SC backs J&K delimitation move, decks cleared for polls

AERO INDIA 2023: ASIA’S LARGEST SHOW TAKES OFF SC backs J&K delimitation
move, decks for poll cleared
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day upheld central gov-
ernment’s power to
hold Jammu and Kash-
mir delimitation by dis-
missing a plea challeng-
ing the Centre’s deci-
sion to constitute the
delimitation commis-
sion for redrawing the
legislative assembly
and Lok Sabha constitu-
encies in the Union Ter-
ritory. The court has
also observed that issue
of validity of the exer-
cise of power relating to
Article 370 is subject
matter of petitions
pending before the apex
court. A bench of Jus-
tices S K Kaul and AS
Oka delivered the ver-
dict on a plea filed by
two Kashmir residents.
INDIA RECOUPS 5TH IN
WORLD STOCKS AS
ADANI CLAWS BACK
India has reclaimed fifth
place among the world’s
top equity markets by value
after being briefly usurped
by France during a selloff of
Adani Group shares. India’s
market capitalization stood at
$3.15 trillion on Friday, inch-
ing back above France with
the UK retaining seventh
place, according to data that
shows the combined value
of companies with a primary
listing in each country.
INDIA’S ‘EYES
IN THE SKIES’ Moni Sharma
Bengaluru: Under-
lining the potential of
India’s defence sector
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on Mon-
day said the country
which was the biggest
defence importer for
decades now exports
defence equipment to
75 countries.
“New India of the
21st century will now
neither lose any op-
portunity nor lag
behind in hard
work. We’re
ready
. On the
path to reforms,
we’re bringing a
revolution in eve-
ry sector. The
country which
was the biggest
defence importer
for decades now
exports defence
equipment to 75
countries,” said PM at
14th edition of Aero
India 2023 event.
“Today
, India is not
just a market for de-
fence companies in
the world,” said Modi.
‘The runway to a billion opportunities’ PM Narendra Modi revealed
Aero India Stamp in Bengaluru.
Rajnath Singh, Thaawarchand
Gehlot, Basavaraj Bommai and
Jyotiraditya Scindia are also seen.
PM Modi
sym-
bolizes
height of integrity
and commitment
for India. The
speed could be
seen in decision
making and
delivery of results.
In World, India
is emerging as a
shining star and it
is also taking many
countries along.
—Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
PM’S SHOUT-OUT TO
MADE-IN-INDIA TEJAS
2 F-35s DEBUT AT THE
AERO INDIA 2023 SHOW
GEN PANDE FLIES IN
LIGHT COMBAT COPTER
“Tejas fighter planes,
indigenously developed INS
Vikrant as well as the Heli-
copter factory in Tumakuru
are examples of Make In
India’s strength,” PM Modi
said during the exhibition of
five-day show in Bengaluru.
US Air Force’s (USAF) new-
est 5th-gen fighters — the
stealthy, supersonic, multi-
role F-35A Lightning II and
F-35A Joint Strike Fighter
— made their debut at Aero
India 2023, with a swift
flypast before landing.
COAS General Manoj Pan-
de’s sortie in Light Combat
Helicopter during the Aero
India 2023. He discussed
how Indian forces would be
ready to fight future wars
with Made-in-India weapon
systems in next 8-10 years.
India of
‘Amritkal’
is moving
forward like
a fighter pilot, who is not
afraid of touching heights.
Who is excited to fly
high? Today’s India thinks
fast, thinks far and takes
quick decisions.
—Narendra Modi, PM
#AtmanirbharDefence
‘TOP’ COURT NEWS OF THE DAY
 The five-day event will
showcase India’s growth
in aerospace and defence
capabilities
 Nearly 809 companies
from across 98 countries
are taking part in the Aero
India 2023
 The Made-in-India
Tejas aircraft and the INS
Vikrant as examples of the
India’s defence potential
Over 251 MoU worth
`75,000 crore likely to be
signed between the Indian
and foreign defence firms
 The Supreme Court on
Monday told the Centre to
make sure that “most of
what is expected is done”
on issues concerning ap-
pointment and transfer of
judges as recommended by
the apex court collegium.
A bench headed by Justice
SK Kaul observed that it
is “concerned with some
issues” regarding judges’
appointment.
 The Supreme Court on
Monday postponed the
Municipal Corporation of
Delhi (MCD) mayoral elec-
tions, which were previously
scheduled for February 16.
The decision was made in re-
sponse to a petition filed by
AAP, calling for the prohibi-
tion of nominated members
from voting in the polls.
 CJI DY Chandrachud on
Monday administered oath
of office to 2 new judges of
the Supreme Court, Justices
Rajesh Bindal and Aravind
Kumar, taking number of
judges in the SC to its full
sanctioned strength of 34.
Nothing in this
judgement shall
be construed
as giving an imprimatur
to the exercise of power
under clauses one and
three of Article 370 of the
Constitution.
—Justice AS Oka,
Supreme Court Judge
Form panel on investors’
safety: SC; Centre agrees
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Centre
on Monday agreed to
the Supreme Court’s
proposal to set up a pan-
el of experts to look into
strengthening the regu-
latory mechanisms for
the stock market in the
wake of the recent Ada-
ni group shares crash
triggered by Hinden-
burg Research’s fraud
allegations.
Saying it has no ob-
jection to constituting
the panel, the Centre, at
the same time, stressed
that market regulator
SEBI and other statu-
tory bodies are “fully
equipped”, not only re-
gime wise, but other-
wise also to deal with
the situation.
ADANI-HINDENBURG ROW
Rajya Sabha,
LS adjourned;
to meet again
on March 13
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The budget
session of Parliament
resumed at 11 am on
Monday
, and the opposi-
tion again tried to cor-
ner govt over the Adani-
Hindenburg issue. To-
day was also final day of
the 1st part of session,
which began on Jan 31;
second and final part
will begin on March 13,
and is scheduled to con-
clude on April 6. P6
LS Speaker Om Birla, RS Chairman
Jagdeep Dhankhar during House
proceedings of the Parl on Monday.
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PM Modi says
that the aim is
to take defence
exports to $5
bn by 2024-25
GEHLOT DESCRIBES RAJASTHAN
BUDGET AS A ‘MODEL’ BUDGET
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: While present-
ing State budget 2023-34,
CM Ashok Gehlot read
some excerpts from last
year’s budget. Taking a
jibe at this in Dausa,
PM Modi had said that
Cong neither has a vi-
sion nor does its words
carry any weight. After
this, CM Gehlot, on
Monday, described the
budget of Rajasthan as
a ‘model’ budget.
“Other States should
prepare such a budget,”
he said. Be aware that
this statement of Ge-
hlot has come after PM
Modi’s counterattack.
CM said that he had rec-
tified his mistake in
just 34 seconds. Gehlot
claimed that mood of
the people of Rajasthan
is to repeat Cong govt.
 Modi said on Sunday that Cong neither has
a vision nor does its words carry any weight
 CM Gehlot said on Monday that he had
rectified his mistake in just 34 seconds
CM Ashok Gehlot addressed media in presence of Akhil Arora and
Kuldeep Ranka at the PCC headquarters on February 10.
ACB nabs civic body head,
1 more with `1.25L bribe
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: The ACB on
Monday arrested Samb-
har municipality chair-
man Balkrishan Jan-
gid, who was demand-
ing bribe in lieu of issu-
ing land patta, while
taking a bribe of `1.25
lakh. ADG ACB Dinesh
MN said that the com-
plainant reached ACB
HQ on Thursday and
later filed a complaint
against Jangid. ACB got
the complaint verified
and laid a trap on Mon-
day. Complainant
reached Jangid with 1st
installment of `1.25L
but Jangid refused to
accept and said that he
should give amount to
broker Shailendra and
money was given to bro-
ker at a marriage gar-
den. After the trap, ACB
conducted searches at
their places.
75 IPS officers
shifted in Raj
Jaipur (FIB): The State
government on Monday
transferred 75 IPS offi-
cers. After a record per-
formance in
ACB, ADG
Dinesh MN
got another
p o w e r f u l
posting as
ADG Crime, Ajay Pal
Lamba has been shifted
as Udaipur IG range.
Among those shifted are
2 DGs, 8 ADGs, 15 IGs, 12
DIGs,19districtSPs,and
5 ASPs. Sumit Mehrada,
on APO, got posting as
ADC to Guv
. More on P8
I can send a copy of the budget to PM Modi
and he can send the budget of Rajasthan to
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. After
seeing Rajasthan’s budget, he would realise that our
budget is a model budget.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Balkrishan
Jangid
Shailendra,
the broker
Dinesh MN to steer
crime branch now
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in Turkey and Syria rose
above 35,000 on Monday,
as rescue teams started to
wind down search for
survivors, thousands of
people are homeless.
14 years after the Sri
Lankan govt declared
LTTE chief Velupillai
Prabhakaran dead,
veteran former politician
in TN Pazha Nedumaran
on Monday claimed that
he is alive and healthy.
Stepping up his attack
on PM Modi over
allegations against Adani
Group, Rahul on Monday
asked why PM Modi did
not answer the questions
he had asked in Parl. P6

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Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Anorderissued
by the Vice-Chancellor
of RajasthanUniversity
Rajeev Jain has become
a topic of hot discus-
sion.Jainhasissuedthe
order to appoint Sociol-
ogy Professor SL Shar-
ma as the Head of the
Economicsdepartment.
As soon as the order
was issued, many pro-
fessors of the universi-
ty came out in protest.
The objection is that
when there are many
capable professors in
the department of Eco-
nomics then why Pro-
fessor SL Sharma, who
comes from the Depart-
ment of Sociology, was
made HoD of the Eco-
nomics department?
At present, SL Shar-
ma is the Principal of
Rajasthan College,
Dean of the Sociology
department, & a mem-
ber of over 50 commit-
tees. Even after so
many responsibilities,
giving another respon-
sibility by the Vice
Chancellor of Ra-
jasthan University is
being questioned. This
is not the first such is-
sue in Rajasthan Uni-
versity when the Vice
Chancellor issued an
order while bypassing
the rules for his desired
and favorite professor.
Earlier, Professor
Rameshwar Jat was
the HoD of the Eco-
nomics Department
but due to the arbitrar-
iness of the Vice-Chan-
cellor, Sharma was ap-
pointed as the HoD.
Protest over appointment of new Economics HOD
ABUSE OF POWER IN RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY?
MoU signed on salary package
between Raj Police and SBI
Personal accident insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh for death due to accident included
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: In the presence
of Director General of
Police Umesh Mishra,
an MoU for a police sal-
ary package was execut-
ed between Rajasthan
Police & the State Bank
of India on Monday
.
Under the MoU, life
insurance cover of Rs. 5
lacks for the police per-
sonnel in case of nor-
mal death, and personal
accident insurance cov-
er of Rs. 50 lakh in case
of death due to accident
etc., insurance cover of
Rs. 50 lakh in case of
permanent total disabil-
ity and permanent par-
tial disability
, in case of
an accident, an insur-
ance cover of up to Rs 10
lakh will be available.
He informed that under
the MoU, SBI will pro-
vide RuPay Platinum
Card to all policemen.
Under this, an addi-
tional personal accident
insurance cover of Rs 10
lakh will be available in
case of death due to ac-
cident, etc. and an addi-
tional insurance cover
of Rs 10 lakh will be
available in case of per-
manent total disability
.
Insurance cover of up
to Rs.5 lakh for the grad-
uation of the girl child
of the deceased police-
man and insurance cov-
er of up to Rs.2 lakh for
the marriage of the girl
child will also be avail-
able in case of death of
the account holder po-
licemen in an accident.
The MoU was signed by IG Ashok Gupta and Deputy General Manager Kavita Garg on behalf of
SBI. Director General of Police Umesh Mishra, ADG Govind Gupta and other officers and SBI’s AGM
Dinesh Verma, RP Gupta, and Chief Manager Suresh Meena were also present in the programme.
Rajasthan University —FILE PHOTO
Villagers gather after a four-year-old boy and his six-year-
old sister died by drowning in a water tank.
