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CORONA
CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
14,829
NEW
CASES
3,988
NEW CASES
IN JAIPUR
17
NEW DEATHS
FLAKES
CHILL
&
ourists amid snow flakes at the
Ridge in Shimla on Saturday. Shimla
received fresh snowfall as mercury
dropped below zero. The streets and
houses were seen covered under white
blanket in the Himachal capital as the Mall
Road was flooded with overjoyed tourists.
T
NOT ABIDING
WITH GANDHI!
Preparations underway at redeveloped Central Vista Avenue for Republic Day celebrations.
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Abide
with Me — Mahatma
Gandhi’s favourite
hymn,whichusedtobe
played at the end of the
Beating Retreat cere-
mony on January 29,
on the eve of Gandhi’s
death anniversary —
has been dropped from
the ceremony this year.
It’s exclusion in 2020
hadcreatedafurorefol-
lowing which it was
reinstated last year.
The official list of
the26tunestobeplayed
in the Beating Retreat
ceremony does not
mention Abide with
Me. The hymn had
been played every year
during the ceremony
since 1950 but dropped
in 2020. The hymn, by
Henry Francis Lyte, is
set to the tune of Even-
tide by William Henry
Monk.
Beating Retreat
marks the end of near-
ly week-long festivities
of the Republic Day
,
which used to begin on
January 24 earlier, but
starting this year, they
will begin on January
23, the birth anniver-
sary of Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose.
Gandhi’s favourite hymn, Abide With
Me, dropped from Beating Retreat again
The hymn had been played every year
during the ceremony since 1950 but
dropped in 2020 and reinstated last year
after its exclusion created a furore
Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributes pamphlets to people
during a door-to-door campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh
Assembly election in Kairana on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AMIT SHAH BEGINS CAMPAIGN FROM KAIRANA...
Holds door-to-door campaign
with ‘new devpt wave’ vision
Kairana: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Saturday held a door-to-
door campaign in UP’s
Kairana ahead of as-
sembly elections in the
state. He interacted with
thepublicandaddressed
the media saying, “A
new wave of develop-
ment can be seen across
the state. Several roads,
airports, medical col-
leges have been built.
Every poor household
now has a gas connec-
tion, toilets, electricity,
Ayushman Bharat Yo-
jana card, free vaccines
& free ration during Co-
rona pandemic”.
Shah also interacted
with people who had mi-
grated from Kairana in
2014 but have now reset-
tled back to the city
.
Kairana is a municipal
board and a city in the
Shamli district of UP
.
BJP’S ATTEMPT
TO TAB THE HINDU
VOTE VIA KAIRANA
‘EXODUS’ CLAIM
The alleged “exodus”
of Hindus from Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Kairana
before 2017 - a claim
widely debunked as a
communal bogey - took
centre-stage with door-
to-door campaign. The
choice of Kairana is seen
as significant given how
BJP leaders have alleged
that a large number of
Hindus were forced to
migrate from the area
due to threats during
the Samajwadi Party
rule, making it a big poll
issue in 2017. In the
recent election rallies,
the subject has made a
comeback courtesy of
the party’s top leaders
who claimed there has
been an improvement
in law and order in the
state under Yogi regime.
ANALYSIS
NOW OFFICIAL FROM SAMAJWADI PARTY:
AKHILESH YADAV TO FIGHT FROM KARHAL
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) put to rest the specula-
tion about party chief Akhilesh Yadav contesting polls, con-
firming that he will be fielded from Karhal in
Mainpuri. The announcement was made by SP
national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav.
“I am making a formal official announcement
now. Our national president Akhilesh Yadav
will contest from Karhal, and he will win
with massive mandate,” Ramgopal
Yadav said at a press conference
where Akhilesh was also present.
POLL RALLY BAN EXTENDED TILL JAN 31,
SMALL MEETINGS OK IN SOME AREAS
New Delhi: The ban on roadshows and rallies for state
polls was extended till the end of this month on Saturday
by the Election Commission but with certain relaxations
for the first two phases of voting due on February 10 and
14. The decision came after the election body held a meet-
ing earlier in the day with the Union Health Secretary and
the Chief Health Secretaries of the five states to review the
restrictions given surge in coronavirus cases.
OWAISI DECLARES NEW FRONT, IDEATES
2 CMs & 3 DY CMs FOR UTTAR PRADESH
Lucknow: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
(AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi announced al-
liance in UP with Babu Singh Kushwaha and Bharat
Mukti Morcha. “If the alliance comes to power there
will be 2 Chief Ministers, one from OBC community
and another from Dalit community. There would be 3
Deputy Chief Ministers including from Muslim com-
munity,” he told a press conference.
IPL THIS YEAR
TO BE HELD IN
INDIA WITHOUT
CROWD: REPORT
The Indian Premier
League (IPL) 2022
season will be held in
India, top Board of Con-
trol for Cricket in India
(BCCI) sources con-
firmed. The COVID-19
subsides in the country,
then the board will go
ahead with hosting the
IPL 2022 in India. “IPL
2022 will be held in India
and the tournament
will be staged without
crowds in attendance.
Likely venues for IPL
2022 are Wankhede
Stadium, Cricket Club
of India (CCI), DY Patil
Stadium in Mumbai and
if needed, we can look
at Pune as well,” the
source said.
Myanmar: Suu
Kyi’s party
lawmaker gets
death sentence
Naypyidaw: A closed
military court in Myan-
mar has sentenced a
lawmaker from Aung
San Suu
Kyi’s Na-
t i o n a l
League for
Democracy
(NLD) party
and a prominent democ-
racy activist to death.
The NLD’s Phyo Ze-
yar Thaw, who was ar-
rested in November,
was sentenced to death
for offences under the
country’s Counterter-
rorism Law.
Militant killed
in encounter in
J&K’s Shopian
Srinagar: A militant
was killed in an encoun-
ter with security forces
in Jammu and Kash-
mir’s Shopian district
on Saturday
, police said.
Acting on informa-
tion about the presence
of militants in Kilbal
area of the south Kash-
mir district, security
forces launched a cor-
don and search opera-
tion when the militants
fired on them. The iden-
tity and group affilia-
tion of the slain ultra is
being ascertained.
Mumbai: At least six
peoplediedand23others
were injured after a fire
brokeoutataresidential
building in South Mum-
bai early on Saturday
.
The fire broke out at 7.28
am on the 18th floor of
the 20-storey Kamala
Building in Tardeo area.
Of thoseinjured,three
are said to be critical and
havebeenadmittedtothe
Intensive Care Units of
nearby hospitals. The in-
jured were taken to Nair
Hospital, Kasturba Hos-
pitalandBhatiaHospital.
Preliminary reports sug-
gestedthefirecouldhave
beencausedbecauseof a
short circuit.
Minister Aaditya
Thackeray visited fire
site. Maharashtra gov-
ernment announed Rs 5
lakh ex-gratia for kin of
the deceased.
in Mumbai high-rise fire
6 Dead, 23 Injured
PM:`2LAKH
EX-GRATIA
FORKINOF
DECEASED,
`50KFOR
INJURED
It’s a bid to change history, alleges Gehlot
MERGER OF AMAR JAWAN JYOTI WITH NWM’S ETERNAL FLAME
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Terming the
merger of Amar Jawan
Jyoti with eternal flame
at National War Memo-
rial in New Delhi as an
attempt to change his-
tory, Chief minister
Ashok Gehlot on Satur-
day questioned what
was the problem for the
Modi government if
two different flames
kept burning in honour
of the martyrs. He said
that a golden history is
made by doing great
deeds, he tweeted. Ge-
hlot said that the move
is beyond everyone’s
comprehension.
“If two different
flames kept burning in
honour of the martyrs,
then what was the prob-
lem for the Modi gov-
ernment? It is an insult
to martyrdom to extin-
guish the Amar Jawan
Jyoti, which has been
paying homage to the
martyrs for 50 years,”
Gehlot tweeted.
“Doingsuchmisdeeds
is an attempt to change
history, but the Modi
government should un-
derstand that such ef-
forts do not change his-
tory
,butagoldenhistory
has to be made by doing
great deeds,” he said.
The CM said that
Amar Jawan Jyoti was
the memory of the sol-
diers who divided Paki-
stan into two nations.
“It is highly condemn-
able to do such an act on
completion of 50 years
of Bangladesh war vic-
tory,” he added.
CM Ashok Gehlot
20 IPS OFFICERS SHIFTED, GOGOI
IS JODHPUR COMMISSIONER
Jaipur: Twenty IPS officers, including eight SPs in districts,
were transferred in Rajasthan on Saturday. IGP of Jodhpur
range Navjyoti Gogoi will be the new Police Commissioner of
Jodhpur, as the central deputation of Jodhpur Police Com-
missioner Jose Mohan has been cleared and he will be join-
ing as IG in the CISF. IG Home Guards P Ramjee has been
transferred to Jodhpur range as IG. IG of Bikaner Prafulla
Kumar transferred as IG ATS-Jaipur. Hanumangarh SP Preeti
Jain shifted to Chittorgarh, while Jaisalmer SP Ajay Singh
will be the new SP of Hanumangarh. P8
What was problem
for Modi government
if two different
flames kept burning
in honour of martyrs,
questions CM

Jaipur: The JDA will spend
an amount of Rs 186 crore
in laying sewer lines in
Prithviraj Nagar (South). Rs
50 crore were sanctioned in
the first phase. Work was
started by issuing a work
order of Rs 14.71 crore. The work of the first phase
has started. This work will be completed by January
2023. People of 16 colonies will benefit from this.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP State Pres-
ident Satish Poonia at-
tacked the Congress
government for mak-
ing several, but unsuc-
cessful attempts to cov-
er up the truth in the
alleged ‘rape’ of a mi-
nor in Alwar. He also
questioned the police
for their tardy pace of
investigation.
In the meanwhile,
Rajasthan BJP ex-state
spokesperson Laxmi-
kant Bhardwaj had
shared a video through
his official Twitter han-
dle with claims that the
Congress govern-
ment has erased
evidence from the
spot where the spe-
cially-abled minor
girl was found
abandoned at Tija-
ra flyover in Alwar,
Rajasthan. In re-
sponse to the BJP
leader’s video, NCW
Chairperson Rekha
Sharma suggested
that an FIR be filed
against the state
government for tam-
pering with evidence in
a heinous crime against
the Alwar minor girl.
Poonia also ques-
tioned why the repre-
sentatives of the state
government went to
give Rs 3.50 lakh as com-
pensation to the vic-
tim’s family. “It seems
that the government is
telling 100 lies to hide
the truth. They are for
sure trying to shield
something and save the
criminals,” he said.
Ever since the ‘rape’
case hit headlines, the
BJP demanded to nab
the attackers soon. Con-
sidering seriousness in
the matter, Poonia had
demanded from the Ge-
hlot government that
the investigation
should be handed over
to the CBI. He had also
alleged that Gehlot gov-
ernment’s police was
taking a U-turn in mat-
ter, so they did n’t trust
their probe, raising
doubts whether state
govt would cooperate
with CBI in the matter.
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First India Bureau
Udaipur: Demanding
to get back the body of
her father, who died in
Russia over six months
ago to India for crema-
tion, the 19-year-old
daughter of the tribal
BPL family sought jus-
tice raising the slogan,
‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti
hoon’ on Friday evening
outside the Parliament
House in New Delhi,
outside the Prime Min-
ister’s Office and the
Ministry of External
Affairs. Urvashi Gar-
asiya demonstrated
with a placard on which
the slogan coined by
Priyanka Gandhi was
written. She also gave a
memorandum to PM
Narendra Modi at the
PMO demanding her
dead father to be
brought back to India
immediately. She said
that she considered her-
self weak, but got en-
couragedwithPriyanka
Gandhi’s slogan &
would fight against in-
justice until her father’s
body comes to India for
a dignified funeral.
