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IT’S YOGI v/s AZAD IN GORAKHPUR
Announcing its decision to field party chief Chandra Shekhar Azad in Gorakhpur Sadar
constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) on
Thursday made it clear that it was ready to take on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the latter’s bastion
Gorakhpur Sadar is the seat
from where the BJP has
fielded CM Adityanath this time
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lower from its previous day’s close. Nifty ended at 17,757.00 points, which
is 1.01 per cent or 181.40 points down from its previous day’s close. The
Nifty slumped to a low of 17,648.45 points after opening in the positive at
17,921.00 points. IT witnessed heavy selling pressure for third straight day.
The Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile was test-fired from Integrated Test
Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on Thursday morning validating several
new indigenous systems, the Defence Research and Development Organi-
sation (DRDO) said. The agency further said, “The highly maneuverable
missile cruised at supersonic speed and all mission objectives were met”.
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SETTLES AT 17,757
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Mohd Fahad
Meerut: For Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adity-
anath’s first-ever state
election next month,
the first rival was de-
clared on Thursday -
Bhim Army chief
Chandrashekhar Azad,
also a debutant. Unlike
Yogi Adityanath, who is
a five-time MP, Chan-
drashekharAzadhasn’t
fought polls before.
The Dalit leader had
declared back in No-
vember that he would
challenge Yogi Adity-
anath. Today, his Azad
Samaj Party formally
announced it, just days
after the BJP revealed
Yogi Adityanath would
contest from Gorakh-
pur Sadar.
Yogi Adityanath’s
main rival will be the
Samajwadi Party can-
didate, not announced
yet. Azad said he wants
to fight the Chief
Minister anyway, no
matter how many op-
position candi-
dates there are.
CM BANS AUCTION OF FARM LAND
UNDER 5 ACRES ACROSS STATE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Gehlot
government has swung
into action after the
auction of farmer’s
land in Dausa’s Ram-
garh Pachwara due to
non-payment of bank
loan. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has
banned the auction of
farmers’ lands across
the state. Under the Re-
moval of Difficulties
Act (RoDA), all types of
banks, including com-
mercial banks, have
been immediately
banned from attaching
and auctioning the land
of farmers for non-pay-
ment of loans.
After auctioning of
land of Dausa farmer
became a topic of dis-
cussion across the
country, farmer leader
Rakesh Thakait had
reached Dausa. The
state government had
stopped the land auc-
tion of the farmer of
Ramgarh Panchwara
on Wednesday and on
Thursday, it has been
banned across the state.
Turn to P8
GEHLOT STANDS FOR SMALL FARMERS ‘Need a system with no
place for discrimination’
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday kicked off the
“
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav” commemorating 75
years of India’s Inde-
pendence by stressing
the need for “a system in
which there is no place
for discrimination and a
society that stands firm-
ly on the foundation of
equality and social jus-
tice”.
He added that in last
75 years, the conversa-
tion has revolved
around “rights, fighting
for rights, fighting,
wasting time”. “Speak-
ing of rights, to some
extent, , maybe true in
any one circumstance
but forgetting one’s du-
ties completely has
played a huge role in
keeping India weak,”
he said. More on P8
GUV MISHRA
CONVENES 7TH
SESSION OF
ASSEMBLY FROM
FEBRUARY 9 Light a lamp
in the heart of
every citizen
of the country - the
lamp of duty. Togeth-
er, we will take the
country forward
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
Delhi riots: In
first sentencing,
man gets five
years for arson
New Delhi: In the first
conviction in the north-
east Delhi riots case,
25-year-old Dinesh Ya-
dav on Thursday was
sentenced to five years
in jail.
Yadav was the first
person convicted in
connection with the
February 2020 violence.
Yadav was convicted
on December 7 for being
part of an unlawful as-
sembly that set a house
on fire during the vio-
lence in northeast Delhi
in February 2020.
CM Ashok Gehlot
YATI NARSINGHANAND
DENIED BAIL BY COURT
COURT REFUSES BAIL
IN BULLI BAI CASE
Haridwar: Arrested for making
derogatory remarks against
women of a particular com-
munity, Juna Akhara Maha-
mandleshwar and controversial
priest Yati Narsinghanand was
denied bail by a CJM court in
Haridwar on Thursday.
Mumbai: A Mumbai court
on Thursday rejected the bail
applications of Vishal Kumar
Jha, Shweta Singh, and Mayank
Rawat – all three of who were
accused in the controversial
‘Bulli Bai’ case and arrested by
the Mumbai Police.
3 KILLED, 25 HURT IN LAHORE
 A powerful blast on
Thursday ripped through
a crowded market where
Indian commodities are
sold in Pakistan’s cultural
capital here, killing at
least three persons and
wounding 25 others,
police said.
 According to police,
the blast took place near
the Paan Mandi in the
famous Anarkali market,
where Indian commodities
are sold. No group or
organisation has claimed
responsibility for the
blast so far.
 Lahore Deputy
Commissioner Umer
Sher Chattha said that the
explosive material was
planted in a motorcycle
which was parked outside
a bank in the area. Prime
Minister Imran Khan
condemned the blast.
Assam, Meghalaya
CMs meet Shah over
volatile border dispute
Absolute Shocker: 5 Covid
genome testing labs shut
due to paucity of funds New Delhi: Amid the
interstate border dis-
pute between Assam
and Meghalaya, the
Chief Ministers of the
two northeastern states
met Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah in the
national capital in a bid
to resolve the long-
pending issue.
After the cabinet
meetings, the two CMs
had told the media sepa-
rately that they would
apprise the Union Home
Minister about the rec-
ommendations of the
ministerial committees
and their perspectives
abouttheinter-statebor-
derdisputesbetweenthe
two northeastern states.
A roadmap for amica-
ble settlement has also
been prepared.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar
Azad (centre) addresses a press
conference in Meerut on Thursday.
PRIYANKA’S POSTER GIRL PRIYANKA MAURYA, ANOTHER
AKHILESH RELATIVE PRAMOD GUPTA JOIN BJP CAMP
Ahead of the Assembly elections, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh
Yadav’s brother-in-law and former Samajwadi Party MLA Pramod Gupta and the former
Congress leader Priyanka Maurya today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Priyanka Maurya
was the face of Congress’s ‘Ladki Hun, Lad Sakti Hun’ campaign spearheaded by Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier on Wednesday, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-
in-law Aparna Yadav had joined BJP in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav
Prasad Maurya and BJP State president Swatantra Dev Singh.
AKHILESH ALL SET TO DEBUT IN ASSEMBLY
POLLS FROM BASTION KARHAL IN MAINPURI
UP: CONGRESS’S 2ND
LIST HAS 16 WOMEN
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will
contest from Karhal seat of Mainpuri, ac-
cording to party sources. SP has been winning
this seat continuously since 2007. In the 2017
elections, despite the Modi-Yogi wave, SP can-
didate Sobran Singh got 50% votes from here.
Earlier, there was talk of Akhilesh contesting
from Azamgarh. Akhilesh himself had said that
after asking the people of Azamgarh, he would
decide to contest the elections.
The Congress party on Thursday re-
leased its second list of candidates
for the assembly elections in Uttar
Pradesh. Out of the total 41 candidates
in this list, 16 are women. The party
has promised to give 40 per cent seats
to women candidates in this year’s Ut-
tar Pradesh election, which is reflected
in the second list. Some of the can-
didates are Haji Akhlaq from Kairana,
Sukhwinder Kaur from Saharanpur
Nagar, Kalpana Singh from Bilari and
Dr Yasmeen Rana from Charthawal
among others.
PARRIKAR’S SON
DENIED TICKET;
AAP WELCOMES
The BJP today announced 34
candidates in its first list for
Goa but a big name was miss-
ing - Utpal Par-
rikar, the son of
ex-CM Manohar
Parrikar, a party
veteran. The BJP
picked sitting
MLA Atanasio “Babush” Mon-
serrate on Panaji seat. Later,
AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal tweeted
‘welcoming’ him in his party.
Police officials examine the site of bomb explosion in Lahore on Thursday.
New Delhi: Delays in
genome sequencing
samples from Covid pa-
tients, to identify the
strain of virus in each
case, is due to a lack of
funds for chemical rea-
gents (which is a sub-
stance added to the sam-
ple to cause a chemical
reaction), top Health
Ministry sources said.
Five labs across the
country - part of INSA-
COG, or the Indian
SARS-CoV-2 Genetics
Consortium, a network
of 38 tasked with ge-
nome sequencing - have
closed because of this,
sources said.
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
14,079
NEW CASES
‘VACCINATION REDUCED DEATHS’
Deaths are significantly less in the third wave of
the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to the sec-
ond wave, and the current surge is not witnessing
increase in severe illness or death following high
vaccination uptake, the Centre said on Thursday.
2,919
NEW CASES
IN JAIPUR
13
NEW
DEATHS
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad
Sangma, during their meeting in New Delhi.
I am the only politician in the last five years who has spent half that time in jail because
of this government. I will not let the Chief Minister of this government go to the assembly.
That is why I am fighting against him. The opposition is welcome to fight, but I am
going to fight against him anyway —Azad told reporters
If the bill for
auctioning land
up to 5 acres is
approved by the
Centre, then no
officer will have
the courage to
auction the
farmer’s land,
Gehlot said
Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra has
convened the seventh
session of the 15th
Legislative Assembly on
February 9. A notifi-
cation in this regard
was published in the
Rajasthan Gazette by
the Assembly Secretary
Mahavir Prasad Sharma.
This year, for the first
time, Rajasthan will
have a separate agricul-
ture budget as promised
by Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot last year.

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Pilot inaugurates oxygen
plant & ICU in Tonk
Sachin Pilot inaugurating oxygen plant & ICU of Saadat Hospital.
Manoj Sharma
Tonk: Former deputy
CM Sachin Pilot during
his one-day visit to Tonk
district on Thursday in-
augurated four units, in-
cluding the oxygen plant
and ICU of the Saadat
Hospital at a cost of
about 13.53 crore to pro-
vide better medical fa-
cilities to the common
man in district.
Interacting with the
media, Pilot said the
units will strengthen
health services. “It is a
good thing that the recov-
ery rate is good in the
third wave of Covid. But
we need to be alert.”
He said that Congress
will form govt in the up-
coming assembly elec-
tions in Uttarakhand and
Punjab. He also said that
the Congress is emerging
as a better option for vot-
ers in Uttar Pradesh.
BJP HAS OPPRESSED
FARMERS: PILOT
Regarding UP elections,
Pilot said that the BJP has
oppressed the farmers
and called them separa-
tists. “A minister’s son is
accused of killing farmers.
It’s bulldozer raj in UP and
a change is a must. People
have seen SP, BSP and
BJP. Congress is a better
option for them.”
NEWS DIGEST
Jalore: The State Human Rights Commission has taken
cognisance of the incident wherein 16 students of
Devnarayan Higher Secondary Residential School located
in Chandpura had jumped the walls of the hostel dead in
the night and reached the District Collector to narrate their
ordeal. Meanwhile, the Principal, the Physical Instructor
and the Hostel Superintendent of the school have been
put on awaiting posting order (APO) at the Bikaner head-
quarters due to indifference towards official responsibility
and dereliction of duty. The Class X and XI students had
complained to the Collector that they were not being
given proper food, they were being pressed into services
like preparing food, washing utensils and cleaning the
premises as well as they were being engaged in extortion
and signing for fake employees, etc.
SHRC TAKES COGNISANCE OF JALORE
SCHOOL INCIDENT; STAFF PUT ON APO
2362 PATWARIS
PROMOTED TO
SENIOR PATWARI
Jaipur: 2362 Patwaris
have been promoted to
the post of Senior Patwari.
