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Army Vice Chief Lieutenant General Manoj Pande was on Monday
appointed as the next chief of the Indian Army. He will assume office
on May 1. He is the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become
the Chief of Army Staff. He will succeed General MM Naravane.
LT GEN MANOJ
PANDE IS THE NEXT
ARMY CHIEF, 1ST
FROM ENGG CORPS
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Bhopal on April 22 to
partake in multiple events including a gathering of forest society.
Meanwhile, Shah will travel to Bihar on April 23 to address party
workers. On April 24, he will reach Puducherry to attend an event.
AMIT SHAH IN
BHOPAL, BIHAR
PUDUCHERRY FROM
APRIL 22 TO 24
Truth will come out and must come out: Gehlot
CM REACTS TO ED PROBE INTO REET SCAM
5 OF SIKAR FAMILY DIE, 2 MISSING
AFTER CAR FALLS INTO CANAL
CBI TAKES OVER CASE OF MISSING
COINS WORTH `11 CR FROM SBI
VAULTS IN MEHANDIPUR BALAJI
Rupnagar/Sikar: Five
people died while two
children are feared washed
away after the car in which
they were travelling in was
hit from behind by a bus
and fell into the Bhakra
canal near Ahmedpur
village at Rupnagar of
Punjab on Monday, police
said. Ringus CHC head Dr
Satish Poonia, his teacher
wife Sarita Poonia and
other family members
from Thikariya in Sikar
district were returning
from Sri Anandpur Sahib
to Sikar, police said. Police
recovered bodies of two
men, two women and a
child while two children
were feared to have been
washed away. Dr Poonia’s
son Daksh, daughter
Gudia, brother-in -law
Rajesh, his wife and a
girl. Deputy Superinten-
dent of Police Ravinder
Singh said the bus of a
private company involved
in the accident has been
impounded and the driver
arrested. He said police
identified the victims from
the documents recovered
from the ill-fated Creta car.
New Delhi: The CBI has
taken over the probe into
the case of coins worth
Rs 11 crore going missing
from the vaults of the SBI
branch in Mehandipur
Balaji in Dausa, officials
said on Monday.
State Bank of India (SBI)
had approached the
Rajasthan High Court
seeking a CBI probe into
the matter as the missing
amount was higher than
Rs 3 crore, the threshold
for seeking a probe by
the agency. On the high
court’s directions, the CBI
has taken over the FIR
earlier registered by the
Rajasthan Police.
The matter came to light
after the SBI branch decid-
ed to carry out counting of
money after a preliminary
enquiry indicated discrep-
ancy in the cash reserve at
the bank. A Jaipur-based
private vendor was roped
in to carry out the count-
ing of coins worth over
Rs 13 crore, according to
branch account books.
The counting revealed that
over Rs 11 crore worth
of coins were missing
from the branch. Only
3,000 coin bags carrying
about Rs 2 crore could be
accounted for and were
transferred to the RBI’s
coin holding branch.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Reacting to re-
ports of the Enforce-
ment Directorate regis-
tering a case into the
Rajasthan Eligibility
Examination for Teach-
ers (REET) paper leak
case of Rajasthan, CM
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
daysaidthateveryagen-
cy has its role and they
should play their part.
“All the agencies have
their own role, they
should play their part,
what can we do in this.
The truth will come
out… and the truth
must come out,” he told
reporters after an event
at the CMR on Monday
.
Gehlot said that the
BJP has come in the
election mode and the
incidents and decisions
are part of their elec-
tion mode. When told
by the reporters that
the Rajasthan High
court had ruled out the
need of CBI probe, Ge-
hlot responded that
they (BJP) wanted
something so they
found a new way and
roped in the ED.
In February, the state
government had can-
celled the REET level-2
examination, held in
September 2021, due to
paper leak. The Special
Operation Group (SOG)
of Rajasthan Police is
probing and has arrest-
ed more than 40 people.
New Delhi: India today
recordedamassivejump
initsdailyCovidcounts,
raising fears of another
spike in infections. As
manyas2,183newCovid
cases have been record-
edoverthepast24hours,
an 89.8 per cent jump
from yesterday’s case
count of 1,150 cases.
The daily positivity
rate, an indicator of the
spread of the infection
in the population, has
increased from 0.31 per
cent yesterday to 0.83
per cent today
.
The number of active
cases, however, has seen
a slim dip from 11, 558 to
11,542. The country has
recorded a total of over
4.30 crore cases since
the pandemic struck.
Several students in
Delhi, Ghaziabad and
Noida have tested posi-
tive over the past couple
of weeks.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court canceled
Lakhimpur Kheri vio-
lence accused Ashish
Misra’s bail and or-
dered him to surrender
within one week. Dur-
ing a hearing on Mon-
day, the court set aside
the Allahabad High
Court order granting
Ashish Misra bail and
said, “The high court
exceeded its jurisdic-
tion, denied victims
their right to partici-
pate in proceedings.”
“The high court has
taken into considera-
tion several irrelevant
considerations and is-
sues. No legal necessity
to give undue advan-
tage to the FIR,” the Su-
preme Court said in its
order.
Reacting to the Su-
preme Court’s order,
BJP MP Harnath Singh
Yadav said, “The [high]
court had granted him
bail and today the [Su-
preme] court has can-
celled it. The judiciary
works independently.
Uttar Pradesh CM has
assured a fair trial in
this case.”
Misra, son of Union
minister Ajay Misra, is
a key accused in the
case pertaining to the
violence that erupted in
Uttar Pradesh’s Lakh-
impur Kheri region in
October last year. He
was arrested on Octo-
ber 9 and granted bail
in February this year.
KERALA SEES SPIKE IN DEATHS
DELHI CAPITALS
QUARANTINED
UP GOVT MAKES
MASK MANDATORY
A total of 214 deaths have been recorded over the past
24 hours. This, however, includes a backlog of 212
deaths from Kerala -- a backlog of 62 deaths has been
cleared following court appeals and the state reported
150 deaths between April 13 and April 16.
The Delhi Capitals team
has been quarantined after
an overseas player tested
positive for COVID-19. The
IPL team was scheduled to
travel to Pune on Monday
for its upcoming match
against Punjab Kings. The
travel has been cancelled
for now and it is not clear
whether the match will be
played or not.
Two weeks after lifting the
mandatory provision of
wearing masks in public
places, the Uttar Pradesh
government Monday
issued fresh guidelines
making masks compul-
sory again in five districts
of the National Capital
Region (NCR) as well as
state capital Lucknow as
covid cases are on the rise.
BJP has come in the election
mode and such decisions are
part of it, charges the CM
CORONA
COMEBACK!
90% jump in India’s daily cases
Centre asks
Kerala to
update Covid
numbers daily
as cases rise
Lakhimpur violence: SC cancels Ashish’s
bail, asks him to surrender within a week
LAKHIMPUR KHERI: 2 KILLED AS MLA’S
VEHICLE RAMS INTO MOTORCYCLE
Two cousins died when the motorcycle on which they
were travelling was allegedly hit by a Scorpio belong-
ing to a local MLA in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri
late on Sunday night, the police said. The deceased
have been identified as Ravi Verma (26) and his cousin
Vikram Verma (22), the officers said. According to the
police, BJP MLA Yogesh Verma, who represents Lakh-
impur Kheri Sadar constituency, was returning home in
the vehicle after attending a wedding function when the
accident occurred. The victims were going to attend a
wedding when the Scorpio, which came from the op-
posite direction, allegedly hit their motorcycle near the
Pankipur petrol pump on the Kheri-Bahraich highway on
Sunday night, the police said. The two men were rushed
to a hospital where the doctors declared them dead on
arrival, officers added. The Scorpio was seized and its
driver Muninder Kumar, a local resident, was arrested.
BRICKS THROWN AT POLICE TEAM
IN JAHANGIRPURI, ONE DETAINED
New Delhi: Bricks
were allegedly thrown
at the Delhi Police
Crime Branch team at
C-block in Jahangirpu-
ri here on Monday
where they were prob-
ing the violence case.
“Legal action is being
taken. One person has
been detained,” Delhi
Police said.
PIL IN APEX COURT
SEEKS NIA PROBE
STONE PELTING IN
MUMBAI’S AAREY
HARIDWAR VIOLENCE:
POLICE ARREST 11
ACCIDENT LEADS TO
CLASH IN VADODARA
PIL filed by advocate
Vineet Jindal alleged a
conspiracy against the
Hindu community and
urged the top court for
NIA investigation into
clashes on Ram Navami.
A stone-pelting incident
took place between two
groups in Mumbai’s Aarey
colony during a Kalash
Yatra leaving nearly four
people injured. 25 have
been nabbed in the case.
Following the violence that
erupted in the Bhagwan-
pur area of Haridwar dur-
ing a religious procession
on Saturday, police said
that 11 people have been
arrested so far.
Police have so far arrested
19 for rioting after the
incident that occurred late
Sunday night and three
others in connection with
the road accident involving
two-wheelers.
PK proposes
coalition with
regional parties
at Sonia meet
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi
held a meeting with a
select group of party
colleagues to discuss
the proposal of election
strategist Prashant
Kishor for the revival
of the party and its
game plan for the 2024
general elections.
Kishor pitched a pro-
posal under which,
sources said, the Con-
gress can contest 370
seats and have coali-
tions with friendly par-
ties in particular states.
Kishor suggested
that the Congress fight
alone in Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar and Odisha, and
form alliances in Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal and
Maharashtra, to which
Rahul Gandhi has
agreed, news agency
ANI earlier reported,
quoting sources. P5
ED attaches assets worth `757 cr
of Amway India in multi-level scam
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) announced on
Monday that it has at-
tached assets worth Rs
757.77 crore belonging
to Amway India Enter-
prises Private Limited,
a business accused of
running a multi-level
marketing (MLM)
scam. The attached as-
sets include Amway’s
land and factory build-
ing at Dindigul in Tamil
Nadu, as well as plant
and machinery, vehi-
cles, bank accounts, and
fixed deposits.
The attached proper-
ties include worth Rs
411.83 crore immovable
assetsandbankbalances
of Rs345.94crorefrom36
distinctaccountsbelong-
ing to Amway
.
A money-laundering
probe by the Enforce-
ment Directorate re-
vealed that Amway is
executing a pyramid
fraud under the pre-
tence of directly sell-
ing a multi-level mar-
keting network.
2 captured British fighters
appear on Russian state
TV,ask to be swapped with
pro-Russian politician
Moscow: Two British
fighters captured in
Ukraine by Russian
forces appeared on Mos-
cow’s state TV and have
asked to be swapped
with a pro-Russian poli-
tician who is currently
being held by Ukraini-
an authorities, Reuters
reported.
According to reports,
It was unclear how free-
ly the two men - Shaun
Pinner and Aiden Aslin
- were able to talk.
Both the British
fighters have asked
Prime Minister Boris
Johnson to help bring
them home in exchange
for Ukraine releasing
pro-Russian politician
Viktor Medvedchuk.
