Trump visits newly renovated Motera stadium in Ahmedabad, the largest cricket stadium in the world. He praises India and its prime minister Modi in a speech to a crowd of over 1.25 lakh people. Trump announces $3 billion in defence deals between the US and India. Modi welcomes Trump to the largest democracy and hails the deepening of ties between the two countries under his visit. Violent clashes erupt in Delhi between pro and anti-CAA protesters, killing a police head constable and three civilians.

1. Ahmedabad: The ren-
ovated Motera stadi-
um here is yet to host
its first cricket match
but on Monday the
sprawling facility be-
came the site of a
public spectacle
where US President
Donald Trump show-
ered encomiums on
India and Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
amid a rather deliri-
ous crowd.
The jam-packed are-
na, also known as Sard-
ar Patel Stadium, fre-
quently broke into ap-
plause as people dis-
played enthusiasm for
the first visit by any US
president to the home
state of Modi.
Trumps praise for
India, his denouncing
of the menace of ter-
rorism and his try at
Hindi during his over
2 5 - m i n u t e - l o n g
speech was well re-
ceived by people and
punctuated by con-
stant clapping by the
nearly 1.25 lakh-
strong crowd.
He also announced
defence deals between
the two countries worth
3 billion dollars.
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Ahmedabad: Address-
ing the crowd at the
Motera stadium in
Ahmedabad for the
“Namaste Trump”
event, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi hailed
US President Donald
Trump for deepening
the India-US ties sig-
nificantly and said
that the visit was re-
flective of new chap-
ter in bilateral ties of
the two countries.
“India-US relations
are no longer just an-
other partnership. It is
a far greater and closer
relationship. One is
‘land of the free’ the
other believes the world
is one family. One feels
proud of ‘statue of lib-
erty’ the other feels
proud of ‘statue of uni-
ty’,” he further said.
Recalling his “How-
dy Modi” event in Hou-
ston in September,
2019, Modi said histo-
ry was being repeated
in Motera Stadium.
“I was at the Howdy
Modi event in Houston
and today President
Trump is beginning his
historic trip to India
with a visit to
Ahmedabad. I welcome
President Trump to the
world’s Turn on P4
New Delhi: Violent
clashes broke out be-
tween pro and anti-
Citizenship Amend-
ment Act (CAA) pro-
testers for the second
consecutive day in
Northeast Delhi on
Monday. A Delhi Po-
lice Head Constable
Ratan Lal belonging
to Sikar district and
three civilians were
killed as violent mobs
torchedvehicles,homes,
and shops in northeast
Delhi, particularly in
the areas of Maujpur,
Kardampuri, Chand
Bagh and Dayalpur. Sec-
tion 144 of CrPC has
been imposed in the af-
fected areas.
Union Minister of
State for Home G Kis-
han Reddy Monday al-
leged that the violence
in northeast Delhi was
orchestrated with an
eye on US President
Donald Trump’s visit to
India, ANI reported.
“Violence in north-
east Delhi was orches-
trated with an eye on
the US President’s visit
to India. I condemn it.
The Government of In-
dia will never tolerate
violence. We will take
strict action against
those responsible. MHA
is monitoring the situa-
tion,” ANI quoted him
as saying.
AccusingtheCongress
of the situation in north-
east Delhi, Reddy said,
“Rahul Gandhi, the Con-
gress party and those
people who are support-
ingprotestsagainstCAA
shouldtellwhoisrespon-
sible for damaging the
image of India.” “Addi-
tional forces have been
deployed in Delhi. Our
prime responsibility is
to maintain law and or-
der in Delhi,” he said.
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At cricket arena ‘man of match’
Trump strikes chord with crowd
Will sign $3 bn defence deal
on Tuesday, announces Trump
Cop from Raj, 3 civilians killed in Delhi clashes before Trump’s arrival
The clashes began with ‘CAA’ rival
groups pelting stones at each other.
Police managed to keep the warring
groups at bay for some time before
the situation started to get out of hand
Protestors hurl stones during clashes between a group of pro and
anti CAA protestors at Jafrabad in northeast Delhi on Monday.
(Inset) 33-year-old man identified as Shahrukh detained by Police
for allegedly firing in Northeast Delhi’s Maujpur.
Ashok Gehlot@ashokgehlot51
Saddened by the death of Head Consta-
ble Sh. Ratan Lal, native of #Rajasthan
in the violence that erupted in #Delhi. My
heartfelt condolences to his family. I condemn all
acts of violence and urge authorities to maintain
law & order in Delhi.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pose for photographers in the backdrop of Taj Mahal, in Agra on Monday.
Crowd throngs stage to get a snapshot of Home Minister Amit Shah during the ‘Namaste
Trump’ event. Shah, who is also the president of Gujarat Cricket Association, had been
instrumental in preparing the extravagant event and had reached Ahmedabad on Sunday to
take stock of things at Motera Stadium. —PHOTO BY NANDAN DAVE
PM Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump and First Lady
Melania Trump at Sabarmati Ashram, in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Long live India-US friendship: PM
STATUE OF THREE
WISE MONKEYS,
CHARKHA AS GIFTS
A marble replica of
Mahatma Gandhi’s “three
wise monkeys”, a copy of
his Talisman and a special
edition of his autobiogra-
phy were among the items
gifted to US President
Donald Trump and wife
Melania during their visit
to the Sabarmati Ashram
on Monday. PM Narendra
Modi gifted the iconic
statue of “three wise
monkeys”, representing
the message “see no evil,
hear no evil and speak
no evil,” to Trump and
his wife on behalf of the
Indian government. The
sculpture was a replica of
the statue that was gifted
to Gandhi by a Japanese
monk in 1933. P5
TRUMP CELEBRATES ‘GENIUS’ OF
BOLLYWOOD, REMEMBERS ‘DDLJ’
AFGHAN PEACE DEAL RECEIVES
‘TREMENDOUS SUPPORT’: TRUMP
Using Bollywood to strike a chord with
movie-loving Indians, US President Donald
Trump on Monday hailed the “genius” of the
Hindi film industry and recalled two all-time
favourites, “Sholay” and “Dilwale Dulhania Le
Jayenge” (DDLJ). Addressing the ‘Namaste
Trump’ event at the Motera Stadium here, the
US president said people “take great joy” in
watching Bollywood films. P5
The landmark Afghan peace deal has received
“tremendous support”, President Trump said
on Monday, ahead of a possible agreement
between the US and the Taliban in the
war-torn country on February 29. The US is
set to sign a peace deal with the Taliban on
Saturday provided that a week-long reduction
in violence across the strife-torn country holds,
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a
recent statement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi guides US
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania,
towards stage of the Namaste Trump event
in Ahmedabad on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI

2. FRAUD PROPERTY
CASES INCREASING
BY THE DAY
The graph of fraud cases in real
estate is going north. Most
commissionerate police stations
have cases registered involving
the builders. Some cases are talk
of the town while some have been
managed with an FR. And there
are a few which will be decided in
the court. Most cases relate to non
payment of dues and a some are
straight up fraud cases. All such
cases are being seriously monitored.
CREDAI HITS ROUGH PATCH,
HEADS TRYING HARD
The property Bazar is abuzz with ‘The CREDAI
TALES’. CREDAI Rajasthan is divided in 2 teams.
Initially Gupta and Mathur groups called the shots.
But later with changed scenario and equation the old
war horses have stopped participating. Adding to
the misery the number of CREDAI members is also
going down. Although this trend started during the
earlier regime. The new regime made certain changes
yet there are some members still unhappy. May be
this is the reason of comparatively sheenless events
by CREDAI now. The new president along with the
chairman are trying their best to keep CREDAI unified
but at present the whole scenario appears grim.
FIRST INDIA spreads
its vistas... we shall
now recount bytes
and buzz in the real
estate sector
Check
Realty
MANGLAM ANANDA PHASE 2 PITCHED AT `100 CRORE
The capital property bazar is excited with the news of Manglam Ananda Phase 2 coming up
on 47 bigha land. Project directors Rajendra Agrawal and Nand Gupta of Manglam Build
Developers have registered their project with RERA. This project is pitched at Rs 100 crore.
MANGLAM RESIDENCY SET
TO BEGIN IN JHUNJHUNU
Manglam Build Developers have created
a buzz in the property market with
their project worth Rs 20 crore. The
project directors Ram Agrawal and Vinod
Goyal have registered their project as
Manglam Residency Jhunjhunu on a nine
and a half bigha land.
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MIGHT IS RIGHT!
‘Might is Right’, yes it is an established fact
in the drug controller department and this
‘Might’ has nothing to do with the seniority of
the officer. Whoever can pull the right strings
at the right time proves his might and makes
the most of it. There are two drug controller
posts namely Drug Controller – I and Drug
Controller – II adorned by Diwakar Patel and
Rajaram presently. Interestingly Ajay Fatak, who
is designated as Asst Drug Controller, due to his
proximity to Former Health Minister Kalicharan
Saraf was designated as Drug Controller – I
for quite a long time during BJP Govt’s tenure.
Then Rajaram had to contend working as Drug
Controller – II. With Congress coming to power
in the state, Fatak was shown the door and
Rajaram pulled the right strings smartly and
surprisingly he was asked to handle both I &
II posts. Senior Diwakar Patel was reduced to
a mere spectator but he didn’t lose heart and
searched for the right strings and finally pulled
them. Now Diwakar Patel is Drug Controller – I
and Rajaram is back to his old post of Drug
Controller – II as per orders released on 19th
February... . Indeed ‘Might is Right’.
OFF THE
RECORD
CM Gehlot to give wings to Jaipur Flying SchoolFirst India News
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, in his
budget speech, an-
nounced the re-opening
of Jaipur Flying School
at Jaipur Airport which
was closed around 12
years ago. Jaipur Flying
Club has a history
worth a mention. When
the club started its op-
erations in 1958, after it
was founded on Novem-
ber 16, 1957, the then PM
Jawahar Lal Nehru was
the patron of the club.
With initiation of ‘C’
certificate course,
flights to cities like Del-
hi, Kota, Bharatpur,
Shahpura, Bikaner,
Gwalior, Bhatinda, Jal-
landhar, Indore and
Lucknow were took off.
The club gave many dis-
tinguished pilots to In-
dian Air Force, Air In-
dia and Indian Airlines.
But the golden journey
of the club came to an
unceremonious end in
2008 after the scam in
allotment of Commer-
cial Pilot Licenses came
to light. Since then,
many unsuccessful at-
tempts to restart the
facility have been made.
The last time in 2016,
NCC tried to get state
hanger no. 2 for its glid-
ers which was refused
by the then CS.
Once the condition of
compulsorily having
multi engine and 2-4
seater aircraft didn’t let
the plan of restarting
the club take off, while
at other time, the inabil-
ity to self finance the
salaries of its employ-
ees was another reason.
In the last attempt, a let-
ter was written to Modi
government to which
they had replied by
starting the flying
school under PPP mode.
Now with CM Gehlot’s
personal interest, all
the formalities with
civil aviation ministry
and DGCA are being
looked into. Even a fea-
sible fee structure is be-
ing discussed which
could be between Rs 10-
15 lakhs or less depend-
ing on the total number
of students. All the con-
cerned will have to take
lesson from the past so
that the youth of Ra-
jasthan are not denied
of bright opportunities
in the aviation sector
and provide them with
world class facilities
and bring the golden
era of the Jaipur Flying
Club back.
GOLDEN PERIOD
Building near army area
will be demolished: Govt
First India News
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment on Monday
agreed that the 5 storey
building adjacent to the
army area is completely
illegal and the process
to demolish it has been
initiated. AAG Anil Me-
hta filed this reply on
behalf of the state gov-
ernment, to the con-
tempt petition filed by
the Indian Army in HC.
Court had, on 11 Feb-
ruary, issued notices to
JDC T Ravikant and VP
Singh, the then CEO of
JMC, for their negli-
gence in the matter and
allowing the illegal con-
struction to go on in a
strategically sensitive
area. AAG Mehta ap-
pearing for JDA and the
state government did
not only accept that the
building was illegal but
also submitted that the
building had also flout-
ed the bylaws. Court
was also updated that 12
flats of the building had
been seized and evic-
tion notices for six have
been served to the resi-
dents. ASG RD Rastogi
withdrew contempt pe-
tition after AAG’s sub-
mission. Court decided
to hear main petition in
the case on 24 March.
