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THIRD TIME
UNLUCKY!
Surge in cases indicative of 3rd
Covid wave in India: Experts
New Delhi: In the ma-
jor Indian cities, the
Omicron variant of
coronavirus is account-
ing for more than 50%
of fresh cases of the in-
fection and the massive
surge in the number of
cases over the last one
week is indicative of a
third wave of the pan-
demic, as is being wit-
nessed in several coun-
tries, Dr NK Arora, the
chairman of Covid
working group of NTA-
GI, said on Tuesday
.
Noting that in major
metro centres and sur-
rounding regions, new
variant of the virus is
accounting for over
50% of fresh cases, Aro-
ra stressed there is no
need to panic. He said
over 80% people in
country have been in-
fected with virus natu-
rally, more than 90%
adults have received at
least one dose of vac-
cine and over 65% are
fully vaccinated. —PTI
NEW CORONAVIRUS VARIANT ‘IHU’
IDENTIFIED IN FRANCE
New Delhi: Scientists in France have identified a
new strain of coronavirus with more mutations
than the Omicron variant. The emergence of
the new variant, which probably originated in
Cameroon, as per the study, harbours both
substitutions N501Y and E484K in the spike
protein. At least 12 cases of the new variant have
been reported near Marseilles.
RAHUL QUESTIONS PM’S ‘SILENCE’ OVER
CHINESE BRIDGE ON PANGONG TSO LAKE
7 YEARS OF BJP’S HARDWORK VISIBLE
IN MANIPUR’S DEVELOPMENT: MODI
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Tuesday questioned the
silence of PM Narendra Modi over
reports of China constructing a
bridge on the Pangong Tso Lake in
Ladakh near the LAC. “PM’s silence
is deafening. Our land, our people,
our borders deserve better,” Gandhi
said on Twitter. He cited a news
report claiming that the Chinese have been constructing
a bridge on Pangong Tso Lake for over two months
which is extremely close to the LAC. More on P5
Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday addressed a
gathering in Imphal and said that
the Northeast region and Manipur
are playing a greater role in India’s
development. He had earlier
inaugurated several developmental
projects worth Rs4,800 crore in
the poll-bound state of Manipur. He
also laid the foundation stones of 5 National Highway
projects and dedicated to people of Manipur, 2,387
mobile towers. PM said previous govts neglected the
region resulting in alienation of the people from the rest
of the country while 7 years of BJP has transformed the
region in terms of development.
I-T DEPT SEARCHES PREMISES OF UP-BASED
REAL ESTATE PROMOTER CLOSE TO SP
New Delhi: The Income Tax (IT) department conducted
searches at the business premises of real estate company
ACE Group and its promoter Ajay Chaudhary in Delhi, Noida
and Greater Noida among other locations, said sources.
Searches are also being conducted at the premises of
companies dealing in the trade of shoes in Agra, said an
Income Tax official. Incidentally, Chaudhary is said to be
close to Samajwadi Party (SP).
LOCKDOWN WILL BE IMPOSED IF
CASES CROSS 20,000: MUMBAI MAYOR
Mumbai: Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday
said if daily COVID-19 cases
here cross the 20,000-mark, a
lockdown will be imposed in the
city as per Union government’s
rules. Talking to reporters at her
office in the BMC headquarters,
Pednekar suggested that
citizens wear triple-layer masks
while travelling in public buses
and local trains. More on P6
Malik bites the bullet,
shuns his‘Satya’
‘Bulli Bai’ gets
U’khand girl, B’lore
youth in cop net!
Delhi: 5,481 fresh cases,
highest since May 16
New Delhi: Delhi re-
corded 5481 new Cov-
id-19 cases & 3 deaths in
last 24 hours. The
positivity rate
surged to 8.37%
and Tuesday
saw highest
single-day rise
since May 16.
The fatality
rate now stands
at 1.72 per cent
and the recovery rate is
97.26 per cent.
The rise in COVID-19
cases has prompted
Delhi authorities to im-
pose a weekend
curfew from Fri-
day 10 pm to
Monday 5 am
in the city
. Dur-
ing weekend
curfew, no non-
essentialmovement
will be allowed and all
govt employees, bar-
ring essential services,
will ‘work from home’.
New Delhi: With the
Opposition citing his
remarks about PM Nar-
endra Modi, Meghalaya
Governor Satya Pal
Malik said he lauded
PM’s move to withdraw
the contentious farm
laws and “the PM is on
the right track now”.
Malik maintained
that his remarks quot-
ing Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah had been
“misconstrued” and
“Shah did not make any
comment on the PM”
but had “asked me to
keep meeting people &
try to convince them”.
“Actually, Amit Shah
had asked me why do I
keep making state-
ments? But when I told
him govt had to find a
middle path for the
farmers and cannot let
them die, he was very
understanding. He un-
derstood the issue too,”
he said. —Agencies
Mumbai: An engineer-
ing student has been ar-
rested in Bulli Bai case
in which Muslim wom-
en vocal on political so-
cial issues were put on
an online ‘auction’. An
18-yr-old woman, Shwe-
ta Singh, from Uttara-
khand who is suspected
to be the main accused
in the case has also
been detained by Mum-
bai police. Mumbai Po-
lice arrested Vishal Jha
in Bengaluru & sent
him to police custody
till Jan 10. Woman is
also being questioned.
Arrested youth is a co-
accused & was in touch
with the woman. —ANI
GEHLOT’S STEP GIVES WINGS
TO WOMEN FOR THEIR UDAN!
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Minister of
Women and Child De-
velopment and Child
Empowerment, Mamta
Bhupesh has said that
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot is the hero of the
nation and the state, ac-
cording to whose vision
the Udaan scheme has
been started to distrib-
ute free sanitary nap-
kins to the girls and
women of the state.
Bhupesh said while
addressing a pro-
gramme that CM
Ashok Gehlot was con-
cerned about how to
connect women in the
concept of healthy Ra-
jasthan. “A survey was
done on this and it was
found that most of the
diseases in women are
related to hygiene dur-
ing menstruation.
Based on this, I Am
Shakti Udan Yojana
has been started in the
state. Turn to P5
CM Ashok Gehlot
CRUCIAL READ
BULLS IGNORE OMICRON FEARS,
INVESTORS ADD `1.87 LAKH CRORE
New Delhi: Traders on Dalal
Street continued to shrug off
rapidly rising Covid-19 cases and
sent benchmark indices soaring
for the third straight day on Tues-
day. The 30-share pack Senex
advanced 672.71 points or 1.14
per cent to close at 59,855.93. Its
broader peer NSE Nifty rose 179.55 points as equity
investors grew their wealth by `1.87 lakh crore.
6 NEW NIA BRANCHES
ACROSS INDIA SOON
BHAGWANT MANN
AAP’s PB CM FACE!
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) is set to
get new branches at
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,
Patna, Jaipur, Bhopal and
Bhubaneswar, as finance
ministry on Monday ap-
proved MHA proposal for
6 offices. The proposal
will create 300 posts.
AAP’s Lok Sabha MP from
Sangrur, Bhagwant Mann,
could be party’s CM candi-
date for upcoming Punjab
Assembly elections.
According to sources,
the party has made up its
mind to make Bhagwant
Mann the CM face for
Punjab elections.
I have tested positive for Covid. Mild
symptoms. Have isolated myself at
home. Those who came in touch wid
me in last few days, kindly isolate
urself and get urself tested
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Maharashtra min-
ister Eknath Shinde, Sena MP Arvind Sawant
test Covid-19 positive, Congress leader
Randeep Surjewala too tests positive. P8
Arvind Kejriwal
@ArvindKejriwal
LAUNCHED: INDIA’S 1ST COVID
ANTIVIRAL PILL FOR `1,399
New Delhi: Covid antiviral drug Molnupiravir has
been launched in India at `1,399 for a five-day
course for mild to moderate infection. Amid rising
cases of new Covid variant Omicron in the coun-
try, an expert panel of the Central Drugs Stand-
ard Control Organisation had recently approved
antiviral drug Molnupiravir for restricted use in
emergency situation.
POLL-DANCE!
‘Stampede’ during run
held by Cong in Bareilly
Bareilly: Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi’s ‘Ladhki
Hoon, Ladh Sakti Hoon’
campaign sustained a
jolt on Tuesday when a
‘stampede’ occurred
during marathon or-
ganised by Congress as
part of its poll cam-
paign, leaving 3 girls
injured.
“Permission was giv-
en for 200 children.
However, the number of
those who actually
turned up for the event
was much higher,” City
Magistrate Rajiv Pan-
dey said, adding inci-
dent will be thoroughly
probed and action will
be initiated against the
guilty. “What led to the
near stampede-like situ-
ation? What was the
laxity? How a large
number of children
gathered there, and the
permission given by the
higher education de-
partment are some of
the aspects that will be
probed,” Pandey said.
He claimed organis-
ers had announced a
scooty as first prize for
the marathon’s winner.
Participants were over-
excited to get the scooty
,
leading to pushing and
shoving, and creating a
stampede-like situa-
tion, he said. —ANI
Day after, Satya Pal
Malik says his
remarks about PM
were misconstrued
CM a hero, as he is
working for
advancement of
women, says
Mamta Bhupesh
US SETS GLOBAL RECORD WITH OVER
1 MILLION CASES IN A DAY
Washington: United States reported more than
one million new Covid cases on Monday after the
long New Year’s weekend, according to data from
Johns Hopkins University, as Omicron variant
spread at a blistering pace. There were 1,080,211
new cases in the country, a global record. The
new figure comes a day after top US pandemic
advisor Anthony Fauci said the country was
experiencing “almost a vertical increase” in cases.
GEHLOT CABINET
MEETING TODAY
Cabinet meeting will be
held at CMR on Wednes-
day at 1 pm while a meet-
ing of Council of Minis-
ters will be held at 2 pm.
