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A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition
of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The
case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, and the
WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal.
UK COURT
APPROVES
EXTRADITION OF
ASSANGE TO US
Delhi Capitals’ Tim Seifert has tested positive for COVID-19 just hours
before his team’s match against Punjab Kings. Seifert is the second
overseas cricketer in the Capitals after Mitchell Marsh to get infected.
Meanwhile, Delhi government made wearing mask compulsory.
ANOTHER DC
PLAYER TESTS +VE;
MASKS MUST IN
DELHI AGAIN
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
announced Wednesday
that the Centre would
soon introduce a special
Ayush visa category for
foreign nationals who
want to come to India to
take advantage of tradi-
tional medicine, as part
of initiatives to pro-
mote medical tourism.
“With this visa, it
will make travel easier
for accessing Ayush
therapies (in India),”
said PM Modi while
speaking at the inaugu-
ral session of the Glob-
al Ayush Investment
and Innovation Summit
2022 at Mahatma Man-
dir in Gandhinagar. He
added that the Centre
has a plethora of initia-
tives to encourage and
promote the Ayush sec-
tor, including the estab-
lishment of a digital
portal to connect me-
dicinal plant farmers
with Ayush product
manufacturers.
New Delhi: Halting the
demolition drive
launched by Delhi mu-
nicipal authorities in
Jahangirpuri area,
which witnessed com-
munal violence last
week, the Supreme
Court on Wednesday
asked authorities to
maintain status quo and
saiditwillhearpetitions
challenging the demoli-
tions on Thursday
.
“Maintain status quo.
List it before appropri-
ate bench tomorrow,”
orderedChief Justiceof
India NV Ramana as
Senior Advocate Dushy-
ant Dave brought up
the matter. P5
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Amid row-
over the use of bulldoz-
ers in BJP-ruled UP
,
Madhya Pradesh and
Gujarat and by party-
governed MCD in Delhi,
Union IB Minister An-
urag Thakur slammed
Rahul Gandhi for his ad-
vicetoModigovernment
to “switch off bulldozers
of hate” remark.
Accusing Rahul of
“sowing the seeds of ha-
tred”, Thakur said he
was “maligning the
name of the country”.
Kataria seems mentally disturbed: Gehlot
New Delhi: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot has
stirred the political de-
bate yet again by giving
a new statement on the
debate of Hindu and
Hindutva. Gehlot said
on Wednesday that BJP
leaders talk of Hindut-
va and nationalism.
“Their Hindutva and
nationalism are to win
elections. Our Hindutva
is for religious belief.
We are all proud that we
are Hindus. Mahatma
Gandhi also said the
same thing that we are
proud to be Hindu. Be-
ing Hindu, we respect
all religions. By respect-
ing other religions,
there will be love in the
society
. There will be no
violence and the coun-
try will develop,” Gehlot
said while interacting
with the media in Delhi.
The Chief Minister
also targeted Leader of
Opposition Gulabchand
Kataria for his state-
ment on Ravana and
Sita. “Gulabchand Ka-
taria first spoke about
Maharana Pratap;
could he only find Sita
to give an example on
Ravana? Kataria seems
mentally disturbed. It
seems that he is not get-
ting respect in the party
,
therefore he is flabber-
gasted. Turn to P8
l Gehlot stresses that MPs like
Kirori Lal Meena have been directed
by PM to engage in ‘Dhamaal Patti’
l Their Hindutva and nationalism are
for winning elections. Our Hindutva is
for religious belief, stresses Gehlot
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot arrives at Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi’s residence, in New Delhi on Wednesday.—PHOTO BY ANI
AYUSH VISA SOON...
For foreign nationals who come
to India for treatment: PM Modi
Speaking at the inaugural session of the Global Ayush
Investment and Innovation Summit 2022 at Mahatma Mandir
in Gandhinagar, PM Modi said that the Centre has a plethora
of initiatives to encourage and promote the Ayush sector
Prime minister Narendra Modi, Director General of World health organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus and Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth during the Global Ayush Investment
and Innovation Summit, at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
AYUSH SECTOR INCREASED TO OVER $18 BILLION
FROM $3 BILLION IN 2014, SAYS PM MODI
The Prime Minister
said, “We are already
witnessing unprecedented
growth in the production
of AYUSH medicines, sup-
plements and cosmetics.
In 2014, where the AYUSH
sector was less than USD
3 billion, today it has in-
creased to more than USD
18 billion.” He said that
the Ministry of AYUSH has
taken several major steps
to encourage a startup
culture in the field of
traditional medicines. A few
days back an incubation
centre developed by the All
India Institute of Ayurveda
has been inaugurated,
informed PM Modi.
Bulldozers in Jahangirpuri
apply brakes after SC order
Centre extends ceasefire
agreement with three Naga
insurgent groups for 1 year
New Delhi: The Centre
has extended ceasefire
agreement with three
Naga groups for further
period of one year. The
groups include National
Socialist Council of Na-
galand-NK (NSCN-NK),
NationalSocialistCoun-
cil of Nagaland-Refor-
mation (NSCN-R) and
NationalSocialistCoun-
cilof Nagaland-K-Khan-
go (NSCN-K-Khango).
All these groups are
breakaway factions of
NSCN-IM and NSCN-K
and signed the ceasefire
agreements with the
government over the
years. The development
comes even as NSCN-IM
leaders, led by General
Secretary Th Muivah,
Tuesday met with Cen-
tre’s representative for
Naga peace talks, AK
Mishra, at the outfit’s
headquarters, Camp
Hebron near Dimapur.
Thakur’s jibe at Rahul for
‘sowing seeds of hatred’
DELHI BJP LEADERS MEET AMIT SHAH
New Delhi: Top Delhi BJP leaders met with Union Home
Minister Amit Shah at the Union Home Ministry headquarters
in Delhi on Wednesday, hours after a controversial demoli-
tion drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri that was halted by the
Supreme Court. Shah met with the Delhi leaders for an hour.
Those in the meeting were Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, MP
Ramesh Bidhuri, MLA Ram Bir Bidhuri and leader Maninder
Singh Sirsa. “It was a routine meeting,” said Sirsa.
RAHUL: BULLDOZERS MUST BE USED
TO ANNIHILATE HATRED AMONG PEOPLE
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Wednesday sneered at the
Bharatiya Janata Party’s move to start
an encroachment drive in Jahang-
irpuri and said that the bulldozers
must be used to end hatred among
people. “This is a demolition of India’s
constitutional values. This is state-
sponsored targeting of the poor and minorities. BJP must
bulldoze the hatred in their hearts instead,” tweeted Gandhi.
CASE FILED
FOR DOCTORING
KEJRIWAL VIDEO
Punjab cops
knock on poet
Kumar’s doors,
he warns Mann
New Delhi: Early on
Wednesday morning,
former Aam Admi Par-
ty member and poet Ku-
mar Vishwas tweeted
pictures of Punjab Po-
lice personnel outside
his house.
The Punjab Police
came visiting Vish-
was’s house after a case
was allegedly regis-
tered against him un-
der the IT Act for alleg-
edly doctoring a video.
In a tweet, Vishwas
warned Punjab Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann that AAP nation-
al convener and Delhi
Chief Minister would
“betray him”.
“I am warning you
that the man sitting in
Delhi, whom you are al-
lowing to play with the
power given by the peo-
ple of Punjab, will one
day betray you and Pun-
jab also. The country
will remember my
warning,” he tweeted.
Vishwas’s comments,
which were allegedly
on Kejriwal, before the
Punjab election had cre-
ated a furore. BJP had
shared a video of Ku-
mar alleging that Kejri-
wal wanted to be “ei-
ther the Punjab CM or
the PM of Khalistan”.
DIDI, ADANI AT BGB SUMMIT
West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee and Adani
Group Chairman Gautam
Adani exchange greetings
during the inauguration of
6th Bengal Global Business
Summit in Kolkata on
Wednesday. (Inset) Adani
speaking during the event. P6
UK PM JOHNSON IN
AHMEDABAD TODAY
PM MODI LIVE FROM
RED FORT TODAY
British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson is scheduled to arrive
in India for a two-day visit begin-
ning on Thursday. The UK PM
will be in Ahmedabad on April
21, 2022 and leave for Delhi
the same day. He is expected to
meet PM Modi on Friday. P6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will address the nation from the
Red Fort on the 400th Parkash
Purab of Sikh guru Tegh Baha-
dur on Thursday. PM Modi will
also release a commemorative
coin and postage stamp on
the occasion.
UNDER HOME MINISTER
AMIT SHAH’S WATCH
...slams ‘bulldozers
of hate’ remark
OPPOSITION BARBS: AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia said that the only way to end hooliganism in the
country was to bulldoze the BJP headquarters.
Congress will decide on Prashant
Kishor formula in 24-48 hours
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party held its
fourth round of meet-
ing on Wednesday re-
garding election strate-
gist Prashant Kishor.
According to the party
sources,inthenext24to
48 hours, the round of
meetings regarding PK
will end and an official
announcement will be
made. Interestingly
, Ra-
jasthan CM Ashok Ge-
hlot and Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
also attended the meet-
ing held on Wednesday
.
Alongwiththecommit-
tee members, both the
CMs gave their opinion
regarding Prashant
Kishor.
After this meeting,
which lasted for about
five hours, Congress
General Secretary and
party’s chief spokes-
person Randeep Sur-
jewalasaid,“Thiscom-
mitteehasbeenformed
by the Congress Presi-
dent. Turn to P8
Kishor has become a brand in the country. It will be good if his
experience is used in uniting the opposition, stresses Gehlot
Union IB
Minister
Anurag
Thakur speaks
during press
conference
at BJP HQ, in
New Delhi
on Wednesday.

RAJASTHAN
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a meeting
held at Secretariat on
Wednesday under the
chairmanship of Edu-
cation Minister Dr. BD
Kalla, decisions taken
regarding Board of Ed-
ucation Workers and
personnel of Lok Jumb-
ish working in the Edu-
cation Department.
He said it has been
decided to adopt educa-
tion workers working
in edu dept under rules
of Jan 11, 2022 by DoP.
Along with this, as-
sistance amount for ed-
ucation workers in Shi-
kshakarmi Welfare
Fund increased from Rs
1 L to Rs 2 L.
“The Central PFO
has also decided to set-
tle pending cases relat-
ed to edu workers.
Apart from this, after
death of the employees
working in board, deci-
sion to expeditiously
dispose of cases of com-
passionate appoint-
ment of dependents
was taken in meeting.”
Pawan Kumar Goel,
ACS Education Depart-
ment, said that regular
inspection of the work
of education workers
would be done by offi-
cials of education de-
partment, untrained
workers would be given
special training.
DoP to adopt contractual workers: Kalla
RAY OF HOPE FOR EDU WORKERS
lll
It has been
decided to adopt
education
workers working
in education
dept under rules
of Jan 11, 2022
by DoP,
assistance
amount hiked
WATER CRISIS IN NAGAUR: WOMEN
GHERAO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OFFICE
In many wards, women have taken to streets protesting against water supply dept
‘40% water used, 60%
wasted in Kota South’
First India Bureau
Kota: BJP MLA
from Kota South
Sandeep Sharma on
Wednesday demand-
ed from PHED offi-
cials to resolve the
shortage of drink-
ing water in his con-
stituency. Sharma
met the Additional
Chief Engineer and
said that only 40 per-
cent of the water is
reaching the people
and 60 percent of
the water is being
wasted due to the
old pipeline.
