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WORLD BANK: INDIA,
ONE OF THE FASTEST-
GROWING ECONOMIES
New Delhi: World Bank, on
Tuesday, cut India’s GDP
growth to 6.3% in FY24
and projected the Current
Account Deficit at 5.2%.
Report noted that India was
one of the fastest-growing
economies in the world.
4 DIE AFTER INHALING
POISONOUS GAS IN
SEPTIC TANK IN HRY
Chandigarh: Four people,
including two migrant
labourers, died on
Tuesday after inhaling
toxic gas while laying
pipes in a septic tank
in Bahadurgarh in the
Haryana’s Jhajjar district.
VARANASI-BOUND
INDIGO FLIGHT MAKES
EMERGENCY LANDING
Hyderabad: A Varanasi-
bound IndiGo flight
from Bengaluru made
an emergency landing at
Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi
International Airport early
on Tuesday morning after it
developed a technical glitch.
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ELON MUSK REPLACES
TWITTER’S BIRD LOGO
WITH ‘DOGE’ MEME
Washington: Twitter CEO
Elon Musk has changed
the iconic blue bird logo
- which has served as a
home button on the web
version, with “doge” meme
of Dogecoin cryptocurrency.
A‘PRODUCTIVE’
ROYALMEET!
PM Modi holds talks with Bhutan
King Jigme; focus on bilateral ties
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday discussed
ways to strengthen bi-
lateral engagement in a
number of areas, in-
cluding economic col-
laboration. It is report-
ed that King Wang-
chuck&Modidiscussed
measures to strengthen
their bilateral ties dur-
ing their conversation.
King also paid a visit to
Rajghat to honour Ma-
hatma Gandhi.
The King began his
two-day visit to India on
Monday amid some con-
cerns in Delhi over Chi-
na’s attempts to expand
influence over Thim-
phu. It is learnt that
talks between PM Modi
and King Wangchuck
were focused on ways to
expand bilateral ties. At
media briefing, Kwatra
said the visit of Bhuta-
nese King to India pro-
vided an opportunity to
sketch a roadmap to fur-
ther expand coopera-
tion in diverse areas.
The Bhutan King`s visit
comes at invitation of
Prez Droupadi Murmu.
I DEEPLY VALUE OUR
CLOSE FRIENDSHIP: PM
PM Modi said, ‘Pleased to
receive His Majesty King
of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar
Namgyel Wangchuck. Deeply
value our close friendship and
the vision of successive Druk
Gyalpos in guiding India-Bhu-
tan relations to new heights’.
President Droupadi Murmu welcomes the King of Bhutan, Jigme
Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the King of Bhutan, Jigme
Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The meeting be-
tween PM Modi
and the Bhutan
King covered entire gamut
of bilateral ties includ-
ing issues of respective
national interest.
—Vinay Kwatra,
Foreign Secretary
Balancing RTH Act
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Private doctors
inRajasthanonTuesday
endedtheir17-daystrike
over the RTH Act after
State govt agreed to
their 8 key demands in-
cludingkeepingunaided
privatehospitalsoutside
the ambit of the law. The
decision was taken after
a meeting with Chief
SecretaryUshaSharma.
The doctors’ bodies
said that the two sides
reached consensus dur-
ing talks with the state
government agreeing to
keep private hospitals
that have not availed
land at subsidised rates
or other benefits from it
outside the ambit of the
proposed law.
Doctors take part in a protest rally against the Right to Health Act, at MI Road in Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
After 17 days, docs call off strike with consensus on demands
CM GEHLOT, EX-CM
RAJE TEST POSITIVE
FOR COVID-19
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot said he has tested positive for
Covid on Tuesday. ‘I will continue working from my resi-
dence for next few days. All of you should take care,
follow Covid protocols,” he tweeted. Gehlot had
met Rahul and other leaders in Surat on Monday.
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MASSIVE AVALANCHE HITS NATHU LA IN SIKKIM
TRAPPED IN
AN ICY GRAVE!
Child among 7 die, over 20 rescued, scores trapped
First India Bureau
Gangtok: At least sev-
en people, including a
child, were killed after
an avalanche hit Sik-
kim’s Nathula area on
Tuesday
. The avalanche
occurred near 15th
milestone on Jawahar-
lal Nehru Marg on NH
310. The avalanche had
trapped five to six vehi-
cles along with 20-30
tourists who were on
their way to Nathula,
according to defence
sources.
The road was opened
for traffic at 7 pm by
BRO as the snow was
cleared. Some 350 peo-
ple in 80 vehicles,
stranded on road be-
cause of snow, were be-
ing brought back to
Gangtok, officials said.
Sikkim CM Prem Singh
Tamang said, ‘My heart
goes out to the bereaved
family and friends in
this hour of grief.’
AVALANCHE WARNING ISSUED FOR JAMMU
KASHMIR’S KUPWARA IN NEXT 24 HOURS
Minutes after a massive avalanche in Sikkim killed at least
seven tourists, the JK Disaster Management Author-
ity (JKDMA) issued an avalanche warning in the Kupwara
district in the next 24 hours. According to the authorities,
the avalanche is likely to have a “low danger level”.
Rescue operations underway at Nathula on JNM Road in East Sikkim after an avalanche on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Distressed by the
avalanche in Sikkim.
Condolences to those who
have lost their loved ones.
I hope the injured recover
soon. Rescue ops are
underway and all possible
assistance is being pro-
vided to those affected.
—Narendra Modi, PM
Amit Shah @AmitShah
My sincerest condolences
to the families of those
who have lost their lives
in the tragic avalanche in
Sikkim. We are closely
monitoring the situation
and the teams of NDRF
will reach the affected area
soon. I pray for the speedy
recovery of those injured.
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Jaipur: Former CM Vasundhara Raje tested positive on
Tuesday for Covid. Raje in a tweet said she has isolated
herself since testing positive. “My report has come positive
in Covid test. Those who came in contact with me should get
themselves tested, take precautions,” Raje advised. P8
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Gehlot hopes doctors will make
RTH Act a success in Rajasthan
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
AshokGehlotexpressed
satisfaction that the
doctor fraternity
agreed to the proposals
put forth by the state
government regarding
Right to Health Act.
With this, Rajasthan
has now become the
first state in the coun-
try to implement the
Right to Health.
Gehlot hoped that all
doctors will immediate-
ly join their duty and
that private and govern-
ment hospitals will
make the Right to
Health, schemes such as
the CM Chiranjeevi
Swasthya Bima Yojana
and RGHS successful. P3
All the people of
the state have
extended their
cooperation to the state
government in the favour
of the Bill. Now the docs
agreeing to this important
Bill, is a good sign.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
First India Bureau
New Delhi: BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda on Tues-
day asked the party’s
social media teams to
follow the organisa-
tion’s values and re-
frain from indulging in
lowering the standard
of political discourse,
“irrespective of what
narrative the Opposi-
tion chooses”. Nadda
was addressing a work-
shop organised by the
party for its state social
media teams.
He said the party not
only has “the largest
but also the most tal-
ented” volunteer net-
work to take message of
devp, carried out under
the leadership of PM
Modi, to the public.
MENTALLY-ILL MAN
HACKS DAUGHTERS
TO DEATH; INJURES
WIFE; ARRESTED
Narpat Joya
Nagaur: A mentally
unstable man allegedly
hacked his two daugh-
ters to death with an axe
and injured his wife and
daughter-in-law when
they tried to intervene in
Nagaur district, police
said on Tuesday. The
accused, Manaram (57),
a resident of Parbatsar,
has been taken into
custody and is being
interrogated, they said.
Manaram killed his
daughters Meera (26)
and Rekha (20) with
an axe on Monday. The
injured have been hospi-
talised, police said. P7
India rejects
China’s attempt
to rename the
disputed places
Guwahati (FIB): India
rejected China renam-
ing 11 places in
Arunachal Pradesh
and asserted that the
state has “been” and
will “always be” an in-
tegral part of India.
China on Monday has
released a set of new
names for 11 places in
Arunachal Pradesh as
part of its efforts to
reemphasize its claim
over State. “We have
seen such reports. We
reject this outright,”
MEA spokesperson
Arindam Bagchi said.
NADDA TO BJP SOCIAL MEDIA TEAMS
‘Refrain from lowering
standard of pol discourse’
JP Nadda speaks at meeting
of BJP’s National Social Media
team in New Delhi on Tuesday.
AGREEMENT
ON 8 POINTS
1 Private multi-specialty
hosps with less than 50
beds excluded from RTH
2 All private hospitals
established without any
facilities from govt and
building on subsidized rates
will also be kept out of RTH
3 These hospitals will
come under the ambit of
RTH. Pvt Medical College and
Hospital built on PPP mode,
hospitals established after
taking land from the govt free
of cost or at concessional rates,
hospitals run by trusts
4 Consider to regularise
hosps built at diff places
of Raj on basis of Kota model
5 Police and other cases
registered during the
movement will be withdrawn
6 Single window system
for licences and other
approvals for hospitals
7 Fire NOC will be
renewed every 5 years
8 Other changes will be
made after consultation
with 2 representatives of IMA
Donald Trump under arrest ahead
of historic court appearance in NY
First India Bureau
New York: Former
United States president
Donald Trump surren-
dered before the Man-
hattan grand jury in
New York as he faces
extraordinary criminal
charges that threaten to
derail his Republican
leader’s 2024 presiden-
tial campaign.
With this, Donald
Trump has become the
first former US presi-
dent to face criminal
charges. The sealed in-
dictment purportedly
charges the 76-year old
with more than 30
counts of corporate
fraud, the most serious
of which is allegedly
paying ‘hush money’ to
porn actress Stormy
Daniels. Hundreds of
Donald Trump sup-
porters and anti-
Trump protesters on
Tuesday swarmed the
streets around the
courthouse.
ARRAIGNMENT IN
HUSH MONEY CASE
‘Seems so SURREAL’,
Donald Trump tweets
before surrendering
COURT APPEARANCE
OF TRUMP ‘NOT A
FOCUS’ FOR BIDEN
President Joe Biden was
paying little attention
Tuesday to the arraign-
ment of his predecessor
Donald Trump in New
York on criminal charges,
the White House said.
Donald Trump

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2023
02
COLLECTORATE GHERAOED
CP Joshi, Rathore lead protest
against State Govt in Bhilwara
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: TheBJPpro-
tested against the poli-
cies of the State Govern-
ment on Tuesday
. The
Collectorate was gher-
aoed under the leader-
ship of BJP State Presi-
dent CP Joshi and Lead-
er of the Opposition
Rajendra Rathore. Dur-
ing this, everyone tried
to forcefully enter the
collectorate and the po-
lice used mild force and
water cannon on them.
All the MLAs and
thousands of workers
of the district partici-
pated in the rally. A
tight police guard was
deployed at the collec-
torate since morning. A
ruckus was created by
shouting slogans
againstthegovernment.
Addressing the Jan
Aakrosh meeting, CP
Joshi slammed the
Congress government.
“Congress government
has not been able to ful-
fill any of its promises.
Even now the Gehlot
government has piled
up announcements in
the budget. But it is not
known when this an-
nouncement will ben-
efit the public,” he
said. Joshi also raised
issue of increasing
crime in the State.
After the Aakrosh
Sabha, a memorandum
was submitted to the
Collector in the name
of the Governor.
