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The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to jailed Samajwadi
Party leader Azam Khan. A bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao
invoked its special power under Article 142 of the constitution to grant
relief to Khan in view of the peculiar facts of the case.
SC INVOKES
SPECIAL POWERS
TO GRANT BAIL TO
AZAM KHAN
The Delhi high court on Thursday set aside the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi
government’s doorstep delivery of ration scheme — Mukhymantri Ghar Ghar
Ration Yojna — stating that the Centre’s grain cannot be used for this scheme.
HC allowed two petitions filed by ration dealers challenging the scheme. P6
DELHI HC STRIKES
DOWN AAP GOVT’S
DOORSTEP RATION
DELIVERY SCHEME
SC DISMISSES MISTRY’S
REVIEW PLEA AGAINST
TATA GROUP ORDER
INDIA’S NIKHAT ZAREEN
WINS GOLD AT WOMEN’S
WORLD BOXING C’SHIP
The Supreme Court dismissed
on Thursday a petition filed by
Shapoorji Pallonji Group against
its March 26, 2021, ruling that ap-
proved the decision of Tata Sons to
remove Cyrus Mistry as group chief.
India’s Nikhat Zareen won the gold
medal in the 52kg category at the
Women’s World Championship
with a win over Thailand’s Jitpong
Jutamas in the fly-weight final in
Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday.
ANOTHERMOSQUEGOES
UNDERTHEGAVEL
Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Mathura court allows
plea seeking ownership of Shahi Idgah Mosque land
SHAH MEETS FADNAVIS OVER
RAJYA SABHA ELECTIONS
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Bharatiya
Janta Party (BJP)
leaders from Maha-
rashtra including
leader of the opposi-
tion Devendra Fad-
navis and BJP’s state
president Chandra-
kant Dada Patil met
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah in New
Delhi on Thursday
over the forthcoming
elections for six Ra-
jya Sabha seats from
the state.
According to a sen-
ior BJP leader, “The
meeting was restrict-
ed to the Rajya Sabha
elections for the seats
from Maharashtra
that fall vacant come
July 4”. Full Report P5
Yasin Malik convicted
in terror funding case
New Delhi: A Delhi
court on May 19 con-
victed Kashmiri sepa-
ratist leader Yasin Ma-
lik, who had earlier
pleaded guilty to all
charges, including
those under the strin-
gent Unlawful Activi-
ties Prevention Act
(UAPA), in a terror
funding case.
Special Judge
Praveen Singh directed
the NIA authorities to
assess Malik’s financial
situation to determine
the amount of fine to be
imposed and posted the
matter for arguments
on the quantum of sen-
tence on May 25.
NIA court to begin
hearing on sentencing
from May 25
BJP IS SCARED, HENCE THEY
ARE COMING HERE: GEHLOT
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Hours before
BJP’s meeting of na-
tional office bearers, Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Thurs-
day said the party is
holding the conclave in
the state as it is scared
after the Congress or-
ganised its ‘Chintan shi-
vir’ in Udaipur recently
.
He said as soon as the
Congress’ ‘Chintan Shi-
vir’ was announced, the
BJP also decided to hold
its meeting in Jaipur.
“They are scared and
therefore they are com-
ing here,” he said, while
exuding confidence
that the people of the
state will vote for Con-
gress in the next assem-
bly elections. Targeting
the saffron party for its
agenda of Hindutva,
the chief minister said
the BJP is doing politics
in the name of Hindus
and have become arro-
gant under the impres-
sion that they have
their support. “They
are just misleading in
the name of Hindutva.
This will backfire. This
is not in the interest of
the public,” Gehlot said.
He said during the
Congress rule, resigna-
tions from chief minis-
ters and Union minis-
ters were sought when
allegations were made
(against them) as the
leadership used to care
about what people will
think. Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah
Sidhugetsone-yearjailin
34-year-oldroadragecase
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has
awarded cricketer-
turned-politician Nav-
jot Singh Sidhu one-
year jail in a 1988 road
rage case. The Su-
preme Court had ear-
lier allowed the review
of its May 2018 order
exonerating former
Punjab Congress Pres-
ident Navjot Singh
Sidhu in the 34-year-
old road rage case, in
which Patiala resident
Gurnam Singh had
died.
Sidhu will be taken
into custody by Punjab
police as per the order.
Sidhu was earlier let
off with a fine of Rs
1,000. Now, the maxi-
mum possible punish-
ment under Section
323 of the IPC has been
awarded to Sidhu.
On May 15, 2018, the
apex court set aside
the Punjab and Hary-
ana High Court order
convicting Sidhu of
culpable homicide and
awarding him a three-
year jail term in the
case but had held him
guilty of causing hurt
to a senior citizen.
Mathura: The district
court in Mathura on
Thursday allowed a plea
by the Shri Krishna Jan-
mabhoomi Trust and
other private parties
seeking ownership of
the land in which the
Shahi Idgah Mosque is
built. The Idgah is next
to the Sri Krishna Jan-
mabhoomi Sthal, where
the deity Krishna is be-
lievedtohavebeenborn.
The ruling by judge
Rajiv Bharti allowing
the plea means that the
civil suit will now be
heard by a lower court.
The court will now ex-
amine revenue records
amongotheraspectslike
1968 pact between tem-
ple, and mosque panel.
Congress leader Novjot Singh Sidhu dodges media while leaving
the residence of ex-MLA Lal Singh after meeting in Patiala.
Advocate Ranjana Agnihotri along with six others had first filed
a claim in the case in the court of a civil judge last year.
The dispute
essentially involves
ownership of 13.37
acres of land which
the petitioners
claim belongs to
the deity Lord Shri
Krishna Virajman
Sunil Jakhar joins BJP,
slams Congress ‘gang’
SC halts Varanasi district
court’s Gyanvapi Mosque
proceedings till today
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Thurs-
day directed the civil
court in Varanasi civil
courttonotproceedwith
the case related to the
Gyanvapi mosque case
tillittakesupthecaseon
Friday at 3 pm.
A bench of Justices
DYChandrachud,Surya
Kant and PS Narasimha
adjourned the case after
the Hindu side’s lawyer
asked it to hear the case
on Friday
. It then asked
the Varanasi trial court
to desist from taking up
the matter on Thursday
.
Advocate Vishnu
ShankarJain,appearing
for Hindu petitioners be-
fore the trial court,
sought adjournment for
thedayonaccountof the
medical condition of
leading counsel Hari
Shankar Jain.
New Delhi: Sunil
Jakhar, senior Con-
gress leader and for-
merchief of itsPunjab
unit, has joined rival
BJPdaysafterquitting
the grand old party
.
The former Con-
gress leader quit Con-
gress weeks after he
was issued a show-
cause notice by the
Congress leadership
over his criticism of
formerChief Minister
CharanjitSinghChan-
ni. Congress’s coterie
has now turned into a
gang, he said while ad-
dressing the media
with BJP chief JP Na-
dda by his side.
Sources close to
Jakharsaidthathemay
be nominated for the
RajyaSabhaandwould
begivensomeresponsi-
bilityinPunjab.
Meanwhile, Punjab
ex-CMAmarinderSin-
gh applauded Jakhar
for his move.
SURVEY REPORT IN
SEALED ENVELOPES,
BUT OUT IN OPEN
ASI SHUTS AURANGZEB’S TOMB IN
AURANGABAD AFTER MNS COMMENTS
The report of the filming
of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi
Mosque was submitted in
court in sealed envelops
on Thursday. But it seems
a copy of the report, was
shared by the lawyers of the
petitioners hours later and it
appears to back their claims
of the presence of Hindu
idols and symbols inside the
Gyanvapi mosque. The report
shared by the petitioners says
symbols of a “Trishul” or
trident, lotus engravings and
ancient Hindi carvings have
been found in the survey.
Aurangabad: The Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI) Thursday shut Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s
tomb in the Aurangabad district
of Maharashtra for five days after
a mosque committee in the area
tried to lock the place Wednesday,
officials said. On Tuesday, the Ma-
harashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
spokesperson Gajanan Kale had in
a tweet questioned the need for the monument’s
existence in the state and said it should be de-
stroyed. Kale’s comment came after AIMIM leader
Akbaruddin Owaisi’s visit to the tomb earlier this
month was criticised by the ruling Shiv Sena as
well as by the BJP and Raj Thackeray-led MNS.
The SC reviewed its
earlier verdict to pass
the sentence after the
victim’s family had
re-approached court
Sources close to Jakhar said that he may be
nominated for the Rajya Sabha and would be
given some responsibility in Punjab and also
would be instrumental in bringing more dis-
gruntled Congress leaders into the BJP fold.
BJP chief JP Nadda
welcomes Sunil Jakhar.
Kashmiri separatist
leader Yasin Malik
Raj keen on bidding adieu to Gehlot govt: Nadda
Yogesh Sharma
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: After the Congress’s
Chintan Shivir, now the BJP
has initiated a bid to come
out with a formula to win
the assembly elections in Ra-
jasthan slated to occur later
next year. The meeting of
national office bearers of
BJP is starting in Jaipur for
three days from Thursday.
BJP national president JP
Nadda reached Jaipur air-
port at 5:30 pm.
Nadda, who landed at
Jaipur airport in a char-
tered flight, was accorded a
grand welcome as the entire
route from airport to Leela
hotel at Amer, where the
three day event is held,
donned the saffron garb. A
huge crowd of BJP leaders
and workers had amssed at
the airport to wlecome Na-
dda and accompanied, in
several vehicles, to the hotel.
Nadda took former Chief
Minister Vasundhara Raje
along with Leader of Oppo-
sition Gulabchand Kataria
and BJP State President Sat-
ish Poonia in his car from
the airport.
Meanwhile, addressing
the party functionaries and
workers of Amer constitu-
ency on Delhi road, Nadda
attacked the Gehlot govern-
ment on the pretext of inci-
dents of violence in Karauli
and elsewhere and said, “It
has become clear from the
atmosphere that the people
have made up their mind to
bid adieu to the Gehlot gov-
ernment in the coming
times. People are keen to
form BJP government. The
people of Rajasthan have
been neglected in the Gehlot
government. Turn to P8
PROGRAMME FOR
NEXT TWO DAYS
May 20: PM Narendra Modi will
address the functionaries virtually at
Hotel Leela at 10 am. Modi’s speech
will be followed by meetings in four
sessions till 6 pm. JP Nadda will ad-
dress the concluding session. On the
same day at 7 pm, he will address
the ‘Prabudh Jan’ at Birla Auditorium
in Jaipur.
May 21: JP Nadda will hold a
meeting of organization ministers of
all the states from 9 AM to 4 PM and
with a special focus on Rajasthan
too. There will be a discussion on
the planning of raising the issues at
the national level after sorting out the
issues surrounding the government.
BJP is united, Lotus will bloom in Raj: Arun Singh
l Congress leadership cares about
people, they (BJP) do not, says CM
l Karauli communal clash was pre-
planned, senior BJP leaders involved in it
JP Nadda waving at the party workers in the presence of Vasundhara Raje, Satish Poonia, Ramlal
Sharma, and others at Amer, Jaipur on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

