First india jaipur edition-05 february 2021

‘STOPMONOLOGUE,
GETBACKTODIALOGUE’
Oppn gherao govt in Parliament
One-step-ahead, always: CM Gehlot
reminds central govt of its ‘apathy’
Jaipur: One of the ar-
eas apart from health,
where Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has
worked proactively
throughout his political
career has been educa-
tion. In certain quar-
ters Gehlot is consid-
ered a visionary for his
approach to education
and policies he and his
government has framed
thus far for bettering
the quality of education
in the state.
In a recent develop-
ment, Gehlot has sur-
prised the union
gover nment
itself which
was looking
to establish a
digital uni-
versity in
Jodhpur. In
this regard,
Jodhpur
M P
and
union Jal Shakti minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat had written
a letter to CM Gehlot on
February 1, 2021, ask-
ing for forwarding a
proposal soon to estab-
lish the university at
Jodhpur.
In reply to the un-
ion minister’s letter,
Gehlot has shot an-
other letter to Shek-
hawat stressing that
for a long time, the
state government
has been serious
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Large population still vulnerable
to covid: ICMR’s 3rd serosurvey
New Delhi: Despite
achieving a record re-
covery rate against
the novel coronavirus,
a large proportion of
Indian population still
remains vulnerable to
it, the third serosur-
vey conducted by the
Indian Council of
Medical Research
(ICMR) has revealed.
Sharing the find-
ings of the survey at a
press conference, the
Union Health Minis-
try said the third na-
tional serosurvey has
found that 21.5 per
cent of population,
surveyed from Decem-
ber 17 to January 8,
showed evidence of
past exposure to the
coronavirus. A large
population still re-
mains vulnerable and
vaccination is neces-
sary, the ministry
said. The urban slums
have reported the
highest seropreva-
lence with 31.7 per
cent, the ministry
said. The urban slums
had reported the high-
est seroprevalence in
the last serosurvey as
well, with population
density coupled with
high mobility, and
challenges in safe dis-
tancing and hand hy-
giene being the key
driver of spread of
infection.
CM replies to Jal Shakti minister Shekhawat’s letter that state
government is ahead of centre when it comes to education. says 5
proposals are pending since last years before finance commission
Shah holds meet
with NSA Doval,
Intelligence chief
New Delhi: Opposition
parties on Thursday as-
sailed the government
over its handling of the
farmer protests against
the three contentious
farm laws, saying BJP
ministers believe in
monologue and trench-
es have been dug,
barbed wires put up and
spikes installed when
bridges should have
been built to win over
farmers.
Sanjay Singh, who
was among three AAP
leaders marshalled out
of Rajya Sabha on
Wednesday over unruly
behaviour, on Thursday
hit out at the central
government saying
farmers are being lathi-
charged, called traitors,
terrorists and Khal-
istanis.
“Talks happened 11
times, all failed. Gov-
ernment claims to be a
call away, but doesn’t
bother,” he said in the
Rajya Sabha. Stating
that about 165 farmers
have lost their lives in
the past 76 days, Singh
appealed to the Modi
government to “have
mercy and repeal the
three black laws”.
Opening the second
day of discussion on a
motion thanking the
President for his ad-
dress to the joint sitting
of Parliament at the
start of the Budget Ses-
sion, Manoj Kumar Jha
of the RJD said the gov-
ernment has lost the
patience to hear and
any criticism is painted
as anti-national.
“With folded hands, I
request you to please
understand the pain of
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New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah on
Thursday convened a
meeting in Parliament
House regarding the
proposed call for a na-
tionwide ‘chakka jam’
on February 6 (Satur-
day). Present at the
meeting were NSA Ajit
Doval, the Director of
the Intelligence Bureau
Arvind Kumar and Del-
hi Police Commissioner
SN Shrivastava, among
other officials of the
Home Ministry
.
Farmer unions on
Monday (February 1)
had announced a coun-
trywide ‘chakka jam’ on
February 6 (Saturday)
when they would block
national and state high-
ways for three hours for
the repeal of three farm
laws, Bhartiya Kisan
Morcha (R) president,
Balbir Singh Rajewal
said on Monday
.
“We will block both
state highways and na-
tional highways for
three hours from 12
noon to 3 pm on Febru-
ary 6. We will protest for
our demand of complete
rollback of farm laws,
against the repressive
measures being taken
across Delhi, and
against anti-farmer and
pro-corporate budget,”
he said at a press confer-
enceorganisedbySamy-
ukt Kisan Morcha.
The Samkyukt
Kisan Morcha (SKM),
an umbrella body of
protesting unions, also
alleged that the Twit-
ter accounts of Kisan
Ekta Morcha and a
user named ‘Trac-
tor2Twitter’ have been
restricted.
MPs stopped from
reaching Ghazipur
New Delhi: A delega-
tion of 15 MPs from 10
Opposition parties, led
by Shiromani Akali Dal
MP Harsimrat Kaur
Badal, was on Thursday
stopped by the police
from reaching the Ghaz-
ipur border to meet the
farmers protesting
against the Centre’s
three new farm laws.
Security has been
tightened at the Ghaz-
ipur, Singhu, and Tikri
borders, where thou-
sands of farmers have
been camping since De-
cember, after the vio-
lence and vandalism on
January 26 during a
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Still stand with farmers: Greta
after police files ‘toolkit’ case
New Delhi:Greta Thun-
berg’s controversial
tweet on a “toolkit” for
supporting the farmer
protests was cited in a
case filed on Thursday
by the Delhi Police that
includes charges of se-
dition, an overseas
“conspiracy” and an at-
tempt to “promote en-
mity between groups”.
The police said its case
is against the creators
of the toolkit and does
not name Greta Thun-
berg. The teen climate
campaigner, unfazed,
tweeted that she “still”
stood with farmers and
“no amount of threats”
would change that.
Greta Thunberg’s
tweets in support of the
protests near Delhi
against farm laws are
among Turn to P6
The high-level review meet focussed
on Feb 6 ‘Chakka Jam’ by farmers
AAP MP Sanjay Singh and RJD MP Manoj Jha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Home Minister Amit Shah
Greta Thunberg
NSA Ajit Doval at Parliament.
SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal along with other Opposition
MPs were stopped near Ghazipur border on Thursday.
Farmers’ stir
discussed in
team meeting,
says Virat Kohli
Chennai: Indian crick-
et captain Virat Kohli
on Thursday said that
the ongoing farmers’
protest against new ag-
riculture
laws has
come up for
discussion
in his team
m e e t i n g
where everyone has “ex-
pressed their views”.
Kohli, speaking on-
line to the media ahead
of the first test against
England in Chennai,
did not share the details
of the “brief” conversa-
tion on the matter.
“Any issue which is
present in the country,
we do talk about it and
everyone has expressed
what they had to say
about the issue. We
briefly spoke about it in
the team meeting
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New Delhi: India has asked for US help in inves-
tigating Sikhs for Justice - a Khalistani group.
The request has been sent to US Department of
Justice, foreign ministry said. Delhi Police has
registered a case, citing an “overseas” conspiracy
behind violence during Republic Day tractor rally.
Rampur: Congress
leader Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra on
Thursday
said that
the gov-
ernment
has failed
to identify the agitation
against the three farm
laws as a real struggle
and does not recog-
nise the plight of the
protesting farmers.
New Delhi: ”We have
to pledge that the unity
of the
country is
our prior-
ity and its
respect
above
everything. ,” Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
said at the inauguration
of the centenary cel-
ebrations of the Chauri
Chaura incident.
INVESTIGATE SIKHS FOR JUSTICE:
INDIA URGES UNITED STATES
‘STOP VIEWING
PROTESTS AS
POL CONSPIRACY’
UNITY OF NATION
OUR PRIMARY
PRIORITY: PM
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NEXT REPUBLIC DAY PARADE WILL BE
ON CENTRAL VISTA AVENUE AND IT WILL
BE A ‘SYMBOL OF MODERN INDIA’: PURI
THERE IS JUST TALK, THERE IS NO
UNDERSTANDING, NO STRATEGY AND NO
LEADERSHIP IN COUNTRY: RAHUL
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
CM TAKING
SUGGESTIONS
FOR BUDGET
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot is constantly
taking suggestions
from representatives
of all sections of
the society to meet
the issues related to
public interest in the
state budget to be
presented during the
upcoming session of
the assembly. In this
series, on February 5,
the Chief Minister will
interact with the state
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh
and RJD MP Manoj Jha
spearheaded attack as
Opposition tore into
government’s stand
towards farmers’ protest

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Khatushyam
fair will be the first big
religious fair in Ra-
jasthan to be held after
the coronavirus out-
break for which the
district administra-
tion has given permis-
sion. The religious fair
will be held in Sikar as
per the Covid-19 related
guidelines. Every devo-
tee desirous to attend
the fair will have to reg-
ister at the website of
the temple.
The visitors will also
have to carry covid neg-
ative RT-PCR test re-
ports which should not
be older than 72 hours
whileothercompliances
likewearingafacemask
and social distancing
will have to be done.
The District ad-
ministration has
given permission for
the fair but dates
have not been final-
ised yet.
Sikar collector
Avichal Chaturvedi
along with SP Kun-
war Rashtradeep vis-
ited Khatu to review
the arrangements and
preparations for the fair
Chaturvedi said that
the proposal regarding
the fair has been given
permission.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2021
02
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: There is good
news for devotees who
are eagerly waiting to
take a holy dip in the
bank of river Ganga in
Haridwar. A direct
flight from Jaipur Air-
port to Dehradun is go-
ing to start from Febru-
ary 10. The SpiceJet
flight will operate 4
days a week. The pil-
grims visiting Harid-
war Kumbh will get the
facility when the flight
starts for Dehradun.
Besides, new flights
will also start from
Jaipur to Amritsar, Su-
rat, and Delhi from
February 10.
There are no direct
flights from Jaipur to
Dehradun and Amrit-
sar as of now. There are
currently flights from
Jaipur to 14 major cities
of the country and with
the addition of these 2
new cities, the total
goes up to 16. Currently,
on average 37 flights op-
erate from Jaipur Air-
port out of which 21 are
from IndiGo.
However, not all is
well as 4 flights of Go
Air will be cancelled for
the next 5 days. Passen-
gers are also being in-
formed about flight can-
cellations. Earlier the
flights were supposed to
be cancelled till Febru-
ary 27 but now, as per
sources, it will resume
from February 10.
Meanwhile, the sched-
ule of AirAsia flights is
also paused till the
5th and will resume
from February 6.
Jaipur-Dehradun flight from Feb 10
FOUR NEW FLIGHTS NEXT WEEK
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state pres-
ident Satish Poonia was
welcomed by BJP work-
ers while going to
Khetri, Jhunjhunu on
Thursday
. While Poonia
targeted the Cong govt,
he described the Con-
gress as a sinking ship.
