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...Chinese soldiers killed in Galwan Valley
clash, claims Australian newspaper report
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: The ac-
count of the Galwan
violence in Australian
newspaper “The Klax-
on”, pieced together by
a group of social media
researchers, claims the
Chinese soldiers who
drowned in the Galwan
river in June 2020, were
in retreat after the clash
with Indian troops. The
report says China had
lost 42 soldiers in the
clash, many more than
the four it had claimed.
At least 38 PLA soldiers
were washed away
.
Anthony Klan, the
Editor of the Australi-
an paper said that the
Indian soldiers had
come to ascertain
whether the Chinese
has removed their en-
campments in the buff-
er zone when the scuffle
broke out. “In heading
back across the river...
the evidence is, the Chi-
nese soldiers got
washed away,” he said,
adding that much of
this information was
from “first-hand ac-
counts deleted from the
Chinese social media”.
MEDIA UNDER PRESSURE
IN THE COUNTRY: GEHLOT
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that for a healthy democ-
racy
, the media must be
free, fair, strong and
aware.Hesaidtodaypeo-
ple say that media is un-
der pressure in the coun-
try
, which should be a
matter of concern for all
of us. “Dissent and criti-
cism have an important
placeinademocracyand
they should be accepted.
Healthy criticism made
by media in the public
interest allows the gov-
ernments to introspect
and improve their work-
ing style,” Gehlot said
while addressing the
foundation stone laying
programme of Haridev
JoshiUniversityof Jour-
nalism and Mass Com-
munication through a
video conference from
his official residence on
Thursday
. Around 1.24
lakh square metre land
has been allotted at Dah-
mi Kalan on Ajmer Road
for the State’s first jour-
nalism university and a
project of Rs 328 crore
hasbeenpreparedforthe
construction of the
building.
Gehlot said, “During
my last tenure, I had
takentheinitiativetoset
up Haridev Joshi Uni-
versity of Journalism
and Mass Communica-
tion with a purpose to
further strengthen the
journalism work
Turn to P8
Foundation stone laying of Haridev Joshi Journalism University building
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Raj HC says no to
reservation to
women married
from other states
MAN HELD FOR
RAPE WITH
4-YR-OLD NIECE
Jodhpur: In an important
decision, the Rajasthan
High Court, Jodhpur Chief
Bench reiterated that
females on migrating to
Rajasthan, after marriage
will not be entitled to get
the benefit of reservation
in public employment in
Rajasthan on account of
them being a member of
the SC-ST or OBC com-
munity of a different state.
The court clarified that
such females can take
benefit of being a member
of the reserved category
if the scheme allows
residence or domicile as
an entitlement. P3
Jalore: A man allegedly
raped his four-year-old
distant niece at a village in
Jalore on Thursday. The
accused had come to the
victim’s house with her
father in the afternoon.
The incident took place
when the victim’s father,
who had just finished his
lunch, his wife out shop-
ping, heard his daughter’s
screams and rushed
inside the house for her
help. The accused, a daily
wager, was caught within
two hours of the incident,
SP (Jalore) Harsh Vard-
han Agarwalla said. The
victim underwent surgery
for injuries in Jodhpur. P2
INSIDE May lead to injustice:
MHA asks HC to pause
hearings on marital rape
PM MODI TO ADDRESS FIRST
VIRTUAL RALLY IN U’KHAND TODAY
New Delhi: Ahead of
the upcoming Assem-
bly elections in Utta-
rakhand, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will address his first
virtual rally in the
state on Friday
.
PM will address vot-
ers of 14 Assemblies
virtually in four dis-
tricts of Uttarakhand
including Almora,
Bageshwar, Cham-
pawat, and Pithora-
garh district.
New Delhi: The Centre
on Thursday asked the
Delhi high court to de-
fer hearings on a batch
of petitions seeking to
criminalise marital
rape, saying that it
needs time to conduct
an effective consulta-
tive process before
reaching any conclu-
sion, and that the ab-
sence of such a process
by the executive and
legislature “may result
in some injustice to one
section or other”.
The high court is
hearing a bunch of PILs
filed in 2015 by various
organisations who
sought to strike down
the exception in the In-
dian rape laws.
HC STAYS
HARYANA’S 75%
LOCAL QUOTA
IN PRIVATE SECTOR
The Punjab and
Haryana high court on
Thursday stayed the
Haryana law providing
75% reservation in
industries to youngsters
with domicile of the
state. Pleas were filed
by industry bodies,
including Gurgaon
Industrial Association.
Indian diplomat to skip Beijing Winter
Olympics over Galwan torchbearer
Disputed border with nuclear
neighbours stretching India’s
security resources: Naravane
New Delhi: India has
already witnessed
“trailers” of what con-
flict in the future will
look like, along the
country’s unsettled and
active border, Indian
Army Chief General
MM Naravane said on
Thursday
.
He said India faces
“unique, substantial
and multi-domain chal-
lenges” and “disputed
borders with nuclear
neighbours, coupled
with state-sponsored
proxy war, stretches
our security apparatus
and resources”.
Speaking, along with
the chiefs of the Indian
Navy and IAF, at the
Pragyan Conclave or-
ganised by the Centre
for Land Warfare Stud-
ies think tank, Nara-
vane said, “We are al-
ready witnessing trail-
ers of future conflicts.
They are being enacted
dailyontheinformation
battlefield, in the net-
works and cyberspace”.
New Delhi: Describ-
ing China’s choice of a
PLA soldier involved
in the Galwan Valley
clash as a torchbearer
in the Beijing Winter
Olympics event as “re-
grettable”, India on
Thursday said its en-
voy will not attend the
opening or closing cer-
emonies of the games
in the Chinese capital.
This was conveyed
by Ministry of Exter-
nal Affairs spokesper-
son Arindam Bagchi at
his weekly briefing.
Qi Fabao, a regiment
commander of the Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army
who had fought during
the Galwan Valley
clashes with Indian
troops in June 2020 and
received a commenda-
tion for his role in the
fight, was one of the
torchbearers for the
Olympic flame for the
WinterOlympicsbegin-
ning in Beijing on Fri-
day
. His images were
tweeted by an English-
language news outlet.
TORCHBEARER
INCIDENT VERY
SHAMEFUL: US
PAK NSA: WANT
TO MOVE AHEAD
WITH INDIA
2 PAK MILITARY
BASES ATTACKED
US: DON’T ENDORSE
RAHUL’S REMARKS
A top United States
lawmaker has criticised
China for choosing a
soldier involved in the
Galwan valley clash as
a torchbearer for Beijing
Olympics 2022. Senator
Jim Risch, a Republican
who is a Ranking Mem-
ber of the US Senate
Foreign Relations Com-
mittee, called the move
“shameful” and said
that the US will continue
to support the sover-
eignty of India. Beijing
on Thursday kicked off
a three-day Olympic
torch relay.
Islamabad: Pakistan
wants to be “at peace
with India” but the “en-
abling environment”
has to come from New
Delhi, the country’s
National Security Ad-
viser Moeed Yusuf has
said in an interview on
Thursday. “Pakistan
wants to be at peace
with India. But the sad
reality is that India
is now in a situation
where the prevailing
ideology of the Indian
government, if I may
say so, has blocked all
avenues,” he added.
Quetta: Insurgents in the Pa-
kistani province of Balochistan
attacked two military bases
overnight, killing seven sol-
diers while losing 13 of their
own men, the army said on
Thursday, in the latest violence
in the resource-rich region
where China is investing.
US does not endorse Rahul
Gandhi’s comment that China
and Pakistan are closer than
ever due to PM Modi’s inef-
fective policies, said US State
Department spokesperson
Ned Price.
Shah cautions Jayant: Akhilesh
doesn’t even listen to his father
MULTIPLE SHOTS FIRED AT AIMIM’S ASADUDDIN
OWAISI’S VEHICLE ON WAY TO DELHI; ONE HELD
Meerut: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on
Thursday claimed that some miscreants fired
shots at his vehicle while he was on his way to
Delhi after attending a poll event at Kithaur in
Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. The incident is being
probed by Hapur Police and one person has
been arrested. “A while ago, shots were
fired at my car at Chhijarsi toll gate.
Four rounds were fired. There were
three-four people, all of them ran
away leaving the weapons there.
My car’s tyre got punctured. I got
into another car and left. We are
all safe,” he tweeted in Hindi.
Aditi Nagar
Bulandshahr: BJP leader
Amit Shah on Thursday
cautioned Rashtriya Lok
Dal president Jayant
Chaudhary over his
party’s tie-up with Sa-
majwadi Party, say-
ing Akhilesh Ya-
dav does not even
listen to his father
and uncle then how would he
listen to him. Addressing a poll
event in Anupshahr assembly
constituency in Bulandshahr
district of western UP, the Un-
ion Home Minister also
claimed that the SP will not be
able to form government in UP.
BJP national president JP
Nadda on Thursday was cam-
paigning in Uttar Pradesh’s
Sirathu. He attacked the Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) in his speech.
“Their (Samajwadi Party)
leaders are contesting elec-
tions either from jail or on bail.
Will you (public) bring such
people to power in the Uttar
Pradesh?, Nadda said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath said that his
government has been able to
take UP’s economy to the sec-
ond spot in the country
The bullets holes
on Owaisi’s car.
China had confirmed only four deaths, but the report claimed, “PLA soldiers panicked
into retreat and at least 38 of them drowned.” India had lost 20 personnel
Doordarshan will not telecast
the opening and closing
ceremonies of the Beijing
Winter Olympics
Develop University of Journalism as
A Premier Institute of the Country,
CM Gehlot directs officials

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Aligarh: BJP State
President Satish Poonia
said he will not wear a
‘safa’ or garland, and
will skip dinner until
his party comes to pow-
er in state in next as-
sembly polls in 2023.
“I will not wear safa and
garland, and will have
dinner only after oust-
ing the anti-farmer and
anti-youth Congress
government and forma-
tion of BJP government
in Rajasthan in 2023,”
Poonia said while ad-
dressing an election
rally in Aligarh city of
U P. “We have full faith
that BJP government
will be formed in Ra-
jasthan in 2023 with a
thumping majority
with strong leadership
and people-friendly pol-
icies of PM Modi,” he
said . —PTI
Will skip dinner and not wear safa till party
comes to power in Rajasthan, says Poonia
RAJ LEADERS IN UP FOR POLLS
Dr Satish Poonia receives affectionate blessings from senior
leader Udaybhan Singh during his visit to Aligarh on Thursday.
Sachin Pilot addresses a poll campaign to support Congress
candidate Arvind Sharma at Hapur district in UP on Thursday.
DECLARE DEVNARAYAN JAYANTI AS
STATE HOLIDAY: AWANA TO CM GEHLOT
Jaipur: MLA Joginder Singh Awana has written a
letter to the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, demand-
ing Devnarayan Jayanti to be de-
clared as a state holiday.In the letter,
Awana wrote that the birth anniver-
sary of Lord Devnarayan, the deity of
Gurjar society, falls in the month of
February. Besides, Lord Devnarayan,
who is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, is also the
folk deity of Rajasthan and a state holiday must be
declared on his birthday.
Jodhpur: Decades old, Jinnah Tower in Guntur city of
Andhra Pradesh, is in the news these days after the
Tricolour was hoisted on
the building for the first
time after independence.
The national flag was
hoisted by Guntur Com-
missioner Nishant Kumar,
an IAS officer of Andhra
Pradesh cadre, who belongs to Jodhpur.Nishant took
over as the Commissioner on January 27.
