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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
RAJ 1ST
STATE TO IMPLEMENT
BLINDNESS CONTROL POLICY
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has taken
an innovative initiative
towards realizing the
concept of Nirogi Ra-
jasthan in the State.
For the first time in the
country, the Rajasthan
Government has imple-
mented the policy for
Blindness Control with
the objective of ‘Right
to Sight’.
The medical and
health department
on the direc-
tions of the
Chief Minister released
the policy document for
the prevention of blind-
ness on Friday
. This
policy has been brought
with an aim to bring
light in the lives of more
than 3 lakh people suf-
fering from visual im-
pairment in the State. It
is to be mentioned that
the prevalence rate of
blindness in the country
was 1.1% in 2020 and
work would be done to
bring it down to 0.3%
through the Blindness
Control Policy
.
More on P8
OTHER TOP
RAJ STORIES
Three people including a
minor were killed and four
injured after their car lost
control amid dense fog
and overturned on Friday.
The accident occurred in
Nechwa area. P2
To control the coaching
institutes, the law
depratment approved the
draft of Rajasthan
Coaching Institutes
(Control and Regulation)
Bill-2023. It will be put up
before Cabinet now. P8
A Foreign-origin pilot of
Alliance Air was recently
detained for security
personnel at Uttarlai Air
Force Station for allegedly
taking pictures and videos
at prohibited area. P3
RAJASTHAN HIGH
COURT GETS NINE
NEW JUDGES
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
High Court got nine new
judges on Friday after the
Centre issued a notification
in this regard. Of these,
three are from the advocate
quota and six from the
judicial officer quota. Those
becoming judges from
advocate quota include
AAG Ganesh Ram Meena
and advocate Anil Kumar
Upman from Jaipur and
Nupur Bhati from Jodhpur.
Rajendra Prakash Soni,
Ashok Kumar Jain, Yogen-
dra Kumar Purohit, Bhuvan
Goyal, Praveer Bhatnagar
and Ashutosh Kumar have
been made judges in the
High Court from the judicial
officer quota. More on P8
CM Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Highlight-
ing country’s develop-
ment strides and cul-
tural heritage, PM Nar-
endra Modi on Friday
said India cannot be
defined in words and
can only be experienced
from heart.
PM Modi flagged off
the world’s longest river
cruise MV Ganga Vilas
in Varanasi via video
conferencing on Friday
.
HealsoinauguratedTent
City at Varanasi and laid
foundation stones for
several other inland wa-
terways projects worth
over Rs 1,000 crore.
Modi said, “This is
thedecadeof transform-
ing India’s infrastruc-
ture. India has every-
thing that one can imag-
ine. It also has a lot be-
yond your imagination.
India cannot be defined
in words but can only be
experienced from the
heart because India it
always opened her heart
for everyone, irrespec-
tive of region or reli-
gion, creed or country
.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags-off world’s longest river cruise - MV Ganga Vilas in Varanasi via
a video conference on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
MV GANGA VILAS
MV Ganga Vilas will
begin its journey
from Varanasi, PM
Modi’s constituency,
and sail around
3,200 km in 51 days
to reach Dibrugarh in
Assam via Bang-
ladesh, traversing
across 27 river
systems in the two
countries.
NEW TOURISM ERA
FOR KASHI AHEAD
WITH GANGA VILAS
CRUISE, SAYS YOGI
Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Friday
referred to the Ganga
Vilas Cruise launch as the
beginning of a “new era
of tourism” for Kashi. The
Chief Minister attended
the launch of the cruise
he started his address
with the chant of Har Har
Mahadev, and pointed
out, “Kashi, the oldest
city, is world-famous as
the spiritual and cultural
capital of India. Under
the leadership of the
Prime Minister, Kashi
has presented itself on
the global stage in a new
form while maintaining its
ancient soul.”
PM MODI HOLDS MEETING WITH
ECONOMISTS AT NITI AAYOG
New Delhi: PM Modi on Friday attended a meeting at NITI
Aayog with eminent economists to assess the state of
the Indian economy ahead of the Union Budget. PM Modi
held this meeting to seek opinions and suggestions of the
economists for the Union Budget. According to sources,
PM also assessed the state of the Indian economy and its
challenges, ahead of the Union Budget. It has been learnt
that the economists present told the ministers that they
were confident that a global recession is unlikely to have a
major impact on the Indian economy. Meanwhile the PM
also sought suggestions on how to increase farm income,
tackle global uncertainty and ensure a continuous impetus
toward growth.
India can’t be defined in words,
but experienced from heart: PM
GEHLOT GOVT
TERMINATES 4
EMPLOYEES IN
PAPER LEAK CASE
Adopting zero toler-
ance policy towards
papers leaks, the Gehlot
government on Friday
terminated three teachers
and a personnel of the
education department
from government service
in the case the senior
teacher competitive ex-
amination question paper
leak case. Those termi-
nated include a principal,
two senior teachers, and
a Junior Assistant. P3
JOSHIMATH LAND SUBSIDENCE
Demolition of damaged
Hotel Malari Inn starts
First India Bureau
Joshimath: In the
wake of the land sub-
sidence crisis in the
Joshimath area of Utta-
rakhand’s Chamoli, the
dismantling of Hotel
Malari Inn went under-
way on Friday
.
CBRI chief scientist
DP Kanungo said that
prior training has been
given to people and the
demolition work will be
done as quickly as pos-
sible. “We will do the
work of dismantling ho-
tel as soon as possible.
Wehaveproperlytrained
people and are using me-
chanical dismantling
techniques here,” Ka-
nungo said. Prior to
preparation of demoli-
tion of Inn on Thursday
,
the road near hotel Ma-
lari Inn was blocked and
policeandStateDisaster
Response Fund (SDRF)
officials were deployed.
Kanungo also denied
the usage of any type of
heavy vibrating ma-
chine for the disman-
tling procedure as they
are planning to “save
the land”.
Staff engaged in shifting of goods from the Malari Inn, ahead of its
demolition, in Joshimath of Chamoli on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
SLOW SUBSIDENCE UP TO 9 CM RECORDED
IN JOSHIMATH IN 7 MONTHS: ISRO REPORT
`1.5 LAKH EX-GRATIA GIVEN TO AFFECTED
FAMILIES, SAYS PUSHKAR SINGH DHAMI
Joshimath: Slow subsidence up to 9cm is recorded in
Joshimath town over a period of seven months, between
April and November 2022, according to the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) satellite-based report.
“Between 27 December, 2022 and 8 January, 2023, a rapid
subsidence event was triggered”, the reports states. The
region subsided around 5cm within a span of few days. It is
confined to the central part of Joshimath town, says ISRO.
Dehradun: In the wake of a land-subsid-
ence crisis in Joshimath, Uttarakhand
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said
that 99 families from the area have been
dislocated so far and Rs 1.5 lakh ex gratia
is being provided to affected families.
Moreover on Friday, Dhami held a cabinet
meeting in Dehradun in which key deci-
sions for the area were discussed.
10 PILGRIMS BOUND
FOR SHIRDI KILLED
IN ACCIDENT
New Delhi: In a tragedy, 10
pilgrims were killed and 24
others were injured when
a speeding private luxury
bus carrying them to the
famed Shirdi Saibaba
Temple in Maharashtra’s
Ahmednagar, crashed
into an oncoming truck
near Patharde in Nashik
district on Friday morning,
police said. The accident
took place around 7
a.m., when the bus, with
around 45 pilgrims from
Ambernath town in Thane,
was speeding to Shirdi
via Sinnar-Shirdi state
highway.
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Crucial
Crucial
PARLIAMENT’S
BUDGET SESSION
FROM JANUARY 31
New Delhi: The Budget
Session of Parliament
will start from January
31 and will continue till
April 6, Union Minister
of Parliamentary Affairs
Pralhad Joshi said on
Friday. The winter session
was cut short last month
amid multiple disruptions.
“Budget Session, 2023 of
Parliament will commence
from 31 January and
continue till 6 April with 27
sittings spread over 66 days
with usual recess. P5
Prez, Shah, Rahul, Nadda others pay last
respects to Sharad Yadav at his residence
Amit Shah holds high-level meet
over security in Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Friday chaired a high-
level meeting with offi-
cials in Jammu, over
security-related issues
in the Union Territory.
Shah arrived in Jammu
to meet the families of
those killed in the twin
terror attacks in Ra-
jouri’s Dhangri village.
“I have spoken to all
seven families of de-
ceased over the phone. I
have listened to their
words very carefully.
The courage of those
who lost their lives is an
example for country,”
Shah said. More on P5
New Delhi: Cutting
across party lines, top
political leaders gath-
ered at Sharad Yadav’s
residence in Delhi’s
ChhatarpuronFridayto
pay their last respect to
the socialist stalwart
who passed away a day
earlier. President Drou-
padi Murmu, Home
Minister Amit Shah,
BJP chief JP Nadda,
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi and ex-CM of
Bihar Rabri Devi were
among the leaders who
paid tributes to Yadav at
his residence. Later,
Shah described the de-
mise of Sharad Yadav as
an “irreparable loss” for
the country
. “Sharad Ji
raised people-centric is-
sues and promoted so-
cialist ideas till his last
breath,” he said.
Last rites to be
held at ancestral
village in MP
Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays his last respects to former
union minister Sharad Yadav, at Chhatarpur in New Delhi on
Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha
chairs a high-level meeting to review the security situation in
Jammu and Kashmir, weeks after twin militant attacks in Rajouri,
at Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Kanjhawala
death case:
11 personnel
suspended
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police on Friday sus-
pended 11 police per-
sonnel for their al-
leged negligence
while being on duty,
when the gruesome
accident occurred in
the city’s Kanjhawala
on January 1. “As ap-
proved by the compe-
tent authority, a total
of 11 Policemen of Ro-
hini District deployed
enroute at PCRs and
pickets have been sus-
pended,” the Delhi Po-
lice said.
HAPPY MAKAR
SANKRANTI
WOMAN URINATED
ON HER OWN
SEAT, ACCUSED
TELLS COURT
New Delhi: In a fresh twist to the Air-India urination incident, the accused, 34-year-old
Shankar Mishra, said on Friday that his co-passenger urinated on her own. Shankar
Mishra’s counsel told a Delhi sessions court: “The complainant’s seat was blocked. It
wasn’t possible for him (Mishra) to go there. The woman has a problem of incontinence.
She urinated on herself. She is a Kathak dancer, 80% of Kathak dancers have this issue.”
TUNISHA SHARMA
DEATH CASE: VASAI
COURT REJECTS
SHEEZAN’S BAIL PLEA
Mumbai: The Vasai Court in Maharashtra on Friday rejected bail plea of TV actor
Sheezan Khan, accused in the death case of his co-star and former girlfriend
Tunisha Sharma. The court observed, “Sheezan and Tunisha broke their
relationship on December 15 after which she died of a panic attack. “After the two
parted ways, Tunisha got stressed and depressed,” the Court noted.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2023
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma gave
guidelines to the offi-
cials regarding the
preparations for the
proposed Chintan Shi-
vironJanuary16and17
at Harishchandra Ma-
thur Public Training
Institute, Jaipur.
She was addressing a
meetingattheGovtSec-
retariat on Friday
. She
said that presentation
givenbydepartmentsin
the camp should be con-
ciseandclear.“Informa-
tion about the imple-
mentation of budget
a n n o u n c e m e n t s ,
achievements and
schemes should be giv-
enwithintheprescribed
time limit,” she said.
