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INDIA’S RUSSIAN OIL
IMPORTS HIT RECORD
HIGH IN FEBRUARY
New Delhi: India’s imports
of crude oil from Russia
soared to a record 1.6 mn
barrels/day in February
and is now higher than
combined imports from
traditional suppliers Iraq,
Saudi Arabia. Russia
continued to be the largest
supplier of crude oil.
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Make Jat next CM of Rajasthan,
increase OBC quota to 27 percent
Yogesh Sharma and
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Ahead of the
assembly elections due
in Rajasthan later this
year, Jat leaders on Sun-
day demanded greater
political representation
for the community and
an increase in reserva-
tion for the Other Back-
ward Classes (OBC).
Addressing the ‘Jat
Mahakumbh’ Raja Ram
Meel also called for a
caste-based survey
.
“The participation of
the community leaders
should be increased in
politics. There are two
ministers at the Centre
but both are ministers
of state. The govern-
ment is wrongly assess-
ing our strength,” Meel
said. He further said
that there should be a
caste census in Ra-
jasthan, claiming that
Jats’ population in the
state is 22 per cent.
“Likewise, the OBC
population is 55%. The
OBC reservation should
be increased from 21%
to 27% in Rajasthan,”
Meel said. More on P3
Govts started un-
derestimating us,
so we demonstrat-
ed strength, says
Rajaram Meel
(Left) Dushyant Singh, Govind Singh Dotasra, Suchitra Arya,
Sonaram Chaudhary, Brijendra Singh Ola, Rajaram Meel, Yudhvir
Singh, Rakesh Tikait and other leaders during the Jat Mahakum-
bh, at the Vidyadhar Nagar Stadium, in Jaipur on Sunday.
8 PARTIES WRITE
LETTER TO MODI
Sanjivani scam victims meet CM,
Gehlot assures of proper justice
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The victims of
Sanjivani credit cooper-
ative society scam met
CM Ashok Gehlot and
narrated their suffer-
ings caused by the
scam. The victims, who
came from different dis-
tricts of the state, ap-
prised CM about cheat-
ing of their crores of
rupees as well as deteri-
orating family and so-
cial conditions. It may
be noted that CM Ashok
Gehlot has been repeat-
edly accusing union
minister GS Shekha-
wat, who is the MP from
Jodhpur, of being in-
volved in the scam, a
charge rejected by the
minister. More on P8
Victims of Sanjivani credit society meet CM Ashok Gehlot on Sunday.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: 9 leaders of
eight political parties on
Sunday wrote to Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
accusing the BJP gov-
ernment at the centre of
misusing the seat of the
Governor and central
agenciestotargettheop-
position parties and
their leaders, which has
transitionedthecountry
from being a democracy
toanautocracy
.Thelead-
ers alleged that the tim-
ings of the lodging of
cases or arrests of the
oppositionleaders“coin-
cided with elections”
which makes it clear
thattheactiontakenwas
“politically motivated”.
However, there was no
representation from
Congress, JDS, JD (U),
CPU, CPM in the letter.
Referring to the ar-
rest of Manish Sisodia,
the opposition leaders
said the allegations
against him arebaseless
and smack of a political
conspiracy
. His arrest
has enraged people of
the country
.
FORMER PAKISTAN PM
IMRAN ‘EVADES’ AR-
REST IN T’KHANA CASE
Lahore: Former Pakistan
PM Imran Khan seemingly
evaded arrest on Sunday
after a team from the Is-
lamabad police reached his
Lahore residence to detain
him in Toshakhana case.
He said officials that he will
appear at court on March 7.
ADANI HAS $2 BN
BONDS DUE FOR
REPAYMENT IN 2024
New Delhi: The Adani group,
whose mostly debt-fueled
breakneck expansion saw
gross debt doubling in four
years, has almost USD 2
billion worth of foreign-
currency bonds coming
up for repayment in 2024,
according to sources.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
KEY BJP MEET AT AMIT
SHAH’S HOME TO FORM
GOVT IN 3 NE STATES
New Delhi: The BJP held a
crucial meeting on Sunday
at HM Amit Shah’s home
regarding govt formation in
3 northeastern states where
the party hopes to form
government in the coming
days. The big question was
Tripura, where call needs to
be taken on the CM post. P5
 Oppn parties write
to Modi on Sisodia’s
arrest, ‘misuse’ of
central agencies
 There was no repre-
sentation from Con-
gress, JDS, JD (U),
CPU, CPM in the letter
PM MODI TO ATTEND SWEARING-IN CEREMO-
NIES OF MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND & TRIPURA
COURT ACQUITS MAN
ACCUSED OF THREAT-
ENING TO KILL MODI
After a commendable win in the recently held Assembly
elections in 3 NE States, PM Modi is all set to attend
the oathtaking
ceremonies of the
CMs of Tripura,
Nagaland and
Meghalaya. The
swearing-in ceremony in Tripura will be held on March 8,
while in Meghalaya and Nagaland, it will be held on March
7. Conrad Sangma will be sworn-in as Meghalaya CM.
A Delhi court has acquitted
a man accused of threaten-
ing to kill PM Modi in a
phone call to police helpline
100, saying the prosecution
had “miserably failed” to
show any evidence to prove
any threats to kill anyone
was ever made by him.
Anand Parbat police filed a
chargesheet against MM Ali.
Another ‘peeing’ incident on New Delhi-
bound flight, ‘drunk’ Indian student held
New Delhi (FIB): In
another incident of un-
ruly behaviour on air, a
passenger was taken
into custody on Sunday
for allegedly urinating
on a fellow passenger
on a New York-New Del-
hi American Airlines in
“drunken” state. It hap-
pened on an American
Airlines flight AA292,
which took off from
New York on Friday and
landed at IGI airport in
Delhi on Saturday, after
a journey of 14 hours.
“The accused was in a
state of inebriation and
urinated while he was
asleep,” DCP Devesh
Kumar Mahla said
The victim, a male passenger, however was not
keen on reporting the matter as the accused
issued an apology and cited threats to his
reputation and career. The airline, on its part, reported the
matter to the ATC at the IGI airport. —Airlines official
American Airlines bars Indian student
from flying after urinating on US citizen
THE LETTER STATES...
THE SIGNATORIES ARE...
 Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal (AAP)
 Telangana Chief
Minister K Chandrashekar
Rao (BRS)
 West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata
Banerjee (TMC)
 Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann (AAP)
 National Conference
chief Farooq Abdullah
 Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) chief Sharad
Pawar
 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief
Uddhav Thackeray
 Samajwadi Party (SP)
president Akhilesh Yadav
 Bihar Deputy Chief
Minister Tejashwi Yadav
(RJD)
 BJP government of
softening the investigation
against the opposition
leaders who are being
probed on different cases
after they joined the BJP.
 Key politicians booked,
arrested, raided, or inter-
rogated by probe agencies
under the BJP government
since 2014, the maximum
belongs to the Opposition.
 Referring to the arrests
of Lalu Prasad, Nawab
Mallik, Azam Khan and
others, the central agen-
cies were working as
extended wings of the BJP.
 Timings of many cases
lodged or arrests made
have coincided with polls
making it clear that they
were politically motivated.
 Offices of Governors in
many States are acting in
violation of constitutional
provisions and frequently
hindering governance.
BHARAT 24 HONOURS GUJARAT’S ‘SHOORVEERS’
There is a need to change attitude
of people towards cops: Sanghavi
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra speaking during the event on Saturday.
Harsh Sanghavi addressing the audience in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Manish Desai
Ahmedabad: In an
event named ‘Shoor-
veer’, Bharat 24’s chan-
nel honoured the Guja-
rat police personnel
who showed bravery
and valour during duty
.
Gujarat Home Minis-
ter Harsh Sanghavi
participated in this
program organized at
the Sabarmati River
Front, Ahmedabad on
Saturday. Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra, CEO and Ed-
itor-in-Chief Bharat24-
Vision of New India
and First India, and
CMD First India News,
and Gujarat DGP Vikas
Sahay were also pre-
sent during the pro-
gramme.
“CM could not come
in our midst because of
some important work.
But his good wishes and
blessings are with us.
And anyway there is
any function in Gujarat
and if we do not remem-
ber PM Modi and HM
Shah then function is
incomplete so in their
absence we salute their
leadership,” said Dr
Chandra. Sanghavi
started his address by
praising Dr Chandra
saying that at the age
people plan for retire-
ment, he has been an
inspiration for many
youth like me. Turn to P8
Harsh Sanghavi and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Ankit Trivedi, Rajesh Bhai, Vikas Sahay, Shailesh
Bhandari, Manish Desai and others during lighting of lamp at Bharat24’s event titled, ‘Shoorveer’ to
honour the Gujarat police personnel at the Sabarmati River Front in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
 Sanghavi says Dr
Chandra has been an
inspiration for many
youth including me
 We salute great
leadership of PM Modi
and HM Amit Shah,
says Dr Chandra
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
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International Women’s Day is
celebrated on March 8 every
year in support of women’s
rights and global peace.
BE A “WOMAN OF
SUBSTANCE”
`3 crore of ha-
wala money
seized in Sirohi
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Mandar police
have seized `3 crore un-
der hawala from a car
stopped during the
blockade. The police ar-
rested two and they are
being interrogated.
During the preliminary
inquiry both the ac-
cused informed that
this money was to be
given to someone in Gu-
jarat. More on P3

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Jhunjhunu: Martyr
Veerangana Samman
ceremony was organ-
ised in Jhunjhunu’s
Jangid Mangal Bha-
wan on Sunday in the
presence of Uttar
Pradesh Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Pras-
ad Maurya. In the fe-
licitation ceremony, 51
widows of martyrs of
Kargil war were hon-
oured with certificates
and shawls. On the oc-
casion, Rajya Sabha
MP Rajendra Gehlot,
Municipal President of
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty Kamal Kant Shar-
ma, senior leaders Ra-
jendra Bhambhu,
Pyarelal Dukiya, along
with a large number of
BJP officials and fam-
ily members of the
martyrs were present.
Maurya said, “Our
country is safe only be-
cause of soldiers. If the
soldiers do not show
their courage on the
borders, our enemies
could harm us.”
Our country is safe because of soldiers: UP Dy CM
VEERANGANA SAMMAN
lll
“Our country is
safe only
because of
soldiers. If the
soldiers do not
show their
courage, our
enemies could
harm us,”
Maurya said
RAJ ALL DECKED UP FOR HOLI
State leaders wish for happiness & prosperity to the people of the state on Holi
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra, CM
Ashok Gehlot, Assem-
bly Speaker CP Joshi
and other leaders of
the state wished for
happiness and pros-
perity to the people of
the state on Holi and
Dhulandi.
Governor Mishra
said that the festival of
Holi is a symbol of so-
cial harmony and fills
public life with enthu-
siasm and gaiety. CM
Gehlot said that vari-
ous colours of Holi rep-
resent the culture of
unity in diversity and
inspire to make it
stronger. Filled with
colors and happiness,
this festival teaches us
to increase mutual
brotherhood and love
and harmony, he said.
