The document summarizes recent news stories from India. It reports that the Supreme Court will pronounce an order tomorrow on the ongoing farmers' protests and new farm laws. It also reports that the Prime Minister announced that the central government will bear the cost of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination starting on January 16th. Additionally, it provides an update on the road accident involving Union Minister Shripad Naik, noting that his wife died from injuries sustained in the accident.

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MONITOR POULTRY FARMS, ZOOS TO
CONTAIN BIRD FLU, SAYS PM MODI AS
VIRUS SPREADS RAPIDLYP3 P6
55-YR-OLD TEACHER LIVING IN JAIPUR
MURDERED BY MIFFED NEIGHBOUR;
COPS MAKE ARREST IN SEVEN HOURS
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
New Delhi: Hearing a
clutch of petitions chal-
lenging the new farm
laws as well as the ones
related to the ongoing
agitation at Delhi bor-
ders,theSupremeCourt
Monday said it was dis-
appointed with the way
negotiations between
the government and the
farmers have pro-
gressed and said it will
pass an order on the
matter tomorrow.
The apex court asked
the Centre to stay the
laws till a committee
constituted by it dis-
cusses the same and
submits a report.
“Let those farmer un-
ions who say it is pro-
gressive say that before
the committee. But you
have to tell us whether
you stay the farm acts
or we do it. Keep it in
abeyance. What is the
issue?? We are not in fa-
vour of easily staying a
law but we want to say
don’t implement the
law,” the top court said.
The bench compris-
ing of CJI Bobde Bobde
and Justices A S Bopan-
naandVRamasubrama-
nianfurthersaid,“Some
people have committed
suicide, old people and
women are a part of the
agitation. What is hap-
pening?” The bench
added that not a single
plea has been filed that
said that the “farm laws
are good.”
SC has suggested
names of former CJIs
including RM Lodha to
head panel for explor-
ing the possibility of a
solution over farm laws
protests. The bench
said it will pass orders
on the issue in parts.
—Agencies
Panaji: Union minister
Shripad Naik was in-
jured in a road accident
in Karnataka on Mon-
day, an official said.
Naik’s wife Vijaya
who was travelling with
the minister and his
personal secretary,
Deepak, who were criti-
cal after the crash, died
in the hospital, the po-
lice said. Naik, who is
the Union Minister of
state for AYUSH (inde-
pendent) and defence is
out of danger and is be-
ing treated at a hospital.
The vehicle in which
Naik (68) was travelling
met with an accident
near Ankola Turn to P6
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WORKERS IN FIRST ROUND OF INOCULATION DRIVE
10 mths on, Gehlot’s decision finds support from ‘West’!
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Thereisnowyet
another instance when
the forward thinking
and effective decision
making ability of Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has been approved of by
the ‘western world’.
When the Corona
pandemic stretched its
tentacles in Rajasthan,
Gehlot went into a hud-
dle with his ministers
and expert doctors and
devised that Tocilizum-
ab drug should be ad-
ministered to Corona
patients for fighting off
the pandemic.
While doctors at
Sawai Man Singh Hos-
pital witnessed tremen-
dous results of the drug
and Gehlot gave a go
ahead to continue treat-
ment of the patients,
several months on, a UK
based study has found
the drug to be effective
in reducing mortality
rate of Covid patients.
Interestingly, Tocili-
zumab was made part of
Rajasthan’s Covid treat-
ment protocol in March
itself. On Monday, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
tooktosocialnetworking
site Twitter to express
his elation that the ‘deci-
sion saved thousands of
lives’. “The REMA-CAP
trial study published in
UKfoundTocilizumabto
be effective in saving
lives from Covid. Ra-
jasthan government
made this injection
worth forty thou-
sand rupees,
free from the beginning
of Corona. I am glad that
our decision saved thou-
sandsof lives,”theChief
Minister tweeted.
Moreover, Gehlot an-
nounced on Monday
evening that Rajasthan
Government has pro-
vided study material for
classes from 1 to 6. “The
Rajasthan government
has provided study ma-
terial of NCERT and
Rajasthan Board cur-
riculum for students
from classes 1 to 6 un-
der the e-class project
which can be accessed
on Youtube. Anyone can
go and study through
this channel. Whether
at home or at schools,
this channel will be
highly beneficial for
students who can use it
from mobile or lap-
tops,” Gehlot tweeted.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
alsotweetedaboutending
inequalities at work. “On
International Parity at
Work Day, we need to fo-
cus on ending inequali-
tiesanddiscriminationat
work place. Our effort is
to promote work place di-
versityandprovideequal
opportunities as well as
fair treatment,” he said.
SC to pronounce order
on stir, farm laws today
Apex Court is disappointed with the way negotiations
between government and farmers have progressed
Union Min Naik hurt
in mishap; wife dead
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi an-
nouncedonMondaythat
the central government
willbeartheexpensesof
vaccinatingnearlythree
crore healthcare and
frontline workers in the
first round and suggest-
ed that public represent-
atives, a reference to
politicians, should not
be part of this initial ex-
ercise.
Interacting with state
chief ministers, Modi
underscored the enor-
mity of what he de-
scribed as the world’s
biggest vaccination ex-
ercise, which begins
from January 16, saying
over 30 crore citizens
will get the jabs in the
next few months in In-
dia against only 2.5
crore people who have
received them in over 50
countries in around a
month so far.
The two already ap-
proved made-in-India
COVID-19 vaccines are
more cost-effective than
any other in the world
and have been devel-
oped as per the coun-
try’s needs, he said in
his remarks in the
meeting called to dis-
cuss the COVID-19 situ-
ation and the vaccina-
tion roll-out.
Besides the two vac-
cines -- Covishield de-
veloped by Oxford and
British-Swedish com-
pany AstraZeneca and
manufactured by Se-
rum Institute of India,
and Bharat Biotech’s
Covaxin, four others
are in the pipeline,
Modi said, asserting
that India’s fight
against the pandemic
will enter a decisive
stage with the vaccina-
tion roll-out.
More vaccines may
be available when the
exercise moves into the
second round, he added.
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Interacting with CMs of all states, the PM said in first phase cost of
vaccination for these 3 crore people would be borne by central govt
PM Narendra Modi during an interaction with chief ministers of all states to discuss COVID-19
situation and vaccination roll-out in the country, via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday.
An artist gives finishing touches to a painting on theme of
farmers’ protest at Singhu border, in New Delhi on Monday.
GOVT ORDERS 11 MILLION DOSES
OF COVIDSHIELD FROM SERUM
`200 PER DOSE COST OF VAX
IMA ENDORSES VACCINE SAFETY,
REQUESTS MEMBERS TO GET JAB
New Delhi: Endorsing the safety and efficacy of COVID-19
vaccines, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday
announced that it has decided to actively take part in the
mission of COVID vaccination programme rolled out by
Government of India. IMA said in a statement said that
the association stands with the scientists to endorse the
safety and efficacy of both COVAXIN and COVISHIELD, so
public awareness and countering with myths on vaccine
percolating in social media. The vaccination drive in the
country will start from January 16.
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment on Monday
placed a purchase or-
der with Serum Insti-
tute of India (SII) for
11 million doses of
Oxford COVID-19
vaccine, Covishield,
each costing Rs 210,
including the GST,
official sources said.
Dispatch of the vac-
cine is likely to start
by late Monday even-
ing, they said.
According to the
order, each dose of
the vaccine has been
priced at Rs 200 and
with GST of Rs 10 it
would cost Rs 210.
The HLL Lifecare
Limited, a public sec-
tor undertaking,
Turn to P6
l While the government
plans to secure
l 600 million doses govt
plans to secure for coun-
try’s vaccination drive
l January 16 the vaccine
drive begins in India
l 20 different locations
have been identified by
SSI from where it will start
sending the doses
l There are locations
across Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Chennai and other
states and transportation of
vaccines will be both by air
and road.
l The consignment of
doses is expected to be
despatched from Tuesday
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra celebrates her 48th birthday today. Active on
social media, Priyanka has always been quick to take up a keen interest in people’s travails. Her
comments on Facebook and Twitter on to day-to-day issues especially related to womens’ safety,
farmers, youth and often nostalgic photos help her maintain a connect with the public at large!
The unshakeable resolve despite their bruised bodies earned
the Ajinkya Rahane-led India wholesome praise from the cricket
community after the team snatched an unlikely draw in the third
Test against Australia in Sydney on Monday.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
PRIYANKA
GREAT
ESCAPE
ASHOK GEHLOT
@ASHOKGEHLOT51
Sad to know of union
minister Shripad Naik
ji’s wife’s demise in an
accident. My heartfelt
condolences to him &
all family members.
May God give strength
to them in this hour of
grief. Praying for speedy
recovery of Naik ji.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

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CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN DEALT EFFECTIVELY: DGPTime taken to investigate a rape case in the state has come down significantly as a result of effective monitoring
Woman’s murder exposes DGP’s claims
Reacting to the
DGP’s press con-
ference, Deputy Lead-
er of Opposition Ra-
jendra Rathore said
that on the one hand,
the head of the police
department is count-
ing achievements of
the department, while
at the same time an
RAS officer’s sister is
killed in broad day-
light. He said it is a
direct proof of the law
and order situation of
the state, which has
crumbled during the
two-year tenure of the
Congressgovernment.
Rathoresharedanum-
ber of crime data to
validate his point.
Jhunjhunu: A man
was arrested on charg-
es of raping his minor
stepdaughter in Jhun-
jhunu, the police said
on Monday. The vic-
tim’s daughter filed
the case against her
husband. The police
said a woman from a
hamlet alleged that
her second husband
went to take a TV and
took her 16-year-old
daughter along. While
coming back from a
deserted road, he
forcefully committed
rape and also threat-
ened to kill if the inci-
dent gets disclosed.
But the victim shared
her ordeal with her
mother. On the basis
of the information,
the police arrested the
accused.
Jaipur: The time taken
to investigate a rape
case in the state has
come down significant-
ly as a result of effective
monitoring, Director
general of police ML
Lather said on Monday.
In 2017-18, it took 274
days on average to
probe a rape case which
reduced to 126 days in
2019-20, and efforts are
being made to further
reduce the dura-
tion, Lather said at a
press conference here.
“A special unit was set
up for monitoring
crimes against women
in every district and ef-
fective monitoring of
such cases was done. As
a result of this, the du-
ration of investigating
rape cases has re-
duced,” he said.
According to Lather,
28,832 girl students
were given self defence
training last year. He
said the state govern-
ment has allocated Rs 5
crore for increasing the
number of women and
child desks in 500 police
stations.
