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JAIPUR l FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023 l Pages 12 l 3.00 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 306
SANJIVANI CREDIT SOCIETY SCAM CASE
CM stresses mujhe gussa ara hai; Gehlot ji ko gussa kyu ata hai: Shekhawat
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan HC
stayed the arrest of
Union Jal Shakti Min-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat in the case
of Sanjivani scam, giv-
ing relief to Shek-
hawat in this
case. CM Ashok
Gehlot said that till now
Shekhawat was saying
that he is not an ac-
cused in this case. “If
he is not an accused,
then what was the need
for him to go to HC and
why did he
get a stay
on his ar-
r e s t , ”
questioned Gehlot.
Talking to the media
on Thursday, CM Ge-
hlot said, ‘Shekhawat,
his family members
and close people are all
accused in Sanjivani
scam case. This is a
very serious matter, in
which more than 2 lakh
people are being ru-
ined. He should accept
his mistake and repay
money of people by sell-
ing property of friends
and himself in country
and abroad.’
Gehlot also said, mu-
jhe gussa ara hai, why
PM Modi has not sacked
such a corrupt minister
from his cabinet.
Shekhawat should say that he will pay public money.
It is a matter of great honour to become a Union
Minister, what else did he want when he became a
Union Minister. He has no moral right to remain a
Union minister. The Prime Minister should sack
such a minister. —Ashok Gehlot, CM
Jawan“diesbysuicide”
after4jawansshotdead
No link to Bhatinda military station
firing incident, says Army sources
First India Bureau
Bhatinda: An Army
jawan reportedly ‘died
by suicide’ inside the
Bathinda Military sta-
tion late on Wedensday
.
The Cantt police station
has received a com-
plaint. “There is no con-
nection whatsoever
with the incident that
took place at 4.30 am at
Bathinda Military Sta-
tion on Wednesday,” the
Army said.
The Army on Thurs-
day said the dead sol-
dier was on sentry duty
and he apparently com-
mitted suicide. The sol-
dier died of a gunshot
wound at approximate-
ly 4.30 pm on April 12 at
Bathinda Military Sta-
tion. He has been identi-
fied as Laghu Raj
Shankar, said SHO.
Randhawa meets Rahul
over the Pilot fast issue
Are Amritpal & Guddu
Muslim in Rajasthan?
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Congress
in-charge of Rajasthan,
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa, met senior party
leader Rahul Gandhi
here on Thursday, two
days after Sachin Pilot
observedafastinJaipur.
Rajasthan’s former
deputy chief minister
Pilot has accused the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment of inaction on the
corruption allegations
against the then
Vasundhara Raje gov-
ernment of the BJP.
After meeting Rahul
Gandhi at his residence
here, the two leaders
also met Congress pres-
ident Mallikarjun
Kharge at his residence.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Po-
lice along with other
agenciesismakingallits
efforts to nab the most
wanted Amritpal Singh.
According to inputs
from the Central agen-
cies, he may be hiding in
the border areas of Ra-
jasthan. Search opera-
tions are being conduct-
edin5distsof Stateashe
may escape to Pakistan
through border areas.
Meanwhile, another
accused in Umesh Pal
Murder Case, Guddu
Muslim is also being
searched in Rajasthan
byUPSTF,abountyof `5
lakhisannounced.Ithas
been suspected that he
could be in Ajmer, area
has been cordoned off. P3
Rahul
Gandhi
Sukhjinder S
Randhawa
CM Gehlot says if
Shekhawat is not
an accused then
why did he go to
the High Court?
Shah reviews
functioning of
J&K security
K’taka Muslim
quota row: SC
pulls up govt
New Delhi:UnionHome
Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday advised to
strengthenroutinepolic-
ing, asked all agencies to
work in a coordinated
manner for a successful
conduct of G-20 meet in
Srinagar next month. P5
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Thurs-
day observed that the
BJP-led Karnataka gov-
ernment’s decision to
scrapfourpercentquota
for Muslims is prima fa-
cie based on “absolutely
fallacious assumption.”
The apex court also
called the Karnataka
government’sdecisionto
raise 2 per cent quotas
for Vokkaligas and Lin-
gayats each “shaky” and
“flawed”. P5
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
HighCourtonThursday
grantedinterimrelief to
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat in the Sanji-
vani Credit Cooperative
Societycaseandordered
a stay on his arrest.
Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat had filed a
criminal miscellaneous
petition seeking relief
in the matter although
he is not mentioned as
an accused in the FIR
registered in connec-
tion with the alleged
scam of more than `900
crore. The Rajasthan
Special Operations
Group is investigating
the case.
A bench of Justice
Kuldeep Mathur heard
the petition and grant-
ed the stay on arrest.
The court then listed
the matter for further
hearing after three
weeks. Meanwhile,
Shekhawat took to
Twitter and said, ‘Ge-
hlot ji ko gussa kyu ata
hai? Such anger of is
harmful for people of
State. More on P8
Rajasthan High
Court grants
interim relief to GS
Shekhawat, orders
stay on his arrest
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UMESH PAL MURDER CASE: GANGSTER
ATIQ AHMED’S SON ASAD KILLED IN ENCOUNTER
50-DAY CHASE MADE
MAFIAS ‘BITE THE DUST’
‘Mitti Mein Mila Denge’
said UP CM Yogi Adityanath promising
tough action against Atiq Ahmed’s gang
Moni Sharma
Jhansi/Lucknow:
Gangster-turned-politi-
cian Atiq Ahmed’s son
Asad and his associate
Ghulam was killed in an
encounter with Uttar
Pradesh Special Task
Force in Jhansi, police
said on Thursday
. Asad
was killed along with
Ghulam, both of whom
were wanted in the
Umesh Pal murder case
and carried a bounty of
Rs 5 lakh on their heads.
It was an almost 50-day
chase. And it ended with
a police encounter on
Thursday
. The UP STF
team recovered a Brit-
ish Bull Dog revolver
and a Walther pistol
from the duo. The en-
counter killings took
place on a day Atiq
Ahmed was produced in
court in the same mur-
der case and sent to judi-
cial custody for 14 days.
UP CM YOGI HOLDS KEY MEETING
AFTER ASAD WAS GUNNED DOWN
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Thursday
chaired a high-level meeting on
‘law and order’ after the killing of
gangster-turned-politician Atiq
Ahmed’s son, Asad, in an encoun-
ter. He also praised the Special
Task Force (STF) team which was
involved in the shootout.
MAJOR
HAPPENINGS
 Co-accused Ghulam
was also shot dead,
British Bull Dog revolv-
er and a Walther pistol
recovered from duo
 “Tribute to my son,”
Umesh Pal’s mother
thanks CM Yogi after
Atiq Ahmed’s son killed
in encounter
 I am responsible,
said Atiq Ahmed after
son Asad’s encounter
 So far, 4 accused,
who gunned down
Umesh Pal, have been
killed in separate en-
counters with UP Police
Full Report on P6
Police personnel inspect a two-wheeler at encounter site in which jailed
Asad Ahmed and his aide was killed by the UP STF, in Jhansi on Thursday.
Asad
A team of UP Special
Task Force surrounded
the duo, when the offi-
cers asked them to surrender, they
opened fire. Asad and Ghulam were
killed in retaliatory action. 12 led
by 2 DSP-rank officers carried out
operation. A total of 42 rounds were
fired during encounter at Jhansi.
—Prashant Kumar, UP ADG (LO)
‘WorldseesIndiaasabrightspot’
PM Modi distributes job letters to
71,000 new recruits in Rozgar Mela
PM says that startups have created
over 40 lakh direct or indirect jobs
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday virtually dis-
tributedappointmentlet-
tersto71,000newrecruits
in the National Rozgar
Mela in various govern-
ment departments and
organizations. Address-
ing the gathering, PM
greeted the nation on the
auspicious occasion of
Baisakhi.
“This Rozgar Mela is
proof of our commit-
ment towards the youth
of the nation,” PM Modi
added. Noting that In-
dia is one of the fastest
growing economies of
the world, he said that
the world is seeing In-
dia as a bright spot
amidst the global chal-
lenges of recession.
Today’s New India is moving with policies
and strategies that have opened the doors for
new possibilities. —Narendra Modi, PM
PM MODI HOLDS
TALK WITH SUNAK
PM MODI TO VISIT
ASSAM TODAY, GIFT
PROJECTS WORTH
`14,300 CRORE
PM Modi on Thursday
raised issue of secu-
rity of Indian diplomatic
establishments in UK in
a telecon with his British
counterpart Rishi Sunak
and called for strong
action against anti-India
elements. PM Modi also
sought progress on
return of economic of-
fenders wanted in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the distribution of
71,000 appointment letters under the National Rozgar Mela, via
video conferencing, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
ED files case
against BBC for
irregularities in
foreign funds
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
has filed a case against
BBC India for alleged
irregularities in foreign
funding.
The cen-
tral agen-
cy regis-
tered the
case un-
der Foreign Exchange
Management Act. The
development comes two
months after the In-
come Tax department
conducted a “survey” at
BBC offices in Delhi
and Mumbai.
Gehlot ji hates every political opponent of
his. Just like Ravana used to get angry on
his opponents, colleagues, his brother and the
public by being shattered in his ego, he also has the
same symptoms. —Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,
Union Jal Shakti Minister
132nd birth anniversary of
Dr Babasaheb BR Ambedkar
Celebrating
Baisakhi
Amit Shah to visit
Bharatpur tomorrow & will
work to infuse enthusiasm
among the workers for the
election battle.
CRUCIAL READ
EX-IPL CHIEF LALIT MODI SLAMMED &
ASKED TO APOLOGISE BY TOP COURT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday came down
heavily on ex-IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi over his remarks
against the judiciary in a social media post, and directed him
to tender an unconditional apology. Observing that Lalit is not
above law & institution, Justices MR Shah & CT Ravikumar
said it was not satisfied with counter affidavit filed by him.
VERDICT ON RaGa’S
PLEA ON APRIL 20
7 DIE, 10 INJURED AS
TRUCK HITS PILGRIMS
Surat: A sessions court
here on Thursday said it
would pronounce on April
20 its order on Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea
for a stay to his conviction
in a criminal defamation
case over his “Modi sur-
name” remark, said Justice
RP Mogera. P5
Hoshiarpur: Seven pilgrims
on their way to celebrate
Baisakhi at Khuralgarh Sa-
hib in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur
district were killed and
ten were injured after they
were run over by a truck
near here early Thursday,
police officials said after
the incident.
AIMPLB CHIEF
MAULANA RABE
HASNI NADVI
PASSES AWAY
Lucknow: The
president of the All
India
Muslim
Personal
Law
Board,
Maulana
Rabe
Hasni Nadvi, died in
Lucknow on Thursday,
aged 94, after being
unwell for a long time.
He was brought from
Rae Bareli to Lucknow
for treatment, where
he died at the Nadwa
Madrasa in Daliganj.

State BJP President CP Joshi on Thursday held a meeting
with BJP’s social media, IT cell and media management
team at BJP state headquarters. During the meeting, CP
Joshi said that the present time is becoming completely a
digital era. “The jungle raj of the Gehlot govt should be pub-
licised to the general public
through social media. So-
cial media is going to play
an important role in BJP’s
organizational programmes
and promoting schemes of
PM Modi. Social media is
an intellectual weapon through which policies of the present
central government can be conveyed to the common
people,” said CP Joshi. State media convenor Pankaj Joshi,
media relations head Anand Sharma, Jogendra Singh, IT
cell convenor Heerendra Joshi, Ajay Vijayvargiya and other
workers were present in the meeting.