It may be recalled
that the aforesaid build-
ing was under construc-
tion since 2017. Army
had written to JDA,
JMC and state govern-
ment citing the building
to be threat to national
security but the builder
continued with the con-
struction and rented out
flats as well. This was
challenged by the Army
in HC which had or-
dered status quo, yet a 5
storey building was con-
structed. A contempt
petition filed by Army
subsequently resulted
innoticestoJDC&CEO,
JMC by annoyed HC.
First India News
Bikaner: Union Minis-
ter and MP Arjun Ram
Meghwal flagged-off the
inaugural Bikaner-Seal-
dah Duronto Express in
Bikaner on Monday.
Churu MP Rahul Kas-
wan, MLA Siddhi Ku-
mari, MLA Amarchand,
DRM Sanjay Srivastava
were present during the
occasion.
The Duronto Express
via New Delhi will run
four days a week.
It will run every Sun-
day,Monday,Wednesday
and Thursday from
Sealdah station and on
Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays
from Bikaner, the rail-
ways said in a state-
ment.Train no. 12260
will start from Bikaner
at 12:15 pm and reach
Sealdah at 12:45 pm the
next day, whereas train
no. 12259 will leave Seal-
dah at 6:30 pm and reach
Bikaner at 7:15 pm the
next day.
Min flags
off Duronto
Express in
Bikaner
Lucknow: There is a
stray cattle problem in
Uttar Pradesh because
people from Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan
are letting loose their
cows and buffaloes in
the state, UP Minister
Suresh Kumar Khanna
claimed on Monday. The
state parliamentary af-
fairs minister’s remark
came after Congress’
Ajay Kumar Lallu in
Question Hour of state
assembly raised matter
of stray cattle in UP.
Lallu also sought
answer on whether
stray cattle was damag-
ing crops from animal
husbandry minister,
Lakshmi Narayan
Chaudhari, who replied
that such data is not
compiled by his depart-
ment.
People from
MP, Raj letting
loose cattle in
UP: Minister
Plea challenging Triple Talaq act dismissed
First India News
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court has dis-
missed a petition chal-
lenging Muslim Women
(Protection of Rights on
Marriage) Act, 2019
which has been passed
by the central govern-
ment in Parliament to
abolish Triple Talaq.
The double bench
comprising of Justice
Sabeena and Justice
Narendra Singh Dad-
dha dismissed the peti-
tion, citing that the pe-
titioner Shantanu Pa-
reek wasn’t affected of
the act passed by the
government.
Advocate Pareek, in
his petition, had point-
ed an anomaly ques-
tioning how could gov-
ernment’s law declare
‘Triple Talaq’ illegal
when Supreme Court,
in Saira Bank case, had
questioned the legal
sanctity and status of
the term ‘Triple Talaq’
itself.
When a term doesn’t
have a legal status how
can anybody be pun-
ished on the basis of a
law passed with this
term as it’s basis, said
the petition.
But the High Court
dismissed the petition
even before going in it’s
merits. Petitioner was
given the option to with-
draw the petition but he
refused.
FOR A CAUSE Three checks worth more
than Rs 51.93 crore
were presented to Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot on
behalf of State Minerals
Corporation, State
Warehousing Corporation
and RIICO as dividend on
the share capital of the
state government in these
corporations. Also present
were Revenue Minister
Harish Chaudhary, RSWC
Chairman & MD Pawan
Kumar Goyal, Financial
Adviser Brij Bhushan
Sharma, JD (Dev)
Surdeep Singh, JD (Adm)
Raj Vardhan.
GUP
SHUP
GAMA ‘MANAGES’ FRUITS MANDI
AND NOT HIS TERRITORY!
Not long ago a Gama loved his present posting for it had the fruit Mandi in
it’s jurisdiction area. He took it as a blessing for his family health along
with his prime duty of crime control. But now this Gama hates the Mandi
the most. Reason..well the Gama almost on daily basis recieves calls from
superiors asking for fruits delivered to their door steps. This makes Gama
busy in Mandi affairs rather than his prime duty. As and when possible
he excuses himself from the ‘fruit affair’ in the name of being busy in any
criminal act in his area.
THE CURIOUS
CASE OF
‘VANISHING’ DRUGS
The city of lakes is abuzz with a
controversial Gama. Gama is in
news for his narcotic connection.
There have been murmurs of Gama
being involved in ‘vanishing’ of a
huge stock of illegal drugs. Almost
2500 kg of narcotic drugs vanished
from a truck and even the ‘bade
sahabs’ at PHQ are simply doing lip
service on such complaints. Even a
‘Netaji’ complained and wanted the
Gama to be transferred but Gama
is still docked deep in the lake
City because of his heavy political
anchors.
GAMA’S
‘RECOVERY’
WORRIES ALL
Recovery’ is the name of
the game for this Gama
posted in the western district
of Jaipur Commissionerate.
Record recovery from the
sand mafia has made him
the talking point in the
administration so much so
that it has reached the higher
ups. But the Gama continues
undeterred may be because
of one Peter who got him the
plum posting which has sent
all the complaints to the cold
storage for now.
CURBING ACCIDENTS: PHQ
PUTS PLANS ON BACK-BURNER
The plan to control road accidents has met a
road block. A special team was set up from the
officers at PHQ who were to submit a report listing
technical reasons
for road accidents
in cities and on
highways. Taking
all concerned
departments
along, based on
this report, these
technical lacunae
were to be removed. But now these chosen officers
of this special team have been given new & different
responsibilities which has put the proposed plan on
the back burner.

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Nagaur Dalit atrocity: BJP,
RLP MLAs stage walkout
Ministers
promise probe
as Opposition
corners govt
Lodha’s remarks on Shaheen Bagh, RSS,
Jan Aadhar Card creates uproar in House
First India News
Jaipur: Rashtriya Lok-
tantrik Party (RLP) and
BJP on Monday walked
out from the House over
the issue of Dalit atroc-
ities in Nagaur.
The RLP members
later sat on dharna in
the Well of the House.
RLP MLA Narayan
Beniwal raised the is-
sue during the Zero
Hour and this triggered
a fierce debate between
the treasury benches
and Opposition. Ulti-
mately, the RLP and the
BJP members walked
out of the House.
Beniwal said that the
incident of Nagaur in
which two Dalit youths
were tortured is a mat-
ter of concern.
The government
must pay attention to it.
He alleged that the po-
lice initially pressur-
ised the victims for
compromise and took
action only when the
video of the incident
went viral. He said that
this incident was no
less serious than the Al-
war gang rape.
Beniwal demanded
compensation for the
victims as well as put-
ting Nagaur SP APO.
He was supported by
Leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria
and deputy LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore.
They asked the gov-
ernment to give state-
ment on this issue and
walked out of the House
with RLP. Later RLP
MLA returned to the
House and started dhar-
na in the well.
First India News
The government found
itself dominated by an
aggressive Opposition
and a proactive Speaker
on Monday. The minis-
ters were compelled to
announce inquiry in
the issues raised by the
Opposition.
First, the govern-
ment found itself in a
tricky situation when
BJP MLA Bihari Lal
Vishnoi asked about va-
cant posts of patwaris
in his constituency
Nokha.
Revenue minister
Harish Choudhary re-
plied that 34 out of 57
posts of patwaris are
vacant in Nokha. He
said that patwaris have
been instructed to stay
in the village that has
been designated as his
headquarter by district
collector.
He can move out only
after written permis-
sion from collector.
Minister said that ad-
vertisement has been
issued for recruitment
of 4,421 patwaris after
which vacant posts
would be filled through
direct recruitment.
The revenue minister
also agreed for an in-
quiry in response to
BJP MLA Chandrakan-
ta Meghwal’s question
regarding farmers.
First India News
Jaipur: Independent
MLA Sanyam Lodha’s
stinging attack on the
BJP and its band of sup-
porters crated huge up-
roar in the Assembly on
Monday.
While speaking dur-
ing debate on the budg-
et, Lodha asked who the
real traitor was. “Those
protesting at Shaheen
Bagh in Delhi are called
traitors but are they the
real traitors or those
who offered flowers at
Jinnah’s mazar and
went to Pakistan with-
out invitation to cele-
brate their PM’s birth-
day,” Lodha asked while
talking about veteran
BJP leader LK Advani
and PM Narendra
Modi’s visits to Paki-
stan.
It is to be noted that
Advani during his visit
to Pakistan in 2005 had
gone to Pakistan’s
founder Jinnah’s mazar
and in his controversial
tribute called him ‘secu-
lar’ whereas Modi while
made unexpected stopo-
ver in Pakistan to greet
then PM Nawaz Sharif
on his birthday while
returning from Afghan-
istan.
However, Lodha’s
comments enraged BJP
MLAs who warned that
such allegations will
force them to retaliate
with similar allega-
tions. Just as situation
became normal after in-
tervention from the
chairperson, Lodha
launched another at-
tack. This time former
chief minister Vasund-
hara Raje came into his
firing line. Lodha said
that the present govern-
ment had to bring ‘Jan
Aadhar Card’ because
BJP government had
spent Rs400crore to put
BJP flag and Raje’s pho-
to on the card. “Was the
BJP thinking that it
would remain in the
government forever,” he
asked. Lodha also ques-
tioned the BJP govern-
ment’s scheme in the
name of RSS ideologue
Guru Golwalkar. “Who
was Golwalkar? Why
BJP launched schemes
in his name when he
had questioned tricolor
and the Constitution,”
he said.
This is not the first
time when Lodha’s com-
ments have created up-
roar in the House. In
fact, Lodha and UDH
minister Shanti Dhari-
wal relentlessly attack
the RSS and this ideo-
logical clash often turns
into heated debate.
First India News
Jaipur: Parliamentary
Affairs Minister Shanti
Dhariwal on Monday
ordered an inquiry into
reported police action
at a guest house of a re-
gional daily for playing
loud music during a
birthday party.
Leader of Opposition
Gulabchand Kataria
raised the matter dur-
ing Zero Hour in the As-
sembly alleging that the
police led by Jaipur Po-
lice Commissioner en-
tered the campus in
Civil Lines area on Sun-
day night.
He said two police-
men could have gone to
stop the music being
played after 10 pm and
questioned the pres-
ence of the police com-
missioner at the guest
house of ‘Rajasthan
Patrika’.
Kataria alleged that
the police took action as
the venue was located
near the chief minis-
ter’s residence, adding
that women guests were
asked to stand in a cor-
ner, but there were no
women police person-
nel. Kataria also ques-
tioned why the search
was carried out in all
the rooms.
Speaking on the is-
sue, deputy LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore said why a
search warrant was not
taken from the court.
Also, the DJ was on in
two other places within
a 100 metres radius, but
no action was taken
against them.
Reacting to the alle-
gations, Dhariwal said
an inquiry will be con-
ducted into the incident
by an officer of the rank
higher than police com-
missioner.
Kataria & Rathore al-
leged that Congress
government was an-
noyed with the newspa-
per as it was running a
series of news stories
against the present dis-
pensation. Reacting
sharply to this, Dhari-
wal said no action was
possible against the
newspaper by present
government. He said it
was the former BJP
government which had
stopped advertisements
to the newspaper.
When contacted,
Jaipur Police Commis-
sioner Anand Srivasta-
va said action was tak-
en for playing loud mu-
sic in night hours.
—With Agency inputs
Jaipur: Congress
MLA on Monday de-
manded the enactment
of a law to dismiss gov-
ernment servants
caught accepting bribe
by ACB.
Raising a special
mention during Zero
Hour in Assembly, San-
god MLA Bharat Singh
cited a 2019 Transpar-
ency International Re-
port saying Rajasthan
ranks first in the coun-
try in terms of corrup-
tion and those caught
taking bribe rejoin
duty “with pride after
serving a jail term”.
Singh urged the
House Chair to allow a
day-long discussion to
know the views of oth-
er members. In the pre-
sent arrangement, the
state government’s
resolution to eliminate
corruption seems im-
possible, he said.
