recovered the body
.
On the basis of the de-
ceased’sbrother’sreport,
a case had been lodged.
MP Jaskaur Meena

 Yours has been a
long journey. As Jus-
tice in Rajasthan
High Court to Alla-
habad High Court
then as Acting CJ of
Madras High Court
and now as CJ of
Madras HC. What
challenges did u face
because the general
public does not be-
lieve that senior
Judges can also face
difficulties?
This is a good question.
The biggest question for
people is why do deci-
sionsincasestaketime?
Why aren’t decisions
taken faster and cases
are dragged for 20-30
years? I will give you an
example from my expe-
rience of Rajasthan HC.
Every day
, on average,
200-300caseswerelisted,
andweworkfor300min-
utes a day
. So each case
would have only a min-
ute for one case and it is
impossible to hear and
decide the matter be-
causedecisionswarrant
time. If there is such a
major challenge so obvi-
ously the pressure is
also huge because our
effort is to give most de-
cisions so that people
can be given justice. But
people believe that deci-
sions are not taken
whereas if you look at
the pendency and the
corresponding number
of judges, there is a
dearth of judges. A
judge can’t pronounce
200-300 decisions daily
.
Thisisthereasonforthe
delayandthensomeliti-
gations come up with-
out any reason and in-
crease the number of
cases. Therefore, people
think that decisions are
not being taken without
realizing the burden on
the judiciary
. They just
focus on their own case.
And it’s not that we do
not work more, in fact,
we work for 12-14 hours
a day but we do as much
one can. But yes the
dearth of judges is the
most painful aspect
among all this.
 You are right. Pen-
dency is a major is-
sue. What, according
to you, should be
done to handle it?
There are 2 things
which the government
and judiciary is realiz-
ing. One is the strength
of judges is not at par.
We have to increase the
number of judges. Sec-
ondisthesimplification
of procedure. The big-
gest hindrance to us in
pronouncing a quick
judgement, especially
insubordinatecourts,is
procedure. It has been
simplified to some ex-
tent but whatever there
is if it is
simpli-
fied fur-
ther, we
may be
able to give it a good
pace. I would not say
thatlawyerseithertwist
it or interpret it in a cer-
tain manner. It is really
painful that we are not
able to give justice to a
person for years.
 Do you think when
High Courts are
changed, for example
you went from Ra-
jasthan HC to Alla-
habad HC to now
Madras HC, did you
feel any change or
difficulty?
I would say there are
pros and cons to every-
thing. There are chal-
lenges for example in a
new place there is a new
bar and you take time to
understand everything,
you have to give time
that takes a toll on liti-
gation but on the other
side it is beneficial in
the sense that you get to
understand from new
individuals, you come
across new experiences
and using those experi-
ences one can work to-
wards institutional
benefit.
I would
say my
experi-
ence of
Allahabad High Court
was one of the best part
of my judgeship. The
love we got there and
the amount of relearn-
ing I underwent of law
was good. Although
there is a minor matter
of local laws but in
merely couple of
monthswelearnallthat
and now that is what I
ambenefittingfromMa-
dras HC too. You get to
start afresh and the re-
sponse in each new
place is always good.
There may be some bi-
ases but when you work
properly all those also
end. I was therefore suc-
cessful in Lucknow as
the disposal of cases
was high.
 You have carried
out the role of Acting
CJ in Madras High
Court and have seen
the developments
from a closer per-
spective. Now as CJ,
what do you think
will be the changes?
The first thing we have
to look at is the penden-
cyof cases.Intherecent
record, Madras stands
at fourth spot among
most pendency of cases.
It is a big HC so penden-
cyisnotsomethingtobe
worriedaboutasagainst
75 judges we have 60
judges working. So we
have a good strength,
therefore, our efforts
will be to increase the
disposal of cases. Ulti-
mately this institution
is to redress the griev-
ancesof thelitigantand
if litigants face a delay
then it is painful.