Sharing crime statis-
tics of last year, Lather
said the rate of filing a
challan in courts in cas-
es of serious nature
was 97-99 per cent de-
spite a marginal in-
crease in the number of
cases. He said cases reg-
istered in 2020 under
IPC were 14.21 percent
less than 2019. Murder
cases increased by 3.62
per cent and attempt to
murder cases rose by
8.24 per cent while the
number of abduction
cases reduced by 22.64
per cent.
Lather informed that
the state government
had in June last year
made it mandatory to
register FIRs in police
stations. —PTI
Director general of police ML Lather addressing a press conference in Jaipur on Monday.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Cong will continue supporting
farmers’ movement: Dotasra
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Accusing the
central government of
harassing farmers, PCC
president Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra on Monday
said that Congress will
continue to support the
farmers’ movement till
the farm laws are not
withdrawn.
The Congress will
lay siege to the Raj Bha-
wan on January 15 in
support of the farmers’
agitation against the
Centre’s new agri laws.
After paying tributes
to former prime minis-
ter Lal Bahadur Shas-
tri on his death anni-
versary at the PCC of-
fice, Dotasra said that
he gave the slogan of
‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’
and he lived his life
with simplicity.
Pointing out towards
factions in the opposi-
tion party, Dotasra said
that there 8 cm chief
ministerial candidates
are moving around in
BJP. He said that BJP’s
MPs and MLAs have to
save their political
ground.
The PCC chief said
that the Governor has
not forwarded three
bills which were passed
by the assembly to
counter the central
farm laws for presiden-
tial assent.
Govind Singh Dotasra riding a camel cart along with MLA Gopal
Meena in Jamwaramgarh on Monday.
A front on my name is a
mischief: Satish Poonia
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state pres-
ident Satish Poonia on
Monday said that cyber
experts have found out
who was behind gener-
ating and circulating a
letter pad of a Manch
(front) in his name.
He said that the per-
son would be warned
for not repeating such
an act in the future.
However, he said that
there was no legal ac-
tion required in the
matter at this stage.
“Social media has its
advantages and disad-
vantages. I have found
out who had generated
a letter pad of a manch
in my name. I need not
make myself a leader.
Thepartymakesawork-
eraleader,”hesaid.Poo-
nia also chaired a meet-
ing of the BJYM to dis-
cuss civic bodies polls
in which organising
secretaryChandrashek-
har and BJYM Ra-
jasthan president
Himanshu Sharma
were also present.
Satish Poonia,Puneet Karnavat,Himanshu Sharma and Hiren Kaushik.
`3.61 cr collected
for Ayodhya Temple
Aishwary Pradhan
Tonk: A financial sup-
port of Rs. 3.61 crore
was extended under the
first phase of ‘Nidhi Sa-
marpan’ campaign, un-
der which support for
the construction of
Ram temple in Ayodhya
is being solicited, in
Tonk.
The campaign began
at Abhigyan college in
Tonk in which people
gave financial support
of Rs. 3.61 crore for the
construction of a mag-
nificent Ram temple.
The programme be-
gan with the speech of
RSS leader Nimbaram
who said that with the
construction of the
grand temple, Ayodhya
will become the cultur-
al capital of the world.
Tonk MP Sukhbir
Singh Jaunapuria gave
Rs 1.11 crore, Kanhaiya
Lal Chaudhary gave Rs
1 crore, Om Prakash
Gupta gave Rs 21 lakh,
Jitendra Jain donated
Rs 21.51 lakh, Anil Ni-
wai Rs 11 lakh, and Lal
Chand Tiwari Rs
11.11 lakh.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under the lead-
ership of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, the
central government is
working towards the
upliftment of women
through programs like
Beti Bachao Beti Pad-
hao, Ujjwala Yojana,
and Stand Up In-
dia, said former chief
minister Vasundhara
Raje on Mon-
day while address-
ing the 2nd National
Women’s Parlia-
ment. She highlighted
the importance of such
initiatives in present
time. “When I first
came to Rajasthan, the
situation of women was
very pathetic from a so-
cial and economic point
of view here. This is the
reason why I tried very
hard to empower wom-
en during my two-time
Chief Ministership,”
she said. She also high-
lighted the schemes and
programmes, which
were introduced by for-
mer state governments
led by her.
“The former BJP gov-
ernment had started
Bhamashah Yojana and
provided financial as-
sistance to women in
their bank accounts,”
she said.
Raje also spoke about
the girls and women
whose achievements
have made the nation
proud and have in-
spired people.
BJP leaders at loggerheads,
not united: Sachin Pilot
121 file nominations
for 90 civic bodies
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS WORKING
TOWARDS WOMEN UPLIFTMENT: RAJE
First India Bureau
Tonk: Former Ra-
jasthan deputy chief
minister Sachin Pilot
on Monday said that
there is a situation of
confrontation in the
state BJP and there is a
fight among leaders for
supremacy.
“When the opposition
isnotunited,theydonot
have any right to raise
questions over the rul-
ing party. Congress is
working strongly in the
state,” said Pilot. He re-
iterated the demand for
withdrawal of newfarm
laws enacted by the Cen-
tre, claiming that the
laws were a “threat” to
the future of farmers.
-With PTI inputs
Sachin Pilot with a young
supporter in Tonk on Monday.
Vasundhara Raje addressing the 2nd National Women’s
Parliament on Monday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The nomina-
tion papers filing pro-
cess for polls in 90 civic
bodies in 20 districts
started on Monday. On
the first day, 121 candi-
dates filed 150 nomina-
tion papers, said State
Election Commission
Commissioner PS Meh-
ra. He informed that
nomination papers will
be able to be submitted
till January 15. Scruti-
ny of nomination pa-
pers will be done on
January 16, withdrawal
by January 19, election
symbols allotment on
January 20. Voting will
be held from 8 am to 5
pmonJanuary28,while
counting of votes will
take place from 9 am on
January 31.
Mehra appealed to
follow the Corona
guidelines during the
filing of nominations
and polling.
Mehra said that pub-
lic notice will be issued
on 1 February for the
Chairman post and the
election will be on Feb-
ruary 7.
Man held for raping minor stepdaughter
No input about
Naxal activities
in Rajasthan
Jaipur: DGP ML Lather
said there is no report
about Naxal activities in
the state. After a violence
in Dungarpur last year,
some of the opposition
party leaders had hinted
towards Naxal activities
in the tribal region. BJP
MLA Madan Dilawar had
alleged such elements
were disturbing harmony
between tribal and non-
tribal people. The violence
had erupted in September
when the candidates of
teachers’ recruitment ex-
amination-2018 blocked a
highway, pelted stones at
police, damaged proper-
ties and torched vehicles
demanding filling of 1,167
vacant posts of general
quota with ST candidates.
Rajendra Rathore
A miraculous
escape for
Poonia and
Chandrashekhar
Jaipur: State BJP pres-
ident Satish Poonia and
organising secretary
Chandrashekhar on
Monday escaped from
two separate accidents.
Poonia narrowly es-
caped while travelling
on the Jaipur-Del-
hi highway when a
bull came in front
of his vehicle. On the
other hand, Chan-
drashekhar was return-
ing from Delhi to
Jaipur when a truck hit
the back of the vehi-
cle. Both the leaders
thanked God and
praised their drivers.
Laxmi Kant Sharma
Dausa: Women and
child development min-
ister Mamta Bhupesh
on Monday took out a
march from Manpur
chauraha to Sikrai in
support of farmers who
are agitating against
the farm laws enacted
by the Centre.
With this, the six-day
march in support of the
farmers inDausa culmi-
nated.She was wel-
comed at several places
during the march. The
minister was greeted
and garlanded and her
supporters, as well as
farmers, shouted slo-
gans like ‘Jai Jawan Jai
Kisan’. Farmers joined
the march with camel
cart and bullock cart.
The minister also put
the plow on her shoul-
der. Addressing the
farmers, Bhupesh said
that there is huge re-
sentment among farm-
ers against the farm
laws enacted by the cen-
tre but the government
is not paying any heed
to the farmers’
plight. She said farmers
who are agitating in
shivering cold deserve
honour and the Con-
gress party stands with
them. She said that the
government should ful-
fill the farmers’ demand
of withdrawing the
laws and the demands
should be fulfilled.
‘Farmers have deep resentment against the Centre’
IN SOLIDARITY WITH FARMERS
lll
Bhupesh said
that there is
huge resentment
among farmers
against the farm
laws enacted by
the Centre but
the govt is not
paying any heed
to farmers’ plight
Mamta Bhupesh took out a march at Sikrai in Dausa on Monday.

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Jaipur: Jaipur Devel-
opment Authority has
released work orders
for various develop-
ment works in different
zones after administra-
tive and financial ap-
provals.
JDC Gaurav Goyal
said on Monday that
work orders worth Rs.
25.29 crore have been
issued for the projects.
The work orders were
released for the renew-
al of Southern bypass
road from Jawahar cir-
cle to railway under
pass (Rs. 136.47 crore),
maintenance of biore-
mediation technology
located on Mansagar
lake (Rs. 8.60 lakh), lev-
eling of land vacated
by Fauji kacchi basti
(Rs 10.50 lakh), a road
cut repair in zone-2 (Rs
33.04 lakh), patch re-
pair in zone 8 (Rs. 43.14
lakh), boundary wall in
Sitarampura Kacchi
Basti in zone-5 (Rs 20.76
lakh).
Other works are for
renewal of main roads,
from Janpath Road to
Queen’s Road, from Ar-
jun Nagar underpass to
Shiv Niwas marriage
garden, Ashok Vihar
extension etc. Similarly,
work orders have been
issued for renovation of
internal roads of Kard-
hani scheme in Zone-07,
road construction and
demarcation pillars in
West Way Heights
Scheme, patch work in
zone 12 and for various
development works in
transport nagar scheme
in zone 13.
Apart from them, in-
ternal roads, sector
roads, street lighting,
maintenance of central
park, garden lights in
Jawahar circle are
among other projects
for which the JDA has
issued work orders.
JDA releases work orders of `25 cr for devp
PROJECTS TO TRANSFORM CITY!
Leadership lessons
discussed at Jhabarmal
memorial lecture
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Director of IIM-
Indore, ‘Management
Guru’ Himanshu Rai
gave the five sources
necessary for a leader
when facing crisis. He
said that it is necessary
for a good leader to be a
mix of cleverness, diplo-
macy, detachment, im-
partiality and patience.
“It is also necessary
that the leader should
not place himself in the
echo chamber, but also
listen to those with dif-
ferent views.
He should also have
the courage to voice his
condemnation,”Raisaid
at Pt. Jhabarmal Shar-
ma Memorial Lecture
and Creative Literature
Award ceremony organ-
ized on Monday through
virtually by Patrika
group. Prof. Rai lectured
on the topic of crisis
leadership under the
challenges of the Covid
period. Gulab Kothari,
Editor-in-Chief of the
Patrika group was also
present at the function.