Sharma said that the
officers concerned
should ensure all neces-
sary arrangements by
visiting the venue. She
gave guidelines regard-
ingthetimeslotgivento
the departments for
presentation in the
camp, seating at the
venue and other ar-
rangements.
Secretary to CM
Gaurav Goyal, Informa-
tion and Technology
Commissioner Ashish
Gupta, Director of In-
formation and Public
Relations Purushottam
Sharma, Joint Govern-
ment Secretary of Plan-
ningDepartmentSushil
Kulhari were also pre-
sent in the meeting.
CS INSTRUCTS OFFICIALS FOR
CHINTAN SHIVIR ON JAN 16, 17
PREPS REVIEWED
FROM JAIPUR TO JAISALMER DENSE FOG ENGULFS RAJ
3KILLED,4INJUREDASCAR
OVERTURNS DUE TO FOG
Five die across Raj in road mishaps on Friday, 3 in Sikar as
car overturns; 2 crushed under truck in Jpr; 1 dies in Dausa
2 DIE AFTER BEING
CRUSHED UNDER
TRUCK IN CHAKSU
First India Bureau
Sikar: Three people in-
cluding a minor were
killed and four injured
after their car lost con-
trol amid dense fog and
overturned on Friday,
policesaid.Theaccident
occurred in Nechwa
area, the deceased have
been identified as Mar-
jina (30), Tahira (45) and
Arman (2), police said.
The victims, who be-
long to same family,
were going to attend a
condolence meeting in
Nagaur from Jhunj-
hunu, they said. Prima
facie, it seems the driver
lost control after hitting
something, they said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An audio clip
of Food and Civil Sup-
plies Minister Pratap
S Khachariyawas ap-
pealing to the people at
a programme in Civil
Lines to vote in his fa-
vour as there are
chances of him becom-
ing the CM has gone
viral and is a topic of
discussion. The minis-
ter has accused his
party leaders of fo-
menting rebellion.
In the audio clip,
Khachariyawas said,
“Whatever I speak, I
speak thoughtfully. I
appeal to the people for
help. I will contest on a
Congress ticket but
this is for the first time
that both Congress
and BJP will create
hurdlesformebecause
I’m stinging in peo-
ple’s eyes. If I win,
then the main chair of
Raj will be in hands of
the Civil Line.”
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: In order to im-
provethehealthservices
in the state, medicos will
get training abroad. Af-
ter implementing vari-
ous flagship schemes,
the medical department
will soon tie up with the
UK government for skill
development of human
resources. An MoU will
besignedforwhichprep-
arations are going on.
The blueprint of the
MoU has been finalized
recently
. Talks are on
with the health depart-
ment and UK govern-
ment under UK-Ra-
jasthan partnership. On
the lines of Kerala, the
health department will
send its doctors and
nursing staff to the UK
for skill development.
Jaipur (FIB):TheHawa
Mahal festival will be or-
ganized by the Tourism
Dept on 15th of January
.
On this day
, the lattice
windowsof HawaMahal
will witness the cultural
heritage festival organ-
ized to save the monu-
ments rich cultural and
historical importance.
Folk songs, music, food
catering and various
means of entertainment
will be made there along
with ‘Night Tourism’.
Kamal Kant
High Court has granted
bail to Gaurav Kakkar, ac-
cused of creating fake
firms for availment and
passing of ineligiblie In-
put Tax Credit (ITC) and
embezzlingfundstoatune
of Rs 19.65 crores. The sin-
gle bench of Justice MK
Garggrantedbailonacon-
dition that the petitioner
will always present before
court on every hearing.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PCC Chief GS
Dotasra has formed a
state level 8-member
committee for ‘Hath Se
Hath Jodo’ campaign of
the party. PCC secre-
tary Ram Singh Kas-
wan has been made the
convenor while Jas-
want Gurjar is co-coor-
dinator. The committee
is formed for the pur-
pose of smooth opera-
tion. Rajendra Yadav,
Deshraj Meena, Naresh
Chowdhary, Rahul
Bhaker, Chhotu Meena
and Rajendra Arya are
the members.
First India BUreau
Jaipur: RPS officer Ra-
jeev Rahad has regis-
teredacaseof honeytrap
and extortion against a
woman who lodged a
rape case against him.
The officer is current-
ly posted in police head-
quarters. He lodged an
FIR with Sikar’s Kotwali
police station accusing
the woman of honey
trapping him and extort-
ing Rs 50 lakh.
The woman has regis-
tered a rape case against
the officer with Vidyad-
har Nagar police station
of Jaipur.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur:HostsRajasthan
women displayed a well-
coordinated game and
brilliant strategy to win
the 34th Federation Cup
Handball Champion-
ship by defeating Hary-
ana 23-22 in the title
match.Forthefirsttime,
women from Rajasthan
have won a medal in the
Federation Cup. The
men from Rajasthan fin-
ished third jointly with
Punjab. The men’s title
was won by Indian Rail-
ways by defeating Ser-
vices by 35-25 (17-11).
RajasthanStateHand-
ball Association Prez
Harish Dhandev and
Honorary Secy YP Sin-
gh, said that it is a proud
moment for the state.
Kapil Sharma
Hanumangarh: State
BJP President Satish
Poonia on Friday took
part in the Jan Aak-
rosh Rally organised in
Pilibanga of Hanu-
mangarh. While ad-
dressing the gathering,
Satish Poonia targeted
Cong govt over issues
like farm loans, paper
leak, corruption and
atrocities against
women and Dalits.
“The people of Ra-
jasthan are fed up with
Cong govt. The Jan
Aakrosh Yatra has got
huge support of people
while the Bharat Jodo
Yatra is a hoax. Now,
the opposition parties
have also cancelled
their plans to take part
in concluding ceremo-
ny of BJY. In the next
assembly elections,
Bharatiya Janata Party
will win more than 180
assembly seats in Ra-
jasthan and Jan Aak-
rosh Yatra will also play
an important role in the
victory of BJP in Ra-
jasthan,” said State BJP
President Poonia.
Jaipur: Two youths were
killed in Chaksu on Thursday
night after their motorcycle
was hit by a truck. Police
informed the deceased has
been identified as Subash
Meena (20) and Vikas Meena
(19), both residents of Turkiya
village. “The incident took
place near Bhurtiya village on
Lalsot road in Chaksu. The
victims, who happened to be
cousin brothers, were heading
towards Turkiya village from
Niwai town when they were
hit by a speeding boring truck.
The youths sustained grievous
injuries and were rushed to a
hospital,” police said. “Later,
they were referred to SMS
Hospital for further treatment.
However, they succummed to
injuries during treatment. The
truck has been seized & FIR
has been filed,” police official
added. —Babu Lal Saini
(L) Injured being treated in Hosp. (R) Car after the accident.
People across Rajasthan woke up to lower visibility due to fog on Friday morning. (L) Commuters driving through fog in front of Vidhan Sabha in Jaipur. (R) Passengers looking for their bogie at Pokaran railway station in dense fog.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), from January 15-17, North Rajasthan will reel under cold wave to severe cold wave conditions. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA AND MUKESH KIRADOO
Rajasthan women team defeated Haryana by 23-22 in title match.
Satish Poonia addressing the gathering during Jan Aakrosh Yatra
in Peelibanga, Hanumangarh on Friday.
CS Usha Sharma along with other senior officials at Secretariat
during the review meeting on Friday.
‘Cong,BJPleaderswill
createhurdlesforme’
Rajwomenteamwins
Poonia corners Congress govt over
farmers, paper leak corruption
Healthier Raj:
Medicos to
get training
abroad
Hawa Mahal
Fest on Jan 15
BAIL TO G KAKKAR IN ITC FRAUD
Congress forms
‘Hath Se Hath
Jodo’ committee
Sikar RPS files
honey trap case
on Jpr woman
34th
HANDBALL FEDERATION CUP
9-YR-OLD DIES WHILE CROSSING ROAD AFTER
GETTING OFF THE SCHOOL BUS IN DAUSA
Dausa: An innocent child died in a painful accident on Friday
in Senthal town of Dausa district. Dilraj (9) son of Prakash
Saini, a resident of Maliwala’s Dhani, was going home by
crossing the road near Tejaji’s place after getting down from
the school bus in the afternoon. During this, the pickup com-
ing at high speed hit him. He was seriously injured by geeting
his head crushed in the accident. The relatives took him to
the district hospital, where the doctors declared him dead.
RATHORE SLAMS CONGRESS GOVT AT JAY
Jaipur: Dy LoP Rajendra
Rathore fiercely attacked
the Gehlot govt over the
deteriorating law and order,
paper leak, electricity prices,
unemployment and said that
during the tenure of this govt,
examinations have been cancelled 16 times due to paper leak.
He said this at the BJP’s Jan Aakrosh Sabha in Chaksu on
Friday. He said that the matter of resignation of 92 MLAs of
the government is also going on in the Supreme Court.

RAJASTHAN
03
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In the cases of
paper leak, the Gehlot
Government has taken
a strict action against
the culprits. Adopting
the policy of zero toler-
ance, four personnel of
the education depart-
ment were dismissed
from government ser-
vice on Friday in con-
nection with the senior
teacher competitive
examination question
paper leak case.
Suresh Kumar, Prin-
cipal, Praveshika San-
skrit School, Thalia (Ja-
lore), Bhagirath, Senior
Teacher Science, govt
school in Sirohi, Ravat-
aram, Senior Teacher
Sanskrit, Mahatma
Gandhi Government
School, Jaswantpura in
Jalore and Pukhraj,
Junior Assistant, govt
school, Jhab, Jalore
were terminated.
The issue of question
paper leak came to the
fore in the general
knowledge examination
conducted by Rajasthan
Public Service Commis-
sion, Ajmer on Decem-
ber 24, 2022 under the
Senior Teacher Com-
petitive Examination.
In the case, the said
personnel were sus-
pended by the depart-
ment concerned on De-
cember 24.
Govt terminates 4 from
service for ‘paper leak’
ACTION WAS TAKEN BY STATE EDU DEPARTMENT
JDA DEMOLISHES ILLEGAL PART OF
ACCUSED BHUPENDRA’S RESIDENCE
‘DHAKA MAIN ACCUSED; 6 CONG MLAs INVOLVED IN LEAK’
Jaipur: In yet another
revelation, BJP’s Rajya
Sabha MP Kirodi Lal
Meena has claimed that
online recruitment exams
had more frauds than the
offline exam and Suresh
Dhaka, the main accused
of teachers recruitment
paper leak case, is the
mastermind of online
recruitment scam. At the
same time, he also alleged
that six Congress MLAs
were involved in at least
four recruitment exam
paper leaks in the State.
Meena, however, refused
to reveal the names of
the MLAs saying he will
disclose the names in the
coming days. The BJP
leader also accused an
officer of Special Op-
erations Group (SOG) of
having connection with
the accused of paper leak
case. The MP also alleged
that Suresh Dhaka had
connections with an IAS
officer Amit Dhaka who
was posted in CMO. He
also accused an OSD to
the CM of having close
relations with the accused.