“We look to exchange
myself and Aiden Aslin
for Mr Medvedchuk.
Obviously I would real-
ly appreciate your help
in this matter,” he said,
saying he spoke a little
Russian and had been
treated well. Pinner
was caught on camera
saying he was captured
in Mariupol.
Sonu alias Imam alias Yunus, accused in the Jahangirpuri
violence case, being brought to the Jahangirpuri police station.
CM Ashok Gehlot speaking in an event at CMR on Monday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
SOG is doing a good job and everyone
agrees with this. The BJP is in the elec-
tion mode therefore (such) decisions are
being taken. I believe that if anyone can reach
the truth then what is the problem
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

First India Bureau
Dausa: Clarifying her
remark on giving up res-
ervation, BJP MP
Jaskaur Meena said that
confusion is being spread
by distorting her remark.
She surrounded MP Dr
Kirori Lal Meena MoS
for Agriculture ML Mee-
na on many issues and
called them defectors.
Jaskaur had appealed to
people to give up benefit
of reservation cited
her own example after
which there has been
controversy
. Without tak-
ing Kirodi’s name,
Jaskaur even said he
doesn’t have children.
“I was projected as anti-
reservation because of
my remark. I am born in
Meena caste which has
given me respect. Two
leaders from BJP Cong
are conspiring against
me want to increase
their TRP,” she said.
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The crumbling
tourism structure in
state is gaining momen-
tum despite being hit by
Covid-19 for two and a
half years. In the last
financial year 2021-22,
that ended on March 31,
the number of tourists
visiting Rajasthan has
crossed the figure of
3.15 crore, including
55,605 foreign tourists.
These high spirited
numbers speak for the
unmatched Covid man-
agement under the lead-
ership of CM Ashok
Gehlot. About 41,87,000
tourists visited the
state’s monuments and
museums. With the in-
creasing tourist num-
bers, the tourism indus-
try is once again stand-
ing on its feet it is
expected that in new
tourist season starting
from September, more
than 50 million tourists
will visit the state.
50Mn tourists likely to visit Raj in September!
REVIVAL AFTER PANDEMIC
ED’sprobeinREETleakwillcleartheair:Sharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP’s state
chief spokesperson and
MLA Ramlal Sharma
said the Enforcement
Directorate’s probe into
REET paper leak will
clear everything. Talk-
ing to the media at the
BJP headquarters on
Monday, Sharma said
that MP Kirodilal Mee-
na had submitted all the
facts to the ED and now
the investigation will
also reveal the transac-
tion of money. Sharma
said that to date the
chairman of the Board
of Secondary Educa-
tion DP Jaroli hasn’t
been questioned. This
proves that there is a
big conspiracy in the
matter.
He further praised
Modi govt’s Swachh
Bharat Mission.
MINISTER SPEAKS
70% VISITORS CHOSE JAIPUR AS
THEIR PRIME DESTINATION
Those who had become unemployed during the
Covid pandemic, also went on joining back.
Hotels, resorts, tour operators, travel agents,
vendors, hawkers, guides, taxi operators and folk
artistes have all started making a comeback in the
withered faces. However, out of the total tourists
visiting the state, about 70% tourists chose Jaipur
as their prime destination. Most of the tourists like
Amber, Nahargarh, Hawa Mahal Jantar Mantar.
Moreover, Ranthambore, Sariska Tiger Safari
Jhalana Leopard Safari also remained favourite
tourist hot spots. It can be said that charm of
better management our heritage remains intact
among tourists. It is expected that financial year
from April 1 will set a new record in no. of tourists.
50L youth to join BJYM sign drive
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP Yuva Mor-
cha will mobilise lakhs
of youth demanding un-
employment allowance,
irregularities in re-
cruitment examina-
tions in Raj CBI probe
in REET paper leak.
The Morcha is starting
the signature campaign
in Rajasthan from May
18- 31 in 3 phases,
wherein, 50 lakh youths
across the state will
sign on to these de-
mands. These will be
shown to Congress govt.
This drive is being run
under leadership of
BJPYM State Prez
Himanshu Sharma.
Armedgoonsloot`5.30L,scootyfromdairyagent
The accused threatened victim, Narendra Agrawal with a country-made pistol at Barkat Nagar area of Jaipur city in broad day light
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two armed
men looted Rs 5.30 lakh
and a Scooty on Mon-
day from a dairy cash
collection agent at Bar-
kat Nagar area of
Jaipur. The accused
threatened him with a
country-made pistol.
On information, the Ba-
jaj Nagar police station
blocked the area, but
there was no trace of
the miscreants.
ACP (Malviya Nagar)
Devi Sahai Meena said
that the loot happened
with Mansarovar resi-
dent Narendra Agarwal
(35). He works as a cash
collection agent at the
Saras Dairy. As usual,
Narendra Agarwal was
collecting dairy cash on
Scooty. At around 11:20
pm, he reached Barkat
Nagar street number-6
where the accused cor-
nered him and looted.
Narendra told the po-
lice that Rs 5.30 lakh
were kept in the Scooty
.
The police is scrutiniz-
ing CCTV footage in-
stalled nearby
.
Police prima facie
probe has revealed that
miscreants had fled to-
wards Jyoti Nagar area
with the Scooty. They
had complete informa-
tion about the agent.
Police questions the victim, Narendra Agrawal to gather information after the robbery incident at
Street number 6 in Barkat Nagar area of Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Three miscreants loot `2.5L
from accountant at gunpoint
First India Bureau
Alwar: In Khedli town,
bookkeeper Pushpen-
dra Kumar was return-
ing to the shop after
withdrawing cash of Rs
2.5 lakh from Baroda
Rajasthan Regional Ru-
ral Bank. As soon as he
left the bank, three mis-
creants sitting in an
ambush, snatched the
money at gun point. Af-
ter grabbing the money
from the accountant,
they escaped on a mo-
torcycle. The incident
happened around 12:30
in afternoon. Police are
checking the CCTV
cameras to trace the ac-
cused. After the inci-
dent, there was a lot of
anger among traders in
town’s Aadhat Mandi.
UNKNOWN MISCREANTS LOOT BAG WITH
`2,94,000 FROM PARKED CAR IN BEAWAR
Beawar: An incident of looting a bag full of Rs 2,
94,000 from a Fortuner car parked outside Pappu
restaurant at Chang Gate, has come to light. According
to cops, Mubarak Ali had withdrawn the amount from
an e-mitra kiosk kept the bag in his car went to the
restaurant. A young man threw a bag full of oil on car’s
bonnet told Ali that there was oil leakage in car, so Ali
got down started checking. Another youth stole the
bag from the car. Cops are searching for the accused
based on the CCTV footage.
BIKEBORNE
MISCREANTS
FLEE WITH `9L
IN CAR
Nagaur: Two bike-
borne miscreants fled
with Rs 9 lakh kept in
a car in broad daylight
in Nagaur city on
Monday. The Addi-
tional Superintendent
of Police in Nagaur,
Rajesh Meena, CO
Vinod Kumar and
Kotwali police station
officer Vijender Singh
reached the spot and
talked to the victim,
Ravindra Gaud. The
police, while scanning
the CCTV footage
during the investi-
gation of the case,
identified the accused
and are searching
for them, the officers
added. In the mean-
while, Gaud had to
deposit the amount,
which had been stolen
at the mandi.
Dr Raghu Sharma during the inauguration of various development
works in Kekri on Monday. Sagar Sharma others were present.
Ram Lal Sharma addresses reporters during a press conference
at BJP HQs in Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
LOOT WORTH ` 25L @MED PROF’s HOME
Dungarpur : Gold silver jewellery worth more than
Rs 25 lakh has been stolen from the house of a Prof
at Dungarpur Medical College, Dr Prashant Hisalkar,
which was deserted. The doctor had gone to Kota
with his daughter since April 13. When he returned
on Monday, he was shocked to see the broken locks
of the house.Kotwali police station ASI Devendra
Singh said that there is a possibility that the thieves
entered the home from neighbour’s garden. Police
have started a probe by registering a case of theft.
BJP fans communal riots
for own gains: Dr Raghu
M Imran Khan
Kekri: Kekri MLA
Gujarat Congress in-
charge Raghu Sharma
is on a four-day tour of
the assembly constitu-
ency
. He participated in
inauguration of devel-
opment works in Gul-
gaon Sawar. Sharma
while interacting with
First India in Sawar
said, “Historic develop-
ment works have been
done in my constituen-
cy
. I have been made in-
charge of Gujarat Con-
gress, so I am busy
there but after polls, I
will be with everyone
here.” Targeting the
Centre, he said, “Why
create a situation of
communal tension?
Fuel prices have in-
creased. How will the
common man survive?
We are taking out ‘
Azadi
Gaurav Yatra,’ but the
BJP organises commu-
nal riots,” Sharma said.
Meena,RoatwritetoCMoverVDOexamresults
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the can-
didates, now the MLAs
have also started rais-
ing questions about the
results of the VDO pre-
recruitment exam is-
sued by the Rajasthan
Staff Selection Board.
ST MLAs Gopal Meena
and Rajkumar Roat
have written a letter to
CM Gehlot alleging ir-
regularities in VDO
exam results. Meena,
Congress MLA from
Jamwaramgarh, has
demanded the CM to re-
lease category wise re-
vised results. BTP MLA
from Chaurasi, Rajku-
mar Roat, in his letter,
has demanded to cor-
rect the irregularities
in exam results.
‘2 leaders from BJP, Cong
conspiring against me’
Crackdown on
illegal mining; 5
tractors seized
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Mines Dept
has started cracking
down on illegal min-
ing of limestone in
hills of Bassi tehsil.
Under Superintend-
ing Mineral Engineer
PS Meena, team of
Mineral Engineer
Krishna Sharma
AME technical
staff seized 5 tractors
handed them to
Kanotapolicestation.
RS Chandlai is
new chairman
of Rajput Sabha
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ram Singh
Chandlai was elected
as the chairman of Shri
Rajput Sabha, Jaipur.
Chand-
lai got
2,704 votes
in voting
on Sun-
day and
the results
were de-
clared on Monday. The
counting of votes took
place in Rajput Hostel.
After the results were
announced, Chandlai’s
supporters greeted him.
He said that his first
priority would be to
promote girl child edu-
cation kids of the
community who are
economically weaker.
Gopal Meena Rajkumar Roat
GC Kataria along with workers, launches a statewide signature
campaign under the aegis of BJYM Udaipur Dehat.
REET SCAM IRREGULARITIES:
JOBLESS DEMAND CBI PROBE
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Berojagar Ekikrit Mahasangh has
demanded a CBI probe into irregularities that occurred
during REET exam last year. Mahasangh President Upen
Yadav said that the SOG has already arrested more
than 50 people, but the main culprits are still out of the
bounds of the law. Hence, if a CBI probe is held into
the scam, the role of many bigwigs and others working
under political patronage can be brought to books, he
explained. Yadav pointed out that many cases are being
heard by HC if the need be, the apex court would be
approached. But till real culprits are not apprehended,
unemployed youth would continue the stir, he warned.