IAS FROM JODHPUR HOISTS TRICOLOUR AT
JINNAH TOWER; 1ST
SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Jaipur: With the change in weather, the winter
season has returned on Thursday. In most districts
of the state, the day temperature dropped by about
3 to 4 degrees as cold winds kept blowing since
the morning. The MeT Dept has predicted mild to
moderate showers in some parts of the state in the
next two days.
WINTER ‘CHILL’ RETURNS...
NEWS DIGEST
REET ROW: BJYM WORKERS INSCRIBE
‘NATHI KA BADA’ OUTSIDE DOTASRA’S HOME
Police file FIR at Sodala PS; as police reach BJP office, Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore asks cops to move away
Yogesh Sharma /
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Yuva Morcha
members on Thursday
scribbled ‘Nathi ka
Bada’ on the boundary
wall of PCC President
Govind Singh Dotasra’s
Civil Lines residence in
Jaipur. The police filed
an FIR under the De-
facement of Property
Act at Sodala police sta-
tion for causing damage
to government proper-
ty. Cops reached BJP
HQs to nab the accused,
where it had to face op-
position. Senior BJP
leaders and office bear-
ers of Yuva Morcha
started dharna at BJP
head office. Seeing the
protest increasing, the
police had to return
empty-handed.BJYM
State President Himan-
shu Sharma took the
responsibility. Dotasra
has got ‘Y’ category se-
curity and question has
been raised over BJYM
members entering high
security and VIP area.
SOGproduces2accusedincourt
Sandeep Goyal
Sawai Madhopur: A
local court in Sawaim-
adhopur remanded two
accused arrested by
SOG in connection with
REET paper leak to po-
lice custody.
The SOG on Thursday
reached Gangapur city
with accused Bhajanlal
and Sohni Devi and pro-
duced them in court.
The court remanded
both in police custody
till February 8.
ADG, ATS and SOG
Ashok Rathore that the
SOG is working with
full dedication in REET
paper leak case. He told
First India that 38 ac-
cused have been arrest-
ed in the case. He said
that candidates who
been benefitted will be
disqualified and those
who are involved in
matter, will be arrested.
BJYM members inscribe the
proverb ‘Nathi Ka Bada’ on the
boundary wall of GS Dotasra’s
Civil Lines Residence, Jaipur
on Thursday. (Below): Cops
reach the spot after being
informed about the incident.
PIL filed in HC to
cancel REET exam
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Advocate S K
Singh has filed a PIL
regarding cancella-
tion of REET exam
on Feb 3. Singh has
contended that a noti-
fication for conduct-
ing REET exam was
issued by respond-
ents and later it has
come into media that
there was leakage of
question paper. The
SOG, Raj has arrested
some culprits. Direc-
tor of Primary Edu-
cation Raj, Bikaner
had issued a notifica-
tion on Dec 31, 2021
for recruitment of
Primary School
Teacher (Grade III)
from REET qualified
candidates.
Singh contended
that if they are given
jobs, those, who
worked hard & failed
to qualify exam to un-
fair selection their
fundamental rights
will be infringed.
Matter is likely to be
listed on Feb 7.
Officials ensure
timely med aid to
minorrapevictim
Lunaram Darji
Jalore: As soon as
the case of rape of
4-year-old by her dis-
tant maternal uncle
came to light in Ja-
lore, District Collec-
tor Namrata Vrishni
& SP Harsh Vardhan
Agarwalla immedi-
ately referred her to
Jodhpur, where Divi-
sional Commission-
er Dr Rajesh Sharma
mobilised a team of
doctors before the
victim reached late
on Wednesday night.
The hospital Super-
intendent said that
condition of victim
was very serious
when she was admit-
ted, but is out of dan-
ger now. RSCPCR
Sangeeta Beniwal
also spoke to doctors.
The cops at Kotwali
police station area
registered a case
Late in the night, the
police raided the
place and took the ac-
cused into custody
.
MLA PRATAP GAMETI FACES
RAPE CHARGE AGAIN
Udaipur: The woman, who had accused local MLA
Pratap Bheel Gameti of outraging her modesty, but
retracted her claim later, has again
filed a police case against him. This
time she has alleged not only rape,
but also of holding her hostage and
physical assault by Gameti. The vic-
tim had approached the SP & based
on her plaint, Gameti has been
booked for rape, abduction, loot, ex-
tortion, deceit & physical torture this time. She said
that she had filed a rape case against Gameti earlier
but later withdrew it as he threatened to kill her son.
—Ravi Sharma
3 MPs RAISE REET EXAM
‘SCAM’ IN LS; SEEK PROBE
New Delhi: Three MPs from Rajasthan
on Thursday raised the alleged scam in
conducting of the REET in LS, claiming
that large scale anomalies have taken place
in the test sought a CBI probe into it. BJP
MP Rajyavaradhan Singh Rathore alleged
there has been no appointment to posts of
teachers in Rajasthan for the last four years
but a big scam has taken place in conduct-
ing REET. He said that several lakh youths
have applied for 31,000 teachers posts but
massive cheating has taken place in the
exam and sought immediate action. Another
BJP MP Jaskaur Meena said REET examina-
tion should be cancelled immediately and a
probe should be ordered through the CBI.
Hanuman Beniwal, also an MP from state,
raised the issue & demanded that a CBI
probe should be instituted to find out the
irregularities in the REET exam. —PTI
STUDENTS DEMAND FOR AN EXTENSION
IN DATE FOR RAS EXAM
HIGH COURT TO HEAR REET-RELATED
CASES ON FEBRUARY 8
Jaipur: Students preparing for RAS exam took to
streets to protest against government and demand-
ed extension of the date of the examination.
Jaipur: The State government has asked the 32,000
candidates to apply by February 9, the High Court
will hear the related cases a day before, on Feb 8.
BJP councillors end protest
against Mayor Munesh
Oppn playing gimmicks
over REET issue: PSK
BJP Councillor Hemendra Sharma ends the sit-in protest after
intervention of Munesh Gurjar at JMC Heritage HQs on Thursday.
PS Khachariyawas campaigns in support of Cong candidate Vivek
Bansal at Aligarh on Thursday.Also seen here is Rafeek Khan.
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: BJP council-
lors staged a sit-in
against JMC Heritage
Mayor Munesh Gurjar
alleging discrimination
in development works,
cleanliness, equality in
the system at Corpora-
tion HQs. During this,
BJP councillor from
ward number 38, He-
mendra Sharma sat on
hunger strike and be-
gan raising slogans
against the Mayor. Af-
ter getting information
about the protest by the
councillors, the Mayor
reached the Corpora-
tion and talked to the
Councillors sitting on
dharna. Gurjar assured
them to solve all the
problems in seven days
after which the council-
lors ended their strike.
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur : Food &
Civil Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas on his visit to
Bharatpur, while speak-
ing to media at the Cir-
cuit House, targeted
the Centre over the re-
cently presented Union
budget. He said that the
Centre’s budget has
been disappointing.
Targeting Opposition
over REET exam he
said, “Govt is doing its
work, but opposition is
playing gimmicks. “In 3
years, BJP couldn’t
gather crowd anywhere
& is trying to steal lime-
light over REET issue.
Government is taking
action against cul-
prits,” he said. “Con-
gress will form its gov-
ernment in UP
,” he said.
Cong veterans
demand JDA
Chairman post
JDA razes
encroachments
at Ramgarh dam
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Will the post of
Chairman be created
for JDA? Discussions
on this topic are ram-
pant in state bureau-
cracy & Congress cir-
cles are stressing that
in addition to appoint-
ing members, provision
for Chairman may also
be made. Notably, the
decision hasn’t been
taken about the post, al-
though individuals
with political back-
grounds have been
made members in past.
Political appointment
was given by appoint-
ing a Chairman of oth-
er authorities & now
some ‘veterans’ of
Jaipur want that Chair-
man’s post be created.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An anti- en-
croachment drive was
carried out by JDA at
downstream area of
Ramgarh dam in vil-
lage Meghrajsinghpu-
ra. About 1,000 metres
of area was cleared of
encroachments. There
were encroachments at
Roda river area. Vari-
ous ilegal constructions
were demolished. Ac-
tion was carried out by
JDA squad on Jamwar-
amgarh Road, near vil-
lage Hirawala Par-
manand Farm.
SHO, 2 OTHERS
BOOKED FOR
ATTEMPT TO
RAPE A WOMAN
Udaipur: A case of
an attempt to rape
a woman has been
registered against
3 police constables
including Bawal-
wada SHO, Sakaram
at Daya outpost
of Panarwa police
station in Udaipur
district. It is alleged
that they pressur-
ised the victim and
her family to change
her statement.
They also offered
the victim’s family
an amount of Rs 5
lakh for the same. A
case has been reg-
istered at Panarwa
police station.
Arun Chaturvedi addresses the members of Jaipur Mahila
Morcha staging protest at Collectorate Circle on Thursday.
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
—PHOTO
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
First India Bureau
Sikar: A doctor has an-
nounced Rs 1 lakh re-
ward for finding his pet
parrot in Sikar. Heart
surgeon Dr
VK Jain’s
g r e y - c o l -
oured parrot
went missing
three days
ago, after
which his
wife stopped
eating and
drinking. The doctor
got the advertisement
of missing parrot
named ‘Coco’ printed
on the front page of a
newspaper, distributed
poster-pamphlets in the
city, made messages vi-
ral on social media.
“If someone finds the
parrot and informs us,
then I am happy to give
him Rs 1
lakh” he an-
nounced in a
pamphlet. Dr.
Jain’s wife
Dr. Archana
was feeding
apples to the
parrot on the
terrace when
it flew away and did not
return.
Dr. Jain had bought
two pairs of parrots of
African grey color for
Rs 80,000.
Docannouncesawardof
`1L on missing parrot
Parrot Coco

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GOVT EASY ON VAX NORMS;
22 DIE, 8428 NEW CASES
NO STRICT ACTION ON THOSE WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The govern-
menthasgotontheback
foot in implementing
the decision of making
both the doses of corona
vaccine mandatory in
the state from February
1 and increasing the re-
strictions on those with-
out vaccination. The
Gehlot government will
not take strict action on
those who do not vacci-
nate. A separate guide-
line will not be issued to
stop the entry of those
without vaccine in pub-
lic places, markets. Ear-
lier, the CM had talked
about making strict pro-
visions for those who do
not apply both doses of
the vaccine by 31 Jan.
Health Minister Par-
sadi Lal Meena said 14
districtshavedone100%
vaccination. He said
there is no need for new
restrictions as vaccina-
tion has been done satis-
factorily
. Now booster
doses have also been
started.
12,21,061
TOTAL CASES
8,428 IN A DAY
11,53,148
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,310
TOTAL DEATHS
22 IN A DAY
58,603
ACTIVE CASES
14,162 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
KHATU SHYAMJI TEMPLE OPENS
AFTER 26 DAYS, DEVOTEES EXCITED
Sikar: After 26
days on Thursday,
as soon as the
court of khatu
shyamji opened,
there was a feeling
of reverence from
the eyes of the
devotees. On behalf of the Shree Shyam Mandir
Committee, arrangements have been made to
visit fifteen thousand devotees in a day through
online registration. Devotees were allowed after
RTPCR report check.
Patients queuing up for Covid test at SMS hospital.
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: Raj HC, Jodh-
pur Chief Bench has
reiterated that females
on migrating to Ra-
jasthan after marriage
will not be entitled to
get the benefit of reser-
vation in public em-
ployment in Rajasthan
on account of them be-
ing a member of the SC-
ST or OBC community
of a different state.