BJP workers led by for-
mer MLA Jhabarsingh
Kharra welcomed Poo-
nia on his way to Jhun-
jhunu. He was garland-
ed by former MLA
Jhabarsingh Kharra
and other activists.
The order of the an-
nouncement of the
state officials and mem-
bers of the State Work-
ing Committee of dif-
ferent fronts of BJP is
being done. The presi-
dent of Mahila Morcha
Alka Mundra has an-
nounced the office-bear-
ers. Mundra announced
four members of the
State Working Commit-
tee with 6 vice presi-
dents and state minis-
ters, 2 general minis-
ters, one treasurer, one
office minister, and one
media in-charge.
Laxmikant Sharma
Dausa: Former deputy
chief minister Sachin
Pilot has started focus-
ingonstrengtheninghis
mass support at grass-
roots level through
farmer meetings. His
strategy indicates that
he has decided to go
ahead in politics by
modifying the Jagan
Mohan Reddy model
which was adopted in
undivided Andhra
Pradesh.
After a lot of brain-
storming, Pilot and his
strategists have made a
phase-wise programme
to reach out to the mass-
es. To start with, 3 farm-
er meetings ‘Kisan Ma-
hapanchayat’ will be
held in Dausa, Bharat-
pur and Jaipur.
The first such meet-
ings will be held in
Dausa on Friday, which
will be followed by an-
other meeting in Baya-
na in Bharatpur on Feb-
ruary 9 and in Kotkha-
wada in Chaksu of
Jaipur on February 17.
Pilot is planning to
hold similar meetings
across the state later.
After suggestions from
well wishers, Pilot
camp has decided to
hold programmes in
phased manner where-
in he will hold farmers-
meetings and later raise
issues of public inter-
est. In the first phase,
Pilot will visit those dis-
tricts where he has
more supporting MLAs.
Kisan Sammelans are
also being held in those
districts.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Furious over
the cancellation of
drinkingwaterschemes
in Sanganer constitu-
ency, MLA Ashok La-
hoti along with his sup-
porters demonstrated
outside PHED. He also
met Chief Engineer CM
Chauhan and handed
him a memo and
warned that if the wa-
ter demand is not met
in Sanganer, then the
water of Bisalpur for
Jaipur will be stopped
in Sanganer. He was ac-
companied by BJP
councillors, activists,
and women during the
demonstration carry-
ing earthen pitchers.
Congressissinking
ship, says Poonia
PILOT TO REACH DAUSA TODAY
FOR ‘KISAN MAHAPANCHAYAT’
LahotiholdsdemoforparchedSanganer
Residents of Sanganer area led by Ashok Lahoti hold demo at Chief Engineer’s office over water scarcity on Thursday.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Former chief
minister Vasundhara
Raje and Union minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat have con-
demned the police ac-
tion on students who
were demonstrating at
theJaiNarainVyas Uni-
versity of Jodhpur on
Wednesday
.
“The incident of
lathi-chargebypoliceon
students is highly con-
demnable. The students
are the makers of better
India whose issues
should be resolved not
by sticks but by dia-
logue,” Raje said.
Union Jal Shakti min-
ister and Jodhpur MP
Gajendra Singh said the
police action was a sup-
pressionof thestudents.
Shekhawat, Raje flay
JNVU lathi-charge
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RLP MP Hanu-
man Beniwal will carry
out a tractor rally at all
district headquarters in
the state today
. The trac-
tor parade marks their
support to the ongoing
farmer movement and
opposition to the cen-
tral agricultural laws.
The parade in Jaipur
will start at 9:30 am
from Mansarovar Met-
ro Station. The parade
will include local activ-
ists and officials associ-
ated with the RLP as
well as representatives
of several farmer or-
ganizations. RLP repre-
sentatives will submit a
memorandum to the
collector on the arrival
of the tractor rally at
Collectorate Circle.
RLP’s tractor rally in
farmers’ support today
Vasundhara Raje
Sachin Pilot
Hanuman Beniwal
Satish Poonia welcomed by BJP workers at Khetri, Jhunjhunu
on Thursday.
KHATU FAIR: DEVOTEES MUST
REGISTER ONLINE
MAY THEIR TRIBE GROW!
There is some
good news from
Jaipur Zoo, as
the flightless
bird common in
Australia, Emu,
gave birth to
chicks. First India
Photojournalist
Suman Sarkar
captured the
mother and the
new born on
Thursday. Emus
are said to be the
second-largest
living bird by height
and have caught
up the fancy of
many breeders
across Rajasthan in
recent times.
197INFRAYFORPOSTOFCHAIRMEN
LOCALBODYPOLLS:TRIANGULARCONTESTIN19BODIESBETWEENCONGRESS,BJP&INDEPENDENTS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As many as 197
candidates have been
left in fray for the post
of chairperson in 87 lo-
cal bodies which will
take place on February
7 in Rajasthan.
A total of 90 urban lo-
cal bodies in 20 districts
went to poll on Thurs-
day last week and the
results of 3035 ward
councillors in these lo-
cal bodies were an-
nounced on Sunday
.
Elections for the post
of chairman will be
held on February 7 for
which the nomination
papers of 268 candi-
dates were found to be
valid after scrutiny
.
68 of them withdrew
their nominations on
Thursday
.
Of the remaining 200
candidates, three were
elected unopposed as
the chairpersons
in Kuchera (Nagaur),
Kushalgarh (Ban-
swara), and Mukund-
garh (Jhunjhunu) mu-
nicipalities, according
to a report of the state
election commission.
Now, the elections for
chairpersons will take
place in 87 local bodies
for which 197 candi-
dates are in the fray. In
67 local bodies, there is
a direct contest between
CongressandBJPwhile
in 19 ULBs, the contest
is triangular.
The maximum 6 can-
didates for the post of
chairperson are in Chi-
dawa municipality of
Jhunjhunu. In the re-
sults of ward council-
lors in 90 local bodies,
Congress has got a clear
majority in 19 while
BJP got a clear majority
in25.Independentcoun-
cillors will play a cru-
cial role in 46 bodies.
The triangular con-
test is in the local bodies
of Gangapur, Nokha,
Lakeri, Sagwara, Bhad-
ra, Pilibanga, Rawatsar,
Sangaria, Pokaran,
Bagad, Khetri, Suraj-
garh, Udaipurwati, So-
jat city and Uniyara.
Bundi Congress candidate Madhu Nuwal files nomination papers for Chairman’s post on Thursday.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: For the post of
Mayor of Ajmer Mu-
nicipal Corporation,
independent candi-
dates Pinky, Chanchal,
and Kajal Yadav, who
had filed nominations
for election, withdrew
their names on Thurs-
day. This makes a di-
rect contest between
BJP’s Brajlata Hada
and Congress’s Drau-
padi Devi.
BJP’s 48 councillors
have won in 80 wards
of the city while 18
councillors won from
Congress.
It is almost certain
that Brijlata Hada will
become the mayor.
However, Congress has
been consistently
claiming that several
BJP councillors are in
touch with them.
Ajmer Mayor:
BJP, Cong in
direct contest
CONG CANDIDATE’S
BROTHER ABDUCTED
MANISH KUMAR ELECTED
UNOPPOSED
Jaipur: The younger brother of the
Congress candidate for the elec-
tion of chairperson in Tonk’s Deoli
municipality has been abducted
when he was going to Jaipur.
Mahendra Jain alleged that his
younger brother Narendra Jain was
on his way to Jaipur from Tonk
along with a newly elected coun-
cillor Bhim Singh when he was
kidnapped by Chandraveer Singh,
Sajay Singhal, Jitendra Chaudhary,
and 2-3 others.
Jhunjhunu: Congress candidate Man-
ish Kumar was elected unopposed
as the chairperson in Mukundgarh
municipality in Jhunjhunu due to the
strategy of Nawalgarh MLA Rajkumar
Sharma. The party got success in
Mukundgarh despite 19 out of the
total 25 councillors being independ-
ents. Returning officer Sources said
that it was the strategy of Cong MLA
Rajkumar Sharma due to which the
opposition failed and the Congress
councillor was elected unopposed.

RAJASTHAN
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Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: More than
4,000 potential cancer
patients have been iden-
tified in early detection
camps being held in
government hospitals
in every district head-
quarter of state.
Health minister Dr
Raghu Sharma said
that the state govern-
ment is holding the
camp at district head-
quarters in which more
than one lakh people
have been screened.
“Till now, around 4,000
potential patients have
been identified in these
camps,” Sharma said
while addressing a
state-level seminar or-
ganized on World
CancerDayatSwasthya
Bhawan. Referring to
the WHO’s data, he said
that cancer is the main
reason in more than
60% of the deaths in
non-communicable dis-
eases.
He said that diseases
like cancer are increas-
ing due to changing life-
style. Health secretary
Siddharth Mahajan
said that the systems of
cancer screening at the
district level will be
strengthened.
Early detection camps at every dist HQ: Dr Raghu
STEPS FOR CANCER PREVENTION
lll
On ‘World
Cancer Day’,
Health Minister
Dr Raghu
Sharma said,
diseases like
cancer are
increasing due
to the changing
lifestyle & stress
Dr Raghu Sharma, Laxman Singh Ola, K K Sharma, Siddharth Mahajan and others at the state level
seminar on World Cancer Day at Swasthya Bhavan on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Govt issues criteria to
set up dairy booths
ONE DEAD, 139 FRESH COVID
CASES IN STATE ON A DAY
COLLECTORS OF ALL DISTS GET 1ST JAB ON 2ND PHASE
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: The local
self government de-
partment has issued
technical criteria to
set up dairy booths
in the state after ap-
proval from UDH
minister Shanti Dha-
riwal. Chief minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot had
announced to allot
5,000 dairy booths
but it could not hap-
pen due to technical
issues which have
been resolved after
the criteria was de-
cided. As per the pro-
visions, approval of
setting up of dairy
booths on lands indi-
cated in the master
plan can be given.
The booth can be
placed within the
width of the foot-
path. Approval will
be given for dairy
booths on the road or
pavement only if the
width of the road is
at least 30 feet.
Jaipur: One person
died of Covid-19 and
139 tested positive
for it in Rajasthan,
taking the death toll
due to the disease
to 2,771 and total
infected cases to
3,17,905 in the state
on Thursday.
The death was
reported from state
capital Jaipur, the
state daily bulletin on
the pandemic said.
Maximum of 39
positive cases were
reported from Kota
and rest from some
other districts, it said.
No positive case
was reported from
Banswara, Baran,
Bikaner, Bundi,
Churu, Dausa, Dhol-
pur, Hanumangarh,
Jaisalmer, Jalore,
Jhunjhunu, Karauli,
Pratapgarh, Tonk
and Sawaimadhopur.
