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OTHER TOP RAJ STORIES
GANGSTER LAWRENCE BISHNOI
GIVES TV ‘INTERVIEW FROM JAIL’
Jaipur: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
gave an interview to a private news
channel from a Punjab jail on Tuesday,
sources said. However, it is being
asked where did Lawrence get phone in
prison? He answered this in interview
& said, ‘There are loose points & it is
managed.” His interview has raised
questions about prison admin. P3
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
RUSSIAN JET
COLLIDES WITH
US DRONE OVER
BLACK SEA: US
New Delhi: Senior journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik, 78, breathed
his last on Tuesday after he reportedly had a fall in the
bathroom at his residence. Vaidik was founder-editor of PTI’s
Hindi news edition Bhasha.
Brussels: A Russian Su-27 jet fighter collided with
an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Black Sea on
Tuesday. “Our MQ-9 aircraft was conducting routine
ops in int’l airspace when it was intercepted and hit by
a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash,” said US AF.
LIC APPOINTS
TABLESH PANDEY
AND JAGANNATH
AS NEW MDs
New Delhi: LIC on Tuesday announced appointment
of Tablesh Pandey and M Jagannath as Managing
Directors of the corporation. Meanwhile, Siddhartha
Mohanty will take over as interim Chairman with
immediate effect in addition to his own duties.
SENIOR JOURNALIST VED PRATAP VAIDIK PASSES AWAY
BUDGET SESSION DAY 2: PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED AGAIN SETBACK FOR BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY VICTIMS
BJP & CONG TRADE ‘SAY SORRY’
JIBE IN RAHUL GANDHI REMARKS
The LS and RS were adjourned soon after they met as heated exchange between BJP
and Congress over Rahul’s remarks at Cambridge University in London continued
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Parliament
was adjourned for the
day on Tuesday after-
noon - till 11 am today -
amidacontinuingstand-
off between the ruling
BJP and the Congress
over Rahul Gandhi’s
criticism of the govern-
ment and PM Narendra
Modi.LokSabhaandRa-
jya Sabha saw protests
for a second straight day
.
On Tuesday, Piyush
Goyal picked up where
he, his colleagues left
off on Monday, declar-
ing, “Both Houses are
part of Parl, which have
been insulted. I feel this
is 1st time entire Parl
was insulted.” P5
Proceedings of Rajya Sabha underway during the second phase of the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
PM MODI HOLDS MEETING
WITH TOP MINS IN PARL
WOULD HAVE BEEN INTO
ACTING, IF NOT LAWYER: VP
MIN THAKUR DEMANDS
APOLOGY FROM RAHUL
TRIAL IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE
CASE NOT ‘SLOW PACED’, SAYS SC
WHAT CENTRE SAID
MAJOR HAPPENING
WHAT SC REPLIED
On Tuesday morning, top ministers
attended a meeting in Prime Minister
Narendra
Modi’s office
to fine-tune
the rul-
ing party’s
strategy in
Parliament.
Union minis-
ters Pralhad
Joshi,
Anurag Thakur, Piyush Goyal, Nitin
Gadkari and Kiren Rijiju attended the
meeting to discuss the Parl strategy.
After India’s glory at Oscars, win-
ners being praised inside RS. “It’s a
recognition
in which we
all must take
pride”, VP
and RS Chair-
man Jagdeep
Dhankhar
hailed Naatu
Naatu, The
Elephant
Whisperer’s win at Oscars 2023. “If I
hadn’t become a lawyer, I would defi-
nitely have been into acting,” he, said.
Rahul Gandhi goes abroad and insults
the country. He should come to the
Parliament
and apologise
to the nation.
He says he is
not allowed
to speak in
Parliament,
but his at-
tendance in
Lok Sabha is
lower than the average attendance of
MPs in Parliament, said Union minister
Anurag Thakur in Parl on Tuesday.
SC on Tuesday said trial in 2021 Lakhim-
pur case, in which Union minister Ajay
Mishra’s son Ashish is among those facing
prosecution, is not “slow paced” and directed
the concerned sessions judge to keep appris-
ing it about the future developments of trial.
“We have received 3 letters from trial judge,” SC observed,
adding it had gone through contents of letters received from
1st addl district and sessions judge, Lakhimpur Kheri.
The Centre’s curative
plea for enhanced
compensation for the
victims sought a direction
to Union Carbide and other
firms for over `7,400 crore
additional amount over and
above the earlier settlement
amount of USD 470 million
(`715 crore at the time
of settlement in 1989) for
paying compensation to
the gas tragedy victims.
While rejecting the plea,
SC said, ‘Dispute
can’t be re-opened after
final settlement in 1989.
Depreciation of rupee since
1989 can’t be a ground
to now seek a “top-up” of
compensation.” SC also
expressed concern over
`50 cr undistributed dues,
also asked “How can Centre
file a “curative” plea directly
without filing a review?”
Top Court rejects Centre’s
plea for addl compensation
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
premeCourtonTuesday
rejected the Central gov-
ernment’s curative plea
for enhanced compensa-
tion for the victims of
the 1984 Bhopal Gas
tragedy from US-based
firmUnionCarbideCor-
poration, now owned by
Dow Chemicals.
A five-judge constitu-
tion bench headed by
Justice Sanjay Kishan
Kaul pronounced the
verdict today after re-
serving the order on
January 12. . The bench
also comprised of Jus-
ticesSanjivKhanna,Ab-
hay S Oka, Vikram Nath
and JK Maheshwari. P6
We are un-
satisfied with
Union of In-
dia for not furnishing
any rationale for rak-
ing up this issue after
2 decades. We are of
the view that curative
petitions cannot be en-
tertained.
—Justice Sanjay K Kaul,
Supreme Court Judge
Man booked for unruly behaviour
on flight refuses bail, goes to jail
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Man charged
for unruly behaviour
and smoking on an Air
India flight was sent to
jail by a court in Mum-
bai after he refused to
pay `25,000 for bail, in-
stead cited online
‘search’ to claim fine
payable under IPC sec-
tion was `250. A court
has granted accused,
Ratnakar Dwivedi, a
cash bail, but he refused
to pay
. The accused told
court he had read on-
line that fine under sec-
tion 336 of IPC is `250,
which he was willing to
pay
,butnotbailamount.
TTE URINATES ON WOMAN PASSENGER IN
AMRITSAR TRAIN, HELD; RLY SACKS HIM
Lucknow: A ‘drunk’ Travel Ticket
Examiner (TTE) was arrested on
Tuesday for allegedly urinating on
a woman’s head in A1 coach of the
train going from Amritsar to Kolkata.
Accused Munna Kumar hails from
Bihar, he urinated on the woman
while she was sleeping. Railways
ministry has sacked the accused.
INCOME TAX RAID AT
MANGLAM GROUP
NIA CHARGE SHEET IN
PFI CASE, 2 FROM RAJ
Jaipur: Income Tax Dept
conducted raids at premis-
es of Manglam group once
again. Dept sleuths found
evidence of tax evasion and
undisclosed income of over
`400 crore. As per sourc-
es, the investigation branch
raided the headquarters of
the group in Apex Mall.
New Delhi: NIA has filed
first charge sheet in a case
pertaining to activities and
agenda of violent extremism
of PFI that was being pur-
sued in Rajasthan. NIA has
named 2 accused in charge
sheet – Mohammad Ashif
alias Asif from Kota & Sadiq
Sarraf from Baran. P3
 Congress MP Shaktisinh
Gohil filed a breach of privi-
lege notice against Piyush
Goyal, for violating House
rules by making allegations
against a member.
No outreach by RSS towards Muslims,
we respond to their invite, says Hosabale
Dimple Sharma
Panipat: RSS General
Secretary Dattatreya
Hosabale on Tuesday
said that Rahul Gandhi
should speak more re-
sponsibly and see the
reality of the Sangh’s
acceptance in society,
after the Congress lead-
er repeatedly targeted
the organisation in his
recent speeches.
Asked about Gan-
dhi’s recent remarks
against RSS, Hosabale
said he must be doing
this for his “political
agenda” but RSS does
not work in the political
field and he has no com-
petition with the Sangh,
Hosabale said at a press
conference on the last
day of RSS’s ‘ABPS
here. Turn to P5
RSS endorses PM
Modi’s ‘panch-pran’
pledge and eco policy
Dattatreya Hosabale with Sunil Ambekar during press conference
on last day of RSS’s ‘Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha’, on Tuesday.
Clash in Pakistan
as police try to
arrest Imran Khan
Lahore: Pakistani po-
lice and supporters of
Imran Khan fought
pitched battles outside
the former
p r i m e
minister’s
home in
Lahore on
Tuesday,
wounding
several on both sides,
ahead of his expected
arrest, a government
spokesman and wit-
nesses said.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhag-
wat will launch the first
Urdu trans-
lation of the
Samaveda,
one of the
four Vedas,
at an event
to be organised at Red
Fort on Friday.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Rajput leader
and Karni Sena founder
Lokendra Singh Kalvi,
68, passed away at a
state-run hospital here on
Tuesday. Family sources
said he suffered a cardiac
arrest late in the night and
breathed his last. Kalvi
was admitted to the Sawai
Man Singh Hospital for
the past few days. His
funeral was conducted
at his ancestral village,
Kalvi, in Nagaur district.
Governor Kalraj Mishra,
Satish Poonia, Vasundhara
Raje, Shri Kshatriya Yuvak
Sangh patron Bhagwan
Singh Rolsahabsar and
other leaders expressed
condolences on the
demise of Kalvi.
More on P10
Top Congress leaders in huddle to
brainstorm over election roadmap
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The Congress
party started its elec-
tion preparations and
the first meeting of 3
veterans regarding elec-
tion preparations was
held at 8, Civil Lines in
Jaipur on Tuesday
.
Chief MinisterAshok
Gehlot, State incharge
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa and PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
were present for it dur-
ing which there was a
detailed discussion be-
tween the three regard-
ing the roadmap for the
election campaign and
brainstorming was
done on the issues that
have to be resolved first.
There was also a mu-
tual discussion on
Sachin Pilot. Prelimi-
nary talks were also
held on the formation of
Co-ordination and Po-
litical Affairs Commit-
tees. Randhawa asked
the views of the State
Congress leadership
and now Randhawa will
give detailed feedback to
KC Venugopal in Delhi.
Randhawa will also
meet Cong Prez Mall-
ikarjun Kharge & will
put forward the feed-
back of Rajasthan lead-
ers in front of Kharge.
CM Ashok Gehlot Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Govind Singh Dotasra

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MLA Sat-
ish Poonia raised the
issue of suicide by
farmers and youth dur-
ing the discussion on
the demands of grants
of Agriculture, Animal
Husbandry and Fisher-
ies Department in the
Assembly on Tuesday.
“10,000 youths of Ra-
jasthan have commit-
ted suicide. 70 per cent
of these youth are from
rural areas who com-
mitted suicide due to
depression due to one
reason or the other, in-
cluding paper leaks.
The main reason for
which is 28 per cent un-
employment, for which
the Congress govern-
ment is responsible,”
he said.
“The farmers of Ra-
jasthan have to bear
the brunt. Neither
girdawari nor relief
has been given, only
talk is done. The Gov-
ernment of Rajasthan
has disappointed in
many places,” he said.
