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THIRD BLAST NEAR
GOLDEN TEMPLE IN
A WEEK, 5 ARRESTED
Amritsar: Five people
have been arrested by
Punjab police following an
explosion near the Golden
Temple in Amritsar. On
Thursday midnight, 3rd
explosion had happened in
five days. “Amritsar low-
intensity explosion cases
solved,” DGP Police said.
DEFAMATION CASE
FILED AGAINST FORMER
CJI RANJAN GOGOI
Guwahati: A `1 crore
defamation case and a
petition seeking an injunction
to restrain his autobiography
has been filed against Rajya
Sabha MP and former CJI
Ranjan Gogoi by Assam
Public Works (APW)
president Aabhijeet Sharma
at a local Court here.
SIVAGNANAM SWORN
IN AS CALCUTTA HIGH
COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
Kolkata: Justice TS
Sivagnanam on Thursday
took oath as new Chief
Justice of Calcutta High
Court. The oath was
administered by Governor
CV Ananda Bose. Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee
was also present at the
swearing-in ceremony.
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VP Dhankhar sweeps world
leaders with his simplicity!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The world
was there, world was
watching,mostpowerful
men and ladies from
across the globe congre-
gated for a historic and
once in a lifetime State
function-thecoronation
of KingCharlesIII.Even
as UK and common-
wealth, along with all
other nations of world,
bore witness to the cere-
mony
, the most popu-
lous, vibrant and power-
ful nation - India - was
represented by a man of
highstaturebutasimple
and humble demeanour
- Vice President Jagdeep
Dhankhar. In fact, all
eyes were on him since
time he landed in Lon-
dontoattendthecorona-
tion representing India,
as he not only represent-
edover1.4billionpeople,
but the culture and es-
sence that is India. And
surely enough, ‘global
powerplayers’ were
swooped by simplicity
and candour of individ-
ual,whohas,all-through
his life, garnered praise
and admiration from
people from all walks of
life. To Dhankhar, even
his harshest critics have
started saying, “Bravo
Mr VP!”
PERSPECTIVE P4
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Crucial
Crucial
‘MAHA’ TOP COURT VERDICT ON SENA V/S SENA
SHINDE KEEPS HIS JOB,
MORAL VICTORY FOR UDDHAV
Maharashtra Governor ‘erred’ but can’t reinstate MVA government
as Uddhav resigned without taking floor test, says Supreme Court
Moni Sharma
New Delhi/Mumbai:
The Supreme Court on
Thursday said it cannot
reinstate the Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi government
in Maharashtra since
the then Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray had
resigned voluntarily
without taking the floor
test. However, the top
court strongly censured
the then Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari, for taking de-
cisions that helped
Shinde’s faction, saying
he had “erred” in con-
cluding that Thackeray
had lost the support of
majority of MLAs.
“We cannot quash his
resignation and hence
MVA cannot be put
back in the seat of gov-
ernment,” the Supreme
Court said in a signifi-
cant verdict on the po-
litical crisis in the state
last year triggered by
rebellion by several
Shiv Sena MLAs led by
Eknath Shinde.
Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari did not
have any objective ma-
terial and the exercise
of discretion of the gov-
ernor in this case was
not in accordance with
the law, top court fur-
ther added. More on P5
The five-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud
hearing the case on the Maharashtra political crisis in New Delhi on Thursday. THE BIG BENCH...
The decision was
delivered by a five-judge
bench led by CJI Chan-
drachud who clustered
8 petitions on face-off.
Kapil Sibal and Abhishek
Manu Singhvi argued
for Uddhav’s team while
Harish Salve, Neeraj
Kaul, and Mahesh
Jethmalani represented
Eknath Shinde’s camp.
COURT UNLOCKS
DISQUALIFICATION
PROCEEDINGS
The top court refused to
disqualify the 16 rebel
Shiv Sena MLAs, includ-
ing CM Eknath Shinde,
and directed the Ma-
harashtra speaker to
decide on their peti-
tions within a reason-
able frame of time.
Thackeray faction had
sought disqualification
of the MLAs under the
anti-defection law of the
country.
SC decision
makes it clear
that gover-
nor’s decision to invite
Shinde to form the
govt was correct. This
means that govt here is
constitutional. Uddhav
quitideology for power,
has no right to speak
on morality. Uddhav
had not resigned on
moral grounds but due
to fear after people who
were with him left him.
—Eknath Shinde,
Maharashtra CM
This is a glorious day in the history of the
country as on this day, Indian scientists
had made the country proud by conducting
Pokhran nuclear tests. India has set clear goals for year
2047 and efforts should be made to make the country
developed and self-reliant.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Overall, the SC
in its decision
has passed
strictures on those who
are power hungry. The
SC has also said that the
way the governor has
acted was wrong along
with appt of (chief)
whip. Despite so many
strictures of SC, if any
morality is left with the
CM and deputy CM, they
should resign as I did
and face polls.
—Uddhav Thackeray,
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief
Whatever I did
at that point
of time was
absolutely right and if
someone resigned then,
I can’t stop them. Now, I
am free from all this and
keeping myself away from
political matters. I am
not a student of law, so if
Supreme Court is saying
something in this regard
then it is their job to anal-
yse such matters.
—Bhagat Singh Koshyari,
Former Governor
of Maharashtra
CELEBRATING 25TH YEAR OF
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY
This decade is
India’s ‘Techade’!
PM Narendra Modi launches
projects worth `5,800 crore
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has said on Thursday
that technology is a tool
for giving momentum
to the country’s growth
trajectory. He stressed
that technology is es-
sential for economic
growth, achieving sus-
tainable development
goals and building an
inclusive ecosystem.
The PM inaugurated
National Technology
Week 2023, School to
Startupand Igniting
Young Minds to Inno-
vate at Pragati Maidan
in New Delhi. On this
occasion, Modi has laid
the foundation stone for
various projects worth
5,800 crore. He said, In-
dia is moving forward
in the field of science
and technology with
new thinking and a ho-
listic approach. He said,
a strong foundation has
been laid in the field of
science and technology
sector in 9 years. P5
PM Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh and Dr Jitendra Singh duirng
inauguration, foundation stone laying event in Delhi on Thursday.
PM MODI’S U.S. VISIT
‘HISTORIC’, GOOD
FOR WORLD: SANDHU
Washington: PM Modi’s visit
to the US will show that the
partnership between the two
nations is people-centric,
people-driven, and is good
for the world at large, a top
Indian diplomat said, as In-
dia’s Ambassador to the US,
Taranjit Singh Sandhu called
the visit “historic.”
Pakistan Supreme Court declares
Imran Khan’s arrest as illegal
First India Bureau
Islamabad: In a major
relief for Imran Khan,
Pakistan SC on Thurs-
day declared the former
PM’s arrest “illegal”
and ordered his imme-
diate release after he
was produced before a
bench on its orders. The
bench, comprising CJ
of Pakistan Umar Ata
Bandial and 2 others,
expressed anger at the
way Khan was taken
into custody from prem-
ises of Islamabad HC.
He said that HC should
hear the case on Friday
.
“You will have to accept
whatever the HC de-
cides,” judge added.
Court also said that po-
lice has to prove secu-
rity to Imran. Turn to P7
Imran Khan at Supreme Court,
in Islamabad on Thursday.
Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Mallik, Sangeeta Phogat, Vinesh
Phogat and Satyawart Kadian wearing black ribbons marking
‘Black Day’ during protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Thursday.
Minor wrestler, who has accused WFI chief of sexual harassment,
has given a statement before a magistrate under Section 164.
‘Thari-Mhari’ does not work
in party culture, says Gehlot
Naresh Sharma and
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Thurs-
day said that those who
create factions can never
become successful and
never be loyal to the par-
ty
. The statement came
on a day Pilot launched a
125-km-long Jan Sang-
harsh Yatra from Ajmer
to Jaipur to raise the is-
sueof corruptionandthe
leaking of question pa-
pers for state govern-
mentrecruitmentexams.
“In a democracy,
those who take every-
one along become suc-
cessful and those who
create factions can nev-
er become successful.
Those indulging in fac-
tionalism (Thari-Mhari
karte hai) can never
become successful.
They are never loyal to
the party. Loyalty is
very important. I have
always tried in my life
to take everyone along,”
Gehlot said after inau-
gurating a statue of for-
mer Congress leader
Pandit Nawal Kishore
Sharma in Jaipur.
Referring to his past
differences with UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal, Gehlot said he had
offered him a ministe-
rial post when he be-
came the CM in 1998. “I
tried in life to take eve-
ryone along. Dhariwal
ji was against me. I my-
self offered ministerial
post to Dhariwal ji. Be it
anyone’s man, I select-
ed everyone at that time
with a thought that he
is a person from Con-
gress, party high com-
mand and Sonia Gan-
dhi,” Gehlot said. P8
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar interacts with King Charles III in
presence of his wife, Camilla, during reception in London on May 5.
The most populous, vibrant and powerful
nation - India - was represented by a man of
high stature but a simple and humble de-
meanour - Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
at the coronation of King Charles III
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing during inauguration of statue of late
Pandit Nawal Kishore Sharma in Jaipur on Thursday.
 CM Ashok Gehlot
inaugurates statue of
former Congress
leader Pandit Nawal
Kishore Sharma
 CM Gehlot also
inaugurates, lays
foundation stone of
projects worth `211
crore in JMC Heritage
BLACK DAY!
In my entire life, I have worked to up-
hold the party’s principles and policies
with “allegiance, honesty, and com-
mitment” and have worked to “lengthen the line
instead of shortening it”.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
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MANIPUR POLICE COMMANDO
KILLED AND 4 COPS INJURED
Imphal: At least one Manipur police commando
was killed and five others sustained injuries in a
shootout between security forces and suspected
Kuki militants in Bishnupur district on Thursday.
FINLAND PM FILES DIVORCE AS
SHE PREPARES TO LEAVE OFFICE
Helsinki: Finland’s outgoing Prime Minister
Sanna Marin has filed for divorce jointly with her
husband of three years Markus Raikkonen, she
shared the news on Instagram.
PATNAIK RULES OUT JOINING ‘3RD
FRONT’ AFTER MEETING MODI
New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
after meeting PM Modi made it clear on Thursday
that he is not going to join the third front or a
common political platform of non-BJP parties.
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RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023
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Over 50% projects implemented: ACS Veenu Gupta
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A review meet-
ing on the progress of
MoUs and LOIs, took
place at The Invest Ra-
jasthan Summit 2022,
was chaired by ACS In-
dustriesandCommerce,
Veenu Gupta, in the BIP
boardroom at Udyog
Bhavan on Thursday
.
During the meeting,
it was reported that
morethan50percentof
investmentsannounced
in The Invest Rajasthan
Summit have already
been implemented.
Among a total of 2,091
projects, 1,074 projects
are already implement-
ed and 1,017 projects are
currently under imple-
mentation stage.
ACS Veenu Gupta
emphasised the impor-
tance of establishing
enterprises for the all-
round development of
the state. She urged of-
ficials to help indus-
tries so that they don’t
have to face any diffi-
culty in getting infor-
mation related to set-
ting up their enterprise
orobtainingNOCsfrom
various departments.