It is necessary an ar-
rangement is made to
dismiss those from ser-
vice who are caught
taking bribe by ACB.
Singh said 2,067 gov-
ernment employees
and public representa-
tives were caught tak-
ing bribe by ACB in
last five years. Howev-
er, challans were is-
sued only in 986 cases
and the rest were still
under consideration,
he said, adding some
accused are abscond-
ing. He said those
caught taking bribe in-
clude officers at level
of CS, IAS, IPS etc.
First India News
Jaipur: BJP MLA
Ashok Lahoty’s praise
of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has given
the ruling Congress rea-
son to smile at the ex-
pense of the BJP, which
was not just left the Saf-
fron party red faced but
has also found its inter-
nal bickering coming
out in the open.
Taking a contrarian
view to his party, which
has been accusing the
CM over corruption in
his government, Lahoty
who is first time MLA
and former mayor of
Jaipur said that Gehlot
has zero tolerance for
corruption.Though,La-
hoty has clarified that
his statement was
wronglyinterpreted.He
said that what he said
wassarcasm,whichpeo-
ple missed.
The Congress MLas
picked it up to take a dig
at BJP. They said that
Lahoty has responded
to his conscience while
BJP members took pot
shots at Lahoty.
Energy minister BD
Kalla said that Lahoty
has told the truth and
CM has zero tolerance
for corruption, which is
now accepted by the
BJP members.
Transport minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas said that they are
proud of CM and BJP
should also acknowl-
edge CM’s fine qualities
in Assembly.
Chief Whip Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi and deputy
chief whip Mahendra
Choudhary said that
CM was popular across
political spectrum.
However, senior BJP
MLAsKalicharanSaraf
and Madan Dilawar
clarified that Lahoty
perhaps meant to pro-
test and not praise CM.
He must have praised
in a sarcastic manner.
Lahoty too said that he
was actually highlight-
ing irony of CM’s zero
tolerance to corruption
and he had actually said
that ‘zero tolerance’
might end up as mere
talk than any meaning-
ful action against cor-
ruption. However, La-
hoty was given a ser-
mon by state BJP chief
Satish Poonia who said
that he had spoken to
Lahoty and told him to
mind his words before
speaking in public func-
tions.
Bharat Singh for law to dismiss
govt staff caught taking bribe
BJP, Cong fail to get Lahoty’s sarcasm?
Police action at Hindi daily’s
guest house: Min orders probe
Shanti Dhariwal orders inquiry into guest house incident.
RLP MLA Narayan Beniwal raised the issue of Dalit atrocity
during the Zero Hour. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
MINISTERSPEAK
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Deputy leader of the Opposition Rajendra Rathore offers cake to Adarsh Nagar MLA
Rafeek Khan on the occasion of his birthday on Monday at the MLA Club. Ministers and
MLAs including Dr Raghu Sharma, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Shale Mohammed,
Amin Kagazi, Ashok Lahoti, Hakam Ali, Safia Zuber, Kalpana Raje among others were
present on the occasion.

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n There is good news
for Jaipur and MNIT
as Sanjay Arora has
become Director Gen-
eral of Police. Sanjay
is a 1988 batch IPS of
Tamil Nadu cadre and is
the brother of Principal
Secretary Social Justice
Akhil Arora. Sanjay has
become the second
officer from MNIT, who
has reached highest
post in police depart-
ment. Previously, SP
Mathur, an officer of
Tamil Nadu cadre, has
been the DGP. Previ-
ously, SP Mathur, an
officer of Tamil Nadu
cadre, has been the
DGP. Moreover, 2 other
MNIT students Sanjay
Mathur and Seema
Agarwal are also IPS
officers of Tamil Nadu
cadre.
n In an unfortunate
incident, Jaipur Police
Constable Suresh
Chahar died after he fell
from stairs in Jhotwara.
Suresh had gone to
meet the informer and
get some information.
From there, he was
running to get hold of
the culprit, but got a
severe injury on the
head as he slipped
from the stairs. He was
posted at DST North.
n In the 2015 mining
scam case of Rs2.55
crore, the argument on
bail of four accused was
completed on Monday.
Now, argument will be
done on behalf of ED.
Pankaj Gehlot, Shyam
Sundar Singhvi, Dhiren-
dra Singh and Pushkar
Raj Ameta are in jail
since February 19. All
four have got bail in the
ACB case. The hear-
ing is being held in the
court of Judge Arun
Agarwal. Other accused
in the case are former
IAS Ashok Singhvi,
Sanjay Sethi, Moham-
mad Rashid Sheikh and
Tamanna Begum, who
are absconding.
n In the matter related
to the Arms Act in
Sadar police station of
Jaipur, the High Court
has ordered the inves-
tigation to be con-
ducted by the CBI. The
court passed the order
after finding out about
corruption by the
police in the case and
ordered to take action
against the guilty po-
licemen. Justice Pankaj
Bhandari passed the
orders on the petition
filed by Jitendra Mehta.
BRIEF
in RELIGIOUS FERVOUR
Muslim devotees hold religious flags and walk towards the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer for the 808th Urs
on Monday. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
Customsofficialscatchman
smuggling 618 gram gold
First India News
Jaipur: Taking action
once again, the Cus-
toms officials at Jaipur
Airport caught an ac-
cused smuggling gold.
The accused Imran,
who is a Delhi resident,
did not give information
about possessing gold in
the declaration form,
but the customs officials
suspected him when he
arrived at the airport.
The accused came to
JaipurfromBangkokon
Sunday night via an Air
Asia flight.
When the Customs of-
ficials asked him about
the gold, Imran denied
having anything. But
during the checking on
the green channel, four
paste pallets of gold
were found from his
jeans pocket. During the
detailed investigation,
the accused confessed
that the remaining gold
was hidden in his rec-
tum.
After that, two gold
pallets were recovered
from his rectum.
The total gold recov-
ered is 618.9 grams and
itsvalueisbelievedtobe
around Rs27.09 lakh.
Custom officials did a
detailed interrogation
of the passenger on
Monday.
It may be recalled that
the customs police had
recently confiscated
smuggled gold worth
Rs45 lakh in two differ-
ent cases from two pas-
sengerswhohadarrived
at Jaipur Airport from
Dubai and Bangkok.
Both had hidden over 1
kg gold in their rectums.
The trend of smug-
gling gold by hiding it in
rectum seems to be
catching up with the
smugglers.
Head constable in ACB net
for taking `10,000 as bribe
First India News
Kota: The police station
of Rajasthan, which
was chosen as the best
police station of the
state a few days ago, has
suffered a setback. A
trap in Kota district has
been carried out by the
Jhalawar ACB, in which
the police have caught
Head Constable Ajit Ya-
dav, taking a bribe of Rs
10,000 on Monday. Yadav
is the incharge of Alod
police post of Chechat
police station.
According to Jhala-
war ACB Additional SP
Bhawanishankar Mee-
na, Yadav was taking
bribe amount from com-
plainant Brijmohan
Ahir, in lieu of illegal
transportation of gravel
on a monthly basis.
Also, Yadav had threat-
ened that if bribe would
not be provided, then
police would make a
case and arrest Ahir.
ACB is also investigat-
ing whether SHO of
Chechat police station
has any role in case.
India ushers...
Calling PM Modi a
“tough negotiator”,
Trump also announced
that both the countries
are chalking out “the
biggestevertradedeals”
on his visit to India.
President Trump
said, “America will al-
ways remain a loyal
friend to India”, hours
after landing in Guja-
rat’s largest city with
First Lady Melania
Trump and his family.
“Namaste, America
loves India,” President
Trump said, drawing
applause from the over
one-lakh strong
crowd.
“I would like to begin
by thanking my special
friend, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Long live...
largest democracy.
Though Motera is in
Gujarat, the sentiments
you see here are of In-
dia,” Modi said.
“Five months ago, I
started my US trip with
‘Howdy Modi’ and today
my friend President
Donald Trump is start-
ing his Indian trip with
‘Namaste Trump’ here
in Ahmedabad,” the
prime minister further
said.
The bonhomie be-
tween the two world
leaders was displayed
once again when Modi
hugged Trump at the
stadium.
At least, one lakh peo-
ple have gathered at the
Motera stadium for the
event. Union Home
Minister Amit Shah,
Gujarat Chief Minister
Vijay Rupani, Governor
Acharya Devvrat and
BCCI president Sourav
Ganguly were also pres-
ent at the stadium.
Cop from...
The Delhi Metro
closed the entry
and exit gates of
Jaffrabad, Mau-
j p u r - B a b a r p u r,
Gokulpuri, Johri En-
clave, Shiv Vihar.
FROM PG 1
Senior RU prof Jaroli takes
charge as RBSE chairman
First India News
Jaipur: RBSE has a
new chairman in the
form of Prof DP Jaro-
li, a senior professor at
Rajasthan University
(RU). The education de-
partment released the
orders to this effect af-
ter they were ratified by
CM Ashok Gehlot.
Prof Jaroli, an expe-
rienced teaching facul-
ty, is associated with the
ABST department of
RU. He has particularly
been active in the Rajiv
Gandhi study circle and
has been organising
programmes on former
PM Rajiv Gandhi’s
birthday and for other
occasions to propagate
ideals of Congress and
the Gandhi family.
With a distinct image
as an academician, he
also has been active in
social work. Even earli-
er his name cropped up
amongfrontrunnersfor
the post of V-C of vari-
ous universities. Tech-
nical education minis-
ter Subhash Garg and
Jaroli have been work-
ing together at Rajiv
Gandhi study circle so
Garg’s name is being as-
sociated with this ap-
pointment.
Scootieswillbegiven undertwoheads:CS
Raj to get 737 docs soon: Sharma
First India News
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary DB Gupta on
Monday took an impor-
tant decision regarding
the scooty distribution
schemes to various sec-
tions of the social strata
and cleared all the am-
biguities regarding the
process, responsibility
and monitoring.
While chairing the
meeting at the Secre-
tariat, the CS clarified
that from now on all
scooty distribution
schemes will be done
under only two heads.
First the Devnarayan
Scheme and second Ka-
libai Scheme. Although
the govt wanted all the
scooty distribution to
come under one um-
brella of Kalibai
Scheme but the Gurjar
representatives had ob-
jected to the proposal.
So from now onwards
on the ST and minority
students will be reward-
ed scooties under Kali-
bai Scheme whereas the
other scheme will be
called Devnarayan
Scooty Scheme.
The scooty distribu-
tion at the school level
will be the responsibil-
ity of the Director
(School Education)
while Director (College
Education) will be re-
sponsible for college
level scooty distribu-
tion.
The college educa-
tion officials informed
the CS that the tenders
for scooties have been
received and will be
opened on Tuesday.
The Social Empower-
ment department will
keep on monitoring the
distribution of scooties
underboththeschemes.
The meeting was at-
tended by officers of
Social Empowerment
department, College
and School education
and some officers from
other departments too.
First India News
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Raghu Sharma has
informed that the re-
cruitmentprocessof 737
doctors is in the final
stage. Responding to
questions from MLAs,
he said that these doc-
tors would be given post-
ings soon and all vacant
posts including nursing
staff will be filled with
priority.
Earlier, the health
minister while replying
to the original question
from Chandrabhan Sin-
gh Akya tabled details
of govt hospitals and
sanctioned posts of doc-
tors,numberof working
doctorsandvacantposts
in these hospitals in
Chittorgarh. He in-
formed that the state
government issued two
orders in August last
year and February this
year to cancel the depu-
tation of all the staff.
He also tabled details
of nursing, paramedical
and non-medical em-
ployees of the health
department in Chittor-
garh. He said that va-
cant posts of health of-
ficers would be filled
when the recruitment
process of Rajasthan
health Science Univer-
sity is completed while
dentists will be trans-
ferred fromotherplaces
to fill vacant posts.
He said that the re-
cruitment of nurse II
grade, female health
worker, pharmacist,
physiotherapist, and lab
assistants is under pro-
cess. He said that there
was no proposal to set
up a satellite hospital in
the women and child
hospital.
Officialcaughttakingbribe
inexchangeofdocusforRTI
Jaipur: A village devel-
opment officer in Rajsa-
mand district was ar-
rested on Monday for
allegedly taking a bribe
in exchange to provide
certified copies of docu-
ments sought under the
RTI Act, an official said.