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राजस्ान सरकार
कारायालर ननदेशक, पुरातत्व एवं
संग्रहालर ववभाग, राजस्ान, जरपुर
ननववदा संशोधन सूचना संख्ा-02/2022-23
Jaskaur Meena
ED HAS REGISTERD A CASE DUE
TO POLITICAL PRESSURE: PSK
KIRODI MEENA ON REET CASE: ED
WILL EXPOSE BIG NAMES
Jaipur: Reacting to ED taking over the REET recruitment
exam scam probe, Food Civil Supplies Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas on Monday termed
it a political issue. “If any Congress
worker is harassed without any reason,
a befitting reply will be given. No matter
how many agencies the Centre activates,
our government is not afraid of them. The
ED has registered a case due to political
pressure,” he said. Khachariyawas said that if PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra is called in matter, his reply would
be the same as earlier one. “We are not running away
from any probe. We have responded in the Assembly to
allegations leveled against our leaders,” he said.
Jaipur: Member of Parliament Kirori Lal Meena had said
that the REET paper leak case is a matter of more than
Rs 400 crore and added that he was the
one to demand a probe by the Enforce-
ment Directorate into the case. Meena
further added that there has been an
illegal transaction of money in the REET
exam and now names of several big
fishes will be exposed. The Enforcement
Directorate will be able to bring those who were not in
the ambit of SOG under its purview.

Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Voices of pro-
test were raised in the
meeting at SMS Hospi-
tal held under the chair-
manship of SMS Medi-
cal College Principal Dr.
Sudhir Bhandari after
which meeting has to be
stopped midway
.
All additional princi-
pals, hospital superin-
tendents, additional su-
perintendents, deputy
superintendents, all
HODs,facultymembers,
residents and nursing
staff were present.
During this, the Resi-
dent Unions and nurses
officials opened a front
against the administra-
tion. Expressing dis-
pleasure over the lan-
guage of the govern-
ment order, the nurses
also lodged an objection
to the alleged arbitrary
transfers. As uproar
started, the meeting was
terminated. After this,
many nurses gathered
outside the superinten-
dent’s room. The meet-
ing was held to improve
the arrangements at
SMS Hospital.
RAJASTHAN
03
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: JDC Ravi Jain
on Monday visited Gan-
dhi Darshan Museum,
Constitution Park at
Raj Bhavan and Jhot-
wara ROB and directed
the officials of the Engi-
neering Branch to com-
plete the three projects
within the stipulated
time frame.
JDC along with Gov-
ernor’s Principal Secy
Sudhir Kumar and OSD
Govind Jaiswal inspect-
ed the construction of
Constitution Park and
other beautification
works under construc-
tion at a cost of Rs
816.50 lakh in Raj
Bhavan and directed to
complete them by Au-
gust 15.
Jain also inspected
the Gandhi Darshan
Museum and instructed
to complete the project
by the stipulated dead-
line of January 30, 2023.
He also visited Jhot-
wara ROB and directed
the concerned Zone Dy
Commissioner-06 to re-
habilitate the affected
structures and com-
plete the project by the
month of December.
JDC Jain inspects Gandhi Darshan Museum,
Constitution Park and Jhotwara ROB
‘ACT TIMELY’ NEWS DIGEST
BANNED BULLY DOG MENACE SURFACES
IN PINK CITY AGAIN; 9-YR-OLD INJURED
GIRL GOES TO ANSWER NATURE’S CALL,
GETS GANGRAPED; FIR LODGED
MAN BURIED ALIVE,
2 INJURED AS
EXPLOSIVES GO OFF
DoP PRINCIPAL SECY
HEMANT GERA TESTS
COVID POSITIVE
Jaipur: An American Bully dog attacked a 9-year-old
boy Japman Singh playing outside his house in Khalsa
Colony, Heeda Ki Mori, injuring him badly, in Ramganj
area of the city. Earlier also, such attacks by American
Bully dogs have occurred in the city, but neither the
dog owners nor the police have taken the menace se-
riously. According to police, it badly bit and scratched
the boy on his face. Bystanders rescued the boy.
Bharatpur: Two people gangraped a girl under the Ka-
man police station area when she had gone to answer
nature’s call. According to Kaman Police officer Daulat
Sahu, the victim told that her family members had gone
to offer Namaz and she went to answer nature’s call
when two villagers raped her. Later, the victim’s family
went to the accused’s house to scold but the accused
beat them up with sticks. A case has been registered.
Baran: A 50-year-old man
was buried alive and two
others injured on Monday
when a portion of his
house in Baran district
collapsed after some
explosives stored there
went off, police said. The
deceased has been identi-
fied as M Dhakad. His
wife Saroj and their tenant
Rukmini Devi were injured
in the incident, Baran SP
Kalyanmal Meena said.
According to police, seven
cartons of explosives,
17 detonators and three
firearms, were seized from
the house in Deori village.
DoP princiapl Secretary
Hemant Gera tested
positive for Covid-19 on
Monday. 12 new cases
across Rajasthan were
reported. With this the
active case tally in state
stands at 105.
RUCKUS IN JMC GREATER GBM
EXECUTIVES WALK OUT LIKE OPPOSITION
Motion to censure the Commissioner prompted Deo, other officers and employees to boycott the meeting;
For the first time along with oppn, officials have also boycotted the House in Jaipur Municipal Corporation
PSK against
passing Budget
without GBM
Ajmer councillors
adamant on‘No
proposal,No GBM’
Post Budget:
Govt to take
feedback of
own works
Jaipur: After both Con-
gress and BJP council-
lors, the city legislators
have expressed their
unhappiness over the
GBM of JMC Heritage.
Civil Lines MLA and
minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas said
that the GBM must be
held and he is strictly
against passing the
budget without holding
it. He said soon a joint
meeting of the council-
lors and the city legisla-
torswouldbeheld.Nota-
bly, only one GBM has
been held so far since its
inception. —FIB
Ajmer: Congress and
Independent council-
lors demonstrated
against the proposed
GBM being organised
on coming Thursday
and the proposals they
are planning to bring
thereof. The agitators
complained that this
meeting is being held
almost after a year. They
said that they would not
allow the meeting to be
held until their propos-
als are accepted. —FIB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
govt has started taking
feedback on the trend
among the public re-
garding the functioning
of the government after
the budget announce-
ments.
Instead of relying on
the officials, the Cong
govt has expressed con-
fidence in the party
leaders and workers to
get the real ground-lev-
el feedback.
The govt has also giv-
en the responsibility to
the chairmen of the
boards and corpora-
tions. Also, the govt has
made a strategy to take
feedback of its work
through 20-point pro-
gram implementation
committee.
For this, the responsi-
bility has been entrust-
ed to the State Vice Prez
of the 20-point Program
Implementation Com-
mittee and former Prez
of the State Congress
Dr. Chandrabhan. Dr.
Chandrabhan is going
to start a tour of the
state to get feedback on
the work of govt.
Residents, nurses
raise issues in
meeting at SMS
Two newborns die as
warmer heats up in hosp
Mukesh Sharma
Ajmer: Two newborns
died due to high temper-
ature in the warmer of
mother and child wing
in the government hos-
pital in Ajmer district’s
Beawar town on Mon-
day
.
The newborns, a girl
and a boy, were in the
warmer when the heat
suddenly increased due
to which their condition
deteriorated. The staff
immediately informed
the hospital authorities
following which PMO
Dr SS Chauhan, Pedia-
trician Dr PM Bohra, Dr
MS Chandawat, Dr
Ashok Jangid rushed to
the wing. Doctors tried
to treat the newborns
but they died. SDM Ra-
hul Jain, Assistant SP
Sumit Mehrda and oth-
er officers reached the
hospital on the informa-
tion of the incident
which occurred due to
technical fault. As soon
as the information
abouttheaccidentinthe
nursery was received,
the families of others
also got distraught.
Karauli:Home dept team visits for probe
Manoj Jain
Karauli: A team of
the state home depart-
ment reached Karauli
on Monday for an ad-
ministrative inquiry
into the violence that
erupted on April 2.
Under the direction
of Home Secy KC Mee-
na, the team will con-
duct its inquiry till
April 20. On the first
day
, statements of govt
officials, police offic-
ers and people present
on the spot were re-
corded. Public hearing
will be held today
. Evi-
dence will be collected
on April 20. Collector
AK Singh said that the
team will hear the
public representative,
local public and the
victims who want to
present their side.
JAMIAT ULAMA-E-
HIND DELEGATION
APPEALS FOR PEACE
CS DIRECTS OFFICIALS FOR INTER-
DEPARTMENT COORDINATION
Karauli/Dausa: A delegation
of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind led
by state Sadar Maulana Has-
san Mahmood Kashmi visited
the affected areas in Karauli
and met the collector and
urged for efforts to restore
peace and provide compen-
sation to the affected people.
In Dausa MoS for Agriculture
Marketing, ML Meena took a
swipe at the BJP and RSS for
spreading riots in the name of
Ram cow. He alleged that
the Karauli violence was a
result of this.
Jaipur: Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma said on Monday that
the officers should dispose
of the inter-departmental cas-
es on time by working with
mutual coordination. She
gave the instructions while
presiding over the meeting
of the Group of Secretar-
ies on Social Sector at the
Secretariat. In the meeting,
the CS reviewed 39 inter-
departmental cases point-
wise and gave directions to
the officers for their disposal.
Many issues were resolved
on the spot after taking the
opinion of the concerned
depts while in the other
cases, she instructed to set-
tle them within the stipulated
time frame. The meeting was
attended by ACS (Home)
Abhay Kumar, Principal Secy
(Tribal Area Development)
Alok Gupta, Principal Secy
(Medical Education) Dr Vai-
bhav Galaria, Secy (Health)
Dr Prithvi Raj, Secy (Local
Self-Government) Jogaram
and Secy (Women and Child
Development) DK Yadav.
The team of Home dept meets SP Shailendra Singh Indoliya,
ASP KC Yadav, DSP M Meena at Circuit House on Monday.
CS reviews preparations ahead of Civil Services Day
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma gave in-
structions to arrange
programmes to be held
in OTS on Civil Service
Day(April21).Ameeting
was held at the secretar-
iat where she instructed
the higher officials to
complete tasks on time.
Sharma directed the
officers to actively par-
ticipate in the pro-
grammes organized and
discussed the arrival,
departure and halt of
the guests. The CS said
thatpreparationsshould
be ensured for speeches,
cultural evenings on
Public Service Day
.
CS Usha Sharma taking stock of preps during the meeting on
Monday. DGP ML Lather, Hoff DN Pandey are also seen.
Ravi Jain along with officials at Raj Bhavan on Monday.
