19012022 first india jaipur

POLICE SHOULD WORK WITH
PROMPTNESS AND SENSITIVITY: GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that strong law and or-
derinthestateandeffec-
tivepreventionof crimes
is the top priority of the
state government. “Po-
lice officers should work
inthisdirectionwithfull
readiness and sensitivi-
ty
. It should be the effort
of the police that any
crime should be investi-
gated thoroughly in the
shortest possible time
andtheculpritshouldbe
punished and the victim
gets justice as soon as
possible. Police should
do their work without
any pressure with fair-
ness and positive think-
ing,” Gehlot said while
addressing the review
meetingof theHomeDe-
partment through VC at
the Chief Minister’s
residenceonTuesday
.He
said that with the aim of
making police work
modern, public friendly
and pro-active in the
state,receptionroomsin
police stations, creation
of the post of Additional
Superintendent of Po-
lice in every district for
prevention and effective
research of women
crimes, mandatory FIR
registration, Innova-
tions like formation of a
separate unit for hei-
nous crimes, operation
of women and children
desk, security guard, po-
lice mitra, village guard,
women’s power self-de-
fense center have been
done.Positiveresultsare
also being seen from
them. Police officers
should further strength-
en law and order by en-
suring better implemen-
tation of these innova-
tions, he said. Turn to P8
HOME DEPARTMENT REVIEW MEETING
CM Ashok Gehlot
CRUCIAL READ
PORN FILM CASE: SC GRANTS PRE-
ARREST BAIL TO POONAM PANDEY
GRAFT CASE: COURT REJECTS ANIL
DESHMUKH’S PLEA FOR DEFAULT BAIL
New Delhi: The SC on Tuesday
granted protection from arrest
to actress Poonam Pandey in
porn films racket case. A bench
of Justices Vineet Saran and B V
Nagarathna issued notice to the
Maharashtra government on an
appeal filed by Pandey against a Bombay High
Court order rejecting her anticipatory bail.
Mumbai: In a setback to Anil Deshmukh, a special
PMLA court on Tuesday rejected the former Maha-
rashtra Home Minister’s plea to be granted default
bail in connection with a money laundering case
registered against him by the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED). Deshmukh has argued in his plea that
though the agency had filed a charge-sheet against
him, the court had not taken cognisance of it, and,
therefore, he should be granted default bail.
First India Bureau
The AAP on Tuesday
announced Bhagwant
Mann as its chief min-
isterial candidate ahead
of the Punjab Assembly
elections scheduled in
February. The decision
was announced days af-
ter the party opened tel-
ephone lines for people
of Punjab to suggest
names for their pre-
ferred CM candidate.
AAP received around
22 lakh responses under
its campaign to elect its
CM face.
AAP NAMES BHAGWANT
MANN AS CM CANDIDATE
POLL-DANCE
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ED raids 10 locations
in Punjab, including
CM’s nephew’s house
Jalandhar: Days ahead
of the Punjab Assembly
elections, the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
Tuesday carried out
searches at 10 places in
Ludhiana, Mohali and
Pathankot districts in
connection with an ille-
gal sand mining case
based on an FIR regis-
tered in 2018 by the Pun-
jab police against
Kudrat Deep Singh, the
main accused, who
owns a quarry in
Nawanshahr, Shaheed
Bhagat Singh Nagar dis-
trict. Among the places
searched was the Mo-
hali residence of Chief
Minister Charanjit Sin-
gh Channi’s nephew -
BhupinderSinghHoney
.
ILLEGAL SAND MINING CASE
It is also a fact that AAP
sounded off a number of
prospective candidates but
each and every one of them
refused to lead the party.
This is why the
responsibility has been
thrust on Bhagwant after
a make belief survey.
—Sukhbir Singh Badal,
President
PRESSURE TACTICS
IN RUN-UP TO
POLLS: CHANNI
Reacting to the ED raid
at his nephew Bhupinder
Singh’s house, Channi
said, “The same thing
happened during the
West Bengal elections. It
is to put pressure on me
in view of the upcoming
assembly polls. They are
targeting me. This is not
good for democracy.”
‘MAKE FARMERS AWARE OF
CENTRE’S WELFARE SCHEMES’
GOA CONGRESS
RELEASES LIST
SONU SOOD ROOTS FOR
CHANNI, CONG TWEETS
SC TO CONSIDER
HEARING PLEA
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Tuesday interacted with the BJP workers
of his parliamentary constituency Varanasi
through his NaMo app and discussed issues
like restoration of the Kashi Vishwanath Cor-
ridor, women empower-
ment, farmers’ welfare,
etc. Interacting with the
BJP workers, he spoke
about people of Varanasi
getting benefits from
central government
schemes. “We have start-
ed various schemes for
farmers like farmers trains, vaccinating the
animal’s campaign and opening several dair-
ies. I want all the BJP workers to make farm-
ers aware of all these schemes. Tell farmers
about organic farming. It is very important to
tell the farmers about natural farming.
Panaji: Congress on
Tuesday released the
third list of candidates
for the upcoming Goa
Assembly elections
that are scheduled to
take place on February
14. Michael Lobo, the
former state minister
who recently quit
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) to join the party,
will contest from the
Calangute constituency.
Congress has apparently backed
Punjab CM Channi as its CM face
amid intense speculations. In a video
by the official Twitter handle of Con-
gress, actor Sonu Sood says the “real
chief minister is the one who does
not have to tell he is the chief minis-
terial candidate”. Sood’s remark was
followed by several clips of Channi.
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Tuesday said it would
consider listing for
hearing a plea seeking
a direction to the
Election Commission
to ensure that political
parties publish details
regarding criminal
cases of candidates
along with the reason
for their selection on
their websites.
POLL HUDDLE: BJP BRAINSTORMS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR UP POLLS
The BJP core group met in Delhi on Tuesday for
brainstorming on the names of 231 candidates
of UP. Party President JP Nadda, UP CM Yogi
Adityanath and other leaders were present in the
meeting which lasted for about 5 hours at BJP
headquarters. After the meeting BJP declared
candidates for two seats by giving tickets to
Bahoranlal Maurya from Bhojipura and Chhatrapal
Gangwar from Baheri.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with party’s CM candidate for Punjab Bhagwant Singh Mann in Mohali. —PHOTO BY PTI
I will try to get my party the victory with more than
two-third majority. We have to make Punjab
Rangla Punjab again. —Bhagwant Singh Mann
Rajnath writes to Didi,
Stalin over tableaux
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Tuesday
wrote to Tamil Nadu
CM MK Stalin and his
West Bengal counter-
part Mamata Banerjee
over the exclusion of
the states’ tableaux
from the Republic Day
parade in New Delhi. In
his letter to Stalin, Sin-
gh said TN’s tableau
could not make it into
the final list of 12 tab-
leaux selected for par-
ticipation.
A day ago, Stalin had
sought PM’s immediate
intervention in the mat-
ter alleging the move
was an “insult” by the
Centre.
3RD WAVE EBBING;
WILL LINGER TILL
MARCH IN INDIA
50L BOOSTER JABS
IN ALL SINCE JAN
10: MANDAVIYA
New Delhi: For the first
time, the list of invitees
to R-Day celebrations
include autorickshaw
drivers, construction
workers. A senior Min-
istry of Defence official
said that a special effort
has been made to give
opportunity who never
get a chance to see the
R-Day celebration.
The waning of the Omi-
cron wave has begun in
Mumbai, but it may take
at least another month
before the rest of the
country experiences a
decline in third wave. As
for pandemic, with some
European countries having
registered five waves.
Over 50 lakh healthcare,
frontline workers and
citizens aged 60 years
and above have been
administered the precau-
tion dose of Covid-19
vaccine since January
10, Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya said
on Tuesday.
Alwar Case:
No rape but
hit and run?
Alwar: In a new twist in
the case of alleged rape
and assault with a
16-year-old specially-
abledminorgirlinAlwar,
it has turned out to be a
hit-and-run case and not
rape or attack, sources
said on Tuesday
.
However, the police
have said that they are
investigating the case
from all the angles.
According to the in-
formation received, a
delivery boy of Zomato
had hit the girl and fled
from the spot on Janu-
ary 11. The police have
questioned more than
70 Zomato riders, in
which 1 bike rider has
reportedly admitted to
hitting the girl.
CENTRE FLAGS DIP IN COVID TESTING,
ASKS STATES AND UTs TO ENHANCE IT
New Delhi: The health
ministry has written to
the states and union ter-
ritories highlighting
there has been a decline
in Covid-19 testing. It
has reminded the states
that the basic objective
of testing is early detec-
tion of cases for quick
isolation and care.
The letter to the
states by Centre said:
“Testing remains a key
and crucial component
of the framework. How-
ever, it is seen from the
data available on the
ICMR portal that test-
ing has declined in
many states and union
territories.
AVOID STEROIDS, TEST FOR TB IF
COUGH REMAINS, SAYS CENTRE
The Centre on Tuesday released fresh clinical guide-
lines for COVID-19 treatment advising doctors to avoid
prescribing steroids. Citing the possible increase in
risks of secondary infections such as the black fungus,
the Health Ministry urged doctors to limit the use of
steroids in the early stages of clinical treatment. The
latest guidelines for the management also recommend
testing for tuberculosis and other conditions if the
cough persists for more than two to three weeks.
Abu Dhabi blast: Efforts
on to send bodies back,
says Indian Embassy
NewDelhi:ThetwoIndi-
ans killed in the suspect-
ed drone strike in Abu
Dhabi on Monday have
beenidentified,informed
the Indian Embassy in
UAETuesdaymorning.It
added that two of the six
injured in the attack are
also Indians.
The embassy tweet-
ed, “Identities of 2 de-
ceased Indian nation-
als established.” It
added that the embassy
officials “are in touch
with their family mem-
bers. The Mission is
working closely with
UAE authorities, in-
cluding ADNOC, for
early repatriation of
mortal remains”.
The Indian Embassy
in another tweet Tues-
day said of the “6 in-
jured, 2 are Indian na-
tionals. After receiving
medical treatment they
were discharged yes-
terday night.”
N Chandrababu Naidu@ncbn
I’ve tested positive for COVID with mild
symptoms. I have quarantined myself at home
and taking all the necessary precautions. I would request
those who came in contact with me to get themselves
tested at the earliest. Please be safe and take care.
The aim should
be to provide
justice to the
victim at any
cost, CM asserts
It’s very sad to know that raid is being
conducted on the premises of Punjab Chief
Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s relative
in connection with a case of illegal sand mining.
Punjab Chief Minister and his relatives are involved
in illegal sand mining. —Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM
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R-DAY: IN A FIRST,
WORKERS, DRIVERS
IN LIST OF GUESTS
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
9,711
NEW
CASES
2,358
NEW CASES
IN JAIPUR
09
NEW DEATHS

First India Bureau
Jaipur: The divide in
BJP has come to the
fore once again with the
party State president
Satish Poonia staging a
sit-in on consecutive
days at the Mandal level
in Jawahar Nagar and
Sheopur against the
‘sexual’ assault of the
mute and deaf minor in
Alwar in which other
than city president Ra-
ghav Sharma, no other
prominent leaders of
Raje camp like former
state unit president
Ashok Parnami and
Arun Chaturvedi par-
ticipated.
