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JAIPUR l FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 215
Welcome
Aditi Nagar
anuary 10, 2020 will be a
Red Letter Day and one
of the happiest mo-
ments for the third-time
Chief Minister and a
Gandhi family loyalist Ashok Ge-
hlot and a cracker of a time espe-
cially for his political journey,
when he receives his ‘prime sup-
porter’ (specially in the present
times) Priyanka Gandhi at Jaipur
airport this afternoon. She will
also be received by Avinash Pan-
de and Sachin Pilot. Priyanka
will be arriving in a charter plane
from Varanasi. She will be
flanked by Mukul Wasnik, Rajeev
Shukla and UP PCC Chief Ajay
Kumar on board and will drive
straight to the Rambagh Palace
Hotel, where she will be attending
her UP aide and a Rajasthan Me-
wat area leader Zubair Khan’s
son’s marriage function. After at-
tending the wedding ceremony
for an hour or so, she will drive
back to the airport to fly to New
Delhi. This incident shows that
Gandhis value loyalty and the lat-
est ‘reward’ goes to Zubair Khan.
Interestingly, Priyanka’s visit to
the Pink City comes after a gap of
11 months as on February 12,
2019, Gandhi had accompanied
her husband Robert Vadra to
Jaipur for a hearing. Priyanka,
after dropping Robert at the air-
port, had returned by the same
flight. Priyanka is basically fond
of Rajasthan and especially Ran-
thambore Tiger Reserve near
Sawai Madhopur town happens
to be her first choice and a fre-
quent and favourite destination.
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New Delhi: Taking a
dig at the Centre, for-
mer JNU students un-
ion president Kanhai-
yaKumaronThursday
said actress Deepika
Padukone was patriot-
ic when she was an am-
bassador for a Modi
government initiative
but turned anti-nation-
al after visiting JNU.
Addressing a crowd
outside the premises
of the HRD Ministry
here, he also said there
was no "tukde tukde"
government before
2014.'Tukde tukde'
gang is a term used by
the BJP to refer to al-
leged sympathisers of
separatists.
Padukone and shut-
tler PV Sindhu were
on October 22 last year
named ambassadors
for 'Bharat Ki Laxmi',
an initiative by the
Modi government
aimed at bringing to
light the commenda-
ble work done by wom-
en across the nation.
She visited JNU to
express solidarity
with the students who
were attacked by a
mob on January 5,
though she did not ad-
dress the crowd.
She earned bou-
quets as well as brick-
bats from various peo-
ple, including politi-
cians, for her act of
showing support to
the JNU students. —PTI
Now, potshots at Padukone over JNU visit
KANHAIYA TAKES DIG AT
MODI GOVERNMENT
New Delhi: Former
HRD minister Murli
Manohar Joshi on
Thursday called for the
removal of JNU VC M
Jagadesh Kumar, say-
ing it is “shocking” that
he is adamant on not
implementing a govern-
ment proposal to re-
solve fee-hike crisis in
the university.
“Reports are that the
HRD ministry had twice
advised the JNU VC to
implement certain rea-
sonable and working
formula for resolving
the issue of enhanced
fees in JNU. He was also
advised to reach out to
teachers and students.
“It is shocking that
the VC is adamant on
not implementing the
government proposal.
This attitude is deplor-
able and in my opinion
such a VC should not be
allowed to continue on
this post,” Joshi tweet-
ed. The HRD Ministry,
however, ruled out his
removal saying sacking
him is not the solution
but addressing the core
issues on campus.
Murli Manohar Joshi calls
for resignation of JNU’s VC
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Thursday al-
legedthattheviolencein
JNU was "officially
sponsored goondaism"
and said Home Minister
Amit Shah and HRD
Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal were respon-
sibleforit.TheCongress
demanded that those be-
hind the violence must
be identified and arrest-
ed immediately. It said
normalcy in the JNU
campuswasnotpossible
till its VC M Jagadesh
Kumar resigned.
"The violent incident
that occurred in JNU
was not a sudden devel-
opment, but was
planned. Everyone
knows who was behind
this violence.
"I make a direct
charge that HRD Minis-
ter and the Home Minis-
ter are responsible for
the incident. This is
nothing but an officially
sponsored goondaism,"
senior party leader
JairamRameshsaidata
press conference.
He said 72 hours have
passed and Delhi Police
knowswhoshouldbear-
rested but no arrest has
been made so far in this
regard. "This is a delib-
erate negligence," he al-
leged. "We demand that
the culprits who have
been identified, who are
responsible for this vio-
lence that occurred 72
hours back, should be
arrested without any
further delay.
"It has become amply
clearthataslongthepre-
sent vice chancellor re-
mains in his position,
there is no scope for nor-
malisation of the cam-
pus situation. The gov-
ernment should ask the
VC to resign forthwith,"
theCongressleadersaid.
New Delhi: While a
section of JNU stu-
dents agitating over
hostel fee hike took out
a march to the HRD
Ministry on Thursday,
the “non-agitating” stu-
dents are still in a di-
lemma whether to reg-
ister for a new semester
or not due to lack of
clarity on the fee
amount being finally
charged.
After the hostel fee
hike was announced by
JNU last November,
there has been a series
of consultations and
“partial-rollbacks” and
“waivers” with the stu-
dents taking to the
streets boycotting ex-
ams, prompting the
HRD Ministry to inter-
vene for resolution of
the issues.
The university, how-
ever, began the registra-
tion process for the se-
mester from January 1.
While the administra-
tion officials including
VC M Jagadesh Kumar
have repetitively main-
tained that students are
not being charged utili-
ty and service expenses,
there has been no offi-
cial notification, which
has caused confusion.
“I have nothing to do
with protests. I don’t go
to any but I haven’t reg-
istered yet. I have no
clue what is being
charged ultimately. One
person says something,
another says something
else,” said a student.
The students’ union
had refused to accept it
saying they wanted a
complete roll back in-
cluding the increased
room rent. However,
when the registrations
were started, students
were told that there is
no utility and service
charge but the varsity
has not issued any noti-
fication yet.
HRD minister responsible for
JNU violence: Cong leader
What is the exact hostel fee
being charged now at JNU?
Police detain protesters near
Ambedkar Bhawan as they were
marching towards Rashtrapati
Bhavan demanding the removal
of the JNU’s Vice-Chancellor.
Senior BJP leader and former HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi.
JNU students hold placards during their protest march from Mandi House to HRD Ministry,
demanding the removal of the university vice-chancellor, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Source:Agencies

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NATION GOING THROUGH CRITICAL
TIMES: CJI ON CITIZENSHIP PLEA
New Delhi: Express-
ing surprise over the
petition, a bench head-
ed by Chief Justie S A
Bobde said this was the
first time that someone
was seeking that an
Act be declared as con-
stitutional.
The country is go-
ing through difficult
times and there is so
much violence that
endeavour should be
for peace, the Su-
preme Court observed
on Thursday while
refusing to entertain
a plea seeking the Cit-
izenship Amendment
Act be declared con-
stitutional.
The bench, also com-
prising justices B R
Gavai and Surya Kant,
said it will hear the pe-
titions challenging va-
lidity of CAA when the
violence stops.
“There is so much of
violence going on. The
country is going
through difficult times
and the endeavour
should be for peace...
This court’s job is to de-
termine validity of a
law and not declare it as
constitutional,” the CJI
Bobde said during the
hearing.
The observation was
made after advocate
Vineet Dhanda sought
the court’s Turn on P5
New Delhi: A huge
protest march by stu-
dents of Jawaharlal
Nehru University --
bound for Rashtrapa-
ti Bhavan --- ended in
lathicharge and lar-
gescale detentions by
the Delhi Police on
Thursday evening.
Frantic footage from
the spot showed slogan-
shouting students being
dragged away and
packed into buses by
the police. Several stu-
dents were injured.
Full coverage on P8
New Delhi: A group
of 15 foreign envoys
visited Jammu and
Kashmir to get a first-
hand experience of
the efforts made by
the government to
“normalise situation”
after scrapping of Ar-
ticle 370 in the region.
The team, which in-
cluded the US Ambas-
sador to India Kenneth
Juster, arrived in Srina-
gar on Thursday on a
two-day visit to Jammu
and Kashmir, the first
visit by diplomats
since August last year
when Turn on P5
First India News
Churu: The cold wave
and ensuing fog in the
state led to a grave ac-
cident on the Nation-
al Highway 11, on
Thursday morning.
The accident was so
intense that eight per-
sons were killed when
a van was hit by a
roadways bus in Ra-
jdesar, near Ratan-
garh in Churu dis-
trict while overtaking
in the wee hours of
Thursday. All the de-
ceased persons have
been identified as resi-
dents of Bikaner. Few
passengers of the bus
too suffered injuries.
Accidents like these
have become rampant
because of rash driving
especially by the public
transport vehicles’ driv-
ers who do not abide by
the road safety rules.
SP Tejaswini Gau-
tam also reached the
accident site and while
talking to First India,
said that rash and
reckless driving by the
bus driver snatched all
these lives. The bus
driver was trying to
overtake the speeding
van from wrong side
resulting in this seri-
ous accident.
Through the media,
she implored the peo-
ple of the state to abide
by road safety rules to
ensure their Turn on P5
No kidding: People from Oppn, Govt have the right to ask: CM
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Reacting for
the first time to the
criticism over the
death of infants at a
hospital in Kota by
his deputy Sachin Pi-
lot, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on
Thursday said people
from both, the Oppo-
sition and the govern-
ment could ask ques-
tions.
He stressed it was Pi-
lot’s right to raise the
issue as he also holds
the post of the state
Congress chief.
“Pilot is the
Pradesh Congress
Committee president.
It is his right to say
this about the govern-
ment. It is not the Op-
position only, which
could ask questions.
People from the gov-
ernment could also
ask questions,” said
Gehlot.
Pilot, after a visit to
Kota’s JK Lon Hospital,
had told the media that
the death of infants was
a serious matter and
the government could
not be spared of its ac-
countability.
“We have to fix ac-
countability. After 13
months of being in
government, it may
not serve any purpose
to keep pointing to-
wards the previous
government. We have
to face responsibility
and consequences.
People expect us to
deliver,” Pilot had
said.
Talking to the me-
dia, Gehlot at the air-
port here said Pilot
should give sugges-
tions and say openly
about any lacunae.
“I have no problem
with it as it would en-
sure good govern-
ance,” the CM said.
He also termed the
deaths a conspiracy
against the state gov-
ernment and said those
who died had come
from outside.
“It was a conspira-
cy against the govern-
ment. In order to
propagate a word on
it, media from Delhi
was called. It was
done on purpose close
on the heels of the
Nirogi Rajasthan
launch,” the CM said,
adding that only time
would tell who were
behind it.
Referring to the re-
cent violence by a
mob at New Delhi’s
Jawaharlal Nehru
University, Gehlot
said the democracy in
the country was in
danger and chaos pre-
vailed everywhere.
In Jodhpur, Gehlot
along with his family
offered condolence over
the demise of Bilam
Kanwar, mother of CM
Gehlot’s childhood
friend Paras Dakliya.
Gehlot also offered his
respects to the family of
Padam Singh who re-
cently passed away at
Jodhpur.
Meanwhile, the
Chief Minister took
time out from his hec-
tic schedule to meet
his elder sister Vimla
Devi at her house at
Lal Sagar area and
took her blessings be-
fore leaving for Jodh-
pur airport to leave
for Jaipur.