INVEST RAJ 2022 REVIEW MEET

ACS Gupta
instructed
officers to
remain in touch
with investors
and provide
them with all
necessary help
BJP’s Madan Dilawar
refutes all allegations
KHARGE DEATH THREAT CASE
Rathore reaches Delhi to attend
2008 blast hearing in SC today
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Leader of
Opposition Rajendra
SinghRathoreonThurs-
day said that the 15th an-
niversary of Jaipur Se-
rialbombblastisonMay
13andhearingonanSLP
filed by the BJP will be
heard in the Supreme
Court today (Friday).
On May 3, advocate
Maninder Singh, Shiv
Mangal, and Hemant
Nahta had demanded
an early hearing in the
court. It will be heard
on May 12.
Rathorealongwithhis
son Parakram Singh
reached Delhi on
Wednesday to attend the
hearing in the SLP of
victim Rajeshwari Devi.
He held legal discussion
with the advocates.
Inthebombblastcase,
theRajHChadacquitted
the accused, imposing
seriousobjectionsonthe
investigation agency
and prosecution of the
state government.
“The government did
not take any action
against the erring offi-
cials. The government
is doing this to harvest
votes. BJP will contin-
ue to fight for justice to
the victim’s family,”
said Rathore.
BJP to hold protest on 2008 blast anniv
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Former BJP
State President Arun
Chaturvedi and JMC
Greater Mayor Dr
Somya along with Dep-
uty Mayor Puneet
Karnawat, Municipal
Corporation Ward
Councillors and Divi-
sional Presidents held a
meeting at the state of-
fice regarding the 15th
anniversary of the se-
rial bomb blast that
took place on May 13,
2008 in Jaipur city
.
Chaturvedi said that
BJP always works on
the policy of zero toler-
ance against terrorism,
Naxalism and terror-
ists. “Ever since the
Modi government at the
Centre came to power,
incidents like bomb
blasts have completely
stopped in the country.
Our priorities have
been to connect the
fight against terror in
the country with the
common people, and to
end the existence of ter-
rorist forces,” he said.
The party will hold
sit-in demonstrations
in all 250 wards of
Jaipur from 12 noon to
1 pm and then recite Ha-
numan Chalisa in local
temples in connection
with the 15th anniver-
sary on 13 May
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP State Chief
spokesperson MLA
Ramlal Sharma and
MLAMadanDilawarad-
dressed a press confer-
enceatthestateofficeon
Thursday regarding the
false case of murder and
criminal conspiracy
filed against BJP State
General Secretary
Madan Dilawar.
Dilawar accused the
Congressgovernmentof
filing illegitimate and
false cases to harass the
BJP workers. He is ac-
cused of giving a life
threat to AICC president
Mallikarjun Kharge.
“How can a case be
filed against a crime
which has not been com-
mitted? This case has
been registered by the
Congress Secretary at
the behest of CM Gehlot
and GS Dotasra. Such
casesshowhowthepros-
ecuting officers act fool-
ishlybyindulgingincor-
ruption,” he said. Refer-
ring to the earlier inci-
dent, Dilawar said that
in response to Kharge’s
remark against PM
Modi,hehadmerelysaid
that Kharge is an old
man of 80 years, and
wished him a long life.
Rajasthan welcomed over 10 cr tourists in 2022
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Having suf-
fered huge losses due
to the Covid-19 pan-
demic, the tourism in-
dustry of Rajasthan is
now booming with re-
cording a high number
of tourist arrivals.
More than 10.87
crore tourists
visited the
desert
state in the year 2022.
The highest footfall to
the state was of domes-
tic tourists, official
sources in the tourism
department said.
Of thetotal10.87tour-
ists, 10.83 crore were do-
mestic and 3.96 lakh
wereforeigners,accord-
ing to official sources.
Thisisthehighestnum-
berof touristarrivalsin
the state after the coro-
na pandemic.
In the year
2021, only
2 . 2 0
crore tourists visited
Rajasthan. Increase of
morethan8croreinthe
number of tourists in
one year is a big
achievement of the Ge-
hlot government.
As the result of the
hard work of Team Ra-
jasthan Tourism-- Min-
ister Vishvendra Sin-
gh, Principal Secretary
Gayatri Rathore and
Director Rashmi Shar-
ma, the state is being
recognised as a safe
destination.
Rajendra Rathore holds discussion with Hemant Nahata and other
lawyers over 2008 Jaipur blast case, in New Delhi on Thursday.
BJP leaders Arun Chaturvedi, Dr Somya, Kulwant Singh, Puneet Karnawat, and Rakhi Rathore
interact with media in Jaipur on Thursday.
Veenu Gupta, Shiv Prasad Nakate, Om Kasera, Mahendra Kumar Parakh and others during the
Invest Rajasthan Summit review meeting in Jaipur on Thursday.
DEFENCE VISITS
Air Marshal
Narmdeshwar Tiwari
shakes hand with
officers at Air Force
Station in Jaisalmer
on Thursday. (Inset) Lt
Gen Raju, Commander
of Sapta Shakti
Command, interacts
with kids during his
visit to Alwar Military
Station on Thursday.
Odisha minor, a 20-yr-old girl
gangraped in separate incidents
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A minor from
Odisha was allegedly
gangraped by four men
in Jaipur. The victim
had come to Jaipur with
her grandfather. An ac-
quaintance held the two
hostage in a flat where
an accused raped the
girl and threatened the
grandfatherwithkilling
him if he reported the
matter. The victim’s
grandfather lodged a re-
port at Pratap Nagar
police station against
four named people. The
police have started an
investigation by regis-
tering a report under
the POCSO Act.
Theaccusedwasanac-
quaintance and came to
pick them up at the rail-
waystationonMay5and
took them to an apart-
ment in Pratap Nagar.
The granddaughter was
rapedthere.Thenextday
she was forcibly taken to
atempleandmarriedtoa
boy named Sanjay
. They
were then told to go back
totheirvillage.Afterthis,
the grandfather went to
the police.
In another incident, a
20-year-old girl was gan-
graped in Jaipur. The
matter was reported at
Gandhi Nagar police
station. The victim
filed a report against
two acquaintances.
National Lok
Adalat to begin
on May 13
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: The second Na-
tional Lok Adalat of the
year 2023 will be organ-
ised on Saturday by the
Rajasthan
State Legal
ServicesAu-
t h o r i t y
( R A L S A ) .
This Lok
Adalat will be inaugu-
rated on May 13 in the
High Court (New Build-
ing) Complex, Jaipur
bench under the chair-
manshipof ActingChief
Justice MM Srivastava.
RALSA Member Sec-
retary Pramil Kumar
Mathur said that pre-
sent and former HC Jus-
tices, Advocate General,
office bearers of Bar As-
sociation and other ad-
vocates will also be pre-
sent on this occasion.
10 villas sealed
by JDA, illegal
construction
razed, land freed
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A total of 10 il-
legal villas in Anshika
Vihar were sealed by
the JDA. The JDA gave
notice to remove the
construction. The villas
were sealed on Septem-
ber 8, 2022 but the build-
ers went to the JDA Ap-
pellate Tribunal again
and the seal was opened
on the orders but illegal
construction was not
removed. The JDA’s en-
forcement squad sealed
the villas again.
Another illegal
construction was
demolished in Padma-
vati Colony I in Nirman
Nagar area.
Besides, a govern-
ment land worth Rs 63
crore was freed of en-
croachment.
MINOR RAPED, FILMED
IN HOTEL, FIR FILED
JPR WOMAN ACCUSED
FATHER-IN-LAW OF RAPE
Jaipur: A 15-year-old
minor girl was allegedly
raped by her neighbour
at a hotel situated in the
Brahmpuri area, police
said. Police informed the
accused, identified as Chitu
Burman, kidnapped the
girl on the pretext to take
her around and then raped
her. “The accused and the
victim are neighbours in
the Jagatpura area. The ac-
cused raped the girl, filmed
her obscene videos. An FIR
has been filed,” police said.
Jaipur: A woman was al-
legedly raped by her father-
in-law in the Karni Vihar
area, police said. Police
informed the accused used
to rape, and sexually exploit
his daughter-in-law since
after her marriage. “As per
the FIR, the accused even
gave emergency contra-
ceptive pills to women for
aborting the foetus. The
case has been registered in
Karni Vihar Police Station
and the matter is being
probed,” police said.
MLAs Ramlal Sharma and
Madan Dilawar in Jaipur.

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First India Bureau
Sirohi/Udaipur: ACB
Sirohi arrested sub-in-
spectorof Kotwalipolice
station, Jagdish Rana,
for taking a bribe of Rs
2,000. He had demanded
a total of Rs 50,000 from
the complainant in a
caserelatedtosocialboy-
cott. Rana had earlier
taken Rs 8,000.
In another incident,
the Udaipur team ar-
rested the Assistant
Sub Inspector of Go-
vardhan Vilas police
station. Manohar Lal
was arrested for taking
a bribe of Rs 35,000.
Additional Director
General of Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau Mr. He-
mant Priyadarshi
(Addl. Charge Director
General) said that ACB
Special Unit of Udaipur
got a complaint that the
ASI demanded bribes in
lieu of imposing an FR
in a case registered
against the complain-
ant’s brother and father.
The ASI demanded
moneythroughabroker,
Shivlal. The ACB veri-
fied the complaint and
arrested the accused.
ACB TEAMS NAB FIVE ACROSS STATE
SI held for seeking `50K,
ASI nabbed with `35K
JMC Greater ARO
held by ACB with
`25,000 bribe
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB)
on Thursday arrested
an Assistant Revenue
O f f i c e
(ARO) of
Jaipur Mu-
nicipal Cor-
p o r a t i o n
( G re at e r )
while accepting a bribe
of Rs 25,000. Police in-
formed the ARO, identi-
fied as Deep Chand
Saini, was demanding a
monthly bribe of Rs 1
lakh from complainant
for not removing boards
and hoardings from his
coaching centre and to
return his seized hoard-
ings. “The complainant
negotiated with Deep
Chand Saini, following
which he agreed to take
Rs 25,000,” police said.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Harimohan
Meena, the babu in UDH
whose name has come
up in the Udaipur bribe
case, has an interesting
story
. Serving as the As-
sistant Section Officer in
UDH, Meena is an em-
ployee of the Secretariat
Service. Meena has been
posted in the UDH for
the past thirteen years
and files of lands worth
crores of rupees, belong-
ing to JDA and UIT, is
handled by him. The of-
ficials of Secretariat
Service also get trans-
ferred on regular basis
by the DoP from one de-
partment to another. But
Harimohan Meena has
not been transferred
even once in the past
thirteen years. And thus,
this ‘junior’ babu, who
has served in just one
section since, has a mas-
tery in getting a file
marked as ‘positive’ or
‘negative’ in the initial
stage. Word is that the
file related to the
Udaipur bribe case was
also ‘dealt’ by this offi-
cial. It can be questioned
as to why hasn’t Meena
transferred and how did
he become successful in
staying put at one place.
It is also being said that
DoP may release his pro-
motion order of section
officer, from assistant
section officer anytime.
