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❍ Cracking whip on child labour and child trafficking
CM Gehlot approves high-powered
committee for effective prevention
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a bid to pre-
vent child labour and
child trafficking, CM
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal for
the formation of a high-
powered committee to
study such matters
deeply and give
solutions. The
administra-
tive depart-
ment of the
c o m m i t t e e
will be the
Child Empow-
e r m e n t
Depart-
ment.
Child Empowerment Minister will be chairman of committee;
Commissioner and Joint Secy of Dept will be member secretary
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
l Labour and Planning Minister and Tribal
Regional Development Minister l Co-Chairman
and Chairman of Rajasthan State Child Rights
Protection Commission l ACS/Principal Govt
Secy l Home Dept, Principal Govt Secy l Tribal
Regional Development Dept l Government
Secretary l Labor and Planning Dept l Govt Secy
l Social Justice and Empowerment Dept l Child
Empowerment Dept, ADGP (AHT) Rajasthan
SUBJECT EXPERT MEMBERS
AKHILESH KAKANI: Naya Savera, Jaipur
RAJENDRA PARIHAR: Lavkush, Jodhpur
BM BHARDWAJ: Apnaghar, Bharatpur
BHOJRAJ SINGH: Aasra Vikas
Sansthan, Udaipur
Rahul Gandhi interacts with Dalits,
Muslims, tribals and entrepreneurs
BHARAT JODO YATRA IN RAJASTHAN
Bhanwar S Charan,
Dinesh Tiwari, Ziauddin
Khan and Sandeep Goyal
Sawai Madhopur: The
Bharat Jodo Yatra start-
ed from Jeenapur of
Sawai Madhopur dis-
trict on Tuesday. In the
morning session of the
yatra, thousands of peo-
ple joined the yatra till
Surwal Bypass.
While walking, Ra-
hul Gandhi interacted
with two groups. A
group of Muslim youth
raised several issues be-
fore Gandhi, including
the closure of the Maul-
ana Azad National Fel-
lowship by the central
government. The sec-
ond conversation was
with a group of Dalit
youth who specially
raised the issues relat-
ed to land and lawsuits
filed against the people
of SC-ST community
during Bharat Bandh
on 2 April 2018 by the
BJP government.
After listening to
both the groups, Gandhi
asked PCC President
Govind Singh Dotasra,
who is walking along
with him, to talk to the
Chief Minister on the
issues and take action.
Turn to P9
Rahul Gandhi, CM Ashok Gehlot, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert
Vadra and Miraya Vadra during yatra in S’Madhopur on Tuesday.
l Gandhi to address media in Dausa on Dec 16,
attend concert on 100 days of yatra in Jaipur
l 4 held for attempt to set tents associated with
Rahul Gandhi’s yatra on fire in S Madhopur
l CM Gehlot, Jairam Ramesh, GS Dotasra to
address media at 11 am in S’Madhopur today
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NCP PRESIDENT
SHARAD PAWAR
RECEIVES DEATH
THREAT, 1 HELD
Mumbai: A man has been arrested from Bihar
for repeatedly making threat calls at NCP
president Sharad Pawar’s Mumbai residence,
police said. N Soni (45) told “Mumbai Aake
Desi Katte Se Uda Doonga,” said police official.
TEJASHWI YADAV
WILL LEAD IN
2025: CM NITISH
DROPS A BIG HINT
Bihar: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday
announced that his deputy Tejashwi Yadav would
lead the ruling coalition in the 2025 Bihar election,
designating him as his next-in-line and starting the
countdown on his own term as Chief Minister. P5
IPL 2023
auction on
December 23
Mumbai (FIB): “IPL
2023 Player Auction list
is out with 405 cricketers
set to go under hammer
in Kochi on December
23, 2022. 369 players were
shortlisted by 10 teams
from initial list of 991
players. 36 addl players
were requested, which
are added into final list
which makes a total of
405 which will be pre-
sented at IPL 2023 auc-
tion,” official said. P7
HILLARY’S DAY OUT
AT JANTAR MANTAR!
Former First Lady of United States Hillary Clinton visited
Jantar Mantar in Jaipur on Tuesday. Hillary learned about
documents related to history along with the working of
instruments from tour guide Farooq Khan.
NUCLEAR FUSION
BREAKTHROUGH
ANNOUNCED
Washington: The US
researchers announced
a historic nuclear fusion
breakthrough on Tuesday,
hailing a “landmark
achievement” in the quest
for a source of unlimited,
clean power and an end to
reliance on fossil fuels.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
‘OVER 40 DOCUMENTS
PLANTED ON STAN
SWAMY’S LAPTOP’
New Delhi: A new report
by an American forensic
firm shows that multiple
incriminating documents
were planted in the
computer of Father Stan
Swamy, the 83-year-old
activist-priest who was
arrested for alleged terror
links in 2020 and who died
in custody a year later.
KERALA PASSES BILL TO
REMOVE GOVERNOR AS
CHANCELLOR OF VARSITIES
Thiruvananthapuram: A
Despite a boycott by the
opposition, the Keralaa
Assembly on Tuesday
passed the University Law
(Amendment) Bill to replace
the Governor as chancellor
of all universities in the state
and instead appoint top
academicians to the post. P5
MUSK IS NOW THE
WORLD’S SECOND
RICHEST MAN
New Delhi: Elon Musk, once
worth as much as $340
billion, has been displaced
as the world’s richest person
by Bernard Arnault. Elon
Musk, 51, has seen his
fortune tumble by more than
$100 billion since January to
$168.5 billion, report said.
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
India Stands Tall!
The PLA tried to change status quo in
Arunachal Pradesh, Indian troops forced
them to retreat, says Rajnath Singh in Parliament
Proceedings in parliament were adjourned soon
after they began as the Opposition kept insisting
that the border clash issue be discussed at once
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Defence
minister Rajanth Singh
on Tuesday said that the
Chinese troops unilater-
ally tried to change the
statuequoalongtheLine
of Actual Control(LAC)
inArunchalPradeshbut
Indian troops forces
them to retreat to their
side of the border. On
December 9 in Yangtse
area of Tawang sector,
the PLA troops en-
croached upon and at-
tempted to change status
quo. This attempt was
tackledbyourtroopsina
determinedmanner.Our
troops bravely stopped
the PLA from encroach-
ing upon our territory
and forced them to go
back to their post, he
saidinLS.Indiantroops
suffered no casualty or
serious injuries, Ra-
jnath said. This matter
has also been taken up
with China through dip-
lomatic channels. I want
to assure the House that
ourforcesarecommitted
to guard our borders and
ready to thwart any at-
tempt that will be made
to challenge it, the de-
fenceministersaidinhis
statement. More on P7
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivers a statement in Lok Sabha on the India-China Line of Actual
Control (LAC) clash during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Also present
here are Anurag Singh Thakur, Pralhad Joshi, Dr Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and others.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to the media in presence
of Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal and others
after Parliament session in Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Oppn did not allow
Question Hour to run. I
condemn this act. Parl Affairs
Minister clearly said that the
Defence Minister will make a
statement on Tawang faceoff
in Parl, said Shah. “After
seeing question number
5 in question hour list, I
understood anxiety of Cong.
Question was for cancella-
tion of FCRA licence of Rajiv
Gandhi Foundation (RGF),”
he added. “If they would
have allowed I would have
answered that RGF grant
of `1.35 cr from Chinese
Embassy during 2005-2007,
which was not appropriate.
So as per rules, Home Minis-
try cancelled its registration.”
SHAH TURNS TABLES ON CONGRESS IN PARLIAMENT
The Indian Army bravely prevented
the PLA from encroaching on our
territory, and forced them to
withdraw to their posts. Some soldiers from
both sides were injured in the skirmish.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
Yangtse is
under my
assembly
constituency every
year I meet the Jawans
and villagers of the
area. It’s not 1962
anymore. If anyone
tries to transgress, our
brave soldiers will give
a befitting reply.
—Pema Khandu,
Arunachal Pradesh CM
IAF SCRAMBLED JETS 2-3 TIMES
OVER AIR VIOLATIONS BY CHINA
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force had to scramble its
fighters jets 2-3 times over last weeks to prevent air
violations by the Chinese drones along the LAC in
AP. IAF mobilizations happened before the clashes
between India and China troops last week.
CHINESE SPY VESSEL YANG WANG-5
LEAVES THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION
The Chinese scientific research vessel Yang Wang-5, which
had entered Indian Ocean Region (IOR) a few days back,
has now moved out of the area, Navy sources said on Tuesday
and noted that the vessel was being constantly monitored.
MAJOR
HAPPENINGS
l Congress MPs
demanded a statement
from PM Modi over
LAC situation
l Chinese foreign
ministry said situation
at border was
‘generally stable’
l IAF has increased the
frequency of the sorties
by its combat jets
l Air Force keeping
close watch on China
border in Eastern sectors
SC judge recuses
from hearing
Bilkis Bano’s plea
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Supreme
Court judge Bela M
Trivedi on Tuesday
recused herself from
hearing a plea filed by
Bilkis Bano, who was
gang-raped and seven
members of her family
killed during the 2002
Gujarat riots, challeng-
ing the remission of
sentence of 11 convicts
in the case by the state
government.
As soon as a bench of
justices Ajay Rastogi
and Bela M Trivedi sat
for the day, Justice Ras-
togi announced his sis-
ter judge will not like to
hear the case. The
top court said
that a new
bench will be
constitut-
ed and the
m a t t e r
will be
t a k e n
up there-
after.
OTHER COURT
ORDERS
z SC Collegium recom-
mended elevation of 5 HC
judges to SC. It recom-
mended elevations of 3
CJs and 2 judges of HCs.
Justice Pankaj Mithal, CJ of
Rajasthan HC, Justice Sanjay
Karol, CJ of Patna HC,
Justice PV Sanjay Kumar
and CJ of Manipur HC were
the names recommended.
Justice Ahsanuddin Amanul-
lah of Patna HC and Justice
Manoj Misra of Allahabad HC
were also recommended.
z The Supreme Court on
Tuesday granted anticipatory
bail to businessman and Bol-
lywood actor Shilpa Shetty’s
husband Raj Kundra, models
Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam
Pandey and one Umesh
Kamat in a case in which
a FIR was filed against
them for creating
obscene content and
showing it on OTT
platforms. The
bench said that
all must cooper-
ate and join the
investigation
as and when
required.
Bilkis Bano Bela M Trivedi
ERCP included in nat’l plan, way
cleared for 90 percent Central fund
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union Jal Shak-
ti minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat said
that ERCP has been in-
cluded in the national
perspective plan and 75
percentpriorityhasbeen
givenintheprioritylink.
The central govern-
ment has taken a deci-
sion on the matter and
now the way is clear for
90 percent central fund
for the ERCP.
“If the state govern-
ment agreed on 75 per-
cent, the central gov-
ernment will give 90
percent money for
ERCP,” he said
However, there has
beenadisputeregarding
50% and 75% in the past
as well. The minister
said that the state gov-
ernment will also have
to make some changes.
He said that the pro-
ject is included in river
interlinking and it
would be connected
with Chambal-Parvati-
Kalisindh link.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
OTHER TOP
RAJ STORIES
Death toll in Jodhpur
cylinder blast increased
to 23 as 5 more died on
Tuesday. The blast took
place 5 days ago. In the
accident so far, 10 kids
have also lost their lives,
police officials said P3
A REET aspirant died by
suicide by hanging self in
a rented room in the
housing board colony of
Dungarpur city on
Tuesday. ‘The young man
was preparing for the
REET examinations,’ the
police officials said P3
—PHOTO
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA

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RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2022
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First India Bureau
Ajmer: Non-scheduled
flights will now be able
to land at Kishangarh
airport through satel-
lite. The Airports Au-
thority of India (AAI)
has successfully con-
ducted a flight trial us-
ing GAGAN (GPS Aided
GEO Augmented Navi-
gation) based LPV Ap-
proach Procedures at
Kishangarh Airport.