Poonia said that
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has failed as
Home Minister. He said
that the Alwar incident
is even more gruesome
than the Nirbhaya case
and has brought shame
to Rajasthan. The way
the police and the gov-
ernment have been re-
tracting their words
and the fact that one of
the criminals has been
out of police custody
and roaming freely for a
week, it raises serious
doubts about the inten-
tions of the govern-
ment. Everyone has
been demanding CBI
enquiry in the case but
it is doubtful that the
Rajasthan police and
government will coop-
erate with the CBI dur-
ing investigation.
These sit-in demon-
strations which will be
held in 1100 mandals of
Rajasthan will show to
the people how Ra-
jasthan, from being a
peaceful state has
turned into the crime
capital in the last 3
years.
Such gruesome inci-
dents have happened
not only in Alwar but
also in Udaipur, Na-
gaur, Banswara, Churu,
Nagaur, Bhilwara and
Jalore. The Rajasthan
government has failed
to provide security to
women, to Dalits and to
the deprived. 6 and a
half lakh cases regis-
tered in 2021 reflect on
the poor state of law
and order in the state.
In the year 2021-22, 6337
rape cases are proof
that this government is
nearing its end.
“The BJP will con-
tinue to protest against
the deteriorating law
and order situation in
Rajasthan,” Poonia
said.
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Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra on
Tuesday emphasised on
to provide immediate
and long-term assis-
tance to the children of
tribal dominated sched-
uled areas. Instructions
have been given to iden-
tify the children or-
phaned during Covid
andprovidethemimme-
diate and long-term as-
sistance and protection.
Mishra was addressing
a special online review
meeting regarding the
progress and problems
of schemes for tribal de-
velopment and welfare
in the scheduled areas.
Healsodirectedtocon-
nect all the families of
such areas under the CM
Chiranjeevi Swasthya
BimaYojanasothatthese
families can get the secu-
rity cover of cashless
treatment facility
.
Heinquiredaboutdis-
trict wise progress re-
garding making 49 vil-
lages out of 5,696 sched-
uled areas as model vil-
lages. Tribal Regional
Development Minister
Arjun Singh Bamnia ex-
plained in detail the
worksrelatedtodevelop-
ment of scholarship and
coaching facilities to the
students of tribal areas.
Provide aid to tribal kids: Guv
ORPHANED DUE TO COVID
‘Rajasthan
pattern’ of
tribal sub-plan
implemented in the
CM’s budget an-
nouncement should
work in such a way
that it is exemplary
for other States also.
—Kalraj Mishra,
Rajasthan, Governor
CETP TO CURB WATER POLLUTION DUE TO
PRINTING, DYEING UNITS IN SANGANER
Jaipur: Pollution due to printing and dyeing units
in Sanganer will be curbed by a CETP which is al-
most ready at a cost of about Rs 150 crores. 900
units of waste water will be treated by the 12.3
MLD plant, which will be completely ready in 1
month. It is necessary to set up a self-treatment
plant in all the units.
Jaipur: The police arrested two accused, Rakesh
Bawaria and Subhash Bawaria of Bawaria gang on
charges of theft of power transformer in Chomu.
They confessed to more than 24 theft incidents.
The action was taken under the supervision of
Govindgarh CO Rajesh Dhaka and Govindgarh SHO
Harinarayan Sharma.
BAWARIA GANG OF TRANSFORMER
THIEVES BUSTED, 2 ARRESTED IN CHOMU
NEWS DIGEST
Division in BJP comes to fore as leaders of Raje camp didn’t participate in agitation against Alwar case
PHONE NUMBERS PASTED AT
ALWAR COLLECTOR’S RESIDENCE
AKALI LEADER ACCUSES COPS
OF BUCKLING UNDER PRESSURE
Alwar: Alwar Collector Nannumal Pahadia, who asked
the girls who came to protest about their fathers’
phone numbers, has been caught on the wrong foot.
On Tuesday, BJP workers put up a list of some mobile
numbers at the collector’s residence. It is written
that these numbers belong to the fathers of the girls
who are seeking justice and protection. Many youth
including former district president of BJP Yuva Morcha
Jale Singh were involved. For the last 3 days, youth
have also protested at the collector’s residence and
collectorate.
Alwar: A delegation
of Delhi Gurdwara
Prabandhak Commit-
tee, led by its member
and president of SAD’s
Delhi women unit chief
Ranjeet Kaur, visited
the victim’s family
here on Tuesday. Kaur
later, warned the state
government and said
that if justice is not
done to the hapless
girl, agitation will
spread to Delhi. Kaur
pointed out that police
first said it is a rape
case, but buckling
under pressure from
the State Government,
they later started dub-
bing it as an ‘accident’.
“The Govt has behaved
irresponsibly in the
case so far,” she add-
ed. She threatened that
if the government still
continues to neglect
the case, they will take
to the streets and the
agitation will spread till
Delhi.
Strict action will be
taken against
culprits in Alwar
case, but question is
when will police
arrest Teni. The
situation of Congress
is strong in Uttar
Pradesh. Under the
leadership of
Priyanka, Congress
has become strong.
—Bhupesh Baghel,
Chhattisgarh, CM
Medical lab owner in city rapes
girl, posts obscene photos on FB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The owner of a
medical lab in Jaipur al-
legedly raped an em-
ployee and then shared
the obscene photos on
social media. When the
girl left the job, he start-
ed threatening her to
meet him. When the vic-
tim didn’t listen, the ac-
cused put the photo-vid-
eos of the girl on social
media. Shastri Nagar
SHO Dilip Singh said
that a girl has accused a
lab operator of rape. Ac-
cording to the victim,
the 30-year-old accused
runs a lab in the area.
The victim used to work
in the same lab in 2019.
After this the accused
Shankar raped her. Dur-
ing this, the accused
made her obscene pho-
tos and videos. Even af-
ter this, the accused
raped her several times
by threatening her with
photo videos. Frustrat-
ed by this, the girl left
the job from here.
Even after leaving
work, the accused start-
ed pressurising her to
meet him. When she re-
fused to meet him, the
accused shared her ob-
scene photos on Face-
book. After this, the girl
has lodged a case in this
regard at Shastri Nagar
police station.
Urmila Jain takes charge
as Baran zila pramukh
First India Bureau
Baran: Urmila Jain
Bhaya, the newly ap-
pointed district head of
Baran district, took
charge in the Zilla Pari-
shad on Tuesday
.
On this occasion,
Mines and Animal Hus-
bandry Minister
Pramod Jain Bhaya wel-
comed the district head
wife Urmila Jain with
sweets and congratu-
lated her. The Congress
got only 12 out of 25
seats in the Zilla Pari-
shad polls, while 13
members of the BJP
won the elections. But,
Mines Minister Pramod
Bhaya made a dent in
the BJP by replacing his
wife Urmila in the seat
of the district chief.
Minerals
auction by
January-end
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The process of
auctioning six major
minerals of copper,
magnesite, limestone,
manganese and garnet
will be started by the
end of this month, a top
official said. Additional
Chief Secretary –Mines
Dr. Subodh Agarwal in-
formed that the process
of e-auctioning one cop-
per and six limestone
blocks has been started.
Agarwal chaired a vir-
tual meeting of the de-
partment in which dis-
cussion about the auc-
tions were held.
It was informed in
the meeting that auc-
tion notices for two
limestone blocks of
Jhunjhunu and Nagaur
have been issued and
from January 24 to 28,
these four blocks will be
auctioned on the Gov-
ernment of India’s e-
portal. Similarly, the
process of auction of
one copper has also
been started and from 7
to 9 February, these
blocks will be auctioned
on the e-auction portal
of Govt of India.
Raj leaders campaigning in
UP to garner votes for BJP
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Leaders of Ra-
jasthan are playing an
important role in cam-
paigning in the UP polls.
Mukesh Dadhich, Kan-
haiyalal Chaudhary and
RamhetYadavhavebeen
entrusted with the task
of coordination for the
UP polls.
Mansingh Gurjar and
Rishi Bansal will take
care of Aligarh district.
Prem Prakash Sharma,
ShivlalMeena,TejSingh
and Shailendra Bharga-
va will look after Hath-
ras,BanwariLalSinghal
and Satyanarayan
ChoudharyforMathura,
ShubhkaranChoudhary
and Neeraj Jain for
Agra,KanhaiyaLalMee-
na and Omprakash Ya-
dav for Firozabad, Da-
modar Agarwal and
Prem Chand Bairwa for
Kasganj, Rajveer Singh
Rajawat and Jawahar
Singh Bedham for Etah.
KanhiyalalChaudhary
Mukesh Dadhich Ramhet Yadav
Satish Poonia and BJP workers stage a protest against Alwar ‘rape’ case in Jawahar Nagar on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Guard held for ‘supplying
drugs’ to inmates in jail
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: In Jodhpur,
the security guards are
doing the work of deliv-
ering drugs inside the
jail. A security guard
has been caught carry-
ing opium milk to the
jail. He is under inter-
rogation. In the past
too, the involvement of
guards carrying intoxi-
cants in the jail has
come to the fore.
Platoon Commander
Kalyan Singh of the
RAC battalion, posted
in the security of the
jail, registered a case at
Ratanada police station
and said that Prahlad
Dewasi, who was going
to do duty in the jail on
Monday
, posted as a sen-
tinel, was investigated.
95 grams of opium milk
was recovered from his
pocket. He was immedi-
ately caught and
handed over to the
police.
Satish Poonia asks JDA to
speed up works in Amer
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP State pres-
ident Satish Poonia
asked JDA Commis-
sioner Gaurav Goel and
other matters related to
JDA in the areas under
Jaipur Development
Authority (JDA) in
Amer Assembly Con-
stituency, in which de-
velopment works like
renovation of roads,
asphaltisation, land al-
lotment etc. had a de-
tailed discussion with
the officials about the
speedy disposal of
pending cases.
During this, along
with Poonia, the peo-
ple’s representatives of
the Amer Vidhan Sabha
coming to the JDA area
were also present.
No respite from cold; rain alert in Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cold condi-
tions prevailed in parts
of Rajasthan where Si-
kar was the coldest
place with a minimum
temperature of 1.8 de-
grees Celsius, a MeT
department spokesper-
son said on Tuesday
.
The weather office
has predicted rain in
the State on January 21-
22. The effect of cold
and fog will increase
due to rain.
Traffic moves during dense fog in a cold winter morning in
Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
ALWAR ‘RAPE’ CASE: POONIA
STAGES SIT-IN AGAINST PROBE
Satish Poonia during meeting
with Gaurav Goel and others.
Urmila Jain Bhaya, Pramod Jain
Bhaya & others during occasion.

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First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: Shaurya
Chakra awardee Vikas
Jakhar, Assistant Com-
mandant of CRPF, start-
ed his fast unto death on
Tuesday
. He sat on a fast
at his village Jakharon
Ka Bas. Youth from
many districts of Ra-
jasthan also reached to
support Jakhar.
He is fasting against
the government over
rigging in many gov-
ernment jobs exams in-
cluding REET.
Jakhar has resigned
from CRPF, but his res-
ignation not accepted.
Jakhar had killed 7
Naxalites in Latehar,
Jharkhand in Nov 2016.
For this bravery, he was
awarded Shaurya
Chakra by President
Ram Nath Kovind.