Discussion can be held
regarding Covid situation
and tough decisions can
be taken in view of the
deteriorating situation.
JAIPUR l WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 3 l Issue No. 210
Three days after China released a propaganda video, pictures have
emerged of a group of Indian Army soldiers proudly hoisting the
Tricolour in the Galwan Valley on New Year’s Day. The photos released by
Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju are perceived as a powerful
counter to a video shared by the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece
Global Times on January 1 trying to spread misinformation.
JHANDA UNCHA RAHE
HAMARA, SAYS INDIA WITH
TRICOLOUR @ GALWAN!

RAJASTHAN
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Jaipur: Cold condi-
tions continue to pre-
vail in parts of Ra-
jasthan where Karauli
was recorded the cold-
est place with 4.1 de-
grees Celsius on Mon-
day night, a MeT de-
partment spokesper-
son said.
Dholpur recorded 6
degrees Celsius fol-
lowed by 6.6 in Alwar, 7
in Fatehpur, 7.1 in Ba-
nasthali, 7.4 in Anta,
8.8 in Phalodi, 8.9 in
Chittorgarh and 9.4 in
Bundi.
Other major places
recorded minimum
temperatures above 10
degrees Celsius on
Monday night, while
maximum tempera-
ture at most of the
places was recorded
between 21 and 28 de-
grees Celsius on
Monday.
MeT department
has also forecast light
rainfall in parts of Ra-
jasthan in 24 to 48
hours. —PTI
Karauli at 4.1 degrees Celsius, coldest place in Raj
WINTER WOES
Spokesperson of
the MeT
department
informed saying
that some parts of
Rajasthan will
witness light
rainfall in the next
24 to 48 hours
More people should gain from
new mining policy, says Bhaya
Vishvendra Singh, PS Khachariyawas & Rajendra Yadav will hold Jansunwai today
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur:MinistersPramod
Jain Bhaya & Bhanwar
Singh Bhati listened to
public grievances at the
Jansunwai held at PCC
HQs on Tuesday
.
On illegal gravel min-
ing, Mines Minister
Pramod Jain Bhaya said
that it was introduced
during BJP’s rule and
has taken the form of
cancer today
. “The gov-
ernment is determined
to stop this. The mining
policy will come out
soon,” he said. He said
the mining policy
should be formulated in
such a manner that
more and more people
get benefit.
Energy Minister
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
said that they have giv-
en 2.50 lakh agriculture
connections so far
while BJP gave only
2.75 lakh connections in
its five year rule.
Tourism & Civil Avi-
ation Minister Vishven-
dra Singh, Food & Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas and MoS for
Higher Education Ra-
jendra Yadav will hold
public hearings at PCC
Headquarters on
Wednesday. State Con-
gress General Secretary
Hakam Ali and Secre-
taries Mahendra Singh
Gurjar and Rakhi Gau-
tam will assist them.
Ministers Pramod Jain Bhaya & Bhanwar Singh Bhati address public concerns during the Jansunwai
at PCC Headquarters on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Cong has no moral
right to celebrate 3 yrs
of rule in Raj: Poonia
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: BJP State Pres-
ident Satish Poonia
during his Alwar visit
on Tuesday, met worker
Jitendra Goyal at his
residence to express
grief on his mother’s
death. During a press
conference at the house
of former minister
Hemsingh Bhadana,
Poonia attacked the
Congress government
in Rajasthan for cele-
brating three years
while unemployment,
corruption and crime
have increased.
Poonia said that the
law & order situation
in state has gone for a
toss. “Crime against
women has increased.
The Congress govern-
ment has no moral
right to celebrate. Poll
history shows that
Ashok Gehlot became
the CM, but for twice it
was ‘jugaad’ and the
common man knows
how such a govern-
ment works,” he said.
Asserting that his
party will register land-
slide victory win in 2023
state polls, Poonia add-
ed, “We have a variety
of leaders with long ex-
perience. The Parlia-
mentary Party will de-
cide who deserves to be
the Chief Minister from
among them.”
Dr Satish Poonia visits BJP worker Jitendra Goyal’s residence in
Alwar to condole his mother’s demise on Tuesday.
Kataria: CM
should resign
rather being
helpless
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Leader of Op-
position Gulab Chand
Kataria on Tuesday,
sought resignation
from Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot for his
statement regarding
corruption even in his
departments.
“The statement giv-
en by the CM is unfor-
tunate. CM should not
show such helplessness
to stop corruption. It is
better that he just re-
signs,” Kataria said.
He further added
that troubled MLAs of
the government are
talking about showing
black flags.
The administrative
structure of the state
has collapsed, Kataria
further stressed. In this
way, even a Patwari
will not obey the in-
structions of the public
representative. Either,
the Chief Minister
should resign or re-
form the system, the
Leader of Opposition
further added.
Parnami: Cong can’t count even a single
devp work, it has done in last three years
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Huge crowd
gathered to wish for-
mer BJP State Presi-
dent Ashok Parnami
on his birthday on
Tuesday, sending a
message of show of
strength. Parnami,
however, clearly said
that it is no show of
power.
“This is the love of
workers. Every year on
my birthday, workers
organise blood dona-
tion camps. This time
also a target has been
set to collect 1,000 units
of blood,” he said.
Several leaders of for-
mer CM Vasundhara
Raje’s camp attended
the programme held at
a wedding venue locat-
ed at Galta Gate of
Adarsh Nagar. Parna-
mi targeted the state
government saying
that the Gehlot govern-
ment is not walking,
but crawling. “In three
years, they don’t have a
single work to count. In
my Adarsh Nagar as-
sembly constituency,
people are craving for
development since
three years. BJP gov-
ernment would be
formed with a thump-
ing majority in 2023,”
he said. On being asked
about meeting Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, Parnami said
that the meeting with
him wasn’t political. It
was only a courtesy
meeting on the New
Year, Parnami added.
MP Ramcharan Bohra,
MLA Pratap Singh Sin-
ghvi, Ashok Lahoti,
Sanjay Jain, Kavita
Malik, DD Kumawat,
Laxmikant Pareek, Ku-
sum Yadav, Mahesh
Kalwani visited the
blood donation camp
and wished Parnami.
CASE AGAINST RETIRED IPS OVER
ENCROACHMENT ON FARM HOUSE
Jaipur: A case has been registered against
retired IPS Navdeep Singh wherein, it has been
alleged that the former IPS has encroached upon
a farm house in Jatawali in Samode. Moreover,
the name of Singh’s wife and a former MLA Dr
Param Navdeep is also being mentioned along
with a dozen others. Notably, the Samode police
had arrested 11 people on Monday, with arms,
for encroaching over the farm house.
TOURISM MINISTER PITCHES FOR
PHYSICAL CONDUCTION OF JLF
Jaipur: Favouring ‘physical’ over ‘virtual’,
Tourism Minister Vishwendra Singh has
opined that JLF should be held in person.
Though there is a resurgence of corona
cases now, the fest can be held in March or
April after the pandemic subsides, he said.
The footfall will go up exponentially when
tourists will flock to the Pink City to see
celebrated authors, poets, and speakers will
attend it in person, he said. —Nirmal Tiwari
NEWS DIGEST
Ram Charan Bohra greets Ashok Parnami on his Birthday on
Tuesday at the blood donation camp held at Adarsh Nagar to
mark the occasion.
Ramlal stops to rush
accident victims to hosp
Manoj Saini
Chomu: BJP Spokes-
person and MLA Ram-
lal Sharma was seen
trying to save the two
lives, forgetting the in-
auguration work, he
was to attend. Two bike
riders were seriously
injured in a road acci-
dent and were lying on
the road.
BJP spokesperson,
MLA Ramlal Sharma,
visiting Dhodhsar from
Chomu, instructed to
take the injured to a
hospital in his car.
The incident took
place under the Govin-
dgarh police station
area. MLA Ramlal
Sharma was accompa-
nied by Sikar MP
Sumedhanand Saras-
wati. when he noticed
two bike-borne youth
lying injured and unat-
tended on the road near
Govindgarh Power
House. The MLA imme-
diately stopped his car
and with workers’ help
sent both the injured to
the government hospi-
tal in Govindgarh for
immediate treatment.
Bairwa lays foundation
stones, unveils various
devp works at Niwai
First India Bureau
Niwai: MLA
Prashant Bairwa on
Tuesday laid the
foundation stones
and inaugurated
various works. Bair-
wa inaugurated the
PWD’s Xen office
and said that CM
Ashok Gehlot built
roads worth Rs 100
crore in the area in
three years and in
next two years, more
roads worth Rs 200
crore will be built.
He announced the
construction of 100
km long MDR road
from Vanasthali Cir-
cle to Ajmer district
border, Lalwadi Cir-
cle to Dattawas and
Baroni to Shivad
MDR road. The MLA
said that the regis-
tration has been
done in name of
Transport Depart-
ment authority for
making air-condi-
tioned bus stand and
after two months,
the work will start
at a cost of about Rs
1.5 crore.
Prashant Bairwa inaugurates devp works at Niwai.
With weather taking a sudden U-turn, clouds hover around the Maotha Lake in Amber late on Tuesday afternoon, hiding the sun. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Accident victims being taken to
Hospital for treatment on Tuesday
in Ram Lal Sharma’s car.
TEMPERATURE CHECK
DHOLPUR
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CONGMEN HOPING FOR
CRUMBS OF THE POWER PIE!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With ‘power’
and organisation in a
position, where there
is a need to further
motivate the party
workers and leaders,
all eyes are now set
on political appoint-
ments as those sen-
ior and well known
leaders whose tick-
ets were cut, are also
hopeful that they
might get a crumb of
the power pie.
