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11dead,17injured
as chariot touches electric wires
Thanjavur: Eight men
and 3 teenage boys were
killed and 17 others in-
jured on Wednesday
due to electrocution
when a temple chariot
came in contact with a
High Tension electrici-
ty line during a proces-
sion, police said. The
tragic incident oc-
curred early on Wednes-
day when the Appar
temple’s chariot proces-
sion was passing
through the Thanjavur-
Boodalur Road.
The temple car, while
negotiating a turn came
into contact with the
overhead line and peo-
ple standing on the char-
iot were thrown away in
the impact. President
Ram Nath Kovind,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, Tamil Nadu
Governor R N Ravi,
Chief Minister M K Sta-
lin expressed shock and
grief over the killings.
Police officials and local people at the incident site on Wednesday.
‘Injustice’: PM Modi
urges States to
reduce VAT on fuel
New Delhi: Flagging
higher fuel prices in
many opposition-ruled
states, PM Modi on
Wednesday urged them
to reduce VAT in “na-
tional interest” to ben-
efit the common man
and work in the spirit
of cooperative federal-
ism in this time of glob-
al crisis.
Modi raised the issue
of many states not ad-
hering to the Centre’s
call for reducing the
Value Added Tax (VAT)
on fuel after his govern-
ment slashed excise du-
ties on them in Novem-
ber last, and called it
“injustice” to people
living there.
PM MODI TO VISIT
GERMANY, DENMARK,
FRANCE FROM MAY 2-4
New Delhi: In his first
trip abroad this year,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will embark on a
three-day visit to
Germany, Denmark and
France from May 2 amid
the crisis in Ukraine and
Europe’s firm approach
to dealing with it.
The ease of driving
business out of India.
7 Global Brands. 9
Factories.649 Dealerships.
84,000 Jobs. Modi ji, Hate-
in-India and Make-in-India
can’t coexist! Time to focus on
India’s devastating
unemployment crisis instead.
—Rahul Gandhi, Congress Leader
CONG REVAMPS
HARYANA UNIT
Hooda loyalist
Udai Bhan
replaces Selja
as president
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Wednesday
revamped its Haryana
unit, appointing for-
mer legislator Udai
Bhan as president, re-
placing Kumari Selja,
and naming four work-
ing presidents.
As part of the reor-
ganisation that had
been on the cards for
the past few weeks, the
Congress appointed
Shruti Choudhary,
Ram Kishan Gujjar, Ji-
tender Kumar Bhard-
waj and Suresh Gupta
as working presidents
in a bid to strike a pow-
er balance in the par-
ty’s state unit.
DRI SEIZES `2 CR
GOLD ‘IRON PRESS’
AT JAIPUR AIRPORT
Jaipur: In yet another
major bust by the DRI,
second day in a row, gold
worth over two crore
rupees was seized by the
officials from Jaipur air-
port. The approximately 4
kilogram gold ‘iron press’
was recovered a smug-
gler’s bag. The depart-
ment is now looking for
the owner of the bag and
has taken passer record
from the airline company.
DRI officials said that
the gold smuggler had
already reached Jaipur
and left the bag behind
in Sharjah. The officials
checked the bag at Jaipur
airport where it reached
on Wednesday and re-
covered the gold. —FIB
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24 HOURS ON, FIREFIGHTING
AT DELHI’S BHALSWA
LANDFILL SITE CONTINUES
NEW DELHI: TWENTY FOUR HOURS ON, EFFORTS TO DOUSE THE FIRE AT THE BHALSWA
LANDFILL SITE IN NORTH DELHI CONTINUE, AND IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO
DAYS TO PUT IT OUT COMPLETELY, OFFICIALS SAID ON WEDNESDAY. EIGHT FIRETENDERS
ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO BRING DOWN THE FLAMES AND MEANWHILE, THE RESIDENTS
HAVE STARTED COMPLAINING OF SORE THROAT, ITCHY EYES AND BREATHING PROBLEMS.
Gehlot attends PM’s Corona meet with CMs,
stresses on actively following Covid protocol
First India Bureau
Mumbai: CM Ashok
Gehlot has expressed
concern regarding the
corona infection. Gehlot
said through a tweet
that the cases of Covid
are increasing continu-
ously in all countries
including Britain, Ger-
many and China.
“There has also been
anincreaseininfections
in some parts of the
country
. In view of its
seriousness, I took part
intheVCof alltheChief
Ministers being chaired
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on the cir-
cumstances of Covid.
Taking the rising cases
of Covid as a warning,
all of us should start fol-
lowing the Covid proto-
col again,” Gehlot said.
PM Modi held a re-
view meeting with the
Chief Ministers of the
states during which PM
Modi said that the
threat of corona is not
over yet and people
need to take all precau-
tions against the virus.
“This is our 24th
meeting regarding Co-
rona in the last two
years. The way the Cent-
er and the states have
worked together during
the Corona period has
played an important
role in the country’s
fight against Corona. It
is clear that the chal-
lenge of Corona is not
completely over yet.
How can Omicron and
its variants cause seri-
ous problems? We can
see this in the countries
of Europe,” he said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on a visit to Mumbai attends a meeting
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the emerging situation
of Covid-19 through video conferencing on Wednesday.
GEHLOT DRAWS
EXAMPLE FROM
NATIONS HIT BY
ANOTHER WAVE

❍ UMAR KHALID BAIL PLEA
Is it right to use ‘jumla’
for PM, asks Delhi HC
New Delhi: While hear-
ing the bail application
of student activist
Umar Khalid in the
larger conspiracy case
of northeast Delhi ri-
ots, the Delhi High
Court on Wednesday
asked whether it was
proper to use the term
‘jumla’ in respect to the
Prime Minister of India
and said that there has
to be “a line” or a “Lak-
shman rekha” when it
comes to criticism of
the government.
“What he says about
the Prime Minister in
the speech? Some
‘changa’ word was used
and after that … this
‘jumla’ is used for the
Prime Minister of In-
dia. Is that proper?” ob-
served the court after
listening to the speech.
Umar Khalid
PM MODI INTERACTS WITH CMs
PM NARENDRA MODI LAUDED THE
CHIEF MINISTERS, OFFICERS ALL
CORONA WARRIORS FOR THEIR EFFORTS
1 DELHI, HARYANA, PUNJAB,
TELANGANA, UP AND KERALA
MAKE MASKS MANDATORY IN PUBLIC
2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with state Chief Ministers on the Covid-19 situation in the country via video conferencing,
in New Delhi on Wednesday. Also seen here is Home Minister Amit Shah and other Chief Ministers. —PHOTO BY ANI
COVID CHALLENGE NOT FULLY
OVER YET, STAY ALERT!
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday said the
challenge of the Covid
pandemic is not fully
over yet, with the in-
crease in coronavirus
cases in the last two
weeks manifesting the
need to stay alert, and
underlined that vacci-
nation remains the big-
gest protective shield
against the virus.
Speaking at an inter-
action with chief minis-
ters on the emerging
COVID-19 situation in
the country, the prime
minister also said the
government’spriorityis
to vaccinate all eligible
children at the earliest
with special campaigns
needed in schools.
Asserting that India
has fought a long battle
against Covid in the
spirit of cooperative
federalism enshrined in
the Constitution, Prime
Minister Modi lauded
the chief ministers, of-
ficers and all corona
warriors for their ef-
forts. He said India has
been able to deal with
the situation better
than many countries. In
the third wave, none of
the states saw situation
going out of control,
Modi asserted.
There is a need to
follow the 'test, track,
treat, vaccinate'
strategy and ensure Covid-
appropriate behaviour.
—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
PM’s mantra of life and livelihood
is being followed by the state. A
high number of cases are being
seen in the state’s cities in the National
Capital Region (NCR).
—Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
MASKS COULD BE MANDATORY IN MAHA AGAIN
Mumbai: Amid rising coronavirus cases in the country,
wearing of masks in crowded places could be made
mandatory again in Maharashtra, state Health Minister
Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday. He said Delhi has
made masks mandatory and is even imposing a fine of
Rs 500. Even masks restrictions are back in district of
Uttar Pradesh adjoining Delhi, he said.
DELHI MARKETS BRING BACK COVID PROTOCOLS
New Delhi: Worried about COVID cases in national cap-
ital, traders’ associations across Delhi have resumed
regular sanitisation, put up posters of dos and don’ts,
and are ensuring proper masking. The representatives
of markets’ associations have said that markets and
market complexes are the first ones to be impacted by
the COVID-led restrictions, so they have moved into ac-
tion preemptively to avoid facing the worst of them.
In the recent days the national
capital has witnessed a high
positivity rate, thus masks
having been made mandatory again.
—Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister

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Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: JDA commis-
sioner Ravi Jain on
Wednesday took a
meeting to review the
preparations for the
second phase of the
Prashasan Shahron ke
Sang campaign start-
ing from May 2.
He gave instruction
to Zone Deputy Com-
missioners to com-
pletely achieve the tar-
get of issuing leases.
Commissioner said
that a committee will
be formed for the cam-
paign to ensure people
get maximum benefit
from the campaign.
The committee will
give suggestions for ef-
fectively implementing
orders which have
been issued to give var-
ious exemptions and
relief to people under
the campaign.
In the meeting,
he also instructed to
make all files online so
that the file is dis-
bursed on time.
JDC Jain reviews preparations for
second phase of PSKS camps
Wagah-Attari border-
like retreat in Raj soon
Jaipur (PTI): Tourists
visiting Rajasthan will
soon have a Wagah-At-
tari border-like experi-
ence at Tanot-Bawlian-
wala border with Paki-
stan in Jaisalmer.
With the support of
Border Security Force,
state’s Tourist Depart-
ment has launched an
ambitious plan to de-
velop a tourist circuit in
next 18 months for Rs 19
crore in the state.
The circuit would
comprise Tanot Mata
temple,KishangarhFort,
Longewala War Memo-
rial and scenic villages
amid the vast desert ter-
rain, said an official.
JDA IN ACTION
Ravi Jain takes review meeting on Wednesday for Prashasan
Shahron Ke Sang campaign starting from May 2.
Ram Singh Chandlai takes oath, team present on the occasion.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The triennial
election of Rajput Sabha
was held recently. The
new executive committee
members took the oath
of office and secrecy at
Rajput Sabha Bhawan on
Bhagwan Das Road in
the city on Wednesday
.
Newly elected presi-
dent Ram Singh Chandlai
was honoured on the oc-
casion. Significantly,
Chandlai created a re-
cord as the entire panel
led by him won in the
election for the first
time. Four candidates
tried their luck for the
post of president and
Chandlai emerged vic-
torious with 2,704 votes,
1,783 more than his
nearest rival.
9 hectare encroached
land given back to jail
First India Bureau
Kota: The team of
Kota Municipal Devel-
opment Trust handed
over 9.08 hectares of
land to the jail admin-
istration on Wednes-
day by removing en-
croachment in Shamb-
hupura.
Now the jail admin-
istration will get a new
jail constructed on this
land. team headed by
Deputy Secretary of
Urban Development
Trust Chandan Dubey
with support of police
force led by Additional
SP Praveen Jain
reachedShambhupura
where encroachment
was removed. 125 po-
lice RAC personnel
were part of team.
