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3 DEAD IN MICHIGAN
VARSITY SHOOTING,
SUSPECT KILLS SELF
Lansing: A gunman opened
fire on Monday night at
Michigan State University’s
main campus, killing three
people and injuring five,
some severely, before he
was found dead hours
later, apparently from a
self-inflicted gunshot, the
police said.
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Crucial
Crucial
SC COMES TO AID OF
RAJ’S JAILED COUPLE
WANTING TO CONCEIVE
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has asked the
authorities in Rajasthan to
“sympathetically” consider
the request for parole
by a couple, serving life
sentence in an open jail in
the State, for undergoing
medical treatment to
conceive a child.
WOMAN’S BODY FOUND
IN DELHI DHABA
FREEZER, OWNER HELD
New Delhi (Agencies):
The body of a 25-year-old
woman was found inside
a freezer at a dhaba in
southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh
today, the police said. The
police said the woman was
killed two-three days ago
and her body was kept
inside the dhaba’s freezer.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
INDIA DOESN’T
BELIEVE IN GIVING
SERMONS TO
OTHERS: RAJNATH
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex surged 600 points on Tuesday,
propelled by market heavyweight RIL, ITC, banking and IT shares amid
positive global cues. Sliding crude oil prices in the international markets and
buying by foreign investors also bolstered sentiment, traders said.
Bengaluru: India does not believe in giving “sermons
or cut-and-dried” solutions to countries in need of aid
and holds that nations with superior military powers
do not have right to dictate solutions to others,
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.
GAUTAM ADANI’S
FLAGSHIP FIRM
SWINGS TO
PROFIT
New Delhi: Gautam Adani’s flagship firm swung to
a profit and pledged to lower leverage as the Indian
billionaire tries to win back investor confidence after
a bruising report from a short seller wiped out more
than $120 billion of his empire’s market value.
SENSEX SURGES 600 PTS TO SCALE 61K-MARK
CHIEF MINISTER’S FRESH SALVO AT CENTRE
Centre misusing investigative agencies: Gehlot
Gul Mohammad
Kota: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Tues-
day attacked the Cen-
tre and BJP while talk-
ing to the media at
Kota airport. CM Ge-
hlot said that the In-
come Tax, CBI, ED con-
duct targeted raids
during elections.
“The way they have
influenced all the three
agencies, it cannot be
called fair at any cost.
All agencies should be
impartial and inde-
pendent. Unfortunately
,
all the agencies are
working under pres-
sure. But also the judici-
ary. In the last years,
some decisions of the
judiciary are such.
Wonder, what is hap-
pening in the country?
Now the BBC has been
attacked. The credibili-
ty of BBC is extraordi-
nary in the country and
the world,” he said.
Gehlot said that the
countrymen should be
told the reason why the
Centre has made an or-
ganisation like BBC a
target. He targeted the
Centre for inflation and
unemployment.
About ERCP, he said
that the states of Mad-
hya Pradesh and Ra-
jasthan sat and decided
in 2005 and Vasundhara
Raje had made a scheme
on the same basis and
we are taking it for-
ward. “Modi lied to the
13 districts in Dausa
and confused the pub-
lic. Why are you stop-
ping this scheme? The
public will answer
them,” he said.
The CM says that credibility of
BBC is extraordinary globally
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the gathering after inaugurating Shri
Mahavir Free Animal-Bird Hospital in Baran on Tuesday.
CBI court’s warrant
against MLA Poonia
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: In a major
blow to the Sadulpur
MLA, Krishna Poonia,
the Additional Chief
Metropolitan Magis-
trate(CBIcases)inJodh-
pur has rejected the clo-
sure report submitted
by CBI in the case of
suicide by Rajasthan po-
lice inspector Vishnu
Dutt Vishnoi and issued
a warrant against her.
The court took cogni-
zance of section 306
against her on the basis
of the evidence and has
now decided to proceed
with hearing in the
matter with regard to
this fresh charge
against Poonia sum-
moning her through a
bailable warrant on
March 3 for hearing.
Full report P7
‘GLOVES ARE OFF’
SAYS OPPOSITION
BJP TERMS IT ‘BHRASHT BAKWAAS CORP’
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Mumbai:
Soon after Income Tax
officialsreachedtheBBC
offices in Delhi and
Mumbai for a “survey”,
weeks after a huge con-
troversy over the UK na-
tional broadcaster’s doc-
umentary series on PM
Narendra Modi and alle-
gationslinkedtothe2002
Gujaratriots,Opposition
took potshots at the Cen-
tre, and called the action
‘predictable’, ‘a sign of
panic’, and a hint that
‘their end is near’.
However, the BJP
came down heavily on
the British broadcaster,
calling it “the most cor-
rupt organisation in the
world”. The ruling par-
ty also attacked Con-
gress, saying it supports
‘anti-India’ narratives.
“If any company or
organisation is working
in India, they have to
comply with the Indian
law. Why are you scared
if you are adhering to
the law? The IT depart-
ment should be allowed
to do their work. BBC is
the most corrupt organ-
isation in the world.
BBCpropagandamatch-
es with Congress agen-
da,” BJP’s national
spokesperson Gaurav
Bhatia said at a presser.
Security guards outside a building housing BBC office during an Income Tax raid in Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
‘BLATANT INTELLIGENCE FAILURE’: ON PULWAMA
ANNIVERSARY, DIGVIYAYA SPARKS NEW ROW
New Delhi: Despite a snub from Rahul Gan-
dhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra over his remarks
raising questions, senior Congress leader
Digvijaya Singh again strayed back into the
row Tuesday, saying CRPF soldiers had lost
their life in the Pulwama incident four years
ago due to “blatant intelligence failure”.
Campaigning ends,
voting on Thursday
BSF personnel patrol near Indo-Bangladesh border ahead of the
Tripura polls, on Agartala outskirts, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
IG Kashmir Ops MS Bhatia speaks to media on Tuesday.
PM Modi virtually interacts with French Prez Emmanuel Macron.
Also seen are Ratan Tata and N Chandrasekran. —PHOTO BY PTI
Agartala (Agencies):
The over a month long
hectic poll campaign for
the February 16 Tripura
Assembly elections
came to an end on Tues-
day afternoon. Voting
would be held in all the
60 assembly constituen-
cies in 8 districts under
a heavy security cover
onFebruary16.Election
Officials said that the
Central Armed Police
Forces (CAPF), Tripura
State Rifles (TSR) and
state police personnel
have taken up positions
in all the constituencies.
Around 31,000 polling
personnel have either
reached or were on the
way to their designated
3,327 polling stations in
2504 locations. Tripura
Chief Electoral Officer
(CEO) Gitte Kiranku-
mar Dinkarrao said a
total of 259 candidates,
including 31 women, are
contesting the February
16 Assembly elections.
“Module involved in Pulwama busted”
Airbus deal reflects
India’s success in
aviation sector: Modi
Srinagar: The entire
module involved in 2019
Pulwama attack has
been busted, said MS
Bhatia, IG Kashmir Ops
on Tuesday. A wreath-
laying ceremony by
CRPF was organised at
the Martyrs Memorial
at Lethpora in Pulwama
district in honour of
the bravehearts who
laid down their lives on
February 14, 2019. P6
TRIPURA POLLS
PULWAMA
ANNIVERSARY
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi and
French President Em-
manuel Macron on
Tuesday virtually at-
tended the launch of
the new Air India-Air-
bus partnership. The
Tata group will buy 470
aircraft from Airbus, in
what is the world’s larg-
est aviation deal in his-
tory
.PMModiexpressed
gratitude to the French
President for partici-
pating in the launch of
the Air India-Airbus
partnership.
FULLY COOPERATING,
SAYS BBC ON TAX
‘SURVEY’ AT OFFICES
NO ONE ABOVE LAW: UNION I&B MINISTER
ANURAG THAKUR ON I-T SURVEY AT BBC
WE CONDEMN ‘INTIMIDATION TACTICS’,
SHOWS GOVT SCARED OF CRITICISM: CONG
EGI, PCI EXPRESS
CONCERN OVER I-T
SURVEYS AT BBC
London: The BBC said on
Tuesday that it is “fully co-
operating” with the Income
Tax authorities who are
at its offices in New Delhi
and Mumbai and hoped
that the situation will be
resolved “as soon as
possible”. The UK-head-
quartered public broad-
caster, did not give further
details of what has been
described as “surveys” by
the I-T department.
Mumbai: Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said
no one was above the law and the Income Tax department
would share details about the survey it had carried out at the
offices of BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai. “No one can be
above the law of the country,” Thakur told reporters in Kalyan
when asked about the Income Tax surveys on the BBC offices.
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday termed as “intimidation
tactics” the Income Tax survey operation at the BBC offices and
alleged that the action shows that the Modi govt is scared of
criticism. The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted
a survey operation at the BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai as
part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, officials said.
New Delhi: The Editors
Guild of India (EGI) and
Press Club of India (PCI)
on Tuesday expressed
concern over the Income
Tax (I-T) surveys at BBC
India offices. “This comes
soon after the release of
two documentaries by the
BBC, on the 2002 violence
in Gujarat and the current
status of the minorities in
India,” the Editors Guild of
India said in a statement.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Remembering our valor-
ous heroes who we lost
on this day in Pulwama.
We will never forget
their supreme sacrifice.
Their courage motivates
us to build a strong and
developed India.
AIR INDIA TO BUY
470 PLANES FROM
AIRBUS, BOEING
New Delhi: Tata Group-
owned Air India said it
will buy a total of 470
wide-body and narrow-
body planes from Airbus
and Boeing as the airline
expands its operations.
“The order comprises 40
Airbus A350s, 20 Boeing
787s and 10 Boeing 777-
9s wide-body aircraft,
as well as 210 Airbus
A320/321 Neos and 190
Boeing 737 MAX single-
aisle aircraft ,” the airline
said in a statement.
BEFORE 12PM ON COUNTING DAY, BJP WILL
CROSS MAJORITY MARK IN TRIPURA: SHAH
Agartala (ANI): Expressing confidence of BJP getting full
majority in the Tripura assembly elections, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah has said that the BJP is seeking a
mandate to make the state prosperous in the next five
years building on the development initiatives of the party-
led government. P5
“WILL DO BETTER IN
‘24 & STATES THIS YR”
“PEOPLE SEE WHAT
HAPPENS IN PARL”
Agartala: Amit Shah said
there is “no competition”
for BJP in 2024 LS polls. He
said BJP will perform well in
states going to the polls this
year including Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
and Chhattisgarh.
Agartala: Amid criticism
by Opposition over some
leaders’ remarks in Parlia-
ment been removed from
the proceedings, Amit Shah
said this is not the first time
when someone’s comments
have been expunged.
PM Modi to
inaugurate Jal
Jan campaign
ENSURE ENVIRON
SAFEGUARDS NEAR
IB, LOC: CENTRE
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will vir-
tually launch Jal Jan
Abhiyan at Brahmaku-
mari Ishwariya Vish-
wavidyalaya in Sirohi’s
Abu road on February
16. Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat, film ac-
tor Nana Patekar, mem-
berof erstwhileUdaipur
royal family Lakshyaraj
Singh will be present in
the function.
