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239 RAS
TRANSFFERED
Jaipur: Late on Monday
night, in a major reshuf-
fle of bureucracy, the
state government trans-
ferred 239 RAS officers
and 2 IAS. More than 20
ADMs have been trans-
ferred while 92 RAS
have been posted on
various posts that were
lying vacant till now.
Interstingly, 13 RAS who
were on APO have also
been given postings.
Among the RAS, Bal-
mukund Asawa has been
appointed as Secretary,
Urban Development
Trust, Udaipur while
Hanuman Mal Dhaka
has been appointed as
Joint Secretary to Chief
Minister. Arun Kumar
Hasija appointed as Joint
Secretary, Turn to P8
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was granted bail in Kokrajhar, but was re-arrested on Monday by Barpeta police in another case.
ARRESTED, BAILED, ARRESTED!
With bail in hand, MLA Jignesh Mevani re-arrested in Assam, this time for ‘detering public
servant from discharge of duty and criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty’
Guwahati: Even as the
Chief Judicial Magis-
trate court in the Kokra-
jhar district Monday
granted bail to Jignesh
Mevani, arrested last
week in connection
with an allegedly de-
famatory tweet against
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, the Assam
Police rearrested the
Gujarat MLA in a fresh
case registered in the
neighbouring district
of Barpeta.
“The Barpeta police
rearrestedhimfollowing
thebailorder,”saidAng-
shuman Bora, Mevani’s
counsel, adding that the
sections he was booked
under (294, 354, 353 and
323 of the Indian Penal
Code)suggestedthatMe-
vani had “misbehaved/
assaulted” police offi-
cials while in custody
.
Among others, these
sections are related to
“assault or use of crim-
inal force to deter pub-
lic servant from dis-
charge of his duty”
(Section 353) and “as-
sault or criminal force
to woman with intent to
outrage her modesty”
(Section 354).
Mevani allegedly
“misbehaved, used
slang words and
touched her (the wom-
an police officer) inap-
propriately, Assam Spe-
cial DGP (Law and Or-
der) GP Singh said.
Mevani has been
booked under IPC Sec-
tions 294 (obscene acts
and songs in public
place), 354 (assault or
criminalforcetowoman
with intent to outrage
her modesty), 353 (as-
sault or criminal force
to deter public servant
from discharge of his
duty), and 323 (voluntar-
ily causing hurt).
Mevani
“misbehaved,
used slang
words and touched her
(the woman police
officer)
inappropriately.
—GP Singh, Assam Special
DGP (Law and Order)
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Benchmark indices tumbled for the second day in a row on Monday,
with the sensex tanking 617.26 points. The BSE index dived 1.08 per
cent to end at 56,579.89 after plummeting 840.28 points or 1.46 per
cent during the day.
SENSEX SLUMPS
617 POINTS;
NIFTY FALLS
BELOW 17,000
One importer was arrested and 205.6kg of heroin worth `1,439 crore
seized under a joint operation conducted by Gujarat anti-terrorism
squad and DRI. The consignment, which had been imported by a
Uttarakhand-based firm, is being examined by DRI.
HEROIN WORTH
`1,439 CR SEIZED
NEAR KANDLA
PORT IN GUJARAT
MATOSHREE-HANUMAN CHALISA ROW
Bombay HC dismisses Rana
couple’s plea to quash FIR
Mumbai: The Bombay
high court on Monday
dismissed a petition
filed by Maharashtra
MP Navneet Rana and
her MLA husband Ravi
Rana seeking cancella-
tion of an FIR regis-
tered against them in
connection with the
call for chanting of the
Hanuman Chalisa out-
side chief minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s resi-
dence.
A bench of Justices
PB Varale and SM
Modak said it found no
merit in the plea.
The high court, how-
ever, directed the Maha-
rashtra Police to pro-
vide a notice of 72 hours
to the Rana couple be-
fore arresting them.
Meanwhile, the cou-
ple moved the sessions
court on Monday seek-
ing bail in the FIR reg-
istered by the Mumbai
Police against them on
charges of sedition and
promoting enmity. The
bail plea is likely to be
heard on Tuesday
.
Earlier in the day, the
couple had moved the
high court to quash a
second FIR registered
against them on Sun-
day under IPC Section
353 (assault or criminal
force to deter public
servant from discharge
of his duty) at Khar po-
lice station in Mumbai.
COURT GRANTS
BAIL TO 16
SENA WORKERS
Mumbai: Sixteen Shiv
Sena workers, who
were arrested by Khar
Police on Sunday for
allegedly creating a
ruckus outside the res-
idence of Amravati MP
Navneet Rana and her
husband Ravi Rana,
an MLA, were granted
bail by a Mumbai Court
on Monday following
which the Sena were
released.
MP Navneet Rana at Santacruz Station, after she along with her husband Ravi Rana arrested.
NCP LEADER SEEKS SHAH'S NOD TO CHANT
RELIGIOUS PRAYERS NEAR PM'S RESIDENCE
Mumbai: Amid the ongoing Hanuman Chalisa row in
Maharashtra, NCP Mumbai north district working president
Fahmida Hasan Khan has written to Union home minister
Amit Shah requesting permission for chanting prayers of
every religion in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok
Kalyan Marg residence in the national capital. I, Fahmida
Hasan Khan of Kandivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra, request you
to grant permission to offer Namaz, recite Hanuman Chalisa,
Navkar Mantra, Guru Granth and Novena in front of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's residence. Kindly let me know the
date and time, Khan's letter, dated April 23, stated.
COUPLE MOVES SESSIONS COURT FOR BAIL
SC TO HEAR
PILS RELATED
TO ARTICLE
370 IN JULY
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Monday said it will
list petitions for a
hearing challenging
the abrogation of Ar-
ticle 370 and the bi-
furcation of JK in
the month of July
. A
bench headed by CJI
NV Ramana said it
will try to list a
bunch of petitions
challenging the va-
lidity of the law in
the month of July
.
Senior advocates
P Chidambaram and
Shekhar Naphade
mentioned the peti-
tions before the
court for hearing.
After poll debacles,
Cong to form group
for 2024 election
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Monday decid-
ed to constitute an Em-
powered Action Group
to prepare for the 2024
Lok Sabha polls. The
development follows a
report submitted by an
eight-member commit-
tee on April 21.
According to sources,
the group will be a win-
dow for political strate-
gist Prashant Kishor,
known as PK in politi-
cal circles, to work for
the party till 2024 elec-
tions but there is no of-
ficial word on it.
“Congress president
Sonia Gandhi received a
report from the eight
member group on April
21. Today she discussed
the report with the
group. Based on the dis-
cussions, the Congress
president has decided to
constitute an Empow-
ered Action Group for
2024 in order to address
the political challenges
ahead,” the party said.
Randeep Singh Sur-
jewala said that he did
not want to comment on
the members till the
Congress president has
constituted the panel.
Party to hold Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir from
May 13 to 15 in Udaipur; no decision on PK yet
CBSE MEANS
CENTRAL BOARD
OF SUPPRESSING
EDUCATION: RAGA
New Delhi: Days after
the CBSE removed
several chapters from
syllabus of Classes X and
XII, former Congress
chief Rahul Gandhi on
Monday called national
level board of education
‘Central Board of
Suppressing Education’.
He further targeted RSS
over and termed it
‘Rashtriya Shiksha
Shredder’.
Womantakesliftin
car,gangrapedkilled
Laxmi Kant Sharma
Dausa: Taking lift from
unknown persons cost a
married woman her
life. She was kidnapped,
gangraped, killed and
thrown into a well. A
case has been filed at
Ramgarh Pachwara po-
lice station area of
Dausa.
According to the po-
lice, the victim had left
Jaipur on April 23 in a
public vehicle to visit a
village. When the vic-
tim didn’t find any vehi-
cle near Sonad village
to go further, she took a
lift in a car of accused.
The family members
lodged complaint at
Ramgarh police station
after which the police
caught an accused fol-
lowing which the dead
body was recovered
from the well.
Anurag, other BJP
leaders meet to plan
Modi govt’s 3rd
anniv
New Delhi: A team of
senior BJP leaders, in-
cluding Union minister
Anurag Thakur, met on
Monday as the party
plans a big outreach to
mark the third anniver-
saryof theModigovern-
ment in its second term
after the COVID-19 in
2020 ruled out any major
public event during the
first two anniversaries.
Membersof acommit-
tee formed by the BJP to
decide the modalities of
the programme dis-
cussed various sugges-
tionsatameetingheldat
the party headquarters.
Union minister Thakur,
BJP general secretaries
ArunSingh,CTRaviand
D Purandareswari and
chief spokesperson Anil
Baluni, among others,
are part of the panel.
JP NADDA CHAIRS
IMPORTANT PARTY
MEETING
An important meeting was
chaired by BJP national
president JP Nadda on
Monday at his residence
wherein organisational
secretaries took part. Notably,
during the meet, the tentative
dates of working committee's
meeting was also discussed
and word is that the meet
could be held on 14th and
15th May. Interestingly, the
Congress's 'Chintan Shivir'
would also be held in Udaipur
in Rajasthan at the same time.
RAJ HC ISSUES NOTICE TO PILOT
CO. OVER SPEAKER’S NOTICE
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: The issue of no-
tice served by Rajasthan
Assembly Speaker was
heard by the Rajasthan
High Court on Monday
wherein the Court is-
sued notices to former
Dy CM Sachin Pilot and
18 MLAs of his camp
seeking reply on their
opinion regarding what
do they have to say on
the application present-
ed for dismissal of
Speaker’s notice.
A division bench of
Acting CJ MM Srivas-
tava and Justice Samir
Jain has given this or-
der on the petition of PR
Meenaandotherswhich
would be heard in the
High Court on May 25.
Advocate Vimal
Choudhary, appearing
forMohanlalNama,told
that a political settle-
ment has been reached
between both the par-
ties and the petitioner
has already cast his vote
in support of the trust
vote in the assembly
. In
a way, his prayer for re-
taining membership in
the assembly and Con-
gress has also been ap-
proved and thus there is
no justification for keep-
ing the petition pending
now. Therefore, in such
a situation the petition
should be dismissed in
the interest of justice.
Meanwhile, on behalf
of MLA PR Meena, it
has been said that a side
will be presented in the
matter. The advocate ap-
pearing for the MLAs
said that they have not
received any direction
from the MLAs to pre-
sent their side in the
matter. Turn to P8
Sachin Pilot

UNITED FOR LOVE, HARMONY!
In Roja Iftar of Dharmik Jan Morcha held at a hotel in C-scheme, religious leaders of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christianity
communities gave the message of religious and communcal unity. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN
RAJASTHAN
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Dotasra corners three babas of BJP
ALWAR TEMPLES DEMOLITION ROW
‘Baba S Saraswati does not believe in idol worship, but is now giving speeches’
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: Cornering three
leaders of BJP over the
Alwar temple demoli-
tion issue, PCC presi-
dent Govind Singh Do-
tasra on Monday ad-
dressed the trio as Ba-
bas. He said that Sikar
MP Baba Sumedhanand
Saraswati does not be-
lieve in idol worship but
is giving speeches on
Rajgarh temple and idol
breaking issue. The oth-
er Baba is Mahant Bal-
aknath, the MP of Al-
war, whose disciple is
chairman of Rajgarh
municipality, which
proposed to remove the
encroachments.