As per the instructions of
Revenue Circle President
Rajeshwar Singh, orders
were issued to promote
the Patwaris to the post
of Senior Patwari in the
meeting of the Promotion
Committee held under the
chairmanship of Regis-
trar Dr. Mohan Lal Yadav
on Thursday. Registrar
Dr. Yadav informed that
these promotions have
been given under the year
2021-22, in which 2269
patwaris of non-scheduled
areas and 93 patwaris
of scheduled areas were
promoted to the post of
senior patwaris. A total
of 5000 posts of senior
patwaris were sanctioned
in the state.
DRUG SMUGGLER
ARRESTED WITH 5
KG ‘CHARAS’ IN JPR
Jaipur: An alleged smug-
gler was arrested with
5 kg marijuana (charas)
worth Rs 1 crore in the
international market on
Thursday in Chomu town
of Jaipur district, police
said. Mohammad Arif
Ali, the accused, was
arrested in Chaumun
Police Station area on
Thursday by a team of
CID Crime Branch of
Rajasthan Police. Arif, a
resident of Ajmer, was
travelling in a private bus
coming from Amritsar to
Jaipur and was inter-
cepted at Chomu tool
booth, Additional Director
General of Police Crime
Ravi Prakash said. He
was bringing the drug
from Anantnag in Jammu
and Kashmir to deliver in
Ajmer, Prakash said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Anand Mahin-
dra had promised to gift
a special car to Avani Le-
khara, who brought glo-
ry to the country by win-
ning the gold medal at
the Tokyo Paralympics.
On Wednesday
, Anand
Mahindra, fulfilling his
promise, gifted Avni a
specialcustomisedXUV-
700 car. In which a spe-
cial hydraulic seat has
been installed for Avani
so that Avani can easily
get in and out of the car.
Avani Lekhara, who
won two gold medals in
the Tokyo Paralympic
shooting, has shared a
photo of her new car,
the Mahindra XUV-700
on social media. Along
with this, she also
thanked Anand Mahin-
dra. She wrote that
thank-you to Anand
Mahindra and the en-
tire team of Mahindra
& Mahindra. Who made
this customized car.
Such a car is a big step
towards making a more
inclusive India. I want
to see more XUV-700 of
this design on the road.
Separate customiza-
tions have been done in
this car for Avani Le-
khara. In this, the seat is
hydraulically connect-
ed. Due to which it be-
comes easier to sit
straight in the car with
a wheelchair. Apart
from this, a lot of chang-
es have been made keep-
ing in mind the disabled
people in the car. At the
same time, Anand Ma-
hindra encouraged the
team to make a special
XUV-700 for Avani Le-
khara. He congratulat-
ed the entire team by
tweeting and also
thanked Avni Lekhara
for liking the XUV-700.
Anand Mahindra gifts XUV 700 to Avani
KEEPING A PROMISE
Avani Lekhara thanked Anand Mahindra & his team for her new car.
Possibility of light-to-moderate
rain with thunder in state: MeT
Jaipur: Rain is likely to
occur in parts of Ra-
jasthan in the next 1-2
days due to activation
of a new western dis-
turbance, a MeT depart-
ment spokesperson said
on Thursday
.
AccordingtotheMete-
orological Department,
the disturbance is likely
to form an induced cir-
culation system over
southwest Rajasthan on
January 21 and supply
sufficient moisture
along with winds from
the Arabian Sea.
Due to the event, there
isapossibilityof light-to-
moderaterainwiththun-
der in Jodhpur, Bikaner,
Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota, and
Bharatpur January 21
night onwards, the
spokesperson said.
The event is likely to
have maximum impact
on January 22 occasion-
ing thunder and light-
ning across cities.
Many places in
Ajmer, Alwar, Bharat-
pur, Dausa, Dholpur,
Jaipur, Karauli, Sikar,
Sawai Madhopur, Tonk,
Bikaner, Churu, Ganga-
nagar, Hanumangarh,
Nagaur, Jodhpur and
Pali districts are likely
to witness this.
At the same time,
hailstorm may occur at
some places in Jaipur,
Alwar, Sikar and Churu
districts.
Strong winds with a
speed of 20 to 30 kmph
are likely in the districts
of Jodhpur, Ajmer,
Jaipur, Bikaner and
Bharatpur divisions of
the state, the spokesper-
son said. —PTI
WEATHER ALERT!
—Picture for representational purpose only
Municipal Corp
Greater to
take charge of
waste collection
Ziyauddin Khan
Jaipur: The Munici-
pal Corporation
Greater is awaiting
high court orders to
show the door to gar-
bage collection com-
pany, BVG. Earlier,
Municipal Corpora-
tion Heritage ousted
the company. If the
order comes in its fa-
vour, then the corpo-
ration will take
charge of waste col-
lection.
To put the city’s
cleanliness system
on track, four new
dumpers were in-
cluded in the Munic-
ipal Corporation
Greater for garbage
collection on Thurs-
day. Mayor Sheel
Dhabhai flagged
them off. The Mayor
said that it is expect-
ed that the decision
will come in our fa-
vour.
Sheel Dhabhai flagged off
four dumpers on Thursday.
SOG arrests REET paper
leak mastermind from Guj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The SOG has
arrested mastermind
Bhajanlal Vishnoi from
Gujarat in the Ra-
jasthan Eligibility
Exam for Teachers
(REET) paper leak case
and brought him to
Jaipur on Thursday.
The SOG was searching
for Vishnoi for the last
four months after his
name came up during
the arrest of 20 accused,
including Battilal.
Vishnoi had sold the
examination paper to
the candidates for Rs 30
to 40 lakh. SOG inspec-
tor Mohanlal Poswal
had been searching for
him in Rajasthan, M.P.,
Gujarat and Uttar
Pradesh. The team fi-
nally arrested Vishnoi,
a resident of Ranodar,
Chitlawana of Jalore.
According to preliminary
investigation, Vishnoi
appeared as a proxy
candidate in the
constable recruitment
examination three years
ago and was arrested
Bhajanlal Vishnoi
Diya meets Vaishnaw; discusses
demands relating to new rail tracks
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari met Rail-
way Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Thursday
and discussed in detail
the problems of rail-
ways related to her par-
liamentary constituen-
cy
. During the meeting,
Diya discussed the de-
velopment of passenger
amenities, stoppage of
trains and new railway
tracks at railway sta-
tions.
She urged for re-stop-
ping of Malani Ex-
press from Jaisalmer,
Barmer to New Delhi
Sarai Rohilla in Degana
and Gotan. She said that
thisisanindustrialarea
and commuters travel-
ling from here are fac-
ing a lot of inconven-
ience due to closure of
stoppages. Due to this,
thereisastrongdemand
by the residents of the
area for the stoppage of
this train. Along with
this,Diyaalsorequested
for stoppages at Gotan
for Kalka Express, Mer-
ta Road for Bikaner Da-
dar Express, Jalsu and
Kheduli for Jodhpur-
Bhopal Express.
Diya Kumari met Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Thursday.
PURI SLAMS CONG
OVER FARMER’S
LAND AUCTION
New Delhi: “What was
this promise to the
farmers? Is this the
real face of the farmer-
friendly government of
Congress in Rajasthan,”
he asked. Additional
District Magistrate said,
“The process of auction
of the land of a farmer,
who could not repay
a loan to a bank, has
been cancelled. Instead,
a settlement process
between the farmer and
the bank is being facili-
tated.” Earlier, the land
belonging to a farmer in
Rajashthan’s Dausa was
auctioned off after a co-
operative bank decided
to put it for sale as the
farmer’s family failed to
repay the loan amount
following his death.—ANI
Hardeep Singh Puri
POLITICS ON AUCTION OF AGRI LAND
Kirodi accuses Gehlot govt of defying promise
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MP Dr Ki-
rodi Lal Meena has ac-
cused the Gehlot gov-
ernment of breach of
promise in the matter of
farmers’ loan waiver.
Kirodi Lal, along with
the relatives of the de-
ceased farmer of Lalsot
and some other farmers
of the state, reached
Civil Lines in Jaipur
and marched towards
the Chief Minister’s
residence on Thursday
.
The sudden incident
caused a stir in the po-
lice-administration. Dr
Meena alleged that the
police took him into cus-
tody under the pretense
of a meeting with the
Chief Minister. Dr. Mee-
na then reached the
CMO where he gave a
memorandum about his
demand to fulfill the
promise of farmers’
loan waiver and to stop
to the auction of farm-
ers’ lands immediately
.
Poonia attacks Congress
over farmers’ loan waiver
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a political at-
tack through movie
songs, BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Thursday targeted Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi and Gehlot govern-
ment over the promise
of farmers’ loan waiver
by sharing a video on
twitter.
The promise of loan
waiver made by Gandhi
during assembly elec-
tions is shown in the
middle of a three win-
dow screen while in the
top and bottom win-
dows, two Bollywood
film songs are there to
target Gandhi.
Gandhi had said that
farmers’ loans will be
waived within ten days
of the formation of the
government. The video
shared by Poonia has
widely circulated on so-
cial media.
In another tweet, he re-
torted to Gehlot’s in-
structions to stop the
auction of agricultural
land across the state
and asked what will
happen to the farmers’
lands which have al-
ready been attached.
UPROAR OVER
AUCTION OF FARMERS’
LANDS IN RAJASTHAN
Jaipur: BKU leader Rakesh
Tikait on Thursday met
Dausa farmers whose lands
have been auctioned by
commercial banks over the
non-payment of loans. Tikait,
who is the spokesperson
of the BKU, met farmers in
Ramgarh Pachwara in Dausa
whose lands were auctioned
by banks after they failed to
repay their loans.
Poonia retorted to
Gehlot’s instructions
to stop the auction
of agricultural land
Kirodi Lal Meena along with the relatives of the deceased
farmer of Lalsot and some other farmers of the state,
reached Civil Lines in Jaipur and marched towards the
CM’s residence on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
‘FARMERS FORCED
TO COMMIT SUICIDE’
Poonia said that due to the
promise of Rahul Gandhi
made in 2018, the lands of
farmers of Rajasthan are
being auctioned and farmers
are being forced to commit
suicide. He alleged that
CM Ashok Gehlot
is misleading and
demanded complete
loan waiver.

RAJASTHAN
03
Alwar : Coming to-
gether to launch a pro-
test against the alleged
rape of the 15-year-old
deaf and dumb minor
who was found in a
pool of blood on the Ti-
jara Gate bridge on
January 11, members
of Sarv Samaj have
formed a committee
that has called for Al-
war bandh on Jan 22.
This will be the clarion
call of the fight for jus-
tice for innocent girl
which will begin with a
candle march at Nangli
Circle at 5.30 pm.
Expressing displeas-
ure with the investiga-
tion so far, committee
member Pappu Prad-
han said that earlier
government employees
accepted that innocent
was raped and later, un-
der pressure from the
government, they start-
ed calling it accident.
He said that the CBI
should take over the
case because the citi-
zens are unhappy with
the way the case is be-
ing dealt with.
The girl child must
get justice. Committee
meeting will be held
every day and Alwar
district trade union
and people of other so-
cieties too will be part
of this protest.
Alwar case: Sarv Samaj calls for district bandh on January 22
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
Police recreates crime scene in the case
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: The police
team, which is investi-
gating into the incident
wherein a deaf and
dumb girl was found ly-
ing in a pool of blood on
roadside on Jan 11, rec-
reated scene at spot on
Thursday morning.
The driver of the
Roadways bus, which
had stopped there for a
while at the time of the
incident to drop a pas-
senger, told the cops
that he had not seen any
accident occurring
there. The investigators
are of the view that the
bike came all of a sud-
den and hit the girl in-
juring her seriously
.
The CCTVs could not
capture the scene as the
bus came in between.
The team had gone to
the spot for the purpose
first during the day
time on Wednesday
. But
a big crowd gathered
there out of curiosity
seeing the policemen.
Cops went back & re-
turned in the night.
Police recreating the scene on Thursday.
