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1. PARLIAMENT WINTER SESSION
CHINABORDERCLASH
ISSUEECHOESINPARL
17 Opposition parties stage walkout from the
Rajya Sabha accusing the govt of not holding
a discussion over Dec 9 India-China border clash
Sonia Gandhi led the Congress MPs out of the Lok
Sabha after the Speaker did not accept yet another
request for a discussion on “Indo-China border” situation
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The ruckus
continued during the
Winter Session of Par-
liament on Wednesday
with the Opposition
seeking to corner the
ruling BJP-led govern-
ment over a host of is-
sues including border
issues with China, un-
employment and the
economy
. As many as 17
Oppn parties staged a
walkout from the Rajya
Sabha accusing the gov-
ernment of not holding
a discussion over Dec 9
clashes along the LAC
between Indian & Chi-
nese forces at Tawang
sector of Arunachal
Pradesh. The Congress,
RJD, AAP, MDMK,
Communist Party of In-
dia (Marxist), CPI, JD
(U), DMK, TMC, and
TDM were among the 17
parties that walked out
from the House during
‘Zero Hour’. More on P6
LoP KHARGE CONVENES A
OPPN LEADERS’ MEETING
OVER INDO-CHINA TUSSLE
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
Malikarjun Kharge convenes a
Opposition leaders’ meeting to chalk
out a joint strategy on the Indo-
China tussle and other issues, at his
chambers, in Parliament, in New
Delhi on Wednesday. The leaders
also discussed important issues to be
raised and formulated their joint future
strategy in both houses of Parliament.
Opposition MPs stage a walkout from Rajya Sabha over India-China border clash during the Winter Session of Parliament on Wednesday.
INDIA-CHINA TROOPS CLASH IN ARUNACHAL
‘PLA wanted to set up the
observation post on LAC’
First India Bureau
Itanagar: China’s Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army
(PLA)wasplanningtoset
up an Observation Post
on LAC at Yangtze in Ta-
wang, Arunachal, an In-
dian Army officer said.
Officer claimed that as
extreme winter is ap-
proaching Chinese side
wants to get information
aboutpreparationsof In-
dian troops deployed at
forwardpostsattheLAC.
IA said unlike 2020, this
time our soldiers were
prepared and thwatrted
attempts of Chinese
who tried to access our
higher ground to set up
Observation Post, were
stopped, forced to leave.
WHITE HOUSE, PDP PREZ SPEAK
l Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) President Mehbooba
Mufti on Wednesday
described the recent tension
between India and China on
the border in Arunachal as
“a very sorry state of affairs”
saying it was unfortunate
that the BJP was doing
nothing about it.
l The White House on
Wednesday commented
on the recent face-off
between the Indian and the
China troops at Tawang
in Arunachal Pradesh on
December 9 and said it is
glad to note that there was a
quick disengagement of the
tension.
CHINA CONSTRUCTS
NEW MILITARY CAMP
MANY PLATFORMS
BEING MISUSED: EAM
Reports have emerged that
China has constructed a new
military base near LAC close
to strategically important
Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh,
satellite images reveal it.
In a veiled attack on China,
EAM S Jaishankar at the
UN Security Council said
Multilateral platforms are being
misused to justify and protect
perpetrators of terrorism.
Claps, cheers for Modi!
PM felicitated at BJP meet over record-breaking win in Guj
Modi heaps praise on Gujarat BJP and its State chief Paatil
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The jubila-
tion in the BJP over its
record-breaking win in
the Gujarat polls echoed
in its parliamentary par-
ty meeting on Wednes-
day as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi was fe-
licitated for the victory
.
Modi, in turn, heaped
praise on the state unit,
especially its president
CR Paatil, and said the
victory is owed to the
BJP’s organisational
strengthanditsworkers,
Union minister Pralhad
Joshitoldreportersafter
the meeting.
Sources in the party
said Modi lauded the
BJP’s Gujarat unit as an
example of how elector-
al victory is possible if
thepartyorganisationis
strong.Modialsopraised
theparty’snationalpres-
ident JP Nadda.
PM Narendra Modi greets BJP leaders as he receives a warm
welcome at BJP’s Party meeting, at Parliament, in New Delhi on
Wednesday. BJP Chief JP Nadda with Union Ministers Amit Shah,
Rajnath Singh, Dr Jitendra Singh, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bhupender
Yadav, Gajendra S Shekhawat and others are also seen here.
Suspected hooch tragedy claims
20 lives in Bihar’s Saran district
No model of development in Guj,
poll won by marketing: Gehlot
No clean chit to
Dhariwal, Joshi,
Rathore yet: KC
First India Bureau
Chhapra: The death
toll due to the consump-
tion of hooch has gone
up to 20 in the Saran
dist of Bihar’s Chhapra.
Bihar continues to wit-
ness deaths owing to
the consumption of
spurious liquor and the
toll is expected to rise.
Family members of de-
ceased persons claimed
that their relatives died
due to the consumption
of poisonous liquor.
Madhaura DSP said
that police are looking
for the villagers who
have fallen sick after liq-
uor consumption. P5
Yogesh Sharma and
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: With no action
beingtakenonthe‘rebel-
lion’ of three Congress
leaders even thoough a
notice was served to
them,CongressNational
General Secretary KC
Venugopal, clarified on
Wednesdaythatnoclean
chit has been given to
Ministers Shanti Dhari-
wal, Mahesh Joshi and
RTDC Chairman Dhar-
mendra Rathore so far.
More on P8
Cops waiting for postmortem
reports on Wednesday.
Venugopal speaks to First India
at Jpr Airport on Wednesday.
No female pracharak in RSS, BJP is against women: RaGa
Ziauddin Khan, Dinesh
Tiwari, Sandeep Goyal and
Lokesh Tatwal
Sawai Madhopur: The
Bharat Jodo Yatra en-
tered Dausa district on
Wednesday wherein Ra-
hul was accorded grand
welcome.InWednesday’s
laststopof yatra,ameet-
ing was organised in
Bagdi in which Rahul
fiercely attacked BJP
and Modi govt. “There is
not one woman in RSS
andnotawomanpracha-
rak because it is against
women. That’s why they
insultMotherSita.Bhag-
wanRamusedtolistento
everyone, used to meet
poor, used to listen to
their sorrows, pains. But
they (BJP) did not do
this, rather they do work
of spreading hatred by
taking the name of Lord
Ram,”hesaid.Ex-Gover-
nor of RBI Raghuram
Rajan joined yatra, sug-
gested that next revolu-
tion in nation can be in
service sector. More on P8
Raghuram Rajan with Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi as he joins
the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Sawai Madhopur on Wednesday.
Dinesh Tiwari
Sawai Madhopur: Dur-
ing the ongoing Bharat
Jodo Yatra, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot has
once again attacked PM
Modi. Regarding the
massive victory of BJP
in the Gujarat assembly
elections, CM Gehlot
has said that there is no
model of development
in Gujarat, but the elec-
tion was won through
the marketing of the
Prime Minister. Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
said that if people go to
Gujarat, they will see
that there is no model
of development there
and winning elections
by marketing is a differ-
ent matter.
Talking to the media
on the sidelines of the
yatra on Wednesday
, Ge-
hlot said that the model
of devp is of Rajasthan,
where such historic de-
cisions have been taken
in last 4 years, which
have echoed across the
country
. Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot speaks to media
in S’Madhopur on Wednesday
JOHNSON
IN JAIPUR
Former UK PM Boris Johnson
reached Jaipur on Wednesday
and was received by Tariq
Mohammad, the protocol
officer of the State Govt.
Johnson is scheduled to take
a tour of Jaipur and return to
New Delhi on Thursday.
Rahul and Raghuram walk together and
share their views on current economic
conditions in India and other countries
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
‘MESSI’AH
Lionel Messi said FIFA
World Cup 2022 final will
be his last for Argentina
Argentina captain, who
scored from a penalty and
played equally important in
the other two goals scored
by Julian Alvarez against
Croatia to take his country
to the FIFA WC 2022 final
The 35-year-old cham-
pion is playing at his fifth
World Cup this year
Messi will earn his
172nd cap as he tries to
bring the country its first
World Cup since 1986
France meets Morocco
in the other semi-final later
on Wednesday
BSE SENSEX 62,677.91 144.61 | NSE NIFTY 18,660.30 52.30
I feel very happy to be able to
achieve this, to finish my World
Cup journey by playing my last
game in a final. —Lionel Messi
of MILLIONS!
3 ACCUSED OF ACID
ATTACK ON DELHI
TEEN ARRESTED
New Delhi: The Delhi Police
arrested three men for
allegedly throwing acid at a
17-year-old girl in Delhi on
Wednesday. Sachin Arora
was in a relationship with
the teen and attacked the
girl after their break up three
months ago, the police said.
DR CONGO FLOODS
LEAVE OVER 120
DEAD IN KINSHASA
Kinshasa: More than 120
people have been killed
following the worst floods
in years in the capital of
the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Kinshasa, the
authorities said. Major roads
in were submerged and
several homes collapsed.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
BAILABLE WARRANT
ISSUED AGAINST
SAHARA CHIEF ROY
Bhopal: MP HC issued a
bailable warrant against
Sahara chief Subrata Roy
and directed SP Lucknow
to execute the warrant.
Lawyer Ankit Mishra of MP
HC, “There are 20 petitions
registered against Sahara
Chief Subrata Roy. MP HC
issued bailable warrant of
Rs 5 lakh against him.”
SC OBJECTS TO MULTIPLE
LISTING REQUESTS OF
BILKIS BANO’S PLEA
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court expressed disapproval
towards multiple listing
requests made for Bilkis
Bano’s petition challenging
the early release of 11 men
convicted of gangraping her
and murdering her family
members during the 2002
Godhra riots in Gujarat.
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Messi
confirms
retirement
2. SANDHU’S INSTRUCTIONS TO JDA OFFICERS
z Orientation workshop
on lease distribution
will be organised on
December 17.
z By January 31 next
year, each zone deputy
commissioner will have
to give leases according
to the given target.
z Performance of JDA
will be reviewed every
month at the level of Prin-
cipal Secretary.
z JDC Ravi Jain directed
all Additional and Deputy
Commissioners of Zones
to follow the instructions
given by the UDH Advisor
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022
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Russian woman marries Khejri tree to negate mangal dosh
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Marriage to
Khejri tree is common
in Rajasthan, but peo-
ple were surprised
when Russia’s Tanya
Karpova, 28, married a
Khejri tree in Udaipur
city on 7 December.
Tanya, who had come to
visit India, consulted
an astrologer in Agra
who told her about
Mangal Dosh in her La-
gna Kundli. It was said
that because of this she
is unable to find a suit-
able boy and there is a
problem in marriage.
Remedy for this defect
was suggested in mar-
riage with Peepal or
Khejri tree. Tanya com-
pleted this ceremony of
marriage with Khejri
tree in front of Fateh
School outside Suraj-
pole here. Pandit He-
mant Sukhwal, who got
all this done, said that
Tanya was very excited
about the remedy
.
IN SEARCH OF A SUITABLE BOY
Slew of measures announced to
reach patta distribution target
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: On Wednesday,
GS Sandhu, Advisor,
Urban Development
Department, reviewed
the functioning of
Jaipur Development
Authority (JDA) in the
Prashasan Shehro Ke
Sang (PSKS) campaign
during which Principal
Secretary Kunjilal
Meena, JDA Commis-
sioner Ravi Jain and all
the Zonal Deputy Com-
missioners of JDA
were present.
Last year, on the birth
anniversary of the Ma-
hatma Gandhi, the
PSKS campaign was
started. In this cam-
paign, the government
gave JDA a target of dis-
tributing one lakh leas-
es. JDA has so far issued
more than 72 thousand
pattas. But the focus of
the government is that
JDA should issue more
than one lakh pattas.