India is the first
country in the Asia Pa-
cific Region to achieve
such a landmark.
Now non-scheduled
flights can also be easily
landed at Kishangarh
airport in case of bad
weather as well as low
visibility. Airports Au-
thority of India with its
aircraft VT-FIU on
Tuesday successfully
carried out LPV ap-
proach landing at the
Kishangarh airport, be-
coming the first NSOP
(Non Scheduled Opera-
tor Plane) to perform
such an approach. All
this has been possible
with the help of SBAS
(Satellite Based Aug-
mentation System)
technology, that is, the
landing of aircraft will
be based on satellite.
Unscheduled flight can land using GAGAN
KISHANGARH AIRPORT

After this trial at
Kishangarh
Airport, India
becomes first
country in the
Asia Pacific
Region to
achieve such a
landmark named
GAGAN
DEATH TOLL RISES TO 23 AS 5 MORE
INCLUDING GROOM’S FATHER DIE
So far, 10 children have also lost their lives in the horrific incident; The
condition of 8 more victims admitted to Hospital in Jodhpur is critical
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: Five more
people died on Tuesday
in the cylinder blast that
happened five days ago.
The groom’s father and
his nephew succumbed
to the injuries. So far, 10
children have also lost
theirlivesinthehorrific
accident. The condition
of 8 more accident vic-
tims admitted to Mahat-
ma Gandhi Hospital in
Jodhpur is critical.
Earlier on Monday, 6
people including the
groom’s mother had
died during treatment.
In such a situation, the
death toll has increased
to 23. Those who died
had more than 50%
burns. The groom’s fa-
ther Sagat Singh, Dilip
Kumar, Sugan Kanwar,
AidanSinghdiedduring
treatment. The villagers
appealed to the State
Govt and Union Min Ga-
jendra S Shekhawat to
refer the injured admit-
ted in MGH Hospital to
Delhi or a higher level
hospitalforpropertreat-
ment so that the lives of
the remaining injured
could be saved.
Collector Himanshu
Gupta also visited the
hospital after getting in-
formation about the
deaths on Tuesday
. A
counseling room has
been set up here for the
relatives of the patients.
Of the 54 admitted, 23
people have died and 31
injuredarehospitalised.
Gul Mohammad
Kota: A strict action
plan will be made to pre-
vent the suicide cases of
students coming to Kota
for preparing for compe-
titions. A day after sui-
cide of three students,
Kota IG Prashan Kumar
Khamesra took a meet-
ing of the officers and
coaching operators for
discussion regarding
complianceof theguide-
linesissuedforcoaching
institutes.
Discussionswereheld
onhowsuicidecasescan
be prevented. The IG
said that the coaching
institute operators have
beenaskedtopreparean
action plan in this re-
gard so that the children
can be stress free and
they get a school-college
atmosphereinthecoach-
ing institutes. He said
that the action plan will
be implemented soon.
However, regarding
whatkindof actionplan
will be, the IG says that
the coaching operators
will make the plan.
There was also a dis-
cussion about the holi-
day in coaching centers
on Sunday to give stu-
dents a break. At pre-
sent, the students do not
get rest on Sundays be-
cause they have tests on
Sundays. It was also dis-
cussed that the ranking
of the test conducted in
the coaching institutes
should not be released.
District Collector OP
Bunkar said that coach-
ing operators have been
bound to ensure compli-
ance of the guidelines
issued in 2018 and in No-
vember 2022.
Collector Himanshu Gupta visiting the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur on Tuesday.
(L) Kota Collector OP Bunkar and (R) IG Prashan Kumar Khamesra
during the meeting with coaching owners on Tuesday.
MLA Ashok Lahoty giving memorandum over scam in school
uniform distribution to CS Usha Sharma on Tuesday.
JODHPUR GAS CYLINDER TRAGEDY
CS WRITES TO DMs,INSTRUCTS TO AVOID JODHPUR LIKE MISHAP
Taking serious note of the gas cylinder
blast incident of Jodhpur which has
claimed 23 lives so far, Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma has written a letter
to all district collectors instructing
them for checking marriage ven-
ues, hotels, restaurants, commer-
cial establishments and to ensure
adequate firefighting equipment.
Sharma said that a survey regarding
prescribed security standards in all
marriage venues should be conducted.
She directed collectors to take a meeting
of the officials of local administration and
oil companies, verification of commercial
LPG gas cylinders being used in
wedding venues, hotels, restau-
rants, commercial establishments
and against illegal storage of
LPG cylinders. The CS said that a
framework should be prepared to
check misuse of cylinders and ensuring
that fire extinguishers are installed in
commercial establishments.—Vikas Sharma
Actionplansoontoprevent
suicidecasesat‘Kotacoaching’
Amid suicide of 3
coaching students
in Kota, cops and
coaching owners
held meeting
IN DUNGARPUR, REET ASPIRANT DIES BY
SUICIDE, FATHER LODGES POLICE REPORT
Dungarpur: A young man preparing for the REET
examinations die by suicide after he hangs self in a
rented room in the housing board colony. Deceased
Himanshu Katara (22) was staying
with his younger brother, but he
was not in the room at the time of
the incident. It all came to know
when the younger brother returned
after three hours. As per police,
Shankarlal Katara, a resident of
Indrakhet, has lodged the report. On the information,
the Kotwali police reached the spot and informed the
relatives. The police took the dead body down from
the noose and kept it in the mortuary.
DPR for elevated road
in Sariska approved
Five BLOs suspended, 400
servednoticeovernegligence
Lahoty meets CS over
anomalies in uniform
distribution in Sanganer
Stepfather rapes
minor daughter
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar: A stepfather
raped a minor daughter
in the Dug area of Jhala-
war. The police are en-
gaged in the investiga-
tion of the matter. About
10 years ago, a married
woman from the Dug
area eloped with her
loveralongwithherfive-
year-old daughter. After
some years, the woman
consumed insecticide
and she died. when her
daughetr attained the
age of 15, her cruel step-
father caught raped mi-
nor her 3-4 times. The
matter is being probed.
First India Bureau
Alwar: A 22 kilometer
long elevated road will
be built in Sariska to
ensure that there is no
hindrance in the free
movement of wild ani-
mals in Sariska in Al-
war district of Ra-
jasthan. Regional Direc-
tor of Sariska RN Mee-
na said that the DPR of
the project has been
approved and it is ex-
pected that work on this
will start in six months.
“This road will be
built by the National
Highway Authority of
India and Rs 2500 crores
will be spent for this.
The road will be con-
structed from Natni Ka
Bara to Thanagazi,” he
said. With the construc-
tion of this road, there
will be no problem for
the wild animals of Sa-
riska to move freely
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Five BLOs have
been suspended with
immediate effect under
the Rajasthan Civil Ser-
vices Classification
Control Appeal Rules
1958 for negligence and
apathy in election work
of national importance.
Electoral Registra-
tion Officer Adarsh Na-
gar Siraj Ali Zaidi told
that Imran Qureshi
Junior Assistant Office
Registrar Cooperative
Society Jaipur, Jitendra
Meena Junior Assistant
Directorate Animal
Husbandry Dept Jaipur,
Manmohan Sharma
Junior Assistant Dy Di-
rector Ayurveda Dept
Jaipur and Pankaj Ku-
mar Jat Junior Assis-
tant at JMCG have been
suspended with imme-
diate effect. One more
was suspended on late
Tuesday night. 400 have
also been served notice.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: MLA Ashok La-
hoty met Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma at
the secretariat on Tues-
day regarding the com-
plaint of irregularities
in distribution of uni-
forms at government
schools in Sanganer.
During the meeting
with his delegation, he
presented photos about
the irregularities.
Lahoty said that in
Jhalawar, action was
taken after the school
hours by terming the
MLA’s programme as
politicized, but in San-
ganer, during the school
hours, the family mem-
bers of the MLA, his
staff and the PA became
chief guests and dis-
tributed the uniforms.
CJR launches integrated digital software
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur:Chief Justiceof
Rajasthan High Court
Pankaj Mithal on Tues-
day launched the ‘Inte-
grated Digital Samad-
han Software Solution
with Prison’. Through
this software, all the in-
formation of undertrial
prisoners can be ob-
tained. On Dec 6, during
the hearing of a crimi-
nal writ petition in the
division bench of Jus-
tice Sandeep Mehta and
JusticeKuldeepMathur,
an order was passed to
implement such a pro-
gram in which all the
informationof thepend-
ing prisoners related to
the court cases can be
sent to jail admin.
After the order, the
technical team of the
High Court under the
guidance of Justice
Arun Bhansali, Chair-
man of the Steering
Committee, has pre-
pared this software.
In the launching pro-
gramme, Chief Justice
said that since the time
of covid-19 pandemic,
there has been a techno-
logical revolution in the
functioning of judiciary
through computeriza-
tion, digitalization, e-fil-
ing, paperless courts
and virtual hearings.
Justice Shrivastav a
said that on the basis of
the information re-
ceived through this soft-
ware, there will be a lot
of cooperation in the
matter of free legal aid.
Chief Justice of Rajasthan Pankaj Mithal and Justice MM
Shrivastava on Tuesday.
Police arrests
singer of viral
‘Gyanvapi
temple’ song
First India Bureau
Kota: A YouTuber,
who conceptual-
isedandsharedthe
song ‘tera mandir
banayenge shivay’
some months ago
on his social media
channel, has ex-
pressed his ordeal
on Twitter. After
the unearthing of
the alleged Shiv-
ling in Gyanvapi
Masjid the song
was released by
him along with a
posteronhissocial
media channel. Af-
terthis,Kotapolice
not only arrested
the YouTuber but
also slapped IPC
sections 425, 505,
295-A and 3 other
different sections
on him.
PHED engineers’ strike called
off after Min Joshi intervenes
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The picketing
of the PHED engineers
ended after talks with
minister Mahesh Joshi.
The decision to go on
mass leave on Wednes-
daywasalsowithdrawn.
The PHED Minister has
agreed to the reasonable
demands of Engineers.
In a week, the govt
will be asked to take ac-
tionagainstthecollector
and the connection has
been restored at the
houseof theSuperinten-
dent Engineer in Karau-
li.EarlierononTuesday
engineers of the PHED
dept were protesting at
the Jal Bhawan.
AENs, JENs protesting at Jal Bhawan on Tuesday.
During the trial of GAGAN based LPV procedure at Kishangarh,
RS Jamwal, Adhiraj Yadav, Anoop Kachron, Shakti Singh,
Gaurav Raghuvanshi, Naveen Dudi, DK Meena, Khemraj Meena,
Anuradha Sulania and other officers were present on Tuesday.
LAHOTY SPEAKS
CS, DGP MEET CJR
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

RAJASTHAN
04
Has Energy Minister Bhati agreed
to arbitrariness of technocrats?
First India Bureau
Jaipur: About a month
has passed since the
transfer list of AEN
was released in Jaipur
DISCOM but five assis-
tant engineers of the
Jaipur district are not
leaving their posts.
Assistant Engineer
Mohan Lal Sharma is
still handling respon-
sibility in Kalwar
while he was trans-
ferred to Bad Peepli.
Similarly, AEN Mohan-
lal Poonia, who was
transferred to Dausa,
is still in Bad Peepli .
Assistant Engineer
CS Bhansali was sent
from Nala Power
House to Kalwar but
despite being relieved,
technocrat Bhansali
did not take up the new
responsibility.
Similarly, AEN Rajat
Jain is not going from
SMU Jaipur to HTM
Sanganer whereas As-
sistant Engineer Amit
Gaur also did not leave
the responsibility of
HTM Sanganer.
In such a situation,
the question is being
raised when most of
the transfers are being
done on the recommen-
dation of “honoura-
bles”, has Energy Min-
ister Bhanwar Singh
Bhati agreed to the ar-
bitrariness of the tech-
nocrats?