SBI TO OFFER
RUPAY PLATINUM
CARD TO ALL
POLICEMEN
SBI will provide RuPay
Platinum Card to all
policemen. Under this,
an additional person-
al accident insurance
cover of Rs 10 lakh will
be available in case of
death due to accident
etc. and an additional
insurance cover of Rs
10 lakh will be available
in case of permanent
total disability. Insurance
cover of up to Rs.5 lakh
for graduation education
of the girl child of the
deceased policeman and
insurance cover of up to
Rs.2 lakh for marriage of
the girl child will also be
available in case of death
of account holder police-
men in an accident.
Constable hangs self
in Dausa, says police
Dausa (PTI): A police
constable allegedly
killed himself by hang-
ing in Dausa district,
police said on Monday.
Pappi (50), a resident of
Bharatpur’s Nadbai,
was found hanging in
his government quar-
ters on Monday morn-
ing, Sadar SHO Sanjay
Poonia said.
Apreliminaryinvesti-
gation revealed that the
deceased took the step
under depression, the
SHO said. Postmortem
will be conducted after
his family members ar-
rivetoruleoutanyother
reason, he said.
BLOCK RESOURCE PERSON HELD FOR
TAKING `50K BRIBE IN BANSWARA
Banswara: ACB Banswara unit arrested Suresh Chand
Jatia Block Resource Person, Social Audit, Account-
ability, and Transparency
Society, Jaipur while taking
a bribe of Rs 50,000 from
the complainant on Mon-
day. Hemant Priyadarshi,
Additional Director General,
ACB said that Jatia demanded Rs 1 lakh from the
complainant for preparing an audit report of works
done under MNREGA and removing all deficiencies.
ACB’s Udaipur Deputy Inspector General of Police
Rajendra Prasad Goyal under the supervision of Add’l
SP Madho Singh of Banswara ACB unit arrested Jatia.
Barmer man
kills self,
accuses Sahara
India Company
Hemant Kumar
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: A 35-year-old
man had committed sui-
cide by jumping into a
water tank late on Sun-
day night. His body was
recovered on Monday
.
An incident has been
reported from the Bay-
tu police station area in
Barmer. The deceased
also had left a suicide
note in which he
blamed ‘Sahara India’s
Company’ for the ex-
treme step.
The deceased, identi-
fied as Hemant Kumar,
was working in Sahara
India as an agent.
On getting informed
police reached the spot
and recovered the body
.
A case has also been
lodged and police
booked the man under
which Hemant Kumar
was working.
In the suicide note,
Kumar mentioned that
he had been working as
Sahara India’s agent for
the past five years and
had deposited lakhs
of rupees but now the
company is not return-
ing it back.
Gram Panchayat staff held for taking `3k bribe
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: Anti-Corrup-
tion Bureau Jhalawar
unit arrested Rajendra
Kumar Nagar, Junior
Assistant Gram Pan-
chayat,KhanpurinJhal-
awar while taking a
bribeof Rs3,000fromthe
complainantonMonday
.
Hemant Priyadarshi,
Additional Director
General, Anti-Corrup-
tion Bureau (Addl.
Charge Director Gen-
eral) said that ACB
Jhalawar unit received
a complaint that Nagar
demanded Rs 5,000 in
lieu of depositing the
third installment
amount in the account
of the complainant’s
mother sanctioned un-
der the Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana.
After being harassed
by Nagar, the complain-
ant went to the ACB
and after verifying the
matter, Nagar was ar-
rested. An inquiry is on
and a case has been reg-
istered under the Pre-
vention of Corruption
Act by the ACB.
Son kills father
under influence
of alcohol
Man robs
bank of Rs
5.23 lakh at
gunpoint
First India Bureau
Todaraisingh: The po-
lice have solved the case
of the half-burnt dead
body of a farmer found
in the field in Ganoli vil-
lage. As per the investi-
gation, the son Banwari
turned out to be the cul-
prit and in a state of in-
toxication, set his father
ablaze, which resulted
in his death. The inves-
tigation revealed that
both father and son
were alcoholic. Father
wantedtosellthelandto
meet his alcohol expens-
es which resulted in
fight and the furious son
killed him. The police
have arrested the ac-
cused Banwari.
Ajmer (PTI): A
masked man on Mon-
day robbed Rs 5.23
lakhatgunpointfrom
abankinKishangarh
town of Ajmer dis-
trict, police said. The
incident happened at
Adarsh Cooperative
Bank in the after-
noon, when a man
barged into the bank
and forced the cash-
ier to give him the
cash he had on him at
gunpoint. “The bank
officials have lodged
a complaint that Rs
5.23 lakh cash was
looted by a masked
man at gunpoint.
There is no camera
installed outside the
bank. There are some
videos captured
from the camera in-
stalled inside the
bank,” official said.
Galta case: Court adjourns hearing
till March 2,seeks Peeth’s reply
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A hearing was
held in the permanent
Lok Adalat of the dis-
trict on Monday in the
case related to filth and
disorder in the Galta
pilgrimage site. The
court adjourned the
hearing till March 2 and
directed the other appli-
cant, Galta Peeth, to file
a reply in the case.
Mahesh Sharma ap-
pearedinthecourtinthe
Livestock Branch of the
Municipal Corporation.
Corporation’s advocate
Pushpendra Sharma
toldthecourtthatcorpo-
ration has been working
on the problems raised
in the application. Other
evidence, including pho-
tographs, will be pre-
sented before the court
in the upcoming hear-
ing. Advocate Manoj
Sharma, a resident of
village Kuhada-Viratna-
gar,hadfiledacomplaint
inthecourtaboutclutter
including filth, garbage,
stray animals, disor-
derly parking in Galta
Tirth Kshetra.
ALWAR MAN DIES
BY JUMPING IN
FRONT OF TRAIN
SIKAR: LAKHS OF
PILGRIMS GATHER
AT KHATU SHYAMJI
Jaipur (PTI) A 25-year-
old youth allegedly
committed suicide by
jumping in front of a
train near Dhankya rail-
way station on Monday.
Amarjeet Singh Koli, a
resident of Alwar, was
preparing for a compet-
itive examination in Jai-
pur, police official said.
After the postmortem,
the body was handed
over to the relatives, the
official added.
Sikar: After Khatu Shy-
amji temple opened on
Sunday, a large number
of devotees gathered
here to offer prayers.
The temple was shut for
85 days and opened on
February 6. Around 2.5
lakh devotees gathered.
Saffron flags were also
seen. The District Collec-
tor reached Sikar to take
stock of the arrange-
ments. The Lakkhi fair
will be held on Feb 22.
Jaipur/Chomu: A dispute over money dealing between
two, resulted in the death of a 45-year-old. Dashrath
Singh Shekhawat was
murdered in broad daylight in
the Renewal area. The victim
was severely injured due to a
head injury and was taken to
the hospital, where he died
during the treatment. The
accused Ramchandra attacked him with an iron rod.
The deceased Dashrath had a dispute with Ramchandra
alias Kalu Ram regarding the transaction of money. The
accused was detained in the evening.
Jaipur: In a major breach in the security of the Govern-
ment Secretariat, the thieves took away the donation
box of the Chamatkaresh-
war temple situated on the
secretariat premises on late
Sunday night. The Secretar-
iat Police is investigation the
case and checking all CCTV
cameras. The thieves defied
the security system and
broke the donation box and looted the amount inside it.
The people are stunned that how the thieves were able
to steal from the temple located in the high-security area
of the Secretariat and none came to know.
MAN KILLS 45-YEAR-OLD IN DAYLIGHT
OVER MONEY ISSUES, HELD
THIEVES STEAL AMOUNT FROM DONATION
BOX OF TEMPLE AT SECRETARIAT PREMISES
NEWS DIGEST
Rajendra Kumar Nagar, Junior
Assistant, Gram Panchayat
IN THE COURTYARD
HC ADJOURNS HEARING OVER
RESIGNATION CASE OF CONG MLAS
FOUR ACCUSED INCLUDING DSP
AANCHALIYA SENT TO JAIL
Jaipur: A division bench of acting Chief Justice
MM Srivastava and Justice Anil Upman in the
Rajasthan High Court on Monday adjourned the
hearing in the case related to the resignation of
Congress party MLAs for two weeks due to pau-
city of time. The PIL filed by BJP leader Rajendra
Rathore was listed today, but the number did not
come till the time of the court was over.
Jaipur: The four accused including DPS Jitendra
Aanchaliya were produced in the court, from
where all have been sent to jail. Aanchaliya and
the other four were arrested in a bribery case in
Udaipur city. Aanchaliya was presented in the
court on Monday afternoon with a heavy police
force amidst the commotion.
According to the rules, the professor of the
department of Economics becomes the HoD.
HoD is made on the basis of seniority
BROTHER SISTER DUO DIES BY
DROWNING IN BARMER’S VILLAGE
Barmer: A four-year-old boy and his six-year-old
sister died by drowning in Barmer. The incident
was reported from Nagana police station area,
police said. On getting informed police reached the
spot and recovered the bodies. According to the
police, at the time of the incident, both were playing
outside the home. In the meantime, the boy fell into
the water tank outside the house. In order to save
her brother, the sister also jumped into the tank
but due to the heavy water in the tank, both died by
drowning. After both were missing, police said they
started searching for them and later spotted their
bodies floating in the water tank. Narpat Dan, sta-
tion house officer said that deceased bodies have
been put in the mortuary and were identified as
Bhau (4) and Manisha (6) both kids of Deraj Ram, a
resident of Khakhroda Chaurla village.

RAJASTHAN
03
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In view of the
very short time to imple-
mentitsplansintheelec-
tionyear,theGehlotgovt
has given instructions
for necessary action to
implement the budget
announcements.Accord-
ing to the guidelines of
theCM,CSUshaSharma
hasstrictlyinstructedall
the departments to take
necessarystepstoimple-
ment the budget an-
nouncementsbykeeping
them in 3 categories.
TheCSissuedinstruc-
tions to implement the
budget announcement
on time. In such a situa-
tion, those announce-
ments in which there is
no financial obligation
and only issuing admin-
istrative orders is
enough, instructions
were given to release
them without any delay
.
Issuesthatdonothave
financial implications
but require the approval
of the Finance or Per-
sonnel, Dept will send it
ASAP
. If there is a finan-
cial obligation or provi-
sion of funds is neces-
sary
, then such separate
proposals should be sent
to the Finance Dept
within 15 days.
CS directs to implement budget promises
CS IN ACTION
COSTLIER COAL PURCHASED IN RAJ BY FLOUTING PROCUREMENT ACT, ALLEGES RATHORE
RATHORE CORNERS CONGRESS OVER ADANI
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma, and
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The debate on
the Budget started in the
Assembly from Monday
.
Deputy LoP Rajendra
Rathore said that Con-
gress people were pro-
testing on Sunday re-
garding Hindenburg.
“Adani is the one who
wasgivenasingletender
for coal. The costliest
coal was purchased by
floutingtheProcurement
Act. Because of Adani’s
coal, every electricity
consumer has to pay a
surcharge of 7 paise per
unit. You also have com-
pulsions as funds have to
be sent to AICC funds be-
cause of that this is hap-
pening,” he said.
Rathore said Adani
was given 9000 bigha in
Fatehpur in 2019, 25,000
bigha in 2020, 400 bigha
in Jaisalmer in 2022.
75,000 bigha of land is
lying pending cabinet
approval, 74,000 bighas
of land is pending with
Revenue Minister.
Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore while addressing the House on various issues on Monday.
Rathore, Dr Raghu Sharma take
jibe at each other over ‘New LoP’
CAG asks State govt to seek
permission in Treasury row
Satish Poonia reacts on Kirodi’s
remark, speculations of new LoP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: During the de-
bate, Rajendra Rathore
and Congress MLA
Raghu Sharma took
jibes at each other.
Pointing towards
Raghu Sharma, Depu-
ty Leader of Opposi-
tion Rajendra Rathore
said that the way
Raghu stares at him,
he starts trembling. “It
is the protection of the
Chairman, that’s why
I am able to speak, oth-
erwise I would not be
able to speak in Raghu
Sharma’s presence, as
he terrifies me” he
said. Raghu Sharma
said after completion
of Rathore’s speech
that as Gulab Chand
Kataria is leaving as
Governor, as such
Rathore is keeping an
eye on the vacancy of
the Leader of the Op-
position. Rathore is
speaking against Ada-
ni in his speech, speak-
ing against Bhagwat,
so how will he fill the
vacancy?