“Water pipeline is
old, due to which 60
percent of water goes
to waste. Department
officials are not
changing pipeline,”
Sharma said.
He said water
pressure in Kota
south constituency
is low. Sharma
alleged that money
is being earned
from Kota South but
that money is used
in North.
Yunus Gesawat
Nagaur: There is out-
cry in Nagaur district
for water. There is
shortage of even drink-
ing water in Nagaur
city council area.
District administra-
tion was apprised by
sub-divisional officer
about crisis in rural as
well as urban areas.
Drinking water crisis
prevail for the last sev-
eral days.
Ex Deputy zila pra-
mukh Dr. Sahdev
Chaudhary directed
Jayal sub-divisional
administration wa-
ter supply dept in ar-
eas including Khatu
Badi, Dhanani, Ka-
wasro ki Dhani, Nai-
koo ki Dhani.
Water supply depart-
ment is not supplying
drinking water from
tubewells on time, he
said. In many wards,
women have taken to
streets protesting
against Nagaur Munici-
pal Council water
supply dept. Angry
women also gheraoed
council office and sub-
mitted memorandum to
District Collector.
Angry women corner Nagaur Municipal Council’s water supply
department employees to solve the water crisis.
Dr BD Kalla launches workbooks and posters of bridge course for
students of classes 1 to 8. PC Goel and others are also seen.
Doctor injures
herself after a
news report,
journo held
I raise voice of poor
victims:DrKirodi
Kirodi Lal Meena addressing press conference on Wednesday.
MS Yadav felicitating Dr Mahesh Joshi on Wednesday. Archana
Sharma is also seen. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
First India Bureau
Dholpur: On the com-
plaint of a female doc-
tor who injured herself
on Tuesday after a news
report, the police ar-
rested a journalist of a
vernacular. Protesting
against arrest, a large
number of journalists
reached district collec-
torate and protested on
Wednesday and de-
manded an independ-
ent unbiased probe.
They submitted a mem-
orandum to District
Collector Rakesh Ku-
mar Jaiswal and ASP
Bachan Singh Meena.
Jaiswal said that
though the news pub-
lished in a newspaper
about department she
was posted at was found
false and baseless.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Hitting back at
CM Gehlot, BJP’s RS
MP Kirodi Lal Meena
on Wednesday said he
raises voice of poor
victims and fights for
their rights. Gehlot in
Delhi targeted Meena.
said he does ‘dhamaal’.
“If Kirodi Meena
goes to seek justice, is it
chaos? A priest is burnt
alive and a tribal flag is
removed from Amba-
garh fort and when I
raise my voice for jus-
tice, is it chaos? Chaos
will now be there in Ra-
jasthan when the ED
will investigate finan-
cial transactions in con-
nection with the REET
paper leak,” he said at a
press conference.
He said, have handed
over evidence in con-
nection with financial
transaction in REET.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Terming media
as an invisible force, Ra-
jasthan’s PHED minis-
ter Dr. Mahesh Joshi
said on Wednesday that
if this power weakens,
then democracy will
also be weak.
“Media is called
fourth pillar of democ-
racy. Media keeps a
close watch on the legis-
lature, executive, and
judiciary
,” he said while
addressing Annual
General Meeting of All
India Federation of PTI
Employees’ Unions.
Archana Sharma,
Chairperson of the So-
cial Welfare Board,
said it is necessary for
everyone that the cred-
ibility and impartiality
of the news should be
maintained.
Bharatpur (ANI):
Members of a local
community here took
out a protest march on
Wednesday
. Protest was
staged after a rally held
to mark birth anniver-
sary of Dr B R Ambed-
kar was pelted with
stones by those belong-
ing to a dominant caste.
The district adminis-
tration took charge of
the situation arrested
one person.
“Took action against
stone pelters, one was
arrested and 2 were
round up. The other
side also lodged an FIR
on April 16, alleging an
attack by members of
Dalit community. Neu-
tralactionisbeingdone.
Those who pelted stones
will not be spared,” in-
formed K Kunal, Dis-
trict Collector.
NEERAJ DANGI’S SON, IN CLASS 4,
RANKS 1ST
IN WORLD SOF OLYMPIAD
Jaipur: Yuvan, son of Congress MP Neeraj Dangi,
has earned laurels for the state by ranking first in
World SOF Olympiad. Yuvan is a
Class IV student of I Excel High
School in the city. Yuvan bagged
the gold medal at international
level in the event. Neeraj Dangi
shared picture of his son and
wrote “Sharing as a proud
father, my son Yuvan Dangi has
secured 1st International rank
in SOF Social Studies Olympiad. May the almighty
bless him always.”
Jaipur: The Enforcement Squad of JDA on Wednes-
day razed 3 new colonies being built illegally on 8
bighas of private agricultural land under Zone-II.
Chief Controller of Enforcement Raghuveer Saini
said that a new colony being set up in the name
of ‘Salasar Vyas’ on about 3 bigha of land, located
in Sisiyawas village behind Safeda farm house,
without JDA’s permission was demolished. Another
illegal colony coming up near it on 2 bigha of land
was also levelled up to the ground. Similarly, one
more illegal colony, adjoining Delhi-Ajmer bypass
road was cleared off.
JDA IN ACTION: THREE NEW ILLEGAL
COLONIES DEMOLISHED
Sikar: Niranjan Arya,
Chief Advisor of
CM and former CS,
reached Khatushy-
amji on Wednesday.
After worshipping
at the Baba Shyam
temple, he prayed
for prosperity in the
country and the state.
Temple Committee
trustee Pratap Singh
Chouhan honoured
him with tradition-
al Shyam dupatta.
Sub-divisional officer
Rajesh Kumar Meena
and executive officer
Vishal Yadav received
Niranjan Arya and
accompanied him to
the temple.
ARYA VISITS
KHATUSHYAMJI
NEWS DIGEST
ON THE WAY TO KARTARPUR SAHIB!
A group of 60 pilgrims left for Shri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan following Corona guidelines. They gathered at Raja Park
Gurdwara on Wednesday prayed before leaving. Sardar Ajaypal Singh convener Jageet Singh Suri were also present.
Dr Raghu seeks more Bisalpur water
M Imran Tak
Kekri: Gujarat Con-
gress in-charge and
Kekri MLA Dr. Raghu
Sharma during his
four-day visit to the con-
stituency, inaugurated
and laid the foundation
stone for more than 450
development works
costing about Rs 40 cr.
On the last day of his
tour on Wednesday,
Sharma took a meeting
of officials of Water
Supply Department in
view of crisis.
“In view of summer,
provision of Rs 3.5 cr
has been made by State
Govt under Contingen-
cy Plan with this
problem of drinking
water will not be al-
lowed in rural areas.”
Sharma has also sent a
proposal to CM to in-
crease 5000 TMC
drinking water under
Bisalpur scheme to
7500 TMC.
Woman dead in
factory, husband
suspected
Cameras worth
`10L stolen
from marriage
Medical student
dies by falling
from hostel roof
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: A woman died
in suspicious circum-
stances in a pharma-
ceutical factory under
SEZ police station
area. The brother of
the deceased has filed
a case against her hus-
band alleging murder.
SHO Satyapal Singh
said that Saroj was
married to Dilip Yogi
of Chhattisgarh 10
years ago.
Both have a 9-year-
old son and a 7-year-
old daughter. Saroj
and Dilip were work-
ing in factory of Dil-
ip’s uncle in Bhambho-
ria village. She was
found dead in factory
this morning. Her
brother alleged that
she was strangled to
death by her husband.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An incident of
theft at a wedding has
been reported in the
Murlipura area of the
city. The robbery took
place in broad daylight
on Monday afternoon,
where crooks escaped
with expensive cameras
and accessories worth
Rs 10 lakh from a mar-
riage garden.
The entire incident
was captured on the
CCTV camera installed
in the garden. The vic-
tim has lodged a case of
theft at Murlipura po-
lice station. In the
CCTV footage, a man is
seen entering the gar-
den and after a while
fleeing with the camera
bag and other items.
Murlipura police sta-
tion is investigating.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Laxmi Rawat
(23) died after falling
from the roof of the
hostel of MJF Ayurve-
da Medical College in
Chomu. The student
was studying BAMS
(Bachelor of Ayurvedic
Medicine and Surgery)
by staying in the hostel
here. The final year stu-
dent lived in a room on
the fifth floor. Late at
night she went for a
walk on the terrace. Af-
ter a while she fell down
with a bang-like sound.
If media weakens,
democracy will also
weaken: Mahesh Joshi
Protest march by
dalits in Bharatpur,
1 stone pelter held
Dr Raghu Sharma was greeted by local supporters during his
Kekri visit and inauguration ceremony on Wednesday.
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Foundation President
Dhiraj Srivastava will be
the patron of the book
‘History of Kayasthas’ to
be based on the com-
plete history of Kayastha
society. Author of book,
Vivek Saxena, said that
this book will be based
on the glorious history
and political represen-
tation demand of the
Kayastha community.
In this, many informa-
tion has been collected
about origin of Kayast-
has, mythology, great
personalities who have
contributed in religious,
political and social fields
of India.
DHIRAJ PATRON OF
BOOK ON KAYASTHAS
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
COMPARISON
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
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RAJASTHAN
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Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The newly ap-
pointed Commissioner
of JMCG Mahendra
Soni on Wednesday
took a tour of the city
areas under his juris-
diction and took stock
of the sanitation ar-
rangements at various
localities.
A day after taking
over charge, Soni went
to the Indira kitchen
near Sanganer over-
bridge and tasted food
served to the common
man. He also visited
project sites like Dehla-
was STP plant etc. The
Commissioner also vis-
ited the Mansarovar
zone and took the offi-
cials to task over the
poor sanitary condition
at Madhyam Marg and
Aravali Marg there. He
then went to the fire sta-
tion and inspected the
fire tenders and other
equipment there.
Soni was in active
mode on Wednesday
and started the first
day by inspecting the
garage branch of the
JMCG. The commis-
sioner took the meeting
of officers and during
the visit instructed not
to take any kind of neg-
ligence with respect to
cleanliness. Interacting
with the media, he in-
formed that plastic ban
campaign will start
from May 1.
Soni tastes food at Indira Rasoi, visits sites
JMCG COMMISSIONER IN ACTIVE MODE
DR SOMYA AGAIN ‘ACCUSED’ AS COURT
ORDERS TO RECONSIDER BAIL BONDS
SHORT LIVED RELIEF FOR JMCG MAYOR
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: The relief that
JMC Greater Mayor Dr
Somya got after her ac-
quittal in the case of
misbehaviour with the
then Commissioner
Yagyamitra Singh Deo,
turned out to be short
lived on Wednesday
. Ad-
ditional District and
Sessions Judge-4, Ma-
havir Prasad Gupta,
told the lower/trial
court to keep the bail
and bail bonds, can-
celled at the time of ac-
quittal of Dr Somya
earlier this month, ef-
fective for the next 6
months.