Meanwhile, express-
ing concern over the
locust issue, Gehlot said
Union home minister,
Amit Shah, is the chair-
person of NDRF and he
should also take some
action in the matter
since the agriculture
minister has been visit-
ing the affected regions
for the past six months.
Gehlot also spoke on the
Kota infant deaths and
recounted the major
health and medical of-
ferings given by his gov-
ernment over the
course of time.
Foreign envoys arrive in J&K
to assess ground situation
Eight killed in bus-van collision in ChuruSC verdicts on
challenging
pleas today
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court is sched-
uled to deliver on Fri-
day its verdict on a
batch of pleas includ-
ing that of Ghulam
Nabi Azad challenging
the restrictions im-
posed in J&K following
abrogation of provi-
sions of Article 370. A
bench of Justices NV Ra-
mana, R Subhash Reddy
& BR Gavai had reserved
the judgment on Nov 27
last year. Turn on P5
BRAVING THE FRONTIER: Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane with Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding-
in-Chief, Northern Command and other officers and jawans during his visit to the army base camp in Siachen on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
GUARDING THE CAPITAL: Police personnel stand guard as the security tightens at outside the HRD Ministry during their protest
demanding removal of the university vice-chancellor in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
The scene of a collision between a bus and van on Thursday.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with his elder sister Vimla Devi in Jodhpur on Thursday.
Delegation of 15 foreign envoys meets political leaders from J&K
including Ghulam Hasan Mir, Altaf Bukhari, Shoaib Iqbal Lone and
others during their visit to Srinagar. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kolkata: “If needed, I will fight alone,” Mamata Banerjee
declared on Thursday in the WB Assembly where she said
she will boycott a meeting called by Cong interim president
Sonia Gandhi on January 13 over campus violence and the
CAA. Banerjee was angry over incidents of violence in her
state during a trade union strike called by organisations af-
filiated to the Left and the Cong over “anti-people” policies,
including economic measures and issues like CAA and NRC.
The vitriolic reaction to actor Deep-
ika Padukone’s visit to Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU) proves
that the government’s support-
ers are behind Sunday’s masked
mob attack, former JNU student
Kanhaiya Kumar said on Thursday
at a protest in Delhi. Kanhaiya
Kumar also tore into Vice Chancel-
lor M Jagadesh Kumar for his barb,
without naming Deepika Padukone,
on “great personalities” supporting
protesters but not students and
teachers deprived of their rights.
DIDI LEAVES OPPN A DIVIDED HOUSE ON CAA, NRC
“DEEPIKA WAS PATRIOT EARLIER, NOW...”
Lathicharge on JNU students at protest rally
‘IRAN ‘ACCIDENTALLY’ SHOT DOWN UKRAINE PLANE’
A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all
176 people aboard, was most likely brought down
accidentally by Iranian air defences, US officials
said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump said
he had a terrible feeling about the disaster. One US
official said US satellites had detected the launch
of two missiles shortly before the plane crashed,
followed by evidence of an explosion.
TALE OF TWO PICTURES

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020
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
HONEST BRAVO SAHAB
NOT LIKED BY MANY
The working of a ‘Bravo Sahab’ is a
major piece of discussion among
cops of Jaipur Commissionerate.
Well, sahab’s working has caused
a stir amongst the ‘Gama’ rank
officials. The Bravo refuses to get
tied with the bribery racket neither
is he leaving those under him any
opportunity to make a profit from
builders. Realising that the ‘revenue-
stream’ has died down, several
‘Gamas’ have applied for transfer
from the area! Interestingly, only
those cops with the best of influence
in political and business circles, get
placed in this ‘powerful’ building.
On Bravo’s complaint, even a Tiger
Sahab had to lose his posting!
A KINGMAKER WHO
HELPS WIN ELECTIONS!
While each party has its own
‘power-men’ and kingmakers,
however, is there a kingmaker for
elections? One would find it to be
absurd that an individual could
be a ‘kingmaker’ of a particular
election. However, in one family
from Banswara, the ‘kingmaker’s
brother has won four times while his
wife, who is currently Banswara Jila
Pramukh, has won twice and is now
prepping for the third inning. So who
is this ‘kingmaker’? He is none other
than ex-minister & Congress leader
Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya. He has
been instrumental in making several
individuals win over the years in
Panchayat elections in Banswara.
DIFFERENT GAME PLAN
OF SPORTS COUNCIL!
All is not well with Rajasthan
Sports Council wherein, those
junior assistants who are not
associated with a particular sport,
have been made team managers to
travel to Guwahati for Khelo India. A
glance at the list reveals that junior
assistant Rafeeq Ahmed is manager
table-tennis and shooting whereas
he is not connected with these
sport. Similarly Ankita Sharma is
manager for archery team and one
contractual employee Giriraj has also
been ‘directed’ to accompany the
delegation. Secretary sports council,
Mahendra Meena, has made the
appointments and he himself is one
of the members of the delegation.
PROMOTEE IPS NOW
AWAIT NEW POSTINGS
The elation of becoming an IPS
officer cannot be expressed, so
say the men in khakhi. A promotee
official can call himself/herself an
IPS official only after a gazette
notification is issued. However, some
recently promoted IPS officers have
done away with their old name plates
and are on cloud nine after getting
a new name plate, with ‘IPS’ written
in bold letters. They have even got
them fixed at their homes and offices
too! The ‘sahabs’ are now running
from pillar to post to get themselves
‘awarded’ a district so that they can
also ‘manage’ a force of thousands
and call themselves the lord of the
district.
No-constructionzone
@Walled City soon
Newby-lawscoinedfor
saferrooftoprestaurants
Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In a major de-
velopment which will
help the Pink City re-
tain its Heritage tag,
the Walled City area of
Jaipur will be declared
as a construction free
zone after January 31.
This was decided dur-
ing the meeting of state
level Heritage Commit-
tee, under the chair-
manship of Chief Sec-
retary DB Gupta on
Thursday. The deadline
for Jaipur Heritage tag
has also been fixed as
January 31. If any con-
struction takes place in
the region after the pe-
riod, then it will be
sealed. It was informed
that a team of UNESCO
could soon visit the
Walled City areas.
If UNESCO gets sat-
isfied with the compli-
ance report, the Walled
City area of Jaipur will
be able to retain its title
of World Heritage.
On the other hand,
there will be a Smart
City award ceremony in
Jaipur where Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
will be the chief guest.
Chief Whip Mahesh
Joshi, MLA Amin Kag-
zi,ACSRajeevaSwarup,
Principal Secretaries
Bhaskar Sawant and
Alok Gupta, Secretary
Bhawanisingh Detha
and Jaipur Municipal
Corporation CEO VP
Singh were also present
in the meeting.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The Gehlot gov-
ernment has provided a
major relief to the roof-
top restaurants running
in various major cities
of the state.
On Thursday, bylaws
have been released by
the Urban Development
and Housing and Self
Governance Depart-
ments for issuing no
objection certificate for
the operation of these
restaurants. Rooftop
restaurants are operat-
ing in many major and
tourist cities of the
state where currently,
there are no safety and
facility rules for run-
ning these restaurants.
Many rooftop res-
taurants do not even
have firefighting pro-
visions, safe evacua-
tion for rescue in times
of disaster and ample
parking space.
The bylaws have
been released to en-
sure that all the re-
quired facilities and
safety measures at the
rooftop restaurants
are complied to.
In this regard, a meet-
ing was held under the
chairmanship of UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal on November 22.
The bylaws have been
issued based on the de-
cisions taken in the
meeting.
No construction can be undertaken in the Walled City area after March 31 as per government order. —Photo by Naim Khan
Poonia accuses CM
of trying to evade
his responsibilities
First India News
Jaipur: In response to
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s statement on
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah’s recent
visit to Jodhpur and
his silence on the lo-
cust attack in the state,
BJP State President Dr
Satish Poonia said that
the CM has been trying
to evade his responsi-
bilities.
Poonia said that the
farmers and the BJP
representatives had al-
ready appraised the
state government of
the locust attacks way
back in May 2019, but
the state government
had been apathetic to-
wards the same for last
four months, due to
which the farmers had
to bear huge losses.
Poonia further added
that Home Minister
Amit Shah and Finance
Minister Nirmala Sita-
raman were informed
about the farmers’
plight, during their re-
cent visit to the state.
BJP National Work-
ing President JP Nadda
wasalsoinformedabout
the same. The issue has
also been discussed
with state’s Union Min-
istersPrakashJavdekar,
Arjun Meghwal, Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat,
Kailash Chaudhary and
Nityanand Rai, Poonia
added. It has been dis-
cussed with all of them
time and again, as a re-
sult of which Union Ag-
riculture Minister Nar-
endra Tomar and Union
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitaraman have
discussed the redressal
of the problem in a
meeting on Thursday.
Satish Poonia also
commented on the state
government’s slack at-
titude towards rising
problems of farmers,
women and youth. Tak-
ing a dig at CM Gehlot,
Poonia said that may be
he (Gehlot) has been
waiting for a formal
statement from the
Deputy CM on this.
Speaking on the issue
of infant deaths in
Kota, Poonia demanded
that health minister
Raghu Sharma should
resign from his post, ac-
cepting the failure to
control the situation.
First India News
Jaipur: Jaipur Police
(West) succeeded in ar-
resting most wanted
criminal, Sagar Singh,
who has been abscond-
ing after murdering
Mahaveer Meena. He
had killed Meena in
broad daylight on Octo-
ber 5, in Loha Mandi
area of Harmada.
Singh was also want-
ed for cases of opening
fire on history sheeter
Chandra Singh and his
ally Sarjeet Singh on
October 7, in Jhotwara
area. The police had
placed an award of Rs
5000 on him.
The arrest happened
after the cops got a tip
off on the suspicious
movement of two mis-
creants—Mukesh Gos-
wami and Sangram
Singh—in Kardhani
area where both were
eventually arrested
possessing illegal arms
and pistols. On interro-
gation, both agreed to
be involved in planning
a serious crime in as-
sociation with Sagar
Singh and his allies.
Taking clue from this
tip, the police arrested
Singh and three others,
although one Bhagwan
Singh managed to es-
cape.
DCP Kavendra Sagar
informed that Sagar
Singh was looking out
for an opportunity to
kill history sheeter
Chandra Singh and
that he was imperson-
ating as a police official
in his locality.
Speaking about oth-
er miscreants, addi-
tional DCP Bajrang
Singh informed that
Mukesh Goswami had
been absconding soon
after getting a parole in
the last month. He was
earlier serving a life
imprisonment sen-
tence from 2015 for his
involvement in the
Gurjar Murder case,
and also that there was
an award of Rs 5000
placed on him as well.
According to reports,
Sangram is undertrial
for seven cases against
him and Sagar is un-
dergoing trial in six
cases. Mukesh Goswa-
mi has more than 13
cases registered
against him.
Police arrests
wanted criminal
in shoot-out case
First India News
Jaipur: Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) Sah Sarkaryawah
Dattatreya Hosabale is
on a two-day visit to
Jaipur from Thursday.
This visit is taking
place in view of the im-
portant meeting of the
Sangh. In the meeting
held at Seva Sadan, all
India level officials and
campaigners from dif-
ferent wings of the RSS
are invited. In the meet-
ing, discussions were
done on the works being
done by these wings.
The officials, includ-
ing Prem Kumar, Dr
Dinesh, Gopala Arya,
Sunil Goswami, Som-
nath, Rajesh Deshkar
and Rajkumar Matole
were present in the
meeting. The outline of
the upcoming events to
be held throughout the
year was also discussed
on Thursday.