She will however be
entitled to benefits un-
der other schemes.
The petitioner, Sunita
Rani was aggrieved by
the action of SDM and
Tehsildar of Hanuman-
garh refusing to issue
her a caste certificate
declaring her a member
of the SC community
.
The Bench of Justice
Dinesh Mehta noted
that the woman cannot
get benefits of reserva-
tion in Rajasthan as she
was originally from
Punjab but she can get
other benefits as being
an SC member if the
scheme envisages resi-
dence as an entitlement.
The Court relied on
the State of Rajasthan
vs Smt Manju Yadav
and Santosh vs the
State of Rajasthan
wherein it was ruled
that females outside of
Rajasthan on migrating
to the state, post-mar-
riage, will not be enti-
tled to get the benefits
of reservation in public
employment.
Therefore, the court
directed the SDM to is-
sue only a caste certifi-
cate to the woman with
a clarification that it
cannot be used to get
reservation benefits in
public employment.
He clarified that this
order should not be
seen in connection with
the change in the reser-
vation system and is
not meant to deprive
anyone of reservation.
Women married from
other States may avail
local schemes: HC
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Delay in com-
pensation to people dis-
placed due to Jhotwara
elevated road project
has further delayed the
construction of service
road. JDA had forward-
ed the proposal regard-
ing compensation to the
government but no deci-
sion has been taken so
far, due to which the
work of the service road
is stuck.
In some of the cases,
shopisregisteredbyone
member of the family
and house constructed
above is owned by other
member. In such cases,
the JDA had asked
whether both the par-
ties can be given the
compensation. Some of
the cases are related to
those who run business
in rented shops but they
do not have rent agree-
ment. The JDA had rec-
ommended relaxation
in such cases.
Compensation
awaited in
Jhotwara elevated
road project
Kolkata, Raj
police attacked
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Discussions
about RAS Main Exam-
2021 were held in the
full commission meet-
ing of the Rajasthan
Public Service Com-
mission on Thursday.
The commission de-
cided to conduct the
examination on Febru-
ary 25 and 26 as per the
recruitment calendar.
Along with this, em-
phasis was given to the
security of question
papers and strong ar-
rangements.
The meeting was
chaired by the acting
chairman Jaswant
Rathi.
In the Mains Exam-
2021, 20, 102 candidates
passed in the prelims
will appear.
The exam will have 4
papers- 3 of general
studies and one of gen-
eral Hindi and Eng-
lish.
RAS Mains to be
held on Feb 25-26
CRUCIAL READ
Jaipur: A woman lawyer has registered an FIR against
a senior advocate Poonam Chand Bhandari accusing
him of misbehavior during a protest which has been
going on since January 25 on not including experi-
enced lawyers in the list of designate senior lawyer by
the high court administration. The female advocate
sat down in his chamber. The advocate said that the
Chamber is allotted by the High Court administration
and the bar has no such right. On the matter related to
chamber, Bhandari had sent a complaint by email to
the Chief Justice on Feb 2, following which the woman
lawyer lodged a case of misbehaving with her.
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP Diya
Kumari on Thursday raised the
issue of cheating with the general
public in the multi-crore scam
done by the Adarsh Co-operative
Society in the budget session
of Parliament and demanded to
get back the investors’ deposits
with interest. The MP raised the
issue of the fraud committed by
the Adarsh Co-operative Society under Rule 377 in Lok
Sabha. She said that an investor invests in an institu-
tion with the trust for a better future. The scam done
by the institution not only affects the investor but also
the society at large. Diya Kumari further said that lakhs
of investors who deposited crores of rupees have been
cheated by the Adarsh Co-operative Society.
Jaipur: PHED has de-
cided to shut down water
supply for maintenance
and repair work from Feb
4 to Feb 5. According to
PHED officials, due to this
decision, about 5.50 lakh
houses in the entire city
will not get water. Manish
Beniwal, Additional Chief
Engineer, PHED Jaipur
said that in order to
maintain the water supply
system properly in the
coming summer, work
will be done to repair the
pump house, air valve,
and pipeline built in place
under the Bisalpur pro-
ject. For this phase wise
shutdown will be done in
the entire Jaipur.
Jaipur:
Unidenti-
fied cul-
prits tried
to defraud
some
officials
of the
Tourism department
using the name of their
minister Vishvendra
Singh on Thursday.
Around 10 officers
suddenly got messages
on their mobile phones
that “I am Vishwendra
Singh.. busy in a meet-
ing now.. do an urgent
work for me.. quickly
buy 5 Amazon gift cards
of Rs 10,000 each from
the given link.”
FIR AGAINST SENIOR ADVOCATE PC
BHANDARI BY A FEMALE LAWYER
NO WATER FOR
NEXT TWO DAYS IN
JAIPUR CITY
CYBER FRAUD BID
USING TOURISM
MINISTER’S NAME
DIYA RAISES ADARSH CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETY FRAUD ISSUE IN LOK SABHA Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: A fund of Rs
6,724 crore has been ap-
proved for North West-
ern Railway to com-
plete the development
works related to rail-
ways, which is 44 per
cent more than last
year’s fund of Rs 4,672
crore.
The amount will be
utilised to complete the
infrastructure projects.
According to Vijay
Sharma, General Man-
ager of North Western
Railway, about Rs 227
crore has been ap-
proved for laying new
railway lines, Rs 103.19
crore for gauge conver-
sion, Rs 604 crore for
doubling of railway
lines and Rs 117 crore
for works related to sig-
nals.
Apart from this, a
fund of Rs 1198.26
crore has been ap-
proved for electrifica-
tion works slated to be
over by December 2023.
Rs 495 crore has been
approved for track re-
newal.
The GM said that
Ajmer to Sawai Mad-
hopur via Tonk rail line
and Ratlam to Dungar-
pur via Banswara rail
lines are stuck due to
non-agreement in cost
sharing by the state
government.
North Western Rly gets 44% more funds
ON VIKAS PATH
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The amount of
6,724 crore will
be utilised to
complete the
infrastructure
projects under
the North
Western
Railway, said
Vijay Sharma
Om Prakash
Jaipur: Inacaserelated
to demanding a bribe of
Rs 20 crore for payment
of Rs 276 crore due to
BVG company, which
collects garbage in the
city, judge Upendra
Sharma of the special
court taking cognizance
in the matter.
February 21 has been
fixed as the date for ar-
gument against Rajar-
am Gurjar, the hus-
band of the JMC Great-
er Mayor and the com-
pany’s project head
Omkar Sapre.
The court rejected the
two applications pre-
sented by Rajaram.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: After it came to
light that a maliciously
editedvideoclipisbeing
circulated in social me-
dia about a religious
place inside the premis-
es of Laxminarayan
temple situated in Badi
Chaupar of the city, Po-
lice Commissioner
Anand Srivastav him-
self paid a visit the spot
on Thursday to take
stock of the situation.
there.
An FIR has been lodged
in Manak Chowk police
station against the uni-
dentified anti-social ele-
ments who are trying to
whip up communal pas-
sion.
The police arrested
Nirajan Sharma, a resi-
dent of Malakheda in
Alwar and Gaurav Tek-
wani,aresidentof Kam-
la Nehru Nagar on
Ajmer Road, in this con-
nection.
The search for other
accused is ongoing.
Srivastav has said that
such people will not be
spared at any cost.
BVG bribe case:Court
takes cognisance
Two arrested in Laxminarayan
temple row, CP warns of action
First India Bureau
Alwar: Once again in
Alwar, a case of beating
police has come to the
fore. This time the peo-
ple of the village beat up
the police teams of Kol-
kata and Rajasthan. Not
only this, the team that
went to nab the accused
was fired upon and pelt-
ed stones. After the at-
tack, the policemen
somehow escaped with
their lives. Three police-
men were injured in
this. While one has been
admitted to the hospital.
NO BENEFITS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With the
award of the Arbitra-
tor going unpaid, the
Commercial Court
No-4 on Thursday or-
dered to auction offi-
cial belongings of the
Jaipur Greater Munic-
ipal Commissioner
and appointed a Spe-
cial Cell bailiff to do
bidding.
According to the
prosecution, petition-
er voluntary organisa-
tion Nidan was given
the tender of carrying
out sanitary work in
Vaishali Nagar, Chitra-
koot and Hanuman Na-
gar areas falling under
the Civil Line zone of
the municipal corpora-
tion in 2007. But the
tender was scrapped
after one and a half
years. The NGO raised
its claims of payment
of its outstanding dues
before an Arbitrator,
who awarded `50.95
lakh in 2015.
JMCG commissioner’s
assets to be auctioned
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FUNDS ALLOCATION
100% VACCINATION IN 7
JAIPUR GRAM PANCHAYATS
Jaipur: The district is moving towards the goal of 100
percent covid vaccination of persons above 18 years
of age, under which, on Thursday, six more village
panchayats achieved the target of getting both doses of
100% jabs. Panchayat samities Mohanpura, Buj, Hanutia
and Hanutpura, Ghasipura and Udawala achieved this
feat on Thursday. Earlier, Dodhsar gram panchayat of
Govindgarh Panchayat Samiti had achieved the target.
District Collector Rajan Vishal presented a semi-official
letter to sarpanches and congratulated the villagers for
achieving the target of 100% vaccination.

PERSPECTIVE
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Vol 3 Issue No. 239
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Printed and published by
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Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
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under the PRB Act
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Man is bound by his own
action except when it is
performed for the sake of
sacrifice. Therefore, Arjuna,
efficiently perform your duty,
free from attachment, for the
sake of sacrifice alone.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
In addition to the bypasses constructed
in eight cities/towns/villages of Madhya
Pradesh (Mauganj, Hanumana,
Raghunathganj, Raipur Karchulian,
Manganwa, Devtalab, Gudh and Vilayatghat
Chandia). Under the one-time investment
policy, works worth `83 crore have been
approved in the roads leading through those
cities. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
There is no reservations in Judiciary. But
efforts are being made to create better
representation. However, Govt has urged the
Collegium to ensure the inclusion of women
and persons from backward communities,
SC ST while recommending names for
appointment of Judges.
TOP TWEETS
GUNSHOTS FIRED
AT AIMIM’S OWAISI
VEHICLE BUT WHY,
AND WHODUNIT
lectioneering in Ut-
tar Pradesh took an
ugly turn when shots
were fired at Asadud-
din Owaisi’s vehicle
at a toll plaza on Hapur-Delhi
road. One of the alleged assail-
ants has been arrested. The
AIMIM’s Lok Sabha MP was re-
turning to Delhi after campaign-
ing. The question being asked is
whowouldhavemadesuchadar-
ing attempt at a busy toll plaza
and why? Owaisi obliquely men-
tioned Dharm Sansad’s recent
meeting at Haridwar in which he
was allegedly targeted. Last year,
the Hyderabad MP’s official resi-
dence in New Delhi was vandal-
ized by Hindu Sena members.
Couldthisactalsobethehand-
iwork of Hindu elements? Or, are
there other vested interests in-
volved? The Dharm Sansad,
some maulanas, and even Owai-
si, make fiery communal speech-
es. Campaigning also has vitiat-
ed the communal atmosphere in
Western UP and it is not likely to
stop until two days before voting.
Anyactof communalviolenceor
provocation must be condemned
in the interest of the nation.
E
n important an-
nouncementmade
by Union Finance
Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman was
about blending ethanol with
petrol and making its usage
mandatoryfromOctober2022.