Minor rape victim gives birth to girl;
woman raped on pretext of marriage
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A case of preg-
nancy and forced physi-
cal relationship with a
15-year-old minor has
come to light in the city
.
Accused also made ob-
scene photo-videos and
threatened to make
them public. The victim
lodged a complaint to
the Ramganj police sta-
tion accusing the hotel-
ier in the matter. On
October 24, 2021, she
gave birth to a daughter.
Despite this, the ac-
cused Aslam Khan con-
tinued to rape her.
In another case in
Ajmer, a woman was al-
legedly raped on pre-
text of marriage. Case
lodged in Ramganj po-
lice station.
Rajput Sabha’s new team,
Chandlai creates record
Jaipur: The wedding procession of a Dalit groom
was taken out under police protection in Chandlai
village under Shivdaspura police station of Jaipur
on Wednesday evening, the police said. The family
had demanded police protection in view of possible
threat from dominant castes following which 200
policemen led by Additional DCP Bharat Lal were
deployed, said a police officer. The police ensured
that event was held peacefully.
DALIT GROOM’S WEDDING PROCESSION
HELD UNDER POLICE PROTECTION
Leaders of
Cong BJP in
touch with AAP
Gul Mohammad
Kota: After form-
ing government in
Delhi and Punjab,
AAP is
eyeing
Raj for
victory
in up-
coming
assembly elections.
The Aam Aadmi
Party will contest
the elections on all
200 assembly seats.
AAP’s state in-
charge Vinay
Mishra was on
Kota tour on
Wednesday. During
this, he participat-
ed in party workers
meet.
While interact-
ing with reporters
he said AAP has
made several new
members even be-
fore elections in
Raj. AAP would be
in front of general
public as a third op-
tion in the state.
Mishra also said
prominent leaders
of Cong and BJP
are also in touch
with AAP.
RSS is doing work of dividing
thesocietyincountry:Dotasra
First India Bureau
Nagaur: PCC Presi-
dent Govind Singh Do-
tasra on Wednesday
said Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh uses
power by staying be-
hind the scenes, so as
to avoid accountability
not participating in
direct politics.
“RSS is doing the
work of dividing the so-
ciety by spreading false
and misleading facts in
the society
. RSS is a hid-
den termite in society
which is hollowing so-
ciety by spreading poi-
son,” he said while ad-
dressingthefoundation
stone laying ceremony
of government school
building at Ladnun
Kushalpura here.
He said that there is
no response from the
RSS on burning issues
like inflation, unem-
ployment, whereas the
work of inciting the
sentiments of people
and destroying social
harmony is being done
by the RSS.
Dotasra inaugurated 2 days
district level training camp
at Sikar.
Jaipur: The POCSO court
here on Wednesday
sentenced a man to life
imprisonment for raping
a Dalit woman repeated-
ly. Special judge Rekha
Sharma also imposed a
fine of Rs 1 lakh on the
convict. The victim had
filed a case in Kalwar
against convict Babu Lal
on June 4, 2020. SPP
Arun Jatawat said 13 wit-
nesses were produced.
Jaipur: Jaipur Heritage
Municipal Corporation has
started preparations for
the second phase of Pra-
shasan Shahron ke Sang
campaign under which in-
structions were issued to
officers to distribute Pat-
tas to maximum number
of people. Mayor Munesh
Gurjar Commissioner
Awadhesh Meena issued
special instructions to the
officers in a meeting on
Wednesday. Warning of
action was also given.
MAN GETS LIFER
FOR DALIT’S RAPE
DISTRIBUTE
MAXIMUM LEASES:
MUNESH GURJAR
STUDENTS HACK UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
REPLACED VC’S PHOTO WITH ALIEN
Bikaner: Unhappy with the management, the stu-
dents of the local Technical University have devised
a new mode of protest. They have hacked the
university’s website and replaced the photo of their
Vice-Chancellor with that of an alien. The hackers
have also left a message cursing the management
and raising questions on them. Surprisingly, the
university management did not have any informa-
tion about this till Wednesday morning.
Tanot Bawlianwala border
with Pakistan.
Hindu fronts take out ‘Aakrosh
rally’,seektemplerestoration
Delegation submitted a memo to Collector Shiv Prasad Nakate on temples demolition
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: A large number
of seers, representa-
tives of Hindutva or-
ganisations and BJP
workers held a protest
here against the demoli-
tion of 300-year-old tem-
ple during an anti-en-
croachment drive in
Rajgarh town.
BJP leader Alwar
MP Mahant Balaknath
along with his support-
ers led ‘Aakrosh Rally’
and demanded from
Cong govt to recon-
struct the temples. Pro-
testors had come from
across Rajasthan, Del-
hi, Punjab, Haryana
and Uttar Pradesh.
Rally was held from
Shaheed Smarak to Col-
lectorate where delega-
tion submitted a memo
to Collector Shiv Prasad
Nakate. chanting ‘Jai
Shree Ram’ slogans.
Both ruling Cong
opposition BJP in Raj
have been trading
charges against each
other over demolition
of temples in Rajgarh.
Demanding resigna-
tion of CM Gehlot, Bal-
ak Nath said march was
to stop Raj govt from
doing politics of ap-
peasement.
Mahant Balaknath, other seers and representatives of Hindutva organisations took out rally in Alwar.
BJP DOING HINDU-MUSLIM
POLITICS: SHAKUNTALA RAWAT
Mahant Balaknath and other seers submit memo to
Collector Shiv Prasad Nakate on Tuesday.
BJP seeks CM’s resignation,
releaseBlackPaperagainstgovt
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Targeting the
Cong govt over law
and order situation in
Rajasthan, BJP will
launch an agitation
against govt in Alwar
district on May 5.
The party released
a black paper against
govt, which is mainly
focused on Alwar dis-
trict, announced a
major demonstration
at Alwar on May 5.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia said
that the law and order
in state has deterio-
rated in Congress
rule. He said that a
300-year-old temple
was demolished in Al-
war’s Rajgarh recent-
ly and several other
incidents of crime
have taken place in
Alwar therefore the
party prepared a
black paper.
“We are going to
launch agitation
against Congress.
The party will hold a
massive demonstra-
tion in Alwar on May
5,” Poonia told report-
ers at a press confer-
ence at party’s state
headquarters here.
18 points in the
black paper include
deteriorating law and
order, increase in
crime rate, atrocities
against women, inci-
dents of communal
tension among others.
Meanwhile, PCC
member Shyam-
pratap Singh , who
has contested assem-
bly elections twice
from Didwana seat.
Chief minister
has failed as the
home minister.
We are launching
the agitation
from Alwar with
a demand for the
resignation of the
home minister.
Mob lynching,
love jihad have
happened.
—Rajendra Rathore,
Deputy leader of opp
Satish Poonia,Rajendra Rathore,Arun Chaturvedi,Pankaj Meena,
and Mukesh Dhadhich. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Demolition in progress.
Many tem-
ples were de-
stroyed dur-
ing tenure of BJP gov-
ernment then no one
hit the streets. BJP is
doing politics in the
whole matter. Now
elections are about to
come so BJP is not get-
ting any issue so has
come down on issue of
Hindu-Muslim.
— Shakuntala Rawat,
Industry Minister
Alwar: Congress district
president has created a
setback for Cong publicly.
The statement given by
Alwar Congress President
Yogesh Mishra in Rajgarh
has led to a tricky situation
for the party itself, as on
Wednesday the people of
Meo community lodged a
complaint against Yogesh
Mishra in Sadar police
station. Although, instead
of an FIR, the police have
registered a complaint.
COMPLAINT FILED
AGAINST ALWAR
CONG PRESIDENT
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First India Bureau
Anupgarh: The hus-
band of the local mu-
nicipal chairperson
tried to kill a person by
setting him on fire here
on Wednesday. The ac-
cused Girdawar prince
Nagpal, along with
some henchmen,
thrashed a business-
man at 22A road of the
city, and poured black
oil on him.
The victim somehow
managed to save his life
with the help of pas-
sers-by. Police have as-
sured agitating citizens
of arresting the cul-
prits in 24 hours. The
stir was adjourned for
24 hours following the
assurances.
SCHEDULED
TIMINGS OF
POWER CUTS
6.30 am to 8.30
am @ dist HQs;
6 pm to 10 pm
@ industries
6 am to 9 am @
Municipalities and
villages with more
than 5,000 population
RAJASTHAN
03
AS POWER CRISIS LOOMS LARGE
CUTSACROSSSTATEFROMTODAY
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: With the in-
creasing heatwave in
the state, the govt has
now started power cuts
for one at the divisional
headquarters and for
two hours at district
headquarters also.
The government is
constantly taking feed-
back from the officials
and discussing the con-
dition of the power pro-
duction plants and the
coal supply
.
Energy Min Bhanwar
S Bhati on Wednesday
discussed the supply
system in detail with
the Discom officials.
Compared to last year,
the demand for electric-
ity has increased by
33%. But due to the
shortage of coal, the
production could not in-
creased accordingly, he
informed.
Meanwhile, BJP State
president Satish Poonia
said that people are suf-
fering due to undeclared
power cuts. He said that
power cuts in the states
were because of the mis-
managementof thestate
government.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With power cri-
sis and increasing heat,
severalareasinthestate
are also facing water
shortage leading to pro-
tests by the residents. In
Balotra’s Pachpadra
town, agitated women
under the leadership of
their Sarpanch Pooja
Rathore, protested out-
side the water supply
department’s office and
demanded to make the
system smoother.
In Jaipur’s Chaksu,
about half a dozen BJP
councillors reached the
office of Chaksu Water
Supply dept and protest-
ed by breaking earthen
pots. Due to non-availa-
bility of AEN and JEN
in the office, a demand
was made to solve the
drinking water problem
by sitting outside office.
Meanwhile, in Hin-
don City of Karauli for-
mer MLA Rajkumari
Jatav demonstrated
with BJP workers at
the Water Supply dept
demanding drinking
water supply.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Covid cas-
es marked another
jump on Wednesday
and rose to 59 in 24
hours of which 46 were
recorded in Jaipur. This
is the maximum num-
ber of cases in Jaipur in
the last 2 months.
On Tuesday, 50 cases
were reported, with 30
in Jaipur. The number
of active cases rose to
242 on Wednesday.
There is big jump in the
cases as on April 16 only
8 cases were reported.
Meanwhile, 20 patients
were cured of corona
on Tuesday
.
The positivity rate
has doubled in just two
days since 30 cases were
reported on 25 April
whereas on 27 April 59
cases were reported.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the highly
contested case related
to misbehavior with
ACP Sandhya Yadav, a
major development oc-
curred on Wednesday
when RTI activist and
firebrand advocate Go-
vardhan Singh was ar-
rested from outside the
High Court. The Sadar
Police had filed a case
in 2021 during Covid
lockdown under SC/ST
Act and obstruction in
official work.
However, the High
Court stayed action on
the FIR. On Wednesday,
a hearing was conduct-
ed in the court of Jus-
tice Narendra Singh
Dhadha wherein the
Court quashed the in-
terim order of the stay
.
Meanwhile, Addi-
tional Police Commis-
sioner Ajaypal Lamba
informed in a press con-
ference that four offic-
ers conducted investi-
gation in the case and
as soon as the stay on
arrest was lifted, Singh
was arrested.