Barmer:3diebylightning
inseparateincidents
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Three people
including a 5-year-old
minor girl were killed
in two separate inci-
dents after being struck
by lightning in Ra-
jasthan’s Barmer dis-
trict. The first incident
in which a man and his
niece were killed were
reported from Sindhary
police station area in
Barmer while another
was reported from Sad-
ar police station area in
the district, police said.
Station house officer
at Sindhary police sta-
tion Surendra Kumar
said that on Saturday
evening a man, identi-
fied as Kheraj Ram (22)
and his 5-year-old niece
Laxmi were sitting in
their farm. In the mean-
time, lightning struck
them and they died on
the spot. In another in-
cident reported from
Sadar police station
area, a farmer who was
working in the field
died by a lightning
strike.
The deceased were taken to the hospital in Barmer on Sunday.
Ahead of Holi, Jaipur railway
station witnessed a heavy rush
of passengers on Sunday. First
India photojournalist Santosh
Sharma captured the hustle-
bustle at the station.
Kirodi Lal Meena continues
protest with martyr widows
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MP Kidodi
LalMeenacontinuedhis
protest for the sixth con-
secutive day at Shaheed
Samarak on Sunday
along with the family
members of three CRPF
jawans who were killed
in the 2019 Pulwama at-
tack, alleging that the
state govt has not ful-
filled several promises
made to them. Former
Deputy Speaker of as-
sembly Rao Rajendra
Singh and former Chief
Whip Kalu Lal Gurjar
reachedthespotandmet
Dr Kirori Lal and the
families of the martyrs.
Ex-Army man kills
wife in Jhunjhunu
Jhunjhunu (PTI): An
ex-serviceman in Ra-
jasthan’s Jhunjhunu
district allegedly beat
his wife to death follow-
ing a quarrel, police
said on Sunday
.
The accused, identi-
fied as Vijendra Jat, is
absconding, they said.
On Saturday night,
Vijendra thrashed his
wife Saroj Devi (42)
with a stick when she
was in the kitchen, SHO
Kotwali Surendra Sin-
gh said The woman was
rushed to a nearby hos-
pital where doctors de-
clared her dead, he said.
“Both of them used
to suspect each oth-
er’s character,” the of-
ficer said. An argu-
ment broke out be-
tween the couple at
night and Vijendra, in
a fit of rage, hit her
with a stick, he said.
The couple’s 13-year-
old son was present
in the house when the
incident happened,
the SHO said.
Couple ends life by
consuming poison
Karauli (PTI): A mar-
ried couple allegedly
committed suicide by
consuming poison in
Rajasthan’s Karauli
district, police said on
Sunday.
The deceased have
been identified as
Dinesh (30) and his wife
Meena (25), SHO (Kaila
Devi) Ramdayal said.
On Saturday evening,
the couple consumed
poison in their field.
They were rushed to
hospital where they
succumbed during
treatment, he said.
The deceased couple
has a 12-year-old son
and a 10-year-old daugh-
ter. The deceased was
the youngest of 3 broth-
ers The bodies were
handed over to the
family after post-mor-
tem, he said.
Further investiga-
tion is underway to as-
certain the reason be-
hind the suicide, the
SHO said.
Two women, a man of family killed
after dumper rams bike in Udaipur
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A speeding
dumper rammed over
bike-ridden people, kill-
ing three in the city on
Sunday
. The three dead
in the accident include
two women. The police
reached the spot on the
information of the ac-
cident and kept the bod-
ies in the mortuary of
the hospital. After the
accident, the driver fled
from the spot leaving
the dumper on the ac-
cident spot. The acci-
dent happened at the
turn near Dharta Jet-
pura Road.
According to the po-
lice, all three bike-rid-
den deceased belonged
to the same family. The
husband-wife and their
daughter-in-law died in
the accident. The de-
ceased identified as
Shanti Lal (45), Rukm-
ani (45) and Kaushalya
(33) were heading to
visit Ashapura Mataji.
Meanwhile, near Dhar-
ta Jetpura Road, a
sand-filled dumper
coming from the front
hit the bike.
Honorarium of para
teachers, others hiked
Guv Mishra praises
Purvanchal Fest ‘Mati’
Kejriwal in Jaipur on
March 13: Mishra
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal to
increase the monthly
honorarium of Gram
Panchayat Sahayaks,
Shiksha Karmis, Para
teachers and Madrasa
Para teachers to Rs
16,900. The hike has
been done under the Ra-
jasthan Contractual
Hiring to Civil Post
Rules-2022. The benefit
of this increase will be
given to the contractual
workers having educa-
tional qualification of
B.Ed, BSTC, or DLED.
Apart from this, the
designation of Shiksha
Karmi, Para teachers,
Gram Panchayat Assis-
tant and Madarsa Para
teachers has been modi-
fied in the proposal to
Assistant Teacher, Jun-
ior Teacher, Panchayat
Teacher and Education
Instructor respectively
.
The monthly hono-
rarium has been hiked
to Rs 29600 and Rs 51600
for the contract workers
working on these posts
after completing the
contract service period
of 9 years and 18 years
and provision.
Before coming under
these rules, if any con-
tract worker is getting
more honorarium than
the newly fixed hono-
rarium, then honorari-
um will be protected.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Governor
Kalraj Mishra during
his visit to New Delhi
attended the Purvan-
chal Festival organized
by ‘Mati’ Trust. Ad-
dressing the function,
Mishra said, “There are
a variety of folk cul-
tures, dialects, tradi-
tions, and food habits in
the country and this
shows unity in diversi-
ty. We can cherish the
festive spirit only by
connecting with the folk
culture. Uttar Pradesh
is a culturally unique
state. Purvanchal is his-
torically rich, he said.”
First India Bureau
Karauli: Assembly
elections are going to be
held in Rajasthan at the
end of this year and the
Aam Aadmi Party is
making full prepara-
tions to contest. AAP
MLA Vinay Mishra,
who is in Todabhim in
Karauli, will partici-
pate in the dialogue pro-
gramme organized at
Bhim Palace today
.
On March 13, AAP su-
premo and Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal will
come to Jaipur and be-
gin this with the Tiran-
ga Yatra.
Kejriwal and Punjab
CM Bhagwant Mann
will hold a roadshow.
The AAP is now eyeing
Congress-ruled Raj.
CMD RK Sharma
inspects Kali
Sindh plant
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: The The
Chairman and Manag-
ing director (CMD) of
Rajasthan Rajya Vidy-
ut Utpadan Nigam ltd
RK Sharma on Sunday
conducted inspection
of both the units of Ka-
lisindh Thermal Pow-
er Plant in Jhalawar.
He held discussion
with the officers re-
garding the third unit
as well. He reviewed
the power production.
Electricity is pro-
duced from 23 units in
Rajasthan. Power gen-
eration will start in
Suratgarh shortly.
Accused Vijendra.
Deceased Dinesh.
Kirodi Lal Meena with Kalu Lal Gurjar and other leaders at protest
site at Shaheed Samarak in Jaipur on Sunday.
Damaged bike of the deceased family members in Udaipur.
Vinay Mishra also met people
at Tijara in Alwar on Sunday.
Governor Kalraj Mishra giving Mati Samman to a recipient in New
Delhi on Sunday.
BARAN: 1 DEAD, 2 INJURED DUE TO LIGHTNING
POLICE DENIES REPORTS OF MISBEHAVIOUR
Baran: A young man cutting chana (gram) on a farm was killed
by lightning in the nearby Lisadiya village in Barmer. The light-
ning also injured two women and a five-month-old child. The
police got the post-mortem done and handed over the dead
body to the relatives. It was sunny in the city since morning on
Saturday, around 2:30 in the afternoon, the sky was covered
with thick clouds and thunderstorms started.There was a light
drizzling with the thunder of celestial lightning.
Rajasthan Police denied the reports of misbehavior with the
protesting widows of martyrs during march to Raj Bhavan
on Saturday. “No misbehaviour was done with any female.
A female protester was to the hospital when she got sick,” a
statement by police said.
People buying colours and other items in Jaipur on Sunday. A seller adjusting bundle of hay in Jaipur.
Int’l badminton
referee Anil
Singh passes
away in Jaipur
Jaipur (FIB) : Inter-
national badminton
referee and pioneer
of Rajasthan bad-
minton Anil Singh
passed away in
Jaipur on Sunday
morning. Singh has
also been a senior
sports journalist
and was a referee in
many national and
international tour-
naments. Rajasthan
union secretary KK
Sharma expressed
grief at the loss.
Manoj Dasot of
Jaipur Sangh said
thatitisanirrepara-
ble loss to the state.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Keshav Prasad Maurya being felicitated with a garland during the ‘Mali Saini Jan Chetna Rally’ in
Jhunjhunu on Sunday. Also seen here are Ashok Saini, Pawan Manwdiya, Anupam Chandel, Murari
Saini and others.

Yogesh Sharma and
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Addressing the
‘JatMahakumbh’heldat
Vidhyadhar Nagar Sta-
dium on Sunday
,
Bharatiya Kisan Union
leader Rakesh Tikait
called on farmers to be
ready for an agitation
against the ban on diesel
tractors older than 10
years.
Tikait said, “Farmers
should be ready
. A move-
ment will have to be
started again in the
country against the poli-
cy to ban tractors older
than 10 years. In the agi-
tation, the people of Ra-
jasthan would be on the
forefront of the move-
ment.”
“Whether it is the gov-
ernment of the state or
the central government,
we are not against any
party
. But if there is any
wrong policy of the gov-
ernments, then there
will be an agitation,” he
said.
In the Mahakumbh,
Jatleadersfromboththe
Congress and the BJP
participated and talked
on the issues pertaining
to the community
. Con-
gressleaderRameshwar
Dudi said that the next
chief minister should be
from the Jat community
.
“The community al-
ways thinks of the num-
ber one seat - Which is
the number one seat?
The number one seat is
of the chief minister.
People in politics are
scared to speak this, but
I am not afraid. Today I
demand that the next
chief minister of Ra-
jasthan should be a
farmer’s son, a Jat’s
son.”
Rajasthan Congress
chief Govind Singh Do-
tasra said it does not
matter which party he
belongs to as he belongs
to the community first.
“In whatever capacity
I am, the leader of my
party and even after ris-
ingabovetheideologyof
my party
, I belong to the
community first.” He
suggested not uttering a
single wrong word
against any other com-
munity and if the com-
munity is helping some-
one, then it should be
done silently
. State BJP
president Satish Poonia
said the Jat people are
known for social harmo-
ny
, hard work, honesty
and patriotism.“It is our
character and strength.
That is why all the com-
munities use to stand
with us in the Panchaya-
ti Raj elections but now
attemptsaremadetocre-
ate a divide... we need to
understand this,” Poon-
ia said.
RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Tourismwillbepromot-
ed in the International
Tourism Borse in Ger-
many’s Berlin from
March 7 to 9.
An exhibition to
showcase the tourism
products of the desert
state of Rajasthan will
be held in the interna-
tionalevent.Theluxury
train Palace on Wheels
will also be promoted
during a road show
there.
