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Sensitive CM to implement 2011 order for SC/ST promotion
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Jaipur: In a big boost
towards promotion of
Scheduled Caste and
Scheduled Tribe em-
ployees, Gehlot govern-
ment has decided to im-
plement its previous
order of September 11,
2011 in letter and spirit.
What it meant is
that even if less than
50% posts are availa-
ble to be filled for pro-
motion, Scheduled
Caste and Scheduled
Tribeemployeeswould
get benefits of reserva-
tion. So far, in such
cases, posts were filled
through promotions
on merit basis only.
The department of
personnel(DoP)onMon-
day,issuedaclarification
while cancelling its or-
der of October 29, 1990.
Till now, if out of
total vacant posts less
than 50% (vacant)
posts were to be filled
through promotion,
then reservation ben-
efit was not applied.
These vacant posts
were always filled on
merit basis. A gov-
ernment employee
was promoted to a va-
cant post from merit
list irrespective of
which category he or
she belonged to.
Due to this, SC/ST
employees were not
able to get reservation
benefit as per govern-
ment’s intention ex-
plained in its order of
September 2011. How-
ever, it triggered dis-
content among SC/ST
employees who filed
complaints. When de-
partments sought guid-
ance from the DoP, it
explained the issue by
cancelling and simul-
taneously cancelled or-
der of 2010.
According to DoP
clarification, SC/ST
should be given reser-
vation benefit irre-
spective of number of
available posts for pro-
motion in any cadre.
Besides, the DoP can-
celled order 0f 2010,
which stated that reser-
vation benefit was not
applicable on posts,
which had 75% share
from direct recruit-
ment. And, if posts for
promotion were less
than 50, then they had to
be filled on merit basis.
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot listening to people’s grievances during one-hour long
jansunwai at CMR on Monday.
Jaipur: The mem-
bers of the Jat com-
munity on Monday
vandalised a theatre
in the city where
the movie ‘Panipat’
was being screened
while claiming that
the movie portrays
Jat ruler Maharaja
Surajmal in the
wrong light.
Meanwhile sev-
eral theatres
stopped screening
the film on Monday,
amid criticism by
Jat groups. P3
Jats take
Panipat battle
to theatres
Bengaluru: Turncoats
had a field day in the
Karnataka Assembly
by-elections to 15 seg-
ments as 11 of the total
13 of them in the fray
after joining the BJP
emerged victorious.
Overall, the BJP
swept 12 out of 15
seats.
Only H Vishwanath
(Hunsur) and M T B
Nagaraj (Hoskote)
lost as the BJP’s gam-
ble to field the defec-
tors from the Con-
gress and JDS who
helped them come to
power paid off.
Ten were in the
Congress previously
and three in the JDS
headed by former
Prime Minister H D
Deve Gowda.
After they switched
sides and joined the
BJP, the party fielded
them in the constitu-
encies they had repre-
sented in their previ-
ous party.
The 11 winners are:
Mahesh Kumatalli
(Athani), Srimant Patil
(Kagwad), Ramesh
Jarkiholi (Gokak), A
ShivaramHebbar (Yel-
lapur), B C Patil
(Hirekerur), Anand Sin-
gh (Vijayanagara), Dr K
Sudhakar (Chikkabal-
lapura), ByrathiBasa-
varaj (KR Pura), K Go-
palaiah (Mahalakshmi
Layout),NarayanaGow-
da (KR Pet) and S T So-
mashekhar (Yashwan-
thapura).
The BJP’s decision
to field Arun Kumar
Guththur in Raneben-
nur in place of dis-
qualified MLA R
Shankar, who too had
joined the BJP, proved
right as he defeated
the Congress candi-
date and former
speaker K B Koliwad.
Upbeat over the vic-
tory of a majority of
turncoats, Turn on P4
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa blesses BY Vijayendra after BJP won in 12 out of 15 assembly constituencies of Karnataka securing the position of Yediyurappa-
led BJP government in the state, in Bengaluru on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BJP BACK IN WINNING BIZ
DIME A DOZENSWEEPS K’TAKA BYPOLLS 12/15
TOTAL SEATS
15
The people of Karnataka have ensured that the
Congress or the JDS will not be able betray them.
It’s a message for all states that the public will
punish those who go against the popular mandate
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
We had given assurance to all the disqualified
MLAs that they will be made ministers. So there is
no question of backtracking. We will make them
ministers and give them responsibility
—B S Yediyurappa, Karnataka Chief Minister
BALLOT
SCORECARD
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Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa blesses BY Vijayendra after BJP won in 12 out of 15 assembly constituencies of Karnataka securing the position of Yediyurappa-
—PHOTO BY PTI
PARL HARBOUR
OVER CAB
New Delhi: Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Monday asserted that
the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
has the “endorsement of 130 crore
Indian citizens” and rejected sugges-
tions that the measure is anti-Mus-
lim, saying it will give rights to per-
secuted minorities from Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Trying to allay apprehensions
of people of the Northeast, Shah
said the Narendra Modi Govern-
ment is committed to protect the
customs and culture of people of
the region and informed that Ma-
nipur will be brought under In-
ner Line Permit regime, where
the proposed
law will not
be applicable.
The bill,
which has
been opposed
by the Con-
gress, Trina-
mool Con-
gress and oth-
er opposition
parties, was
introduced af-
ter a division
of votes for
which 293
MPs voted in
favour and 82 against it.
“Citizenship amendment bill has
the endorsement of 130 crore citi-
zens of the country as it was the part
of the BJP manifesto in 2014 as well
as 2019 Lok Sabha elections,” Shah
said, initiating the debate on the con-
tentious bill.
“We will have to differentiate be-
tween intruders and refugees. Citi-
zenship amendment bill does not dis-
criminate against anyone and does
not snatch anyone’s rights,” he said.
The home minister said under the
proposed legislation, Turn on P4
Kharagpur: On a day Union Home
minister Amit Shah placed Citizen-
ship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sab-
ha, West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on Monday gave a
clarion call to oppose the “divisive”
bill “at any cost” and said not a sin-
gle citizen of the country will be al-
lowed to turn a refugee.
Giving assurances that NRC
and CAB will be never allowed in
Bengal as long as the TMC is in
power, Banerjee said NRC and
CAB are both two sides of a coin.
Her comments come on a day
when Shah after introducing the
bill in Lok Sabha said it is not
against mi-
norities but
against infil-
trators.
“Its a divi-
sive bill and
shall be op-
posed at any
cost,” she said
on CAB.
C l a i m i n g
that at least
30 people
have commit-
ted suicide in
the state due
to panic over
National Register of Citizens
(NRC) being implemented here in
the wake of publication of citi-
zens register in the neighbouring
state of Assam, Banerjee said in
a secular country like India, citi-
zenship can never be accorded on
the basis of religion.
“There is no need to worry about
NRC and CAB. We will never ever al-
low it in Bengal. They can’t just
throw out a legal citizen of this
country or turn him/her a refugee,”
the TMC supremo said while ad-
dressing a rally at Turn on P4
Citizenship
amendment bill
has the endorse-
ment of 130
crore citizens of
the country as it
was the part of
BJP manifesto
Amit Shah,
Home Minister
There is no need
to worry about
NRC and CAB.
We will never
ever allow it in
Bengal. They
can’t just throw
out a citizen
Mamata Banerjee,
West Bengal CM
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SHE DEFEATED MISS
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TO WIN THE CROWN
INDIA’S VARTIKA
SINGH COULDN’T
MAKE IT TO TOP TEN P8
LOK SABHA CLEARS THE BILL WITH
311 VOTING IN SUPPORT AND 80 AGAINST
BREAKING AT
MIDNIGHT

Guwahati: Forbid-
ding clouds of anger
and apprehension
gathered over north-
eastern states on
Monday, a day ahead
of the shutdown
called by NESO, an
umbrella organisa-
tion of students in the
restive region, de-
spite Home Minister
Amit Shah’s pains-
taking efforts to allay
their fears.
Assam and Tripu-
ra, two of the eight
states that comprise
the region which
shares international
boundaries with Chi-
na, Bangladesh, My-
anmar and Bhutan,
smouldered with pro-
tests breaking out de-
spite Shah’s claim
that the Bill is not
against Muslims but
infiltrators.
The 48-hour Assam
bandh called by the
All Moran Students’
Union (AMSU) to pro-
test against the Citi-
zenship (Amend-
ment) Bill and seek
Scheduled Tribe sta-
tus for six communi-
ties affected normal
life in several parts of
the state on Monday.
The strikes started
at 6am. By the even-
ing, more than
1,000 people had
been detained. Ex-
aminations in Maha-
raja Bir Bikram Uni-
versity, Tripura’s
only state university,
and Tripura Central
University had to be
postponed, while the
Northeast Frontier
Railway (NFR) sus-
pended movements
of six trains and par-
tially suspended few
others in Tripura.
Protests against
CAB were also held in
Tripura capital Agar-
tala and parts of West
Bengal.
In Assam, deeply
divided over National
Register of Citizens
(NRC) exercise that
seeks to weed out il-
legal immigrants, the
CAB is facing stiff
resistance as people
feel it will nullify the
provisions of the As-
sam accord of 1985,
which fixed March 24,
1971, as the cut-off
date for deportation
of illegal immigrants
irrespective of reli-
gion.
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CABWHAT DOES IT DO AND WHY
IS IT SEEN AS A PROBLEM
Who is eligible?
The proposed legisla-
tion applies to those
who were “forced or
compelled to seek shel-
ter in India due to per-
secution on the ground
of religion”. It aims to
protect such people
from proceedings of il-
legal migration. The
cut-off date for citizen-
ship is December 31,
2014, which means the
applicant should have
entered India on or be-
fore that date. Indian
citizenship, under pre-
sent law, is given either
to those born in India or
if they have resided in
the country for a mini-
mum of 11 years.
The Bill also propos-
es to incorporate a sub-
section (d) to Section 7,
providing for cancella-
tion of Overseas Citi-
zen of India (OCI) regis-
tration.
The Bill also propos-
tion of OCI registra-
tion where the OCI
card-holder has vio-
lated any provision of
the Citizenship Act or
any other law in force.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, that seeks to give Indian nationality to
non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan was introduced
in the Lok Sabha today. The bill seeks to address the historical wrongdoings of
religious persecution on Non-Muslim refugees from the three states by providing
them Indian citizenship. The proposed legislation amends the Citizenship Act,
1955 to make Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis who got into India
from Afghanistan, Bangladdesh and Pakistan eligible for citizenship
secution on the ground
legal migration. The
cut-off date for citizen-
ship is December 31,
2014, which means the
applicant should have
entered India on or be-
fore that date. Indian
tration.
tion of OCI registra-
tion where the OCI
card-holder has vio-
lated any provision of
the Citizenship Act or
any other law in force.
CIRCA 2019...
AUG 31, 10 AM
he much-await-
ed updated Fi-
nal National
Register of Citi-
zens (NRC) in
Assam was released on
Saturday, excluding
names of over 19 lakh
applicants.