A total of 3,13,496
Covid-19 patients
have recovered so far
and the number of ac-
tive cases at present
is 1,638. Meanwhile
govt removed ban on
sale of firecrackers
which was imposed
due to corona. —PTI
District Collector Antar
Singh Nehra got vaccinat-
ed at Government Satellite
Hospital and received
the first vaccine of the
second phase. Along with
this, ADM Ashok Kumar,
Shankarlal Saini along
with ADM, SDM, Tehsildar
and other revenue work-
ers also received vaccina-
tion. After being inoculat-
ed, Collector stressed that
there is nothing to fear
about the vaccine. “There
is no need to fear. All front
line works must be vac-
cinated. In the first phase,
some front-line workers
created an atmosphere of
fear, but you have to pro-
tect yourself and not pay
attention to rumors,” he
said. He also appealed the
personnel of local bodies,
policemen and others to
get the vaccine.
COVAX: Health dept has uploaded data of over 2.39 lakh frontline workers on COVIN app
2ND PHASE OF VAX ROLLED OUT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The second
phase of corona vacci-
nation started in state
on Thursday under
which frontline work-
ers will be vaccinated.
In the second phase, the
personnel of revenue
department, urban lo-
cal bodies, Panchayat
Raj, police along with
armed forces like BSF
and CISF will be vacci-
nated.
The health dept has
uploaded data of more
than 2.39 lakh frontline
workers on COVIN app.
The officials and em-
ployees of the revenue
department were vac-
cinated on Thursday
and after a day or two,
the work of vaccination
will start to police and
others. According to re-
port, 22,520 personnel
of the revenue depart-
ment, 55,362 of local
bodies and 1,61,236 of
police and armed forces
have been registered.
CHANGING SEASON!
Western disturbance induced cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan brought a change in weather across Jaipur and nearby
areas on Thursday. Strong winds brought down the mercury in the state capital, while sudden hailstorm took the people of
Alwar district by surprise. The hail resulted in damage to standing crops, said sources. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Collector Antar Singh Nehra gets 1st jab of 2nd phase at Satellite hospital in Adarsh Nagar on Thursday.
Get Covid test done
if you wish to attend
religious fest in Raj!
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government has made
RT-PCR tests for detect-
ing coronavirus manda-
tory for those partici-
pating in religious
events or celebrating
festivals in the state.
Those willing to attend
a fair in the state will
have to register in ad-
vance with the district
administration con-
cerned, Principal Secre-
tary (Home) Abhay Ku-
mar referring to the
SOPs issued by the state
government Wednes-
day night.
The SOPs were is-
sued as a preventive
measure to contain the
spread of Covid-19 dur-
ing festivals, fairs and
religious events, he
said. “The government
would widely publicise,
and also convey to all
other state govern-
ments that devotees
with negative RT-PCR
test reports (tests done
in 72 hours prior to the
date of visit) shall only
be allowed to enter all
such religious festivals
and fairs. Devotees may
have such test reports
either on their mobile
phones or carry a hard
copy,” as per the SOPs.
According to the gov-
ernment, only corona-
virus vaccinated
healthcare and front-
line workers will be de-
ployed at such places.
There should be a
registration of devotees
and a medical certifica-
tion regimen on the
similar lines as being
practiced for Amarnath
Yatra. All devotees de-
sirous of attending reli-
gious events/fairs shall
have to register with
district administration
concerned and obtain a
medical certificate
from nearest health
centre, district hospital
in their respective
states, SOPs stated. —PTI
Followrulestostaysafewhiledriving:DGP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: DGP ML Lath-
er on Thursday called
upon people to follow
traffic rules to stay safe
while driving.
Addressing an all-re-
ligion road safety con-
ference organized by
Jaipur Traffic Police at
Jawahar Circle in
Jaipur, DGP Lather said
that road accidents are
increasing in the state
and it is the responsibil-
ity of all to ensure road
safety. He said that the
number of road acci-
dents and deaths came
down during the lock-
down period. The top
cop said that people
should follow all traffic
rules and road safety
should be ensured. At
the event, religious
leaders exhorted people
to follow traffic rules to
prevent loss of life and
also called upon the po-
lice to co-operate in
road safety awareness.
During the program,
DGP ML Lathar and
ADG Traffic Smita Sriv-
astava honored the po-
licemen as well as those
working towards the
road safety by giving
them appreciation let-
ters.
Additional Commis-
sioners of Police-Jaipur
Ajay Pal Lamba, Rahul
Prakash and other po-
lice officers were also
present in the pro-
gramme.
ML Lathar and Smita Srivastava flags off road safety awareness campaign rally at Jawahar Circle.
Nindar Housing Scheme: JDC
holds meeting with farmers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: JDC Gaurav
Goyal, chaired a meet-
ing on Nindar Housing
scheme of Jaipur on
Thursday where posi-
tive talks with repre-
sentatives of Kisan
Sangharsh Samiti were
held. In the meeting
held with committee
members constituted
by JDA, there were
many encouraging and
positive suggestions
and proposals put for-
ward by Nagendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat, Chair-
man of Kisan Sang-
harsh Samiti, and other
committee officials.
JDC assured that the
government is sensitive
in their case.
The members sug-
gested that 25 to 35 per
cent of the developed
plot should be given as
compensation. On giv-
ing 25%, Rs 2,250 per
sqm should be given
for the remaining land,
whereas for 35%, Rs
1,650 per sqm should be
given for the remain-
ing land.
The lease amount
taken for this land
should be Re 1. JDC as-
sured the members of
putting forward their
demands to the govern-
ment.
Man beaten to death
with hockey sticks
Raje to visit Bharatpur,
Govardhan on Mar 8
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: A case
of murder of an elderly
man has been reported
in the Goluwala police
station against nine ac-
cused who ran away
from the spot after
thrashing him badly
with the sticks.
The present scuffle is
linked with the assault
that took place about
two months ago. Ac-
cording to the informa-
tion, on Wednesday
night Jiyaram (42), the
deceased, was at his
house when Prakash,
Bablu alias Rajat, Kisia,
Sunil, Surendra, Bablu,
Mohanlal and Ajay
came carrying hockey
sticks on two vehicles,
three motorcycles.
They attacked Jiyar-
am on his head with
hockey sticks intending
to kill him. He was ad-
mitted to hospital
where he died. Police
are raiding possible
hideouts of the accused.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje may
visit Bharatpur on
March 8 on the occasion
of her birthday and
visit Govardhanji and
take blessings of Girraj
ji. Former Minister Yu-
nus Khan visited
Bharatpur a day back to
make arrangements for
Raje’s travel.
Although Raje’s visit
is being described as re-
ligious, but it is being
seen in the context of
her induction into the
party’s state unit’s core
committee and the re-
cent meeting with Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah. Her visit is
likely to gain political
weight as her support-
ers had accompanied
Khan but no current of-
fice bearers had shown
up. BJP district Prez
Tejendra said that Raje
can also enquire about
devp of Brij Chaurasi
Kos Parikrama area.
Present scuffle is
linked with the assault
that took place about
two months ago
Ex-Minister Yunus
Khan visited
Bharatpur a day back
to make arrangements
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

There isn’t enough darkness
in all the world to snuff out
the light of one little candle.
—Buddha
Spiritual
SPEAK
PERSPECTIVE
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TOOLKIT PLOT
AGAINST INDIA
CAUSES UPROAR
here’s an ugly spat going on in
the cyberspace with two western
celebrities --- pop star Rihanna
and environment activist Greta
Thunberg (whom Kangana
Ranaut called a rat) — pitted against the
Government of India and Indian idols like
Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar, and the
Queen of nationalism in India, the vitriol-
spewing Kangana Ranaut, who is ready to
cross swords with the high and mighty dar-
ing to criticise the Narendra Modi govern-
ment. Any Indian defending the farmers’
protest is an enemy of the country, a traitor,
a Khalistani, or a Pakistani agent. Kangana
has been bombarding actor Diljit Dosanjh
with tweets asking him to denounce farmers
and say that he is not a Khalistani. She called
cricketer Rohit Sharma “a dhobi ka kutta”
for not calling farmers terrorists. After a
surfeit of such hate-spreading tweets, Twit-
ter decided to act. It deleted three of Kan-
gana’s tweets in two hours as they violated
the platform’s hate speech rules. Her ac-
count was earlier suspended briefly after
she called for the beheading of producers of
a TV show which, she said had hurt the Hin-
du sentiments.
Rihanna’s tweet defending the farmers’
agitation triggered a deluge of tweets
against her. The Central government joined
the issue with her by defending the farm
laws and asking external forces to stay off.
However, it is Greta Thunberg’s tweet and
the Twitter toolkit she used which have
pushed the climate activist in the eye of the
storm. The Delhi Police have registered a
case against the creators of a toolkit, used
“accidentally” by the Swedish activist, for
promoting enmity between groups” and for
being part of a greater conspiracy. The
toolkit first posted by Greta called for sup-
port for the violent Republic Day protests by
farmers. She deleted the tweet after an up-
roar and uploaded an updated toolkit. This
updated version spoke of seven ways of sup-
porting the farmers’ agitation and called for
protests outside Indian embassies. After the
Delhi Police case, Greta only renewed her
support for the peaceful protests. Whether
the Delhi Police will go to some foreign coun-
try to unravel the plot behind the toolkit,
which essentially mobilises support for the
agitation, or seek Interpol’s help remains to
be seen. India’s counter-hashtag campaigns
and police cases won’t help the country’s im-
age globally.
In this age of Facebook, Twitter, Telegraph,
and Instagram the only way to block all com-
munications is to develop some social media
platforms of our own. That will take some
years. In the meantime, the government
thought of blocking internet services in pro-
test sites. The action may have left farmers
cut off from the world, but it also inconven-
ienced the common man.
As farmers have moved too far away from
ending the agitation and the government ob-
stinately resolute, the crisis created by new
farm laws has reached unmanageable levels.
IN-DEPTH
T
iscerning eyes
have known for
quite a while
that the Arab
world is more
than it appears in conven-
tional photography. The
old visual language of min-
arets and souks, of unas-
suming eyes set deep in
dark faces, of conceptual
or actual “unveilings” and
of non-consensual or am-
bivalent colonial portrai-
ture is one of yesterday
.
Though this may have
seeped backward, another
dynamic of documentary
photography came for-
ward, one defined by the
symbiotic relationship be-
tween news cycles and pho-
tographers in the region.
Whatever media outlets
needed, photographers
were shooting. From this
political economy of pho-
tography arose the decades
of image production that
defined a new visual short-
hand for the Arab world:
namely, the necessary but
relentless Rolodex of photo
stories focused on war, con-
flict and revolution.
In recent years, however,
remarkable bodies of work
have been coming out of a
new generation of young
Arab photographers, due
in part to the support of
institutions like the Bei-
rut-based Arab Fund for
Arts and Culture (AFAC).
Its Arab Documentary
Photography Program,
which has been training
and funding emerging
Arab photographers since
2014, has helped produce
an impeccable collection
of photo essays.