COVID-19: RAJ REPORTS 13
DEATHS, 14K FRESH CASES
CURRENTLY, 78,099 PATIENTS ARE UNDER TREATMENT ACROSS THE STATE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: More than
14,000 Covid cases were
reported on Thursday,
while 13 patients have
died. Two patients each
have died in Jaipur, Bi-
kaner and Kota and one
each in Barmer, Jais-
almer, Jhalawar, Jhunj-
hunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur
and Rajsamand.
Earlier on Wednes-
day, 12 infected people
died. So far, the third
wave of Covid has
claimed 80 lives. How-
ever, it is a matter of
relief that on Thursday,
10,528 patients got
cured. The number of
active cases in the state
has increased to 78,099.
The maximum num-
ber of 2,919 Covid cases
have been found in
Jaipur, 1,410 in Alwar,
851 in Jodhpur, 841 in
Bharatpur, 716 in Kota.
Besides, 187 Covid pa-
tients are in Banswara,
118 in Baran, 353 in Bar-
mer, 293 in Bhilwara,
464 in Bikaner.
10,70,004
TOTAL CASES
14,079 IN A DAY
9,96,940
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,044
TOTAL DEATHS
13 IN A DAY
78,099
ACTIVE CASES
20, 090 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
Financial Help
for Corona
warrior cops
Ajmer: Policemen serv-
ing as frontline workers
had lost their lives in
second wave of Corona,
in such a situation,
while providing support
to their families, on
Thursday the Ajmer IG
office handed over 3L
rupees to 4 families.
These cheques have
been given by Mankind
Company, which were
handed over by District
SP Vikas Sharma to the
families of the victims.
SP Sharma said that
this assistance amount
is being given by the
company at Ajmer
rangelevel. Fourjawans
from Nagaur and Ajmer
have come under the
grip of Covid-19 epidem-
ic in the course of their
duty in another city and
have lost their lives.
They are being provided
continuous support.
NEW GUIDELINES
RAJ TOURISM EX-CHAIRMAN WRITES TO
CM, SEEKS HELP FOR THE INDUSTRY
Jaipur: Ahead of the upcoming budget, former
chairman of Rajasthan Tourism Development Cor-
poration Rajiv Arora has written to CM Gehlot telling
him industry is axis of economic development of
state & it must be given importance in budget. Arora
said that tourism industry has been hit hard by
pandemic. He wrote to reduce rates of duty payable
for Fire Cess. Citing discrepancies in the definition
of tourism unit in RTUP-2015 & in master plan, he
sought for revising it. He also suggests reduction in
lease rates for heritage properties in rural areas.
Patient gets swab test at SMS hospital. —PHOTO BY SUMAN
Raj tops in wolf breeding Make efforts to develop facilities
in public transport services: Arya
CM sanctions
`80 cr to RSRTC
Jaipur : CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has given relaxa-
tion in Rule 9A(13) of
Rajasthan Transport
Infrastructure Develop-
ment Fund (RTIDF) to
Rajasthan State Road
Transport Corporation
(RSRTC) for release of
share capital. The pro-
posal to release the
amount to RSRTC by
making additional pro-
vision of Rs 80 crore
has been approved. No-
tably, the entire out-
standing loan amount
of RSRTC has been con-
verted into 253 crore
equity capital.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Now, Jaipur is
number one in the
country as far as wolf
breeding is concerned.
Two pairs of wolves
gave birth to as many
as ten cubs in the Na-
hargarh Biological
Park recently.
Now there are 31
wolves in the Nahar-
garh Biological Park
including 21 adults and
10 cubs. No biological
park or zoo in country
has either wolves or
bred so many cubs.
Raj’s breed of wolves
are in great demand in
biological parks across
country. “Now we can
procure big cats like
tigers & lions from oth-
er states in exchange
for our wolves”, said
Dr Arvind Mathur,
Senior Physician of
Nahargarh Biological
Park. “Jaipur has a fa-
vorable environment
for breeding wolves”,
he added. Health of
newly born cubs is
monitored.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CS Niranjan
Arya said that like pri-
vate transport servic-
es, there is a need to
develop facilities in
Rajasthan State Road
Transport Corporation
(RSRTC) & other pub-
lic transport services.
He said that Ra-
jasthan Transport In-
frastructure Develop-
ment Fund has been
formed for development
and management of or-
derly, safe, speedy in
state & for implementa-
tion of conditions of
JNNURM.
Arya, while chairing
the 18th meeting of Ra-
jasthan Transport In-
frastructure Develop-
ment Fund, directed the
officials to release bal-
ance amount for finan-
cial year 2021-22 to
RSRTC and to approve
amount under road-
ways grant for various
works related to devel-
opment of commercial
complex in RSRTC cam-
pus at Bikaner House,
New Delhi.
In the virtual meet-
ing, ACS Transport Ab-
hay Kumar, Principal
Secretary UDH K L
Meena, Finance Secre-
tary Naresh Kumar
Thakral and other offic-
ers were present.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur : In a first,
Jaipur airport will now
have radars installed.
The work of installing
two radars near the Air
Traffic Control (ATC)
tower at the airport is
almost complete.
Real time location of all
types of aircraft will be
available with ATC once
radar becomes opera-
tional. Now according
to the safety standards,
permission has been
sought from the Directo-
rate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA).
Until now, a procedur-
al system was adopted
forthelandingof flights.
Under this, the real time
location of the aircraft
which had Automatic
Dependent Surveil-
lance–Broadcast (ADS–
B) transponder was
known to the ATC.
Buttherealtimeloca-
tion of aircraft which
did not have ADS B
equipment was not
available. ATC had to
depend on the pilot for
location of the aircraft.
According to sources,
the radars will become
operational by April.
This will benefit the air-
lines. At present, it
takes seven minutes for
an aircraft to land. The
installation of radars
will save fuel for air-
lines and make air trav-
el safer for passengers.
Two radar towers being
installed at Jaipur airport
Sarv Samaj committee in a discuss regarding bandh.
THE TWO RADARS
Radars will reduce
the landing time of
planes.
The horizontal and
vertical distance
between two planes
will decrease.
Movement of up to
30 flights will be pos-
sible in one hour.
Each flight will save
seven minutes of
landing time.
THEIR BENEFITS
Woman forcibly
enters CM’s
Advisor’sresidence
Jaipur : A young
woman did a lot of
drama at the govern-
ment bungalow here
of advisor to CM and
Nawalgarh MLA Dr
Rajkumar Sharma.
This information
was given to Bajaj
Nagar police station.
When the police
reached the spot, the
girl started threaten-
ing the police.
The woman threat-
ened the police and
asked what police
had come to do at
MLA’s residence
and why.
She also threatened
the police officers
that no one can harm
her. She threatened
to implicate the po-
lice in the case. The
police arrested the
girl and brought her
to the Bajaj Nagar
police station.
Bajaj Nagar police
station officer Shee-
shram Meena told
that the incident
happened at 2 pm on
Wednesday, when a
suspicious woman
forcibly entered the
MLA residence and
started roaming in
the house.
When the employ-
ees of the house got
suspicious, she was
questioned. During
the interrogation of
the woman, she got
disturbed. The ar-
rested girl Nisha
Sharma (39) is a
resident of ward
number 9, Nawal-
garh, Jhunjhunu.
Even before this, the
girl had filed a case
against MLA Rajku-
mar Sharma a few
years back. At pre-
sent, the police are
interrogating the
woman.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
RPSC extension starts at Secretariat
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur : Rajasthan Pub-
lic Service Commission
member Dr. Sangeeta
Arya took a meeting re-
lated to departmental
promotion in the com-
mission’s extension
room at Secretariat in
Jaipur on Thursday
.
The DPC meeting
was held for eight cate-
gories of posts in the
Public Health Engi-
neering department
while the meeting was
held for three catego-
ries of posts in the
Ground Water Depart-
ment. She said that as
per the intention of the
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, the room was al-
lotted to the Commis-
sion in the Secretariat
after three years where
meetings started from
Thursday
.
Dr. Sangeeta Arya
said that till now, the of-
ficers of the depart-
ments had to go to
Ajmer regarding DPC
but now it will happen
in Jaipur itself.
Dr. Sangeeta Arya taking a meeting releated to departmental promotion.
Radars tower.

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If with a pure mind a
person speaks or acts,
happiness follows them like
a never-departing shadow.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Hon’ble SC’s decision to uphold the
constitutionality of 27% 10%
reservations for OBCs and EWS
respectively in #NEET under the
AIQ quota is a welcome decision.
It vindicates the vision of PM @
narendramodi’s govt. of creating a new
paradigm of social justice in the country.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Hearty congratulations to world’s
biggest party @BJP4India successful
national president of @JPNadda ji
on completing a successful two-year
tenure. Your role is exemplary in
motivating the workers for service and
in the excellence of the organization. I
wish that the organization continues to
flourish under your leadership.
TOP TWEETS
ONE JINX BROKEN,
YOGI SET TO BREAK
ANOTHER IN UP
ASSEMBLY ELECTION
ational Capital Re-
gion’sNoidawasano-
go place for any sit-
ting Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh as it
was believed to be jinxed. The su-
perstition was that any chief
minister visiting Noida will
bring bad luck and make his/her
re-electiondoubtful.Oversucces-
sive yearsthe jinx gained cre-
dence asVeer Bahadur Singh
in1998andNDTiwariin1989lost
the CM’s post. Subsequent chief
ministers, including Kalyan Sin-
gh, Rajnath Singh and Mulayam
Singh, avoided visiting Noida.
During his tenure as CM, Akh-
ilesh Yadav visited Ghaziabad
but did not go to Noida. Only
Mayawatidismissedthesupersti-
tion and became the first CM in
13 years to visit Noida as CM in
2007. After her it is Yogi Adity-
anath who has visited Noida
without any fear.
The other superstition which
Yogi Adityanath is set to break
is about the re-election of a
chief minister for a second
term. In the past, no UP chief
minister has achieved that feat.
N
t times technolo-
gy can be a nui-
sance too. Like the
5G technology
which was to be
deployed in the US from
Wednesday without taking
some key stakeholders into
confidence. Or, should we say
without alerting them about
the chaos the technology may
cause to the aviation sector.
5G is the fifth generation mo-
bile technology (after 1G, 2G,
3G and 4G) that “is designed
to connect everyone and eve-
rything” with the capacity to
“enable next generation user
experiences” with high
speeds and superior reliabil-
ity
. That’s really good for mo-
bile services but for the avia-
tion industry it is a bane as
experienced by Delta Airlines
and American Airlines. The
US Federal Aviation Admin-
istration warned on January
14 that the new technology
could interfere with radar al-
timeters which measure an
airplane’s height above the
ground, especially during
low visibility landings.
The US auctioned the C-
band radio spectrum band for
5G technology in 2021 and this
has caused worry in the avia-
tionsectorasitmaywithradar
altimeter range. The frequen-
cy range auctioned by the US--
-3.7 GHz to 3.98 GHz---comes
close to the 4.2 GHz-4.4 GHz
range used by the air planes.
The US case is different from
that of most European coun-
tries and South Korea which
useaslightlydifferentairwave
for their 5G technology
.
The US spectrum has now
spooked airlines, including
Air India, which cancelled
their flights between the US
and India. A temporary relief
has come in the form of some
“robust” altimeters installed
which are installed in large-
bodied Boeing 777 and 787. In
others, altimeters have to be
retrofitted or replaced.
THE 5G SPECTRUM GLITCH
WHICH HAS HIT AVIATION
US Federal Aviation
Administration
warned on January 14
that new technology could
interfere with radar
altimeters which measure
an airplane’s height
above the ground,
especially during low
visibility landings
A
THE SEASON OF
‘AAYA RAM GAYA RAM’
POLITICS IS BACK!
ver watched Anwar
Maqsood’s Loose Talk? His
was one of the most popular
Pakistani TV political satire
across the subcontinent, im-
mortalized by Moin Akhtar,
who appeared in over 350 epi-
sodes playing as many char-
acters in mock interviews
taken by Anwar. In one of the
most acerbic, stinging com-
ments, Akhtar distorts
Shakespeare: “Whoever
stands in an election has
nothing to do with quom (na-
tion).” With due apologies to
the ardent admirers of our
democracy and the thick-
skinned paramours of the
“will of the people,” let’s
learn to get our head around
the latest ‘Aaya Rams and
Gaya Rams.’