Illegally constructed structure at accused Bhupendra Saran’s
house being bulldozed by JDA. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Jaipur: The enforcement wing of Jaipur Development
Authority (JDA) on Friday started demolishing illegal con-
struction done in the house of Bhupendra Saran whose
name appeared in the recent grade-2 teacher recruitment
examination paper leak case. The action began in the
evening after the JDA tribunal rejected Saran’s petition
seeking extra time to remove the encroachment. JDA
chief controller (enforcement) Raghuveer Saini said that
as per the site plan, the front setback of 15 feet and back
setback of 8.3 feet was to be left but it is covered in the
house and the front balconies are under road limits.
—Abhishek Shrivastava Shivendra Parmar
Guv seeks reply from VC
overhis‘criminalrecord’
BIKANER VETERINARY UNIVERSITY ROW
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: TheRajBhavan
on Friday sought an an-
swer after complaints
regarding the police
case registered against
Dr Satish Kumar Garg,
Vice-Chancellor of Ra-
jasthan Veterinary and
Animal Sciences Uni-
versity
, Bikaner.
A criminal case is
pending against Dr Sat-
ish Kumar Garg, Vice-
Chancellor of Ra-
jasthan Veterinary and
Animal Sciences Uni-
versity, Bikaner. The
ACB had also registered
a corruption case
against Prof AK Ge-
hlot, the coordinator of
the committee that ap-
pointed Garg as the VC.
After the revelations
by First India News,
both of them presented
clarification after meet-
ing the Governor and
Chancellor Kalraj
Mishra on Friday
. Now
only after the investiga-
tion by the Raj Bhavan,
it will be decided wheth-
er the appointment of
DrSatishGargastheVC
is right or wrong.
The founder vice-
chancellor of the uni-
versity, Professor AK
Gehlot, was made the
coordinator of the
search committee con-
trary to the rules.
IAF detains pilot
for filming in
prohibited area
Barmer (ANI): A For-
eign-origin pilot of Al-
liance Air was recently
detained for a few
hours by IAF security
personnel at Barmer’s
Uttarlai Air Force Sta-
tion for allegedly tak-
ing pictures and videos
at airport’s prohibited
area. The pilot has been
de-rostered, the airline
said in a statement.
“Safety for Alliance
Air is paramount and
such occurrences are
viewed seriously by Al-
liance Air. The said
pilot has been de-ros-
tered pending investi-
gation. We ensure
that all required cor-
rective actions are in
place,” stated the Alli-
ance airline.
“We sincerely regret
the inconvenience
caused to our esteemed
guests on board,” the
statement added.
Ban on protests against mobile
tower installation for 5G push
Bhilwara liaison
officer, broker in
ACB net for graft
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The Urban De-
velopment and Housing
Department on Friday
removedthecompulsion
of inviting suggestions
andobjectionsfrompub-
lic before erecting high-
rise mobile towers. With
this, the public will not
be able to protest or ob-
ject against erecting of
mobile towers.
Sources informed
that in order to promote
5G mobile technology
and infrastructure, the
government has taken
away this right from
the public. In fact, the
mobile operators will
not have to take per-
mission from the au-
thority concerned. Be-
fore installing the tow-
er, only information
will have to be given to
the authority.
The Urban Develop-
ment Department is-
sued its order on Fri-
day adding new provi-
sions to the guidelines.
The fee for setting up
towers and laying OFC
has also been reduced
by three to five times.
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: ACB on Fri-
day arrested a liaison
officer and broker of a
construction company
while accepting a bribe
of Rs 50,000.
The accused had de-
manded bribe for not
demolishing the under-
construction house of
the complainant on Pur
Bypass and also by the
NHAI officer.
IMPACT
YOU READ IT IN FIRST
INDIA ON JAN 10, 2023
HALF A DOZEN FIRs
Four employees ac-
cused in paper leak
case have been dis-
missed from service.
Illegal constructions
of wanted accused
have been demol-
ished. According to
the new law passed
by the assembly in
2022, action will be
taken in this regard.
Some people want to
shine their politics on
this sensitive issue
and youth should
be aware of them
and continue their
preparation for
exams. We will not
allow injustice to
be done to a single
hardworking youth.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister

eadership is an art and not a
science because leaders con-
vert defeat into victory
. Mili-
tary Leadership is at the
highest pedestal of leader-
ship because leading men
into battle is a privilege given
to a select few. From times
immemorial, Indian Armed
Forces have had a saga of fin-
est military ethos and values,
so essential for victory in bat-
tle. It’s an awesome respon-
sibility to train, motivate and
lead your men to victory.
Military service to the nation
is, therefore, a tradition of
bravest of brave. The coun-
try, proud of it’s soldiers, cer-
tainly appreciates their basic
values like discipline, integ-
rity, loyalty, patriotism, self-
less service and courage.
UNCHANGED ETHOS
OF SOLDIERING
Ethics, Values and Moral are
the binding force of a soldier.
The best example of leader-
ship values comes from the
great epic ‘Mahabharata’.
Great warrior ‘Bhishma
Pitamah’, lying on a bed of
arrows, gave these three les-
sons in ‘Rashtra Dharma’
and ’Principles of Leader-
ship’ to victorious pandavas-
l “First, the conduct of a
leader at all times must
act in a righteous manner
to perform ‘Rashtra Dhar-
ma’.
l Second, a leader must sub-
ordinate his own interest
to the cause and to the wel-
fare of the men, he is lead-
ing.
l Third, a leader must not be
too indulgent and harsh.
Fast forward, 5000 years to
Indian Military Academy
where the Gentlemen cadets
complete their training and
take the oath as Officers. The
Chetwode motto which re-
mains the guiding principle
throughout their military
career is as under-
“The safety, honour and
welfare of your country
come first, always and every
time.
The honour, welfare and
comfort of the men you com-
mand come next.
Your own ease, comfort
and safety come last, always
and every time.”
There are striking simi-
larities between what ‘Bhis-
ma Pitamah’ said and what
‘General Phillips Chetwode’
has laid down. The ethos and
value system of military
leadership remains same
from Mahabharat till date.
THE MILITARY
ECOSYSTEM
The Army reflects the
character of the nation’s
heritage, values and culture.
The army ecosystem has to
be in harmony with the
society to co-exist and yet be
the beacon of hope for all.
The concept of duty
, service,
and self-sacrifice has always
been associated with
military leadership. Three
golden words - Ethics, Moral
and Values are the binding
force of a military man.
Over the years, the Army has
repeatedly examined and
articulated institutional
values and working ethos in
the rapidly changing socio-
economic environment of
the country
.
The Warrior Ethos.
TheIndiansoldierisamongst
the best in the world because
he is imbued with the quali-
ties of ‘Nation First’. The
warrior ethos form the heart
of the military profession in-
spires them to carry out ex-
traordinary acts of courage.
There are certain qualities
of head and heart that sepa-
ratethemanin‘OliveGreens’
from the rest of the world.
Some of these are flagged as
under-
l ‘Nation First’ attitude
l Last hope of the nation
therefore have to win all
the time
l Follow Rastra Dharm
overcoming own affilia-
tions.
l Secular Credentials
l Apolitical Nature.
l Role Model for the Society
l Passion to do and die for
the country unmindful of
own feelings, emotions
and hardships.
l Exemplary personal con-
duct.
The Army Values. The
defining character of Armed
Forces; entrusted with the
security of our nation, is
built upon an intrinsic val-
ue-based system. Essential
qualities of professional
commitment, loyalty, duty,
respect, selfless service, hon-
our, integrity and personal
courage emanate from this
ecosystem and ethical con-
duct of soldiers is driven by
this value system. Soldiers
learn these values during
training and then live with
them, every day
.
CHALLENGES OF
21ST CENTURY
The 21st century, is being la-
beled as the information age.
The changing nature of war-
fare, equipped with ‘Robots’,
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and Machine Learning have
placed fresh challenges on
soldiering. The recent killing
of Al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al-
Jawahiri by a drone fired
missile, is a technology dem-
onstrator. The strategic aim
in future conflicts will be to
subdue the enemy without
fighting. Thus, the context
of Ethics, Morale, and Values
of military leaders and sol-
diers will be defined in a new
dimension.
CONCLUSION
As India emerges to find its
rightful place in the world,
the Indian Army will con-
tinue to be pivotal towards
building a strong, modern
and resurgent India. Its ‘Na-
tion First’ ecosystem built
upon the ethos of a secular,
motivated, apolitical and
professional force remain
the pedestal of national se-
curity, growth and prosperi-
ty. The Indian Army has a
long and illustrious record;
it has excelled both in war
and peace. The future will
demand increasingly higher
levels of professionalism.
Human resource is precious
in Army because it’s the man
behind the machine that
wins war. The respect, dig-
nity, wellbeing and stature of
its soldier in turn must, thus,
be preserved and garnered
by the nation. The nation sa-
lutes the Valour and Values
of Indian Army on 75th
Army Day
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE
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Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Cruising through the richness
diversity of India’s timeless heritage!
Heralding a new age of tourism
with MV Ganga Vilas the grand
Tent City on the banks of Ganga ji.
#LongestRiverCruise
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
As India begin their campaign from
the #BirsaMundaStadium, I wish them
well. May they win hearts with their
performances. I also extend my best
wishes to all the participating teams
at the #HWC2023. Odisha, as the
cynosure of international hockey is a
proud moment for all.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Perform every action with you
heart fixed on the Supreme
Lord. Renounce attachment to
the fruits. Be even-tempered in
success and failure: for it is this
evenness of temper which is
meant by yoga.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
GANGA VILAS
GIVES RIVER
TOURISM AN
IMPRESSIVE
START FROM VNS
ndia is entering a
historic phase with
the Varanasi to Di-
brugarh luxury
cruise on the Ganga
launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. The 3,200 km,
51-day cruise is the longest river
cruise in the world for those who
can afford Rs 25,000 per person
per day or Rs 20 lakh per person
for the entire luxury trip. With
35 Swiss tourists aboard Ganga
Vilas is making an impressive
beginning.
Inland waterways have been a
neglected area of tourism and
travel. One would occasionally
come across incidents of a boat,
overloaded with villagers either
headed for or returning from a
fair or a temple, capsizing result-
ing in deaths. Cruise is a new ele-
ment introduced by the govern-
ment to increase passenger traf-
fic and make inland waterways a
profitable business. The objec-
tive is to increase passenger traf-
fic from the present 0.4 million to
4 million. That will result in
pushing up revenue from $110
million to $ 5.5 billion. All this
while keeping the rivers clean!
TOP TWEETS
I
oshimath, now fa-
mous for its land
subsidence due to
man’s rapacity in
the name of devel-
opment, faces an uncertain
future but Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami is op-
timistic about the start of
Chardham yatra in May fol-
lowed by pilgrims thronging
the Kedarnath and Badri-
nath shrines without giving
any firm assurance on relief
to be provided to hundreds of
people who are in the process
of losing their homes and
livelihoods in the town.
Displaced families have
been given shelter in a Gurd-
wara and other places and so
far a compensation of only
Rs 1.5 lakh has been prom-
ised, while Dhami asked the
media not to spread panic by
saying that the entire Joshi-
math was sinking. The state
government must not delay
payment of adequate com-
pensation, proper rehabilita-
tion and shifting of schools
so that children do not lose
out on their studies.
