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8CROREHOPES!
Geh-lots to offer shot to boost state’s economic
health, bring smiles back to people!
Jagdeesh Chandra
he state assembly is likely to
witness an interesting battle
between the generous politi-
cian Ashok Gehlot and the fi-
nance minister in him. While
the politician face will push
Gehlot to dole out freebies and
announce populist schemes,
the astute finance minister in him will re-
strict his flight of fancy keeping in mind
the financial constraints. Whatever be the
case, this budget will be different from oth-
ers tabled so far. Apart from being one of
the most successful Chief Ministers,
now he is also to prove that he happens
to be one of the best finance ministers
too as it will set the tone for the 2023
elections. Gehlot looks to repeat his
government successively - a feat which
has not been achieved since 1998. For
that he is likely to dole out something for
everyone. Jobs for youth, subsidies for
farmers, welfare schemes for downtrod-
den, schools for children, industries and
infrastructure for economic development
of the state. It is believed that more than
50,000 new recruitments will be an-
nounced in the budget. Due to the focus
on the core vote bank, announcements re-
lated to farmers, youth and SC, ST are also
going to be made in good numbers. His post
graduate degree in economics will be put
to great use for balancing out the inflow
and outflow of finances. The focus would
be the farmers, who have been the centre
point in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions and just concluded Punjab polls. The
visionary politician Gehlot had fore-
seen the importance of farmers quite
early and had announced to table a
separate agriculture budget for the
first time in the history
. Farmers may get
debt waivers, irrigation facilities, subsi-
dised electricity and a boost for organic
farming. The MSMEs of the state which
comprise 98% of the industries will also
get easy credit facilities and other sops for
creating conducive ecosystem for infra-
structure and industrial development. Ac-
cording to sources, last time, the budg-
et was of Rs 2.50 lakh crores and this
year, the budget can cross Rs 3 lakh
crore.
T
BUDGET BITE
z Farm debt waiver of
Rs 2,500 crore from
commercial banks
z MSME credit card for
small entrepreneurs
z Resumption of subsidy
for solar plants
z Government jobs
for youth
z Upgradation of schools
and colleges
z Development of
industrial areas
z Extension of Metro
services
z Water connections
for new villages and
dhanis under Jal
Jeevan Mission
z Formation of Balotara,
Neem Ka Thana as
districts and Sikar as
division
z Social pension
schemes for weaker
sections
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
STATE
BUDGET
2022-23
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Amit Shah @AmitShah
The road accident in Champawat
district of Uttarakhand is heart-
wrenching. In this hour of grief, my
condolences are with the families
of those who lost their lives in this
horrific accident. May God give them
the strength to bear this grief. The local
administration is providing prompt treatment to the injured.
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp
To promote learning in anytime,
anywhere mode, bridge digital divide,
spread digital literacy and minimise
learning loss, PM Shri @narendramodi
ji has approved Phase-III of the National
Mission on Education through ICT with
an outlay of `2,455 crore for FY 2022-27.
TOP TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot
coal with the intent of throwing it at someone
else; you are the one who gets burned.
—Buddha
s the world on
the brink of a
major war? The
answer will de-
pend on wheth-
er President Vladimir Pu-
tin launches a full-scale
war, threatening Europe.
Russia has taken its first
steps towards the invasion
of Ukraine by recognizing
the breakaway regions of
Donetsk and Lugansk. The
Russian move has prompt-
ed swift retaliation from
the West by way of sanc-
tions which may not be
enough. As the world waits
and watches President Pu-
tin’s next move, the West
has to do more than what it
has done in the immediate
aftermath of the day’s de-
velopments. The UK an-
nounced the first tranche
sanctions on five Russian
banks. A bigger action has
been taken by Germany,
which was seen as appeas-
ing Russia, by shelving the
Russian gas pipeline
known as Nord 2 gas pipe-
line which was to supply
Russian gas to Europe “un-
der the Baltic sea”.
Russia has shrugged off
the initial action by the
West and Ukraine also
wants the US and other
countries to impose harsh-
er sanctions. It is believed
that to hurt Putin hard,
sanctions must target Rus-
sian oligarchs.
As the crisis escalates, In-
dia can’t remain unaffected
by the developments which
may engulf the world. Oil
prices are seeing a surge in
the fear of disruption in
supplies in case the conflict
escalates. Stock market too
isinchoppywaterswithfor-
eign portfolio funds pulling
out crores of rupees.
Fasten your seat belts as
the crisis in Ukraine turns
more serious with each
passing day. It is the eco-
nomic turbulence which
will hit us harder than
what we are experiencing
at present.
As the crisis escalates,
India can’t remain
unaffected by the
developments which may
engulf the world. Oil
prices are seeing a
surge in the fear of
disruption in supplies
in case the conflict
escalates. Stock market
too is in choppy waters with
foreign portfolio funds
pulling out crores of rupees
I
WORLD
WATCHES AS
RUSSIA MAKES
ITS MOVE
THE PERSON WHO HOISTED THE TRICOLOUR
FLAG IN 1992 AT LAL CHOWK IN
SRINAGAR, PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK,
IS NOW THE PM OF THE COUNTRY
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE… THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 4
T
he 1989 general elections
were fought under the dark
shadow of Bofors scam.
BJP contested the election
in collaboration with Jana-
ta Dal in Gujarat, where the
party won all the 12 seats it
was allocated, under the ar-
rangement. Narendra Modi
was the key strategist be-
hind the unprecedented
success. Modi left an indel-
ible mark on the party after
the win. Union minister
Parshottam Rupala remem-
bers the unique working
styleof NarendraModidur-
ing that period.
“Modi ji spends lots of
time in planning. Once
planning is done, he delib-
erates on minutest detail
before execution. This is
his key to success,” he said.
The 1989 Lok Sabha elec-
tions gave new vigour to
BJP. The party decide to
launch a Rath Yatra from
Somnath to Ayodhya. The
entire planning of this
yatra was entrusted with
Modi, who was credited to
have organised many suc-
cessful yatra on the past.
This yatra was looked upon
a decisive move for BJP
which was striving for the
political significance.
Soon after the independ-
ence, Sardar Patel led the
renovation of Somnath
temple. Now BJP
, under its
aegis, was striving for
building Ram Mandir in
Ayodhya, which is the birth
of Lord Ram. BJP was look-
ing at garnering public
support in favour of build-
ing Ram Temple at a place
where Mughal emperor Ba-
bar is said to have con-
structed Mosque demolish-
ing the ancient temple.
The yatra was launched
with much fanfare but it
could not reach the destina-
tion. However, BJP leader
LalKrishnaAdvaniwhoan-
chored the yatra, managed
to win public sentiments,
which led to the broadening
of BJP’s cadre base.
Modi’sorganisationskills
were proven. Now, within a
year Modi decided to go for
a mega yatra together with
the then BJP’s national
president Murli Manohar
Joshi. The yatra, which
started from Kanyakumari
was named Ekta yatra and
the plan was to hoist Indian
tricolour at Lal Chowk of
Srinagar, which was then
underinsurgency
.Themain
agenda of the yatra was to
abolish Article 370, end ter-
rorism and save India.
During that period, Paki-
stan sponsored terrorism
was at peak in Kashmir.
Terrorists in the valley
used to torture the native
Kashmiri pandits, which
had forced them to flee the
valley. The aim of this
yatra was to awake the
country against the atroci-
ties of terrorists in the val-
ley
. Shaken by the firm de-
termination of Modi and
Joshi, terrorists an-
nounced that they will give
reward to daredevil, who
can return alive after hoist-
ing tricolour at Lal Chowk.
Modi took up the chal-
lenge. He made the Repub-
lic Day of 1992 a memorable
one by hoisting the Nation-
al flag at Lal Chowk defying
all the terror threats. The
entire country was under
the wrap of emotions. Peo-
ple realised that Modi has
the courage, conviction and
enthusiasmforlayingdown
his life for the country
.
The emotions ran heavy
in the country
. Modi and
Joshi were successful in
stirring the sentiments of
people and planting the
seed of nationalism in
them.TherisingHindusen-
timents during that time
culminated in the demoli-
tion of the controversial
Mosque structure in Ayod-
hya on 6th December 1992.
And this also led to fall of
BJP-Janata Dal coalition
government in Gujarat.
Rising on the Hindutva
wave, BJP contested the
elections alone in Gujarat
and gained majority for
the first time. The master
strategist behind the vic-
tory was Narendra Modi
whose efforts had finally
started bearing fruits.
BJP had come to power
withalmosttwo-thirdmajor-
ity and at that time Shankar
Sinh Vaghela was the natu-
ral choice for the chief min-
ister, but Narendra Modi’s
thoughts were different and
he created such an atmos-
phere and strategy in the
party that Keshu Bhai be-
came chief minister.
But unfortunately, the
strong and hurt Shankar
Sinh Vaghela revolted
against his own party and
went away to Khajuraho
along with rebel MLAs
leaving his party’s govern-
ment in lurch. He blamed
Narendra Modi for the en-
tire fiasco.
The central BJP leader-
ship swing into action for
the damage control. Vaghe-
la put up a condition for
reconciliation that Modi
should leave Gujarat. Look-
ing to the sensitivity of the
situation senior BJP leader
Atal Bihari Vajpayee ac-
cepted his terms and Modi
as a dedicated and disci-
plined party soldier left Gu-
jarat in the larger interest
of the party
. On 28th Sep-
tember, Modi resigned from
the post of state’s organisa-
tion general secretary
.
As he always believed
in —
Kya haar mein kya jeet
mein, kinchit nahin
bhaybheet main,
Kartavya path par jo
mile, yah bhi sahi, vah
bhi sahi.
But subsequently, out-
side Gujarat responsibili-
ties provided Narendra
Modi an opportunity to
build up his All-India vi-
sion which came in handy
when he took over the reins
of the country on 26th May
2014 as the Prime Minister.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Modi’s organisation skills
under insurgency. The main
abolish Article 370, end
terrorism and save India.
Modi took up the challenge. He made the Republic Day of 1992
a memorable one by hoisting the National flag at Lal Chowk,
Srinagar defying all the terror threats. The entire country was under
the wrap of emotions. People realized that Modi has the courage,
conviction and enthusiasm for laying down his life for the country.
Narendra Modi
believes in...
Kya haar mein
kya jeet mein,
kinchit nahin
bhaybheet main,
Kartavya path par
jo mile, yah bhi sahi,
vah bhi sahi
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Amit Shah @AmitShah
The road accident in Champawat
district of Uttarakhand is heart-
wrenching. In this hour of grief, my
condolences are with the families
of those who lost their lives in this
horrific accident. May God give them
the strength to bear this grief. The local
administration is providing prompt treatment to the injured.
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp
To promote learning in anytime,
anywhere mode, bridge digital divide,
spread digital literacy and minimise
learning loss, PM Shri @narendramodi
ji has approved Phase-III of the National
Mission on Education through ICT with
an outlay of `2,455 crore for FY 2022-27.
TOP TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot
coal with the intent of throwing it at someone
else; you are the one who gets burned.