More than a dozen BJP
MLAs, including three sen-
ior ministers -- Swami Pras-
ad Maurya, Dara Singh
Chauhan, Dharam Pal Saini
– have resigned the Yogi Adi-
tyanath-led BJP dispensation
in Uttar Pradesh. Many ana-
lysts have interpreted their
exit as a sad commentary on
Yogi’s five-year governance.
That could be partly true.
These ‘gentlemen of nerve’
said goodbye to BJP after en-
joying five years in power
and landed in Akhilesh Ya-
dav-led Samajwadi Party
.
Maurya was gross and
grandiose: “ab dekhta hu kya
hota hai….ham jis party me
hote hain vohi Sarkar banati
hai.”Maurya comes from east
UP, Poorvanchal, a region
known to be the expressway
to power in Lucknow. His
companions had more or less
the same attitude. Most of
these leaders had joined BJP
after leaving Mayawati’s BSP
in the previous polls in 2017.
The other example came
from Punjab. Congress MLA
Balwinder Singh Laddi
joined the BJP and days later
joined back Congress and
was quoted as saying, “I have
come back to Congress as my
workers compelled me not to
go with the BJP. I have ac-
cepted their wish and joined
back my old party
.” His party
projected Laddi’s revelation
as an achievement while de-
nying him the ticket. In Goa,
the goings and comings con-
tinue as a shining mascot of
the state’s political scenario.
What do you make out of
these instances? Would peo-
ple, being represented by
those leaders trying to make
a complete circle of their po-
litical tour through all major
parties, embrace them? One
wouldn’t be surprised if they
are back in the reckoning
when the results are out. Be-
cause people love their
castes, sub-castes and reli-
gions, we could see a repeat
of “the more things change,
the more they stay the same.”
The rage of the moralistic
debate on turncoats began in
1967 a year after Haryana was
born. Gaya Lal, a member of
the Assembly from Hodal in
Haryana, won elections as an
independent and joined the
Indian National Congress. He
changed his political loyal-
ties thrice in a fortnight, first
by defecting from the Con-
gress to the United Front,
then defecting back to INC,
and then going back all over
again to United Front. When
Gaya Lal quit the United
Front and join the INC, then
INC leader Rao Birender Sin-
gh, who had orchestrated
Gaya Lal’s defection to INC,
brought him to a press confer-
ence and declared “Gaya Ram
is now Aya Ram.” The debate
has remained inconclusive as
elections have come and gone
with the law on defections
making little sense for the
fair-weather friends turning
foes in elections.
A flipside of political deser-
tionsisthestateof theparties
– ruling as well as in the op-
position – that tend to rely
more on the migrant leaders.
In Punjab AAP, for example,
at least 56 nominees out of 104
already announced by the
party are ‘imports’ with 13 of
them having joined the party
only a few days ago. Grass-
roots AAP workers have ac-
cused the party of ignoring
their claims for the ticket.
Then, in Uttar Pradesh,
SP’s Akhilesh Yadav is said
to be facing the problem of
plenty following ‘migrations’
into the party
. With each one
of them expecting a ticket,
the grassroots workers ac-
tively involved with the party
for years feel let down at the
time of ticket distribution.
Democracy is the voice of
thepeople,whoarelikelytobe
influenced by those who aim
at petty short-term and re-
gional gains. In numerous in-
stances, parties with almost
impossible goals to achieve
havepromisedtheearth.Loan
waivers, freebies and caste
quotas are some of them. The
migrations from one party to
another,daysbeforeelections,
seem to justify politics’ “ulti-
mate” aim of usurping power.
Such “imports” may be no-
gainer for parties that seek to
thrive on them and could re-
sult in a conspiracy-driven
battle where settling personal
scores would overtake the
contestof democraticideas.It
couldalsomeansubversionof
theentiredemocraticprocess.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
E
PRASHANT SAXENA
The writer is a political analyst
and freelance journalist
A flipside of political
desertions is the state of the
parties – ruling as well as in
the opposition – that tend to
rely more on the migrant
leaders. In Punjab AAP, for
example, at least 56
nominees out of 104 already
announced by the party are
‘imports’ with 13 of them
having joined the party only
a few days ago. Grassroots
AAP workers have accused
the party of ignoring their
claims for the ticket
In Uttar Pradesh, SP’s
Akhilesh Yadav is said
to be facing the problem
of plenty following
‘migrations’ into the party.
With each one of them
expecting a ticket, the
grassroots workers
actively involved with
the party for years
feel let down at the
time of ticket
distribution

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INDIA
06
New Delhi: Amid the
surge in Covid-19 cases
in India, the Central
government on Thurs-
day said Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and
poll-bound UP are
among the 'States of
Concern'. Central
health teams have been
sent to these states and
situation was reviewed,
Union Health Secretary
Rajesh Bhushan said.
In terms of active
Covid-19 cases, Maha-
rashtra, Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
West Bengal, UP,
Gujarat, Odisha, Delhi
Rajasthan are the
top ten states. Asia is
witnessing a sharp
surge in global contri-
bution from 7.9 % to
around 18.4 % in just
four weeks, Bhushan
said. —PTI
POLL-BOUNDUP,MAHA,DELHI,AMONG
COVID-19‘STATESOFCONCERN’:CENTRE
A healthcare worker inoculates a senior citizen with precautionary
dose of COVID-19 vaccine, in Chennai. —PHOTO BY ANI
MAHA SCHOOLS
TO REOPEN
FROM JAN 24
Mumbai: Maha
School Edu Min Var-
sha Gaikwad said that
schools for Classes
1 to 9 in state can be
reopened for offline
classroom sessions
from January 24.CM
Uddhav Thackeray
has approved a re-
lated proposal sent to
him by school educa-
tion department.
HIGHLIGHTS
l PM Modi speaks to
Parkash Singh Badal,
enquires about his health
l COVID-19 jab for
children below 15 yrs
to begin after scientific
evidence: Centre
l Vaccination in India
surpasses 160 cr mark’
WILL REVIEW COVID-19 CURBS IN
K’TAKA WITH EXPERTS: CM BOMMAI
Bengaluru:Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said
that he would review restrictions imposed in the
state on Friday.“On Friday I will hold a meeting with
experts. We will review all restrictions. The number
of Covid infections is going up but there is no load
on hospitals and no admissions. We have to pay
more attention towards OPD (outpatient depart-
ment),” Bommai said in Bengaluru. —ANI
Chandigarh: The AAP
has announced that its
chief ministerial face,
Bhagwant Mann, will
contest the
Punjab As-
s e m b l y
elections
from the
Dhuri con-
stituency in Sangrur
district.
“We are quite sure
that the people of Dhuri
will shower their love
on him this time too,”
AAP co-in-charge Ra-
ghav Chadha said on
Thursday, adding that
Mann, currently the
MP from Sangrur, had
won most of the votes
in Dhuri, which falls
under the constituency
that he won in the 2014
and 2019 Lok Sabha
elections.
When asked if Mann
would fight from a sec-
ond Assembly seat also,
Chadha said he would
win from any seat in
Punjab. Chadha said
AAP was the only party
to contest the polls with
a chief ministerial face
as the Congress, SAD,
BJP and Sanyukt Samaj
Morcha “were not in po-
sition” to declare their
chief ministerial candi-
dates.
Mann, who was not
present at the time of
the announcement, was
busy campaigning in
the field, according to
the AAP co-in-charge.
Dhuri is among nine
Assembly segments
that constitute Sangrur
LS constituency which
Mann is representing
for the second time.
Lehra, Sunam, Dirba,
Barnala, Malerkotla,
Sangrur, Bhadaur
Mehal Kalan are other
segments. —ANI
AAP’sCMfaceBhagwant
ManntocontestfromDhuri
Dhuriisamongthe9AssemblysegmentsthatformSangrurLSseat
New Delhi: The
BJPon Thursday an-
nounced that Goa
Chief Minister
P r a m o d
S a w a n t
will con-
test the
state As-
sembly polls
from Sanquelim con-
stituency while Depu-
ty CM Manohar Aj-
gaonkar will be pitted
from Margao seat.
BJP Gen SecyArun
Singh Goa poll in-
charge Devendra Fad-
navis released a list of
34 candidates. —ANI
CM Pramod Sawant to contest
from SANQUELIM IN GOA
‘CONCRETE OFFER
MADE TO CONG’
SENA’s RAUT
SUPPORTS UTPAL
New Delhi: The TMC
rebutted Cong leader
P Chidambaram on
his comment on “no
concrete offer for an
alliance” for Goa polls.
“I met him in Delhi in
December, Varma said.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
leader Sanjay Raut
came out in support of
Utpal Parrikar after BJP
refused him an election
ticket. Utpal is Ex-CM
Manohar Parrikar’s son.
New Delhi: BJP on
Thursday announced
names of can-
didates for
59 out of 70
seats in Ut-
tarakhand for upcom-
ing assembly polls.
CM Pushkar Singh
Dhami will contest the
upcoming elections
from Khatima. Dhami
is two-time MLA
from Khatima con-
stituency. In the
first list issued by
the party
, there
are six women
candidates.
—ANI
U’khand polls: BJP declares 59
candidates, drops 10 Sitting MLAs
ASSEMBLY POLLS 2022
contest the
Punjab As-
s e m b l y
elections
from the
Dhuri con-
PUNJAB
We do not want to tie
Mann saheb down to
any one place, so we
have carefully chosen
his constituency. We
want to make the
maximum utilisation
of the capabilities of
Bhagwant Mann in the
Assembly polls.
—Raghav Chadha,
AAP co-in-charge
P r a m o d
S a w a n t
will con-
test the
state As-
sembly polls
GOA
GOA
HIGHLIGHTS
l Chhattisgarh: Nearly
70% voter turnout in
general, by-elections
for panchayat bodies
l Last date of
registration for
‘Pariksha pe Charcha
2022’ extended till
January 27
l Amar Jawan Jyoti flame
to be merged with
National War Memorial
flame on Friday
l VVIP Chopper Scam:
Michel at ‘flight risk’:
CBI to Delhi HC
names of can-
didates for
59 out of 70
U’KHAND
U’KHAND
EX CM TRIVENDRA
RAWAT OFFERS
NOT TO CONTEST
Dehradun: In a letter to
BJP President JP Nadda,
Former Uttarakhand CM
Trivendra Singh Rawat
asked him to accept his
request for not contesting
the polls so he could de-
vote all his time towards
working to ensure the
party’s victory.
We have always
believed in a good
and stable govern-
ment. From Par-
rikar ji to Sawant
ji, we can see the
journey of Goa.
—Devendra Fadnavis,
Senior BJP leader
Pushkar Singh Dhami
Pramod Sawant
Bhagwant Mann
Anita Hada
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party has given a
very clear message that
CM Charanjit Singh
Channi is the face of
the party in the elec-
tions and if the Con-
gress govt is formed
then he will become the
CM. Despite this, Sidhu
is not understanding or
is pretending not to un-
derstand. Sunil Jakhar,
the second contender
for the chief minister’s
post, has understood
this, and that is why he
did not contest from
Abohar seat this time.
On his behest, his
nephew Sandeep
Jakhar has been given
a ticket from that seat.
Deputy CM Sukhjinder
Randhawa is contest-
ing the election, but he
knows that he is out of
the race for the post of
CM.