 It is said that with
time law should also
be changed or up-
graded. Do you also
think so?
Indeed up-gradation
shouldhappen,especial-
ly the procedure needs
to change a lot as it aids
in delay
. Especially
when the new law
comes,theyarenoteval-
uated. For example Sec-
tion 130 (a) of the Nego-
tiable Instruments Act,
wedidnotseehowmuch
burden will fall on the
courts, if we are creat-
ing courts to handle the
load or not. So evalua-
tion is an important as-
pect that needs to be un-
dertaken on priority
. If
the number of courts
arenotincreased,Idon’t
think disposal of cases
will increase. Pendency
is so huge that if we do
not get new cases for
years altogether then
also their pendency will
not end with the
strength we have.
 What will you say
regarding your con-
nection with Ra-
jasthan?
I was born in Rajasthan
and the place I am at
and the honour being
given to me is all be-
cause of Rajasthan. I
cannot forget the peo-
ple of Rajasthan. I am
in Madras but my heart
is in Rajasthan. I wish
the best for Rajasthan
and its people. When
my responsibilities
end, I would want that
connect with my roots,
my people and do some-
thing with them.
“PENDENCY, A HUGE FACTOR IN DELAYING JUSTICE, WILL NEED
MORE COURTS AND SIMPLER PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS IT”
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
58,30,736
TOTAL DEATHS
33,13,77,382
TOTAL RECOVERED
7,40,26,036
ACTIVE CASES
41,12,34,154
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,08,665
TOTAL DEATHS
4,15,85,711
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,37,045
ACTIVE CASES
4,26,31,421
TOTAL CASES
Love is an emotion which colours
all other emotions with joy,
giving a rosy hue to life itself.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The share and
status of IAS officers of
the Rajasthan cadre in
the central government
are increasing. In the
last 2 months, 7 of the
officers have got promo-
tion and important re-
sponsibilities on the
posts of Secretary and
Additional Secretary
.
These officers in-
clude Rohit Kumar Sin-
gh, V Srinivas, Rajat
Kumar Mishra, Sanjay
Malhotra, Tanmay Ku-
mar, Naresh Pal Gang-
war and Rajeev Singh
Thakur. Now the Ap-
pointment Committee
of the Cabinet is pre-
paring for the appoint-
ment of Joint Secretary
.
From Rajasthan,
Praveen Gupta, Ajitabh
Sharma, Rajesh Yadav
and Subir Kumar are
under consideration for
theappointmentatJoint
Secretary level. Experts
in the administrative
system of the Centre be-
lieve that at present, the
chances of 4 officers
from Rajasthan getting
joint secretary posting
together are less. A max-
imum of two officers
can get a chance at the
moment.
The file of 1 of the 4
officers is pending for
one and a half years;
“His Excellency” is lob-
bying for the second of-
ficer while the third of-
ficer is close to an influ-
ential politician of Ra-
jasthan in Delhi (pres-
ently holding a constitu-
tionalassignment)while
the fourth official is
confident of his merit.
On the other hand,
the case of a 5th officer
is pending separately.
Despite being empan-
eled for Joint Secretary,
he has to get a post
equivalent to Addition-
al Secretary
. Two union
ministers are trying to
help this officer.
Talks are making
rounds that this senior
officer, who is holding
the responsibility of a
big post in the state gov-
ernment, may go to
Delhi or he may be
called to Delhi. It re-
mains to be seen which
officers’ lottery opens
for Delhi.
With many Raj babus waiting for empanelment to
Secy and Addl Secy level, several not to get berth!
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Gujarat
Congress in-charge Dr
Raghu Sharma has been
allotted a room number
11C in AICC. This room
has been vacant after Ra-
jni Patil was made in-
charge for JK. Sharma
has not taken charge of
room and is operating
from Ahmedabad and
Jaipur. He mostly briefs
high command about
Gujarat returns to
Jaipur. High command
is serious about Gujarat,
it wants to have constant
update on it. So, it will be
easy to make plans after
Sharma takes charge of
room. It is believed that
he will break all myths
after taking charge of
room 11C in the AICC.