The ADJ court also
summoned the original
record of the lower
court and said that if
the revision petitions
are not disposed of by
June 23, 2022, then the
court will be able to take
necessary action in rela-
tiontosendingtheletter
before the trial court.
With this, Dr Somya has
once again become an
accused in the case. The
court gave the above or-
der while hearing the
revision petition of the
complainant Yagyami-
tra Singh Deo, repre-
sented by Advocate AK
Jain. The next hearing
in the matter is on May
7. Advocate AK Jain
said that due to the res-
toration of the bail
bond, Mayor Dr Somya
willcontinuetobeanac-
cused till the disposal of
revision.
Deo had lodged an
FIR against Dr Somya
and four councillors
Ajay Singh Chauhan,
Paras Kumar, Shankar
Sharma and Ram
Kishore Prajapat at Jy-
oti Nagar police station
on June 4, 2021 accusing
that during the meeting
the Mayor and council-
lors misbehaved and as-
saulted him.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Civil services
day will be celebrated
here on April 21 which
will be attended by Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra,
CM Gehlot and others.
Former Director of
LBS National Academy
of Administration
Sandeep Chaupra and
CS Usha Sharma will
deliver address in the
opening session. Guv
Mishra will also ad-
dress the inaugural ses-
sion. Retired IAS offic-
er Prakash Kumar will
address the second ses-
sion. HoFF DN Pandey
will also deliver an ad-
dress in this session.
The Program will start
at 11:30 am in OTS.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will at-
tend the cultural even-
ing starting from 7 pm.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Calling CM
Free Nirogi Rajasthan
Scheme a revolutionary
idea, the health minis-
ter Parsadi Lal Meena
on Wednesday called
upon all medicos and
health workers to make
the scheme successful.
Addressing princi-
pals, superintendents
and other officers of all
medical colleges of the
state through video con-
ferencing, he said that
when ‘Mukhyamantri
FreeMedicinesScheme’
was launched in 2011,
people had apprehen-
sions about its success.
“Today, with the co-
operation of medical
personnel, the scheme
has become an example
for the whole country,”
he said.
Meena said that the
trial of CM’s Free Niro-
gi Rajasthan Scheme is
going on now and if the
medical personnel coop-
erate wholeheartedly,
then the state will once
again make a mark in
the field of medicine.
The minister directed
thatitshouldbeensured
to provide IPD, OPD
medicines and tests free
of cost in all the medical
institutions of the state.
In the VC action plans
were discussed with the
medicos of state.
Mayor
Somya will
remain
accused till the
disposal of revision
due to restoration of
bail bond. The
Revision Court has
stayed the trial
court’s order
cancelling the bail
bond on April 11.
—AK Jain, Advocate
JMCG Mayor Dr Somya is accused of misbehaving with Deo.
Parsadi L Meena, Vaibhav Galriya during a VC on Wendesday.
The Court ruled in
a petition by
Yagyamitra Singh
Deo to keep the bail
bonds effective for 6
months
‘Free Nirogi Rajasthan’ is going to
be revolutionary in state: Parsadi
Red Cross, 23 varsities sign MoUs
before Guv; new website launched
Medical emergency in mid air;
flight lands as passenger falls ill
Acommittee formed
after complaints
made to CM regarding
irregularities in the
trauma center of SMS
hospital has started
its inquiry. The com-
mittee is headed by Dr
S S Sankhla, retired
senior doctor of SMS.
Team members Dr
VD Sinha and Dr RK
Jainav recorded the
statements of the rela-
tives of the patients.
Family members
of some patients
had recently made
complaints to CM on
his visit.
PROBE STARTS
@SMS HOSPITAL
NEWS DIGEST
WAY CLEARED
FOR RECRUITING
5587 PTIs
THIRTY FIVE PROs
TRANSFERRED
ACROSS STATE
WB GUV DHANKHAR TO INAUGURATE
ADARSH VIDYA MANDIR BUILDING
CHAs CANCEL DELHI MARCH AS HARISH
CHAUDHARY’S ASSURANCE OF SOLUTION
Jaipur: The Finance
Department has given
consent for direct
recruitment to 5126
posts by increasing the
sanctioned 420 posts
of Physical Teacher
Instructor Grade III.
Instructions have also
been given to the Di-
rector Edu dept to send
applications to the
RPSC to fill the posts
of 461 Senior Physical
Teachers, clearing the
way for total of 5587
posts of PTI. Rajasthan
Unemployed Unified
Federation President
Upen Yadav had met
officials and Edu Min
BD Kalla several times.
BD Kalla shared the
news in a tweet.
Jaipur: The Raj govt on
Wednesday transferred
35 officers of Informa-
tion and Public Rela-
tions Services. Narbada
Indoriy, Manmohan
Harsh, Dr. Lokesh Chan-
dra Sharma has been
transferred to HQ Jaipur.
Rajnish Sharma to Pan-
chayati Raj dept, Shra-
van Kumar as to Food
and Civil Supplies dept.
Similarly, Dr. Ravindra
Singh was transferred
to, Agriculture dept
while Amandeep, Suren-
dra Kumar Samaria and
Devendra Pratap Singh
to Chief Minister’s Of-
fice, and Sohan Lal was
sent to and Livelihood
Development Corpora-
tion, Jaipur.
Jaipur: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
will visit Sambhar on Saturday. He will inaugurate
the newly constructed
building of Adarsh
Vidya Mandir there at
a function organised
by Nagarik Vikash
Samiti. Jaipur Rural MP
Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore will preside
over the program while
Rajya Sabha member Mahesh Poddar, MLA Nirmal
Kumawat and Vidya Bharati’s regional president
Bharat Ram Kumhar will be the special guests on
the occasion.
Jaipur: Covid Health Assistants (CHAs), who have
been agitating for 20 days demanding re-appointment,
have postponed their
protest march towards
Delhi after assurance
by Congress leader and
former minister Harish
Chaudhary. Chaudhary,
who is Congress in-
charge for Punjab, met
the agitated persons at
Shaheed Smarak and assured that he will talk to CM.
After his assurance, the proposed march was post-
poned. Later, Chaudhary wrote to CM to reconsider
their demands and take a decision in their favour.
Ascoalcrisisdeepens,
powermaygetcostlier
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The power and
coal crisis in Rajasthan
has deepened again. In
different power produc-
tion houses of the state,
5 units of power genera-
tion are said to be closed
due to technical rea-
sons. The state will have
to increase the pur-
chase of coal from
abroad due to shortage
of coal and the guide-
lines of the Centre.
Buying expensive
coal can have an impact
on consumers in the
form of fuel surcharge.
Electricity can be cost-
lier by Rs 1 per unit.
The consumption of
electricity in the state
has crossed 2500 lakh
units per day, whereas
last year the average
daily consumption was
1990 lakh units.
Apart from Suratgarh
Thermal Power Plant,
600 MW Unit of Ka-
lisindh, 210 MW Unit of
Kota Thermal Power
Plant and 250 MW Unit
of Chhabra Thermal
Power Plant, power pro-
duction is completely
stalled. On average, only
3 to 4 days of coal stock
is left in power stations.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The police
has booked the vice
chancellor of a
state-run insti-
tute and four
others for alleg-
edly faking de-
tails for a bill to
establish a new
pvt university
. The
state govt hurriedly
withdrew the draft
legislationlastmonth
when the scandal sur-
faced. Prof Amarika
Singh, VC of the
state govt’s MLSU
Udaipur and Ranjeet
Singh, founder trus-
tee of Sikar’s Gu-
rukul Shikshan San-
sthan,thatcame
up with the pro-
posal to build
the university,
areamongthose
named in the
FIR.
Dr Vijay Beniwal,
GovernmentLawCol-
lege in Alwar, Prof
Jayant Singh of RU
andProf.Ghanshyam
Singh Rathore from
Udaipur are also
named in the FIR.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra said that
the Red Cross in Ra-
jasthan should consti-
tute the executive com-
mittee of the state unit
so that at the time of ca-
lamities and crises, the
strong, active and pow-
erful form of Red Cross
is visible in the state. He
said this on Wednesday
during the signing of
MoU between Red Cross
Society, Rajasthan
branch and 23 universi-
ties at Raj Bhavan. Guv
is the ex-officio Prez of
the Red Cross Society
.
As per the MoU, the
Red Cross and the uni-
versities will work in
collaboration to bring
inspiration in disaster
and risk prevention-re-
lief work, water sanita-
tionandsanitationman-
agement etc. The new
website of Red Cross
Society Rajasthan was
also launched. Vice
Chancellors of various
State Universities and
officials of Raj Bhavan
were present.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: A Hyderabad-
bound Spicejet flight
made an emergency
landing at the interna-
tional airport here on
Wednesday after a pas-
senger complained of
uneasiness. The passen-
ger was taken to hospi-
tal near Jawahar Circle
and the flight left for its
destination after 20
mins of stopover.
Flight no. SG-1007
took off from Kis-
hangarh airport as usu-
al at noon with 65 pas-
sengers aboard. How-
ever, one of the passen-
gers falls ill after the
take off and informed
the crew. The pilot con-
tacted the Air Traffic
Control (ATC) and after
getting clearance, the
flight was diverted to
Jaipur airport.
Civil Services Day
today; Governor,
CM to attend
The security at the State hanger did not allow the
Jaipur district collector’s security personnel to
enter on Wednesday. The staff stopped the collec-
tor’s and did not allow the gunman to go inside.
Collector Rajan Vishal was also allowed after the
gunman left the vehicle. The collector’s gunman
kept arguing at gateans said that he had been
entering through the gate for four years. After a lot
of tussle, the gunman was allowed inside on foot.
COLLECTOR’S GUNMAN STOPPED AT
STATE HANGER, ALLOWED ON FOOT
AVVNL Meet: Engineers asked
to install feeder separation
Ashish Aman
Jaipur: AVVNL’s MD,
NS Nirvan has instruct-
ed the engineers to in-
stall feeder separation
and meter boxes on
poles in areas with high
transmission and dis-
tribution losses.
In a meeting with of-
ficers, he also instruct-
ed them to ensure that
the employees reach of-
fice on time.
He said that discipli-
nary action will be tak-
en by the corporation
against the concerned
officer and employee
for disobeying the or-
der. Nirvan said that
Ajmer Discom has set
subdivision-wise tar-
gets to reduce TD loss-
es this time and it is the
responsibility of every
employee to contribute
their best to achieve the
goals set by the corpora-
tion and directed the of-
ficers to continuously
monitor all the feeders
with high TD losses.
He said that the offi-
cials should prevent
electricity theft.
MD NS Nirvan discussed many issues including billing status,
PHED connection outstanding dues of govt offices in the meeting.
Mahendra Soni with officials. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Kalraj Mishra with officals of Red Cross Society on Wednesday.
‘Fake varsity’: MLSU
VC,4 others booked
MAYOR MEETS SONI

PERSPECTIVE
04
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responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Whatever is not yours: Let
go of it. Your letting go of it
will be for your long-term
happiness and benefit.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji’s
government is constantly taking several
steps for promoting agriculture in India,
increasing the income of farmers and
facilitating export of agricultural products.
As a result of these steps, today India is
gaining ground in the global market by
exporting almost half of the world’s rice.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Building a world class facility in a
New India! Visited the upcoming
India International Convention Expo
Centre in Dwarka, Delhi. It will serve
as a major economic driver helping
India capture a larger share of global
meetings, incentives, conferences
exhibitions market.