The third Baba is Ki-
rodi Lal Meena, who
failed to get mileage
here and he accepted
that BJP board made a
mistake. Dotasra said
this while addressing
two-day district-level
Congress training pro-
gramme in Alwar. He
said the encroachment
removal proposal was
prepared during previ-
ous BJP government
and the BJP’s board
carried it out.
Govt should apologise, rebuild temples: MP
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur:BJPMPSumed-
hanand Saraswati on
Monday said that the
state govt should apolo-
gise and rebuild the
temples demolished in
the name of road wid-
ening in Rajgarh of Al-
war district.
He said that those
who had authorised
land deeds should be
compensated and their
houses be rebuilt. The
MP also demanded a ju-
dicial inquiry in the
matter at a press confer-
ence held in BJP HQ.
Saraswati, who was
part of the team consti-
tuted by the state BJP to
investigate the temple
demolition case, sub-
mitted a factual report
to BJP State President
Satish Poonia on Mon-
day
.
On Saturday, a five-
member committee
headed by BJP state
president Satish Poonia
visited Rajgarh, Alwar.
CONG DIST HEAD’S VIDEO
In the case of the demolition of the temple by the
municipality in Rajgarh in Alwar, the district presi-
dent of Congress Yogesh Mishra said that 300 years
old three temples have been broken and such officers
should be ashamed and the BJP should be ashamed
that the idol was cut with a saw. Now, whether it is in
the middle of a road or in the drain, the temple will be
built there. This video of Yogesh Mishra is of 23 April
when he had reached the dharna of sarpanches. He
also said that if there is courage, remove a pebble of
the mosque and show it.
PIL FILED IN RAJ HC
AGAINST ALWAR
TEMPLE DEMOLITION
Making CM Ashok Gehlot
and the District Collector
a party, a PIL was filed
in the Rajasthan High
Court on Monday. The
case invovle the demoli-
tion of a 300-year-old
Shiva temple in Alwar
with the Sub-Divisional
Magistrate, Executive
Officer, Municipality and
others also named in the
PIL. It is filed regarding
the demolition drive in
Rajgarh in which shops
and temples, were
demolished.
MLA RUPARAM WINS
ROUND OF APPLAUSE
FOR GIG AT PARTY
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: A woman in
Barmer district had mar-
ried off her 13-years-old
daughter with a 35-years-
old man to pay off her
husband’s debt. The case
has not been ended here
as the minor girl was
raped by the accused
whom she was forcefully
married. The victim has
now approached the po-
lice while pleading for
justice. A case has been
lodged and investigation
has also been initiated.
Deepak Bhargav, super-
intendent of police in Bar-
mer confirmed the report
and said that on Monday a
13-years-old girl com-
plained that some accused
had raped her. SP said that
taking serious note of the
case at very first he tried
to pacify while assuring
strict action. He further
said that a case has been
lodged and medical exami-
nation of the victim has
also been done.
Jaisalmer: Congress MLA
Ruparam Dhandev is known
for his Rajasthani dance. A
video of him has surfaced in
which he is seen dancing on
the Rajasthani folk songs.
People are sharing and prais-
ing the video on social media.
Tanker driver burnt alive
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A chemical lad-
entankerrammedintoa
stationarytrailerparked
on the middle of the
Ring Road in Jaipur late
onSunday
.Thetwovehi-
cles caught fire. Three
people, including the
driver in the trailer
jumped to save their
lives. However, the driv-
er trapped in the cabin,
died of burn injuries.
‘Power’less hosp: Woman dies during treatment
First India Bureau
Kota: Medical services
were badly hit in new
hospitalof KotaMedical
College for three hours
due to power failure on
Sunday evening.
A female patient
who was on ventilator
support died while an
elderly woman admit-
ted in the Emergency
was given CPR under
torchlight.
Thepowersupplywas
disrupted due to a fault
in an electrical panel.
Therewasnopowersup-
ply to Emergency
, Surgi-
cal ICU, CCU and Covid
wardcausingtroublefor
patients and doctors.
A video of the hospi-
tal in darkness went vi-
ral on social media.
A 65-year old woman
Nandu Bai, a resident of
Chittogarh district, was
on ventilator support
and she died at 10.50 pm,
while the power was
switched on at 10.55 pm.
On Sunday evening,
power was cut and the
oxygen supply was in-
terrupted.Shewasgiven
oxygen supply through
an ambu bag but she
died at 10.50 pm.Doctors
treated other patients in
the torchlight.
Meanwhile, the hospi-
taladmincalledtheengi-
neer but he was out of
thestation.Similarly
,the
contractor was also not
present in the town. Lat-
er, another contractor
wascalledandthepower
supply was resumed.
Medical staff giving CPR to
woman in mobile lights.
Sumedhanand Saraswati addressing media at BJP HQ on Monday.
Pankaj Meena, RS Shekhawat and Shravan S Bagdi are also seen.
Suspended:
Rajgarh civic
body head, EO
and SDM
First India Bureau
Alwar: In Rajgarh tem-
ple demolition case, Ra-
jgarh Municipality
Chairman Satish Duh-
aria, Executive Officer
Banwari Lal Meena,
and SDM Keshav Mee-
na have been suspend-
ed. The LSG Depart-
ment took action by
issuing orders late at
night. The government
has also decided to con-
duct a judicial inquiry
against Duhariya. Ke-
shav Meena was, how-
ever, also reflected in
RAS transfer list and
shifted as Pachwara
SDM in Dausa.
Meanwhile, Collector
Shiv Prasad Nakate
and SP Tejaswani Gau-
tam who arrived at Ra-
jgarh on Monday to in-
spect the encroachment
faced the protest. BIDA
commissioner Roh-
itash Tomar is appoint-
ed to investigate the
entire incident.
24,170 seized vehicles
disposed of across Raj
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Police
Headquarters had taken
an initiative to dispose
of the impound vehicles
and junk at the police
stations. Following the
instructions of DGP ML
Lather, the PHQ had
launched a special drive
for this from Feb 1 to
March 31, which has
yielded positive results.
In the campaign, 24,170
vehicles have been dis-
posed in the state.
Pali tops the list with
2037vehiclesdisposedof
followedby1431vehicles
in Jaipur West, 1358 in
Jaipur East, 1163 in
Sawai Madhopur, 951 in
Ajmer, 934 in Dholpur.
Districtswithlowscores
areKarauli,Pratapgarh,
Jaisalmer,GRPJodhpur
and GRP Ajmer.
2sistersgangrapedinJhunjhunu
ATROCITIES AGAINST WOMEN ACROSS STATE
Pradeep Garwal
Jhunjhunu:Twosis-
ters were reportedly
gangraped in Jhunj-
hunu under the
Nawalgarhpolicesta-
tion area. The matter
cametolightafterthe
younger sister com-
plained of stomach
ache and was found
to be pregnant. The
police have regis-
tered a case and ar-
rested an accused for
questioning.
DSPSatpalSinghis
interrogatingthreeor
four other youths. Ac-
cording to police, the
accusedhadbeenrap-
ing elder sister for
past one-and-a-half
years and later black-
mailed her to call her
younger sister. The
accused gangraped
the younger sister
and impregnanted
theminor.Policehave
registered a case un-
der the POCSO Act.
Jaipur: A case of rape of
an 18-year-old girl has
come to light in the city.
The accused was already
in judicial custody in the
rape case of the same girl.
When he came out after
four months, he raped her
again. The police have
again taken the accused
into custody. The police
said, accused Rinku Meena
has already been arrested
under the POCSO Act ear-
lier and he had raped the
same girl, when she was
a minor. Now he has been
taken into police custody.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
Chittorgarh: A rally was
held in Chittorgarh in a
protest against the rape
of a 3-year-old girl in the
city, atrocities against
women and the failed
law and order of the
State Govt. The effigy
of CM Gehlot was also
burnt. On the occasion
Rajsamand MP, Diya Ku-
mari said that Congress
is the most incompe-
tent Govt in the State’s
history and be it inflation
or atrocities against
women, employment,
or religious matters,
Congress has failed on
all fronts. Gehlot has
proved to be a complete
failure as a CM. She
said that a 300-year-old
temple was demolished
in Alwar. Similarly, acts
such as Section 144
being imposed on Hindu
festivals expose the an-
ti-Hindu mentality of the
Congress Government.
MP Diya Kumari,BJP workers take out protest march on Monday.
Anand Srivastava, Ajaypal Lamba along with the cops who were
felicitated on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Fire rescue: Jaipur CP
honours 10 personnel
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The police per-
sonnels who did rescue
work during the fire in-
cident in the Cine Star
Building in the Vidyad-
har Nagar on Saturday
were awarded at the Po-
lice Commissionerate
on Monday
.
On this occasion, JCP
AnandSrivastava,Addl.
CP Crime Ajaypal Lam-
ba, DCP North Parish
Deshmukh along with
other officers were pre-
sent. JCP Srivastava
honoured Addl DCP
Dharmendra Sagar,
ACP Shastri Nagar Ma-
hendra Kumar Gupta
and Vidyadhar Nagar
SHO Virendra Kuril as
well as the policemen
who did the rescue work
attheCineStarBuilding
by garlands and safa.
Minor married off
to pay her father’s
debt; husband
booked for rape
RAPE ACCUSED ON
BAIL RAPES SAME
VICTIM AGAIN
Diya, others protest Chittorgarh minor’s rape
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The shifting of
the villages in the Crit-
ical Tiger Habitat of
Sariska Tiger Reserve
has been a tough ask
for the Forest Depart-
ment since the begin-
ning. However, with
the untiring efforts of
Sariska Field Director
Roop Narayan Meena,
DFO Sudarshan Shar-
ma and their team on
Monday they have suc-
cessfully relocated 32
families of village Loj.
In fact, villagers had
given their consent for
voluntary displace-
ment from village Loj
located in Critical Ti-
ger Habitat (CTH) of
Sariska Tiger Reserve
to Tijara Rundh.
Under which the pro-
cess of relocation of
village Loj was started.
On Monday, villagers
of 32 families of village
Loj (Nathusar) sent
their household items
in 14 tractors and two
pickup vehicles and left
for the relocation site
Tijara Rundh. It is note-
worthy that 99 families
of village Loj are being
settled in Tijara Rundh.
With the displacement
of this village, a mas-
sive area will be avail-
able for tigers.
Sariska villagers agree to shift to Tijara
FOR WILDLIFE’S SAKE
lll
Villagers had
given their
consent for
voluntary
displacement
from village Loj
located in CTH
of Sariska Tiger
Reserve to
Tijara Rundh
32 families of Loj have been shifted from Sariska Tiger reserve.
Our Sikar MP
Baba
Sumedhanand
Saraswati does not believe
in idol worship, he has
hundreds of such videos.
Now he has come to
to give a speech
in the matter of
breaking the
idol.