Unblended petrol will invite
additional excise duty from
October. This is expected to
make private oil retailers in
the country start dispensing
ethanol mixed fuel. Sithara-
man said in her speech that
blendingof fuelwasapriority
of this government.
“To encourage the efforts
for blending of fuel, unblend-
ed fuel shall attract an addi-
tional differential excise duty
of Rs 2/litre from the 1st day
of October 2022,” the Finance
Minister said. Private retail-
ers don’t sell blended petrol
and it is only public sector oil
companies which are selling
blended oil. Due to the oxygen
contentinethanol,blendingit
withpetrolreducesemissions
and is thus good for the envi-
ronment. Increased blending
will also bring down India’s
oil import bill which is a fac-
tor in India’s high inflation.
At present only 8 percent
ethanol is blended in petrol
sold by state-owned oil com-
panies. It is to be raised to 25
percent by 2025. The addition-
al excise will work as a disin-
centive, especially for private
oil companies. It is estimated
that around 335 crore litres of
ethanol was produced in the
country in 2021. Uttar
Pradesh is among the highest
producers of ethanol in the
country
. To achieve the target
of 25 percent, ethanol produc-
tion has to be raised mani-
fold. Automakers told the Pe-
troleum Secretary Tarun
Kapoor last year that they
were ready for ethanol com-
pliant vehicles. The only chal-
lenge is finding ways to in-
crease ethanol output.
ETHANOL BLENDING
TARGET IS TOO HIGH
Unblended petrol will
invite additional
excise duty from
October. This is expected
to make private oil retailers
in the country start
dispensing ethanol
mixed fuel. Sitharaman
said in her speech that
blending of fuel was a
priority of this government
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BJP CONFIDENT OF MAKING IT
ALONE IN MANIPUR
ven as the BJP is aiming to
bag 40 plus seats in the as-
sembly election in Manipur,
the party clearly exhibits its
confidence. All these hap-
pened in the 2017 assembly
elections when the BJP had
bagged 21 seats out of the
60-House Assembly and led
the coalition government
which was formed with the
support of the Naga People’s
Front (NPF), National Peo-
ple’s Party (NPP), Lok Jan-
shakti Party (LJP) and an
independent candidate.
Though Congress was the
single-largest party and se-
cured 28 seats, it fell short of
forming the government.
However,duringtherun-up
to this year’s Assembly elec-
tion, speculation was rife if
the recently-concluded cru-
cial state assembly elections
in West Bengal, Assam, Kera-
la,TamilNaduwouldpossibly
have an impact in the Ma-
nipur polls. Interestingly, it
may be noticed that notwith-
standing all that happened in
theelectionsintheremaining
states…inAssam,theBJP-led
NDA coalition was able to re-
tain power… even as the re-
sult in the neighbouring West
Bengal is there for all to see.
Following the post-2014 po-
litical scenario in the entire
country, the fall of the Grand
Old Party in the electoral
process (of Manipur) had
created a “void” that was
waiting to be taken up. The
influence of regional politi-
cal parties like Manipur Peo-
ple’s Party (MPP), People
Democratic Alliance (PDA)
which had once played a
huge role in the politics of
Manipur have slipped from
their stance in the post-cease
fire (2001) political scenario
in Manipur. Manipur and its
people display a high degree
of ethnic politics and region-
al parties have always flour-
ished in the state and the re-
gion. The parties are deeply
rooted in ethnic lines and
values but following the 2001
truce… these parties failed to
capture and capitalize on the
masses’ aspirations.
In 2017, when Th. Shyam-
kumar defected from Con-
gress to BJP after winning
the election, which triggered
a huge controversy in the po-
litical arena. Currently, this
is an accepted norm. Sample
this… the former president
of the Manipur Pradesh Con-
gress Committee (MPCC) Go-
vindas Konthoujam, 12 key
members of Naga People’s
Front (NPF), Lok Janshakti
Party (LJP) MLA Karam Shy-
am, former Congress MLA
from Sagolband constituency
RK Imo, Congress MLA from
Saikul Constituency,
Yumthang Haokip, Congress
MLA from Wangkhei constit-
uency
, Okram Henry had also
joined BJP
. The list goes on.
However, every situation
has its pitfall… the current
scenario in the saffron camp
reveals overcrowding of in-
tending candidates, with
each constituency having not
less than 3 or 4 potential BJP
candidates. Why delay in an-
nouncing the list. The BJP’s
delay in announcing its can-
didates had led to widespread
speculations that all was not
well. The party was finding it
difficult to choose candidates
as there are four to five (tick-
et) aspirants in every constit-
uency
. The BJP was expected
to announce its first list of
nominees by January 26.
However, three days after the
deadline, the party was still
unable to make up its mind.
BJP HAS TO ADDRESS
LOYALTY FACTOR
Angry BJP workers of Ma-
nipur on Sunday burnt effi-
gies of Chief Minister N
Biren Singh and the state unit
president Sharda Devi as well
as flags. They also ransacked
local offices and shouted slo-
gans against the ruling par-
ty’s list of assembly poll can-
didates which featured defec-
tors from the Congress ignor-
ing many loyalists. Several
BJP leaders including those
who were aspirants for party
tickets but were left out to ac-
commodate recent defectors
also resigned from the prima-
ry membership of the party
.
WHY BJP
EMERGED STRONG
This mainly depends on the
old formulation of dependen-
cy in NE politics that leads to
choosing a parallel govern-
ment. Basically
, NE survives
on Centre. However, this “old
school”conceptalwaysdoesn’t
hold good, as the last few dec-
adeshaveshownchanges.Per-
haps, the changing mode of
governancemighthavekicked
off a huge acceptance of the
BJP in the state.
FALL IN INSURGENCY-
RELATED CASES
Insurgency-related activities
in the NE in 2021 have re-
duced 80% as compared to
2014. Manipur has witnessed
a constant declining record
of insurgency-related cases;
from 233 in 2016 to 167 in 2017
and 127 in 2018, according to
the MHA security report.
From lowering the insurgen-
cy-related incidents to bring-
ing developments, the pre-
sent BJP government has
surpassed the performance
of any government before.
NEW GOVT MUST
ADDRESS AFSPA STATUS
Following Nagaland’s Mon
district firing incident where
14 civilians were killed in se-
curity forces firing on Decem-
ber 4 and 5 last year, heavy
demands for removal of AF-
SPA have been echoed across
the region and the issue has
been raised by many political
parties during the Assembly
polls campaign in Manipur.
The new government will
have to clear its stance on the
AFSPA position soon.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
E
However, every situation
has its pitfall… the current
scenario in the saffron
camp reveals overcrowding
of intending candidates,
with each constituency
having not less than 3 or 4
potential BJP candidates.
Why delay in announcing
the list. The BJP’s delay in
announcing its candidates
had led to widespread
speculations that all was
not well. The party was
finding it difficult to choose
candidates as there are four
to five (ticket) aspirants in
every constituency. The
BJP was expected to
announce its first list of
nominees by January 26
Following the post-2014
political scenario in the
entire country, the fall of
the Grand Old Party in
the electoral process
(of Manipur) had created a
“void” that was waiting to
be taken up. The influence
of regional political parties
like Manipur People’s
Party (MPP), People
Democratic Alliance
(PDA) which had once
played a huge role in the
politics of Manipur
have slipped from their
stance in the post-cease
fire (2001) political
scenario in Manipur
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India

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Atme, Syria: US special
forces carried out a
nighttime airborne raid
on Thursday in north-
western Syria during
which the head of the
Islamic State group blew
himself and his family
up,theWhiteHousesaid.
The operation was
the biggest blow to the
jihadist organisation
since his predecessor,
the better-known Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi, was
killed in a similar raid
in the same region of
Idlib in 2019.
A senior White House
official speaking on
condition of anonymity
ahead of an address by
Biden said Qurashi det-
onated a bomb during
the raid on the house
where he was staying in
the town of Atme.
In doing so, he also
killed members of his
own family, including
women and children,
the official said.
Qurashi, an Iraqi
from the Turkmen-ma-
jority city of Tal Afar
who was also known as
Amir Mohammed Said
Abd al-Rahman al-Maw-
la, replaced Baghdadi
after his death in a US
raid in October 2019.
ASyrianCivilDefence
said that at least 13 peo-
plewerekilled,including
six children, in shelling
andclashesaftertheraid
in northwestern Syria
near Atmeh on the Turk-
ish-Syrianborder, media
reports. —Agencies
ISIS chief blows himself up during US raid
OFFENSIVE IN SYRIA
Washington: United States
President Joe Biden has
said the leader of ISIL
(ISIS) has been “taken off
the battlefield” following
an overnight raid in Syria
that also killed children
and women. A
senior US official
told reporters
ISIL leader
Abu Ibrahim
al-Hashimi
al-Qurayshi was
killed in the raid.
Biden said he would
address the nation
about the raid
at 9:30
am on Thursday. “Last night
at my direction, US military
forces in the northwest Syria
successfully undertook a
counterterrorism operation
to protect the Americans
and our Allies, and make
the world a safer
place,” Biden said
in the statement.
“Thanks to the skill
and bravery of our
Armed Forces,
we have taken off
the battlefield Abu
Ibrahim al-Hashimi
al-Qurayshi—the
leader of ISIS,”
Biden said.
POTUS CONFIRMS
The blast site and (inset) ISIS chief Qurashi.
CONG CM FACE TO BE REVEALED
ON SUNDAY, AFFIRMS CHANNI
New Delhi: Punjab
Chief Minister Charan-
jit Singh Channi on
Thursday said that the
Congress will declare
its chief ministerial
face for the state on Feb-
ruary 6.
Former party chief
Rahul Gandhi is expect-
ed to visit the poll-
bound state on Sunday.
Sources said he is likely
to make the important
announcement.
Rahul Gandhi had an-
nounced during his last
visit to Punjab on Janu-
ary 27 that the Congress
will go into the Punjab
assembly election with
a CM face and that the
decision on it will be
taken soon after con-
sulting party workers.
Congress president
Sonia Gandhi has al-
ready started consulta-
tions with party leaders
andworkersonthechief
ministerial candidate.
The party is seeking
responsesfromCongress
leaders and workers
through its Shakti app.
Over the past several
weeks, Punjab Chief
MinisterCharanjitSingh
Channi and state Con-
gress chief Navjot Singh
Sidhu have, directly or
indirectly
, made a case
for themselves to be de-
claredastheparty’schief
ministerial candidate.
The Congress ap-
pears to be putting its
weight behind Channi,
who belongs to the
Scheduled Caste com-
munity and has been
fielded from two assem-
bly seats of Chamkaur
Sahib and Bhadaur.
The state goes to the
polls on Feb 20. — PTI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Punjab Chief Minister Channi and State party chief Navjot Sidhu.
‘PEOPLE WANT AAP
TO FORM NEXT GOVT’
Dhuri: People of Punjab
are tired of giving chances
to the Congress and the
SAD for the
last 44 years
and now
want the Aam
Aadmi Party
(AAP) to be
in the sad-
dle, says the party’s chief
ministerial face Bhagwant
Mann. He says people of
Punjab want change and
are keen to see the AAP
form the next government
because they know that
the party has delivered in
Delhi and will serve them
here as well.
GOA CANDIDATES
TO PLEDGE LOYALTY
TO CONG TODAY
Panaji: Congress’s
Assembly poll candi-
dates in Goa will take a
pledge of loyalty to the
party in the presence of
its senior leader Rahul
Gandhi on Friday, when
he will be on a day-
long visit to the state,
a party functionary
said. During the visit,
Gandhi will also ad-
dress a public meeting
in Sankhalim Assembly
constituency, which is
currently represented
by state Chief Minister
and BJP leader Pramod
Sawant, he said. Elec-
tions to all 40 Assembly
seats in Goa will be
held on February 14
and the results will be
declared on March 10.