—Buddha
s the world on
the brink of a
major war? The
answer will de-
pend on wheth-
er President Vladimir Pu-
tin launches a full-scale
war, threatening Europe.
Russia has taken its first
steps towards the invasion
of Ukraine by recognizing
the breakaway regions of
Donetsk and Lugansk. The
Russian move has prompt-
ed swift retaliation from
the West by way of sanc-
tions which may not be
enough. As the world waits
and watches President Pu-
tin’s next move, the West
has to do more than what it
has done in the immediate
aftermath of the day’s de-
velopments.
The UK an-
nounced the first tranche
sanctions on five Russian
banks. A bigger action has
been taken by Germany,
which was seen as appeas-
ing Russia, by shelving the
Russian gas pipeline
known as Nord 2 gas pipe-
line which was to supply
Russian gas to Europe “un-
der the Baltic sea”.
Russia has shrugged off
the initial action by the
West and Ukraine also
wants the US and other
countries to impose harsh-
er sanctions. It is believed
that to hurt Putin hard,
sanctions must target Rus-
sian oligarchs.
As the crisis escalates, In-
dia can’t remain unaffected
by the developments
which
may engulf the world. Oil
prices are seeing a surge in
the fear of disruption in
supplies in case the conflict
escalates. Stock market too
isinchoppywaterswithfor-
eign portfolio funds pulling
out crores of rupees.
Fasten your seat belts as
the crisis in Ukraine turns
more serious with each
passing day. It is the eco-
nomic turbulence which
will hit us harder than
what we are experiencing
at present.
As the crisis escalates,
India can’t remain
unaffected by the
developments which may
engulf the world. Oil
prices are seeing a
surge in the fear of
disruption in supplies
in case the conflict
escalates. Stock market
too is in choppy waters with
foreign portfolio funds
pulling out crores of rupees
I
WORLD
WATCHES AS
RUSSIA MAKES
ITS MOVE
THE PERSON WHO HOSTED THE TRICOLOUR
FLAG IN 1992 AT LAL CHOWK IN
SRINAGAR, PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK,
IS NOW THE PM OF THE COUNTRY
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE… THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 4
T
he 1989 general elections
were fought under the dark
shadow of Bofors scam.
BJP contested the election
in collaboration
with Jana-
ta Dal in Gujarat, where the
party won all the 12 seats it
was allocated, under the ar-
rangement. Narendra Modi
was the key strategist be-
hind the unprecedente
d
success. Modi left an indel-
ible mark on the party after
the win. Union minister
Parshottam Rupala remem-
bers the unique working
styleof NarendraModidur-
ing that period.
“Modi ji spends lots of
time in planning. Once
planning is done, he delib-
erates on minutest detail
before execution. This is
his key to success,” he said.
The 1989 Lok Sabha elec-
tions gave new vigour to
BJP. The party decide to
launch a Rath Yatra from
Somnath to Ayodhya. The
entire planning of this
yatra was entrusted with
Modi, who was credited to
have organised many suc-
cessful yatra on the past.
This yatra was looked upon
a decisive move for BJP
which was striving for the
political significance.
Soon after the independ-
ence, Sardar Patel led the
renovation of Somnath
temple. Now BJP
, under its
aegis, was striving for
building Ram Mandir in
Ayodhya, which is the birth
of Lord Ram. BJP was look-
ing at garnering public
support in favour of build-
ing Ram Temple at a place
where Mughal emperor Ba-
bar is said to have con-
structed Mosque demolish-
ing the ancient temple.
The yatra was launched
with much fanfare but it
could not reach the destina-
tion. However, BJP leader
LalKrishnaAdvaniwhoan-
chored the yatra, managed
to win public sentiments,
which led to the broadening
of BJP’s cadre base.
Modi’sorganisationskills
underinsurgency
.Themain
abolish Article 370, end ter-
rorism and save India.
During that period, Paki-
stan sponsored terrorism
was at peak in Kashmir.
Terrorists in the valley
used to torture the native
Kashmiri pandits, which
had forced them to flee the
valley. The aim of this
yatra was to awake the
country against the atroci-
ties of terrorists in the val-
ley
. Shaken by the firm de-
termination
of Modi and
Joshi, terrorists
an-
nounced that they will give
reward to daredevil, who
can return alive after hoist-
ing tricolour at Lal Chowk.
Modi took up the chal-
lenge. He made the Repub-
lic Day of 1992 a memorable
one by hoisting the Nation-
al flag at Lal Chowk defying
all the terror threats. The
entire country was under
the wrap of emotions. Peo-
ple realised that Modi has
the courage, conviction and
enthusiasmforlayingdown
his life for the country
.
The emotions ran heavy
in the country
. Modi and
Joshi were successful in
stirring the sentiments of
people and planting the
seed of nationalism
in
them.TherisingHindusen-
timents during that time
culminated in the demoli-
tion of the controversial
Mosque structure in Ayod-
hya on 6th December 1992.
And this also led to fall of
BJP-Janata Dal coalition
government in Gujarat.
Rising on the Hindutva
wave, BJP contested the
elections alone in Gujarat
and gained majority for
the first time. The master
strategist behind the vic-
tory was Narendra Modi
whose efforts had finally
started bearing fruits.
BJP had come to power
withalmosttwo-thirdmajor-
ity and at that time Shankar
Sinh Vaghela was the natu-
ral choice for the chief min-
ister, but Narendra Modi’s
thoughts were different and
he created such an atmos-
phere and strategy in the
party that Keshu Bhai be-
came chief minister.
But unfortunately
, the
strong and hurt Shankar
Sinh Vaghela revolted
against his own party and
went away to Khajuraho
along with rebel MLAs
leaving his party’s govern-
ment in lurch. He blamed
Narendra Modi for the en-
tire fiasco.
The central BJP leader-
ship swing into action for
the damage control. Vaghe-
la put up a condition for
reconciliation
that Modi
should leave Gujarat. Look-
ing to the sensitivity of the
situation senior BJP leader
Atal Bihari Vajpayee ac-
cepted his terms and Modi
as a dedicated and disci-
plined party soldier left Gu-
jarat in the larger interest
of the party
. On 28th Sep-
tember, Modi resigned from
the post of state’s organisa-
tion general secretary
.
As he always believed
in —
Kya haar mein kya jeet
mein, kinchit nahin
bhaybheet main,
Kartavya path par jo
mile, yah bhi sahi, vah
bhi sahi.
But subsequently,
out-
side Gujarat responsibili-
ties provided Narendra
Modi an opportunity
to
build up his All-India vi-
sion which came in handy
when he took over the reins
of the country on 26th May
2014 as the Prime Minister.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Modi’s organisation skills
under insurgency. The main
abolish Article 370, end
terrorism and save India.
Modi took up the challenge. He made the Republic Day of 1992
a memorable one by hoisting the National flag at Lal Chowk,
Srinagar defying all the terror threats. The entire country was under
the wrap of emotions. People realized that Modi has the courage,
conviction and enthusiasm for laying down his life for the country.
Narendra Modi
believes in...
Kya haar mein
kya jeet mein,
kinchit nahin
bhaybheet main,
Kartavya path par
jo mile, yah bhi sahi,
vah bhi sahi
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Shivamogga: Six people have been arrested in con-
nection with Bajrang Dal activist Harsha murder case
here while some are at large, a senior police officer
said on Tuesday, as stray incidents of arson and
violence were reported in the city this morning.
BAJRANG DAL
MAN’S MURDER:
SIX ARRESTED
In a setback to National Conference in JK’s Pir Pan-
jal region comprising Poonch Rajouri, ex-min Syed
Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari on Tuesday resigned saying
he was being told to stop his fight for ST status to
Pahari-speaking people in the twin border districts.
JK: PAHARIS
PRESS FOR ST
STATUS, NC LOSES
KEY LEADER
WORLD AT
BOILING POINT
Russia OK’s military use to
back ‘rebel-held regions’
New Delhi: Russian
parliament’s upper
house on Tuesday vot-
ed to allow President
Vladimir Putin to use
the Russian army out-
side the country to sup-
port separatists in
Ukraine. A total of 153
Russian senators
backed the decision,
with no one voting
against or abstaining.
Putin had asked the
lawmakers for permis-
sion to use Russia’s
armed forces abroad
after formally recognis-
ing two eastern Ukrain-
ian regions, the cham-
ber’s speaker said.
The Russian Presi-
dent had on Monday
night recognised the
independence of
Ukraine’s two separa-
tist regions within their
administrative borders.
Ukrainian leader Vo-
lodymyr Zelensky on
Tuesday demanded an
immediate halt to the
Nord Steam 2 project.
—Agencies
KREMLIN SAYS IT HOPES DONBASS
RECOGNITION WILL RESTORE CALM
REVIVAL OF SOVIET UNION, SAYS
UKRAINE DEFENCE MINISTER
ESCALATION OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE TENSION
MATTER OF DEEP CONCERN: INDIA AT UN
US ORDERS TRADE
BAN WITH UKRAINE
REBEL REGIONS
EU PREPARES
LIST OF RUSSIA
SANCTIONS
UNITED KINGDOM
HITS MOSCOW
WITH SANCTIONS
NATO WARNS OF
RUSSIAN ATTACK
CHINA: CONCERNED
ABOUT SITUATION
IN UKRAINE
RUSSIA MUST
STEP BACK: OZ
Moscow: The Kremlin said
on Tuesday it hoped Russia’s
recognition of two breakaway
Ukrainian regions as independ-
ent would help restore calm and
that Moscow remained open to
diplomacy with the US and other
countries. Kremlin spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov said a decision to
send in forces would depend on
how the situation developed.
KYIV: Russia’s decision to recognise two breakaway
regions means that the Kremlin has taken another
step towards the revival of the Soviet Union, Ukraine’s
Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Tuesday.
“The Kremlin has taken another step towards the revival
of the Soviet Union. With the new Warsaw Pact and the
new Berlin Wall,” he said.
New Delhi: India said on Tuesday that the escalation of ten-
sion along the border of Ukraine with the Russian Federa-
tion is a “matter of deep concern” and
these developments have the potential
to undermine peace and security in the
region. At an emergency meeting called
by the United Nations Security Council
(UNSC), India said, “The escalation of
tension along the border of Ukraine with
the Russian Federation is a matter of
deep concern. These developments have the potential to
undermine peace and security of the region.”
Washington: President Biden
signed an executive order
imposing sanctions that
target two Russia-backed
breakaway republics in
eastern Ukraine in a swift re-
sponse to Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s decision
to recognise the regions as
independent.
Brussels: The Euro-
pean Union is close
to agreeing sanctions
on Russia that would
put politicians and
officials on blacklists,
ban trading in Russian
state bonds, and target
imports and exports
with separatist entities,
European Union diplo-
mats and officials said
on Tuesday.
London: The United
Kingdom has slapped
sanctions on a number
of Russian banks
and high net worth
individuals, including a
close ally of President
Vladimir Putin as Kyiv’s
Western allies punish
Moscow for recognis-
ing two breakaway
regions in eastern
Ukraine as independent.