New Delhi: In wake of
Joshimath crisis, Cen-
tre has issued asked the
agencies to mandatorily
implementenvironmen-
tal safeguards in all
roads and highway pro-
jects falling within 100
km of the International
Border or the Line of
Control.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2023
02
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas said that most
of the people who come
to hotels are drinkers
and if there is no bar
in the hotel, people
would not come. He
went on to say that the
Rajasthan Tourism De-
velopment Corpora-
tion (RTDC) was fa-
mous only for drinking
and feeding people.
“Earlier, you were sell-
ing beer. Get back to
selling beer and you
would be minting mon-
ey,” he said. The reno-
vation work of Hotel
Gangaur was inaugu-
rated on Tuesday on
the occasion of RTDC
Chairman Dharmen-
dra Rathore complet-
ing one year in office.
Tourism Minister
Vishwendra Singh,
Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas, Principal Sec-
retary (Tourism) Gay-
atri Rathore, RTDC
MD VP Singh and
other officials of tour-
ism department were
also present during the
ceremony.
Sell beer to mint money: Min Khachariyawas
RTDC HOTELS GET ADVICE FROM MINISTER
1,015 GRAFT ARRESTS MADE BY ACB
FROM 2019-21, INFORMS DHARIWAL
‘Proposals for prosecution approval against 998 people received, of which approval granted in 811 cases’
Vishvendra Singh inaugurates renovation work of Hotel Gangaur.
Dharmendra Rathore, PS Khachariyawas, Gayatri Rathore, VP
Singh and others look on. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The Anti Cor-
ruption Bureau in Ra-
jasthan has arrested
1,015 people in various
corruption cases from
2019 to 2021, the state as-
sembly was
i n f o r m e d
on Tuesday
.
Speaking
during the
Q u e s t i o n
Hour in the assembly
,
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal said the Anti Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB)
arrested 1,015 people
during the 2019-2021 pe-
riod. He said proposals
forprosecutionapproval
against 998 people have
beensenttothestategov-
ernment, out of which
the approval has been
granted in 811 cases.
He said the sanction
for prosecution has not
been given in 59 cases
and 128 cases are still
pending.
Earlier, in a written
reply to a question of
BJP MLA Avinash, Dha-
riwal said the ACB
had booked three
governmentemploy-
ees over brib-
ery charges
in Jaitaran
assembly
constituen-
cy during
the same
period.
GOVT, OPPOSITION MLAs SHARE LAUGH
AT VISHVENDRA’S DINNER JOKE
NOTICE TO MLAs ABSENT DURING CM’S REPLY TO GUV’S ADDRESS
Jaipur: The House resounded with laughter on Tuesday
when Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh was respond-
ing to a question of MLA Dharmanarayan Joshi. As Joshi
was not satisfied with the answer, Singh invited the MLA
to come to his residence over team
or dinner and he would take action
against the officer in front of him. At
this, MLA Ramlal Sharma quipped,
“Your dinner is expensive, lunch is
fine.” In response to this Singh said,
“You come once, will serve you din-
ner like Rajendra Rathore.” Hearing
this, Rathore smiled and Vasund-
hara Raje also could not hold her
laughter. Meanwhile, there was a lot of discussion among
the legislators as to what is special in dinner of Rajendra
Rathore and Vishvendra. —Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: A show cause
notice has been issued
to Congress MLAs
who were not present
at the time of Chief
Minister’s reply to
Governor’s address.
The show cause notice
has been given to about
a dozen MLAs. Chief Whip
Mahesh Joshi issued the
notice to MLAs absent
from the House. The reason
for remaining absent has
been asked. The MLAs who
have received the notice are
in a tizzy now. The opposi-
tion members had created an
uproar in the House
over paper leak incidents
during recruitment exams.
It happened when the
governor was reading his
address. Gehlot said the
government was concerned
over paper leaks.
—Shivendra Singh Parmar
NEARLY 3.25 LAKH YOUTH RECEIVED
UNEMPLOYMENT GRANT: SKILL DEPT
MINISTER RAJENDRA YADAV FACES FLAK
FOR ‘COLLEGES IN INN’ ANSWER
In the last 10 years, about 3.25 lakh youth of the
State have availed unemployment allowance. In the
previous govt, from Dec 2013 to Dec 31,
2018, about 1,56,791 eligible candidates
were given unemployment allowance of
Rs 121.60 crore. “From Jan 1, 2022 to
Jan 15, 2023, about 1,67,937 eligible
candidates have done internships in
various govt departments and given
unemployment allowance,” the Skill
Planning and Entrepreneurship Department in response
to a question by GC Kataria.
Higher Education Minister Rajendra Yadav gave an
absurd statement in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday
that until the building for the Government
college is not constructed, the college
will be opened in a rented building or an
inn. The Opposition expressed displea-
sure with this answer while MLAs of
the ruling party also looked bewildered.
Yadav replied to a question of MLA Balbir
Singh Luthra about opening a college in Sri Vijaynagar in
Raisinghnagar assembly constituency.
RUCKUS AFTER
KALLA PRESENTS
MGREGS REPORT
Minister BD Kalla
tabled the annual
report of Mahatma
Gandhi Employment
Guarantee Scheme report
on Tuesday. Deputy
Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore pointed
out that it was not in the
list of business. Kall said
it was mentioned in the
list. Hitting back, Rathore
asked, ‘You are Ramesh
Meena?’ Kalla said, “This
happened in your time
too. When the minister
absent, the other minister
used to table the report.”
MLAs FLOUT
DISCIPLINE POST
QUESTION HOUR
Discipline deteriorated
in the House without
Speaker CP Joshi. As
soon as the Question
Hour was over, there was
chaos in the House. Chief
Whip went behind the
seat of Shanti Dhariwal.
Raghu Sharma also got
up from his seat and
reached near Dhariwal.
Rakesh Pareek, Amin
Kagzi also left their seat
while Harish Chaudhary
sat near Deputy Chief
Whip Mahendra Chaud-
hary . Rajendra Yadav sat
near Ramlal Jat.
QUESTION HOUR
ees over brib-
ery charges
the same
Jaipur:
notice has been issued
to Congress MLAs
The show cause notice
has been given to about
BUDGET
SESSION
BJP LEADERS
HOLD ‘SECRET’
DISCUSSION
POONIA ASKS
QUESTIONS ABOUT
‘FIRE’ PROBE
Jaipur: Important discus-
sion among 4 prominent
leaders of BJP held on
Tuesday in the house.
Rajendra Rathore first went
to Satish Poonia’s seat
then Satish Poonia got up
and went to
Vasundhara
Raje. Satish
Poonia and
Vasundhara
Raje had a
conversation.
Meanwhile Gu-
labchand Kataria was also
seen speaking something.
Satish Pooni returned
to his seat after a long
conversation after which
Rajendra Rathore again sat
near Raje. After some time,
Vasundhara Raje went out
of the house. Now there is
curiosity among the BJP
MLAs about what seri-
ous discussion took place
between the four leaders.
Jaipur: Satish Poonia
raised question regarding
the fire incidents in the
state from January 2021 to
December 2022. He asked
will the government con-
duct an inquiry into these
incidents and
present the
results? He
also asked
what kind
of help was
given to those
affected by
the fire and whether the
government was taking any
action for quick preven-
tion of incidents in future.
Replying to the question,
Disaster Management and
Relief Minister Govind
Meghwal said that 386
incidents of fire took place
in the state in two years
and assistance is given on
the basis of the report of
Patwari and Tehsildar.
MLA WRITES BOOK ON RAJ POLITICAL
CRISIS, CLAIMS IT TO BE A ‘SHOCKER’
MLA LAHOTY DEMANDS BUDGET FOR
SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN SANGANER
MLA GIRRAJ MOCKS BABA RAMDEV, BJP
FOR ‘CLAIMS’ OF CHEAP FUEL
SHANTI DHARIWAL DEMANDS APOLOGY
FROM RATHORE FOR DEFYING CHAIR
RTDC BACK ON TRACK IN LAST ONE
YEAR: DHARMENDRA RATHORE
Jaipur: Independent MLA from Marwar Junction (Pali)
Khushveer Singh Jojawar has written a book on the politi-
cal crisis in Rajasthan. Several shocking claims have been
made in the book. He waved the book during the debate
on budget in the assembly on Tuesday. “I am the witness
in this, I am the culprit. Whatever I have written in this
book, I have written the truth,” he said. “I have brought
this book. I have not decided yet who will release it. I will
get it kept in the district level treasury. When the right time
comes, I will get it released by the right person,” he said.
Jaipur: The issue of drains, sewerage and waterlog-
ging of Sanganer Assembly echoed in the House. MLA
Ashok Lahoty said that give some budget
to Sanganer too and don’t take the entire
budget to Jodhpur and Kota. “There is
neither drain nor sewerage in hundreds of
colonies of Sanganer Assembly,” Lahoty
said in the House through an adjournment
motion in Zero Hour. Lahoty also named
the affected areas of Sanganer Assembly.
Jaipur: Congress MLA Girraj Singh Malinga used objectionable
words for Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev. “There was a ‘Paune Do
Aankh Wala Baba’, who used to claim to sell petrol and diesel
for Rs 30. Now there is no trace of that Baba, where has he
gone? His own eye was not treated and he is fooling the whole
public that you should do yoga like this, inflate your stomach
like this, do this,” said Malinga while targeting the BJP during
the budget debate in the Assembly on Tuesday. They are doing
such work. These BJP people have spread a whole net of such
people. “Someday they bring Baba to create some drama,
other day they bring cow or God into politics,” he said.
Jaipur: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal de-
manded apology from Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore for defying the chair. He said whatever happened
was not right. “It has happened once before. When Niranjan
Nath Acharya was on the chair, then Bhairon Singh Shekha-
wat defied the chair. At that time Mohan Lal Sukhadia had
brought special notice and Bhairon Singh had apologise.”
Dhariwal said that today Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajen-
dra Rathore also defied the chair and he should apologise.
Rathore said to the presiding officer, “I have no intention to
disobey the chair. I just want to say, you keep smiling.
Ajmer: Chairman of Rajasthan Tourism Development
Corporation (RTDC) Dharmendra Rathore on Tuesday
recounted the achievements of RTDC last year as he
completed a year as RTDC Chairman. Rathore, who
was in Ajmer to flag off a special train of pilgrims under
the Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme – 2022, said
that he took up challenges and improved the condition
of the corporation. He also addressed a press confer-
ence at RTDC Hotel in Ajmer. “There was a time when
RTDC was in a better condition, but under the BJP rule,
the corporation was on the verge of shutting down.
However, the Ashok Gehlot government took several
decisions to promote tourism and brought it back on
track. Now, the future of RTDC is bright and special
efforts are being done to strengthen it financially,” said
RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore.—Shubham Jain
HIGHLIGHTS
l The meeting of the
proposed select
committee on the
RHB in Vidhan Sabha
on Wednesday has
been postponed citing
unavoidable reasons.
l Rampratap Kasania
said that crores of
rupees flowed like
water but till date
not a single person’s
poverty has gone
away. He demanded
population control law
DoPtoprobeVetUniv‘recruitments’
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The Animal
Husbandry Department
has stopped the recruit-
ment of assistant profes-
sors in Rajasthan’s only
Veterinary University
beingdonebytheuniver-
sity administration over
irregularities and has is-
sued orders to constitute
ahigh-levelinquirycom-
mittee. Although inter-
views have been done,
the inquiry committee,
prima facie, found irreg-
ularities during the in-
vestigation.NowthePer-
sonnel Department will
set up a committee for a
high-level inquiry into
the matter.