RAJASTHAN
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Several deci-
sions were taken in in-
terests of employees in
the 187th
meeting of the
Board of Directors of
RTDC under the chair-
manship of Chairman
Dharmendra Rathore.
The long-standing de-
mand of 7th
Pay Com-
mission for the employ-
ees was accepted. At the
same time, the proposal
to give benefit of RGHS
scheme and to operate
Palace on Wheels with
private participation
was also passed.
A resolution was also
passed regarding re-
ceipt of term loan of Rs
1000 crore to Tourism
Development Fund an-
nounced by CM in budg-
et. A resolution on Pal-
ace on Wheels with pri-
vate participation on
operation manage-
ment model was also
passed.
In order to increase
non-operational income
of the Tourism Corpo-
ration, a proposal was
also passed to operate
about 40 liquor shops
from Excise Depart-
ment at major tourist
places of state.
Principal Secretary
Gayatri Rathore, Gen-
eral Administration
Secretary JK Upadhyay
Joint Secretary,
Finance Mevaram Jat
were present.
7th
Pay Commission for RTDC employees accepted
RTDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET
lll
A resolution was
also passed
regarding
receipt of term
loan of Rs 1,000
cr to Tourism
Development
Fund announced
by CM in the
budget
Dausa: Six people, including BJP leaders Jitendra
Gothwal, Harkesh Matlana and prime accused Ballya
Joshi, who were lodged in
the district jail since March
31, were released from
Dausa jail after getting bail
from the HC in the Dr Arch-
ana Sharma suicide case of
Anand Hospital in Lalsot of
Dausa district. Dozens of Gothwal’s supporters from
Dausa, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Jaipur, Bharatpur and
Dholpur gathered outside the jail and accorded a warm
welcome to the three. After coming out of the jail.
Jaipur: The prices of domestic and commercial LP gas
cylinders were increased again on Thursday. For the
second time in last 12 days, companies have increased
prices of gas. Kartikeya Gaur, general secretary of LPG
Distributors Federation of Rajasthan said companies
have increased domestic gas cylinder by Rs 3, after
which 14.2 kg cylinder will be available for Rs 1006.50.
Now commercial is costlier by Rs 8.50 and is available
for Rs 2373. The cylinders have become costlier by
157 percent in last 8 years. When the NDA government
came to power at the Centre in May 2014, the price of
domestic LPG was Rs 391.5 per cylinder.
Tonk: A woman, who
was set afire by her
husband 3 days ago in
Kohala village under
Uniyara sub-division,
lost the battle of life
and breathed her
last while undergo-
ing treatment in a
hospital in Jaipur on
Thursday. Police have
arrested the man who
had absconded after
committing the crime.
According to sources,
accused had poured
some flammable
material on his wife
and set her ablaze on
Monday. The woman
was rushed to a hos-
pital in Jaipur but she
succumbed to burns
and died.
Kota: The POCSO
Court here has taken
a serious view of con-
ducting “two-finger”
test of rape victims.
While delivering its
verdict in a rape case
on Thursday, Special
Judge Deepak Dubey
of POCSO Court No.3
ordered the Director
of Medical and Health
to take strict action
against Dr Kavita
Meena who conducted
the test. Referring to a
Supreme Court judg-
ment, Judge Dubey
held that the test is
“completely uncon-
stitutional” and abol-
ished on the grounds
of being “illegal and
unscientific”.
DR ARCHANA SUICIDE: BJP LEADERS,
OTHERS GET OUT OF JAIL AFTER BAIL
DOMESTIC LPG COSTLIER BY
`3; COMMERCIAL BY ` 8.50
MAN HELD FOR
BURNING WIFE
ALIVE IN TONK
‘2-FINGER’ TEST
IRKS COURT,
ORDERS ACTION
NEWS DIGEST
Palace On Wheels will be run with private participation.
BANDIKUI 2019 RAMPAGE CASE
Kirodi, Beniwal and Gopichand
found guilty in CB-CID inquiry
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The CB-CID
has issued orders to
present challans
against over two dozen
people, including two
MPs and a MLA.
CB-CID SP Sharad
Choudhary has found
guilty Rajya Sabha MP
Kirori Lal Meena, MP
Hanuman Beniwal and
MLA Gopichand Meena
in a case is related to
stopping a train at
Bandikui railway sta-
tion in 2019, obstructing
official work, damaging
government and rail-
way property and pelt-
ing stones at policemen.
SP GRP Ajmer has
been ordered to present
challan. The investigat-
ing officer will have to
present challan in 15
days send report to
police headquarters.
A case was registered
after the then CI Gan-
patram of Dausa Kot-
wali complained that on
May 15, 2019, Meena,
Beniwal and Gopichand
held a protest meeting
at Sant Sundar Das Me-
morial against the gan-
grape incident in Than-
agaji, Alwar.
Kirodi Lal Meena Hanuman Beniwal Gopichand Meena
28 FOUND GUILTY
IN 2019 CASE
The CB-CID has
found 28 people
guilty. These include
Rameshwar Prasad
Bairwa, Maujiram
Meena, Natwar
Lal, Rajesh Meena,
Mansingh Meena,
Babulal Meena, Gopal
Thakaria, Santosh
Meena, Anto Meena,
Mahendra Meena,
Pyaar Singh Meena,
Hemu alias Hemant
Meena, Sukha Meena,
Hiteshwar Bairwa,
Mahendra Chanda ,
Lokesh Kumar Meena,
among others.
DESERTED PUSHKAR GHAT
Usually buzzing with tourists, Pushkar ghat looked deserted on a hot summer day as heatwave
conditions continued in most parts of Rajasthan. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
MAX TEMP ABOVE
45DEGREECELSIUS
BARMER 47
PILANI 46.5
SANGAIRA 46.8
NAGAUR
JAIPUR
46.1
45.5
KARAULI 46.5
DHOLPUR 47
SRI GANGANAGAR 46.2
CHURU 46.6
TOP
9
HOTTEST
CITIES
Above Temperature in °C
55-year-old man beaten
to death over trivial issue
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 55-year-old
man was beaten to
death by two miscre-
ants on Wednesday
night after a minor
scuffle broke out be-
tween them at a petrol
pump in Shipra Path
area in Mansarovar.
“The deceased has
been identified as Raj-
deep Bishnoi (55), a
resident of Muhana
Mandi. Rajdeep had
gone to a petrol pump
located at RIICO Indus-
trial Area in Shipra
Path. The victim’s
scooter brushed past
the motorcycle of the
accused which led to a
scuffle between them,”
said Muhana Mandi
SHO Mahaveer Singh.
“The scuffle turned
violent when the vic-
tim was beaten badly
by accused. Rajdeep
was rushed to SMS
hosp where he suc-
cumbed to injuries.
Youth duo have been
arrested matter is be-
ing investigated,” po-
lice added.
4 held for
IPL betting
worth `10cr
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Crime Branch
team of Jaipur Com-
missionerate has ar-
rested four people for
IPL betting worth Rs 10
crore. The bookies had
hired a luxury farm-
house for Rs 50,000 per
month in Bagru here.
Police have seized bet-
ting equipment and a
car and are interrogat-
ing the accused. DCP
(Crime) Paris Desh-
mukh said on getting
information, police
team led by Additional
DCP (Crime) Sulesh
Chaudhary laid siege
and raided the place.
The kingpin of the bet-
ting racket, Rajesh Ku-
mar Sharma, is a re-
tired employee. He is
involved in many cases.
Advocate Govardhan’s
house searched in Bkn
Seven Cabinet
Ministers to solve
gaushala issues
First India Bureau
Jaipur: According to
discussion held in
meeting of State Coun-
cil of Mins on May 18 at
CM’s residence, a cabi-
net committee of 7 Min
has been constituted to
solve problems of
gaushalas, nandi sha-
las and stray animals.
UDH Min Shanti Ku-
mar Dhariwal will be
convener and Gopalan
Min Pramod Jain will
be coordinator. Agri-
culture Min Lalchand
Kataria, Water Re-
sources Min Mahesh
Joshi, Revenue Minis-
ter Ramlal Jat, Indus-
tries Min Shakuntala
Rawat, Higher Educ
Min Rajendra Yadav
will be members.
First India Bureau
Bikaner: Police con-
ducted searches at Bi-
kaner houses of advo-
cate Govardhan Singh,
as he is arrested in
various cases.
Bikaner Police
claims this search op-
eration has been done
by Jaipur Police, in
which cases registered
in Bikaner have not
been investigated yet.
CO City Deepchand
that Singh has been
brought to Bikaner in
cases registered in
Jaipur. Here both his
house and in-laws’
houses were searched.
Singh was brought on
foot from the new city
police station to Sarvo-
daya Basti amid a large
number of police per-
sonnel. The police have
seized some items, in-
cluding papers from his
house. Further investi-
gation will be done
2 raped on pretext of marriage
in Jpr; 1 raped in Kota by friend
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Kota: Three
separate incidents of
rape have been reported
in Jaipur Kota . In one
case, a man befriended
a woman via Instagram
and raped her for two
years while they were
living in.
SHO(Harmada)Man-
gilal Vishnoi said that a
20-year-old woman, res-
ident of Jhunjhunu,
lodged a complaint. The
accused raped her for
two years and then re-
fused to marry her.
In another case, a
20-year-old woman from
Mahavir Nagar Kota re-
ported that in Jan ac-
cused entered her flat
and forcibly raped her
in Mangiawas Mansaro-
var area when she for-
got to bolt her room one
night. He even stran-
gled her neck and as-
saulted her.
Another 28-year-old
girl was allegedly raped
by a college friend for
eight years on the pre-
text of marriage. A case
has been filed against
the accused at the Ka-
rani Vihar Police Sta-
tion area of Jaipur.
“The complainant and
the accused were study-
ing together at a college
in Kota,” police added.
60-YR-OLD MAN MOLESTS 4-YR-
OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, HELD
Jodhpur: Police have arrested a 60-year-old man for
allegedly molesting and outraging the modesty of a
4-year-old girl. A case has been registered under rel-
evant provisions of the POCSO Act and IPC against the
accused, police said. “The accused is the grandfather
of the victim. The incident took place on May 17, when
victim’s mother was taking a bath. The grandfather
seeing nobody around outraged the modesty of the
girl. Later, girl narrated the incident to her mother, after
which FIR filed,” informed ADCP Nirmala Vishnoi.
JMCG GBM on May 26,
several issues on cards
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The general
body meeting of JMCG
will be held on May 26.
The Nagar Nigam Com-
missioner has issued
agenda of general body
meeting after a propos-
al was floated by Mayor
Dr Somya. Notably, in
April, the then commis-
sioner Yagya Mitra
Singh Deo and other of-
ficials of Greater Nagar
Nigam had boycotted
board meeting.
The corporation em-
ployees had also gone
on strike, following
which Mayor Dr Somya
had to adjourn house.
In order to ensure
maximum participa-
tion in PSKS, discus-
sion will take place on
how public representa-
tives can be involved in
camp. Progress report
of wards for 2021-22 will
also be discussed at the
meeting. Road lights is-
sue will be taken up.
AGENDA

z Simplification of func-
tioning; progress report
to be discussed

z Cleaning of city drains
and sewerage before
monsoon listed.

z Progress report of
wards for year 2021-22
to be discussed.

z Road lights issue
will be taken up.

z Discussion on how
public representatives can
be involved in PSKS.
Cop,4 more
held in police
paper leak case
First India Bureau
Jaipur: SOG arrested
five more people includ-
ing a police inspector in
the Rajasthan Police
Constable Recruitment
Exam paper leak case.
The SOG has arrested
total 13 people in the
case. SOG ADG Ashok
Rathore said the arrest-
ed accused Shahrukh
Khan, Manoj Kumar
Verma, Pooja Mamna-
ni, Kanwar Singh, and
Rajendra Prasad, who
is Police Inspector in
CID-CB. Shahrukh
Khan and Kanwar Sin-
gh arranged SIM cards.

z A proposal to waive
the UD tax was passed

z Ticketing under
the Center’s Swadesh
Darshan scheme and
running light and
sound shows through
outsourcing

z Compassionate ap-
pointments to the kin
of deceased employees

z A proposal for adop-
tion of RAJ Contractual
Hiring to Civil Post,
Rules 2022 was also
passed in the meeting
RESOLUTIONS
Accused youth in the police custody.

Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-
ernment is contemplat-
ing upon a policy to give
compensation to end
the game of ‘pick and
choose’ for giving com-
pensation for land.
A meeting chaired by
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal on Thursday
,
wherein, Principal Sec-
retary UDH KL Meena,
Secretary of Depart-
ment of Local Self Gov-
ernance Dr Jogaram,
JDACommissionerRavi
Jain,RajasthanHousing
Board Commissioner
Pawan Arora, JDA
secretary Ujjawal
Rathore, DLB
Hridyesh Kumar
Sharma, Chief Town
Planner RK Vijayvargi-
ya and other officers
were present.
Discussions about the
provisions of the poli-
cies were held in the
meeting. Under the poli-
cy
, local bodies will also
be given the rights to
give compensation. Pro-
visionswillalsobemade
to clear the pendency in
a time-bound manner.
State Government mulls over land compensation policy
ENDING ‘PICK CHOOSE’ GAME
SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSIONS IN MEETING POINTS TO PONDER
 On the other hand, time
will be extended to give
the option of land com-
pensation. Time may be
extended till Dec 2022
 In the meeting, it was
also decided that pend-
ing cases related to
land acquisition will be
disposed of in a trans-
parent manner
 The policy will be com-
prehensive and will in-
clude all orders, circulars
and notifications which
have been issued so far
 The government may
also give relief to khat-
edars in cases where
the compensation is
deposited in courts and
the scheme is not being
implemented on the
ground. In such cases,
compensation will be
provided
 The land compensation
may be increased from
25 percent to 40 percent
for land acquisition
in ecological zones if
needed for any project
Shanti Dhariwal
RAJASTHAN
03
Staff appointed on or after Jan
2004 to get benefit of OPS
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In good news
for nearly 3 lakh state
government employ-
ees, the state govern-
ment has made amend-
ments to services rules
for implementing the
old pension scheme an-
nounced by CM Ashok
Gehlot in state budget.
The employees ap-
pointed on or after 1
January 2004 will get
the benefit of the OPS.
The finance depart-
ment has issued notifi-
cations for amend-
ments in service rules.
Earlier, there was poli-
tics about the Rs 39,000
crore deposited in the
NPS fund. One section
of employees was ap-
prehensive about the
scheme’s implementa-
tion, but the CM is de-
termined to fulfill the
announcement and
therefore the notifica-
tions were issued.
The government has
decided to implement
the scheme despite
Centre’s refusal to give
NPS fund. Government
employees appointed
on or after January 1,
2004 will now be able to
take pension benefits
after retirement. Also,
those who have exited
their service before 31
March 2022 will also get
pension benefits ac-
cording to the same
rules from April 2022.
ROHIT JOSHI CASE:
DELHI HC TO HEAR
CASE ON MAY 25
2 COPS HURT AFTER
SPEEDING CAR
RAMS INTO THEM
New Delhi: Hearing
the Rohit Joshi Rape
case, the Delhi High
Court on Thursday,
asked to present
all the documents
related to the case.
The Bench of Justice
Talwant Singh posted
the next hearing of
the case to May 25.
During the arguments
on Thursday, Joshi’s
counsel demanded
the removal of Section
376 in the case.
Jaipur: Two constables
were injured after a
speeding car hit the
barricade at Kanta
Chauraha in Jhotwara.
The collision was so
strong that two consta-
bles jumped in the air
and fell 20 feet away.
The driver fled from the
spot. The shoulders and
neck of Head Constable
Raghuveer Singh were
fractured he was re-
ferred to SMS hospital.
Constable Mahendra
Singh suffered injuries
on his head and waist.
NEWS DIGEST
Jpr: Advocate booked
for remark on Shivling
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An advocate
has been booked for ob-
jectionable social me-
dia post regarding
Shivling and posting it
in WhatsApp group
also.
The case has been
filed by advocates Mi-
nark Jain and Tarun
Rawat at Shipra path
police station. The
statement was issued
by Advocate Abdul
Mughni on May 17
wherein, the water in
the bottle kept in the
fridge was frozen and
reflected a Shivling. He
remarked that someone
should make a claim on
the refrigerator now
and demand digging
the house. The remark
came in the back drop
of the Gyanvapi
Mosque row.
He has been booked
under sections 153A
and 295A of the IPC for
spoiling the communal
atmosphere.
RGHS: Govt
amends rules
for MLAs, Mins
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State govt has
amended rules to im-
plement RGHS for
MLAs Ministers. Un-
der the scheme, ex-
penditure of indoor
medical treatment via
Ayurveda, Homeopa-
thy, Unani system of
medicine the cost of
medical attendance
will be borne.
The old scheme is
still applicable for judi-
cial officials.
REET MAIN EXAM TO
BE HELD IN JAN 2023
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The REET
main exam will now be
held in January 2023.
Raj Staff Selection
Board Chairman Hari
Prasad Sharma in-
formed that the eligi-
bility test for 46,500
posts will be conducted
on July 23 24. After
the declaration of re-
sult, the main exams
will be held in Jan next
year. “Those clearing
the July exam will ap-
pear for main exam in
Jan 2023. Recruitment
process will be com-
pleted in 3 months after
the final exam ap-
pointments will be giv-
en by April next year.”
BJP NATIONAL OFFICE BEARERS’ MEET: MAY 19-21
PM TO VIRTUALLY ADDRESS TODAY
Assembly polls in Raj will be fought on PM face Centre’s schemes: Tarun Chugh
JP Nadda holds Saffron balloons while enroute to Amer. Hundreds of BJP workers gather at Amer to extend a warm welcome to JP Nadda in Jaipur on Thursday.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
BL Santosh and Chandrashekhar arrive at Hotel The Leela Palace,
Jaipur to attend meeting with JP Nadda on Thursday.
JP Nadda being welcomed by Vasundhara Raje, GC Kataria, Dr Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore at
the Jaipur Airport on Thursday.
Dr Somya offers sweets to JP Nadda at the Jaipur Airport. MPs
Ranjeeta Koli, Ramcharan Bohra, and others are also seen.
A Mahout guides an elephant to welcome JP Nadda by a garland
on his arrival at Amer, Jaipur before going to the Leela Palace.
Kashiram Choudhary/
Dimple Sharma/
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will vir-
tually address a meeting
of BJP national office
bearers in Jaipur today
.
A 3-day meeting from
May 19 to 21 started at
hotel Leela Palace on
Delhi Road on Thursday
.
BJP president JP Nadda
chaired a meeting of Na-
tional General Secretar-
ies. BJP General Secre-
tary and in-charge for
Rajasthan Arun Singh
said that the main meet-
ingof thenationaloffice
bearers will be held on
May 20 which PM Nar-
endra Modi will virtu-
ally address at 10 am.
BJP’s National Gen-
eral Secy Tarun Chugh,
who reached Jaipur on
Wednesday evening,
made the situation clear
regarding Rajasthan
that assembly polls will
also be fought on PM
faceCentre’sschemes.
JPNaddainauguratesanexhibitionon‘AzadikaAmritMahotsav’
atThe Leela Palace.Arun Singh Dr Satish Poonia are also seen.
Vasundhara Raje, GC Kataria Dr Satish Poonia seated in
JP Nadda’s car leaving the Jaipur Airport.
(From left) Vasudev Devnani, Rajendra Rathore, Dr Satish
Poonia, Gulab Chand Kataria, Vasundhara Raje, Om Prakash
Mathur, Ranjeeta Koli, and Kalicharan Saraf waiting at
Jaipur Airport on Thursday.
 There was no protocol
in posters. Posters of
Kalicharan Saraf, Ram-
charan Bohra Ashok
Lahoti had photos of PM
Modi, JP Nadda, Arun
Singh, Vasundhara Raje
Satish Poonia but Raje
was missing in posters of
Rama Chopra.
 A poster of JMCG Mayor
Dr Somya just besides
that of PM Modi at airport
miffed MP Ramcharan
Bohra. Bohra said there
should have been a banner
of the State President or at
least of him as he is MP.
HIGHLIGHTS
Hearty welcome and greetings to the
National President of Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party JPNadda ji on his arrival in
Rajasthan. I am sure that your ener-
getic guidance will encourage our office bearers
and workers in building a prosperous and strong
India will bloom ‘Lotus of victory.’
—Vasundhara Raje , Former CM
Mission 2023 has begun with a
warm welcome of JP Naddaji by ‘Ga-
jraj’ at the pious land of Shila Mata
and my Karmabhoomi, Amer. The honourable
workers of Amber, Jamwaramgarh, Kotputli,
Shahpura, Viratnagar and Chomu have ex-
tended a warm welcome to the Honouarble Na-
tional President. I am grateful to all.
—Satish Poonia, BJP State President

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 3 l Issue No. 342
l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
I have become Death, the
destroyer of worlds.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dr Jitendra Singh
@DrJitendraSingh
Special Stamp and Envelope, prepared
by the Indian Postal Department,
released to mark the 75th year Platinum
Jubilee of the iconic Central Leather
Research Institute (CLRI) #Chennai.
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
@mansukhmandviya
More than 8,700 Janaushadhi stores
across the country are providing best
quality medicines at affordable prices
to the common man. The government
of Prime Minister @NarendraModi
ji aims at the welfare of the person
standing in the last row and that work
is going on continuously with the
Janaushadhi project.
TOP TWEETS
NEMESIS
CATCHES UP
WITH NAVJOT
SIDHU AFTER
THREE DECADES
emesis, it is said,
limps sternly
, if slow-
ly, behind and over-
takes in the end. That
is precisely what has
happened with cricketer-turned-
politician Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The former TV show host has
been sentenced to one-year’s rig-
orous imprisonment in a three-
decade-old case of road rage in
which the Punjab Congress lead-
er and his associate killed a man,
Gurnam Singh, in a brawl over
a parking spot in Patiala. He was
exonerated by a session court in
Patiala in 1999. But the verdict
was overturned by the Punjab
and Haryana High Court which
sentenced Sidhu to three years
in jail for culpable homicide.
In 2018 the Supreme Court set
aside the sentence for lack of evi-
dence. The victim’s family plead-
edforreviewof thatorder.That’s
how Nemesis caught up with the
swashbuckling cricketer who re-
cently lost the Punjab assembly
elections. The blow may also sof-
ten up the former president of
the Punjab Congress who lacks
the self-effacing quality one ex-
pects of an achiever.
N
ven as the Su-
preme Court is
seized of two con-
tentious issues---
the Gyanvapi
mosque and the validity of
the Places of Worship Act of
1991---stage is set for the Hin-
dus’ claim over Krishna Jan-
mabhoomi to also reach the
apex court for adjudication.
In that respect the order of
the Mathura district judge
Rajeev Bharti upholding the
suit to remove Mathura’s
Shahi Idgah Masjid will set
off yet another round of con-
troversy. In the suit Hindus
have staked claim over 13.37
acres of land on which the
Mathura mosque is built. It
reminds one of Ayodhya
land dispute which the Su-
preme Court ruled in favour
of Hindus.
Hindus are obviously gung-
ho about their claims just as
Muslims are feeling more and
more pushed to the corner.
The manner in which the
Gyanvapimosque’srecording
that was meant only for view-
ing by the court was made
public casts doubts in the
minds of the minority com-
munity about fair play
. A Su-
preme Court bench of Justice
DY Chandrachud and Justice
PS Narasimha restrained the
trial court in Varanasi from
proceeding in the case.
The order may be of some
relief but it does not drive
away the fear in the minds
of minorities. Mentally the
Muslims may have lost
Gyanvapi and also Mathura
but their bigger fear is about
what will be targeted next---
Qutub Minar or the Taj Ma-
hal? Their fears are centred
round the fate of the 1991
Act. Removal of the Act’s
protection would allow the
takeover of 36,000 mosques
or mausoleums which, alleg-
edly, were built over temples.
TROUBLE AHEAD: 1991 ACT HOLDS THE KEY
The order may be of some relief but it does not drive
away the fear in the minds of minorities. Mentally
the Muslims may have lost Gyanvapi and
also Mathura but their bigger fear is about
what will be targeted next--- Qutub Minar or
the Taj Mahal? Their fears are centred round the
fate of the 1991 Act. Removal of the Act’s
protection would allow the takeover of 36,000
mosques or mausoleums which, allegedly,
were built over temples
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THE BLOODBATH IN
THE CRYPTO MARKETS
he world of crypto is no
stranger to volatility. The
global crypto markets wit-
nessed a brutal bloodbath
last week, losing almost USD
500 billion. Bitcoin which is
the poster boy of crypto mar-
kets had dropped below USD
30,000 for the first time since
July 2021, almost 50% down
from its peak last November.
Smaller coins like Ether, Ava-
lanche, and Solana have fall-
en too, but to everyone’s sur-
prise, it was the Non-Fungi-
ble Tokens (NFTs) that took
the biggest hit, the Bored Ape
Yacht Club (BAYC) and many
other such NFT collections
saw their price plummeting
29 percent over the past 7
days in dollar terms. The
JPG NFT Index, which tracks
NFTs, tumbled by about 26
percent in the last week.
WHAT WAS THE REASON
FOR THE CRASH?
Cryptocurrencies had been
launched with much fanfare
and had seen the fastest
growth among all asset class-
es in terms of attracting
funds. They are however ex-
periencing a massive sell-off
faster than the run-up seen
last year. Trading volumes in
this asset class are also slow-
ing down as evident from dis-
appointing Coinbase’s recent
quarterly results which were
below market expectation on
account of a nearly 20 per-
cent drop in trading volumes. 
Nasdaq has fallen by about
25 percent in 2022. Initially,
the fall in crypto assets was
brushed aside as one that is
caused due to overall volatile
financial markets. However,
the crash is much more than
and there seems to be a crisis
building up.
WHY ARE STABLECOINS
PERCEIVED AS STABLE?
Stablecoins do not depend on
market factors to ascertain
their value. They are instead
derived by pegging them-
selves to the value of a cur-
rency like a dollar, or any
commodity
. This makes them
less prone to the wild price
swings that typically charac-
terize the crypto markets.
Stablecoins are of three
main types:

z Fiat-backed: These coins are
backed by a national cur-
rency, that matches the fiat
currency in reserve to the
number of coins in circulation

z Cryptocurrency-backed:
these are coins backed by
another cryptocurrency (e.g.,
BTC, ETH), this keeps the
cryptocurrency in reserve
higher than the coins in
circulation to account for the
crypto’s volatility

z Algorithm-backed: these are
coins that use an algorithm or
“smart contract” to peg the
stablecoin to another crypto
token that helps ensure the
stablecoin remains stable.
BUT WHAT MADE
THEM SO UNSTABLE?
Last week’s crash was led by
the fall in the prices of Sta-
blecoins, Terra, and LUNA.
TerraUSD is an algorithmic
stablecoin that uses algo-
rithms to maintain its stable
value. TerraUSD does not
have any physical reserves of
dollars as collateral but in-
stead depends on the crypto-
currency LUNA to stabilize
its market price. TerraUSD
and Luna have a 1:1 peg. This
means that for every 1 Ter-
raUSD sold, one LUNA coin
is minted and for every 1 Ter-
raUSD purchased, one LUNA
is burnt or destroyed from
the ecosystem.
This equilibrium broke
last week due to de-pegging
when digital coin Luna lost
almost 100% of its value and
the Terra blockchain was
suspended twice after its al-
gorithm failed to rebalance.
From its peak at USD 119,
Luna is now valued near zero
while the TerraUSD trades at
20 cents. Together these two
have knocked off about USD
300 billion from the market
cap of cryptocurrency
.
WILL THE 2008
CRISIS REPEAT?
Just as in 2008 certain struc-
tured credit products consist-
ing of subprime mortgages
were integrated into the fi-
nancial systems to such an
extent that when they col-
lapsed, they triggered a fi-
nancial crisis where the mar-
kets went into recession and
millions of people lost their
jobs and homes, the crypto
assets if integrated, will have
the same capacity
.
Stablecoins currently has a
total market cap of around
USD 170 billion, while the to-
tal crypto market is estimated
to be around USD 1.2 trillion.
Even though stable coins are
too small currently to affect
the economy at large, crypto-
currencies have started work-
ing their way into the finan-
cial systems, it is now found
in the portfolio of many tradi-
tional investors as well.
SHOULD YOU
BUY THE DIP?
About 20 million Indians
have invested in cryptocur-
rency in India with multiple
startups and crypto wallets
coming up to cash in on the
opportunity of unregulated
gains. The Indian crypto ex-
changes are now in a tough
spot after the delisting of the
Luna on platforms like Coin-
DCX and WazirX.
India in its budget this year
saidthatitwillbeintroducing
its very own cryptocurrency
and had introduced a 30 per-
cent flat tax on all gains from
virtual digital assets includ-
ing crypto and the upcoming
1percentTDS(taxdeductedat
source) for all transactions.
The Indian government is
also mulling imposing a GST
on all crypto transactions at
28 percent, the highest tax
bracket putting them at par
with gambling and betting.
CRYPTO CARNAGE
SHOULD YOU BUY THE DIP?
T
Cryptocurrencies as an
asset class are highly
prone to volatile prices.
However, the main culprit
behind last week’s crash
was not caused by this
inherent volatility but due
to Stablecoins. This came
about as quite a surprise
as Stablecoins, evident
from their name, are
usually considered to be a
more stable and steadier
entity of the otherwise
volatile cryptocurrencies.
LET US UNDERSTAND
THE REAL REASON
BEHIND THIS FREE FALL
IN CRYPTO PRICES

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INDIA
05
Shah meets Fadnavis over RS polls
BJP SEEKS FOUR SEATS FROM MAHARASHTRA, SENA WANTS TWO
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
leaders from Maharash-
tra including Leader of
the Opposition Deven-
dra Fadnavis and BJP’s
state president Chan-
drakant Dada Patil met
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah in New Del-
hi on Thursday over the
forthcoming elections
for six Rajya Sabha
seats from the state.
According to a senior
BJP leader, “The meet-
ing was restricted to the
Rajya Sabha elections
for the seats from Maha-
rashtra that fall vacant
come July 4. Even the
BMC and other munici-
pal elections that have
been deferred to beyond
the monsoons in Maha-
rashtra did not figure in
todays discussions with
Amit Shah.”
The meeting assumes
significance in the wake
of Maharashtra Chief
MinisterUddhavThack-
eray’s assertion that his
party would try to oc-
cupy two Rajya Sabha
seats. Shiv Sena MP,
Sanjay Raut, who is
seeking a fresh Rajya
Sabha tenure, also in-
dulged in dinner diplo-
macy with MP Navneet
Rana and her MLA hus-
band Ravi Rana on
Wednesday before
spendingmostof Thurs-
dayafternooninLadakh
again during a parlia-
mentary visit with Ravi
Rana and his MP wife.
Even the BJP has said
while it can comfortably
send three members
from Maharashtra to
the Rajya Sabha, it was
keen to leverage its ad-
ditional votes in the
state to wrest a fourth
seat in the upper house
of Parliament.
It is also reliably
learnt that Fadnavis
was asked to submit
four names for the BJP
party high command’s
top two – Narendra
Modi and Amit Shah to
consider for the forth-
coming Rajya Sabha
elections. Both the BJP
leaders are keeping
their cards close to
their chest in respect of
the voting scheduled for
June 10, 2022.
Thiscomeinthewake
of the independent can-
didature of Chhatrapati
Sambhajiraje, who was
a presidential nominee
to the RS by the BJP in
2016 and who was ini-
tially promised some
votes by NCP Chief
Sharad Pawar which
had upset the Shiv Sena
that insisted that he
should contest on an
MVA nomination.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Maharashtra LoP Devendra Fadnavis. —FILE PHOTO
Union Home Minister Shah with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
MANN MEETS
SHAH IN DELHI
...discusses border security, board issues
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Punjab Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann on Thursday
met with Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah in Delhi and
discussed several
matters including is-
sues of national secu-
rity and technology
infrastructure to en-
hance border man-
agement services.
“We requested an-
ti-drone technology.
He (Union HM Amit
Shah) said that we
will work together in
regard to national se-
curity. Several other
matters including
the Basmati crop and
Punjab quota issue
in Bhakra Beas Man-
agement Board
(BBMB) were also
discussed,” Punjab
Chief Minister
Mann said.
The Centre had is-
sued a notification in
February this year to
amend the provisions
of BBMS 1974 rule for
the selection criteria
for the appointment
of the two key offic-
ers in the Bhakra
Beas Board from out-
side Punjab.
As per convention,
posts of the two full-
time members - mem-
ber (power) and
member (irrigation)
- have always been
filled by eligible can-
didates of Punjab
and Haryana, respec-
tively, from the panel
of engineers nomi-
nated by respective
state governments.
As many as 10 more
companies of security
forces will be provided
by the Centre.
—Bhagwant Mann,
Punjab CM
New Delhi (Agencies):
Preparing for Assembly
election in Gujarat this
year, the BJP is leaving
no stone unturned to
keep by its side the po-
litically critical
Patidars of the Sau-
rashtra, a region that
proved to be among the
weakest links in 2017.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi will inaugu-
rate the KD Parvadiya
Hospital, the first multi-
specialty hospital in
Jasdan taluka in the Ra-
jkot district on May 28.
“Top” Patidar leaders
are expected to be pre-
sent at the inauguration
of the hospital built by
Patel Seva Samaj, a
charitable trust headed
byformerMLA andBJP
leader Bharat Boghra.
Gujarat BJP presi-
dent CR Paatil said
around three lakh peo-
ple will be present at the
PM’s first visit to the
Saurashtra after the
covid-19 pandemic.
The buzz is that
young Patidar leader
Hardik Patel, who re-
signed from the Con-
gress on Wednesday,
could be one of them,
though, the AAP is also
believed to be pursuing
him and Naresh Patel,
an influential social
worker and chairman
of Shree Khodaldham
Trust, who, too, is yet to
disclose which political
party he will join.
PM MODI TO ATTEND
QUAD SUMMIT IN
TOKYO ON MAY 24
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will attend the Quad
Summit on May 24 in
Tokyo. This will be the
fourth summit of Quad
leaders. Bilateral meetings
with Japanese PM Fumio
Kishida and US President
Joe Biden will take place
on May 24, MEA Spokes-
person Arindam Bagchi
said on Thursday.
PM Modi to hit home turf on May
28 as BJP woos Patidars in Gujarat
Kashmir University
gets its first woman
Vice Chancellor
Srinagar: Professor
Nilofar Khan of the
Kashmir University’s
Home Sciences Depart-
ment was on Thursday
appointed as its first
woman Vice Chancellor
of Kashmir University
.
A communication is-
sued by the Raj Bhawan
said:“Inexerciseof pow-
ers vested in me under
section12of Jammuand
Kashmir Universities
Act,1969,I,ManojSinha,
Chancellor, University
of Kashmir, hereby ap-
point Professor Nilofar
Khan, Department of
Home Sciences, Univer-
sity of Kashmir, as Vice
Chancellor of the Uni-
versity of Kashmir for a
periodof three(03)years
with effect from the date
she takes over change,
on terms and conditions
to be notified later.”
Professor Nilofar
KhansucceedsProfessor
Talat Ahmad, an earth
scientist, who served as
the Vice Chancellor on
two separate terms.
Nilofar Khan
Race heats up for ‘nominated RS seats’ but no clear answer yet!
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Seven seats
of nominated category
in Rajya Sabha are va-
cant. Subramanian
Swamy, Swapan Das-
gupta, Roopa Ganguly,
Suresh Gopi, Mary
Kom, Narendra Jadhav
and Chhatrapati Samb-
haji have retired. Four
of these MPs had de-
clared themselves mem-
bers of the BJP after
being nominated while
the other three re-
mainedindependents.It
is believed that this
time BJP will nominate
such people in all the
seven seats, who can de-
clare themselves as BJP
members after taking
oath. If this happens,
then there will be 11
BJP MPs among the
nominated category
MPs. Out of the five re-
maining MPs, barring
former Chief Justice
Ranjan Gogoi, the re-
maining four MPs have
declared themselves as
members of the BJP
.
The question is, who
are those seven people,
whom BJP will nomi-
nate in the Upper
House. No one has any
idea of the name, but
looking at the regional
equation of the retired
MPs and the assembly
elections to be held in
the next few days, it is
being speculated as to
from which state the
nominated category
MPs will come. It is al-
most certain that a
Kashmiri Pandit will be
nominated. Anupam
Kher may be nominated
but an obstacle in his
way is that his wife Kir-
ron Kher is the party’s
MP from Chandigarh.
Nevertheless, in view
of the elections to be
held in Kashmir in the
next few days, a nomi-
nation will be made
from there.
Two people are retir-
ing from West Bengal
and at least one nomina-
tionwillbefromthereas
well. Will Swapan Das-
guptaberepeatedagain?
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah had gone to
Sourav Ganguly’s house
to have food during his
Bengal tour and since
then his name is also be-
ing discussed for the Up-
per House. Two people
are retiring from South
India, Swamy from Ta-
mil Nadu and Suresh
Gopi from Kerala. Elec-
tionsareyettobeheldin
Karnataka and Telan-
gana. So, one member
from either of these two
states will be nominated
and at least one member
is likely to move to the
Upper House from Ma-
harashtra.
BJP using
central agencies
to ‘settle political
scores’: Mamata
New Delhi (PTI): West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Thursday trained her
guns on the BJP amid
the ongoing row over ir-
regularities in the
School Service Commis-
sion(SSC)appointments
and alleged the ruling
dispensation at the Cen-
treisrunninga“Tughla-
qi regime” in the nation
and using central agen-
cies to “settle political
scores”. “The BJP is
running a ‘Tughlaqi’ re-
gime (referring to 14th-
century Delhi sultan
Muhammad-bin-Tu-
ghlaq who was known to
bewillful)inthecountry
and is trying to divide
the nation,” she said at a
public meeting in Jhar-
gram, media reported.
“It is controlling cen-
tral agencies and using
those to settle political
scores,”Banerjeeadded.
Stating a lot of things
are being said about
“discrepancies in re-
cruitment”, Mamata
said the people are “well
aware of those who are
involved in corruption”.
Mamata Banerjee
Offensive
remark against
Vijayan: KPCC
chief booked
Kochi (Agencies):
The Kerala Police on
Thursday lodged a case
against KPCC presi-
dent K Sudhakaran
over his controversial
remark against Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vi-
jayan.
Recently, while cam-
paigning for his party
ahead of the May 31
bypoll, Sudhakaran
had likened Vijayan to
an “unleashed dog”
running around Thrik-
kakara constituency,
which was strongly ob-
jected to by several top
CPI-M leaders. Re-
sponding to the con-
demnation, Sudha-
karan said though the
phrase is commonly
used in his home dis-
trict Kannur, he has no
qualms in withdraw-
ing his remark if it has
hurt Vijayan, who also
hails from the same
district.
With the crucial
Thrikkakara election
campaign gaining mo-
mentum and Vijayan
himself leading the
campaign by staying
put in Kochi, the local
youth wing of CPI-M
decided to file a com-
plaint with the local
police.
K Sudhakaran
TO MEET THE ENVIRONMENTAL NORMS
‘Leather industry to aim at net-zero carbon footprint’
Chennai (Agencies):
Leather industry in In-
dia will aim at net-zero
carbon footprint to
meet the environmental
norms, Union Minister
Dr Jitendra Singh said
on Thursday
.
Addressing the Plati-
num Jubilee celebra-
tions of CSIR-Central
Leather Research Insti-
tute in Chennai, Dr Ji-
tendra Singh said, the
carbon footprint of
leather processing ac-
tivity needs to approach
zero levels and the bio-
economy of animal
skin-derived products
is the new mantra of
the time. He said, the
carrying capacity re-
quirements of the
leather sector in loca-
tions like Tamil Nadu
demand the implemen-
tation of Zero Liquid
Discharge as the en-
forced environmental
norm, which is under
discussion.
Referring to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s pitch for new in-
novations and next-gen-
eration technologies, Dr
Jitendra Singh said, the
sustainability of the
leather sector is likely
to emerge as the new
challenge for CSIR-
CLRI in its journey
from the platinum to the
centenary. He said, the
new vision for leather
research and industry
during the next 25 years
may need to be on sus-
tainability
, net-zero car-
bon footprint, gaining
total recyclability of
leather-based materials,
bio-economy of animal
skin-derived products,
and ensuring income
parity for workers, be-
sides brand building.
Dr Jitendra Singh of-
fered attractive finan-
cial support from DST
to Start-ups to come up
with innovative and
market friendly leath-
er products.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, as chief guest, addressing the
Platinum Jubilee celebrations of CSIR-Central Leather Research
Institute, at Chennai on Thursday.