TOP TWEETS
BORIS JOHNSON
CASE OFFERS
A FEW LESSONS IN
DIGNIFIED CONDUCT
hatever one may hold
against the Brits,
their parliamentary
democracy and insti-
tutions are almost
above reproach. Last week Prime
Minister Boris Johnson paid a
fine of 50 pounds for attending his
own surprise birthday party
. He is
the first British PM to have been
penalised for breaking a rule
while in office. This week on Tues-
day he apologised “whole-hearted-
ly” for attending an illegal party
during Covid lockdown. Johnson
told the House that he unknow-
ingly broke the rules and misled
parliament. Opposition MPs de-
manded his resignation but John-
son refused to oblige. Labour
Party leader Keir Starmer called
the apology a “joke”.
The UK PM now faces a crucial
parliamentary vote this Thursday
to decide if he should be subjected
to further investigation for his
“misleading” statements on ‘par-
tygate’. Apparently confident of
winning the vote, Johnson will be
in India on a two-day visit. Irre-
spective of the outcome one must
appreciate the dignified manner
in which British parliamentari-
ans are conducting themselves.
W
ately, bulldozers
have been in use
to stamp the su-
premacy of the
majority commu-
nity around festival time and
before elections. Ram Navmi
processions led to violence in
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,
Jharkhand, Rajasthan and
Delhi with the minority com-
munity being held directly
responsible in three of the
states and Delhi. The Ra-
jasthan government handled
the situation with maturity
but at other places bulldozers
werepressedintoactionwith-
out investigating who the real
instigator was. It was hardly
surprising that only one side
bore the brunt. It was also not
surprising that the reason for
bulldozing of tenements was
the illegality of construction.
Why did authorities wake up
to the illegality of construc-
tions only after the clashes
will remain a mystery
.
At least in Delhi the police
said that the Ram Navmi pro-
cession was taken out without
permission. That was a provo-
cation in itself but the MCD
decidedtodemolishstructures
in the Jahangirpuri area.
What’s more the demolition is
believed to have continued un-
tiltwohoursaftertheSupreme
Court stayed the action.
One cannot dispute that il-
legal constructions should be
demolished as they occupy
public land leading to numer-
ous social problems. However,
it is common knowledge that
everywheresquattersbribeof-
ficials for a roof over their
heads and hardly ever illegal
constructions are prevented
from coming up. But to use
bulldozers without following
the due process of law is a
mockery of the criminal jus-
tice system. It also makes the
Constitutionandthejudiciary
irrelevant.Whilewemayhave
a view on what happens in
other countries, we tend to
make light of strife within.
BULLDOZER POLITICS
FOR SUPREMACY
Ram Navmi processions led to
violence in MP, Gujarat,
Jharkhand, Rajasthan and
Delhi with the minority
community being held directly
responsible in 3 of states and
Delhi. Rajasthan government
handled situation with
maturity but at other places
bulldozers were pressed into
action without investigating
L
THE DRAGON DEBT TRAP
CHINA IS EMERGING AS THE NEO-
COLONIZER OF THE 21ST CENTURY
arvane ko nahi pata ki jis
shamaa se who lipat raha
hai, wahi usko jalaa kar
raakh kar degi.” Have you
heard of this famous Bolly-
wood line about fatal attrac-
tion of the moth to a flame?
Similar is the case of devel-
oping or poor countries that
are attracted by soft loans
from PRC with the hope of
developing their country’s
infrastructure and to provide
better life to their citizens.
Unfortunately, they are not
aware of this fatal attraction
and the debt trap, they are
unknowingly getting into.
It’s often too late before they
realize their mistake. More
and more countries are fac-
ing financial crisis after be-
ing trapped by the Dragon.
China is the only country
in the world having expan-
sionist policy to control other
countries. However, their in-
tention to dominate other
countries by luring them in
debt has come to the fore only
in the present Xi Ping re-
gime. China’s growing global
footprints and aggression is
shaping the world forum and
now, Chinese power rede-
fines geopolitics and geo-eco-
nomics of the globe.
RISE OF CHINA AS
ECONOMIC POWER
In the 21st Century, China is
playing a pivotal role in the
world economy and contrib-
utes nearly 20% to global
GDP, being just second high-
est after USA. Beijing is also
the world’s largest non-com-
mercial lender, more than the
International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank.
China’s share of bilateral
debt has risen from 45% to
63% last year. Along with
this, 65 % of all the loans dis-
tributed under bilateral rela-
tions in the world have been
distributed by China alone.
DEBT-TRAP
‘Debt-trap diplomacy’ is a
term which describes a cred-
itor country or institution
extending debt to a borrow-
ing nation partially, or solely
to increase the lender’s po-
litical leverage. The creditor
country is said to extend ex-
cessive credit to a debtor
country with the intention of
extracting economic or po-
litical concessions when the
debtor country becomes un-
able to meet its repayment
obligations. Presently, 42
countries have public debt
exposure to China in excess
of 10% of GDP. Poor nations
like the Republic of Djibouti,
Laos, Zambia, Nigeria and
Kyrgyzstan have Chinese
debts amounting to 20% of
their GDP.
China is using its econom-
ic heft by providing huge and
easy loans to developing and
underdeveloped countries
for infrastructure. Chinese
indirectly get access to the
country’s natural resources
through the market. This
leads to the economy of the
country being crippled. Eye-
ing the opportunity, China
demands acquisition of a
strategic asset of the country
to write off the debt in part.
China has taken control of
the strategic port City of
Hambantota in Sri Lanka,
Gwadar port of Pakistan, Le-
kki Deep Sea port in Nigeria,
Port of Sudan, Mombasa
Port in Kenya, Entebbe air-
port of Uganda and many
more. Subsequently, China
indirectly enters the politics
of that country and then
dominates its sovereignty
.
THE FUTURE
TRAPPINGS
The Dragon debt trap may
enhance further in the future
to trap countries like Nepal,
Afghanistan and Maldives in
South Asia. All these coun-
tries are in heavy Chinese
debt. India’s real concern is
growing Chinese presence
and economic instability in
the SAARC nations.
Post Ukraine conflict, Rus-
sia having been isolated from
the world trade by Western
sanctions, may look increas-
ingly towards China to help
them out. Economically weak
Russia, crippled by sanctions
will slowly be sucked into
same debt trap as developing
countries, albeit from a differ-
ent route. Moscow, which is
more beholden to Beijing,
would be drifting away from
India, in case, Sino-Indian
conflictbecomesunavoidable.
IMPLICATIONS
FOR INDIA
The reality is that majority of
smaller nations are increas-
ingly getting lured by Chi-
nese loans for infrastructure
development. Faced with no
other viable alternative, they
are getting trapped into the
Dragon’s debt trap. Pakistan,
Sri Lanka and the Maldives
in its neighbourhood, almost
falling into the ‘Dragon Debt
Trap’ is not a good sign for
India. It’s time for us to act
fast and protect our strategic
backyard from China’s mis-
adventures. The current nar-
rative by the Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi of
self-sustainability (At-
manirbhar Bharat) is the
right approach for any coun-
try, who wants to safeguard
its sovereignty
, in future.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
“
P
Pakistan, Sri Lanka
and the Maldives in its
neighbourhood, almost
falling into the ‘Dragon Debt
Trap’ is not a good sign for
India. It’s time for us to act
fast and protect our strategic
backyard from China’s
misadventures. The current
narrative by the Indian
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi of self-sustainability
(Atmanirbhar Bharat)
is the right approach
for any country, who
wants to safeguard its
sovereignty, in future
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH (RETD)
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)
China is the only
country in the world
having expansionist
policy to control other
countries. However, their
intention to dominate other
countries by luring them in
debt has come to the fore
only in the present Xi Ping
regime. China’s growing
global footprints and
aggression is shaping the
world forum and now,
Chinese power redefines
geopolitics and geo-
economics of the globe.
CHINA DISTRIBUTED
$5.6 TRILLION IN LOANS
TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES
https://www.thehansin-
dia.com/hans/opinion/
news-analysis/low-
income-nations-walk-
straight-into-dragons-
debt-trap-709110 A
report released in 2020
suggests that China has
distributed $5.6 trillion in
loans to various countries
in the name of develop-
ment. China has financed
bigger projects and taken
on higher levels of credit
risk with stronger repay-
ment safeguards, in place.

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INDIA
05
‘CONSTITUTION
BULLDOZED’
CPM’s Brinda Karat blocks bulldozer in Delhi, waves court papers
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat stands in front of a bulldozer during the demolition of shops in New Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Wednesday.
New Delhi (Agencies):
CPM leader Brinda Kar-
at was seen blocking a
bulldozer at Delhi’s Ja-
hangirpuri and waving
the copy of a Supreme
Court order on Wednes-
day afternoon.
Within an hour after
the Supreme Court or-
dered to maintain the
status quo in the ongo-
ing demolition drive be-
ing carried out by the
North Delhi Municipal
Corporation in Delhi’s
Jahangirpuri, Brinda
Karat arrived in Jahan-
girpuri with the Su-
preme Court order ask-
ing the authorities to
stop the demolition pro-
cess immediately
.
However, the Delhi
police asked the contro-
versial Communist
leader to vacate the
demolition site and not
create any chaos.
“At 10:45 am, the SC
gave the order to main-
tain the status quo on
the demolition drive, I
have come here for the
implementation of the
order”, claimed CPIM
leader Brinda Karat.
“The law and the con-
stitution have been
bulldozed by illegal
demolitions. At least
the Supreme Court its
order should not be
bulldozed,” CPIM lead-
er further said.
The North Delhi Mu-
nicipal Corporation
sent nine bulldozers to
remove what it called il-
legal encroachments in
Jahangirpuri. In a let-
ter to the Delhi Police,
North Delhi Municipal
Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh
asked for 400 policemen
to maintain order in the
area, which has been
tense since the violence.
On Wednesday, more
than 1,500 cops and se-
curity personnel were
at the site.
BULLDOZE CHINESE
ENCROACHMENTS:
CONGRESS TO GOVT
New Delhi: The Congress
on Wednesday attacked
the Centre for not im-
mediately stopping the
demolition drive in Delhi’s
Jahangirpuri and termed
it as ‘brazen contempt
and defiance of SC order’,
and also asked for a
similar action against the
Chinese encroachments
in Arunchal Pradesh and
Ladakh. “India is not
banana republic yet, that
SC orders r defied like
this-Shocking,” Congress
spokesperson Jaiveer
Shergill tweeted.
BJP HAS DECLARED WAR AGAINST
POOREST, SAYS ASADUDDIN OWAISI
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday
alleged that the BJP has declared a war against
the poorest by destroying homes in Delhi like in Uttar
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The Hyderabad MP
was reacting to demolition of alleged illegal encroach-
ments in riot-hit Jahangirpuri in New Delhi. “BJP
has declared war against the poorest. In the name
of encroachment it’s going to destroy
homes in Delhi like UP MP. No
notice, no opportunity to go to court,
simply punishing poor Muslims
for daring to stay alive,” Owaisi
tweeted. Owaisi also demanded that
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
must clarify his adubious role’. Is
his government’s PWD part of this
demolition drive, he asked.