“Since a few years
there are continuous
scams in recruitments
in Raj. The young peo-
ple studying do not get
jobs. Those who are
related to politicians
get employed. The fast
will continue till de-
mands met,” he said. A
large number of villag-
ers supported Jakhar,
who was present at pro-
test site.
Shaurya Chakra awardee Vikas
Jakhar starts fast unto death
RAJASTHAN REPORTS NINE COVID
DEATHS, 9,711 FRESH CASES
9 deaths, 2 each in Jaipur, Jodh, 1 each in
Alwar, Ajmer, Bikaner, Dausa and Karauli
Till Monday evening, 8,90,91,416 people
have been given vaccine doses in the state
Police perssonel get swab test done at Jaipur CMHO. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
RS MP OM Mathur gets booster dose on Tuesday.
Jaipur: Nine people
died from coronavirus
in Rajasthan on Tues-
day as 9,711 fresh cases
surfaced, according to
a Health Department.
The highest 2,358 cas-
es were reported in
Jaipur, 801 in Jodhpur,
677 in Udaipur, 569 in
Pali, 568 in Alwar, 563 in
Kota, 536 in Bharatpur,
426 in Hanumangarh,
380 in Chittorgarh and
358 in Bikaner.
According to the de-
partment, there were
nine deaths due to the
infection, including
two each in Jaipur and
Jodhpur, one each in
Alwar, Ajmer, Bikaner,
Dausa and Karauli.
A total of 9,019 peo-
ple have died due to
this deadly infection in
the state so far.
According to the
data, 7,056 people re-
covered from the infec-
tion in the state on
Tuesday. At present,
69,388 people are get-
ting treatment in the
state.
—PTI
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: In a major ad-
ministrative change at
Jaipur Airport, the new
head of Airport Author-
ity of India will now be
the Coordination In-
charge (CIC) instead of
Airport Director.
Post of Airport Direc-
tor has been dissolved
with handing over of
airport operations to
private conglomerate
Adani Enterprises
Charan Singh, the offic-
er-in-charge of air traf-
fic control at Jaipur
airport, appointed as
airport’s first CIC.
He will not only be the
administrative head of-
staff attached to the
Airport Authority, but
will also coordinate
with the Adani Group.
He will oversee the deci-
sions taken by the Ada-
ni Group for the devel-
opment and operational
efficiency of the air-
port. JS Balhara, for-
mer director, Jaipur
Airport was relieved of
his duties on Monday
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a campaign
against smuggling of
gold, the Customs de-
partment has un-
earthed the yellow met-
al worth Rs 2,000 cr
from the smugglers in
six raids within three
days between Jan 13-15.
Customs sleuths have
also arrested hawala
trader Vikram Singh
Kachhawa & hotel man-
ager Kamlesh Nagada
from Udaipur in this
connection.
It came to light that
smuggled gold was sold
to local businessmen
and bills of false compa-
nies were given to them.
To send the money so
earned to their overseas
operatives, it was first
rotated in shell compa-
nies & then routed
through IT companies.
Stamps & name
plates of more than 235
companies, scores of
hard disks, SIM cards,
200 passbooks of banks,
cheque books, debit &
credit cards seized.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Contempt of
court in HC against CS
Niranjan Kumar Arya
& Principal of Women
& Children’s Develop-
ment Secretary with
regard to appointments
in Raj State Commis-
sion for Women
(RSCW). Hearing the
petition on Tuesday,
Justice Sandeep Mehta
asked the two Secretar-
ies to submit their reply
within two weeks.
The petitioner Ish-
war Prasad Khandelwal
has appealed that he
had filed a public inter-
est litigation (PIL) in
the court seeking filling
up of posts of chairper-
son & members in
RSCW which are lying
vacant since 2019.
In its ruling on Nov
28 last year, the Division
Bench of Justices Sang-
eet Lodha and Manoj
Kumar Garg had in-
structed the two Secre-
taries to fill the posts
within two months. But
though the deadline is
about to approach, no
steps have been taken.
First India Bureau
Nagaur: ISRO scien-
tists have started work
on an celestial incident
that happened 15 days
back in the district.
After seeing the vid-
eo of the incident, cap-
tured in a CCTV cam-
era installed at a hotel
in Badayali, here, the
team of scientists has
expressed the possibili-
ty of a meteorite falling
in an area of 40 km in
the north direction.
Researcher Prateek
Tiwari, who works in
the team of ISRO scien-
tistNarendraBhandari,
said that it appears to
be an incident of mete-
orite falling. He said
that scientists are plan-
ning to visit Nagaur for
further investigation.
He said that areas of
Dhawa, Jaroda Kalan,
Merta Road, Lai, Merta
City, Kheduli, Paduka-
lan,Kalru,JalsuNanak,
Sarsanda, Eedwa, Sund-
ari, Paliyas, Baggad
and Jalwana villages of
Nagaur will be tracked.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: With the Board
of Secondary Educa-
tion releasing REET eli-
gibility certificates at
district level, wait of
more than 11 L level 1 &
2 candidates has come
to an end. These eligi-
bility certificates can be
obtained from Student
Service Centers.
In case of inability of
the student to go per-
sonally, person author-
ised in application form
can collect certificate
on behalf after produc-
ing original documents.
Eligibility certificates
will be distributed in
the native districts of
the candidates between
10:30 am & 3:30 pm.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: An angry
woman Kokila Singh
and son created ruckus
at a Veterinary Hospital
here on Monday night
due to death of dog.
Kokila is the daughter-
in-law of former min
Narendra Singh Bhati.
Women doctors and
some employees were
assaulted. In protest, on
Tuesday employees of
the veterinary hospital
partially boycotted
work. They have de-
manded the arrest of
this woman & her son.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The High Court
on Tuesday postponed
the hearing on the bail
applications of the ac-
cused in Jaipur Greater
Municipal Commission
(JGMC) corruption
case and remanded
them to police custody
for three more days. In-
vestigation Officer
Pushpendra Singh sub-
mitted that interroga-
tions could not be car-
ried out as two of the
three accused were in-
fected with corona vi-
rus. Now that they are
cured and as all the
three will have to be
seated face to face for
questioning, he asked
for 3 more days’ time.
10,46,606
TOTAL CASES
9,711 IN A DAY
9,78,199
TOTAL
RECOVERED
9,019
TOTAL DEATHS
9 IN A DAY
69,388
ACTIVE CASES
19, 686 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
PWD Min Bhajan Lal
Jatav Corona Positive,
CM and other leaders
wished him speedy
recovery.
Sawai Madhopur SP
Sunil Kumar Bishnoi
and wife Corona
Positive
17 flights cancelled
from Jaipur airport
this afternoon. Cancel-
lation due to low
passenger load due to
corona
11 girl student & 1
teacher positive at
hotel of Government
Higher Secondary
School in Kishanganj,
Baran.
Complete target till Jan 31,
state govt orders CMHOs
STATE LEVEL EDU CONFERENCE POSTPONES
The state government
has asked the CMHOs
of all the districts to
complete their vaccina-
tion targets by Jan 31.
Director (Family Welfare)
Dr KL Meena has said in
a circular that the CM &
Health Min want cent per
cent administration of the
first and second doses
by the month end. During
a review of the vaccina-
tion programme, it was
found that campaign has
achieved 94.1% for first
dose while it is 77.7% in
case of second dose.
Due to the increasing
infection of Corona,
the state level educational
conferences across the
state have been post-
poned. Now the confer-
ences to be held on
January 21 & 22. No new
dates for the conference
have also been set. Every
year an educational
conference is held in the
state for innovation in
schools and academic
brainstorming of
teachers.
HIGHLIGHTS
BOOSTER SHOT
Jaipur airport gets new
head, Charan Singh
Candidates can
take REET eligibility
certificate now
Ex Min’s
daughter-in-law
creates ruckus
Bail hearing in
JMCG graft
case deferred
Customs raid at 6
places, `2000 cr
smuggled gold seized
ISRO scientists start research on
celestial incident in Nagaur
CCTV screengrab of celestial incident that happened in Nagaur.
IN THE COURTYARD
Contempt notice to CS
& Principal Secy WCD
RAJ POLICE ACADEMY BEST IN INDIA, EX
IPS RAJIV DASOT AWARDED BY CENTRE
Jaipur: The Union Home
Ministry honoured retired
IPS officer Rajiv Dasot as
it was during his tenure in
2016-17 that the Rajas-
than Police Academy was
declared the best institute
in India. Dasot was hon-
oured with a certificate and a commendation disc.
DC RAJAN SETS
RULES FOR REPUBLIC
DAY CELEBRATION
Jaipur: District Col-
lector Rajan Vishal on
the second day of his
joining on Tuesday held
a meeting with the health
department, public works
department and municipal
corporation greater and
provided necessary guide-
lines regarding the prepa-
rations for the function to
be held on January 26 at
the SMS Stadium. Vishal
instructed the health
department officials to do
thermal scanning at entry
points of the stadium,
arrange sanitizers, seating
arrangements for Covid
warriors, fire brigade and
mobile toilet vans should
be made available outside
stadium. He said that the
main buildings, including
all the state government,
on Janpath from Vidhan
Sabha to Statue Circle
should be illuminated for
3 days beginning Jan 24.
NEWS DIGEST
Vikas Jakhar along with supporters sitting on a fast.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The effect of
campaign against pow-
er theft and revenue col-
lection by Ajmer Vidyut
Vitran Nigam Limited
is now visible.
Ajmer Discom has
earned a record net
profit of Rs 175.72 Cr in
the financial year 2020-
21. Discom MD VS. Bha-
ti has credited the hard
work of officers & em-
ployees.
Bhati informed that
Ajmer Discom has set
new ideals not only for
state but also for power
distribution companies
across country
.
“Ajmer Discom had
launched a Halla Bol
campaign against elec-
tricity thieves in the fi-
nancial year 2020-21.
Under this 1,21,489 cam-
puses were investigat-
ed. In this, complaints
of power theft in 81,636
premises were found to
correct. A fine of Rs
196.17 cr was fixed on
these electricity thieves
& FIR was registered
against,” Bhati said.
Ajmer Discom earns profit of
`175.72 Cr after ‘Halla Bol’
Charan Singh.
—File Photo
Jaipur: District Col-
lector Rajan Vishal on
Tuesday held a meet-
ing with officials of
Health Department in
Collectorate Auditori-
um & discussed in de-
tail the steps to be
taken to prevent the
increasing infection
of Corona. Vishal took
information regard-
ing CMHO-I and II
about Weekend Cur-
few, Containment
Zone, Micro Contain-
ment Zone. —FIB
District Collector
takes meeting for
prevention of Covid
On Tuesday, on the completion
of 12 days of the demise of
Late Bhagwati Devi, mother
of Nathdwara industrialist and
CMD of Miraj Group, Madan
Paliwal, traditonal rituals of
Dwadashi were performed
in the presence of family
members amid Covid protocol.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Hatred is never
appeased by hatred in
this world. By non-
hatred alone
is hatred appeased.
This is a law eternal.
—Gautam Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Shri Narayan Debnath Ji brightened
several lives through his works,
cartoons and illustrations. His works
reflected his intellectual prowess.
The characters he created will remain
eternally popular. Pained by his
demise. Condolences to his family
and admirers. Om Shanti.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Election is a training camp for the
development of political workers.