But even after promo-
tion, his ‘chair’ will be in
the UDh department and
in the same section, such
is the belief of secretar-
iat employees. Interest-
ingly
, according to sourc-
es, the ACB would have
arrested Harimohan
Meena on May 8th, but
due to a dramatic devel-
opment, he was able to
flee. On that day, ACB’s
team reached the main
gate of Secretariat at 5
PM and the officials
called Harimohan while
posing as a villager and
called him to the main
gate. As soon as he
reached, he was nabbed
and his mobile was
sought. As he handed the
mobile, Harimohan told
the team ‘ I am coming
back’, and went inside
the Secretariat.
After a while, he re-
turned with a few lead-
ers of the employees
union. These leaders
demanded a receipt of
Harimohan’s mobile
phone from ACB offi-
cials and after receiving
the receipt, the employ-
ee union leaders en-
gaged in a heated argu-
ment, got him freed
from ACB sleuths and
took him back into the
Secretariat.
UDH: What secrets does
Hairmohan Meena hold?
GURJARS HAIL CM GEHLOT!
The delegation of Gurjar Employees Officer Welfare Council met CM Ashok Gehlot on Thursday at CMR and expressed
gratitude on behalf of employees of Gurjar community who got into govt services as a result of 5% quota for Extremely
Backward Classes. Gaurav Bajad, Ramphool Gurjar, Rajendra Singh Tanwar and others were present on the occasion.
Kota (PTI): A 15-year-old
NEET aspirant from UP
was found hanging from
the ceiling fan in his hos-
tel room in Kota Thurs-
day, police said, in the
second suspected suicide
case in four days in the
coaching hub. Dhanesh
Kumar Sharma, a resi-
dent of Khurja town in
Bulandshahr district,
was found dead by his
hostel warden in Land-
mark City in Kunhari
area. The Class 11 stu-
dent was preparing for
the NEET-UG at a coach-
ing centre, police said.
Kunhari SHO Ganga
Sahay Sharma said the
body is at a mortuary
and will be sent for post-
mortem examination af-
ter his parents arrive.
Another hangs self in
Kota, 7th
suicide in ‘23
Police team investigating at the
hostel in Kota on Thursday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Five cheerlead-
ers were stopped dur-
ing security check by
CISF at Jaipur airport
for lack of proper ID.
The IDs of cheer-
leaders associated with
Rajasthan Royals were
scheduled to board Kol-
kata bound Indigo
flight, which takes off
at 7.55 am.
CISF personnel
found their IDs doubt-
ful and asked for some
other IDs but they
could not give it follow-
ing which they were
stopped.
The issue was later
resolved after their
tickets were booked
with another flight
which leaves at 10.40
am. The cheerleaders
were going for the IPL
match between Ra-
jasthan Royals and Kol-
kata Knight Riders.
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: Three peo-
ple, including a sen-
ior IAS officer, have
been booked for alleg-
edly taking a bribe
over the issuance of a
land conversion cer-
tificate, according to
Rajasthan ACB.
The FIR was regis-
tered against Princi-
pal Secy in the Urban
Development and
Housing Department
Kunji Lal Meena,
joint secretary Man-
ish Goyal and clerk
Harimohan Meena
under the Prevention
of Corruption Act on
Wednesday
.
According to ACB,
the case was lodged
after a person was ar-
rested while taking a
Rs 12-lakh bribe on
their behalf in
Udaipur on Monday
for issuing a NOC for
land conversion. In-
terestingly, even
though administra-
tive officials have
been named as ac-
cused in the FIR.
Jaipur (FIB): 2 more
persons died of Corona
in the state, the health
department bulletin re-
ported on Thursday
.
With this, the total
deaths increased to
9,726. The deaths were
reported one each from
Jaipur and Ajmer. The
number of new cases,
however, dropped to 67
in health dept’s bulletin
on Thursday
. The num-
ber of active patients
was recorded at 715 and
cumulative positive in-
creased to 13,26,064.
Ajmer (FIB): Cen-
tral University of Ra-
jasthan, is back in
news afterstudents
found worms in the
breakfast served at
the mega mess of the
university on Thurs-
day. Students posted
the video of worms
on social media. This
has raised questions
on quality of being-
food served.
The students post-
ed video on social
media, after the uni-
versity denied to ad-
dress their issue.
CISF stops IPL
cheer leaders
at airport for
lacking IDs
ACB FIR names
Kunjilal Meena,
Manish Goyal
and HM Meena
Corona Update:
Two more die of
Covid-19 in Raj
Insect found in
food at Ajmer
Central varsity
Dotasra inaugurates Social
Media office at PCC HQs
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: State office of
SocialMediaandDigital
PlatformDepartmentof
Rajasthan Pradesh Con-
gress Committee was
inaugurated by Govind
Singh Dotasra, Presi-
dent of Rajasthan
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee at the state Con-
gress headquarters on
Thursday
. State presi-
dent of the Social Media
and Digital Platforms
Department Sumit Bha-
gasara took charge on
the occasion.
Before the inaugura-
tion of the office, a joint
meeting of the state ex-
ecutive and district
heads of the social me-
dia and digital platform
department was held.
Bhagasara presented
the action plan of the
department for the next
two months.
Govind Singh Dotasra inaugurating the office at PCC HQs on
Thursday. Sumit Bhagasara and others are also seen.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The Jaipur
Airport Administra-
tion is going to start
cargo services here
soon. A separate cargo
terminal has been
made for this. The car-
go terminal can be
started this month it-
self. Initially, domestic
cargo services will be
introduced, followed by
the facility for move-
ment of the interna-
tional cargo.
Meanwhile, prepara-
tions are on to start Ter-
minal-1 with Haj flights
from May 21. A new
cargo terminal has also
been prepared near
Terminal-1. It is likely
that this will also start
this month. The airport
administration has tak-
en necessary permis-
sion from the Airport
Economic Regulatory
Authority of India.
The airport adminis-
tration has tied up with
a private company
, Ban-
galore Airport Termi-
nal Services Pvt Ltd, to
handle cargo services
here. The Airport Eco-
nomic Regulatory Au-
thority has also fixed
the fares for cargo
movement.
Cargo terminal likely to start this month
AT JAIPUR AIRPORT

Authorities at
Jpr Airport have
tied up with
private
company,
Bangalore
Airport Terminal
Services Pvt
Ltd, to handle
cargo services
A well lit and decked up view of Cargo terminal. —FILE PHOTO
ASI Manohar Lal and broker
Shivlal in ACB custody
SI Jagdish Rana, Sirohi
PATWARI IN ACB NET FOR TAKING `30K

PERSPECTIVE
04
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 39
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
PRIME MINISTER
NARENDRA MODI
FARM TO
FOREIGN
The blooming, beautiful
Krishnasura and the
Assam tourism industry
FOOT PATROLLING
odiji idea changed the
landscape of Surat’s tex-
tile industry! We had
planned an exhibition in
Surat and we had invited
Narendra Modi to inaugurate the
event. Surat is famous for its fabric
industry and this exhibition was going
to be a big event. Narendra Modi ar-
rived for the event, he inaugurated the
exhibition and it was during his ad-
dress to the guests that he took every-
one by surprise. Infact, his suggestion
resonated so profoundly with all of us
that our minds had already started
ticking with the actions that we were
to take!
Farm to Fibre to Fabric to Fac-
tory to Fashion to Foreign- this
wonderful concept that he gave us
that day changed the landscape of
the fashion scene in our country.
This was another famous Local to
Global strategy in the field of
fashion that was proposed by
Modiji that day. The aim was to
connect farmers to foreign cur-
rency. This entailed enormous
value-creation in the sense that the
fabric started to give employment
to so many workers in our facto-
ries. After designing, these clothes
were exported and they brought in
foreign currency
. Every stakehold-
er had something to profit from in
this process. Surat’s economy,
south Gujarat’s economy, and the
country’s economy gained enor-
mously from this.
nce a huge public rally had been organ-
ised in Assam’s Guwahati. A gentle-
man was addressing the rally and
Modiji, who was with me on the stage
observed that there was a tree which
was laden with flowers in the ground where the
eventwasbeingconducted.Heaskedme“Which
tree is that?” I re-
plied “Sir, it is
Krishnasura. This
tree grows only in
Assam.” So do you
know what he said?
He said “Plant this
tree all over As-
sam. Let the entire
state bloom and
look beautiful. And
the spectre that
will be created
through the beauty
of this tree and its flowers, people from all over
the world will come to witness it. This will be a
boon for Assam tourism.” This random but ex-
tremely sharp insight by Modiji altered the
tourism landscape in Assam. Immediately after,
we decided to work on war-footing on the sug-
gestions given by Modiji. Under his guidance,
we prepared a plan to promote flowers, fruits
and medicinal plants and planted 10 crore trees
to promote biodiversity in Assam.
became the CM of UP in
March 2017 and found
this opportunity to
work for the people of
the state. The greatest
challenge I faced while
working in Uttar
Pradesh was the dominance of the
Mafia Raj. Girls were unsafe and
there were riots very frequently
and I shared these pressing con-
cerns with Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi as well.
PM Modi then suggested a very
unique concept that he said would
instill trust and faith in the minds
of people and that was “Foot patrol-
ling of Police”. This will help the
public and the police to come closer
and interact with each amicably
. He
said that these friendly conversa-
tions would change the perception
of people. The biggest challenge
here was to make the Mafia fear the
system and this could be made a
reality by working on Modiji’s sug-
gestion. I immediately implement-
ed Foot Patrolling in UP and the
results are there for everyone to see
today. The law and order situation
in the state has ameliorated and it
is better than ever before.
t was Modiji’s first visit
to Tripura after assum-
ing office as PM. During
this visit, he took time
out to meet some 15 to 16
party workers. While interacting,
hesaidtothekaryakartas“Well,let
me suggest something to you. You
can consider my suggestion and
implement this. Chalk out a list of
villages where BJP is not in power.
Now choose any one such village
andgothere.”NowthiswasDecem-
ber 2014 and many of the public
welfare schemes that exist now had
not been introduced back then. The
Garib Kalyan Yojana was yet to be
implemented.Butwhathadstarted
was ‘Swachh Bharat Mission.’
Modijicontinued“Visitthisvillage
early in the morning and carry
your tiffin with you. Once you are
there, conduct a cleanliness drive.
Let people know about Swachh
Bharat and feel the difference. And
notjustthis,carryaFactSheetthat
details out all that BJP has accom-
plished in the last 6 months. This
record of our government’s work
should reach the masses.”
Now this is about how Modiji
shares innovative ideas with the
party workers, expects them to
work hard and encourages trans-
parency with the people. But more
than that, his thrust is on the im-
portance of listening to people. He
emphasized to the party workers
“Always lend people an ear. After
hearing them out attentively, in-
vite them and gather them for a
meeting in the evening. Assure
them that you are there to help
them and resolve their issues. And
most importantly, after you have
done the rounds, get together and
have your tiffin together.” The
word that Modiji uses for this is
‘Sahbhoj’ which means eating to-
gether. He asked the party workers
to return only after accomplishing
all of this during their visit to the
villages.
How successful and replete with
wisdom his advice always is, it is
for everyone to see! In 2014, such
meetings were conducted in a
place like Tripura and with a
small team of party workers.
These teams conducted “Tiffin
Baithaks” in small groups of peo-
ple and under Modiji’s guidance
results were there to see in 3 years.
There was remarkable transfor-
mation in the way BJP was per-
ceived in Tripura. The entire state
had already been hit by a massive
Modi wave!