Banswara (FIB): BJP
leader and Deputy
Leader of Opposition
Satish Poonia on
Wednesday night
reached Banswara and
offered prayers at
Tripura Sundari temple
on Thursday morning.
Temple priest Nikunj
Mohan Acharya accom-
panied Satish Poonia
and performed prayers
for him. BJP District
President Govind Singh
Rao, District Organisa-
tional Secretary Muke-
sh Rawat, Talwara Pan-
chayat Samiti Pradhan
Hakru Maida were also
present with Poonia.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023
02
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: PHED Minis-
ter Dr Mahesh Joshi on
Thursday said that
drinking water supply
connections will soon
be given to multi-sto-
ried buildings of Ra-
jasthan and around 20
lakh people will be ben-
efitted soon. In Jaipur, a
population of 10 lakh
will be benefited from
the decision.
While addressing a
press conference, Dr
Mahesh Joshi said that
people living in multi-
storied apartments will
have to give an applica-
tion to the concerned
Superintendent Engi-
neer’s office on behalf
of the Resident Welfare
Association or through
the concerned builder.
“The approved map
of the multi-storey
building will have to be
given along with the ap-
plication. A fee of Rs 25
persquarefootwillhave
to be paid on the total
carpet area of the ap-
proved residential mul-
ti-storey building. Simi-
larly
,approvedcommer-
cial multi-storey build-
ings will get water con-
nections at the rate of
Rs 42 per square foot,”
said Minister Joshi.
“25% amount will
have to be paid at the
time of giving drinking
waterconnection,while
the remaining 75%
amount will have to be
paid in 60 instalments
along with 9% simple
interest per annum. Do-
mestic drinking water
demand in multi-storey
buildings will be calcu-
lated according to 5 per-
sons per flat in flats up
to 1500 sq. feet carpet
area,” added Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Railway Minis-
ter Ashwini Vaishnav
on Thursday took part
in the ‘Rozgar Mela‘
(employment fair) in
Jaipur and addressed
the newly-inducted re-
cruits. Ashwini Vaish-
nav was part of the pro-
gram wherein Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi distributed about
71,000 appointment let-
ters to newly-inducted
recruits in govern-
ment departments and
organizations as he at-
tended the job fair vir-
tually.
The program was
held at 45 locations in
the country
. During the
ceremony, he said that
everyone should adopt
the mantra of nation
first. Describing the
transparency of the on-
going recruitment pro-
cesses in the Railways,
he added that the Rail-
ways conducted exami-
nations in hundreds of
cities in 15 languages
for the recruitment of
crores of youth with
complete honesty and
transparency, without
any kind of paper leak,
irregularity and not a
single complaint has
been received.
Union Railway and
Communications Min-
ister Ashwini
Vaishnaw inaugurated
the STPI Incubation
Centre at Sitapura on
Thursday. BJP MP
Ramcharan Bohra, Col
Rajyavardhan Singh,
MLA Ashok Lahoti and
Mayor of Jaipur Mu-
nicipal Corporation
Greater Dr Somya
were also present on
the occasion.
Ravi Katara and
Satyanarayan Sharma
Bharatpur: The ongo-
ing controversy over the
installation of Bhimrao
Ambedkar’s statue at
Bailara intersection in
Bharatpur’s Nadbai,
ended on Thursday
. The
Divisional Commission-
er issued an order to
postpone installation
for idols in Nadbai. A
series of meetings took
place with the adminis-
tration and MLA
Joginder Singh Awana.
Awanaconvenedameet-
ing of Nadbai Nagar Pa-
likacouncillorsandpeo-
ple of Jatav community
in Circuit House on
Thursday
. Minister Vih-
vendra Singh’s son An-
irudh also attended a
meeting in Bailara.
They demanded reg-
istration of cases
against those sitting on
hunger strike. In view
of the seriousness of
the district administra-
tion in the matter and
the incident that hap-
pened late on Wednes-
day
, the permission giv-
en by the committee
was postponed, after
which the administra-
tion heaved a sigh of
relief. District Collector
Alok Ranjan during a
press conference said
that the permission giv-
en by the Divisional
Commissioner was
postponed so that law
and order could be
maintained.
First India Bureau
Churu: Ratangarh
MLA Abhinesh Me-
harshi has registered
a complaint against
Lawrence Bishnoi’s
henchman Rohit
Godara for allegedly
threatening him and
demanding a ransom
of Rs. 2 crores. Police
informed the MLA
received a threat call
on Wednesday after-
noon wherein the
miscreant claiming
to be Rohit Godara
demanded a ransom
of Rs. 2 crore and
threatened that he
will face the same
fate as like Raju The-
hat. MLA Abhinesh
Maharishi said that
till the police investi-
gation of the case is
not completed, he
will not comment on
the issue. The com-
plaint has been filed
in Ratangarh police
station in this regard.
Meanwhile, State
BJP President CP
Joshi has written
a letter to DGP
demanding security
for the MLA and his
family.
New Delhi (FIB): The
families of the 2008
Jaipur bomb blast vic-
tims and Rajeshwari
Devi on Thursday ap-
proached the Supreme
Court to file a special
leavepetition(SLP)
against the Ra-
jasthan high
court order ac-
quitting all the
blast accused.
Leader of
opposi-
t i o n
( L o P )
Rajendra Rathore,
alongwiththevictims’
families had met law-
yers in the national
Capitaltotakeforward
the legal process. Sen-
ior party leader and
former minister
Arun Chaturvedi
who has drafted
the petition said
there were sever-
al gaps in trial
court & Raj
H C
j u d g e -
ments.
Drinking water supply connection to
be given in multi-storey buildings soon
JOSHI REACTS ON PM MODI’S STATEMENT
Can a child vote after one year of birth? Can a one
year old child be considered as 18 years old?
PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi raised questions as reac-
tion on PM Modi’s statement regarding rail line. Joshi
said, “Nine years of Modi government and one term
of Atalji’s government, and yet PM says that rail line
should have come right after Independence.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Food Minister
Pratap S Khachariya-
was said that under the
Mukhyamantri Gas
Cylinder Yojana in the
state, the benefit of LPG
gas cylinder for Rs 500
will be given to selected
families under BPL and
Ujjwala scheme from
April 1. He was presid-
ing over the meeting of
District Logistics Offic-
ers organized at Indira
Gandhi Panchayat Raj
Institute on Thursday.
He said that it was man-
datory to get the regis-
tration done to get the
benefit of the Yojana.
He said that the regis-
tration will be done
from April 24 in the
dearness relief camps.
Khachariyawas said
that out of 19 lakh 57
thousand 991 applica-
tions received for add-
ing new names to the
list of food security
schemes in the state,
wheat distribution has
been started to 12 lakh
93 thousand 13 benefi-
ciaries.
Dr Mahesh Joshi
Representational picture of the
High rise building.
Ashiwini Vaishnaw, Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore, Ashok Lahoty, and Dr Somya at the inauguration of
STPI Incubation Centre in Sitapura, Jaipur on Thursday.
Minister Vishvendra Singh’s son Anirudh reached the meeting
organized in Bailara and worshiped pillar at the Bailara crossroads
of Nadbai. He also installed a picture of Maharaja Surajmal (Inset).
Ashiwnin Vaishnaw, CP Joshi
visited DGP Umesh Mishra
and raised their concern over
MLAs security in Jaipur on
Thursday. Abhinesh Meharshi
Satish Poonia at Tripura Sundari
Temple, Banswara on Thursday.
RLY MIN ATTENDS ROZGAR MELA IN JAIPUR
Everyone should adopt mantra
of nation first, says Vaishnaw
Row over statue ends in
Bharatpur, pillar seized
MLA Meharshi receives
threat call from Godara
Ashivini Yadav
Alwar: MLA from Al-
war (City), Sanjay Shar-
ma, was admitted to the
district hospital on
Thursday afternoon af-
ter he complained of
internal injuries dur-
ing a lathi-charge by
police on Wednesday.
Notably, the MLA and
BJP workers were pro-
testing against the state
government during the
Jan Aakrosh Rally on
Wednesday
.
However, the police
resorted to force to
maintain the law and
order situation. On
Thursday, MLA Sanjay
Sharma was admitted
to the ICU of the Alwar
district for treatment.
Alwar SP Anand
Sharma, however, re-
futed claims of any
lathi-charge during the
protest.
Prior to Sanjay Shar-
ma, a party worker was
admitted to the hospital
after suffering a frac-
ture. At the same time,
the state president of
BJP Yuva Morcha,
Himanshu also reached
the district hospital and
inquired about the con-
dition of the injured.
MLA Sanjay Sharma in the ICU ward of Dist hospital on Thursday.
Pandit Jale Singh and Jitendra Rathore also seen.
LATHI CHARGE ON BJP MLA, WORKERS IN ALWAR
MLA Sanjay Sharma admitted in ICU
Satish Poonia offer prayers
at Tripura Sundari temple
Benefit of `500
LPG cylinder to
select families
from Apr 1: PSK
SLP filed in SC over 2008 Jpr blasts
PROMOTE JUNGLE RAJ OF GEHLOT GOVERNMENT
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, INSTRUCTS CP JOSHI
CP JOSHI WRITES
TO DGP SEEKING
STRICT ACTION
Meanwhile, State
BJP President CP
Joshi has written a let-
ter to the DGP Umesh
Mishra demanding ac-
tion against the police-
men for beating the
MLA and BJP workers.
MP Balaknath also
reached the hospital to
meet the injured party
worker of BJP.
SACHIN PILOT TO
UNVEIL STATUE IN
KHETRI ON APRIL 17
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan
Deputy Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot will reach the statue
unveiling ceremony of the
martyr at Khetri in Jhunjhunu
on 17th April. Pilot supporters
have started in its prepara-
tions. According to sources,
on April 17, while returning
from Khetri, Pilot will also
take part in a religious ritual
being organized at Shahpura
in Jaipur. However, since
these are proposed tours of
Sachin Pilot, changes can also
happen at the last moment.
AIMIM TO RELEASE
MINORITY REPORT IN
JAIPUR TOMORROW
Jaipur: AIMIM President
Asaduddin Owaisi will be
on a one-day tour to Raj on
Saturday. Sources informed
that Owaisi is likely to contest
elections of 40 assembly seats
in State. The AIMIM Chief
has prepared a report of 350
pages raising issues such as
insecurity, poverty, illiteracy,
and lack of medical and politi-
cal participation of the Muslim
community in society. Owaisi
will release the report before
the media on Saturday.
NEWS DIGEST

RAJASTHAN
03
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Tourism Development
Corporation President
Dharmendra Rathore
said on Thursday that
the RTDC management
is working on a war foot-
ing towards the imple-
mentation of budget an-
nouncements related to
tourism development.
Rajasthan Tourism
Development Corpora-
tion (RTDC) Chairman
Dharmendra Rathore
while presiding over
the meeting of RTDC
Management at the of-
fice located at Paryatan
Bhawan said that spe-
cial tourism services
are being made availa-
ble to the tourists while
continuously expand-
ing the tourism facili-
ties in the state.