CP Joshi, Rajendra Rathore submit memorandum to Collector Ashish Modi in Bhilwara on Tuesday.
Police use water cannon against BJP protesters as they try to
enter Collectorate building in Bhilwara on Tuesday.
Social Justice Dept
bags SKOCH Award
for various schemes
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Depart-
ment of Social Justice
was on Tuesday con-
ferred with the SKOCH
Award for the effective
implementation of the
Palanhar Scheme,
Scholarship and Kany-
adaan Scheme.
The department se-
curedonegoldawardfor
Palanhar Scheme and
two silver SKOCH
Awards for Scholarship
andKanyadaanScheme.
The programme was
held in New Delhi dur-
ing which Department
Secretary Dr Samit
Sharma and Director
Hari Mohan Meena
were also present.
The department also
got three orders of mer-
it certificates. The
award was handed over
to Minister Tikaram Ju-
lly by the officials.
Earlier, Rajasthan ac-
quired third position in
the country in the
SKOCH State of Gov-
ernance Report 2022.
The State was at the
15th position in 2021.
TheStateunderChief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
earned the distinction
for its responsive, trans-
parent, and accountable
governance model.
Rajasthan won 20
awards, including eight
Gold and 12 Silver. The
state performed very
well in 23 categories.
POONIA MEETS DHANKHAR IN NEW DELHI
Minister Tikaram Jully, Dr Samit Sharma and Hari Mohan Meena
receive SKOCH Award certificates in New Delhi on Tuesday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 22-year-old
youth sustained griev-
ous bullet injuries after
being shot by a couple
in the Sanganer area
on Saturday night. Po-
lice informed the vic-
tim has been identified
as Mohan Gurjar, a
resident of Dudu.
“The accused fired
gunshots at the victim
and fled from the spot.
Mohan sustained bullet
injuries in his jaw and
was rushed to Bagra
Hospital in Madram-
pura. Owing to critical
condition, he was re-
ferred to SMS Hospi-
tal,” police said.
“
AnFIRforanattempt
tomurderandArmsAct
has been filed against
the accused and the mat-
ter is being investigat-
ed,” police added.
Youth shot at
by couple in
Sanganer area
Jaipur (PTI): Two
brothers were killed af-
terbeingstruckbylight-
ning in Rajasthan’s Bi-
kaner district as light to
moderaterainfalllashed
severalpartsof thestate
in the last 24 hours, a
MeT department
spokesperson said.
The victims, Atmar-
am (19) and Tejaram (20)
were working in a field
in Gadhwala village
when they were struck
by lightning on Monday
.
According to the
MeT department,
Jhunjhunu’s Udaipur-
wati received 21 mm
rain, Paota in Jaipur 17
mm, Nagaur’s Parbat-
sar 15 mm, Ladnun 13
mm, Makrana 13 mm,
Degana, Jaipur’s Birat-
nagar and Jamwaram-
garh 11 mm each.
A drop in the maxi-
mum and minimum
temperature has been
recorded in most areas
of the state as the tem-
peratures were record-
ed below normal, the
spokesperson said.
Rains lash
parts of Raj,
lightning kills
2 in Bikaner
Raj to speed up exploration work of
precious minerals: Subodh Agarwal
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: ACS Mines, Pe-
troleum and PHED Sub-
odh Agarwal said that
along with exploration
and mining work of tra-
ditionalminerals,explo-
ration and mining work
of gold, precious and
semi-precious stones,
uranium, rare earth ele-
ments, potash will be
doneinthestate.Agraw-
al was addressing a vir-
tual session of officers
of Mining and Geology
Wing regarding the ex-
ploration, mining tech-
niquesinmineralsector,
including Rajasthan.
Agarwal said that in-
structions have been
given to speed up the
exploration of precious
minerals, including
Emerald, Ruby, Corun-
dum, Garnet, Amethyst.
He said that in view of
potential of these min-
erals in Bhilwara, Tonk,
Ajmer, Jaipur, Udaipur,
Dausa, Tonk, etc., the
exploration work will
be expanded. He said
that Rajasthan is a state
with abundant and rare
mineral resources.
MINES MEET
ACS Subodh Agarwal and other officials during the meeting.
Instructions
given for
exploration of
minerals,
including
Emerald, Ruby,
Corundum,
Garnet, Amethyst
Govt likely to
bring Bill for
groundwater
conservation
Water harvesting structures in
govt buildings in 17 dists soon
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Water harvest-
ing structures will be
made in Government
buildings on the basis
of feasibility in rural
areas of 17 districts
covered under Atal
Bhujal Yojana.
Along with this, inno-
vations will be promot-
ed for ground water con-
servation and recharge.
The decisions were
taken in a review meet-
ing of Atal Ground Wa-
ter Scheme chaired by
Additional Chief Sec-
retary, Public Health
Engineering and
Ground Water, Dr Sub-
odh Agarwal.
“Rain water harvest-
ing and conservation
structures will be built
in government build-
ings in rural areas of 17
districts which are cov-
ered under Atal Bhujal
Yojana,” he said.
The ACS asked all
the departments to use
the incentive amount
received under the
Atal Bhujal Yojana on
the work of innovation
in the field of water
conservation and
groundwater.
Jaipur (PTI): The Ra-
jasthan government is
working on a bill for the
constitution of a
“Groundwater Conser-
vation and Manage-
ment Authority” for the
proper use of ground-
water and the conveni-
ence of industrial units.
The move assumes
significance in the light
of the fact that more
than 72 per cent of the
water blocks in the de-
sert state have come un-
der the “over-exploited”
category due to exces-
sive water extraction
and a limited recharge
of groundwater.
The situation of de-
pleting groundwater
level has also raised con-
cerns for farmers.
According to farm-
ers, the government
should shift its focus to
addressing irrigation
water problems, frame
irrigation schemes and
effectively implement
projects such as the
Eastern Rajasthan Ca-
nal Project (ERCP).
RUSU General Secy office inaugurated
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: A cultural pro-
gramme was held at Ra-
jasthan University on
Tuesday during the in-
auguration of the office
of the General Secre-
tary of Rajasthan Uni-
versity Student Union
(RUSU), Arvind Jajra.
JMCG Mayor Dr
Somya, BJP General
Secretary (Organisa-
tion) Chandrashekar,
ABVP leader Arjun Ti-
wari, RU Vice-Chancel-
lor Rajiv Jain and other
leaders were also pre-
sent during the inaugu-
ration ceremony. Pun-
jabi singer Parvish
Verma gave his perfor-
mance during the cul-
tural event and en-
thralled the audience.
Parmish Verma gave
his performance for 25
minutes, during which,
a large number of stu-
dents were present.
Chandrashekhar, Dr Somya,
Arjun Tiwari, Rajiv Jain and
others during the inauguration
of RU General Secretary office.
Crowd gets uncontrollable, breaks chairs during singer Parmish
Verma’s performance. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
BJP State Chief
Joshi slammed Cong
Govt during the
Jan Akrosh meeting
ACS Subodh Agarwal, Shikhar Agarwal, Naveen Jain, Suraj Bhan Singh, Vinod Chaudhary and other
officials of various departments hold review meeting on Tuesday.
MICRO IRRIGATION
Youth Cong to send
postcards to Modi
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The youth con-
gress on Tuesday start-
ed a poster and post-
card campaign in the
PCC office. The youth
congress workers will
be sending lakhs of
post-cards to PM Nar-
endra Modi seeking an-
swers to three ques-
tions. Youth congress
leaders informed that
the postcard campaign
will be started from the
assembly constituen-
cies and about 3000 to
4000 postcards will be
sent from each assem-
bly constituency
. Prom-
inent youth leaders in-
cluding in charge Mo-
hammad Shahid, Ab-
himanyu Poonia, Sud-
hendra Mood, Rakesh
Meena, and Rahul
Khan were present dur-
ing the launching of
the campaign. The PM
will be questioned
about how Adani be-
came the 8th richest
person in the world.
Meanwhile, a Vehicle
rally was also organ-
ised in the city over the
disqualificaition of Ra-
hul Gandhi from the
Lok Sabha. Congress
workers in large num-
bers took part in the
rally that was flagged
off from Sanganer.
Congress workers carry out vehicle march at Sanganer Stadium
in Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
NEWS DIGEST
Jaipur: Retired IAS Ujjwal
Rathore has been appoint-
ed as advisor in the Jaipur
Development Authority for
a period of one year. Ra-
thore retired from the post
of JDA Secretary on March
31 and will now be given
a salary of fifty thousand
rupees per month.
Jaipur: The efforts of the
Director of Archeology Dr
Mahendra Singh Khadga-
wat has paid off as the US
government has approved
to return five idols. The
idols were stolen between
1965 and 1968 from
the Thaneshwar Mahadev
area of Udaipur. One
idol will be returned to
Rajasthan soon. The
remaining four idols will
be brought to Rajasthan
after some time following
the judicial process.
EX-IAS UJJWAL GETS
ADVISOR POST FOR
ONE YEAR IN JDA
US GOVT TO RETURN
DECADES-OLD
FIVE IDOLS TO RAJ
Victim Mohan Gurjar
POSTER, VEHICLE RALLIES HELD

RAJASTHAN
03
RIGHT TO HEALTHY RAJ
AS DOCS GET OLIVE BRANCH AFTER 17 DAYS
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Before the con-
sensus was reached be-
tween the government
and the doctors on Tues-
day, the doctors held a
massive rally from
starting from Residents
Hostel Ground SMS
Medical College via
Gokhale Hostel Road
via Tonk Road, Maha-
rani College Tiraha,
Ashok Marg, Rajput
Sabha Bhavan, Panch
Batti, MI Road, SMS
Medical College via
Ajmeri Gate, New Gate,
and the Albert Hall.
Teams of doctors
from Haryana, Ghazi-
abad and Uttar Pradesh
also came to join the
protest against the
Right to Health Act.
Medical Education
department principal
secretary T Ravikanth
and the representatives
of the Indian Medical
Association (IMA),
United Private Clinics'
Hospitals' Associa-
tion of Rajasthan (UP-
CHAR) and Private Hos-
pitals and Nursing
Homes Society (PHNS)
discussed and agreed
on various points.
An agreement with
the government has
been made. Private hos-
pitals that have not tak-
en subsidy from the
government have been
exempted from the new
law. We have converted
our rally into a 'Vijay
Rally', said Dr Vijay
Kapoor, Secretary of
Private Hospitals and
Nursing Homes Society
(PHNHS).
Before calling off the strike, the doctors took out the huge protest rally in the city leading to traffic snarls on Tuesday. View captured at the Ramniwas Bagh. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Jairam Ramesh
@Jairam_Ramesh
Rajasthan’s Chiranjeevi
health insurance
scheme has been
a model to rest of
country. Now it
becomes 1st state
to make a legally
enforceable Right
to Health a reality!
This is a direct result
of #BharatJodoYatra
where it was discussed
by @RahulGandhi @
ashokgehlot51
Jaipur: The doctors’
bodies were divided over
withdrawal of the strike.
There was fierce argument
between the two groups
in the GBM held at the
JMA on Tuesday. Many
doctors left the meeting
and came out. The owners
of hospitals operated on
PPP mode opposed the
agreement. The owners
of hospitals taking land
from the government at
a concessional rate also
expressed displeasure.