We can prepare maximum people as
workers. Winning the election is not
only a matter, but the organization
should also expand and the worker
should also be developed: PM@
NarendraModip-
TOP TWEETS
SISTER DUO WHO
KILLED 13 KIDS,
ESCAPE THE NOOSE
BY A WHISKER
heirs is a classic case
of cheating death.
Kolhapur’s Seema
Gavit and her sister
Renuka Shinde were
accused of killing 43 children be-
tween 1990 and 1996. After kid-
napping, they forced them into
beggary and later killed them.
The police was able to prove the
murder of 13 children. The Kol-
hapur court sentenced them to
be hanged till death in 2001. After
the Supreme Court upheld the
death sentence in 2006 their exe-
cution was almost certain. On
Tuesday
, the Bombay High Court
commuted their death sentence
into life imprisonment. The re-
prieve was not because the court
found loopholes in the prosecu-
tion case but because of the
state’s“casualapproach,amercy
petitionwasnotdecidedfornear-
ly seven months and 10 months”.
It is a sad commentary on the
country’scriminaljusticesystem
as the “unexplained” delay failed
“theinnocentvictims”of thehei-
nous crimes. Having “spent” 25
years in jail, the “menace to soci-
ety”,astheSupremeCourtcalled
them, may now walk free.
T
here’s a row be-
tween the Centre
and three opposi-
tion-ruled states--
-WB, TN and Ker-
ala---over the exclusion of
their tableaux from the Re-
public Day parade. This is
the second time after 2020
that Kerala and Bengal’s tab-
leaux are not a part of the
parade. CM Mamata Baner-
jee is miffed over the exclu-
sion. In a letter to PM Naren-
dra Modi she said, “I am pro-
foundly shocked and hurt by
the decision of the Govern-
ment of India to abruptly
exclude the proposed tableau
of the Government of Ben-
gal from the ensuing Repub-
lic Day Parade. It is even
more baffling for us that the
tableau was rejected without
assigning any reasons or jus-
tification.” The tableau was
designed to commemorate
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose’s 125th birth anniv.
Replying to Mamata, De-
fence Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh said that the rejection of
Bengal’s tableau had noth-
ing to do with politics and
that “PM Modi-led govern-
ment respects” Netaji “in
high regard”.
Kerala’s tableau carried
figure of “anti-caste crusad-
er Narayan Guru” instead of
Adi Shankara’s as wanted by
Centre. TN CM MK Stalin
also questioned exclusion of
his state’s tableau.
Even if CMs of 3 states are
peeved at their tableaux be-
ing sidelined, Centre has its
reasons for dropping them.
First, the selection is made
by an expert committee. And
two, as FM Nirmala Sithara-
man said, GoI and received 56
proposals from states, minis-
tries and PSUs out of which
only 21 were selected. Ra-
jnath Singh explained that
out of 29 design proposals
only 12 were approved. Heart-
burn is unavoidable.
BENGAL, TN, KERALA
TABLEAUX EXCLUSION
First, the selection is
made by an expert
committee. And two, as
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman said,
Government of India and
received 56 proposals
from states, ministries
and PSUs out of which
only 21 were selected
T
WHY THIS ‘KOLA VERI DI’
FOR TABLEAU JUNK ISSUE?
ableaux of several states
meant for the Republic Day
parade on January 26 has
been rejected which has obvi-
ously sparked controversy
.
And quick to take the
“mass” media route, which is
today in the form of Twitter,
FB, Instagram, Youtube…
people, netas (obviously a
juicy fodder for them), and
civil society commentators
have come out against this
rejection vehemently and
notwithstanding the fact,
everyone has a theory
.
The tableaux of the state,
in general, is supposed to be
a visual representation of
personalities, people, events,
culture, etc. deeply rooted
and associated with the
state(s) concerned.
And in an obvious move…
the Chief Ministers of Kera-
la, West Bengal, and Tamil
Nadu have written to the
Centre against the rejection
of their state’s tableaux.
And this became a news
peg for channels and the me-
dia for some time.
The Centre, meanwhile,
has criticized the states’ reac-
tion over the rejection and in
its defense said the decisions
were taken after “thorough
deliberation” by an expert
committee. It also accused
the chief ministers of Kera-
la, Tamil Nadu, and West
Bengal of “spreading misin-
formation” about Republic
Day tableaux.
Having said that… let’s see
how the tableaux are ordered
and what is the process of
selection and rejection.
UNDERSTANDING THE
SELECTION PROCESS…
The tableaux aren’t decid-
ed by the Centre. The Defence
Ministry appoints an expert
committee comprising emi-
nent personalities from vari-
ous fields like culture, art,
painting, music, sculpture,
dance, architecture, etc. to
study these artworks and
take a call.
Before drawing up a final
list… the committee vigor-
ously discusses the idea, con-
cept, topic, design, and visual
impact of these. It must be
remembered that only a few
suggestions can be cleared
due to the restriction of the
time factor. Out of the 56 pro-
posals received from states
andcentralministriesin2022,
twenty-one were selected.
It is not correct to say that
West Bengal, Kerala, and Ta-
mil Nadu are being rudely
treated or rather unfairly as
the same Central govern-
ment led by Narendra Modi
had approved Kerala’s tab-
leau proposals in 2018 and
2021. Similarly, Tamil Nadu’s
tableaux were approved in
2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021
and West Bengal’s were given
the green signal in 2016, 2017,
2019, and 2021.
We need to know the fact
correctly and study the issue
closely. Even as Mamata Ba-
nerjee accused the Centre of
disrespecting Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose by rejecting
West Bengal’s tableau, it
must be noted that this year’s
tableau of the Central Public
Works Department, which
falls within the ambit of the
Centre, actually incorporates
Netaji as a topic. As a result,
accusing the Centre of disre-
specting the great freedom
fighter by West Bengal does
not hold water.
Also, it was reported in a
section of the media that this
year’s Republic Day festivi-
ties will be initiated from
January 23… the birth anni-
versary of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose.
In the first phase of selec-
tion, the sketch and design of
the proposals are closely ex-
amined and suggestions for
changes, if required, are in-
formed to the concerned
states. Once okayed by the
expert panel, the participat-
ing states are required to pre-
sent a three-dimensional
model of their proposal once
again to the committee. The
experts again examine the
same and look at the changes
asked for to take a final call.
The final selection of a tab-
leau is based on a combina-
tion of issues or rather fac-
tors like the visual appeal,
impact it will have on people
especially of the state and on
the wide spectrum of people
witnessing the same virtual-
ly, concept, the minute detail-
ing that has gone into the
making of the artwork and
also the music composed to
accompany the same.
The Subject Expert Com-
mittee which rejected the
proposals of Kerala, West
Bengal, and Tamil Nadu did
so after marathon delibera-
tions and a due process that
is followed every year.
They also said it is quite
natural for more proposals to
be rejected than those ap-
proved given the time con-
straints.
According to the experts’
panel, the outcry by states
and lambasting the Centre
over the rejection of tab-
leaux sets out a wrong prec-
edent as chief ministers try
to politicize the matter and
portray the outcome of an
“objective” process as a
flashpoint between the states
and the Centre. They also
feel that this goes a long way
in harming the country’s fed-
eral template.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
According to the experts’
panel, the outcry by states
and lambasting the Centre
over the rejection of
tableaux sets out a wrong
precedent as chief ministers
try to politicize the matter
and portray the outcome of
an “objective” process as a
flashpoint between the states
and the Centre. They also
feel that this goes a long
way in harming the
country’s federal template
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
THE TABLEAUX
AREN’T DECIDED BY
THE CENTRE. THE
DEFENCE MINISTRY
APPOINTS AN EXPERT
COMMITTEE
COMPRISING EMINENT
PERSONALITIES FROM
VARIOUS FIELDS LIKE
CULTURE, ART,
PAINTING, MUSIC,
SCULPTURE, DANCE,
ARCHITECTURE, ETC.
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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Around
1000 drones, 75 military
aircraft and tableaux of
12 states and Union Ter-
ritories and nine minis-
tries will be part of the
Republic Day celebra-
tions at Rajpath in the
national capital.
Interestingly
, the gov-
ernment has introduced
two important changes
— Republic Day celebra-
tion week will be held
from January 23 to Jan-
uary 30 and the main
function will begin 30
minutes later on Janu-
ary 26. It will begin at
10.30 a.m. in place of 10
a.m. to let visibility im-
prove by the time flypast
takes place.
The celebrations will
begin from January 23
to mark the 125th birth
anniversary of Netaji
SubhasChandraBose.It
will end on January 30
to commemorate Mar-
tyrs Day
. Number of
visitors has been signifi-
cantly curtailed be-
tween 5,000 to 8,000.
No foreign chief
guest this year due
to COVID-19
There will be no foreign
chief guest on R-Day
this year due to Covid
crisis Omicron
threat. Invitations to
Heads of States of five
Central Asian coun-
tries have been sent.
“There will be no for-
eign chief guest from
Central Asian coun-
tries on R- Day this year
due to COVID-19. —ANI
R-Day celebrations begin from
Jan 23, visitor numbers curtailed
ASSEMBLY POLLS 2022
Chandigarh: Aam
Aadmi Punjab Presi-
dent Bhagwant Mann
on Tuesday expressed
his gratitude to his par-
ty and the people of
Punjab after being
declared as the
AAP’s chief min-
isterial candidate
in the upcoming
Assembly elections,
and said that his party
would be victorious
with more than two-
third majority and
make the state “Rangla
Punjab” again.
Earlier on Tuesday,
Mann was declared the
Chief Ministerial can-
didate of AAP after the
party received nearly 22
lakh responses on the
phone number released
last week asking people
to give names of their
preferred candidate for
the face of the chief
minister for the party
in Punjab. Speaking to
ANI, Mann said, “I will
try to get my party the
victory with more than
two-third majority. We
have to make Punjab
Rangla Punjab again.”
Asked about his pri-
orities if he is elected as
CM in upcoming polls,
Mann said that he
would address the is-
sues relating to drug ad-
diction and the unem-
ployment of youth. “Un-
employment is a big is-
sueinPunjab,ouryouth
has gone into depres-
sion, running away
abroad. We will work for
this, we will fix educa-
tion, we will fix agricul-
ture. Electricity is also a
big issue. We have to
end the mafia rule and
fill the treasury of Pun-
jab, give convenience to
the people.” —ANI
Amritsar: Congress
leader Raj Kumar Verka
on Tuesday alleged
“There is no truth in the
response calls that
Arvind Kejriwal is talk-
ing about and to cheat
the people of Punjab
and Bhagwant Mann,
Kejriwal has played a
newtrick,”saidtheCon-
gress leader. “AAP is not
going to get a total 5 lakh
votes in Punjab.
Imphal: The All Manipur Christian Organisation
(AMCO) urged Election Commission to resched-
ule first phase of As-
sembly polls on Febru-
ary 27 as the day being
a Sunday is the prayer
day of the community.
The AMCO requested
the ECI to conduct the
polling of the first phase
on any day of the week
other than Sundays.”We earnestly appeal to
the Election Commission to reschedule the first
phase polling date to show solidarity and respect
to the religious sentiment of the Christians,” it
said in a statement.The elections to the 60-mem-
ber Manipur Assembly would be held in two
phases on February 27 and March 3. —ANI
Panaji: Aam Aadmi
Party national conven-
or and Delhi Chief Min-
ister Arvind Kejriwal
will be announcing the
party’s CM candidate
for Goa during a press
conference in Panaji
on Wednesday.