It may be noted that
during the two-day
meeting discussions
will also be held on RSS
Seva Sangam which
will be organised on
March 27, 28 and 29.
RSS leader
Hosabale in
city for 2-day
meeting
MEET ON PIPED GAS DISTRIBUTION HELD
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TECHNICAL CRITERIA
MEETING OF GREAT MINDS
Architect Anoop Bartaria presenting a memento to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the
Jan Seva programme in the presence of former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay on
Thursday at Birla Auditorium. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot attended the Jan Seva programme of Kayastha General
Sabha on Thursday, where the Sabha’s President and famous architect Anoop Bartaria,
senior journalist and former editor BBC World Service Sanjeev Srivastava were present.
 NOC will be mandatory for both the
restaurant and its building plan.
 Mandatory display of the exit plan for safe
evacuation at the time of disaster.
 A third-party audit of restaurants at least
once a year.
 Appointment of a fire expert in every res-
taurant to train the staff for fire safety.
 Use of LPG and coal stoves will be prohibited.
 Obtaining temporary construction and
safety certificate of the entire building from the
structural engineer.
 A committee will be formed in the munici-
pality to ensure compliance of all the param-
eters. This committee will inspect the restau-
rants periodically.
OTHER CRITERIA
First India News
Jaipur: Starting this
year, the process of
passport verification
will now be done on-
line at the police sta-
tion level in the state.
Along with saving
time, the passport ap-
plicants will not be
required to visit the
police station and the
SP office. The Police
Headquarters has
provided the training
to the SPs and police
personnel of all the
districts and the trial
run for the online
process is being done
by the intelligence de-
partment since the
lastcoupleof months.
As per the verifica-
tion procedure, an
online application is
submitted on the
Passport Authority
portal. Then, the ap-
plication form is sent
online to the SP office
by the Passport Au-
thority. At present,
the police station
process is offline af-
ter the application
reaches the SP office.
Now, verify your
passports
online at police
station level

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020
Jaipur: The health of
one of the five farmers,
who buried themselves
neck-deepintheground
over the alleged land
acquisition by the
Jaipur Development
Authority (JDA) for a
housing project, dete-
riorated on Thursday
but he refused to leave
the protest site at
Nindar village.
Demanding that their
land be acquired as per
the revised Land Acqui-
sition Act and compen-
sation be given accord-
ingly, farmers from the
village located on the
outskirts of Jaipur are
holding ‘Zameen Sama-
dhi Satyagrah’.
As part of the pro-
test, five people have
taken ‘Zameen Sama-
dhi’ (burying them-
selves neck-deep in the
ground) in the past two
days.
“Health of one of the
protesters deteriorated
but an officer of the
JDA met us on Thurs-
day. We have apprised
him of our demands. He
has asked one-day time
to reply,” Nagendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat, leader
of Nindar Bachao Yuva
Kisan Sangarsh Samiti,
said. “We will continue
to hold satyagrah and
more people will take
‘Zameen Samadhi’ till
the reply from the JDA
comes. If the response
is positive then our dia-
logue with the govern-
ment will proceed,” he
said.
Protesters are de-
manding that state gov-
ernment should imple-
ment the amended Land
Acquisition Act in the
state, which was passed
by the Congress govern-
ment at the Centre and
acquire land as per it.
Shekhawat said
farmers will not let the
government acquire
the land as per the pre-
vious Land Acquisition
Act, which was running
in the country since
British rule.
The Jaipur Develop-
ment Authority, in a
statement, had said that
it would issue allotment
letters to farmers af-
fected due to the Nindar
Housing Scheme with
mutual understanding.
Deputy Commission-
er Manish Fauzdar said
those farmers who have
surrendered their land
for the housing scheme
will soon be issued al-
lotment letters and
those who have not yet
surrendered their land
will be issued letters
with mutual consent.
The farmers had
launched a similar pro-
test in October 2017 and
some of them had even
gone on a hunger strike.
The protesters are
against the acquisition
of more than 1,300
bighas of land for a
housing project.
The JDA has taken
possessionof 600bighas
of land so far and de-
posited Rs 60 crore in a
local court as compen-
sation for it after villag-
ers refused to accept the
amount, claiming it did
not hold up to the pre-
vailing market rates.
Around 10,000 houses
will be built under the
scheme, which was an-
nounced in January
2011. —PTI
Health of Nindar protester buried
neck-deep in ground deteriorates
GROUNDED: Farmers buried themselves neck-deep in the ground to protest against the alleged
land acquisition by JDA for a housing project. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Govt will make
contract workers
permanent: Kalla
Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Departments
have not yet given full
information about va-
cant posts in Cabinet
sub committee for regu-
larising contractual
workers. The total num-
ber of contract workers
currently working is
believed to be above 1
lakh. In this regard, a
meeting of the sub-com-
mittee was held under
the chairmanship of
Energy Minister BD
Kalla on Thursday.
An agreement was
made for filling 10,029
posts under NREGA Re-
cruitment 2013. Out of
these, 365 posts are un-
der court review and
Finance Department
has given approval for
the same.
Minister Govind Sin-
gh Dotasara said after
receiving the complete
data of contract staff,
figures of vacant posts
are being collected so
that these workers can
be accommodated.
Kalla said that the fi-
nal report will be given
to the Cabinet after the
next few meetings. Gov-
ernment will fulfill the
promise made in its
manifesto, of making
contract workers per-
manent.
The demand for issu-
ing one more list of
Level II REET Teacher
Recruitment and Nurs-
ing Recruitment 2013
ANM, GNM, was raised.
HC decision has been
sent to Law Department
and Education Depart-
ment will make the deci-
sion after seeking legal
advice.
Several candidates,
including Berojgar Ma-
hasangh representa-
tives, met Kalla and sub-
mitted a memorandum.
Ministers Raghu Shar-
ma and Subhash Garg
were also present in the
cabinet sub committee
meeting.
First India News
Udaipur: IIM Udaipur
is organising its third
edition of annual
‘Udaipur Runs’ at Fateh
Sagar Lake on January
12 on the theme ‘Run
with the Jawans’ where-
in 200 Jawans will par-
ticipate in the event.
The run will be held in
categories under the
stretch of 3.5km, 6km,
and 8.2km.
The last edition of
Udaipur Runs had a
footfall of around 2000
people with more than
1200 participating in
the run encompassing
IIM-U students. This ex-
ponential increase in
the footfall made
Udaipur Runs the sec-
ond largest run of
Udaipur in two years.
Before the event,
Prof Janat Shah, Direc-
tor, IIM Udaipur said,
“Udaipur Runs is grow-
ing exponentially with
the youth participating
in high numbers. The
social cause associated
with this important
event echoes with the
core values that the in-
stitution upholds.”
The run will be
flagged off by Prof
Shah and representa-
tives from Pyrotech and
Secure Meters. Udaipur
Runs v3.0 is the pre-
event for Utkrisht’20
which is to be held from
January 18-19. Utkrisht
is the annual sports fest
of IIM Udaipur held in
January to help the
IIMU community de-
velop and inculcate
sports culture.
IIM-U set to organise
third edition of
‘Udaipur Runs’
First India News
Bikaner: Union minis-
ter for Parliamentary
affairs Prahlad Joshi
reached Bikaner on
Thursday. He was ac-
companied by Arjun
Ram Meghwal, the Un-
ion Minister for state.
BJP officials under the
leadership of District
President, Akhilesh
Pratap Singh welcomed
him at the railway sta-
tion. Satya Prakash
Acharya, Ashok Praja-
pat and other leaders of
the BJP were also pre-
sent on the occasion.
Union Minister Prahlad
Joshi was here to attend
various activities con-
ducted in the city along
with meeting the intel-
lectuals and leading
citizens of the city over
issues of CAA.
Commenting on the
Potash reserves found
in Bikaner, Joshi said
that government is try-
ing to achieve better
results, while working
in close contact with
specialists of the re-
spective fields.
He also stressed that
the CAA is simply an at-
tempt to provide citi-
zenship to immigrants.
The opposition party,
Congress has no other
issues to discuss , that
is why the countrymen
are being misled on
these issues. Infact
their call on this can be
termed as being ‘anti-
national’.
Oppn’s call on CAA anti-national: Joshi
Minister for Parliamentary affairs Prahlad Joshi, MoS Arjun Ram
Meghwal along with BJP leaders during CAA discussion.
First India News
Jaipur: A helper at a
power distribution
company was arrested
in Rajsamand district
on Thursday for alleg-
edly taking a bribe of
Rs 4,500, an Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau spokes-
person said.
The accused identi-
fied as Roshan Lal was
posted at the office of
the assistant engineer
in Amet area of the dis-
trict.
Lal had demanded
the bribe to tighten
loose electricity cables
passing through the
fields of the complain-
ant Kishan Singh.
After the complaint
was verified, the ac-
cused was arrested and
the bribe money was
recovered from him. A
case has been regis-
tered under sections of
the Prevention of Cor-
ruption Act and further
investigation in the
matter is underway.
Meanwhile in Ban-
swara, Electricity De-
partment Assistant En-
gineer (City) Second
Office Lineman Gulab
Yadav was arrested
while taking a bribe of
Rs 2000 on Thursday.
The complainant
Ramesh Goda had pre-
sented a report at ACB
office Banswara that
Yadav was demanding a
bribe of Rs 4,000 for
changing the house me-
tre and reducing the
fine. After that, the final
amount was negotiated
to Rs 3,000.
At the time of com-
plaint verification, Rs
1,000 were given to the
accused, while the re-
maining amount was
provided on Thursday
during the trap laid by
the ACB. The ACB team
consisted of Addl SP
Madhosingh Sodha, Ra-
jkumar Ranaut, Ganesh
Labana, Ratan Singh
and Jitendra Singh.
Discom employees held taking bribe
First India News
Jaipur: Agriculture
State Minister Bhajan
Lal Jatav held a public
hearing for the people
and ministers at the
PCC on Thursday. Jatav,
accompanied by State
Congress Vice Presi-
dent Pukhraj Parashar,
Secretary Sangeeta
Garg and other key of-
ficials, heard various
problems. While talk-
ing to the media, Jatav
said that there is an out-
break of locusts in the
border areas and the
administration is work-
ing on controlling the
situation.
The minister also
said that the Girdawari
reports of Jalore and
Jodhpur have come and
the reports of various
places, including Bar-
mer, Jaisalmer and Bi-
kaner, will come soon.
Jatav added that all the
damage done will be in-
cluded in Girdawari and
the compensation pro-
cesswillbestartedsoon.
First India News
Dausa: Miscreants who
stole two bikes from a
house in Ramgarh vil-
lage under Mahwa po-
lice station, shot a
youth Laxman Singh,
who was chasing them
in a car on Wednesday
night. The bullet broke
the glass of the car and
hit his ear. The youth
was severely injured in
the accident as the glass
went into his eye and
was referred to Jaipur
in critical condition af-
ter first aid.
According to the po-
lice, four miscreants
reached Laxman Sin-
gh’s residence in Ram-
garh on two bikes. They
broke the lock of the
main gate of the house
and stole two bikes
parked there. Hearing
the sound of the bikes’
engines, a woman in-
formed the family. After
that, Lakshman and
two others chased them
in a car and found them
on Ramgarh Road.
After being sur-
rounded, the accused
opened fire on Laxman
and fled from the spot.