Murlidhar Pandey, the
village development of-
ficer posted at Bhim, was
caught accepting Rs
10,000 bribe from the
complainant who had
filed an RTI application
for the copies of the doc-
uments, the Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau official
said. In another inci-
dent, the ACB sleuth’s
arrested a head consta-
ble for allegedly accept-
ing a bribe of Rs 10,000 in
Kota district, he said.
The accused, Ajit Singh,
had asked for monthly
bribe to allow transpor-
tation of sand, the offi-
cial said.
Govt appoints over 397
ayurvedic compounders
First India News
Jaipur: The Health
Minister Dr Raghu
Sharma said that the
government has re-
cently appointed 397
ayurvedic com-
pounders. He as-
sured that after the
promotion of senior
medical officers and
senior compounders
the process of re-
cruitment on vacant
posts in the Ayurve-
da department would
start soon.
Replying to ques-
tions from MLAs, Dr
Sharma said that the
Ayurveda depart-
ment has three posts
including doctors,
compounder and as-
sistant. He said that
because of backlog
some Ayurveda hos-
pitals ds not have
any employee.
The health minis-
ter said that special
attention would be
paid to tribal areas
in the appointment
on new posts after
the DPC.
Earlier, respond-
ing to the original
question of MLA Sa-
maram Garasiya he
said that in Pin-
dwara tehsil not a
single Ayurveda hos-
pital is closed due to
lack of staff.
z Union Sports Minister
Kiran Rijiju will visit Ch-
uru district headquarters
sports stadium on Febru-
ary 28 to inaugurate the
international level athletic
synthetic track. Deputy
leader of the opposition
Rajendra Rathore gave the
information that the track
would be dedicated to the
talented players.
z Former Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje will
reach Kishangarh Airport
from Delhi at 2 pm on
Tuesday. Raje will then
leave for Pushkar to attend
wedding of BJP National
President JP Nadda’s son.
z Governor Kalraj Mishra
reached Mumbai from
Delhi via an Air India flight
on Monday to take part in
a programme of the Press
Club at 4 pm. He will also
chair a meeting of the
West Zone Cultural Centre.
z In the Nagaur incident,
IPS BL Soni met Harish
Meena before the As-
sembly session as Meena
was a part of the Con-
gress Nagaur delegation.
The leader also gave the
information to Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot.
z Speaking in the Assem-
bly on the Nagaur incident,
Chief Whip Dr. Mahesh
Joshi said that politics
should not be done on this
matter. The government
has taken action against
the culprits. The society,
from where these people
belong to, has also cut the
ties from them, which is a
commendable step.
z In the corruption case of
the Transport Department,
the remand tenure of 8
accused was complete on
Monday, after which the
ACB presented them in the
court. During the interroga-
tion, the accused confessed
to taking and distributing
the bribe among them.
ACB ASP Alok Sharma is
investigating the case.
z In the case of the death
of a minor due to excessive
consumption of drugs in
Hanumangarh, the villag-
ers are protesting near the
Surewala police post. The
SHO of Tibbi police station,
along with the whole staff,
is present on the spot.
Raghu Sharma attended the wedding of Dharmendra Rathore’s
nephew in Chomu on Monday.

5. TRUMP CELEBRATES ‘GENIUS’ OF BOLLYWOOD,
REMEMBERS ‘DDLJ’ AND ‘SHOLAY’
‘Three wise monkeys’ statue, book, ‘charkha’ gifted to Trump
A
marble replica of
Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s “three wise
monkeys” statue, a copy of
his Talisman or a piece of
wisdom as well as a special
edition of his autobiogra-
phy were among the items
gifted to US President
Donald Trump and his
wife Melania during
their visit to the Sa-
barmati Ashram
here on Monday.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
gifted the iconic
statue of “three
wise monkeys”, represent-
ing the message “see no
evil, hear no evil and speak
no evil,” to Trump and his
wife on behalf of the In-
dian government.
The sculpture was a rep-
lica of the statue that was
gifted to Gandhi by a Japa-
nese monk way back in
1933, a trustee of the Sa-
barmati Ashram said.
While presenting the
statue, Modi explained the
message behind the ges-
ture of the three monkeys
in detail, which Trump
and the US First Lady lis-
tened in rapt attention.
A trustee of the Sabar-
mati Ashram, Kartikeya
Sarabhai, said the ashram
also gifted America’s first
couple Gandhi’s engraved
Talisman, which he wrote
in August 1947, guiding
people in public life to
make a decision while re-
calling the face of the
poorest of the poor.
Themessageof theTalis-
man is: “Whenever you are
in doubt, or when the self
becomes too much, recall
the face of the poorest and
the weakest man/woman
whom you may have seen,
and ask yourself, if the step
you contemplate is going to
be of any use to him/her.
Will it lead to swaraj for the
hungry and spiritually
starving millions? Then
your self will melt away.”
“We also gifted them a spe-
cial edition of Gandhi’s
autobiography, ‘The Story
of My Experiments with
Truth’, as well as a pencil
drawing of a rare photo-
graph of the Mahatma
when he was coming out
of 10, Downing Street
(London),” Sarabhai said.
PM Modi presents a memento of ‘Three Wise Monkeys’ to US President
Donald Trump as First Lady Melania Trump looks on, in Ahmedabad.
Folk artists perform as PM Narendra Modi welcomes US President
Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on their arrival at the
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Monday.
sing Bollywood to
strikeachordwith
movie-loving Indi-
ans, US President
Donald Trump on
Monday,hailedthe
“genius” of the Hindi film
industry and recalled two
all-timefavourites,“Sholay”
and “Dilwale Dulhania Le
Jayenge” (DDLJ).
Addressing the ‘Namaste
Trump’ event at the Motera
Stadium, the US president
said people “take great joy”
in watching Bollywood
films and understanding In-
dian culture through them.
“This is the country that
producesnearly2,000movies
a year from the hub of geni-
us and creativity known as
Bollywood,”hetoldthegath-
ering of about 100,000 people
packed into the stadium.
“All over the planet peo-
ple take great joy in scenes
of bhangra, music and
dance, romance and drama,
and classic Indian films
like ‘DDLJ’ and ‘Sholay’,”
Trump said, referring to
two of the biggest hits in
Bollywood history.
While the 1975 multi-
starrer “Sholay”, labelled a
“curry western” by many,
is an action-adventure film
that has stood the test of
time, the 1995 Shah Rukh
Khan-Kajol-led “DDLJ” is
an out and out romance.
“Sholay”directorRamesh
Sippy said he was delighted
that Trump included the
film as a creative piece from
India in his speech. “I feel
overwhelmed,humbledthat
the US president felt this
way. I am delighted that
‘Sholay’ is included in his
speech as a creative piece
from India. I am thankful to
him for having mentioned
‘Sholay’ after 45 years of the
film,” Sippy said. Yash Raj
Films,themakersof ‘DDLJ’,
posted on Twitter, “DDLJ
trumps!” —PTI
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TRUMP EFFUSIVE
IN MODI’S PRAISE;
GUJARAT WOWS
here was colour, there was pomp
and there were people as Donald
Trump arrived at a heart-warm-
ing welcome by millions lined
along with the 22-kilometer road-
show and over 100,000 filling every inch of
space at the iconic Motera stadium for the
Namaste Trump event. Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi delivered what he had promised
and President Trump looked visibly pleased
with the gala show.
In his speech at the Motera stadium, he
repeatedly thanked his friend Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi and complimented
him, a humble chaiwala “whom everyone
loves”, for scripting an India story as a
tolerant democracy which is unrivaled in
the world. Lifting of millions out of poverty
and its growing middle class found a special
mention along with laudatory remarks about
Chandrayan and the space programme. So did
Bollywood, Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, and DDLJ.
Such is the personal bonhomie between
POTUS and Modi that at the Sabarmati Ash-
ram, instead of writing something on Ma-
hatma Gandhi, President Trump simply
wrote in the visitors’ book, “To my great
friend Prime Minister Modi. Thank you
for this. Wonderful visit.” He made up for
this by paying tribute to the Mahatma in
his speech at Motera.
President Trump outlined the serious as-
pects on the agenda for tomorrow (February
25). On trade issue, Trump expects to reach a
fantastic trade deal with “tough negotiator
Modi”. He himself is no soft negotiator when
it comes to protecting American interests.
The manner in which he tightened the screws
on protectionist Beijing had shaken up China
and financial markets not very long ago. In
India’s case, President Trump may not
get the trade concessions that he wants,
but the $3 billion deal to be signed on
military helicopters and other defence
equipment will mollify his ego. Whatever
concessions he is able to extract on the trade
front would be the icing on the cake. For India
though, the defence deal would be a setback
if it does not involve Make in India or any
project for the upcoming defence corridor in
Uttar Pradesh. It must be borne in mind that
Trump is a businessman and under him, the
American economy is in its best phase. On
the contrary, the Indian economy is faced
with myriad problems. A protectionist
approach with Trump, who coined Amer-
ica’s First slogan, won’t work.
His speech outlined the framework around
which the talks would revolve: Energy sector,
anti-terrorism measures, in which the US is
also working with Islamabad, and Indo-Pacif-
ic strategic co-operation.
Later he visited the monument of love at
Agraandtweeted,“TheTajMahalinspiresawe
and timeless testament to the rich and diverse
beauty of Indian culture! Thank you India.”
BJP’s Sangeet Som and others of his ilk,
who describe the monument as a “blot” on
Indian culture, must have squirmed.
IN-DEPTH
T
here is a partici-
patory progres-
sion in every-
thing that oc-
curs, or hap-
pens, around us. This re-
lates to, in each and every
sense, a reciprocal intent
— one that also articulates
something that is apparent.
Picture this — we are able
to touch, also feel, things.
This is because anything
that is touchable is part of
the palpable world that we
all explore. This exemplar
clearly holds good for our
vision. We spot things
that are apparent, im-
plied, or ostensible — the
polished surfaces, the
shades, the tones, the
printed picture, a piece
of marble, the azure sky,
or rainbow synthesis.
We perceive things be-
cause we are part of the
perceptible world in which
we live and value, appreci-
ate, sense and experience
every context. This
uniqueness of perceiving
the world for each of us is
distinct, or personalised.
We feel revitalised,
thanks to the windswept
fragrance in the air.
What’s more, we may
suddenly feel that the
trees are ‘looking’ at us
— we also literally feel
that we are being
watched from all sides.
This feeling is transcend-
ing—itissomewhatakinto
thegentletouchof someone
one loves. This is also an
integral part of our ‘self’
— the interactions and
modifications that as-
cend from our conscious,
also physical self, to the
subconscious that resides
deep within. It is a capti-
vating spectacle — a dain-
ty ‘keepsake’ of our ‘na-
ture’ that dwells in us. It
is also the nature outside,
all by itself. It isn’t that
each of us can explain this
extraordinary feeling in
purple prose, yet it is a reso-
nance anyone can appreci-
ate from the inside out.
This sublime experience
is fascinating, contextual,
also somewhat mystifying,
to our so-called refined
modes of thinking, or
knowing, in a modern con-
text. Yet, it is all too evident
when one accepts the reci-
procity of Mother Nature’s
direct participation and
insight. It is often said
that anyone living fully
and venerating the laws
of nature is never ever
alone. This is primarily
because nature ought to
be treated with rever-
ence — the same kind of
respect you expect others
to give you. These are ap-
parently subtle feelings.
When consciously accred-
ited, they significantly pro-
pel our behaviour. The rea-
son being — when we
think we belong and care
for all things, big and
small, we embrace what
philosophers call as our
‘environmental ethic.’
This is an elevating
thought — it leads us to
esteem, accommodate
and accept our fellow hu-
man beings as part of not
just the community, but
also the cosmos. This, in
turn, leads to a mindful
‘connect’ for us with na-
ture, flora and fauna. The
inferenceisobvious—such
an empathetic outlook is
imperative, also indispensi-
ble, for our renewed atten-
tiveness, and participation,
in everything that articu-
lates our shared, recipro-
cal, also collective purpose
for a common good.