Last allotted to Rajni Patil,
Dr Raghu gets room 11C in
AICC; he is yet to take charge
Experts believe
that, at present,
the chances of the
4 officers from
Rajasthan getting
Joint Secretary
posting together
are less
Praveen Gupta
Shweta Mishra calls upon Chief Justice of Madras High Court
Munishwar Nath Bhandari in Chennai on Sunday.
Ajitabh Sharma Rajesh Yadav Subir Kumar
Dr Raghu Sharma addresses senior leaders of Gujarat Congress
in “Parliamentary Training Camp” in Mehsana, Gujarat on Sunday.
EXCLUSIVE
Assistant Editor and Senior Anchor of
First India News, Shweta Mishra
interacts with Justice Munishwar Nath
Bhandari in Chennai on Sunday.
Bhandari has been recently appointed as
the Chief Justice of Madras High Court.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota/Bundi:LokSabha
Speaker Om Birla was
on a visit to Bundi dis-
trict of his parliamenta-
ry constituency
, during
his stay in Hadoti on
Sunday wherein Birla
started the tour with lo-
cal journey in Dayodaya
Express train and cov-
ered the route from Kota
to Lakheri and flagged
off the Jabalpur-Ajmer-
Dayoday Express start-
ing from Sunday at
Lakheri station.
Foundation of devp
works of Railway,
roads: Birla also laid
foundation stone for the
development works of
proposed railway facili-
ties at a cost of about Rs
4.5 crore. He also an-
nounced construction
of school at a cost of Rs
48 crore and a stadium
at Lakheri at a cost of
Rs 4.5 crore. Om Birla
along with MLA Chan-
drakanta Meghwal also
visited several villages
of Keshoraipatan As-
sembly Constituency by
road and inspected the
Kapren-Gendoli road
being widened and
strengthened in an area
of 16.5 km at a cost of
Rs 32 crore.
‘DEDICATED’ LS SPEAKER’S DEVELOPMENT GIFTS!
Birla inaugurates Dayodaya Express stoppage in Bundi
Rajesh Tandon greets Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at Chief
Minister’s residence on Sunday. Tandon is a resident of
Ajmer, and has been recently appointed as the Vice-
Chairman of the Senior Citizens’ Board.
GREETINGS!
(T) LS Speaker Om Birla presents assistive devices to differently-abled and senior citizens at Lakheri, Bundi
on Sunday. (R) Om Birla inaugurates stoppage of Dayodaya Express. Birla being welcomed in Kapren Nagar.
Polls: Pilot on 3 day Punjab visit
Jaipur: Former Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot will be
on a 3 day election cam-
paigning tour in Punjab
after finishing with his
election tour of Uttra-
khand. Pilot along
with Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot happens
to be among the AICC
star campaigners from
the state. —FIB
FROM PG 1
Gehlot’s overview...
After the approval of 6
leases in two phases,
now 60 leases have got
the environment clear-
ance in the third phase.
Mines Min Pramod
Bhaya said that clear-
ance has paved the way
for legal gravel mining
from rivers in the entire
state which will resolve
the problem of sand. He
said that with the com-
pletion of necessary for-
malities at the state lev-
el, legal sand mining
would start. “It is the
result of concerted ef-
fortsmadebythedepart-
ment to ensure that the
common people can get
sand easily and legally
.

t is that time of the
year again. The time
to celebrate those spe-
cial feelings and real-
ly prep up for the
much-awaited meet-
ing! Also, the time
chocolate and teddy bear
companies make a lot of
money.
Yep, you guessed it
right. It is the most ro-
mantic week of the
year. Valentine’s Day
has rolled around yet
again, and now it’s
time to start thinking
aboutwhatyou’llwearto
celebrate the festival of ro-
mance. We all know that love
is a beautiful feeling and
finding someone who recipro-
cates your feelings and loves
you the same way is some-
thing much more beautiful
and heavenly
.
