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FROM SARKARI
TO SWANKY
henever we think of a govern-
mentoffice,whatreallycomes
to our mind? Old dilapidated
buildings, dimly lit long cor-
ridors, cramped rooms where
babus are buried over a pile
of dusty files, and ofcourse
the sight of peons carrying
tea around. Isn’t it?
Well, you will be in for a big
surprise if you climb up to
the first floor of the Vigyan
Bhavan building on Delhi’s
Maulana Azad Road. This
quasi-government organiza-
tion in Delhi’s posh locality
looks anything but “sarkari”.
Swanky corporate office with
young professionals busy on
their laptops. We are talking
about the office of Invest In-
dia, the government’s invest-
ment promotion agency
.
This organization is work-
ing day in and day out to ful-
fill PM Modi’s vision of
transforming “red tape into
red carpet”. What started in
2009 as a joint venture be-
tween the center and the pri-
vate sector remained largely
dead till 2015. Thats when
Deepak Bagla was appointed
as head of Invest India and
the turnaround story there-
after, is simply mind-blow-
ing. Since then this organiza-
tion has remarkably worked
to drive foreign investments
into the country and seal In-
dia’s position on the global
investments map.
INVEST INDIA 2.0
Modi’s government after
coming to power in 2014,
rolled out the Make in India
campaign in September 2014.
The government needed a
dedicated agency that could
target foreign companies and
pursue them to invest in In-
dia. Instead of creating a new
agency altogether, they de-
cided to give life to the exist-
ing one. This led to the birth
of Invest India 2.0 which was
given the mandate of chasing
big foreign companies with
little presence in India and
handhold them to set up fac-
tories in the country
.
THE “NEW INDIA”
“We are good at joining the
dots”. That’s how Mr. Bagla
describes his team. Invest In-
dia under his leadership was
alone instrumental in getting
investments worth Rs. 3 lakh
crores ($33 billion). In fact,
India received a record level
of FDI worth $83 billion in
2021-22, despite the pandemic
and the ensuing lockdown
worldwide. From having 452
startups in 2015, India has
come a long way
.
WHAT SETS THIS
STARTUP APART?
From offering personalized
services to a dedicated RM
for each investor, this “start-
up of the Government of In-
dia,” has a unique business
strategy to attract foreign
investments. Let’s under-
stand what really sets them
apart from other govern-
ment-led organizations.
l QUASI PRIVATE
Government has a 49% eq-
uity stake in Invest India
while the rest is equally di-
vided among three industry
bodies — CII, FICCI, and
Nasscom — thereby techni-
cally making it a private en-
tity. More than 23 states also
have a stake in Invest India.
The involvement of the pri-
vate sector has been para-
mount to avoid bureaucratic
delays in its functioning.
l YOUNG AND
DRIVEN TEAM
The team comprising of 411
people with a rich pedigree
and prior experience in re-
puted financial and consult-
ing firms. The average team
age of 29 years is completely
unheard of in any govern-
ment operation. This has en-
sured a professional culture
within the organization with
a focused and driven attitude.
l ONE-STOP-SHOP
The idea behind Invest India
was to remove red tape and
bureaucracy and provide ded-
icated service throughout,
from location hunting to get-
ting approvals and funding.
They have strived to provide
a one-stop point of contact for
foreign investors and have
handheld them in the entire
process. There have been sev-
eral successful use cases, par-
ticularly their Startup India
mission. They have boot-
strapped startups like the
pharma-based 1mg, which
has now been acquired by the
Tata group, allowing them to
get in touch with the right
people and entry into the
highly competitive market.
l LOW BUDGET
Invest India has been one of
the world’s most successful
investment promotion agen-
cies (IPA) and operates on the
lowest budget. Most employ-
ees worked in the private sec-
tor and have chosen to take
pay cuts, ranging from 7% to
93%. Praised for their “can
do” mindset, they have deliv-
ered outstanding results
with effective utilization of
resources.
l INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS
Invest India has charted its
path to success by offering in-
novative solutions to com-
plex problems. An example
would be how they landed
Sweden-based safety airbags
manufacturer Autoliv de-
spite other favourable invest-
ment markets available like
Philippines, Vietnam, and
Thailand. Invest India found
out that the company had
shortlisted a location in
Chennai but backed out due
to cost concerns. They sim-
ply offered another piece of
land a bit farther away from
Chennai in Cheyyar town
and opted for a lease model.
l STATE
PARTICIPATION
Invest India has brought FDI
to 31 states and Union terri-
tories, encouraging partici-
pation and creating competi-
tion between the states where
they are vying against the
others for investment. Every
state tries to exhibit the best
practices and weaker states
are partnered up with strong
ones to encourage the devel-
opment of the entire country
.
This is a significant improve-
ment from previous instanc-
es where the bulk of FDI was
pocketed by a few larger
states only
.
PERSPECTIVE
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Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Congratulations to PM Shri @
narendramodi and Party President Shri
@JPNadda for scripting new success
stories in the North East. I appreciate
the hard work of BJP karyakartas in
Tripura, Nagaland & Meghalaya. I
express my gratitude to the people for
their support to the BJP.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Aastha, stressed on the role of youth
as decisive stakeholders in democracy.
Her thoughts resonate with young
India which is a contributor in India’s
growth story today!
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Let him not deceive
another nor despise
anyone anywhere. In
anger or ill will let him
not wish another ill.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
AFTER THE CRIME,
SPECIAL COURT’S
“SHOCKING” ORDER
IN HATHRAS CASE
Special SC/ST
court’s judgment ac-
quitting three of the
four accused in the
2020 rape and murder
case of a 19-year-old Dalit and
convicting the main accused
Sandeep Singh only for culpable
homicide not amounting to mur-
der and sections of the SC/ST
Act but not of rape in has left the
victim’s family shocked. The
family has a reason for that.
The woman was criminally
assaulted and killed by four up-
per caste men in Hathras on Sep-
tember 14, 2020. Eleven days af-
ter the brutal crime the woman
died in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hos-
pital. Her body was allegedly
cremated without the consent of
her family members at 3.30 am
which the Allahabad High Court
said “is prima facie an infringe-
ment on the human rights of the
victim and her family. The CBI
which investigated the case filed
chargesheet against the four ac-
cused for rape and murder. If
there was no rape and murder,
what did the CBI based its
chargesheet on?
TOP TWEETS
A
ppointments to
the Election Com-
mission have
been under scru-
tiny after growing
perception that pliable bu-
reaucrats helming the poll
body were compromising the
institution’s independence.
The Supreme Court’s five-
judge Constitution bench
headed by CJI DY Chandra-
chud has, in a unanimous
landmark verdict, ruled that
the election commissioners
will be appointed by a three-
member committee compris-
ing the prime minister, lead-
er of Opposition and the
Chief Justice of India. This
will give some hope to those
who feared that one demo-
cratic institution after an-
other was being made to kow-
tow to the government’s will.
Whether this mechanism,
which will be in place until a
law is framed, would be suc-
cessful is hard to predict.
The court which had ques-
tioned “the tearing hurry” in
the appointment of Arun
Goel in 2022, observed “Elec-
tion Commission has to be
independent, it cannot claim
to be independent and then
act in an unfair manner. A
person in a state of obliga-
tion to the State cannot have
an independent frame of
mind. An independent per-
son will not be servile to
those in power.” Last year the
SC asked if it would not be “a
complete breakdown of sys-
tem” if the CEC does not act
against the prime minister.
Opposition parties would
often recall TN Seshan’s con-
tribution in giving the Elec-
tion Commission the gump-
tion to take on political mas-
ters. JM Lyngdoh carried on
Seshan’s legacy with equal
firmness. In the recent past,
however, some who ques-
tioned the govt’s actions were
shown the door. To insulate
CEC and ECs from political
whims the bench ordered
that they can be removed
only through impeachment.
A RAY OF HOPE
FROM TOP COURT
Appointments to the Election
Commission have been
under scrutiny after
growing perception that
pliable bureaucrats
helming the poll body
were compromising the
institution’s independence
A
TRENDS FUELLING
INDIA’S FDI STORY
W
INDIA @100
The organization can pick
up lessons from China
which has successfully
transformed into the
factory of the world.
Nowhere is this
phenomenon more
apparent than in China.
China has outpaced not
just India but all other
emerging countries when it
comes to building the right
ecosystem for foreign
investments. Whether it is
the development of
supporting infrastructure,
a strong workforce,
financial incentives, or
favourable policies. For
countries like China and
India, FDI is very crucial
for spurring development
and sustaining the
country’s economy as a
competitive one in the
global marketplace. India
too needs to build the right
complementary ecosystem
Modi’s government
after coming to
power in 2014, rolled
out the Make in India
campaign in September
2014. The government
needed a dedicated
agency that could target
foreign companies
and pursue them to
invest in India

PM,LoP,CJI’s panel to select
CEC and Commissioners: SC
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A constitu-
tion bench of the Su-
preme Court on Thurs-
day revamped the selec-
tion mechanism to ap-
point the Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC)
and Election Commis-
sioners (ECs), ruling
that a panel comprising
the Prime Minister, the
LoP, and the CJI, shall
appoint them until Par-
liament brings a law in
this regard.
In the absence of an
LoP, the leader of the
single largest party
in Parliament will
be included in
the collegium
to appoint the
CEC and ECs,
clarified the
bench.
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FORMER CHIEF
JUSTICE OF INDIA
AM AHMADI
PASSES AWAY
Lucknow: A district court in UP on Thursday acquitted 3 of 4 accused in the Sept
2020 Hathras gang-rape and murder case. A 19-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly
gang-raped and killed, leading to a massive public outcry. None of accused were
convicted on charges of rape, which the CBI had included in its chargesheet.
New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India Aziz
Mushabber Ahmadi passed away on Thursday
following age-related ailments, a lawyer close to his
family said. He was 90. He died at a private hospital
in south Delhi, lawyer Mehmood Pracha said.
SUSHMITA SEN
SUFFERS HEART
ATTACK, GETS
OPERATED
Mumbai: Actor Sushmita Sen has revealed that
she suffered a heart attack 2 days back and had to
undergo angioplasty. She shared a happy picture
with her father and wrote, ‘I suffered a heart attack a
couple of days back, Angioplasty done, stent in place.’
HATHRAS CASE: UP COURT ACQUITS 3, CONVICTS 1
PM MODI SMILES AS GIORGIA MELONI CALLS HIM...
‘MOST LOVED ONE OF ALL LEADERS’
First India Bureau
New Delhi:AsIndiaand
Italy celebrate the 75th
anniversary of their bi-
lateral relationship this
year, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi wel-
comed his counterpart
GiorgiaMelonionThurs-
day on her first visit to
India to hold a bilateral
meeting in New Delhi.
‘We are announcing
establishment of ‘Start
Up Bridge’ between In-
dia and Italy. India and
Italy are working shoul-
der to shoulder in fight-
ing terrorism and sepa-
ratism,” said PM Modi
after talks with Meloni.
“In defence sector in In-
dia, opportunities for
co-production and co-
development are aris-
ing which can be benefi-
cial for both countries.
