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2 SOLDIERS, MILITANT
KILLED IN KASHMIR
Two soldiers were killed in a
gunfight in south Kashmir’s
Shopian on Saturday morn-
ing. A militant was also killed
in the exchange of fire that
started after a joint team of
forces launched an operation.
ON HIJAB ISSUE, 58
STUDENTS SUSPENDED
At least 58 female students
from a college in Karnataka’s
Shivamogga district were
suspended for wearing hijab
and also staging an agitation
demanding that they should be
allowed to attend classes. P6
estowed with the rare and exotic Himalayan flora, the
Valley of Flowers is a bouquet of nature peacefully
snuggled in the West Himalayan region of Uttarakhand.
The trek of Valley of flowers goes through dense forests,
along with Pushpawati river and can be reached by crossing
many bridges, glaciers and waterfalls on the way. “Preparation
is underway to build a ropeway to facilitate a visit to Hemkund
Sahib ji,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said during his visit
to Kedarnath on November 5 last year. Once built, it will also serve
the Valley of Flowers, which is UNESCO World Heritage Site, as the
Valley trek falls halfway to Hemkund Sahib.
B
THERE IS NO ANTI-INCUMBENCY
AGAINST OUR GOVT: GEHLOT
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur:RajasthanChief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
on Saturday reiterated
that there is no anti-in-
cumbency against the
Congressgovernmentin
the state and the govern-
ment will repeat in the
next assembly elections.
He said that Congress
lost elections due to dis-
pleasure of government
employees (2003) and
due to the Modi wave
(2014) but this time, the
government has intro-
duced such schemes
which are directly ben-
efiting the public.
Addressing the Con-
gressparty’sconvention
here, in which 3 resolu-
tions were passed, the
CM said that a wonder-
ful budget will be pre-
sented on February 23,
which will be telecast
live and the party work-
ers and leaders should
make maximum people
watch the budget.
He said that the dis-
trict president should
go to officers with dele-
gation regarding the
problems and they will
get respect Turn to P7
STATE LEVEL CONGRESS CONVENTION
CM Ashok Gehlot and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra during
the Congress convention at Birla auditorium on Saturday.
Gehlot stressed such
conventions should
be held at the
district level too
A development-
oriented budget will
be presented on
February 23
SEAT-TO-SEAT CONTEST IN UP POLLS’ 3RD PHASE TODAY IN...
AKHILESH’S ‘ASHISH’
BARB AT BJP IN KHERI
Lakhimpur: SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav said Union
minister Ajay Mishra’s son
Ashish, accused of running
over farmers during a
protest in Lakhimpur Kheri,
was granted bail in a hurry
because the BJP knew
the government in Uttar
Pradesh is set to change.
EC SEEKS FIR AGAINST
KEJRIWAL, SUKHBIR
The State Election Com-
mission in Punjab has
directed Mohali adminis-
tration to register a case
against AAP’s Arvind
Kejriwal regarding video
allegation against SAD. In a
counter complaint by AAP,
Sukhbir Badal has been
charged with poll violation.
FIR AGAINST CHANNI,
SIDHU MOOSEWALA
Punjab Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Channi and
Congress candidate Sidhu
Moosewala from Mansa
seat have been booked for
violating the model code
of conduct. The case was
lodged on a complaint by
Aam Aadmi Party candidate
Vijay Singla from Mansa.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh is set for cru-
cial third phase of poll-
ing in Yadav land in 59
Assembly constituen-
cies on Sunday
.
In view of the high
sensitivity of the re-
gion, tight security ar-
rangements have been
made for free and fair
elections.
Third phase is in
fact gateway to remain-
ing four phases in
central-Awadh region,
Purvanchal and two re-
maining districts -Ban-
da, Chitrakoot- of Bun-
delkhand.
THE DEMOGRAPHIC
PROFILE IN REGION
While the region has OBC,
Upper castes and Dalit
domination, there are eight
districts Mainpuri, Etawah,
Etah, Kasganj, Firozabad,
Aurrayya, Kannauj and
Farrukhabad which are
Yadav dominated. It is for
this reason the area is called
“Yadav land”. Muslims are
scattered in pockets.
Yadav land crucial for power contenders
During last Assembly polls in 2017, BJP bagged 49 seats while Samajwadi Party got 8 and Congress, BSP clinched
one seat each in the region. All the 13 seats of Bundelkhand going to poll in this round were captured by the BJP
Will Amarinder be
king or kingmaker?
...or will AAP hurt Congress
prospects, Punjab decides today
2.14
crore voters
8am-6pm
Polling time
117
Constituencies
23
Districts
1,304
Candidates in the fray
PUNJAB
Drug mafia, liquor mafia,
transport mafia, cable
mafia, farmers’ distress,
corruption, illegal sand min-
ing and rising state’s debt
CRUCIAL ISSUES
Navjot Singh Sidhu (Amritsar
East), Bhagwant Mann (Dhuri),
Charanjit Singh
Channi (Bhadaur,
Chamkaur Sahib),
Sukhbir Singh Badal
(Jalalabad), Capt
Amarinder Singh (Patiala),
Parakash Singh Badal (Lambi)
KEY CANDIDATES
During last Assembly polls in 2017, Congress got
majority winning 77 seats while Aam Aadmi Party
clinched 20 and SAD-BJP got just 18 seats.
UTTAR PRADESH PHASE-3
59
Constituencies
16
Districts
2.16
crore voters
627
Candidates
in the fray
103
Candidates
face serious
criminal
cases
7am-6pm
Polling time
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Union
MoS SP Singh Baghel (Karhal),
Shivpal Singh Yadav (Jaswantnagar),
Industries Minister Satish
Mahana (Maharajpur-
Kanpur), Excise Minister
Ram Naresh Agnihotri
(Bhogaon-Mainpuri),
Higher Edu Minister Neelma Katiyar
(Kalyanpur-Kanpur), Hari Yadav
(Sirsaganj-Firozabad), Ajay Kapoor
(Kidwai Nagar-Kanpur)
KEY CANDIDATES
Law and order,
Stary cattle,
communal
polarisation,
farmers
problems,
unemployment,
Drinking water
problem in
Bundelkhand
CRUCIAL
ISSUES
Tensions run sky-high
as the Russian-backed
separatists in Ukraine
call to mobilise forces
Russian marines take position during Russia-Belarus military drills.
Moscow: Pro-Russian
separatist leaders in
eastern Ukraine or-
dered a full military
mobilization Saturday,
amid a spike in violence
that has heightened
fears that Moscow is
planning to use an esca-
lation in the conflict as
a pretext to invade.
The announcements
came ahead of planned
large-scale drills involv-
ing Russian nuclear
forces, overseen by
President Vladimir Pu-
tin, offering a timely
reminder of the coun-
try’s nuclear might, as
Europe faces its gravest
security crisis since
the Cold War.
KAMALA WARNS OF
ECONOMIC COSTS
US vice-president Kamala
Harris warned of “signifi-
cant and unprecedented
economic costs” if Russia
invades Ukraine. Harris
said, “Russia’s actions
simply don’t match their
words. We will target Rus-
sia’s financial institutions
and key industries.”
Ballistic and cruise
missiles were
launched from land,
air and sea with
President Putin
supervising drill
Dawood Ibrahim constitutes
special unit to target India
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA) has re-
vealed that fugitive
gangster Dawood Ibra-
him has formed a spe-
cial unit to target India.
The names of political
leaders and famous
businessmen featured
on the hit list, as per the
probe agency
.
The FIR revealed that
Dawood Ibrahim along
with his special unit
was planning to launch
an attack on the coun-
try using explosives
and lethal weapons
with the aim of inciting
violence in different
parts of the country.
Apart from this, Da-
wood Ibrahim has his
focus on Delhi and
Mumbai, the probe
agency said.
The ED had recently
registered a money
laundering case against
Dawood Ibrahim and
his aides for their in-
volvement in financing
terror activities. The
ED will question Ibra-
him’s brother Iqbal
Kaskar, his aides and
gang members. On Fri-
day, Iqbal Kaskar was
sent to ED custody till
February 24 in a money
laundering case.
Political leaders, businessmen on unit’s hit list: NIA
Dawood Ibrahim
NIA QUESTIONS
JODHPUR SCRIBE
IN TERRORISM
CONSPIRACY CASE
Jodhpur: The National In-
vestigation Agency (NIA)
on Saturday raided the
residence of a journalist
Barkat Ali at Ratanada
area in Jodhpur and
interrogated him for five
hours in connection with
a terrorism conspiracy
case. After a while,
Barkat Ali was called to
the IB office where he
was jointly interrogated
by IB and NIA. Ali was
then taken to his house.
It is believed the NIA may
call Barkat Ali to Delhi
for interrogation. Later,
Barkat told the media
that he works with the
security agencies along
with doing journalism. P7

Kashiram Choudhary &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur/Nagaur: BJP’s
Rajya Sabha MP Dr Ki-
rodi Lal Meena on Sat-
urday staged a sit-in
here demanding Rs 50
lakh compensation and
a government job to a
dependent in the case
of 35-year-old gang-rape
victim of Nagaur who
died at Jaipur’s SMS
hospital on Feb 17.
He said that he will
continue to protest till
action is taken against
the negligent police of-
ficers. He said that fam-
ily members are hold-
ing a protest outside the
mortuary at the SMS
Hospital mortuary
where the body has
been kept.
Meena also ques-
tioned the role of a local
Congress leader while
accusing them of being
involved in illegal ac-
tivities. Kirodi Meena
and Dy LoP Rajendra
Rathore spoke to the
hospital administra-
tion. Rathore accused
the Nagaur police of
protecting a local Con-
gress leader who was
supporting the accused.