—GS Dotasra, PCC Chief

RAJASTHAN
03
Sunil Sihag
Sri Ganganagar: Com-
missioner of Rajasthan
Foundation, Dhiraj
Srivastava on Monday,
said that the state gov-
ernment is sensitive
towards the education
and future of the medi-
cal students, who re-
turned from Ukraine.
He said that the govern-
ment is trying to ensure
that their education is
not affected.
During a meeting
with students, who re-
turned from Ukraine
and their parents at the
Auditorium of Collec-
torate at Sri Gnagana-
gar, Srivastava said that
CM Ashok Gehlot has
written to the Central
Government twice in
this regard.
Referring to the govern-
ment university in Mol-
dova, he said that edu-
cation and other facili-
ties like Ukraine are
available there.
Ganganagar MLA
Rajkumar Gaur said,
“Govt is making efforts
that children should get
an opportunity to com-
plete their studies.”
Govt striving hard to ensure Ukraine
returnees’ edu is not affected: Dhiraj
CONSUMERS NEED TO SAVE ELECTRICITY
TO HELP CONTAIN POWER CRISIS: SAWANT
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: With hike in
power demand, power
cuts for about 4-5 hours
in rural areas for 2-3
hours in towns are
plaguing people. Offic-
ers are engaged in pow-
er management amid
power crisis. Principal
Secretary Energy,
Bhaskar A Sawant has
taken charge of the sit-
uation. He is continu-
ously coordinating with
all three Discoms and
Rajasthan Energy De-
velopment Corporation
and taking feedback on
power load and power
cut across the state.
In a special interview
with First India,
Bhaskar A Sawant
shared efforts being
made to contain the
situation. “Power crisis
has deepened not only
in Raj, but across the
country. Industrial
units are running on
full load demand for
domestic electricity has
increased. So, the Dis-
coms are compelled to
impose cuts,” he said.
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: With assem-
bly polls nearing in
Rajasthan, the Aam
Aadmi Party has be-
gun the preparations
for the same. AAP’s
Rajasthan in-charge
Vinay Mishra on his
visit to Jaipur, sub-
mitted a memoran-
dum to Governor
Kalraj Mishra at Raj
Bhawan regarding
corruption.
Mishra claimed
that many MLAs
MPs of Rajasthan
are in touch with the
party. People will be
surprised to know
them.
Talking about cor-
ruption, he said
“The common man is
troubleddue to un-
employment cor-
ruption. While the
BJP enjoys bulldozer
politics, AAP takes
up issues of public
interest. When BJP
starts losing, nation
witnesses riots. Let
bulldozer run over
BJP HQs there will
be no riots,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Five employ-
ees of a logistics
company stole jewel-
lery items worth Rs
7.5 crore here follow-
ing which a case was
registered against
them, police said.
The consignment
was received by the
staffers of the firm at
the Jaipur airport
and they took it to a
rented accommoda-
tion in Sindhi camp
area, police said.
After finding gold
and diamond jewel-
lery in the boxes,
they decamped with
them, they added.
‘The management of
logistics firm lodged
a complaint against
the 5 employees, Vi-
kas, Surendra, Hari-
om, Devnarayan and
Sitaram on Sunday,’’
SHO Sindhi Camp
Police Station Gun-
jan Verma said.
Firm’s Manager
Dharmendra Pandey
claimed that accused
also stole a company-
owned two-wheeler.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Divisional
Colonisation Commis-
sioner Dr Neeraj K
Pawan handed over 25
acres of land to interna-
tional shooter Apurvi
Chandela in Bithnok on
Monday. Bikaner is
Apurvi’s maternal
home. Apurvi has been
allotted this land free of
cost as per state govt’s
policy
. Neeraj K Pawan
said that this would in-
spire other players.
Apurvi described this
scheme of govt as inspi-
rational for players.
She said that girls
should set their own
goals work towards
achieving them, as
there is no shortcut to
success.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The Managing
Director of Rajasthan
Cooperative Dairy Fed-
eration Sushma Arora,
while addressing the
first review meeting af-
ter joining as MD, di-
rected that all the 23
District Milk Unions of
the state should pay at-
tention to quality of
milk in their respective
districts.
In this meeting of the
programming commit-
tee, MDs of District
Milk Unions Manag-
ers of Animal Feed
Plants of the state were
present. She also direct-
ed to give priority to the
budget announcements
made by CM Gehlot.
“Only quality and un-
adulterated milk should
be procured. Transfer
the amount of in-
creased grant under
Mukhyamantri Milk
Utpadak Sambal Yojana
to the milk producers,”
she said.
She also stressed upon
increasing participa-
tion of women in the
dairy business.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Five districts
have performed very
well in cracking down
on the drug mafia in the
state.
Prompt action has
been taken in Hanu-
mangarh, Bikaner, Na-
gaur, Churu and Kota
Rural.
In the month of Feb-
ruary and March, Ha-
numangarh recorded
maximum 86 actions, 64
in Bikaner, 55 in Na-
gaur, 50 in Churu and 46
in Kota Rural.
The special focus of
DGP ML Lather is on
action on narcotics. But
some districts are lack-
ing either due to no
drugs or lack of will of
the police.
There has been little
or no action in 5 dis-
tricts namely Bharat-
pur, Bhiwadi, Dungar-
pur, Jhunjhunu and
Dholpur. In 2 months,
only 2 to 4 cases have
been registered in these
districts. Officials at Po-
lice HQs are angry with
poor performance of
these districts.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: In an impor-
tant decision, District
Consumer Protection
Commission-II ordered
budget airline SpiceJet
to cough up Rs 50,000 in
damages for leaving be-
hind Dubai-bound pas-
senger’s luggage in
Jaipur itself.
According to the the
complainants Dr Dipak
Bhandari and Suraj
Bhandari, they boarded
a SpiceJet plane to
Dubai last Friday
.
Though the airline
flew them to their desti-
nation, it left behind
their 3 suitcases and
bags in Jaipur.
The Commission’s
Chairman Dr Shyam
Sundar Lata, members
Dr Anuradha Vyas and
Anand Singh Solanki
pronounced the judge-
ment in this regard.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The second
term examinations of
Classes 10th and 12th of
the Central Board of
Secondary Education
(CBSE) will start from
today. The exams for
class 10 will end on May
24, while that of class
12 would continue till
June 15. A guideline has
also been issued by the
Board regarding this.
Around 2.27 lakh stu-
dents from Ajmer re-
gion, will take the ex-
ams. Of these, 1,24,932
students will appear for
Class 10 exams while
1,02,186 students will
taketheexaminationfor
Class 12. The exam tim-
ings will start from 10.30
am. Students will get a
maximum time of two
hours to solve a paper.
However, student will
get an hour to solve pa-
pers related to subjects
like Music Vocational
Education. Details are
available on CBSE’s
website. The name and
address of examination
centres have been given
in admit cards.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Covid Health
Assistants (CHA) ,who
have been agitating
here for the last 25 days
demanding reappoint-
ment, have sent a repre-
sentation to Governor
Kalraj Mishra to look
into their demands.
They demanded his in-
tervention in the mat-
ter. On the other hand, a
delegation of CHAs met
Congress’ national
spokesperson Randeep
Surjewala in New Delhi
on Monday
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Councillors of
Ajmer Municipal Corpora-
tion’s Congress Councillors
reachedJaipurmetRTDC
Prez Dharmendra Rathore
DLB Commissioner urg-
ing cancellation of general
meeting calling it ‘invalid.’
A plaint was also filed
against Mayor Brajlata
Hada Municipal Com-
missionerDevendraKumar
for promoting corruption.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The officers
and staff of JMCH
were vaccinated with
the Covid- 19 booster
dose during the two-day
camp being organised
at Corporation’sHQs.
29 frontline and sanita-
tion workers were ad-
ministered the booster
dose. Deputy Commis-
sioner of Health Ashish
Kumar said that with
Covid-19 spreading its
wings again, frontline
workers were vaccinat-
ed with booster doses
by setting up the camps.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On Monday
, the
electricity workers
once again protested
against Bari MLA Gir-
raj Singh Malinga over
the AEN -JEN assault
issue. On the call of Ra-
jasthan Electricity Em-
ployees, Engineers
Adhikari Sangharsh
Samiti, the electricity
workers boycotted work
for two hours from 11
am to 1 pm. During this,
hundreds of electricity
personnel reached Vid-
yut Bhawan and dem-
onstrated demanding
immediate arrest of the
other accused including
MLA Girraj Singh Mal-
inga. Along with this,
the demand was also
raised to hand over the
case probe to CBI.
The officials have
warned that if Malinga
isn’t arrested, the move-
ment will take shape of
state level agitation.
Dy LoP Churu
MLA Rajendra Rathore,
along with villagers,
reached the office of SE
of Electricity Depart-
ment with lanterns
sat on a dharna with a
13-point demands.
“Congress govt has
failed in power manage-
ment in Raj. Due to apa-
thy, people face 10 to 12
hours of power cuts in
district especially in ru-
ral and urban areas of
Churu,” he said.
AEN-JEN Assault: Power employees stage
sit-in; Rathore joins stir for power supply
Power cuts for 2-5 hours plaguing
people in rural areas and towns
Power employees demonstrate demanding arrest of MLA Girarj Singh Malinga to hand over the probe of the assault case to CBI at
Vidhyut Bhawan in Jaipur on Monday. Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore along with masses, stages a symbolic protest by lighting candles
also submitted a memorandum to SE, Electricity PHED Depts to resolve the problem at the earliest during his visit to Churu.
AAP’s State Election in-charge Vinay Mishra submitted
a memorandum to Governor Kalraj Mishra against
increasing corruption, deteriorating law order against
increasing atrocities on women in the state at the Raj
Bhawan in Jaipur on Monday.
The consumers should also understand,
save electricity, then the problem will
lessen. The demand for electricity in the
country has broke the record of past 38 years.
—Bhaskar A Sawant, Prinicipal Secretary, Energy
State govt’s pri-
ority is to help
students re-
sume education the
govt is considering all
the options in this re-
gard. Negotiations are
also being held with
many countries.
—Dhiraj Srivastava,
Commissioner Raj Foundation
Run bulldozer on BJP
HQs to stop riots: AAP
5bookedforstealing
jewelleryworth`7cr
Int’l shooter Apurvi awarded
25 acres of agriculture land
Arora asks officials to pay heed
to quality of milk being procured
Five districts in Raj outshine in
cracking down on drug mafia
Consumerforumimposes
`50,000 fine on SpiceJet
CBSE Class 10 12
exams kick off today
Protesting CHAs
demand Guv’s
intervention
Ajmer councillors
reach Jaipur over
meeting issue
Booster dose
camp @ JMCH
Divisional Commissioner Dr Neeraj K Pawan hands over the
allotment letter mutation of 25 acres of agricultural land to
international shooter Apurvi Chandela in Bikaner on Monday.
Sushma Arora chairs the first review meeting of programming
committee on Monday after taking over as RCDF MD.
HONOURING INNOVATION
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri felicitated the Public
Health and Engineering Department of Rajasthan for
introducing various innovative initiatives in the infra
sector during HUDCO’S 52nd Foundation Day ceremony
at New Delhi on Monday. ACS PHED Sudhansh Pant
Director (Budget) Finance dept Brijesh Kishor Sharma
received the award from the Minister.