Kejriwal had
held a door-to-
door campaign
on Sunday in
Cortalim village of Goa,
which is scheduled
to go to polls this
February. As a part of
the campaign, Kejriwal
along with other party
members was seen
interacting with voters
in Cortalim. Pamphlets
were distributed to
the voters during the
campaign.
Goa will go to the
assembly polls on
February 14.
The counting of
votes will take
place on March
10. AAP an-
nounced its Lok Sabha
MP Bhagwant Mann
as the party’s chief
ministerial candidate
for Punjab Assembly
elections. —ANI
ty and the people of
Punjab after being
declared as the
isterial candidate
in the upcoming
Assembly elections,
PUNJAB
conference in Panaji
conference in Panaji assembly polls on
assembly polls on
February 14.
February 14.
The counting of
The counting of
votes will take
votes will take
place on March
place on March
10. AAP an-
10. AAP an-
GOA
GOA
AAPWILLWINBYTWO-THIRDMAJORITY,
MAKE ‘RANGLA PUNJAB’ AGAIN: MANN
Verka: Mann
declared CM
face on fake
response calls
Asked about his priorities if elected as CM, the AAP leader said that he
would address issues like drug addiction youth unemployment
AAP chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Singh Mann in-conversation with Delhi CM AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal ahead of Punjab
polls, in Mohali on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
LORD KRISHNA BIGGEST POLITICIAN,WE’VE LEARNT POLITICS FROM HIM: BAGHEL
Mathura: Chhattis-
garh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel on
Tuesdayofferedprayers
at Bankey Bihari tem-
ple in Uttar Pradesh’s
Mathura and said that
Lord Krishna was the
biggest politician who
fought for truth and the
Congress has learnt
politics from him.
Speaking to ANI,
Baghel said, “Lord
Krishna is the biggest
politician who fought
for truth, we’ve all
learnt politics from
him.” He further hit
out at Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath and said
that his days are gone
as a Chief Minister and
shocking results will
come in the upcoming
Assembly polls.
“Shocking results
will come; days are
gone for UP CM
Yogi Adityanath,”
he said.
Earlier, Baghel
expressed confi-
dence in his party se-
curing a win in the up-
coming Assembly polls
in Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking to ANI,
Baghel who is also an
observer for the UP As-
sembly election said,
Elections for the 403
Assembly constituen-
cies in Uttar Pradesh
will be held in seven
phases starting Febru-
ary 10, the Election
Commission said. The
pollinginUttarPradesh
will be held on Febru-
ary 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and
March 3 and 7 in seven
phases. —ANI
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel along with Congress
Mathura candidate Pradeep Mathur pays obesiance at Bankey
Bihari temple, in Mathura, Tuesday.
Indian Navy personnel wave the tri-colour flag while rehearsing
for the Beating Retreat ceremony, at Vijay Chowk, in New Delhi.
New Delhi: The Nishad
Party founder, Sanjay
Nishad said all the seats
on alliance with BJP for
the UP assembly polls will
be announced
in two to four
days and
discussion
on two seats
are going on.
“Around 15
seats are fix for us while
discussions are going for
two-three more seats.
Names of all seats will be
announced in two to four
days, after our meeting.”
”We are working to win
the Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly polls and have no
problem in giving seats to
BJP,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: There is no dearth of war of words ahead
of Punjab Assembly polls, which is scheduled next
month. And as AAP announced its CMcandidate, it
took a Bollywood route to poke fun at its opposition.
Posting the song ‘Dil Da Mamla Hai Dilbar’ from Heyy
Babyy on Twitter, AAP morphed faces of Congress
leaders Charanjit Singh Channi, Navjot Sidhu and Rahul
Gandhi, its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and can-
didate Bhagwant Mann onto those of actors in scenes.
Lucknow: As per sources in Apna Dal, the party
has demanded 36 assembly seats in the forth-
coming polls. However, the discussion is still
underway. “Winnability will be the criteria. We
will put our candidates in the fray of elections
on the seats where there is more possibility of
winning. Similarly, BJP will do that same for
their candidates. This time, we will fight the
polls on twice the number of seats,” sources in
Apna Dal said. —ANI
Lucknow: Politician Islamic cleric Tauqeer Raza
Khan, who was earlier booked for derogatory
comments against PM Modi reportedly issuing
threats against Hindu community, joined Congress
ahead of UP Assembly polls. “We had resentment
with Congress, but BJP took advantage of it. We
are responsible for country’s loss. This step has
been taken to rectify that mistake. I request all UP
people, especially Muslims if you want to maintain
peace here, vote Congress,” Khan said. —ANI
Lucknow: Desperately
seeking assembly ticket
for her son, senior BJP
leader and sitting MP
from Prayagraj, Rita
Bahuguna
Joshi is
ready to
sacrifice her
seat in the
parliament.
In a letter to
BJP, national president
JP Nadda, Rita Joshi has
offered to resign from
parliament provided
party gives ticket to her
son Mayank Joshi from
Lucknow Cantt assembly
seat. Before being elected
as MP from Prayagraj,
Rita was legislator from
this seat. —Agencies
‘BJP ALLIANCE
SEATS TO BE
DECLARED SOON’
AAP USES BOLLYWOOD SONG
TO INTRODUCE ITS CM FACE
UTTAR PRADESH ASSEMBLY
POLLS: APNA DAL EYES 36 SEATS
BOOKED EARLIER FOR HATE SPEECH,
TAUQEER RAZA KHAN JOINS CONG
‘WILL RESIGN FROM
LS SEAT IF MY SON
GETS TICKET’
The situation of Congress is strong in Uttar
Pradesh. Under the leadership of Priyanka
Gandhi, the organisation has become
strong and has fought for the farmers, workers and
women. There is great support on the ground for
Congress. We are complying with the guidelines of
the ECI. We are doing door to door campaign. We
are adhering to the guidelines of the commission.
—Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh CM
will come; days are
gone for UP CM
Yogi Adityanath,”
he said.
expressed confi-
UP
expressed confi-
UP
Christians in Manipur urge EC
not to hold polling on Sunday
Arvind Kejriwal to announce
AAP’s Goa CM face today
1000 DRONES TO DISPLAY MULTIPLE FORMATIONS IN SKY
New Delhi: To encourage a startup led by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Delhi, for the first time in the country, a drone show consisting of 1,000 drones
will be held during the Beating Retreat event in Republic Day celebrations this
year, said an official from the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday. After China, Russia
and UK, India will be the fourth country to perform drone show. The official also
said that this year, the Beating Retreat ceremony will also witness projection
mapping to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of Independence.
SC TO CENTRE: FRAME
MODEL SCHEME ON
COMMUNITY KITCHENS
New Delhi: The SC on
Tuesday questioned the
Centre for not reporting
any starvation death. The
court said if it can be
understood that there is
no starvation death in the
country. The apex court
asked the government to
furnish the latest data on
starvation deaths and also
frame a model scheme,
for state governments to
implement, in commu-
nity kitchens to address
hunger and malnutri-
tion. A bench headed
by Chief Justice N.V.
Ramana and comprising
Justices A.S. Bopanna
and Hima Kohli told At-
torney General (AG) K.K.
Venugopal, “Government
of India should give us
data on starvation deaths,
latest information. Ask
your officer to give us
information”. The bench
further emphasised that
the Central government
should frame a model
scheme for community
kitchens and leave it on
the state governments to
implement it. —ANI
EXPLAIN WHY NDA-2022 EXAM HAS ONLY 19
SEATS FOR WOMEN: SC TO CENTRE
HELLO TAXI MULTI-CRORE FRAUD: DELHI HC
GRANTS BAIL TO TWO DIRECTORS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January
18) sought the response of the central government
on limiting the intake of
women candidates for the
National Defence Academy
(NDA)-2022 examination
to 19, the same as last
year. A bench of justices
Sanjay Kaul and MM Sun-
dresh asked the Centre to
place the figures on record about the total number
of candidates including women who have appeared
in the NDA examination 2021, for entrance tests for
Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) and for
Rashtriya Military School (RMS). The bench told Ad-
ditional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati.
New Delhi: Delhi HC has granted bail to two
directors of an app-based taxi company, accused
of duping hundreds of
people of Rs 250 crore
after promising them huge
returns on investing in the
firm. Justice Subramonium
Prasad noted that their
custody isn’t required.
“Whether or not cheated
money was entrusted to petitioners (accused) is a
matter of trial and cannot be taken into consideration
at this juncture. This court is, therefore, of the opin-
ion that continued custody of the petitioners is no
longer required and that both the petitioners should
be enlarged on bail,” the court said. —PTI
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: Following
raids on the house of
Punjab Chief Minis-
ter’s relative, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
today hit out at the BJP
saying it’s the ruling
party’s “favourite weap-
on because they them-
selves have things to
hide”. The raids are in
connection with an old
case, and come just
weeks before state as-
sembly elections, lead-
ing to speculation on
social media of a politi-
cal motive behind it.
New Delhi: After PM Modi had to restart his Davos Agen-
da address, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe
saying “even the teleprompter could not take so much
lies”, even as BJP leaders pointed to a “technical glitch’’ at
event organiser World Economic Forum’s end. There was
no official reaction from the Centre or the World Economic
Forum. Several Congress leaders and social media users
claimed that it was a “teleprompter gaffe” as PM Modi had
to pause and then restart his special address to the WEF’s
online Davos Agenda 2022 summit, but BJP leaders and
many others pointed out that it was a technical glitch due
to which the WEF people were not able to patch the PM
and requested him to start again. —PTI
RAGA TAKES‘TELEPROMPTER’ JIBE AT MODI,
BJP LEADERS CITE‘TECHNICAL GLITCH’
RAID ON PUNJAB CM’S NEPHEW
Raid at the instance
of BJP,says Rahul
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
Conducting an ED
raid is BJP’s favour-
ite weapon because
they themselves have
things to hide. Not
everyone is like you.
We have #NoFear.
#BJPFakeRaid
AHEAD OF POLLS,
ECI TRANSFERS
TWO DCS, 8 SSPS
Chandigarh: Ahead of
Punjab Assembly Elec-
tions, the Election Com-
mission of India on
Tuesday transferred
two Deputy Commis-
sioners-cum-District
Election Officers and
eight Senior Superin-
tendents of Police
(SSPs) in the state. —ANI

INDIA
06
Are Delhi govt’s
vaccine figures fudged?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Delhi
Health Minister Satyen-
dar Jain said that 75%
of the people who have
died due to corona in
Delhi are those who
were not vaccinated. In
the last 5 days, around
150 people died in Delhi
and most of these peo-
ple were above 60 years
of age. Regarding these,
on December 24, Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal an-
nounced that 100% of
the adult population of
Delhi has received the
first dose of the vac-
cine. He informed that
148.33 crore people have
got the first dose for
which, he saluted the
doctors, ANMs, ASHA
workers and frontline
workers.
A day later, PM Modi
announced that adoles-
cents in the age group
of 15 to 18 years would
also be vaccinated from
January 3. Adolescents
in this age group are
not yet 100% vaccinat-
ed. If all the people
above 18 years of age
have been vaccinated,
then how are unvacci-
nated adults being
found, who are getting
infected by corona re-
sulting in their deaths?