OFFICERS, PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES CLASH
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Ugly scenes
were witnessed in the
GBM of Jaipur Munici-
palCorporationGreater
(JMCG) in which a mo-
tion to censure the com-
missioner was moved,
prompting the commis-
sioner and other offic-
ers and employees to
boycott the meeting.
Five proposals were
to be discussed in the
meeting chaired by the
Mayor Dr Somya but
amid din and uproar,
only two could be
passed. The meeting
was held after 444 days.
Scuffle also broke out
between the councillors
of BJP and Congress
and the meeting was ad-
journed thrice.
A censure motion
was brought against the
Commissioner on
which there was a con-
frontation between the
officials of the corpora-
tion and the public rep-
resentatives. All the of-
ficers and employees,
including the commis-
sioner, boycotted the
meeting and left.
The motion was
moved on behalf of Ji-
tendra Shrimali against
the Commissioner Yag-
yamitra Singh Deo. In
response, the commis-
sioner opposed and sig-
naled all the officers-
employees to walk out
of the house. Half of the
Congress councillors
also boycotted the house
in support of the com-
missioner. However,
half the Congress coun-
cillors and BJP council-
lors unanimously
passed the motion.
Till now, the opposi-
tion’s boycott has been
witnessed but this is the
first time that the offi-
cials have boycotted the
House. Speaking to the
media, Commissioner
said that many council-
lors made personal al-
legations against vari-
ous officers. Referring
to Rules, he said that no
member can make any
allegation on a person
or officer. He said that
the matter which is sub-
judice also cannot be
discussed in any way.
On the other hand, May-
or Dr Somya said that it
was not proper for Deo
to leave the house. The
meeting will resume to-
morrow.
Aconfrontation between the officers and public representa-
tives in Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater was seen in
the GBM on Monday. As soon as the motion was moved, the
commissioner objected and signaled all the employees and of-
ficers to walk out of the house. On signal by the commission-
ers, officers and employees sitting in the house stood up from
their seats and after 2 minutes, they all walked out of the house
along with the commissioner. For the first time in the history of
the Municipal Corporation, it has been seen that instead of the
opposition, the officers of the Corporation have boycotted.
JMCG GBM that happened after two years remained peaceful at the start (above) but turned violent as the councillors started showing
banners and protested across the Well in front of Mayor Dr Somya (Right). —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Chaos is inherent in all
compounded things.
Strive on with diligence.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
The news of untimely demise of people
in a road accident in Gauriganj of
Amethi is extremely sad. I express my
condolences to the families of those
who died in this accident. The local
administration is doing everything
possible to help the injured. I wish him
a speedy recovery.
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Hampi located in the newly formed
Vijayanagar district, was the capital of
the great Vijayanagara Empire which
was founded on this date. The site is
a testament to the glory of this great
Hindu empire and serves as a reminder
of our rich history, culture and values.
TOP TWEETS
SHEHBAZ WANTS
MEANINGFUL TALKS
BUT WILL ARMY
AND PPP AGREE
akistan’s newly ap-
pointed Prime Minis-
ter Shehbaz Sharif
hassought“meaning-
ful” talks with India.
In a letter to Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, Shehbaz Sharif also
saidthatPakistan“remainscom-
mittedtoregionalpeaceandsecu-
rity”. Sharif’s letter was in re-
sponse to a letter by PM Modi in
which he called for “constructive
engagement”. Shehbaz Sharif is
the younger brother of former
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Mian Nawaz Sharif was given
abearhugbyModiinMarch2018
when he made a surprise stopo-
ver in Lahore. Modi and his en-
tourage of 120 were allowed en-
try without visa. Bilawal Bhutto
of the Pakistan People’s Party
(PPP), which is now supporting
the government of Shehbaz Sha-
rif, had criticised Nawaz Sharif
for his pro-India policies.
Shehbaz Sharif may want to
carry forward his brother’s pol-
icy of friendship with India but
the Pakistani army and the PPP
may thwart his move. How can
Bilawal forget that his late
grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
promised to fight a 1000-year
war with India?
P
he Supreme Court
has pulled up the
Allahabad High
Court for treating
the FIR in Lakh-
impur Kheri massacre ac-
cused Ashish Mishra’s case
as “an encyclopedia of
events” and for “ignoring ju-
dicial precedents”. The apex
court also said that the high
court order “is based on ir-
relevant observations”. A
three-judge Bench headed by
CJI NV Ramana court can-
celled the bail of Ashish, who
is the son of Ajay Mishra
‘Teni’, the Union Minister of
State for Home, and remand-
ed the matter back to the
high court where a new
bench may hear Ashish’s bail
application afresh. Ashish
has been ordered to surren-
der in a week’s time.
The October 3 incident of
last year in which eight peo-
ple were killed during a
farmers’ protest over the now
withdrawn farm laws had
caused shock and anger.
Even after a Supreme Court-
appointed Special Investiga-
tion Team confirmed Ash-
ish’s role in the dastardly
crime his bail was not op-
posed by the UP government
which called the offence
“grave” but said Ashish was
not a “flight risk”. That led
many to suspect the state gov-
ernment’s intention of bias.
Ashish Mishra’s case com-
pels one to recall what former
Supreme Court judge, Justice
Deepak Gupta said in his
farewell speech in May 2020.
The rich and powerful can
both delay and expedite their
trial, Justice Gupta said.
“If somebody who is rich
and powerful is behind bars,
then time and again he will
approach the higher courts
during the pendency of trial,
till someday he obtains an
order that his trial should be
expedited,” Justice Gupta
pointed out.
THANK GOD FOR SOME
STRONG JUDGES
Supreme Court has
pulled up the
Allahabad High Court
for treating the FIR in
Lakhimpur Kheri
massacre accused
Ashish Mishra’s case as
“an encyclopedia of
events” and for “ignoring
judicial precedents”
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INDIA
05
Sonia meets top brass, PK, discusses revival of Cong
FOCUS ON 370 LOK SABHA SEATS, FORGE ALLIANCE FOR REST: KISHOR TO CONGRESS
New Delhi (Agencies):
Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi is holding a
meeting with a select
group of party col-
leagues to discuss the
proposal of election
strategist Prashant
Kishor for the revival
of the party and its
game plan for the 2024
general elections. There
is also the crucial final
call to take about
Kishor’s joining the
party — a plan that has
once fallen though due
to dissent from within.
This time, Kishor has
pitched a proposal un-
der which, sources
said, the Congress can
contest 370 seats and
have coalitions with
friendly parties in par-
ticular states.
Kishor has suggested
that the Congress fight
alone in Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar and Odisha, and
form alliances in Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal and
Maharashtra, to which
Rahul Gandhi has
agreed, media earlier
reported, quoting un-
named sources.
The Congress, sourc-
es have said, has time
till May 2 to revert on
the proposal.
The meeting at Gan-
dhi’s 10 Janpath Road
residence in Delhi is be-
ing attended by her
daughter and party
General Secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra,
and senior leaders
Mukul Wasnik, Ran-
deep Singh Surjewala,
KC Venugopal, and Am-
bika Soni.
There has been con-
siderable dissent to-
wards Kishor and his
proposal in view of his
close collaboration with
leaders who have been
directcompetitorstothe
Congress in the states
and have had a fractious
relationship with the
Grand Old party
.
Among them are Ben-
gal Chief Minister and
Trinamool Congress
chief Mamata Baner-
jee, her Andhra Pradesh
counterpart Jagan Mo-
han Reddy and Telan-
gana Chief Minister K
Chandrashekar Rao.
Kishor’s organisation
IPAC had crafted ex-
tremely successful elec-
tion campaigns for both
Banerjee and Reddy
.
While talks for
Kishor, or PK, joining
the Congress fell
through last year, his
conversation with the
Gandhis has continued,
IPAC sources have said,
notwithstanding his
barbed public remarks
about the party and its
current leadership.
This time, Kishor,
sourcessaid,hadreached
outtoRahulGandhiwith
a grand plan for the re-
vival of the party
.
MEHBOOBA MUFTI MEETS SONIA IN DELHI
New Delhi: PDP president and former Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Con-
gress chief Sonia Gandhi at the latter’s residence
here on Monday. Mufti spent some time with Gan-
dhi and is learnt to have discussed
the current political situation in
the country with the Congress
president. The People’s Demo-
cratic Party (PDP) leader has
said it is the Congress that has
kept the country safe so far, al-
leging that the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
wants to create
more Pakistans.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi with party senior leader Rahul Gandhi. —FILE PHOTO
Dejected parties taking refuge in
vote bank, divisive politics: Nadda
New Delhi (PTI): BJP
president JP Nadda on
Monday accused the op-
position of waging a
“direct onslaught on
the spirit of our nation
and casting aspersions
on our hardworking
citizens”, in a reaction
to the rival parties’
joint statement attack-
ing the Modi Govern-
ment over incidents of
hate speech and com-
munal violence.
In a letter to fellow
Indians, Nadda said the
opposition parties’
“tried, tested, or I
should say dusted and
rusted approach of vote
bank politics, divisive
politics, and selective
politics is no longer
working” as Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi’s
emphasis on ‘Sabka
Saath, Sabka Vikas,
Sabka Vishwas and
Sabka Prayas’ has seen
Indians being empow-
ered and getting the
wings to rise further.
Nadda’s letter follows
a joint statement of op-
position parties on re-
cent violence. “Under
the leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and his emphasis
on ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka
Vikas, Sabka Vishwas
and Sabka Prayas’ eve-
ry Indian is being em-
powered and is getting
the wings to rise fur-
ther. Unfortunately
, this
thrust towards develop-
ment politics is being
bitterly resisted by the
rejected and dejected
parties who are once
again taking refuge in
vote bank and divisive
politics,” Nadda wrote.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda.
K’TAKA GOVT ACCUSED
OF TAKING 30% CUT
Bengaluru: Dingaleshwar
Swamy, a seer from Karna-
taka, has alleged that grants
are given to mutts only
after the state government
takes a 30% commission
as a ‘cut’. The allegation
comes on the heels of the
Karnataka Contractors’ As-
sociation’s accusation that
the state government was
demanding a 40% commis-
sion on projects.
RPF personnel killed, ASI hurt
in militant attack in Pulwama
Srinagar (PTI): A head
constableof theRailway
Protection Force (RPF)
was killed on Monday
and an assistant sub-in-
spector (ASI) injured as
militants opened fire at
them in Pulwama dis-
trict of Jammu and
Kashmir, officials said.
The ultras shot Head
Constable Surinder Sin-
gh and ASI Devraj near
a tea stall in Kakapora
in Pulwama, they said.
The two were rushed
to a hospital where Sin-
gh was declared dead on
arrival,theofficialssaid.
Over the past three
weeks, militants have
stepped up attacks on
security forces and ci-
vilians in the Valley.
This was the ninth at-
tack this month.