SP MOVES EC OVER
‘OBJECTIONABLE
LANGUAGE’ BY YOGI
Lucknow: The Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) has
written a letter to the
Election Commission
(EC) against language
being used by Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath during
poll rallies. In a letter to
the poll body, Akhilesh’s
party has asked it to
issue instructions to
CM Adityanath to use
the language which is in
accordance of the Model
Code of Conduct. Sama-
jwadi Party said there is
no justification for such
language in a democ-
racy. The party flagged
CM Yogi’s statements
including bulldozer
chalega, calling SP
candidates ma-
fias, among
others.
Yogi: UP riot-free since 2017,
now preferred investment hub
Lucknow: Claiming
success in controlling
crime in the state, Ut-
tar Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Thursday accused
his predecessors of
failing to undertake
police reforms and
modification as the lat-
ter wanted to use the
department as their
personal tool. The
chief minister also
claimed that the state
was free of riots and
terrorist activities for
five years and that Ut-
tar Pradesh had be-
come the preferred
destination for
investors.
“Since2017,no
riots have taken
placeinthestate,”
c l a i m e d
Yogi. —PTI
Party chief Sonia
Gandhi begins
consultation with
leaders on CM face
ELECTION BUZZ
z Keshav Prasad
Maurya files nomina-
tion from Sirathu
z Farmer body SKM
appeals to farmers
to punish BJP in UP:
Yogendra Yadav
z BJP will be reduced
to its 2012 tally: UP ex-
Minister who recently
switched to SP
z ‘Hema Malini’
remark was sarcastic,
Jayant clarifies
SC BREATHER TO
PUNJAB MLA FROM
ARREST FOR A WEEK
New Delhi: A bench,
headed by CJI NV
Ramana, granted interim
protection from arrest
to Simranjit Singh Bains
in view of his lawyer’s
submission that Bains
should be permitted
to file his nomination
papers on Tuesday for
the upcoming assembly
poll. “We restrain the
State from arresting
the petitioner
till Thursday,”
directed the
bench, which
also com-
prised justices
AS Bopanna
and Hima
Kohli.
GATE 2022 EXAMS TO
BE HELD AS PER
SCHEDULE, SAYS SC
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Thursday refused to
postpone this year’s
Graduate Aptitude Test
in Engineering (GATE
2022) exams amid
the third wave of the
coronavirus disease
(Covid-19), pointing out
that delaying the exams
might lead to “chaos
and uncertainty”
among students.
The GATE 2022
exams will
now be held
physically as
per schedule
on Febru-
ary 5, 6,
12, and 13.
IN THE COURTYARD
INDIA
05
Teachers to trace tipplers:
Will it actually work?
Mahesh Sharma
Bihar: Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar has be-
come so obsessed with
the very worn-out idea
of prohibition that he
has used the entire ma-
chinery of the state
government to imple-
ment only prohibition.
The police and admin-
istration of Bihar is
engaged in the work of
enforcing the prohibi-
tion law 24 hours a day,
which is a way for them
to earn money
.
Liquor prohibition is
not implemented effec-
tively anywhere in the
whole of Bihar. Liquor
isbeingmadeandsoldin
every street and locality
.
In Nalanda, the home
districtof theChief Min-
ister himself, a dozen
peoplediedrecentlyafter
consuming spurious liq-
uor. Before that, in Di-
wali last year, around 40
people died due to drink-
ing in four districts. Un-
der the supervision of
the police and adminis-
tration of Bihar, the
work of making liquor
and selling it from out-
side is being done.
Amidst the failure of
the police and adminis-
tration, now the state
government has also
engaged the teachers
in the task of catching
up those engaged in
selling liquor and giv-
ing information about
the ‘consumers’.
An order has been is-
sued by the state gov-
ernment that teachers
should provide the in-
formation of such peo-
ple to the administra-
tion. For this, phone
numbers have been is-
sued and the identity of
the teachers has been
told to be kept confiden-
tial. Most of the teach-
ers reinstated in the
name of Shiksha Mitra
in Bihar are illiterate
and have been reinstat-
ed by bribing the chief
on the basis of fake
mark sheets. They were
not already doing the
job of teaching the chil-
dren. Now they have
been given a new job, in
which they will also en-
gage in business with
the help of police and
administration.
If someone honestly
gives news about this,
then there is the issue of
danger to his/her life.
Recently, an army colo-
nel, who had come to his
village on leave, was
shot dead by the liquor
mafia because the colo-
nel was stopping them
from selling liquor.
PROHIBITION LAW
Is Captain really the ‘Captain’ with PLC?
Sharat K Verma
Chandigarh: Captain
Amarinder Singh had
formed the party after
breaking away from the
Congress, so it seemed
thathewouldcontestthe
assembly elections as a
chief ministerial candi-
date with the support of
the BJP
. But the BJP has
already mellowed his
hopesbygivinghisparty
only 37 seats.
The BJP itself is con-
testing on 65 seats and
theelectoralcampaignis
being headed by former
Union Minister Vijay
Singh Sampla as its un-
declared chief ministe-
rial candidate. The BJP
had already announced
that if its government is
formed, a Dalit will be
madetheChief Minister.
So, Sampla fits the bill.
Captain’s problem is
that the 37 seats given to
him by the BJP are al-
most all in rural areas.
Seeing the displeasure
of the farmers, the BJP
itself did not want to
fight in the villages, so
it gave most of the vil-
lage seats to Captain’s
party and took the seats
of the city to itself. But
this is not even half of
Captain’s problems.
Even in the selected
urban seats that his par-
tyhasbeengivenashare,
their declared candi-
dates want to fight on
BJP’ssymbol.Justimag-
ine, what an embarrass-
ment it will be for any
party and leader that its
declared candidates do
not want to contest on its
symbol! Captain’s 10 de-
clared candidates have
askedfortheBJPsymbol
andtheBJPhasgivenits
election symbol to four.
Earlier, people close
to the Captain also
joined the BJP instead
of his party. His close
relative Arvind Khan-
na thought it better to
join the BJP than Cap-
tain’s PLC party
.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
BJP announcing
Sampla its CM
candidate may
sour the alliance
Avinash Pande
@avinashpandeinc
Expressing your
trust in me, heartfelt
thanks to the top
leadership, respected
Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji,
Shri RahulGandhi ji,
Smt. priyankagandhi
ji and the organisation
for giving the
responsibility of
the president in
the Coordination
Committee of
Congress.
Time
TWEET
CRUCIAL READS
MALEGAON BLAST
CASE: 17TH WITNESS
TURNS HOSTILE
New Delhi: In Malegaon
Blast Case, another witness
has turned hostile. The
witness is also claiming
that he was forced to take
names of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
leaders in the case. The
witness in the court said
that he was kidnapped by
the Anti-Terrorism Squad
(ATS) and kept in illegal
custody for three-four days,
media reported. In the
matter, over 220 witnesses
have been examined, and
17 have turned hostile.
Notably, ex-Mumbai top cop
Param Bir Singh, currently
facing multiple cases of
extortion, was posted as
additional commissioner of
the ATS, when it probed the
Malegaon blast case.
Kolkata: As many as 108 municipal bodies of West
Bengal will go to polls on February 27, the State
Election Commission announced Thursday morn-
ing. It also mentioned that voting will not take place
at a ward in the South Dum Dum Municipality. SEC
Sourav Das said, “We have issued a notification to-
day (Thursday). The court has allowed to conduct
the polls in all the wards across 108 municipalities
except ward number 29 of the South Dum Dum
Municipality. We received the court order Wednes-
day. Date of nomination starts today (Thursday).”
WB: POLL PANEL ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS
FOR 108 CIVIC BODIES ON FEBRUARY 27
SPEAKERS MUST BE PUNISHED, DHARMA
SANSAD NO EXCEPTION: RSS LEADER
Mumbai: Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar has con-
demned the alleged hate speeches against minorities at
a recent Dharma Sansad in Haridwar and said all those
who make provocative and divisive remarks should be
punished as per law without any exception. He termed
the ‘politics of hate’ as ‘corruption’ and called all po-
litical parties and their leaders to hould refrain
from indulging in hate-mongering and pitting
one section of the society against the other.

New Delhi: Kerala is
the only one out of eight
States with over 50,000
active Covid-19 cases
witnessing a surge in
new cases of infection
and an increase in posi-
tivity rate, the Central
Government said on
Thursday
. Kerala alone
accounts for 24 per cent
of all active cases in the
country. The second
State where data points
to an uptick in fresh
cases and positivity
rate is Mizoram.
The peak of the third
Covid-19 wave driven by
the highly transmissible
Omicron is slightly low-
er than that of the sec-
ond wave, which swept
thecountrylastyearand
killed lakhs of people.
The country on Thurs-
day reported 1.72 lakh
fresh cases, half the cas-
es recorded on January
21, which was the peak.
Cases have been falling
sincethen.HealthMinis-
try’sJointSecretaryLav
Agarwal told reporters
during a Press confer-
ence that 34 States/UTs,
including Maharashtra,
Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu,arenowrecording
a decline in cases.
“Consistent decline
in daily active cases,
daily positivity rate in-
dicate decreased spread
of infection,” Lav Agar-
wal said, adding that the
government has noted a
decline in case fatality
rate with an increase in
vaccination coverage.
Schools now open
in 11 States/UTs
An official with the
Ministry of Education
said schools are now
conducting physical
classes in 11 States/
UTs. At the same
time, 16 States/UTs
have allowed the par-
tial reopening of in-
stitutions. while
physical classes are
still prohibited in 9
States/UTs.
INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Many a
times it seems that the
Central Government
itself creates the situa-
tion of uproar and forc-
es the opposition to stay
out of both the houses
of Parliament by giving
some issue or the other.
Just imagine, how con-
venient it is that the
government has to an-
swer to the country on
inflation, unemploy-
ment and the bad condi-
tion of the economy,
then the issue of
Pegasus has come, on
which the opposition
will continue to create
ruckus. Such a system
has not yet developed in
India that the opposi-
tion should protest
against any issue, also
perform demonstra-
tions and when the Par-
liament is in session,
there is a meaningful
discussion. It is such an
irony that whatever
protests the opposition
parties will carry out
will be during the Par-
liament session. There
is no recollection of
any major demonstra-
tion outside Parliament
on the issue of infla-
tion, unemployment
and corruption. Con-
gress definitely did a
rally in Jaipur regard-
ing inflation, but it has
no meaning since pro-
tests should be an ongo-
ing process.
However,ineverySes-
sion, the Government
gives some ‘rattles’ in
the hands of the opposi-
tion. On the first day of
the last Session, the
Government suspended
a dozen MPs from the
Rajya Sabha for the en-
tire Session. This was a
completely wrong deci-
sion as the MPs were
suspended in the Winter
Session for creating a
ruckus in the Monsoon
Session of Parliament.
The work on this issue
remained stalled
throughout the Session.
Especially in the Rajya
Sabha, where the Gov-
ernment does not have a
majority
. Prior to this,
i.e. in the Monsoon Ses-
sion, the issue of
Pegasus dominated and
the opposition stalled
the work on it.