Nurture nature from the inside out
T
IT IS OFTEN SAID
THAT ANYONE
LIVING FULLY
AND VENERATING
THE LAWS OF
NATURE IS NEVER
EVER ALONE
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Dharmendra Pradhan
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Life of PM @narendramodi
underscores the limitless
promise of this nation. He is
not just the pride of Gujarat, he
is a living proof that with hard
work and devotion Indians can
accomplish anything, anything
they want.
n a First in its history, the Cal-
cutta High Could allowed live
streaming of proceedings in
a case seeking entry of chil-
dren born to Parsi woman
and non-Parsi man into a fire
temple, a Zoroastrian place
of worship in the city.
Seeking permission for live
streaming of the proceedings
Parsi Zoroastrian Association
of Calcutta (PZAC) lawyer Phi-
roze Edulji submitted before
the court that hearing in the
case is of utmost importance to
all Parsis in the country and
they would be benefited from
the outcome of the matter.
Allowing PZAC’s prayer a
division bench comprising
justices Sanjib Banerjee and
Kaushik Chanda directed
that two special cameras be
placed in the court room to
telecast the proceedings on
YouTube.
The Court directed that the
cost of the telecast would be
borne by PZAC.
The Patsi body is one of
the parties in the petition
filed by Prochy N Mehta and
Sanaya Mehta Vyas who are
seeking access to a fire tem-
ple at Metcalfe Street in the
central part of the city;
PZAC is opposed to it.
The petition was moved by
Mehta and Vyas before the
High Court against Nishit N
Tankariwala, YJ Dastoor, JS
Billimoria, trustees of the late
E-reader Dhunjeebhoy Byram-
jee Mehta’ s Zoroastrian Anju-
man Atadh Adaraneey Trust,
who opposed their access to the
fire temple.
Their access to the fire
temple was allegedly denied
since they were born to a
Parsi mother and a non-Par-
si father, even if they were
initiated to the religion
through a ceremony.
The date for the final hearing
in the matter, live streaming of
which was allowed by the
court, has not yet been fixed.
A Single Bench of the
High Court has earlier dis-
allowed the prayer for live
streaming, following which
an appeal on the issue was
moved before the Division
Bench.
The original petition seeking
access to the fire temple will be
heard by the Single Bench.
The High Courts in our
country, are courts of record
and if live-streaming of the
court proceedings, in my
opinion may be permitted
with the permission of the
Court. IN-CAMERA proceed-
ings which are held in cham-
bers may however not be al-
lowed to be live- streamed.
When live telecast of pro-
ceedings of Parliament and As-
semblies is permitted then why
courts are made exception?
The people of this country
have right to know as to how
court proceedings are con-
ducted.
With the permission of the
Chief Justice, CCTV cameras
may be installed in the Court
rooms.
If such action is taken it
will increase the working
capacity of the courts.
In a first in India, Calcutta HC
allows live-streaming of hearing
I
The Parsi Zoroastrian
Association of Kolkata,
a trust member, prayed
for live-steaming of the
court proceedings, but
its application was
rejected by the trial
court of Justice
Soumen Sen
JUSTICE
SHIV KUMAR SHARMA
Former Judge Rajasthan High
Court and Ex-Member of Law
Commission of India
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CAA STIR: DELHI MAUJPUR-BABARPUR VIOLENCE
TAKELEAD,DON’TSITBACKBLAMING
OTHERS:CONGRESSTOKEJRIBeing helpless would further erode a much needed credibility of our democratic
institutions to protect violence against the innocent citizens, Ajay Maken tweeted
New Delhi: Hours after
clashes broke out in
northeast Delhi’s Mau-
jpur-Babarpur area for
the second consecutive
day, Congress leader
Ajay Maken on Monday
advised Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal to not
appear “helpless” and
take immediate steps to
restore normalcy.
“Take a lead and
don’t sit back blaming
others. Being helpless
would further erode a
much needed credibili-
ty of our democratic
institutions to protect
violence against the in-
nocent citizens,” the
Congress leader said.
CM Kejriwal had said
that he spoke to Lieu-
tenant General Anil
Baijal, who assured
him that more police
force is being deployed
in the area.
In a series of tweets,
the former DPCC chief
suggested Kejriwal to
establish a helpline, call
for an-all party meet,
and take hourly updates
from the L-G . Mean-
while, all government and
private schools in violence-
affected North East Delhi
will be closed on Tuesday,
Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia said.
WILL CPOS HAVE A UNIFIED
SERVICE?
After Railway’s, there is a loud thinking to create
a unified service for cadre officers of CPOs.
According to sources the proposed name could
be either Indian Central Armed Police Service
(ICAPS) or Indian Armed Police Service (IAPS).
And if all goes well, the proposed decision is
likely to be introduced from 2021.
50+ TO BE SENT TO CISF ?
50+ years or 33 years of service personnel of
different CPOs from Constables to Inspectors,
will be sent to CISF. This step is being taken to
prevent them from performing hard and tough
duties. According to sources, this step will
benefit ITBP, CRPF and BSF personnel the most.
MHA has asked all CPOs to send the names of
such personnel by Feb 25.
POST OF VICE CDS ALSO SOON ?
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Bipin Rawat
has provided an indication of having post of
Vice CDS also. He has reportedly suggested this
to the Govt already.
GOVT MAY MOVE A JT SECY LEVEL
OFFICER FROM MOD TO DMA TO
HANDLE VIGILANCE CASES
Whispers are in that very soon an IAS officer
of joint secretary level from the Ministry of
Defence would be moved to head the Vigilance
cell of the Department of Military Affairs.
K K MISHRA TO RETURN TO PARENT
CADRE AFTER SEVEN YEARS
A seven-year deputation of Kamlesh Kumar
Mishra on central deputation is coming to an
end this year. Mishra, who is a 2003 batch IRTS
officer, is on central deputation since August
19, 2013.
SURABHI RAI TO RETURN TO PARENT
CADRE IN MARCH
Surabhi Rai, presently Director in Rural Devel-
opment, will be returning to parent cadre on
March 10, 2020. She is a 2005 batch IFS officer
of AGMUT cadre.
WHY APPOINTMENT OF NEW
CHAIRMAN, DVC DELAYED ?
The Government of India is yet to depute a
person to the post of Chairman, Damodar Valley
Corporation (DVC) lying vacant since January
2018. However, the PESB had held interviews
for the post, but did not find suitable candidate
at a selection meeting held on January 29, 2019
and recommended the concerned Ministry to
choose an appropriate course of further action
in this regard.
D KALYAN CHAKRAVORTY RELIEVED
TO JOIN AS SP, CBI
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has
relieved D Kalyan Chakravorty of cadre respon-
sibility in order to join as central deputation as
Superintendent of Police in Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI). He is a 2010 batch IPS of-
ficer of MP cadre.
JAIDEEP SINGH APPOINTED AS
MINISTER A(PERS), INDIAN EMBAS-
SY, BERLIN
Jaideep Singh has been appointed as Minister
(Personnel) in the Embassy of India in Berlin. He
is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
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AJIT KUMAR SHIFTED FROM
PMO AS DY SECY IN MHA
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
has approved the lateral shift of Ajit Kumar,
from the post of Deputy Secretary, Prime
Minister’s Office to the post of Deputy Secretary
in the Ministry of Home Affairs for a period
upto Febraury 24, 2022 (i.e. combined tenure of
seven years at the Centre). He is an IAS officer
of Kerala cadre of 2006 batch.
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EXTRADITED MAFIA DON RAVI
PUJARI BROUGHT TO BENGALURU
Bengaluru: Absconding
mafia don Ravi Suliya
Pujari, wanted by police
in four Indian states for
heinous crimes, was
brought to Bengaluru
early Monday morning
on on an Air France flight
after his extradition from
Senegal, officials said.
The 52-year-old mafio-
si, wanted by police in
Karnataka, Maharashtra,
Gujarat and Kerala in
over 200 cases, including
killing and extortion, was
later whisked away to an
undisclosed place from
the international airport
under tight security. “A
four-member Karnataka
Police team escorted
Pujari to Bengaluru on the
flight via Paris after he
was extradited from the
African country.”
IAF PILOT KILLED IN MICRO
LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH
New Delhi: A micro light aircraft crashed in
Punjab’s Patiala on Monday morning in the Army
cantonment area, killing an Indian Air Force pilot
and injuring two NCC cadets on board, an official
spokesperson said. The trainer aircraft crashed
soon after taking off from the Patiala Aviation
Club airport around 11.30 am, killing Wing
Commander G S Cheema. The IAF has ordered
an inquiry to ascertain the cause of the accident,
the spokesperson said. The two injured cadets
injured were admitted to the military hospital.
SUNNI BOARD TO BUILD MOSQUE,
HOSP ON 5-ACRE AYODHYA SITE
Lucknow: UP Sunni Cen-
tral Waqf Board said it will
build a mosque as well as
an Indo-Islamic research
centre, a hospital and a
library on the five-acre
plot allotted to it following
the SC’s Ayodhya verdict.
The decision to accept the
land was taken at a board
meeting in Lucknow. “It
has been decided at a
meeting of the board to
take the five-acre land
given to us by the Uttar
Pradesh government,”
board chairman Zufar
Farooqui said. The board
will set up a trust soon for
construction of mosque.
“Besides mosque, there
will be an Indo-Islamic
research centre, a public
library, a charitable hospi-
tal & other useful facilities
on the land,” he said.
New Delhi: Dharmen-
dra Pradhan, Minister
for Steel and Petroleum
& Natural Gas partici-
pated in a workshop on
‘Enabling Procedures
for increase of steel us-
age for the
growth of
Economy.’
Address-
ing the in-
a u g u r a l
s e s s i o n ,
Pradhan focussed on
collaborations of India
and Japan to increase
steel usage. Speaking
about energy sector, he
said that in the next 20
years, India is set to be
the largest energy mar-
ket in the world. $60 bil-
lion is being invested in
creation of energy in-
frastructure in the
country. Addition of
about 16,000 kms of gas
pipelines will further
give boost to steel de-
mand. —Agencies
Amid violence that con-
sumed parts of north-
east Delhi, one particu-
larly chilling moment
emerged from Jaf-
frabad, where an uni-
dentified man with a
handgun confronted an
unarmed Police officer,
forcing him to back
away with his hands
raised before firing re-
peatedly into the air.
The video shows the
brave cop standing tall
as the gunman saunters
up to him, waving the
gun and shouting. The
gunman fires once into
the air as stones and
chunks of concrete rain
down all around him.
I appeal to
everyone that
violence is not
the solution to
anything. It is for
everyone’s good that
brotherhood is
maintained in Delhi.
Be it CAA supporters
or those against it,
violence should stop.
—Kapil Mishra,
BJP Leader
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari
said that the protests in Jaf-
frabad and other places are
politically induced. “The anti-
CAA protesters should avoid
getting involved in some
political induced activities as
they might get into judicial
problems,” Tiwari said. Ti-
wari had also congratulated
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, BJP
legislator from Badarpur,
for getting appointed as the
Leader of Opposition in the
Delhi Assembly.
 The Congress has alleged that
the BJP leaders are giving hate
speeches in Delhi and the Delhi
police are taking no action due to
which there is a complete break-
down of law and order.
 The statement was given after
violence broke out in north east
Delhi between pro and anti-CAA
protesters in which one Delhi Police
head constable lost his life.
 Congress said, “Delhi Police,
under Home Ministry, has failed to
control law & order. BJP leaders have
been openly giving hate speeches &
threats but no action is being taken.”
After violent clashes in North-East district area of the city, the Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation has closed the entry and exit gates of Jaffrabad, Maujpur-
Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave, & Shiv Vihar on Monday evening
citing security reasons. Trains will terminate at the Welcome metro station,
DMRC said in a tweet. The entry & exit at Jaffrabad metro station and
Maujpur-Babarpur metro station were closed in morning. DMRC had also
closed exit and entry of Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave metro stations in evening.
PROTESTS ARE
POLITICALLY
INDUCED: TIWARI
‘SHAH FAILED TO MAINTAIN LAW & ORDER IN DELHI’
JAFFRABAD, 4 OTHER METRO STATIONS CLOSED
MAN OPENS FIRE
IN FRONT OF COP
INDIA TO BE
LARGEST ENERGY
MARKET IN 20 YRS,
SAYS PRADHAN
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court appointed
interlocutors, senior
advocate Sanjay Hegde
and advocate Sadhana
Ramachandran, Mon-
day submitted a report
in a sealed cover after
holding talks with the
anti-CAA protesters in
Delhi’’s Shaheen Bagh.
