First india rajasthan english news paper today 03 march 2020 edition

Delhi rumours: 1880 distress
calls, 40 arrested, say cops
New Delhi: Maximum
number of distress
calls were received by
the police from West
Delhi, Dwarka, and
Outer Delhi after ru-
mours of violence
spread across parts of
the national capital
on Sunday. 481 calls
were received from
west Delhi, followed
by 310 from Dwarka
and 22 from Outer
Delhi, said Delhi Po-
lice. (Total 1880 calls).
A total of 40 persons
, 21 from Northwest dis-
trict, 1 from Rohini dis-
trict and 18 from South
district, have also been
arrested for rumour-
mongering so far. The
death toll in the vio-
lence in northeast Del-
hi which broke out last
week rose to 47 on Mon-
day afternoon.
On the first day of the
Budget Session, Con-
gress, TMC and Aam
AAP MPs staged sepa-
rate dharnas over the
violence in northeast
Delhi last week. Con-
gress leaders Rahul
Gandhi, Adhir Ranjan
Choudhary, Shashi Tha-
roor and Turn on P4
Raj reports first
positive case of
CORONAVIRUS
First India News
Jaipur: An Italian
tourist tested positive
for coronavirus on
Monday and his blood
samples are being sent
to the National Insti-
tute of Virology in
Puneforconfirmation.
The first sample col-
lected Saturday tested
negative but his con-
dition deteriorated,
Health Minister
Raghu Sharma said.
One suspected case of
coronavirus has been
reported at Jodhpur.
The ‘suspect’, who has
come from Iran, is a na-
tive of Shergarh area of
Jodhpur district.
He has been put
in isolation
ward of SMS
Hospital. His samples
will be sent again for
testing since two different
results were found in
different tests.
Raghu Sharma,
Rajasthan Health Minister
Screening of
passengers is
being conducted
at 21 airports, 12 major
seaports & 65 minor
seaports. We advise
Indians to avoid non-
essential travel to China,
Iran, Korea, Singapore.
Harsh Vardhan,
Union Health Minister
TWO POSITIVE
CASES IN INDIA
New Delhi: Two fresh
cases have been detected
in India. While one patient
belongs to New Delhi and
had travelled from Italy, the
other belongs to Telangana
and had visited Dubai.
‘Both the patients are
stable and being closely
monitored,’ a statement
from the Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare stated.
POLLUTION DIPS
IN WUHAN: NASA
Washington: Nasa satellite
images show a dramatic
fall in pollution over China
that is “partly related” to
the economic slowdown
due to the coronavirus
outbreak, the space agency
said. The reduction in
nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
pollution was first noticed
near Wuhan, the epicentre
of the outbreak.
SC to hear plea to free
Omar Abdullah on Mar 5
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court declined
to accept the Centre’s
a r g u -
m e n t s
against a
petition
filed by
Sara Ab-
d u l l a h
Pilot to challenge the
detention of her broth-
er Omar Abdullah and
listed the case for final
hearing on Thursday.
KK Venugopal, the
Centre’s to Turn on P4
‘ABDULLAH,
THREAT TO
PUBLIC ORDER’
“Omar Abdullah has been
a very vocal critic of any
possible abrogation of
Article 370 prior to its
abrogation in August 5,
2019, considering the
very peculiar geopolitical
position of Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh and
its geographical proximity
with Pakistan, the concept
of “public order” needs to
be examined contextually,”
stated the affidavit
submitted by Srinagar
District Magistrate.
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INDIA LOST 2ND TEST BY 7 WICKETS IN
LESS THAN 3 DAYS, BUNDLED OUT FOR
242 RUNS IN THEIR 1ST INNINGSP5 P9
UNION MINISTER SMRITI IRANI ALLEGED
THAT CONGRESS MPS IN LS MISBEHAVED
WITH BJP WOMEN MEMBERS
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD
CM reviews Coronavirus scare, asks dept to be on alert mode
Naresh Sharma/ Rajiv Gaur
Jaipur/Jodhpur: Al-
though suffering from
fever and knee pain,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, who returned
to Jaipur on Monday
after a two day visit to
Jodhpur, called a
meeting at the CMR
on corona virus after
an Italian tourist,
touring the state, was
found positive and ad-
mitted to a special
ward at the SMS Hos-
pital. Gehlot demand-
ed a feedback on the
episode in the meet-
ing attended by Medi-
cal and Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma,
ACS Medical Rohit
Kumar Singh and of-
ficials from the health
department along
with doctors of the
SMS Medical College.
During the meeting,
the Chief Minister was
apprised of the current
health condition of the
Italian tourist along
with the precautions
taken by the State Gov-
ernment and specially
the SMS Hospital.
“We will get a
screening of the em-
ployees and staff
members done along
with tourists of the
hotel, where the Ital-
ian national stayed at
Jodhpur and Udaipur
and anyplace else.
Those who came in his
contact will be kept in
isolation,” said Health
Minister Dr Raghu
Sharma, further add-
ing, “There is no need
to fear Coronavirus,
we just need to be a bit
alert and cautious. At
the moment, we are
giving four different
medicines to the sus-
pects.”
Notably, the State
Government has made
special arrangements
to keep a vigil on the
outbreak as officials
and doctors are con-
stantly keeping an eye
on developments and
holding routine video
conferences and confer-
ence calls with officials
at the centre. Moreover,
screening and medical
checkup of passengers
at the airport is also be-
ing conducted. Interest-
ingly, more than 23,000
passengers have been
screened since March 1
itself.
CM Gehlot, who has
always been dedicated
to the needy, has made
provisions for the devel-
opment of children
through various
schemes. In the recent-
ly presented budget, he
has announced the set
up of the Nehru Child
Protection Fund with a
budget of Rs. 100 crore
for children. Turn on P4Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took a meeting of officials of health dept on Monday. —FILE PHOTO
Tihar authorities, during
the hearing, said the ball
is in the government's
court after the filing of the
mercy petition, and the
judge has no role for now.
They said the President
will seek a status report
from the jail on Pawan's
mercy plea and when that
happens, it will suo motu
stay the execution.
The court had on
February 17Â ordered that
the four convicts-Mukesh
Kumar Singh (32), Pawan
Gupta (25)Vinay Kumar
Sharma (26) and Akshay
Kumar Singh (31) —be
hanged on March 3 after
it issued fresh death
warrants,observing that
deferring the execution
any further would be
"sacrilegious" to the
rights of the victim for
expeditious justice.
This was for the third
time that the death
warrants were issued by
the court against them.
The court had noted that
death warrants were earlier
issued on January 7 and
the execution was later
deferred twice- on January
17 and January 31.
The first date of
execution, January
22, was postponed to
February 1 by a January
17 court order. Then, the
trial court on January
31, stayed, 'till further
orders' the execution of
the four convicts as they
had not exhausted all
their legal remedies.
CASE
IN
POINT
New Delhi: Delhi judge Dhar-
mendra Rana on Monday,
stopped the execution of the
four Delhi gang-rape con-
victs, barely 13 hours before
the four were to walk to the
gallows at Tihar prison to-
day morning.
The judge ruled that a last-
minute mercy petition filed
by Pawan Gupta - the last of
the four to file the plea - is
still pending with Rashtra-
pati Bhavan.
“I am of the opinion that the
death sentence cannot be exe-
cuted pending the disposal of
the mercy petition of the con-
vict. It is hereby directed that
the execution of death warrants
against all the convicts sched-
uled for 03.03.2020 at 6 am if de-
ferred till further orders,”
the judge said in his order.
Reacting to stay on
the executions for the
third time, the victim’s
mother blamed the
“failure of the system
and the government.”
“This is the failure of
the system and the gov-
ernment which has led to
the delay of the execu-
tion. Till the time the con-
victs are not hanged, I will
not be relieved.”she said.
Earlier on Monday, the judge
had rejected Pawan’s request to
stop the executions yet again
but reserved the order because
the convict had petitioned the
President to commute his death
sentence to life imprisonment.
Pawan Gupta’s lawyer AP
Singh had filed the mercy plea
shortly after the Supreme
Court dismissed the con-
vict’s curative petition Mon-
day morning. A curative
petition is the last judicial
resort available to a convict
for redressal against the fi-
nal judgment.
The Supreme Court had
dismissed curative petitions
filed by two other convicts,
Mukesh Singh and Vinay
Sharma on January 14. The
curative petition filed by the
third convict, Akshay Thakur
was dismissed on January 30.
Earlier on Monday, Justice
Rana also underlined during
the hearing that Pawan Gup-
ta had missed the seven-day
deadline that the Delhi High
Court had set last month for
the convicts to avail their le-
gal remedies.
The court had first issued
the death warrant against
the four convicts on January
7, 2020 and scheduled their
execution on January 22.
The execution date was post-
poned twice, first to Febru-
ary 1 and then to March 3.
In December 2012, five men
and a juvenile had raped and
brutalised a young para-medic
student in a moving bus in Delhi
before throwing her and a male
friend out of the vehicle. The
victim later died of injuries a
fortnight later in a Singapore
hospital. One of the accused
committed suicide in Tihar jail
during the trial. Turn on P4
This shows the
failure of our
system. The whole
world is watching
how justice is
being delayed in
India.I lose hope
every day but I
stand tall
everyday. They
would have to be
hanged. There
could not have
been a worse case
than Nirbhaya
but still I am
struggling to get
justice. The courts
are sitting and
watching the
drama.
Asha Devi,
Nirbhaya's mother
HANG IN
SHAME
THE MERCY PETITION OF ONE OF THE CONVICTS,
PAWAN GUPTA, IS PENDING WITH PRESIDENT RAM
NATH KOVIND, SO THEY HAVE NOT EXHAUSTED
ALL THEIR LEGAL OPTIONS,THE JUDGE RULED
Kids of Kishore & Balika Grah,
came to thank Gehlot for Rs100 cr
budget announcement for them
‘Thinking of giving up my social
media accounts this Sunday’
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, one of the most
followed personali-
ties in India, said he
was thinking of giv-
ing up his social me-
dia accounts. “This
Sunday, thinking of
giving up my social
media accounts on Fa-
cebook, Twitter, Ins-
tagram & YouTube,”
PM Modi tweeted late
on Monday evening.
“Will keep you all
posted,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi, who is
among the most-fol-
lowed political leaders
in the world on Twit-
ter, has 53.3 million
followers on the social
microblogging site.
He is the most fol-
lowed leader on Face-
book and Instagram,
with 44 million fol-
lowing his page on
Facebook and 35.2
million following him
on photo and video
sharing app Insta-
gram. On YouTube,
he has 4.5 million
subscribers.ThePrime
Minister did not ex-
plain the reasons that
provoked Turn on P4

BUILDER CAUGHT BLIND
BY LAND MAFIA
The land mafia operating in Jaipur have ‘striked’ a
well renowned builder from the city and as a result,
the builder is approaching senior officials at Jaipur
Commissionerate. The investigation in the matter has
reached ‘south wing’ of Commissionerate as it is claimed
that documents of land sold to the man were fake and the
builder has handed six crore rupees as advance to land
mafia. The entire amount being given in black, the builder
is now running from pillar to post with hand written
‘receipts’ of the deal and trying to convince the officials to
help him in the ‘recovery’. while it is still debatable if the
builder will be successful in recovering the amount, one
thing is certain without the ‘Dakshina’ even the ‘Dakshin
wing’ of the Commissionerate wont do much.