The RTDC chairman
said that in compliance
with the announcement
of construction of Dho-
la Maru Tourist Com-
plex for the promotion
of tourism, the work of
marking the land has
been completed and the
department has pre-
pared the DPR for the
development of the
complex.
Rathore said that to
promote golf tourism in
the State, EOI has been
issued by RTDC for golf
courses to be built in
Udaipur, Jodhpur,
Ajmer-Pushkar, Mount
Abu and Alwar in the
budget of 2023-24. An-
other EOI was also is-
sued for setting up
MICE (Meeting, Incen-
tive, Conference, Exhi-
bition) centres in
Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodh-
pur and Ajmer.
Work on golf courses, eco-adventure, MICE
centres will boost tourism in State: Rathore
BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ON WAR FOOTING
Six-day programme begins at HQ
ahead of Raj Police Foundation Day
CM Ashok Gehlot to be the chief guest at the Foundation Day event on April 16
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: A six-day pro-
gramme started at the
police headquarters on
Thursday ahead of the
foundation day of Ra-
jasthan Police on April
16. DGP Umesh Mishra
launched the curtain
raiser at the headquar-
ters. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will be
the chief guest of the
main programme on
April 16. The pro-
gramme will be organ-
ised at 8:30 am at the
Rajasthan Police Acad-
emy. A parade ceremo-
ny will be organised on
the occasion of Foun-
dation Day.
Mishra, while ad-
dressing the curtain
raiser ceremony said
that on the occasion, po-
licemen will be given
excellent service marks
at the range level, best
service marks at the dis-
trict level. Along with
this, DGP discs will be
provided by the Inspec-
tor General at the range
level and District Super-
intendents of Police at
the district level. Senior
police officers, includ-
ing DGP, Director RPA
Rajeev Sharma, DGP
Training Janga Srini-
vasa Rao and DGP Civil
Rights Dr Ravi Prakash
Meharda were present
on the occasion.
Raj Police joins Central agencies
to arrest fugitive Amritpal Singh
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Po-
lice along with other
agencies is making all
its efforts to nab the
most wanted Amritpal
Singh. According to in-
puts from the Central
agencies, he may be
hiding in the border
areas of Rajasthan.
Search operations are
being conducted in
five districts of the
state as he may escape
to Pakistan through
these border areas.
DGP Umesh Mishra
said that on the basis
of inputs received
from the agencies,
search is going on in
some districts. Mishra
said that until the
search is completed,
the operation will be
kept confidential. Ac-
cording to sources, the
Rajasthan Police,
along with the Punjab
Police, is conducting
searches in the border
areas adjacent to
Sriganganagar, Hanu-
mangarh, Jaisalmer,
Bikaner and Barmer.
Central agencies
along with the Ra-
jasthan Police are also
raiding the possible
hideouts of Amritpal.
Rajasthan DGP Umesh Mishra, Rajeev Sharma, Janga Srinivasa Rao, and Ravi Prakash Meharda during the curtain raiser ceremony at
Police Headquarters in Jaipur on Thursday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
DGP Umesh Mishra
Dharmendra Rathore holds
meeting with officials.
Women-led devp country’s
priority: Kant at W20 meet
Commercial construction in
Mansarovar to stay put: HC
First India Bureau
High Court on Thurs-
day granted a big relief
to the shopkeepers of
Madhyam Marg in the
Mansarovar area.
The division bench of
Acting Chief Justice
MM Srivastava and Jus-
tice Anil Upman while
hearing the petition by
SadbhavnaVyaparMan-
dalandothersstayedthe
orderof thesinglebench
which had ordered to re-
move the illegal com-
mercial construction in
residential buildings
along with the violation
of setback norms.
The court also issued
notices to the State Gov-
ernment, Municipal
Corporation, JDA, and
Rajasthan Housing
Board to file a reply in
the matter. Notably, fol-
lowing the order of the
single bench, the Jaipur
Municipal Corporation
(Greater) issued notic-
es to shopkeepers at
Madhyam Marg and
asked them to remove
illegal constructions
within seven days.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A two-day sec-
ond Women 20 Interna-
tional Meeting com-
menced in Jaipur on
Thursday
.
Addressing the inau-
gural session, Sherpa
of India in G20 Amitabh
Kant said that women-
led development is the
key priority of India
because we see women
as drivers of prosperity
and inclusive develop-
ment. He said that wom-
en must set the agenda
of development and
they should be agents
of growth.
Talking to the me-
dia, Amitabh Kant said
that India has set new
dimensions in digital
inclusion. Women’s
bank accounts were
opened, those accounts
were linked with Aad-
haar, and money for
various schemes is be-
ing directly trans-
ferred to their ac-
counts. A large number
of women are also get-
ting loans under Mudra
Yojana. This has em-
powered women.
He said that these ex-
periences are being
shared in the meeting
so that other countries
also get the benefit of
this experience.
Tourism Dept Dir holds Budget
announcement review meeting
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Director of the
Tourism Department
Dr Rashmi Sharma on
Thursday reviewed the
progress of budget an-
nouncements in Pary-
atan Bhawan. She in-
teracted with the repre-
sentatives of the Tour-
ism business on vari-
ous issues and gave
necessary directions to
the officials.
“As per the sugges-
tionsreceived,widepub-
licity should be given to
promote experience-
based tourism tours, na-
ture walk trails, desert
safaris, tracking and
food trails across the
state. This should be
done through social me-
dia, departmental web-
sites, and publications
so that more and more
tourists are attracted to-
wards state tourism,”
saidDrRashmiSharma.
PoW, ON ITS LAST
TOUR OF SEASON,
REACHES JAIPUR
Jaipur: The luxury train
‘Palace on Wheels’
on Thursday reached
Jaipur for its last tour of
this session. The train
reached Jaipur with
36 tourists onboard.
“Of these 36 tourists
from six countries, ten
are from India, five from
the United Kingdom,
nine from the US, six
from Canada, and three
each from Australia and
France. The foreign
guests were given a
warm welcome at Gandhi
Nagar Railway Station
wherein folk artists also
gave their performanc-
es,” said an official.
GUDDU MUSLIM
HIDING IN
AJMER: SOURCES
Ajmer: Guddu Muslim,
a prime accused in the
Umesh Pal murder case,
is reportedly hiding in
Ajmer. A team of Uttar
Pradesh Police and UP
STF was in Ajmer on
Thursday after the loca-
tion of Guddu Muslim
was suspected in Ajmer.
However, the Ajmer
Police did not have any
information about the
movement of Guddu
Muslim. Following the
encounter of Asad and
Gulam, the sleuths inten-
sified their efforts to nab
the Guddu Muslim, who
is an expert in bomb-
making. —Shubham Jain
Baisakhi to be
celebrated in
State today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Baisakhi, also
known as Vaisakhi, will
be observed on April 14.
This festival of Sikhs
brings hope of prosperi-
ty
,happiness,andwealth.
The day marks the anni-
versary of the founding
of KhalsaPanthbyGuru
Gobind Singh in 1699.
Special prayers will be
held in Gurudwaras lo-
cated in Hida Ki Mori,
Malviya Nagar, Chandi
Ki Taksal, Gurunanak-
pura (Raja Park) and
other areas of the city
.
Dr Rashmi Sharma during the review meet with officials in Jaipur.
Amitabh Kant, Sandhya Purecha, and Indevar Pandey at the
inaugural session of the 2nd W20 meeting in Jaipur on Thursday.
Marriage in old age:
Dotasra takes jibe at
Rathore at Sikar event
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra on
Thursday commented
on Leader of Opposi-
tion Rajendra Rathore
and said that Rathore
had got married in his
old age.
“Rajendra Rathore’s
political senility also
improved in the last
eight months. Al-
though, he says that he
will remain a worker
and then why did he be-
come the leader of the
opposition,” said Go-
vind Singh Dotasra.
Dotasra was speak-
ing at the felicitation
ceremony of the repre-
sentatives of the dis-
trict in Sikar on Thurs-
day. The function was
organised by the Advo-
cates Association after
Sikar was declared a
division while Neem Ka
Thana was declared a
district.
GS Dotasra being felicitated at an event in Sikar on Thursday.
First India Bureau
High Court while giv-
ing relief to Yoga Guru
Baba Ramdev has
stayed his arrest in a
matter wherein, he has
been charged with mak-
ing provocative re-
marks against a par-
ticular community
.
The single bench of
Justice Manoj Kumar
Garg stayed his arrest
and directed him to ap-
pear before the investi-
gation officer by May
20. Petitioners advocate
Vivek Raj Bajwa and
Nishank Madan argued
the matter in court and
said the case registered
against Baba Ramdev
is baseless.
Notably, an FIR was
registered in the Chau-
hatan police station
against Baba Ramdev
for allegedly promoting
enmity and outraging
religious feelings over
his provocative remarks
at a meeting of seers in
Barmer district. He al-
legedly made objection-
able comments against
a community
.
Covid threat looms
large as State
reports 293 new
cases, 3 deaths
First India Bureau
Jaipur: COVID-19 in-
fections are on rise
again, with Rajasthan
recording 293 new cases
and three new deaths
on Thursday. It is for
the second consecutive
day that more than 200
people were found in-
fected with Covid-19.
A total of 6,459 people
underwent a test on
Thursday
, of which, 293
people were found posi-
tive. Now, the total num-
ber of active patients
has increased to 1474 in
the state. The maximum
number of coronavirus-
infected people were
from Jaipur with 121.
Jodhpur reported 27
cases, Sikar, 24; Chittor-
garh and Udaipur, 17
each; Bikaner, 18; and
10 people were found
positive in Alwar. The
positivity rate re-
mained at 4.54 per cent.
Breather for Ramdev as
High Court stays arrest
HATE SPEECH CASE
Ramdev had, in a religious gathering, allegedly accused Muslims
of resorting to terror and abducting Hindu women, in Barmer.
DEMANDING A ‘HEALTHY’ HIKE
Contractual Computer
Operator, working under
the Chief Minister’s Free
Medicine Scheme, hold
protest alleging that
they have not received
any increment in their
honorarium for over 8
years, at Swasthya Bhawan
in Jaipur on Thursday.AAP
leader Sangeeta Gaur also
joined the protest.
—PHOTOS BY
MUKESH KIRADOO

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On this day in 1919, in the
form of the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre, the whole world
saw the cruel face of the
British rule. This massacre
hurt the countrymen in
such a way that the freedom
struggle turned into an
individual movement.
I salute the martyrs of
Jallianwala Bagh.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Kudos to @
NADAIndiaOffice for
launching the Know
Your Medicine App!
Its a crucial tool in the
pursuit of promoting
sports and supporting
our athletes, in
alignment with the
vision of PM Shri @
narendramodi ji.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur SPIRITUAL SPEAK
However many holy words you
read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if
you do not act on upon them?
—Buddha
TOP
TWEETS
he geographical proximity be-
tween the Horn of Africa and
the Indian subcontinent has
played an important role in the
development of close Indo- Afri-
can relationship since ancient
times. The foundation of India’s
relations with Africa are condi-
tioned and energised by our his-
torical linkages and strong po-
litical foundations of the past.
Africa is a continent on the
move, characterised by huge
scope of economic growth, ris-
ing educational and health
standards, increasing gender
parity and expanding infra-
structure and connectivity. In-
dia has an intrinsic interest in
helping Africa achieve progress.