Meanwhile, the pro-
test against the incident
continued outside the
Didwana court. During
this, many leaders and
other people of Megh-
wal community, Dalit
organizations, and BJP
participated in the
dharna. The members
of a team constituted
by BJP State President
Satish Punia including
Hariram Rinwah, Ab-
hinesh Meharshi and
Gordhan Verma also
met the family mem-
bers of the victim and
inquired about the
matter.
Tarun Joshi
Rajsamand: Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi &
LoP Gulab Chand Ka-
taria attended the foun-
dation stone laying cer-
emony for the new
building Delwara Pan-
chayat Samiti on Satur-
day
.
Samiti chief Kasni
Gameti & BDO Savita T.
performed the rituals
amid chanting of Vedic
hymns. Joshi and Ka-
taria were given warm
welcome. Samiti deputy
chief Rameshwar Lal
Khatik, Sarpanch
Sangh block president
Mangilal Kataria and
many elected represent-
atives were present on
the occasion.
Addressing the gath-
ering, Joshi said that it
is the duty of the elected
representatives to take
govt’s welfare schemes
to the beneficiaries. Ka-
taria emphasised upon
promoting education.
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: BJP had
calledforahalf-dayshut-
down in Nimbahera in
protest against the dete-
riorating law and order
condition.
On Friday evening,
people caught a minor
who was stealing bikes,
and brought the minor
along with the council-
lor to the Kotwali police
station where the police
arrested the councillor
for disturbing the peace.
Irked by the arrest of
councillor, Srichand
Kriplani called for the
shutdown, which re-
ceived tremendous pub-
lic support.
Cooperative Minister
Udai Lal Anjana has tar-
geted BJP and former S
Kripalani, he said that
people haven’t forgotten
when the Nimbahera
usedtocelebrateKaliEid
under BJP rule, there
was a ban on taking out
processions in the mar-
ket,thepoliceisdoingits
job, if your councilor
was innocent, then you
should have complained
to authorities.
Satyanaryan Sharma
Jaipur: The SOG on
Saturday arrested a
journalist from Jalore
in the REET paper leak
scam. The authorities
identified the accused
as Bablu Meena, a jour-
nalist with a news chan-
nel. SOG ADG Ashok
Rathore said Meena
was arrested after in-
puts from Gram Sevak
Narendra Kumar, who
was posted in Khanpu-
ra Gram Panchayat of
Jalore district, and was
arrested in the case.
Meena is a resident
of Dausa and has been
reporting for news
channel in Jalore for
the last 10-yrs. He has
disclosed to the authori-
ties that he also at-
tempted REET exam.
The SOG has so far ar-
rested 40 accused.
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: Re-
covery of two bodies
from a closed shop
spread panic among the
villagers of Bamanwas
Patti Khurd in the dis-
trict on Saturday
.
According to SHO
Brijesh Meena, the
neighbouring shop-
keepers of a tent house
here grew suspicious
as it was found locked
from outside and called
for police. When the
cops opened the gates,
the bodies of the own-
er of the tent house
Giriraj Sharma and
his employee Bipin
Meena were found cov-
ered up.
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Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Having take
over the charge of
Chief secretary of Ra-
jasthan, Usha Sharma,
who had been review-
ing departments one
after the other at Secre-
tariat since assuming
charge, is all set to step
out of her office, and
move into the ‘field’ for
the first time as CS.
Sharma will chair a
meeting of two depart-
ments of the JDA - UDH
and LSG. Notably, the
meeting was earlier
scheduled for Sunday,
February 20, however,
the schedule was
changed.
According to knowl-
edgeable sources, this
is perhaps the first in-
stance when a CS is
heading to JDA for
meeting. In fact, there
are two interesting co-
incidence between the
upcoming meet and
Usha Sharma. She
served as JDA Commis-
sioner in the year 2003
and after nearly two
decades, she will be
reaching the same of-
fice and relive old mem-
ories. Secondly, she will
be reviewing the UDH
department of which
she held the reins in
the year 2004-05. So she
will learn about the
present state of affairs
and the condition of
the department, fifteen
years later.
JDA has undergone a
complete metamorpho-
sis in the past years and
due to dozens of pro-
jects and new works,
Jaipur has been com-
pletely transformed.
Developments works
are going on even today
and JDA reins are cur-
rently in the hands of
its young and energetic
Commissioner Gaurav
Goyal. CS Usha Sharma
has to still direct offi-
cials to complete works
in a time bound manner
since delay in projects
in JDA’s biggest nega-
tive point.
The UDH is working
in a commendable man-
ner under the direction
and monitoring of cur-
rent UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal who
has literally trans-
formed Kota city
. More-
over, the works under-
taken by Housing Board
under its Commission-
er Pawan Arora’s com-
mand, it could be said
that neither have such
works been done in the
past and perhaps never
will such works be done
in future. Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
even publicly patted
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora on several
occasions.
Although it has been
ten months since 1995
batch IAS Kunji Lal
Meena was appointed
as Principal Secretary
of UDH, however, slow-
ly and steadily he is
making his grip strong-
er in the department.
Usha Sharma can thus
be happy that her old
department is in a good
condition.
In the second session,
the meeting regarding
LSG will be conducted
and this department is
in tatters. For a long
time, Bhawani detha
was the secretary of the
department and Deep-
ak nandi was the Direc-
tor, however, due to
their poor performance,
CM Gehlot had publicly
scolded them. In fact, in
the ‘Prashasan Shehro
ke Sang’ campaign, the
LSG failed to give any
result.
Due to this, in Janu-
ary this year, the state
government trans-
ferred both Bhawani
Detha and Deepak Nan-
di from LSG and two
young and capable offic-
ers have been appointed
here as Jogaram has
been appointed Secre-
tary while Hridesh
Sharma has been ap-
pointed Director. The
Chief secretary can
give directions to this
‘young team’ as to what
they can do to improve
the image of LSG.
20 Saal Baad...Usha to set foot in the ‘hallowed
corridors’ of JDA where she once held sway!
DR KIRODI, RATHORE DEMAND ARREST OF
‘POLITICALLY INFLUENTIAL’ ACCUSED
Leaders accused Nagaur
police of protecting a
local Congress leader for
supporting the accused
Dr KL Meena and supporters on a dharna in Jaipur. (inset) People stage protest in Nagaur.
RAPE ON PRETEXT OF MARRIAGE
Acase of raping a girl on the pretext of marriage has
come to light in Ajmer. The victim has also alleged the
accused of forcing for an abortion, keeping her in a rented
house and blackmailing her with photos and videos. The
victim, has given a complaint in the SP office and said
that on the pretext of marriage, he also transferred
money from her account and sold a gold chain.
The death of the gang-rape vic-
tim of Nagaur and the murder
of a girl student in Kota are
the examples of the Congress govern-
ment’s misgovernance and deteriorat-
ing law and order.
—Dr Satish Poonia, BJP State President
Public reps should take welfare
schemes to beneficiaries: Dr Joshi
Nimbahera shutdown:
Anjana targets Kriplani
‘CORRUPT’ JDA
ACCOUNTANT
DENIED BAIL
Jaipur: The Special
Anti-Corruption Court-
III on Saturday rejected
the bail application of
Ram Tofan Mundotia,
who was accountant at
Zone-4 of JDA here and
was arrested by the ACB
for taking bribe to the
tune of lakhs of rupees
for issuing pattas.
Special judge Rajendra
Kumar Saini described
it as serious crime and
dismissed the plea of
54 years old Mundotia,
who is in jail under
judicial custody since
8th Feb on the basis of a
complaint registered on
28th January.
HEALTH DEPT
RELIEVES DOCS
WITHOUT POSTS
Jaipur: Doctors
working without posts
in the medical depart-
ment were relieved.
They were instructed
to come to the CMHO
office of the district.
Medical Secy Ashutosh
AT Pednekar issued
an order for equaliza-
tion. Instructions were
given to all controlling
officers to relieve
additional doctors with
immediate effect. It
includes PHC, CHC,
satellite hospital and
sub-district hospital
across the state. Over-
all, 450 doctors will be
affected by this order.
Beawar: Ajmer District Youth Congress gener-
al secy and former councilor Rahul Chaturvedi
committed suicide by hanging
himself in a private flat on
Saturday morning. On infor-
mation, the city police reached
the spot and sent the body to
Govt Amritkaur Hospital for
post-mortem. A large number
of people reached the hospital
after receiving the news of
Rahul’s suicide. According to the info, 30-year-old
Rahul Chaturvedi son Murarilal Sharma, resident
of Mill Colony of Beawar, committed suicide by
hanging himself in his private flat.
Thiruvananthpuram: Inspired spells from Rajasthan
medium pacers Aniket Choudhary and Tanveer Haq
put their side on road to victory against Andhra in
the Group E Ranji
Trophy match at the
St. Xavier’s College
ground here on
Saturday. The duo
prised out the top
order cheaply after
Ashok Meneria and Mahipal Lomror’s half-centuries
set a daunting target (368) for Andhra. Chasing
a stiff target on a dicey wicket, Andhra ended the
penultimate day at 100 for four after recovering from
a precarious 41 for four.
FORMER CONGRESS COUNCILLOR IN
AJMER DIES BY HANGING SELF
ANIKET, HAQ PUT RAJASTHAN ON ROAD
TO VICTORY IN RANJI TROPHY
NEWS DIGEST REET row: SOG
arrests journo,
40 held so far
Double murder
spreads panic
Rajendra Rathore and Dr Kirodi Lal Meena holding placards with
message of postponing RAS Mains on Saturday.
BJP leaders back
demand to defer
RAS Mains exam
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: BJP MP Dr Ki-
rodi Lal Meena and
Deputy Leader of Oppo-
sition in the State As-
sembly Rajendra Singh
Rathore have lent their
support to the agitating
RAS aspirants and
backed their demand
for postponement of the
entrance exam.
The two leaders went
to the venue in New
City where the aspir-
ants have been staging
a sit-in for the last two
days on Saturday and
talked to the protes-
tors.