On this occasion, he
also honored the win-
nersof thebestworksof
poetry and story pub-
lished in the supple-
ments of the Patrika
group in 2020. He said
that the situation made
MahatmaGandhialead-
er, he would not have be-
come a leader if the situ-
ation had not happened.
“In the Mahabharata,
Sanjay’s commentary
in front of Dhritarash-
tra was described as
journalism. Communi-
cation is important for
journalists and it is nec-
essary for communica-
tion that the heart,
mind and intellect stay
together in times of cri-
sis,” Kothari said.
Buvnesh Jain, Prof. Himanshu Roy, Gulab Kothari at Pandit
Jhabarmal Memorial lecture programme in Jaipur on Monday.
Ex up-sarpanch
killed by a gun
shot in Chittor
P K Agarwal
Chittorgarh: A former
up-sarpanch Nanaram
Bhil died after receiv-
ing a bullet shot by his
own licensed weapon
in Chittorgarh district.
It is not clear whether
the bullet was fired by
him or someone else,
police said.
The incident oc-
curred in Bhilon ki
Jhopdiya area in Ka-
pasan police station
area. SHO Himanshu
said that a scuffle broke
out in the family of
Bhil on Sunday night
over some issue in
which the bullet was
fired while his family
member said that he
had gone to his farm,
was found dead.
They said that two
relatives Mittulal Bhil
and Ratanlal Bhil had
gone to his house on
Sunday night and had a
scuffle. Rajawat said
that the matter is being
investigated and all the-
ories are being probed.
Man burnt to death in
accident, friend injured
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A man was
burnt to death when his
car caught fire after an
accidentonGandhiPath
in Karni Vihar area, po-
lice said on Monday.
Theincidentoccurred
at around 1 am on Mon-
day when the car collid-
ed with a pole at Gandhi
Path, overturned and
caught fire. Mohit Pan-
war, 28, a resident of Bi-
kaner, got trapped in the
car and was charred to
death, police said. His
friendVishalSaxena,25,
whowasalsointhevehi-
cle, got both of his legs
fractured but was res-
cued by the passers-by.
After the accident, a
huge fire broke out in
the car along with an
explosion. Panwar used
to work in a food supply
firm here. Saxena, from
Bikaner, is studying
MBA by staying in
Jaipur. Saxena told the
police that all he re-
membered is that pas-
sers-by pulled him out
of the window. His hand
came out of the window,
which was seen by peo-
ple passing by after the
accident. —With PTI Inputs
Car burnt due to fire after an accident in Jaipur on Monday.
Couple held for killing
medical store owner
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: A cou-
ple was arrested for al-
legedly killing a medi-
cal store owner Dhar-
ampal, the police said
on Monday. Dharampal
was killed by slitting
his throat and his body
was found on a road at
Fatehgarh Khileribas
village of the district on
Sunday.
After primary inves-
tigation, police zeroed
in on Suman and her
husband Rai Singh. Su-
man had illicit rela-
tionship with the vic-
tim who purchased a
property in her name.
Suman, her husband
wanted to grab prop-
erty and hence hatched
a conspiracy to elimi-
nate him.
Under the conspira-
cy, the couple gave him
sedative pills but when
he did not die they slit
his throat and killed
him and dumped the
body, the police said.
“Both the husband-
wife have been arrested
in the murder case,”
police said.
Two deaths,
429 fresh
cases in state
Jaipur: Rajasthan re-
corded two more deaths
due to Covid-19, 429
fresh cases were report-
ed on Monday. Of the
fresh cases, 76 each were
recorded in Jaipur and
Kota, 60 in Jodh, 26 in
Nagaur, 20 in Pali, 18 in
Bhilwara, 17 in Ajmer.
55-yr-old teacher murdered
by miffed neighbour, arrestedCopsarrest19-yr-oldaccusedin7hours,theduohadheatedargumentonMondaymorning
Police officer tying police line tape to barricade, protect the crime scene in Jaipur on Monday. FSL team investigates the murder spot to collect evidence. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: The police on
Monday arrested a
19-year-old Krishan
K a n t
S h a r m a
for mur-
dering his
neighbor,
5 5 - ye a r-
old wom-
an Vigya
Devi Sharma, a govern-
ment teacher and the
sister of an RAS officer
Yugantar Sharma who
is posted as SDM Jaipur.
The police said that Vi-
gya, who was living
alone, was murdered by
the accused after they
had a heated argument
on Monday morning.
Theaccusedstrangled
her throat by putting a
cloth in her mouth.
She was found in an
unconscious state with
her hands and feet tied
to an iron railing. She
was rushed to a nearby
private hospital where
doctors declared her
dead, police said. Addi-
tional Police Commis-
sioner Ajaypal Lamba
said that the accused
had an altercation with
the victim while taking
outthedogsonthestreet
after which he entered
her house from rooftop
stairs and killed her.
Prior to that, she
brought milk from the
milk vendor and fed
cows. Source said that
sheusedtosharethepic-
ture of Laddu Gopal in a
WhatsApp group every
morningbutonMonday,
there was no update
from her following
which a staffer from her
school called her. When
thecallwasunanswered,
the staffer called her
neighbour Anita Jain.
The house was closed
from inside. When the
neighbours entered the
house from the roof, the
woman was found lying
unconscious. Senior po-
lice officials including
Additional DCP Ajaypal
Lamba, DCP South
Harendra Mahawar, Ad-
ditional DCP Avnish
Kumar and others
reached the spot.
Her son Abhinav
Chaturvedi is working
as an engineer in an IT
company in Bhopal.
His marriage is fixed
on 16 February and the
victim was busy in prep-
arations for the mar-
riage. Vigya’s husband
haddiedintheyear2010.
‘NO FULL TIME HOME MIN, NO MONITORING’
Vigya Devi
Compressors, special
cameras to hunt Captain
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: The search
for the captain Ankit
Gupta, failed to bring
any result on 5th con-
secutive day on Monday.
The army arranged
heavy compressors
with a view to churn
the water expecting
that if the officer was
stuck somewhere in the
bottom of the lake
would come over the
surface of the water.
The pipes connected
to these compressors
were dropped to the bot-
tom of the lake and air,
heavy pressure was in-
fused in these pipes to
stir the bottom and cre-
ate huge wavers.
A local experienced
diver Daulal Malviya is
also part of the search
operation. He has been
conducting search op-
erations for the past 50
years and has extracted
about 800 bodies from
many water bodies,
mostly from this lake
itself. Meanwhile, a new
team of experts and di-
vers comprising 20 per-
sons equipped with spe-
cial cameras also joined
the operation.
The murky quality of
water has been inhibit-
ing the divers to see
clearly in water and
now these new cameras
will provide the teeth to
under-water viewing
capability of the divers.
“Over 250 persons com-
prising experts, divers
and other support have
been actively mobilized
at the lake with 15 boats
equipped with all re-
quired resources and
equipment,” a police of-
ficial said.
Captain Ankit Gupta
Alert! Jaipur zoo shut
as birds found dead
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The death of
three common ducks
and one black stork at
Jaipur Zoo on Monday
caused a furor in the for-
est department. The of-
ficials said that the sam-
ples were sent to Bhopal
to test for bird flu.
As a precaution, the
Jaipur Zoo was closed
for two days for tour-
ists. DFO Upkar Borana
has given necessary
guidelines to look after
the birds present in the
zoo by taking precau-
tions which are dis-
cussed in a meeting of
officers and staff look-
ing after the birds pre-
sent in the zoo. Now, the
bird flu has spread to 15
districts out of 33 as re-
ports of two samples
from two districts of
Karauli and Tonk dis-
trict came positive. The
Animal Husbandry De-
partment report said
that on Monday, 371
more birds were found
dead in the state taking
the total tally to 3,321.
They have started to
give water to the birds
present in the enclo-
sure, as well as increase
the immunity power in
the birds by providing
food keeping in mind
the bird flu. The Jaipur
Zoo is being sanitized
three times a day, to pre-
vent spread of bird flu.
Birendra Singh, Direc-
tor of the state animal
husbandry department
said a rapid response
team has been formed
to combat the virus.
A worker sprays disinfectant inside Jaipur Zoo on Monday in the
wake of Avian Influenza outbreak. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
371 more bird
deaths take tally to
3,321 in the state

4. Arise, slay thy enemies,
enjoy a prosperous kingdom.
—Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
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t is a well-estab-
lished fact that
America, as it
approaches its
245th birthday,
is a divided nation. Red ver-
sus blue, conservative ver-
sus liberal, right versus left,
blackversuswhite,richver-
sus (a growing number of)
poor, urban versus rural.
Further divisions may be
drawnalongeducation,reli-
gion, class, gender identity,
ethnicity,languageof origin
and other descriptors.
It was all on technicolor
display on January 6, the
day when both the US Sen-
ate and the House of Repre-
sentatives were due to cer-
tify the results of the 2020
presidential election as re-
quiredundertheUSConsti-
tution. The world watched
as Americans, so passion-
atelyalignedwithPresident
Donald Trump and so con-
vinced that the election had
beenstolenfromhim,deter-
mined to disrupt, if not de-
stroy, the most sacred core
of thecountry’sdemocratic
system, the Congress.
It was a horrifying and
tragic example of democra-
cy run amuck. What took
placeonCapitolHillthatday
was everything the framers
of the Constitution and the
Founding Fathers sought to
prevent. In fact, the rioters’
actions by no definition can
be remotely described as
democratic. They were pur-
posefully dangerous and, as
facts come to light, intended
to inflict violence. It was
mob rule. Insurrection. Re-
bellion. Sedition. It repre-
sented the abandonment of
democracy and descent into
anarchy.
Compared to What?
But before America’s crit-
ics, doubters, adversaries
and enemies pronounce the
country’soritsdemocracy’s
last rites, they may wish to
consult history. They may
wish to reflect on the many
other occasions when the
world’s oldest democracy
turnedawayfromitsconsti-
tution,itsvalues,principles
and its own laws. How does
January 6 then compare?
How does it compare with
morethan250yearsof legal-
ized slavery that only a
bloody, four-year civil war
could end? Or to another 150
years of Jim Crow and seg-
regation? Of course, there
were also the more than 120
unspeakable incidents of
mass violence committed
against the country’s black
citizens, including the Slave
Revolt in the Cherokee Na-
tion of 1842, the New York
Draft Riots of 1863, Tulsa
RaceMassacreof 1921,Rose-
wood Massacre of 1923,
CharlestownChurchMassa-
cre of 2015 and the Black
Lives Matter demonstra-
tions of last summer, on top
of the3,400-pluslynchingsof
black Americans in the pe-
riodaftertheCivilWaruntil
well into the civil rights era.
And would January 6
look more uncivil and un-
constitutional than the sys-
tematic theft of Native
American lands in viola-
tion of all the treaties
signed by them with the US
government and often their
forced removal from those
lands? These date back to
the nation’s independence
and continue to this day.