CRUCIAL READ
MAMATA BANERJEE ‘MOST SUITED’ OPPN
CANDIDATE FOR 2024 PM POST: RIPUN BORA
Kolkata: Veteran politician and TMC leader Ripun
Bora on Wednesday said that the West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee is the “most suita-
ble” opposition candidate for Prime Minister’s post
in the 2024 Lok Sabha General election because
she is fighting alone aggressively against BJP.
Speaking to media Ripun Bora said, “I have full re-
spect for all the opposition leaders but considering
the ground reality, I have seen Mamata Banerjee is
the only one fighting aggressively against Modi.” Mamata Banarjee
AL BADR CADRE
DESIGNATED AS
TERRORIST BY GOVT
New Delhi: The Ministry of
Home Affairs has declared
Arjumand Gulzar Dar, an
active associate of terrorist
outfit Al Badr, as a terrorist
under Unlawful Activity
(Prevention) Act, 1967.
The terror organisation ‘Al
Badr’ is listed as a terrorist
organisation under the First
Schedule to the said Act at
serial number 26. Accord-
ing to a Gazette notification
issued on Tuesday by the
MHA, Arjumand Gulzar Dar
alias Hamza Burhan alias
Doctor went to Pakistan
on valid documents where
he joined Al Badr. He has
been an active terrorist and
commander of Al Badr, and
since then and currently
has been operating from
Pakistan, said the Gazette
notification.
ASSAM, ARUNACHAL TO FORM DISTRICT
COMMITTEES TO SETTLE BORDER DISPUTES
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on
Wednesday announced that Assam and Arunachal Prdesh,
the two Northeastern states, will form dis-
trict-level committees to resolve the long-
standing border disputes in a time-bound
manner. The decision was announced after
the Assam CM met his Arunachal Pradesh
counterpart Pema Khandu on Wednesday.
This was the second chief ministerial-level
meeting between the two states over the
boundary issue, Sarma said in a series of tweets.
HUBBALLI VIOLENCE WAS PRE-PLANNED,
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALS
Hubballi: The preliminary investigation into the Hub-
balli violence has revealed that it was pre-planned, police
sources said. The police have collected videos which reveal
the planning for the violence that happened on April 16
in the commercial hub of north Karnataka. A violent mob
outside the police station sought the beheading of a youth,
who had put up an objectionable post in social media. The
mob shouted slogans that called for violence, like “What is
the punishment for the guilty” and “Beheading is the only
punishment for the guilty.”
Mumbai Police taps phones of
Sanjay Raut, Eknath Khadse
Mumbai (PTI): Mum-
bai police on Wednes-
day said that the phones
of Shiv Sena leader
Sanjay Raut and NCP
leader Eknath Khadse
were tapped on the pre-
text of them being anti-
social elements.
During the investiga-
tion, it was found, that
some other names were
also mentioned as anti-
social elements in State
Intelligence Dept (SID)
letter which was sent to
the Additional Chief
Secretary (ACS) Home
for phone tapping that’s
why the ACS gave the
permissionforthesame,
Mumbai police said.
Police informed that
the phone of Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader Eknath Khadse
was tapped for 67 days
while that of Shiv Sena
leader Sanjay Raut was
tapped for 60 days.
Reactingtothematter,
Raut said both leaders
were falsely labelled by
then SID commissioner
Rashmi Shukla.
“The then SID com-
missioner Rashmi
Shukla falsely labelled
all of us whose phones
were tapped as anti-so-
cial elements during
government formation
in 2019,” Raut said.
“Our privacy was
breached. Centre giving
protection to such police
officerswhoareworking
for one party
,” he added.
Sanjay Raut Eknath Khadse
K’taka to set
up commission
to review all
public works
Shivamogga (PTI): In
an apparent fallout of
the death of a civil con-
tractor who levelled
bribery allegations
against a former state
minister, the Karnataka
government on Wednes-
day announced forming
a three-member com-
mission comprising a
retired high court judge
tocleartenderproposals
for all public projects
worth Rs 50 crore and
above, in a bid to check
malpractices in award-
ing contracts.
Also, the government
has ordered a total ban
oninitiatingworksbased
on oral instructions of
ministers or higher offi-
cials. The commission
will be formed under the
Karnataka Transparen-
cy in Public Procure-
ment Act (KTPPA).
Basavaraj Bommai
TN: Sasikala to be grilled
in Kodanad murder case
Chennai (Agencies):
Aspecialteamof theTa-
mil Nadu Police will be
questioning AIADMK’s
former interim General
Secretary, VK Sasikala
in the Kodanad murder
and heist case on Thurs-
day
, officials said.
The 906-acre estate
wasjointlyownedbylate
CM and AIADMK chief
Jayalalithaaandheraide
Sasikala,andthemurder
and heist case took place
on April 24, 2017, four
months after the passing
awayof Jayalalithaaand
the arrest of Sasikala.
According to the
chargesheet, C. Kanaga-
raj, who was once the
driver of Jayalalithaa,
hatched a conspiracy to
break open the Kodanad
estateashebelievedthat
hugemoneywasstashed
in the estate bungalow.
On April 23, 2017, a gang
of tenpeople,ledbyhim,
brokeintotheestateand
killed guard, Om Bahad-
hurwhileanotherguard
Krishna Thapa was
beaten and tied.
InJuly3,2017,Dinesh
Kumar, a computer op-
erator at the estate, was
found dead in his home
leading to five deaths
altogether.
VK Sasikala
Jakhar not replying to notice‘gross
indiscipline’,action likely: Sources
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer Punjab Congress
chief Sunil Jakhar not
replying to party’s
show-cause notice is
being considered an act
of “gross indiscipline”
and “strong action” is
likely to be taken
against him when the
Congress’ disciplinary
committee meets be-
fore the end of this
week, sources said on
Wednesday.
The Congress Disci-
plinary Committee had
on April 11 given a
show-cause notice to
Jakhar for alleged anti-
party activities and
sought a reply within a
week. At the end of the
deadline on Tuesday,
Jakhar said he would
not reply to the panel
notice and was ready to
face action.
“He (Jakhar) was
given a notice for indis-
cipline. His not reply-
ing to the party’s notice
is being considered an
act of gross indisci-
pline and strong action
would be taken against
him,” a high-level party
source told media.
“A decision in this re-
gard would be taken at
a meeting of the party’s
disciplinary committee
which is expected to
take place before the
end of this week,” the
source said.
Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar
Not just to deny edu for a piece of cloth: Karnataka girl
Bengaluru (Agencies):
Almas AH, a second
PUC (Class 12) student
from Udupi Girl’s Pre-
University College, one
among the six
girls who start-
ed a protest on
hijab in Karna-
taka which
went on to become a ma-
jor crisis in the State,
has said that it was not
‘just to deny’ education
for a piece of cloth.
Her post, written on
Tuesday
, has again
raised a debate on hijab
in the State.
“Being Education
Minister, is it
just for you to
denyeducation
for a piece of
cloth?” Almas
has questioned Karna-
takaEducationMinister
BC Nagesh on social me-
dia. She further stated
that she had been pre-
paring for her exams
since long and all that
would go in vain.
Almas underlined:
“Don’t do this injustice
to us sir. Allow us.”
However, the Karnata-
ka govt is all set to con-
duct the second PUC ex-
ams (Class 12) without
allowingstudentstowear
hijab. Karnataka High
Court Special Bench has
dismissed the petitions
submitted by students,
including Almas to per-
mit hijab in classrooms.
Almas had earlier
slammed the state gov-
ernment on its decision
of not allowing hijab
protesters to write ex-
ams.Shehadquestioned
Minister Nagesh, ask-
ing, “Tell me Nagesh sir,
who made us miss our
exams?Ihavemissedmy
practicalexams,yourde-
cision is not only gonna
shatter my dreams but
also I am starting to lose
hope in the system.
Where is the justice sir?
Why do you want us to
suffer?” she said.
Thecourthasalsostat-
ed that wearing of hijab
isnotanessentialpartof
Islam. The Muslim or-
ganisationsgaveabandh
call for business estab-
lishments against the
HighCourtorder.Hindu-
tva organisations later
called for banning Mus-
lim vendors from tem-
ples and religious fairs.
The entire matter has
taken a communal turn,
resulting in unrest type
situation in the state.
BAN
HIJAB

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia has enough coal
stocks to meet more
than 30 days of de-
mands and there is no
need to panic, Govern-
ment sources told ANI.
Sources said 72.5 mil-
lion tonnes (mt) of coal
stocks are lying with
Coal India Ltd.
On average, power
plants in India is having
coal stock of 22 mt and
on an average daily 2.1
mt coal is replaced with
plants. So no shortage
of coal will arise in the
country
, sources said.
Power plants in India
still have 10 days of
stock and the country
has coal stock of more
than 30 days, the sourc-
es added.
Another top official
told ANI that there is no
coal shortage, especial-
ly in Maharashtra. The
government has direct-
ed the states to review
the PPA with power
plantsandMaharashtra
is already reviewing it.
Energy demand rose
due to early summer
and the recovery in the
economy
.
NO NEED TO PANIC, INDIA HAS COAL
STOCKS FOR OVER 30 DAYS: REPORT
SUFFICIENT TO MEET DEMAND
IN THE COURTYARD
HIGH COURT SEEKS CENTRE’S STAND ON PLEA
TO IMPLEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE PROMISES
HIGH COURT SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY ON PLEA
AGAINST SPECIAL STATUS TO WAQF ASSETS
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court today sought the
Centre’s stand on public interest litigation seeking the
constitution of an expert committee for the realisation of
the promises made by India at the UNFCCC in 2021. A
bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice
Navin Chawla asked the Centre to file a status report on
the plea by lawyer Rohit Madan who has asserted that it
is the Indian government’s duty to honour its interna-
tional commitments. Additional Solicitor General Chetan
Sharma, appearing for the Centre, said that the Union
India is alive to the issue raised in the petition.
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday
sought a response from the Centre on public interest
litigation challenging certain provisions of the Waqf Act
which grant special status to Waqf properties. A bench
of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin
Chawla issued notice asked him to make the Waqf Board
a party to the plea. He told the court that the Act was
against secularism as there was no other law to admin-
ister the properties of other religions. Additional Solicitor
General Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Centre, said
that petition raises substantial questions.
SC AGREES TO HEAR
PLEA SEEKING
PAYMENT OF WAGES
TO MNREGA WORKERS
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday agreed to list
for hearing a plea seeking
directions to redress
the situation of workers
under the MNREGA in the
country claiming that their
pending wages are piling
up along with negative
balances in funds of most
of the states. A bench
headed by Chief Justice of
India NV Ramana agreed
to list the matter after ad-
vocate Prashant Bhushan
appearing for petitioner
NGO Swaraj Abhiyan
mentioned the matter for
urgent listing.
TV DEBATE ON COURT
MATTERS AMOUNTS
TO INTERFERENCE IN
ADMIN OF JUSTICE: SC
New Delh: The Supreme
Court has observed that
all matters connected
with a crime and whether
something is a “conclu-
sive piece of evidence”
must be dealt with by
a court of law, and not
through a TV channel. A
bench of Justices UU Lalit
and PS Narasimha said,
“All matters relating to
the crime and whether a
particular thing happens
to be a conclusive piece
of evidence must be dealt
with by a court of law and
not through a TV channel.
