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NIRBHAYA GETS JUSTICE
DEATH WARRANT FOR RAPISTS
New Delhi: Four con-
victs in the sensational
2012 Nirbhaya Gang
rape and murder case
will be hanged on Janu-
ary 22 at 7 am in Tihar
jail, a Delhi court said
on Tuesday.
The order was pro-
nounced by Additional
Sessions Judge Satish
Kumar Arora who is-
sued the death war-
rants against the four
death row convicts --
Mukesh (32), Pawan
Gupta(25),VinayShar-
ma (26) and Akshay
Kumar Singh (31).
During the hearing,
the prosecution said
there was no applica-
tion pending before any
court or the President
right now by any of the
convicts and the review
petition of all the con-
victs was dismissed by
the Supreme Court.
Turn on P4
FRAME BY FRAME
 The execution is expected to
take place in Jail 3 of Tihar, where
dummy trials have been carried out
to test the gallows.
 Officials say ropes have been
brought from Buxar, Bihar, the kind
used to hang Parliament attack
convict Afzal Guru in 2013. * Hang-
man From Meerut
 The convicts are in Delhi’s Tihar
jail, where officials had started pre-
paring for the hangings weeks ago.
FLASHBACK
 The 2012 Delhi gang rape case
involved a rape and fatal assault
that occurred on 16 December
2012 in Munirka, a neighbour-
hood in South Delhi. The incident
took place when a 23-year-old
female physiotherapy intern was
beaten, gangraped and tortured
in a private bus in which she was
travelling with her friend, Awindra
Pratap Pandey.
 Eleven days after the assault,
she was transferred to a hospital in
Singapore for emergency treatment
but succumbed to her injuries two
days later
Convict Mukesh Singh’s
mother walked up to
Nirbhaya’s mother, held
her sari in a gesture of
begging, and pleaded:
“Mere bete ko maaf kar
do. Main uski zindagi ki
bheekh maangti hoon
(Please forgive my son.
I am begging you for his
life).” She wept. So did
Nirbhaya’s mother, who
replied: “I had a daughter
too. What happened with
her, how can I forget?
I have been waiting for
justice for seven years...”
The judge then ordered
silence in the courtroom.
IN THE
COURTROOM
STAMPEDE KILLS 40 AT FUNERAL
FOR IRAN GENERAL KILLED BY US
Tehran: A stampede
on Tuesday at a funer-
al procession for a top
Iranian general killed
in a US airstrike last
week killed 40 people
and injured 213 oth-
ers, two Iranian semi-
official news agencies
reported.
The stampede took
place in Kerman, the
hometown of Revolu-
tionary Guard Gen
Qassem Soleimani, as
the procession got un-
derway, said the Fars
and ISNA news agen-
cies, citing Pirhossein
Koulivand, the head of
Iran’s emergency medi-
cal services.
JNU RUCKUS SPREADS
When CM travelled miles to re-bond with ailing Mentor
Naresh Sharma
Bangalore: Emotion,
attachment, trust, far-
sightedness, life-les-
son and a perpetual
love are just a few
words that have been
used since millennia
to express the bond
between a Guru and a
student. While, the
thought may appear to
be a thing of the past to
some in this day and
age, however, there are
those too who live by the
bond. One such bond-
ing was visible on
Monday night when
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot visited Dr SN
Subbarao, a 92-year-
old Gandhian who has
had a profound im-
pact on the Chief min-
ister since the time he
was 12 years old.
Gehlot had gone to
Mumbai to attend the
remembrance ceremo-
ny of businessman
Anil Agarwal’s father,
when he learnt that
his guru and mentor -
Subbarao - was unwell
and had been admitted
to hospital. CM, who
was scheduled to fly
back to Jaipur,
changed his plans and
flew to Bengaluru in-
stead on hearing the
news. Turn on P4
After
4 CONVICTS TO HANG TILL DEATH ON JAN 22 AT 7AM
‘This will restore
faith in law’
New Delhi: The
hanging of Nirb-
haya convicts will
restore the faith of
women in law, her
mother Asha Devi
said on Tuesday.
Four convicts in the
2012 Nirbhaya gan-
grape and murder
case will be hanged
on January 22 at 7 am
in Tihar jail, the court
said.
Nirbhaya’s moth-
er said that January
22 will be a big day
for her when the con-
victs are hanged.
The victim’s father,
Badrinath Singh,
also expressed relief.
“It was a long jour-
ney, I am happy with
the verdict,” he said.
The order was pro-
nounced by Addition-
al Sessions Judge Sat-
ish Kumar Arora who
issued death war-
rants against them.
The four death row
convicts are Mukesh,
Vinay Sharma, Ak-
shay Singh and
Pawan Gupta.
Delhi Commission
for Women (DCW)
chairperson Swati
Maliwal welcomed
the order. “It’s a vic-
tory for every citi-
zen of the country, I
salute the mother
who kept fighting
for the past seven
years,” she said. “I
would also like to
thank the judges.
Such rapists should
be brought to justice
in six months.”
The 23-year-old
woman, a paramedic
student, was brutally
gang-raped and tor-
tured on the night of
December 16, 2012, in-
side a moving bus in
south Delhi by six per-
sons before being
thrown out on the
road. ‘Nirbhaya’
(braveheart), as she
came to be known
around the country,
succumbed to her in-
juries almost two
weeks later — on De-
cember 29, 2012, at
Mount Elizabeth Hos-
pital in Singapore.
Nirbhaya case victims mother flashes the victory sign along with lawyers.
AKSHAY
THAKUR
PAWAN
GUPTA
MUKESH
SINGH
VINAY
SHARMA
 Even as the Delhi po-
lice is yet to arrest those
involved in the hours-long
rampage at the Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU)
campus on Sunday, it
has come under fire for
naming students, includ-
ing the injured JNUSU
president Aishe Ghosh,
in its FIR.
 AIMIM president Asa-
duddin Owaisi Tuesday
condemned the registra-
tion of the FIR against
“the girl who was injured
in the violence”, instead
of those who “made an
attempt to kill” her.
 “…they made an at-
tempt to kill that union
president. First thing is
that inquiry should look
into how did the police al-
low them. Secondly, what
did the V-C do. Thirdly,
even the police allowed
safe passage for goonda
elements,” Owasi said in
Hyderabad.
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2
Turn on P4, More on P7
CM Gehlot also met his Pudducherry
counterpart V Narayanasamy
GEHLOT ON TOP
(Left) Pudducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy welcomed CM
Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday. (Above) CM Gehlot with Dr SN Subbarao
who was admitted in hospital in Bangalore late on Monday.
India beat
Lanka by
7 wickets in
2nd T20I
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A
fter a Delhi
court issued
death war-
rant against
all four convicts in 2012
Nirbhaya Delhi gang-
rape case, the convicts’
lawyer AP Singh on
Tuesday said that he
will file a curative peti-
tion in the Supreme
Court seeking a stay on
the same.
“We will file a cura-
tive petition in the Su-
preme Court within
two days. Five senior-
most judges of the Su-
preme Court will hear
it. There has been me-
dia, public and politi-
cal pressure since the
beginning, which is
why an unbiased probe
did not take place in
this case,” Singh told
ANI. He said that the
curative petition will
be filed on behalf of all
four convicts, namely
Akshay, Vinay, Pawan
and Mukesh.
“The court has given
us the time to file a cu-
rative petition. We will
file the application
seeking a stay on the
death warrant and I
am hopeful that the
court will hear it,” Sin-
gh said.
“Death sentence is
for the poor of this
country. No rich has
ever been hanged,” he
added.
A Delhi court today
said that all four death
row convicts in the
Nirbhaya case will be
hanged at 7 am on Jan-
uary 22.
The court heard the
plea of parents of the
2012 Delhi gang-rape
victim seeking to ex-
pedite the procedure
to hang all four con-
victed in the case and
also seeking issuance
of death warrant
against them.
The court had on
December 20 reserved
the order on an appli-
cation filed by Pawan
Kumar Gupta’s father
till today. The petition
had stated that the
girl’s friend commit-
ted perjury for giving
false testimony in the
court.
The sole eye-witness
was accompanying the
23-year-old girl when
she was raped and
murdered by six men
on a moving bus on
December 16, 2012.
The main accused,
Ram Singh, allegedly
committed suicide in
Tihar Jail during the
trial. Another accused
was a minor at the
time of the commis-
sion of the crime and
was sent to a reform
facility and released
after three years.
All the four convicts
had earlier knocked at
the doors of the Su-
preme Court against
the Delhi High Court
order of March 2014
which had confirmed
the capital punish-
ment awarded to them
by the trial court on
September 13, 2013.
JUSTICE...FINALLY
‘WE’LL FILE A CURATIVE PETITION IN THE SC WITHIN TWO DAYS. FIVE SENIOR-MOST JUDGES OF THE
SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR IT. THERE HAS BEEN MEDIA, PUBLIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE, WHICH IS
WHY AN UNBIASED PROBE DID NOT TAKE PLACE IN THIS CASE,’ SAID NIRBHAYA’S LAWYER
The curative peti-
tion is fairly a new
concept in the Indian
legal system. It is the
last judicial resort
available for redressal
of grievances in court
which is normally de-
cided by judges in-
chamber. It is only in
rare cases that such
petitions are given an
open-court hearing.
The concept of cura-
tive petition was first
evolved by the Supreme
Court of India in the
matter of Rupa Ashok
Hurra vs. Ashok Hurra
and Anr. (2002) where
the question was
whether an aggrieved
person is entitled to
any relief against the
final judgement/order
of the Supreme Court,
after dismissal of a re-
view petition.
To entertain the cu-
rative petitions, the Su-
preme Court has laid
down certain specific
conditions: The peti-
tioner will have to es-
tablish that there was a
genuine violation of
principles of natural
justice and fear of the
bias of the judge and
judgement that ad-
versely affected him;
The petition shall state
specifically that the
grounds mentioned
had been taken in the
review petition and
that it was dismissed
by circulation; The pe-
tition is to be sent to
the three senior most
judges and judges of
the bench who passed
the judgement affect-
ing the petition, if
available; If the major-
ity of the judges on the
above bench agree that
the matter needs hear-
ing, then it would be
sent to the same bench
(as far as possible); and
The court could im-
pose “exemplary costs”
to the petitioner if his
plea lacks merit.
It may be noted that
on Tuesday, the SC re-
ferred eight curative
petitions against the
Section 377 of the 1862
Indian Penal Code to a
five-judge Constitu-
tion bench, as the is-
sue involved a ques-
tion of far-reaching
constitutional impor-
tance. “Whoever vol-
untarily has carnal
inter-course against
the order of nature
with any man, woman
or animal, shall be
punished with [im-
prisonment for life].
 Dec 16, 2012: A paramedical
student out with her male
friend was gang-raped and
brutally assaulted by six
men in a private bus and
thrown out of the moving
bus on the streets.
 Dec 17: Police identify the
accused - bus driver Ram
Singh, his brother Mukesh,
Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta
and a juvenile.
 Dec 18: Police arrest the
accused.