Speculations are
rife in Congress that
in an effort to boost
party’s power, such
‘forgotten’ leaders,
who have been MPs
or MLAs in the past,
may also witness a
‘comback’ in state’s
politics & among
these names of Dr
Chandrabhan, Zubair
Khan, Rajendra
Chaudhary, Brij
Kishore Sharma,
Ashk Ali, Prabha
Thakur, Bina Kak,
Ratan Engineer,
Meenakshi Chan-
drawat, Dheeraj Gur-
jar are in discussion.
While the old guards
may be waiting for
one last flurry, there
few ‘young leaders’
too,whoareaimingat
not being the Chair-
man of Boards, but to
become its members.
Word is that few re-
nowned leaders are
queueing up at ‘influ-
ential bungalows’; a
handful of veterans
are also gunning for
such positions that
may be labelled ‘me-
diocre’ to their politi-
cal standing.

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First India Bureau
Udaipur: The family
members of late Hiten-
dra Garasia, who died
in Russia in an accident
around five months ago,
have served an ultima-
tum to the government
that if the body is not
flown back to India by
January 15, they will
launch an indefinite
hunger strike at Jantar
Mantar in Delhi from
the next day
.
Garasia’s widow
Asha, daughter Ur-
vashi, son Piyush and a
relative Mohanlal, ac-
companied by Congress
leader Charmesh Shar-
ma, went to PM’s Office
(PMO) on Monday and
handed over a memo-
randum in this regard.
Sharma later ex-
pressed doubt that some
major untoward inci-
dent might have hap-
pened with Garasia in
Russia which the gov-
ernment does not want
to disclose.
He hoped the Jodh-
pur Bench of HC, where
a case in this regard is
pending, will give
justice to thbereaved
family
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The spectre of
a third wave of corona
epidemic has forced the
HC administration to
go virtual. For the sake
of the safety of the
judges and employees
as well as the plaintiffs
and respondents, it has
decided to hold the
hearing sessions
through video confer-
encing till January 14.
Issuing a circular on
Tuesday, the Registrar
General of HC has said
that the future course
of action will be decid-
ed after analysing the
situation on Jan 14.
Till that time, only
75% of the staff
strength will attend of-
fice on a rotation basis
while the rest 25% will
work from home.
Advocate Poonam
Chand Bhandari, Presi-
dent Rajasthan HC Sen-
ior Lawyers Bar Asso-
ciation Jaipur, has ob-
jected to the decision of
the Raj HC to hold vir-
tual hearings from Jan
5 to 14. “We oppose noti-
fication of the HC.
Based on the guidelines
of state government,
HC has taken the above
decision,” he said.
Dead body in Russia: Kin
threaten fast unto death
HC goes virtual till Jan
14, Adv Bhandari opposes
1137 CASES IN 24 Hrs, 745 IN Jpr
Children Vax: More than
7.36 lakh jabbed in two days
IN JODHPUR, 19 STUDENTS OF
NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA POSITIVE
IN LAST 7 DAYS, MORE THAN
1,700 PATIENTS FOUND IN JPR
Mayor Munesh’s
surprise visit finds
75% staff absent
Depressed Bhl
councillor jumps
into pond, dead
Demonetisation
proved to be a
scam, says PSK
Jpr police commissionerate recreates
24×7 Covid control room in the city
Covid surge: Galriya visits
RUHS to check preparedness
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Jaipur Police
Commissionerate is
now preparing to take
strict action to curb
infection and create a
24x7 COVID control
room where officers of
the rank of Additional
DCP will be posted.
According to Addi-
tional Police Commis-
sioner Haider Ali Zai-
di, the increasing cas-
es of Corona are wor-
rying, will be put in
place again.
People will be able
to register any com-
plaint or report a prob-
lem at the control
room. DCPs of the four
districts in Jaipur
have been instructed
to conduct flag march-
es in their areas with
ACPs and station in-
charges. They will in-
teract with traders
and office bearers of
trade board and en-
sure that markets are
shut in time. Blockade
points have been in-
creased in many areas.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After a surge
in Covid cases in
Jaipur, Principal sec-
retary to government
Vaibhav Galriya vis-
ited the state’s largest
Covid hospital, Ra-
jasthan University of
Health Sciences, on
Tuesday to review its
preparedness.
He also inspected
the State Cancer Insti-
tute and reviewed
readiness for the third
wave of Covid.
Galriya interacted
with the administra-
tive officials and
sought information
about increasing the
existing resources at
the hospital to fight
the pandemic.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A total of 1,137
Covid cases have been
reported in the last 24
hours in Rajasthan
with 745 in Jaipur. One
death due to Corona in
Jaipur on Tuesday
.
The number of pa-
tients at Rajasthan Uni-
versity of Health and
Science (RUHS) has
increased by four folds
in the last two days.
Most of the cases are of
Omicron variant here.
According to profes-
sor Dr Raman Sharma
of Jaipur SMS Medical
College, the reason for
the increase in the case
could be the New Year
celebrations.
Omicron has an in-
cubation period of 2-3
days. A total of 185 cov-
id cases are in Jodhpur,
43 in Ajmer, 39 in Al-
war, two in Barmer, 20
in Bharatpur, 21 in
Bhilwara, 12 in Bikan-
er, seven in Chittor-
garh, one each in
Dausa, Dholpur, Gan-
ganagar, seven in Kota,
two each in Sikar, Siro-
hi, Tonk, nine in
Udaipur.
In the last seven days
in Jaipur, more than
1,700 patients have
been found.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: On the second
day of vaccination
drive, 3.68 lakh chil-
dren in the age group
of 15 to 18 got the Cov-
axin doses.
In the two days,
more than 7.36 lakh
beneficiaries have
been given doses.
“Children were vac-
cinated by health
workers at 4603 Covid
vaccination centres in
the state. 15.82 per cent
vaccination has been
done till in 2 days. In-
structions have also
been given to the con-
cerned officers to
make the adolescent
girls aware of vaccina-
tion in the state,” said
Health Minister Par-
sadi Lal Meena.
Vaibhav Galriya,
Principal Secretary,
Medical Department,
said that apart from
children, speed is also
being brought about
in general vaccina-
tion. He said that till
January 4, a total of 8
crore 33 lakh, 67 thou-
sand 966 beneficiaries
have been given doses
of Covid vaccine in
state.
Ziyauddin Khan
Jaipur: It has become a
habit of officers and
employees in govern-
ment offices to reach
late and leave the office
early. A similar sight
was seen at the JMC
Heritage headquarters
when Mayor Munesh
Gurjar and Municipal
Commissioner Awad-
hesh Meena arrived on
surprise inspection.
During the inspec-
tion, when the attend-
ance register was seen,
it was found that 75% of
officers were absent.
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: Suffering
from stress and illness,
Varsha Daryani, city
councillor committed
suicide by jumping into
the Gandhi Sagar pond
that comes under the
Bhimganj police station
area. On receiving the
information, council
chairman Rakesh
Pathak and deceased
councillor’s husband
Jitendra Daryani iden-
tified the body. Bhim-
ganj in-charge Kanhai-
ya Lal Sharma said that
information has re-
vealed that the woman
wasmentallydisturbed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur. Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas said that the BJP
government at the Cent-
er has broken all re-
cords. There is a gener-
al discussion in the
country that no one got
any benefit from de-
monetisation, PM Modi
had asked for 50 days,
but after demonetisa-
tion, the notes were
changed but there was a
general discussion
among the people that
demonetisation also
proved to be a scam as it
didn’t help anyone.
Due to the huge crowd of Baba Shyam devotees, the
Khatushyamji trust decided to close the doors on
Sunday, Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha and Dwadashi as
well as other big festivals. it was decided due to grow-
ing Omicron cases in the country.
KHATU SHYAM JI CLOSES DOORS ON
EKADASHI OF SHUKLA PAKSHA
People queuing up for vaccination at Janana hospital on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Corona awareness & mask distribution campaign organised by
Sikh society at Rajapark, Jaipur. Prahlad Krishnaia, Narottam
Sharma, Ajaypal Singh, Jagjit Singh Suri were present.
Munesh Gurjar inspecting JMC Heritage headquarters.
Family of late Hitendra Garasia outside NHRC.
A boy getting jabbed at a hospital on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
1 2
JUMBO CHECK-UP
Elephant health check-up camp
is being organised by Forest
Department on Jan 4, 5 in Hathi
village of Amber. Dr Arvind Mathur,
Senior Wildlife Medical Officer,
Nahargarh Biological Park said the
overall health of elephants being
checked. —Nirmal Tiwari
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
Guv launches AIR
website in Rajasthani
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra launched
the Rajasthani website
of the Jaipur centre of
Akashvani Samachar,
in Raj Bhawan on Tues-
day
. Speaking on the oc-
casion, he said that it is
an important initiative
for people of Raj with
regard to local language
as well as Sanskrit.
In his speech, Deputy
Director General of All
India Radio (AIR) Ma-
yank Kumar informed
that this is the first
news portal in Ra-
jasthani language. Ram
Khiladi Meena, Jiten-
dra Dwivedi, Sheela
Chawla others present.
Ayurveda is
increasing
immunity: Garg
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In order to ful-
fill the resolve of a
healthy Rajasthan,
Minister of State for
Ayush Dr Subhag Garg
said that the disciplines
of Ayush is proving to
be very effective as they
are increasing the im-
munity. While address-
ing the review meeting
of the Department of
Homeopathy and Unani
at Mantralaya Bhawan
of the Secretariat on
Tuesday, he said that
the department would
send proposals for Inte-
grated Health and Well-
ness Centers.
Governor Kalraj Mishra launching AIR website on Tuesday.