MLA AND NRI’s FRIENDSHIP
OF CONVENIENCE
An NRI and a BJP MLA have become
best friends these days. The reason
being their business investment. During
the elections, the Africa based NRI builder
and developer had given funds in crores
of rupees to the MLA thinking that he
would become a minister and the stagnant
projects would be cleared. However the
problem arose when the netaji won but the
party lost. The netaji has invested crores of
rupees in a major project in Kumbhalgarh
too, however now the NRI is a bit tensed as
crores of rupees have been invested by him
but none of his projects have been cleared.
FIRST INDIA spreads
its vistas... we shall
now recount bytes
and buzz in the real
estate sector
Check
Realty
ARIHANT LEGACY READY TO BE LAUNCHED
Arihant Dream Infra Project to launch Arihant Legacy. Project directors
Rakesh and Rishabh Goyal have registered the project with RERA. The
market is happy with the 3 beegha land deal at Rs 10 crore.
AAVYA HOMES
PROJECT ALL SET
Nivratti Projects has
registered Aavya Homes
project with RERA. The project
directors Arut Bhardwaj
and Geetansh Naiyyar have
reportedly purchased 4 bighas
of land at `13.38 crore amid
market applause.
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The bureaucracy undoubtedly is a magical maze
otherwise how does one explain a change in orders
with the change of a officer! If it appears a bit difficult
to comprehend then a latest example will make it easy.
The memory of the push & pulls,that went on at the
highest levels of bureaucracy, for an appeal in Supreme
Court (SC) against an NGT order are still fresh. This
NGT order said that the job of industrial pollution control
in Jodhpur should be done by the police. The state
government decided to appeal against the order in the
highest court. Who should bell the cat? was the bone
of contention among the senior officers. In a high level
meeting chaired by the ACS (Home) Rajeeva Swarup,
PS (Environment) Shreya Guha clearly refused her
department being a party in the SC appeal and suggested
that this task should be handled by the Pollution Control
Board (PCB). But PCB chairman PK Goyal insisted that
the onus lies with Guha’s department. This ensued an
altercation between Swaroop and Guha which ended
with Rajeev Swaroop, as chairman, deciding that it will
be the Environment department which will go into the
appeal. When this file reached CS DB Gupta he reversed
the decision by ACS (Home) and noted that the PCB will
appeal against the NGT order and same was conveyed
to the PCB by way of a written order yet PCB chairman
PK Goyal wasn’t in agreement with the CS orders.
Goyal requested the CS to reconsider his decision in
a detailed note stating constitutional obligations, rules
& regulations and other logical points. CS did actually
reconsider his decision and in a fresh order issued last
week said that the appeal against the NGT order will be
jointly done by the Environment and Home departments.
Both these departments have started the preparations
for the appeal. Now the most important and interesting
part of the whole case...the change in order took place
only after the adamant officer of the Environment had
also changed. Sudhanshu Pant has taken over the charge
of PS (Environment) from Shreya Guha. Now this might
be a sheer coincidence that the order and officer both
changed or it might also be construed that Shreya Guha
had her way till the day she headed the department.
—RAJENDRA CHHABRA
OFFICER LEAVES & ORDER
CHANGES OR IS IT VICE VERSA?
OFF THE
RECORD
Jhunjhunu dadi
gives Tharoor a
run for his money
New Delhi: Video of an
elderly woman speaking
in fluent English has
gone viral on the social
media and netizens
were left impressed.
The video went viral
in no time and people
shared their reaction to
the video. Many users
also helped to identify
the woman in the video.
The old woman in the
video was identified as
Bhagwani Devi who
originally hails from
the Jhunjhunu district
of Rajasthan.
The adorable video
was shared by an IPS of-
ficer Arun Bothraon on
Twitterwiththecaption,
“Howmanymarksoutof
10fortheoldladyforthis
spoken English Test?”
“Will be interesting
to see how many marks
@ShashiTharoor sir is
giving to her?” he fur-
ther added.
The video shows the
elderly lady clad in a
white shirt and draped
in a red saree goes on to
give a detailed descrip-
tionof MahatmaGandhi
and his love for non-vio-
lence in crisp and fluent
English. As the post
went viral, Twitterati
flooded the social media
with their reactions.
A user wrote, “None
of us are competent
enough to rate her.”
Another wrote, “We
aren’’t worthy of rating
her, sir. She’’s an inspi-
ration!”
A post read, “Kya
baat hai...Dadi ji toh
khel gayi...pure 10/10 le
ke gai....” “Finally a
tight competition to @
ShashiTharoor,” anoth-
er user remarked. —PTI
Kota accident
raises questions
on fitness tests
First India News
Jaipur: Dr Kamal Soi,
Chairman, Raahat –
The safe Community
Foundation and mem-
ber of National Road
Safety Council, Govt of
India addressed the is-
sue of malpractices in
issuing Fitness Certifi-
cates to commercial ve-
hicles following the
deaths, injuries and in-
creased road terrorism
on Rajasthan roads.
The issue gained
limelight when 24 peo-
ple, including 10 women
and 3 children were
killed when a private
bus fell into Maiz River
on Kota-Dausa mega
highway in Bundi on
Wednesday. The inci-
dent raised several
questions on fitness
testing of commercial
vehicles in the state.
IN DIVINE PRESENCE
Devotees gather to participate in annual Urs festival at the shrine of Sufi Saint Khwaja
Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on Sunday night. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
Exhibition on mental health
held on ESI scheme anniv
First India News
Jaipur: Celebrating
successful completion
of 68 years of ESI
scheme, Department of
psychiatry in ESI Mod-
el Hospital organised a
mental health exhibi-
tion. Head of depart-
ment, Dr Akhilesh Jain
highlighted different
mental health problems
and related issues with
special focus on drug
abuse and importance
of yoga in alleviating
such problems. IG Po-
lice Dr BL Meena, ina-
gurated the exhibition.
Regional director ESIC,
GC Darji and director
ESIS Dr VK Mathur
were special guest of
programme. Medical
Superintendent Dr Ba-
narsidas also attended
the event.
Dr Akhilesh Jain with IG Police
Dr BL Meena.
‘Aim to keep party ready to
work 365 days and 24 hours’
First India News
Jaipur: BJP district
heads and district in-
charges held a meeting
on Monday, at BJP head-
quarters, chaired by
BJP state president Sat-
ish Poonia, to discuss
strengthening of the
organisation. Direc-
tions were given to
strengthen the party on
district level by raising
social concerns, taking
up local issues and tar-
geting the government.
Poonia said “Our aim
is to keep the party
ready to work 365 days
and 24 hours on the
ground”. Panchayat
polls and organisational
programmes were also
discussed.
State Organisation
General Secretary
Chandrashekhar, State
General Secretary
Bhajanlal Sharma and
other officials were pre-
sent in the meeting.
(L-R) Bhajanlal Sharma, Chandrashekhar, Satish Poonia during the
meeting at BJP headquarters on Monday. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN
GUP
SHUP
PANTHER’S SCRUTINY TOO SLOW
The ‘Panther sahab’ who sits on the second floor of the PHQ
is a cause of concern for the staff posted under him. Well,
the sahab has a weak-point as he likes to conduct complete
scrutiny of files which causes delay, however such is the
sahab’s audacity that even after being scolded by ‘Victor’ to
speed up clearing files, the Sahab moves at his own pace. But
the delay is not only caused by the Sahab’s scrutiny but also
due to his habit of calling the complainants and the accused
parties and instructing the junior officers to shoot letters every
day! Word is that several officials in his team have started
detesting working with sahab and are lobbying to get posted
in a different wing.
FUTURE PLANS BRINGS TROUBLE
Future planning has got a Tiger, posted in Jodhpur range,
in news. Actually the tiger is apprehensive of getting
transferred in the upcoming transfer list so he started making
‘profits’ from all sources possible so much so that the ‘profit’
motive has reached the bosses.
ALL MLA’s WILL SOON
GET HOME GUARDS
The Home guards will soon be seen
protecting the state MLAs. If all goes well
then next week could see the official approval.
This will benefit around 200 home guard
jawans. The move comes after a demand
raised by the MLAs to the department and the
Govt. Until now only ministers were authorized
for a gunman as per rules and rest of the
elected representatives were only provided
with security in case of a death threat.
ITALIAN TOURIST IN CITY TESTS
POSITIVE, ADMITTED IN SMSThe patient was under treatment in a private hospital he was diagnosed and moved to isolation ward
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Finally the
deadly coronavirus
seems to have hit the
pink city sending the
largest hospital in the
state in a tizzy albeit the
patient is a foreigner.
An Italian citizen
who was travelling with
19 others from his coun-
try reached the capital
from Udaipur and test-
ed positive for coronavi-
rus in the reports to the
second test.
He was initially ad-
mitted to a private hos-
pital in the city and was
shifted to SMS hospital
onFebruary29wherehe
was admitted in ICU as
his first investigation
report was negative. But
when his health deterio-
rated second round of
tests were done which
proved the fears true.
He was then immedi-
ately shifted to the iso-
lation ward and com-
plete health machinery
of the capital was on its
toes, nervously.
Health minister Dr
Raghu Sharma sprung
into action and took
complete report from
the health officials and
gave them instructions
for screening everybody
whohadcomeincontact
with the Italian while he
was in ICU at the SMS
and at every conceivable
movement area.
Sharma appealed for
calm and assured that
government was doing
everything possible to
mitigate the situation.
ACS (Health) Rohit
Kumar sounded Delhi
of the development and
sent the patient’s sam-
ples to NIV, Pune for
cross checking.
An emergency meet-
ing was called in SMS
hospital to deal with the
situation and specially
to screen the staff and
patients who might have
contacted the dreaded
disease. SMS medical
college principal Dr Su-
dhir Bhandari was af-
firmative on patient be-
ing admitted to the ICU
initially but stressed
thathewasshiftedtoiso-
lationwardonreceiptof
the second report.
The fellow passen-
gers of the coronavirus
patient in Jaipur moved
to Delhi via Agra. Cent-
er has been informed of
all the relevant facts re-
garding them. If the the
dreaded disease has re-
ally knocked the city
and the patient did
transmit it to someone
else then a dreaded Pan-
dora’s box is waiting to
be opened because the
patient was in a private
hospital for some time
before being diagnosed
of coronavirus at SMS.
FAST ACTION
CORONAVIRUS SCARE

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
BJP MLAS ACCUSE GOVT
OF BEING ANTI-HINDUFirst India News
Jaipur: The BJP, regu-
larly facing verbal at-
tacks from CM Ashok
Gehlot on its failure to
maintain communal
harmony in the coun-
try, lapped up a issue
close to its ideology and
where it has fair chance
of cornering the Con-
gress government.