Diyadiscussesbudgetallocation
forKVSwithUnionMoSforEdu
First India Bureau
New Delhi: During
the winter session of
Parliament, MP Diya
Kumari met Minister
of State for Education,
Annapurna Devi.
During the meeting,
she discussed early
budget allocation and
start of work of Kend-
riya Vidyalayas in Ra-
jsamand, Bhim, Merta,
and Jaitaran Vidhan
Sabha of the parlia-
mentary constituency.
In the meeting, the
Union Minister said
that financial approval
for Kendriya Vidya-
laya will be issued for
Merta, Rajsamand,
and Bhim shortly. Jai-
taran’s DPR has not yet
been prepared, action
will be started on that
too after the prepara-
tion of the DPR, she
said.
Elderly man crushed to
death under SUV
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: An elderly
was crushed to death
under an SUV in which
some smugglers were
escaping from the po-
lice. The incident has
been reported from Bay-
tu police station area.
The deceased had been
identified as Tikuram
Jat, police said.
At the time of the in-
cident deceased was
standing on the road. In
the meantime, an SUV
coming from the front
side crushed the elderly
man. Police further said
that wanted criminals
were escaping in the
SUV that hit the elderly
man. However, police
tried to catch the ac-
cused but they were suc-
cessful in escaping. Af-
ter hitting the elderly
man, the SUV over-
turned but the accused
stopped another vehicle
at gunpoint and fled.
HC orders State
govt to install 179
portable weighing
machines
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Justice
Pankaj Mithal and Jus-
tice Subha Mehta of Ra-
jasthan High Court
heard the PIL filed by
Advocate SK Singh on
the news item pub-
lished in a newspaper
on 02.04.2021 wherein
four people of Dave
family died on road ac-
cident due to overload-
ing of trucks which was
plying between Gudoj
to Balarai four-lane
highway
. The State Gov-
ernment took cogni-
zance of the PIL after
the notice and 179 port-
ableweighingmachines
were purchased in the
budget of 2021-22. hear-
ing the PIL and argu-
ments of Advocate Suni
Kumar Singh, Rekha
Dixit, Saurabh Chatter-
jee, Keerti Harsha, and
M Raja, the Court di-
rected the State Govern-
ment to install immedi-
ately the aforesaid port-
able machines and if
there is any difficulty
then the Transport
Commissioner must
give reasoned order.
Amrit Mahotsav:
Kota Bundi to
witness BSF show
First India Bureau
Kota: The people of Bundi
and Kota will get an oppor-
tunity to witness the won-
derful display of valor by
the brave soldiers of the
Border Security Force.On
the initiative of Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla, jawans
in both cities will show as-
tonishing stunts. Along
with this, people will also
get to see the stunts of the
dog squad of the BSF and
the display of weapons.
BSF DIG Pushpendra
Singh Rathore said that on
the occasion of Amrit Ma-
hotsav, special events are
being organized by the
world’s largest border-
guarding force in different
cities of the country.In
view of this, shows will be
organized at the Sports
Complex in Bundi on De-
cember 17 and in Kota on
December 18 at Umaid
Singh Stadium. In this
show, the Seema Bhavani
motorcycle team of the
BSF will display stunts.
Registration limit on purchase
of pulses,oilseeds up by 10%
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Cooperative
Minister Udai Lal An-
jana said that the reg-
istration limit has
been increased by 10
percent on the pur-
chase of moong, urad,
groundnut and soy-
bean on minimum sup-
port price in the state.
The registration limit
has been extended to
368 procurement cen-
tres for moong, 270 for
groundnut,
166 for urad and 83
for soyabean. The deci-
sion will benefit 41
thousand 271 addition-
al farmers of the state.
Anjana said that by
increasing the regis-
tration limit, 10 thou-
sand 775 farmers of
moong, 15 thousand
856 farmers of ground-
nut, 2 thousand 158
farmers of urad and 12
thousand 482 farmers
of soyabean will be
benefited.
“Around 67409 farm-
ers have registered for
moong and 22638 farm-
ers for groundnut for
ongoing procurement
on support price and
50389 metric tonnes of
moong has been pur-
chased from 26583
farmers for an amount
of Rs 390.77 crore.,” he
said.
Delegates to
discuss human
rights in Jpr
Kataria writes to
CM demanding
Jain Board
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In first, the
state will host a discus-
sion on human rights
today at hotel Golden
Tulip. Delegates from 17
countries will discuss
how to promote protec-
tion and upgradation of
human rights. Dele-
gates will come from
Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Gambia, Ghana, Gonia,
Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mac-
edonia, Maldives, My-
anmar, Nepal, Sey-
chelles, Sri Lanka, Ta-
jikistan, Tanzania, Uru-
guay, and Zimbabwe.
Jaipur: Agriculture
Minister Lal Chand Ka-
taria has recommended
formation of Jain
Board. He wrote a letter
to CM Ashok Gehlot in
this regard.“Formation
of Jain board is neces-
sary in the state to pre-
serve and protect the
culture of Jain commu-
nity, religious proper-
ties, and protection of
Jain Acharya and
saints,” he said. Youth
Congress leader and
councilor candidate
from Vaishali Nagar,
Mohit Jain, had raised
demand. Kataria quot-
ed Mohit Jain in letter.
BJP has decided that from December 15 to 31 there will be public meetings at the Assembly level in Raj in which national and state level leaders will tour
14LcomplaintsreceivedagainstGehlotgovt
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Tuesday said that
the BJP has received 14
lakh complaints in the
Jan Aakrosh Yatra
against the Gehlot gov-
ernment. Of these,
more than 11 lakh are
handwritten and 3
lakhs have been found
on the website.The par-
ty has decided that
from December 15 to
31, there will be big
public meetings at the
Assembly level in Ra-
jasthan in which na-
tional and state level
leaders will tour and
stay during the night,
said Shekhawat while
addressing a press con-
ference here on Tues-
day.Eight to 10 workers
will go to every assem-
bly constituency and
2000 workers will tour
across the state.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under the pop-
ular Senior Citizen Pil-
grimage Scheme of the
state, the seventh train
left from Jaipur junc-
tion to Tirupati on
Tuesday. More than
1,000 elderly passen-
gers will visit the Tiru-
pati pilgrimage free of
cost through this train.
Devsthan Minister
Shakuntala Rawat
wished all the pilgrims
a happy journey. On
this occasion, she said
that all arrangements
for the comfortable
travel of elderly pil-
grims have been made
by the Devasthan De-
partment. Arrange-
ments are being con-
stantly improved after
receiving feedback
from the passengers
who travelled in the
earlier six trains that
went to the pilgrim
centre in the past. Raw-
at said that in the sev-
enth train, 745 passen-
gers belonged to
Jaipur, 75 from Sawai
Madhopur and 260
from Kota.
The team of train in-
charge, escort and doc-
tor will be available on
the train at all the
times. According to
Rawat, only the pas-
sengers selected from
the main lottery list
were invited for the pil-
grim journey. The pas-
sengers on the waiting
list were given a
chance in place of the
passengers absent.
Rawat said that under
one of the budget an-
nouncements of CM
Ashok Gehlot, 20,000
senior citizens of the
state are being taken to
visit the places of wor-
ship under the Senior
Pilgrimage Tour
Scheme 2022. Out of
these, 18,000 passen-
gers are being made to
travel by train and 2000
passengers by flight.
Pilgrimage train from Jaipur to Tirupati flagged off
SENIOR CITIZEN PILGRIMAGE SCHEME
Devasthan dept officials flag off train from Jaipur on Tuesday. Passengers boarding the train from Jaipur junction.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat addressing a press conference in Jaipur on Tuesday. Also seen here are Laxmikant Bhardwaj, Bhajan Lal
Sharma and Anand Sharma. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO Satish Poonia taking blessing from an elder in Amer on Tuesday.
BJP WOMEN LEADERS
CLASH OVER SITTING
ON CHARIOT, SLAP ONE
ANOTHER IN ALWAR
SHEKHAWAT RESPONDS ON PHONE TAPPING
AND SANJEEVANI CASES IN THE STATE
POONIA TO MARCH IN KARAULI TODAY
Karauli: Amid the Jan
Aakrosh Yatra, BJP state
president Satish Poo-
nia will be on a foot march
from Kaila Devi to Madan
Mohanji temple today. On
Tuesday, party workers
were given responsibilities
to prepare the route of the
march. BJP District Presi-
dent Brijlal Dikolia said that
Poonia will visit Kaila Devi
temple today at eight in the
morning before joining the
Jan Aakrosh Yatra. Party
workers and office bear-
ers of the district will join
him in the march. In the
evening, Poonia will visit
Madanmohanji and partici-
pate in the evening aarti. He
will cross Kaila Devi, Khohri
Mode, Mohanpura, Natni
Ki Chhatri, Mouni Baba
Ashram in Atewa, Rajor,
Karsai, Mamchari, Kalyani,
Gangapur Mode, Gadka
Ki Chowki, Teen Bad, Shiv
Ashok Paradise and arrive
at Madan Mohanji Temple.
Alwar: The ongoing tussle
between the leaders is
showing in the BJP’s Jan
Akrosh Yatra. In Alwar,
there was a fierce fight
between two women lead-
ers during the yatra. They
slapped each other and the
matter escalated so much
that the people around had
to intervene.In a meet-
ing held before the yatra,
there was an argument
between two BJP lead-
ers. The Mandal president
threatened the other leader
to leave from here or else
she would throw him in
the car. The matter is of
Thanagaji in Alwar.
Responding to a query
on the phone tapping
case, Shekhawat said
that the state government
tried to assassinate his
character in this matter.
He said an application was
made in the court in 2021
seeking permission for his
voice sample and news
was spread that the court
gave permission. But
the court’s decision was
something else while for
one year the CM and his
henchmen tried to assas-
sinate his character. On
the question about San-
jeevani credit society
fraud, Shekhawat said the
SOG has investigated the
case for 3 years. “The
chargesheets have been
filed and if anything
is found against me, I
should be arrested. What
are they waiting for?,” he
said.
Kali Charan Saraf flagging off the Jan Aakrosh Yatra from Ward
148, Anandpuri in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Diya Kumari met Annapurna Devi in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Udai Lal Anjana
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

INDIA
05
New Delhi (PTI):
President Droupadi
Murmu, Vice-Presi-
dent and Rajya Sabha
Chairman Jagdeep
Dhankhar and Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday led
the nation in paying
tributes to those who
laid down their lives
during the 2001 Parlia-
ment terrorist attack.
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla, former Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and MPs across
the party lined up to
pay tributes to the mar-
tyrs of the 2001 Parlia-
ment terrorist attack.
Murmu said the na-
tion will always remain
grateful to the “valiant
martyrs” who laid
down their lives in the
2001 attack.
Leaders pay tribute to Parliament attack victims
2001 PARLIAMENT ATTACK ANNIVERSARY
CBI FILES CHARGE
SHEET AGAINST
EX-BARC CEO
ANKITA BHANDARI
MURDER: NEXT
HEARING ON 22
New Delhi: The CBI
has filed a charge sheet
against former BARC CEO
Sunil Lulla for allegedly
manipulating viewership
ratings of channels from
“his ends” during his ten-
ure in the ratings agency,
officials said Tuesday.
During the probe that was
started on a complaint
from a Lucknow-based
advertiser, the CBI did
not find any evidence of
alleged manipulation being
done at the customer level
by channels, they said.
Dehradun: A local court
here will on December 22,
hear an application by one
accused in Ankita Bhandari
Murder Case seeking
10 days time to give
consent for the Narco and
Polygraph tests. The police
said on Monday that out of
the three accused, one has
sought 10 days time for the
narco and polygraph tests.
The body of 19-year-old
Ankita, who worked as a
receptionist at a resort run
by Pulkit Arya, son of now
expelled BJP leader.