The traumatised families
have to come to terms with
this natural calamity, forget
about Joshimath and think
of ways to make a fresh be-
ginning. The state govt must
ponder over their plight and
look at Joshimath’s future
more seriously after the
warning by ISRO which,
based on satellite images, has
said that the entire town in
Chamoli district was rapidly
sinking. To give an idea, the
satellite images indicate that
the town sank 5.4 cm in just
12 days.
The challenge is now for
geologists to salvage the situ-
ation and prevent further
sinking of Joshimath, which
is important not only for reli-
gious and tourism purposes
but also for strategic reasons
as it borders China and road
construction is crucial.
SAVING JOSHIMATH
IS CRITICAL
The challenge is
now for geologists
to salvage the situation
and prevent further
sinking of Joshimath,
which is important not
only for religious and
tourism purposes but also
for strategic reasons as it
borders China
J
CELEBRATING INDIAN ARMY DAY TOMORROW
INDIAN ARMY
EPITOME OF VALOUR AND VALUES
L
As India emerges to find its
rightful place in the world,
the Indian Army will
continue to be pivotal
towards building a strong,
modern resurgent India.
Its ‘Nation First’ ecosystem
built upon the ethos of a
secular, motivated, a
political professional
force remain the pedestal of
national security, growth
and prosperity
(Some Goals are so Worthy, it’s Glorious even to Fail)
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH (RETD)
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)

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INDIA
05
IT Department
summons TMC
MLA, councillor
with documents
Kolkata (Agencies):
The Income Tax De-
partment has sum-
moned Trinamool Con-
gress’ Jangipur legisla-
tor Jakir Hossain, from
whose residence and
factories it had recov-
ered Rs 11 crore on
Thursday, to its Kolkata
office, along with the
documents related to
the sources of the re-
covered cash next week.
Hossain, a two-time
party MLA from Jan-
gipur in West Bengal’s
Murshidabad and also a
former minister, has
also been asked to sub-
mit his detailed income
tax returns, and income
and expenditure docu-
ments to the depart-
ment by next week.
The Income Tax De-
partment has also sum-
moned Trinamool coun-
cillor and the Member,
Market, of Mayor-in-
Council of Kolkata Mu-
nicipal Corporation,
Amiruddin Bobby to be
present at the office of
the department next
week with similar tax
related documents.
Incidentally
, from
WednesdaytillThursday
morning, the Income
Tax Department also
raided a hotel owned by
BobbyatcentralKolkata.
RAJOURI TERROR ATTACKS
PROBE GIVEN TO NIA: SHAH
Jammu (PTI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday said the
probe into the recent
terror attacks in Ra-
jouri in JK has been
handed over to the Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA).
At a press conference
after a day-long visit
here, Shah said all ter-
ror incidents in Jammu
in the past one-and-a-
half years will also be
probed by the NIA and
the JK Police will ac-
tively assist in the in-
vestigation.
“We have yesterday
handed over the probe
intotheRajouriincident
to the NIA,” he said.
The twin terrorist at-
tacks on January 1 and
2inRajourihadclaimed
seven lives while 14 peo-
ple were injured.
Shah also had a secu-
rity review meeting
with security agencies
and top JK officials.
“We have discussed
how to further strength-
en the security grid. The
security agencies con-
veyedtomethattheyare
100 per cent prepared to
deal with any situation
and stop such incident
in future,” he said.
Shah said the meet-
ing had a 360-degree
view of the prevailing
situation and thread-
bare discussion on the
terror support system.
A time-bound action
plan has been drawn up,
which envisages tight-
ening of security grid
across all areas of Jam-
mu division, within
three months, he said.
Shahsaidthesecurity
agencies have assured
him that there will be
foolproof security in the
Union territory
.
He said he had come
to Jammu region with
the objective of visiting
the affected families of
the terror attacks in Ra-
jouri but could not go
thereduetobadweather.
“However, I have spo-
ken to the family mem-
bersof eachof theseven
victims by over phone.
The families said that
they are ready to fight
back the terrorists. It is
really heartening to
hear such things from
the them,” he said.
Union Home Minister says the JK Police will actively assist NIA in investigation
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with JK Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and others chairs a high-level
meeting to review the security situation in JK at Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
AT HIGH-LEVEL MEET,
AMIT SHAH TAKES
STOCK OF SECURITY
Jammu: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah arrived
in Jammu on Friday to meet
the families of those killed in
the terror attack in Rajouri.
He was received at Jammu
Airport by LG Manoj Sinha.
He held a high-level meeting
with officials in Jammu over
security-related issues in the
Union Territory. Lieutenant
Governor Manoj Sinha also
attended the meeting. The
visit comes in the wake of
twin terror attacks in Rajouri.
UNION HM ARRIVES
IN JAMMU, REVIEWS
SECURITY SITUATION
Jammu: Amid tight security
arrangements, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on Friday
arrived here on a day-long
visit to Jammu region and
reviewed security situation of
JK. Shah’s visit came days
after twin terrorist attacks in
which 7 minority community
persons were killed and 14
others injured in Dhangri
hamlet. Earlier on January
9, Shah had held a crucial
meeting with top leaders of
the JK unit of the BJP.
❍ BHARAT JODO YATRA
“Plurality under threat,
India will reject hatred”
New Delhi (PTI): Divi-
sive forces are attempt-
ing to turn our diversity
against us but India will
rejecthatredandvicious
agendacannotgoonany
longer, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi has said
in a letter that will be
distributed among peo-
ple as part of the party’s
follow-up campaign to
the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Along with Gandhi’s
letter, party workers
will also distribute a
charge sheet against
the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment as part of
‘Haath se Haath Jodo
Abhiyan’ that will be
run from January 26 to
March 26 at block, dis-
trict and state levels,
Congress general secre-
tary Jairam Ramesh
told a press conference
at AICC headquarters.
“As part of this cam-
paign, 2.5 lakh gram
panchayats, six lakh vil-
lages and about 10 lakh
election booths will be
covered,” he said, add-
ing the Congress has
neverundertakensucha
programmeatthisscale.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’, in Ludhiana on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
WHY NO COVID PROTOCOL ISSUED AFTER
LETTER TO RAHUL GANDHI: JAIRAM RAMESH
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday
accused the Modi govt of “politicising”
Covid and asked why it had not come
out with a Covid protocol weeks after
it wrote to Rahul Gandhi expressing
concern over the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Congress general secretary Jairam
Ramesh said this at a presser on Friday.
RaGa VOWS JOBS
CHEAPER FUEL
New Delhi: In his letter,
Rahul Gandhi has prom-
ised cheaper petrol and
diesel, gas cylinder at Rs
500, jobs and harmony.
The letter is signed off as
“aapka apna Rahul (your
own Rahul)”. The letter is
written in all the regional
languages of country.
RAHUL’S LETTER TO
REACH EACH HOUSE
New Delhi: The Congress
announced on Friday
that it will deliver a letter
written by Rahul Gandhi
to each house along with
a charge sheet against
the central government
starting on January 26.
The programme will last
for two months.
Himachal restores Old Pension Scheme for 1.36L employees
Shimla (Agencies):
The just over a month
old Congress govern-
ment in Himachal
Pradesh on Friday ful-
filled a key poll promise,
with the Cabinet, at its
first meeting, deciding
to provide the Old Pen-
sion Scheme (OPS) to all
government employees,
covered under the de-
fined contributory pen-
sion scheme or National
Pension System (NPS),
on the pattern of party-
ruled Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh.
This will benefit
about 1.36 lakh NPS em-
ployees, an official
statement said.
The Cabinet also de-
cided to constitute a
Cabinet sub-committee
for finalising the road-
map for implementa-
tion of its poll promises
— creating one lakh em-
ployment opportunities
and granting Rs 1,500 to
all women in the age
group of 18 to 60 years.
Presided over by
Chief Minister Sukh-
vinder Singh Sukhu,
the Cabinet unanimous-
ly passed a resolution
thanking the people of
the state for reposing
faith and confidence in
the policies and pro-
grams of the party
.
It expressed gratitude
to Congress President
Mallikarjun Kharge,
senior leaders Sonia
Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi,
and Priyanka Gandhi
for their dynamic lead-
ership that resulted in
the victory of the party
in the recent Assembly
elections.
The Cabinet decided
to adopt an election
manifesto of the party
as a policy document of
the government and all
ministers, secretaries
and heads of the depart-
ments will implement
it, said the statement.
Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu being garlanded
after OPS implementation, in Shimla on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CM SUKHU TO CHAIR
MLAs’ MEET ON 30-31
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Sukhvinder
Singh Sukhu will preside
over the meeting with MLAs
to map out priorities in the
annual budget for the year
2023-24 on January 30-31
at HP Secretariat, said Chief
Minister’s Office on Saturday.
The meeting with MLAs of
Chamba, Shimla and Lahaul-
Spiti districts will be held
from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM.
PM to flag-off Vande Bharat
train from Secunderabad
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will flag-off
the Vande Bharat Ex-
press train connecting
Secunderabad with Vi-
sakhapatnam on Sun-
day at 10:30 AM via
video conferencing, an
official statement from
the PMO said on Friday
.
Thiswillbetheeighth
Vande Bharat Express
train introduced by In-
dian Railways.
It will be the first one
connecting the Telugu-
speaking states of Tel-
angana and Andhra
Pradesh, covering a dis-
tance of around 700 km,
added the statement.
The train will have
stoppages at Visakhapa-
tnam, Rajahmundry
andVijayawadastations
in Andhra Pradesh and
at Khammam, Waran-
gal and Secunderabad
stations in Telangana.
The indigenously de-
signed train set of Van-
de Bharat Express is
equipped with state-of-
the-art passenger amen-
ities. The statement
added that it will pro-
vide rail users with a
faster, more comforta-
ble, and more conveni-
ent travel experience.
Sisodia raps Delhi L-G
for sending back files
New Delhi (Agencies):
Criticising Lt Governor
VK Saxena, Delhi Depu-
ty CM Manish Sisodia
on Friday said the latter
has sent back the files
pertaining to sending
govt school teachers to
Finland twice, citing
different grounds.
“We had to send 30
teachers to Finland in
March, but the L-G sent
its file back with objec-
tions. Again, we submit-
ted our reply to the ob-
jections but the L-G has
again sent the file back
witharemarkthatacost
benefit analysis should
be done,” Sisodia said.
“L-G sir! 30 teachers
of Delhi government
weretogofortrainingin
Finland in December.
Youhaverejectedthefile
twice and sent it back.
Every time with new ob-
jections,” Sisodia had
earlier tweeted.
Rourkela (ANI): Chief
Minister Naveen Pat-
naik on Friday an-
nounced a Rs 10 lakh
reward each for Amit
Rohidas and Nilam San-
jeep Xess - both players
are from Odisha - and
are a part of the India
squad for FIH Odisha
Men’s Hockey World
Cup 2023.
Both Rohidas and
Xess made it to the In-
dian team that will be-
ginitscampaignagainst
Spain on Friday. Tokyo
Olympic bronze medal-
list Rohidas is also dep-
uty to Indian team cap-
tain Harmanpreet Sin-
gh. He has 125 interna-
tional caps to his name,
but the defender is al-
ways used as an alterna-
tive during penalty cor-
ners and has scored 18
international goals.
From being an in-
and-out player to be-
coming the vice-captain
of the Indian hockey
team, Amit Rohidas has
quietly risen up the
ranks with some out-
standing performances
in recent years. Amit
Rohidas made his sen-
ior India debut in 2013
but it took him a while
to become the team’s
mainstay in defence.