‘IGNORE FAKE
MESSAGES ON
POWER CUT’
Discom’s MD Ajit
Kumar Saxena has
appealed to people to be
alert ignore fake SMS
in Discom’s name. He
said that official sender
ID of Jaipur Vidyut Vit-
ran Nigam is ‘JAVVNL’
asked consumers not
to pay heed to mes-
sages received from any
other mobile number
threatening snapping of
power connection.
Dhiraj Srivastava with Ukraine returnee students their parents
at the Collectorate Auditorium in Sri Ganganagar on Monday.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
Bhaskar A Sawant

PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
We are kept from our goal
not by obstacles, but by a
clear path to a lesser goal.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
To provide quality medicines at
affordable rates, the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Aushadhi Kendra started by
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @
narendramodi has proved to be a boon
for the poor and middle-class today.
By purchasing medicines from these
centers, this section has saved more
than `13,000 crore.
Dr Jitendra Singh
@DrJitendraSingh
Some of these agencies have track
record of selective condemnation
of human rights violation. Biggest
violation of human rights is terrorism.
In 2014, when PM @narendramodi
spent Diwali with flood victims in
Kashmir, he never asked how many of
them belonged to which religion.
TOP TWEETS
MAHARASHTRA
POLITICS OVER
LOUDSPEAKERS
TURNS DEAFENING
uss over the reading
of Hanuman Chalisa
outside mosques and
use of loudspeakers
to offer namaz is get-
ting a bit too far. Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena led by Raj
Thackeray has woken up to lead
the charge against loudspeakers
in mosques. He is the same Raj
Thackeray who at one point of
time was busy chasing out auto
drivers from UP to keep Maha-
rashtra safe for Marathis. Hav-
ing lost his hold on Shiv Sena he
now wants to make a political
comeback by raising the loud-
speaker issue. He has found a
strong ally in the BJP.
Instead of locking horns over
loudspeaker politics and arrest-
ing a BJP MP and MLA couple,
Uddhav Thackeray could advise
Raj Thackeray and former CM
Devendra Fadnavis to learn
from Uttar Pradesh where loud-
speakers are allowed in temples
and mosques but with lower vol-
umes. Anybody reciting Hanu-
man Chalisa outside a mosque
is as likely to be arrested as
those in mosques who raise dec-
ibels of loudspeakers.
F
rance was saved
from a tectonic
shift when voters
chose Emmanuel
Macron for a sec-
ond term as President simply
to prevent the Putin support-
er and far-right leader Marie
Le Pen from winning. Ma-
cron, whose popularity had
nosedived over rising prices,
retirement age and his “elit-
ist” behaviour, acknowledged
the role of negative votes in
his victory and promised to
resolve issues. He hardly has
timeforchangeasFrancewill
go to the polls in June to elect
its parliamentarians. Marie
Le Pen, who polled a healthy
41.5 percent of votes, has
vowed to take on Macron in
the June legislative elections.
Such is the disaffection that
approximately 28 percent of
voters did not cast their votes.
His 58.5 per cent vote percent-
age was consequently lower
than the 68 per cent he polled
in his first term.
By blocking Marie Le Pen
voters ensured that a Donald
Trump-like moment was
averted in Paris. She is said
to be anti-NATO and wants to
change the contours of the
European Union. European
Union nations, especially
Germany, heaved a sigh of
relief after Macron was de-
clared the winner. A different
result would have dramati-
cally altered France’s stand
on the Ukraine war.
One major take-away from
the French election results
was the voters’ rejection of
Le Pen only because of her
extremist policies, including
the one on wearing of hijab
in public places and immi-
gration which she promised
to ban. Macron was opposed
to the idea and had told Le
Pen that it will prove to be
disruptive for society. In the
end voters upheld the French
motto of Liberty, Equality
and Fraternity
.
FRANCE REJECTS
FAR-RIGHT, FOR NOW
One major take-away from
the French election results
was the voters’ rejection
of Le Pen only because of
her extreme policies,
including the one on wearing of
hijab in public places and
immigration which she
promised to ban. Macron was
opposed to the idea and had
told Le Pen that it would prove
to be disruptive
F
SEVENTH SENSE
A business mantra for long-term success
In one of the books written
by him, Jobs presented idea
of the soul. Steve Jobs wrote
that “In the 23rd year I made
$ 1 million in the year, in
24th year it became $ 10
million and in 25th year the
amount became one billion.
Despite earning all these
money together, I’ve never
thought of present, I always
took actions after considering
its consequences for five or
ten years, and because of
this decision making, not
only I got the profits but
also the shareholder received
huge profits
t is often said that business
leaderstakeprofessionaldeci-
sions based on “stronghold
gutfeeling”.Thedecisionsare
always taken on the basis of
market conditions, company
policies and inner strengths.
But sometimes the promoters
listen to their Sixth Sense and
take tough decisions about
their businesses. This is also
be called fortress feeling
which can help take tough de-
cisions in tough situations.
The Sixth Sense can also be
referred to as a matter of
mind when the inner gut says
thisisit.Takingdecisionwith
Sixth Sense can help you get
better business results. The
confidence of leader and his
experience comes out to be
very helpful in taking such
decisions. Sixth Sense is very
useful for decision-making in
the most indecisive situation,
but its support relies more on
the leader’s mental strength
and self-confidence.
After sixth sense, now a
new theory is coming into ef-
fect called “Seventh Sense”.
This theory says that there is
a rapid change in external
conditions around the world.
Events occurring are inci-
dental and sudden. Today is
the time when system gets
out of the odds, from all the
heavy losses and suddenly
earn good profits. Prior to the
time, most of the things get
in control but after some
time the situation gradually
changes. In such situations,
“feel your stronghold, keep-
ing in mind the stability of
the outside world and think
ahead of the world, finally
taking strong decisions” is
called Seventh Sense.
The concept of Seventh
Sense is currently been
adopted by many business
leaders. This concept is being
altered in different ways and
adopted in different forms.
Those business leaders who
are able to predict near fu-
ture, majority of their com-
panies have started getting
advantages.
STATING AN EXAMPLE
Steve Jobs, the founder CEO
of world’s most famous Ap-
ple computers, was pleased
that he could think of the
market after 5 or 10 years
later. He came up with the
very first concept of the
world’s technological change
that was about to come some
years later. He also got a well-
estimate about the inconven-
ient situations to come in the
market. Many a times he was
been criticized for calling out
his thoughts in board meet-
ings which sometimes made
him suffer from insults. But
ultimately, the company had
no option other than imple-
menting his thoughts and
principles.
In one of the books written
by him, Jobs presented idea
of the soul. Steve Jobs wrote
that “In the 23rd year I made
$ 1 million in the year, in 24th
year it became $ 10 million
and in 25th year the amount
became one billion. Despite
earning all these money to-
gether, I’ve never thought of
present, I always took actions
after considering its conse-
quences for five or ten years,
and because of this decision
making, not only I got the
profits but also the share-
holder received huge profits.
Giving more detail Steve
Jobs wrote that due to his the
power to see future, he always
worked on the thoughts to
make the future clear. He fur-
ther added “My work has al-
ways been my priority
. The
biggest strength of mine were
my colleagues who worked
very hard and loved working.
I always felt the constant pro-
gress of my fellow employees
and we took Apple to such a
peak that was impossible for
the competitors to face.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
The writer is a Businessman
and HR Expert
There is a rapid change in external conditions all around
the world, sudden and incidental happenings face all of
us every now and then. The theory of Seventh
Sense helps us buck the odds, overcome even
heavy losses and earn good profits
JOBS ADHERED TO HIS
7TH
SENSE ALWAYS...
Steve Jobs took a lot of tough and
uncomfortable decisions in life
based on his Seventh Sense. The
world will always remember his
power and reliability and market
identity. If you are a business leader,
you need to make a habit of taking
decisions from Seventh Sense, then
stay strong in the long run.

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Questions
are being raised about
the timing of the com-
munal riots in the na-
tional Capital. Commu-
nal riots took place just
before the visit of Brit-
ish Prime Minister Bo-
ris Johnson to India. It
can be said that it was a
coincidence because be-
fore that there was Ha-
numan Jayanti and
stone pelting took place
on the procession,
which was followed by
riots and bulldozing of
illegal construction by
the municipal team.
But remember how two
years ago there were ri-
ots in Delhi even during
the visit of the then US
President Donald
Trump. The riots start-
ed in Delhi on 23 Febru-
ary and Trump reached
India the very next day
.
He first went to Gujarat
and after attending the
Namaste Trump pro-
gram there, reached
Delhi the next day
.
At the time when
Trump was in Delhi, a
part of Delhi was in
the grip of riots. This
riot that started over
the citizenship law
continued for many
days even after
Trump’s visit. Ques-
tion of timing of Del-
hi riots is also being
done because Delhi
Municipal Corpora-
tion elections have
been postponed just
prior to the riots. On
the other hand, Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
won in Punjab and in
Delhi elections were
postponed, after
which communal riots
broke out and several
structures were bull-
dozed. So somewhere
it seems to be part of
some experiment.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Do political
parties have workers or
employees? This ques-
tion is pertinent be-
cause the state presi-
dent of Gujarat BJP has
announced to give
three-day leave to the
party workers. Not to
the employees working
in the party office, but
to the party workers,
which is an astonishing
development and begs
the questions : Does the
party have full time
workers who need
leave? Keep in mind
that the state president
of Gujarat is CR Patil,
whose model of work-
ing is famous all over
the country
. Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has mentioned this
many times. As a leader,
the way he works for
the people of his area is
amazing.
So when he an-
nounced a holiday for
party workers, ques-
tions were raised on it.
He has asked the party
workers to take leave
from May 2 to 4 as they
have to work non-stop
for the next six months.
Keep in mind that the
assembly elections are
going to be held in Gu-
jarat in December and
perhaps that is why,
Patil has given leave to
the workers before the
preparations begin. If
the workers are em-
ployees then they
should have been giv-
en leave from May 1,
i.e. Labour Day itself,
but that is not ideolog-
ically correct. Howev-
er, it is believed that
this is a psychologi-
cal initiative to put
pressure on the oppo-
sition parties as no
worker is doing party
work every day and
all the time. So there
is no point in giving
him three days off.
Were Delhi riots part of an ‘experiment’? Does BJP have workers or employees?
Perhaps only CR Patil can answer that!
Yadgir (Agencies):
Refusing to take off
their hijab, six stu-
dents in Karnataka’s
Yadgir district re-
turned home without
writing their Class 12
exams on Monday.
The incident took
place at the Govern-
ment Pre-University
College in Yadgir.
The girl students,
who had come to write
their economics exam,
insisted with the au-
thorities to let them
write the paper wearing
hijab. After their re-
quest was turned down,
the students walked out
from the examination
centre, refusing to take
off their hijab.
The crucial Class 12
exams are being con-
ducted peacefully
across the state. The
students, especially
the Muslim girls, are
following the uniform
rules and writing their
papers without wear-
ing hijab.