A total of
3,30,27,661
people
had applied to be in-
cluded in the NRC. Of
them, 3,11,21,004
have been included in
the document and
19,06,657 excluded, a
statement from the
NRC State Coordina-
tor’s office said here.
The status of both
inclusion and exclu-
sion can be viewed
online in the NRC
website, www.nrcas-
sam.nic.in
The final list was
published at 10 am and
the hard copies of the
Supplementary List of
Inclusions are availa-
ble for public viewing
at the NRC Seva Kend-
ras (NSK), offices of
the deputy commis-
sioner and offices of
the Circle Officer dur-
ing office hours, the
statement said.
Any person who is
not satisfied with the
outcome can file appeal
before the Foreigners
Tribunals within 120
days.
Assam government
has earlier said those
left out of the NRC will
not be detained under
any circumstances un-
til the Foreigners Tri-
bunals declare them as
foreigners.
The names of 1.9
crore people were pub-
lished as Part Draft
NRC on the midnight of
December 31, 2017.
CIRCA 2018...
JULY 30
he Complete
Draft was re-
leased exclud-
ing over 40 lakh
of 2.9 crore people. An
additional 1,02,462 peo-
ple were excluded in
June this year, taking
the total ineligible per-
sons to 41,10,169.
The process of
NRC updation start-
ed in the state follow-
ing an order of the
Supreme Court in
2013. Since then, the
Apex Court has been
closely monitoring
the entire process.
Assam, which has
faced an influx of peo-
ple from Bangladesh
since the early 20th
century, is the only
state having an NRC
which was first pre-
pared in 1951. Turn to P4
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NOBODY’SPEOPLE
FINALLY, THE NRC LIST IS OUT. Assam excludes over 19 lakh names. BJP is unhappy
over ‘erroneous’ count. The people excluded from the final list can appeal with the Foreigners’
Tribunal within a span of 120 days with a certified copy of the rejection order
PRESENT TENSE, FUTURE UNCERTAIN
 Any person who is
not satisfied with the
outcome of the claims
and objections can file
an appeal before the
foreigners’ tribunals
 Among those who
have been excluded
from the citizens’ list
is Ananta Kumar Malo,
an MLA from All India
United Democratic Front
(AIUDF) which is As-
sam’s second-most
powerful opposition
party.
 The status of both
inclusion and exclusion
can be viewed online on
the NRC website, www.
nrcassam.nic.in.
 Around 41 lakh
people were left out
of a draft list that was
published last July. They
were asked to come
up with documents to
prove their claims.
 The Home Ministry
said at least 1,000 tri-
bunals will be set up in
phases to hear disputes;
100 tribunals are already
open and 200 more will
be set up in the first
week of September. If
one loses the case in
the tribunal, one can
approach the high court
and then the Supreme
Court. No one will be
put in detention centres
until all legal options are
exhausted, the govern-
ment has said.
 The NRC has im-
mense significance for
the people of Assam as
the state witnessed a
six-year-long movement
between 1979 to 1985
seeking detection and
deportation of illegal mi-
grants from Bangladesh.
BETWEEN THE LINES: People checking their names on the final list of the National Register of
Citizens (NRC), in Kamrup district in Assam on Saturday.
—PTI
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SWISS BANK
DETAILS
FROM TODAY
Banking details of
Indians with accounts
in Switzerland will
be available to tax
authorities from Sun-
day as the automatic
exchange of informa-
tion regime kicks
off between the two
countries. The move,
the Central Board of
Direct Taxes said, is a
significant step in the
government’s fight
against black money
and the era of “Swiss
bank secrecy”.
Full report on Page 6
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: In her two-
hour-long meeting
with AICC Rajasthan
general secretary in-
charge Avinash Pande
a day before, Congress
President Sonia Gan-
dhi has specifically
asked him to play the
role of principal of
monitor to track par-
ty and government af-
Rajasthan
Sonia clearly expressed
her desire to develop Ra-
jasthan’ Congress gov-
ernment as a model gov-
ernance state, where a
hardcore Gandhi family
loyalist Ashok Gehlot is
calling the shots as the
Chief Minister in his
third term.
According to sources,
Congress high com-
mand is continuously
getting negative re-
ports on the coordina-
een
the party and the gov-
ernment, especially
between Gehlot and
Pilot. She immediately
wants to fill up this
gap by taking a final
call on Pilot in his ca-
pacity as PCC Chief.
However, she has not
indicated the “timing”
of her move. Most like-
ly, a change in PCC
leadership may take
place only after up-
coming two assembly
bypolls and local self
elections in October-
November this year.
According to sources
close to 10 Janpath, af-
ter Scindia incident
in Bhopal, High Com-
mand doesn’t want a
similar Pilot threat
story and wants to
move slowly on this
sensitive issue, as Pi-
lot has reportedly
conveyed his message
very clearly by saying
that he will also quit
from the post of dep-
uty CM, if he doesn’t
remain PCC Chief.
Pilot’s attitude may
delaytheentirereshuf-
fleprocessinRajasthan
but only for the time
being because Sonia or
Rahul or Priyanka are
not at all in a mood to
relent under pressure.
Even after Jyotiraditya
Scindia’s threat in Mad-
hya Pradesh, Congress
high command is not
going to make him the
party president and ex-
ploring the options of
putting a dalit leader
as the next MP PCC
Chief.
Turn to P8
Sonia Gandhi
Avinash Pande
Ashok Gehlot
Sonia asks Pande to closely track party & govt affairs
Non-performing ministers may be
dropped in the next reshuffle
PROTESTS ERUPT IN
NORTHEAST AS REGION
BRACES FOR BANDH
Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament on Monday.
Here are the parties in favour and against the Bill.
You read it first in FI on Sept 1
WHAT IF AN APPLICANT DOESN’T
AHAVE PROOF OF BIRTH?
In such a case they can apply for citizenship after six
years of staying in the country.
WHY DOES INDIA NEED THIS BILL?
The Bill was an election promise of the BJP in the
2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Defence minister
Rajnath Singh had made it clear at the meeting
of the BJP parliamentary party last week that the
legislation was the top priority of the government,
equating its significance with the decision to
turn Article 370 into a dead letter. “Minorities in
the neighbouring theocratic countries have been
subjected to continuous persecutions, which forced
them to seek asylum in India. Giving citizenship
to six minorities will be yet another push from the
Modi government to the spirit of ‘sarva dharma
sambhav’,” Singh said.
ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THE BILL?
CAB won’t apply to areas under the sixth schedule
of the Constitution – which deals with autonomous
tribal-dominated regions in Assam, Meghalaya,
Tripura and Mizoram. The bill will also not apply
to states that have the inner-line permit regime
(Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram).
ISN’T IT THE SAME LIKE THE NRC?
The National Register of Citizens or NRC that we
saw in Assam targeted illegal immigrants. A person
had to prove that either they, or their ancestors were
in Assam on or before March 24, 1971. NRC, which
may be extended to the rest of the country, is not
based on religion unlike CAB.
WHY IS THERE SUCH A HUE AND CRY?
The opposition says the Bill violates Article 14 of the
Constitution — the Right to Equality. They claim that
citizenship cannot be given on the basis of religion.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said it violates the
basic idea of India that religion can never be a
reason for citizenship.
BIGPICTURE
Protestors burn tyres at a strike during Assam Bandh called by
All Assam Chutia Students Union and All Moran Students Union
against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Guwahati, on Monday.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
First India News
Jaipur: The members
of the Jat community
on Monday vandalised a
theatreinthecitywhere
the movie ‘Panipat’ was
being screened while
claiming that the movie
portrays Jat ruler Ma-
haraja Surajmal in the
wrong light. Meanwhile
several theatres in
Jaipur stopped screen-
ing Ashutosh Gowarik-
er’s “Panipat” on Mon-
day, amid criticism by
Jat groups.
According to the
management at some
cinemas, the shows
were cancelled followed
instructions from the
administration. The
screenings will resume
only after further or-
ders, they said.
In Bharatpur, state
Tourism Minister Vish-
vendra Singh and MLAs
Wajib Ali, Mukesh Bha-
kar and Ramswaroop
Gawadia demanded a
ban on the film.
In Bikaner, a protest
was held against the
film. Meanwhile in
Chandigarh, the All-
India Jat Aarakshan
Sangarsh Samiti
sought a ban on the film
with its national presi-
dent Yashpal Malik al-
leging distortion of his-
torical facts.
The protestors in
Jaipur have alleged that
the movie has hurt the
sentiments of the Jat
community. Police in-
vestigation regarding
the matter is underway.
A case has been filed
against movie director
and others in Mansaro-
var PS. Meanwhile,
members of Rashtriya
Loktantrik Party also
staged a protest against
the movie outside the
Raj Mandir Cinema
Hall in Jaipur.
Speakingtothemedia,
a protestor said, “The
Bollywood directors
have knowingly inserted
controversial content in
their films so that people
would be forced to watch
the film. It is all a game
of money.”
The party has de-
manded that the screen-
ing of the movie should
be stopped till evening
in the state, and have
even requested people
to stop the screening at
other states of the
country. “We will deal
with the director Ashu-
tosh Gowarikar on-cam-
era,” he said. Speaking
on the protest, Ajay Pal
Lamba, Additional
Commissioner, Jaipur
said, “The police have
been alerted to control
the situation following
the protests against the
movie. We have contact-
ed protestors and
warned them not to ob-
struct the legal process
during the protest.”
—ANI
Jaipur: The Censor
Board should intervene
and take cognisance
over the issue of the por-
trayal of Maharaja
Surajmal in film ‘Pani-
pat’ said Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day. “The reactions that
are coming about the
portrayal of Maharaja
Surajmalji in the film
now, such a situation
should not have been
created... the Censor
Board should intervene
and take cognisance of
it. Distributors should
immediately communi-
cate with the people of
the Jat society regard-
ing the performance of
the film,” Gehlot tweet-
ed in Hindi. In another
tweet, Gehlot said that
before making a film
one should keep in mind
thattheportrayalof any
character does not hurt
any religious or class’
sentiments.
Gehlot’s reaction
comes a day after Ra-
jasthan Tourism Minis-
ter Vishvendra Singh
demanded a ban on the
screening the film in
North India to avoid any
law and order situation.
“Before making a film
one must make sure to
show one’s personality
in the right perspective
so that there is no con-
troversy, I believe that
art should be respected
by the artist but they
should also take care
that any caste, religion,
class, the legends and
gods of the world should
not be insulted,” said
Gehlot.
The movie, which is
based on the third battle
of Panipat and directed
by Ashutosh Gowariker,
founditself caughtupin
a spat on Sunday after
two days of its release.
Featuring events that
lead to the battle in 1761,
the film stars actor Ar-
junKapoorintheroleof
Sadashivrao Bhau, who
led the Maratha army
duringthebattleagainst
the invading Afghan
army.
Former Rajasthan
Chief Minister Vasund-
hara Raje has also ac-
cused the director of
‘Panipat’ Ashutosh
Gowariker, of portray-
ing Maharaja Surajmal
in “wrong light”, which
she said, was ‘condemn-
able.’