To add tragic irony to
thosetwosetsof grossinjus-
tice, consider that substan-
tial numbers of black and
Native Americans fought
valiantly to defend the very
countryanddemocracythat
treatedthemassecond-class
citizens and often worse. At
thestartof WorldWarII,the
US government ordered
JapaneseAmericansround-
ed up and confined in in-
ternment camps for the du-
rationof thewar.Theycom-
mitted no crime. They were
given no trial. Yet despite
theviolationof theirconsti-
tutional rights, 33,000 of the
sons, husbands and broth-
ers of those held in the in-
ternment camps volun-
teeredtofightfortheUnited
States in the war, including
18,000 in the famed 442nd
RegimentalCombatTeam,a
highly decorated all-Japa-
nese-American Army unit
led by white officers.
There is also the coun-
try’s long history of denial
of rights to and prejudice
against other ethnic and
religious groups, including
Irish, Germans, Italians,
Jews, Catholics, Chinese,
Vietnamese, Muslims, His-
panics and other people of
color. They learned that
the Constitution and the
Bill of Rights did not al-
ways apply to them. Fur-
thermore, when they may
have belatedly come to be
accepted, restitution has
rarely been offered.
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
A perspective on America’s imperfect democracy
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n all-women cockpit crew of four blazed
a train in India’s aviation history when
it flew a Boeing 777 LR non-stop from
San Francisco to Bengaluru covering a
distance of 16,000 km, making it the
longest flight in Air India’s network. Globally, it is
the sixth-longest flight. Headed by Captain Zoya
Aggarwal who has the experience of 8000 flying
hours behind her, the women pilots took the chal-
lenging and demanding North Pole route which
requires special mettle. Others in Capt. Zoya’s
team included Captain Papagiri Thanmai, Captain
Akansha Sonaware, and Captain Shivani Manhas.
Air India celebrated the flight as historic.
The move by Air India to entrust the challeng-
ing inaugural flight to an all-women crew marks
a new beginning for women pilots who are flying
not just commercial flights but also multi-role
fighters and other aircraft in the Indian Air Force
and the Navy. This should encourage more wom-
en to fly high as the percentage of women com-
mercial pilots continues to be low and they are
hired more for ground jobs like air-hostesses and
receptionists. It is estimated that around 5 per-
cent of commercial pilots globally are women. At
12.5 percent they are much better placed than
their global counterparts. All major Indian air-
lines have at least 10 percent of their pilots as
women. Gender equality in India’s aviation in-
dustry has been recognised globally.
It is an irony of sorts that on one side we have
reports of rape and brutal murders of women and
on the other we see them summiting every peak.
Way to go girls!
A
IN-DEPTH
IN THE END IT IS
SC TO THE RESCUE
ound after round of talks between the
Centre and farmers’ unions having
failed to resolve the impasse, the Su-
preme Court of India finally ticked off
both the government and the protesters.
In its strong oral observations a Bench comprising
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice V. Ra-
masubramanian, and AS Bopanna criticised the
government for its failure to end the agitation
which has been going on since November 26, 2020,
through negotiations. “We are sorry to say that
you, as the Union of India, are not able to solve the
problem. You have made law without enough con-
sultation resulting in a strike. So you have to re-
solve the strike,” Justice Bobde observed. The
court’s mood was reflected in another stinging
observation by the CJI. When the Attorney-Gener-
al requested the Bench not to pass any order in a
hurry, Justice Bobde responded, “We have given
you a very long rope. Don’t lecture us on patience.
We will decide when to pass the order. We might
pass in part today and in part tomorrow.”
To the farmers, the court said, “Whether you
have faith or not, we are the Supreme Court, we
will do our job.”
Whatever the court’s pronouncement, the order
will be a face-saver for the government. It will put
the laws in abeyance on the court’s orders. No loss
of face there as it can bring them back maybe after
Republic Day. Protesters, on the other hand, will
be required to disperse unless they decide to defy
the Apex Court. Converging one more time may
not be easy.
R
n my over six decades-long
life or in my current exper-
tise in the corporate world, I
do not recall any period
worse than the year 2020 for
the financial hardships for
MSMEs pan India. It indeed
saw a humongous number of
entrepreneurs closing down
or losing the will to survive.
Yes, it was one of the most
difficult and unsettling year
for small businesses and em-
ployees alike. The pandemic
forced unplanned business
transformations like com-
pany closures, employee lay-
offs, pay cuts, and work from
home culture. Surprisingly,
these unprecedented impedi-
ments have had a holistic
dampening fallout on em-
ployee mental health, pro-
ductivity, focus, morale, and
work culture.
As a consultant, my interac-
tion with the workforce in var-
ious industries confirms my
the observation that over 55%
of workers believe that per-
haps 2020 was the most stress-
ful time of their entire work
life so far. Therefore, this new
year be taken to re-evaluate
business strategies, processes
and styles of leadership to
achieve desired goals and tar-
gets while working on the well-
being of the team.
Well then, the question
arises, as to how can a leader
keep his team focused and
positive in such tumultuous
times? My take is that a busi-
ness leader has to keep his
employees as his priority
one and help them in every
way, as the expectations of
team members have under-
gone a sea change. So, to
achieve the objective, I as an
industry consultant would
suggest a twofold strategy to
overcome the challenges.
First & the foremost is to pri-
oritize employee mental health
and adopt an open Communi-
cation System. The mental
health of employees is the hot-
test topic in pandemic times
and as such employers should
announce the measures adopt-
ed to combat it. For example,
employees are allowed to take
time off, have a counselor to
deal with their problems, ex-
tend the facility of flexible
work hours and educate them
to draw a line between their
personal, family, and profes-
sional lives. Employers should
also refrain from contacting
their employees after work
hours or expecting them to
check official emails and social
media.
Similarly, Communication
remains a key element of a
productive workforce. Al-
though virtual platforms
have replaced age-old chan-
nels of interaction in recent
times, its importance has
not diminished. It is a sol-
emn responsibility upon
seniors to thoughtfully ad-
dress any feedback they re-
ceive to ensure the team
they lead feels heard and
understood.
Secondly, reassure by meet-
ing the expectations and recog-
nition of your employees. As
they all have faced changes &
challenges in both their profes-
sional and personal lives and
that needs to be considered.
The transformation em-
ployees have gone through
during almost last one year
has changed and modified
their needs, desires, and mo-
tivators in the year 2021.
Therefore, It is important
for industry leaders to take
the time to speak to each em-
ployee and reestablish what
drives them.
Maybe it’s likely that the
business itself has undergone
changes over the past year of
the pandemic conditions and
with the new work systems and
schedules in place, your em-
ployees may feel overwhelmed
or burned out. Instead of let-
ting these feelings persist and
prevail, managers need to reas-
sure their teams by explaining
the reason behind each change
and explain to them how each
change can work to their ad-
vantage.
Identifying a demotivated
employee isn’t an easy task
either. While some employ-
ees can accept that they feel
overwhelmed, a few others
may just show telltale marks
that are to be deciphered by
the organization. Yet, some
employees who aren’t vocal
about their burn out may be
recognized only through
their actions like shorter at-
tention spans at work, clear
fatigue, erratic behavior, re-
duced engagement, and ab-
senteeism. Procrastination
May well be another impor-
tant factor of burn out
which cannot be ignored. In
such situations an estab-
lished and alert superior can
help them pull back, regain
energy, pace themselves and
then resume work effective-
ly before reaching the all
burnt position.
As a word of advice to cross
sections of MSMEs who are
struggling, failing, and closing
down for lack of business as
traditional methods of opera-
tions have gone out of the win-
dow, my suggestion would be to
set short-term attainable and
realistic goals that your em-
ployees and teams can achieve
quickly and successfully. So, let
us all synergies our eco-sys-
tems to evolve the processes
and procedures that will re-
energize a company’s work cul-
ture and ethos on the format of
‘EMPLOYEE FIRST’ to have
some quick and sustainable
gains in 2021.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
TEAM FOCUS &
POSITIVE THINKING
I
As a consultant,
my interaction
with the workforce
in various
industries
confirms my
observation that
over 55% of
workers believe
that perhaps 2020
was the most
stressful time of
their entire work
life so far.
Therefore, this
new year be taken
to re-evaluate
business
strategies,
processes, and
styles of
leadership to
achieve desired
goals and targets
while working on
the wellbeing of
the team
AS A WORD OF ADVICE TO
CROSS-SECTIONS OF
MSMES WHO ARE
STRUGGLING, FAILING,
AND CLOSING DOWN FOR
LACK OF BUSINESS AS
TRADITIONAL METHODS
OF OPERATIONS HAVE
GONE OUT OF THE
WINDOW, MY
SUGGESTION WOULD BE
TO SET SHORT-TERM
ATTAINABLE AND REALISTIC
GOALS THAT YOUR
EMPLOYEES AND TEAMS
CAN ACHIEVE QUICKLY AND
SUCCESSFULLY
RETD. COL
ANUPAM JAITLY
Defence expert, Motivational
speaker & Corporate Trainer

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‘TEMPERATURES TO DIP IN
NORTHWEST INDIA NEXT 3-4 DAYS’
New Delhi: The minimum
temperature is very likely
to gradually fall by 2-4 de-
gree Celsius in most parts
of northwest India over
next three-four days, ac-
cording to India Meteoro-
logical Department (IMD)
on Monday.In a tweet,
the IMD said, “Due to the
prevalence of dry north/
north-westerly winds
minimum temperature
very likely to gradually fall
by 2-4°C in most parts of
Northwest India during
next 3-4 days.” IMD also
predicted that cold wave
conditions are likely in
Punjab, Haryana, Chandi-
garh & Delhi. “It is very
likely that cold conditions
would prevail over Pun-
jab, Haryana,Delhi, north-
west UP & north Rajasthan
in next 3-4 days.”
WB: 15 BJP MEN HOSPITALISED
AFTER ATTACK BY TMC
East Midnapore:
Around 15 BJP work-
ers were injured and
admitted to hospital af-
ter they were attacked
allegedly by the ruling
TMC workers during
an event in Contai of
East Midnapur district
of West Bengal. Anup
Chakraborty, Contai
president of BJP,
said that the incident
occurred at the Bhaja
Chauli village of Con-
tai-3 block area in East
Midnapur. BJP workers
were allegedly attacked
by TMC workers during
flag hoisting in the
local area. Chakraborty
told ANI.
INDIA-BORN FAMOUS PAK
URDU POET TURABI DIES
Karachi: India-born
renowned Pakistani
Urdu poet & author
Naseer Turabi has died
of a heart attack in
Karachi. He was 75.
Turabi, who was born
on June 15, 1945 in
Hyderabad Deccan, is
survived by his wife &
two sons, Dawn News
reported on Monday.