INDIA
06
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): One of the most
significant impacts of
climate change is on
our food system. It af-
fects the way we pro-
duce as well as con-
sume food. The impact
is even more on a pre-
dominantly agrarian
economy like India,
creating ripple effects
on the entire food pro-
duction chain. On Sun-
day, the mercury level
in several states of
north India touched 49
degrees Celcius, mak-
ing it one of the hottest
days in the recent his-
tory. The damage
caused to agriculture
and food security by
the ongoing heatwave
is multi-dimensional. It
damaged wheat crop,
affe
c
ted the food sup-
ply, prompting a phe-
nomenal rise in the
price of wheat prod-
ucts. The loss to wheat
is both qualitative as
well as quantitative as
besides the low output,
the grain is also of poor
quality. It should be
seen in the light of the
fact that food security
is as much about the
quantity of food, as it is
about the nutritional
value. The Global Food
Policy Report 2022 by
the International Food
Policy Research Insti-
tute has warned that
climate change may
push many Indians to-
wards hunger by 2030
due to a decline in agri-
cultural production
and disruption in food
supply chain.
The report states that
globally, around 65 mil-
lion people are at risk
due to climate change-
induced hunger, with 17
million people in India
facing hunger by 2030,
the highest among all
countries.
HowclimatechangeisimpactingIndia’sfoodsecurity
HEATWAVE DAMAGED WHEAT CROP
lll
Although global
food production
may increase
by 60 per cent
by 2050, 50
crores of
Indians would
still be at the
risk of going
hungry
SHUTTERS OF BHOOTHATHANKETTU DAM OPENED IN RAIN-BATTERED STATE
‘ORANGE ALERT’ FOR 12 DISTS
AS HEAVY RAINS LASH KERALA
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): The India
Meteorological De-
partment (IMD) on
Thursday issued an
‘orange’ alert for 12
Kerala districts -
Kasaragod, Kannur,
Wayanad, Kozhikode,
Malappuram, Palak-
kad, Thrissur, Ernaku-
lam, Idukki, Kottayam,
Alappuzha, and
Pathanamthitta. The
weather department
also predicted ‘heavy
to very heavy rainfall’
for the southern state
over the next 48 hours
before a ‘substantial
reduction in rainfall
intensity’ from May 21.
An ‘orange’ alert in-
dicates ‘very heavy
rainfall’ — between six
and 20 cm. A ‘red’ alert
indicates rainfall over
20 cm while ‘yellow’ In-
dicates between six
and 11 cm of rainfall.
The Kerala State Dis-
aster Management Au-
thority said cyclonic
circulation over north-
ern Tamil Nadu and
adjoining areas would
lead to isolated very
heavy rainfall in sev-
eral parts of the state.
Incessant rains have
battered Kerala over
the past few days.
Chief minister in-
arayi Vijayan has is-
sued directions to en-
sure authorities are
prepared to handle
natural disasters that
are likely to follow, in-
cluding landslides and
flooding.
Local bodies have
been directed to pre-
pare a list of disaster-
prone areas in their
respective jurisdic-
tions and alert con-
cerned government
departments.
The chief minister
also directed establish-
ment of relief camps
for evacuated people.
The National Disaster
Response Force
(NDRF) has deployed
five teams to Kerala.
Vehicles wade through a waterlogged road after heavy rain in Kochi. —PHOTO BY PTI
Actor Dileep case:
Court seeks proof
to cancel bail
JK: Baramulla
liquor shop
killers arrested
Kochi (Agencies): Ac-
tor Dileep on Thursday
got some relief when
the trial court hearing
a petition filed by the
Crime Branch police
probe team seeking to
cancel his bail, asked
the prosecution
where’s the proof that
he has tampered with
the evidence.
Incidentally now,
there are two cases in
which Dileep has got
bail. One is the 2017 ac-
tress abduction case in
which he is the eighth
accused and was in jail
for over two months and
the second case was reg-
istered in December
that he conspired to do
away with the police of-
ficials who made him an
accused in the 2017 case.
In April, the probe
team filed a petition
seeking cancellation of
his bail. The prosecu-
tion informed the court
that they have all the
evidence against the ac-
tor which includes dele-
tion of chats.
Srinagar (Agencies):
With the arrest of four
terrorists and an over
ground worker of
Lashkar-e-Toiba, police
on Thursday claimed to
have solved the grenade
attack case on a liquor
shop in Baramulla dis-
trict of Jammu and
Kashmir. Five pistols
and 23 grenades were re-
covered from the arrest-
ed terrorists. “Baramul-
la Police cracked the
case of recent terror at-
tackonwineshop.04ter-
rorists 1 associate of
LeT outfit arrested. 5
pistols, 23 grenades, ex-
plosive recovered. This
terror module was in-
volved in several terror
incidents in Baramulla.
Investigation going on,”
inspector General of Po-
lice, Kashmir, Vijay Ku-
mar tweeted.
An employee of the
liquor shop died while
three others were in-
jured in the grenade at-
tack carried out by a
burqa clad terrorist and
hisassociateonTuesday
.
Delhi HC quashes AAP’s
doorstep delivery scheme
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Delhi high
court on Thursday set
aside the Aam Aadmi
Party-led Delhi govern-
ment’s doorstep deliv-
ery of ration scheme
— Mukhymantri Ghar
Ghar Ration Yojna —
stating that the Cen-
tre’s grain cannot be
used for this scheme.
The high court allowed
two petitions filed by
ration dealers chal-
lenging the scheme.
A bench of Acting
Chief Justice Vipin
Sanghi and Justice Jas-
meet Singh said the
Delhi government is
free to bring another
doorstep delivery
scheme but it cannot
use grains provided by
the Centre for this
doorstep scheme. The
bench also said that
scheme did not have
the approval of the
lieutenant governor.
The high court had on
January 10 reserved its
order on the pleas by
petitioners Delhi
Sarkari Ration Dealers
Sangh and Delhi Ra-
tion Dealers Union af-
ter holding extensive
hearings.
The Delhi govern-
ment had made all
preparations to start
the scheme from 25th
March 2021, but an ob-
jection was raised by
the Centre.
Pb: Addl forces ahead
of Op Blue Star anniv
Monitoring situation,
talks on, says MEA
CHINESE BRIDGE OVER PANGONG TSO LAKE
New Delhi (Ahen-
cies): The security
agencies have been put
on alert and vigil has
been increased in and
around the holy city of
Amritsar ahead of 38th
anniversary of Opera-
tion Blue Star next
month.
Operation Blue Star
was carried out by the
Indian Army at the Dar-
bar Sahib complex be-
tween June 1 and 8,
1984.
The banned outfit
Sikhs For Justice, says
a senior official, has an-
nounced that it will
hold a ‘Khalistan’ refer-
endum on 6 June.
“Keeping this in mind a
general alert has been
raised in entire state,”
says a senior official in
the Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA).
According to the
Chief Minister, 10 com-
panies have already
been sanctioned 10
more will be sanctioned
by Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, general
alert has been raised
in Punjab after rocket-
propelled grenade or
RPG attack at an intel-
ligence headquarters
in Mohali. In
Himachal, ‘Khalistan’
flags were found
draped at the gate of
the state Assembly in
Dharamshala.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministryof ExternalAf-
fairs (MEA) on Thurs-
daysaidthatitwasmon-
itoring the situation af-
ter reports claimed that
the Chinese side was
constructing a second
bridge over the Pangong
Tso Lake in the Union
Territory of Ladakh.
Answering a question
regarding the recent
bridge reportedly built
by the Chinese side over
the Pangong Tso Lake
and, MEA spokesperson
Arindam Bagchi said
thatthetwoissuesof the
bridge and the talks are
different and are being
dealt with at different
levels.
“There is this issue
of talks as well as the
bridge. On the talks
part of it, we have been
pretty clear, we have
been saying the same
thing repeatedly, and
we have had various
rounds of conversa-
tions with the Chinese
side at different levels
diplomatic and military
side,” Bagchi said.
India calls out the West, says food grains
shouldn’t go the way of Covid vaccines
New Delhi (Agencies):
India on Wednesday ex-
pressed concern over
the hoarding of food
grains and discrimina-
tion amid an “unjusti-
fied increase” in food
prices and cautioned
the West that the issue
should not go the way
of Covid-19 vaccines,
for which poor coun-
tries struggled even for
initial doses, while rich
nations had an excess
of what they needed.
Minister of State for
External Affairs V Mu-
raleedharan said that
India’s decision to re-
strict wheat exports will
ensure it can “truly”
respond to those most in
need. “A number of low-
income societies are to-
day confronted with the
twin challenges of ris-
ing costs and difficulty
in access to food grains.
Even those like India,
which have adequate
stocks, have seen an un-
justified increase in
food prices. It is clear
that hoarding and spec-
ulation are at work. We
cannot allow this to
pass unchallenged,” Mr
Muraleedharan said.
“In order to manage
our own overall food se-
curity and support the
needs of neighbouring
and other vulnerable
developing countries,
we have announced
some measures regard-
ing wheat exports on
May 13, 2022,” he said.
The Minister of State
for External Affairs was
speaking at the ministe-
rial meeting on the
‘Global Food Security
Call to Action’, which
waschairedbyUSSecre-
tary of State Antony
Blinken under the US
Presidencyof theUNSe-
curity Council for May
.
The minister empha-
sised that India will
play its due role in ad-
vancing global food se-
curity and it will do so
in a manner in which it
upholds equity
, displays
compassion, and pro-
motes social justice.
“We have already
seen to our great cost
how these principles
were disregarded in the
case of Covid-19 vac-
cines. Open markets
must not become an ar-
gument to perpetuate
inequity and promote
discrimination,” Mura-
leedharan said.
RAIN RUINATION
Cars submerged in standing water after heavy rainfall, in Agartala on Thursday.
‘WILL KEEP HELPING NEIGHBOURS’
Muraleedharan also highlighted India’s “track re-
cord” of helping its partners in distress, saying
that even in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic
and ongoing conflicts including the war in Ukraine,
the country has never been found wanting. “In
keeping with our ethos of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutum-
bakam’, and our ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, we
will continue to assist our neighbours, in their hour
of need, and stand by them, always,” he said.
K’TAKA DEATH
TOLL RISES TO 4
TWO-DAY WEATHER WARNING FOR KASHMIR
Srinagar (Agencies):
The Meteorological De-
partment on Thursday
issued an advisory ask-
ing farmers to suspend
agricultural operations
and tourists to avoid
shikara (boat) rides on
Dal lake and cable car
rides in Gulmarg for 2
days because of likely
gusty winds and hail-
storm on May 19 and
20.The advisory issued
by the MeT department
said that there is a pos-
sibility of light to mod-
erate rain with thunder
and lightning accompa-
nied by hailstorm and
gusty winds at 30-40
kmph over most parts
of Kashmir and isolated
places of Jammu
Ladakh divisions from
May 19 to May 23.
“Farmers are advised to
avoid or suspend any
kind of chemical spray
including fertiliser ap-
plication and irrigation,”
the advisory read, add-
ing that “People should
avoid cable car in Gul-
marg and shikara ride in
Dal and other lakes”.
Police personnel inspect security arrangements. —FILE PHOTO
Globally, around 65 million people are at risk due to climate
change-induced hunger.
Bengaluru: Heavy rain
continued to torment the
people in Karnataka on
Thursday with Bengaluru
being the worst affected.
Till now four deaths have
been reported due to the
heavy rain. Two migrant
labourers died while
working at a pipeline
project in Jnanabharathi
police station limits in
Bengaluru. A 38-year-old
person was electrocuted
in Doddaballapur in Ben-
galuru Rural district while
an elderly person died
following the collapse of
a wall of an old school
building in Holenarasipura
taluk in Hassan district.
All incidents came to light
on Wednesday. The Indian
Meteorological Depart-
ment has issued a red
alert for seven districts
of the state. Due to the
incessant rain in Dakshina
Kannada, Mysuru and
Shivamogga, the district
administrations have
declared a holiday for
schools on Thursday.
HOARDING AT WORK
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