 Dec 21: Juvenile nabbed
from Anand Vihar bus termi-
nal in Delhi.
 Dec 22: Sixth accused
Akshay Thakur arrested in
Bihar.
 Dec 29: Victim succumbs to
her injuries at a Singapore
hospital.
 Jan 3, 2013: Police files
charge-sheet against the five
accused.
 Feb 28: Juvenile Justice
Board (JJB) frames rape,
murder charges against the
juvenile accused.
 Mar 11: Main accused Ram
Singh commits suicide in
Tihar jail.
 Aug 31: JJB finds the juve-
nile accused guilty of rape
and murder, sentences him
to three years in a special
home.
 Sept 13: Four remaining ac-
cused sentenced to death by
Additional Sessions Judge.
 Mar 13, 2014: Delhi HC up-
holds the trial court verdict.
 Apr 3, 2016: Hearings begin
in SC.
 May 5: SC upholds death
penalty of Akshay, Vinay,
Pawan and Mukesh.
 Aug 29: Drama in the
courtas the allegation of
the police tampering with
evidence is made.
 Feb 3, 2017: SC decides
to rehear the case on the
sentencing aspect after the
petitioners contend that
there are violations in the
procedure.
 Mar 27: SC reserves verdict
after nearly a year of hearing
the case.
 May 5: SC rejects the plea
by four convicts challenging
death penalty.
 Nov 13: The convicts appeal
to the apex court to review
the sentence.
 May 4, 2018: SC upholds
the order on the plea of
three convicts seeking a
review of its 2017 verdict
upholding the death penalty.
 July 9: SC dismisses review
petitions of three convicts.
Fourth convict Akhsay had
not filed a review petition.
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN NIRBHAYA CASE
23-year-old, Nirbhaya, died days after she was gangraped on a moving bus, tortured with
an iron rod and dumped on the road, naked and bleeding, on December 16, 2012. She
and her friend had boarded the bus from south Delhi after a movie
New Delhi: In April
2016, the SC began hear-
ing the pleas of the four
men sentenced to death
for raping a paramedic
in a bus in Delhi on De-
cember 16, 2012 and a
year later upheld the
death sentence.
Here are the main evi-
dence the apex court
took into account to de-
cide that Akshay
Thakur, Vinay Sharma,
PawanGuptaandMuke-
sh Singh deserved no
leniency.
1. In its judgment on
May 5, 2017, the top
court found the evi-
dence of the lone wit-
ness who was the vic-
tim’s friend, to be unim-
peachable. It said the
statement cannot be
disbelieved simply be-
causetherewerecertain
omissions that the de-
fence had flagged.
2. The court also re-
lied on the victim’s dy-
ing declaration and said
such a declaration re-
corded on the basis of
nods and gestures is not
only admissible but also
possesses evidentiary
value. Of her three dy-
ing declarations that
were recorded, the last
one was in gestures.
3. It also took into ac-
count the prosecution’s
charge that the rape was
brutal and inhuman.
4. DNA profile from
the blood stains from
the rod showed it had
the victim’s blood. The
rod was recovered at the
instance of another ac-
cused Ram Singh.
5. The court also held
that the DNA analysis
had cogently linked
eachof theaccusedwith
the victims and the
crime scene.
6. The court also said
that the odontology re-
port which the prosecu-
tion had relied upon
heavily was credible.
7. The court also said
the crime was an act of
conspiracy which was
established by the se-
quence of events.
8. The recovery of
the bus and CCTV foot-
age was also a major
evidence for the prose-
cution which the SC
said was not tampered
with.
9. The court also re-
lied on the police theory
and said the recovery of
articles such as clothes
and mobile phones of
the victim and her
friend from the accused
cannot be discarded be-
cause there was no ex-
planation from the ac-
cused explaining how
they came to possess
those articles.
Evidence Supreme Court relied
upon to uphold death penalty
What is curative petition?
Image for representational purpose only.
Mother of Nirbhaya case victim is
seen outside Patiala House Court
in New Delhi, Tuesday.
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
Justice is served!
A death warrant
for the 4 convicts
in the #Nirbhaya
case sends across a
powerful message.
An empowering mo-
ment for the women
of India! #Nirbhay-
aCase
Harshdeep Kaur
@HarshdeepKaur
Relieved to read this
news!! The culprits
of Nirbhaya’s case
to be hanged on
22nd Jan!! Justice
is finally being
served #Nirbhaya
Gautam Gambhir
@GautamGambhir
Finally! India’s
daughter gets JUS-
TICE! #Nirbhaya
Ritika Jain
@riotsjain
The four convicts in
the #Nirbhayacase
will be hanged on
January 22 at 7am.
However, they can
file mercy petitions
and curative pleas
before this date
Madhav Sharma
@HashTagCricket
“The person I’d like
to thank above all
is my daughter. It
is she who had to
wait these 7 years.”
#Nirbhaya’s Mother
Tavleen Singh Aroor
@Tavysingh
These two. Un-
imaginable loss.
Unbearable struggle
and agony. Irrepara-
ble loss. I pray they
get some sought of
closure today. Asha
Devi & Badrinath
Singh - more power
and peace to you.
Chitra Kishor Wagh
@ChitraKWagh
Finally a day of
recognition for
Indian judiciary.
After 7 years
long courteous
journey,judgement
day arrives on Jan
22. Hopefully this
time no further
delays, no more
appeals,no more
mercy please. Jus-
tice to the parents
and to the society
#nirbhayaverdict
#Nirbhaya
@PMOIndia
Pradeep Bhandari
@pradip103
All four convicts in
the Nirbhaya Case
will be hanged
on 22nd January
2020. Finally long
due justice for
Nirbhaya and her
mother is delivered.
But one question
that still remains
unanswered is ‘why
justice is delayed so
much in our coun-
try?’ #Nirbhaya
Ashish Chauhan
@AshishSainram
As an Indian, I
feel relieved that
FINALLY justice
will be delivered in
#Nirbhaya case Her
family can take a
sigh of relief after
7 years of judicial
process I feel hum-
bled to be part of
organisation like @
ABVPVoice which
stood for the cause
of justice

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020
MiffedSharmatakeshosp
maintenancefromPWD
First India News
Jaipur: Inauguration
ceremony of Central
Students Union Office
of Rajasthan University
was organised on Tues-
day and the office was
inaugurated by PCC
Chief and Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pilot.
After the inaugura-
tion, university’s gen-
eral secretary Mahavir
Gurjar and student un-
ion vice president Pri-
yanka Meena expressed
their gratitude towards
the guests and raised
various demands in the
interest of university
before the Deputy CM.
During an interaction
with media, Pilot said
thatitisourresponsibil-
ity to listen to the youth
and work on it.
If there will be no dia-
logue or exchange of
ideas, then it is natural
that anger will increase
in people and negative
emotion will arise.
Talking about JNU,
he said that if the police
or unknown people are
seen on the campus,
then it is not a good
sign. We should pay at-
tention to allegations
and counter-allegations
and end this kind of vio-
lenceasitsendsawrong
message for any society
and country.
The police force is be-
ing sent on university
campuses and curfews
are being imposed.
Pilot added that I am
very sad that such ter-
rible incidents are hap-
pening all over the
country. Also, I strongly
oppose the people pro-
moting these violent
acts. No one should
break the law and those
who are in responsible
positions must take ac-
tion against the ac-
cused.
RU Vice Chancellor
RK Kothari, Ministers
Bhanwar Singh Bhati,
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas, Ramesh Meena,
NSUI National Presi-
dent Neeraj Kundan,
MLA Dausa Murari Lal
Meena, Gajraj Khatana,
Mukesh Bhakar, Parvat-
sar MLA Ram Niwas
Gavadia, Abhimanyu
Poonia and many other
dignitaries were pre-
sent on the occasion.
Meanwhile in the
morning, Pilot also met
Congress workers from
variouspartsof thestates
andheardtheirproblems
at his residence.
First India News
Jaipur: In what seems
to be a fall out of his
public spat with deputy
CM Sachin Pilot over
owning responsibility
for deaths of children
in Kota’s J K Lon Hospi-
tal, health minister Dr.
Raghu Sharma has tak-
en away maintenance
work from the PWD.
In a state level re-
view meeting of hos-
pitals, Dr Raghu
Sharma decided that
the health depart-
ment will develop its
own civil cadre for
maintenance of hos-
pitals, offices and
other routine work
on the lines NHM. The
decision was taken in
wake of regular com-
plaints of maintenance
in government hospi-
tals. Other government
departments like ener-
gy already have such
arrangement.
However, the deci-
sion has come after Pi-
lot who holds PWD
charge talked about
owning responsibility
and fixing things in-
stead of blaming previ-
ous BJP government.
Sharma hit back by
saying that responsibil-
ity of maintenance lies
with PWD. He had
claimed that PWD did
not act despite several
reminders. Though, he
refused to comment on
clarification by the
PWD. “It would become
a political issue if I
comment,” he said.
During the meeting
of medical college prin-
cipals, superintendents
and HoDs that lasted
about four hours, the
health minister said
that there is no short-
age of funds. If you see
RMRS record there is
unutilised fund of Rs
500 crore while asking
to use Rs5 lakh for
SNCU maintenance and
if needed proposal
should be sent for addi-
tional funds.
He asked them to en-
sure that all equipment
are in working condi-
tion and there should be
an intensive campaign
to improve the system
and strengthen advance
medical care. He also
questioned purchase of
Chinese equipment say-
ing that government
will launch an inquiry
into this. It came to
light from data submit-
ted by many hospitals.
He said that ACS medi-
cal education has been
asked to probe.
Reacting to Gujarat
CM’s criticism, Dr.
Sharma said that eve-
ryone knows about
situation in UP and Bi-
har. However, he said
that here should be no
politics over children’s
death.
Jodhpur: Taking cog-
nisance of Public Inter-
est Litigation (PIL) filed
on the disturbing re-
ports of 146 infants
death in December in a
Jodhpur hospital, Ra-
jasthan High Court on
Tuesday sought a re-
port from the govern-
ment and gave major
instructions to all dis-
tricts including Kota to
improve the conditions
of the hospitals.
Some of the key di-
rections delivered by
High Court Chief Jus-
tice Inderjit Mahanti
include computerising
district hospitals, a sur-
prise inspection of any
two hospitals of the
state, report of all va-
cant posts and sanc-
tioned posts in govern-
ment hospitals. The
matter is scheduled for
the next hearing on Feb-
ruary 10.
In Dr Sampurnanand
Medical College in
Jodhpur district, 146 in-
fants have died in the
past month.
The hospital admin-
istration, however, had
said that the number
of child deaths was
quite low as compared
to the number of chil-
dren admitted in the
hospital in December
and added that the hos-
pital gets very serious
cases referred from
other hospitals in the
region which has led to
the high number of
deaths.
“We are the biggest
hospital in western Ra-
jasthan. We even get
infants and other pa-
tients who are referred
from AIIMS, Jodhpur.