—Ziauddin Khan
Kota: Health Minister
Parsadi Lal Meena on
Tuesday said in Kota
that there has been an
agreement between the
government and the
doctors to implement the
agreements. “Rajasthan is
such a state in the whole
country where the Right
to Health Bill is passed. As
soon as the approval of
the Governor is received,
we will make rules and
implement them in the
entire state,” he said.
—Bhanwar S Charan
RUCKUS BREAKS
OUT IN GBM AT JMA
‘RAJ BECAME FIRST
STATE WITH RTH’
Now2nd
judgewithdrawsfrom
hearingpleaof MinShekhawat
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: In the petition
filed for quashing FIR
against Union Minister
Gajendra S Shekhawat
in the Sanjivani Credit
Cooperative Society
scam,thehearingdidnot
taken place in the HC
even on Tuesday
.
The petition on item
no.181waslistedincourt
of HC Justice Praveer
Bhatnagar who made an
exception while refusing
to hear petition.AAG
Anil Joshi and Special
Counsel Siddharth Lu-
thra kept the side on be-
half of the govt. Su-
preme Court advocates
M Jethmalani Dhiren-
dra Daspa presented on
behalf of Shekhawat.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan is
going to get its fifth ti-
ger reserve in near fu-
ture. The forest depart-
ment has taken another
step in this direction.
A committee of high
officials of the Depart-
ment has reached Dhol-
pur and Karauli to
study and spot the pro-
posed Tiger Reserve.
The committee will
visit the proposed Tiger
Reserve for three days
and will submit a report
by April 6.
An official announce-
ment will be made re-
garding the Tiger Re-
serve only after getting
permissionfromNTCA.
CCF of Ranthambore
Tiger Project Seduram
Yadav, CCF of Chambal
Gharial Sanctuary Anil
Yadav, CF of Karauli
Ramanand Bhakar, CF
of Dholpur Kishore
Gupta,CFBundiSuresh
Mishra, CF, Bharatpur,
and retired ACF and
NTCA representative
Daulat Singh Shakta-
wat will visit the pro-
posed Tiger Reserve.
Ajmer: Suspended AdSP
Divya Mittal was produced
before an NDPS Court on
Tuesday and sent on 14 days
of judicial custody. Divya
Mittal was taken on police
remand for three days, which
ended on Tuesday. Special
Public Prosector Rajendra
Rathore informed that a bail
application has been filed by
the counsel of Divya Mittal
and the same will be taken
up for hearing on April 5.
—Shubham Jain
SUSPENDED AdSP DIVYA
MITTAL SENT IN JUDICIAL
CUSTODY FOR 14 DAYS
Team reaches Karauli, Dholpur to
prepare report for 5th
tiger reserve
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The hardwork
and deliberations of
senior bureaucrats,
over the past fifteen
days, have finally paid
dividends as the doc-
tors, agitating against
the RTH, have finally
come to an agreement
with the government
and the agitation has
ended. Under the lead-
ership of Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma, the
team of ACS (Finance)
Akhil Arora, Principal
Secretary to CM Kul-
deep Ranka, Principal
Secretary Medical Edu-
cation T. Ravikanth,
Secretary Finance Nar-
esh Thakral, displayed
immense tact, will and
commitment to bring to
fruition CM Ashok Ge-
hlot’s dream.
The night of April 3
proved to be decisive
when T. Ravikanth held
a meeting with doctors
from 10 PM onwards
and both the parties
came to an agreement
at 2 AM. Thereafter, Ra-
vikanth took all the doc-
tors to CS Usha Shar-
ma’s residence and
woke her up. Thereaf-
ter, yet another round
of discussion occurred
in presence of CS and at
4:30 AM, one dozen doc-
tors signed on an agree-
ment while T. Ravi-
kanth signed as repre-
sentative of the govern-
ment. Everyone took a
sigh of relief and final-
ly, early morning Chief
Minister was informed
about the agreement.
One doctor, who was
spearheading the agita-
tion, had not reached in
the night, but he too
signed on the dotted
line in the morning.
In reality, this team
of senior bureaucrats
had been working to
solve the issue since
March 20. During this
time, CS Usha Sharma
chaired important mar-
athon meetings at least
8-10 times in her cham-
bers in the Secretariat.
Once she called doctors
as well for discussion.
Along with T. Ravi-
kanth, Akhil Arora too
held meetings with the
agitating doctors. While
Arora played the role of
chief strategist, Kul-
deep Ranka played the
role of an effective advi-
sor and CM’s commu-
nique. CS Usha Sharma
gave direction to the ef-
forts while ensuring
optimum coordination.
Moreover, T. Ravikanth
and Naresh Thakral
played the role of field
worker. These officers
gathered at CM’s resi-
dence at night as well
and informed CM
Ashok Gehlot of the
progress while receiv-
ing directions from CM.
Couple of times, these
briefings took place af-
ter CM returned from
his state wide tour, late
in the night.
A junior officer also
needs to be named here.
He is PS of Health Min-
ister Parsadi Lal Meena
— Bachnesh Agrawal
(RAS). He played a vital
role in gathering impor-
tant information and to
gather records. Thus,
CM Gehlot can be proud
of the fact that this
team has successfully
navigated the tricky de-
liberations and ensured
that the people of the
state get the benefit of
the RTH Bill.
GEHLOT’S SUPER OFFICIALS: The team players behind‘Right To Health’ victory!
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A 15-year-old
minor boy allegedly
committed suicide by
jumping into a water
tank in Jodhpur after
losing money in online
money
. Police informed
deceased has been iden-
tified as Yogesh, a class
9 student.
“The boy used to play
online gambling game
rummy and had report-
edly lost `40K. Yogesh
even stole `28K to repay
the borrowed money
. He
left home on March 31
but did not return. Lat-
er, a missing person re-
port was filed in Luni,”
policesaid.“OnMonday
morning, his body was
recovered from a water
tank built in a nearby
temple. It is believed
that Yogesh took the ex-
treme step after losing
money in the game and
the matter is being
probed,” police added.
Boy ends life after losing
money in online gaming
CM Gehlot getting tremendous public support over RTH may help
Cong to seal victory in Assembly elections scheduled in Dec ’23
The end of doctor’s agitation can be seen as moral victory for CM
Gehlot as he did not bow down and amicable resolution reached
Usha Sharma Akhil Arora Kuldeep Ranka T. Ravikanth Naresh Thakral

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selection of news under the PRB Act
It’s heartbreaking to hear
about the loss of lives in
the avalanche that struck
the Nathula Pass region
of Sikkim. My deepest
condolences to the
bereaved families. May
they find the strength to
overcome this tragedy.
I pray for a speedy
recovery for those who
were injured.
Jagat Prakash
Nadda @JPNadda SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The light shines in
the darkness, and
the darkness has not
overcome it.
—Bible
TOP
TWEETS
‘Shri Ramcharitmanas’
composed by great poet
Tulsidas ji is a mirror of Hindu
faith in Lord Shri Ram and an
invaluable treasure of Indian
culture. It is the need of the day
that this beautiful story of Ram
should be heard somewhere
in the public language Hindi
and Shri Dheeraj Bhatnagar’s
efforts in this direction are
commendable.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
RAM NAVAMI PROCESSIONS MARRED BY VIOLENCE, ARSON ACROSS STATES
HOWRAH CLASHES, SAGARDIGHI A
PRECURSOR TO PANCHAYAT POLLS?
In West Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat, incidents of stone peltings were reported to have triggered
communal tension around the Ram Navami celebrations. Both police and the public were injured in the clashes
hen we deliberate on the recent
clashes in West Bengal over
Ramnavami, we need to discuss
at length on the recent Sagar-
dighi bypoll this year and the
forthcoming blockbuster Pan-
chayat polls. The Sagardighi by-
poll was necessitated following
the death of the sitting Trina-
mool MLA, Subrata Saha, who
had won the seat by defeating his
BJP rival by 50,206 votes in 2021.
However, in 2023 the Sagar-
dighi poll results astounded one
and all and even the hardcore
political analysts were stunned.
In a political surprise, Congress
candidate Bairon Biswas,
backed by the Left, had won the
Sagardighi Assembly bypoll in
2023 by a margin of 22,986 votes
on Thursday, defeating Trina-
mool’s Debasish Banerjee in a
constituency that has around 65
per cent minority population
and whose support contributed
to the ruling party’s stellar per-
formance in the 2021 Assembly
elections!
While Bairon became the
“Lord of Polls”, his win also en-
sured Congress’ representation
in the Bengal Assembly, as the
party had failed to win a seat in
the 2021 assembly polls… and
mind you, the bypoll result has
relegated the BJP to a distant
third. Though this episode was
mentioned in national media,
the poll mechanics behind this
new script was not quite elabo-
rated in the national media.
For the Trinamool, this sort
of a bypoll result being an-
nounced just before the high-
profile panchayat polls is reason
enough to worry Nabanna as
minorities still form the core
support base of TMC. Congress’
Adhir Chowdhury claimed that
Sagardighi’s outcome proved
the disenchantment of Muslims
with Mamata and that she was
not invincible.
And now with the Ramnava-
mi clashes in Howrah, the rul-
ing TMC has stepped up its out-
reach towards the Muslim un-
derstandably following the Sa-
gardighi bypoll outcome. And as
it happens in Indian politics,
soon after the clashes both par-
ties traded several charges over
the violence. While the TMC
blamed the BJP for provocation
to serve its political agenda, the
BJP accused the state govern-
ment of “selective (anti-Hindu)
bias” in handling the intense
situation.
“They (BJP leaders) have
hired goons from outside the
state to orchestrate communal
riots. Nobody has stopped their
processions, but they do not
have the right to march with
swords and bulldozers. How did
they get the audacity to do this
in Howrah?” Mamata said, add-
ingthatrouteshadbeenchanged
“to particularly target and at-
tack one community”.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal
administration is also a worried
lot following the clashes. How-
rah had seen similar clashes on
Ramnavami last year. However,
a day before the festival, the CM
had warned that any type of
communal incitement in the
name of ‘Ramnavami’ would
not be tolerated.
Following the Sagardighi epi-
sode, TMC is wary of the fact
that minority votes may be slip-
ping away from its grip. In the
past, during so many elections,
though it was seen that the TMC
had gained seats in all minority
areas where traditionally the
CPI(M) and Congress were
strong, a slip in the minority
vote will certainly hit the TMC
fortunes.
Following the loss in the mi-
nority-dominated Sagardighi
bypoll – a seat TMC had held for
years – Mamata has immediate-
ly shuffled the key Muslim lead-
ership in the party and an-
nounced a separate develop-
ment board for minorities. For
the ruling party, the most con-
cerning takeaway from the by-
election was the fall in its vote
share from 50.95 per cent in the
2021 Assembly polls to 34.94 per
cent. That the vote share plum-
meted in an Assembly seat with
almost 63 per cent of Muslims
indicates that a major chunk of
the minority community’s votes
went against it.
Following last year’s violence,
the CPI(M) had held a peace
rally in Howrah, but while local
TMC leaders had visited, the
senior leadership stayed away.
Meanwhile, both the CPI(M) and
BJP have accused the ruling
party of bias after the West Ben-
gal BJP chief, Sukanta Majum-
dar, was stopped from meeting
victims of Shibpur violence in
Howrah on Sunday
. “The CM is
working not for all but for only
people of one religion,” he said.
