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JAIPUR l FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2023 l Pages 12 l 3.00 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 252
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
SWARA BHASKER
MARRIES SP
LEADER FAHAD
AHMAD
Mumbai: An argument over selfies quickly escalated into a fight
with a baseball bat and a car chase in Mumbai for cricketer Prithvi
Shaw, according to a police complaint. Eight people have been
named in the case for allegedly charging at Shaw and his friend.
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker has
surprised her fans on social media with the news
of her court marriage. Swara married her
boyfriend and Samajwadi Party’s state youth
president Fahad Ahmad.
NSA DOVAL
CONFERRED
WITH HONORARY
DOCTORATE
Udham Singh Nagar: NSA Ajit Doval was on
Thursday conferred Honorary Doctorate of Literature
(D.Litt) in Pantnagar. He was conferred at the 34th
convocation ceremony of GB Pant University of
Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar town.
SELFIE ROW: PRITHVI SHAW FACES ‘FAN NIGHTMARE’
DD’S 24×7 BROADCAST SERVICES
Anurag Thakur launches round-the-
clock Doordarshan Himachal service
Shimla: Union Infor-
mation & Broadcasting
Minister Anurag Singh
Thakur on Thursday
launched round-the-
clock service of Doord-
arshan Himachal here.
Welcoming Himachal
CM Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu, Thakur said it
was a momentous day
for Himachal Pradesh
with the launching of
24-hour telecast of the
channel. Equipped with
modern equipment, DD
Himachal will also be
available on DTH.
The information re-
lated to art, culture, tra-
ditions, tourist and reli-
gious places, and vari-
ous achievements of the
state will now be availa-
ble on the national net-
work. Besides tourism
promotion,programmes
onHimachalifolkmusic
would be telecast on the
lines of Doordarshan’s
famous programme —
Chitrahaar.
recorded amid incidents of violence
WATER SECURITY MAJOR CONCERN TRIPURA POLLS
LET’S REVIVE OUR
ANCIENT CONNECT
WITH NATURE: PM
81.1% voter turnout
Agartala (PTI): Tripu-
ra recorded over 81 per
cent polling till 4 pm in
the one-day election to
the 60-member Tripura
Assembly on Thursday,
a senior EC official said.
The voting percent-
age will increase as
around 50,000 voters are
still standing in queues
at the polling stations to
exercise their fran-
chise, the official said.
“Till 4 pm, an average
81.11 per cent polling
was recorded in all the
60 Assembly constituen-
cies,whilearound50,000
voters are still in queues
when the report came in
last,” additional chief
electoral officer UJ Mog
told PTI. Voters who are
in the queues and took
tokens by 4 pm will be
allowed to cast their
votes even after 6 pm or
beyond, he added. P5
TRIPURA CONG, BJP, BJP GEN SECY
GET EC NOTICE FOR POLL DAY TWEETS
DRUGS, LIQUOR, CASH VALUED AT `147
CR SEIZED IN 3 POLL-BOUND NE STATES
New Delhi: The Chief Electoral Officer of Tripura state
on Thursday issued notices to the state units of the
Congress and the BJP as well as BJP national general
secretary Dilip Saikia for seeking votes on Twitter when
polling was underway in the northeastern state. The EC
said the tweets are violative of election law.
New Delhi: Seizures worth over Rs 147 crore have been
recorded so far in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland,
marking a 20-fold increase in recovery of drugs, liquor
and cash meant to induce voters in the run up to the polls.
While polls were held in Tripura on Thursday, Meghalaya
and Nagaland will go to polls on February 27.
Govt to bring
changes in IPC,
CrPC, Evidence
Act: Amit Shah
Hrs after killing
Nikki, Sahil
deleted phones’
data: Delhi cops
Income Tax
survey at BBC
offices clocks
over 55 hours
New Delhi: Union HM
Amit Shah on Thursday
said the govt is going to
bring changes to all
three laws of the IPC,
CrPC and Evidence Act.
At Delhi police’s 76th
Raising Day celebra-
tions, Shah said, “The
govt is going to bring
changes to all these
three laws in the com-
ing days. We have
launched a trial in Del-
hi Police and are going
to make it mandatory
(for police personnel) to
visit the forensic team
for every crime with a
punishment of more
than 6 years.” P6
New Delhi (PTI): After
he killed her, Sahil Ge-
hlot deleted chats and
other data from his girl-
friend Nikki Yadav’s
mobile phone, police
here said on Thursday
.
According to his con-
fession, the accused
told police that he had
left Yadav’s Uttam Na-
gar house around 15
days before the inci-
dent, but after his en-
gagement on February
9, he went there again
and spent the night
there with her.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Income Tax Dept’s sur-
vey at BBC’s offices con-
tinued for the third
straight day on Thurs-
day as officials pre-
pared an inventory of
financial data from se-
lect staffers and made
copies of electronic and
paper data of the news
organisation. The op-
eration that began at
the BBC offices in Delhi
and Mumbai around
11:30 am on Tuesday
has clocked more than
55 hours, sources said.
‘Jorge’ meddling in India’s polls: Cong
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A day after
an investigative report
released by a consorti-
um of international
journalists claimed a
team of Israeli contrac-
tors had interfered with
more than 30 elections
around the world, in-
cluding India, by using
means such as hacking,
sabotage, and automat-
ed disinformation on-
line, the Congress on
Thursday hit out at the
BJP-led Central govern-
ment demanding a
probe into it.
At a press conference
here, Congress leader
Pawan Khera, said
“Just like Pegasus and
Cambridge Analytica –
a group of hackers by
the code name of “Team
Jorge” meddled in the
Indian elections and po-
litical systems.
“Is there a link be-
tween the Fake News
Portal Post Card News
& ‘Team Jorge’ – A team
of Israeli contractors
who claim to have ma-
nipulated more than 30
elections around the
world using hacking,
sabotage and automat-
ed disinformation on
social media?” he said.
Prime Minister Modi virtually launches Jal Jan Abhiyan,
a nationwide campaign in Rajasthan’s Sirohi district
3 CRUSHED TO DEATH
AS ELEPHANT GOES
BERSERK IN UP
Gorakhpur: Three persons,
including a child, were
trampled to death by
an elephant who went
berserk in a ‘yagya’ pandal
in a village in Gorakhpur
district on Thursday.
The incident occured
in Mohammadpur Mafi
village, located in Jagatbela
of Chiluatal area and the
deceased include a man, a
woman and a child.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
BJP’S KAUSAR JAHAN
ELECTED AS HAJ
COMMITTEE CHIEF
New Delhi: In a setback to
the AAP, BJP’s Kausar Jahan
was elected as the chairman
of the Delhi Haj Committee.
The committee organises
Islamic pilgrimages to Saudi
Arabia. Kausar Jahan is
the second woman to hold
this position. Former Delhi
Congress chief Tajdar Babar
was the only woman till now
to have held this post. P6
DELHI COURT SENDS
CONMAN SUKESH TO
9-DAY ED CUSTODY
New Delhi: A Delhi court
has sent alleged conman
Sukesh Chandrashekhar to
Enforcement Directorate
(ED)’s custody after the
agency arrested him in
a fresh case under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA)
related to cheating former
Religare promoter Malvinder
Singh’s wife Japna.
Ashok Kumawat
Sirohi: Flagging water
security as a major con-
cern Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Thursday called for the
revival of the country’s
“emotional connection”
withnature,whathesaid
the world’s calls “sus-
tainable development”.
PM Modi was launch-
ing the Jal Jan Abhi-
yan, a joint nationwide
campaign by Brahma
Kumaris, an organisa-
tion which promotes
spirituality, and the Un-
ion Jal Shakti Ministry
.
The PM addressed the
eventthroughvideocon-
ference at the Brahma
Kumaris’ Abu Road
headquarter in Sirohi
district.Hesaidconserv-
ing water should be a
collective concern, and
raisedconcernsoverwa-
ter pollution and the de-
pletion of groundwater.
Union Jal Shakti Min-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, actor Nana
Patekar and erstwhile
Mewarroyalfamilymem-
ber Lakshyaraj Singh at-
tended event. Turn to P8
AADI MAHOTSAV SIGNIFIES SPIRIT OF
‘EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT’: MODI
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated
Aadi Mahotsav, Delhi’s largest tribal festival at Major
Dhyan Chand National Stadium. He also paid floral tribute
to tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda. “When diversities
are woven into a thread of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat,
India’s grandness emerges before the world. This Aadi
Mahotsav signifies this spirit,” the Prime Minister said.
PM MODI EMPHASISES ON DEVELOPING
SPORTS TALENTS AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL
Gorakhpur: PM Modi on Thursday laid stress on developing
sporting talents at grassroots level and said the Centre has
increased the budget of the sports ministry by three times
since 2014. He highlighted the importance of promoting
millets, popularly known as “mota aanaj”, for a better health
of youngsters. The PM was virtually addressing the “San-
sad Khel Mahakumbh” event at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Bharatpur: 2 from Raj
burnt alive in Haryana
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Two men
abducted from Bharat-
pur’s Gopalgarh were
found burnt alive along
with their vehicle in
Haryana’s Bhiwani. IG
Bharatpur Gaurav Sriv-
astava and SP Shyam
Singh visited spot and
talked to the local au-
thorities and people.
Family members of
the victims Zunaid and
Nasir said that they
were abducted by some
people on Wednesday
. A
Bolero vehicle with two
charreddeadbodieswas
found in Loharu area.
Both were resident of
Ghatmika village of
Bharatpur. Zunaid’s
brother Ismail had
lodged a complaint on
Wednesday that Zunaid
and Nasir who had gone
out for some work in ve-
hicle were beaten by 8-10
people in Gopalgarh
area and were abducted.
Nasir Zunaid
Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur and Himachal CM Sukhvinder
Singh Sukhu during the launch of Doordarshan’s Himachal Pradesh
24×7 broadcast services, in Shimla, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chiranjeevi:Organtransplant
tobeavailableoutsideRajtoo
Gehlotretaliatesallegations
ofOppnBJPregardingAdani
Naresh Sharma,Yogesh
Sharma & Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: In response to
thebudgetdebate,Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
hasannouncedonelakh
newrecruitmentsinthe
state. These recruit-
ments will be different
from the already an-
nounced recruitments.
He said that these re-
cruitments will be done
to fill the vacant posts
of all the departments.
The Chief Minister
has announced to in-
crease the scope of Chi-
ranjeevi Yojana. Under
the scheme, now the
facility of organ trans-
plant will be available
in hospitals outside the
state as well. In the
budget, it has been an-
nouncedtoincreasethe
treatment limit from 10
lakh to 25 lakh in the
Chiranjeevi scheme.
VCR of farmers
will not be filled
Gehlot has announced
a ‘voluntary load in-
crease’ Turn to P8
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot re-
taliated on BJP’s alle-
gations regarding
Adani on Thursday
during the budget de-
bate in the assembly.
Gehlot taunted that the
coal block given to the
state government dur-
ing the BJP rule was
given to Adani Saheb.
“The allotment was
done to the state gov-
ernment and you
signed an MoU with
Adani, did mining and
you are blaming us that
wegavethelandtoAda-
ni. You also gave land,
we also gave it. In many
places of the country,
theremustbeademand
for giving land to indus-
trialists. We plan care-
fully
,” he said.
Gehlot further said,
“You have taken the
name of Adani. I find a
secret in that too. How
did you get the name?