Guarding the goal in
defence with Rohidas is
local lad Sanjeep Xess.
With 30 international
caps and five goals San-
jeep Xess, who hails
from Kadobahal village,
a few kilometres away
from the World Cup
venue, will look to en-
thuse the home crowd
with his presence at the
Birsa Munda Hockey
Stadium in Rourkela.
It will be a proud mo-
ment for Sundargarh,
‘the Cradle of Hockey’,
when the two players
will go to the middle of
the pitch donning Indi-
an jerseys. The crowd at
Birsa Munda Hockey
Stadium in Rourkela is
surely going to get be-
hind Rohidas and San-
jeep Xess every time
they receive the ball.
Odisha to give `10L each to Rohidas, Xess
HOCKEY WORLD CUP
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik exchanges greetings with players
before India-Spain match, in Rourkela on Friday.—PHOTO BY PTI
IN THE COURTYARD
ACTOR NORA FATEHI RECORDS STATEMENT
BEFORE DELHI COURT IN EXTORTION CASE
New Delhi: Actor Nora Fatehi on Friday recorded her
statement before a Delhi court as a witness in the Rs
200 crore extortion case. The
actor recorded her state-
ment before Metropolitan
Magistrate Akriti Mahendru
in the case, also involving
alleged fraudster Sukesh
Chandrashekhar and actor
Jacqueline Fernandez, being
investigated by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi
Police. Fatehi had earlier also appeared before the EOW.
SADHVI PRACHI SURRENDERS IN COURT IN
2013 MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOT CASE
Muzaffarnagar: VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi on Friday
surrendered in a special MP/MLA court here following
the non-bailable warrants
issued against her for failing
to appear in connection
with a case of violation of
prohibitory orders and incit-
ing communal tension during
the 2013 Muzaffarnagar
riots. Special judge Mayank
Jaiswal recalled the warrants and fixed January 20 for
next hearing in the matter.
SC: CAN MUSLIM GIRL
MARRY PERSON OF HER
CHOICE POST-PUBERTY?
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Friday agreed
to examine the National
Commission for Protec-
tion of Child Rights’ plea
challenging the Punjab
and Haryana High Court
order that a Muslim girl
can marry a person of
her choice after attaining
puberty. The top court
held that the High Court
judgment should not be
relied on as a precedent
in any other case.
SC GRANTS BAIL TO
VYAPAM SCAM
‘WHISTLEBLOWER’
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Friday granted
bail to a medical practi-
tioner, who also claimed
to be a whistleblower in
the Vyapam scam, in a
case of alleged violence
during a protest in Madhya
Pradesh. A bench took
note of the submissions
made by advocates that
accused Anand Rai, an
ophthalmologist, is in jail
for last 60 days in connec-
tion with a criminal case.
Parliament’s Budget
Session from Jan 31
New Delhi (PTI): Par-
liament’s Budget Ses-
sion will begin from
January 31 with Presi-
dent Droupadi Mur-
mu’s address to the
joint sitting of Lok Sab-
ha and Rajya Sabha.
The Session will have
27 sittings and will con-
tinue till April 6 with a
month-long recess to
examine the budget pa-
pers, Parliamentary Af-
fairs Minister Pralhad
Joshi said on Friday
.
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman will
present the Union Budg-
et on February one.
The first part of the
Budget Session will
conclude on February
14, he said.
Parliament will re-
convene on March 12
for the second part of
the Budget Session.

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
Patna: Some smallhold-
er women farmers in
North Bihar are script-
ing success stories in
organic farming. And
these success stories
prove that agroecology
and dietary diversity
can make us and our
planet healthy, and re-
silient to climate catas-
trophe. Growing and
eating diverse veggies is
a climate action.
According to Govern-
ment of India’s data,
roughly85percentof the
farm households in In-
dia are small or margin-
al farmers, that is, they
have less than 2 hectares
of land, with 70 percent
having less than 1 hec-
tareof land.Theaverage
landholding is only 0.5
hectares per household.
Tapping into the po-
tential of organic farm-
ingforsmallholderfarm-
ers,theHeiferIndiateam
under its Bihar Sustain-
able Livelihood Develop-
ment (BSLD) Signature
Programme is propagat-
ing the adoption of or-
ganicfarmingamongthe
project participants that
includes women-led self-
help groups in the six
projectdistrictsinNorth
Bihar: Darbhanga, Mad-
hubani, Muzaffarpur,
Samastipur, Sitamarhi,
and Vaishali.
Heifer’s India agri-
cultural experts are
conducting awareness
sessions on organic
techniques such as crop
rotation, green manur-
ing, adoption of natural
fertilizer through com-
posting, benefits of
multiple cropping (e.g.,
potatoes, lentils, toma-
toes, and beans on the
same farm), natural
weed control strategies
and organic methods to
improve soil quality
.
Karunesh Shukla,
BSLD Project Officer-
Agriculture, explains
howhecollaborateswith
smallholder women
farmersandofferstrain-
ingonthepreparationof
organic fertilizers, natu-
ral pesticides, natural
growth stimulators, and
organicmanurethrough
standardized organic
techniques such as
Jeevaamrit, Beejamrit,
Amritpani, Panchaga-
vya, and Neemastra.
Bihar’s women farmers promoting organic farming
WOMEN SCRIPTING SUCCESS STORIES
Indiastrivingtoprovidehigh-quality,cost-effectivehealthcare:Min
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Union Health
Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya on Friday
said India endeavours
to imbibe the require-
ments and need of
Global South in its G20
health priorities.
Our Prime Minister
has said that our G20
priorities will be
shaped in consultation
with not just our G20
partners, but also our
fellow-travellers in the
global South, Man-
daviya said while
chairing Health Minis-
ters' virtual session
of 'Voice of Global
South Summit - 2023'
titled 'Cooperation to
build resilient health-
care systems'.
Hence, we will take
the voice of the global
South to G-20 and other
international forums
as partners in our de-
velopment journey.
Amalgamation of these
efforts will ensure
health equity at global
level and particularly
to Global South, Man-
daviya said.
The session served as
a platform to generate
ideas from the develop-
ing world for holistic
healthcare.
India believes in val-
ue-based healthcare
and is continuously
striving to provide high
quality cost-effective
healthcare to everyone.
Aligned with its phi-
losophy of Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam and our
philosophy of perceiv-
ing health as a service,
India has offered Co-
WIN platform as a digi-
tal public good to any
interested country. In-
dia has offered Co-WIN
as a digital public
health good to
WHO through WHO's C-
TAP initiative, said
Mandaviya.
Union Health Minis-
ter Mansukh Mandavi-
ya also commended In-
dia's efforts in provid-
ing training to support
countries in terms of
capacity building of
their healthcare profes-
sionals. The training
included COVID-19 test-
ing, clinical practices,
case management, vac-
cine development de-
livery for participants
from Asian, South-East
Asian, African coun-
tries. India also shared
its medical expertise by
dispatching Rapid Re-
sponse Teams to Ku-
wait and the Maldives.
Srinagar (PTI): Au-
thorities in Jammu and
Kashmir on Friday is-
suedanavalanchewarn-
ingfor10districtswhich
have witnessed moder-
ate to heavy snowfall
over the past 48 hours.
The State Disaster
Management Authority
(SDMA) issued a ‘high
danger’ avalanche
warning for Bandipora
and Kupwara districts
of north Kashmir and a
‘medium danger’ warn-
ing for Baramulla and
Ganderbal districts.
“Avalanche with high
danger level is likely to
occur above 2,000 me-
tres of Bandipora and
Kupwara districts in
the next 24 hours.
“Avalanche with me-
dium danger level is
likely to occur above
2,000 metres of Baram-
ulla and Ganderbal dis-
tricts in next 24 hours,”
SDMA officials said.
They said avalanches
with low danger level
are likely to occur in ar-
eas 2,000 metres above
sea level in Anantnag,
Doda, Kishtwar, Kul-
gam, Poonch and Ram-
ban. People living in
these areas are advised
to take precautions and
avoid avalanche-prone
areas, the officials said.
AUTHORITIES ISSUE AVALANCHE
WARNING IN 10 DISTS OF VALLEY
‘High danger’ warning issued for Bandipora Kupwara districts of north Kashmir
A man walks holding an umbrella on a snow-covered area in Srinagar on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya chairs Health Ministers’
virtual session of Voice of Global South Summit on Friday.
Agroecology and dietary diversity can make us and our planet
healthy, and resilient to climate catastrophe. Growing and eating
diverse veggies is a climate action.
A total of 47 officials from 26 States/UTs attended the workshop.
DENSE FOG ENGULFS
DELHI, FLIGHTS
DELAYED DUE TO
LOW VISIBILITY
New Delhi (ANI): Six flights,
scheduled to depart from
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Interna-
tional Airport, were delayed
due to dense fog, informed
airport authority. Among the
flight routes affected by the
severe fog were Delhi-San
Francisco/Kathmandu,
Delhi-Chandigarh-Kullu,
Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Dharam-
shala-Chandigarh, Delhi-
Shimla- Dharamshala, Delhi-
Dehradun. Already reeling
under a cold wave since the
beginning of the new year,
residents in Delhi on Friday
woke to a chilly morning
with a thick layer of fog.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Former IPL
Chairman Lalit Modi
took to Instagram and
wrote a detailed note
apparently threatening
senior advocate and
former Attorney Gen-
eral Mukul Rohatgi by
asking him not to call
him a fugitive. The Ins-
tagram post went viral
on social media, but
surprisingly, it is not
available now.
Talking to IANS on
Modi's Instagram post,
Rohatgi termed it rub-
bish and said he does
not want to comment
on it. In the post, Modi
had written: As a
young fly by night law-
yer who buys judges I
can buy and sell you
million times...... Modi
added that falling
short, he will not ask
politely again.
Addressing Rohatgi,
the pose, which is not
available now, read:
Lawyers can buy judg-
es overnight and get jus-
tice for their clients, but
I can buy and sell you a
million times over.
Fight as hard as you can
for your client, but
when you refer to me,
just call me Mr. Modi.
The post addressing
Rohatgi had further
added: Take this as a
very important piece of
advice. There is no
problem with making
fun or complaining.
You must know that
your Congress boss
cannot be brought in
full force. You are like
an ant to me. Also, you
are lucky that I like
ants. That's why I will
not crush you....
Mukul Rohatgi ‘rubbishes’
Instagram threat by Modi
Lalit Modi Mukul Rohatgi
New Delhi: Depart-
ment of Fisheries , Gov-
ernment of India or-
ganised a two-day ‘An-
nual Plan Preparation’
workshop from 4th to
5th January 2023 to
brainstorm, share in-
formation and resolve
on-ground challenges
through effective and
efficient planning by
fisheries’ officials of all
States/UTs. The work-
shop was chaired by
Jatindra Nath Swain,
Secretary, DoF (GoI) in
presence of senior offi-
cials of Department of
Fisheries (GoI), NFDB
and states’ fisheries de-
partment. A total of 47
officials from 26 States/
UTs attended the work-
shop and made it a
grand success.