Principal Secretary-
Tourism Gayatri
Rathore, Joint Director
Rajesh Sharma, Joint
DeputyDirectorShikha
Saxena, Pradeep Bohra
of Consultant GM Pal-
ace on Wheels and oth-
er officers will be pre-
sent during the road
show.
This event is being
organized for the first
time after the Corona
pandemicduringwhich
B-to-B meetings with
travel agents around
the world will be held.
Raj tourism to display stalls in Berlin
ITB BERLIN
21 MLAs, 6 MPs REACH JAT MAHAKUMBH
Woman throws
son in well after
quarrel with
husband
Sloth bears to
come to Sariska
Tiger Reserve
Jaipur (PTI): Having
achieved success in re-
viving the population of
big cats, the authorities
atSariskaTigerReserve
are now working to fur-
ther enhance the biodi-
versity by introducing
sloth bears. In the next
few days, the national
park will welcome two
pairs of sloth bears be-
ing brought from the
SundhaMataforestarea
of Jalore district.
Sloth bears are found
in Sundha Mata area in
Jalore besides Mt Abu.
Baran(PTI): Angry
with her husband
over not constructing
a new house, a wom-
an murdered her two-
month-old son by
throwing him in a
well in her father-in-
law’s field in Baran
district, police said
on Sunday
. The ac-
cused, identified as
Nishu (26), has been
detained and booked
under sections 302
(murder) and 201
(causing disappear-
ance of evidence) of
the IPC, they said.
“The incident is of
Deveri village on
Thursday
. Woman of-
ten quarrelled with
her husband over not
constructing a new
home like his 2 elder
brothers.Onthewom-
an’s disclosure, the
infant’s body was re-
covered from the well
on Saturday and
handed over to family
members after post-
mortem,” police said.
KotathermalplantXenin
ACBnetwith`2Kbribe
Gul Mohammad
Kota: The ACB on Sun-
day arrested an execu-
tive engineer in Kota
with a bribe of Rs 2000.
Police informed the ac-
cused, Shailesh Kumar,
posted at Chabra Ther-
mal Power Plant as an
executive engineer, was
taking bribes to pass the
bills of a contractor.
“The complainant in-
formed ACB that he
supplies spare parts at
Chabra TPP. Recently,
he supplied spare parts
worth Rs 80,000 and sub-
mitted the bills. The
Xen Shailesh sought a
bribe of 1% of the total
bills.The complaint was
verified and a trap was
laid on Sunday. The ac-
cused was caught red-
handed while taking
bribe of Rs 2000 at his
residence in Dadabadi,
Kota,” police said.
Accused Xen Shailesh Kumar
Raj cops nab 2 in
Sirohi with `3 cr
of hawala money
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Mandar police
haveseizedRs3croreun-
der hawala from a car
stoppedduringtheblock-
ade. The police arrested
two and they are being
interrogated. During the
preliminaryinquiryboth
the accused informed
thatthismoneywastobe
giventosomeoneinGuja-
rat.Furtherdetailsabout
it were to be received
later on the phone.
As per the police, the
blockadewasdoneonthe
Gujarat border on the in-
structions of senior offi-
cials. During this, a car
coming from Revdar was
stopped and questioned,
the two people in the car
appeared anxious. On in-
terrogation, they re-
vealed their names as
Nilesh Patel and Suren-
dra Patel, residents of
Mehsana.
On suspicion, they
were asked to get out of
the car and the car was
searched. Bundles of Rs
500 notes were found hid-
den in a polythene bag
under the seat and in
trunk. In the prelim in-
quiry
, the accused told
that they were returning
from Ramdevra to
Mehsana via Jodhpur.
Duringthis,theytookthe
hawala money from
Jodhpur.
Accused in police custody in Sirohi on Sunday.
(L-R) Kailash Choudhary, Subhash Mahariya, Suresh Chaudhary, Rajaram Meel, Lalchand Kataria, Dushyant Singh, Govind Singh Dotasra, Ramlal Jat, Suchitra Arya, Sona
Ram Chaudhary, Brijendra Ola, Yudhveer Singh, Rakesh Tikait, Sumitra Singh, Hemaram Choudhary, Satish Poonia, and other leaders of Jat Community in Vidhyadhar
Nagar Stadium on Sunday. During the programme Vishvendra Singh, Harish Chaudhary, Krishna Poonia, Santosh Ahlawat, Mahendra Choudhary, Vijay Puniya, Tarachand
Khinchad, and other Jat leaders were also present. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Trainee cop held with illegal firearms
Jaipur (PTI): A Ra-
jasthan Police trainee
was suspended after
she was caught with il-
legal firearms in Hary-
ana, a senior police of-
ficial said.
Naina Kanwal, posted
as a trainee sub-inspec-
tor in the Rajasthan Po-
lice, has been arrested
under the Arms Act, the
officer said. Additional
Director General
(Crime)of RajasthanPo-
lice S Sengathir issued
her suspension orders
on Saturday
. “She was
caughtwithillegalarms
inRohtak,Haryana.She
was arrested there un-
dertheArmsAct.Inthis
matter,shehasbeensus-
pended,”Sengathirsaid.
Police sources said that
Naina was recruited un-
der the sports quota.
Naina is an interna-
tional wrestler and she
has won many medals at
National and Interna-
tional level.
On seeing the police, Naina threw
2 pistols from the flat’s window.
JAT SHOWS MIGHT IN JAIPUR
People in huge number gathered for the Jat Mahakumbh on Sunday at Vidhyadhar Nagar on Sunday.
Govind S Dotasra addressing
the gathering on Sunday.
Chopper showering flowers in
the programme on Sunday.
Next CM should
be from the Jat
community, says
Rameshwar Dudi
Hanuman and
Narayan Beniwal
did not attend the
Jat Mahakumbh
ITB in Berlin will be held from March 7-9. —FILE PHOTO
PROBE UNDERWAY
MEEL CORNERS CENTRE ON ‘AGNIPATH’

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 4 l Issue No. 269
l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
Printed and published by
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Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
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under the PRB Act
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
On his birth anniversary, I pay homage
to Biju Babu, a remarkable leader and
institution builder. He was a dynamic
and multifaceted personality who has
made an unparalleled contribution
towards Odisha’s progress. His role in
fighting the Emergency is also notable.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Happy birthday to the Chief
Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri @
ChouhanShivraj ji. Your passion and
dedication towards the development of
Madhya Pradesh is commendable. May
you keep working for the welfare of the
people of the state with this dedicated
spirit. I pray to God for your good
health and long life.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Death is as sure for that
which is born, as birth is
for that which is dead.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
PINARAYI GOVT
CURBS MEDIA LIKE
SOME OTHER
PARTIES IN POWER
opying a script used
by some of the state
governments against
the media, the Kerala
Policesearchedtheof-
fice of Asianet News’ Kozhikode
office. The news channel is seen
as being anti-Pinarayi Vijayan
government of the state. The
channeliscreditedwithexposing
the government’s nexus with
SwapnaSuresh,anaccusedinthe
gold smuggling racket. The raid
onAsianetofficecameadayafter
the Student Federation of India
(SFI)ransackeditsofficeinKochi
earlier. The SFI is a students’
wing of the CPI-M, the ruling
party
. Chairman of Asianet
NewsRajeshKalrasaidthatsuch
attempts to browbeat the media
won’t succeed. Asianet News be-
longstoAsianetNewsOnlinePri-
vate Ltd. which was launched in
2008 by Rajeev Chandrashekhar,
who is now the minister for elec-
tronics and information technol-
ogy
.ThisfactexplainstheSFIand
Pinarayi government’s action
against Asianet News. It cannot
be justified as it also is an attack
on press freedom.
TOP TWEETS
C
orruption in Kar-
nataka’s power
corridor refuses
to go away. From
the days of for-
mer Chief Minister BS Yedi-
yurappa to Congress’ Sid-
daramaiah to the present in-
cumbent Basavaraj Bommai
whose regime has gained in-
famy as “40 percent commis-
sion government” for alleg-
edly taking a 40 percent cut
from contractors who are
given any government work.
This tag was given by the
Congress after a contractor,
who was unable to pay the
required amount, levelled
the allegation against Horti-
culture Minister Munirath-
na last year. Five contractors
were arrested after the min-
ister filed a defamation case
against the accuser and four
other members of the Karna-
taka State Contractors’ As-
sociation.
With elections a couple of
months away the state gov-
ernment is staring at another
embarrassing corruption
case. This time the option of
filing a defamation case is
not available to BJP MLA
Madal Virupakshappa who,
along with his son Prashant,
is accused of seeking bribe
for approving a contract. The
Karnataka Lokayukta’s po-
lice, whose powers were
withdrawn by the Siddara-
maiah government, got its
bite back under Bommai and
raided the MLAs office and
residence and recovered over
Rs 8 crore.
The MLA, who is abscond-
ing, is close to Yeddiyurappa
and belongs to the Lingayat
sub-caste like BSY and Bom-
mai. With the corruption
narrative continuing to
haunt the BJP, it is expected
that the Lokayukta police
would now aim at Congress
leaders Siddaramaiah and
DK Shivakumar. The BJP
would be able to claim that it
is earnest about fighting cor-
ruption only when the Con-
gress is also pushed into a
corner. That, however, will
not guarantee eradication of
political corruption.
IMPORTANCE OF RAID
ON K’TAKA BJP MLA
WITH ELECTIONS A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AWAY
THE STATE GOVT IS
STARING AT ANOTHER
EMBARRASSING
CORRUPTION CASE
C
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE – A
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
hould India have a Uniform
Civil Code (hereinafter re-
ferredtoasUCCinshort),aset
of religion and gender neutral
common family laws on mar-
riage, separation, adoption,
inheritance and so on? This
poser was keenly debated by
the Constituent Assembly of
Indiainthetwilightof nascent
republic.Article35of thedraft
Constitutionof Indiaprovided
that “the State shall endeavour
to secure for the citizens a uni-
form civil code throughout the
territory of India.” The Con-
stituent Assembly took up
Draft Article 35 for debate on
23rd November, 1948.
Progressive as well as con-
servative views were ex-
pressed as on the floor of the
Constituent Assembly. The
debate on this Draft Article
triggered conflict in the Con-
stituent Assembly. Muslim
members opposed the Draft
Article and proposed amend-
ments to keep personal laws
out of Draft Article’s scope.
Mr Mohamad Ismail Sahib
(Madras) proposed a proviso
as an amendment to the fol-
lowing effect:
“Provided that any group,
section or community of peo-
ple shall not be obliged to give
up its own personal law in
case it has such a law.”
Mr Naziruddin Ahmad
proposed that the following
proviso be added to draft Ar-
ticle 35:
“Provided that the personal
law of any community which
has been guaranteed by the
statute shall not be changed
except with the previous ap-
proval of the community as-
certained in such manner as
the Union Legislature may
determine by law.”
Mahbood Ali Baig Sahib
Bahadur moved that the fol-
lowing proviso be added to
article 35:
“Provided that nothing in
this article shall affect the per-
sonal law of the citizen.”