A bench comprising
Justice Sanjay Kishan
Kaul and Justice K. M.
Joseph said, “Let us ex-
amine the report (sub-
mitted by interlocutors)
in the sealed cover.”
The court adjourned
the matter for further
hearing on Wednesday.
The interlocutors
contended that it was a
learning experience in
talking to the people at
the protest site.
The court was hear-
ing PIL filed by advo-
cate Amit Sahni and
BJP leader Nand
Kishore Garg seeking
removal of protesters at
Shaheen Bagh as they
have blocked a major
road connecting Delhi
and Noida. —Agencies
Hearing on Shaheen
Bagh case tomorrow
IN THE COURTYARD
‘WAITING FOR
VERDICT’
New Delhi: Protest-
ers at Shaheen Bagh
said, “We are waiting
for SC’s decision on
the matter. After the
verdict, we will decide
how we will take this
forward,” said one
of the protestors at
Shaheen Bagh. Two
interlocutors Sanjay
Hegde and lawyer
Sadhana Ramachan-
dran held several par-
leys with protesters
but the issue has not
yet been resolved.
New Delhi: President
of Supreme Court of
United Kingdom, Lord
Robert John Reed wit-
nessed proceedings of a
SC bench headed by CJI
SA Bobde.
Lord Reed is in India
for participating in the
International Judges’
conference 2020. The
first case, being heard
by the bench, was an ar-
bitration matter.
Justice Bhushan P
Dharmadhikari has
been appointed as the
Acting Chief Justice of
theBombayHighCourt,
a Rashtrapati Bhavan
communique said on
Monday.
Meanwhile, Justice
Dharmadhikari’’s ap-
pointment follows the
retirement of Chief
Justice Pradeep Nan-
drajog last week. —ANI
UK ‘s top judge
witnesses SC
proceedings New Delhi: The SC on
Monday declined to en-
tertain a plea that had
sought directions to the
Delhi government to
sanction the prosecu-
tion of former JNU
leader Kanhaiya Ku-
mar in a 2016 sedition
cases in a time-bound
manner.
A bench headed by
CJI, SA Bobde, said the
court cannot entertain
such a general prayer.
The apex court was
hearing an appeal filed
by lawyer Shashank
Deo Sudhi to challenge
a Delhi High Court or-
der that too had refused
to direct the Delhi gov-
ernment to sanction the
trial in the case.—ANI
Plea to prosecute Kanhaiya
Kumar in Sedition case rejected
New Delhi: A Delhi
court issued notice to
city police on an ap-
plication that sought
for preserving the
Twitter account of
Congress leader
Shashi Tharoor’’s
wife Sunanda Push-
kar who was found
dead in a hotel in
2014. She was found
dead in a hotel room
in mysterious cir-
cumstances on Jan
17, 2014. The couple
was staying in hotel
as their house was
under renovation.
Tharoor, the sole ac-
cused in the case, is
currently out on bail.
Court seeks police reply
in Sunanda Pushkar case
Sensex crashes by 800 pts
amid coronavirus fears
Mumbai: Equity
benchmark indices
closed nearly 2 per
cent lower on Monday
as the spread of coro-
navirus outside Chi-
na spooked global
markets.
The virus claiming
2,442 lives in China
has spread to 28 other
countries with inves-
tors grappling to as-
sess its impact on eco-
nomic growth. The
BSE S&P Sensex
closed 807 points or
1.96 per cent lower at
40,363 while the Nifty
50 cracked by 242
points or 2.01 per cent
to 11,839.
All sectoral indices
at the National Stock
Exchange were in the
red with Nifty metal
down by 5.36 %, auto
by 3.51 %, pharma by
3.09 % and realty by
2.16 %. —ANI
Two groups pelt stones on each other during the protest
against the CAA and NRC in New Delhi on Monday.

8. Travellers tend to ro-
manticise traditional
Ladakh. However, before
modern medicines be-
came commonly availa-
ble, injuries and ailments
could take painfully long
to heal or even prove to
be unnecessarily fatal.
With barely adequate
production capabilities,
communities would
face severe challenges
to their survival during
the years of drought and
other natural calamities.
Still, the people were
self-sufficient most of
the time. Hectic work
during the short sum-
mer agricultural season
was followed by a long
and relatively relaxed
winter, with scope for
heightened family and
community interactions.
Their livelihood, based
on agriculture, livestock
rearing and trade was in
harmony with their envi-
ronment. There was no
wastage, and everything
discarded was always
biodegradable. They
had achieved a sustain-
able mode of life many
centuries before that
term gained its current
urgency in environmen-
tal discourse.
Now, however, trucks
from the Indian plains
bring in food grains,
made available to the
local population at sub-
sidised rates. There is
also a substantial influx
of tourists and defence
personnel. These chang-
es have led to a rapid
and chaotic, unplanned
urban construction in
the major settlements,
to cater to the summer
rush. The new eco-
nomic opportunities now
available are taking the
people away from their
former hard-working,
self-sufficient, cheerful
and contented lives. It
also creates unsustain-
able stress on the local
physical environment.
To secure the future of
Ladakh, it will have to
make informed choices
instead of an unthinking
wholesale adoption of
the model of develop-
ment through rapid
urbanisation.
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NO FAULT OF THEIRS
CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE NEW UT OF LADAKH
Hidden behind the mighty Himalayas, Ladakh had always been a remote area. Throughout history, its
political destiny has been decided mostly by its powerful neighbours. That recurring pattern repeated
itself with the recent abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution. Local opinion was always
in favour of autonomy as a Union Territory. The disappointment is with the status of a UT without a
Legislature. Inadequate control over their future has created a nagging apprehension of the area
being flooded by ‘outsiders’, who may buy land locally and steer future developments in a direction
adverse to their interests. Protection of their tribal rights needs to be extended to them under the
Fifth Schedule to the Constitution to assuage their fears. As an ecologically sensitive and culturally
unique area, challenges before Ladakh are many.
The Community
At the core of the
Ladakhi way of life was
the community. Interac-
tion with external agencies
and influences, whether
in the economic, political
or the religious domain,
was invariably at the level
of the local community,
rather than the individual.
Reaching out to the im-
mediate neighbours for
organising family func-
tions, construction of their
houses and the manage-
ment of the elaborate
irrigation channels in a
spirit of mutuality was the
norm. Potential individual
conflicts were contained
and resolved through the
intervention of the com-
munity. Personal good
was traditionally accepted
to be subservient to the
welfare of the collective.
However, recent
changes are creating
ruptures in the fabric of
their harmonious social
structure. Young men are
moving to the urban hubs
of tourist inflow drawn by
the emerging economic
opportunities there. They
leave behind the wom-
enfolk and their children
to take care of the fields
and the livestock on their
own; creating a disrupted
family. In contact with the
‘outsiders’ in these urban
environments, the men
encounter a monetised
economy that measures
values by its market
price. They experience a
consumerist culture that
gauges happiness by
the quantum of expense
incurred. The new culture
celebrates individualism as
opposed to their traditional
collective aspirations.
A large dose of
self-confidence in their
long-held value system
and the local ethos of
cooperation would be
required by the Ladakhis
to deal with such alien
influences adequately, and
to avoid being swept off
their feet. The time-tested
cooperative behaviour is,
perhaps, also essential for
ensuring a joyous survival
in their harsh cold desert
landscape.
Ahuman-centric
worldview, taken for
granted today, is a rela-
tively new development
in the history of human
culture. The forces of
nature overawed most
ancient societies. Ancient
Ladakh too, had a deep
respect, tinged with an
element of fear, for the
ferocity of the natural
world as reflected in their
thought processes – a
belief in the spirits of the
mountains, passes, lakes,
the sky and the earth.
They considered these
entities to be poten-
tially evil and, therefore,
requiring appeasement,
usually through the
medium of the shaman
who could communicate
with the diabolical spirits.
The shaman was also
the medicine man and an
oracle. Animism, or the
worship of nature, is fun-
damentally opposed to
monotheism. There were
too many natural forces
to deal with, independent
of each other.
Buddhism was sub-
sequently adopted in
Ladakh, not at the cost
of but in addition to,
their traditional animist
worldview. In the local
mindset, fear of nature
got easily morphed into
compassion for all living
beings under the influ-
ence of the new religion.
Buddha got elevated to
the status of God, with
gigantic statues commis-
sioned to honour him.
However, the traditional
pantheist beliefs were
not satisfied with Bud-
dha as the sole deity.
Many Bodhisattvas, or
deities who had attained
Enlightenment but chose
to stay on in the world
to help others achieve
nirvana, came into being.
Such a composite value
system has been the
common heritage of the
entire region of Tibet,
and survives today, in a
largely unchanged form,
in Ladakh.
The Kargil region
of Ladakh was a part
of the Ladakhi Bud-
dhist culture, till a
majority of its inhabit-
ants converted to the
Shia sect of Islam in
the fifteenth century.
Polo, a popular sport
in Central Asia, was
introduced into Ladakh
through Kargil. But the
orthodox Muslims now
frown upon its practice.
Shared environmental
challenges demand a
similarity in response.
Today, the Ladakhi Mus-
lims are torn between
an allegiance to the lo-
cally evolved traditional
culture and the modern
Muslim orthodoxies,
whose agenda is set by
far off and culturally
alien religious centres.
The Place
The Religion
MAHENDRA SINGH
DG INCOME TAX
(INVESTIGATION) RAJASTHAN

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Raj beat Odisha
in Under-19 ODI
Jaipur: Rajasthan de-
feated the Odisha team
by 28 runs in the match
played in the BCCI Un-
der 19 ODI Trophy be-
ing played in Guwahati.
Rajasthan bowler
Rudrakshi Singh lead
the team to victory by
taking 6 wickets.
Rudrakshi Singh 22/6,
Dimple Kanwar 8/1 and
Simran Chaudhary
19/1.
India’s Yash Fadte
wins French Open
France: India’s Yash
Fadte justified his top
ranking by winning the
French Open Junior
U-19 squash event. Seed-
ed number one, Fadte
defeated second seed
Marek Panacek of
Czech republic 10-12, 11-
5, 11-4, 11-5 in the final.
Earlier, Fadte won a
tough semi-final against
France’s Toufik Me-
khalfi in 5 games.
ICC bans Oman
player for 7 years
Dubai: The Interna-
tional Cricket Council
(ICC) has banned Oman
player Yousuf Abdulra-
him Al Balushi from all
forms of cricket for sev-
en years for his involve-
ment in trying to fix
matches. Al Balushi ac-
cepted four charges of
breaching the ICC Anti-
Corruption Code. The
charges are all related
to the ICC men’s T20
World Cup Qualifiers
2019 held in the United
Arab Emirates.
Guru Nanak Dev
Univ bag 2 gold
Bhubaneswar: Guru
Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar won two gold
medals -- in senior
men’s epee and senior
team men’s sabre --
while Punjab Universi-
ty, Chandigarh finished
on top of podium in
senior team women’s
foil fencing event in the
Khelo India University
Games on Monday.
Coronavirus hits
Italian sport hard
Milan: Sport in Italy is
being heavily disrupted
by a surge in the num-
ber of coronavirus cas-
es but Napoli’s Champi-
ons League match
against Barcelona in the
south of the country on
Tuesday is not at risk.
Italy reported its fifth
death from the virus
and it has the most con-
firmed cases in Europe.
Dev, Reshma
Maruri in semis
New Delhi: Top seed
Dev V. Javia, third seed
Chirag Duhan and un-
seeded duo of Nitin
Jaipal Singh & Mohit A.
Bondree progressed to
the semifinals of the Ro-
land-Garros Junior Wild
Card Series at the RK
Khanna Tennis Com-
plex. In girls’ category,
top seed Reshma Maru-
ri, second seed Akank-
sha Nitture & unseeded
Sanjana Sirimalla and
Vaishnavi Adkar made
it to the last 4 stage.