The injured youth was
admitted to Mahwa
Community Health
Centre.
Administration is
working on
controlling locust
situation: Jatav
Bike thieves
shoot at men
following them,
one injured
Nation going...
intervention to declare
CAA as constitutional
and a direction to all
states for implementa-
tion of the Act.
It is only the Supreme
Court which can help in
clarification of the
present situation and
guide “confused” citi-
zens of this country
who are being misguid-
ed, he said.
Eight killed...
safety and avoid such
accidents. She assured
that adequate action
will be taken against
the bus driver and the
owner of the bus. The
family members of the
deceased have been in-
formed and post mor-
tem will be done, only
once they arrive for
identification. Sujan-
garh Additional SP
Sita Ram along with
Deputy SP Ratangarh
were also present at
the accident site.
Foreign envoys...
the state’s special sta-
tus was revoked and
it was made a Union
territory.
On the first day of the
envoys’ visit, there was
massive participation
of people from all walks
of life and from all parts
of J&K. Envoys wit-
nessed total normalcy,
open shops and traffic
and people on the
streets in Srinagar, said
sources.
People reiterated that
they come forward
spontaneously to meet
the envoys and that
they were not mourn-
ing for Article 370. Lo-
cals said they were
looking forward to a
future without interfer-
ence from Pakistan.
They slammed Islam-
abad for violence in
Jammu and Kashmir
and urged the envoys to
put pressure on Paki-
stan to not interfere.
The locals praised
the government’s ef-
forts to restore normal-
cy in the region. They
agreed that there were
some difficulties but
felt it was necessary to
maintain order.
The envoys were told
that the people of J&K
won’t give an inch to Pa-
kistan.
Meanwhile, ministry
of external affairs
spokesperson Raveesh
Kumar said that a simi-
lar visit to Kashmir
could be organised in
future, including for the
EU envoys, who were
not a part of this dele-
gation.
“The visit of 15 for-
eign envoys to J and K
is being facilitated by
the Government of In-
dia. Envoys were from
US, South Korea, Viet-
nam, Bangladesh, Mal-
dives, Morocco, Fiji,
Norway, Philippines,
Argentina, Peru, Niger,
Nigeria, Togo and Guy-
ana,” MEA spokesper-
son Raveesh Kumar
said in a weekly brief-
ing here.
“Their first meeting
was with security offi-
cials to get a sense of
security situation in
J&K, and also threat
posed by terrorism in
maintaining peace. The
objectiveof thevisitwas
to let the envoys see first
hand the efforts which
have been made by gov-
ernments to normalise
the situation,” he said.
Thecriticismthatthisis
a guided tour is un-
founded, MEA spokes-
person added. —PTI
SC verdicts...
On November 21, the
Centre had justified re-
strictions imposed in
Jammu and Kashmir
after the abrogation of
provisions of Article 370
and said that due to the
preventive steps taken,
neither a single life was
lost nor a single bullet
fired.
Besides Azad, the
apex court had heard
the petitions filed by An-
uradha Bhasin, Execu-
tive Editor of Kashmir
Times, and few interve-
nors questioning re-
strictions in the valley.
The Centre had re-
ferred to terror violence
in the Kashmir Valley
and said that for the past
so many years terrorists
were being pushed
through from across the
border, local militants
and separatist organisa-
tion had held the civil-
ians captive in the re-
gion and it would have
been “foolish” if the
government would not
have taken preventive
steps to secure the lives
of citizens.
Provisions of Article
370, which gave special
status to the erstwhile
state of J&K, were abro-
gated by the Centre on
August 5 last year. —PTI
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TAKING
FOREIGN
ENVOYS TO
THE VALLEY
n the middle of harsh winter, the
Indian government is trying to
warm up to the idea of giving ac-
cess to foreign diplomats to Jam-
mu & Kashmir. Though the oppo-
sition and envoys of the European Union
have criticised the visit of 15-member delega-
tion to the Union Territory on Thursday as a
‘guided tour’, the Indian government is mov-
ing in the right direction by at least making
an attempt to change the narrative on the
Valley since its decision in August to read
down Article 370 and strip the erstwhile state
of its special status.
The aftermath of the August decision has
not been entirely on expected lines for India.
Though countries like the US have called the
decision to read down the controversial Arti-
cle as India’s internal matter, a section of the
foreign media has been relentless in its criti-
cism not only of the amendment but also of
the restrictions imposed on the Valley. Some
of the newspapers and magazines in the US
haverunasustainedcampaigntoaccuseIndia
of breach of the promise made to Kashmiris
while signing the Instrument of Accession
and a severe clampdown on civil liberties and
rights. Since these newspapers and magazines
are among the top opinion-builders in the US,
their campaign has hurt Indian interests.
The decision to take a delegation compris-
ing an envoy from the US will help in changing
the narrative and telling the Indian side of the
story to the audience in the West. In this con-
text, the government has been wise in letting
the delegation meet a former minister and
representatives of local bodies and panchay-
ats. Though leaders of the National Confer-
ence and the People’s Democratic Party have
“dared” the government to allow delegates
access to their top leaders, their argument pre-
supposes they are the sole representatives of
Kashmiri interests and is, thus, flawed.
The Panchayat elections had, after all, wit-
nessed a respectable turnout and its winners
enjoy a fair amount of legitimacy.India’s geo-
political concerns and demographic balance
make it impossible for New Delhi to give up its
hold on the Valley. Having invested more than
seven decades in Kashmir and fought several
wars with Pakistan, India just can’t let the Un-
ion Territory go. But, the challenge for India
is to convince the West and the people of Kash-
mir of its security concerns and political com-
pulsions.
India needs to consistently engage the West
and strive for normalcy in the region. Trying
to set the narrative through visits by envoys
is a good beginning. But, New Delhi should
also consider removing restrictions—like the
ban on mobile internet—that is still in force
in the Valley. Once that happens, New Delhi’s
critics would find it difficult to sustain their
campaign against India.
IN-DEPTH
I t’s a question I hear increas-
ingly these days. International
news media report on repres-
sion in Kashmir, mounting
Hindu chauvinism, wide-
spread protests against new
laws, assaults on women, and
more. The India the world once
celebrated – the world’s fastest-
growing free-market liberal
democracy – seems to be giving
way to a violent, intolerant, il-
liberal autocracy.
The reports are true, and the
picture they paint is not a pret-
ty one. But India’s well-wishers
should not give up on the coun-
try. The democratic opposition
is fighting back, buoyed by the
support of young people pro-
testing spontaneously, and not
at the behest of any political
party, against the excesses of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) government. Democracy
has deep roots in India, and it
will not collapse without a fight
from the country’s many inde-
pendent institutions and politi-
cally aware citizens.
India’s current predicament
is the culmination of three dec-
ades of evolving trends in In-
dian politics. Eight stand out.
First, there have been the so-
cial consequences of deepen-
ing democracy. Viewed by
many observers as a fragile
transplant at independence in
1947, democracy has become
deeply entrenched, empower-
ing previously marginalized
castes and communities.
Thanks to the implementation
of the Mandal Commission
proposal in 1989 to provide
“reservations,” or quotas, in
government jobs, universities,
and the like to the “Other Back-
ward Classes” (such set-asides
already existed for Dalits, once
outcastes, and tribals, India’s
aboriginal people), the former
underclass has become a po-
tent political force. Three gen-
erations of political empower-
ment, including of people with
modest educational attain-
ment, Hindi mother tongue,
and small-town backgrounds,
ended the dominance of the ur-
ban, anglophone elite that had
established liberal secularism
as India’s ruling ethos. A differ-
ent mentality now prevails in
power.
Second, there has been a
backlash against cultural glo-
balization. India, like Turkey
and the United States, has wit-
nessed growing resentment of
cosmopolitan secular elites,
with their Westernized life-
styles and perception of them-
selves as global citizens. Indian
social conservatism shuddered
at the breakdown of social and
sexual mores, depicted in films
and television shows. Tradi-
tionalists recoiled at women
going to work, dressed in jeans
and other non-Indian clothing,
returning home late at night
after shifts in call centers at-
tuned to Western business
hours, freed from the bonds
and the bounds of local social
custom.
Third, there has been a re-
volt against the political insid-
er class. The denizens of “Lu-
tyens’ Delhi,” shorthand for
the government enclave in the
heart of the capital where the
high and mighty lived, were
seen by their challengers as
corrupt, complacent, ineffi-
cient, and resistant to change.
The first decade of the twenty-
first century was marked by a
growing rejection of all they
stood for, including liberalism,
secularism, political “insider
trading,” and sub-optimal gov-
ernance. This sentiment was
captured in the 2011 protests of
the Gandhian leader Anna Haz-
are. The protesters’ demand
that the country be cleansed of
its corrupted ruling class con-
tributed significantly to Modi’s
victory in 2014.
Fourth, the liberalization of
the statist Indian economy
from 1991 onwards, in response
to global market realities, led to
the empowerment of an in-
creasingly wealthy business
community that was anxious
to see more obstacles removed
and rent-seekers eliminated,
and willing to finance political
change to make it happen.
Modi and the BJP benefited
from this, too, not least in gen-
erous funding from the capital-
ist nouveaux riches.
Fifth, the worldwide phe-
nomenon of increasing religi-
osity over the last quarter-cen-
tury found its counterpart in
Hindutva revivalism. Partly
this was in reaction to the prop-
agation of Wahhabi/Salafi the-
ology in shiny new Saudi-fi-
nanced mosques. As Indian
Muslims, too, began more con-
sciously to identify with the
global Muslim umma, they be-
gan to redefine their Islam in
ways that alienated them more
visibly from Hindus.
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WHAT HAPPENED
TO INDIA?Current predicament is the culmination of three decades of evolving trends in Indian politics
I
The democratic
opposition is
fighting back,
buoyed by the
support of
young people
protesting
spontaneously,
and not at the
behest of any
political party,
against the
excesses of PM
Modi’s govt
Democracy has deep
roots in India, & it will
not collapse without a
fight from the
country’s independent
institutions &
politically aware
citizens
SHASHI
THAROOR
The author is an MP for the
Indian National Congress
f recent televi-
sion shows are
anything to go
by, we’re a little
c o n c e r n e d
about the consequences of
technological develop-
ment. Dystopian narra-
tives abound.
Black Mirror projects
the negative consequences
of social media, while arti-
ficial intelligence turns
rogue in The 100 and Better
Than Us. The potential ex-
tinction of the human race
is up for grabs in Travel-
lers, and Altered Carbon
frets over the separation of
human consciousness
from the body. And Hu-
mans and Westworld see
trouble ahead for human-
android relations.
Narratives like these
have a long lineage. Sci-
ence fiction has been ar-
ticulating our hopes and
fears about technological
disruption at least since
Mary Shelley’s Franken-
stein (1818).
However, as the likes of
driverless cars and robot
therapists emerge, some
previously fictional con-
cerns are no longer imagi-
native speculation. In-
stead, they represent real
and urgent problems.
WHAT KIND OF
FUTURE WE WANT?
Last year, Australia’s
Chief Scientist Alan Fin-
kel suggested that we in
Australia should become
“human custodians”.
This would mean being
leaders in technological
development, ethics, and
human rights.
Finkel isn’t alone in his
concern. But it won’t be
simple to address these is-
sues in the development
of new technology.
Many people in govern-
ment, industry and uni-
versities now argue that
including perspectives
from the humanities and
social sciences will be a
key factor.