Demanding white pa-
per on loan waiver, Poo-
nia said under State
Milk Production
Scheme, money of
about 1,500 farmers of
Nagaur is pending.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Tourism Minis-
ter Vishvendra Singh as-
suredintheAssemblyon
Tuesday that efforts will
bemadetoincreasethe
s a n c t i o n e d
amount of Rs 1
croreforthede-
velopment of
R a j s a m a n d
Lake and ex-
pansion of tour-
ism facilities there,
after getting it tested.
Singh was replying to
supplementary ques-
tions raised by members
in this regard during the
Question Hour. He said
that the tender for this
work approved in the
year 2022-23 was can-
celled due to technical
reasons. He assured that
soon action will be taken
to invite fresh tenders.
Meanwhile, Vishven-
dra Singh said that the
Chashma-e-Noor (Hap-
py Valley) monument in
Ajmer is situated in a
protected forest area
and permission is not
granted for develop-
ment works there. He
assured that, the State
Government will try to
find a solution by writ-
ing a letter again to the
forest department.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Parliamentary
Affairs Minister Shan-
ti Dhariwal said in the
Assembly on Tuesday
that 5,877 cases have
been approved for pay-
ment so far to provide
assistance to the in-
sured families under
the Chief Minister Chi-
ranjeevi Accidental In-
surance Scheme.
He said that in these
approved cases, the vic-
tims are being paid
continuously. The Min-
ister was replying on
behalf of the Minister
of State Insurance and
Provident Fund to the
supplementary ques-
tions during the Ques-
tion Hour.
He said that it is nat-
ural for the payment to
take some time. In cas-
es where there is a de-
lay in payment, a dual
system of appeal has
been set up to provide
relief to the victim.
He informed that out
of 10,000 applications
received under the
Scheme, 5877 applica-
tions have been accept-
ed , out of which 1155
applications have been
rejected due to ineligi-
bility. He informed that
2750 cases are pending
due to lack of docu-
ments and 218 cases are
under process at the
departmental level.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Agriculture
Minister Lalchand Ka-
taria on Tuesday said
that Rajasthan is lead-
ing in the production of
millets in the country
and the income of the
farmers of the state will
increase due to the in-
crease in the demand
for coarse grains.
He said that to get rid
of the problem of ‘Vilay-
ati Babul’ or prosopis
juliflora,thedepartment
will plant fruit trees on
the affected land by run-
ning a special campaign
at the panchayat level.
Kataria was replying
to the debate on the de-
mands for grants of Ag-
riculture Department
and Animal Husbandry
and Fisheries Depart-
ment in the Vidhan
Sabha on Tuesday
. After
discussion, the House
passed the demands for
grants of Rs 37.48 bil-
lion of the Agriculture
department and Rs
14.55 billion of the Ani-
mal Husbandry and
Fisheries department.
Dinesh Tiwari
Jaipur: BJP workers
held a demonstration
outside the PCC office
on Tuesday over the
statement of Congress
party’s Rajasthan in-
charge Sukhjinder Sin-
gh Randhawa.
The protest was led
by BJP Jaipur Presi-
dent Raghav Sharma.
Carrying the BJP flag
in their hands, the work-
ers were shouting slo-
gans of Narendra Modi
Zindabad and Congress
Murdabad. As soon as
the workers turned to-
wards PCC from Sansar
Chandra Road, the po-
lice stopped them.
During this, some
workersalsoclimbedthe
barricades and tried to
cross it but the police
prevented them from
moving forward. On
this, the workers sat on a
dharna there. Later, the
dharna was called off.
Randhawa said on
Monday during a pro-
test in Jaipur, “If Ada-
ni-Ambani has to be re-
moved, Modi should be
finished first… then
defeat the BJP.”
The statement has
evoked a sharp reaction
from the BJP.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Showing strict-
ness on violation of law,
the Real Estate Regula-
tory Authority (RERA)
has instructed all De-
velopment Authorities,
Urban Improvement
Trusts and DLB in the
state to put a mandato-
ry condition of RERA
registration at the time
of layout plan approval
of plotted schemes.
RERA said that only
after this, leases
should be issued by the
local bodies.
Penalty will be im-
posed against the Local
body concerned for not
placing the condition.
It is said in the order
that according to the
RERA law, it is neces-
sary to register such
schemes with RERA
but despite this, many
local bodies are defy-
ing the law.
Subject expert and
advocate Mitesh
Rathore said that the
order will protect the
buyers from fraud.
Dimple Sharma
Jaipur: Babulal has
been made the Jaipur
provincial pracharak of
RSS in place of Shailen-
dra who has been given
the responsibility of Ut-
tarakhand provincial
pracharak. Babulal is
currently on the post of
co-provincialpracharak.
The announcement was
made in RSS meeting on
Tuesday
. Umesh Kumar
will be the provincial
pracharak of South Bi-
har, Ashish Kumar co-
provincial pracharak of
South Bihar, Brajkant
the provincial pracha-
rak of Mahakaushal re-
gion, Sanjay the co-pro-
vincial pracharak of
Awadh region, Chan-
drashekhar the co-pro-
vincial pracharak of Ut-
tarakhand, Shashank
Bhatia the Prant Sang-
hachalak of Braj region.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A six-member
delegation led by State
President of Rajasthan
Berozgar Ekikrat Maha-
sangh, Upen Yadav, on
Tuesday met Principal
Secretary to CM Ashok
Gehlot, Kuldeep Ranka,
and Secretary to CM,
Aarti Dogra, in CMO re-
garding their various
pending demands. After
the meeting, Upen Yadav
said that it has been
agreed to organise a
meeting of the delega-
tion of unemployed
youths every month
with the officials related
to recruitment at the
Chief Secretary or DOP
level to resolve the prob-
lems of the demands of
the youths.
“There will be a meet-
ing with the Finance
Secretary after March 17
regarding Panchayati-
raj JEN recruitment.
Similarly, candidates se-
lected for VDO recruit-
ment will be allotted dis-
tricts and appointment
will be given soon,” said
Upen Yadav.
Discussions were also
held regarding the CHO
recruitment exam.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The meet-
ing of the Select
Committee on the
Right to Health Bill
was held on Tuesday
under the chair-
manship of Health
minister Parsadi
Lal Meena. Deputy
LoP Rajendra
Rathore, Dr Jiten-
dra Singh, Rohit
Bohra, Kalicharan
Saraf and other
public representa-
tives attended the
meeting. It was de-
cided to finalise the
draft of the Select
Committee Bill and
consensus was made
on some amend-
ments also. The
meeting lasted for
about 51 minutes and
another meeting will
be held on Wednes-
day at 5 pm after the
members study the
main points.
Poonia blames Congress Govt for
suicides by youth from rural Raj
Raj leading in millet production,
farmers’ income will rise: Kataria
Rajsamand Lake, Happy Valley
devp soon: Vishvendra Singh
5,877 cases OK’d for
Accidental Insurance,
informs Dhariwal
BJP State chief Satish Poonia speaks during Assembly Session.
Shanti Kumar Dhariwal,
Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Minister Vishvendra Singh
Lalchand Kataria
Naresh Sharma
& Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP MLAs
staged a walkout from
the Rajasthan Assembly
and party workers pro-
tested in the city Tues-
day over Congress state
in-charge Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa’s re-
mark that Prime Minis-
terNarendraModimust
be “finished off”.
BJP MLAs raised the
issue during the debate
in the House on the de-
mand for grants for the
agriculturedepartment.
As soon as the BJP state
president Satish Poon-
ia’s speech ended, other
MLAs rose from their
seats, claiming that the
Congress leader had
given a call to physically
eliminate the PM.
Using the term “ter-
rorist”, BJP MLA
Madan Dilawar
said people are
t e r r o r i s e d
while the state
gover nment
remains silent
on the issue. He al-
leged there is a conspir-
acytokillModi.Dilawar
was backed by other
BJP MLAs.
Deputy LoP Rajendra
Rathore announced a
walkout over Randha-
wa’s remark. “The kind
of comment Congress
in-charge Randhawa
made for the PM is con-
demnable,” he said.
BJP MLAs walkout from Assembly
over Randhawa’s remark on Modi
QUESTION
HOUR
TEACHING WORK YET TO BEGIN AT
FINTECH DIGITAL UNIVERSITY: KALLA
24 INDIRA RASOIS ARE OPERATIONAL IN KOTA
NORTH, 19 IN KOTA SOUTH: SHANTI DHARIWAL
CONG LEADERS READY
TO ‘PROPOSE’ RATHORE’S
NAME FOR OPPN LEADER
MARKS RELAXATION IN
‘SET’ FOR ‘EWS’ NOT IN
STATE’S HANDS: YADAV
Education Minister Dr BD Kalla said in the As-
sembly on Tuesday on behalf of the Informa-
tion and Technology Minister that the teaching
work has not yet started in the Fintech Digital
University in Jodhpur. He
informed that the Rajiv
Gandhi Fintech Digital In-
stitute will be built on the
lines of IITs and there is a
possibility of a bill for this
university coming in this
session of the Vidhan Sabha, only then teaching
will be started in it. He said that in year 2022-23,
a provision of Rs 120 crore was made for this
university, which has been increased to Rs 139
crore and the budget will be increased further
on the basis of financial requirement.
LSG Minister Shanti Dhariwal made it clear in the
Assembly on Tuesday that 24 Indira Rasois each are
approved in Municipal Corporation Kota North and Kota
South areas. Of these, at present all 24 Indira Rasois are
operational in Municipal Cor-
poration Kota North and 19
Indira Rasois are operational
in Kota MC South. A total
of 7 Indira Rasois are being
operated in Ladpura assem-
bly constituency. Apart from
this, no proposal to operate new Indira Rasoi in Ladpura
assembly constituency is currently under consideration.
He said that due to a stay order given by the High Court in
Writ Petition 17248/2022 on December 1, 2022, it is not
possible to operate five Indira Rasois approved for MC
Kota South falling in Ladpura assembly constituency.
An interesting incident
happened in the House re-
garding Deputy LoP Rajendra
Rathore. Minister Lalchand
Kataria said that they want
Rathore to become the LoP
at which Mahesh Joshi said
that he is ready to propose
his name. Dr Raghu Sharma
and some other Congress-
men also nodded. Chairman
Rajendra Pareek also took a
jibe about Rathore and said,
“If you all say then I will pass
the resolution now.” Rathore
smiled with folded hands.
Minister of State for Higher
Education Rajendra
Singh Yadav said on Tuesday
that the State Eligibility Test
(SET) is conducted on the
basis of criteria set by the
University Grants Commis-
sion (UGC). UGC has pre-
scribed minimum 55 per cent
marks for EWS category. He
clarified that it is not possible
for the state government to
give relaxation of 5 per cent
marks to the candidates of
this category. MLA Ramlal
Sharma had raised the issue.