Although the BJP
MLAs were in attacking
mode even before the
House proceedings be-
gan, but the issue of in-
creased charges for set-
ting up ‘Bhandara’
(Free Religious Feast)
and Camps for the Kha-
tushyamji devotees ech-
oed during Zero Hour in
the state Assembly.
BJP MLA from
Chomu Ramlal Sharma
raised the issue of
charging fee for setting
uptemporaryBhandara
and Camps en route
Khatushyamji temple.
Sharma said that gov-
ernment was charging
Rs21,000 as registration
and Rs11,000 as cleaning
fee. He asked the govt
whether it was charging
similar fees from the
devotees of Ajmer Dar-
gah. He demanded gov-
ernment to stop charg-
ing any such fee.
This started a series
of allegations and coun-
ter allegations in the
House. Satish Poonia
increased the crescendo
of the BJP attack by al-
leging that Congress
has time to offer ‘Cha-
dar’ at the Ajmer Dar-
gah but it can’t spare
time to visit a temple
and to make matters
worse it was levying fee
on people having faith
in temples.
Madan Dilawar took
the attack to its peak by
directly labeling the
government to be anti-
Hindu. He said if the
govt was so poor then it
should stand near Kha-
tushyam temple with
an empty coffer and the
devotees will fill it. Dila-
war accused state gov-
ernment to have always
appeased a section and
now it was blatantly
turning anti-Hindu.
Vasudev Devnani too
joined the chorus. Safia
Zuber stood to defend
her govt by saying that
if the govt had in-
creased the said fee,
there must be a reason
to it and if the govt does
not levy such fees in
case of Ajmer Dargah,
it should do so.
She justified the in-
creased fee by saying
that after all the amount
collected will go
towards public welfare
schemes.
‘Farmers to get compensation’
First India News
Jaipur: Disaster man-
agement minister
Bhanwar Lal Meghwal
has assured that all
farmers will receive
compensation for crop
damage by March 31.
On the other hand, rev-
enue minister Harish
Choudhary denied resi-
dential scheme on pro-
hibited land.
BJP’s Dharm Naray-
an Joshi had asked a
question about compen-
sation to farmers in
Udaipur because of
crop damage due to ad-
verse climate. Meghwal
replied that there was
no crop damage in De-
cember 2018. He said
that later the total area
of crop damage was cal-
culated to 55,768 hec-
tare.
However, LoP Gulab
Chand Kataria ques-
tioned selection of
merger 902 farmers out
of 1.69 lakh. Joshi who
had asked the original
question asked if gov-
ernment had intention
of doing girdawari
again. “Crop damage in
my constituency was
more than Mawli and
Vallabhnagar where
only 454 hectare was re-
corded for crop dam-
age,” he said. Mean-
while, Subhash Garg
felt the heat on a ques-
tion by Meena Kanwar
regarding nursing
course in Ayurveda
University. He gave con-
tradictory answers. On
this the Speaker inter-
vened and asked the
minister that why the
letter was written to
UGC when recognition
was not needed. The
minister said clarifica-
tion was sought from
UGC because some stu-
dents had approached.
Question of land al-
lotment to Baba Ram-
dev’s Patanjali trust
was also raised. Reply-
ing to Lakhan Singh,
Minister Govind Singh
Dotasara said that there
was no question of in-
vestigating the land.
Create Marwar Tribal Board
for peoples’ benefit: Lodha
MLAs demand compensation
for crop damage due to hail
First India News
Jaipur: Independent
MLA Sanyam Lodha
raised the issue of back-
wardness of tribals in
Marwar and demanded
creation of Marwar
Tribal Board.
Speaking in the Zero
Hour, Lodha said that
before Independence
therewasaBheelMeena
regiment but later the
community has been
lagging on every human
index indicator.
According to him,
Bheel, Meena, Gameti
and Garasiya communi-
ties have been neglected
and falling behind on
education and health pa-
rameters.“Theyhavelit-
tlerepresentationingov-
ernment jobs. There has
not been a single civil
servant from these com-
munitiesafterIndepend-
ence,” he argued while
demanding the govern-
menttotakeinitiativeof
upliftment of these com-
munities by forming
Marwar Tribal Board.
Lodha also called for
setting up tribal schools
and coaching centres so
that tribals too can avail
benefits of mainstream
development. He said
that there is sizable
number of tribals in
Barmer, Jaisalmer, Ja-
lore and Sirohi districts
in Jodhpur division
who have not been able
to take benefit of ST res-
ervation due to lack of
education.
First India News
Jaipur: A special de-
bate on crop damage
due to Saturday’s hail-
storm was held in the
Assembly on Monday.
Congress MLAs Giriraj
SinghMalinga,Shakun-
tala Rawat and Rohit
Bohra demanded com-
pensation for crop dam-
age. They said that hail-
storm has damaged
farmers’ crops and gov-
ernment should order
girdawari for crop dam-
age assessment and to
decide compensation.
Rajakhera MLA Ro-
hit Bohra said mustard
and wheat crop has al-
ready been destroyed
and now potato crop is
in danger because of
waterlogging. He said
government should ap-
point additional offi-
cials for girdawari of
potato because this crop
is below surface.
Disaster Manage-
ment Minister Bhan-
warlal said that farm-
ers will get adequate
compensation. Gov-
ernment has ordered
girdawari till March 5.
He also promised prop-
er girdawari of potato
crop notwithstanding
how much time it may
take. However, the
minister clarified that
the orders were for
regular girdawari and
immediate compensa-
tion would be released
in case of more than
33% damage.
Numerous devotees and tourists throng the Khatu Shyamji temple on Monday.
Oppn moves privilege motion as
cops summon RLP MLAs for probe
With CM indisposed, Sharma holds jansunwai
Rituraj Sharma &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Deputy LoP
Rajendra Rathore on
Monday raised the is-
sue of summoning of
two RLP MLAs by Ad-
ditional SP (CID-CB),
Nagaur. Rathore cate-
gorising the act as
breach of privilege
asked for permission to
move Privilege Motion.
He said that how could
members of the House
be summoned by the
police while the House
is in session. He said
that it was a police con-
spiracy to declare both
the members abscond-
ers by sticking notices
at their door steps.
When speaker Dr CP
Joshi was in chair, RLP
MLA Indra Bawari al-
leged that the police
had visited her house
in Nagaur district on
Sunday night at 9 pm
and threatened her
children. All she had
done, in the concerned
case, was that she had
gone to the spot to give
police lawful sugges-
tion while it was de-
molishing the settle-
ments of Banjara com-
munity.
RLP MLA Pukhraj
Garg said that RLP
MLAs didn’t impede
any official duty and
simple name in a FIR
doesn’t classify them
as criminals so how
can the police treat
them like one.
He further said that
attending House pro-
ceedings was far more
important than ap-
pearing before the po-
lice. RLP MLA Naray-
an Beniwal accused
the government of do-
ing lip service to em-
power the backward
classes while its police
was using uncivilised
language for them.
Minister BD Kalla
replied by stating that
law applied to all and
encroachments by the
Banjara community
were removed in com-
pliance of a court or-
der. He said that the
process to ask for privi-
lege motion was wrong
as no documents were
presented.
Minister Ramesh
Meena also objected to
the process by saying
that Assembly secre-
tary wasn’t given prior
information of the
privilege motion, as
per rules. Speaker cat-
egorically said that the
police had gone above
the rules laid by the
House by issuing no-
tices to the members
while House is in ses-
sion. He said an MLA
might have crossed
the line of the law
while adhering to his
duties as MLA. Joshi
informed the House
that the MLAs hail
from a backward sec-
tion of the society and
they have contested
and won elections
with great courage.
Now the police is try-
ing to debar them
from their right of at-
tending the proceed-
ings as members.
Joshi informed that
he would decide on the
matter after receiving
government version.
First India News
Jodhpur: As Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
was suffering from
mild fever and knee
pain, Medical and
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma held a
public hearing in Jodh-
pur Circuit House on
Monday. Sharma heard
problems of the people
and instructed officials
to resolve the issues.
Large number of peo-
ple had arrived at the
Circuit House to meet
CM Gehlot.
Meanwhile, children
from Kishore Grah and
Balika Grah reached
Circuit House to thank
Gehlot for releasing
Rs100 crore budget for
child protection. These
children had come un-
der the leadership of
Chairperson of Ra-
jasthan State Child Pro-
tection Commission
Sangeeta Beniwal.
While interacting
with media, Sharma
said health department
has been a victim of ne-
glect in the last five
years and we have com-
pleted just 9 months in
the state and have
worked towards the di-
rection of opening med-
ical colleges, increasing
PG seats and ending
shortage of specialist
doctors. Keeping these
things in mind, we have
recruited about 15,500
people, including 750
doctors during this
time. Sharma added
that now, 2,000 more
doctors would be re-
cruited. The field of
medicine is a priority
for the government and
will always remain so.
Later Sharma also
laid the foundation
stone of multi-level ICU
to be built at the cost of
Rs17 crore in the Ma-
thuradas Mathur Hos-
pital premises in Jodh-
pur. This ICU would be
ground plus four floors.
Sharma said that multi-
level ICU would have all
kinds of modern facili-
ties and equipment,
and would be a signifi-
cant step towards pro-
viding better medical
facilities in coming
days. The innovative
thinking and initiative
of our CM are always
there in providing best
medical facilities in
the state. Sharma also
met many organisa-
tion representatives
and student leaders in
Jodhpur.
Ruckus in House over hike in bhandara fee of Khatushyamji

First India News
Jaipur: Two people
died in a gas cylinder
explosion at a house in
the Tadkeshwar Temple
premises, situated at
Chaura Rasta area of
jaipur. In the tragic inci-
dent that occurred on
Monday morning wife
of the temple’s mahant
and a 16-year-old boy
died. The deceased have
been identified as Man-
ju, the wife of the ma-
hant and Abhishek who
was living on rent with
his uncle Rajesh in the
temple premises. Rajesh
too sustained serious
burn injuries in the in-
cident and is said to be
critical. The explosion
was so severe that it
ripped apart a part of
their house.
The incident took
place on the second
floor of the house near
the temple. Manak
Chowk station Police
and Civil Defense team
reached the spot on get-
ting the information.
The fire department
personnel rescued and
extracted the people
out from the debris in
about half an hour and
three injured were
rushed to SMS Hospi-
tal, where the doctors
declared two dead.
Police handed over
the bodies to next of kin
after post mortem. Tem-
pleMahantGovindVyas
and his family lives on
first floor of the house
and it is believed that
thecylinderwasleaking
from past couple of
days. On Monday morn-
ing, Mahant had in-
formed Abhishek when
he smelt the gas leaking
and immediately the
cylinder exploded with
a bang and ripped apart
a part of the house.
Manju was in the
room when the incident
took place and debris
fell on her. Abhishek too
was buried under the
debris. Rajesh who was
presentinthehousesus-
tained burn injuries.