“There are 21 cases
filed in the entire state
including this case
against Singh. FR has
been filed in many cas-
es. One more person
has been named ac-
cused in this case,” said
Lamba.
There is an additional requirement of 3 to
4 thousand MW electricity per day, but we
are getting only 10 percent
power. Due to the difference in the
availability and demand of electricity,
the power crisis has increased in the
state.
—Bhanwar Singh Bhati,
Energy Minister
Amid coal crisis
govt announces
power cuts at
Divisional HQ,
District HQ and
civic bodies
across the state
BJP will protest
in front of every
GSS in the state
from 9 am to 11
am on April 29
against power
cuts: Poonia
RAJ MAY GET
OVER COAL
CRISIS SOON
DR KIRODI MEETS
VISHVENDRA SINGH
There seems to be a
ray of hope at the
end of the dark coal tun-
nel for Rajasthan. The
second phase of mining
at Parsa East and Kenta
Basin (PEKB) allotted to
the state will begin soon
and coal supply may
start by June. Prepara-
tions are being made on
war footing by RVUNL
in this regard. CMD
RK Sharma himself is
monitoring the mining
process at PEKB. It is
expected that the
state would get 9
rakes of coal daily
from the phase-II
mining.
Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Kirodi
Lal Meena met Vishven-
dra Singh, Tourism Minister
and Minister in-charge of
Dausa district and discussed
various issues including
water problem. As the police
came to know that Dr. Kirori
is in Civil Lines then messag-
es were relayed on wireless
to be alert as he is known for
protesting on roads.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan is all
set for the vaccination
of children in the age
group of 5-12 years. The
Drugs Controller Gen-
eral of India (DGCI) has
approved Corbevax to
be administered to chil-
dren in the age group of
5-12 years and Bharat
Biotech Covaxin to chil-
dren in the age group of
6-12 years. With this,
nearly 1.56 crore chil-
dren of this age group
will be given corona
vaccine.
However, the sched-
ule is yet to be decided
for the vaccination be-
tween the ages of 5 and
12 years.
Protests erupt over water
shortage across state
Covid: State logs 59 new cases;
active rise to 242,186 in Jaipur
As stay on arrest ends,
police nab advocate
Goverdhan outside HC
All set for vax for age group of 5-12;
1.56crorekidsinstatetobebenefitted
Dr Kirodi Meena meets Vishvendra Singh over water crisis.
Class 10 students attempted exam on Wednesday amid Covid fears.
People at the site onWednesday.
Dhiraj Srivastava in Sujangarh
on Wednesday.
Police taking away Goverdhan Singh from outside the High Court.
CHA AGITATION 27TH
DAY: PROTESTORS ADOPT GANDHIGIRI
Some of the Covid Health Assistants
(CHAs), protesting at Shaheed Smarak
demanding reappointment, fell sick during
the protest on the 27th day on Wednes-
day. They were admitted to SMS hospital.
The agitating candidates threatened to
intensify their movement against the state
government and said that the agitation
will be spread across the state if their
demands are not met. Meanwhile, one of
the candidates appeared in the guise of
Mahatma Gandhi in the dharna and other
candidates sat on keens in front of him.
The act was to symbolize their plight.
Sujangarh gets
1st Raj Pravasi
Bhavan: Dhiraj
Heatwave bakes
state; Banswara
hottest @ 45.5°C
Schools teachers
to get postings
soon: Kalla
Husband of civic body
head tries to burn man
Five Raj officials fined for
ignoring pleas under RTI
Tanuj Lata
Sujangarh (Churu):
Shayar Malu Pravasi
Bhavan, States’s first
Pravasi Bhavan, was in-
augurated in Sujangarh
on Wednesday. MLA
Manoj Meghwal inau-
gurated the building.
Dhiraj Srivastava, Com-
missioner, Rajasthan
Foundation attended
the function as the chief
guest. It was presided
over by Hiralal Malu.
Prithviraj Bafna got
it renovated and fur-
nished in the memory
of his wife Manak Devi.
Migrant people coming
from outside will get
the facilities in this
bhavan. Dhiraj Srivas-
tava said that the organ-
isation has coordinated
with the migrants and
connected them with
the motherland.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As heatwave
swept across the state,
Banswara recorded the
hottest day at 45.5 de-
grees Celsius on
Wednesday while mer-
cury crossed 42 degree
Celsius in all districts.
The temperature re-
mained above 45 de-
grees in more than half
a dozen districts Jaipur
recorded 42.4 degrees.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The candidates
selected in the direct re-
cruitment of primary
and higher primary
school teachers 2021-22
were allotted districts
by the elementary edu-
cation directorate.
The names will be for-
warded to Zila Pari-
shad for posting. The
order of allotment of
districts has been up-
loaded on the depart-
ment’s website, said
Edu min BD Kalla.
Meanwhile, Kalla ex-
pressed displeasure
when the centre sought
answers from the Edu
dept regarding six ques-
tions related to Cong in
Class 12 paper.
Jaipur (PTI): The Ra-
jasthan Information
Commission has fined
five government offi-
cials for ignoring ap-
plications under the
transparency law in
five separate cases.
While two officials
of Panchayati Raj and
Rural Development
Department were im-
posed fines of Rs
10,000 each in two sep-
arate cases, three oth-
ers have been fined Rs
5,000 each, the Com-
mission said in a
statement. The Com-
mission imposed a
fine of Rs 10,000 on
the Hanumangarh
Zila Parishad’s chief
executive officer for
ignoring an RTI for
two-and-a-half years.
Similarly, a fine of
Rs 10,000 was imposed
on the Khajuwala DO
alleging that he did
not informed the vari-
ous development work
to the complainant.
The three other of-
ficials who were fined
Rs 5,000 each in as
many cases, included
Chittorgarh’s chief
medical and health of-
ficer, Banswara’s dis-
trict transport officer
and a chief block edu-
cation Officer in Gan-
ganagar district.
BANASTHALI 45.4
CHURU 44
BARMER 45.2
JODHPUR 43.6
PILANI 44.2
JAIPUR 42.4
BIKANER 45.2
KOTA 43.6
SG’NGR 44.7
AJMER 43
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10
HOTTEST
CITIES
Adelegation of Sarva Brahmin
Mahasabha led by Pt. Suresh Mishra
met Guv Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on
Wednesday. (Inset) Representatives of
Rajasthan Judicial Officers Association Sikar presented a copy
of ‘Judges Diary 2022’ and ‘Judges Telephone Directory’ to
Governor Mishra on Wednesday.
VISITS TO GUV MISHRA
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
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PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A person can rise through
the efforts of his own mind;
or draw himself down, in
the same manner because
each person is his own
friend or enemy.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Pleased to meet Dr Gayathri Vasudevan,
Co-founder CEO, LabourNet Services
India Pvt. Ltd. She has made a far
reaching impact in scaling livelihood
opportunities and enhancing quality of
life through education, employment
and entrepreneurship through her
social enterprise.
Hardeep Singh Puri
@HardeepSPuri
Invoking the spirit of cooperative
federalism, PM Modi Ji hits the nail
on its head. Instead of protesting,
the opposition states which have not
decreased taxes on petrol diesel,
even after centre reduced excise on
such products, should do it now
offer relief to citizens.
TOP TWEETS
WHY DO GOVTS
WAIT FOR APEX
COURT ORDER ON
CURBING HATE?
fter the Supreme
Court’s warning the
Uttarakhand govern-
ment swung into ac-
tion to stop the dhar-
ma sansad where Muslim bash-
ing is preached as a new dharma.
Lefttoitself,thestategovernment
may have allowed the event to be
held as it did in the past. It is this
silence and perceived complicity
on the part of various govern-
ments, including the one at the
Centre, on blatantly hate-filled
speeches that 108 former bureau-
crats have written a letter to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
to break his “deafening silence”
over the issue. Not just speeches,
they also expressed concern over
“escalation of violence against
the minority communities, espe-
cially Muslims”. They called this
escalationof violenceagainstmi-
norities in BJP-ruled states a
“frightening new dimension”.
The PM may or may not order
a halt to such acts but how long
will governments shirk their
constitutional duty is what re-
quires serious consideration,
especially when some courts
also go soft on perpetrators. It
seems SC is the only saviour.
A
he much-awaited
public offering of
the Life Insurance
Corporation of In-
dia has set in mo-
tion the Union government’s
exercise to meet its disinvest-
ment target of Rs 65,000 crore.
On offer are 22.13 crore shares
worth3.5percentof thecorpo-
ration’s capital base. With the
offloading of 3.5 percent the
government aims to make
around Rs 21,000 crore to-
wards its fiscal requirement.
ThisislowerthantheRs50,000
crore planned earlier. The
stock market’s choppy state
dissuaded the government
from selling even 5 percent of
its stake which would have
raised around Rs 30,000 crore.
However, coming after Air In-
dia, the LIC divestment has
confirmed the government’s
commitment towards privati-
sation of some of its assets.
The government has had
to cut its estimate on pro-
ceeds from stake sale to Rs
78,000 crore this year, lower
than the projected Budget es-
timate of Rs 1.75 lakh crore.
Two public sector banks are
on the government’s to-be-
sold list. It is still not certain
if the government will be
able to meet even its scaled-
down disinvestment target
but it surely is striving for it.
The divestment process is
necessary for the government
to cover its estimated fiscal
deficit of 6.4 percent in 2022-
23. Revenue from divestment
is the cushion which the gov-
ernment needs against rising
fuelpricesandinflationwhich
are predicted to spike further
as the Ukraine war drags on.
Given the turbulent state
of the market and reduced
appetite of investors there is
doubt over the kind of wel-
come investors will give to
the LIC IPO even though it is
bigger and better than the
Paytm IPO.
GOVT ON COURSE TO
MEETING FISCAL GOAL
The much-awaited public
offering of the Life Insurance
Corporation of India has set in
motion the Union government’s
exercise to meet its
disinvestment target of
`65,000 crore. On offer are
22.13 crore shares worth
3.5 percent of the
corporation’s capital base
T
eta (Facebook) CBSE have
collaborated to train a million
teachers and students in vir-
tual/augmented reality
. Re-
cently, Australian Open (AO)
had partnered with Decentra-
land, an online virtual reality
platform where users can cre-
ate avatars of themselves and
interact,to provideanimmer-
sive experience to its viewers
worldwide of the tennis tour-
nament. These are the bright,
innovativereal-timeusecases
of the metaverse, a nebulous
concept broadly seen as 3D
extension of internet.
Now premise superim-
pose some future/speculative
use-case of Metaverse on
these very initiatives for the
sake of game theory! ‘Decen-
traland’ is selling real estate
like hot potatoes (It actually
is). Imagine that exact repli-
ca of Central Vista, coming
up in Lutyens Delhi, is avail-
able in Decentraland and
Geeks are selling plots, gar-
dens and office spaces, a pro-
ject they have democratically
vetted in their virtual socio-
political construct, and
meshed it up as a virtual
game to the traverse the maze
to reach Raisina Hills to win
a handsome piece of real es-
tate or equivalent NFTs.
Ostensibly again, it dawns
that facade behind this drool-
worthy visual endeavour
hides sinister plan of terror
groups with their foothold in
decentral and, armed with
detailed maps of the vista, to
train their cadres and sleep-
er cells in simulation exer-
cises behind feel-good–show-
your-silver gaming experi-
ence and at once remaining
indistinct and innocuous.