Varanasi: A Varanasi court deferred the hearing to Decem-
ber 22 of a plea seeking the filing of a case against Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav and All India Ma-
jlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi
for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of the people of
Kashi by making controversial remarks. The SP and AIMIM
chiefs made the alleged controversial remarks regarding
the Shivling-like structure found in the Gyanvapi mosque
compound during a court-ordered survey on May 16 this
year to December 22. The hearing was deferred due to the
condolence announced after the death of a senior lawyer.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for
January 10 hearing a batch of petitions filed by the rival
factions belonging to Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena group in relation to the Maha-
rashtra political crisis. A five-judge Constitution bench of
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices MR Shah, Krishna
Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha asked the counsels
of both sides to complete all procedural formalities in the
meantime. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the
Thackeray group told the apex court that he would argue on
the reference of the matter to the seven-judge bench.
COURT DEFERS TO DEC 22 HEARING PLEA
SEEKING CASE AGAINST AKHILESH,OWAISI
SC TO HEAR CASE OF MAHARASHTRA
POLITICAL CRISIS ON JANUARY 10
IN THE COURTYARD
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar, LS Speaker Om Birla, PM Narendra Modi,
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and
others paying tributes to the martyrs, on Tuesday.—PHOTO BY PTI
BACKGROUND
21years ago on Dec 13,
LeT and JeM terrorists
attacked the Parliament com-
plex and opened fire. Their
attempt to storm Parliament
House was foiled by personnel
from Parliament Security Ser-
vice, CRPF and Delhi Police.
The attack victims included
five Delhi police personnel,
a woman CRPF trooper, two
Parliament watch and ward
staff and a gardener.
READY TO GUARD NEW PARLIAMENT IF
DIRECTED, SAY CRPF HEROES
New Delhi: It has been a ritual for CRPF sub-inspectors D
Santosh Kumar and Shyambir Singh to pay tributes to their
fallen comrades on December 13
every year but a gush of adrenaline
and emotions runs through them
as they remember the 2001 terror-
ist attack on Parliament. Both Ku-
mar and Singh, decorated with the
peacetime gallantry medal ‘Shaurya
Chakra’ for thwarting the attack,
say given a chance they will “love
to come back” for security of the new Parliament building. It
is expected that the Budget session of the Parliament, which
usually begins during the last week of January, will be held
in the new building, adjacent to the old structure.
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
invited people to share
their inputs for the up-
coming episode of
Mann ki Baat scheduled
for December 25, in-
formed the Prime Min-
ister’s Office.
The scheduled pod-
cast will be the last
‘Mann ki Baat’ of 2022
slated for December 25
at 11 am. Prime Minis-
ter Modi urged people
to write on the NaMo
App, and MyGov app or
record their messages
on 1800-11-7800.
Sharing MyGov’s in-
vitation, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi
tweeted, “2022's last
#MannKiBaat will take
place on the 25th of this
month. I am eager to re-
ceive your input for the
programme. I urge you
App, MyGov or record
your message on 1800-
11-7800.”
Earlier on November
30, Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi during the
95th Edition of ‘Mann
Ki Baat’ said that “our
country is home to the
oldest traditions tradi-
tions in the world.
Therefore, it is also our
responsibility to pre-
serve our traditions
and traditional knowl-
edge, to promote it and
to take it forward as
much as possible.”
PM invites people to share inputs for 2022’s last Mann Ki Baat
New Delhi (PTI): PM
Narendra Modi will
participate in the inau-
gural function of birth
centenary celebrations
of Pramukh Swami
MaharajinAhmedabad
on Wednesday
, his office
said. It said Swami Ma-
haraj was a guide and
guru who touched
countless lives across
India and the world.
“He was widely re-
spected and admired as
a great spiritual leader.
His life was dedicated to
the service of spiritual-
ity and humanity
. As the
leader of BAPS Swami-
narayan Sanstha, he in-
spired countless cultur-
al, social and spiritual
initiatives, providing
comfort and care to mil-
lions,” it added.
In his birth cente-
nary
, people from across
the world are celebrat-
ing his life and work.
Theyear-longcelebra-
tions will culminate in
‘PramukhSwamiMaha-
raj Shatabdi Mahotsav’
that will be hosted by
BAPS Swaminarayan
Mandir, Shahibaug.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —PHOTO BY ANI
2022’s last #Mann-
KiBaat will take
place on the 25th of
this month. I am ea-
ger to receive your
input for the pro-
gramme. I urge you
App, MyGov or re-
cord your message
on 1800-11-7800.
—Narendra Modi,
@narendramodi
PM Modi to participate in birth centenary
celebrations of Pramukh Swami Maharaj today
FORMER HP CM JAIRAM THAKUR TARGETS CONG GOVT
Shimla (ANI): Former
Himachal Pradesh CM
Jairam Thakur on
Tuesday slammed the
newly formed Congress
government in the state
and claimed that the
Congress was continu-
ing its custom of stop-
ping work and over-
turning the decisions
of BJP in the region
and said that starting
work with a sense of re-
venge is not good.
“Congress, continu-
ing its custom, started
the work of stopping
and overturning the de-
cisions of our govern-
ment, while the cabinet
has not even been
formed yet, but has
started working with a
sense of revenge. Start-
ing work with a sense
of revenge is not good,”
tweeted Thakur. He also
alleged that the current
government was ob-
structing the develop-
ment works in the state.
“School, college, hos-
pital, police station,
bridge, road, drinking
water scheme... the
work of hanging, ob-
structing and distract-
ing all these works has
started, for which the
public will never forgive
them. Starting work
with a sense of revenge
is not good,” he added.
His remarks came af-
ter the newly appointed
Himachal Pradesh CM
Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu made numerous
announcements in the
first cabinet meeting.
‘WORKING WITH A SENSE
OF REVENGE ISN’T GOOD’
Jairam Thakur (R) with his successor Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Congress, continuing its custom, started
the work of stopping and overturning
the decisions of our government, while
the cabinet has not even been formed yet, but has
started working with a sense of revenge. Starting
work with a sense of revenge is not good.
—Jairam Thakur, former chief minister, Himachal Pradesh
HIMACHAL CM SUKHU
PAYS COURTESY VISIT
TO GUV ARLEKAR
Shimla (ANI): After as-
suming the charge of the
Chief Minister of Himachal
Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu paid a courtesy
call on Governor Rajendra
Vishwanath Arlekar at Raj
Bhavan, on Tuesday for the
first time. While congratu-
lating the Chief Minister, the
Governor hoped that under
his leadership Himachal
Pradesh would achieve new
heights of development. I
have seen the performance
of Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
in Vidhan Sabha. He is a
visionary leader and I hope,
his team will perform all the
administrative work smooth-
ly, said Arlekar. The Chief
Minister said that he would
seek the guidance of the
Governor to take Himachal
Pradesh forward on the path
of development.
Guwahati (ANI): The
All India United Demo-
cratic Front (AIUDF) on
Tuesday proposed form-
ing a grand alliance of
all the “an-
ti-BJP polit-
ical par-
ties” at a
n a t i o n a l
level to fight
against Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) in 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
AIUDF MLA Aminul
Islam said that if peo-
ple want to change the
BJP government at the
Centre with a secular
government then it is
imperative to form a
grand alliance of all
secular parties at the
national level. “So, if a
grand alliance is
formed against BJP at
the national level, there
can be Congress or AI-
UDF. But, if both the
parties joined the grand
alliance, it would be not
only Assam based, but
the one at a national
level,” Aminul Islam
said in a conversation
with ANI.
Patna (PTI): Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar on Tues-
day dropped hints that
he was looking forward
to passing on the man-
tle to his
young dep-
uty Tejash-
wi Yadav,
l e a d e r s
e m e r g i n g
from a meeting of legis-
lators of the ruling ‘Ma-
hagathbandhan’ said.
The JD(U) supremo,
once again, ruled him-
self out as a prime min-
isterial candidate for
the next Lok Sabha
polls even as he main-
tained that a “united
opposition” could de-
feat the Narendra Modi-
led BJP in 2024.
“The CM pointed to-
wards Tejashwi ji and
said he is the leader of
the future, under whose
leadership the 2025 as-
sembly polls in the state
would be fought,” said
Mahboob Alam, the leg-
islature party leader of
CPI(ML) Liberation
which supports the govt
from outside.
Damoh (ANI): Con-
gress leader and former
minister Raja Pateria
was on Tuesday de-
tained by the Panna Po-
lice from his residence,
in connection with his
alleged “kill Modi” re-
marks.
A First Information
Report (FIR) was regis-
tered on Monday after-
noon at Pawai police
station in Panna dis-
trict against the Con-
gress leader and former
state minister for mak-
ing remarks against the
prime minister. Pateria
has been booked under
sections 451, 504, 505 (1)
(b), 505 (1)(C), 506, 153-B
(1)(C) of the IPC. He
was detained from his
residence in Hatta of
Damoh district early
this morning.
State Home Minister
Narottam Mishra on
Monday ordered filing a
FIR against the Con-
gress leader.
Hyderabad (ANI): Tel-
angana BJP spokesper-
son NV Subhash took a
sharp dig at the upcom-
ing Delhi office inaugu-
ration of K Chan-
drasekhar Rao’s Bharat
Rashtra Samithi party
onTuesdayandsaidBRS
is nothing more than “a
rehabilitationshelterfor
those politicians who
have been abandoned or
sidelinedbytheirrespec-
tive parties”.
Days after the Elec-
tion Commission’s nod
for a change of name of
the erstwhile Telanga-
na Rashtra Samithi
party, Telangana Chief
Minister and BRS su-
premo KCR will inau-
gurate the party's na-
tional headquarters in
Delhi on Wednesday.
Ridiculing KCR’s new
office space and a new
name for the party, Sub-
hash said, “A stage is
set to provide employ-
ment to some leaders by
K Chandrasekhar Rao
in his new political out-
fit at Delhi tomorrow.”
Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): The Kerala As-
sembly proceedings on
Tuesday saw high dra-
ma as it passed the bill
to replace the Governor
as the Chancellor of
universities in the State
and appoint eminent
academicians in the top
post, while the opposi-
tion UDF boycotted the
House over non-accept-
ance of its suggestions
regarding the bill.
“The University
Laws (Amendment) Bill
is passed,” Speaker AN
Shamseer said on
Tuesday
.
The bill, which had
undergone scrutiny by
a Subject Committee of
the House, was passed
after hours long discus-
sions during which the
Congress-led UDF said
it was not opposed to
the removal of the Gov-
ernor as Chancellor.
“Grand alliance
at national level
must to defeat
BJP in 2024”
Nitish may
pass on mantle
to Tejashwi;
drops hints
BRS is rehabilitation
shelter for abandoned
netas: NV Subhash
KAVITHA IS TRYING
TO WHIP UP WOMEN’S
SENTIMENTS: REDDY
MP CONG ISSUES
SHOW CAUSE NOTICE
AGAINST PATERIA
Hyderabad (ANI): A new po-
litical fracas came to the fore
on Tuesday as BJP Spokes-
person Rachana Reddy
slammed TRS MLC K Kavitha
and said that
the latter was
trying to gath-
er women’s
support a
day after her
interrogation
by the investigative agency
for her alleged involvement
in the liquor scam. “The BJP
has always respected the rule
of law, equal protection of
law and equality before the
law. The matter of Kavitha’s
role in the liquor scam is
under investigation. We will
not comment on it. Kavitha
is speaking a day after her
interrogation and suddenly
reconvenes Jagruti,” Racha-
na Reddy added.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh
Congress on Tuesday issued a
show cause notice to its party
leader Raja Pateria for using
objectionable and condem-
nable words for PM Narendra
Modi while addressing a
meeting. According to the
notice, the party asked him to
reply within three days as to
why he should not be expelled
from the party. Pateria was
heard saying on Sunday, “PM
Modi will end elections, divide
people on the basis of religion
and Dalits face the biggest
threat under his regime. You
should be ready to carry out
‘Modi ki hatya’ if you want to
save the Constitution”.