It is being presumed
that accident took place
when Rajesh switched
on the light to look into
the leakage.
FSL team going through gas pipe that could have caused the blast.
RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
z A gang of thieves
accused of four and
two wheeler vehicles
theft in the city was
busted on Monday.
Four thieves are ar-
rested, and the gang
is believed to have
committed around
four dozens of crimes
related to the vehicle
theft. Four Thar jeeps
and 28 two wheeler
power bikes have been
recovered from them.
Mulijman Mohanlal
aka Monu and Ganesh
Raigar, Salim Moham-
mad, and Premchand
Ujjwala are the ac-
cused gang members.
z Vishwakarma Po-
lice arrested 14 people
who are suspected to
have committed bur-
glary, chain snatching
during the Khatu Shy-
amji pilgrimage. The
suspects were walking
with the pilgrims,
when police arrested
them. SHO Vishwa-
karma Jaipur (West)
Manglilal Vishnoi said,
during Khatushyam Ji
pilgrimage a crowd of
pedestrians including
women, children, men
and senior citizens
travels on foot and
taking advantage of
this the suspects too
walk with them to
commit crimes. Cops
arrested all 14 sus-
pects while they were
in attempt to snatch
chains and purses
from the pilgrims.
z A nine-year-old boy
was electrocuted in
Rajasthan’s Dholpur
district on Monday
when he came in con-
tact with a live wire
while playing, police
said. The incident oc-
curred in Basedi area
when a group of boys
was playing in a field
outside a government
school. One of them
came in contact with
a live wire and died on
the spot, Chief Block
Education Officer,
Basedi, Ram Khiladi
said. The deceased
was identified as
Hari Om. The body
was handed over to
his family after an
autopsy, police said.
z Disaster Manage-
ment Minister Bhan-
warlal Meghwal on
Monday announced
compensation for
crop damages in last
month’’s hailstorm,
saying all farmers who
have suffered more
than 33 per cent crop
losses would be given
financial aid. He said
reports of crop losses
have been received
from Alwar, Dholpur,
Bharatpur, Jhunjhunu
and Baran districts.
BRIEF
in
First India News
Jaipur: Deputy Chief
Minister and PCC
Chief Sachin Pilot has
urged party workers to
apprise young genera-
tion about Congress
party’s history and ide-
ology.
Addressing party’s
six day basic training
coordinator camp in
Bada Padampura, Pilot
told them that young
people do not want to
listen speeches. He said
that they needed to re-
connect.
The PCC chief said
that the Congress has
been in power for more
than a year now. Every
party worker expects
respect and post. For
this, there should be a
definition of Congress
worker,” he added.
The Congress is pre-
paring master trainer
through this camp.
Earlier, Pilot had
lunch in the camp.
AICC training depart-
ment’s secretary Rao
and AICC secretary
Mahendra Joshi also
addressed the camp.
Apprise Gen Y about Cong’s
history and ideology: Pilot
Sachin Pilot addressing Cong camp in Bada Padampura.
2 dead as cylinder blast rips
apart house in Chaura RastaHouse belonged to temple’s mahant; deceased include his wife & teenage boy who was a tenant
The grieving family members of Manju who died in cylinder blast at her home in Chaura Rasta on Monday. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
CM reviews...
To thank the CM for
this gift, children
reached the Circuit
House in Jodhpur on
Monday, in the leader-
ship of Rajasthan State
Child Protection Com-
mission Chairperson
Sangeeta Beniwal.
Generally, people vis-
it the Chief Minister
regarding their com-
plaints, but the children
from various schools,
along with Kishore
Grah and Balika Grah,
came to meet Gehlot to
thank him for the bud-
get announcement.
Chairman of Child Wel-
fare Committee Dhan-
pat Gurjar, along with
fellow members was
also present on the oc-
casion.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Sangeeta Beniwal
said that Rajasthan is
the only state in the
country where an
amount of Rs 100 crore
has been sanctioned for
child protection. Such a
step could be taken only
by CM Gehlot.
He has always been
concerned about
strengthening Kishore
Grah and Balika Grah
in Rajasthan.
When he announced
the budget of Rs 100
crore for child protec-
tion, the children want-
ed to thank him by vis-
iting the Circuit House.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, who is
called the Gandhi of
Marwar, always intro-
duces facilities and
schemes for the needy
in every budget, be it
the Chief Minister’s
free medicine scheme
or child protection. Af-
ter such decisions by
CM Gehlot, it is evident
that he is dedicated to
keep working for every
section of society.
Hang in...
The brutality of the
crime had provoked na-
tionwide outrage that
brought tens of thou-
sands of people on the
streets and led to a ma-
jor overhaul of laws
relating to crimes
against women.
Delhi rumours:...
others held placards
demanding the resigna-
tion of Home Minister
Amit Shah. There was
no fresh incident of vi-
olence on Monday and
security personnel
have been deployed in
Jaffrabad, Maujpur,
Babarpur, Chand Bagh,
Shiv Vihar, Bhajanpu-
ra, Yamuna Vihar and
Mustafabad, news
agency PTI reported.
SC to...
law officer, had told the
bench that Sara Abdul-
lah Pilot had not
demonstrated any rea-
son for not approaching
the High Court in the
first instance but di-
rectly coming to the Su-
preme Court.
“The matter pertains
to liberty,” a bench led
by Justice Arun Mishra
observed in response,
rejecting Attorney Gen-
eral Venugopal’s oppo-
sition to the top court
hearing the habeas cor-
pus petition in case of
the former J&K Chief
Minister and National
Conference leader.
Justice Mishra noted
that another case of a
similar nature was
pending before the top
court, a reference to
the petition challeng-
ing the detention of
Jammu and Kashmir
Peoples Democratic
Party boss Mehbooba
Mufti. It isn’t clear if
the judges will hear the
two cases together.
Sara Abdullah Pilot
had challenged her
brother’s detention un-
der the Jammu & Kash-
mir Public Safety Act
(PSA) last month after
the 49-year-old former
chief minister was
booked on February 5
under PSA.
Omar Abdullah was
detained in August 2019
when the Centre nulli-
fied Article 370 and
placed Kashmir valley
in a state of lockdown.
His detention in 2019
was under Section 107
of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, which em-
powers an executive
magistrate to order a
person to execute bonds
“for keeping the peace”.
In her Habeas Cor-
pus [literally means,
produce the body] peti-
tion, Sara prayed for
orders to produce Ab-
dullah in the Supreme
Court.
She argued that he is
a votary of peace and
there is overwhelming
evidence to prove the
same.
‘Thinking of...
him to consider quit-
ting social media but it
led to a barrage of re-
quests from his sup-
porters to revisit his
stand. His political ri-
vals jeered.
In less than 30 min-
utes, not surprisingly,
PM Modi’s tweet had
evoked more replies -
13,000 replies - than
(9,000) retweets.
His tweet celebrating
the Bharatiya Janata
Party’s victory in Lok
Sabha polls was the
most retweeted and
liked tweets last year
and was acknowledged
as India’s ‘Golden
Tweet’ of 2019.
FROM PG 1
COURTESY MEET
Dr Dev Swaroop, Vice Chancellor of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar
Law University, Jaipur called on Governor and Chancellor
Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on Monday. Meanwhile, the
Governor will visit Ajmer on Tuesday morning where he will
be the chief guest during the annual function of Rajasthan
Central University, Ajmer.
Civil defence men look on as debris fall from the house.
First India News
Jaipur: Once again, the
case of paper leak be-
fore the examination in
Rajasthan University
has come to light.
However, the Ra-
jasthan University ad-
ministration has re-
fused to accept the pa-
per leak. On Monday,
the students were to
write a paper of Zoolo-
gy from 3 pm, but the
paper got viral on What-
sapp at around 2:40 pm.
After the paper leak
incident, Vice Chancel-
lor of Rajasthan Uni-
versity RK Kothari said
that the paper reaches
the examination centre
at 2:30 pm. If the paper
is leaked, then it is not
considered as a paper
out. If the paper is re-
vealed 1-2 hours before
the exam, then there is
a serious issue.
Kothari also said that
we are investigating the
whole matter and find-
ing out from which ex-
amination centre the
paper was leaked. Strict
action would be taken
against the ones found
guilty, he added.
RU’s Zoology paper
goes viral on WA
Jaipur: In the crime of
sexual assault by calling
a 15-year-old student
studying in class 10th
in the name of pass-
ing her in the exam, the
35-year-old culprit Dinesh
Kumar Meena has been
sentenced to 5 years of
rigourous imprisonment
along with imposing a fine
of Rs 65,000 on him. The
order was passed by the
special court of POCSO
cases Jaipur Metro Judge
Dr LD Kiradoo. The then
private school teacher
was arrested by the
Sadar police of Sanganer
on November 7, 2014.
Meena had also warned
the victim of giving less
marks if she does not visit
teacher’s place. On behalf
of the state government,
SPP Lalita Sanjeev Mehar-
wal recorded the state-
ments of 14 witnesses
and informed the court
that the victim’s father had
filed a report in this regard
that his daughter went
missing at 4 am.
Jaipur: The ban on
interview for the post of
Assistant Agricultural
Officer and Assistant
Agricultural Research
Officer will continue. An
application was filed by
the RPSC in High Court
to lift ban on interview
of both the posts, but
the hearing could not
be held. On February
25, the HC had imposed
a ban on the interview
of AAO and AARO,
while hearing the
petition filed by Jitendra
Singh Bamboria. In the
petition, the petitioner
had challenged not is-
suing the cut-off by the
RPSC in the recruitment
of both the posts, due
to which the applicant
could not be selected.
Jaipur: HC has given a huge relief to
about 650 retired and existing officers
and employees of RFC by cancelling the
notification of July 21, 2017, in which
pension of employees retiring after Aug
12, 2004, was discontinued. After the
order, pension will be given to retired and
existing staff of RFC who had contrib-
uted pension from their salary. The order
was passed by division bench of Justices
Sabina and NS Dhadda while approving
plea filed by Sudeep Kumar Pokharna.
Bhilwara: In Radha Kishan Regar
murder case of Bhilwara, SC-ST Court
convicted three criminals of murder and
sentenced them to life imprisonment.
Radha Kishan was killed 3 years ago at
Kanoli Chauraha in Puri police station
area adjacent to Bhilwara. Public pros-
ecutor Narayani Bagaria said that the
victim was killed on May 16, 2017, due
to enmity. After investigation, the police
had produced a challan against Shivraj
Gadri, Satyanarayan Jat and Ramlal.
MAN GETS 5 YR IN JAIL FOR ASSAULTING GIRLAAO, AARO
INTERVIEW BAN
TO CONTINUE
RETIRED AND EXISTING RFC
STAFF TO GET PENSION
3 GET LIFER IN RADHA
KISHAN REGAR MURDER
IN THE COURTYARD

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
New Delhi: The Con-
gress, after raising the
issue of Delhi riots in
Parliament on Monday,
demanded that the
Prime Minister should
speak on the issue.