Prior to that the
Budget Session of Par-
liament was affected
due to Covid and was
postponed prematurely
due to the ongoing As-
sembly elections in five
States. At that time the
farmers’ movement
was also going on and
the opposition was cre-
ating a ruckus on that
issue as well. Before
that, i.e., the Winter
Session of 2020 was be-
ing held in the midst of
the farmers’ movement
and during the same
time, the three disputed
agricultural laws were
forcibly passed in the
Rajya Sabha, rejecting
the demand for voting
of the opposition. On
the contrary
, the MPs of
the opposition were
also suspended from the
house and they staged a
sit-in in front of the
statue of Mahatma
Gandhi on the Parlia-
ment premises through-
out the night. The two
Sessions before that
also happened in a half-
hearted manner due to
the pandemic. So, for
the last two years con-
tinuously, the proceed-
ings are being held in a
half-hearted manner.
Immense convenience to the Govt from opposition’s uproars!
KERALA, MIZORAM STILL SEEING
UPSURGE IN COVID CASES
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Is it to be
expected that this time
the Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh will be a
member of the Legisla-
tive Assembly? In UP,
usually the chief minis-
terial candidates do not
contest the Assembly
elections. The current
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath was a Lok
Sabha MP when he was
sworn in. Before him,
Akhilesh Yadav had
also took oath as the
Chief Minister while he
was a Lok Sabha MP
. Be-
fore him, Mayawati was
also not an MLA when
she became the CM. Af-
ter taking oath, these
three CMs took the
membership of the Leg-
islative Council due to
constitutional obliga-
tion. Therefore, this is
the first time in the last
nearly two decades that
the chief ministerial
candidates are contest-
ing the Assembly polls.
Adityanath is a con-
tender from the BJP and
is contesting the Assem-
bly elections from Gora-
khpur city seat. Akh-
ilesh Yadav is a contend-
er of the Samajwadi
Party and is in the fray
from the Karhal seat of
Mainpuri. Now the big
question is, can anyone
other than these two be-
come the Chief Minis-
ter? If Samajwadi Party
wins then there are no
ifs and buts. But there is
a doubt among political
observers who suspect
that if BJP wins then
the CM can change too?
Last time the party had
contested the election
undeclared in the name
of Keshav Prasad Mau-
rya and after the results
there was talk of mak-
ing Manoj Sinha as the
Chief Minister, howev-
er, it was Yogi Adity-
anath who became CM.
This time also such a
reversal is possible.
This time also BJP’s un-
declared contender is
Keshav Prasad Maurya
and this time he is also
contesting the Assem-
bly elections from Sir-
athu seat of Prayagraj.
Then there is the
third possibility of a
hung assembly. Even
then, apart from these
two, a third person may
come forward, who may
not be a member of the
Legislative Assembly
.
Will an MLA become the UP CM this time?
34 States including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, UTs recording decline
in fresh cases, positivity rate, says Govt; schools fully open in 11 States, closed in nine
New Delhi: Media re-
ports about mass exodus
of migrant workers amid
the third wave of the
pandemic were untrue
and States have been
asked to be wary of ru-
mour mongering on this
issue, Parliament was
informed on Thursday.
The third wave hit the
country last month,
forcing states to impose
local restrictions to curb
the spread of Covid-19.
New Delhi: The Un-
ion Health Ministry
on Thursday re-
futed as “mis-
leading” media
reports which
claimed that 50
lakh unused
Covishield doses may
go waste by the end of
this month. It said the
Centre had proactive-
ly advised all state
governments
to review the
availability of
vaccines, right
from the start
of the drive, to
ensure that the wast-
age of doses is re-
duced to a minimum.
New Delhi: A “small
fringe group of pro-
Khalistan elements in
Canada” is spreading
anti-India feelings and
the Government is
closely engaged with
Canada over the issue,
MoS for External Af-
fairs V Muraleedharan
said on Thursday
.
Both governments
have recognised the
fundamental principle
of respect for sover-
eignty, unity and terri-
torial integrity of India
and Canada as the basis
of bilateral ties, Mu-
raleedharan told the
Rajya Sabha in re-
sponse to a question.
“The vast majority of
people of Indian origin
in Canada share a
warm emotional bond
with India and have
worked for the better-
ment of relations be-
tween India and Cana-
da,” he said.
“There is a small
fringe group of pro-
Khalistan elements
who spread anti-India
feelings through their
statements,” he said.
“The government of
India remains closely
engaged with the Gov-
ernment of Canada to
address our concerns
relating to anti-India
activities,” he said.
Muraleedharan said
the government main-
tains close contact with
Indians in Canada, and
its policy is to make
continuous efforts to
strengthen the bond
with the community
.
Khalistanis gaining
ground in Canada: MoS
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment is working
to ensure that Indian
workers are back to
their work and jobs
in the Gulf and is
pursuing the issue
with its counterparts
in the region at the
highest level, Exter-
nal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar told the
Rajya Sabha on
Thursday
.
He also said with
the economic recov-
ery in the Gulf and
its increasing open-
ness to ease travel re-
strictions following a
receding trend in
Covid-19 cases, many
Indian workers are
now returning back
to the region.
As per the govern-
ment’s estimates, as
many as 7,16,662
workers returned to
India from the six
Gulf countries — the
UAE, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,
and Bahrain — under
the ‘Vande Bharat
Mission’.
Govt pursuing return of
Indians with Gulf nations
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: The Border
Security Force (BSF) killed
a Pakistani intruder in
Punjab’s Ferozepur sector
as he did not stop and con-
tinued moving ahead in an
aggressive manner cross-
ing International Border, the force said. The intruder
was moving ahead of the International Border fencing
from the Pakistan side in the area of responsibility of
BSF at Border Outpost KS Wala in the Ferozepur sector
on Wednesday evening. The BSF personnel fired upon
the intruder as he entered into Indian territory. “On
February 2, 2022, during evening hours, alert BSF
troops observed some suspicious movement of an
intruder ahead of Border fencing coming from Pakistan
side in the area of BOP KS Wala, Ferozepur sector.
Thiruvananthapuram:
A tweet in Malayalam
by Sheikh Mohamed
bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Vice President and Prime
Minister of UAE and Ruler
of Dubai, soon after his
meeting with Kerala CM
Pinarayi Vijayan in the
Emirates, has gone viral
on social media as sev-
eral expatriate Malayalis
shared it on their virtual
platforms. Besides the
tweet, the Dubai ruler also
shared the picture of the
reception given to Vijayan
at the venue of the Dubai
Expo 2020 on Wednes-
day. The tweet was later
shared by Vijayan on his
Twitter handle.
Mumbai: Former director
of Punjab and Maha-
rashtra Cooperative
(PMC) Bank Daljit Singh
Bal was apprehended
by the Mumbai police’s
Economic Offences Wing
(EOW) in Bihar, an official
said on Thursday. Bal,
who is wanted in the
PMC Bank scam case,
was arrested at Raxaul in
east Champaran close to
the India-Nepal border,
the official said. The EOW,
which is probing the
multi-crore scam, had
issued a lookout notice
against Bal and 10 former
directors of the bank. Bal
will be taken into custody
by the in Mumbai.
BSF SHOOTS DEAD PAKISTANI INTRUDER
ALONG FEROZEPUR BORDER OF PUNJAB
DUBAI RULER
TWEETS IN
MALAYALAM
FORMER DIRECTOR
OF PMC BANK
HELD IN BIHAR
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar targeted Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi over his re-
marks that the BJP
Government’s policies
have brought “China
and Pakistan together,”
stating that “some his-
tory lessons are in or-
der” and that Pakistan
illegally handed over
the Shaksgam Valley to
China in 1963, when a
Congress government
was in office.
He said that China
built the Karakoram
highwaythroughPoKin
the 1970s and CPEC was
started in 2013 when
Congress-led UPA was
in power at the Centre.
Jaishankar also
slammed Rahul Gandhi
over his remarks in Lok
Sabha during debate on
the motion of thanks on
President’s Address
that the government
could not get a foreign
guest for Republic Day
.
EAMmountsblisteringattackonRaGa
ROW OVER REMARK
New Delhi: TMC MP
Mahua Moitra tweeted
a dare to what she called
the “heckler team” to
prepare for her speech,
a day after Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
tore into the Govern-
ment over issues.
“Am speaking this
evening in Lok Sabha
on President’s Address.
Just wanted to give ear-
ly heads up to BJP to get
heckler team ready and
read up on imaginary
points of order. Drink
some gaumutra shots
too,”Moitra tweeted.
Mahua asks
BJP to drink
gaumutra shots
Students denied entry in
K’taka college over hijab
Bengaluru: The hijab
versus saffron scarf tus-
sle is spreading to more
colleges of Karnataka,
with one allegedly shut-
ting its gates on stu-
dents wearing hijabs,
and Hindu students in
at least two other col-
leges wearing saffron
scarves in protest.
Officials of Kun-
dapur’s Government
PU College on Thurs-
day allegedly shut the
gates on students wear-
ing hijabs. The move
came after all colleges
were asked to maintain
‘status quo’ on dress
code by the State educa-
tion department.
Meanwhile, at the
Kundapur college, more
than 40 Hindu students
reportedly wore saffron
scarves on Wednesday
to protest against
around 27 Muslim stu-
dents wearing hijabs.
REPORTS ON
MASS EXODUS
FALSE: CENTRE
Media reports on wastage of
Covishield ‘misleading’: Centre
A healthcare worker collects a sample of a passenger in Patna. —PHOTO BY ANI
UP CM Yogi Adityanath and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav

NEWS
07
Tripti Gautam
Jaipur: After 66 years,
Rajasthan will organise
the 18th National Scout
Jamboree this year. It
will be held at Rohat in
Pali district, the state
president of Indian
Scouts and Guides Or-
ganisation Niranjan
Arya informed at a me-
dia conference here on
Thursday
. The state had
last hosted such a jam-
boree way back in 1956.
Around 30,000 Scouts
and Guides are expect-
ed to participate in the
week-long jamboree
while a few will be in-
vited from the neigh-
bouring countries as
well. The budget allo-
cated for the event will
soon be made available
by the state govern-
ment, Arya added.
Many youth activities
like contests etc are or-
ganised by its national
headquarters in New
Delhi.Participantsfrom
Rajasthanhavebeenfar-
ing well in the contests
all these years, he fur-
ther said. State Commis-
sioner (Rover) Nirmal
Panwar and Secretary
Dr PC Jain were also
present in the meet.
RAJASTHAN WILL HOST SCOUT
JAMBOREE AFTER 66 YEARS: ARYA
MEGA EVENT
HONEY-TRAP CASE
MINISTER FROM
MEWAR EYES LAND
BANK IN JAIPUR!
The focus of a minister who
belongs to Mewar is on
developing land bank in Jaipur.
In the past, the minister saw the
land in Prithviraj Nagar. He also
aspires to build own luxurious
house on big land in Jaipur. Apart
from the politician, he also has
the image of a good industrialist.
The said minister pays a huge
amount as tax. This is the
reason that taking precious land
in the capital is not a difficult task
for him. —Yogesh Sharma
WHAT MAGIC WAND
Jr-MOST EXCISE
INSPECTOR HAS?
This matter is of discussion
among the staff in the Excise
department. Eight months ago,
Jagatpura circle ended in the city
but Jagatpura inspector blew the
wicket of the South-East incharge
and bagged the biggest circle in
the city. Now a woman inspector
has gone on pregnancy leave. For
this reason, the senior most
inspectors should have got her
charge. The inspectors of
Jhotwara and East are ahead in
seniority. But leaving the seniors
behind, this junior inspector
grabbed this charge. It is being
said that this charge has been
given due to the link officer. But
there is a provision of a link
officer only for short term leave.