Kerala govt’s nod to Bill to
remove Guv as Chancellor
MP Cong leader Pateria detained
‘KILL MODI’ REMARKS
Raja Pateria under police detention on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

PERSPECTIVE
06
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Even though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with
me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
—Bible
Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda
Paid his heartfelt tributes to all the
brave martyrs who laid down their lives
while fighting the terrorists to thwart
the terrorist attack on the Parliament
House on 13th December, 2001. The
country will always be indebted to
you for your supreme sacrifice in the
defense of the nation.
TOP TWEETS
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp
Today one year has been completed
for the inauguration of the grand
Kashi Vishwanath Dham. The
nectar period of faith, spirituality,
knowledge, science and research
has started in India under the
leadership of the Prime Minister @
narendramodi. Along with Kashi
Vishwanath Dham, other spiritual
heritage of India are also being rejuvenated.
A Winning World Cup Strategy for Arab World
MMAN — For
decades, the
Arab world has
suffered from
disunity. While
it is connected by geogra-
phy, language, and culture,
the region’s lack of cohe-
sion has long allowed for-
eign powers to plunder its
resources. The legacy of
colonial divide-and-rule
tactics remains pervasive,
and parochialism has pre-
vented Arabs from leverag-
ing their huge oil wealth
and relatively educated
populations. But the FIFA
World Cup has shown us
another way
.
Football has emerged as
a great unifier following a
string of unexpected vic-
tories for Arab countries.
In November, Saudi Ara-
bia beat Argentina, Tuni-
sia defeated France, and
Morocco routed Belgium.
Then, during the knock-
out stage, Morocco made
history by eliminating
both Spain and Portugal
to become the first Arab
country to secure a place
in the semifinals.
Morocco’s victories were
the result of a perfectly ex-
ecuted plan devised by
coach Walid Regragui, who
placed goalkeeper Yassine
Bounou at the center of the
team’s strategy
. Bounou re-
peatedly stymied Spain’s
attempts to score, and Mo-
rocco went on to eliminate
the team in penalty
shootouts. Nor could Por-
tugal’s attackers find a way
to beat Bounou, and Re-
gragui’s side pulled off a
stunning 1-0 win. “I’m try-
ing to think of when such
a shock as this has hap-
pened in the World Cup,”
one commentator told the
BBC. “Pinch me, I’m
dreaming,” Bounou said.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
A
Morocco’s success
in the tournament
has united Arabs
throughout the
Middle East and
North Africa behind
a common hope. Can
the team’s winning
strategies do
something similar for
the region’s politics?
l Vol 4 l Issue No. 188 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur.
Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act
FIFA WORLD CUP
FOOTBALL ENSURES ‘YOU
WILL NEVER WALK ALONE’
or almost three weeks now,
some regions in India have
hadsleeplessnights…No…
not because of the Gujarat
or the Himachal Pradesh
Assembly elections. These
people have had nothing to
do with these polls (at least
remotely). They have been
staying awake for football’s
biggest extravaganza, the
FIFA World Cup 2022!Pri-
marily
, West Bengal, Kera-
la, Goa and the northeast-
ernstateshavebeenIndia’s
main “cheerleaders” for
the football world cup.
And for a month, there
has been a sharp divide
between people over sup-
porting several teams and
the main opposition has
come from the Argentina
and the Brazil camps. Ini-
tially, when Argentina
was defeated by Saudi
Arabia, the Brazil fans
had mocked the team (Ar-
gentina) and now when
they (Brazil) are out of the
tournament after Croatia
drubbing during the pen-
alties, Argentina fans are
grinning but keeping
their fingers crossed.
And mind you, all this
excitement albeit the fact
India may be 105th in
world ranking. The Indi-
an men’s national team
maintained their 105th
rank in the latest FIFA
men’s rankings released
(again) recently
.
There has also been a
sharp divide between the
cricket and football fans.
Understandably, Indian
cricket fans have had
nothing to cheer about
since mid-November as
far as cricket is concerned
and that is the time when
the FIFA World Cup start-
ed. Since November, Team
India have lost mostly eve-
rything they played. To be
precise, we lost the T20
World Cup (needless to
say how pathetically) and
we also lost the ODI series
to Bangladesh!
Our Men in Blue, of late,
has had the habit of wak-
ing up after the require-
ment it seems. In a non-
consequential third ODI
that was played for the re-
cord’s sake, Team India de-
feated Bangladesh but
handed over the trophy to
them! And for this entire
monththatisbetweenmid-
Novemberandmid-Decem-
ber, if you have had an en-
counter with an Argentine
fanandby“mistake”if you
have praised the OUR Men
in Blue, you have had it…
The sharp retort would
come in the following
manner… “Chhere din
dada, oi toh barota desh
khele, tar aabar World
Cup” (Just forget it broth-
er, only 12 countries play
cricket so what’s the big
deal about its World Cup).
Bengalis swear by foot-
ball even as the race’s big-
gest international sport-
ing icon, Sourav Ganguly,
has been a cricketer! Ben-
gali’s passion for the game
has been such that it sees
a Bengali-yana in all
teams. We may be 105th in
world ranking but note the
way Bengalis feel about
the Bengali-yana even in
the names of the following
players and the way these
names are pronounced.
FROM DENMARK
z Oliver Christen-sen,
Joachim Ander-sen, Andreas
Christen-sen, Rasmus Kristen-
sen, Jens Stryger Lar-sen
FROM BELGIUM
z Kevin-De, Romelu Lu-kaku
FROM ENGLAND
z Luke Shaw (pronounced
as Luke Saha…!)
z Bukayo Saka (Upbeat
Bengali fans also pronounce
Saka as Saha)
LAST BUT NOT
THE LEAST…
z Lionel Messi from Argen-
tina (whose name is pro-
nounced by the aam Bengali
in the following manner Lion
Mashi)
IF YOU THOUGHT
THAT THIS WAS
IT, READ ON…
z Ask any Bengali about
the description of the ball
used for the matches, the
type of surface of the play-
ing arena… etc 90 per cent
of them will give you near
perfect answers
z Football is indeed a
great game as far as its
“attachment” with Queen’s
language is concerned
z The game has given
several idioms etc to the
language… sample this
z Referee blows the
whistle… and the term that
has entered our parlance
WHISTLEBLOWER
z Kick-off, a football term is
widely used in our daily lives
z To be on the ball…
z And Shifting the Goal
post needs no explanation
This is a fun piece and
no-offence meant.
It is meant ONLY
for fun reading!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Bengalis swear by football
even as the race’s biggest
international sporting icon,
Sourav Ganguly, has been a
cricketer! Bengali’s passion
for the game has been such
that it sees a Bengali-yana
in all teams. We may be
105th in world ranking but
note the way Bengalis feel
about the Bengali-yana even
in the names of the following
players and the way these
names are pronounced
F
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
z An Indian who spotted an
Argentinian with the Indian
tricolour wrapped around
her recently posted a video
clip that has now amassed
more than 7 lakh likes on
Instagram. Leti Estevez
was seen carrying the In-
dian national flag in a video
shared by Yadil M Iqbal, a
football fan from Kerala.
z According to reports, the
panchayat authorities had
directed fans to remove the
cut-outs of football icons to
ensure free flow of water.
But it was resolved soon
and the “football giants”
were not shifted. The FIFA
website (fifa.com) shared
pictures, bringing global
recognition, which was
acknowledged by Kerala
Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan. He retweeted it
with the words, “Kerala
and Keralites have always
loved football and it is on
full display with Qatar 2022
around the corner. Thank
you, FIFA for acknowledg-
ing our unmatched passion
for the sport.”
z Malayali readers’ love for
Latin American literature is
also amazing, with writers
such as Gabriel Garcia
Marquez and Paulo Coelho
being almost considered
locals!
z Members of Goan Social
Workers Qatar (GSWQ),
a group formed by Goan
residents working in this
Gulf state, are hopeful that
“aamcho munees [our
man, in Konkani]” will help
Portugal go all the way.
Goa, a former Portuguese
colony, still has many
inhabitants, who speak the
language and follow their
customs and traditions.
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INDIA
07
New Delhi (Agencies):
It is that time of the
year again, because the
mini-auction for the
2023 season of the Indi-
an Premier League will
take place on December
23 at the city of Kochi,
Kerala. Till now, the
time of the auction was
not known, but the
BCCI have aofficially
announced that the
mega event will begin
from 2.30 pm on that day
.
As many as 405 play-
ers will be up for auc-
tion, out of which 273
are Indians and 132 are
overseas players. The
teams will have a total
of 87 slots to fill in the
upcoming auction, out
of which 30 are reserved
for overseas players.
Out of the 273 overseas
players, four are from
associate nations. A to-
talof 282uncappedplay-
ers from across the
globe will be up for auc-
tion. A total of 991 play-
ers registered them-
selves initially for the
auction. However, the 10
teams at first shortlist-
ed 369 players that
would be put for sale in
the auction. The teams
then later requrested an
addition 36 cricketers to
be added to the final
shortlist. A total of 19
overseas players will
have the highest base
price of Rs 2 crore. 11
players then fall under
the bracket of a base
price of Rs 1.5 crore. 20
players, including the
Indian batsmen Manish
Pandey and Mayank
Agarwal will go for a
base price of Rs 1 crore.
Manish Pandey was re-
leased by the Lucknow
Super Giants, while Ma-
yank Agarwal, who cap-
tained the Punjab Kings
in the last IPL edition
was also released by the
franchise.
Over 400 cricket players to go under hammer on December 23
IPL 2023 MINI-AUCTION
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Rajya Sab-
ha Deputy Chairman
Harivansh Narayan Sin-
gh on Tuesday refused
permission to opposi-
tion MPs to seek clarifi-
cationonDefenceMinis-
ter Rajnath Singh’s
statement on the clash
between Indian and Chi-
nese troops in Arunchal
Pradesh, saying clarifi-
cations are not allowed
on sensitive issues.
The Opposition par-
ties led by the Congress,
which stalled proceed-
ings in the first hour of
the session and thereaf-
ter raised slogans de-
manding a discussion
on the border clashes,
wanted to seek a num-
ber of clarifications af-
ter Singh made a state-
ment in both houses of
Parliament. Harivansh
Narayan Singh, howev-
er cited four prece-
dents to say queries
cannot be allowed on
sensitive issues.
Opposition members,
however, were not satis-
fied and continued to
raise the issue for some-
time, before the Con-
gress led them to stage
a walkout of the House.
Rajya Sabha proce-
dures allow MPs to seek
clarifications on any
statement by ministers.
The deputy chair-
man said the House will
appreciate the valour
and bravery of the In-
dian armed forces and
their commitment to
protect territorial in-
tegrity of the country
.
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
Will support India’s G20
Presidency,systemic
challenges: G7 countries
Washington (PTI):
Leaders of G7 countries
have backed India’s G20
presidency and pledged
to jointly address major
systemic challenges
and immediate crises
while reiterating com-
mitments towards an
equitable world.
India formally as-
sumed the G20 Presi-
dency on December 1.
The next G20 Leaders’
Summit at the level of
Heads of State/Govern-
ment is scheduled to be
held on September 9
and 10 in New Delhi.
PM Narendra Modi
said India will work to
further promote one-
ness, inspired by the
theme of “One Earth,
One Family, One Fu-
ture” and listed terror-
ism, climate change
and the pandemic as
the greatest challenges
that can be best fought
together.
In a joint statement,
the leaders of the G7
countries said they en-
dorse a sustainable fu-
ture for all. “Under the
German Presidency
, we,
the G7, together with
other international
partners, have demon-
strated our resolve to
jointly address both ma-
jor systemic challenges
and immediate crises of
our time,” the grouping
said in the statement.