We have also decided to
conduct regular joint
exercise and training
courses,” he said. After
holding bilateral meet-
ing, Meloni praised PM
Modi and called him the
most loved one of all
leaders. Full report on P7
 PM Modi holds talks with his
Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni
 India should use G20 to help end
Ukraine war, says Italy’s PM Meloni
 We are announcing ‘Start Up
Bridge’ between India, Italy: PM
Country will further strengthen its
relationship with Italy in the fields of
renewable energy, hydrogen, IT, telecom,
semiconductors and space. —Narendra Modi, PM
We wanted to further boost this rela-
tion and this is the reason why we have
decided to turn our partnership into a
strategic partnership because we have very solid
relationship. —Giorgia Meloni, Italian PM
PM Narendra Modi at the Ceremonial Reception of Italian PM
Giorgia Meloni, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Thursday.
MODI SPEAKS
ADANI ROW
 One Earth, One Fam-
ily, One Future’ signals
the need for unity of
purpose as well as the
unity of action
 Post World War global
governance failed in
both its mandates of
preventing future wars,
fostering international
cooperation on issues of
common interests
 No group can claim
global leadership without
listening to those most
affected by its decisions
 India’s G20 Presi-
dency has tried to give a
voice to the Global South
 We should not allow
issues that we cannot re-
solve together to come in
the way of those we can
Top court seeks probe report
from panel within 2 months
SEBI ASKED TO COOPERATE
WITH THE EXPERTS PANEL
New Delhi: The SC on Thursday set up a six-member
panel of experts headed by a retired top court judge to
assess existing regulatory framework and make recom-
mendations to strengthen it to protect investors in wake of
Adani-Hindenburg saga. Panel constituted
by SC will be headed by retired SC judge
Abhay Manohar Sapre and will include
OP Bhat, Justice JP Devdhar, KV Kamat,
Nandan Nilekani and Somasekhar
Sundaresan. A bench of CJI DY Chan-
drachud said panel will make an overall
assessment, suggest measures to make
investors aware and strengthen the
existing regulatory measures
for stock markets.
Gautam Adani @gautam_adani
The Adani Group welcomes the order
of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. It will
bring finality in a time bound manner. Truth
will prevail.
INDIA SUPPORTS
AJAY BANGA’S
NOMINATION FOR
WORLD BANK PREZ
New Delhi: India on
Thursday extended
support to candidature
of Ajay Banga as World
Bank President, saying
his nomination comes at
a time when multilateral
lending agency is con-
sidering next-generation
reforms. “Congratulations
to Ajay Banga on being
nominated to lead World
Bank. India supports Ban-
ga’s nomination and looks
forward to
his leader-
ship of
World
Bank,”
the
finance
ministry.
World Wildlife Day
TRIPURA, MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS
‘STAR’ MODI
‘SHINES’ IN NE!
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The BJP
has scored a perfect
three in the latest round
of polls in three north-
eastern states on Thurs-
day
. Tripura and Naga-
land under its belt, with
the help of allies, efforts
are on to form govern-
mentinMeghalayaafter
renewing its tie-up with
Conrad Sangma.
In the evening, PM
Narendra Modi ad-
dressed BJP workers af-
ter the party managed to
secure big win in Naga-
landandTripuraAssem-
bly elections. PM Modi
said that the poll result
showedahugechangein
northeast. He added that
the northeastern states
arenow“naDillisedoor,
na dil se door’.
“Inpastyears,BJPhas
witnessed several such
occasions. Today
, we got
another such occasion. I
am thankful to people of
Tripura,Meghalaya,and
Nagaland. People of
these states have given
full support to BJP and
its allies,” Modi said. P6
BJP gets 3 out of 3: Keeps Nagaland,
Tripura; reunites with Meghalaya ally
Na Dilli se door, na dil se door: PM
Modi after the BJP wins big in NE
Narendra Modi, the
only Prime Minister
who visited the NE
region over 50 times
Today’s election
result is a mes-
sage to the na-
tion and to world. It shows
that in India, people trust
democracy and democrat-
ic values. That democracy
is thriving in India.
—Narendra Modi, PM
A“historic
day” for the
Northeast.
“It is evident again that
for development and
prosperity, BJP led by
PM Narendra Modi is
people’s preference.
—Amit Shah, Union
Home Minister
BJP’s success
in the Northeast
is due to Prime
Minister Modi’s efforts to
bring it into mainstream
and policy decisions for
its development.
—JP Nadda,
BJP national president
‘TRIVENI’ DRIVES
BJP’S SUCCESS
FLASHLIGHTS IN HONOUR OF
THE NORTHEASTERN PEOPLE
RESULTS OF BY-
POLLS IN 5 STATES
SANGMA CALLS
HM FOR BACKUP
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
‘MR CLEAN’ SAHA WINS SEAT, POSSIBLY
A SECOND TERM AS THE CM OF TRIPURA
PM Narendra Modi thanked
the hardworking party work-
ers and requested them to
open the flashlight of their
mobile phones in honour of
the people of the Northeast.
Countings of bypolls for
Ramgarh in Jharkhand,
Sagardighi in West Bengal,
Erode East in TN and Kasba
and Chinchwad in Maha
held on Thursday. Con-
gress won 3 seats, BJP 2,
and BJP-backed AJSU 1,
as votes were counted for
bypolls held for 6 Assembly
constituencies in 5 States. P6
Meghalaya CM Conrad
Sangma called up HM
Amit Shah to seek his
help in securing another
term after his NPP fell
short of a majority in state
elections. His request was
met without delay.
 As new-found friends
Left, Congress fail to
impress, and a royal waits
in wings, the saffron party
is king in Tripura
 Nagaland’s second
woman MLA Salhou-
tuonuo Kruse is an activist
associated with women’s
organisations
 Guiding BJP campaign
before polls, steering it to
govt now, Himanta Biswa
Sarma is again man of the
moment
 Nagaland gets its first
two women MLAs in
NDPP’s Hekani Jakhalu,
Salhoutuonuo Kruse
 BJP and allies back in
power in Northeastern
states, focus shifts to
government formation
Manik Saha, tipped to be Tripura’s CM for a second term,
defeated Congress’s Ashish Kumar Saha,
by a margin of 1,257 votes from Town
Bardowali despite detractors within his own
party predicting a “tough time” for him in
the prestigious constituency. From Saha
joining the saffron party in 2016 to being
made CM last year in a brand renewal exercise.
1THE WORK OF THE
BJP GOVERNMENTS
2THE WORKING
STYLE OF THE BJP
3THE KARYAKARTAS
OF SAFFRON PARTY
CM,Dotasra & AICC
member brainstorm
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Inwhatcouldbe
termed as a major devel-
opment vis-a-vis Con-
gress party
, a brain-
storming session com-
menced late on Wednes-
daynightandwentontill
3 am at Chief Minister’s
residence wherein along
with CM Ashok Gehlot,
PCCChief GovindSingh
Dotasra and representa-
tives from AICC were
also present. This ‘spe-
cial’ brainstorming took
place regarding power
and organisation. This
meeting was very im-
portantfromthepointof
view of politics. Notably
,
CM Gehlot also met Mo-
han Prakash and held a
long discussion.
CM MEETS VICTIMS OF BHIWANI KILLINGS
GEHLOT ANNOUNCES RELIEF PACKAGE OF
`5 LAKH EACH FOR KIN OF JUNAID, NASIR
Naresh Sharma & Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot on
Thursday announced a
relief package of Rs 5
lakh each for families
of Junaid and Nasir,
whose charred bodies
were found in Hary-
ana’s Bhiwani district
after they were abduct-
ed from Bharatpur.
“The state govt will
provide `5 lakh com-
pensation each to the
wives and children of
both the deceased. An
amount of `1 lakh each
will be provided as cash
whereas a fixed deposit
of `4 lakh each will be
done so that dependent
families do not face any
problem in education,
marriage of kids,” he
told reporters. Turn to P9
Matter will be investigated under Case Officer Scheme and
accused of burning 2 to death deserve death penalty: CM
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with families of victims Junaid & Nasir
as Govind Singh Dotasra, Vishvendra Singh, Usha Sharma, Umesh
Mishra, Dinesh MN, Alok Ranjan, Gaurav Srivastava, Shashikant
Sharma and others look on, in Bharatpur on Thursday.
I will talk to his Haryana counterpart Manohar
Lal Khattar to take the incident with utmost
seriousness as it is of similar nature to the
incident that happened in Udaipur where a tailor was
hacked to death. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
TRIPURA
Alliance Results Change
BJP+ 33 -11
Cong+Left 14 -2
TIPRA 13 +13
OTH 0 0
NAGALAND
BJP+ 37 +7
NDPP
NCP 7 +7
NPP 5 +3
OTH 11 -17
MEGHALAYA
NPP 26 +6
UDP 11 +5
Cong 5 -16
TMC 5 +5
BJP 2 0
OTH 10 0
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded by BJP President J P Nadda and Union Minister Amit Shah during celebrations after
the party’s good performance in Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya Assembly polls, at the BJP HQ in New Delhi on Thursday.
CM Ashok Gehlot
Mohan Prakash

RAJASTHAN
04
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Urban Devel-
opment and Housing
Minister Shanti Kumar
Dhariwal assured the
House on Thursday
that encroachment will
be removed from Dra-
vyavati river project
area. He said that a sur-
vey will be conducted
by Jaipur Development
Authority to identify
encroachments.
Replying to a supple-
mentary question dur-
ing the question hour,
Dhariwal said that if
any illegal settlement
is found in the Dravya-
vati project area in the
JDA survey
, it will defi-
nitely be removed. He
said that development
work has been done un-
der the project. Earlier,
in a written reply to the
main question of MLA
Narpat Singh Rajvi, the
minister said that work
is being done under the
same project which was
made in the year 2015
for the beautification
of Dravyavati river.
He also tabled the
details of the develop-
ment works done un-
der the Dravyavati
river project in the
last four years and the
action taken to re-
move the encroach-
ments in the Dravya-
vati project area.
Dhariwal said that
there have been inci-
dents of water logging
in Rajeev Nagar, Ma-
hadev Nagar, Sunder
Nagar, Pratap Nagar,
Jamna Nagar and Sar-
aswati Nagar, which
are low-lying colonies
on the banks of Dravya-
vati river. He said that
when rain water accu-
mulates in these colo-
nies during the rains,
the water is drained out
by tractor pumps.
JDA to assess encroachments in Dravyavati
DHARIWAL ASSURES ACTION ON RIVER FRONT
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अपने अकधकार आरासीय/वयारसाकयक प्रयोजन के किए ऐसी भूकम के उपयोग के किए पूण्व सरकमतर पट्टा अकधकार
प्रापत करने के किए नगर पाकिका के पक्ष में अभयकप्वत कर किये हैं।
क्र.
सं.