I
O
M
I
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
ticking with the actions that we were
fashion that was proposed by
Modiji that day. The aim was to
connect farmers to foreign cur-
rency. This entailed enormous
value-creation in the sense that the
fabric started to give employment
to so many workers in our facto-
ries. After designing, these clothes
were exported and they brought in
foreign currency
. Every stakehold-
er had something to profit from in
this process. Surat’s economy,
south Gujarat’s economy, and the
YOU READ PART 38 ON MAY 9, 2023
TO BE CONTINUED...
PM Modi’s innovative and unique ideas from time
to time always trigger a chain of events that
transform the states and the lives of people for the
better. Let’s sneak into the realm of NaMo’s
intuitive suggestions that proved to be game-
changing and helped the narrators of this stories
to take on their respective challenges head-on.
MODI
AMINEOFWISDOM,
ATREASURETROVE
OFIDEAS!
THE POWER OF ‘SAHBHOJ’
OR TIFFIN BAITHAK
Vol 4 Issue No. 334 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur.
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MAHESHKUMAR JOGANI
Businessman, Surat
YOGI ADITYANATH
Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
SUNIL DEODHAR
BJP National Leader
SARBANANDA SONOWAL
Union Minister

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INDIA
05
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY CELEBRATIONS
‘Will give befitting reply to every step against India’s self-respect’
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s nuclear tests in
1998 sent a message to
the world that it may be
a peace-loving nation
but will not tolerate any
step taken against its
self-respect, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
said here on Thursday
.
Addressing the Na-
tional Technology Day
celebrations here, Sin-
gh said India had learnt
lessons from history
after external aggres-
sors ravaged the centre
of learning at Nalanda
and culture icon at
Somnath.
“We have learnt our
lessons from history
and resolved that we
will not allow such his-
tory to be repeated,”
Singh said at the func-
tion that also celebrat-
ed the 25th anniversary
of the 1998 Pokhran -II
nuclear tests.
“India’s nuclear tests
conveyed a message to
the world that we may
be a peace loving nation
but we will not see a Na-
landa burn again. We
will not tolerate our
cultural icon like Som-
nath be ravaged again,”
the defence minister
said.
“We will give a befit-
ting reply to every step
taken against our self-
respect,” Rajnath Singh
said.
NATION’s JOURNEY
REFLECTS IN IT’S
SOCIETY, SAYS PM
Bhuj (Kutch): PM Narendra
Modi on Thursday said the
journey of any nation is
reflected in the journey of
its society. PM Modi made
the comments in a video
message to a gathering at
Nakhatrana, located around
50 km from Bhuj in Kutch
district, on the occasion of
the 100th anniversary of
Akhil Bharatiya Kutch Kad-
va Patidar Samaj. He said
atrocities were committed
by foreign invaders on In-
dia’s society for hundreds
of years. But, ancestors of
the land did not allow their
identity to be erased their
faith to be fragmented.
POLICE REGISTER
CASE AGAINST
BHARATPE EX-MD
New Delhi: EOW of Delhi
police has registered a
case against former
Bharat pe MD Ashneer
Grover, his wife and oth-
ers “for using company
funds inappropriately on
the basis of various forged
documents”. “The EOW
on Wednesday registered
a FIR against former
BharatPe managing
director Ashneer Grover,
his wife Madhuri Jain
Grover, and family mem-
bers including Deepak
Gupta, Suresh Jain, and
Shwetank Jain,” a Delhi
Police official said.
SC: CONTROL OF
LAND, POLICE IS
WITH CENTRE
New Delhi: In a major win
for the AAP govt, the Su-
preme Court on Thursday
in a unanimous verdict
ruled that the Delhi govt
has legislative and execu-
tive powers over services
except for public order,
police and land. Asserting
that an elected govt needs
to have control over the
administration, a five-judge
constitution bench, headed
by Chief Justice DY Chand-
rachud, said the Union
territory of Delhi has “sui
generis (unique) character”
and refused to agree with
the 2019 judgement.
HIGH COURT SEEKS
VIRTUAL PRESENCE
OF MANISH SISODIA
New Delhi: Delhi’s Tihar
jail superintendent was on
Thursday directed by the
high court to allow video
calls between former dep-
uty chief minister Manish
Sisodia and his ailing wife
for an hour every alternate
day. Sisodia is in judicial
custody in the Delhi excise
policy case. The high court
said the interim direction
shall remain in force till
the time it decides Siso-
dia’s regular and interim
bail pleas. Justice DK
Sharma said the court will
try to decide the petitions
as soon as possible.
ED SUMMONS
MAHARASHTRA
NCP PRESIDENT
Mumbai: The Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED) has
summoned Maharashtra
NCP president and MLA
Jayant Patil for question-
ing in a money laundering
case linked to alleged
financial irregularities in
the now bankrupt financial
services firm ILFS,
official sources said on
Thursday. The 61-year-old
MLA from Islampur seat
of Maharashtra has been
asked to depose before
the federal agency here
on Friday. Patil is also the
state president of NCP
and is a 7-term legislator.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, and Science Technology Minister
Jitendra Singh at the inauguration and laying the foundation stone of various projects at National
Technology Day 2023, in New Delhi on Thursday.
PM Narendra Modi meets Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, in New
Delhi on Thursday. Meanwhile, Patnaik also made it clear
the BJD will fight the 2024 Lok Sabha and state assembly
elections on its own and won’t join any political front.
BJP COUNTERS UDDHAV THACKERAY
PUT MORALITY IN BOX FOR
CM’S POST, SAYS FADNAVIS
Mumbai (ANI): Former
Maha CM Uddhav Thack-
eray left his ideology for
power while his successor
Eknath Shinde chose ide-
ology over power, said Dy
CM Devendra Fadnavis
today, welcoming the Su-
preme Court order on last
year’s Shiv Sena mutiny
.
Eknath Shinde will not
resign, he asserted after
the Supreme Court re-
fused to restore the Ud-
dhav Thackeray govern-
ment and said Mr Shinde
was rightfully invited to
form government after
Thackeray resigned. His
remarks came at a press
conference after Mr
Thackeray called for Mr
Shinde’s resignation like
he did during the rebel-
lion. “Thackeray didn’t
resign on moral grounds
but due to fear over people
deserting him,” he said.
IN THE COURTYARD
Ministry of Ayush inks MoU with ICMR
New Delhi (ANI): The In-
dian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) and the
AYUSH ministry have
signed an agreement for
collaboration and cooper-
ation for research in the
field of integrated medi-
cine. Integrated medicine
refers to using alternative
medicine systems such as
ayurveda, yoga, naturopa-
thy, unani, siddha and ho-
meopathy with orthodox
systems as part of a treat-
ment plan.
The Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) will
combine traditional
knowledge with modern
research and boost ayur-
veda’s identity on the ba-
sis of scientific evidence,
Union Health Minister
MansukhMandaviyasaid.
According to an official
statement, the agreement
envisages cooperation and
collaboration between the
ministry and ICMR for ex-
ploring areas of conver-
gence synergy for inte-
grated health research
strengthening research.
Mansukh Mandaviya, Sarbananda Sonowal, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
and officials of ICMR in New Delhi on Thursday.
OM BIRLA IN SHIRDI
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla visited Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi on
Thursday. He prayed for the progress of the country and the welfare
of the countrymen. (Inset) Birla at the 17th Convocation of Pravara
Institute of Medical Sciences, Shirdi on Thursday.
Nitish's party's
Ex-President RCP
Singh joins BJP
New Delhi: Former JDU
prez RCP Singh joined the
BJP here today in the pres-
ence of Union minister
Dharmendra Pradhan and
accused Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar,oncehismentor,of
compromising with crime
and corruption in his pur-
suit of chair. Once a close
confidant of Nitish Ku-
mar, RCP Singh had a fall-
out with him last year as
he was seen by his party to
be veering closer to the
BJP as the differences be-
tween the two grew lead-
ing to the subsequent sev-
erance in their ties.
Nearly 50% voter turn out for UP
Municipal Poll 2023 in final phase
Lucknow (PTI): Voting for
the second and final phase of
the Uttar Pradesh urban local
body elections began early on
Thursday morning for 38 dis-
tricts across 8 divisions, name-
ly Aligarh, Ayodhya, Azam-
garh, Bareilly, Basti, Chitra-
koot, Kanpur and Mirzapur.
In the first leg, the polling
was conducted on May 4, and
voters from 37 districts – UP
has total 75 districts—across 9
divisions (Agra, Devipatan,
Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Mo-
radabad, Lucknow, Prayagraj,
Saharanpur and Varanasi) ex-
ercised their right to vote.
The polling in the second
phase will be held from 7 am to
5 pm, similar to the first. The
counting of votes will be held
on Saturday
.
CRUCIAL READ
SAME-SEX CASE:
SUPREME COURT
RESERVES VERDICT
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Thurday reserved
its verdict on a batch of
pleas seeking legal valida-
tion for same-sex marriage.
A five-judge Constitution
bench headed by Chief
Justice DY Chandrachud
reserved its judgment after
a 10-day hearing in the
matter. The bench, also
comprising Justices SK
Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli
and PS Narasimha, heard
the rejoinder arguments
advanced by senior
advocates, including AM
Singhvi, Raju Ramach-
andran, KV Viswanathan,
Anand Grover and Saurabh
Kirpal, who represented the
petitioners.
ADANI ENTERPRISES BOARD TO
CONSIDER FUNDRAISING
2 AIRCRAFT LESSORS MOVE NCLAT
AGAINST GO FIRST’S INSOLVENCY
New Delhi: The board of Adani Enterprises Ltd
will meet on Saturday to consider and approve
a fund-raising proposal, the company said in an
exchange filing on Wednesday. The Adani Enter-
prises board will consider raising funds by issu-
ing equity shares or any other eligible securities,
including but not limited to a private placement,
a qualified institutions placement or a preferential
issue, the company said in a statement.
New Delhi: Two more aircraft lessors — GY Avi-
ation and SFV Aircraft Holding — on Thursday
moved appellate tribunal NCLAT against the order
passed by the NCLT allowing Go First’s voluntary
plea to initiate insolvency proceedings.
SMBC Aviation Capital, which is one of world’s
largest aircraft leasing companies, already
moved NCLAT on Wednesday, hours after NCLT
admitted Go First’s plea to initiate insolvency
SHINDE MUST RESIGN, JUST LIKE ME: UDDHAV
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had “mur-
dered” democracy for coming to power and should step down,
his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday, following
the decision of the Supreme Court in the ace-off. “Eknath Shinde
won after murdering democracy. If he and his deputy (Devendra
Fadnavis) have any ethics, then they should resign,” Thackeray
said, addressing a news conference after the Supreme Court’s
verdict with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by his side.
Eknath Shinde will
not resign, Fadnavis
asserted after Apex
Court’s decision
Eknath Shinde with Devendra Fadnavis interacts with the media after the Supreme Court verdict on the
state’s political crisis, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A lady arrives on wheelchari to cast her
vote in Basti on Thursday.

INDIA
06
Yangon, Myanmar:
Myanmar and Bangla-
desh deployed thou-
sands of volunteers and
ordered evacuations
from low-lying areas on
Thursday as the Bay of
Bengal’s first cyclone of
the year approached.
