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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW NEW DELHI
As many as 43 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested and six boats seized
by Sri Lankan Naval personnel. Demanding their immediate release, the fisher-
men association here said it would stage a protest on Monday and announced
an ‘indefinite strike’ as well. Fishermen departed on December 18 from Ramesh-
waram in over 500 boats and were fishing off Katchatheevu island when held.
A 45-year-old NRI and a teenage boy, who recently arrived in Gujarat from the
United Kingdom, tested positive for the Omicron variant. In Gujarat, the non-
resident Indian tested positive for the coronavirus infection in the RT-PCR test
carried out at the Ahmedabad international airport soon after he arrived from the
UK on December 15, a health department official said on Sunday.
43 TAMIL NADU
FISHERMEN HELD, 6
BOATS SEIZED BY
SRI LANKAN NAVY
2 UK RETURNEES
FOUND INFECTED
WITH OMICRON
IN GUJARAT
CORONA CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
INDIA
7,145
new cases
145
Omicron tally
17
new cases
00
new fatalities
Edu, health social security welfare
schemes made life easier for public: CM
THREE YEARS OF GEHLOT GOVT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that in the last three
years, the State Govern-
ment has implemented
many welfare schemes,
giving top priority to the
fieldof education,health
and social security
, so
that the deprived, back-
ward and needy sections
can be connected with
the main stream of de-
velopment. “It has been
our endeavor that every
child should get quality
education, every person
should get the best medi-
cal facilities and every
family should get social
security
. Our govern-
ment has been success-
fulinfulfillingthisobjec-
tive,” Gehlot said on the
successfulcompletionof
three years of the state
government on Sunday
Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot launching the Udan Scheme on Sunday where
GS Dotasra, BD Kalla, Parsadi Lal Meena, PS Khachariyawas,
Vishvendra Singh, Saleh Mohammad, Kuldeep Ranka and Lokesh
Sharma are also seen.
`15 CR WORTH
‘HEROIN’ SEIZED,
KENYAN WOMAN
HELD AT AIRPORT
Jaipur: The Customs De-
partment seized a narcot-
ics substance, suspected
to be heroin, worth
more than Rs 15 crore
at Jaipur International
Airport on Sunday and
detained a woman from
Kenya. More than two kg
of heroin was seized. The
accused had come from
Sharjahan and brought
heroin from Kenya. The
customs department of-
ficials caught the woman
on the basis of a lookout
notice. The heroin was
kept in several layers
inside the suitcase which
the Customs officials has
to cut with a cutter. P3
‘Centre to establish university for
courses on cooperative trainings’
Pune: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Sunday said that a uni-
versity for courses on
cooperative training
will be established by
the Centre with its col-
leges in several loca-
tions across India.
Shah on his last day of
visit to Maharashtra,
said that to expand the
cooperative business, a
cooperative plan for the
next25yearsisnecessary
.
He added that to ex-
pand the cooperative
business, a plan for the
cooperative formation
for the next 25 years. The
Cooperation Ministry
has started to work on
the same and a new poli-
cy related to it will be in-
troduced at the earliest.
Earlier in the day,
Amit Shah inaugurated
the camp of 5th Battal-
ion of the National Dis-
aster Response Force
(NDRF) and a new
building of the Central
Forensic Sciences Labo-
ratory (CFSL) facility
in Pune.
Speaking about the
CFSL facility in Pune,
he said, as of today,
there are seven CFSLs
in India, and Pune is
the seventh addition.
He said that more ef-
forts in the same line
are required to ensure a
robust internal securi-
ty environment.
Mohd Fahad
Kapurthala: A second
manwasbeatentodeath
in Punjab today over an
alleged instance of sac-
rilege, stoking tension
in a state that has barely
recovered from the
shock of a similar inci-
dent in Amritsar’s Gold-
en Temple less than 24
hours before.
Residents of Nijam-
pur village in Kapurtha-
la district said they
caught the man from a
gurdwara early this
morning. They alleged
that he was seen “disre-
specting” the Nishan
Sahib (the Sikh flag)
around 4 am.
Though the police
team reached the spot
and took the man into
custody
, Sikh groups in-
sisted that he be ques-
tioned in front of them.
The man was killed by
the locals after a scuffle
with the police.
Cellphone videos
from the spot showed
the man being beaten
up with sticks. The po-
lice later took him to the
hospital where he was
declared dead.
On Wednesday last, a
man had thrown a holy
book ‘gutka sahib’ into
the sarovar at the Gold-
en temple.
MAYHEM, LAWLESSNESS OUT IN THE OPEN IN POLL-BOUND STATE
Goa would have been free earlier had
Sardar Patel lived longer: PM Modi
Our phones tapped, ‘anupyogi’ CM Yogi
himself listens to conversations: Akhilesh
Panaji: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Sunday said that Goa
would have been liber-
ated from the Portu-
guese rule much earli-
er had the country’s
first home minister
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel lived for some more
time.
He also said that al-
though India got inde-
pendence much before
Goa became free, peo-
ple of the country
could not enjoy at that
time as they felt uneasy
thinking that one part
was the country was
still under foreign rule.
Modi was speaking
at an event to celebrate
the Goa Liberation Day,
observed on December
19 every year to mark
the day Indian armed
forces freed the coastal
state from the Portu-
guese rule in 1961.
Patel, deputy PM in
the Nehru cabinet, died
on December 15, 1950.
He is credited with the
liberation of Marath-
wada region in Maha-
rashtra from erstwhile
Nizam’s rule.
In the past, several
BJPleadershadblamed
the then prime minis-
ter Jawarhalal Nehru
for the delay in libera-
tion of Goa.
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Partychief AkhileshYa-
dav on Sunday accused
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath of getting his tel-
ephones tapped and lis-
tening to the conversa-
tions every evening.
Interacting with re-
porters a day after some
SP leaders’ offices and
residences were raided
by the Income Tax De-
partment, Yadav
claimed the BJP was
wary of its impending
defeat in the upcoming
assembly polls.
The BJP government
would be increasingly
misusing various en-
forcement agencies to
persecute his party’s
leaders in the coming
days, he alleged.
“All our telephonic
conversations have
been heard. This ‘an-
upyogi’ chief minister
himself listens to the
recordings of some peo-
ple every evening,” the
Samajwadi Party chief
alleged.
He also asked report-
ers to “remain alert, if
you are speaking to
me”. The Yogi Adity-
anath government is
running a WhatsApp
University in the state,
Yadav said derisively
.
“The BJP is following
the Congress’ way
. Like
the Congress, it is rear-
ing to use the central
agencies to instil fear
(in rival political par-
ties),” Yadav added.
I have taken serious
note of the unfortunate
incidents in Amritsar and
Kapurthala. Any attempt
to violate the communal
harmony in the state
will be dealt with a firm
hand. Stern action will
be taken against all
those disturbing the law
and order in Punjab.
DGP Punjab Police
@DGPPunjabPolice
CHARGES PRESSED AGAINST DEAD
MAN IN GOLDEN TEMPLE INCIDENT
Amritsar: The police have booked the youth,
who was beaten to death Saturday at the Golden
Temple in Amritsar, under sacrilege and attempt
to murder charges. The 20-year-old was caught
by the staff of the Shiromani Gurudwara Parband-
hak Committee and devotees at the Darbar Sahib
on Saturday after an alleged sacrilege attempt. His
body was later placed outside the main gate of the
SGPC headquarters. Case was registered based
on the statement of SGPPC staff Sucha Singh.
PUNJAB FORMS
SIT, REPORT
IN TWO DAYS
New Delhi: Terming
the alleged sacri-
lege bid as a “most
unfortunate” incident,
Punjab Deputy Chief
Minister Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa said
that a Special Inves-
tigation Team (SIT)
has been constituted
under DCP (Law
Order). The SIT would
submit its investiga-
tion report within
two-days, he added.
the man involved in
the incident has not
been identified yet,
said the Deputy CM.
BJP, SDPI leaders
killed within hours in
Kerala’s Alappuzha
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala on Sunday woke
up to the murder of two
state-level leaders of the
BJP and Social Demo-
cratic Party of India
(SDPI), the political arm
of PopularFrontof India
(PFI), within 11 hours of
eachother,inwhatlooked
like tit-for-tat political
killings.
SDPI state general sec-
retary K S Shan (39) was
attacked at Mannanch-
eryinAlappuzhadistrict
onSaturdaynight.While
riding a two-wheeler, a
car-borne gang hit him
from behind.
After Shan fell from
thetwo-wheeler,thegang
hacked him, inflicting
multiplewounds.Hewas
rushed to a local hospital
and later to a Kochi hos-
pital, where he died
around 11.30 pm.
Around 6.30 am Sun-
day
,deathcameknocking
at the door of BJP OBC
Morcha state secretary
advocate Ranjith Sreeni-
vas (41) in Alappuzha
municipality
, which is 10
km away from Man-
nanchery
, where the
SDPI leader was killed.
SP: PROHIBITORY
ORDERS IN PLACE
FOR NEXT 2 DAYS
MIN: ISLAMIC
TERRORISTS
BEHIND MURDER
Alappuzha district
police superintendent
G Jaidev said police are
looking into whether
the killings are re-
lated and retaliatory in
nature. The SP said that
prohibitory orders are
in place in the district
for two days. Police
deployment has been
strengthened on the
premises of Medical
College in Kochi, where
the bodies are kept.
Union minister V Mu-
raleedharan on Sunday
demanded that the
Kerala government take
strict action against
the perpetrators of the
murder of Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
leader in Alappuzha dis-
trict earlier in the day.
Muraleedharan said an
Islamic terrorist group
is behind the murder of
the BJP OBC Morcha
leader Renjith.
PM Narendra Modi seeks blessings of a Goan freedom fighter
during a programme in Taleigao on Sunday. Goa CM Pramod
Sawant and Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar are also seen.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
BJP OBC Morcha state
secretary advocate Ranjith
Sreenivas.
Punjab Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Channi along
with Deputy CM Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa visited the
Golden Temple on Sunday.
TENSION
GRIPS
PUNJAB
After Golden Temple lynching,
‘mob’ kills youth in Kapurthala
over‘sacrilege’incops’presence
Siddharth Chattopadhyaya
CM gives ‘gift’ of
1,194 development
works worth
`1,122 crore to
the people of state

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2021
02
PLUMMETS TO SNOW
MERCURY DIPS
For the first time in 15
years, Jaipur’s SMS
stadium ground cov-
ered with layer of snow.
FATEHPUR
-4.70
C
CHURU
-2.60
C
SIKAR
-2.50
C
KARAULI
-0.60
C
Chittorgarh
-0.20
C
Bhilwara
00
C
Kalicharan Saraf at the inauguration programme on Sunday.
First India Bureau
Banswara: Intimacy
betweenUnionJalShak-
ti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shehkhawat and
State Water Resource
Minister Mahendrajeet
Singh Malviya drew the
attention of people in
Banswara where a stat-
ue of Maharana Pratap
was unveiled.
Malviya not only ac-
companied Shekhawat
from Jaipur to Ban-
swara but also touched
the feet of the Union
Minister, who is 7 years
younger than him, to
seek his blessings on the
stage. The programme
was also attended by UP
MLA Raja Bhaiya and
Karni Sena founder Lo-
kendra Singh Kalvi.
Addressing the event,
Malviya said that he
had come from Jaipur
with Shekhawat in the
same plane.
“I have talked to him
on the way too, and I
want Shekhawat ji to
give some budget for
the Mahi river of Ban-
swara,” he said, adding
that he was a small
minister in front of
Shekhawat.
When Shekhawat’s
turn came, he said that
the Congress govern-
ment of the state had
never approached the
Centre for the budget
for Mahi.