आवेदक का नाम पता
नाप
(वर्गमीटर में)
1 श्ीमती मैनाज बानो पत्ी श्ी मो. अजीज िैजारों का मोहलिा, कक. रेनराि 52.95
2 श्ीमती संतोष, िेरी पत्ी श्ी रामप्रसाि कुमारत महारीर सककूि के पास, कक. रेनराि 193.09
3 श्ीमती िनिा िेरी पत्ी श्ी िौथमि शमा्व प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 9.65
4 श्ीमती अनजु िेरी शमा्व पत्ी श्ी रामारतार शमा्व प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 9.65
5 श्ी गोरध्वन प्रसाि शमा्व पुत्र श्ी मुरिीधर शमा्व प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 9.65
6 श्ी ककशन िाि पुत्र श्ी गणेश नारायण कुमारत प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 16.34
7 श्ी संजय कुमार पुत्र श्ी सुरेश िनि अग्रराि प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 16.34
8 श्ी कितर मि शमा्व पुत्र श्ी किगन िाि शमा्व प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 14.55
9 श्ीमती ज्ानी िेरी पत्ी श्ी रामनाथ िौधरी प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 8.64
10 श्ी सुकनि माहेशररी पुत्र श्ी बाबूिाि प्रथम ति, बापू कटिा, कक. रेनराि 19.32
11 श्ीमती संतोष िेरी पत्ी श्ी बाबूिाि राजारत िटीकों का मोहलिा, कक. रेनराि 121.55
12 श्ी अकमत कुमार जैन पुत्र श्ी मिन िाि जैन पतथर मण्ी, कक. रेनराि 627.09
13 श्ी अकमत कुमार जैन पुत्र श्ी मिन िाि जैन िौमूं बाजार, कक. रेनराि 52.41
14 श्ी अकमत कुमार जैन पुत्र श्ी मिन िाि जैन मैन बाजार, कक. रेनराि 57.18
15 श्ीमती करमिा िेरी पत्ी श्ी मिन िाि जाट िांतारामगढ़ रो्, कक. रेनराि 39.01
इसकिए, इसके द्ारा समसत संबंकधत वयक्तयों को सूकित ककया जाता है कक यकि ककसी वयक्त के पास
राजसथान नगरपाकिका अकधकनयम, 2009 की धारा 69-क के अधीन पूण्व सराकमतर पट्टा अकधकार अकभप्रापत
करने के किए नगरपाकिका के पक्ष में आरेिक द्ारा भूकम में के अकधकार अभयप्वण करने की अनुज्ा की मंजूरी के
समबनध में कोई आक्षेप है तो रह इस नोकटस के प्रकाशन के सात किन के भीतर ककसी भी काय्व किरस पर काया्विय
समय के िौरान अद्ोहसताक्षरकता्व के समक्ष समथ्वक िसतारेजों के साथ अपने आक्षेप प्रसतुत कर सकेगा।
उपयु्व्त कनयत समय के भीतर ककसी आक्षेप के अभार में यह समझा जायेगा कक ककसी वयक्त को कोई आक्षेप
नहीं है मुहर के अधीन आज 02.03.2023 को जारी की गयी।
(वरा्ग चौधरी)
प्ाधधकारी अधधकारी
नरर पाधिका धक. रेनवाि
GRADE-3 TEACHERS' VACANCIES,
TRANSFERS SOON, SAYS KALLA
Kalla assured that all 39K vacant posts will be filled after teacher eligibility test’s result
Education Minister Dr BD Kalla while addressing the House on Thursday.
UDH Minister Shanti K Dhariwal in the House on Thursday.
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: All vacant
posts for Grade-3 teach-
ers will be filled shortly
,
Edu Minister BD Kalla
said on Thursday. Re-
plying to a query during
Question Hour, Kalla as-
sured the House that all
39,000 vacant posts for
Grade-3 teachers will be
filled through counsel-
ling after the teacher
eligibility test results.
Replying on transfers
andpostings,Kallasaida
notice was issued on Au-
gust 14, 2021, by the sec-
ondary education direc-
tor regarding the online
transferapplicationform
for Grade-3 teachers. He
said that the application
is just a process and
does not have
righttotransfer.
Duetoalack
of policy deci-
sions at that
time, transfers
could not be
done,hesaid.Kalla,
while responding dur-
ing a discussion on
grants related to the Pri-
mary and Secondary
Education department
in the Assembly on
Wednesday, said that
work on the transfer
policy for Grade Three
teachers is going on and
it will soon be brought
in the public domain.
QUESTION HOUR
OVER 57K BENEFITTED
FROM MUKHYAMANTRI
YUVA SMABAL
YOJANA: CHANDNA
COMPENSATION OF `10
CR RECOVERED UNDER
ENVIRONMENTAL
DAMAGES: CHOUDHARY
MoS for Skill, Planning
and Entrepreneurship
Ashok Chandna said that
under the Mukhyamantri
Yuva Sambal Yojana, more
than 57,000
eligible
applicants
have been
benefited
from unem-
ployment al-
lowance in Jaipur district so
far. He said that out of these
34,787 applicants have re-
ceived this allowance for 2
years and at present 22,460
aspirants are receiving this
allowance. He clarified that
no unemployed candidate’s
allowance was stopped
due to not being able to
do an internship. A total
of 1,10,271 candidates
applied for this.
Forest Minister He-
maram Choudhary
on Thursday informed
the House that under
environmental damage
compen-
sation
by Green
Authority,
compen-
sation
of about
Rs 10 crores has been
recovered. He was re-
sponding to a question of
MLA Hamir Singh Bhayal
related to Jodhpur, Pali,
Balotra area. The minister
said that recovery that
was done has been done
and illegal recovery is not
in the knowledge
but action would be taken
if anything is brought to
the attention.
KALICHARAN QUESTIONS ON LPG PRICE
HIKE, FUEL SURCHARGE, BHATI RESPONDS
In the last 3 years, the State government col-
lected fuel charge of Rs 3,749.93 crore from
the electricity consumers. In this, the maximum
amount of Rs 1,893.12 crore has
been recovered from the consum-
ers of Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam
Ltd, Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati
informed the House on Thursday.
BJP MLA Kalicharan Saraf raised
the matter in the Assembly. He
asked about how much amount has
been increased and how much bur-
den has been put on the consum-
ers. Bhati said that in compliance
with the tariff regulation issued by
the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory
Commission, there is a provision
to recover the difference between the fixed rate of
power purchase and the actual purchase price as
fuel surcharge. Fuel surcharge is determined on a
quarterly basis. The amount of fuel surcharge im-
posed on agricultural consumers is not recovered
from agricultural consumers and is borne by the
State Government at its own level.
The issue of inclusion of
Rajasthani language in
the Eighth Schedule of the
Constitution came up in the
House. In response to
the question of MLA
Gurdeep Singh,
Min Kalla said
that govt is trying
for this, but the
process of recog-
nizing Rajasthani
language has to be
done at Centre’s level.
Kalla said that from time to
time since 2003, semi-
official letters have also been
written to the Central Gov-
ernment in this regard by the
then CM or from the Chief
Secy level. He informed that
recently, on Feb 16, 2023,
CM Gehlot has once again
written a letter to the Centre
in this regard demanding
recognition of Rajasthani
language and inclusion in
the Eighth Schedule.
GOVERNMENTISTRYING
FOR RECOGNITION OF
RAJASTHANILANGUAGE,
INFORMS BD KALLA
ROBERT VADRA BIKANER LAND DEAL ROW
AGAIN LEADS TO UPROAR IN ASSEMBLY
DILAWAR TRIES TO CORNER RAJ GOVT
OVER DIVYANG, KESH KALA BOARD
Rajasthan assembly went uproarious again over Priyanka
Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra’s land issue on Thurs-
day.BJP accused Vadra of land scam. Expressing strong
objection, education minister BD Kalla said that the person
who was being accused has not done even one percent
wrong. Rather, he alleged, BJP leaders took land and did
scams.During the debate on demands for grants of Rev-
enue, and Social Justice and Empowerment on Thursday,
BJP MLA from Lunkaransar Sumit Godara accused Robert
Vadra of the land scam. He said that the lands belonging to
farmers who migrated were purchased at throwaway prices
and were sold on high prices. Reacting to this, Kalla said
it was wrong to name those who are not members of the
house. On this, Godara said that Ambani and Adani are also
not members of the House, but Congress legislators make a
lot of allegations against them.
MLA Madan Dilawar said that it was announced to
include the Divyang in BPL but till date the guideline
has not been released. He also talked about the Kesh
Kala Board and termed it a fraud with the barbers. “Vipra
Brahmin Samaj is the most intellectual in the country. In
2022, Vipra Kalyan Board was formed but no expenses
have been spent. About CM Ashrit Yojana, he said that the
plan was made only to get the accolades but did not work.
He said that the govt will not be visible after December.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ramgarh
dam has been choked
due to encroachment
and it has been dry for
years, but the govt has
claimed in the Assem-
bly on Thursday that at
present there is no en-
croachment in the
downstream area of the
dam and there is no
concrete construction
to be marked. The exist-
ence of the dam is not
in danger, Water Re-
sources Minister Ma-
hendrajeet Singh
Malviya told the As-
sembly on Thursday
.
He said that 338 cases
of encroachment in the
downstream area of the
dam were registered in
the Revenue Dept, out
of which 336 cases have
been disposed of and
two cases are pending.
Headdedthatencroach-
ments have been re-
moved from time to
time for the conserva-
tion of the dam in the
past years and eviction
action has been taken.
Existence of Ramgarh
dam not in danger, says
Minister MS Malviya
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Through a spe-
cial mention motion in
the Assembly, MLA
Chandrabhan Singh
Akya in-
formed the
House that
the fake de-
gree gangs
in the state
have been executing the
conspiracy of appoint-
ing those without de-
grees in government
jobs for a long time.
RPSC, RSSB and vari-
ous government agen-
ciesarefurtherdelaying
the functioning of their
various recruitment
process by postponing
the recruitment process
in the name of degree
verification on com-
plaints about these fake
degrees. Due to which
the unemployed youth
of the state, who have
been waiting for these
recruitment for a long
time, are facing a lot of
problems. He demanded
that such recruitment
process should be rein-
stated as soon as possi-
ble and provide relief to
the unemployed youth
of the state.
Akya asks to start
recruitment
process stuck due
to fake degrees
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The alleged
plan of some minis-
ters and Congress
MLAs to enter the
Well in the House on
Thursday failed with
judiciousness of Dep-
uty Chief whip Ma-
hendra Choudhary.
Preparations were
made to protest
against the govern-
ment by entering the
Well. The strategy was
made under the lead-
ership of an angry
minister.
The plan was to in-
stigate an MLA to en-
ter the Well during
debate on the Home
Department issues.
Following the MLA,
some ministers and 4
Congress MLAs would
have also entered the
Well. But Mahendra
Chaudhary handled
the matter with under-
standing and the MLA
was not allow to speak
in the House. The an-
gry minister also
asked for permission
to speak but Mahen-
dra Chaudhary re-
fused him also. After
this, the angry faction
reached the Speaker
Dr CP Joshi but he
also denied permis-
sion. However, the an-
gry minister spread a
sensation by speaking
a line and gave the Op-
position an opportu-
nity to attack the gov-
ernment.
Deputy Chief Whip foils
plan of minister, MLAs
to protest in the Well
Jaipur: MLA Harish Chaud-
hary raised the issue of caste
census in the Assembly on
Thursday. He said that after
1931, caste census has not
been done. “In 2001, the
Central govt had decided to
conduct a caste census but
the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee
govt stopped it. In 2011, the
Congress govt decided to
conduct a caste census. After
2014, when the BJP govt
came to power, caste census
was stopped,” he added while
demanding that caste census
should be done in Rajasthan
on the lines of Bihar.
Jaipur: MLA Kanhaiyalal
raised the issue of giving
bonus to farmers on the
purchase of gram, mustard
and wheat, Cooperative Min-
ister Udai Lal Anjana made it
clear that at present no such
proposal is under consid-
eration at the state govern-
ment level. The Cooperative
Minister said that the state
government is not giving
bonus to the farmers on
the purchase of agricultural
commodities. Bonus has not
been given on the purchase
of any commodity in the last
four years.