Seeking justice for dead father, tribal girl protests outside PMO
LADKI HOON, LAD SAKTI HOON

Urvashi
Garasiya gave a
memorandum to
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
at the PMO
demanding her
dead father to be
brought back to
India
immediately
Alwar ‘rape’ case: Govt trying
to cover up truth, says Poonia
Jaipur: 2 arrested for attack
on transport squad officials
Om Mathur targets CM
over law & order in Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP National
Vice President Om
Prakash Mathur during
his day-long tour to
Chomu on Saturday
, vis-
ited the residence of his
private secretary Vijay
Sharma to condole his
mother’s death. While
interacting with media,
Mathur took a dig at the
CM saying that there is
no such thing as law in
state. The CM has not
made anyone the Home
Minister has kept the
Home Ministry with
himself. He himself
does n’t have time,
that’s why the law & or-
der situation in the state
has deteriorated.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport Min-
ister Brijendra Ola ex-
pressed displeasure
over assault of trans-
port inspectors by some
goons at Tatiyawas toll
plaza on Thursday &
called up the DCP to
take immediate action.
Cops at Chomu police
station nabbed two ac-
cused in assault case.
The two have been
identified as Shayarmal
Yadav, & Madanlal Ya-
dav. Dozens of goons
beat up transport dept’s
flying squad & snatched
away their mobiles for
stopping a truck run-
ning without fitness
certificate &taxarrears.
Morerain,foglikely
instate,saysMeT
Jaipur: Light to
moderate rain was
recorded in some
parts of Rajasthan
during the 24-hour
period that ended at
8.30 am on Saturday
with Fatehpur in Si-
kar receiving the
highest rainfall at 41
mm, the meteorolog-
ical department here
said.
It said 15 mm rain-
fall was recorded in
Nagaur’s Jayal area
in western Ra-
jasthan.
The weather de-
partment has pre-
dicted light to mod-
erate rain and thun-
dershowers in some
districts of Jaipur,
Bharatpur and Bi-
kaner divisions.
Scattered rainfall,
dense fog is likely in
Bharatpur & Jaipur
divisions today, it
said. The tempera-
ture on Friday night
was recorded be-
tween 8.6 degrees
Celsius (Karauli)
and 18.6 degrees Cel-
sius (Dungarpur).
The night temper-
atures in Raj are
likely to dip by two to
five notches from to-
day onwards. —PTI
Commuters switch on fog lights while driving at very
slow speed as the visibility was dropped very low due to
dense fog at JLN Marg. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP State Presi-
dent Dr Satish Poonia
has targeted the Con-
gress government in
manydistrictsincluding
Alwar regarding the is-
sues of auctioned lands
of farmersandcomplete
farmerloanwaiver. Con-
gress had promised the
farmersinits2018public
manifesto and Rahul
Gandhi in the public
meetings of the state
thatwithin10daysof the
formation of the Con-
gress government, he
would waive the entire
loan of the farmers, but
instead of this, they are
harassing the farmers &
are auctioning the land.
Dr. Poonia added that
the Congress party
, Ra-
hul Gandhi and Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot,
have betrayed the farm-
ers in the name of a loan
waiver. They have be-
trayed the farmers and
have also lied to them.”
Manyfarmershavecom-
mitted suicide in the
state due to debt. The
process of auction is go-
ing on continuously
, he
added.
Congress government
did not even spare the
familyof JairamGurjar,
fatherof martyrYadram
Gurjar, in Heinsla vil-
lage near Thanagazi
tehsil in Alwar, the land
of 6 families including
him, was auctioned.
BJP State President Dr Satish Poonia had
demanded from the Gehlot government that the
investigation should be handed over to the CBI
Rekha Sharma
@sharmarekha
An FIR should be
lodged against Ra-
jasthan state govern-
ment for tempering
the evidence in a
gruesome crime
against a minor girl.
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NCW Chief, Rekha Sharma said
that an FIR be filed against state
govt for tampering with evidence
DR KIRODI LAL MEENA’s JOGGING VIDEO
GOES VIRAL,GRABS EYEBALLS!
Sawai Madhopur: The
70-year-old Rajya Sabha
MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena
is a fitness freak, whose
recent video of jogging on
the Housing Board Road
in Sawai Madhopur, had
recently gone viral and
grabbed eyeballs. Dr. Mee-
na started his jogging from
the Circuit House and ran
for about 2 kilometers. The
MP then walked for about 5
kilometers and reached the
main market of Bajaria, wherein, he inspected the
market and greeted people as well. Many party
workers and youths joined him in his walk.
STATE LEVEL TEAM FORMED FOR
CHECKING ILLEGAL MINING IN STATE
Jaipur: To prevent encroach-
ment, illegal mining, illegal
felling of trees, and illegal
activities on forest land in
the state, Forest Department
has decided to take action
by forming a state-level patrol team. Addl Princi-
pal Chief Conservator of Forests (Forest Security)
Udayshankar formed this team through an order.
JDA TO SPEND ` 186 CR FOR LAYING
SEWER LINES IN PRITHVIRAJ NAGAR
NEWS DIGEST
It seems that the
government is telling
100 lies to hide the truth.
They are for sure trying to
shield
something
and save the
criminals.
—Satish
Poonia
BJP State
President
Tika Ram Jully & Bhanwar Jitendra Singh visited the specially-
abled minor girl’s family in Alwar on Saturday & handed over Rs
3 lakh to them as financial assistance. Alwar Collector, Nannumal
Pahadia & SP Tejaswani Gautam also accompanied them.
Bhanwar Jitendra Singh assured family of every possible support.
Minor girl gang
raped on way
to school
First India Bureau
Kuchaman: A minor
going to school, was ab-
ducted and gang-raped
inKuchamancityof Na-
gaur.Thevictim’sfather
got the case registered
under section POCSO
Act at Maroth police sta-
tion on Friday night. He
reported that his minor
daughter was going to
school on January 20,
2022, around 9.30 am.
On the way, two boys
riding motorcycles,
caught her from be-
hind, made her uncon-
scious and abducted
her.
When she regained
consciousness, she was
in a studio in Jobner,
where both the accused
raped her and made a
video of the act to black-
mail her. The case is be-
ing probed by CO Ku-
chaman City Sanjeev
Kateva and the accused
are being searched for.
Cong betrayed farmers: Poonia
Urvashi Garasiya protests with a placard stating the slogan
coined by Priyanka Gandhi, ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ outside
the PMO in New Delhi.
PROTESTING FOR A CAUSE...
The workers of Youth Congress vociferously protest at the shifting of the Amar Jawan Jyoti,
the eternal flame which honours India’s “unknown soldiers,” from its location under India
Gate to the National War Memorial (NWM) during a demonstration at Amar Jawan Jyoti in
Jaipur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: LoP GC Ka-
taria has written a let-
ter to DGP ML Lather
demanding a fair probe
into major incidents in
police station area & re-
placement of entire
staff of Dhariyawad po-
lice station. He has
warned of a protest out-
side police station if his
demand isn’t met. Nar-
rating an incident when
a girl was stopped mid-
way by goons & gan-
graped. Matter hasn’t
been probed yet, he said.
SERIAL GANG-RAPES:
2 MORE HELD
Udaipur: Police has
nabbed three absconding
members of the gang that
allegedly raped several
women after abducting
them from NHs, officials
said. Five people, includ-
ing a minor, were nabbed.
Kataria writes to DGP,wants
panel to deal with rising crime
Vasundhara
Raje @Vasund-
haraBJP
The incident of gang-
rape by kidnapping a
woman at a distance
of 250 metres from
Baghpura police
post in Udaipur has
once again exposed
law and order in
#Rajasthan. Cases
of atrocities against
women are increasing
continuously, but the
Congress government
doesn’t seem to care
about these tears.
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STORY SO FAR
The vehicle of transport department hit by the trailer. —FILE PIC
Om Mathur
Dr Satish Poonia
GC Kataria

RAJASTHAN
03
FIRST COURTESY MEET
Jaipur Collector Rajan Vishal met Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan here on Saturday.
This was his first courtesy call on Governor Mishra after he assumed the office of collector.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Once, he
used to throw any ball-
like object in agricul-
tural fields amateur-
ishly
. The boy next door
is a cricketing sensa-
tion these days.
Now, it’s raining mon-
ey for him in the IPL. It’s
none other than Ravi
Vishnoi, who has been
bought for Rs 4 crore by
the Lucknow team.
Vishnoi was a part of
Punjab Kings last time
when he was auctioned
for Rs 2 crore.
Sometimeago,hehad
failed to get selected for
the Under-16 team, but
later became a part of
the Under-19 team.
Then he never looked
back. Vishnoi certain-
ly got the advantage of
being close to KL Ra-
hul, who currently is
the captain of the Luc-
know team. It’s Rahul
who took Vishnoi along
in his team.
It is said that he was
selected in the state lev-
el Under-16 team for two
matches, but did not get
a chance to play
. In 2018,
Ravi took 15 wickets in
5 matches for the state
association. Yet was not
selected for the Un-
der-19 team. Despite
this, he did not get dis-
couraged and continued
to improve himself.
Jodh youth Vishnoi auctioned for `4 cr in IPL
HARD WORK PAYS OFF
11,15,790
TOTAL CASES
14,829 IN A DAY
10,17,481
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,076
TOTAL DEATHS
17 IN A DAY
89,233
ACTIVE CASES
22, 778 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
STATE RECORDS 17 DEATHS,
14,829 NEW COVID CASES
Jaipur: Rajasthan on
Saturday reported
14,829 fresh COVID-19
cases and 17 deaths,
according to a report by
the health department.
Jaipur reported the
highest number of
fresh cases at 3,988,
Jodhpur 1,144 and Al-
war 1,222, the report-
ed stated.
Of the latest deaths,
five were reported from
Jodhpur, three from
Jaipur and one each
from Ajmer, Alwar, Bar-
mer, Bharatpur, Churu,
Kota, Nagaur, Sikar,
and Udaipur, it said.
So far, 11,15,790 peo-
ple have tested positive
for COVID-19 in Ra-
jasthan. Of these, 9,076
people have died and
10,17,481 recovered, the
report said.
The number of active
cases in the state stands
at 89,233. On Friday
recorded 16,878 fresh
cases, the sharpest sin-
gle-day rise in eight
months. —PTI
Jpr was to host ODI on February 9 but
cancelled due to increasing corona cases
So far, 11,15,790 people tested positive, Of
these, 9,076 people have died
People queuing up to get
their Covid test done at SMS
hospital on Saturday.
Student gets jabbed recently.
1 2
Of the latest deaths
in the state, five
were reported from
Jodhpur, three from
Jaipur and one each
from Ajmer, Alwar,
Barmer, Bharatpur,
Churu, Kota, Nagaur,
Sikar, and Udaipur.
DEATHS IN
DIFFERENT
DISTRICTS
Foreign currency
worth `25.58 lakh
seized at Jpr airport
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Along with the
smuggling of gold, now
smuggling of cocaine
and foreign currency is
also rampant at the
Jaipur Airport.
On Sunday, customs
team recovered 1,30,200
UAE dirhams from a
youth who is a resident
of Ahmedabad and was
trying to take this mon-
ey to Dubai.
He came from Guja-
rat to Mumbai &
reached here in a do-
mestic flight. He was
apprehended before he
could board the inter-
national flight to Dubai.
The value of the for-
eign currency recov-
ered from the youth is
equivalent to Rs
25,58,430.
The young man has
been booked under the
Foreign Exchange Man-
agement Act 1999.
Custom Commission-
er Rahul Nangre said
that the action was tak-
en under the leadership
of Assistant Commis-
sioner Bharat Bhushan
Atal. This 25-year-old
youth landed at Jaipur
late on Friday night by
an Indigo flight from
Mumbai and was look-
ing for a Spice Jet
flight to Dubai.
Customs team recovered foreign currency.
Farmer attempts suicide over debt
DCVishalactsteacher,pats
kids for correct replies
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A debt-ridden
farmer attempted sui-
cide Ajmer’s Bhinay.
Hurt by a notice about
his non-payment of
bank’s KCC loan of Rs
1,20,000 with interest
and of land auction be-
ing pasted in the vil-
lage, Ladu Gurjar,
who is also a TB
patient, allegedly
tried to commit
suicide by
hanging.