The BJP veterans de-
scribed their demand
as justified because the
candidates are left with
much less time for
preparation as the ma-
jor changes have oc-
cured in the syllabus.
Meanwhile, after the
condition of three of
the candidates, who
are on hunger strike,
worsened, they have
been shifted to the SMS
Hospital.
LESS TIME
Dr CP Joshi during the foundation stone laying ceremony in
Delwara. GC Kataria, Kasni Gameti and others were also present.
Jaipur: The Police on Saturday arrested
the director of a city school under POCSO
Act for doing an obscene act with a girl
student studying in Class X. The family of
the girl approached Vaishali Nagar police
accusing Shravan, the director of New IPS
School situated in Meenawala, Shekhawat
colony, of molesting their daughter. Accord-
ing to the complaint, Shravan showed the
girl some objectionable pictures of her. He
then molested the girl threatening to make
the pictures viral and defame her. When the
family members countered him about the
incident, he started threatening them with
dire consequences.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR HELD FOR
OBSCENE ACT WITH STUDENT
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: A woman,
who was accused of
domestic violence by
her husband, has
filed a case accusing
a Circle Inspector of
forcing her for physi-
cal relations. The
woman alleged that
the CI, who was inves-
tigating case against
her in December 2011,
was harassing her by
video call.
After registering a
case at Subhash Na-
gar police station of
Bhilwara city, investi-
gation has been start-
ed.
Subhash Nagar
SHO Pushpa Kasotia
said that, the police
have filed a case un-
der Sexual Harass-
ment and IT Act and
the Women’s Crime
Cell is investigating
it. The woman al-
leged that the cop
threatened her. On
Saturday night, the
accused CI was sus-
pended.
CIbooked,suspended
forsexualharassment
CS to soon chair meet of UDH and LSG
at JDA building, first of its kind
development where a CS will go to JDA!
Usha Sharma
DIDWANA RAPE-DEATH

RAJASTHAN
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RAJLOGS1,075FRESHCASES,9DEATHS
Covid 19: On Saturday, maximum 333 cases
were reported from Jaipur; 3 deaths in the city
A health worker collects the swab sample for Covid-19 testing.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 1,075 new Cov-
id-19 cases have been
found in the last 24
hours in Rajasthan.
At the same time, nine
Covid- 19 patients died.
Samples of 33,707 peo-
ple were tested and the
positivity rate was 3.19
percent.
On Saturday, maxi-
mum 333 cases were re-
ported in Jaipur dis-
trict, while 752 patients
were also recovered.
According to an a re-
port of the Medical and
Health Department, 89
cases have been found
in Jodhpur, 57 in Ajmer,
49 in Rajsamand, 44 in
Banswara, 42 in
Udaipur and 41 in Gan-
ganagar.
Meanwhile, three pa-
tients died in Jaipur
and one patient each in
Jodhpur, Ajmer, Rajsa-
mand, Ganganagar, Na-
gaur, Tonk.
On Saturday a total
2,299 patients were re-
covered in the entire
state, after which the
number of active pa-
tients in the state re-
duced to 10,967, accord-
ing to the data.
PRAYER TIME!
Chairman of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation
Dharmendra Rathore along with his family members
prayed at the shrine of Khwaja Garib Nawaz in Ajmer on
Saturday. Rathore also met Dargah Diwan Zainul Abedin
Ali Khan. —PHOTO BY ANAND SHARMA
BJP behaving
irresponsibly in
the House: Joshi
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PHED min-
ister and Chief Whip
Mahesh Joshi on
Saturday accused the
BJP of being an irre-
sponsible party and
said that if their acts
are shown live on the
assembly’s youtube
channel, then they
will be exposed
among the public.
“BJP is doing irre-
sponsible behavior
in the house. Speaker
CP Joshi gets footage
of their acts in the
house removed from
YouTube channel.
If people see the
scenes of indecent
behavior of BJP lead-
ers in the house, then
the public will get to
know about their re-
ality,” Joshi said.
“Even a 5-year-old
innocent child does
not act like BJP lead-
ers,” he said, while
requesting the BJP
leaders to behave de-
cently in the house
instead of creating
ruckus.
ALL MUST REFRAIN FROM
REMARKS ON MAHARANA: PSK
Jaipur: Food Supplies Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas on Saturday said that it is wrong
to do politics on Maharana Pratap again & again.
“His determination to keep India’s religion and
culture alive, has given him a different identity
in the world. The heroes of Mewar have always
shown indomitable courage to protect the land of
India. In such a situation, both the parties should
refrain from making statements on Maharana
Pratap,” he said after inaugurating an Open Gym.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas inaugurated an Open Gym
constructed by JDA in the Candle Park on Saturday.
JDA gets ‘3D City Solutions’ for
better city planning, land & infra
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Keeping the
city planning and dis-
aster management in
mind, the JDA has
prepared a “3D City
Solutions for Jaipur
City” project.
A project presenta-
tion was held before the
JDA officials by a team
of its IT and Communi-
cation department here
on Saturday
.
The team informed
that the project has
been prepared on the
basis of ‘geographi-
cal information sys-
tem’ (GIS).
The objective behind
preparing project is to
enable different depart-
ments to develop infra-
structure on a large
scale in a 3D GIS envi-
ronment as well as
chalk out transport,
land, city planning etc.
Development Commis-
sioner Gaurav Goyal
said that to utilise it,
revenue map & Master
Development Plan-2025.
JDC Gaurav Goyal and other JDA officials watching presentation
on 3D City Solutions on Saturday.
CM LIKELY TO
ANNOUNCE NEW
DISTS IN BUDGET
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief minister
Ashok Gehlot may an-
nounce formation of
new districts in the
budget to be presented
on February 23. De-
mand for new districts
has been raised for Bea-
war, Balotra and Neem
ka Thana. There has
also been a demand to
make Sikar a division.
No new district has
been formed for the last
14 years in the state.
In2008,BJPgovtformed
Pratapgarh district and
no district was formed
thereafter.
Colonies settled
after June 1999 to
get relief in norms
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A technical
problem in regulariz-
ing colonies settled
after the current cut
off date of June 17, 99
will be resolved with
govt’s decision to ex-
tend cut off date.
There are many col-
onies whose lands are
registered in the name
of people belonging to
SC / ST.
As per the tenancy
act, such land can be
sold only to people be-
longing to SC/ST but
the land of these colo-
nies, settled without
land conversion, was
sold to other people.
As per section
90A(8) of the Land
Revenue Act, the pro-
vision is not applica-
ble in colonies settled
before June 17, 99.
The amendment in
provision of the Land
Revenue Act will be
made and the cut off
date will be increased
from June 17, 99 to
2018. The amendment
bill will be introduced
in the current session.
Jhunjhunu: A marriage
procession in Kumas village
in the district has become
a centre of attraction. The
procession was held with 21
colourfully decorated camels
which covered 6 kms in 2
hrs. People came out to have
a view of the procession.
Nahar Singh Shekhawat used
camel carts all decked up, to
take out marriage procession
of his son Sandeep. The
village saw such a scene
after almost 50 years.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Following
the 400 year tradition
of Pushkarna Saava,
about 160 couples tied
the knot on Friday in
Bikaner city
.
This unique mass
marriage ceremony is
one of a kind in the
country and world and
carries recognition
from state government.
This mass marriage
witnesses no unneces-
sary expenditures like
the traditional lawaz-
ma, which includes
horse-ridden groom,
band-baja and other ex-
travagance.
The groom who
reaches the wedding
ceremony first is re-
warded. Art Culture
Minister Dr BD Kalla,
who was present at the
function, said Push-
karna Saava gives the
message of equality
.
The collective Saava
of Pushkarna Brah-
min society here has a
unique identity. And
due to its mass appeal
it is also known Olym-
pic Saava.
160 couples tie the knot in Bikaner
OLYMPIC SAAVA
People welcoming the groom who reached first. He was later
awarded as per the tradition.
BARAAT ON
CAMEL CARTS
MAN HELD FOR KIDNAPPING MINOR
BOY & SEXUALLY EXPLOITING HIM
Jaipur: The accused, who kidnapped a minor boy
in Mumbai and brought him to Jaipur has been
arrested by the Shiprapath
police station. DCP South
Mridul Kachhawa said
that the arrested accused
Kailash Chand is a resident
of Bhilwara. The accused
used to work as a laborer
in Mumbai earlier and on Jan 1, he had kidnapped
the child and brought him to Jaipur. Here he was
molesting the child for one and a half months.
Jailsamer: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat on Saturday said in Jaisalmer that
the Congress cannot see beyond
power struggle and communal
colour. PCC chief Govind Singh
Dotasra should not have uttered
such words about Maharana
Pratap, who is a pride for the
whole country, he said, adding
that it shows the power struggle
Congress is going through these days.
DOTASRA SHOULD NOT HAVE USED SUCH
WORDS ABOUT MAHARANA: SHEKHAWAT
NEWS DIGEST
12,73,788
TOTAL CASES
1,075 IN A DAY
333 IN JAIPUR
12,53,305
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,516
TOTAL DEATHS
9 IN A DAY
3 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
ACTIVE CASES
10,967

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
No one should abandon duties
because he sees defects in them.
Every action, every activity, is
surrounded by defects as a fire
is surrounded by smoke.
—The Bhagwad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoya
Senior journalist Ravish Tiwari’s
untimely death is a big loss to the
media fraternity. His perspectives
on issues affecting shaping our
society reflected his deep knowledge
learning. I extend my condolences
to his grieving family. Prayers for the
departed soul.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
To address the issue of drop-out after
class VIII and ensure continuity of
education at the secondary stage, PM
@narendramodi ji’s govt. has approved
the continuation of Means-cum-Merit
Scholarship Scheme with an outlay of
`1827 crore for the next 5 years.