Security personnel walk past the encounter site. —FILE PHOTO
CENTRE DESIGNATES JAISH COMMANDER
ASHIQ AHMED NENGROO AS TERRORIST
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday desig-
nated Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo, an alleged commander
of proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), as a
“terrorist” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act (UAPA). Nengroo, who is from Pulwama, has been
accused of being involved in the infiltration of terrorists
into Jammu and Kashmir, who have been responsible
for various terror-related activities in the Union Territory.
Nawab Malik’s
custody extended
till April 22
Mumbai (PTI): A spe-
cial court on Monday
extended the judicial
custody of
M a h a -
r a s h t r a
minister
N a w a b
Malik till
April 22
even as the Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader complained of ill
health.
Malik was produced
before Special Judge
RN Rokade, designated
to hear cases related to
the Prevention of Mon-
ey Laundering Act.
“I want a permanent
solution to my medical
problems,” Malik said.
Cabinet expansion:
Bommai says high
command to decide
Bengaluru (PTI): Amid
the demands for the Cab-
inet expansion ahead of
the Karna-
taka As-
s e m b l y
elections
next year,
Chief Min-
ister Basa-
varaj Bommai on Mon-
day said that a meeting
onthematterwillbeheld
in New Delhi in which
the party high command
will take the decision.
Bommai said, “The
BJP chief has stated
that a meeting will be
held in Delhi. The party
high command will take
a call on Cabinet expan-
sion or reshuffle.”
‘Produce 4 kids
each, dedicate
2 to the nation’
Lucknow (PTI): Hindu-
tva leader Sadhvi Rith-
ambarahasurgedevery
Hinducou-
ple to pro-
duce four
children
and dedi-
cate two of
themtothe
nation, and said India
willsoonbecomea“Hin-
du Rashtra”.
Referring to Satur-
day’s communal vio-
lence in Delhi’s Jahang-
irpuri, she said those
who “attacked” the Ha-
numan Jayanti Shobha
Yatra (procession) are
jealous of the progress
made by the country
.
“Those who are try-
ing to divide Hindu soci-
ety through political ter-
rorism will be razed to
dust,” she said.
Prayers have nothing to do with violence: Nitish
New Delhi: Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar, speaking on
communal clashes dur-
ing Ram Navami pro-
cessions in various
states, said today that
“every community”
must avoid confronta-
tion and that prayers
have nothing to do with
violence.
Nitish Kumar has
made the comments at a
time his ally BJP is fac-
ing criticism over the
hugely controversial
move by its government
in Madhya Pradesh to
target the homes of peo-
ple accused of throwing
stones at a Ram Navami
procession.
“We should have
peace and harmony be-
tween communities.
Each person has their
own way of worship-
ping but we should not
fight amongst ourselves
- that is very important.
If you believe in puja
(worship), then do puja
properly. Is clashing
with each other related
to prayers,” Nitish Ku-
mar said in his com-
ments to reporters.
He also said his gov-
ernment was on guard
against any such clash-
es in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar is the
second BJP ally in Bi-
har to weigh in on the
Ram Navami violence.
Nitish Kumar
JITAN RAM MANJHI DEMANDS BAN
ON RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS
Patna: Following the violence in several parts of the
country on Hanuman Jayanti, former Bihar Chief
Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday demanded a ban
on all kinds of religious processions.
Manjhi said that such processions were
a serious threat to the unity and integrity
of the country. “Following violence in
several places including in Delhi over
Hanuman Jayanti, the unity and integrity
of the country is under huge threat.
Hence, the time now has come to ban
religious marches,” Manjhi said in a tweet on Monday.
Manjhi’ party, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), is
a part of the NDA government in Bihar. Manjhi tagged
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit
Shah and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in his tweet.
K’takaPolls:Kejriwal
inBengaluruonApr21
Bengaluru: DelhiChief
Minister and AAP na-
tional convener Arvind
Kejriwal will be in the
city on April 21, and will
give a message of “new
age politics” to the peo-
ple of Karnataka, ahead
of assembly polls next
year, party leaders here
said on Monday
.
He will be attending a
convention of farmers’,
women, youth and peo-
plefromvarioussections
of thesociety
,ontheinvi-
tation of Karnataka Ra-
jya Raita Sangha chief
and farmer leader Kodi-
halli Chandrashekhar.
Kejriwal’s visit to the
state comes as AAP is
preparing to make its
presence felt in Karna-
taka, during the 2023
Assembly polls.
AAP Karnataka Con-
vener Prithvi Reddy
said AAP is the plat-
form for people who
fight for farmers’ cause,
and wants to get such
people elected to Vid-
hana Soudha, to solve
the issues faced by the
farming community
.
Arvind Kejriwal
CRUCIAL READ
COPS TO DRAFT GUIDELINES ON USING
LOUDSPEAKERS: MAHA HOME MIN
Mumbai: Maharashtra director general of police
and Mumbai police commissioner will prepare
guidelines on the use of
loudspeakers which will
be issued in a couple of
days, state Home Minis-
ter Dilip Walse Patil said
on Monday. Walse Patil’s
comments came amid
the demand raised by the
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the BJP
for the removal of loudspeakers from mosques.
GOVERNOR NOT FORWARDING NEET
BILL IS INSULT TO PEOPLE: STALIN
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on
Monday said Governor RN Ravi not forwarding the
NEET exemption Bill to the President is an act of in-
sulting the people. He also
said if need be, an all-party
meeting will be called later
after looking at the steps
taken by the Governor
in forwarding the NEET
exemption Bill to President
Ram Nath Kovind. Speak-
ing in the Assembly, Stalin said it is 70 days since the
Assembly resent the Bill to Ravi after he had earlier
sent it back to the House for reconsideration.
VERDICT IN ACTOR DILEEP’S PLEA
IN ASSAULT CASE TODAY
Kochi: The Kerala High Court is likely to
pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on actor
Dileep’s plea to quash the FIR accusing him
and others of conspir-
ing to threaten and kill
the officials probing
the 2017 actress as-
sault or to transfer the
conspiracy case to the
CBI for investigation.
According to the cause
list for Tuesday uploaded on the Kerala High
Court website, Justice Ziyad Rahman AA will
pronounce the verdict at 1.45 pm.
Saffron flag placed on
dargah in Guj’s Veraval
Veraval (PTI): Thirty
persons were arrested
in connection with a
saffronflagbeingplaced
atop a dargah in Ver-
awal town in Gujarat’s
Gir Somnath during an
unauthorisedHanuman
Jayanti procession on
Saturday
, a senior police
official said on Monday
.
The incident took
place at Magrebisha
BapudargahinVakhari-
ya Bazar area here, and
several of those in-
volved had also taken
mobile phone videos of
the act and circulated
them on social media,
Gir Somnath Superin-
tendent of Police Mano-
harsinh Jadeja said.
“After the videos went
viral, people from both
communities started
gathering on Saturday
night. However, police
arrived at the site quick-
ly, dispersed the crowd
and took control of the
situation,” the SP said.
Hanuman Jayanti:
30 held in connection
with the incident

INDIA
06
Islamabad (Agencies):
Pakistan is cutting elec-
tricity to households
and industry as the
cash-strapped country
can no longer afford to
buy coal or natural gas
from overseas to fuel its
power plants.
The South Asian na-
tion is struggling to pro-
cure fuel from the spot
market after prices of
liquefied natural gas
and coal surged to re-
cords last month as the
war in Ukraine exacer-
bated supply shortfalls.
Pakistan’s energy costs
more than doubled to
$15 billion in nine
months ended Febru-
ary from a year earlier,
and it isn’t able to spend
more on additional
shipments.
About 3,500 mega-
watts worth of power
capacity had been shut
due to the fuel shortag-
es as of April 13, accord-
ing to a Twitter post by
Miftah Ismail, who has
been selected as finance
minister by new Prime
Minister Shehbaz Sha-
rif. A similar amount is
offline due to technical
faults, he said.
The more than 7,000
megawatts represents
almost a fifth of total
generation capacity, ac-
cording to Tahir Abbas,
the head of research at
Arif Habib Ltd. in Ka-
rachi.
The electricity
crunch is complicating
the already tough eco-
nomic challenge for
Sharif — who has yet to
appoint an energy min-
ister — after former
leader Imran Khan was
ousted last week follow-
ing a period of political
turmoil.
A relatively poor na-
tion that’s highly de-
pendent on energy im-
ports, Pakistan has
been hit especially hard
by rising fuel costs.
Pakistan cuts power to households on fuel shortage
CASH-STRAPPED
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Pakistan’s long-
term LNG
suppliers
canceled several
shipments
scheduled for
delivery over
few months,
tightening
supplies
PM to address from Red Fort on
Parkash Purab of Tegh Bahadur
PM Modi will also release a commemorative coin and postage stamp on the occasion
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will address the nation
from the Red Fort on the
400th Parkash Purab of
Sikh guru Tegh Baha-
dur on April 21, the Cul-
ture Ministry said Mon-
day. PM Modi will also
release a commemora-
tive coin and postage
stamp on the occasion.
Four hundred ‘ragis’
(Sikh musicians) will
perform in a ‘Shabad
Kirtan’ to mark the aus-
picious occasion, the
ministry said.
The programme will
be organised by the
Ministry of Culture in
collaboration with the
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
Management Commit-
tee. Chief Ministers of
many states and several
prominent personali-
ties from across the
length and breadth of
the subcontinent and
abroad will be part of
the celebrations, it said.
This programme on
the 400th Parkash Pur-
ab (birth anniversary)
of Sikh guru Tegh Ba-
hadur is being organ-
ised as part of Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Red Fort. —FILE PHOTO
MODI: INDIA
WRITING NEW
STORIES IN FIELD
OF CLEANLINESS
New Delhi: Asserting
that new stories are
being written in the
field of cleanliness,
PM Narendra Modi
on Monday said the
Swachchh Bharat
Abhiyan shows how
public participation
can fill new energy
in the development
of a country. Taking
to Twitter, the PM
shared a graphic
detailing the achieve-
ments such as
construction of toilets
in over 11.5 crore
households and more
than 58,000 villages.
NESO urge Shah to revoke decision
on Hindi must subject till Class X
Shillong (Agencies):
The North East Stu-
dents’ Organisation
(NESO), an apex body
of eight influential stu-
dents’ organisations of
the region, has urged
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah to revoke the
decision to make Hindi
a compulsory subject in
all the northeastern
states up to Class X as
“the move in the region
would be detrimental”.
The NESO told Shah
that imposition of Hin-
di as a compulsory sub-
ject in the northeastern
region would be detri-
mental not only for the
propagation and dis-
semination of the in-
digenous languages but
also to students who
will be compelled to add
another subject to their
already vast syllabus.
NESO Chairman
Samuel B Jyrwa and
Secretary General
Sinam Prakash Singh
in their letters to Shah
said that in the region
each state bears its own
unique and diversified
languages spoken by
different ethnic groups
ranging from Indo-Ary-
an to Tibeto-Burman to
Austro-Asiatic families.
“In the region, a na-
tive or indigenous lan-
guage or a mother
tongue is an important
marker for a communi-
ty
. Native or indigenous
languages are being
further enriched in
terms of all aspects
such as in literature,
academics and arts.”