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UN TAG GIVES A WIDER PAN TO BENGAL’S BIGGEST
FESTIVAL OF DAUGHTER UMA’S HOMECOMING
Evolution of Durga puja
from the Brahminical
origin began after it
(Durga Puja) became
“Sarbojonin” or
Barowari– which means
when the puja was
organised by a
community for the
masses and this
happened widely in 1919
et us start the year with a
piece of good news which
broke during the middle of
Decemberlastyear.Politics
can wait for a while and
even as the festive season
albeit overshadowed by the
Covid menace continues…
let’s look at what the UNE-
SCO tag for Durga Puja ac-
tually means and we shall
also talk or mention about
a host of other events
which come under the cat-
egory and while we do so,
we would also touch upon
Durga Puja and the Free-
dom Struggle.
UNESCO’S Intergovern-
mental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intan-
gible Cultural Heritage put
“DurgaPujainKolkata”on
the Representative List of
the Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity
. The
Committee met virtually
for its 16th Session between
December 13 and 18.
Eric Falt, director of UN-
ESCO, New Delhi, said he
was “confident that this in-
scription will offer encour-
agement to the local com-
munities that celebrate
Durga Puja, including all
thetraditionalcraftspeople,
designers, artists, and or-
ganisers of large-scale cul-
tural events, as well as tour-
ists and visitors… .”
Although celebrated
across the country — and
notably in states like West
Bengal, Tripura, Bihar,
Odisha, Jharkhand, As-
sam, Delhi, Maharashtra,
andUttarPradesh—andin
Bangladesh, the soul of the
10-day annual Sharodotsav
festival actually lies in Kol-
kata, where around 3,500
community Durga Pujas
are organised apart from a
large number of pujas in
Bengali households, apart-
ments and areas.
THE INTANGIBLE
HERITAGE
According to UNESCO,
“cultural heritage does not
end at monuments and col-
lections of objects”, but
“also includes traditions or
living expressions inherit-
ed from our ancestors and
passed on to our descend-
ants, such as oral tradi-
tions, performing arts, so-
cial practices, rituals, fes-
tive events, knowledge and
practices concerning na-
tureandtheuniverseorthe
knowledgeandskillstopro-
duce traditional crafts”.
Intangible cultural her-
itage, according to UNE-
SCO, is “traditional, con-
temporary and living at the
same time”, “inclusive”,
“representative”, and
“community-based”. It is
“an important factor in
maintaining cultural di-
versity in the face of grow-
ing globalisation” — and
“an understanding of the
intangible cultural herit-
age of different communi-
ties helps with intercul-
tural dialogue, and encour-
ages mutual respect for
other ways of life”.
WHAT’S ON THE LIST
The Representative List of
the Intangible Cultural Her-
itageof Humanitycurrently
has 492 elements, UNESCO
saidinitsrelease.Thelistof
Intangible Cultural Herit-
age elements on the UNE-
SCO website includes 13 en-
tries from India.
Besides Durga Puja in
Kolkata (2021), the India
list has: Kumbh Mela
(2017); Nowruz (2016); tra-
ditional brass and copper
utensil-making among the
Thatheras of Jandiala
Guru, Punjab (2014);
Sankirtana of Manipur
(2013); Buddhist chanting
of Ladakh (2012); Chhau
dance, Kalbelia dance of
Rajasthan, and Mudiyettu
of Kerala (2010); Ramman
festival of Garhwal (2009);
and Kutiyattam Sanskrit
theatre, Ramlila, and Vedic
chanting (2008).
The 2021 Representative
List of the Intangible Cul-
tural Heritage of Humani-
ty also has entries includ-
ing Arabic calligraphy,
Uzbekistan’s Bakhshi art,
Congolese rumba, falconry
,
Inuit drum dancing of
Denmark, and the tradi-
tional Italian knowledge
and practice of truffle
hunting and extraction.
Some historians have
also scripted that Durga
Puja had a special place
during the Freedom strug-
gle and invoking Goddess
Durga as the Mother was to
send a message across that
it is the responsibility of
her “sons” to rescue her
when the country is under
the British rule.
In 1882, Bankim Chan-
dra Chattopadhyay wrote
Anandamath and hailed
the association of Goddess
Durga with the concept of
a nation. Around this time
onlyhepennedVandeMata-
ram which went on to be-
come India’s Freedom
movement song. In 1905,
when the British proposed
theDivisionof Bengal,Dur-
ga Puja was very much a
major part of Freedom
Movement. Evolution of
Durga puja from the Brah-
minical origin began after
it (Durga Puja) became
“Sarbojonin” or Barowari–
which means when the
puja was organised by a
community for the masses
and this happened widely
in 1919. And thereafter, the
puja transformed the cele-
bration from a prayer to
sharodotsav… that is the
festival in autumn.
Sarbojonin or Barowari
refers to the public organi-
zation of a religious entity
,
mainly in West Bengal.
Barowari has significance
associated with Durga Puja
festival. The word “Baro-
wari” comes from the San-
skrit words “bar”, which
means public, and Persian
word “wari”, means For.
And subsequently from
then (1919) onwards the
number of sarbojonin Dur-
ga Pujas started increasing
manifold. Several freedom
fighters from the state were
actively associated with or-
ganising Durga Puja. They
believed Durga Puja could
be a platform to motivate
and thereby unite people
for the bigger cause that is
to liberate the country
.
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose was directly involved
with both Baghbazar Sar-
bojanin Durgotsav and
Simla Bayam Samity Sar-
bojanin Durga Puja. When
Netaji was Mayor of Cal-
cutta (1930), he donated Rs
500 to the Puja organizers.
Later, in 1938-1939, Netaji
himself became the presi-
dent of Baghbazar Sarboja-
nin Durgotsav committee.
However, since 2016,
Mamata Banerjee’s TMC
government has been or-
ganising the Durga Puja
Carnival — a parade of
popular pujas from Kolka-
ta and adjoining districts
along with cultural exhib-
its at Kolkata’s famed Red
Road to attract global at-
tention towards the festi-
val and uplift tourism.
Following the Unesco’s
tag,theChief Ministersaid
she was “proud and hon-
oured for what we have
achieved”, and took a jibe
at her political opponents
especially the BJP who she
said had “spread lies that I
don’t allow Durga Puja cel-
ebrations in the state”.
In September 2021, West
Bengal chief minister
Mamata Banerjee had re-
quested the UNESCO to
declare Durga Puja as “In-
tangible Cultural Herit-
age” and a global festival.
With this recognition by
UNESCO, the cottage indus-
tries of rural Bengal, devas-
tated by the pandemic, will
again limp back to life.
All Bengali households
consider Ma Durga as their
daughter and the celebra-
tion is a saga where the
daughter visits her father’s
home for the festivities and
after that… on the last
day… that is on Bijoya
Dashami, she returns to
her Kailash.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
L
In September 2021, West Bengal chief
minister Mamata Banerjee had
requested the UNESCO to declare Durga
Puja as “Intangible Cultural Heritage” and
a global festival. With this recognition by
UNESCO, the cottage industries of rural
Bengal, devastated by the pandemic,
will again limp back to life
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
DO YOUR WORK WITH THE WELFARE
OF OTHERS ALWAYS IN MIND.
—BHAGAVAD GITA
his is poll sea-
son and a great
season for free-
bies. Political
parties are
ready to offer the moon in
order to influence the vot-
ers’ preference. Whether
they stand a chance to win
or not, no political party
is ready to lag behind in
offering allurements to
voters.
In fact they are trying to
outdo one another. The
Congress, which stands no
chance of victory, has of-
fered free scooty and mo-
biles, three free LPG cylin-
ders a year to housewives,
Rs 10,000 monthly hono-
rarium for Asha and Aan-
ganbadi workers, appoint-
ment of 40 percent women
on new government jobs
and Rs 1000 pension to wid-
ows and elderly women.
It is a fairly long list of
promises which are easy to
make but may be difficult
to deliver.
Akhilesh Yadav, who is
leading the Samajwadi
Party into the poll battle
and is the main challenger,
has promised 300 units of
free electricity to house-
holds unmindful of the
state power corporation’s
frail economic health.
He expects Arvind Kejri-
wal’s Delhi formula to
work in UP. The financial
impact of the promise has
obviously not been worked
out. Kejriwal has offered
300 units of free units of
electricity 24x7 to Punjab
voters to better the Con-
gress offer of 200 units.
These promises fall in
the category of allure-
ments or bribing of voters.
Having been adopted by all
political parties, whether
ruling or in Opposition,
nobody raises a question
about the legality of the
practice. The Election
Commission of India also
overlooks it, giving its tac-
it approval. Should it not
frown upon political par-
ties for making pre-poll
promises?
SEASON OF
FREEBIES IS IN
FULL SWING
Akhilesh Yadav,
who is leading the
Samajwadi Party
into the poll battle and
is the main challenger,
has promised 300
units of free electricity
to households
unmindful of the
state power
corporation’s frail
economic health
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Postponing the census is a bad idea!
Anita Hada
New Delhi: So far, the
central government is
saying that it will con-
duct the 2021 Census,
but if the government
postpones it and justi-
fies it in the name of
getting the population
figures from the coro-
na vaccination data,
then, experts believe,
it will be a bad idea.
This is so because only
the number of people
will be known from the
vaccination data,
whereas from the Cen-
sus, many types of
data are made availa-
ble, on the basis of
which the policies of
the government are
made. Without these
figures, the public wel-
fare schemes of the
government are not
possible. At present,
the work is going on
with the 2011 Census
data and the estimates
based on it.
Vaccination data
cannot be a substitute
for Census data. The
Census data shows the
number of houses, SC-
ST data, mother
tongue and two other
languages, as well as
socio-economic data.
The policies of the gov-
ernment are made on
the basis of these so-
cio-economic data.
Since only the popula-
tion numbers will be
known from the vacci-
nation data, therefore
the government
should start Census as
soon as possible.
All the work of the
government has been
happening in the midst
of Corona. If elections
and election rallies in
the states were not
stopped due to Corona,
then what is the point
of postponing the Cen-
sus? Crowds do not
gather during Census
work. The government
is terming employees
conducting the elec-
tions as frontline work-
ers and getting the pre-
caution dose started,
in the same way, Cen-
sus can also be started
by applying precaution
dose to those involved
in the programme.