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ashok Ge-
hlot-led Congress gov-
ernment is going to re-
move the treasury and
sub-treasury and create
its own separate pay
and accounting system.
The govt has refused
to provide accounting
information to the
Comptroller and Audi-
tor General (CAG). Ac-
cording to sources, the
CAG has also written a
letter to the Raj govt
saying that the it is vio-
lating the constitution.
Quoting Article 150
of the Constitution, it
was said that it is man-
datory to keep the Un-
ion and the States in
such form so that the
President can take any
decision on the advice
of the CAG. Although
the Gehlot govt is think-
ing of giving powers to
its different depart-
ments through the pay
and accounting system.
In a letter written by
the federal auditor to
the CS of Rajasthan, it
was said that the head
of the CAG office had
taken up the matter. It
has been said in the let-
ter that before making
changes in the treasury
system, it is necessary
to take permission of
President and the CAG.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the question
of becoming the Leader
of the Opposition, BJP
state president Satish
Poonia said that what-
ever responsibility the
party gives, he will ful-
fill it. On the appoint-
ment of the new Leader
of Opposition, Poonia
said that right now only
imaginarythingsarego-
ing on. “The high com-
mand will take a deci-
sion on this at the appro-
priate time,” he said.
On MP Dr Kirodi Lal
Meena’s remark on Poo-
nia regarding not join-
ing the paper leak pro-
test, Poonia said that
this is a personal state-
ment of Kirodi Lal and
he would not comment
on it. “The party suc-
cessfully carried out the
programsof massmove-
ment,” he said.
Poonia said that PM
Modi has given a state-
mentonERCP
.Congress
only does politics on the
issue of ERCP. Poonia
said that connections
have been made to lakhs
of homes through the
JJM. Cong has been in
govt many times. Why
didn’t he start any
scheme other than the
IG Canal Project.
74,000 bighas of
land is pending
with the Revenue
Minister: Rathore
It is the pro-
tection of the
Chairman
that I am able to speak
in Assembly, otherwise
I would not be able to
speak in Raghu Shar-
ma’s presence.
—Rajendra Rathore, Dy LoP



HIGHLIGHTS Sanyam Lodha raises
Credit societies issue
DGPUmeshMishrasuspends
SanganerACP,RamnagariaSHO
First India Bureau
Jaipur: MLA Sanyam
LodhaonMondayraised
thematterof depositsof
21lakhpeopleinAdarsh
Credit Cooperative
Society, Sanjee-
vani Credit So-
ciety in the
Vidhan Sabha.
He said that
Union Home
Minister Amit
Shah is also the Co-
operativeMinister.“The
people of Rajasthan
have won 25 MPs and
sent them to the Lok
Sabha, why don’t they
raise their voice in the
biggest house of India
about the accumulated
capital in these socie-
ties?,” he said.
The Government of
India is not taking ac-
tion against the owners
of those societies be-
cause they bear the ex-
penses of the RSS
pracharaks, he alleged.
He said that BJP is
misleading people in the
name of religion. There
was a BJP government
in 2018 and they spent
only Rs 305 crore on the
grant of Gaushala, in-
stead Ashok Gehlot gov-
ernment gave a grant of
Rs 876 crore rupees in
2021-22, Rs 1518 crore in
2022-23, Rs 1787 crore in
2023-24 for the service of
mother cow.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two police of-
ficers of Jaipur Police
Commissionerate were
suspended on Monday
in a matter of land re-
lated dispute.
DGP Umesh Mishra
suspended ACP San-
ganer Ramniwas Vish-
noi and Ramnagaria
SHO Rajesh Sharma.
SHO Ramnagariya
did not file a case for
damaging the boundary
wall. Surprisingly, the
case was registered on
the complaint who were
accused of damaging
the wall.
The complainant
met DGP Umesh
Mishra and expressed
his anguish following
which the DGP in-
structed to suspend the
ACP and SHO.
CS Usha Sharma during the review meeting of ‘Rose Exhibition’
on Monday. IC Shrivastav and Mahendra Soni are also seen.
JMCG Mayor Dr Somya while interacting with the media about
‘Swachhata Run’ on Monday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
JMCG budget to be sent
to Govt; Corporation to
holdcleanlinessruntoday
MLA Harish
Chaudhary
writes to CM for
27% OBC quota
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Punjab in-
charge and Congress
MLA Harish Chaud-
hary has written a letter
to CM Ashok Gehlot de-
manding an increase in
reservation quota for
OBCs from 21% to 27%.
He wrote that the OBC
population in the state
was more than 50% and
the reservation in the
services of the state
govt was only 21%. And
the percentage further
decreasesduetovarious
anomalies.
MLA Chaudhary
wrote that on the recom-
mendation of the Man-
dal Commission, the
Central Govt gave 27%
reservation in govt ser-
vices to OBC. Accord-
ingly, 27% reservation
was to be given to OBCs
in the state as well, but
in 1992, in the case of
Indra Sahni and others
vs. Union of India, in
the decision, the maxi-
mum limit of reserva-
tion was up to 50 %.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The claims of
the Greater Municipal
Corporation for conven-
ing the general body
meeting regarding the
budget proposal of
about Rs one thousand
crores will not be ful-
filled this time also.
Since there is no ap-
proval from MLAs and
MPs, the Corporation
will send the budget di-
rectly to the govern-
ment. It is being said
that proposals of pre-
budget meeting will be
included in the budget.
Preparations were
made to convene a spe-
cial GBM to pass the
budget in JMCG and for
this, Mayor Dr Somya
wrote a letter to the
MLAs and MPs of the
constituencies falling
under the municipal
corporation area on Jan
30 seeking their permis-
sion to hold the meeting
on Feb 9. However, ap-
proval was not given.
The mayor has again
written a letter to con-
vene the GBM on Feb 15.
Meanwhile, JMCG
will hold a cleanliness
run on Tuesday in city
.
HEALTH MINISTER REACTS ON AGITATING DOCTORS
Parsadi Meena backs Right To Health Bill
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Taking a tough
stand against the pro-
test over the Right to
Health Bill by doctor
organisations, Health
Minister Parsadi Lal
Meena on Monday said
that the Right to Health
should be implemented
across the country
.
“The Right to Health
is in compliance with
the guidelines of WHO
and the orders of the
Supreme Court. Gehlot
government’s intention
is clear that every pa-
tient should get the
right to medical treat-
ment. I would urge PM
MOdi that Right to
Health should be imple-
mented across the coun-
try,” Meena said with a
strict tone on boycott of
govt schemes in private
hospitals. “Do what you
want to treat, don’t do it
if you don’t want to. But
the Right to Health can-
not be stopped by mak-
ing pressure like this.
Earlier some people had
boycotted many
schemes including Chi-
ranjeevi. But what hap-
pened, the schemes also
came and everyone got
benefit,” he said.
He said that the ob-
jections of all private
doctors were heard on
February 11 and mem-
bers of the Select Com-
mittee will meet once
again on February 15.
PL Meena in House on Monday.
Satish Poonia interacts with media
outside the Assembly on Monday.
ANNUAL MEETING OF ROSE SOCIETY
HELD UNDER CS CHAIRMANSHIP
SPEAKER JOSHI REPRIMANDS
MINORITY AFFAIRS MINISTER
PHED MIN REPLIES ON WATER
ISSUE IN HIGH RISE BUILDING
SATISH POONIA
TO SPEAK ON
BUDGET BEFORE
CM ON 16TH
FEB
Under the chairmanship of CS Usha Sharma, the 48th
Annual Meeting of The Rose Society of Rajasthan
was organized at the Secretariat on Monday. Sharma
told that this year rose exhibition will be organized on
February 26 at City Park located in Mansarovar. She
directed that there should be no shortage of any kind in
the rose exhibition to be organized this year. The Rose
Society of Rajasthan will celebrate its Golden Jubilee in
2025. Various committees have also been formed.
Speaker Dr CP Joshi reprimanded
minority affairs Minister Shale
Mohammad for incom-
plete answer given in the
House on Monday. Joshi
suspended the question
and directed him to bring
full details of the answer
next time. The speaker was annoyed
by the incomplete answer. He also
warned other ministers to come to the
House fully prepared.
Apolicy has been announced in the
budget 2023-24 for drinking water
connections in multi-sto-
reyed buildings. PHED
Minister Mahesh Joshi
informed the house in this
regard in response to a
question on Monday. He
said that under the policy, the applica-
tion is made on behalf of the builder in
a multi-storey building and only one
connection is provided.
With the appoint-
ment of Gulab
Chand Kataria as the
Governor of Assam,
the post of LoP in
Rajasthan assembly
will fall vacant. In such
a situation, the BJP
has started looking for
a new LoP. The budget
session is going on
and the Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will be
presenting his reply
on the budget on Feb
16. Before the CM’s
reply, Satish Poonia
will speak on behalf of
the opposition. After
the presentation of the
budget, a reply is given
on behalf of the Chief
Minister. Many an-
nouncements are also
made in the reply.
Credit Cooperative
Society, Sanjee-
Minister Amit
BUDGET
SESSION

he Women in Blue got off to a
flyingstartintheWomen’sT20
World Cup by scoring a con-
vincing victory over arch ri-
valsPakistanonSundaynight.
Despitealotof hypesurround-
ingthematch,Indianevesheld
their nerve all through the
tense clash. Though Pakistan
got to their highest-ever score
against India, the Harman-
preet Kaur-led side clinched a
decisivewinwiththeirhighest
successful chase in Women’s
T20 World Cup history
. What
made the victory more memo-
rable was that it came in the
absence of India’s star batter,
SmritiMandhana.Youngguns
Jemima Rodrigues and Richa
Ghosh took India to a famous
winandhelpedtheteamtoreg-
ister the second highest chase
in T20 World Cup history
.
It was a typical India-Paki-
stan encounter that ebbed
and flowed with lots of dra-
matic twists and turns. Pak
won the toss and chose to bat
but were rocked by initial
shocks. After stuttering to
68-4 in 10 overs, Pak were in
trouble. Thereafter, a terrific
captain’s knock by Bismah
Maroof and her partnership
with the aggressive teenager,
Ayesha Naseem, turned the
game. All of 18, Naseem is
rated highly for her penchant
to hit the long ball. She played
a knock that gave India the
jitters. She threw Renuka
Singh off guard with 18 runs
off the 16th over and changed
the complexion of the Paki-
stan innings as they reached
their highest ever total of 149
in a T20 international.
With prolific opener and
Vice-Captain, Smriti Mand-
hana missing due to injury
, it
was a tough task for India.
Shafali Varma’s aggressive
knock though took India to a
brisk start. With Shafali and
then Harmanpreet falling
in the space of a few overs
of each other ,India need-
ed 55 in the last 6 overs,
which was a tricky task.
Then came the match-
winningpartnershipas
wicketkeeper- bat-
ter, Richa Ghosh,
joined forces with
Jemima Rodri-
gues. The duo
steadied the In-
dian ship.
Ghosh began
firing almost
instantly
and Jemi-
ma soon
joined
the fun. Pakistan fielding wilt-
ed and there were many mis-
fielding efforts.
In contrast, the Indian
girls put up an unbroken 58-
run stand in a perfect combo
of aggression and elegance.
Richa Ghosh, the gum-chew-
ing, big-hitting teenager who
won the Under-19 World Cup
last month, led the
tur naround,
coolly hitting
m e d i u m
p a c e r
Aiman An-
wer for
t h r e e
fours in the 18th over to bring
the target down to 14 off 12
balls. At the other end, Rodri-
gues, who held the batting
line-up together, found her
range. She pulled, swept and
then most fittingly hit the
winning runs by carving a
boundary through extra cov-
er which also brought up her
half-century
. The victory has
put the Indian campaign to
win an elusive ICC tourna-
ment on track. India next
plays West Indies on Febru-
ary 15, while Pakistan will
face Ireland on the same day
.