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आबकारी भवन, 2 -गुमाननयावाला, पंचवटी, उदयपुर-313001
क्रमांक: प.23(1)आब/लेखा/भांग/2022-23/14 नदनांक: 19.05.2022
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राजस्ान आबकारी अनिननयम 1950 त्ा उसके अनतग्गत बने राजस्ान आबकारी
ननयम, 1956 के अनतग्गत वर्ग 2022-23 के नलए पड़त रहे ननम्ननलनखत 11 भांग समूहों
में भांग ्ोक एवं खुदरा नवक्रय के नलये अनुज्ापत्र (Licence) सवीकृत करने हेतु नननवदाएं
आमंनत्रत की जाती हैं :-
क्र.
सं.
भांग खुदरा समूह
का िाम
समूह में
दुकािों की
संख्ा
िर्ष 2022-23
हेतु आरनषित
रानि (लाख रु.)
10 प्रनतित
अमाित रानि
(लाख रु.)
1 भीलवाड़ा 18 180.35 18.04
2 टोंक 12 62.62 6.26
3 सवाईमािोपुर 10 70.36 7.04
4 बीकानेर 07 101.04 10.10
5 अलवर 12 130.90 13.09
6 पाली 10 24.75 2.48
7 बांरा 36 257.20 25.72
8 झालावाड़ 14 81.96 8.20
9 कोटा नवितीय 20 309.25 30.93
10
नचत्तौड़गढ़ एवं प्रतापगढ़
(िररयावाद को छोड़कर)
12 90.41 9.04
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एवं शततें त्ा अनुज्ापत्रों की शततों के अनुसार होगी जो नवभागीय वेबसाईट
https://www.rajexcise.gov.in पर उपलबि हैं। नननवदादाता विारा प्रसतानवत नकसी
प्रकार की कोई शत्ग मानय नहीं होगी।
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के समक्ष खोली जाएगी। फै्स अ्वा अनय नकसी प्रकार से प्रसतुत नननवदा मानय नहीं
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ACB traps 10 including constable,
patwari, tehsildar forest staff
Patwari held
accepting `
28,000 bribe
in Banswara
Subhash Mehata
Banswara: The ACB
caught patwari red-
handed on Thursday
while taking a bribe
of Rs 28,000 for con-
verting agricultural
land into abadi land.
Initially, the deal was
settled for Rs 40,000,
in which the accused
P a r a m e s h w a r
Solanki had taken
an advance
of Rs 10,000. The ac-
cused is posted in Na-
gawara Patwar Divi-
sion of Bagidaura
s u b - d i v i s i o n .
Udaipur ACB ASP
Umesh Ojha said
that the team along
with Inspector Sonu
Shekhawat took ac-
tion on the complai
ant of Shankarlal
Pargi. ACB team
reached the Kalinjra
PS and completed
the formalities there.
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: The ACB on
Wednesday trapped a
constable of Vidyadhar
Nagar police station
while accepting a bribe
of Rs 3,000. DG ACB BL
Soni said
that the
car of the
c o m -
plainant
collided
with a po-
lice vehi-
cle. Constable Gulab
Singh was demanding
money for not taking
action against him.
ACB ASP Himanshu
Kuldeep was instructed
to verify the complaint
and it was verified
that constable Gulab
Singh was demanding
Rs 5,000. The team ar-
rested the constable
taking the first install-
ment of Rs 3000.The ac-
cused constable Gulab
Singh had reached the
Vidyadhar Nagar Sta-
dium from the PCR of
the police station to
take the bribe. The com-
plainant had parked the
car in the middle of the
stadium. During this,
the police constable left
the PCR and sat in the
complainant’s car and
took the bribe amount.
Two discom staffers trapped while
taking `20,000 bribe in Alwar
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: In Alwar’s
Behror, the ACB team
arrested the senior and
technical assistant of
discom taking a bribe
of Rs 20,000. Senior as-
sistant of legal section
Devendra Kumar and
technical assistant
Grade II Chandan Ku-
mar who is also the
feeder in charge of Mid-
way First Behror were
arrested taking the
bribe amount. The two
will be produced in ACB
Special Court today
.
They demanded the
amount for rectifying
the bill and replace-
ment of meters. On the
instructions of ASP Vi-
jay Singh, Superinten-
dent of Police Prem-
chand arrested Deven-
dra Kumar, a resident
of Kankar Dopa, taking
the bribe amount.
Chandan Kumar.
Tehsildar, two others held
taking bribe in Bharatpur
Bharatpur: The ACB trapped a tehsildar, an As-
sistant Administrative Officer, and a broker. The
trio had demanded Rs 5000 from a retired patwari
Murari Lal Sharma for clearing deficiencies in his
pension file.The complainant said that his papers
and checklist were to go to the officials from the
tehsil but tehsildar Ashok Kumar Shah was not
sending documents. A broker Krishna Kumar con-
tacted Sharma and asked him to pay Rs 5,000 for
getting work done. Sharma complained to Bharat-
pur ACB on May 10. Broker Krishna Kumar col-
lected the bribe and gave it to Prakash Singh.
GUJ CB TEAM IN
PUSHKAR TO PROBE
DRUGS CASE
JEWELLER MADE
TO DRINK ACID IN
JALORE, DIES
Pushkar : The team
of Ahmedabad Crime
Branch, which had
arrested a travel agent
from Pushkar on
15 May for sending
party drugs (ketamine
hydrochloride) abroad,
reached Pushkar again
on Thursday. They have
taken medical store op-
erator Deepak Sharma
into custody and are
interrogating him.
Sources said that they
are also looking for a
medical representative
in this regard. Accused
travel agent Surya
Prakash Goyal, used to
book parcels but used
to keep the IDs of the
customers who booked
the parcels.
Jalore: A businessman
died after he was forci-
bly made to drink acid
in Rodla village under
Ahor police station of
the district. Police said
that deceased Hiralal
Soni, a resident of
Odwada village, used
to run the jewellery
shop as well as a
grocery shop in Rodla
village for about 20
years. He had a dispute
with his neighbour
regarding his jewellery
shop. His family mem-
bers have filed a case
naming half a dozen
people accusing them
of forcibly feeding acid
to Hiralal.
NEWS DIGEST
Jpr cop held
with `3K bribe
Accused Devendra Kumar and
Chandan Kumar.
Tehsildar Ashok Kumar Shah (middle), broker Krishna Kumar
(left), AAO Prakash Singh (right).
Set up loan distribution camps at
Panchayat level: Birla to bankers
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: LS Speaker Om
Birla on Thursday said
that due to Digital In-
dia, the way of bank-
ing has become easier
across the country and
the reach of banks has
increased to the vil-
lages. In a review
meeting with the state
heads of the banks
working in Rajasthan,
the progress of the
schemes of the Centre
and the banking relat-
ed works, he empha-
sized that farmers,
livestock farmers,
small entrepreneurs,
self-help groups, eco-
nomically weaker sec-
tions will have to be
provided financial sup-
port by giving loans.
While favouring the
setting up of loan dis-
tribution camps at the
Panchayat Samiti level,
he said that the banks
should target the farm-
ers of Kota-Bundi with
the Pashupalak Credit
Card scheme by the end
of June.
2.55L farmers
get zero
power bill
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Under the
Mukhyamantri Kisan
Mitra Urja Yojna
launched by CM Ashok
Gehlot to provide relief
to the farmers, the elec-
tricity bills of 2.55 lakh
farmers of Ajmer Dis-
com area have come to
zero. The state govern-
ment has given a subsidy
of Rs 91.22 crore to the
farmers in the billing for
the months of April and
May. Ajmer Discom’s
MD N S Nirvana in-
formed that the CM had
launched the scheme last
year under which the
state government gives
an additional grant of Rs
1000 per month and max-
imum Rs 12000 per an-
num to the general cate-
gory rural metered and
flat rate agricultural
consumers in the agri-
cultural electricity bill.
5 of a family die while on test
drive of car, five others injured
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Five of a
family were killed and
five injured in a head-
on collision of two cars
in Bharatpur district on
Wednesday night
Thursday
. The deceased
were identified as Ar-
baz (16), Wasim (16),
Parvez (17), Alam (21)
and Aasif, all of the
same family. One of
these brothers was mar-
ried eight days ago. All
the brothers had gone
out for test drive in a
new car bought on the
occasion of marriage.
Om Birla reviews progress of government schemes at bankers
committee meeting organised in Kota.
IN THE COURTYARD
GREEN LAND TO ITI: HC
NOTICE TO GOVT, JDA
2 GET 20 YEARS FOR RAPE
IN DUNGARPUR, CHITTOR
MAN GETS LIFE SENTENCE
FOR SODOMISING BOY
APRO-2021 RESULTS
CHALLENGED IN HIGH COURT
FOREST PROTECTION:
HC ASKS CS, OTHERS
TO APPEAR TODAY
COURTS TO REMAIN
CLOSED FROM
MAY 30 TO JUNE 26
Jodhpur: Hearing the matter of allot-
ment of transit land to ITI in Tinwari,
the Rajasthan High Court Division
Bench of Acting Chief Justice MM
Srivastava on Thursday issued no-
tice to the state government and the
Jaipur Development Authority (JDA),
seeking reply to the allegation that
the agency allotted green pastures
of the village to the upcoming ITI
there. Senior Advocate Moti Singh
Rajpurohit represented the petitioner
Shivaji Singh.
Dungarpur/Chittorgarh: The Dun-
garpur POCSO court has sentenced
a man guilty of raping a minor girl to
20 years of rigorous imprisonment.
The court has also imposed a fine
of Rs 1.16 lakh on the accused. In
Chittorgarh, the POCSO court here
on Thursday sentenced a man to 20
years of imprisonment and imposed
a fine of Rs 40,000 on him for kid-
napping and outraging the modesty
of a minor in Bhadsoda police station
area five years ago.
Ajmer: A POCSO court in Ajmer
sentenced a man to life imprisonment
‘till death’ for sodomising a 14-year-
old boy. Special Public Prosecutor
Rupendra Parihar informed the father
of the victim had filed an FIR in
Kishangarh police station stating his
son was subjected to sexual assault
and forced sodomy by the accused.
“The accused, who used to live in the
neighbourhood, took the victim on
the terrace and had unnatural sex,”
said Rupendra Parihar.
Jaipur: A controversy has arisen over
the answer key released by Rajasthan
Staff Selection Board for the Assis-
tant Public Relations Officer Recruit-
ment-2021. A candidate Dhitendra
Kumar Sharma on Thursday filed a
petition in the Rajasthan High Court
challenging the answers of about a
dozen questions. His plea has been
accepted by the court. The petitioner
has challenged question numbers 27,
31, 41, 46, 50, 56, 57, 65, 83, 92,
100 and 116.
Jaipur: HC has taken a
tough stance regarding
protection of the forests.
Hearing a PIL on Thurs-
day, the Division Bench
of Justices Prakash
Gupta and Samir Jain
summoned the CS, Chief
Conservator of Forests
and the Principal Secy of
Forests, and asked them
to appear in the court at
8 am on Friday.
Jaipur: All civil courts
subordinate to the Ra-
jasthan High Court
will remain closed
from Monday May 30
to June 26 (total 28
days) due to summer
vacation. But during this
time civil work of es-
sential nature like winter
vacation will be done by
the concerned presiding
officer and link officer.
Injured persons at a hospital in Bharatpur.
FOREST RANGER
AND 2 GUARDS
TRAPPED IN JALORE
Jalore: Anti Corruption
Bureau on Thursday
arrested a forest officer
and two forest guards
for taking a bribe of
Rs 10,000 in Jalore
district. Ranger Bhaskar
Chaudhary and forest
guards Mahipal Singh
and Jitendra Kumar had
demanded the bribe
in lieu of releasing a
vehicle laden with coal.
After verification of the
complaint, a trap was
laid and the accused
were caught red-
handed taking the bribe.
They were arrested
by the ACB under the
prevention of corrup-
tion act.