The spirit of “developing to-
gether as equals” defines this
bilateral partnership. A resurg-
ing Africa and a rising India
exemplify role model South-
South Cooperation and ‘Vasud-
haiva Kutumbakam’, meaning
“the world is one family”.
India has traditionally priori-
tised Africa in its foreign policy
.
However, the current regime of
Narendra Modi has shown an ex-
traordinary determination to
strengthen India’s longstanding
ties to the African continent. A
large number of trips by the In-
dian leaders to various African
nations and with even better re-
ciprocation from African nations
speak for rejuvenated engage-
ment and commitment of Indo
African nations. India is Africa’s
3rd largest trading partner and
currently is the 5th largest inves-
tor in Africa and the Indian sup-
port to African nations during
COVID pandemic time has fur-
thercementedIndo-Africanbond.
ENGAGEMENT OF AFRICA
BY OUTSIDE POWERS
UNITED STATES: In the recent
U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit,
President Biden announced new
initiatives that will empower Af-
rican institutions and citizens
with a plan to invest $55 billion
over the next three years. The
US main interest lies in econom-
ic exploitation of mineral and
natural resources as well as con-
tainment of Chinese and Rus-
sian influence in the continent.
EUROPEAN UNION (EU):
The Africa-EU Partnership is a
multi-actor partnership guided
by the EU and African Union
(AU) Member States along with
several non-state and civil socie-
ty organisations and private sec-
tor players. The EU focus is pri-
marilyonmutualtradeaswellas
keeping the African nations
aligned to the Western interests.
RUSSIA: Russia has expand-
ed its influence in Africa in re-
cent years more than any other
external actor with a prime mo-
tive to advance its geostrategic
interests by securing a foothold
in the Mediterranean on NA-
TO’s southern border, displac-
ing Western influence, and nor-
malizing Russia’s worldview.
CHINA: China has primarily
invested in Africa in order to se-
cure access to the region’s natu-
ral resources, to fuel its expand-
ing economy
. China now has pan
Africa presence with enhanced
military presence. An increase
in its diplomatic military repre-
sentation and overall presence is
in a way to counter the US influ-
ence in the region. Undoubtedly
,
China has taken a lead in estab-
lishing its broader footprint in
Africa through its Belt and Road
Initiative(BRI) program and bi-
lateral trade volume almost
thrice that of India poses the
biggest challenge to Indian in-
terests in the region. African na-
tions are reeling under Chinese
debt and their governments are
realising the mistake as China
may use debt to assert its aspira-
tions to be a global power.
INDIA - AFRICA RELATIONS
AND COOPERATION
Africa is critical to India’s secu-
rity, especially the Horn of Af-
rica region, because of its prox-
imity to India. The threat of
radicalism, piracy, and organ-
ised crime emerges from this
region. Africa can help us in
diversifying our energy sources,
which is one of the stated objec-
tives of India’s Integrated En-
ergy Policy
. Africa also contains
a rich reservoir of valuable min-
erals, metals including gold and
diamond. Africa provides a
space for Indian investment and
is critical in India gaining a per-
manent seat in the UNSC.
India has, over a period, initi-
ated several economic collabora-
tion arrangements with the
countries of Africa including
membership of the African De-
velopment Bank and assistance
under the India’s Technical and
Economic Cooperation (ITEC)
programme. India’s develop-
ment partnership with Africa
have been capacity-building ini-
tiatives, lines of credit, grant
support, small development pro-
jects, technical consultation, dis-
aster relief and humanitarian
help, and military cooperation.
Africa is the emerging market
for Indian products and enter-
prise and an alternative source
of energy security for India.
DEFENCE INITIATIVES
The Africa-India Field Training
Exercise(AFINDEX)aimstopro-
mote a collaborative approach in
capacityenhancementof African
armiesandprojecttheefficacyof
Indian indigenous new-genera-
tion military equipment to the
troops of participating African
nations. India-Africa Defence
Ministers and Chief’s Conclave
(IADMC) has been institutional-
ised and gives an opportunity for
Indian and African armed ser-
vice personnel to explore oppor-
tunities for joint ventures and
investments in defence industry
,
cybersecurity
,maritimesecurity
and counterterrorism. The Indi-
an Navy has increasingly come
on its own as a security provider
in the Indian Ocean Rim (IOR).
India’s concept of SAGAR (Secu-
rity and Growth for All in the Re-
gion), upholding a climate of
trust and transparency
, demon-
strate sensitivity to each other’s
interests, and work towards a
peaceful resolution of maritime
securityissueshasbroughtIndia
andAfricancountriescloser.The
IndianNavyparticipatedinExer-
cise Cutlass Express - 2023, held
covering the East coast of Africa
and the Gulf region.
India-Africa Forum Summit
(IAFS). It has been over seven
years since the last edition of the
IAFS was held way back in 2015
inNewDelhiandthefourthSum-
mit scheduled in 2020 was post-
poned owing COVID pandemic.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
INDO-AFRICA RELATIONS
Abound opportunities to make up for missed chances
India has, over a period,
initiated several economic
collaboration arrangements
with the countries of Africa
including membership of the
African Development Bank
and assistance under the
India’s Technical and
Economic Cooperation
(ITEC) programme. India’s
development partnership
with Africa have been
capacity-building
initiatives, lines of credit,
grant support, small
development projects,
technical consultation,
disaster relief and
humanitarian help, and
military cooperation. Africa
is the emerging market for
Indian products and
enterprise and an
alternative source of energy
security for India
T
INDIA - AFRICA IN NUMBERS WAY FORWARD
l The fourth India- Africa sum-
mit, pending since 2020, should
be held as soon as possible.
l Developing strategic partner-
ship and deeper collaborations in
health and digital technologies.
l Continue its role in peacekeep-
ing in Africa and lending support
to counter-terrorism operations,
and contributing to African
institutions through training and
capacity-enhancing assistance.
l Improve the experiences of
Africans staying and visiting
India so that people-to-people
connections between India and
Africa flourishes.
l Promote government and
private sector investments for
mutual benefit and keeping alive
commercial interests in Africa.
l To overcome the China
challenge in Africa, increased
cooperation between India and
its international allies with focus
on Africa.
l Enhance Indo-African defence
cooperation to a higher stra-
tegic level and continue with
AFINDEX, IADMC and SAGAR for
mutual benefit and countering
Chinese dominance.
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The writer is a Post Graduate in
International Studies, Alumni of Defence
Services Staff College, Wellington
and College of Combat, Mhow

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INDIA
05
Amit Shah reviews JK security
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Thurs-
day, reviewed the secu-
rity situation in Jam-
mu and Kashmir in a
high-level meeting here
in the national capital.
The meeting started
at 3 pm at the North
Block office of the Min-
istry of Home Affairs.
National Security Advi-
sor Ajit Doval, JK Lt
Governor Manoj Sinha,
Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla, Director Gener-
al of Police Jammu and
Kashmir Dilbagh Singh
and other senior offic-
ers from the Ministry of
Home Affairs and Cen-
tral Armed Police Forc-
es attended the meeting.
Director Intelligence
Bureau Tapan Deka,
RAW chief Samant
Kumar Goel, National
Investigation Agency
DG Dinkar Gupta and
Central Reserve Police
Force Director General
SL Thaosen also attend-
ed the meeting.
Similar meetings
have been chaired by
the Home Minister
from time to time to re-
view the status of J-K
where several civilians
and security force per-
sonnel are being tar-
geted by militants over
the years and several
personnel have lost
lives in such attacks.
Senior officials of
the Government of In-
dia, including the offic-
ers from J-K also attend
the meetings.
The Home Minister
in his three-day visit to
J-K in October last year
had also reviewed the
security situation in
the Union Territory
.
Shah also held a re-
view meeting in New
Delhi on December 28,
2022, over the security
situation and develop-
ment aspects of the Un-
ion Territory of Jam-
mu and Kashmir.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla speaks in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, National Security
Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other dignitaries during a high-level review meeting on the security situation in JK, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
NITISH ALLY JITAN RAM MANJHI MEETS SHAH, TRIGGERS BUZZ
New Delhi (PTI): Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar’s ally Jitan
Ram Manjhi set political
circles abuzz following a
meeting with Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Thursday,
more so as the develop-
ment came amid the JD(U)
leader’s talks with several
opposition leaders as part
of his effort to forge an
alliance against the BJP.
Manjhi, a former chief
minister, however, sought
to quell any speculation. He
asserted that he has sworn
to remain with Kumar and
rejected any possibility of
joining hands with the BJP,
saying that it has spoken
against the existence of
small parties like his. The
Dalit leader heads the
Hindustani Awam Morcha
(Secular) and his son is a
minister in the RJD-JD(U)-
Congress government in
the state. Manjhi’s meeting
with Shah was on his par-
ty’s demand that Dashrath
Manjhi, whose single-hand-
ed feat of digging a road
through the mountains
over two decades, immor-
talised in local folklore and
on celluloid after his death,
be awarded the ‘Bharat
Ratna’ — India’s highest
civilian honour.
HIGH-LEVEL MEETING HELD IN DELHI
Dissent will be pacified soon: K'taka CM
Mangaluru (ANI):
Karnataka CM Basa-
varaj Bommai on
Thursday expressed
confidence in resolving
dissidence in the party
stating that senior BJP
leaders were engaged in
attempts to convince
leaders who are dis-
gruntled on not being
tickets to contest the up-
coming Assembly polls.
“Change is normal, it
happens. We will per-
suade those who are up-
set. The discontent in
the party is being recti-
fied. The workers are
strong, there will be no
harm from this and the
party’s dissension will
be eased in most parts,”
he said. “The high com-
mand is talking to the
disaffected. I have spo-
ken to all the leaders.
We are confident that
the difference will be
resolved soon. Savadi is
a senior and has been in
politics for a long time.
There is also pressure
from people for a place,
it takes time,” he added.
Claiming that Con-
gress has no candidates
for 60 to 65 constituen-
cies, Bommai alleged
that the party is now
mulling inducting lead-
ers from other parties.
“Congress does not
have a competent candi-
date, they will not come
to power,” he said.
Earlier, denied a tick-
et for Assembly polls,
State Minister and six-
time BJP MLA S Anga-
ra on Wednesday said
that he would not cam-
paign for the party and
announced his exit
from political activity
.
BOMMAI ESCAPES MINOR FIRE INCIDENT
Udupi: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday,
escaped an accident in Udupi, after a minor fire broke
out near his helipad in Udupi, the police said. The
incident occurred at a temporary open field in Udupi,
where CM Bommai’s helicopter landed. The CM left for
the Kollur Mookambika temple when the incident took
place. As per the police, the smoke candle reportedly
fell on the ground due to the pressure from the rotors,
after which the fire spread on the grass around 300
metres from where the helicopter landed.The police
officials told reporters that the fire was minor in nature
and was quickly brought under control.
ATTACK ON UNION
MINISTER: SC SETS
ASIDE HC ORDER
K’TAKA MUSLIM
QUOTA: SC AGREES
TO HEAR PLEA
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Thursday set
aside a Calcutta High
Court order for a CBI
probe in the alleged attack
on Union Minister Nisith
Pramanik’s convoy during
a visit to his constituency
in West Bengal in Febru-
ary this year and directed
a fresh adjudication of the
PIL filed by senior BJP
leader Suvendu Adhikari
on the issue.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Thursday agreed
to list for hearing a plea
challenging the Karnataka
govt’s decision to scrap
four per cent reservation
for Muslims in the state.