Irregularities have
been found in the re-
cruitment of assistant
professors in Bikaner’s
Rajasthan Veterinary
and Animal Sciences
University
. On June 23,
2022, the university ad-
ministration started the
recruitment process for
72 posts of assistant pro-
fessor. After complaints
of irregularities, an in-
quiry committee was
formed under the chair-
manship of the Deputy
Secretary of the Animal
HusbandryDepartment.
The committee found
the complaints correct
and has banned the re-
cruitment process.
Agriculture, Animal
Husbandry & Fisheries
Department Minister
Lalchand Kataria
sought opinion from the
DoP and after the rec-
ommendation of DoP, a
high-level inquiry com-
mittee will be formed.
Animal Husbandry Sec-
retary Krishna Kunal
said that the committee
will soon investigate.
Raj Farmers Debt Relief
Act Draft to be out soon
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PrincipalSecre-
tary (Cooperative)
Shreya Guha on Tues-
day took a meeting of
department officials re-
gardingtheimplementa-
tion of budget an-
nouncement 2023-24 and
said that a draft of the
RajasthanFarmersDebt
Relief Act will be pre-
pared soon and a com-
mittee will be formed at
the earliest for the same.
“Small farmers, land-
less labourers and farm-
ers of the weaker sec-
tion are facing difficul-
tiesduetothissituation.
To provide a permanent
solution to this problem,
the Farmers’ Debt Re-
lief Act will be intro-
duced. This will ease the
burden of farmers and
stop the auction of their
land. A debt relief com-
mission will also be con-
stituted under the Act,”
said Guha.
Ajmer discom earns
over `33 cr revenue
from settling disputes
A total of 16,108 cases were disposed of during the Lok Adalat.
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: The Ajmer Dis-
com has recently
earned a revenue of Rs
33.90 crore from dis-
putes that were settled
during National Lok
Adalat on Feb 11. Offi-
cials informed that a
total of 16,108 cases
were disposed of dur-
ing the Lok Adalat.
“Of these 16,108 cas-
es, 14,015 cases were re-
lated to the disconnec-
tion of electricity con-
nection and 2,093 cases
were related to theft or
misuse of electricity.
Instructions were given
by Ajmer Discom to set-
tle these disputes in
Lok Adalat. Nearly 207
consumers of Ajmer
city circle, 195 consum-
ers in Ajmer district
circle, 582 consumers in
Bhilwara circle, and 838
consumers in Nagaur
Circle benefitted
through the Lok Ada-
lat,” said NS Nirwan,
Managing Director of
Ajmer Vidyut Vitran
Nigam Limited.
REVENUE CIRCLES
Satish Poonia, Vasundhara Raje, GC Kataria, Rajendra Rathore,
Ramlal Sharma and other leaders present at BJP legislature Meet
in Jaipur on Tuesday. Vasundhara Raje felicitates GC Kataria.
LEADERS FELICITATE GULAB CHAND
KATARIA AT BJP LEGISLATIVE MEET
Jaipur: The BJP Legislature Party meeting was held
in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. Leader of Opposi-
tion Gulab Chand Kataria also attended the meeting.
All BJP MLAs congratulated Kataria on becoming
Governor of Assam. Gulab Chand Kataria looked
emotional on this. “If I have done any mistake,
forget it today,” he said. Although the MLAs while
congratulating him said that they have always got to
learn from him, he will always be missed. The BJP
Legislature Party meets every Tuesday during the
Assembly session. But the meeting on Tuesday was
special as Kataria was felicitated. All the MLAs took a
group photo with Kataria and many MLAs also took a
single photo with Kataria for memory. Everyone in the
meeting shared their experience with Kataria. During
this BJP State President Satish Poonia, former Chief
Minister Vasundhara Raje, Deputy Leader of Opposi-
tion Rajendra Rathore, Whip Jogeshwar Garg and all
the MLAs were present.

RAJASTHAN
03
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: People living in
far-flung areas of the
capital will no longer
havetoworryaboutpub-
lic transport as 33 new
routes for public trans-
port are about to start.
The problem of public
transporthasbeenthere
for a long time. Out of
the33routes,minibuses
will play on two routes
and Magic on 31 routes.
The proposal placed by
the RTO in the traffic
control meeting has
beenapprovedbyTrans-
port Minister Brijendra
Singh Ola.
About 1,315 buses and
Magicwilloper-
ate on 33 new
routes. This
includes 45
buses and
1,270
magic vehicles. After ap-
proval, permits will be
issued to vehicles on a
first-come-first-serve ba-
sis. However, JCTSL
should have an impor-
tant role in public trans-
portbutduetonon-avail-
ability of buses, it is not
adequate enough.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An 11km clean-
liness marathon was
organisedbyJaipurMu-
nicipal Corporation
(Greater) in Jagatpura
on Tuesday
. The Mara-
thon witnessed partici-
pation of elderly, wom-
en, youths and school
students. The run was
held from high tension
chauraha to Akshay
Patra in Jagatpura area.
JMCG Mayor Dr
Somya said that youths
are the best messengers
of society
. “If the youth
and school students
spread the message, it is
surethecitywillbeclean
and beautiful. The em-
ployees of the corpora-
tionareactivelyworking
andactionisbeingtaken
against those who are
not doing so,” she added.
Mahmood Khan was
given a prize of Rs 21000
for securing first posi-
tion,ManishYadavstood
second and was awarded
Rs 11,000 and Dinesh
Gurjar was awarded Rs
5100 for third prize.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Private doctors
and civil society have
come face to face on the
Right To Health Bill.
Private doctors have
been opposing the bill
and approached Raj
Bhavan seeking the gov-
ernor’s intervention in
the matter.
On the other hand,
civil society activists
opened a front against
doctors while terming
the decision of the pri-
vate doctors to boycott
government schemes as
unethical. They said
that the doctors are
blackmailing, which
will not be tolerated un-
der any circumstances.
The activists said that
if this behavior of the
doctors continues, then
thepublicwillalsocome
on the road. Welcoming
the decision of the govt,
the activist said that the
decision of the private
doctors to boycott the
government schemes is
unethical and the doc-
tors have been opposing
the bill and blackmail-
ing the system just for
their own gain, which
will not be tolerated.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: JDA commis-
sioner Ravi Jain along
with other officers and
representatives of
agencies involved in
the construction of
Jhotwara RoB visited
the project site on Tues-
day to review the pro-
gress of the work.
He said that the work
of the JDA is getting
the Jhotwara RoB con-
structed with speed.
The inspection be-
gan from Khatipura
side towards Kalwar
road, Panipech inter-
section.
He made a personal
request to the stake-
holders to remove the
structures, which are
obstructing the con-
struction, with mutual
understanding.
The JDC directed the
officers to expedite the
work of the project and
complete it within the
stipulated time limit.
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Morethan10,000
gallstoneswereremoved
by the Department of
Surgery at ESI Model
Hospital, by performing
alaparoscopicoperation
of the gall bladder of a
50-year-old woman. This
operation was per-
formedundertheleader-
shipof DrAnilTripathi,
Headof theDepartment.
The woman was re-
ferred to ESI Hospital
after complaining of ab-
dominal pain for a long
time.According to the
doctors, this may possi-
bly be the first case in
which such a large num-
ber of stones were re-
moved. Dr Swati Arora,
Head of Anesthesia De-
partment and her team
assistedintheoperation.
Jaipur (FIB): SHO of
Bhatta Basti Police Sta-
tion, Hukum Singh,
was suspended on Tues-
day after his name sur-
faced in a suicide case.
Notably, a resident of
Shastri Nagar, identi-
fied as Anand Singh,
committed suicide by
jumping before a train
in Khatipura area.
“A suicide note was
recovered from the
pocket of the deceased
wherein he made alle-
gations against Bhatta
Basti SHO and other
people for pressurising
him over possession of
a disputed plot,” a
source said. Following
the FIR, the SHO was
suspended.
About 1,315 buses and
Magicwilloper-
ate on 33 new
routes. This
includes 45
buses and
1,270
VEHICLES ON 33 NEW ROUTES TO
CONNECT DISTANT AREAS IN CITY
JMC Greater organises run
for cleanliness in Jagatpura
RTH Bill: Docs, civil
societies lock horns
JMCG Mayor Dr Somya, RJ Kartik and other influencers were present
during the run on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
JDC inspects Jhotwara elevated road
SHO suspended
over abetment to
suicide of a youth
Doctors at ESI hospital remove
over10,000gallbladderstones
JDC Ravi Jain, Director Engineering Devendra Gupta, Zone Deputy
Commissioner Satya Prakash along with local people on Tuesday at
the Jhotwara elevated road. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
 B-2 Bypass to Newta
Lake (50)
 Rawat College Ajmer
Road to Malpura Gate
(40)
 Khaniya Bandha to
Sitapura Circle (40)
 SLD Vidyapeeth to
Goner Bus Stand (50)
 Malpura Gate to
Punglia (40)
 Harnathpura to
Bindayaka (30)
 Kanakapura Railway Sta-
tion to Nindad Road (20)
 Sanganer Thana to
Siroli Village (40)
 Amer to Bagrana (30)
 Kanakapura Railway Sta-
tion to Bhankrota (40)
 New Mukundapura to
Durgapura Railway
Station (50)
 Shiprapath Deori
Gopalpura to Newta
Village (50)
 Triveni Nagar Pulia to
Mahindra SEZ (50)
 Budhsinghpura to Riddhi
Siddhi Chauraha (30)
 Muhana Village to
Durgapura Railway
Station (30)
 Ricoh Kanta to Royal
Jain City Vatika (25)
 Hasanpura Railway Gate
to Rangoli Garden (30)
 Sarna Dungar to
Kalwad Village (30)
 Dadi ka Phatak from
Kukus (50)
 Jagatpura Gate to Ram
Niwas Bagh (50)
 Ghatgate to JNU Hospi-
tal (50)
 Goner to Old Chungi
Ramgarh Mode (50)
 Khatipura Station to
Gandhi Nagar Railway
Station (50)
 Kanota to Gopalbadi
under Ajmer bridge (50)
NEW ROUTES TO BE STARTED
Total 1,315 vehicles including 45 new buses and
1,270 share taxis will run on these new routes
*Number of Vehicles in brackets

hile Nagaland and Megha-
laya will go to polls on Febru-
ary 27, all eyes are on Tripura
which goes to polls on Febru-
ary 16. However, on March 2,
the outcome will be known.
In all three states, the saf-
fron party is in power. BJP is
the ruling party in Tripura
and it is also part of the rul-
ing coalition in Nagaland
and Meghalaya.
WHAT DOES
BJP FEEL
The Union Home Minister,
Amit Shah, said the BJP-led
alliance in Tripura will in-
crease its seats and also vote
share in the upcoming As-
sembly elections in the state.
He said adding that the saf-
fron party would have at-
tained a majority in polls
before noon on the counting
day to form the government
in the state.
In an interview given to
ANI, Shah took a dig at the
Opposition in Tripura and
said the Congress and Left
parties have formed an alli-
ance in the state as they have
accepted that they can’t de-
feat BJP alone.