TOP TWEETS
WHAT IS PK’S NEXT
POLITICAL MOVE: A
DINNER MEETING
SETS OFF RUMOURS
hat’s cooking be-
tween political strat-
egist Prashant
Kishor and Bihar
Chief Minister Nit-
ish Kumar who recently met
over dinner? Kishor dismissed
rumours about any political
move in association with Nitish
Kumar. But coming as it does on
the back of PK’s reported rift
with Mamata Banerjee’s Trina-
mool Congress, it is hard to be-
lieve that it was just a “courte-
sy” dinner meet between the
strategist and his former JD-U
boss after he was shown the
door in 2020. Kishor was num-
ber two in the JD-U. Despite his
denial, it is possible that the
meeting was to further Kishor’s
plan to forge a national alterna-
tive against the BJP.
Significantly
, the TMC has re-
futed speculations of a rift with
Kishor’s I-PAC over a tweet. “We
work as one team and will con-
tinue to collaborate in the fu-
ture,” said a tweet by the TMC.
The I-PAC retweeted the tweet by
TMC. Kishor is definitely not re-
treating from his national objec-
tive. Will Nitish be a part of it?
W
umar Vishwas is a
great poet of our
times and also has
the ability to mes-
merise audiences
with his renditions. Kumar’s
foray in politics proved to be
a failure as he and Kejriwal
couldn’t get along on various
issues. Politically
, Kejriwal is
street smart and understood
the intricacies of politics ear-
ly in his career. He and the
BJP used Anna Hazare to
their advantage and ascended
to power. That is why he is
where he is, and Vishwas is
enjoying his fame as a poet-
story-teller. But for him to
havewaitedforsomanyyears
to talk about Kejriwal being a
threat to the nation’s security
makesonesuspecthismotive.
According to Vishwas, Kejri-
wal shared his separatist
ideaswaybackin2017. Bynot
informing the government
about this earlier, Vishwas
can also be made accountable
for concealment of crime
against the nation. Earlier
Navjot Singh Sidhu was per-
ceived to be a security threat.
Does Vishwas have suffi-
cient proof of the allegation
which he has levelled a cou-
ple of days prior to voting on
February 20? Or has he done
this to help whichever party
he is batting for? The imme-
diate reaction has come from
the BJP, Congress and Akali
Dal, the three parties who
are predicted to lose elec-
tions. Akali Dal is some-
where behind in the race.
Congress fears being voted
out of power as predictions
show the Aam Aadmi Party
leading the race. Together
they have found it agreeable
to be bedfellows against the
common enemy---AAP---to
thwart it from coming to
power. The NIA must swing
into action now.
KUMAR VISHWAS AND
HIS BIG ALLEGATION
According to Vishwas,
Kejriwal shared his
separatist ideas way back
in 2017. By not informing
the government about this
earlier, Vishwas can
also be made
accountable for
concealment of crime
against the nation
K
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OF UKRAINE, RAJASTHANI
AND ALAN NAZARETH...
he war clouds are hovering
overtheEuropeansky-itsend
of the European Union to
Ukraine. The U.S. President
Joe Biden is the leader of the
European, whom he tells eve-
ryday that Russia will attack
Ukraine. Mr. Biden even
named the date February 16.
He was proved wrong.
Indian diplomacy has dis-
played wisdom and sure-foot-
edness.OurPermanentRepre-
sentativeattheU.Nspeakingin
the Security Council said on
Thursday
, that India’s interest
was in finding a solution that
provided for “Immediate de-
escalation of tensions. Any
steps that increase tension
maybestbeavoidedbyallsides
inthelargerinterestsof secur-
ing international peace and
security
. Quiet and construc-
tive diplomacy is the need of
the house.” He informed the
Security Council that India
“hasbeenintouchwithallpar-
tiesconcerned.Itisourconsid-
ered view that the issues can
onlyberesolvedthroughdiplo-
matic dialogue…….
“India’s interest is in find-
ing a solution that can pro-
vide immediate de-escalation
of tensions taking into ac-
count the legitimate security
interests of all countries and
aimed towards securing long-
term peace and stability in
the region and beyond.”
It is not widely known that
20,000 Indian students and
nationals live and study in
different parts of Ukraine.
Their well-being and safety
must be our priority
.
Earlier in the week a wide-
ly read newspaper, on its front
page, carried a depressing
news item. It gave the number
of days the State Assemblies
and the Parliament met.
The Punjab and Haryana
Assemblies in 2021 met for 11
and 17 days respectively
. Del-
hi for 8 days. Andhra Pradesh
8 days. Goa 13 days. Odisha
52, Kerala 11, Karnataka 40,
Madhya Pradesh 33, Maha-
rashtra 15, Tamil Nadu 7 days
and Uttar Pradesh 14 days.
The Lok Sabha met for 63
days. The U.S House of Repre-
sentatives was in session for
166 days. The Senate for 192
days, both in 2020 and 2021.
The House of Commons met
for 147 days in 2020. Japan’s
Diet meets for 150 days a year.
On Thursday February 15,
First India carried the follow-
ing news item. The reporter’s
name Aishwary Pradhan. I
quote, “Jaipur: Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara Raje
has written a letter to CM
Ashok Gehlot demanding
that Rajasthan language be
declaredtheofficiallanguage.
“Raje mentioned that the
mother tongue of Rajasthan
is one of the richest languag-
es of the world” Then follows
direct quote from Vasund-
haraji. “It signifies our cul-
ture and feelings. Every per-
son wants Rajasthani to be
made the official language.”
Vasundhara Raje Ji was an
admired Chief Minister of
Rajsthan for ten years. What
steps did she take to make Ra-
jasthani the official lan-
guage? She is among the most
experienced legislatures in
the country. She has been a
member of the Lok Sabha.
If she has been quoted cor-
rectly then, certain funda-
mental questions need be ad-
dressed. First “Every person”
does not ask for making Ra-
jasthani as the official lan-
guage. The people of Bharat-
pur and Dholpur speak Braj
Bhasha and Hindi. Alwar has
its own dialect. The Bhils also
have their own dialect.
How many books are pub-
lished in Rajasthani? how
many newspapers, text
books in schools on physics
or chemistry are written in
this language? Is noting of
government files done in
Hindi or Rajasthani?
Does Rajasthani have its
own alphabet? How many dic-
tionaries are written in Ra-
jasthani. Is Rajasthani richer
than Hindi or Bengali?
I shall give the former
Chief Minister the benefit of
doubt. She was misquoted.
Alan Nazareth joined the
Indian Foreign Service in
1959, retiring in 1994. He is a
public spirited man. He has
written a widely read book
on Gandhiji, which has been
translated in 12 Indian and 23
foreign languages.
OnJanuary31,heorganised
a webinar on “The Great Per-
tinence of Gandhi to India in
the 75th year of its Independ-
ence.”Itwasavirtualone,and
hosted by the India Interna-
tional Centre, New Delhi. For-
mer Justice M.N. Venkatacha-
liah delivered the inaugural
address. Others who spoke,
included former Vice-Presi-
dent of India, Hamid Ansari,
Lord Bhikhu Parekh and Raj-
mohan Gandhi.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Alan Nazareth joined the
Indian Foreign Service in
1959, retiring in 1994. He
is a public spirited man. He
has written a widely read
book on Gandhiji, which
has been translated in 12
Indian and 23 foreign
languages. On January 31,
he organised a webinar on
“The Great Pertinence of
Gandhi to India in the 75th
year of its Independence.”
Indian diplomacy has
displayed wisdom and
sure-footedness. Our
Permanent
Representative at the
U.N speaking in the
Security Council said
on Thursday, that India’s
interest was in finding a
solution that provided for
Immediate de-
escalation of tensions.
Any steps that increase
tension may best be
avoided by all sides in
larger interests
Alan Nazareth
Vasundhara Raje

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MUMBAI TO HOST 140TH
IOC SESSION IN 2023
INDIA
06
Patna: At a time his fu-
ture with Mamata Ba-
nerjee’s Trinamool Con-
gress is the subject of
fierce speculation, polit-
ical strategist Prashant
Kishor dined with his
former boss Nitish Ku-
mar on Friday evening.
The two, meeting for
the first time since Nit-
ish Kumar sacked
Prashant Kishor as his
party’s number two in
2020, were reportedly
closeted for two hours at
the Bihar Chief Minis-
ter’s official home in
Delhi. Nitish Kumar
confirmed the dinner
meet to reporters in Del-
hi but said he has old
ties with Prashant
Kishor and not much
should be read into the
meeting.
Kishor,orPK,toldme-
dia it was a “courtesy
visit” stemming from a
casualchat.WhenNitish
Kumar caught an Omi-
cron infection, he ex-
plained, he had phoned
him to ask after his
health. Kumar had then
expressed his desire to
meet, and this material-
ised yesterday
, he said.
Kishor also ruled out
anyimmediatefalloutof
the meeting, insisting
that politically
, they are
poles apart. The strate-
gist has been proactive
in efforts to rally opposi-
tion forces against the
BJP for the 2024 nation-
al election. —Agencies
In Nitish Kumar’s surprise dinner
with Kishor, a message delivered!
NEW CHAPTER IN MODERN AGRI: PM
MODI FLAGS OFF 100 KISAN DRONES
New Delhi: In a special
drive aimed at helping
farmers, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Friday flagged off 100
Kisan drones in differ-
ent cities and towns to
spray pesticides in
farms across India.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Prime Minis-
ter said, “This is a new
chapter in the direction
of modern agricultural
facilities of the 21st cen-
tury
. I am confident that
this beginning will not
only prove to be a mile-
stone in the develop-
ment of the drone sec-
tor but also will also
open the sky to unlim-
ited possibilities.”
During the Budget
2022-23 announcement,
Finance Min Sithara-
man announced a major
stimulus for the agricul-
ture and farming sector.