4,689 admissions of in-
fants were done in the
month of December
alone, out of which 146
died. Therefore, the
mortality rate is just 3
per cent which comes
under acceptable
norms,” Dr SS Rathore,
Principal of the SN
Medical College had
told ANI. —ANI
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The affected
farmers have once
again started a protest
in the form of ‘Zameen
Samadhi Satyagraha’
against the acquisition
of land under the
Nindar Housing
Scheme of the Jaipur
Development Authority.
Meanwhile, the JDA
has argued that the
work of materialising
the scheme is being
done at a rapid pace on
the demand of the ac-
count holders.
The Nindar Housing
Scheme is proposed in
327 hectare land, out of
which, 286.27 hectare
land has been acquired
for the scheme and the
remaining 41.45 hectare
belongs to the JDA. As
of now, the account
holders (khatedaar)
have provided 122 hec-
tare land to the JDA and
cash compensation of
41.27 hectare land has
been deposited in the
Civil Court.
The affected people
are alleging that the
JDA has started acquir-
ing land forcibly, with-
out following the agree-
ment. The tenant farm-
ers started the protest
on the spot on Tuesday
with their demands.
Similar protest was
also carried out during
the previous BJP gov-
ernment, which ended
after an agreement be-
tween the JDA and gov-
ernment.
The farmers are de-
manding that they
should be compensated
under the new Land Ac-
quisition Act enacted in
2014. On the other hand,
the facts have been for-
mally laid out by the
JDA. The JDA is saying
that reservation papers
will be issued soon to
the farmers affected by
the Nindar Housing
Scheme. At the same
time, the people who
have not surrendered
the land yet will be giv-
en the reservation pa-
pers once they have
given the land with
their consent.
The JDA claims that
the scheme is being
worked on with trans-
parency in the interest
of the farmers.
Moreover, a constant
discussion is being held
with farmers and the
appropriate questions
raised by them are con-
stantly being answered.
Farmers have also been
advised not to get
caught in the confusion
being spread by some
people.
Tigress ST12
cubs named as
ST 19, 20 & 21
Alwar: The three cubs
of Tigress ST12 have
been given names in
Sariska on Tuesday.
The female cub is
named as ST19, while
two male cubs are
named ST20 and ST21.
Sariska Sanctuary has
gone through both good
and bad times. After
the tiger cleanup in
2005, the count had in-
creased to just 21, but
the Tigers have also
been hunted in the re-
cent past and the num-
ber has declined. At
present, Tigress ST10 is
expected to give birth
to cubs, which will
make the big cat count
better in Sariska.
Panchayat officer
in ACB net
Jaisalmer: Jaisalmer
ACB laid a trap and
caught village develop-
ment officer of Gram
Panchayat Bersiyala
red-handed, on Tues-
day, while accepting
bribe of Rs10,000. The
complainant Khet Sin-
gh had reported to ACB
that the officer Rajiv
Kumar Singh had de-
manded a bribe of Rs
15,000 from him in lieu
of paying the install-
ment of house sanc-
tioned under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana.
3 held with `57L
unaccounted cash
Jaipur: Three men in a
car were detained on
the outskirts of Jaipur
after Rs 57 lakh unac-
counted cash was found
in their vehicle, police
said on Tuesday. The
three suspects were go-
ing to Kota from Jaipur
on Monday night when
a police team flagged
down their car, they
said. On checking, po-
lice found several pack-
ets of cash in the car
but the men could not
explain why they were
carrying such a large
amount of money, said
Shivdaspura station in-
charge Indraj Mordiya.
Two of the suspects --
Mahendra Sharma and
Giriraj Sharma -- told
police they are jewel-
lers and were going to
Kota after selling a few
ornaments here, the of-
ficer said.
Thieves flee with
ATM having `14 L
Jaipur: Masked
thieves decamped with
an automated teller
machine, containing Rs
14 lakh, of a national-
ised bank in Ra-
jasthan’s Alwar dis-
trict, police said on
Tuesday. The incident
took place on Monday
night at the ATM kiosk
of Oriental Bank of
Commerce in Thada
village, said Phool Ka
Bagh police station
SHO Ravindra Pratap
Singh. Police said no
security guard was
posted at the kiosk.
Three masked men are
seen in the CCTV foot-
age but exact number
of the accused will be
clear only after thor-
ough probe.
BRIEF
in
Nindar farmers hold
zameen samadhi protest
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, ACS Medical & Health Rohit K Singh and Principal SMS Medical
College Dr Sudhir Bhandari during a meeting on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Deputy CM Sachin Pilot inaugurated Central Students’ Union
Office of RU, where Ministers Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas, Ramesh Meena and RUSU General Secretary
Mahaveer Prasad Gurjar were present among others.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Farmers undertake ‘Zameen Samadhi Satyagraha’ against land
acquisition under JDA’s Nindar Housing Scheme.
RAJASTHAN’S TABLEAU FOR R-DAY
HC hears PIL on infants death in Jodh
‘Our responsibility is to listen
to the youth and work on it’
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
GUP
SHUP
WILL RATHORE GET A
BERTH IN MODI CABINET?
Former union minister Rajyavardhan
Rathore is back in “business”.
Well this business pertains to political
developments and where Jaipur rural
MP stands in “scheme of things”. Of
late Rathore has been missing in action
from several important functions.
Whether it was Union Home Minister
Amit Shah’s rally in support of CAA at
Jodhpur, or finance minister Nirmala
Sitharaman’s Jaipur visit, appointment
of state BJP Chief Satish Poonia, etc,
Rathore has not been seen in any of
these programs, which has not gone
unnoticed. It is being speculated that
the ex-army-man may be given a
berth in next Cabinet shuffle of Modi
government.
SAHAB’S DEMANDS
CONFUSING THANA COPS
The head of nation’s biggest
Panchayat, is reportedly applying
“pressure tactics” on cops of Shyam
Nagar police station of Jaipur.
Interestingly, “Sahab’s” close aide
had been involved in a land related
case and a case against the man was
registered with Shyam Nagar police
and the sahab is now pressuriing the
cops to “set” the case in the favor of
the aide. However, the cops are also
“dazzled” in the entire scenario since
sometimes the file is called to the PHQ
and at times to the Commissionerate
and the Shyam Nagar cops are
clueless how to handle the “sahab”.
The entire commissionerate staff is
discussing the issue with great detail.
BADE SAHAB UNHAPPY
WITH TIGER’S ACTIONS
A“Tiger sir” from Jodhpur range is
a “pain in the neck” of a few senior
officials posted in the PHQ. He has of
late shown ‘interest’ in cases related to
crime against women and this ‘interest’
was reported to a ‘bade sahab’ from
PHQ with feedback that some cases
have been mishandled. The victims in
these cases informed the bade sahab
of ‘misdeeds’ of investigating officer.
After the complaints, bade sahab
seated on the fifth floor of PHQ called
a few files. However, tiger has ordered
a ‘brake’ on these files and refused to
send them to PHQ. It is being said that
tiger is receiving a hefty profit for his
actions and thus the senior cops are
saddened by the tiger’s actions.
THIS SENIOR OFFICIAL
KEEPS AN EYE ON PHQ!
Asenior officer from the PHQ, is
away from the head quarters, but
knows what is going on behind his
back at the HQ. After a long wait, the
sahab has been given posting, out of
the PHQ, however, even though he is
out, he has more information about
the internal issues of PHQ than the
officials who sit in the headquarters!
The sahab knows of the movements
of officials from ADGs to DG and he
prefers to know about the visitors.
Interestingly, a bravo sahab from the
PHQ also keeps “updating” the sahab
from time to time. Now everyone is
wondering as to why does the sahab
love PHQ and does he still have a
“supreme” hope?
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA
This time the visitors will get to see the tableau of Rajasthan at the Republic Day celebrations to be held on January 26
at Rajpath in New Delhi after a period of four years. The tableau will depict the world famous heritage of the Pink City.
Renowned artist Harshiv Sharma of Jaipur has designed the tableau. The acting secretary of Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi,
Vinay Sharma, after attending a meeting organised in New Delhi for the selection of tableau, gave this informtion.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020
First India News
Jaipur: Farmers in Ra-
jasthan have received
more than Rs 3000 crore
under the PM Kisan
Samman Nidhi Yojna.
So far, the state govern-
ment has disbursed Rs
3073.14 crore in four in-
stallments.
Registrar Coopera-
tives, Neeraj K Pawan
informed that fourth
installment has been
released and around
5.95 lakh farmers have
been paid a total of
Rs118.93 crore in their
respective accounts.
According to Pawan,
in the first installment
47.09 lakh farmers were
paid Rs941.88 crore
while 46.06 lakh farm-
ers received Rs921.37
crore in the second in-
stallment. He said that
36.34 lakh farmers got
Rs726.85 crore as part
of the third install-
ment.
He said the Central
government has re-
leased Fund Transfer
Order (FTO) for first
three installments. FTO
was issued for 48.20 lakh
farmers for the first in-
stallment, 46.16 lakh
farmers for the second
installments and 36.41
lakh farmers for the
third installment.
He said that the first
installment was issued
four months after
verification of applica-
tions for Kisan Sam-
man Nidhi.
The second install-
ment followed in the
next four months and
then the third install-
ment was issued.
According to the reg-
istrar, after the second
installment, Aadhar
verification of farmers
is being done by the
government of India.
The Central govern-
ment is not releasing
the money for the farm-
ers whose Aadhar iden-
tification has not been
verified.
According to Pawan,
farmers from the state
have applied for Kisan
Samman Nidhi through
Aadhar only.
The government of
India has also issued a
guideline that the farm-
ers must ensure that
their names in applica-
tions are matching with
the name mentioned in
their Aadhar card.
In case there is mis-
match in their applica-
tion and Aadhar details,
the farmers can go to
any E-Mitra centre to
correct their name in
PM Kisan Portal.
‘NGT orders must be complied to the hilt’
Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary DB Gupta is com-
pletely focused on
streamlining the sys-
tem for better compli-
ance of High Court and
National Green Tribu-
nal orders.
In this context, he
has been regularly
monitoring agenda of
NGT and other insti-
tutes.
He has also fixed ac-
countability of officials
and asked them to clear
pending issues related
to NGT, IIT, IIM and
courts in a stipulated
time. He has particu-
larly instructed offi-
cials that NGT orders
must be complied in a
way that there should
not be any ground for
contempt proceedings.
On Wednesday, CS
was busy in meetings
and video conferences
in the Secretariat. In
the VC regarding NGT
directives, he took feed-
back on steps taken so
far. Principal Secretary
Environment, Shreya
Guha apprised him of
steps taken by various
departments.
The government has
to file compliance re-
port in Supreme Court
on this matter. Some
work on plastic waste
disposal is still pending.
CS also reviewed pro-
gress of CETP construc-
tion in industrial areas.
Gupta also sought re-
port on infrastructure
development including,
land, drinking water
and electricity in IM
and IITs. He asked offic-
ers for regular monthly
review. He told them to
utilise the budget prop-
erly and complete work
in a phased manner for
the next level.
In the meeting of ur-
ban authority in which
principal secretary
UDH Bhaskar A.