Staging a protest at
the Gandhi statue in the
Parliament premises, it
said it wanted a full de-
bate before moving on
to any other issue.
Congress MP Manish
Tewari said: “The riots
have happened in Delhi
and more than 40 peo-
ple have died... there
should be discussion in
the house and the
Prime Minister should
make a statement.”
To the ruling BJP’’s
allegation that Con-
gress is politicising the
issue, he shot back:
“Demanding a discus-
sion and statement
from the Prime Minis-
ter in a democracy is
politics?”
Congress members
demanded resignation
of Home Minister Amit
Shah and sought an an-
swer from Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
over the violence. Mem-
bers of some other Op-
position parties also
joined the protest
against the govern-
ment.
The violence began
following clashes be-
tween anti and pro
CAA groups.
The budget session
of parliament began on
January 31 and ad-
journed on February 11
to resume on March 2.
It will conclude on
April 3. —ANI
PMmustmakestatementon
Delhi riots in Parl: Cong
OPPOSITION DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH
New Delhi: The Lok
Sabha was on Monday
adjourned till 4 p.m.
soon after it met after
an earlier adjournment
as Opposition members
created ruckus in the
House over Delhi vio-
lence and raised slo-
gans against the BJP-
led government.
Congress members
came to the well of the
House with placards
soon after the House
met at 2 p.m. following
an adjournment earlier.
Parliament met on
Monday, the first day of
second half of budget
session, after a recess.
Speaker Om Birla asked
the members to take
their seats but the Op-
position MPs continued
with their protest. The
House was first ad-
journed till 3 pm and
later till 4 pm.
Amid sloganeering,
the Speaker went ahead
with the listed business
for the day. The Speaker
said that members have
been elected to discuss
issues in the House. But
the Opposition mem-
bers continued with
their protest. Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman moved the
Direct Tax Vivad Se
Vishwas Bill, 2020 for
consideration and pas-
sage amid sloganeering
byOppositionmembers.
While BJP member
Sanjay Jaiswal was
speaking on the bill, the
Speaker again referred
to protest by Opposition
members and said that
MPs were responsible
members of the House.
TheSpeakerassuredOp-
position members that
the House will take up
discussion the violence
in Delhi once the situa-
tion normalises. He said
themembersdonothave
therighttoraiseslogans
in the House. —ANI
LS faces adjournments over
Delhi violence, Cong protests
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Monday adjourned the
House for the
day expressing
“personalpain”
over ruckus in
the House dur-
ing protests by
o p p o s i t i o n
against vio-
lence in Delhi.
TheHouse,whichsaw
three adjournments ear-
lier over Delhi violence,
was adjourned for the
day when it reconvened
at 4.30 pm.
The Speaker said that
the House should be run
when members agree to
run it with dignity. “Our
effort should be that we
maintain the
dignity of Par-
liament. I am
p e r s o n a l l y
pained over
what happened
in the House.
We do not want
to run the
House in this condi-
tion,” the Speaker said.
He urged all mem-
bers, especially senior
members, to work to-
wards ensuring that the
Lok Sabha runs with
dignity. —ANI
New Delhi: Parliamen-
tary Affairs Minister
Pralhad Joshi con-
demned the ruckus cre-
ated by Opposition in
Parliament over the re-
cent violence in Delhi.
Joshi said, “Those who
didn’t take any action
even after 3,000 people
were killed in 1984, the
same people are today
creating a ruckus here.
I strongly condemn this
attitude.” By 1984, Joshi
was referring to anti-
Sikh riots in Delhi. Op-
position members cre-
ated ruckus in both
Houses of Parliament
over Delhi violence and
raised slogans. —ANI
New Delhi: Congress
said it will continue to
protest in Parliament
over the communal vio-
lence in Delhi as it is
the party’s duty to un-
cover the “conspiracy”
behind the riot. The op-
position party’s asser-
tion came soon after the
Lok Sabha was ad-
journed for the day. The
House was earlier ad-
journed thrice with
members from the BJP
and the Congress push-
ing and shoving each
other amid the Opposi-
tion’s protests against
last week’s communal
violenceinDelhi,which
claimed over 40 lives.
Pralhad Joshi
condemns Oppn
ruckus in Parl
Cong’s duty to
uncover Delhi riot
conspiracy:Adhir
Pained at ruckus in Lok
Sabha, maintain dignity
of Parliament: Om Birla
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission of In-
dia (ECI) is not in fa-
vour of state funding of
elections as it will not
be able to prohibit or
check candidates own
expenditure over and
above provided for by
states, the Lok Sabha
was informed.
In a written reply,
Minister of State for Fi-
nance Anurag Thakur
said the ECI’s view is
that for addressing the
real issues, there have
to be radical changes in
the provisions regard-
ing receipts of funds by
political parties and the
manner in which such
funds are spent by them
so as to provide for com-
plete transparency in
the matter.
“The Election Com-
mission has informed
the Government that it
is not in favour of State
Funding as it will not be
able to prohibit or check
candidates own expend-
iture or expenditure by
others over and above
that which is provided
for by the state,” the
minister said. —ANI
New Delhi: Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman on Monday
said the direct tax dis-
pute resolution scheme
announced in Budget
will be of great help to
people as they will
be able to save time
and money spent in
fighting cases.
As many as 4.83 lakh
directtaxcasesworthRs
9.32lakhcrorearelocked
up in various appellate
forums such as Commis-
sioner (Appeals), ITAT,
High Courts, Supreme
Court & Debt Recovery
Tribunals.
“The scheme will
give settlement option
to all those with disput-
ed tax... This will be of
great help because peo-
ple spent a lot of time
and money in settling
cases,” Sitharaman
said while moving the
Direct Tax Vivaad Se
Vishwas Bill, 2020 amid
a din in Lok Sabha.
She said government
has taken measures to
reduce litigation and a
similar scheme was an-
nounced for indirect
tax disputes. —ANI
EC not in favour of
state funding of polls
‘Vivaad Se Vishwas
will save time, money’
EX-FINANCE SECRETARY SC GARG
APPOINTED ADVISOR TO ANDHRA CM
Amaravati: Andhra
Pradesh Government
appointed Ex-Finance
Secretary Government
of India and retired IAS
officer Subhash Chandra
Garg as advisor to Chief
Minister YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy for resource mobil-
isation. “Government after
thorough consideration,
hereby appoints Subhash
Chandra Garg, IAS (Retd),
Ex-Finance Secretary,
Government of India, as
Advisor to Chief Minister
for the subject related to
Resource Mobilization,
duly assigning the rank
of a Cabinet Minister,”
read an order issued by
the state government on
Sunday. His appointment
to the post has been done
for a period of two years
from the date of joining.
NORTHERN RLYS TO RUN 16
SPECIAL TRAINS DURING HOLI
New Delhi: Northern Railways will operate 16
special trains in wake of huge rush during the
festive season of Holi. “Northern Railway is
running 16 pairs of Holi Special trains having 430
trips overall as compared to last years 19 special
trains with 324 trips. In addition to that 32 trains
have already been augmented during Holi festival
period to meet the demand,” said General Man-
ager Northern Railway Rajiv Chaudhry in a review
meeting. Principal Heads of Department of North-
ern Railway were also present at the meeting.
CHINA RECOVERING: CHINESE
CONSUL-GEN TO KOLKATA
Kolkata: Situation in China is fast returning to
normal as evident by increasing rate of resumption
of work in the coronavirus-hit country, Chinese
consulate General to Kolkata Zha Liyou said. Zha
made the remarks after participating in a prayer
meeting held to send out a message of love and
solidarity for the people of China. “For the major
state-owned companies, and for the medium-sized
companies, the rate of resumption to work is 70.9
per cent. That is huge. Nationwide, the major key
projects are resuming work,” Zha said.
JAMMU’S HISTORIC CITY CHOWK
RENAMED BHARAT MATA CHOWK
Jammu: The historic City
Chowk in the heart of
Jammu has been renamed
as the Bharat Mata Chowk
after a resolution was
passed by the Jammu
Municipal Corporation
(JMC). The JMC had won
43 of 75 wards in Jammu
Urban local bodies polls
last year. “Every year when
flag hoisting ceremonies
are held at the Chowk on
the Republic and Indepen-
dence days, with people
chanting Bharat Mata
ki Jai, the name change
reflects the aspirations
of the people,” Purnima
Sharma, Deputy Mayor
JMC said. She said, “The
House moved a resolution
on September 6, but it
got adjourned, and now
the resolution has been
passed with a voice vote.”
Opposition members protest in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
IN PARLIAMENT
New Delhi: Union
Minister Smriti Irani
on Monday alleged
that Congress MPs in
Lok Sabha misbe-
haved with BJP wom-
en members, who
have also complained
to the Speaker against
some opposition par-
ty lawmakers.
BJP and Congress
members pushed and
shoved each other in
the Lower House of
Parliament as opposi-
tion members vehe-
mently protested over
the issue of violence
in Delhi.
“Congress MPs
misbehaved with BJP
women MPs in Lok
Sabha. I would appeal
to the Speaker to take
the strongest possible
action against them,”
Irani told reporters
outside Parliament.
“For the past two to
three sessions ‘goon-
da’ elements of the
Congress are disrupt-
ing Parliament pro-
ceedings,” she said,
adding that the action
of Congress members
in Parliament shows
the desperation of the
Gandhi family. —ANI
Cong MPs misbehaved with
BJP women MPs in LS: Irani
New Delhi: Congress MP Ramya Haridas
on Monday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla alleging physical as-
sault by BJP MP Jaskaur
Meena inside the House
today. In her letter to the
Speaker, the Congress
MP wrote: “On March
2 at 3 p.m. inside Lok
Sabha I was physically
assaulted by MP Jaskaur
Meena. Is this repeat-
edly happens to me just because I am a Dalit
and a woman? I request you to take action
against the said MP.” Opposition raised
slogans against the BJP-led govt.
Was physically assaulted by BJP
MP Jaskaur Meena: Cong MP
New Delhi: The pro-
posed meeting of the
Ram temple trust
which was scheduled
to be held in Ayodhya
on March 3 and 4 has
been postponed.
Now this meeting
will be held in Delhi
after Holi.
According to trust
sources, the meeting
has been postponed
due to non-availability
of members and the
time taken by the tech-
nical team of the con-
struction committee
to prepare the initial
ground report. Now
this meeting will be
held in Delhi.
In this meeting it-
self, the date of Bhumi
Pujan will be decided
for the construction of
Ram temple. Accord-
ing to sources, the con-
struction of the tem-
ple has been entrusted
to Larsen & Tou-
bro, which has offered
to work for free.
The Bhoomipujan
for construction of the
temple will now be de-
cided only after April
2 as it is the Ram Nav-
ami. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi may
attend the Bhoomi
Poojan. The date will
be announced keeping
in mind Prime Minis-
ter’’s availability and
auspicious time.