Giving details, Si-
tharaman said the Cen-
tre will promote Kisan
Drones, chemical-free
natural farming, pub-
lic-private partnerships
for the delivery of digi-
tal and high-tech ser-
vices to farmers across
the country during the
financial year 2022-23.
Emphasising the us-
age of technology, she
said Kisan Drones will
be promoted for crop as-
sessment, digitisation
of land records and
spraying of insecticides
and nutrients. —ANI
Afghan Hindu-Sikh
delegation meets PM
‘No bahubalis,only
Bajrangbali in UP
under Yogi Govt’
Terror conspiracy case:
Fresh NIA raids in JK
S Jaishankar meets
German counterpart
HIJAB ROW: 58 COLLEGE
STUDENTS SUSPENDED
This will open the sky to unlimited possibilities, says PM
PM Modi being felicitated by an Afghan Hindu-Sikh delegate, at
his residence, Lok Kalyan Marg, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a public meeting, at
Unchahar, in Raebareli on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM Modi flags off Kisan Drone yatra by Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd, via video conferencing.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with political strategist Prashant Kishor.
New Delhi: A delega-
tion of Sikhs and Hin-
dus from Afghanistan
met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at his
residence on Saturday
.
A large number of
Afghan Hindus and
Sikhs have been living
in India, and the Indian
Government recently
evacuated many of
them following the Tali-
ban takeover of Af-
ghanistan. The Modi
government has often
asserted its commit-
ment to the minorities
of Afghanistan who
have faced religious
persecution, especially
from the Talibans. —ANI
Raebareli: Amid the
ongoing Uttar
Pradesh assembly
elections, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Saturday
promised that free
LPG cylinders would
be provided to people
on Holi and Diwali if
the BJP government
returns to power in
the State.
Addressing a pub-
lic meeting in Rae-
bareli’s Unchahar,
Shah said, “For so
many years SP-BSP-
Congress took votes
in the name of the
poor. But apart from
NarendraModi,there
has been no other PM
who has worked for
the poor. The bua-
bhatija (aunt-neph-
ew) government ran
for many years in Ut-
tar Pradesh. They
did nothing except
a p p e a s e m e n t ,
casteism and dynas-
tic politics. Rae Bare-
li has been the seat of
the Gandhi family.
Was there electricity
in Rae Bareli before
the BJP rule?” —PTI
Sultanpur: Laud-
ing Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
for bringing in law
against Triple Talaq,
BJP national presi-
dent JP Nadda on
Saturday said that no
other party had the
spine to remove it
they only indulged in
appeasement politics.
While campaign-
ing for the UP polls,
Nadda in Sultanpur
said, “Supreme Court
ordered to stop
triple talaq. No other
political party had
the spine to remove
it, they did politics
of appeasement. PM
Modi Ji brought the
SC’s order in the
Parliament to get rid
of it give freedom
to Muslim sisters.”
JP NADDA
LAUDS PM
FOR TRIPLE
TALAQ BAN
Bengaluru: At least 58
female students from a
college in Karnataka’s
Shivamogga district
were suspended on Sat-
urday for wearing hijab
and also staging an agi-
tation demanding that
they should be allowed
to attend classes.
The students were
from Government Pre-
University College of
Shiralakoppa. Although
the college manage-
ment, development
committee tried to ex-
plain to the hijab-clad
students the interim or-
der of the High Court,
they did not listen and
pressed for wearing of
hijab, according to the
principal.
Hence, they were
suspended from the col-
lege temporarily. The
enraged students got
into arguments with
college authorities,
leading to an interven-
tion by the police to dis-
perse them.
Tension also pre-
vailed in Belagavi, Yad-
gir, Bellary, Chitradur-
gam and Shiamogga
districts when students
wearing hijab demand-
ed entry into the class-
rooms.
While the adminis-
tration of Vijay Para-
Medical College in Bel-
agavi has declared a
holiday for an indefi-
nite period due to the
protests, students of the
SJVP College in Hari-
hara boycotted classes
after being denied entry
to classrooms for hear-
ing hijab. Hijab-clad
students also gathered
in the playground of
the Ballary Saraladevi
College after they were
turned out from classes.
They refused to speak
to the police and in turn
asked not to be dis-
turbed. —PTI
‘Positive results
in phase 3 trial
of Covid-19 pill’
New Delhi: Drug firm
Hetero on Saturday an-
nounced positive re-
sults of Phase III trials
of Movfor (Molnupira-
vir), an investigational
oral antiviral COVID-19
medicine.
Theresults,presented
as an Oral Abstract at
theConferenceonRetro-
virusesandOpportunis-
tic Infections (CROI)
held virtually February
12-16, 2022, demonstrat-
ed that Molnupiravir
along with standard of
care (SOC) reduced the
risk of hospitalisation
by over 65 per cent
compared to SOC
alone. No fatalities were
reported during the
study
, it added. —PTI
IOC member Nita Ambani with IOC president Dr Thomas
Bach. The city of Mumbai on Saturday was announced as
the host of the 2023 International Olympic Committee’s
(IOC) session after successfully bidding for it in the 139th
IOC being held in Beijing. This will be the second time
India will host an IOC session after hosting it in New Delhi,
1983. Leading the Indian presentation in Beijing were in
Beijing were Abhinav Bindra, Nita Ambani, IOA president
Narinder Batra and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur.
New Delhi: Ravish
Tiwari, National
Political Editor
and Chief of Na-
tional Bureau of
The Indian Ex-
press, whose work
blended scholar-
ship with journal-
istic rigour to ex-
plain change in
politics and society,
died Saturday
morning. He had
been suffering
from cancer since
June 2020. He was
40 and is survived
by his wife, his par-
ents and a brother.
President Ram
Nath Kovind and
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
condoled Tiwari’s
demise.
“Destiny has
taken away Ravish
too soon. A bright
career in the me-
dia world comes to
an end. Om Shan-
ti,” PM tweeted.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
MP Sanjay Raut on
Saturday hit back at
BJP leader and Union
Minister Narayan Rane
for “threatening” the
Thackeray family and
the Maharashtra gov-
ernment.
In a stern
war ning
to Mr
Rane, the
Sena MP
a s k e d
him to
“stop giving threats”
and added a subtle
counterthreat of expos-
ing the “system of ex-
tortion” in Mumbai.
“You might be a Un-
ion Minister but this is
Maharashtra. Don’t
forget this. We are your
‘baap (father)’, you
very well know what
that means,” Mr Raut
said in Mumbai. Mr
Rane had on Friday
said he has “learnt”
that an Enforcement
Directorate notice is
ready for “four per-
sons” in ‘Matoshree’,
the private residence
of Maharashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray in suburban
Bandra. “Narayan
Rane is threatening us
that he has our horo-
scope...We too have
your horoscope,” the
Sena MP said. —ANI
Ravish Tiwari,
Express’ nat’l
bureau chief,
passes away
We are your
Baap: Sena’s Raut
after BJP Min’s
ED notice threat
Srinagar: The National
Investigative Agency
(NIA) conducted fresh
raids at eight locations
in Kashmir and Ra-
jasthan on Saturday in
connection with a ter-
rorism conspiracy case.
Aspokespersonof the
NIA said the premier
probe agency sleuths
carried out separate
raids in Sopore, Kup-
wara, Shopian, Rajouri,
Budgam, Ganderbal of
Kashmir and Jodhpur
district of Rajasthan,
with police and CRPF
personnel.
“The case relates to
planningandconspiracy
for undertaking violent
terroristactsinJKand
othermajorcitiesinclud-
ing New Delhi by cadres
of proscribed terrorist
organisationsLaskhar-e-
Taiba(LeT),Jaish-e-Mo-
hammed (JeM), Hizb-
ul-Mujahideen (HM),
Al Badr and their affili-
ates such as The Resist-
ance Front (TRF), Peo-
ple Against Fascist
Forces (PAFF) etc. NIA
has arrested 28 accused
persons in the case so
far,” he said. —ANI
Berlin: External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
hasmetwithhisGerman
counterpart Annalena
Baerbock and held a
widerangeof discussion
covering bilateral and
global issues, including
the Indo-Pacific, the de-
velopmentssurrounding
Ukraine and the situa-
tion in Afghanistan.
Jaishankar also met
his Iranian counterpart
H. Amirabdollahian and
held productive discus-
sions on bilateral eco-
nomic cooperation, Af-
ghanistan and the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA), also
known as the Iran nu-
clear deal. Jaishankar
arrived in Germany on
Friday to take part in the
MunichSecurityConfer-
ence (MSC) which is ex-
pected to extensively de-
liberate on escalating
tension between NATO
countries and Russia
over Ukraine. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Minister Piyush Goyal along with BJP leader from
Kota, Rajesh Jain meet Acharya Vidyasagar Ji Maharaj during the Panchkalyanak Maha
Mahotsav in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
USE POWER TO QUASH CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS SPARINGLY: SC
SC SCRAPS GENDER CAP ON
MAHA BAR PERFORMERS
New Delhi: The power to quash criminal
proceedings should be exercised very
sparingly and with circumspection and that
too in the rarest of rare cases, the SC has
said. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and S
Ravindra Bhat made the observation while
quashing a case of forgery and cheating
against three individuals in a property
dispute. “This court has cautioned that,
power to quash criminal proceedings
should be exercised very sparingly and
with circumspection and that too in the
rarest of rare cases, it has specified certain
category of cases wherein such power can
be exercised,” the bench said.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has
scrapped the condition imposed by Maha-
rashtra authorities that limited the number
of female and male performers in orches-
tra bars to four each, saying rules based
on gender stereotypes have no place in
the society. “While the overall limit of
performers in any given performance
cannot exceed eight, the composition (i.e.,
all-female, majority female or male, or vice
versa) can be of any combination,” it said
in an order. The HC had rejected a plea
against the licence condition to keep only
4 women and 4 male singers or artistes
on the stage of the orchestra bars.