Sawant was present, the
chief secretary gave in-
struction for handing
over land to the mining
department, which will
now decide its utility.
The chief secretary
said that there should
be a mechanism for
pending court cases of
departments.
He issued instruc-
tions to departments. If
a nodal officer has not
been appointed then im-
mediately an officer has
to be designated who
will apprise about fac-
tual position in the
court and the stand tak-
en by the department.
The nodal officer will
also be responsible for
timely reply in court
cases. This mechanism
will be applicable in all
the departments, the CS
added.
Singhvi attacks CM over
infants’ deaths in Kota
First India News
Jaipur: A day after
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot visited Bengalu-
ru to enquire about the
health of an ailing Gan-
dhian leader, a BJP
MLA on Monday tar-
geted him over a spate
of infants’ death in a
government hospital in
Kota.
The chief minister
has “neither got the
time nor inclination” to
visit the Kota hospital
or console the parents
of the infants who died
one after one in quick
succession there, said
Pratap Singh Singhvi,
the BJP MLA from
Chhabra assembly seg-
ment. The remarks
came on a day after Ge-
holt visited Bengaluru
to enquire about the
well being of senior
Gandhian leader SN
Subbarao at a hospital.
Singhvi, also a for-
mer minister, said in a
statement that despite
such a large number of
deaths, the government
is not ready to take re-
sponsibility despite
Deputy Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot having
spoken publicly for fix-
ing the liability.
He said the deputy
chief minister’s state-
ment should have
opened the eyes of the
state government but
remarks of Health Min-
ister Raghu Sharma,
questioning the func-
tioning of deputy chief
minister’s Public Works
Department,hasproved
that the government is
wasting its complete en-
ergy in tussle within its
own leaders.
Singhvi said it is
meaningless to expect
improvement from a
govt which is not ready
to accept its shortcom-
ings.
Raj farmers get fourth
instalment of PM-KISANMONEY WISE
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Usually,
kaachra is used for
providing a sour fla-
vour to vegetables and
in the salad as well,
but now a cold drink
has been prepared
from this vegetable.
The product will not
only become a means
of employment for the
farmers working in
the fields, but it will
also prove to be ex-
tremely important
from health point of
view.
Central Arid Zone
Research Institute
(CAZRI), in an exper-
iment made cold
drink from kaachra.
In order to benefit
the women farmers
and increase their in-
come, the experiment
of making cold drink
of kaachra, which
was started by Head
Scientist of CAZRI Dr
Pratibha Tiwari a
long time ago, has
been successful.
Dr Tiwari informed
thatthisprojectwould
begin soon so that the
income of women
farmers could be dou-
bled.
The consumption
of kaachra cold drink
would prove to be im-
portant in field of
medicine as well.
Dr Tiwari said, “We
had just submitted
the project to DST,
which had a pro-
gramme to double the
income of women,
and got the approval
on two of our crops,
kaachra and bajra.
Different types of
recipes will be made
from kaachra and ba-
jra, in which women
would run self-help
centres. The women
will make products
and market them-
selves, which will
earn them profits.
Nowrelishcolddrink
made from kaachra!
IN THE COURTYARD
First India News
Sawai Madhopur: In
the famous Phool Mo-
hammad murder case,
the district police have
received an award of Rs
25,000 from the CBI. Ac-
tually, CBI had declared
a prize of Rs 25,000 on
the accused Chaturb-
huj. District SP had
constituted a team un-
der the leadership of
ASI Sharif Ali, to ar-
rest Chaturbhuj and
task was successfully
completed by the team.
HRC seeks report
from collector on
opening of schools
Jaipur: The Human
Rights Commission
has expressed dis-
pleasure over the open-
ing of schools, despite
the state government’s
order, amidst the freez-
ing weather in the city.
In this regard, the com-
mission, led by the
Chairman of State Hu-
man Rights Associa-
tion Justice Mahesh
Chandra Sharma has
sought a factual report
from the District Col-
lector by January 13.
Previously, the Collec-
tor had announced
holidays till January 8,
but some private
schools were open in
the state.
JMC supporting
squatters: HC
Jaipur: High Court
has made a strong com-
ment on the Jaipur
Municipal Corpora-
tion in the matter re-
latedtoencroachments
in Moti Dungri temple.
Court has said that
JMC is supporting the
encroachers. JMC pro-
vides space for reset-
tlement of those who
do encroachment re-
peatedly, said HC. The
hearing was held in
division bench of Jus-
tice Sabina and Justice
NS Dhadda.
Raj HC to get nine
new judges soon
Jaipur: Rajasthan
might get good news
soon regarding ap-
pointment of judges of
HC. There is news of
sending 9 names of DJ
quota after reconsid-
eration by the Law
Ministry. The names
of DJs Satish Sharma,
Manoj Vyas, Ramesh-
war Vyas, Devendra
Kachhwaha, CK Son-
gara, Anoop Saxena,
Devendra Joshi, He-
mant Kumar Jain and
Prabha Sharma are
said to be in discus-
sion. The decision
could be taken in the
upcoming collegium
meeting.
Anandpal kin
presented before
court
Nagaur: Hardcore
criminals and relatives
of Anandpal Singh—
Rupendrapal and Da-
modar—presented be-
fore Ladnun court
amid high security on
Tuesday. Hearing was
held regarding a case
involving Sarpanch in
Jaswantgarh. After the
hearing, brother and
uncle of Anandpal,
were acquitted.
Kanpur man gets
lifer for rape
Jaipur: In the matter
of abduction and rape
of a minor, Kanpur
resident Amit Pandey
has been sentenced to
life imprisonment. In
addition, Judge Dilip
Singh has imposed a
penalty of Rs2 lakh.
PIL against state
government
Jaipur: PublicAgainst
Corruption organisa-
tion has filed a PIL
against state govern-
ment in the HC, in the
case of delay in prose-
cution approval
against corrupt offic-
ers. PIL mentions that
prosecution approval
is not being given by
govt departments de-
spite complete probe.
After 2,578...
While urging the court
to issue the death war-
rants, the prosecution
said, “In between issu-
ance and execution of
death warrants of the
convicts want to file cu-
rative petitions they
can do so.”
The counsel for two
of theconvicts-Mukesh
and Vinay - said they
were in the process of
filing curative petition
in the Supreme Court.
The trial court had
earlier directed Tihar
jail authorities to seek
within a week response
from the four death row
convicts as to whether
they were filing mercy
pleas against their exe-
cutions with the Presi-
dent of India.
It was hearing the ap-
plications moved by
Nirbhaya’s parents and
the prosecution (Delhi
government) seeking
issuance of death war-
rant against the con-
vict.
The Supreme Court
on December 18 had dis-
missed the plea of Ak-
shay seeking review of
its decision, saying re-
view petition is not
“re-hearing of appeal
over and over again”
and it had already con-
sidered the mitigating
and aggravating cir-
cumstances while up-
holding the death penal-
ty. The 23-year-old para-
medic student, referred
to as Nirbhaya, was
gang raped and brutally
assaulted on the inter-
vening night of Decem-
ber 16-17, 2012 inside a
moving bus in south
Delhi by six persons be-
fore being thrown out
on the road.
One of the six ac-
cused in the case, Ram
Singh, allegedly com-
mitted suicide in the
Tihar Jail here.
A juvenile, who was
among the accused, was
convicted by a juvenile
justice board and was
released from a refor-
mation home after serv-
ing a three-year term.
SC in its 2017 verdict
had upheld the capital
punishment awarded to
them by the Delhi HC
and the trial court.
JNU RUCKUS...
 CPI(M) leader Sitaram
Yechury, who joined a
protest march outside
JNU on Tuesday, said he
has reached the university
to show solidarity with its
teachers and students.
 “All those who are
witnesses to JNU violence
or have any info about
it, are hereby requested
to come forward,” Joy
Tirkey, DCP-Crime, Delhi
Police, said.
When CM...
After landing late in the
night on Monday, Ge-
hlot, travelled over 40
km by road and reached
the hospital to meet his
mentor.
It was nearly half a
century back, when the
chief minister was in
his teens, that he came
across the Gandhian
philosopher. The bond
that was established
then, during a youth
camp organized by Sub-
barao, has stood the test
of time and in these 56
years, Gehlot has be-
come a stalwart leader
and three-time Chief
Minister, still soldierly
continuing on the
teachings and Gand-
hian thinking imparted
by his mentor.
It was an emotional
moment for both Gehlot
and Subbarao, whom
Gehlot affectionately
addresses as Bhaiji,
when the chief minis-
ter entered his room
and held Subbarao’s
hands and said that he
had come to take him to
Jaipur. Subbarao ex-
pressed elation that the
chief minister had trav-
elled so far and took out
time to meet him. “On
learning about Sub-
baraoji’s health, I
reached here and learnt
about his well-being
from his doctors. I spent
some time with bhaiji
and have requested him
to quickly recover and
come to Rajasthan and
to organize his camps
there for the youth. He
is 92 and I want to re-
ceive his guidance. We
have found a sense of
belonging and peace in
his camps and the youth
have always been moti-
vated there. I informed
him that we will also
help in organizing the
camps,” Gehlot said af-
ter an hour long emo-
tional tete-a-tete with
his ailing mentor.
Interestingly, several
motivational songs of
bhaiji are still stored in
the chief minister’s mo-
bile phone. During the
meeting, the CM took
out his mobile and
played one of Bhaiji’s
songs, to which Sub-
baraoexpressedelation.
“For the past six-
ty-nine years, he has
been associated with
the youth and organiz-
ing camps for the past
six decades which is a
huge achievement. I
pray for his quick re-
covery,” Gehot said in
his post. Meanwhile,
CM Ashok Gehlot met
Pudducherry CM
NarayanaSamy on
Tuesday. Samy wel-
comed Gehlot and intro-
duced him to his cabi-
net as well.
FROM PG 1
Bharatpur cops hailed for
nabbing Phool Mohd killer
First India News
Kota: A youth, Shakir
Bhuria, was shot dead
in broad daylight in
the Shripura area of
Kota on Tuesday. While
Bhuria was sitting in
his shop, a criminal
identified as Aman
Bachcha and his part-
ners opened fire at
him.
Some people of the
area and Bachcha had
a dispute regarding
car finance. When
Bhuria and his brother
Ashfaq arrived to in-
tervene, the culprits
involved in a fight with
both the brothers.
Though Bachcha
and his partners left
the place at that time,
they came back after
some time and opened
fire at Bhuria, who
was sitting in his shop.
The injured was imme-
diately rushed to MBS
Hospital, where he
died. After the inci-
dent, his relatives ex-
pressed displeasure on
which the cops as-
sured them to catch
the culprits soon. Both
the police and the fam-
ily are saying that
there was no old rival-
ry between the de-
ceased and the ac-
cused.
Kota youth shot dead
in broad daylight

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020
Kolkata: A group of
academicians,filmmak-
ers, actors, artists, and
other professionals
from West Bengal have
written to PM Modi, ex-
tending their support to
the CAA, which grants
citizenship to persecut-
ed minorities from Af-
ghanistan, Bangladesh,
and Pakistan.