If at all, there was a volun-
tary statement.”
Boris to offer India back
up to Russia ties on visit
London (Agencies):
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson will offer
to help India cut reli-
ance on Russian oil and
defence equipment
when he begins a two-
day visit this week that
will test his diplomatic
skills and provide brief
respite from a row rag-
ing at home.
On his first trip to In-
dia as PM, starting on
Thursday, Johnson will
discuss strengthening
security co-operation in
meetings with PM Nar-
endra Modi.
In the wake of Rus-
sia’s invasion of
Ukraine, Western allies
have called for India to
speak out against the
war. India, which is the
world’s biggest buyer of
Russia’s weapons and
imports its oil, ab-
stained in a United Na-
tions vote condemning
the invasion and has
not imposed sanctions
on Moscow.
Traffic moves past a hoarding placed for the welcome of United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris
Johnson ahead of his visit to India, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday
India visit will deepen strategic trade, defence
ties British PM Boris tells House of Commons
London (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said
on Wednesday that his two-day visit to India, starting
in Gujarat on Thursday, will deepen the strategic trade,
defence and people-to-people ties between the two coun-
tries. Addressing the House of Commons for his weekly
Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on the eve of his visit,
Johnson said the trip to Ahmedabad and New Delhi will
build on India being invited as a guest country for the G7
Summit hosted by the UK in Cornwall in June last year.
Need to address energy
security concern: India
United Nations (PTI):
With food and energy
costs spiralling, espe-
cially for many develop-
ing countries in the
wake of the Russia-
Ukraine conflict, India
has for the first time
told the UNSC that en-
ergy security is a “seri-
ous concern” and needs
to be “addressed with
cooperative efforts.”
India’s Deputy Per-
manent Representative
at the UN Ambassador
R Ravindra, speaking at
the UNSC meeting on
the humanitarian situ-
ation in Ukraine on
Tuesday, said that the
food security challeng-
es emanating from the
Ukraine conflict “re-
quires us to respond
creatively
.”
India has maintained
that the impact of the
crisis is being felt be-
yond the region with
increasing food and en-
ergy costs, especially
for many developing
countries.
INDIA SOAKS UP EVERY MAJOR RUSSIAN
OIL VARIETY AS FLOWS PERSIST: REPORT
New Delhi (Agencies): India
is doubling down on Russian
crude oil purchases despite
warnings from the US, snap-
ping up every major grade
from the OPEC+ producer
as its war in Ukraine nears
a third month. State-run oil
refiners are now looking at
privately negotiated deals
instead of buying through
public tenders in order to get
better prices, according to
Indian refinery officials and
traders. India has purchased
everything from flagship
Urals that ships from ports
in the west, to a rare cargo
of ESPO from the Far East,
typically favoured by China.
India has a longstanding
relationship with Russia that
includes weapons buying,
and purchasing of oil adds to
the Kremlin’s coffers while it
tackles financial sanctions.
President Joe Biden last week
told Prime Minister Narendra
Modi that the US was ready to
help India diversify its energy
imports, but self-sanctioning
of Russian crude by some is
making it cheap and alluring.
The meeting between to the
two leaders followed more
pointed commentary from
Biden’s top economic adviser
earlier this month, who said
that the US had warned India
against aligning itself with
Russia. The war has fanned
inflation and driven bench-
mark oil futures above $100
a barrel.
PM to confer
awards for
excellence in
public admin
SC asks ED to
file report on
homebuyers’
stashed money
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will confer the
Prime Minister’s
Awards for Excellence
in Public Administra-
tion in Delhi on Thurs-
day on the occasion of
Civil Services Day
.
The Prime Minister
will also address civil
servants during the
event.
Exemplary work
done in five identified
priority programmes
will be given awards,
including promoting
people’s participation
in ‘Poshan Abhiyan’,
promoting excellence
in sports and wellness
through ‘Khelo India’
scheme, digital pay-
ments and good govern-
ance in ‘PM SVANidhi
Yojana’, holistic devel-
opment through ‘One
District One Product’
scheme and seamless,
end-to-end delivery of
services without hu-
man intervention.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday asked the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) to file a status
report on steps taken to
bring back Unitech Ltd
homebuyers’ money
amounting to Rs 5,000
crore which has been
siphoned off and
stashed in a tax haven
like Cyprus.
It also appointed for-
mer SC Judge AM Sapre
to look into the policy
and finalization of
standard operating pro-
cedure for monetisation
of project land assets
and non-project land as-
sets of Unitech.
A bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and
MR Shah told Addition-
al Solicitor General
Madhavi Divan, appear-
ing for ED, to file a sta-
tus report about steps
that could be taken to
liquidate the attached
properties, so that the
funds could be utilised
in the construction of
stalled projects.
No more man-days lost in Bengal due to
disruptions, Mamata tells industry tycoons
Vietnam important pillar of Act East
Policy,Indo-Pacific vision: Om Birla
Hanoi (ANI): Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla on
Wednesday said that
Vietnam is one of In-
dia’s closest partners
and an important pillar
of the country’s Act
East policy and Indo-
Pacific vision.
Birla’s remarks came
during his interaction
with the Secretary-Gen-
eral of the Communist
Party of Vietnam Nguy-
en Phu Trong. The Lok
Sabha speaker said that
India and Vietnam
share a common out-
look on issues of global
and regional peace.
Speaking about matters
of regional and global
importance, Birla said
that as countries facing
similar challenges and
sharing similar devel-
opmental perspectives.
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee
Wednesday said her
government has
brought down man-
days lost in the state
due to strikes and dis-
ruptions to zero from 75
lakh per year during
the erstwhile Left re-
gime, as she wooed in-
vestors from across the
globe at a big-ticket
business summit here.
Mamata Banerjee
said the state will work
on eight pillars of de-
velopment going ahead,
including infrastruc-
ture, education, social
security, skill develop-
ment and ease-of-doing-
business.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee felicitates Governor Jagdeep
Dhankar during the inauguration of 6th BGBS in Kolkata.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla meets General Secretary of
Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong.
GUV: CENTRE-STATE
TIES TO IMPACT
INVESTMENTS
Kolkata (Agencies): The
state Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar reminded of the
need for a joint initiative
by the Union and state
government to work for the
economic development of
the state by attracting new
investments. Stressing on
the need for “development
bonhomie,” the Governor
reminded that what industri-
alists are looking for before
investment is political stabil-
ity and rule of law in a state
government.
India’s R-value crosses 1 for first
time in 3 months, says researcher
Blow to Lankan govt as
3 MPs withdraw support
Colombo (PTI): Sri
Lankan President Gota-
baya Rajapaksa, who is
under pressure to re-
sign, was dealt a further
blow on Wednesday
when three more parlia-
mentarians withdrew
their support to the gov-
ernment.
Earlier this month, 39
lawmakers out of 156
MPs pulled their sup-
port to Rajapaksa in the
225-member Parlia-
ment. The breakaway
group, which sits inde-
pendently, has declared
not to align. The inde-
pendentgroupdemands
the formation of an all-
party interim govern-
ment with the resigna-
tion of the Rajapaksa
family from power.
New Delhi: India’s ef-
fective reproduction
number (R) for Covid,
an indicator of how
quickly the infection is
spreading, has in-
creased to over one for
the first time since Jan-
uary, estimates a re-
searcher from Chen-
nai’s Institute of Math-
ematical Sciences.
The country’s R val-
ue, steadily increasing
over the last few weeks,
is 1.07 for the week be-
tween April 12-18, ac-
cording to Sitabhra
Sinha. In the preceding
April 5-11 week, it was
0.93.
The last time the R
was above 1 was in the
week between January
16-22, when the value
was 1.28, Sinha said.
“This increase in R-
value is not just because
of Delhi but also Hary-
ana and Uttar Pradesh,”
the mathematician,
who has been tracking
R for India since the be-
ginning of the pandem-
ic, told PTI.
An R value over 1 in-
dicates that the number
of active cases has in-
creased.
INDIA TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL $500M
FOR FUEL: LANKA
Colombo: India will
provide an additional
$500 million in financial
assistance to Sri Lanka
for it to buy fuel, Sri
Lanka’s foreign minister
said. “Assistance by
the IMF will take about
six months to come to
us and it will come in
tranches,” Sri Lankan
Foreign Minister GL
Peiris said.
CRUCIAL READ
FAMILY OF SEVEN CHARRED TO DEATH AFTER
HUT CATCHES FIRE IN PUNJAB’S LUDHIANA
BrahMos SCORES 2
DIRECT STRIKES
INS VAGSHEER
LAUNCHED IN MAHA
New Delhi: The BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile
on Tuesday scored two
successful direct hits
against the same target,
an abandoned ship, which
sank due to the impact.
The first test-firing was
done by the Navy warship
INS Delhi off the eastern
seaboard of the country.
Mumbai: The Mazagon
Dock Shipbuilders in
Mumbai on Wednesday
launched INS Vagsheer,
the last of the six Scor-
pene-class submarines
under Project 75. The
submarine was launched.
After launch, the subma-
rine will undergo tests and
trials for over a year.
Ludhiana: Seven members, including five children of
a family, were charred to death after a fire broke out in
their hut in Ludhiana. The incident occurred on Wednes-
day at around 2 am when all the family members were
sleeping in the shanty, said Baldev Raj, SI, police station
Tibba. While the bodies have been sent for post mortem,
the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
AMID RISING FOOD ENERGY COSTS
DUE TO UKRAINE CONFLICT

NEWS
07
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: IAS Kanaram
has worked on big
posts in nine years of
his service. First, he
became the director of
the education depart-
ment as PCC chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra
was kind to him. Now
Lalchand Kataria has
brought him into agri-
culture and handed
over the command of
the entire dept. DOP is
also two steps ahead
and made him the
commissioner despite
the seniority of the di-
rector.
Rajesh Sharma has
faced his 6th transfer
in the govt. He worked
in Edu, GAD, Animal
Husbandry, Ayurveda,
Medical and Health
and as Divisional Com-
missioner Jodhpur. He
had been working in
Jodhpur for 15 months
but got marginal post-
ing in Jaipur.
Rajesh Sharma’s re-
tirement is after two
months. He had bitter
experience in the last
years of service by
facing 15 transfers in
10 years after promo-
tion to IAS.
Mohanlal Yadav got
the high chair due to
Minister BD Kalla. He
got command of Com-
missioner -School Edu-
cation and Samagra
Shiksha Abhiyan. In
Samagra Shiksha Ab-
hiyan, the centre pro-
vides funds of crores
of rupees. Mohanlal’s
performance as Karau-
li collector was poor.
When he was trans-
ferred to GAD, the govt
got angry in a matter.
Six months back, he
was sent to Revenue
Board Ajmer. Finally,
Mohanlal Yadav’s good
days have come.
Inside tales of power postings!
RAJASTHAN’S BABUDOM
DECOY OP OF SP: COP SUSPENDED
FOR ASSAULTING A COMPLAINANT
Sirohi: A head constable was suspended for
misbehaving and thrashing a man who went to
the police station as a complainant under a decoy
operation planned by SP Sirohi Dharmendra
Singh. Head constable Dashrath Singh misbe-
haved with the man who went to Kalindri police
station under the decoy operation. When the head
constable beat him up, the man said he was sent
by the SP under the decoy operation, leaving the
head constable shocked. Taking cognizance of the
matter, the head constable was suspended.