Booby trap for detailed
maps could have been laid in
the Meta and CBSE collabo-
ratedonlineclasswhereagul-
lible a student was asked to
part away his pedagogic data
of case study on vista archi-
tecture on CAD/Architectur-
al skill class (future use case
assuming full-spectrum col-
laboration), by operatives of
terror sleeper cells masquer-
ading as a attractive member
of the opposite sex and being
a cyber crush of the student,
all under the oculus maze. All
this is not so distant future,
out from the game theory
.
Welcome to Metaverse. Be-
ing marketed as heady con-
coction of new-age technolo-
gies like 3D VR, Augmented
Reality, AI, Internet Of
Things, Edge Computing, the
Blockchain, Crypto-assets
like Nonfungible tokens and
Creator hubs, is out there for
money to be made as Web-3.0
conceptually evolves. But its
dark alleys and backstreets
may soon be soon inundated
by wicked digitization, mani-
festing as frauds, money
laundering especially of ter-
ror groups, child exploita-
tion, dis-information and
cyber attacks.
This un-policed territory
needs urgent attention of
policy makers to induce equi-
librium, lest it is manifested
with cartels, terrorists and
otherfringeelements.Aview-
ing of Steven Spielberg’s di-
rected 2018 movie ‘Ready
Player One’ is essential to
bring the clairvoyant effort
and import of the phenome-
non. The use of gaming plat-
forms as conduits of cryptic
messages by modern-day
criminals (and even ISIS’s
documented use of video
games for covert communica-
tion and recruiting youth) is
so rampant that it has been
laid bare in subaltern cultur-
al exposition in the popular
hindi movie ‘Suryavanshi’.
We will also not want sex
slaves to be traded by traffick-
ers over metaverse surrepti-
tiously in digital avatars, se-
cure in crypto-asset transac-
tions, neither pedophile pred-
ators using anonymity and
innovation by offsetting real
and virtual world at choice,
scouting gullible victims, as
an extension of dark web.
How does one statutorily
regulate this scenario, bal-
ancing innovation with regu-
lation. The writ of a country
runs large on every inch of
the soil through its Constitu-
tion, Major Criminal acts like
CrPC IPC, Revenue Acts
and right upto the innocuous-
looking The Treasure Trove
Act 1888 where every dime
found under the soil or act
conducted over it is fully ac-
countable to the rule of law.
How does one define the juris-
diction of metaverse in simi-
lar comprehensive manner?
Are the current laws of finan-
cial regulation, money laun-
dering, IT Act and others of
the ilk sufficient to regulate
this ecosystem? What inter-
national mechanism will
have to put up in place for
countering deviant offshoots
of metaverse?Action against
dark web operated cartels
was recently possible only by
concerted stings orchestrated
by FBI, Interpol EU police
forces in multi-country, mul-
ti-continent operations.
Self regulation will call for
concerted effort of all stake-
holders. In the Connect Con-
ference where Mark Zucker-
berg introduced his refur-
bished endeavour-META, he
extolled that “meta is going
all the way on open standards
and interoperability” and
“privacy and safety net need
to be built into the metaverse
fromthedayone”;butthepre-
vious conduct of Facebook to
enforce user integrity has
been Achilles heel for the
wholeconceptof digitaltrust.
The brand new Data Pro-
tection Bill on the anvil and
the forthcoming amend-
ments to refurbish the Major
Acts- CrPC, IPC Evidence
Act provides opportune time
to suggest policy interven-
tions to create the elusive
safety net. The writ of sover-
eign must run large- under,
on and above the ground.
Every vista in real world and
metaverse should stand pro-
tected secure. Pleasant
company, appropriate vocab-
ulary and valuable motive
always made a good verse.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SECURING EVERY VISTA-REAL METAVERSICAL
Challenges for law enforcers
but opportunity upfront
M
DR AMANDEEP
SINGH KAPOOR (IPS)
The writer is Director-CDTI, Jaipur
The key to regulation is a
very robust safety ecosystem
which decides who goes as
whom on metaverse
platforms, what is
uploadedand what is
experienced,without spurious
content entry, fully ensuring
process sanitisation.This
has to be much stringent
than present KYC norms
lest we face fraudulent
accounts due to lax platform
integrity standards.
Recently, Australian Open
(AO) had partnered with
Decentraland, an online
virtual reality
platform where users
can create avatars of
themselves and
interact to provide
immersive experience to
its viewers worldwide of
the tennis tournament.
These are the bright,
innovative real-time
use of metaverse, a
nebulous concept
broadly seen as 3D
extension of internet
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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Is the
Bharatiya Janata Party
going to focus solely on
North India and Hindi
speaking regions? In
view of the controversy
that started over Hindi,
it is believed that the
BJP has given up its
hope of expansion in
the states of South In-
dia. It is feeling that ex-
cept Karnataka, noth-
ing can happen in other
states at least in 2024
elections. Therefore, an
attempt has been made
to maintain its edge in
the states of the Hindi
belt and to consolidate
it more. Keep in
mind that there are a
little more than two
hundred seats in the
Hindi-speaking states
of North India, out
of which close to 90
per cent of the seats
are with the BJP and
its allies.
If BJP manages to
retain these seats, 2024
will be a cake walk be-
cause apart from the
Hindi belt states- Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Bi-
har, Jharkhand, Ra-
jasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
and Delhi and Hary-
ana, the BJP is confi-
dent of winning all the
seats in Gujarat. Adi-
tionally, if it gets some
seats in Maharashtra,
Karnataka and West
Bengal, then it will get
majority. Possibly be-
cause of this, the de-
bate of Hindi has aris-
en and as the crescendo
to oppose Hindi in the
South would increase,
it will help the BJP to
strengthen its position
in North India and in
the Hindi belt.
IslanguagedisputeactuallyaNorth-Southdispute?
ARENA OF CONFLICT
Mumbai (Agencies):
Maharashtra's ruling
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) hit out at the
Centre and Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
after he on Wednesday
pointed fingers at the
State Government for
pushing up petrol-die-
sel prices.
Leading the attack
from the front, Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray reiterated
that despite being the
highest contributor to
the national exchequer,
Maharashtra has been
given step-motherly
treatment by the
Centre.While Maha-
rashtra gets only 5.5 per
cent of Central taxes, it
contributes as high as
38.3 per cent in direct
taxes, 15 per cent of
GST which is the high-
est in the country
. If di-
rect taxes and GST are
combined, Maharash-
tra is a leading state in
giving taxes. Yet, even
today, we are waiting to
get our Rs 26,500 GST
share, Thackeray said.
State Congress presi-
dent Nana Patole's pos-
er was what happened
to the Bharatiya Janata
Party's promise in 2014
to reduce petrol price to
Rs 40, but now, it has
more than tripled.
Since the time of
Atal Behari Vajpayee, a
Re 1/litre Road Develop-
ment Cess was being
collected, it went upto
Rs 2 during the tenure
of UPA PM Manmohan
Singh, and under the
present Modi govern-
ment, it stands at Rs 18/
litre, besides a Rs 4 agro
cess, he said.
He pointed out that
the Centre always hikes
cess instead of excise,
but when the rates are
reduced, only excise is
slashed,aswasdonedur-
ing the recent elections
in five states - since all
the states are entitled to
a certain revenue share
- thus depriving the
states of their due share.
Nationalist Congress
Party Minister
Chhagan Bhujbal
slammed the Centre for
repeatedly raising fuel
prices and then blam-
ing the states while not
reimbursing the GST
dues of the states.
Thackeray also said
that the MVA has re-
peatedly asked the
Centre to expand
the narrow defi-
nitions of the
NDRF criteria to
help victims of
disasters, though
the state has con-
tributed more than
the stipulated
amount.
CENTRE-MAHAPOLITICALFEUDREIGNITES
AFTER PM’S REMARKS ON FUEL PRICES
Uddhav claims Centre owes `26,500 cr to Maha; alleges ‘step-motherly treatment’
New Delhi (PTI): Trina-
mool Congress (TMC)
on Wednesday called the
Chief Ministers meet-
ing with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi a “gyan
baato” session and
demanded that the Centre
clear dues it owes to the
West Bengal government.
The Mamata Banerjee-led
party also criticised Modi
over his comments that
opposition-ruled states
should reduce VAT in
“national interest”. Flag-
ging higher fuel prices in
many opposition-ruled
states, Modi on Wednes-
day urged them to reduce
VAT to benefit the
common man
and work in
the spirit of
“cooperative
federalism
in this time
of global
crisis”.
PM’S MEETING
WITH CMs ‘GYAAN
BAATO’ SESSION,
SAYS TRINAMOOL
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): After hijab row,
Karnataka is in for an-
other controversy in-
volving with the State
Education Department
issuing direction to
block education officers
to inspect the syllabus
of all Christian schools
over making reading of
Bible compulsory
.
The direction came
from Education Minis-
ter BC Nagesh in the
wake of a case against
Clarence High School
which alleged to have
been making reading of
the Bible compulsory
.
The Minister’s conten-
tion was that no school
in the state can preach
religion, including mi-
nority institutions.
He said if any insti-
tute has made preaching
of religion compulsory
,
it amounts to violation
of the Education Act. He
has warned of strict le-
gal action against the
schools found guilty of
violating the syllabus.
There is no room for
schools teaching central
syllabus to include reli-
gious matters, he added.
K’taka move to inspect
syllabus of christian
schools kicks a row
Srinagar (Agencies):
An Army-run school
in Kashmir’s Baram-
ulla district on Mon-
day asked its staff to
stop wearing hijab
during school hours so
that “students can feel
comfortable and are
forthcoming to inter-
act with teachers”,
News18 reported.
The circular was is-
sued by the administra-
tion of the Dagger Pari-
vaar School, meant for
disabled children.
The school is run by
the Indian Army along
with a Pune-based non-
governmental organi-
sation called Indrani
Balan Foundation, the
Kashmir Observer re-
ported. Around 70 stu-
dents are enrolled in
the school.
In circular issued on
Monday, the school’s
principal said that the
institution was a place
to learn and grow emo-
tionally.
“As the staff of
school, the main pur-
pose is to provide the
fullest possible develop-
ment of each learner,”
the circular added. “For
the same, the trust must
be established with the
students to make them
feel welcome, safe and
happy. The staff is
hereby instructed to
avoid hijab...”
KASHMIR SCHOOL ASKS STAFF
TO AVOID WEARING HIJAB
Hyderabad (Agencies):
As Telangana's ruling
Telangana Rashtra
Samiti steps formally
into adulthood, celebrat-
ing 21 years of its forma-
tion, party president K
Chandrashekar Rao has
decided it’s time for par-
ty to step out of its do-
mestic turf and venture
into national politics.
Addressing party
leaders at the TRS ple-
naryinHyderabadtoday
,
Mr Rao said some legis-
latorshaveexpressedthe
view that it is time for
TRS to change into BRS
(Bharatiya Rashtra
Samiti). It was met with
loud cheers from the
3000-odd party leaders
who had gathered at the
Hyderabad Internation-
al Convention Centre,
HICC at Hyderabad.
As though taking a
step in that direction,
one of the 11 resolutions
being moved at the ple-
narytodaywasanintent
for the TRS to play a cru-
cial role in national poli-
tics.Raohasalreadysaid
he intends to play a role
in national politics.