A bench led by Chief Jus-
tice DY Chandrachud took
note of the submissions
of senior advocate Kapil
Sibal that all the defects
of the petition have been
removed.
Surat: Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer on Thursday argued in a
court in Gujarat’s Surat that the trial in a defamation case
over the Congress leader’s “Modi surname” remark was
“not fair” and there was no need for maximum punish-
ment in the case. The lawyer made the argument during
a hearing currently underway on Gandhi’s plea for a stay
on his conviction in the defamation case. A metropolitan
magistrate’s court in Surat on March 23 sentenced Rahul
Gandhi to two years in jail after holding him guilty for his
remark “How come all thieves have Modi as the common
surname”, made during an election rally on April 13, 2019.
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday refuted in the Supreme
Court the figure pertaining to alleged attacks on Christian in-
stitutions and priests, terming the data “wrong” and claiming
the petitioners wanted to keep “the pot boiling” to sully the
image of the country abroad. The top court was hearing a
PIL filed by Peter Machado of the National Solidarity Forum,
Rev. Vijayesh Lal of Evangelical Fellowship of India, and
others claiming violence against members of the Christian
community. A bench was earlier told by the PIL petitioners
that from 2021 to May 2022, 700 cases of violence against
members of the Christian community were reported and a
majority of those arrested were followers of the faith.
TRIAL NOT FAIR, NO NEED FOR MAXIMUM
PUNISHMENT: RAHUL GANDHI’S LAWYER
CENTRE IN SC: DATA ON ATTACK ON
CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS “WRONG”
IN THE COURTYARD
Basavaraj Bommai
Is Ghulam Nabi Azad on Capt Amarinder’s track?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The kind
of discussion that is go-
ing on now about Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad, who left
the Congress and
formed a separate Azad
Kashmir party, a year
and a half ago, the same
discussion was also go-
ing on about the former
Chief Minister of Pun-
jab Captain Amarinder
Singh. He too left the
Congress and formed a
party named Punjab
Lok Congress. Last
year i.e. for the Febru-
ary elections of 2022,
the BJP had coordinat-
ed with his party. But
what was the end re-
sult? Captain’s party
did not get a single seat
and the BJP was left
with two seats, while it
has three MPs in Pun-
jab. After this extreme-
ly bad result in the elec-
tion, Captain stayed out
of the country for some
time and when he re-
turned, he merged his
party with the BJP.
Since then, he is hoping
to become the governor
of some state.
Ghulam Nabi Azad
is repeating the same
story. Elections are
about to be held in
Jammu and Kashmir
and before that he has
formed a separate par-
ty. It cannot be said if
he too will amalgamate
his party with BJP, like
his old coleague Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh,
as by doing so the pur-
pose of forming a sepa-
rate party would be
defeated. Therefore in-
house adjustments are
possible. He will be
used to cut votes of
PDP, National Confer-
ence and Congress. It is
more likely that like
Captain, he will not be
able to win any seat
and will not be able to
give much benefit to
BJP. After that it is pos-
sible that he will merge
the party with BJP and
wait to become the
Governor. The politics
he is doing by forming
a separate party is go-
ing to run after the Lok
Sabha elections next
year.
Ghulam Nabi Azad. —FILE PHOTO
RSS to hold
route marches
in Tamil Nadu
on Sunday
12K govt websites
prone to attack by
Indonesian hacker
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dian Cyber Crime Coor-
dination Centre (I4C) on
Thursday issued an
alert to all the States
and the UTs about a pos-
sible cyber attack from
a suspected group from
Indonesia allegedly tar-
geting 12,000 govern-
ment websites across
the country, top sources
said. Ministry of Home
Affairs’ I4C wing alert-
ed the States and the
UTs following their
findings about the Indo-
nesian cyber attack
group hatching a con-
spiracy to implement
their ill intentions.
Chennai (PTI): Per-
mission has been grant-
ed to the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh to
hold route marches on
April 16 in 45 places
across Tamil Nadu, the
state police said on
Thursday
.
The ‘traditional’ ral-
lies would be held in 45
places including Chen-
nai, Vellore, Hosur, Sa-
lem, Chengalpattu,
Kancheepuram, Tiru-
vannamalai, Arani, Co-
imbatore, Mettupalay-
am, Palladam, Karur,
Tenkasi, Kanyakumari,
Tiruchirappalli and
Madurai, an RSS
spokesperson said.
Police said the per-
mission was granted
following the dismissal
of Tamil Nadu’s ap-
peals in the Supreme
Court. Adequate secu-
rity arrangements were
in place, it added.
Since last year, the
RSS has been attempt-
ing to hold processions
but could not do so. The
government had re-
fused permission and
the matter also went to
the Madras High Court.
BJP slams Opposition over meet on forging
unity; terms Kejriwal India’s ‘Pinocchio’
New Delhi: A day after
Bihar CM Nitish Ku-
mar met senior Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi and his Delhi coun-
terpart Arvind Kejri-
wal, the BJP on Thurs-
day slammed the Oppo-
sition parties for at-
tempting to forge a
united front to fight the
BJP in the 2024 polls.
Taking a dig at Rahul
Gandhi, BJP spokesper-
son Shehzad Poona-
walla told a press con-
ference here that some-
one whose own party is
in fragments from Ra-
jasthan to Chhattis-
garh, from Karnataka
to Maharashtra was
“advocating and extol-
ling about unity”.
The BJP spokesper-
son said that what was
even more ironic and
strange was the “politi-
cal conversion and U-
turn “ of the “India’s
political natwarlal and
Pinocchio” — the Aam
Aadmi Party leader
Arvind Kejriwal.
Priyanka sounds poll bugle in Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur (PTI): Con-
gress General Secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra on Thursday
sounded poll bugle in
Chhattisgarh, asking
the people of the state
to repose their faith in
her party again and
hitting out at the Op-
position Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP).
Speaking at a gath-
ering at Lalbag Maid-
an in Jagdalpur city,
the headquarters of
the Bastar district, she
said Bastar, earlier
known for Naxalite
violence, has now be-
come a “brand” and
“you (tribals of the re-
gion) have got identity
across the country and
abroad because of
your handicrafts, oth-
er arts and processed
food products.” As-
sembly polls are due in
the Congress-ruled
state this year.
During the event,
titled ‘Bharose Ka
Sammelan’, she and
Chief Minister Bhu-
pesh Baghel launched
the Adivasi Parab
Samman Nidhi Yojana
under which financial
assistance will be pro-
vided to Gram Pan-
chayats in the sched-
uled areas for organis-
ing tribal festivals,
fairs and religious
programmes.
Priyanka Gandhi pays tribute to martyrs in Bastar on Thursday.
Chhatisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI
SEVEN PARTIES TOGETHER COULDN’T FACE
BJP IN BIHAR: SUSHIL MODI ON OPPN UNITY
Patna: Taking a dig at
Opposition for striving to
create a unified front, BJP
Rajya Sabha MP Sushil
Kumar Modi on Thursday
said when seven parties of
Mahagathbandhan failed
to fight his party in a small
state like Bihar, how will
they compete against it
in India in the 2024 Lok
Sabha polls? His statement
comes a day after Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar met Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi and
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
“Nitish Kumar failed to
take care of his home
(Bihar) but aspires to run
the entire country. In the
past, we have seen three
bypolls in the state where
seven parties of Mahagath-
bandhan contested with full
strength. Still, BJP defeated
them in Gopalganj and
Kurhani. They have failed to
compete with BJP in Bihar.
So how could they face the
BJP in the country,” Sushil
Kumar Modi added.
Tamil culture and
people are eternal,
global in nature: PM
New Delhi (ANI):
Highlighting cultural
heritage of Tamil lan-
guage and community
,
PM Narendra Modi on
Thursday said that Ta-
mil culture and people
arebotheternalaswell
as global in nature.
Prime Minister
took part in the Tamil
New Year celebra-
tions at the residence
of Union Minister L
Murugan in Delhi.
Addressing the
gathering, PM Modi
said, “Tamil culture
and people are eter-
nal as well as global.
From Chennai to Cali-
fornia, from Madurai
to Melbourne....you
will find Tamil people
who have carried
with them their cul-
ture and traditions.
Be it Pongal or
Puthandu, they are
marked all over the
world. Puttandu is a
festival of innovation
in antiquity
.”
PM Modi said Ta-
mil is the world’s old-
est language and eve-
ry Indian is proud of
it. He said Tamil lit-
erature is also widely
respected. “The Tamil
film industry has giv-
en us some of the
most iconic works to
us,” he said.
PM Modi taking part in the
Tamil New Year celebrations.

INDIA
06
KILLING OF ATIQ AHMED’S SON ASAD
UmeshPal’smotherthanksYogiafterencounter
Prayagraj (ANI):
Shanti Devi, mother of
lawyer Umesh Pal who
was killed in February,
on Thursday thanked
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi
Adityanath and ex-
pressed her full faith in
the Uttar Pradesh govt,
for giving “justice” after
gangster-turned-politi-
cian Atiq Ahmed’s son
was shot dead in a police
encounter.
“I thank CM Yogi ji
for serving justice and I
appeal to him to give us
justice ahead also. We
have full faith in CM,”
said Shanti Devi, moth-
er of Umesh Pal, the
advocate who was killed
in Prayagraj earlier
this year.
“This is a tribute to
my son. I thank the
Chief Minister and the
police department
which discharged their
duties,” Shanti Devi
told reporters in Praya-
graj on Thursday
.
Asad along with his
associate Ghulam, both
of whom were wanted
in the Umesh Pal mur-
der case, were shot dead
in an encounter with
Uttar Pradesh Special
Task Force in Jhansi on
Thursday
.
Jaya Devi, Umesh
Pal’s wife also thanked
the chief minister.
“I thank the Chief
Minister who took such
a decision. He gave pun-
ishment to the killers of
his daughter’s husband.
It is justice. I expect that
the Chief Minister will
do good whatever he
does. I express my grat-
itude to the Chief Min-
ister who is like a fa-
therly figure,” she said.
Both Asad and Ghu-
lam carried rewards of
Rupees five lakhs each
on their heads.
The police said that
foreign-made weapons
were recovered from
the duo.
Shanti Devi, mother of slain lawyer Umesh Pal speaks to the media, as Pal’s wife Jaya Devi looks
on, in Prayagraj on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KILLING OF GANGSTER’S SON ASAD,
GHULAM ‘HUGE SUCCESS’: UP STF
Lucknow: The Special
Task Force (STF) of
UP Police on Thursday
termed the encounter of
Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad
and another accused Ghu-
lam, wanted in the Umesh
Pal murder case, as a
“huge success”. A top cop
said that both the wanted
persons in the Umesh Pal
murder case has been
eliminated and they were
possessing foreign-made
sophisticated weapons.
YOGI LAUDS STF
FOR ENCOUNTER
OF ASAD AIDE
I AM TO BLAME
FOR MY SON’S
DEATH: AHMED
Lucknow: Hours after the
encounter killing of gang-
ster-turned-politician Atiq
Ahmed’s son Asad and
his aide Ghulam, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath praised
the UP Special Task Force
team at a meeting on law
and order on Thurs-
day, news agency ANI
reported. Yogi lauded the
efforts of the DGP, Special
DG (law and order) and
the entire team. A report
on the encounter was
submitted before the CM,
the chief minister’s office
said. Atiq Ahmed’s son
Asad and his aide Ghulam
were killed in an encoun-
ter by the UP Police on
Thursday in Jhansi.