Workshop for all States,
UTs’ Commissioner and
Directors held in Delhi
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
UTTAR PRADESH GOVT TRANSFERS 22 IPS
OFFICERS INCLUDING 11 DISTRICT SPS
Dr Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: In a major
reshuffle, the Uttar
Pradesh government
has transferred 22 IPS
officers including the 11
district SPs. The impact
of BJP’s defeat in the
Khatauli assembly con-
stituency of Muzaffar-
nagar district and Lok
Sabha bypolls in Main-
puri was also visible in
the transfers. SPs of
both the districts were
removed and put on the
waiting list.
The SPs of Etawah
and Kanpur rural have
also been removed and
put on waiting list.
Apart from this,
changes have been
made in the work area
of DCP level officers
posted in Lucknow,
Ghaziabad, Gautam
Buddha Nagar, Praya-
graj, Agra Commission-
erates. This time, 2017-
batch IPS officers have
also been given postings
in districts. The officers
include Prachi Singh,
daughter of PCS officer
Ram Singh Gautam
who is ADM FR Pilib-
hit. Muzaffarnagar SP
Vinit Kumar Jaiswal,
Mainpuri SP Kamlesh
Kumar Dixit, Etawah
Senior Superintendent
of Police Jai Prakash
Singh and Kanpur Ru-
ral SP Suniti have been
removed and put on
waiting list.
Abhishek Verma
has been transferred
from Gautam Buddha
Nagar to Hapur. He has
also been the ADC of
Governor Anandi Ben
Patel. His father is also
an IPS officer. IPS San-
jay Kumar has been
made the new Superin-
tendent of Police of Eta-
wah. Satyajit Kumar
Gupta posted as DCP in
Agra Commissionerate
has been made SP Sant
Kabir Nagar, Prachi
Singh has been made
SP Shravasti.
Hemant Kutiyal was
transferred from police
headquarters to UP
Special Range Security
Battalion as SP, Arvind
Kumar Maurya from
Shravasti to Traffic Di-
rectorate Lucknow, An-
irudh Kumar from
Fatehpur to Meerut Ru-
ral and Jalaun SP Ravi
Kumar wastransferred
to Ghaziabad Commis-
sionerate as DCP.
HUSBAND HELD
FOR KILLING WIFE
AFTER 18 MONTHS
MAN KILLS SELF
ON VIDEO CALL
WITH GIRLFRIEND
BOY INJURED IN
MYSTERIOUS
FIRING DIES
LABOURER DEAD, 3
INJURED AS WALL
COLLAPSES IN DELHI
Kochi (PTI): A man has
been arrested for killing his
wife and burying her inside
the premises of his house
over a year and a half ago.
During the investigation
conducted by the police,
the remains of the woman’s
dead body were found near
the sitting area of
the house.
Based on the evidence,
Sajeev was arrested.
Kolkata: Feeling betrayed,
a 23-year-old youth hanged
himself to death during a
video call with his girlfriend
in West Bengal's Nadia
district. Sujal Saha took
the extreme step at his
ancestral residence in
Shantinagar Colony on
Thursday evening when he
was alone at home, District
police sources said.
Jammu (PTI): The 9-year-
old boy, who was injured
in mysterious firing in the
JK’s Poonch district, suc-
cumbed to his injuries on
Friday in the government
hospital .The boy identified
as Irfan Ahmed of Sangla
tehsil in the Surankote
area was shifted to Jammu
from Rajouri for special-
ised treatment.
New Delhi: A labourer died
while 3 others sustained
injuries after a wall of an
under-construction building
at Balaji Action hospital in
outer Delhi collapsed. The
deceased was identified as
Kamleshwari Yadav while
the injured were identified
as Mithun Yadav, Amit Ya-
dav and Ajay Kumar Yadav,
all natives of Jharkhand.
Assam (PTI): A suspected dacoit was injured when
police fired at him as he allegedly tried to escape from
custody in Assam’s Golaghat district on Friday. A police
constable also suffered minor injuries, an official said.
Golaghat ASP Anjan Pandit said the accused Druno Das
alias Akoni was arrested with 3 others from a car that
was intercepted by Dergaon Police. All the 4 were held
on suspicion of involvement in a dacoity, to which they
later confessed during interrogation, Pandit said. While
they were being taken to the police station in a vehicle,
Akoni said he had to relieve himself and upon alighting,
he pushed away a constable tried to flee, the ASP said.
SUSPECTED DACOIT INJURED IN POLICE
FIRING WHILE TRYING TO FLEE
CRUCIAL READ
The Instagram
post that went
viral on social
media,
surprisingly, is
unavailable now
IPS Ravi Kumar,
DCP Ghaziabad
IPS Abhishek Verma,
SP Hapur
IPS Prachi Singh,
SP Shravasti
‘IT IS NEED OF THE HOUR TO BUILD
STRONGER HEALTH SYSTEMS’
New Delhi: Welcoming participants, Mandaviya said,
It is need of the hour to focus on long-term measures
to build stronger, more resilient health systems that
can prevent, prepare for and respond to future health
related challenges, while maintaining essential health
services. Highlighting India’s journey of managing
COVID-19 pandemic, he added, we have administered
over 2.2 billion vaccines with 90% 2nd dose coverage
of 12+ population and 220 million precautionary doses.

NEWS
07
NAVNEET GROUP OF INDUSTRIES
A Very Happy and a Prosperous New Year to all
Wishes You
Speakers, officers relish
safari at Ranthambore
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur:
About 80 people, includ-
ing the Speaker, Deputy
Speaker, and Deputy
Chairman of various
countries, who attended
thepresidingconference
held in Jaipur on Friday
at Sawai Madhopur,
Ranthambore National
Park, reached Rantham-
bore. Assembly Speak-
ers of 20 states, 13 Depu-
ty Speakers, five Chair-
men, and four Deputy
ChairmenreachedHotel
Tiger Inn Comfort Re-
sort in Ranthambore.
Some Speaker and Dep-
uty Speaker, Secretary,
and Additional Secre-
tary’s family members
also accompanied them.
After reaching Ranth-
ambore, they went on a
jungle safari in five can-
ters and eight gypsies.
They saw tigress Noori
and Riddhi. Most of
them came to Rantham-
bore National Park for
thefirsttime.Theassem-
bly speaker from Bihar
thanked the state govt
for the arrangements.
Guests arrived from
Arunachal Pradesh, Ut-
tar Pradesh, Bihar and
Haryana in Rantham-
bore. About 80 people,
including Ramchandra
Purve Deputy Chair-
man, Deputy Chairman
Maheshwar from Bihar,
and T Pongte Deputy
Speaker Ranbir Gangwa
from Haryana reached
Sawai Madhopur.
Administration and police officials also accompanied the officers.
The presiding
officers saw tigress
Noori and Riddhi
during the safari
DIGEST
News
News
Jaipur: Seven district
hospitals will be under
the medical education
department due to the
opening of new medical
colleges in Bharatpur,
Bhilwara, Barmer, Churu,
Dungarpur, Pali, and
Sikar. Posts of district
hospitals attached to
these colleges were
abolished. These include
the budgeted and sanc-
tioned posts under the
control of the Director of
Public Health. Financial
Advisor wrote a letter
to Director Rajmes and
urged him to take action
for the creation of posts
in Rajmes budget head.
7 DISTRICT HOSPS
TO COME UNDER
MEDICAL EDU DEPT
STOP COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES IN RESI
AREA: HC TELLS JDA
Jaipur: A division bench
of Chief Justice Pankaj
Mitthal and Justice
Shubha Mehta in the
Rajasthan High Court
has asked the Jaipur De-
velopment Authority and
the Municipal Corpora-
tion to act jointly and
identify residential build-
ings where commercial
activities are on in six
weeks. The court has
asked the two to take
legal action and stop
such activities. In this re-
gard, Deepak Kumar and
others filed a PIL and
told the High Court that
James Vihar Colony is a
residential area behind
Sanganer Stadium. But
commercial and indus-
trial activities are being
done in many buildings.
Whereas under the rules,
such activities cannot be
conducted in the resi-
dential area. Commercial
activities led to increased
traffic in the colony all
through the day.
Green corridor to connect ESIC
Medical College in Alwar: Yadav
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: Forest and En-
vironment Minister
Bhupender Yadav held
a meeting at ESIC Medi-
cal College in Alwar on
Friday and inquired
aboutthearrangements
there. Dean NK Alva
and medical staff were
also present. The Minis-
ter interacted with the
students of the Medical
College
Yadav said that soon
a bus facility for the la-
bourers from Bhiwadi
Neemrana and Behror
to the Medical College
would be started which
would be free of cost.
Besides, MRI and other
facilities will also start
in the medical college.
“Along with this, a 150-
bed SIC hospital has
been completed in Baw-
al. A 100-bed hospital
will be built in Neem-
rana, Behror, from
where labourers can be
referred to the medical
college,” he said.
Bhupender Yadav with Balaknath in Alwar on Friday.
Shekhawat appeals
for youth participation
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat on
Friday took part in the
Young India Marathon
organised from Shastri
Park in Jodhpur. While
addressing the gather-
ing, he said that 2023 is
anelectionyear,andJan
Aakrosh Rallies are be-
ing taken out across the
stateaspartof itsprepa-
rations for the elections.
“There is a need to in-
creaseparticipationand
responsibilities of
youth in society
. For the
development of the
country and to make In-
dia a developed nation
by the centenary year of
the country’s independ-
ence,theyouthwillhave
to come forward,” said
Union Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
greet Maharaja Gaj Singh
at his birthday function in
Jodhpur on Friday.
15 crore kites sold in Jpr
before Makar Sankranti
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Makar Sank-
ranti, the first festival
of the year 2023, will be
celebrated with full en-
thusiasm on Saturday
.
The kite markets like
Handipura and Haldi-
yon ka Rasta are decked
up and remained
crowded till late Friday
.
According to kite sell-
ers and their associa-
tions, a record 15 crore
kites were sold in
Jaipur this year despite
an increase of 30 per-
cent in the price. In
Jaipur, more than three
thousand people were
engaged in kite manu-
facturing work.
Kalicharan Saraf, Chandrashekhar other leaders celebrating Lohri
at Raja Park in Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
SECTION 144 IMPOSED IN UDAIPUR
Udaipur: Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
(CrPC) was imposed in Udaipur in a bid to maintain the
law-and-order situation during Makar Sankranti and other
upcoming festivals. The prohibitory orders will be in force till
January 31. ADM (City) Prabha Gautam informed that District
Collector Tarachand Meena keeping in view to prevent loss of
life and property to two-wheeler drivers and birds by glass-
coated strings during Makar Sankranti, section 144 has been
invoked to prohibit the wholesale and retail sale.
Female JEN suspended
for touching Prez’s feet
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the day of
inauguration of Jambo-
ree at Rohat in Pali dis-
trict, a female Junior
Engineers (JEN) Amba
Seol broke the protocol
and reached to meet
President Droupadi
Murmu at the helipad
and touched her feet.
The Public Health Engi-
neering Department
(PHED) suspended her
on Friday after inquiry
.
During the suspension,
the headquarters of
Amba Seol will remain
at Barmer. Taking the
matter seriously, the
Union Home Ministry
had called for a report
regarding the same
from the Rajasthan Po-
lice. The President had
inaugurated the Na-
tional Jamboree of
Scouts and Guides.
When the President
was being welcomed at
the helipad, Seol
touched the feet of the
President.