Whether you’re single or in
a relationship, a red dress, top,
trouser, or pump is a terrific
way to mark the occasion. If
you have a significant other,
you may be planning a candle-
light Italian evening. Why?
Because you adore February
14th and wish to preserve its
traditions and customs. More-
over, it is almost certain that
someonewillbedrawntoyour
red dress.
If you’re single and dislike
the entire thing, red is still
the way to go. You can grab
your closest buddy, dress up
in red, and go on a spoof Val-
entine’s Day date, using the
occasion as an excuse to get
crazy drunk and have fun
with your buddies.
Wearing red might be help-
ful in so many ways!!
The initial red impact can
kick in (regardless of any
self-perception characteris-
tics), allowing individuals
the opportunity to be viewed
as more beautiful, prompt-
ing others to assume that
the person is more sexually
responsive or higher in so-
cial standing.
Boosting one’s beauty via
red and feeling well about
oneself may give people a
sense of confidence, which
is typically regarded as an
appealing attribute. Other
than that, red has a certain
festive vibe to it. Getting all
dressed up and ready for the
night will most definitely
have you feel extra confident
and ravishing.
JAIPUR, MONDAY
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RED DRESS ON!
ON VALENTINE’S DAY THE COLOUR TO GO FOR IS RED. CITY FIRST CELEBRATES
THIS COLOUR OF LOVE AND SHOWS THE WAY TO MAKE THE DAY SPECIAL FOR
YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONE, WHATEVER YOUR STYLE STATEMENT!
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
HAPPY
VALENTINE'S
DAY!
I

DDLJ WAS VOTED THE MOST
ROMANTIC MOVIE BY OUR
READERS AND THE ONE WHICH
THEY WOULD LOVE TO WATCH
WITH THEIR SPECIAL ONE ON
THIS DAY OF ‘LOVE’. CITY
FIRST REVISITS WHY
DDLJ IS STILL ICONIC
FOR GENERATIONS!
MOHABBAT KA NAAM
AAJ BHI MOHABBAT HAI...
YEH NA KABHI BADLI HAI
AUR NA HI KABHI BADLEGI
DDLJ redefined romance
and love and in its own
way addressed many oth-
er issues as well. The
winner of 10 Filmfare
awards, Dilwale Dulha-
nia Le Jayenge was as
critically acclaimed as well as a
box office hit. DDLJ had flaws and
all, but is nevertheless a lot of fun.
And honestly, that tune lives in
your mind rent-free... tujhe dekha
to yeh jaana sanam...
Some die hard fans have seen
the film more than 50 times and
recall every song, speech, and
scene. The final train scene of
this movie has inspired var-
ious spoofs, memes, and
other kinds of pop-culture
content. The film was
made at a time when In-
dian cinema was trying
to return from the blood
and gore of the 1980s to
family-friendly dramas
and romances. DDLJ,
while adhering to many
of these topics, also
showed that outright re-
bellion and alienating
one’s family isn’t the only
way to make a point. One
could do it in the ‘Indian’ way
.
Amrish Puri’s Bauji was
meant equally to address the
guilt of Non-Resident Indi-
ans (NRIs) for having left
their homeland in search
of better lives.
DDLJ gave us many lines
to spring up at family or
friends’ get-together -
Bade Bade Deshon me
Choti Choti Bate Hoti
Rehti Hai, Jo shadi
wale ghar me seva
karta hai use bohot
sundar dulhan milti h,
Jab ladki javan ho jati h to uski
maa uski dost ban jati h, Sapne
dekho zarur dekho bas unke pure
hone ki zid mat kro, and much
more.
This may sound like pop sociol-
ogy but DDLJ wasn’t a mere film.