Launched in 2014 in
partnership with Magnum
Foundation and the Prince
Claus Fund, the program
provides financial support
as well as group and one-
on-one mentoring from
Arab and American pho-
tographers and Magnum
fellows Randa Shaath, Eric
Gottesman, Tanya Hab-
jouqa and Peter van Agt-
mael. After the conclusion
of each round, photogra-
phers also have opportuni-
ties to exhibit across the
Arab region as well as in
Europe and the US.
More than intentionally
shifting who holds the cam-
era and has the kind of ac-
cess and training to shoot
these projects, the genera-
tion of photographers that
AFAC is helping foster is
also opening up entirely
new places and perspec-
tives for visual storytelling.
In addition to their sup-
port of emerging Arab
photographers, AFAC has
funded over 1,500 projects
across the region since
2007. Its support extends to
institutions and individu-
als in the fields of the per-
forming arts, visual arts,
writing, cinema, music,
events and research.
In the past decade, since
the Arab uprisings of 2011,
AFAC has also emerged as
a lifeline for creative com-
munities in times of crisis.
In 2012-13, the AFAC Ex-
press program gave sup-
port to artists living in af-
fected countries who want-
ed to fast-track projects
under restrictive condi-
tions. In 2014, AFAC’s film
program Crossroads ena-
bled filmmakers to create
what they wanted, as op-
posed to the generally one-
note projects that film fes-
tivals and production
houses wanted to market
about the region.
Though AFAC’s work is
markedly different from
the kind of humanitarian
aid that institutions
rushed into, the organiza-
tion decided to reopen the
Solidarity Fund for indi-
viduals. To date, 210 artists
who had lost homes, studi-
os or workspaces to the ex-
plosion have been directly
supported by the fund.
“It was a strategic deci-
sion. We work to support
art that is critical, that is
provocative, that asks ques-
tions, that opens dialogue.
And this work can’t be done
if artists and writers and
researchers weren’t able to
survive circumstances like
2020’s.”
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
The new generation of Arab photographers
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represent the generation
called “Baby Boomer” which
saw the computers when
they were past 40 - 50 years
of age. Yet, many of us re-
mained the link between
digital illiteracy and the
tech-savvy Generations X, Y,
and now Z in India. The dif-
ferences between genera-
tions and the way they inter-
act with media is important
for all to understand. The
social media behavior of my
generation is obviously go-
ing to be vastly different
from those of successive
generations. Never the less,
we can learn from the
younger generation rekin-
dle with them if we reignite
a newfound sense of curios-
ity amazement as we open
our minds to the vast digi-
tal/online world.
As a matter of fact, in today’s
world, the purpose of social me-
dia (SM) is primarily to build a
brandandincreaseitsvisibility
,
may it be a product, service, or
personality
. With social media
becoming more popular, the
more a brand is covered across
social media the more is the re-
call value and acceptability
.
If I may emphasize, the
main characteristic of social
media is its diverse content,
copiously generated by both
standard outlets and general
users, constantly competing
for the scarce attention of
large audiences. Out of this
flood of information some
topics manage to get enough
attention to become the most
popular ones and thus to be
prominently displayed as
trends. Equally important,
some of these trends persist
long enough so as to shape
desired social agenda or the
opinion of the masses.
In 21st century, the internet
and SM provide young people
with a range of benefits, and
opportunities to empower
themselves in a variety of
ways. They can maintain social
connections and support net-
works that otherwise wouldn’t
be possible, and can access
more information than ever be-
fore. The communities and so-
cial interactions young people
form online can be invaluable
for bolstering and developing
young people’s self-confidence
and social skills of debating
and discussion in a local, na-
tional or international context.
However, the paradox of
SM is a double-edged weap-
on. While the past decade
has witnessed an explosive
growth of media, in the
form of news, videos and
stories leading to a flux of
inputs from which it is hard
for users to sort out the rel-
evant pieces to concentrate
on. Thus, the end-user often
is confused in understand-
ing the problems of culture,
decision making and opin-
ion formation and this is
where the SM influences and
makes its audiences believe
in what it throws at them.
On one hand, these plat-
forms are highly beneficial en-
vironment for word-of-mouth
(WOM) propagation of new
ideas and products making
them a focus of marketing com-
munications. On the other
hand, companies and their
brands as well as politicians,
governmental institutions, and
celebrities have increasingly
been facing the impact of nega-
tive online comments and com-
plaint behavior. In reaction to
any questionable statement or
activity, social media users can
create huge waves of public
opinion within just a few
hours. These so-called online
firestorms pose new challenges
for marketing communications
and social causes alike.
All in all, SM mirrors the
current trends and often in-
dicates the perceptual reali-
ties which leaves a lot of
room for varied interpreta-
tions leading to social dia-
logues. It facilitates the in-
teractive web by engaging
users to participate in, com-
ment on and create content
as means of communicating
with other users, where citi-
zens are able to talk about
the issues of day-to-day life
and also about issues of
global importance.
In current times, the availa-
bility of different types of Plat-
forms for chats, blogs, and vid-
eos are not just innovations in
the internet world, but are fast
emerging as influencers and
opinioncreatorsworldoverasit
was evident in the presidential
elections of USA and the last
two general elections in India.
Therefore, if our world
and the people around us are
immersed neck-deep into
technology and digitization,
its ripe time for yester gen-
erations to get hands-on op-
erating knowledge of this
magnificent technology and
remain connected not only
with our next generations
but also with the environ-
ment. With the advent of
ever-changing technology,
some gaps in information
and knowledge will neces-
sarily surface. Needless to
say, that in Indian social
panorama, cautious surveil-
lance is desired as the dis-
cretion level of the larger
masses remains questiona-
ble due to comparative lit-
eracy levels. But having said
that the prevalence of social
media is a necessary evil
that needs harnessing for
optimum utilization.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SOCIAL MEDIA!
A PARADOX
I
In the 21st century,
the internet and
SM provide young
people with a
range of benefits,
and opportunities
to empower
themselves in a
variety of ways.
They can
maintain social
connections and
support networks
that otherwise
wouldn’t be
possible, and can
access more
information than
ever before. The
communities and
social interactions
young people form
online can be
invaluable for
bolstering and
developing young
people’s self-
confidence and
social skills of
debating and
discussion in a
local, national or
international
context
IN CURRENT TIMES, THE
AVAILABILITY OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PLATFORMS FOR CHATS,
BLOGS, AND VIDEOS ARE
NOT JUST INNOVATIONS
IN THE INTERNET WORLD,
BUT ARE FAST EMERGING
AS INFLUENCERS AND
OPINION CREATORS
WORLD OVER AS IT WAS
EVIDENT IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTIONS OF USA AND
THE LAST TWO GENERAL
ELECTIONS IN INDIA
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7,139 INDIAN PRISONERS LODGED
IN FOREIGN PRISONS: MEA
New Delhi: A total of
7,139 Indian prisoners,
including undertrials,
are lodged in various
jails around the world,
the Ministry of External
Affairs said on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia has the
highest number of 1,599
Indian prisoners, followed
by the United Arab Emir-
ates with 898 and Nepal
having 886 inmates,
according to information
provided by Minister of
State for External Affairs
V Muraleedharan in
Rajya Sabha. “As per the
information available with
the ministry, the number
of Indian prisoners in for-
eign jails as on December
31, 2020, is 7,139, which
also includes undertri-
als,” he said responding
to a question.
IAF TO GET 1ST LAC TEJAS BY
MARCH 2024: HAL CHAIRMAN
New Delhi: Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited
Chairman and Manag-
ing Director R Madha-
van gave information
of delivering 83 LCA
Tejas to Indian Air
force. He said that
the 83 LAC Tejas
will be delivered to
IAF according to the
contract. “We will be
doing by March 2024
the first delivery, the
first year the delivery
will be of probably 2
aircraft or something
which will be rammed
up to 16. The total
supply time post the
first delivery is 6
years,” he said.
CHINESE ACTIONS “SERIOUSLY
DISTURBED PEACE”: CENTRE
New Delhi: The Chi-
nese military’s attempts
to unilaterally alter the
status quo along the
Line of Actual Con-
trol (LAC) in eastern
Ladakh have seriously
disturbed peace and
tranquillity in the
region, the government
said in Rajya Sabha.
Minister of State for
External Affairs V
Muraleedharan said
the attempts have been
responded to “appro-
priately” by the Indian
armed forces and it has
been made clear to the
Chinese side that such
unilateral attempts are
“unacceptable”.
MAHARASHTRA FARM WIDOWS
SLAM KANGANA, BURN EFFIGY
Maharashtra: Widows
of farmers on Thursday
staged a noisy protest in
Yavatmal to slam Bolly-
wood actress Kangana
Ranaut for her “anti-farm-
ers remarks”, burnt her
effigy demanded an un-
conditional apology from
her. The protesters carry-
ing banners and placards
to proclaim ‘Yes, we are
farmers but not terrorists’,
referring to Kangana’s
recent statement to malign
the farmers protesting on
Delhi borders compare
them to terrorists also
burnt her pictures. The
protesters announced their
resolve to boycott all films
of Kangana till she did not
withdraw her remarks and
tender an unconditional
apology to farmers for her
“insulting statements”.
WILL IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF
MARKETS: US ON FARM LAWS
Washington: Recognis-
ing that peaceful pro-
tests are a hallmark of a
thriving democracy
, the
US has said it welcomes
steps that would im-
prove the efficiency of
India’s markets and at-
tract greater private
sector investment.
The State Depart-
ment, responding to a
question on the ongoing
farmers’ protests in In-
dia, said on Wednesday
the US encourages that
any differences between
the parties be resolved
through dialogue.
Indicating that the
new Biden administra-
tion is supportive of the
Indian government’s
move to reform the ag-
ricultural sector that
attracts private invest-
ment and greater mar-
ket access to farmers, a
State Department
spokesperson said: “In
general, the United
States welcomes steps
that would improve the
efficiency of India’s
markets and attract
greater private sector
investment”.
“We recognise that
peaceful protests are a
hallmark of any thriv-
ing democracy and note
that the Indian Su-
preme Court has stated
the same,” the official
said. Meanwhile, sev-
eral American lawmak-
ers came out in support
of the farmers’ protests
in India. —PTI
High security at Delhi-Ghazipur border amid ongoing protest, in Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Previous governments
drafted Budget with eye
on vote bank: PM Modi
Gorakhpur: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday tar-
geted previous govern-
ments, saying they
drafted the Union Budg-
et with an eye on their
vote bank and made
budgets a medium of
announcements they
could not fulfil but now
the country has
changed its approach.
“From decades, the
meaning of budget in
our country was only
restricted to what an-
nouncements have been
made on whose name.
Budget was turned into
an account for the vote
bank,” he said after in-
augurating via video
conference the cente-
nary celebrations of the
historic Chauri Chaura
incident, a landmark
event in the country’s
fight for Independence.