He assured he will
give whatever is asked
for Mahi, be it Rs 100
crore or Rs 200 crore.
Uttar Pradesh’s MLA
Raja Bhaiya said that
Maharana Pratap is the
centre of faith of the
people and the stories
of his bravery are
spread all over the coun-
try and the world.
RAJASTHAN
02
PLUMMETS TO SNOW
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: On Sunday, a
press conference was
organised on the occa-
sion of Diamond Jubi-
lee of Kshatriya Yuvak
Sangh at Shri Rajput
Sabha Bhawan, which
was addressed by
Sangh’s Patron Bhag-
wan Singh Rolsahabsar
who extended invite to
all communities to
come and join the Dia-
mond Jubilee celebra-
tions on December 22.
While highlighting
the work of the service
camps being organised
by the Sangh, Rolsahab-
sar said that the Sangh
was established in 1946.
“Its Silver Jubilee was
celebrated in 1971 and
Golden Jubilee in 1996
and now the Kshatriya
Yuvak Sangh is in the
journey of Diamond Ju-
bilee.Volunteersdidser-
viceworkforthewelfare
of the public even in dif-
ficultcircumstancesand
tobeKshatriyameansto
protect everyone by ded-
icating one’s life. We
thank all the parents of
the society who kept
sending their children
to the Sangh’s camps at
far and inaccessible
places. We will always
remember the sacri-
fice made by the volun-
teers in the interest of
the society,” he said.
Communities urged to join on Dec 22
DIAMOND JUBILEE OF KSHATRIYA YUVAK SANGH
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cold wind from the country’s northern
parts swept Rajasthan as minimum temperature
in Fatehpur and Churu was recorded below
freezing point for the second consecutive day
, the
meteorological department said on Sunday
. The
minimum temperature in Sikar, Karauli and
Chittorgarh district was also recorded be-
low freezing point on Sunday, it said. Re-
gional MeT director Radheshyam Shar-
ma said Churu recorded the lowest min-
imum temperature in last 12 years this
month. He said in December 1973, the
region had recorded all-time lowest mini-
mum of 4.6 degree Celsius. The maximum
temperature was recorded between 18 and 26
degrees Celsius at most of the places in the state.
Dec 14 loot case solved: Cops
arrest mastermind, his aides
First India Bureau
Jaipur: City police on
Sunday cracked the De-
cember 14 loot incident
wherein unidentified
men conducted loot
worth lakhs of rupees,
targeting two collection
agents of a hawala trad-
er at Chandpol Anaj
Mandi, and arrested the
mastermind of the rob-
bery and his accom-
plice. Police have also
recovered Rs 4.5 lakh
and a pistol from them.
Interestingly, the
mastermind used to
work at a spice trader’s
shop in a building oppo-
site the hawala trader’s.
DCP (North) Paris
Deshmukh informed
that the arrested ac-
cused have been identi-
fiedasMohammadIrfan
(34) resident of Bandha
Basti in Shastri Nagar
and Javed Qureshi (28)
resident of Kishanpol.
“The mastermind had
called habitual miscre-
ants from Mandsaur in
Madhya Pradesh. They
have been identified as
AfzalQureshi(28),Dildar
Khan alias Badshah and
AslamaliasKaluandare
beingsearched.Afterthe
loot, they fled to Ajmer
where they divided the
money among them-
selves,” the DCP said.
CONGRESS MLAS HOLD 10-KM-LONG
ROADSHOW AHEAD OF JMC BYPOLLS
Jaipur: Even before the josh of the campaign could
settle, the Congress threw its full weight into the ward
by-election. Water Minister and Hawa Mahal MLA Dr
Mahesh Joshi, Kishanpol MLA Amin Kaggi, Heritage
Corporation Mayor Munesh Gurjar held a 10 km long
roadshow which was attended by a large number of
workers, supporters and the public. Amidst drums,
flags and banners, there was sloganeering.
Jaipur: Eight child labourers working in a ban-
gle-making factory in Jaipur were rescued on
Sunday and the factory operator was arrested by
Bhatta Basti police. Acting on a tip-off, ADCP North
Dharmendra Sagar led the operation and rescued
the children. Dharmendra Sagar took quick action
on information and now Bhatta Basti police is inter-
rogating the accused.
EIGHT CHILD LABOURERS RESCUED FROM
BANGLE-MAKING FACTORY, 1 ARRESTED
Chomu: JDA’s action against illegal construction
continued with the demolition of godowns being
built on agricultural land
in Badharna, Harmada.
Commercial construction
was done without land
conversion. The land mafia
built warehouses overnight
by putting RCC. Matter
of backside of a government school in zone 13. Five
godowns were demolished with the help of JCB.
JDA RAZES FIVE ILLEGAL GODOWNS
BUILT ON AGRI LAND IN CHOMU
NEWS DIGEST
Shekhawat gives nod for river
fund, Malviya touches his feet
Mahendrajeet S Malviya touched feet of Union minister GS
Shekhawat as the latter agreed to consider funds for Mahi river.
Gun and cash recovered from the possession of robbers.
Bhagwan Singh Rolsahabsar, Rajendra Rathore, Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas and Narpat Singh Rajvi on Sunday.
Man arrested
for attempting
to rape minor
girl in Jaipur
Saraf inaugurates
roads in Ward 133
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A man was ar-
rested on Sunday for al-
legedly attempting to
rape a 6-year-old girl in
Kanota police station
area. On the complaint
of the relatives, Kanota
police has registered a
caseagainsttheaccused.
Kanota police station
in-charge Arun Poonia
said that the accused at-
tempted to escape, but
was caught. Police said
they are investigating
the case and appropri-
ate action will be taken
in due course.
Meanwhile, an
11-year-old girl was
raped by her neighbour
in Bheemganj Market
police station area of
Kota district on Sunday
.
The police said they are
investing the matter.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MLA Kali-
charan Saraf on Sun-
day inaugurated the
work of two asphalt
roads at Vasundhara
Colony in Ward 133.
With these roads, resi-
dents will get relief
from the pits.
The chief convener
of this programme,
Ramesh Chand Saini,
chairman (licensing
committee) and Ajit
Sharma (ward presi-
dent), Saubhag Mal Ku-
mawat, Narendra Ku-
mawat, Rakesh Ku-
mawat, Balram Shekha-
wat, Madan Jain, Advo-
cate Sanjeev Sharma,
Rakesh Saini, Manish,
Ramesh Bigtia, Bac-
chu Singh, Dr. JK Bha-
gat, Natwar Kumawat,
Nandkishore Vijay,
Radheshyam Sharma,
Manish Jain, Sarwan
Kumawat, Surendra
Pareek, Advocate
Vishnu Sharma, Jag-
dish Jain, LN Joshi,
Shekhar Chandel were
also present.
Crop fields are covered with layers of snow on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY RAKESH GURJAR
A villager shows water frozen in a pot.
Deposit of ice crystals on a tree (Inset)
A temp measuring device at Fatehpur.
The event was
also addressed by
Zila Pramukh
Resham Malviya
and others.

RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With just three
months left for the fi-
nancial year 2021-22 to
get over, the two munic-
ipal corporations lag-
ging in collection have
set a target of recovery
of Rs 60 crore Urban De-
velopment Tax. About
Rs 40 crore UD tax ar-
rears are lying pending
with the government
departments alone.
The target of recov-
ery of Rs 75 crore has
been given to Spero
company collecting the
UD tax, but both the
corporations have set a
target of about Rs 100
crore so that the com-
pany can meet the tar-
get soon. For this, at-
tachment proceedings
have also been started
against the defaulters
and many have even
started clearing the
dues to avoid attach-
ment proceedings.
The Corporation has
made it clear to the
company representa-
tives that strict action
should be taken against
the defaulters. The list
of defaulters is being
prepared. In this, action
willbetakeninaphased
manner. In the first
phase, action will be
taken against default-
ers falling in the catego-
ry between Rs one to
three lakh, Rs 3-5 in the
second phase, Rs 5-10
lakh in the third phase
and after that those fall-
ing in the category of
more than Rs 10 lakh.
However, the compa-
ny has surveyed only
1.5 lakh properties in
Greater Municipal Cor-
poration and 71,000
properties in the Herit-
age Municipal Corpora-
tion till date.
JMCs to recover `100 crore from defaulters
MOOLAH MATTERS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Shifting ti-
gress Riddhi from Ran-
thambore to Sariska
has become a matter of
debate after it was
found that the tigress
was pregnant. The mat-
ing video of the tigress
had recently surfaced
and she was also spot-
ted with Tiger T120.
On November 18, For-
est Secretary B Praveen
had approved the shift-
ing. But the question is
whether it is safe to
shift a pregnant Tigress
to another forest?
Ranthambore’s wild-
life lovers, don’t want
Riddhi to shift from Sa-
riska as she is sighted
the most.
Chief Wildlife War-
den of shifting Arin-
dam Tomar will issue
the order. As the Forest
Department wants the
Tigress to be shifted
safely through the WII
team, the entire pro-
cess might take a few
days.
2 Rly stations to get a facelift by 2025
First India Bureau
Dausa: The accused of
theft escaped by break-
ing the lock-up in the
early hours of Sunday
from Bandikui Jail. The
accused Ajit Meena, a
resident of Bajoli of
Raini police station
area of Alwar district,
is a vicious bike thief,
who was arrested by the
police on a production
warrant two days ago.
When he was found
missing, there was a
chaos among the police-
men. Police teams are
searching for him.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the second
day
, Jaipur Law Festival
kick started at Acharya
Hasti Auditorium of
Subodh Law College.
Chief Guest Justice
MM Srivastava Jus-
tice Pankaj Bhandari,
retired Justice JK Ran-
ka inaugurated the
event with the lighting
of the lamp. Justice
Pankaj Bhandari said
that the advocates
should be able to pre-
sent their case well
while judges should be
good listeners.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The residents
of Sector 7 in Malviya
Nagar woke up to a
‘wild’ morning on Sun-
day, when a Panther
travelled all the way
from Jhalana Forest
enetred the residential
colony, creating panic
among the residents. A
team of Forest Depart-
ment reached the spot
along with Dr Arvind
Mathur and tranquil-
lised the Panther.
The Panther has
been identified as ‘Ba-
hadur’ and most prob-
ably reached the city
strolling alongside a
nullah. The growl of a
leopard was first heard
at 8 am in a deserted
house, number 224 in
Sector 7 of Malviya Na-
gar. Alarmed citizens
then discovered the
pug marks. They saw
the animal through a
ventilation window
and informed the po-
lice.
Ranger Janeshwar
Chaudhary, Dr Ashok
Choudhary, DFO Ajay
Chittauda and Assis-
tant Forester Suresh
Chaudhary reached
Malviya Nagar with
their team, a cage net.
When they tried to tran-
quillise the Panther, it
came out of the house
and went to the terrace
and started leaping
from one roof to anoth-
er. Finally, at around
11:30, the team of Forest
Department officials
tranquillised and
caught the Panther.
The Panther was tak-
en to Nahargarh, where
it was released after a
medical check-up.
Lack of proper monitoring and negli-
gence by Forest Department officials
took away the life of a panther cub. On
December 14, a team of the Forest De-
partment had picked up the cub from
the Smriti Van.
The officials kept the cub in the zoo
for a day for treatment and was left in
the forest on December 16. On Decem-
ber 18, the cub was found dead near
the gate of the Smriti Van. Later, they
secretly got a post-mortem done and
performed the last rites.
The Forest Department is trying to
shield the cause of death. However, the
viscera report has been sent to the lab.
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: In a major drug
haul at Jaipur Airport,
Heroin worth 14.65
crore, weighing about
2,150g was seized at
Jaipur Airport from the
suitcase of a woman ar-
riving from Kenya. The
operation was conduct-
ed under the leadership
of Custom Commis-
sioner Rahul Nagre and
Assistant Commission-
er BB Atal.