DIPR/C/15748/2022
Bids for Building Construction/ Maintenance works are invited
from interested bidders upto 16.12.2022 (6.00 PM). Other
particulars of the bid may be visited on the procurement portal
http://sppp.raj.nic.in and http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.
UBN No. : PWD2223WSOB12215, PWD2223WSOB12217,
PWD2223WSOB12218, PWD2223WSOB12220,
PWD2223WSOB12222, PWD2223WSOB12223
कारायालर अधिशाषी अभिरन्ा,
सारयाजनिक निरायाण धरिाग िगर खण्ड-प्रथर, जरपुर
क्रमांक : 3240 दिनांक : 6/12/2022
ई-दनदििा सूचना संख्ा 48/2022-23 प्रकाशन बाबत।
(ज्दकशोर िुबे)
अदिशाषी अदि्नता
सा.दन.दि. नगर खण्ड-प्रथम, ज्पुर
मो. : 9829228363
F/IHL/2022-2023/252 Dated: 5/12/2022
GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
FACTORIES & BOILERS INSPECTION DEPARTMENT
O/O SENIOR INSPECTOR FACTORIES (CHEMICAL)
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE LABORATORY
Notice Inviting Bid
Bids for Lab Equipments are invited from interested bidders
up to 02.00 pm 21.12.2022. Other particulars of the bid may be
visited on the procurement portal (http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in,
http://sppp.raj.nic.in) of the state, and https://rajfab.nic.in
departmental website. The approximate value of the procurement
in Rs. 14.75 Lakh only.
UBN : FAB2223GLOB00004
DIPR/C/15850/2022
C6, JHALANA DOONGRI, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN
Senior Inspector
Factories (Chemical) (IHL),
Jaipur, Rajasthan
DIPR/C/15808/2022
Dispatch No. Gen/C.S./80/2022-23/47932 Date : 06.12.2022
Notice Inviting Bid
BidsforDifferenttypesofMedicalEquipments(NIB-JLD2223A0057)
are invited from interested bidders up to 05.00 pm on 19.12.2022.
Others particulars of the bid may be visited on the procurement portal
(http://epoc.rajasthan.gov.in, http://sppp.raj.nic.in) of the state,
and http://www.home.rajathan.gov.in departmental website. The
approximate value of the procurement is respectively Rs. (in lac)
04.00, 09.00, 03.90, 15.00, 07.18 and 13.75.
UBN : JLD2223GSOB00095 to JLD2223GSOB00097
JLD2223GLOB00098, JLD2223GSOB00099
JLD2223GLOB00100
Directorate General Prisons, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Addl. Director General of Prisons
Rajasthan Jaipur
GS SANDHU REVIEWS JDA’S PSKS CAMPAIGN
GS Sandhu, Kunjilal Meena,
Ravi Jain, other during meet.
STONE LAYING
FOR OVERBRIDGE
POSTPONED
Jaipur: The proposed
function to lay the founda-
tion stone for the four-lane
cable-stayed overbridge
has been postponed due
to unavailability of Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot.
UDH Minister Shanti Dha-
riwal was scheduled to lay
the foundation stone of
the project on December
15. Dhariwal said that the
foundation stone should
be laid by Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot. This will be
Jaipur’s first steel cable-
stayed bridge.
—Abhishek Shrivastava
Poonia holds 25-km foot
march at JAY in Karauli
Manoj Jain
Karauli: BJP State
president Satish Poo-
nia started the Jan
Aakrosh Yatra on
Wednesday by visit-
ing and offering
prayers at the Kaila
Devi temple in Ka-
rauli district. Poonia
walked 25 kilometres
from Kaila Devi ji to
Madan Mohan ji tem-
ple and had dialogue
with the common
people and workers
regarding the Con-
gress government’s
breach of promise.
Describing the
stone pelting on
BJP’s Jan Aakrosh
Yatra in Pokaran as
being under the pa-
tronage of the Con-
gress government,
Poonia said, “I am
reaching Pokaran on
16 December. The
yatra will neither
stop nor bow down,”
In his addresses at
various places, Poo-
nia accused the state
government of fail-
ure, corruption and
anarchy in the state.
Poonia and other
BJP leaders were
welcomed at about
2.5 dozen places on
the way from Kaila
Devi to Karauli.
BJP national pres-
ident JP Nadda
flagged off the Jan
Aakrosh Yatra on
December 1.
Domestic violence
case against HP
MLA Vikramaditya
First India Bureau
Udaipur: The advocate
of erstwhile royal fam-
ily of Amet’s family
member Sudarshana
Chundawat alleged that
her husband and Con-
gress MLA of Himachal
Pradesh Vikramaditya
Singh was constantly
harassing her. The ad-
vocate Bhanwar Singh
Deora said that Vikram-
aditya Singh was in
touch without another
woman and he had mar-
ried Sudarshana after
being asked by a pandit.
21-year-old girl raped
in city hotel, probe on
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of rape
has come to light in the
city in a hotel. The vic-
tim had reached the ho-
tel to meet her friend
staying at the hotel.
When the friend went
out for some work, the
hotel owner found her
alone and raped the girl.
She was locked in the
room with the help of
his accomplices and
threatened to make the
obscenephotosviral.An
FIR has been lodged at
Jaisinghpura Khor po-
lice station on Tuesday
evening. The police is
investigating the case.
According to the po-
lice, a resident of Jaisin-
ghpura Khor, has lodged
the report. On Nov 21,
her friend came for a ho-
tel stay in Manbagh
area. She arrived at the
hotel late in the evening
to meet him. The friend
left her at the hotel and
went out for some work.
At the same time ac-
cused Neelu, Raju alias
Razzak and Fauji came
to her room posed as
owners of the hotel.
Don’t indulge in politics
over ERCP: Pilot to Opp
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: Call-
ing the Eastern Ra-
jasthan Canal Project a
lifeline for 13 districts of
the State, Congress lead-
er Sachin Pilot on
Wednesdaycategorically
said that the Opposition
should not indulge in
politics concerning the
project, adding that the
Congress Government
has committed Rs 9,500
cr for the project.
“There should not be
any politics on this be-
cause 13 districts will be
benefitted from this pro-
ject. The state govern-
ment has committed Rs
9,500crandwillcontinue
to work on it.’’
His statement comes
after Union Minister Ga-
jendra Singh Shekhawat
alleged that the Ra-
jasthan government “is
not keen on completing
and implementing the
project on time.”
Rahul Gandhi, Sachin Pilot, and Raghuram Rajan during BJY.
Lower court employees end protest
after meet led by CJ Pankaj Mithal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ongoing
agitation of judicial
employees in subordi-
nate courts across the
State ended on Wednes-
day
. A meeting of the
delegation of Ra-
jasthan Judicial Em-
ployees Union was held
at the residence of
Chief Justice Pankaj
Mithal.
Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma, Police
Commissioner Anand
Srivastava were pre-
sent in this meeting.
State President of the
UnionSurendraNaray-
an Joshi said that all
the demands have been
agreed upon in the
talks and now the work
will start in all the sub-
ordinate courts of the
state from Thursday
morning.
Joshi said that the
FIRhasbeenregistered
and the Police Commis-
sioner has assured in
the talks regarding its
fair investigation.
Along with this, the
holidays of the employ-
ees will be adjusted.
The Chief Justice
has assured that no or-
der will be passed mala
fide against any em-
ployee who has gone on
strike. After the death
of Subhash, action will
be initiated to give com-
passionate appoint-
ment to his dependent.
Fatehpur coldest at 2.5°C
Jaipur (PTI):
Fatehpur in Ra-
jasthan’s Sikar dis-
trict was recorded as
the coldest place in
the state with mini-
mum temperature of
2.5 degree Celsius on
Tuesday night.
The weather in the
state will remain
mainly dry
. There is a
possibility of a slight
drop in the minimum
temperature in the
next two-three days,
the meteorological
department said.
BJP State president Satish Poonia during the Yatra in Karauli.
Russia’s 28-year-old Tanya
Karpova performs rituals. Pooja Singh marries lord Vishnu in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Jaipur: Upset with the taunts
of the villagers over not
getting married, 30-year-old
Pooja Singh, a resident of
Narsinghpura village near
Govindgarh, surprised
everyone by marrying Lord
Vishnu. Pooja says that she
was troubled by the taunts
of these people as she had
already decided that she
would not get married see-
ing the fights between vari-
ous couples. Pooja married
Thakurji sitting in the village
temple on December 8.
WOMAN MARRIES
LORD VISHNU AFTER
VILLAGERS’ TAUNTS
Bharatpur: A caste pan-
chayat has ostracised a
family for three days over
remarriage of a widow in
Nagla Bilauthi of Bharatpur.
The panchayat also seized
the fields along with the
crops of the family. On the
other hand, the victim’s
family says that the widow
is being harassed for not
marrying her brother-
in-law. The act of the
panchayat was reported
to the police but no action
was initiated.
FAMILY OSTRACISED
FOR 3 DAYS OVER
WIDOW MARRIAGE
JAN AAKROSH YATRA IS YATRA OF
RAJ PEOPLE AGAINST CONG: KATARIA
Jaipur: Leader of the
Opposition in Rajasthan
Gulab Chand Kataria
on Monday said that
the Jan Aakrosh Yatra
being taken out by the
BJP in the state is not
only the party’s yatra but
it is the yatra of entire
Rajasthan’s people
against the Congress.
Addressing the media at
the BJP state headquar-
ters, Kataria alleged
that the state Congress
government was doing
the work of chang-
ing the names of the
schemes of the central
government. He said
that arrangements were
made by the previ-
ous BJP government
to provide food to the
people through the An-
napurna scheme, which
was first stopped by the
Congress government
and later renamed as
Indira Rasoi. Targeting
the state government
on unemployment, the
BJP leader said that Ra-
jasthan has been leading
state in the country
in the last 4 years in
terms of unemployment.
Meanwhile, in a viral
video, during during the
Jan Aakrosh Yatra in the
South Assembly constit-
uency, the local people
were seen scolding a
BJP MLA regarding the
cleanliness system. On
this, MLA Anita Bhadel
said that it is the failure
of the government that
despite having a BJP
board in the corpora-
tion, the officers are
not listening. Bhadel
said that the govern-
ment has told the offic-
ers not to do any work
for the BJP people.
—Aishwary Pradhan
Admin issues licence for ropeway
at Khole Ke Hanuman Ji Temple
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A firm was is-
sued a licence under the
Ropeway Act by the
Jaipur district adminis-
tration on Wednesday
for the construction of
the ‘ropeway’ at Khole
ke Hanuman Ji Temple.
With the issuance of
the licence, the con-
struction works of the
state’s first automatic
ropeway of 85 metres
height will accelerate
and soon passengers
will be able to get the
gift of passenger rope-
way from Annapurna
Mata Mandir to Vaish-
no Mata Mandir situ-
ated on the hill of
Khole ke Hanuman Ji
Temple.
The ropeway will be
named as Annapurna
Mata ropeway, which
will be the fifth ropeway
in the State.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF ROPEWAY PROJECT
District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit, other officials hold meeting
for the ropeway project in Jaipur on Wednesday.
z Height of the ropeway, to be operated on five tow-
ers, will be 85 metres.
z Capacity of this ropeway with 24 trolleys will be
800 passengers per hour.
z One-way journey of the ropeway will be com-
pleted in about 4.5 minutes.
z Collector has instructed the firm to construct the
rope-way in 2 years.
z Children upto 5 years, elders above 70 years, and
Divyangs will get the gift of free travel.
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Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur: Delegates from
17 countries and 44 in-
ternational delegates
took part in an interna-
tional training pro-
gramme on human
rights organised by Ra-
jasthan State Human
Rights Commission in
collaboration with Par-
liamentary Democracy
Research and Training
Institute with the sup-
port of Rajasthan Leg-
islative Assembly
.