“We the people of
West Bengal express
our sincerest gratitude
and unreserved admira-
tion from the deepest
core of our heart to you
for enacting the CAA
and through for finally
settling this excruciat-
ing episode, which has
been tormenting and af-
flicting the Bengali psy-
che and soul for the last
seventy years, since
time of partition,”
reads the letter. Nine
signatories, Anjana
Basu, Prof Debashish
Chowdhury, Arindam
Chakraborty, Advocate
Joydip Sen, Supriyo
Bandyopadhyay, An-
indya Pulak Banerjee,
Milan Bhowmik, San-
jay Som, and Rantidev
Sengupta have con-
firmed that they have
signed the letter along
with others addressed
to the PM, extending
support to CAA.
“History bears wit-
ness to the fact that parti-
tion has caused more pain
and penury to the Bengali
people than any other. A
few far-sighted Bengali
leaders and thought-lead-
ers in the past had fore-
seenthecalamitousconse-
quences of partition.
Their wholehearted ef-
forts resulted in the crea-
tion of Bengal. These per-
sonalities includes Sir
Jadunath Sarkar, histori-
an RC Majumdar, Prof
Suniti Kumar Chattopad-
hyay, Dr Meghnad Saha,
Dr Syama Prasad Mukho-
padhyay,” the letter adds.
—ANI
GAGANYAN ASTRONAUTS TO HAVE
INDIAN FOOD IN SPACE MISSION
New Delhi: The Defence
Food Research Labora-
tory in Mysore said that
it has prepared special
desi food items for Indian
astronauts scheduled to
go into Space in Mission
‘Gaganyan’.The food
items include egg rolls,
veg rolls, Idli, moong
dal halwa and veg pulav.
Moreover, food heaters
would also be provided to
them. Special containers
have also been developed
to help the astronauts
drink liquids including
water and juices in Space
where there is no gravity.
ISRO announced that
India’s first-ever manned
mission ‘Gaganyan’ is
slated to take place by
mid-2022, and four pilots
of the IAF have been
selected for training.
SPECIAL DRIVE TO REMOVE
SPEED BREAKERS FROM NHs
New Delhi: In a bid to ensure smooth and
hassle-free traffic movement, especially at toll
plazas, a special drive has been initiated for
removal of all sorts of speed breakers on National
Highways. The speed breakers and rumble strips
constructed at toll plazas are being removed
with immediate effect for smooth vehicular
movement. The speed breakers result in consid-
erable delay, damage to vehicles and significant
discomfort to vehicle occupants and more fuel
consumption due to acceleration & deceleration.
VP NAIDU PAYS HOMAGE TO
VISHVESHATEERTHA SWAMI JI
Bengaluru: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
appealed to people to follow the path shown by
Pejavara Sri Vishveshateertha Swami Ji & work
towards building a casteless society in India. He
said that seers like Sri Vishveshatirtha Swami Ji
have always provided solace to suffering people
and they constantly rushed to the help of the
needy. “Our ancient sages always kept welfare of
society above everything else. The great Puranic
sage Dadhichi sacrificed his life to ensure that
society remained on the path of righteousness.”
MUTHOOT MD INJURED AFTER
STONES THROWN AT CAR
Kochi: The Managing Di-
rector of Muthoot Finance
company was injured
after miscreants allegedly
threw stones at his car
today morning. George
Alexander Muthoot
suffered a head injury and
was taken to a private
hospital, the police said.A
group of employees have
been protesting against
the Muthoot management
over dismissal of 160
people from company’s
43 branches across the
state in December. While
the Muthoot manage-
ment alleged that “Centre
of Indian Trade Unions
goons” were behind the
attack that happened at
around 9 am, the union
leaders have maintained
that they have no role in
the incident.
CAA ROW
Academicians, celebs write to ModiThey have praised the Prime Minister for the ‘humane and historic step’ taken with
regard to the CAA and said it was a ‘watershed moment’ in the history of Bengal
JOINING HANDS
WITH STUDENT
IN DENIAL MODE
SILENT PROTEST BY UMAC
B-TOWN CELEBS INVITED
UPDATING NPR WITH PILOT SURVEY
DMK STAGES WALKOUT
WOMEN ACTIVISTS’ TAKE
‘I AM YOUR ‘PEHREDAR’
Mumbai: Film producer Bhushan
Kumar denied attending govern-
ment’s dinner at a hotel in Mumbai
to discuss the CAA. The event
invite was from Union Minister
Piyush Goyal and BJP’s National
Vice President Baijayant ‘Jay’ Pan-
da. Bhushan Kumar said, “I was in
Grand Hyatt. That doesn’t mean I
was in a meeting or something,”
This was after a reporter asked the
cast and crew about the meeting.
Bhushan Kumar not only arrived at
the same time as the other celebri-
ties who attended the meeting but
was also thanked by BJP’s Tarun
Rathi on Twitter
Patharpratima: Contending that
she was the custodian of people’s
rights, West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee said she would do every-
thing in her power to protect the
people of the state, as long as she
was alive.“We do not live at the
mercy of anyone. I will not allow
anyone to take away our rights,”
the CM said at a public meeting
here, on the western fringes of
Sunderbans. “I am your ‘pehradar’,
if anyone comes to take away your
rights, he will have to do it over
my dead body. There is no need
to be afraid of anybody,” the TMC
leader, Banerjee said.
BJP workers in Chennai hold placards during CAA support rally.
‘PIRATED PROPAGANDA’
JAFAR, DARAPURI OUT
Hyderabad: The United Muslim
Action Committee (UMAC) an-
nounced that it will organise a
silent protest in the city against
CAA & NRC on January 30.
President Asaduddin Owaisi
said, “On January 30, the day on
which Mahatma Gandhi was as-
sassinated, there will be a silent
protest between Mohammadi
line flour mill and Bapu Ghat.
There will be a human chain in
which every participant will hold
each others’ hands.”
New Delhi: BJP leader Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi said that the
protests against Citizenship
Amendment Act (CAA) in
the universities across the
country are influenced by a
pirated propaganda. “These
protests are influenced by
pirated propaganda. We want
to appeal to the protesters that
they should follow the path of
truth as truth always wins and
they shouldn’t be a part of the
pirated propaganda.”
Chennai: Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam president MK Stalin
staged a walkout for the second
continuous day from the state
Assembly opposing the CAA.
“We want to give a strong mes-
sage that we do not support
the Citizenship Amendment Act
(CAA). The AIADMK in the state
is not taking any step but just
working for the BJP in the centre
and hence we have walked out of
the assembly today,” Stalin told
reporters outside the Assembly.
Mumbai: Many Bollywood ce-
lebrities including dissidents like
Farhan Akhtar were invited to
discuss CAA with Union Railway
Minister Piyush Goyal. Director
Vipul Shah has confirmed that
he had personally invited Anurag
Kashyap and Swara Bhaskar,
who have participated in various
anti-CAA protests. Several other
celebrities from the industry
were invited and were keen
to attend the interaction, they
couldn’t come on account of be-
ing out of Mumbai on that day.
Bhubaneshwar: Amid a countrywide brouhaha over
the implementation of the amended citizenship law,
the Odisha government has initiated the process to
update the National Population Register (NPR), with
the launch of a pilot survey, an official said. A door-to-
door survey would be conducted soon as part of the
process, he said. “As per instructions of the Registrar
General of India, the NPR exercise has begun. A pilot
survey has been carried out in parts of the state, while
door-to-door survey and house-listing will be taken up
mid-April,” he added.
Lucknow: Congress worker
Sadaf Jafar and former IPS of-
ficer SR Darapuri were released
from Lucknow jail.Speaking to
media after her release, Jafar
said that she will continue to
protest until the Centre rolls
back the CAA. “The fear of
being jailed and beaten up has
now gone, thanks to Yogi Ji. I
will continue to protest strongly
till the time this inhuman law is
withdrawn,” she said. Jafar and
Darapuri were held last month
during CAA protests.
Hyderabad: Women activists in
Hyderabad alleged that attacks
on students in JNU were an
attempt to silence the youth over
their opposition to CAA & NRC.
“It is heartbreaking to see that
while JNU students were being
brutally attacked by communal
goons, cops stood silently as
spectators. How can a country
which talks about the demo-
graphic advantage of having
youth & students just condemn
it on paper & fail to arrest & pun-
ish the perpetrators of the attack?
IN THE COURTYARD
Chennai: The Special
Court for Income Tax
cases dismissed pleas
moved by Congress
leader Karti Chidam-
baram and his wife,
seeking to discharge
them from prosecution
initiated by I-T depart-
ment for alleged non-
disclosure of income of
over Rs 7 crore for the
financial year 2015-16.
The case pertains to a
land dealing where I-T
department has alleged
that property sold by
the duo in 2015 was un-
dervalued and the
amount shown on the
paper was different.
The IT dept filed a case
citing the I-T evasion
and deliberate attempts
by Karti and his wife
Srinidi Rangarajan of
selling a property in
Chennai. Later, Special
IT Court was constitut-
ed for probe. —ANI
Court dismisses
Karti, wife’s plea
‘No charge-sheet
without permission’
INCOME TAX CASE STING CASE
New Delhi: A group of
lawyers read out the
preamble of Constitu-
tion at SC lawns to
make people remember
the constitutional val-
ues. Kamini Jaiswal &
Sanjay Parikh, & other
lawyers were present.
The move comes in the
backdrop of protests
against CAA. Protests
have been held in differ-
ent parts of the country
against the Act which
grants Indian citizen-
ship to Hindu, Chris-
tian, Sikh, Buddhist
and Parsi refugees from
Pakistan, Afghanistan,
and Bangladesh. —ANI
New Delhi: Delhi’s Tis
Hazari court will hear
on Wednesday Bhim
Sena chief Chan-
drashekhar Azad’s plea
regarding his medical
treatment. Metropoli-
tan Magistrate Arul
Verma directed the con-
cerned investigative of-
ficer to submit the med-
ical report of Chan-
drashekhar on January
8. Mehmood Pracha, the
counsel of Azad moved
the court seeking medi-
cal assistance for him.
Azad stated he has a dis-
ease, which pertains to
blood thickness and re-
quires regular medical
treatment from the Hae-
matology department.
The Bhim Sena chief is
currently in judicial
custody till January 18
after he was arrested by
police from Jama Mas-
jid during the protest
against CAA.
“Azad is suffering
with “Polycythemia”,
that is a disease of
blood thickness and re-
quires to continue
checkup from con-
cerneddoctorof AIIMS,
Delhi especially Dr Ri-
shi Dhawan, Asst Pro-
fessor, Haematology
Department, AIIMS,
Delhi, where the treat-
ment of accused is go-
ing on for a long time
under the supervision
of the said concerned
doctor and requires day
to day checkup of blood,
so that as and when,
within a week or maxi-
mum ten days when the
blood becomes thick, if
it is not done it may be-
come a cause of cardiac
attack for the accused,”
the plea stated. —ANI
Nainital: The Uttara-
khand High Court di-
rected the CBI to not file
charge-sheet without its
permission in the 2016
sting video case against
former chief minister
Harish Rawat.