Air Arabia flight
from Sharjah landed at
Jaipur in the wee hours
of Sunday. The 33-year-
old foreign national
from Kenya was held
for interrogation on
suspicion regarding
the weight of the suit-
case. A lookout notice
has been issued against
her. White powder in
two large paper enve-
lopes was retrieved
from the base of the
suitcase which on ex-
amination is suspected
to be Heroin.
During interrogation
of two Ugandan women
at Delhi airport last
month, who were
nabbed with Heroin
worth Rs 90 crore, gave
clues about this woman
as well.
During initial screen-
ing, nothing was recov-
ered. But her empty
suitcase seemed to be
much heavier than a
normal one and later x-
ray by customs officials
revealed the hidden
drugs. This is the first
ever case of drug smug-
gling found at Jaipur
Airport. Samples were
sent for testing.
33-yr-oldKenyanwomanlanded
introubleafteralookoutnotice
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gandhinagar
and Khatipura stations
will be developed by
2025 into state-of-the-art
stations. Rs 150 crore
will be spent on renovat-
ing the building of Gan-
dhinagar station so that
along with passenger
amenities, catering and
shopping facilities are
developed as well. The
station building will be
shifted towards Tonk
Road.
The entry and exit
gates of the station will
change on both sides of
TonkRoadandBajajNa-
gar. The station will be
powered by electric so-
lar panels for power sav-
ing. At the same time, a
coach care complex will
bebuiltatKhatipurasta-
tion at a cost of Rs 250
crore. The plan is to
make this station a ter-
minal station so that
most of the trains on the
Delhi route originate
from terminate here.
BIG CAT SPOTTED AT SECTOR 7 IN MALVIYA NAGAR
‘WILD’TIMEFORRESIDENTSASPANTHERSNEAKSINTOCOLONY
Shifting pregnant tigress Riddhi
an uphill task for forest teams
The panther has been
identified as ‘Bahadur’
Was spotted via ventilation
window of a deserted house
(1) Panicked residents gathered at the terrace of a house to
witness the rescue operation. (2) Team of Forest Dept officials
tranquillise the Panther ‘Bahadur.’ (3) The Panther roams freely
on the terrace of a house in Malviya Nagar on Sunday.
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO AND SUNIL SHARMA
1 2
1
2
3
VIDEO OF RESTRICTED
ZONE @ R’BORE SHOT
CUB DIES DUE TO FOREST
DEPT’s NEGLIGENCE
Avideo of the main zone of Ran-
thambore National Park and the
road leading to the Ganesh temple
has surfaced which has sparked a
controversy. No one is allowed to en-
ter the park after 4 pm while the video
was shot on Friday night and shared
as status of the social media account.
The incident is being probed.
Lawyer sent to jail
for abetting suicide
First India Bureau
Dausa: The Kolwa po-
lice station of the dis-
trict has arrested a law-
yer in connection with
the suicide of a youth.
The lawyer, allegedly,
tortured the youth de-
spite recovering the
money lent to him. This
forced the youth to end
his life. Police have ar-
rested the accused Vra-
jendra Ujainiya, a resi-
dent of Raghunath Vi-
har Colony, Jaipur. The
police produced the ac-
cused in the court, from
where he was sent to
jail.
According to police,
Jaipal Saini, a resident
of Anantwada, hanged
himself from an electric
pole on October 2 near
the under-construction
Delhi-Mumbai Express-
way. The father of the
deceased, Kishanlal
Saini lodged an FIR and
mentioned that his son
had borrowed Rs 2.50
lakh from Bindeshwar
Gupta.
Gupta kept a cheque,
blank stamp and origi-
nal documents of JDA
plot in lieu of the mon-
ey. The deceased sold
the plot and repaid bor-
rowed amount but Gup-
ta did not return his
cheque, blank stamp
and other documents.
Custom officials used cutter to
recover heroin from luggage.
JMC Greater JMC Heritage
—FILE PHOTO
Bike thief cuts
lockup grill,
escapes
‘Coordination
between Bench
Bar needed’
First India Bureau
Alwar/Dungarpur:
Two kids of Ghan-
shyam Kashyap, aged
4 years and 1 year 6
months sustained
burn injuries as the
mobile phone explod-
ed at their home in
Alwar’s Kotkasim.
The relatives
rushed the kids to
the Community
Health Centre at Kot-
kasim, wherein, they
were given first aid
and were further re-
ferred to Alwar. One
child’s mouth and
the other child’s feet
and genitals were
burnt in the mishap.
In an another inci-
dent, a seven year
old, Aryan Damor
from Dungarpur,
burnt his left hand as
the battery of mobile
phone exploded in
his hand. He was
warming up the mo-
bile battery over the
griddle when the in-
cident occurred.
He had also sus-
tained minor injuries
in other body parts.
He was immediately
rushed to the Dun-
garpur Medical Col-
lege for treatment.
3 minors sustain
burn injuries as
mobiles explode
(L) 4-yr-old in Alwar. (R) Aryan Damor from Dungarpur.
HEROIN SEIZURE AT JAIPUR AIRPORT
COVID-19 UPDATE
9,55,238
TOTAL CASES
17 IN A DAY
9,46,037
TOTAL RECOVERED
8,960
TOTAL DEATHS
0 IN A DAY
241
ACTIVE CASES
95 IN JAIPUR
35 IN A DAY

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 3 l Issue No. 194
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Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The brutal murder of OBC Morcha State
Secretary Adv. Renjith Sreenivasan
by ‘fundamentalist elements’ is
condemnable. Such cowardly acts cannot
be tolerated. Kerala is turning into an
unlawful state under CM@vijayanpinarayi.
They can’t scare us with their cruelty.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
This is what the land of Tagore has
been reduced to. Here the mind is
neither without fear, nor the head
held high.Hurling crude bombs,
rigging polling booths, threatening
candidates, Didi and goons of TMC
have left no stone unturned to violate
the spirit of democracy.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
“Those who are motivated
only by desire for the fruits of
action are miserable, for they
are constantly anxious about
the results of what they do.”
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
WITH OMICRON
CASES DOUBLING,
EUROPE STARES AT
A GRIM FUTURE
he Netherlands went
into lockdown once
again as Omicron
was spreading at a
frightening pace.
Denmarkhasclosedcinemahalls
and new restrictions have been
imposedinotherEuropeancoun-
tries. The World Health Organi-
sation says the variant is dou-
blingin1.5-3daysandhasalready
spread to 89 countries. Going by
the rapid doubling of cases, the
British government is mulling
strictermeasurestodealwiththe
spread of the virus. Most Euro-
pean countries have banned en-
try of travellers from Britain in
view of the surge in cases there.
In several European countries
people who are fed up with the
curbs are taking to the streets.
Cases are rising in India too
but not at the same pace as in Eu-
rope and the US. The fear of in-
creased hospitalisation, curbs on
socialising and slowing down of
economicactivityhasagaincome
to haunt people. All this amidst
highpricesof medicinesandfood
items is making them jittery as
they watch Omicron multiply
TOP TWEETS
T
s the COVID-19
pandemic wreaks
havoc across the
globe, it leaves a
multitude of long-
lasting consequences in its
wake. Among them, a host of
mental health issues includ-
ing an uptick in depression,
anxiety and stress-related
disorders. One of the less fre-
quently discussed, however,
is eating disorders.
A new study published by
JAMA Network reveals that
the number of hospitaliza-
tions for eating disorders in-
cluding anorexia, bulimia
and binge-eating disorders,
among others, increased dra-
matically during the pan-
demic. According to Dr Kelly
Allison, one of the research-
ers on the study and the di-
rector of the Center for
Weight and Eating Disorders
at the Perelman School of
Medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania, the results
“suggest that disordered eat-
ing became more severe in
disorders of extreme restric-
tion, as well as in those with
loss of control eating.”
What’s even more troubling
is that the average age of the
patients has decreased over
time.
Eating disorders are men-
tal health conditions typified
by significant persistent
disturbances in eating behav-
iors, accompanied by dis-
tressing emotions. These dis-
orders can affect people of all
ages, although they are more
common in girls women.
People are particularly vul-
nerable during the adoles-
cence and teen years and are
most often diagnosed be-
tween the ages of 12 and 35.
Regardless of the reason,
the pandemic has driven a
rise in eating disorders and,
like with COVID-19, a lot de-
pends on everyone doing
their bit to make sure those
at risk are protected.
EATING DISORDERS
RISE DURING COVID-19
There are many reasons
why COVID-19 pandemic
created a breeding
ground for eating
disorders. For many
people, eating habits
changed significantly.
Shopping at a grocery
store was already
incredibly stressful
A
WHY NAGA KILLINGS
PUT GOVT IN A SPOT?
hen was the last time that the
Indian Army expressed re-
gret over a military opera-
tion gone wrong, especially
in areas where the Armed
Forces Special Powers Act
(AFSPA) is in force. The na-
ture of this law, originally
named as Armed Forces (As-
sam and Manipur) Special
Powers Act, has always left
the scope of such botched up
operations due to special
powers owned by the forces.
Rarely, a unit of the Army,
that too special forces, ex-
presses regret over ‘mistak-
enly’ killing of civilians. But
it did when 14 villagers died
in an ambush firing in the
Mon region of Nagaland.
Activist Irom Sharmila
with her 16-year-long hunger
strike is the epitome of re-
sentment by civil society
against eradication of AFS-
PA, especially from Manipur,
where it has been functional
since the last 60 years.
The Army’s note was fol-
lowed by regret expressed by
leaders from all across party
lines, which indicates the
possible severe implications
in the North-East region after
this incident. The region has
been marred with militancy
and tribal conflicts since last
several decades and very re-
cently the central govern-
ment in far-flung Delhi was
able to reach out to various
organisations and get them to
sign a peace accord, thereby,
signalling peace in the re-
gion. This peace is at stake
now. The stakes that are too
high and dwindling.
One of the statements in
Parliament by the Home Min-
istryinDelhimentioningthat
‘thevehiclecarryingvillagers
was asked to stop but it tried
to flee, hasn’t gone too well
with the people in Nagaland.
Two massive marches in the
last ten days in Mon and other
parts of Nagaland have ex-
pressed displeasure over the
speech. More bad news came
in the following days in terms
of theKonyakUnion(KU),the
apexbodyof theKonyakNaga
tribe that resides in Naga-
land’s Mon district, announc-
ing “non-cooperation” with
the armed forces.
The Centre’s biggest worry
is now in the open and taking
the shape of a rebellion. The
village labourers that were
killed in the incident be-
longed to the Konyak tribe,
the biggest in Nagaland with
a population of over three
lakh fifty thousand. The gov-
ernment just can’t afford to
make them unhappy
.
Therefore, the central gov-
ernment was immediately
active after the incident. But
the various groups involved
in talks with the Centre may
be under civil pressure to ex-
press public anger or even
opt out of any deal to bring
about peace in the region.
The reason for this is that
these killings have not hap-
pened due to the operation of
Nagaland Police for which
the state government can be
held responsible or the in-
volvement of local police per-
sonnel. This is an Indian
Army operation that botched
up enormously
. This may un-
dermine the credibility of
peace talks.
The Centre has been trying
to negotiate with various fac-
tions of the National Social-
ist Council of Nagaland i.e.
NSCN (the state’s largest ex-
tremist organisation) since
long. With the efforts made
by various government agen-
cies in the last several years,
the government made it pos-
sible to bring various mili-
tant groups to the negotiat-
ing table. These include
groups led by Khango Kon-
yak and Niki Sumi, that pos-
sess considerable influence
in the region of Nagaland
that borders Myanmar.