“The portrayal of a
loyal, devoted and kind-
hearted emperor Maha-
raja Surajmal in the film
‘Panipat’bythefilmmak-
er of the movie in wrong
light is condemnable,”
Raje tweeted.
About two years back
there were protest in Ra-
jasthan and some other
northern states over the
portrayal of legendary
Rajput queen Padmini
in Sanjay Leela Bhansa-
li’s Padmaavat .
—ANI
CS to collectors: Resolve
issues to speed up NH work
Vishvendra demands
ban on Panipat
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Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary DB Gupta has
asked district collectors
to resolve issues that
are hampering progress
of national highways in
the state. Given impor-
tance of highway pro-
jects and seeing keen
interest of CM Ashok
Gehlot, the CS has de-
cided to hold review
meeting through video
conference twice a
month instead of once.
The chief secretary
on Monday reviewed
progress of national
highway projects
through a video confer-
ence.
Officials from reve-
nue, forest, JDA, Power
Transmission Compa-
ny, PWD and NHAI and
18 district collectors
were present.
The CS told district
collectors and revenue
officials that state gov-
ernment was quite seri-
ous about road develop-
ment projects. Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
and union minister Ni-
tin Gadkari personally
monitoring national
highway projects, there-
fore, they should re-
solve issues related to
highway projects on
priority basis.
He was happy with
the progress of Kis-
hangarh-Gulabpura,
Chhittorgarh-Udaipur,
Ratanpur-Udaipur, Am-
ritsar-Jamnagar and
Delhi-Baroda express-
way projects. However,
he instructed district
collectors of Hanuman-
garh, Bkaner, Sriganga-
nagar and Dausa to im-
prove performance as
there was slow progress
in their districts.
The pace of compen-
sation disbursement
has picked up in many
districts and most en-
croachments have been
removed but wherever a
problem exists, it would
be resolved through ar-
bitration by collector or
arbitrator.
NHAI CGM M K Jain
informed that compen-
sation amount has been
paid by the NHAI at
many places but was
not distributed to the
farmers.
The acquired land
has also not been mu-
tated in government of
India’s name resulting
in growing revenue dis-
putes. Also, land acqui-
sition for Delhi-Baroda
and Jamnagar-Amrit-
sar expressway is still
pending.
First India News
Jaipur: The people of
all communities, along
with Jats, staged a mas-
sive protest at Mahara-
ja Surajmal crossing of
Bharatpur at 2 pm on
Monday against Pani-
pat movie.
The 14th descendant
of Maharaja Surajmal
and Tourism Minister
Vishvendra Singh,
along with his son, An-
irudh led the protest.
During the protest,
Singh said kings of
Bharatpur had never
asked for something
from anyone, whatever
they took was on the tip
of the sword.
The minister
warned filmmaker
Ashutosh Gowariker
that if the scene is not
removed from the mov-
ie, then Jats will not
keep calm. Singh also
thanked former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje for her tweet on
the movie.
Singh said that we
have to maintain law
and order during the
protest. We are in talks
with the government to
ban the film soon.
As part of protest,
markets remained
closed in Bharatpur. At
the same time, police
were also well prepared
to handle any situation.
A meeting was also
held in the Secretariat
regarding the protest
in Bharatpur. In the
meeting with ACS
Home, many Jat lead-
ers, including former
Vidhan Sabha Speaker
Sumitra Singh, were
present. DGP Bhupen-
dra Singh also attended
the meeting.
ACS Home also met
the film distributors
and gave the feedback
of the meeting to Chief
Minister Gehlot on
phone. As per the pre-
sent scenario, the state
government may im-
pose a ban on Panipat
movie.
JATS ‘PARTICIPATE’ IN
PANIPAT’SREELBATTLE
Some members of the Jat community vandalised a theatre in Vaishali Nagar; Members protesting against Panipat outside Rajmandir
CM Ashok Gehlot discusses issue of detained men protesting
over Panipat movie with Police Commissioner Anand Srivastav
before leaving for Mumbai at Jaipur Airport on Monday.
Censor Board should
intervene, says Gehlot
The battle has just started - we have to
be non-violent but lawfully clever to
get this film banned. #boycottpanipat.
I am once again requesting PM
@narendramodiJi and CM @ashokgehlot51Ji to
ban the film all over India.
—Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh tweeted
Movie should be
banned as the hu-
miliation of such a
great man in this
way will not be tol-
erated. We will also
request the CM to
impose a ban on the
film. Producer-di-
rector of the movies
must take care be-
fore making histori-
cal films about great
individuals in fu-
ture. Before making
movie, permission
should be sought
from govt where the
great man was born
or lived.
—Govind Dotasara,
Education Min
Name of Maha-
raja Surajmal is
known for Indian
culture and brav-
ery and such a
picturisation of a
special personali-
ty is wrong. Cer-
tainly, such por-
trayals hurt sup-
porters.
—GC Kataria,
BJP leader
Misrepresented his-
torical facts are
shown about a great
man and we all op-
pose it. The mistake
should be rectified
by imposing a ban
on the film. This is
tampering with his-
tory, which will not
be tolerated.
—Dr. Subhash Garg,
MoS education
A BADE SAHAB WHO
IS PASSING INTEL
FOR HIS OWN GOOD!
Although he has been shunted
out of a “powerful” position,
one “bade sahab” with his office
on the fifth floor of the Police
Head Quarters, is till eyeing a
position of importance and is thus
seen “planning and executing”
several strategies, only to make
himself appear as a hard-working
and important officer. While the
onus of collecting Intelligence
information falls on another bade
sahab, however this sahab has been
collecting the information from
his “sources” in the intel wing and
passing it on to his political masters.
Interestingly, the sahab still has
good hold over the intel wing.
GUP
SHUP
ON HER BIRTHDAY,
SONIA ADVISED TO
CHOOSE SUCCESSOR!
While the Congress party faces
uncertainty over its Presidentship
since Sonia Gandhi has taken its
mantle only after Rahul Gandhi
willingly stepped down, but on Sonia’s
73rd birthday, one political observer
has given a piece of advice to the
Gandhi matriarch. In the advice,
Sonia has been asked to choose her
successor, since her health keeps
deteriorating. The AICC President has
been asked to choose between Rahul
or Priyanka, as certain quarters of the
Congress party are claiming that Rahul
might be crowned again in January.
However, if Rahul still relents, Sonia
would consider making Priyanka the
party president.
HOW A PETER SAHAB
HELPED SAVE THREE
SUSPENDED COPS
One “Peter sir” from the east district
of Jaipur Commissionerate is
being pressurised by a “Bade sahab”
to hold the investigation in the
matter “properly”. Well, the Peter’s
investigation may rile up a few cops
and the Bade sahab is trying to bring
respite to these cops. A few days back,
these three cops had beaten three
youth severely outside a club and
when they filed a case, the cops also
filed a cross case for obstructing state
work. Although during preliminary
probe, these cops were suspended, but
when probe was handed to a “gama”,
the result came out to be completely
different, and thus, the Peter was
handed investigation after DGP’s orders.
THIS TIGER SAHAB
SPELLS TROUBLE FOR A
JODHPUR LEADER
One “tiger sahab” posted in Jodhpur
range is taking decisions on whims
and fancies, not of his own, but that of
his political masters. Under the political
pressure, history-sheets are being opened.
Only recently, the Tiger sahab ordered one
of his station in-charge to open history-
sheet against a man who has been away
from crime world for decades and does
not have a case against him for the past
five years. The history-sheet also has a
“history”. In the recently concluded local
body elections, the politician got miffed
that one party aided another, and the Tiger
was let loose. True to the word, Tiger
sahab dug out a manhandling case from
the target’s college times and started
preparations to open history sheet.
BUGGED? Or is it the
grapevine... . First India
begins a column that
brings to you gossips or
tete-e-tete from the
corridors of power
COURTESY MEETING
Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammad Khan met Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan in
Jaipur on Monday where first lady of Rajasthan Satyavati Mishra was also present. This
was courtesy call by Governor Khan. Later Governor Mishra went to Jodhpur where he
addressed 16th convocation of Jayanarayan Vyas University in Jodhpur.
MEET ON DEC12

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
First India News
Jaipur: After complet-
ing the London tour,
BJP State President Sat-
ish Poonia will arrive in
Jaipur on Tuesday at 10
am where he will ac-
corded a grand welcome
by BJP workers at Air-
port. From the airport,
Poonia will reach the
BJP state office and
hold a meeting regard-
ing organisation elec-
tion. He will also meet
the people of Amber As-
sembly constituency
and party workers from
all over the state.
State General Secre-
tary Bhajanlal Shar-
ma, Veeramdev Singh,
Kailash Meghwal,
State Vice President
Sunil Kothari, State
Ministers Mukesh
Dadhich, Chhagan
Mahur, former MP
Onkar Singh Lakha-
wat, Jaipur City Dis-
trict President Mo-
hanlal Gupta, former
Deputy Mayor Manoj
Bhardwaj, ST front
chief Ramkishore
Meena, state media
incharge Vimal Kati-
yar, will be present to
welcome of Poonia.
First India News
Jaipur: Students in
more than 14,000 gov-
ernment schools will
soon have a roof on
their head. There will
be no class under a tree
or an open sky. No dis-
turbance because of
monsoon rain, winter
chill and scorching heat
in the summers.
Thanks to chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot who
has sanctioned money
for the construction of
class rooms in these
schools. Moreover,
these new class rooms
will be eco-friendly and
gender sensitive. Along
with teaching, the state
government is paying
more attention to infra-
structure in govern-
ment schools.
“On the initiative
from chief minster
Ashok Gehlot Rs 15 to 81
crore have been provid-
ed for construction of
class rooms in 14000
schools. There is need
for regular monitoring
of these constructions,”
Education minister Go-
vind Singh Dotasara
said. Speaking in a one
day workshop of engi-
neers working in educa-
tion department, Do-
tasara gave them clear
instructions to main-
tain quality in schools
construction. If a com-
plaint is received about
a school building action
will be taken against
them, he warned.
The education minis-
ter wants schools build-
ings to be eco-friendly.
“School buildings must
be eco-friendly and must
have high quality con-
struction. They should
be constructed keeping
inmindessentialparam-
eters of a green build-
ing,” Dotasara said The
workshop emphasized
ondevelopmentof toilets
keeping in mind climate
and gender sensitivity.
The class rooms should
be built as per teacher
and students comfort
and regional conditions.
Education secretary,
Manju Rajpal said that
schoolbuildingsmustbe
child friendly and qual-
ityshouldbemaintained
sothatbuildingroofsare
leakage proof.
Pradeep Kumar Bo-
rad, commissioner Ra-
jasthan School Educa-
tion Council and direc-
tor Abhishek Bhagotia
were present.
First India News
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary DB Gupta has ap-
pointed the Chief Plan-
ning Officer (CPO) as
the nodal officer to en-
sure compliance of the
instructions given to
the CS and departments
by the Chief Minister.