Meanwhile, Nripen-
dra Mishra, chairman
of the temple con-
struction committee,
returned to Delhi on
Sunday evening after
visiting Ayodhya. It is
being said that he will
meet the Prime Minis-
ter and give a report
related to the con-
struction work. —ANI
Temple trust meeting postponed
KAR SEVAKS TO BE FELICITATED
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JUSTICE
DELAYED
ONCE AGAIN
cat has nine lives and it appears
that Nirbhaya’s rapists and killers
too have a charmed life like the
feline. They know their lives
hang by a thread yet, taking
advantage of legal loopholes, the quartet
of Pawan Gupta, Akshay Kumar Singh,
Mukesh Kumar, and Vinay Kumar Shar-
ma have been able to once again evade the
noose that awaits them in Tihar jail.
Their scheduled hanging at 6 a.m. tomorrow
has been deferred because, as the judge said,
they have not exhausted all their legal op-
tions. Pawan Gupta’s mercy petition is pend-
ing with President Ram Nath Kovind.
“The condemned convict must not meet
his creator with a grievance in his bosom
that the courts of this country have not
acted fairly in granting him an opportu-
nity to exhaust his legal remedies,” the
Patiala House court in Delhi said. The
hanging had earlier been deferred on
January 22 and February 1.
Pawan Gupta (25) and others, who have
been filing petitions separately to buy time
and delay the inevitable, waited for the Su-
preme Court to decide on his curative peti-
tion. After the Apex Court dismissed the peti-
tion on Monday morning, Gupta filed his
mercy petition and moved Patiala House
court praying for deferment of his execution.
An upset prosecution lawyer Seema
Kushwaha said, “Can’t the court under-
stand the manipulation of law? Our sys-
tem is completely rotten. It takes years to
get justice. We have to fix it together.”
The Central govt moved the SC last month
seeking change in laws which, it said, were
skewed in criminals’ favour. The delaying
tactic has been used despite the Delhi HC giv-
ing them a week’s time last month to exhaust
all their legal remedies.
Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi, who has
been relentless in her pursuit of justice for
her daughter, was distressed by the develop-
ment and called it “delaying tactics” as she
asked the court about her rights as the vic-
tim’s mother. On Monday, the distraught
mother said, “She was savagely raped and
thrown on the streets. Her intestines
were ripped out. And all these courts are
sitting and watching tamasha.”
On December 16, 2012, a paramedical stu-
dent was assaulted and tortured brutally by
these men. She died a few days later. Media
named her Nirbhaya. Their partners in the
gruesome crime were an 18-year-old and
the main accused Ram Singh. The teen-
ager was released after three years in a
reform home, while Ram Singh commit-
ted suicide in Tihar.
A law was specially formulated after the hei-
nous crime. The Criminal Law (Amendment)
Act 2013 (Nirbhaya Act) was legislation passed
byparliamenttoensurejusticetothevictimsof
sexual assault, harassment, stalking, etc. That
does not seem to be happening, as the convicts
have been able to dodge the noose a third time.
IN-DEPTH
A
Goods and
services across
the world are
suffering the
aftermath of the
quick spread of
the Covid-19
virus. Global
exports and
imports and
Chinese exports
and imports are
so intertwined
that it is
unavoidable
y the 20th anni-
versary of Har-
ryPotterin2017,
over 400 million
Harry Potter
books had been sold world-
wide and translated into 68
languages. In spite of J. K.
Rowling’s rejection by a
dozen publishers before
her success with Blooms-
bury, Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone
became one of the best
selling book s of all time.
The film franchise of the
books grossed US$8.5 bil-
lion (almost A$13 billion),
book sales totalled US$7.7
billion (A$11.7 billion),
US$7.3 billion (A$11 bil-
lion) has been made from
toys and merchandise, and
US$2 billion (A$3 billion)
from DVD sales. The Harry
Potter “empire” has an es-
timated total worth of
US$25billion(A$38 billion).
With bars, theme
parks, fan conventions,
mugs, costumes and
knitting patterns going
gangbusters, it seemed
the little wizard could do
no wrong. Words like
“muggle”, “quidditch”
and “Hogwarts” have be-
come part of our vocabu-
lary. But more than a dec-
ade since the last Harry
Potter book was published,
it appears the lucrative
spell is wearing off.
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TO STAGE
Since the end of the belov-
ed series (the last book in
2007 and film in 2011), there
have been two spin-off sto-
ries: the film Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find
Them, and the play Harry
Potter and The Cursed
Child, both released in
2016. The film’s sequel
Fantastic Beasts: The
Crimes of Grindelwald
was released in 2018.
The first Fantastic
Beasts film performed
reasonably well at the
box office, grossing
US$814 million world-
wide (A$1.2 billion),
which is within the earn-
ings range of the first
eight Harry Potter films.
However, the Fantastic
Beasts sequel resulted in
less box office revenue
than the first, at US$654
million (A$1 billion) glob-
ally, the lowest grossing of
all the “Harry-verse” films.
Subsequent questions
have been raised about
how the third planned film
will perform, let alone the
rest of the five-film series
that had previously been
mooted.
The Harry Potter and
the Cursed Child play is
broadly considered a
West End and Broadway
success and has toured
internationally. Despite
the huge amount of money
invested and the creative
approach taken in promot-
ing the production, ticket
sales have seen a consider-
able drop in the past year
(50% since their peak).
A TURNING POINT
In and of itself the play
was always going to be a
challenge: it is a two-part
production which means
theatre goers have to buy
two tickets and attend
twice. The producers say
it is intended to be seen
“in order on the same
day (matinee and even-
ing) or on two consecu-
tive evenings”.
This makes cost a prob-
lematic factor. It’s also a big
timecommitment.Theplay
has a rather daunting run-
ning time of around two
hours and 40 minutes each
time, making a total dura-
tion of just over five hours.
That’s likely to be too much
for many young fans.
And about those “young
fans”. When the Harry Pot-
ter and the Chamber of
Secrets movie debuted in
2002, 60% of the audience
was under the age of 15.
This cohort are now in
their 30s and this age group
is considered as “non-thea-
tre goers”. In the UK the
average theatre audience
member is 52. The average
age of the Broadway the-
atregoer is 42 years old.
Australian audiences at
musicals and operas were
last estimated to be pre-
dominantly between 55 and
74 years of age in 2014.
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India’s rich culture & heritage
manifests across various art
forms, with paintings being an
intrinsic part Warli, Lippan &
Pichwai art forms are originated
from Maharashtra, Gujarat &
Rajashtan respectively, whose
artists are today showcasing their
work & talent through Railways.
ECONOMY
IN THE
TIME OF AN
EPIDEMIC
CHINA ACCOUNTS FOR AROUND 18 PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL GDP (2019) COMPARED
TO 4 PERCENT WHEN THE SARS EPIDEMIC HAD BROKEN OUT IN 2003
hen the world’s second-largest
economy gets hit, the tremors
are bound to be felt by both large
economies such as the US and
developing ones like our own.
The coronavirus epidemic,
with its epicenter in Wuhan, the
capital of the busy province of
Hubei in China, has claimed
more than 3,000 lives and infect-
ed over 88,000. It has spread to
over 60 countries and sent
shockwaves through finan-
cial markets. Beyond its path-
ological implications, lies its
impact on the global economy.
IMPACT ON INDIA
The trade between China and
India is worth $87 billion, of
which we import goods worth
$70 billion from China. It in-
cludes everything from electric
componentsandmachines,med-
ical instruments and pharma
raw materials, vehicles and auto
parts,ironandsteelcomponents
to nuclear machinery.
While China takes 5.1 per-
centof ourtotalexports,inthe
form of cotton, salt and organ-
ic chemicals, and mineral and
metal ores among others, we
get 13.7 percent of our total
imports from China alone.
Needless to say then, when
our second-largest trading part-
ner hits the brakes on its facto-
ry output, companies in India
break into a sweat.
Wemayhavepushedforsmart-
phonemanufacturerstoincrease
their domestic production, but
they still depend on China for
theircomponents.Otherelectron-
ic goods manufacturers would
also be facing production issues.
A supply shortfall in consum-
er electrical and electronic
goods in India (either due to
coronavirus-led Chinese cuts or
our economic slowdown) would
also trouble online sales, as
they form a sizable portion of
e-commerce goods sales.
Pharma companies bring
in key raw ingredients from
China to make medicines.
Automobile manufacturers,
too, are heavily dependent
for their components on
their Chinese suppliers.
However, the Chinese New
Year in January-February
would have proved to be a great-
er boon than usual as compa-
nies would have stocked up by
December last year, anticipat-
ing the Chinese holiday season.
The extra stock will act as a
cushion for some weeks till
March, as will India’s weak con-
sumer demand. But if the Cov-
id-19 virus continues its ram-
page, the second quarter could
see more manufacturing dis-
ruption in this slowdown.
GOODS AND SERVICES
Goods and services across the
world are suffering the after-
math of the quick spread of the
Covid-19 virus. Global exports
and imports and Chinese ex-
ports and imports are so inter-
twined that it is unavoidable.
The spillover of disruption
has been the most acute in Chi-
na’s neighbours as seen in their
monetary policy responses.
GOODS MOVEMENT
Shipping has been heavily af-
fected with curbs on movement
to stem the spread of the Cov-
id-19 virus.
Shipping companies have cut
back on their ships sailing from
China to the rest of the world,
carrying goods, to prevent the
virus from advancing to other
areas.
It has a direct bearing on
the world’s supply chain as
80 percent of global goods
trade by volume is trans-
ported in ships and China
itself houses seven of the
world’s 10 busiest container
sea-ports, says the United
Nations Conference on
Trade and Development. The
contagious coronavirus is a
threat to business infrastruc-
ture in adjoining countries as
well, as Singapore and South
Korea, too, have busy ports and
have seen the disease escalate.
The far-reaching supply con-
straints have affected the US
economy as well, besides its dar-
ling stocks like Apple, with its
manufacturing and services ac-
tivities at their lowest levels this
February in over six years on
fearsof thecoronavirusoutbreak
slowing global demand, accord-
ing to a monthly private survey.
Businesses are worried
about tepid demand as well
as managing the limited sup-
ply for existing demand, with
news of how even e-com-
merce giant, Amazon, taking
precautions as Chinese sellers
cut back on their visibility and
promotions to limit orders.
Global GDP
The global GDP will be compro-
mised due to the economic fall-
out of the coronavirus. China
accounts for around 18 percent
of the global GDP (2019) com-
pared to 4 percent when the
Sars epidemic had broken out
in 2003. Chinese businesses
are now more ingrained in
global supply chains.
Sars had robbed China of 1
percent of its economic growth
in the eight months it had last-
ed. The coronavirus is expected
to shave off 1-2 percentage
points off China’s GDP growth
in the first quarter of 2020.
INVESTOR TAKEAWAY IN
TIMES OF EPIDEMICS
Contagious epidemics bring un-
certainty to the investing com-
munity worldwide, prompting
them to move towards tradition-
alassetssuchasgoldsandbonds
that are perceived to be more
stable, instead of the assets with
systemic risk like equities.