Will DEO Matadeen Meena
respect seniority?
—Kashiram Choudhary
Alwar: Stating that democracy is in danger in India
as the Opposition is too weak, former minister and
expelled BJP leader Dr
Rohitash Sharma said on
Thursday that a saint like
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
can only save the coun-
try. Bhagwat’s statement
that the DNA of all the
Indians are same irrespec-
tive of their caste, creed
and religion is similar to that of 16th century saint
Ramanujacharya. Both BJP and Congress are trying
to appease the Muslims, he said.
Tonk: In Niwai police station area on Thursday,
mining mafia attacked the forest department team
with iron rods, sticks, etc.
injuring four employees,
including Niwai Forest
Ranger. All are undergoing
treatment at a hospital in
Niwai. The team was trying
to seize the stock of Cheja
stone mined by the mafia
when the latter attacked the
team members. After get-
ting information about the attack, Niwai DSP reached
the spot and took stock of the situation and formed
teams to arrest the attackers.
Jaipur: A Twitter
account in the name of
former chief secretary
Niranjan Arya turned out
to be fake. Arya, who was
appointed as the advisor
to CM Ashok Gehlot
after retirement, made
it clear that the Twitter
account on which a post
praising Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi was shared
was fake.
ONLY RSS CHIEF MOHAN BHAGWAT CAN
SAVE THE COUNTRY: DR ROHITASH
FOREST RANGER, 3 MORE INJURED IN
ATTACK BY MINING MAFIA IN TONK
ARYA DENIES
TWITTER ACCOUNT
ON HIS NAME
NEWS DIGEST
Sikar: A young man was found hanging from a
tree near a temple in Sujanpura of Dhod tehsil
in Sikar. The deceased has been identified as
Mukesh, 25. Villagers saw his body in the morning
and informed the police after which it was sent for
a post-mortem. Notably, the farm of the deceased
Mukesh is near the house of the same girl Suman,
who was murdered two days ago with a sharp
weapon. Cops are interrogating two brothers from
the family of the deceased.On the night of January
31 in Sujanpura, Suman,22, was stabbed to death.
MURDER ACCUSED FOUND HANGING
FROM TREE NEAR TEMPLE IN SIKAR
A COURTESY CALL!
Australia’s High Commissioner Barry O’Farrell met Speaker Dr CP Joshi in Jaipur and
discussed various issues related to Rajasthan. Barry O’Farrell also met Tourism and Civil
Aviation Minister Vishvendra Singh at his residence. This meeting is considered important
for promoting tourism and promoting mutual tourism in Australia and Rajasthan.
Review proposed
amendment in
NDDB Act: RC
Choudhary
writes to PM
Ashish Aman
Ajmer: Ajmer dairy
chairman Ram Chan-
dra Choudhary wrote a
letter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi request-
ing to review and stay
the proposed amend-
ment in the NDDB Act.
The National Dairy
Development Board’s
mandate to follow the
“cooperative strategy”
of dairy development in
India is all set to change
as the Centre has pro-
posed amendments to
the NDDB Act 1987
whereby the words “and
other plans for the de-
velopment of dairy sec-
tor” will be inserted in
the existing Act of this
statutory body
, he said.
The amendment will
force the Anand-head-
quartered apex body to
move beyond its tradi-
tional role of helping
and strengthening the
existing dairy cooper-
atives.
Tiger TS-23 sighted but
search on for ST-13
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur : Tiger ST-23
was sighted in the Tahla
area of Sariska on
Thursday and the pug-
marks were also found.
However, tiger ST-13
has not been traced yet.
Search for ST-13 has
intensified in Sariska as
the pugmarks of this ti-
ger have not been found
in the last fortnight.
Teams of more than 30
forest personnel under
the leadership of two
DFOs of Sariska, Alwar
Forest Division DFO,
Jaipur North DFO and
Dausa DFO are search-
ing for the tiger. Besides,
over a 100 forest person-
nel are in the teams. RN
Meena,thefielddirector
of Sariska, is himself
monitoring this. Be-
sides, 60 to 70 additional
cameras have been in-
stalled in Sariska.
8 die in separate road accidents
in Jaipur,Barmer and Bharatpur
BDO held taking `50k
bribe from contractor
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The ACB on
Thursday arrested the
AEN of Kota’s Sultan-
pur Panchayat Samiti
while taking a bribe of
Rs 50,000 from a con-
tractor. The accused
had demanded Rs 1 lakh
from the contractor
whose firm is supplying
material. AEN Vish-
ram Meena got the in-
terlocking work in
Kakrawda village
stopped. When the con-
tractor met Meena, he
demanded a bribe. Mee-
na also held additional
charge of the BDO.
First India Bureau
Barmer/Bharatpur/
Jaipur: Three of a fam-
ily were died in road ac-
cident that took place
early on Thursday
morning. In the acci-
dent husband-wife and
their son died at spot
while their daughter
got severe injuries, po-
lice said. A family of
four were going to visit
Jasol temple. At mega
highway near Kaludi
village Bolero camper
in which they were
traveling collided with
the trailer coming from
front side. In Bharatpur,
an unidentified vehicle
rammed a bike in
Bharatpur late in the
night. The uncle and
nephew on the bike
died, while the driver
fled from the spot after
the accident.
In Jaipur, 3 people
died in a truck and car
accident at Shahpura
late Thursday. Viratna-
gar police got the dead
bodies kept in the mor-
tuary. Accident hap-
pened near Bilwadi on
Alwar Road.
Akshat is a professional
blackmailer, say police
My daughter Deepali is innocent: Mother
Rajiv Gaur/Pradeep Gadwal
Jodhpur/Jhunjhunu:
The gang trying to im-
plicate Revenue Minis-
ter Ramlal Jat in a hon-
ey-trap through a model
has been active for a
long time. It has black-
mailed many people be-
fore the Revenue Minis-
ter. The mastermind of
the gang is Akshat, who
has recovered Rs 1 crore
by trapping the doctor
in a honey-trap in
Jaipur. For this he had
made a DJ girl a pawn.
Together with a wom-
an, a gang of 33 people
was formed.
Police said that Ak-
shat Sharma, a resi-
dent of Bhilwara, is a
professional blackmail-
er. A deal worth Rs 2
crore was made by
trapping the doctor in a
honey-trap.
Meanwhile in Jhunj-
hunu, the mother of ac-
cused Deepali Swamy, a
resident of Jhunjhunu,
said her daughter is in-
nocent. She said her
daughter is very tender-
hearted and she could
not do so. Deepali is in
the custody of the po-
lice in the matter.“She
is of very weak heart.
She starts crying over
small things. How can
she do such a thing?”
the mother, Neetu said.
She said there is no
shortage of any kind in
the family as such Dee-
pali did not lack any-
thing as such she is not
expected of such crime.
Deepali Swamy and Akshat Sharma in the police custody.
Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore has listed question of challans in rape
cases while BJP MLA Ramlal Sharma has listed a question related to the ACB cases
TWO COUSINS
DIE IN ROAD
ACCIDENT
SIKAR SENIOR CIVIC
OFFICIAL IN ACB NET
Bharatpur: Two cousins
were killed and as many
others injured when a car
in which they were travel-
ling collided with a truck
in Bharatpur. The collision
occurred in Chiksana area
where the victims, hailing
from Dholpur district,
had come to attend a
wedding.
Sikar: The local Anti-
Corruption Bureau (ACB)
team caught a senior
assistant working in the
Land division of Losal
municipality red-handed
when he was accepting
a bribe of Rs 5,000 on
Thursday.
Budgetsessionlikelytobestormy,
BJP leaders to put Raj govt in dock
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: It seems that
the upcoming Budget
session of the Ra-
jasthan Assembly will
be a hotly contested ses-
sion wherein not only
Opposition but even
MLAs supporting
the government
will attempt to
put the state
government in
dock over law
and order in the
state.
A close look at the
listed questions points
to this direction. Depu-
ty Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore listed
the question of chal-
lans in rape cases under
POCSO Act and of mur-
ders against women,
whereas BJP
MLA Ramlal
Sharma has listed a
question related to the
ACB and its cases. Sim-
ilarly, the opposition
will take up the inci-
dents of gang rape as
well since MLA Anita
Bhadel raised the ques-
tion about the increas-
ing incidents of gang
rape and rape in 2019,
2020 and 2021 as com-
pared to 2018 wherein
The incidents of Alwar,
Dhariyavad will be
raised prominently
.
Moreover, the issue
of REET paper leak is
also going to hit the as-
sembly session.
Opposition but even
MLAs supporting
and order in the whereas BJP
MLA Ramlal
BUDGET
SESSION
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ahead of the budget session on Febru-
ary 9, efforts have intensified to fill up the post
of Chief Whip and Deputy Speaker lying vacant.
The post of deputy speaker
of the legislative assembly
has been vacant for the past
three years and the post of
chief whip has been vacant
for the last two-and-a-half
months after Mahesh Joshi,
who is serving as the Chief
Whip, became a Cabinet
Minister. There is a con-
sensus over Mahendra Choudhary’s name as the
Chief Whip. Choudhary is considered close to CM
Ashok Gehlot. Besides, one of the MLAs -- Wajib
Ali, Joginder Awana and Deepchand Kheria may
be considered for the deputy’s post. Senior MLA
Parasram Mordia and Khiladi Lal Bairwa can be
considered for the post of deputy speaker.
MAHENDRA CHOUDHARY LIKELY
TO BE CHIEF WHIP IN ASSEMBLY
Niranjan Arya
Ram Chandra Choudhary
Injured Niwai Forest Ranger
Mahendra Choudhary
Vishram Meena

Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Since assum-
ing the position of
Chief Secretary, people
from all walks of life
have been congratulat-
ing Usha Sharma and
‘showering’ her with
flower bouquets and
congratulatory notes,
but on the other hand,
while giving each con-
gratulatory message a
proper response, Usha
Sharma has quickly
started work on han-
dling the affairs of the
state. Now she will hold
review meetings of de-
partments every day for
which she has got re-
leased calendar for Feb.
Prior to heading to
Delhi in 2012, she had
taken part in CS’s re-
view meetings as Head
of UDH and Tourism
departments. Now that
she will chair these re-
view meetings as CS,
she will find a consider-
able change in the ad-
ministration and the
departments as well.
But Usha Sharma
has a long experience
and exposure of work-
ing in the Central gov-
ernment and therefore
it will not take her long
to grasp the changed
situation of administra-
tion. It is interesting to
note here that the entire
state bureaucracy is
elated and happy at her
being at the highest bu-
reaucratic office in the
state. And that is some-
thing which is an im-
portant aspect for Shar-
ma because this means
that she will get unhin-
dered and undisputed
support, which could
not be extended to a few
ex- Chief Secretaries.
Itisalsonoteworthy
,in
Sharma’s case, that she
is CM’s favourite officer
keeping all other ‘op-
tions’ aside, Gehlot has
brought her from Delhi
to hand her coveted posi-
tion.Itisararecombina-
tion of CM’s choice and
trustononehandcom-
plete support of state bu-
reaucracy on the other
hand, which was like a
dream for several ex-CS.
Sharma has received
most favourable pitch
filed to bat on and there-
fore, one can expect that
she will hit boundaries
one after other and give
impetus to ‘Good Gov-
ernance’ mandate!