Beyond the victory, the
auction for Women’s Premier
League (WPL) added to the
jubilation in the Indian con-
tingent. Though she missed
the vital game with Pakistan,
Smriti Mandhana created
history by being the first
player to be picked for WPL.
The Indian Vice Captain net-
ted a whopping 3.4 Crores
Rupees from RCB – a testi-
mony to her own skill and the
big bucks now available for
women cricketers.
In contrast, Indian captain
Harmanpreet Kaur was
picked up for a modest 1.8
crores Rupees by Mumbai In-
dians.Significantly
,anumber
of other members of the team
netted higher amounts than
Captain Kaur. While all-
rounder Deepti Sharma got
an impressive purse of 2.6
Crores Rupees, the U-19 Cap-
tainandpowerfulstroke-mak-
er Shafali Verma was picked
up for 2 Crores. The match-
winning duo in the Pakistan
game also netted impressive
amounts–whileJemimahgot
2.2 Crores, Richa Ghosh also
netted 1.9 Crores in the high-
stakes auction. Among play-
ers from outside India, Eng-
land’s Nat Sciver-Brunt and
Aussie all-rounder Ashleigh
Gardner fetched the highest
price with both netting 3.2
crores.
With their
on-field ex-
ploits being re-
warded with big
bucks, the morale
in the Indian camp
is bound to be sky-
high. If the momen-
tum from their victory
over Pakistan can be
maintained, Harmanpreet
Co could well seal ultimate
glory in the T20 World Cup.
With the victory over Paki-
stan being followed by a mas-
sive pay day at the inaugural
WPL auction, Indian wom-
en’s cricket is clearly moving
to an unprecedented high!!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
All suffering is caused by
ignorance. People inflict
pain on others in the selfish
pursuit of their own
happiness or satisfaction.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
GOVERNORSHIP
FOR FORMER SC
JUDGE: RIJIJU
HITS OUT AT CONG
n major gubernatori-
al changes the Cen-
tral government ap-
pointed Justice SA
Nazeer, a retired
judge of the Supreme Court and
two army officers among others
as governors. If the appointment
of Justice Nazeer, who was part
of the five-judge SC bench which
delivered the Ayodhya verdict in
2019 and later on demonetisa-
tion, has raised the hackles of
the opposition, shifting Ramesh
Bais from Jharkhand to Maha-
rashtra is no less significant. Af-
ter the former Chief Justice of
India Ranjan Gogoi being re-
warded with membership of the
Rajya Sabha, governorship of
Andhra Pradesh for Justice Na-
zeer has naturally raised ques-
tions of judicial independence
and the irrelevance of cooling
off period for judges before they
are given other assignments. Un-
ion Law Minister Kiren Rijiju hit
back at the Congress which quot-
ed late Arun Jaitley’s remark
that “pre-retirement judgments
are influenced post retirement
jobs” to criticise Justice Nazeer’s
appointment. “The Whole Eco-
systemisonceagaininfullswing
on the appointment of a gover-
nor,” Rijiju said.
TOP TWEETS
I
he path for elec-
tions in the Union
Territory of Jam-
mu and Kashmir
has been cleared
with the Supreme Court re-
jecting a petition against the
proposed delimitation of con-
stitution which, the state par-
ties alleged, was done keep-
ing the BJP’s interests in
mind. The petitioners had
argued that the Jammu
Kashmir Reorganisation Act,
2019, empowers only the Elec-
tion Commission of India to
conduct the delimitation ex-
ercise. Refuting the point, the
Centre said that the Act does
not preclude the setting up of
a Delimitation Commission
by the government.
Two main political parties
of State — National Confer-
ence and the People’s Demo-
cratic Party (PDP) — were
opposed to the delimitation
exercise as assembly constit-
uencies in the Jammu region
will increase from the exist-
ing 37 to 43 and from 45 to 47
in the Kashmir region. The
delimitation panel has rec-
ommended four additional
seats for Kashmiri migrants.
For the first time nine seats
have been reserved for Sched-
uled Tribes. The redrawn as-
sembly seats in favour of
Jammu region are likely to
have a significant political
impact as it may tilt the bal-
ance of power against the
Muslim voters.
Kashmir region has a little
over 96% of Muslim popula-
tion and a mere 2.5% of Hin-
dus, whereas Hindus account
for 62.6% and Muslims 33.5%
in Jammu. Compared to its
population Jammu region
will have a disproportionate
number of assembly constit-
uencies. And that is what
State parties were not ready
to accept. Following these
major changes the BJP can
now look forward to being
part of UT’s power structure.
NOW TO START POLL
PROCESS IN JK
The path for elections
in the UT of JK has
been cleared with the
SC rejecting a petition
against the proposed
delimitation of
constitution which, the
state parties alleged, was
done keeping the BJP’s
interests in mind
T
T
With their on-field exploits
being rewarded with big
bucks, the morale in the
Indian camp is bound to be
sky-high. If the momentum
from their victory
over Pakistan can be
maintained, Harmanpreet
Co could well seal
ultimate glory in the
T20 World Cup. With the
victory over Pakistan being
followed by a massive pay
day at the inaugural WPL
auction, Indian women’s
cricket is clearly moving to
an unprecedented high!!
The match-winning
partnership as
wicketkeeper- batter,
Richa Ghosh, joined
forces with Jemima
Rodrigues. The duo
steadied the Indian ship.
Ghosh began firing almost
instantly and Jemima soon
joined the fun. Pakistan
fielding wilted and
there were many mis-
fielding efforts
AND BIG PAY CHEQUES AT WPL AFTER
TROUNCING PAKISTAN IN T20 WORLD CUP
INDIAN WOMEN WIN HEARTS
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry

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IN THE COURTYARD
ED OPPOSES MINISTER SATYENDAR JAIN’S
BAIL PLEA IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
New Delhi: The ED on Monday opposed before the Delhi
High Court the bail plea of jailed AAP minister Satyendar
Jain in a money laundering case being
probed by it. Jain, arrested on May 30 last
year, is accused of having laundered money
through four companies allegedly linked to
him. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju,
representing ED, argued in the court that
Jain’s stand that there are no proceeds
of crime can be “demolished” by the material on record
which also shows that he was “in the thick of things”.
SHRADDHA MURDER: POONAWALA FILES
APPLICATIONS FOR RELEASE OF CERTIFICATES
New Delhi: Mehrauli murder accused Aaftab Amin
Poonawala on Monday filed applications for release
of his educational certificates to pursue
higher studies and for a “proper” digital
copy of the chargesheet. He is accused of
killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar
and disposing her body after cutting it into
several pieces. Poonawala’s applications
alleged that he was “falsely implicated” in
the case and that the prosecution “intentionally” provided
a digital copy of the chargesheet “which cannot be read”.
EXCISE CASE: DELHI COURT EXTENDS
REMAND OF CHARIOT MEDIA OWNER
New Delhi: A local court on Monday extended the En-
forcement Directorate (ED) remand of Rajesh Joshi,
owner of Chariot Production Media Pvt Ltd till Febru-
ary 20 in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 money
laundering case. Joshi was arrested by the ED last
week following questioning and evidence against him
showing his involvement in the case. Special Judge
MK Nagpal on Monday extended the period of his
remand to confront some witnesses and documents.
Karnataka polls:
AAP to kick off
campaign with
Yatra on Feb 15
Bengaluru: The Kar-
nataka unit of AAP will
kick-start its campaign-
ing for the Assembly
election with a yatra
called ‘Broom is the so-
lution’, on February 15,
party state working
president Mohan Dasa-
ri said here on Monday
.
At a press conference
here, Dasari said, “The
yatra will start in the
frontof KrantiveeraSan-
golli Rayanna railway
station in Bengaluru.
“We will reach Free-
dom Park via Sangolli
Rayanna Circle, Anand
Rao Circle and hold a
meeting there. The Aam
Aadmi Party is the only
solution to the problems
related to basic ameni-
ties like cleanliness, ed-
ucation, health, elec-
tricity etc. The yatra
has been organised in
the name of ‘Broom is
the solution’ with the
aim of making people
aware of this,” he said.
Goa Speaker
gives 6 weeks’
time to defected
MLAs to file reply
Panaji: Goa Assembly
Speaker Ramesh Ta-
wadkar on Monday
granted six
weeks’ time
to eight de-
f e c t e d
MLAs to
file a reply
on the disqualification
petition filed against
them. On November 11,
Dominic Noronha had
submitted the disquali-
fication petition against
eight Congress MLAs,
who had joined the BJP.
On Monday Speaker Ta-
wadkar heard the peti-
tioner and respondents
in this matter and
granted six weeks time
to the eight MLAs to file
a reply
. “Voters vote for
a particular party and
then they (MLAs)
change sides. In view of
this I had filed this peti-
tion. I hope justice will
prevail,” Dominic
Noronha told media af-
ter the hearing.
New Delhi (Agencies):
BJP National President
JP Nadda and Agricul-
tural Minister Naren-
der Singh will launch
“Natural Farming
Kisan Jagran Abhiyan”
-- a mission to reach out
to 1 lakh villages and
inform the people about
organic farming in Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Shukratal
village next week.
The initiative is be-
ing launched on the in-
struction of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
For the same mis-
sion, BJP Kisan morcha
organised a workshop
at BJP central Office
earlier in the day. Min-
ister Nadda lit the lamp
and addressed the mor-
cha members.
National President of
BJP Kissan Morcha Raj-
kumar Chahar tweeted,
“Today, the national
training workshop of
BJP Kisan Morcha ‘Nat-
ural Farming Kisan Ja-
granAbhiyan’wasinau-
gurated by Agriculture
Minister Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar at BJP Head-
quarters and along with
him addressed all the
state office-bearers pre-
sent in the workshop.
UP: Natural Farming
Kisan Jagran Abhiyan
to begin next week
INDIA
05
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla will
inaugurate Orientation
Programme for Mem-
bers of Gujarat Legisla-
tive Assembly at Gan-
dhinagaronWednesday
.
Gujarat Chief Minis-
ter Bhupendra Rajni-
kant Patel; Speaker of
Gujarat Legislative As-
sembly Shankar Chaud-
hary and several other
dignitaries will grace
the event.
The Orientation Pro-
gramme will focus pri-
marily on promoting a
deeper understanding
and appreciation of the
constitutional role and
position of the Parlia-
ment as the supreme
representative institu-
tion, familiarizing the
Members more closely
with the operational
mechanisms, parlia-
mentarytraditions,con-
ventions, and etiquette.
As part of the orienta-
tion programme, the
Members of Gujarat
Legislative Assembly
will be given training on
‘How to be an Effective
Legislator?’;‘Committee
System and Parliamen-
tary Questions’ ; ‘Budg-
etary Process’; ‘Legisla-
tive Process’; ‘India’s
Presidency in G-20’;
‘Procedural Devices to
Raise Matters of Urgent
Public Importance in
theHouse’;‘Functioning
of a Legislature: Do’s
and Don’ts ; ‘Parliamen-
tary Privileges and Eth-
ics’; and ‘Importance of
ConstitutionalBodiesin
a Democracy’.
The two-day Orienta-
tion programme will
conclude on February 16
with Valedictory Ad-
dressbyGovernorof Gu-
jarat Acharya Devvrat.
The Orientation Pro-
gramme for the Mem-
bers of Gujarat Legisla-
ture is being organised
by Parliamentary Re-
search and Training
Institute for Democra-
cies (PRIDE), Lok Sab-
ha Secretariat in coor-
dination with Gujarat
Legislative Assembly
Secretariat.
Orientation programme for Guj MLAs from Wed
OM BIRLA TO INAUGURATE...
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla pays floral tribute to former Congress president, freedom fighter and
poet Sarojini Naidu on her birth anniversary at Parliament House, in New Delhi on Monday. Congress
President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Malllikarjun Kharge is also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI
Huballi: Janata Dal-
Secular (S) leader and
former Karnataka CM
HD Kumaraswamy on
Monday taking a dig at
the Aero India Show
2023, questioned the
ruling BJP that ‘will the
event eradicate poverty
by any means?’
At an election cam-
paign here, he said, “Is
the Air Show a pro-
gramme to remove pov-
erty? Will poverty be
ended by participating
in the Aero India Show?