Equality cannot be achieved
unless it is understood from the
point of the view of the
underprivileged. —Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
From Pg 1...
There has been humil-
iation and disdain for
the expectations of
the people. Keeping
that in mind, the peo-
ple have made up their
mind to give their
blessings to BJP.”
The national Presi-
dent further said, “The
corruption that has
happened in the gov-
ernment, law and order
is nowhere to be seen.
Creating unrest in the
society from place to
place, incidents in Ka-
rauli and many other
places show that there
is no such thing as ad-
ministration and gov-
ernment.”
After chairing the
meeting of the nation-
al functionaries on
Thursday, Nadda in-
dulged in inspection
of an exhibition at the
hotel itself and later
in the night he ob-
served the cultural
programs organized
for the leaders.
Meanwhile, BJP Ra-
jasthan in-charge Arun
Singh made a major
statement on Thursday
and said that a count-
down will start after
the meeting of the na-
tional office bearers.
“Countdown will start
for Congress govern-
ment in the state.
Congress MLAs have
started giving their res-
ignation letters from
now on. BJP is one in
Rajasthan, lotus will
bloom with thumping
majority in the next
elections,” he said.
‘Lotus will bloom with thumping majority’
BJP MEETING IN JAIPUR
MED COLLEGES
IN LALSOT AND
NATHDWARA
100 NEW
VEHICLES FOR
TEHSIL OFFICES
AGRICULTURE
EXCELLENCE
CENTRE IN DEOLI
9 MONTHS
GRANT TO
GAUSHALAS
SOG FIELDS UNITS IN BHIWADI,
BARMER AND BHARATPUR
MICRONUTRIENTS KITS AND
COMPOST UNITS FOR FARMERS
CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved the pro-
posal to open Nursing
Colleges at Lalsot in
Dausa district Nath-
dwara in Rajsamand.
In budget speech of
year 2022-23, CM had
announced opening of
nursing colleges in 18
dists where there are
no nursing colleges.
CM has approved a
financial proposal
of Rs 8 crore for the
purchase of 100 new
vehicles for Tehsil of-
fices. According to the
proposal, the unused
vehicles operating in
Tehsil offices which are
very old and whose op-
eration is costing a lot,
they will be deposited
in the motor garage.
Gehlot has approved
proposal to set up
Centre of Excellence in
Agri at Deoli (Uniara),
Tonk and creation
of 15 new posts for
this. This Centre will
remain under Karan
Narendra Agri Uni,
Jobner till approval
of opening of Krishi
Kendra from Centre.
Gehlot has approved
proposal to increase the
period of grant being
given to Gaushalas in
from 6 months to 9
months. Additional 3
months amount will
be made available
under SDRF scheme.
In case of non-receipt
of funds from SDRF, an
additional amount of Rs
358 crore will be borne
by Agri Dept.
CM has approved proposal to open 3 new
field units of Special Operation Group
(SOG) at Bhiwadi, Barmer and Bharatpur.
Approval has also been given for crea-
tion of 27 new posts for new SOG units. 5
new field units of SOG are to be formed at
Bhiwadi, Barmer, Bharatpur, Jalore Jhunj-
hunu. In 1st phase, 3 new units are formed.
Gehlot has approved a proposal of Rs 10 cr for
providing micronutrient kits to 1 lakh farmers at
subsidized rate in 1st phase under Mission-04 of
the budget announcement 2022-23. Rs 5 crore
will be made available under CM Krishak Saathi
Yojana. Rs 4.95 crore has also been approved
for setting up compost units to 33,000 farmers
under the Mukhyamantri Krishak Saathi Yojana.
‘COMMITTED’ CM APPROVES...
Ifemploymentisnotavailablethen
paper leaks will happen: Gehlot
From Pg 1...
“But these (BJP) people
do not care about what
people say,” he said. He
also alleged that the
communal tension in
state’s Karauli in April
was “pre-planned”. “Be
it Karauli or Jodhpur,
where communal ten-
sion broke out in the
recent past, the police
controlled the situation
and riots were not al-
lowed to happen.
Whatever happened
in 1 hour at Karauli,
shops were burnt in 1
hour because that work
was done in a planned
manner. Senior leaders
of BJP are the main ac-
cused in it, but for 20
days, Karauli was the
main news across the
country because it is on
their agenda that elec-
tions are coming in the
state, how to defame
the state government,”
Gehlot said.
He reiterated that an
atmosphere of tension
is there in the country
so that the public atten-
tion can be diverted
from the real issues of
inflationandunemploy-
ment. Gehlot also said
that increase in crime,
incidentsof paperleaks
etc. were the result of
unemployment and it is
the responsibility of
both the Centre and
state govts to provide
jobs to youths. “The
question papers are be-
ing leaked in states
across the country
. Re-
cently, papers were
leaked in Bihar and
Punjab. A gang is oper-
ating in country, it is
also a result of unem-
ployment. Unemploy-
ment remains an issue,
crime that is being com-
mitted, rapes are being
committed, to a large
extent, there is a reason
behind it that when per-
son is in frustration, he
commits crime, takes
drugs,” he said.
Gehlot raises concern over
‘new symptoms’ of Covid!
Jaipur: With the ever
changing form of covid
and complications re-
lated to it, CM Gehlot,
on Thursday, sounded
an alert and stressed
that there has been
some increase in new
cases of Covid in the
last days. “Doctors have
told that this time new
symptoms of Covid are
being seen. In HRCT
scan, infection is com-
ing out in the patient’s
lungs and D-dimer is
also increased but RT-
PCR test is coming neg-
ative. In this case, extra
caution is required. If
you face any physical
problem, then immedi-
ately consult a doctor
and get the test done as
per the advice so that
the condition can be de-
tected in time. Continue
to use masks in public
places and get vaccinat-
ed as per need,” he said.
RULE OF LAW
SHOULD BE
UPHELD: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: About cases on
Deputy chief whip Ma-
hendra Choudhary and
PHED minister Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi’s son Rohit,
CM said law would take
its own course ques-
tions should be raised
only if political influ-
ence is used in matter.
“All kinds of things
happen in society, till
you do not feel that
there is political inter-
ference. Many times
media say about broth-
er, son, wife, and they
keep printing it, that is
not good tradition. Yes,
if you feel, you are sit-
ting on a political post
as MLA, MP, minister
and you are using influ-
ence of your post to
save you family, then
you blame that MLA,
MP or minister. If a kin
does any work, does
wrong, law will take its
own course,” he said.
RHB initiates unique initiative for
water conservation in Rajasthan
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Housing Board (RHB)
is soon going to under-
take yet another initia-
tive in the direction of
water conservation as
the work of sewerage
treatment plant (STP)
of three MLD capacity
in Sector-6 of Indira
Gandhi Nagar Awas Yo-
jna located in Jagatpu-
ra of the Mandal is in
its final stage.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora on Thurs-
day inspected various
ongoing construction
worksunderIndiraGan-
dhi Nagar Awas Yojna.
During this, Arora ob-
served the trial run be-
fore the formal commis-
sioning of this plant and
said,“ThisSTPbasedon
state-of-the-art Sequen-
tial Batch Reactor (SBR)
technology has been
constructed at a cost of
`7,88,00,000. Through
this, sewer water of
about 4,500 houses of
Sector-1 to Sector-6 of
Indira Gandhi Nagar
will be treated and 22
parks of the area will be
maintained with treated
water.” Commissioner,
while directing the engi-
neers to make STP cam-
pus greener, said that
RHB has always been
ahead in direction of
water conservation
environ protection.
Notably
, a MLD capac-
ity sewerage treatment
plant has been con-
structed by RHB at
Naila. At present STP of
2 MLD capacity at Man-
sarovar and 1 MLD ca-
pacity at Niwai is under
construction on SBR
technology
. During this
time, Arora also ob-
served 5 km long reno-
vation work at Ganga
Marg, gave directions
regarding the works.
Dungarpur Collector goes on maternity
Dungarpur Collector goes on maternity
leave,
leave, DoP to search new official now
DoP to search new official now!
!
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Dungarpur
Collector Shubham
Chaudhary went on
6-week maternity leave
from Thursday
. She had
taken over the reins of
the Collectorate just 4
months back on Janu-
ary 18. Interestingly,
under the current gov-
ernment, till now half a
dozen Collectors have
been shuffled in district
namely Rajendra Bhatt,
Chetan Deora, Alok
Ranjan, Kana Ram,
Suresh Kumar Ola
Shubham Chaudhary
.
Dungarpur is a politi-
cally sensitive tribal-
dominated district. 4
legislators from the dis-
trict are from the Con-
gress party, 1 BJP and 2
from BTP. Interestingly,
both Congress and BJP
are worried about the
increasing influence of
BTP and Rahul Gan-
dhi’s program at Be-
neshwar Dham was an
attempt to give political
ground to Congress in
the tribal belt. However,
just one day after Ra-
hul’s visit, resignation
of Cong MLA Ganesh
Ghoghra from party is a
major political devp
and now that the Collec-
tor has gone on leave, it
has become another
point of discussion.
Now it has become a
major challenge for
DoP to find a new Col-
lector for Dungarpur as
need of the hour is an
experienced and influ-
ential officer who can
stay put till elections.
There is an immense
need for stability in the
Collector-administra-
tion and DoP should not
undertake a new exper-
iment and take a risk.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
The release of Per-
arivalan, a convict in
the assassination of
former Prime Minister
Shri Rajiv Gandhi, is
unfortunate. This is the
result of the Tamil Nadu
Governor recommend-
ing the release of the
killers of Shri Rajiv
Gandhi and the Central
Government not doing
well in the
Supreme Court.
GEHLOT'S DAY
OUT IN PCC!
l 3 leaders Sitaram
Agrawal, Archana Sharma
and Pushpendra Bhardwaj,
who lost polls from Jaipur
made complaint to CM
against PWD’s CE. CM called
PWD min Bhajan Lal Jatav,
who called CE issued
instructions. Leaders alleged
that officer was not listening
to them giving weightage
to BJP MLAs.
l Giriraj Garg complained
to the CM about the JMC
Greater CEO of creating
hurdles in issuing leases.
l Gehlot made Ashk Ali
Tak wear a cotton garland
in PCC. This became a
matter of discussion among
leaders because Tak is in
race for RS elections.
l PCC’s telephone operator
Chandar got his wish
fulfilled when CM called
him and got a photograph
clicked. Chanda had this
wish for several days.
CM Ashok Gehlot pays tribute to former CM Jagannath Pahadia on first death anniversary at PCC
headquarters on Thursday. Also seen here is Rafeek Khan, Ashk Ali Tak and others.
Pawan Arora inspects works under Indira Gandhi Nagar Awas Yojna on
Thursday. Also seen are KC Meena, Nathuram, Vijay Agarwal others.
JP Nadda, Arun Singh, BL Santosh, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vivek Dhadkar, Dushyant Kumar Gautam, Dilip Saikia,
Daggubati Purandeswari, CT Ravi, Vinod Tawde, Tarun Chugh, other BJP leaders in a meeting on Thursday.
IAS Jogaram is
returning officer,
Gupta is observer
in RS elections
First India Bureau
Jaipur: IAS officer Dr
Jogaram will be the re-
turning officer while
CEO Praveen Gupta
will be the observer for
RS polls in Rajasthan.
Elections for 4 RS seats
will be held on June 10.
BJP’s 4 RS MPs OP
Mathur, K J Alphons,
Ramkumar Verma and
Harshardhan S Dun-
garpur are going to
complete their term on
July 4. Notification will
be issued on May 24 and
nominations to be filed
till May 31. Scrutiny
will be done on June 1.
Shubham Chaudhary
Shekhawat takes jibes at
Gehlot after leaders exit
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
took a jibe at CM Gehlot
over resignation of Raj
Youth Congress Presi-
dent and MLA Ganesh
Ghoghra from post of
MLA. He tweeted as to
what was innovation in
Navchintan camp that
promising youth decid-
ed to say bye to Cong.
Shekhawat tweeted,
“Youth is upset with Ge-
hlot. There is rebellion.
The CM sees the danger
of losing power. But har-
assing your own MLA
and state president of
Youth Cong to an extent
that they are forced to re-
signisnotgood,”hesaid.
“Instead of blaming
me, look within,” he
tweeted, asking why Ge-
hlot wants to suppress
the youth power.
GANESH GHOGHRA IS AN EMOTIONAL PERSON
KEEPS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE, SAYS CM
Jaipur: On the issue of
Congress MLA Ganesh
Ghogra sending his
resignation as an MLA to
CM Ashok Gehlot, Gehlot
on Thursday said the FIR
was registered against
the legislator as the rule
of law should be upheld.
“Ganesh Ghoghra is our
young colleague. He is
an emotional person
and keeps fighting for
the people. We should
appreciate him. He had
gone for a public hearing
but some other incident
happened there. There is a
rule of law, which should
remain, and therefore FIR
was registered,” Gehlot
told reporters at the PCC
HQ on Thursday. When
asked that Ghogra said
in Beneshwar that Gehlot
will repeat as CM, CM
asserted that those who
locked the SDM and other
employees at Dungarpur
were not ‘Gandhiwadi’.
Notably, a case has been
filed against Ghogra and
many others for creating
ruckus in a program at
Dungarpur. Such resigna-
tion letters need to be
addressed to the Speaker.
Ghogra, however, has
addressed it to Gehlot,
marking a copy to CP
Joshi. Gehlot said that
he has clearly directed
the police officials to act
against the accused with-
out any political pressure
or interference. “I have
told all officers, to home
dept, to the police ad-
ministration, to everyone
bluntly that you have to
work impartially,” he said.