The whole country is
blaming Modiji. Either
you have been hinted
to show the distance
between Modiji and
Adani, so go to the as-
sembly and say some-
thing. You must have
been told so. Otherwise
what was the point of
talking about Adani?”
Deputy Leader of
Opposition Rajendra
Rathore responded to
Gehlot and said that
the whole of India
Turn to P8
CM’S REPLY TO STATE BUDGET DEBATE
CM Gehlot announces 1 lakh new recruitments, also announces
defence preparatory institute in every division, mini-Secretariat
in Sikar, additional courts in 3 dists among other announcements
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

Suryaveer Singh Tanwar
and CS Dave
Jaisalmer: Behror
MLA Baljeet Yadav em-
barked on a protest run
from Ramdevra to
Pokhran on Thursday
and raised his voice
against paper leak cas-
es, unemployment, and
other such issues.
Yadav wore black
clothes and started his
12-km protest marathon
at 9 am from Runicha
Dham (Ramdevra) to
Gandhi Chowk in
Pokhran town. The in-
dependent MLA also
informed that he will
organize a protest run
in all 200 assembly con-
stituencies to raise his
15-point demand before
the govt.
“Iwillrun70kmevery
day and cover three as-
sembly constituencies.
Issues like a paper leak,
and unemployment will
be taken up during the
protestmarathons,”said
MLA Baljeet Yadav. No-
tably
, Baljeet Yadav held
a protest run for the sec-
ondtimeinJaipur’sCen-
tral Park on Feb 6.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2023
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With just a few
months left for assem-
bly polls, Congress lead-
ers and workers should
go to the people and
highlight the party’s
policies and the budget
presented by Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot,
state minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas
on Thursday said.
The food and Civil
Supplies minister said
people have been suffer-
ing from high inflation
and it is the duty of the
central government to
provide relief but this
work is being done by
the state government.
“The chief minister
has presented an excel-
lent budget. Ten-eleven
months are left for the
assembly elections and
it is our duty to take the
party’s policies and
state’s budget among
the people,” he told re-
porters outside the as-
sembly building here.
When asked about
the statement of Sachin
Pilot that the decision
on the party’s affairs in
Rajasthan must be tak-
en soon if the trend of
alternate governments
has to be bucked, he
said it is for the presi-
dent of PCC to com-
ment on it.
—with PTI inputs
We need to highlight policies of our govt: PSK
AHEAD OF RAJ ASSEMBLY POLLS...

People have
been suffering
from high
inflation and it is
the duty of the
Central Govt to
provide relief but
this work is
being done by
us, says PSK
POONIA TAUNTS AT TAGLINE OF
STATEBUDGET,CALLSIT‘CHAPAT’
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma and
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP State Pres-
ident Satish Poonia has
taken a jibe at the tag-
line given to the budg-
et. Speaking in
the assembly
in place of the
Leader of the
Opposition
during the de-
bate on budget,
Poonia said that
the budget is not for
savings, relief and pro-
gress, but it is the down-
fall of Rajasthan.
Poonia also cornered
CM Ashok Gehlot for
reading excerpts of the
old budget speech and
said that the budget is a
confidential document
of the government but
its secrecy was
breached. He said that
such marketing of the
budget has never been
done before.
“Apart from this, the
incident that took place
in the House has not
happened anywhere in
the country till date,”
he said, adding that af-
ter the paper leak, the
budget was also leaked.
Poonia also targeted
the state government
over increasing debt,
deteriorated law and
order situation, in-
creasing crime, and is-
sues like unemploy-
ment, and corruption
among others.
The BJP state presi-
dent Poonia questioned
why such announce-
ments were in the elec-
tion year.
Earlier, Poonia con-
gratulated Leader of
Opposition Gulabchand
Kataria and said that he
has made a big contri-
bution in the politics of
Rajasthan. Poonia also
praised the schemes of
the Modi government.
Satish Poonia during the discussion in the House on Thursday.
MLA Baljit Yadav garlanding the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Chowk in Pokaran on Thursday.
et. Speaking in
the assembly
bate on budget,
Poonia said that
BUDGET
SESSION
QUESTION HOUR
STAFF TO BE APPOINTED FOR 61,000 POSTS
CREATED IN UPGRADED SCHOOLS: BD KALLA
CENTRAL GOVT IS BEHIND THE BBC AND
OBC ISSUE, ALLEGES HARISH CHAUDHARY
DISCUSSION ON BUDGET SESSION: BJP STATE PREZ POONIA CORNERS CM GEHLOT FOR READING EXCERPTS OF THE OLD BUDGET
Education Minister BD Kalla said that according to the
norms, 61 thousand 984 posts of different categories
have been created in the upgraded schools. He said as
the classes progress in the newly upgraded schools, staff
will be appointed on the basis of enrollment and duration.
Kalla also informed that only two startups have applied
in Bhilwara under the Rajiv Fund created to encourage
startups and both have received financial assistance.
MLA Harish Chaudhary said in debate on the budget that
the government has given exemptions on electricity
units and LPG cylinders but big people who have insurance
of crores of rupees do not realize the value of
this relief of 100 units and 500 rupees. He said
that the poor know what value the treatment of
Rs 25 lakhs holds. Giving a political statement,
he said- “I will live in the ideology in which I
was born... I will not go here and there.. I am
speaking from my heart in the House, not un-
der compulsion.” Chaudhary also demanded to make Balotra
a district. He said that the central or state government does
not bring money from farms but the money comes from taxes
collected from the public. Giving the example of Winston
Churchill and Jawahar Lal Nehru’s dialogue, he said “Nehru
was in jail for 10 years but he said that we have not been
taught to hate and have fear.” He said that Rahul Gandhi trav-
eled from Kashmir to Kanyakumari with a message regarding
the current situation. He said that real issues are not being
talked about in the country. In the debate, the former cabinet
minister said that the central govt is behind the BBC and OBC.
‘GOVT TO PROVIDE
FUNDS FOR STADIUM
IN SRIDUNGARGARH’
Minister of State for
Youth Affairs &
Sports Ashok Chandna as-
sured that
soon after
receiving
funds from
the MLA
and MP
funds or
CSR, the State govt will
make available an equal
amount for the block level
stadium under the Major
Dhyanchand Stadium
Scheme in Sri Dungargarh.
GOVT TO GIVE LOANS
TO ALL FARMERS IN
STATE: ANJANA
Cooperative Minister
Udailal Anjana said
that the state govern-
ment has
decided to
give loans
to all the
farmers of
the state.
Crop loans
are being given to the de-
faulter farmers who have
repaid their entire loan. He
said that the order in this
regard has been issued on
August 11, 2020.
ASSEMBLY PASSES
RAJ APPROPRIATION
BILL WITH VOICE VOTE
The Rajasthan Legislative
Assembly on Thurs-
day passed the Rajasthan
Appropriation (No.1) Bill,
2023 through a voice vote.
Minister In-Charge Shanti
Dhariwal tabled the bill on
the floor of the house and
said that this bill has been
brought to authorize the
payment and appropriation
of certain amounts from
the consolidated fund of the
state for the financial year
2022-23. Dhariwal informed
that with the passing of
this bill, an amount of Rs.
48,332.27 crores can be paid
and utilized.
MEGHWAL: ACTION ON
OFFICERS WHO DISOBEY
CIRCULARS OF MLAs
‘FOREST LAND CAN NOT
BE CONVERTED FOR
RESIDENTIAL USE’
Administrative Reforms
and Coordination Min
GR Meghwal assured the
Vidhan
Sabha that
the admin-
istrative of-
ficers who
disobey
the circular
issued in relation to reply-
ing to letters written by
MLAs & MPs and inviting
them to public or state
inauguration ceremonies
will be punished.
MoS for Agricultural
& Marketing Murari
Lal Meena informed that
forest land
cannot be
converted
for resi-
dential use
as per the
rules of the
Central govt. He also said
that three places have been
identified in Churu, Jhun-
jhunu and Nagaur districts
to shift blackbucks from
Talchhapar Sanctuary.
Baljeet Yadav’s protest run
in 200 constituency begins
Dhariwal: Raj govt to
bring a bill to repeal
irrelevant 133 laws
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government will bring a
bill to repeal irrelevant
laws in the present
budget session, Law and
Legal Affairs Minister
Shanti Dhariwal said in
the house on Thursday
.
Replying to a supple-
mentary question dur-
ing the Question hour,
Dhariwal said that on
the recommendation of
the cabinet sub-com-
mittee, a three-member
committee headed by
special secretary- Law
was constituted to re-
view and simplify the
existing laws in the
state. The committee,
after reviewing 650 ex-
isting laws, identified
296 laws that could be
repealed. Out of these,
administrative approv-
al has been given to re-
peal 133 laws. Earlier, in
a written reply to the
question of MLA Rajen-
dra Rathore, the Minis-
ter informed that under
point number 27.41 of
the election manifesto,
an announcement
for the constitution of
the Law Commission
was made.
He said that due to the
formation of the com-
mittee as per the recom-
mendation of the cabi-
net sub-committee re-
garding the review and
simplification of the
existing laws, there is
no expediency to form a
law commission. Dhari-
wal informed that the
State Litigation Poli-
cy-2018 has been formu-
lated by the state govt.
Ahead of
assembly polls,
Sachin Pilot in
K’taka today
Cong MLA Indraj
Gurjar writes to
BJP MP Rathore
Minister Ashok Chandna hails
sports policies of Gehlot govt
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Ra-
jasthan Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot will be on
a visit to
Karnataka
on Friday
.
S a c h i n
Pilot will
hold a press
conference at the Kar-
nataka Pradesh Con-
gress office at 2.30 pm.
His visit to Bengalu-
ru is being considered
in view of the upcom-
ing state assembly elec-
tions in Karnataka.
Ahead of the Karna-
taka assembly elec-
tions, the Congress and
BJP are trying to woo
voters with political
promises, new schemes
and gifts. The question
that arises is how much
the voters will get
swayed by them. The as-
sembly elections in
Karnataka will be held
before May 2023.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress’
Viratnagar MLA In-
draj Gurjar has writ-
ten a letter to MP
Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore. In the let-
ter, Gurjar have
urged the BJP lead-
ers and the central
government to get
the bullet train sta-
tion approved for Vi-
ratnagar.
Urging the BJP
leaders, Indraj Gur-
jar wrote, “Respect-
ed Member of Par-
liament, I sincerely
hope that you will
not disappoint the
people of Viratna-
gar. The people of
this place have voted
you twice with a
huge majority. This
decision will ensure
the future of our fu-
ture generations.”
“Keeping this in
mind, you should get
this important work
done. I expect the re-
gional BJP leaders
that everyone will
take this campaign
forward through
personal means and
urge to the Central
Government to put a
station for the Virat-
nagar in bullet train
so that local people
get a benefit out of
it.” he added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Expressing
pleasure over the exem-
plary performance of
Rajasthan in the ‘Khelo
India’ Youth Games,
Minister of State for
Sports Ashok Chandna
said that the Rajasthan
government made good
policies in the field of
sports in the last four
years and this is the re-
sult of those policies
only that youths from
the state have secured
fourth position in the
Khelo India games.
“The youths created
history by securing 48
medals in different
games. These include 19
gold, 10 silver and 19
bronze medals. Previ-
ously
,theRajasthanteam
ranked tenth. owing to
changes made in sports
policies by CM Gehlot
that Rajasthan has per-
formed well in sports in
last four years,” he add-
ed. Raj came at number
four after Maharashtra,
Haryana and MP
.