SIT begins probe, seer
offers to bail out accused
Dehradun: As an SIT
began its probe into the
recent Haridwar event
where hate speeches
were delivered against
Muslims, a seer on
Tuesday said he will
personally secure bail
for anyone booked in
connection with the
case.
Bhooma pithadhish-
war Achyutananda
Teerth asserted this at
the conclusion of a five-
day mahayagya for god-
dess Baglamukhi in Ut-
tarakhand’s Haridwar,
where the controversial
dharma sansad too was
held last month.
At the mahayagya
held at Haridwar’s
Karshni ghat, he urged
seers to sacrifice them-
selves for making the
country a Sanatan Ve-
dic Rashtra.
Panch Dashnam
akhara’s Yati Narasim-
hanand and Niranjani
akhara’s Sadhvi An-
napurna, who are
among those named in
the two FIRs lodged
over the dharma san-
sad, were actively in-
volved in organising
the mahayagya as well,
reports said.
The special investi-
gation team constitut-
ed on Sunday to probe
into the dharma san-
sad began its work on
Tuesday. Two separate
FIRs have been lodged
in this connection but
no arrests have been
made so far. —PTI
‘Bulli Bai’ row: Police
transfers case to IFSO
New Delhi: Delhi Po-
lice on Tuesday said
that the ‘Bulli Bai’ case
had been transferred to
the Special Cell Cyber
Unit/Intelligence Fu-
sion and Strategic Op-
erations (IFSO) unit.
Additional CP, Chin-
may Biswal said, “Un-
derstanding the seri-
ousness of the case, we
have transferred the
case to IFSO unit. In
cases of cyber crime in-
volving companies
from international loca-
tions, it gets difficult for
us. But we are expedit-
ing the MLAT process.”.
The case was first regis-
tered by Cyber Cell,
South East Zone.
Meanwhile, a 21-year-
old engineering student
from Bengaluru has
been remanded to po-
lice custody till Janu-
ary 10. While another
woman, said to be the
main accused, has been
detained by Mumbai
Police. The woman is
being brought to Mum-
bai for investigation.
She will be produced in
Uttarakhand court for
transit remand. —ANI
HARIDWAR HATE SPEECH
From Page 1
Governments of other
states should also adopt
this scheme in the inter-
est of adolescent girls
and women,” she said.
On Tuesday, Bhupesh
inspected the Govern-
ment Children’s Home
and Balika Griha locat-
ed at Gandhi Nagar. She
spent over an hour with
the girls residing in the
institution and inquired
about the facilities pro-
vided by the depart-
ment.
She blessed the chil-
dren and distributed
chocolates on the occa-
sion of New Year. She
also flagged off an am-
bulance given under
CSR fund. Interestingly
,
Bhupesh was asked a
question on Chief Min-
ister Gehlot’s ‘UDAAN’
scheme and Akshay Ku-
mar’smovie‘Padman’to
which she said, “Pad-
man was an educative
and entertaining movie.
But CM Ashok Gehlot is
the real ‘hero’ as he is
workingfortheadvance-
ment of women and
healthy Rajasthan. 60 to
65% of women had dis-
easesduetolackof men-
strual hygiene. That’s
why a large number of
women used to get sick.
Keeping this in mind,
CM launched the
UDAAN scheme. The
scheme run by 100% ex-
penditure of the state
government will be suc-
cessful and women will
getbigrelief fromit.CM
had become the hero of
the country through the
free medicine and test-
ing scheme. Now again,
with the success of the
UDAAN scheme, he has
become a ‘hero’. In the
absence of literacy or
economic weakness, a
large section of women
remain deprived of
cleanliness, but now
they will be saved from
many diseases by free
pad distribution.”
With ‘UDAAN’, Gehlot is real ‘Padman’
BJP worried of caste census!
First India Bureau
New Delhi: While both
the Central Govern-
ment and BJP have said
that castes will not be
counted in the popula-
tion Census, but the way
many state govts have
put pressure on Centre
over this issue and the
fact that Centre is post-
poning 2021 Census, it
also raises a question
whether it is being post-
ponedfor10yearsjustto
avoid caste census? If
theCensusispostponed,
both Centre BJP will
be spared the charge
that they deliberately do
not want to give their
due to other backward
castes and hence are not
conducting the caste
census. It is noteworthy
that the parties doing
politics of OBC are de-
manding a count of
OBCs.
In Bihar, BJP’s ally
Janata Dal-U had de-
manded this and now
CM Nitish Kumar has
announced that Bihar
government will get the
OBC census done at its
own expense. State BJP
leaders are opposing it
but they will not be able
to stop the government
from going ahead. Simi-
larly, in Uttar Pradesh,
SP leader Akhilesh Ya-
dav has announced that
if his government is
formed, he will get an
OBC census done.
Meanwhile,OBCcensus
has started in Chhattis-
garh after HC order.
Yati Narsinghanand Giri
CBI denies reports
of ‘not finding
proof’ in 21 sexual
assault cases
New Delhi: CBI on
Tuesday denied the me-
dia reports claiming
the agency didn’t find
any evidence in 21 cas-
es of rape and attempt
to rape received by the
National Human
Rights Commission
(NHRC).
CBI in a statement
mentioned that it has
been reported in a sec-
tion of media on Mon-
day and Tuesday that
21 instances of Sexual
Assault forwarded by
NHRC, were closed by
CBI alleging that no
evidence of Rape, At-
tempt to Rape, Molesta-
tion, Sexual Assault
was found in those
complaints. News has
been published saying
it to be based on source
input and Second Sta-
tus Report dated 22 De-
cember 2021 submitted
by CBI in the Calcutta
High Court on Post Poll
Violence Cases.
‘Beijing’ Janata Party Leaders
busy in election rallies: Kharge
PM’s silence is deafening. Our land, our people, our borders deserve better: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Leader of
Opposition in Rajya
Sabha Mallikarjun
Kharge said: “China is
busy building a bridge
on Pangong Tso to make
it easier to deploy
troops. Meanwhile,
‘Beijing’ Janata Party
leaders led by PM HM
are busy in election ral-
lies. Enemy is at our
gates. PM Modi is tak-
ing a siesta.”
The Congress alleged
that government is si-
lent over China as it has
occupied and set up a
village in “our” terri-
tory in Arunachal
Pradesh and renamed
26-27 places in the state.
On Monday
, the Cong
slammed the govt over
reports of Chinese
troops celebrating new
year at Galwan valley
but later it emerged that
PLA was not present at
the disputed area of Gal-
wan valley
, which is now
a demilitarised zone af-
ter the June, 2020 clash
between the two armies
andsubsequentseriesof
talks between India and
China through proper
diplomatic channels.
It all started after a
video surfaced on social
media site, shared by
the Chinese media,
showing PLA troop cel-
ebrating new year and
unfurling the Chinese
flag, with a caption,
“China’s national flag
rises over Galwan Val-
ley on the New Year Day
of 2022,” which further
read, “the flag was spe-
cial since it once flew
overTiananmenSquare
in Beijing”. —ANI
Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.
SINGHVI SAYS DON’T RELY
ON CHINESE MEDIA,
CONGRESS EMBARRASSED
New Delhi: In a ma-
jorembarrassmentto
the party, Congress
leader Abhishek
Manu Singhvi on
Tuesday said that In-
dian media should
not fall for Chinese
propaganda after few
reports emerged that
Chinese have hoisted
flag which turned out
to be fake.
Singhvi said,
“Would urge the In-
dian media not to
take the CCP Glob-
al Times propaganda
machinery seriously
.
They are nothing but
an absolute joke espe-
cially in the digital
age,apsyopsthatcan
be easily busted by
few minutes of Goog-
le search.”
But his own party
on Monday attacked
the government on
the same report and
former Congress
President Rahul Gan-
dhi too criticized the
government.
The Congress on
Monday slammed the
govt over reports that
Chinese troops are
celebrating new year
at Galwan Valley
.
IN THE COURTYARD
No non-bailable warrant against Ranaut
in defamation case: Mumbai court
Mumbai: A Mumbai
courttodayrejectedthe
lyricist Javed Akhtar’s
demand for a non-bail-
able warrant against
actor Kangana
Ranaut, his lawyer Jay
Bhardwaj said.
“The court rejected
the demand for issu-
ance of a non-bailable
warrant. The next
hearing will be on Feb-
ruary1atAndheriMet-
ropolitan Magistrate,”
the lawyer said.
Akhtar had filed a
criminal defamation
complaint on Nov 3,
2020, against Ranaut
forreportedlydragging
his name in her fight
with Hrithik Roshan.
NEET-PG: SC to
hear EWS quota
case today
Air India was
facing losses of
`20 cr: Centre
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has
agreed to hear the case
relating to reservation
of EWS category in
NEET admissions for
Post-Graduate medi-
cal courses on Wednes-
day after the Central
government sought an
urgent hearing in the
matter. Solicitor Gen-
eral Tushar Mehta, ap-
pearing for the Centre,
mentioned the matter
before a bench of
Chief Justice of India
NV Ramana and Jus-
tices Surya Kant and
Hima Kohli for urgent
hearing.
New Delhi: Air India
was in continuous
losses and the Centre
couldn’t afford further
losses, the Union of
India informed the
Delhi High Court on
Tuesday. There were
losses of approximate-
ly Rs 20 crore everyday
and it could not allow
wastage of more pub-
lic money, the Union
of India lawyer stated.
Air India was in
continuous losses and
the Centre couldn’t af-
ford further losses, the
Union of India in-
formed the Delhi High
Court on Tuesday
.