BRIEF
in
Jaipur: The 38th na-
tional shooting ball
championship conclud-
ed in Ganahera in Push-
kar on Monday. Presi-
dent of Rajasthan
shooting ball associa-
tion O P Machra said 28
men and 20 women
teams participated in
the tournament. He said
the winners received Rs
31K; runners up Rs 21K
while the team on 3rd
place received Rs 11K
along with tracksuit
and kit. In the men cat-
egory, Delhi AIIMS was
winner, Punjab was
runners up & Haryana
was third.
Haryana & Maha-
rashtra were first &
second in women cate-
gory, respectively. Ra-
jya Sabha MP from UP
and president of na-
tional shooting ball fed-
eration Dr. Anil Agar-
wal announced that
like IPL and pro kabad-
di soon shooting ball
league will be organ-
ised. He said that ever
since he became presi-
dent shooting ball has
progressed and central
and state governments
have given recognition.
Ajmer MP Bhagirath
Choudhary, SAI officer
and observer M L Upad-
hyaya, patron of shoot-
ing ball federation of
India Mahaveer Singh
Tomar, joint secretary
J P Kadian, member In-
deraj Sharma and Sec-
retary Bhagchand Ku-
mawat were present in
inaugural ceremony.
Former minister and
Pushkar MLA Naseem
Akhtar Insaaf, general
secretary of national
shooting ball federation
Ravindra Tomar, Presi-
dent of Rajasthan
shooting ball associa-
tion O P Machra, M L
Upadhyaya, patron Rat-
ish Chaturvedi, chair-
man Sushil Mahla, An-
mol Mathur and Man
Mohan Singh Rathore
were present in the clos-
ing ceremony.
Nat’l shooting ball c’ship concludes
India vs Bangladesh
Toss: Bangladesh, field first
India R B 4 6 SR
TBhatiastNSultanabSKhatun 2 5 0 0 40.00
ShafaliVermacSSultanabPGhosh 39 17 2 4 229.41
JIRodriguesrunout 34 37 2 1 91.89
HKaurcRAhmedbPGhosh 8 11 1 0 72.72
DBSharmarunout 11 16 0 0 68.75
RMGhoshcNahidaAkterbSKhatun 14 14 2 0 100.00
VKrishnamurthynotout 20 11 4 0 181.81
SPandeynotout 7 9 0 0 77.77
Extras:7(lb1,w6)
Total:142/6(20Overs,RR:7.1)
Fallofwickets:1-16(TaniyaBhatia,1.5ov),2-53(Shafali
Verma,5.3ov),3-78(HarmanpreetKaur,9.6ov),4-92(Jemimah
Rodrigues,13.2ov),5-111(RichaGhosh,16.2ov),6-113
(DeeptiSharma,16.5ov)
Bowling:JahanaraAlam4-0-33-0,SalmaKhatun4-0-25-2,
NahidaAkter4-0-34-0,PannaGhosh4-0-25-2,RumanaAhmed
2-0-8-0,FahimaKhatun2-0-16-0.
Bangladesh R B 4 6 SR
SSultanacSharmabPandey 3 8 0 0 37.50
MurshidaKhatuncGhoshbReddy 30 26 4 0 115.38
SIslamcBhatiabPoonamYadav 10 17 0 0 58.82
NigarSultanacReddybGayakwad 35 26 5 0 134.61
FarganaHoquecBhatiabReddy 0 4 0 0 0.00
FKhatuncSVermabPoonamYadav 17 13 2 0 130.76
JAlamstBhatiabPoonamYadav 10 10 1 0 100.00
RumanaAhmedbPandey 13 8 2 0 162.50
SalmaKhatunnotout 2 5 0 0 40.00
NahidaAkternotout 2 3 0 0 66.66
Extras:2(lb2),Total:124/8(20Overs,RR:6.2)
Fallofwickets:1-5(ShamimaSultana,1.6ov),2-44(Murshida
Khatun,7.6ov),3-61(SanjidaIslam,10.3ov),4-66(Fargana
Hoque,11.3ov),5-94(FahimaKhatun,15.1ov),6-106(Nigar
Sultana,16.4ov),7-108(JahanaraAlam,17.3ov),8-121
(RumanaAhmed,19.1ov)
Bowling:DBSharma4-0-32-0,SPandey4-0-14-2,RSGayak-
wad4-0-25-1,AReddy4-0-33-2,PoonamYadav4-0-18-3.
India win by 18 runs
SCOREBOARD
Southee 5-wicket-haul helps
NZ to historic 100th Test win
6 from Raj enter main
draw of India Masters
State Level
Sports begins
from March 14
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The 21st State
Level Revenue Sports
Competition 2019-20
will be held from March
14 to 16 at Sawai
Mansingh Stadium un-
der the aegis of Reve-
nue Board Rajasthan
Ajmer and District Col-
lector Jaipur. District
Collector Dr. Jogaram
said that a 35-member
team from every dis-
trict would participate
in the revenue sports
competition. The com-
petition will consist of
a total of 45 teams and
more than 1400 players
will showcase their
strength in the games.
The District Collector
added that there would
be both outdoor and in-
door games, along with
athletics competitions.
Among outdoor sports,
there will be football,
volleyball, shooting,
basketball, lawn tennis
singles and doubles.
India beat Bangladesh by 18
runs in their 2nd game of
Women’s T20 World Cup
Now, India are currently
top of their group with two
wins in two games
Perth: Spinner Poon-
am Yadav claimed three
wickets as India defeat-
ed Bangladesh by 18
runs in a Group A
match of the ICC Wom-
en’s T20 World Cup on
Monday. Invited to bat,
India posted a competi-
tive 142 for 6 and then
returned to restrict
Bangladesh to 124 for 8
to notch up their second
successive win in the
showpiece event.
Chasing 143 to win,
Murshida Khatun com-
piled a 26-ball 30 after
her opening partner
Shamima Sultana was
sent packing in the sec-
ond over by Shikha Pan-
dey. Once Khatun was
removed by Arundhati
Reddy, Nigar Sultana
(35) tried to keep them
in the hunt but Bangla-
desh struggled against
the quality spin bowl-
ing of Poonam Yadav,
who claimed three
wickets to derail Bang-
ladesh’s chase. Arund-
hati Reddy & Pandey
took 2 wickets each,
while Rajeshwari Gay-
akwad (1/25) accounted
for one wicket. For
Bangladesh, skipper
Salma Khatun (2/25)
and Panna Ghosh (2/25)
claimed 2 wickets each.
THE POWER
GIRLS
Poonam and
Shafali starred
again in India’s
2nd straight
win of the tour
Pocket-size
dynamite
Shafali Verma
smashed 4
sixes in match
India will now
take the field
against New
Zealand on
February 27
Wellington: New Zea-
land beat India by 10
wickets in the opening
Test, finishing the game
with one full day and a
half to spare for a 1-0
lead in the two-match
series on Monday.
NewZealandknocked
off the required nine
runs in 1.4 overs. Re-
suming on overnight
144 for four in their sec-
ond innings, India lost
the wickets of Ajinkya
Rahane and Vihari for
the addition of only
four runs to put the Ki-
wis on top. This is the
11th loss under Kohli
for India and curiously
all these reverses have
come after the captain
has lost the toss.
But this defeat is the
1st loss in terms of
wickets under Kohli as
all 10 other losses have
been in terms of runs
and/or innings. This
happens to be the 100th
Test match win for New
Zealand and they are
now the 7th nation to
the feat.
Poonam Yadav
Rodrigues
Indiaputonanotheradroitshow
Shafali Verma
Bikaner shine on 1st Day of Rajasthan
State Track Cycling Championship
Jaipur: Rajasthan
State Track Cycling
Championships was
held at SMS Stadium
Valodram under the
aegis of Rajasthan
Cycling Association.
President, Rajasthan
Cycling Association,
Shalendra Periwal
and Secreatary, O. P
Vishwarkama for-
mally inaugurated
the championship
they encouraged the
players and called cy-
cling a good physical
exercise. The event is
being held at SMS
Stadium Valodram
on February 24 and
25. A total of 17 teams
are trying their best
in this competition.
200 boys and girls cy-
clists from around 17
districts are partici-
pating. Today at 10.20
am Sports Minister
Ashok Chandana will
be awarding the win-
ners. In 4 km boys
under 14 competition,
Khetaram Cheiga of
Nagaur took first
place; Ravindra from
Jaipur finished sec-
ond and Bajrang from
Bikaner took the
third place.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Six men from
Rajasthan entered the
main draw of the 44th
India Masters National
Badminton Champion-
ships going on at Sawai
Mansingh Stadium. It
was a double treat for
James Daniel of Ra-
jasthan as he qualified
to play in singles and
doubles in the main
draw in the age group
(55). Along with Man-
mohan Tank of Ra-
jasthan (45), Prashant
Sharma (45), Harendra
Kumar Sharma (60),
Magan Singh Nathavat
(40), Randhir Singh (35)
have also secured the
place in the main draw
of men’s singles. In
women’s category, Pre-
ma Chaudhary and
Ruchi Sharma (35) in
women’s doubles and
Sanjeev Chhabra and
Archana Kasturia (40),
Pushpendra and Neha
(35), Arpit Sharma and
Deepa Mathur (35) in
mixed doubles also en-
ter the main draw. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

10. Kartikey Dev Singh
W
ith the
‘winds of
c h a n g e ’
starting to
blow for the Rajya Sab-
ha ie retirement of doz-
ens of MPs of the Up-
per House, those hope-
ful of a berth have
started making a bee-
line to their respective
party high commands.
Amongst those retiring,
are eighteen MPs of the
Congress party as well
and according to an es-
timate, the age-old par-
ty believes that it can
easily get re-elected on
at least ten seats, if not
more. The Congress
party formed govern-
ments in Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh and
Chattisgarh a need-
less to say, the party
will be supremely
benefited by this de-
velopment.
Since Congress is
the main opposition
to the current govern-
ment, the party would
ant to send those stal-
warts to the Lok Sab-
ha who could provide
a tough ‘front’ to the
BJP and thus the
names of senior and
well known leaders
would be finalized in
the first round. Thus
Rajasthan, MP, Chat-
tisgarh, Maharash-
tra, Haryana and
Karnataka are the six
states from where one
senior leader each
could be sent to the
upper house.
Although the Con-
gress has no dearth of
leaders who could be
sent to the RS but sourc-
es claim that Rahul
Gandhi’s ‘youth lead-
ers’ are also equally up-
beat about going to the
upper house and have
started lobbying. Inter-
estingly, names of sen-
ior leaders like Digvijay
Singh from MP and Ku-
mari Selja from Hary-
ana, are touted to be fi-
nal and are part of the
half adozenorsonames
already finalized by the
party high command.
Interestingly, an-
other senior leader
Mallikarjun Kharge
is also being reported
to be sent to the upper
house from Karnata-
ka, since he was the
leader of the party in
the previous Lok Sab-
ha. Moreover, the
name of KC Venugo-
pal, who is known to
be close to Gandhi-
scion Rahul, is also in
the foray for Rajya
Sabha after he did not
contest Lok Sabha
elections in 2019, for
having won from Ala-
phuza constituency
for two straight elec-
tions. But it remains
to be seen if he is sent
from his home state
Kerala or any other
state, since Kerala is
due for RS election
next year.
However, it would be
interesting to see if the
party stands up to its
promise to young turk
from MP and Rahul’s
confidante Jyotiraditya
Scindia.
Although the scion
of the erstwhile
Gwalior royal family
is touted to be sent to
the Upper House, but
it is yet not confirmed
where will he be sent
from since sending
another ‘ruler’ elite’ (
first being ‘Diggi
Raja’) from the state
could hamper the
‘caste equation’. Scin-
dia and other such
leaders could be sent
from Rajasthan or
Chattisgarh where
the Congress is in a
driving position. No-
tably, in case Scindia
replaces Kamal Nath as
PCC Chief, then he will
not be a Rajya Sabha
candidate.
Interestingly, an-
other senior Congress
leader Avinash Pane
could also be sent into
the upper House from
Rajasthan. Pande,
who has vast knowl-
edge of the desert
state, being its in
charge, also enjoys
the trust and confi-
dence of Gandhi fam-
ily as well as an excel-
lent working relation-
ship with CM Ashok
Gehlot.