BAYTU MLA HARISH
CHAUDHARY DEMANDS
CASTE CENSUS
NO BONUS TO FARMERS
ON PURCHASE OF AGRI
COMMODITIES: ANJANA
BJP MLA Rampratap
Kasania was taught
decorum lesson by
Chairman Pareek
when he crossed the
Well while going to
meet Minister Ram-
lal Jat and returning
to his seat.
Parl Affairs Minister
Shanti Dhariwal
informed that all
the applications for
taking out religious
procession or march
in Mandalgarh
constituency have
been approved.
Administrative
Reforms Minister Dr
Govindram Meghwal
said that information
has been received
about 289 vacant
posts of stenogra-
phers in 102 depts.
HIGHLIGHTS
NOW,ALL QUESTIONS
BEING DISCUSSED
DAILY IN HOUSE
All the Starred
questions are being
discussed during the
Question Hour in the
present session of the
Assembly. Speaker CP
Joshi is conducting
meaningful discussions
in House with punctu-
ality on each question.
Dr Joshi is making good
use of every moment of
Q-Hour, for this he helps
the members to ask nec-
essary questions instead
of unnecessary sup-
plementary questions.
Due to this initiative of
the Speaker, there is a
serious discussion in
the House, due to the
accurate analysis of the
questions through his
mediation, the situation
of obstruction in the
House also ends.
is just a process and
does not have
could not be
done,hesaid.Kalla,
House. In response to
the question of MLA
Gurdeep Singh,
language has to be
done at Centre’s level.
BUDGET
SESSION
Mahendra Choudhary
Malviya informed the House that there is no encroachment and no
concrete construction in Ramgarh dam areas. —FILE PHOTO

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RAJASTHAN
05
HC suspends former MLA’s
rape sentence, grants bail
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: Former
Makrana MLA Bhan-
warlal Rajpurohit, who
was sentenced to 10
years in jail and a fine
of Rs 1 lakh by Makra-
na ADJ Court in a
20-year-old rape case,
got relief from the High
Court on Thursday.
Justice Farzand Ali af-
ter hearing the case, ap-
proved Rajpurohit’s
bail and suspended the
sentence. Due to advo-
cates’ strike, Rajpuro-
hit’s son Dipendra Sin-
gh & son-in-law Madhu-
sudan Singh Rajpurohit
defended in the court
saying that victim reg-
istered the case after
seven months & matter
was probed by higher
police officers & a FR
was filed. They termed
the entire matter as po-
litically motivated. The
victim and her mother
were also present dur-
ing the hearing.
Rajpurohit was sentenced to 10 years in jail, fine of `1 lakh by Makrana ADJ Court
Bhanwarlal Rajpurohit
LAWRENCE SENT TO
JUDICIAL CUSTODY
TILL MARCH 16
MAN GETS 20
YEARS IN JAIL FOR
RAPING A MINOR
PIL on Advocates Protection Act,
boycott of judicial work heard
Jaipur: A court remanded
gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
to judicial custody till Mar
16. Bishnoi was produced in
court via VC, wherein, Judge
Amit Kumar Sharma gave
orders. Another accused
Abhishek Koli, who was
arrested from Bikaner is on
remand till Mar 4. Abhishek,
who is from Maharashtra,
had brainwashed a juvenile
who is also under detention.
Kishore, Rishabh & Pradeep
Shukla had opened fire at a
club on Jan 28 for extortion
of Rs 5 cr from club owner
Akshay Gurnani. A total of
11 accused have been ar-
rested so far. Other accused
namely Rohit Godara, Ritik,
Anmol Bishnoi are absconding.
Jaipur: A court has sen-
tenced a man to 20 years
of rigorous imprisonment
for raping a minor girl in
2021.POCSO court Judge
Tara Agarwal found Kajod
Mal guilty of committing
the crime and besides sen-
tencing him to 20 years in
jail, also imposed a fine of
Rs 20,000 on him, Special
Public Prosecutor Rakesh
Mehrishi said on Thursday.
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: Hearing on
PIL regarding Advo-
cates Protection Act
was held in division
bench of acting CJ MM
Srivastava and Justice
Anil Upman. The court
issued notices to the
Bar Council of India,
Bar Council of Ra-
jasthan, the State &
Central govts. The court
gave 2 weeks time to the
State & Central govts to
present their replies in
the matter.
Hearing on HC’s suo
motu cognizance PIL on
boycott of judicial
work, division bench
comprising Justices
MM Srivastava & Vijay
Vishnoi, expressed dis-
pleasure over boycott.
Citing Harish Uppal
case, court said, “Advo-
cates cannot boycott
work as directed by
SC.” BCI Chairman
Manan Mishra said, “I
will try to resolve issue
by talking to all Bar as-
sociations & would
need two-three days’
time.” Next hearing
will be held on March 9.
Tonk: 4 returning from Khatu
Shyam ji killed in road mishap
Tonk (PTI): Four per-
sons, including three
members of a family,
were killed and three
injured when their van
rammed into a truck in
Tonk district on Thurs-
day, police said.
The accident oc-
curred at the Devdawas
crossing on the Nation-
al Highway
. The passen-
gers were returning in
the van to their homes
in Deoli after offering
prayers at Khatu Shy-
am temple. “Four per-
sons were killed and
three injured. Their
bodies have been kept at
a nearby hospital’s mor-
tuary,” Ghad police sta-
tion SHO Radhakishan
Meena said.
The victims have
been identified as Man-
ish Sharma, his wife
Ishu, brother Amit and
van driver Ravi. The in-
jured have been re-
ferred to district hospi-
tal. Preliminary probe
suggests that the mis-
hap was caused by the
van driver dozing off.
Van rammed into a container
at Devdawas crossing at NH.
Jhunjhunu: Two minor sisters
raped by 2 men in Udaipurwati
Manoj Tak
Jhunjhunu: Two mi-
nor sisters were alleg-
edly raped in Udaipur-
wati town of Jhunj-
hunu district, police
said. “Both the victims
are real sisters. They
were raped two men &
an FIR under provi-
sions of POCSO Act has
been filed by victims’
father in Udaipurwati
Police Station,” police
said. “The medical ex-
amination of the mi-
nors were performed by
a medical board and the
matter is being investi-
gated by Nawalgarh
DSP Satpal Singh,” po-
lice added.
Woman held for throwing
mentally ill son in Chambal
Kota (PTI): A 26-year-
old woman was arrest-
ed for allegedly killing
her mentally chal-
lenged four-year-
old son, police
said on Thursday
.
Dil Afroj, a res-
ident of MP’s
Sheopur district,
allegedly threw
her son into Chambal
river at Adharsheela in
Dadabari area on Tues-
day. The woman admit-
ted to being fed up with
her mentally chal-
lenged and unhealthy
son. The boy was una-
ble to speak properly
and was physically
weak, DSP Amar
Singh said.
In order to get
rid of him, Afroj
travelled 90 kms
by bus from Mang-
role in Baran dis-
trict with her six-year-
old daughter and son.
The family had come to
Mangrole on Monday to
attend a wedding with
her husband.
First India Bureau
Dausa: A class tenth
student in Dausa al-
legedly committed
suicide by hanging
herself on Thursday
following the stress of
board exams, sched-
uled to start on March
16. Police informed
the 15 year old de-
ceased, was a resident
of New Colony in the
Lalsot area of Dausa
district.
“The girl allegedly
hanged herself
around 11 am on
Thursday
.
A suicide note has
been recovered from
the spot which stated
that the victim cannot
score more than 95
per cent in the exams
and is under stress
over the issue,” the
police said while
speaking over the
matter.
“The tenth board
examination is sched-
uled to start from
March 16. Following
the incident, the po-
lice officials reached
the spot and the mat-
ter is being inthor-
oughly vestigated,”
the police officials
further added.
Minor girl’s mother falls unconcious at hospital after hearing
of her death.
Class X girl hangs self
over examination stress

INDIA
06
DON’T THREATEN,
LEAVE MY COURT:
CJI TO SCBA PREZ
New Delhi (PTI): A heated
exchange of words was wit-
nessed in the SC between
Chief Justice D Y Chandra-
chud and Supreme Court
Bar Association (SCBA)
president Vikas Singh in a
case related to allotment of
land for lawyers’ chambers
with the CJI directing the
senior lawyer not to raise
his voice and leave the
court. Singh told the bench
that he was struggling to
get the matter listed for the
last six months.
HIGH COURT
REJECTS ‘LOVE
JIHAD’ CLAIM
Mumbai (PTI): A relation-
ship cannot be dubbed
as a form of ‘love jihad’
just because the boy and
the girl belong to different
religions, the Aurangabad
bench of the Bombay HC
has said while granting
pre-arrest bail to a Muslim
woman & her family. A
division bench of Justices
in the order passed on
February 26 granted antic-
ipatory bail to the accused
who were denied relief by a
local court in Aurangabad.
COURT DISMISSES
BAIL PLEA FILED
BY SIVASANKAR
Kochi (ANI): A Special
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA)
Court on Thursday
dismissed the bail plea
filed by M Sivasankar,
former Principal Secretary
to the Kerala CM Pinarayi
Vijayan in connection with
the LIFE Mission Scam
Case. He is currently
under judicial custody
till March 8. Last month,
the PMLA court sent Siv-
asankar to judicial custody
till March 8.
BAIL TO IO IN RAPE
VICTIM’S FATHER’S
DEATH CASE
New Delhi (ANI): The Del-
hi High court on Thursday
granted interim bail of two
weeks to the Investigation
Officer (IO) of the case of
custodial death of Unnao
rape victim’s father. He
was sentenced to ten
years imprisonment in
the matter. Justice Dinesh
Kumar Sharma granted in-
terim bail to Kamta Prasad
Singh for the period from
March 4 to March 18.
His son’s engagement is
scheduled on March 11.
SUKESH CHALLENGES MONEY LAUNDERING
CHARGES, DELHI HC SEEKS STAND OF ED
New Delhi (ANI): Sukesh Chandrashekhar has challenged
the order framing charges against him in a money laundering
case related to the Election Commission bribery case of 2017.
Incidentally, the main case has been stayed by the Delhi HC.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma after hearing the arguments for
Sukesh Chandrashekhar and Enforcement Directorate (ED)
asked them to file their written submissions. He said that the
matter needs further consideration. Justice Sharma said, “I
am not issuing notice. Both of you file written submissions.”
New Delhi (Agencies):
For Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi said during
his lecture on Tuesday
at the University of
Cambridge that the an-
ger over shifting of
manufacturing from
“democratic countries”
like India and the US to
China needs “urgent at-
tention and dialogue”.
Speaking at the uni-
versity’sJudgeBusiness
School on the subject
‘Learning to Listen in
the 21st Century’, Gan-
dhi focussed on the “art
of listening” and called
for a new thinking to
promote a democratic
environment globally
.
The “art of listening”,
when done consistently
and diligently, is “very
powerful,” he said.
“We simply cannot af-
fordaplanetthatdoesn’t
produce under demo-
cratic systems. So, we
need new thinking
about how you produce
in a democratic environ-
ment compared to a co-
erciveenvironment,and
a negotiation about
this,” he said.