On April 10, Union
Minister Amit Shah
had said that Hindi
should be accepted
as an alternate
language to English
but not to local
languages.
WORTH NOTING
Apex court fumes as
crypto scam accused
disobeys order
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day took serious note of
the non-compliance of
its earlier order by a
cryptocurrency scam
accused of not sharing
his username/pass-
words with the ED and
said, “We are not a dis-
trict court where you
can play with orders”.
A Bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and
Surya Kant warned the
accused that it would
dismiss his plea for
quashing the cases reg-
istered against him if
he does not comply with
the earlier orders.
“Why have you not
shared your username
and password when it
was recorded in our ear-
lier order? We will dis-
miss your writ petition
if there is non-compli-
ance. The SC is not
some district court,
where you can play
with the orders. You
yourself had made the
statement that you will
share the username
and passwords and now
there is non-compli-
ance. This is not a Tis
Hazari Court”, the
bench told advocate PC
Sen appearing for one
Ajay Bhardwaj.
The bench asked the
counsel to inform his
client that he has to
share the details with
the ED and then it will
hear him.
Punjab Police bust Pak-based
terror module, three arrested
Chandigarh (PTI):
The Punjab Police on
Monday claimed to have
solved the case of a
hand-grenade attack at
the Crime Investigating
Agency (CIA) office in
Nawanshahr by busting
a Pakistan-based terror
module.
The module, run by
Harvinder Singh alias
Rinda, was busted with
the arrest of three of its
operatives, DGP VK
Bhawra said here.
On the intervening
night of November 7
and 8 last year, uniden-
tified people had hurled
a hand grenade at the
CIA office in Nawan-
shahr with the inten-
tion to kill police offi-
cials. Those arrested
have been identified as
Manish Kumar alias
Mani alias Baba, a resi-
dent of Bains village in
Nawanshahr, Ra-
mandeep Singh alias
Jakhu and Pardeep
Singh alias Bhatti of
Sahlon village in SBS
Nagar, according to a
statement by police.
Punjab Police busted a Pakistan-based terror module with the
arrest of its three operatives, in Nawanshahr on Monday.
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Legendary Odia singer and music
director Prafulla Kar died at his Bhubaneswar res-
idence due to age-related ailments. He was 83, and
is survived by wife Manorama,
sons Mahadip and Mahaprasad
and daughter Sandhyadeepa. He
complained of chest pain after
having his dinner on Sunday night
and died soon after at his Satya
Nagar house. Kar’s funeral will
be performed at Swarga Dwara crematorium in Puri on
Monday with full state honours.
Aurangabad (PTI):Landscaping and gardening work at
the world heritage site of Ajanta Caves complex in Ma-
harashtra’s Aurangabad district is affected as the water
supply, disconnected in 2019 for
non-payment of dues, is yet to
be restored. We are somehow
managing drinking water through
natural resources of caves, but
gardening remains hampered, an
Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI) official has said. The issue remains unresolved
even after state Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray
visited the Ajanta Caves in January. Water is supplied
to the Ajanta Caves site by the Maharashtra Jeevan
Pradhikaran (MJP).
Washington (PTI): Omicron is more likely than
other coronavirus variants to cause upper airway
infection (UAI) among children, putting them at
risk of heart attack and other severe complications,
according to a study. The researchers from the
University of Colorado, Northwestern University,
and Stony Brook University in the US analysed data
from the National Covid Cohort Collaborative per-
taining to 18,849 children under age 19 who were
hospitalised with Covid-19. The study, published
last week in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, also found
that Omicron causes UAI in younger children with
the mean age of hospitalised children falling from
about four years and five months.
LEGENDARY SINGER FROM ODISHA
PRAFULLA KAR PASSES AWAY AT 83
AJANTA CAVES COMPLEX WATER SUPPLY
CUT OFF SINCE 2019 OVER UNPAID BILL
STUDY: OMICRON LIKELY TO CAUSE
UPPER AIRWAY INFECTIONS IN KIDS
CRUCIAL READ
Five workers die
of asphyxiation
in Karnataka
CBI now part
of Interpol’s
anti-child sex
abuse database
Mangaluru (PTI):
Five workers from West
Bengal have died of as-
phyxiation in a fish pro-
cessing unit, Mangalu-
ru police Commission-
er N Shashi Kumar said
on Monday
.
Kumar said one of
the workers fell inside
the waste collection
tank and fell uncon-
scious inside it.
“To save him, seven
other labourers entered
the tank and they too
fell unconscious.
They were shifted to
the AJ Hospital where
three died last night.
Two others died in the
ICU this morning,” Ku-
mar said.
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI has joined the in-
ternational child sexual
exploitation database
of Interpol, a move
which will bolster its
fight against sex abuse
of minors and help in
identification of vic-
tims and abusers using
sophisticated analytics
software, officials said.
Interpol database on
paedophiles and dis-
seminators of child
sexual abuse material
(CSAM) on the internet
relies on multi-media
from various countries
which are analysed
based on a specialised
“image comparison
software”.
Once the national
central bureau of a
country, the CBI in the
case of India, gets that
information they pro-
ceed against them ac-
cording to local laws.
Anurag Thakur, Stalin condole
demise of Table Tennis player
Chennai (Agencies):
Vishwa Deenadayalan,
an 18-year-old table ten-
nis player from Tamil
Nadu, died in a accident
while travelling from
Guwahati to Shillong
by taxi on Sunday
.
Tamil Nadu CM MK
Stalin condoled the
death of Deenadayalan
and announced Rs 10
Lakh relief for his par-
ents.
Minister of Infor-
mation and Broad-
casting, Anurag
Thakur, posted a
tweet condoling play-
er’s death. “Heart-
breaking to learn
that paddler, Deena-
dayalan Vishwa
passed away in an ac-
cident. He was on his
way to Shillong to
participate in 83rd
Senior National Table
Tennis Champion-
ship. Sincere condo-
lences to his family
friends,” he tweeted.
Vishwa Deenadayalan
IN THE COURTYARD
‘LIST STEPS TAKEN
TO PROHIBIT CHILD
MARRIAGE IN MAHA’
SC STAYS ALLAHABAD
HC ORDER RELATING
TO JAUHAR VARSITY
Jamiat moves SC against action
of razing buildings of accused
New Delhi: Muslim
body Jamiat Ulama-i-
Hind has moved the
Supreme Court seek-
ing a direction to the
Centre and some
states including MP
and UP that “precipi-
tative actions” like
razing buildings in
criminal proceedings
be not taken. The
plea assumes signifi-
cance because of re-
cent actions taken by
authorities in MP to
use bulldozers to
raze properties of
those accused of riot-
ing during the Ram
Navami celebrations.
Jamiat Ulama-I-
Hind, in its petition,
said the action like
razing the house in a
criminal proceeding
as a punishment is
unknown to crimi-
nal law.
Mumbai (PTI): The
Bombay High Court on
Monday asked the Maha-
rashtra government to file
an affidavit detailing what
steps it has taken towards
preventing the solemnisa-
tion of child marriages in
the state. A division bench
of Justices Amjad Sayed
and Abhay Ahuja noted
that there are hardly
any cases registered in
the state related to child
marriage offences. The
bench was hearing a PIL
that raised issues related
to child marriages in Ma-
harashtra.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on Mon-
day stayed the Allahabad
High Court order, which
allowed the taking over
of the land allotted to
Mohammad Ali Jauhar
University run by Maulana
Muhammad Ali Jauhar
Trust headed by Sama-
jwadi Party leader Azam
Khan. A bench of Justices
Ajay Rastogi and Justice
CT Ravikumar also issued
notice on a plea filed by
trust challenging the High
Court order and listed the
matter for further hearing
in August.

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Additional CS
Mines, Petroleum and
Public Health Engi-
neering Subodh Agar-
wal has emphasized on
ensuring a better water
management system by
utilizing every drop.
Agarwal was having
informal discussions
with senior officers af-
ter taking over post of
Additional CS, PHED.
On the other hand
IAS officer Kanhaiyalal
Swamy has taken over-
as Transport Commis-
sioner on Monday. In a
conversation with First
India, Swamy said that
efforts would be made
to eliminate corruption
in department. Senior
IAS officer Bhaskar A
Sawant took over as the
PS to Govt on Monday
.
Kanaram, an IAS of-
ficer took over as the
Agriculture Commis-
sioner at Pant Krishi
Bhawan here.
Om Prakash Kasera,
IAS officer took over
as Director of Pan-
chayati Raj. And
Naveen Jain, a senior
IAS officer, took charge
as Secretary, Panchay-
ati Raj in the Govern-
ment Secretariat.
IAS officers take charge of key departments
NEW INNINGS START
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After the recent
reshuffle of 69
IAS, bureaucrats
took charge of
offices and held
meeting with
officials in their
respective
departments
on Monday
Jodhpur/Ajmer: A parade was organized in Jodhpur on
Monday as part of the Rajasthan Police Day celebra-
tions. Police Commissioner Navjyoti Gogoi took the
salute of the parade. The Police
Line of Ajmer also organized a
Police Day function on Monday.
During this, the policemen who
performed best during their
service were honoured. In the
program organized at the range level, IG Rupendra Pal
Singh honoured 604 top policemen with DGP Disc, ‘ex-
cellent’, ‘best’ and ‘good’ posts and encouraged them.
Hanumangarh: A sadhu was beaten to death with
sticks in junction police station area of Hanumangarh
district when he asked for something to eat from a
house. He was referred to PBM
Hospital in Bikaner where he
succumbed to his injuries during
treatment.SHO Ashok Bishnoi said
that Vinod (35) had become a saint
begged for food. RLP party’s state spokesperson
Ashok Godara said all the nearby saints are contacted.
Jaipur: The Finance
department issued
a circular on Mon-
day about the group
insurance scheme for
state govt employees.
As per the circular, there
will be no deduction for
the employees whose
salaries do not exceed
Rs 5 lakh per annum as
their Rs 350 premium
would be borne by the
government.
Barmer: Early on Mon-
day morning Barmer
police recovered
skeleton of a woman
who had gone missing
around nine days.
Prima facie revealed
woman was strangled
to death and later her
body was thrown at
an isolated location.
Police also had nabbed
the accused who had
confessed to his crime.
POLICEMEN SOCIAL WORKERS
FELICITATED ON POLICE FOUNDATION DAY
SADHU BEGGING FOR FOOD BEATEN TO
DEATH WITH STICKS IN HANUMANGARH
FINANCE DEPT
ORDER ABOUT
GROUP INSURANCE
MISSING WOMAN’S
SKELETON FOUND
BEHIND BUSHES
CRUCIAL READ
Cong Seva Dal to take charge
of 52 seats that party loses
They will also take feedback from general public regarding the ticket claimants
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Ahead of 2023
elections, Cong Seva
Dal workers have been
given task of winning
assembly seats where
party is facing regular
defeats. A team of 25
workers will be sent to
each assembly constitu-
ency. They will go door
to door after staying in
these assembly constit-
uencies for 90 days.