Bharatpur (Kama): BJP MP from Mathura (UP),
Hema Malini, after visiting Braj Chaurasi Kos on the
fourth day, arrived at religious places of Kama and
offered prayers and took information about their
religious importance. After this tour, a report will be
prepared and apprised to the Central government for
development. Talking to reporters at the ashram of
Swami Hari Chaitanya Puri Maharaj during the Braj
Yatra, Hema Malini said that no stone will be left
unturned in the development of the Braj region.
NO STONE WILL BE LEFT UNTURNED IN
DEVELOPING BRAJ REGION: HEMA
Jhunjhunu: Two labourers were buried alive when
soil caved in during digging of a well at Dundlod
village in Jhunjhunu district on
Wednesday. The deceased were
identified as Vijay (37) and his
nephew (25). They were rescued
by digging the soil through a JCB
machine and were rushed to a
nearby hospital where they died.
DSP Satpal Singh, SHO Ramswaroop Barala, Prad-
han Dinesh Sunda and others rushed to the spot as
soon as they received information of the incident.
TWO LABOURERS BURIED ALIVE AS SOIL
CAVES IN DURING DIGGING OF A WELL
SC cancels bail of Raj man
accused of raping his niece
Anti-social elements, district admin
responsible for Karauli clashes: NGO
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on
Tuesday set aside a Ra-
jasthan High Court’s
order granting bail to a
man accused of raping
his niece and observed
that the HC had failed to
consider the influence
that the accused may
have over the victim as
an elder family mem-
ber. A bench of CJ NV
Ramana and Justice
Krishna Murari said,
“Reasoning is the life-
blood of the judicial
system. That every or-
der must be reasoned is
one of the fundamental
tenets of our system.
An unreasoned order
suffers the vice of arbi-
trariness.” The judge-
ment of the bench came
on a plea filed by an al-
leged rape survivor
who sought cancella-
tion of bail of her un-
cle, a habitual offender,
against whom nearly
twenty cases are regis-
tered.The apex court in
its judgement while
cancelling the bail of
the accused said there
was no mention in the
HC order that accused
is a habitual offender.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The National
Confederation of Hu-
man rights organisa-
tion (NCHRO) held the
district administra-
tion and some anti-so-
cial elements responsi-
ble for Karauli com-
munal clashes.
The organisation rep-
resentatives held a
press conference at
Pink City Press club on
Wednesday and present-
ed its factual report. Re-
tired judge TC Rahul
and Advocate Akhil
Choudhary said the
facts have come fore in
the factual investiga-
tion conducted by them
on April 12. The team
met the aggrieved par-
ties and gathered infor-
mation and facts related
to the violence and also
talked to the SP. They
said that a DJ was
played in the saffron
rally without permis-
sion and provocative
songs were played.
When the rally reached
in front of the mosque,
provocative slogans
were raised, which re-
sulted in violence. If the
local administration
wanted, then the inci-
dents would not have
taken such a formidable
form, they said.
13 DIE IN SEPARATE ROAD ACCIDENTS IN 24 HOURS
Across Rajasthan, 3 persons were killed in Alwar, 3 in Sikar, 2 in Gangapur, 2 in Rajsamand, 2 in Jhalawar, and 1 in Kotputli
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Thirteen peo-
ple were killed and sev-
eral others were injured
in separates road acci-
dents in Alwar, Jhala-
war, Rajsamand, Gan-
gapur City, Sikar and
Kotputli.
In Alwar, in a head-
on collision between
two mini trucks, three
people died on the spot,
while four others were
injured in this acci-
dent. According to re-
ports, two mini trucks
were collided head-on.
The deceased and in-
jured are all from UP.
In Rajsamand, 2 peo-
ple died in a road acci-
dent on border of Rajs-
amand-Pali district, af-
ter a bus full of passen-
gers hit a foothill.
In Jhalawar, two
youths riding bike died
on the spot when an uni-
dentified vehicle
rammed the bike at
BarapatiValleyinKhan-
purof Jhalawardistrict.
In Gangapur City
, two
sisters Nidhi Meena and
Neelam Meena were
killedonthespotwhile8
persons injured when
the jeep of the devotees
returning from Chauth
Matatempleoverturned
near Ramsinghpura
turn on Gangapur-Na-
dauti road.
In Kotputli, a bus
overturned on a car in
Bhabru PS area in Kot-
putli, which a 10-year-
old child died.
In Sikar, three youths
were killed when two
bikes collided in Khan-
dela area. Deceased
were identified as Vi-
nod, Deepak and Ashok.
Alwar SP Tejaswini Gautam investigating at the accident site in Alwar where 3 persons died.
Follow transport rules or
face action: ACS Abhay
First India Bureau
Jaipur: ACS Transport
and Road Safety Depart-
ment Abhay Kumar
gave instructions for
prevention of road ac-
cidents, action against
overloading and over-
crowding vehicles,
making the public
aware through various
means, taking strict ac-
tion against those who
disobey the rules. He
was chairing a review
meeting regarding the
expenditure and imple-
mentation on approved
activities related to po-
lice dept, health and
medical education de-
partment from the dedi-
cated Road Safety Fund.
Kumar said that con-
tinuous review is being
done by the CM to bring
down accidents. He said
that operators of com-
mercial vehicles should
be asked to get their
drivers to follow the
transport rules.
State BJP chief Satish Poonia reached Ringus and paid tribute
to accident victims, met met family members and expressed
condolences. MP Narendra Khichad, Shubhakaran Chaudhary,
Jaisingh Manth accompanied him.
TC Rahul, Akhil Choudhary and Ansar Indori addressing a press
conference in Jaipur on Wednesday.
CM GEHLOT RELEASES RELIEF AMOUNT
FOR KIN OF JHUNJHUNU VICTIMS
HOME DEPT TEAM
RETURNS, WILL
SUBMIT REPORT
IN 15 DAYS
CM Ashok Gehlot released a relief amount of Rs 1 lakh
to the dependents and Rs 20,000 each to the injured
from the CMRF in the Jhunjhunu accident in which 11 peo-
ple of a family were killed on Tuesday. Collector Laxman
Singh Kudi issued orders for the assistance amount. CM
Advisor Dr Jitendra Singh expressed his gratitude to CM
Gehlot. Condolence meeting was held at Ahiron ki Dhani
in Krishna Nagar of Khetri area. Dr Jitendra Singh said he
would talk to the CM about a girl left in the family.
Karauli: The team
of Home Department,
camping in Karauli for
three days, returned
to Jaipur on Wednes-
day after hearing the
grievances of the
people in connection
with the communal
clashes. The team,
headed by Home Sec-
retary KC Meena,
heard the complaints
of the people affected
in the Circuit House
for the third day on
Wednesday before
returning.
LIFER FOR RAPING MINOR
Kota: The POCSO Court-V here on Wednesday sen-
tenced a man to life imprisonment for outraging the
modesty of a minor girl 3 years ago. Special Judge Ha-
numan Prasad also imposed a fine of Rs 41,000 on him.
According to the prosecution, the 13 years old victim
was returning home from the nearby market when the
25 years old convict Deepak staying in the neighbour-
hood forcibly took her to his house and raped her there.
Hearing her cry for help, her father and brother rescued
her. Police arrested Deepak and he was booked under
SC ST Act. SPP Suresh Verma presented 16 witnesses
in the court to prove the charges.
Teams to study
water projects in
other states
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Additional
Chief Secretary (Water
Supply) Dr Subodh
Agarwal has said that
teams of officials will
be sent to various states
to study the best water
supply projects in both
rural and urban areas
there. The objective be-
hind it is to provide
clean drinking water to
the people of Rajasthan
and hence it is neces-
sary to take cue from
the experience of other
states, he added. Dr
Agarwal was address-
ing the higher officials
of the Water Supply de-
partment at a meeting
held in the Secretariat
here on Wednesday
.
ACBcatchescivicbody
clerk with `7.5 lakh
Man rapes friend’s
wife at gun point
in Dausa,booked
First India Bureau
Alwar: The Anti Cor-
ruption Bureau on
Wednesday caught a
lower division clerk
Somdutt Sharma of Na-
gar Palika with unac-
counted cash of Rs 7.5
lakh. He was taking
money in a car which
was stopped by the ACB
team on information
that Nagar Palika Ex-
ecutive Officer Jagdish
Khinchad will be trave-
ling with the money col-
lected as bribe. The ACB
found the clerk in place
of Khinchad. Somdutt
could not give a satisfac-
tory answer about the
amount. He was moving
towards Bhiwadi.
First India Bureau
Dausa: A case of rape
of a woman has come to
light in Mahua PS area.
It is alleged that the
youth forcibly raped the
wife of his friend at gun
point. The accused also
made an obscene video
of the woman, threaten-
ing to make it viral,
with which he has been
raping continuously for
the last one year. On the
report of the victim,
the police registered a
case and started an in-
vestigation.
Welfare of farmers is Centre’s
first priority,say Union Mins
Ashok Kumawat
Sirohi : Union Agricul-
ture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar and Union
Minister of State for
Agriculture Kailash
Chaudhary are on a
two-day visit to the Siro-
hi district. The Union
Ministers along with
BJP workers held a pub-
lic programme in the
hostel of Suthar Samaj.
Ministers informed
the people about wel-
fare schemes of the cen-
tral government for
farmers. Workers of the
district also apprised
the ministers of the
problems faced by
them. Both the minis-
ters also interacted
with the media person-
nel and presented de-
tailed information
about the central gov-
ernment schemes.
Narendra Singh Tomar and Kailash Choudhary addressing the
mediapersons in Sirohi on Wednesday.
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Raj HC order
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From P1…
Suggestions have been
given. We hope to com-
plete it in next 24 to 48
hours after which panel
will give their report.
Randeep Surjewala:
The committee was set
up by Gandhi to help
strengthen the organi-
sation and dwell on its
future poll strategy and
bring about organisa-
tional changes and help
make Congress policies
to highlight the pain of
people of the country.
“Committee has been
holding deliberations
for 3 days on the vari-
ous suggestions given
by PK as also by various
seasoned leaders from
time to time to Con-
gress president,” he
said. Surjewala said
since 2 CMs, Ashok Ge-
hlot and Bhupesh
Baghel have vast organ-
isational and adminis-
trative experience, pan-
el thought it fit to re-
quest them to join the
deliberations.
It is worth noting that
the Congress is serious
about the presentation
of PK’s Mission 2024
and its command is be-
ing handled by Priyan-
ka Gandhi herself. Ra-
hul did not attend this
meeting for 3rd consec-
utive day since he is on
foreign tour. Party will
soon make announce-
ment regarding PK’s
proposal and his inclu-
sion in the party, some
leaders are opposing it.
PK has given a proposal
under which party can
contest 370 seats and
form an alliance with
friendly parties in cer-
tain states. PK has sug-
gested that Cong should
fight alone in UP, Bihar
Odisha while in alli-
ance in TN, WB, Maha.