The CPO will ensure
compliance of instruc-
tions, take feedback
every week and report
to the CS. CS Gupta
made this decision
while chairing 4 VC.
The Chief Secretary
also gave instructions
to eliminate difficulties
and shortcomings to en-
sure full benefits of the
two schemes, PM Krishi
Samman Nidhi Yojana
and Fasal Bima Yojana,
to the farmers.
Actually, many types
of errors are coming in
the Aadhar card of
farmers linked with
their account under PM
Krishi Samman Nidhi,
due to which direct
funds are not being re-
ceived in the farmers’
accounts.
Out of about 66 lakhs
farmers, only about 15
lakh are getting the
benefits of the scheme.
At the same time, Fasal
Bima Yojana is not pro-
viding the benefit due
to no match in the
amount at the time of
cultivation and at the
time of insurance
claims.
CS Gupta directed
the officials to immedi-
ately remove these
flaws and provide relief
to the farmers on both
these matters.
Kota: Kota division of
West Central Railway
has earned a record of
Rs270.40 crore from pas-
senger fares between
April and November.
During this period,
over 2.53 crore passen-
gers travelled in Kota
division said Vijay
Prakash, senior divi-
sional commercial man-
ager of WCR. Out of the
income, Rs103.46 crore
were earned from unre-
served passengers and
Rs166.94 crore from re-
served passengers. He
said that the earning is
3.76% more than Rs
260.60 crore earned in
corresponding eight
months in 2018.
After London trip,
Poonia returns today
Thanks to Uncle Gehlot, over
14K govt schools to get roofs
CPOtoensurecompliance
of directionsissuedbyCM
Kota rly records
3.76% rise in
earning from
passenger fares
First India News
Jaipur: PCC chief
Sachin Pilot has ex-
pressed confidence
about Congress party’s
Bharat Bachao rally in
Delhi on December 14.
Speaking to media on
return from London, Pi-
lot accused BJP led cen-
tral government of pur-
suing negative policies.
“Modi government has
completely failed on
economic front. There-
fore, it is constantly
coming up with bills to
help it divert attention
of people,” hesaid while
referring to veteran in-
dustrialist Rahul Ba-
jaj’s comments in a pro-
gramme. Pilot said that
more than 50000 people
from Rajasthan would
go to Delhi to partici-
pate the rally that is go-
ing to be the historic.
The PCC chief who is
also deputy chief min-
ister said that the con-
gress government is
about to complete one
year but there will be no
extravagant celebra-
tions. “We will not
waste people’s hard
earned money. This is
BJP’s culture and we
will not continue this
BJP tradition,” he said.
Regarding controver-
sy over Panipat film, Pi-
lot said it was unfortu-
nate and unnecessary to
misrepresentamanwho
has so much contribu-
tion in our history. The
wrong depiction of Ma-
harajaSurajmalisunac-
ceptable. Historic facts
should not be distorted.
Peoplewillbehurtwhen
history is not represent-
ed correctly, he said.
ReactingtotheKarna-
taka assembly by-elec-
tion results, the PCC
chef said that the BJP
governmenthadusedall
resources therefore the
results were not as the
congress had expected.
Pilot also supported
CJI’s comments on Hy-
derabad encounter of
rape accused. “It would
have been better if the
trial was completed in
minimum time and the
accused would have
hanged,” he said.
The accused in such
heinous must get strict
punishment but h sup-
ported the CJI’s view
that it was matter of
investigaton whether
the accused actually
attacked the police or
not and more
importantly the people
must have faith in the
judiciary, he said.
‘Rally will give new direction
to future politics in country’
BJP organisational
polls marred by
factionalism
PCC chief Sachin Pilot coming out of Jaipur Airport on Monday.
First India News
Jaipur. Deputy leader
of the Opposition Ra-
jendra Rathore reached
out to a large number of
unemployed youth pro-
testing against increas-
ing the posts by extend-
ing the examination
date of School Lecturer
Recruitment Exam 2018
and addressed them on
Monday. Rathore criti-
cised the policies of the
state government and
talked about supporting
the agitators.
Rathore said, “If
your demands are not
met, then I will join you
in the movement.”
Rathore also alleged
that neither the govern-
ment removed the debt
of the farmers nor gave
allowance and govern-
ment jobs to the unem-
ployed as promised.
The government is try-
ing to confuse the un-
employed with data.
Rathore reaches
out to protesting
job seekers,
offers support
Mukesh Sharma
Jaipur. The organisa-
tional elections of the
saffron party have been
caught in factionalism.
Due to battle of domi-
nance among BJP lead-
ers, the elections of
Mandal President have
not been completed in
18 organisational dis-
tricts of BJP. Senior
leaders are trying to
unite local leaders to
make consensus for the
election of Mandal and
district presidents.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia had in-
structed all senior lead-
ers that the president of
Mandal and the district
unit will be elected
unanimously. As far as
possible, the unit presi-
dent should be elected
unopposed. Following
Poonia’s directions, the
BJP conducted elec-
tions for Mandal and
district heads in its 25
organisational districts.
But organisation elec-
tions are stuck in about
18 districts including
Jaipur city and Jaipur
Rural units.
According to sourc-
es, MPs, former MPs,
MLAs, former MLAs
and senior leaders want
to make their favourite
worker as president of
the Mandal unit of their
area to maintain his su-
premacy over the local
party unit. Thus names
of the president of the
Mandal units and dis-
trict unit is not being
agreed upon. BJP state
president is also to be
elected this month. The
district president will
vote in the election of
the state president. In
such a situation, if the
elections of district unit
are not completed, then
election of state chief
will also be delayed.
The BJP currently
has 44 organisational
districts and in many
districts BJP local lead-
ers are openly fighting
andthusannouncement
of Mandal presidents
has not been made in
many districts.
BJPleadersaretrying
to reach a consensus in
these Mandals, due to
which the announce-
ment of the president
may be stuck. Mandal
unit presidents have not
been announced in
manydistrictsincluding
Jaipur city. The election
of a single Mandal Unit
of Jaipur city has not
been done. While the
Mandal presidents are
tobeannouncedinsome
assemblyconstituencies
of Jaipur Rural South.
In Dungarpur and Bar-
mer, there has been no
election of Mandal and
District President.
In Assembly constitu-
encies of Karauli, Na-
gaur and Nagaur Rural,
Kota city and Kota Ru-
ral Mandal presidents
have not been an-
nounced yet.
In Sriganganagar,
Raisinghnagar MLA
Balveer Luthra and MP
Nihalchand Meghwal
are at loggerheads over
Mandal polls. Meghwal
has also accused of by-
passing his opinion in
appointment of Man-
dal presidents, while
presidency of Mandal
could not be an-
nounced due to mutual
pulls of the current MP
Jaskaur Meena and Ra-
jya Sabha MP Kirori
Lal Meena in Dausa.
UP IN ARMS
Students of Rajasthan School of Art stage a protest outside Shiksha Sankul with their various demands on Monday.
AAA
MEETINGS HELD FOR RALLY
Sensitive CM...
The DoP circular said
reservation in promo-
tion is a constitutional
right as per 85th
Amendment. Accord-
ingly, service rules
wereamendedthrough
order of September
2011 to make provision
for reservation in pro-
motion henceforth,
there will be reserva-
tion in promotion.
However, old cases in
which promotions had
been done according to
1990 order, would not
be re-opened.
The government’s
move would cheer SC/
ST employees but at the
same time, given Samta
Andolan’s opposition to
reservation in promo-
tion, the issue is likely
to heat up political dis-
course. Gehlot cabinet
has taken 3 important
decisions related to the
formation of the agri-
culture welfare funds.
The government has
passed a decision re-
garding long term loans
for the fund. Also, the
APMCActandagro-pro-
cessing/agro-business
policy has been ap-
proved by the cabinet.
The Gehlot government
approved these policies
through circulation.
The file was sent to the
CS, CM and ministers
for approval.
BJP BACK...
Hirekerur winning can-
didate B C Patil said,
“They (Congress) had
declared us disqualified
based on the Supreme
Court verdict but the
votersmadeusqualified
again.” BJP state chief
Nalin Kumar Kateel too
expressedsimilarviews.
“Siddaramaiah (Con-
gress) and H D Ku-
maraswamy (JDS) had
created a narrative of
‘disqualified MLAs’ to
discreditourcandidates
but today the Congress
and the JD(S) have been
disqualified in the peo-
ple’s court which has
given the verdict of
‘Qualified’ to our candi-
dates,” Kateel said.
PARL HARBOUR
(Shah)...
citizenship will be
granted to refugees
coming from the three
countries after facing
religious persecution
there even without doc-
uments, including ra-
tion cards.
Noting that India has
given similar rights to
people in the past, Shah
said Manmohan Singh
and L K Advani could
become prime minister
and deputy prime min-
ister respectively due to
this after they came
from present day Paki-
stan.
“This bill is not even
.001 per cent against
Muslims. It is against
infiltrators,” he said
earlier while introduc-
ing the bill.
PARL HARBOUR
(Mamata)...
Kharagpur- where her
party won the recent by-
polls.
“Not a single citizen
of this country will
turn a refugee. Some
people are trying to cre-
ate panic with their po-
litical rhetoric but let
me make one thing
very clear there will no
NRC and CAB. You can-
not implement NRC or
CAB on the basis of
caste and religion”, she
said.
“The government can
very well put a clause of
green citizenship card
holder for those who
are now coming to the
country. But how come
the government ask
those who have been liv-
ing in the country for
the last five-six decades
to leave the nation? Ev-
erybody who is living in
this country is a legal
citizen,” Banerjee said.
She had last week
termedherfightagainst
CAB and NRC as “sec-
ond war of Indepen-
dence”.
Members of Hindu,
Sikh, Buddhist, Jain,
Parsi and Christian
communities, who
come from Afghani-
stan, Bangladesh or Pa-
kistan facing persecu-
tion there, will not be
treated as illegal immi-
grants but given Indian
citizenship when the
proposed amendments
to the six-decade-old
Citizenship Act come
into effect.
FROM PG 1

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
SHIVRAJ STAGES PROTEST WITH
MOTHER OF 12-YR-OLD RAPE VICTIM
Bhopal: Former Madhya
Pradesh CM Shivraj
Singh Chouhan staged a
protest in Roshan Pura,
demanding justice for
the 12-year-old girl who
was brutally raped and
murdered at Manuabhan
Tekri in Bhopal. The girl
was allegedly raped and
murdered by the accused
in April. Her head was
crushed with a stone by
the culprits so that her
identity is not revealed.
Chouhan sat on the pro-
test with the rape victim’s
mother, who wants the
culprits of her daughter to
be punished in a manner
similar to the Telangana
rape and murder case.
The protestors raised
slogans against the Kamal
Nath-led government in
the state.