Re p re s e n t at ive s
from Bangladesh, Cam-
bodia, Gambia, Ghana,
Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Mac-
edonia, Maldives, My-
anmar, Nepal, Sey-
chelles, Sri Lanka, Ta-
jikistan, Tanzania,
Uruguay and Zimba-
bwe attended the train-
ing programme.
The International
Conference was pre-
sided over by Justice
Gopal Krishna Vyas,
Chairman, Rajasthan
State Human Rights
Commission.
Justice Vyas talked
about the Indian Con-
stitution and the free-
dom of life and expres-
sion in it. While prais-
ing the state govern-
ment, he said that good
schemes like Chiran-
jeevi Yojana and Indira
Rasoi Yojana are being
run in Rajasthan.
Justice Vyas praises Raj Govt schemes
6 flee from Jpr
juvenile home
JMC-G launches
appforcomplaints
Sanitation workers’ demands will
be conveyed to CM, says Dhariwal
Rajsamand chowki in-charge,
broker held with `20K bribe
Police instructs ‘Kota Coaching’ owners to prepare new
guidelines to give stress free environment to students
COACHINGCENTRES ASKED
TOPROVIDESUNDAY OFFS
GOVT STEPS IN TO CURB SUICIDES IN KOTA
Jaipur (FIB): Six juve-
nile criminals escaped
from juvenile home late
on Tuesday night. The
six children ran away
after making a big hole
in the wall of Jaipur ju-
venile home. While run-
ning, they pushed the
security guard and fled.
Transport Nagar po-
licestationhasformeda
special team to search
for the absconding juve-
niles. The police are
searching for the ab-
sconding juveniles and
scanningtheCCTVfoot-
age installed nearby
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Kota: After
three students commit-
ted suicide in coaching
hub Kota, the adminis-
tration has now plunged
int the action and have
instructed the coaching
class operators to en-
sure that the students
live stress free life while
availing a week off.
Inspector General of
Police G. Prasanna Jeet
Khemsara had held a
meeting with the coach-
ing operators. The IG
later told that the coach-
ing institute operators
have been asked to pre-
pare an action plan so
that the children can
stay stress free and get a
decent school-college
kind environment in
coachings. the IG in-
structedallthecoaching
institutes to follow the
guidelines made for
coaching. Instructions
have also been given to
police officers to timely
ensure that guidelines
are being followed.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The swearing-
in ceremony of the
newly appointed execu-
tive committee of Unit-
ed Valmiki and Safai
Shramik Sangh was
organized on Wednes-
day at JMC Heritage.
The Labor union put
forward their demand
in front of Minister
Shanti Dhariwal and
MinisterMaheshJoshi.
The union demanded
new recruitment and
benefits of RGHS.
Addressing the un-
ion representatives,
Dhariwal said that ef-
forts will be made to
fulfill whatever prob-
lems or demands the
cleaning staff haveand
after preparing a report
on these problems, he
will speak to CM Ashok
Gehlot. Minister Ma-
hesh Joshi said that the
government will seri-
ously consider the de-
mands put forth by
sanitation workers and
New recruitment will
happen soon.
Jaipur(FIB): People
living in JMCG area
will no longer need to
call any councilor or
call center to complain
about door to door gar-
bage collection. They
will be able to register
their complaints on a
mobile app which was
launched for the people
of Malviya Nagar and
Murlipura zone areas.
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: The Anti-
Corruption Bureau
team arrested Gomti
police post in-charge
head constable Dauram
and one of his brokers
for blackmailing in an
FIR and taking bribe
from the complainant.
The accused were held
taking Rs 20,000 bribe
for not making the
complainant an ac-
cused in the case filed
at Charbhuja police
station.
ACB Rajsamand DSP
Anoop Singh said that
the complainant com-
plained to the Bureau
that the accused head
constable was demand-
ing bribe in lieu of re-
moving his name in the
case of assault regis-
tered at Charbhuja po-
lice station. The bureau
laid a trap and caught
broker Bhanwar Nath
with the bribe amount
and Dauram.
JAIPUR PATWARI IN ACB NET FOR TAKING `10K
BRIBE AMOUNT, HAD SOUGHT `40K BRIBE
VDO, BROKER HELD
WHILE TAKING BRIBE
OF `24K IN BHILWARA
NSA AJIT DOVAL
ARRIVES IN JAIPUR
FOR PVT FUNCTION
JPR AIRPORT BEGINS
FIRST DC FAST EV
CHARGING HUB
CONG MLA BHARAT
SINGH INQUIRES ROLE
OF ADMINISTRATION
Jaipur: The ACB on Wednesday arrested redhanded Mangilal
Meena, Patwari Patwar Halka Gram Panchayat
Sewa, Maujmabad Tehsil in Jaipur taking a bribe
of Rs 10,000 from the complainant. DG ACB BL
Soni said that a complaint was received at the
Jaipur rural unit of the ACB that the accused
patwari was seeking Rs 40,000 in lieu of name
rectification in the revenue records. The com-
plaint was verified under the supervision of DIG Dr. Vishnukant
and ASP Ahad Khan and a trap was laid to catch the accused.
Bhilwara: The ACB on
Wednesday arrested Haris-
hankar, Village Development
Officer, Gram
Panchayat
Unkhalia in
Bhilwara and
his broker Ram
Kunwar red-
handed while
taking a bribe
of Rs 24,000
from the com-
plainant, said
an official. The
complainant
had approached the bureau
with a complaint that the
accused were seeking bribe
in lieu of issuing land pattas
and getting them registered.
Jaipur: National
Security Advisor Ajit
Doval reached Jaipur on
Wednesday from Delhi at
4 pm by a special aircraft
of the Indian Air Force.
Police and IB officials
received him at Jaipur
airport. Doval came to
attend a private func-
tion and is scheduled to
return to Delhi today.
Jaipur: Aiming to sig-
nificantly contribute to the
nation’s green infrastruc-
ture, Jaipur International
Airport Limited (JIAL) has
installed its first robust
DC fast EV charging sta-
tion at Terminal 2. Starting
14th December 2022, the
brand-new fast charging
station is available for ser-
vice and open as Public
Charging Stations (PCS)
for passengers as well as
guests visiting JIAL.
Two more succumb to burn
injuries,Raje expresses grief
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A 13-year-old
girl and a young man
who were undergoing
treatment after being
burnt in cylinder blast
tragedy in Jodhpur’s
Shergarh died on
Wednesday. The girl
Dimple and man Durg
Singh had suffered
more than 70 percent
burn injuries.
So far 25 people, in-
cluding 10 children,
have lost their lives.
Expressing grief, for-
mer CM Vasundhara
Raje said it is very sad
to know that the death
toll is still increasing.
“More than 22 people
have died in the acci-
dent, it made my heart
tremble. I pray to God
for speedy recovery of
all the injured admitted
in the hospital,” she
said. MoS for Military
Welfare, Rajendra Gud-
ha assured to provide
every possible help to
the vicitm’s family
members.
Congress MLA Bharat
Singh Kundanpur has
targeted his own govt and said
the coachings are politically
influenced and
are therefore
spared of any
police action
when students
are driven to
suicide. His
remarks came
days after three students pre-
paring for competitive exams
here allegedly died on Monday
in two separate incidents
within 12 hours. In his letter
to Kota district collector, he
has demanded an investiga-
tion into the role of coaching
institutes in suicidal deaths.
MLA from Sangod (Kota)
Bharat Singh, said that one of
the reasons for suicides is that
in the race for good results,
coaching institutes put im-
mense pressure on students.
“after the incident, the police
investigated and filed a final
report but have not held the
coaching institute responsible
for such a step,” he asked.
Dauram with middleman Bhanwar Nath in ACB net.
Shanti Dhariwal, Mahesh Joshi, Munesh Gurjar and Dr Somya
at the oath taking ceremony on Wednesday.
Justice GK Vyas along with Mahesh Goel, Mahavir Prasad Sharma, BM Sharma and Sanyam Lodha
along with Dr Prashakha Mathur and Mr Shelendra Vyas during the conclave on Wednesday.
Min Rajendra Gudha visited the
MG hospital on Wednesday.
NEWS DIGEST
DISCUSSIONS
z Institutes have
been asked to check
that students don’t
bunk any classes
and if they do so,
their parents should
be put in loop and
kept informed.
z Ranking of the
test conducted in
the coaching insti-
tutes should not be
released, but only
the numbers of the
children should be
released.
z Coachings to
hold counselling
sessions for stu-
dents, telling stu-
dents that getting
an IIT admission
should not be their
only goal.
z One day’s rest on
Sundays should be
given to the children
and also the number
of children in the
classroom should
be limited inspite
200 students.
Kalicharan Saraf, Dr Somya
Mahendra Soni launching the
app. In this app, status of the
complains can be tracked.
HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLAVE
JODHPUR CYLINDER BLAST
—FILE PHOTO
4. PERSPECTIVE
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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
India is going to be the skill and
talent capital of the world. India’s
talent surplus can help meet the
global labour market shortages.
Harmonisation of skills, student
and workforce mobility capacity
building in skill development will be
beneficial to both countries.
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Met with Finland Employment Minister
Ms Tuula Haatainen today. We had
fruitful discussions on furthering
our ties in manpower and mobility
partnership, mutual recognition of skill
qualifications in the two countries and
its harmonisation.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Train up a child in the
way he should go, and
when he is old, he will not
depart from it. —Bible
IN-DEPTH
WILL FORMER RBI
GUV GO BEYOND
YATRA AND TAKE
POLITICAL PLUNGE
ormer Reserve Bank
of India Governor
Raghuram Rajan
joining Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra, however briefly, in Ra-
jasthan has brought his political
leanings in the open. The former
Governor has always been criti-
cal of the BJP government’s eco-
nomic policies but earlier his
views were taken to be that of an
academician and economist.
Now onwards his opinions will
be looked at as biased political
views. The BJP attacked Rajan
with the retort that he wants “to
be another Manmohan Singh”
who, incidentally
, is still regard-
ed as a highly rated economist.
Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT Cell
chief,saidthatRajan’s“commen-
tary on the Indian economy…is
coloured and opportunistic”.
The criticism will not dilute
the significance of the event as
Rajan is an eminent economist
and will bolster the appeal of Ra-
hul Gandhi’s march. The ques-
tion that many would seek an
answer to is whether Rajan, who
has been a strong critic of de-
monetisation, will join the Con-
gress or support it from outside.
TOP TWEETS
F
hina’s provoca-
tive action along
the Line of Actual
Control in Ta-
wang has raised
temperatures between the
two countries. The People’s
Liberation Army (PLA) at-
tempting to occupy vantage
positions in the Yangtse area
of Tawang in Arunachal
Pradesh were effectively
pushed back by the Indian
soldiers after a skirmish in
which a few soldiers suffered
injuries but that won’t deter
the Chinese from attempting
another transgression either
in Ladakh or in Tawang.
Union Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh’s statement in
Parliament that the “Indian
Army bravely prevented the
PLA from transgressing into
our territory and compelled
them to return to their posts”
did not satisfy Oppn which
insisted on a discussion on
repeated Chinese aggression.
The govt did not accede to the
demand leading to a walkout
by the Opposition. The de-
mand was also made after a
more violent clash in Galwan
Valley in 2020 in which many
soldiers were killed.
The disengagement hap-
pened after several rounds of
talks between the army com-
manders of both sides but
Chinese build-up in Ladakh
remains a worrying factor.
Even in Yangtse area there is
nothing new about Chinese
transgression. In 2021 Chi-
nese launched an aggression
with sizable number of troops
which too was repulsed.
The status quo along LAC
is not a very comforting idea
because of China’s attempts
to open new flashpoints along
LAC whether in the east or in
Ladakh. It is this unpredict-
ability of PLA that has made
Oppn seek clarification from
the govt on the actual situa-
tion along the border which
the Chinese say is stable.