Ravish Tiwari

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Saturday
said that the state gov-
ernment is committed
for the welfare of all
sections including
scheduled castes,
scheduled tribes, other
backward classes, mi-
norities and economi-
cally backward people.
He said that many
important schemes
have been implement-
ed in the last three
years in the interest of
downtrodden, back-
ward and weaker sec-
tions of the society.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot was ad-
dressing at the taking
over ceremony the
newly appointed
Chairman of Ra-
jasthan SC Commis-
sion Khiladi Lal Bair-
wa and Vice-Chairman
Sachin Sarvate at Yoj-
na Bhawan. Congratu-
lating both of them,
chief minister said
that with the sugges-
tions given by the Com-
mission, the state gov-
ernment would be able
to take better decisions
towards the welfare of
the scheduled castes.
NIA questions Jodhpur journo,
he claims assisting the agency
NIA conducted searches at multiple locations in the country including Rajasthan
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: The National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) on Saturday con-
ducted searches at mul-
tiple locations in the
country, including Ra-
jasthan in connection
with a terrorism con-
spiracy case.
The NIA raided the
residence of a journal-
ist Barkat Ali and inter-
rogated him for five
hours in Jodhpur.
The raid was con-
ducted at Ali’s house in
Ratanada area in the
morning. The NIA team
interrogated him for
about five hours and left
the house. After a while,
Barkat Ali was called to
the IB office where he
was jointly interrogat-
ed by IB and NIA.
Ali was then taken to
his house. It is believed
that the NIA may call
Barkat Ali to Delhi for
fresh interrogation in
the next few days.
Later, Barkat Ali
talked to reporters and
claimed that he works
with the security agen-
cies along with doing
journalism. “I have
been involved in many
operations,” he
claimed. Journalist
Barkat Ali said that the
NIA team took some in-
formation from him.
CONSPIRACY CASE
The case relates to planning and conspiracy for
undertaking violent terrorist acts in Jammu
and Kashmir and other major cities, including New
Delhi, by cadres of the proscribed terrorist organi-
sations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Al Badr and
their affiliates such as The Resistance Front (TRF)
and People Against Fascist Forces (PAFF), the
spokesperson said. Twenty-eight accused have
been arrested in the case so far, said an official.
NIA team at the house of journalist Barkat Ali in Jodhpur.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot speaking after newly appointed
Chairman of Rajasthan Scheduled Castes Commission Khiladi Lal
Bairwa and Vice-Chairman Sachin Sarvate take charge at Yojana
Bhawan on Saturday.
Untouchabilityatrocitieson
Dalitsablotonhumanity:CM
SC commission
heads take charge
2,576schoolvehiclesinspected,616fined
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: In an action
against school vehicles,
the Transport Depart-
ment is inspecting and
penalising the ones
running against the
laws. The state hasn’t
seen such an action in
the past. A total of 2,576
school vehicles were in-
spected on Saturday
across the state and 616
were penalised. Around
142 school vehicles
were seized as they
were running contrary
to rules. Transport
Commissioner Mahen-
dra Soni’s leadership
was evident in Satur-
day’s action. Soni did
day-long monitoring.
Right from the morn-
ing, all RTO’s and
DTO’s were seen in ac-
tion. As the investiga-
tion began, the irregu-
larities in the vehicles
came out. These school
vehicles were making
fun of traffic rules in
the state. After the road
accident in Jaisalmer,
the Transport Depart-
ment has started the
campaign.
CS to collectors: Conduct
field visits, hold night stays
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur:Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma on Satur-
day reviewed the
progress of im-
portant schemes
in video confer-
encing with the
district collec-
tors. Sharma in-
structed to ensure that
the benefits of the
schemes are passed on
to the common people
by speeding up the ser-
vice delivery as per the
mandate of the CM. For
this, she instructed col-
lectors to conduct field
visits from time to time,
make night stay
and regular
monitoring.
Meanwhile,
meeting of the
CS Usha Shar-
ma with the of-
ficials of the Urban De-
velopment Department
and Autonomous Gov-
ernment Department
scheduled on Sunday,
was postponed.
DELHI POLICE CONSTABLE DIES, TWO
INJURED IN SIKAR ROAD MISHAP
Sikar: A Delhi Police constable was killed and 2
injured in a car tractor-trolley collision at Gan-
gapur bus stand in
Ramgarh, Fatehpur,
Sikar district. Police
said the incident
happened when
Ravindra Singh
Rajput, a resident
of Lavanda, his
cousin Deepak Singh
and brother-in-law
Naveen Singh, a
resident of Jasrasar,
who is working in Delhi Police, were going to take
him from Fatehpur to Churu in their car.
Indo-Oman Air Forces’
joint exercise begins
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Joint exer-
cise of India and
Oman Air Forces,
Eastern Bridge-6, has
begun in Jodhpur.
A 50-member team
of the Royal Air
Force of Oman ar-
rived in Jodhpur in a
C 130 Hercules cargo
plane yesterday
.
The joint exercise
will continue till Feb-
ruary 25.
5 F-16 fighter jets
and more than 60
members have ar-
rived in Jodhpur by
cargo plane.
This is the first
time that F-16 air-
craft will fly in the
sky of Jodhpur. IAF
pilot wing command-
er Abhinandan had
shot down Pakistan’s
F-16 aircraft by MiG
21 after the Balakot
air strike three years
ago. It is likely that
the Air Force Chiefs
of both the countries
will also come to
Jodhpur during the
exercise.
The pilot of both
countries will fly
each other’s fighter
aircrafts during the
exercise
This is the first time that F-16 aircraft will fly in the sky of
Jodhpur. The joint exercise will continue till February 25.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: There will
be no water supply in
Jodhpur city on Feb 22
and 23. The supply de-
partment says that the
proposed water supply
will be done on 23 and
23 on 24 February
. Sev-
enty days closure is
proposed from the end
of next month for re-
pairs in Indira Gandhi
Main Canal. Water
supply dept is collect-
ing water in major res-
ervoirs by interrupt-
ing the water supply
thrice a month.
IGC closure for 70 days to
affect water supply in Jodh
Abhinav Agarwal
Sawai Madhopur: US
Ambassador Patricia A
Lacina visited Ranth-
ambore National Park
on Saturday. During
the jungle safari, she
was stunned to see the
mischief between the
tiger tigress. On her
jungle tour, the ambas-
sador saw six tiger-ti-
gress couples as well as
Tiger T111 her three
cubs. Apart from this,
Tiger T120 was also
seen hunting Sambhar
deer near Malik pond.
She is on a three-day
tour is staying
at Oberoi Vanyavilas
Wildlife Resort.
US Ambassador visits R’bore
US Ambassador Patricia A
Lacina visited Ranthambore
on Saturday. CCF TC Verma
accompanied her.
From Pg 1...
From the officers. Ge-
hlot said that such con-
ventions should be or-
ganised at district level
also a resolution
should be passed. Tar-
geting BJP RSS, Ge-
hlot said that RSS
didn’t play any role in
freedom struggle and
the same guilt lies in
their top leadership.
“BJPworkstogetinto
power by inciting reli-
gious and caste senti-
ments.Fascistforcesare
dominatingthecountry
,
there is an atmosphere
of fear, the media is
working under pres-
sure, ED Income
Tax are being misused
bytheCentre,”hereiter-
ated. The CM said that
the Gandhi family had
a different relationship
with Rajasthan and In-
dira Gandhi Rajiv
Gandhi came here af-
ter becoming PMs.
He said that people
will get to know what
Congress party is after
the result of assembly
polls in 5 states. He said
that there is an atmos-
phere of anarchy in
country, scam is hap-
pening through Elec-
toral Bonds and 90 % of
Electoral Bonds are
with BJP
.
He said high com-
mand has high hopes
from state’s Congress
workers, adding that
he was completely sat-
isfied with his political
career wanted to sat-
isfy the high command
by forming Congress
govt again in the state.
Ajay Maken, Gener-
al Secretary of AICC
and in-charge of Ra-
jasthan, addressed the
convention through
video conferencing. He
said, “This kind of
events send a good
message. We have to
bring the Congress
government again in
the elections.” Maken
said that the Congress
government led by
Ashok Gehlot has done
many public welfare
works in the last 3
years and it is the re-
sponsibility of all the
party leaders and
workers to take them to
the general public.
Such events send good message: Maken
TERRITORIAL FIGHT: TIGRESS T-41
aka LAILA FOUND INJURED
Since the increase in the population of tigers in the
Ranthambore Tiger Project, the cases of conflict
between the tigers over the area
are continuously rising. The latest
case has come to light from the
Kundera range of Ranthambore.
The tigress T-41 was found injured
which indicates a territorial fight.
According to the Forest Depart-
ment, the tigress Laila was captured with injury near
ear in the department’s photo trap camera.

Yogesh Sharma/
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In the open ses-
sion of Congress held
after several decades in
Jaipur, Congress lead-
ers on Saturday, target-
ed bureaucracy. Minis-
ters, MLAs advisors
of CM openly pointed
out the shortcomings
during the Congress’s
state-level convention.
Advisor to CM and
Congress MLA from
Nawalgarh, Rajkumar
Sharma said that the
ministers and the offic-
ers look at the workers
with suspicion. “Works
of workers should be
done both at block level
to the Capital. When we
hold a rally or an event,
these workers work and
they also have to oblige
someone below. If we do
the work of the work-
ers, only then people
will stand by them in
the field. This is the era
of economic growth, so
stop looking at the
workerwithsuspicion,”
Sharma said.