That is where smart invest-
ment planning involving diver-
sification and asset allocation
comes in. It allows us to stay out
of troubled waters and focus on
our health, instead.
W
TRANSMISSION AND SIGNS OF
CORONA VIRUS INFECTION
SHARE OF CHINA IN WORLD
EXPORTS, BY PRODUCT (%2018)
Fuels 2%
Minerals 2%
Miscellaneous 3%
Vegetables 4%
Animals 4%
Transportation 5%
Food Products 5%
Chemicals 7%
Stones and glass 8%
Wood 9%
Plastic and rubber 11%
Metals 13%
Mach and Elec 20%
Hides and Skins 26%
Textiles and Clothing 34%
Footwear 39%
10%0% 20% 30% 40%

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
New Delhi: A public
interest litigation (PIL)
filed in the SC on Mon-
day sought a court-mon-
itored special investiga-
tion team (SIT) investi-
gation into the violence
that rocked the national
capital last week.
The PIL, filed by so-
cial activist Yogita
Bhayana through advo-
cate Utsav Singh Bains,
sought a court-moni-
tored SIT probe into the
murder of IB officer
Ankit Sharma, damage
of places of worship in
Ashok Nagar, incidents
of throwing of acid on
CRPF officials etc. “Is-
sue an appropriate writ,
order or direction di-
recting the respondents
to set-up a court-moni-
tored SIT of officers
with impeccable integ-
rity to investigate all
deaths of persons in the
Delhi riots including,
damaging/destruction/
vandalizing of places of
worship in Ashok Na-
gar and elsewhere in
Delhi, incidents of
throwing acid on CRPF,
destruction of home of
a BSF jawan...,” the PIL
said.
The petition also
sought directions to ini-
tiate departmental ac-
tion against police offic-
ers for failure to pre-
vent the violence and
provide necessary help
to the victims. —ANI
PILseekscourt-monitoredSITprobe
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police on Monday is-
sued 16 helpline num-
bers for residents of
different parts in the
national capital to ver-
ify any report or ru-
mour of violence in the
city.
In a statement, the
Delhi Police said, “Un-
substantiated reports
of tense situation in
Delhi are being mis-
chievously circulated
on social media. It is to
reiterate that such re-
ports are being circu-
latedtospreadrumours
and create panic
amongst public.” “Del-
hi Police is closely mon-
itoring the social media
accounts spreading
fake news or rumours.
Strict legal action will
be taken against those
who are found involved
in spreading rumours.
People are asked to ver-
ify such reports from
Police on the following
phone numbers.” the
police said and shared
the numbers in a photo-
graph. —ANI
New Delhi: Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal has
urged people to inform
state govt about anyone
who is in need by using
#DelhiRelief so that
help can reach the
needy on time. “We are
working 24/7 to make
sure relief efforts reach
all in need. Please men-
tion the exact address/
contact details so that
we can reach them. We
will ensure a quick re-
sponse from our agen-
cies,” Kejriwal tweeted.
“Intheaftermathof the
violence in Northeast
areas of Delhi, CM Ke-
jriwal appealed to the
people to provide de-
tails of the needy for a
quick response from
govt agencies,” read an
official statement. —ANI
Delhi Police issues 16
helpline numbers
Security personnel stand guard along a road as children return from school at riot-affected Khajoori Khas area of northeast Delhi.
LG Anil Baijal leaves after meeting PM Modi at Parl, in New Delhi.
Reach us on twitter using
#DelhiRelief for help: Kejri
IS THE APPOINTMENT OF SEBI
CHIEF FOR SHORTER PERIOD?
If top sources are to be believed, six months
extension to SEBI Chief Ajay Tyagi is for shorter
period may be for three or five months.Even his
order says “Term of Ajay Tyagi is extended for
a period of six months beyond Feb 29 or until
further orders whichever is earlier”.
HARISH KUMAR NOW OUT
OF RACE FOR ED!
After the appointment of Harish Kumar in Set-
tlement Commission, it is said he is out of the
race for the post of Director Enforcement. Harish
Kumar is presently DG (Vigilance) IT in Delhi.
H B S GILL IS NEW DG INVESTIGATIONS IT
H B S Gill has succeeded Harish Kumar as DG,
Investigations, Income Tax in Delhi.
GARG IS NOW ADVISOR TO
ANDHRA PRADESH CM
Former Secretary Finance, S C Garg has been
appointed Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister in the rank of Cabinet Minister. He is
1983 batch former IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
WHEN IS GOVT RE-EMPLOYING LT
GEN (RETD) RANBIR SINGH?
Army circles in many Officers Mess are still spec-
ulating about retired Northern Army Commander
Lt Gen Ranbir Singh’s possible re-engagement
with the Govt in some manner. The biggest possi-
bility still is about him being given the post of
Security Advisor in J&K. However, considering
the surprises which await most top appointments
now, he could be roped in for something even
more significant in months to come.
PESB YET TO HOLD INTERVIEWS
FOR CMD, REC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is
yet to hold interviews for the post of Chairman
& Managing Director, Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC).
K K GUPTA TO SUCCEED UMESH
SHARMA AS DIRECTOR (FIN),
MMTC LTD ON JUNE 1
Kapil Kumar Gupta, GM, Engineers India Limited,
is expected to succeed Umesh Sharma as Director
(Finance), MMTC Limited on June 1, 2020.
TENURE OF DHIRENDRA
OJHA TO END SOON
The tenure of Dhirendra Ojha working as Director
General (Media & Communications) in ECI is
ending soon. He is a 1990 batch IIS officer.
T K MANOJ KUMAR TO REMAIN AT
CENTRE AFTER EMPANELMENT
TO SECRETARY RANK
T K Manoj Kumar, whose tenure was ending in
March 2020, will remain in centre after empan-
elment to Secretary rank. Kumar, who joined
central deputation in Sept 2012, is a 1987 batch
IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
SATENDRA KUMAR GOMASTA
IN RACE FOR CMD, CMPDIL
Satendra Kumar Gomasta, Director (Technical),
CMPDIL, appears to be in the race for the post of
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Mine
Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL),
falling vacant next year.
JOY GHOSH IS NOW DIRECTOR,
EXPERT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Joy Ghosh of Hyderabad has been inducted as
Director, Export Advisory Committee of the Min-
istry of Corporate Affairs in the Govt of India.
L C TRIVEDI TO HOLD ADDITIONAL
CHARGE AS GM, NER
LC Trivedi, presently posted as General Manag-
er, East Central Railway, had been handed over
additional charge as General Manager, Northern
Eastern Railway w.e.f. March 1, 2020 for a period
of three months till the posting of a regular GM.
He is an IRSME officer.
S N SRIVASTAVA IS NEW POLICE
COMMISSIONER, DELHI
SN Srivastava has succeeded Amulya Patnaik as
Police Commissioner of Delhi on Sunday. He is
1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
ORDERS OF A B PANDEY
TO BE ISSUED TODAY
Orders of Dr AB Pandey as new Secy Finance in
the Govt of India are to be issued on Monday. He
is 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
ORDERS OF GOPAL REDDY
TO BE ISSUED TODAY
Orders of Gopal Reddy as OSD are to be issued on
Monday. 1985 batch IAS officer Gopal Reddy will
take over as CS of Madhya Pradesh on Apri 1.
MRS SHEFALI SHAH PROMOTED
TO PRCCIT GRADE
Mrs Shefali Shah has been promoted to the grade
of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax.
POWERGallery
14,591 FARMERS COMMITTED
SUICIDE IN FIVE YEARS IN MAHA
Mumbai: As many as
14,591 farmers com-
mitted suicide in Maha-
rashtra, state Relief and
Rehabilitation Minister
Vijay Wadettiwar said
on Monday. He also said
that 1,286 farmers ended
their lives in 2019 in 11
districts falling under the
Nagpur and Amravati rev-
enue divisions.The minis-
ter gave this information
in the state Legislative
Council while replying
to a question raised by
Congress MLC Sharad
Ranpise. “From October
2014 to August 2019, as
many as 14,591 farmers
have committed suicide,
of which 5,430 cases are
disqualified for any help,
while another 214 cases
are pending for enquiry,”
Mr Wadettiwar said.
`10L COMPENSATION FOR
BSF’S HOUSE BURNT IN DELHI
New Delhi: Border Security Force (BSF) jawan
Mohammed Anees -- whose house was set on
fire during the communal violence in north-east
Delhi last week -- was presented an aid cheque of
Rs. 10 lakh by Inspector General (IG) of BSF DK
Upadhyay on Monday. The BSF jawan’s house in
Khajuri Khas was torched during the violence on
February 25. His colleagues have come forward
to help Mr Anees at this crucial time. Mr Anees is
going to get married soon and preparations for
the wedding ceremony were on at his house.
CONG LEADER SINGHVI SENDS
DEFAMATION NOTICE TO SAROSH
New Delhi: Congress
leader Dr Abhishek Manu
Singhvi has sent a legal
notice for criminal and
civil defamation to Lon-
don-based lawyer Sarosh
Zaiwalla for allegedly
defaming his family name
by linking his father LM
Singhvi to Bofors case
in a book. Singhvi, in the
legal notice sent through
his lawyer Jaiveer Sher-
gill, sought a public apol-
ogy from Zaiwala. The
Congress leader alleged
that London-based lawyer
Sarosh Zaiwalla defamed
his family name by linking
his father LM Singhvi to
Bofors case in the book.
The book ‘Honour Bound
- Adventures of an Indian
Lawyer in the English
Courts’, which was
launched last month.
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Monday
c o n -
demned
the vio-
l e n c e
w h i c h
had bro-
ken out in North-East
district of Delhi.
“We are sad and de-
pressed and condemn
the incident that hap-
pened in Delhi. I think
it is a planned genocide.
We have to reach out to
more people. We need to
keep our ego aside,” Ba-
nerjee said at an event
here. Banerjee further
said that she had gotten
three people arrested
for raising provocative
slogans in Kolkata.
“In Delhi, BJP lead-
ers who gave provoca-
tive slogans have not
been arrested, but I got
three of the BJP work-
ers arrested (on charges
of raising ‘desh ke gad-
daron ko...’ slogans in
Kolkata) last night,”
she said.
“These words are pro-
vocative, strong action
will be taken. This is
not Delhi, this is Ben-
gal,” Mamata added.
Delhi violence
was a planned
genocide, says
Mamata
New Delhi: A Delhi
court on Monday de-
ferred for April 23 the
pronouncement of or-
der in a complaint filed
by the CPI-M leader
Brinda Karat against
BJP lawmakers Anurag
Thakur and Parvesh
Verma for alleged in-
flammatory remarks.
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Vishal Pa-
huja deferred the mat-
ter, while observing
that the matter is be-
ing heard by the high
court following which
he posted the matter
for April 23.
On the last date of
hearing, the Crime
Branch of the Delhi Po-
lice said that “no cogni-
zable offence is made
out” against the two
BJP lawmakers for
their alleged inflamma-
tory remarks.