Deputy Leader Of Opposition Rajendra Rathore, Ashok Lahoty and
other BJP MLAs begin to walk out of the Assembly on Tuesday.
s a n c t i o n e d
amount of Rs 1
pansion of tour-
ism facilities there,
rorist”, BJP MLA
Madan Dilawar
remains silent
on the issue. He al-
BUDGET
SESSION
BJP’s Madan Dilawar alleges
conspiracy to kill PM Modi
Randhawa spoke of defeating
Modi and saving country: Kalla
Despite Shitalashtami holiday,
Assembly to function today
POLITICAL LUNCH
Minister Mamta Bhupesh and BJP’s Anita Bhadel hold talks
over lunch during Assembly Session on Monday.
BJP workers make efforts to breach the barricades as police try
to stop them outside Congress office in Jaipur on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
BJP protests at PCC over Randhawa statement Upen-led delegation
meets CMO officials
Select panel to
finalise draft
of Right to
Health Bill
State local bodies directed to issue
leases only after RERA registration
Babulal new provincial
pracharak of Sangh
Jaipur: Former Speaker of the Legislative Assem-
bly and senior BJP MLA Kailash Meghwal raised
the issue of Naxalism in the State. Meghwal said
that the demand for ‘Bhilsthan’ is arising in south-
ern Rajasthan in the State, which is taking a very
serious form. Meghwal said that this demand is
going to divide Rajasthan, which has now reached
the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly as well. “Eve-
ryone should think seriously about this idea, why
such a demand arose and why a part of colorful
Rajasthan wants to separate? Considering this
seriously, policies should be made so that a situa-
tion of satisfaction is created in the tribal sections,”
he said. He said that how much blood was lost due
to Naxalism in Bengal is not hidden from anyone.
“The seeds of Naxalism and Maoism have now
reached even in southern Rajasthan and discontent
is increasing among the tribals,” he said.
‘Naxalism seeds have
reached southern Raj’

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LAWRENCE BISHNOI IN TV INTERVIEW
PlantokillsingerSidhuMooseWalawasnotmine,Lawrencetellsanewschannel
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gangster Law-
rence Bishnoi, who has
vast network in Ra-
jasthan,onTuesdaygave
an interview to a private
news channel from jail
and said that he wanted
to present his side as he
was shown negatively
within society
.
Lawrence also spoke
on Sidhu Moose Wala’s
murder and said that
all the allegations lev-
eled against him were
baseless. Lawrence ac-
cused Goldie of killing
Moose Wala.
“The plan to kill
Moose Wala was not
mine. I got the news of
his murder on the
phone. When I went on
remand, I came to know
that Goldie got Moose
Wala killed,” he said.
Bishnoi said the plan-
ning for the murder of
Moose Wala was going
on for a year and he al-
ready knew about the
murder plot, but had no
hand in it. “Moose Wala
was strengthening our
anti-gang. I had told
Goldie that Moose Wala
is our enemy,” Law-
rence said. Lawrence
was confronted by vari-
ous officials of four dif-
ferent agencies in
Jaipur. According to
sources, at first, seeing
all the agencies togeth-
er, Lawrence got nerv-
ous, then stayed calm
for a while. During
strict interroga-
tion, Lawrence spilt
many secrets. He gave
information about
Hrithik Boxer wanted
in G Club firing case.
Lawrence Bishnoi in Jaipur last month.
(Inset) Screengrab of the TV interview.
EmergencyservicesatSuperSpecialityblockyettostart
Dr Kirodi shifts to
Delhi for treatment
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The govern-
ment may have spent
more than Rs. 200 crores
to build a ‘Super-Speci-
ality’ block near SMS
Trauma Centre, but the
mismanagement of
SMS Medical College is
proving costly to pa-
tients. The college ad-
ministration started
the super-specialty
block last year, but the
emergency services are
yet to begin.
Superintendent of
Super-Speciality Hos-
pital, Dr Vinay Mal-
hotra, informed that
Gastroenterology, Urol-
ogy, Nephrology and
Hepatobiliary and Pan-
creatic (HBP) Surgery
department have been
completely shifted to
the super-specialty
block. “More than 1000
patients visit OPD, of
which, around 300 pa-
tients get admitted for
treatment. Emergency
services are needed in
the hospital and efforts
are being done to start
it soon,” said Dr Vinay
Malhotra.
Notably, the centre
government funded Rs
120 crore, and the state
government funded Rs
80 for the construction
of the super-specialty
block. Officials in-
formed that presently
patients are admitted in
super-specialty hospital
after OPD consultation
from 9 am to 3 pm.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP’s Rajya
Sabha MP Kirodi Lal
Meena on Tuesday
accused the Rajasthan
govt of being negligent
in his treatment.
Meena, who was un-
dergoing treatment at
Sawai Mansingh Hospi-
talinJaipur,leftforDelhi
onTuesdayfortreatment
on his own will.
Talking to reporters
outside the hospital, the
MPsaid,“Thisgovtisdo-
ing cruelty even in the
treatment. The doctors
areunderthepressureof
the govt.” “I have had an
injury which has caused
swelling of the spinal
cord. I am feeling bad
andthesituationisturn-
ing worse. That is why I
am going to Delhi on my
own wish,” he said.
NEET Aspirant,
from Bihar dies
by suicide in Kota
Kota (PTI): An 18-year-
old NEET aspirant from
Bihar allegedly com-
mitted suicide by hang-
ing herself from a ceil-
ing fan in her hostel
room here on Tuesday,
police said.
The deceased has
been identified as
Shembul Parveen, they
said. She came to Kota
from West Champaran
in Bihar in June last
year and enrolled her-
self in a coaching insti-
tute for NEET prepara-
tions, they said.
The police is yet to
ascertain the reason be-
hind the extreme step
as no suicide note was
recovered from her
room, however, her par-
ents claimed that the
girl was upset over scor-
ing low marks in tests,
police said. The teen’s
parents were in Kota for
the last couple of days
to find her a new hostel
as she had complained
about the food being
served there, they said.
INDEPENDENT
COUNCILLOR DIES BY
SUICIDE IN AJMER
Deceased’s parents with police
in Kota on Tuesday.
Ajmer: Bhagchand Phul-
wari, a resident of Fatehpu-
ria city and independent
councilor of Ward No. 33 of
the city council, ended his
life by hanging himself on
Tuesday. As soon as the rel-
atives got the information,
they informed the city police
about it. After getting the
information, police reached
the spot and took the body
in their possession, and
kept it in the mortuary of
Govt Amritkaur Hospital.
On hearing the news of
the death of corporator
Phulwari, BJP corpora-
tors Mangat Singh Monu,
Hansraj Sharma, Virendra
Singh Rathore, and many
other public representatives
reached AKH Mortuary.
MINOR ABDUCTED & RAPED IN JAIPUR,
ACCUSED FLED WITH JEWELS & `2 LAKH
Jaipur: A case of abduction and rape of a minor girl has
come to light in the city. The accused raped her after
taking her hostage in a flat for two days and then fled
looting the jewellery and cash worth lakhs. The victim’s
father has lodged a report at the Jhotwara police station.
The police have started the investigation by registering a
report under the POCSO Act. As per the police report, the
accused kidnapped and raped his 15-year-old daughter.
The minor daughter had met the accused some time
back. During the conversation, the accused trapped his
minor daughter into a love affair, the complaint said.
Image for representational purpose only.
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena interacting with media outside SMS hospital
in Jaipur on Tuesday. He accused govt of medical negligence.
Allot dairy booths
in seven days:
Govt to collectors
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state govt
has directed all district
collectors to allot dairy
booths to applicants
within seven days. The
Directorate of Local
Self Government (LSG)
on Tuesday issued an
order in this regard and
directed that all dairy
booths should be allot-
ted by March 20.
The highest number
of applications came
from the JMC area
where 35,000 people ap-
plied for allotment of
dairy booths. Out of
these 5000 booths, the
governmenthasordered
to allot 1000 booths to
women associated with
self-help groups.
NIA files first
charge sheet
in Raj PFI case
New Delhi (ANI):
The NIA has filed its
first chargesheet in
one of its cases
against the banned
outfit Popular Front
of India (PFI) nam-
ing two accused from
Rajasthan for driv-
ing a wedge between
different communi-
ties in India through
radicalisation and
arms-training of gul-
lible Muslim youth,
training them in
handling weapons
and explosives and
raising funds for car-
rying out acts of ter-
ror. The NIA filed the
chargesheet on Mon-
day against Moham-
mad Ashif alias Asif
of Kota and Sadiq
Sarraf of Baran.
Production and consumption of
millet should be increased: Meena
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The two-day
‘Rajasthan Millets
Conclave - 2023’ organ-
ised by the Agriculture
Marketing Department
at the State Institute of
Agricultural Manage-
ment in Durgapura
concluded on Tuesday.
The chief guest of the
concluding ceremony
was the Minister of Ra-
jasthan Agriculture
Marketing, Murari Lal
Meena.
During his address,
Murari Lal Meena said
that the production
and consumption of
millet should be in-
creased.
“With the help of the
Indian Institute of Mil-
let Research, a millet
centre will be set up at
Gudamalani in Bar-
mer. For this, the state
government will pro-
vide 40 hectares of
land. Millet-based food
will also be available in
the mandi premises
under the Kisan Kale-
va Yojana. Along with
this, a millet Venture
Start-Up Fund will also
be set up,” said Meena.
Murari Lal Meena addressing the closing ceremony of
Rajasthan Millets Conclave-2023 in Durgapura on Tuesday.
MILLET CENTRE
Jaipur: Virendra Raj Meh-
ta, executive chairman of
Jaipur Foot manufacturer
Bhagwan
Mahaveer
Viklang
Sahayata
Samiti
(BMVSS),
died at
a hospital in Delhi on
Monday. He was 90. His
last rites will be held on
Tuesday, according to
a statement issued by
the BMVSS.The Padma
Shri awardee is survived
by his wife Vimla, son
Shelendra Raj Mehta and
daughter Sandhya.
Jaipur: The festival
of ‘Sheetla Ashtami’ will
be celebrated with enthu-
siasm and gaiety today.
Under the release issued
by the General Admin-
istration Department,
District Collector Prakash
Rajpurohit has declared a
local holiday in the Jaipur
district. On the occasion
of Sheetla Ashtami, fairs
will be organized at many
places in Jaipur city and
rural areas. Responsibil-
ities have been assigned
to the officers of the
concerned departments
to ensure necessary
arrangements for the
Sheetla Mata fair.
JAIPUR FOOT BODY
BMVSS’ EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN MEHTA
PASSES AWAY AT 90
HOLIDAY IN JAIPUR
ON THE OCCASSION
OF SHEETLA
ASHTAMI TODAY
BRIEF
in
in
TWO-DAY MILLETS CONCLAVE CONCLUDES
LAWRENCE WAS RECENTLY QUESTIONED
BY SEVERAL AGENCIES IN JAIPUR
Lawrence Bishnoi was on February 15 brought to
Jaipur from Punjab on a production warrant and
questioned by Jaipur police and other agencies for
over a week in connection with G Club firing and
others cases. He was brought from Punjab by Jaipur
Police amid tight security and was kept at Jawahar
Circle Police Station in Jaipur.