It is Sidhu alone, who
is stubborn. He along
with Sunil Jakhar and
Sukhjinder Randhawa,
put pressure on the par-
ty high command, after
which the party did not
announce Channi’s
name. As such, Con-
gress never contests
elections by declaring
its chief ministerial
candidate. This has
been the tradition of
the BJP and other re-
gional parties. Then in
an informal conversa-
tion with reporters af-
ter a recently held TV
channel’s programme,
Congress’s media in-
charge Randeep Sur-
jewala said that there
are two faces from the
Congress side, one who
is the CM and the other
of the State President.
In this sense, there are
two faces in Punjab,
Channi and Sidhu.
But now Congress
has ‘expelled’ Sidhu
through a video. In this
video released from the
Twitter handle of Con-
gress, film actor Sonu
Sood is telling people
that such a person can-
not be the CM, who him-
self says that he should
be made the CM. “In-
stead of that, such a
person should be made
the CM, who is a back-
bencher. It is better if
the one who is behind is
brought and made CM,”
Sood said. In this entire
video, Channi is being
shown alone. He has
also been a backbench-
er and suddenly he has
been brought from be-
hind and made to sit on
the CM’s chair. So the
message is clear.
But Sidhu repeatedly
fails to understand such
a clear message and is
trying to stop that de-
velopment from hap-
pening. He also does not
understand that the
party high command is
proceeding on the basis
of vote arithmetic and
that Sidhu’s ambition
has no meaning in that.
Channi is the only hope
of Congress in Punjab.
Secondly, Congress
leaders also understand
that once the AAP’s feet
are established in Pun-
jab, then Congress will
be wiped clean from
Punjab like Delhi.
That’s why Congress is
not coming under pres-
sure from Sidhu or any
other Jat or Jat Sikh
leader. The sooner Sid-
hu understands this,
the better it will be for
his political future.
Why does Sidhu not understand the message of the party?
BEING LOUD CLEAR
Charanjit Singh Channi Navjot Singh Sidhu
New Delhi: Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman on
Thursday, authorised
the release of Rs 47,541
crore advance instal-
ment of tax devolution
to states, which is in
addition to regular de-
volution for January
this year.
“This is in line with
the commitment of
Government of India
to strengthen the
hands of states to ac-
celerate their capital
and developmental ex-
penditure to amelio-
rate the deleterious ef-
fects of Covid-19 pan-
demic,” a finance min-
istry statement said.
Thus, states would re-
ceive a total of Rs
95,082 crore or double
their respective enti-
tlement during the
month of January
2022, it said. —ANI
CENTRE RELEASES `95,082 CR TO
STATES AS JAN TAX DEVOLUTION
Nirmala Sitharaman
'MERIT SHOULD BE SOCIALLY CONTEXTUALISED':
SC UPHOLDS 27% OBC QUOTA IN NEET
AVANTHA GROUP
LOAN CASE: COURT
DENIES BAIL TO
RANA KAPOOR
MURDER CASE:
INTERIMPROTECTION
TOWBCMMAMATA’S
POLL AGENT
New Delhi: A Delhi
court dismissed bail
application
of former
MD CEO
of YES
Bank, Rana
Kapoor,
in a money laundering
case related to wrongful
loss of Rs 466.51 crore
to the bank. Special
Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal
denied relief to Kapoor,
noting that allegations
against him were most
grave in nature. —PTI
New Delhi: SC granted
interim protection from
arrest to TMC leader
SK Supiyan, who was
the election agent of
CM Mamata Banerjee in
Nandigram, in connec-
tion with a murder case
being probed by CBI.
A bench of Justices L
Nageswara Rao and B
R Gavai was hearing an
appeal filed by Supiyan
challenging an order of
the Calcutta HC which
rejected his anticipatory
bail plea. —PTI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said
that reservation for backward classes is not at
odds with merit but furthers
its distributive impact while
upholding the 27% quota for
OBC in NEET UG/PG medical
admissions (all-India quota). In
order pronounced, the bench said that merit should
be socially contextualised.” —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
MONEY LAUNDERING CASE: DESHMUKH'S
JUDICIAL CUSTODY EXTENDED
Mumbai: Maharashtra's ex-Home Minister Anil
Deshmukh's judicial custody extended by another
14 days. He was arrested by ED on November
2, 2021 in connection with extortion and money
laundering allegations against him. He is currently
lodged at Arthur road jail in Mumbai, reported ANI
Earlier on Tuesday, a special court here rejected a
plea filed by Anil Deshmukh seeking default bail in
an alleged money laundering case. —ANI
‘BRIDGE AT PANGONG TSO BUILT 25 KM
INSIDE CHINESE CONTROLLED AREA’
13 DELHI-BOUND TRAINS CANCELLED DUE
TO THICK FOG, FLIGHT OPS UNAFFECTED
BAJRANG DAL
LEADER, 4 OTHERS
HELD FOR
STABBING YOUTH
DIDI WRITES TO
PM OVER
AMENDMENT TO
IAS CADRE RULES
Bengaluru: Two days
after a group of men
stabbed two youths,
leading to death of one,
in Nargund taluk of Gad-
ag district, Karnataka
Police arrested four of
the accused, including a
Bajrang Dal leader. The
accused were identified
as Bajrang Dal leader
Sanju Nalvade mem-
bers of the outfit Gundya
Muttappa Hiremath,
Channu Chandrashekar
Akki and Sakrappa Ha-
numanthappa Kakanur.
Kolkata: WB CM
Mamata Banerjee wrote
to PM Modi, asking him
to withdraw proposed
changes to rules for IAS
cadre. Calling Centre's
draft amendment more
“draconian” than the
former, she said it will
create a “fear psychosis”
among officers. —ANI
New Delhi: The bridge at Pangong Tso, pictures
of which were shared by a news channel and then
tweeted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to ques-
tion Centre’s silence over its construction, is built
by Chinese Army, around 25 km inside the territory
controlled by them. The disputed area was captured
by People’s Liberation Army even before the 1962
war. The bridge is around 25 km inside the Chinese-
occupied territory near Khurnak Fort, sources said.
New Delhi: The Northern Railway cancelled more
than a dozen Delhi-bound trains as thick fog en-
gulfed the national capital on Thursday. The visibility
was drastically reduced due to the fog, said North-
ern Railway.About 13 trains running late for today,
including Howrah-New Delhi Express, Puri-New
Delhi Express, Gorakhpur-New Delhi Express, Mum-
bai-New Delhi Express, Kanpur -New Delhi Express,
The 'Gorakhpur-New Delhi Express was delayed by
2 hours and 30 minutes, said chief public relations
officer (CPRO) of Northern Railways. —ANI
CRUCIAL READ

Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The elections
for four Rajya Sabha
seats will be held in
June 2022. At that time,
the state assembly elec-
tions will be very close
and politics in Ra-
jasthan will be at its
peak.
In terms of num-
bers, three seats are
likely to go to Con-
gress, but at least 2 out
of 4 seats are sure. It is
noteworthy that before
June 2019, all the ten
Rajya Sabha seats were
occupied by the BJP.
In 2022, four BJP Ra-
jya Sabha seats of Om
Prakash Mathur, KJ
Alphons, Ramkumar
Verma and Harsh-
vardhan Singh Dun-
garpur will be vacant
in July 2022. In terms
of numbers, three
seats likely to go to
Congress and one seat
can go to BJP. In June
2019, where Congress
did not have a single
seat in its account, in
2022 there is a strong
possibility of Con-
gress winning 6 seats.
The candidates will
be decided according to
caste and regional
maths. The candidates
can appear from Va-
gad-Mewar, Godwad-
Marwar. No one from
Udaipur division went
to Rajya Sabha for the
last several decades. A
candidate may be from
Delhi quota.
BJP would like a lo-
cal leader to get the
ticket but there is plan
to field candidates on
another seat as well.
Earlier in August
2019, former Prime
Minister Manmohan
Singh was elected un-
opposed as a Rajya
Sabha MP from here.
RLP and independents
are watching the entire
election campaign.
NEWS
07
Couple dies by suicide
in Udaipur village
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A young man
and woman committed
suicide by hanging
themselves from a tree
in Kherwara area of
Udaipur,. Both loved
each other, but the fam-
ily was not agreeing to
the marriage. A woman
grazing goats in the jun-
gle informed the villag-
ers after seeing the bod-
ies hanging from the
tree. Police reached the
spot and sent the dead
bodies to the mortuary
.
Rakesh (19) son
Hakra Meena and
Shilpa (18) daughter
Ramlal Meena were
residents of Jalpaka
Holi Phalan. Both were
missing from their
house for two days and
the family members
were searching for both
of them. SHO Shyam
Singh reached the spot
and called the relatives
of the deceased. The po-
lice kept the body in the
mortuary
.
Committee formed to strengthen
Discoms: ACS Subodh Agarwal
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Additional
Chief Secretary of the
Energy Department
Subodh Agarwal has
said that possible
measures will be ex-
plored to financially
strengthen all the state
government compa-
nies, including the
three Discoms. He said
this during an interac-
tion with the CMD, MD
and senior officers of
power companies
through a virtual meet-
ing on Thursday.
Agarwal said that a
high level committee,
consisting of repre-
sentatives of the com-
panies concerned, the
MDs or technical repre-
sentatives and finance
officers of the three
discoms has been con-
stituted. The commit-
tee can take the help of
PWC and has been
asked to submit its re-
port within the stipu-
lated time frame.
Agarwal said that to
reduce the deficit, in-
structions have been
given to restructure the
loans taken from banks
and financial institu-
tions.
Chairman Discoms,
Bhaskar A Sawat said
that efforts are being
made to implement the
reform programmes of
the Central and the
state governments.
UNION MINISTER KAILASH CHOUDHARY COMPLAINS
TO CM GEHLOT ABOUT OFFICER
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash
Choudhary complained to Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot about an officer who wrote to the Centre that
there is not a single electricity connection pending in
the state.In a virtual conference with the Chief Minister,
Kailash Choudhary raised the issue of electricity
connection. He said that the officer has written to the
Centre mentioning that no connection is pending.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary demanded action
against the officer. However, the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was also
surprised to know it. Now the action against the officer may be taken.
BAR ASSOCIATION’S
OFFICIALS MEET
JUDGES OVER
LAWYERS’ WOES
Jaipur: Senior HC
Lawyers’ Bar Associa-
tion president Poonam
Chand Bhandari met
Family Court Chairman
DS Shekhawat while
its secretary general
Vishnu Sharma met
CJ Akil Kureshi and
apprised them of the
plight of the lawyers,
clients as the court
work has been hit
badly these days. They
said that the work
has almost stopped
especially in the Fam-
ily Courts and the
lower courts as dates
after dates are being
given in almost all the
cases, putting both the
lawyers and the clients
in trouble.
‘CWCORDERCAN’TBEREVIEWEDTHROUGHHABEASCORPUS’
MARRIAGE CAN’T CHANGE DOMICILE OF A WOMAN: HC
Jodhpur: The High Court
has ruled that the order
of a Children’s Welfare
Committee (CWC) issued
under Juvenile Justice
Act cannot be challenged
through a habeas corpus
petition. The Division
Bench of Justices Sand-
eep Mehta and Vinod Ku-
mar Bharwani dismissed
the petition of a Jalore
youth in this regard, here
on Thursday. The youth
had claimed that a girl
from Barmer is his legal
wife but she has forcibly
been lodged in a shelter
home here in the city
and pleaded that she be
handed over to him. The
Bench was, however,
informed that the girl is
still a minor as per her
school certificate. After
scrutiny of all related
documents and in view
of the girl seeking pro-
tection, the Barmer CWC
had ordered to send her
to the Jodhpur shelter
home. The Bench hence
held that the girl has
not been brought here
forcibly and rejected the
case.