As many as 68,84,255
students have enrolled
for the board exams,
which began on April
22 amid tight security
in the backdrop of the
hijab row. The special
bench of the Karnataka
High Court had earlier
dismissed the petitions
seeking to allow stu-
dents to attend classes
wearing hijab. It also
mentioned that wear-
ing the hijab is not an
essential part of Islam.
Following the court
order, the Karnataka
government banned the
hijab in classrooms and
announced that hijab-
clad students and teach-
ers will not be allowed
inside the centres.
Aliya Assadi, one of
the petitioners, took to
Twitter to slam the de-
cision to ban the entry
of hijab-clad students.
“What is the crime
here? Where is our
country headed to,” she
had questioned.
6 STUDENTS RETURN WITHOUT
WRITING CLASS 12 EXAMS
Chennai (Agen-
cies): The Tamil
Nadu assembly on
Monday unani-
mously passed a
resolution that em-
powered the MK
Stalin-led govern-
ment to appoint
vice-chancellors to
various universities
in the state, a move
aimed at curbing
the governor’s say
in the matter.
Legislators of the
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) walked
out of the House af-
ter higher education
Minister K Pon-
mudy tabled the Bill
to amend the exist-
ing Tamil Nadu Uni-
versities Laws.
A media report
said the chief minis-
ter, while appealing
to legislators in
House to support the
government’s initia-
tive, said that even
in Gujarat, the
home-state of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, vice-chancel-
lors are not appoint-
ed by the governor
but the state. Same
was the case with
other states includ-
ing Telangana and
Karnataka.
The ruling DMK’s
move will allow the
state government to
appoint VCs to state
universities. The
government said the
bill was tabled based
on recommendations
by the University
Search committee.
The chief minis-
ter said the gover-
nor was the chancel-
lor of 13 universities
in the state, with the
higher education
minister being the
pro-chancellor. The
state government
being not empow-
ered to select the
vice chancellors had
created a “big im-
pact” on higher edu-
cation, he added.
TN Guv’s power clipped;
Bill empowering Govt
to appoint VCs passed
PM doing nothing over
‘targetting’ of Muslims
in parts of India: Mufti
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in State Assembly.
The girl students, who had come to write their economics exam, insisted with the authorities to let
them write the paper wearing hijab. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI):
PrimeMinisterModi
on Monday congrat-
ulated French Presi-
dent Emmanuel Ma-
cron on his re-elec-
tion, and said he
looked forward to
continue working
together to deepen
the India-France
strategic partner-
ship. Macron com-
fortably won a sec-
ond term on Sunday
.
“Congratulations
to my friend Emma-
nuel Macron on be-
ing re-elected as the
President of
France! I look for-
ward to continue
working together to
deepen the India-
France Strategic
Partnership,” PM
Modi tweeted.
Rameswaram (PTI):
As many as 15 more Sri
Lankan Tamils includ-
ing 4 babies arrived
here on Monday fleeing
from their crisis- hit na-
tion by boat, officials
said.
The group of Sri Lan-
kan Tamils reached
Arichalmunai point off
Dhanushkodi near here
and they were brought
to the Mandapam camp
by police, they said.
During enquiry by
the police, the five
women and six men
from the island nation
said they reached Ta-
mil Nadu by a boat.
Srinagar (PTI): For-
mer Jammu and Kash-
mir Chief Minister Me-
hbooba Mufti on Mon-
day said Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi is
doing nothing over the
alleged targetting of
Muslims in some parts
of the country
.
She said this while
talking to reporters in
Srinagar, over PM
Modi’s visit to Jammu
and Kashmir.
The Prime Minister
was in Pali village of
Samba in Jammu on
Sunday where he par-
ticipated in the celebra-
tion of the National
Panchayati Raj Day and
addressed ‘Gram Sab-
has’ across the country
.
In his address, the
Prime Minister said
that the youth will not
see the miseries that
their parents and
grandparents have seen
in the past.
Mehbooba Mufti
said India is a secular
country but the largest
minority of the coun-
try “is being bull-
dozed, their houses
and livelihoods are be-
ing bulldozed.”
“Jammu and Kash-
mir despite being a
Muslim majority state
joined a secular coun-
try where people be-
longing to all religions
live together, but that is
not the case now. Mus-
lims are feeling low
now,” she said.
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Mumbai Police on
Monday arrested four
accused, including Shiv
Sena leader and former
city mayor Vishwanath
Mahadeshwar, in con-
nection with the attack
on Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader Kirit
Somaiya, whose car was
pelted with stones on
Saturday at the Khar po-
lice station where he
went to meet arrested
lawmaker couple from
Amravati, MP Navneet
Rana, and her MLA hus-
band Ravi Rana.
The arrests took
place on a day when a
Somaiya-led BJP dele-
gation met officials of
the Union Home Minis-
try, including Minister
of State (home), Nity-
anand Rai, and Home
Secretary Ajay Bhalla,
in connection with the
incident. “Nityanand
Rai assured BJP Delega-
tion to take appropriate
steps to Stop Abuse of
Power Assault,” the
former Mumbai North-
East MP posted on Twit-
ter after the meeting.
Somaiya, had ac-
cused ‘100 Shivsena
Gundas’ of pelting
stones at his car. On
Sunday, Maharashtra
home minister Dilip
Walse Patel confirmed
that stones were indeed
pelted at the BJP lead-
er’s vehicle, adding that
a case had been regis-
tered in the matter.
The attack on So-
maiya as well as the
ongoing Hanuman
Chalisa row involving
the Ranas, are likely to
be yet another flash-
point between the
MVA government and
the Opposition BJP.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Information Broad-
casting (IB) Ministry
has got blocked 16 You-
Tube news channels,
including six from Pa-
kistan, on charges of
spreading false and un-
verified information to
create panic, incite
communal disharmo-
ny and disturb public
order in the country.
The action has been
taken using emergency
powers under the IT
Rules. These channels
had a cumulative view-
ership of over 68 crore.
A Facebook account
has also been blocked.
“It was observed
that these channels
were used to spread
fake news over social
media on matters re-
lated to national secu-
rity, India’s foreign re-
lations, communal
harmony in the coun-
try, and public order.
None of the digital
news publishers had
furnished information
to the Ministry as re-
quired under Rule 18
of the IT Rules, 2021,”
the Ministry said.
As alleged, the con-
tent published by
some of the India-
based YouTube chan-
nels referred to a com-
munity as terrorists,
and incited hatred
among the members
of various religious
communities.
“Such content was
found to have the po-
tential to create com-
munal disharmony,
and disturb public or-
der,” it stated.
Shimla (PTI): Terming
theUniformCivilCodea
“good step”, Himachal
Pradesh Chief Minister
Jairam Thakur on Mon-
day said the state gov-
ernment is examining
the concept and is open
to implementing it.
Healsocommentedon
the Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) emerging as the
third political player in
the state where the as-
sembly polls are sched-
uled later this year.
“Himachal Pradesh
is a peaceful state.
AAP’s style of politics
will not work there.
The state will not ac-
cept any third alterna-
tive,” he said.
Asked to comment on
BJP-ruled Uttara-
khand’s willingness to
implement the Uniform
Civil Code (UCC),
Thakur said, “UCC is a
good step. It is being ex-
amined in the state. We
are open to implement it
in Himachal Pradesh.”
Kolkata (Agencies):
Trinamool Congress
strongman Anubrata
Mondal has set some
conditions to appear
for questioning by the
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) in
connection with the
twin cases of cattle
and coal smuggling
and post-poll violence
in West bengal.
At5.30p.m.onMon-
day
, a letter from Mon-
dal reached the offices
of the Anti-Corrup-
tion Branch (ACB)
and the Special Crime
Branch (SCB) of CBI,
wherein Mondal, the
Trinamool district
president for Birb-
hum, gave two condi-
tions relating to the
time and place of his
appearanceforcentral
agency interrogation.
In the letter, Mon-
dal said that he will
be able to appear be-
fore the CBI sleuths
only after May 21. As
regards the place of
integration, Mondal
insisted that it would
be decided only after
mutual discussions.
Modi’s message
to Macron on poll
win:‘Look forward
to deepen ties’
15 more Lankan
refugees reach
Rameswaram
IB Ministry blocks 16 more
YouTube news channels
Jairam bats for UCC,
terms it a ‘good step’
TMC leader puts condition
to meet CBI investigators
BENGAL POST-POLL VIOLENCE
EX-MUMBAI MAYOR MAHADESHWAR, 3
OTHERS HELD FOR ATTACK ON SOMAIYA
Again and
again we face
disappoint-
ment! BJP MLA
Raghupathy Bhat had
threatened us with
criminal cases against
us if we go to attend
exams tomorrow.
—Aliya Assadi, Hijab petitioner
BJP Leader Kirit Somaiya —FILE PHOTO
HIJAB BAN
Former JK Chief Minister and
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti.
Himachal CM Jairam Thakur
CR Patil

New Delhi (PTI): Agri-
culture Minister Naren-
dra Singh Tomar on
Monday said about 4
lakh hectare has been
brought under natural
farming so far as part
of a sub-scheme of the
Paramparagat Krishi
Vikas Yojana and think-
tank Niti Aayog will
prepare a roadmap to
scale this up. Tomar,
while addressing a na-
tional workshop on in-
novative agriculture
here, said the need of
the hour is to do farm-
ing that works in har-
mony with nature, re-
duces the cost of pro-
duction, ensures good-
quality produce and
profits to farmers.
Andhra Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
parts of Haryana and
Gujarat are gradually
adapting to natural
farming. More farmers
will join after seeing the
success stories, he said.
Tomar said Niti Aay-
og will prepare a road-
map on natural farming
after deliberation with
farmers, scientists and
agricultural varsities’
vice-chancellors in to-
day’s workshop and the
ministry will move for-
ward accordingly
.
Natural farming
should be promoted in
areas first where less or
no chemicals are used
in farming, he added.
According to the min-
ister, about 38 lakh hec-
tares have been brought
under organic farming
at present. About 4 lakh
hectares of area is un-
der natural farming so
far as part of a sub-
scheme of the Param-
paragat Krishi Vikas
Yojana.
INDIA
06
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Jharkhand
has been a land of po-
litical experimentation.
Since coming into exist-
ence in November 2000,
the number of experi-
ments that have been
done in Jharkhand in
the last 22 years have
not been done in other
‘older’ states. First of
all, in Jharkhand itself,
an independent MLA
became the Chief Min-
ister and successfully
ran the government for
two years. Thereafter,
be it the case of taking a
bribe to vote in the Par-
liament or the loss of
the Chief Minister in
the by-election, that too
happened in Jharkhand
itself. It too has hap-
pened in Jharkhand
that the mine was allot-
ted in the name of a
Chief Minister, while
the Chief Minister also
held the Mining portfo-
lio. Later, when there
was a dispute over this,
the mine was returned.
In this way the mistake
was also accepted.
Meanwhile, political
agitation has increased
inJharkhand.Although
there is a stir in the
state, but this time it is
not because of the BJP,
the opposition party of
the state, but because of
the central agencies,
constitutional institu-
tions and courts.