Gandhi’s lecture in-
cluded the mention of
the Bharat Jodo Yatra,
the recently-concluded
4,000-km walk led by
him through 12 states
from September 2022 to
January 2023 to draw at-
tention to “prejudice,
unemployment and
growing inequality in
India”. He explained to
the MBA students that a
“yatra” is a journey or
pilgrimage in which
people “shut themselves
down so they can listen
to others”.
His lecture also ad-
dressed the “two diver-
gentperspectives”of the
US and China since
World War II, especially
since the 1991 collapse of
theSovietUnion.Gandhi
said that in addition to
sheddingmanufacturing
jobs, the US had become
less open after the Sep-
tember 11, 2001, terror
attacks. Meanwhile Chi-
na,hesaid,“idoliseshar-
mony” through organi-
sation around the Chi-
nese Communist Party
.
In the final leg of his
lecture, Gandhi talked
about the “Imperative
for a Global Conversa-
tion”, as he knitted the
different strands togeth-
er in a call for a new type
of receptiveness to vari-
ous viewpoints.
Rahul Gandhi calls for new thinking to promote democratic environment globally
RAHUL SPEAKS AT CAMBRIDGE IN NEW AVATAR

RaGa’s lecture
included Bharat
Jodo Yatra,
which he said
was held to
draw attention to
“unemployment,
inequality”
THE CAMBRIDGE CONNECTION
NORTH EAST ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
‘Will accept all demands of Tipra
Motha, except Greater Tipraland’
State BJP chief
spokesperson
said the party
was marching to
form next govt
Agartala : The BJP on
Thursday said it was
ready to accept all de-
mands of Tipra Motha,
except for Greater Ti-
praland, if the new par-
ty led by former royal
Pradyot Debbarma ex-
tends its support.
State BJP chief
spokesperson Subrata
Chakraborty said his
party was marching to
form the next govern-
ment in the state.
“We are forming the
next government in the
state as we have been
saying since the begin-
ning. Two central lead-
ers Phanindranath Sar-
ma & Sambit Patra are
here to oversee the situ-
ation, & hopefully
, more
central leaders will be
arriving today
,” he said.
On the possibility of
taking the support of
the Debbarma-led party
,
he said, “Except Great-
er Tipraland, the BJP is
ready to accept all their
demands.” The BJP was
leading in 33 seats in
the 60-member House,
while its partner IPFT
was ahead in one seat.
The Tipra Motha,
was leading in 11 seats.
The opposition Left-
Congress alliance was
ahead in 15 seats.
BJP supporters during the victory celebrations in the state assembly elections, in Agartala on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
BJP supporters celebrate Tripura Chief Minister and party
candidate from Bordowali Town Manik Saha’s victory in the state
assembly elections, in Agartala on Thursday.
‘BJP WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO SIDELINE ISSUES’
NAGALAND GETS ITS
FIRST WOMAN MLA
LEFT-BACKED CONGRESS CANDIDATE LEADS
TRINAMOOL IN BENGAL’S SAGARDIGHI
IN TAMIL NADU’S ERODE, CONGRESS CANDIDATE
ELANGOVAN AHEAD BY OVER 31,000 VOTES
New Delhi: Pradyot
Manikya Debburman,
whose tribal-dominated
party Tipra
Motha made
headlines in
the assem-
bly polls in
Tripura said
that their
growing presence will
ensure that the BJP will
not be able to “sideline”
issues relating to tribals.
New Delhi: Two women
created history in Naga-
land, becoming the first
two women
to win the
Assembly
polls. Hekani
Jakhalu and
Salhoutu-
onuo Kruse
are both from Nagaland
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s
Nationalist Democratic
Progressive Party (NDPP).
Sagardighi: Congress candidate Bayron Biswas is march-
ing ahead of his rivals in minority-dominated Sagardighi
assembly seat of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district,
where counting of votes for a by-election is underway,
according to the Election Commission (EC). Mr Biswas,
who enjoys the support of the Left, was leading by 14,157
votes over TMC candidate Debashish Banerjee, EC trends
revealed around 1.30 pm. The Congress leader bagged
56,203 votes, and Banerjee 42,046 votes thus far. Dilip
Saha of the BJP secured 18,732 votes.
Sagardighi: EVKS Elangovan, the Congress candidate in
Tamil Nadu’s Erode byelection, is leading by a comfortable
margin against AIADMK’s KS Thennarasu, initial trends show.
With 31,884 votes, Congress is leading ahead of AIADMK
and DMDK. The byelection was necessitated by the death of
Congress MLA Thirumahan Everaa earlier. Thirumahan, son of
Elangovan, died of a cardiac arrest. Congress workers started
celebrating as initial trebds started showing Elangovan, sup-
ported by the DMK, leading at Erode assembly constituency.
NAGALAND BJP CHIEF TEMJEN IMNA
ALONG WINS FROM ALONGTAKI SEAT
Kohima: Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along
on Thursday won the assembly election from
Alongtaki constituency. The state BJP chief defeat-
ed Janata Dal (United) candidate J Lanu Longchar
by a margin of 3,748 votes. He bagged a total of
9,274 votes with a vote share of 62.5%. As per the
latest counting trends, shared by the (ECI at 3.05
pm today, the ruling alliance of BJP and NDPP has
bagged 19 seats so far. Nagaland Chief Minister
bagged a total of 17,045 votes, which comes to
92.87 per cent of the total votes polled in the seat.
BYPOLLS IN 5 ASSEMBLY SEATS
Congress gets its first MLA
in WB Assembly as Biswas
wins Sagardighi bypoll
Sagardighi: The Con-
gress on Thursday se-
cured a seat in the pre-
sent Bengal assembly
as its candidate Bayron
Biswas won the Sagar-
dighi bypoll, defeating
the nearest rival of the
TMC by 22,980 votes.
After 16 rounds of
counting, Biswas, who
enjoys the support of
the Left, bagged 87,667
votes, according to the
EC website.
Debasish Banerjee of
the TMC garnered
64,681 votes, while Dilip
Saha of the BJP re-
ceived 25,815 votes, the
EC wsebsite revealed.
Byelection to the con-
stituency
, seen as a pres-
tige fight for state Con-
gress president Adhir
Chowdhury in his home
districtof Murshidabad,
was necessitated follow-
ing the death of state
minister Subrata Saha
in Dec 2022. In the 2021
assemblyelections,Con-
gress and the Left Front
had failed to open their
account in the WB as-
sembly
, for the first time
since independence.
CPIM backed Congress candidate Bayron Biswas has won the
Sagardighi bypoll. —FILE PHOTO
Mann meets Shah; state-Centre
to work together on security
BRS protest in
Hyd against
price hike of
LPG cylinders
New Delhi (PTI): Pun-
jab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann on
Thursday met Union
Home Minister Amit
Shahanddiscussedwith
him prevailing law and
order situation in the
state and decided that
the central and state se-
curity agencies will
work together to deal
with all security related
issues, sources said.
Mann briefed Shah
about the circumstanc-
es leading to the Ajnala
incident. On February
23, self-styled Sikh
preacher and Khalistan
sympathiser Amritpal
Singh and his support-
ers, some of them bran-
dishing swords and
guns, broke through
barricades and barged
into a police station in
Ajnala on the outskirts
of the Amritsar city, ex-
tracting an assurance
from the police that his
aide and kidnapping
case accused Lovepreet
Singh would be re-
leased, sources said.
Mann said in a tweet
in Punjabi that the
“Center-Punjab will
work together on the is-
sue of law and order”.
The CM said he had dis-
cussed with the home
minister the issue of
drones and drugs along
the border. He said the
issue of shifting the
barbed wire along the
border was discussed.
Mann said he has asked
Shah to release Pun-
jab’s stalled rural devel-
opment fund soon.
Hyderabad (ANI):
Bharat Rashtriya
Samithi (BRS) party
workers on Thursday
staged a protest in Hy-
derabad against the
hike in prices of com-
mercial and domestic
LPG cylinders.
BRS protestors were
seen participating in
the protest holding “No
more BJP” placards.
Protests have been go-
ing on in various parts
of the country against
the recent hike in prices
of LPG cylinders.
Congress workers
held a protest while in
Maharashtra the price
hike saw opposition
leaders staging a protest
on the steps leading to
the Vidhan Bhavan. The
ongoing budget session
of the Assembly saw
stormy scenes with op-
position raising the is-
sue of the price hike.
Samajwadi party
leader Shivpal Yadav
also stated the recent
hike in LPG cylinders
will create problems for
the common masses.
Democratic Youth Fed-
eration also organized a
protest outside the ac-
countant general office.
Mann briefed Shah about the circumstances leading to the
Ajnala incident.
Def min inaugurates
‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’
Belagavi (Karnataka)
(ANI): Defence Minis-
ter and Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) leader
Rajnath Singh on
Thursday inaugurated
the ‘Vijay Sankalp
Yatra’ in the poll-bound
state Karnataka.
On the occasion
Chief Minister Basa-
varaj Bommai, Union
Minister Pralhad Joshi
and state BJP president
Nalinkumar Kateel
were also present.
Earlier in the day De-
fence Minister arrived
in Karnataka’s Belaga-
vi to inaugurate the ‘Vi-
jay Sankalp Yatra’ in
the poll-bound state.
Earlier on Wednes-
day, party President JP
Nadda flagged off the
‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’ in
Karnataka’s Chamara-
janagar. Meanwhile,
Home Minister Amit
Shah will also flag off
two ‘Vijay Sankalp Rath
Yatra’ and inaugurate
various projects in his
day-long visit to Karna-
taka on March 3.
‘DIGGING GRAVE’
Where the Congress is weak,
we need to work harder. We
need to introspect in the area
where the Congress was earlier strong
and has now become weak. We will
have to make a new strategy. We
need to introspect. MLAs were lured before elec-
tions in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura.
—Sachin Pilot, former Deputy CM of Rajasthan
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CELEBRATING WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Thurs-
day met Chinese For-
eign Minister Qin Gang
on the sidelines of G20
meeting and conveyed
that the current state of
bilateral relationship
was “abnormal” in the
context of challenges
especially that of peace
and tranquility in the
order areas.
This was the first
meeting between the
two ministers and the
meeting lasted about 45
minutes. “I met the
Minister on the side-
lines of the conference
this afternoon. It’s our
first meeting after he
took over as Foreign
Minister. We spent may-
be about 45 minutes
talking to each other
and the bulk of our con-
versation understanda-
bly was about the cur-
rent state of our rela-
tionship, which many
of you heard me de-
scribe me as “abnor-
mal” and I think those
were among the adjec-
tives I used in that meet-
ing,” Jaishankar said at
a press conference after
the G20 Foreign Minis-
ters meeting.
He said there are real
problems in the rela-
tionship that need to be
looked at, “that need to
be discussed, very ope-
nely and candidly be-
tween us”.
“That’s what we
sought to do today
. We
also had a brief discus-
sion on what was hap-
pening in the G20 frame-
work,” Jaishankar said.
EAM HOLDS TALKS; SAYS CURRENT STATE OF RELATIONSHIP WAS “ABNORMAL”
India, China discuss border
tensions in bilateral meeting
ANOTHER ARREST
MADE IN DELHI
EXCISE SCAM
WOMAN KILLS
HERSELF AFTER
HUSBAND DIES
The Enforcement
Directorate (ED)
arrested businessman
Amandeep Dhall in the
alleged liquor policy
scam three days after
the Central Bureau of
Investigation arrested
Delhi’s deputy CM
Manish Sisodia. Dhall
was placed under arrest
last evening after being
questioned for hours
in connection with the
case. He was arrested
under the Prevention
of Money Laundering
Act on the basis of
evidence against him,
sources said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
32-year-old woman
allegedly killed herself
on the same night her
husband committed
suicide at Delhi home,
police said. The couple
has been identified as
Ajaypal Singh Orgay
(32) and Monika (32).