The TRS, he said, has
already acquired land
and is building an im-
pressive party office in
the national Capital.
Rao, however, dis-
missed the idea of politi-
cal fronts, saying there
have been multiple
fronts in the past which
have not yielded much.
KCR hints at converting TRS into BRS
ON 21ST FORMATION DAY
Srinagar (Agencies):
The Jammu and Kash-
mir High Court ruled on
Wednesday that calling
Kashmir occupied
Kashmir and its resi-
dents as slaves does
not enjoy protection un-
der the Constitution's
Article 19 (A), on right
to freedom of speech
and expression.
A bench of Justice
Sanjay Dhar, hearing a
petition filed by advo-
cate Muzamil Butt
seeking quashing of an
FIR against him under
the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, re-
marked: It is one thing
to criticise the govern-
ment for its negligence
and express outrage on
the violation of human
rights of the people,
but it is quite another
to advocate that the
people of a particular
part of the country are
slaves of the govern-
ment of India or that
they are under the oc-
cupation of armed
forces of the country,
online portal Bar and
Bench reported.
Police had registered
an FIR against Butt for
his Facebook post in
which he criticised
the killing of seven ci-
vilians in an explosion
at the encounter site
in Larnoo village in
October 2018.
‘Calling Kashmir‘occupied’ does not
enjoy protection under Article19(A)’
UP: 6,000 LOUDSPEAKERS REMOVED
FROM RELIGIOUS SITES IN LAST 72 HRS
Lucknow: In a statewide drive to ensure com-
pliance with government directives over the
use of loudspeakers at
religious sites across Uttar
Pradesh, 6,031 loudspeak-
ers were removed from
religious sites of different
communities in the past
72 hours. Besides, the
volume of 30,000 loudspeakers was lowered in
accordance with the prescribed decibel levels.
Prayagraj: Justice Rajeev Singh of the Lucknow
bench of the high court, who had granted bail to
Ashish Mishra earlier, recused
himself from hearing it again
after the Supreme Court can-
celled his bail order last week
on April 18. While cancelling
Mishra’s bail, the Supreme
Court had also asked the high
court to decide his bail plea afresh and the plea came
up for hearing before Justice Singh’s bench.
ALLAHABAD HC JUDGE RECUSES
HIMSELF FROM ASHISH MISHRA CASE
Mumbai: In the latest development in the inquiry
against former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh, the
CBI has registered three
Preliminary Enquiries
(PEs) against him and
others following directions
from the apex court. The
PEs are not FIRs but a
process to collect and
check prima faice evidences on the basis of witnesses'
account, documents etc. If prima facie a case is made
out, the CBI will then convert these PEs into FIRs.
CBI REGISTERS THREE PEs AGAINST EX-
MUMBAI TOP COP PARAM BIR, OTHERS
CRUCIAL READ
Section 144 imposed in
Roorkee, 33 detained
Haridwar: The Utta-
rakhand administra-
tion imposed Section
144 CrPC that prohib-
its assembly of more
than four persons in
RoorkeewhereaDhar-
am Sansad was sched-
uled on Wednesday
.
The police have de-
tained around 33 per-
sons associated with
the event.
A day ago, the Su-
preme Court directed
the Uttarakhand
Chief Secretary to
placeonrecordthatno
untoward statement
would be made at the
event at Dada Jalalpur
village and warned
that it would hold top
officials responsible
in case of any hate
speech is made.
The village was
witness to a commu-
nal tension on April
16 when a Hanuman
Jayanti procession
was allegedly pelted
with stones.
On Tuesday, a
three-judge Bench of
the apex court head-
ed by Justice AM
Khanwilkar said,
“We will hold the
Chief Secretary,
Home Secretary and
the IG concerned re-
sponsible if any un-
toward situation hap-
pens despite your as-
surance. We are put-
ting it on record.”
Speaking to media,
Uttarakhand Director
General of Police
Ashok Kumar said,
“the programme
could not take place as
we imposed Section
144 (CrPC) in the area.
Around 33 persons
have been detained
under Section 151
CrPC. We ensured
that the restrictions
are imposed strictly.”
Anand Swaroop, the
main organiser of the
religious conclave,
has been taken into
preventive detention.
PERMISSION DENIED FOR DHARAM SANSAD
Heavy police force deployed at Dada Jalalpur. —PHOTO BY PTI
Srinagar: Former
JK Chief Minis-
ter and PDP chief
Mehbooba Mufti on
Wednesday objected
to an order on hijab
issued by the Dag-
ger Parivaar School
in north Kashmir
Baramulla, which is
jointly run by the In-
drani Balan Founda-
tion and the Army’s
Chinar Corps. the
school authorities
had asked the staff
“to avoid hijab dur-
ing school hours”.
MUFTI TAKES
UMBRAGE AT
HIJAB ORDER
PM Narendra Modi Maha CM Uddhav
Mamata Banerjee
Nagesh said if
any institute has
made preaching
of religion
compulsory, it
amounts to
violation of State
Edu Act.

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The ongo-
ing politics in Maha-
rashtra and other parts
of the country has also
increased the concern
of Shiv Sena. Bulldozer
politics and the politics
of recitation of Hanu-
man Chalisa are taking
a toll on Sena’s own
brand of politics. Party
leaders are feeling that
if this politics of BJP
continues, then the core
Hindu vote of Shiv Sena
will veere away from it.
Its allies Congress and
NCP will not suffer
much because their po-
litical ground is far
from Mumbai and there
already exists a precon-
ceived notion about
them. But Shiv Sena
has not given up its Hin-
dutva agenda yet.
That is why the Shiv
Sena is worried about
the politics of Raj
Thackeray and Navneet
and Ravi Rana reading
Hanuman Chalisa or
distributing free loud-
speakers in Mohit
Kamboj’s temples.
Meanwhile, an NCP
leader has written a let-
ter to the Central Gov-
ernment seeking per-
mission to offer Namaz
outside the Prime Min-
ister’s residence in
Delhi which is in re-
sponse to the politics of
reading Hanuman
Chalisa in front of the
Chief Minister’s resi-
dence. Shiv Sena is con-
cerned that the issue of
Hanuman Chalisa ver-
sus Namaz should not
embroil the party’s im-
age in line with that of
NCP and Congress and
Shiv Sena should not
be called ‘Namazwadi
Party’. That is why its
leaders want this dis-
pute to end in some
way. But it looks like
this controversy will
not end as it is believed
that soon the cacopho-
ny of Hijab and Halal
meat will also start in
Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena may have set itself in BJP’s ‘political trap’!
IN THE COURTYARD
SUPREME COURT TO BEGIN FINAL HEARING ON
PLEAS CHALLENGING SEDITION LAW ON MAY 5
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the
Centre to file its response by the end of the week on a batch
of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the sedition
law. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and
justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli said it would commence
the final hearing in the matter on May 5 and would not
entertain any request for adjournment. We direct the Centre
to file reply by end of this week. Reply to the affidavit be
filed by Tuesday. List the matter for final disposal without
any adjournment on May 5, the bench said. The top court
also noted in its order that senior advocate Kapil Sibal will
lead the arguments from the petitioner’s side in the matter.
During the hearing, senior advocate Sanjay Parikh said the
plea filed by PUCL has not been listed.
CBI MOVES DELHI HC AGAINST TRIAL COURT ORDER
ON WITHDRAWAL OF LOC AGAINST AAKAR PATEL
New Delhi : The CBI Wednesday challenged before
the Delhi High Court the trial court order directing the
withdrawal of the lookout circular against Amnesty Inter-
national India Board chair
Aakar Patel in connection
with a case for the alleged
violation of the Foreign Con-
tribution (Regulation) Act,
The investigating agency
told the court that it was not
against the relief granted to
Patel and its grievance was directed towards the reason-
ing adopted by the trial court and apprehended that the
same would be used against it in other cases.
New Delhi: Minister of State for Electronics and IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday that despite
the Twitter board accepting Elon Musk’s $44 billion
takeover offer, the Indian guidelines for social media
platforms will not change in order to protect users’
data privacy and safeguard them from any harm.
Speaking at the ‘Raisina Dialogue 2022’ here. “Despite
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, IT guidelines gov-
erning the social media platforms remain the same.
Social media needs to go beyond mere criminality and
also expand focus on user harm,” Chandrasekhar said.
New Delhi: The ED on Wednesday said it has attached
funds worth Rs 6.17 crore of various fintech compa-
nies in a case linked to dishing out mobile-app based
loans at exorbitant interest rates to gullible people
during the Covid-19 crisis. A provisional order to
attach the money was issued under the PMLA, it said.
“The accused, along with Chinese nationals, opened
various companies in the name of various persons for
the purpose of illegal transactions, issuing loans and
raising investments through mobile apps like Cash
Master, Cashin, Rupee Menu etc,” the ED said.
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on
Wednesday held a bilateral meeting with his Maldivian
counterpart Mohamed Nasheed, stressing that regular
dialogue between the parliaments
of two countries is helpful in
effective functioning of democratic
institutions. Speaking on the need
for further enhancing parliamen-
tary diplomacy between the two
countries, Birla said that a bilateral Parliamentary
Friendship Group would be constituted soon.
Kochi (PTI): Well-known Malayalam producer-ac-
tor Vijay Babu has been charged for allegedly
sexually assaulting a female actor and disclosing
the survivor’s identity through a Facebook live
session. Vijay Babu, who is reportedly untrace-
able since the police charged him with rape
following the woman’s complaint, appeared in
a Facebook live session and claimed innocence,
saying he is the “real victim”. As the producer,
who is also the founder of the production compa-
ny Friday Film House.
MIN: INDIA’S SOCIAL MEDIA NORMS WON’T
CHANGE WITH MUSK’S TWITTER TAKEOVER
PROBE AGENCY ATTACHES ASSETS
WORTH `6.17 CRORE OF FINTECH FIRMS
BIRLA: INDIA-MALDIVES PARLIAMENTARY
FRIENDSHIP GROUP TO BE CONSTITUTED
FILM PRODUCER VIJAY CHARGED WITH
RAPE, REVEALING SURVIVOR’S IDENTITY
CRUCIAL READ
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday asked the
Centre why it cannot
release AG Perarivalan
who has served 36 years
of his life term in the
Rajiv Gandhi assassina-
tion case, noting that
the government took a
bizarre stand that the
Tamil Nadu governor
had forwarded the deci-
sion of the state cabinet
of releasing the convict
to the President, who is
the competent authori-
ty to take a call on the
mercy plea.
The apex court said
when people who have
served lesser periods
are being released, then
why can't the Centre
agree on releasing him.
The Tamil Nadu gov-
ernment said the Cen-
tre is only trying to un-
settle the settled posi-
tion in law.
The top court said
that prima facie it finds
the governor's decision
to be wrong and against
the constitution as he is
bound by the aid and
advice of the state cabi-
net and it strikes a blow
on the federal structure
of the constitution.
A bench of Justices
LN Rao and BR Gavai
told additional solicitor
general KM Nataraj, ap-
pearing for the Centre,
to seek proper instruc-
tion in a week or it will
accept the submission
of Perarivalan and re-
lease him following the
decision of this court.