Shivprakash Rajpurohit
Jodhpur: In an impor-
tant verdict, the High
Court ruled on Thurs-
day that the domicile
of a woman cannot be
changed after mar-
riage. Hearing a petition
of 26-year-old Anita
Suthar, the Bench of
Justice Dinesh Mehta
ordered the Tehsildar to
resolve the issue within
a fortnight. Suthar
pleaded that she was
born in Chittorgarh
which falls under Tribal
Sub-Plan (TSP) and is
married into a family in
Badi Sadadi. When she
applied for issuance of
a domicile certificate
after marriage under the
TSP, she was denied it
with the argument that
the place where she
is staying now a days
(Badi Sadadi) does not
come under the TSP
area. Delivering the
judgement in favour of
Suthar, Justice Mehta
pronounced that the
domicile of a woman
remains same.
IN THE COURTYARD
RS POLLS ON 4 SEATS
IN RAJ IN JUNE 2022
4 BJP RAJYA SABHA SEATS FALLING VACANT IN JULY
Om Mathur
KJ Alphons
Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur
Ramkumar Verma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal
sent by the Autonomous
Government Depart-
ment to connect Ratan-
garh town of Churu
district to Trench-2 of
Phase-IV of RUIDP un-
der the Rajasthan Sec-
ondary Towns Develop-
ment Sector Project
(RSTDSP).
Drainage work at a
cost of about Rs 35 crore
will be done in Ratan-
garh after it is linked
with RUIDP Phase-4
Trench-2 funded by
Asian Development
Bank. This will
strengthen not only the
drainage system but
also the infrastructure.
CM gives nod
to RUIDP work
in Ratangarh
3dieas2truckscollidedue
tofoginSriGanganagar
First India Bureau
Sri Ganganagar/Bar-
mer: A head-on colli-
sion between two
trucks due to thick fog
claimed the lives of
both the drivers and
the cleaner of one of
them on National High-
way No.62 near Pali-
wala village in Surat-
garh early Thursday
morning.
One of the trucks
laden with rice was go-
ing from the city to Su-
ratgarh while the other
truck, a canter, loaded
with tyres was coming
to the city. The drivers
perhaps could not see
each other due to poor
visibility in the morn-
ing hours.
The cabin of the Can-
ter had to be cut open to
extricate the body of
its driver, identified as
24-year-old Ramchan-
dra of Bhanipura in
Sardarshahar.
Two die in road
accident in Barmer
In Barmer, in a road ac-
cident that took place
under Dhorimanna po-
lice station area in Bar-
mer two people died on
spot while one got in-
jured. Incident oc-
curred late on Thurs-
day evening.
SHO Nathu Singh
Charan said that while
driving the vehicle at
high speed and care-
lessly, an oil tanker hit
a Bolero Camper com-
ing from the front side.
In the incident, a Bole-
ro Camper got over-
turned and hit a motor-
cycle. In the incident,
the driver of a Bolero
Camper and motorcy-
cle rider died on the
spot.
The ill-fated vahicles after the accident in Sri Ganganagar.
Bride flees with
valuables after
drugging hubby
First India Bureau
Bharatpur : After
two and a half
months of marriage
in Bharatpur, the
wife gave her hus-
band a sleeping pill
and fled with jewelry
and money. The
young man got mar-
ried by paying 10
lakh . On Wednesday
night, the wife made
him unconscious by
feeding him sleeping
pills and fled from
the house with gold,
silver ornaments
and 30 thousand ru-
pees. The husband
was admitted to the
hospital after his
condition worsened.
Police said that
35-year-old Bhagwan
Singh of Sikandra
village in Bayana
was not getting mar-
ried. Bhagwan Sin-
gh’s maternal uncle
Heera Gujar talked
to one of his rela-
tives. Heera’s rela-
tives told about
Neelam of Mohri Ka
Pura village in Dhol-
pur district.
They fixed the
marriage of Neelam
and Bhagwan Singh.
It was decided that
he would give 10 lakh
rupees to Neelam’s
family before mar-
riage. Bhagwan Sin-
gh gave 10 lakh ru-
pees, after which
both got married on 7
November.
Doctor foils husband’s attempt
to kill pregnant wife, unborn kid
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar: In a shock-
ing incident, a man was
caught for allegedly
planning a cold-blooded
murder of his pregnant
wife and unborn child.
The accused, Mangal
Singh resident of Pi-
dawa, asked the doctor,
Akhilesh Meena of
Jhalawar SRG Hospital,
to put his wife and his
unborn child to death
during the delivery
.
Dr Meena, who was
stunned to hear this
callous plan, reported
the incident to Jhala-
war Kotwali Police Sta-
tion and came to the
rescue of the woman
and her child.
According to doctor,
culprit Mangal Singh
offered to give Rs 2 lakh
to him for kiling his
pregnant wife and un-
born baby during deliv-
ery
. Dr Meena’s angelic
act saved two lives
while revealing the
murderous intentions
of the accused.
A case has been regis-
tered against Mangal
Singh while the police
are investigating the
matter.
Subodh Agarwal
FACTFILE

Jaipur: The IAS Liter-
ary Society hosted the
renowned author Moin
Mir at ITC Rajputana
Sheraton on Thursday
.
The London based au-
thor Moin Mir is in the
Pink City with his wife
Leonie. Mugdha Sinha,
Literary Secy
, IAS Asso-
ciation, Raj and CII Vice
ChairRahulSinghiwere
inconversationwithhim
as they took up the vari-
ous nuances of his book
‘The Lost Fragrance of
Infinity’ to the great de-
light of the audience.
Mugdha Sinha and Rahul Singhi in conversation with Moin Mir (centre)
Manita, Mugdha Sinha, Leonie, Moin Mir, Swati and Rukshmani Kumari Pawan Arora greets Mugdha Sinha

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Asserting that
an India whose think-
ing and approach are
innovative and deci-
sions progressive is
emerging, PM Naren-
dra Modi said on
Thursday that a system
is being created in
which there is no place
for any discrimination.
Delivering the key-
note address at the na-
tional launch ceremo-
ny of ‘Azadi Ke Amrit
Mahotsav se Swarnim
Bharat Ke Ore’ virtu-
ally, Modi noted that
one’s progress is
aligned with the na-
tion’s progress and
stressed the need for
giving importance to
one’s duties for the
country’s rise.
CM Ashok Gehlot, in
presence of PM Modi,
said that there is an at-
mosphere of tension
violence in the nation.
He also countered the
narrative that “nothing
was done in the past 75
years” in the country.
PM talked about work-
ing together for nation,
he said I’ntl conspiracy
to defame India contin-
ues. Modi added that
daughters are serving
in armed forces.
Events launched
Over 30 campaigns and
over 15,000 programmes
and events launched.
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
55,85,843
TOTAL DEATHS
27,33,49,113
TOTAL RECOVERED
6,09,64,358
ACTIVE CASES
33,98,99,314
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
4,87,719
TOTAL DEATHS
3,58,07,029
TOTAL RECOVERED
19,24,025
ACTIVE CASES
3,82,18,773
TOTAL CASES
Reason and logic are the roots of life
but belief and faith are the flowers
which bring joy to us and others.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: In a tete-
a-tete with First In-
dia’s Aditi Nagar, Ut-
tarakhand Congress
Incharge Avinash
Pande opens up about
‘homecoming’ of
leaders, alleged in-
fighting and Con-
gress’s prospects in
upcoming assembly
polls while stressing
that party is well on
its way to form govt
in the hill state
 The political mer-
cury is rising with
each passing day. You
have travelled far
and wide within Utta-
rakhand and have
taken feedback also.
How do you find the
attitude of people to-
wards Congress and
by when will the
tickets distribution
take place?
For Uttarakhand, a
screening committee
has been engrossed in
the work for the past 20
days and on January 21,
we will put forward our
recommendations and
proposals before the
Central Election Com-
mittee, and I hope that
in the next 2 days we
will release the list of
candidates.
 There is a pattern
that Congress and
BJP come to power al-
ternatively. This time
around when the BJP
changed its CM’s
thrice, there was a
perception that built
in the minds of people
that gave edge to Con-
gress. But over the
past some time, it
seems that internal
strife within Congress
is so bad, that
even though
the party
appears
t o be
reaching
near the victory line,
but seems to be fall-
ing short?
See, Congress has al-
ways had a democratic
setup for discussions on
various topics. I can say
for Uttarakhand that
Congress has come for-
ward as a united front
and there is definitely
going to be a change in
Uttarakhand, no doubts
about it. Congress has
played the role of a good
oppositionandtheshort-
falls of the government
and the problems of the
people have been raised
by the party
. In the 2017
election people of Utta-
rakhand gave a huge
mandate to the BJP and
it was a good opportuni-
ty to work for the people
and they could have
changed the entire face
of Uttarakhand. But it
wasunfortunatethatnot
only could they bring
any change, but they
could only change their
Chief Ministers. Even
thepublicdoesnotknow
why the CMs were
changed which is a
laughable situation.
When the three states of
Uttarakhand, Chhattis-
garh and Jharkhand
were made, if you see, in
comparison to the other
2 states, Uttarakhand is
atthebottom.Thisisdue
tothefactthatthereisno
policy and corruption is
rife. Even during Covid,
when the government
sat silently and did not
actonthepandemic,this
was extremely disturb-
ing. I trust that people
will express their trust
in Congress. Whether it
was ND Tiwari or Har-
ish Rawat government,
Congresshasgivenabet-
ter government. In the
election, Congress will
form the government
withagoodmajorityand
bring a development-
oriented government.
 If any party forms
government, it is due
to the work done by it
in the past or its ide-
ology or the candi-
dates’ image. Is there
any particular set
format or strategy to
select candidates? Is
there any formula for
selection?
Definitely
. When the pro-
cess to find suitable can-
didates is initiated, first-
ly a criteria is decided
upon. After the forma-
tion of the screening
committee, me and my
colleagues - Dr Ajay Ku-
mar and Virendra
Rathore - travelled for 7
days across the state
wherein we toured 70
constituencies and held
discussions together
with our elected repre-
sentatives and office
bearersandpassiblecan-
didates,whilealsotaking
intoaccountthepolitical
atmosphere and people’s
hopes. Definitely
, the
choice of the people is
also kept under consid-
eration. It is natural that
those who have stood
amongthepeopleduring
their hour of need, they
have been given prefer-
ence along with disci-
pline. Not just a winning
candidate, but also a ‘Ti-
kau’ candidate, who can
standagainsthorse-trad-
ing and other activities
going on in the politics
these days. People of the
statearelookingtowards
Congress and we will al-
waysstrivetocomeupas
one force against BJP
and negate their activi-
ties being carried out in
today’s politics.
 Harish Rawat was
miffed and tweeted
about this. He was
called to Delhi and
then he appeared to
fall in line. But how
right is it for a senior
leader and former
CM to act in such
manner before elec-
tions? Secondly, now
that Harish Rawat is
being heard, now the
other leaders like
PCC Chief and CLP
leader think that they
are not being heard.
No it is not so. Harish
Rawat is a senior and
mature leader who has
played important roles
not only as CM of Utta-
rakhand but also in var-
ious capacities within
the party
. People of this
state and even party
leadership also look up
to him and he is a major
force on our side. Not
just Harish Rawat, but
CLP leader Pritam Sin-
gh, PCC Chief Ganesh
Kondial and Devendra
Yadav AICC Incharge
have toiled hard in the
state. It is not that there
is any miffed leader, but
sometimes it is seen that
some other issues are to
be focussed on and on
such situation, if Har-
ish ji has hinted at, then
the high command and
organization too has
taken a pledge to ad-
dress the issues. It is
Congress’ power that we
keep a democratic ap-
proach to everything.
We are proud of our
leadership - Sonia Gan-
dhi and Rahul Gandhi -
that without muting
anyone’s voice, they
hear everyone. Even if
there are differences,
there is no love lost ever.
 There is ambiguity
on Harak Singh Raw-
at. He seems to be ea-
ger to join Congress
but will Congress also
open its doors for him?
It would not be right to
make an official state-
ment on it. However, at
the right level, if it is
needed, whatever will
be in the interest of de-
mocracy and party and
keeping in view the up-
coming politics, I am
sure the party will take
the right step.