The plan to kill Moose Wala was not
mine. I got the news of his murder on
the phone. When I went on remand, I
came to know that Goldie got Moose Wala
killed. Moose Wala was strengthening our an-
ti-gang. I had told Goldie that Moose Wala is
our enemy. —Lawrence Bishnoi, Accused gangster

PERSPECTIVE
04
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 34
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
Reconstructing the Construction
Construct: Modi’s Projects
are Jan Andolans
The narrator proves to us how “Modi Hai To Mumkin Hai” is hundred percent
true when it comes to visualizing and implementing seemingly impossible
projects. Be it the Statue of Unity, the Mahatma Mandir, golden jubilee
celebrations or any other corporate project, PM Modi sees them right through
till the end so much so that one is convinced that “No One But Modi Can Do It!”
y conversation with PM Modi
veered off in a direction
where I believe I mentioned
to him something about hav-
ing a Sardar Patel statue out-
side the Mahatma Mandir.
He asked me “Harshad bhai!
Tell me what do you know
about Sardar Patel? What
have you read about him?”
And then his innermost
thoughts started pouring out
in words that eloquently ex-
pressed his reverence for the
Iron Man of India. He said
“In Gujarat, I will have this
statue overlooking the river
basin of the Narmada and
have it stand tallest amongst
the biggest statues of the
world. This will be taller
than the Statue of Liberty in
New York which people look
at and are mesmerized. And
we will have it located at the
Sardar Sarovar dam. And we
will create exceptional and
memorable tourism experi-
ences there! We must have
airports and airstrips, ban-
quet halls - a convention cen-
tre where we can hold inter-
national conferences and
seminars. There will be light
and sound shows in the even-
ing to depict the life and
times of Sardar Patel.” This
is how Narendra bhai visual-
ized his dream project and
we got down to making this
dream a reality. There were
several gray areas that need-
ed to be clarified and at the
first instance, any project of
this magnitude seems impos-
sible. Sometimes we would be
engulfed in a deluge of
doubts, if we would be even
able to do this much!
Well, BJP came up with its
memorable slogan “Modi
Hai to Mumkin Hai”. Al-
though this came up later, at
that time Modiji proved that
indeed if he’s there, every-
thing’s possible. When it was
time for real time execution
of this project, we had to
work through the fund allo-
cation worth `300 crore.
Whatever we had at that time
was way too short for a pro-
ject of this magnitude. But
God had other plans for us!
With the kind of persona
Narendra bhai possesses, his
vision and the dreams that
he watches with eyes wide
open, they come true and the
goddess of destiny is always
by his side. BJP chose him as
their Prime Ministerial can-
didate and he became the
most loved PM this country
has ever had in 2014!
During the golden jubilee
celebrations of India’s inde-
pendence, Narendra bhai’s
emotions towards his coun-
try, towards Mahatma Gan-
dhi and his ideology, and his
personal feelings for Bapu’s
thought were manifested
through the construction of
such a property in Gujarat
that would forever stand as a
remembrance for Mahatma
Gandhi. He decided to have
this Mahatma Mandir con-
structed right opposite the
Gandhinagar Secretariat in
Vidhan Sabha region. Now to
get some something con-
structed is a very simple ask
for a CM - all he needs to do
is put it in a file, sign it and
order the concerned depart-
ment. But when I had a word
with Narendra bhai about
this, he said “Harshad bhai!
I want the people to own this
place and I want the youth to
associate with this project. I
want school students from
all the districts and talukas
of Gujarat to come to this
place in buses, they should
bring water and soil from
their villages, and with this
soil of our state we should
lay the foundation of this
memorial. He also envi-
sioned the contribution of
the youth and the masses in
this project. And this is how
Narendra bhai realized this
dream by involving the peo-
ple contributing towards its
making. This has been his
vision towards almost every
development project that he
has visualized and brought
to life! He believes in shram-
daan - shramdaan of his peo-
ple, of the karyakartas, of
the youth - so much so that it
almost assumes the form of
a Jan Andolan!
With Narendra bhai, it is
like this - the project has been
laid down and is ready, con-
tractors are also ready; they
have been appointed and or-
ders have been issued, but
completion of the project
within the stipulated time-
lines and dedicating it to the
people, often times feels im-
possible. For instance, even
with companies such as L&T,
oneoftendoubtsif theywould
be able to meet the targets
within the given deadlines or
not. But once Narendra bhai
has taken a decision, he sees
it through and through by be-
ing present at every stage per-
sonally and he asks for con-
tinuousreportsandfeedback.
And the Mahatma Mandir
that he visualized embodies
thespiritof MahatmaGandhi
who picked up a pinch of salt
andbreathedintothefreedom
struggle a new life, Narendra
bhai infused this same spirit
in this Mandir. Look at the ex-
hibition of Gandhiji’s life cre-
ated with assistance of Birla
family! It is a world class ex-
perience. Creating such a his-
torical and immortal opus in
a time as short as 268 time is
something that only Modiji
can do - it is indeed laudable
and simply remarkable!
The golden jubilee celebra-
tions in Gujarat were going
on. I made a presentation
running into 60 slides on this
issue and reached the CM of-
fice. My counterparts who
were with me were slightly
busy in a meeting and some
senior IAS officers were pre-
sent outside the office. They
asked me “Harshad bhai!
How many slides have you
prepared?” I replied, “60”.
They said “Suppose you have
to make a presentation to the
chairman of the company
you work for, would you still
make a presentation this
long and will your chairman
watch it too?” They contin-
ued “He is the CM of Guja-
rat! He is Narendra bhai!
Bring down the number of
slides to 10 or 12.” But just
then I was called into the
CM’s office and I went ahead
with the presentation I had.
Let me tell you - the meeting
lasted 4 hours. I spent 1 min-
ute on every slide and Naren-
dra bhai spoke for 3 minutes
about each slide. I concluded
the presentation telling Nar-
endra bhai that this is what I
had in mind about how the
golden jubilee must be cele-
brated and I requested him to
pick and choose what he
liked. He spoke with affec-
tion and his words that day
to me, I believe, were the
greatest compliment or cer-
tificate I could have ever re-
ceived for all my corporate
achievements and knowl-
edge. He said “Harshad bhai!
This is an extremely profes-
sionally crafted and drafted
presentation and there is
nothing that I wish to delete
here! I will implement every
single suggestion you have
put up to me today!”
TO BE CONTINUED...
M
WITH MODIJI, THE PROJECTS
MEET THE DEADLINES
With Narendra bhai, it is like this - the
project has been laid down and is ready,
contractors are also ready; they have been
appointed and orders have been issued, but
completion of the project within the stipulated
timelines and dedicating it to the people, often
times feels impossible. For instance, even with
companies such as L&T, one often doubts if
they would be able to meet the targets within
the given deadlines or not.
AFFECTION I RECEIVED FROM MODIJI
IS THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT EVER
Iconcluded the golden jubilee presentation telling Narendra
bhai that this is what I had in mind about how event must
be celebrated and I requested him to pick and choose what
he liked. He spoke with affection and his words that day to
me, I believe, were greatest compliment or certificate I could
have ever received for all my corporate achievements and
knowledge. He said “Harshad bhai! This is an extremely
professionally crafted and drafted presentation and there
is nothing that I wish to delete here! I will implement every
single suggestion you have put up to me today!”
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
BJP chose Narendra
Modi as their Prime
Ministerial candidate
and he became the most
loved PM this country
has ever had in 2014!
NO ONE BUT
MODI CAN DO IT!
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
YOU READ PART 33 ON MARCH 2, 2023
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INDIA
05
New Delhi (ANI): The
government has initiat-
ed the process for com-
prehensiveamendments
to criminal laws like the
Indian Penal Code, 1860,
the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 and the
Indian Evidence Act,
1872inconsultationwith
all stakeholders, Minis-
ter of State for Home
Ajay Kumar Mishra told
the Lok Sabha.
The Minister made
the announcement
while giving a written
reply to the query of a
few parliamentarians.
Asked whether the gov-
ernment is in the pro-
cess of review of the
existing many criminal
laws including the In-
dian Evidence Act, of
1872, Mishra said the
Department-related
Parliamentary Stand-
ing Committee on
Home Affairs, in its
146th Report had rec-
ommended that there is
a need for a comprehen-
sive review of the Crim-
inal Justice System of
the country
.
“Earlier, the Parlia-
mentary Standing
Committee in its 111th
and 128th Reports had
also stressed the need
to reform and rational-
ize the criminal law of
the country by intro-
ducing comprehensive
legislation in Parlia-
ment rather than bring-
ing about piecemeal
amendments in respec-
tive Acts,” the MoS told
the Lower House.
“With a view to mak-
ing comprehensive
changes in the criminal
laws of the country to
provide affordable and
speedy justice to all,
create a people-centric
legal structure, the gov-
ernment has initiated
the process for compre-
hensive amendments to
criminal laws like Indi-
an Penal Code, 1860, the
Code of Criminal Pro-
cedure, 1973 and the In-
dian Evidence Act, 1872
in consultation with all
stakeholders,” Mishra
added.
He further said that a
committee had been
constituted under the
Chairpersonship of the
Vice Chancellor, Na-
tional Law University,
Delhitosuggestreforms
in the Criminal laws.
Process begun for amendments
to major criminal laws: Centre
The proceedings of Lok Sabha underway during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BUDGET
SESSION
Congress MPs stage a protest over various issues including the
Adani stocks issue, at Parliament, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Govt not mulling to
create any new state,
MoS informs Lok Sabha
New Delhi: There is no
proposal under the Central
government’s considera-
tion for creation of any new
state, the Lok Sabha was
informed on Tuesday by the
government. Union Minister
of State (MoS) for Home
Nityanand Rai said this while
replying to a written question
on whether the government
has received any proposal
for the constitution of Bun-
delkhand state.
Various steps taken to
tackle drug smuggling
at border areas: Govt
New Delhi: Government has
taken various steps to tackle
drug smuggling at the border
areas. MoS Nityanand Rai
said this in a written reply to
a question in Lok Sabha on
Tuesday. Rai said, detailed vul-
nerability mapping has been
carried out along the border
to strengthen surveillance by
deploying additional Special
Surveillance Equipment and
other available resources in
the vulnerable patches.
Rahul’s remarks
don’t require an
apology: Tharoor
New Delhi (ANI): As
the BJP continues to de-
mand an apology from
C o n g r e s s
leader Ra-
hul Gandhi
for his re-
marks in
London on
democracy in India, par-
ty MP Shashi Tharoor
said that Gandhi has not
said anything that re-
quires an apology
.
Tharoor further said
that Rahul Gandhi ex-
pressed concern about
the state of democracy
and attacks on it by the
practices of the ruling
government. “Rahul
Gandhi hasn’t said any-
thing that requires an
apology. He expressed
concern about the state
of our democracy and
attacks on it by the
practices of the ruling
government,” he said.
The Congress MP
said this is nothing
what Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has said
in foreign countries.
“This is milder than
what PM Narendra
Modi has said in foreign
countries. He has con-
stantly attacked the
Congress party, the pre-
vious government, and
alleged lack of progress
before he came to pow-
er. This kind of dis-
course abroad was initi-
ated by PM Modi, not by
Congress,” he added.
KCR is worried about Congress!
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Bharat
Rashtra Samithi leader
K Chandrasekhar Rao
is still seen fighting
with the Congress. But
heisalsoworriedabout
the Congress. KCR
knows that if the Con-
gress fights with more
vigor in Telangana, it
will benefit the BJP.