Brussels: NATO chief Jens
Stoltenberg said Tuesday
that Russia continues to
prepare for a potential
attack on Ukraine after two
separatist regions were
recognised as independ-
ent. “We see that more
and more of the forces are
moving out of the camps
and are in combat forma-
tions and ready to strike.”
Beijing: China is concerned
about the “worsening” situa-
tion in Ukraine, Foreign Min
Wang Yi said on Tuesday, re-
peating his call for all parties
to show restraint and resolve
differences through dialogue.
The legitimate security con-
cerns of any country should
be respected, he said.
Sydney: PM Scott Morrison
has rubbished sugges-
tions Russia is sending in
“peacekeeping” troops to
eastern Ukraine, saying
Moscow has “moved in on
Ukrainian sovereign terri-
tory”. Morrison on Tuesday
warned the move could re-
sult in an “absolutely violent
confrontation with terrible
human consequences”.
P2
Six dead,12 hurt in
blast at factory in HP
Imranwantsdebatewith
PMModitoresolveissues
Shimla: At least six
women were killed and
12 others injured as a
fire broke after an ex-
plosion in a firecracker
factory at an industrial
area in the Una district
of HimachalPradeshon
Tuesday
. The explosion
occurred in the morn-
ing at about 11 am and
the fire engulfed the
whole factory trapping
everyone present at the
facility
, they added.
Deputy Superinten-
dent of Police of Haroli,
Anil Mehta, said out of
the 12 injured, two have
been referred to PGI
Chandigarh and anoth-
er 10 were admitted to
the hospital in Una.
Mehta said the vic-
tims’ bodies were badly
charred and it was dif-
ficult to identify them.
Out of six deceased,
three women were local
residents and another
was from the Bhangal
village in Punjab.
Islamabad: Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran
Khan said on Tuesday
that he would like to
have a TV debate with
his Indian counterpart
Narendra Modi to re-
solve differences be-
tween the two neigh-
bouring countries.
Khan made the re-
marks during an inter-
view with Russia’s state-
run television network
RT on the eve of his
maiden two-day visit to
Moscow. “I would love to
debate with Narendra
Modi on TV
,” Khan said
inresponsetoaquestion.
Responding to a ques-
tion, Khan said when his
party Pakistan Tehreek-
e-Insaf came into power
in 2018 he immediately
reached out to India and
asked the Indian leader-
ship to sit down at the
table and resolve the
Kashmir issue.
He, however, regret-
ted that India did not
respond positively to
his overtures.
Centre blocks
‘SFJ-linked’
Punjab
Politics TV
New Delhi: Once again
relying on intelligence
inputs and invoking the
emergency powers it
wasgivenunderthenew
InformationTechnology
Rules, the IB Ministry
has banned the digital
media resources of for-
eign-based ‘Punjab Poli-
tics TV’, which it said is
linked to the proscribed
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)
outfit, and was trying to
disturb the public order
during ongoing polls.
The IB Ministry
said that it has “ordered
blocking of apps, web-
site, and social media
accounts of foreign-
based ‘Punjab Politics
TV’ having close links
with SFJ, an organisa-
tion that has been de-
clared unlawful under
the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, 1967”.
Police personnel with locals at the site after an explosion in a
firecracker factory, in Una district. —PHOTO BY PTI
Right to wear hijab does not fall under
Art 25 of Constitution: K’taka Govt to HC
Bengaluru: The Kar-
nataka government on
Tuesday told the High
Court that there is no
restriction on wearing
HijabinIndiawithrea-
sonable restrictions
subject to institutional
discipline. Karnataka
Advocate General
Prabhuling Navadgi
said the right to wear
the headscarf falls un-
der the category of
19(1)(A)andnotArticle
25 as has been argued
by the petitioners.
“The rights claimed
under Article 19(1)(A)
is related to Article
19(2) where the gov-
ernment places a rea-
sonable restriction
subjected to institu-
tional restriction,”
Navadgi told the full
bench of High Court.
Pegasus row: SC agrees
to hear PILs on Feb 25
Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday
agreed to hear the case
relating to the Pegasus
surveillance scandal on
25 February, after So-
licitor General Tushar
Mehta requested for a
new date before Chief
Justice NV Ra-
mana, pointing
out that he is
supposed to
be arguing
a different
part-heard
case on
Wednes-
day, 23
F e b r u -
ary
. The Pegasus panel,
appointed by the Su-
preme Court, has sub-
mitted an interim re-
port appraising the
apex court about the
progress on the probe.
The matter was listed
for hearing before a
bench headed by
Chief Justice
NV Ramana
and compris-
ing Justic-
es Surya
Kant and
Hima Koh-
li on 23
F e b r u -
ary
.
CM expected to give a popular budget to satisfy all
sectors, and give impetus to economic betterment!
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has final-
ized the 2022-23 budget
for Rajasthan and said
on Tuesday that he will
present the budget for
the next financial year
in the assembly at 11 am
on Wednesday. “I hope
that this budget will
live up to the aspira-
tions and expectations
of the people of the
state. For the first time
in the history of the
state, a separate agri-
culture budget will be
presented for the farm-
ers,” Gehlot said on
Tuesday. The Chief
Minister will present a
populist budget fol-
lowed by an agriculture
budget on February 23.
It is being speculated
that an announcement
can be made to send a
proposal to the Central
Government to waive
off the loans of central
banks, along with the
announcement that the
state government would
waive off the loans of
commercial banks. In
thebudget,specialbudg-
etary provision can be
announced to promote
organic farming and
dry farming, increase
irrigation area, repair
old canals and dams.
The government’s focus
is also on setting up of
modern storage go-
downs in every gram
panchayat to store the
produce of the farmers.
The government can
emphasize on increas-
ing the income of farm-
ersfromfoodprocessing
units and agri process-
ing units. Turn to P10
CM Ashok Gehlot
RAJ HC SETS ASIDE
RAS PRE-21 RESULT
In a crucial decision, a single
judge bench of the Rajasthan
High Court on Tuesday set aside
the result of the RAS preliminary
examination, 2021. The Bench of
Justice Mahendra Goyal directed
the Rajasthan Public Service
Commission (RPSC) to declare
a revised result after getting the
disputed questions re-examined
by an expert committee. The
preliminary examination was held
on October 27 and the result was
announced on November 19 last
year. Now, the main exam may
also get postponed
GEHLOT’S 14TH STATE BUDGET TODAY!
After Russian President Vladimir
Putin signed a decree recognising
two Russian-backed breakaway
regions in eastern Ukraine as
independent entities, pro-Russian
activists celebrated in the separatist-
controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine.

RAJASTHAN
04
JMCHROPESINCELEBRITIESTOSPREADTHEWORD
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Jaipur Munic-
ipal Corporation Herit-
age has roped in Balika
Vadhu fame Smita
Bansal, Paralympic
gold medalist Avani Le-
khara and Panya Sepat
Deepak Meena as its
brand ambassadors to
promote Swachh Sur-
vekshan 2022. They will
create awareness
among people regard-
ing cleanliness.
Recently
, JMCH Com-
missioner Awadhesh
Meena had written to
them to become brand
ambassadors, which
they accepted. Deputy
Commissioner, JMC
Ashish Verma said, “We
will soon run public
awareness programmes
in Jaipur with brand
ambassadors as mil-
lions follow them.”
Jaipur born Basal
has worked in televi-
sion soaps like Balika
Vadhu. Lekhara won a
gold medal at the Tokyo
2020 Paralympics. Com-
edy shows of Meena
are popular on social
media across Ra-
jasthan.
WILL RUN PUBLIC AWARENESS DRIVES WITH BRAND AMBASSADORS AS THEY HAVE HUGE FAN FOLLOWING: DY COMMISSIONER VERMA
AHEAD OF CLEANLINESS SURVEY, JMC GREATER
MAYOR DR SOMYA CONDUCTS SURPRISE CHECK
Jaipur: In view of the upcoming cleanliness survey 2022 in
March, JMC Greater Mayor Dr Somya went on a surprise
inspection at Bai ji ki Kothi located in ward 139 under Malviya
Nagar zone, Jagatpura Zone Ward 113 with councillor Ward
139 Laxman Nooniwal Ward 113 Regional councillor Om
Prakash.The local residents of Ward 139 told her about the
uncleaned drain alongside Malviya Nagar Jagatpura zones.
The Mayor assured the local residents regional councillor
Shlakshman Beniwal of action before the arrival of monsoon.
RECENT PAST
SMITA BANSAL AVANI LEKHARA DEEPAK MEENA
DR SOMYA
Plastic ban: JMC asks traders
to finish stock before June 30
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Plastic plates
popular at weddings
and other functions
may soon become a
thing of the past. The
government plans to
completely ban plastic
items. The Union Min-
istry of Forests, Envi-
ronment and Climate
has decided to ban all
useful items made up of
plastic which is less
than 100 microns in
thickness like poly-
thene, glasses, forks,
spoons, cups, plates
from July 1. The Jaipur
Municipal Corporation
had issued a public no-
tice in this regard
wherein, all traders and
institutions have been
asked to liquidate stock
at the earliest.
The banned items in-
clude leads for mobile
phones, plastic sticks
for balloons, plastic
flags, candy sticks etc.
Besides, cutlery, sweet
boxes, cups, plates,
glasses, forks, spoons,
knives, straws, ciga-
rettes and invitation
cards are also included.
All the traders have
been instructed to use
or sell their goods by
June 30 this year.
Bizmanloses`30Lafter
bankaccounthacked
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: A business-
man from Barmer,
Hariprasad Mahesh-
wari, had lost Rs 30 lakh
afterthehackershacked
his phone. Besides lodg-
ing the case at Balotra
police station, the vic-
tim has also informed
the national cyber
crime portal.
According to the in-
formation, Mahesh-
wari has lodged a police
complaint alleging that
hackers have stolen ru-
pees 30 lakh from his
bank account.
He further informed
the cops that he worked
as manager at Premier
Mills in Balotra, adding
that On February 19,
his mobile phone SIM
and e-mail id was
hacked. He further
claimed that he had
tried to activate his SIM
and mail account, but
failed. On Feb 21, one
of his clients informed
him about payment he
transferred to his ac-
count. Following
which, when he con-
tacted bank to check
transaction, bank au-
thorities informed him
that no credit entry had
been made in his ac-
count.
However, Mahesh-
wari was shocked to
know that instead of
any credit entry, Rs 30
lakh had been debited
from his account
through net banking.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of mo-
lestation has been reg-
istered in the Vidyad-
har Nagar police sta-
tion under the POCSO
Act. As per the infor-
mation, the uncle made
his niece drink a cough
syrup mixed with in-
toxicants and then per-
formed obscene acts
with her. When the
uncle tried to force
upon her, she informed
her family members
about it.
According to the po-
lice officials, the family
members of the teen-
ager residing at JP Col-
ony Sector 4, brought
her to the police station
and registered a case in
this regard. The police
are investigating the
matter.