GoC Gosain, DGP
discuss security
situation in JK
Jammu (PTI): General
Officer Commanding
(GoC)of 26InfantryDivi-
sion Major General
Neeraj Gosain on Tues-
daycalledonDGPDilbag
Singh and discussed the
securityscenarioinJam-
mu and its peripheries.
The GOC, who met
the DGP at the police
headquarters here, dis-
cussed in detail the
countermeasures being
taken to foil the new de-
signs adopted by Paki-
stan that include drop-
ping of arms, ammuni-
tion and drugs through
drones to disrupt the
prevailing peace in
JK. The DGP appreci-
ated the bond between
the Army, police and
paramilitary forces,
which, he said, has con-
tributed immensely in
wiping out the ill inten-
tions of Pakistan and
its terror associates.
JK: IED DETECTED,
DIFFUSED BY
SECURITY FORCES
Sopore (ANI): Around three
kilogram of Improvised Ex-
plosive Device (IED) found
along state highway was
diffused by security forces
in Tulibal area of Sopore
on Tuesday. The Army in a
statement said, “In the wee
hours of the morning to-
day, 2-3 KGs of improvised
explosive device (IED) was
detected by security forces
of Uplona Rashtriya Rifles
in Tulibal area alongside
state highway at around
0630 hours.”
TAMIL NADU MAN
KILLS 5 FAMILY
MEMBERS, SELF
Tiruvannamalai (PTI): A
man allegedly killed his wife
and four children, including
two teenage daughters and
ended his life at his house in
Chengam taluk in the district.
Another daughter, aged
about 9, who was admitted
to the government hospital
here with cut injuries initially,
has been referred to the Gov-
ernment Hospital in Chennai
for advanced treatment. The
man, identified as Palanis-
amy, 45, was a labourer from
Oranthavadi village.
GANGSTER’S PROPERTY ATTACHED IN
UTTAR PRADESH’S PRATAPGARH DISTRICT
Amethi (PTI): The Amethi administration on Tuesday at-
tached properties worth Rs 78 lakh belonging to gangster
Bhimsen alias Raju following a local court order on De-
cember 5. Sub Divisional Magistrate (Amethi tehsil) Priti
Tiwari said the property at a village in Antu police station
limits of Pratapgarh district was attached on Tuesday.
A brick kiln in the name of Bhimsen’s wife was also
sealed and a notice pasted stating that the property was
acquired using money earned from crime, she added.
SURAT MAN HELD ON CHARGES OF SPYING
FOR PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ISI
New Delhi (PTI): The Gujarat Police on Tuesday appre-
hended a 33-year-old man from Surat on charges of
spying and allegedly working for Pakistani intelligence
agency ISI, official sources said. Deepak Kishor Bhai
Salunkhe was arrested by crime branch sleuths from
the diamond city, acting on inputs provided by the
Military Intelligence from the Pune-based southern army
command, they said. The man, a resident of Bhuvneswari
Nagar in Surat, used to run a shop.
CRUCIAL READ
Airlines told to deploy more manpower
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
congestion at airports,
theCivilAviationMinis-
try on Tuesday asked
airlines to deploy ade-
quate manpower at all
check-in and baggage
drop counters to ensure
passengers’smoothflow.
Besides, the ministry
has requested the
scheduled airlines to
place real time data on
their social media feeds
regarding waiting time
at respective airports’
entry gates.
The latest communi-
cation comes against
the backdrop of rising
passenger complaints
of long waiting hours at
Delhi airport where the
authorities have taken
various measures to
ease the congestion.
As per the ministry
, it
has come to the notice
that the airline check-in
counters at certain air-
ports are found un-
manned or inadequate-
ly manned during early
morning hours leading
to congestion at the air-
ports, thereby causing
inconvenience to the
passengers.
Naval chief on Lanka visit
to strengthen bilateral ties
Colombo (PTI): Indian
Navy chief Admiral R
Hari Kumar arrived
here on Tuesday to
strengthen the existing
bilateral maritime rela-
tions between India and
Sri Lanka and enhance
capacity-building initi-
atives towards ensuring
peace in the region.
Earlier in the day, in-
digenous INS Sahyadri,
a multi-role missile
frigate of the Indian
Navy, also made a port
call at Colombo to com-
plement the visit of the
Chief of Naval Staff
(CNS), according to a
press statement.
The ship would en-
gage in training en-
gagements with the Sri
Lankan Navy and par-
ticipate in Maritime
Partnership Exercises
with it.
PARL PANEL TO
TAKE UP AIRPORT
ISSUE WITH DIAL
New Delhi: A Parliamen-
tary panel will take up
issue of congestion at
Delhi airport with CEO
of airport operator DIAL
on December 15 amid
passengers facing long
waiting hours, according
to the committee’s Chair-
man Vijayasai Reddy.
The Department-related
Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Transport,
Tourism and Culture will
be holding the meeting
with the DIAL CEO.
Admiral R Hari Kumar met with
V Adm N Ulugetenne. Crowd at T3 IGI Airport departure, in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
RS Dy Chairman Harivansh. Opposition leaders walkout from Rajya Sabha after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s address.
Move for monetisation
of Rly stations dropped
New Delhi (PTI): The
railways ministry has
dropped its proposal
for monetisation of
stations on public-pri-
vate partnership
mode, and projects are
now being taken up
under engineering,
procurement and con-
struction (EPC) mode,
a source said.
The source said that
the ministry of rail-
ways has been asked
to expedite monetisa-
tion of other assets,
including trains, good-
sheds, hill rail, stadi-
ums, railway colonies
and railway land par-
cels among others.
“Largest asset class
(stations) dropped.
Stations earlier pro-
posed on PPP mode
are now being taken
up under EPC mode,”
the source said.
The ministry has so
far raised only Rs
1,829 crore against the
target of Rs 30,000
crore in the current
financial year, the
source added.
“Likely realisation
from asset monetisa-
tionof IndianRailways
assets under NMP (Na-
tional Monetisation
Pipeline)inthecurrent
fiscal has been now es-
timated at Rs 4,999
crore,” the source said.
Finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
in a meeting with Niti
Aayog CEO Para-
meswaran Iyer on No-
vember 14 reviewed
the progress of NMP
implementation.
Earlierthisyear,the
then NITI Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant had
said the government’s
plan to monetise rail-
way assets by allowing
private players to run
trains did not attract
enough investors due
tolackof properstruc-
turing and the rail-
way ministry is look-
ing at it afresh.
CLARIFICATIONSNOTALLOWED ON
SENSITIVEISSUES:RSDYCHAIRMAN
We were told by the Leader
of the House and Deputy
Rajya Sabha Chairman
that we would be given a chance for
clarification but they did not give it
and were not ready to listen to us.
This is not good for the country.
—Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Chief
It is unfortunate that we are
not able to maintain good
relations with our neigh-
bours. Everyone knows about our
relations with Pakistan but even
with China we are not able to estab-
lish good relations.
—Omar Abdullah, former JK CM
Some people keep questioning
our Army, armed forces and
para-military forces their
capabilities; for them, politics comes
before nation, so I don’t want to com-
ment on them.
—Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand CM
MHA: NOT MULLING TO BRING CRIMES
OF CASTE TERRORISM IN NIA’S PURVIEW
BULK OF ILLICIT DRUGS BEING SMUGGLED
INTO INDIA THROUGH SEA ROUTE: FM
NO INCREASE IN CUSTODIAL DEATHS
IN KERALA IN 2018-19: MoS RAI IN LS
GOVT: FCRA LICENCE
OF 1,811 NGOs
CANCELLED IN 3 YRS
23 MONKEYPOX
CASES REPORTED
TILL DEC 8: GOVT
New Delhi (PTI): The
FCRA registration of
1,811 NGOs were can-
celled between 2019-21
for alleged violation
of law, MoS (Home)
Nityanand Rai said in Lok
Sabha on Tuesday. “Dur-
ing the last three years i.e.
2019 to 2021, the FCRA
registration certificates of
1,811 associations have
been cancelled under
section 14 of The Foreign
Contribution (Regulation)
Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010)
due to violation of provi-
sions of the FCRA, 2010,”
he said in a written reply.
New Delhi (PTI): A total
of 23 confirmed cases of
Monkeypox have been
reported in India till De-
cember 8 this year, MoS
(Health) Bharati Pravin Pa-
war told the Rajya Sabha
on Tuesday. In response to
a question on the present
status of COVID-19 cases
in the country, Pawar
said the trajectory of the
cases is witnessing a slow
and sustained decline
since mid-July 2022. As
on December 8, a total
of 4,244 active cases of
COVID-19 are reported in
the country.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) on Tuesday
made it clear in the Lok
Sabha that there was
“no proposal” under its
consideration for bringing
crimes of caste terror-
ism under the purview of
NIA.MoS (Home Affairs)
Nityanand Rai replied to
the query of a member of
the Lower House D Ra-
vikumar when he asked:
“whether the government
has any proposal to bring
crimes of caste terror-
ism under the purview
of National Investigation
Agency (NIA), if so, the
details thereof and if not,
the reasons therefor”.
New Delhi (PTI): Finance
Minister Nirmala Sithara-
man on Tuesday said a
significant portion of drugs
like heroin, cocaine, and
hashish are being smug-
gled into the country
through sea route. In a
written reply to a ques-
tion in Rajya Sabha, she
said as per inputs received
from NCB, the main drugs
smuggled through the sea
route are heroin, cocaine,
hashish and Amphetamine
type Stimulants (ATS). “The
percentage of these drugs
smuggled through sea
route vis a vis total seizures
is significant, though their
percentage varies from year
to year,” she said.
New Delhi (ANI):
According to data
furnished by the
National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC),
no increase in custo-
dial deaths in Kerala
has been noticed in
2018-19, MoS (Home
Affairs) Nityanand
Rai informed the Lok
Sabha on Tuesday.
The minister replied in
writing to a query of
Congress MP Kumba-
kudi Sudhakaran on
“whether the govern-
ment has taken note
that custodial deaths in
Kerala have increased
by 100 per cent in
2018-19, as per the re-
cords of NHRC”. Asked
whether the govern-
ment has taken note of
the recent incidents of
police brutality and hu-
man rights violations in
Kerala, Rai said, “Police
and Public Order are
state subjects as per
the Seventh Schedule
to the Constitution of
India.”“It is primarily
the responsibility of
the state government
concerned to ensure
protection of human
rights of the citizens,”
Rai added.

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BRIEFS
New Delhi: Sovereign
Green Bonds are likely to
be issued during the Jan-
uary-March period of the
current fiscal. The objec-
tive of Sovereign Green
Bonds is to mobilize re-
sources for green infra-
structure as part of the
government’s overall
market borrowings in
2022-23. The framework
for these bonds has been
brought out. The bonds
are likely to be issued
from January to March
2023. The proceeds will
be deployed in public sec-
tor projects which help in
reducing carbon intensity
of the economy. —PTI
GOVT LIKELY TO
ISSUE GREEN BONDS
IN JAN-MARCH QTR
New Delhi: Urea produc-
tion stood at 187.21 lakh
tonnes during April-No-
vember period of this fis-
cal, while imports were at
46.14 lakh tonnes to meet
domestic demand. As per
the data, urea production
stood at 250.72 lakh
tonnes in the 2021-22 fis-
cal as against 246.05 lakh
tonnes in 2020-21 and
244.58 lakh tonnes in the
2019-20 financial year.