A recent report from
the Australian Council of
Learned Academies
(ACOLA) brought togeth-
er experts from scientific
and technical fields as
well as the humanities,
arts and social sciences to
examine key issues aris-
ing from artificial intelli-
gence.
According to the chair
of the ACOLA board,
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aims to ensure that “the
well-being of society” is
placed “at the centre of
any development.”
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business and STEM to
study and develop “hu-
man-centred” AI technol-
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life”.
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in size in the next year
thanks to a £13.3 million
(A$25 million) contribu-
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trom, said:
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race on between humani-
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ity, which is like a stallion
galloping across the fields,
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INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court said it will
hear petitions question-
ing the validity of the
Citizenship Amend-
ment Act (CAA) as soon
as violence which
erupts at protests over
the legislation stops.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice SA Bobde
and comprising Justic-
es BR Gavai and Surya
Kant said there is al-
ready so much violence
involved in the protests.
The Chief Justice ob-
served that the country
is already going
through difficult times,
and the endeavour
should be to restore
peace, and such peti-
tions in the matter do
not help the cause.
The court’s observa-
tion came on the men-
tioning of a petition
filed by an advocate
Vineet Dhanda seek-
ing the listing of his
plea to declare CAA
constitutional and
also direction from the
court to all states to
implement it.
Dhanda moved the
apex court to defend
constitutionality of
CAA, and also sought
action against activ-
ists, students, media
houses spreading
“false rumours”. The
bench said that the job of
court is to determine va-
lidity of a law & it is not
its job to declare it
constitutional. —Agencies
WILLDECIDEVALIDITYAFTERVIOLENCESTOPS:SC
CAA STIR
Kolkata: West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee
said she will skip the
opposition meeting con-
vened by Congress pres-
ident Sonia Gandhi to
protest against the vio-
lence unleashed in the
state allegedly by Left
Front and Congress
workers during yester-
day’s trade union strike.
Banerjee said “dou-
ble standards” of the
Left Front and
Congress will not be
tolerated.
“I have decided to
boycott the meeting
convened by Sonia Gan-
dhi on January 13 in
New Delhi as I don’t
support the violence
that the Left and Con-
gress unleashed in West
Bengal yesterday
(Wednesday),” the chief
minister said.
Sonia Gandhi has
called a meeting of op-
position parties, includ-
ing the Left, to discuss
the situation arising
out of violence on vari-
ous university campus-
es and protests in the
country over the Citi-
zenship (Amendment)
Act, 2019.
TheTMC also took
out rallies opposing the
strike in some places in
north Bengal. CM
Mamata Banerjee
slammed the Left Front
& the Congress for vio-
lence , saying those who
don’t have any political
existence in the state
are trying to ruin its
economy by resorting
to “cheap politics” of
bandh.
“This is dadagiri, not
a protest. I condemn
this,” West Bengal
Chief Minister, Mama-
ta Banerjee said while
expressing her views
regarding CAA. —PTI
Mamata to boycott Sonia Gandhi’s meet
People hold a long Tricolour during a march in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in Jabalpur. —PHOTO BY ANI
Why do you
ask what
govt’s doing:
Juhi Chawla
Mumbai: Actor Juhi
Chawla said, “We are
going to work, thinking
how to execute our task,
then some incident hap-
pens somewhere and
suddenly the media
asks, ‘what do you think
about this?’ We haven’t
understood the matter,
people haven’t under-
stood the matter but
you need a reaction.
“Everyone is quick to
talkaboutdividing.Why
don’t we talk about unit-
ing? Why does everyone
say ‘what is the govt do-
ing, why is it doing this?’
but I say if you point one
finger there then three
fingers are at you. What
are we doing? Let’s be
calm, understand the
situation. —PTI
Mumbai: The Delhi
Sikh Gurudwara Man-
agement Committee
(DSGMC) President
Manjinder Singh Sirsa
disclosed that the Ma-
harashtra government
has suspended DIG Ni-
shikant More accused
of molesting a Sikh mi-
nor girl and his pre ar-
rest bail application
has been rejected by a
Mumbai court.
Sirsa said that he
was thankful to the Ma-
harashtra CM Uddhav
Thackeray who has or-
dered suspension of
DIG who has grossly
misused his position to
abuse a minor girl from
minority community.
He said that he was
also thankful to courts
who have rejected his
pre arrest bail.
Sirsa urged the CM to
immediately order his
arrest so that victim’s
family should not be
scared of him. He said
that it is shocking that
repeated molestation of
the girl has forced her to
thinkof committingsui-
cide who has left a note
beforeleavingherhome.
He said that men who do
not respect girls have no
right to remain in office.
DIG suspended for molesting
minor, bail rejected by Court
Mumbai: Suit filed by
writerRakeshBhartibe-
foreBombayHCseeking
a stay on the release of
the film ‘Chhapaak’ was
heard by Justice SC
Gupte. The writer
claimedtohaveobtained
lifestoryrightsof Laxmi
Agarwal, an acid attack
survivor and had origi-
nallywrittenandshared
the story of film based
onherlifewithproducer
Fox Star & Director
Meghana Gulzar. Fox
Star, represented by Sai-
krishna & Associates,
filed a detailed affidavit
calling the suit absolute-
ly false & filed with ulte-
rior dishonest motive.
Fox Star asserted that
neither did Bharti ever
share his story with Fox
Star nor highlighted any
instanceof similaritybe-
tween his story and that
of the film. Meanwhile it
has been declared that
the movie would be re-
leasedtaxfreeinMadhya
PradeshandChattisgarh.
HC clears release of ‘Chhapaak’
New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue
Court on Thursday adjourned the
matter pertaining to alleged misap-
propriation of funds against BJP
leader and Member of Parliament
Maneka Gandhi till January 28.
Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar
Kuhar adjourned the matter for clar-
ification on the closure report. An
FIR was lodged by the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation (CBI) against
Maneka Gandhi, former secretary
of Maulana Azad Education Founda-
tion (MAEF) F U Siddiqui, and for-
mer managing trustee of Gandhi
Rural Welfare Trust (GRWT) Vijay
Sharma in 2006. —ANI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is-
sued a notice to Election Commis-
sion of India, Centre and others on
a petition seeking a ban on the use
of election campaigning material
made of plastic.
A Bench of Justice L Nageswara
Rao and Justice Hemant Gupta
sought their responses on a plea
filed by one W Edwin Wilson. The
plea sought a direction to prohibit
the use of short-life PVC (polyvinyl
chloride), synthetic plastic polymer
and chlorinated plastic which in-
cludes banners, hoarding, etc. for
promotion and advertising during
the poll campaign. —ANI
Next hearing of Maneka
Gandhi’s case on Jan 28
Notice to EC on use of
plastic during pollsNew Delhi: Less than a
fortnight before they
are hanged, one of the
convicts in the Delhi
gangrape case has filed
a curative petition in
the Supreme Court. The
petition has been filed
by one of the convicts
Vinay Sharma.
In his petition, Shar-
ma contended that the
court overlooked miti-
gating factors while sen-
tencing a person to
death. Young age of the
convict,whowasaround
19 years at the time of
commission of offence
was an important miti-
gating factor which was
brushed aside by the
court. The petitioner
also submitted the im-
pact his death sentence
could have on his family.
“The petitioners par-
entsareoldandextreme-
ly poor. If the petitioner
is executed, his entire
family will be de-
stroyed”,Sharmasaidin
hiepetitionfiledthrough
his lawyer AP Singh.
The petition also re-
ferred to various stud-
ies across the world and
data by National Crime
RecordsBureau(NCRB)
to argue that death pen-
alty will not have any
deterrent effect on the
society, one of the
grounds on which he
was sentenced to death.
A Delhi Court had on
January 7 issued a
death warrant against
four convicts in the 2012
case - Mukesh Singh,
Pawan Gupta, Vinay
Sharma and Akshay
Singh - and they are
scheduled to be execut-
ed on January 22 at 7 am
in the Tihar Jail prem-
ises. —Agencies
Delhi gangrape case convict
files curative petition in SC
FOUR INDIAN AIRPORTS RECEIVE
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
New Delhi: The Airports
Authority of India an-
nounced that four airports
in country have managed
a transition from level 1 to
level 2 with a reduction in
the carbon emissions by
grading their systems as
per the Airports Council
International. The airports
had adopted the grad-
ing system in 2018 and
successfully implemented
the carbon emission plan.
“Four AAI airports - Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose
International Airport,
Kolkata; Biju Patnaik
International Airport,
Bhubaneswar; Lal Baha-
dur Shastri International
Airport, Varanasi and
Trivandrum International
Airport have met all the
necessary requirements
to upgrade to level 2.
SITHARAMAN MEETS BJP
OFFICIALS BEFORE UNION BUDGET
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman met BJP office bearers, spokesper-
sons, and other party functionaries, for consulta-
tions on union budget at the party office. Sitha-
raman has given assurance that people-friendly
Budget will be presented in Parliament which
would be beneficial for each and every sector.
Among those present on the occasion are BJP
working president JP Nadda, Bhupendra Yadav,
Arun Singh. In total, four meetings took place.
She gave information on various issues.
SHWETA TIWARI MURDER CASE:
NO CCTV RECORDING FOUND
Jaipur: As per sources, the police are expected
to get hold of the accused soon in Shweta Tiwari
murder case. The CCTV cameras of Shweta’s
husband Rohit Tiwari’s office have not been
working since last 15 days. The wing of the Air-
port where Rohit works has no CCTV recording,
raising questions on the security of the airport.
Cops suspect tampering with the cameras. Police
Commissioner Anand Srivastava visited Unique
Tower on Thursday. DCP East Rahul Jain and oth-
er officials were also present in Flat No. 103.
RAGA WRITES TO KERALA HEALTH
MIN REGARDING H1N1 CASES
New Delhi: Congress
leader and Wayanad MP
Rahul Gandhi wrote a
letter to Kerala Health
Minister KK Shailaja
drawing notice towards
H1N1 cases in Karaserry
Panchayat in Kozhikode.
“It has been brought to
my notice that several
students and teachers
at Anayamkannu Higher
Secondary School have
been infected by H1N1 in
the first week of January.
Furthermore, over 150
teachers and students are
showing symptoms of the
disease and are currently
under observation,” Gand-
hi wrote in the letter. The
Congress leader requested
the minister to extend sup-
port to healthcare facilities
to prevent an outbreak of
viral disease.”
I have decided to
boycott the meet-
ing convened by Sonia
Gandhi on January 13 in
New Delhi as I don’t support
the violence that the Left and
Congress unleashed in West
Bengal yesterday (Wednesday).
—Mamata Banerjee,
Chief Minister, West Bengal
DIDI’S PROTEST MARCH AGAINST CAA
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: SC set up
an expert committee
to look into the felling
of trees to construct a
bridge in the coun-
try’s eastern border
connecting Barasat to
Petrapole.The com-
mittee is tasked to file
a report in five weeks.
State of West Bengal
will make adequate
arrangements for
lodging and boarding,
the apex Court said.
EXPERT
COMMITTEE TO
LOOK INTO TREE
FEELING
Members of youth congress parties during a protest in Kolkata.
Advocates of Adhivakt Parishad of Bangalore at CAA support rally.

New Delhi: Amid the
controversy over the
“Free Kashmir” plac-
ard seen at the anti-JNU
violence protest at
Mumbai’s Gateway of
India, the Shiv Sena
party mouthpiece,
Saamnaa, on Thursday
supported the woman
who held up the poster,
saying she has clearly
said her intention was
only about lifting the
communication restric-
tions in Kashmir.