Are these people from
other cities of NCR or
other states instead of
Delhi? If it is not so,
then there is something
wrong with either of
the two figures of 100%
immunized or 75% un-
vaccinated deaths.
CRUCIAL READ
Patna: Facing criticism over poor implementation of
the liquor ban, the Nitish Kumar govt in Bihar is likely
to give some relaxation to the violators. According to a
top official of the JDU, the state government is ready to
review this issue and a proposal is likely to be put on ta-
ble in the upcoming budget session of the Bihar Vidhan
Sabha. As per the proposal, the violators who are caught
in drunken state can be let off after paying penalty on
the spot. Though, it is not applicable on repeat offend-
ers. A person repeatedly violating the norms of liquor
prohibition law would be liable to face jail term. Such a
relaxation would allow liquor consumption at home and
would also promote the home delivery concept, which is
already popular among habitual drinkers in Bihar.
NITISH KUMAR GOVT LIKELY TO
RELAX LIQUOR PROHIBITION LAW
FADNAVIS SEEKS
ACTION OVER PATOLE
REMARKS ON MODI
Mumbai: The BJP will not
keep quiet over Maharash-
tra Congress president
Nana Patole’s alleged
controversial remarks
against PM Narendra
Modi, Leader of Opposi-
tion in the Maharashtra
Assembly and senior BJP
leader Devendra Fadnavis
said on Tuesday. Speak-
ing to reporters in Panaji,
Fadnavis also slammed
the Maharashtra govern-
ment for not filing an FIR
over Patole’s comments,
a video of which had gone
viral on Monday. “Some-
one called the Maharashtra
CM’s wife Rabri devi and
an FIR was filed. And here
a person who calls himself
a leader, threatens to kill
the PM and there is no FIR
(First Information Report)
against him in Maharash-
tra,” Fadnavis said.
CM HOLDS MEETING
TO RESOLVE
BORDER ROW
Guwahati: Assam Chief
Minister Himanta Biswa
Sarma held a meeting
today with representatives
of all political parties on
the Assam-Meghalaya
border issue at State
Guest House, Koinadhara.
Assam ministers Ranoj
Pegu and Ashok Singhal
and Leader of Opposi-
tion in state Assembly
Debabrata Saikia were
among those present in
the meeting. During the
meeting, the Chief Minis-
ter briefed representatives
of all political parties on
the progress made so far
on the issue. According
to Assam Chief Minister’s
Office, to resolve the
Assam-Meghalaya border
row, 6 of the 12 areas
of difference have been
identified for resolution in
the first phase.
Mumbai: Three naval personnel died of injuries
caused by an explosion on board Indian Navy’s
destroyer ship INS Ranvir. “In an unfortunate
incident today at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, three
naval personnel succumbed to injuries caused by
an explosion in an internal compartment onboard
INS Ranvir,” a Defence Ministry release said.
No major material damage has been reported,
it added.Sources say the explosion had nothing
to do with weapons or ammunition explosion. A
board of inquiry has been ordered to investigate
the cause. “The ship’s crew responded immediately
and quickly brought the situation under control,”
the release said. INS Ranvir was on cross-coast
operational deployment from the Eastern Naval
Command since November 2021 and was due to
return to base port shortly.
MUMBAI: 3 NAVAL PERSONNEL DIE IN
EXPLOSION ONBOARD INS RANVIR
Sitharaman calls Antrix-Devas
deal ‘fraud’, blames Congress
New Delhi: Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman on Tuesday
accused Congress-led
UPA of entering into a
“fraud” and “scandal-
ous” deal with Devas
Multimedia by allocat-
ing S-band spectrum
used by the defence for
“pittance”.
At a press confer-
ence, she said the gov-
ernment is now fight-
ing in every court to
save taxpayers’ money
that would otherwise
go towards paying for
arbitration awards that
Devas has won against
the cancellation of the
2005 deal.
She said the Supreme
Court on January 17
has comprehensively
upheld liquidation of
Devas Multimedia on
grounds that it was in-
corporated with fraud-
ulent intentions.
Her comments came
as Devas shareholders
pursue Indian assets
abroad to recover USD
1.29 billion that inter-
national arbitration
tribunals awarded over
a cancelled satellite
contract. They have got
a French court order
for freezing Indian
properties in Paris and
are seeking Air India
funds in Canada.
The 2005 agreement
was “a fraud on people
of India, fraud against
the country,” she said,
adding the S-band spec-
trum, which is other-
wise used for defence
purposes only, was giv-
en away for pittance.
Devas, she said,
promised to deliver on
things on which it didn’t
even have rights for.
In 2005, Devas Multi-
media signed an agree-
ment with Antrix -- the
commercial arm of the
Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) --
to provide multimedia
services to mobile users
using the leased S-band
satellite spectrum.
Lt Gen Manoj
Pande appointed
as next Army Vice
Chief: Sources
New Delhi: Even as the
appointment of the
next Chief of Defence
Staff is
awaited, the
G o v e r n -
ment on
Tuesday ap-
proved the
proposal for appoint-
ment of Eastern Army
Commander Lieuten-
ant General Manoj Pan-
de as the next Vice
Chief of Army Staff,
sources said on Tues-
day
.
The Eastern Army
Commander will be the
next Army Vice Chief,
sources told ANI.
General Pande would
be the successor to Lt
Gen CP Mohanty who is
scheduled to superan-
nuate on January 31.
General Pande was
commissioned into the
Corps of Engineers
(The Bombay Sappers)
in December 1982.
Each vote important, we must tell
people to vote: Modi urges workers
New Delhi: Ahead of
the upcoming Assem-
bly elections in Uttar
Pradesh, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi in-
teracted with BJP work-
ers in his Lok Sabha
constituency Varanasi
and asked them to in-
form people about the
importance of voting
and emphasised that
every vote is important.
“Each vote is impor-
tant, we must tell peo-
ple the importance of
voting,” said PM Modi.
This was PM Modis’
first political interac-
tion involving party
workers since the Elec-
tion Commission (EC)
announced the sched-
ule for the Assembly
polls to five states, in-
cluding Uttar Pradesh.
In the wake of rising
COVID cases, the EC, in
its order, had forbidden
the political parties to
hold roadshows, ral-
lies, padayatras till
January 22.
Elections for the 403
Assembly constituen-
cies in Uttar Pradesh
will be held in seven
phases starting Febru-
ary 10. The polling in
Uttar Pradesh will be
held on February 10, 14,
20, 23, 27 and March 3
and 7 in seven phases.
The counting of votes
will take place on
March 10.
MAKE FARMERS AWARE
OF USE OF CHEMICAL-
FREE FERTILISERS: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday
interacted with BJP work-
ers from his parliamentary
constituency Varanasi and
urged them to make farmers
aware of the use of chemical-
free fertilisers. In an audio
interaction with BJP booth
level workers, the PM reaf-
firmed the BJP’s commitment
towards development. While
interacting with party work-
ers, he discussed several
topics including, restoration
of Kashi Vishwanath Dham
corridor, women empower-
ment, infrastructure, health-
care development and other
issues. Interacting with one
of the BJP workers, Prime
Minister Modi asked him to
expand the reach of the govt’s
welfare schemes to farmers.
The PM said, “They (workers)
should make farmers aware
of the use of chemical-free
fertilisers.” He also, talked
about the several central
schemes which are benefiting
the people of Kashi at large.
Prime Minister Modi urged
people to contribute to a
section, Kamal Pushp, in his
NaMo app that features some
inspiring party members.
LOVE THAT I’VE GOT FROM VARANASI IS UNPRECEDENTED: PM
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said though he did not have the
fortune to be born in Varanasi, he was able to associate himself with the holy city with
the blessings of Lord Mahadev. Modi, who represents Varanasi in Lok Sabha, made the
remarks during an interaction with BJP workers of his parliamentary constituency in Uttar
Pradesh. Speaking to party worker Ashutosh Sharma, Modi said, “There is Mahadev in your
name. Due to the blessings of Mahadev, I have been able to have the honour of associating
myself with Varanasi. I did not have the honour of being born in Varanasi, but have the hon-
our of being associated with Varanasi… The love that I have got from Varanasi is unprec-
edented.” Lord Shiva is also called Mahadev and Ashutosh by devotees. To this, Modi said,
“Development happens where there is good connectivity. It has been our efforts that the
heritage of the city should be preserved and development ensured at a fast pace.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Bihar’s political equation will change based on UP’s results!
Kumar Pramod
Patna: The BJP has not
givenasingleseat inUP
to its ally JDU of Bihar.
Exhausted, JDU has
said that it will fight
alone and a decision in
thisregardwillbetaken
inLucknowonTuesday
.
Meanwhile,thefightbe-
tween the two parties
has intensified in Bihar
and the recent incident
of people dying after
consuming spurious
liquor, the second inci-
dent in three months,
hasadded fuel to fire.So
far 10 people have died
in the CM’s home dis-
trict Nalanda and the
BJPhasbecomeaggres-
sive regarding this.
Interestingly, on one
hand, CM Nitish Ku-
mar is on a social re-
form tour and explain-
ing the benefits of pro-
hibition to the people;
on the other hand,
there is news of the sale
of liquor in villages,
due to which people are
dying and BJP is ques-
tioning the policy of
prohibition.
Moreover, both the
parties are at logger-
heads over the Sahitya
Akademi given to Daya
Prakash Sahai, a story
writer who compared
Emperor Ashoka to the
Mughal ruler Aurang-
zeb. While BJP leaders
are avoiding Sahai,
JDU says that Daya
Prakash Sahai is get-
ting the support of the
people of BJP which
has stirred up the Koiri-
Kurmipoliticsof Bihar.
On the other hand,
RJD’s state president
Jagdanand Singh has
given a direct proposal
to Nitish Kumar. He has
saidthatif BJPdoesnot
come together on the
question of caste cen-
sus, then Nitish should
partways,RJDwillgive
full support to him. An-
other interesting fact is
thatMrityunjayTiwari,
a spokesperson for RJD,
metJDUParliamentary
Party President Upen-
dra Kushwaha in the
past. Tiwari is not a big
leader but both the par-
ties campaigned for the
meet, which in turn is
also a message for BJP.
Keepinmindthatinthe
caseof castecensus,the
government is postpon-
ing the all-party meet-
ing because of the BJP
,
but Nitish will not post-
pone it for long.
It is believed that af-
ter the UP assembly
elections, the equation
can change in Bihar as
well. If BJP is not able
to win the election, then
the alliance of BJP and
JDU in Bihar may
break. Then Nitish Ku-
mar will intensify the
demand for caste cen-
susandspecialcategory
status and will plan for
2024. However, then he
willnothavemuchtodo
because then there will
beaggressivepoliticsof
RJD and the Hindustan
Awam Morcha and Vi-
kassheel Insan Party,
which are included in
the NDA, will leave the
alliance. But if BJP
wins in Uttar Pradesh,
then BJP’s politics in
Bihar will get more ag-
gressive and even then
Nitish’s troubles will
only increase.