He was
saved in
time by the
people of
the village.
He had mortgaged
about 30 bighas of land
in ICICI Bank against
the loan.
The notice had been
pasted at the IT center
of the panchayat and
other places in the vil-
lage which forced the
farmer to take this ex-
treme step.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To check the
quality of education be-
ing imparted at schools,
Jaipur District Collec-
tor Rajan Vishal in-
spected a government
school in Goner village
here on Friday
.
He took a class and
asked questions to chil-
dren to know their edu-
cational level. To his
satisfaction, children
gave correct answers
upon which Vishal con-
gratulated them.
DEVKUMARI, MOTHER OF MP
HARSHVARDHAN, PASSES AWAY AT 90
SOLANKI NEW DIRECTOR IN
AHMEDABAD TEAM
Dungarpur: Maharani Sahiba Devkumari of the
former royal family of Dungarpur, mother of Rajya
Sabha MP Harshvardhan
Singh Dungarpur, breathed
her last Saturday morning at
Udai Bilas Palace. She was 90
years old. Devkumari Sahiba
was the wife of Maharawal
Mahipal Singhji of Dungarpur
and granddaughter of Maha-
raja Ganga Singhji of Bikaner.
Jaipur: Vikram Solanki of Rajasthan has got a
big responsibility in the IPL. He has joined the
Ahmedabad team of CVC
Capital. He will take over
the post of Director of
Cricket in the Ahmed-
abad team. Vikram of
Rajasthan origin used to
play in England. Solanki
has resigned from En-
gland’s county team for
this post. He has also played Ranji matches for
Rajasthan. Former RCA president Lalit Modi had
brought Vikram Solanki.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Human Rights Commission
has ordered the state government to give a compen-
sation of Rs 1.5 lakh to a BPL category man who was
treated in a government hospital at Kota as a non-BPL
patient and charged Rs 90,000. The commission gave
the order on a complaint of local resident Purshottam
Bhargava, who underwent angioplasty for a heart
blockage in December 2019 in Kota’s New Medical
College Hospital (NMCH). The complainant alleged
that the doctor forced his family to arrange Rs 65,000
immediately for angioplasty. —PTI
RHRC ORDERS GOVT TO PAY `1.5 L TO BPL
PATIENT OVER DENIAL OF FREE TREATMENT
Jhunjhunu: Vikas Jakhar’s fast unto death is also going
on in hospital. On Friday, administration had admitted
him to hospital citing his dete-
riorating health. Vikas, adamant
on the demands, said, “I will not
eat food until the demands are
met.” Shaurya Chakra winner is
on fast unto death over rigging
in recruitment examination.
Under the leadership of Sumit, the protestors sat again
in Jakharo ka Baas is name of place. With the villagers,
protestors started the virtuous yagya.
I WILL NOT EAT FOOD UNTIL DEMANDS
ARE FULFILLED: VIKAS JAKHAR
Rajendra Rathore
@Rajendra4BJP
The case of Dausa is
only a hallmark, it is
not known how many
farmers have received
land auction notices in
different districts of the
state and their lands
were auctioned. Today
Annadata is angry with
the government’s
disobedience
and has
made up his
mind to teach
the govern-
ment a
lesson.
Farmers can now pay back
overdue loans till March 31
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: During
his visit to Chittorgarh,
Cooperative Minister
Udailal Anjana talked
about one-time settle-
ment scheme for coop-
erative banks.
He said “The inter-
ests of the farmers will
not be allowed to be
harmed. We have ex-
tended that last date
for repayment of land
development overdue
loan to March 31, 2022”
In a letter written to
the Collector of all the
districts, instructions
have been given to can-
cel the order of attach-
ment of land and to
send report to govern-
ment soon.
Another proposal in
the interest of the
farmers in the state
awaiting the green
signal from the
Chief Minister is that
in case a farmer who
has taken loan from a
cooperative bank,
dies, the entire loan
will be forgiven.
First India Bureau
Pushkar: For the first
time on the occasion of
independence, a sand
art will be made in Raj
Bhavan on January 26.
Sand artist Ajay Rawat
hasbeenspeciallycalled
on the instructions of
the Governor.
Ajay Rawat is a resi-
dent of Ganahera vil-
lage near Pushkar, his
art work has received
appreciation not just in
country but abroad as
well. There is a wave of
happiness among his
well-wishers as Ajay is
called from Raj Bhavan
for sand art work.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Judicial Employees As-
sociation has written a
letter to the Chief Jus-
tice demanding proper
guidance to the presid-
ing officers of subordi-
nate courts.
Union state president
Surendra Narayan
Joshi wrote that lack of
coordination between
the judicial officers
posted in the subordi-
nate courts and the ju-
dicial staff was increas-
ing. “Judicial employ-
ees are already overbur-
dened with work and
now they face the apa-
thy of judicial officers.
Judicial officers harass
them in front of law-
yers and parties present
in the courtroom.
This causes depres-
sion among the judicial
employees. Besides, if
any departmental ac-
tion is pending against
an employee, it should
be disposed of immedi-
ately,” he wrote.
AJAYRAWATTOMAKESAND
ARTINRAJBHAWANONR-DAY
Judicial body
writes to CJ
to guide
judicial officials
Sand artist Ajay Rawat with his creation of Maharana Pratap.
DC Rajan Vishal while inspecting a government school in Goner.
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Jaipur: In a good
news for patients
who have difficulty
in walking, Jaipur’s
SMS Hospital
launched the trol-
ley and wheelchair
bank on Friday. On
the occasion, SMS
Medical College
Principal Dr Sudhir
Bhandari , Hospital
Superintendent Dr
Vinay Malhotra and
other doctors were
present. —FIB
Trolley, wheelchair
bank launched at
SMS Hospital
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mong the greatest novels of
the 20th century is “One Hun-
dred Years of Solitude” by the
Columbian author, Gabriel
Garcia Marquez. It is a daz-
zling, creative work of geni-
us. He was awarded the Nobel
Prize for literature in 1982.
I met Marquez twice. The
first time in New Delhi was
in March 1983. Next in Ha-
vana in 1985. Both times in
the company of the very dis-
tinguished legendary Cuban
leader and statesman, Mr Fi-
del Castro.
I was familiar with the
names of a few Latin Ameri-
can writers. I got to know Oc-
tavio Paz when he was an am-
bassador of Mexico to India
from 1962 to 1968. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1990. I was ac-
quainted with Tagore’s
friendship with the famous
Argentinian literary celebri-
ty Victoria Ocampo. I spent a
few minutes with her in 1968
in her palatial home, San
Isidro outside Buenos Aires. I
had accompanied Prime Min-
ister Indira Gandhi on her
nine-country tour of South
America in 1968. The PM hon-
oured Victoria Ocampo with
an honorary degree on behalf
of Shantiniketan University
.
I met Pablo Neruda the
Chilean Nobel Laureate in
Warsaw in 1971 when I was
ambassador to Poland. Neru-
da’s meeting with Nehru in
the 1950 is not worth recall-
ing. The politician and the
poet did not take to each oth-
er. In his memoirs, Neruda is
viciously critical of Jawaha-
rlal’s indifference and lack of
interest in what Neruda was
telling him. I find these ob-
servations highly prejudiced.
Nehru was a man of great
courtesy
.
I began this article with
references to Gabriel Garcia
Marquez. I have much more
to write about him. The prov-
ocation for doing so was pro-
vided by an article in the In-
dian Express on Thursday,
January 20.
In early 1990, Marquez has
a secret affair with Susana
Cato, “a writer and journalist
who worked with Garcia Mar-
quez”. Cato gave birth to a
daughter, whom her ‘parents’
named Indira. She is at pre-
sent in her early thirties and,
“uses her mother’s name”
Marquez died in Mexico
City in 2014. He was born in
Colombia on March 6, 1928.
His wife, Mercedes Barcha
had been married for 5 dec-
ades Marques was known for
his disturbing virility
.
The “Express” article has
caused some excitement. Is
Susan Cato named after In-
dira Gandhi? In India, tens of
thousands of girls are named
Indira. If Susan Cato is
named after Indira Gandhi,
she is very fortunate.
In December 1982 Leonid
Brezhnev, President of USSR
died in Moscow. Indira Gan-
dhi attended his funeral.
Among others, she met Fidel
Castro and Marquez at the
funeral. It was decided be-
tween Indira Gandhi and Fi-
del Castro that Marques be
invited to the Summit of the
Non-Aligned Movement be-
ing held in March 1983 in
New Delhi. Marquez came to
the meeting of the NAM
Summit as a member of the
Cuban delegation and was
much in demand.
During the pandemic, the
millionaires have become bil-
lionaires. The planet’s ten
richest men are, Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault
and family, Larry Ellison,
Larry Page, Mark Zucker-
berg, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin,
Steve Ballmer, and Warren
Buffet. The collective wealth
of these 10 grew from dollars
700 billion to dollar 1.5 tril-
lion. Musk’s fortune grew by
1,000%, Bill Gate’s by a mod-
est 30%. During the same pe-
riod 160 million people were
forced into poverty
.
40 billionaires were added
to the existing list in India.
Their combined fortune is
almost dollar 700 billion,
more than the poorest 40% of
the population. 84% of house-
holds suffered income de-
cline. Inequality contributed
to the deaths of at least 21,300
people each day or more than
one person every 4 seconds.
These figures are provided
by Oxfam International.
In my younger days, I was
a reasonably accomplished
Tennis player. I am now an
accomplished Grand-slam
watcher on TV From 1988 to
1992 I was president of the
All India Tennis Association.
Sir Andy Murray, whom I
have admired for over 9 years.
He is a Stout-hearted Scots-
man. He became the first Brit
to win Wimbledon since Fred
Perry did so in 1936. Among
the Indian Tennis players,
Sania Mirza stands out. Alas!
She will be retiring soon.
The ongoing Melbourne
Grand slam was almost ru-
ined by the unnecessary tan-
trums of the great Novak
Djokovic. He had no business
to go to Melbourne without
being vaccinated. The Aus-
tralian Tennis establishment
came out with an egg on its
face. They should have de-
ported Novak the moment he
arrived in Melbourne.
TheMelbourneGrandslam
has bounced back, with the
unpredictable genius Nick
Kyrgios providing brilliant
but erratic Tennis. The crowd
adores him- win or lose.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE
04
Vol 3 Issue No. 228
RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
Printed and published by
Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of
First Express Publishers. Printed
at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B.
Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk
Road, Jaipur. Published at 304,
3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das
Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001,
Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504.
Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Had a wonderful interaction with the
NCC cadets taking part in Republic
Day Camp 2022. India’s youth have
tremendous potential and NCC helps
them in harnessing their energy into
serving the country the society.
Exhorted them to realise their dreams.
Pralhad Joshi
@JoshiPralhad
India Gate does not celebrate a national
war and could, at best, be an ad-hoc
memorial for India’s fallen,” writes
retired chief of naval staff Shri Arun
Prakash. He explains why ‘relocating
the #AmarJawanJyoti to National War
Memorial is logical’.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Elevate yourself through
your own efforts, and not
degrade yourself. For, the
mind can be the friend and
also the enemy of the self.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
NO POLL RALLIES
TILL JAN-END A
RELIEF FOR FUND
STARVED PARTIES
he Election Commis-
sion has extended
the ban on election
rallies till January-
end but doubled the
five person limit for door-to-door
campaigning. It will be a relief
for parties facing resource
crunch. It is also a much better
way to connect with the people
than addressing a gathering of
a few thousand from some dis-
tance or from a hydraulic plat-
formfittedinabuscalled“rath”.
Direct contact with voters was
the usual form of campaigning
in the past, besides workers
with hailers moving around on
rickshaws seeking votes for a
candidate. Those were the days
when party’s did not have big
budgets for elections.
Watching Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah going door-to-
door in Kairana campaigning
for Mriganka Singh, the BJP
candidate, was a refreshing
sight. Will senior leaders of oth-
er parties follow suit, especially
Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav?
Mayawati has so far not moved
out to address any rally. To ex-
pect her to go house-to-house
will be a bit too much.