“We will increase our seats
and also our vote share in
Tripura. Congress and the
Communist party have come
together as they have accept-
ed that they can’t defeat BJP
alone. We will form a govern-
ment with full majority in
the state,” Shah.
Expressing confidence,
Shah said the BJP is seeking
a mandate to make the state
prosperous in the next five
years, building on the devel-
opment initiatives of the
party-led government.
“We eliminated violence in
Tripuraandalsotookstrictac-
tion against drug business
from across the border in the
state,” he said.
WILL CROSS MAJORITY
MARK BY NOON?
Asked about the possibility
of a hung Assembly in Tripu-
ra, Shah said the constituen-
cies in Tripura are small and
“you will see that before 12
pm on counting day, the BJP
would have crossed the ma-
jority mark.”
CHALO PALTAI
SLOGAN…
“‘Chalo Paltai’ slogan was
given to change the situation
in Tripura, and today we’ve
done that. Earlier when the
Left was in power in the state,
government employees were
paid under the 5th Pay Com-
mission, but we implemented
the 7th Pay commission with-
out increasing fiscal deficit,”
he added.
The BJP created a record in
2018 by ousting the Left Front
government which ruled
Tripura for 35 years from way
back in 1978. The state will go
to the polls on February 16 for
its 60-member Assembly
.
The BJP is contesting in 55
seats while its ally Indige-
nous Peoples Front of Tripu-
ra (IPFT) is contesting in the
remaining five seats.
WHAT ANALYSTS FEEL?
Analysts, however, believe
thatitwillbeathree-cornered
election, with the Left-Con-
gress alliance re-emerging in
the state and newcomer Tipra
Motha gaining widespread
support in tribal areas.
HRANGKHAWL SPEAK
In case of a deadlock with no
alliance or party able to gain
majority in the ensuing three-
cornered elections to the
Tripura assembly
, the Tipra
Motha may stake claim to
form government, its presi-
dent Bijoy Kumar Hrang-
khawl said.
The regional party, which
has been attracting large
numbers of adherents in the
state’s tribal areas, is also
willing to give outside sup-
port to any party or alliance
(either the BJP or the Con-
gress-Left combine) that man-
ages to form government,
provided it agrees “on paper
and on the floor of the House”
that it will concede to Tipra
Motha’s demand for creation
of a separate tribal state.
“It may so happen that we
may be the single-largest
party in the state… in a post-
poll scenario, we are willing
to support from outside (any
party which is able to form
government), but you have to
agree on paper and on the
floor of the House that a new
state will be created,” said
Hrangkhawl in an exclusive
interview to PTI. “If they
(other parties) do not agree,
we will not proceed,” he said.
WHO IS PRATIMA
BHOUMIK
ThefocusisonPratimaBhou-
mik,53,theUnionministerof
state for social justice and em-
powerment, who has been
fielded in the Tripura Assem-
bly elections by BJP
. Pratima,
a sitting member of the Lok
Sabha,becamethefirstminis-
ter from Tripura in the Union
ministry
. The state had re-
mained unrepresented in the
Union council of ministers
until her induction. Sources
said she has been fielded to
giveamessagetothepeopleof
the state that she could be a
candidateforthepostof chief
ministership.
BID TO APPEASE
BIPLAB CAMP?
Pratima has risen from the
ranks in the party and is very
popular. She was considered
close to former chief minis-
ter Biplab Deb. Her candida-
ture is also an attempt by the
central leadership to woo and
keep the Biplab camp in good
humour which has not taken
his removal in good spirit.
WHAT ABOUT
MANIK SAHA?
There is no denying the fact
that the current Chief Minis-
ter, Manik Saha, enjoys popu-
larity but the matter of fact
is the Biplab-Pratima combi-
nation that continues to be
the dominant force in the
state BJP. The party leader-
ship has “played” its trump
card deftly by fielding Prati-
ma as this will perhaps give
the Biplab faction a certain
amount of good stature.
Meanwhile, even as the
BJP is locked in a tough
three-cornered fight in the
state and if it manages to pull
through, will Tripura see the
first woman Chief Minister?
Stay tuned till March 2.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
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04
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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Pleased to unveil the logo of School
Tennis League. I am sure the league
will help promote sporting culture at
the grassroots and encourage many of
India’s future tennis champs. My best
wishes to @tennismohanty and team
@neelachalsports for this initiative.
#KheloIndia #STL
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
PM Shri @narendramodi ji has given
the motto of ‘One Earth, One Family,
One Future’. We must follow and imbibe
this message of healing our shared ‘one
Earth’, creating harmony within ‘one
family’, giving hope for ‘one future’.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The only right way to live
is to live in the present.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
CHEER IN AAP
CAMP FOLLOWING
CJI’S ORAL
OBSERVATION
t was an oral observa-
tion made by Justice
DY Chandrachud but
it must have warmed
the cockles of Arvind
Kejriwal’s heart. On the eligibil-
ity of nominated members to
vote in the Delhi’s mayoral elec-
tion Justice Chandrachud told
Sanjay Jain, the Additional So-
licitor General representing
Delhi Lieutenant Governor,
“Nominated members should
not vote. That’s very well settled.
It is very clear Mr Jain.” The
courtwashearingapetitionfiled
by the Aam Aadmi Party leader
Shelly Oberoi seeking early elec-
tions for the post of mayor. The
BJP which was trounced by AAP
in the Delhi Municipal Corpora-
tion elections was insisting that
its Aldermen be allowed to vote
for mayor. The AAP blamed L-G
for throwing his weight behind
the BJP
.
As the Supreme Court was
busy, the hearing has been post-
poned for a date after February
17. But the oral observation sent
AAP into cheer. Party MLA Sau-
rabh Bharadwaj tweeted, “To-
day the Supreme Court has
made it clear—Nominated
Councillors cannot vote…”
TOP TWEETS
I
ndia has valid rea-
son to be excited
about its defence
production and
exports. At the
AeroIndia2023,inwhichover
80 countries and 800 defence
companies are taking part,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi explained why India
should be proud of its defence
sector’sgrowth.Fromthepre-
sent $1.5 billion defence ex-
ports to 75 countries, the
country aims to touch $5 bil-
lion in another two years
from now. That’s a quantum
jump for a country which was
among the largest importers
of defence equipment.
From Tejas to its first com-
pletely indigenous aircraft
carrier INS Vikrant, India
has good credentials as a
manufacturer of defence ma-
terial. Given India’s capabili-
ty
,theimportersof itsdefence
technology and equipment
include Russia, Poland, Italy
,
Sri Lanka, France, Spain and
Chile among others. The list
of items being exported in-
clude Tejas, the indigenously-
built Light Combat Aircraft
(LCA) Tejas, artillery guns,
missiles like Akash and As-
tra, battle tanks, anti-tank
minesandexplosives.Besides
these there are several other
items on the export list in In-
dia’s fabulous journey
.
The list of items meant for
export would get significant-
ly longer once the DRDO is
able to sort out delays affect-
ing some of its programmes
which will also cut down In-
dia’s defence import budget.
Tejas Mark2 LCA and its na-
val version, unmanned aerial
vehicles, light machine guns
and advanced towed artillery
gun systems. According to
MoS for Defence Ajay Bhatt,
out of 55 high priority pro-
jects with DRDO, 23 have
been delayed. Though a sig-
nificant number, the delays
can surely be overcome.
INDIA’S DEFENCE
EXPORTS AIM HIGH
The list of items being
exported include
Tejas, the indigenously-
built Light Combat
Aircraft (LCA) Tejas,
artillery guns, missiles
like Akash and Astra,
battle tanks, anti-tank
mines and explosives
I
ALL EYES ON TRIPURA POLLS,
BJP PLAYS 1ST
WOMAN CM CARD?
W
Th “‘Chalo Paltai’ slogan
was given to change the
situation in Tripura, and
today we’ve done that.
Earlier when the Left was
in power in the state,
government employees were
paid under the 5th Pay
Commission, but we
implemented the 7th Pay
commission without
increasing fiscal deficit,”
Amit Shah added
Pratima has risen from
the ranks in the party
and is very popular. She
was considered close to
former Chief Minister
Biplab Deb. Her
candidature is also an
attempt by the central
leadership to woo and
keep the Biplab camp in
good humour which
has not taken his removal
in good spirit

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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: After the
changeof Governor,the
leaders of the ruling
JMM in Jharkhand are
hoping that the sword
hanging over the mem-
bership of the Chief
Minister and his MLA
brotherwillberemoved.
On the complaint of
the state BJP against
Chief MinisterHemant
Soren and his brother
Basant Soren, the gov-
ernor had sought a re-
port from the Election
Commission in the of-
fice of profit case. The
Election Commission
had sent the report to
the Governor in August
2022 after a long hear-
ing but the then Gover-
nor Ramesh Bais did
not make the report
public for three
months. After that in
October 2022, he said
that he has again
sought a report from
the Election Commis-
sion in this matter.
However, in November,
the Election Commis-
sion made it clear that
no second report has
been sought from it nor
has it been asked to re-
consider the first re-
port.
Meanwhile,whenthe
governor had gone to
his home state during
Diwali last year, he had
said in an interview
that after Diwali, one
atom bomb might ex-
plode in Jharkhand.
Will change of Guv bring relief?
TO JHARKHAND CM
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his brother Basant Soren.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Addressing a
press conference here
on Tuesday, Ramesh
said, "JPC was consti-
tuted in Harshad Me-
hta case, then in Ketan
Parekh case and now
our demand is legiti-
mate in the Adani-Hin-
denburg issue as public
sector banks and LIC
money is at stake.
"The Adani issue
pertains to Bangla-
desh, Sri Lanka, Aus-
tralia and Israel."
He said that the ex-
punction of 'Parlia-
mentary' words are un-
precedented as in the
past BJP had called
Narsimha Rao and
Manmohan Singh
'Mauni Baba'.
He said, "The major-
ity members in
JPC would be from the
BJP, so why is it afraid
of constituting the
joint Parliamentary
committee."
On Tuesday, he said
that the subject of the
petition is something
different as it wants in-
vestigation in Hinden-
burg expose.
The like-minded op-
position parties have
been demanding a JPC
to examine the whole
issue as they alleged
that public sector
banks and LIC have
lost money.
Efforts to silence Cong, but
it will not happen: Ramesh
ADANI-HINDENBURG ISSUE
Congress leader accuses the Centre of trying to silence the party
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be travelling
to Srinagar on Wednesday on a personal visit, said sources.
Gandhi, who was scheduled to
visit Varanasi on Tuesday, had to
return to Delhi as his flight was
unable to land at the Varanasi.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has
sought a reply from Rahul Gandhi
on the breach of privilege notice
given against him by Parliamen-
tary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi
and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
over “misleading, derogatory, un-
parliamentary and incriminatory
statements” during a discussion
of the motion of thanks on the
President’s address. Gandhi has been asked to furnish his
reply by February 15 for consideration by the LS Speaker.
RAHUL GANDHI TO TRAVEL SRINAGAR
TODAY ON PERSONAL VISIT: SOURCES
New Delhi: The Varanasi airport authorities refuted
allegations after the Congress party claimed that Rahul
Gandhi’s plane was
denied permission
to land at Varanasi’s
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Airport on Monday.