The attempt is being
madetomisguidepeople
at the time of elections.”
He said that this is
the 14th edition of the
Aero India Show. Has it
been started by PM Nar-
endra Modi?
Kumaraswamy said,
“Which political party
has done injustice to
the north Karnataka re-
gion? I had advised to
rectify the legal and
technical issues regard-
ing Mahadayi River wa-
ter dispute. But, the
BJP just wanted public-
ity. This is what BJP is
continuing to do.”
HD Kumaraswamy
WillAero India 2023
eradicate poverty?
Kumaraswamy to BJP
WOULD NEVER HAVE
BECOME MLA: CT RAVI
Bengaluru: BJP National
General Secretary and Chik-
kamagaluru MLA CT Ravi on
Monday said had he obeyed
the advice of his father, who
was the fan of former Prime
Minister HD Deve Gowda,
he would have ended up
chanting slogans praising the
JD(S) patriarch and his sons
and would never have be-
come an MLA or a Minister.
MPRahulGandhiinhis
Wayanadconstituency
Wayanad (PTI): Sen-
ior Congress leader
and Wayanad MP Ra-
hul Gandhi on Monday
visited the house of a
tribal man who was
found dead near
Kozhikode medical col-
lege recently.
Vishwanathan (46)
was found hanging near
Kozhikode medical col-
lege hospital on Satur-
day, where his wife was
admitted for delivery
.
Gandhi, who reached
the Kozhikode airport
on Sunday night, visit-
ed the house of Vishwa-
nathan in Wayanad dis-
trict this morning along
with party leaders after
the family suspected
foul play behind the
tribal man’s death.
Rahul Gandhi, who
represents the Wayanad
constituency in the Lok
Sabha, spent some time
with the family at Par-
avayal Colony, listen-
ing to their woes and
complaints and con-
soled them.
After visiting the
family, Gandhi alleged
that Vishwanathan was
the victim of a mob tri-
al and a comprehensive
probe should be carried
out into the incident.
DON’T CRUSH JK PEOPLE’S RIGHTS UNDER
BULLDOZER, SAYS PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on
Monday attacked the Central government over the ongo-
ing anti-encroachment drive in Jammu
and Kashmir (JK), saying that for peace
and trust it is necessary to listen to the
common people and not “crush their rights
under the bulldozer”. Major political parties
including the Congress, the National Con-
ference (NC), and the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) have voiced their concerns against the drive
and demanded an immediate end to it.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attends the Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee
(DISHA) meeting at the Wayanad Collectorate, at Kalpetta, in Wayanad on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
TRIPURA MEGHALAYA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
BJP left no stone unturned to
develop Tripura, says PM Modi
Agartala (PTI): PM
Narendra Modi on Mon-
day asserted that there
is no family in Tripura
that has not received the
benefits of BJP’s poli-
cies. Modi, addressing a
rally here on the last
day of electioneering in
the state, said that the
BJP, as a “faithful serv-
ant” (sevak), left no
stone unturned to de-
velop the place.
“Agartala has become
the gateway for interna-
tional trade in the
Northeast, the state cap-
ital will soon become a
business hub,” he noted.
The BJP believes in
“politics of change
(badlao), not of revenge
(badla)”, he maintained.
Lashing out at the
Left Front and the Con-
gress, he said that the
two parties just want to
fill their coffers without
caring for people’s wel-
fare. “The Leftists and
the Congress can do
anything to satiate their
hunger for power. They
wrestle in Kerala and
forge friendly relations
in Tripura,” he said.
Under the BJP re-
gime, people got free ra-
tion, healthcare assis-
tance, houses and other
facilities, Modi said.
“I want to assure all
those who are yet to get
pucca houses under
Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana that they will get
one after the BJP gov-
ernment takes oath in
the state,” he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting ahead of the Tripura Assembly elections, in Agartala on Monday. Tripura Chief
Minister Manik Saha and other dignitaries also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI
“BJP WILL GET OVER 36 SEATS”, TRIPURA
CM MANIK SAHA CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
Agartala: Expressing confidence that BJP will improve its
performance compared to the last assembly polls, Tripu-
ra CM Dr Manik Saha has said that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has changed the
definition of politics and no arithmetic
works in front of trust of people. In an
exclusive interview with the ANI, the Chief
Minister said that BJP has improved law
and order situation in the state and there
has been been a lot of improvement in railways, airways,
national highways and internet connectivity.
MEGHALAYA WOMEN
YEARN FOR CONTROL
Shillong: Children get their
mother’s last name, husbands
move into their wives homes
and youngest daughters in-
herit family property. But with
only four women legislators in
a house of 60, the empower-
ment promised by Megha-
laya’s matrilineal society is
only half done. The state goes
to polls on February 27.
Ayodhya verdict was
given under Centre’s
pressure: Rashid Alvi
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress leader Rashid Alvi
hit out at the BJP-led Un-
iongovtovertheappoint-
ment of Justice (retd.) S
Abdul Nazeer as the
Andhra Pradesh gover-
nor, alleging that the Su-
preme Court delivered
its verdict in the Ram
Janmabhoomi-Babri
Masjid case under pres-
sure from the Centre.
Justice Nazeer was
part of the five-judge
Constitution bench
whichdeliveredthefinal
verdict in the Ram Jan-
mabhoomi-BabriMasjid
case, in 2019. “People are
questioning Supreme
Court’s decision on the
Ram Janmabhoomi-
Babri Masjid case. Peo-
plearesayingtheverdict
was delivered under
pressure from the cen-
tral government. The
judiciaryshouldbeinde-
pendent of the executive
under Article 50 of our
Constitution,” Alvi said.
Rashid Alvi

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
Bhubaneswar: The
Fisheries Animal Re-
source Development
(FARD) Department,
Odisha will soon roll out
major livestock-based
livelihood schemes fo-
cusing on small rumi-
nants like Goat/Sheep
for small and marginal
farmers in the state.
TheFARDrecentlyin-
vited leading NGOs for
an exploratory meeting
to share their expertise,
experience in livestock-
basedvaluechains,espe-
cially small ruminants.
The meeting was
chaired by Animal Hus-
bandry Department
Commissioner-cum-
Secretary Suresh Ku-
mar Vashishth and Di-
rector Dr Yeddula Vi-
jayalong.
A team from Heifer
India—aninternational
NGO engaged in Agri-
culture, Food Security,
Gender, Social Develop-
ment sectors- attended
this meeting. The team
presented Heifer’s inno-
vativecommunitydevel-
opment model support-
ing small and marginal
farmers especially fo-
cusingonwomenhouse-
holds. In addition, the
team sensitized the gov-
ernment officials on
Value Based Holistic
Community Develop-
ment (VBHCD), Corner-
stones, goat value chain
model and Community
AgroVetEntrepreneurs.
In the meeting, two
other agencies (Goat
Trust and BAIF) also
presented their work on
goat/sheepvaluechains.
Acknowledging Heif-
er’s work, Animal Hus-
bandry Commissioner-
cum-Secretary Vash-
ishth was keen to learn
more about the Heifer
POG community en-
gagement approach. He
advised the Heifer team
to provide consulting
support to the Animal
Husbandry department
on community accepted
models on goat value
chain in Mayurbhanj
and Kendujhar districts
and the same can be rep-
licatedinotherdistricts.
Meanwhile, Heifer’s
Odisha programme di-
rectorPrabaharanRaja-
rathinam will be guest
speaker in ‘Krushi Odi-
sha-2023’ being held
from February 16.
Livelihood schemes for Odisha’s marginal farmers
FARD FOR FARMERS
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Minister Prahlad
JoshionMondaysaidac-
tion would be taken this
time on the
notice sent
to Congress
leader Ra-
hul Gandhi
for making
an ‘unparliamentary re-
mark’ about PM Naren-
dra Modi in Lok Sabha.
Joshi said, “(BJP
leader) Nishikant
Dubey issued a notice to
Gandhi for making
baseless allegations
(against PM). What
they say has to be sup-
ported with evidence
but they haven’t pro-
duced any. We all are
answerable to the peo-
ple of this country
. This
time action will be tak-
en on this notice.” On
February 8, Dubey sent
a letter to LS Speaker
Om Birla, saying that
Rahul’s statements
were misleading, derog-
atory, indecent, unpar-
liamentary
, undignified
and incriminatory in
nature to the dignity of
the House and the PM.
Action will be taken against RaGa: Joshi
Union Minister Prahlad Joshi says this time action would be taken against Congress MP for making an ‘unparliamentary remark’ about PM
MEETING OF LIKE-MINDED OPPOSITION
PARTIES HELD AT KHARGE’S CHAMBER
BJP MP DEMANDS SEPARATE STATE
OF BUNDELKHAND IN LOK SABHA
OPPN PROTESTS IN LS AFTER SEVERAL
ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS REJECTED
New Delhi (ANI): Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge chaired
a meeting of like-minded Opposition parties to devise a joint
strategy for the day’s proceedings. Earlier in day, Kharge said,
“Since today is the last day (of first part of Budget session)
in Parliament, we will discuss how we can resolve this Adani
issue and what will our Chairman be doing. We will also seek
the opinion of other parties.” The Upper House witnessed
ruckus after parts of Kharge’s speech claiming that the House
was acting under pressure from the govt were expunged.
New Delhi: The demand for the creation
of Bundelkhand state by separating its
districts from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya
Pradesh is decades old. BJP MP from Uttar
Pradesh’s Hamirpur Lok Sabha constitu-
ency, Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel
again demanded the formation of a sepa-
rate Bundelkhand state in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
New Delhi: Opposition members on Monday objected before
Speaker Om Birla in Lok Sabha, after their adjournment mo-
tions on the appointment of former Supreme Court judge S
Abdul Nazeer as Governor and Chinese incursions in Indian
territory were rejected. As soon as Question Hour ended,
Trinamool Congress member Sougata Ray got up to say that
he had given an adjournment motion on Justice Nazeer’s ap-
pointment as Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Dhankhar warns MPs,
adjourns RS till March 13
New Delhi (ANI): The
Rajya Sabha was on
Monday adjourned till
the beginning of the
next part of the Budget
Session on March 13
amidpandemoniumcre-
ated by a joint Opposi-
tion led by Congress, as
the Chair declined the
notices of several mem-
bers on various issues.
The RS saw two ad-
journments — first till
11.50 am and the second
till 11 am on March 13—
as the Opposition lead-
ers continued their pro-
test sloganeering in the
House demanding Joint
Parliamentary Commit-
tee on Adani row. Before
the first adjournment,
RS Chairman Jagdeep
Dhankhar named sev-
eral MPs and warned
them for not to indulge
in such acts that disrupt
the proceedings of
the House as many
Opposition parties’
MPs trooped into the
well of the House slo-
ganeering, the Chair-
man named a few of
them including Raghav
Chaddha, Imran Pratap-
garhi, Shakti Sinh Go-
hil, Kumar Ketkar and
Sandeep Pathak.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Union Minister Prahl-
ad Singh Patel was ab-
sent from the Rajya
Sabha proceedings on
Monday, which invited
the ire of Chairman
Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Patel is Union Minis-
ter of State for Food
Processing Industries
and Jal Shakti. He was
to lay on table impor-
tant papers. But when
his name was called by
the chair, he was not in
the House. The chair-
man said that the con-
cerned minister has to
be present in the House
for the proceedings.
Earlier, the chairman
rejected the suspension
of business notice
moved by AAP MP San-
jay Singh and Opposi-
tion MPs resorted to
sloganeering. The rep-
resentatives of 14 oppo-
sition met at the cham-
ber of Mallikarjun
Kharge in Parliament
on Monday and decided
to raise the issue.
Minister’s absence draws ire
of Chairman Dhankhar in RS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Under its
‘Operation Eastern
Gateway’, the Directo-
rate of Revenue Intelli-
gence(DRI)hasarrested
eight persons for alleg-
edly smuggling gold
from the Bangladesh
borderandseized24.4kg
gold worth Rs 14 crore.