Nataraj said that in
certain situations, the
President is the compe-
tent authority and not
the governor especially
when a sentence of
death has to be com-
muted to life.
The bench told the
law officer that the con-
vict has served 36 years
in prison and when peo-
ple who have served
lesser periods are being
released, then why can't
the Centre agree on re-
leasing him.
Mumbai (PTI): Coun-
try’s largest life insurer
LIC on Wednesday set
the price band at Rs 902-
949 per share for its Rs
21,000 crore initial pub-
lic offering (IPO), which
will open for subscrip-
tion on May 4.
At the upper end of
the price band the gov-
ernment will garner
around Rs 21,000 crore.
With this IPO, which
is through an offer-for-
sale (OFS) route, the
government is looking
to divest its 3.5 per cent
stake in the insurer by
selling 22.13 crore
shares.
Focus should be on stopping the
fighting: Jaishankar on Ukraine
New Delhi (PTI): The
best way to deal with
the conflict in Ukraine
would be to focus on
“stopping the fighting
and getting the talk-
ing” to move forward,
and India’s position on
the crisis is best placed
to advance such an ap-
proach, External Af-
fairs Minister S Jais-
hankar said on
Wednesday.
His comments came
in response to a ques-
tion at an interactive
session at the Raisina
Dialogue, India’s pre-
mier foreign policy
and geo-economics
conference.
Jaishankar on Tues-
day countered criti-
cism of India’s posi-
tion on Russia’s ac-
tions in Ukraine, say-
ing Western powers
have been oblivious to
the pressing challeng-
es in Asia including
last year’s develop-
ments in Afghanistan.
“We spent a lot of
time yesterday on
Ukraine and I have
tried to explain what
our views are but also
explained that in our
minds the best way for-
ward is to focus on stop-
ping the fighting, get-
ting the talking and
finding ways of moving
forward. We think our
choices, our positions
are best placed to ad-
vance that,” he said.
India has not yet pub-
licly condemned the
Russian attack on
Ukraine and has been
calling for the resolu-
tion of the conflict
through dialogue and
diplomacy
.
In his address, Jais-
hankar talked about
India’s 75-year-long
journey after Inde-
pendence and high-
lighted how the coun-
try played a key role in
promoting democracy
in South Asia.
Reflecting on areas
where India came up
short, the external af-
fairs minister listed a
lack of adequate atten-
tion to human resourc-
es and manufacturing.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaks during the panel
discussion: Chasing the Monsoon: Life@75 at Raisina Dialogue,
in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
EAMcounteredcriticismofIndia’spositiononRussia’sactions,
saying Western powers oblivious to pressing challenges in Asia
New Delhi (PTI): EAM S Jaishankar will begin
a three-day visit to Bangladesh and Bhutan on
Thursday focusing on enhancing bilateral coop-
eration and exchanging views on key issues. In
Dhaka, Jaishankar will call on Bangladeshi PM
Sheikh Hasina and hold discussions with Foreign
Minister AK Abdul Momen, the Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs said on Wednesday. It is learnt that
Jaishankar’s trip to Bangladesh is aimed at pre-
paring the grounds for a visit to India by Hasina.
“The forthcoming visit of the EAM to Bangladesh
may be seen in the context of frequent bilateral
high-level visits and exchanges particularly
as both sides commemorate 50 years of the
establishment of diplomatic ties,” the MEA said
in a statement. The last visit by Mr Jaishankar to
Bangladesh was in March last year. The external
affairs minister will be Bhutan's first high-level
visitor from abroad since March 2020, the MEA
said, adding it reflects the great importance both
countries attach to the relationship.
JAISHANKAR TO VISIT
BANGLADESH, BHUTAN
FROM APRIL 28-30
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday said that the shared legacy of India-Fiji
relations is based on the sense of service of human-
ity. India could fulfil its obligations during the pan-
demic based on these values as we could provide
medicines to 150 countries and about 100 million
vaccines to about 100 countries. Fiji has always
been prioritised in such efforts, he said.PM Modi
addressed the opening of Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani
Hospital in Fiji via a video message. Speaking on the
occasion, the PM thanked people of Fiji.
MODI: INDIA-FIJI RELATIONS BASED ON
MUTUAL RESPECT AND STRONG TIES
New Delhi: No major global problem can be
solved without India and the country is an
important partner of Germany, Minister of State
at the German Federal Foreign Office Dr Tobias
Lindner has said. “We want to have cooperation
in technology, education, security and climate
change with India. No major problem can be
solved without India. Looking forward to deep-
ening Germany-India relations,” Linder said.
NO MAJOR GLOBAL PROBLEM CAN BE
SOLVED WITHOUT INDIA: GERMAN MIN
Centre released `11,092 cr
for migrant workers: MHA
New Delhi (ANI): The
Centre had released in
advance an amount of
Rs 11,092 crore on April
3, 2020, to all States
ahead of an exodus of
migrant workers due to
the Covid-19-induced
first lockdown, the an-
nual report for the year
2020-21 released by the
MHA reads. It says the
MHA, in coordination
with respective states,
had also set up around
41,000 relief camps and
shelters where more
than 14 lakh people
were sheltered.
The annual report for
the year 2020-21 has ac-
knowledged that the
migrantworkersamong
many others were
stranded in different
parts of the country
due to the lockdown.
New Delhi (PTI): The government is likely to
soon reduce the gap between the second dose of
Covid-19 vaccine and the precaution dose from
the current nine months to six months, official
sources said on Wednesday. A recommenda-
tion on lessening the gap is expected to be made
by the NTAGI which is set to hold a meeting on
April 29. Studies at ICMR and other international
research institutions have suggested that anti-
body level wanes after about six months from the
primary vaccination with both doses.
GOVT MAY REDUCE GAP BETWEEN 2ND
DOSE, BOOSTER JAB TO SIX MONTHS
New Delhi: The Centre
on Wednesday defended
its control over trans-
fers and postings of of-
ficers in Delhi, telling
the Supreme Court that
it needs to have special
powers over the admin-
istration. Soon after, the
Delhi government ob-
jected to the Centre’s
stance.
“Since Delhi is the
national Capital, it is
necessary that the Cen-
tre has powers over ap-
pointments and trans-
fers of public servants.
The world views India
through Delhi,” the
Centre told the SC.
The SC is hearing the
Delhi government's pe-
tition against the Cen-
tre over the control of
the civil services.
“The essential fea-
ture about Delhi's laws
was guided by how the
great capital of this na-
tion would be adminis-
tered. It was not meant
to be about any particu-
lar political party, the
Centre argued.
NEED CONTROL AS DELHI
IS CAPITAL: CENTRE IN SC
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Union Cabinet,
chaired by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi,
onWednesdayapproved
a USOF project for up-
grading 2G mobile ser-
vices to 4G at security
sites in Left Wing Ex-
tremism (LWE) areas.
Briefing the media,
Information and Broad-
casting Minister Anur-
ag Thakur said that the
project envisages up-
grading 2,343 LWE
Phase-I sites from 2G to
4G services at an cost of
Rs 1,884.59 crore.
Cabinet approves
communication
upgradation to
4G in LWE areas
SC asks Centre why convict
Perarivalan can’t be released
Former PM Rajiv Gandhi
LIC IPO to open
on May 4 in
price band
of `902-`949
DURING FIRST LOCKDOWN
RAJIV GANDHI ASSASSINATION CASE

NEWS
07
DiscomJEN,2aidesinACBnetwith`43Kbribe
Accused demanded `1.25 lakh in the name of govt expenditure and a bribe of Rs 20,000, says BL Soni
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: The ACB on
Wednesday arrested a
JEN Narendra Bakolia
of JVVNL Paniala, and
his two brokers con-
tractor Raghuveer
Meena and broker Ajay
Kumar Saini red-hand-
ed while taking bribe
of Rs 43,500 from the
complainant. The bribe
was sought in lieu of
providing DP and agri-
cultural lines.
DG ACB BL Soni said
Bakolia demanded Rs
1.25 lakh in the name of
govt expenditure and a
bribe of Rs 20,000. CI
Raghuveer Sharan took
action on the instruc-
tions of ACB ASP Ba-
jrang S Shekhawat.
ACB nabs naib tehsildar, kanungo
with `7,000 bribe in Hanumangarh
Hanumangarh: The
ACB team arrested naib
tehsildar Dariya Singh
and kanungo Rekhraj
taking bribe of Rs 7,000
for entering death in
the revenue documents.
ACB CI Subhash Chan-
dra said that the com-
plainant’s grandmother
has Nahari Khatedari
land. She passed away
on 17 April 2019. When
the complainant ap-
proached the accused to
get the will recorded,
they demanded Rs
15,000 from him at the
rate of Rs 4,000 per
bigha. —FIB
Kanungo Rekhraj and naib tehsildar Dariya Singh in ACB custody.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dr
Kirodi Lal Meena met
ACB ADG Dinesh MN on
Wednesday to check
progress of cases against
some former officials of
RPSC. Meena had raised
the issue in a press
conference on Tuesday.
WOMAN SARPANCH HELD WITH BRIBE
Sagwara (Dungarpur): A team of Dungarpur ACB arrest-
ed Phulwanti Devi, sarpanch of Varda Panchayat, taking
a bribe of Rs 18,000 in lieu of passing the bills. ACB
ASP Madho Singh Sodha said that a complainant had
come to the ACB Bureau on 25 April and complained
against Phulwanti Devi that she was demanding Rs
20,000 in lieu of accepting the outstanding payment of
about Rs 70,000 for the soaking pits constructed under
the SBM scheme. The complaint was verified and a trap
was laid. Sodha said the Sarpanch agreed to take Rs
18,000 instead of Rs 20,000. The search operation was
going on at her residence and other places.
TWO MEN GET LIFER FOR RAPES
Ajmer/Churu: The Ajmer POCSO court on Wednesday
sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment and
imposed a fine of Rs 22,000 for outraging the modesty
of a minor girl. In Churu, local POCSO court on
Wednesday sentence a man to life imprisonment in the
case of abducting and raping a 6-year-old girl in
Rajgarh police station area of the district 3 years ago.
COUNCILLOR TAKES JHMC TO HC
Jaipur: Vimal Agarwal, the councillor of Ward No. 22,
has filed a petition in the High Court against not
convening GBM of Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Heritage (JHMC). In the petition, the Principal
Secretary (Local Self-Government), DLB, Municipal
Commissioner and the Mayor of the corporation
have been made parties. The petition is likely to be
heard next week.
Parsadi reviews
CM’s Nirogi
scheme progress
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment is going to
launch the CM’s Nirogi
Rajasthan Yojana from
May 1. Health Minister
Parsadi Lal Meena re-
viewed in detail prepa-
rations for the launch
of the scheme to pro-
vide health care to peo-
ple free of cost. Presid-
ing over the meet
through VC from
Swasthya Bhavan, Mee-
na gave necessary
guidelines regarding
the preparations.
NEWS DIGEST
Banswara: The dead body of a postmaster was
hanging in front of the police for 14 hours in Gangad-
talai town, about 85 km from Banswara city. Police
claimed that the relatives had asked to bring down
the body in their presence. The body of 25-year-old
Prem Singh Jatav, originally a resident of Dholpur,
was seen hanging at around 10:30 am on Tuesday by
the police. Whereas it was brought down at around
1:50 am in the night. At present, the matter seems to
be of suicide. The deceased Prem Singh was posted
as regional postmaster. The marriage of the deceased
took place about 5 months ago.