Jaipur: Uncle
sedates,
molests niece
Adopt Gita to lead a healthy life: Guv
First India Bureau
Jaipur: “If we adopt
the teachings of Sri-
mad Bhagwad Gita in
our lives, the path to
lead a healthy life will
be widened for us,” said
Governor Kalraj
Mishra while address-
ing a webinar on
‘Health and Wellness’
organised by the Direct
Tax Regional Training
Instituteof Ahmedabad
on Tuesday
.
“Indian culture be-
lieves in ‘sarve bhavan-
tu sukhinah, sarve san-
tu niramaya.’ When
there is good health and
happiness, then only we
can progress in all
spheres of life. If the
mind is healthy
, the
bodywillalsobehealthy
.
That is why
, having pos-
itive thinking is para-
mount to our wellness,”
Mishra added.
Speakingontheocca-
sion, his Gujarat coun-
terpart Acharya Dev-
vrat said that health is
key to one’s progress,
take the family ahead
and make the nation
self-reliant. “Ayurveda
teaches us three basic
points for good health:
food, sleep and charac-
ter,” he added.
Mother,2 daughters die as
they jump in front of train
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A woman
jumped in front of a
moving train along
with her three chil-
dren on Tuesday even-
ing in Beawar Gehlot
Colony of Ajmer dis-
trict.
The woman and two
girls died on the spot
while her one-and-a-
half-year-old son sur-
vived and was admit-
ted to Amritkaur Hos-
pital.
According to police,
the woman jumped
with her children in
front of the train. After
getting information,
the Railway police
reached the spot. The
deceased have been
identified as Maya,
daughters Suman (7)
and Manisha (4), resi-
dents of Indra Colony
in Dudu. The injured
has been identified as
Krishna. Police are in-
vestigating the case.
The family of the de-
ceased collects gar-
bage.
Maya’s husband
Ramkaran told police
that he had gone to col-
lect garbage and did
not find anyone when
he returned home.
After getting information about the mishap, the Railway Police
rushed immediately to the spot to gather evidences.
TRAGEDY STRIKES
IN THE COURTYARD
NURSERY TEACHERS TRAINING EXAM:
HC RELIEF TO OUTSIDE CANDIDATES
Jaipur: In the case related to Nursery Teachers
Training (NTT) Recruitment-2018, the High Court
has provided major relief to the candidates, who
have secured their
eligibility two years
ago from outside
the state.Hearing the
petition of Chetan
Datala and others on
Tuesday, the Bench
of Justice Mahendra
Kumar Goyal ordered the authorities concerned to
recruit all such candidates with all the benefits and
emoluments within 8 weeks’ time. Advocate Vigyan
Shah, the lawyer of the petitioners, explained that
the ruling makes the candidates, who have taken
nursery teacher training at NCTE-recognised insti-
tutions situated outside the state two years ago, are
eligible to be recruited in the state now.
KARAULI: COURT ANNOUNCES LIFE
IMPRISONMENT, FINE FOR MUDER
Karauli: The Additional District and Sessions
Judge of Karauli has convicted the accused
of murder and sentenced him to life impris-
onment along with a fine of Rs 50,000 for
murder. Also, under the Arms Act, he has been
sentenced to 3 years of rigorous imprisonment
and a fine of Rs 5,000. The court had already
sentenced three other accused in the case.
Additional Public Prosecutor Mahendra
Chaturvedi said that Additional District and
Sessions Judge Beena Gupta has sentenced the
accused Feran Singh resident of Khonda police
station Masalpur to life imprisonment along with
a fine of Rs 55,000. On the basis of witnesses
and evidence, the judge has sentenced life im-
prisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 on charges
of murder and under the Arms Act, 3 years of
rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000.
—Manoj Jain
MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN JAIL
FOR RAPING MINOR GIRL IN ALWAR
Alwar: A local court has convicted a man of raping
a 6-year-old girl in February last year at Kathumar
sentenced him to 20 years of imprisonment
penalty of Rs 50,000. According to Special Public
Prosecutor Anup Khatana, convict Ravi lured the
kid with chocolates raped her. The victim was
taken to the hospital in a serious condition while
the rapist fled the spot, but was arrested later.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDING
ENGINEER P
.H.E.D. CIRCLE TONK
Online tenders through e-procurement system are hereby invited,
on behalf of the Governor of Rajasthan from enlisted contractors
with the department in appropriate class under the Government of
Rajasthan and enlisted contractors with CPWD/ Postal, Telecom,
Railways, MES, other State Govt./ Central Govt. undertaking/
organisation equivalent to “B” Class of Rajasthan provided they meet
out prescribed eligibility criteria for the following works. The details
may be seen on the DIPR website and tenders can be downloaded from
website http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.
Bidders who wish to participate in online bidding will have to procure
digital certificate as per IT Act-2000 to sign their electronic bids. Offers
which are not digitally signed will not be accepted. Bidder shall submit
their offer in Electronic format on above mentioned website.
Work detail of NIT Nit No. 32/2021-22
NIB No. PHE2122A6407
UBN No. PHE2122WSRC14141
Available/submission of
tender document at website
16.02.2022 to 28.02.2022
UP TO 18:00 Hrs.
Opening of PQ tender 02.03.2022 up to 16:00 Hrs.
निनिदा प्रपत्र िेबसाईट http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in पर देखें ि डाउिलोड
निये जा सिते हैं। धरोहर रानि एिं टेणडर रानि ई चालाि िे माधयम से जमा निये जािें।
Superintending Engineer
PHED Circle Tonk
NOTICE INVITING TENDERS THROUGH e-procurement system
NIT No. 32/2021-22
No. 10386-10393 Date : 16/02/2022
DIPR/C/2338/2022
S.No. : 5522 Date : 17.02.2022
Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering
Department City Division I (S), Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur
Notice Inviting Bid
Bids for Various Works are invited from interested bidders.
Otherparticularsofthebidmaybevisitedontheprocurementportal
(http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in or http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in) of
the state.
UBN No. NIT’s For the
Year 2021-22
Last Date time for online
submission of tender document
PHE2122WSOB014213 NIT-63 28.02.2022 upto 6.00 PM
Executive Engineer,
PHED, City Div.I (S),
Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur
DIPR/C/2303/2022
Illegal residential
colonies razed by JDA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In an action on
the 26 bighas of land in
Zone-12, JDA thwarted
attempts to set up 5 ille-
gal colonies. The first ac-
tion was taken near Sirsi
Road Siwar Gate, where
an illegal residential
colony on 2 bighas of pri-
vate land was being set
up without land conver-
sion. Bulldozers ran on
an attempt to establish
“Ashu City” and 7 illegal
villas under construc-
tion were demolished.
In another instance, the
JDA enforcement squad
neutralised the attempt
to set up Mangal Vihar
colony on a 5 bighas of
private khatedari land
near Sirsi Road, without
JDA’s permission. Simi-
larly, it took action while
thwarting the plan to set
up an illegal colony on 3
bighas of private land.
All boundary walls, 5
water holes and other il-
legal constructions were
demolished.
The JDA squad dis-
rupted plans of setting
up an illegal colony, Om
Vatika-23, being built on
15 bighas of land in vil-
lage-Siwar Mode. It was
being built without land
conversion.
SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2022
Governor Kalraj Mishra addresses a webinar on ‘Health and
wellness’ organised by the Direct Tax Regional Training Institute
of Ahmedabad from Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Jaipur: Demanding law enabling issuance of
non-bailable warrants against those involved in
endless scams related to competitive exams
recruitments, the jobless youths in Raj have
planned to gherao Assembly again on Thursday,
informed Rajasthan Berojgar Ekikrit Maha-
sangh president Upen Yadav. Govt isn’t willing
to take any concrete steps against the culprits
involved in the same. This has forced youth to
initiate a battle against govt’s policies, he added.
JOBLESS YOUTHS TO GHERAO
ASSEMBLY ON FEBRUARY 24
REET suicide: Accused
confesses money deal
Manoj Sharma
Tonk: In a revelation, it
has come to light that
PWD LDC Lokesh Mee-
na committed suicide
due to money transac-
tion in the Rajasthan
Eligibility Examina-
tion for Teachers
(REET) paper leak case
Meena committed
suicide after REET can-
cellation. Mukesh Mee-
na, an accused in the
case confessed that Rs
five lakh was given to
brokers in Barmer. In-
vestigation revealed
that Rs 28 lakh has been
given to brokers
through the deceased.
Investigating Officer
Dy SP Uniara Shakeel
Ahmedsaidthatyouths,
who were accused by
the father of the de-
ceased gave money to
the brokers through
Meena.

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05
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Raj Youth
Board prez Sitaram
Lamba and vice-presi-
dent Sushil Pareek took
charge at the office lo-
cated at Sawai Mansin-
gh Stadium on Tuesday
and announced to give
‘Rajiv Gandhi Award’ to
encourage the youth in
sports, art-culture and
entrepreneurship.
Lamba said that the
board would prepare a
special action plan for
youth participation for
national unity, secular-
ism and communal har-
mony and for this work
would be done at the
panchayat level. “The
government has taken
important steps to pro-
mote sports and sport-
spersons,” he said.Pa-
reek said that the main
objective of the Board is
to empower and enable
the youth in their all-
round development.
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Targeting
the Congress and the lo-
cal MLA and minister
Subhash Garg, district
BJP president Shailesh
Singh warned the Ge-
hlot government on
Tuesday that if it is not
going to punish the
ministers, party leaders
and officers involved in
REET scam, then it
should get ready to put
BJP workers in jail as
they are going to launch
a ‘jail bharo’ agitation
soon.
Singh said that local
BJP workers have al-
ready put up with police
brutalities and are not
afraid of it any more.
The government is
only picking up the
small fries, culprits is
free.
Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
and BJP’s state general
secretary Diya Kumari
reached Bikaner on
Tuesday for a division-
level organization meet-
ing. In a conversation
with First India News,
she targeted the Con-
gress for having no un-
derstanding of history
and lacking in vision.
Responding to a ques-
tion on Govind Singh
Dotasra’s statement on
Maharana Pratap, Diya
Kumari called it a low
level statement.
“Maharana Pratap
was a great man known
in the country and the
world. I had demanded
in LS that the Hal-
dighati Kumbhalgarh
is being neglected and
should be turned into
Pratap Circuit to boost
tourism,” she said. De-
nying any tussle within
the party she said that
the party has given me
the responsibility and I
must fulfil it.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Mahavir Pras-
ad Sharma, Secretary
of Legislative Assem-
bly launched the iOS
(iPhone Operating Sys-
tem) based mobile app
of the Assembly
.
Convenient for iP-
hone users, this app
will provide informa-
tion about the proce-
dure, business rules,
questions, motions,
bills, agenda, session
review, budget speech,
address of the Gover-
nor and details of the
House proceedings.
Biographies of im-
portant people will also
be available.
The app has been de-
veloped by Raj Legisla-
tive Assembly in col-
laboration with Nation-
al Informatics Centre.
Jitendra Kumar Ver-
ma, Mahesh Chandra
Sharma, Vinod Mishra
were present on the oc-
casion.