DANGEROUS MOVE
ALONG THE LAC
Rajnath’s statement in
Parl that “Indian Army
bravely prevented the
PLA from transgressing
into our territory,
compelled them to return to
their posts” did not satisfy
Oppn which insisted on a
discussion on repeated
Chinese aggression
C
he 2022 FIFA World Cup has
certainly attracted plenty of
negative press, with scandal
frombiddingprocessthrough
to the tournament itself. Yet
out of this negativity, one
positive storyline has arisen.
With victories over two re-
cent European champions –
Spain and Portugal – Moroc-
co have become the first Afri-
can nation to reach the last
four of the World Cup.
MAPPING A PATH TO
THE FINAL
Could the location of the tour-
nament itself partially ex-
plaintheMoroccans’surprise
progress?WhenanAsianside
– South Korea in 2002 - simi-
larly broke the duopoly of
Europe and the Americas, it
was on home soil.
An African squad would
have made it to the semifi-
nals 12 years ago in the first
World Cup to be hosted on
that continent, if not for one
of the most infamously un-
sporting acts in the game’s
history, at the hands (literal-
ly) of Uruguay’s Luis Suarez.
Now the World Cup is
played in the Arab world for
the first time and, perhaps
not coincidentally
, we are see-
ing a nation from the region
reach unprecedented heights.
GEOGRAPHY COULD
MATTER MORE THAN
WE THINK
In 21 previous tournaments,
only three teams have lifted
the trophy without being ei-
ther hosts or a prior cham-
pion. One of those – West
Germany in 1954 – did so in a
neighbouring country. Be-
fore 2010, no European na-
tion had won the tournament
outside Europe and only one
non-European nation had
won on the continent.
This trend is also seen in
continental competitions.
The European Champion-
ships’ two biggest shocks
were Denmark’s 1992 success
after initially failing to qual-
ify, and the 2004 champion-
ship of rank outsiders
Greece. The Danes’ victory
came in another Scandina-
vian nation, and the Greek
success was in another Medi-
terranean country
.
Of course, none of this is
directly causal. The Moroc-
cans have certainly not
reached this lofty stage be-
cause the tournament is in a
fellow Arab country. As a
low-scoring, complex team
game, football is one of the
hardest sports to predict and
every little advantage, even
as small as being in a compa-
rable climate, could tip the
balance of a game one way or
another.
PARALLELS WITH
OTHER NATIONS
When looking at historical
data, the clearest predictor
of whichsidesmaybeprimed
to perform better than ever
before is their latitude rela-
tive to the tournament host.
For example, Paraguay’s best
run was in South Africa in
2010, at similar latitude, rath-
er than in geographically
closer South American na-
tions further south.
Of the 39 nations to reach
the tournament at least six
times, 23 of those have never
bettered their performance
at the tournament closest to
their home latitude. Almost
three-quarters of sides’ best
tournaments involved travel
less than 10 degrees either
north or south.
THE “WORLD” GAME?
Even with its huge global ap-
peal, football has been his-
torically slanted towards Eu-
rope and the Americas,
which may have stifled pro-
gress of the game in other
regions.
Despite its numerous on-
going flaws, the administra-
tion has come a long way
since the absurd situation in
1958 when the one place des-
ignated for a team from the
Asian and African regions
was taken by Wales.
Morocco’s fairytale run
should certainly be seen as a
huge positive for the game in
North Africa, in particular.
There do remain numerous
“blind spots” in where tour-
naments have been held.
Rio de Janeiro, where the
1950 and 2010 finals were
held, lies within one degree
of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Amazingly, if you travel
north from there, you will
only find one World Cup final
venue (Mexico City) south of
Doha.
A SPORTING CHANCE
Criticisms of the process and
politics underlying the 2022
World Cup cannot be over-
looked, but the decision to
broaden the geographic foot-
print of host nations can at
least be seen as a positive
step towards a more reason-
able distribution of sporting
advantage.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
T
MISHA KETCHELL
The writer is Editor,
The Conversation Australia
No on-field results will (nor
should) lessen the valid
criticisms surrounding this
tournament, but it would
be a shame for the historic
achievement for African
football to be overlooked.
We can’t definitively know
how much of a role
geographic proximity
played in the Moroccan
story, but the case for
breaking European and
American hegemony over
the game is surely
established beyond doubt
2022 FIFA WC HAS
CERTAINLY
ATTRACTED PLENTY
OF NEGATIVE PRESS,
WITH SCANDAL FROM
BIDDING PROCESS
THROUGH TO THE
TOURNAMENT ITSELF.
YET OUT OF THIS
NEGATIVITY, ONE
POSITIVE STORYLINE
HAS ARISEN
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6. COURTYARD
in the
in the
ARTICLE 370: APEX
COURT TO CONSIDER
LISTING PLEAS
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday said
it would consider listing
for hearing a batch of
petitions challenging the
abrogation of Article 370
and bifurcation of the
erstwhile state of Jammu
and Kashmir into two
Union Territories. “We
will examine and give a
date,” said Chief Justice
DY Chandrachud and
Justice PS Narasimha
as one of the petitioners
in the case sought early
listing of the matter. Vari-
ous petitions are pending
before the top court chal-
lenging the validity of the
law scrapping Article 370
of the constitution.
CENTRE’S REPLY
SOUGHT ON SAME
SEX MARRIAGE
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday
sought a response from
the Centre to two pleas
seeking transfer to the
apex court the petitions
pending in the Delhi High
Court seeking directions
to recognise same-sex
marriages. A bench
comprising Chief Justice
D Chandrachud and
Justice P S Narasimha
took note of the submis-
sions of senior advocate
Menaka Guruswamy
that the pleas relate to
the fundamental right to
equality. “Issue notice,”
the bench said.
APEX COURT WARNS
ODISHA LAWYERS
AGAINST STRIKE
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has warned it will
come down “very hard”
on those who vandalised
courts and disrupted
proceedings in of Odisha,
including members of
the bar, and admonished
state police for their
“utter failure” to control
situation. It observed the
demand for establishing
a permanent bench of the
high court Odisha seems
to have become a “pres-
tige issue”, while noting
there was no justification
for having another bench
of the high court in view
of the widespread use of
technology.
ULB POLLS: UP
TOLD NOT TO ISSUE
NOTIFICATION TILL 20
Lucknow: The Allahabad
High Court on Wednesday
extended till December 20
its order restraining the
Uttar Pradesh State Elec-
tion Commission from
issuing a notification to
conduct urban local body
elections in the state.
The Lucknow bench of
the court was hearing a
petition alleging that the
reservation process for
the OBC (Other Backward
Classes) was not followed
for the urban local bodies
by the state government.
On Wednesday, the state
government sought
three day’s time to file a
counter affidavit.
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PMlaunchescentenarycelebrationsofPramukhSwamiMaharaj
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday
launched centenary cel-
ebrations of Swami-
narayan sect leader late
Pramukh Swami Maha-
raj in the inaugural
function of birth cente-
nary celebrations of
Swami Maharaj in
Ahmedabad.
The Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO) said that
Pramukh Swami Maha-
raj 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
Swaminarayan San-
stha, he inspired count-
less cultural, social and
spiritual initiatives,
providing comfort and
care to millions,” the
PMO statement added.
In his birth cente-
nary
, people from across
the world are celebrat-
ing his life and work.
The yearlong world-
wide celebrations will
culminate in the ‘Pra-
mukh Swami Maharaj
ShatabdiMahotsav’that
will be hosted by BAPS
Swaminarayan Mandir,
Shahibaug, which is the
worldwide headquar-
ters of BAPS Swami-
narayan Sanstha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of month-long Pramukh Swami Maharaj centenary
celebrations, at a ground on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
4 Meghalaya MLAs join BJP as
party seeks North-East boost
New Delhi (PTI): Four
Meghalaya MLAs, in-
cluding two from the
state’s ruling National
People’sParty
,joinedthe
BJP on Wednesday as
the party looks to ex-
panditsfootprintsinthe
north-eastern region
ahead of assembly polls.
Assam CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma, who is
the party’s pointsman
for the region, said the
joining of the four “ex-
perienced and respect-
ed” political figures will
mark a “new begin-
ning” for the BJP in the
state, where it could
win only two seats in
the 60 member-assem-
bly in the 2018 polls.
Though the state’s
ruling NPP has been a
member of BJP-led Na-
tional Democratic Par-
ty, their relations have
been far from smooth.
MLAs Bendict Marak, Himalya Muktan, Ferlinc A Sangma and Samuel
Sangma join BJP in presence of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Nitish Kumar blames BJP
for hooch tragedy in Bihar
First India Bureau
Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
on Wednesday blamed
the opposition Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
for the loss of lives in
the state due to con-
sumption of liquor.
Losing his cool while
speaking in the Assem-
bly
, the Janata Dal-Unit-
ed leader said: “You
(BJP MLAs) are respon-
sible for the hooch trag-
edies in Bihar. We all
know that you are doing
the dirty work. I parted
ways with you… and it
was my good decision.
Youaretalkinginfavour
of liquor in Bihar. It
would not be tolerated.”
A ruckus was wit-
nessed in the Assembly
on Wednesday over the
loss of lives in Saran
due to consumption of
spurious liquor.
The death toll has
risen to 17 on Wednes-
day. Five of them died
on Tuesday night and 12
others passed away at a
hospital on Wednesday
.
The condition of five
others are said to be crit-
ical. The incident was
reported from Mashra-
kh and Isuapur village.
CM Nitish Kumar screams at BJP MLAs during the State Assembly session when Leader of Opposition
Vijay Sinha questions state govt’s liquor ban in wake of deaths that happened due to spurious liquor.
You are talking
in favour of liquor
in Bihar: Bihar Chief
Minister to BJP MLAs
Nitish Kumar
told his former
alliance partner that it
would not be tolerated
SHARABI HO TUM: NITISH
KUMAR SCREAMS AT BJP MLAs
Saran: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on
Wednesday lost his cool in the state
assembly when leaders of the Opposition
BJP attacked his govt
over several deaths due to
sp urious liquor in Saran
district’s Chhapra area.
As Leader of Opposition
Vijay Kumar Sinha ques-
tioned the state’s liquor
ban policy since 2016.
Nitish Kumar lost his temper in the House
and screamed at the BJP MLAs ‘’Sharabi
ho gaye ho tum...(you are drunk)”.
HIS TIME IS OVER: SUSHIL MODI
OVER CM’S “SHARABI” COMMENT
New Delhi: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil
Kumar Modi reacted strongly at Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar’s ‘sharabi’ statement
made in the Bihar As-
sembly today. “The tenure
of Nitish Kumar is over. He
has lost his memory. He
calls Prashant Kishor and
BJP MLAs as ‘tu’, ‘tum’. It
happened earlier as well.
He loses his temper very
often now. But his disposition was not like
this before,” said the former Deputy Chief
Minister of Bihar to ANI.
‘GOVT WILL TAKE STRICT
ACTION AGAINST ACCUSED’
Patna: Bihar excise Minister Sunil Kumar
on Wednesday “confirmed” six people
have died after allegedly consuming
spurious liquor in the
Chhapra area of Bihar’s
Saran district. Bihar
minister “vowed’ that
govt would take “strict
action” against culprits
responsible for deaths.
“Process of filling an
FIR is underway. I have spoken over the
phone with SP. He confirmed the death of
six people so far.
BIHAR CM SHOULD RECONSIDER
PROHIBITION POLICY: GIRIRAJ
New Delhi: Bihar BJP leaders, including
Union minister Giriraj Singh, on Wednes-
day asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
to reconsider prohibition
policy in the state, claim-
ing that it has failed with
illegal sale of spurious
liquor causing frequent
deaths and rise in crimes
linked to it. Singh told
reporters outside Parlia-
ment that Kumar should convene an
all-party meeting on the issue and take a
decision accordingly.
Congress is worried about
Amethi and Rae Bareli
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: The two
traditional Lok Sabha
seats of Gandhis - Am-
ethi and Rae Bareli - are
a majro cause of worry
for the grandold party
and the party’s first
family - Gandhi family.