Asserting that Mehek
Prabhu, a Marathi
woman from Mumbai,
stood up for the pain of
Kashmiris by holding
the placard, the Sena
mouthpiece said, “A
Mumbaikar Marathi
woman could under-
stand the pain of Kash-
miris. The opposition
feels this is sedition.
There can’t be a dirtier
example of irresponsi-
bility.”
“If the opposition
and its supporters feel
expressing yourself
fearlessly is sedition, it
is not good for them (op-
position) and the coun-
try. The opposition has
fallen flat on its face af-
ter Mehek Prabhu’s
clarification,” the Mar-
athi publication said.
Since the matter
came into light Senior
BJP leader and former
Maharashtra CM Dev-
endra Fadnavis has
been questioning in-
cumbent CM Uddhav
Thackeray over the
matter.
Hitting out at Fad-
navis for targeting Ud-
dhav, Sena, sarcastical-
ly said the placard
“shocked the opposi-
tion leaders and awak-
ened the nationalist
sentiment in them.”
Senasupports‘FreeKashmir’posterlady
INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020
AJAY BISARIA TO MOVE TO CANADA AS
INDIA’S HIGH COMMISSIONER ?
India’s Ambassador to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria is be-
ing sent as India’s High Commissioner to Canada
vacated by Vikas Swarup who is now Secretary
(West) in the Ministry of External Affairs.
WILL DESWAL BE SENT TO CRPF AS
REGULAR DG ?
Power galleries are abuzz that S S Deswal is likely
to be posted as regular DG, CRPF. Presently he
is DG, ITBP and is holding additional charge of
CRPF Chief.
LT GEN RANBIR SINGH LEADS MILITARY
DELEGATION TO CHINA; ANY SIGNALS ?
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh
leads military delegation to China. Will he be
appointed the next Vice Chief of Army Staff?
HARSH VARDHAN SHRINGLA TO ASSUME
CHARGE AS FOREIGN SECY ON JAN 29
India’s Ambassador to United States, Harsh Vard-
han Shringla will be assuming charge as 33rd
Foreign Secretary of India on January 29, 2020.
SANJAY MALHOTRA JOINS GOI
Sanjay Malhotra has joined Govt of India as Ad-
ditional Secretary, Power (Distribution, Reforms
and Restructuring).
SWAYAM PRAKASH PANI TO JOIN NIA ?
Swayam Prakash Pani, IGP, Armed Kashmir is
likely to join the NIA in a couple of months.
22 IAS OFFICERS OF BIHAR CADRE
RETIRING IN 2020
22 IAS officers of Bihar cadre are due to retire
in 2020. They include: Chandra Kishore Mishra,
Deepak Kumar, Ajoy Kumar, Rabindra Panwar,
Rajneesh Kumar Mahajan, Dr Deepak Prasad,
S M Raju, Anirudh Kumar, Sanwar Bharati,
Manjoor Ali, Durgesh Nandan, Shyamal Kishore
Pathak, Khurshid Alam Khan, Arun Prakash, Ku-
mar Arun Prakash, Bharat Kumar Dubey, Binod
Kumar Singh, Ranjan Kumar Sinha, Pradeep
Kumar, Bivekanand Jha, Shobhendra Kumar and
Uday Kumar Singh.
KARNATAKA HC STILL SHORT OF 28
PERMANENT JUDGES
Karnataka High Court is still short of 28 perma-
nent Judges as on January 1, 2020.
NIRAJ KUMAR IS ADDL RC, J&K IN DELHI
Niraj Kumar has been posted as Additional
Resident Commissioner and ex-officio Secretary,
Resident Commission, J&K Government, New
Delhi, relieving Rimpy Ohri, Additional Secretary
in the Resident Commission.
LOKPAL MEMBER RESIGNS?
One member of Lokpal organisation Justice
(Retd) D V Bhonsale has reportedly resigned. So
far no official confirmation about it.
IS MAHESHWARI GOING TO CRPF?
AP Maheshwari is likely to be new DG, CRPF.
He is presently Special Secretary (Internal
Security) in MHA. It is said that the related file
has been moved.
SECRETARY JUSTICE ALOK SRIVASTAVA
SEEKS PRE-MATURE RETIREMENT ?
Secretary Justice Alok Srivastava is believed to
have sought pre-mature retirement to join as
Member National Company Law Tribunal.
WILL GOVERNMENT APPROACH EC FOR
NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER ?
Under the changed circumstancs, continuance of
Amulya Patnaik, CP, Delhi. It is said that govt is
not in a mood to give him extension after January
31, the date of his retirement. Govt is now
likely to approach ECI for the appointment of his
successor.
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MAN POSING AS UP MIN ARRESTED
AFTER GOA CM ALERTS COPS
Goa: Goa Police have ar-
rested a man for allegedly
posing as a minister from
Uttar Pradesh by sub-
mitting fake documents
and staying at a state
guest house in Panaji for
over 10 days. Four of his
accomplices, who were
staying with him at the
state guest house, have
also been arrested, a
senior Goa Crime Branch
official said on Thurs-
day. The accused, Sunil
Singh, was arrested after
Goa Chief Minister Pra-
mod Sawant alerted the
police about him. Singh
stayed at the state guest
house for almost 12 days
before being caught on
Tuesday. He had even
sought an appointment
with the chief minister,
the official said.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TOPS
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN 2018
New Delhi: Domestic violence against women
figures as the top category of violence against
women in 2018, according to data from the
“Crimes in India - 2018’’ report compiled by the
National Crime Records Bureau. As per the data,
a total of 89,097 cases related to crimes against
women was registered across India in 2018. The
figures indicate not much has improved when
compared to the figure of 86,001 cases regis-
tered under this head in 2017. The crime rate per
lakh women population is 58.8 in 2018.
GUEST HOUSE THAT HOSTED
BAPU TO BECOME MUSEUM
Kendrapara: A government-run guest house that
had hosted Mahatma Gandhi will be revamped
and converted into a museum in Odisha’s Ken-
drapara district, officials said. The guest house,
dating back to the colonial era, is located at Gara-
pur near the office-cum-residence of the district
magistrate and the father of the nation had stayed
there for three successive days during the course
of his historic “padyatra’’ in 1934. Government
has decided to convert the guest house into a
museum to pay tribute to Bapu.
GANGSTER EJAZ LAKDAWALA
ARRESTED BY MUMBAI POLICE
Mumbai: Fugitive
gangster Ejaz Lakdawala
was arrested from Patna
on Wednesday by the
Mumbai police. Police
produced him in a local
court on Thursday, which
remanded him to police
custody till January 21.
“Gangster Ejaz Lakdawa-
la, who used to make
extortion calls to people
in Mumbai from out-
side India, was arrested
by Mumbai City Crime
Branch yesterday from
Patna. Today, he was
produced before a court
which has remanded
him to police custody till
January 21,” said Mum-
bai Police Commissioner
Sanjay Barve. “Lakdawala
had 25 cases registered
against him in Mumbai
city.” Barve added.
New Delhi: A huge
protest march by stu-
dents of Jawaharlal
Nehru University,
bound for Rashtrapati
Bhavan, ended in
lathicharge and lar-
gescale detentions by
the Delhi Police. Fran-
tic footage from the
spot showed slogan-
shouting students be-
ing dragged away and
packed into buses by
the police. Several stu-
dents were injured and
three busloads of pro-
testers were detained
by the police.
Students, teachers
and civil society
groups including sen-
ior political leaders
Sitaram Yechury, D
Raja, Prakash Karat,
Brinda Karat and
Sharad Yadav had
started the march
from Mandi House.
The plan was to go to
the offices of the HRD
ministry and submit a
memorandum regard-
ing Sunday’s mob at-
tack and their demand
for the resignation of
the university’s V-C.
But after the meeting
with the HRD officials,
the students, led by
JNU students’ union
leader Aishe Ghosh,
decided to move to-
wards the Rashtrapati
Bhavan. The face-off
comes amid deep dis-
trust of the police by
the students.
Lathicharge on JNU students at
protest march, many detained
New Delhi: DelhiChief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Thursday de-
fended Delhi Police’s
actions during the re-
cent incident of vio-
lence in the Jawaharlal
Nehru University while
slamming the role of
the Centre. Kejriwaldur-
ing a press conference
said, “Whatever the se-
ries of incidents are hap-
peningthereisnofaultof
the Delhi Police. What
cantheDelhiPolicedo?If
they get orders from the
top not to stop the vio-
lence or to maintain law
and order, what can they
do? If they don’t follow
orders they will be sus-
pended.” Delhi Police
face criticism for not tak-
ing action in the JNU in-
cident of violence on
January 5.
New Delhi: Twitter us-
ers and fans have been
taking to social media
to question the silence
of top Bollywood stars
on matters of public in-
terest.
Interestingly, , a vid-
eo featuring Bollywood
icons has been going
viral on social media.
Said to be a public ser-
vice advertisement
from 2002, the video re-
portedly featured 16 B-
town stars pleading
with people to “Stop the
hatred.” “A crime
against one Indian is a
crime against all Indi-
ans. A crime against
Indians is a crime
against India,” reads
the text in the clip.
2002 Public
service ad ‘Stop
the hatred’ viral
on Twitter
Guwahati: Actor
Deepika Padukone,
who visited the Jawa-
harlal Nehru Univer-
sity in Delhi earlier
this week ahead of the
release of her movie
“Chhapaak”, was criti-
cised by Assam Min-
ister Dr Himanta
Biswa Sarma on
Thursday.
“I think famous peo-
ple want to visit a place
like this before the re-
lease of their movie,”
Dr Himanta Biswa
Sarma told reporters
on Thursday, adding
that “it’s a trend”.
It’s a trend: BJP’s Himanta
Biswa Sarma on Deepika
Delhi police detain JNU students who were protesting outside Shastri Bhawan against January 5 violence on the university campus in New Delhi on Thursday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference
at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday.
CM Kejriwal defends Delhi police
PEACE DIFFICULT
Mehek Prabhu, a Mumbai woman holding a ‘Free Kashmir’
placard during anti-JNU protests on Tuesday.
ABVPlosesallfourseatstoNSUIatSanskritUniversityinVaranasi
Varanasi: In a big embarrass-
ment for the BJP, its students’
wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi
Parishad (ABVP) lost the stu-
dents union elections at the
Sampurnanad Sanskrit Vish-
wavidyalaya to the National
Students Union of India
(NSUI). The ABVP lost all its
four seats which it had won in
the 2019 elections.
The NSUI also won the post
of general secretary among
other posts in the fray.

SPORTSJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020
Sydney: Top tennis
stars like Roger Feder-
er, Rafael Nadal, and
Serena Williams will be
playing an exhibition
match to raise funds for
Australia’s bushfire re-
lief. Apart from these
three, Naomi Osaka,
Nick Kyrgios and Stefa-
nos Tsitsipas have also
confirmed their availa-
bility for the match.
The match will be
played on January 15 at
Melbourne’s Rod Laver
Arena. The Australian
Open Rally for Relief
will be donating the
proceedings from the
ticket sales to the bush-
fire relief efforts.
Tennis star Maria
Sharapova had also an-
nounced on Wednesday
that she had left 10
signed pairs of her ten-
nis shoes in her Bris-
bane hotel that mem-
bers of the public could
buy with a donation to
the Australian Red
Cross. “Brisbane, I
have signed ten pairs of
my tennis shoes, left
them at the @Bris-
baneTennisdesk at the
Westin Hotel, alongside
a donation envelope for
fire rescue efforts.