CPI(M) leader Sujan
Chakraborty said, “Either the
violence was an intelligence
failure, or the TMC and BJP are
in this together to communally
polarise society… But we will
fight it and will not allow com-
munal politics in Bengal.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
W
For the Trinamool, this
sort of a bypoll result being
announced just before the
high-profile panchayat
polls is reason enough to
worry Nabanna as
minorities still form the
core support base of TMC.
Congress’ Adhir
Chowdhury claimed that
Sagardighi’s outcome
proved the disenchantment
of Muslims with CM
Mamata Banerjee and that
she was not invincible
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
14 INJURED AND OVER 20 ARRESTED
AFTER RAM NAVAMI CLASH IN BIHAR
ver 20 people were arrested after a clash broke out in Nalanda
district of Bihar between two groups following a Ram Navami pro-
cession on March 31, a police official said on Saturday. 14 people
were injured in the incident, according to doctors at a Nalanda
hospital. The clash broke out on the 10th day of Ram Navami celebrations
near Gagan Diwan under the Laheri Police Station area in Biharsharif, which
is the district headquarters of Nalanda. Some in the crowd pelted stones
and set around half a dozen vehicles ablaze. Meanwhile, Bihar government
has extended the suspension of internet services till April 4 in the Nalanda
district following violence during Ram Navami festivities, an official said.
O
MEANWHILE, CLASHES ALSO SEEN
IN GUJARAT AND MAHARASHTRA...
imilarly, in Gujarat’s Vadodara, people allegedly pelted stones dur-
ing a procession in the Fatehpura area on Ram Navami. At least
22 people have been caught in connection with the incident. This
was the second such violent incident on the same day. Before this,
a stone-pelting incident occurred during a procession in the Kumbharwada
area of Vadodara. Whereas, in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, 56 people
were arrested in connection with reported clashes over music being played
outside a mosque while Namaz was going on, the police said. The police
officials also arrested over 20 persons in connection to a clash that broke
out between two communities in Mumbai’s Malad area.
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INDIA
05
FIGHT AGAINST TERROR
26/11 Mumbai attacks terrorists should
be brought to justice: Israel Speaker
‘Koylekidalali
meinhaathkaala’
‘CONGRESS FILES’ EPISODE 3
New Delhi (ANI): The
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) on Tuesday re-
leased the third episode
of ‘Congress Files’, at-
tacking the UPA gov-
ernment over the al-
leged coal scam worth
Rs 1,86,000.
In the video, BJP
came down hard on the
Congress, alleging dis-
crepancies in the alloca-
tion of coal mines dur-
ing the UPA tenure. The
official Twitter handle
of the BJP posted the
video titled, ‘Koyle ki
dalali mein haath kaa-
la’, tagging it with the
message, “Watch in the
third episode of Con-
gress Files, The story of
blackened ‘hand’ in coal
brokerage”.
“You all must have
heard the proverb
‘Koyle ki dalali mein
haath kaala’. But it’s
not just a proverb, it is
also the truth. In the
2012 coal scam, it was
not just the hands but
also the face of the then
UPA government that
got blackened,” the BJP
stated in the video.
The party alleged
that coal , which is an
important natural in-
strument in the econo-
my, became a victim of
corruption.
“When Manmohan
Singh became the
Prime Minister for the
second time, he made
many promises, How-
ever, during his tenure,
instead of his promises,
it was the corruption on
his watch that made the
headlines,” the BJP
added in the video.
BJP claimed further
that the “coal scam” re-
sulted in a loss of Rs
1,86,000 crore to the na-
tional exchequer.
“During 2004-2009,
about 100 companies
were allocated coal
mines without any auc-
tion violating the rules.
This scam resulted in a
loss of around Rs
1,86,000 for the country
.
The CAG had also
pointed out the wrong
allocation of coal
mines,” the BJP stated.
Bengaluru (ANI):
Karnataka CM Basa-
varaj Bommai on
Tuesday said the
BJP’s Parliamentary
Board would finalise
and release the list of
candidates for the up-
coming Assembly
polls in the state on
April 8. The Chief
Minister said that the
selection of the candi-
dates has been done
based on winnability.
Karnataka will go to
polls on May 10 and
the counting of votes
will be done on
May 13.
“The selection of
candidates had been
done based on reality
and winnability
. The
state-committee meet-
ing will be held for two
daysstartingtoday
,and
after the meeting, the
list of candidates will
besenttothehighcom-
mand.Thesamewillbe
vetted on April 8 and
released on the same
day
,” he said.
K’taka polls: BJP
candidates’ list
likely on April 8
Karnataka CM Bommai addresses media on Tuesday.
A screengrab of the video clip. —FILE PHOTO
MY STATEMENT WAS
DISTORTED, CLAIMS
SIDDARAMAIAH
AHEAD OF K’TAKA
POLLS, EX-CONG
MLA JOINS BJP
New Delhi: Clarifying on
his supposed declaration
of being the Congress’s
chief ministerial candi-
date in Karnataka polls,
ex-CM Siddaramaiah on
Tuesday said he was only
an ‘aspirant’ for the post.
Siddaramaiah claimed his
statement was distorted
as it will be the state’s
time-honoured democrat-
ic system which will elect
the next chief minister.
Bengaluru: Ex-Congress
MLA Nandihalli Halappa
and a noted ophthalmol-
ogist Dr Appaji Gowda,
who is aspiring for a
ticket to contest the
upcoming election from
Kanakapura against
Congress state chief DK
Shivakumar, joined the
BJP on Tuesday. BJP
state president Nalin
Kumar Kateel welcomed
them in the party fold.
The BJP has alleged
discrepancies in coal
mines allocation in UPA rule
Ruling party alleges
that coal became a
victim of corruption
You all must have heard the proverb
‘Koyle ki dalali mein haath kaala’. But
it’s not just a proverb, it is also the
truth. In the 2012 coal scam, it was not just
the hands but also the face of the then UPA
government that got blackened.
—Bharatiya Janata Party
PM Narendra Modi calls for integrated response to disasters
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
underlined the need for
an integrated response
to disasters, saying dis-
aster in one region can
have a big impact on a
completely different re-
gion in a closely con-
nected world.
In his video address
at the International
Conference on Disaster
Resilient Infrastructure
2023, he noted that 40
countries have become
part of the Coalition for
Disaster Resilient Infra-
structure in a few years.
The conference has
become an important
platform for advanced
and developing econo-
mies, large and small
countries, and the glob-
al north and global
south to come together
ononeplatform,hesaid.
Modi said infrastruc-
ture is not merely about
returns but also about
reach and resilience. In-
frastructure should
leave none behind and
should serve people, in-
cluding in times of cri-
sis, he added, stressing
on having a holistic
view of infrastructure.
Social and digital in-
frastructure is as im-
portant as transport
infrastructure, he said.
Recent disasters are a
reminder of the scale of
challenges facing the
world, he said while
noting the incidents of
heat wave which had hit
India and Europe, cy-
clones and also recent
earthquake in Turkiye
and Syria.
The CDRI arose from
a global vision that in a
closely connected world
the impact of disasters
will not just be local, the
Prime Minister said.
PM Narendra Modi virtually addresses International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure,
in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KASHI TAMIL SANGAMAM INSPIRED ME TO
STRENGTHEN NATION’S UNITY, SAYS MODI
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has re-
plied to people from Tamil Nadu who wrote to him shar-
ing their experiences of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam held
in Varanasi in November last year, and said the event has
inspired him to intensify efforts to further strengthen the
nation’s unity. The prime minister had last November in-
augurated the ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ — a month-long
programme in Varanasi — whose objective was to cele-
brate, reaffirm and rediscover the age-old links between
Tamil Nadu and Kashi. Enthused by hundreds of letters
written to him by people from Tamil Nadu sharing their
experiences at the Sangamam at Varanasi, Modi has
written to them and described them as flagbearers of
‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.Modi has written about his
happiness to note that people got an opportunity to learn
about Kashi’s culture and its people from close quarters
through this programme. The PM said the manner in
which the beauty of Tamil language and the rich culture
of Tamil Nadu was celebrated in Kashi was wonderful.
Shimla (PTI): The
Himachal Assembly
witnessed uproarious
scenes on Tuesday as
Opposition BJP raised
slogans and staged a
walkout after the speak-
er refused to allow a dis-
cussion on the alleged
removal of outsourced
employees in govern-
ment departments. The
BJP has claimed that
many outsourced em-
ployees in various govt
departments have been
removed, but the govt
has denied it. Only
those whose contract
expires have been re-
moved, officials said.
As soon as the House
assembled, Speaker
Kuldeep Pathania said
a notice for adjourn-
ment motion has been
received from some BJP
members demanding a
debate on the issue.
Himachal: BJP
stages walkout
in Assembly
Mumbai (PTI): Isra-
el’s Knesset (parlia-
ment) Speaker Amir
Ohana on Tuesday
said the perpetrators
who sent terrorists for
26/11 terror attacks in
Mumbai should be
brought to justice.
Talking to media at
Nariman House, a
Chabad House that wit-
nessed a terror attack
in November 2008, Oha-
na said terror does not
differentiate between
religion and race.
“We have yet to con-
clude this (26/11) ter-
ror event because we
are still waiting for
those who sent the ter-
rorists to be brought to
justice…the perpetra-
tors,” Ohana said with-
out naming Pakistan.
During the attack at
Nariman House in
south Mumbai, Paki-
stani terrorists killed
rabbi Gavriel Holtz-
berg and his wife Riv-
ka Holtzberg besides
four visitors. The two-
year-old son of the
rabbi, baby Moshe, sur-
vived after being res-
cued by his Indian
nanny, Sandra Samuel.
“Everyone who took
part in this terrible
terror attack should be
brought to justice.
This is a major part of
counter-terrorism.
First, we need to pre-
vent (the attack), but
once we don’t succeed
to prevent, everyone
needs to be brought to
justice,” Ohana said.
Ten terrorists from
Pakistan launched ter-
ror attacks on Mumbai
on November 26, 2008,
that lasted for four
days, killing 166 people
and injuring more than
300. Nine of the ten ter-
rorists were also killed.
Ohana also said Jews
have been living in In-
dia for centuries but
they never experienced
hatred, or anti-semi-
tism, which is very
unique. Ohana said as
the speaker of the
Knesset, he chose India
as a country to visit.
Israel’s Knesset (parliament) Speaker Amir Ohana. —FILE PHOTO
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INDIA
06
Rioterswillnotgoscot-free,saysMamata
Digha (PTI): West Ben-
gal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Tuesday accused the
BJP of organising vio-
lence during Ram Nava-
mi processions and as-
serted that she would
not let any rioter go
scot-free and warned
that strict action would
be taken against “dang-
abaaz” (rioters).
Addressing a rally in
Purba Medinipur dis-
trict, Banerjee also
took a dig at Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah without naming
him and pointed out
that BJP had said if it
comes to power in Bi-
har, it would hang riot-
ers “upside down” and
wondered why such ac-
tion was not being tak-
en against “their
‘goondas’”.
Clashes were report-
ed in Hooghly and How-
rah districts during
Ram Navami proces-
sions over the last few
days.
“The BJP is behind
the violence in Hooghly
and Howrah. They had
brought in hired ‘goon-
das’ from other states to
unleash violence in
Bengal, which is not in
our culture. They are
defaming the Hindu re-
ligion by pitting one
community against an-
other. But rioters have
no religion, they are
just political goons. I ap-
peal to everyone to
maintain calm,” she
said.