During the course of time,
the government in Delhi also
entered into a ceasefire
agreement with a militant
group for peace. While the
groups signed a draft agree-
ment with the central gov-
ernment in 2015, they de-
manded separate constitu-
tion and flag at the time of
the final agreement, which
created a deadlock that was
under process since then to
avail any resolution.
So far, only the NSCN has
been the biggest hurdle in the
finalisation of the Naga peace
accord.AllotherNagagroups,
which jointly form Naga Na-
tional Political Groups
(NNPG), want a peace accord
to be achieved. However, due
to this incident, the rest of the
groupcanalsowithdrawfrom
the talks for some time.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
W
MOHD FAHAD
The writer is a Jaipur-based journalist and
alumnus of Mass Communication Research
Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University
These killings have not
happened due to the
operation of Nagaland
Police for which the state
government can be held
responsible or the
involvement of local
police personnel. This is
an Indian Army
operation that botched up
enormously. This
may undermine the
credibility of peace talks
The Centre’s biggest
worry is now in the
open and taking the
shape of a rebellion.
The village labourers that
were killed in the incident
belonged to the Konyak
tribe, the biggest in
Nagaland. The
government just can’t
afford to make them
unhappy

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INDIA
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India welcomes interest of Central
Asian countries to use Chabahar Port
Central Asian countries emphasised on optimum usage of INSTC and Ashgabat pact on international transport
New Delhi: India on
Sunday welcomed the
interest of Central
Asian countries to uti-
lise the services of Sha-
hid Beheshti Terminal
at Chabahar Port for
facilitating their trade
with India and beyond,
said the joint statement
after the India-Central
Asia Dialogue here in
New Delhi.
The dialogue saw
participation from For-
eign Ministers of Turk-
menistan, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
and Uzbekistan. It as-
sumes importance due
to the ongoing humani-
tarian situation in Af-
ghanistan.
The Foreign Minister
of India and five other
Central Asian coun-
tries emphasised on op-
timum usage of the In-
ternational North-
South Transport Corri-
dor (INSTC) as well as
the Ashgabat Agree-
ment on International
Transport and Transit
Corridor to enhance
connectivity between
India and the Central
Asian countries. —ANI
Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries in a group photo at the third meeting of the two-day India-Central Asia Dialogue in New
Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Central Asia
should enrich
cooperation in
development’
New Delhi: Turkmeni-
stan Foreign Minister
Rashid Meredov on
Sunday said that the
30th anniversary of In-
dia and Central Asian
countries next year will
create a good opportu-
nity to rethink and en-
rich the cooperation in
the spirit of modern
global development.
In his opening re-
marks at the 3rd meet-
ing of the India-Central
Asia Dialogue here,
Meredov said, “We re-
gard today’s meeting as
key preparation for the
upcoming Central Asia-
India Summit in Janu-
ary next year.”
Jaishankar is host-
ing the third meeting of
this dialogue aiming to
further strengthen ties
between the member
countries. —ANI
INDIA STRATEGIC PARTNER
IN REGION, SAYS KYRGYZ FM
New Delhi: High-
lighting that India
and Central Asian
countries share deep-
rooted relations, Kyr-
gyzstan Foreign Min-
ister Ruslan Kazak-
baev said that India
is the strategic part-
ner of all countries.
In his opening re-
marks at the 3rd
meeting of the India-
Central Asia Dia-
logue here, Kazak-
baev said his country
is very grateful for
having diplomatic re-
lations with India.
“I’m very happy to
say that we are hav-
ing good relations
and talks with India
in the Central Asia
region, which pro-
vides the dynamics
of relations,” he said,
adding that dialogues
in such meetings are
fruitful. Ruslan said
that being in Central
Asia, at the center of
the world, it has very
warm relations with
the Indian side.
—ANI
EAM S Jaishankar meets with his Kyrgyzstan counterpart
Ruslan Kazakbayev on Sunday —PHOTO BY ANI
CENTRAL ASIAN STATES HAVE SIMILAR
CONCERNS IN AF, SAYS JAISHANKAR
New Delhi: The impact
of the Taliban takeo-
ver of Afghanistan on
regional security,
post-pandemic recov-
ery and steps to boost
regional connectivity
and trade were in focus
as the Foreign Ministers
of India and the five
Central Asian States
held their third dialogue
on Sunday. EAM S Jais-
hankar set the stage for
the discussions, saying
in his televised open-
ing remarks that India
and the Central Asian
States have similar
concerns and objectives
in Afghanistan, includ-
ing the formation of an
inclusive Government,
the fight against terror-
ism. Jaishankar called
for diversified supply
chains and regional so-
lutions to overcome the
impact of the Covid-19
pandemic. —ANI
Governor’s autonomous powers and a parallel Government!
Anita Hada
New Delhi: These
days, a parallel govern-
ment of governors is
being run in many
states of the country
and especially in states
where there is a non-
BJP government. How-
ever, Bihar is an excep-
tion here as even
though BJP is a part of
the coalition govern-
ment in the state, yet
the Governor has au-
tonomous power, due
to which there was a
dispute between the
government and the
governor in the recent
past. Interestingly, in
Bihar, Nitish Kumar
has definitely become
the Chief Minister
with the help of BJP,
but BJP leaders are
treating him like the
Chief Minister of an
Opposition party. It is
perhaps due to this
that recently, a BJP MP
from the state and a
Union minister ex-
posed the failures of
the Bihar government
in Parliament.
However, Bihar Gov-
ernor Phagu Chauhan
is embroiled in contro-
versies regarding the
appointment and ex-
tension of service of
Vice Chancellors of
universities. After as-
suming the office of
Governor, he brought
Surendra Pratap Singh
from Faizabad his
home state, Uttar
Pradesh, and Rajendra
Prasad from Gorkhpur
and appointed them as
vice-chancellors of dif-
ferent universities of
Bihar. Many more peo-
ple brought by him be-
came VC and several of
these people have been
accused of taking
bribes and many other
wrongdoings.
Despite these allega-
tions, one VC got exten-
sion from the Gover-
nor’s office and also got
the charge of another
university. When the
Bihar government
came to know about
this, it kept three new
universities out of the
governor’s jurisdic-
tion. The governor was
so annoyed by this that
he stopped the bills of
all the three universi-
ties.
The controversy
over the appointment
of vice-chancellors in
universities is also go-
ing on in Kerala, where
Arif Mohammad Khan
is the Governor. The
Governor of Kerala is
deeply displeased with
the role of the state
government in the ap-
pointment of Vice
Chancellors. He op-
posed the appointment
of VC in Kannur Uni-
versity, Kalady San-
skriti Vishwavidya-
laya etc. and has asked
the government to stop
interfering in the func-
tioning of universi-
ties. The governor is
so miffed with the gov-
ernment that he has
even said that the
higher education of
the state has gone into
the hands of dogs.
On the other hand,
the Governor of Maha-
rashtra has been sit-
ting for more than a
year withholding the
file of nomination of
12 members of the Leg-
islative Council. Even
after the ‘strictly word-
ed’ remarks were made
by the High Court, the
Governor is not ap-
proving the 12 names
sent by the govern-
ment.
In West Bengal, the
state government’s
conflict with Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar is
well known and the lat-
est case is of Howrah
Municipal Corpora-
tion Amendment Bill,
the file of which had
been forwarded to the
Governor for approval,
after being passed by
the assembly, however,
prior to giving his ap-
proval the Governor
has sought more infor-
mation. In fact, Gover-
nor Dhankhar even
had a verbal tussle
with the Assembly
Speaker in this matter.
Hindus believe every person’s DNA is unique,
Hindutvavadis say all have same DNA: Rahul
New Delhi: Continuing
the Hindu versus Hin-
dutvavadi debate, Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Sunday said that
Hindus believe that
every person’s DNA is
unique and different
while a Hindutvavadi
believes that all Indians
have the same DNA.
The Wayanad MP
said, “Hindus believe
that every person’s
DNA is different and
unique. Hindutvavadi
believes that all Indians
have the same DNA.”
Earlier on Saturday, he
said that a Hindutvava-
di could be described as
someone bathing alone
in the Ganga while Hin-
du takes crores along.
The Congress MP
said the true meaning
of a Hindu is that one
follows only the path of
truth and never con-
verts his fear into hate
and anger. —ANI
Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi wave to the supporters.
Capt will get his candidates
from Congress itself!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In Punjab,
the Congress party has
decided the names of
candidates for several
Assembly seats. Even
before the formation of
the Sorting Committee
under the chairman-
ship of Ajay Maken,
the names of the candi-
dates were fixed on
many seats and it was
also decided on which
seats the candidates
would be changed.
The Congress party
will cut the tickets of
some MLAs and word
is that a couple of min-
isters may also not be
given tickets. After be-
coming the chairman
of the Sorting Commit-
tee, Ajay Maken held a
meeting recently, in
which the names of
possible candidates
were considered. The
Congress has 80 MLAs
in the state assembly
and not a single MLA
has accompanied for-
mer Chief Minister
Captain Amarinder
Singh to his newly
formed party after he
left the party. However,
the MLAs whose tick-
ets are to be cut are
aware of this.
It seems that the
MLAs are also waiting
for the Congress to cut
their ticket, so that
they decide to move to
another party. It seems
that Captain Ama-
rinder Singh is also
waiting for the Con-
gress to decide on the
tickets, after which he
will decide the candi-
dates accordingly.
The MLAs whose
ticket Congress will
cut, will go with Cap-
tain as their first prior-
ity will be the Captain’s
party as Akali Dal and
BSP have started an-
nouncing their candi-
dates. The Aam Aadmi
Party has also decided
the names of the candi-
dates. Interestingly,
Captain will get good
candidates from Con-
gress only.
Despite all the other
parties, the Congress
ticket is the most
sought after right now,
so it has more claim-
ants on every seat.
From there the disap-
pointed candidates will
also go with Captain.
Congress says that if
such candidates go
with the Captain, then
it will not harm the
Congress because the
anti-incumbency of
the Captain’s four-and-
a-half-year term will be
tied to Captain and his
candidates.
Captain Amarinder Singh
Cong backs
Sangma,TMC
calls it a
‘great betrayl’
Shillong, Megha-
laya: The Megha-
laya Congress’s
move to offer “is-
sue-based support”
to the state’s BJP-
Conrad Sangma al-
liance has been
called out by Trina-
mool Congress. “A
great betrayal” was
how the state’s for-
mer Chief Minister
Mukul Sangma -
who recently joined
Trinamool - termed
the offer by the Con-
gress.
The Congress,
weakened after 11
of its MLAs, led by
Mukul Sangma
joined the Trina-
mool Congress, has
admitted to its
“identity in that op-
position is already
very blurred and
confusing”. Earlier
this week, after a
meeting of the Con-
gress Legislature
Party meeting, they
made the move that
blurred lines be-
tween the govern-
ment and the oppo-
sition. —Agencies
Just trying to show difference:
Priyanka on Rahul’s remark
New Delhi: Speaking
to reporters, Priyanka
Gandhi said Hinduism
teaches honesty and
love among people,
while the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) and the BJP in-
dulge in politics in the
name of religion. Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi on Sunday said
that her brother and
senior party function-
ary Rahul Gandhi’s re-
cent remarks on ‘Hindu
versus Hindutvavadi’
was aimed at bringing
the difference between
the two terminologies.
Speaking to report-
ers, Priyanka said Hin-
duism teaches honesty
and love among people,
while the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak (RSS)
and Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) indulge in
politics in the name of
religion. —Agencies
BJP eyes superior role with fledgling party in Punjab
Ludhiana: With the
Bharatiya Janata Party
sealing its alliance with
former Chief Minister
Capt Amarinder Sin-
gh’s fledgling Punjab
Lok Congress Party for
the upcoming Punjab
Assembly elections, the
BJP, which had always
played second fiddle to
its former ally Shiroma-
ni Akali Dal (SAD), is
now looking forward to
playing the role of a sen-
ior partner in its new
coalition in the State.