TOP TWEETS
T
fter a long wait of
decades, Netaji
Subhas Chandra
Bose is getting his
rightful place in
India’s history
. The BJP gov-
ernment has announced that
Bose’s statue will be installed
at India Gate in a tribute to
the charismatic leader. Till
the time it is installed a holo-
gram of Bose will be installed
at the place on January 23.
The decision should assuage
the feelings of Bengal which
felt hurt at the dropping of
its tableau from the Republic
Day parade.
Despite being a firebrand
leader and a brilliant orator,
Bose’s sterling contribution
in India’s freedom was denied
his due recognition by the
Congress. That had been the
case from the very beginning
as Mahatma Gandhi was be-
lieved to have favoured Jawa-
harlal Nehru over Bose. Gan-
dhi and Bose also disagreed
on the means to be adopted
for attaining freedom. The
contrast lay in Gandhi-Nehru
believed in passive non-vio-
lent resistance, while Bose
was of the view that the Brit-
ish could be driven out only
through violent means, or as-
sertive nationalism. He has
been an emotive issue in In-
dian politics ever since he
gave his famous “you give me
blood, I shall give you free-
dom” call to people.
The decision has pleased
Netaji’s daughter Anita Bose
Pfaff who described the deci-
sion “very remarkable” but
called for revival of Netaji’s
values and ideas in everyday
life. Netaji stood for secular-
ism, unity and equality. Ne-
taji’s grandnephew Chandra
Kumar Bose also said that
following the freedom fight-
er’s ideals of secularism and
communal harmony will be
the best tribute to him. Both
his ideals reflected in his In-
dian National Army
.
REVIVING IDEALS OF
BOSE IS IMPORTANT
BJP government has
announced that
Bose’s statue will be
installed at India Gate in a
tribute to the charismatic
leader. Till the time it is
installed a hologram of
Bose will be installed
at the place on
January 23
A
About Marquez, pandemic billionaires
and Melbourne Grand slam...
ALL STORIES ABOUT MARQUEZ TEND TO HAVE A TOUCH OF MAGICAL REALISM
A
In early 1990, Marquez
has a secret affair with
Susana Cato, “a writer
and journalist who
worked with Garcia
Marquez”. Cato gave
birth to a daughter, whom
her ‘parents’ named Indira.
She is at present in her
early thirties and, “uses
her mother’s name”
During the pandemic, the
millionaires have become
billionaires. The planet’s ten
richest men are, Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault
and family, Larry Ellison,
Larry Page, Mark
Zuckerberg, Bill Gates,
Sergey Brin, Steve Ballmer,
and Warren Buffet. The
collective wealth of these 10
grew from dollars 700 billion
to dollar 1.5 trillion. Musk’s
fortune grew by 1,000%, Bill
Gate’s by a modest 30%.
During the same period
160 million people were
forced into poverty
Promoted by
Shree Cement Limited
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
(From Left) Natwar Singh,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
and Fidel Castro.

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NETAJI'S CITY OF JOY ERRUPTS IN JOY
A tram decorated with flowers and photographs of Netaji runs on a city street on the eve of the
birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: In a mas-
sive global win for In-
dia, foreign countries
and social media giant
YouTube has clamped
down on anti-India
proxies just ahead of
Republic Day
.
The Govt of India
now hopes that the ac-
counts banned on Jan 20
will have a similar fate.
Almost a month later,
the Government of In-
dia, through the Minis-
try of Information and
Broadcasting, banned
20 YouTube channels
and two websites on De-
cember 21. YouTube has
now banned 19 of these
channels globally and
further taken steps
against websites which
were propagating fake
news. —ANI
YouTube bans 19 channels
over 'anti-India' propaganda
Udhampur: General
Officer-Commanding-
in-Chief, northern com-
mand, Lieutenant
General YK Joshi on
Saturday lauded the
armed forces of the
country and said that
the troops displayed
boldness in standing up
to aggressive designs
posed along the Line of
Control(LoC) and Line
of ActualControl(LAC).
The troops of our
Armed forces have dis-
played boldness in
standing up to the ag-
gressive designs posed
along the LoC and LAC
in Jammu and Kashmir
and Ladakh, GOC-in-C
Joshi said. A top army
officer while addressing
at northern command
investiture ceremony
here on Saturday said,
There has been a reduc-
tion in terrorism-relat-
ed incidents, stone-pelt-
ing activities and pro-
tests as a result of tire-
less efforts of the secu-
rity forces and the peo-
ple of JK.
Lt Gen YK Joshi
thanked the armed forc-
es for their efforts. —ANI
Troopsshowedboldnessalong
LAC in‘aggressivedesigns’:Joshi
Punjab BJP to file complaint
over ‘inflammatory speech’
Chandigarh: The Pun-
jab BJP is keen to file a
complaint with the Elec-
tion Commission over
anallegedinflammatory
speech made earlier this
weekbystateCongchief
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s
aide Mohammad Musta-
fa. Mustafa who is a
retired IPS is hus-
band of the Con-
gress party’s
Malerkotla candi-
date in Punjab polls,
Razia Sultana.
“I am appalled that
such a statement was
made by a former police
officer.Thisisinflamma-
tory and anti-Muslim as
well as anti-Hindu. Was
this statement made to
orchestrate riots? It is
unacceptable,” said BJP
spox Shazia Ilmi. —ANI
HERE TO SAVE PUNJAB, PEOPLE
WITH US, SAYS FARMERS' BODY
Chandigarh:
The determination
to contest elections
in Punjab was taken
as individuals wished
us to clear the “filth”
created by political
events, a key member
of farmer group which
is contesting the polls
told media. Samyukta
Samaj Morcha Chief
Balbir Singh Rajewal,
whereas ruling out
an alliance with Aam
Aadmi Party, was
additionally crucial of
the Arvind Kejriwal
get together’s chief
ministerial alternative,
Bhagwant Mann. “We
are here to save Punjab,
to improve the system.
The situation in Punjab
is getting worse.
Children here have lost
hope. They are migrat-
ing in large numbers
due to unemployment,”
Rajewal stated. —ANI
MANN CHALLENGES CHANNI TO FIGHT FROM DHURI
New Delhi: Ahead of the
Punjab Assembly Polls, Aam
Admi Party’s CM candidate
Bhagwant Mann challenged
Congress’ Charanjit Singh
Channi to face him in his poll
constituency Dhuri and asked
the Punjab CM to issue an of-
ficial statement on the recent
ED raids at the residence of
his relatives. “If Channi Sa-
hab wants to contest against
me, I invite him to Dhuri. He
must give a statement on
illegal property papers
worth Rs56 cr found
in his name.” said
Mann. —ANI
fa. Mustafa who is a
retired IPS is hus-
gress party’s
Malerkotla candi-
Chandigarh:
The determination
to contest elections
in Punjab was taken
PUNJAB
FORMER GOA CM LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR
QUITS BJP, TO CONTEST AS INDEPENDENT
Panaji (Goa): Former
Goa Chief Minister and
now former BJP leader
Laxmikant Parsekar on
Saturday resigned from
the BJP and announced
that he would be contest-
ing as an independent in
the upcoming assembly
polls. The three-term
MLA and former state
BJP president, who has
represented the Mandrem
constituency in North Goa
since 2002 until his defeat
in 2017 has said that he
was taken for granted by
the party and ignored in
favour of a non-perform-
ing MLA. Parsekar added
that during his tenure as
CM he got caught up in
admin work which “wid-
ened the gap” between
him and his voters. —ANI
Panaji (Goa): Goa TMC
on Saturday has written
to the Election Commis-
sion, complaining about
illegal and wrongful
harassment by a EC’s
flying squad that van-
dalised flex and banners
at the party office in
Panaji around midnight
on Friday
.
The Goa TMC
alleged that a
group of armed
police officers ac-
companied by four uni-
dentified individuals in
plainclothes, pertaining
tobeEC’sFlyingSquad
enteredthepartyof-
fice around 11.10
pm on Friday
.
TMC in its letter
allegedthat“Flying
Squad” wrongfully and
forcefully tore down
hoardings and glow
board. —ANI
Goa TMC alleges EC
barged into its office
Panaji around midnight
The Goa TMC
group of armed
police officers ac-
enteredthepartyof-
fice around 11.10
pm on Friday
.
TMC in its letter
allegedthat“Flying
GOA
GOA
New Delhi: Republic
Day 2022: The Indian
Army on Saturday is-
sued a statement and
said this year’s Republic
Day parade will have 16
marching contingents,
17 military bands and 25
tableaux of various
states. Giving more up-
dates, the Army said
that it will be represent-
ed by a mounted column
of cavalry, 14 mecha-
nised columns, six
marching contingents
and a flypast by ad-
vanced light helicopters
of its aviation wing at
the Republic Day pa-
rade-2022 (RDP-2022).
The Army further
added that the mecha-
nised columns of the
Army will show one PT-
76 tank, one Centurion
tank, two MBT Arjun
MK-I tanks, one APC
TOPAS armoured per-
sonnel carriers, one
BMP-I infantry fighting
vehicle and two BMP-II
infantry fighting vehi-
cles.
The Army also stated
that the six marching
contingents of the Indi-
an Army will be of Ra-
jput Regiment, Assam
Regiment, Jammu and
Kashmir Light Infantry
,
Sikh Light Infantry,
Army Ordnance Corps
Regiment and Para-
chute Regiment.
“One marching con-
tingent each of the In-
dian Air Force and the
Indian Navy will also
participate in RDP-2022
with overall 16 march-
ing contingents from
other forces,” the Army
said in a statement. —PTI
RDP to have 25 tableaux, 16 marching contingents
REPUBLIC DAY

Indian Army
says Republic
Day parade will
have 16
marching
contingents, 17
military bands
25 tableaux of
various states
—FILE PHOTO
Kochi (Kerala): Kerala
High Court restrained
police from arresting
Malayalam Actor
Dileep till January 27 in
a case registered by the
Crime Branch of Kera-
la Police for allegedly
threatening the investi-
gation officials probing
the Actress Assault
Case of 2017.
The court also direct-
ed the accused people
including Dileep to re-
port before the investi-
gation officer from 9 am
till 8 pm on January 23,
24 and 25. Court also
said that they shall be
available for interroga-
tion and further inves-
tigation.
Court issued this in-
terim order on an an-
ticipatory plea filed by
Dileep. Court will con-
siderthisnextonJan27.
Single Bench of Jus-
tice P Gopinath also
made it clear that any
attempt to subvert the
investigation will result
in declining bail. I am
very very serious and
that any violation will
be dealt with seriously.
Don't attempt to do any-
thing unnecessary.
Don't even think about
it. Petitioner shall fully
co-operate with investi-
gation. Senior Public
Prosecutor shall place a
report of any material
of investigation in a
sealed cover.
Crime Branch of Ker-
ala Police registered a
new case against movie
actor Dileep and five
others on Jan 9 for al-
legedly threatening the
investigating officials.
They were booked
under several sections
of IPC.
The case pertains
that an actress who
worked in Malayalam,
Tamil, Telugu films and
was allegedly abducted
and molested inside her
car by a group of men
who had forced their
way into the vehicle on
the night of February
17, 2017. —ANI
New Delhi: A petition
wasfiledintheSupreme
Court seeking direction
to the Election Commis-
sion of India to seize
election symbols and
deregister political par-
tiesthatpromisedtodis-
tribute irrational free-
bies from public funds.
In his PIL advocate
Ashwini Kumar Upad-
hyay claimed political
parties' arbitrarily
promises or irrational
freebies to lure voters in
their favour.
It claimed that prom-
iseof irrationalfreebies
frompublicfundsbefore
elections could unduly
influence the voters,
shake the roots of a free
and fair election.
Direct and declare
that promise/distri-
bution of irrational
freebies from the
public fund be-
foretheelection
to lure voters is
analogous to the
Bribery and
Undue Influ-
ence under
Section 171B
and Section
171C of the IPC, the
plea stated.
It further sought di-
rection to the ECI to in-
sert an additional condi-
tion: political party
shall not promise/dis-
tribute irrational free-
bies from the public
fund before the election
inparas6A,6Band6Cof
the Election Symbols
Order1968.