“You all make an ac-
count of household ex-
penditure by keeping in
mind present needs and
future responsibilities.
But earlier govern-
ments made budgets a
medium of such an-
nouncements that they
could not fulfil. Now the
country has changed
such ‘soch’ (thought)
and approach,” the
prime minister said.
Modi also released a
postage stamp to mark
the beginning of the
centenary celebrations.
—ANI
KAPIL DEV: WISH
TIFF BETWEEN
FARMERS, GOVT
GETS RESOLVED
New Delhi: Amid
the ongoing standoff
between the farm-
ers and Centre over
newly-enacted three
farm laws, former
Indian skipper Kapil
Dev on Thursday
said, “I simply love
India, I wish the tiff
between Farmers and
Govt gets resolved
ASAP. Let the experts
take a call. One thing
for sure India is su-
preme,” Dev tweeted.
India and England
are set to lock horns
in a four-match Test
series. The first Test
will be played from
Friday, while the sec-
ond is slated to begin
on February 13. Dev
wished the Indian
side a “grand suc-
cess” in the series.
NAILS NOT REMOVED, JUST
“REPOSITIONED”, SAYS COPS
New Delhi: Nails fixed on the road at the farm-
ers’ protest site near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh
border are not being removed but only being
repositioned to not cause problems to the
public who may cross some spots, Delhi Police
said after videos of the nails being taken off the
road emerged. “Videos and photos are getting
circulated in which it’’s shown that nails are be-
ing taken off in Ghazipur. These are just being
repositioned. Position of arrangement at the
border remains the same,” the police said.
SOME FOREIGN ELEMENTS TRYING
DEFAME INDIA: JAVADEKAR
New Delhi: Amid the controversies over
‘Toolkit’ regarding ongoing farmers’ protest,
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar while
interacting with media persons said, “The
‘Toolkit’ matter is a serious one. It clearly shows
that some foreign elements are conspiring
to defame India.” “The ‘Toolkit’ matter is a
serious one. It clearly shows that some foreign
elements are conspiring to defame India.”
Javadekar told reporters in New Delhi. —ANI
GOVT FAILED COUNTRY AT MANY
LEVELS, SAYS DEREK O’BRIEN
New Delhi: TMC MP Derek O’Brien on Thursday said
that the government failed to uphold Parliament’s
sanctity because of its arrogance, adding that it has
“failed India at many levels”. On September 20, 2020,
seven MPs who stood for farmers were suspended. I
stand in solidarity with the farmers who lost their lives”
said TMC leader. Speaking on the Motion of Thanks
on President’s Address, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP
Sanjay Singh also slammed the government for its
reaction on the issue. —ANI
‘MSMEs ‘betrayed’ in
‘crony-centric’ budget’
New Delhi: Describ-
ing the Union Budget
as “crony-centric”,
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi said the
micro, small, medi-
um enterprises (MS-
MEs) were given no
low interest loans or
GST relief which
meant that the em-
ployers of India’s
largest workforce
were “betrayed”.
The Congress had
slammed the budget,
saying it was a “let
down like never be-
fore”. The Opposition
party had claimed
that the budget will
unravel soon.
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
presented the budget
for 2021-22 from a tab-
let, instead of a con-
ventional paper docu-
ment, the first paper-
less budget since In-
dependence. Hitting
out at the govern-
ment, Mr Gandhi on
Thursday tweeted,
“Modi’’s crony cen-
tric budget means
Struggling MSMEs
given no low interest
loans, no GST relief.
The employers of In-
dia’s largest work-
force betrayed.”
Another
arrest in SSR
death case
‘North states
to get brief
Monsoon’
43 FIRs lodged
linked with
R-Day violence:
Centre to HC
New Delhi: The Nar-
cotics Control Bureau
(NCB) has made anoth-
er arrest on Thursday.
The NCB official re-
vealed that they have
arrested a person
named Jagtap Singh
Anand who is connect-
ed to Karamjeet Singh.
Singh was arrested ear-
lier in connection to
peddling drugs. “Nar-
cotics Control Bureau
makes another arrest of
one Jagtap Singh Anand
in connection with drug
cases related to Sushant
Singh Rajput’s death. He
is associated with anoth-
er accused Karamjeet
Singh who was arrested
earlier,” NCB said.
New Delhi: A fresh
Western Disturbance
over Afghanistan
North Pakistan has
created an untimely
monsoon weekend in
parts of North, East-
ern Central India
over the weekend, IMD
predicted. The IMD
predicted light to mod-
erate rain or thunder
showers with isolated
thunderstorm, light-
ning and hail over
North Rajasthan, Har-
yana, Punjab, Chandi-
garh, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh on Thursday
and Friday.
Several parts of the
national capital and ad-
joining areas woke up
to light rain showers on
Thursday morning.
Weather department
has predicted “general-
ly cloudy sky with light
rain and thunderstorm,
and hail at isolated plac-
es” in Delhi for the rest
of the day
. —Agencies
New Delhi: The Centre
on Thursday informed
the Delhi High Court
that it has taken sub-
stantial steps and 43
FIRshavebeenlodgedin
connection with the vio-
lence on Republic Day
.
Representing the
Centre, Solicitor Gen-
eral (SG) Tushar Mehta
told a Division Bench
of Chief Justices DN
Patel Jyoti Singh that
police have registered
43 FIRs in connection
with the Republic Day
violence and 13 of them
have been transferred
to Special Cell of Delhi
Police. He also apprised
the court about the al-
leged involvement of
Sikh For Justice (SFJ),
a banned organisation,
and said that the inves-
tigating agency has in-
voked provisions of Un-
lawful Activities (Pre-
vention) Act (UAPA).
‘Ready to supply weapon
systems to IOR countries’
PM Modi has given
special focus to
Kerala,says Nadda
Bengaluru: India is
ready to supply various
weapons systems, in-
cluding missiles and
electronic warfare sys-
tems, to countries in
the Indian Ocean Re-
gion (IOR), Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
said on Thursday
.
Rajnath said organis-
ing a conclave of coun-
tries in the IOR on the
margins of the interna-
tional event “Aero In-
dia-2021” shows the im-
portance India attaches
to the vision of common
growth stability, and
constructive engage-
ments with them. Our
efforts are to synergise
the resources and ef-
forts in the Indian
Ocean, including, de-
fence Industry indus-
trial cooperation
amongst participating
countries,” Singh said.
Manyof theIORcoun-
tries are becoming glob-
ally competitive and are
developing new technol-
ogies, including defence
shipyards for design and
shipbuilding, he said.
He said the Indian
aerospace and defence
industries present an
attractive and signifi-
cant opportunity for
foreign companies
across the supply chain
to take their coopera-
tion to newer levels.
“India is ready to sup-
ply various types of
Missile systems, Light
Combat Aircrafts/Heli-
copters, Multi-Purpose
Light Transport air-
craft, Warship and Pa-
trol Vessels, Artillery
Gun systems, Tanks,
Radars, Military Vehi-
cles, Electronic Warfare
Systems other weap-
ons systems to IOR
countries,” he said.
Thrissur: BJP Nation-
al President Jagat
Prakash Nadda on
Thursday said that spe-
cial attention and focus
have been given to Ker-
ala under the National
Democratic Alliance
(NDA) government led
by PM Narendra Modi.
While addressing a
public rally at Thrissur,
BJP Chief said that Rs
3,000 crore has been
spent on a 450 kilome-
tre-long natural gas
pipeline from Kerala’s
Kochi to Mangaluru.
“Under the NDA gov-
ernment led by PM
Modi, special attention
and focus have been
given to Kerala. Rs 3,000
crore have been spent
on a 450-km long natu-
ral gas pipeline from
Kochi to Mangaluru un-
der the ‘One Nation,
One Grid’ program,”
Nadda said. He further
said that Rs 16,000
crores have been spent
for Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Ltd Inte-
grated Refinery Expan-
sion Complex in Kochi.
“In terms of infrastruc-
ture, I can assure that
Rs 12,000 crores will be
spent on six mega pro-
jects whose foundation
stones have been laid,”
the BJP chief said add-
ing that the six-laning
work of several high-
ways and high-level
bridge construction has
also been undertaken
under the leadership of
PM Modi. —ANI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses at the IOR Defence
Ministers’ Conclave during Aero India in Bengaluru on Thursday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

INDIA
06
‘Stop monologue...
In harsh winter you
stopped water supply
and toilet facilities, dug
trenches, put barbed
wires, and installed
spikes,” he said. “Such
aggressive approach
wasn’t even heard of to-
wards the neighbouring
nationswhocameinside
(the Indian territory).”
To the response to a
tweet by pop star Rihan-
na on the farmer pro-
test, he said the democ-
racy will not be weak-
ened by a tweet but by
the approach of the
government.
“Your backbone is the
farmer. 303 (seats won in
last general elections)
did not come from cold
storage or godowns but
from these very people,”
Jha said in a veiled ref-
erence to cold storage
chainand godownsbuilt
by private corporates
such as Adani Group.
“We will support you
but every world against
you is not anti-national.
Patriotism is not be
worn on sleeves but car-
ried in heart,” he said in
his speech loaded with
poetry and sarcasm.
Further pointing out
that 11 rounds of dis-
cussion held by the gov-
ernment have failed, he
said its ministers “be-
lieve in monologue and
not dialogue”.
MPs stopped...
tractor rally. Concerti-
na wires have been
used to cover vast
stretches, and at Tikri
and Ghazipur, police
have also put metal
spikes on the roads
leading to the protest
sites. According to Bad-
al, the Opposition lead-
ers were not allowed to
cross the barricades
and reach the protest
site. “Saw first hand the
conditions created at
Ghazipur border.
Shocked to see the
treatment being meted
out to the annadaata.
Farmers are barricad-
ed behind fortress-like
concrete barriers and
barbed wire fencing.
Even ambulances and
fire brigades cannot en-
ter the protest site,”
Badal said in a tweet.
Farmers’ stir...
and then we carried on
discussing the team’s
plans,” Kohli said when
asked about the agita-
tion that has been going
on for over two months.
Virat Kohli was
among Indian celebri-
ties who joined the gov-
ernment-backed push-
back on social media on
Wednesday after inter-
national pop star Rihan-
na and climate activist
Greta Thunberg high-
lighted the farmers’
protest and efforts by
authorities to stifle.
Still stand...
many posts that have
drawn international at-
tention over the past
two days to the farmers’
agitation that began
late-November. The Cy-
ber Cell of the Delhi Po-
lice is investigating sev-
eral tweets but the sub-
ject of the FIR refers to
Greta Thunberg’s tweet
this morning on a
“toolkit” guiding people
on how to support the
farmers’ protests. Ran-
jan said the toolkit “ex-
poses the conspiracy by
an organized overseas
network” to instigate
the farmer protests.