Refuting the al-
legations, Varanasi
airport said, “The
charter jet company carrying Rahul Gandhi cancelled
the flight themselves.” Replying on Twitter, the airport
stated, “The flight was cancelled by M/s AR Airways by
sending email to AAI Varanasi Airport at 2116 hrs on Feb
13th 2013. Please correct your statement as the flight
was cancelled by the operator.”
VARANASI AIRPORT REFUTES CHARGE
Agartala (ANI): Ex-
pressing confidence of
BJP getting full major-
ity in the Tripura as-
sembly elections, Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah has said
that the BJP is seeking
a mandate to make the
state prosperous in the
next five years building
on the development ini-
tiatives of the party-led
government.
Responding to ques-
tions about a possible
hung assembly in
Tripura, Amit Shah
said that the constitu-
encies in Tripura are
small and “you will see
that before 12PM on
counting day, the BJP
would have crossed the
majority mark.”
In an exclusive inter-
view with ANI, Amit
Shah also said that
BJP’s ‘ChaloPaltai’ slo-
gan in the last election
was not a slogan to
come to power in the
state but to change the
situation in Tripura.
‘BJP will cross majority
mark on Counting Day’
‘Before 12 PM on
Counting Day’:
Amit Shah makes
bold prediction on
Tripura polls
❍ STRICT VIGIL ACROSS STATE OVER TRIPURA ELECTIONS
Agartala (Agencies): The office of the Chief Electoral Officer
has imposed section 144 CrPC at 10 PM that will continue till
6 AM of February 17. CEO Kiran Gitte said, “We have taken
various steps on law and order issues. Before December
around 100 companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces
arrived while before the declaration of election, another 100
companies arrived and after 18th of January over 200 com-
panies arrived which we have deployed across the state.”
BORDERS SEALED, SECTION 144
IMPOSED AHEAD OF ASSEMBLY POLLS
PM WILL GET CREDIT
FOR SUCCESSFUL
G20 SUMMIT: SHAH
CM MANIK SAHA
HOLDS ‘DOOR TO
DOOR’ CAMPAIGN
Dimapur (ANI): BJP
national president JP
Nadda was on Tuesday
accorded a warm wel-
come to the party’s state
president Temjen Imna
Along on his arrival at
Dimapur airport.
Mr Nadda arrived in
Nagaland for launch-
ing the party’s
manifesto for the Feb-
ruary 27 Assembly
polls in Nagaland and
Meghalaya.
Senior BJP leaders
and workers were also
present at the Dimapur
airport to welcome
Mr Nadda.
In Nagaland, the BJP
is in the ruling alliance
with Neiphiu Rio’s Na-
tionalist Democratic
Progressive Party
(NDPP) will contest in
20 out of 60 seats.
BJP’s Nadda in
Nagaland to launch
Party manifesto
ahead of elections
BJP nat’l president JP Nadda.
Amarvati (Agencies):
The Bharatiya Janata
Party(BJP)onTuesdsay
announced candidates
for four graduates' and
teachers' constituencies
of Andhra Pradesh Leg-
islative Council and Tel-
angana Legislative
Council scheduled to be
held on March 13.
The party has named
candidates for three
graduates' seats in
Andhra Pradesh and
one teachers' seat in Tel-
angana. Sannareddy
Dayakar Reddy will be
the BJP candidate for
Prakasam-Nellore-Chit-
toor constituency
.
The saffron party has
fielded Nagaruru Ra-
ghavendra for Kadapa-
Anantapur-Kurnool
and P.V.N. Madhav for
Srikakulam-Vizianaga-
ram-Visakhapatnam
constituency
.
In Telangana, the BJP
has announced candida-
ture of A. Venkata
Narayana Reddy for
Mahabubnagar-Ranga
Reddy-Hyderabadteach-
ers' seat. Candidates for
other MLC seats in both
the Telugu states will be
announced later. The
Election Commission
of India (ECI) last week
announced the sched-
ule for biennial elec-
tions to 15 MLC seats -
13 in Andhra Pradesh
and two in Telangana.
The elections will be
held on March 13 for
eight local authorities'
constituencies, three
graduates' and two
teachers' constituen-
cies in Andhra Pradesh.
Polling will also be held
for one teachers' con-
stituency and one local
authorities' constituen-
cy in Telangana.
BJP announces candidates for four MLC seats
JD (S) SLAMS SHAH
OVER STATEMENTS
ON GETTING POWER
IN KARNATAKA
Bengaluru: Home Minister
Amit Shah’s statements about
retaining power in Karnataka
and rejection
of the family
politics of the
JD (S) have
created ripples
in political
circles. The JD
(S) slammed Amit Shah for
his remarks. Former CM and
JD (S) leader H.D. Kumar-
aswamy, reacting to Amit
Shah, questioned whether he
has any idea about the Indian
Constitution?
IF NOTHING TO HIDE, WHY CENTRE
RUNNING AWAY FROM PROBE: RAMESH
An artist gives final touches to a painting of Indian businessman Gautam Adani, depicting the
ongoing crisis of the Adani group.
New Delhi (ANI): Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said if there
was nothing to hide, why the government was running
away from the demand for a joint parliament
committee. Addressing a press conference,
the Congress leader alleged, “The govern-
ment is not only running away from JPC
demand, they are not allowing to take
it up in the Parliament — at Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha.”“When Rahul Gandhi
took it up in Lok Sabha and Mallikarjun
Kharge in Rajya Sabha, they were
expunged from the Houses.” He said,
“If there is nothing to hide, why not
allow the demand for JPC?
Varanasi (PTI): A
Congress leader has
claimed that Rahul
denied permission to
land at the airport
here late Monday
night, a charge de-
nied by the airport
authorities.
Senior Congress
leader Ajay Rai on
Tuesday alleged that
scheduled to land at
the Babat airport
here on his return
fromWayanadinKer-
ala. Rai said he and
other party leaders
were at the airport to
receive their leader
but his plane was not
allowed to land “at
thelastminute.”Gan-
dhi then returned to
the national capital.
‘RaGa’s plane denied landing
permission in UP’s Varanasi’
CONGRESS CLAIMS
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to ANI Editor (not in frame)
during an interview regarding Tripura elections, Adani-Hindenburg,
G20 Summit and other issues, in Agartala. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP supporters during election campiagn —FILE PHOTO
Gandhi returned
to national capital
after his plane was
not allowed to land
‘at last minute’, says
Congress leader
Agartala (ANI): Pointing
out that every state is part
of India's G20 Presidency,
Home Minister Amit Shah
has said that it is natural that
credit for a successful sum-
mit will go to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. The way
the PM Modi has organised
the event, the whole world is
watching with surprise. It is
a big achievement and a lot
of preparation goes into it,
Shah said in an interview.
Agartala (Agencies): State
Chief Minister Manik Saha on
February 13 held a ‘Door to
Door’ campaign in Tripura’s
Agartala. The CM also
interacted with people. Manik
Shah said, “There is nothing
bigger than the Door to Door
campaign. I could understand
the issues of people directly.
It is easy to tell people what
work has been done by BJP.
They feel happy when they
talk face to face.”
Bengaluru (PTI):
Senior Congress
leader Siddaramai-
ah on Tuesday reit-
erated that upcom-
ing Assembly
elections will be
his last electoral bat-
tle, but he will re-
main active in Kar-
nataka politics.
The former Chief
Minister last month
announced his deci-
sion to contest from
Kolar this time, sub-
ject to approval
from the Congress
high command.
‘Upcoming K’taka
polls my last
electoral contest’

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: President
Draupadi Murmu has
appointed new gover-
nors in 13 states. Some
new governors have
been appointed and
some governors have
been transferred. Now
except for a few Union
Territories, governors
havebeenappointedeve-
rywhere. So, as per new
list now, eastern Uttar
Pradesh has dominance
among the governors.
A total of five gover-
nors or deputy gover-
nors have been appoint-
ed from the eastern part
of Uttar Pradesh. This
is a sign of a greater im-
balance. There is no
governor from many
states, while there are
one or two governors
from many big states.
But five governors from
one part of Uttar
Pradesh are in different
states or union territo-
ries of the country.
Among the new gover-
nors, two names are
from Uttar Pradesh and
both are from Eastern
Uttar Pradesh. Veteran
BJP leader and former
Union Minister of State
for Finance Shiv Pratap
Shukla, who hails from
Gorakhpur, has been
made the Governor of
Himachal Pradesh.
Apart from him, Lax-
man Prasad Acharya of
Varanasi, the constitu-
ency of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, has
been made the governor
of Sikkim. Prior to this,
three people from East-
ern Uttar Pradesh are
already Governor or
Deputy Governor.
Manoj Sinha is the Dep-
uty Governor of the Un-
ion Territory of Jammu
and Kashmir. Kalraj
Mishra, a veteran BJP
leader, is the Governor
of Rajasthan. Both
Manoj Sinha and Kalraj
Mishra are residents of
Ghazipur. Fagu Chau-
han, a resident of Azam-
garh, who was the Gov-
ernor of Bihar, has been
removed from there and
made the Governor of
Meghalaya.
Next gen polls behind appointment of 5 governors
DOMINANCE AMONG GOVERNORS IN EASTERN UP
New Delhi: The Delhi
government has grant-
ed permission to the
Central Public Works
Department to trans-
plant trees from the site
of the proposed Execu-
tive Enclave under the
Central Vista project,
officials said today
.
The Executive En-
clave will come up on
the south side of South
Block in plot number
36/38 in the high-securi-
ty Lutyens' Delhi.
The Kejriwal govern-
ment approved the pro-
posal upon condition
that the agency would
take up 10-times com-
pensatory plantation.
Shimla (IANS):
Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Sukh-
vinder Singh Sukhu on
Tuesday launched the
fifth generation (5G)
services of the Jio tele-
com network in the
state and said the people
would benefit from this
as every third person in
the state is utilising the
internet services.
Expansion of 5G ser-
vices would further
strengthen the digital
infrastructure, which
would usher in a pleth-
ora of opportunities
and enriched experi-
ences for every individ-
ual, especially students,
businessmen and pro-
fessionals, said the
Chief Minister.
A total of five governors or deputy
governors have been appointed from
the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh
President Droupadi Murmu appointed 13 new Governors.
A senior Central Reserve Police Force officer lays a wreath at the martyrs memorial as a tribute to CRPF
jawans, who lost their lives in the 2019 Pulwama Terror Attack, at Lethpora, in Pulwama on Tuesday.
CRUCIAL READ
INDIAN-AMERICAN
REPUBLICAN MAY
RUN FOR US PREZ
OVER 100 SHANTIES
GUTTED IN
GURUGRAM FIRE
MAN CHEATS ASPIRING ACTORS BY POSING
AS DIRECTOR-PRODUCER, HELD IN DELHI
MAN THREATENS TO KILL MINISTER
NITYANAND RAI, HELD IN BIHAR: COPS
New Delhi (PTI): A 26-year-old man was arrested for
allegedly posing as a director-producer and defrauding
hundreds of youngsters on the pretext of providing them
with acting opportunities, police said today. Anuj Kumar
Ojha from Bihar’s Gopalganj district registered a pro-
duction company registered in the name of ‘AAVYA’ and
allegedly lured youngsters by posting acting opportunities
in web series, serials and advertisements on his Insta-
gram stories. He was also wanted in a case in Panchkula
for allegedly cheating a woman by assuring her a role in a
serial titled “Choti Sardarni”, the officials said.