 Why is there so
much confusion in
Congress. Why is the
party shying away
from contesting elec-
tions in the name of
CM Channi in Pun-
jab and Harish Raw-
at in Uttarakhand?
As far as elections are
concerned, both CM
Channi and Harish
Rawat are leading the
campaigning commit-
tee. Congress has never
had a tradition of con-
testing on the face of
any leader because the
party believes that the
electedMLAsetcshould
be discussed with first
and then the party high
command decides on
the matter, only after
taking everyone’s view.
It has always been so.
Ours is a democratic
party and therefore the
word of MLAs also car-
ries weightage. We will
come in the majority in
both the states and after
speaking to MLAs the
CM face will be decided.
CONGRESS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY, CMs ARE DECIDED ONLY
AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH ELECTED MLAs: AVINASH PANDE
EXCLUSIVE
We are proud of
our leadership -
Sonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi -
that without
muting anyone’s
voice, they hear
everyone
Mukesh Mathrani
Lunaram Darji
Barmer: Hitting out at
former CM Vasundhara
Raje, CM Ashok Gehlot
on Thursday alleged
that Raje had delayed
the refinery project. He
alleged that BJP gov-
ernments tend to scrap
the projects of the Con-
gress regime. CM said
that Raje used to scrap
all the work of Con-
gress regime and refin-
ery is an example of it.
Gehlot also showed
concernovertheincreas-
ing cost of the refinery
project. He said that the
initial project cost was
around Rs 37,000 crore
butduetothedelayithad
now jumped to Rs 70,000
crore. CM said that still
50% project work has
beencompletedwhilethe
rest is ongoing. He said
thatif itwasnotdelayed,
it would be completed
yearsagoandstartedgiv-
ing benefits to us.
Referring to union
minister and BJP MP
from Barmer Kailash
Choudhary, CM asked
him to take interest in
the refinery project so
that the work of cen-
tre's part could speed
up. He said that as soon
as the project gets com-
pleted, it will benefit
the state.
During the event un-
ion minister Kailash
Choudhary
, forest and
environment minister
Hemaram Choudhary
,
UDH minister Shanti
Dhariwal, health minis-
ter Parsadi Lal Meena,
Minister RD and PR
RameshMeena,minister
of technical education
DrSubhashGarg,minis-
ter of state for food and
supply Sukhram Bish-
noi,MLAMevaramJain,
Ameen Khan, CS and of-
ficials were presented.
Showing concern over increasing
refinery cost and delay in project,
GEHLOT TAKES JIBE AT RAJE
l Foundation stones laid and
dedicated development works
worth `275 crore in Barmer
l The initial project cost was
over `37,000 crore but due to
delay it is now `70,000 crore
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with (L) Govind Sharma, Shanti
Dhariwal, Niranjan Arya and Joga Ram during virtual inauguration
project of several works in Barmer on Thursday.
CM had inaugurated
various projects
for Barmer district. He
inaugurated a new hos-
pital project attached
to medical college,
constructions RUB and
ROB projects, road
project, administrative
block in government
engineering college, ICU
unit in govt hospital.
Jaipur: BJP state
prez Satish Poonia hit
back at CM Gehlot
said that while Modi
wished strength,
democracy, unity and
progress of country
during a VC of Brahma
Kumaris, CM Gehlot
speaks against his
own country its sys-
tem by condemning
PM. ‘When Cong lead-
ers criticize country, it
seems that from Rahul
to Gehlot, all speak
one language. They
seem anti-nationals at
times,’ Poonia said.
—Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: CM Gehlot’s
OSD Lokesh Sharma,
while responding to
a tweet by BJP said
that they should not
spread misinforma-
tion among people
through videos. Shar-
ma was referring to
the 1.39-minute com-
parison video tweeted
by BJP where CM's
thinking has been
questioned on the
basis of a 26-second
clip. Sharma said that
CM Gehlot has talked
about Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam.
On Thursday, UDH
min Shanti Dhariwal
corrected minister of
technical edu Dr Sub-
hash Garg that “oil is
extracted in Abu Dhabi
not in Dubai”. Garg said
that the way Dubai has
become a hub in Saudi
Arabia, Barmer and Jodh
will also become Dubai
in coming 5-10 years.
CM INAUGURATES
VARIOUS PROJECTS
POONIA: CONG
LEADERS SEEM
ANTI-NATIONALS
GEHLOT’S OSD TO
BJP: DON’T SPREAD
MISINFORMATION
Dhariwal corrects Garg
on oil producing regions
PM LAUNCHES YEAR-LONG INITIATIVES DEDICATED TO AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV BY BRAHMAKUMARIS
CM bans...
CM Gehlot issued a
statement and said that
instructions have been
given to stop the land
auction. “The state gov-
ernment has waived the
loans of cooperative
banks and has urged
the Government of In-
dia to waive the loans of
farmers by making one-
time settlement with
commercial banks. The
state govt is also ready
to bear its share.”
PM Narendra Modi during National launch ceremony of ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav’, via VC in New Delhi on
Thursday.Also seen Om Birla, Kalraj Mishra,Ashok Gehlot, Bhupendra Patel, G Kishan Reddy,Arjun Ram
Meghwal, Gulab C Kataria, Parshottam Rupala, Kailash Choudhary,Vasundhara Raje and BK Mrityunjay.
InPMModi’spresence,CMAshokGehlotsaysatmosphere
oftension,violenceincountry,healsocounterednarrative
that“nothingwasdoneinthepast75years”inthecountry
FROM PG 1
You all have
been witness to
various efforts being
made to malign In-
dia's image. A lot of
it goes on at the in-
ternational level too.
We cannot wash our
hands off by saying
this is all politics.
This is not about
politics but about
our country.
—Narendra Modi, PM
Social service organizations are playing
an active and positive role in the achieve-
ment of this national resolve. —Om Birla, LS Speaker
I believe that the country and the society
can progress only by walking on the path
of truth and non-violence. The development
will happen where there is peace and this is
what we believe in. —Ashok Gehlot, CM
Not several people from abroad also par-
ticipated in this international conference
and campaign organized under the chairman-
ship of Rajyogini Dadi Ratanmohini.
—BK Mrityunjay, Exec Secy of Brahma Kumaris Sansthan
Avinash Pande
Brahmakumaris can make a big
contritowardsnaturalfarming:PM

ur lives seemed to
be turning tire-
some in our previ-
ous fields of medi-
cine and interior
design, when we
both made up our
minds to follow our hearts
against all odds, and turn
to fashion as a way of ex-
pressing ourselves and our
talent,” said owners of
Shivayu, the designers,
Shivani and Ayush.
They further added, “We
started our business online,
in a small room without
much equipment or infra-
structure. Within a quick
span of time, our business
grew into the fancy fashion
studio we run together to-
day
.Ourdesignscarryparts
of both of our personali-
ties, and so does our brand
name – Shivani and Ayush
are in fact, ‘Shivayu’. Our
first international fashion
show at the Colombo Fash-
ion Week 2017 paved the
way for more to come. “
“Shivayu Fashion Studio
has brought us much suc-
cess and many accolades,
with the recent feather in
our cap being the prestig-
ious ‘The Fashion Connect
Season 11: Dubai Edition’,
where we will be showcas-
ing traditional Indian wed-
ding attires with a touch of
the indigenous Dubai fash-
ion style, “ they added. The
duo is ecstatic to be a part
of this new venture which
will allow them to work
with a fresh range of de-
signs.
Ayush said, “Even
though being twins, we
have always had completely
different natures and inter-
ests, with the exception be-
ing our professional life.
At Shivayu, we coordi-
nate as if we can read
each other’s minds and
create beauty in our
kinship in the form
of our art. If our ex-
perience together
has taught us any-
thing, it is the
sheer value of
being commit-
ted to our
work and be-
lieving in
ourselves
and our
l o v e d
ones.”
Leavingnostoneunturned
JAIPUR, FRIDAY
JANUARY 21, 2022
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Shivani and Ayush from Shivayu productions, who
will be showcasing traditional Indian wedding attires
with a touch of the indigenous Dubai fashion style, at
FC Season 11, got candid with City First and talked
about their journey so far!
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PREETI SINGH, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Satisfaction is
foreseen for the
image conscious
people trying to
achieve perfect
figure and
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.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will have an
awesome day.
Continue to put
in efforts at work
and you will
see promising
opportunities.
Matrimonial
match for siblings
will bring happiness for entire family. You
will get a good price for your property.
You may receive invaluable guidance
from a spiritual leader.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Implementation
of new ideas
and projects
would add to
your prestige on
the professional
front. A sound
monetary
position would
enable you to keep pace with changing
times. Avoid raising controversial issues
at home to maintain harmony. It is a
wonderful day to build new connections.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Paying special
attention to plan
your career would
give immense joy
and happiness.
You are likely
to get clearance
or approval for
your construction
plans. You find things moving in the
way you want them. Gifting something
to your beloved is likely to make the day
memorable.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Some of you
are going to
experience
emotional
fulfillment on
romantic front.
Yoga would help
in raising energy
levels. Place
emphasis on domestic affairs to enhance
the domestic tranquility and harmony.
Associating yourself with humanitarian
group on social front would benefit you.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
A sound
financial health
of businessmen
would enable to
give monetary
benefits to
employees. Your
sole dependency
on friends may
fail to bring any respite from loneliness
today. It is good day to confess your love
as stars appear favourable for positive
reply.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Those suffering
from chronic
ailments may
find remarkable
improvement in
their health with
home remedies.
Today you will
enjoy the trust
of senior management. Minor domestic
disputes may snowball into a major row,
so give attention to the family. Rewards
and recognition will come your way.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Those suffering
from chronic
ailments may
find remarkable
improvement
in their healt.
Minor domestic
disputes may
snowball into a
major row, so give attention to the family.
Rewards and recognition will come your
way for your involvement in a social
endeavour.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will succeed
in resolving
misunderstanding
with family
members,
normalizing ties.
Seek proper
valuation of the
property you are
planning to buy. Keep a close tab on what
you eat if you want to remain healthy.
Your colleagues may not like your upfront
nature.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Paying special
attention to plan
your career would
give immense
joy. You are likely
to get clearance
or approval for
your construction
plans. You find
things moving in the way you want them.
Gifting something to your beloved is likely
to make the day memorable. Love comes
your way.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Implementation
of new ideas and
projects would
add to your
prestige. A sound
monetary posi-
tion would enable
you to keep pace
with changing
times. It is a wonderful day to build new
connections. Your relationship requires
you to be tactful. It is time to get going on
the fitness front to improve health.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A sound financial
health of busi-
nessmen would
enable to give
monetary benefits
to employees.
Your sole
dependency on
friends may fail to
bring any respite from loneliness today.
It is good day to confess your love as
stars appear favourable for positive reply.
Health remains satisfactory.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
RICH
TRADITIONAL
INDIAN
CULTURE
IN FOOD!
7 INTERESTING FOOD SUPERSTITIONS
IN INDIA AND POSSIBLE REASONS
BEHIND THEM!
ave you ever
seen lemon
and chillies
hanging on
the entrances
of shops and
stores and
wondered why they
are up there and not in
a kitchen? We bet you
have!
Indian culture is
rich in traditions, ritu-
als, and superstitions
that our forefathers
passed down to future
generations as a warn-
ing or to instil a habit
for the welfare of the
community. Whether
you believe in them or
not, you cannot deny
that superstitions have
found a place in our
daily lives in some way
or the other. In fact,
knowingly or unknow-
ingly you might be fol-
lowing or believing a
few of them.
Below we give you 7
fascinating food super-
stitions in India and
the possible logic be-
hind them.
EK SPOON LUCK
WITH DAHI AUR
CHEENI
Remember how our
mothers would run af-
ter us with a small
bowl of ‘dahi shakar’
(curd with sugar) be-
fore any exam, test, or
interview? This popu-
lar superstition actu-
ally has a logical expla-
nation. According to
the Vedas, when you
are anxious, your
stomach tenses, mak-
ing you feel nauseated.