Cyclone Mocha is
forecast to make land-
fall on Sunday along the
Bangladesh-Myanmar
border, according to the
meteorological office,
packing winds of up to
145kilometres(90miles)
per hour. The cyclonic
storm Mocha, present
over southeast Bay of
Bengal, is likely to move
northwards from
Thursday
. The IMD said
it will intensify into a
very severe cyclonic
storm by Thursday mid-
night over central Bay
of Bengal.
TripuraandMizoram
are expected to receive
rainfall at most places
on May 13 and May 14,
as per the IMD notifica-
tion issued on Thurs-
day
. Some isolated areas
inthestatesmayreceive
heavy rainfall.
Nagaland, Manipur
south Assam are also
likely to witness rains
on May 14 with heavy
rainfall in certain areas.
Cyclone Mocha to intensify into severe storm
DEEP DEPRESSION OVER BAY OF BENGAL
lll
The IMD on
Thursday issued
rainfall alerts for
northeastern
states and the
Andaman
Nicobar Islands
in view of
cyclonic storm
‘Mocha’
Envoys of US, Qatar, Monaco present credentials to President Murmu
New Delhi (PTI): Short-
ly after presenting his
credentials to President
Droupadi Murmu, US
Ambassador Eric Garc-
etti on Thursday said he
would focus on raising
thebilateralpartnership
to new heights with
both sides working to-
gether on defining is-
sues of the time.
The US embassy in
India was without an
ambassador since Janu-
ary 2021 after then en-
voy Kenneth Juster's
resignation following a
change of guard at the
White House.
It was an honour to
present my credentials
to the president and it is
an honour to be back in
India at such an excit-
ing and historic time in
the US-India relation-
ship, Garcetti said.
I look forward to
working with the Indi-
an people to raise our
partnership to new
heights, Garcetti said.
In a tweet, the ambas-
sador said he is excited
about working towards
deepening the US-India
ties.Garcetti,considered
a close aide of Biden, re-
ceived the confirmation
to the post from the US
Senate in March.
The former Los Ange-
les mayor was nominat-
ed to the high-profile
post of the ambassador
to India over 2 years ago.
Garcetti is known as
a committed public
servant, educator and
diplomat. He was con-
firmed in a bipartisan
vote as the 25th United
States Ambassador to
India on March 15.
President Droupadi Murmu accepts credentials from Ambassador of
the US Eric Garcetti at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Prez Droupadi Murmu accepts credentials from Qatar Ambassador
Mohammed Hassan at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi,Thursday.
Doctors continue protest,
demand workplace safety
Thiruvananthapuram
( ANI): The Kerala doc-
tors continued their
protest on Thursday
over the incident of a
woman doctor’s death
by stabbing while on
duty by a patient.
Hospitals across the
state have seen doctors
only attending emer-
gency services. Indian
Medical Association
(IMA) said they would
continue their strike
till 8 am on Friday
. They
will decide their future
course of action after
wide consultation
among the doctor com-
munity in the state.
Medical students
from different colleges
staged a mass protest in
front of the Secretariat
in Kerala’s Thiru-
vananthapuram dis-
trict on Thursday
.
KERALA DOCTOR MURDER CASE
VISIT TO INDIA
The US embassy said
US Ambassador Eric
Garcetti will make his
first official trip next
week to Ahmedabad
and Mumbai. Eric
Garcetti's presentation
of credentials came
a day after the White
House announced
that the United States
President Joe Biden
will host Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for an
official state visit to the
US, which will include
a state dinner on June
22. It said Modi's visit
will affirm the deep and
close partnership be-
tween the US and India.
It was an honour to
present my credentials
to the president and it is
an honour to be back in
India at such an excit-
ing and historic time in
the US-India relation-
ship. I look forward to
working with the Indi-
an people.
Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
has called an urgent high-level meeting over the protection
of health workers after a woman doctor was stabbed to death
by her patient, sources said. Kerala has become the first
state in the country to have a drone surveillance system in all
police districts in the state. Vijayan distributed the drones to
all police districts and the drone pilot licences to the specially
trained drone pilots, at a function held today. He also launched
indigenously developed anti-drone software on the occasion.
DOCTORS’ BODY
SEEKS UNION HEALTH
MIN’S ‘INTERVENTION’
CM CALLS FOR HIGH-LEVEL MEETING
OVER PROTECTION OF HEALTH WORKERS
Thiruvananthapuram: Doc-
tors’ body FORDA wrote to
Union health minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya and sought
his ‘immediate intervention’
and ‘decisive action’ after a
doctor was fatally stabbed
in Kerala by a man while she
was dressing his wound. This
‘brutal act of violence while
on duty’ calls for immedi-
ate action to ensure justice
and the safety of healthcare
professionals, said Federation
of Resident Doctors’ Associa-
tion (FORDA).
President’sRule
mustbeimposed
inManipur:Cong
Manipur AICC in-charge Bhakta Charan Das with party’s secretary
Vineet others in a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Thursday
allegedthattheManipur
violence seemed “pre-
planned”anddemanded
immediate imposition
of President’s Rule in
the state to help restore
peace and normalcy
.
Congress spokesper-
son and the party’s in-
charge for Manipur,
BhaktaCharanDas,also
demanded compensa-
tion of Rs 20 lakh to the
next of kin of those
killedintheviolenceand
Rs5lakhforthosewhose
houses were destroyed.
The injured should be
treated immediately
and safe space needs to
be created for people to
return to their homes
and neighbourhoods, he
told a press conference.
“The BJP govern-
ment has utterly failed
to control the situation
(in Manipur),” Das said.
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
gress students’ wing
members on Thursday
protested outside the
Delhi University’s PG
men’s hostel, demand-
ing withdrawal of a no-
tice to Rahul Gandhi
over his last week visit
to the boarding facility
.
Raising slogans, the
National Students Un-
ion of India (NSUI)
burnt an effigy of the
hostel’s provost, KP
Singh, who had sent
the notice to the Con-
gress leader on Wednes-
day following his “sud-
den” visit.
The notice said that
“such conduct from
a leader of a national
party who has Z-plus
security is beyond
dignity”.
Gandhi had visited
the Post-Graduate (PG)
Men’s Hostel on Friday,
interacted with some
students and had lunch
with them.
The students’ union
warned that if its de-
mand is not met, its
members will take to
the streets.
NSUI national secre-
tary Lokesh Chugh said
that “any outsider can
visit the PG men’s hos-
tel to have lunch”.
NSUI stages protest, demands notice to
RaGa over DU hostel visit be withdrawn
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Thurs-
day conducted searches
at 11 locations in Jam-
mu and Kashmir in the
case of terror funding
by Jamaat-e-Islami
Jammu and Kashmir--
an unlawful association
under Unlawful Activi-
ties (Prevention) Act.
The Central anti-ter-
ror agency carried out
searches in Budgam
and Baramulla districts
of JK. The move
comes days after the
NIA on May 4 conduct-
ed searches at 16 places
in Jammu Kashmir.
Terror funding case: NIA
raids 11 locations in J-K
Raipur (PTI): Chhattis-
garh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel on
Thursday accused the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) of trying to im-
plicatehiminthealleged
liquor scam in the state.
The ED has been act-
ing as an agent of the
BJP, he said at the Po-
lice Lines helipad in
Raipur. “Our claim that
the ED has been acting
as an agent of the BJP
has proved right. The
way it has been threat-
ening people to impli-
cate them in false cases,
they are now trying to
implicate me in the al-
legedexcisescam.Their
main aim is to defame
the Congress govern-
ment,” he said.The BJP
has failed to take on the
Congress government,
so it is mis-
using the
ED”, he
claimed.
‘Probe agency
trying to implicate
me in alleged
liquor scam’
New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar is embark-
ing on a three-nation
tour starting Thursday
during which he will
visit Bangladesh, Swe-
den and Belgium.
Jaishanakar will visit
Dhaka from May 11-12 to
participate in the 6th
edition of the Indian
Ocean Conference. The
Indian Ocean Confer-
ence will be attended by
the President of Mauri-
tius Prithvirajsing
Roopun, Vice President
of Maldives Faisal Na-
seem,PMof Bangladesh
SheikhHasinaseveral
ministers from across
the world. From Bangla-
desh, he will travel to
Sweden. This will be his
first visit as EAM to the
Nordic country
.
Jaishankar to visit
Sweden Belgium
EAM Dr S. Jaishankar
Satellite image taken between 02:30 pm to 02:56 pm shows the
location of Cyclone Mocha, in the Bay of Bengal, on Thursday.
After Doc’s death,
Kerala to issue
ordinance over
safety in hospitals
Doctors participating in a protest organised by Indian Medical Association before the Secretariat in
Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Rahul Gandhi seen interacting with students while having lunch
with them in Delhi University, in New Delhi, on May 5, 2023.
BRIEF
in
in
New Delhi: sIndia
recorded 1,690 fresh
Covid infections in a
day, while the number
of active cases has
come down to 19,613
from 21,406 a day ear-
lier, as per Union Health
Ministry data on Thurs-
day. The country’s tally
of COVID-19 cases now
stands at 4.49 crore
(4,49,76,599). The
death count climbed
to 5,31,736 with 12
fatalities which include
those reconciled by
Kerala, the data updated
at 8 am stated.
Lucknow: A total of
833 persons have been
arrested in 427 cases
registered in the past
two years under the
Prohibition of Unlawful
Conversion of Religion
Act, 2020 that is now
back in focus with the
release of the movie
‘The Kerala Story’ that
highlights the same is-
sue. As per government
spokesperson, at least
427 cases related to
conversion were report-
ed in the state between
January 1, 2021, and
April 30, 2023, in which
833 arrests were made.
Unnao: A teenage cou-
ple was allegedly killed
by the girls’ relatives
and the bodies hung
from a tree in a village
here to make it look like
suicide, police said on
Thursday. Police booked
seven people, including
the girl’s father, for
kidnapping, murder and
under the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled
Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act. Four of
them have been arrest-
ed. Police said a day
before the bodies were
found, the girl’s father
had lodged a complaint.
INDIA RECORDS
1,690 NEW COVID
CASES IN 24 HRS
UP: 833 ARRESTED
FOR RELIGIOUS
CONVERSION
TEENAGE COUPLE
KILLED, BODIES
HUNG FROM TREE
3,583 PEOPLE
FLEE TO MIZORAM
AFTER VIOLENCE
Aizawl: A total of 3,583
people from Manipur
fled to Mizoram after
ethnic violence broke
out last week, officials
said. These people were
lodged at temporary
relief camps across six
districts of Mizoram,
while many were also
given shelter by their
relatives, they said.
FAKE CURRENCY
CASE: NIA RAIDS 6
PLACES IN MUM
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) has re-
covered several incrimi-
nating materials during
searches at half a dozen
locations in Mumbai in
the 2021 Naupada case
relating to the seizure
of high-quality fake
Indian currency notes
(FICN), the agency said
on Thursday.
Agartala: Various
organisations and
student bodies in
Tripura organised
protests on Thurs-
day against the kid-
nap and gang-rape
of a college student
here. The condition
of the girl, who is un-
dergoing treatment
at the government-
run Medical College
Hospital, is stated to
“very critical”.
A police spokes-
man said that the
prime accused of
the crime Gautam
Sharma was arrest-
ed late on Wednes-
day and the police
are looking for the
other accused. The
20-year-old college
student was kid-
napped on Monday
afternoon when she
was returning from
her college in the
outskirts of the city
.