The couple had got
married recently. Mon-
ika had allegedly found
Ajaypal in an uncon-
scious state and taken
him to a hospital, where
he was declared dead.
Later, she came home,
consumed a poisonous
substance and killed
herself, the police said.
New Delhi (ANI): Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra is set to
visit Ayodhya on Thursday. During his tour of the
city, Chandra will visit the construction site of the
Ram temple. The Secretary will also interact with the
workers engaged in the temple construction work.
He will also interact with the local people about the
project’s impact on them, especially in terms of
economic and employment opportunities.
New Delhi (PTI): Students can be imposed a penalty
of Rs 20,000 for holding dharnas and face admis-
sion cancellation or a fine of up to Rs 30,000 for
resorting to violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University,
its latest rules stipulate. The 10-page ‘Rules of Dis-
cipline and proper conduct of students of JNU’ has
laid out punishments for different kinds of acts like
protests and forgery, and procedures for proctorial
enquiry and recording a statement.
INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
SECY TO VISIT AYODHYA TEMPLE SITE
RS 20,000 FINE FOR DHARNA, ADMISSION
CANCELLATION FOR VIOLENCE AT JNU
‘Ukrainecrisiscan
beresolvedthrough
dialogue,diplomacy’
‘Pendency of Aus visa
applications discussed
at bilateral forum’
PM Narendra Modi & Italian PM Giorgia Meloni at the Ceremonial
Reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan meets Australian
Education Minister Jason Clare, in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Thursday
saidthattheUkrainecri-
sis can be resolved
through dialogue and
diplomacy
. In a joint
statement after bilateral
talks with his visiting
ItaliancounterpartGior-
gia Meloni, Modi said
that “India has made it
clearfromthebeginning
thatUkrainedisputecan
be resolved through dia-
logue and diplomacy”.
On her part, Meloni
expressed hope that In-
dia having the G20 Pres-
idency can play a cen-
tral role in facilitating a
negotiating process for
the cessation of hostili-
ties in Ukraine.
“Keeping the multi-
lateral community to-
gether is important and
we hope the Indian
presidency can do it
even more,” Meloni,
who is on her first visit
to India, said.
“PM Modi knows he
can rely on us, on our
cooperation for the G20
summit, to further en-
hance our relationship.
I believe there is a lot
we can do together.
Modi welcomed Italy’s
active participation in
the Indo-Pacific region.
New Delhi (PTI): The
pendency of Australian
visa applications from
Indians has been dis-
cussed again at a bilat-
eral forum, Union Edu-
cation Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan said
on Thursday. The min-
ister discussed the is-
sue with his Australian
counterpart Jason
Clare, who is on a visit
to India till March 5.
“After the COVID-19
pandemic, the visa pro-
cess for students and
the workforce had sig-
nificantly slowed down.
Last year, the Australi-
an government assured
us to add more manpow-
er and enhance the ease
of the process,” Prad-
han told reporters on
the sidelines of an event
here. “The pendency of
four lakh visa applica-
tions from Indians has
been reduced in the last
five months. Still a size-
able number is pending.
The issue was again dis-
cussed at the bilateral
forum when we spoke
of student mobility,” he
added.
Clare is leading a del-
egation of Australian
higher education lead-
ers to promote institu-
tional partnerships and
boost the collaboration
between the two coun-
tries. His visit builds on
Pradhan’s trip to Aus-
tralia last year.
India and Australia
have also signed a
framework mechanism
for mutual recognition
of qualifications that
will help ease the mobil-
ity of students and pro-
fessionals between the
two countries.
Worthy of great power: Russian
minister on India’s global stance
Not satisfied with performance of
fast track special courts, says Rijiju
Didi hails SC verdict
on appointment
of CEC,ECs
India urges
G-20 ministers
to look beyond
East-West crisis
New Delhi (PTI): West
Bengal CM Mamata Ba-
nerjee on Thursday wel-
comed the SC’s decision
on the appointment of
election commissioners
(EC) and the chief elec-
tion commissioner
(CEC), describing it as a
“democratic victory”.
The TMC supremo
also said that the verdict
shows the “will of the
people prevails over ill-
fated attempts of op-
pressive forces”. TMC
MP Derek O’Brien, too,
hailed the verdict.” So
Extremely Compro-
mised can again strive
to become Extremely
Competent,”heclaimed.
Top diplomats from the
world’s major industri-
alized and developing
nations on Thursday
opened what are expect-
ed to be contentious
talks dominated by Rus-
sia’s war in Ukraine and
China’s moves to boost
its global influence.
Host India appealed
for all members of the
fractured Group of 20 to
reach consensus on is-
sues of deep concern to
poorer countries even if
the broader East-West
split over Ukraine can-
not be resolved.
Prime Ministers
Modi urged them not to
allow current tensions
to destroy agreements
that might be reached
on food and energy se-
curity, climate change
and the debt crisis.
“We are meeting at a
time of deep global divi-
sions,” the PM told the
group, which included
U.S. Secretary Antony
Blinken, Chinese For-
eignMinisterQinGang.
New Delhi (PTI): Union
Law Minister Kiren Riji-
ju on Thursday said he
was “not very satisfied”
with the present perfor-
mance of fast track spe-
cial courts set up in vari-
ous parts of the country
,
and pitched for strength-
ening investigation
agencies and forensic
labs for overall effective-
ness of such courts.
He said this in his ad-
dress at a conference
hosted by the National
Human Rights Commis-
sion (NHRC) , without
naming anyone or any
state, adding that chief
justice of some HCs &
chief ministers of some
states “must do much
more”. The Fast Track
Special Courts scheme
is being looked after by
the Department of Jus-
tice. “I have to ensure
thatwhateverlegislative
actions are taken, are
taken down to the
ground,” the minister
said.“Thisisacentrally-
sponsoredschemeandit
was started initially for
1 year in 2019 which has
been extended, and fur-
ther extension of the
schemeisunderprocess.
I can give my assurance
that we will take it for-
ward,” he said.
New Delhi (PTI): Rus-
sian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov blamed
Western countries for
G20 foreign ministers’
meeting not being able
to come out with a joint
communique, saying
their “rhetorical state-
ments” around Ukraine
did not yield any good &
were “damaging”.
Addressing a press
conference on the side-
lines of meeting, Lavrov
hailed India’s “highly
responsible” and “wor-
thy of a great power”
stance on key matters of
global agenda. Refer-
ring to PM Narendra
Modi’s address at the
G20 meet, the Russian
minister said the PM
had presented “a bal-
anced and responsible
position” of the country
as president of the G20.
“Modi was not just
speaking about some
isolated individual situ-
ation, because the West
is trying to divide the
geopolitical picture
into individual epi-
sodes. Modi gave assess-
ment of the situation
across the globe in gen-
eral terms,” he said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sidelines of
G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
G20 MUST
PROVIDE
DIRECTION TO
WORLD: EAM
CONFLICT IS
AFFECTING
THE GLOBAL
SOUTH: EAM
New Delhi (PTI):
India urged the G20
grouping to send
a collective mes-
sage affirming its
resolve to address
the complex global
challenges, includ-
ing that of food and
energy security,
amid an increasingly
bitter rift between the
West and the Russia-
China combine over
the Ukraine conflict.
In his remarks at
the G20 foreign
ministers’ meeting,
External Affairs Min-
ister S Jaishankar,
without mentioning
the Ukraine conflict,
said the grouping
must find common
ground and provide
direction to the
world though there
are some “matters of
sharp differences”.
EAM MEETS US
SECY OF STATE,
SAYS REVIEWED
BILATERAL TIES
New Delhi (ANI): External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar said he reviewed
ties with the United States
and discussed global is-
sues at a bilateral meeting
with US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken here at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan
premises here.
‘MEET MARRED
BY RUSSIA-
UKRAINE WAR’
GLOBAL DECISION-MAKING MUST
BE DEMOCRATISED: JAISHANKAR
The Group of 20 (G20)
meeting of foreign
ministers has again
been marred by Rus-
sia’s unprovoked and
unjustified war against
Ukraine, U.S. Secretary
of State Antony Blinken
said on Thursday, as
he called for the bloc
to call on Russia to
withdraw its forces.
New Delhi (ANI):
External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar highlighted
the flaws in the global
decision-making pro-
cess at the United Na-
tions while addressing
at the G20 Foreign Min-
isters’ Meeting. “Current
global architecture is
in its 8th decade. The
number of members of
the UN has quadrupled
in this period. It neither
reflects today’s politics,
economics, demograph-
ics or aspirations. Since
2005, we have heard
sentiments for reform
being expressed at the
highest level. But as we
all know, these have
not materialised. Global
decision-making must
be democratised if it has
to have a future,” said
Jaishankar in an open-
ing remark.
New Delhi (ANI):
Noting that there
were issues con-
cerning the Ukraine
conflict, External
Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar said that
the chair summary
outlined the con-
cerns of the Global
South and “it is just
on two paragraphs
that were not able
to get everybody on
the same page.”
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at the National Conference on Child
Sexual Abuse Material organized by NHRC.
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov during G20
Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in
New Delhi on Thursday.
CRUCIAL READ

HONDA TO FOCUS ON PREMIUM PRODUCTS
New Delhi (PTI): Japa-
nese auto major Honda on
Thursday said it plans to
launch at least one new
model every year in India
with a focus on premium
products as it looks to get
its business on track in the
country
.
The company, which on
Thursday introduced an
updated version of its mid-
size sedan -- City, plans to
focus on products which
are over `10 lakh price tag
powered by petrol and hy-
brid powertrains.
The company, which is
present in India through a
wholly-owned subsidiary,
plans to do away with die-
sel models in the country
.
In a press briefing, Hon-
da Cars India President
and Chief Executive Offic-
er (CEO) Takuya Tsumura
said the company would
focus on the `10 lakh and
above segment over the
next few years.
“In the passenger vehi-
cle segment more than 40%
sales are coming from mod-
els priced over `10 lakh. We
expect this to grow more.
Our focus would be on mod-
el introductions in over `10
lakh segment,” he noted.
Tsumura said that for
Honda models like Amaze
and City, top trims current-
ly contribute over 60% of
the sales.
He noted that new mod-
els would be a mix of new
models and full model
changes of the existing
product range.
TO GROW INDIA BUSINESS
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z The company, which on
Thursday introduced an
updated version of its mid-
size sedan — City, plans to
focus on products which
are over `10 lakh price
tag powered by petrol and
hybrid powertrains
z The company, plans to do
away with diesel models in
the country
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Telecom op-
erator Bharti Airtel on
Thursday announced that
it has surpassed the 1
million 5G user mark on
its network in Mumbai.