Congress also under-
stands this, so to keep
the pressure on KCR, it
is holding rallies and
programs in Telanga-
na. Whether both the
parties will coordinate
in the compulsion to
stop the BJP or not, is a
matter on which deci-
sion can be taken later,
but for now, KCR has
started showing good-
will. In Delhi, his
daughter Kavita asked
the Congress to give up
its stubbornness and
join the alliance.
When Kavita asked
the Congress to join the
alliance, she was not
talking about an alli-
ance for the Lok Sabha
elections. She meant to
cometogetherintheTel-
angana elections. Keep
in mind that Congress
has a good presence in
Telangana and Asadud-
din Owaisi’s party MIM
has influence in a large
area. In this way three
parties Bharat Rashtra
Samithi, Congress and
MIM are doing one vote
bankpolitics.If onevote
bank is divided into
three parties, then BJP
will be benefited. KCR
doesnotwantahungas-
sembly
, so, from the be-
ginning, he has been
showing harmony with
theCongress.Hisdaugh-
terKavitawentonaone-
day hunger strike at
Delhi’s Jantar Mantar
onMarch10andpraised
Sonia Gandhi fiercely
.
She thanked Sonia that
due to her efforts, the
Women’s Reservation
Bill could be passed in
the Rajya Sabha. After
this initiative from her
side, some interesting
changes can be seen.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao addressing joint
meeting of the BRS Parliamentary Party, Legislature Party and
the State Executive, in Hyderabad recently. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
said the Centre should
apologise not
Rahul Gand-
hi. “Govt
doesn’t want
to run the
Parliament.
Has it ever been witnessed
that all the members of
a party in power create a
ruckus to halt the Parlia-
ment?,” he said.
NOT RAHUL BUT
CENTRE SHOULD
APOLOGISE: ADHIR
New Delhi: The Indian
Youth Congress (IYC)
held a protest outside Lt
Governor VK Saxena’s
office here, demanding
an investigation into alle-
gations made against the
Adani group in the Hin-
denburg research report.
Several IYC leaders and
workers gathered at Civil
Lines, holding banners
and raising slogans.
YOUTH CONGRESS
PROTESTS IN DELHI
AGAINST ADANI ISSUE
New Delhi: Amid storm
over Rahul’s “democracy”
remarks, Indian Overseas
Congress
chief Sam
Pitroda on
Tuesday said
Rahul never
invited any
foreign countries for help
and was being subjected
to a ‘well-orchestrated’
personal attack based on
“lies and misinformation”.
LIE-BASED PERSONAL
ATTACK: PITRODA ON
RAHUL’S CRITICISM
Karnataka DGP is
‘nalayak’,should be
arrested:Shivakumar
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): Congress’ Karna-
taka President DK Shi-
vakumar on Tuesday
demanded arrest of the
state DGP Praveen Sood
for allowing erection of
an entrance in the name
of Nanje Gowda and
Uri Gowda, two histori-
cal figures who, as per
Hindu activists, had
killed erstwhile Mysu-
ru ruler Tipu Sultan.
During the visit of
PM Narendra Modi to
Karnataka to dedicate
Bengaluru-Mysuru Ex-
pressway, Praveen Sood
has allowed distortion
of history by allowing
anentrancetobenamed
after Nanje Gowda and
Uri Gowda. A case
should be lodged
against him and he has
to be arrested,” Shiva-
kumar said.
“This DGP is a nal-
ayak (useless). He had
heeded the demands of
the government. Imme-
diately, a case should be
registered against him.
The Election Commis-
sion should transfer
him to a different place.
He was there in the post
for three years. Why is
he still there?” he asked.
ROUNDUP
Court
Court
SC TO HEAR PLEA
AGAINST BAIL TO
K’TAKA BJP MLA
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday agreed
to hear plea of Karna-
taka Lokayukta against
grant of anticipatory
bail to BJP MLA Madal
Virupakshappa, main
accused in the Karnataka
Soaps and Detergents
contract scam. The plea
was initially mentioned
for urgent listing before a
bench headed by CJI DY
Chandrachud, who asked
the Lokayukta’s counsel
to mention the matter
before a bench headed
by Justice Sanjay Kaul.
DELHI GOVT TOLD TO
CONSTRUCT TOILETS
FOR TRANSGENDERS
New Delhi: The Delhi High
Court has set a deadline of
8 weeks for construction
of toilets for transgenders
in the city and warned it
will order personal appear-
ance of the top officials
concerned of the Delhi
govt and NDMC in case
of non-compliance. Court
noted that as per status
report filed by the city
govt, while the process
of construction was
stated to be underway, no
toilets have been built for
transgenders.
PLEA AGAINST USE
OF LOUDSPEAKERS
BY MOSQUES IN GUJ
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat
High Court has sought
the state govt’s reply on
a PIL seeking a ban on
the use of loudspeakers
for reciting ‘azaan’ (call
to prayer) in mosques.
A division bench of
Acting Chief Justice A J
Desai and Justice Biren
Vaishnav on Monday al-
lowed Shaktisinh Zala, a
Bajrang Dal leader, to join
the PIL after the original
petitioner Dharmendra
Prajapati sought to with-
draw it citing threats.
BCI: WILL CONSIDER
INCLUDING LAW ON
RTE IN CURRICULUM
New Delhi: The Bar
Council of India on
Tuesday told Delhi High
Court that it will consider
within “reasonable time”
the issue of introducing
Right to Education Act
as a compulsory subject
in law colleges. Court
was hearing a PIL, which
asserted that RTE Act
can be implemented in
its true letter and spirit
only if it is taught as a
compulsory subject in
the curriculum.
No outreach...
The RSS, in its resolu-
tion, has endorsed
the leadership of PM
Modi saying that the
“pancha-pran” mantra
given by him in his
Independence Day
speech last year could
free the nation from
the colonial mindset.
Hosabale also said that
the RSS agrees with the
Centre’s view on same-
sex marriage, adding
that marriage can take
place only between two
people from opposite
genders. On the ques-
tion of the Sangh’s
outreach to Muslims,
Hosabale said RSS
leaders are meeting
Muslim intellectuals and
their spiritual leaders on
their invitation only. Re-
sponding to questions
on Gandhi’s remarks
in the UK, the RSS
leader said, “Those who
converted India into
a jail have no right to
comment on democracy
in the country.”
FROM P1…

INDIA
06
CHRONOLOGY
OF EVENTS IN
BHOPAL GAS
TRAGEDY CASE
Tragedy claimed over 3,000 human lives and caused huge environmental damage...
m DEC 2-3, 1984: Leakage
of toxic Methyl Isocyanate
(MIC) gas from the Union
Carbide plant in Bhopal.
m DEC 3, 1984: Police
register FIR. Arrests Union
Carbide India Ltd (UCIL)
employees, including Jai
Mukund (Works Manager),
Satya Chaudhary (Asst
Manager), KV Shetty (Plant
Supdt) and others.
m DEC 6, 1984: Case
transferred to CBI.
m DEC 7, 1984: Chairman of
UCIL Warren M Anderson,
Chairman of UCIL Keshub
Mahindra and Managing
Director of UCIL Vijay
Prabhakar Gokhle arrested.
m DEC 7, 1984: Warren
Anderson released on bail
upon a promise to return.
m DEC 9, 1984: CBI takes
over the investigation.
m FEB 1985: Indian govt
files claim for USD 3.3 billion
from UCIL in US court.
m MAR 29, 1985: The
Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster
(Processing of Claims) Act,
1985 passed.
m MAY 12, 1986: US
District Court Judge
Keenan transfers all Bhopal
litigations to India.
m NOV 30, 1987: CBI files
charge sheet in the CJM
court, Bhopal, charging
the accused under section
304 (culpable homicide not
amounting to murder) and
other charges.
m DEC 1987: CBI files charge
sheet against Anderson and
others on charges of culpable
homicide.
m DEC 1, 1987: CJM,
Bhopal issues summons
against Anderson.
m NOV 15, 1988: CJM,
Bhopal issues bailable
warrants against Anderson.
m FEB 1992: Anderson
declared fugitive by court.
m APR 10, 1992: Bhopal
court issues Non-Bailable
Warrant against Anderson.
m JUNE 22, 1992: Bhopal
CJM commits the case to
the Sessions court against
the rest of the nine accused.
m NOV 1994: Despite
petitions by survivors, the
Supreme Court allows Union
Carbide to sell its stake in
UCIL to McLeod Russell
(India) Ltd of Calcutta.
m SEPT 13, 1996: SC on
plea of accused dilutes the
charges framed against
them by the trial court and
upheld by MP High Court.
m MAY 2003:Indian govt
formally conveys to the US
its request for extradition of
Anderson.
m MAY 2004: A US court
says it could order Dow
Chemicals to clean soil
and ground water in the
abandoned factory site if the
Indian government provides
a no objection certificate.
m JUNE 2004: The
US rejects request for
Anderson’s extradition.
m OCT 26, 2004: The
Supreme Court sets
deadline of November 15
to pay out the rest of USD
470 million paid by Union
Carbide as compensation.
m JUNE 7, 2010: After more
than 25 years, Bhopal CJM
holds guilty all 8 accused
and sentences them to
two years of jail term. All
convicts were granted bail.
m FEB 28, 2011: The
Supreme Court decides to
hear on day-to-day basis
Centre’s plea for restoration
of culpable homicide charge.
m MAY 23, 2011: Delhi
court allows CBI plea
seeking to extradite
Anderson from the US.
m APRIL 13, 2011: The
Supreme Court questions
delay in filing the curative
petition.
m MAY 11, 2011: The
Supreme Court dismisses
CBI’s curative petition but
leaves it to Sessions
court to consider strict
charges against the
accused persons.
m JAN 12, 2023:
The Supreme Court
reserves verdict on
Centre’s curative petition
seeking enhancement of
compensation to victims.
m MARCH 14, 2023: The
Supreme Court dismisses
Centre’s curative petition
seeking enhancement of
compensation to victims.
the rest of the nine accused.
and ground water in the two years of jail term. All
Stalin seeks PM’s help for release
of TN 16 fishermen from Sri Lanka
Chennai (Agencies):
Tamil Nadu Chief Min-
ister MK Stalin has re-
quested Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to inter-
vene in the release of 16
fishermen from Tamil
Naduwhowerearrested
by the Sri Lankan Navy
.
InalettertothePMon
Tuesday
,theTamilNadu
CM requested him to
initiate diplomatic steps
to ensure the release of
the fishermen.
“This is the third in-
cident of attack/arrest
of Indian fishermen by
the Sri Lankan nation-
als/Navy within a
month and as you are
aware, these fishermen
are solely dependent on
their fishing activity for
livelihood and such fre-
quent incidents shatter
the livelihood of poor
fishermen and also cre-
ate fear psychosis in the
minds of poor fisher-
men from Tamil Nadu.”
He said that 102 fish-
ing boats are in the cus-
tody of the Sri Lankan
Navy as of date and
added that six fishing
boats that were released
by Sri Lanka are yet to
be repatriated to India.
Stalin, in the letter, re-
quested the Prime Min-
ister to initiate “neces-
sary diplomatic steps to
secure the early release
of all 16 fishermen and
102 fishing boats that
were apprehended by
the Sri Lankan Navy
.”