One-step-ahead,...
about providing quality
higher education.
“There is a major chal-
lenge before education-
al institutions of carry-
ing out their routine
classes and holding ex-
ams in covid-19 pan-
demic. To meet such
challenges using infor-
mation technology, the
state government, in a
bid to increase the am-
bit of higher education,
has already sent a pro-
posal to the 15th Central
Finance Commission
for establishing the dig-
ital university in the
state with a cost of
496.34 crore rupees. The
proposal was sent on
July 8, 2020,” Gehlot
said in his letter.
The CM further said
that for the development
of various sectors, the
state government had
forwarded five projects,
including digital univer-
sity
,tothecentralgovern-
ment for approval under
special grants from the
finance commissioner.
“The state government
has,thusfar,notreceived
any formal information
abouttheannouncement
of the university under
financial grant given to
the state. Therefore, I re-
quest you to provide the
necessary help in getting
therequiredapprovalfor
the proposals in public
interest,”Gehlotquipped
in the letter.
CM taking...
level tax advisory com-
mittee tax experts who
will give their sugges-
tions to be included in
the budget. This will be
followed by a similar
meeting wherein youth,
women professionals
talented students will
putforwardtheirsugges-
tionsat4pm.Duringthis
period, officials of the
Commercial Tax Depart-
ment and Women’s Em-
powerment Department
will also be associated
with the meeting.
FROM PG 1
SANJIV RANJAN OJHA
EMPANELLED AS ADG IN GOI
Sanjiv Ranjan Ojha has been empanelled
for holding Additional Director General and
equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a
1989 batch IPS officer of HP cadre.
NITIN AGARWAL EMPANELLED
AS ADG IN GOI
Nitin Agarwal has been empanelled for holding
Additional Director General and equivalent posts
in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IPS
officer of Kerala cadre.
NEERAJ SINHA EMPANELLED
AS ADG IN GOI
Neeraj Sinha has been empanelled for holding
officer of Bihar cadre.
YB KHURANIA EMPANELLED
AS ADG IN GOI
YB Khurania has been empanelled for holding
officer of Orissa cadre.
SUDHANSU SARANGI
EMPANELLED AS ADG IN GOI
Sudhansu Sarangi has been empanelled
1990 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
SEEMA AGRAWAL EMPANELLED
AS ADG IN GOI
Seema Agrawal has been empanelled for holding
in Government of India. She is a 1990 batch IPS
officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
SANDEEP SALUNKE EMPANELLED
AS ADG IN GOI
Sandeep Salunke has been empanelled for
holding Additional Director General and
1990 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
DILBAGH SINHA EMPANELLED FOR
ADG EQUIVALENT POSTS IN GOI
Dilbagh Sinha has been empanelled for holding
officer of JK cadre.
SANJIV KUMAR SINGHAL
EMPANELLED FOR ADG
EQUIVALENT POSTS IN GOI
Sanjiv Kumar Singhal has been empanelled
1988 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
RASHMI SHUKIA EMPANELLED FOR
Rashmi Shukia has been empanelled for holding
in Government of India. Shukia is a 1988 batch
IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
ASHOK KUMAR EMPANELLED FOR
Ashok Kumar has been empanelled for holding
officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
ANIL PALTA EMPANELLED FOR ADG
EQUIVALENT POSTS IN GOI
Anil Palta has been empanelled for holding
officer of Jharkhand cadre.
SAJJAD WASI NAQVI EMPANELLED
FOR ADG EQUIVALENT POSTS IN GOI
Sajjad Wasi Naqvi has been empanelled
1990 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.
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SECOND DOSE OF VACCINE SHOT TO
BE ADMINISTERED FROM FEB 13
INDIA WAS THE FASTEST COUNTRY TO REACH FOUR MILLION VACCINATIONS
New Delhi:The Su-
preme Court is sched-
uled to hear on Friday a
plea filed by comedian
Munawar Faruqui,
who is accused of hurt-
ingreligioussentiments
by allegedly passing ob-
jectionably remarks
about Hindu deities
during a show, challeng-
ing the Madhya Pradesh
HC order denying him
bail. Faruqui’s plea
would come up for hear-
ing before a bench com-
prising Justices RF Na-
riman and BR Gavai.
Faruqui and four oth-
ers were arrested on
January 1 following a
complaint by a BJP
MLA’s son that alleged
objectionable remarks
about Hindu deities and
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah were passed
during a comedy show
at a cafe in Indore on
New Year’s day
.
One more person was
arrested subsequently.
The high court, in its
order passed on Janu-
ary 28, had refused to
grant him bail noting
that to “promote har-
mony” is one of the con-
stitutional duties. It had
also turned down the
bail plea of another ac-
cused in the case.
Faruqui and others
were arrested for the al-
leged offences punisha-
ble under various sec-
tions of the IPC, includ-
ing section 295-A.
SC to hear comedian’s plea against
HC order denying him bail today
ED attaches over Rs14 cr assets
of Choksi in PNB fraud case
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
has attached assets
worth over Rs 14 crore
belonging to the Gitan-
jali Group and its pro-
moter and jeweller Me-
hul Choksi, one of the
prime accused in the
alleged over Rs 13,000
crore PNB loan fraud
case. The properties at-
tached, under the anti-
money laundering law,
include a flat measur-
ing 1,460 sq feet located
at O2 Tower in Gore-
gaon area of Mumbai,
gold and platinum jew-
ellery, diamond stones,
necklaces made of sil-
ver and pearls, watches
and a Mercedes Benz
car, the ED said in a
statement. A provision-
al order for attachment
has been issued under
the Prevention of Mon-
ey Laundering Act
(PMLA) for the assets
worth a total Rs 14.45
crore that are in the
name of Gitanjali
Group of companies
and its director Mehul
Choksi, it said. Choksi,
61, is the maternal un-
cle of Nirav Modi who
is the other prime ac-
cused in the alleged
over USD 2 billion
(more than Rs 13,000
crore) Punjab National
Bank (PNB) fraud case.
Choksi has fled India
and is stated b y probe
agencies to be based in
Antigua and Barbuda.
Modi, 49, is in a London
jail after he was held by
authorities there in
2019 on the basis of a
legal request made by
the ED and the Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) in this case.
Next R-Day
parade on
Central Vista
Avenue: Puri
Bengaluru: Union
Minister Hardeep Sin-
gh Puri said that the
next Republic Day pa-
rade will be on Central
Vista Avenue and added
that it will be a ‘symbol
of modern India’. “Next
R-Day parade will be on
Central Vista Avenue.
It’ll be a symbol of Mod-
ern India. Some don’t
understand its impor-
tance. They were ques-
tioning the COVID vac-
cine too but as all can
see, we had a phenome-
nal rollout,” said the
Union Minister.
Bill to amend
arbitration law
introduced in LS
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment on Thursday
introduced a bill in Lok
Sabha to amend the ar-
bitration law to ensure
that all stakeholders
get an opportunity to
seek unconditional stay
on enforcement of arbi-
tral awards where the
agreement or contract
is “induced by fraud or
corruption”. Introduc-
ing the Arbitration and
Conciliation (Amend-
ment) Bill, 2021 amid
uproar by Opposition
members over the three
farm laws, Law Minis-
ter Ravi Shankar Pras-
ad said the bill seeks to
check fly-by-night op-
erators who take advan-
tage of the law to get
favourable award by
fraud.
The bill intends to re-
place an ordinance is-
sued on November 4,
2020. Among other
things, the bill, seeks to
do away with the the
necessary qualifica-
tions for accreditation.
SISODIA: UNION
CABINET GAVE NOD TO
GNCTD AMENDMENT
BILL SECRETLY
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy
Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia on Thursday
alleged that the Union
Cabinet has secretly
given nod to a bill
that would give more
power to the Lieutenant
Governor. Sisodia
termed the bill as the
“murder of constitutional
democracy” and said that
the Central government
wants to impede Delhi’s
development and
progress by enhancing
Lieutenant Governor
(LG)’s power.
About 140 lawyers on
Wednesday have sent
a signed petition to Chief
Justice of India SA Bobde
requesting him to take
suo motu cognisance of
mobile Internet suspen-
sion near farmers’ protest
sites. They have also
demanded to set up an
inquiry commission to
probe the police inaction
dealing with violence
during a tractor rally on
Republic Day. They have
demanded inquiry.
LAWYERS REQUEST
CJI TO TAKE NOTE
OF INTERNET BAN
II PHASE OF VAX FOR
COPS, OTHER
FRONTLINE WORKERS
NO NEW COVID-19 CASES IN 47
DISTS IN PAST 3 WEEKS: GOVT
Up to 47 districts have reported no new Covid-19 cases
and 251 districts have reported
no Covid-19-related deaths in
the past three weeks, the Union
Health Ministry said. India’s
cumulative Covid-19 positivity
rate is 5.42 percent and the
positivity rate last week was
1.82 percent, the secretary said.
At least 44,49,552 ben-
eficiaries have received
COVID-19 vaccination
in merely 19 days, the
MoHFW said on Thurs-
day. India’s Covid-19
active caseload has
dropped to 1.55 lakh
(1,55,025) and comprises
just 1.44 per cent of the
total infections.
NEARLY 4.5 MLN
BENEFICIARIES
VACCINATED
98.43% have confirmed
that they were informed
about the vaccine process
and given the vaccine
properly, Union health
secretary, Rajesh Bhush-
an said. The government
is collecting feedback
from beneficiaries a day
after vaccination through
a ‘Rapid Assessment’.
97% PEOPLE ARE
SATISFIED WITH
VACCINATION
New Delhi: The second
dose of Covid-19 vac-
cines will be adminis-
tered to healthcare
workers from February
13, NITI Aayog member
Dr VK Paul said at a
press conference on
Thursday
.
“The second dose of
vaccine will be adminis-
tered to healthcare
workers from 13th Feb-
ruary
. Only the first
dose has been given to
them so far,” he said.
During the press confer-
ence, Union Health Sec-
retary Rajesh Bhushan
said that 1,239 private
and 5,912 public hospi-
tals were being utilised
as vaccination session
sites. Bhushan also said
that the the country’s
Adverse Event Follow-
ing Immunization
(AEFI) system was ro-
bust and was strength-
ened for the purpose of
Covid-19 vaccinations.
He also noted that 0.18%
of vaccinationswerefol-
lowed by adverse events.
“There is a very struc-
tured robust system
of AEFI monitoring in
this country
. It has been
further strengthened in
view of Covid-19 vacci-
nation. We have 8563
AEFI so far when we
have done vaccination
in lakhs. This is 0.18%
of vaccinated people,”
he said. As per the gov-
ernment, 45,93,427 ben-
eficiaries have been vac-
cinated against Covid-19
till 1.30pm on Thursday
.
India was the fastest
country to reach four
million vaccinations.