ONE-WAY TRAFFIC RESUMES
ON JAMMU-SRINAGAR HIGHWAY
Jammu: The one-way civilian traffic resumed on
the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway
on Monday, after a day-long closure to complete
some repair work & smooth passage of security
convoys, officials said. “Only Srinagar-bound
traffic was allowed to move on the highway, the
only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest
of the country, this morning with 1 pm as cut off
timing,” the officials said. They said the decision
to restrict traffic to one-way was taken in view of
advisory issued by the IMD.
‘UDDHAV ORDERED US AGAINST
CUTTING TREES FOR MEMORIAL’
Aurangabad: A senior
Shiv Sena leader on Mon-
day claimed that Maha-
rashtra CM & party pres-
ident Uddhav Thackeray
has given “oral orders”
against felling of trees for
the proposed memorial of
his late father and Sena
founder Bal Thackeray in
Aurangabad. On Sun-
day, the ruling Sena got
trolled after media reports
emerged that the me-
morial would require the
felling of 1,000 trees. “We
have received oral orders
from CM Uddhav Thac-
keray on Sunday night
asking us not to touch
any tree for building the
memorial. We will build
the memorial by keeping
all the trees intact,” senior
Sena leader Chandrakant
Khaire said.
Ranchi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Monday slammed
PM Narendra Modi
and questioned his si-
lence over the recent
rape cases that shook
the nation.
“Have you made
New India? Every day
women are being
raped... Uttar Pradesh
MLA raped a woman.
Narendra Modi didn’t
even utter a word,” Ra-
hul said during a rally
here. The former party
chief said if Congress
comes to power in
Jharkhand, it will
“waive off farmers’
loans after forming the
government.” “We will
pay them Rs 2,500 for
grains (dhaan) and
your land will stay pro-
tected,” he said.
He also promised 27
per cent reservation for
the OBCs if a Congress
government is formed
in the state. Jharkhand,
which has an 81-mem-
ber Assembly, is under-
going polling in five
phases. Second round
of voting was held on
December 7.
The voting for the
third phase will be con-
ducted on December 12,
the fourth phase on De-
cember 16, and the fifth
and last phase on De-
cember20.Thecounting
of votes will take place
on December 23. —ANI
In J’khand, Rahul questions PM
Modi’s silence over rape cases
He also promised 27% reservation for the OBCs if a Congress govt is formed in the state
Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi addresses an election rally
at High School Ground in Hazaribagh on Monday.
New Delhi: Delhi Po-
lice resorted to lathich-
arge after a clash with
protesting Jawaharlal
Nehru University
(JNU) students, who
were marching towards
Rashtrapati Bhawan.
The students were
marching from JNU
campus to Rashtrapati
Bhawan seeking to
meet President over fee
hike issue. During the
long march, the protest-
ers were seen holding
placards which read --
“Shiksha hai sabka
adhikar, band karo iska
vyapar.”
On December 5, Un-
ion HRD Minister,
Ramesh Pokhriyal had
stated in a written reply
in Rajya Sabha that
Jawaharlal Nehru Uni-
versity (JNU) has in-
creased hostel room
rents after about 40
years to meet the in-
creased expenditure on
maintenance of hostels.
In a written reply
over JNU fee hike, the
HRD minister had re-
plied: “JNU has in-
formed that in order to
meet the increased ex-
penditure on the main-
tenance of hostels and
to run them on no profit
no loss basis, it has in-
creased room rents af-
ter about 40 years.”
Students of JNU had
carried out a protest
march with torches in-
side the varsity campus
late on Tuesday and de-
manded the complete
rollback of hostel man-
ual and fee hike. Several
cases have also been
registered against stu-
dents since they started
their strike. —ANI
JNU students lathi-charged
during march to Raisina Hills
New Delhi: On the mas-
sive fire in Delhi factory,
BJP lawmaker in Rajya
Sabha, Vijay Goel, in the
House stated that “Delhi
isonfiretoday”.“Idonot
wanttotalkaboutwhose
fault it is, as we won’t get
anything from the argu-
ment. However, Delhi is
on fire today. Twenty
years have passed since
the fire incident in Up-
haar Cinema, yet we
havelearntnothingfrom
it,” he said. —ANI
Vijay Goel raises
Delhi fire incident
in Rajya Sabha
On Sonia Gandhi’s birthday, Puducherry CM V Narayana-
samy distributes onions to party workers. He said, “she
has made immense sacrifices for the nation.”
PM MODI, RAGA HELD RALLIES Police personnel lathi charge on students of JNU during a protest
march to Rashtrapati Bhawan. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Police personnel during lathi-charge on students of JNU.
IN PARLIAMENT
Mumbai: Clearing its
stand on the Citizen-
ship (Amendment) Bill
-- CAB -- the Shiv Sena
on Monday questioned
whether the intention
of the bill was to "cre-
ate a vote bank" and
said it is not good for
the country. "Is it ac-
ceptable?" Sena ques-
tioned in its editorial
mouthpiece Saamana.
While it did not di-
rectly oppose the bill, it
suggested Union Home
Minister Amit Shah to
revoke voting rights of
new citizens for the
next 25 years.
Sena also questioned
the move as it fears that
"selective acceptance"
of Hindu illegal immi-
grants will act as a trig-
ger for a religious war
in the country.
Shiv Sena: Give
citizenship, but
no voting rights
for 25 years
New Delhi: Congress
MP Manish Tewari
asked the government
in Lok Sabha on Mon-
day whether it will con-
sider maintaining a
central database that
will have information
about the employment
status of those who
have availed education-
al loans through banks.
“The very basic idea
of education loan is
that you take the loan
and complete your edu-
cation and then get em-
ployed and earn. By
that earning you repay
the loan,” said Manish
Tewari. “The unem-
ployment rate today is
the highest in 45 years.
Given the current eco-
nomic slowdown, will
the government consid-
er maintaining a cen-
tral database where
they have information
that somebody who has
availed education loan
has got employment or
not? Whether the em-
ployment is self-em-
ployment or employed
by somebody else,”
asked Tewari
MoS, Finance, Anur-
ag Singh Thakur re-
plied that there is no
provision for the Banks
to keep central data.
‘Will govt keep database on those who avail edu loans’
New Delhi: Hyderabad
MP Asaduddin Owaisi
wrapped up a heated de-
bate on the Citizenship
Amendment Bill by
tearing a copy of the
legislation in the parlia-
ment. "It is an attempt
to divide the nation.
The proposed law is
against our country's
constitution," he de-
clared before ripping
the document in half.
TheAIMIMchief said
that Gandhi gained the
title "Mahatma" after he
tore the discriminatory
citizenship card in
South Africa, and there
was no reason why he
should not do the same
with the Citizenship
Amendment Bill. "This
bill is against the consti-
tution.... it is a conspira-
cy to make Muslims
stateless," he said, add-
ing that the passage of
such a legislation will
only lead to a repeat of
the 1947 partition.
Owaisi also accused
the BJP-led govern-
ment of insulting the
country's freedom fight-
ers by trying to margin-
alise Muslims, and won-
dered why the govern-
ment was not concen-
trating its efforts on re-
taking parts of the
country under foreign
occupation instead.
Asaduddin Owaisi tears CAB in Lok Sabha
Lucknow: Lamenting
the plight of Shia Mus-
lim community, UP Shia
Central Waqf Board
chairman Wasim Rizvi
wrote to Home Minister
Shah requesting him to
include Shia communi-
ty in the Citizenship
Amendment Bill 2019.
“I would like to draw
your attention towards
the fact that in Paki-
stan, Bangladesh, Af-
ghanistan, and also in
Syria, Saudi Arabia and
Kenya and other coun-
tries wherever Sunni
are in majority and
Shia are in minority,
Shia’s are subjected to
extreme inhumanity
and are being mur-
dered,” read the letter.
Include Shias in
CAB:Waqf Board
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Giriraj Singh on
Monday said that the
Citizenship Amend-
ment Bill to be intro-
duced in Parliament
today is necessary to
protect members of
non-Muslim communi-
ties from India’s neigh-
bouring countries.
“The women of the
non-Muslim communi-
ties in our neighbouring
countries are not safe.
For the protection of
non-Muslim communi-
ties from our neighbour-
ing countries, the Citi-
zenship Amendment
Bill is going to be tabled
in the parliament,” Sin-
gh said. —ANI
‘CAB necessary to
protect non-Muslims’
MINISTER SPEAK
New Delhi: Lok Sab-
ha passed a Bill
which seeks to in-
crease punishment
for illegally making
or selling prohibited
arms and ammuni-
tion after a reply by
Home Minister Amit
Shah.
He also moved an
official amendment
to The Arms (Amend-
ment) Bill, 2019,
which makes provi-
sion that a person can
keep two licenced
weapons. Shah said
punishment for those
manufacturing ille-
gal weapons has been
enhanced.
“It is very neces-
sary to effectively con-
trol arms and ammu-
nition for safety and
security, and main-
taining law and order
in any country,” Shah
said during his reply.
The Bill provides
seven years to life im-
prisonment for man-
ufacturing and sell-
ing illegal weapons,
seven to 14 years jail
for possessing illegal
weapons and life im-
prisonment for
snatching the weapon
of a police personnel,
he said. —ANI
LS passes bill to amend Arms Act

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arents who
want to raise
their children
in a gender-
nonconforming
way have a new stocking
stuffer this year: the gen-
der-neutral doll.
Announced in Septem-
ber, Mattel’s new line of
gender-neutral humanoid
dolls don’t clearly identify
as either a boy or a girl.
The dolls come with a vari-
ety of wardrobe options
and can be dressed in vary-
ing lengths of hair and
clothing styles.
But can a doll – or the
growing list of other gen-
der-neutral toys – really
change the way we think
about gender?
Mattel says it’s respond-
ing to research that shows
“kids don’t want their
toys dictated by gender
norms.” Given the results
of a recent study report-
ing that 24% of U.S. ado-
lescents have a nontradi-
tional sexual orientation
or gender identity, such as
bisexual or nonbinary, the
decision makes business
sense.
As a developmental psy-
chologist who researches
gender and sexual sociali-
zation, I can tell you that it
also makes scientific sense.
Gender is an identity and
is not based on someone’s
biological sex. That’s why I
believe it’s great news that
some dolls will better re-
flect how children see
themselves.
Unfortunately, a doll
alone is not going to over-
turn decades of socializa-
tion that have led us to be-
lieve that boys wear blue,
have short hair and play
with trucks; whereas girls
like pink, grow their hair
long and play with dolls.
More to the point, it’s not
going to change how boys
are taught that masculini-
ty is good and femininity is
something less – a view
that my research shows is
associated with sexual vio-
lence.
PINK GIRLS AND
BLUE BOYS
The kinds of toys Ameri-
can children play with
tend to adhere to a clear
gender binary.
Toys marketed to boys
tend to be more aggres-
sive and involve action
and excitement. Girl toys,
on the other hand, are
usually pink and passive,
emphasizing beauty and
nurturing.
It wasn’t always like
this.