Justice Shudhanshu
Dhuliya slated the mat-
terforhearingonMarch
2. Before the hearing,
Rawat took to Twitter
seeking the blessing of
the people.
“Some black sheep
were stolen from my
house and they are still
at my friends houses.
Myfriendshaveaccused
me of this. CBI has filed
an FIR against me. The
case will be heard in the
Nainital HC today. I
hope your support and
blessing are with me,”
Rawat tweeted in Hindi.
The court had on No-
vember 1 postponed the
hearing till Tuesday.
Lawyers remind
Constitutional
values to masses
Court to hear Chandrashekhar’s
medical treatment plea today

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BLOWING HIS
TRUMP-ET IN
WEST ASIAS President Donald Trump is
known to blow, well, his own
trumpet louder than most. Never
the one to back off from a fight,
restrain his tongue or hold back
his Tweets, he has been a high-decibel pres-
ence since his advent on the political firma-
ment.
The problem with loudmouth is they some-
times overdo the jaw-jaw, get carried away by
the sound of their own voice. When this hap-
pens, they either become a joke or evoke pity
for their asinine thoughts. But, sometimes
they sound like bullies and dangerous rabble-
rousers.
Consider Trump’s latest threats to Iran in
this context. Since he authorised a drone
strike on Iranian General Qasim Soleimani,
Trump has been consistently adding to the
already tense atmosphere in the Middle East
with his intemperate comments. Soon after
the Iranian government vowed to avenge
Soleimani’s death, Trump raised the tem-
perature further by saying the US govern-
ment has identified 52 sites for retaliatory
attacks. These 52 sites, he claimed, include
some of the cultural centres and historical
sites of the country.
Trump’s threats have caused worldwide
consternation and fierce criticism from Teh-
ran. Its leaders have called Trump foolish and
pointed out that his bullying amounts to a
contravention of international law and is
tantamount to war crimes. Though Trump
has refused to back off, saying bombing the
cultural heritage of Iran would be a legiti-
mate response to “terrorism,” the Pentagon
has ruled out such drastic measures. His de-
fense secretary has accepted the criminality
of the threat and refused to implement it.
The problem with Trump is he lives dan-
gerously on the margins of legality and mo-
rality. His conduct before and after the Presi-
dency has been far from satisfactory and has
drawn flak on many occasions. He is also fac-
ing impeachment by the US Congress for mis-
using his post to coerce Ukraine into starting
a probe against one of his political rivals.
Trump’s threat to blow up centres of Ira-
nian culture and history isn’t different from
the Taliban-esque principle of blowing up
the Bamiyan Buddhas to rile the adversary
or subjugate a rival philosophy. It just doesn’t
behoove his stature.Trump is expected to be
measured in his words, and circumspect
with his actions, especially when global
peace is at stake. But, he seems to be equating
threats with diplomacy and bluster with for-
eign policy. Yet another example of his char-
acteristic hubris is the threat to impose sanc-
tions on Iraq after its parliament passed a
resolution seeking withdrawal of US forces
from the country. Trump needs to be tread
with caution in the global arena. He should
understand that West Asia is not the US,
where his foes have learned to ignore some
of his words as rants.
IN-DEPTH
U
he reasons behind all the vio-
lent protests on the citizenship
act are because the leftists and
Naxals are extremely frustrat-
ed and angry because of the
massive victory of the BJP in
the 2019 election.
India has long been governed
by the Congress & leftist eco-
system where political power,
media, academia were con-
trolled by them. The was a set-
back to them but was consid-
ered by Leftist ecosystem as a
temporary thing arising out of
anti-incumbency vote against
10 years of UPA rule (2004-14)
but when the 2014 results were
repeated & improved by PM
Modi they realized India is
changing, becoming aware of
its rights, facts are free in social
media & leftist can no longer
control the news, narrative &
politics of this country.
This 2019 victory led to a
flurry of laws and decisions
which are hated by leftist & Ji-
hadi forces such as ban on tri-
ple talaq, abolition of article
35A, 370 & construction of Ram
Mandir. These decisions by the
government have shattered the
leftist policies implemented
since Independence & set India
to a new path of uniformity and
national integration.
The 2019 elections broke
left’s back and not being able to
cope with this set-back the Left
came up with a new technique
to not let the current govern-
ment function. They did this by
spreading false interpretations,
misguiding the people, fear-
mongering and inciting people
to come on the streets and cre-
ate mayhem. They have thrown
stones, destroyed property,
burnt buses and attacked po-
licemen during the protests
against CAA and the same has
followed since then to the cur-
rent JNU incident on which
conflicting versions exist.
The Leftist mafia has always
criticised our armed forces &
police. After the recent incident
at Jamia, they targeted the po-
lice for entering the Jamia
Campus and ran a campaign
against them which probably
made the Delhi Police reluctant
to go to universities.
But now after the JNU inci-
dent, the same leftist started
saying “why didn’t police in-
vade JNU in full force” the ba-
sic premise of these contradic-
tory stands is to attack security
forces & to not let them func-
tion properly.
The entire violent protests is
a synchronised strategy made
after losing the 2019 elections.
They have decided to adopt Jin-
nah’s strategy of direct action
day violence. They have decid-
ed to light a million fires from
Jamia to JNU, from AMU to
Jadavpur University and from
UP to West Bengal, sometimes
in the name of CAA and NRC.
The JNU incident can be seen
nothing more than a staged act
as the CAA protests have been
dying and Urban Naxals had to
create a new fire to obstruct
governments working but they
failed to realize that the 2019
India is a new India.
No government supports
violence and the government
of India has also condemned
the violence and has instruct-
ed Delhi police to be actively
involved in finding out the
facts and catch the criminals.
The government had always
been favorable to students and
considers them as the build-
ing blocks of society. This gov-
ernment from its day one has
claimed and titled itself as the
government of youth and has
taken many initiatives for the
betterment of Youth. It’s just
the Leftist Naxals have made
it a point to target govern-
ment and police for every act
and have started protesting
on streets against the Indian
government, which is making
laws to save people who are
facing Genocide in our neigh-
boring countries.
The battle lines are made
clear, one side is with perse-
cuted Hindus, Sikhs, etc. who
have no option other than In-
dia and the other side, is one
who wants millions of Roh-
ingya to come to India even
though they have various
other options to seek refuge
but does not want some 30,000
odd Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhist,
Jains, etc to come to India and
has declared war to stop it.
The CAA 2019 does not ad-
versely affect even a single
INDIAN MUSLIM, yet is being
used to spread misinforma-
tion, do fear-mongering
among people, provoking
them to do violence on streets.
The recent events where Paki-
stani Jihadi mob is threaten-
ing devotees and committing
vandalism at Nankana Saheb
Gurudwara, followed by a
Sikh being targeted and killed
in Pakistan, is the best exam-
ple to indicate how Indic
faiths are facing Genocide.
The violent protests against
CAA in the country are only
indicative of fact that the pro-
testors want people of Indic
faiths to remain in Pakistani
land and face death.
That since recently the im-
mediate threat in Pakistan
came to the forefront on social
media, the leftist knew their
entire campaign would col-
lapse & is likely that to divert
attention the attack in JNU
was stage-managed.
The leftist ecosystem was
decisively rejected by people
in 2014 & 2019 by exercising
their democratic right of vot-
ing. Thus the strategy of Jin-
nah has been adopted by left-
ist but it will not work in mod-
ern India under the govt of
PM Modi. All violent illegal
protests will be crushed by
Home Minister Amit Shah
and it will be ensured that
Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, etc. fac-
ing persecution in neighbour-
ing nations will be given pro-
tection in Bharat.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PROTESTSSYNCHRONISED
AFTERLOSING’19POLLS
2019 victory led to a flurry of laws and decisions which are hated by the leftist
T
JNU incident
can be seen
nothing more
than a staged
act as the CAA
protests have
been dying and
Urban Naxals
had to create a
new fire to
obstruct
governments
working
ISHKARAN SINGH
BHANDARI
The 2019 elections
broke left’s back and
not being able to cope
with this set-back the
Left came up with a
new technique to not
let the current
government function
The author is an Advocate at
Supreme Court India
he narrative
that “Asians are
good at math” is
pervasive in the
United States.
Young children are aware
of it. College students’ aca-
demic performance can be
affected by it. And Asian
American presidential
candidate Andrew Yang
has made his mathemati-
cal aptitude a feature of his
campaign.
On the surface, the
“Asians are good at math”
narrative sounds like a
compliment. After all,
what’s wrong with saying
that someone is good at
something? But as I ex-
plain in a recent article,
there are two problems.
First, the narrative is false.
And second, it is racist.
I’m an experienced
teacher and researcher of
STEM education. Research
tells us that racism is a
part of students’ classroom
experiences in these sub-
jects.
If we don’t understand
how racism works – even in
supposedly “neutral” are-
as like STEM – we might
unintentionally recycle
racist ideas.
DEBUNKING
THE MYTH
As with many racial ste-
reotypes, people are genu-
inely curious whether the
“Asians are good at math”
narrative could be true.
There are videos on You-
Tube with several million
views asking that ques-
tion.
Don’t test scores prove
the narrative? In fact,
they don’t. On interna-
tional exams, it’s true that
Asian countries are
among the top performers
in math. But it’s also true
that other Asian nations
rank 38th, 46th, 59th and
63rd. Interestingly, those
top performers also lead
in reading – but there
isn’t a narrative that
“Asians are good at litera-
ture.”
Domestically, it’s the
same story. Research
shows considerable varia-
tion in mathematical per-
formance among different
Asian ethnic groups in
the U.S. If all Asian people
were innately gifted in
math, we shouldn’t see
this kind of variation.
A better explanation
has to do with education
policy and federal immi-
gration laws. Countries
that invest in teacher edu-
cation and high-quality
curriculum do better on
international tests. In the
U.S., the 1965 Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act
gave preference to STEM
professionals from Asia.
That policy affected my
own parents, who were
able to immigrate to the
U.S. under that law, not
because South Asian peo-
ple are naturally good
doctors.
MONGOLOID’ TO
‘MODEL MINORITY’
So if it’s not true, why do
we say it?
Today, Asians are often
seen as the “model mi-
nority” – hardworking,
academically talented
and professionally suc-
cessful – but it wasn’t al-
ways that way.
In the 18th century,
Asian people were classi-
fied as “mongoloids,” a
racist term based on the
pseudoscience of crani-
ometry. Whereas “cauca-
soids” (white people) were
deemed full human beings
with superior intellect, all
people of color were con-
sidered underevolved.
From the late 19th cen-
tury, a new image of
Asian people was born:
national threat. Chinese
immigrants were seen as
an economic threat to
white American workers,
and Japan became a mili-
tary threat during World
War II.
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As with many
racial stereotypes,
people are
genuinely curious
whether the
“Asians are good
at math” narrative
could be true
TOP TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
The purpose of the nation-wide
Jan Jagran Abhiyaan is to lift the
veil off those who don’t want
peace in the country. Our Muslim
brethren have also joined in
to support #CAA and reject
the false propaganda of the
opposition. #IndiaSupportsCAA

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020
FORMER AIR CHIEF MARSHAL B S
DHANOA CHOICE FOR DIPLOMATIC POST ?