Taking a dig at Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, without naming
him, she said, “The BJP
said if the party comes
to power in Bihar, it
would hang rioters up-
side down. Then why
are they not doing that
to their `goondas’ who
are fomenting trouble
in Bengal? Charity be-
gins at home.”
Shah had made the
remark during a recent
public rally in the
Nawada district of Bi-
har, which has also wit-
nessed communal
clashes during Ram
Navami.
BENGAL CM ALLEGES BJP IS BEHIND RAM NAVAMI VIOLENCE IN HOOGHLY HOWRAH
STRICT ACTION AGAINST INCITERS OF
RAM NAVAMI VIOLENCE: BENGAL GUV
New Delhi (Agencies): West Bengal Governor Dr
CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday said strict action will
be taken against the wrongdoers involved in the
Ram Navami violence. “We will never allow forces
of darkness to take society to ransom. We will take
strict action against wrongdoers. People have a
right to peacefully living, that right will be estab-
lished at any cost,” the WB governor said. The Cen-
tre and the state government will work together to
root out mobocracy and there will be “solid action”
on the part of law enforcement agencies, he said.
HOME MINISTRY
SEEKS REPORT
OVER VIOLENCE
THAKUR HITS OUT
AT DIDI, NITISH
OVER VIOLENCE
New Delhi (Agencies): The
Home Ministry has sought
a report from the Bengal
government over the
spate of violence and the
deteriorating law and order
situation in the state. This
comes after the BJP’s Ben-
gal chief, Sukanta, wrote to
Home Minister Amit Shah
about the “recent violence
perpetrated on the Ram
Bhaktas, general Hindu
people and our leaders
and workers during Ram
Navami processions”.
New Delhi (PTI): Union
Minister Anurag Thakur on
Tuesday launched a fresh
attack on WB CM Mamata
Banerjee and her Bihar
counterpart Nitish Kumar
over incidents of violence
on Ram Navami, accus-
ing them of indulging in
“appeasement politics” for
minority votes. Such kind
of vote bank politics cre-
ates problems and poses
many challenges before the
country, the Information
Broadcasting minister said.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sukanta Majumdar and party members sit as they
were blocked by police forces at Dankuni on their way to visit the Ram Navami unrest and meet
the affected families, in Hooghly on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
ONE CAN’T EVEN TAKE OUT RELIGIOUS
PROCESSIONS IN PEACE, SAYS THAKUR
New Delhi (ANI): At a time when PM Narendra
Modi has been urging world peace, saying it is not
an era of war, two Opposition-ruled states are suf-
fering violence and chaos during festivities, Union
Minister Anurag Thakur said on Tuesday, hitting out
at the Bihar and Bengal governments. “Two coun-
tries in the world are involved in a military conflict
currently. But that’s a different issue. In our country,
it’s only in Bihar and Bengal where the situation has
worsened to such levels that one can’t take out a
religious procession in peace,” the minister said.
MAN SEEN CARRYING WEAPON AT RAM
NAVAMI RALLY IN HOWRAH ARRESTED
Bihar (ANI): West Bengal Police have arrested a 19-year-
old for allegedly brandishing a weapon during a Ram
Navami procession in Howrah. The accused identified as
Sumit Shaw, who was seen in a video that is now viral
on social media was arrested from Bihar’s Munger last
night, Howrah police said today. According to police, the
accused is a resident of Salkia
in Howrah and had been ab-
sconding since the incident. “I
can only say that West Bengal
police arrested one person.
Now after court permission,
they will take on transit the
arrested man,” said Munger
Superintendent of Police Jagunath Reddy Jalareddy. The
police official said that the accused would first be taken to
the Sadar Hospital for a medical examination. Meanwhile,
Kunal Ghosh, State General Secretary of the Trinamool
Congress said that the violence was a plot of the Bharatiya
Janta Party (BJP) to create unrest in West Bengal.
TARIQ MANSOOR
RESIGNS AS AMU
VICE-CHANCELLOR
Aligarh (ANI): A day
after getting nominat-
ed as a member of the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative
Council, Vice-Chancellor of
Aligarh Muslim University
(AMU) Tariq Mansoor
resigned from the post on
Tuesday. Pro Vice-Chancel-
lor, Professor Mohammad
Gulrez will officiate as the
Vice-Chancellor till another
Vice-Chancellor is appoint-
ed, as per a notification
issued by AMU Registrar
Mohammad Imran.
MAN STABBED AND
ROBBED AFTER HE
REFUSES TO STEAL
New Delhi (ANI): A man
was stabbed and robbed by
three men after he refused
to help them in stealing a
scooty near Bahadurgarh
road on Monday, said
police. The victim has been
identified as Sameer. The
accused were identified as
Ishaan, Aamaan and Anas
and both parties know each
other, said the police. The
accused asked the victim
to help them steal a scooty
but when he refused, they
started threatening him.
GAMBLING RACKET
BUSTED IN DELHI,
12 ARRESTED
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi
police busted a gambling
syndicate in Geeta Colony
and arrested 12 persons.
Police also seized over Rs
20,000 cash, 10 mobiles
and other gambling
materials from the arrested
accused. Based on a tip-off
that a person identified as
Sunny was running a ‘Satta’
operation in Geeta Colony,
police conducted a raid on
April 1 and nabbed 12 from
the site, DCP Shahdara
Rohit Meena said.
POLICE SEIZES 20K
YABA TABLETS
WORTH `40 LAKH
Karimganj Assam (ANI):
Police seized 20,000 Yaba
tablets worth `40 lakh in
Assam’s Karimganj district
along the Indo-Bangladesh
border. Police also appre-
hended two persons. Gi-
tartha Dev Sarma, Deputy
Superintendent of Police
of Karimganj district said
that, based on inputs, a
police team of Karimganj
district on Monday night
launched an operation at
a house in the Pirerchowk
Chandsrikona area.
NEARLY 14 LAKH APPLICATIONS FOR CUET-
UG, MAXIMUM FOR DELHI UNIVERSITY
New Delhi (PTI): Nearly 14 lakh applications have been
received for the Common University Entrance Test-Under-
graduate (CUET-UG) this year, registering a 41% increase
from the debut edition last year, as per UGC Chairman M
Jagadesh Kumar. CUET-UG remains the second largest
entrance exam in the country in terms of applicants. The
maximum number of applications for CUET-UG have been
received for Delhi University, followed by Banaras Hindu
University and Allahabad University.
CRUCIAL READ
77% prisoners in
jails ‘undertrials’:
India Justice Report
New Delhi (ANI): Only
22 per cent of the pris-
on population are con-
victs while 77 per cent
are ‘undertrials’ or peo-
ple awaiting the com-
pletion of investigation
or trial, the latest data
published in the India
Justice Report (IJR)
2022 has revealed.
The report found that
the number of under-
trials is the highest it’s
been since 2010, having
nearly doubled from 2.4
lakh in 2010 to 4.3 lakh
in 2021: an increase of
78 per cent.
“With the exception
of Andaman and Nico-
bar Islands, Arunachal
Pradesh, Mizoram,
Tripura, and Madhya
Pradesh, the undertri-
al population of all
states and Union Ter-
ritories (UTs) exceeds
60 per cent,” the India
Justice Report (IJR)
2022 added.
‘NO STATE MET
ALL 3 QUOTAS
FOR SC, ST, OBC’
New Delhi (ANI): None
of the states have been
able to meet all 3 quo-
tas for SC, ST and OBC
positions in Judiciary at
the subordinate/district
court level, the 2022
India Justice Report
informed. The report
added that only 13%
of subordinate court
judges are women. The
report mentioned that
Karnataka remains the
only state to consist-
ently meet its quota
for SC, ST and OBC
positions, both among
police officers and the
constabulary. However,
it pointed out that in
the Judiciary, at the
Subordinate/District
Court level, no state
met all three quotas.
K’TAKA TOPS, UTs IN PROVIDING ACCESS TO
JUSTICE, 4 SOUTHERN STATES IN BEST FIVE
New Delhi(PTI): Karnataka tops the list of states and Union
Territories in providing access to justice and three other
southern states figure among the best five, according to
the India Justice Report 2022. The IJR, which was released
here on Tuesday, said except for Delhi and Chandigarh, no
state or union territory spends more than one per cent of
its total annual expenditure on judiciary where the vacancy
of judges in high courts stands at 30 per cent. The IJR, an
initiative of the Tata Trusts was launched in 2019.
NIA inspects
train coaches
at Kannur after
fire incident
Kannur (ANI): Nation-
al Investigation Agency
(NIA) on Tuesday in-
spected the train coach-
es of Alappuzha-Kan-
nur executive train
stopped at Kannur Rail-
way station after the re-
cent train fire incident
in Kozhikode district.
The NIA team arrived
in Kozhikode’s Elathur
and went to Kannur to
inspect the coaches. Bo-
gie numbers D1 and D2,
inside which the inci-
dent happened, of Alap-
puzha - Kannur execu-
tive train halted at Kan-
nur railway station
were inspected.
After the incident,
the two bogies were
sealed by the police. A
team of two officers in-
spected the train. A
team from Railway Pro-
tection Force also ac-
companied the NIA
team for the inspection.
Easwara Rao, Inspec-
tor General of Railway
Protection Force said,
“This is an unfortunate
incident. We are review-
ing the security gaps.
We need to install CCT-
Vs in coaches and small-
er railway stations.”
Reconstruction of famous Ghanta
Ghar in full swing in the Valley
Srinagar (ANI): The
Jammu and Kashmir
administration has tak-
en the initiative to re-
construct the historic
Ganta Ghar as part of
plans to mould Srina-
gar into a smart city
.
Commissioner of Sri-
nagar Municipal Cor-
poration (SMC), Athar
Amin Khan, said the
renovation is on in full
swing and is being done
with latest technology
.
“The work of renova-
tion is going on in full
swing to make this Gan-
ta Ghar beautiful. It is
being renovated with
the latest technology.
Once renovated, the
Ganta Ghar will get
new time clocks, new
roof decoration, new
technology display for
important updates and
new technology of in-
formation where people
can see all this informa-
tion,” he said.
Locals appreciated
the initiative saying it
will attract tourists and
boost the economy in
the Lal Chowk area.
“Ghanta Ghar is the
main attraction for
tourists and locals in
main Srinagar city. Its
reconstruction will en-
hance tourist inflow,
which, in turn, will
boost the economy in
the Lal chowk area,”
said a local.
Earlier, on March 31,
the Ministry of Urban
Development launched
the Smart City Mission,
wherein 100 cities were
selected for renewal and
retrofitting to promote
cities that provide core
infrastructure, provide
a decent quality of life
to their citizens, and ap-
ply smart solutions to
improve services and
infrastructure.
Newly married
groom, his bro
die after wedding
gift explodes
Kawardha (PTI): A
newly married man and
his elder brother were
killed and four others
injured after a home
theatre music system
they had received as
wedding gift exploded
in their house in Chhat-
tisgarh’s Kabirdham
district, police on Tues-
day said adding that
prima facie it seems an
explosive was planted
in the electronic device.
The incident took
place in Chamari vil-
lage when the groom
was trying to switch on
the music system, the
police said. The impact
of the explosion led to
the collapse of walls
and roof of the room
where the music system
was kept, as per police.