IF AKHILESH BECOMES
CM, TEJASHWI WILL TOO!
f the discussions going on in
Patna, the capital of Bihar, are to be
believed, then the month of March
is going to be very important for
the politics of Bihar. The results of
the assembly elections in UP will be out
on March 10. If SP wins the election and
Akhilesh Yadav becomes the CM, then
the equation of power in Bihar will also
change. One-line rhetoric is going on right
now in Bihar that if Akhilesh becomes the
CM, Tejashwi will also reach that echelon
and this will happen based on two NDA
allies. NDA’s two constituents - Jitan Ram
Manjhi’s HUM and Mukesh Sahni’s VIP -
have seven MLAs. A seat is vacant
due to the death of an MLA from
Sahni’s party. Both these parties
have been keeping distance
from both BJP and JDU for
some time now and Sahni is
especially angry because of not
getting a place in UP.
On the other hand, RJD is the
single largest party in
Bihar with 75 MLAs.
Left Front has 16
MLAs with it. Thus
its alliance is of
91 members. At
the time of the by-elections for two seats,
although there was disharmony from the
Congress, 19 Congress MLAs will remain
with the alliance and five MLAs of Asadud-
din Owaisi will also support it. So, the
alliance’s strength would be 115 members.
On the other hand, BJP has 74 MLAs
and JD(U) 45. That is, their number
becomes 119. If MLAs of HUM and VIP
switch sides, then the number of RJD
alliances will increase to 122, which means
the alliance will reach the majority figure.
If this equation is made, then independent
MLA Sumit Singh, who is supporting the
government, can also change his side. If
these cards are played right then BJP will
not interfere in it as it will serve its
purpose of destroying JDU by weak-
ening it. Nitish Kumar understands
this, so he is also keeping an eye on
the election results. It is generally
believed that if he had taken the
initiative in the current clime, then
perhaps the RJD would have con-
sidered him as a leader, but if
he takes the initiative after
the elections, then the
chances of him be-
coming a ‘leader’
are negligible.
I
SPECIAL CATEGORY
STATUS TO BIHAR
Another issue between
BJP and JDU is the
special category
status, which has been
aggressively pursued
by Nitish Kumar and
his party. On this issue
too, RJD has openly
supported Nitish.

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Notice Inviting e-tenders No. 19/2021-22
No. Actt/Div.iii/2021-22/4084-4097 Date : 10.1.2022
GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
WATER RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION-III, BISALPUR PROJECT, DEOLI (TONK)
DIPR/C/609/2022
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: The Jaipur
Anti Corruption Bureau
arrested Bhilwara city
tehsildarLalaramYadav,
a broker and the person
accusedof offeringbribe
during a raid on Tues-
day
. The team raided Ya-
dav’s house in Kamla
Vihar and recovered
cashworthRs5lakhand
severaldocuments.They
alsorecoveredRs12lakh
from the house of
Kailash Dhakad, the
tehsildar’s broker.
According to infor-
mation, Yadav used to
deal in land related mat-
ters and took bribe. Re-
cently
, Yadav had depos-
ited Rs 3 lakh in his
family’s account. On
Monday, under the lead-
ership of DG BL Soni
and ADG Dinesh MN,
Yadav’s house was raid-
ed. Yadav was a tehsil-
dar in Bijolia earlier.
There were several in-
stances of his collusion
with the mining mafia
then. Complaints of
bribery from the mafia
were already made.
ACB traps Bhilwara Tehsildar, two
others, recovers cash over `17L
ACB DG BL Soni and ADG Dinesh MN giving information about ACB cases on Tuesday.
Banswara principal
held accepting bribe
First India Bureau
Banswara: A team
of sleuths from the
Pratapgarh unit of
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) caught
the principal of the
Government Higher
Secondary School in
Bhagora Ka Kheda
village red-handed
when he was receiv-
ing a bribe of Rs 3,700
on Tuesday
.
According to Anti-
Corruption Bureau
sources,thecomplain-
ant Bajeng Patidar, a
resident of Khodan
village, works as an
instructor on deputa-
tion in the school.
Principal Pawan Ku-
mar Jain, a resident
of the Housing Board
Colony of the city
, had
demanded a Rs 10,000
bribe not to remove
him from deputation.
After paying Rs
1,500 as first install-
ment, Patidar ap-
proached the agency
who in turn laid a
trap for priciapl and
caught him red-hand-
ed. When Bajeng
Patidar was handing
over the second in-
stallment of Rs 3,700,
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau sleuths waiting
in disguise nabbed
Principal Pawan Ku-
mar Jain.
Information panel
imposes fine on
3 officers for laxity
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthanStateInforma-
tion Commission has
imposed a fine of Rs
5,000 on three officers
in three different cas-
es for laxity in provid-
ing information. Of
these, two officers are
from the Medical and
Health Department
while one is a Devel-
opment Officer. The
commission has di-
rected that this
amountof fineshould
be recovered from
their salary
. Along
with this, a copy of
the order has also
been directed to be
sent to the depart-
mentof theseofficers.
Naresh from Chit-
torgarh filed an ap-
peal before the com-
mission, complain-
ing that the CMHO of
the district did not
take any action on his
information applica-
tion and ignored the
application for a long
time. On this the com-
mission asked the of-
ficer the reason for
this delay and asked
for clarification.
During the hearing
of this case, Informa-
tion Commissioner
Narayan Bareth ex-
pressed displeasure
over this stand of the
officer and ordered to
impose a penalty
.
The commis-
sion also imposed a
fine of Rs 5,000 on the
medical officer of
Deoli Manjhi Com-
munity Medical Cen-
tre in Kota dis-
trict. A fine of Rs
5,000 was also im-
posed on the develop-
ment officer of Rais-
inghnagar in Srigan-
ganagar district.
HEAD CONSTABLE
CAUGHT TAKING
BRIBE IN KOTA
Kota: The ACB on
Tuesday caught a head
constable red handed
while taking a bribe of
Rs 7,000 in Kota. The
accused head consta-
ble Nahar Singh (44),
posted in Itawa PS, had
demanded bribe from
complainant Banwari
Lal Meena in lieu of not
sending him to jail on
the report against him
given by his neighbour,
Additional SP -ACB
Kota Thakur Chan-
drasheel said.
‘Jan Kalyan Portal,
App play vital role
in welfare of people’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment is committed
to the welfare of the
people. Keeping this ob-
jective in view, the Jan
Kalyan Portal and App
are being updated with
the latest information
and informa-
tion, said Commission-
er of Information Tech-
nology and Communi-
cations Department,
Sandesh Nayak, while
presiding over the re-
view meeting organized
on Jan Kalyan App
through video confer-
ence here on Tuesday
.
“The app has been de-
veloped to display pub-
lic information of all
the departments and
districts of the Ra-
jasthan government at
one place. Through the
app, all the information
from the Chief Minis-
ter’s Office to the dis-
trict level can be ob-
tained quickly by the
people of the Rajasthan.
Take advantage of use-
ful information by
downloading the com-
mon man app on mo-
bile,” said Sandesh
Nayak.
In the meeting, Direc-
tor of Information and
Public Relations Puru-
shottam Sharma said
that latest information
would be available
through the portal. Ad-
ditional director of the
department, Arun
Joshi, also virtual-
ly joined the meeting.
Tehsildar Lalaram Yadav
Sandesh Nayak and
Purushottam Sharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Land use of
special areas shown in
the master plan of cit-
ies will be determined
in Rajasthan.
For this, the Urban
Development and Hous-
ing (UDH) department
has constituted a com-
mittee.
Development Author-
ities and Urban Im-
provement Trusts (UIT)
will send their recom-
mendation to this com-
mittee after determin-
ing the land use in the
particular area.
UDH forms panel for land
use in special areas
Accused Nahar Singh
NEWS DIGEST
VIGILANT STAFF
OF PETROL PUMP
FOIL ROBBERY
HARASSED WITH
BOYCOTT, MAN
DIES BY SUICIDE
Barmer: Two unidenti-
fied miscreants at-
tempted to loot a petrol
pump at gunpoint in
Barmer. Accused failed
to execute loot as the
other staff of the petrol
pump woke up and
immediately reached
there for rescue after
which the accused fled
from the spot. Accord-
ing to the police, on
Monday late night, two
people arrived at a pet-
rol pump in Bagundi
area. Accused asked
the salesman to fill fuel
of Rs 200 and gave
him a note of Rs 500.
Barmer: Harassed with
social boycott a man
had committed suicide
by jumping into water
tank. Incident took
place on Monday night.
Police also recovered
a suicide note from
the deceased’s body.
According to report,
Babulal Meghwal, a
resident of Khokhsar
village had committed
suicide by jumping
into water tank. In
this regard, deceased
brother Bhomaram had
lodged a complaint. In
the police complaint
he mentioned that
around eight years ago
the deceased Babu-
lal’s nephew had got
divorce from his wife.
—Mukesh Mathrani
CM Gehlot’s conditional nod for
promotion of UDH Junior Engineers
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: On Sunday, CM
Ashok Gehlot gave a
huge gift to Junior En-
gineers of UDH as he
gave conditional ap-
proval for promotion, a
proposal for which had
been sent by the Urban
Development Depart-
ment to the Personnel
Department.
The proposal was sent
to fill all vacant posts of
AEN by promotion and
CM Gehlot has condi-
tionally approved the
proposal. According to
the condition, the Ur-
ban Development Dept
will have to take ap-
proval from Rajasthan
Public Service Commis-
sion and the Finance
Department. Now, the
Department has sent
proposal to Finance De-
partment for approval.
Notably, JEs have
been waiting for promo-
tion for 11 years and
there is a promotion to
the post of 108 AEs of
UDH service.
APPROVAL FROM RPSC, FIN DEPT
The Urban Develop-
ment Department will
have to take approval
from Rajasthan Public
Service Commis-
sion and the Finance
Department.

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
55,65,957
TOTAL DEATHS
26,93,30,027
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,71,05,148
ACTIVE CASES
33,20,01,132
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
4,86,784
TOTAL DEATHS
3,53,94,882
TOTAL RECOVERED
17,36,605
ACTIVE CASES
3,76,18,271
TOTAL CASES
Individuals look at life
differently, each with a different
perspective which adds spice and
beauty to life, celebrate the differences do
not ruin them.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: An efficient
and result-oriented IAS
officer Akhil Arora has
been given additional
responsibility, through
the recent IAS rejig in
the state. Arora has
been given the charge
of DIPR as well and cer-
tain ‘sections’ in the bu-
reaucracy could not
fathom the reason be-
hind the state govern-
ment’s move.
However, highly
placed sources in the
state administration re-
veal that the reason for
this is simple: The next
two years are crucial
for the state govern-
ment uring which focus
will be on DIPR. There
is a word in the relevant
circles that Finance De-
partment was almost
always at crossroads
with the DIPR overpay-
ments made by the de-
partment to the state
media and how the pay-
ments were stalled or
slowed down.
Keeping this in mind,
Arora has been appoint-
ed since he also has the
reins of the Finance De-
partment which in turn
will bring cohesiveness
in the functioning of
both the departments!
Till now, the addition-
al charge of this post
rested with ACS (Home)
Abhay Kumar. In Sep-
tember 2019, Abhay Ku-
mar was appointed as
full-time Principal Sec-
retary of DIPR, but lat-
er when he held the
charge of the Home de-
partment, for some
time, the responsibility
of DIPR was not with
him, but the state gov-
ernment again gave
him the additional
charge.