The Union Home
Ministry had called
for a report from the
Rajasthan Police

Happy Makar Sankranti to all
of us! Pray for brotherhood and
peace on this day of Uttarayana!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To control the
coaching institutes, the
State Government has
prepared the Rajasthan
Coaching Institutes
(Control and Regula-
tion) Bill-2023. The Law
Department approved it
on Thursday
.
After the approval of
the Cabinet, the govern-
ment will present the
Bill in the Budget ses-
sion. After the Bill is
approved, no coaching
institute can be started
without the permission
of the government.
Law dept’s nod to State Govt’s Raj
Coaching Institutes Bill-2023
TAKING CONTROL
UP Dy CMs Brajesh Pathak Keshav P
Maurya felicitate exemplary individuals
Awanish Vidyarthi
Lucknow: Shikhar
Samman on Bharat24,
is a successful initia-
tive that recognises
and encourages indi-
viduals, who are mak-
ing extraordinary
contribution towards
the Vision of New In-
dia. After successful
editions of Gujarat
Shikhar Samman in
Ahmedabad and
Chhattisgarh Shikhar
Samman in Raipur,
Bharat24 organised
Shikhar Samman in
Uttar Pradesh to fe-
licitate individuals,
who continue to bring
accolades to the state
through their initia-
tives and actions.
Both the Deputy
Chief Ministers of Ut-
tar Pradesh, Brajesh
Pathak and Keshav
PrasadMauryapartici-
pated in the ceremony
as Guests of Honour to
celebrate the achieve-
ments of individuals
from different sectors
and felicitate them
withthecovetedtrophy
of Shikhar Samman.
Both the Deputy Chief
Ministers also spoke at
leisure on host of top-
ics, from current devel-
opmentalworkdoneby
thegovernmenttohost-
ing Global Investment
Summit, law and order,
and other beneficiary
schemes of the UP gov-
ernment launched for
thecitizensof thestate.
The event was host-
ed by top leadership
team of Bharat24 in-
cluding Chief Execu-
tive Editor and Senior
Anchor Mimansa Ma-
lik, Anchor Surabhi
Tiwari, UP Bureau
Chief Awanish Vid-
yarthi and Journalist
Ahtesham Siddqui.
BHARAT24’S SHIKHAR SAMMAN IN LUCKNOW
Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak participates in inaugural lamp lighting ceremony with (L to R)
Awanish Vidyarthi, Manoj Jagyasi, Dr Piyush Dwivedi and Mukesh Singh.
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya is felicitated by Manoj
Jagyasi, Mimansa Malik and Dr Piyush Dwivedi.
Bharat24 ‘s Chief Executive Editor
Sr Anchor Mimansa Malik and Anchor
Surabhi during the programme.
Advisor to CM Yogi, Awanish Awasthi addresses after being felicitated by Dy CM
Brajesh Pathak. Also seen here are Bharat24’s Chief Business Officer Strategic
Advisor Manoj Jagyasi and UP Bureau Chief Awanish Vidyarthi.
WITH 9 NEW JUDGES, NUMBER
INCREASES TO 35 IN RAJ HC
Of these, three are from advocate quota 6 six from judicial
officer quota; SC Collegium recommended on Nov 23, 2022
Kamal Kant
High Court got 9 new
judges on Friday after
the Centre issued a noti-
fication in this regard.
Of these, three are from
the advocate quota and
six from the judicial of-
ficer quota.
Those becoming judg-
es from advocate quota
include AAG Ganesh
Ram Meena and advo-
cate Anil Kumar Upman
from Jaipur and Nupur
Bhati from Jodhpur. Ra-
jendra Prakash Soni,
Ashok Kumar Jain, Yo-
gendra Kumar Purohit,
Bhuvan Goyal, Praveer
Bhatnagar and Ashu-
tosh Kumar have been
made judges in the High
Court from the judicial
officer quota.
The SC Collegium
made the above recom-
mendation on Novem-
ber23,2022.Thenameof
GaneshRam Meena was
recommended from the
advocate quota in May,
2020.
As against the sanc-
tioned strength of 50
posts in the HC, only 26
judges including the
Chief Justice are work-
ing and 24 posts of judg-
es are lying vacant. Now
with the appointment of
9 new judges, the total
number of judges in-
cluding CJ will be 35.
The SC Collegium has
also recommended the
transfer of Madras HC
Acting Chief Justice T
Raja to Rajasthan HC.
DJAshokKumarJain
was appointed Member
Secretary in the Nation-
al Legal Services Au-
thority on 30 June 2020,
since then he has been
working on this post
continuously
.
Govt to hold various activites to
eliminate visual impairment
Boosting well being: CM sanctions
31,827 new posts in health sector
CM to brainstorm with Mins, tour dists
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under this pol-
icy, cornea collected by
private organisations
and NGOs getting fi-
nancial help from gov-
ernment will have to be
provided to the govern-
ment institutions on
priority
.
Efforts to eliminate
visual impairment
would be made in the
districts in collabora-
tion with voluntary or-
ganisations, trusts, hos-
pitals and other charita-
ble institutions work-
ing in this field. In this
regard, the State Gov-
ernment will carry out
a campaign for eye do-
nation on an extensive
level along with the pri-
vate institutions. Spe-
cial training will be im-
parted to eye experts,
eye surgeons, post grad-
uate students, etc.
Medical Health de-
partment secretary Dr
Prithvi said that public
awareness and various
technical improvement
activities related to cur-
ing blindness will be
organised under this
policy
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal for
recruitment on 31, 827
posts in the health sec-
tor. These include 1,765
doctors, 7,860 nursing
officers, 2,880 pharma-
cists, 3,739 female
health workers, 1,090
assistant radiogra-
phers and 2,205 lab tech-
nicians, including
19,539 regular posts
and 12,288 contrac-
tual posts.
With this ap-
proval of Chief
Minister Ge-
hlot, recruit-
ment will be
done on regu-
lar vacant
posts in the
Medical and
Health De-
partment, Medical Ed-
ucation Department,
Rajmesh and Jhalawar
Medical College and
Hospital as per the rel-
evant service rules. Va-
cant contract posts in
the above departments
will be recruited un-
der the Rajasthan
Contractual Hir-
ing to Civil Post
Ru l e s - 2 0 2 2 .
Those ap-
pointed on
contractba-
sis will be
given bonus
points for
work period.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: DGP Umesh
Mishra on Friday is-
sued directions to po-
lice officials instruct-
ing them to adopt e-file
module in a phased
manner so that paper-
less work can be done in
police department. The
DGP issued the direc-
tives while digitally
signing the order.
He said that e-file
module will be imple-
mented in a phased
manner in all wings of
Police HQs, all police
range all SP offices
in their subordinate of-
fices. He added that
from January 30, all file
maintenance work will
be done on e-module
through Rajkaj applica-
tion. “With the use of
e-file module, besides
real time tracking of
files, time-bound execu-
tion of work will be en-
sured. Postal mail
maintenance etc will
also be done on Rajkaj
application.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress’ in-
ternal politics will re-
main buzzing for upto
the next five days as
CM Ashok Gehlot has
fixed the programmes
of Ministers. On the
other hand,
Sachin Pilot has
fixed his tour of 5
districts.
Chief Minister
will brainstorm
with the minis-
ters on January
16 and 17 and will be on
district tours on Janu-
ary. 19 and 20.
Meanwhile, Sachin
Pilot will be on tour of
Nagaur on Janu-
ary 16, Hanuman-
garh on January
17, Jhunjhunu on
January 18, Pali
on January 19
and the tour will
culminate with
the meetings, which
will be held in Jaipur
on January 20.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC has upheld the re-
lief of Lokesh Sharma,
OSD of CM Ashok Ge-
hlot, in phone tapping
case. Justice Jasmeet
Singh’s bench extended
the stay on taking any
preventive action
against Sharma till fur-
ther orders. The matter
will now be heard on
January 23.
The government
will now present the
Bill in the upcoming
Budget Session
ALL ABOUT THE BILL
Police department to go paperless
in phased manner: DGP Mishra
Phone tapping:
Relief continues
for Lokesh Sharma
Ashutosh Kumar
Rajendra P Soni
Nupur Bhati
GR Meena
Anil Upman
Bhuvan Goyal
Praveer Bhatnagar
Ashok K Jain
Yogendra K Purohit
CM Ashok Gehlot
Sachin Pilot
With the appointment
of new judges, the
Rajasthan High Court has
become the first High Court in
the country to have two mar-
ried couples as judges. The
High Court already has Jus-
tice Mahendra Goel and Jus-
tice Shubha Mehta working as
a judge couple. Nupur Bhati
has now been appointed. Her
husband Justice Pushpendra
Singh Bhati is also a judge in
the High Court.
1st HC WHERE 2 COUPLES
WILL HEAR CASES
z The State Govt under the policy for Blindness Control
will mandatorily run Keratoplasty Centre and Eye
Bank in all the Government Medical Colleges.
z Under this policy, cornea collected by private
organisations and NGOs getting financial help from
government will have to be provided to the govern-
ment institutions on priority.
z Efforts to eliminate visual impairment would be
made in the districts in collaboration with voluntary
organisations, trusts, hospitals and other charitable
institutions working in this field. In this regard, the
State Government will carry out a campaign for eye
donation on an extensive level along with the private
institutions.
z Special training will be imparted to eye experts, eye
surgeons, post graduate students, counsellors work-
ing for eye donation and eye assistants etc.
THE POLICY
NEW APPOINTEES IN HIGH COURT
Policy aims at
bringing light into
the lives of more
than 3 lakh people
suffering from
visual impairment
All operational coaching
institutes will also have to
get certificate after getting
registered with govt within
3 months of law coming
into force.
Registration will also be
mandatory for online coach-
ing. Home tuition centres
with 50 students will also
come under its purview.
If any coaching institute has
more than one branch, then
it will have to register each
branch separately will
have to provide all details.
No coaching institute will
be able to shift the coaching
from the place mentioned
in registration certificate to
another place without govt’s
written permission.
District Authority will be
formed in all districts. Any
person, society or company
who wants to run a coach-
ing institute will have to
apply to district authority
in prescribed format with a
registration fee of Rs 10,000.
If the coaching centre
fulfills all conditions, then
within 30 days of the appli-
cation, the district authority
will issue the certificate.
Congress leader
Sachin Pilot will
embark on a tour to
five districts of Raj
This decision of CM
will create various
job opportunities
the health sector

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JAIPUR | SATURDAY,
JANUARY 14, 2023
Lohri and Makar Sakranti are traditional festivals of the year, celebrated to dodge all
the negativity and welcome positive vibes all around. A joyous Lohri and Makar
Sakranti celebration was held in full swing at Hotel Rambagh Palace, Jaipur!
ohri is essentially a harvest fes-
tival celebrated with great fun,
excitement, and enthusiasm. The
North Indian people celebrate
this festival to mark the end of
winter solstice. The harvested
fields and front yards are lit up
with flames of bonfire and people sit
around it and engage into singing, danc-
ing, and merry-making.
A joyous Lohri and Makar Sakranti
celebration was held at Hotel Rambagh
Palace, Jaipur with Jagdeesh Chandra
as the special guest of the evening.
Various renowned glamourous faces of
the city were present during the fun-
filled evening, which made it a lot more
special.
Jagdeesh Chandra lit the holy fire
flanked by Rambagh Palace GM Ashok
Rathore and all the glam guests. The
group went around the holy fire in the
traditional manner gently tossing pea-
nuts and popcorn in the fire even as eve-
ryone around sang the old Lohri songs.