POWER OF THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT
New Delhi: Sisodia further said, “It is clearly
mentioned in our Constitution that barring police,
land and public order, everything else falls under
the ambit of an elected government in Delhi. In
its reading of the Constitution, the Constitutional
Bench of the Supreme Court has also clearly
distinguished the powers of the elected govern-
ment and LG.”

NEWS
07
A SOCIAL WORKER
TURNED DOCTOR
TURNED IAS IS
WORKING TO BRING
A CHANGE IN TRIBAL
RAJASTHAN!
Let us tell you an interesting
story about a young IAS
of 2016 batch. In 2017, Dr.
Manju started her bureaucratic
career as Assistant Collector
of Udaipur and for the past
four years, she is stationed in
Udaipur. Sure, for nearly half
a dozen times she has been
transferred, however, everytime
her ‘seat’ kept on changing
while she remained in Udaipur
district only, namely, Lasadia,
Girwa, Vallabhnagar, Badgaon
and back to Udaipur town.
It is perhaps one of a kind
situation where the bureaucrat
and the state government’s
interests are aligned since
both Manju and government
want that the officer should
be posted in Udaipur. But why
is that? Actually, this young
IAS is a gynaecologist and
apart from carrying out her
bureacratic responsibilities, she
is giving her voluntary services
for upliftment of tribal and
backward women.
The tribal areas where
doctors and teachers fear of
venturing into, Manju happily
works in such areas taking care
of the health of the people and
teaching them as well. She is
also running a campaign against
the widespread alcoholism in
tribal communities particularly
in the men. Interestingly, in
the entire tribal belt, manju is
addressed as ‘Manju jiji’ and
women consider her to be a
part of their families.
The 2016 batch IAS is a native
of Jhunjhunu district, who
after completing her medical
studies, started working in
Delhi. From here she prepared
for IAS examination and in the
first attempt scored 59th rank.
During her studies, Manju took
a pledge to work with tribals.
After she was allotted Rajasthan
cadre, she was given posting in
Udaipur district and she started
fulfilling her oath.
The state government is also
happy that in Dr. Manju, the
government has an IAS officer,
a doctor and a social worker;
i.e. a ‘three-dimensional’
personality that is working
on government’s agenda of
bringing the tribals in the
forefront and therefore, the
government does not want
to transfer Manju out of the
Udaipur district.
—Rajendra Chhabra
MBBS student
migration: SC sets
aside Raj HC verdict
New Delhi: Migra-
tion of a student pur-
suing an undergrad-
uate medical course
is permissible only if
both the medical col-
leges are recognized
by the Central Gov-
ernment under the
law, the Supreme
Court has ruled.
A bench compris-
ing justices L Nag-
eswara Rao and In-
dira Banerjee set
aside the verdict of
the Rajasthan High
Court which had di-
rected the Medical
Council of India
(MCI) to permit mi-
gration of a student
of MBBS course
from an unrecogniz-
ed medical college to
a recognized one.
The interpretation
of the Regulation 6(2)
(of the Migration
Rules) by HC is pa-
tently erroneous. The
Regulation clearly
lays down a restric-
tion of migration
from an unrecogniz-
ed college to a recog-
nized college.
The bench was
hearing the MCI’s
challenge to the Ra-
jasthan High Court
judgment of Septem-
ber 2020 allowing the
migration of student
Anchal Parihar and
holding that the term
‘Migration’ used in
the Rules is not lim-
ited to MCI Act but it
is much wider in
scope. The term ‘Mi-
gration’ cannot be
read out of context
without reference to
the Regulation which
clearly provides that
both colleges should
be recognized u/s
11(2) of the Act. Ad-
mittedly, the college
in which the first re-
spondent is studying
is yet to be recog-
nized u/s 11(2) of the
Act. Migration can-
not be permitted con-
trary to the Regula-
tions, the top court
held.
Parihar was study-
ing in Ananta Insti-
tute of Medical Sci-
ences and Research
Centre, Rajsamand
and she had request-
ed the Board of Gov-
ernors to permit her
migration to Dr S N
Medical College,
Jodhpur in 2019.
The request was
declined by the MCI
on the ground that it
is not permissible
under the Migration
Rules. —PTI
Dr Manju
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: In what could
be termed as a major
news for residents liv-
ing in the unelectrified
colonies in the state,
from now on, electricity
connection in private
societies, societies
made by builders and
land developers, flats in
multistoreyed build-
ings and colonies on
agri-land will be made
available at half the
current rate. Moreover,
the electricity compa-
nies will have to pro-
vide these connections
within seven days.
The name Rajasthan
Electricity Regulatory
Commission (RERC) is
enough to send shivers
down the customer’s
spine, however, this
time around the com-
mission appears to be
standing for the cus-
tomer. Chairman of the
Commission Shrimat
Pandey issued the Elec-
tricity Supply Code
Regulations 2021, giving
respite to the common
man after a gap of 16
years, following which
Jaipur, Jodhpur and
Ajmer discoms will
have to bring these reg-
ulations into effect.
As a measure to bring
facilities to the consum-
er, the regulations put
down that elderly and
speciallyabled will be
provided services at
door step. The compa-
nies have been made
responsible in this re-
gard through the sup-
ply code regulations.
Furthermore, the
voltage demand limit
has also been increased
for consumers as now
for a 11 KV connection,
the voltage has been in-
creased from 1500 KVA
to 2500 KVA and for 33
KV voltage, 5000 KVA
increased to 8000 KVA.
Along with this the ne-
cessity of a hard copy
even after online appli-
cation has been done
away with and discom
will have to give a re-
ceipt of each and every
service.
Moreover, keeping in
mind the problems
faced by customers, ef-
fort has been made to
provide all the services
through one form.
Voltage demand limit has also been increased for consumers.
RERC issues new electricity
supply code for common man
Respite: Companies will provide connections to private colonizers within 7 days
FACILITIES
CS asks officials to make
plan for Bikaner House
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-
ernment will explore
the possibility of devel-
oping Bikaner House, a
state government prop-
erty located at a prime
location in New Delhi,
for better and optimum
use in future.
Chief Secretary
Niranjan Arya asked
the officials to make a
plan for the develop-
ment of Bikaner House
while addressing the
meeting of the Bikaner
House Management
Committee through a
video conference from
Jaipur.
He asked them to pre-
pare a holistic action
plan along with nomi-
nated expert members
for maximum and best
use of the building,
which should include
the art, culture and cui-
sine of the whole of Ra-
jasthan.
Arya asked to explore
the possibilities to set
up a food court having
cuisines of Rajasthan.
He said that electric
buses of the state road-
ways can also be oper-
ated from there. Apart
from this, the property
can be used for film
shooting and other pur-
poses so that extra rev-
enue can be generated.
The Chief Secretary
said that all the loca-
tions of Bikaner House
campus should be iden-
tified and used properly
in the action plan.
Bikaner House, a state government property in New Delhi.
Arya asked to explore
the posssibilities to
set up a food court of
Rajasthani cuisines
Two burnt alive in
Ajmer road accident
Now, spl photoshoot for
couples in monuments
Jodhpur soldier killed in
Pak firing along LoC in JK
SMSGoldVaseCup:SonaPolo
surrendersbeforePadmanabh
Ajmer: A driver and
cleaner of a tractor-
trailer were burnt alive
when the vehicle col-
lided with a container
truck in Rajasthan’s
Ajmer district, police
said on Thursday
.
The incident oc-
curred near Narbadke-
da on Beawar-Udaipur
highway under Jawaja
police station area
where the vehicle col-
lided and caught fire.
The driver and cleaner
of the trailer burnt
alive in the incident, po-
lice said. The deceased
were identified as Kalu
and Beerbal.
The driver and clean-
er of the container
truck managed to come
outof thevehicle.There
is no information about
their whereabouts, the
police said. —PTI
Jaipur: Couples look-
ing for pre or post-wed-
ding shoots will now be
able to have exclusive
access to ticketed-mon-
uments of Rajasthan
before or after office
hours by paying certain
charges.
The pre and post-wed-
ding shoots, both still
and video, will also be
allowed during office
hours at all the ticketed-
monuments at lower
charges. A gazette noti-
fication for this was is-
sued on February 1,
said officials, adding
the decision is aimed at
generating extra reve-
nue for the government.
Earlier, only still pho-
tography was allowed
and that was permissi-
ble during the official
hours only but now
video shoots too will be
allowed, they said.
“We have over 30 tick-
eted-monuments across
the state where still and
video shoots can be
done by paying a charge
of Rs 5,000 for 2 hours if
couples want to avoid
crowds,” Museum De-
partment Director
Prakash Chandra Shar-
ma said. —PTI
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: An Army sol-
dier was killed on
Wednesday in Pakistani
firing along the Line of
Control (LoC) in Jam-
mu and Kashmir’s Ra-
jouri district.
Soldier Laxman,(21),
a native of Khejarla in
Jodhpur district, got in-
jured while fighting the
enemies. Later, he was
rushed to the Army hos-
pital, but died during
the treatment.
Laxman was to get
married in March this
year and is survived by
parents and a younger
brother and sister.
According to locals,
wedding preparations
were going on in the
family
. He was inducted
into the army three
years ago.
Defense spokesman
said that the Pakistani
army started firing in
Sunderbani sector of
Rajouri district and our
soldiers gave a befitting
reply to the enemy. He
said that Laxman was
seriously injured in the
shootout and later died.
CM Ashok Gehlot has
expressed condolences
on the martyrdom of
Laxman. CM has also
prayed to God to give
peace to the departed
soul and strength to the
bereaved families to
bear this trauma.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the SMS
GoldVaseCupof Jaipur
Polo season, there was a
fight between Rajnigan-
dha Achievers and Sona
Polo at Rambagh Polo
Ground on Thursday.
The Sona Polo team
consisting of ardent
players surrendered be-
fore Padmanabh Singh
of Rajnigandha in this
match.
Padmanabh had a
brilliant game as he
scored five goals giving
his team a seven-goal
win against Sona Polo.
The Sona Polo team had
star players like Sham-
sheer Ali and Sanjay
Kapoor, who completely
flopped in this match.
In the match, it
seemed as if the ball
and the horse were run-
ning at the behest of
Padmanabh, while
Shamsheer could not
even run his horse
equal to the ball. There
was a time when the
ball danced at Sham-
sheer’s behest and thou-
sands of people used to
come to the Rambagh
ground to watch his
game but things have
changed now. Mean-
while, the emerging
player of Polo Pad-
manabh won the hearts
of spectators and polo
lovers sitting in the pa-
vilion with his game.
Police removing both the vehicles from crane.
Martyr Laxman. —FILE PHOTO
Kota Airport:
AAI team to
visit for
new survey
Bhanwar S. Charan
Kota: A team from
the Airport Au-
thority of India
(AII) may visit
Kota next week to
conduct a new sur-
vey for Greenfield
airport in the city
which was prom-
ised by LS Speaker
Om Biral.