These seats have been
held by the family for
decades but in the last
election BJP’s Smriti
Irani defeated Rahul
Gandhi in Amethi seat.
Rahul’s team had an
idea of this in advance,
so he contested from the
Wayanad seat in Kerala,
from where he is now an
MP. Therefore, now the
big question is whether
Rahul Gandhi will con-
test from Amethi this
time or not? If he fights,
will he fight from only
one seat or will we fight
from both Amethi and
Wayanad seats?
Keep in mind that no
member of the Nehru-
Gandhi family has lost
two consecutive elec-
tions. Indira Gandhi was
also defeated from Rae
Bareli, then won from
Chikmagalur in the by-
election and did not lose
again after that. Sonia
Gandhi has not lost any
election. Rahul has also
beencontestingelections
since 2004 and lost from
Amethi for the first time
in2019.Sothefamilycan-
not take the risk that he
contests rom Amethi
again and loses. The cur-
rent situation in Uttar
Pradesh is not very good
for the Congress. The
BJPisridingonthewave
of HindutvaandtheCon-
gress and the first family
have also left both the re-
gions. On the other hand
BJP and Smriti Irani are
active in both the areas.
As far as Rae Bareli is
concerned, it is almost
certain that Sonia Gan-
dhi will not contest the
elections this time. Her
health is also not good
andafterleavingthepost
of Congress President,
sheisalmostinastateof
retirement. Even if she
hastobecomeanMP
,she
will go to Rajya Sabha
like Sharad Pawar. That
is why it is believed that
this time Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra can contest
from Sonia’s seat. Con-
gress is still confident
about that seat but the
partyisnottooconfident
about Amethi.
It is certain that BJP
will try to make a big
fight on both these seats.
Evenif PriyankaandRa-
hul contest poll or only
Priyanka contests, the
party will try to corner
her and some renowned
andaggressivecandidate
willbefieldedsothatPri-
yanka can be surround-
ed in her own area.
Sonia Gandhi with party leader Rahul Gandhi takes part in the
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Mandya. —FILE PHOTO
RAHUL GANDHI WILL CONTEST 2024 LS
POLL FROM AMETHI, CLAIMS AJAY RAI
Amethi: Rahul Gandhi would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections again from Amethi with which the Nehru-Gan-
dhi family has old ties, Uttar Pradesh Congress leader
Ajay Rai claimed on Wednesday. Rai, the regional head of
the party in UP, also said that it is his appeal to the people
of Amethi to send Rahul Gandhi to Delhi by electing him
as an MP again with a huge margin. “The Gandhi-Nehru
family has old relations with Amethi...no one can weaken
it. Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi in 2024,” Rai
told reporters here. There has been no word from the
party so far on the former Congress president fighting
the next parliamentary elections again from Amethi. Ra-
hul Gandhi, who had won the Amethi parliamentary seat
for three times in a row, was defeated by BJP leader and
Union minister Smriti Irani in 2019 elections.
SUKHU’S ELEVATION A SIGN OF
CHANGING TIMES IN CONGRESS?
Mahesh Sharma
Shimla: Sukhvinder
Singh Sukhu becoming
the Chief Minister in
Himachal Pradesh is a
big deal for the Con-
gress in many respects.
He is the first such lead-
er who was made the
state president by Rahul
Gandhi and has now be-
come the Chief Minis-
ter. Keep in mind that
when the Congress par-
ty was in power at the
center, Rahul Gandhi
promoted many leaders.
He made many young
leaders ministers in the
center. But barring a
few exceptions, all the
youths were sons of one
or the other prominent
leader. Many of them
conducted major fraud
with Rahul and Con-
gress. Rahul also made
many young leaders as
state presidents, but
many of them also
cheated. However, no
member of his youth
team had yet become
the chief minister.
Sukhuisthefirstlead-
er who was made the
President of Himachal
Pradesh by Rahul Gan-
dhi despite opposition
from the old leaders of
the party and now he
has become the Chief
Minister. Rahul had giv-
en Sukhu a go-ahead de-
spite opposition from
the then Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh. Was
made the president in
2013. Also worth noting
is the fact that Sukhu
does not come from a po-
litical family
. He is the
son of a simple bus driv-
er. Barring two or three
exceptions, Rahul has
always promoted and
been cheated by mem-
bers of big political fam-
ilies. So, now there is a
new beginning. Instead
of people coming from
well-known political dy-
nasties and rich fami-
lies,peoplefromhumble
background have start-
ed going to higher posi-
tions in Congress and
this can be a good sign
for Congress.
Himachal Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administers the
oath of office to Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as the CM. —FILE PHOTO
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin’s
son Udhayanidhi sworn
in as Cabinet Minister
Chennai (ANI): Tamil
Nadu CM MK Stalin’s
son Udhayanidhi Stalin
was on Wednesday
sworn in as a cabinet
minister in the state.
Udhayanidhi was ad-
ministered the oath by
Governor RN Ravi at
Durbar Hall in Raj
Bhavan. Udhayanidhi
took oath in presence of
CM Stalin. He has been
given the Youth Welfare
andSportsDevelopment
Portfolio. After taking
charge,Udayanidhipaid
respectstoformerTamil
Nadu CM the Late CN
Annadurai. “I thanked
and congratulated the
ever-leading Hon’ble
Chief Minister @mksta-
lin for giving me the op-
portunity to participate
in the Dravidian model
govt cabinet that imple-
ments social justice pro-
grams and protects the
welfare of Tamils,”
tweeted Udhayanidhi.
TN Guv RN Ravi with TN Chief
Minister MK Stalin presents a
bouquet to Udhayanidhi Stalin.
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New Delhi (ANI): Re-
plying to a written ques-
tion in the Lok Sabha
Union Minister Jiten-
dra Singh on Wednes-
day said that ISRO has
taken initiatives for fea-
sibility studies on mis-
sions to Venus.
“Union Minister of
State Science Technol-
ogy; Earth Sciences;
Atomic Energy and
Space,DrJitendraSingh
on Wednesday informed
that ISRO has taken
initiatives for feasibil-
ity studies on mis-
sions to Venus as
well as Aeronomy
studies,” read an
officialstatement
by the Union De-
partment of
Space. The term
a e r o n o m y,
coined and introduced
about60yearsago,refers
to the scientific study of
the upper atmospheric
regions of the Earth and
other solar system bod-
ies. It covers the chemis-
try
,dynamicsandenergy
balance of both neutral
and charged particles.
“Both these missions
are being conceptual-
ized and the scientific
scopes are being deliber-
atednationallywithpar-
ticipation of science
community
,”saidSingh.
Earlier on Tuesday,
Union Agricultural
minister Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar and MoS Dr
Jitendra Singh for-
mally released
the data prod-
ucts and ser-
vices of RI-
SAT-1A sat-
ellite for the
user com-
munity, as
per an of-
ficial press
release.
New Delhi (ANI):
Ahead o f the beginning
of the day’s proceedings
inParliament,Leaderof
OppositioninRajyaSab-
ha Mallikarjun
Kharge on Wednesday
convenedameetingwith
leaders of opposition
partiestodiscusstheDe-
cember 9 faceoff be-
tween Indian and Chi-
nese troops along the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) in Arunachal.
On Tuesday, both
Houses were rocked by
the issue with the Op-
position staging a walk-
out after Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh made
a statement in Lok Sab-
ha and Rajya Sabha on
the Tawang clash. “A
total of 17 parties at-
tended today’s meeting
and decided to raise the
issue for discussion if
not allowed it has been
decided that parties
will walk out from the
house,” a leader said.
Hyderabad: The Tel-
angana Congress has
given a call to protest
the arrest of several of
its leaders over alleged
derogatory posts
against Telangana CM
K Chandrasekhar Rao
and the ruling state
government. As per po-
lice, Hyderabad Cyber
Crime Department con-
ducted searches at the
office of Sunil Kanu-
golu, who is working
for Congress as a politi-
cal strategist in Telan-
gana. The Cyber Crime
police said that it had
on Tuesday night con-
ducted a raid on the
party’s war room and
seized several comput-
ers. “We have regis-
tered five FIRs based on
five different com-
plaints for allegedly
making derogatory re-
marks on social media
against the opposition
party,” said KVM Pras-
ad, (Cyber Crime ACP).
New Delhi (ANI):
Congress MP has
given the notice to
move an adjournment
motion in the Lok Sab-
ha today
, to discuss the
police raids at the war
room of party poll
strategist Sunil Kanu-
goluinHyderabad.The
Telangana Congress
also gave a call to pro-
test against the arrest
of itsseveralleadersby
the Telangana police.
Police conducted raids
on Tuesday nighwt at
Congress Poll Strate-
gist Sunil Kanugolu.
Police also arrested
five persons by raiding
the Congress’ war
room in Jubilee Hills
on Tuesday night. The
Cyber Crime police
raided the Congress
War room on Tuesday
night and seized com-
puters. A call has been
giventoprotestagainst
the house arrest of the
Congress leaders.
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI has booked three
Jalgaon-based jewel-
lery companies for al-
leged loan fraud of over
Rs 352 crore in the State
Bank of India, officials
said on Wednesday
.
In three separate
FIRs,theCBIhasnamed
Rajmal Lakhichand
Jewellers Pvt Ltd, RL
Gold Pvt Ltd, and Man-
raj Jewellers Pvt Ltd,
and their promoters-di-
rectors-guarantors —
Ishwarlal Shankarlal
Jain Lalwani, Manish
Ishwarlal Jain Lalwani,
Pushadevi Ishwarlal
Jain Lalwani and Nee-
tika Manish Jain Lal-
wani — as accused.
According to the SBI
complaint to the Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI), Rajmal
Lakhichand Jewellers
caused a loss of Rs
206.73 crore, RL Gold Rs
69.19 crore loss and
Manraj Jewellers Rs
76.57 crore to the bank.
The three companies
allegedly transacted
business with their as-
sociate firm Rajmal
Lakhichand, the largest
debtor among the four
companies. They also
involved three named
in the FIRs — Rajmal
Lakhichand Jewellers
Pvt Ltd, RL Gold Pvt
Ltd, and Manraj Jewel-
lers Pvt Ltd.
The purchase and
sale of all four compa-
nies were primarily
routed through Rajmal
Lakhichand, the SBI
has alleged.
The accounts of the
FIR-named companies
show payments made to
Rajmal Lakhichand for
purchases, but they
said that receivables for
products sold to it are
shown as outstanding.
1 HELD WITH 30 KG
‘MALANA CREAM’
WORTH `18 CRORE
New Delhi (Agencies):
Delhi Police’s Special
Cell has arrested a drug
trafficker and seized 30 kg
malana cream, also known
as ‘hashish’, valued Rs 18
crore from his possession
in Alipur in the national
capital. The accused was
identified as Rajesh Kumar,
30, a resident of Khanna
Khurd near Ludhiana in
Punjab. With the arrest
of the drug trafficker, the
Delhi Police’s Special Cell
on Wednesday claimed to
have unearthed an inter-
state syndicate involved in
smuggling drugs in Delhi
and its peripherals.
FREAK ACCIDENT:
KERALA MAN DIES
AFTER COCONUT HIT
Thiruvananthapuram: A
man in Kerala’s Kozhikode
died on Wednesday after
being hit on the head by
a coconut falling from a
roadside tree. The victim
Muneer, 49, worked in
Saudi Arabia, but had
come home to attend
to his father who was
unwell and admitted to a
hospital. On Tuesday after
being with his ailing father,
Muneer was driving back
home on his two-wheel-
er when the incident
occurred. Even though he
was taken to a hospital
quickly, he breathed his
last early on Wednesday.