6 LIKELY RAJYA SABHA CONGRESS CANDIDATES!
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TETE
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Mallikarjun Kharge KC Venugopal Jyotiraditya ScindiaDigvijay Singh Avinash Pande Kumari Selja
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The Chief Min-
ister’s Residence (CMR)
witnessed hundreds of
people from all walks of
life on Monday as most
of them came to thank
the Chief Minister for
the welfare schemes an-
nounced by him in his
recent budget speech.
A delegation of
sportsmen led by for-
mer Olympian Gopal
Saini and Kabbadi
coach Hiralal Kataria
thanked Gehlot for
unprecedented en-
couragement given to
sports activity in the
state. Saini and Ka-
taria along with other
sportsmen were elat-
ed at quadrupling the
incentive amount for
winning medals at
Olympics, Asian and
C o m m o n w e a l t h
games.
They said that steps
like doubling the daily
allowance of sports-
men, inducting 500
sports coach and pro-
moting ‘Fit Rajasthan-
Hit Rajasthan’ would
certainly benefit the
sports environment of
the state. Bansoor MLA
Shakuntla Rawat was
accompanied by large
number of farmers and
advocates.
They thanked the CM
for ‘never before in 70
years’ gift galore for
Bansoor. Gehlot’s budg-
et speech had provi-
sions for senior CJ &
ACJM court, dedicated
agricultural Mandi and
a Municipality for Raw-
at’s constituency.
Athletes express
gratitude to Gehlot
First India News
Jaipur: Due to differ-
ent reasons, air trav-
ellers had to face a lot
of problems on Mon-
day. While the flight
to Agra was cancelled
due to the visit of US
President Donald
Trump, the technical
faults in the plane
caused passengers to
travel to and from
Dubai to face the trou-
ble for about 8 hours.
Air India flight 9I-
687/688 departs from
Jaipur to Agra at 10 am
and returns to Jaipur at
12:35pm. OnMonday,the
flight operations were
suspended due to the
visitof PresidentTrump
to Agra, which caused
problems for the passen-
gers. The movement of
these passengers took
place by road.
Apart from this,
Flight IX-196 from
Dubai, which arrives in
Jaipur at 6:30 am, was
late to leave from Dubai.
According to sources,
the aircraft gate did not
open at Dubai Airport,
due to which the pas-
sengers were delayed
for about 8 hours.
Passengers
suffer at
Jaipur airport
First India News
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
sought more financial
assistance from the
center. He has asked
the central govern-
ment to increase the
ratio of central finan-
cial assistance under
Jal Shakti Mission to
Rajasthan.
At present the center
and Rajasthan have
equalshare(50:50).How-
ever, considering diffi-
cult geographical condi-
tion of the state includ-
ing lack of surface wa-
ter and a large part be-
ing desert, the CM want-
ed the center to reduce
the state’s burden to
10% and increase the
center’s share to 90%.
The CM has written
a letter to the union
Jal Shakti minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat pointed out that
Rajasthan has been
clubbed with Karnata-
ka, Maharashtra, Gu-
jarat, Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh and Chhattis-
garh under Jal Shakti
mission, which was
unfair.
“The center and
states have equal share
under Jal Shakti mis-
sion. However, consid-
ering Rajasthan’s chal-
lenging geographical
and environment condi-
tions, it is not fair to
compare it with other
states. It is the largest
state in the country but
availability of surface
water resources is
least,” he reasoned.
According to Ge-
hlot, 95% area of Ra-
jasthan is in dark
zone and the 1/3 vil-
lages and hamlets of
the country affected
by poor quality of wa-
ter are in Rajasthan.
Gehlot said that in
desert area most habi-
tations are scattered
and situated in remote
areasbecauseof which
cost of implementing
drinkingwaterscheme
s higher. He said that
being native of Rajas-
than, he (Shekhawat)
is aware of drinking
water problems.
Gehlot said that to
provide every person 5
liter water per day in 13
districts of eastern re-
gion of the state, the
government would re-
quire interlinking riv-
ers, which would be
very costly.
The Chief Minister
stressed that in the
past, the desert states
used to get 90% finan-
cial assistance from
the center under the
national rural drink-
ing water programme
till 2013. But, it was
later reduced to 60%
then 50%.
Gehlot said that con-
sidering limited finan-
cial resources and chal-
lenging conditions, Ra-
jasthan needs more
central assistance.
‘Linking rivers costly, centre should
provide 90% assistance for water’
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with Nepal’s envoy to India Nilambar Acharya at CMO on Monday.
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What’s important is not what
we know, it’s what we can think
of at the right time.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
WEDDING CELEBRATIONS...
BJP President JP Nadda with wife Mallika Nadda and son Girish Nadda during the haldi ceremony of Girish. Right: Harish Nadda (Younger son of JP Nadda)
along with grandfather Narayan Lal Nadda and the two aunts of JP Nadda. Seated are all the Nadda family members at Pushkar Brahm Ghat on Monday.
—PHOTOSBYSUNILSHARMA
First India News
Jaipur: The three day
Golden Jubilee celebra-
tions of Rajasthan Hous-
ing Board ended on off
beat with visionary sign
off.RHB,onMonday,had
motivational speaker
Ujjwal Patni to take the
already charged employ-
ees a notch higher. The
final day of celebrations
started with customary
Ganesh puja at the HQ in
which RHB commission-
er Pawan Arora along
with other officers &
staff participated.
This was followed by a
session of classical music
thatcaptivatedeverybody,
followedbytraditionalRa-
jasthani songs and dance
presentation.
Although all the pro-
grammestakenupduring
golden jubilee celebra-
tions topped each other
but Commissioner Arora,
known for his innovative
styleof functioning,chose
the culminating day to be
the one which made the
uphill task ahead easy for
his team. Arora invited
international author and
motivational speaker
UjjwalPatnitofurtheren-
thusehisteam.Patnilefta
lasting impression on ev-
eryone with his one hour
talk. He asked everyone to
workwithamindsetof an
achiever like their com-
missioner Pawan Arora
always does. Patni have 3
basic mantras to the spell-
bound audience.
First he asked every-
one at RHB to take re-
sponsibility thus solving
problemseasily,secondly
he asked all to associate
their self prestige with
theirorganizationwhich
will never let them down
and thirdly all should be
go getters. Patni also
asked everyone to have a
rolemodelandincaseof
RHB employees who bet-
ter than Arora himself.
Commissioner Arora
speakingontheoccasion
said that he was happy
thatRHBwasalreadyfol-
lowing most of the tips
given by Patni. He also
used the opportunity to
thank all his officers and
team who had collective-
ly achieved what was
perceived to be impossi-
ble at one stage.
RHB celebrations end on a ‘high note’
RHB commissioner Pawan Arora along with motivational speaker
Ujjwal Patni during the ceremony on Monday.
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with MLA Shakuntala Rawat and
Congress Leader Dharmendra Rathore.
TRUMP’S AGRA VISIT

11. S
ara Ali Khan and Varun
Dhawan have been ac-
tively posting on social
media for the past few
days after wrapping up the
shooting of their upcoming film
‘Coolie No 1’.
Sara on Sunday, took to Insta-
gram to share a couple of pic-
tures. She captioned it: “And
that’s a wrap on #coolieno1.
Thank you @varundvn for be-
ing the best and coolest coolie,
No one better to have helped
carry my ‘baggage’ (pun intend-
ed) carry me through what I
couldn’t carry off and stop me
from getting carried away al-
most all the time.”
Further adding that she will
miss Dhawan, Sara wrote:
“Will miss irritating you con-
stantly.”
Later, Varun also shared the
pictures on his Twitter and
wrote, “Tere nakhre hamesha
uthaaunga sara kyunki tu ladki
hain ek number #coolieno1. Pic-
ture khatam. Haat jaoon baaju
ayaa raju #coolieno1.” —ANI
K
ajol who has
teamed up with
eight incredible
performers for the
upcoming short film
‘Devi, shared the trailer of
the short film on Twitter
and wrote: “9 fierce wom-
en, 9 different back-
grounds, 1 stark reality.
Here’s a glimpse of what
happens when these wom-
en are put together in a
room! Stay tuned for our
short film, #Devi on 2nd
March on @largeshort-
films.”
The 58-seconds trailer
doesn’t quite reveal the
reason why the nine differ-
ent women, be it in age,
style or personality, are
restricted in a room but it
showcases the nuances of
everyone’s traits. While
the ladies call out each
other out of frustration on
being thrown into a single
room, Kajol tries to be the
mediator who pulls every-
one back making them re-
call how frightened they
were when they all came
there first. ‘Devi’ has an
ensemble cast including
actors such as Neha Dhu-
pia, Neena Kulkarni,
Shruti Haasan, Mukta
Barve, Shivani Raghu-
vanshi, Sandhya Mhatre,
Rama Joshi and Rashas-
wini Dayama in pivotal
roles. The powerful
short film narrates
the story of nine op-
pressed women
coming from differ-
ent walks of life.
The short film
which is both di-
rected and writ-
ten by Priyanka
Banerjee and is
produced by Ryan
Stephen and
Niranjan Iyen-
gar. The
short film
will be
o p e n e d
for pub-
l i c
view-
ing on
March
2.
JAIPUR, TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
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PERFECT LOOKn the birth an-
niversary of J.
Jayalalithaa,
February 24,
a new look
of Kangana
Ranaut as the
late former Tamil
Nadu chief minister in
the latter’s upcoming
biopic ‘Thalaivi’ was
unveiled on social
media by the Kanga-
na’s sister Rangoli
Chandel.
Kangana looks al-
most perfect as Jay-
alalithaa in the picture.
She wears a white saree
with a red-white-black
border, in sync with the
flag of Jayalalithaa’s
party, AIADMK.
When the makers of
‘Thalaivi’ released
Kangana’s first in the
film a few months ago,
it brought its share of
criticism, with many
saying that the actress
looked nothing like the
Iron Lady of Tamil
Nadu. However, Kan-
gana’s new look seems
flawless.
AL Vijay, director of
the film said “We’ve
brought in specialists
from the USA to work
on Kangana’s look. In
terms of the story, we
would like to portray
her (Jayalalithaa’s) hu-
man side without try-
ing to glorify her.”
At a media interac-
tion a while back, Kan-
gana had said. “It is a
big challenge to fit into
Jayalalithaa’s shoes
because she was a
glamorous actress like
Aishwarya Rai, which
I am not.” Kangana
opined that the com-
mon point is that both
of them are reluctant
actors. —IANS
O
Kangana Ranaut
SONAMpraises Taapsee
S
onam K Ahuja
has praised
actress Taap-
see Pannu and
said that she is quite
a clutter breaker.
Sonam took to Twit-
ter on Sunday and
wrote: “I really like
@taapsee she’s quite
a clutter breaker.”
Thanking Sonam,
an elated Taapsee re-
plied: “Thank you so
much Sonam! So
sweet of you. Big
hug. It takes all
of us to break
the clutter we
have been
stuck in for
years.”
T h e
‘Neerja’
actress’s
tweet
comes be-
fore the release of
Taapsee’s upcoming
film ‘Thappad’,
which revolves
around a young mar-
ried couple and how
one day, when the
wife is slapped by the
husband in front of
guests at a house par-
ty, the incident trig-
gers off a chain reac-
tion that lead to self-
realisation for her,
leading to her walk-
ing out of the mar-
riage.
‘Thappad’ also fea-
tures Pavail Gulati,
Kumud Mishra, Rat-
na Pathak Shah, Tan-
vi Azmi, Dia Mirza
and Ram Kapoor,
among others. The
film, is slated to re-
lease on Friday.
—IANS
I think she always felt that she
was worth much more than just
being a glam doll (in films), and
she became a politician. Like
how I became a filmmaker because I felt
that being an actress was very limiting for
me. So, I think there are parallels.
—KANGANA RANAUT
—ANI
9 DEVIYAN
SARACALLS
VARUNBEST
‘COOLIE’
Taapsee Pannu (top) and
Sonam K Ahuja (above)
Poster of the filmKajol
Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan
Kangana as J. Jayalalithaa
A still from the Trailer
... their Instagram post