Turabi was laid to rest
at Wadi-a-Hussain
graveyard here on
Monday. His father,
Allama Rasheed Tura-
bi, was a renowned
religious scholar who
migrated to Pakistan
after partition in 1947
and settled in Karachi.
2 JEM TERRORISTS ARRESTED BY
SECURITY FORCES IN AWANTIPORA
Pulwama: J&K Police
along with other security
forces arrested two ter-
rorist associates of Jaish-
e-Mohammad (JeM) from
Awantipora in Pulwama
district. Security person-
nel from 42 Rashtriya Ri-
fles & 130 Batallion CRPF
carried out the arrests of
the two JeM terrorists.
“Awantipora Police along
with 42 RR & 130 Bn
CRPF arrested two terror-
ist associates of pro-
scribed outfit J-e-M from
Awantipora area who
are involved in providing
shelter, support, logistics,
as well as in transporting
of arms/ of the terror-
ists in Awantipora & Tral
area & passing sensitive
information to terrorists
of Jaish-e-Mohammad,”
J-K Police stated.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
congratulated the all-
women crew that com-
pleted Air India’s long-
est direct flight from
San Francisco to Ben-
galuru over the North
Pole,coveringadistance
of 16,000 kilometers.
“Congratulations to
the all-women cockpit
crew for completing
Air India’s longest
flight from San Fran-
cisco to Bengaluru over
the North Pole. You
have made the country
proud,” said the Con-
gress leader in a tweet.
In a historic move, Air
India’s longest direct
route flight with the all-
women pilot team land-
ed at Kempegowda In-
ternational Airport in
Bengaluru from San
Francisco.
“Today, we created
world history by not
only flying over the
North Pole but also by
having all women pi-
lots who successfully
did it. We are extreme-
ly happy and proud to
be part of it. This route
has saved 10 tonnes of
fuel,” said Captain
Zoya Aggarwal.
It was the first direct
non-stop flight between
the west coast of the
United States and
southern India. —ANI
WOMEN CREW COMPLETES AI’s LONGEST DIRECT FLIGHT OF 16,000 KM
YOU HAVE MADE THE
COUNTRY PROUD: RAGA
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
BJP National President JP Nadda being felicitated and welcomed by Assam Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal, in Silchar on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
GST compensation
shortfall: States to
get `6K cr instalment
CDS in Ladakh
to review
situation at
LAC
Leh: Amid the ongoing
conflict with China,
Chief of Defence Staff
(CDS) General Bipin
Rawat is on a visit to
Ladakh sector on Mon-
day where he would be
briefed on the current
situation on the Line of
Actual Control (LAC)
by the top commanders
of the Leh-based ‘Fire
and Fury Corps’.
His visit to Ladakh
area is coming at a time
when India and China
are locked in a military
conflict over aggression
shown by the Chinese
in April-May timeframe
this year. General Raw-
at is in Leh and would
be briefed on the opera-
tional readiness and
other preparations of
the fighting formations
deployed there, Army
sources told ANI. —ANI
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Monday,
extended the protection
to actor Kangana
Ranaut from arrest till
January 25, in connec-
tion with a sedition
case filed against her.
The High Court was
hearing the petition
filed by actor Ranaut
seeking to quash FIR
filed against her in Ban-
dra Police station.
The court has ad-
journed the hearing till
January 25, giving re-
lief to sisters -- Kanga-
na Ranaut and Rangoli
Chandel from any coer-
cive action against
them by police.
Earlier, a case was
filed in Bandra police
station against the sis-
ters and they both were
booked for objectiona-
ble comments on social
media. The court has
further asked the origi-
nal complainant to file
a reply to Kangana’s
plea seeking to quash
the FIR. —ANI
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral government told
the Supreme Court of
India that a proposal to
give an extra chance to
civil service aspirants
affected by COVID-19 is
under active considera-
tion by the government
and the Union Public
Service Commission
(UPSC).
A bench headed by
Justice AM Khanwilkar
was informed by Addi-
tional Solicitor General
(ASG) SV Raju that the
government and UPSC
are actively consider-
ing the proposal to give
one more opportunity
to affected students due
to COVID-19.
ASG Raju said the
government is actively
considering the matter
and he has instructions
for seeking an adjourn-
ment to first week of
February. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Bombay HC extends protection to
Kangana from arrest till Jan 25
Considering proposal to
give extra chance: Centre
SEDITION CASE
DRUGS CASE
UPSC CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
Mumbai: Komal Ram-
pal, sister of Bollywood
actor Arjun Rampal has
reached the Narcotics
ControlBureau(NCB)of-
fice in Mumbai on Mon-
day for interrogation in
an ongoing drug case.
She was last sum-
moned on Wednesday in
connection to a drug-
related case but had in-
formed the investiga-
tion agency through her
lawyer that she would
be unable to appear.
“Arjun Rampal’s sis-
ter Komal Rampal,
through her lawyer, had
informed NCB that she
would be unable to ap-
pear before them. Also,
she has not sought any
further date to appear,”
an NCB source told ANI.
The NCB has also
summoned Mumbai’s
renowned Muchchchad
Panwala after 200 kilo-
grams of ganja and
other drugs were seized
from Karan Sajnani
and Rahila Furniture-
wala on Saturday.
On Saturday, the NCB
had conducted raids in
the Bandra & Jhar are-
as of Mumbai & arrest-
ed UK Citizen Karan
Sajnanai & Rahila Fur-
niturewala, ex-manag-
er of a Bollywood ac-
tress & her sister Shais-
ta Furniturewala.
Rampal was too
probed in a drug-related
case. He was questioned
by the NCB on Novem-
ber 13, after raids were
conducted at his resi-
dence on Nov 9. —ANI
Arjun Rampal’s sis Komal reaches NCB office for probe
‘SC should stay ops of
3 farm laws, and hear
constitutionality’
New Delhi: The Con-
gress said that the SC-
should stay the opera-
tions of three farm laws
and hear the Constitu-
tionality of these laws
as it has an impact on 65
per cent of the coun-
try’s population.
Speaking over phone,
Congress LS member
and former Union Min-
ister Manish Tewari
said, “The SC should
stay the operation of
these farm laws and
hear the constitutional-
ity of these laws on a
daily basis.”
He said that the SC
should do this because
this impacts 65 per cent
of the population of the
country. The Congress
leader’s remarks came
after the Supreme
Court while hearing the
petitions challenging
new farm laws as well
as the ones related to
ongoing agitation at
Delhi borders, said ‘it
will stay the implemen-
tation of farm laws if
the government did not
do it’.Congress spokes-
person Jaiveer Shergill
took to Twitter& wrote,
“SC observations and
hearing has completely
exposed BJP govern-
ment’s 3Ms: Mismanag-
ing, Mishandling & Ma-
ligning” blunders on
farmers issue. —Agencies
Manish Tewari
‘Assam’suniqueculture
willalwaysberecognised’
Silchar: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) presi-
dent Jagat Prakash Na-
dda on Monday, said
that the party will al-
ways give due recogni-
tion to the culture, lan-
guage and identity of
Assam, adding that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and Home
Minister Amit Shah
solved 50-year-old Bodo
issue by signing peace
accord and bringing
militants to the main-
stream.
“It is the responsibil-
ity of Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) to safe-
guard the culture and
language of Assam and
the party has always
given importance to
these things,” Nadda
said who was address-
ing a public meeting in
Silchar, Assam. Nadda
arrived in Silchar, As-
sam earlier today and
said, “The BJP will al-
ways take good care of
Assam’s unique culture
and language. Shri Atal
Bihari Vajpayee was
one of the first national
voices to support the
Assam Movement,”
said Nadda.
“The Bodo crisis was
hanging for nearly 50
decades and the Bru-
Reang crisis, too, was
solved by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
government. The land
dispute was also solved
by our government
with the help of the
Smart Fence project, he
said highlighting the
achievements of the
Central government.
“Lotus is blooming
across India. NDA al-
ways talked about giv-
ing importance to the
state of Assam in India.
If the existence of As-
sam is identified in any
way, it is done by the
NDA government,” said
Nadda. —ANI
New Delhi: The Centre
has released 11th week-
ly instalment of Rs
6,000 crore to the states
to meet the Goods and
Services Tax (GST)
compensation shortfall,
the Ministry of Finance
said on Monday.
Of this, Rs 5,516.6
crore has been released
to 23 states and Rs 483.4
crore to the three union
territories with legisla-
tive assembly (Delhi,
Jammu & Kashmir and
Puducherry) which are
members of the GST
Council. The remaining
five states -- Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur, Mi-
zoram, Nagaland and
Sikkim -- do not have a
gap in revenue on ac-
count of GST imple-
mentation. Now, 60 per
cent of the estimated
GST compensation
shortfall has been re-
leased to the states and
union territories.
The government had
set up a special borrow-
ing window in October
2020 to meet the esti-
mated shortfall of Rs
1.10 lakh crore in reve-
nue arising on account
of implementation of
GST.
Of this, Rs 60,066.36
crore has been released
to states and Rs 5,933.64
crore to the three union
territories. The borrow-
ings have been done in
11 rounds, the Finance
Ministry said in a state-
ment.
The amount has been
borrowed at an interest
rate of 5.1057 per cent.
So far, Rs 66,000 crore
has been borrowed by
the Central government
through the special bor-
rowing window at an
average interest rate of
4.7271 per cent.
In addition to provid-
ing funds through the
special borrowing win-
dow to meet the short-
fall in revenue on ac-
count of GST imple-
mentation, the govern-
ment has also granted
additional borrowing
permission equivalent
to 0.5 per cent of gross
state domestic product
(GSDP) to the states
choosing option one.
—ANI

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SECRETARY OF CHHATTISGARH FOR
A WHILE
Subrat Sahu has been assigned an additional
charge of Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh till the
return of the present incumbent from leave.
FACT’S SHARE PRICE ALL TIME HIGH,
TRADES AT RS 89
The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT)
has fared well in this financial year. The share price
has touched the highest ever at Rs 89. It is also
the highest share price among all Central Govt
Fertliser PSU with market capitalisation of Rs 5600
crore. Kishore Rungta is Chairman-cum-Managing
Director of the company.
SANJEEVA KUMAR IS ALSO
SECRETARY (SECURITY), CABINET
SECRETARIAT & CHAIRMAN, NACWC
Sanjeeva Kumar, Secretary, Border Management,
has been assigned additional charges of Secretary
(Security), Cabinet Secretariat and Chairman,
National Authority Chemical Weapons Conven-
tion ((NACWC). He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of
Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
M RAGHU RAM APPOINTED AS
MEMBER (TECH), DVC
M Raghu Ram, GM (O&M), Korba Super Thermal
Power Station of NTPC, has been appointed as
Member (Technical), Damodar Valley Corporation
(DVC).