—ANI
KERALA HC RESTRAINS
ACTOR DILEEP’S ARREST
Court directs
Dileep, accused
to report before
investigation
officer
IN THE COURTYARD
Prosecutor
suggests
police to
appeal
Kottayam (Kerala):
Following a local
court acquitting Bish-
op Franco Mulakkal in
the nun rape case, the
special public pros-
ecutor on Saturday
gave a legal opinion
to police to file an
appeal against the ac-
quittal. Kerala Police
sought legal opinion
after Franco Mulak-
kal was acquitted by
the court. Following
this, the special public
prosecutor gave the
legal opinion to the
Kottayam district po-
lice chief. Last week,
the Kottayam court
acquitted Bishop
Franco Mulakkal in
the nun rape case.
—ANI
PIL filed by political
parties in SC against
freebies during polls
DELHI HC REUNITES INTER-CASTE
MARRIAGE COUPLE; ASSURES SECURITY
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court reunited an inter-
caste marriage couple while directing Delhi Police to
ensure the security of the wife of the petitioner. The
bench of Justice Siddhartha Mridul and Justice Anup
J Bhambhani directed the Delhi Police to lodge Ms
Meena, wife of the petitioner, at Nirmal Chhaya Home
at Jail Road Hari Nagar under the care and custody of
Inspector Nisha Sharma of Janak Puri Police Station.
The bench made it clear, in its order that Inspector
Nisha Sharma shall be personally responsible to
escort Ms Meena to Nirmal Chhaya and her lodging
there. Court said the Superintendent is directed not to
permit any person at Nirmal Chhaya Home.
ORISSA HC ASKS FOR STATUS REPORT
ON VIOLENCE IN DHINKIA STEEL PLANT
MADRAS HC DIRECTS TO HOLD LAST RITES
IN TAMIL NADU SCHOOLGIRL’S SUICIDE CASE
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa high court on Thursday
asked the state’s home dept to submit a status re-
port on the ground situation in Dhinkia village, the
proposed site of a 13.2 million tonne per annum
integrated steel plant by Jindal Steel Works (JSW)
in Jagatsinghpur dist, where a face-off between
villagers and police left more than two dozen
persons injured six days ago. Justice RK Patnaik
sought the home dept’s status report on the issue
while hearing a PIL filed by Kuni Mallick and four
others seeking a probe into the “police atrocities”
committed on the residents of Dhinkia.
Chennai: The Madras High Court's Madurai bench
on Saturday directed the parents of the 17-year-old
girl who died by suicide on Wednesday - after al-
leging abuse by her school warden and attempts to
convert her to Christianity - to collect her
body and carry out the last rites
on Saturday. The girl's father
had moved the court seeking
a probe by a team from CID
in addition to requesting a
second post-mortem.
Malayalam Actor Dileep

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gresspartyhasgiventhe
slogan of ‘Ladki Hoon,
Lad Sakti Hoon’ (I am a
girl, I can fight) in Uttar
Pradesh and is contest-
ing the elections on the
same slogan. Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra has giv-
en this slogan and
has started giv-
ing 40 percent
tickets to
w o m e n
as per
her promise. Although
she herself is not con-
testingtheelections, itis
also being suggested in
social media that the
Congress party should
change the slogan to
‘Ladki hoon lad sakti
hoon’. However, the
question is if the girls of
Uttar Pradesh can fight,
can’t the girls of Punjab
do so? Why is the Con-
gress party not giving
this slogan in Punjab
andgivingticketstogirls
in the same proportion
there too?
In Punjab, the Con-
gress party has declared
candidates for 86 seats
out of 117 seats. Of
these, only 8% tickets
have been given to wom-
en; a sharp contrast
from Uttar Pradesh’s
forty percent tickets! If
Congress feels that
women are emerging as
a separate electorate
group and Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra’s face can
bring them with Con-
gress by freeing them
from the constraints of
caste, religion etc. then
it should be tried in
Punjab also. If the Con-
gress is not doing this,
then it simply means
that it will do such ex-
periments only in those
states where it sees the
failure of these experi-
ments to be certain. If
there is no chance of
winning the election in
Uttar Pradesh, then
make the girls fight and
where there is a possi-
bility of winning the
election, give tickets
according to the politi-
cal equation.
WHY CAN'T GIRLS 'FIGHT' IN PUNJAB?
CONGRESS' ‘LADKI HOON, LAD SAKTI HOON’ CAMPAIGN
LANKA: INFLATION
SKYROCKETS AND
FOOD PRICES HIGH
MAOISTS BLOW UP,
TORCH MOBILE
TOWERS IN GIRIDIH
EIGHT DETAINED IN
US FOLLOWING
DEATH OF 4 INDIANS
WITH A FINAL BLAST,
BRO CONCLUDES
EXCAVATION WORK
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s
benchmark inflation rate,
measured by the National
Consumer Price Index,
accelerated to 14 per
cent in December 2021,
up from 11.1%, the govt
statistics office said on
Saturday, amidst a severe
a foreign exchange crisis.
Food prices jumped 6.3%
while non-food prices
rose 1.3 per cent in De-
cember, as per the NCPI.
Giridih: Maoists blew up
a mobile phone tower
and torched another one
in Jharkhand’s Giridih
district in the early hours
of Saturday, police said.
The incidents marked the
first day of the “resistance
week” being observed by
the Maoists to protest the
arrest of their top leader
Prashant Bose, a police
officer said.
New Delhi: US authorities
have detained 8 people, in-
cluding an American, for al-
leged involvement in human
smuggling following death
of four Indian nationals from
exposure to severe cold on
Canadian side of border with
US. Indian authorities are
working with their Canadian
counterparts to probe death
of Indian nationals during an
apparent human smuggling
operation.
New Delhi: The BRO on
Saturday completed the ex-
cavation work on the Sela
Tunnel Project -- located in
the West Kameng district
of Arunachal Pradesh. The
BRO managed to achieve
the feat amidst inclement
weather and heavy snow-
fall. Final blast for 980-me-
tre long tunnel (Tunnel 1)
was conducted by DGBR Lt
Gen Rajeev on Saturday.
CENTRAL VISTA AVENUE IS READY WITH
NEW EFFECT, SAYS UNION MINISTER PURI
New Delhi: Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs,
Hardeep Singh Puri, on Saturday, said that Central Vista
Avenue is completely ready
with its new effect. Talking to
ANI at Central Vista Avenue,
Puri said that after the redevel-
opment, the green coverage
has been increased. “Central
Vista Avenue itself has been
widened. Now, the walkways are of 12 to 15 kilometres.
The water bodies have been cleaned. It’s a new effect”, the
Union Minister added.
BHOWMICK, ASIAD MEDALLIST WHO GAVE
UP BEER TO BE FOOTBALL LEGEND, DIES
Kolkata: Subhash Bhowmick, the 1970 Asian Games
bronze medallist footballer, passed away early Saturday
morning at 72. He was suffer-
ing from renal ailments and,
according to his family sources,
he recently had a chest infec-
tion also. One of those very
few Indian footballers post the
Class of 50s and 60s to have an
Asian Games medal, Bhowmick was undergoing dialysis
but remained sprightly until about a month ago, still har-
bouring hopes to return to the maidan in the future.
CRUCIAL READ
GOOD GOVERNANCE
....saysPMModi;directemotionalconnectbetweenadministrationpublicneeded,headds
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi interacts with
district magistrates
(DMs) from various
parts of the country on
implementation of key
government schemes
on Saturday, said aspi-
rational districts are
now eliminating the
barriers to the progress
of the country and they
have become accelera-
tors for growth instead
of impediments.
PM Narendra Modi
also urged district mag-
istrates to implement
‘Vocal for Local’ in their
respective districts.
“For this, you will have
to identify the skill of
your respective district
and make the value
chain stronger,” he
said.
As per the NITI Aay-
og bulletin, the Aspira-
tional Districts Pro-
gramme essentially is
aimed at localizing Sus-
tainable Development
Goals, leading to the
progress of nation.
The Prime Minister
also said, “On the one
hand, earlier, the budg-
et kept increasing,
plans kept on making,
economic development
also kept happening in
the figures, but even af-
ter 75 years of inde-
pendence, many dis-
tricts in the country
remained behind. Over
time these districts
were tagged with back-
ward districts.” —ANI
PM Narendra Modi interacts with the District Magistrates of various districts via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday.Also seen here is Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.
Over3.37Lnewcases,Omicrontally10k+
A total of 488 deaths were reported in country in the last 24 hours, increasing count to 4,88,884
New Delhi: India has
logged 3,37,704 new Cov-
id cases on Saturday,
while the country’s
Omicron tally has
jumped to 10,050 -- up by
3.69% from Friday. The
new Covid cases show a
slight dip as the coun-
try reported 3,47,254
new cases on Friday
.
60% deaths in ‘3rd
wave’: Max study
A study by a private hos-
pital has said that 60%
of the patients who died
during the current wave
of pandemicwereeither
partially or fully unvac-
cinated. The study by
Max Healthcare said the
deaths reported were
largely among those
aged over 70 and those
suffering from multiple
co-morbidities such as
kidney diseases, heart
diseases, diabetes, can-
cers etc. —PTI
OMICRON CONCERN
TOP 5 STATES
STATE CASES
MAHARASHTRA 48,270
KARNATAKA 48,049
KERALA 41,668
TAMIL NADU 29,870
GUJARAT 21,225
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Government has
given an affidavit in the
Supreme Court that the
vaccine is not manda-
tory
. That is, no one can
be forced to get the vac-
cine administered to
prevent Covid. Govt has
also said that no citizen
can be asked for a cer-
tificate vaccination.
That is, if someone
does not have a certifi-
cate of vax, then on this
basis he/she cannot be
stopped from any work
nor can they be denied
any benefit.
Assam: CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma has said
that those who have not
yet been vaccinated
should stay at home. He
said that people can nei-
ther go to the hotels nor
to the parks without be-
ing jabbed. Similarly, in
Haryana: Children will
not be able to go to
school, who have not re-
ceived the jabs.
Chandigarh: Admin-
istration has gone a step
further than this. People
are being fined for going
out without getting the
vaccine shot. It has also
been said that govt em-
ployees will not get sala-
ry if the vaccine is not
administered.
Think, are these
things not in the eyes of
the central govern-
ment? Is the court not
seeing this position?
Why are people being
coerced when the vac-
cine is not mandatory
or the vaccination cer-
tificate is not manda-
tory? Why isn't the
government making
some categories of ex-
emptions, like those
made in other coun-
tries of the world?
Vaccine is not mandatory yet state
govts forcing people to get jabbed!
In Punjab, Cong
has declared
candidates for
86 seats. Only
8% tickets have
been given to
women; contrast
from UP’s 40%
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
PM Modi took direct feedback about the prog-
ress and present status of implementation of
government schemes and programmes in the
districts. It is aimed at achieving saturation of
various schemes by various depts in the districts
in mission mode, in convergence with all stake-
holders. “The work done in aspirational districts
is a matter of study for big universities. In the last
four years, there has been an increase of 4 to 5
times in Jan Dhan accounts in almost every district
of the country. Almost every family has got a toilet,
electricity has reached every village,” he added.
FEEDBACK OVER PROGRESS OF
GOVT SCHEMES IN DISTRICTS
PM SPEAKS TO DMs
Dists eliminating barriers,
becoming accelerators of the
country’s progress
Learn from each
others success,
evaluate challenges
Plan 10 tasks that can be
completed in 3 months
which improve ease of living
Plan 2 tasks that you
can club with Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav
We have to reach
100% saturation be-
tween service and fa-
cilities for each dis-
trict with a time-
bound target and cre-
ate a roadmap of
short visions for dis-
tricts that can be com-
pleted in next 2 years.
—Narendra Modi, PM
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: It is being
said that Aparna Ya-
dav wanted to contest
from Lucknow Cantt
seat and logically,
Akhilesh Yadav
shouldn't have had
any problem with
this. After all, Apar-
na had contested
from this seat in the
2017 elections and
lost by a huge margin
of about 34 thousand
votes. She was defeat-
ed by Rita Bahuguna
Joshi of BJP and the
vote difference be-
tween the two was 20
per cent.