Since yoghurt con-
tains probiotics, it
keeps your stomach
cool, and the glucose
present in sugar pro-
vides you with the en-
ergy you need to get
through the day with-
out feeling tired or un-
easy
.
EK SE BHALE DO
ANDE!
If you’ve got a two-
yolked egg on your
plate, you’re in for
some major life chang-
es. According to an an-
cient Indian supersti-
tion, you may soon
hear wedding bells in
your family or be gift-
ed with adorable
twins!
NIMBU, MIRCHI,
AUR DARWAZA!
You must have spotted
a cluster of lemons and
chillies strung to-
gether on a cotton
thread at the en-
trance of numer-
ous stores. Ac-
cording to our
grandparents,
lemon and chil-
lies ward off the
‘evil eye.’ If this
explanation does
not convince you, we
also have scientific
logic. The mix of lem-
on and chillies produc-
es a pungent smell that
repels insects and
keeps your environ-
ment pest-free.
DOODH KE TOTKE
There are many super-
stitions attached to
milk. The most com-
mon is that spilled
milk is a bad omen, as
it may be a sign that
you may lose some of
your hard-earned
wealth. Another myth
holds that lending
milk after sunset is in-
auspicious. This su-
perstition derives
from the pastoral and
farming community’s
belief that lending
milk after sunset re-
duces the milk pro-
duced by cattle.
NAMAK BHARE
JAZBAAT
Just like spilled milk
is considered inauspi-
cious, spilling of salt
is also believed to
bring misfortune. If
you do spill some salt
on the floor, don’t
sweep it with a broom,
as another su-
perstition
holds that
y o u
s h o u l d
not dis-
card salt directly. In-
stead, dissolve it in a
bowl of water. The
bowl will absorb all
the negative energies
and protect you from
evil.
GHEE KE DIYE
Every Diwali, we light
up our houses with
several diyas. While
you can always burn
diyas with oil, a com-
mon Indian supersti-
tion advises against it.
In place of oil, use
ghee even if it is more
expensive. This is be-
cause Hindus believe
that lighting diyas
with ghee attracts pos-
itive energy and repels
evil forces.
SABSE PEHLE BHOG
LAGAO PHIR KHUD
KHAAO
You’ve probably seen
several Indians serve
the first bite of every
meal to the almighty.
This is their way of
showing reverence to
God and expressing
gratitude for food. The
superstition stems
from the concept that
making an offering to
God can dispel nega-
tive energy that may
attract evil spirits.
Some believe that
sharing a bite with
God brings good for-
tune into the home.
CONCLUSION
While some Indian su-
perstitions have sci-
entific reasoning hid-
den beneath layers of
interpretation, others
have emerged as a re-
sult of our ancestors’
habits, fears and con-
victions. Let’s not he-
sistate with dishes,
let the mouth water-
ing savouries not stop
us from listening to
our hearts and well,
stomach!
ABOUT CAULDRON
SISTERS
Ratika Richa
Khetan, two sisters,
started Cauldron
Sisters in 2015.
It started as an
exotic food gift
hamper business,
but their love for
food encouraged
them to start
culinary workshops,
food deliveries,
and slowly and
gradually it turned
huge as restaurants
and cafes started
approaching them
for consultancy.
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11
MANSI AGARWAL
s the pan-
demic tak-
ing a toll on
your fashion
mood? 2022
has got some
a m a z i n g
trends awaiting to
get into the closet.
It’s 2022 and the
new trends can’t
wait to get imbibed
into our so frosty
wardrobes.
Although the cov-
id 19 has weathered
the enthusiasm of
the entire world. So
at this point, who do
the shoppers want?
Don’t worry! The
trendsetters are all
set to get the chic to
your doorsteps. Pep
up !! Make them
your own with a
pinch of your
clever person-
alisation.
So blow
away the
cobwebs
and set
foot into
the latest
fashion
trends of 2022….
The two years of
sluggishness with
this pandemic has
madeusdiveintoour
relaxed and over-
sized closet. Let that
oversized closet
make you appear su-
per stylish in 2022.
The loose-fitting
jeans with a well-tai-
lored oversize coat
will do it all !!
If straight-leg
jeans are more your
vibe, slipping into a
morevoluminoussil-
houette can be a
somewhat scary
idea.
Is your creativity
hoping to get out of
your zone? Relax!
And let it sink on a
white tee with col-
ours of your imagi-
nation.
Yes, you guessed it
right. Tie-dye is the
newtrendmakingits
way in 2022. Go
trendy with just a kit
of colours of your
choice from your
nearest craft stores
with a white old T-
shirt. What a low-
cost fashionable
piece.
So don’t let this
pandemic ruin your
style mode and be-
come the go-to fash-
ion choice. Get
these trends into
your closet and
match the walk of
2022…
I
THE 022
VOGUE
THE 022
THE 022
THE 022
THE 022
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12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
free workshop
on the tradi-
tional folk art
of Assam ‘As-
samese Manu-
script paint-
ing’ will be or-
ganised for the artist
community -’The Cir-
cle’, on Friday, Janu-
ary 21 at 3 pm. The
workshop will be
organised by the
Rooftop App and
hosted by Rajasthan
Studio, under the initia-
tive - Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav (Celebrating
India @ 75). Mridu
Bora, a senior artist
from Assam, will con-
duct the workshop.
Mridu Bora with an
experience of over 20
years has been associ-
ated with the different
cultural and artistic
traditions of Assam
like manuscript paint-
ing, mask making,
wood carving, terracot-
ta, etc. He has written
extensively on manu-
script conservation too
and uses the traditional
and folk elements in his
paintings, reviving
them from the verge of
extinction. He is one of
the only artists alive
out of the artists who
have painted 5 manu-
scripts as per the
tradition of the
Shankari painting
style.
It is remarkable that
manuscript painting in
Assam is part of the
rich cultural heritage
of Assam and India.
The major part of As-
samese traditional
painting consists of
manuscript paintings.
The reforms in the As-
sam school of painting
were due to the Bhakti
movement initiated by
Saint Shankaradeva.
During the British and
post-independence peri-
ods, the significance of
manuscript paintings
was reduced. However,
a few artists did not let
the tradition of this
painting die via their
dedicated work. During
the British Rule and the
post-independence pe-
riod, there was a reduc-
tion in the acceptance
of the manuscript
painting. However, even
now some artists have
kept this traditional
painting style alive by
their dedicated efforts.
TRADITIONAL FOLK
ART OF ASSAM
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
A
FASHION CONNECT SEASON 11!
Yaqoob Al Ali, executive director
and private advisor in his
Highness office Sheikh Juma
Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum will
grace the First India Fashion
Connect Season 11, to be held
on March 12 at Hotel Oaks Ibn
Batuta, Dubai as the special
guest. He will also be present
as one of the jury members
for First India’s The Queen
of Cosmos, an international
beauty pageant and the
Lifestyle awards, to be held on
March 10 in Dubai.
ELECTED!
APPOINTED!
CS Devendra
V Deshpande
was elected
as the
President and
CS Manish
Gupta as the
Vice President
of the Institute
of Company
Secretaries
of India for
the year 2022
w.e.f. January
19, 2022, by
the ICSI.
Rehana Riaz, the President of Rajasthan Mahila
Congress, appointed Dr Samra Sultana from
Jaipur, Shashikala Rathod from Bikaner, Dr Aarti
Bhardwaj from Sawai Madhopur, Pushp Kanwar
from Jodhpur rural, Kalpana Meena and Hukum
Meena from Kaloli, as General Secretaries, as per
the instructions of All India Congress President
Neeta D’Souza during the Pradesh Mahila
Congress Committee expansion. After being
appointed as the General Secretary of Rajasthan
Mahila Congress, Dr Samra Sultana said “I
will now work according to the policies of the
Congress and spread the ideology”. She further
thanked all the office bearers of the organisation
for her appointment.”
6th Digital Raj Conclave
CITY FIRST
I
t is indisputable
that there is im-
mense potential for
digital growth in
India. The latest tech-
nological innovations
including artificial in-
telligence, the internet
of things, 5G technol-
ogy, augmented reality
virtual reality
, cloud,
robotics, digital pay-
ments, etc have un-
leashed a new opening
for startups and entre-
preneurs. The Covid-19
pandemic has acceler-
ated digitalisation.
This was stated by Di-
rector, Software Tech-
nology Parks of India
(STPI), Dr Rajneesh
Agrawal at the inaugu-
ral session of the vir-
tual edition of the ‘6th
Digital Rajasthan Con-
clave’ organized by
FICCI Rajasthan
State Council.
The conclave was
themed on
‘Strengthening Self-
reliant India through
Digitalisation’.
While setting the
context of the discus-
sion, Chairman, FICCI
Rajasthan Sub-com-
mittee on Entrepre-
neurship and CEO,
Pinnacle Infotech, Bi-
mal Patwari, said that
over the years the ini-
tiative of Digital Con-
clave by FICCI has en-
gaged and benefited
multiple stakeholders
in the IT industry as
well as the startup eco-
system.
Advisor, FICCI
Rajasthan State
Council, Ajay Sin-
gha extended the
vote of thanks on the
occasion. The inaugu-
ral session was fol-
lowed by two plenary
sessions on the topics
– ‘Strengthening Self-
reliant India through
Digitalization’ and
‘Leveraging Digital
Leap for Socio-Eco-
nomic Transforma-
tion by Startup Oasis’.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
AN ACT OF CHARITY!
Sunita Chhabra, the founder and president of Sonu Helping Hand Trust, is organising a labour
card distribution camp for workers in Jaipur from January 20 to 25. “The labour card is a
blessing for the workers and the disabled,” stated the trust’s chairman. Individuals will be able
to use government services after acquiring their identity cards. The camp was attended by Trust
Vice President Mamta Saini, Trust Brand Ambassador Lavishka Saini, and other dignitaries.
The birthday of IAS
Siddharth Sihag was on
Thursday, January 20. We
wish him all the best.
HAPPY B’DAY!
GREETINGS!
Govind Ram
Meghwal, Cabinet
Minister for Disaster
Management
Relief, Administrative
Reforms and
Coordination,
Statistic Policy
Planning
Department,
Government of
Rajasthan celebrated
his birthday on
Thursday, January
20. City First wishes
him good health.
Sirohi MLA and Secretary, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Sanyam Lodha celebrated his birthday on Thursday, January 20. From CM Ashok Gehlot
to other party members, wishes poured in for the MLA all over Twitter. Mahendra Mewada, Chairman, Municipal council, Sirohi; Vajing Ram Ghanchi, Chairman,
Municipality, Sheoganj; Kushal Deoda, President, Congress Sevadal; Prakash Meena, President,Youth Congress; Ritik Meghwal, President, NSUI; Hemlata Sharma,
President, Mahila Congress among others greeted him on the occasion and celebrated by conducting various activities throughout the day.
CITY FIRST
R
overs from the Ujas Rover
Group of the Rajasthan
State Bharat Scout Guide
Barmer Headquarters
and Rovers from PG College per-
formed Surya Namaskar on
Wednesday. Yoga instructor
Sawai Singh Rajpurohit taught
them how to perform all the
steps of Surya Namaskar
properly and demonstrated
several asanas such as Pas-
chimottanasana, Hastottan-
asana, Dhanurasana, Uttana-
sana, Bakasana, and others.
Rover leader Adarsh Kishore
expressed his gratitude to the
yoga instructor.
The Circle Organiser, Yogend-
ra Singh Rathore, stated that as
part of their curriculum, every
Rover Ranger must correctly
perform Surya Namaskar and
that Yoga is the finest approach
to increase our concentration
and discipline.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Towards a healthy living...
Manuscript Painting
Mridu Bora
Art by Sangeeta
During the virtual session
CS Manish Gupta CS Devendra V. Deshpande
Sawai Singh Rajpurohit teaching surya namaskar to the children

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