For those who grew up in the ‘90s,
the film defined love. It was a com-
ing-of-age film. Suddenly
, mustard
flowers became a symbol of love.
Karvachauth was for both and
Mom and Dad roles were rede-
fined.
Today
...let us once again... roam
in the yellow fields and hum... tu-
jhe dekha to yeh....
HARSHIKA KASLIWAL
DDLJ WAS VOTED THE MOST
ROMANTIC MOVIE BY OUR
READERS AND THE ONE WHICH
THEY WOULD LOVE TO WATCH
WITH THEIR SPECIAL ONE ON
THIS DAY OF ‘LOVE’. CITY
FIRST REVISITS WHY
DDLJ IS STILL ICONIC
FOR GENERATIONS!
MOHABBAT KA NAAM
AAJ BHI MOHABBAT HAI...
YEH NA KABHI BADLI HAI
AUR NA HI KABHI BADLEGI
DDLJ redefined romance
and love and in its own
way addressed many oth-
er issues as well. The
winner of 10 Filmfare
awards, Dilwale Dulha-
nia Le Jayenge was as
critically acclaimed as well as a
box office hit. DDLJ had flaws and
all, but is nevertheless a lot of fun.
And honestly, that tune lives in
your mind rent-free... tujhe dekha
to yeh jaana sanam...
Some die hard fans have seen
the film more than 50 times and
recall every song, speech, and
scene. The final train scene of
this movie has inspired var-
ious spoofs, memes, and
other kinds of pop-culture
content. The film was
made at a time when In-
dian cinema was trying
to return from the blood
and gore of the 1980s to
family-friendly dramas
and romances. DDLJ,
while adhering to many
of these topics, also
showed that outright re-
bellion and alienating
one’s family isn’t the only
way to make a point. One
could do it in the ‘Indian’ way
.
Amrish Puri’s Bauji was
meant equally to address the
guilt of Non-Resident Indi-
ans (NRIs) for having left
their homeland in search
of better lives.
DDLJ gave us many lines
to spring up at family or
friends’ get-together -
Bade Bade Deshon me
Choti Choti Bate Hoti
Rehti Hai, Jo shadi
wale ghar me seva
karta hai use bohot
sundar dulhan milti h,
Jab ladki javan ho jati h to uski
maa uski dost ban jati h, Sapne
dekho zarur dekho bas unke pure
hone ki zid mat kro, and much
more.
This may sound like pop sociol-
ogy but DDLJ wasn’t a mere film.
For those who grew up in the ‘90s,
the film defined love. It was a com-
ing-of-age film. Suddenly
, mustard
flowers became a symbol of love.
Karvachauth was for both and
Mom and Dad roles were rede-
fined.
Today
...let us once again... roam
in the yellow fields and hum... tu-
jhe dekha to yeh....
HARSHIKA KASLIWAL
COME FALL
D
IN LOVE
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Coming from two different reli-
gions has made our life richer,
we get to enjoy the culture, fes-
tivals and food of both. When
we did not see religion when we
fell in love, why should it be a
hurdle now? Luckily, we have
supportive families and friends.
——VARSHA AND PRAVEEN
Inter religion are merely words.
It’s all about understanding,
acceptability, patience and love
for the partner and the family.
From the very beginning I was
determined to settle and follow
the traditions of my husband’s
family. He also supported me.
—DEEPA AND DR NAZAR
AGHWANI
As per our understanding Re-
ligion doesn’t matter much to
carry forward any relationship.
We think our life is as simi-
lar to any other couple with
dreams, plan, joy and sorrows.
Good part is we can enjoy
cuisine of two entirely different
type and create fusion too :)
—SARANSH AND REEMA
We were in college when we
first met each other and fell in
love. We spent quite a bit of
time with each other and it was
wonderful. It was difficult for
us to convince our parents for
our marriage since there was a
difference in the religion, it took
us long but we made it.