A syndicate based in
Bangladesh, Tripura,
Assam and West Bengal
was smuggling huge
quantities of gold from
the neighbouring coun-
try to India through the
Indo-Bangla border in
the state of Tripura, an
official release said on
Monday. The DRI has
launched an operation
codenamed ‘Operation
Eastern Gateway’,
which involved develop-
ing the intelligence
over a substantial peri-
od of time to bust the
smuggling modus oper-
andi, the release said.
In the operation, the
revenue intelligence
agency teams were stra-
tegically placed at dif-
ferent locations in the
states of West Bengal,
Assam and Tripura in-
cluding at the Indo-
Bangladesh border so
that the modus operan-
di used by the smug-
gling syndicate could be
unearthed, it said.
Based on intelligence
inputs, eight persons
of the syndicate were
apprehended.
“The team at Siliguri
apprehended four per-
sons, while they were
travelling in a train
from Badarpur Junc-
tion in Assam to Seal-
dah, at Dalkhola Rail-
way Station in West
Bengal and recovered
90 gold strips from their
possession, collectively
weighing 18.66 kg, val-
ued at Rs 10.66 crores.
These strips were hid-
den in specially-tai-
lored waist belts worn
by each of them.”
DRI seizes 24.4 kg of gold
smuggled from Bangladesh
Security tightens during a demolishing drive of illegal
construction in the Mehrauli area, New Delhi on Monday.
(R) The seized gold and the impounded vehicle in which this gold
was being carried. —PHOTO BY PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
BSF personnel airlift patients
for treatment in Kupwara.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge chairs a meeting of like-minded Opposition parties to devise a joint strategy
during the ongoing Budget Session, at his chambers in Parliament House, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asks Opposition MPs
to calm down as they raise slogans in the House on Monday.
—Representational
image
RAKHI’S HUBBY
BOOKED FOR RAPING
IRANIAN STUDENT
YOUTH HACKED TO
DEATH NEAR COURT
COMPLEX IN TN
MP SCHOOL TEACHER
HELD FOR RAPING
CLASS 4 STUDENT
DAUGHTER SPENDS
2 DAYS WITH MOM’S
BODY IN KOLKATA
Mysuru: Actor Rakhi
Sawant’s husband Adil
Durrani has landed in anoth-
er problem after an FIR was
filed against him in Mysuru
on Monday after an Iranian
student accused him of rape.
Rakhi Sawant’s husband Adil
Durrani has been accused of
raping, cheating, threatening,
and blackmailing a female
student who came to Mysu-
ru from Iran to study.
Chennai: A 24-year-old
youth, Gokul was hacked
to death by a four-mem-
ber gang wearing masks
near the Coimbatore court
complex. The deceased,
according to the police,
was part of a gang that had
killed a youth V. Sriram alias
Kurangu Sriram (22) in
December 2021. Sriram was
killed by the rival gang for
area dominance.
Rewa: A govt school
teacher was held for raping
a 10-year-old girl, studying
in Class 4 in the same
school in Rewa district.
The incident occurred
under Sohagi police station
limits of the district on
Saturday. When the minor
girl reached her school, the
accused teacher took her
to a corner of the school
and violated her.
Kolkata: The Kolkata
Police on Monday found
a 64-year-old widow
living with the body of her
deceased mother in the
bedroom of their house
in north Kolkata. The
deceased, Namita Ghosal
(90), used to stay with
her 64-year-old daughter,
who became a widow just
a couple of years after her
marriage.
Shimla: A man of Nepali origin was killed after a fire broke
out in a shed in Kullu, officials informed on Monday. The
incident happened at a shed near the LIC Complex in Sarwari,
Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. The deceased has been identified
as Jeet Ram (85 years), who got burnt alive in the fire. The
fire department reached the spot and brought the fire under
control. The officials have taken the deceased’s body into
possession, and the cause of the fire is being ascertained.
Ranchi: Four houses were gutted after an 11,000 volt
overhead live wire fell on their roofs in Sajwan village of
Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Monday. The fire spread after
a gas cylinder exploded. It caused loss of property, along
with claiming the lives of a few cattle. All the residents of the
houses were evacuated safely with the help of villagers. Four
families lost their homes in the incident, the officials said.
HIMACHAL PRADESH: FIRE BREAKS OUT IN
KULLU SHED, ONE KILLED
4 HOUSES GUTTED AS LIVE WIRE FALLS ON
THEM IN JHARKHAND’S PALAMU DISTRICT
Mangaluru: A leopard, which fell into a well at Niddodin
near here, was rescued and later released into the wild,
forest officials said. The officials initially tried luring the an-
imal inside a cage on Sunday by lowering it down the well
and were unsuccessful, a release said. A rescue team led
by wild life specialist Dr Yashasvi Naravi with Dr Meghana,
Dr Prithvi and Dr Nafisa then decided to immobilise the
leopard and bring it up from the well which was too deep
and had a small cave inside where the animal was hiding.
LEOPARD RESCUED FROM WELL,
RELEASED INTO WILD IN KARNATAKA
New Delhi (Agencies): It
is important for everyone
in this country to see
Parliament proceed-
ings and understand
the nexus between
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and businessman
Gautam Adani, senior
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi said on Monday.
Speaking at a public
gathering in Kerala’s
Wayanad, Gandhi alleged
that when he was talking
about Adani in Parlia-
ment, PM Modi’s hands
were shaking.
New Delhi (ANI): There
was nothing unparlia-
mentary in what Rahul
Gandhi said in the Parlia-
ment, Congress Presi-
dent Mallikarjun Kharge
said on Monday, reacting
to the Lok Sabha Sec-
retariat’s notice. Talking
to the media, here in the
national capital, Kharge
said, “Whatever Rahul
Gandhi had mentioned
in the Parliament was
already in the public
domain and there is
nothing unparliamentary
about this.”
PM’S HANDS WERE
SHAKING AS I WAS
TALKING ABOUT
ADANI IN LS: RAHUL
THERE IS NOTHING
UNPARLIAMENTARY
IN WHAT RAHUL
SAID IN LS: KHARGE
BUDGET
SESSION
New Delhi: BSF per-
sonnel airlifted three
patients for treatment
from Tangdhar sector in
JK. Along with this,
the mortal remains of
four people were also
airlifted and sent for last
rites. This area of Kash-
mir gets cut off from the
main road due to heavy
snowfall. A BSF spokes-
person said that on the
request of Kupwara ad-
ministration, personnel
from Tangdhar sector
airlifted three patients
in a BSF helicopter for
treatment at medical
centre on Monday
.
BSF airlifts three
patients and
four bodies from
JK’s Tanghdhar
New Delhi (PTI): An
“anti-encroachment
drive” in the Mehrau-
li Archaeological
Park area went on for
the fourth consecu-
tive day on Monday,
with Delhi Develop-
ment Authority and
police personnel fac-
ing protests from
many local residents
during the exercise.
The drive started
on Friday and comes
a month ahead of a
proposed G20 meeting
at the park in South
Delhi that, according
to the DDA, has about
55 monuments under
the protection of the
archaeological Sur-
vey of India, state ar-
cheological depart-
ment and the author-
ity. The demolition
drive continued today
and action was taken
in the area located
near the Bhool Bhu-
laiyaa monument.
Demolition drive in
Mehrauli continues
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ISB is once again India’s No. 1 B-School
Hyderabad (PTI): Indian
School of Business (ISB)
and Indian Institutes of
Management at
Ahmedabad, Bangalore,
Calcutta, Indore and Luc-
know figure in the Finan-
cial Times (FT) Global
MBA 2023 ranking.
While ISB slipped to 39th
rank from 32nd in 2023,
IIMs at Indore and Luc-
know secured their place
in the chart. IIM
Ahmedabad improved its
position to 51 from 62 in
2022.
However, ISB retained
its No. 1 position when it
comes to B-schools in In-
dia. The Post Graduate
Programme (PGP) from
ISB continues to be ranked
No. 1 in India in the FT
Global MBA Ranking 2023.
In keeping with its consist-
ent performance over the
years in these rankings,
ISB is the only Indian B-
school in the top 50 world-
wide. It has been ranked
No. 6 in Asia.
The weighted salary of
ISB graduates stood at
$161,331 while it was
$186,420 per annum in case
of IIM-A, FT said.
Columbia Business
School in the United States
topped the global chart fol-
lowed by Insead France
and IESE Business School
in Spain.
FINANCIAL TIMES MBA RANKINGS
ISB RANK IN
INDIA ABROAD
z Indian School of Business
(ISB) and Indian Institutes
of Management at
Ahmedabad, Bangalore,
Calcutta, Indore and
Lucknow figure in the
Financial Times (FT) Global
MBA 2023 ranking.
z While ISB slipped to
39th rank from 32nd in
2023, IIMs at Indore and
Lucknow secured their
place in the chart. IIM
Ahmedabad improved its
position to 51 from 62 in
2022.
z The Post Graduate
Programme (PGP) from ISB
continues to be ranked No.
1 in India.
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Gold ex-
change traded funds
(ETFs) witnessed a net
outflow of `199 crore in
January, making it the
third monthly withdrawal
in a row, with investors
preferring equities over
other segments on buoy-
ant record SIP flow. This
was in comparison to a
net outflow of `273 crore
registered in the segment
in December and `195
crore in November. Prior
to that, Gold ETFs attract-
ed `147 crore in October,
data with Amfi showed.
Despite the outflows, the
category saw its net as-
sets under management
(AUM) rising to `21,836
crore at the end of Jan.
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
price jumped `114 to
`56,982 per 10 gram in
the national capital on
Monday, according to
HDFC Securities. In the
previous trade, the pre-
cious metal had settled at
`56,868/10 gram. Silver,
however, declined `319 to
`66,802/kg. Spot gold
prices in the Delhi mar-
kets traded at `56,982 per
10 gram, up `114 per 10
gram. In the overseas
market, gold was trading
flat at $1,863.10/ounce
and silver quoted lower at
$21.97 per ounce.
GOLD JUMPS BY
`114/10 GM; SILVER
DECLINES BY `319
GOLD ETFs REGISTER
`199-CR OUTFLOW
IN JANUARY 2023
New Delhi (PTI): Japa-
nese two-wheeler major
Yamaha on Monday said
its entire motorcycle
range in India would be
compliant with E20 fuel
by the end of this year.
The company also an-
nounced that its 149cc-
155 cc bike range in the
country would now come
with Traction Control Sys-
tem (TCS) as a standard
feature. Yamaha used to
offer only R15M and
R15V4 with the TCS and
now FZS-Fi V4 Deluxe,
FZ-X and MT-15 V2 De-
luxe would also come
with the technology.
YAMAHA BIKES TO
BE E20-COMPLIANT
BY DECEMBER END
New Delhi (PTI): German
luxury carmaker Audi on
Monday said it expects to
have a significant double
digit growth in India in
2023 on the back of new
products and full-year
availability of its popular
models. The company
launched its Q3 Sport-
back model for `51.43
lakh (ex-showroom). “I
am looking at a signifi-
cant high double digit
growth for this year as
well. We grew 27% last
year, but this year also we
will continue to grow,”
Audi India Head Balbir
Singh Dhillon said.
AUDI EXPECTS HIGH
DOUBLE-DIGIT
GROWTH IN INDIA
*Rates till the edition went to print.
ROAD PROJECTS TO
HIKE IN INFLATION-
LINKED TOLL RATES
Mumbai (PTI): Inflation-linked
toll rates of various road
projects will see a moderate
hike of 2-5%
in the next
fiscal year
due to falling
wholesale
price index, a report said on
Monday. Rating agency Icra
has revised down the outlook
on the toll road sector to sta-
ble from positive for FY24, cit-
ing the easing wholesale price
inflation which fell to 4.95%
in December 2022. The WPI
based inflation is expected to
fall further.
MA DEALS JUMP
40% TO $163 BILLION
IN 2022: REPORT
Mumbai (PTI): The $57-billion
HDFC-HDFC Bank deal helped
the overall merger and acqui-
sition activity
in the country
rise by 40%
to reach
$163 billion
in 2022, a report said on
Monday. Strategic deals like
the one involving the HDFC
twins accounted for a bulk
$126 billion of the overall
quantum, while transactions
involving private equity funds
stood at $37 billion, the report
by Deloitte, a consultancy
firm, said.