Urea imports stood at
91.36 lakh tonnes in the
last fiscal, 98.28 lakh
tonnes in 2020-21 and
91.23 lakh tonnes in
2019-20. —PTI
INDIA IMPORTS
46.14 LAKH TONNES
OF UREA IN APR-NOV
New Delhi: Gold price fell
`8 to `54,534 per 10
grams in the national cap-
ital on Tuesday amid a fall
in prices of precious met-
al in overseas market, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the yellow metal had set-
tled at `54,542 per 10
grams. Silver, however,
jumped `82 per kg to
`68,267 per kilogram. In
the international market,
gold was quoting lower at
$1,787.80 per ounce
while silver was up at
$23.48 per ounce. —PTI
GOLD FALLS BY `8;
SILVER PRICE SEES
A JUMP OF `82
New Delhi: Vedanta
Group on Tuesday said
that it has signed pacts
with 30 Japanese technol-
ogy companies to develop
an Indian semiconductor
and glass display manu-
facturing ecosystem. The
pacts were signed at the
Vedanta-Avanstrate Busi-
ness Partners Summit
2022 held last week at To-
kyo, Japan. The company
is committed to make In-
dia a hub for electronics
mfg. It is focussed on
taking the lead in creating
the electronics industry
ecosystem rather than
just tech transfers. —PTI
VEDANTA INKS
PACTS WITH 30
JAPANESE FIRMS
*Rates till the edition went to print.
NCLAT ALLOWS
SETTLEMENT BETWEEN
MCDONALD’S BAKSHI
New Delhi: The NCLAT on
Tuesday allowed US food major
McDonald’s and its former
estranged
Indian partner
Vikram Bakshi
to withdraw
their petitions
filed against each other over
Connaught Plaza Restaurants
Ltd. The appellate tribunal also
dismissed the intervention ap-
plication filed by HUDCO earlier
opposing the deal. CPRL (Con-
naught Plaza Restaurants Ltd) is
now wholly-owned by McDon-
ald’s after its estranged partner
Vikram Bakshi transferred his
share in the joint venture to the
US-based firm. —PTI
AIPEF SEEKS 3 MONTHS
TIME ON ELECTRICITY
AMENDMENT BILL 2022
New Delhi: The All India Power
Engineers Federation (AIPEF)
has sought a three-month time
from the
government to
comment on
the Electricity
(Amendment)
Bill 2022. In this regard, the
body said it has written a letter
to the Standing Committee on
Energy. The government’s deci-
sion to invite comments from
stakeholders on the Electricity
(Amendment) Bill 2022 is a
welcoming step, AIPEF said in a
statement. “AIPEF has request-
ed the Standing Committee on
Energy on Monday to give a
three months time.” —PTI
OTHER STORIES
PLI SCHEME QUALIFIERS, STEEL MINISTRY TO INK
PACTS TO MATERIALISE INVESTMENT PROPOSALS
New Delhi: Qualifiers of PLI scheme for specialty steel will soon
sign agreements with the steel ministry to take their investment
proposals forward. The selected players
have already been sent letter of approv-
als post selection in the scheme, a sen-
ior steel ministry official said. On Friday,
the government announced selection of
67 entries with an investment potential
of `42,500 crore under the scheme. The
proposed investments are expected to generate 70,000 job
opportunities and add 26 million tonnes of speciality steel capacity
in the country. —PTI
FIRST TO DO SO
Indiatoholdsatellite
spectrumauction
New Delhi (PTI): India
will be the first country to
auction spectrum for satel-
lite communication, and it
should be designed to at-
tract investments in the
sector, telecom regulator
Trai chairman PD Vaghela
said on Tuesday
.
Vaghela said the Tele-
com Regulatory Authority
of India (Trai) will soon
make recommendations to
make permissions re-
quired for satellite commu-
nication from various min-
istries — Information and
Broadcasting, Space and
Telecom — seamless to en-
hance ease of doing busi-
ness in the sector.
He also said Trai has re-
ceived a reference from the
Department of Telecom-
munication for the spec-
trum required to be put to
auction and associated as-
pects of satellite-based
communication.
“I think India will be the
first to handle the issue of
auctioning the space base
spectrum. We are working
on it,” Vaghela said.
Trai will be coming out
with some sort of model for
the auction of space spec-
trum, he added.
“But it should not kill
the sector. That is very im-
portant. Any system that
we will be bringing is to
actually encourage and
promote investment in the
sector, and not increase
any burden. I mean, that is
the biggest challenge
which we have, and we are
conscious of that fact,”
Vaghela said.
Trai is yet to come up
with a consultation paper
on the spectrum auction as
per the standard process
meant for satellite commu-
nication. When asked
about the status of the pa-
per, Vaghela said that Trai
is in discussion with ex-
perts and regulators world-
wide for a suitable model
and the consultation paper
will be floated after those
discussions are over.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
 Telecom regulator Trai
chairman PD Vaghela said
India will be the first country
to auction spectrum for
satellite communication, and it
should be designed to attract
investments in the sector
 Vaghela said the Trai will
soon make recommendations
to make permissions required
for satellite communication
from various ministries
 Trai has received a reference
from the Dept of Telecom for
the spectrum required to be
put to auction
Banks wrote off
NPAs over 10 lakh
crore: Sitharaman
New Delhi (PTI): Banks
have written off bad loans
worth `10,09,511 crore dur-
ing the last five financial
years, finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman in-
formed Parliament on
Tuesday
.
The non-performing as-
sets (NPAs), including
those in respect of which
full provisioning has been
made on completion of
four years, are removed
from the balance sheet of
the bank concerned by way
of write-off, she said.
“Banks write off NPAs
as part of their regular ex-
ercise to clean up their bal-
ance sheet, avail tax benefit
and optimise capital, in ac-
cordance with RBI guide-
lines and policy approved
by their boards.
As per inputs received
from RBI, Scheduled Com-
mercial Banks (SCBs)
wrote off an amount of
`10,09,511 crore during the
last five financial years,”
she said.
As borrowers of written-
off loans continue to be li-
able for repayment and the
process of recovery of
dues from the borrower in
written-off loan accounts
continues, write-off does
not benefit the borrower,
she said.
Banks continue to pur-
sue recovery actions initi-
ated in written-off ac-
counts through various
recovery mechanisms
available, such as filing of
a suit in civil courts or in
Debts Recovery Tribunals,
filing of cases under the
Insolvency and Bankrupt-
cy Code, 2016 and through
sale of non-performing
assets.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
 Banks have written off bad
loans worth `10,09,511
crore during the last five
financial years
 The NPAs, including those
in respect of which full
provisioning has been made
on completion of 4 years, are
removed from the balance
sheet of the bank concerned
by way of write-off
‘Not good’ for
govt to share data
in aggregated
form: Kant
Mumbai (PTI): India’s
G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant
on Tuesday pitched for the
dissemination of data by
the government in a granu-
lar form and said that shar-
ing aggregated informa-
tion is “not good”.
Kant said data is a key
aspect to help any country
meet her developmental
goals and added that India
has benefitted from the
same.
Stressing on the impor-
tance of ensuring quality
of data, the former civil
servant who till recently
worked as the chief execu-
tive of the government
think-tank Niti Aayog
made the reference to data
aggregation practices by
the government.
“…Government data are
provided as aggregates,
which is not good. We
should break down the ag-
gregation,” Kant said.
He said many a time, the
quality of the data is also
very poor and “we need to
ensure that
the data is
d e - cl u t -
t e r e d ,
presented
in a sim-
plistic way
and it is not
difficult
to navi-
gate”.
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Tuesday said
an amount of `60.46 crore
has been received in tax
from entities for transac-
tions in virtual digital as-
sets (VDAs), including
cryptocurrencies, since the
introduction of TDS provi-
sions in July
.
The government, from
April 1, has brought in a
30% income tax plus sur-
charge and cess on transfer
of crypto assets, like Bit-
coin, Ethereum, Tether
and Dogecoin.
Also, to keep a tab on the
money trail, a 1% Tax De-
ducted at Source (TDS) un-
der section 194S of I-T Act
has been brought in on pay-
ments over `10,000 towards
virtual digital currencies
from July 1.
In a written reply to a
question in the Rajya Sab-
ha, Minister of State for
Finance Pankaj Chaud-
hary said CBDT conducts
outreach/ awareness pro-
grammes for deductors/
taxpayers and also takes
appropriate action, includ-
ing search seizure opera-
tions, surveys, enquiries
etc, as required.
“Post insertion of Sec-
tion 194S in the Income-tax
Act, 1961 through Finance
Act, 2022, a total of 318 di-
rect tax challans having
TDS code 194S have been
received having total
amount of `60.46 crore,”
Chaudhary said.
GOVT GETS
`60.46 CRORE
TAX FROM TDS
ON VDAs
Sensex snaps two-day losing
streak, jumps 403 points
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices ended in the
green on Tuesday after re-
tail inflation dipped below
the RBI’s upper tolerance
level of 6% for the first time
in 11 months in November.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 402.73 points or
0.65% to settle at 62,533.30.
During the day, it jumped
437.35 points or 0.70% to
62,567.92. The broader NSE
Nifty advanced 110.85
points or 0.60% to end at
18,608. From the Sensex
pack, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj
Finance, Infosys, Tata Con-
sultancy Services, HCL
Technologies, MM, Tech
Mahindra and Bajaj Fin-
serv were the winners.
BSE ADDS 1 CRORE INVESTORS IN 148 DAYS
TO REACH 12-CRORE MARK
New Delhi (PTI): Leading stock exchange BSE on Tuesday said it
has added 1 crore registered investor accounts to its platform in a
span of 148 days, taking the total count to 12 crore. The exchange
added one crore investors’ accounts between July 18 and December
13, BSE said in a statement. In comparison, the exchange took 124,
91, 85 and 107 days for the previous milestones of 11 crore, 10
crore, 9 crore and 8 crore, respectively. “BSE crossed the milestone
of 12 crore registered users based on Unique Client Code (UCC) on
December 13, 2022,” the exchange said. Of the 12 crore users, 42%
fall in the 30 to 40 age brackets, followed by 23% in 20-30 years and
11% in the 40-50 age bracket.
RUPEE DECLINES
36 PAISE TO
END AT 82.87
AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
declined by 36 paise to
close at 82.87 (provision-
al) against the US dollar
on Tuesday, weighed
down by persistent
foreign capital outflows
from the capital markets.
Risk aversion sentiment
among investors ahead of
the US Federal Reserve’s
interest rate decision also
impacted trading, forex
dealers said. At the inter-
bank foreign exchange
market, the rupee opened
lower at 82.63 against the
greenback and witnessed
a high of 82.60 and a low
of 82.87. It finally settled
at 82.87, down 36 paise
over its previous close
of 82.51. Meanwhile, the
dollar index, which gauges
the greenback’s strength
against a basket of six cur-
rencies, fell 0.15%.
Passenger vehicle wholesales rise 28% in November
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Aided by ro-
bust demand for both util-
ity vehicles and cars, the
wholesales of Passenger
Vehicles in India jumps by
28% year-on-year in No-
vember, industry body
SIAM said on Tuesday
.
Overall passenger vehi-
cles dispatched from com-
panies to dealers stood at
2,76,231 units last month as
compared to 2,15,626 units
in November 2021. Utility
vehicle wholesales rose
32% to 1,38,780 units in No-
vember against 1,05,091
unitsintheyear-agoperiod.
Similarly, passenger car
dispatches increased 29%
to 1,30,142 units from
1,00,906 units in November
2021. Van sales, however,
dropped to 7,309 units last
month from 9,629 units in
November 2021.
“Positive consumer and
business sentiments have
reflected in the better sales
in the month of November
2022, compared to the pre-
vious year,” SIAM Presi-
dent Vinod Aggarwal said.
DRIVEN BY ROBUST DEMAND
SUPER LUXURY CARS
CLOCK 50% GROWTH
IN INDIA
New Delhi (FIB): Despite a slow-
down in growth across the globe
and rising worries of recession,
the demand for luxury cars in
India continues to grow at a
tremendous pace. This year has
seen the highest-ever growth for
such ultra-luxury cars in India
as sales grew by 50% in 2022,
breaking the previous record,
which was achieved in 2018. The
market is led by Italian super
sports carmaker Lamborghini,
and other big contenders on the
list are Ferrari, Aston Martin,
Bentley. All these luxury wheels
have been in great demand
since the end of post-pandemic
restrictions.