These 52 seats are Sri
Ganganagar, Anup-
garh, Bhadra, Bikaner
East, Ratangarh,
Udaipurwati, Khande-
la, Shahpura, Phulera,
Vidyadhar Nagar,
Malviya Nagar, Sangan-
er, Bassi, Kishangarh
Bas, Behrod, Thanaga-
ji, Alwar city, Nagar,
Nadbai, Dholpur, Mah-
wa, Gangapur , Malpu-
ra, Ajmer North, Ajmer
South, Beawar, Nagaur,
Khinvsar, Merta, Jaita-
ran, Sojat, Pali, Marwar
Junction, Bali, Bho-
palgarh, Sursagar, Si-
wana, Bhinmal, Sirohi,
Reodar, Udaipur, Gha-
tol, Kushalgarh, Rajsa-
mand,Asind,Bhilwara,
Bundi, Kota South,
Ladpura, Ramganj
Mandi, Jhalrapatan
and Khanpur.
Villagers from Panchayat Kagdar Bhatiya and Rishabhdev in the Congress padyatra.
PUBLIC FEEDBACK
Four of family including 5-year-old hit
by a car, fall down into 20 ft pit, all die
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Four of a
family died after speed-
ing car hit their bike in
Bambora of Kurabad,
Udaipur on Monday
. Af-
ter the collision, bike
fell into 20 feet pit.
According to police,
Babulal, his wife Dai
Devi, mother Premi Bai
and 5-year-old son
Chhotu died. The place
where the accident hap-
pened was deserted,
around 10 o’clock some
people passed by road
and informed the police
about the accident.
Kurabad SHO Amit
Kumar said that the
damaged car was found
on the spot and the
search for the driver is
on. Chief Minister
AshokGehlotexpressed
grief for the family
.
The mangled remains of the car and deceased lying on ground.
Ashok Gehlot@
ashokgehlot51
Four people died in a
road accident in Ku-
rabad area of
Udaipur.
My deepest condo-
lences to the bereaved
family, may God give
them strength to bear
this loss and may the
soul of the departed
rest in peace.
UNKNOWN VEHICLE HITS
BIKE, 2 DIE ON THE SPOT
DUNGARRAM SURVIVES IN
CAR-BUS ACCIDENT
Jhunjhunu: A vehicle hit a bike near
Panihari-Utsav Vatika Hotel on Nawal-
garh Road in Mukundgarh police sta-
tion area here. Two people on the bike
died in the accident while the bike rider
got seriously injured. He is admitted to
hospital in Nawalgarh, being treated.
Suratgarh: Dungaram Gaidar, VP of
Shilp and Maati Kala Board, sur-
vived a road accident on Monday at
Manaksar intersection of Suratgarh
when a private bus rammed into his
car. Although Dungarram Gaidar
wasn’t injured, vehicle was damaged.
Forest of Sajjangarh keeps
burning even after 24 hrs
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: The fire that
broke out in forest of
Sajjangarh here on Sun-
day could not be com-
pletely controlled even
after 24 hours. Fire is
raging despite continu-
ous efforts by teams of
forest department,
civil defense. Three fire
brigades with 24 per-
sonnel are on spot to
control fire.
Udaipur collector
Tarachand Meena also
remained on spot. Mee-
na has sent a requisi-
tion to IAF for one heli-
copter preparations
are being made at Army
Station Helipad. DFO
Dr. Ajit Unchoi said fire
broke out towards Gore-
la View Point.
After dusk, helicop-
ter returned, while fire
appeared to remain on
side of large area, so
now extinguishing will
start at dawn.
Forest of Sajjangarh continues to burn since Sunday (inset) IAF
helicopter extinguishing fire.
Tug of war between Gehlot, Pilot
going on, BJP to form govt: Yadav
Suryaveer S Tanwar
Jaisalmer: Union En-
vironment, Forest and
Climate Change Minis-
ter Bhupender Yadav
lashed out at the Gehlot
govt during his two-day
Jaisalmer visit.
According to him, the
Gehlot government has
failed to handle law and
order. In the last four
years, there has only
been a game of tug of
war between Gehlot
and Sachin Pilot. The
government remained
entangled in its mutual
issues. He was address-
ing a meeting of work-
ers in the BJP office. He
also said govt is answer-
able for the worst situa-
tion in Alwar. People
are being threatened
openly and goons are
roaming freely. Union
Minister Bhupender
Yadav forecasted BJP’s
victory in the next as-
sembly elections. He
dodged questing on CM
face, said party will be
the final decider.
Bhupender Yadav reviewing conservation efforts for the Great
Indian Bustard at Sudashari Enclosure of Desert National Park.
COURTESY MEET
Governor Kalraj Mishra met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday in
New Delhi.They discussed how to improve the quality of education in universities in the state,
effective implementation of new education policy, connecting youth to employment-oriented
courses during education. Mishra also met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed on
various topics related to the development of the state. He also met leaders in Uttar Pradesh.
Tribal warrior
Rana Poonja’s
statue unveiled
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: State Wa-
ter Resources Min Ma-
hendrajit Singh Malvi-
ya Dungarpur MLA
Ganesh Ghoghara un-
veiled statue of tribal
warrior Rana Poonja on
Monday at Syntax Ti-
rahe in Dungarpur city
.
Representatives of Con-
gress, saints of tribal
society and others from
society were present.
People raised slogans
of ‘Rana Poonja Amar
Rahe’. Addressing func-
tion, Dungarpur MLA
Ganesh Ghoghra fierce-
ly targeted BTP MLAs.
Chief guest of function,
Malviya mentioned
Poonja’s contribution
in freedom struggle
said idols should be in-
stalled in respectful
manner.
SEEING COURTSHIP DANCE OF GODAVAN
ACB arrests
sarpanch’s aide
with `10K bribe
in Bikaner
First India Bureau
Bikaner: Sarpanch
representative Om-
prakash Tard has been
arrested for
taking a
bribe for the
houses built
under the
P r a d h a n
Mantri Awas
Yojana. ACB here out-
post has caught a sar-
panch representative in
Khajuwala area red
handed for accepting a
bribe of Rs 10,000.
Whereas, earlier he had
taken Rs 10,000. Investi-
gation is being done at
his residence. ACB ASP
Rajneesh Poonia said,
Currently, he has been
arrested and will be
produced in the court
on Tuesday
.
Cow deaths: 2
Civic officials
suspended
First India Bureau
Barmer: In the matter
of death of more than
hundred bovines at a
government run cow-
shed at Balotra in Bar-
mer district, the gov-
ernment on Monday
suspended Shivpal Sin-
gh, Commissioner of
Balotra Municipal
Council and cleaning
inspector Om Prakash
after they were found
guilty after an inquiry
committee was formed
in the matter.
IN THE COURTYARD
CASE AGAINST MAYOR:
COURT SEEKS REPLY BY
WEDNESDAY
Jaipur: Judge Mahavir Prasad
Gupta of Additional District Court-
IV (Jaipur Metro-I)
sought the replies
by Wednesday
from concerned
parties in revision
PIL filed against a lower court’s
verdict acquitting JMCG Mayor Dr
Somya convicting 4 councillors
of JMCG. The next hearing of the
case has been posted to 7th May.
During a meeting in June last year,
Dr Somya and Deo had a tiff over
some matter. In a huff, Deo tried to
leave the meeting but some coun-
cillors stopped him from doing so.
Deo had filed a police case against
the Mayor and 4 councillors.
14 YEARS IN JAIL TO 2 BIHAR TRADERS FOR
CHILD TRAFFICKING AND CHILD LABOUR
DEVA GURJAR MURDER: 6 ACCUSED PRODUCED
IN COURT, SENT TO 5 DAYS POLICE REMAND
Jaipur: The Juvenile Justice Board on Monday sentenced
two businessmen from Bihar to 14 years of imprisonment
for meeting out inhuman treatment to child labourers and
human trafficking. Judge Tara Aggarwal also imposed a
fine of Rs 2.82 lakh each on the convicts Mohd Quddus
and Mohd Yunus of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. According to the
prosecution, Shastri Nagar police and the Human Traffick-
ing Unit had in a joint operation raided a bangle manufac-
turing unit on 16 October 2018 and rescued 17 children.
Chittorgarh: The SIT produced 6 more accused in the
history sheeter Deva Gurjar murder case before the court
here, which in turn remanded them to 5 days police
custody on Monday. On the other hand, the court sent the
kingpin Babulal Gurjar to jail as his remand period was
over. Earlier, 16 persons were arrested in the case includ-
ing the mastermind Babulal, 15 of whom are still under
judicial custody.
KL Swami took over as Commissioner of Transport and Road
Safety (inset) ACS Public Health Engineering Dr. Subodh Agarwal
held informal discussions with officials after assuming office.

The true and successful
businessman is one who thinks
of the ‘most’ he can give to his
customers not the ‘least’.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: First India
had given hints 2 days
before the list. Alok
Gupta had failed in IT.
Now he has been as-
signed small depart-
ments like AR, TAD.
Alok Gupta’s
4th transfer
This is Alok Gupta’s
4th transfer in this
government. After all,
why is Alok Gupta un-
able to perform, while
the other officers of
the batch went far
ahead. Now the com-
mand of IT has come
in the hands of Akhil
Arora, who is consid-
ered an IT ‘expert’ in
the entire bureaucracy.
Agriculture and co-
operatives have been
separated again. Nar-
esh Pal Gangwar, Kun-
ji Lal Meena and
Bhaskar A Sawant had
handled both the de-
partments together.
Dinesh kumar to head
agri dept only
Dinesh Kumar had both
thedepartmentstillnow
buthenowremainsonly
the head of agriculture
as cooperative given to
Sreya Guha.
Both are seniors of-
ficer with ability to
handle the responsibil-
ity of two big depart-
ments and giving them
single department has
not gone well with
many people.
Eturu gets very light
departments
Bhanuprakash Eturu
has been given very
light departments.
Taking away skill de-
velopment from him,
he has been given the
responsibility of la-
bour department
where Principal secre-
tary does not have a
special role as Labour
Commissioner has
more say.
Eturu has recently
returned from three
years of deputation but
could not win the trust
of the government.
There were specula-
tions that KK Pathak
working in the Rural
Development depart-
ment for one year will
go to a big department.
He also gave an “inter-
view” to Education
Minister BD Kalla but
he could not climb up
the new list. Four
months back, he was
given the responsibility
of the skill develop-
ment department but
now it was taken back.
He will now spend days
in Rural development.