Chittorgarh: A youth died on Tuesday night after
he shot himself on his head from a country-made
pistol when he was alone in the house in Bengu
area of the city. Sources said that people from the
neighborhood rushed to his help after hearing the
gunshots and informed the police about the in-
cident. Prima facie, it seems to be a case of love
affair. The police is trying to ascertain the source
of the weapon the deceased got it from.
Jaipur: RAS Nishu Kumar Agnihotri has been
suspended as Prosecution sanction was issued
after his prima facie involvement in corruption
case. Agnihotri was former secretary in Ajmer City
Development Trust when a corruption case was filed
against him in the ACB. Prosecution sanction was
issued against him by order of 9 December 2021.
Now he is to be prosecuted on serious charges of
criminal corrupt practices. During the suspension
period, his headquarters will be in the office of the
Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel. DoP
Joint Secretary SP Singh issued the order.
POSTMASTER DIES BY SUICIDE, BODY
HANGED FOR 14 HRS BEFORE COPS
YOUTH SHOOTS SELF DEAD WITH
COUNTRY-MADE PISTOL IN CHITTORGARH
RAS NISHU KUMAR AGNIHOTRI
SUSPENDED IN CORRUPTION CASE
TECHNOCRAT DK
PUNDIR RETURNS
TO JAIPUR DISCOM!
Technocrat DK Pundir
has returned to Jaipur
Discom amid ban on
transfers. Pundir is close
to energy consultant
AK Gupta. Executive
engineer DK Pundir, who
went on deputation to
NHAI, was again given
the responsibility in
the City Circle. Pundir
will see work in VKIA
as Executive Engineer
while XEN Ashok Rawat
has been shifted as
XEN transformer. The
orders were issued after
the permission of the
Administrative Reforms
Department.
—Vikas Sharma
IAS POOJA ON APO
AWAITING POSTING!
After all, why is this
happening with
young IAS Pooja Ku-
mari Parth? Department
of Personnel forgot her
after putting on APO in
November 2021. Parth
is sitting at home for 5
months without work.
Several transfer lists
of IAS came in the 5
months but her name
did not even appear
in the jumbo list of
the latest 76 names
on 25 April. Parth of
2015 batch was CEO
in Jaipur Zila Parishad
but she could remain
on the post only for 7
months. The reason for
putting her on APO was
not disclosed by the
DoP then.
—Rajendra Chhabra
State govt approves financial
aid to Karauli violence victims
Karauli (ANI): The Ra-
jasthan government
has approved the com-
pensation and financial
aid for the victims of
the Karauli violence in
Rajasthan on Tuesday
.
The state govern-
ment has decided to
provide Rs 1,20,25,000 to
the 64 victims for dam-
age to their properties,
and Rs 11 lakh as medi-
cal compensation, to
the 17 people injured.
Earlier on April 16,
Union Minister Anurag
Thakur condemned the
silence of the Congress
supremo Sonia Gandhi
over the Karauli vio-
lence that took place
early this month (April
2) and said that the op-
position leader sowed
the seeds of hatred and
only focuses on hiding
the inefficiencies of
Congress.
In the Karauli dis-
trict, violence broke
out after the stone-
pelting incident took
place at a religious
procession.
During the violence,
several vehicles and
shops were set ablaze in
the communal clash fol-
lowing which a curfew
was clamped till April
10 with some relaxation
in later days.
E-auction notice issued for
mining contracts’ recovery
First India Bureau
Jaipur: ACS Dr Sub-
odh Agrawal informed
that Royalty Collection
Contract (RCC), Access
Royalty Collection
Contract (ERCC), Dis-
trict Level Mineral
Foundation Trust
(DMFT), State Level
Mineral Exploration
Trust (RSMET) will be
recovered from the
mining leases issued
by the Mines Depart-
ment. The e-auction
notices have been is-
sued for these contracts
with a reserve amount
of more than Rs 295
crore 35 lakh, he added.
Dr Subodh Agrawal
stated that these con-
tracts for recovery of
RCC, ERCC, DMFT and
RSMET are under the
jurisdiction of the
Mining Engineers of
21 districts.
Suryaveer S Tanwar
Jaisalmer: The ad-
vanced version of the
Akash missile was suc-
cessfully test-fired at
Jaisalmer’s Pokaran
field firing range. The
range of this missile is
up to 30 km in the sky
and it can carry a pay-
load of up to 60 kg at a
time. This missile can
also be controlled in
the air and can target
drones or fighter jets.
The prime version of
the missile competes
with the US-made Pa-
triot missile system.
Advance version of Akash
missile test-fired at Pokaran
The government has decided to provide above Rs 1.20 crore to
64 victims for damage to their properties.
KOTWALI CI SENT TO LINES
Karauli: Circle Inspector (CI) Rameshwar Dayal
posted in Kotwali police station has been sent to
Police Lines in connection with the violent inci-
dents here. Now, Inspector Dinesh Meena will be
the new officer in charge of the police station. SP
Shailendra Indolia has issued transfer orders of
three Inspectors and one Sub-Inspector. Inspec-
tor Bani Singh has been posted as SHO while
Sub-Inspector Arpan Chaudhary will be in charge
of DSB branch in the SP office.
Train patwaris to use mobile apps for effective work: CS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CS Usha Shar-
ma said that patwaris
and girdawars should
be given training under
the Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana by
the agriculture depart-
ment to get the crop
harvested through mo-
bile app so that there is
no unnecessary delay
in claim distribution.
CS said that while
working on priority for
the management and
strengthening of
Gaushalas, the con-
cerned departments
should review all its
matters. CS was presid-
ing over a meet of the
group of secretaries for
farmers’ welfare at the
Secretariat on Wednes-
day
. She said that in lieu
of land acquired by
JDA from the middle of
Nala Garden Nursery,
Jaipur, land should be
made available to the
Agriculture dept with-
in a month and alter-
nate routes should also
be given for nurs-
ery
. She said that in con-
nection with the supply
of electricity for mush-
room cultivation in the
state at agricultural
rates instead of com-
mercial rates, the con-
cerned departments
should meet and resolve
the matter soon.
CS Usha Sharma holding meet with Dinesh Kumar, Dr Joga Ram,
Muktanand Agrawal and others on Wednesday.
In lieu of
land ac-
quired by
JDA from the mid-
dle of Nala Garden
Nursery, land
should be made
available to the
Agri dept within a
month and alternate
routes should also be
given for nurseryn
—Usha Sharma
Chief Secretary
Create positive enviroment for next
Invest Summit in Jpr on Oct 7-8: Min
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur : The revised
datesforInvestRajasthan
Summit have been an-
nounced. The Invest
Summit will be held in
Jaipur on 7-8 October.
This was announced
by Industries Minister
Shakuntala Rawat on
Wednesday. According
to her, investment of
more than Rs 10 lakh
crore would be done
across the state. Minis-
ter said that the State
Government would pro-
vide more facilities to
the industries in less
time under one roof.
Shakuntala Rawat holding meet with Archana Singh, Mahendra
Singh Parakh and other senior officials of the department.
Temple priest gets 20-year jail for rape
Kota (PTI): A priest of
a popular temple here
was sentenced to 20
years in jail by a special
court for raping a
14-year-old sister of his
daughter-in-law for
over a year. Special
Judge Dhirendra Singh
Rajawat of the special
court set up under the
POCSO Act also im-
posed a fine of Rs 75,000
on the 55-year-old con-
vict and stipulated that
the failure in paying the
fine would follow an ad-
ditional jail term.The
court convicted the
priest despite two key
prosecution witnesses
-- the priest’s son and
his wife -- turning hos-
tile, Kota district public
prosecutor Vijay Kacha-
wasaid.Thejudgefound
the man guilty of rape
and sexual exploitation.
3 smugglers held with
drugs worth `2.80 cr
Dilawar Singh, Dinesh and Asif Khan in police custody.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
ATS has unearthed a
big racket of MD
drug smuggling by
arresting three per-
sons with 5.7 kg of
the drug worth Rs.
2.80 crore.
The accused had
smuggled drugs from
the North East. ATS
carried out this op-
eration in Shahbad
area of Baran dis-
trict on Wednesday
.
ADG ATS-SOG
Ashok Rathod said
theATSteamstopped
a car with Gujarat
registration number.
Residents of Pratap-
garh identified as
Dilawar Singh,
Dinesh and Asif
Khan were travelling
in the car.
Narendra Bakolia Raghuveer Meena Ajay Kumar Saini

Sustainability is a global
concept, it has to enclose the
entire Earth, Environmental
degradation knows no political borders.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Sachin Pilot attends marriage
ceremony of Vishal Meena
at Khobpura village on
Wednesday. Also seen here is Murali Lal Meena. (Inset) Pilot
speaks to young co-passengers on the Janshatabdi Express.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Twitter ap-
pears to be the new bat-
tlefield for those em-
broiled in politics in the
state. Now, a new ‘war
of the words’ has
sparked off between
BJP state president Sat-
ish Poonia and Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot’s OSD Lokesh
Sharma.
Satish Poonia took a
dig at the government
over the power cut and
attached newspaper
cuttings, said “Cutting
off the power is the eas-
iest way to hide the fail-
ure. How will farmers
and industries function
without electricity?”
On this, Lokesh Shar-
ma gave the example of
Bharatiya Janata Party
ruled states and he too
shared news related to
power cuts in newspa-
pers and replied, “Does
the same thing apply to
the states like Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Haryana
etc...? Many states of
the country are facing
the same situation of
energy crisis.
In Madhya Pradesh,
there was a power fail-
ure during the speech
of the Chief Minister.
The problem is in many
places, don’t put it on
Rajasthan only
.”
WAR OF WORDS BREAKS OUT
BETWEEN POONIA-LOKESH
TALK TO TWEETS!
lll
Poonia took a
dig at govt over
the power cut
attached paper
cuttings; Lokesh
gave example of
BJP ruled states
shared news
related to power
cuts in papers
COURTESY MEET!
Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Former IB Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Prakash
Javadekar at the VIP Lounge during a courtesy meet at Jaipur International Airport on
Wednesday. After the meeting, Prakash Javadekar, who was on a one-day visit to the Pink
City to attend a private function, returned to New Delhi.
First India Bureau
Karauli: Former Dep-
uty CM Sachin Pilot
was on a one-day visit
to the Karauli district
on Wednesday. Pilot de-
parted from New Delhi
by Janshatabdi Ex-
press and reached Gan-
gapur City by 4:15 pm.
Further, he reached
Khobpura village of
Sapotara by road where
he attended the mar-
riage ceremony of
AICC IT cell coordina-
tor Vishal Meena. On
reaching Khobpura,
Congress functionary
workers greeted him.
Interestingly, Pilot was
welcomed by a floral
garland of 51 kg.
On the way, Pilot was
given a grand welcome
at various places by
Congress workers led
by Women Congress
District President Van-
dana Meena along with
other supporters. He
returned Jaipur by the
evening.
Pilot gets a grand
welcome in Karauli!
Cong’‘ChintanShivir’causes‘chinta’amongworkers
regardingpoliticalappointmentsandmantridarbar!