Birla recently
held a review
meeting with offi-
cials about the air-
port project and
next day, the AAI
sent a letter to the
state government
with a revised
plan of 500 hectare
and asked to trans-
fer the land.
Initially, nearly
876 hectares of
land near Shamb-
hupura was iden-
tified for the new
airport. On Sept
23 last year, the AII
had written a let-
ter to the CS of Ra-
jasthan asking to
transfer the land
but the govern-
ment had sent a
revised proposal
of 500 hectares af-
ter which the mat-
ter was stuck for
several months.

Isn’t it surprising that we hold
on to grudges for so long and the
happy moments become distant
memories so quickly?
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Housing Board Com-
missioner Pawan Arora
on Thursday
, started the
work of Vatika Housing
Scheme being devel-
oped at Vatika in San-
ganer. The Commission-
er ensured that he toiled
as hard as his engineers
and stood with them on
ground zero while su-
pervising the entire
work progress and issu-
ing instructions. He
looked at the planning
of the scheme during
this period and gave in-
structions to make nec-
essary improvements.
The Commissioner
instructed for the early
disposal of the land by
replicating the land
identified for institu-
tional, commercial and
public utilities in this
scheme. Along with
this, he directed to make
a proposal to get the de-
cision taken at a higher
level to directly link this
scheme with the Hiralal
Shastri Nagar Scheme
of JDA. He instructed to
immediately execute
the tender process for
water and electricity ar-
rangements here.
It is noteworthy that
Vatika Residential
Scheme was launched
by Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot at Chief
Minister’s Residence on
August 22, 2020. Regis-
trations for this scheme
were opened from Sep-
tember 1, 2020 to Sep-
tember 30, 2020 wherein,
ten fold registration ap-
plication were received.
Priority lottery was
conducted by the Board
in a very short time by
completing the applica-
tion related process of
this scheme.
Under this scheme,
337 houses will be con-
structed for economi-
cally weaker income
group, 287 houses for
lower income group and
165 independent houses
formiddleincomegroup
A.
In this way, a total of
789 independent houses
will be constructed un-
der the scheme, under
which, 1 BHK independ-
ent accommodation will
be provided for only Rs.
5 lakh. Chief Engineer
(I) KC Meena, Addition-
al Chief Engineer Na-
thuram, Deputy Hous-
ing Commissioners KC
Dhaka and Resident En-
gineer Prakash Chaud-
hary along with con-
cerned officials were
present on the occasion.
RHB Commissioner’s ‘ground breaking’ work at Vatika Housing Scheme
DEVELOPMENT ON CARDS
lll
789
independent
houses will
be constructed
for economically
weaker
income group,
low income
group and
middle income
group
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Pointing out to-
wards the negative im-
age of police since the
British rule, Governor
KalrajMishra onThurs-
day, said that a positive
image of the police
should be presented
among the masses.
Mishra has said that
apart from preventing
crime, the police also
plays a significant role
in the social welfare
works and their role
during the Covid-19
pandemic has been ap-
preciable.
Addressing the Foun-
dation Day ceremony of
Sardar Patel University
of Police, Security and
Criminal Justice, Jodh-
pur through video- con-
ference, the Governor
said that the oppressive
image of the police,
which has been contin-
uing since the British
rule, should be changed
and a positive image
among the masses
should be portrayed.
He said that due to
continuous change in
the nature of crimes
and technological ad-
vancements, expecta-
tions from the police
have increased mani-
fold in the present time.
The Governor added
that the new challenge
of cyber money laun-
dering has emerged due
to the trend of digital
currencies.
In view of the in-
creasing cybercrime,
use of encrypted mes-
saging apps and the sale
of drugs in the dark
web, the police needs to
be updated with the lat-
est technology. He sug-
gested the Police Uni-
versity should take ini-
tiative in this direction.
The Governor also
suggested the Univer-
sity to study and re-
search in the fields of
policing, security and
criminal justice as well
as work for academic
excellence. He said that
the University should
develop special courses
in the field of preven-
tion of organised
crime, human behav-
iour management, dis-
aster management and
criminal psychology.
Earlier, the Governor
got the Preamble of the
Constitution read in the
programme.
Addressing the func-
tion, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said that
the State government
had established the Po-
lice University for in-
tensive research in the
fields of policing and
security system.
He said that such uni-
versities are important
to gain strength in vari-
ous aspects related to
security and cyber
crimes. Gehlot also
praised the Governor
for his initiative of pre-
amble reading and said
that there is a need to
imbibe the core spirit
of the Constitution
among the citizens. The
Chief Minister has
praised the governor on
several occasions.
He also informed
that the State govern-
ment has recently writ-
ten a letter to the Union
Home Ministry, offer-
ing a partnership be-
tween the National Fo-
rensic Science Univer-
sity and the Sardar Pa-
tel Police University for
establishing a Forensic
Science Institute in
Jodhpur.
The V-C of the Uni-
versity, Alok Tripathi
said that a 'Centre of
Excellence on UN Stud-
ies' is being set up at the
University for research
work and teaching the
students, professionals
and police officers in
the subject related to
the United Nations.
NEED TO PORTRAYPOSITIVE IMAGE OF COPS: GUV
‘State govt has established Police Univ for intensive research in fields of policing security system,’ CM Gehlot said
Governor Kalraj Mishra CM Ashok Gehlot address Foundation Day celebrations of Sardar Patel
Police varsity, Jodhpur, on Thursday, through VC where univ V-C Dr Alok Tripathi was also present.
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Bollywood ac-
tor Salman Khan has
moved the High Court,
seeking relief from ses-
sion court’s directions to
himtoappearinthecourt
on February 6 for the
hearing on appeals and
has sought permission to
appear in the hearing
throughvideoconference
from Mumbai.
Division bench of
Chief Justice Indrajit
Mahanty and Justice
Dinesh Mehta, while ad-
mitting the application,
issued notice to the
state and union govern-
ment seeking reply by
today and has listed the
matter for hearing on
the same day
.
It may be noted the
hearing on two appeals,
one each by Khan chal-
lenging his 5 years’ sen-
tence by the trial court
in a case of poaching of
two black bucks and
other by state challeng-
ing the acquittal of co-
accused Saif Ali Khan,
Tabu, Neelam, Sonali
Bendre and a local per-
son Dushyant Singh are
being heard by the Dis-
trict and Sessions
Judge. “Following 17
exemptions during the
hearing, the Sessions
Judge has ordered
Khan to appear in the
court in person on the
next hearing scheduled
on February 6 for hear-
ing of the appeals”, said
his counsel HM Saras-
wat. “We moved HC
with a prayer that he be
permitted to appear in
the court not in person,
but through VC from
Mumbai,” he said, add-
ing that huge gather-
ings are not warranted
during the time of Co-
rona pandemic.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Dr Roshan Lal
Sharma, deputy director,
Ayurveda department
posted in Jaisalmer, was
trapped by ACB while
taking a bribe of Rs 4,000
for clearing a bill from a
vehicle contractor. A
head constable from
Bharatpur,SohanLalwas
arrested while taking a
bribe of Rs 7,000 for tak-
ing action in a case of
theft. A computer opera-
tor of JMC, Dinesh Ku-
mar was also caught
whiletakingabribeof Rs
400forissuingamarriage
certificate. ACB team in
Sriganganagar arrested
computer operator Vinod
Singhafourthclassem-
ployee Jitendra Kumar,
for taking a bribe of Rs
1,500 for an official work.
SalmanKhanseekspermissiontoappearincourtviaVC
Raj ACB nabs
five officials in
graft cases
Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora motivated the officials to start work at Vatika Housing
Scheme on Thursday by being present at the site himself. Chief Engineer KC Mina, Additional Chief
Engineer Nathu Ram and concerned officials were present on the occasion.
IN REVERENCE...
CEC Sunil Arora paid his respects and homage at Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat on Wednesday. He interacted with visitors there and also noted his
remarks in the visitors book at the Statute of Unity. Arora was accompanied by his wife and family members on a day-long visit to Kevadia.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Farmers of
eight districts, including
Churu, will soon get
compensation under the
Prime Minister's Crop
Insurance Scheme for
the crop losses in Rabi
2019-20. On the instruc-
tions of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, orders
have been issued in this
regard. While reviewing
the Pradhan Mantri
FasalBimaYojanainthe
meeting of the State De-
velopment Coordination
andMonitoringCommit-
tee (Disha) on Wednes-
day
, Gehlot had instruct-
ed that the claim due of
eight districts for Rabi
2019-20 are outstanding
should be paid soon.
It is noteworthy that
the insurance company
had appealed to the Gov-
ernment of India, ex-
pressing disagreement
on the use (assessment)
of crop viability done in
Churu district by the of-
ficials of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture
and Revenue during the
period of Corona lock-
down. Due to this, the
claims of the farmers
were not being paid.
The state government
strongly advocated the
farmers' case. The Gov-
ernment of India dis-
missed the insurance
company'sappealonFeb-
ruary 3, 2021 on the basis
of evidencesubmittedby
the state government.
Now, against the 1, 30,000
insurance policies of
Churu district, eligible
farmers will get a claim
of Rs 550 crore.
Simultaneously, the
state government has
also deposited an
amount of Rs 70 crore of
state premium for the
Rabi 2019-20 in Ajmer,
Bharatpur, Bundi, Jhal-
awar, Kota, Pali and
Sawai Madhopur dis-
tricts. The payment of
the outstanding insur-
ance claim of the farm-
ers of these districts
will also be made soon.
Orders issued on
direction of CM;
8 districts to be
compensated for
Rabi 2019-20
Farmers of 8 dists to
get damages for crop
CM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR
RECRUITING 603 ADDL JR ASST
GOVT TO RECRUIT HOSP CARE TAKER
Jaipur: State government has cleared the way for
appointing the selected 603 candidates for the
Junior Assistant Recruitment Examination-2018.
CM Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal for
appointment to additional posts in interest of the
candidates of this recruitment examination as a
result, the candidates will be allotted department
will be appointed soon. Taking a major decision
in the interest of the young aspirants, Gehlot had
instructed that the candidates who were deprived
of the selection due to the reduction in the total
advertised posts, should also be appointed soon.
Jaipur: The State government will soon make direct
recruitment of qualified and skilled candidates
to the positions of ‘Hospital Care Taker’ in the
hospitals of the state. For this, CM Ashok Gehlot
has approved the draft of the Cabinet memorandum
to amend the educational qualification for the post
of Hospital Care Taker. According to the proposal
of the Medical Health Department, the post of
Hospital Care Taker is included in the Rajasthan
Medical Health Subordinate Services Rules,1965.
The Statue of Unity (SoU) is not mere-
ly a sculpture or a statue, it has be-
come a place of pilgrimage and only
those who are blessed by God get an opportuni-
ty to visit here. —Sunil Arora, CEC

JAIPUR, FRIDAY
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