Delhi LG reviews progress of work in situ
rehabilitation project and Vaishnavi park
New Delhi (ANI):
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena on Tuesday
reviewed the progress
of work on the ambi-
tious in situ rehabilita-
tion project at Jailor-
wala Bagh and the ad-
joining world-class
nursery Vaishnavi be-
ing developed by DDA
in North Delhi.
In line with the “Ja-
han Jhuggi Wahin
Makaan” scheme of
DDA, the Jailorwala
Bagh in situ rehabilita-
tion project is replete
with all modern ameni-
ties. During the onsite
inspection of works un-
dertaken till now, LG
Saxena was informed
that about 95% works
on the total 1,675 flats
meant for rehabilita-
tion of slum dwellers,
had been completed and
remaining works will
be completed by May 30,
2023 will be ready for
allotment by June 2023.
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena
Renovation work of the Ghanta Ghar is underway ahead of the G20
meeting, at Lal Chowk, in Srinagar on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Indian Army apprehends an armed ULFA (1) cadre
Sayan Chatterjee
New Delhi: Indian
Army, in a joint opera-
tion with Assam Police,
apprehended one cadre
and a linkman of the
ULFA(I) outfit this
week. Spear Corps War-
riors operated on a spe-
cific input about the
movement of a suspect-
ed cadre with a weapon
inPhaltutolaareaunder
PS Joypur in the Dibru-
garh District of Assam.
The apprehended
cadre has been identi-
fied as Yasin Khan, age
31, a resident of village
Jagun, Naharkatia in
Assam, and a link-man
named Bintu Sharma,
age 33. One 7.62 mm pis-
tol with four live rounds
was also recovered from
them. Both the appre-
hended persons con-
fessed to having links
with the ULFA (I) outfit.

NEWS
07
Narpat Joya
Nagaur: A mentally
unstable man allegedly
hacked his two daugh-
ters to death with an
axeandinjuredhiswife
and daughter-in-law
whentheytriedtointer-
veneinNagaurdistrict,
police said on Tuesday
.
The accused, Manar-
am (57), a resident of
Parbatsar, has been
taken into custody and
is being interrogated,
they said.
Manaram killed his
daughters Meera (26)
and Rekha (20) with an
axe on Monday
. He also
attacked his wife and
daughter-in-law when
they tried to save Meera
and Rekha, said Super-
intendent of Police, Na-
gaur, Ramamurthy
Joshi. The injured have
been hospitalised, he
said. A case has been
registered against
Manaram under Sec-
tion 302 (murder) of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC)
on the basis of a com-
plaintlodgedbyhisson.
The accused has been
taken into custody and
is being interrogated,
headded.Apreliminary
investigation found
Manaram is mentally
unstable, Makrana Cir-
cle Officer Raviraj Sin-
gh said.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer/Jodhpur:
Following the direc-
tions of DGP Umesh
Mishra, a total of 1771
miscreants were ar-
rested in the Jodhpur
range on Tuesday. “As
part of the campaign,
298 teams of 1150 police
officials raided 1082
places during which
1771 accused wanted in
different cases were ar-
rested. Those arrested
include 80 standing
warranties, 580 war-
ranties and 126 others
accused.
Under operation ‘Va-
jraghat-2.0’, Barmer
police on Tuesday
claimed to nab 348 ac-
cused within 25 hours.
Police also seized 18
suspicious vehicles,
71.5 kilograms doda
post, and one pistol.
Under Operation ‘Va-
jraghat-2.0’, 82 teams
were formed which
raided 412 locations.
Digant Anand, su-
perintendent of police
in Barmer confirmed
the report. Earlier on
last Tuesday under op-
eration ‘Vajraghat’,
Barmer police nabbed
48 and also seized 12 ve-
hicles and recovered
1200 litres of illegal die-
sel.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan is
emerging as the leading
state in the country in
the conservation of
camels with the efforts
of the state govern-
ment. For the conser-
vation and promotion
of the state animal, the
state government is
running the “Camel
Conservation Scheme”
in the state. Under the
scheme, an amount of
five thousand rupees is
transferred directly to
the camel herders in
their account.
Till now, more than
17,000 online applica-
tions have been re-
ceived under the
scheme, which is aimed
at conserving the ani-
mal and encouraging
camel breeding.
For physical verifica-
tion of the beneficiar-
ies, senior officials of
the dept go on the spot
and check the tags and
numbers of camels.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Four mem-
bers of the notorious
Rohit Godara gang
were arrested in Bi-
kaner on Tuesday and
illegal weapons were
also seized. Police in-
formed the miscreants
have been identified as
Gajendra Singh, Viren-
dra Singh, Bhanwar
Singh and Trilok
Chand. “The four mis-
creants were with Ro-
hit Godara during the
crime. Two country-
made pistols, two mag-
azines, 50 live cartridg-
es and a Bolero jeep
were also seized from
their possession.
Beechwal SHO Mahen-
dra Dutt Sharma,
Nayashahar SHO Ved-
pal Sheoran, Kotwali
SHO Sanjay Singh and
Gangashahar SHO
Navneet formed a team
along with the team of
DST and collectively
took action to nab the
accused,” police said.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: On Tues-
day, the special unit of
ACB took action and ar-
rested two men identi-
fied as Ram Singh Gur-
jar, a trainee Sub In-
spector in Tewali police
station in Chittorgarh
district and Devendra
Kumar Bareth, Patwari
of Patwar Mandal Sam-
vata in Chittorgarh
tehsil while accepting a
bribe of Rs 3,000 from
the complainant.
According to offi-
cials, the complainant
had approached the
ACB and complained
that a bribe of Rs 10,000
was demanded by the
accused in lieu of help-
ing in the case regis-
tered against her hus-
band. On this, a bid to
verify the complaint
was initiated and after
verification, a trap was
laid wherein Ram Singh
Gurjar and Devendra
Kumar Bareth were ar-
rested red-handed while
accepting the bribe.
“A case has been reg-
istered under the Pre-
vention of Corruption
Act and further investi-
gation in the matter is
being conducted,” said
an official. The accused
were being questioned
for further probe.
Nagaur: ACB Nagaur unit arrested
Patwari and a broker red-handed
while taking a bribe of Rs 12,000
from the complainant on Tuesday.
Patwari Kuldeep Vishnoi works
in Dhingsara, tehsil Khinvsar. The
ACB Nagaur unit received a com-
plaint that Vishnoi was harassing
him by demanding a bribe of Rs
16,000 in lieu of seeking compen-
sation for crop failure.
Under the direction of Police
Inspector Naresh Chauhan of the
ACB Nagaur unit, the team laid a trap and Vishnoi’s broker,
Suresh Ram was arrested. —Yunus Gesawat
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: The Ajmer Vid-
yut Vitran Nigam Lim-
ited has benefitted
farmers by issuing
43,821 agricultural con-
nections in the finan-
cial year 2022-23 under
the leadership of Man-
aging Director NS Nir-
wan. During this peri-
od, Ajmer Vidyut Vit-
ran Nigam has benefit-
ed the farmers by issu-
ing maximum 7464 ag-
riculture connections
in Bhilwara Circle.
Ajmer Discom has set a
target of issuing 12,000
agriculture connec-
tions in the month of
April.
“Ajmer Vidyut Vit-
ran Nigam is commit-
ted to issue agricultur-
al connections to farm-
ers and provide unin-
terrupted power sup-
ply,” said Nirwan.
He informed that
during this financial
year, Ajmer Vidyut Vit-
ran Nigam has issued
1914 agricultural con-
nection in Ajmer City
Circle, 2429 in Ajmer
District Circle, 7464 in
Bhilwara Circle, 2898
in Nagaur Circle, 5014
in Jhunjhunu Circle,
4627 in Sikar Circle.
AVNNL benefitted farmers by issuing
43,821 agricultural connections: Nirwan
ACHIEVING TARGET
Mentally unstable man kills
2 daughters, injures others
Shiva, a Hadauti
language poet
and teacher,
stabbed to death
PATWARI, BROKER HELD WITH `12K BRIBE
Angry Manaram killed his daughters with an axe on
Monday. He also attacked his wife daughter-in-law
Jhalawar: Shivcharan Sen
Shiva, a famous poet of Ha-
dauti language, was stabbed
to death by
unknown mis-
creants while
returning
from school
on Tuesday.
Superinten-
dent of Police Richa Tomar
said that the lecturer of
Hindi in the Government
Higher Secondary School,
Girdharpura, had left for
home around 1 pm, when
unknown miscreants at-
tacked Sen, about three km
away from the school.Tomar
and Additional SP Chinrajilal
Meena reached the spot
where the incident took
place. Police is investigating
the case. ASP Meena said
that the lecturer was return-
ing home on a bike when he
was attacked.
—Arif Mansoori
ACBnabstraineesubinspector,patwari
fortaking`3,000bribeinChittorgarh
SI Ram Singh Gurjar (in T-shirt)
and patwari Devendra Bareth.
Accused in custody of Barmer police on Tuesday.
Accused Gajendra Singh,
Virendra Singh, Bhanwar
Singh, Trilok Chand in Bikaner
police custody on Tuesday.
Accused Manaram in the custody of Nagaur police on Tuesday.
Two daughters with a relative
seen in this file photo.
4 members of
Godara gang
held, illegal
weapons seized
1,771 miscreants held in
Jodhpur range in a day
Raj tops in conserving camels
with State government’s efforts
Ajmer City 400
Ajmer Dist 900
Bhilwara 2,000
Nagaur 300
Jhunjhunu 750
Sikar 500
Banswara 650
Dungarpur 1,100
Chittorgarh 1,400
Pratapgarh 1,200
Rajsamand 600
Udaipur 2,200
CIRCLE WISE TARGET CONNECTION
NS Nirwan

A mature person never reacts in
anger, truly it is like a wind that
blows out the light of the mind.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
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POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
` 736 CR INTEREST SUBSIDY
APPROVED FOR FARMERS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved a financial pro-
posal of Rs 736 crore for
interest-free crop loans
to the farmers of state.
According to a state-
ment, Chief Minister
proved a grant of Rs 560
crore for farmers under
interest-free crop loan
subsidy scheme and Rs
176 crore under com-
pensatory interest sub-
sidy scheme.
According to the
statement, a five per-
cent interest subsidy
will be given to the
farmers who repay the
longterm agriculture
cooperative loan on
time. Gehlot has ap-
proved the grant pro-
posal. He has also al-
lowed permission to
give subsidy on housing
loans to the farmers
who have built houses
on their farms.
Under this, the farm-
ers who have repaid
their long-term agricul-
tural cooperative loans
on time from April 1,
2014 will get a five per-
cent interest subsidy
every year from the
state government.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress lead-
ership recently toured
all 7 divisions of Raj.
During this, it was re-
vealed in feedback that
parties of secular ideol-
ogy can harm Cong’s
vote bank. Major par-
ties like RLP, BSP, AAP,
BTP, CPM AIMIM are
among them. Congress
has received input that
votes of secular ideolo-
gy will be scattered
from these parties,
hence there is a need to
formulate a strategy
.
CM Gehlot, in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa State Pres-
ident GS Dotasra have
also taken inputs dur-
ing their divisional vis-
its on how to deal with
vote-cutting parties. No
matter how much the
anti-BJP parties talk
about unity at national
level, but reality is that
secular-minded parties
caused huge damage to
Cong in polls. Gujarat
North East are great ex-
amples. Right now in
K’taka also Congress
has to fight with BJP
JDS.Waqf Board Chair-
man Khanu Khan Bud-
hwali said that AIMIM
is BJP’s B party. RLP,
BTP and BSP are the
third major political
force in Rajasthan.