Youth Board prez announces Rajiv Gandhi award
AFTER TAKING CHARGE
33 DISTS PIN HOPE ON ONE MAN - JOBS, FOOD,
EDU, MSME, TOURISM MINING IN FOCUS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the cen-
tral government’s
budget, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot is
scheduled to present
the state budget today.
The expectations
for the budget related
to education, agricul-
ture, health, tribal
community, dairy, are
very high. The reason
for the high expecta-
tions from school to
college education is
the increasing focus
of the government on
education in state and
the innovation being
done in education sys-
tem.
A huge amount of
the state budget is
spent on education.
But the class associ-
ated with it wants to
use the budget at the
right place. Due to the
emphasis on educa-
tion, there are high
hopes of new an-
nouncements in the
budget as well.
On the other hand
the residents of the
t r i b a l - d o m i n a t e d
Udaipur region are
keeping their hopes
high from the budget.
The intellectuals and
the general public of
Udaipur expressed
their views about
what they are expect-
ing from state budget.
Rajasthan will be-
come the first state in
the country to present
the agriculture
budget separately.
It will be pre-
sented alongside
the general budg-
et on the same day
itself.What will be the
expectations of farm-
ers and cattlemen
from the agriculture
budget? Let’s have a
look.
The medical depart-
ment has high expec-
tations from the up-
coming budget. Gen-
eral public to the per-
sonnel associated
with department, eve-
rybody is having a lot
of expectations. Let’s
take a look.
When it comes to
dairy sector, Ra-
jasthan government
is expected to make
several announce-
ments for farmers and
milk producers in the
first agriculture budg-
et. The animal hus-
bandry department
and RCDF have for-
warded several pro-
posals.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Today it is lit-
mus test for the Con-
gress MLA Madan Pra-
japat, Congress legisla-
tor from Pachpadra as-
sembly constituency
who has announced to
remain barefoot if de-
mands are not met.
It mentioned here that
he had announced that
if the demands raised
by him are not met, he
will remain barefoot for
rest of his life.
He further said he
would not raise any oth-
er issues in the state as-
sembly
. Prajapat had
demanded to
make the Ba-
lotraadistrict.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Covid cases are
decreasing rapidly in
Rajasthan. For the sec-
ond consecutive day
, the
number of cases in
state remained below
1,000. In the last 24
hours, 616 fresh Covid
cases were reported and
3 patients have died.
The positivity rate in
state stood at 1.65 on
Tuesday, lowest in third
wave. According to the
health department, a
maximum of 202 cases
have been found in
Jaipur. In Udaipur 45
cases were reported, 41
each in Jodhpur and
Kota, Nagaur 31, Ajmer
30, Jhunjhunu 23,
Bhilwara 21, Churu 17,
Sikar 15, Bharatpur 14,
Rajsamand 13, 11 each
in Banswara, Chittor,
Ganganagar, Jaisalmer
Bikaner 10. No cases
in Bundi, Jalore, Ka-
rauli, Sirohi.
Mukesh Mathrani
Jaipur: In a pro-
gramme, Ganesh
Ghoghra said, ‘Ashok
Chandna is my guru’.
Ashok Chandna said, “I
also worked in Youth
Congress, Pawan
Godara is my guru.”
Right now Ganesh
Ghoghra is the State
President of Youth Con-
gress, Chandna was
President before him.
And before Chandna,
Pawan Godara used to
be State President of
Youth Congress. Hence,
glory of ‘Guru’ remains
in Youth Congress.
The word ‘Guru’ ech-
oed in Youth Board
Chairman Sitaram
Lamba’s taking over the
program! Sports Minis-
ter Ashok Chandna said
that posts in politics
aren’t permanent but
workers of the political
party should stick to
their ideology
.
z Free medicine and testing
scheme are expected to get a
boost. Investigation of many
major diseases including
cancer can also be included in
this scheme.
z The focus will be on the best
treatment of cancer patients.
While the State Cancer Insti-
tute is expected to get a push
in infrastructure and medical
facilities.
z The popular Chiranjeevi Health
Insurance Scheme is expected
to expand in scope.
z Expected expansion of
cardiology facilities in medical
colleges, along with super
speciality services.
n A separate Directorate of
Drugs should be formed.
z Grant is possible for starting
and operating agricultural
processing units.
z Announcement for organic
farming.
z Measures for timely availabil-
ity of seeds, and fertilizers.
z Crop diversification could be
promoted
z Government can announce
the introduction of new crops
z Measures to promote micro-
irrigation plant, water conser-
vation is possible
z Offering of loans to cattle
owners for the purchase of
buffalo or other milch animals
z Budget for fish farmers with
easy credit facility also.
Jaipur: From emphasis on open-
ing new health centres and revival
of old centres, blood banks are
expected, a separate awareness
campaign to discourage the youth
from the addiction of pan masala-
gutka. The medical department
has high expectations from
budget. —Vikas Sharma
Bikaner: This division hasn’t been able to reach
development level that it deserved. People of 4
districts of this division, having an agriculture-
backed economy, are expecting a lot from
budget. People of 4 districts of this division
(Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar,Hanumangarh)
having an agriculture-backed economy, are
expecting a lot from budget. Giving it special
attention, Gehlot govt made 3 ministers 12
political appointments from Bikaner division
comprising 4 districts of North-Western region.
Let’s delve into district wise expectations and
problems of this division. The farmers of Sri
Ganganagar are demanding reconstruction of
the Ferozepur feeder, while Churu demands
Canal expansion in Taranagar, and Agro Food
Processing Park for Hanumangarh.
— Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: There are high expecta-
tions from first Agriculture budg-
et. There can be announcement
of tax free diesel for farmers,
repairing of pond, canal system,
electricity for irrigation, subsidy
on milk to be increased from ` 2
per litre to `5 per.
— Kashiram Choudhary
Udaipur: From linking youth of
Udaipur with self-employment through
skill development, there must be
improved water conservation, water
distribution channels, special arrange-
ments should be made for women’s
safety, government boys college
should be opened in Udaipur, there
must be special consideration for hotel
industry in budget. —Ravi Sharma
Jaipur: The State Coor-
dinator of Rajiv Gandhi
Study Circle Dr. Banay
Singh on Tuesday rejected
allegations against him of
being involved in REET pa-
per leak case. He said that
the Rajiv Gandhi Study Cir-
cle is an NGO of University
and Colleges Teachers and thousands of government
and non-government teachers from all over the country
are associated with it.
New Delhi: SC on Tuesday
postponed the hearing
of the plea of BEd degree
holders to include them in
the REET recruitment pro-
cess and posted the date
of next hearing to March
8. The petitioners have
challenged the verdict
of Rajasthan High Court
against their inclusion in
Level-I REET recruitments.
REET PAPER LEAK: DR. BANAY SINGH
REJECTES ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM
z Acceleration of the work of beauti-
fication of the Ayad river which is
pending for many decades.
z Budget for the works of the third
and fourth phases of the Dewas
scheme, which is lifeline for the
city’s lakes.
z Headquarter of the Lake Devel-
opment Authority should be in
Udaipur.
z Facilities in medical education
should be expanded in Udaipur
z Work should be done to develop
night tourism in Udaipur
z Religious tourist places of the
Udaipur zone should be developed
by making religious circuits.
z Small farmers in tribal division
should get information about use
of latest farming techniques.
Rajiv Arora assures effective
solution to artisans problems
REET Scam: BJP leader warns
of ‘jail bharo’ if action not taken
BEd CASE DEFERS
TO MARCH 8
SECURING HEALTH
FOR ALL IN STATE
BIKANER AND FOUR DISTS EYE BUDGET
FIRST AGRICULTURE
BUDGET
WHAT’S IN IT FOR
UDAIPUR?
Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Ge-
hlot has tak-
en care of all the sec-
tions of our society.
special attention has
been given to farmers,
students and the un-
employed. Govern-
ment college may be
announced in Naich-
wa of Laxmangarh.
an auditorium will
soon be constructed
in Sikar at a cost of
Rs 36 crore.
—Govind Singh Dotasra,
Congress state president
Will Barmer
MLA remain
barefoot?
Less than
1,000 Covid
cases in state
Shailesh Singh interacting with media on Tuesday.
Indraj Gurjjar, Ganesh Goghara, Sitaram Lamba, Ashok Chandna,
Dharmendra Rathore, Krishna Poonia, Mahadev Khandela and
Pawan Godara during the charge take over ceremony.
Sitaram Lamba and Sushil
taking charge at the office
located at SMS stadium on
Tuesday.
Pawan Godara
is my guru,
says Chandna
It will be the fourth budget of Gehlot’s third
tenure as CM. Gehlot holds finance portfolio
Diya Kumari: Cong lacks vision,
has no understanding of history
Vidhan Sabha’s iOS based mobile app for
live proceedings, accessible to citizens now
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Chairman
of Rajasthan Small In-
dustries Corporation,
Rajiv Arora visited the
Rajasthali Mall and Em-
porium located at MI
Road, Ajmeri Gate on
Tuesday. Arora had a
detailed discussion
with the handicraft arti-
sans and corporation
officials of the Empori-
um and learned about
their problems as-
sured quick and effec-
tive solutions. He ex-
pressed happiness.
Rajiv Arora at Rajasthali Mall
Emporium.
Diya Kumari addressed the
review meeting of BJP Mahila
Morcha in the Bikaner district.
Jaipur: Former deputy CM Sachin Pilot hosted lunch
for journos at his residence in civil lines in Jaipur on
Tuesday.He had an informal discussion with journal-
ists from various media organizations as well as
freelance journalists. LP Pant, Anil Lodha, Sudhanshu
Mathur, Amit Bhatt, Aishwary Pradhan, Ashish Dave,
Vivek Srivastava, Dev Kumar were among other jour-
nalists. —Aishwary Pradhan
(T) Sachin Pilot with Virendra Singh
Rathore, Sanjeev Srivastava, LL
Sharma, Tribhuvan Sharma and
others. (R) Sachin Pilot with Sushant
Pareek, Sharad Kumar, Dinesh
Dangi, Naresh Sharma and others.
Pilot’s lunch with scribes!
CM Ashok Gehlot

BJP FACES OWN TACTICS IN BIHAR OVER
RUMOURS ABOUT ‘ASHOKA PILLAR’
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Till now,
the situation was that
the Opposition parties
had to answer the ru-
mors spread by the
BJP’s IT cell and its
army of workers. But
this time the BJP is up-
set and is being made to
answer many kinds of
rumours. Among these
there is a rumor that
the Ashoka Pillar is be-
ing removed from the
seals of the central gov-
ernment and all the
government places.
From Awadh to Praya-
graj and in the areas of
Purvanchal and Bun-
delkhand, where there
is a large number of
Kushwaha population,
this rumour is causing
a lot of trouble to the
BJP. Keep in mind that
the Kushwaha society
considers itself a de-
scendant of Emperor
Ashoka. In such a situ-
ation, everything from
the Ashoka Chakra to
the Ashokan Pillar is an
object of pride for it.