Around the turn of the
20th century, toys were
rarely marketed to differ-
ent genders. By the 1940s,
manufacturers quickly
caught on to the idea that
wealthier families would
buy an entire new set of
clothing, toys and other
gadgets if the products
were marketed differently
for both genders. And so
the idea of pink for girls
and blue for boys was
born.
Today, gendered toy
marketing in the U.S. is
stark. Walk down any toy
aisle and you can clearly
see who the audience is.
The girl aisle is almost ex-
clusively pink, showcas-
ing mostly Barbie dolls
and princesses. The boy
aisle is mostly blue and
features trucks and super-
heroes.
The emergence of a
gender-neutral doll is a
sign of how this binary of
boys and girls is begin-
ning to break down – at
least when it comes to
girls.
A 2017 study showed
that more than three-
quarters of those sur-
veyed said it was a good
thing for parents to en-
courage young girls to
play with toys or do ac-
tivities “associated with
the opposite gender.” The
share rises to 80% for
women and millennials.
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THE GREATNESS
OF MAHARAJA
SURAJ MAL
Only Shivaji and Maharaja Ranjit Singh
excelled Suraj Mal’s political skill
wrote the English biography of
Maharaja Surajmal in 1981. It
was published in London. The In-
dian edition was published by
Rupa and Co in paperback. It is
till selling. The Maratha army led by Sad-
ashiv Rao Bhau was defeated by Ahmed
Shah Abdali on 14th January 1791 at Pani-
pat. Bhau was killed.
Had Sadashiv Rao listened to the advice
of Maharaja Suraj Mal, not only would he
have saved his life, the result of the third
battle of Panipat have been different. Maha-
raja Suraj Mal advised Bhao not to take the
large number of ladies and excessive bag-
gage with them to Panipat. These he should
leave in Bharatpur. He would take care of
both. He also pleaded with Bhao not to en-
counter Ahmed Shah in a pitched battle-
Jang-i-Sultan but to resort to irregular war-
fare with high cavalry –Jang-i-Kazzaquna i.e
guerrilla war.
Maharaha Suraj Mal’s great and unri-
valled achievement was to weld warring Jat
factions into one and to have done so in the
most unstable and unsettled century in In-
dian history. Only Shivaji and Maharaja
Ranjit Singh excelled his political skill, or-
ganisational genius and qualities of leader-
ship; and like them he too was an isolated
phenomenon. All three died in their fifties.
Given another decade of life, each would no
doubt have left more enduring kingdoms.
Lesser men succeeded them. They were not
up to finding answers to the political and
military tempests that engulfed the country,
nor could they unite to defeat the British
who, benefiting from the prevailing confu-
sion and disunity, established their Raj with
breathtaking ease. Not for the first time in
our history had an outside power restored
order in India. Let us hope and pray that it
was the last such occasion.
One must in conclusion thank Maharaja
Suraj Mal for causing a break in the dark
clouds of eighteenth- century India, on be-
half of the neglected virtues of courage, hon-
our and loyalty. He was the only prince of his
time to stem the debilitating tides of drift,
feebleness and surrender in an otherwise un-
worthy era. That is achievement enough.
The film “Panipat” trivializes and distorts
history. It outrages the feeling and sentiments
of the Jat Community in Rajasthan, Haryana
and Western U.P.
The Rajasthan Government should imme-
diately ensure the removable of all portions
in the film, which diminish the historical role
of the greatest of Jat leaders.
IN-DEPTH
I
K NATWAR
SINGH
The author is Former
Minister of External
Affairs of India t 70 NATO (North Atlantic Trea-
ty Organization) with its head-
quartersatBrussels,Belgiumis
the strongest & most effective
collective defence alliance in
the history so far formed to de-
ter Soviet Union threat to West-
ern European nations.
The NATO summit 2019 held
in London marked 70 years of
collective security alliance
formed in 1949, April 4. From
its birth, It has expanded from
12 members to 29 members
comprising from North Amer-
ica & Europe. It will soon have
30 members when North Mac-
edonia joins in 2020. Three of
its present members are from
former Soviet republics. The
Soviet Union has ceased to ex-
ist and balance of Warsaw
Pact, seven have become part
of NATO. 2019 summit expand-
ed NATO to make outer space
an “operational domain” along
with air, land, sea, and cyber-
space. At the December meet-
ing, leaders also for the first
time addressed challenges
posed by China.
In spite of rapidly changing
External threats to a nation,
the divergence of national in-
terests and rise in costs NATO
has been relevant for all
through 70 years. A study in
2010 by a Washington Brook-
ings Institution, the average
lifespan of collective defence
alliances in past had been 15
years only and in another sur-
vey of 2015 by Pew Research
Centre, people of member
states are in favour of NATO.
Recent Opinion polls also show
great public support in favour
of NATO in its member coun-
tries (with the significant ex-
ceptionsof TurkeyandGreece).
Article 5 of the treaty, says
that an armed attack against
any member shall be consid-
ered an attack against all.
NATO has invoked Article 5
only once ever in its history
that was in response to the ter-
rorist attacks of September 11,
2001. On a number of occa-
sions, NATO has its share of
crisis like Suez in 1956, France
quitting the integrated mili-
tary command in 1966 and
splits over the Iraq war in 2003.
For the first four decades,
NATO effectively deterred the
Soviet Union threat. Even after
collapse of Soviet Union, the
alliance continued to remain
relevant in form of bombing
Serb forces during the Bosnia
and Kosovo wars of the 1990s,
enforcing an arms embargo on
Libya in 2011 and to Counter
Russia’s intervention in
Crimea in 2014 the alliance
swiftly reorganised deterrence
against its eastern neighbour
and refocused on the military
threat from Russia by deploy-
ing multinational battle groups
in eastern Europe to reassure
allies and upgrading its com-
mand structure.
In the recent past, the allies
have taken numerous deci-
sions designed to restore ro-
bust territorial defense. They
created a Very High Readiness
Joint Task Force, ready to move
and deploy combat-ready mul-
tinational battlegroups into
the three Baltic countries as
well as Poland. The “Four 30s”
initiative with 30 mechanised
battalions, 30 air squadrons,
and 30 warships ready to de-
ploy within 30 days by 2020 and
establishment of two new Com-
mands, in Norfolk in Virginia,
and Ulm in Germany will have
a far-reaching impact.
It’s the first time that NATO
leaders have considered the
rise of China, which was never
a focus for the organisation.
NATO also confirmed that it
was time to have a military
presence in space. Alliance de-
cision to put a plan in place to
deal with the cyber threat, Rus-
sia’s aggressive posture, terror-
ism in all its forms and hybrid
threats are clear cut indicators
of the future course of action.
In the East, a resurgent and ag-
gressive Russia, In the South,
fragile states are vulnerable to
extremism/militias / criminal
gangs, which pose threats like
terrorist attacks to humanitar-
ian crises and refugees.
The new world order of 2020
where the USA is feeling finan-
cial worries, China’s exponen-
tial economic & military
growth, Turkey closing in with
Russia, rising military spend-
ing, the higher threat of use of
force, rapid far-reaching tech-
nological innovation, higher
chances of disruptive and de-
structive capability reaching
into the hands of rogue actors.
More than before, the alliance
is faced with challenges from
within, from multiple direc-
tions at the same time. Case in
point of Turkey, which had re-
fused to sign off updated plans
to defend the Baltic states
against Russia unless Nato
agreed to designate the Kurd-
ish Syrian YPG as terrorists.
As also Turkey decision to buy
a Russian missile system
known as S-400.
Most of the time, NATO had
to deal with one challenge /one
place at any given time. But
this time it is different and
NATO @70 has to deal on mul-
tiple strategic fronts in terms
of the type of threats and the
response to deal with. Russia’s
role and influence beyond Eu-
rope, especially in Africa and
the Middle East, China’s rise,
radicalisation and migration
of people. The emerging role of
India, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.
How will the decisions of big
tech companies shape up and
control the future of the Inter-
net and social media?
NATOs is going to stay and
that to effectively and stronger
which is evident from recent
unanimity on declaring space
an operational domain for
NATO, stepping up NATO’s
role in human security,
strengthening measures to re-
spond to cyberattacks, and
strengthen ability to prepare
for, deter, and defend against
hybrid tactics that seek to un-
dermine security and societies.
NATO @70... CHALLENGES
& RELEVANCENATO summit held in London marked 70 years of collective security alliance formed in 1949
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NATOs is going
to stay and that
to effectively
and stronger
which is evident
from recent
unanimity on
declaring space
an operational
domain for
NATO, stepping
up NATO’s role
in human
security,
strengthening
measures to
respond to
cyberattacks,
and strengthen
ability to
prepare for,
deter, and
defend against
hybrid tactics
that seek to
undermine
security and
societies
NATO @70 HAS TO
DEAL ON MULTIPLE
STRATEGIC FRONTS
IN TERMS OF THE
TYPE OF THREATS
AND THE RESPONSE
TO DEAL WITH
COL DEVANAND
LOHAMAROD

New Delhi: Two persons were
rushed to hospital after a fire
break broke out at Anaj Mandi
on Monday in the same prem-
ises where 43 were killed in a
massive blaze on Sunday. Soon
after receiving the call of fire,
four fire tenders were rushed
to the spot. Speaking about the
rescue operation, Delhi Police
Constable Naresh said: "When
we received a PCR call, we
immediately reached the spot
with Station House Officer. Fire
tenders too rushed to the spot."
"We were told by the SHO to
save as many people as we
can. We found a way to enter
the building. We first rescued a
person from the building where
the fire broke out and then two
other persons from the back-
side, who were shifted to a hos-
pital for medical aid," he said.
New Delhi: A Delhi
court on Monday sent to
14-day police custody,
the owner and manager
of a factory in Anaj
Mandi area where a
massive fire claimed
the lives of 43 people on
Sunday.
Tees Hazari court
sent factory owner Re-
han and manager Fur-
kan to police custody
for interrogation in the
matter. Police had pro-
duced the two before
the court seeking cus-
tody after they were ar-
rested on Sunday.
A case has been regis-
tered under Section 304
(punishment for culpa-
ble homicide not
amounting to murder)
of the Indian Penal
Code (IPC) against
building owner Rehan,
who had absconded af-
ter the fire broke out.
According to the po-
lice, there are three dif-
ferent owners of sepa-
rate portions of the
property.
“Rehan is the owner
and shareholder of the
factory, whereas man-
agerFurkanhasworked
here since 2003. Rehan
and Furkan are child-
hood friends,” police
said. —ANI
INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
SECRETARIES POSTING AFTER DEC 13
According to sources, GoI is likely to appoint
one dozen IAS officers as Secretaries in vari-
ous ministries and departments after Decem-
ber 13. Presently nine posts of Secretaries are
lying vacant, including in PMO. Two posts are
going to fall vacant this month.
1987 BATCH IAS OFFICERS LIKELY TO BE
POSTED AS NEW SECRETARIES
Govt is likely to post about half a dozen IAS
officers of 1987 batch as Secretaries in GoI.
WILL SINHA GET EXTENSION OR AN
IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT ?