Hajipur (PTI): Police today arrested a young man, who
had threatened to kill Union minister and senior BJP
leader from Bihar Nityanand Rai in a video that has gone
viral on social media. According to Kumar Manish, the
Superintendent of Police, Vaishali, the accused Madhav
Jha (25) was arrested from Town police station area ear-
ly in the morning. Nityanand Rai, the Minister of State
for Home, is scheduled to take part in a procession here
on the occasion of Mahashivratri later this week and Jha,
in the video, had spoken of “firing two bullets” on the
leader on the occasion.
Washington (PTI): Indi-
an-American Republican
and businessman Vivek
Ramaswamy is planning to
announce his 2024 presi-
dential bid, joining Nikki Ha-
ley who is set to launch her
campaign on Wednesday.
Ramaswamy, 37, who is
a millionaire and has been
dubbed by the New Yorker
magazine as the “CEO of
Anti-Woke Inc.”, has, for
the time being, embarked
on test runs and fact-find-
ing missions in the US State
of Iowa where he has been
addressing multiple events.
He insisted his trip to Iowa
and other prep work he is
doing for a potential run
are serious, the Politico
reported on Monday, adding
that he said: “this is not a
play for attention.”
Gurugram (Agencies):
A major fire broke out at
Ghasola village in Sector-49
Gurugram on Tuesday
afternoon. The fire engulfed
several huts of which more
than 100 shanties were
completely gutted. The
cause of the fire is sus-
pected to be blast in small
cylinders or an electric
short-circuit. Fire person-
nel and police evacuated
people from the huts and it
took them several hours to
control the fire. However, no
casualties or injuries have
been reported. According
to the fire officials, they
suspect that the blaze may
have broken out due to
blasts in small cylinders
which caused the fire in the
area, further spreading to
other huts.
CMSukhulaunchesJio’s
5GservicesinHimachal
Chief Minister of Himachal
Pradesh Sukhvinder Singh
launches 5G services of Jio in
state on Tuesday.
AMID PM MODI DOCUMENTARY FALLOUT
PULWAMA ATTACK ANNIVERSARY
New Delhi: India does
not believe in giving
“sermons or cut-and-
dried”solutionstocoun-
tries in need of assis-
tance, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh said. In
an address to his coun-
terparts from various
countries at Aero India,
Singh also called for
united efforts to counter
pressing security chal-
lenges, including the
threat of terrorism. The
defence minister said
India does not believe in
dealing with such secu-
rity issues in the “old
paternalistic or the neo-
colonial paradigms”
and that it always pre-
ferred a collective ap-
proach to counter them.
India considers all nations as equal
partners: Def min Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses during DRDO seminar
at Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Tuesday.
INDIA DOES NOT BELIEVE IN GIVING
SERMONS TO OTHERS IN NEED: SINGH
Bengaluru: India does not believe in giving “sermons or cut-
and-dried” solutions to countries in need of assistance and
holds that nations with superior military powers do not have
the right to dictate solutions to others, Rajnath Singh said in
an apparent reference to China’s assertive behaviour. In an
address to his counterparts and deputy defence ministers
from around 30 countries at Aero India, Singh said India has
always stood for a rules-based global order in which the pri-
mordial instinct of “might being right” is replaced by fairness,
respect and equality amongst all sovereign nations.
CONGRESS LEADER RAHUL GANDHI
PAYS TRIBUTE TO MARTYRED SOLDIERS
8 OF 19 INVOLVED IN PULWAMA ATTACK
KILLED, 7 HELD: KASHMIR POLICE CHIEF
New Delhi (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on the
fourth anniversary of Pulwama terror attack, on Tuesday paid
tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives in the deadly
terror attack on their convoy in Jammu and Kashmir. “A
heartfelt tribute to the brave martyrs of the Pulwama terror
attack. India will always remember his supreme sacrifice,”
Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.
Srinagar: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir
Zone, Vijay Kumar today said of the 19 terrorists involved in the
attack in 2019, eight have been killed, seven arrested and four,
including three Pakistanis,
are still alive. Talking to the
media persons after paying
tributes to the fallen CRPF
men in the dastardly attack,
ADGP Kumar, said the secu-
rity forces are after Jaish-e-
Muhammad and almost all
their top commanders have
been neutralised. “At present,
the JeM only has 7-8 locals
and 5-6 active Pakistanis, including Mossa Solaimani (wanted
terrorist),” he said, adding that police are after them and they
will be neutralised soon. He said the police are not only busting
terror modules but are also cracking down on narco-terrorism
and terror funding. “We have been able to recover Rs 41 lakh
and recently in Baramulla, Rs 26 lakh was recovered,” he said.
ALL INDIA BAR ASSO WELCOMES
TAX SURVEY OF BBC OFFICES
“BBC PROPAGANDA,
CONGRESS AGENDA
GO TOGETHER”: BJP
UNION HOME MIN
AMIT SHAH PAYS
TRIBUTE TO JAWANS
‘UNDECLARED EMERGENCY’: OPPOSITION
CRITICISES CENTRE AFTER TAX SURVEY
LEFT PARTIES
SLAM CENTRE
OVER RAIDS
New Delhi (ANI): The All India Bar Association (AIBA)
on Tuesday congratulated the Income Tax Department
for conducting surveys of BBC’s documents to check
irregularities relating to international taxation and Tax
Deducted at Source (TDS) transactions. Senior Advo-
cate and Chairman of AIBA, Dr Adish C Aggarwala, in a
statement, has welcomed the action of the Income Tax
Department as earlier the AIBA has requested Union
Home Minister Amit Shah to order a 360-degree probe
into the “international conspiracy” angle in BBC’s
documentary on PM Narendra Modi. On January 22,
amidst the row over British national broadcaster, BBC’s
documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the
AIBA demanded Home Ministry initiate a special inves-
tigation into the “international conspiracy” angle.
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP on Tuesday accused
the British Broadcast-
ing Corporation (BBC) of
unleashing “venomous”
reporting against India and
alleged that its propaganda
and the Congress’ agenda
go together. Hitting out at
the London-headquartered
public broadcaster, he
said the BBC is the “most
corrupt” organisation in
the world and the Congress
should remember that for-
mer prime minister Indira
Gandhi had also banned
the broadcaster. The BJP
leader further claimed that
the BBC has a “tainted and
black history of working
with malice against India”.
“BBC propaganda and Con-
gress agenda go together.
Congress should remember
that its own leader and for-
mer prime minister Indira
Gandhi had imposed a ban
on the BBC,” he said.
Karnal (Haryana): Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
presented the President’s
Colour award to Haryana
police in Karnal on Tuesday.
While addressing the event,
Amit Shah remembered the
soldiers killed in the 2019
terror attack in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Pulwama. Shah
said, “In 2019, in a cowardly
attack on CRPF jawans in
Pulwama, 40 jawans were
killed in the line of action.”
“The names of those 40
soldiers will always remain
etched with golden letters in
India’s history of bravery and
sacrifice. Their sacrifice has
a huge contribution to the
country’s progress,” he said.
Srinagar: A wreath-laying
ceremony by CRPF was
organised at the Martyrs
Memorial in Lethpora in
South Kashmir’s Pulwama
district on Tuesday in
honour of the bravehearts
who laid down their lives
on February 14, 2019.
Tributes were paid to the
40 CRPF jawans who died
in that terror attack. The
CRPF jawans, who were
also on duty in Pulwama
on February 14, 2019,
said they miss their col-
leagues but their morale
is high to take on the
militants and end terror-
ism in Kashmir.
New Delhi (Agencies): Opposition parties on Tuesday said
that India was in a state of “undeclared emergency” after
Income Tax Department officials conducted a “survey opera-
tion” at the Mumbai and Delhi offices of British broadcaster
BBC. Tax officials told PTI that the operation was being car-
ried out as part of a tax evasion investigation. In a survey, the
Income Tax Department only searches the business premises
of a company and not the homes and other locations of its
promoters or directors. The government has used emergency
powers available under the Information Technology Rules,
2021to issue directions to YouTube and Twitter to block
clips of the documentary from being shared. The foreign
ministry has described the documentary as “a propaganda
piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative”.
On Tuesday, the Congress said on its Twitter handle that
an “undeclared emergency” prevailed in the country as the
documentary has been banned in India, and now the Income
Tax Department has taken action against the BBC.
New Delhi (PTI): CPI(M)
hit out at the Centre over
IT “raids” on BBC offices in
Delhi and Mumbai, ques-
tioning if India remains the
“mother of democracy”.
CPI(M) General Secretary
Sitaram Yechury also
slammed the government
for not accepting the op-
position demand for a Joint
Parliamentary Commit-
tee probe into the Adani
Group issue. CPI MP Binoy
Viswam, on the other hand,
said the “IT survey” was
the attempt of a “frightened
government” to “strangle”
the voice of truth.
Delhi govt clears
way for Executive
Enclave for PM's
new office
I-TofficersraidBBCoffices;
phonesseized,laptopsscanned
New Delhi: Income Tax
officials searched the
BBC’s Delhi and Mum-
bai offices today and
seized phones and lap-
tops, weeks after a mas-
sive controversy over
the UK national broad-
caster’s documentary
on PM Narendra Modi
and the deadly sectarian
riots in Gujarat in 2002.
Thetaxmensealedoff
theofficesfora“survey”
linked to alleged diver-
sion of profits and ir-
regularities in transfer
pricing involving the
BBC. The survey will
continue at least till to-
morrow and the officials
areexpectedtosearchall
night at the offices.
Sources say
, the Income
Tax authorities are
checking account details
datingasfarbackas2012.
“The Income Tax Au-
thorities are currently
at the BBC offices in
New Delhi and Mumbai
and we are fully cooper-
ating. We hope to have
this situation resolved
as soon as possible,” the
BBC tweeted. The offi-
cials used the keyword
“tax” to search for infor-
mation on the desktops
after asking employees
to log in, a BBC journal-
ist told sources.
BBC’s bureaus
raided in New
Delhi and Mumbai
on Tuesday
New Delhi (Agencies):
India is observing the
fourth anniversary of
the ghastly Pulwama
terror attacks on Tues-
day in which 40 of our
brave CRPF jawans
were martyred trigger-
ing a nationwide out-
rage and despair.
An indebted India, on
the fateful day of Febru-
ary 14 remembers the
heroes who laid their
lives for the motherland
in one of the worst ter-
ror attacks the world
has witnessed.
In Pulwama district, a
suicidebomberattacked
a group of vehicles car-
rying security person-
nelontheJammuSrina-
gar National Highway
.
As a result of the attack,
40 jawans of the Central
Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) were killed.
To commemorate the
memory of these sol-
diers, a memorial was
set up inside a CRPF
camp adjacent to the
place where Jaish-e-
Mohammad terrorist
Adeel Ahmed Dar,
drove an explosive-lad-
en car and blew himself
next to a CRPF convoy
.
In response to Paki-
stan,theIndianAirforce
on Feb 26, 2019, attacked
a terrorist camp in the
Balakot region in which
several terrorists were
killed in the attack.