Later, Joshi became
an MP from Alla-
habad, and a by-elec-
tion was held on this
seat, in which BJP's
Suresh Chandra Ti-
wari won. This time
Aparna Yadav did not
contest and the vote
difference between
the SP and the BJP be-
came 30 per cent.
So, this time if
Aparna wanted to
fight, she could have
been given a seat.
Even if she would
have won, there would
not have been any
challenge to Akhilesh
Yadav and if she was
defeated, it would not
have mattered much.
Despite this, Akhile-
sh did not stop her
and let her go to BJP.
Therefore it is being
said in political cir-
cles that the reason is
be something else for
her joining BJP.
Keep in mind that
along with Mulayam
Singh, both Akhilesh
Yadav and Prateek Ya-
dav are embroiled in
the disproportionate
assets case. It is pos-
sible that Aparna Ya-
dav wants to get some
relief for her husband
Prateek Yadav by join-
ing BJP party
.
Has Aparna joined BJP to
safeguard her husband?
Aparna Yadav with her husband Prateek Yadav.
She has been
praising Modi
and Yogi time.
Reason that she
would not be
given ticket will
be last as there
is no bar on no.
of members of
Mulayam family
to fight polls
HIGHLIGHTS
l PM MODI WISHES
MALDIVES
PRESIDENT SOLIH
SPEEDY RECOVERY
FROM COVID
l Former Prime Minister
HD Devegowda tests
positive for Covid-19
l UP SCHOOLS TO
REMAIN SHUT TILL
JAN 30 TO PREVENT
FURTHER SPREAD
OF COVID-19
l Pune to not reopen
schools from Monday
l ODD-EVEN RULES
FOR VEHICLES
REINFORCED AS
CASES SURGE IN
NEPAL
l Those who have
contracted Covid are
eligible for vaccination
including precaution
dose only after 3
months post-recovery
l POSTMEN DELIVER
MEDICAL KITS
TO PATIENTS IN
ISOLATION IN GAYA
l Schools with high
cases closed for one
week in Pakistan
l DELHI POSITIVITY
AT 16%, HALF OF A
WEEK AGO, BUT 45
DEATHS
NO TANTRUMS! A medic takes a swab sample of a child for test
amid a surge in cases at Govt JP hospital in Bhopal on Saturday.
OUCH! Woman reacts while receiving a dose in Patna on Saturday.

First India Bureau
Baran: A young girl
was raped by an occult
practitioner when she
was taken to him by her
family members for
treatment. Kawai police
station in-charge Ah-
mad informed that the
17-year-old had been un-
well for the last few
days. On January 19,
her family members
took her to Raghuvir
Meghwal (45), resident
of Musai village for ex-
orcism. The accused
sent the family mem-
bers to buy material for
the prayers and while
she was alone, he intim-
idated her, raped her
and fled from the spot.
The minor narrated
her ordeal to her family
members when they got
back and a case of rape
was registered against
Raghuvir Meghwal.
The victim’s medical
was conducted and her
statement was record-
ed. The police nabbed
the accused on Friday
.
Three resolutions sent to Central Government
NEWS
07
Raj pushing for Vidhan
Parishad, Centre ignores
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Three resolu-
tions have been sent to
the Center in the last
10 years to clear the
proposal to constitute
Legislative Council in
Rajasthan which is
pending for approval
from the Parliament
and consent of the
President.
The Gehlot Cabinet
had approved the for-
mation of the Ra-
jasthan Legislative
Council on July 8, 2021
and forwarded the pro-
posal to the Central
government. Ra-
jasthan had made a
similar proposal to the
Centre during Gehlot’s
rule in 2012.
At that time, there
was the UPA govern-
ment at the Centre but
no progress could be
made in the desired di-
rection.
Later, the Central
Government wrote a
letter asking the inten-
tion of the state re-
garding the Legisla-
tive Council, that let-
ter has now been an-
swered.
The Union Ministry
of Law and Justice had
sought the opinion of
the state government
regarding the sugges-
tions of the Standing
Committee of Parlia-
ment on the proposal
for the formation of
the Legislative Coun-
cil, which was passed
in the Rajasthan Legis-
lative Assembly on 18
April 2012.
It is necessary
to introduce a
Bill in the parlia-
ment for the formation
of the Legislative
Council. Along with
this, the consent of the
President is required.
At present, there is a
provision of Legisla-
tive Council in 6 states
of the country, in
which Andhra
Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Telangana,
Karnataka, Maharash-
tra and Bihar are in-
cluded.
Apart from Ra-
jasthan, many states
including West Ben-
gal have been de-
manding the for-
mation of a Legis-
lative Council
from the Central
government for
many years.
Chief Min-
isters of
three of
these states, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar and
Maharashtra, are the
members of the Legis-
lative Council.
As per the provi-
sions, Rajasthan can
have 67 MLCs with 200
MLAs.
The annual burden
will be Rs 355 crore if
the Legislative Coun-
cil is constituted in
Rajasthan.
Jully inaugurates new
tourist route at Sariska
Sangeeta Sharma
Jodhpur: The Border
Security Force is on alert
due to the possibility of
infiltration from across
the border. Foggy weath-
er conditions have made
it difficult for the sol-
diers to keep an eye on
distant locations. ‘Oper-
ation Sard Hawa’ started
from Saturday with a
special alert for Republic
Day and elections in
Punjab. Operation will
remain till January 28
The number of soldiers
on the border will be in-
creased. BAlong with
patrolling on the border
roads, checkpoints will
be made. Modern weap-
ons and equipment will
be at the border and
there will be a rehearsal
of Protection of plan.
According to Hemant
Yadav, Commandant of
BSF 114 Battalion, the
BSF is prepared for sur-
veillance. Monitoring is
being done under the di-
rection of DIG Pushpen-
dra Singh Rathore.
Fake Aadhaar cards
issued to 400 from Raj
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has directed
the UIDAI to provide in-
formation relating to
over 400 people who
were allegedly issued
fake Aadhaar cards for
enrollment for civil de-
fence training in the
national capital.
Justice Chandra Dha-
ri Singh allowed the pe-
tition filed by the Delhi
government seeking
direction to the Unique
Identification Authori-
ty of India (UIDAI) to
disclose information on
the Aadhar card hold-
ers sought by an inves-
tigation agency for
probe of a case.
The case was lodged
by the Anti Corruption
Branch for the alleged
offences of criminal
conspiracy under the
Indian Penal Code and
the Prevention of Cor-
ruption Act.
It was alleged that the
recruitment process
was manipulated and
the then district magis-
trate (Shahdara) had is-
sued fake certificates in
2019, certifying as Delhi
residents for making
Aadhaar cards, to over
400 people from his
home state Rajasthan
and had compelled
them to pay Rs 2 lakh
per head.
It was alleged that a
large number of Aad-
haar cards with bogus
Delhi addresses were
made for people from
Rajasthan at the Aad-
haar centre functioning
in the office of the dis-
trict magistrate on holi-
days. On the basis of
the complaint, an FIR
was lodged in January
2020.
“This court is in-
clined to allow the in-
stant petition. The re-
spondent (UIDAI) is
hereby directed to pro-
vide all relevant infor-
mation, qua the persons
named in annexure... of
the petition, as required
for the purposes of in-
vestigation as per the
provisions of the Aad-
haar Act. The investiga-
tion agency is also di-
rected to investigate the
matter, upon receiving
the information. PTI
BOGUS ADDRESSES
PROVISION OF CONSTITUTION OF COUNCIL
Delhi HC directs UIDAI to give info of people
Occult practitioner arrested
for raping minor in Baran
MAN HELD FOR RAPING SISTER-IN-LAW
Provision for constitution of Legislative Council
is there in the Articles 169, 171(1) and 171(2) of
the Constitution. A resolution passed by a two-
thirds majority in the Assembly and is sent to
the parliament. According to Article 171(2), LS
and RSpass the resolution by simple majority.
Permission is granted to constitute the Legis-
lative Council as soon as the President gives
consent. Members of the council have a term
of 6 years and they have no right to vote in the
election of the President. About one third of the
members of the council are nominated by the
members of the Legislative Assembly.
IMPORTANCE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Rajasthan is the largest state of the coun-
try. Looking at the large geographic area,
the council will have importance to balance
the caste and regional ratio politically. With
the formation of the Legislative Council,
such meritorious people who are not in a
position to contest elections will be able to
play their direct role in making laws.
Vinod Tiwari
Dholpur: Dacoit Jagan
Gurjar has threatened
to kill Badi MLA Girraj
Singh Malinga in a vid-
eo. In the video, he is
heard using abusive
words for the MLA and
Dholpur SP.
The video is viral on
social media. Malinga
had received death
threats before this as
well. Talking to First
India News, Dholpur SP
Shivraj Singh Meena
promised action in the
matter. Although, First
India News does not
confirm the viral video.
Reacting to the video,
Malinga said he was not
afraid of any kind of
threat. “Nobody can
compel the common
man to live in fear.
Dacoit Jagan
threatens
to kill MLA
NEWS DIGEST
Jhalawar: The principal of Jhalrapatan’s residential
school is accused of assaulting the teacher warden
and a woman. Teacher Saurabh Parihar has filed a
case against Principal Ram Gopal Meena and his
colleagues at Jhalrapatan PS. The principal carried
out the incident with his associates under the influ-
ence of alcohol. The principal also injured a teacher
by chopping off his hand. Zilla Parishad CEO Srinidhi
Bitti, SDM Suresh Kumar reached the spot.
Jaipur: Rajasthan University suspended 3 students
from both hostel and college in a ragging case.
The university sent the action taken report of the
entire matter to the UGC. A second year student of
Rajasthan College had complained to the Anti Rag-
ging Cell of UGC. After this, UGC sought information
about the entire matter from Rajasthan University.
PRINCIPAL, AIDES ATTACK TEACHER AND
WARDEN IN JHALAWAR; FIR REGISTERED
Ajmer: Two youth got into a
bloody scuffle at Agrasen Circle
late on Friday night. They used
liquor bottles to hit each. While
one was injured in the face, the
other was hurt grievously in the
neck. This fierce clash between
the two created a panic in the
area. Dy SP Chhavi Sharma and other officers from
Kotwali PS reached the spot. The injured have been
admitted to JLN hospital.
YOUTH ATTACK EACH OTHER WITH
LIQUOR BOTTLES OVER PETTY ISSUE
Jaipur: The Veterinary Council of India has given
notice to the management of Apollo College of Vet-
erinary Medicine, Jaipur. A notice has been issued
to the Managing Trustee of Apollo Animal Medical
Group Trust, alleging that the college does not hold
minimum standards. There are allegations of lack
of facilities and infrastructure in the college as per
MSVE Regulations 2016.
RPF jawan suspended
for beating beggar
who dies, video viral
Narpat Zoya
Nagaur: In a shock-
ing incident, two el-
derly beggars sleep-
ing at the railway
station were report-
edly beaten up merci-
lessly by an RPF
head constable so
much so that one of
them succumbed to
his injuries. Accord-
ing to GRP Reader
Kishan Singh, the
dead body of the beg-
gar was found in the
retiring room at the
Makrana railway sta-
tion in Nagaur.
A video of the inci-
dent has surfaced in
which RPF head con-
stable Ram Pratap
can be seen brutally
kicking, punching
and abusing two el-
derly people sleeping
at the station. The ac-
cused also dragged
the two men out of
the station after the
assault. Though the
video has evoked
strong reactions
against the consta-
ble, the officials,
however, are claim-
ing that the beating
has nothing to do
with the death of the
elderly beggar.
In the preliminary
investigation, the de-
ceased has been iden-
tified as Abdul Aziz.
When Kishan Singh
was questioned, he
said that he was not
aware of the matter
while Jodhpur GRP
CO Prem Singh Ra-
jpurohit identified
that attacker in the
video as the RPF
head constable.