Don’t be in a position where you
merely endure change or profit
by it - cause the change!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has undertak-
en a new experiment on
the Skill Development
front.
Firstly the govern-
ment has separated it
from labour and em-
ployment department
and has appointed an
independent and sepa-
rate secretary
Secondly, the posts of
Skill Development Cor-
poration (RSLDC)
Chairman and Manag-
ing Director (MD) have
been merged to form
one post of CMD
Thirdly, the responsi-
bilities of CMD and
Secretary have been
handed to one officer.
Now, 2005 batch IAS
Arushi Malik is the
‘whole and sole’ su-
preme of the Skill De-
velopment.
The DoP has, this
time around, engaged
in the ‘right selection’
for ‘all-in-one’ in
Arushi Malik. Till now
she served as the Secre-
tary for Animal Hus-
bandry, Gopalan and
Fisheries and interest-
ingly, she was also car-
rying out the role of
Director (HOD) of these
3 departments. The
state government did
not appoint Director in
the aforementioned
three departments for a
long time and Malik
carried out the role of
Secretary and Director,
a total of 6 responsibili-
ties, without any trou-
ble. The ministers of
these departments - Lal
Chand Kataria and
Pramod Jain Bhaya -
were so happy with
Arushi’s working that
they stopped her trans-
fer twice.
In the beginning, the
Secretary, Chairman
and MD of Skill Devel-
opment were different
and few years back, a
shift came about with
one officer being ap-
pointed to the post of
Secretary and Chair-
man while a different
officer being MD. Be-
fore the recent transfer
list, 2003 batch IAS
Bhanu Prakash Yeturu
was Secretary and
Chairman while MD of
the Corporation was
2010 batch IAS Nalini
Kathotia. Both of them
were posted merely 6
months back. But ow-
ing to the disgruntle-
mentof ministerAshok
Chandna, both were
shown the door. The
fact remains that no of-
ficer is able to carry on
for long on the chal-
lenging post of MD of
RSLDC and in the cur-
rent government 6 MDs
have been changed thus
far and the reason for
this has been the minis-
ter’s clash with MDs’.
Due to this the flagship
program of the state
government is down in
the dumps.
Looking at Arushi’s
performance till now, it
can be hoped that she
can bring the derailed
Skill Development Pro-
gram, back on tracks.
All hopes on Arushi for ‘revival’ of Skill Development in Rajasthan!
Extend JJM deadline till March 2026, Gehlot urges Modi
Gehlot, Baghel meet Congress chief in Delhi
NEW EXPERIMENT ON DEVELOPMENT
The state government has handed
the responsibility of 3 posts to 1
capable officer. And Arushi Malik
is perhaps the most able officer to
carry out this ‘experiment’, who
will have to give time in
Secretariat and in Corporation at
Jhalana while striking a balance
MAHANA CALLS ON THAKUR!
Speaker of
Uttar Pradesh
Legislative
Assembly
Satish Mahana
called on Union
Minister for
IB and Youth
Affairs Sports
Anurag Thakur
in New Delhi
on Wednesday.
In a courtesy
meeting
between the
two leaders, the
political issues
of Uttar Pradesh
were discussed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has writ-
ten a letter to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi requesting him to
extend the deadline for
completion of the Jal
Jeevan Mission in pub-
lic interest till March
31, 2026.
Gehlot said that dur-
ing the initial days of
the mission from March
2020 to July 2020, the
pace of JJM was very
slow due to the lock-
down arising out of
Covid-19 pandemic. Af-
ter this, in the year 2021
also, the mission work
was partially interrupt-
ed from March 2021 to
July 2021 due to covid-
related circumstances.
CM has written in the
letter that the demand
for the components of
project has increased
significantly due to the
ongoing mission works
across the country
. “The
demand for steel, DI
and HDPE pipes in par-
ticular has increased
rapidly
. This has result-
ed in instability in sup-
ply of components, due
to which progress of
JJM projects has also
slowed down. Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
hit back at Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot for a
letter written by him to
PM regarding Jal Jee-
van Mission saying that
the mission will be com-
pleted on time.
CM WRITES TO PM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
approved the propos-
al of guidelines re-
lated to timetable
and grading for mak-
ing ACRs of the offic-
ers and employees of
the state online. It is
noteworthy that the
CM had announced
in this regard in the
budget session.
According to these
guidelines, if the re-
port has been sub-
mitted online, within
the stipulated time
and according to the
prescribed channel,
without grading or
marking any offic-
er’s remarks, the ad-
ministrative depart-
ment will get auto-
forwarded, and the
ACR grading for the
past 3 years will be
considered as the ba-
sis for grading. It has
been told in the pro-
posal that after the
creation of online
hierarchy, confirma-
tion will be done by
the Administrative
Department of APAR
Controlling and
Managing Person-
nel. After 15 days, in
the event of the re-
porting officer not
observing the report
received or not, the
administrative de-
partment will get
auto-forward or ap-
proval after agreeing
with the comment. If
reporting officer
does not fill report at
his own level, no rep-
resentation will be
accepted regarding
annual work evalua-
tion for the said year.
From P1…
There is definitely some
reason. Kataria uses
such words in front of
media which cannot be
imagined. He is elderly,
even if he belongs to the
RSS cadre, I respect
them. I also explained
to him many times not
to engage in below the
belt politics, but he does
not agree,” Gehlot said,
and added, “There is a
lot of anger in 36 com-
munities, especially in
Rajput community
. Will
Hindus tolerate this?’
“PM should come for-
ward and say that we
will not tolerate vio-
lence at any cost. But
the situation is reverse
here. MPs are being
asked to engage in light-
ing fire. PM tells the
MPs of Rajasthan like
Kirodi Lal meena to en-
gage in such activities.
If Ashok Gehlot is at-
tacking PM, HM, then
you should also attack
Gehlot. But they are
asked to engage in ‘dh-
maal patti’,” CM said.
Guidelines for online
ACR filing approved
CM: MPs are being asked
to engage in lighting fire
THE 2 CMs OF RAJASTHAN,
CHHATTISGARH DISCUSSES
PARTY’S POLL STRATEGY
PK SUGGESTS CONG CAN FIGHT
ALONE IN BIHAR, ODISHA UP;
ALLIANCE IN TN, WB MAHA
CM Ashok Gehlot and Congress leader Mukul Wasnik leave
the residence of the partys interim President Sonia Gandhi
after a meeting at 10 Janpath in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot arrives at 10, Janpath in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Gehlot has informed through the letter
that the chance of the work being
completed in Parwan Akavad Water
Supply Project of Baran, Jhalawar and
Kota, Rajasthan Rural Water Supply and
Fluorosis Mitigation Project (Phase-II)
for Narmada Canal based project in
Barmer district, IGMC based (Phase-II)
of Jhunjhunu, scheme for providing tap
water to Surajgarh and Udaipurwati,
project of drinking water supply from
Chambal river to 648 villages of Chit-
torgarh, Isarda-Dausa drinking water
project, Naunera water project and water
scheme from Chambal river is very little.
VARIOUS WATER WORK
PROJECT IN RAJASTHAN
INCREASE IN
PRICES OF MANY
COMMODITIES
The Chief Minister has said
that due to the war with
Russia and Ukraine, there
has been an unexpected in-
crease in the prices of many
commodities. “This also
creates difficulties in the im-
plementation of the works,”
CM Gehlot said and request-
ed PM to extend deadline of
JJM till March 31, 2026, so
that every family can get the
benefit of this mission.
Everybody’s experience must be used: CM
“We also constantly take advice from agencies or ex-
perts. As Pk’s fame grew, he came in discussions. That
much I agree. If his experience comes in handy, accept
it. It is good for the opposition to fight unitedly against
the Modi government. It is needed today. There are
many more agencies and we come in touch with them.
But because Prashant Kishor’s name has become big, so
there is news for you guys. Everybody’s experience must
be used. Not only the opposition, but the party in power
also takes advice from such experts,” said Gehlot.
Jinendra Shekhawat
Jaipur: Will ‘Madam’
Vasundhara Raje be the
‘undeclared’ face of Ra-
jasthan assembly elec-
tion in 2023? The
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s national president
JP Nadda has already
declared that the elec-
tion would be contested
on the face of Narendra
Modi since because of
Modi’s popularity and
Amit Shah’s strategy,
the party won the elec-
tions of 4 out of 5 states
held recently
. So one sec-
tion in the BJP is ques-
tioning if there will be
any exception to this
rule in Rajasthan?
An elderly leader of
Udaipur division has
given his assessment
about this question and
said, “If this was the as-
sessment of the party 6
months before the elec-
tion that to win the elec-
tion it is necessary to
advance madam, then
the high command, in
an informal and unde-
clared manner, go ahead
on that path while mak-
ing no declarations and
then madam can play a
big role in ticket distri-
bution.’’
According to sources,
NarendraModicanhold
about one and a half
dozen election meetings
in Rajasthan and Amit
Shah may address two
dozen election meet-
ings. The BJP leaders
are claiming that these
meetings will change
the entire atmosphere
of the election. On
the other hand,
Gehlot is work-
ing on the
strategy of
w i n n i n g
each and
every vote and
in this view, Ge-
hlot is making
some popular
announcement
every day to woo
every class, caste,
community and
vote bank.
WILL MADAM RAJE BE BJP’S
‘UNDECLARED FACE’ IN RAJ?
Vasundhara Raje
Arushi Malik

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appiness lies in
the action, not in
the victory be-
cause without
s t r u g g l e ,
n o t h i n g
flourishes.
Priyanshi Rathore, a
gorgeous diva who rose to
the top through scrabble
and perseverance, re-
vealed her success story
with City First.

z Tell us something
about yourself.
I come from a conservative
background where women
are not allowed to think of
this glamour world. My
mother and sister always
supported me. I have done
graduation in Spanish
Hons.Ialwayswant-
ed to do model-
ling so I tried in
this industry and
because of elite
miss Rajasthan and
Gauravguarsir,Ilived
this dream.

z How do you see your-
self 5 years down the
line?
I am a learner and in the
coming 20 years, I will be a
learner as learning never
ends. I am working on my-
self physically
,mentallyand
emotionally I will be con-
tinuing this in future too.

z How did your journey
begin?
My journey started with
Elite miss Rajasthan, giv-
ing an audition and getting
selected. Really grateful to
Gaurav Gaur and the
whole team of Elite Miss
Rajasthan for their im-
mense support.

z What were some of
the battles you
fought and are still
fighting in your
journey?
As we all know that
our society still doesn’t
consider modelling and
acting as a prestigious
work, so I’m fighting
with all these dogmas
and conservative mind-
sets of society but one
thing I learnt. If you
candreamthenyoucan
achieve it. Apart from
all those materialistic
things, one of the
achievements is that I
fought with society and
I overcame my fears.
HERO
HERO OF
OF
HER
HER LIFE
LIFE!
!
COURAGEOUS
DIVA, DYNAMIC
SOUL AND
EXCEPTIONAL
WOMAN, PRIYANSHI
RATHORE FROM
AJMER, IN A
CANDID
CONVERSATION
WITH CITY FIRST,
SHARES HER
JOURNEY AS A
MODEL, DREAMS,
ASPIRATIONS,
STRUGGLES AND
FUTURE PLANS!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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JAIPUR, THURSDAY
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