FONDLY REMEMBERING THE FALLEN HEROES
Feb 14, marks 4th anniversary of
gruesome Pulwama terror attack,
that took lives of 40 CRPF Jawans
CRPF JAWANS
REMEMBER FALLEN
COLLEAGUES
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

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Krishna Poonia in trouble
as court issues warrant
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: In a major
blow to the Sadulpur
MLA Krishna Poonia,
the Additional Chief
Metropolitan Magis-
trate (CBI cases) in
Jodhpur has rejected
the closure report sub-
mitted by CBI in the
case of suicide by Ra-
jasthan police inspector
Vishnu Dutt Vishnoi
and issued a warrant
against her.
The court took cogni-
zance of section 306
against her on the basis
of the evidence and has
now decided to proceed
with hearing in the
matter with regard to
this fresh charge
against Poonia sum-
moning her through a
bailable warrant on
March 3 for hearing.
With this order on Tues-
day, the presiding offic-
er of the court Pawan
Kuamr Bishnoi, al-
lowed the protest peti-
tion by brother of Bish-
noi, who had committed
suicide in his official
quarter on May 24, 2020
alleging Poonia for har-
assing him by threaten-
ing him to implicate in
the cases of fraud and
bribery, if he did not
complied her.
Poonia said in Jaipur
that she would be look-
ing into her rights.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: 17-year-old
Gemara Ram Meghw-
al, who crossed to Pa-
kistan in 2020, finally
returned back to his
homeland on Wednes-
day. After being re-
leased from Pakistani
jail, Gemara Ram en-
tered India through
Wagah Atari route.
Union minister of
state for agricultural
and farmers welfare
Kailash Choudhary
confirmed the report.
Choudhary on Jan 29
wrote a letter to the
MEA Dr S Jaishankar
and requested for the
early release of Ge-
mara Ram. Finally
, Ge-
mara Ram reached
India on Wednesday
.
Kailash Choudhary
who is also BJP MP
from Barmer said that
he is happy that Ge-
mara Ram is safely
returning back to his
homeland. He said
that he is also thankful
to PM Modi and exter-
nal affairs minister S
Jaishankar.
Stranded man returns
fromPakafter28mths
CI Vishnu Dutt Suicide Case: Based on
evidences, a case of abetment to suicide
against Poonia is found to be made: Court
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: The Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB)
on Tuesday arrested a
councillor and a middle-
man while accepting a
bribe of Rs 20,000. ACB
sleuths informed that
councillorof WardNo79
of AjmerMunicipalCor-
poration, Virendra
Walia broker Roshan
allegedly demanded
bribesfromcomplainant
for not acting on con-
struction of his plot.
“The complainant
stated that Virendra
Walia and Roshan
threatened that his
house is illegal and will
be razed. The accused
demanded a bribe of Rs
50,000 to allow him to
continue the construc-
tion,” police said. “The
complaint was verified
and a trap was laid. On
Tuesday, the councillor
and middleman was
held red-handed while
taking a bribe of Rs
20,000,” police added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan State
Agriculture Industry De-
velopment Board Presi-
dent Rameshwar Dudi
wrote a letter to CM Ashok
Gehlot regard-
ing OBC reser-
vation and
m e n t i o n e d
that there was
a provision of
27% reserva-
tion in the states. He wrote
that OBC population in the
state was more than 50%
of total population but
OBCs had only 21% reser-
vation which sometimes
becomes less than 21%.
Dudi demanded 27% res-
ervation in the state on the
lines of Central services in
government services and
educational institutions.
Pali (FIB): A 35-year-
old man was brutally
murdered by his fa-
ther and two brothers
in Sakrawas village
in Pali on Sunday
evening, police said.
Police said that de-
ceased is Kesaram,
used to take care of
farmland along with
his wife Pushpa.
“Kesaram’s father
NainaRam,hisbroth-
er Pratap and Har-
man Jogi reached the
farmland on Sunday
.
Kesaram and the oth-
er three had quarrel
following which, Kes-
aram got injured
died during treat-
ment,” police said.
First India Bureau
Pali: The Department
of Local Self Govern-
ance has issued an or-
der to suspend Rekha
Bhati, chairperson of
municipal corpora-
tion, Pali, on Tuesday
as she had a rift with
her party MLA and
councillors. The sui-
cide of contractor Ha-
numan Singh is be-
lieved to be the prime
reason for this. After
the verdict, BJP coun-
cillors burst crackers
at Surajpole square.
The councillors
tried to corner her for
lack of development
work by holding pro-
tests several times. Top
party functionaries
came from Jaipur and
eventually expelled
her and her corporator
husband, Rakesh Bha-
ti, from the BJP
.
Couple strangles newborn
inJalore,buriesinBarmer
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: In a sinister
incident a couple, who
had fled from Navsari in
Gujarat, has strangled
their newborn to death
in Jalore and later bur-
ied him in nearby Bar-
mer district. According
to the information, a
couple had fled from
Navsari district on Jan-
uary 5. Woman’s family
member had lodged a
police complaint on
January 8 accusing
Moti Ram, a resident of
Barmer district, for kid-
napping their daughter.
After lodging the
case, Navsari police ini-
tiated investigation, in
the meantime, the wom-
an appeared before the
police. Later during the
medical examination, it
came into light that she
was pregnant and had
delivered a baby
. During
the investigation, police
nabbed the accused
Moti Ram from his na-
tive village and while
working at a salon shop,
he fell in love with her,
police said. While this
woman got pregnant
and fearing the family’s
infamy, the woman
forced him to flee. After
which on Jan 5 they fled
from Navsari and
reached Sanchore in Ja-
lore, police informed.
New Delhi: The Apex Court
on Tuesday reprimanded Na-
tional Green Tribunal (NGT)
for passing orders without
hearing parties in the con-
cerned cases. The Supreme
Court questioned the work-
ing of NGT said that the
tribunal gave orders without
hearing other parties. The
matter relates to Rajasthan
wherein a private company
was found guilty and a hefty
penalty was imposed on it.
The concerned company
later filed a appeal in SC. The
division bench headed by
Justice BR Gawai while hear-
ing the case reprimanded
NGT for not hearing the view
of other party and passing
order against the company.
Jaipur: Hearing on a PIL challenging monthly pension to
former MLAs was held in Raj HC on Tuesday. The Advo-
cate General sought time in the case following which the
division bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Gaur and Justice
Ashutosh Kumar gave 3 weeks time for reply . Hearing on
Milap Chandra Dandiya’s PIL will be held after 3 weeks.
Referring to information obtained through RTI, the PIL
says 508 former MLAs are being given pension and many
of thm are also sitting MLAs. The PIL says that in the Arti-
cle-195, there is no provision for pension to former MLAs.
Jaipur: A couple serving
life sentence in Sanganer
open jail got relief from
the Supreme Court as the
court gave instructions
to Rajasthan authority
to consider the couple’s
parole sympathetically in 2
weeks. Parole was sought
to produce a child with
IVF technique. Justice
Suryakant and Justice
JK Maheshwari’s bench
instructed that both should
be shifted to Udaipur’s
open air jail. The woman is
45 years old and has two
children from her first mar-
riage, one is 23 years old
while the other is 16 year
old. She got married again
in Arya Samaj Mandir.
IN THE COURTYARD
SC raps NGT for
passing orders
without hearing
Former MLAs’ pension hearing
held,next hearing in 3 weeks
Relief to couple
serving lifer from
Supreme Court
Councillor, middleman in ACB net
for taking `20,000 bribe in Ajmer
Man murdered
by father, two
brothers in Pali
Dudi writes to CM
for 27% quota for
OBCs in Rajasthan
Dr Krishna Poonia and Dinesh MN inaugurating the Tennis Clay Court
at SMS Stadium on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Gemara Ram (R) at Wagah
Atari border on Tuesday.
Pali civic body chairperson
Rekha Bhati suspended
Accused Virendra Walia

Ravi Sharma, Puneet
Chaturvedi, Bhanwar S
Charan Hanspal Yadav
Dungarpur/Baran:
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot while addressing
the closing ceremony of
Sarva Samaj Bhagwat
Katha at Punali in Dun-
garpur district, said
that listening to Shri-
mad Bhagwat Katha
gives peace of mind. He
said that listening to the
story inculcates a sense
of service among the
common people. An at-
mosphere of love, broth-
erhood, goodwill is cre-
atedamongthecommon
people and the message
of social harmony is re-
ceived, he said.
He congratulated the
organizers for organiz-
ing the Katha. “Today
there is a great need of
social harmony and
mutual brotherhood in
the society. If all the
residents of the state
live with love and broth-
erhood, then the way
for progress of country
and statewillbepaved.”
Assembly Speaker Dr
CP Joshi asked masses
to move forward taking
along govt’s works. Ex-
MoS for Education GS
Dotasra said that state
govt has taken into ac-
count the problems of
every section.
CM also inaugurated
a hi-tech veterinary
hospital and mobile
trauma centre in Baran
district. The first-of-its-
kind hospital, worth Rs
20 core, has the capacity
to treat 300 animals and
birds for free. It is
equipped with three
modular operation the-
atres, advanced diag-
nostic lab with latest
X-ray and sonography
machine, indoor wards,
all equipped with oxy-
gen pipelines. Address-
ing a public meeting,
Gehlot congratulated
state minister Pramod
Jain Bhaya and his
team for their efforts to
implement the project.
He said he has sanc-
tioned Rs 1,000 crore for
setting up ‘Nandi Sha-
las’ and ‘Gou Shalas’ in
budget, adding that he
had written to PM re-
questing him to declare
Lumpi disease a nation-
al calamity, but propos-
al wasn’t entertained.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah has claimed that
the BJP government
will be formed in Ra-
jasthan in 2023. Shah
said in an interview to
a news agency that As-
sembly elections are to
be held in Rajasthan at
the end of this year.
Shah said that all
four states, including
Rajasthan, are strong
states of the Bharatiya
Janata Party and the
BJP government will be
formed there.
OntheLokSabhaelec-
tions to be held in 2024,
Shah said that there is
no competition in 2024.
“The country is moving
forward unilaterally
withPMNarendraModi.
The people of the coun-
try have to decide, so far
the public has not given
the label of the main op-
positionpartyintheLok
Sabhatoanyone.Despite
all the conspiracies, PM
Modi is becoming
strongerandmorepopu-
lar. A conspiracy has
been hatched against
PM Modi since 2002,”
Shah said.
Life is as beautiful as we decide it
to be, we can colour the canvas in
Black, White, Grey or Red, Blue
and Green. Choose positivity!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: A young IAS of-
ficer of 2004 batch,
Samit Sharma, Secre-
tary Social Justice De-
partment, is once again
in the ‘limelight’ as the
DoP has taken back the
reins of the Women and
Child Development De-
partment (WCD) from
him within a month.
The additional charge
of the department was
handed to Samit on the
retirement of Dinesh
Yadav, the department’s
former secretary and
now this responsibility
has been given to Prin-
cipal Secretary, Coop-
eratives, Sreya Guha.
On the surface, this
move is believed to be
DoP’s routine adminis-
trative action, however,
there is more to this
than meets the eye.