Itisnotknownwheth-
er it is a coincidence or
any experiment that all
the agencies have be-
come active simultane-
ously. When the com-
plaint reached the Gov-
ernor regarding the al-
location of mines, the
Governor immediately
sent it to the Election
Commission and the
Commission issued a
notice to the State Gov-
ernment under Rule 192
asking whether the
mine was actually allot-
ted to the Chief Minis-
ter. If this is proved,
which is likely, then
there will be a case of
abuse of office and the
Chief Minister will
have to resign. However,
it is not certain whether
there will be only resig-
nation in this case or
will he face a ban on
contesting elections.
When Sonia Gandhi
had resigned in the mat-
ter of office of profit,
there was no bar to con-
test the elections. But it
is a case of misuse of
office for profit.
Meanwhile, hearing
an old PIL, the High
Court has sought a re-
port on the assets and
companies of the Chief
Minister, his MLA
brother and some of his
close associates. For
this, the court has given
two weeks to the En-
forcement Directorate
and the Registrar of
Companies. The Regis-
trar of Companies has
the data of companies,
which he will give to the
court, but what report
will the ED give without
investigation. There-
fore, it is believed that
ED will initiate an in-
vestigation. So, from the
High Court to the Gov-
ernor and the Election
Commission to the Cen-
tral Investigative Agen-
cies all have become ac-
tive in Jharkhand.
Looking at their com-
mon action, it seems
that some new political
experiment will take
place in Jharkhand in
the coming days.
JHARKHAND: THE POLITICAL EXPERIMENT STATE!
INDIA, EU TO LAUNCH TRADE
AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
Decision to set up TTC will be first for India with any of its partners
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and European
Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
on Monday agreed to
launch an EU-India
trade and technology
council to address the
challenges of ensuring
trusted technology and
security in the wake of
rapid geopolitical
changes.
The decision was tak-
en during talks between
PM Modi and von der
Leyen.
The European Union
said the strategic coor-
dination mechanism
will allow both partners
to tackle challenges “at
the nexus of trade,
trusted technology and
security, and thus deep-
en cooperation in these
fields.” It said both
sides agreed that rapid
changes in the geopo-
litical environment
highlight the need for
joint in-depth strategic
engagement. “The
Trade and Technology
Council will provide the
political steer and the
necessary structure to
operationalise political
decisions, coordinate
technical work, and re-
port to the political lev-
el,” the EU said.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. —FILE PHOTO
PM Narendra Modi with President of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting. —PHOTO BY PTI
EU CHIEF URSULA,
EAM JAISHANKAR
DISCUSS TIES,
UKRAINE WAR
New Delhi: European
Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
met EAM S Jaishankar
on Monday and dis-
cussed ways to take
the India-EU partner-
ship forward and ex-
changed views on the
impact of the Ukraine
conflict. “Pleased
to call on President
of European Com-
mission. Discussed
taking forward the
India-EU partnership.
Also exchanged views
on the economic and
political implications of
the Ukraine conflict,”
Jaishankar tweeted.
India’s 900m workforce,particularly women,
have stopped looking for jobs,says report
Mumbai: India’s job
creation problem is
morphing into a greater
threat: a growing num-
ber of people are no
longer even looking for
work.
Frustrated at not be-
ing able to find the right
kind of job, millions of
Indians, particularly
women, are exiting the
labour force entirely
, ac-
cording to new data
from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian
Economy Pvt, a private
research firm in Mum-
bai. With India betting
on young workers to
drive growth in one of
the world’s fastest-ex-
panding economies, the
latest numbers are an
ominous harbinger. Be-
tween 2017 and 2022, the
overall labour partici-
pation rate dropped
from 46 per cent to 40
per cent. Among wom-
en, the data is even
starker. About 21 mil-
lion disappeared from
the workforce, leaving
only 9 per cent of the
eligible population em-
ployed or looking for
positions.
Now, more than half
of the 900 million Indi-
ans of legal working
age — roughly the pop-
ulation of the US and
Russia combined —
don’t want a job, accord-
ing to the CMIE.
New Delhi: With term II board examinations starting
on Tuesday amid a spike in daily Covid cases, the
CBSE has said it will prepare final results of students
based on their scores in any one of the term exams
in case they are forced to be absent for the other. For
the 2021-2022 academic session. The examinations
will be conducted in a total of 7,413 centres — 7,279
in India and 133 abroad. With the examinations set
to start amid a spike in the daily Covid-19 cases, the
CBSE board has directed that only 18 students be
seated in a examination room.
Kathmandu (PTI): Five people, including four Indian
tourists, were killed after their car collided head-on with
a bus in Nepal’s Dhading district, the police said on
Monday. The accident occurred
on Sunday night along the Prithvi
Highway in the Thakre area,
according to the police. The four
Indian nationals were returning to
Kathmandu after visiting Pokhara. The Nepalese driver
of the car was also killed in the accident. The bus was
heading towards Dhading from Kathmandu.
Pune (PTI): Former Union home secretary Madhav
Godbole died due to cardiac failure at his residence
in Maharashtra’s Pune city on Monday, family
sources said. He was 85. Before taking voluntary
retirement from the Indian Administrative Service in
March 1993, Mr Godbole served as the Union home
secretary. He had also worked as the secretary of
Petroleum Natural Gas and Urban Development
Departments at the Centre, and principal finance
secretary of the Maharashtra government.
CBSE BOARD EXAMS START TODAY: OVER
7.400 CENTRES, 18 STUDENTS IN A ROOM
5 PEOPLE INCLUDING 4 INDIANS KILLED
IN CAR-BUS COLLISION IN NEPAL
FORMER UNION HOME SECY MADHAV
GODBOLE DIES OF CARDIAC FAILURE
CRUCIAL READ
4L ha under natural farming,
NITI to prepare roadmap: Min
Union Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar.
`13K cr credited
to farmers’ a/cs
in Pb for wheat
Chandigarh: In a
record, the Punjab
Government said it
cleared payments of
Rs 13,000 crore of
farmers for procure-
ment of wheat till
Monday, state Food
and Civil Supplies
Minister Lal Chand
Kataruchak said. He
said this was the
highest in the past
decade. The Minister
said the total MSP
payments released
this year were three
times of what was
paid last year.
IN THE COURTYARD
‘LIKE YOU HAVE CENTRAL VISTA’: TOP COURT
SEEKS CENTRE’S STAND ON ‘JUDICIAL VISTA’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Cen-
tre’s stand on a plea seeking direction for the construction
of “Judicial Vista”, for better functioning of the SC. A bench
of Justices Vineet Saran and JK Maheshwari orally observed
that it is a matter, where the court would not be inclined to
pass directions but would want the Centre to consider it. Ad-
vocate Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, petitioner-in-person,
urged the bench to see “how lawyers are standing outside”.
The bench said, “It is a logical and correct thing that there
should be judicial vista in a planned manner”, and pointed
out that the growth of buildings is not well planned.
MENACE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT: STATES MUST
ACT ON MUSHROOMING ILLEGAL COLONIES: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday observed
that mushrooming of illegal colonies across the country
is a menace to urban development.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara
Rao and BR Gavai appointed
senior advocate Gopal Sankara-
narayanan as amicus curiae in
the matter. “We will have to find
some way of making state governments act on this. This
is a menace to urban development,” it noted. Advocate
Sravan Kumar, contended before the bench that a large
number of unregular establishments are being regular-
ised, which results in development which is unregulated.
Amid shortages, Railways
deploy rakes to transport coal
New Delhi: Amid coal
shortages reported in
the country, the Indian
Railways said on Mon-
day it has deployed ad-
ditional rakes to trans-
port coal to power
plants.
To ensure a swift sup-
ply of coal across power
plants, additional
trains and rakes by In-
dian Railways have
been initiated to aug-
ment the transporta-
tion of coal through its
network, the Ministry
of Railways said in a
statement.
Indian Railways has
ramped up the coal
transportation result-
ing in 32 per cent more
coal freight loading be-
tween September 2021
and March 2022.
There has also been
an increase in 10 per
cent freight, by effi-
ciently mobilising re-
sources after April 2022,
the ministry said.
Let Panchen live
a free life: Tibetan
Govt-in-exile to
Chinese Govt
Dharamshala: The
central tibetan adminis-
tration (CTA) on Mon-
day asked
the Chi-
nese gov-
ernment
to allow
the 11th
Panchen
Lama and his family
members, taken into
custody by China 27
years ago and not seen
in public since then, to
live a free life.
The CTA’s appeal
comes on the 33rd birth
anniversary of Gedhun
Choekyi Nyima, who
was recognised by the
Dalai Lama as the rein-
carnation of the 10th
Panchen Lama when he
was six-year-old. The
CTA said it intends to
sendastrongmessageto
Beijing that the world
has not forgotten about
Nyima to erase him
from history
.
At $76.6 bn, India is third highest
military spender in world: Report
New Delhi: India’s mil-
itary spending in 2021
was the third highest in
the world, according to
the Stockholm Interna-
tional Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI). In-
dia’s military expendi-
ture was $76.6 billion in
2021, up 0.9 per cent
from 2020 and 33 per
cent from 2012.
In a push to strength-
en the indigenous arms
industry, 64 per cent of
capital outlays in In-
dia’s military budget of
2021 was earmarked for
acquisitions of domes-
tically produced arms.
The US and China,
meanwhile, occupied
the first and second
spots in the list of
world’s largest military
spenders. US military
spending reached $801
billion in 2021, a drop of
1.4 per cent from 2020.
China, on the other
hand, spent $293 billion
on defence, an increase
of 4.7 per cent com-
pared with 2020. World
military expenditure
has reached an all-time
high of $2.1 trillion in
2021, as per SIPRI.
INDIA EXPORTED ARMS TO MYANMAR
Asthma drug can
block crucial
SARS-CoV-2
protein, says IISc
Bengaluru: The Indian
Institute of Science
(IISc) on Monday said
that a drug used to treat
asthma and allergies
can bind to and block a
crucial protein pro-
duced by SARS-CoV-2
— the virus causing
Covid-19 pandemic —
and reduce viral repli-
cation in human im-
mune cells.
Approved by the US
Food and Drug Admin-
istration (FDA), the
drug, called montelu-
kast, has been around
for more than 20 years
and is usually pre-
scribed to reduce in-
flammation caused by
conditions like asthma,
hay fever and hives.
Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur
clicks a selfie
with athletes
during the send
off ceremony
of the Indian
contingent for
Deaf Olympic
Games to be
held in Brazil
from May 1.
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Bikaner: A meeting of
the Governing Body of
Acharya Tulsi Regional
Cancer Medical and Re-
search Centre, Bikaner
was held under chair-
manship of Health Min-
ister Parsadi Lal Meena
on Monday in the Secre-
tariat auditorium.
In order to facilitate
the lakhs of patients
coming to this institute
for treatment, it was de-
cided by the Minister to
install an additional lin-
ear accelerator at the
cost of Rs 20 crore in the
said institute.
There are already 2
linear accelerators in-
stalled. Significantly,
the linear accelerator is
used for radiotherapy,
which is a high quality
radiotherapy machine.