The Chief Minister
also recalled his earlier
letters addressed to the
Union External Affairs
minister who had taken
up the matter with the
Sri Lanka government
and despite all the ef-
forts such incidents are
continuing.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin Prime Minister Narendra Modi
TN FISHERMEN RUE
BAN AGAINST SEA
CUCUMBER FISHING
Chennai: The fishermen
association affiliated with
the Congress party, All
India Fishermen Congress
will conduct a protest
march in Delhi in April
against the Sea Cucumber
fishing ban. The Centre
banned fishing of Sea
Cucumber in 2001 citing it
as an endangered spe-
cies. The fishermen are
demanding to lift the ban
on fishing this species. No-
tably, there is almost one
case registered on a daily
basis on smuggling of
Sea Cucumber from India,
especially from the Ram-
anathapuram coast. The
farmers urged the Central
govt to lift the ban so that
the sale of Sea Cucumbers
increases, fetching good
profits for fishermen.
“India is 1st responder in
humanitarian aid globally”
New Delhi (Agencies):
India has emerged first
responder in Humani-
tarian Assistance and
Disaster Relief (HADR)
at global level, said
Chief of Defence Staff
General Anil Chauhan,
in his virtual message
to a Workshop on Hu-
manitarian Assistance,
Disaster Relief, Risk
Mitigation and Disaster
Resilience rganized un-
der the aegis of Inte-
grated Defence Staff
(IDS), Ministry of De-
fence today on 14th
March, 2023 at New
Delhi. The workshop
was organized as part
of India’s Chairman-
ship of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organiza-
tion (SCO) and was at-
tended by speakers
from Kazakhstan, Kyr-
gyz Republic, Belarus,
Mongolia, Pakistan and
China along with speak-
er from Russia in the
virtual mode.
“In keeping with our
cultural beliefs of Vas-
udhaiva Kutumbakam
– the whole world is one
family, India has been
playing an important
role in providing HADR
in the region and be-
yond”, he added, citing
the instances such as
Operation Maitri – res-
cue operations during
earthquake in Nepal,
Assistance to Sri Lanka
in 2016 during Cyclone
Roanu, earthquake in
Indonesia in 2018,
flooding in Madagascar
in January 2020, Sup-
ply of Vaccines during
the COVID 19 pandemic
etc. He further said
that timely launch of
Operation Dost follow-
ing the recent earth-
quake in Turkiye is a
testimony to India’s
willingness to extend
help to all possible cor-
ners of the globe.
CDS Gen Anil Chauhan addresses workshop on Humanitarian
Assistance, Disaster Relief, Risk Mitigation Disaster Resilience.
39 of world’s 50 most polluted cities are in India: Report
New Delhi: The Swiss
firm IQAir in its ‘World
Air Quality Report’ re-
leased on Tuesday
rankedIndiatheworld’s
eighth most polluted
country in 2022, drop-
ping from fifth place the
previous year. In the list
of most polluted cities
in the world, out of the
50 cities, 39 are in India.
Chad, Iraq, Pakistan,
Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Burkina Faso, Kuwait,
India, Egypt and Tajik-
istan were the top 10
most polluted countries
whileAustralia,Estonia,
Finland, Grenada, Ice-
land, and New Zealand
mettheWorldHealthOr-
ganization(WHO)PM2.5
guideline (annual aver-
age of 5 Aug/m3 or less).
The data from 131
countries was taken
fromover30,000ground-
based monitors, govt or
non-govt operated.
In India, the transpor-
tation sector causes 20-
35 per cent of the PM2.5
pollution while other
sources of pollution are
industrial units, coal-
fired power plants and
biomass burning.
After the two top
most-polluted cities, La-
hore in Pakistan and
Hotan in China, Ra-
jasthan’s Bhiwadi is in
third place and Delhi
ranked fourth.
Delhi’s PM2.5 level is
almost 20 times the safe
limit, the report stated.
Delhi has so far been
the most polluted capi-
tal in the world and the
report made a distinc-
tion between ‘greater’
Delhi and New Delhi
the capital. Both are in
the top 10 and the infa-
mous distinction of be-
ing the world’s most
polluted capital goes to
Chad’s N’Djamena.
National Capital’s pe-
ripherals-- Noida, Gha-
ziabad, Gurugram and
Faridabad have seen a
decline in pollution lev-
els. The report said that
there is a 34 per cent de-
cline in Gurugram to 21
per cent in Faridabad if
compared to the aver-
age PM2.5 levels report-
ed in previous years.
Kolkata was ranked the most polluted after Delhi.
THE ‘WORLD AIR
QUALITY REPORT’
The report said that
worldwide, poor air
quality accounts for 93 bil-
lion days lived with illness
and over six million deaths
each year. As per report,
31 cities including 10
cities in Uttar Pradesh and
seven in Haryana, have
seen a steep percentage
decline in pollution levels.
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police arrested nine people in
Telangana State Public Service Commission’s (TSP-
SC) public examinations question paper leak, officials
said on Tuesday. Police said, “Based on the complaint
given by Assistant Secretary of TSPSC on March 11,
a case was registered. On March 13, the Commission-
er’s Task Force and Central Zone team apprehended
nine persons accused of stealing and leaking TSPSC’s
Assistant Engineer (AE) Exam Question Papers.”
9 HELD IN T’GANA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION EXAM PAPER LEAK CASE
CRUCIAL READ
Firozabad: In a tragic incident on Tuesday, five peo-
ple including a woman were killed while nine others
in a collision between two four-wheelers on the Agra
Lucknow Expressway, the
police said. An ambu-
lance on its way also
collided with the car and
leaving those inside it
injured, they added. “The
accident happened near
pillar number 48 of the Agra Lucknow Expressway,
near Thana Nasirpur area,” said Ravi Ranjan, District
Officer, Firozabad.
UP: 5 KILLED, 9 INJURED IN AGRA
LUCKNOW EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling TMC on Tuesday
expelled youth leaders Kuntal Ghosh (R) and Santanu
Bandoopadhyay (L), both arrested in the multi-crore
teachers’ recruitment
scam in the state. This the
second time that TMC has
taken such a step in the
matter since the central
agencies started probing
scam. Last July, the party
stripped former state Education Minister and Secre-
tary General, Partha Chatterjee of all his ministerial
and party portfolios a week after his arrest by ED.
TEACHERS’ SCAM: TMC EXPELS KUNTAL
GHOSH, SANTANU BANDOPADHYAY
Terrorist held
in JK’s
Sopore district
Srinagar: Security
forces in Sopore arrest-
ed an active terrorist,
an official said on Tues-
day, adding arms and
ammunition were also
recovered from him.
The terrorist has been
identified as Owais Ah-
mad Mir. Based on spe-
cific input regarding
the presence of a terror-
ist in Madina Bagh Moh
at Dangerpura area, a
joint cordon and search
operation was launched
by Sopore Police and
the Army (22RR).
‘Vibrant Prog’ for border
villages’ development
New Delhi (ANI): The
central government has
approved a centrally-
sponsored scheme ‘Vi-
brant Villages Pro-
gramme’ for the com-
prehensive develop-
ment of the border vil-
lages, said Minister of
State for Home Affairs,
Nisith Pramanik in a
written reply to a ques-
tion in the Lok Sabha
on Tuesday
.
The programme aims
to develop the villages
in 46 border blocks of 19
districts in four States
and one Union Territo-
ry viz Arunachal
Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh, Sikkim, Utta-
rakhand and Ladakh
(UT) abutting the north-
ern border.
A fund of Rs 4,800
crore has been allocated
for the programme for
the Financial Year 2022-
23 to 2025-26.
Over 900 Omicron sub-variants
detected in last 4 months: Govt
New Delhi (PTI): Omi-
cron and its sub-line-
ages are the dominant
SARS-CoV-2 variants in
India, the govt informed
RajyaSabhaonTuesday
.
During the last four
months, more than 1900
Omicron sub-variants
have been detected
among the samples ana-
lysed by the Indian
SARS-CoV-2 Genomics
Consortium(INSACOG)
across the country
, Min-
ister of State for Health
Bharasti Pravin Pawar
said in a written reply
.
Given the emergence of
variants of Covid-19 vi-
rus with variable trans-
missibility and their
possible health implica-
tions, INSACOG net-
work laboratories con-
ducts whole genome se-
quencing of samples for
detection of mutant
variants of the virus.
27-YR-OLD TRICHY
MAN DIES WITH
COVID SYMPTOMS
Chennai: The sample of a
27-year-old man who died
with Covid symptoms in
Trichy has been sent for
testing to check for the
presence of H3N2 virus,
officials said on Tuesday.
The victim was a resident
of Trichy and worked in
Bengaluru. Recently, he
had gone on a vacation
to Goa with his friends,
where he fell sick and
returned to Trichy on a
flight on March 9. He died
at GBR private hospital in
Trichy on March 10.

JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023 07

VW to invest $193 billion to meet EV target
New Delhi (FIB): Volk-
swagen plans to invest $193
billion over the next five
years in areas including
battery production and its
North American opera-
tions, it said on Tuesday,
though the pace of spend-
ing will fall from 2025.
The investments come as
Volkswagen tries to close a
gap with electric vehicle
(EV) pioneer Tesla by ex-
panding its slice of the
growing market for bat-
tery-powered cars.
As it works toward a tar-
get of EVs accounting for
50% of its sales globally by
2030, over two-thirds of the
five-year investment budg-
et is allocated towards elec-
trification and digitalisa-
tion, up from 56% in a five-
year plan it had released a
year earlier.
The difference from the
previous plan is primarily
down to more investment
in its battery business, raw
materials, and a $2 billion
plant for the Scout brand.
OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z The investments come as
Volkswagen tries to close a
gap with EV pioneer Tesla
by expanding its slice of the
growing market for battery-
powered cars
z The difference from the
previous plan is primarily
down to more investment
in its battery business, raw
materials
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: State-run
power giant NTPC is plan-
ning to import around 5.4
million tonnes of coal to
meet the supply shortage
during the first half 2023-
24 fiscal, Parliament was
informed on Tuesday.
“NTPC is planning to im-
port around 5.4 million
tonnes of coal for its
group stations to meet
domestic coal supply
shortage during the first
half of Financial Year
2023-24,” Power Minister
R K Singh said in a writ-
ten reply to the Rajya Sab-
ha on Tuesday. —PTI
NTPC MULLS 5.4 MT
COAL IMPORT IN 1ST
HALF OF 2023-24
New Delhi: Tata Motors-
owned Jaguar Land Rover
on Tuesday said it is part-
nering with Tata Technolo-
gies to accelerate its digi-
tal transformation. As part
of the collaboration, Tata
Technologies will deliver
end-to-end integrated
ERP to transform Jaguar
Land Rover’s manufactur-
ing, logistics, supply
chain, finance and pur-
chasing modules by
bringing data and knowl-
edge from multiple de-
partments into one single
source. The first phase
will include JLR UK core
production facilities, with
solutions subsequently
deployed to other global
locations. —PTI
JLR PARTNERS WITH
TATA TECH FOR
DIGITAL OVERHAUL
New Delhi: The deepen-
ing funding winter that the
startups face and the near
dry-up of IPOs singed the
deal street as the total val-
ue of deals plunged by
60% to $1.8 billion in
February. According to
Grant Thornton, the in-
dustry saw just 89 deals
worth $1.8 billion in Feb-
ruary, which is 60% lower
than the year ago period
in value terms and down
by 54% y-o-y as investors
continued to tread cau-
tiously amid macroeco-
nomic uncertainties. —PTI
DEALS PLUNGE BY
60% TO $1.8 BILLION
IN FEBRUARY 2023
New Delhi: Gold prices
climbed `480 to `57,380
per 10 grams in the na-
tional capital on Tuesday
amid strong global trends,
according to HDFC Secu-
rities. It ended at `56,900
per 10 grams on Monday.