70KM IN A DAY
HIGHLIGHTS
l The BJP MLAs on
Thursday took back
the iPhones that
were given to them
last year during the
assembly session. A
few BJP MLAs had
returned the iPhone
13 after getting
pressure from the
organisation. This
year the MLAs were
given Kindle worth Rs
28,000. Previously,
MLAs were also
given Tablets.
l Proceedings of the
House has been
adjourned till 11 am
on February 17, 2023.
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Shanti Ku-
mar Dhariwal said that
the District Collector
has the right to decide
whether to approve or
reject the application for
issue of arms licence
for self defence. He said
that after receiving the
report from Superin-
tendent of Police, CID,
Tehsildar and Forest De-
partment, the decision
regarding the issuance
of licence is taken by
the District Collector.
The report has to be
submitted to the District
Collector in 30 days.
Dhariwal said that if
the District Collector
considers it appropriate
to cancel the licence for
any security reason.
Water Resources
Minister Mahen-
drajeet Singh Malviya
informed the Vidhan
Sabha that a total of Rs
1235 lakh 77 thousand
has been sanctioned for
thwe repair of Kirawal
Sagar and Malikpur
dam and their canals
by the Water Resources
Department in Malpura
assembly constituency.
Out of this, work orders
were issued on Decem-
ber 13, 2022 for the
repair of Kirawal Sagar
Dam and its canals and
the work is in progress.
DC TO TAKE
CALL ON ARMS
LICENCE, SAYS
DHARIWAL
KIRAWAL SAGAR
DAM REPAIR IS
IN PROGRESS:
MIN MALVIYA
Ashok Chandna, Sports & Youth affairs Minister
Shanti Dhariwal
MLA Indraj Gurjar
MIn Pratap S Khachariyawas interacts with media on Thursday.

RAJASTHAN
03
Satya Narayan Sharma
Jaipur: In order to end
the fear of miscreants
among the people, the
Jaipur police on Thurs-
day paraded an aide of
Gangster Rohit Godara
in handcuffs in the
area. The police made
the miscreant Lucky
Ranoli walk barefoot in
scanty clothes. People
also made a video of the
miscreant and made it
viral on social media.
Jaipur police raided
GMR Residency on Si-
kar Road and arrested
Sikar’s history sheeter
Lucky alias Mansingh
Ranoli. Man Singh’s
brother Shakti Ranoli
managed to escape
from the spot before the
police raid.
A complaint has al-
ready been registered
with the police that a
house was forcibly oc-
cupied by the accused.
On this, the police ar-
rested the accused and
seized all the things
kept in the house and
brought them to the po-
lice station. Police had
input that these two
brothers Lucky Ranoli
and Shakti Ranoli are
the History Sheeters of
Sikar and are accused
of extortion as well as
murder and attempt to
murder at several po-
lice stations in Jaipur.
Two kids buried
to death in Sikar,
locals rescue one
3 die as bus, car
collide in Chitawa
area, say police
After SC verdict,
JDA gets land
worth `300 crore
Woman, grandson
killed in road
mishap in Jaipur
First India Bureau
Sikar: Three children
got buried in the mud
while playing in the
Dhar-Ka-Bas area of the
Nechwa sub-division.
The villagers present at
the spot pulled the chil-
dren from the mud.
However, by then two
children Dilip (10) and
Priyanka (7) had died,
while Santosh (8) was
rushed to Nechwa Hos-
pital and was dis-
charged after first aid.
The police reached the
spot and bodies were
sent for post-mortem,
after which they were
handed over to the rela-
tives. The three victim
children in the accident
belonged to the Bawari-
ya community. Their
relativesworkasguards
in the fields.
First India Bureau
Kuchaman: In a hor-
rific bus and car colli-
sion, three people
died near Hotel
KaranpuraintheChi-
tawa area on Thurs-
day
. The collision was
so severe that the car
was blown apart and
all three people died
onthespot.Onreceiv-
ing information
about the incident,
Chitawa police
reached the spot and
the injured were sent
to the nearby hospi-
tal. After first aid,
Jagdish resident Lala
was referred to Sikar,
while Vikas, a resi-
dent of Karanpura,
died on the spot. The
bodies have been kept
in the CSC mortuary
of Hukumwale.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A land worth
more than Rs 300 crore
has come into Jaipur
Development Authori-
ty’s kitty after a Su-
preme Court decision in
its favour. This land is
near Malhotra Nagar
between Vidyadhar Na-
gar and VKI area in
Jaipur. In a major action
on this land in Novem-
ber last year, the JDA
teamrazedthegodowns,
offices, shops, slums,
houses and rooms built
here. After this action,
the case was challenged
in the Supreme Court,
where a three-judge
bench gave its verdict in
JDA’s favour.
Around 11 bighas
land are in JDA’s name.
The Supreme Court
bench of Judges Sanjay
Kishan Kaul, Manoj
Mishra and Arvind Ku-
mar rejected the appeal
of petitioner Chho-
turam Meena while rul-
ing in favour of JDA.
Senior advocate
Manish Singhvi, who
appeared in the Su-
preme Court on behalf
of the JDA and the gov-
ernment, said that the
matter was pending in
the court for more than
30 years. At the time of
settlement in 1958, this
land was transferred to
JDA. In 1997, Kaabil
Chhote Ram Meena
had presented a claim
on this land in the
ADM court, saying that
the government had
not given compensa-
tion and that the land
belonged to his grand-
father. The matter fi-
nally reached the Su-
preme Court.
The JDA will now
auction the land by
planning and creating
pockets of land for
commercial, mix and
residential use. Ac-
cording to sources,
JDA is expected to get
more than Rs 300 crore
from the auction of
this land.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two people, in-
cluding a woman, were
killedafterabusandmo-
torcycle collided with
eachotheronTonkRoad
in Jaipur on Thursday
.
Police informed the
deceased has been iden-
tified as Prem Devi (57)
and his grandson Dev-
endra (32), both resi-
dents of Valmiki Nagar
in Malviya Nagar. “The
incident took place on
Thursday afternoon
near Glass Factory on
Tonk Road. The speed-
ing bus rammed into
the motorcycle killing
Prem Devi on the spot.
Devendra was rushed to
SMS Hospital for treat-
ment. However, he too
succummed to injuries
during treatment,” po-
lice said.
ACTION TO END GANGSTER CULTURE
GODARA’SAIDEPARADEDINCITY
Lucky Ranoli being paraded by police in Jaipur on Thursday.
DINESH MN TO LEAD SIT TO ARREST
GANGSTER GODARA ON DGP’S ORDER
GANGSTER LAWRENCE BISHNOI SENT
TO SEVEN-DAY POLICE REMAND
Jaipur: Director General of Police Umesh Mishra has
directed to form a Special Investigation Team under the
leadership of ADGP Crime Dinesh MN to arrest gangsters
Rohit Godara and Hrithik Boxer. Mishra has
instructed all the Superintendents of Police
of the state to take strict action against
organized criminals. Along with this,
instructions have been given to take action
against those who follow and support
such anti-social elements on social media
or help them in any way. A reward of Rs 1 lakh each had
been announced by the police headquarters this month for
the arrest of the two gangsters. —Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who was
brought to Jaipur from Punjab on a production warrant
on Wednesday, was produced before a court and sent on
seven-day police remand on Thursday. Police officials in-
formed that the court gave police remand for seven days
till Feb 23 for interrogation. “Lawrence was produced in
the court through video conference. The gangster is being
interrogated in connection with his involvement in a case
of firing outside G club in Jaipur on Jan 29. —Kamal Kant
VAIBHAV IN ASSAM
RCA president Vaibhav Gehlot visits Kamakhya Temple in
Guwahati on Wednesday.
Guvmeetsstudentsfrom5States
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A delegation of
students from Naga-
land, Manipur, Mizo-
ram, Arunachal
Pradesh, and Assam
met Governor Kalraj
Mishra at Raj Bhavan
on Thursday
.
The 40-member dele-
gation, under the Inter-
State Living Student
Life Philosophy, has
come on a visit to Ra-
jasthan to experience
the feeling of national
unity and cultural inte-
gration.
Describing the visit
of the students of North
East as important, the
Governor said that In-
dia is a country of unity
in diversity and we are
emotionally one even
though our speech, life-
style and food habits
are different.
Governor Mishra
had on Wednesday ap-
pealed to the govern-
ment to make education
more powerful and
asked universities to
work according to New
Education Policy
.
Students from Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal, Assam pose with Governor Kalraj Mishra.
I-T raids at 35 locations
in Jaipur, Udaipur, MP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: More than 200
employeesof theIncome
Tax Department raided
around 35 locations of
business groups in
Jaipur and Udaipur on
Thursday
. According to
the information, along
with Jaipur and
Udaipur, raids were con-
ducted in many cities of
Madhya Pradesh.
Raidsareonat12loca-
tions in Jaipur, 23 in
Udaipur and several lo-
cations in Madhya
Pradesh. A Udaipur
based group is said to
have a mining business
in Madhya Pradesh and
a hospital in Udaipur.
Teams are searching the
homes and offices of
businessmen.
The department had a
tip-off regarding black
money with the busi-
nessmen. The teams are
also preparing to search
the bank lockers of the
businessmen for prop-
erty related documents.
Jaipur (PTI): Three
persons were arrested
with unaccounted cash
worth Rs 26.10 lakh in
their car during pa-
trolling in Rajasthan’s
Chittorgarh district,
police said Thursday.
The arrests were made
after the car coming
from Nimbahera was
intercepted on Bojun-
da Pulia Highway
Road, police added.
During the search,
Rs 26.10 lakh in cash
was recovered.
He said the arrested
personas have been
identified as Zahid Hus-
sain, Rizwan Ul Haq,
Sheikh Chhipa, all resi-
dents of Bhilwara.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: 11 IAS and 3
RAS officers will han-
dle the additional
charge of 14 IAS offic-
ers who will go to Mus-
soorie for training.
Collector Prakash
Rajpurohit will han-
dle the addl charge of
Jaipur Divisional
Commissioner Antar
Singh Nehra and
Sandesh Nayak will
take additional charge
of RSMML MD of
Karan Singh.
RASAshutoshGupta
will take addl charge of
the post of RPSC Secre-
tary Harji Lal Atal
while IAS officer Vish-
wa Mohan Sharma will
take additional charge
of Revenue Joint Secre-
tary Mahavir Prasad
Meena, IAS officer Vi-
jay Pal Singh will take
additionalchargeof the
post of Tourism Direc-
tor Rashmi Sharma.
RAS Nimisha Gupta
will take addl charge of
joint secretary medical
Iqbal Khan, IAS Hem
Pushpa Sharma will
takeaddlchargeof SIPF
dir Kalpana Agarwal.
RAS Poonam Sagar
will hold the addl
charge of CMD Hand-
loom Development Co-
op,IASMahendraPara-
kh will hold the addl
charge of MD Rajsiko,
IAS officer Ramavatar
Meena will take addl
charge of Women Em-
powerment Commis-
sioner Pushpa Satyani.
IAS Avichal Chatur-
vedi will hold the addl
charge of Joint Secy
postof WaterResources
Shruti Bhardwaj, IAS
Atul Prakash will take
addl charge of Jodhpur
South Municipal Cor-
porationCommissioner
Arun Purohit whereas
the addl charge of Di-
rector Civil Aviation
Mukul Sharma will be
with IAS Jitendra
Upadhyay
.
IAS Vishwa Mohan
Sharma will take addl
charge of Devasthan
Joint Secretary Ajay
SinghandIASShivangi
Swarnakar will hold
the addl charge of Med-
icalEducationCommis-
sioner Dr Ghanshyam.