TaMo TO HIKE CV PRICES BY UP TO 2%
New Delhi (PTI): Tata Motors on Tuesday said it will increase prices
of its commercial vehicle range by up to 2% from January to offset
the impact of rising input costs. While the price increase will vary as
per individual model and variant, it will be applicable across the entire
range of commercial vehicles, the auto major said in a statement.

NEWS
09
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Ex-
port Promotion Coun-
cil, Chairman, Rajiv
Arora said that the In-
ternational Expo to be
held in Jodhpur from
March 20 to 23 next
year will prove to be a
milestone in the field
of exports in the state.
Arora was holding a
hybrid meeting with
council members, rep-
resentatives of indus-
trial organizations and
district general manag-
ers from across the
state regarding prepa-
rations for the expo
held at Udyog Bhavan
on Tuesday.
Arora said that in this
international expo,
products ranging from
handicrafts to jewellery
,
ceramics and other
products will be dis-
played on a wide scale.
Sofarambassadorsfrom
15 countries have re-
spondedpositivelytothe
expo and have agreed to
send their business rep-
resentatives.
He said that in this
event to be held in
Jodhpur, various pavil-
ions would be con-
structed in an area of
about 1 lakh square me-
ters. An important
meeting was held in
Jodhpur on November
7 to meet the exporters
and prepare for it, he
further added.
Rajiv Arora: Int’l Expo to be held in Jodh
in March, would prove to be a milestone
CONG TO MARK 100 DAYS OF YATRA
WITH CONCERT IN JAIPUR: JAIRAM
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: To
mark 100 days of the
Bharat Jodo Yatra, the
Congresswillorganisea
concertinJaipuronFri-
day with a live perfor-
mance from singer Su-
nidhi Chauhan, AICC
General Secretary
Jairam Ramesh said on
Tuesday
.
The Yatra started
from Kanyakumari on
September 7 and has so
far covered Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Andhra, Karna-
taka, Telangana, Maha-
rashtra Madhya
Pradesh. It will con-
clude in Jammu and
Kashmir in early Febru-
ary 2023. The ‘Bharat
Jodo Concert’ will be
attended by Congress
leaders including Rahul
Gandhi, who will also
address a press confer-
ence in Dausa at 1 pm on
the day
.
“The (Bharat Jodo)
Yatra will complete 100
days on December 16
and it will be a mile-
stone,” Ramesh said at a
press conference adding
that a huge public meet
would be held in Alwar
onDecember19.Former
Union minister Na-
monarain Meena said
the Yatra had received
overwhelming response
added that PM Modi’s
lies had been exposed.
The Congress’ Ra-
jasthan unit chief GS
Dotasra said the feed-
back received during
the yatra would be com-
municated to govt.
Ramesh also praised
the taste of guavas culti-
vated in Sawai Mad-
hopur and said he was
surprised to find that
the district was a leader
in guava cultivation. He
added that guava pro-
cessing units should be
promoted in the area.
Raj Agro Board’s
Dharnia participates
in Bharat Jodo Yatra
4 HELD FOR PLANNING TO SET ABLAZE TENTS IN YATRA
Rajiv Arora chairs a Hybrid meeting to review the preparations
for the International Expo to be held in Jodhpur in March 2023.
Mahendra Parakh, PR Sharma and other officials were present.
Rahul Gandhi waves
at the crowd during
the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
in Sawai Madhopur
on Tuesday. Also seen
here are CM Ashok
Gehlot, GS Dotasra,
Sachin Pilot others.
(R): Rahul Gandhi with
the representatives of
Dalit Groups.
Kalbeliya dancers swirl to the tunes of ‘dhol’ outside the PCC office in Jaipur as they celebrate the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ in Raj. About 5,000 Cong leaders from Jaipur would participate in Yatra on Dec 18. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Rahul Gandhi with Rafeek Khan as the latter interacts with
him during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Sawai Madhopur.
Manish Dharnia,
member of Ra-
jasthan State Agro
Industries Develop-
ment Board, partici-
pated in the Bharat
Jodo Yatra in Bundi
district. During this,
he met Rahul Gandhi
and discussed vari-
ous issues with CM
AshokGehlot.Thank-
ing CM Ashok Gehlot
for the excellent ar-
rangements made in
view of the Yatra in
Rajasthan, Dharnia
said that this has in-
fused new energy
among the workers.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved Rs 1.5
crore as state share for
construction of stadi-
ums under Major Dhy-
an Chand Stadium
Scheme. As per the pro-
posal, Rs 1 cr has been
sanctioned for con-
struction of stadium in
Rajgarh in Churu, Rs 25
lakh each for construc-
tion of stadiums in Lad-
nun in Nagaur, Peepal-
da and Sultanpur in
Kota, and Rs 10 lakh for
stadium in Chauth ka
Barwara, Sawai Mad-
hopur.
With new stadiums,
better sports facilities
will be available at the
local level to players of
the state. It is notewor-
thy that in budget of
2021-22, the CM had an-
nounced to build stadi-
ums at block level un-
der the Major Dhyan-
chand cheme. Under
the scheme, a provision
was made to give a con-
tribution amount equal
to amount received
from MP or MLA fund,
public representative,
public cooperation, lo-
cal body or CSR fund as
state share for building
stadiums.
Rahul interacts...
After the talks, both the
groups said that Rahul
Gandhi listened to them
carefully and assured
them of action on mat-
ters that come under
state govt’s purview.
Congress party’s
communication in-
charge Jairam Ramesh
said that on Dec 16, Ra-
hul Gandhi will address
a press conference in
Dausa district at 1 pm.
In the afternoon, Ra-
hul Gandhi visited
Ambedkar Memorial
Welfare Society, Center
for Dalit Rights, Ra-
jasthanBalmikiManch,
Udaan Manav Seva
Samiti, Aghaz Founda-
tion, Rights Resource
Centre, Ambedkar
Study Centre, working
for the development
and welfare of Dalit
community in Ra-
jasthan and interacted
with representatives of
Vyas University and
many other people as-
sociated with this com-
munity
.
Gandhi listened to all
and requested the CM,
sitting with him, to
solve the problems at
the state level.
In evening leg of the
Yatra also two groups
mainly of youth accom-
panied Rahul Gandhi.
Anand Sharma, Mukul
Wasnik, Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa,
Sachin Pilot, Pramod
Jain Bhaya, Ramlal Jat,
BS Bhati, Rajendra
Gudha, Ramesh Meena,
Bhajan Lal Jatav, Zahi-
da Khan, Divya Mader-
na, Amin Kagzi, Rafeek
Khan,MukeshBhakhar,
Ramniwas Gaondia, In-
dra Meena, Mahendra
Gehlot, Sandeep Chaud-
hary and others partici-
pated on Tuesday
.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Chair-
man of RTDC Dhar-
mendra Rathore held a
detailed discussion
about the politics of Ra-
jasthan during a cour-
tesy meeting with Con-
gress President Mall-
ikarjun Kharge.
Newly elected MLA
from Sardarshahar
Anil Sharma also ac-
companied Rathore.
Rathore said that due
to public welfare poli-
cies of CM Ashok Ge-
hlot in Rajasthan, Con-
gress has won 7 out of 9
assembly by-elections
with huge votes and in
Rajasthan Assembly
elections 2023, the Con-
gress government un-
der the leadership of
CM Ashok Gehlot will
repeat. Kharge congrat-
ulated Anil Sharma for
winning the Sardarsha-
har assembly by-elec-
tion by more than 27,000
record votes.
Four people tried to set the tents associated
with Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on
fire. The miscreants reached the Yatra venue
by a car late on Monday night at Bamanwas
in Sawai Madhopur, when the food was being
prepared for the Yatra in the tents. About
10-15 people came and left the cattle in the
tent and were preparing to set the tent on fire.
A Congress worker overheard the accused
while trying to chase away the cattle. Some
workers immediately informed the police
about this. When the police reached the spot,
the accused tried to escape, and the police
chased and caught four people.
The Congress’ Rajasthan unit chief Govind Singh
Dotasra said the feedback received during the
yatra would be communicated to the government
Rajasthan is the only Congress-ruled state the
yatra has entered and will cover about 500 km
over 17 days before entering Haryana on December 21
CM Ashok Gehlot along
with Manish Dharnia
Bharat Sharma during the
Bharat Jodo Yatra in Bundi.
❍ HIGHLIGHTS
z Panchayati Raj Min Ramesh Meena
stayed with Rahul Gandhi in the Yatra
after tea break and had discussion about
Panchayati Raj Department. Rahul asked
Meena to meet him again.
z In Sawai Madhopur, when an ambulance
got stuck in Nukkad Sabha during Rahul’s
speech, he immediately stopped and
directed to give way to th ambulance.
z When a journo suggested about guava
processing plant in Sawai Madhopur,
Jairam Ramesh said that he will talk to
Rahul, CM Gehlot GS Dotasra about it.
z Sawai Madhopur MLA Danish Abrar said
“Rahul has lost his grandmother and his
father at a young age. Despite that, there
is no hatred in his heart.”
z Kids welcomed Yatra with Vande Matram
in Mainpura village near Ajnoti, RaGa
played drum at dangal held by Meena
community.
Rajgarh, Ladnun, Peepalda, Sultanpur
Sawai Madhopur to get new stadiums
FROM P1…
Dharmendra Rathore, Anil Sharma
meet Kharge, discuss Raj politics
Rahul Gandhi with the Anchor Reporter of First
India News, Jayati Mishra during the Yatra.
‘WHEN WILL
RAHUL FREE RAJ
OF CORRUPTION?’
YATRA INFUSING
HOPE AMONG
PEOPLE: PILOT
Jaipur: BJP State Prez
Dr Satish Poonia raised
the 9th question to
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on corruption.
He said that corruption
has become etiquette
in Rajasthan. “When
will Rahul Gandhi
free the state from
corruption?” he asked
in a video statement.
“Various organisations
ranging from Trans-
parency International
have confirmed that
Rajasthan is one of the
most corrupt states
in the country. This
record has been seen
in the last 4 years,” Dr
Poonia said.
Sawai Madhopur:
Former Dy CM Sachin
Pilot said that the
Bharat Jodo Yatra in
North India has been
many times more suc-
cessful than the South
India. “People are
getting new enthusi-
asm and hope from
the Yatra,” he said. He
said that the Yatra will
complete 100 days in
Dausa and a history
will be created.
“This is not a political
trip. Rahul Gandhi does
not accuse anyone. He
only talks about love,”
he said. Congress has
registered a big victory
in Himachal, he added.
Rahul Gandhi interacts with kids as they also hand over their
creativity in form of letters to Rahul during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Mallikarjun Kharge with Dharmendra Rathore Anil Sharma, who
called upon the Congress President at his residence in New Delhi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Giriraj Sanad-
hya, Secretary of Rajsa-
mand District Cricket
Association, has re-
signed.
He resigned from the
post of DCA Secretary
and Headley Club Presi-
dent.
Sanadhya accused
RCA President, Rajsa-
mand DCA President
and his PA of neglect-
ing him. He also raised
questions on the selec-
tion of Rajasthan crick-
et team.
Jaipur (FIB): Two RAS
officers were trans-
ferred on Tuesday.
Arvind Kumar Sengwa
was transferred as Ad-
ditional Commissioner
Land Management cum
Principal Land Man-
agement Training
School. Rakesh Kumar
became the Additional
Collector in Dausa.
They were instructed to
join with immediate ef-
fect. The Department of
Personnel issued the
order.
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: With senior IPS
and Director General of
Anti Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) BL Soni set
to retire on December
31, only one question is
being discussed these
days in the police cir-
cles: Who will be the
new Director General
of ACB? Interestingly,
according to highly
placed sources, IPS Ra-
jiv Sharma can be ap-
pointed as DG - ACB.
Secy Rajsamand
Dist Cric Assn
Sanadhya resigns
State Govt
transfers two
RAS officers
IPS Rajiv Sharma
likely to be new
DG-ACB in Raj

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