MINOR GANG-RAPED IN KARNATAKA DIST, 4
ARRESTED INCLUDING AN UNDERAGE
Hassan (Agencies): Four persons, including a minor, have
been arrested for gang-raping a minor girl in Karnataka’s
Hassan district, police said on Wednesday. Charges under
the Pocso, IPC and prevention of atrocity act have been
slapped on the accused, identified as Sudarshan, Swagath,
Papanna and a minor boy. According to police, the incident
had taken place in a village under the Sakaleshpur Rural
police station limits. The accused had lured the 13-year-old
girl to an isolated place and raped her. After the crime, the
accused had threatened the girl not to say anything and
behaved in the village as if nothing had happened.
CRUCIAL READ
SPECIAL TASK FORCE OF ODISHA’S CRIME
BRANCH ARRESTS ONE WITH TIGER SKIN
Bhubaneswar (Agencies): The special task force (STF) of
Odisha crime branch on Wednesday seized one tiger skin
and arrested one person in this connection, an official said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of STF conducted a raid with
the help of forest officials of Baripada forest division early
morning near Belpal Chhak under Udala police station in
Mayurbhanj district. The officials seized a Royal Bengal
tiger skin and arrested a wildlife criminal Debasish Patra
alias Sibu, of Musakhai village of Mayurbhanj district. In
this connection, the STF has registered a case under rele-
vant sections of IPC and Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 to get ticket to Final
Al Daayen (ANI): Ju-
lian Alvarez’s brace
and Lionel Messi’s goal
help Argentina beat
Croatia 3-0 here at Lu-
sail Stadium to enter
the final of the FIFA
World Cup 2022.
Midfielder Leandro
Paredes and defender
Nicolas Tagliafico were
brought into Argenti-
na’s starting line-up.
Croatia started off ag-
gressively getting a cor-
ner in the 16th minute
where Dejan Lovren’s
header from a difficult
angle on the left was too
high with the help of
Josip Juranovic’s cross.
Lionel Scaloni’s men
made their first aggres-
sive move in the 25th
minute when Enzo Fer-
nandez’s right footed
shot from outside the
box was saved in the
bottom right corner
coming from the assist
of Alexis Mac Allister.
In the 32nd minute,
Dominik Livakovic of
Croatia conceded a pen-
alty corner. Livakovic
and Kovacic both got
yellow cards and in the
34th minute Messi con-
verted it to give Argen-
tina a 1-0 lead
This appearance was
Lionel Messi’s 25th
equalling Lothar Mat-
thaus’ record in FIFA
World Cup.
In the 39th minute,
the Argentines doubled
their lead as Julian
Alvarez scored a goal to
give his side a 2-0 lead.
Argentine scored al-
most for the third time
when Messi’s cross
helped Alexis Mac Al-
lister take a header
from the left side of the
six-yard box to save in
the centre of the goal.
FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
Argentina’s Julián Álvarez in action during the match against
Croatia in semi-final of FIFA World Cup, in Lusail on Wednesday.
During the match, Argentina had only
39 per cent of possession while 2018
champions Croatia had 61 per cent
Jio 5G services launched in
MP from Mahakaal temple
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Jio on
Wednesday started its
5G services in Madhya
Pradesh by dedicating
the high-speed services
from the holy shrine of
Mahakaleshwar Jyotir-
linga and Shri Ma-
hakaal Mahalok. MP
CM Shivraj Singh Chou-
han launched the high-
speed telecom services
at an event, a statement
by Jio said. After the
launch, Jio demonstrat-
ed the immersive bene-
fits of 5G in the field of
healthcare, through Jio
Community Clinic med-
ical kit, and the revolu-
tionary AR-VR device,
Jio Glass, the statement
said. These benefits will
bring transformational
changes in the lives of
the people in Madhya
Pradesh, it said.
Jewelleryfirmsbookedfor`352crfraud
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
“Feasibility studies on for Venus missions”
Science Technology, Earth Sciences, Space MoS Jitendra Singh tells Lok Sabha that ISRO took initiatives studies in this regard
Opposition leaders meet in Kharge’s
chambers before start of day’s Session
T’gana Cong calls for protest after cops
raidpollstrategist’sofficeinHyderabad
CongMPmovesadjournmentmotion
todiscussraidsatKanugolu’soffice
NIA has registered 497
cases till Dec 2: MoS Rai
New Delhi (Agencies):
MoS (Home Affairs)
Nityanand Rai on
Wednesday told the
Rajya Sabha that the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) has reg-
istered a total of 497
cases till December 2
this year, including the
Coimbatore blast. He
said that an increase
in the cases had been
recorded in the recent
years. Rai in a written
reply said that from
2019 to 2022, judge-
ment in 67 NIA cases
was pronounced by
the court, of which 65
resulted in conviction
and 2 in acquittal. Cit-
ing reasons for the rise
in cases, Rai said: “The
reason for the increase
in cases over the years
is due to enhanced ca-
pacity of NIA with the
establishment of new
branch offices, expan-
sion of its mandate in
2019 by the inclusion
of certain offences
related to human traf-
ficking, manufacture
or sale of prohibited
arms, cyber-terrorism
and the Explosive
Substances Act, 1908
in the schedule of
National Investigation
Agency Act, 2008.”
20 NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS TO BE COMMISSIONED IN
COUNTRY BY 2031: MoS JITENDRA SINGH’S WRITTEN REPLY
New Delhi (PTI): India
plans to commission
20 nuclear power plants
by 2031, adding nearly
15,000 MW in power
generating capacity, the
government told the Lok
Sabha on Wednesday. The
first of these 20 nuclear
power plants, a 700 MW
unit, is expected to be
commissioned in 2023 at
Kakrapar in Gujarat, which
already has three atomic
power generating units
operational. According to a
written reply by MoS in the
PMO Jitendra Singh, the
500 MW Prototype Fast
Breeder Reactor at Kalpa-
kkam is likely to be opera-
tional in 2024, followed
by two 1,000 MW units at
Kudankulam in 2025. Two
700 MW units at Rawatb-
hata in Rajasthan are likely
to be completed by 2026,
while another two 1,000
MW units are likely to be
completed at Kudankulam
by 2027, he said. Two 700
MW units are expected to
be completed at Gorakhpur
in Haryana by 2029, the
minister said listing out
details of projects under
consideration. In addition,
government had accorded
administrative approvals
and financial sanctions for
building 10 atomic power
units of 700 MW each at
Gorakhpur, Haryana (units
34), Kaiga, Karnataka
(units 56), Chutka, Mad-
hya Pradesh (units 12)
and four units at Mahi
Banswara in Rajasthan.
NO FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
‘BHARAT RATNA’ NECESSARY: RAI
New Delhi (ANI): MoS
Nityanand Rai told Lok
Sabha that the decisions
regarding Bharat Ratna
award are taken from
time to time and no for-
mal recommendations
for this Award are neces-
sary. He was replying to
the query of BJP leader
Bhagirath Choudhary
who had asked if there is
a set criterion for confer-
ring ‘Bharat Ratna’, the
date on which ‘Bharat
Ratna’ award was
started and whether the
govt proposes to confer
the award on various
brave freedom fighters.
“Bharat Ratna, the
country’s highest civilian
Award was instituted
on January 2, 1954. All
persons without distinc-
tion of race, occupation,
position or sex are
eligible for this Award. It
is awarded in recognition
of exceptional service/
performance of the high-
est order in any field of
human endeavour. The
decisions regarding the
award of Bharat Ratna
are taken from time to
time. No formal recom-
mendations for this
Award are necessary,”
MoS Rai answered.
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Jaipur: Ajmer Car-
riage Factory has been
awarded the first prize
for energy conservation
in the Large Industrial
U n i t - G o v e r n m e n t
Building category by
the Government of In-
dia on Energy Conser-
vation Day
. Energy Con-
servation Day is ob-
served on December 14
every year. The award
was presented by the
President of India,
Droupadi Murmu, to Vi-
jay Sharma, GM, North
Western Railway and
Amitabh, Principal
Chief Mechanical Engi-
neer. Giving informa-
tion, Chief Public Rela-
tions Officer of North
Western Railway Cap-
tain Shashi Kiran said
that on the guidelines of
Vijay Sharma is contin-
uously taking positive
steps to strengthen the
environment along with
energy conservation.
Inthis,moreandmore
eco-friendly sources are
being used in place of
traditional resources.
Solar power plants of
192.23kWpcapacityhave
beeninstalledonthecar-
riage and loco adminis-
trative building of the
Ajmer factory in the ses-
sion 2021-22.
Ajmer Carriage Factory gets award
ENERGY CONSERVATION
Nat’l Energy Conservation Day:
Raj gets ‘Certificate of Merit’
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan has
been awarded “Certifi-
cate of Merit” by the
Energy Efficiency Bu-
reau of the Ministry of
Power under “National
Energy Conservation
Award 2022” for effi-
cient use of resources
for energy conservation
and energy saving.
Union Minister for
Power RK Singh pre-
sented the award to
Anil Dhaka, Managing
Director of Rajasthan
Akshay Urja Nigam at a
national level function
at Vigyan Bhawan in
New Delhi on Wednes-
day
.
Principal Secretary-
Energy Bhaskar A.
Sawant Congratulating
the team of Rajasthan
Akshay Urja Nigam on
the occasion. He said
that promoting energy
efficiency is the priori-
ty of the department.
The Chairman of Ra-
jasthan Renewable En-
ergy Corporation Ashu-
tosh A. T. Pednekar said
that the award is given
every year by the Union
Ministry of Power for
the excellent work done
for energy conservation
in industry, building,
municipal, traffic, agri-
culture and power
transmission and this
year Rajasthan gets it.
Vasuundhara Raje@
VasundharaBJP
Our BJP govern-
ment in Rajasthan
had set new re-
cords by increasing
solar power gen-
eration by 240%
and wind power
generation by 60%.
On the occasion
of National Energy
Conservation Day,
let us all resolve to
conserve energy
and participate in
building a New
India.
Bhanwar Singh Bhati addressing during National Energy Conservation Award 2022 in Jaipur.
NAT’L ENERGY CONSERVATION AWARDS
Award was given
for efficient use of
resources for energy
conservation
RAJSICO makes
`5.27 cr profit in
21-22, highest ever
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Small Industries Corpo-
ration has earned a re-
cord profit of Rs 5.27
crore in the year 2021-
22, which is the highest
since the establishment
of the corporation, RA-
JSICO Chairman Rajiv
Arora said.
He said that the profit
shows that industrial
policies of the state gov-
ernment have started
showing their effect.
Arora was address-
ing 61st Annual Gener-
al Meeting of RAJSICO
on Wednesday. He said
that every organization
can earn better profit,
provided there is posi-
tive thinking and effec-
tive policies. He said
that the Gehlot govern-
ment is making contin-
uous efforts for the up-
liftment of small scale
industries.
“Even better results
will be seen in the com-
ing time,” he said.
Industries commis-
sioner Mahendra Ku-
mar Parakh, MD Ra-
jasthan Finance Corpo-
ration Shakti S Rathore,
MD RAJSICO Dr. Mani-
sha Arora, Joint Secre-
taries Finance Arun
Hasija, Deepak Khan-
delwal were present.
Rajiv Arora chairing 61st AGM of RAJSICO on Wednesday.
6 people lose
lives in separate
accidents in Raj
Wait over! Tender of `311.37 crore
forexpansionofJodhpurairportissued
First India Bureau
Kota/Barmer/Dun-
garpur: A speeding car,
after losing control,
overturned in Kota on
Wednesday, killing at
least two persons. The
incident happened in
Tathed, which is situ-
ated in Kota District.
Twopersonswerekilled
on the spot while the
two injured were
rushed to a hospital in
Kota unconscious. In
another incident in
Barmer, a father and
son lost their lives in a
road accident on
Wednesday in Bhimda
village of the Nagana
area of the district. The
deceased have been
identified Bheraj Ram
(51) and Ashok. A speed-
ing Bolero hit the bike.
Another accident hap-
pened in Chaurasi,
Dungarpur, two bikes
collided face to face on
Piola road near the Kua
police station area of
the district on Tuesday
night. Both the bike rid-
ers died on the spot.