Chittorgarh: 3
held, cash worth
`26 lakh seized
11IAS,3RASgivenaddlcharges
Jaipur Development Authority had occupied the land last year by
demolishing the structures built on it. —FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
close associate of PM Modi,
the narrator brings to the fore
the meticulous planner, the
tech visionary, the compas-
sionate messiah of the poor
and the protective, loving fa-
ther figure that PM Modi is,
not just for those close to him
but for the entire nation.
Modiji was visiting Kashi
and I got the opportunity to
meet him and interact with
him. As I entered his room, I
got this feeling of tremen-
dous calm and simplicity.
There was one single bed in
the centre covered with a
white sheet, and a sofa on
which he would sit and read.
Other than this, there was
not a single piece of furni-
ture and of course, there
wasn’t a sign of luxury or the
presence of facilities. Some-
one who would look at the
place from the outside could
never have fathomed the lev-
el of modesty with which
Modiji lived. Even today, he
has no expectations or de-
sires nor any needs.
I vividly remember the
Ekta Yatra undertaken to
Kashmir to hoist the national
flag. Modiji was the national
in-charge of this yatra and I
feel I was particularly fortu-
nate to have got to know him
from close quarters during
this yatra. He possesses the
ability to go into the minutest
details of the matter at hand.
He spoke to us “If you travel
by bus, there is Punjab on the
way, terrorism is at its peak
both in Punjab and Kashmir,
you will not be able to alight
from the bus till you are in
safe zone! Do not get down
anywhere but your destina-
tion. Now, make your ar-
rangements for a possibility
when you need to but cannot
get down of the bus. Your
meals, your water, answering
nature’s call - plan every little
detail of your journey!” And
all thanks to such meticulous
and careful planning, we did
not face a single glitch or dif-
ficulty till we got down at
Jammu. His vision and care
for his people is terrific.
Elections were on in 2014.
Modiji was traveling all over
the country
. In Jayapur, a vil-
lage in Varanasi, a high ten-
sion wire had snapped and
was hanging in the middle of
a road. Three people had been
electrocuted and were hospi-
talized in a serious condition.
There was no electricity in
the village ever since this
happened in the morning and
residents were miserable. We
got to know of this incident
and Modiji asked us to go the
village and meet the people.
We reached at night. It was
the last leg of his travel and
Modiji asked me over phone
“What news do you have of
Jayapur? Hand over the
phone to Pradhanji.” Modiji,
at a time when he was run-
ning his Prime Ministerial
campaign, ordered Pradhanji
and us to ensure that this
problem was resolved at the
earliest. Neither the electri-
cians nor the police had vis-
ited the area till then. Now, if
it was anyone else other than
Modiji, he or she would have
thought it’s just a small, eve-
ryday problem in a small vil-
lage and they would have
waited till the next day morn-
ing to even consider if it was
worth looking into! But this
is Modiji, not any ordinary
statesman. He had been on a
gruelling schedule but that
did not deter him from taking
the bull by the horns late in
the night because for him,
people always come first!
This is what is most remark-
able about him. Execution,
speedy and efficient, is his
style of working to make
things better for the citizens.
These virtual meetings are
happening are happening
now but Modiji, I believe
through GNFC cloud net-
working, ensured long back
that the DM, Collector and SP
do not have to travel and still
stay connected. Complete in-
formation dissemination in
real time has been taking
place virtually because Modi-
ji had that vision 20 years
back. On his 68th birthday, I
remember once he was sit-
ting with rag-pickers’ chil-
dren. He narrated stories to
these children who do not go
to school, he played with
them and was so engrossed in
conversation with them for
almosthalf anhour,itseemed
he did not remember that he
is the PM. He became their
father for those 45 minutes.
Children were sitting on his
lap, they were playing and
having a gala time with him.
Another incident I clearly
recollect is when an industri-
alist laid off almost 1,700
workers without any prior
notice and this was illegal. I
spoke to Modiji about this. I
told him that he factory will
continue to operate but what
will these men, who have lost
their jobs, go and tell their
wives and children? Some of
them are sure to commit sui-
cide. Modiji took instant ac-
tion. He has always been
pro-weak and has compas-
sion for the poor. He made
sure that all the labourers got
justice and their due. While
for few of them he ensured
they got their compensation,
about 1,100 of them got their
jobs back. The company was
not allowed to just lay off so
many people in an unfair and
unethical way. Just like this,
there are thousands of exam-
ples that reflect his deep love
and attachment towards the
poor, the weak and the needy
.
I got COVID on 10 March,
2021. I was critical in the first
few days. First thing Modiji
did when he got to know about
my condition, he sent me off
to the hospital. And till the
timeIshiftedtoMedantafrom
there and did not recover, I
can never forget the regular
calls I received from him, eve-
ry morning and every even-
ing. If I would get breathless,
he asked me to hand over the
phone to someone and took
updates about my condition.
Modiji’s own doctor would
call not just me, but the team
of doctors of Medanta and
PGI as well. What medication
was to be administered to me,
what I needed to do to recover
sooner and breath better, PM
Moditooksuchspecialcareof
me in those 6 crucial days of
my life, it was not just unbe-
lievable, but will remain for-
ever etched in my heart as
those days of my life when I
felt I got my father back to me
make me well again! Probably
my father would not have
been able to do what Modiji
did for me - PM Modi tra-
versed the Kailash Parvat to
give me a new life!
TO BE CONTINUED...
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
A
YOU READ PART 30 ON FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Compassionate, Conscientious, Considerate
PM Narendra Modi ‘feels’ for his people
THIS IS MODIJI, NOT ANY ORDINARY
STATESMAN, SAYS SUNIL OJHA
Sunil Ojha shares that in 2014, a high tension wire had
snapped in Jayapur, a village in Varanasi, and was
hanging in the middle of a road, Three people had been
electrocuted and were hospitalized in a serious condition.
“Modiji asked us to go the village and meet the people. We
reached at night. He ordered Pradhanji and us to ensure
that this problem was resolved at earliest, this is Modiji,
not any ordinary statesman.” Ojha added.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES
THAT REFLECT HIS LOVE FOR POORS
When an industrialist laid off almost 1,700
workers without any prior notice and this was
illegal. Modiji took instant action. He made sure that
all the labourers got justice and their due. Out of
1,700 a total of 1,100 got their jobs back after Modiji’s
intervention.There are thousands of examples that
reflect Modiji’s deep love and attachment towards
the poor, the weak and the needy.
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 31
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
He possesses the ability to
go into the minutest
details of the matter, hesadi,
“If you travel by bus, there is
Punjab on way, terrorism is at
its peak, you will not be able
to alight from the bus till you
are in safe zone!”
NaMo
Messiah
of
POOR
Execution with speed efficiency
is Narendra Modi’s style of
working to make things better for
the citizens. For him, people
always come first! This is what is
most remarkable about him.
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INDIA
05
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Environment Minis-
ter Bhupendra Yadav
said that 12 more Chee-
tahs would be coming
from South Africa on
Saturday via the Indian
Air Force’s (IAF) C-17
Globemaster plane,
which has already taken
off from India.
Addressing a press
conferenceonThursday
,
the Union Minister said
that these 12 Cheetahs
will be released on the
same day of their arriv-
alatKunoNationalPark
in Madhya Pradesh.
The Cheetah Project
Chief SP Yadav in-
formed that the aircraft
had taken off for South
Africa will land in
Gwalior around 10 am
on Saturday
.
“IAF’sC-17Globemas-
ter took off for South
Africa from Hindon air-
base today morning to
bring 12 Cheetahs to the
country
. The IAF is not
charging any amount
for this task. The plane
will take off from South
Africa at 8 pm on Friday
and will land in Gwalior
the next day around 10
am.Thecheetahswillbe
releasedinKunoNation-
al Park by Union Minis-
ter Bhupendra Yadav
and Madhya Pradesh
CM Shivraj Singh Chou-
han in the presence of
Ministers Narendra
Singh Tomar and Jyoti-
raditya Scinida on Feb-
ruary18,”SPYadavsaid.
He further added that
after taking clearance
from Customs, the Chee-
tahs will be brought
here by MI-17 helicopter.
12 African cheetahs to land in India soon
IAF’S AIRCRAFT DEPARTS TO BRING 12 CHEETAHS
Cheetah Project Chief SP Yadav
PREVIOUSLY ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
z Eight Cheetahs were brought to the Kuno National
Park from Namibia in South Africa and were released
by PM Modi on his birthday
z Radio collars have been installed in all the cheetahs
and monitored through satellite. Apart from this, a
dedicated monitoring team behind each cheetah
keeps monitoring the location for 24 hours
z As per MoU with South Africa, the initial batch of 12
cheetahs is to be flown from South Africa to India this
month. The MoU terms are to be reviewed every 5 years
‘India privileged
to partner with
Fiji in nation-
building efforts’
Suva (PTI): India has
been privileged to part-
ner with Fiji in the na-
tion-building efforts in
the South Pacific coun-
try, External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
said on Thursday, un-
derlining that there
have been “close and
long-standing ties”
shared between two
countries through peo-
ple-to-people linkages.
At an event with Fi-
jian PM Sitiveni Liga-
mamada Rabuka, Jais-
hankar said that India
and Fiji have signed
and exchanged the visa
waiver agreement.
“It will certainly be
helpful in encouraging
greater travel between
our2countries,”hesaid.
He further said that
“India Fiji have close
and long-standing ties
and I think a large part
of that is really built on
our people-to-people
linkages.” “We have
been privileged to part-
ner with Fiji in its na-
tion-building efforts in
various sectors, in
working with it; in are-
as like health, educa-
tion more ,” he said.
‘BJP will lose
Telangana
Assembly polls’
Hyderabad (ANI):
AIMIM MP Asaduddin
Owaisi alleged that the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment is running the ad-
ministration with a
bulldozer and not Con-
stitution. Owaisi said, “
Those doing ‘bulldozer
politics’ in UP have tak-
en the lives of a mother-
daughter. They want to
run the govt with a bull-
dozer, not Constitution.
They will not gain any-
thing politically by do-
ing all this. On being
asked about Telangana
BJP Chief Bandi San-
jay’s Taj Mahal remark,
he stated, “the BJP will
fail in the Telangana As-
sembly polls in 2023.”
10 BBC employees
spent two nights
in Delhi office
New Delhi: At least 10
senior employees of the
British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) in
Delhihavenotgonehome
since the Income Tax de-
partment launched a
“survey” at their Indian
offices,sourceshavesaid,
as the operation entered
itsthirddayonThursday
.
Officials gathered fi-
nancial data from staff-
ers and made copies of
documents of the news
organisationinanaction
that comes weeks after
the broadcaster aired a
two-part documentary
“India: The Modi Ques-
tion” on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and the
2002 Gujarat riots.
A BBC staffer in Del-
hi said they were broad-
casting their news like
usual and many em-
ployees were working
from home.
48 HOURS AND
COUNTING
New Delhi: The operation
that began at the BBC offices
around 11:30 am on Tuesday
has clocked over 48 hours
now. Authorities said that the
exercise would continue for
some more time. Officials
have gathered financial data
from select staffers and made
copies of electronic and paper
data of the news organisation.
TAX ‘SURVEY’ AT BBC
OFFICES ON FOR THIRD DAY
Police officials outside the BBC office in New Delhi.