`20 crore linear accelerator to be installed
ACHARYA TULSI REGIONAL CANCER MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE
lll
The Health
Minister
decided to
beef up
Centre
facilities to
facilitate the
lakhs of
patients
JEN HELD WITH `15,000
BRIBEFORCLEARINGBILLS
He demanded `25,000 had taken `10,000 a few days ago:ACB
Narpat Zoya
Nagaur: Sikar ACB
team caught Junior En-
gineer Shivshankar
while tak-
ing Rs
15,000 bribe
in lieu of
passing the
bill for con-
struction
of water tanks and ani-
cuts in rural areas un-
der watershed scheme
of Parbatsar Panchay-
at Samiti in Nagaur
district on Monday
.
The accused had de-
manded Rs 25,000 of
which Rs 10,000 was
given earlier and veri-
fied by the bureau.
After verification, the
ACB made a plan for
trap, under which the
accused JEN was ar-
rested red-handed
while taking bribe
amount in a hotel out-
side the office.
The ACB team took
the accused JEN to
Parbatsar police sta-
tion. ACB DSP Zakir
Akhtar said that on the
instructions of ACB
ADG Dinesh MN, the
house and office of ac-
cused JEN Shivs-
hankar and other plac-
es are also being
searched. At the same
time, investigation has
been started.
ACB CRACKDOWN
NM Pahadia, Sankhla had stakes in illegal
mining; ASP Shekhawat is new IO in case
Jaipur: Former Alwar
collector IAS Nannumal
Pahadia and RAS Ashok
Kumar Sankhla are
reported to have played
big games in illegal
mining. Sankhla was
made the chairman of
committee to stop illegal
minin.Many SDMs even
said so far that the then
collector used to threaten
to stop the crusher plant
and leases. He used to
work through Sankhla.
“If it is investigated
thoroughly, then game
of hefty recovery will be
caught,” said one officer.
Pahadia, Sankhla and
a broker Nitin Sharma
have been remanded to
judicial custody till May
7. ACB headquarter on
Monday appointed ASP
Bajranj Shekhawat as the
investigating officer.
CS lashes out at district collectors for
leaving HQ without nod for marriage
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Usha Sharma has
lashed out at the dis-
trict collectors who left
the headquarters with-
out permission to at-
tend the reception of an
IAS couple.
She has sent the old
circular of DoP to them.
It has been said in this
circular that collectors
cannot leave the head-
quarters without the
permission of the divi-
sional commissioner
and without informing
the CS office.
Some collectors and
divisional commission-
ers attended the recep-
tion of IAS couple Tina
Dabi and Pradeep Ga-
wande in Jaipur on Fri-
day. It came to the no-
tice of CS that some of
these collectors left the
headquarters without
permission.
Meanwhile, in a
meeting on Monday,
Sharma directed that
the concerned depart-
ments should prepare
an action plan as per
the objectives of Ra-
jasthan State Women
Policy-2021 soon. She
was presiding over the
half-yearly review
meeting.
IN THE COURTYARD
SODOMY BY JUDGE: HC PUTS
STAY ON POCSO ORDER
Jaipur: In an interim
relief to DSP Parmesh-
war Lal Yadav, the High
Court on Monday put
a stay on the POCSO
Court order in the case
related to the misde-
meanours of suspend-
ed judge Jitendra Gulia
in Bharatpur. Police
in its chargesheet had
acquitted Yadav saying
he had no role in the
case. But the POCSO
Court had taken cogni-
zance of the matter and
summoned Yadav, who
in turn challenged the
order in the Bench of
Justice Narendra Singh
Dhadha. In the FIR,
victim’s mother has
alleged that the special
judge along with 2 oth-
ers had been sexually
assaulting her son by
intoxicating him with
narcotic substance.
22-YEAR-OLD
SENTENCED TO
LIFE FOR RAPE
SPORTS QUOTA: HC
SEEKS RESPONSE
FROM STATE GOVT
Bundi (PTI): A POCSO
court in Bundi on
Monday sentenced a
22-year-old man to life
imprisonment for raping
a 19-year-old girl nearly
three years ago and also
slapped a penalty of Rs
55,000 on the convict.
The court found Akhilesh
Meena, a resident of Go-
thra village under Gen-
doli police station here ,
guilty of raping teenager
of his village in October
2019, public prosecutor
Mahaveer Meghwal said.
Judge Balkrishan Mishra
held Meena guilty for the
crime.
Jaipur: The High court on
Monday sought response
from state
govern-
ment and
others by
May 7 in
the case
related to recruitment of
Grade-III teachers last
year wherein petition-
ers Swati and others of
Bharatpur were deprived
of appointment under
sports quota. The Bench
of Justice Inderjit Singh
asked their counsel Lax-
mikant Sharma Malpura
to hand over a copy of the
petition to AAG CL Saini.
Meghwal reprimands yawning officers
Manoj Jain
Karauli: Union Minis-
ter Arjun Ram Meghw-
al reviewed the various
schemes in Karauli dur-
ing a meeting of district
officials in Collectorate
Auditorium to ascer-
tain ground reality
.
The minister, who
came on a two-day visit,
took a jibe at the Con-
gress government over
the riots here. He also
assured to implement
the schemes of the Cen-
tral Government for the
protection of historical
heritage tourism de-
velopment in Karauli.
In the meeting, Megh-
wal took a swipe at of-
ficers for yawning and
said that they think that
the leaders do not un-
derstand anything.
“Only the development
of Karauli should be
discussed in meeting.”
MP Manoj Rajoria, Col-
lector Ankit Kumar
Singh and other district
level officers were pre-
sent in the meeting.
COMPLETE PROJECTS ON TIME: CS
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ankit Kumar Singh Manoj Rajoria.
MUDRA LOAN
NON-VIOLENCE NEED
OF THE HOUR: JOSHI
Tarun Joshi
Rajsamand: Three-day
inauguration ceremony
of Terapanth Bhawan
located at Nai Haveli
Chowk, Nathdwara,
concluded on Monday
.
Inauguration cere-
mony was presided over
by Rajasthan Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi,
while Leader of Opposi-
tion Gulabchand Ka-
taria was present as
chief guest.
Earlier, building was
inaugurated by con-
struction committee
coordinator Chandra
Prakash Pagaria and
other co-workers under
guidance of Shasan
Muni Suresh Kumar
Harnawa and under the
direction of Padma Ku-
mar and Sambodh Ku-
mar Meghashan.
Dr CP Joshi said
there is an urgent need
to preach non-violence
and tolerance.
NEWS DIGEST
Rajsamand: Two workers died after falling into the
well during masonry work in the inner part of the well,
in Jilola village of Amet Thanakshaitra. According
to the information, one died on the spot after falling
in the well, while the other succumbed to injuries in
the hospital. As per the information, the Amet police
handed the bodies to the relatives for the last rites after
the post-mortem. According to the Amet police, one of
the deceased was from Bhadla village while the other
labourer was from Bhil Magree.
Jhunjhunu: In a slip of tongue, Jhunjhunu MP Nar-
endra Kumar asked people to uproot the Bharatiya
Janata Party. The BJP MP was addressing a felici-
tation programme in Mandawa on Sunday. A video
in which Kumar is seen addressing has gone viral.
Some people in the program also indicated to stop
but they did not stop. “For the incident in Karauli,
CM is saying that Narendra Modi Home Minister
re responsible. We have to uproot BJP,” he said.
Ajmer: Masked miscreants uprooted the ATM of State
Bank of India at Chachiyawas village of Gegal police
station area. On late Sunday
night, the crooks escaped with
the ATM machine containing
Rs 32 lakh cash. The CCTV
footage of the incident has
also come to the fore, in which
three youths can be seen executing the robbery act. the
police are now tracing the accused.
TWO WORKERS DIE AFTER FALLING INTO
WELL DURING MASONRY WORK
FREUDIAN SLIP? BJP MP ASKS PUBLIC
TO UPROOT BJP FOR KARAULI INCIDENT!
MASKED MISCREANTS WALK AWAY WITH
SBI ATM HOLDING `32 LAKH IN AJMER
Marble trader honey trapped; woman,
2 more held for demanding `50 lakh
First India Bureau
Nagaur: A woman and
his two accomplices
have been arrested for
honey-trapping a mar-
ble trader and demand-
ing Rs 50 lakh from him
in Nagaur.
The trader was so dis-
turbed that on April 22,
he left his house to end
his life. Accused Rekha
Kanwar, Vikram Singh
Shaitan Singh have
been taken into custody
.
According to report,
woman and her accom-
plices had taken Rs 31
lakh from businessman
and were asking him to
give another Rs 50 lakh.
Parsadi Lal Meena BD Kalla at meeting of the Governing body
of Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Medical and Research Centre.
Nannu Mal Pahadia Ashok Kumar Sankhla
VDO CAUGHT WITH
`9,000 FOR ISSUING
LAND CERTIFICATE
BARMER: ACB team on Monday
caught a VDO red handed while
accepting bribe of
Rs 9,000. Bribe was
demanded against
release of land reg-
istration certificates,
ACB officials said.
inspector Mukandan said com-
plainant approached ACB alleging
that accused Madanlal Meghwal,
promoted assistant block de-
velopment officer, is demanding
bribe. He said that recently when
he contacted the accused, he
demanded money .
—Mukesh Mathrani
LIQUOR AS BRIBE
EMERGING AS A NEW
TREND IN STATE: ACB
Jaipur: ACB recovered 35 bottles
of expensive liquor, worth about Rs
1 lakh, at IAS Nannu Mal Pahadia’s
residence and some bottles from
RAS Ashok Sankhla’s residence.
ACB officials said bottles of brands
like Teacher, Bagpiper, were found
from Pahadia’ residence. Bot-
tles range from Rs 16,000 to Rs
60,000. He may be booked under
the Excise Act also. The bureau
had recovered 102 liquor bottles
from the residence of Biofuel Au-
thority’s suspended CEO Surendra
Singh Rathore, arrested on April 8.
ACB DG BL Soni said a large quan-
tity of illicit liquor was recovered.
Lakhs of patients come
every year for cancer
treatment in the insti-
tute, their smooth and
time-bound treatment
should be ensured. free
all kinds of tests and
treatment to the citi-
zens of the state as an-
nounced by CM Ashok
Gehlot —Parsadi Lal Meena,
Health Minister
Accused in police custody.
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HIGHLIGHTS
No one knows
who gets
clicked: Joshi
Jaipur: Responding to
BJP’s objection to the
presence of Chhabra
communal violence ac-
cused in the Roza Iftar
party at the CMR, cabi-
net minister Mahesh
Joshi on Monday said
that thousands of peo-
ple come to such events
and if someone is stand-
ing with me in the pho-
to and he has commit-
ted any crime, then the
law will give punish-
ment to him.
Meanwhile, Leader
of Opposition Gulab
Chand Kataria said that
by inviting the Chhabra
riots accused Asif, it
seems that CM Ashok
Gehlot has made up his
mind to ensure vote
bank by throwing Ra-
jasthan in the fire of
communalism.
CS Usha Sharma presiding over Women Policy review meeting.
Departments
should prepare
an action plan
as per the objectives of
Rajasthan State
Women Policy-2021
soon.
—Usha Sharma,
Chief Secretary
Dr. CP Joshi, Gulab Chand Kataria and Muni Suresh Kumar.