The beautiful and gorgeous supermodels
carried the evening with their zest.
The celebration was very unique
as people not only followed
the usual rituals of the fes-
tival but also spiced it up
by playing various inter-
esting games, a folk sing-
ing performance and
beautiful Punjabi Bhan-
gra performances.
Jagdeesh Chandra also
wished everyone on the
occasion hoping that the
festival associated with
the worship of nature
brings joy and well-
being to everyone.
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Clockwise: Himakshi Choudhary, Rutvi Tiwari,
Astha Khandelwal, Angel Sen and Riya Sen
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA

He also added that people were cele-
brating different harvest festivals
across the country, such as Pongal,
Magh Bihu, Uttarayan, which signi-
fy India’s vibrant culture.
A community fire was lit to keep
the evil away and the community
sings and dances around the bonfire.
Pleasantries were exchanged and
sweets like gur, gachak and revri
were passed around.
The festival was made popular by
legendary dacoit Dulla Bhatti, who
robbed the rich and distributed the
booty among the poor. He also start-
ed the practice of celebrating the
first Lohri of every newborn and
newly-wed, which has been followed
by generations. There were smiling
faces all around, spreading the mes-
sage of unity and positivity
which can help us fight with
any difficulty of life. With
this, City First also wishes
all its readers a very Happy
and safe Makar Sakranti!
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Jagdeesh Chandra with Ritu Sharma Jagdeesh Chandra and Ashok Rathore, GM, Rambagh Palace, Jaipur light the holy fire Jagdeesh Chandra and Ashok Rathore with the Rambagh staff and guests
Jagdeesh Chandra
with Pratibha
Jagdeesh Chandra with Aastha Khandelwal, Srishti Khatri,Akanksha Bhalla and Rutvi Tiwari
(L-R) Kalpana Gupta, Harshita Singh, Sheena Parashar,Aakriti Sanwelya, Shreya Chalana, Disha Nareda and Sneha Chaturvedi
(L-R) Tripti Arora, Devashree Hada and Khushi Vijay
Shreya Chalana and Priya Agarwal Aakriti Sanwelya Tanu Choudhary
Aarti Choudhary
Shivangi Singh Rao
Soni Yadav
Disha Nareda
Pleasantries were exchanged and by generations. There were smiling
by generations. There were smiling
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Ragini Bhandari
Tripti Arora Akanksha Bhalla
Vinni Soni and Rishika Chandnani
(L-R) Rewati Upadhyay, Srishti Khatri,Akanksha Bhalla and Rutvi Tiwari caught in a beautiful candid
Gaurav Gaur and Khushi Vijay
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
CITY FIRST
T
he winning
models of the
recently con-
cluded Nation-
al Beauty Pageant
Miss and Mrs India
Glam Season 4 were
felicitated at Rosado
Luxury Launch,
Vaishali Nagar,
Jaipur on Thursday
.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion
as the chief guest and
launched the poster
for Miss Mrs India
Glam Season-5
with all the
guests. While ad-
dressing the
crowd, he felicitated
the supermodels and
the organisibg team
for their wonderful
initiative and wished
them huge success.
On this occasion,
Pawan Tank (Found-
er and Director of
Miss Mrs India
Glam) welcomed the
guests with a bou-
quet. Ravindra Pratap
Singh, (Chairman of
Ravisurya Group
Ananta Spa Re-
sort Jaipur), San-
jay Joshi (Direc-
tor of SKJ Jewel-
lers), Prashant
Pauddar (Director of
Mandakini Sarees),
Chandra Soni (Direc-
tor of Sony Fashion)
and many other well-
known dignitaries
were present at the
program.
FELICITATING THE BEAUTIES!
FELICITATING THE BEAUTIES!
THEHUGEALLIANCE
CITY FIRST
rench lan-
guage and cul-
ture will now
be more acces-
sible than ever
to the citizens
of Pink City.
The Alliance Française
of Jaipur, the 15th of
the Alliance Française
network in India, was
inaugurated on Friday
with a cultural evening
at Jawahar Kala Kend-
ra in the presence of
Minister of Art Cul-
ture, Government of
Rajasthan, Dr BD Kalla,
the Ambassador of
France to India, HE Em-
manuel Lenain, Maha-
raj Lakshayraj Singh
Mewar, Princess Gaura-
vi Kumari of Jaipur,
Human Rights Activist,
Aruna Roy among oth-
ers.
On the occasion, the
Minister, Dr Kalla wel-
comed the Alliance
Francaise to the city of
Jaipur. He hoped that
the coming of the alli-
ance will add a new di-
mension to the culmi-
nation of the two cul-
tures and will benefit
from the promotion of
the French language
and culture in the state.
Welcoming its estab-
lishment, Ambassador
Emmanuel Lenain said,
“I am delighted to be
here in Jaipur today to
formally inaugurate
the youngest member
of the Alliance Fran-
çaise network in India.
The opening of an Alli-
ance Française in the
historic city of Jaipur
reflects the deep links
between France and the
Pink City and will con-
tribute to our growing
cooperation with Ra-
jasthan.”
During the cultural
performance, the
French story ‘The Little
Prince’ was adapted
into the ancient Urdu
art of storytelling, Das-
tangoi. The perfor-
mance was given by
Poonam Girdhani and
Rajesh Kumar of the
Dastangoi Collective.
The evening also wit-
nessed a special open-
ing act by the celebrated
puppets of Barefoot
College, Tilonia where
the iconic Jokhim Cha-
cha led the audience
into the evening.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
F
MEET GREET!
Kalraj Mishra, Governor of Rajasthan was greeted by Dietitian
Rajat Jain during the courtesy meeting at Raj Bhawan on Friday.
During this meeting, the knowledge of the right diet nutrition
and how the importance of Millets, a campaign being run by
the government, should be conveyed to the common man was
discussed.Various nutrition-related schemes by the Government
of India were also discussed. During the occasion, Rajat was
accompanied by his wife Tina and younger brother Anshul.
The 400th branch of HDFC Bank was inaugurated at Captain
Amit Bhardwaj Marg in Malviya Nagar on Friday. The branch
was inaugurated by Rajiv Arora, Chairman, Small Scale
Industries Corporation, Government of Rajasthan. While
addressing the audience, Arora said that in this rapidly
changing technological era, cyber frauds are increasing today,
in such a situation, HDFC Bank is taking initiative for customer
awareness from time to time which is commendable.
DIGITAL RAJASTHAN
CONCLAVE
CITY FIRST
T
he Covid pan-
demic, which
was one of the
worst in history
,
was managed effec-
tively because of digi-
talisation. In all parts
of the world, the infor-
mation pertaining to
the area of spread of
the disease, precau-
tions to be given,
medications to be
given etc. were
shared worldwide
within no time.
This rapid spread of
information played a
pivotal role in the
management of Cov-
id. There cannot be a
better example of ‘Em-
bracing Technologies,
Transforming Lives’
which is the theme of
the conclave. This was
stated by the Chair-
man of Rajasthan
Small Industries Cor-
poration (RSIC), Rajiv
Arora. He was speak-
ing as the Chief Guest
at the 7th edition of
Digital Rajasthan Con-
clave today in Jaipur,
organised by FICCI
Rajasthan.
The Commissioner
of Industries Com-
merce, Mahendra Ku-
mar Parakh, said that
the digital transfor-
mation is apparent
with a whopping
80 crore internet
users. Rajasthan
has taken the lead
in the adoption of
technology pertaining
to digitalisation.
The vote of thanks
was presented by
Chairperson, Jaipur
Chapter, FICCI Ladies
Organisation, Mudri-
ka Dhoka and the ses-
sions were moderated
by Head, FICCI Ra-
jasthan State Council,
Atul Sharma.
INAUGURAL CEREMONY!
CALENDAR LAUNCH!
DURING THE DAY!
Famous Style icon of Jaipur city Rajeev Arora, (Chairman,
Rajsico) launched the calendar by photographer Manish
Laddha at the inauguration ceremony held at Hotel Grand
Uniara on Friday, January 13. The specialty of this year’s
calendar was that this time the calendar was prepared by
adopting the photographs of 12 famous doctors of Jaipur.
The issue of soil conservation was also given a prominent
place in the calendar. Talking about this unique calendar of
its kind, Rajeev Arora said that this kind of effort dedicated
to the unforgettable services rendered by the doctors during
the Corona period is highly commendable.
CELEBRATE THE SEASON
OF TOGETHERNESS!
The first festive season of 2023
is here and people can’t keep
calm about it. To celebrate the
sun’s journey back to the northern
hemisphere a grand Sakaranti
celebration with a lots of music,
cocktails, snacks and dinner is
being organised by Youth Icon
Rishee Miglani today at the Coco
Cocktail Company terrace
kitchen 6 bar, Hotel Vienna,
Jaipur. People can enjoy various
traditional delicacies along with
the festive aura to celebrate the
ripening of winter crops as well
as the start of a new harvesting
season.
On the eve of Makar-Sankranti, an
attractive tableau of kites and strings
was decorated at Sankat Mochan
Hanuman Temple at Ambabari in
Jaipur. General Secretary Surendra
Kumar told that the Hanuman temple
has been specially decorated on
Makar Sankranti, along with special
prayers. Prasad will be distributed in
the temple throughout the day on the
occasion of Sankranti.
The grand wedding
reception of
Ziyauddin Khan son
of Salauddin Khan
Sarkhel with Shireen
Hidayat daughter of
Hidayatullah Khan
Gour was organised
on Thursday, January
12 at the Hotel Haveli,
Jaipur.
The 75th birthday of Gaj Singh
of the Erstwhile royal family
of Jodhpur was celebrated at
Umaid Bhawan Palace on Friday.
A beautiful cake ceremony
was also held on the occasion.
Along with this, a special peda,
weighing 75kgs, prepared by
Prem Bhandari was also enjoyed
by everyone on the occasion.
(L-R) Neha Shekhawat (Miss India Glam 2023),Anju Yadav (Mrs India Glam Rajasthan 2023), Deepika Singh
(Miss India Glam 2023 2nd runner up), Suman Byadwal (Mrs India Glam 2023),Abhishekta Tanwar
(Miss India Glam 2023 1st runner-up),and Sonu Shekhawat (Mrs India Glam 2023 1st runner up) Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Ranjeet Tiwari, GM, Rosado
Pawan Tank
Neha
A glimpse of the performance by Dastangoi Collective, Poonam Girdhani and Rajesh Kumar
Dr BD Kalla addressing
the audience
Emmanuel Lenain
addressing the audience
The dignitaries of the conclave on the dais
Rajiv Arora cuts the inaugural ribbon
(L-R) Jamaluddin, Hisamuddin, Sakina, newlyweds Ziyauddin Khan
and Shireen Hidayat, Salauddin Khan, Fidos Khan and Kamaaluddin
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
On the occasion of Makar Sakranti festival,
popular social worker Gokuldas Maheshwari
distributed blankets to the needy people in
the presence of Mahant Anjan Goswami at
the Govind Devji Temple in Jaipur. Before this,
he worshiped Lord Govind Devji and sought
the blessings of Thakurji while wishing for
the happiness and prosperity of all the people
of the society. Directors of Somani Industries
Pankaj Somani and Nishant Maheshwari
were also present on the occasion.

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