Whispers are doing the rounds that Air Chief
Marshal (Retd) B S Dhanoa is still Govt’s
choice for a diplomatic position in France.
FIRST CHIEF OF AIR DEFENCE COMMAND
COULD BE FROM IAF OR INFANTRY
It is being speculated now that the first Chief of
Air Defence Command may again be from the
Infantry. However, this would again need ap-
proval from the Air Force top brass, who may
have a different opinion.
DID FM NOT CLEAR PROPOSAL OF
A K PANDEY ?
In the power corridors, it is heard that Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not approve
the proposal of the appointment of A K Pandey
as Chairman of the CBIC. In this case, she
reportedly overruled the proposal.
TEJENDER SINGH TO JOIN NIA ?
Tejender Singh is likely to join the NIA in a cou-
ple of months. He is a 2008 batch IPS officer
of UT cadre.
DR MILIND DHARNRAO RAMEKE TO JOIN
GOI AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR LBSNA
Dr Milind Dharnrao Rameke is joining the Lal
Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Admin-
istration, Mussorie as Deputy Director. He is a
2009 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.
ALLAHABAD HC STILL SHORT OF 44
ADDITIONAL JUDGES
The Allahabad High Court had vacancies for 44
Additional Judges as on January 1, 2020.
CP, DELHI LEAVE CANCELLED
Sanctioned leave of Delhi Police Commissioner
has been cancelled. His leave was sanctioned
for two days - Monday and Tuesday. But it was
cancelled because of JNU episode.
SHAHI GIVEN ADDITIONAL CHARGE
OF POLICE – 2 IN MHA
S K Shahi has been given additional charge of
JS Police – 2 in the MHA. He is a CSS officer
and JS Central - State relations.
DR M M KUTTY IS ALSO SECRETARY, STEEL
Dr M M Kutty has been assigned an additional
charge of Secretary, Ministry of Steel for the time
being. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
PRABAL BASU LIKELY TO GET EXTENSION
Prabal Basu, Chairman & Managing Director of
Balmer Lawrie & Co Limited (BLC), is expected
to get extension for second term.
I C P KESHRI IS PRESIDENT OF
MP IAS ASSOCIATION
I C P Keshri has been elected as new President
of the Madhya Pradesh IAS Association.He is a
1988 batch IAS officer.
ITS OFFICER S B S REDDY JOINS
AP GOVT ON DEPUTATION
A 1989 batch ITS officer, S Bala Subramayam
Reddy has joined the Andhra Pradesh govern-
ment on deputation with getting posting as
Special Secretary, Investment in Steel Sector in
Industries & Commerce Department.
JUSTICE MS SANJU PANDA APPOINTED
ACTING CJ OF ORISSA HC
Central Government has appointed Justice
Sanju Panda as acting Chief Justice of the
Orissa High Court w.e.f. January 5, 2020.
A K SAHU IS ALSO HIGH
COMMISSIONER TO DOMINICA
Arun Kumar Sahu , presently High Commis-
sioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago, has been concurrently accredited as
the next High Commissioner of India to the
Commonwealth of Dominica, with residence in
Port of Spain. He is an Indian Foreign Service
officer of 1996 batch.
POWERGallery
CONG DEMANDS NSA AGAINST
VIJAYVARGIYA FOR REMARKS
Indore: Madhya Pradesh
Congress unit wrote a let-
ter to city district collector
demanding the National
Security Act against BJP
national general secretary
Kailash Vijayvargiya for
threatening to set “entire
Indore on fire”. “We have
written a letter to collector
demanding action against
Vijayvargiya. He has
disrupted peace in the city,
investigated people for vi-
olence, delivered instigat-
ing speech and threatened
public officers. He was
even heard in a video stat-
ing that he will set entire
Indore on fire. We demand
that NSA should be filed
against him,” Congress
leader Devendra Yadav
said. He was caught on
camera threatening a govt
official in Indore.
SGPC DELEGATION MEETS
RAJOANA IN PATIALA JAIL
Patiala: An Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee delegation, led by Gobind Singh
Longowal met Sikh political prisoner Balwant
Singh Rajoana inside Patiala jail. Rakjoana’s
sister Kamaljeet Kaur also met him inside the
jail. Rajoana’s sister Kamaljeet Kaur told that his
brother has postponed his hunger strike of Janu-
ary 11 and added, “SGPC Gurdwara Prabandhak
Committee, Pradhan Pawan Singh has assured
that the Home Minister will talk to President so
that the matter can be resolved soon.”
JAMMU: SNOWFALL AFFECTS
VEHICULAR MOVEMENT
Udhampur: In the wake of fresh snowfall in
Jammu and Kashmir, the traffic movement was on
Tuesday suspended from Udhampur to Srinagar
on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Many
vehicles including heavy and light motor vehicles
were stranded at various points along the highway
in Udhampur. According to the India Meteorologi-
cal Department, Srinagar is likely to receive snow
next week. Rain and thunderstorm were ob-
served in parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Punjab, said the IMD.
SC’s 9-JUDGE BENCH TO HEAR
SABARIMALA CASE FROM JAN 13
New Delhi: The SC
formed a nine-judge Con-
stitution bench headed by
Chief Justice S A Bobde to
hear from January 13 the
issue of allowing women
and girls of all ages to
enter Kerala’s Sabarimala
temple, along with the
other contentious issues
of alleged discrimination
against Muslim and Parsi
women. The other judges
on the bench are Justices
R Banumathi, Ashok Bhu-
shan, L Nageswara Rao,
M M Shantanagoudar, S A
Nazeer, R Subhash Reddy,
B R Gavai and Surya
Kant. The 9-judge bench
has been set up after a 5
judge bench headed by
then CJI Ranjan Gogoi,
by a 3:2 majority verdict,
referred the matter to a
seven-judge bench.
JNU VIOLENCE
‘Violence not a solution’THE ADMINISTRATION WILL ENSURE THAT NORMALCY RETURNS TO INSTITUTE, SAID V-C
New Delhi: Jawaharlal
Nehru University
(JNU) Vice-Chancellor
M Jagadesh Kumar on
Tuesday termed Janu-
ary 5 violence as “un-
fortunate” and stated
that violence is not a
solution. He said that
the administration will
find every opportunity
to make sure that nor-
malcy returns to the
University.
“The incident that
took place on Sunday,
January 5 is unfortu-
nate. Our campus
is known for debates
and discussions to re-
solve any issues. Vio-
lence is not a solution.
We will find every op-
portunity to make sure
that normalcy returns
to the University,” Ku-
mar said.
On Sunday evening,
more than 30 students
of the university
including JNUSU pres-
ident Aishe Ghosh
were injured and were
taken to the AIIMS
Trauma Centre after a
masked mob entered
the varsity and at-
tacked them and pro-
fessors with sticks and
rods. —ANI
New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash
Javadekar said Home Minister Amit
Shah has ordered an inquiry into the
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
violence and all the accused would
soon be exposed.
“The Home Minister has ordered
an inquiry into the matter. I believe
that the people with the mask will be
exposed. People spreading rumors in
JNU and across the country are try-
ing to instigate violence.” “There is
a deliberate attempt at creating un-
rest in universities. This is the con-
spiracy of some people, These people
will also be exposed,” he added.
Graffiti wrote on JNU administration office in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Aishe
Ghosh, chief of JNU
Students’ Union, said
she is confident that
there can be no police
action against her re-
garding the two FIRs
since she has not been
involved in any vio-
lence. “I have not done
any violence. The police
first need to have proof
against me to take ac-
tion,” she said.
The FIRs against
Ghosh was filed on Sun-
day evening , around the
time masked goons
were on an attack spree
at the university and
she was taken to the
AIIMS Trauma Centre,
injured and bleeding.
The cases, were based
on complaints of uni-
versity authorities.
No proof, story made up: Aishe Ghosh
TWO FIRS FILED
V-C SPEAK
Mumbai: Mumbai Po-
lice has taken “serious
cognisance” of a ‘Free
Kashmir’ poster spot-
ted at the Gateway of
India during protests
against Sunday’s mob
violence at Delhi’s
Jawaharlal Nehru Uni-
versity. The poster, held
by a young woman who
later identified herself
as Mehak Mirza Prab-
hu, was among several
held aloft by protesters
who had gathered at the
iconic monument by
the sea after a masked
mob, armed with iron
rods and sledgeham-
mers, attacked JNU stu-
dents and teachers and
left 34 people injured.
“We have taken seri-
ous cognizance of the
‘Free Kashmir’ poster
seen in the protest last
night at Gateway of In-
dia. Yes, we are definite-
ly investigating it,”
Sangramsingh Nishan-
dar, Dy Commissioner
of Police said. —ANI
Poster row: Need to see intent,
says Aaditya Thackeray
RAJ MEETS BJP Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar said that the
acts of violence and an-
archy in educational
institutions is “worri-
some and should not be
tolerated.”
Taking to Twitter,
Dhankhar also stated
that silence of those in
authority, who had con-
demned violence in
JNU, over what hap-
pened in Jadavpur Uni-
versity is “painfully
worrisome”. “Acts of
violence, anarchy in
educationalinstitutions
is worrisome and
should not be tolerated.
Silence of those in au-
thority (who severely
condemned JNU vio-
lence) over what hap-
pened at Jadavpur Uni-
versityafortnightagois
painfully worrisome,”
Dhankhar tweeted.
Sanjay Manjrekar
backs protests
As soon as former India
cricketer-turned-com-
mentator Sanjay Man-
jrekar expressed his
support for ongoing
protests in Mumbai
which were organised
for showing solidarity
with JNU students,
Olympic bronze medal-
list Yogeshwar Dutt
also joined the debate.
New Delhi: Delhi Po-
lice issued a public ap-
peal seeking pictures,
footage or any informa-
tion related to Sunday’’s
violence in JNU cam-
pus that left 34 people
injured even as forensic
teams looked for evi-
dence.
Teams from Physics,
Chemistry and Biology
divisions of the Foren-
sic Science Laboratory
were in the university ,
the sources said.
A team of photo ex-
perts from the Forensic
Science Laboratory
was also present at the
campus. —PTI
Forensic
teams look for
clues at JNU
Mumbai: The Mumbai
Police Tuesday regis-
tered an FIR against the
woman who was seen
holding a ‘Free Kash-
mir’ poster at Gateway
of India during a pro-
test against violence at
the Jawaharlal Nehru
University.
The woman protest-
er, identified as Mehak
Prabhu, had said her
intentions were to only
highlight the restric-
tions imposed in Jam-
mu and Kashmir.Stat-
ing how the issue was
“completely blown out
of proportion”, in a
video posted on Face-
book, Prabhu said, “I
saw a bunch of people
who were painting plac-
ards on every issue like
NRC, CAA and for JNU
students. There was a
placard lying on the
side which said ‘Free
Kashmir’. The first
thing which came to my
mind when I saw that
placard was about the
basic constitutional
rights of Kashmiris.”