B Pocker Sahib Bahadur
(Madras) supported the mo-
tion moved by Mr. Mohamed
Ismail Sahib to the effect that
the following proviso be add-
ed to article 35:
“Provided that any group,
section or community of peo-
ple shall not be obliged to give
up its own personal law in
case it has such a law.”
Hussain Imam (Bihar) felt
that “it would be all right and
a very desirable thing to have
a uniform law, but at a very
distant date. For that, the
country should first await the
coming of that event when the
whole of India has got edu-
cated,….when their economic
conditions are better, when
each man is able to stand on
his own legs….”
All Muslim members
pleaded that the Draft Article
be enforced only with the
prior assent of their commu-
nity. Their arguments were:
a) that UCC violated freedom
of religion; b) the Draft Arti-
cle would create disharmony
and c) it was wrong to inter-
fere with personal laws with-
out the approval of religious
communities. It was argued
that the right to adhere to
one’s own personal laws was
one of the fundamental
rights and that personal laws
were part and parcel of reli-
gion and culture. They em-
phasized that UCC should
not include family law and
inheritance.
KM Munshi expressed that
“it must also be remembered
that if this clause is not put in,
it does not mean that the Par-
liament in future would have
no right to enact a Civil Code.”
He felt that article guarantee-
ing religious freedom gave
state the power to regulate
secular activities associated
with religion. He further ex-
pressed that certain commu-
nities amongst Muslims, for
example, Khojas and Cutchi
Memons, did not want to fol-
low the Shariat, but they were
forced to do so under the Sha-
riat Act, 1937. He further pro-
pounded that European coun-
tries had uniform laws ap-
plied even to minorities and
that religion should be di-
vorcedfrompersonallaws.He
said for Hindus, too, personal
laws were not uniform, there
was the law of Mayukha ap-
plied in some parts of India;
Mithakshara in others; and
the law of Dayabhaga in Ben-
gal. He further said “there is
one important consideration
which we have to bear in
mind—and I want my Muslim
friends to realise this—that the
sooner we forget this isolation-
ist outlook on life, it will be bet-
ter for the country. Religion
must be restricted to spheres
which legitimately appertain
to religion, and the rest of life
must be regulated, unified and
modified in such a manner
that we may evolve, as early as
possible a strong and consoli-
dated nation.”
Alladi Krishnaswami
Ayyar expressed that “the ob-
jectionwasthatreligionwasin
danger
, that communities can-
notliveinamityif thereistobe
auniformcivilcode.Thearticle
actually aims at amity.”
Concluding the debate, Dr
BR Ambedkar did not accept
theamendmentsanddefended
the right of the state to inter-
fere in the personal laws of
different communities. He
mentioned that many civil
laws, such as, IPC, CrPC, CPC,
transfer of property
, negotia-
ble instruments, law of con-
tracts, etc., had already been
made uniformly applicable to
all.Besides,MuslimsinNorth-
West Frontier followed Hindu
law of succession till 1937. He
cited example of Muslims of
North Malabar following
MarumakkathyamHinduma-
triarchal law to stress that
Muslim personal laws were
not immutable. He concluded
by saying that “it is perfectly
possible that the future Parlia-
ment may make a provision
…………thattheCodeshallap-
ply only to those who make a
declaration that they are pre-
pared to be bound by it.”
Despite opposition, the
Draft Article 35 (now Article
44) found support of the ma-
jorityof memberswhoargued
thattheUCCwasimportantto
bolstertheunityandintegrity
of the country
. The argument
that UCC would violate reli-
gious freedom was rejected
andtheConstituentAssembly
paved the way for this social
reformlegislationtostrength-
en secularist and nationalist
fabric of the country
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
S
SHRAWAN SAWHNEY
The writer is IAS (Retd.)
Despite opposition, the Draft
Article 35 (now Article 44)
found support of the
majority of members who
argued that the UCC was
important to bolster the
unity and integrity of the
country. The argument that
UCC would violate religious
freedom was rejected and the
Constituent Assembly paved
the way for this social reform
legislation to strengthen
secularist and nationalist
fabric of the country
Article 35 of the draft
Constitution of India
provided that “the State
shall endeavour to secure
for the citizens a uniform
civil code throughout the
territory of India.” The
Constituent Assembly
took up Draft Article
35 for debate on 23rd
November, 1948

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INDIA
05
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Bhupender Yadav
said that under the lead-
ership of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi bor-
der villages will be de-
veloped comprehensive-
ly through the Vibrant
Villages Programme
and said that stronger
border villages will lead
to a stronger nation.
As a part of Vibrant
Villages Programme,
1400bordervillageshave
been identified and Un-
ion Ministers will visit
and spend a night at the
bordervillagestounder-
stand the issues faced by
the people there and
take steps to address
them. Yadav was on a
two-day visit to Ladakh
on 3-4 March 2023 as a
part of the Vibrant Vil-
lagesProgrammewhere
he visited the border vil-
lages of Tsaga pasture,
Rezang-La, Chushul
among others.
At Changthang vil-
lage, Tsaga pasture, Ya-
dav was given a tradi-
tional welcome and wit-
nessed Jabro dance, a
traditional dance per-
formed by Ladakhi
women. The Union Min-
ister interacted with the
nomadicRebotribe,who
live in tents and make
the finest Pashmina
wool. Yadav enquired
about the problems
faced by them and as-
sured them that benefits
of Union Govt schemes
will reach them.
Addressing the gath-
ering, the Union Minis-
ter said after the forma-
tion of the Union Terri-
tory of Ladakh, several
road projects have been
completed and long
pending ones have been
fast-tracked. Yadav said
that funds have been
earmarked for Green
Hydrogen Projects in
Ladakh and Rs 27,000
crores have been sanc-
tioned to develop Solar
Power projects to tap
the untapped solar en-
ergy potential in
Ladakh and generate
employment opportuni-
ties for the people.
“Border villages to be developed under Vibrant Villages Programme”
UNION ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SAYS...

Union Minister
says connected,
Educated
and Developed
Ladakh will
be achieved
through
Vibrant
Villages
Programme
New Delhi: The BJP
held a crucial meeting
on Sunday regarding
government formation
in the three northeast-
ern states where the
party hopes to form gov-
ernment in the coming
days. The big question
was Tripura, where call
needs to be taken on the
Chief Minister post.
Sources indicated that
Manik Saha is the front-
runner, though a sec-
tion in the state party is
rooting for Union minis-
ter Pratima Bhowmik.
The meeting at the
home of party’s chief
strategist Amit Shah
was attended by the par-
ty chief JP Nadda, As-
sam CM Himanta Biswa
Sarma and Nagaland
CM Neiphiu Rio.
Rio, whose party
won 25 seats remains
the Chief Minister. In
Meghalaya too, the
senior partner Nation-
al People’s Party head-
ed by Conrad Sangma
will be in the driving
seat. Sangma will re-
main in the top post.
The other crucial
question for the meet
was the number of
berths to be allotted to
the BJP in Mehghalaya
and Nagaland. Sources
indicated that in
Meghalaya, one of the
two BJP MLAs will get
a ministerial berth.
In Tripura, Chief
Minister Manik Saha
submitted his resigna-
tion on Friday. Though
the BJP had indicated
that he will continue in
the top post if the party
returned to power.
Key meet at Shah’s home to
form Govts in 3 NE States
BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Nagaland
CM Neiphiu Rio and others at a meeting in New Delhi, earlier last week. —FILE PHOTO
Naveen Patnaik unveils Dakota aircraft of Biju Patnaik for public
display on his 107th birth anniversary, in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav meets local residents in Ladakh during his 2-day visit to the UT.
“WE ARE READY FOR
TALKS WITH BJP
OVER TRIPURA’S
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE”
BJP chief Nadda, Assam and Nagaland CMs attend meeting
LOKAYUKTA RAID:
KARNATAKA BJP MLA
REMAINS ELUSIVE
ATIQ AHMAD’S MEN HAD GRABBED
UMESH PAL’S LAND IN ALLAHABAD
UMESH PAL CASE: `2.5 L REWARD EACH
ANNOUNCED FOR INFO ABOUT ACCUSED
Agartala: The Tipra Motha
on Sunday said it is ready
to sit with the BJP for a
“face-to-face meeting” to
find a “constitutional solu-
tion” to Tiprasa people’s
problems,
after Assam
CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma
stated that
the party’s
concerns should be ad-
dressed. Taking to Face-
book, former royal scion
Pradyot Manikya Deb-
barman, who helms the
regional outfit, also gave
assurance that his party
will not let down people
who had voted for him. “If
we are respectfully invited
for talks on constitutional
rights - economic, politi-
cal, language — we will
participate ... We are ready
for talks to find a consti-
tutional solution to the
problems of indigenous
people,” he said.
Bengaluru: BJP MLA Madal
Virupakshappa remained
elusive on Sunday, three
days after Lokayukta police
caught his son Prashanth
Kumar MV allegedly taking
a bribe for a govt contract.
Lokayukta police are making
all efforts to trace the Chan-
nagiri legislator, who is the
prime accused in the case.
Officials had said, they will
be issuing him a notice for
questioning, in connection
with the corruption scandal.
Prayagraj: Umesh Pal, the slain lawyer who was also a wit-
ness in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005 in which
jailed gangster Atiq was named as accused, was also at dag-
gers drawn with the gangster’s associates over a plot of land
that he owned in Dhoomanganj. Allegations are that Atiq’s
aides in 2022 had taken possession of a plot of land that
Umesh owned and were demanding Rs 1 crore to allow the
lawyer its possession. Umesh Pal had lodged an FIR in this
connection against five persons allegedly associated with Atiq
with the Dhoomanganj police station on August 24, 2022.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police Sunday announced a
reward of Rs 2.5 lakh each for giving information about the
five people, including gangster and former MP Atiq Ahmad’s
son Asad, allegedly involved in the killing of Umesh Pal -- the
prime witness in the 2005 BSP MLA murder case. Besides
Asad, the other four accused are Gulam, Guddu and Sabir,
a senior official said. Umesh Pal, the key witness in the BSP
MLA Raju Pal murder case, and his police security guard
Sandeep Nishad were shot dead on February 24 outside his
home in the Dhoomanganj area of Prayagraj.
India’sdemocracyisunder
brutalattack:RahulGandhi
Rahul Gandhi in conversation with the Indian Journalists’ Association in London. —PHOTO BY PTI
London (PTI): Stepping
up his attack on the BJP
govt, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi has al-
leged that the structures
of Indiandemocracyare
under “brutal attack”
and there is a full-scale
assault on the institu-
tions of the country
.
Gandhi, who is in
London, said there are
conversations ongoing
within the Opposition to
unitearoundanalterna-
tive vision for India and
act upon an “undercur-
rent of anger” over
pressing issues such as
unemployment, price
rise, the concentration
of wealth and violence
against women.
He said recent income
taxsurveyactionagainst
the BBC offices in New
Delhi and Mumbai was
an example of the “sup-
pression of voice across
the country”, a motivat-
ing factor behind his
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
whichhedescribedasan
expression of voice
against the ruling BJP’s
attempt to silence India.