Airtel recently crossed the
10 million unique cus-
tomer mark on its 5G net-
work nationally. The Sunil
Mittal-led telco said it is
well poised to cover every
town and key rural areas
with Airtel 5G services by
end of March 2024. The
Airtel statement said it
had surpasses 1 million
customer mark on its 5G
network in Mumbai. —PTI
AIRTEL CROSSES 1
MN 5G SUBSCRIBERS
IN MUMBAI
New Delhi: India’s Febru-
ary palm oil imports
dropped 30% from Janu-
ary to their lowest in 8
months as refiners pre-
ferred to lower their
stocks as inventories
piled up following exces-
sive imports during Octo-
ber-January. The reduc-
tion in palm oil imports
by India, the world’s big-
gest importer of vegeta-
ble oils, could weigh on
Malaysian palm oil pric-
es. India’s palm oil im-
ports fell to 586,000
tonnes last month, the
lowest since June 2022,
according to the average
of the estimates from the
five dealers. —FIB
INDIA’S PALM OIL
IMPORTS FALL TO
EIGHT-MONTH LOW
New Delhi: Gold prices
declined by `295 to
`55,700 per 10 grams in
the national capital on
Thursday, according to
HDFC Securities. In the
previous session, the pre-
cious metal had settled at
`55,995 per 10 grams.
Silver also tumbled by
`640 to `64,380 per kg.
“Spot gold prices in the
Delhi markets traded at
`55,700/10 grams, down
`295/10 grams,” said
Saumil Gandhi, Senior
Analyst - Commodities at
HDFC Securities. —PTI
GOLD PRICES FALL
BY `295; SILVER
TUMBLES `640/KG
New Delhi: MG Motor In-
dia on Thursday said it
has christened its upcom-
ing electric vehicle as
Comet. The name derives
inspiration from the icon-
ic 1934 British airplane
which participated in the
England-Australia Mac-
Robertson Air Race, the
automaker said. “We at
MG, through ‘Comet’, in-
tend to take the needed
decisive steps and a ‘leap
of faith’ in the direction of
creating solutions for a
better future for each one
of us,” MG Motor India
President and MD Rajeev
Chaba said. —PTI
MG MOTOR’S
UPCOMING EV
NAMED AS ‘COMET’
08
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 55,700.00 295.00 0.52 (Per 10g)
SILVER 64,380.00 640.00 0.99 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.60 0.11 0.13
GBPINR 98.95 0.61 0.61
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
GDP growth may exceed 7% this fiscal: CEA
New Delhi (PTI): Chief
Economic Advisor V Anan-
tha Nageswaran on Thurs-
day expressed hope that the
GDP growth for the current
financial year will exceed
the projected 7% in view of
the expected revision of
high frequency data.
On Tuesday, the second
advance estimate released
by the National Statistical
Office (NSO) maintained
thegrowthprojectionof 7%
as was projected in the first
advance estimate which
was released in January
.
“Given the high frequen-
cy indicators and the pace
at which they are recover-
ing, I do believe that the
current year’s (GDP num-
bers)... Are more likely to
(be) revised upward than
downward,” he said here.
GDP at Constant (2011-
12) Prices in the year 2022-
23 is estimated at `159.71
lakh crore as against the
first revised estimate of
GDP for the year 2021-22 of
`149.26 lakh crore.
The growth in real GDP
during 2022-23 is estimated
at 7% as compared to 9.1%
in 2021-22. The growth
slowed to 4.4% in the Octo-
ber-December quarter,
mainly due to a contraction
in the manufacturing sec-
tor. On Tuesday, the NSO
revised GDP growth data
for the past three years —
2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22
— and also released the sec-
ond advance estimate of
GDP for 2022-23.
While the growth rate for
2021-22 has been revised up
by 40 basis points to 9.1%
from 8.7%, the GDP for
2020-21 too has been revised
upwards to (-) 5.8% from (-)
6.6%. For 2019-20 also, the
growth has been revised
upwards to 3.9% from 3.7%.
Nageswaran said the ris-
ing interest rates need not
necessarily be a cause of
lower growth but simply
reflects the fact that there
is healthy underlying
demand for credit.
Real interest rate is not
very high at the moment,
he said, adding there is
pent up demand in certain
sectors.
‘Have lot of admiration, respect for Gautam Adani’
New Delhi (PTI): Former
Australian Prime Minister
Tony Abbott, a known
backer of Adani Group’s
coal mine projects in his
country
, on Thursday came
out in support of the em-
battled group’s Chairman
Gautam Adani, saying he
has a lot of admiration and
respect for the tycoon and
his company
.
Abbott, who had in 2015
as the Prime Minister of
Australia decried a court
ruling against Adani
Group’s Carmichael coal
mine project, said the rele-
vant regulators will “do
their job” regarding any
allegation of wrongdoing
by the apples-to-airport
conglomerate. “I have a lot
of respect and admiration
for Adani and Adani
Group,” Abbott said.
The coal produced from
Adani’s Carmichael mines
in Australia “will certainly
be part of the ongoing pro-
cess of electrification here
in India”.
“I am all in favour of
Adani mine. I thank Adani
and his team for what they
have done to provide elec-
tricity to Indians and jobs
and prosperity to Austral-
ia,” he said.
Sensex, Nifty fall nearly
1% on weak trends
foreign fund outflows
Mumbai (PTI): Market
benchmarks ended nearly
1% lower on Thursday
amid weak trend in global
equities and continuous
foreign fund outflows.
The BSE Sensex tumbled
501.73 points or 0.84% to
settle at 58,909.35. During
the day, it tanked 544.82
points or 0.91% to 58,866.26.
The NSE Nifty declined
129 points or 0.74% to end
at 17,321.90.
From the Sensex pack,
Maruti, Axis Bank, Tata
Consultancy Services, Nes-
tle, Infosys, Mahindra
Mahindra, Tech Mahindra
and Bharti Airtel were the
major laggards.
Power Grid, Sun Phar-
ma, HCL Technologies,
Larsen Toubro and Ul-
traTech Cement were the
gainers.
RUPEE FALLS 11 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.60
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated by 11 paise to close at 82.60
(provisional) against the US currency on Thursday. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 82.57 against the
greenback and closed at 82.60 (provisional), registering a fall of 11
paise over its previous close of 82.49. During the session, the do-
mestic unit witnessed an intra-day high of 82.54 and a low of 82.61
against the American dollar.
PM GatiShakti, logistics policy
to help improve competitiveness
New Delhi (PTI): Commerce and industry minister Pi-
yush Goyal on Thursday said that PM GatiShakti nation-
al master plan and logistics policy together will help im-
prove competitiveness of businesses and attract invest-
ments into India.
He said that layers of data are there at PM GatiShakti
portal where different geological, ecological and infra-
structural elements across the country were mapped and
captured. Currently, there are about 1,300 layers of data,
consisting of forests, wildlife sanctuaries, rivers, UNE-
SCO world heritage sites, among others, he said and
added that GatiShakti would not only address critical
gaps in infrastructure but also help in planning social
infrastructure such as schools, nursing homes, hospitals.
FOR MFG ROPEWAYS
Union Min Gadkari invites Austrian
companies to set up plants in India
New Delhi (PTI): Union
minister Nitin Gadkari on
Thursday invited Austrian
companies to set up plants
for manufacturing rope-
ways and cable car compo-
nents and equipment in
India.
Gadkari, minister for
road transport and high-
ways, met Austrian delega-
tion led by Ambassador of
Republic of Austria to In-
dia Katharina Wieser.
Gadkari informed the
delegation that several
ropeways and cable car
projects are being executed
by India. He appreciated
the high quality of rope-
ways and cable car compo-
nents and equipment that
are being manufactured by
Austrian companies and
emphasised on collabora-
tions in technology trans-
fer and manufacturing the
same in India.
GADKARI MET
DELEGATION
z Nitin Gadkari met
Austrian delegation led by
Ambassador of Austria to
India Katharina Wieser
z He informed the delegation
that several ropeways and
cable car projects are being
executed by India.
RIL, Tata bid for
India’s $2.4 bn
solar incentives
New Delhi (FIB): Solar
module makers including
RelianceIndustriesLtd.and
Tata Power Co. are among
bidders for 195 billion ru-
pees ($2.4 billion) in finan-
cial incentives that India is
offering to expand domestic
manufacturing and curb
panel imports from domi-
nant producer China.
Others showing interest
include US firm First Solar
Inc. and Indian companies
JSW Energy Ltd., Avaada
Group and ReNew Energy
Global Plc, according to
people familiar with the
matter. The embattled Ada-
ni Group was not among
the bidders.
INDIANS OPTING TO GIVE
ONLINE GIFT CARDS
New Delhi (PTI): Online
travel platform Make-
MyTrip on Thursday said
it has witnessed an increas-
ing trend of consumers
opting to give online gift
cards to their friends, rela-
tives, and colleagues this
wedding season.
MakeMyTrip has seen a
30% increase in sales of
travel ‘Shagun’ card this
wedding season (Dec 22-
Jan 23) compared to last
year (Dec 21-Jan 22), it stat-
ed. `10,000-card is the most
sold denomination, fol-
lowed by `5,000, and `1,000.
The card allows couples to
book holiday packages, ho-
tels, flight tickets, train
tickets, bus tickets, and fun
activities. “We have seen a
direct correlation between
the sale of online gift cards
with the marriage season,”
said Raj Rishi Singh of
MakeMyTrip.
He shared that there is a
growing trend of people
wanting to gift experienc-
es, a shift from the past
when cash and gold were
the only options.
RCAP CAN PROCEED
WITH SECOND ROUND
OF AUCTION: NCLAT
New Delhi: The NCLAT on
Thursday allowed lenders
of Reliance Capital to hold
an extended
challenge
mechanism or
second round
of auction for
the sale of the debt-ridden
financial services company. A
two-member bench of NCLAT
also said lenders of Reliance
Capital had the power to nego-
tiate and call for a higher bid.
It overturned an order of the
Mumbai bench of NCLT which
had declared the extended
challenge round illegal. —PTI
STEPS BY CENTRE TO
INCREASE EXPORTS BY
MSME SEC: OFFICIAL
Kolkata: The Centre has taken
steps to enhance exports by
micro, small and medium
enterprises
(MSME) sec-
tor by setting
up facilita-
tion centers
across the country, an official
said on Thursday. The export
facilitation centers will provide
the requisite mentoring and
handholding support to the
sector and also help to set up
a network of entrepreneurial
leaders, the joint director of
IEDS under the union MSME
ministry. —PTI
SEVERAL STEPS TAKEN TO ADDRESS EMERGING
CHALLENGES, SAYS COMMERCE MINISTRY
New Delhi: India has taken several steps to boost tea output, create
a niche brand for the Indian tea and ensure the welfare of families as-
sociated with this industry, the commerce
ministry said on Thursday. India is the
second largest tea producer and the larg-
est black tea producer and is self-suffi-
cient in meeting domestic requirements
and export obligations. It said the Indian
tea is exported to various destinations and
is the fourth largest tea exporter besides
catering to a large number of domestic consumers. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
STEEL INDUSTRY SEEKS GOVT INTERVENTION TO
ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF 161 MT COKING COAL
New Delhi: The domestic steel industry has sought a roadmap to
ensure 161 million tonnes of coking coal is available for scaling up the
country’s annual steel making capacity to
300 million tonnes by 2030. Coking coal
and iron ore are the two key raw materials
used for manufacturing steel through the
blast furnace route. While iron ore is avail-
able domestically, the industry is depend-
ent on imports for coking coal. —PTI

NEWS
09
Dimple Sharma
Jaipur: Girl students
outshined boys in the
result of class 10th of
the Rajasthan State
Open School October-
November Exam 2022.