First India Bureau
Sariska: The new tour-
ist route Bara Liveri,
built in the buffer area
of Sariska Tiger Re-
serve, was inaugurated
by Social Justice and
Empowerment Minis-
ter Tika Ram Jully
. The
minister flagged off two
tourist vehicles for sa-
fari. Several people, in-
cluding Umrain Pan-
chayat Samiti Pradhan
Daulatram Jatav were
present during the in-
auguration. Field direc-
tor RN Meena, Forest
Conservator Manphool
Singh, District Collec-
tor Nannumal Pahadia,
SP Tejaswani Gautam
and DFO Sudarshan
Sharma were present
on the occasion.
Julie announced that
the fee of Nature Guide
of Sariska Tiger Re-
serve has been in-
creased to Rs 750 per
shift for gypsy
.
The command of 23 districts is
in the hands of young IAS
officers while promoted IAS
officers are commanding 10
districts as collectors.The picture
of the field posting of the state has
changed with a major bureaucratic
reshuffle last week, in which
collectors in 23 districts were
changed. Rajan Vishal was
appointed as Jaipur collector and
Himanshu Gupta became Jodhpur
collector. Anshdeep of Ajmer and
Siddharth Sihag of Churu are two
such collectors
who got a
chance for the
third time. In
15 out of 33
districts, first-
timers were
given the command. Out of this, 6
are promotees and 9 are young IAS
officers. 31-year-old Nathmal Didel
is Hanumangarh collector whereas
Jaipur Collector Rajan Vishal is 40
years old.
—Rajendra Chhabra
HOARDINGS ARE
TALK OF THE TOWN
Huge hoardings of a BJP
woman leader put up at
several places in Jaipur are in
the center of political gossip.
Law and order of the state
has been targeted through
hoardings in which Alwar and
Dhariawad incidents have also
been also pointed out. The
hoardings have been put up
around Assembly building.
The Assembly session is going
to start on February 9. The
woman leader having ABVP
background has been the state
Gen Secy of Mahila Morcha.
—Aishwary Pradhan
MONITORING
LACK OF FACILITY: NOTICE ISSUED TO
APOLLO VETERINARY COLLEGE IN JPR
RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY SUSPENDS
THREE STUDENTS FOR RAGGING
BSF begins ‘Operation Sard Hawa’
Tika Ram Jully flagged off
safari jeeps at Sariska.
The video footage of incident that went viral.
CM Ashok Gehlot
MLA Girraj Singh Malinga
YOUNG IAS OFFICERS TO COMMAND 23 DISTS

IS YOGI IN DANGER
FROM LOVED ONES?
Is UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath savoring his
estranged feelings in
this election battle? The
planhasbeenlaidtosur-
roundYogiinhisstrong-
hold itself. On one hand,
BhimArmy chief Chan-
drashekhar Azad has
dentedtheDalitvotesby
announcing that he will
contest against Yogi
from Gorakhpur. At the
sametime,Yogiisalsoat
loggerheads with a big
leader of Nishads, San-
jay Nishad, because the
newschannelwhichhad
shown the sting opera-
tion of Nishad is consid-
ered very close to Yogi.
Now look at the exam-
ple, the election chariot
of the newly launched
Hindi news channel of
this channel group was
to be
flagged
off by the channel head,
butthisworkwasfinally
completed by Yogi. Ni-
shad is saying that ‘Tere
rehte loota hai chaman
bhagwan, kaise maan
lun ki tera ishara nahin
tha’. Because Nishad
voters are decisive in de-
ciding the victory or de-
feat of a candidate in
Gorakhpur. This time
the ticket of Radha Mo-
han Agarwal, a four-
timeBJPMLA,hasbeen
cut for fielding Yogi
from Gorakhpur. Agar-
wal’s dissent is natural.
WHY DID PARRIKAR’S
SON BECOME A REBEL?
Utpal Parrikar, son
of late Manohar
Parrikar, an honest BJP
andverypopularinGoa,
has opened a front in
Goa against his father’s
favourite party
. To carry
forward his father’s leg-
acy
,Utpalwaspolitically
active in Panaji for the
past several years. He
was also ready to bat on
the saffron pitch but at
the last moment comes
in the picture Devendra
Fadnavis, the in-charge
of Goa. Utpal was in
constant touch with
the local BJP lead-
ers and the local unit of
the party
. Fadnavis
wanted Utpal to come
and meet him and re-
quest for a ticket. Utpal
was also adamant that
he would not go to meet
Fadnavis until the party
announced his name
fromPanaji.WhenUtpal
did not turn up to meet
Fadnavis, his ticket was
cut and the ticket was
given to a staunch oppo-
nent of Parrikar from
the Panaji seat.
NOW ALLIES ARE
SHOWING THEIR
EYES!
Recently
, BJP organ-
ized a PC in Luc-
know to show the unity
of its alliance partners
in UP. JP Nadda and
Dharmendra Pradhan
had also reached Luc-
know. Anupriya Patel
of Apna Dal (Sonewal)
and Sanjay Nishad of
were also seen with Na-
dda and Pradhan. Anu-
priya was made to talk
to Shah on phone. Anu-
priya repeated demand
of 20 tickets for herself.
Shah told Anupriya -
‘You are like my young-
er sister, your honour
will be fully protected’.
So 18 seats for Apna Dal
(Sonewal) and 10 for
Sanjay Nishad were fi-
nalised. Whereas earli-
er BJP was to leave 15
seats for Anupriya and
only 4 seats for Nishad.
Anupriya attended this
press conference only
after getting a solid as-
surance from Shah.
Now BJP has to give its
won seat to An-
upriya. 2
seats of Be-
naras and 1
Rampur are
being left
for Anupri-
ya. Apna
Dal (S) is
field-
ing
a Muslim candidate
from Rampur. Anupri-
ya can also get a seat in
Lucknow. Sanjay Ni-
shad has also got the lot-
tery. He has a shortfall
of eligible candidates to
be contested on 10 seats,
so 5 tickets have come
directly in possession
of those with money
.
SONIA’S ADVICE TO
SIDHU
Sonia Gandhi was to
discuss seat wise
with the senior Con-
gress leaders of Punjab
regarding ticket distri-
bution in Punjab. But
Sidhu became so ag-
gressive in this Zoom
meeting that Sonia had
to postpone the meeting
in just 10 minutes.
Sources tell that as soon
as the meeting started
and as soon as Sidhu
did not like any
name, he started
blaming that claim-
ant citing police cas-
es, doubtful charac-
ter etc. Sonia was so
enraged by these simi-
les of Sidhu that
she asked sen-
ior party leader Sunil
Jakhar to explain to
your Sidhu how these
election meetings are
held. ‘First of all, sit to-
gether and finalize a
name on each seat, then
I will join the meeting.’
Saying this, Sonia dis-
connected the Zoom
meeting.
CAPTAIN’S
DILEMMA!
Former Punjab CM
Captain Amarinder
Singh is now directly
urging his close people
tojointheBJP
.Inameet-
ing of his close ones,
Captain has made it
clear that he does not
know what the future of
hisformedpartyisgoing
to be after the Punjab
elections. Either it will
remain or they will
merge it with BJP
, so
they should think of
joining BJP
. In this elec-
tion, Captain wants his
daughter to contest,
while his wife Preneet
Kaur wants to field her
son. Now it has been
agreedbythecouplethat
why should not both son
and daughter be given
tickets. But Captain Sa-
hib is afraid that if both
his son and daughter
lose the election, then
who will take his politi-
cal legacy forward?
LOTUS GRAPH!
Has the rising graph
of the Lotus party
affected by evil eye of
the opponents? If sourc-
es are to be believed,
Amit Shah, the number
two of the central govt,
recently sought time to
meet at least 3 opposing
CMs and expressed his
desire to consult with
them regarding the pos-
sible Presidential elec-
tion in July
. These CMs
are Jagan Mohan Reddy
of Andhra, K Chan-
drashekhar Rao of Tel-
angana and Naveen Pat-
naik of Odisha. Shah
was surprised when the
three CMs said more or
less the same thing
about the possible meet-
ing. ‘Let the result of UP
come first, then we will
see what to do with the
required numbers’. Is it
just a coincidence or a
sign of future politics?
SP SETTLED THE
ACCOUNT WITH
JAYANT!
As soon as Akhilesh
Yadav has come to
know about Chhote
Choudhary i.e. RLD
chief Jayant Choud-
hary’s saffron plans, he
is slowly gnawing the
wings of Chhote Choud-
hary
. The seat of Anoop
Shahar which was fixed
for RLD was given to
NCP, in Bijnor also SP
fielded its candidates.
Siwalkhas seat of
Meerut was fixed for
RLD, from there Akh-
ilesh fielded RLD’s
Ghulam Muhammad on
SP ticket.
...AND FINALLY
Akhilesh, who spe-
cializes in politi-
cal disguises, has out-
done his uncle Shivpal,
who is well-versed in
politics. Where earlier
the uncle was demand-
ing 10 seats from his
nephew. When neph-
ew’s stature rose, un-
cle’s demand came to 6
seats, Akhilesh has
made it clear to his un-
cle that he can give par-
ty ticket to him only.
This time if govt is
formed, he should get
his old ministry also,
which he had in 2012.
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
56,05,292
TOTAL DEATHS
27,69,65,616
TOTAL RECOVERED
6,49,24,168
ACTIVE CASES
34,74,95,076
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
4,88,911
TOTAL DEATHS
3,63,01,482
TOTAL RECOVERED
21,13,338
ACTIVE CASES
3,89,03,731
TOTAL CASES
To understand and enjoy life,
one has to seek and accept both -
light and dark, the negative and
positive and then we become ‘WHOLE’!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: Are IAS officers
in Raj losing interest in
their own IAS Associa-
tion? Is it that babus do
not want to enter assoc
that has been formed to
safeguard their inter-
ests? Well, judging by
nominations filed for
elections to be held in a
few days, it certainly
seems so. Only 2 nomi-
nations have been filed
for 8 posts. For 12 posts
of exec members, mere-
ly 1 nomination has
been filed. The 'power
corridors' are abuzz
with discussion as to
why this happened and
even observers are spell-
bound as to why have
IAS, who themselves
like to lead, kept away
from an assoc where
leadership is required?
Meanwhile, on the va-
cant posts, CS Arya will
nominate officials from
his side, as Prez of IAS
Assoc. There is section
of cadre that claims that
Assoc has become more
or less defunct and noth-
ing other than 'Best
Wishes' and 'RIP' are
shared by it. This sec-
tion also stresses that on
contrary RAS Associa-
tion had become the
'talk of the town' with
Pawan Arora at its helm
and even today RAS As-
sociation takes 1st stand
when it comes to assert-
ing for RAS' interests.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal on
Saturday reviewed the
progress in ongoing
devp projects in Kota
and talked to contrac-
tors engineers re-
garding speed, quality
of work. During the
visit to his hometown,
Dhariwal took a ride in
an open jeep and visited
the Oxizone project be-
ing made for Rs 80 crore.
On the project of Green-
field airport, Dhariwal
said that Raj govt would
give diversion fees, we
are fully prepared to
transfer land to AAI.
RajIASloseinterestinownAssoc! Dhariwalseeksspeedindevpworks
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Yogi Adityanath Sonia Gandhi
Utpal Parrikar Amit Shah
20 IPS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED, 8 DISTRICTS TO
HAVE NEW SPs INCLUDING TONK S’MADHOPUR
NavajyotiGogoiisnewJodhPoliceCommissioner,NarayanTogasisnewDCPCrimeJprCommissionerate,BikanerJodhgetnewIGs
Rajendra Chhabra,
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Twenty IPS of-
ficers were transferred
in Rajasthan on Satur-
day
.3 Inspector General
(IGs) and as many DIGs
were transferred while
Chittorgarh, Hanuman-
garh, Bharatpur, Jais-
almer, Nagaur, Churu,
Bhiwadi (Alwar) and
Tonk got new SPs.
IG Jodhpur range
Navjyoti Gogoi is the
new Police Commis-
sioner of Jodhpur,
while IG Home Guards
P Ramjee has been
transferred to Jodhpur
range as IG. Gogoi was
rewarded for his good
performance.