Tripura: Protests
against kidnap
gang-rape of
girl, one held
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

NEWS
07
Gaza City: Israel and
Gaza militants traded
more heavy fire Thurs-
day, the third day of the
worst escalation of vio-
lence in months that
has killed 25 people in
the blockaded Palestin-
ian enclave.
Air strikes by the Is-
raeli army since Tues-
day have killed fighters
as well as civilians, in-
cluding several chil-
dren, said officials in
the crowded coastal ter-
ritory
.
Militants in the Gaza
Strip have fired more
than 500 rockets at Isra-
el, causing no casualties
so far, the military said.
Of these, 368 rockets
made it over the border
and 154 were intercept-
ed by the Iron Dome
missile defence system,
while 110 fell inside
Gaza, it said.
Early Thursday,
shops in Gaza were
shuttered and the
streets were largely
abandoned as Israeli
military aircraft circled
overtheterritorywhere
several buildings lay in
ruins.
The Islamic Jihad
militant group told AFP
that rockets were fired
again at Israel around
9:00 am (0600 GMT).
Islamic Jihad con-
firmed it has lost four
military leaders in
strikes in recent days,
the most recent being
Ali Ghali, commander
of a rocket launch unit.
Another militant
group, the Popular
Front for the Liberation
of Palestine, said four
of its fighters had been
killed.
Rocket-fire continues
ISRAEL STRIKES ON GAZA
25 die as Israel,
Gaza militants
trade fire for
third day
‘CEASEFIRE’
Palestinians look for remains of people killed during an Israeli strike in southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Finland PM Marin announces divorce with husband
New Delhi (Agencies):
Helsinki: Finland’s out-
going Prime Minister
Sanna Marin has filed
for divorce jointly with
her husband of three
years Markus Raik-
konen, they said on Ins-
tagram on Wednesday
.
“We are grateful for
the 19 years together
and our beloved daugh-
ter. We will remain best
friends,” they said in
separate Instagram sto-
ries. Marin and Raik-
konen, who until recent-
ly worked at a venture
capital firm, share a
5-year-old daughter.
They married in 2020
while Marin was in of-
fice dealing with the im-
pact of the COVID-19
pandemic.
“We have lived our
youth together, entered
adulthood together and
grown into parents for
our dear daughter to-
gether,” Marin wrote on
Instagram.
Don't make
me run a lot:
Dhoni to his
teammates
Chennai: Chennai Su-
per Kings skipper MS
Dhoni said that his job
this IPL season is to
come down the order
and provide the final
flourish with the bat.
The former India
skipper, who is believed
to be playing his last
season of IPL, has been
batting down the order
at times as low as No. 8,
facing a few balls with
an aim to hit a few max-
imums like he did on
Wednesday
. However,
the World Cup-winning
skipper was seen limp-
ing and struggled to run
between the wickets.
“This is what my job
is, I have told them this
is what I am supposed
to do, don’t make me
run a lot and it has
been working.
This is what I
need to do,
happy to con-
tribute,” Dhoni
said.
Kolkata: Yashasvi
Jaiswal hit an unbeat-
en 98 off 47 balls as Ra-
jasthan Royals defeated
Kolkata Knight Riders
by 9 wickets at the Eden
Gardens on Thursday
and moved to third in
the IPL 2023 points.
Jaiswal also broke
the record for the fast-
est IPL fifty when he
got to the milestone off
just 13 balls. The record
was previously jointly
held by Pat Cummins
and KL Rahul. The
stunning Royals victo-
ry was scripted not just
by Yashasvi Jaiswal
and Sanju Samson (48
not out off 29 balls)
who added an unbeaten
121 off 69 balls for the
second wicket but also
by Yuzvendra Chahal
who picked 4 for 25 off
his 4 overs, took over
the Purple Cap and be-
came the highest wick-
et-taker in IPL history.
ISSF WC Baku:
Sarabjot, Divya
Thadigol win mixed
air pistol gold
Azerbaijan (PTI): The
Indian duo of Divya
Subbaraju Thadigol
and Sarabjot Singh
claimed the gold medal
in the 10m air pistol
mixedteamcompetition
at the ISSF Shooting
World Cup on Thursday
.
In the gold medal con-
test, the Indians shot a
total of 16 to prevail
over Serbia’s Zorana
Arunovic and Damir
Mikec, who managed to
aggregate 14.
Asia Road Racing C'ship: Honda
India riders head to Malaysia
Sepang (Agencies):
Almost seven weeks
since the first round in
Thailand, the Honda
Racing India team is all
set to raise the stakes
higher when the 2023
Asia Road Racing
C h a m p i o n s h i p
(ARRC) reaches
Malaysia for the
second round of
the season at Sepang
International Circuit in
Malaysia this weekend.
The solo Indian two-
wheeler racing team
enters the upcoming
round with a total of 9
points.
Commenting on the
upcoming round, P Ra-
jagopi, Operating Of-
ficer - Premium Motor-
cycle Business, Honda
Motorcycle Scooter
India said, “The first
round of 2023 ARRC
witnessed our feisty
riders Kavin Quintal
and Mohsin Param-
ban delivering power-
ful performances on
the international soil.
Both our young guns
scored points for the
team.
11TH PLACE FINISH
MILAN INFERNO
MILAN INFERNO
A van transporting oxygen gas canisters exploded in a Milan street on Thursday, injuring one
person and setting nearby cars and motorbikes ablaze, local officials said.The city’s mayor,
Giuseppe Sala, ruled out any criminality and confirmed that no-one had died in the incident.
DOMINATING WIN OVER KKR
Jaiswal,ChahalpowerRoyalsto9-wicketwin
Rajasthan Royals’ KM Asif celebrates a wicket with teammates in a match against Kolkata Knight
Riders during the Indian Premier League 2023, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata on Thursday.
Yuzvendra Chahal
India slip to 3rd spot; Australia
remain world No. 1 in ODIs
Dubai: India dropped
to third position be-
hind Pakistan and
three points adrift off
world number one
Australia in the latest
ICC ODI men’s Team
rankings announced
on Thursday
.
Five-time world
champions Australia
improved their rating
from 113 to 118 follow-
ing the annual update,
maintaining a slender
lead over Pakistan
(116 points) and India
(115 points).
According to the
ICC release, “Prior to
the annual rankings
update, Australia
were at the top with
113 points with India
behind them on deci-
mal count.
“Pakistan were
ranked third, with 112
points and briefly
went to the top of the
charts after their vic-
tory in the fourth ODI
against New Zealand
this month. Pakistan
could have stayed at
the top position had
they managed to com-
plete a 5-0 clean sweep
against New Zealand.
ICC RANKINGS
From Pg 1...
What we propose is that
Islamabad police need
to provide security, and
Imran will provide a list
of his immediate fami-
ly members, lawyers
that should meet him at
police lines HQ, CJ said.
Though Imran is re-
leased from custody but
he will be under protec-
tionof securityforcesin
a safe location in the
capital, Islamabad. He is
to appear before Islama-
bad HC today, said Ba-
bar Awan, Khan’s legal
team head.
During the day, Paki-
stan’s former Foreign
Minister Shah Me-
hmood Qureshi,aclose
aide of ousted PM Im-
ran Khan was arrested.
Imran to be kept
in safe location in
police protection
Yashasvi
Jaiswal plays
a shot during
an IPL match
between KKR
and RR on
Thursday.
More than 500 rockets have
More than 500 rockets have
been fired from Gaza at Israel
been fired from Gaza at Israel
since Tuesday, the army said.
since Tuesday, the army said.

Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Former Dy CM
Sachin Pilot began a
125-km ‘Jan Sangharsh
Yatra’ from Ajmer to
Jaipur on Thursday.
The yatra mounts fur-
ther pressure on party
leadership as it hopes to
retain state in elections
at the year end. “I am
taking out this yatra to
raise my voice, to hear
your voice, and to be-
come the voice of the
people,” Pilot, said at
the start of ‘Padyatra.’
“This is a river of
fire, we have to swim
across it,” he told his
supporters while refer-
ring to scorching heat
as ‘aag ka dariya.’ Pilot
was welcomed by sup-
porters when he
reached Ajmer by train.
He addressed a gather-
ing on Jaipur highway
.
Former minister Rajen-
dra Chaudhary and lo-
cal leader Mahendra
Ralawata were present.
The ‘Jan Sangharsh
Yatra’ posters had Pi-
lot’s picture with a
clenched fist, photos
of leaders Sonia Gan-
dhi, Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru, Ma-
hatma Gandhi, Bhim-
rao Ambedkar, and
Bhagat Singh.
Apart from corrup-
tion, yatra focuses on
cases of paper leaks.
Life teaches us what is important in
various ways and then what’s most
important in a heart stopping moment.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Naresh Sharma
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot, on Thursday, paid
tributes to freedom
fighter and former Gov-
ernor of Gujarat late Pt.
Nawal Kishore Sharma
at Ghat Ki Guni in
Jaipur and unveiled
Late Sharma’s statue.
The CM said “Sharma
will always be remem-
bered for social service
done by him as an active
publicrepresentative.As
the chairman of Ra-
jasthan Golden Jubilee
CelebrationsCommittee,
he efficiently discharged
importantresponsibility
of writing the history of
freedomfighters.Theun-
veiling of his statue will
inspire the younger gen-
eration for social ser-
vice,” Gehlot said.
Earlier CM Ashok
Gehlot garlanded the
statue of Late Pt. Naval
Kishore Sharma and
met his family. He
named Govt Medical
College of Dausa after
Late Sharma. CM met
Nidhi, who brought lau-
rels to state by winning
power lifting competi-
tions and encouraged
her. The CM said more
than 60 lakh families
have been connected
withthewelfareschemes
of the state government
through the inflation re-
lief camps.
In the meanwhile, Dr
CP Joshi said that Pt.
Sharma’s role has been
imperative in taking
the state forward.
Naresh Sharma, Navin
Sharma, Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot while addressing
the foundation stone
laying inauguration
ceremony organised at
Jalupura in Jaipur
said, “State govt has es-
tablished new dimen-
sions of development in
last four years. Develop-
ment works have been
done in all areas of Raj
without any discrimi-
nation. Today Ra-
jasthan has made its
mark as a development
model in the entire
country.” He laid the
foundation stone and
inaugurated various de-
velopment works worth
more than Rs 211 crore.
He said that the hospi-
tal, school and college
to be built in Kishan-
pole area will result in
unprecedented develop-
ment of the area. CM
also released a booklet
based on various devel-
opment works done in
the last 4 years in Kis-
hanpole area.
Gehlot laid the founda-
tion stone of Satellite
Hospital in Kishanpole
area. “Rajasthan is the
only state in country to
have made a law giving
RTH. In this sequence,
state govt is continu-
ously taking public wel-
fare decisions. The sat-
ellite hospital to be built
at a cost of Rs 20 crore
in Kishanpole area will
provide better medical
services. In this 50-bed
hospital, OPD, emer-
gency, other facilities
will be built,” he said.