Silver also zoomed `2,150
to `66,900/kg. “Spot gold
price in the Delhi markets
was at `57,380/10 grams,
up `480/10 grams,”
Saumil Gandhi of HDFC
Securities, said on Tues-
day. In the overseas mar-
kets, gold and silver trad-
ed higher at $1,909/ounce
and $20.80/ounce, re-
spectively. —PTI
GOLD CLIMBS `480
PER 10 GM; SILVER
ZOOMS `2,150/KG
08
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 57,380.00 480.00 0.83 (Per 10g)
SILVER 66,900.00 2150.00 3.21 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.49 0.26 0.31
GBPINR 100.27 1.09 1.10
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
IPPB WANTS TO
CONVERT ITSELF TO
UNIVERSAL BANK: CEO
New Delhi: India Post Payments
Bank (IPPB) wants to convert
itself to a universal bank as the
vast network
of post office
branches
would help
in achieving
financial inclusion, its MD and
CEO J Venkatramu said on
Tuesday. He said when the IPPB
started operations in 2018, 80%
of the transactions would hap-
pen in cash. However, with tech-
nology adoption, presently only
20% of the transaction happens
in cash and 80% digitally. —PTI
FRAGRANCE FLAVOUR
INDUSTRY TO TOUCH
OVER $5 BN IN 3-4 YRS
Kolkata: The fragrance and
flavour industry of the country
is likely to grow around 12%
each year and
touch over
$5.2 billion in
three to four
years, FAFAI
said. This growth will be driven
by factors like rising dispos-
able incomes and changing
consumer preferences. “The
fragrance and flavour industry is
growing very fast in the country.
The present size of the industry
is $3.7 billion in the country”,
FAFAI official said. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
MOST APAC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NOT TO BE
IMPACTED BY US BANK FAILURE: MOODY’S
New Delhi: Most Asia Pacific financial institutions are not exposed to
the failed US banks and are not as susceptible to large losses from
debt security holdings as Silicon Valley Bank was, Moody’s said on
Tuesday. On March 12, US regulators closed Signature Bank, just two
days after shutting Silicon Valley Bank,
following mass withdrawals of customer
deposits from these regional banks.
Moody’s Investors Service said these
events are likely to result in a tightening
of liquidity in debt markets globally as
investors grow wary. —PTI
‘AT AN EARLY DATE’
Govt to make India $5 tn economy
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Tuesday in-
formed the Rajya Sabha
that it is taking steps to
make India a $5 trillion
economy earlier than the
International Monetary
Fund’s forecast year of
2026-27. The IMF's Outlook
earlier said the size of the
Indian economy will in-
crease from $3.2 trillion in
2021-22 to $3.5 trillion in
2022-23 and cross $5 trillion
in 2026-27.
The government has
been taking steps to make
the country a $5 trillion
economy at an early date,
MoS for Finance Pankaj
Chaudhary said.
Observing that the out-
break of the COVID pan-
demic in 2020 and the Rus-
sia-Ukraine conflict in 2022
has impacted the world
output, increased inflation
in several countries and
raised uncertainty in the
world economy, he said,
lower uncertainty in the
global economic outlook
will help India become a $5
trillion-dollar economy
earlier.
Some of the important
measures taken by the gov-
ernment in the past to
boost economic growth in-
clude the making of the
National infrastructure
pipeline of projects, push
to capital expenditure, im-
plementation of the PLI
scheme, finalisation of the
National Monetization
Pipeline of public sector
assets and formulation of
National Logistics policy
.
The minister further
said that capital expendi-
ture will be speeded up by
PM Gatishakti for integrat-
ed planning of infrastruc-
ture and synchronised pro-
ject implementation across
all concerned central min-
istries, departments and
state governments.
The Union Budget 2023-
24, Chaudhary said, “fur-
ther sustains the growth
momentum with an in-
crease in capital invest-
ment outlay for the third
year in a row by 33% to `10
lakh crore (3.3% of GDP)”.
WPI inflation eases to over 2-year
low of 3.85% in February 2023
New Delhi (PTI): The
wholesale price-based in-
flation declined to over
two-year low of 3.85% in
February on easing prices
of manufactured items,
fuel and power, even
though food articles re-
mained expensive.
This is the ninth straight
month of decline in the
rate of wholesale price-in-
dex (WPI) based inflation.
The WPI inflation was
4.73% in January and
13.43% in February, last
year. Decline in the rate of
inflation in February 2023
is primarily contributed by
fall in prices of crude pe-
troleum natural gas, non-
food articles, food products,
minerals, computer, elec-
tronic optical products,
chemicals chemical
products, electrical equip-
ment and motor vehicles,
trailers semi-trailers,
the commerce and indus-
try ministry said on Tues-
day. The 3.85% WPI infla-
tion is the lowest since
January 2021, when the
rate of price rise on whole-
sale basis was 2.51%.
The decline in the rate of
price rise was mainly due
to a favourable base effect,
economists said, adding
that going forward, soften-
ing commodity prices
would help ease WPI infla-
tion further. However, the
future course of food infla-
tion would depend on
weather related conditions
and timely monsoon.
AIR INDIA PARTNERS
WITH SALESFORCE
New Delhi (FIB): Air In-
dia on Tuesday announced
partnership with Sales-
force to transform its cus-
tomer service technology
stack.
Through their work with
Salesforce, Air India will be
able to optimize the custom-
er experience across all key
touchpoints. By working
with Salesforce, Air India’s
customer-facing staff
across all touchpoints will
be empowered with a uni-
fied data platform for its
customers and AI-assisted
tools to excel in every cus-
tomer interaction.
The technology being de-
ployed from Salesforce will
allow Air India to track
customer interactions
across its contact centre,
mobile, web, chatbot,
email, social media and
other channels to provide a
single source-of-truth of
customer asks.
First India chip
fab set to be
launched soon
New Delhi (PTI): The first
semiconductor fab will be
announced in a few weeks,
and India is poised for a vi-
brant chip industry in the
next 3-4 years on the back
of enabling policies and
the government's firm
commitment towards
growing the manufactur-
ing ecosystem, Union Min-
ister Ashwini Vaishnaw
said on Tuesday
.
Today, 99% of mobile
phones used here are made
in India. This is in stark
contrast to the situation 10
years ago when out of 100
phones, as much as 99%
were imported, the Minis-
ter for Electronics and IT
said. And now the ecosys-
tem is also shifting to the
country. When it comes to
mobile phone manufactur-
ing India is number two in
manufacturing, and num-
ber three in exports, the
minister said.
To spur the supply side,
major initiatives have been
undertaken by the Centre,
including a sharp focus on
promoting the ecosystem
and ensuring a clearly laid
out policy framework that
is stable and consistent.
Markets fall for fourth day on the
trot; Sensex sinks below 58,000
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark BSE Sensex declined
nearly 340 points to close
below the 58,000 level on
Tuesday, marking its
fourth straight day of loss-
es as auto, IT and financial
stocks wilted amid con-
cerns over the fallout of
failure of two US-based
banks.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
fell 337.66 points or 0.58% to
settle at anew five month
low of 57,900.19.
The broader NSE Nifty
declined 111 points or
0.65% to end at a five-month
low of 17,043.30, with 38 of
its scrips ending in the red.
MM was the biggest
loser in the Sensex pack,
declining nearly 3 per cent,
followed by TCS, Bajaj Fi-
nance, Wipro, Kotak Bank,
Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech
and Tata Motors.
` FALLS 26 PAISE TO 82.49 AGAINST DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 26 paise to 82.49 (provision-
al) against the US dollar on Tuesday amid stronger dollar, negative
sentiment in the domestic equity market and unabated foreign fund
outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit
opened lower at 82.27 against
the dollar and traded between
the range of 82.24 and 82.50
during intra-day. It finally settled
at 82.49 (provisional) against
the American currency. This is
the second consecutive day of
decline in the Indian currency.
On Monday, the rupee settled at
82.23 against the US dollar.
FB parent Meta
slashes another
10,000 jobs
New York (PTI): Facebook
parent Meta is slashing an-
other 10,000 jobs and will
not fill 5,000 open positions
as the social media pioneer
cuts costs.
The company said on
Tuesday it will reduce the
size of its recruiting team
and make further cuts in
its tech groups in late
April, and then its business
groups in late May
.
“This will be tough and
there’s no way around
that,” said CEO Mark Zuck-
erberg. “It will mean say-
ing goodbye to talented and
passionate colleagues who
have been part of our suc-
cess.”
The Menlo Park, Califor-
nia, company has invested
billions of dollars to rea-
lign its focus on the
metaverse. The company
announced 11,000 job cuts
in November.
VIA E-AUCTIONS
FCI to sell 10.13 lakh tn
of wheat to bulk users
New Delhi (PTI): State-
owned FCI plans to sell
10.13 lakh tonnes of wheat
to bulk consumers in the
sixth round of e-auction to
be held on Wednesday as
part of the government's
measures to check wheat
and atta prices.
The Centre has an-
nounced the sale of 50 lakh
tonnes of wheat in the open
market to control prices.
Of this, 45 lakh tonnes have
been earmarked for bulk
consumers, including flour
millers.
Food Corporation of In-
dia (FCI) has sold 28.85 lakh
tonnes of wheat to bulk
consumers in the five
rounds of e-auction held so
far. According to a senior
official, FCI will offer 10.13
lakh tonnes of wheat to
bulk consumers in the
sixth round of e-auction to
be held on March 15.

NEWS
09
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari made a
global appeal for gen-
der parity for women’s
representation in high-
level international bod-
ies. She said there was
not enough women rep-
resentation even in the
United Nation General
Assembly
.
She is a member of
the Standing Commit-
tee on UN Affairs. Elab-
orating further, the Ra-
jsamand MP said that
women empowerment
and including them in
decision-making is the
most effective way to
ensure equitable and
sustainable develop-
ment across the globe.
She further said that un-
der the leadership of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, the Govern-
mentof Indiahasmoved
women empowerment
to the phase of women-
led development.
She also said that it is
her firm belief that gen-
der equality cannot be
achieved without bring-
ingchangesinattitudes,
mindsets, institutions,
and legal frameworks.
As a parliamentarian,
she said Governments
across the globe should
have a workforce that
reflects gender balance.
Diya Kumari makes appeal for gender parity
146TH
ASSEMBLY MEETING OF IPU PARLIAMENT IN BAHRAIN
400copsraidpremisesof
history-sheeters,1held
Police seize `44 lakh, 4 cars, other 22 vehicles, weapons, 18 phones etc.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: In a joint op-
eration by Jodhpur
Commissionerate and
Pali Police, nearly 400
policemen on Tuesday
morning raided the
premises of history-
sheeter Jhabbar Singh
and his brother Bhan-
war Singh in the Mani-
hariareaof Palidistrict.