Impact of recent bureaucratic reshuffle
INTUC IS A PART OF CONGRESS,
SAYS JAGDISHRAJ SHRIMALI
In the programme, INTUC State President Jag-
dishraj Shrimali also mentioned in front of CM
Gehlot that the ministers do not take name of IN-
TUC in the programmes. Shrimali said that INTUC
is a part of Congress. The names of the forward
organizations of Congress are taken in the pro-
gramme but not of INTUC. “The people of INTUC
should also get respect and respect in the party,”
he said. Earlier in the programme, INTUC officials
submitted a memorandum to CM Gehlot regarding
the problems of the workers, on which CM Gehlot
said that the government would take steps to solve
them. The CM told them to strengthen INTUC.
CM GEHLOT LAUNCHES WEBSITE
TO AUCTION MEMENTOS GIFTS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Monday launched a
website for the auction
of mementos he has re-
ceived.
Addressing the func-
tion, Gehlot said that
CP Joshi had asked
him about the idea of
online auction of me-
mentos. He said that he
got the inspiration for
the auction from Indi-
ra Gandhi and he start-
ed this initiative when
he became the CM.
Through the website
www.RajCMMemen-
tos.com, auction will
be held online from
April 25 which so far
was being done offline.
Gehlot said that his
wife Sunita Gehlot has
a big contribution in
managing mementos
he got on various occa-
sions. He also praised
his PSOs. He said that
whenever there is any
natural calamity or cri-
sis in any state of the
country, people of Raj
have cooperated whole-
heartedly through
CMRF or other means.
“Helping the victim in
calamity has been a
great tradition of Raj,
which we are all proud
of,” he said. “It is our
endeavor that the pro-
ceeds from the auction
should be used as gap
funding for the treat-
ment of patients from
poor sections,” he said.
CM Gehlot launches website as (L) Dr Chandrabhan, Govind S Dotasra, Dr CP Joshi, Sunita Gehlot, Usha Sharma Rajeev Arora look on.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Dr Chandrabhan, Mahant Kailash Sharma and others at CMR.
Dharmendra Rathore in conversation with Dhiraj Srivastava.
(From Left) Kashwini Gehlot, Himanshi
Gehlot, Sunita Gehlot and Sonia Gehlot.
Dr Mahesh Joshi, Rafeek Khan, Vaibhav
Gehlot and others during the event.
CommunalincidentsinRajare
BJP’sprepsfor2023:CMGehlot
He says, winning elections by doing Hindu-Muslim is an easy task, win on ideology
GEHLOT AGAIN TARGETS BULLDOZER POLITICS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has once
again targeted the run-
ning of bulldozers over
properties of riot ac-
cused in UP and MP
. Ge-
hlot said the BJP gov-
ernments are running
bulldozers on innocent
people. The CM was ad-
dressing the state work-
ing committee meeting
of INTUC (Indian Na-
tional Trade Union Con-
gress) here on Monday
.
“Riots happened in
Karauli without any rea-
son. These people are de-
liberately prolonging it.
They do not understand
that bulldozers are run-
ning on innocent people
in their ruled states of
UPandMadhyaPradesh.
They don’t care about
them and are doing poli-
tics here,” he said.
Gehlot said this is
preparation before the
2023 assembly elections,
so these people are de-
liberately creating such
an atmosphere. “This is
a dangerous environ-
ment. Today politics is
being done in the name
of religion. If you want
to win the election by
doing Hindu-Muslim,
that is an easy task.
Compete on the basis of
ideology. Who makes
good policy in the inter-
est of the country soon,
there should be a debate
on this,” he said.
Gehlot said that there
is a dangerous environ-
ment in the country
right now and there
should be no place for
violence. “What is hap-
pening in the country
today? Those in power
have come by winning
in name of democracy,
but they have no faith in
democracy. There are
anti-social elements
who commit violence.
PM should go ahead
and say this,” he said.
Sonia Gandhi has
also suggested the same
by writing an article.
These people are delib-
erately creating a dan-
gerous environment.
When everyone will live
in peace only then there
will be development in
the country and the
country will remain
one and united.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Bhanwar Singh
Bhati, Jagdishraj Shrimali and others during Shri Hazari Lal
Sharma birth centenary year event held in Jaipur on Monday.
CM TO VISIT PIPAR,
TILWASNI TODAY
First India Bureau
Nemavar/Dewas: For-
mer CM and National
VP of BJP Vasundhara
Raje has said that Cong
govt of Rajasthan is ab-
staining from temples,
so it is not getting tem-
ples constructed and
developed nor it is sanc-
tioning funds for them.
“The BJP govt will be
formed in Rajasthan
and again temples will
be constructed in all the
districts as before,” she
said while speaking as
chief guest at 'Smarpan
Maa Narmada Seva
Parikrama Yatra' or-
ganised by Saint Bal
Brahmachari Uttam
Swamiji at Nemavar
Teerth in MP confer-
ence of Kewat Samaj.
Raje said that the
temple of Lord Ram is
being built in Ayodhya
only due to the efforts
of PM Modi.
BJP MEET IN
DELHI TODAY
National President JP
Nadda will take the
meeting on BJP org is-
sues of Rajasthan today
.
Vasundhara Raje, Dr
Satish Poonia, Chan-
drasekhar, Gulabchand
Kataria and Rajendra
Rathore to participate
in the meeting in Delhi.
BJP ayegi, mandir
banayegi, says Raje
Congress government abstaining
from temples, charges former CM
Vasundhara Raje takes a holy
dip in the Narmada River,
Nemavar on Monday.
Aditi Nagar Yogesh Sharma
New Delhi/Jaipur:
The three day ‘Chintan
Shivir’ of Congress is
likely to be held in
Udaipur on May 12, 13
and 14, said sources on
Monday
. Around 400
Congress leaders from
across the country are
expected to gather in the
'Chintan Shivir', in
which Congress Work-
ing Committee (CWC)
members, All India Con-
gress Committee (AICC)
office-bearers, former
Union Ministers, State
Presidents and Legisla-
ture Party leaders will
be invited to discuss the
reasons for the defeat of
the party in the recently
concluded elections as
well as the upcoming
strategies.
CM Ashok Gehlot on
Monday said that the
party high command is
thinking with regard to
the Shivir, which is
likely in the second
week of May. When Ge-
hlot went to Udaipur in
the programme of Seva
Dal, he had inspected
some hotels.
“If the party high
command gives instruc-
tions, there will be a
large scale event in Ra-
jasthan,” Gehlot told
the media on Monday
.
This 'Shivir' is very
important for the future
of Congress as a new
Congress President is
likely to be elected in a
few months. However, it
is not yet decided wheth-
er Rahul Gandhi will
take over the reins of
the party or not.
It is an interesting
coincidence that Con-
gress' last Chintan
Shivir was held in
Jaipur in 2013 in
which Rahul Gandhi
was made the party
vice-president. It is
possible that the road-
map of Prashant
Kishor will also be dis-
cussed in the Chintan
Shivir. —With Agency Inputs
Congress’ three-day ‘Chintan
Shivir’ in Raj from May 12-14
Neeti Gopendra Bhatt
New Delhi: Celebrat-
ing India’s 75th inde-
pendence year Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla
said that “Every Indian
should take a resolution
under the ‘
Azadi Ka Am-
rit Mahotsav’ to make
India the worlds strong-
est power, following the
footsteps of PM Modi
his firm determination
to make this a reality
.”
At New Delhi’s Chin-
maya Mission situated
at Lodhi Road, New
Delhi, Lok Sabha
speaker, Om Birla ad-
dressed the gathering
as the Chief Guest of
the annual Rajasthan
Day Celebrations or-
ganised by Rajasthan
Sanstha Sangh.
Birla acknowledged
and appreciated rich
history, culture and
great personalities of
Rajasthan who played a
pivotal role in making
India proud and recog-
nized overseas. He ap-
pealed to all the Ra-
jasthani community to
step forward and help
our PM in fulfilling his
dream for a greater In-
dia by following the Ra-
jasthan states glorious
values and traditions.
Om Birla appreciates rich culture,
great personalities of Rajasthan
Om Birla addresses Rajasthan
Day celebrations organised by
Rajasthan Sanstha Sangh in
New Delhi on Monday.
RAHUL GANDHI LIKELY TO VISIT
JAIPUR ON MAY 9 OR MAY 20
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit
Jaipur on May 9 or 20 and address a big gathering
in Dudu or Kotputli, party sources said. The rally in
Jaipur's Dudu may be on May 9 or at Kotputli on May
20. The Congress’ Azadi ki Gaurav Yatra is passing
through Rajasthan and Rahul may address
them. Dharmendra Rathore and Pawan
Godara have been entrusted with the task
of preparations. Both have been made in-
charges of Jaipur district regarding the yatra
and are likely to visit Kotpulti today. There
will be a roadshow in Jaipur on May 13.
Gehlot is forgetting
that Sangh is an or-
ganisation based on
national policy, not on
politics, the aim of
which is to make
Akhand Bharat. This
organisation has al-
ways tried to eliminate
class distinction, caste
discrimination and
high and low discrimi-
nation in the society.
—Vasundhara Raje, ,
National Vice President of BJP
It has been great tradition of Rajasthan to help the victims in calamity, CM says

Karigiri run by designer
sisters Sulakshna and
Arpita are fine examples
of how best to fuse one’s
talents for the greater
good, given they have
already made footprints
in India and the Gulf
they seem well-
prepped to grow and
branch out like a
banyan tree. In an
exclusive interview
with City First, the
designers talk
about their
journey in the
glamour
world
ell us something
about Karigiri.
Our goal is to
breathe new life
into women’s
clothing that
exudes ele-
gance, grace, and beau-
ty with a dash of boldness
and pride. We would like our
brand to be an umbrella label
where women can find any-
thing and everything except
bridal wear.

z When did your love af-
fair with design begin?
How would you describe
the emotion?
Designing is our love, this
was a childhood hobby en-
couraged by our Mum and
later snowballed into a pro-
fession when we chose Fash-
ion as a career stream. Sulak-
shna acquired formal fashion
education from Pearl acad-
emy of fashion in New
Delhi, while I
have complet-
ed my degree
from NIFT, New
Delhi. 8 years
back, on October 26,
2014, we laid Kagiri’s
foundation, but launch-
ing our bootlegged
brand Karigiri and scaling it
to entrepreneurial success
was not a cakewalk.

z What do you truly enjoy
working with?
We like experiments and our
brand, ‘Karigiri’ offers a
wide range of fashion op-
tions. We have just launched
our collection “Cheap
Thrills” in Dubai at ‘The
Fashion Connect’, a collec-
tion which is inspired by the
new-age bride, full of life. As
the brides are adapting to a
modern approach in today’s
changing times, we created a
collection that displays the
energy, happiness and vi-
brancy that a bride looks for
in her wedding functions and
her life ahead. The collection
‘Cheap thrills’, is inspired by
the boho tribe, full of bright
neon colours, tribal hand
paintings, mirrors for the
perfect bling and the silhou-
ettes which scream ‘playful’.
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JAIPUR, TUESDAY,
APRIL 19, 2022
UNBREAKABLE
UNBREAKABLE
DESIGNER DUO!
DESIGNER DUO!
T
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
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