The BJP is gearing up
to negotiate with Capt
Amarinder for the sen-
ior ally’s position in
their partnership, aim-
ing to contest more
seats than his newly-
floated party in the elec-
tions to the 117-member
Punjab Assembly. The
Akalis were the domi-
nant partner in their
erstwhile coalition, and
they used to give the
Bharatiya Janata Party
barely two dozen seats
for the Assembly polls.
In the 2017 Assembly
elections, the BJP had
contested 23 seats and
won 3. — Agencies
SEAT SHARING!
Amit Shah
—FILE PHOTO
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INDIA
06
New Delhi: IMD in its latest
weather bulletin said that a
low pressure lies over the
Southeast Bay of Bengal and
the adjoining Equatorial In-
dian Ocean with an associated
cyclonic circulation extend-
ing upto 5.8 km above mean
sea level. It is likely to move
east-northeastwards and may
bring rainfall in the Nicobar
Islands on Dec 19 and 20.
As per IMD severe cold
wave conditions will prevail
in several north Indian states
such as HP, Uttarakhand, Har-
yana, and union territories
Delhi and Jammu and Kash-
mir for next two days. The
Safdarjung Observatory re-
corded a minimum tempera-
ture of 4.6 degrees Celsius,
three notches below normal
lowest this season so far. —ANI
COLD SNAP GRIPS NATION
WEATHER UPDATES...
10 NIGHT SHELTERS SET
UP IN CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh: As
harsh winter ap-
proaches with the
mercury dipping with
each passing day,
the administration
has set up at least
10 night shelters
throughout Chandi-
garh. “The 10 night
shelters have been
set up near PGI,
GMCH32, GMSH16,
Sector 19, Sector 20,
Sector 22, ISBT43
and other imp places.
Each night shelter
can accommodate
150 people includ-
ing 100 men and
50 women. Though
there are no charges
for availing this
facility, people have
to show their identity
cards including voter,
Aadhaar, to ensure
security. 10 night
shelters costs around
Rs 1.82 crore. These
shelters have been
set up for three
months. The timing
can be increased
based on the weather
conditions,” XEN,
MC, Devinder said.
Dept forecasts light
cloud prevails for 3
days. —PTI
Cold wave to continue in North India till Dec 21: IMD
CRUCIAL READ
Hong Kong: Hong Kong govt efforts and last-ditch
campaigning by candidates were struggling on
Sunday to boost turnout in an overhauled “patriots”-
only legislative election, first under a sweeping new
security law. After 8 hours of voting, turnout was
more than 10% points below previous Legislative
Council election five years ago. The polls - in which
only candidates screened by the govt as “patriots”
can run - has been criticised by some activists.
Srinagar: Joint security forces of the Indian armed
forces and Jammu and Kashmir (JK) police on
Sunday gunned down a terrorist in the Harwan area
of Srinagar, officials said in an update later in the
day. According to the Jammu and Kashmir (JK)
Police, the slain terrorist has been identified as one
Saifulla alias Abu Khalid, who was a resident of
Pakistan’s Karachi and affiliated with the proscribed
terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
Chennai: More than 150 employees at a Foxconn
India factory that makes iPhones for Apple Inc
were hospitalised for food poisoning this week but
almost all have now been discharged, the district
government said. “There was an outbreak of acute
diarrhoeal disease reported among the Foxconn em-
ployees,” the statement from the Thiruvallur district
administration said. It said 256 workers were treated
as out-patients and 159 were hospitalised, of whom
155 have already been discharged.
New Delhi: The DRDO’s RD lab conducted a flight
demonstration of Con-
trolled Aerial Delivery
System of 500 kg
capacity (CADS-500) on
Saturday, the Ministry
of Defence said. The
system, developed by
Aerial Delivery Research
and Development Establishment (ADRDE) in Agra, was
para-dropped from an AN32 aircraft and then steered
to predesignated landing point in autonomous mode.
Kolkata: Sporadic incidents of violence including hurl-
ing of bombs at 2 booths
marred an otherwise
humdrum polling to KMC
as 63.37% of nearly 40.5
lakh voters exercised
their franchise till 5 pm
on Sunday, when voting
ended. 2 incidents of hurl-
ing of crude bombs were reported in Kolkata’s Sealdah
and Khanna. Police contingents were rushed to bring
the situation under control, a SEC official said.
Jhansi: Ahead of UP Assembly polls next year, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Sunday slammed the
Opposition and said that
the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) does not do politics
by lying to the people.
Rajnath Singh flagged off
BJP’s Jan Vishwas Yatra
commencing from Jhansi and concluding in Kanpur.
Rajnath Singh said, “We do not do politics by lying to
the public. We do whatever we say.”
HONG KONG’S FIRST POLLS SINCE NEW
SECURITY LAW, ONLY ‘PATRIOTS’ CAN VOTE
SRINAGAR: SECURITY FORCES GUN
DOWN LeT TERRORIST IN ENCOUNTER
150 WORKERS OF IPHONE MAKER FOXCONN
IND HOSPITALISED AFTER FOOD POISONING
DRDO TEAM CONDUCTS FLIGHT DEMO OF
CONTROLLED AERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM
KOLKATA CIVIC POLLS: 63.37 PC VOTER
TURNOUT TILL 5 PM; VIOLENCE REPORTED
BJP DOESN’T DO POLITICS BY LYING TO
PEOPLE, SAYS MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH
First India Bureau
Indore: A three-day lit-
erary conference, Lit
Chowk, organized by
Dainik Prajatantra
Group, was organized
at Yashwant Club of In-
dore wherein eminent
writers and journalists
participated. On Sun-
day
, Sahara India Media
Network CEO Upendra
Rai was the keynote
speaker. Rai said that
journalism has to de-
cide whether it has
been properly dissemi-
nating information be-
tween govt and people.
“I have no hesitation in
saying that today the
media has failed to ful-
fill its responsibility,
he said, adding, “jour-
nalism should not
leave side of truth.
Truth can be disturbed,
not defeated.”
Truth cannot be defeated: Rai
LIT CHOWK
NoresponseyetonaidforCovid-hitlawyers:CJI
New Delhi: CJI NV Ra-
mana on Sunday said
the central government
has not yet responded to
issues like setting up a
judicial infrastructure
corporation and provid-
ing financial help to
lawyers who lost liveli-
hood due to Covid-19.
Justice Ramana, who
inaugurated a court
complex at Warangal in
Telangana said even the
proposal of setting up
mobile internet facili-
ties in rural areas was
sent earlier this year,
nothing has been done
yet, even as he ex-
pressed hope that the
Centre would bring in a
legislation in ongoing
winter session of Parl
for creating Judicial In-
fra Corporation. —ANI
Isolation beds arranged for Covid-19 patients as a precautionary
measure at Commonwealth Games Village isolation centre in Delhi.
I asked Centre
to financially
help families
of lawyers who lost
their livelihood due to
Covid. Over creation of
infra there is no re-
sponse too. I raise is-
sues whenever I get a
chance at forums when
PM, Prez are present.
—NV Ramana, CJI
Omicron scare
in UK: Bigger
Wave ahead
London: Britain reported
a surge in cases of the
Omicron variant which
government advisors said
could be just the tip of
the iceberg, and London’s
mayor declared a “major
incident” to help the
city’s hospitals cope. The
number of Omicron cases
recorded across the coun-
try hit almost 25,000 as
of 1800 GMT on Friday,
up by more than 10,000
cases from 24 hours
earlier, the UKHSA said.
Seven people believed
to have had the Omicron
variant had died as of
Thursday.



KEY HIGHLIGHTS
OMICRON CASES MAY OUTPACE COVID
New Delhi: Health experts
in India believe that due
to Omicron high trans-
missibility rate, cases of
new variant may outpace
speed at which Delta vari-
ant surged during dev-
astating 2nd wave earlier
this year. As per experts
a likely 3rd wave in
country projected to peak
in February 2022, will be
milder. Dr Deshdeepak,
Senior Chest Physician
said, ‘Omicron has been
labelled as a Variant of
Concern by WHO. Almost
90 countries have been
affected by now. As of
now, Delta variant is most
prevalent strain in the
world but with high trans-
missibility, Omicron may
take over Delta variant.’
For 40K yrs DNA of all people
in Ind has been same: Bhagwat
Dharamshala (HP):
RSS chief Mohan Bhag-
wat said there is no con-
trol of the Sangh on the
BJP-led government at
the Centre.
Mohan Bhagwat’s re-
marks came while ad-
dressing an event of ex-
servicemen in Dharam-
shala.
He expressed grief
and condolences on the
demise of the Chief of
Defence Staff (CDS)
General Bipin Rawat,
his wife Madhulika
Rawat and 12 armed
forces personnel who
lost their lives in the
chopper crash in Tamil
Nadu’s Coonoor and ob-
served one-minute si-
lence. About one thou-
sand ex-servicemen at-
tended the event in
Dharamshala. —ANI
They have dif-
ferent execu-
tives, policies,
workings. Thoughts
and culture are of
Sangh and that is ef-
fective. There is only
such relation and
nothing like the media
says ‘Direct Remote
Control’, no such
control.
—Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
GOA LIBERATION DAY: Prez salutes
soldiers who fought colonial rule
Panaji: On the occa-
sion of Goa Liberation
Day, President Ram
Nath Kovind on Sunday
paid homage to soldiers
who laid down their
lives to liberate Goa
from colonial rule.
“On Goa Liberation
Day, the nation pays
homage to martyrs and
freedom fighters who
fought to liberate Goa
from colonial rule. We
also salute exemplary
courage of our armed
forces. I will cherish
memories of Goa@60
celebrations I attended
last year,” he tweeted.
Congress backs
Munawar’s
Mumbai show
Mumbai: Stand-up co-
median Munawar
Faruqui, who has been
facing a tough time late-
ly after facing many
show cancellations
amid controversies per-
formed in Mumbai - the
performance was host-
ed by AIPC, a Cong unit.
Stand-up comedian
Munawar Faruqui is set
to perform in Kolkata
and Pune in Jan. —ANI
President Ram Nath Kovind pays homage to the martyrs.
Admin seeks Army help: Power emp on strike in JK
Jammu: The Jammu
and Kashmir adminis-
tration sought the Ar-
my’s help on Sunday as
a strike by employees of
the power department
affected essential ser-
vices, including a hospi-
tal, and plunged large
parts of the Union Ter-
ritory into darkness
amidst a harsh winter.
More than 20,000 em-
ployees, including
linesmen and engi-
neers, of the UT’s pow-
er transmission and
distribution corpora-
tions are on a strike
since Saturday against
the administration’s de-
cision to privatise as-
sets and delay in pay-
ment of salaries. Divi-
sional Commissioner,
Jammu, Dr Raghav
Langer wrote a letter to
the Ministry of De-
fence, the General Offic-
ers Commanding of 9
and 16 Corps, and
sought personnel.
Tourists walk near the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at
Heritage street amid dense fog on a winter day in Amritsar.
 Northwest India records
lowest temperature on
Sunday
 Delhi shivers as mercury
drops to 4.6 degrees, sea-
son’s coldest so far
 Dense fog in isolated
pockets over Uttarakhand,
Punjab for next two days
 Srinagar freezes at minus
6 degrees Celsius again,
records 2nd coldest night
of season
 Cold wave hits parts of MP,
mercury plummets to 4
degrees in three places
 Fatehpur in Rajasthan
records min temp of -4.7
degrees Celsius; breaks
record.