Prayagraj: Atiq Ahmed,
while being taken to Naini
Jail, said he was responsi-
ble for his son’s death and
also requested that he be
allowed to participate in his
last rites. Asad’s encounter
came the same day his
father, gangster-politician
Atiq Ahmed was produced
before the Chief Judicial
Magistrate (CJM) Court in
Prayagraj in the Umesh Pal
murder case, along with
his brother Ashraf.
ASAD CHANGED SIX
CITIES IN 2 MONTHS,
CHANGED 10 SIMs
 Asad Ahmed was wanted
for the February 24 murder
of Umesh Pal, a lawyer and
witness in the 2005 murder
of a BSP MLA.
 As per police, Asad had
fled to Lucknow after the
shooting. After the murder of
Umesh Pal police swung into
action. Asad kept changing
locations to escape the cops.
 From Lucknow, Asad fled
to Kanpur. Then he went to
Meerut. He then went to Del-
hi, then to Ajmer. From there,
he decided to flee to Madhya
Pradesh. Asad changed 10
SIM cards to avoid being
tracked, police said.
 UP police sources said
they had an informer in Atiq’s
gang. As Asad moved to
Jhansi, police started raiding
locations to catch him.
 Asad and his co-accused
in the murder case, Ghulam,
set out on a bike for MP on
Thursday. He was in disguise
to avoid being caught.
 A UP STF team, which
was tracking Asad, inter-
cepted the two on their way
to MP. Police said, Ghulam
opened fire on the police
team. In retaliatory firing by
the cops, Asad and Ghulam
were shot dead.
YADAV TERMS KILLING OF GANGSTER’S SON
A FAKE ENCOUNTER TO DIVERT ATTENTION
SPARE MY FAMILY,
GANGSTER AHMED
HAD PLEADED
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav on
Thursday accused the
BJP government in Uttar
Pradesh of carrying out a
“fake encounter” to kill the
son of gangster-turned-pol-
itician Atiq Ahmad and his
associate in Jhansi. He
alleged that the ruling party
was trying to divert the
attention of the people from
the real issues plaguing the
state. Yadav said the BJP
government did not believe
in the courts and was taking
the law into its own hands.
He said it was not right
for those in power to pass
judgement on who was
right or wrong and to decide
who should live or die.
“With fake encounters, the
BJP government is trying
to divert attention from
the real issues. The BJP
does not believe in courts
at all. Today’s and recent
encounters should also be
thoroughly investigated and
the culprits should not be
spared. Those in power do
not have the right to decide
what is right or wrong. BJP
is against harmony,” Yadav
tweeted in Hindi.
Prayagraj: “I am totally
reduced to dust, but please
don’t trouble women and
children of my family now,”
Atiq Ahmad told media from
a police van on Wednesday,
CM’s “mafiaaon ko mitti me
mila denge” warning prob-
ably playing on his mind.
The former Samajwadi Party
MLA, who faces more than
100 cases in UP, was taken
from the Sabarmati Central
Jail in Ahmedabad to a
prison in Prayagraj by road in
the Umesh Pal murder case.
I thank CM Yogi ji for serving justice
and I appeal to him to give us justice
ahead also. We have full faith in CM.
This is a tribute to my son. I thank the CM and the
police department which discharged their duties
—Shanti Devi, mother of Umesh Pal
Drone shot down
near LoC in Rajouri
Rajouri (ANI): Securi-
ty forces tracked and
shot down a drone after
it crossed the Line of
Control (LoC) in LoC in
Rajouri’s Beri Pattan
area, officials said on
Thursday
.
“On the intervening
night of Wednesday
and Thursday, a suspi-
cious movement of aer-
ial objects was reported
on LoC in Rajouri’s Beri
Pattan area after which
a cordon and search op-
eration was launched
and movement of a
drone was tracked,” a
statement by Defence
Public Relation Officer
said.
Five loaded AK maga-
zines, some cash and a
sealed packet were re-
covered from the drone,
added the PRO.
A search operation is
underway
.
On April 1, the Bor-
der Security Forces
opened fire at a drone
allegedly belonging to
Pakistan, forcing it to
return to the neigh-
bouring country
.
“A drone was forced
to return to Pakistan
after BSF troops de-
ployed at the India-Pa-
kistan international in
Sambha District fired
towards a blinking light
of a flying object ob-
served,” BSF had said
in a statement.
The drone was spot-
ted around 12:15 am on
Saturday on the inter-
national border in Ram-
garh, Samba District.
A search operation
undertaken by BSF is
underway, they added.
On March 28, The
Border Security Force
shot down a Pakistani
drone in Punjab soon
after it entered Indian
territory carrying a
consignment of contra-
band items, the para-
military force said on
Tuesday
.
LALU’S DAUGHTER
GRILLED IN LAND-
FOR-JOBS SCAM
New Delhi: The ED on
Thursday questioned
Chanda Yadav, daughter
of former Railway Minister
and RJD chief Lalu Prasad
Yadav in connection with
its ongoing money laun-
dering case linked to the
alleged land-for-jobs scam.
Ministry of Information
National Broadcaster to
launch a 2 part docu-
mentary on India’s glory
under Modi. Chanda Yadav
arrived at the ED head-
quarters earlier in the day.
40 DETAINED AFTER
CLASHES DURING
HANUMAN JAYANTI
Sambalpur: Internet
services in Odisha’s Sam-
balpur were suspended for
48 hours from 10 am on
Thursday in view of vio-
lence that broke out during
a bike rally organised on
April 12 for Hanuman
Jayanti. “Violence broke
out between two commu-
nities in Sambalpur district
on April 12. Internet ser-
vices suspended, Section
144 imposed in the district
after the violence,” District
Administration said.
NODAL OFFICERS
FOR 150 WATER
STRESSED DISTS
New Delhi: The Centre
has appointed nodal
officers for 150 water
stressed districts across
the country to take stock
of the work under the
‘catch the rain’ pro-
gramme, officials said on
Thursday. These officers
would visit respective
districts coordinating
implementation of various
rain water harvesting,
conservation measures
and source sustainability
aspects, etc, they said.
3 ELECTROCUTED
TO DEATH IN
HYDERABAD
Hyderabad: In a tragic
incident, three youngsters
died of electrocution while
trying to save each other
in Paramount Colony in
the Sheikhpet area in Hy-
derabad in the wee hours
of Thursday, the police
officials said. The incident
occurred when they were
trying to fix a broken
water pump motor at their
residence. According to
police, two brothers and
their friend died of electro-
cution, officials said.
24 HELD FOR SELLING INDIAN PREMIER
LEAGUE TICKETS IN BLACK IN CHENNAI
Chennai: The police have arrested 24 people for selling
Indian Premier League tickets in black near MA Chidam-
baram Stadium in Chepauk. The police on Wednesday
seized a total of 62 tickets and cash worth Rs 65,700 from
the accused. The match on April 12 was played between
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. The police
registered the case under the relevant section. On April
11, five people were arrested for allegedly printing and
selling fake IPL match tickets, the police said on Thursday.
CRUCIAL READ
Pakistani drone that was shot down by the Army, in Rajouri.
4 KG HEROIN
AIR-DROPPED BY
DRONE SEIZED IN
PUNJAB BY BSF
Chandigarh (PTI):
Border Security Force
troops have recovered
more than four kilogram
heroin dropped by a
Pakistani drone near
the India and Pakistan
border in Punjab’s Fa-
zilka district, an official
spokesperson said on
Thursday. Around 10:50
pm on Wednesday,
BSF personnel heard
the buzzing sound of
the drone entering the
Indian territory from
across the border in an
area near Maharkhewa
Mansa village, the
official said. The
troopers opened fire
at the unmanned aerial
vehicle. During an initial
search, a bag containing
two packets of heroin
was found from a wheat
field, the spokesperson
said.
IMD issues heatwave warning for four states
New Delhi (PTI): The
India Meteorological
Department (IMD) on
Thursday issued a
heatwave warning for
four states - West Ben-
gal, Odisha, Andhra
Pradesh, and Bihar —
over the next three to
four days. According
to the weather agency,
heatwave conditions
are likely in isolated
pockets of Gangetic
West Bengal until
April 17, north coastal
Andhra Pradesh and
Odisha until April 15,
and in Bihar from
April 15 to 17.
The IMD said that
the maximum temper-
atures in several parts
of the western Himala-
yan region and north-
east India, West Ben-
gal, Sikkim, Odisha,
coastal Andhra
Pradesh, and Kerala
are three to five notch-
es above normal.
Notably, a heat wave
is issued if the maxi-
mum temperature of a
station reaches at least
40 degrees Celsius in
the plains, at least 37
degrees in coastal are-
as, and at least 30 de-
grees in hilly regions.
Last week, the
weather department
had predicted heat-
wave conditions over
parts of northwest and
east India on some
days between April 13
and 19.
“Now, temperatures
are near normal but
since dry conditions
are expected to contin-
ue, heat will rise and a
heatwave may set in
over isolated parts of
northwest and east In-
dia after a week,” IMD
scientist Naresh Ku-
mar had said.
Case against
BBC over
foreign funds’
irregularities
New Delhi (PTI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate on Thursday regis-
tered a case against
BBC India for alleged
foreign exchange viola-
tion, officials said. This
is not the first time that
the UK-headquartered
broadcaster came un-
der an Indian agency
investigation. In Febru-
ary this year, the BBC
offices in India were
searched as part of an
investigation by the in-
come tax authorities.
BBC was embroiled in a
controversy over its
documentary on Guja-
rat riot India: The Modi
Question, which was
critical of then Gujarat
chief minister Naren-
dra Modi’s role.
The ED has called for
the documents and re-
cording of statements
of some company exec-
utives under provisions
of the Foreign Ex-
change Management
Act (FEMA).

The IMD
weather
forecast said
heatwave
conditions are
likely in isolated
pockets of
Gangetic West
Bengal until
April 17
India’s exports up by 14% to
USD 770 bn in 2022-23: Goyal
Rome (ANI): Union
Commerce Minister Pi-
yush Goyal said that In-
dia’s overall exports
scaled new heights to
USD 770 billion in 2022-
23,registering14percent
growth compared to the
previous year’s figures.
He said, “It is an all-
time high record, grow-
ing from USD 500 bil-
lion in 2020-21 to USD
676 billion in 2021-22”.
Goyal was addressing
the India-Italy Business
summit in Washington
on Thursday
.
“
And now the country
registers a further
growth of nearly USD
100 billion to cross USD
770 billion in such chal-
lenging times, when the
worldisseeingsoftening
of international trade,
slowingof international
trade, and when there
are recessionary condi-
tions in the developed
world…” he said.
The minister said
there were concerns
about the export perfor-
mance in the year gone
by. “There were con-
cerns because of the
conflict in Ukraine,”
Goyal said, adding,
“They were concerns
that piled up invento-
ries in the developed
world may not help us
achieve such a stupen-
dous performance.”
He praised PM Nar-
endra Modi, who in Au-
gust 2020, had given a
clarion call to Indian
business persons, to the
country’s missions
across the world.