—HAGESH AND MEGHA
We are from the same city and
went to the same school and fell
in love there. We have different
religious beliefs but that didn’t
separate us. When we decided
to get married, our families and
neighbours were against it but
eventually, we got married and
now we are living happily.
—SAURABH AND AMISHA
ove ain’t no sink-
ing feeling. Then
why do we fall in
love? Why can’t we
rise in it? The neg-
ative connotation
reflects the taboo
that society creates around
it. Now, couple the divine
feeling with an inter-faith
relationship and the result
will be an explosive cock-
tail that will require you
to pass the tests of reli-
gions, beliefs, morality
and human-made hypo-
critical social order.
City First spoke to a few
people to know about their
journey and love.
Love has different forms
and nature but knows no
bounds. It can happen be-
tween two living souls and
sometimes even with a non-
living being or fantasy
character. Love cannot defi-
nitely be the only driving
force in a long relationship
but is certainly the aaghaaz
(start) and the most defin-
ing force to keep things in-
tact.
When Fahad met Kiran, it
was an infatuation that nur-
tured into a deep friend-
ship. That’s right! Love hap-
pening, at first sight, is a
myth, liking or attraction
can. Love needs time, dedi-
cation and holding onto.
The privilege to have some-
one by your side as a patient
listener. The sheer camara-
derie took its own time to
let love blossom within. But
boy! When love hits you, it
hits hard! Yes, it plays with
the strings of your heart
and messes with that head
over your heels, in a good
way of course!
Being together at an early
stage of their careers, Fa-
had and Kiran, known as
FahKir in their close cir-
cles, after a few years were
ready to face long-distance
relationships as their ca-
reers grew in different
parts of the country.
Since their love had
blossomed on the
foundation of
mutual likes
and friend-
ship, they
were deter-
mined to
pass the test
of time and
d i s t a n c e
with flying
c o l o u r s ,
which they
did before convincing their
parents to get hitched. If
you have trust in your rela-
tionship then you are ready
to take the plunge wearing
the parachute made of your
‘lovely’ feelings.
But love cannot be the
sole factor to get married
and similarly love can’t be
the only driving force that
can hold a life-long rela-
tionship together. When
FahKir got married, they
were introduced to a whole
set of relatives and
parents, mostly lov-
ing in nature, some
peeping while
some gossiping.
All wished to be a
keen spectator to
the couple’s han-
dling of diverse re-
ligious beliefs and
festivities while
setting prejudic-
es all along.
Be it Karva
Chauth, which
was followed
by Diwali,
Lohri and then
Holi, Eid, Bai-
sakhi and the
vicious circle of
festivals contin-
ued and so were
the silent con-
frontations.
It is a common issue that
inter-faith couples face.
They may be broad-minded
and see rationality in lead-
ing a healthy marriage life,
but the prejudices in society
are constantly trying to pull
them down.
There are always mo-
ments in the inter-faith cou-
ples’ lives when differences
in beliefs are probably re-
ally irresolvable. Such situ-
ations are inevitable. It’s
not always easy to think
outside the box you’ve lived
in since birth. Being con-
scious of such a possibility
and having the patience to
accept differences and yet
love each other for who they
are is crucial to the success
of the relationship.
The essential part is to
understand that the only
healthy relationship is one
of mutual respect – we can
be different in some ways
but we love each other for
who we are and respect our
individual beliefs.
So, be brave and spread
love. All other social factors
are secondary. Even science
has proved that diverse
genes make better humans
among the race. As the rela-
tionship will mature, love
will also change its form
and won’t be visible every
day. It will emerge when the
loved one will need it most,
sometimes with the feeling
of care, sometimes as pas-
sion. Hang on to it, give it
time and let it bloom!
Happy Valentine’s Day
folks!
Main naya namazi hoon tere jahan ka
Kayede na janu waqt de zara sa
(Ishq ka Itar, Bamfaad, 2020)
ANITA HADA
L
Fahad and Kiran
Fahad and Kiran

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