Word is that after be-
ing promoted to the
rank of ACS, Abhay
had requested the state
government that since
he also has additional
charge of Transport
Department in conjunc-
tion with handling
Home, therefore he is
heavily burdened and
under such circum-
stances, he should be
relieved of his responsi-
bility of DIPR. The
state government also
accepted the same.
Then there is another
word doing round that
the working of current
Commissioner/Direc-
tor of DIPR - Purushot-
tam - did not go down
well with Abhay as he
was working on his own
accord without asking
or informing the ACS.
In fact, there was some
sort of communication
gap between the two.
Due to this distances
grew between them and
the otherwise calm Ab-
hay Kumar, did not like
the situation. Kumar
carried out the roles
and responsibilities
during his stint in DIPR
with utmost perfection.
Whether it was the exhi-
bition at JKK, publica-
tion, or the other pro-
grams organized on the
completion of three
years of state govern-
ment, Abhay completed
the task with exemplary
success.
The reason behind Akhil’s DIPR appointment!
COHESIVENESS
OMICRON MAY NOT BE SEVERE AS
DELTA BUT BE ALERT, CM APPEALS
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: On Tuesday,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot again appealed
to the people of the
state over the Corona
wave and said, “The
opinion of experts
along with the general
public is that Omicron
is not as dangerous as
Delta but don’t take it
lightly
.
People who do not
have any symptoms can
be cured at home with a
doctor’s advice. But
those with fever, head-
ache, cough, cold, and
body pain, should be
very careful.
If you see symptoms,
please consult a doctor.
Omicron’s post-Covid
effect could be like that
of Delta. That’s why it
would be more appro-
priate to take Omicron
seriously and avoid get-
ting infected with it. I
say by my experience.
‘So wear a mask, main-
tain social distancing
and get the vaccine
jab,” Gehlot appealed.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presides Home Department review meeting with Rajendra Singh Yadav, Niranjan Arya, ML Lather, Abhay
Kumar, Ravi Prakash Mehrada, Ashok Rathore, Smita Srivastava, Sunil Dutt and S Sengathir in Jaipur on Tuesday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With elections
happening in the state
next year, a lot of im-
portance is being given
to the budget this year.
Several rounds of meet-
ings have been done re-
garding the budget. CM
Ashok Gehlot has given
special emphasis to the
Agri Budget. For 1st
time, Agri Budget will
be presented and all the
schemes related to
farmers will be an-
nounced. In the last
budget, to appease the
farmers, Gehlot had an-
nounced to present the
agriculture budget sep-
arately
. Only six months
will be there to work on
2023 budget. Gehlot govt
will present the budget
at the end of February.
However, the date of the
budget will be decided
after the meeting of the
Business Advisory
Committee of the Legis-
lative Assembly
.
Polls in mind:
CM plans spl
Agri budget
for 1st time
...I say by my
experience; obey
norms,get jabbed
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Rajasthan
police may have 4
special DGs in next
few years to assist
the DGP to whom all
21 branches directly
report currently
.
The need for reor-
ganization of the Po-
lice headquarters
(PHQ) has been de-
scribed in Vision-
2030 of Raj Police as
per which creation
of 4 posts of Special
DG will shed work-
load of the DGP. The
ADGs of all these 5
units report to DGP.
If the post of Special
DGP is created, then
all these will report
to Special DGP only.
Also, Special DG-
Crime will have the
command CID-CB,
ATS SOG, CR
AHT, Railway Com-
munity Policing.
VISION- 2030 OF RAJASTHAN POLICE
4 spl DGs to lessen
DGP’s workload in
next few years...
At present, all 21
branches of PHQ
report directly to
the DGP due to
which there is
heavy workload
on the DGP
The police have expressed the need to create the
post of Special DG- HRD, Special DG- Moderni-
zation and Technology, Special DG- Law and Order
and Special DG- Crime for better coordination and
results. 6 units of Personnel, Head Quarters, Re-
cruitment, Rules and Reorganisation, Training and
Vigilance have been proposed under the Special
DGP- HRD while Special DG- Modernization and
Technology will have 5 units of Telecom, SCRB,
Traffic, PMW and Police Housing will work.
COPS EXPRESS NEED TO CREATE POSTS
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya
while addressing a vir-
tual meeting for food
and nutrition in the
state from 2023 to 2027
of the World Food Pro-
gramme (WFP) at the
Government Secretari-
at here on Tuesday di-
rected officials to work
with a concrete plan
and strategy for ‘Zero
Hunger’ in the state.
Bishow Parajuli,
WFP India representa-
tive, appreciated the ef-
forts being made by the
state government.
Principal Secretary,
Women and Child De-
velopment, Shreya
Guha gave information
regarding the food and
nutrition being provid-
ed through Angan-
wadis. Commissioner
of Agriculture Dept
Omprakash suggested
inclusion of nutritional
Bajra in schools. Addi-
tional Commissioner,
Food and Civil Supplies
Department, Anil Agar-
wal, Director of Pan-
chayati Raj Dept Ghan-
shyam and OSD of
Planning Dept Vinesh
Singhvi also gave sug-
gestions.
Arya stresses on strategy
for ‘Zero Hunger’ plan at
World Food Programme
A person not getting food is inhumane
and asked officials to identify the caus-
es. The state govt has ensured to provide
quality subsidized food to the needy through
‘Indira Rasoi Yojana’. Nutritious food is being
provided to women and children through the
Public Distribution System, mid-day meals in
schools and Anganwadi centres.
—Niranjan Arya, Chief Secretary
CS Niranjan Arya addresses virtual meeting regarding the work to
be done for food and nutrition in the state during the year 2023-
27 of WFP on Tuesday. Also seen here on screen Bishow Parajuli.
Digital Drive! Congress to add 50L
new members in the state: Dotasra
PB CONG IN-CHARGE SENDS CURATED
CANDIDATES’ LIST TO HIGH COMMAND
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The ruling Con-
gress has set a target of
making 50 lakh mem-
bers in Rajasthan. PCC
chief Govind Singh
Dotasra said that the
party will add 50 lakh
new members in Raj.
Dotasra and in-
charge of digital mem-
bership campaign of
AlCC K Raju held an
online meeting with 2
coordinators from each
assembly constituency
regarding the digital
membership drive.
TARGET SET
A target has been set by
state Congress to con-
nect 100 people to the
membership of the
Congress at each booth
in 52 thousand 62 booths
of state. Party has ap-
pointed Sachin Sarvate
as state coordinator for
membership campaign
in Jodh, Kamal Sharma
in Udaipur, Sayantani
in Kota, Capt. Arvind
and Raghuveer (Sunny)
in Bikaner, Dinesh Sun-
da and Rakesh Saharan
in Jaipur, Mahesh
Agarwal and Avadhesh
Bairwa in Bharatpur,
Naresh Chaudhary and
Pooja Verma in Ajmer.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: IAS officer
Naresh Pal Gangwar
sent to Centre on depu-
tation has been appoint-
ed additional secretary
in Union Ministry of
Environment, Forest
Climate Change. Until
now, he was joint secy
in ministry
. Gangwar is
a 1994 batch IAS officer
of Rajasthan cadre. In
the past, he was empan-
elled for the post of ad-
ditional secretary
.
IAS officer
Gangwar is addl
secy in MoEFCC
Jaipur: Ahead of Punjab
assembly polls, state
Congress in-charge
Harish Chaudhary
is working hard to
get survey of each
candidate done
twice. The 1st list of
86 candidates was released
after the survey. There is a
dispute over only one can-
didate. While Malvika Sood
from Moga has emerged
strongly in the survey,
Moga’s current
MLA Harjot Kamal’s
report turned out to
be weak. Survey re-
port was sent to the
high command after
which the winning
candidates were chosen.
Out of 86, high command
is confident that 48 to 51
candidates would win the
elections. —Aditi Nagar
PILOT IN VARANASI TODAY
Jaipur: Cong leader and former deputy
CM of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot will be
in Varanasi, the LS constituency of PM
Modi, on Wednesday. He will interact
with media at hotel Regency at 2 pm.
Akhil Arora Abhay Kumar Purushottam Sharma
From P1…
The Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said that
as a result of taking
special steps towards
crimes against women,
the average time taken
for disposal of cases of
POCSO Act and atroci-
ties on women in the
state has come down
considerably
.
“The research time
in rape cases has come
down from 211 days in
the year 2018 to 86 days
in the year 2021. Along
with this, due to the
Special Investigation
Unit constituted under
the leadership of Addi-
tional Superintendent
of Police in the dis-
tricts, the number of
pending cases of atroci-
ties against women has
come down from 12.5
percent to 9.3 percent,”
further Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said and
directed the officers
that it should be further
reduced so that the vic-
tim gets justice at the
earliest.
POLICE SHOULD... The police personnel discharge their re-
sponsibilities even in difficult situa-
tions. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
The percentage of
pending cases of IPC
in Rajasthan has been
much less as compared
to the national level.
—Abhay Kumar, ACS (Home)
The decision of mandatory FIR is an important
step towards improving law and order of the
State Government. —Niranjan Arya, Chief Secretary
GEHLOT CABINET MEET TODAY: The Ashok Gehlot cabinet
will meet today at 5 PM at CMR. Half an hour after the cab-
inet meet, the group of ministers will meet and discuss im-
portant state issues along with Corona.
The police department
has got success in
cracking down on or-
ganized criminals,
mafia etc.
—ML Lather, DGP
Govind S Dotasra in virtual meet.

JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 19, 2022
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A WOMAN
VISION
Young, fearless and a woman with
big dreams, Preksha Purnam from
Jaipur, Rajasthan gives a sneak-peek
into her life, as she reveals her
aspirations and future plans in an
exclusive interview with City First!
n ace model and
a stunning fash-
ion aficionado,
Preksha is a
young woman
with vivid
dreams and a
fierce passion to achieve
all that she aims for. She
walks with grace, poses
with panache and moves
like melody. As she
bagged various beauty
pageants titles, she left a
lot of mouths gawking in
absolute awe and fascina-
tion.
When asked about her
recent victory, the diva
said, “ I recently bagged
the runners-up at Miss
Rajasthan 2021. Miss Ra-
jasthan has been taking
place for more than 23
years now, so to be among
their crowned queens is
a privilege.” She further
added, “I’d like to extend
my heartfelt gratitude to
my mentors and direc-
tors Miss Rajasthan, Yo-
gesh Mishra and Nimi-
sha Mishra for their
guidance and constant
support.
Sharing details about
her family background,
the bold and beautiful
model, Preksha an-
swered, “My parents,
Dazy (mother) and
Purnendu (father) come
from highly educated
backgrounds and wanted
me to continue to achieve
greater heights in aca-
demics since I scored
95% marks in my 12th
board exams in humani-
ties stream. Though I al-
ways believed in doing
something for society. I
started an NGO on sus-
tainable menstrual hy-
giene awareness when I
was 18 years old, back in
2019 and today my NGO
is a big family of 8,000
dedicated team members
spread all across the na-
tion consisting of mem-
bers from DU and other
major universities of the
country
.”Iwanttospread
awareness and be the
voice of the unheard.
I recently spoke about
the importance of sus-
tainable menstrual hy-
giene awareness on the
First India news chan-
nel to raise more
awareness.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
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