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: Long wait
for the expansion of
Jodhpur airport is over
now. With the efforts of
Union Jal Shakti Min-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, Airport
Authority
of India
has issued
a tender
worth Rs
311.37 crore
for the ex-
pansion works of the
airport.
The expansion will
be in 49 acres and is
scheduled to be com-
pleted in one and a half
years. Thirteen aircraft
will be able to stand to-
gether in the apron area
after the expansion
work is done.
Terminal building,
ancillary building like
sub station, AC plant
room, pump room, car
parking, multilevel car
parking, aircraft park-
ing base, apron control
tower, CSE area are to
be constructed at Jodh-
pur airport.
The existing termi-
nal building will be ex-
panded and a new ter-
minal building will be
constructed.
MPs ask for restart of train stoppages,
withdrawreservationquotaforconverts
‘India must teach China, a
lesson like Balakot’
Staff Selection Board to recruit
48,000 teachers by next year
Jaipur (PTI): India
should teach China a
“lesson like Balakot”,
Spiritual head of Ajmer
Dargah Zainul Abedin
Ali Khan has said,
days after troops from
the two countries
clashed along the Line
of Actual Control in Ta-
wang sector of AP.
“China keeps trying
to infiltrate the Indian
border every day, there
are reports of clashes
with Indian soldiers, we
are proud that our
brave soldiers do not let
them succeed,” Khan
said in a statement on
Tuesday
.
“To put an end to
these daily nefarious
acts of China, it is nec-
essary that India should
teach China a lesson
like Balakot,” he added.
On February 26, 2019,
Indian Air Force fighter
jets crossed the LoC and
destroyed terror launch
pads in Balakot in Pak.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The wait of
lakhs of candidates of
Rajasthan is over as the
Staff Selection Board
has released the sched-
ule of Teacher Recruit-
ment Examination for
48,000 posts.
More than 8 lakh
candidates will appear
in the main examina-
tion. For this, the appli-
cation process will
start from December 21
and run till January 19.
At the same time, the
recruitment examina-
tion will be organized
from 25 February to 28
February.
On September 26,
2021, the government
had canceled the REET
Level-2 held on 15,000
posts after the paper
was leaked.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MP Ghan-
shyam Tiwari has been
quite vocal about ener-
gy conservation. Ghan-
shyam Tiwari spoke
during the considera-
tion and passage of the
Energy Conservation
Amendment Bill 2022.
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena
also attracted the atten-
tion. Meena demanded
that a large number of
scheduled caste people
are being converted to
Christianity. Reserva-
tion benefits of such
convertedpeopleshould
be withdrawn.
Raising issue of stop-
page of trains in front
of Union Railway Min
Ashwini Vaishnav, MP
Diya Kumari said dur-
ing Corona period, halts
of trains at railway sta-
tions of Rajsamand par-
liamentary constituen-
cy were stopped for se-
curity reasons. At pre-
sent, they need resum-
ing. Apart from this,
she asked for operation
of Salasar Express.
(L) Kirodi Lal Meena (R) Diya Kumari speaking during the session.
MLSU Students’ Union prez in
custody for slapping employee
First India Bureau
Udaipur: In Mohanlal
Sukhadia University,
the atmosphere heated
up after the Central Stu-
dents Union President
Kuldeep Singh Su-
wawat slapped an em-
ployee of the university
on Wednesday
. Angered
by the act, all the uni-
versity employees sat
on a dharna.
The workers were
adamant about de-
manding action against
the student union presi-
dent and the person ac-
companying him. Here,
the police reached the
spot and tried to pacify
the matter.
Pratap Nagar police
station took employee
Nagendra and student
union president Kul-
deep to the police sta-
tion for questioning af-
ter the complaint.
Later, VC, employees
returned to work.
University employees sitting on a dharna on Wednesday.
SEEKING BLESSINGS
Governor Kalraj Mishra and his wife Satyavati Mishra on Wednesday offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath and Sankat
Mochan Hanuman temples in Varanasi and prayed for prosperity of the State and the nation.
BRIEF
in
in
WOMAN BEATEN
TO DEATH BY
HUSBAND
Bundi: A wife was
beaten to death by
her husband in the
district. On receiv-
ing the information,
the Basoli police
reached the spot
took the body of the
deceased married
woman in custody
and collected evi-
dence from the spot
with the help of
FSL team. The hair
uprooted from the
head has also been
recovered.
COUPLE DIE BY
SUICIDE, CALLED
THEIR SON LAST
Kota: Troubled by
debt, a couple died
by suicide in the
city. Before commit-
ting suicide, both
had a word with
their son and then
took their lives by
consuming poison.
At present, police
are investigating the
whole matter. The
police are collecting
information from
the people in the
neighbourhood.
The incident took
place in the RK
puram police sta-
tion area of the city.
Before the suicide,
husband and wife
called son.
Jodhpur airport. —FILE PHOTO
MPs from Rajasthan
were speaking at the
Parliament’s Winter
Session on Wednesday
President Droupadi Murmu addressing the National Energy
Conservation Day celebrations, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi
on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
9. Put a voice to your fear- Move
those shadows to the sunlit
windows and release them.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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First India Bureau
New Delhi: RTDC
ChairmanDharmendra
Rathore met Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla and
Union Railway Minis-
ter Ashwini Vaishnaw
and other officials dur-
ing his Delhi visit on
Wednesday
.
He also met Arvind Sin-
gh, Secretary, Depart-
ment of Tourism (GOI),
Kamalvardhan Rao,
CMD, ITDC and DG
Tourism Department,
Siddharth Mahajan,
Secretary, LS Speaker,
Rajeev Dutta Senior
OSD to Lok Sabha
Speaker, Gyan Bhush-
an, Senior Economic
Advisor, Department of
Tourism and Rohit Ku-
mar Singh Secretary,
Consumer Affairs.
Dhiraj Srivastava, the
Chairman of Rajasthan
Foundation, also ac-
companied Rathore.
The RTDC chairman
met the Railway Minis-
ter regarding the issue
related to the Taragarh
Fort in Ajmer.
Earlier, Rathore had
written a letter to the
Railway Minister say-
ing that a quarter under
the Railways in Ajmer
is lying vacant and
RTDC wants to use that
for the convenience of
tourists.
Rathore meets Vaishnaw,
Birla and others in New Delhi
Raghuram Rajan: India witnessing
a new kind of green revolution
Ziauddin Khan, Dinesh
Tiwari, Sandeep Goyal and
Lokesh Tatwal
Sawai Madhopur: For-
mer governor of Re-
serve Bank of India
Raghuram Rajan who
joined Rahul Gandhi’s
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on
Wednesday said that the
country is also having a
new kind of green revo-
lution which is in sus-
tainability, emission,
and India can be on fore-
front in building wind-
mills, making buildings
green looking at the
challenge of climate
change.
On Gandhi’s point
that 4-5 industrialists
are getting richer, the
rest of the country is
behind, a set of indus-
trialists have a separate
‘Hindustan’ while the
farmersandothershave
another ‘Hindustan’,
Rajan said that this is a
big problem but it is not
about capitalists.
He also appreciated
Rahul Gandhi’s move of
Bharat Jodo Yatra say-
ing that ‘Bharat ko Jod-
na hai’. Rajan said that
the income of the upper
middle class increased
because they could
work from home during
the pandemic but those
who worked in factories
lost earning because
they could not earn.
“So this divide in-
creased in the pandem-
ic. Rich had no prob-
lem, the lower class
got ration and other
things but the lower
middle class had a big
damage. There were
no jobs, unemploy-
ment increased,” he
said. He suggested that
policy should be made
while considering
such a class.
Rajan also suggested
that a conducive envi-
ronment and factors are
needed for small and
medium scale indus-
tries to grow bigger.
On investment in the
stock market by people
less informed, Rajan
said that consumer pro-
tection should be there
so that they can know
their rights.
Gandhi said that
when there is hatred
everywhere in the
world, India can show
the path. “This is our
culture, history and
strength,” he said.
Yogesh Sharma
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: With no action
being taken on the ‘re-
bellion’ of three Con-
gress leaders even
though a notice was
served to them, Con-
gress National General
Secretary KC Venugo-
pal,clarifiedonWednes-
day that no clean chit
has been given to Minis-
ters Shanti Dhariwal,
Mahesh Joshi and
RTDC Chairman Dhar-
mendra Rathore so far.
“The inquiry is pending
with the Congress Dis-
ciplinary Committee
and the party has not
decided anything on
that issue yet. We are
considering that right
now,” said KC Venugo-
pal, who reached Jaipur
at around 2.30 pm on
Wednesday and spoke
to the media at Jaipur
airport.
“I have come to par-
ticipate in the Bharat
Jodo Yatra which is get-
ting a good response in
Rajasthan,” he said.
Notably, Venugopal left
for Sawai Madhopur
along with Congress
spokesperson Sandeep
Choudhary
.
It is clear from the
statement of KC Venu-
gopal, who is called the
‘eyes and ears’ of Rahul
Gandhi, that the Con-
gress High Command is
is adopting the policy of
“wait and watch” on the
statements of the three
leaders. The episode of
Ajay Maken’s letter is
also said to be one of
the reasons behind the
delay in the decision,
although it is a differ-
ent matter that the
Sachin Pilot camp had
pressed for action
against the three lead-
ers. The three leaders
had said in their reply
that parallel meeting
were not held and min-
isters and MLAs had
gathered to meet in case
of no confidence.
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: Gaurav
Vallabh has been elect-
ed unopposed to the
post of President of
Dungarpur District
Cricket Association.
The elections for the
Executive Committee
of District Cricket As-
sociation Dungarpur
from 2022 to 2026 were
held on June 26 for 21
posts in which Sushil
Jain was elected unop-
posed Secretary
.
No nomination was
received for the post of
President, due to which
the post remained va-
cant.
Secretary Sushil Jain
issued notice in the
month of November for
election to the post of
President, which was
held on December 3.
Only one nomination of
Gaurav Vallabh was re-
ceived for the post of
President.
Vallabh was elected
unopposed to the post
of President of the
Cricket Association.
Rahul Gandhi along with CM Ashok Gehlot, GS Dotasra, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Danish Abrar
and Sachin Pilot walks during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Sawai Madhopur on Wednesday.
Rahul Gandhi walks with Pushpa Kanwar, the General Secretary
of Women Congress in Phalodi during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in
Sawai Madhopur on Wednesday.
Rahul Gandhi interacts
with a rural woman
during ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ as young girls
look on.
Priyanka Gandhi with Shivlal Godara during the Yatra.
Pramod Tiwari arrives
at Jaipur Airport on
Wednesday.
Gaurav Vallabh along with the
other members of Dungarpur
Cricket Association after
being elected as President on
Wednesday.
Dharmendra Rathore during his visit to New Delhi calls upon Om
Birla on Wednesday.Also seen here are Dhiraj Srivastava others.
KC Venugopal interacts with the media at Jaipur Airport on
Wednesday. Also seen here is Sandeep Singh Choudhary.
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
BJY GARNERING
EXCELLENT
SUPPORT: TIWARI
CM SUKHU IN
JAIPUR TODAY
BIG CHANGES IN
STATE CONGRESS
LIKELY AFTER YATRA
SHIVLAL GODARA MEETS PRIYANKA DURING
BJY, DISCUSSES ORGANISATIONAL ISSUES
❍ HIGHLIGHTS
Former Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot said on
India-China border dis-
pute that, “The Centre
should discuss this is-
sue by taking the oppo-
sition into confidence,”
adding, “The entire
nation is standing with
govt on this issue, but
how will we move for-
ward without bringing
transparency. The Cen-
tre should discuss with
truthfulness. If China
wants to encroach the
border, then it should be
given a befitting reply,”
he said.
Large number of people
from nearby villages
welcomed the yatris.