Latest buzz in the power galleries is that Ama-
rjeet Sinha , Secretary, Rural Development will
either get six months extension in service or a
post retirement important assignment. He is
1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer.
PRAMOD AGRAWAL APPOINTED CMD OF
COAL INDIA
A 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh
cadre, Pramod Agrawal has been appointed
Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Coal
India Limited (CIL). He will succeed incumbent
Anil Kumar Jha retiring in January, 2020.
M AJIT KUMAR APPOINTED MEMBER, CBIC
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
has approved the appointment of M. Ajit Ku-
mar as a Member of Central Board of Indirect
Taxes and Customs (CBIC). He is an IRS
(C&CE) officer of 1984 batch.
KAMINI CHAUHAN RATAN JOINS GOI
Kamini Chauhan Ratan has joined the Govern-
ment of India as Joint Secretary Higher Educa-
tion. She is 1997 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
HUNT FOR SUCCESSOR TO A K
CHAUDHRY AS CHAIRMAN, SAIL ON
The Government of India has started searching
successor of Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman,
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), one year
before expiration of Chaudhary’s term. A vacan-
cy of this post is arising on January 1, 2021.
JAVED AKHTAR RELIEVED TO JOIN AS
DIRECTOR, CBDT
Javed Akhtar has been relieved to join as Director
(TPL-III), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
on deputation basis. He is an IRS-IT officer.
FIVE IAS OFFICERS PROMOTED TO CHIEF
SECRETARY GRADE IN TAMIL NADU
Five IAS officers of 1989 batch presently
serving in the cadre: S Krishnan, S K Prabha-
kar, Harmander Singh, Md Nasiumuddin and
Dayanand Kataria have been promoted to the
grade of Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu.
DR DIPANKAR BANERJEE APPOINTED AS
DIRECTOR, ARIES, NAINITAL
Dr Dipankar Banerjee, Professor, IIA, has been
appointed as Director, Aryabhatta Research
Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES),
Nainital.
CBDT:MRSPATRAAPPOINTEDASMEMBER
Mrs Seema Khorana Patra (IRS IT:1983) was
on Monday appointed as Member, CBDT.
Presently, she is Principal Chief Commissioner
of Income Tax, Delhi Region. Her appointment
is considered against a post which fell vacant
in February this year after Sushil Chandra was
made Election Commissioner in CEC.
DISAPPOINTING NEWS FOR IPS OFFICERS:
CENTRE SET TO CUT POSTS UNDER CDR
If some well-placed sources are to be be-
lieved the news appears discouraging for IPS
officers. Reportedly, the NaMo administration
is set to reduce the sanctioned posts for IPS
officers under the Central Deputation Reserve.
POWERGallery
ARMY FIRES EXCALIBUR ARTILLERY
AMMUNITION AT EXTENDED RANGES
Pokhran: Indian Army
fired the American-origin
Excalibur guided long-
range artillery ammu-
nition from the M-777
ultra-light howitzers in
Pokhran firing ranges.
The firing was witnessed
by senior leadership of
Indian Army including
DG Artillery Lt Gen Ravi
Prasad. In October, the
Indian army had inducted
the American preci-
sion-guided Excalibur
artillery ammunition in its
inventory. The Excalibur
ammunition has been
acquired under the fast
track procedure and can
hit targets at extended
ranges. The ammunition
can be busted in the air &
after its penetration into
bunker-type structures by
using its different fuses.
PAKISTAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE
IN POONCH’S SHAHPUR
Poonch: Pakistan on Monday violated
ceasefire in the Shahpur sector of Poonch
district. A statement said the at about 1545
hours, Pakistan initiated unprovoked cease-
fire violation along LoC in Shahpur sector
in District Poonch(J&K). Indian Army is
retaliating befittingly. On Dec 2, Centre had
informed Rajya Sabha that there have been
950 incidents of ceasefire violation along the
Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir
region from August to October.
MAN RAPES 5-YEAR-OLD, SMASHES
HER HEAD WITH STONE
Nagpur: A 32-year-old man has been arrested
for raping and murdering a five-year-old tribal
girl by smashing her head with a stone in Ma-
harashtra’s Nagpur district. The body of the
girl, who was missing since December 6, was
found on an agriculture farm in Linga village
in Kalmeshwar taluka, some 25 km away from
Nagpur. Sanjay Puri is a resident of Mohgaon
village in the district. Police said a case has
been filed under sections 376, 302 (POCSO)
Act and SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
ASSAM: SEC 144 IMPOSED IN
SONITPUR DISTRICT
Sonitpur: In the wake
of protests in the state
over The Citizenship
(Amendment) Bill, 2019,
Section 144, which pro-
hibits assembly of more
than four people in an
area, has been imposed
in Assam’s Sonitpur
district. “Section 144
has been imposed in the
district in the wake of
protests over Citizen-
ship Amendment Bill,”
said Sonitpur Super-
intendent of Police,
Sanjeet Kumar Krishna.
Debate over the Bill is
currently going on in
the Lok Sabha. The Cit-
izenship (Amendment)
Bill, 2019, seeks to
grant Indian citizenship
to non-Muslim refugees
from Pakistan, Bangla-
desh, and Afghanistan.
Factoryowner,managerincustody
New Delhi: Two Delhi Fire Service personnel, who were
injured while carrying out the rescue work at a four-
storeyed building where a massive fire broke out, were
discharged from a city hospital on Monday, doctors
said. Rajesh Shukla was one of the first firemen to en-
ter the blazing building on Sunday morning and saved
11 people. Mr Shukla injured his legs in the rescue
operation and was admitted to the LNJP Hospital. An-
other fireman had received minor injury during rescue
operation and was also admitted to the hospital. “Both
firemen were today discharged. —ANI
DELHI FIREMEN,HURT DURING RESCUE
OPS, DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL
One of the property owners of the four-storey building at Anaj
Mandi being produced in a court in New Delhi on Monday.
A police man pacifies relatives of Anaj Mandi fire victims who were shouting slogans while demanding for arrangement of ambulances
for carrying bodies, outside the mortuary at Maulana Azad Medical College Hospital in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
DELHI FIRE INCIDENT
New Delhi: Union
Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri took on
Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal, asking
what action he has
taken on the reports
of inquiries into the
earlier incidences of
‘devastating’ fire in
the national capital.
“Time has come
when Delhi seeks
answers. There have
been devastating
fires in Arpit Pal-
ace Hotel, Bawana
Industrial Area,
Kalindi Kunj, Chandni
Chowk, Netaji Sub-
hash Place to recount
a few. Every time an
inquiry was ordered.
Even today an inquiry
has been ordered,”
tweeted Puri. “All
concerned citizens of
Delhi including those
who lost their loved
ones or were injured
in accidents, want
to know what action
has Delhi CM taken
on reports of those
inquiries? Were they
made public? Is the
situation any better
now?” he tweeted.
DELHI SEEKS
ANSWERS:
HARDEEP PURI
FIRE BREAKS
OUT AT ANAJ
MANDI AGAIN
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court partially
relaxed ban on con-
struction in Delhi-NCR
and allowed such activi-
ties from 6 am to 6 pm,
beyond which building
activities will remain
banned. This came af-
ter Central Pollution
Control Board told the
top court that ban on
construction activities
in Delhi could be par-
tially lifted. The Bench
allowed construction
activities to re-start in
Delhi with conditions
that rules for dust con-
trol, setting up barriers
etc will be followed.
Partial lifting of con-
struction ban under
GRAP, as CPCB informs
court that Delhi air is
not severe but has im-
provement to only
“poor”. The top court
noted that crop burning
fires have reduced in all
states. S Court asks for
data on steps being tak-
en to reduce problems
for farmers. —ANI
New Delhi: The SC is-
sued notice to the EC
on a plea of MP Mahua
Moitra seeking direc-
tion to the poll body to
publish on its website
the constituency-wise
information collated in
Form 17C part I and II
and Form 20 for every
subsequent Parliamen-
tary and Assembly
elections.
A Bench headed by
Chief Justice SA Bobde
sought a response from
the EC. Form 17C Part I
is public disclosure and
due reporting of Ac-
count of votes recorded,
Part II is a result of
counting and Form 20 is
the final result sheet.
The plea asks EC to
publish on its website
Constituency wise in-
formation collated in
Form 17C part I & II for
Parliamentary and As-
sembly election. —ANI
NOTICE TO
STATES OVER
STARVATION
DEATHS
New Delhi: The SC
issued a notice to all
states over allega-
tions of starvation
deaths of persons
who did not get ra-
tions because they
did not have Aad-
haar cards. A bench
headed by Chief
Justice SA Bobde
sought a response
from the states on
whether a person be-
ing denied rations
over Aadhaar. CJI
Bobde said, “I was
part of the bench
(which decided Aad-
har case) it said peo-
ple can’t be denied
services over Aad-
haar. We want to ap-
point a high pow-
ered committee to
probe this issue.”
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta in-
formed that reports
suggest that these
deaths are not star-
vation deaths. —ANI
BAN ON CONSTRUCTION IN
DELHI-NCR PARTIALLY RELAXED
SC ISSUES NOTICE TO EC ON
PLEA BY MAHUA MOITRA
HEARING ON
SHAHJAHANPUR
CASE ON JAN 8
New Delhi: SC ad-
journed for January
8, the
plea of
Shahja-
hanpur
law stu-
dentinwhichshehad
challenged the Alla-
habad HC order that
allowed rape accused
BJP leader Chinma-
yanand to access a
certified copy of the
statement recorded
by her. In Nov, the
Court granted an in-
terim stay on Alla-
habad HC’s order, al-
lowing former Union
Minister Swami
Chinmayanand to ac-
cess a certified copy
of the statement re-
cordedbythelawstu-
dent. The High Court
on December 6 grant-
ed bail to a person,
who along with three
others, was charged
for trying to extort
money from former
union minister. —ANI
New Delhi: A special
court in Delhi allowed
Robert Vadra to travel
abroad for his medical
treatment and business
purposes. He is current-
ly on anticipatory bail
in a money laundering
case. Earlier in the day,
the court had reserved
its order on the plea by
Vadra seeking permis-
sion to go abroad for
business and medical
treatment. ED in its re-
ply informed the court
that Vadra who was
scheduled to fly on
Monday had ap-
proached the court in
the last minute leaving
no adequate time for
the agency to verify the
itinerary and other de-
tails. KTS Tulsi, ap-
pearing for Vadra said
that his client has al-
ways cooperated with
the law enforcement
agency. He had earlier
also received similar
permission from the
court and followed eve-
ry instruction.—ANI
DELHI COURT ALLOWS VADRA TO
TRAVEL ABROAD FOR TREATMENT

New Delhi: Welcoming
Parliamentary Delega-
tion from Maldives led
by Mohamed Nasheed,
Speaker of the People’s
Majlis of Maldives, in
Parliament House An-
nexe Extension Build-
ing, Lok Sabha speaker
Om Birla said that along
with historical and cul-
tural relations, both In-
dia and Maldives as
neighbouring countries
have a lot to share with
each other.