They’re yours to
keep,we just ask you to
donate AUD 300 a pair.
All money going direct-
ly to Red Cross,” Shara-
pova tweeted.
Warne’s cap is now
AUD 500,000
The ‘Baggy Green’ cap
that former Australian
spinner Shane Warne
put up for auction for
donating the amount to
the bushfire relief fund,
has crossed AUD
500,000. There is still
one more day left for the
bidding. Along with
Warne, former Austral-
ian pacer Jeff Thomp-
son has also put his cap
for auction. Warne
made an announcement
on Twitter.
Relief for Australia’s bushfire just got bigger
MAJOR CONTRIBUTION
Sydney: Australia have
roared into the ATP Cup
semi-finals with a rollicking
doubles win from shock first-
time pairing Alex de Minaur and
Nick Kyrgios. In a daring selec-
tion gamble, Australian captain
Lleyton Hewitt replaced doubles
specialists John Peers and Chris
Guccione with his two singles
spearheads after an inspired Dan
Evans levelled the tie for Great
Britain with an epic victory over
de Minaur. But a lion-hearted de
Minaur rebounded from his
three-hour, 22-minute singles loss
to pull off a rousing 3-6 6-3 18-16
triumph with Kyrgios over two-
times grand slam doubles cham-
pion Jamie Murray and Joe Salis-
bury. “It was a tough one,” Hewitt
said of rolling the
dice on the pairing
and in particular
playing de Minaur
after his singles
loss. The thrilling
triumph, after sav-
ing four match
points in the super-
tiebreak, almost
raised the roof at the
new-look Ken Rose-
wall Arena and fired
Australia into a semi-
final showdown on Sat-
urday night with Rafael
Nadal’s Spanish Davis Cup
champions or Canada.
Brisbane: Jennifer Brady
claimed the first top 10 win of her
career with an upset straight sets
victory over world number one Ash
Barty to advance to the Brisbane In-
ternational quarter-finals. With the
tournament moving at the Queens-
land Tennis Center following the end
of the ATP Cup group stage, Brady
had to contend with not only Australian
top seed, who was given a bye to the last-
16, but also a vociferous home crowd.
Nick Kyrgios & Alex de Minaur
guide Aus into ATP semi-finals
Barcelona’s team
bus gets lost
Barcelona: Ahead of
the Supercopa semi-fi-
nal against Atletico Ma-
drid, Barcelona had to
face an embarrassing
situation as their team
bus got lost in Jeddah
ahead of the press con-
ference on Wednesday.
The team bus driver
had set off for the King
Abdullah Sports City
Stadium, where the
semi-final is slated to be
played, rather than the
Al-Ittihad facilities.
Women’s League
from January 24
New Delhi: The final
round of Hero Women’s
League 2019-20 will kick
off in Bengaluru on
January 24, the All In-
dia Football Federation
(AIFF) said on Thurs-
day. The fourth edition
of the tournament will
see 12 teams from
across the country fight
it out for top honours in
Indian women’s club
football. The teams that
are set to participate in
the final round has
made it to Bengaluru af-
ter a rigorous set of
zonal qualifiers.
Polo: Chandna
team’s second
consecutive win
Jaipur: Sports Minis-
ter Ashok Chandna’s
team registered their
second consecutive win
in Diya Kumari Cup of
Jaipur Polo season. In
the match played at
Rambagh Polo Ground,
Chandna team defeated
Cavalry 10-4. Mean-
while, Dragon defeated
Kanota by 10-3.5 goals
in the match played on
the Cavalry ground.
The match was dedicat-
ed to Abhimanyu
Pathak, who scored sev-
en goals. Siddhant
Sharma scored three
goals. Sahara Warriors
defeated Los Polistas by
5 goals against three
and a half. The Cavalry-
B team beat SONA
SPHIRO 6-4.
BRIEF
in
Ha’il: Carlos Carlos
Sainz padded his lead in
the Dakar Rally after
winning the fifth stage
on Thursday. Sainz dou-
bled his lead over de-
fending champion
Nasser Al Attiyah to six
minutes, and to nearly
18 minutes over
Stephane Peterhansel.
All three drivers shared
the previous three Da-
kars in South America,
and have won it at least
twice. Nobody else was
within 30 minutes of
Sainz. They finished
1-2-3 on the 353km stage
from Al Ula to Ha’il.
“We gained three min-
utes and pushed really
hard at the end,” Sainz
said. “I’m very happy
because the car is work-
ing well”.
Kuala Lumpur: Saina
Nehwal and PV Sindhu
entered the quarter-fi-
nals of Malaysia Mas-
ters with straight-
games wins over South
Korea’s teen sensation
An Se Young and Ja-
pan’s Aya Ohori, re-
spectively, on Thurs-
day. Saina reached her
first quarter-final
since French Open in
October, 2019.
Saina beat Young 25-
23, 21-12 in 39 minutes
in the second round to
set up a quarter-final
clash against Olympic
gold medallist Caroli-
na Marin, who earlier
defeated Chinese Cai
Yan Yan 21-16, 21-18 in
46 minutes. With the
win over Young, Saina
levelled their head-to-
head record to 1-1. Sai-
na had last lost to
South Korea in the
French Open quarter-
final 20-22, 21-23. Sind-
hu swatted aside Ohori
10-21, 15-21 in just 30
minutes to make the
last 8.
This was Sindhu’s
ninth straight win over
the Japanese and the
Indian has never lost a
match to her. Sindhu
will take on either
world No.1 Tai Tzu
Ying of Taiwan or sev-
enth seed South Kore-
an Sung Ji Hyun in the
quarter-finals.
TENNIS STARS IGNITE HOME CROWD
No.5 seed Caroline Wozniacki continued her
winning start to 2020 as she moved through
into the quarterfinals of the ASB Classic
thanks to a hard-fought 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over
Lauren Davis. Already through to the semis
of the doubles, in which she is partnering
Serena Williams, the Dane, who will retire after
the Australian Open, took two hours and 20
minutes to eliminate the 2017 champion. In
both previous meetings between the players,
Wozniacki, the WTA World No.39, had re-
corded comfortable successes, most recently
at the China Open last October, but she was
made to work harder on this occasion. “I got
a little lucky in the end and it could have gone
both ways,” she admitted. “She’s a great player
and she fought very hard today but so did I.
Auckland: Serena Williams
rallied from a set down to beat
journeywoman Christina McHale
at the WTA Auckland Classic, but
said it was just the workout she
needed. With her focus on win-
ning a 24th Grand Slam at the
Australian Open, Williams said
she needs all the court time she
can get after a long off-season
since losing September’s US
Open final. It took top seed 2
hours to put away the 27-year-
old McHale and advance to a
quarter-final with Germany’s
Laura Siegemund, who ousted
teen prodigy Coco Gauff in the
second round. Williams was
broken three times before losing
the first set but recovered to take
the next 2 sets in all-American
WTA AUCKLAND CLASSIC:
SERENA WILLIAMS BEAT
CHRISTINA MCHALE
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI REACH AUCKLAND QUARTERS
Australia prevailed against Great Britain in an epic tiebreaker and Russia claimed both singles to clinch against Argentina
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The Govern-
ment of India has
declared Khelo India
Youth Games as an
event of national im-
portance to give a big
platform to the
youth’s sports which
will include several
games and have been
identified as Nation-
al programme for de-
velopment of sports.
However, the
sports department of
Rajasthan is taking
this task as a plat-
form of taking offic-
ers and employees on
a fun trip. Sports de-
partment is in a cel-
ebration mode since
State Games conclud-
ed. From Sports
Council Secretary
Mahendra Meena to
computer operator,
all are being sent
with the Rajasthan
team. In fact, the
sports officer is be-
ing appointed as the
coach and the junior
clerk as the manager.
Sports department is
in a celebration mode
since the State
Games concluded.
No matter if it is
the responsible of-
ficer of the Sports
Council a Clerk or
the contractual staff,
preparations have
been made for them.
The opportunity is
given to attend Khelo
India Youth Games
to be held in Guwa-
hati from January 10
to January 22.
People such as Ra-
feeq Ahmed who is
not even related to
sports has been made
Manager. Junior As-
sistant Ankita is also
sent with the team.
Similarly, several
others are also sent
to Guwahati to have
a fun time.
Sports dept to have
‘fun time’ at Khelo
India Youth Games
Real Madrid thrash Valencia 3-1 to enter final
New Delhi: Riding on
goals from Toni Kroos,
Isco and Luka Modric,
Real Madrid drubbed
Valencia 3-1 in the first
semifinalof theSpanish
Super Cup at the King
Abdullah Sport City Sta-
dium. Notably, Zinedine
Zidane’s men had quali-
fied for this expanded
four-team tournament
by virtue of their third-
place finish in the 2018-
2019 La Liga.
As injury forced
wingers Eden Hazard,
Gareth Bale and striker
Karim Benzema to be
out of the game, Zidane
opted for a midfielder-
heavy line-up featuring
Casemiro, Federico
Valverde, Modric,
Kroos and Isco. In the
15th minute, Kroos
draw the first blood of
the game. The German
midfielder spotted Va-
lencia goalie Jaume Do-
menech out of position
and fired a curling cor-
ner kick that the scram-
bling net minder was
unable to keep from go-
ing over the line.
Nehwal, Sindhu in Quarter-final
Challenge
ended
for Men’s
abruptly after
2nd round
defeats of
HS Prannoy
and Sameer
Verma on
Thursday
Carlos Sainz wins another stage
to extend 2020 Dakar Rally lead
BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL:
ASHLEIGH BARTY STUNNED
BY JENNIFER BRADY

Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Expressing
concern over the
growing influence of
social media on the
youngsters of the na-
tion, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on
Thursday said that
although social me-
dia is a good plat-
form, however the
wrong ideology is in-
fluencing and mis-
leading the youth.
The three time CM
urged the youth to
adopt social media,
however with com-
plete vigilance and
creative ideology.
Chief Minister Ge-
hlot was addressing
the annual convention
of Kayastha General
Sabha at Birla Audito-
rium, Jaipur wherein
the gathering thanked
the Chief Minister for
simplifying the EWS
reservation in the
state. “Kayastha com-
munity has been
blessed with many
great writers and the
community has
played vital role in
freedom struggle and
development of the
nation. We should
provide our glorious
history to our next
generation now,” Ge-
hlot said.
He further added, “I
have become a three
time Chief Minister
due to the feeling of
service for people with-
in me. My only agenda
is serving the state and
betterment of all the 36
communities. This is
the biggest earning of
my life.”
Meanwhile, former
union minister Sub-
odh Kant Sahay, dur-
ing the event, said
that we should walk
on the way shown by
our ancestors and be-
come a voice for the
poor communities.
Also present dur-
ing the function was
Chief Whip Mahesh
Joshi who stressed
that the Chief Minis-
ter was doing every-
thing possible to en-
sure that the state
develops on the ide-
ologies of Mahatma
Gandhi.
Meanwhile, Chief
Minister Gehlot
flagged off a truck
filled with various
items to provide relief
to poor, specially keep-
ing in mind the current
weather conditions in
the state. A short doc-
umentary on major
role players in
Kayastha community
was also released
during the event.