These ru-
mours have
been further
strengthened
by the devel-
opments in
Bihar. In Bi-
har, a pillar is
being con-
structed in
front of the
assembly on
the occasion
of completion
of hundred
years of the as-
sembly. Howev-
er, the symbol of
A s h o k a
Chakra or
Ashoka Pil-
lar is not be-
ing put on
top of that
pillar, but
instead the
symbol of
Swastik is be-
ing put in its
place. Protest
has started in
Bihar regard-
ing this and
Leader of Oppo-
sition Tejashwi
Yadav has at-
tacked both BJP and
JDU, saying that for the
first time after inde-
pendence, it is happen-
ing that Ashoka Chakra
is not being installed on
any pillar. This matter
has now reached Uttar
Pradesh as well, where
there is already a ru-
mor that the emblem of
Emperor Ashoka is be-
ing removed from the
government seals of the
Centre. This rumour
and incident in Bihar
can cause big loss to
BJP in its core vote.
INDIA
06
BJP’s double engine
govt building Ram
temple: Adityanath
Ayodhya: Uttar
Pradesh chief minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday wondered if
Congress could have
built Ram temple, say-
ing it’s now being con-
structed because of the
double engine govern-
ment of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) at
the Centre and the state.
Addressing a public
rally at Bikapur in Ayo-
dhya, he said, “Could
Congress have con-
structed Ayodhya’s
Ram Temple? Could the
Bahujan Samajwadi
Party (BSP) have done
it? Could ‘babua’ (Akh-
ilesh yadav of the Sa-
majwadi Party) have
done it? Will those, who
fired at Ram bhakts,
would have built it?
Will those, who locked
Ram Temple, would
have built it? Who is
building it?. It’s the
double engine govern-
ment of the BJP.”
Attacking the SP
chief, he said, “Sama-
jwadi Party is with ter-
rorists. They don’t want
the state to develop. the
BJP’s double engine
Government is working
to establish a ‘Ram Ra-
jya’. The BJP will give a
strong and stable gov-
ernment in the state.”
Voting for the re-
maining three phases
of the seven-phase UP
elections will take place
on February 27, March
3, and 7. The counting
of votes will take place
on March 10. —PTI
UP CM addresses a public
meeting for Assembly polls.
New Delhi: Uttar
Pradesh Law Minister
Brajesh Pathak who is
facing Samajwadi Party
candidate and two-time
Corporator Surendra
Singh Gandhi in the
Lucknow Cantonment
seat is among the prom-
inent contender in the
fourth phase of the state
Assembly elections for
which polling will be
held on Wednesday
.
Pathak exuded confi-
dence in the victory of
the Bharatiya Janata
Party and said that the
latter will not allow op-
position parties to fulfil
their dream of coming
to power in the state.
“We (BJP) are going
to break the record of
the last elections. We
will not allow the Oppo-
sition parties to fulfil
their dream. They are
trying to come to the
power with the help of
the mafias which will
never happen. The BJP
has built AIIMS, air-
port, metro and has pro-
vided cereals to poor
people,” the state Law
Minister told media.
He also hit out at the
Opposition for mislead-
ing people, supporting
mafias and goons in Ut-
tar Pradesh. He rejected
the claims that the BJP
has a tough task in the
ongoing polls.
Another keenly
watched seat in this
phase is the Sarojini Na-
gar seat in Lucknow
where the former joint
director of Enforce-
ment Directorate,
Rajeshwar Singh, is pit-
ted against a former IIM
professor and a close
aideof theformerChief
Minister Akhilesh Ya-
dav, Abhishek Mishra.
Raebareli Sadar is
also one of the key bat-
tles to watch out for
with its sitting Con-
gress MLA Aditi Singh
now being a BJP nomi-
nee.
The59Assemblyseats
are spread across the
districts of Pilibhit,
Lakhimpur Kheri, Sita-
pur,Hardoi,Unnao,Luc-
know,RaeBareli,Banda,
and Fatehpur. —ANI
59 assembly constituencies to vote in 4th phase today; 624 candidates in fray. —FILE PHOTO
HEAVYWEIGHTS IN UP PHASE 4
BJP’s Brajesh Pathak,
Aditi Singh in poll ring
‘Achhe din’
is poll time
deception
of BJP, says
Priyanka
New Delhi: The
Congress national
general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra on Tuesday
tweeted “Achhe din”
is just a deception of
Bharatiya Janata
Party’s (BJP) in
times of elections.
“
Assoonastheelec-
tions get over, expen-
sive days will become
a problem for the peo-
ple,” said Vadra.
She added, “The
price of liquefied pe-
troleum gas (LPG)
may double and that
of petrol-diesel will
increase as well.”
Priyanks alleged
that the ruling govt
has no plans to fight
inflation. —ANI
Cong not to take action against Tewari, Preneet!
Sharat K Verma
Chandigarh: Congress
party is not going to take
any action against two
Punjab MPs Manish
Tewari and Preneet
Kaur.InformedCongress
leaders say that many
complaintshavereached
the party and the disci-
plinary committee can
consider them but no ac-
tion will be taken at the
moment. However, both
the leaders are making
every effort to ensure
that the party takes ac-
tion against them. Man-
ish Tewari recently
called himself not a ten-
ant, but a stakeholder in
the Congress. Such
things are not tolerated
in Congress. Then he
also commented in pro-
test on the statement
given by Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Channi
onthebrothersof UP
,Bi-
har and compared it to
the treatment of black
people in America.
Similarly, Preneet
Kaur is continuously
campaigning for her
husband Captain Ama-
rinder Singh and has
also participated in BJP
roadshows.BeforeAmit
Shah’s visit to Patiala,
she also went to the BJP
office and attended the
preparatory meeting.
Despite this, Congress is
nottakingactionagainst
both of them. If Con-
gress takes action, they
will be free from Con-
gress.If Congressexpels
them from the party,
their membership will
remain. That’s why they
are provoking Congress
but the party will wait
till the election results.
Many leaders believe
that if the Congress
wins, these leaders will
automatically shut up
and follow the discipline
of the party
. If Congress
does not win then these
people will be unbridled
but the party will hardly
act even then.
Manish Tewari Preneet Kaur
Not in politics to grab power, but
build nation, says Rajnath Singh
Ballia: Ahead of the
polling for phase four of
Uttar Pradesh Assem-
bly elections, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Tuesday said that
politics is not just for
forming governments
but about building soci-
eties and the country
.
“We are in politics not
just to form govern-
ments but to build soci-
ety and the country
.
That explains we are not
reluctant to take tough
decisions,” Singh said at
a rally in Sikandarpur
area of Ballia.
Singh said that the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) will not allow the
trustof thepeopleof the
country to be broken.
“...carefully weigh
the options, see if it is
right and then vote.
Many parties have been
formed and have be-
come extinct over the
years. There was a cri-
sis in politics due to the
false assurances of the
leaders. There was an
issue of unreliability
about the politicians.
The BJP has erased this
notion,” added Singh.
Addressing a public
meeting, he added, “We
fulfilled our promise to
remove Article 370. Citi-
zenship Amendment Act
was enacted to fulfil
promisesmadetothepeo-
ple. There should be no
division in the name of
religion. After Independ-
ence, India and Pakistan
were divided on the basis
of religion. We fulfilled
thepromiseof buildinga
grand Ram temple in
Ayodhya.PMModigavea
grandlooktoKashiVish-
wadham.” —PTI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Out on furlough,
Ram Rahim gets
Z-Plus security
New Delhi: Dera Sacha
Sauda chief Gurmeet
Ram Rahim Singh has
beenprovid-
ed Z-Plus
category se-
curity on
his release
from jail fol-
lowingreportsof threats
to his life from pro-Khal-
istan activists.
The Haryana govern-
ment’s decision to grant
the top-tier security cov-
er comes after his re-
quest for furlough was
approved earlier this
month. Ram Rahim was
released from Rohtak’s
Sunaria jail on a 21-day
furlough on Feb 7. —PTI
Mamata writes to PM
over Ganga erosion
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee has written to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on the issue of
“perpetual river ero-
sion” along the river
Ganga- Padma in dis-
tricts of south-central
WestBengalresultingin
severe loss of public
utilities, private proper-
ties and agricultural
lands. Banerjee urged
the Prime Minister to
kindly reconsider the
decision of Farraka
Barrage Project Author-
ity (FBPA) of withdraw-
al of the extended juris-
diction so as to fulfil the
earlier commitment of
the Central government
and arrange for taking
up bank protection
schemes in the entire
stretch of the extended
jurisdiction. —Agencies
Mamata Banerjee
NORTH-EAST IS GROWTH ENGINE OF
INDIA, SAYS PM IN MANIPUR RALLY
Imphal: PrimeMinister
NarendraModi onTues-
day slammed Congress
for “making fun of the
culture of the North-
eastern states”. He said
that the North-eastern
states for the BJP if the
growth engine for the
country
.
While addressing the
election rally in Ma-
nipur’s Heingang,
Prime Minister
slammed the Congress
leaders for making
make fun of the culture
of Northeast India.
“Congress leaders
come to Manipur and
make big claims but
make fun of the dresses
and culture of North-
eastIndiainotherstates.
Congress divided Ma-
nipur between hills and
valleys and played poli-
tics over it. They never
worked on developing
and improving connec-
tivity in the region.”
He further said that
the NDA government
believes that the north-
eastregionisthegrowth
engine for India.
PM Modi said that
decades of Congress
rule in Manipur result-
ed in inequality
.
“TheBJPgovernment
hasmadetheimpossible
possible. Every region
of Manipur has had re-
lief from bandhs and
blockades. Congress, on
the other hand, had
made bandhs and block-
ades the main feature of
Manipur. The BJP gov-
ernment has written a
new chapter of change
for Manipur, taking eve-
ryone forward. The
youth has given up arms
andiscomingforwardto
lead the development
surge,” he added. —ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets BJP supporters during an election campaign rally for the
upcoming Manipur Assembly polls in Imphal on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WITH OVER 300 SEATS, BJP,
ALLIES WILL FORM GOVERNMENT
IN UP, SAYS AMIT SHAH
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday
said the BJP and its allies will form the government in
Lucknow by winning over 300 seats in the state Assembly
polls. In a veiled attack on Samajwadi Party and Bahujan
Samaj Party, Shah said, “Bua aur Babuwa (aunt-nephew)
ruled UP for 15 years but did not even build toilets for the
poor. The BJP has constructed the toilets for 2.61 crore
poor houses.” Attacking the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav,
Shah said, “If Akhilesh’s government comes to power
then people facing criminal cases like Azam Khan, Atique
Ahmed, Mukhtar Ansari will come out of jail.” Praising the
work of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Home Minister
said that “Yogi Sarkar has done a reduction of 72 per cent
in dacoity, 62 per cent in robbery, 29 per cent in kidnap-
ping and 50 per cent in rape cases”. The seven-phased
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh commenced on Feb-
ruary 10. The first three phases of the elections have been
concluded. Polling for subsequent phases will take place
on February 23, 27, and March 3 and 7. The counting of
votes will take place on March 10. —PTI
50% cap on rallies, roadshows removed
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on
Tuesday relaxed the previously imposed 50 per cent
capacity cap on meetings, rallies, and roadshows of
political parties.