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi on
Tuesday, held a public
hearing at a private ho-
tel in Rajsamand. Dr
Joshi, who was on a
five-day tour to his as-
sembly constituency,
also inaugurated the
dining hall of the new
cottage of Shri Nathji
Temple. He also inspect-
ed the newly-construct-
ed Govt Girls Senior
Secondary School and
later left for Jaipur. A
large number of work-
ers including Manish
Rathi, Shyamlal Gujar,
Vinod Bohra, LN Gujar,
Hari Singh other
leaders were present.
5% interest subsidy to farmers who
repay long-term agri loan on time
Last date to pay short-term crop
loans for Kharif-2022 extended
Jaipur: The number of
doctors will increase in
Jaipur-based Rajasthan
University of Health
Sciences (RUHS). For
this, Chief Minister
proved the proposal for
creation of 132 new
posts.
A total of 132 new
posts will be created, in-
cluding 22 posts of Pro-
fessor, Associate Profes-
sor, Assistant Professor
and Senior Resident
and 44 posts of Junior
Resident. It is notable
that the Chief Minister
had announced in this
regard in the budget of
2023-24. This approval
will play an important
role in realizing the
concept of Nirogi Ra-
jasthan in the state.
Jaipur: State govern-
ment will provide 35,000
quintals of high quality
seeds free of cost to more
than 1.25 lakh farmers of
state at a cost of Rs 15
crore. With this, about
5.89L quintal seeds will
be produced and farmers
will get support. CM
Gehlot has approved the
proposal related to seed
distribution and produc-
tion. Seeds of wheat,
barley, gram, jowar, soya-
bean, groundnut etc will
be made available under
the scheme. An amount
of Rs 15 crore will be
borne from the Farmers’
Welfare Fund.
Jaipur: Students will not have to go to other schools to
study the subject of their interest after class 10th. Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot has given approval to open new
faculties in 41 schools of the State. With this, students
studying in these schools will get opportunities to choose
their favourite subjects. With the approval of CM Ashok
Gehlot, the education sector will expand. Under Samagra
Shiksha, new faculties of Arts, Commerce and Science
will be opened in schools approved in Project Approval
Board (PAB).
Jaipur: The State govt is naming schools after the
freedom fighters who played an important role in India’s
independence. CM Gehlot has approved the proposal re-
lated to naming one school each in Rajsamand and Churu
districts. In this, Government Girls Higher Secondary
School, Nathdwara of Rajsamand district is named after
freedom fighter Late Narendra Pal Chowdhary. Along with
this, Government Higher Secondary School, Sardarshahar
of Gram Panchayat Phoga Bharthari of Churu district has
been named after freedom fighter Late Gopal Singh Rajvi.
1.25L FARMERS TO
GET FREE SEEDS
CM APPROVES NEW FACULTIES IN 41 SCHOOLS
2 SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER FREEDOM FIGHTERS
After CM Gehlot’s
approval, 132
new posts to be
created in RUHS
Congress to chalk out strategy
to tackle vote-cutting parties
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With two big
leaders of the State, CM
Ashok Gehlot and for-
mer CM Vasundhara
Raje, testing positive
for Covid on Tuesday,
there is worry among
the leaders and general
public who came in con-
tact with them recently
.
“I myself have been
infected with mild
symptoms of Covid. As
per the advice of the
doctors, I will continue
working from my resi-
dence for the next few
days. All of you should
take care and follow
Covid protocols,” Ge-
hlot tweeted. Gehlot
had met Rahul Gandhi
and other leaders in Su-
rat on Monday
.
Raje tweeted saying,
“Those who came in
contact with me should
get themselves tested
take precautions.” Her-
treatment has started
under senior doctors’
supervision. With this
news, leaders in BJP’s
state office to central of-
fice are worried as Raje
participated in state
events on Sunday
. Arun
Singh,CPJoshi,Rajen-
dra Rathore had met her.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Urban Develop-
ment and Housing Min-
ister Shanti Dhariwal
during the Padyatra in
the area across the river
under the ‘Haath Se
Haath Jodo’ campaign
on Tuesday said that the
schemes of the Ra-
jasthan government are
providingrelief fromthe
inflation caused by the
anti-people policies of
theCentralgovernment.
“Besides relief in elec-
tricity
, the government
has implemented new
schemes to provide re-
lief to the people from
inflation,”theUDHMin-
ister said.
Dhariwal visited
ward number 50 of Kota
along with PCC member
Amit Dhariwal and met
people there. They were
accorded a warm wel-
come by the residents.
Dhariwal claimed that
the Gehlot government
would come back to
power in the state.
Joshi holds
public hearing
in Rajsamand
Dhariwal: Rajasthan govt schemes
saviour for people hit by inflation
After contracting Corona, CM,
Raje warn others of caution
CM Ashok Gehlot, Sukhjinder Randhawa, GS Dotasra, Dr BD Kalla,
GR Meghwal, BS Bhati, Lokesh Sharma others during Cong’s
divisional level conference in Bikaner. —FILE PHOTO
‘Won’t tolerate remarks about govt by leaders’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: About fac-
tionalism and rheto-
ric going on in Ra-
jasthan Congress,
State Congress in-
charge Sukhjinder
Randhawa said that
remarks about the
govt will not be toler-
ated as some leaders
are making remarks
continuously
. Talking
to media, Randhawa
said that he will call
leaders who make re-
marks and talk to
them. “Even after
that, if they do not re-
sist from making
statements, then ac-
tion will be taken
against such leaders,”
he said. In fact, there
was fierce rhetoric be-
tween cabinet minis-
ters Ramlal Jat and
Hemaram Choudhary
.
Apart from this, many
other leaders also
made reamarks.
When asked about-
Sachin Pilot’s absence
from events, Randha-
wa said that there
must be some reason
though there is no in-
formation on this.
Shanti Dhariwal, Amit Dhariwal others during the Padyatra
under the Cong’s ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo campaign’ in Chungi
Naka at Nadi Paar area in Kota on Tuesday.
Besides relief
in electricity,
the govern-
ment has implemented
new schemes to provide
relief to the people from
inflation.
—Shanti Dhariwal, UDH Min
COURTESY MEET
RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore
his wife, Hansa Kanwar call upon Vice-
President Jagdeep Dhankhar his wife
Sudesh Dhankhar at their residence in New
Delhi on Tuesday
. Rathore and his wife Hansa
Kanwar also congratulated Dr Sudesh
Dhankhar on being awarded the PhD degree
in Economics on the topic, ‘Sustainable Devel-
opment in Jhunjhunu District in Rajasthan
Assessment of Ground Water Resources
Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture.’
Tributes pour in for Shanti Prasad Jain in condolence meet
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra pays tributes to Late Shanti Prasad Jain
in Jaipur on Tuesday. Also seen here is Bhuwanesh Jain.
Vasudev Devnani greets Gulab Kothari during the condolence
meet at Bhuwanesh Jain’s residence in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Lokesh Sharma offers floral tributes to Late Shanti Prasad Jain.
Dr Satish Poonia pays tributes to Late Shanti Prasad Jain
during the condolence meeting on Tuesday.
Dinesh Tiwari
Jaipur: Senior jour-
nalist Group Deputy
Editor Vice Presi-
dent (Editorial) in Ra-
jasthan Patrika, Bhu-
wanesh Jain’s father
Shanti Prasad Jain, 86,
passed away on Sun-
day. The condolence
meet was held on Tues-
day, which was attend-
ed by various dignitar-
ies at his residence,
‘Aradhana Bhawan,’
in Shyam Nagar. Shan-
ti Prasad Jain had re-
tired from the post of
Additional Director
from DIPR.
Dr Jagdeesh Chan-
dra, CEO and Editor-in-
Chief of First India and
Channel Head of First
India, Gulab Kothari,
Editor-in-Chief of Ra-
jasthan Patrika, MLA
Vasudev Devnani, Dep-
uty LoP Dr Satish Poo-
nia, CM’s OSD Lokesh
Sharma, Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas, Kuldeep Ranka,
Ashok Parnami, Ma-
hendra Bhardwaj and
many journalists and
other dignitaries were
present.
Shanti Prasad Jain
was counted among the
main stamp collectors
of the country. Jain
was born on June 10,
1936 in Tijara. He is
considered to have
played an important
role in setting up infor-
mation centres in sev-
eral cities of the State.
Rajkumari Jain pays tributes to late Shanti Prasad Jain during the condolence meet at latter’s
residence, ‘Aradhana Bhawan’ in Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
—Representational Image
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APRIL 5, 2023
he desire to
reach for the
stars is ambi-
tious. The de-
sire to reach
hearts is a wise,
and beautiful
soul, Shreya Cha-
lana, proved it
right. The diva is a
23-year-old Sri
Ganganagar native
who works as a fash-
ion model and designer
while also pursuing her
passion for being a fash-
ion influencer. While de-
scribing her personality,
the diva replied, “I be-
lieve that my commit-
ment and passion for
modelling drive me to
work in this industry
. If
I could predict the fu-
ture, I would be able to
say that my career is on
track. If you truly desire
something, you will
work hard to achieve it,
so never stop manifest-
ing. It challenges you to
learn new things and
provides fresh experi-
ences in life.”
How you love yourself
is how you teach others
to love you, Shreya be-
lieves that she is her own
best inspiration. When
asked about her comfort
zone, she said, “I’ve al-
ways loved the fashion
and modelling indus-
tries, but I used to be a
really shy, introverted
person who was afraid
of public speaking and
other things. In order to
get beyond my comfort
zone, I pushed myself to
study new things.”
While describing her
journey, the ravishing
beauty said, “When I
first started college, I
tried out for my college
fashion show. That was
the pivotal moment in
my life that forever al-
tered me. Following that,
it was Gaurav Sir and
Elite Miss Rajasthan
who provided me with a
platform to realize my
lifelong desire. So never
stop trying, and never
stop believing in your-
self.”
When asked about her
biggest mistake and
most memorable mo-
ments in life, the talent-
ed beauty said, “The big-
gest mistake I made ear-
ly in my career was be-
ing affected by people
who were demotivating
me, but as I learned
more, it didn’t affect me
as much.” “For me, the
most memorable and re-
warding moment was
when people began to
praise me and were in-
fluenced and motivated,
giving them a reason
and spark to begin fol-
lowing their passion,”
she added.
WRITEROFHEROWNSTORY!
An empowered woman is creative by nature and majestic beyond measure.
One such attractive soul is Shreya Chalana, who believes that confidence is
the true expression of grace. Here are some excerpts from the tete-a-tete
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
T
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

10
ETC
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H
E
D
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Y
ROSHNI, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
This is the best time try
something new with life give
yourself a new purpose. You
will feel amorous towards
your wife. Work on your limitations,
there can be no better time than this.
You have more opposite sex friends
than the same and you may be judged
sometimes but don’t care.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You make sure to make
things work your way. You
can have romantic affair in
office and a serious one.