IP, tariffs, data protection to dominate
UK-India FTA negotiations
New Delhi: Intellectu-
al Property (IP) protec-
tion and enforcement,
standards, tariffs on
several products, and
data protection are
among the key issues
that would dominate
the Free Trade Agree-
ment (FTA) talks be-
tween India and the
United Kingdom (UK),
which are set to being
early next year.
Talking to ANI,
Managing Director of
UK India Business
Council Kevin McCole
said there is a strong
political will and de-
sire from the two coun-
tries to conclude a
comprehensive free
trade agreement as
soon as possible.
McCole said UK In-
dia Business Council
has identified key areas
of concern of the busi-
ness community that
needs to be addressed
during the talks. “Dur-
ing the last summer, we
conducted a round ta-
ble. We engaged with
around 200 business
leaders. A number of
priority areas came
up,” McCole said in a
virtual interview from
London.
Upendra Rai, Kailash Vijayvargiya and others at the event.

NEWS
07
MORTAR EXPLOSION LEAVES
JAWAN DEAD IN JAISALMER
Suryaveer S Tanwar
Jaisalmer: A BSF
jawan was killed and
four others were in-
jured in a mortar ex-
plosion in the Kis-
hangarh firing range
in Rajasthan’s Jaisalm-
er district on Sunday,
police said. The inci-
dent took place when
BSF jawans of the 136
batallion had come to
take part in a training
exercise.The deceased
soldier was identified
as Sandeep Singh, they
said, adding the in-
jured have been rushed
to a hospital in Ram-
garh.Senior BSF and
police officials have
reached the spot to in-
vestigate the matter.
As soon as the acci-
dent occurred, there
was a panic and the in-
jured jawans were
rushed to a nearby
Ramgarh hospital.
First India Bureau
Churu: Five people
died and as many were
injured in two road ac-
cidents in Churu dis-
trict, police said on Sun-
day
.
In one accident in-
volving two cars in the
Hamirwas police sta-
tion area on Saturday
night, three people lost
their lives, while five
were injured, they said.
The deceased were
identified as Veer Sin-
gh, Rajendra and
Satyanarayana, Station
House Officer Vikas
Chandra said.
He said the bodies
were handed over to
their family members
after post-mortem ex-
aminations on Sunday
.
The other accident
took place in the Ra-
jaldesar police station
area on Sunday
.
Two people died in a
collision between a
loading jeep and a car
near the Joravarpura
crossing, the police
said.
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: A woman
and her two children al-
legedly committed sui-
cide by jumping into a
water tank here on Sun-
day, police said.
Her another child
was rescued and is be-
ing treated at a hospital,
they said. They were
residing in Dalpatpura
village here.
SankraStationHouse
Officer Adesh Kumar
said the police is yet to
ascertain the reason for
the alleged suicides and
that the matter is being
investigated.
Police investigating at the incident site at Hamirwas in Churu.
5 PEOPLE DIE IN TWO FATAL
ROAD ACCIDENTS IN CHURU
MLA Awana praises
CM Ashok Gehlot for
promoting girls’ edu
Woman, 2 kids
die by suicide
in Jaisalmer
4 drug smugglers
arrested in
Hanumangarh
Man kills
beloved by
slitting throat
First India Bureau
Nadbai: MLA from
Nadbai, Joginder Awa-
na said that Ashok Ge-
hlot government in
Rajasthan is working
continuously to pro-
mote girl child educa-
tion in schools and col-
leges.
Awana, who was the
chief guest at the foun-
dation stone laying
ceremonyof Devnaray-
an Government Girls
Hostel to be built at
Nadbai at a cost of Rs
2.80 crore said that
daughters were the
country’s future.
Awana praised CM
Ashok Gehlot for his
efforts to improve girl
child education. He
said the Devnarayan
Girls Hostel is yet an-
other opportunity for
them to study. Gehlot
attended the event vir-
tually. He said that
roads are being built at
a cost of Rs 40-50 crores
to rid people of jams.
CAMEL SAFARI
IN PUSHKAR
BJP to cover 1 crore people
under Sahyog-Nidhi drive
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan
convened a meeting at
the party’s state head-
quarters regarding the
Lifelong Sahyog-Nidhi
Abhiyan, in which the
campaign’s district co-
ordinator, district
treasurer and state
team members were
addressed by BJP state
president Dr Satish
Poonia, state organiza-
tion general secretary
Chandrashekhar, Un-
ion Minister Kailash
Chaudhary, Treasurer
Ramkumar Bhutda,
Co-Treasurer Pankaj
Gupta, Vice President
Ajay Pal Singh, MP Ra-
jendra Gehlot etc. The
campaign will be com-
pleted in three phases
the 1st phase being or-
ganized at district lev-
el from December 25 to
January 5, second
phase at divisional
level from January 9 to
January 25 and third
phase at booth level
from February 1 to
February 11.
BSF Jawans were
engaged in a
training exercise
Tourists enjoying camel safari during sunset at Pushkar in Ajmer. It’s time to head out for an
incredible camel safari in Pushkar and explore its beauty.The golden deserts of Pushkar can
be best explored in a camel safari.While it is a common myth that the best camel safaris are
available in Jaisalmer, not a lot know that Pushkar offers some of the most amazing sand dunes
and mesmerising views of the sunsets.And while you are out there, exploring the shimmering
golden sands, you can also enjoy a spectacular view of the mountains and Aravalli hills in the
backdrop.What is more, you will also be allowed to pass through tiny dainty villages and can get
a sneak peek into the rustic lifestyle of the locals. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: Four
people were arrested in
the Hanumangarh dis-
trict near here after
they were found in pos-
session of 130 gms of
heroin, police said on
Sunday
. The four identi-
fied as Nihal Singh,
Harvinder Singh, Buta
Singh, and Sukhwinder
Singh alias Kala were
arrested by a police pa-
trolling team in the
Sangaria area of the
district, Hanumangarh
SP Preeti Jain said.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Cracking the
murder mystery of a
woman, Barmer po-
lice said that her para-
mour had killed her by
slitting her throat.
However, accused had
been on the run and
police is searching
him. Police in Barmer
on December 14 got in-
formation about the
murder of a woman.
It was found out that
woman was killed by
slitting the throat. Po-
lice lodged a murder
case and body was
handed over to the
family members.
Since past some time
deceased, identified as
Ranki, was living sep-
arately from her hus-
band. During this she
came into contact with
Shishupal, a resident
of MP and working in
Balotra.
The injured BSF jawans getting treatment in the hospital.
Satish Poonia, Kailash Choudhary, Chandrashekhar, Ajay Pal
Singh, Rajendra Gehlot, Ramkumar Bhutda, and Pankaj Gupta.
Joginder Awana at foundation stone laying ceremony.

From Pg 1...
while inaugurating and
laying the foundation
stoneof variousdevelop-
ment works through VC
at CMR.
TheCMalsolaunched
Jagriti Back to Work
Scheme, IM Shakti
Udan Yojana, CM Anu-
priti Coaching Scheme
and DBT Voucher
Scheme. He inaugurat-
ed and laid the founda-
tion stone of 1,194 devp
works worth about Rs
1,122 crore in 12 depts.
This includes laying
foundation stone of 90
devp works costing
about Rs 454 crore in-
augurating 1,104 works
costing Rs 668 crore.
CM said that there
would be no shortage of
funds in the UDAN
scheme launched by the
State Govt for distribu-
tion of free sanitary
napkins to women.
CM Ashok Gehlot
said, “The policy of
mandatory FIR regis-
tration has yielded pos-
itive results. Earlier,
about 33% of rape cas-
es were registered
through the use of
courts. Now they have
come down to 15%.
Similarly, with the cre-
ation of ASP level posts
in every district for
speedy investigation of
crimes against women,
the average time of in-
vestigation in rape cas-
es has come down from
274 days to 73 days.”
Education Minister
Dr BD Kalla said that
the government took a
revolutionary decision
to open English medi-
um schools in order to
advance the children
through quality edu.
Health Minister
Parsadi Lal Meena
said that the State Gov-
ernment has ensured
the health security of
the people till village-
Dhani by taking un-
precedented decisions
in the field of medicine.
WCD Minister
Mamta Bhupesh said,
“The IM Shakti Udaan
scheme launched today
will play a big role in
realizing the state gov-
ernment’s resolve of a
healthy Rajasthan. Sim-
ilarly
, the spirit of wom-
en empowerment will
be strengthened by Jag-
riti Back to Work
scheme.”
PCC Chief Govind S
Dotasra said that in the
last three years, the
State Government has
taken several welfare
measures. All the pub-
lic representatives
shouldtaketheschemes
and programs of the
state govt to the com-
mon man, he stressed.
Abhay Kumar,
Principal Secretary,
Information and Public
Relations said that the
State Government has
fulfilled its commit-
ment by accelerating
development works in
the state despite the
Covid-19 and economic
challenges.
How much the world and
responsibilities might bind
you - your imagination helps
you to fly.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Jinendra Shekhawat
Jaipur: Former union
minister Praful Patel
was in Jaipur with his
family to celebrate the
marriage of his son at
Hotel Rambagh Palace
and amid a hectic sched-
ule, as all marriages are,
Patel took out moments
of leisure! Every senior
andrenownedpolitician
and industrialist of the
country was present in
themarriageandonwit-
nessing the response of
VVIPs that landed in
Jaipurtoattendthewed-
ding, stunned Patel.
As is expected during
festivities, people forget
about their worries and
surely Patel too forgot
all his troubles for these
three days because
there are three cases
registered against Patel
in CBI and ED and in
these cases the CBI has
interrogated Patel
many times over.
But what will be the
end result of these cas-
es? Will there be a
charge sheet and will
Patel be arrested? These
are just some of the
questions the former
union minister would
be worried about and it
is believed that he will
be worry-free only after
the CLOSER REPORT?
Interestingly, for the
VVIP wedding, the air-
port administration on
Saturday postponed
NOTAM, a time during
which the runway
maintenance work is
done for 2 hours, as re-
ported in First India
on Sunday. Word is
that the relaxation was
given to oblige Praful
Patel, a former avia-
tion minister.
PatelforgetsED,CBI;enjoysson’sweddinginJaipur!
BIG FAT WEDDING
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot visited
the exhibition related to
healthy Rajasthan and
the state's first cancer
diagnosis van at the
Chief Minister's resi-
dence on Sunday
.
On the occasion, in-
dustrialist LN Mittal
also announced to
give one such van
with all facilities and
offered help in health
services for the elder-
ly and programs be-
ing run for malnour-
ished children.
Dr Sudhir Bhandari,
Principal of Sawai
Mansingh Medical Col-
lege informed that this
state-of-the-art cancer
diagnosis van has been
made available by Ra-
jasthan Rajya Vidyut
Prasaran Nigam Limit-
ed through CSR.
CM GEHLOT INSPECTS RAJ’S
FIRST CANCER DIAGNOSIS VAN
LNMittalalsoannouncedtogiveonesuchvanwithallfacilities
There would be no shortage of
funds in UDAN scheme: CM
CM Ashok Gehlot with LN Mittal, Dr Sudhir Bhandari, Vaibhav Galriya looks at the state’s first cancer van at the CMR on Sunday.
Mamta Bhupesh with IAS
officers Arti Dogra and Sreya
Guha posing with Udan
scheme logo launched for
distribution of free sanitary
napkins to women.
Vasundhara Raje, Dushyant Singh participate in Panch Kalyan
Mahotsav of Digambar Samaj organized at Chandkhedi Temple.
Former union minister Praful Patel with newlywed couple at Hotel
Rambagh Palace in Jaipur. Also seen here is Dr Kirodi Lal Meena.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with Govind Singh Dotasra, Dr BD Kalla, Parsadi Lal Meena, Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas, Mamta Bhupesh, Vishvendra Singh and others during the event on Sunday.