Poll body notice to BJP,
Congress for online posts
New Delhi: The Chief
Electoral Officer of
Tripura today issued
notices to the state
units of the Congress
and the BJP as well as
BJP national general
secretary Dilip Saikia
for seeking votes on
Twitter when polling is
underway in the north-
eastern state.
TheElectionCommis-
sion said the tweets are
violative of election law
astheyweremadeinthe
48 hour “silence period”
whichbeganonTuesday
evening.They have been
given an an opportunity
“to take corrective ac-
tion at the earliest”.
They have also been
asked to explain their
stands for the violation
by 5 pm on Friday
.
In its notice to Saikia,
the Tripura CEO said, “
... an appeal for vote in
favour of BJP has been
tweeted from your han-
dle at 0950 hours on
16.02.2023.Thetweetisin
form of a photo contain-
ing following message:
UnnatoTripuraSreshtho
Tripura Vote for BJP
.”
Voters with their ID cards as they wait in queues at a polling booth
during Tripura Assembly polls, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
❍ TRIPURA, MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND ELECTIONS
NE STATES RECORD
MASSIVE SEIZURES
New Delhi: Seizures
totalling over `147 crore
have been recorded so far
in Tripura, Meghalaya and
Nagaland, marking a 20-
fold increase in recovery
of drugs, liquor and cash
meant to induce voters,
the EC said on Thursday.
CONG ANNOUNCES
WOMEN CANDIDATES
Shillong: The All India
Congress Committee
(AICC) and Meghalaya
Pradesh Mahila Congress
on Thursday announced
the names of 10 women
candidates for the
upcoming
Meghalaya Polls.
BJP’S TOP GUNS TO
LAND IN NAGALAND
New Delhi: Several BJP
bigwigs like PM Narendra
Modi, Home Minister
Amit Shah, and the party’s
national president JP
Nadda are scheduled to
reach Nagaland ahead of
the upcoming Assembly
elections on February 27.
MODI IN MEGHALAYA
ON FEBRUARY 24
New Delhi: Ahead of
the Assembly election at
the end of this month,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will visit poll-bound
Meghalaya on February 24.
According to sources, PM
Modi will address a rally in
Tura on February 24.
IN THE COURTYARD
DELHI HC GRANTS DDA TIME TO FILE
AFFIDAVIT IN MEHRAULI DEMOLITION CASE
New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi High court on Thursday
granted time to the Delhi Development Authority
(DDA) and directed to file
a detailed affidavit by
February 20 in the case of
Mehrauli demolition. The
Court, headed by the bench,
directed the DDA to supply
its demarcation report to
the petitioners by Friday
and mentioned that the status quo has been extended
till next date of hearing on February 23.
PLEA SEEKING EARLY HEARING AGAINST
COLLEGIUM SYSTEM MENTIONED IN SC
New Delhi (ANI): A plea seeking an early hearing of the
petition against the Collegium system for the appointment
of judges and revival of the
National Judicial Appoint-
ment Commission for the
purpose was mentioned in
the Supreme Court. A bench
led by Chief Justice DY
Chandrachud said that it will
first examine the petition and
then consider it. It further mentioned that a mechanism in
substitution of the Collegium is the need of the hour.
PLEA MOVED IN SUPREME COURT CITING
‘HATE SPEECH AGAINST HINDUS’
New Delhi (Agencies): A plea has been moved in the
Supreme Court citing some recent instances of “hate
speeches, utterances and
statements” made against
Hindus and Hindu religion
by members of Muslim
and Christian community,
including call for “Sar Tan
se Juda” (beheading).
The application has been
filed through advocates Hari Shankar Jain and Vishnu
Shankar Jain after taking the court’s permission.
EXCISE POLICY CASE:
COURT REJECTS BAIL
PLEA OF 5 ACCUSED
New Delhi (ANI): The
Rouse Avenue Court
rejected the bail petitions
of five accused who were
arrested in the money
laundering probe emerg-
ing out of the Delhi gov-
ernment’s now scrapped
Excise Policy. The court
also noted that none of the
accused deserves to be re-
leased on bail in this case
due to serious. allegations
made against them.
2 FRESH PETITIONS
IN SC ON BBC
DOCUMENTARY ISSUE
New Delhi (ANI): Another
2 separate petitions have
been moved in the SC
on the issues related to
the BBC documentary
and Hindenburg report.
Both the petitions have
been drafted and filed by
Roopesh Singh Bhadauria,
Advocate of the SC and
Nat’l Chairman, Indian
Youth Cong Legal Cell and
Advocate Mareesh Pravir,
Advocate-on-Record, SC.
KERALA HC: COPS
CAN’T BAN SAFFRON
DECORATIONS
Kochi (ANI): The Kerala
HC ruled that the District
Administration or the
Police cannot insist that
only politically neutral-
coloured decorative ma-
terials are used for temple
festivals. The judgements
come while the Police
restrained the temple au-
thorities from using only
saffron-coloured decora-
tive materials as part of
the Kaliyoottu festival.
GUJ COURT ISSUES
ARREST WARRANT
AGAINST PATEL
Surendranagar (PTI): A
court has issued an arrest
warrant against BJP MLA
Hardik Patel for failing
to appear before it in a
2017 case in which he
is accused of violating
a government order.
Patel had made a political
speech in violation of
a government order at
a village in the district
ahead of the 2017 Gujarat
Assembly elections.
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Thursday said
a thorough investiga-
tion into the Adani is-
sue is necessary, hold-
ing that any committee
other than a JPC will be
nothing but an “exer-
cise in legitimisation
and exoneration”.
Congresss leader
Jairam Ramesh said the
proposal before the Su-
preme Court for setting
upof acommitteebythe
government can hardly
ensure transparency
.
Ramesh said, a Su-
preme Court bench on
February 13, while hear-
ing petitions on the Ada-
ni-Hindenburg matter,
discussed the creation
of a committee of ex-
perts to examine the
regulatory regime post
the allegations. He said
it had directed the Gov-
ernment to give its sub-
missionsbyFebruary17.
“Where the allega-
tions are of close, inter-
twined proximity be-
tween the ruling dispen-
sation, the government
of India and the Adani
Group, the setting up of
a committee with terms
of reference proposed
by the Government of
India can hardly carry
any insignia or reassur-
anceof independenceor
transparency
,” he said.
‘Thorough probe into
Adani issue necessary’
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE
NOTICE GETS REPLY
New Delhi: Congress MP
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday
sent a reply to a breach
of privilege notice over
his remarks on PM Modi,
informed Congress sources
on Thursday. Rahul alleg-
edly made ‘unparliamentary’
remarks against PM during
his address in the Lok Sabha
on the Motion of Thanks to
the President’s joint address
to the Parliament.
RAHUL GANDHI TO
VISIT UK THIS MONTH
New Delhi: Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi will be visiting
the United Kingdom this
month to deliver a lecture at
the Cambridge University’s
business school. Sharing in-
formation about this, Gandhi
said he is looking forward to
visiting his alma mater and
that he will be engaging with
some of the brightest minds
in geopolitics, international
relations and democracy.
Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi)
Looking forward to visiting my alma mater
Cambridge University and delivering a lecture
at @CambridgeJBS, Gandhi tweeted. Happy
to engage with some of the brightest minds in various
domains, including geopolitics, international relations,
big data and democracy, the Congress MP said.
PMSHOWSENTHUSIASMFORSPIRIT
OF‘EKBHARATSHRESHTHABHARAT’
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday inau-
gurated Aadi Mahotsav,
Delhi’s largest tribal
festival at Major Dhyan
Chand National Stadi-
um. He also paid floral
tribute to tribal freedom
fighter Birsa Munda.
“When diversities
are woven into a thread
of Ek Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat, India’s grand-
ness emerges before the
world. This Aadi Ma-
hotsav signifies this
spirit,” he said. The PM
said he had learned
through the practices
of tribal society
. Speak-
ing at the event, the PM
said, “I was delighted to
see different arts, arte-
facts, music, cultural
display through their
products. I feel our di-
versity and grandness
have come together
are standing tall today,
highlighting tradition.”
GOVT WORKING
FOR TRIBES WITH
PRIDE PREVIOUSLY
UNSEEN: PM MODI
New Delhi: For the first
time, a tribal in Droupadi
Murmu has occupied the
top constitutional post
in the country, he said,
adding the budgetary
allocation for the com-
munity has risen manifold
since 2014. He called
upon the people of Delhi
and neighbouring states
to visit the festival to wit-
ness the rich tribal culture
and nutritious food prod-
ucts being showcased
from across the country.
Let’s ensure that they
sell all their products,
the prime minister said.
The government is now
going from Delhi to those
considered remote and
bringing them in the
mainstream, he said. Trib-
als played a big role in In-
dia’s freedom movement
but attempts were made
for decades to ignore
these golden chapters
and the sacrifices made
by men and women from
the community, he said,
adding his government
is now bringing them to
light in the “Amrit Kaal”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with tribal artisans at ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ at Major Dhyan
Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI PTI
MAHOTSAV
AADI
NEGLECTED TRIBAL GLORY NOW BEING
BROUGHT TO MAINSTREAM, SAYS PM MODI
New Delhi: Underlining the
contributions of the tribal
society in the struggle for In-
dia’s Independence, PM Modi
lamented the attempt for dec-
ades to cover up the glorious
chapters of the sacrifice and
valour of the tribal community
in the pages of history. He
said that for the first time,
the nation has finally taken
steps to bring these forgotten
chapters of the past to the
fore. “For the first time, the
country has started celebrat-
ing Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas
on the birth anniversary of
Bhagwan Birsa Munda,” he
said. The PM emphasised on
the efforts of the government
to promote tribal arts and skill
development for the tribal
youth. Modi also informed
that the PM Visvakarma
Yojna has been introduced for
traditional craftsmen, where
economical assistance will
be provided apart from skill
development and support in
marketing their products.

INDIA
06
Thiruvananthapuram:
Senior Congress leader
and Wayanad MP Rahul
Gandhi has sent a letter
toKeralaChief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan seek-
ing a probe into the cir-
cumstances surround-
ing the death of a tribal
maninthestaterecently
.
He wanted the state
government to order an
impartial enquiry re-
garding the lapses, if
any
,inthepresentpolice
investigation related to
the death of Vishwana-
than(46),whowasfound
hangingnearKozhikode
medical college.
In the letter, Mr Gan-
dhi also requested the
Chief Minister to grant
the man's family ex-gra-
tia compensation and a
job for one of its mem-
bers on humanitarian
grounds. The man was
found hanging near the
medical college hospital
at Kozhikode on Febru-
ary 11, where his wife
wasadmittedfordelivery
.
“I request you to
kindly initiate a probe
into the death case of
Vishwanathan and or-
der an impartial en-
quiry,” he said.
RaGa demands probe into tribal
man’s death; writes to Kerala CM
Kolkata (Agencies):
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Baner-
jee on Thursday alleged
that the Centre is mak-
ing the lives of rural
poor miserable by push-
ing them into a circle of
online activities.
“The Union govern-
ment wants to intro-
duce a total online sys-
tem in the lives of rural
people. But how can the
marginalised communi-
ties get accustomed to
it? So, their lives are be-
coming miserable,” the
CM said while address-
ing an administrative
review meeting in West
Midnapore district.
She claimed that the
Centre has made man-
datory linking of AAD-
HAR cards with bank
accounts for payment
of money for the 100-
day job scheme under
the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA).