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
57,21,140
TOTAL DEATHS
30,57,93,041
TOTAL RECOVERED
7,43,96,182
ACTIVE CASES
38,59,10,363
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
4,98,987
TOTAL DEATHS
3,97,70,414
TOTAL RECOVERED
15,33,917
ACTIVE CASES
4,18,03,318
TOTAL CASES
If we are and become what we
repeatedly do then excellence is a
habit, isn’t it?
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The post of
Managing Director of
Jaipur Vidyut Vitran
Nigam Limited (DIS-
COM) is lying vacant for
the past 5 days. After
Naveen Arora’s retire-
ment on January 29, nei-
ther has the state gov-
ernment given anyone a
new appointment on
thiscovetedpositionnor
has given anyone its
charge. This means that
the Discom at present is
at God’s mercy while it
was being expected that
Arora would be given an
extension.
According to knowl-
edgeablesources,forthis
coveted post, the Hindi
saying of ‘Ek Anaar Sau
Bimaar’ fits perfectly
.
While a lobby is making
efforts for an extension
to Naveen Arora, on the
other hand, half a dozen
retired engineers are
also trying their best for
theassignment,andeach
of them has an influen-
tial politician’s support.
Ithasbeenlearnedthat2
MLAs are running from
pillar to post in this re-
gardwhileseveralmajor
power suppliers are also
active.
Sources in the Vidyut
Bhawan reveal that Aro-
ra’s year-long tenure
was full of achieve-
ments. Right from reve-
nue recovery, to better
thesituationandservice
condition of officials
right from engineers to
linemen and helpers,
Arora did a great job.
Moreover, several old
charge sheets against
engineers were ended in
addition to solving the
stalled promotion cases
of technical staff were
done by Arora.
Since coming to pow-
er in 2019, the state gov-
ernment did not lose
time in removing Arora
from the post of Direc-
tor, but later in January
2021, the government
gave Arora the chair of
MD, in place of AK Gup-
ta. Arora may have been
a favourite of the state
government, but the
ACS of Energy Depart-
ment - Dr Subodh Agar-
wal - is unhappy with
him and news of the
clashes between them
could be heard in the
corridors of Vidhyut
Bhawan almost every
day
. This is also report-
edly one reason why
Arora has not been giv-
en extension.
Sources reveal that till
thetimethenameof new
MD is announced, Chair-
man of Discoms -
Bhaskar A Sawant - will
be given the charge of
MD. It is worth noting
that on February 15, MD
of Jodhpur Discom Avi-
nash Singhvi and MD of
Ajmer Discom VS Bhati
are also retiring and
there are several con-
tenders for both of these
chairs too.
THE ‘FATE’ OF JVVNL HANGS IN
BALANCE, WITHOUT THE M.D. AT HELM!
REVAMPED! Upgraded version
of DIPR’s website launched
Ashish Aman
Jaipur: Director, Infor-
mation and Public Rela-
tions Purushottam
Sharma launched up-
graded version of web-
site of department at
SecretariatonThursday
.
Sharma said that this
is1st departmental web-
site of the state to be up-
graded by the IT Dept
through Public Welfare
Portal. Along with mak-
ing site attractive, many
new features have been
added to it.
“Lots of info will be
easilyfoundonthemain
page of the website.
Press releases will ap-
pear on the main page
itself. Many info includ-
ing latest audio, video,
photos, posters and advs
have been displayed on
main page,” he said.
Rajesh Saini, creator of
website and in charge of
CMO’s IT Cell, said that
website has been con-
nected to CM’s info sys-
tem and main points of
budgetannouncement
public manifesto, CM di-
rections and achieve-
mentsarealsodisplayed.
A rare combination to enable Usha achieve unthinkable’ feats!
CM’S TRUST AND BUREAUCRACY’S SUPPORT
Anurag Vajpayee, Purushottam Sharma, Arun Joshi, Rajesh Saini,
Manoj Maheshwari, Pragati Sharma others at launch on Thursday.
On Thursday, CS Usha chaired her first
review meetings of the Home and
Transport departments and like this, she
will hold 1 or 2 meetings each day and on
February 28, she will hold a review
meeting of DoP. These meetings will help
her in understanding the ground situation
of administration in the state, where she
has returned after nearly a decade
ENSURE TIMELY JUSTICE TO VICTIMS
ENCOURAGE E-VEHICLE USE: CS SHARMA
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma while pre-
siding over the review
meeting of the Home
and Transport depart-
ment through video
conference at the gov-
ernment secretariat here
on Thursday said that
to ensure timely justice
to every victim, FIR
should be registered at
police stations without
hindrance and challans
should be presented
in the court. Additional
Chief Secretary, Home
and Transport Depart-
ment, Abhay Kumar
talked about the efforts
and innovations being
made for strengthening
law and order. Road-
ways CMD Sandeep
Verma apprised about
the services and future
plans of the corpora-
tion. Commissioner,
Transport department,
Mahendra Soni said that
the department is giving
economic incentives,
including tax conces-
sions to promote the
use of electric vehicles
and CNG.
CS Usha Sharma presides over meeting of Home Transport
Dept on Thursday. Also seen Abhay Kumar Mahendra Soni.
Instances of registering false cases
must be minimized. Officials to in-
crease e-vehicle charging stations in
the state and make e-services more user-
friendly. —Usha Sharma, Chief Secretary
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has said that road
construction and repair
of bad roads are the pri-
ority of our govern-
ment in the state. He
stressed on maintain-
ing the quality of roads
as well as monitoring
by high-level officials
and directed that the of-
ficers should not com-
promise with the quali-
ty and senior engineers
should go to the field
and check the quality of
construction works.
Gehlot was address-
ing the review meeting
of PWD held at CMR on
Thursday
. He instructed
todowork of non-pache-
able roads on priority
and said that where the
situation is more bad,
repair works should be
done first. Principal
Secy, PWD, Rajesh Ya-
dav gave detailed info
about progress of budg-
et announcements.
CM CHAIRS REVIEW MEETING OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
Construction of quality roads a priority of state govt: CM
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accorded a send-off to a chadar on occasion of 810th Urs of Sufi Saint
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. Chadar will be presented tomorrow at Khwaja Saheb in Ajmer.
Rajasthan Board of Muslim Waqf President Khanu Khan Budhwali, ex-Minister Ashok Bairwa, CM’s
OSD Farooq Afridi, Asrar Qureshi, Syed Khusro Mian, Arfan Khan and Arbaaz Khan were also present.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s chadar is likely to be presented by Ajay Maken on February 6.
BEST WISHES!
RPS to IPS promotee Surendra Singh, Sanjeev Nain, Narendra
Singh and Yogesh Goyal paid a courtesy visit to CM Ashok
Gehlot on Thursday. Best wishes to promoted officers, CM said.
RCA STADIUM
FNDN ON FEB 5
Chintan Shivir
on Feb 6 and 7
CM Ashok Gehlot will
lay the virtual founda-
tion stone of RCA
stadium on February
5. BCCI President
Sourav Ganguly, Secy
Jay Shah will also join
virtually. Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
will also be present.
‘Chintan Shivir’ of
State Cong MLAs will
be held on Feb 6 7
wherein all pro-govt
MLAs will be present.
CM Ashok Gehlot,
Ajay Maken, Dotasra
and Sachin Pilot will
also attend the Shivir.
CM TO TAKE MEETING
WITH ACS, PRINCI-
PAL SECRETARIES
SECRETARIES OF ALL
DEPTS TODAY; CS WILL
ALSO BE PRESENT.
A ‘status-quo’
Gentleman JDC
turns to be an
effective result
oriented officer
GAURAV GOYAL’S
NEW ‘AVATAR’
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: In a recent develop-
ment, a soft spoken and
gentleman JDC Gaurav
Goyal, who, apparently
because of functional and
political limi-
tations, had
turned to be
a ‘status-
quo’ person,
now sud-
denly has
become a highly effected
and result oriented Com-
missioner. This new avatar
of JDC came into light on
Wednesday, when by over-
ruling an 18th century legal
opinion, Goyal conveyed a
bit of his mind to relevant
officers to not create
unnecessary procedural
hazards in sorting out com-
mon man’s issues at JDA.
Now it will be interesting to
see in coming days as to
how long Goyal maintains
his new avatar and new
style of functioning.
`115 crore will be spent in
first phase of building: CM
From Pg 1...
andDr.BhimraoAmbed-
kar Law University was
also set up in field of law.
Establishment of this
varsitywasanolddream
of mine. Unfortunately
both these universities
were closed during last
govt. With the present
govt coming to power, we
established them by
bringing an Act. He said
that the govs keep on
changing, but the deci-
sions taken in the public
interest should not be
changed. CM informed
that Rs 115 crore will be
spent on construction of
this varsity’s building
in 1st phase. PWD Min
Bhajanlal Jatav said
that it is clear that with
setting up of varsity CM
has always kept his com-
mitment on the top.
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing foundation of Haridev Joshi building
through VC at CMR on Thursday. Also seen here are Bhajanlal Jatav,
Rajendra Singh Yadav, Usha Sharma, Om Thanvi other officers.
Survey found
15,710 km of
non-pacheable
roads, out of which ap-
provals for 6,776 km of
roads have been issued
in this fin yr. Approvals
given for 1,523 works of
3,227 km worth `995 cr.
Approvals for missing
links worth `653 cr and
non-pecheable roads
worth `342 cr have been
issued. —Ashok Gehlot, CM
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t is truly said that ‘Truth is stran-
ger than Fiction’ and in Bolly-
wood one can say that ‘Real life is
hotter than Reel life’ when we see
the true life-based hits that have
made the box office records. And
when the story is about a woman
whoredefinesempowermentand
power,winningthegamewiththerawhand
lifehasdealther-thenexcitementrunshigh.
Add to this Alia Bhatt- a star who, has more
than proven her mettle- one starts counting
the day till the release.
GangubaiKathiawadiisallthisandmore.
Alia looks simply ravishing as the feisty
Ganga,looselybasedonthelifeof arealsex
worker in the book Mafia Queens of Mum-
baibyS.HussainZaidi.Thefirsttrailergar-
nerednotjust 40Mlikesbutahugeamount
of interestwiththebad-mouthingsexyAlia
in a never seen before avatar! The second
trailerwillbeouttodayandfingersareitch-
ing to click the play button.
Ever since the first look of Alia Bhatt
starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi has been re-
leased, fans have been eagerly waiting for
the film. Well, the Sanjay Leela Bhansali
directorialmadeittotheheadlinesrecently
after the new release date of the film was
announced. The anticipated blockbuster
movie is going to hit the theatres on Febru-
ary 25 and the trailer of the film will be re-
leasing today
, February 4. The first look of
Ajay Devgn was released on Thursday and
the preview of the second trailer was also
held for a select few and we bet it is going to
take your excitement levels high. Devgn
looks dashing and menacing in the poster.
All said and done, it’s Alia who is giving
sleepless nights with her daring,
bindaas,sexyandbadasslooksinthe
trailer. The raw dialogue gets a
glimpse of the no-hold-barred
script and movie which coupled
with Bhansali’s larger than life
extravagant handling promises
a blockbuster.
I
t is truly said that ‘Truth is stran-
ger than Fiction’ and in Bolly-
wood one can say that ‘Real life is
hotter than Reel life’ when we see
the true life-based hits that have
made the box office records. And
when the story is about a woman POWER PERSONIFIED
Gangubai Kathiawadi- the Bhansali film is already
creating a storm much before it’s release on Feb 25, in
reel life as in real life it portrays the power of a woman
who lives life strongly with the cards she is dealt!
SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH
Preview of the trailer held in
Mumbai on Thursday
Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt during the
preview trailer at Mumbai on Thursday

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