The Minister said the
One District One Prod-
uct initiative of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi helped the gov-
ernment to identify spe-
cific jewels in each dis-
trict in India and the
district, while being
developed as an export
hub, truly transformed
the landscape of India’s
export performance.
“It is indeed a matter
of satisfaction that we
have grown both in
goods and services. Our
goods export, which
was USD 294 billion in
the year 2020-21 grew to
USD 422 billion in the
year 2021-22,” the com-
merce minister said,
adding “And has fur-
ther grown to USD 447
billion in the year just
gone by. Our services
exports, which were
USD 206 billion in the
year 2021, grew to USD
254 billion in the year
2021-22,” Goyal added.
He said services ex-
ports have achieved
new heights by crossing
USD 323 billion and add-
ed that this was truly a
sign of India’s expand-
ing its international
footprints.
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. —FILE PHOTO
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Boom in property registration
Rajasthangovernmentearns`1697.33crorerevenuefrompropertyregistration
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the last fi-
nancial year (April 2022
to March 2023), the state
witnessed a boom in the
registry of purchase or
sale of over 27.26 im-
movable properties.
The Rajasthan gov-
ernment earned reve-
nue of `1697.33 crore
from the registries,
which is 26 % more than
last year. Most of the
properties have been
bought by men.
A report by the
Stamp and Registration
Department shows that
the government re-
ceived Rs 8189.23 crore
towards registration
(stamp duty and regis-
tration fees). Although
the government expect-
ed to get a revenue of
Rs 8300 crore from this.
About 88% of the
properties were regis-
tered by men despite a
1% rebate given by the
government on the reg-
istry and stamp duty on
the purchase of proper-
ty by women. If we look
at the report of this year
(2022-23) in Rajasthan,
last year from April 1,
2022, to February 28,
2023 (in 11 months), over
24 lakh 40 thousand
properties were regis-
tered in the state. Out of
this, over 21 lakh 54
thousand properties
were bought by men.
As per report of 11
months last year, over 2
lakh 85 thousand prop-
erties were purchased,
which is only 12% of the
total registered proper-
ties. The report from
Covid time (April 2020 to
March 2021), shows that
maximum properties
were bought by women.
That year, 16.61 lakh
properties were bought
sold, out of which 2.53
lakh properties were
bought by women.
Possibility of Third front to
target Cong BJP in Raj
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Aheadof theas-
sembly elections, the
speculations about the
formation of a third
front have again started
in Rajasthan to chal-
lengebothprincipalpar-
ties of Congress BJP
.
Regional and other
national parties are
looking for an alliance
against Congress and
BJPinthestate.Thepar-
ties which can be called
the third front are AAP
,
(which recently got the
status of the national
party), RLP, CPI (M),
Tribal Party, AIMIM,
BSP
. The talks of a third
front happen ahead of
every assembly election
in Rajasthan but it does
not get in a concrete
shape as the parties do
not get united. Despite
this, the efforts for the
formation of a third
front started once again.
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) wants to form an
alliance by taking other
regional parties togeth-
er. Arvind Kejriwal is
insearchof abigfacefor
the CM post in the state.
In the last elections,
Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) showed its
strength won 6 seats
in the last election. How-
ever, all 6 MLAs later
joined the Congress.
BSP did wonders in
Jhunjhunu, Alwar, Ka-
rauli, Bharatpur. The
party had won Tijara,
Kishangarh Baas, Na-
gar, Udaipurwati, and
Karauli constituencies.
BSP got about 16% of
votes only in the Alwar
district 4.5% votes in
the entire state.
Husband kills wife over
suspicion of character
Tribals protest
minor girl’s
rape, murder
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Thousands
of people from tribal
communities on
Thursday took out a
massive protest in
Udaipur demanding
justice for the eight-
year-old girl, who
was raped and bru-
tally killed in Malvi
village on March 29.
The protestors sub-
mitted a memoran-
dum demanding a
death sentence for
the accused. Around
18 to 20 people were
arrested for disturb-
ing the peace.z
Raj police seizes heroin
worth over `70 cr, 3 held
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: A husband
allegedly killed his wife
in the Jahajpur area of
Bhilwara district on
Wednesday following a
suspicion over her char-
acter. Police informed
that Moti Lal Bheel
killed his wife Anita
Bheel (35) after an argu-
ment broke out between
them. “The woman had
gone to her neighbour’s
house to attend a reli-
gious program. After
she returned home, an
argument broke out be-
tween Anita and her
husband. Anita was
beaten by her husband,
following which, she
died. The villagers saw
the deceased body on
Thursday and alerted
the police. Moti Lal has
been arrested and the
matter is being investi-
gated,” police said.
Sri Ganganagar (ANI):
Rajasthan Police have
seized contraband drugs
worth over Rs 70 crore,
dropped from a Paki-
stani drone, in Sri Gan-
ganagar district and ar-
rested three persons in
the case, police official
said on Thursday.
“Three bike-borne per-
sons, smuggling Heroin,
valued at Rs 70 crore,
were intercepted before
they could enter Pun-
jab,” Additional Superin-
tendent of Police Ban-
wari Lal said.
The arrest was made
by the police near the
Anupgarh-Raisinghna-
gar National Highway
.
Dalit man murder case: Protest
on as family refuses to take body
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: The deadlock
did not end on the sec-
ond day as the family
members refused to ac-
cept the body till their
demands are not met.
A 40-year-old Kojar-
am Meghwal, a resident
of Aasadi village in
Barmer was beaten to
death by a group of 7 to
8 men on Wednesday
when he was going to
graze his cattle along
with his daughters.
As the news spread,
people of dalit commu-
nity gathered outside
the mortuary
, where the
deceased body was kept,
and launched a dharna.
Indraram (son of de-
ceased) lodged a case
alleged that there are
around 16 accused in-
cluding a woman.Mean-
while, on Thursday
, pro-
testors gave a memoran-
dum to the Barmer dis-
trictcollectorandsuper-
intendent of police
demanded immediate
arrest of the accused,
compensation of `1
crore a government
jobforthe2familymem-
bers of the deceased.
Protestors during dharna demanding an immediate arrest of the
accused in Barmer on Thursday.
Police officials during the
investigation on Thursday.
Fin. Year Male Female Total
2017-18 1525628 202389 1728017
2018-19 1547166 209550 1756716
2019-20 1494163 214557 1708720
2020-21 1408220 253291 1661511
2021-22 1949605 265060 2214665
2022-23 2154716 285911 2440627
Fin. Year Target Get in %
(In Crore) (In Crore)
2017-18 4050 3674.78 90.74
2018-19 4750 3886.03 81.81
2019-20 5350 4234.73 79.15
2020-21 5550 5297.27 95.45
2021-22 6800 6491.90 95.47
2022-23 8300 8189.23 98.67
REGISTRY IN LAST 5 YEARS REVENUE IN LAST 5 YEARS

PILOT BLATANTLY REFUSES OFFER TO
ACCEPT CENTRAL LEADERSHIP IN CONGRESS
Jaipur: In what could be termed as the ‘latest update’
on political developments of Rajasthan, according to
knowledgeable sources, Sachin Pilot was made an
‘offer’ to remain in the Congress’ central leadership,
however, Pilot has reportedly rejected
the ‘offer’. Sources reveal that Pilot
was offered to work in central politics
and the post of General Secretary in
AICC was offered to him! However,
Pilot, reportedly, bluntly said that he is
interested in state politics only. It is be-
lieved that the offer was made by a trusted leader of the
high command but Pilot denied moving to the central
‘grounds’ and stressed on state politics only. Now the
ball is in the court of the Congress high command.
—Yogesh Sharma
Today we remember and pay tributes
to the great Indian leader and
philosopher Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Shivendra Parmar
Housing Board has al-
lotted 1,334 square me-
tres of land to the Gaur-
Sanadhya Brahmin
Foundation on the
Shipra Path of Mansa-
rovar. The office bearers
of the Foundation and
PHED Minister Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi reached the
RHB Headquarters on
Thursday to collect the
allotment letter. RHB
Commissioner Pawan
Arora handed over the
letter of allotment to
PHED Minister and Pa-
tron of the Foundation,
Dr Mahesh Joshi in
presence of officials.
A Community Centre
and Pensioner Rest
House will be construct-
ed on this land. On the
occasion, PHED Minis-
ter Dr Mahesh Joshi ex-
pressed his gratitude to
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal and
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora and said
that after this allotment,
thesocietywillbeableto
discharge its social re-
sponsibility in a better
manner. Many officials,
including National Co-
ordinator Anurag Shar-
ma, National General
Secretary Hari Sharma,
National Upadhyay Avi-
nashJoshiwerepresent.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The construc-
tion work of prestig-
ious ‘NRI Club-21’ of
the state will be started
soon. For this, adminis-
trative, financial and
technical approval of
about Rs 30 crore has
also been issued.
RHB Commissioner
and President of ‘NRI
Club-21’ Pawan Arora
said this on Thursday
in the Club’s executive
committee. He said that
about 700 people had ap-
plied for the member-
ship of the club, due to
which the Board has
earned a revenue of
about Rs 25 crore. “Ad-
ministrative and finan-
cial approval has been
issued at the divisional
level to make the club
functional, to develop
other facilities includ-
ing necessary construc-
tion and development
work. In the coming
days, the work of its
rapid construction and
decoration will be start-
ed,” he said.
The Meet Brothers
concert to be organised
on April 16 was also dis-
cussed in detail. Arora
informed that appli-
cants who have applied
for Club membership
and those who will ap-
ply till April 15 will be
able to enjoy the event.
RHB allots 1,334 sqm land to Gaur-
Sanadhya Brahmin Foundation
RHB sanctions `30 crore for
construction devp of NRI Club-21
IN ‘ACTION MODE’
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora hands over the allotment
letter of the land to PHED Minister and the Patron of the Gaur-
Sanadhya Foundation, Dr Mahesh Joshi at his chamber in RHB
Headquarters in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen are Anurag
Sharma, Hari Sharma, Priya Gaur, Kamlesh Sharma, Devi Shankar
Sharma, Pushpendra Sharma, Yogendra Sharma and others.
RHB Commissioner and President of ‘NRI Club-21’, Pawan Arora
chairs the meeting of Executive Committee of NRI Club-21 at
Board Headquarters in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen are KC
Meena, Deepali Bhagotia, Lekhraj Jagrat, Anil Mathur, Shekhar
Garg, Sanjay Harpawat, Nilesh Gadhiya, Alok Mehta, Rishi Pal
Singh, DN Pareek others.
CM Ashok Gehlot inspects the Gandhi Darshan Museum at the
Central Park premises in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen are
Usha Sharma, Ravi Jain, Kuldeep Ranka and others.
Vasundhara Raje addresses the gathering after listening
to Shrimad Bhagwat Katha organised at Myala village in
Dungarpur on Thursday.
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot during the eighth
Convocation ceremony
of RUHS held at Birla
Auditorium in Jaipur,
“Even though OPS
RTH are being ques-
tioned due to political
differences, but we will
ensure that they are a
success,” Gehlot said.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra CM Ashok
Gehlot distributed
medals and degrees to
students. Governor
Kalraj Mishra called
upon young doctors to
contribute towards
strengthening medical
services in backward,
rural tribal areas of
the state. He also
called upon the doc-
tors to pay attention
towards reducing the
increasing depend-
ence on machines.