CM Ashok Gehlot unveils the statute of freedom fighter and the
former Governor of Gujarat Late Pt Nawal Kishore Sharma during a
programme held at Ghat Ki Guni in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen are
Dr CP Joshi, Shanti Dhariwal, Dr BD Kalla, PL Meena, Dr Mahesh
Joshi, Lalchand Kataria, Mamta Bhupesh, GS Dotasra, Brijkishore
Sharma, Rafeek Khan, Praveen Chandra Chhabra and others.
CM Ashok Gehlot greets a beneficiary at the Mehangai Rahat
Camp held at Ghat Ki Guni in Jaipur on Thursday.
Usha Sharma with a beneficiary during her visit to the Mehangai
Rahat Camp held at Dabok village in Udaipur on Thursday.
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses the inauguration foundation stone laying ceremony of various development works at Kishanpole in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen are Dr BD Kalla,
Lalchand Kataria, Dr Subhash Garg, Rafeek Khan, Amin Kgazi, Ashk Ali Tak, Munesh Gurjar, Lokesh Sharma and others. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
CM Ashok Gehlot during the foundation stone laying ceremony of
devp projects at Kishanpole in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here
is Amin Kagzi, Rafeek Khan, Munesh Gurjar and others.
CM inauguratesvariousworks
worth more than `211 crore
CM inaugurates Mahatma Gandhi Govt Basic Model
School, Topkhana Kishanpole Girls College
Gehlot visits the VR lab and smart class here
and inquires about it from the teachers
State govt is continu-
ously taking public
welfare decisions. The
satellite hospital to be
built at a cost of Rs 20
crore in Kishanpole
area will provide bet-
ter health services to
residents of the area.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
Sachin Pilot holds a sword in his hand and announces the
commencement of his ‘Jan Sangharsh’ Yatra to be held from
Ajmer to Jaipur amid his supporters in Ajmer on Thursday.
Yatra is to raise my voice,
hear yours and become
voice of people, says Pilot
CM UNVEILS STATUE OF LATE PT NAWAL K SHARMA VISITS MEHANGAI RAHAT CAMP
Sharmawillalwaysberememberedforhissocialwork:CM
Former Dy CM
Sachin Pilot began
his 125-km foot
march from Ajmer to
Jaipur on Thursday
CONGRESS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
PILOT’S YATRA, ASSERTS GS DOTASRA
BJP, RSS DON'T CARE ABOUT SUPREME
COURT VERDICT: CM ASHOK GEHLOT
‘CONG HAS RSS PHOBIA SO ITS LEADERS
MAKE BASELESS REMARKS AGAINST RSS’
GOVT WORKING IN
PUBLIC INTEREST UNDER
CM’s GUIDANCE: MIN
Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress on Thursday distanced
itself from former deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot’s
five-day march from Ajmer to Jaipur over corruption
and other issues, saying it was his
“personal yatra” and the party has
nothing to do with it. PCC chief Govind
Singh Dotasra said a Congress yatra
is the one which has the party symbol,
and photos of Congress president
Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. A Congress yatra
is taken out when the AICC or the state units give
any programme for it, Dotasra added. “This is his
personal yatra. This is not a Congress organisation
yatra,” he told reporters here. Asked whether it would
benefit or damage the party just months ahead of the
assembly polls in Rajasthan, Dotasra said it is for the
party leadership to decide. “The party high command
has to take a decision on it,” he added.
Jaipur (ANI): Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lashed out
at BJP and RSS over the SC verdict on Maharashtra
political crisis and said, “BJP and RSS are fascists,
they don’t care what the Supreme Court verdict is.”
This comes after the SC on Thursday said that it
could not disqualify the Eknath Shinde-led Maha-
rashtra govt and rejected the submission to reinstate
Uddhav Thackeray as CM because the latter had
chosen to resign instead of facing a test of strength
in Assembly. “They (BJP) toppled the government
in MP, Maharashtra and Karnataka, our (Raj) govt
survived otherwise, the same situation would have
happened to us. People should save themselves from
these people,” Gehlot furhter said.
Jaipur: BJP State Prez CP Joshi hit back at CM Ashok
Gehlot for calling BJP and RSS fascist saying that Ge-
hlot has RSS phobia thus he makes such statements.
“Congress has a phobia of RSS so its
leaders keep making baseless allega-
tions against the RSS,” he said in a
statement. “Sangh workers always play
their role in the society with devotion
like a soldier without any discrimination
while Congress is nothing more than
a scattered organisation dedicated to one family,”
he said, adding that honoring terrorists and cursing
patriots is the reason for the downfall of Congress.
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal in his address
during the unveiling
ceremony of the statue of
Late Pandit Nawal Kishore
Sharma hailed CM Ashok
Gehlot saying, “ The State
Government under Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot’s
visionary leadership, is in-
cessantly working towards
public welfare.”
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The prepara-
tions have started for
Vice President Jagdeep
Dhankhar’s proposed
visit to
Pushkar on
May 14.
There is
also an idol
unveiling
event in Merta of Na-
gaur district. All offi-
cials including District
Collector are busy pre-
paring for his tour. Heli-
pad construction began
near the Mela ground.
VP Dhankhar likely
to visit Pushkar
on May 14
CS Usha Sharma holds
talks with Sarpanch
Sangh delegation
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma on
Thursday held talks
with a delegation of
Sarpanch Sangh in the
Secretariat and heard
their demands. The sar-
panches who are stag-
ing protests since April
20 have boycotted pub-
lic work and threatened
to ‘gherao’ Civil Lines
on May 15.
The sarpanchs have
demanded a budget of
Rs 4,000 crore among
others.
Secretary Naveen
Jain, Manju Rajpal and
other officials were also
present at the meeting.
Another round of talks
will likely be held with
the Sarpanch Sangh.
Narpat Joya
Nagaur: Targeting CM
Ashok Gehlot, former
CM Vasundhara Raje
said on Thursday that
Gehlot has never got a
majority since 2003, so
he considers her as the
biggest enemy
. Address-
ing a meeting in Chhoti
Khatu (Nagaur), Raje
said that Gehlot’s inten-
tion to praise her (Raje)
is malicious. In a verbal
attack on all her oppo-
nents, she said that Ra-
jasthan is hers’ and she
belongs to Rajasthan, no
matter what anyone
does, she will come back
to power with thumping
majority and then we
will bring change again
in Raj.
“Ashok Gehlot has
never got a majority
since 2003. That’s why
he considers me as big-
gest enemy
, he has delib-
erately said this to harm
me. Otherwise, he has
been using indecent and
objectionable language
against me for 20 years.”
said Raje.
We will return to power with thumping majority: Raje
FORMER CM RAJE IN NAGAUR
lll
“One spoke in
Dholpur and the
other in Ajmer,
Polls are here
and I am
everyone’s target,
aim is to harm
me,” says Raje
while targeting
Gehlot Pilot
Vasundhara Raje pays floral tributes to the founder of Rajput Karni Sena and social worker Lokendra Singh Kalvi at his residence at
Kalvi village in Nagaur district on Thursday. (R) Raje also consoles the women of the family as well as Bhawani Singh Kalvi and Pratap
Singh Kalvi, the sons of late Lokendra Kalvi during her visit to latter’s residence at Kalvi village in Nagaur district on Thursday.

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JAIPUR | FRIDAY,
MAY 12, 2023
KISSED BY THE
NEON LIGHTS
he major fashion
capitals are not
the only ones fall-
ingforneongreen.
Elsewhere, de-
signers also set
out to explore
brightly coloured
fashion. It is
rightly said that
Green is con-
nected with na-
ture and for
fashion lovers
neon green is
life and diversi-
ty
. Adhering to
the trend, the
designers have also opted
to include chartreuse
makeup highlights in their
latest lookbook.
Neon fashion has been
making a bold statement in
the fashion industry since
the 1980s. Its bright and
electric colours have cap-
tured the attention of fash-
ion enthusiasts and trend-
setters alike. This bold and
eye-catching trend has re-
surfaced in recent years
and is currently dominat-
ing the runways and
streets.
Neon colours are vi-
brant and bold, making
them perfect for summer
and spring. From bright
pinks to electric greens
and yellows, neon hues
make a statement like no
other. This trend is all
about standing out and be-
ing noticed, and neon col-
ours do just that.
One of the great
things about neon
fashion is that it
can be incorporat-
ed into any outfit.
Whether you’re
going for a casual
or formal look,
there’s a way to
add a pop of neon
to your outfit. You
can add a neon
belt or a pair of neon shoes
to your outfit for a subtle
pop of colour. Or, you can
go all out and wear a neon
dress or jumpsuit for a
head-to-toe neon look.
Neon fashion is not just
limited to clothing items;
accessories are also a great
way to incorporate this
trend into your outfit.
Neon earrings, bracelets,
and necklaces can add a
touch of neon to any outfit
without going overboard.
For those who want to go
bold, a neon handbag or
clutch is a perfect choice.
Neon fashion can be in-
timidating for some, but
it’s all about finding the
right balance. If you’re un-
sure about going all-out
neon, start small and add a
pop of neon to your outfit.
Remember to keep the rest
of your outfit neutral to
avoid clashing colours. An-
other tip is to mix and
match different neon col-
ours to create a fun and
playful look.
NEON GOWN IS A TREND THAT IS BOLD AND BRIGHT. CITY FIRST
BRINGS YOU A POP OF NEON TO YOUR FASHION WARDROBE
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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10
ETC
F
A
C
E
O
F
T
H
E
D
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Y
PRIYANKA CHOUDHARY, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will
experience
a change
within yourself
regarding what
you want in a
romantic partner.
You will start
thinking seriously
and begin looking for your soul mate
in earnest. Do not trust any complete
stranger on money matters today as you
are likely to bear considerable loss.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You have great
capacity to charm
everyone. You are
going to impress
those around
you with your
wit and grace.
You will win the
admiration of
everyone around you. Take advantage
of this shining period to make new
friends and mix with new people and new
opportunities will open up in front of you.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You are going
to feel more
dedicated today
and you are going
to finish off all
the backlogs
which may have
accumulated
today. Clearing
this will give you a nice sense of
accomplishment and this will be noticed
by the people who matter to you.
Finances will improve as your salary.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A person who
has been around
you for a long
time but whom
you have never
really noticed will
now begin to play
a pivotal role in
your mind. It is
not just a budding romance. Rather, it is a
meeting of mind and spirit that is likely to
leave you feeling overwhelmed. Take time
to get used to the idea.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your mind is
very active
today. You are
full of ideas and
inspiration. You
will be constantly
coming up with
new plans which
you will be able
to plan and execute very easily. Your only
problem today will be that you may feel
overwhelmed by the flood of new ideas
that will constantly fill your mind.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
New horizons
are opening
up in front of
you. A talent
which you have
always treated
as a hobby
may become
something more
and you may find yourself making a living
doing what you love. New developments
are expected in every front which would
broaden your ideas.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Issues related to
profession will
get resolved. But
no aggressive
action, be it
in words or in
writing should
not be taken
till then. Those
facing issues on personal front should
make time for dear ones. Do take care of
your health as you have been ignorant of
it since long.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
This day is all
about change.
You may come
in contact with
someone who will
bring substantial
changes in your
life or put you
in touch with
other people who can cause the change.
However, not all the changes are good for
you. You will need to analyze whether the
change will be good for you.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are likely to
be involved in
detailed planning
of a project and
you are going to
be very thorough
about it. You
are feeling very
industrious and
this will be reflected in your job. You are
also going to earn acclaim for this. A
spurt of creativity will mark every aspect
of your day.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will be
feeling very
creative today.