You will invest money in clothes and
accessories today. You are a God
fearing person. Never demotivate
someone even if someone is not
capable of doing something.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Some family issues may
need urgent resolution, so
don’t neglect them. Some
of you are likely to enjoy an
excursion with friends.You will feel
financially comfortable. Your
personality will attract many eligible
bachelors. Spend time talking with
likeminded people.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Pending paperwork
concerning a property will
be completed. Your spouse
may make you spend more
than you expected. Admit your faults in
relationship. Fantastic day for investing
money in stock market as you can
make fortune. You miss your parents a
lot and somewhere fear to loose them.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Tensions on the family front
may get sorted out. Your
spouse is someone who can
do anything for your
happiness. You are happy spending
whole day at home. Help your mothers
at home today and give them a reason
to smile. You are opportunist and this
will make you successful one day.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Fortunes are set to rise for
those in trade and business.
You love to live close to your
family. You are a child at
heart and never let this child die. You
have a big heart and you always help
someone if you can. Expected
payments are likely to get released
soon.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Today is a favourable day
for business.Listening to
someone’s advice on the
professional front will be
in your interest. You are very
generous by nature and also you
are the backbone of your family. Be
careful of the words that come out
of your mouth.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Don’t make friends for
money and status rather
make friends who will stick
with you forever. You care
about you lover but somehow
hesitate in expressing that care. On
social front, you may have to spend
some extra money in buying gifts for
someone for some specific occasion.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You are very fortunate to
have a great friend circle.
Whatever you have in
mind, you will manage to
implement it at work. You are likely
to feel much healthy and energetic
today. . You want to have your own
house and you will work hard to
make your dream come true.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will enjoy good health
by remaining regular in
your workouts. It will be in
your interest to guide a
family youngster on the academic
front. Scrumptious food is what you
are craving for today. You may start a
side business to earn extra money.
You are a very grounded person.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Family will be supportive of
your ideas, but only to an
extent. Many people get
inspired by you. You will
get special treatment from your dear
ones. Good health is assured through
own efforts. Meeting people you get
along with well is likely to make the
day enjoyable for you.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You must create an
environment of understand-
ing at home. Your regular
exercise routine promises
to keep you fit and energetic. You will
succeed in any sort of examination.
You need a break from day to tensions
and the way to cope up with stress is
to meditate.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Help in Suffering!
43 YEARS OF
CITY FIRST
magine Jaipur
decades ago,
much smaller
than today
but teeming
with animals
on the streets.
This was the situa-
tion which greeted
an eccentric English
lady, Crystal ‘Mishy’
Rogers when she
came here from Del-
hi. Not only were
there thousands of
animals on the
streets but many of
them were suffering
terribly.
Mishy was later to
recall seeing a col-
lapsed tonga pony
having its eyes
pecked by crows.
Recognising that
Jaipur people are
c o m p a s s i o n a t e
Mishy set about help-
ing them to address
this burden of un-
necessary suffering.
In short order, she
had enlisted the help
of prominent citi-
zens, formed a chari-
table trust, Help in
Suffering (HIS) and
persuaded H. H. Gay-
atri Devi the late Ra-
jmata of Jaipur to
allow a simple vet-
erinary clinic and
hospital on land she
owned in Maharani
Farm.
From these begin-
nings 43 years ago
Help in Suffering has
grown into a large
modern veterinary
and animal welfare
hub. The charity con-
tinues to rescue thou-
sands of suffering
animals every year
(6018 last year alone),
as it has since Mishy’s
earliest efforts.
A fleet of ambu-
lances is out on the
city’s streets through-
out the day respond-
ing to compassionate
calls for help from
Jaipurites. Rescued
animals are brought
to our hospital where
a team of 7 veteri-
nary surgeons and 45
compounders give
the very best treat-
ment they can. With
international sup-
port, the facilities and
treatments available
improve all the time.
Help in Suffering,
under the compas-
sionate leadership of
Mrs Timmie Kumar,
recognised however
that there was more
to do for animal wel-
fare than rescuing
suffering animals.
The region’s working
camels were in need
of veterinary care so
HIS established mo-
bile veterinary clin-
ics for camels, and
later built a dedicat-
ed clinic for camels
at Bassi. These now
give veterinary treat-
ments to hundreds of
working camels each
month (over 800 in
February) and im-
portantly encourage
camel owners and-
drivers to adopt hu-
mane practices.
Street dogs were a
major welfare prob-
lem. The JMC used to
poison them with
strychnine, and dog
bites and rabies were
major public health
concerns, yet the con-
trol measures had lit-
tle impact. Help in
Suffering established
a model Animal Birth
and Rabies Control
(ABC) Pro-
gramme using WHO
guidelines to address
the challenges of
street dogs and public
health.
By sterilising and
vaccinating large
numbers of street
dogs the HIS ABC
Programme has re-
duced the street dog
population by about
half. Human dog bite
cases have fallen dra-
matically; human ra-
bies has been con-
trolled and the health
and welfare of street
dogs have improved.
The successes of the
ABC Programme
have been recognised
nationally and inter-
nationally.
As our 43rd Found-
er’s Day approaches,
HIS has reason to be
proud of the compas-
sionate service it has
given in five decades
to the animals and
people of Jaipur, but
recognising there is
more to be done and
HIS hopes with the
continuing support
and kindness of
Jaipurites to contin-
ue to improve and ex-
pand its work for the
animals and people
of Jaipur.
I
HIS OPD Clinic
Dr Jitendra treating a camel at their Camel Rescue Center
Dr Sanjay during surgery
Staff treating a dog with skin disease
Staff treating a dog at the OPD

T
he title song
‘ F L O W E R ’
topped the
iTunes Top
Song Chart in 63 coun-
tries, including the
US, and reached the
top of the Worldwide
Chart. On Spotify, the
world's largest music
streaming platform,
she entered the 6th
place, the highest
ranking for a K-
pop female solo
artist, and
maintains
the top
s p o t
on major music charts
in Korea. The album is
also expected to break
new records. Jisoo's
first solo album ‘ME’
sold more than 870,000
copies on the day of its
release, and has now
surpassed 990,000 cop-
ies. Since she recorded
more than 1.31 million
copies of pre-orders
early on and gave a
green light to becom-
ing the first K-pop fe-
male solo artist to
achieve a 'Million Sell-
er', attention is focused
on her new history to
be written by Jisoo.
Jisoo’s first solo album
'ME', released on the
31st of last month, be-
came the first K-pop
female solo singer to
exceed 1 million copies
sold in the first week of
release based on the
Hanteo Chart.
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r i y a n k a
Chopra is one
of the popu-
lar Indian ac-
tresses who
established
herself as one
of the most talented
stars in the global cin-
ema platform, with
years of hard work
and dedication. At a
recent press confer-
ence, while talking
about many things,
she revealed ‘one
thing’ that is non-ne-
gotiable for her, and
that is not working
with people she
doesn’t like anymore.
Talking about this, she
shared, “I have to look
up to the people I’m
working with or sur-
rounded with. I must
admire them, and
their work. This is
something I have been
doing for a long
time.” She also add-
ed that she wants to
be excited about go-
ing to work and be-
come inspired. She
also takes notes
when she meets
people she is going
to work with, so this
stands to be non-
negotiable for her.
Priyanka also
talked at length
about the upcom-
ing show Citadel.
The highly antici-
pated series will
release on Amazon
Prime Video on 28
April. The spy se-
ries is produced by
the Russo Brothers
and stars PC and
Game of Thrones star
Richard Madden.
P
PRIYANKA'S
PRIORITIES
K
areena Kapoor Khan
opened up about her
style and spoke
about the style of
the boys in her life, Jehangi
Ali Khan, Taimur Ali Khan,
and Saif Ali Khan. When
Kareena Kapoor Khan was
talking about her style, we
asked her that do her sons
Jehangir Ali Khan and
Taimur Ali Khan have
an opinion on their
mother’s style. To
this, the actress re-
plied, “No they are
too small. I mean
he doesn’t even
know! Not at all,
not yet!” When
asked that
does she
spend enough time on her
style? She replied, “Ya I
mean like we are very casu-
al. Like how Saif is! Saif is
the kind that he has been
wearing one pair of track
pants for the last 5 years. He
won’t buy another pair till I
tell him. So he is like ‘You
do your thing and I am very
happy.’” Bebo further add-
ed, “Saif is the most stylish
man. Sometimes I tell him
that ‘Saif you have worn
this t-shirt and there are
like 5 holes in it…he is like
so? it’s fine!’ But I think he
is the most stylish man
ever. And he doesn’t really
need to try too hard for
that.” Kareena is all set to
be seen in The Crew with
Kriti Sanon, Tabu, and
Diljit Dosanjh. The film was
announced recently and the
fans are already excited to
watch the talented actors
together. She also has
Hansal Mehta’s next and
Sujoy Ghosh’s Devotion of
Suspect X with Jaideep Ahl-
awat and Vijay Varma in
the pipeline.
S
amantha Ruth Prabhu was in the
headlines this morning for re-
portedly reacting to Naga Chait-
anya dating Sobhita Dhulipala.
The Yashoda actress was reportedly
quoted saying, “I am not bothered as
to who is in a relationship with
whom. Those who do not know the
value of love will be left in tears
irrespective of the number of
people they date. At least that
girl should be happy
. If he
changes his behaviour and
looks after the girl with-
out hurting her, it will be
good for everyone.
However, Samantha re-
acted to the alleged viral
statement and wrote on
Twitter, I never said
this!! Naga Chaitanya
and Samantha Ruth Prab-
hu got separated in Octo-
ber 2021. They took to
their respective social
media accounts sharing
a long statement about
their separation that
broke millions of
hearts.
JISOO’S TRACK FLOWER
K
hushi Kapoor is
all set to make
her debut with
Zoya Akhtar’s
The Archies. The star
kid who has not stepped
into the glam world yet
enjoys a massive fan fol-
lowing already and fans
love it when she posts
her pictures on social
media. Khushi often
makes sure to share her
late mother Sridevi’s
pictures on her Ins-
tagram and on
Tuesday she shared
a lovely throwback
picture of her
mom and dad.
Taking to her In-
stagram stories,
Khushi Kapoor has
shared a picture of
her lovely parents. In
the picture, we can see
the late actress Sride-
vi and her husband
Boney Kapoor posing
together. Sridevi
looked beautiful as
always in a black
coloured hoodie.
She left her hair
open and adjusted
her glasses on her
head. Boney on the
other hand wore a
grey coloured
hoodie and paired
it with a cap. Both
of them can be
seen hugging
each other and
faced the camera
with a smile.
Throwback
picture Viral
Statement
Opinion on
mother’s style
A
lia Bhatt has en-
joyed a massive
fan following
since she stepped
into BTown with her debut
film Student of the Year.
We give the netizens an-
other reason to go gaga
over Alia with an unseen
picture where the actress
looks really cute.
Sharing the photo on
Twitter, Soni Razdan
wrote “This one is from
Seychelles when the girls
were small and we were
shooting ‘Papa Kehte
Hain’ there. Search for
‘water’ in your camera roll
and quote tweet the pic
#water #family #shootlife
#whenwewereyoung @
aliaa08@MaheshNBhatt
#shaheenbhatt” The pho-
to shows a little Alia look-
ing like a cute button in a
balloon frock. Dad Mahesh
Bhatt is holding her hands
from behind, while mom-
my Soni Razdan stands
next to
them with
s i s t e r
S h a h e e n
Bhatt in black
shorts and a tee.
CUTE
MEMORY
Alia Bhatt Kareena Kapoor Khan
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Khushi Kapoor
Her post...
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