Representatives of
All Investors Safety
Organisation, mainly
representing chit fund
victims, a group of
minorities from Raj
walked with Rahul.
Sawai Madhopur: Sachin
Rao, CWC member
chairman of Congress
Training Dept,
is walking
barefoot with
Rahul Gandhi
in Bharat
Jodo Yatra.
In a special
conversation
with First India in Sawai
Madhopur, Rao said, “More
Yatras will be taken out in
the coming days, but the
credit for those Yatras will be
given to Rahul’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra,” he said. It is said that
the idea of Bharat Jodo Yatra
was given by Rao to Rahul
Gandhi. Rao, a Gandhian
leader, is considered close to
the Gandhi family.
RS MP Pramod Tiwari
reached Jaipur
from Delhi. In a special
conversation with First
India News at airport,
Tiwari said that BJY is
garnering excellent sup-
port from everywhere.
The way BJP has spread
hatred in the country,
Rahul Gandhi’s yatra
will prove effective to
end it it should not be
linked with elections.
Newly appointed-
CM of Himachal
Pradesh Sukhwinder
Singh Sukhu will
reach Jaipur today
by helicopter. He
will meet CM Ashok
Gehlot. Sukhu will
visit Dausa on Friday
to participate in the
Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Jaipur: There are subtle
signs of big change in State
Congress days to come,
which will be visible after
‘Christmas’. It is said that
Rahul Gandhi has collected
feedback during the Yatra
according to which, a “Politi-
cal Affairs Committee” will
be formed wherein veteran
leaders of Raj will be given
a place. The command of
Chairman of the Committee
will be in the hands of a sen-
ior leader this panel will
be responsible for making
outline of 2023 polls.
Shivlal Godara, General Secretary of Congress Bikaner
Rural and former Student Union President, met Congress
leader Priyanka Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednes-
day. Godara discussed about the Congress organisation and
requested to pay special attention to what is the role of each
worker in the organisation and how effective he is proving
to be in playing that role. Godara also requested to get the
work of disseminating the schemes of the government done
through the workers of the organisation, so that the workers
can always understand their liability towards the government
and keep promoting the works of the government at every
nook and corner.
RAGA’S BJY WOULD
BE CREDITED FOR ALL
FUTURE YATRAS: RAO
n RaGa’s presser has been shifted from
Dausa to PCC war room in Jpr on Dec 16
n Rajan appreciated RaGa’s move of
BJY saying that ‘Bharat ko Jodna hai’
KC, Randhawa: No
clean chit to Dhariwal,
Joshi Rathore yet
Shanti Dhariwal Dr Mahesh Joshi Dharmendra Rathore
Gaurav Vallabh is new
Dungarpur DCA Prez
FROM P1…
First India Bureau
Jaipur:IPSSatyanaray-
an Choudhary of Ra-
jasthan has made the
state proud in Maha-
rashtra as he has been
assigned an important
responsibility in Mum-
bai Police. Choudhary
has been made Joint
Commissioner Law
Order in Mumbai.
Choudhary
, a 2004 batch
IPS officer of Maha-
rashtra cadre, is a na-
tive of Binjawas village
of Churu in Rajasthan.
IPS from Raj gets
responsibility in
Maharashtra
The matter is
still pending
with Congress
President Mallikarjun
Kharge and discussion
on their reply will be
done. The party will as-
sess what damage has
been done to the Con-
gress by their state-
ments? I have spoken to
the Chief Minister and
PCC Chief in this re-
gard, and now the mat-
ter is pending with the
Disciplinary Committee
of Congress. No leader is
bigger than the party”.
—Sukhjinder S Randhawa,
State Congress in-charge
Satyanarayan Choudhary
No model of...
Chiranjeevi Yojana, Ur-
ban Employment Guar-
antee Scheme, Indira
Gandhi Rasoi Yojana
are discussed across the
country, he said.
“Apart from this,
there is no other state in
the country which has a
scheme like Udaan,
where sanitary napkins
are given free of cost to
women and girls every
month. We have opened
Mahatma Gandhi Eng-
lish medium schools
across the state, which
are being praised across
the country. Today the
children of government
schools also speak flu-
ent English,” he said.
Gehlot recalled for-
mer PM Rajiv Gandhi
and said that communi-
cation revolution is the
gift of Rajiv Gandhi.
Gehlot said that today
people in the country
discuss that there will
be no elections in the
country after 2024. “I
understand that such
things are only imagi-
nary but if this happens
then it will not be good
for the country because
this country is based on
the constitution which
is the soul of democra-
cy, he said.
He said that BJP is
doing politics in ERCP.
“In LS, 25 MPs are from
Raj even the Jal Shak-
ti Minister is also not
getting a project imple-
mented here despite be-
ing from Jodhpur. This
is a scheme related to 13
districts. We have said
before that even if the
Centre does not cooper-
ate in this scheme, the
state government will
complete this scheme at
its own level,” he said.
10. 09
his autumn and
winter in 2022,
prints are hav-
ing a moment,
whichcanmake
you hunt for
fresh patterns
to flaunt. Undoubtedly
,
animal print is always
fashionable. Addition-
ally
, you undoubtedly
alreadyhavesomeitems
in your collection that
haveflowersandstripes.
But how about a galaxy
print with a cosmic mo-
tif to raise your pattern
game?
Galaxy is an expres-
sion of digital innova-
tion that includes deep
blue and electric pinks
and is closer to violet
but often less saturated
than purple. It was in-
spired by the holo-
graphic effects of light.
The 2018 Color of the
Year represents knowl-
edge and exploration,
independence and self-
respect, creativity and
complexity, mystery
and magic. The colour
violet, which is related
to monarchy and stands
for strength, nobility,
luxury, and ambition,
blends the qualities of
blue’s stability with
red’s energy
. It conveys
luxury and elegance
and has historically
been associated with in-
trospection, spirituali-
ty and mindfulness
techniques.
Galaxy fashion has
already become a trend-
setter in today’s fashion
world. It is perfect for a
person who is into stars
and the universe.
The galaxy print
hasn’t lately taken over
your Instagram feed be-
cause it’s off the beaten
path. So it’s a welcome
change of pace to see a
poster of a dreamy con-
stellation made up of
stars and planets.
In reality, the galaxy
print has only started to
show up on the catwalk.
The runway during the
Fall 2017 Milan Fashion
Week had a galactic mo-
tif. The Ashish Spring/
Summer 2018 Ready-to-
Wear collection also
had a cosmic motif. Ad-
ditionally, the Galaxy
theme is heavily empha-
sised in these pieces
from the Zuhair Murad
Resort 2018 collection.
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
JAIPUR, THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 15, 2022
AN
IDEA
OF
TRAVELLING
THROUGH
THE
HEAVENS
AND
A
DREAMY
CONSTELLATION
PRINT
OF
STARS
AND
PLANETS.
LET’S
DIVE
INTO
THE
UNIVERSE
OF
STARS
AND
GALAXIES
WITH
CITY
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INTERVIEWS
VIEWS
CONDUCT GREAT
CONDUCT GREAT
he author is a
Jaipur-based
Communica-
tion Skills
E d u c a t o r
amp; Writ-
er) Conduct-
ing an effective, en-
gaging, informative,
immersive interview
is a task that com-
bines knowledge and
skills. It is a hugely
advantageous asset to
students, profession-
als and almost any-
one. That one may not
aspire to be a journal-
ist or reporter, talk
show host or present-
er, has nothing to do
with developing this
ability. A great inter-
viewer will always
make for a sound con-
versationalist, im-
prove his/her confi-
dence levels and al-
ways come across as a
convincing communi-
cator. So what are
these elements or pre-
requisites to becom-
ing an astute Inter-
viewer? Read on.
KARTIK BAJORIA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
RESEARCH (BASIC
SECONDARY RESEARCH
ONLINE):
Go online and search for
your interview subject (in-
terviewee). Find out as
much information as you
can about the subject. If
the subject has his/her
own website, research that
thoroughly and gather as
much Factual Information
as possible. In addition to
the factual information
from the subject’s own
website and social media
handles, also search gener-
ally about him/her on
google. Try and read arti-
cles about/by the subject.
Create a mental picture of
your subject – education,
work life, personal life,
professional highs and
lows, experiences and jot
down points in a diary
.
OCCASION (WHAT/
WHERE/WHEN):
Be extremely mindful of
what the event/occasion
for the Interview is. Is it for
a function at college with a
live audience? Is a for a
Publication/Newspaper?
Who is the Target audience
of the interview? Is it peo-
ple from a specific/certain
section of society? All this
information will give you
clues on how to construct
the questions in order for
the interview to be most
Relevant and Interesting/
Engaging to the intended
audience. For instance, if
you are interviewing the
subject for a college news-
letter, then your questions
should seek to have inspi-
rational answers, and
delve into the subject’s
own educational journey,
and work-life journey so as
to provide a path and point
of context for the majority
of the readers who will be
Students. On the other
hand, if the interview is
for a Conference or Profes-
sional Forum, then your
Questions should be more
Business Oriented, focus-
ing more on the Profes-
sional life of the Subject. If
the interview is for a more
light-hearted social-media
platform, your questions
can/should include some
humour and less serious
topics too!
PRE-PLAN BUT
STAY FLEXIBLE:
It is a good idea to develop
and pre-write a question-
naire. This questionnaire
might have around 10 to 12
questions. However, once
the interview starts, and
you begin asking your pre-
written questions, you
must remain flexible.
Sometimes, your subject
will be difficult, not very
open, will answer in yes/
no, and will not elaborate
– then, you will have to
have enough presence of
mind to ask him/her the
same question in different
words (rather than moving
on to your next question),
without irritating the sub-
ject. In another situation,
maybe the subject gives
you an answer that might
take the interview in a
completely different direc-
tion. You must have the
presence of mind to not
stick to your questionnaire
too strictly
, and notice and
takeadvantageof theinter-
esting direction your sub-
ject is wanting to take the
interview. For example,
you ask your subject, What
was your school
life like? And your next
question was to tell us one
bad incident from your
school life. And the subject
answers,myschoollifewas
happy and uneventful, but
when I got my first job, I
almost did not get selected
for the interview! (forget
your follow-up school-relat-
ed question and have the
presence of mind to probe
the job interview further).
ETIQUETTE:
This stays the same if you
are the interviewer or the
interviewee. You must be
gracious, thankful, com-
plementary
, and polite. Say
things like, Thank you for
Taking the Time and talk-
ing to me/us. Likewise, say
thank you for having me (if
you are the subject). Al-
ways express your grati-
tude at the beginning of
the interview as well as at
the end, and off the record,
ask how the interview was.
EQUALITY:
Having just talked about
etiquette, being polite in
no way means that one
comes across as subservi-
ent, in-awe-of, or ‘less than
the interviewee. No matter
who the interviewee is,
how accomplished, re-
spected, senior, or some-
one who enjoys celebrity
status; be on equal
terms and footing with
the person, or else it will
show. And if it shows, the
interview will be both un-
professional and likely to
be editorially compro-
mised.
With the aforemen-
tioned tips and tricks, you
can be sure to combine
knowledge and skill in a
manner that makes you a
very gifted and natural in-
terviewer. Go ahead, try it!
hand, if the interview is
for a Conference or Profes-
ject. In another situation,
take the interview in a
tion. You must have the
presence of mind to not
too strictly
, and notice and
takeadvantageof theinter-
ject is wanting to take the
Sometimes, your subject
life like? And your next
question was to tell us one
the interview as well as at
the end, and off the record,
ask how the interview was.
EQUALITY:
Having just talked about
etiquette, being polite in
no way means that one
comes across as subservi-
ent, in-awe-of, or ‘less than
the interviewee. No matter
who the interviewee is,
how accomplished, re-
spected, senior, or some-
one who enjoys celebrity
status; be on equal
the person, or else it will
show. And if it shows, the
interview will be both un-