Noting that India’s
‘Neighbourhood First’
policy is in line with the
‘India First’ policy of
Maldives, Birla empha-
sized that the two coun-
tries should increase
their cooperation not
onlyineconomyandem-
ployment but also in so-
cial sectors. Later they
signedaMoUonenhanc-
ingcooperationbetween
the two Parliaments.
Nasheed also signed the
Golden Book.
NEWSJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
Finland’s Sanna Marin at 34 yrs
becomes world’s youngest PM
PM Modi-Xi push will
boost India,China ties
She has been serving as the country’s Transport and Communications Minister since June
Helsinki: Finland’s So-
cial Democratic Party
(SDP) on Sunday select-
ed 34-year old Trans-
port Minister Sanna
Marin to become the
youngest head of gov-
ernment in the coun-
try’s history.
Marin, who narrowly
won a vote carried out
by the SDP to replace
former premier Antti
Rinne, will also become
the world’s youngest
PrimeMinister,aheadof
Ukraine’s 35-year-old
Oleksiy Honcharuk, re-
ported Sputnik. At 34,
Marin is two years
younger than long-time
CentrePartyleaderEsko
Aho, who became Fin-
land’s Prime Minister in
1991 at the age of 36.
Marin has been serv-
ing as the country’s
Minister of Transport
and Communications
since June. She also led
the Social Democratic
party during Rinne’s
extended sick leave last
winter.
Rinne had to step
down from the post of
Prime Minister after a
key coalition partner,
the Center Party, with-
drew its support, citing
lack of trust.
Marin’s nomination
is yet to received parlia-
ment’s and the Presi-
dent’s nod.
The Transport Min-
ister was chosen by
Finland’s Social Demo-
cratic Party to succeed
Prime Minister Antti
Rinne who on Decem-
ber 3 announced he was
resigning in the face of
criticism over the gov-
ernment’s handling of
a postal strike that last-
ed two weeks in No-
vember.
The strike also drew
in the national carrier
Finnair, whose workers
went on a day’s strike in
support of the postal
workers, leading to
some 300 flights being
cancelled.
Both Rinne, who be-
came Prime Minister in
June this year, and his
Social Democratic col-
league Sirpa Paatero,
were accused of provid-
ing inaccurate informa-
tion to the country over
the working conditions
of package handlers for
the national postal ser-
vice, Posti. —ANI
24 presumed dead in New
Zealand volcano eruption
Wellington: New Zea-
land police have said no
more survivors were
expected to be rescued
from an island volcano
that erupted suddenly
on Monday, suggesting
as many as two dozen
people could have died.
Police said some 50
people were visiting
White Island when it ex-
ploded hurling ash and
rock high into the air.
Some 23 people made
it off the island, five of
whom have since died,
rest were being treated
for injuries, including
severe burns. It was ear-
lier estimated the num-
ber still on the island
was in double digits.
Police said that de-
spite several aerial re-
connaissance flights to
try and find those
trapped “no signs of life
have been seen.”
“Based on the infor-
mation we have, we do
not believe there are
any survivors.”—Agencies
New Delhi: Underlin-
ing the importance of
people-to-people con-
tact, Chinese Ambassa-
dor to India Sun Wei-
dong’s wife Bao Jiqing
on Monday said that in
a diplomatic relation-
ship, cultural relations
and not “big things”,
make ties stronger.
As a part of the celebra-
tions of 70 years of dip-
lomatic relationship
between India and Chi-
na, the Chinese envoy’s
wife hosted a painting
exhibition at the Chi-
nese Embassy here and
said these interactions
will further strengthen
bilateral ties. Both
Modi and Xi had said
that India and China
will hold events to joint-
ly celebrate the 70th an-
niversary of the estab-
lishment of diplomatic
relations next year. —ANI
3RD FEMALE HEAD
UK docs advise Nawaz Sharif
be shifted to US for better care
London: Pakistan’s ail-
ing former prime min-
ister Nawaz Sharif, who
is currently undergoing
treatment in London,
has shown no improve-
ment in his platelet
count and the doctors
have advised that he be
shifted to the US for bet-
ter medical care, a top
PML-N official said.
Pakistan Muslim
League-Nawaz (PML-N)
spokesperson Marri-
yum Aurangzeb said
the 69-year-old Nawaz
Sharif’s medical re-
ports showed there was
an 88 per cent blockage
in the arteries circulat-
ing blood to his brain.
“Doctors have ad-
vised him to consult an
expert in the United
States. However, trans-
porting him there poses
an immense challenge
for the medical team,”
she said. Sharif left for
London after Lahore
HC allowed him to trav-
el abroad for four
weeks. —PTI
India, Australia
review bilateral ties
New Delhi: India and
Australia emphasised
on the need for bolster-
ing cooperation in com-
batting terrorism, vio-
lent extremism and
meeting other global
challenges.
The com-
m i t m e n t
was made
during the
third India-
Australia
Foreign and
D e f e n c e
Secretaries’ Dialogue
which was held in the
national capital, during
which both sides re-
viewed bilateral ties.
The Indian delegation
was led by Defence Sec-
retary Dr Ajay Kumar
and Foreign Secretary
Vijay Gokhale, while
the Australian side was
led by Defence Secre-
tary Greg Moriarty and
Foreign Secretary
F r a n c e s
Adamson.
D u r i n g
the dia-
logue, is-
sues related
to bilateral
defence en-
gagements,
areas to enhance coop-
eration in the field of
defence industry and de-
fence technology as well
as the prevailing region-
al security concerns
were discussed. —ANI
Indian delegation was
led by Defence Secy Dr
Ajay Kumar & Foreign
Secy Vijay Gokhale
A DOTING GRANDPA
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot holds on to grand daughter
Kashwini at VIP lounge of Jaipur Airport while waiting for
their flight to Mumbai.
 UDH minister Shanti
Dhariwal reached Kota where
he revealed that he was
regularly getting complaints
against KEDL electricity com-
pany. “Electricity bill of Kota
municipal corporation used to
be ten crore rupees but after
the company came, the bill
doubled. We have received
hundreds of complaints
related to irregularities and
although the company has
entered in a 20 year contract
with the government, but if the
complaints continue we will be
forced to think about revoking
the same,” Dhariwal said.
 BJP state in-charge
Avinash Rai Khanna will be
on a one-day tour of Jaipur
on December 11 and take
part in a meeting over the
organisational elections.
 A POCSO court in Tonk
sentenced a rape accused,
Anil to life imprisonment in
a case related to rape of five
year old girl child for which
the case was registered in
January 2019.
 Rajasthan government
entered in a MoU on Innova-
tion Hub for Excellence in
School education with Pira-
mal School of Leadership.
During this, a report on how
to decrease the weight of
the school bag was also re-
leased. “From next year, the
school bags of students in
sixty-five thousand schools
of the state will weigh less,”
said Govind Singh Dotasara,
Education Minister.
 The security accorded to
a few politicians in the state
might be removed in the
days to come. The Intel-
ligence Wing of Rajasthan
police is preparing a report
on the same.
 Chairman of Child Wel-
fare Commission Sangeeta
Beniwal spoke on the one
year of Congress govern-
ment. “The promises made
during elections, whether
on women related issues
or concerning children,
have been completed. A cell
has been formed for quick
disposal of POCSO related
cases,” Beniwal said.
 Gurjar community has
come out strongly against
the use of word “Gujariya”
in Dabbang 3 movie star-
ring Salman Khan. “Gujariya
word represents community’s
brave and fearless women. It
was Pannadhai Gurjari that
gave her life for Mewar. We
demand banning the movie
in the state,” Himmat Singh,
Gurjar leader said.
 Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi
chaired a meeting with the
officials of the Jaipur Smart
City Project on Monday. A
review of the all the work
completed so far was un-
dertaken.
 The trials of 155 mm
ultra-light M-777 Howitzer
gun has been initiated once
again at Pokaran field firing
range.
 The bail application of MD
of Leel Electronics Bharat Raj
Punj has been rejected again
by the Raj HC in connection
with the fake bill case.
 The Churu police, on
Monday, arrested the prime
accused of the Bheem Saran
murder case of Sardarsha-
har. “Dilip Kauladiya has
been arrested from Sirsa
in Haryana. Two men were
previously arrested in the
matter,” officials said.
 DGP Bhupendra Yadav
lauded the efforts of a cop on
Monday who was seen help-
ing an old man cross road.
The DGP was returning from
to Jaipur when he saw head
constable Subhash Chandra
helping the elderly. The DGP
immediately issued orders on
wireless to laud the cop’s ef-
forts and also issued a letter of
appreciation upon reaching his
office. Later, the DGP also met
Jaipur Commissioner Anand
Srivastav and took stock of the
law and order in the city.
 Deputy CM Sachin Pilot
has demanded a file related to
National Highway, buildings
and constructions section,
of the PWD projects to hold
review of the projects. The
projects to be reviewed
also include those financed
by world bank, ADB and
NABARD.
BRIEF
in
GST collection
falls short of
budget estimate
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral GST collection fell
short of the budged es-
timate by nearly 40 per
cent during the April-
November period of
2019-20, according to the
data presented in Par-
liament on Monday.
The actual CGST col-
lection during April-
November stood at Rs
3,28,365 crore while the
budgeted estimate is of
Rs 5,26,000 crore for
these months, Minister
of State for Finance
Anurag Singh Thakur
said in a written reply
in Lok Sabha.
The minister added
that the data was, how-
ever, provisional.
—PTI
India’s neighbourhood first policy
same as Maldives’ India first policy
Speaker of the People’s Majlis of Maldives in Parliament House
Mohamed Nasheed and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. —File photo
BEAUTY AND GRACE
Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa crowned Miss Universe by her predecessor, Catriona Gray of
the Philippines, at the 2019 Miss Universe pageant at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.
Cabinet sub-panel on Raj
govt’s 1st anniv holds meet
First India News
Jaipur: The celebra-
tion of Gehlot govern-
ment’s completing 1
year will begin from
December 17 and last
for four days. In this re-
gard, a cabinet sub-
committee meeting was
organised by Energy
Minister BD Kalla on
Monday. As a part of the
celebrations, an exhibi-
tion will be held regard-
ing the achievements of
the government. Also,
the government will is-
sue a booklet.
In the meeting, vari-
ous departments pro-
vided the data of their
works and achieve-
ments. Out of these, re-
markable achievements
will be highlighted in
the exhibition to be or-
ganised by DIPR
through hoardings, ban-
ners and other medi-
ums. A lot of announce-
ments in public interest
will also be made during
the event. The matter of
BJP issuing black paper
was also discussed in
thesub-committeemeet-
ing. While targeting
BJP, Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma said that
instead of black paper, a
white paper should be
issuedagainsttheworks
of the central govern-
ment. Today, there is an
economic recession in
the country. BJP has
failed to fulfill its prom-
ises.
Dr Sharma added
that the state president
of BJP is in London and
does not know about the
works of government.
BJP has not worked as
an opposition in the last
one year.

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