INDIA
08
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: All parties
should learn from the
Bharatiya Janata Party
how elections are
fought. Although in the
first several elections,
the BJP
, under the com-
mandof NarendraModi
and Amit Shah, has
given hints on how to
fight the elections, but
this time, the Punjab
election is a case study.
The West Bengal elec-
tion could also be a case
study but there was po-
tential for polarisation
and the base for the BJP
was formed in the 2019
assembly elections. On
the contrary, there was
no visible possibility of
polarisation in Punjab,
the BJP’s performance
in the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections was very me-
diocre, getting only nine
per cent votes and this
time it was contesting
alone for the first time.
Despite this, the BJP
changed the whole pic-
ture of the election.
The saffron party did
not have a big face and
did not have a strong
party organisation in
the state. There was an
atmosphere against it in
the whole state because
there was resentment
among the people of the
state due to the agricul-
tural law and farmers’
movement. For the first
time, the BJP was con-
testing the elections
separately from its old
ally Akali Dal. Strong
parties like Congress,
Aam Aadmi Party and
Akali Dal were already
present in the state. De-
spite this, the BJP is a
player in the fight and it
is certain that there will
be a big jump in its vote
share.
Despite all its short-
comings and weakness-
es, the BJP fought the
election vigorously and
left no stone unturned
to make a dent. It took
along with it Captain
Amarinder Singh, who
broke away from Con-
gress, co-ordinated with
Dhindsa’s party, who
broke away from the
Akali Dal. Both Modi
and Shah met the head
of the Radha Soami sat-
sang. The Dera Sacha
Sauda chief, convicted
of murder and rape,
was released on parole
from a Haryana jail.
The party got Kumar
Vishwas, who worked
for the BJP indirectly
, to
make a statement prov-
ing Arvind Kejriwal a
Khalistani. The attempt
to polarise Hindu was
done by the Prime Min-
ister himself. The BJP
has shown that even if
the result is known, it
should fight till the re-
sult is not received and
every means should be
used in the fight, even if
that means is not sa-
cred.
BJP TAUGHT TO FIGHT IN PUNJAB
HOW TO CONTEST POLLS?
Shivamogga: Six peo-
ple have been arrested
in connection with Ba-
jrang Dal activist Har-
sha murder case here
while some are at large,
a senior police officer
said on Tuesday, as
stray incidents of arson
and violence were re-
ported in the city this
morning.
The victim’s sister
rued the “brutal” man-
ner in which Harsha
was killed and appealed
to people to give up fa-
naticism. She also won-
dered if there was no
value for humanity
.
Meanwhile, the Depu-
ty Commissioner of the
district Selvamani R an-
nounced that CrPC sec-
tion 144 has been ex-
tendedbytwo moredays
till Friday morning.
The 28 year-old Har-
sha was stabbed to
death on Sunday night
here leading to clamp-
ing of prohibitory or-
der even as the city wit-
nessed arson, violence
and stone pelting.
“We have arrested Mo-
hammed Kashif, Syed
Nadeem, Ashifullah
Khan, Rehan Khan, Ne-
hal and Abdul Afnan in
connection with the
case. All are aged be-
tween 20 to 22 years, ex-
cept Kashif who is 32.
They are all residents
of Shivamogga,” Super-
intendent of Police BM
Lakshmi Prasad told
said. —PTI
COMMUNAL HOTSPOT IN K’TAKA
BAJRANG DAL MAN’S MURDER: 6 HELD,
UNEASY SHIVAMOGGASIMMERS
Bengaluru: A day
after Bajrang Dal
activist Harsha was
murdered in Shi-
vamogga district,
Karnataka’s Addition-
al DGP Pratap Reddy
on Tuesday said that
all the accused have
been identified and
the work is underway
to arrest the sus-
pects. Speaking to
reporters, Additional
DGP Pratap Reddy
said, “All accused
have been identified.
So, work is going on
and we are on the
verge of completing
the detection and
arresting the accused
persons.” —ANI
ALL ACCUSED
IDENTIFIED,
SAYS K’TAKA
ADDL DGP
Victim’ssisterappealsagainstfanaticism;section144
extendedtillFridaymorninginK’taka’sShivamogga
India sends 2,500 tonnes
of wheat to Af via Pak route
Harsh V Shringla, flags off the first consignment of
wheat to Afghanistan on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: India on
Tuesday sent the first
shipment of 2,500
tonnes of wheat to Af-
ghanistan via Paki-
stani land route, over
four months after an-
nouncing the humani-
tarian aid for the Af-
ghan people.
In a ceremony held
in Amritsar, Foreign
Secretary Harsh Var-
dhan Shringla along
with Afghan Ambas-
sador Farid Ma-
mundzay and World
Food Program Coun-
try Director Bishaw
Parajuli flagged off
the first convoy of 50
trucks carrying the
consignment.
India had sent a
proposal to Islamabad
on October 7 seeking
a transit facility to
send 50,000 tonnes of
wheat to the people of
Afghanistan via Paki-
stani soil. It received a
positive response on
November 24.
Following this, both
sides were in touch to
finalise the modali-
ties for the transpor-
tation of the ship-
ment.
“The shipment is
part of the commit-
ment made by the
Government of India
to supply 50,000 met-
ric tonnes of wheat
for the people of Af-
ghanistan. The wheat
assistance will be de-
livered in multiple
consignments. —PTI
Dubai: Dubai on Tues-
day removed the re-
quirements for Indian
travellers to undergo
rapid RTPCR at Indian
airports before depart-
ing to UAE. An advisory
issued by the Dubai Air-
port updated the travel
requirements for pas-
sengers from India, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh and
Pakistan.
The fresh advisory
requires Indian nation-
als to produce a nega-
tive COVID-19 test cer-
tificate taken up to 48
hours before the sched-
uled departure of the
flight, from an approved
health service provider.
The passengers will re-
quire to undergo a PCR
test upon their arrival
in Dubai. For transit
passengers, the rules
governing entry at the
final destination will be
applicable.
The responsibility of
ensuring that the condi-
tions of travel are met
will lie with the airline
operators. The revision
in travel requirements
will ease the situation
for a large number of
Indians who either re-
side in or travel fre-
quently to the city
.
India recorded 13,405
new Covid-19 cases and
235 deaths in the last 24
hours, according to the
Union Ministry of
Health and Family
Welfare.
The country’s active
cases currently stand at
1,81,075 and the total
number of recoveries
in the last 24 hours is
34,226. The daily posi-
tivity rate stands at 1.24
per cent whereas the
weekly positivity rate is
1.98 per cent.
New Delhi: NCP’s Su-
priya Sule and BJD’s
Amar Patnaik are
among 11 MPs who will
be getting the Sansad
Ratna Award 2022,
Prime Point Founda-
tion said on Tuesday
.
The jury committee
has also nominated sen-
ior BJP leader from Ta-
mil Nadu HV Hande
and Congress veteran
M Veerappa Moily for a
lifetime achievement
award while four parlia-
mentary standing com-
mittees — agriculture,
finance, education and
labour — will be award-
ed for their contribu-
tions.
The 11 parliamentar-
ians include eight from
the Lok Sabha and three
from the Rajya Sabha,
the foundation said in a
statement. The 12th edi-
tion of the Sansad Rat-
na Award function will
be held on February 26
in the national Capital.
According to the
foundation, Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
MP Sule, Revolutionary
Socialist Party (RSP)
MPNKPremachandran
and Shiv Sena MP
Shrirang Appa Barne
will be awarded the
‘Sansad Vishisht Ratna’
award.
Trinamool Congress
MP Saugata Roy, Con-
gress MP Kuldeep Rai
Sharma, and BJP MPs
Bidyut Baran Mahato,
Heena Vijayakumar
Gavit (Maharashtra)
and Sudhir Gupta (Mad-
hya Pradesh) will get
the Sansad Ratna
Award for their perfor-
mance in the 17th Lok
Sabha, it said. —PTI
Abu Dhabi/New Del-
hi: To achieve global
security, stability and
sustainable develop-
ment, it is imperative
for all nations to unite
in the fight against ter-
rorism and extremism,
said Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla at the plenary
session of Federal Na-
tional Council (FNC) of
the UAE on Tuesday
.
Om Birla addressed
members of the Federal
National Council of the
United Arab Emirates
in the sixth plenary ses-
sion of FNC in Abu
Dhabi on Tuesday
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Birla said that In-
dia has always opposed
terrorism in all its
forms. The Lok Sabha
Speaker stressed that
for global security, sta-
bility and sustainable
development, it is nec-
essary that all the na-
tions of the world come
together to fight the
challenges of terrorism
and violent extremism.
Patna: A day after a
special CBI Court in
Ranchi sentenced RJD
chief Lalu Prasad
to five years im-
prisonment and
imposed a Rs 60
lakh fine on him,
RJD vice presi-
dent Shivanand
Tiwari alleged that Bi-
har Chief Minister Nit-
ish Kumar was also
“involved” in the fodder
scam and had “taken
the money from the
kingpin Shyam Bihari
Sinha”.
Tiwari’s statement
came after Nitish said
that the leaders who
were involved in filing
the petition
against Lalu, are
working as advi-
sors of the party
and sitting close to
him.
“Nitish has be-
come vocal these days
afterPMNarendraModi
gave him the socialist
leader certificate. BJP
Rajya Sabha MP Sushil
Kumar Modi had al-
leged that Nitish Kumar
was also involved in fod-
der scam,” Tiwari said.
Dehradun: Fourteen
people returning from a
wedding, including five
women and two chil-
dren, died and two were
injured when a vehicle
fell into a deep gorge on
the Sukhidhang-Dan-
daminar road in Uttara-
khand’s Champawat
district on Tuesday
.
Their bodies were re-
covered from the gorge
after a nearly 11-hour-
long rescue operation,
Champawat Superin-
tendent of Police (SP)
Devendra Pincha told
PTI from the spot.
Five women, a four-
year-old girl and a teen-
aged boy are among the
dead, he said. The de-
ceased also include a
mother-daughter duo,
the SP said. All of them
died on the spot as the
gorge was deep and the
car was badly damaged
in the accident on Mon-
day night, he said. —PTI
New Delhi: Greater
power and stronger
capabilities should
lead to responsibil-
ity and restraint and
result in economics
free of coercion and
politics devoid of the
threat of use of force,
External Affairs Minis-
ter S Jaishankar said
on Tuesday, spelling
out challenges in the
Indo-Pacific region. In
an address at the EU
Ministerial Forum on
Indo-Pacific in Paris,
he said the challenges
being faced in the re-
gion could extend to
Europe as “distance is
no insulation”. Jais-
hankar said the host-
ing of the forum at a
time when Europe has
been grappling with a
serious crisis.