RAM NARESH SINGH APPOINTED AS
CHAIRMAN, DVC
Ram Naresh Singh, ED, PGCIL, has been appointed
as Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).
MSME SECRETARY ARVIND KUMAR
SHARMA QUITS INDIAN
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Arvind Kumar Sharma, Secretary in the Ministry of
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) has
sought voluntary retirement from Indian Adminis-
trative Service (IAS) with effect from January 11,
2021. Sharma, who belongs to a 1988 batch IAS
officer of Gujarat cadre, was due to retire in July
2022.
8 IAS OFFICERS OF 2005 BATCH IN
HARYANA AWARDED SUPER TIME
SCALE
As many as 8 IAS officers of 2005 batch in Hary-
ana have been promoted to the Super Time Scale.
The six officers who have been promoted are:
Saket Kumar, Hardeep Singh, Ramesh Chander
Bidhan, Bhupinder Singh, Ms Geeta Bharti and S
S Phulia. Besides, proforma promotion has been
granted to Mandip Singh Brar and Saket Kumar.
SIX IAS OFFICERS IN HARYANA
PROMOTED TO CS GRADE
Six IAS officers in Haryana have been promoted to
the grade of Chief Secretary. The four officers of
1990 batch who have been promoted are: Sudhir
Rajpal, Ankur Gupta, Anurag Rastogi and Raja
Sekhar Vundru. The government has also granted
pro-forma promotion to 1989 batch officer Arun
Kumar and 1990 batch officer Dr Sumita Misra.
SD SHARMA IS ALSO DIRECTOR, ISTM
SD Sharma, Joint Secretary (Training), DoPT, has
been assigned an additional charge of Director,
Institute of Secretariat Training and Management
(ISTM) for a period of three months. He is a CSS
officer.
MS ASHIMA GUPTA APPOINTED AS
FINANCIAL ADVISER, KVIC
Ms Ashima Gupta has been appointed as Financial
Adviser, Khadi & Village Industries Commission
(KVIC), Mumbai. She is an IRS-IT officer.
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From Centre...
The prime minister
also sought to dispel
concerns expressed by
some opposition lead-
ers and experts over the
approval given to Cov-
axin without the avail-
ability of efficacy data,
asserting that scien-
tists have taken all pre-
cautions to provide citi-
zens with effective vac-
cines.
The prime minister
said he has been main-
taining from the begin-
ning that the scientific
community will have
the final word on the is-
sue. India’s drug regu-
lator has given nod to
Covishield and Covaxin
for the emergency use
authorisation.
It is a matter of pride
that both the vaccines
are ‘made in India’, he
said, adding that it can
be imagined how much
hardship India would
have faced if it had to
depend on foreign vac-
cines.
Noting that the first
round of vaccination is
meant for healthcare
and frontline workers,
he said, “This is my
personal suggestion
and no one should take
it otherwise. We public
representatives are not
part of it.”
In some countries,
including the US and
Israel, leading public
figures have taken the
jabs while top function-
aries in a few others
have chosen to follow
the standard protocol
and wait for their turn.
Talking about the
COVID-19 situation in
India, Modi said the
country is in a much
better place than many
others in terms of the
pandemic’s spread, and
added that this is a mat-
ter of happiness but
should not induce care-
lessness.
The panic visible
among the people six-
eight months back is no
longer there, and the
increasing confidence
among them in the fight
against the pandemic
has had a positive im-
pact on economic ac-
tivities as well, the
prime minister said.
Modi had reviewed
the status of COVID-19
and vaccine prepared-
ness across states and
union territories at a
high-level meeting
where.
He said many states
have given good sugges-
tions in fighting the
pandemic and the dia-
logue and cooperation
between the Centre and
states have been a
“great example” of fed-
eralism.
After healthcare and
frontline workers total-
ling about three crores,
priority will be given to
those above 50 years of
age and the under-50
population groups with
co-morbidities, togeth-
er numbering around
27 crore, in the next
phase.
According to the
Health Ministry guide-
lines on COVID-19 vac-
cination, the latest elec-
toral roll for Lok Sabha
and Legislative Assem-
bly elections will be
used to identify the
population aged 50
years or more.
At least seven other
vaccines are being de-
veloped in India, while
some others can be im-
ported from abroad, in-
cluding the one devel-
oped by global pharma
giant Pfizer which has
already applied for im-
port and sale in India of
its vaccine for emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion.
Govt orders...
issued the supply order
on behalf of the Union
Health Ministry in the
name of Prakash Ku-
mar Singh, Additional
Director, Government
and Regulatory Affairs
at Serum Institute of
India (SII).
The health ministry
is also likely to soon
sign a purchase order
for another anti-coro-
navirus vaccine, Cov-
axin, which has been
indigenously developed
by Bharat Biotech.
Meetings for this was
underway, a source
said.
Union Min...
in Uttar Kannada dis-
trict, while he was re-
turning to Goa from
Dharmasthala in Kar-
nataka.
Naik is being brought
to Goa Medical College
for further treatment,
the official said.
Dramatic visuals
from the accident site
shows the white Toyota
car the minister was
travelling in in a man-
gled state among bush-
es and trees. The car
was badly damaged,
photos show.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi has spoken
to Goa CM Pramod
Sawant to ensure prop-
er arrangements for the
treatment of Naik in
the state. The 68-year-
old is a BJP MP from
north Goa. Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
too requested Sawant to
provide best treatment,
and if need arises, fly
Naik to Delhi. Rajnath
also tweeted wishing
for the minister’s
speedy recovery.
FROM PG 1
BIRD FLU CONFIRMED IN 10 STATES
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday said as the vi-
rus is being detected in
10 states, and poultry
farms, zoos, water bod-
ies will have to be con-
stantly monitored to
control the spread of
the disease.
“Bird flu has been
confirmed in Kerala,
Rajasthan, Himachal
Pradesh, Gujarat, Hary-
ana, UP, MP, Delhi and
Maharashtra. Poultry
farms, zoos, water bod-
ies have to be constant-
ly monitored to control
the spread of bird flu,”
said Prime Minister
Narendra Modi while
interacting the chief
ministers of the all the
states ahead of the first
phase of the nation-
wide COVID-19 vaccina-
tion programme.
This comes as 10
states have so far re-
ported confirmed cases
of bird flu in the coun-
try. Prime Minister
Modi also asked all
states to remain on
alert to contain the
spread of the disease.
“To tackle bird flu, an
action plan has been
prepared by the Animal
Husbandry and Dairy-
ing Husbandry minis-
try, which we need to
follow judiciously. Dis-
trict magistrates will
play a major role in the
fight against the virus.
All those states which
have so far not reported
any cases of bird flu
will have to stay alert,”
he added.
Prime Minister fur-
ther asked the state gov-
ernments to ensure that
no misinformation is
spread about the dis-
ease. —ANI
New Delhi: Amid an
avian influenza scare
in several states, near-
ly 200 birds, mostly
crows, have been
found dead in Uttara-
khand’s Dehradun and
Rishikesh, officials
said on Monday. A to-
tal of 165 birds were
found dead in differ-
ent parts of Dehradun
on Sunday, including
121 crows in the
Bhandari Bagh area
only. There were a to-
tal of 162 crows, two
pigeons and an eagle
among the dead birds
found in Dehradun,
Divisional Forest Of-
ficer (DFO) Rajiv Dhi-
man said. —ANI
Mumbai: Senior BJP
leader Devendra Fad-
navis said on Monday
suggested that the Shiv
Sena-led Maharashtra
government should fo-
cus more on preventing
incidentslikeBhandara
hospital fire, in which
ten infants lost their
lives, instead of concen-
trating on issues like
the security cover of
public representatives.
Addressing reporters,
Fadnavis said the state
government’’s decision
to scale down his secu-
rity cover will have no
impact on him and that
he will even visit the
Naxal- hit district like
Gadchiroli without any
security cover. As per a
notification issued on
January 8, Fadnavis,
who is the Leader of
Opposition in the Ma-
harashtra Assembly,
will now get ‘’Y-plus se-
curity with escort’’, in-
stead of the ‘’Z-plus’’
cover. The security of
his wife Amruta Fad-
navis & daughter Divija
has been downgraded
from ‘’Y-plus with es-
cort’’ to ‘’X’’ category.
New Delhi: India aims
to begin vaccinating its
1.3 billion people from
Saturday, a colossal &
complex task com-
pounded by safety wor-
ries, shaky infrastruc-
ture & public scepti-
cism. The second-most
populous nation hopes
to inoculate 300 million
people equal almost to
the entire US popula-
tion by July. About
1,50,000 staff in 700 dis-
tricts have been special-
ly trained, & the coun-
try has held several dry
runs with mock trans-
portation of vaccines &
dummy injections.
New Delhi: The Herit-
age Conservation Com-
mittee on Monday gave
its approval for con-
struction of a new par-
liament building days
after the Supreme
Court asked the govern-
ment to seek the same
from it. At a press con-
ference, Housing Secre-
tary Durga Shanker
Mishra said the com-
mittee discussed the
proposal and gave its
approval. Additional
secretary of the Union
Housing and Urban Af-
fairs Ministry is the
chairman of the Herit-
age Conservation Com-
mittee. —PTI
Nearly 200
birds found
dead in
Uttarakhand
Monitor poultry farms, zoos to contain bird flu, says PM Modi as virus spreads rapidly
BUILD AWARENESS TO AVOID SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION
PM ANNOUNCES RS 2 LAKH EX GRATIA EACH
FOR KIN OF MAHARASHTRA FIRE VICTIMS
Fadnavis takes dig at
Maharashtra govt over
Bhandara hospital fire
India preps to
vaccinate 300
million by July
Construction of
new Parl build
gets approval
PM Modi urges youngsters to
join startup India Intn’l Summit
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi has called
upon youngsters to at-
tend ‘Prarambh’, the
Startup India interna-
tional summit on Janu-
ary 15 and 16, saying it
seeks to bring together
top minds from indus-
try, academia, invest-
ment, banking and fi-
nancebesidestheyoung
startup leaders.
He also shared his
LinkedIn post in which
he noted that virtual in-
teractions have become
the new normal during
the pandemic and said a
big advantage of this is
that people can be a part
of programmes sitting
at home. “With most
events being held virtu-
ally, it has given a great
opportunity for young-
sters to be a part of
many interesting do-
mestic & global forums.
One such opportunity
is coming up in the
form of Prarambh on
15-16 Jan. I urge our
youth to be a part of it,”
Modi tweeted on Mon-
day. Being indoors for
most of 2020 meant eve-
ryone had to alter their
work styles, the prime
minister noted and said
work from home is in,
so is greater adapting to
technology.
“For me, it meant
more programmes on-
line, which were ex-
tremely productive &
insightful. There were
interactions with scien-
tists, medical profes-
sionals, COVID warri-
ors, academics, indus-
try leaders, young inno-
vators, spiritual leaders
and more,” Modi said.