Keep your anger only to fight
against the evil you see in this
world.
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Dr Subodh Agarwal in a meeting with CM Chouhan, RK Meena,
Devraj Solanki, Amitabh Sharma, Manish Mathur, Anand Prakash
Meena and department officials on Monday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Additional
Chief Secretary- Public
Health and Engineer-
ing Dr Subodh Agarwal
on Monday directed of-
ficials to ensure ade-
quate drinking water
supply during the sum-
mer season in the state.
He directed to make ar-
rangements for trans-
portation of drinking
water through tankers
and other means as per
the requirement in ur-
ban and rural areas.
Along with the supply
of drinking water, he
also instructed to main-
tain its quality
.
Agarwal chaired a
meeting to review the
drinking water supply
in Pali and Dausa dis-
tricts in which it was
informed that 40 lakh
liters of drinking water
is being made available
in Pali district.
Additional Chief Engi-
neer of Pali said that
since April 17, 2 rakes
are being transported
daily through rail. Ad-
ditional Chief Engineer
Dausa informed that
160-170 tanker drinking
water is being trans-
ported daily in Dausa.
Agarwal issued neces-
sary directions in the
meeting which was at-
tended by several other
officers.
‘Proper drinking water
supply must be ensured
during summer season’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With Congress
party hoping to find a
'corrective approach' to
politics in its Chintan
Shivir in Udaipur which
will be held in Udaipur
from May 13 to 15, the
AICC on Monday
, as-
signed responsibilities
regarding Chintan Shi-
vir and former commit-
tees for the management
of Chintan Shivir. Nota-
bly
, former deputy CM
Sachin Pilot has been
made a member in the
committeerelatedtoeco-
nomic issues with P Chi-
damabaram as its chair-
man while Mallikarjun
Kharge has been made
chairman of committee
relatedtopoliticalissues.
Additionally
, Salman
Khurshid has been ap-
pointed as Chairman of
Social and Empower-
ment Committee and
Amarinder Singh Raja
appointed as Chairman
of Committee on Youth
Affairs. Mukul Wasnik
chairmanandAjayMak-
en will be the member in
thecommitteeregarding
work. Interestingly,
from Rajasthan, only Pi-
lot has got a place in any
of the committees.
Pilot secures ‘lone spot’ from
RajinChintanShivircommittees
MAYANAGRI WELCOMES CM GEHLOT!
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot being welcomed at Mumbai airport on Monday.Also seen here is Pukhraj Parashar.The CM is on a visit
to the city with his wife Sunita. Dr Sudhir Bhandari has also accompanied the CM, who has gone to Mumbai for medical reasons.
RaceforBJPticketfromAdarsh
Nagar gains momentum!
A group of BJP workers also thinks that sitting MLA Rafeek
Khan will give tough competition to all these candidates
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With Assembly
elections slated to hap-
pen a little over a year
from now, the 'build up'
to claim the party's tick-
et has started in the
Bharatiya Janata Party
for the Adarsh
Nagar
seat! Adarsh Nagar has
been the seat of former
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) state president
Ashok Parnami and the
leader is frontrunner in
the ticket race with Ra-
ghav Sharma trailing
number two in the cur-
rent scenario.
Furthermore, grass
root worker Ravi Nay-
yar is at number three
while the name of
builder Sardar Ajaypal
Singh is at number four.
Interestingly, word in
party circles is that
Ajaypal is also trying
for Malviya Nagar seat
but it will be difficult
for him to secure a tick-
et from Malviya Nagar
since former minister
Kalicharan Saraf is
perched on the seat.
Interestingly, one
group of the Bharatiya
Janata Party workers
from Adarsh Nagar also
thinks that current
MLA Rafeek Khan will
give tough competition
to all these candidates
in Adarsh
Nagar since
despite being a Muslim,
Rafeek has a complete
hold on Hindu votes.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot and CS Usha Shar-
ma will be attending the
PM’s virtual meeting
with all the Chief Min-
isters of the country on
Wednesday regarding
the rising graph of Co-
rona. Gehlot will also
present his suggestions
regarding corona in the
meeting. Corona cases
are increasing rapidly
in many states, includ-
ing neighbouring Ut-
tar Pradesh and Delhi.
The CM has appealed
to the people many
times on social media
to take precaution.
Gehlot has also in-
structed the medical of-
ficers to emphasise on
vaccination. Along with
this, instructions have
been given to ensure
peoplewearingmasksat
least in crowded places.
CM, CS to
attend PM’s
Covid meet
tomorrow
VIRTUAL MEET
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Four sub-com-
mittees will be consti-
tuted for giving sugges-
tions in various matters
related to urban devel-
opment. The sub-com-
mittees will be consti-
tuted under the chair-
manship of additional
chief town planners.
The decision was tak-
en in a meeting chaired
by UDH advisor GS
Sandhu. In the meeting
of a committee consti-
tuted by the state cabi-
net, Sandhu said that
the state government
has issued several or-
ders for simplification
of rules and procedures
and clarifications.
He asked the officers
to provide relief to peo-
ple as per the orders in
camps under the Pra-
shasanShahronkeSang
campaign from May 1.
It was also decided to
constitute4sub-commit-
teesthatwillgivesugges-
tions for different mat-
ters pertaining to urban
development like town-
ship policy
, slum devel-
opment policy
, Chief
Minister Jan Awas Yoja-
na and encouragement
to the housing sector.
The committees will
also suggest the role of
the Rajasthan Housing
Board headed by Com-
missioner Pawan Arora
in the redevelopment.
In the meeting, the
responsibility to give
early suggestions in the
matter of land pooling
and redevelopment was
given to HS Sancheti,
Principal Adviser of
Town Planning.
JDC Ravi Jain, RHB
Commissioner Pawan
Arora, JDA Secretary
Ujjwal Rathore, Chief
Town Planner RK Vijay-
vargiya, Director Plan-
ning Vinay Kumar
Dalela, Principal Advi-
sor of Town Planning
HS Sancheti, Special
Officer of UDH Advisor
Giriraj Agarwal attend-
ed the meeting.
Four sub-committees to be set
upforurbandevelopmentnow!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: One IAS officer
was transferred and the
transfer of another of-
ficer was cancelled by
Rajasthan govt. Pali
Zilla Parishad CEO IAS
Ramprakash trans-
ferred to post of Joint
Secy, PHED. Designa-
tion of one officer was
also changed. Jitendra
Upadhyay, who was
transferred to Jodhpur
as Divisional Commis-
sioner from the General
Administration Dept,
managed to stay in the
secretariat. Now his
transfer to Jodhpur has
been cancelled. Hemant
Gera also wanted one
dept out of General Ad-
ministration and per-
sonnel. Now he holds
only the General Ad-
ministration Dept. Gera
has resumed duty on
Monday after recover-
ing from Covid-19.
1 IAS TRANSFERRED, 1 TRANSFER CANCELLED, DESIGNATION OF 1 CHANGED
Ramprakashtransferred,Geragetsnewdesignation
Secretary to the Chief Minister Gaurav Goyal has
been given additional responsibility of CEO,
Rajasthan State Services Delivery War Room
239 RAS TRANSFFERED...
From Pg 1....
Finance (Expenditure-2) Department at Jaipur while Arun
Prakash Sharma as Additional Director, HCM RIPA, at Bikaner
and Kamal Ram Meena appointed as Secy, Urban Devpt Trust,
Bharatpur. Furthermore, Kajodmal Dundia appointed as Addi-
tional Commissioner EGS at Jaipur while Lekhraj Tosawada as
Additional Commissioner (Administration), Commercial Tax
Department. Mukul Sharma appointed as Joint Secretary in
Personnel Department while Ram Niwas Mehta also as Joint
Govt Secy, Personnel Dept, Meanwhile, Durgesh Kumar Bissa
has been appointed as Additional Commissioner, CAD, IGNP,
Bikaner and Dr. Arun Garg appointed as Consultant (Infra.)
RIICO, Jaipur while Babulal Goyal as Additional Commissioner
(PRN Rehabilitation), JDA Jaipur. Several Additional Collec-
tors, deputy secretaries, SDMs were also transferred.
Raj HC...
Notably, the court has
issued notices to Ved-
prakash Solanki,
Suresh Modi, Vishven-
dra Singh, Deependra
Singh, Sachin Pilot,
Bhanwarlal Sharma,
Gajraj Khatana, Ind-
raraj, GS Shekhawat,
Hemaram, Ram Ni-
was, Amar Singh, Bri-
jendrasinh Ola, Mu-
rarilal Meena, Muke-
sh Bhaker, Rajesh Pa-
reek and Harish
among others.
FROM PG 1
Shanti Dhariwal GS Sandhu
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora on
Mondaymadeasurprise
inspection of the coun-
try’s first coaching hub
project under construc-
tion by the Housing
Board and the construc-
tion work of Chief Min-
ister’s Shikshak Evam
Prahari Housing
Schemes at Pratap Na-
gar. Arora observed the
progressof workinthese
projects and instructed
to increase its speed.
The Housing Com-
missioner said that the
Coaching Hub project is
a unique project of its
kind in the country
. A
huge coaching hub is be-
ing constructed on
about 67,000 square me-
ters of land on 200 feet
wide main Haldighati
road located in Sec-
tor-16. Along with 8 in-
stitutional blocks, hos-
tel, food court, restau-
rant, health club, gym,
cycle track, cafeteria are
also being constructed
under the scheme. Aro-
raalsogaveinstructions
to start the work of li-
brary block here.
Arora directed to
complete Mukhy-
amantri Shikshak and
Prahari Awas Yojna
scheme by June 30, and
said that the process of
allotment of flats
should be started soon.
RHB Commissioner takes stock of ongoing projects
DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Pawan Arora inspects coaching hub construction works in Pratap Nagar on Monday.
Jaipur: On the instructions of the RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora, RHB personnel on Monday got
1,836 square meters of land at Kaveri Path Sector-1
of Mansarovar freed from possession. Arora said
that this land was occupied for the last 40 years
and a construction had been done on about 500
square yards of land. With the help of police, action
was taken to make this land encroachment free and
demolish the construction. The present value of this
land employed for commercial purpose is about Rs
20 crore at the reserve rate of the Board. The Hous-
ing Commissioner said, “A stay order was given by
the High Court on this land from the year 2018. The
stay order was lifted in February, 2022. After this,
the Board took action to remove the encroachment.”
RAJASTHAN HOUSING BOARD FREES
ENCROACHED LAND WORTH `20 CRORE
The construction of
576 two-BHK flats
for teachers and
guards is in the final
stage under
Mukhyamantri
Shikshak and
Prahari Awas Yojna.
—Pawan Arora,
RHB Commissioner
Ashok Parnami Sardar Ajaypal Singh Kalicharan Saraf Ravi Nayyar Raghav Sharma
Sachin Pilot

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touch to my
nature.
Katrina Kaif
was my inspiration
during my childhood
days, and I wanted to
be like her.
Dancing has always
been in my heart, my
mother Renu Pahadi
Bassi is a Kathak ex-
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interest in dance be-
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trying new things.
Not only this, my
grandfather Pt Man-
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