Health Minister PL
Meena said that Ra-
jasthan is first state in
country where free
treatment up to Rs 25
lakh is being done. V-C
of RUHS, Dr Sudhir
Bhandari presented
the progress report.
Governor Kalraj Mishra addresses the gathering during the 8th Convocation Ceremony of RUHS held
at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here are CM Ashok Gehlot, Dr Sudhir Bhandari,
Parsadi Lal Meena, JL Meena and others.
Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot give the degree
to a student during the 8th Convocation Ceremony of RUHS on
Thursday. Also seen here is Dr Sudhir Bhandari.
8TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF RUHS, JAIPUR
Will ensure OPS and RTH
areasuccessinState:CM
Guv Mishra
urges young
docs to enhance
medical services
in rural areas
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
has hit back
at Ra-
j a s t h a n
Chief Min-
ister Ashok
Gehlot and
questioned whether Ge-
hlot is the CM or some-
thing else. Shekhawat
said, “Gehlot ji is busy
renouncing all his re-
sponsibilities in the
conspiracy to prove me
guilty
, whereas I am nei-
ther. Why does Gehlot ji
get so angry? Such an-
ger of the chief is harm-
ful for people. Congress
should also consider
giving him a break, as
he wouldn’t leave the
chair on his own.”
“The candidate
against me in LS polls
was his son, but it was
Gehlot ji who fought the
polls. The whole gov-
ernment got behind me.
I stand in front of them
with the support of the
truth with the support
of the public,” he said.
Shah to visit Bharatpur on
April 15 to motivate workers
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: The Bhar-
tiya Janta Party (BJP),
which is one the back-
foot in eastern Ra-
jasthan is now going to
blow the election trum-
pet from there. For
this, Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah will
visit Bharatpur on
April 15 and will work
to infuse enthusiasm
among the workers for
the election battle.
About 25,000 workers
of the division have
been called in BJP’s
Booth Mahasankalp
Sammelan and its
preparations have
started in full swing.
The BJP is making
all efforts to make
Shah’s welcome, a his-
toric one. This informa-
tion was given by BJP’s
Divisional Incharge
Mukesh Dadhich, State
General Secretary
Bhajanlal Sharma and
District President Rishi
Bansal in a press con-
ference on Friday
.
Shah is s scheduled
to reach Bharatpur
on April 15 at 1.55 pm
by helicopter and
from there he will
reach Hotel Laxmi Vi-
las at 2.05 pm.
After this, a meeting
will be held from 2.05
pm to 3 pm and will
leave for college ground
at 3.15 pm.
From 3.20 pm to 4.20
pm, the Booth Ma-
hasammelan will be
held in the Bharatpur
division and thereafter,
Amit Shah will reach
Bharatpur helipad at
4:25 pm and leave for
Agra airport by a BSF
helicopter.
CM visits Gandhi Darshan
Museum,directs officers
to expedite project work
‘We are not concerned
about them, they are
concerned about us: Raje
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot visited
the under-construction
Gandhi Darshan Muse-
um in the Central Park
premises on Thursday
and inspected various
development works.
During this, he in-
structed the officers to
complete the works vis-
iting the campus with-
out any delay
.
Gehlot visited the
museum premises and
inquired about the ac-
tivities going on there.
During this, the offi-
cials told him that in
this campus, the youth
will be prepared to play
their role in good gov-
ernance and social
work by imbibing the
teachings of Mahatma
Gandhi. Items related
to Gandhiji’s legacy
will be directly dis-
played in the museum.
However, the Chief
Minister wasn’t much
happy with the pro-
gress work of the Gan-
dhi Darshan Museum
and directed officials to
expedite the work.
Puneet Chaturvedi
Dungarpur: Former
CM Vasundhara Raje,
on Thursday, made sev-
eral gestures on prevail-
ing political situation
in Raj during the Bhag-
wat Katha organised by
BJP MLA GC Meena in
Myala village of Dun-
garpur district.
Raje said, ‘We are not
concerned about them,
they are concerned
about us. Sudarshan
Chakradhari is the pro-
tector of our boat.” She
said, “Many may be
strangers to you. Have
faith in God and in your
ability to fight, then no
one can harm you. No
matter how much prop-
aganda one does, no
matter how much con-
spiracies are created,
every conspiracy of
theirs’ will fail,” Raje
said. She cited a story.
Katha Vyas Uttam Swa-
mi Maharaj Achyu-
tanandan Maharaj
blessed the former CM
saying that Vasundhara
Raje is walking on the
path of truth, so victory
will be of truth only
.
In the meanwhile, Dr
Satish Poonia left Dun-
garpur before Raje’s
visit to the place.
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah with
newly appointed
LoP Rajendra
Rathore as the
latter pays courtesy
visit to Shah at his
residence in New
Delhi on Thursday.
Rathore also called
upon LS Speaker
Om Birla in Delhi.
Venugopal, Kamal Nath, Randhawa to
prepare formula on Raj’s political devp
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The inter-
nal politics of Congress
has intensified due to
Sachin Pilot’s fast. In
this episode, a round of
meetings was held in
Delhi on Thursday
wherein Raj Congress
in-charge Sukhjinder
Randhawa and in-
charge Gen Secy KC
Venugopal gave feed-
back to Rahul Gandhi
in the matter and Rahul
has told his view to both
the leaders. Meanwhile,
highly placed sources
in the grand-old party
have revealed that Ra-
hul Gandhi-Mallikar-
jun Kharge entrusted
the responsibility to
Org Gen Secy KC Venu-
gopal, Congress leader
Kamal Nath and state
in-charge Sukhjinder
Randhawa to prepare
formula on Rajasthan
political developments.
Randhawa said, “We
have not yet submitted
the report in the mat-
ter. We have also dis-
cussed with Rahul Gan-
dhi Cong Prez. Now
senior leaders will also
talk about it. Decision
making, in any case,
takes time. We are look-
ing at all aspects, no de-
cisionistakeninhaste.”
Sukhjinder S Randhawa
CONDUCT OF SOME MINISTERS IS CONTRARY
TO PARTY’S POLICIES: RANDHAWA IN REPORT
VENUGOPAL- PILOT’S
TWO-HR-LONG MEET
Jaipur: It seems that Congress leaders of Delhi are
in favour of ‘Balance Politics.’ Moreover, shocking
‘revelations’ are being told in the report of in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. According to highly
placed sources in the grand-old party, the report
stresses that conduct of some ministers is contrary
to party’s policies and that there is a need to change
them immediately. Moreover, Pilot’s ‘fast’ has also been
mentioned in detail in the report as in-charge Rand-
hawa clearly wrote in his report, “Now the time has
come when decisive decision should be taken regarding
Congress in Rajasthan.” Notably, the report gave sug-
gestions for future changes in power and organization.
—Yogesh Sharma
New Delhi: Highly placed
sources in Congress reveal
that, a 2- hour long discus-
sion took place between KC
Venugopal and Sachin Pilot
at Kamal Nath’s residence in
Delhi wherein, Pilot put his
side. Thus, time may be taken
to decide on Pilot’s future as
there will be no hasty decision
in the episode. Acc to sources,
Pilot also met Ajay Maken on
Wednesday. —Aditi Nagar
COURTESY MEETING
Is Gehlot CM or
something else:
GS Shekhawat

Wednesday evening
witnessed a rich cultural
show where the
finalists of Miss Teen
Diva, an International
level beauty pageant,
presented by First India
News and Bharat24-Vision
of New India, walked the
ramp for the National
Costume Round, at Zee
Studios, Jaipur!
EmbracingCulture
ultural fashion
gets inspira-
tion from one’s
heritage and
upbringing.
Clothing
and acces-
sories fall-
ing under
the catego-
ry of cultural fashion
evoke a sense of nostal-
gia while showing off
pride for a rich culture.
Miss Teen Diva, an
international-level
beauty pageant,
organised a Na-
tional Cos-
t u m e
Round,
as a
par t
o f
their talent rounds, for
the top 35 finalists on
Wednesday at Zee Studi-
os, Jaipur.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as
the special guest and
while appreciating the
rich traditions and cul-
ture along with fashion
and glamour as a perfect
amalgamation, he also
congratulated Nikhil
Anand, National Direc-
tor, Glamanand Group
and his team for the flaw-
less training and groom-
ing session given to the
supermodels.
During the fashion
show, contestants were
judged based on aesthet-
ics, individuality and the
cultural twist to their
outfits. Each contestant
was given a chance to
model their outfit and
then answer various
questions. These ques-
tions addressed the cul-
tural inspiration for each
contestant’s outfit, why
they believed their attire
stood out to the audience
and the outfit’s overall
significance.
The beauties turned up
in costumes that were
carefully curated, be-
spoke outfits which best
represented their nation.
While some wore the na-
tional costume inspired
by the ethereal portrayal
of India as the golden
bird which is a symbol of
the wealth of our rich
cultural heritage along
with the spiritual es-
sence of living in harmo-
ny with diversity, some
were seen gracefully
dressed up in spiritual
powers.
Jury Panel consisted
of Brunda yerra Bali, Ra-
bia Hora, Mannat Si-
wach, Mahika Biyani,
Divija Gambhir, Asmita
Chakraborty, Praachi
Nagpal and Aishwarya
Vinu Nai.
Aayushi Dholakia,
reigning Miss Teen Inter-
national and host for the
evening won the hearts
of everyone present on
the occasion and crowned
the beauties. Various
who’s who of the city also
graced the occasion with
their presence.
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
ramp for the National
Costume Round, at Zee
Studios, Jaipur!
ultural fashion
gets inspira-
tion from one’s
heritage and
upbringing.
Clothing
and acces-
sories fall-
ing under
the catego-
ry of cultural fashion
evoke a sense of nostal-
gia while showing off
pride for a rich culture.
Miss Teen Diva, an
international-level
beauty pageant,
organised a Na-
tional Cos-
t u m e
Round,
as a
par t
o f
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
C
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
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JAIPUR | FRIDAY,
APRIL 14, 2023
Nandini Gupta
Jagdeesh Chandra with Ngô Ngoc Gia Hân, Miss Teen International 2022 from Vietnam
(L-R) Udita Talwar, Kanggana Malik
and Trishna Ray

10-11
ETC
CULTURAL VAGANZA
Fashion cannot exist without culture. The
same was highlighted by Miss Teen Diva
finalists under the dimly lit ambiance of
Zee Studios, Jaipur on Wednesday. The
ravishing models drew from their
cultural background and described the
impact their culture had on them,
expressing sentiments widely shared
via their costumes and expressions!
A celebration of
A celebration of FASHION,
FASHION,
TRADITION
TRADITION
GLAMOUR!
GLAMOUR!
Brunda Yerra Bali, Rabia Hora, Mannat Siwach,
Mahika Biyani, Divija Gambhir, Asmita Chakraborty,
Praachi Nagpal and Aishwarya Vinu Nair
Khushpreet Kaur
Nikhil Anand
Nishant Anand
Barsha Kiran showcasing her desinger outfit
(L-R) Khushi Gupta, Divyanka Singh, Karemma Khan and Satvika Singh Baghel
(L-R)
Vedika
Teotia
and
Kavin
Rao
(L-R) Aayushi Dholakia and Barsha Kiran
Rajiv Srivastava
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

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