North-east Delhi violence: High Court reserves
order on bail pleas of six accused in murder case
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC has reserved orders
on the bail pleas moved
by six persons accused
in a case relating to the
North East Delhi violence
in Feb 2020. The ac-
cused were booked
in a case relating to
vandalism, putting fire
to a sweet shop which
caused the death of a
22-year-old man, who
died after sustaining
burn injuries. An FIR
under various sections
of the IPC was registered
against the accused.
Nadda flays KCR Govt for arrest
of Telangana unit chief Bandi
Hyderabad: Amid po-
lice restrictions, BJP
President JP Nadda on
Tuesday paid floral trib-
utes to Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s statue here as part
of the party’s “peace
rally” in protest against
thearrestof BJP’sTelan-
gana unit president Ban-
di Sanjay Kumar.
Highdramaprevailed
on Tuesday evening as
Nadda arrived at the
city airport to partici-
pate in the party rally
but police denied per-
mission for holding it in
view of COVID-19-relat-
ed norms.
Nadda told reporters
at the airport that city
joint commissioner of
police Kartikeya met
him and told him that
the COVID-19 norms
should be adhered to
and that no permission
was accorded for the
event. Nadda said he
told the police official
that he would follow all
COVID-19 norms and go
to Mahatma Gandhi’s
statue accordingly
.
Asserting that he
would follow COVID-19
norms, Nadda said he
requested the police of-
ficial to make necessary
arrangements so that he
can pay his respects at
Mahatma Gandhi’s stat-
ue as per the norms.
The official, however,
expressed his inability
saying he had no per-
mission for it, he said.
“I said you wanted me
to adopt the norms and
I adopted the norms. I
will go as per the norms.
They can tell me where
they feel that I am not
following it. I will fulfil
if there is any short-
coming in following the
norms.” —ANI
FRESH SNOWFALL!
A bench layered with snow as Narkanda receives fresh
snowfall, in Shimla on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIA
06
New Delhi: Former
Punjab Chief Minister
Captain Amarinder Sin-
gh on Tuesday urged the
Centre to work with the
Pakistan government to
allow pilgrims to enter
Kartarpur Sahib with
an Aadhaar card.
“During my tenure @
PunjabGovtIndia had
announced to bear the
$20 fees for the pilgrims
visiting Kartarpur sa-
hib via the corridor,
however due to Covid
restrictions the passage
was closed. To ensure
‘Khule Darshan Didar’
of the holy shrine, GOP
must implement this de-
cision,” Singh tweeted.
Capt also said, the
BJP is the only party
that can take care of
the state’s securi-
ty and economic
challenges and he
slammed the Con-
gress and AAP of
making poll
p ro m i s e s
w h i c h
can’t be fulfilled.
Amarinder Singh also
claimed his party’s alli-
ance with the BJP and
Shiromani Akali Dal-
Sanyukt for the next
year’s Assembly
polls is in the na-
tional and state’s
interest.
He further
said, “Currently
a pilgrim
m u s t
have a
pass-
port
t o
visit Kartarpur Sahib. I
will urge GOI to relax
this requirement to
work with the Pakistan
govt to allow entry with
an aadhar card. I am
hopeful that both gov-
ernments will agree to
this in the interest of
Nanak Naam Leva
Sangat.”
The Kartarpur Cor-
ridor links Gurdwara
Darbar Sahib in Paki-
stan, the final resting
place of Sikhism found-
er Guru Nanak Dev, to
Dera Baba Nanak
shrine in Gurdaspur
district.
In a major decision,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi-led govern-
ment decided to re-open
the Kartarpur corridor
from November 17. It
was closed in
wake of the Covid-19
pandemic.
The visa-free 4.7-kilo-
metre long corridor
joins the Indian border
to Gurdwara Darbar Sa-
hib in Pakistan. It be-
came operational in
2019. —ANI
Amarinder urges Centre to work with Pak Govt
PILGRIMAGE TO KARTARPUR
PM MODI TO RALLY
DESPITE CURBS
Ludhiana: Though the
Punjab government
has closed educational
institutions and imposed
night curfew amid rising
Covid infections, political
rallies including the
one to be addressed by
the Prime Minister at
Ferozepur on Wednesday
are expected to go ahead
as per the schedule. The
BJP said the Wednesday
rally, touted as “the big-
gest ever political rally
in the state” wouldn’t be
affected by curbs.
NEP follows Gandhi’s
‘Nai Talim’: Vice Prez
New Delhi: Vice Presi-
dent M. Venkaiah
Naidu on Tuesday said
that the New Education
Policy follows the ‘Nai
Talim’ of Mahatma
Gandhi by giving im-
portance to the mother
tongue as a medium of
instruction at the
school level.
Addressing Virtually
the Silver Jubilee Cele-
brations of Mahatma
Gandhi International
Hindi University in
Wardha, the Vice Presi-
dent recalled that the
“Nai Talim” proposed
by Mahatma Gandhi in
Wardha in 1937 laid em-
phasis on making moth-
er tongue as the medi-
um of instruction in
addition to free compul-
sory education.
Naidu said that our
Constituent Assembly,
after a long debate, ac-
cepted Hindi as the of-
ficial language and also
accorded constitutional
status to other Indian
languages in the Eighth
Schedule.
AIMPLB defies Surya Namaskar, asks
Muslim students to stay away from it
New Delhi: Opposing
the Central Govern-
ment’s directive to or-
ganize “Surya Nam-
askar” program in
schools on the 75th an-
niversary of Independ-
ence Day, the All-India
Muslim Personal Law
Board (AIMPLB) has
said that it is a form of
“Surya puja which is
not allowed in Islam”.
The programme has
been launched in line
with a tribute to 75
years of India’s inde-
pendence “Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav” be-
tween January 1 to
January 7.
In a letter, the Board’s
generalsecretaryMaula-
na Khalid Saifullah
Rahmani on Monday
askedMuslimstudentsto
stayawayfromtheSurya
Namaskar program.
“India is a secular,
multi-religious and
multi-cultural country.
On the basis of these
principles, our consti-
tution has been written,
instructions have been
given to take care of it
in the school curricu-
lum and non-curricu-
lars also. Here the cus-
toms and rituals of the
majority community
cannot be imposed on
all religions,” the state-
ment read.
The Constitution
does not allow us to
teach teachings of a
particular religion in
government education-
al institutions or to or-
ganize celebrations
based on the beliefs of a
particular group, the
statement further said.
—Pic
for
representation
purpose
only
‘MAY LOCK
GOES AWRY’
MUMBAI IF SITUATION
AS COVID-19, ITS VARIANT OMICRON CASES CONTINUE TO RISE LIKE WILDFIRE IN MAHARASHTRA;
STRICTER CURBS LIKELY TO BE IMPOSED IF THINGS GO OUT OF HANDS: CHAHAL, BMC COMMISSIONER
Himanshu Rawat
Mumbai: While viru-
lent third wave of Cov-
id is knocking on In-
dia’s door, Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC) commis-
sioner Iqbal Singh
Chahal on Tuesday said
the Covid-19 task force
report suggests that
80–85 per cent of cases
in Mumbai are of the
Omicron variant.
The commisioner
also said that Maha-
rashtra is expressing
the onset of the third
wave of Covid-19. If the
number of Covid cases
rises to 20,000 per day
and things go out of our
hands, then strict re-
strictions will be
clamped in the city
.
Explaining the rising
of cases in the state,
Chahal said, “We are at
the beginning of the
third wave because the
positivity rate has been
increasing since Decem-
ber 21. In the months of
August and September
last year, the positivity
rate was less than 1 per
cent. For the first time,
the positivity rate went
beyond 1 per cent on De-
cember 21, and after 14
days, we are at a positiv-
ity rate of 17.4 per cent.”
While assuring the
presence of adequate
medical resources to
fight the anticipated
thirdwavewithcomplete
preparedness, Chahal
said that there is no need
to panic but people must
remainguardedandcau-
tiousbecausethewaythe
virus is spreading, the
number of cases can be
humungous.
Talking about the im-
position of curbs, Cha-
hal said, “On December
30, 2020, two factors
were discussed in a
Maharashtra is
expressing the onset of
the third wave of
Covid-19. If the
number of Covid cases
rises to 20,000 per
day and things go out
of our hands, then
strict restrictions will
be clamped in the city.
Iqbal Singh Chahal,
BMC commissioner
z Despite huge
Omicron surge, data
signals end of pan-
demic: Scientists
z US sets world daily
record of over 1 mil-
lion Covid cases
z Omicron becoming
dominant strain in In-
dia not a ‘bad thing’,
says expert
z Offline ticket counters
of Taj Mahal, Agra
Fort closed in view of
Covid-19
z Over 80 Kolkata
Police personnel test
positive for Covid
z As Covid-19 spreads,
Punjab imposes night
curfew; schools, col-
leges shut
INDIA GRAPPLES WITH THE HIGHLY MUTATED OMICRON VARIANT
80
DOCTORS,
STUDENTS
AT PATIALA
MEDICAL
COLLEGE
TEST COVID
POSITIVE
50
DELHI’S
AIIMS DOCS
IN ISOLATION
AS COVID-19
CASES
SPIRAL INTO
HOSPITALS
33
HOSPITAL
STAFF IN
LUCKNOW’S
MEDANTA
TEST
POSITIVE FOR
COVID-19
CHHATTISGARH
BANS RALLIES,
SOCIAL EVENTS
Raipur: Chhattisgarh
government on Tuesday
banned rallies, proces-
sions, and social, cul-
tural as well as sports
events in all the districts
of the state in the wake
of surging COVID-19
cases and imposed a
statewide night curfew
from 10 pm to 6 am. A
statement issued by the
Chief Minister’s Office
said, “Ban imposed
on processions, ral-
lies, public gather-
ings, social, cultural
and sports events in
every district.” It further
informed that random
testing for Covid-19 will
be conducted at railway
stations and borders of
the state. “Daily report-
ing of hospital beds,
stock of medicines, and
availability of oxygen,”
read the statement. The
statement further read,
“In districts with a posi-
tivity rate of 4 per cent
or more all schools,
Anganwadi centres,
libraries, swimming
pools, malls, cinemas,
marriage palaces,
hotels, restaurants,
auditoriums should be
closed.