Wrong ideology misleading youth on social media: CM Gehlot
NEEDED, BETTER TOMORROW

I have become a
three time Chief
Minister due to
the feeling of
service for
people within
me, said Chief
Minister Ashok
Gehlot
PM meets top economists ahead of Budget
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday held discus-
siononthe stateof econ-
omy with economists,
sector experts and suc-
cessful young entrepre-
neurs at the Niti Aayog,
and promised to take
both short-term and
long-term measures to
revive growth.
During a two-and-
half hour meeting
held ahead of the
Budget 2020-21, the
experts made hosts of
suggestions for reviv-
ing economic growth,
which is estimated to
slip to 11-year low of
5 per cent in 2019-20.
According to sourc-
es, the speakers urge
the government to fo-
cus on credit expan-
sion, exports growth,
governance of PSBs,
increasing consump-
tion and job creation.
As many as 40 experts
and economists at-
tended the meeting.
Modi assured them
that he would act on
suggestions which can
be implemented in
short-term and also
consider long-term sug-
gestions in due course
as these require struc-
tural reforms.
“Honourable PM @
narendramodi had an
interactive session
with economists & in-
dustry experts at @
NITIAayog today. Dis-
cussed a wide range
of issues relating to
economic growth,
startups & innova-
tion,” Niti Aayog Vice
Chairman Rajiv Ku-
mar tweeted.
The high-profile
meeting was attended
by Home Minister Amit
Shah, Road Transport
and Highways Minister
Nitin Gadkari, Com-
merce and Industry
Minister Piyush Goyal
besides Niti Aayog Vice
Chairman Rajiv Kumar,
CEO Amitabh Kant and
other senior officials of
the think-tank.
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
was not present, as
she was holding pre-
Budget meetings with
party workers at BJP
headquarters.
Sudhansh pant still
awaits his next posting
First India News
Jaipur: A high profile
and a highly efficient
1991 batch Rajasthan
cadre officer Sud-
hansh Pant, who has
come back to his par-
ent cadre almost 10
days back after serv-
ing a successful five
year tenure with the
health ministry at
the centre, still
awaits his new post-
ing orders.
Not only Pant, but
even almost a dozen
senior IAS and IPS of-
ficers who have been
retained on their pre-
sent assignments after
their recent promo-
tions, are also expect-
ing some changes in
their present responsi-
bilities. So, a selective
but important re-
shuffle of some sen-
ior IAS officers is in
the offing. Everyone
now is waiting for the
free time and conven-
ience of chief minis-
ter who might call
DB and Kuldeep, in
the late hours of
night to finalize the
new posting.
Shah reviews
security
situation
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah on
Thursday chaired a
high-level meeting to
review security situa-
tion in the country.
NSA Ajit Doval,
Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla, Director of In-
telligence Bureau
Arvind Kumar and oth-
er top officials attended
the meeting that was
held amidst the ongoing
protests in different
parts of the country
against the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act. —PTI
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Do not try to be like others. God
has made each one of us unique,
celebrate it, don’t spoil it.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
Bundi: A day after a
Jaipurcourtorderedthe
Banipark police to regis-
ter an FIR in the Dara
Singhencountercase,on
the complaint of Dara
Singh’s wife, that she
was threatened and
forced to turn hostile,
the Station
House Officer
has shot a letter
to the court seek-
ing guidance in
the matter. In the
letter the SHO
has said that the
complaint mentions
name of two honour-
able judges however
they are not made ac-
cused in the matter.
The SHO has thus
soughtdirectionthatthe
aforementioned point
hasnotbenaddressedby
the court in its commu-
nication. The letter
reads, “Also the inci-
dent mentioned in the
FIR relates to the legal
action/ decision re-
lated to a separate le-
gal issue. Apart from
this Amit Kumar
(Dara Singh’s
son) has not pre-
sented any docu-
ment or appeal
at the police sta-
tion. If he has
given any under-
taking on this
issue it’s pure fiction.”
Dara Singh’s son,
Amit, had filed a com-
plaint in the matter in a
lower court of Jaipur
following which the
court had ordered the
police to register FIR
against all the accused.
Dara Singh case: SHO
seeks court’s guidance
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addressing the gathering during
Kayastha General Sabha at Birla Auditorium on Thursday.
PM Narendra Modi interacting with the Economists and Experts in
a meeting, at NITI Aayog, in New Delhi on Thursday.
—PHOTOBYANI
‘Would like situation
in Gulf to de-escalate’
New Delhi: In the
midst of spiralling ten-
sion between the US
and Iran over the kill-
ing of an Iranian mili-
tary commander, India
on Thursday said it
would like the situa-
tion to de-escalate as
soon as possible and
was monitoring the
developments very
closely.
External Affairs Min-
istry Spokesperson
RaveeshKumaralsosaid
India has been in touch
with key players includ-
ing Iran, United Arab
Emirates,OmanandQa-
tar as it has important
interests in the region.
Iranian Foreign
Minister Javad Zarif is
scheduled to visit In-
dia next week to attend
theRaisinaDialogue,the
flagship annual event of
the external affairs min-
istry. Zarif will also hold
talks with External Af-
fairs Minister S Jais-
hankar during his stay
in Delhi. “We are moni-
toring the situation very
closely and will see how
it develops in the next
few days,” Kumar said.
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh continued to
hold on to the dubi-
ous distinction of
having the highest
number of rape cases
registered in the
country for the third
consecutive year in
2018.
Madhya Pradesh
was followed by Ra-
jasthan (4,335), Uttar
Pradesh (3,946), Ma-
harashtra (2,142) and
Chhattisgarh (2,091)
in the number of rape
cases registered, the
report said.
As per the National
Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB) report released
on Wednesday, the state
accounted for a little
over 16 per cent of the
country’s total 33,356
rape cases registered in
2018.
According to the re-
port, as many as 5,433
rape cases, including 54
involving victims below
six years of age, were
reported in Madhya
Pradesh in 2018.
In 2016 and 2017
also, the state had
topped the chart in
terms of the number
of rape cases.
Besides, 2,841 cases
of rape involving vic-
tims below 18 years
of age were reported
in 2018 in the state.
Of these, in 54 cases,
the victims were be-
low six years of age,
while 142 victims
were in the age group
of 6 to 12 years.
The data also said
that in 1,143 cases in the
state in 2018, the vic-
tims were in the age
group of 12 to 16, while
in 1,502 cases they were
between 16 and 18 years
of age.
In 2016, in 2,479 rape
cases the victims below
18 years of age in Mad-
hya Pradesh. They in-
cluded 39 girls below six
years of age.
As many as 3,082 cas-
es of rape with girls be-
low 18 years, including
50 below six years of
age were reported in
2017. —PTI
STRENGTHENING TIES
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora signed an MoU with Electoral Commissioner of
Mauritius Mohd Irfan Abdool Rahman. The MoU on electoral cooperation between Election
Commission of India and Electoral Commission of Mauritius, which was in existence from
April 2013 to April 2018, was renewed between the two sides on Wednesday at Port Louis.
Sunil Arora also paid a courtesy visit to President of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun on
Wednesday at Port Louis.
Raj recorded second highest
number of rape cases in 2018IN FIGURES
HELPING HAND
Jagdeesh Chandra
gives a blanket
to one of the
mothers whose
baby is admitted
in the hospital,
also seen in the
photo are MS Dr
Suresh Dulera
(extreme right),
HOD Pediatric
Departement Dr
Jagdish Singh
(centre) and Dr
Madhu.
MS Dr Suresh
Dulera apprises
Jagdeesh
Chandra of the
facilities at JK
Lon Hospital,
while Dr Jagdish
Singh and
Bhanwar S
Charan look on.
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
During his one day Kota visit, Jagdeesh Chandra visited JK Lon children
hospital where he met a few patients and also distributed blankets.

Jagdeesh Chandra was present as the Chief Guest at the first season of Kota Couture Show
held at Kota, organised by Vijay Ayush, Gaurav Gaur and Yasheel Pandel, on Thursday
evening. Seen with him are (from left) Ayush Vijay, BJP Leader Rajkumar Maheshwari, MLA
Kalpana Devi, Manisha Pandel, Shaivya Gautam, Gaurav Gaur, Yasheel Pandel, JP Vijay and
Yogesh Gupta. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
S
onamKapoorhas claimed
that British Airways mis-
placed her luggage twice
in one month. The ac-
tress has accused the airline of
‘terrible service’ and ‘terrible
mismanagement’.
On Thursday afternoon, Son-
am tweeted: “This is the third
time ive travelled @British_Air-
ways this month and the second
time they’ve lost my bags. I
think I’ve learnt my lesson. I’m
never flying @British_Airways
again.”
The airline immediately fol-
lowed up on the matter. They
commented: “We’re sorry to
hear about the delay to your lug-
gage, Sonam. Have you been pro-
vided with a tracking reference
when informed at the airport?”
The actress accused the air-
line of ‘terrible mismanage-
ment’ and replied: “Yes all that
is done. But it is a massive in-
convenience. You guys need to
step up. It’s terrible service and
terrible mismanagement.”
The airline apolo-
gised for their mistake
and wrote: “We can
only offer our sin-
cere apologies,
Sonam. Please be
assured we’re
working to reu-
nite you with
your bag as
quickly as
possible.”
—IANS
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CHHAPAAK
IN COURT?
JAIPUR, FRIDAY
JANUARY 10, 2020
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dvocate Aparna
Bhat, who repre-
sented acid attack
victim Laxmi Agar-
walincourt,isupset
with the Deepika
Padukone-starrer
‘Chhapaak’ and has threat-
ened to take legal action
against the makers of the
film. Bhat’s contention is the
filmmakers have not given
due acknowledgement to her
in the film’s credits. The ad-
vocate, who played a pivotal
role in real life to ensure jus-
tice was served to Laxmi in
the case
fought at
Patiala
House Courts, took to Face-
book and wrote a few posts to
vent her ire, and also an-
nounce that she would be tak-
ingthemakersof ‘Chhapaak’
to court.
Bhat wrote in her Face-
book post, “Have never been
the one to demand attention
to my work. Deeply disturbed
by the turn of events post
watching Chhapaak. Com-
pelled to take legal action to
protect my identity and pre-
serve my integrity. I repre-
sented Lakshmi in her crimi-
nal trial in Patiala House
Courts... tomorrow someone
will represent me in my
cause...Ironies of life.” —IANS
A
A
ctress Sunny Leone took a neu-
tral stance on Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU) violence by
saying that she doesnt want to
comment on the anti-CAA protest and
fee hike issue in JNU, adding that she is
pro-peace and she hopes that all con-
cerned parties will come out with a solu-
tion on the matter.
“I don’t want to share my opinion on
an actual thing that people are fighting
over. I feel there are many things that
we can do if we put our foot down, if we
speak to each other and stop the vio-
lence, because violence is something
that our children see and learn. Vio-
lence doesn’t affect just one person.
It affects the entire family because it
also emotionally hurt them. I am
pro-peace and I do not endorse vio-
lence. I am sure that there will be
some solution that can come with-
out violence,” said Sunny, while
interacting with the media at a
promotional event, when she
was asked to comment on Sun-
day’s attack on JNU students
by unidentified masked men.
At the event, Sunny also
spoke about the devastat-
ing wildfires in Austral-
ia. “I think we have cre-
ated this path of de-
struction, and wer
are destroying
things that are so
beautiful in
our world.”
—IANS
NON-VIOLENT
SUNNY
SONAM’S MISPLACED
BAGGAGE
CHAMBAL CITY
GOES OOMPH!
Deepika Padukone
Sunny Leone
Sonam K Ahuja

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