evendra Fad-
navis and his
wife Amruta, are
the perfect em-
bodiment of the
millennium cou-
ple in modern India.
Bothprofessionalshave
carved out a successful
professional and pub-
lic profile for them-
selves but, it was no
mean feat achieve-
ment for the latter.
Amruta Fadnavis’
professional pur-
suits could easily
havebeensmotheredby
the high profile of her hus-
band Devendra, the erst-
while Maharashtra
Chief Minister and
the associated pre-
eminence of his
stature in society
.
However,Amruta
Fadnavis has held
her handling moth-
erhood, a sing-
ing career, so-
cial work, be-
ing a banker
and coping
ably even
when she
was drawn into the public
domain through controver-
sies regarding her hus-
band’s political personality
.
Self admittedly, the cou-
ple always gave each other
the requisite space to excel
in their respective voca-
tions. While Amruta has
been recognized as one of
the contemporary singers
and style divas in music and
modern society, she had re-
tained the distinct tradition-
al culture of a typical Maha-
rashtrian family
.
Amruta’s multifaceted
personality and her free-
spirited and candid demean-
ourwouldhavebeendifficult
to pull off as successfully as
she has for lesser mortals.
She has multitasked even in
the professional sphere of
work she has engaged in and
is an inspiration for women
seekingtobehighachievers.
She was candid during a
recent television talk show
about how she found en-
couragement and support
to pursue her professional
interests from her hubby,
Devendra, whose preoccu-
pation with full-time poli-
tics has meant quality fam-
ily time came at a premium
for the couple.
Amruta projects the per-
fectimageof themillennium
woman, who is not intimi-
datedbythebustlingdynam-
ics of the ever-changing po-
litical ecosystem in Maha-
rashtra. Her headstrong na-
ture was noted, even by Dev-
endra’spoliticalrivals,when
shechosetofileadefamation
suit against now incarcerat-
edMVAministerNawabMa-
lik over his pejorative public
messages against her.
Amruta knows her mind
well and is clear about her
choice of sporting a modern
clothesline. Why she has
been sought by many a fash-
ionista designer to flaunt
designerbrandlabelsduring
fashion shows. She does not
take the easy path of being
the understated or even un-
derminedwifeof ahigh-pro-
file politician. Instead, she
stands out as a free-thinking
individual who speaks her
mind, does not mince her
words and will take the fight
toanyonewhodarestoscorn
her, as a few seasoned politi-
cians have found out to their
own detriment.
Her creativity has also led
her to create music albums
thataresociallyrelevantand
immensely popular, the lat-
est being a music album that
features the Big B of Bolly-
wood – Amitabh Bachchan.
Amruta’s ability to hold her
ownasabanker,socialwork-
er, playback singer, fashioni-
sta, mother as well as the
better half of a high-profile
politician successfully has
seen her emerge as a leading
light for the next millennial
generation in India.
JAIPUR, FRIDAY,
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TRADITIONAL
TRADITIONAL
CULTURAL VALUES
CULTURAL VALUES
AMRUTA FADNAVIS: FASHIONISTA WITH
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CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU A GLIMPSE OF THE MULTI-FACETED WOMAN THAT AMRUTA FADNAVIS IS! SHE IS ONE POLITICIAN’S
WIFE WHO HAS CARVED A PARALLEL NICHE FOR HERSELF, WEARS IRON GLOVES AND IS VERY MUCH THE SUCCESSFUL
SUPERWOMAN BEHIND THE SUCCESSFUL MAN. AN INSPIRATION TO MANY, AMRUTA IS KNOWN TO WEAR HER LAURELS LIGHTLY
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@
firstindianews.com
Amruta Fadnavis at the prize distribution event for winners of Women Kabaddi
organised by Maharashtra Tamil Sports Club and BJP Dharavi division in May.
Devendra and Amruta Fadnavis with Divija on Holi
Amruta and Devendra
Amruta
Devendra and Amruta Fadnavis at the Sur Jyotsna National Music Awards Ceremony Amruta works for street children and dwellers for their betterment under the NGO Divyaj
Amruta addressing women on Womens’ Day.
Amruta prays at ancient Sri Gundi temple
at Raj Bhavan premises, on her birthday on April 9
Amruta shares a photo with her daughter Divija,
on Mother’s Day
Amruta with Divija on Gudi Padwa
Amruta

he beauty of
painting is
you’re giving a
sensation par-
allel to life, de-
scribing some-
thing in paint
which gives a different
feeling than reality
, yet
paradoxicallyenhances
the viewer’s experience
of the world.
When I first met Utt-
karsha during my
school day at Saint An-
gela Sophia School, she
instantlyappearedtobe
an introvert to me and
in a world that reveres
extroverts, it was pretty
difficult for me to com-
prehend.
In societies where be-
ing garrulous, confi-
dent and outspoken is
ideal, the quieter ones
among us may find
themselves left out,
passed over and ig-
nored. But there one
fine evening, during an
extracurricular activi-
ty, someone called out
hername,Iwasstartled
as to how she would
contribute to the up-
coming event. Little did
I know, she was a deep
thinker, who probably
had great powers of
concentration.
I saw her with paint-
brushes, and sheets and
creating an aesthetical-
ly beautiful set for the
upcoming function in
our school.
I was happy to see
her and looking at mas-
terworks, I realized the
best ones breathed. The
accuracy and economy
of touch gave a feeling
to forms, which concen-
trates the essentials
and eliminates the su-
perfluous, giving the
sensation one is experi-
encing a slice of life fro-
zen in time.
She still didn’t talk
much and was pretty
scared of the extrovert
womaninsideme.Years
passed by
, and one fine
day she turned out to be
a colleague of mine.
AndIadmiredherwork
all the more.
From painting por-
traits and sketches,
this BTS lover can in-
stantly create art. And
for her, the setup,
sheets, colours and oth-
er accessories aren’t a
thing. You leave her in
nature and she can cre-
ate beautiful art on
leaves and the stems.
This extraordinary
woman, after a windy
night, doesn’t wake up
normal but ends up cre-
atingabreathtakingart
with the dust collected
over the vehicles.
When asked about
her journey
, the Chota
packet Bada Dhamaka
said, “Coming from a
family who strictly
roots for education and
a strong career in the
same field it got pretty
difficult for me to ex-
plore my art during the
initial days. I opted for
Biology in my higher
schooling and pursued
my graduation in the
samefieldaswell.Little
did I know that my love
for reporting, filled
work,etcwoulddragme
to becoming a journal-
ist one day
.
I have always been
highly fond of art and
the beauty it holds. She
further added, that my
mother Arti Shekhar is
a commercial artist,
yet she never taught
me directly in this
field, she always
thought I’d diverge
from my academics but
always supported my
love for art. My father,
Chandra Shekhar Sriv-
astava, a criminal law-
yer by profession, is far
away from understand-
ing my art but he al-
ways supports my pas-
sion, He knows as far
as I’m balancing it with
my studies, it isn’t a
problem.”
When asked what in-
spires her to follow her
passion and consider-
ing a hectic schedule,
howshemanagestocre-
ate a balance, Miss
Shekhar said, “Honest-
ly speaking I am too
moodywhenitcomesto
art, I can start working
in the middle of the
night and work tireless-
ly for days while on
some days, I wouldn’t
evenliftapenunlessmy
heart gives me permis-
sion to do so. But I
enjoy painting and
creatingart,itissome
differentlevelof satis-
faction. It is indeed
my love language, I
express gratitude
and affection
viamyart.”
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ETC
T
MITALI DUSAD
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
ART IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, AND DESIRES, BUT
IT IS EVEN MORE PERSONAL THAN THAT, IT’S ABOUT SHARING THE WAY WE
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD. UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR JOURNALIST BY PROFESSION
AND AN ARTIST BY PASSION, HAILING FROM THE PINK CITY TOO BELIEVES THAT
ART IS THE COMMUNICATION OF INTIMATE CONCEPTS THAT CANNOT BE
FAITHFULLY PORTRAYED BY WORDS ALONE! IN A TETE-A-TETE WITH CITY FIRST,
THE MULTI-TALENTED BEAUTY TALKS ABOUT HER LOVE FOR CREATIVITY!
Art is my love
language : Uttkarsha
Uttkarsha Shekhar keenly colouring her art work

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