10,860 FRESH COVID-19 CASES IN
MUMBAI, 89% ARE ASYMPTOMATIC
Workers arrange hospital beds for the setup of a COVID
centre in view of rising Omicron cases.
Mumbai: Mumbai on Tuesday saw another huge
jump in coronavirus infections with 10,860 new
cases, 34 per cent higher than yesterday (8,082).
Eighty-nine per cent of these infections are asympto-
matic.Of the total fresh cases, 834 needed hospitali-
sation, the daily bulletin shows, further highlighting
that 52 patients needed medical oxygen too.
SEC TO HOLD MEETING ON BHARAT
BIOTECH’S NASAL BOOSTER DOSE
New Delhi: The Subject Expert Committee (SEC)
of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) is
expected to meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss
Bharat Biotech’s application for clinical trials of its
intranasal Covid vaccine as a booster or a third dose.
The Hyderabad-based manufacturer has proposed
the booster dose for those who have been already
been innoculated against COVID with Covishield and
Covaxin vaccines. Bharat Biotech aims to conduct
clinical trials on 5,000 subjects (50 per cent vac-
cinated with Covishield and 50 per cent vaccinated
with Covaxin). The interval between the second dose
and booster dose will be six months, sources said.
EVERY PASSENGER OF CORDELIA TO UNDERGO
COVID TEST ONCE THE SHIP REACHES MUMBAI
Mumbai: Every passenger of the Cordelia cruise ship, which will reach
Mumbai on Tuesday evening, will undergo COVID-19 test as it has been
sent back to Mumbai from Goa with all the passengers after more than
66 out of 2,000 onboard tested
COVID-19 positive. “The ship is
scheduled to arrive in Mumbai
today evening and everyone
onboard will undergo COVID-19
test,” said Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation (BMC) official.
“BMC has constituted a special
team to conduct the test of pas-
sengers on board. Those who test positive will be sent to COVID centres or
hospitals. Those who test negative will be sent to compulsory quarantine,”
the official added.
meeting with Chief
MinisterUddhavThack-
arey
. The new yard-
sticks, unlike the posi-
tivity rate during the
first and second waves,
should be the bed avail-
ability in hospitals and
the requirement for oxy-
gen. The future decision
to impose lockdown will
dependonthesefactors.”
Adding to the data,
Chahal said, “In the last
14 days, though the
number of cases has in-
creased from 100 to al-
most 8,000 now, the hos-
pitalisation rate is not
more than 5 per cent.
Also, these 5 per cent of
infected patients do not
require any oxygen or
ICU beds.”
“Currently, the beds
are being activated in a
phased manner. So far,
out of 30,000 beds, only
14,000 are in use, he said.
“Wehavetakenanum-
ber of steps in order to
curb the spread of Omi-
cron. The measures in-
clude the banning of
public gatherings from 5
pm to 5 am and the clo-
sure of schools from
Class I to VIII. 4.54 lakh
studentsfromClassesIX-
XIIwillbetransportedto
nine jumbo centres for
vaccination. Online
classes will continue,”
Chahal added.
Iqbal Singh Chahal
JAISHANKAR SPEAKS
TO US SECRETARY OF
STATE BLINKEN
New Delhi: In his first
phone calls to his coun-
terparts in the new year,
External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar has spoken to
US Secretary of State An-
tony Blinken and Russian
Foreign minister Sergey
Lavrov within 24 hours.
With Blinken, they covered
a range of bilateral and
global issues, including the
situation in the Indo-Pacif-
ic region. The telephonic
conversation took place on
Monday night, Jaishankar
said. “A broad ranging
conversation yesterday
night with @SecBlinken.
Covered current bilateral
issues, Indo-Pacific.
4 OF A FAMILY FOUND
DEAD INSIDE HOUSE
IN LUDHIANA
Ludhiana: Four members
of a family were found
dead inside their railway
quarter in Mullanpur
Dakha of Ludhiana in the
wee hours of Tuesday. The
deceased were identified
as Sukhdev Singh (56),
his son Jagdeep (28),
daughter-in-law Jyoti (24)
and granddaughter Jot (2).
Ludhiana Rural police said
that Sukhdev Singh was
posted as a Mate with the
Railways. The bodies were
first noticed by Sukhdev’s
wife Balbir Kaur, who was
sleeping in the adjoining
room. When she opened
the door of their room, all
four were found dead.
CRUCIAL READ
BJP WILL REGISTER HAT-TRICK WIN IN
UPCOMING GOA POLLS, SAYS CT RAVI
New Delhi: BJP’s national general secretary and party’s
in-charge for Goa CT Ravi on Tuesday claimed that the BJP
will register a hat-trick win in the upcoming Goa Assembly
polls. “BJP will definitely hit
a hat-trick win in Goa. Differ-
ent surveys are showing that
the party will come to power
again and will win the upcom-
ing elections. On issues like
social harmony, law and order
and development, we will contest elections in Goa and will
come in power once again,” said the BJP leader. Ravi said
that BJP will contest elections on all 40 seats.
ISRO EYES GAGANYAAN LAUNCH BEFORE
I-DAY, CHANDRAYAAN 3 BY MID-2023
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO), India’s space agency, is targeting the launch of first
of the two planned uncrewed flights under the Gaganyaan
mission before Independence
Day this year and the third
lunar mission Chandrayaan-3
by “middle of the next year”,
said the chairperson Dr K Sivan
on Monday. “If you look at the
immediate task at hand this
year, we have many missions to execute. Some of these
are launch of EOS-4 and EOS-6 on board PSLV. Launch of
EOS-02 on board maiden flight of SSLV.

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1. रामअरतार रामनारायाण रार्ड नं. 12, जैन मकनिर के पीछे, कक. बास वयरसाकयक
2. बीना िेरी कुलिीप रार्ड नं. 10, हनुमान मकनिर के पीछे, कक. बास आरासीय
3. अकनता िेरी संजय कुमार रार्ड नं. 8, ककले के पास, तह. कक. बास आरासीय
4. शीला िेरी नेतराम जोशी रार्ड नं. 10, सराय मौहलला, कक. बास आरासीय
5.
मोहनिास, लीलाराम,
इनिर कुमार
खज्ूमल रार्ड नं. 11, कतजारा रोर, कक. बास वयरसाकयक
6. हरीराम प्रिाती राम रार्ड नं. 4, बास कृपाल नगर, कक. बास आरासीय
7. िोमाराम मममन राम रार्ड नं. 5, बाल सागर बास कृपाल नगर, कक. बास आरासीय
8. रती राम मममन राम रार्ड नं. 5, बाल सागर बास कृपाल नगर, कक.बास आरासीय
9. िनद्रप्रकाश सनतोष कुमार रार्ड नं. 5, बास कृपाल नगर, कक. बास आरासीय
10. उमाशंकर रतन लाल जैन रार्ड नं. 9, खुराना िौक, कक. बास वयरसाकयक / आरासीय
11. गौरर कुमार नानक िनि महाजन रार्ड नं. 10, हनुमान मकनिर के पास ककoबास आरासीय
12.
पकरत्ा
किनेश, नरेश
रमेश
नत्ीराम
रार्ड नं. 11, पुराना बाजार, कक. बास वयरसाकयक / आरासीय
13. संिीप किनेश कुमार अग्रराल
रार्ड नं. 11, हनुमान मकनिर के पीछे,
पुराना बाजार, कक. बास
वयरसाकयक
14. रामारतार िौलतराम रार्ड नं. 11, मैन माककेट, कक. बास वयरसाकयक
15. राधेशयाम सोनी अमरकसंह सोनी रार्ड नं. 1, खैर्ल रोर, कक. बास आरासीय
16. रामबाबू नत्ीराम महाजन रार्ड नं. 10, सराय मौहलला, कक. बास आरासीय
17. शयामबाबू नत्ीराम महाजन रार्ड नं. 11, मैन माककेट वयरसाकयक / आरासीय
18. ओमप्रकाश रामनारायण रार्ड नं. 12, जैन मकनिर के पीछे, कक. बास वयरसाकयक
19. खुशीराम, धममेनद्र तारािनि बलाई रार्ड नं. 11, िाकरराटी मौहलला, कक. बास आरासीय
20. लीलाराम कैलाश िनि रार्ड नं. 23, गुजरराटी मौहलला वयरसाकयक / आरासीय
21. प्रहलाि कनंरजन लाल रार्ड नं. 11, कुमारराटी मौहलला वयरसाकयक
22. कृषणपाल कसंह अजीत कसंह रार्ड नं. 24, ककले के पास, कक. बास आरासीय
23. गायत्ी िेरी जोहर कसंह रार्ड नं. 24, ककले के पास, कक. बास आरासीय
अत्िशाषनी अत्िकारनी
नगर पात्िका, त्कशनगढ़बास
RSHRC NOTICE TO
UNION SECY, CS
HARYANA HOUSE
MEMBERS’ VISIT
Jaipur: Taking cogni-
sance of the demand
for according official
recognition to Ra-
jasthani language, the
RSHRC served notices
to the Union Secretary
and the Chief Secretary
of the state on Tues-
day. A Division Bench
of RSHRC asked the
officials concerned to
submit a factual report
before them on the
matter.
Jaipur: Members of
the Estimates Com-
mittee of Haryana
Legislative Assembly
visited Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly.
Secretary, Legislative
Assembly, Mahavir
Prasad Sharma, Chair-
man of the Estimates
Committee of Haryana
Legislative Assembly
and Subhash Sudha
were welcomed with a
bouquet of flowers.