A strong infrastructure has been pre-
pared in the field of medicine and health
in Rajasthan. The excellent management
of the state govt has been appreciated ev-
erywhere during the Corona crisis. Better health fa-
cilities are being provided to people through CM's
Free Medicine Scheme, Free Testing Scheme and
CM Chiranjeevi Health Scheme. —Ashok Gehlot, CM
Keeping in view the useful-
ness of Artificial Intelligence
in the field of medicine, LNM
Institute of Information Tech-
nology will be linked to the Rs 100 crore
project related to Artificial Intelligence
(AI) at Sawai Mansingh Hospital.
—LN Mittal, Industrialist
Ashok Gehlot and LN Mittal
enjoy conversation amid the
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al ji , Sh Gautam Adani ji and Sh LN Mittal ji. All
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Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje
toured Khanpur in
Jhalawar district on
Sunday, during which
she participated in the
closing ceremony of
Panchkalyanak Mahot-
sav organized at Chand-
khedi Jain Tirth. Raje
was given a warm wel-
come by BJP took the
blessings of Muni Sud-
hasagar Maharaj by
participating in the
closing ceremony of
Panch Kalyan Mahot-
sav at Chandkhedi Jain
Tirth. Raje, while ad-
dressing the closing
ceremony, said that she
is feeling proud to par-
ticipate in the religious
program of this holy
festival. Hundreds of
BJP workers, were pre-
sent for the program,
during which Muni
Sudhasagar blessed
Raje said that time is
right to go ahead. The
blessings are now being
linked to Raje’s political
journey as assembly
elections will be held in
Rajasthan in 2023.
Sudhasagar blesses
Raje, says time is
right to go ahead...
RAJE IN JHALAWAR
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: The pain of
revolt by then deputy
CM Sachin Pilot and 18
other MLAs is still not
over in the hearts of
Congress leaders yet.
AICC spokesperson
Randeep Surjewala
said that the episode
was unfortunate. How-
ever, he said, the differ-
ences have disappeared.
Surjewala was in
Bhilwara on Sunday to
attend wedding of min-
ister Ramlal Jat’s son.
“There was some prob-
lem in our family but
under the leadership of
Sonia and Rahul, we got
our family together
again. The companions
who got angry due to
some reason have now
been given a chance. Pi-
lot and all of us are unit-
edly trying to bring
Cong back in Raj,” he
said. Attacking on LoP
Gulabchand Kataria, he
said he is not getting his
place he sometimes
loses his political bal-
ance because there is a
leader in BJP who har-
asses others.
Targeting Owaisi, Sur-
jewala called him an
agent of BJP and ques-
tioned from where he
gets funding for polls.
He said that if someone
speaks 2 lines against
Modi, then ED and I-T
raid his house but why
agencies do not go to
Owaisi’s house. “Like
Modi, we do not throw
our elders out of house
and lock them. Modi has
kept both elders Advani
Murli locked up in a
pol dungeon,” he said.
Sonia,Rahul got our family together again:Surjewala
HISTORIC SATURDAY...
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Days after re-
ports struck the bu-
reaucratic world of a
‘suspected’ disgrun-
tlement of IAS Veenu
Gupta on the screen-
ing committee meet-
ing case for 1998 batch
IASpromotionwhere-
in Gupta had not at-
tended meeting that
DOP had called under
chairmanship of CS.
Sources said Gupta
had given info about
not attending meet-
ing as she was on
leave from Nov 29 to
Dec 6. The info about
leave was given on
Nov 9 itself and DOP
had also sanctioned
Gupta’s leave and also
appointed PK Goyal
for meeting in place
of Veenu Gupta.
Veenu Gupta’s leave cooks
conspiracies in Raj bureaucracy!

elebrating the
beginning of
theInternation-
al pageant
Queen of Cos-
mos, an initia-
tivebyJagdeesh
Chandra to be held on
March 10, 2022 in Dubai
and Fashion Connect
Season 11 curated by
brand ambassador Rish-
ee Miglani which is also
marking its second in-
ternational venture in
March 2022 in Dubai, a
pre-launchbrunchparty
was held at Blackout Re-
loaded on Sunday
.
Jagdeesh Chandra
gracedtheeventwithhis
presence and unveiled
the trophy of the First
India Luxury Lifestyle
Awards on the occasion.
The sumptuous lunch
which was enjoyed by
the who’s who of the
glamourindustryaswell
as ingenious entrepre-
neurs was hosted by the
owners of Blackout Re-
loaded, JP Choudhary
and Rahul Jon-
wal and GM
Garv Khura-
na.
Rajiv Aro-
ra, Raj
Bansal, Pri-
yatamSogani,
Deepak Gup-
ta, Dr Puneet
Saxena among
other guests
were present on
the occasion who
enjoyedthemerry
eve which also
marked the begin-
ning of Christmas
as the theme for
the day was White
with a touch of Red.
Along with the
sumptuous food, the
melodies by the
band,Nisvawerecer-
tainly enjoyed by
each and all.
Watch this space
tomorrow for more
glimpsesfromthePre
Launch Brunch!
JAIPUR, MONDAY
DECEMBER 20, 2021
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A PRE-LAUNCH BRUNCH PARTY FOR FIRST INDIA QUEEN OF COSMOS’22 AND FASHION
CONNECT SEASON 11 WAS HELD AT BLACKOUT RELOADED ON SUNDAY! CITY
FIRST BRINGS TO YOU EXCLUSIVE GLIMPSES FROM THE DAZZLING NOON.
BrunchatBlackoutReloaded
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Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R): Ashwin, Abhishek, Vania Chaudhary, Anita Hada, Balveer Singh, Khushi Sonkhiya,
Manmeet Singh, Rahul Jonwal, Garv Khurana, Rishee Miglani, Deepak Gupta, Veerransh, Farha Ansari and Shalini Narukaa
Rajiv Arora and
Rajesh Ajmera Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Rahul Jonwal
Rishee Miglani
Shivani Joshi
Mayuri Sogani
Pallavi Jaipur
Anticlockwise:
Vania Chaudhary
and Shreya Gupta
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
The dazzling trophy of
First India Luxury
Lifestyle Award

Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 21
Financial worries evaporate
as new avenues of earning
open up. You will put in
extra efforts to complete a
task entrusted to you. Your academic
aspirations may take some time to get
realised. A contentious property issue
may not show any signs of getting
sorted out, so have a backup plan ready.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 20
Sticking to workout routine
may benefit you on the
health front. Meeting
relatives at a marriage or
party cannot be ruled out. Support from
the family may seem most encouraging
for those aiming an academic pursuit. A
passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
romantic front brightens.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 18
Sticking to workout routine
may benefit you on the
health front. Meeting
relatives at a marriage or
party cannot be ruled out. Support from
the family may seem most encouraging
for those aiming an academic pursuit. A
passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
romantic front brightens.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20
Homemakers will get a
chance to implement their
ideas. You are likely to be
recognised for your efforts
on the professional front. Chance of a
raise is possible for some. Timely and
correct decision will help you in saving
a lot of money. You will be able to
de-stress yourself completely today.
10
ETC
YOUR DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
A major purchase may
make a dent in your
savings, but will help in
keeping up with the flow .
Speculation may not be profitable and
you can very well burn your fingers.
Some of you may get hard pressed to
find a good match for someone eligible
in the family.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 21
A profitable day for
entrepreneurs is envisaged.
You may be played upon
for spending on someone
else’s needs and desires. Homemakers
are likely to enjoy the day in the
company of neighbors and friends.
Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but
adequate breaks will keep you going.
Gemini
MAY 22 - JUNE 21
Satisfaction is foreseen for
the image conscious
people trying to achieve
perfect physique. Your
efforts on the academic front will keep
you in contention. You are likely to
spend an enjoyable time with a close
relation today. Your helping hand to
someone in need will be appreciated.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 22
A lot of time may be
wasted in socialising, but
you will love every moment
of it. You will succeed in
surmounting the odds to get a stalled
job back on the tracks. Something
concerning property will work out in
your favour. A romantic outing is on the
cards and promises much fun.
Leo
JULY 23 - AUGUST 22
A rethink is in order for
those going in for a heavy
investment. Recovering a
loaned amount will not
pose difficulty. You will manage to
defuse tensions prevailing at home by
your tactful ways. A work trip is on the
cards for some. You manage to weave
your magic on the one you love.
Virgo
AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 22
Spirituality will have a
special allure for you. Your
innovative ideas on the
professional front are likely
to be well received. Good health will
keep you fit and energetic. You are likely
to expand your social circle. You are
likely to get immense fulfillment in your
current romantic relationship.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 22
Homemakers can exceed
budget in doing up their
homes. An old friend or a
relative is likely to pay you
a visit. You succeed in putting an
ambitious project on the tracks and
cross all hurdles in making it a success.
Love beckons and promises to give
immense joy and fulfillment.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
It is one of those days
when you will feel satisfied
with whatever you do on
the social front. Those
seeking love may not get lucky, but
persistence will pay! A friend can touch
a sensitive nerve and get you all upset.
A job switch needs to be considered
taking all aspects into consideration.
s we started our
journey through
the hot and hu-
mid highways
outside Jaipur, I
had no idea what
adventures were
in store for me. Thinking
about the long car ride to
Mount Abu at the heart of
the oldest mountain range
of India was no picnic for
me. Being car-sick, I have
always particularly hated
drivingthroughtheslopes:
each time, the same old
bumpy roads with small
stones and rocks falling
around here and there,
enoughtomakeonesickto
the stomach. The begin-
ning of this ride was more
or less the same – sick and
spiritless, but by the time
we crossed Pali, I had
hardly any time to focus
on my sickness. It had re-
cently rained, and the
viewaroundwasoneIhad
not seen before. Nature, in
its raw beauty
, lay as far as
my eyes could reach –
hugemountainsandfierce
chasms filled up with
green flora of varying
shades and forms. It
amazed me how the plants
and trees here ranged
from anywhere between
ones found carelessly
growing around streets
back home and ones that I
won’tencounteranywhere
else on the planet.
According to the ‘Skan-
da Purana’, Varanasi is
Lord Shiva’s capital, and
Mount Abu is his sub-cap-
ital.TheAchaleshwarMa-
hadev temple located in
the hill ranges of Achal-
garh, some 11 kms from
MountAbu,isaround2500
years old. It is the only
temple in the world where
Lord Shiva’s toe-thumb is
worshipped. It is said that
the entire Abu Mountain
issustainedonthisthumb,
and the day this thumb-
print disappears will be
the day the mountain
comes down.
A little outside the tem-
ple premises were the ru-
ins of the ‘Mandakini
Kund’ – an ashram for
sages and scholars from
the around. The story goes
that three demons came
each night disguised as
bulls to drink up all the
ghee for the havan offering
and hence disrupt the
prayer services. At that
time, the sages requested
Parmar Raja Dharawarsh,
thebravewarriorandthen
king, to rid them of their
plight. The king shot all
threeof themwithasingle
arrow in their bull form
and they immediately
turned into stone. The
stone statue of the 3 bulls
with pierced backs still re-
mainsatthatplace.Wealso
saw the ruins of the Acha-
lgarh fort built by the Par-
mar dynasty and later re-
constructed and renamed
by Maharana Kumbha,
back in 5 century AD. By
the time we left the fort
premises,eveningbloomed
and it began to drizzle.
The morning of our sec-
ond day
, we set out for
Guru Shikhar, the highest
peak in the hill range. The
place is highly commer-
cialized, and I have to ad-
mit, has lost its beauty
.
There were little tea stalls,
and juice shops every-
where, to the point where
there was little space for
people to climb and cer-
tainly none to sit and rest,
for it was all completely
filledwithgarbage,thanks
to careless shopkeepers
andinconsideratetourists.