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The All India
Congress Committee’s
Chintan Shivir has put
all important programs
and appointments of
the Rajasthan Congress
on hold and therefore,
the wait for the third
list of political appoint-
ments has been extend-
ed, for which several
senior leaders were
waiting.
On December 29 last
year, due to the third
wave of Corona, the
public hearing program
in the PCC or the ‘man-
tri darbar’ was post-
poned, which has not
started again yet. How-
ever, now the list of par-
ticipants of the Chintan
Shivir is being pre-
pared.
Political appoint-
ments were conducted
on a large scale in the
Gehlot government
wherein new and old
faces were adjusted ac-
cording to preference.
Also, the leader of the
organization got prefer-
ence. But still some
prominent leaders and
workers were not given
‘placements’ in appoint-
ments. However, it
seems that they will
have to wait a long time
to get the appointment.
Interestingly, the
names of the remaining
district presidents have
not been announced yet
and meanwhile, the pro-
cess of organization
election is going on.
Amongst all this, brain-
storming is going on as
to who will be part of
the Chintan Shivir from
Rajasthan. It is believed
that only a limited num-
ber of leaders from Ra-
jasthan will be given an
invite for the shivir.
Notably, while State
Congress officials are
also not ready to speak
on whether the mantri-
darbar (minister’s
court) will be held again
at the state Congress
headquarters for the
public hearing of the
workers, the party
workers are continu-
ously waiting for the
start of public hearing
for the last 4 months so
that their works can be
disposed off on priority
.
Now it is being said
that after the Chintan
Shivir, the proceedings
of the minister’s court
will start in the PCC.
PCC officials say that
the schedule of public
hearing is ready but the
decision has to be taken
by the leadership. How-
ever, at present the PCC
is engrossed in the par-
ty’s Chintan Shivir and
the State Congress
Committee is now
working to make the
camp successful and
historic.
Ashok Gehlot, Chief
Minister l Ajay Maken,
State in-charge l Govind
Singh Dotasra, PCC
Chief l Sachin Pilot,
AICC Member Econom-
ics Committee, Former
PCC Chief l Neeraj
Dangi, Rajya Sabha MP
l Raghuveer Meena,
CWC Committee Member
l Mohan Prakash, AICC
National Spokesperson l
Bhanwar Jitendra Singh,
AICC General Secretary
l Dr Raghu Sharma,
Gujarat Congress
Committee in-charge
l Harish Chaudhary,
Punjab Congress Com-
mittee in-charge l Zubair
Khan, AICC Secretary l
Dheeraj Gurjar, Sec-
retary AICC l Namo
Narain Meena, Former
Union Minister l Girija
Vyas, Former Union
Minister l Lal Chand
Kataria, Former Union
Minister l Dr Chandrab-
han, Former PCC Chief,
BISUKA Vice-Chairman
l Dr BD Kalla, Former
PCC Chief, Education
Minister l Narayan
Singh, Former PCC Chief
l Shanti Dhariwal, UDH
and Parliamentary Affairs
Minister l Mahendrajeet
Malviya, Cabinet Minister
l Arjun Singh Bamniya,
Minister of Tribal Welfare
l Mamta Bhupesh, WCD
Minister, National Office
of Women Congress
l Rameshwar Dudi, For-
mer Leader of Opposition
l Hemaram Chaudhary,
Former Leader of Opposi-
tion, Cabinet Minister
LEADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CHINTAN SHIVIR FROM RAJASTHAN
Satish Poonia Lokesh Sharma
n Taking a dig at PM Modi’s appeal, Gehlot said that PM might
have called Bhopal as Jaipur n CM took a jibe at PM on his
appeal to Opposition ruled states to reduce heavy taxes on fuel
‘Fuelled up’ on fuel price hike,
Gehlot hits back at Modi’s jibe!

z On November 4, 2021, the Central Govern-
ment had reduced the excise duty on petrol by
Rs 5 and diesel by Rs 10 per liter

z In May 2020, during the Covid lockdown, the
Central Government had reduced the excise
duty on petrol by Rs 10 and on diesel excise
duty was increased by Rs 13 per liter

z The amount of excise duty increased in Covid,
was not reduced completely, VAT of the states
is levied on the excise duty of the Centre

z By reducing the excise duty, the VAT auto-
matically gets reduced, due to reduction in
excise duty on 4 November 2021, the Raj govt
automatically reduced VAT by Rs 1.80 per liter
on petrol and Rs 2.60 per liter on diesel

z To give relief to the common man, the state
govt on 17 November 2021 reduced VAT on
petrol by 4.96% and on diesel by 6.70%, due
to this reduction made 3 times

z There was a revenue loss of about Rs 6,300
crore per year, but the PM only mentioned the
revenue loss of 6,000 crore of Karnataka and
3500-4000 crores of Gujarat

z Karnataka and Gujarat would probably have
been mentioned in view of the upcoming as-
sembly elections there

❍ EXPLAINING TECHNICALITIES, CM
ASHOK GEHLOT STATES...
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on Wednesday
, took
a jibe at PM Narendra
Modi on his appeal to
opposition ruled states
to reduce heavy taxes
on petrol and diesel in
the state and compared
petrol and diesel in Ra-
jasthan with BJP-ruled
MP. Taking a dig at PM
Narendra Modi’s ap-
peal, Gehlot said that
PM might have called
Bhopal as Jaipur.
“In the meeting held
by PM Modi with the
Chief Ministers regard-
ing Covid, PM Modi ob-
jected that excise duty
was cut by the Central
Government but many
states did not reduce
VAT which did not ben-
efit the public.
The Prime
Minister
took the
name of
Ja i p u r
but want-
ed to give
that message
only to the BJP ruled
states because even to-
day the prices of petrol
diesel in Bhopal are
higher than in Jaipur.
Perhaps by mistake in-
stead Bhopal, he said
Jaipur,” CM said.
In May 2014, when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, excise duty
was Rs 9.20 per liter on petrol and Rs 3.46 per liter on diesel, but today excise
duty is Rs 27.90 per liter on petrol and Rs 21.80 per liter on diesel. During the
UPA government, the states used to get their share of excise duty, but now the share of
the states has been continuously reduced to just a few paise per liter, so the states are
forced to increase their VAT. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot said that while the
Centre had not reduced the
excise duty at that time.
Two days after this, in the
budget of 2021-22, a new
cess of Rs 4 on diesel and
Rs 2.5 per liter on petrol
was imposed in the name
of Agriculture Infrastructure
and Development. Due to
this, the people of Rajasthan
could not get the benefit of
reducing VAT by 2%.
Govt reduced VAT
by 2% on fule on 29
Jan, 2021: Gehlot
A 3-day
sports competition
will be held on
CM Ashok Gehlot’s
birthday on
May 3
CM Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The politics
around Eastern Ra-
jasthan Canal project
shows no signs of end-
ing any time soon and
with a major meeting of
all Rajasthan MPs,
chaired by Union Jal
Shakti Minister and
Jodhpur MP Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat in
Jaipur on Thursday,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has once again
fired salvos at Shekha-
wat and stressed that
the MPs have never put
any stress on needs of
Rajasthan.
In a series of tweets,
Gehlot further added, “I
hope that tomorrow
BJP MPs will pass a
proposal for the stalled
projects of Rajasthan
by the Center and send
it to the central leader-
ship of their party and
the central govern-
ment. In the last tenure,
our government had
started work from Sar-
mathura to Gangapur
via Karauli, Chauth Ka
Barwara to Ajmer via
Tonk, Ratlam to Dun-
garpur via Banswara
which was stopped after
the Modi government
came to power. In 2013,
the foundation of
MEMU Coach Factory
was also laid at Rupa-
heli in Bhilwara, whose
work was stopped by
the Modi govt. The eyes
of the people of the
state are on tomorrow’s
meeting because every-
one wants to know what
their MPs will say if the
work of these schemes
is stopped?”
Rajasthan is a desert
state. There is not a sin-
gle perennial river here.
The village and the
Dhani are far and wide.
CM Gehlot ups the ante on
Shekhawat’s ‘all MP meet’!
GEHLOT STRESSES
ON THE ERCP
On the ERCP, the chief
minister said, “The
public is also looking at
the 10 MPs of 13 districts
of the East Rajasthan
Canal Project (ERCP) that
the Prime Minister him-
self had promised to give
it a national project twice.
Despite this, this life-giv-
ing project of 13 districts
has not been made a
national project. Now it is
to be seen whether these
MPs are able to raise the
demand for the rights
of ERCP in this meeting
tomorrow or not.”
SHEKHAWAT TO
HOLD A MEET WITH
RAJ LS MPs TODAY
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter will hold a meeting
with LS MPs over JJM at
Hotel Jaimahal Palace in
Jaipur from 10 am to 2
pm during which the of-
ficers of central and state
govs will also be present.
Union Jal Shakti Minister has called a
meeting for JJM in Jaipur in which all
the MPs have been called. People sent
NDA MPs twice from all the Lok Sabha seats,
but it is very sad that till today these MPs, in-
cluding four Union Ministers, have never put
pressure on the central government to protect
the interests of the state.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

JAIPUR, THURSDAY,
APRIL 28, 2022
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then the second sea-
son will be excep-
tionally glamorous.
This is what the post-
er launch of the sec-
ond season of First
Miss India promised.
The launch that was
held on Wednesday,
April 27, took place at
the pumping hotspot
of young party go-
ers, Hex - High en-
ergy Xperience,
Mumbai.
Jagdeesh Chandra
unveiled the poster
and the top 3 crowns
for the winners of
Season 2, along with
beauty queens of the
First Miss India Sea-
son 1 and brand am-
bassador for season
2, Anjali Khandal.
A new fresh inno-
cent face on the glam-
our screen, Anjali
Khandal is the SYM-
BOL of all the young
girls of the future
generation, the aspir-
ants and future par-
ticipants of First
Miss India season 2
who have dreams in
their eyes to make it
big in the world of
entertainment and
fashion industry.
First Miss India is
a one-of-a-kind com-
bination of splen-
dour and refinement
that stands in stark
contrast to the typi-
cal status of pag-
eantry in India. The
goal of this beauty
pageant is to empow-
er young ladies
while also allowing
them to grow and
build a healthy self-
image.
The online regis-
tration of First Miss
India has begun, one
can register and
learn more about the
contest on the official
website of First India
https://www.first-
missindia.in/ as the
website was also
launched on the occa-
sion.
Auditions for the
same will be held of-
fline in 8 cities across
India, starting from
Mumbai in June.
Show Director of
Season 2 Parimal Me-
hhta- Founder and
CEO of Blanckanvas
Media Pvt Ltd also
graced the glitzy
evening.
Gaurav Gaur, Di-
rector Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan, Ashok Singh
from Big Boss Studio
along super model,
actress and multi tal-
ented beauty Akank-
sha Bhalla were pre-
sent as special guests
on the occasion.
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THE AWE-INSPIRING LAUNCH OF
BEAUTY GLAMOUR
BEAUTY GLAMOUR
AFTER THE HUGE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON
1 HELD AT DONA SYLVIA RESORT IN GOA ON OCTOBER 30,
2021, THE POSTER OF SECOND SEASON WAS LAUNCHED ON
WEDNESDAY AT HEX HIGH ENERGY XPERIENCE MUMBAI
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BY
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