Pointing towards the
political crisis, Sharma
said, “You have an ex-
ample, how many temp-
tations were given to
our MLAs, but they did
not leave you and the
Congress party
. With so
many temptations, even
married couples might
agree to leave each oth-
er. We should have kept
this session for two
days. After holding a lot
of sessions with the
MLAs, now the workers'
conferences should be
held,” Sharma said
while referring to the
crisis during the rebel-
lion of the Pilot camp.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, State
President Govind Singh
Dotasra, Gujarat in-
charge Raghu Sharma,
Bhanwar Jitendra Sin-
gh, CWC member
Raghuveer Meena, all
ministers, AICC and
PCC members were pre-
sent in the convention.
COVID-19
UPDATE
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TOTAL RECOVERED
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underestimated, it can paint your
life in the brightest colours. Try it!
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WILL MAYAWATI
BECOME THE
PRESIDENT
OF INDIA?
Atal Bihari govern-
ment at the Centre
had fallen due to one
vote of BSP supremo
Mayawati. But imitless
doors of possibilities
have opened for ‘Behen-
ji’ in the modern-day
BJP
. If sources are to be
believed, Mayawati may
be the country’s first
woman Dalit President.
It is said that BJP top
leadership is seriously
considering her name
for the same. Now, the
question arises that
‘what will BJP get in re-
turn?’ Sources claim
that she may merge Ba-
hujan Samaj Party with
BJP
. The name of UP
Governor Anandiben
Patel is doing rounds for
asVicePres-
ident of
I n d i a .
That is,
in the
light of
2024
elections, by putting
women in the top two
postsof thecountry
,BJP
wants to prove how big a
‘women-friendly’ party
it is. While making fun
of Priyanka Gandhi’s
famous slogan ‘ladki
hun, lad sakti hun’, UP
DeputyCMKeshavPras-
ad Maurya had mocked
Priyanka by calling an
‘aunty
, not a girl’. It is
said that the Saffron
Party’s High Command
took Maurya’s class and
scolded him saying,
“You have Keshav in
your name, please don’t
make fun of women like
this.” Women and young
voters played a vital role
in re-electing Narendra
Modi as PM as BJP very
well understands the
gravity of this aspect.
WHY IS KEJRIWAL
BEING TARGETED
BY A POET?
When the election
campaign was on
in full swing in Punjab,
poet Kumar Vishwas in
an interview to news
agencyANI,brought
skeletons out of
Kejriwal’s closet.
This time in Pun-
jab Assembly
polls, the people of Pun-
jab are looking forward
to adopt AAP’s ‘Delhi
model’. So right from
Channi, Modi, Akali Dal
to Rahul and Priyanka
are targeting Kejriwal
and he had to adopt an
defensive attitude. Actu-
ally
, AAP’s massive im-
pact can be seen in Mal-
wa and Doaba regions
this time. Malwa has al-
ways been a centre of
Punjab’s politics. If
Parkash Singh Badal,
Captain Amarinder Sin-
gh and current CM
Channi’s names are
taken out of this list,
then since 1966 till now
17 Punjab CMs were
from Malwa. This time
AAP’s ‘broom’ is creat-
ing positive effects in
Malwa. Talk-
ing about
Doaba, it
is an area
of influ-
ence of
NRIs, who have been
supporting Kejriwal for
a long time. There are 23
seats here. It is believed
that once the Jat- Sikh
core vote bank in Malwa
region was part of Aka-
li-BJP but has shifted to
AAP and Congress after
the farmers’ movement.
The constituency of
AAP’s CM face Bhag-
want Mann, who is MP
from Sangrur, also
comes in Malwa. Most
of the farmers who
were martyred in farm-
ers’ movement were
also from Malwa re-
gion. So, this seems to
be a well-thought-out
tactic of Vishwas.
WHY IS RAHUL
ANGRY WITH
LOVED ONES?
AtatimewhenRahul
and Priyanka were
busy in elections in five
states,withtheblessings
of Sonia Gandhi, Mad-
husudan Mistry, who
moved forward in Con-
gress politics with bless-
ings of Late Ahmed Pa-
tel, stepped forward to
boost the Congress
membership campaign
byappointingState-wise
PRO i.e. State Returning
Officer APRO at a
massive scale. Sources
reveal that after March
10, both Rahul and Pri-
yankacanjointlyreview
and repair Mistry’s list.
The names of many
PRO-APROs can be re-
moved from the list and
many new names can be
added. Since Congress
Presidentistobeelected
in August-September,
Rahul doesn’t want any
challenge for himself
from within the party
.
WILL CONGRESS
‘EKLA CHALEGI’ IN
BIHAR TOO?
Both Rahul and Pri-
yanka want that
like in UP
, now the Con-
gress should be put on
its own feet in Bihar. For
this,theGandhisiblings
don’t want Lalu or Nit-
ish’ssupport.Underthis
strategy, the Congress
has released its first list
of 8 candidates for the
election of 24 seats for
the Bihar Legislative
Council. At the same
time, big Congress lead-
ers of Bihar were busy
visiting Lalu-Nitish to
get tickets for their rel-
atives. Without talking
to Lalu, Rahul sent his
confidant K. Raju to Bi-
har as an observer and
only after Raju’s re-
port, the Congress has
also released its first
list of candidates.
SONIA GANDHI
WON’T CONTEST
ELECTIONS
In view of
her dete-
r i o r at i n g
health, So-
nia Gan-
dhi is refus-
ing to con-
test the
next LS polls. Sources
related to 10 Janpath re-
veal that there has been
almost a consensus in
Gandhi family that this
time in general elec-
tions in 2024, Priyanka
Gandhi may contest
from Rae Bareli in place
of Sonia. There is also a
possibility that in 2024,
Priyanka contests
against Smriti Irani
from Rahul’s Amethi
seat and Rahul may
shift to Rae Bareli, his
mother’s seat. At the
same time, BJP is try-
ing to convert Rae
Bareli’s condition like
that of Amethi, when
in 2017 UP assembly
polls, Congress could
win only 2 out of 5
seats in Amethi and
later both the Congress
MLAs joined the BJP.
WHY IS MADAN
ENGAGED IN
CRUSHING
DOWN BJP?
All is not well in Ut-
tarakhand BJP
these days as the mu-
tual tussle between
BJP leaders
couldn’t end even
during polls. The
BJP High Com-
mand was forced
to summon
Pushkar Singh
Dhami and
Madan
Kaushik
to Del-
hi. Kaushik’s tweet is
also being attributed
behind this, in which
he had openly said that
‘BJP is losing in Utta-
rakhand’. Anyway, the
officials of Uttara-
khand have been trou-
bled for last five years
due to Kaushik’s obsti-
nate attitude. He didn’t
stop even during the
elections. It is said that
Kaushik spent money
like a spendthrift in
polls. He got the poll
campaign material
printed in such a huge
quantity that he be-
came obviously visible
to the ECI.
...AND FINALLY
BSP has made Mee-
sam Ammar Rizvi
its candidate from
Mahmudabad. Mees-
am’s father was a vet-
eran Congress leader,
who had also been UP
CM’s caretaker. In 2019,
he had joined the BJP.
Now Meesam’s dilem-
ma is that his father be-
ing in BJP, he isn’t able
to attack BJP directly
in his campaign.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
RAHUL GANDHI
MAYAWATI ARVIND KEJRIWAL SONIA GANDHI
MADAN KAUSHIK
CONGRESS STATE-LEVEL CONVENTION
MLAsfiresalvosatBureaucracy!
“Workers shouldn’t be looked at with suspicion,” said Rajkumar Sharma
CM Ashok Gehlot, GS Dotasra, Dr BD Kalla, Mohan Prakash, Dr Chandrabhan, Raghuveer Meena, Jitendra Singh, Dr Raghu Sharma,
Hemaram Chaudhary Rameshwar Dudi during Congress’s state-level Convention held at Birla Auditorium on Saturday.
A huge number of Congress leaders and workers were present at
the state-level Convention held at Birla Auditorium.
Rajkumar Sharma
other leaders said that
bureaucrats dominate
and party worker is not
being heard. “I had
sent District Presi-
dent along with the
worker to Collector.
The Collector said that
President should get
his work done. When
I visit ministers, they
say that you yourself
are the advisor to CM,
such is the condition,”
Sharma rued.
Social Justice
Empowerment Minister
Govindram Megh-
wal said that officers
shouldn’t be given
tickets at the time of
elections. These people
work for their entire life
and then get tickets,
while the worker works
for the party. If the
workers work hard
tickets are given to
officers, then the work-
ers on the grass roots
get frustrated, he said.
Food Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas said that Maharana Pratap’s fight with Akbar
was not a religious fight, but a fight for self-respect.
BJP-RSS people give religious colour to this fight for
self-respect, he said. Two days ago, there was a con-
troversy over PCC President GS Dotasra terming the
fight between the two as a political and power struggle.
BUREAUCRACY
DOMINATES,
WORKER ISN’T
HEARD: LEADERS
DO NOT GIVE
TICKETS TO
OFFICERS: MIN
MEGHWAL
MAHARANA’S FIGHT WAS FOR SELF-RESPECT,
NOT RELIGION, SAYS KHACHARIYAWAS
Dotasra: Leaders should
avoid controversial remarks
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress State
President Govind Singh
Dotasra while speaking
at open convention on
Saturday, advised the
leaders to avoid contro-
versial statements. He
said that the leaders
should keep their point,
but shouldn’t do any
such thing which gives
the BJP an opportunity
to speak. “BJP is adept
at turning a non-issue
into an issue, keep this
in mind,” he added.
He also admitted that
a Congress worker isn’t
able to answer to BJP.
“Our mouth media
worker is also weak. It
is necessary to strength-
en and aware the work-
ers,” he said. “Discus-
sion was held on how
we can give good gov-
ernance, how we can
highlight Centre’s fail-
ures and how we come
to power again in 2023
and oust Modi govern-
ment in 2024,” he said.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
People of the country have been disillusioned
with Union govt led by PM Narendra Modi.