At the same time, boys
secured high marks in
the class 12th results.
Education Minister
BD Kalla released the
result in Shiksha
Sankul on Thursday
.
The overall result of
class 10th was 68.23 per
cent. The result of girls
and boys was 72.48 per
cent and 63.49 per cent
respectively
.
This year, the overall
result of the 12th exami-
nation held in October-
November 2022 was
49.39percent.Theresult
of boys was 52.07 per
cent, while the result of
girls was 47.31 per cent.
Girls outshine boys in Class 10; boys lead in Class 12
KALLA RELEASES OPEN SCHOOL RESULT
RHB schemes receive huge
response a day post launch
Huge crowd gathers at RHB help desk to enquire about newly launched schemes
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Housing Board’s
schemes launched on
Wednesday have got
more response than ex-
pected. UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal had
launched 27 housing
board schemes in 17 cit-
ies on Wednesday. Fol-
lowing the instructions
of Board Commission-
er Pawan Arora, a help-
desk has been set up in
Pratap Nagar, on which
a huge crowd of people
gathered on Thursday
to enquire about the
various schemes.
Among the housing
schemes launched in
Jaipur, the craze for the
scheme of independent
houses is most visible.
After a decade, the
scheme of independent
housing has been
launched, for which
people were waiting for
a long time. In fact,
bank loan facility up to
90% is also being pro-
vided by the Housing
Board to the people to
buy housing and com-
mercial property
. Appli-
cations can be made till
March 31 in the housing
schemes.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora had taken
initiative 4 years ago to
open help desk to pro-
vide all kinds of infor-
mation related to hous-
ing board properties to
the people and this ini-
tiative is still going on.
Moreover, the facility
of applying and under-
going a site visit is also
available to the people.
In fact, this time
Commissioner Arora
has done a new experi-
ment to ensure conveni-
ence to the people and
allottees as QR code and
scanner option was giv-
en to visit the website to
get information related
to schemes and to down-
load brochures related
to help desk and
schemes.
Shanti Dhariwal, Pawan Arora and others during the launch of schemes on Wednesday.
Govt constitutes Veer
Tejaji Welfare Board
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan Government
has constituted the Ra-
jasthan State Veer
Tejaji Welfare Board
after orders were is-
sued from the depart-
ment of Social Justice
and Empowerment.
The board has seven
members, including
the chairman and vice-
chairman. The Board
will take stock of the
condition of the farm-
ers’societyandsuggest
measures to remove
the backwardness of
the farmers’ class on
the basis of certified
survey reports.
Jat leaders had been
demanding for the
Board for a long time.
OnMarch5,theleaders
of the Jat community
willorganizeameeting
at Vidyadhar Nagar
Stadiuminthenameof
Jat Mahakumbh in
Jaipur. Among the de-
mandsarecastecensus
and the Veer Teja Wel-
fare Board.
Congress state chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
expressed happiness
over the development
and tweeted, “Congrat-
ulationstoeveryoneon
the formation of Ra-
jasthan State Veer
Tejaji Welfare Board.”
Rajasthan Jat Mahasabha President Rajaram Meel and
others inaugurate Jat Mahakumbh poster. —FILE PHOTO
SAHDEV HAILS
GOVT DECISION
Nagaur: Senior
Congress leader and
former deputy Zila
Pramukh of Nagaur,
Dr Sahdev Chaudhary,
while reacting to State
Government’s decision
of forming the Veer
Teja Welfare Board
said, “The board will
prove to be effective
in the welfare and
economic upliftment
of the farmer society.”
Media should realise
its responsibility: Guv
Suggestions sought
for JDA master plan
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: The Jaipur De-
velopment Authority is
going to make amend-
ments in the master
plan for the area out-
side the Ring road.
For this, the JDA has
sought objections and
suggestions regarding
changes in the master
plan. According to the
proposed amendments,
township can be devel-
oped in a minimum five
hectare area, on a 24-
wide meter road in the
Ring road’s outer areas.
At present, the mini-
mum area required for
developing a township
is 10 hectare and the
minimum road width is
30 meter. As per the pro-
posed change, if any
integrated township is
located in U2 and U3
zone of the master plan,
then township will be
able to come up within
its 500 meter radius and
on minimum 24 meter
wide road.
Dimple Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra on
Thursday called upon
the media to discharge
values of journalism
while following self-reg-
ulated ethics and set an
example of public inter-
est journalism. The
Governor was address-
ing the first convocation
of Haridev Joshi Jour-
nalism and Mass Com-
munication University
.
Hesaidthatthemedia
shouldrealiseitsrespon-
sibility
, publishing fac-
tual,analyticalandunbi-
ased news. He said that
care should be taken so
that there is no atmos-
phere of confusion or
provoking sentiments.
The governor said
that journalism is an
area that has a direct
concern with the public,
because of which jour-
nalism is considered the
fourth pillar.
Kalraj Mishra presents degree to a student as VC Sudhi Rajiv looks
at HJU convocation on Thursday.—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Political issues discussed
at Rajput community meet
Victims’ kin will surely get justice: CM
From Page 1
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot was accompa-
nied by Tourism Minis-
ter Vishvendra Singh,
Minister of State for
Education and local
MLA Zahida Khan,
Congress state unit
chief Govind Singh Do-
tasra, Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma and DGP
Umesh Mishra.
Nasir (25) and Junaid
alias Juna (35), both
residents of Ghatmee-
ka village in Bharatpur
district of Rajasthan,
were allegedly abduct-
ed by cow vigilantes on
February 15 and their
bodies were found in-
side a burnt car in Lo-
haru in Bhiwani in
Haryana on the morn-
ing of February 16.
Nasir is survived by
his wife, while Junaid
is survived by his wife,
six children and a
mentally challenged
brother.
He said his govern-
ment is committed to
arresting the accused
at the earliest and sub-
mit the chargesheet.
Such a crime deserves
nothing less than death
penalty, he said.
A total of nine ac-
cusedhave been named
in the case so far.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An important
meeting of MLAs and
former MLAs of Ra-
jput community was
held at Sangh Shakti
office in Jaipur on
Thursday. The meeting
was held under the
leadership of Kshatri-
ya Yuvak Sangh patron
Bhagwan Singh Rolsa-
habsar. Political issues
were discussed in de-
tail in the meeting.
Rajendra Rathore,
Bhanwar Singh Bhati,
Diya Kumari, Rajya-
vardhan Singh
Rathore, Pushpendra
Singh Bali, Dharmen-
dra Rathore, Gopal
Singh Idwa, Meena
Kanwar, Kalpana Kan-
war, Preeti Gajendra
Shaktawat, Hamir Sin-
gh Bhayal, Khushveer
Singh Jojawar, Naray-
an Singh Deval, Chan-
drabhan Singh Akya,
Girraj Singh Malinga,
Prem Singh Bajor,
Manoj Nyangali, Man
Singh Kinsaria, Gajen-
dra Singh Khinvsar,
Randhir Bhinder, Rohi-
ni Kumari, Biru Singh
Rathore, Ranveer Gud-
ha, Karan Singh
Rathore and others
were present.
Pratap Foundation’s
convener Mahavir Sin-
gh Sarwadi demanded
to increase EWS reser-
vation from 10 to 14%
from the central and
the state governments
to which all the politi-
cians present ex-
pressed consent. After
the meeting, all the
MLAs also had dinner.
Rajendra Rathore, Diya Kumari, Bhagwan Singh Rolsahabsar and
others hold discussion at Sangh Shakti office on Thursday.
DR BD KALLA RECEIVES CERTIFICATE
FROM WORLD BOOK OF RECORDS
Jaipur: Education Minister
Dr BD Kalla on Thursday
received a certificate from
World Book of Records,
London for an innovative
initiative taken by the
education department.
The education depart-
ment has undertaken the
initiative ‘Chess in School
Activity’ as part of the bag
day theme last year on
the birth anniversary of
former PM Indira Gandhi.
For this initiative, 38.21
lakh students were given
participation certificates.
During an event held in
Shiksha Shankul, the Vice
President of Rajasthan at
the India Chapter of the
World Book of Records,
Pratham Bhalla, handed
over the certificate to Dr
BD Kalla. “The depart-
ment is working with
full spirit to increase the
educational level and all-
round development of the
children,” Kalla said.
Om Birla to be
on 6-day visit to
Kota from today
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla will be on a
six-day visit to Kota-
Bundi parliamentary
constituency from Fri-
day during which he
will participate in vari-
ous programmes.
According to the in-
formation received from
the Lok Sabha camp of-
fice, Speaker Birla will
reach Kota by Indore In-
tercity Express at 3:20
am on Friday
. He will
flag off the new train
starting between Kota-
AhmedabadatKotaRail-
wayStation.Chittorgarh
MP CP Joshi will also
attend the event.
Moreover, Birla will
also inaugurate the
MSME Industrial Exhi-
bition and Fair organ-
ized at Dussehra Maid-
an on Saturday
.
Diya denies to inaugurate
poorly built road in Sanju
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: BJP MP
Diya Kumari denied to
inaugurate a road built
under the Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yo-
jana over its poor con-
struction, in Sanju area
on Thursday
.
MP Diya, however,
inaugurated various
development works
worth over Rs 7 crore.
She visited Degana,
Riya Badi, Sanju and
other areas of the con-
stituency and inspect-
ed the works.
While speaking dur-
ing the inauguration
work in Government
Higher Secondary
School (Kiroda), Diya
Kumari said that the
Modi government has
left no stone unturned
for development, but
the state government
is putting hurdles in
this way.
MP Diya Kumari inaugurates
various development works in
Rajsamand on Thursday.
Dr BD Kalla releases exam result in Shiksha Sankul on Thursday. Dr BD Kalla receives World Book of Records from Pratham Bhalla.
MLAs’ adverse
report reaches
high command,
get lesson!
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: A‘development’
in the meeting of the
Councilof Ministershas
beentermed‘surprising’
for the Congress. Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
and PCC Chief Govind
SinghDotasraaddressed
the ministers after the
meeting and during this
a shocking report came
to the fore.
It was learnt that re-
port of some MLAs has
reached AICC which
pertains to corruption
in transfer and other
matters. There are re-
ports of 25 MLAs being
completely inactive.
These MLAs re-
mained inactive in the
‘Haath Se Jodo Haath’
campaign and apart
from 2-3 Ministers, re-
ports also came regard-
ing other ministers
which said that these
ministers did not talk to
themediaabouttheGovt
schemes.Suchministers
were asked to remain ac-
tive in the meeting and
along with this, every-
one was also taught the
lesson of discipline.
HJU FIRST CONVOCATION
ACTION AGAINST
ENCROACHMENT
Jaipur: The JDA on
Thursday removed
encroachments from
valuable government
land. JDA enforcement
wing took action on
warehouse and restau-
rant built by encroach-
ment on road bound-
ary and government
land in Ojhaji Ka Bagh,
Gandhi Nagar.
CRIMINALS MUST BE PUNISHED: PILOT
On the Nasir-Junaid murder case of Bharatpur, former
Deputy CM Sachin Pilot Sachin Pilot said that the
perpetrators of the crime should be punished severely.
“Be it any religion or caste, they have committed a
crime. If the law is broken, strict action should be taken
on it. There should be no politics on this. The facts that
come out in the transparent investigation, action should
be taken on the basis of that,” Pilot told the media in
Sohna, Haryana.

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