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
gress leader Shashi
Tharoorvirtuallyruled
out contest-
ingtheCWC
polls if the
party de-
cidestohold
them, say-
ingheisnotconsidering
any further elections
after having fought the
AICC presidential polls
and it is “for others to
step forward”.
Tharoor said the con-
vention comes at an “in-
flection point” in the
party’s history as it is
beingheldafterthepres-
idential polls Bharat
JodoYatra,andaheadof
2024 elections. He said
the plenary could not
have come at a more op-
portune time and gives
the party members an
opportunity to focus on
what “we have gained
and what faces the party
in terms of challenges
for the future”.
New Delhi (Agencies):
India reached a mile-
stone at the end of last
year when it overtook
China as the world’s
most populous nation.
But that explosive
growth is hardly reflect-
ed in the size of its com-
mercial aviation fleet.
Today the entire
country has only about
700 aircraft -fewer than
United Airlines Hold-
ings Inc. alone - and just
50 widebody jets to
transport its increas-
ingly mobile 1.41 billion
people. Chinese carri-
ers, by contrast, operate
about 480 twin-aisle air-
craft, and Emirates,
whose base in Dubai
has a fraction of the
population of Mumbai,
boasts a widebody fleet
of 260 jetliners, accord-
ing to figures from Cir-
ium, which aggregates
aviation data. Now, Air
India is making an ex-
pensive push to renew
its fleet and expand its
global presence.
The new aircraft are
meant to give Air India
a fighting chance at
competing with local
budget carriers such as
IndiGo as well as long-
haul champions Emir-
ates, Etihad Airways,
and Qatar Airways,
which have built huge
operations over the past
two decades.
Air India makes record-breaking purchases
AIMING TO BE NEXT EMIRATES?
New Delhi (ANI):
Home Minister Amit
Shah today said the Del-
hi Police has emerged as
the world’s best police
force in the last 75 years.
He said, it has changed
its complete function-
ing. Shah was address-
ing the 76th Raising Day
Parade of Delhi Police
event in New Delhi.
Remembering the Po-
lice ecosystem, he said
thatbeforetheIndepend-
ence, the Police work
was not focusing on citi-
zens’ services. Police
only ensured the inter-
ests of the British. He
said,afterIndependence,
Delhi Police Service
moved forward with the
sources of Peace, Ser-
vice and Justice.
Our correspondent
reports that on the occa-
sion, Shah launched the
online verification plat-
form for passport appli-
cants. It will help citi-
zens to get a police veri-
fication certificate for
their passport in 5 days
through the facility. He
also dedicated five Mo-
bile Forensic vehicles to
citizens at the event.
‘Delhi Police emerged as
world’sbestpoliceforce’
Home min Amit Shah hails Delhi Police at 76th Raising Day Parade
Security beefed up ahead
of Prez’s visit to Madurai
Madurai (ANI): Ahead
of President Droupadi
Murmu’s two-day visit
to Madurai, the securi-
ty arrangements are be-
ing beefed up, state po-
lice sources informed.
President Droupadi
Murmu is scheduled to
visit Tamil Nadu on
February 18-19. She will
be departing from Delhi
on February 18 and is
scheduled to arrive at
Madurai at 12 noon on
the same day. Notably,
President Murmu will
also be going to Ma-
durai Meenakshi Am-
man temple for having
the darshan of Lord
Meenakshi Amman.
Ahead of the Presi-
dent’s visit, her securi-
ty team personally in-
spected the security ar-
rangements in Madurai
on Thursday
.
President Droupadi Murmu lights the ceremonial lamp at the
inauguration of the International Engineering and Technology
Fair (IEFT) 2023, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: The AAP
today alleged that it was
because of
the com-
plicity of
the Con-
gress and
the BJP
that Kausar Jahan
from the saffron party
was elected to the Delhi
State Haj Committee
chairperson's post.
In a setback to the
ruling AAP in Delhi, Ja-
han today got three of
the five votes cast by the
panel's members in the
poll held at the Delhi
Secretariat. She is the
second woman to be
elected to the post.
‘Cong, BJP
helped Jahan
win in Delhi Haj
panel poll:AAP
‘Avoid debating communal issues on TV’
‘Rural poor helpless as
Centre pushing them
towards online system’ Shashi Tharoor
virtually rules
out contesting
CWC polls
MAMATA SLAMS BJP GOVT
AKASA AIR TO PLACE LARGE AIRCRAFT
ORDER, EYES INTERNATIONAL GROWTH
‘AIR INDIA HAS OPTION TO BUY 370
MORE AIRCRAFT AFTER GIANT ORDER’
New Delhi: Akasa Air will place a large order for new narrow-
body jets, as the start-up budget airline looks to capitalise on
booming demand at home and begin international flights, its
chief executive said. The 200-day-old airline currently flies 17
Boeing 737 MAX planes out of a total order of 72 jets to be de-
livered by March 2027. Before the end of this year we are going
to place another aircraft order that is going to be substantially
larger than the 72 aircraft order we have placed, official said.
New Delhi: Tata Group-owned Air India has placed an order
for 840 planes with Airbus and Boeing, including the option to
acquire 370 aircraft, a senior airline official on Thursday saying
the order is a landmark moment in the Indian aviation history.
The announcement by Air India official Nipun Aggarwal comes
a day after the airline said it has placed a firm order for 470
aircraft -- 250 from Airbus and 220 from Boeing.
‘THERE IS NEED TO STRENGTHEN COUNTRY’S JUDICIAL
SYSTEM ON THE BASIS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE EVIDENCE’
Shah inaugurated an
online facility for
passport verification
mPassport Seva and ded-
icated the mobile forensic
vehicles inducted into the
Delhi Police to people.
He also inaugurated the
academic complex of the
National Forensic Sci-
ence University’s (NFSU)
Delhi campus. Pointing
out that the city police
has received mobile
forensic vans now, he
said, “In the coming
days, the Delhi Police will
become the first police
force in the country to
investigate every crime
punishable with six years
in jail and more by the
visit of a forensic team.
“There is a great need to
strengthen the country’s
judicial system on the
basis of forensic science
evidence. When this
vehicle, equipped with
state-of-the-art facilities
and 14 different types
of forensic kits, would
visit the crime scene,
the conviction rate will
significantly increase.”
Union Home Minster Amit Shah with Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora during the 76th
Raising Day parade of the Delhi Police, at the New Police Lines, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
Rahul Gandhi consoles the wife of Viswanathan at the latter’s
house. The tribal youth was found hanging on the Kerala’s
Kozhikode Medical College premises last week.
2 DRUG PEDDLERS
HELD WITH 951 KG
OF GANJA IN TN
Madurai: Madurai police
foiled a smuggling bid
and seized 951 kg of
Contraband (ganja) along
with the arrest of 2 during
checking in Madurai.
Police are on a manhunt
to nab the other two
accused who fled, officials
said on Thursday. The ar-
rested accused have been
identified as Prabhakaran
Sentithil Prabhu.
GUJ: 7 DIE AS JEEP
WITH 18 PERSONS
RAMS INTO TRUCK
Patan: 7 people were
killed in a road accident
near Varahi in the Patan
district of Gujarat after
their jeep rammed into
a standing truck, Gujarat
police said.As per
police, the accident
occurred on Wednesday
and they have registered
the FIR in the matter
after the overnight probe
into the case.
FB POST BY MURDER
ACCUSED TRIGGERS
POLITICAL ROW
Thiruvananthapuram:
A social media post, by
an accused in the killing
of a Youth Congress
activist 5 years ago, has
put the ruling CPI(M)
in Kerala in the dock,
as opposition Congress
today attacked the party
and demanded a CBI
probe in the sensational
case. Akash Thillankeri
is a prime accused in
the murder of activist SP
Shuhaib.
2 SKELETONS FOUND
IN CHARRED SUV IN
HARYANA’S BHIWANI
Bhiwan: Two skeletons
were found in a charred
SUV in the Loharu area
of Bhiwani district on
Thursday, police said.
“2 skeletons were found
in a charred Bolero in
Loharu, Bhiwani district.
There are chances that
both victims died either
due to a fire that broke
out in the vehicle or
were burnt to death,”
Loharu DSP Jagat Singh
More said.
5 KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED AS TWO SUVS
COLLIDE IN UTTAR PRADESH'S BANDA
Banda: In a tragic road accident, 5 people were killed and
6 others injured after two cars returning from a wedding
function collided with a tree at
Paprenda Road on Wednesday night,
SP Abhinandan said. “One more
person with some minor injuries has
been found. All 7 injured have been
shifted to the district hospital for
treatment, where two of them have
been referred to Kanpur and Medical college. While five
bodies have been sent for postmortem”, police added.
91% STUDENTS FEEL PROF CERTIFICATION
WILL HELP THEM SUCCEED IN JOBS: SURVEY
OVER 2,700 COMPLAINTS AGAINST INFLUENCERS,
INSTAGRAM TOPS VIOLATIONS, SAYS ADS BODY
New Delhi: 91% Indian students believe that a professional
certification will help them succeed in their job while 96%
felt it will help them get a employment after
graduation, as per new survey. The study
from online learning platform Coursera
found that employers in India place a high-
er value on professional certificates when
making hiring decisions than their coun-
terparts in Australia, the UK, and Germany.
Nearly 5,000 students and employers across 11 countries
Australia, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Saudi
Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, the UK the US were surveyed.
Mumbai: The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)
on Thursday said it has processed 2,767 complaints since
coming up with influencer guidelines in May 2021. More
than half of the violations have been found on Meta-owned
Instagram platform, while Alphabet’s Youtube contributed
a third of them, the self-regulatory organisation for the
advertising industry said. The body said in over 90 per cent
of the cases, there were modifications required.
CRUCIAL READ
Srinagar (PTI):
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee (PCC) president
Vikar Rasool Wani on
Thursday said the Cen-
tre should immediately
restore statehood to
Jammu and Kashmir
and hold Assembly
polls. He also accused
the ruling BJP at the
Centre of creating “dic-
tatorship” in JK.
“We demand immedi-
ate restoration of state-
hood to Jammu and
Kashmir and holding of
Assembly polls,” Wani
told reporters at the
PCC headquarters.
The PCC chief, how-
ever, said National Con-
ference (NC) president
Farooq Abdullah has
“rightly said that they
(government) have no
intention of restoring
statehood” to the Union
Territory
.
“The BJP has created
dictatorship here. Peo-
ple are being harassed
and intimidated in the
name of bulldozers or
the Public Safety Act.
Anyone who raises his
voice is threatened with
arrest,” he alleged.
Congress demands immediate
restoration of statehood to JK
Lucknow: The Sama-
jwadi Party on Thurs-
day asked its leaders
and panelists to refrain
from debating on com-
munal issues on televi-
sion channels.
It said the party lead-
ers should not be mis-
led by the BJP which is
trying to divert the at-
tention of the people
from basic issues.
SP president Akhile-
sh Yadav has advised
party workers, leaders,
office bearers and TV
panelists to refrain
from debating on com-
munal issues during
discussions on TV
channels, party's na-
tional secretary Rajen-
dra Chaudhary said.
The ruling BJP is
constantly trying to di-
vert the attention of the
people from basic is-
sues by raising reli-
gious issues, so Sama-
jwadi Party leaders
should not get involved
in debates involving re-
ligion, he said.
Mamata Banerjee
UP MIN CALLS SP LEADER 'RAVANA'
‘PMAY’ CRISIS

First India Bureau
Alwar: A huge hoard-
ing with “Mohabbat Ki
Dukan” written in bold
outside Social Justice
and Empowerment
Minister Tika Ram Ju-
lly’s office in Alwar has
become the talk of the
town. Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi during
his Bharat Jodo Yatra
in Malakhera in Alwar
had mentioned about
opening a “Mohabbat
Ki Dukan” in the mar-
ket of hatred. It had
made headlines then.