So after the short but
seeminglyverylongclimb,
we finally reached the
peak. As far as nature is
concerned, it was totally
worth the effort to get a
view from here and feel
the strong breeze gush to
our faces and fill us up
with the spirit of the
mountain. Personally, I
feel that we do visit the
templesandshrinesallthe
time on level ground, but
the feeling of climbing
hills, feeling the breeze
and then visiting a shrine
on the peak hits different
each time. Our way back
was lovely as now that the
sun was shining bright
and it was afternoon time,
nature seemed to be in its
full majesty
. We spent the
rest of the day calmly
walking around Lake Na-
kki and explore the mar-
ket. We took several
rounds, and I highly rec-
ommend the chocolate
brownie ice-cream from
there. We also went boat-
ing,andlaterthatevening,
climbed the nearby hill to
meet a sage, an ‘aghori’
who lived in a rock cave.
He told us about how he
left home at the age of 6 to
liveinanashram,andthat
he had been living in that
cave for around 9 years,
travelling around every
now and then.
Trevor’s Tank is huge
man-made lake and wild-
life sanctuary built in the
British era. It is not a very
crowded place but none-
theless worth watching.
The place is named after
the British engineer, Col.
G.H.Trevor,whobuiltitin
1897. It was previously
owned by the Rajputana
state and was gifted to Col.
TrevorbyhisfriendMaha-
rao Kesari Singhji baha-
dur of Sirohi. The tank
was around 2 kms inside
the forest, led towards by a
narrow and dense path
and what a perfect spot it
was, like the centre of a
fairyland with the lake
perfectly reflecting the
clouds, as if the sky had
come down on earth. A
crocodile was lazily bask-
ing on the edge, taking no
notice of its visitors.
The hill top was fenced
due to its steep nature. It
even had a nice, sheltered
table on the top. We stayed
on the top for a while, en-
joying the gentle breeze
and admiring the flora.
That evening, we went
back to walk along the
banks of Lake Nakki, re-
flecting how wonderful
our few days here turned
out to be and how many
lovely memories we were
takingbackhome.Iatean-
other chocolate ice-cream
as we left for the circuit
house. The next morning,
we left early for Jaipur,
saying goodbye to the Ara-
valli hills and to their
heart, Mount Abu.
A JAUNT TO THE HEART OF THE
YASHSVI VYAS
Student; keenly interested in
travelling, music and fine arts
A

S
ara took to her Instagram
story to share the news
with her fans. She wrote
on the picture of the bill-
board, which has been lighting
up NYC’s skyline since 1996:
“Had my dream in this city
and now seeing it actual-
ise here.” She added the
location of ‘Times
Square New York, USA’
with Jay-Z’s ‘Empire
State of Mind’ playing
in the background.
—Agency
‘Atrangi Re’ on
NYC’s Times Square
V
ishal Choudhary, a
stunning actor and
model, hailing from
the Pincity is
spreading his charm. The
young talent has already
many prominent shows, ad-
vertisements, shoots under
his belt - that is what I call
‘extraordinary talent’. He
recently starred alongside
famous television actress,
Ashnoor Kaur in Pari Hun
Main, a wow original se-
ries. Vishal is very ami-
able with a lot of charisma
and a calm, relaxed pres-
ence. His skills include play-
ing different accents and
longbow. Vishal came into
the limelight after he par-
ticipated in a pageant titled
Peter England Mr India
2017, and he stood up as the
finalist of the event. One of
the leading channels Zee TV
is known for bringing shows
on varied subjects. The
channel is now gearing up to
launch a new historical dra-
ma based on the lives of
Kashi Bai and Vishal is play-
ing one of the most
p[rominent roles in this.
When asked about his expe-
riences so far, the talented
model and actor said, “It
still gives me
s h i v e r s
when I
l o o k
back and see how far I have
come. Coming from a medi-
cal background, dropping it
and opting for a career that
ain’t easily acceptable, the
journey was quite challeng-
ing. But I also believe that
with true dedication and im-
mense hard work, one can
achieve everything. Each
day inspires me, teaches me
multiple things. I still wake
up with a desire to learn
more. This is a huge indus-
try and with so much talent
around, it sometimes gets
difficult to keep up with eve-
ryone’s pace, but then I re-
mind myself again, that be
so strong that nothing can
disturb your peace of mind.
Vishal also bagged the
Times of India Best Actor
2017-18. He has been a thea-
tre artist and has been a part
of various plays.
K
aty Perry is feeling old al-
ready, thanks to rising art-
ists. In a new interview
with Out Magazine,
The 37-year-old ‘Teenage
Dream’ singer admitted
that she feels ‘old’ hear-
ing new songs referenc-
ing lyrics from some of
her greatest hits. Perry
was told that her work “in-
spires a new generation of
artists,” and she was asked
how she felt. “Honestly, old! And
grateful that I survived it and grate-
fulI’mnotdeadinaditchsomewhere.
P
riyanka Chopra
Jonas is all set
for her next Hol-
lywood film,
The Matrix Resurrec-
tions. Keeping up with
this trajectory, Priyanka
has been sharing a lot of
glimpses from the promo-
tions of The Matrix Resur-
rections as well, leaving
fans excited to watch her
in the popular franchise.
—Agency
ETC
11
s we are nearing the release
date of Ranveer Singh star-
rer sports drama 83, the ex-
citement around this film is
increasing. Recently, we
saw Ranveer, Deepika
Padukone, Kapil
Dev, his wife
Romi Dev and
others in
D u b a i
cherishing the moment when the
trailer of the film was played on
Burj Khalifa. According to a source,
“We will get to see the real hero of
the 83 World Cup-winning team Mo-
hinder Amarnath in the movie too.
But he will play the role of his fa-
ther in this movie. He will be seen
smoking a cigar and appreciating
his son’s game from the stands.” In
the movie he would not be portray-
ing himself but his father Lala Am-
arnath. The ravishing actress is al-
ways loved by the fans for her
crazy work and
her stardom.
—Agency
83’s new revelation
A
Sizzlin’browndress
K
hushi Kapoor is a very
stylish star kid. On Sun-
day, she left her fans in
awe when she shared an-
other picture. Janhvi Kapoor’s
sister is wearing a brown color
mini dress with her hair in the
center partition. Talking about
her makeup she has
surely opted for a soft
one and went for bold
eye makeup. While
sharing the picture,
she also gave a sneak
peek of her bedroom.
The bed is not made
and a furry friend can
be seen seated. Then
going on another side
one can see a huge
collection of sandals
with almost all col-
ours. —Agency
Katy Perry feels old
THE MATRIX
Resurrections
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
Vishal..Young Talent..Big Dreams
Deepika Padukone
Priyanka Chopra
Sara Ali Khan
Khushi Kapoor
Katy Perry
Vishal Choudhary
KIM’S CHRISTMAS PARTY
K
im Kardashian has re-
portedly made holiday
plans with Pete David-
son. She has invited
him over for a Christmas party
at mom Kris Jenner’s house.
After the Halloween weekend,
this will be Kim and Pete’s
second-holiday celebration. As
per a source, “She’s really ex-
cited about having him around
and Kris is already obsessed
with him. The whole family is
a fan of Pete’s and would love
to spend a holiday with him.”
The source further also added
that the duo have plans to
spend the New Year’s together
as well and that Kim may be
going to Miami for New Year’s
to support Pete who will be
hosting NBC’s special, Miley’s
New Year’s Eve Party with Mi-
ley Cyrus. —Agency
Kim Kardashian

ainik Bhaskar celebrated the suc-
cessful completion of its 25 years
stupendous journey in Rajasthan
on Sunday
. A get-together was or-
ganised at the Bhaskar
office on JLN Marg,
Jaipur. Director of
Bhaskar Group Girish Agar-
wal, Deputy MD Pawan Agar-
wal, National Editor LP
Pant , Managing Editor
Jagdish Sharma and
State Editor Mukesh
Mathur welcomed all
the guests warmly
. The
get-together which
continued late into the
night from the after-
noon saw many political
stalwarts, media person-
alities and industrialists
reach to congratulate the
Bhaskar family!
12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
The grand wedding ceremony of Ankit, son of Minister of Revenue Ramlal Jat and Sangeeta Devi with Pooja,
daughter of Shankar Lal Jat and Prem Devi was held on Sunday at Kanchan Resort, Bhilwara, Rajasthan.
Political stalwarts, leaders and many dignitaries reached to bless the newlyweds on the occasion.
Prajay Patel, the son of former aviation minister and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel recently tied the knot with Shivika, daughter of Shirish Pungalia. Their
wedding reception was held on Sunday in Jaipur at Taj Rambagh! Many dignitaries reached to bless the couple and congratulate the Rajya Sabha MP
including CM Ashok Gehlot, former CM Vasundhara Raje, Sachin Pilot, Dushyant Singh and others. City First brings to you some glimpses!
WEDDING BELLS AND CELEBRATIONS!
A STARRY WEDDING NIGHT!
D
25 SAAL...BEMISAAL! The beauty pageant, Forever
Miss and Mrs India 2021
concluded on Sunday at
Hotel Marriott, Jaipur.
Jagdeesh Chandra was
present as chief guest on the
occasion. Organiser Rajesh
Agarwal mentioned that
after grooming, sessions,
the beauties were finally
crowned. More in City First
tomorrow!
WINGS TO FLY!
HEALTH WELLNESS!
FOREVER QUEENS!
CM Ashok Gehlot and former CM Vasundhara Raje with
Praful Patel, the newly weds Shivika Prajay and others
CM Gehlot with Ramlal Jat, Dr. Mahesh Joshi, Govind Singh Dotasra and Ankit
At the Airport: Dharmendra Rathore, Dr CP Joshi,
Udailal Anjana, Dr Mahesh Joshi and Vivek Dhakad
Vaibhav Gehlot with Ankit Pooja along with
the sisters of both the bride and groom
The newly weds with (L-R) Krishna Poonia,
Deepender Hooda, Sachin Pilot and Ramlal Jat
Jagdeesh Chandra with Randeep Surjewala,
Ramlal Jat and Jasdeep Singh
Newly Weds Ankit and Pooja
Sachin Pilot in conversation with Girish Agarwal and Pawan Agarwal
Dr CP Joshi, Kailash Meghwal and Randeep Dhankhar Vijaypal Mirdha with Ankit
CM Ashok Gehlot with Ankit and Pooja
Randeep Surjewala and Jagdeesh Chandra with Sandeep Chaudhary,
Ramlal Jat, Ankit and Pooja, Ravindra Matru and Adarsh Sandhu
Shivika and Prajay greet the guests During the ceremony
Ajay Chopra, Pawan Arora Girish Agarwal
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Navratan Kothari,
Jagdish Sharma and Pawan Agarwal
Girish Agarwal warmly reciprocates
Jagdeesh Chandra’s greetings
LP Pant and Rajendra Rathore
Jyoti Khandelwal
Vareesh Tiwari Mukesh Mathur
We The Women of Rajasthan and Flying Minds presented Women Empowerment Award'21 at Hotel
Radisson, Jaipur on Sunday. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the event as the chief guest. Actress Kirti
Kulhari felicitated the awardees. More in City First tomorrow!
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Diksha Gupta
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Diksha Gupta,
Kirti Kulhari and Surbhi Gupta
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience
The three-day World Health and
Wellbeing Fest drew curtains in
the Pinkcity at Hotel Clarks Amer,
Jaipur on Sunday. Jagdeesh
Chandra graced the occasion
as the chief guest and keynote
speaker. BK Shivani shared
valuable tips and insights on the
wellness mantra. The Fest drew
appreciative audiences and was
of great benefit to the people of
Pink City.
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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