OTHER STORIES
New Delhi (PTI): Retail
inflation again breached
the Reserve Bank’s upper
tolerance limit and
touched a three-month
high of 6.52% in January,
mainly due to higher pric-
es in the food basket, in-
cluding cereals and pro-
tein-rich items.
With the exception of
November and December
2022, retail inflation has
remained above the RBI’s
upper tolerance level of
6% since January 2022.
The retail inflation
based on the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) was
5.7% in December and
6.01% in January 2022.
The previous high was
6.77%in October.
While the prices of veg-
etable declined in Janu-
ary, most of the other
items, including ‘fuel and
light’ became dearer.
The rate of price rise in
the food basket was 5.94%
in January, up from 4.19%
in the preceding month
and 5.43% in the year-ago
month, as per data re-
leased by the National Sta-
tistical Office (NSO).
The inflation in rural
areas was higher at 6.85%
as compared to 6% in the
urban centres.
Last week, the RBI --
which has been mandated
to ensure inflation re-
mains below 6%-- had
raised the key short-term
rate (repo) by 25 basis
points to 6.5% with an aim
to check price rise.
The Reserve Bank has
projected the retail infla-
tion at 6.5% in 2022-23,
with January-December
quarter at 5.7%.
Headline CPI inflation
moderated by 105 basis
points during November-
December 2022 from its
level of 6.77% in October
2022.
This was due to a soften-
ing in food inflation on the
back of a sharp deflation
in vegetable prices.
India’sretailinflationsurgesto6.52%
Sensex extends losses for 2nd
day; IT, bank stocks top drags
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmark Sensex de-
clined around 251 points
on Monday, pressured by
heavy selling in IT and
bank stocks amid a mixed
trend overseas. A weak
rupee further weighed on
sentiment, traders said.
Sliding for the second
straight session, the
30-share BSE Sensex end-
ed 250.86 points or 0.41%
lower at 60,431.84. During
the session, the index
touched a high of 60,740.95
and a low of 60,245.05.
On similar lines, the
broader NSE Nifty
dropped 85.60 points or
0.48% to finish at 17,770.90.
SBI was the biggest los-
er in the Sensex pack,
tumbling 2.83%, followed
by Infosys, TCS, Bajaj Fi-
nance, Tech Mahindra,
Wipro and Axis Bank.
In contrast, Titan, LT,
NTPC, Power Grid, Sun
Pharma, ITC and HDFC
twins were among the
prominent winners, ris-
ing as much as 1.97%.
In the broader market,
the BSE midcap and
smallcap indices dropped
up to 1.25%.
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Monday said
illegal subsidies by trade
partners and other coun-
tries hurt Indian trade and
business, and that correc-
tive actions are taken in the
form of invoking dispute
settlement mechanisms.
The Department of Com-
merce on February 9, 2023
had stated that illegal sub-
sidies by trade partners
and other countries hurt
Indian trade and business,
Minister of State for Cor-
porate Affairs Rao Inderjit
Singh told the Lok Sabha.
“At a multilateral forum,
the disciplines regulating
the provision of subsidies
and the use of countervail-
ing measures to offset in-
jury caused by subsidized
imports are addressed in
the Agreement on Subsi-
dies and Countervailing
Measures,” he said in a
written reply
.
According to him, the
subsidies whether they are
prohibited (illegal) or ac-
tionable are determined by
three major steps within
the Subsidies and Counter-
vailing Measures agree-
ment.
Illegal subsidies hurt
Indian trade, biz: Govt
New Delhi (PTI): Passen-
ger vehicle wholesales rose
17% in January to 2,98,093
units driven by robust
offtake of utility vehicles,
including the fast-growing
sports utility vehicles, in-
dustry body SIAM said on
Monday
.
The overall passenger
vehicle dispatch from com-
panies to dealers was
2,54,287 units in January
2022. Utility vehicle sales
rose to 1,49,328 units last
month from 1,16,962 units
in January last year. Simi-
larly, passenger car dis-
patches grew to 1,36,931
units from 1,16,962 units.
Wholesales of vans also
increased to 11,834 units
from 10,632 units in the
year-ago period.
Boeing launches
global support
centre in India
New Delhi (PTI): Boeing
on Monday announced the
launch of its Global Sup-
port Centre (GSC) in India
and will also set up a new
logistics centre in the coun-
try as the aircraft maker
seeks to expand its pres-
ence in India.
The company has
launched its first GSC in
India that will provide cus-
tomised operational effi-
ciency and safety improve-
ment projects for its airline
customers, civil aviation
regulatory bodies and oth-
er industry stakeholders.
Besides, it will set up a
new logistics centre which
will cater to customers, ac-
cording to two releases. In-
vestment details were not
disclosed.
RIL seeks $12.75 for CBM
gas, ONGC wants $9.35
New Delhi (PTI): Billion-
aire Mukesh Ambani’s Re-
liance Industries Ltd and
state-owned Oil and Natu-
ral Gas Corporation
(ONGC) are separately auc-
tioning natural gas extract-
ed from coal seams at pric-
es linked to Brent crude oil
price. Reliance is seeking a
minimum $12.75 per mil-
lion British thermal unit
for coal bed methane
(CBM) from a block in
Shahdol district of Mad-
hya Pradesh, while ONGC
wants $9.35 for the same
kind of fuel from North
Karanpura in Jharkhand,
according to tender docu-
ments. Reliance has sought
bids for sale of 0.65 million
standard cubic meters per
day from CBM block
SP(West)-CBM-2001/1 for
one year beginning April 1,
2023, the company’s tender
document showed.
Passenger vehicle dispatches
rise 17% to 2,98,093 units Chennai (PTI): Franco-
Japanese automotive alli-
ance Renault-Nissan on
Monday announced an
investment of $600 mil-
lion (`5,300 crore) in India
to bring six new products,
including two small elec-
tric cars, and upgradation
of their Chennai plant.
The new vehicles will
also include four SUVs
with conventional en-
gines, the first of which
will hit the market by
2025. Of the six vehicles,
three each will be for Nis-
san and Renault.
THREE-MONTH HIGH IN JANUARY
INFLATION DATA
THEN NOW
z Retail inflation again
breached the RBI’s upper
tolerance limit and touched a
three-month high of 6.52%
in January, mainly due to
higher prices in the food
basket, including cereals and
protein-rich items.
z The retail inflation based on
the CPI was 5.72% in Dec
and 6.01% in January 2022.
` FALLS 15 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT
82.73/US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
fell by 15 paise to close at
82.73 (provisional) against
the US currency on Mon-
day
, weighed down by gains
in the greenback in the
overseas mar-
kets and a
muted trend
in domestic
equities. At
the interbank foreign ex-
change market, the rupee
opened at 82.68 against the
greenback, and fell to an
intra-day low of 82.77. It fi-
nally settled at 82.73 (provi-
sional), down 15 paise over
its previous close.
Mumbai (PTI): Domestic com-
mercial vehicle sales volume
is expected to grow 9-11% in
FY24 driven by medium and
heavy commercial vehicles
and an estimated economic
growth of around 6%, rating
agency CRISIL said on Monday.
Besides, an increased alloca-
tion to infrastructure spending
in the Union Budget for next
fiscal year will support demand,
it said. This would be the third
consecutive year of growth in the
domestic CV industry, according
to CRISIL.
DOMESTIC CV SALES
VOLUME MAY GROW
9-11% IN FY24: REPORT
New Delhi (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on
Monday said GST compensation to some states is delayed due to
non-availability of AG’s authenticated certificate.
Replying to a supplementary question, she also
said that `86,912 crore has been released for
the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation
payable to all states up to May 31, 2022.
GST COMPENSATION TO SOME STATES DELAYED
DUE TO LACK OF AG CERTIFICATE: SITHARAMAN
Renault-Nissan to
invest `5.3K cr,plans
six new vehicles

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Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: In a major re-
shuffle in police admin-
istration, the Rajasthan
government trans-
ferred 75 IPS officers on
Monday night.
Range IGs of Jodhpur
and Udaipur, SPs in 19
districtsandtwoDeputy
Commissioners of Po-
lice in Jaipur Commis-
sionerate have been
changed in the transfer
list issued by the De-
partment of Personnel.
Dr Raviprakash Me-
herda, ADG Crime, has
been made DG Civil
Rights and Cyber
Crime while ADG
Armed Battalion Jan-
ga Sriniavas Rao was
made DG Training.
ADGs Prashakha Ma-
thur, Sushmit Biswas,
Dinesh MN, Sanjib Ku-
mar, Vishal Bansal have
also been transferred.
The SPs of Hanuman-
garh, Bikaner, Sikar,
Baran, Jodhpur Rural,
Barmer, Sawai Mad-
hopur, Jaipur Rural,
Ganganagar, Dungar-
pur, Bhiwadi, Alwar,
Pratapgarh, Dholpur,
Rajsamand, Jalore, Ban-
swara, Churu and Tonk,
and Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police Jaipur
North and Jaipur East
were also transferred.
OFFICERS
TRANSFERRED
Dr Ravi Prakash Mehrada,
DGP, Civil Rights Cyber-
crime
Janga Srinivasa Rao, DGP,
Training, Rajasthan
Dr Prashakha Mathur, ADGP,
Reorganization and Rules, PHQ
Dinesh MN, ADGP, Crime
Branch, Jaipur
Sanjib Kumar Narzari, ADGP,
Community Policing, Jaipur
Vishal Bansal, ADG, Armed
Battalion, Jaipur
Bipin Kumar Pandey, ADG,
Police Welfare, Jaipur
Alok Kumar Vashisht, ADGP,
State Disaster Relief Force, Jpr
P Ramji, ADG, Security
Rajasthan, Jaipur
Bhupendra Sahu, IG, Cyber-
crime, Jaipur
Navjyoti Gogoi, IG, Personnel,
Police Headquarters, Jaipur
Prafulla Kumar, IG, Crime,
Harendra Kumar Mahawar -
DIG, RPTC Jodhpur
Shweta Dhankhar - DIG, RAC
Rajasthan, Jaipur
Ajay Singh - DIG, SSB,
Udaipur
Yogesh Yadav - DIG, SOG, Jpr
Kunwar Rashtradeep - AdCP,
(Law and Order), Jaipur
Kalyan Meena - DIG, SSB, Kota
Anil Kumar II - DIG, SSB,
Jodhpur
Pradeep Mohan Sharma -
Deputy Director, RPA, Jaipur
Deshmukh Parish Anil - SP,
Sriganganagar
Dr Rajeev Pachar - SP, Jaipur
Rural
Anand Sharma - SP, Alwar
Sharad Chowdhary - SP, Kota
City
Rashi Dogra Dudi - DCP,
Jaipur City (North)
Abhijeet Singh - SP, Banswara
Shantanu Kumar Singh - SP,
ATS Jaipur
Tejaswini Gautam - SP,
Bikaner
Sudhir Chaudhary - SP, Hanu-
mangarh
Harshvardhan Agarwala- SP,
Sawai Madhopur
Rajesh Kumar Meena - SP,
Churu
Vikas Sangwan - SP, SOG
Rajasthan, Jaipur
Manish Tripathi - SP, Intel-
ligence, Jaipur
Ajaypal Lamba - IG Udaipur
Range, Udaipur
Sumit Meharda, ADC to Gov-
ernor, Raj, Jaipur
Satyendra Singh - IG, SOG,
Jaipur
Ashok Kumar Gupta - IG,
Sawai Singh Godara - IG, ACB
Headquarters, Jaipur
Anil Kumar Tank - DIG, Police
Recruitment Promotion
Board, Rajasthan
Kailash Chandra Bishnoi - ACP
(1) Police Commissionerate,
Jaipur
Preeti Chandra - DIG, Home
Defence, Jaipur
Rajendra Singh- IG, Law
Order, Jaipur
Jai Narayan - IG, Jodhpur
Range, Jodhpur
Sandeep Singh Chauhan - IG,
Community Policing
Param Jyoti - IG, Vigilance
Jaipur
Dr Rameshwar Singh- DIG,
(Traffic) Police Commissioner-
ate, Jaipur
Manoj Kumar - SP, Dholpur
Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav - SP,
Cyber
Crime, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Dr Kiran Kang Sidhu - SP,
Jalore
Abhijeet Singh - SP, Banswara
Shantanu Kumar Singh - SP,
ATS Jaipur
Devendra Kumar Vishnoi - SP
(Traffic), Police Headquarters,
Jaipur
Anil Kumar - SP, Bhiwadi,
Alwar
Dharmendra Singh - SP,
Jodhpur Rural
Sudhir Chaudhary - SP, Hanu-
mangarh
Digant Anand - SP, Barmer
Rajarshi Raj Verma - SP, Tonk
Jyeshtha Maitrei, DCP, Crime,
Police Commissionerate,
Jaipur
Amit Kumar - SP, Pratapgarh
IPS Kundan Kanwariya - SP,
Dungarpur
IPS Manish Tripathi - SP, Intel-
ligence, Jaipur
Major reshuffle: Raj Govt transfers 75 IPS officers
Ravi Prakash Mehrada Janga Srinivasa Rao Ajaypal Lamba
Jaipur (PTI): Leader of
OppositioninRajasthan
Assembly Gulab Chand
Kataria on Monday said
he will discharge his
new responsibilities as
the governor of Assam
while adhering to the
constitutional limits.