The Centre has done little except selling na-
tion’s assets built over 70 years by vision of Congress
leaders. It is a matter of concern where the country is
headed financially today... They have been in power
for 7 years, but today whether it is petrol, diesel, cook-
ing gas, their prices have sky rocketed but they are not
ashamed of it. —Dr Raghu Sharma, Cong’s Gujarat in-charge
GS Dotasra addresses leaders during the Convention.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Principal
Secretary Finance
and DIPR, IAS Akhil
Arora Arora’s moth-
er, Kamal Arora
passed away on Satur-
day at the SMS Hospi-
tal. Her mortal re-
mains have been kept
for the last glimpse at
Arora’s Gandhinagar
residence. The last
rites will be per-
formed today after
the family members
from outside Jaipur,
would reach here.
Jagdeesh Chandra,
CMD First India
News, paid tributes to
the virtuous soul by
laying a wreath. Tour-
ism Minister Vishv-
endra Singh, several
IAS-IPS and other of-
ficers including Shi-
khar Agarwal, Alok
Gupta, Malini Agar-
wal, Purushottam
Sharma and Arun
Joshi offered their
condolences.
Former CEC Sunil
Arora called up Akhil
Arora to convey his
condolences. Akhil
now has two challeng-
es to face as on one
side, he has lost his
mother, which is a try-
ing time for a son, and
on the other side, he
has to look out for his
‘extended family’ - Ra-
jasthan - also, since he
was busy preparing
for the State Budget
these days to be tabled
on February 23.
AkhilArora’smotherpassesaway

JAIPUR, SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
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CITY FIRST SHARES
SOME MORE GLIMPSES
OF THE GALA EVENING
ON FRIDAY WHERE THE
FIRST INDIA QUEEN OF
COSMOS, INDIA WAS
CROWNED. NOW,
THE WAIT FOR
THE FINALE AT
DUBAI ON
MARCH 10
HAS STARTED!
t is truly said
that ‘Beauty
is being the
best possible
version of
yourself, on
the inside and out’.
We believe that
beauty is like a pre-
cious gem, a jewel
beautiful on it’s
own but it needs
a bit of polish-
ing and the cor-
rect setting to
shine to its
b e s t .
This is exactly what
beauty pageants do and
we at First India take
great pains to groom,
guide and counsel our
bevy of blooming flow-
ers - fleurs en floraison.
For the Queen of Cos-
mos India auditions
also, the 26 beauties from
across India participat-
ed in online and offline
grooming sessions for
public speaking, make-
up, walking the ramp,
conduct in public, hold-
ing conversations and
many more day-to-day
issues which are a daily
part of Beauty Queen’s
life and times.
During the glittering
gala evening on Friday
at Fairmont Jaipur,
where Sanskriti Negi
was elected as India’s
representative to the
First India Queen of
Cosmos being held in
Dubai on March 10
at the Ibn Batuta ho-
tel a very important
announcement was
also made by Jag-
deesh Chandra that
First India would
take care of the
Dubai of travel
and stay expenses
of Sanskriti. A
highly motivated
Sanskriti thanked
Jagdeesh Chan-
dra for the gesture
and also for the
fabulous opportu-
nity of represent-
ing India on the
inter national
stage. “I will
work very hard
so that I can
make my na-
tion proud. I
understand the re-
sponsibility and will
never wear this crown
lightly”, she added.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO
I
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
Rayna Sikri, Simran Mahendrawal, Palak Shah and Amisha Rana,
Sanskriti Negi (Winner), Sanskriti Sharma (1st Runner-up) and Khushi Verma Angela Kumar (2nd Runners-up)
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the guests
FLEURS EN
FLORAISON
Akansha Bakshi and Amrita Khurana

The totally spectacular evening at Fairmont on Friday
was a huge success, First India as usual upped the
benchmark for beauty pageants.The evening
was a culmination of months of hard work
by the Brand Ambassador Rishee Miglani
and Show Director Lokesh Sharma along
with the First India team, not to mention
all our sponsors, supporters, friends and
partners in the Queen of Cosmos
International Beauty Pageant.We bring
you some more glimpses of the
beautiful evening.
10-11
ETC
A MAGICAL EVENING
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Aditi Jaggi.
Also seen is Rupa Khurana
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Akansha Bakshi.
Also seen is Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Dhirendra Raghav.
Also seen is Rupa Khurana
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Nupur Kapoor. Also seen
are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Manju Sharma.
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Usha Punia.
Also seen are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Vanish Chugh. Also seen is Rupa Khurana
Hiteshi, Khushi, Muskaan
and Jayshree
Deepak Sankit
Neeta Joshi and Sanjay Sardana
Rupa Khurana, Aarti Mishra,
Vioma Sharma, Khushi Adesra
and Rukmini Chaudhary Ayushi Banasia, Akanksha Kumari,
Simran Mahendrawal, Khasika Bassi and Simran
Arvind and Puja Arya VS Tanwar
Saloni, Mitali and Priyatam Sogani Deepak Sharma and Amitabh Jain
Jagdeesh Chandra with Muskaan Moolchandani,
Tripti Arora and Rayna Sikri
JD Maheshwari, Vanish
and Deepali Chugh
with Pawan Goyal
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates JD Maheshwari.
Also seen are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Priyatam Sogani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Ruchika Sodhi.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
A ROYAL MATCH
CITY FIRST
T
he exhibition
matchof thepres-
tigious HH Raj-
mata Padmini
Devi of Jaipur Interna-
tional Shield was played
at the Rajasthan Polo
ClubonSaturday
.The15-
goal match was played
between the teams Wa-
termate Stallions India
and Diacolour Interna-
tional. The Watermate
Stallions India won the
matchwithascoreof 7-5.
WhiletheChief Guest
ontheoccasionwasPad-
mini Devi of the erst-
while royal family of
Jaipur, the Guest of
Honour was Rajkumar
Tongya. Post the match,
there was a sumptuous
high tea.
A PAHAL ON BLOOD DONATION
MANOJ TANK
J
hunjhunu: A
voluntary blood
donation camp
was organized
in Singnor village on
Saturday on behalf of
social organization
PAHAL. 339 youth do-
nated blood at Manb-
hari Devi Girls Col-
lege on the birthday of
young businessman
Mukesh Rohilla, the
blood donors were
also given helmets,
inspiring them to
save their own lives.
In the blood dona-
tion camp, a youth
donated blood for the
14th time. Vikas Ma-
hich donated blood
for the 14th time. He
told that at the
age of 20, he do-
nated blood for
the first time.
Wherever camps
are held nearby, he
defintely reaches to
donate blood.
Mukesh Rohilla with Dr Mukesh Bhupesh, Rakesh Devthia, Vikas Devthia, Akram Ali, Siddharth Devthia,
Mahendra Saini, Dr Ashok Saini and others at blood donation camp in Singnour on Saturday.
Daniel Otamendi, Gonzalo Yanzon, Lance Watson, Charlie Tighe, Henry Fisher, Rajesh Sehgal, Digvijay Singh, Padmini Devi,
Mrs. Tongya, Anushree Choudhary, Rajkumar Tongya, Varun Choudhary, Narendra Singh,
Kuldeep Singh Rathore, Padmanabh Singh, Abhimanyu Pathak and Col. Ravi Rathore
A BLESSED COUPLE INDEED!
The wedding of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav’s daughter was a super VIP affair which proved the social and political connect of the dynamic Minister
AISHWARY PRADHAN
New Delhi: A wed-
dingisalwaysaspecial
occasion and the wed-
ding of Shubha and
Raman was all the
more so as they re-
ceived personal bless-
ings from the who’s
whoof thenation.The
wedding of the
daughter of Union
Minister Bhu-
pender Yadav,
Shubha with Ra-
man Yadav, son of
Ram Kumar Yadav
was conducted under
high security and
strict Covid protocol
asPresidentRamNath
Kovind, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi,
Chief Justice of India
N V Ramana, Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla,
BJP President JP Na-
dda along with other
political stalwarts
reached to congratu-
late the high-profile
minister and bless the
newly-weds.
On Friday evening
almost the entire cabi-
net reached 9, Motilal
Nehru Marg, the resi-
dence of Bhupender
Yadavforthewedding.
Themarriagecelebra-
tionswerespreadover
theperiodof oneweek
which saw BJP stal-
warts, media icons
and VIPs from other
fields reaching to
greettheYadavfamily
.
The officers from
both his ministries
had attended
Shubha’s en-
gagement while
guests from Ra-
jasthan and Haryana
reached the village
for the godh bharai
ceremony on Monday
.
On Tuesday, col-
leagues from Bihar
and Jharkhand were
invited for lunch
while the party mem-
bersfromGujaratand
Maharashtra attend-
ed dinner. Keeping in
tunewiththeworking
profile of Modi’s cabi-
net, in the midst of
the celebrations the
Bhupender Yadav
also attended a cabi-
net meeting and gave
a speech at the World
Sustainable Develop-
ment Summit too.
PM Narendra Modi with the newly weds Shubha Raman, along with ML Khattar,
Bhupender Babita Yadav, Ram Kumar and Mrs Yadav, bride’s sister Pragya,
groom’s sister Shivani and her husband Akhilesh Kumar
Saudan Singh (centre) with Bhupender Yadav and Prahlad Patel
Baba Ramdev and Rajendra Rathore
caught in a candid moment
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with Bhupender Yadav,
Om Mathur and Parshottam Rupala Baba Ramdev with Diya Kumari
PM Narendra Modi greets and blesses the bride and groom Shubha and Raman, also seen are Bhupender Yadav and Ram Kumar Yadav
During the wedding ceremony on Friday
JP Nadda and Mallika Nadda with Bhupender and Babita Yadav and the newly wed couple
Bhupender Yadav welcomes Sharad Pawar
Nitish Kumar and Prahlad Patel
bless the newly weds Dushyant Chautala with Bhupender Yadav, Ram Kumar Yadav and the newly weds

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