BJP falls back on BSY,makes him“Mascot”for K’taka polls
Bengaluru (PTI): The
BJP seems to be falling
back on its seasoned
oarsman BS Yediyurap-
pa making him a key
poll mascot, along with
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, as it shores
up campaign in poll-
bound Karnataka.
The octogenarian,
who has already an-
nounced his retire-
ment from electoral
politics, is sought to be
put on the pedestal by
the governing party’s
central leaders.
The reasons are not
far to seek as to why
Yediyurappa has been
pushed to the top of the
campaign plank, the
four-time Chief Minis-
ter, who built the party
from grassroots level,
has a mass appeal and
connect — particularly
the political influen-
tial Lingayat commu-
nity — that no other
party leader in the
State commands.
Chennai: Chen-
nai’s Cyber Crime
Unit registered a
case against Tamil
Nadu BJP Chief K
Annamalai over his
remark linking the
DMK to recent
spread of fake news
that Bihar’s mi-
grant workers were
attackedinthestate.
In a statement,
Annamalai had
blamed the DMK
and said the party’s
efforts in “mock-
ing” the work done
by North Indians is
the reason why the
fake news spread so
quickly
.
“Since DMK’s or-
igin, it has been
spewing hate
against a particular
community. Since
the DMK came to
power, the party’s
ministers and
MPs have mocked
(North Indians) in
their speeches
countless times,”
said Annamalai.
FIR against TN
BJP chief for
his remarks on
ruling DMK
Ghazipur (ANI): Uttar
Pradesh govt on Sunday
removed illegal por-
tions of a residential
structure belonging to
deceased Kamlesh Sin-
gh “Pradhan”, who was
a gang member of gang-
ster-turned-politician
Mukhtar Ansari, in the
Ghazipur district.
The removal action
was carried out amid
heavydeploymentof the
police force. The admin-
istration’s crackdown
came amidst the State
government’s ongoing
drive against notorious
criminals and goons.
Earlier last month,
UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, during his
address at the state As-
sembly, said that the UP
government will de-
stroy the mafia nexus in
the state [Mafiaon Ko
Mitti Me Mila Denge].
Launching a scathing
attack on Samajwadi
Party for nurturing the
mafia in the state CM
had said the UP govern-
ment would destroy the
mafia.
Chief Minister Yogi
also held the previous
Samajwadi Party led-
government responsi-
ble for nurturing and
patronizing criminals
and mafia in the state.
Property of Ansari’s gang member razed in UP
❍ UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT’S CRACKDOWN CONTINUES AGAINST THE MAFIA NEXUS
Hathras murder
case: Congress
pulls up police for
‘shoddy’ probe
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Sunday at-
tacked the BJP over the
acquittal of three ac-
cused in the Hathras
rape-murder case and
alleged that it has ex-
posed “shoddy” probe
done by UP Police and
later by the CBI. A spe-
cial court in Hathras on
Thursday last sen-
tenced the main ac-
cused in 2020 Hathras
rape-murder case to life
imprisonment, while
acquitting the three
other accused. Con-
gress said the heinous
crime in Hathras and
then the govt’s role has
exposed the BJP.
Bhubaneswar (ANI):
Odisha CM Naveen Pat-
naik on Sunday un-
veiled former Chief
Minister Biju Patnaik’s
iconic “Dakota” DC3
(AT-AUI) aircraft for
public display at Biju
Patnaik International
Airport in Bhubane-
swar, said a statement.
As per CM’s office,
“The iconic Dakota Air-
craft belongs to erst-
while Kalinga Airlines
and was founded by Ex-
CM of Odisha (Late)
Biju Patnaik. The said
airlines operated nearly
a dozen Dakotas and
Late. Biju Patnaik was
its Chief Pilot.” The
statement further add-
ed, “This Aircraft was
used by him to rescue
formerIndonesianVice-
PresidentMd.Hattaand
former Prime Minister
Sutan Sjahrir. For his ef-
fort, Late Biju Patnaik
was given honorary citi-
zenship of Indonesia
and awarded the title of
“Bhumi Putra” by the
Indonesian Govt, a rec-
ognition rarely granted
to a foreigner.”
Biju Patnaik’s Dakota
aircraft opened for
public view in Odisha
LS PANEL CALLS BJP MP DUBEY
OVER HIS NOTICE AGAINST RAHUL
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha’s committee of privileges
has called BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on March 10 to hear
him on his breach of privilege notice against Congress
member Rahul Gandhi. According to a notice issued by
the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Dubey has to appear before
the committee, chaired by BJP MP Sushil Singh, in
person on March 10. The secretariat had sought reply
from Gandhi on the breach of privilege notices given by
BJP MPs Dubey and Pralhad Joshi.
MODI TO VISIT K’TAKA ON MARCH 12;
CONG PRESSES FOR CODE OF CONDUCT
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sched-
uled to visit Karnataka on March 12 to dedicate the
Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway and Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT) campus in Dharwad.PM Modi has
already visited the poll-bound state five times this year
for various developmental programmes. He is participat-
ing in public rallies and road shows. Congress party
has objected to the repeated visits of central leaders,
including PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Karnataka.
THE ROLE MODEL
PM Narendra Modi with BS Yediyurappa. —FILE PHOTO
Property of Ansari’s gang member being demolished in Ghazipur.

First India Bureau
New Delhi: INS Tri-
kand is participating in
the International Mari-
time Exercise/ Cutlass
Express 2023 (IMX/CE-
23) being held in the
Gulf region. The exer-
cise began on February
26 and it will continue
till March 16.
The INS Trikand is
participating in the ex-
ercise with participants
from over 50 nations
and international mari-
time agencies with the
common aim of enhanc-
ing maritime security
and keeping sea lanes in
the region safe for mari-
time commerce.
IMX/CE-23 is one of
the largest multination-
al maritime exercises
in the world. While this
is Indian Navy’s maid-
en IMX participation, it
also marks the second
occasion where an In-
dian Naval ship is par-
ticipating in an exercise
conducted by the CMF.
Earlier, in November
last year, INS Trikand
had participated in the
CMF led Operation Sea
Sword 2.
Participation in exer-
cises like Sea Sword 2
and IMX/CE-23 enables
the Indian Navy in
strengthening relation-
ships and enhancing
interoperability and
collective maritime ca-
pability with maritime
partners in the IOR. It
also enables the Navy
contribute construc-
tively to regional stabil-
ity and security
.
INDIA
06
Rahul Faujdar
Mumbai: Tara Norris,
hailing from Philadel-
phia sealed the fate of
the match in just two
overs. In her WPL de-
but, she took wickets of
some renowned batters
in the world and be-
came the first player to
take a fifer in WPL, to
guide Delhi Capitals to
a 60-run victory over
Royal Challengers Ban-
galore here on Sunday
.
RCB tried hard with a
valiant knock from
Megan Schutt (22) but
her efforts went in vain.
RCB finished the match
with a boundary and
their final score was
163/8. Delhi’s Tara Nor-
ris took a five-wicket
haul. Norris took wick-
ets of Ellyse Perry (31)
and Disha Kasat (9) in a
single over.
In the second match
of the day, Harris, Nav-
gire half-centuries
drive UP Warriorz to
thrillingvictoryagainst
Gujarat Giants in a
what can be called a
nail-biting match.
Earlier, Harleen De-
ol’s hard-hitting knock
and her combination
with Australian all-
rounder Ashleigh Gard-
ner enabled Gujarat Gi-
ants to a respectable
total of 169/6 in their
match against UP War-
riorz at DY Patil Stadi-
um here.
Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz march ahead
WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUE
COUPLE FINED `6
LAKH FOR INTER-
CASTE MARRIAGE
FIRST EDITION OF NAVAL COMMANDERS’
CONFERENCE OF 2023 TO BEGIN TODAY
RAJNATH SINGH TO ADDRESS TOP NAVAL
COMMANDERS ONBOARD INS VIKRANT
Chamarajanagar (Agen-
cies): In Karanataka`s
Chamarajanagar district,
a couple was fined and
faced a boycott in their
village for their inter-caste
marriage. The incident had
taken place at Kunagalli
village in Kollegal taluk
in the district. According
to police, the couple got
married five years ago
but the villagers came to
know about their different
castes recently.
New Delhi (FIB): The first edition of the Naval Com-
manders’ Conference of 2023 will begin on Monday. The
conference serves as a plat-
form for Naval Commanders
to discuss important security
issues at the military-strategic
level as well as interact with
Senior Government function-
aries through an institutional-
ised forum. The novelty of this
year’s conference lies in the
fact that the first phase of the Commanders’ Confer-
ence is being held at sea, and for the first-time, onboard
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant.
New Delhi (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and top
commanders of the Indian Navy will on Monday carry out
a comprehensive review of India’s maritime security chal-
lenges at a key conclave onboard indigenously built aircraft
carrier INS Vikrant on the high seas. It is for the first time
that the biannual commanders’ conference is taking place
onboard an aircraft carrier, a move seen as a symbolic
reflection of India’s priority to the maritime sphere amid
China’s increasing presence in the Indian Ocean region.
MAN TURNS CYBER
STALKER AFTER
RELATION ENDS, HELD
New Delhi (Agencies): A
cyber stalker was arrested
by Delhi Police for alleg-
edly harassing his former
female friend by creating a
fake account of her father
on Instagram and sending
obscene messages to her
relatives, officials said on
Sunday. Both were in a
relationship earlier, and
due to some reason broke
up. Police said that the
accused was identified as
Vivek (21).
MINOR GIRL RAPED
IN HOOKAH BAR IN
UP’S KANPUR DIST
Kanpur (Agencies): Minor
daughter of a doctor couple
was raped in a Hookah Bar
under Barra police station
circle in Uttar Pradesh’s
Kanpur. The father of the
girl has lodged an FIR
against 8 including 3
named accused. The doc-
tor told the police that his
16-year-old daughter had
been called by one Vinay
Thakur to the MG Cafe
(Hookah Bar) on Friday
where he gave her soft
drink spiked with sedatives.
TWO HELD FOR
CHAIN SNATCHING
IN NEW DELHI
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Police on Sunday
said that they have ar-
rested 2 Youtube inspired
snatchers, including a
national level basketball
player, who were com-
mitting snatchings and
robberies to repay their
debt. Police said that the
accused were identified
as Rohit Chhillar and
Shantunu Rathi alias
Ghora who is a national
level basketball player
from Haryana.
MONEY TRANSFERRED TO BEAUTY SALONS IN
BENGAL TEACHERS SCAM, FINDS ED PROBE
Kolkata (Agencies): The ED probing the money-trail angle in
the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal
has found bank accounts registered in the names of beauty
salons were used to divert the proceeds of crime. The cen-
tral agency sleuths while checking the transaction details of
arrested youth Trinamool Cong leader, Kuntal Ghosh came
across certain transactions from these accounts, which
showed an amount of Rs 50 lakh was transferred in phases
to different bank accounts of one, Soma Chakraborty.s
CRUCIAL READ
INS TRIKAND PARTICIPATES IN
IMX/CE-23 2023 IN GULF REGION
Kolkata(Agencies):
The adenovirus menace
in West Bengal seems to
be assuming alarming
proportions as deaths
of four more children,
admitted in a Kolkata
hospital with its symp-
toms, were reported in
the last 6 hours, taking
the death toll of chil-
dren to 40 in nine days.