Later, he used it many
times in different plac-
es. Perhaps, this in-
spired Juli to use this
on the hoarding.
The hoarding out-
side residence number
21 of Moti Dungri area
of Alwar city is a mat-
ter of discussion
among the people. The
hoarding has large
photographs of Rahul
Gandhi, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot and
former Union Minister
Jitendra Singh. A small
photograph of former
Deputy Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot can also
be seen. Besides, there
are photographs of
many other party lead-
ers and MLAs.
NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A two-day In-
ter College Youth Festi-
val was inaugurated by
Rajasthan University
on Thursday with an
on-stage theatre per-
formance.
The chief guest on the
occasion was MLA Go-
pal Meena and MLA
Ameen Kagzi. Gopal
Meena inspired the
youth to participate en-
thusiastically in the
youth festival. He also
wishedforthesuccessof
the programme and
urged that such pro-
grammes should contin-
ue in the university
wherethepersonalityof
thestudentsisimproved.
Ameen Kagzi,
through his address,
emphasised the priori-
ty of education to the
youth while maintain-
ing the dignity of the
university, as well as
expressed best wishes
to the students for their
participation in the
youth festival for the
development of their
creative potential. Ap-
pealing to the students
for positive politics, ex-
pressed his own availa-
bility for the develop-
ment of the university
.
Two-day Rajasthan Youth Fest begins
ART AND CULTURE

MLAs Amin
Kagzi and Gopal
Meena were the
Chief Guests at
the event. Both
of them wished
the students to
continue such
programmes at
the University
Holi:Trainspackedtocapacity,
airlinesgetfewerreservations
Train reservation waiting list reaches beyond 100; extra coaches to be arranged
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The Railways
are all set to witness a
mad rush of people for
the upcoming festival
of ‘Holi’. Trains from
Jaipur to States like Ut-
tar Pradesh, Bihar, and
West Bengal have been
booked up to capacity
while the reservation
waiting has also gone
much beyond 100. How-
ever, private airline
companies are seeing
fewer reservations for
Holi despite their low
air fares.
As per the current
price, airfare from
Mumbai to Jaipur for
Holi is Rs 3,600. Simi-
larly, air travel from
Chennai to Jaipur will
be around Rs 6,100. The
fares this year are even
less than during the
pandemic period. De-
spite this, there are
very few bookings for
the festive season.
On the other hand,
trains have been fully
booked and the rail-
ways have made no
plans for running ex-
tra trains on Holi.
However, extra coach-
es will be added to
some trains to manage
the huge rush.
AIR FARES DURING
HOLI FESTIVAL
BOOKINGS IN
MAJOR TRAINS
 12 flights available daily
for travel from Mumbai
 Fare from Mumbai to
Jaipur for March 6 be-
tween Rs 3.6K to Rs 6,048
 Six flights daily from Ben-
guluru to Jaipur while fare
falls between Rs 6,511 to
Rs 9,155
 Five flights daily from
Hyderabad to Jaipur. Fare
begins at Rs 6,067 to Rs
6,367
 Three flights daily from
Kolkata to Jaipur, fare at
Rs 7,557
 Two flights daily from
Pune to Jaipur, the fare at
Rs 5,416 to Rs 5,628
 One flight daily from
Chennai to Jaipur, fare at
Rs 6,076
 31 waiting in sleeper, 33 in
the third AC in train 12956
Jaipur-Mumbai Super
 Bikaner-Guwahati (15633)
on March 1, 131 in Sleeper,
51 waiting in Third AC
 Train Jodhpur-Varanasi
14854 Marudhar 101 in
Sleeper, 31 waiting in
Third AC on March 6
 In train Garib Nawaz
Express (15716) on March
6, 100 were in the sleeper,
45 waiting in the third AC
 Train Ajmer-Sealdah
12988 on March 5, 200
in Sleeper, 68 waiting in
Third AC
 In train Jodhpur-Howrah
(12308) on March 4, 98 in
the sleeper, 44 waiting in
the third AC
State Govt to give 50%
subsidy on agri tools
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: In a major step
for farmers, the Ra-
jasthan Government
will give subsidy up to
50 per cent for the pur-
chase of agricultural
equipment. The State
Government has ear-
marked Rs 250 crore for
this. In the last four
years, subsidy of Rs 91
crore was given by the
Gehlot government. For
drones, assistance of Rs
4 lakh will also be given.
The government has
announced 12 missions
in the budget. It is not
the election year
that the government
has announced such
provisions, but the gov-
ernment has been
working for the welfare
of the farmers for the
last four year.
During farming, ag-
ricultural tools and
equipment are re-
quired by farmers for
works like plowing,
sowing seeds, and har-
vesting crops. There
are a variety of tools
available in the mar-
ket to make these
hard-working tasks
easier but it is not easy
for every farmer to
buy them.
Realising this prob-
lem of the farmers, the
Gehlot government has
launched the Rajasthan
Agricultural Technical
Mission under which
farmers are being given
subsidies for the pur-
chase of agricultural
equipment.
CS directs
shifting of
DIPR outside
secretariat
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The Direc-
torate of the De-
partment of Infor-
mation and Public
Relation (DIPR) will
soon be shifted out-
side the secretariat.
Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma dur-
ing a meeting with
department offi-
cials on Thursday
made it clear that
DIPR will be shifted
outside the secre-
tariat and asked the
officials to soon
chalk out a plan for
the shifting and pre-
sent it in the next
meeting. In the
meeting, the DIPR
officials argued that
a budget of Rs 150
crore has been ap-
proved for the reno-
vation of DIPR and
it should be shifted
when the process of
its implementation
is completed.
However, the
Chief Secretary
said that as per the
directions, it has to
be shifted as of now
and hence, a plan
for its shifting
should be presented
in the next meeting.
Two-day ACB workshop on
‘investigation of DA cases’
RTDC makes `
`3 cr profit from Palace on Wheels
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Palace on
Wheels has given a
profit of about Rs 3
crore to Rajasthan
Tourism Development
Corporation (RTDC).
After the COVID-19 pe-
riod, Palace on Wheels
started continuous trip
from October 22, 2022
and till January 2023,
500 passengers have
travelled in it.
Most of the passen-
gers were Indian. As
the increasing the num-
ber of domestic tour-
ists, RTDC considering
to redesign the fare of
this luxury train ac-
cording to Indian stand-
ard. The next round of
Palace on Wheels which
is going to start from
18th February, 78 pas-
sengers will travel in
it. This figure of pas-
sengers is quite reas-
suring as 82 passengers
can travel in this train
at a time.
RTDC MD VP Singh
said there has been a
significant reduction
in the number of for-
eign tourists after
COVID period.
“In such a situation,
the focus was on the
Palace on Wheels in
different cities of
country, the result was
that 40 to 50 per cent of
Indians travelled in
this royal train,” Sin-
gh said.
He also said that the
Palace on Wheels
would remain full in
March-April as well.
“In the recently or-
ganised ‘International
Travel Mart – FITUR’
in Madrid, Spain,
which was attended by
Rajasthan delegation
of tourism, a roadshow
was organised for Pal-
ace on Wheels, in the
leadership of Chair-
man Dharmendra Sin-
gh Rathore, RTDC,
which was appreciated
by operators of the in-
ternational tour-and-
travel present there,”
Singh added.
Indian Ambassador
to Spain Dinesh K Pat-
naik had inaugurated
the Rajasthan Tourism
Pavilion at Fitur World
Travel Mart in Madrid.
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: A two-day
training workshop on
the investigation of
disproportionate asset
(DA) cases began at In-
telligence Academy in
Jaipur. The workshop,
being organised by the
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB), will im-
part training to offi-
cials regarding how an
investigation is done in
DA cases. The chief
speaker of the inaugu-
ral session was the Ad-
ditional Director of
CBI, DC Jain.
Additional Director
General of ACB He-
mant Priyadarshi said
that according to the
zero-tolerance policy
of the Rajasthan Gov-
ernment against cor-
ruption cases, DA cas-
es are registered. “To
make the investiga-
tion of such cases ef-
fective, a two-day
training workshop is
being organised in col-
laboration with the
CBI at the Intelligence
Academy in Nehru
Nagar,” said ADG He-
mant Priyadarshi.
ACB nabs head
constable with
`20K in Alwar
SMS event: Doc
dies during
cricket match
Three-day Sambhar
Festival from today
Rape accused Gemara
tobearrestedatWagah
First India Bureau
Alwar: The Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB)
on Thursday arrested a
head-constable in Alwar
while accepting a bribe
of Rs 20,000. Police in-
formedthatDhanSingh,
postedashead-constable
in Behor Police Station
of Alwar District, took
bribe for not beating the
complainant and help-
ing him to release his
seized motorcycle in a
case filed against him.
“Theaccuseddemanded
a bribe of Rs 50,000.
Dhan Singh had already
taken Rs 5,000 from the
complainantduringver-
ification of the com-
plaint,” police said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A doctor died
during the Doctors’
Cricket Match played
on the occasion of the
Platinum Jubilee Cele-
bration of the Sawai
Man Singh (SMS) Hos-
pital. As per reports,
while playing on the
playground, he col-
lapsed with complaints
of severe chest pain, af-
ter which he was
brought to the emergen-
cy of SMS Hospital,
however, he died before
reaching the hospital.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Tourism
Department and
Jaipur District Admin-
istration have complet-
ed all the preparations
for the Sambhar Festi-
val being organised for
the first time. The
three-day festival will
take place between
February 17 and 19.
There will be an influx
of domestic and for-
eign tourists in Samb-
har for the festival.
District Collector
Prakash Rajpurohit in-
formed that the Samb-
har festival will prove
to be a milestone in the
tourism sector of the
state. The festival will
be organised by taking
full care of the birds as
per the instructions of
the National Green
Tribunal (NGT).
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Gemara Ram,
who returned to India
from Pakistan on Tues-
day, will be arrested by
the Barmer police. Ge-
mara is wanted in a
rape case and a team
has been sent to Wagah
border to arrest him.
Narpat Singh Rathore,
additional superinten-
dent of police con-
firmed the report.
According to the po-
lice on basis of a com-
plaint, Bijrad police in
Barmer had booked
Gemara Ram in a rape
case. The case against
Gemara Ram was
lodged by his girl-
friend’s father. Police
said that the team had
reached there to arrest
Gemara Ram and he
will be taken to Bar-
mer after which he
would be produced be-
fore the court.
It mentioned here
that in November 2020,
Gemara Ram Meghwal
(17), a resident of
Kumharo Ka Tiba of
Sajjan Ka Paar village
under Bijrad police
station area in Barmer
district, fled to Paki-
stan fearing infamy
after he was caught
while entering his girl-
friend’s house.
Subsidy will be given under State Government’s Rajasthan
Agricultural Technical Mission.
Students perform at Rajasthan Youth fest on Thursday.
Hemant Priyadarshi, DC Jain, among others were the chief
speakers at the ACB workshop, in Jaipur on Thursday.
Rajasthan showcased Palace on Wheels, tourist places, heritage
hotels at Fitur World Travel Mart in Madrid.
‘Mohabbat Ki Dukan’ outside
Jully’s office grabs eyeballs
Hoarding outside Minister Tika Ram Jully’s Alwar office.