Police informed that
the raids were carried
out to arrest the three
accused involved in the
killing of Suresh Singh
during police custody
.
“Nearly Rs. 44 lakh,
four luxury cars, 22 ve-
hicles, sharp weapons,
18 mobiles, illegal liq-
uor, sim cards, two
JCB, one Hitachi, four
dumpers, seven trac-
tors and other belong-
ings of Jhabbar Singh
and his brother Bhan-
war Singh were seized
during the raids.
According to the in-
formation, the three ac-
cused, Bharat Singh,
Ajay Pal Singh, and
Himanshu Meena, were
hiding in the premises
of Jhabbar Singh.
However, the accused
managed to flee during
the police raids.
“The Ratanada police
have arrested Jhabbar
Singh, who is being in-
terrogated,” a police of-
ficial associated with
the case said.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Governor Kalraj
Mishra on Tuesday said
that every possible ef-
fort should be made to
make affordable educa-
tion accessible to every
section of society
through the distance
education system.
Addressing the 15th
convocation ceremony
of Vardhaman Ma-
haveer Open University
Kota, he said that the
importance of distance
education is increasing
and at the time of the
corona pandemic, the
centers of distance edu-
cation were helping the
students sitting at home
through online books
and video lectures.
“In higher education,
we have to lay emphasis
on socially useful re-
search standards,” he
said. Mishra also said
that in addition to gen-
eral courses in distance
education, more em-
phasis should be laid on
teaching vocational and
professional courses so
that unemployment can
be removed through
this education.
He said students with
technical knowledge
should create jobs with
their new ‘startups’ and
studentsdoingvocation-
al courses should get
suitable jobs so that the
concept of self-reliant
India can be realised.
A police team inspecting the seized cash, mobile phones and
other material during the raid on Tuesday.
Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari with the delegates at the 146th
assembly meeting at Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Bahrain.
Diya Kumari speaking at 146th
assembly meeting in Bahrain.
Governor Kalraj Mishra and others at Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University in Kota on Tuesday.
THREE ACCUSED
WERE HIDING IN
THE PREMISES
CM APPROVES `9.50 CR FOR
NEW GUEST HOUSE AT RPSC
MODERNISING SYSTEM
According to the police,
the three accused, Bharat
Singh, Ajay Pal Singh, and Hi-
manshu Meena, were hiding
in the premises of Jhabbar
Singh. However, they man-
aged to flee during the raids.
According to the information,
nearly Rs. 44 lakh, four luxury
cars, 22 vehicles, sharp weap-
ons, 18 mobiles, illegal liquor,
sim cards, two JCB, one
Hitachi, four dumpers, seven
tractors and other belongings
of Jhabbar Singh and his
brother Bhanwar Singh were
seized during the raids.
Jaipur: There will be many development works on
the campus for confidential preparations and suc-
cessful operations for conducting examinations by
Rajasthan Public Service Commis-
sion, Ajmer. A new guest house
will be built from the point
of view of subject experts
coming for the interview.
Chief Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved Rs 9.50
crore for the strengthening
and modernisation of RPSC
which will now have various
works including the con-
struction of a separate
guest house.
Accessibleaffordable
educationtoall:Mishra
EX-GRATIA OF `8 LAKH TO KIN OF YOUTH
KILLED BY SAND MAFIA IN RAJSAMAND
Rajsamand: After the protest that lasted for 9 hours
after a youth was crushed to death, a settlement
took place between the police administration and
the protestors. After the assurance of
the District SP, the relatives undertook
the body of the deceased. Earlier, after
a dispute over stopping the mining
work in a field, the gravel mafia brutally
killed a youth named Manish Paliwal
by crushing him with a tractor. But
finally, the District Collector and the SP reached the
spot and held talks with the relatives. Most of their
demands were met, which include a contract job to
the wife of the deceased, action against the accused,
investigation by higher officials, Rs 8 lakh compen-
sation, and other benefits. —Ashish Choudhary
Jhalawar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tues-
day arrested a sarpanch in Jhalawar while accepting
a bribe of Rs. 3 lakhs. Police informed
that Rambabu Meghwal, sarpanch of
gram panchayat Dev Nagar of Jhalawar
district, demanded a bribe to pass the
bills of the contracting firm. “The com-
plainant stated that construction work
was done in Dev Nagar gram panchayat
by his firm. However, the sarpanch was demanding
a bribe of 7% of total payment to pass the bills. The
actual bribe amount was Rs. 3.22 lakh,” police said.
“The complaint was verified and a trap was laid. The
sarpanch was held red-handed,” police added.
Ajmer: A young man died on the spot in the firing in
broad daylight in a land dispute in the Sardar-Singh-
ki-dhani area on Tuesday. The sensation
spread in the area after the incident
of firing in broad daylight. As soon as
the information about the firing was
received, the police reached the spot
and took Ashok Yadav injured in the
firing to the Government Yagyanarayan
Hospital, where the doctors declared the youth
dead. Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on
Tuesday targeted the state government over the de-
teriorating law and situation in Rajasthan. The police
teams are collecting evidence from the spot.
ACB ARRESTS SARPANCH FOR TAKING
BRIBE OF `3 LAKH IN JHALAWAR
YOUNG MAN SHOT DEAD IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT OVER LAND DISPUTE IN AJMER
NEWS DIGEST
21-year-old
girl kidnapped
gangraped
in Barmer
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: A 21-year-old
girl was allegedly kid-
napped, assaulted and
gang raped in Barmer
district. The ghory inci-
dent has been reported
from the Dhorimanna
police station area in
Barmer.
Police said that after
theincident,theaccused
had left the victim at an
isolated location fled.
On Monday the vic-
tim approached the po-
lice along with her fam-
ily members and lodged
the case. She alleged
that accused Ramesh
Kumar and Sunil Bish-
noi have kidnapped, as-
saulted and gang raped
her. On basis of the com-
plaint, police have
lodged the case under
section of kidnapping,
assault and gang-rape.
Ajmer Dairy increases milk prices
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Chairman of
Ajmer Saras Dairy,
Ramchandra Chaud-
hary, on Tuesday said
that to provide relief to
cattle owners, milk pro-
ducers will be paid a
purchase price of Rs 9
per fat from April 1.
While addressing a
press conference, Ram-
chandra Chaudhary in-
formed that one lakh
cows will be purchased
from Haryana, Gujarat
and Punjab and a loan
of up to 4% will be giv-
en to cattle owners,
whose guarantee will be
taken by Ajmer Dairy
.
“The 49th Dairy In-
dustry Conference will
be held from March 16
to 18 in Gandhinagar
of Gujarat.
“Dairy federations
from across India and
other countries will also
participate in the con-
ference and discuss
problems being faced in
the dairy industry along
with suggesting innova-
tions in this field,” said
AjmerSarasDairyRam-
chandra Chaudhary
.
Chairman Ajmer Saras Dairy, Ramchandra Chaudhary.
Motorcycle hit by a tractor-
trolley in Jhalawar on Tuesday.
CM grants `28 cr
for new RSSB bldg
RSSB building. —FILE PIC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The new
building of the Ra-
jasthan Staff Selec-
tion Board will be
ready soon. This
building will be con-
structed in front of
Aranya Bhawan in
Jaipur’s Jhalana In-
stitutional area on
new plot number 4 in
an area of 2684 sqm.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved Rs 28 crore
for the construction
of the building.
With the decision
of the CM, record
keeping of various
recruitment exami-
nations to be con-
ducted by the board,
organization of up-
coming recruitment
examinations and
document verifica-
tion of successful
candidates will be
facilitated.
The land has been
allotted free of cost
by the JDA and hand-
ed over to the Board.
One woman among 8
killed in separate road
accidents in Rajasthan
Churu (FIB): In an ap-
palling accident on
Agra-LucknowExpress-
way in Sujangarh, five
people were killed. Four
youths of Tada village
of Sujangarh died tragi-
cally in the accident af-
ter an EcoSport car
rammed over and kill-
ing them on the spot.
All four youths were
standing on one side of
the expressway. Apart
from the death of four
youths, a woman in the
car also died. The
deceased have been
identified as Babulal,
Kailash,andNemichan-
dand Rakesh.
All four dead belong
to the same family
. The
four youths were re-
turning from Gorakh-
pur after attending a
relative’s wedding. The
Nasirpura police
reached the spot after
the accident.
Calendar for auction of major
minor mineral blocks to be made
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: A quarterly cal-
endar of the auction of
blocks will be made in
the financial year start-
ing from April 1 while
making an annual road-
map for the auction of
major and minor min-
eral blocks in the state.
Along with deciding
the action plan from
preparation of the min-
ing block to auction, ef-
fective arrangement
and timely monitoring
of the auction will also
be ensured.A study of
Odisha’s system will
also be conducted by a
team of high-level offi-
cials of the department
so that the best practic-
es there can be adopted
if found useful in the
context of Rajasthan.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary Mines Dr. Sub-
odh Agarwal held a re-
view meeting and said
that by adopting inno-
vation, the department
has started a series of
virtual open dialogues
every month regarding
special minerals and ar-
rangements so that all
the officers of the de-
partment can have open
discussions and share
their experiences with
each other.
Dr Subodh Agarwal, Additional
Chief Secretary Mines.
Illegal cultivation
of opium on rise
in Barmer, over
178 plants seized
Udaipur Collector
Meena reviews
preparations for
G20 meeting
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Along with
drug smuggling, smug-
glers in Rajasthan’s Bar-
mer district also have
started ille-
gal cultiva-
tion. In the
past 2
weeks, po-
lice have
seized over 800 opium
plants that were illegal-
ly planted. In the latest
development on Tues-
day
, Siwana police raid-
ed the field of Rajuram,
a resident of Devpura
Dharna. During the
raid, police recovered
around178opiumplants
and also recovered 80
grams of opium milk
from his possession. Po-
lice have arrested Raju
Ram and initiated a
probe in the case. A case
under NDPS Act was
registered against him.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: The G-20
meeting will be held at
Lake City in the coming
days. To ensure the
smooth hosting of the
mega event, the district
administration is on
high alert. Regarding
the meeting, District
Collector Tarachand
Meena visited the city
on Tuesday and took
stock of the prepara-
tions. The collector vis-
ited the airport road
from the meeting place
and gave necessary
guidelines to the de-
partmental officers.
3 OF FAMILY DIE
AS TRACTOR HITS
BIKE IN JHALAWAR
Jhalawar (PTI): Three mem-
bers of a family were killed
after their motorcycle was hit
by a tractor-trolley in Aklera
town of Jhalawar district on
Tuesday. Amarlal Bairwa (55),
his brother Shrilal (50) and
cousin Phoolchand (62), all
residents of Tokra village were
killed in the accident, said
Laxmi Singh SHO at Aklera
police station. The motorcycle
was in the service lane when
the driver of the tractor lost
control of the vehicle and
crashed into the trio, he said.
Amarlal was killed on the spot
while 2 others succumbed to
injuries, he added.

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