Ranaghat: The coun-
try is staring at a food
crisis and famine be-
cause of the “adamant”
approach of the BJP to
the continued agitation
by farmers for with-
drawal of the three
new farm laws, West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee said
on Monday. She also
called the BJP a “junk”
party for inducting
“rotten” leaders from
other political outfits.
Reaffirming her op-
position to the NRC,
CAA and NPR, Baner-
jee, while reaching out
to the Nadia district’’s
Matua population, said
all refugees will be
granted land rights, and
no one can banish them
from the country. “The
country is staring at a
food crisis. There will
be famine and food
shortage if the BJP con-
tinues to remain ada-
mant on the farm laws.
The Centre is trying to
create famine through
these farm bills. “The
farmers are assets of
our country and we
should not do anything
that goes against their
interest,” she said, ad-
dressing a TMC rally
here in Nadia district.
TMC supremo also
demanded immediate
repeal of the three farm
laws as sought by farm-
ers agitating at Delhi’’s
borders. “We stand by
the farmers and their
demands. On one hand
the BJP is lecturing us
on farmers’’ issues and
on the other it is tortur-
ing the farmers who are
protesting against the
laws. So many farmers
were beaten up in Hary-
ana & Punjab,” she said.
Country staring at food crisis,
famine because of BJP: Mamata
Devendra Fadnavis
PM Narendra Modi
Mamata Banerjee

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warriors during a pro-
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Labour minister Ti-
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and child development
minister Mamta Bhu-
pesh, Alwar MP Ma-
hant Balaknath Yogi,
MLAs Sanjay Sharma,
Sandeep Yadav, Deep-
chand Khairia, former
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Hanuma Vihari and R
Ashwin stood ground
and managed to do just
that as they eked out a
draw in what was noth-
ing short of an action-
packed fifth day in the
third Test between In-
dia and Australia at the
Sydney Cricket Ground
on Monday.
Batting out 131 overs
-- the most India have
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1980 - showed exactly
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ors at the end of the
fourth day’s play at the
SCG. A hamstring inju-
ry notwithstanding, Vi-
hari hit an unbeaten
161-ball 23 while Ash-
win hit 39 off 128 balls
as the two defended
away any hopes Aus-
tralia had of register-
ing a win. With an in-
jured Ravindra Jadeja
waiting in the pavilion,
it was important for the
two to ensure they saw
India to the end and
that is just what they
did as the players shook
hands with an over left.
But it all started in
the morning when the
team management de-
cidedtosendinRishabh
Pant at the fall of stand-
in skipper Ajinkya Ra-
hane’s wicket. With the
game clearly in Austral-
ia’s court, Pant decided
to show why the team
has backed him despite
his inconsistent run.
A fearless brand of
cricket from him sud-
denly saw India walk-
ing into the lunch break
with the score on 206/3.
With 201 needed and
Pant on a roll, it sud-
denly looked like India
was playing to go 2-1 up
in the series. —Agencies
Indian skipper Ajinkya Rahane celebrates with Hanumanta Vihari
on the 5th day of the third test match with Australia, at Sydney
Cricket Ground on Monday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Cong MLA gets angry
over farmers’ issue,
Rathore pacifies him
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party and Con-
gress leaders on Mon-
day shared stage in a
function in Paota area
of Jaipur where the
foundation stone of a
road project under
Prime Minister Gram
Sadak Yojna was laid.
Jaipur rural Member
of Parliament Rajya-
vardhan Rathore and
Congress MLA Indraj
Gurjar attended the
function and shared the
stage.
Addressing the func-
tion, Indraj Gurjar
talked about develop-
ment in the area and
said that the pro-
gramme should not be
used as political state-
ments.
Gurjar appealed to
Rathore to not make po-
litical speeches.
However, in his ad-
dress, Rajyavardhan
Rathore referred to
farm laws issues.
To this, Indraj Gurjar
and his supporters
stood up and were about
to leave the function but
Rathore stopped them.
Later, both the lead-
ers jointly unveiled the
plaque.
Aishwary Pradhan
Kolkata: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Monday, on the sec-
ond day of his stay in
West Bengal, partici-
pated in many BJP pro-
grammes and encour-
aged the party workers.
In Dum Dum assem-
bly, under the “Griha
Sampark Abhi-
yan”, Shekhawat went
door-to-door and con-
veyed the party’s mes-
sage. Achal Singh
Medtiya of Jodhpur
BJP Media Department
said that Shekhawat
visited Hanuman tem-
ple in Dum Dum and
prayed to Hanuman Ji
for happiness and pros-
perity of the people.
The minister then
took a meeting of BJP
workers and addressed
them.
Shekhawat said that
with each campaign, it
was becoming more
clear that the ruling
Trinamool Congress
Party’s attempts to
stop the BJP were fail-
ing. Such failed efforts
of the ruling TMC are
increasing the affec-
tion of BJP among the
people of West Ben-
gal, he said.
Services of scholars be taken to
explain Vedas, says Guv Mishra
Row over statement on farmers: BJP
MLA Madan Dilawar on a back foot
First India Bureau
Kota: A couple of days
after giving a controver-
sial statement on farm-
ers agitation, BJP MLA
Madan Dilawar on
Monday came on back
foot and alleged that his
statement was distorted
by anti-farmers people.
He released a video
statement and said that
by “so called farmers”,
he meant those who are
not farmers but pre-
tending to be the farm-
ers.
“These people are do-
ing agitation and pro-
testing farm laws. The
farm laws are in the in-
terest of farmers which
gives them liberty to
sell their produce any-
where in the country.
The laws have given
several relief and facili-
ties. Some of the people
who are anti-Modi are
against the farmers and
they are agitating and
misleading farmers,”
he said.
On the other hand,
Congress leader in Kota
Rajiv Acharya gave a
complaint to city SP
against Dilawar for his
statement. Acharya de-
manded from the SP to
register a case in the
matter.
He said that Dila-
war’s statement could
create trouble. He said
that the statement may
motivate farmers to
commit crimes.
On January 9, Dila-
war had said that there
may be militants, rob-
bers and thieves among
the farmers in their agi-
tation and all these peo-
ple want to ruin the
country.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra on
Monday said that Vedas
are the legacy of the In-
dian knowledge tradi-
tion which suggests the
path of peace and well-
being in the entire uni-
verse.
He said the Vedas are
the conductors of our
ancient life culture, as
well as the key to the all-
round development of
life.
Addressing a nation-
al Vedas conference
jointly organised by the
Art and Culture Depart-
ment, Mohanla Sukhad-
ia University Udaipur
and Shree Kallaji Vedic
University Nimbahera,
Mishra said that Veda is
the written constitution
provided by God, which
describes the best way
of life for all classes.
Therefore, Governor
said, it is important to
save and preserve Ve-
das.
The Governor sug-
gested that the services
of scholars should be
taken to explain the
complex Veda mantras.
“The knowledge con-
tained in the Vedas
should be transmitted
to a wider audience,” he
said.
The governor said
that the new education
policy of the country
has been made after
much thoughts and dis-
cussions.
TMC can’t stop BJP
in West Bengal, says
Minister Shekhawat
Governor Kalraj Mishra addressing national Vedas conference in Jaipur on Monday.
PRESERVE VEDAS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Monday gave instruc-
tions to officials for the
disposal of complaints
pending on Rajasthan
Sampark Portal. He
said that complaints
should be redressed by
departments so that
people need not to regis-
ter their complaints on
the portal.
He also asked the of-
ficials of the Adminis-
trative reforms depart-
ment to make the pro-
cess of filing applica-
tions under Rajasthan
guaranteed delivery of
public services act.
Reviewing district
wise pending cases on
the Sampark portal, in a
video conference with
district collectors, he
said that the pendency
should be cleared.
Redress plaints on Sampark Portal: CS
INSTRUCTIONS
Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya and Principal Secretary Ashwini
Bhagat during review of Sampark Portal on Monday.
Make calendar of IAS
association’s activities: CS
In a meeting of IAS Association, held under
the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Niranjan
Arya at the secretariat on Monday, the group
housing project and other points were dis-
cussed. Arya instructed to make an annual cal-
endar of the activities of the association. The
association members said that IAS officers
were not getting accommodation on time. CS
stressed on holding virtual programs due to
Corona. In the meeting, Rajesh Yadav, Dr.
Samit Sharma, Ravi Jain, Bishnu Charan Malik,
Pawan Arora, Gaurav Goyal, VP Singh and
other officials were present.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
went door-to-door for party’s
campaign on Monday.
Rajyavardhan Rathore

9. New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Monday said that faith
of people in democracy
has continued to in-
crease and urged the
youth to work ceaseless-
ly towards taking India
on the path of prosperi-
ty and progress. Ad-
dressing the partici-
pants at the inaugural
session of finals of Na-
tional Youth Parliament
2021 in the central hall
of parliament, he said
India’s democracy has
continuously thrived
and strengthened itself
in the last seven dec-
ades.
“The strength of In-
dian democracy can be
seen from the fact that
the transfer of power
has always occurred
smoothly and as per our
democratic traditions,”
he said.
Birla’s remarks came
days after outgoing US
President Donald
Trump’s supporters
stormed the Capitol
Building and violent
protests broke out in
Washington. The Speak-
er said Indian youth
were at the forefront of
the struggle for freedom
and the work now was
required to build a New
India. “The youth today
must work ceaselessly
towards taking India to
the path of prosperity
and progress. For the
nation to prosper, it is
imperative for the youth
to make a significant
contribution, which is
their responsibility as
well as duty,” he said.
PM Narendra Modi
will virtually address
the young participants
and interact with them
on Tuesday. —ANI
Work ceaselessly for country’s progress:Birla
NATIONAL YOUTH PARLIAMENT
LS Speaker Om Birla lighting the lamp to inaugurate the National
Youth Parliament Festival along with the MoS for Youth Affairs &
Sports, Kiren Rijiju & other dignitaries, in New Delhi on Monday.
—PHOTOBYANI
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: More than
16dayshavepassedbutthe
farmers, who suffered loss
of crops due to gas leak
from zinc smelter plant of
Hindustan Zinc Limited in
Chittorgarh, are still wait-
ing for compensation
promised by the Vedanta
Group.
Thecompanyhadprom-
isedcompensationtofarm-
ers after they held demon-
stration against the com-
pany on the gas leak which
occurred on December 25,
causing heavy damage to
standing crops in a dozen
villages including Putholi,
Moonga Ka Kheda, Nagri,
Bilia, Azaulia Kheda. The
protest was called off after
a written agreement be-
tween the firm’s manage-
ment and agitating farm-
ers on Dec 26. In the agree-
ment, it was agreed before
the Gangarar tehsildar
NareshGurjarthatthedis-
trict administration will
conduct assessment of
losses in 7 days and will fix
compensation which will
be given by the company.