MORE BOOKINGS
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

Yogesh Sharma and
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In response to
the Budget debate, CM
has announced scheme
to address the com-
plaints of farmers fill-
ing Vigilance Check
Report (VCR) in the
election year. Under
this scheme, farmers
will not be penalized
for self-declaration of
load and VCR will not
be filled.
The Chief Minister
has announced to open
17 new colleges in the
state. Apart from this, 7
new girls colleges will
also be opened. CM said
that with the establish-
ment of Urdu B.Ed Col-
lege in Hawamahal as-
sembly constituency of
Jaipur and 5 new ITIs
will also be opened in
the state. At the same
time, recruitment of 2,
500 Rajiv Gandhi Yuva
Mitras will be done. De-
fense Service Prepara-
tory Institute will be
opened in one school
each at the divisional
level. At the same time,
Center of Excellence
for Electric Vehicle and
Center of Excellence
for Electric Vehicle will
be established in Poly-
technic College of
Jaipur and Jodhpur.
The government will
also get a mini secre-
tariat constructed in
Sikar. Apart from this,
two additional district
collectorate offices have
also been approved in
Ajmer and Dausa. At
the same time, two SDM
offices will be opened in
Jodhpur. The Chief
Minister has also an-
nounced the construc-
tion of a roadways de-
pot at Nohar in Hanu-
mangarh.
Apart from 6 new po-
lice stations, the Chief
Minister also informed
about the opening of
two women police sta-
tions. At the same time,
a Sadar police station
Bharatpur. He also an-
nounced opening of two
Deputy Superintendent
of Police offices in Bar-
mer and Jalore. Along
with this, a camp court
Alwar along with addi-
tional district and ses-
sions court in three dis-
tricts. At the same time,
approval has also been
given for a POCSO
court in Alwar.
After the death of a
government employee,
now his/her disabled
sons and daughters will
be able to get family
pension even after mar-
riage. Till now, under
the Rajasthan Civil Ser-
vices (Pension) Rules,
1996, only unmarried
disabled sons and
daughters were entitled
to family pension.
It has been an-
nounced to restart the
closed cotton spinning
mill of Hanumangarh.
Spinfed, an organiza-
tion of the Cooperative
Department, used to
run it. With the resump-
tion of this mill, people
who were unemployed
due to its closure will
get work.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Senior BJP
leader LoP in Ra-
jasthan Assembly, Gu-
lab Chand Kataria, has
resigned from the mem-
bership of Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly
on Thursday
. A farewell
ceremony for Kataria
was organised as he has
been appointed as the
Governor of Assam. As-
sembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot and all
the members of the As-
sembly were present on
this occasion.
On this occasion, As-
sembly Speaker CP
Joshi said, “Today I am
very happy that Kataria
ji has become the Gov-
ernor. I got a chance to
become an MLA in 1980
and Kataria ji got a
chance in 1977. You
have reached this stage
today because of your
hard work. Gulab ji’s
village Dilwara is in my
constituency. We have
studied in same place.
The reason behind Gu-
lab ji reaching here is
his firm thoughts,” he
said.
Dy LoP Rajendra
Rathore said that now
we will call Gulab ji
Bhaisaab His Excellen-
cy
. “On behalf of Legis-
lature Party respected
Vasundhara Raje, I ex-
tend my best wishes to
Kataria ji on being ap-
pointed as Assam Guv.
He has been a guardian
and a guide to us.”
Focus on getting the work done
with excellence first and foremost,
credit and rewards are secondary.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Kataria ji will enhance the dignity of Rajasthan in Assam: Gehlot
BIDDING FAREWELL
CM GEHLOT REPLIES ON BUDGET DEBATE
CM GEHLOT ANNOUNCES NEW
RECRUITMENTS FOR YOUTH
Disabled children will get family pension,
announced CM Gehlot during Budget reply
Hanumangarh’s closed spinning mill
will start again, told the Chief Minister
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addresses during the reply on the
discussion on the State Budget during the 8th session of the
State Legislative Assembly in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen are
Shanti Dhariwal, Dr BD Kalla, Vishvendra Singh and others.
CM Ashok Gehlot poses with MLAs on the occasion of farewell
of Gulab Chand Kataria outside the State Assembly in Jaipur
on Thursday. Also seen are Dr CP Joshi, GC Kataria, Shanti
Dhariwal, Dr BD Kalla, Hemaram Choudhary, Parsadi Lal Meena,
Dr Mahesh Joshi, Dr Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Pratap S
Khachariyawas and others.
It is a big
thing to be-
come MLA 9
times an MP once.
Kataria ji will en-
hance Raj’s dignity in
Assam. He is the man
of Sangh cadre.
Whenever he is emo-
tional, he speak very
bitterly. Many a times,
he has also stopped us
to speak as well.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra has ex-
pressed his displeasure
over the state govern-
ment for not following
the prescribed rules for
the formation of vari-
ous commissions, cor-
porations, boards and
appointment of office
bearers in these institu-
tions.
According to a
spokesperson of the Raj
Bhavan, the Governor
has also written a letter
to Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot and in-
structed him to clarify
the situation in this re-
gard.
Governor Mishra has
also expressed his dis-
pleasure over the ap-
pointment orders being
issued in this regard
without obtaining any
kind of approval at the
Raj Bhavan level, the
statement said. In a let-
ter written to CM Ge-
hlot, Governor has di-
rected to clarify the sit-
uation in the matter.
In another matter,
Governor Mishra has
written a letter to CM
seeking detailed info
regarding implementa-
tion of 'Pay and Ac-
count Office System' in
place of currently run-
ning treasury system.
First India Bureau
Jaipur : It seems that
the strict warning of
the Congress high com-
mand, to the ‘rival fac-
tions in Rajasthan’, to
hold a ‘ceasefire’ has
been broken once again!
Both KC Venugopal and
state in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa had given ultima-
tum not to make state-
ments in front of the
media.ButonThursday
,
Khiladi Lal Bairwa and
Ved Prakash Solanki
gave statements and
said, “Earlier the deci-
sion on Rajasthan kept
getting postponed due
to different reasons. But
now is the right time to
decide.”
This ‘rhetoric’ was
started on Wednesday
after Sachin Pilot’s in-
terview to PTI. Mean-
while, Randhawa will
reach Jaipur on Friday
afternoon by Indigo
flight from Chandigarh
to Jaipur at 1 pm.
Bhawani S Hada
Bundi: LS Speaker Om
Birla during his tour to
Nainwa, participated
in the’ Dhwaj Sthapna’
programme at Baba
Shyam temple in Dei
village. Speaker Birla
hoisted the 121-foot flag
with chants. Birla was
welcomed by Kesho-
raipatan Patan MLA
Chandrakanta Meghw-
al, programme coordi-
nator Rajaram Meena,
former district presi-
dent of BJP Hemraj Na-
gar, and panchayat com-
mittee head Padam Ku-
mar Nagar. Speaking in
the program, Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla said
that Dei Shyam Dham
has also become famous
in the entire state like
Khatu Shyam Dham.
The LS Speaker fur-
ther said that whoever
attends the court of
Shyam Baba, their
wishes are fulfilled he
is also an ardent devo-
tee of Baba.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: During the
Budget debate in As-
sembly, the Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot said,
“When the salary of
MLAs and MPs can in-
crease at will, so we
cannot leave the gov-
ernment employees to
the mercy of God. They
are also entitled to pen-
sion. The Centre is in-
vesting NPS money in
the stock market. Just
saw that Adani’s stock
has come down, see
what happened?”
Gehlot surrounded
the central govern-
ment and said, “Ra-
jasthan’s budget has
been cut by Rs 21,000
crores. Such a huge
amount matters to the
state government. De-
spite such a huge cut
in the budget of Ra-
jasthan by the central
government, no MP
spoke anything on it.
There are 25 MPs from
Rajasthan. No MP ad-
vocated the interests
of Rajasthan. When
such a situation arises,
it becomes the duty of
the MPs of the state to
raise their voice.”
Gehlot said to BJP
State President Dr Sat-
ish Poonia, “If you talk
to PM Narendra Modi
about the interests of
Rajasthan, will he not
listen to you? You peo-
ple did not talk to the
PM regarding ERCP,
otherwise, the Prime
Minister would not
have spoken the way he
did in Dausa. The peo-
ple of Rajasthan will
not forgive you seeing
the kind of hurdles you
are creating in a won-
derful scheme like
ERCP.”
Taking a jibe at the
BJP leaders, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot fur-
ther added saying,
“What is the secret that
an scheme like ERCP is
being stopped? Only the
MLAs coming from Ch-
uru know this.”
On this, Deputy Lead-
er of Opposition Rajen-
dra Rathore said, “We
would say that this is
Vasundhara Raje’s plan
and deliberately want
to stop this plan.”
Rajpeoplewon’tforgiveBJPfor
creatinghurdlesinERCP:CM
Guv Mishra writes to
CM Gehlot over
appointment orders
Is Randhawa reaching Jpr
to ‘cull the storm’ owing
to ‘ceasefire violation’?
Om Birla: We should
share pains of others
WISHING SPEEDY RECOVERY...
CM Ashok
Gehlot visits
former
Member of
Parliament
Ashk Ali Tank
to enquire
about his
health at a
hospital in
Jaipur on
Thursday. CM
Gehlot wished
him a speedy
recovery.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje may
visit Ajmer today. Raje
will be on the day-long
district tour and also
has a plan to reach
Shankar S Rawat’s resi-
dence in Mangaliyawas.
There can be a pro-
gramme of worship in
the Kalpavriksha tem-
ple. There can also be a
possiblevisittoPukhraj
Paharia’s residence at
Vaishali Nagar in the
city. After this, there is
also a programme of
fering prayers at
Gwalior Ghat on the
Pushkar Sarovar.
Vasundhara Raje
likely to visit
Ajmer today
Let’s revive...
The awareness cam-
paign will be held
across the country for
eight months, target-
ing 10 crore people.
“Due to such a large
population, water se-
curity is an important
concern for India. It is
a shared responsibili-
ty of all of us,” he
said.
“There shall be a to-
morrow only if there
is water, and for this
we have to make joint
efforts from today,”
Modi said. He said wa-
ter conservation has
been a part of India’s
spirituality for thou-
sands of years.
“That’s why we
term water as god, call
rivers mother.” “When
a society makes such
an emotional connect
with nature, the world
calls it sustainable de-
velopment,” Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi said.
FROM PG 1
Om Birla offers prayers at Baba Shyam temple and participates in
the 'Dhwaj Sthapna' programme at Dei village in Bundi district on
Thursday. Also seen here is Chandrakanta Meghwal others.
Vasundhara Raje
Sukhjinder Randhawa
Governor Kalraj Mishra
CM Ashok Gehlot, Dr CP Joshi, Gulab Chand Kataria and Shanti Dhariwal during the
farewell ceremony organised in Kataria’s honour in State Assembly in Jaipur.
Guv designate of Assam, GC Kataria hands
over his resignation to Assembly Speaker
Dr CP Joshi at State Assembly in Jaipur.
CM Ashok Gehlot being greeted
by GC Kataria during his farewell
ceremony at State Assembly.
CM’S MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENTS
z 5,000 Rajiv Gandhi
youth friends will be
engaged.
z 1 Start Up Centre
to come up in Bi-
kaner.
z New govt colleges
to be opened.
z Urdu B.Ed college
will open in Hawama-
hal constituency.
z Open gyms will be
opened in govern-
ment colleges.

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