INDO-PACIFIC ISSUES MAY EXTEND
TILL EUROPE, SAYS S JAISHANKAR
IN THE COURTYARD
14 dead as
vehicle falls
into gorge in
Uttarakhand
SC TO HEAR PLEA TODAY SEEKING
CANCELLATION OF CLASS X, XII EXAMS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday
directed the Maharashtra government to com-
pletely hold back the ongoing investigation
against former Mumbai Police Commissioner
Parambir Singh over the allegations of mis-
conduct and corruption. A bench of Justices
SK Kaul and MM Sundresh expressing con-
cern over the “messy state of affairs” high-
lighted by the ongoing legal battle between
Singh with the state administration, said that
“it is a very very unfortunate situation”.
Beijing: China has promised to India to work for
the “early return” of over 23,000 Indian students
stranded at home for over two years due to
Beijing’s rigid Covid-19 visa ban and assured New
Delhi that they will not be discriminated against in
any manner, as their resumption of studies is not a
“political issue”. In its first positive communication
on the vexed issue of stranded Indian students.
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Tuesday agreed to list
for February 23 a plea
seeking cancellation
of physical exams for
Class X and XII to be
conducted by all State
Boards, CBSE, ICSE
and National Institute
of Open School-
ing (NIOS). A
bench headed
by Justice AM
Khanwilkar
asked the ad-
vocate of the
petitioner to serve the
copy of the petition to
the CBSE and all State
Boards. The apex court
agreed to list the matter
for Wednesday after the
counsel of the petition-
er urged for an urgent
list of the case said that
even Covid-19 situa-
tion has improved,
classes have not
been conducted
offline. The pe-
tition was filed
by child rights
activist.
SC DIRECTS MAHA GOVT TO ‘HOLD
BACK’ PROBE AGAINST PARAMBIR
CHINA PROMISES TO ‘WORK FOR EARLY
RETURN’ OF STRANDED INDIAN STUDENTS
Dubai ends rapid RTPCR test at airport for fliers
NCP’s Supriya Sule among 11 MPs
to be conferred with Sansad Ratna
All nations should unite
against terrorism: Birla
Nitishwasalsoinvolvedin
fodderscam:RJDleader
NCP’s Supriya Sule
Bajrang Dal workers organise a march to demand justice for Harsha. —FILE PHOTO
EAM S Jaishankar with
Jutta Urpilainen
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
—FILE PHOTO

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Jodhpur: IT raid on
big-time contractors
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: In a major action, the Income
Tax department raided the premises of
some big-time contractors of the city on
Tuesday
. The raids were going on in their
properties here as well as in Jaipur till
the last report.
A team of IT sleuths from Jaipur
reached the city in the morning and be-
gan surveying the properties belonging
to Pappu Ram Dara, Patram Vishnoi, Om
Prakash Vishnoi and others as well as at
the office of Mundan Constructions here.
The persons and business establish-
ments, where the raids are being conduct-
ed, are quite known names and their an-
nual turnover runs into crores of rupees.
The IT officials have, however, main-
tained a studied silence over the raids.
Income Tax team in action mode in Jodhpur.
REJECTION OF ONE SIDED
LOVE LEAD TO MURDER
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Private tuition
teacher Gaurav Jain
(28), who was on the
run after allegedly mur-
dering a 14-year-old stu-
dent here, was arrested
from Haryana’s Guru-
gram.
He was produced be-
fore a magistrate on
Tuesday who remanded
him for six days of po-
lice custody
The accused was in
love with the girl. He
proposed her but she
rejected him, following
which he hatched a con-
spiracy and killed the
minor girl inside his
house in Bajajkhana on
February 13.
He had been abscond-
ing after the murder.
Thirty-two police
teams were formed to
nab him and they final-
ly succeeded late Mon-
day night when Jain
was arrested from out-
side his sister’s house
in Gurugram, police
said.
More than 1000 CCTV
cameras were also ex-
amined in search of the
accused. One of the
teams was deployed
there in anticipation of
Jain reaching out to his
sister to hide from po-
lice, an officer said.
Accused Gaurav
Jain strangulated
14-year-old student
to death in Kota
Accused teacher Gaurav Jain in police custody on Tuesday.
Gaurav
Jain was
caught
while trying to enter
the houses as his
sister was in Tonk
(Rajasthan) for a
family function.
Kesar Singh Shekhawat,
Kota SP
Joint director, 2 others held
for taking `1.60 lakh bribe
Punit Chaturvedi
Dungarpur: Udaipur
ACB team arrested the
joint director, doctor
and compounder of
Animal Husbandry De-
partment here for tak-
ing a bribe of Rs 1.60
lakh in lieu of passing
the bill of 20 goat units.
Udaipur ACB DSP
Heramb Joshi said that
Abhishek Rawal, man-
aging director of M/s
Vagad Got and Polti
Farm Padardi, a resi-
dent of Shastri Colony
of Dungarpur city reg-
istered a complaint on
Monday. Rawal said
that on February 11, a
tender for supply of 59
goat units (5 goats and
one goat in one unit)
was received by the de-
partment and Rs 52,000
was fixed per unit.
The ACB laid a trap
and arrested senior Dr
Javed Khan red-handed
at the Bramhasthali
house while taking the
bribe. The accused is
said to have taken the
bribe at the behest of
Joint Director Dr Upen-
dra Singh Mahlawat.
After this, the ACB
sent the complainant
and Dr Khan to the Dun-
garpur Animal Hus-
bandry Department’s
office. The Joint Direc-
tor asked to give this
amount to the livestock
assistant Anil Bhagora.
The three accused in ACB custody in Dungarpur on Tuesday.
Use ISI mark helmet or face action: Ola
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Minister of
State for Transport and
Road Safety Brijendra
Singh Ola said that
strict action would be
taken against those sell-
ing and using helmets
without ISI mark (non-
standard) across the
state during a meeting
held here at the Trans-
port Bhawan.
Aninvestigationdrive
will soon be launched by
the Transport and Road
Safety department and
the police in this regard.
A special campaign will
be run to create aware-
nessamonghelmetman-
ufacturers and drivers
to use standard helmets
only
.
Ola said, “The Trans-
port and Police Depart-
ment should ensure that
peopleusehelmetsasper
the standards laid down
in Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS) and Mo-
tor Vehicles Act, 1988.”
Additional Chief Sec-
retary, Transport and
Road Safety department
Abhay Kumar said that
the licence number is
printed on every stand-
ard helmet. “The driv-
ers can check the au-
thenticity of the helmet
through ‘BIS Care’ mo-
bile application,” he
said, while suggesting
the BIS officer to print
the QR code on the hel-
met and road safety cell
officials to put up
awareness hoardings in
every district.
Transport Commis-
sioner Mahendra Soni
said that the Road Safe-
ty Cell will soon launch
a massive campaign.
Minister of State for Transport
Brijendra Singh Ola addressing
the officials.
Police rescues
married
woman, she
alleges rape
Vinod Tiwari
Dholpur: The Kaulari
police station of Dhol-
pur district has res-
cued a married wom-
an, who was taken
away by a person. After
rescuing her, police re-
corded her statement
in Dholpur court. In
her statements, the
married woman has ac-
cused a youth of ma-
ternal side of raping
her by taking her away
after being seduced. On
which the police have
registered a case of
kidnapping. Police sta-
tion in-charge Naresh
Poswal said that on
January 27, a young
man living in a village
in his PS area had
lodged a case. Who
called himself the
brother of the married
woman. In the case
lodged in the PS, it was
told that the accused
took the married wom-
an with him to the ma-
ternal house, but when
his wife did not reach
the maternal home, the
victim youth lodged a
case of kidnapping
against the accused.
CS: Inform
about updates
of service rules
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Usha Sharma had
to intervene in getting a
DoP order
executed by
the depart-
ments.
The DoP
t h r o u g h
video con-
ference had directed all
the departments to pro-
vide information about
updation in service
rules at the earliest but
no information was pro-
vided so far.
Now the department
has got a reminder is-
sued by the chief secre-
tary in order to get the
desired information as
soon as possible.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Recently ap-
pointed as Chair-
man of Redressal of
Public Grievance com-
mittee, Congress leader
Pukhraj Parashar has
taken a positive step. He
will be the first Chair-
man who will not sit in
CMO. Pukhraj Par-
ashar has been accord-
ed a room in Mantra-
laya Bhavan.
According to tradi-
tion, the Chairman sits
in the CMO. This tradi-
tion was established
due to direct coordina-
tion with the Chief
Minister.
Mumtaz Masih also
used to sit in this room.
This is a different mat-
ter at that time as CM’s
OSD Parashar also used
to sit in the upper floor
of Chief Minister of-
fice.
However, Pukhraj
Parashar has undertak-
en a new experiment as
soon as he got the new
post. The reason is clear
that the common work-
er should reach him
without any hassle.
Pukhraj Parashar allotted
roominMantralayaBhavan
Pukhraj Parashar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the interest
of the unemployed,
MLA Sanyam Lodha
wrote a letter to CM
Ashok Gehlot request-
ing him to issue a new
selection list and get the
appointments done as
early as possible.
He mentioned that
hundreds of posts of
level-2 subjects Eng-
lish, Science and Math-
ematics are still vacant
in REET Recruitment
2016.
Lodha urges
CM to issue new
selection list
8 die in separate mishaps in
Bhilwara, Barmer, Jaisalmer
Naveen Joshi/
Ashok Shera/
Suryaveer Singh Tanwar
Bhilwara/Barmer/
Jaisalmer: Three peo-
ple, including the
groom’s uncle and
grandfather died in
the accident when the
car they were travel-
ling in rammed into
another vehicle in
Hamirgarh police sta-
tion area of Bhilwara
on Tuesday. Two peo-
ple have been serious-
ly injured. They were
returning from a wed-
ding from Jaipur to
Neemuch.
Hamirgarh police
station officer Hanu-
mana Rao Vishnoi said
that the car hit another
vehicle from behind in
front of Maharani Ho-
tel on Takhatpura High-
way. People nearby in-
formed the police about
the accident.
The injured have
been identified as Sita-
ram Saini, Ajay Saini
and Babulal Saini.
In Barmer, two cous-
ins died on the spot
when a trailer-truck
rammed their bike near
Kushal Vatika, around
5 km from here, on
Monday night.
According to wit-
nesses, both the vehi-
cles caught fire after
the collision and one of
the bikers was burnt
alive in the rousing fire
while the other was
thrown around 50 feet
away from the spot and
died instantaneously.
The deceased – 30
years old Gorkha Ram
and 25 years old Nana-
ga Ram, both residents
of Thumbli – were re-
turning from their rela-
tive’s house in Lilsar.
Sources said that the
trailer-truck was com-
ing from the wrong side
while it hit the bike.
In Jaisalmer, the driv-
er of a Sedan and a cou-
ple aboard it were killed
while another five were
injured in a tragic road
accident near Khetolai
village in the district on
Tuesday
.
According to police,
the car driver lost con-
trol over the vehicle as
he tried to save a cow on
the road. The vehicle
turned turtle with a
very high speed, killing
the driver and a couple
travelling in the car
while 5 others in the car
were seriously hurt.
The ill-fated car after the accident in which 3 people were
trevelling in Bhilwara.

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