By Sunday morning,
the deaths of two chil-
dren - Atifa Khatun (18
months) and Aarman
Gazi (4 years) - were re-
ported from the B.C.
Roy Children’s Hospi-
tal. However, by 4 p.m.,
four more child deaths
had been reported from
the same hospital, tak-
ing the number of
deaths to six in the day
.
The common symp-
toms for this are flu-like
including cold, fever,
breathing problems,
sore throat, pneumonia,
and acute bronchitis.
New Delhi: Joining the
Centre’s efforts to pro-
mote millets, the Kashi
Vishwanath temple in
PM Narendra Modi’s
parliamentary constitu-
ency Varanasi will now
offer devotees ‘prasad’
made from millets.
The ‘laddu prasad’
will now be known as
‘Sri Anna prasad’, a of-
ficial said on Sunday.
Recently, PM Modi
termed millets “Sri
Anna”, which means
“the best among all the
foodgrains”. The deci-
sion to introduce ‘Sri
Anna prasad’ was taken
on the instructions of
the UP government, the
official said. Women
self-help groups associ-
ated with the National
Rural Livelihood Mis-
sion prepare ‘prasad’
for the temple.
New Delhi(Agencies):
The Customs officials
on Sunday recovered
four gold bars worth ap-
prox 2 crores from the
toilet of an internation-
al flight at Indira Gan-
dhi International (IGI)
Airport on Sunday
.
Officials said that on
the basis of input re-
ceived and further de-
veloped by Customs of-
ficers at IGI Airport, an
aircraft utilized for in-
ternational Flight was
rummaged on comple-
tion of its subsequent
domestic trips at Termi-
nal 2 of IGI, New Delhi.
The customs officers
recovered a grey pouch
found affixed with adhe-
sive tape below the sink
installed in the wash-
room. The grey pouch
containedfourrectangu-
largoldbarstotalweigh-
ing around 3969 grams.
The rectangular gold
bars are estimated to
cost Rs 1,95,72,400, said
an official statement.
New Delhi (PTI): A day
after a group of SFI ac-
tivists allegedly barged
into the Kochi office of
AsianetNewsandintim-
idatedchannelstaff over
a news report, journal-
ists’ bodies condemned
the incident and called it
yet another example of
growing attacks against
media and scribes.
Barging into media
offices is “illegal” and
should be considered as
“an attack on press free-
dom”, the Press Club of
India, Indian Women’s
Press Corps, Delhi Un-
ion of Journalists and
the Kerala Union of
Working Journalists
saidinajointstatement.
“We expect the Kerala
government to take
strict action against
those who attacked Asi-
anet,” they said.
A group of Students’
Federationof India(SFI)
activists allegedly tres-
passed into the office of
Malayalam news chan-
nel Asianet News in
Kochi on Friday and in-
timidated the staff over
areportaboutthesexual
assault of a girl, accord-
ing to Kerala Police.
A case was later reg-
istered against 30 SFI
activists, the students’
wing of the ruling
CPI(M) in Kerala, on the
basis of a complaint
lodged by the channel.
Condemning the inci-
dent, the journalists’
bodies said, “We protest
the attack on the TV
channel Asianet News’
office in Kochi by the
activists of the Students
Federation of India.”
“This is yet another
example of the growing
attacks against media
organisations and jour-
nalists in the country
.”
The journalists’ bod-
ies said Asianet News
hadused“amockvideo”
to bring out the issue of
drug and sexual abuse
of ayounggirlinKerala.
“Stamping such a
programme as fake
news suggests igno-
rance of the profession-
al ways used by news
organisations to protect
the identity of victims
of sexual assault,” they
said.
Here’s how Holi is celebrated in diverse parts of India
T
he festival of
colours Holi is
knocking on
our doors and so is
the spring equinox.
India is a land of
diverse cultures and
traditions and Holi is
one of the country’s
festivals that fill one
with jubilation and
festive cheer. Holi is
essentially the
festival of colours,
which signifies the
victory of good over
evil, but it is
celebrated across
the country in varied
ways. Here are some
of the inimitable and
popular ways of
celebrating Holi in
different parts of
the country
UTTARAKHAND
Holi celebrations are called Kumaoni Holi. Going
by the name, it is apparent that the celebrations
take place in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.
The common names for the festival are Kahila
Holi, Khadi Holi and Baithaki Holi. During the fes-
tivities, people make a ‘toli’ (gathering of people)
and sing and dance to folk tunes going around
the city, while sporting traditional attires. The
musical affair also signifies welcoming the spring
season– the start of the sowing season for the
farming community. A night before Holi, people
also gather around to light the Holika pyre.
RAJASTHAN
Popularly known as ‘Royal Holi’,
Holi in Rajasthan is observed at
a grand level and is organized by
the royal Mewar family of Udaipur.
People practise the traditional
rituals of Holika Dahan a night
before Holi, followed by the royal
cavalcade including several deco-
rated horses and the royal band
proceeding through the city.
PUNJAB
Hola Mohalla, a popular
three-day-long fair that
is observed at Punjab’s
Shri Anandpur Sahib is
a big festive event for
Sikhs around the world.
The festivities include a
display of martial arts,
horse-riding, and reciting
poetry, primarily to pay
homage to the bravery
of Sikh warriors. Later
the festival is followed by
dance, music and spray-
ing of colours. UTTAR PRADESH
Here, Lathmar Holi is one
of the most famous Holi
celebrations that take place
around the country. In Ma-
thura and Vrindavan areas,
that are known as the towns
of Radha and Krishna, Holi
begins from Basant Pancha-
mi and continues for more
than a month. Thousands of
devotees and tourists visit
the towns to witness this
frenzied version of Holi. On
the day of Holi, women run
after men with ‘lathis’ or
sticks and playfully hit them
during this celebration.
KERALA
The traditional manner
how people celebrate
Holi in Kerala is known
as ‘Ukuli’ or ‘Manjal Kuli’.
People visit the temple on
the first day and continue
with the festivities on the
second day. Instead of
gulal, the people of Kerala
play Holi with turmeric or
natural colours. Also, It
may come as a surprise
that Holi is not as widely
celebrated in the southern
states as it is in the north. MAHARASHTRA
With great gusto and
anticipation, the people here
celebrate ‘Rang Panchami’
or ‘Shigma’. Festivities start
after the sunset on Purnima
with Holika Dahan, symbol-
izing the victory of good
over evil. The next day,
people apply gulal and spray
water on each other. The
celebrations are incomplete
without the preparation of
‘Puran Poli’, a sweet buttery
flatbread made with chana
dal with the stuffing of jag-
gery, coconut, cardamom,
and butter or ghee.
Prasad made of millets at
Kashi Vishwanath temple
Adenovirus: 4 child deaths reported
from Kolkata, toll rises to 40 in 9 days
Journalists’ bodies cry foul as SFI
activists barge into Asianet office
4 gold bars worth
`1.95 crore
recovered from
aircraft’s toilet
NO CHILD ADMITTED IN NBMCH WITH
ADENOVIRUS SYMPTOMS: SILIGURI MAYOR
IMX/CE-23 is one of the largest multinational maritime exercises
in the world.
Delhi Capitals players celebrate Shafali Verma’s
spectacular catch against RCB.
UP Warriorz bowler Deepti Sharma celebrates the
wicket of Gujarat Giants player Ashleigh Gardner.
New Delhi: Even as Kolkata and its adjoining districts in south
Bengal reels from respiratory distress-related illnesses among
toddlers, there is so far no child admitted at North Bengal Medi-
cal College and Hospital (NBMCH) with adenovirus symptoms,
the facility’s patient welfare committee chairman Gautam Deb
has said. Deb, who is also the Mayor of Siliguri, said that spe-
cialised facility for testing presence of adenovirus in a person’s
body will be operational at NBMCH within 7 to 10 days.

JAIPUR | MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023 07

Greetings on the occasion of Holika Dahan
and Dhulendi! May all our troubles burn
in the holy fire and our lives be filled with
the colours of joy. Happy Holi!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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RAJASTHAN PATRIKA CELEBRATES 68TH FOUNDATION DAY
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greets Siddharth Kothari during the 68th
Foundation Day of Rajasthan Patrika Group opposite the Albert
Hall in Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
Gulab Kothari, Dr Satish Poonia, Dr BD Kalla and his wife Shiv
Kumari Kalla during the 68th Foundation Day of Rajasthan
Patrika Group opposite the Albert Hall in Jaipur on Sunday.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Gujarat Home Minister
Harsh Sanghavi at the Bharat 24 channel’s event titled,
‘Shoorveer’ to honour the Gujarat police personnel who
showed valour during duty at Sabarmati River Front in
Ahmedabad. Also seen here is Manoj Jagyasi.
Harsh Sanghavi felicitates a cop during the event titled,
‘Shoorveer’ in Ahmedabad. Also seen here are Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra, Jitu Bhai Chauhan, Vikas Sahay and Ankit Trivedi.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Gujarat DGP Vikas Sahay
during the mega event in Ahmedabad. Also seen here are
Harsh Sanghavi and Manish Desai.
Harsh Sanghavi honours a policeman during the mega event
titled, ‘Shoorveer’ in Ahmedabad as Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
Manoj Jagyasi, Vikas Sahay Shailesh Bhandari look on.
SHOORVEER: BHARAT24 HONOURS GUJARAT COPS
STATEGOVTWILLSTRIVEHARDTO
GETBACKVICTIMS’ DEPOSITS:CM
‘This isn’t show of strength as
I visit temples on my b’day’
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The victims of
Sanjivani credit coop-
erative society scam
met CM Ashok Gehlot
and narrated their suf-
ferings to him. “Many
victims told that Union
Minister GS Shekhawat
had taken them into
confidence for invest-
ment in the society with
Society’s MD Vikram
Singh,” a release said.
“One of the victims,
Shakuntala Sharma
said that the agents had
told her that society is
in hands of minister
and money is safe. She
said that she had invest-
ed Rs 25 lakh in society
,”
the release said.
A resident of Malpu-
ra in Jaipur, Vishnu,
said that along with
himself, he got an in-
vestment of about Rs 5
crore from his relatives.
The CM said, “I am
sorry to hear of your
pain. If there is a need
to change the law at the
state government level,
it will be done. Sanjiva-
ni Credit Co-operative
Society has embezzled
the hard earned money
of thousands of peo-
ple,” CM said.
He said that the state
government will make
every possible effort to
get back the deposits of
the victims.
“Investing after con-
sulting experts is the
only way to avoid
fraud,” the CM ap-
pealed to masses to in-
vest wisely
.
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje on Sunday offered
prayers at the Khatu
Shyamji temple in Si-
kar.
Temple committee
President Pratap Singh
Chauhan and Secretary
Shyam Singh Chauhan
welcomed Raje.
Additional SP Ratan
Lal Bhargava, SDM
Pratibha Verma were
also present during
this.
On the occasion, Raje
said that she visits tem-
ples on every birthday
and this should not be
seen as a show of
strength. After the tem-
ple visit, she left for
Jaipur.