Even after 16 days,
Girdawari (assessment)
report has not been pre-
pared yet. At the same
time,DistrictCollector,KK
Sharma had also set up a
three-member committee
headed by the regional of-
ficer of Rajasthan State
Pollution Control Board,
Sharad Saxena to investi-
gate the incident.
Saxena said that sulfur
dioxide gas was leaked
from the hydro plant of
Hindustan Zinc for nearly
30 minutes. He said the gas
is dangerous and some of
the people, who were pre-
sentduringacricketmatch
in Putholi village too had
faced some troubles due to
the gas leak.
Even after everything
was cleared, the manage-
ment tried to suppress the
matter, but the district ad-
ministration jumped into
action and formed two
separate teams, but the
Girdawari report is still
pending, which has de-
layed the compensation to
farmers.Meanwhile,wom-
en from nearly half a doz-
en villages reached the
plant and held a demon-
stration demanding com-
pensationbutthecompany
management expressed
inability to give the com-
pensation amount because
the Girdawari report is
awaited. Later, the women
reached SDM office where
Gangra tehsildar assured
them that the Girdawari
report will be prepared
soon.
Farmers protest@ HZL over
crop loss, demand requital
The farmers demonstrating at Hindustan Zinc Limited.
CMEXTENDSTIMELIMITFORCONSTRUCTIONINMANDIS
CM Gehlot appeals to people:
Be extra cautious of manjha
This decision of Gehlot will provide relief to traders, who couldn’t get
construction done on these plots within stipulated time frame
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposals to
increase the time limit
to deposit the penalty
on non-construction on
the plot of land allo-
cated on 99-year lease
on agricultural pro-
duce market premises
and to extend the peri-
od of construction. In
view of the economic
problems arising out of
Covid-19, the decision
taken by Gehlot will
provide relief to trad-
ers, who could not get
the required construc-
tion done on these plots
within the stipulated
time frame.
According to the pro-
posal, if the complete
allotment amount of
the land has been de-
posited, however, the
allocation has been
cancelled due to non-
construction on the
said piece of land, and
this plot has not been
allocated to someone
else, then, allotment
can be restored with
the condition of depos-
iting 25% of the alloca-
tion amount till March
31, 2021. For this, the
trader has been given
the opportunity to com-
plete construction by
December 31, 2021. Si-
multaneously, these
provisions will also be
applicable in cases,
wherein, the construc-
tion period has been
completed and the en-
tire allocation amount
has been deposited, but
the allocation has not
been cancelled.
Moreover, in cases
where, the construc-
tion work has not been
completed even during
the additional con-
struction period after
depositing 25 percent
penalty, they will now
be able to complete the
construction by De-
cember 31, 2021 without
penalty.
Notably, keeping in
view the effect of Cov-
id-19 pandemic, the
Chief Minister has ap-
proved proposal to ex-
tend the period of ‘In-
terest Waiver Scheme’
to March 31, 2021,
wherein, 75 percent in-
terest waiver on inter-
est payable in respect
of Mandi fee, alloca-
tion fee and other out-
standing dues have
been covered.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With only 3
days left for the Makar
Sankranti festival, cas-
es of slash injuries due
to kite string or manjha
are on the rise in Jaipur.
There have been two
major accidents in the
state capital in the re-
cent past and in view of
all this, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
pealed to the citizens to
take proper precaution.
In a post on his social-
media handle, Gehlot
has asked two wheeler
drivers and kite fliers to
adopt special security
arrangements.
The CM wrote in his
post that during the kite
flying, there have been
cases of people falling
from the roofs & acci-
dents due to manjha.
“All those fond of flying
kites, should take spe-
cial care of themselves
& others. Action will be
taken against those us-
ing banned chinese
manjha. Also, people
should be cautious
while walking on the
road or driving two-
wheelers. Put full cover
helmet on scooter &
bike & cover the neck
with a muffler or scarf.
Do not make children
sit in front on a two-
wheeler & drive at a
slow speed,” he tweeted.
CM Gehlot has extended the Interest Waiver Scheme till March 31.
ASHOK GEHLOT
@ashokgehlot51
All those fond of flying kites,
should take special care of
themselves and others. Action
will be taken against those
using banned chinese manjha.
Also, people should be extra
cautious while walking on the
road or driving two-wheelers.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: A meeting was
held on Monday at the
headquarters of Ra-
jasthan Housing Board
under the chairmanship
of RHB Commissioner
PawanArorawiththerep-
resentatives of the appli-
cantsof AllIndiaServices
Residency Society. They
made suggestions regard-
ing the Servent Room,
Kitchen, Club House, to
which the Commissioner,
taking a positive stand,
convincedthemof consid-
ering their suggestions.
Notably, RHB had ac-
cepted the proposed All
India Services Residency
in Sector-17 of Pratap Na-
gar by Dec 31, 2020 where-
in,159officershadapplied
for the scheme.
Touted to be one of
RHB’s most notable por-
jects, for the AIS Residen-
cy, officers serving in the
All India Services and
Central Civil Services
(Group-A Services) in Ra-
jasthan, all natives of Ra-
jasthanorservinginother
states / cadres, officers of
Service and Central Civil
Services (Group-A Servic-
es), Central Police Service
posted in Rajasthan; or
those serving outside the
state, but are natives of
Rajasthanhaveappliedfor
their own residences in
the scheme. Moreover,
“AIS Residency” housing
scheme has been created
for officers of Rajasthan
Administrative Service,
Rajasthan Police Service
and Rajasthan Accounts
Service as well. Along
with this, those officers
whoareresidentsof other
states, but serving in Ra-
jasthan and have retired,
have also been included in
the scheme.
“This scheme will be a
self-fundedschemewhere-
in 180 multi-storey flats
will be built. The built-up
area of a flat will be 3,211
sq ft which will be 3 BHK,
with a drawing room and
a servant’s room. The esti-
mated cost of a flat will be
around Rs 91.58 lakh,”
Arora said.
Your positive advice will be
implemented: Pawan Arora
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora chairs a meeting at RHB HQs.
RHB COMMISSIONER MEETS REPRESENTATIVES OF
AIS RESIDENCY APPLICANTS
TRANSFER OF NAME
ONLY ON THE BASIS
OF DOCUMENTS
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: The registrar
of the state institute of
health and family wel-
fare was arrested on
Monday while taking a
bribe of Rs 50,000 in
lieu of passing canteen
bills.
The accused regis-
trar, Dr Aditya Atre had
demanded the bribe
from the canteen con-
tractor, Pavan Sharma
for passing his bills.
Sharma approached
anti-corruption bureau
and registered a com-
plaint. After verifica-
tion, a trap was laid and
the accused was caught
on Monday evening
while taking the bribe.
An ACB official said
that the accused Dr
Atre has been arrested.
In the meanwhile, the
former District Collec-
tor Indrasinh Rao of
Baran and his PA Ma-
havir Nagar were pre-
sented by the ACB on
Monday in the PCPNDT
court in Rs 1.40 lakh
bribery case. IAS offic-
er Rao and his PA Na-
gar, who were suspend-
ed for not giving voice
samples during court
appearance, refused
when asked. However,
the intercepts regard-
ing the case are availa-
ble with ACB officials.
At the same time, the
FSL team reached the
court to collect the voice
sample, but the two ac-
cused refused to give
the sample to the judge.
Both Rao and PA are
currently lodged at the
Kota Central Jail.
Registrar in ACB net for
taking bribe of ` 50,000
If you do not consider
change necessary then you
must also not consider living
mandatory and indeed it is not.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
2,736
DEATHS
3,13,425
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,347 DEATHS 2,52,559 CASES
DELHI
10,691 DEATHS 6,30,506 CASES
WORLD
19,46,425
DEATHS
9,08,62,777
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
1,04,79,628
CONFIRMED CASES
1,51,362
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
50,101 DEATHS 19,71,552 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
8,504 DEATHS 5,93,680 CASES
KARNATAKA
12,144 DEATHS 9,28,055 CASES
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Providing a
blow to those involved
in Adarsh Cooperative
Society scam, the Ge-
hlot government is all
set to take the online
complaints to court.
One of the biggest
scams in Rajasthan,
wherein, thousands of
people were conned on
the pretext of multiply-
ing their money, the
Adarsh Cooperative So-
ciety scam has so far
witnessed thirty thou-
sand cases being regis-
tered on state govern-
ment’s portal against
the co-operative society.
Now, cases will be
filed in the matter in the
court through ‘Ista-
gasa,’ wherein, only in
Sirohi district alone, a
whopping thirty thou-
sand cases will be filed.
Adarsh co-op
Scam: Online
plaints to be
taken to court

10. JAIPUR, TUESDAY
JANUARY 12, 2021
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Indian Cricket team captain Virat Kohli
and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma
are now proud parents to a baby girl.
They welcomed their first child on
Monday, in Mumbai!
he year 2021 is being
considered as a great
ray of hope and happi-
nessafteratremendous
yearpassedby.Keeping
the charm alive of the
new year, Virat Kohli
on Monday evening broke the
news to his fans that Anushka
and he are now proud parents to
a baby girl. He tweeted, “We are
thrilled to share with you that
we’ve been blessed with a baby
girl this afternoon. We thank
you all for your love, prayers,
and good wishes. Anushka and
thebabyarebothhealthyandwe
are feeling beyond blessed to
start this new chapter of our
lives. We hope that you can re-
spect our privacy at this time.
Love, Virat.” After they broke
the news, the hashtags #Virat-
Kohliand#BabyGirlweretrend-
ing throughout the day.
The couple broke the news of
their pregnancy to their fans on
August 27, with an adorable pic-
ture of the two of them, and of
course, a cute little baby bump.
Anushka had captioned the im-
ageas,“Andthen,wewerethree!
Arriving Jan 2021.”
Their love story has had a lot
of ups and downs, but they al-
ways made their way through to
eachother-that’showpuretheir
love is. They instantly hit off af-
ter shooting for an advertise-
ment and dated for a while be-
fore they parted their ways. She
was apparently a ‘bad luck’ for
himduringhismatches,andthe
negativityallaroundmadethem
go their own ways. But soon af-
ter realising they were meant to
be with each other, they didn’t
think twice, and finally tied the
knot in December 2017, during a
secret wedding in Italy. Well,
now they are the couple who are
looked upon, and the rest is his-
tory!
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
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Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli
Virat’s tweet on Monday
Anushka’s ‘gratitude’ post
Anushka striking a
Yoga pose with the help of Virat
Anushka during the
shoot of a magazine cover
When Anushka and Virat brokethe news of their pregnancy with their fans
Happiness
Blossoms in
First glimpse of the baby girl (Vikas Kohli’s post)