FIR against woman
with Kashmir poster
‘Acts of violence in
institutes worrisome’
‘THOSE BEHIND JNU VIOLENCE WILL BE EXPOSED SOON’
JNU Students’ Union chief Aishe Ghosh interacts with media after being discharged from the hospital.

NEWSJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020
$64mn aircraft helped kill Soleimani
Tehran: The sequence
of events that led to the
killing of the Quds
Force commander -- and
sent Mideast tensions
soaring -- began hours
earlier in Beirut.
His departure from
the plane in Iraq was
monitored by drones
circling above, includ-
ing one built by closely-
held General Atomics
armed with laser-guid-
ed Hellfire air-to-sur-
face missiles regularly
used in attacks on high-
value terrorists.
The Reaper, a $64 mil-
lion long-endurance
aircraft with a 20-meter
(66-foot) wingspan, had
Soleimani in its sights
for about 10 minutes be-
fore firing on two cars
carrying the Iranian
commander and his
aides who have been in
conflict with US forces.
The cameras on the
Reaper likely would
have identified Soleim-
ani, determine his loca-
tion in a vehicle and
even what kind of cloth-
ing he wore, according
to a former Army spe-
cial operations soldier.
Jaipur foot works
its magic in Syria
‘Railways civil
services need
representation’
Jaipur. The Syrian
minister for social af-
fairs, Rima Al Qadri
and deputy minister for
social affairs, Wael
Badeen, inspected the
Jaipur Foot artificial
limb fitment camp cur-
rently underway at the
Syrian Capital, Damas-
cus. In this camp over
500 Syrian amputees
will be provided with
the artificial limb,
Jaipur foot and artifi-
cial hands. The camp at
the war-torn Syria has
been organised by the
ministry of external af-
fairs in association
with the Bhagwan Ma-
haveer Viklang Sahaya-
ta Samiti(BMVSS).
The Syrian minis-
ters were received by
Indian ambassador to
Syria, Hifzur Rahman,
the founder and the
chief patron of the BM-
VSS, DR Mehta, team
leader of the Jaipur
Foot team, Salahuddin
Ahmad, who is also ex-
ecutive president of the
BMVSS and a former
CS of Rajasthan Gov-
ernment. The Syrian
government’s secretary
in the social affairs
ministry, Maisa Medani
was a special guest.
Mehta said that the
camp in the troubled
and war-torn Syria has
been organised by the
ministry of external af-
fairs in association
with the BMVSS.
Jaipur: Seniors offi-
cials of the South West-
ern Railway have writ-
ten to Railway Minister
Piyush Goyal against
the creation of a unified
Indian Railways Man-
agement Service (IRMS)
in the current form,
seeking more represen-
tation to officers from
the civil services cadre.
The proposed reform
by the merger of all en-
gineering and civil ser-
vices cadres in the cur-
rent form would be un-
able to achieve the de-
sired results, they wrote
in a letter.
They said the merger
of the services be car-
ried out on the basis of
the roles and skill sets.
Raising concern over
the “slow progress and
visible clash of inter-
ests”, the officials have
defined the roles and re-
quired skill set for the
merger. They submitted
that the entire matter be
examined from the be-
ginning by the Ministry
of Railways, along with
the cabinet secretary,
and recommendations
of all committees be
taken into account.—PTI
Islamabad: Hours af-
ter Pakistan National
Assembly standing
committee on Defence
approved an amend-
ment bill seeking to
validate the three-year
extension to Army
Chief General Qamar
Javed Bajwa, the Paki-
stan Bar Council (PBC)
expressed concern over
the manner in which
extension in the tenure
of services chiefs is be-
ing given through par-
liament without ad-
dressing the basic is-
sues regarding the ne-
cessity and desirability
of the extension.
A statement issued
by PBC vice-chairman
Amjad Ali Shah noted
that giving extensions
to incumbents in any
institution “creates the
perception of indispen-
sability and weakens
institutions.” “Person-
ality-specific legislative
and policy measures go
against the spirit of
representative democ-
racy. Transitions are
important for institu-
tion building and creat-
ing viable institutions,”
the statement read. —ANI
BRIEF
in
z Folk artists, artisans,
and special people
working in the fields
of literature, social art
and education will be
awarded during the
state-level celebration of
the Republic Day. Also,
various organisations
and sports players will
be provided certificates
for their contribution in
their respective fields.
Regarding the program,
a committee of officers
is constituted in the
leadership of ACS Small
Business. The file has
been sent to the Chief
Minister after getting it
approved by CS.
z Kota Collector
Omprakash Kasera
announced a mega
event for about 2 lakh
coaching students
of all the institutions
in the first week of
February. There will be
no classes for 2 days
in any institution. For
the event, Rs. 100 is
being collected from
every student. The
selection for ‘Masti ki
Pathshala’ will be held
at UIT Auditorium on
January 19 and 20.
The step is being taken
to counter stress and
hypertension among
the coaching students.
z On Tuesday, 2 peo-
ple, including a boy and
a girl, were found dead
on the railway line near
the container depot on
Banki road in Hindaun
City of Karauli. The
death is being told due
to coming in front of
a train, but the reason
of death has not been
confirmed yet.
z In the leadership of
DCP East Rahul Jain,
Bajaj Nagar police ar-
rested 2 accused in the
matter of breaking the
car windows of luxury
cars and stealing stuff
on Tuesday.
z Bhilwara Police have
arrested 11 girls in an
action taken in the case
of sex racket in the
district. Some of the
girls are being told to be
from Nepal and Bangla-
desh. The investigation
is being done in the
leadership of the ASP.
z During the state-level
review meeting held in
the Library Auditorium
of SMS Medical College
on Tuesday, Health
Minister Dr. Raghu
Sharma has made an
appeal to all the medical
institutions to show
improvement with each
passing day. Dr Sharma
also took district wise
feedback in the meeting
and scolded many Joint
Directors for unsatis-
factory arrangements
work.
z After Jaipur Collector
took back the decision
of holidays in schools
due to cold weather on
Tuesday, all the schools
in the city will remain
open from today.
z Income Tax officials
will also be a part of
the nationwide strike
announced by various
organisations for today.
Bank employees will
also join the strike
regarding the 10-point
demands of the em-
ployees.
z I&B Minister
Prakash Javadekar
conferred the first
‘Antarrashtriya Yoga
Diwas’ awards to 30
media organiSations
at an event organised
at National Media
Centre.
z The Met depart-
ment has forecast
light rainfall over the
eastern part of the
state in next 24 hours.
MEET & GREET
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot visited Sri Aurobindo ashram in Pudducherry. Also seen in the photo are ashram officials.
‘GDPgrowthslipping
to 11-yr low of 5 pc’
New Delhi: India’s
GDP growth is seen
dipping to an 11-year
low of 5 per cent in
the current fiscal,
mainly due to poor
showing by manufac-
turing and construc-
tion sectors, govern-
ment data showed on
Tuesday.
As per the first ad-
vance estimates of
the national income
released by the Na-
tional Statistical Of-
fice (NSO), the manu-
facturing sector out-
put growth will decel-
erate to 2 per cent in
2019-20, down from 6.9
per cent in the previ-
ous financial year.
Likwise, the con-
struction sector
growth is estimated
at 3.2 per cent as
against 8.7 per cent in
2018-19.
According to back
series GDP data re-
leased by the govern-
ment in November
2018, the previous low
in economic growth
was recorded at 3.1
per cent in 2008-09.
The dismal perfor-
mance for the fiscal
was anticipated as the
Gross Domestic Prod-
uct (GDP) growth in
the first quarter was 5
per cent and 4.5 per
cent in the subse-
quent three-months
period.
The Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) had
also lowered its fore-
cast for the economic
growth to 5 per cent
while announcing its
bi-monthly monetary
policy last month.
The macro-econom-
ic data is important as
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman
would be using it for
preparing Budget esti-
mates for the next fi-
nancial year. She is
expectedtopresentthe
Budget 2020-21 in Par-
liamentonFebruary1.
The NSO data fur-
ther revealed that de-
celeration in growth
will also be witnessed
in other key seg-
ments, like agricul-
ture; electricity; gas
and water supply;
trade; hotel and
transport sector; fi-
nancial; real estate;
and professional ser-
vices.
Whereas, some sec-
tors, including min-
ing, public adminis-
tration, and defence,
showed minor im-
provement.
As per the advance
estimates for 2019-20,
the growth in real
GDP during 2019-20 is
estimated at 5 per
cent as compared to
6.8 per cent in 2018-19.
Birla attends CSPOC standing
committee meeting in Ottawa
Ottawa: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Tuesday attended the
Standing Committee
Meeting of the Confer-
ence of Speakers and
Presiding Officers of
the Commonwealth
(CSPOC) upon his ar-
rival in the Canadian
capital Ottawa.
Birla is leading an In-
dian Parliamentary del-
egation -- comprising of
Rajya Sabha Deputy
Chairman Harivansh
and Lok Sabha Secre-
tary-General Snehlata
Shrivastava -- to the
25th CSPOC being held
in Ottawa from January
5 to January 11. A total
of four workshop ses-
sions and a special ple-
nary will be held during
the conference.
The theme of the first
workshop is -- ‘Parlia-
mentary Engagement:
Openness, Transparen-
cy, and Accountability,
while the second work-
shop is based on ‘Chal-
lenges and Opportuni-
ties Arising from the
Displacement of a Par-
liamentary Assembly’.
The theme of the third
and fourth workshops
are -- ‘Parliamentarians
as Effective Legislators
and Constituency Rep-
resentatives: Evolving
Support Required’ and
‘Security of Individuals
in the Parliamentary
Context and Beyond’,
respectively.
Birla will be the
workshop presenter in
the fourth workshop
and will also attend the
meeting of CSPOC
standing committee to
be held on January 6.
The special plenary
will be held on January
9 on the theme ‘Inclu-
sive Parliaments: The
Role of the Speaker in
Supporting Emerging
Procedures and Prac-
tices Embracing the
Changing Face and
Needs of Parliament’,
the government release
read. The delegates
from the Indian Parlia-
ment will participate in
the special plenary ses-
sion and other work-
shops of the conference.
“During his stay in
Ottawa, Birla will have
bilateral meetings with
his counterparts in the
Canadian Senate and
House of Commons and
other dignitaries,” the
release read.
The Indian Parlia-
mentary delegation will
also have meetings with
Indian diaspora in Ot-
tawa and Toronto.
—ANI
The Lok Sabha speaker along with other delegates from Indian Parl will
participate in special plenary session and other workshops of conference
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla met Sooroojdev Phokeer, Speaker,
National Assembly of Mauritius on the sidelines of CSPOC meet.
Birla during the CSPOC standing committee meeting in Ottawa.
Pak Bar Council
opposes Bajwa’s
tenure extension
DUST AND ASHES
Black ash and fire debris is washed up on Boydtown Beach
and the banks of the Nullica River in Eden,Australia on
Tuesday as results of the recent bushfires. —PHOTO BY ANI

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