In the report filed on
Wednesday, the police
stated, “On the basis of
allegations levelled in
the complaint, no cogni-
zable offence has been
found to be committed.”
It said that the sub-
sequent violence in
the national capital
has “no connection to
the speeches men-
tioned in the com-
plaint”. Police further
sought more time to
file a final ATR in the
matter. “Situation in
Delhi is such that po-
lice is busy and, hence
we want more time.”
Karat had filed the
complaint against the
BJP leaders on charges
of outraging religious
feelings, intending
to provoke, breach of
trust and criminal
intimidation. —IANS
Court defers order on plea against
Anurag Thakur, Parvesh VermaNew Delhi: SC judge,
Justice R Banumathi,
on Monday recused her-
self from hearing two
petitions including one
seeking transfer of the
rape case filed against
former union minis-
ter and BJP leader
Swami Chinmayanan-
da from Uttar Pradesh
to a Delhi court.
The second petition,
filed by senior advocate
Colin Gonsalves on be-
half of the rape survi-
vor, challenged the bail
granted to Chinma-
yanand by the Alla-
habad High Court.
Swami
Chinmayanand
case: SC Judge
recuses herself
New Delhi: Delhi Lieuten-
ant Governor Anil Baijal
on Monday arrived in
Parliament to meet Home
Minister Amit Shah. The
Delhi Police has regis-
tered 254 FIRs including
41 cases under the Arms
Act. Two Special Investi-
gative Teams (SITs) under
Dehli Police’s Crime
Branch to investigate the
violence. —ANI
LG ANIL BAIJAL
ARRIVES IN PARL
TO MEET SHAH
New Delhi: Delhi LG
Anil Baijal met PM Nar-
endra Modi on Monday
for almost an hour and
they are likely to have
discussed the violence
in the national capital.
“I met PM Modi,”
said Baijal after the
meeting but did not re-
veal what was dis-
cussed. The two are
likely to have discussed
the violence in the city.
At least 42 people have
lost their lives and over
200 were injured.
Delhi LG meets PM Modi
discusses Delhi situation
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The SC on
Monday refused to re-
fer to a larger bench a
batch of pleas, chal-
lenging the constitu-
tional validity of Cen-
tre’s decision of abro-
gating provisions of
Article 370.
The five-judge Con-
stitution bench of the
Apex Court, headed by
Justice N V Ramana,
refused to refer the pe-
titions to a larger
bench.
The SC had earlier
heard the detailed ar-
guments and submis-
sions from the respec-
tive petitioners and
respondent, including
that of the Centre’s,
and had reserved its
judgement on the
batch of petitions.
In August last year,
the govt abrogated Ar-
ticle 370, which ac-
corded special status
to the erstwhile state
of Jammu and Kash-
mir and bifurcated the
region into two Union
territories- J&K and
Ladakh.
SC denies to refer Article 370 cases to larger bench
DELHI VIOLENCE

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
SUSTAINING ALL LIFE ON EARTH
O
n 20 December 2013, at its 68th
session, the United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly (UNGA) pro-
claimed 3 March – the day of sig-
nature of the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 – as UN
World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise
awareness of the world’s wild animals and
plants.
The UNGA resolution also designated
the CITES Secretariat as the facilitator for
the global observance of this special day
for wildlife on the UN calendar. World
Wildlife Day has now become the most im-
portant global annual event dedicated to
wildlife.
World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in
2020 under the theme “Sustaining all life
on Earth”, encompassing all wild animal
and plant species as key components of the
world’s biodiversity. This aligns with UN
Sustainable Development Goals 1, 12, 14
and 15, and their wide-ranging commit-
ments on alleviating poverty, ensuring sus-
tainable use of resources, and on conserv-
ing life both on land and below water to
halt biodiversity loss.
Earth is home to countless species of
fauna and flora – too many to even attempt
counting. This rich diversity, and the bil-
lions of years during which its myriad ele-
ments have interacted, are precisely what
has made our planet inhabitable for all
living creatures, including humans. His-
torically, we have depended on the con-
stant interplay and interlinkages between
all elements of the biosphere for all our
needs: the air we breathe, the food we eat,
the energy we use, and the materials we
need for all purposes. However, unsustain-
able human activities and overexploita-
tion of the species and natural resources
that make up the habitats and ecosystems
of all wildlife are imperiling the world’s
biodiversity. Nearly a quarter of all species
are presently at risk of going extinct in the
coming decades, and their demise would
only speed up the disappearance of count-
less others, putting us in danger as well.
On World Wildlife Day, we will celebrate
the special place of wild plants and ani-
mals in their many varied and beautiful
forms as a component of the world’s bio-
logical diversity. We will work to raise
awareness of the multitude of benefits of
wildlife to people, particularly to those
communities who live in closest proximity
to it, and we will discuss the threats they
are facing and the urgent need for govern-
ments, civil society, private sector actors
and individuals to add their voices and
take actions to help conserve wildlife and
ensure its continued use is sustainable.
M
adhya Pradesh, the tiger state of
India has reiterated its focus on
wildlifetourismandstrengthening
its ongoing efforts towards combating the
threats of climate change and global warm-
ingbyfocusingonwildlifeconservationand
upliftment of forest dwellers.
Thestatewillalsobefocusingoncreating
favourable conditions for the conservation
of tigers especially the endangered Bengal
Tiger and the rare White Tiger. Madhya
Pradesh ranks first in the country with 526
tigers as per the results of the All India Ti-
ger Assessment declared on July 29, 2019.
Sustained tiger conservation efforts have
paidrichdividendsinMPwherethepopula-
tion of the big cat registered a healthy rise
of 218 in four years from 308 tigers in 2014
to 526 in the 2018 census.
The State has six tiger reserves (combin-
ing parts of National Parks and Wildlife
Sanctuaries) namely Kanha, Pench, Sat-
pura, Bandhavgarh, Panna and Sanjay.
The state also plans to create around 11
more protected areas within the state from
the current numbers of 24 wildlife sanctu-
aries and 11 national parks.
“Madhya Pradesh is referred to as wild-
life state of India with numerous sanctuar-
ies and reserves. At a time where the num-
bers of many animal species are declining,
Madhya Pradesh has played a pivotal part
in India’s wildlife conservation programs.
As the World Wildlife Day approaches on
March 3, we would like to reiterate our
commitment to protecting endangered
wildlife, especially tigers through a scien-
tific, planned and people-centric approach
with strict enforcement guidelines and
team support,” said Faiz Ahmed Kidwai
(IAS), Secretary Tourism, Govt of Mad-
hya Pradesh and Managing Director, Mad-
hya Pradesh Tourism Board.
“From preserving tiger population, to
being the state with the highest leopard,
vultures and gharial (an ‘endemic’ croco-
dile species) population to having success-
fully increased the population of the
highly endangered Barasingha (a hard
ground swamp deer), Madhya Pradesh
has come a long way in protecting the
natural order and habitat for animals. It
has implemented many important conser-
vation policies and ensured a crackdown
on poaching,” he further added.
Six of the 11 national parks of Madhya
Pradesh are also integrated with Project
Tiger, a conservation programme that
was launched in 1973 by the Central Gov-
ernment when the tiger numbers had
dwindled so dramatically that there were
fears that the big cat was in danger of ex-
tinction.
MP reiterates focus
on wildlife tourism
World Wildlife Day
will be celebrated
under the theme
“Sustaining all life
on Earth”,
encompassing all
wild animals and
plant species as key
components of the
world’s biodiversity
WILDLIFE MOVIES YOU CAN’T MISS
Based on Joy Adamson’s
non-fiction book (1960)
of the same name. From
three lion cubs that were
rescued (two of which got
sent to Rotterdam Zoo in
Netherlands) to raising
the third one—Elsa the
lioness—well into matu-
rity and everything that is
in between belonging to
the wild and being around
human settlement, this
movie warms one’s heart
from the beginning till the
end. Now an adult lion-
ess, Elsa gets into trouble
with villagers for which
the Adamsons face the
pressure of either sending
Elsa to a zoo or back in
the wild. Zoo being out of
question, in three months’
time, the Adamsons work
hard on reintroducing
Elsa to the wild.
A Dog’s Purpose is a
2017 American comedy-
drama adventure film
directed by Lasse
Hallström and written
by W. Bruce Cameron,
Cathryn Michon, Audrey
Wells, Maya Forbes, and
Wally Wolodarsky, based
on the 2010 novel of the
same name by W. Bruce
Cameron. The film stars
Britt Robertson, KJ Apa,
Juliet Rylance, John Ortiz,
Kirby Howell-Baptiste,
Peggy Lipton (in her final
film before her death in
2019), Dennis Quaid, and
Josh Gad. The film, like
the book, tells the story
of a devoted dog who is
looking for his rightful
purpose and wants to
fulfill it.
Hachi: A
Dog’s Tale
is a 2009
drama film
that is a
remake of
the 1987
Japanese
film Hachik
Monoga-
tari, which
follows the
true story
of the Akita
dog named
Hachik. It
was directed
by Lasse
Hallström,
written by
Stephen
P. Lindsey
and Kaneto
Shindo, and
stars Richard
Gere, Joan
Allen and Sa-
rah Roemer.
BORN FREE (1966) HACHI: A DOG’S TALE (2009)
A DOG’S
PURPOSE (2017)
Life of Pi is a 2012 adventure drama film based
on Yann Martel’s 2001 novel of the same name.
Directed by Ang Lee, the film’s adapted screen-
play was written by David Magee. The storyline
revolves around an Indian man named “Pi” Patel,
telling a novelist about his life story, and how at
16 he survives a shipwreck and is adrift in the
Pacific Ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
The film had its worldwide premiere as the open-
ing film of the 51st New York Film Festival at both
the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall in
New York City on September 28, 2012.
LIFE OF PI
(2012)
THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
The Jungle Book is a 2016 Ameri-
can fantasy adventure film directed
and produced by Jon Favreau, pro-
duced by Walt Disney Pictures, and
written by Justin Marks. Based on
Rudyard Kipling’s eponymous col-
lective works and inspired by Walt
Disney’s 1967 animated film of the
same name, The Jungle Book is a
live-action/CGI film that tells the
story of Mowgli, an orphaned hu-
man boy who, guided by his animal
guardians, sets out on a journey
of self-discovery while evading the
threatening Shere Khan.
DUMA (2005)
Duma is a 2005 American fam-
ily drama adventure film about a
young South African boy’s friend-
ship with an orphaned cheetah,[1]
set in the country of South Africa
and based on How It Was with
Dooms by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft
and Xan Hopcraft. It was directed
by Carroll Ballard and stars Alex-
ander Michaletos, Eamonn Walker,
Campbell Scott and Hope Davis.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR
DRAGON (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon is a
2010 American computer-animated
action fantasy film loosely based
on the 2003 book of the same
name by British author Cressida
Cowell, produced by DreamWorks
Animation and distributed by Para-
mount Pictures. The story takes
place in a mythical Viking world
where a young Viking teenager
named Hiccup aspires to follow
his tribe’s tradition of becoming a
dragon slayer.

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