You appreciate all
beautiful things
and want to
create something
beautiful. The
day is especially
favourable for artists.You may suddenly
start feeling deflated ﾖ a common
occurrence after a surge of creativity and
it may leave you feeling depressed.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may be
cracking one of
the biggest joint
venture deals
today. But you
must mention
explicitly once
again your
mission and
goals to your partner. You may devote the
end of the day towards your intellectual
pursuits or in perusal of an artistic
passion.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are going
to be in an
especially
easygoing mood
today. You may
also play the role
of an effective
mediator in any
dispute today.
You are going to spread cheer and
goodwill and you are also going to be the
life and soul of any party that you attend
in the evening.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
he medical
profession is
considered to
be the most no-
ble profession.
Every medical
professional is
required to remain up-
dated with newer de-
velopments in patient
management. For med-
ical professionals, it is
essential not only to
have updated knowl-
edge about the
subject and technical
skills necessary to pro-
vide effective treat-
ment, but also to pos-
sess a set of soft skills
that enable effective
communication, team-
work, and empathy
with patients and col-
leagues are equally im-
portant.
Soft skills can broad-
ly be understood as a
collection of personal
characteristics, habits,
attitudes, and social
poise that contribute to
a person’s ability to
work well with others.
Some of the soft
skills, for example, are
Empathy, Interperson-
al Relationships, Com-
munication, Team-
work, Leadership,
Good manners, Work-
ing well with diversity,
Optimism, Responsi-
bility, Sense of humour,
Integrity, Time man-
agement, Motivation
etc. In the medical pro-
fession, these skills are
essential for building
strong relationships
with patients and col-
leagues, establishing
better therapeutic alli-
ances, enhancing deci-
sion-making and prob-
lem-solving, promoting
effective treatment and
care, and ensuring pos-
itive outcomes.
EMPATHY
is one of the most im-
portant soft skills in
the medical profession.
Medical professionals
who can understand
the emotional and
physical needs of their
patients are better able
to provide effective
care and support. Em-
pathy enables medical
professionals to con-
nect with patients on a
deeper level, listen to
their concerns, and of-
fer support and guid-
ance throughout the
treatment process. By
demonstrating empa-
thy, medical profession-
als can win the trust of
the patients and their
caregivers to create a
more positive patient
experience which can
have a significant im-
pact on overall patient
outcomes. It is particu-
larly important for pa-
tients facing emotional
problems.
EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
is another essential
soft skill in the medical
profession. Medical
professionals must be
able to communicate
effectively with pa-
tients, colleagues, and
other stakeholders to
provide effective treat-
ment and care. Effec-
tive communication
involves not only
speaking clearly and
articulately in the pa-
tient’s vernacular
but also listening
actively and atten-
tively. By
c o m -
muni-
cating
effective-
ly, medical
profession-
als can not
only build trust
with patients
and caregiv-
ers but also
establish a
better alli-
ance with co-
workers, and
ensure that important
information is shared
and understood.
TEAMWORK
is also an important
soft skill in the medical
profession. Medical
professionals must
work effectively in
teams to provide coor-
dinated, comprehen-
sive care to patients.
Teamwork involves
working effectively
with colleagues from a
range of disciplines,
such as doctors from
other specialities,
nurses, and paramedi-
cal staff to ensure that
patients receive the
best possible care.
Teamwork also pro-
vides an opportunity
to utilize the skills
and expertise of col-
leagues to develop
more effective treat-
ment plans and
achieve better pa-
tient outcomes.
LEADERSHIP
QUALITIES
not only helps in build-
ing a good team but
also enables medical
professionals to get the
work done rapidly and
smoothly with the in-
tent to achieve the
most effective treat-
ment outcome.
Other important soft
skills in the medical
profession include
adaptability, prob-
lem-solving, and
time management.
Medical profes-
sionals must be
able to adapt to
changing cir-
cumstances
and evolving
p a t i e n t
n e e d s ,
t h i n k
critically
and crea-
tively to
solve complex prob-
lems and work effec-
tively. Likewise, time
management is anoth-
er important soft skill
that helps medical pro-
fessionals to set their
priorities, plan effec-
tively and minimise
the chances of error,
usually made in haste.
It also helps in keeping
the stress at bay, when
everything is already
planned.
Thus soft skills are
as much essential for
success in the medical
profession as knowl-
edge of the subject and
technical skills. Soft
skills enable medical
professionals to pro-
vide effective treat-
ment and care to their
patients. By develop-
ing and honing these
skills, medical profes-
sionals can create a
more positive patient
experience, build
strong teamwork, and
achieve better results.
Soft skills also enhance
interpersonal and so-
cial relationships and
self-confidence.
DR AKHILESH JAIN
HOD, Psychiatry, ESIC Model
Hospital, Jaipur
T
Soft skills can broadly be
understood as a collection
of personal characteristics,
habits, attitudes, and
social poise that contribute
to a person’s ability to
work well with others.
IMPORTANCE OF SOFT
SKILLS IN MEDICAL
HONING SOFT SKILLS CAN BE MORE
REWARDING IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

ETC
11
S
hahid Kapoor and Mira Ra-
jput are one of the most
loved couples in town. They
never fail to dish out major
couple goals. Recently, Mira host-
ed a party for Shahid as he com-
pleted 20 years in the industry.
Shahid made his debut in 2003 with
Ken Ghosh's film Ishq Vishk. Sha-
hid won praise for his performances
in the film. Since then, there has been
no looking back for him. The pic-
tures from Shahid and Mira's party
were shared by the decor planners
on Instagram. Mira thanked
them for a beautiful set-up. The
party decor was set up in
shades of black and purple.
The text on the wall read,
Celebrating 20 glorious
years. It also
featured a dap-
per frame of
Shahid. The de-
cor looked all
things stylish.
Along with the
pictures, Mira
wrote, Thank
you @dohremi-
co for always
coming through
and making this
special day even
more special.
20 YEARS IN
THE INDUSTRY
eepikaPadukone
is a star and
there is no deny-
ing this fact.
Most of her films
have become
blockbusters in
the past but some of them
like Pathaan and Pad-
maavat have also attract-
ed several controversies
in the past. In a recent
interview, she opened
up about her reac-
tion to these con-
troversies. Back
in 2016, her Padmaavat
fell prey to controversies
when the Hindu vigilan-
tes lit the film set on fire,
while an official from the
ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) offered a
bounty of $1.5 million for
Padukone’s beheading. In
January 2023 came the
most recent controversy
where Deepika was at-
tacked for wearing a saf-
fron bikini in the song
Besharam Rang from
Pathaan. Despite all this
chaos and all these topics
making it to the head-
lines, Deepika Padukone
never came to the fore-
front to say anything.
Now, when she was asked
about all this constant po-
litical backlash, the ac-
tress replied, “I don’t
know if I’m supposed to
feel something about it.
But the truth is, I don’t
feel anything about it.”
Currently
, Deepika Padu-
kone is prepping for her
upcoming film Fighter.
F
FALLING INTO
CONTROVERSIES
D
V
irat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
are one of the coolest couples in
town. Last night, the stylish
duo hosted a dinner party for
the entire team of Royal Challengers
Bangalore at Kohli’s restaurant One8
amidst the Indian Premier League
going on. Apart from their chic at-
tires, what caught our attention
was their fun banter with the
paps. The Chakda Xpress actress
looked like a vision in white
flared pants and a white-col-
oured sleeveless top with
stripes. Virat on the other hand
looked dapper in a printed shirt
that he paired over black pants.
As the couple came out of the restau-
rant to pose for the paps, they started ask-
ing them to look in their direction. One
of them mistakenly screamed ‘Anushka
Sir’. To this, Virat had a hilarious reac-
tion which even made his wife laugh. Vi-
rat jokingly said, ‘Virat mam bhi bol de’
and started smiling.
P
riyanka Chopra spoke about crav-
ing for a work-life balance when
she reached her mid-thirties. The
actress remembered her mom tell-
ing her that this would happen to her
someday but the star felt that work is her
life and this is never going to happen.
“It made me a kinder professional. It
made me just someone who didn’t take
myself as seriously… as when I did
when I was under a lot of pressure.”
“Anything I say or don’t say, do or
don’t do gets scrutinised. When I
got married and now of course af-
ter having Malti, my priorities
are so different. I want to work
with people I like. I want to do
movies that I really enjoy. I
want to be surrounded by peo-
ple who make me laugh. I
want to make people laugh. I
want to go back home. On
time. I finish my job really
quickly and then I’m
home. That doesn’t mean
I don’t love my job. That
doesn’t mean I’m not going
to do it with the same gus-
to that I did it with before.
But, now, I know life is
equally important,” she
expresses.
WORK-LIFE
WORK-LIFE
BALANCE
BALANCE
A
ctress Lily Col-
lins is currently
going through a
tough time af-
ter her engagement
ring and wedding band
were stolen from a lux-
ury hotel in West Hol-
lywood, Los Angeles.
The 34-year-old star
who had been vacation-
ing was shocked when
she found out that her
relaxing spa session
turned into her worst
nightmare. The Emily
In Paris actress kept
her rings and other val-
uables in storage but
they were stolen and
the theft is classified as
over $10,000”. As per
the reports, the L.A.
County Sheriff's De-
partment is currently
looking into the whole
matter but no arrests
have been made so far.
Reportedly, there was
no sign of forced entry
where Lily kept her
things and this has led
to the speculations that
the robbery may have
been an inside job. The
actress’ ring was quite
special as it was de-
signed by her now-
husband, filmmaker
Charlie McDowell,
in collaboration
with Irene Neu-
wirth Jewellery
which was a
true work of
art.
Diamond Ring
FunBanter!
GO-GETTER!
N
aga Chaitanya,
who is current-
ly promoting
his upcoming
film Custody
, shared in
an interview about
what he likes in his ex-
wife Samantha Ruth
Prabhu. The actor
complimented her and
also revealed his fa-
vourite films of hers.
He said she is a 'go-
getter and hard work-
er'. The duo got di-
vorced officially last
year. Naga Chaitanya
praised his former
wife and said, Sa-
mantha… go-getter,
hard worker. Her de-
termination is amaz-
ing. If she wants
something, she will
go get it.” Not just that,
when he was asked to
reveal his favourite
films of Samantha's
films, which he likes.
The actor replied Oh
Baby! and Family Man
2 are his favourite
works of Samantha. In
the same interview,
Naga Chaitanya also
opened up about his
failed marriage with
Samantha and called it
an 'unfortunate phase'.
A
llu Arjun has be-
come a force to
reckon with
across the coun-
try post the release of
Pushpa: The Rise in
2021. The brands have
been keen to get him on
board as the national
ambassador and there is
a long que of producers
wanting to collaborate
with him. And the craze
in the masses has result-
ed in the Sukumar di-
rected Pushpa: The Rule
becoming hotter than
ever before. The non the-
atrical rights of the film
across languages are be-
ing sold for record
amounts as the film is
heating up for a Summer
2024 release.
CRAZE FOR
PUSHPA 2
Mira Rajput
Her story...
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Lily Collins
Priyanka Chopra
Anushka Sharma
Poster of the fim...
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