Firstly, it is a rare and
bizarre development
that some Secretary is
given an additional
chargeinhasteand then
it is rolled back and
handed over to another
Secretary
.Thestubborn-
ness to better the exist-
ing system and the cor-
responding ‘tussle’ with
the minister proved to
be costly to Sharma.
The WCD provides
free nutritious food
across the State to about
28 lakh children to im-
prove their immunity
.
For this, a budget of Rs
1,000 crore has been set
aside, which has some
part paid by the Govern-
ment of India as well.
This herculean task of
feeding the children is
done through 62,000 cen-
tres spread across the
Stateandmorethan3000
female supervisors and
project officers have
been appointed for it.
Last month, Dholpur
Collector Anil Agrawal
brought to Samit Shar-
ma’s notice, a corrup-
tion issue in WCD. It
was told, with evidence,
that out of the approved
quantity, only 25-30 per-
cent goods have reached
the centres, while the
receipts show the com-
plete quantity
. The Col-
lector, after conducting
an investigation at his
level and being satisfied
with the findings, wrote
about the corruption
and the State employees
involved in it with a rec-
ommendation to take
action against them.
Samit Sharma sent
the file to Minister
Mamta Bhupesh with
the recommendation to
suspend the concerned
female supervisor and
the Minister returned
the file with the remark
that the investigation
should be conducted
again. But Samit Shar-
ma again wrote that the
Collector has already
conducted an investiga-
tion and there is no need
or logic in re-investigat-
ing the matter.
However, the second
time, the file did not
even return from the
Minister, rather the ad-
ditional charge was tak-
en from Samit Sharma.
Word in the bureau-
cracy is that even before
this,therehasbeenatus-
sle between Minister
Mamta Bhupesh and
Samit Sharma on trans-
parency in the procure-
ment of goods and about
streamliningthesystem.
The Secretary wanted
that the purchase and
distribution of goods
from NAFED should be
doneonline.Sharmahad
received corruption-re-
lated complaints from
half adozendistrictsand
hence, Sharma wanted
to add new conditions in
new supply orders.
However, now that
Samit Sharma is no
more at the helm, all re-
sponsibility falls on
Sreya Guha who in the
past, from April 2021 to
2022 has handled the
reins of WCD.
Why Samit couldn’t ‘sum-it’ in WCD Department?
THE INSIDE STORY
STORY SO FAR...
Samit Sharma sent the file to Minister Mamta
Bhupesh with the recommendation to sus-
pend the concerned female supervisor and the
Minister returned the file with the remark that
the investigation should be conducted again. But
Samit Sharma again wrote that the Collector has
already conducted an investigation and there is
no need or logic in re-investigating the matter.
Samit Sharma
CM:SOCIALHARMONY,MUTUAL
BROTHERHOODNEEDOFTHEHOUR
He congratulated Pramod Jain Bhaya his team for executing hosp project
CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurates Shri Mahavir Free Animal-Bird Hospital and Mobile Trauma Centre at
Shri Bada Balaji Dham, Mangrol in Baran on Tuesday. Also seen here are Dr CP Joshi, Pramod Jain
Bhaya, Urmila Jain, GS Dotasra and others.
CM Ashok Gehlot inspects facilities after
inaugurating the Shri Mahavir Free Animal-Bird
Hospital and Mobile Trauma Centre at Shri Bada
Balaji Dham in Mangrol in Baran on Tuesday.
BJP will form government
in Rajasthan, claims Shah
Nat’l Agri Scheme
projects shouldn’t
be scarce: CS
Pilot hosts ‘Kisan
Lunch’ for senior
Delhi journalists
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The 19th meet-
ing of State-Level Pro-
ject Approval Commit-
tee under National Ag-
r i c u l t u r e
D e v e l o p -
m e n t
S c h e m e
was held
under the
chairmanship of Chief
Secretary Usha Shar-
ma through VC at Sec-
retariat. Sharma di-
rected that there
shouldn’t be any short-
age of projects being
run under state-level
project by National Ag-
riculture Development
Scheme. Principal Secy,
Agriculture, Dinesh
Kumar told about pro-
gress of projects. Agri
Commissioner Kanar-
am told about scheme’s
income expenditure.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Former Dy
CM Sachin Pilot hosted
a ‘Kisan lunch’ for jour-
nalists at his residence 5,
C a n n i n g
Lane, Delhi.
Manysenior
journos in-
cluding Ra-
jat Sharma,
Sudhir Choudhary,
PawanAgarwal,Rajdeep
Sardesai,AmishDevgan,
Barkha Dutt, Nidhi
Razdan, Shobhana Bhar-
tia, Kumkum Chadha,
Rajesh Mahapatra, Amit
Mishra,KishoreAjwani,
Sumit Awasthi, Sangee-
ta Tiwari, Ashish Ku-
mar others were pre-
sent. Pilot’s mother
Rama Pilot was also pre-
sent. Everyone tasted
bajra-maize roti, sarson
ka saag, fenugreek par-
anthas chutney
.
List of about 20 Cong
Dist Prez expected soon
Sandhu inspects
Woodland Park
Om Birla to visit Kota,
Bundi from Feb 16-22
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: The wait for
appointment of Con-
gress District Presi-
dents may end soon. A
short list will be re-
leased containing the
names of about 20 dis-
trict heads. State In-
charge Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa and
PCC Chief Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra have done
their homework.
The list will contain
appointments from
those districts where
there is not much tus-
sle. The announcement
of District Prezs got de-
layed as Randhawa was
busy with Rahul’s BJY.
So, his meeting with
State Congress Presi-
dent GS Dotasra
couldn’t be held. Re-
cently, Randhawa visit-
ed Raj discussed with
Dotasra CM Gehlot.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Advisor to
UDH Dept, GS Sandhu,
inspected Woodland
Park in Mansarovar
and directed officials to
make necessary ar-
rangements for elderly
people coming for walk
in the park. Sandhu
while inspecting the
track in Park instructed
the officials to prepare
the level of the track in
such a way that the el-
derly people do not face
any difficulty while
walking on the track.
Along with this, the
Former IAS officer also
instructed to get all the
faulty lights repaired
with immediate effect.
He also directed num-
ber of security person-
nel should be increased
in park and the entry of
anti-social elements
should also be banned.
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla will attend
various programmes
during his visit to Kota-
Bundi parliamentary
constituency from Feb-
ruary 16 to 22.
He will attend the
foundation laying cere-
mony of Indoor Sports
Complex at Sultanpur
and Lakheri, and inau-
guration of the new
building of Kendriya
Vidyalaya at Bundi.
Birla will reach Kota
from Ahmedabad by
train at 6.25 am on
Thursday. He will go to
Bundi on Thursday,
where he will inaugu-
rate and lay the founda-
tion stone of various
development works at
Gram Panchayat
Khajuri. He will partici-
pate in the installation
ceremony of 121 feet
high Dharma flag at
Shyam Mandir located
in Dei at 12 noon.
Birla will hold a pub-
lic hearing on Feb 17 at
LS camp office. On Feb
18, he will attend Ha-
dauti Kesari Dangal
and Rani Lakshmi Bai
Award. Later, he will
also participate in Ma-
harudrabhishek and
free all-caste marriage
ceremony of poor girls
organised by Ma-
hakaleshwar Mahadev
Temple in Sripura.
GS Sandhu directs officials during his inspection of the Woodland
Park in Mansarovar in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Om Birla
Amit Shah
KATARIA’S OATH TAKING ON FEB 22
Governor Kalraj Mishra with Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor-designate of Assam, who paid
a courtesy visit to Governor at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on Tuesday. Gulab Chand Kataria will
go to Assam on February 21 and take oath as the Governor of Assam on February 22. Two
banquets will be held on February 17, one by Vasundhara Raje at her residence and a
feast for all the MLAs will be organised in the evening at the Raj Bhavan in Jaipur.
CM REACHES SDMH
On Tuesday, CM Gehlot suddenly reached
Santokba Durlabhji Hospital. CM stopped
the convoy outside Durlabhji while returning
CMR from the airport. Notably, the mother of
his acquaintance Rajesh Ajmera is admitted
there and CM enquired about her health.
during his 20-25 minute stay at the hospital
and then left for residence.
We will fight elections with love
brotherhood. Inflation, un-
employment is at its peak to-
day. This time public is in favor of Con-
gress as even after completion of 4 years
there is no wave against the government.
BJP works to confuse the public.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
GOVTTRANSFERS5RASOFFICERS
Jaipur: Five RAS of-
ficers were trans-
ferred on Tuesday.
Hari Meena (Addl
commissioner- coloni-
zation vigilance, Bi-
kaner), Gitesh Shri-
malviya (Revenue Ap-
peal Officer- Chittor),
Abhishek Goyal
(ADM Chittor), RS
Pandey (Asst Collec-
tor Nathdwara), Divy-
arajSinghChundawat
( SDM Sangod, Kota),
SS Charan Seema
Tiwari’s transfer as
SDO was cancelled.

JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
SHAMA SIKANDER
JAMES MILLIRON
Shama Sikander chose some
wonderful photos with her
husband James Milliron to
commemorate their first
Valentine’s Day together after
their wedding. “Mohabbat ka
mausam hai, kyun na use danke
ki chot par zahir kiya jaye!” I am
exceedingly fortunate to have
your love, your unwavering
support, and, of course, the most
valuable gift you always offer me
is your All…
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SONAM ANAND
Sonam Kapoor took to her handle and
dropped an unseen wedding picture
with Anand Ahuja. In the picture,
Anand is seen looking straight into
the camera while Sonam is facing
the other side. The love birds look
nothing less than a dream in their
wedding outfits. Anand donned a
golden sherwani while Sonam rocked
a red traditional lehenga with heavy
accessories. Along with the picture,
she penned a beautiful note for
her husband. In her post, she even
mentioned that their son has got
Anand’s eyes and she was very happy
about it. untiltheendoftime!
Bollywood stars have gathered to celebrate
the beautiful day of everlasting love. City
First brings to you some lovely moments
shared by B-town stars on Valentine’s Day!
he much-awaited Val-
entine’s Day is finally
here! Like the rest of
us, our favourite Bolly-
wood couples rejoice
and reclaim their love
for each other, starting
from small gestures to some
pretty grand romantic ones.
It would not be incorrect to
suggest that our favourite stars
have turned our internet red
with their love for each other.
The couples took social media
and poured out their feelings for
their partners. City First brings
to you some beautiful love notes
of everlasting affection shared
by the Bollywood stars.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
T
SIDHARTH KIARA
Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani dropped some more pictures
from one of their wedding rituals. The couple took to Instagram
and shared a joint post. In the pictures, Kiara is seen sporting an
ivory-hued lehenga with a yellow netted dupatta. She has styled
her outfit with a heavy statement kundan necklace and matching
earrings. On the other hand, Sidharth is seen wearing a yellow
kurta and a matching salwar. He has completed the look with
a printed dupatta. Both of them complement each other really
well. Along with the pictures, the couple wrote, “Pyaar ka rang
chada hai” followed by a red heart emoji.
SRK GAURI
Shah Rukh Khan took to Twitter to announce that he will
answer a few fan queries. Where one fan asked “What was
your first Valentine’s Day present to Gauri Mam? #AskSRK
@iamsrk.” To which SRK replied, “If I recall properly, it’s
been about 34 years now....a pair of pink plastic earrings, I
believe”.
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