Raje also worshipped
cows and offered them
fodder at Shri Balaji
Gaushala Sansthan.
The former CM then
reached Bhairu Baba
dham in Reengas and
offered prayers. Former
Minister Banshidhar
Bajia, former BJP Dis-
trict President Vishnu
Chetani, BJP Reengus
Mandal President Ra-
jendra Bhatra wel-
comed her in Reengus.
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with victims of Sanjivani society scam, who called upon him at CMR in Jaipur on Sunday and narrated their
ordeal to the Chief Minister .Also seen here are Pratap S Khachariyawas, BS Bhati Dharmendra Rathore, Shashikant Sharma others.
Victims of Sanjivani credit cooperative society scam raise their
hands as they wait for their turn to speak to CM Gehlot at CMR.
Vasundhara Raje worships the holy cow by feeding fodder and
jaggery during her visit to Shri Balaji Gaushala Sansthan in
Salasar on Sunday.
Vasundhara Raje offers prayers at the famous Bhairu Baba Dham
in Reengus on Sunday.
l Victims told CM
about their
crumbling family
social conditions
Temple committee
members welcomed
Vasundhara Raje at
Khatu Shyamji
Temple on Sunday
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Jodhpur: CM
Ashok Gehlot’s sched-
uled visit to Delhi on
Sunday was cancelled
due to some reasons. He
was to attend an award
ceremony at Hotel Taj
and from there go to
Mumbai and attend an
event in Pune from
where he was scheduled
todirectlyflytoJodhpur.
CM Gehlot now will
celebrate Holi festival
in his home district
Jodhpur. He will visit
Jodhpur today and will
take part in Holika Da-
han programme in the
evening. He will also
meet locals on March
7and will participate in
Holi Milan ceremony
with Congress people.
Police and administra-
tion are engaged in pre-
paring for CM’s visit.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla, during his
visit to the Parliamen-
tary Constituency held
a Janata Darbar at the
Lok Sabha Speaker’s
Camp Of-
fice in Kota
on Sunday
and heard
p e o p l e ’ s
problems.
A set of
people met Birla re-
garding various de-
mands of the Panchay-
ats. Besides, saints
from Haryana and Ra-
jasthan also met Birla
at the camp office,
where cases of attacks
on cows and saints
were raised.
CM Gehlot to
visit Jodhpur to
celebrate Holi!
Birla lends a
patient ear to
masses in Kota
BJP workers
welcome Assam
Guv Kataria with
Guard of Honour
in Udaipur
Kota: Shanti Dhariwal interacts
with people, gives impetus to drive
Rupala interacts with pastoralists in Bikaner
This is the 1st
event in nation, where
Guj cops are honoured: Dr Chandra
HAATH SE HAATH JODO
First India Bureau
Kota: During his stay
in hometown Kota,
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal gave impetus
to Congress’ Haath Se
Haath Jodo’ campaign
with his padyatra for
the second consecutive
day on Sunday. During
this, Pradesh Congress
Committee member
Amit Dhariwal and
Kota North Block Con-
gress President Nevalal
Gurjar, Congress lead-
ers, including Dhari-
wal, were also present.
While campaigning,
they went to Ward-28 of
Nadipar area of the city
where Dhariwal went to
many streets and neigh-
bourhoods and met peo-
ple. People gathered at
many places to congrat-
ulate Dhariwal for the
works of infrastructure
development in the
ward. Amit Dhariwal
said that villages across
the river have been
transformed with the
development works.
Shanti Dhariwal and Amit Dhariwal interact with people during
the padyatra under the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ Campaign in Balita
in Nadipaar area of Kota on Sunday.
Udaipur: Assam Gover-
nor Gulab Chand Ka-
taria arrived at the
Dabok Airport in the
city, where people ar-
rived in large numbers
towelcomehim.Kataria
has come to Udaipur for
the first time after tak-
ing oath as the Gover-
nor of Assam. In such a
situation, the enthusi-
asm shown by the local
people to welcome them
was amazing. Gulab
Chand Kataria was giv-
en a guard of honour at
the airport.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Union Minis-
ter of Animal Husband-
ry Parshottam Rupala
on Sunday interacted
with the pastoralist
community of Western
Rajasthan at ICAR-Na-
tional Research Centre
on Camel in Bikaner.
Union Minister Arjun
Ram Meghwal was also
present on the occasion.
While addressing the
gathering as the chief
guest, Parshottam Ru-
pala said that we have
decided that wherever
we go and as much as
possible, we will have
direct communication
with nomadic animal
husbandry community
standing at the lowest
level in the field of ani-
mal husbandry. The
Minister also empha-
sised that the Prime
Minister’s announce-
ment of people-centric
good governance is the
lifeline of our commit-
ment. Later, the Union
Minister also took part
in the 14th National
Cultural Festival at Dr
Karni Singh Stadium.
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala interacts with pastoral
community at ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel in Bikaner
on Sunday. Also seen here is Arjun Ram Meghwal and others.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Bharat
24 channel organised
an event, ‘Shoorveer’
to honour Gujarat
cops for their exem-
plary services at Sa-
barmati River Front,
Ahmedabad. Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-
Chief Bharat24-Vi-
sion of New India
and First India and
CMD First India
News, said that this
program of Bharat24
is first program in
nation where the he-
roes of Gujarat Po-
lice were felicitated.
Dr Chandra also
thanked Sanghavi for
successful organiza-
tion of event. Gujarat
Home Minister Harsh
Sanghavi praised Dr
Chandra termed
this campaign of
Bharat24 as a great
initiative. “Whatever
crime may be there, it
is presented as a fail-
ure of police the next
day. In such a situa-
tion, I would like to
participate in this
event to honour Guja-
rat Police. Thanks to
the entire team,” he
said adding that
there is a need to
change masses’ atti-
towards cops. He said
that it is Gujarat Po-
lice only, which has
kept law order in-
tact it is because of
these cops that of Guj
people feel safe.
Sanghavi and Dr
Chandra inaugurated
the event by lighting
the lamp. Business
Head Manoj Jagyasi,
Bureau Head Gujarat
Manish Desai, poet
Ankit Trivedi were
also present.

09
JAIPUR, MONDAY,
MARCH 6, 2023
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oli, the celebration
of colours, is al-
most here, and we
can hardly contain
our enthusiasm.
Like any other festival, this
festival also commemorates
the triumph of good over
evil, the arrival of spring
and the end of winter, and
the chance to meet new
people. People are
brought together to joke
and play, to forget and
pardon, and to mend
broken relationships.
Religion, bonfires, and
an excess of coloured chalk, it
is one of the most gorgeous
festivities on the planet but
during this festival of sharing
love most of the time, we are
concerned with how to make
our attire more enjoyable.
However, Holi is an occasion
whereyoumustchoosetheap-
propriate clothing, shoes, and
even accoutrements to avoid
malfunction or pain. Of
course, we’d all like to get
drenched in colours while still
lookingfantasticinthatattire.
As a result, to make your Holi
buying easier, we’ve compiled
a list of dos and don’ts that
youcanfollowtohaveasecure
Holi and wear an ensemble
that is both comfortable and
stylish. The first and most im-
portant thing to do is to go out
and buy a white dress, ideally
ethnic; after all, we are hon-
ouring a traditional holiday
.
So it’s a white kurta and py-
jama for males and a white
sari or churidar kurta for
women. A white Salwar ka-
meez or palazzo will not do
because they will look slop-
py when soaked, and the
meaning of a ‘FILMY HOLI’
is to look glamorous despite,
or rather because of, col-
ours and water. If you are
confident and at ease with
your sexuality, go for a mus-
lin fabric kurta and pair it
with a carefully positioned
patterned dupatta
or stole to com-
plete the ‘HERO-
INE’ look.
MEIN
MEIN UDE
UDE
RE
RE GULAL
GULAL
CITY FIRST SHARES A FEW GLIMPSES OF THE FESTIVAL OF
COLOURS WHICH PROMOTES LOVE, TOGETHERNESS AND JOY
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
Khushi Vijay
Akanksha Bhalla and Gaurav Gaur
Shrishti Khatri
Tripti Arora
Karishma Tak

10
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oli is a festival that
marks the beginning
of spring (season) in
India, the end of win-
ter, and the blooming
of love. For many
, it is
a joyous day to social-
ise with others, have fun and
laugh, forget and forgive, and
mend strained bonds. The cer-
emony also serves as a prayer
foraprosperousspringharvest.
SIGNIFICANCE OF
HOLIKA DAHAN
Holika Dahan (Choti Holi), also
known as the night before
Holi,istheofficialbeginningof
theHolicelebrations.HolikaDa-
han translates as burning the
demon Holika, while Dahan
denotestheactof lightingsome-
thing on fire. Holika Dahan
(Choti Holi) will take place on
March7'sTuesdaynightin2023.
People light a bonfire on the
eve of Holika Dahan, the night
before the Holi Festival, to
symbolise the defeat of the de-
mon Holika. When the blaze is
burned to ashes, it symbolises
the triumph of good over evil.
The event honours the tale
of Prahlada, a child follower
of Lord Vishnu, and his ma-
levolent father, Hiranyakashi-
pu, according to Hindu my-
thology. Hiranyakashipu was
upset that his son wouldn't ac-
cepthimasadeityandplanned
to murder him for it.
Hiranyakashipu was finally
put to death by Lord Vishnu in
the guise of Narasimha thanks
to Prahlada's devotion to Lord
Vishnu, who protect-
ed him from his fa-
ther's nefarious
schemes. People
congregate in
public areas on
the day of Ho-
lika Dahan and
ignite bonfires to rep-
resent the
burning.
Holika
Dahan has
cultural value in ad-
dition to religious signifi-
cance.
The major activity during
the Holi celebration is playing
with coloured powders and
water while exchanging
sweets and food. In essence,
Holika Dahan is a significant
Hindu festival that repre-
sents the victory of virtue
over evil. This is a time for
people to get together, pray
together, and rejoice with
their loved ones.
DELICACIES OF HOLI
This festival of colours is linked
with several traditional foods and
desserts. For example, picture
Holi without the delectable guji-
yas and the chilled thandai. Dur-
ing celebrating Holi, especially in
North India, they are a need.
To make things simple and
time-saving so that you can fully
enjoy the day, some advance plan-
ning is a smart idea. Similarly,
with samosas or kachoris, the
dough or filling can be made
ahead of time and chilled. The
same is true for the thandai paste,
which may be made a few days be-
fore the festival and fro-
zen or refrigerated.
UNIQUE
POPULAR HOLI
CUISINE
These are the
traditional
foods that
Holi is un-
questionably
incomplete
without. You
have the option
to make one, two,
or all of them.
GUJIYA
A dessert made of crisp, flaky
pastry stuffed with sweet khoya
(evaporated milk solids) and
dried fruits, gujiya is well-known
and traditional North Indian
treat. They can be both baked and
fried. Make a filling with your
preferred dried fruits, jaggery,
and khoya, wrap it in a sheet of
repurposed flour, and fried it to
serve.