Kataria was congrat-
ulated on his new ap-
pointment in the Ra-
jasthan Assembly on
Monday. As the pro-
ceedings began for the
day, Speaker CP Joshi
informed the House
about Kataria's ap-
pointment as the Gov-
ernor of Assam.
After GC Kataria
takes the oath of his
new office, he will be
welcomed in the
House as Governor.
President Droupadi
Murmu on Sunday ap-
pointed new governors
for several states.
RAJ ASSEMBLY CONGRATULATES KATARIA ON APPOINTMENT AS ASSAM GOVERNOR
Kataria: Will try to discharge my
duties within constitutional limits
GC Kataria being extended congratulations on being appointed as the Governor of Assam during
a programme in State Assembly on Monday. Also seen are Rajendra Rathore, Kalicharan Saraf,
Sanyam Lodha, Gyanchand Parakh, Rajendra Pareek others.
After Kataria takes
the oath of his new
office, he will be
welcomed in the
House as Governor
GC Kataria, LoP in Legis-
lative Assembly, has been
nominated as Governor. I
convey my best wishes to him on be-
half of House, on my behalf on
people’s behalf, hope that he will
discharge his constitutional duties
with same traditions as he has been
doing as a public representative.
—Dr CP Joshi, Assembly Speaker
I am very grateful to all
honourable members. I as-
sure all of you, the people
of Rajasthan, that as a representa-
tive of Rajasthan, I will try to carry
out my work while remaining with-
in the constitutional limits and I
will try every moment in my life to
maintain your respect.
—Gulab Chand Kataria, Leader of Opposition
Baran: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will be
in Baran today to inau-
gurate the country's
first hi-tech Shri Ma-
havir Free Animal-
Bird Hospital and
Trauma Centre. The
district administra-
tion has been alerted
regarding his visit.
District Collector Nar-
endra Gupta, SP Kaly-
anmal Meena have
completed all the prep-
arations. There will be
strict security ar-
rangements at Shri
Bada Balaji Dham.
Mines and Petroleum
Minister Pramod Jain
Bhaya said that CM
Gehlot will reach the
helipad near Shri
Badan Balaji Dham on
Mangrol Road at 11 am.
After visiting Shri
Badanji Balaji, he will
have lunch at the tem-
ple premises. Gehlot is
also scheduled to visit
Shrimad Bhagwat
Katha Mahotsav. Bhaya
said that Govind Singh
Dotasra and CP Joshi
will accompany the
Chief Minister. Three
helipads have been
made near Balaji. He
will leave for Kota from
Balaji at 1 pm.
Pramod Jain Bhaya serves food to devotees at Shrimad Bhagwat
Gyan Ganga Mahotsav Utsav Week at Shri Bada Balaji Dham at
village Bada Baran on Monday. Also seen here is Urmila Jain.
Security beefed up
ahead of CM's
Baran visit today
CM will attend
Bhagwat Katha
at Punali village
Birla asks to prepare
proposal to establish
‘Innovation Hub’ in Kota
New Delhi (PTI):
Lokesh Sharma, the Of-
ficer on Special Duty
(OSD) to the Raj CM, on
Monday appeared be-
fore Delhi Police for
questioning in connec-
tion with a phone-tap-
ping case stemming
from the July 2020 po-
litical crisis in the
state, officials said.
Sharma appeared be-
fore the city police’s
Crime Branch unit on
Monday
, a senior officer
said. “I did not tap any
phone. I got the tapes
via social media. In the
tapes there were con-
versations to bring
down the Govt, I shared
it with media and pub-
lic as responsible citi-
zen. The conversations
I sent to media can be
verified by agencies,”
Sharma said.
The Delhi Police had
served a notice to Loke-
sh Sharma asking him
to appear for question-
ing in the phone tap-
ping case.
First India Bureau
Kota: With LS Speaker
Om Birla’s efforts,
world’s best Science
Centre and Planetari-
um will be built in Kota.
The science and space
information and mod-
els displayed at the Cen-
tre will be similar to
any other planetarium
in the world. The Sci-
ence Centre will be
managed by Science
and Technology Dept
of Raj Govt.
For construction of
Planetarium, an MoU
was signed between Na-
tional Council of Sci-
ence Museums the
Science Technology
Dept of Govt of Ra-
jasthan. It will be built
at a cost of about Rs
35.25 crore. Along with
this, an ‘Innovation
Hub’ will also be con-
structed in second
phase. During the MoU
signing, LS Speaker Om
Birla asked to prepare a
proposal for this also.
Rs 22.5 crore will be
spent on Science Cen-
tre, of which Rs 9.58 cr
will be borne by Centre,
while Rs 12.67 cr by Raj
govt. Rs 13 crore will be
spent on setting up
Planetarium, where, Rs
5.60 cr will be borne by
Centre Rs 7.40 cr by
the State Government.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The political
and electoral stir in Ra-
jasthan has finally been
initiated after PM
Modi’s Dausa visit. In
fact, unity was seen in
all the factions of the
party in the Prime Min-
ister’s meeting. Mean-
while, some people gave
a suggestion to the high
command to make Ga-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat, the BJP State Pres-
ident. As such, Shekha-
wat is extremely active
in Rajasthan from the
Centre for the last three
years. Usually, he is
seen every week in
some programme or the
other in Rajasthan.
Along with this, in
the possible reshuffle of
February 22, Dushyant
Singh is discussed to be
given the important re-
sponsibility of the Min-
ister of State in the Un-
ion Cabinet. Although
till now, Vasundhara
camp has never shown
any interest in any such
proposal.
Therefore, the ques-
tion is that if Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat really
becomes BJP President,
then where will Satish
Poonia go? Due to his
clean image and ‘Jat
factor’, now Poonis has
also become indispen-
sable and with this, now
who will be the Leader
of the Opposition in the
State Assembly?
Similarly, now there
is a lot of curiosity
among the people about
the ‘role’ of Vasundha-
ra Raje herself in the
elections!
CM’s OSD quizzed by Delhi
Police in phone tapping case
PM Modi’s Dausa visit may
be a ‘game changer’ for BJP
Probe on for one
a half hours
On Monday, Delhi
Crime Branch inter-
rogated Lokesh Sharma
for about one a half hrs
during which about two
dozen questions were
asked about audio that
went viral. Reportedly,
Lokesh cooperated con-
tinuously in inquiry till
now he has been called
for questioning 6 times
wherein, he personally
appeared thrice had
sent written notes in the
remaining three times.
Lokesh Sharma
PM Narendra Modi waves at masses during expressway
inauguration event in Dausa. Also seen are Nitin Gadkari,
Vasundhara Raje, Prabhulal Saini Madan Dilawar. —FILE PHOTO
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The appointment
of Leader of Opposition
in Rajasthan Assembly
Gulab Chand Kataria
as Assam Governor
on Sunday, marks the
departure of the BJP
veteran from active poli-
tics in the State ahead of
the Assembly elections
later this year.
Kataria, 79, who was
an eight-time MLA and
a former minister, has
influence in the Mewar
region. His departure
from active politics will
lead to a void in the
Mewar region as for the
last three decades, as he
was handling the com-
mand of the party there.
This region has sent
Kataria to the Assembly
for three decades.
Along with Udaipur,
Kataria has influence
in Banswara, Dungar-
pur, Pratapgarh and
Rajsamand districts
and his impact is on
28 assembly seats of
this region. BJP got 15
seats in Udaipur division
despite losing power
in 2018. Of these, 6 of
Udaipur’s 8 seats were
won by the BJP.
Kataria is currently
MLA from Udaipur city
seat. It will fall vacant
after Kataria’s resigna-
tion as the MLA. Despite
this, there will probably
not be any assembly
by-election on this seat
because 9-10 months
are left for the Rajasthan
Assembly elections.
Code of conduct
may be imposed in last
week of September or
first week of October
and in such a situation,
the Election Commis-
sion may not conduct
by-elections.
WHO WILL LEAD BJP IN SOUTH RAJ?
After being appointed as the Governor of Assam, LoP Gulab Chand Ka-
taria was felicitated by the Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi and other
MLAs in the Speaker's chamber with a Mewar cap and shawl on Monday.
After this, when he reached the House, Joshi congratulated Kataria on be-
half of everyone and said that he was proud of him. Joshi said that Kataria
studied with him in the same college and Kataria was also born in Dilwara
village of his constituency. Kataria thanked all the members.
Dr CP
Joshi,
MLAs bid
farewell
to Kataria
This is the 6th
time I am ap-
pearing for in-
vestigation. Delhi Police
interrogated me for 4-5
hours I answered
them. I am cooperating.
The Writ we have pro-
posed was for quashing
this FIR which is pend-
ing, hearing for it will
happen on February 20.
—Lokesh Sharma, OSD to CM
It is clear
that the
Centre is
misusing agencies.
How is forwarding
an audio clip that
was found on social
media considered as
phone tapping?
—GS Dotasra, PCC Chief

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JAIPUR | TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
HAPPY
VALENTINE'S
DAY!
COME FALL
CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME
LOVELY STYLING TIPS THAT WILL MAKE
YOUR VALENTINE’S EVER SO SPECIAL
alentine’s Day
is not only the
day to express
your love for
someone, but
also to look
your stylish
best. As special as it is
toshowyouremotions,
it’s also important for
you to look dapper for
your special one.
Whether you are plan-
ning a romantic din-
ner date, coffee date or
setting up a lovely
movie night at your
terrace or garden area,
just make sure to dress
up well for your part-
ner as it will surely
create an everlasting
impression and will be
a cherry on the cake.
EASYCHICDRESSLOOK
If You’re a Shy Girl if
youwanttokeepthings
simple and stylish dur-
ingValentine’sweek.A
shirtoracasualT-shirt
dress are easy choices
for this day
, and you re-
ally can’t go wrong
with either.
OG DENIM TEE
KINDA OOTD
By adding a striking
piece to your regular
jeans and tee look,
you may turn it into a
fashion moment. This
Valentine’s Day, you
may keep it simple
with a pair of denim
and a shirt, but don’t
forget to accessorise
for a casual diva style.
PJ TOP AND BOTTOM
FOR LOVE LEMONS
Let’s continue with the
girl who is always the
best dressed in the
bedroom with these
silky smooth For Love
Lemons pyjamas.
These are playful, ro-
mantic, and most im-
portantly
, comfortable
in a flushing pink hue
with a rose design.
DECONSTRUCTED
LACE SHORT SKIRT
Whoever says red
and pink don’t go
together has nev-
er seen this Valli-
ant Studios skirt.
While the col-
ours are ideal for
Valentine’s Day,
this skirt would
also look great on
the beach in sum-
mer or with an all-
black suit and boots
in the winter.
RED CARDIGAN
From the contrast
stitching to the ruf-
fle details through-
out, this cardigan is
a true show-stop-
per. Add it to any
ensemble for an
added WOW
impact.
INLOVE
LOVE
LOVE
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
V
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