IG of Bikaner Praful-
la Kumar is shifted to
ATS-Jaipur as IG. Om
Prakash-I, awaiting
posting orders, has
been made the new IG
of the Bikaner range.
Narayan Togas is the
new Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police (Crime)
Police Commissioner-
ate, Jaipur. Hanuman-
garh SP Preeti Jain has
been shifted to Chittor-
garh, while Jaisalmer
SP Ajay Singh will be
the new SP of Hanu-
mangarh.
Bhiwadi SP Ram
Murti Joshi was trans-
ferred to Nagaur as SP.
Shantanu Kumar Singh
will take over as Bhi-
wadi SP.
SP Bharatpur Deven-
dra Kumar Bishnoi was
transferred to Jaipur as
RAC Commandant.
Bishnoi is seen as a
nonperformer SP as the
district under his com-
mand was behind in
many tasks. DGP had
also expressed displeas-
ure on the functioning
of Bishnoi during the
crime review meeting.
COURTESY MEET!
Cabinet Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Tika
Ram Jully called on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at Chief
Minister’s residence in Jaipur on Saturday.
Shanti Dhariwal reviews ongoing projects in Kota on Saturday.
TRANSFERRED OFFICERS
l P Ramjee - IGP, Jodhpur Range l Navajyoti
Gogoi - Police Commissioner, Jodhpur l Prafulla
Kumar - IGP, ATS, Jaipur l Om Prakash – I - IGP,
Bikaner Range, Bikaner l Satyendra Singh - DIGP,
SOG, Jaipur l Harendra Kumar Mahawar - DIGP,
SSB, Jodhpur l Rajesh Singh - DIGP, Railways,
Jaipur l Preeti Jain - SP, Chittorgarh l Ajay
Singh - SP, Hanumangarh l Dr Rameshwar Singh
- SP, Bharatpur l Bhanwar Singh Nathawat - SP,
Jaisalmer l Gaurav Yadav - SP, SOG, Jaipur l Ram
Murti Joshi - SP, Nagaur l Abhijeet Singh - SP,
CID (Security), Jaipur l Digant Anand - SP, Churu
l Vandita Rana - Dy. Commissioner, Jodhpur City
Jodhpur Commissionerate l Shantanu Kumar Sin-
gh - SP, Bhiwadi, Alwar l Devendra Kumar Bishnoi
- Commandant, 5th Battalion, RAC, Jaipur l Manish
Tripathi - SP, Tonk l Narayan Togas - Dy Commis-
sioner, Crime, Police Commissionerate, Jaipur
JOSE MOHAN
APPOINTED AS
NEW IG IN CISF
Jaipur: IPS officer of
Rajasthan cadre Jose
Mohan has been ap-
pointed as IG in CISF
on central deputation
basis. The Union Home
Ministry has requested
the chief secretary to
relieve the 2002-batch
IPS officer, who is cur-
rently posted as Jodh-
pur Police Commis-
sioner. His appointment
in CISF is for 5 years or
until advance orders,
whichever is earlier.
In the letter issued by
under secretary Sanjeev
Kumar on Friday, the
state government has
been requested to
relieve the officer imme-
diately to enable him to
take up his new assign-
ment at the Centre.
JDA HAS NEITHER
DIG NOR SP NOW...
l DIG Harendra
Mahawar, who was given
posting in Jaipur
Development Authority,
Jaipur in the last order,
was transferred again. He
was sent to Jodhpur as
DIG SSB.
l Now there is no posting
of SP or DIG in JDA and
Additional SP Raghuveer
Saini will continue to
command enforcement
wing. With this, JDA com-
missioner Gaurav Goyal
will also have single-hand
command of Jaipur De-
velopment Authority.
l DIG Rajesh Singh got
the responsibility of Po-
lice Railways in Jaipur.
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Narayan Togas
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ETC
hile undertaking an
investigative study
commissioned by
Brooke India, the In-
dia chapter of UK-
based equine charity
Brooke, the writer
came to know about several
fascinating facts about don-
keys, the beasts of ultimate
burden. The study titled
“Hidden Hide” is about the
Donkey Hide Trade (DHT)
going on illegally in India.
While the Study reveals
that the illegal donkey hide
trade is bringing donkeys on
the verge of extinction in In-
dia, the investigation re-
vealed following lesser-
known facts about donkeys:-
COSTLY DONKEY MILK
Can you guess what the price
of 1 litre of donkey milk is?
Any wild guesses? It sells up
to Rs 7000/litre as it is a very
good immunity booster and
very close to human milk.
The people who are allergic
to bovine milk can easily di-
gest donkey milk. And hold
on, a big surprise about don-
key milk is on the way. An
Iranian university is con-
ducting research on the ef-
fects of Donkey Milk on the
COVID-19 patients and early
signs are positive. Mean-
while in India, the National
Research Centre for Equines
(NRCE) has sent a proposal
to the Food Safety and Stand-
ards Authority of India (FS-
SAI) to recognize donkey
milk as a food product.
DONKEY BLOOD ENERGY DRINK
FOR ATHLETES
The investigation in Andhra
Pradesh pointed out that
some athletes, specially
sprinters, drink blood of
donkeys to enhance their
stamina and energy. The in-
vestigation revealed that
donkey blood is sold for Rs
4000/litre in Andhra.
DONKEY URINE
Most people laugh at people
who drink cow’s urine for
medicinal and religious pur-
poses. But, do you know
some people drink donkey’s
urine too as a cure for sev-
eral ailments. Donkey’s
urine costs upto Rs 500 per
litre. It is used in Siddha
medicine. Benefits of donkey
urine therapy have been
mentioned by researchers as
a remedy for people suffer-
ing from insanity, epilepsy
and seizures. The mode of
intake of this urine is men-
tioned as drinking it as it is.
Besides, donkey urine is also
helpful in curing diabetes
and diseases caused by
worms.
DONKEY DUNG
Donkey’s dung is a very good
natural manure that helps
crops grow. Vijay Shankar
Singh, a farmer in Alampur
village of Bihar’s Rohtas dis-
trict, said that ever since he
has started donkey’s dung in
his farms the crop produc-
tion has increased as com-
pared to past when he used
to use chemical fertilizers.
DONKEY MEAT
In several localities of
Andhra Pradesh and Telan-
gana donkey meat is eaten
there as people, including
doctors, are obsessed with
donkey meat believing it to
have medicinal values that
cure several ailments includ-
ing complex sex drive among
men folks. In Tadepalli local-
ity of Andhra Pradesh (vis-
ited by this author) several
meat sellers openly sell don-
key meat despite ban by the
government. Hundreds of
donkeys are butchered on
every Thursdays and Sun-
days there. The Andhra
butchers procure these don-
keys from other states and
illegally bring them to
Andhra for butchering and
selling their meat. Gopal R.
Surabathula, Founder- Secre-
tary of the Animal Rescue
Organization, is pursuing a
legal battle to get the illegal
sale of donkey meat and
slaughter of donkeys
stopped. “If the slaughtering
of donkeys continues at this
pace, 10 year down the line,
the entire donkey population
would be wiped out,” Sura-
bathula said.
DONKEY HIDE (SKIN) TRADE
Brooke India (BI) has got
this Investigative Study con-
ducted on the Donkey Hide
Trade (DHT) going on ille-
gally in India. The Study, ti-
tled “The Hidden Hide” was
conducted by this writer. A
drastic decrease in the don-
key population across the
country was the trigger for
this Investigative Study
, com-
missioned by BI. From the
2012 Livestock Census until
the latest Livestock Census
of 2019, the donkey popula-
tion has decreased by 61.23
per cent. China is directly
and indirectly to blame for
the fall in the donkey popula-
tion not only in India but
across the globe as donkey
hide (skin) is used for manu-
facturing Ejiao, a traditional
Chinese medicine.
Ejiao is donkey hide gela-
tin or ass-hide glue obtained
from the skin of a donkey by
soaking and stewing. Ejiao is
an ingredient to treat differ-
ent types of illness such as
bleeding, dizziness, insomnia
and dry cough. It is also a
health fad, believed to pro-
long life, increase sex drive
and maintain beauty
, and has
seen an explosion in demand
for China’s rising middle
class. Several previous stud-
ies, conducted in several
countries, categorically men-
tion that the soaring demand
for donkey hides in China for
Ejiao has left the global don-
key population in crisis.
Alarmed by the drastic de-
crease in the donkey popula-
tion in India, BI conducted
this investigative undercover
study. The final report of
this Study has been submit-
ted with the Animal Hus-
bandry Commissioner.
SHARAT K VERMA
sharatkverma@gmail.com
SOME INTERESTING ASPECTS OF DONKEYS
GOOD BONDING WITH FELLOW DONKEYS
Donkeys love to live in pairs. In any
herd, donkeys develop their friendly
donkeys with fellow donkeys and they
love to stay with them. Several donkey
traders told this writer that if they
sell one donkey to anyone, they have
to sell pair’s other donkeys otherwise
they refuse to work, no matter how
much you beat them up, they would not
work at all.
MALE DONKEYS WOO FEMALES
Another interesting fact came to
light during this investigation that
if female donkeys are kept in a
herd, the male donkeys start woo-
ing them and often compete with
fellow males to catch the attention
of females. If the herd’s owner
takes away females, the males “go
on strike” and refuse to work at any
cost.
DONKEYS ARE NOT DUFFER
Unlike the common be-
lief, donkeys are not duf-
fers but intelligent spe-
cies. Contrary to horses,
donkeys can go to a par-
ticular destination on
their own and you need
not to guide them. More
surprisingly, they return
to their place on their
own after unloading the
goods they carry. Last
year (2021), Brooke In-
dia conducted a work-
shop in Delhi on the top-
ic Donkeys Intelligent
Species. At this work-
shop, experts proved
that donkeys are not duf-
fer but intelligent. So
next time when you
equate someone with a
donkey to insult him, it
is not the insult of that
person but an insult of
the donkey.
W
LESSER-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT DONKEYS

he ongoing
p a n d e m i c
might have
shifted the
runways to a
digital plat-
form but, the
trends have been the
rayof sunshineamid
the gloom of lost
physical catwalks.
As the year tran-
scends into the re-
turn of work from
home and quar-
antines, the
trend of do-
p a m i n e
d r e s s i n g
had to take
the lead. Do-
pamine dress-
ing aka feel-good,
mood-boosting dress-
ing, is the new black
with colours like tangy
orange and lemon yel-
lowtakingcentrestage.
Here are four ways to
dress up in dopamine.
POWER SUITING
Suits in any season are
always a hit. They are
structured, bold and
when paired with
some colour look ul-
tra-chic. A fierce crim-
son blazer or a royal
blue pantsuit can be
the spirited choices for
a wardrobe makeover
or even a dandelion in-
spired yellow suit to
induce a happy mood.
SNAZZY FOOTWEAR
Footwears are the star
of any ensemble and
since dopamine dress-
ing is all about incor-
porating colour, heels
in different colours
can be your go-to solu-
tion. Block, platform
and stilettos in col-
ours like burnt or-
ange, hot pink and in
styles like knitted and
a mule could be a great
new addition.
EYE CATCHING
OUTERWEAR
Jackets, blazers, coats,
in colours like green,
blue and pink are the
new game-changers.
The good old denim
works great but to add
colour and elevate
mood try silk jackets
as it adds sheen and
luxe or pastel suede to
add the oomph factor.
COZY KNITWEAR
Since the winters are
in an uproar, add col-
ours to your turtleneck
in shades of yellow,
maroon, green and or-
ange. They attract
warmth, cosiness, and
a wave of happy mood
while you attend work
from home zoom
meetings.
OPAMINE
RESSING
ETC
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DOPAMINE DRESSING MEANS FEEL-GOOD, THESE
DRESSING STYLE ARE THE NEW TREND IN THE
FASHION WORLD. THE COMBINATION OF BLACK
WITH BRIGHT COLOURS IS TAKING CENTRE STAGE
MONICA PRABHAKAR
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