THANDAI
During the Holi celebration, the
traditional and well-liked North
Indian beverage called Thandai is
created. In classic Thandai cui-
sine, aromatic spices like green
cardamom, fennel seeds, black
pepper, saffron, and traces of rose
are combined with nuts and seeds
like almonds, pistachios, poppy
seeds, and melon seeds. The milk
is then added to the thandai pow-
der or paste to create the reviving
and cooling thandai beverage.
DAHI VADA
All of your favourite tastes and
textures are combined in one de-
lectable snack: fluffy, supple, soft,
tangy, and sweet Dahi Vada. They
are made up of handmade fried
lentil dumpling fritters
that are covered in
sweet and sour
chutneys and
dipped in rich,
whipped yo-
ghurt. For a
fun appetis-
er or sharing
party dish,
try my heir-
loom and tra-
ditional Dahi
Vada recipe
with step-by-step
photographs.
SAMOSA
A traditional and well-known
Punjabi samosa dish with a crispy,
flaky crust with a mixture of fla-
vorful, tangy potatoes and green
peas. As an alternative to deep
frying, you may alternatively air
fry or bake these samosas.
EASY HARA BHARA KABAB
Green peas, potatoes, and fresh
spinach leaves are used to make
hara bhara kabab. They are there-
fore tasty and nourishing. In In-
dia, hara bhara kebab is a tasty
appetiser or snack. Burger buns
may also be used to make sand-
wiches out of this green kabab.
fore the festival and fro-
zen or refrigerated.
POPULAR HOLI
have the option
to make one, two,
lentil dumpling fritters
that are covered in
sweet and sour
chutneys and
dipped in rich,
Vada recipe
with step-by-step
photographs.
SOAK IN THE HUES
SOAK IN THE HUES
J
JO
OY
Y
OF
People are joyful about the approach of the festival of colours.
Holi this year will be observed on March 8 with Holika Dahan falling on
March 7. The whole affair of this festival is very enjoyable and warm, as
people dance to the tunes of breezy songs, play with colours and also eat
popular Holi delicacies to celebrate the victory of good over evil!
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
H

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11
आज ना छोड़ेंगे
खेलेंगे हम
One Holi song that I like is Soni Soni
from the film Mohabbatein. I'll be
listening to this song on this Holi.
Other than that I'll be on my bed
binge reading my book and annotat-
ing it while planning my next read.
I like spending the rest of my day
with great food and music comple-
mented.
Holi has been my favourite
festival since I was a kid. I
like to celebrate holi sur-
rounded by family, with lots
of colours and great food. One
of my favourite times to come
back home from college is
to be surrounded by friends
and family. On Holi I love to
groove on rang barse.
When one hears the word holi so the very
first thing that would strike our minds
is colours however there's lot more
to it. Apart from the spiritual side holi
is surely the festive to enjoy have fun
and fall in love with every colour and
everyone you come across. Also be it
holi or anyother day i love to celebrate it
with my loved ones specifically my best
friend! Theres another level of enthusiam
in me for holi as everything is so colour-
ful even the air we breathe has colours.
Dancing adds on to the joyful environ-
ment. About my favourite track for holi
it's always been Rang barse bheege
chunar wali.
Holi for me a festival which I look
forward avidly each year. My typical
Holi routine includes waking up early,
( voluntarily) gathering up friends and
family to celebrate the festival of col-
our with Gulaal. I avoid playing with
water, as I don't believe in wasting
water carelessly which is a precious
commodity. Tunes I love to jive up on
this day are Rang Barse, Paani wala
Dance and Mohe
Rang do
Laal!
ndia commemo-
rates a large
number of festi-
vals throughout
the year be-
cause it is a na-
tion with many
different customs, eth-
nicities, and religious
beliefs. One of the most
well-known holidays is
Holi, which is essential-
ly a feast of colours.
However, as we delve a
little deeper, we discov-
er that Holi has a wide
range of symbolic
meanings as well as his-
torical, cultural, and
traditional importance.
Holi will be observed on
March 8 this year. Some
people believe that Holi
is the celebration of the
love that Radha and
Krishna shared, a form
of love that is unre-
stricted by name, form,
or shape. Others see it as
a tale illustrating how
goodness always tri-
umphs over evil. While
Holi is an occasion for
enjoyment, frivolity
, for-
giveness and kindness
for many others. The
Holi traditions span
three days and start
with a bonfire to repre-
sent the annihilation of
evil on the first day, fol-
lowed by celebrations
with colours, prayers,
music, dance, and gifts
on the other two days.
The primary colours
are used to symbolise a
variety of feelings and
concepts, such as love
and fertility in red, Lord
Krishna in blue, and
fresh starts in green.
On this day, it's im-
possible to avoid the
colours, and it's
equally difficult
to resist bop-
ping to the
catchy melo-
dies of Holi
songs. Bolly-
wood has
a l w a y s
been at the
vanguard
of offering
the finest
songs to its fans when it
comes to festivals. City
First brings to you how
our readers will cele-
brate this auspicious
festival and what are
some of their favourite
Holi songs to groove on.
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Being brought up in a diverse
environment and festivities
around Holi has been one of
my favourites. Waking up early
morning despite the holiday,
filling our water guns, flying
colours in the air, eating gujias
and not to forget some good
songs. I grew up dancing and
jamming to Balam pichkari,
Ik junnon and a lot more. I
love this festival as it makes us
embrace the colours in our lives
forget all the negativity around
and stand as a unit together.
and family. On Holi I love to
groove on rang barse.
with great food and music comple-
mented.
I
Siddhivi
Neha Singh
Parul Mahajan
Nandini Ramola Das
Isha Singh

SOME MORE GLIMPSES!
12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME MORE GLIMPSES FROM THE HOLI MILAN SAMAROH HOSTED BY HEMANT SHARMA,
TV9 NEWS DIRECTOR TO COMMEMORATE RANGBHARI EKADASHI AT HIS RESIDENCE IN DELHI ON SUNDAY.
HAPPY
HOLI
Jagdeesh Chandra
with Moni Sharma,
Sharat Verma, Jinendra
Shekhawat, Uttam Kumar
Sain, Uttkarsha Shekhar,
Rashpal Singh, Indraraj
Singh Gujar, Shubhanshi
Pathak, Ajeet Shukla,
Anil Achora, Purvashree,
CP Chaudhary, Pawan
Bagra, Vikas Bagra, CP
Bagra, Vijendra Singh,
Dharmendra Mangal,
Ravindra Kumar,
Harsh and Sattar on
the occasion of Holi
celebrations at the First
India Newspaper office on
Sunday evening.
—PHOTO BY
SANTOSH SHARMA
PHAGOTSAV CELEBRATION
GREETINGS!
WHAT’S HAPPENING!
HOLI KI CHAHAK!
Ahead of the Holi
festival, Dr Mahesh
Joshi, PHED
Minister organised
a Phagotsav
program at Pondrik
Park in the city on
Sunday. Jagdeesh
Chandra reached
to Congratulate
Dr Mahesh Joshi
and wished him
Happy Holi. Divya
Joshi, wife of Dr
Mahesh Joshi and
Rohit Joshi were
also present on the
occasion.A large
crowd was seen
playing holi.
Jagdeesh Chandra
was greeted by
Hemant Sharma of
the First India Family
as he reached the
former’s residence
to seek blessings
on Sunday, as his
birthday was on
Saturday, March 4.
IIHMR University Jaipur organised Diploma Awarding Ceremony
for Post Graduate Diploma in Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Development; and a Post Graduate Diploma in
Health Entrepreneurship under the National Skill Qualifications
Framework of the University Grants Commission. On this
occasion, Dr PR Sodani, President, of IIHMR University
congratulated the graduating students. Dr Goutam Sadhu,
Dean, of the School of Development Studies at IIHMR University
welcomed the dignitaries, faculty members and students.
The chief guest Rushabh Hemani,WASH and CCA specialist
with UNICEF, Jaipur shared his insights on the challenges and
opportunities in the field of CSR, public health and sustainable
development and guest of honour Abhimanyu Singh, Co-Founder
of Flexible and Hexpressions and a featured entrepreneur on
Shark Tank India Season 2 shared his experience.
Ahead of the Holi festival, the Phagotsav
program was organised by the Hema
Welfare Foundation at Shyoji Godha ki
Nasiya, Jaipur on Sunday. Jagdeesh
Chandra graced the occasion as the
chief guest and wished everyone
Happy Holi. Mamta Singh,Ankita, Pooja
Kushwah, Neha Rathore, Jyoti Bhagwani,
Kamlesh, Rekha kanwar, Sunita Rathore,
Anita, Brijesh Kanwar, Mikki Shekhawat
and Lavali Sharma were also present on
the occasion.
CITY FIRST
solo art exhibi-
tion by Surjit
Akre was or-
ganised at
Juneja Art Gal-
lery
, Jaipur on
S u n d a y .
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as a
special guest and appre-
ciated the artwork dur-
ing the exhibition. This
is the 144th show by
Juneja Art Gallery
.
While interacting with
media, Juneja said “Art
is my patience. I inter-
pret the life of general
people in my paintings,
their Love, anger, strug-
gle for life, dreams, suf-
fering all happenings
in life. I also paint auto-
biographical paintings.
The main medium
whichIloveisoiloncan-
vas because it is durable
I can also try different
texturesinthismedium.
I also love to do pencil,
charcoal and drawings
on paper. I have devel-
oped my own style,
whichtookseveralyears
of practiceexperience.
When I see my art I feel
that life is so beautiful,
yet complicated deep
because my paintings
are the mirror of life.”
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
A
ART: EXPRESSION OF LOVE
CELEBRATING 68 YEARS!
On the 68th Foundation Day of Rajasthan Patrika, colourful fireworks were organised in front of Albert
Hall on Sunday. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occsaion with his presence.A large number of people
reached from different areas of the city to see the Gulal fireworks, the event started with the Chang
Festival, while the fireworks started with the roar of 21 cannons, attractive views made of Gulal
several feet high in the sky were seen.
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Sangeeta Juneja,
Surjit Akre, Rakhi Sharma and Shreya Juneja
Jagdeesh Chandra with Dr Mahesh Joshi,
Rohit Joshi and Divya Joshi
Jagdeesh Chandra during the phagotsav celebration
Jagdeesh Chandra with Mamta Singh,Ankita, Pooja Kushwah, Neha Rathore, Jyoti Bhagwani,
Kamlesh, Rekha kanwar, Sunita Rathore,Anita, Brijesh Kanwar, Mikki Shekhawat and Lavali Sharma
Jagdeesh Chandra with Om Prakash Modi and others during the grand celebration
Priyanka and Aditi Kumar Vishwas Smriti Irani Chitra Tripaathi
Jagdeesh Chandra with Dr Mahesh Joshi
Jagdeesh Chandra with Archana Rathore, Madhavi Agrawal,
Rekha Kanwar, Hemlata Chouhan, Sunita Rathore,Vimlesh and Jyoti Bhawani
Jagdeesh Chandra admiring the artworks.
Also seen is Surjit Akre
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Glimpse of the mesmerizing colourful firework at Albert Hall
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN

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