NEWS DIGEST
Power generation has improved: ACS
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Additional
Chief Secretary Ener-
gy Subodh Agarwal
while reviewing the
works of Rajasthan
Vidyut Utpadan Nigam
at Vidyut Bhawan on
Tuesday said power
generation has im-
proved in the state.
“Coal based thermal
power plants in the
state generate 7,330
MW of power as com-
pared to 3,465 MW gen-
erated when the state
was reeling under the
coal crisis. Agarwal ap-
preciated the efforts
made at the production
corporation level and
congratulated all the
officers and personnel,
including CMD, Ra-
jasthan Vidyut Ut-
padan Nigam, RK
S h a r m a . A g a r w a l
stressed on the need to
prepare an action plan
for thermal power
plants and hydro and
other technology based
power generation pro-
jects to reduce depend-
ence on coal. CMD
Sharma said that Vidy-
ut Utpadan Nigam has
8597 MW capacity in-
stalled in the state for
thermal, gas, hydraulic
and lignite based pow-
er generation.
ACS Energy Dr Subodh Agarwal reviewing the performance of
Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam at Vidyut Bhawan on Tuesday.
Bikaner: Traders
across the city downed
shutters and mobs pelt-
ed stones at each other
in Kote Gate area here
onTuesdayafterashop-
keeper was shot at by a
group of men over rent.
Family members of
the injured, business-
men, and Hindu organ-
isations protested at
the district collectorate
premises demanding
the arrest of those who
assaulted and fired at
the trader.
Two groups pelted
stones at each other as
the protest turned vio-
lent following which
police resorted to ba-
ton charge.
ShopkeeperTejkaran
Gehlot was thrashed by
about half-a-dozen men
on Monday and was at
shot in the back and
foot in Kote Gate area.
Gehlot was admitted
to PBM Hospital, from
where he was referred
to Jaipur after primary
treatment.
The same night
traders blocked the
road from Ambedkar
Circle to PBM Hospi-
tal and burned tyres,
forcing police to con-
duct a flag march
around midnight and
appeal for peace.
Police arrested half-
a-dozen people, includ-
ing Jethanand Vyas of
Hindu Jagran Manch,
who were protesting at
the District Collector-
ate.Saddam Hussain,
Mohammad Gul, Mo-
hammad Firoz, Mo-
hammad Sadiq, Firoz,
Irfan, Shahrukh, Si-
kandar, Zafar, and Mo-
hammad Sajid were
the accused named in
the FIR. —PTI
Tension grips Bikaner
as shopkeeper shot at
In protest, traders downed shutters and mob pelted stones at each
other in Kote Gate following which police resorted to baton charge
It is a matter related to possession
of a disputed shop. Some people are
trying to give it a communal
colour. Whatever happened yesterday is a
major incident. Criminals will be arrested
and appropriate strict action will be taken
in the case —SP Yogesh Yadav
Union Minister
Chaudhary
visits CSWRI,
lauds work
Lokesh Pareek
Tonk: Union Minister
of State for Agriculture
Kailash Chaudhary
during his visit to Mal-
pura in Tonk district on
Tuesday attended the
National Sheep and
Farmers’ Fair organ-
ised on the foundation
day of the Central
Sheep Wool Research
Institute Avikanagar.
Kailash Choudhary in-
spected the products
and the exhibition and
sought detailed infor-
mation about the re-
search going on in the
institute.
SAND MAFIA
OPENS FIRE ON
POLICEMEN
Bharatpur: Sand
mafia opened fire
at policemen and
RAC jawans when
they tried to stop
illegal transport of
gravel near Ghatoli
under Rupwas PS.
The hoodlums even
tried to crush the
jawans under trac-
tor-trolleys forcing
the cops to squat
on the ground.
Traders protesting on the road in Bikaner on Tuesday.

Hard work and luck are good
friends - they go hand in hand!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: An interesting
incident has occurred
at the ‘Kar Bhawan’, the
head office of the Com-
mercial Taxes depart-
ment at Ambedkar Cir-
cle. The Kar Bhawan is
located in a corner
building and on its two
sides, there are main
entrance gates. These
gates open up at Bha-
wani Singh Road and
Janpath but the name-
plates on the boundary
wall are missing.
In the year 2009, when
MukeshKumarSharma
was Commissioner of
Commercial Taxes, he
had got the nameplates
installed on the bound-
ary wall after selecting
20 feet by 4 feet space for
it. The plates-with cop-
per alphabets on gran-
ite stone background,
had cost Rs1 lakh each,
and to keep these costly
‘names’ secured, they
were kept under lock
and key while also mak-
ing arrangements for
lighting at night.
However, as of today,
these nameplates are
missing and their spot
in the boundary wall is
lying vacant. Interest-
ingly, the current ‘cus-
todian’ Additional Com-
missioner (Administra-
tion) Jagveer Singh, is
not in a position to re-
ply as to where have
these boards gone miss-
ing and since when are
they missing, and if
they have been thieved.
Not only him, but sev-
eral officers that sit in
the ‘Kar Bhawan’ are
also unable to reply to
these questions.
After Mukesh Shar-
ma, in these past 12
years, a dozen Commis-
sioners have come and
gone in the Kar Bhawan
but never has anyone
givenanynoticetowards
this issue while the en-
tire building and prem-
ises are in a bad shape.
With a target of Rs
60,000 crore in the pre-
sent financial year, the
Commercial Taxes De-
partment is a major and
importantcontributorto
the tax revenue, contrib-
uting 50% of the reve-
nue. The location of Kar
Bhawan is also in a posh
area, and therefore, an
unclean building and
badlymanagedpremises
are not only wrong from
an administrative point
of view, but it also sets a
bad reputation of the de-
partmentinpublic’seye.
‘Kar Bhawan’ officials remain indifferent to ‘loot’ of lakhs
WHATS IN A NAME?
MEMU TRAINS ON KOTA TRACK!
BIRLA TO INAUGURATE REDEVELOPED
SOGARIA RLY STATION TODAY
Bhanwar S Charan
Hanspal Yadav
Kota/Jhalawar: Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la along with Minister
of State for Railways
Darshana Jardosh is go-
ing to inaugurate the
redeveloped Sogaria
railway station of Kota
on Wednesday
.
Memu trains on Kota-
Bina, Kota-Nagda and
Kota-Jhalawar will be
flagged off to provide
easy-cheap and punc-
tual rail transport from
Kota to nearby stations.
MP Dushyant Singh
will flag off Memu train
from Baran railway sta-
tion.
He said that the run-
ning of this train will
bring great relief to the
citizens and business-
men and students of
Baran district. Along
with this, the residents
and traders of Guna
and Bina of MP will get
the benefit.
Om Birla said that
people think that pvt
schools are better than
govt schools, but my
observation is contrary to
it. Teachers in govt schools
work dedicatedly in impart-
ing edu. He said people in
high posts like Prez and
PM who have studied from
govt schools only rose
to such heights. Stating
that he himself has studied
in govt school, he asserted
that there is a need to
change this hostile environ
towards govt schools.
Govt schools better
than pvt ones: Birla
Along with
Sogaria in
Kota, another
suburban railway sta-
tion Dakaniya is also
developing rapidly
and the plan is to re-
duce the load of rail
and passenger trans-
port at Kota Junction.
—Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker
Rajfed has started procurement of moong
urad as pulses and soybean ground-
nut in form of oilseeds in Raj in Nov 2021,
which will continue for 90 days. —Niranjan Arya, CS
Moni Sharma
Jaipur: Senior Con-
gress leader and Con-
gress Chief
Spokesperson
R a n d e e p
S u r j e w a l a
tested Covid
positive on
Tuesday. He
said he got
himself tested
after experiencing
mild fever and cold
symptoms on Monday
night. Surjewala took
to Twitter on Tuesday
saying, “After experi-
encing symptoms like
mild fever cold last
night, I got myself
tested and am Covid
positive. I would re-
quest everyone who
came in contact with
me over last 24
hours to take
precautions
and get them-
selves tested.”
Meanwhile,
on Monday,
Surjewala at-
tacked Modi
govt over China Gal-
wan Valley and said
that the Modi govt is
playing with security
of country and is si-
lent on hostile acts of
China, who dare to
challenge our sover-
eignty
.
Surjewala tests Covid
positive, Gehlot wishes
‘GET WELL SOON’
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
Wish you speedy recovery from #Covid_19
Randeep Surjewala ji. May you get well soon.
Sachin Pilot@SachinPilot
General Secretary and Spokesperson of
AICC Mr.@rssurjewala. There have been
reports of Ji being corona infected. I pray
to God for his speedy recovery.
Govind Singh Dotasra @GovindDotasra
Please take care, Wishing you a speedy
recovery @rssurjewala Ji.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: CS Niranjan
Arya has given instruc-
tions to speed up the
procurement process of
pulses and oilseeds at
the minimum support
price by Rajasthan
State Co-operative Pur-
chase-Sale Federation
Limited (Rajfed), so
that the farmers of the
state get fair price for
their produce on time.
Presiding over State
Level Steering Commit-
tee meeting of Rajfed
on Tuesday, Arya said
that procurement tar-
get set by Centre for
Kharif 2021 season
should be completed at
the earliest.
Tarun Joshi
Rajsamand: Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi in
his address to the gath-
ering at the foundation
stone laying ceremony
of the new building of
Government Multipur-
pose Veterinary Hospi-
tal in memory of Nili-
gonti Rajiv near Gaush-
ala at Nathuwas in
Nathdwara in Rajsa-
mand on Tuesday said
that a technologically
advanced and modern
Nathdwara will be
built. On this occasion,
he asked to increase in-
vestment in the area,
improve income in ag-
riculture, animal hus-
bandry and dairy. He
also emphasized on the
education of the girl
child.
Agriculture Min Lal-
chand Kataria said:
The government has
launched many welfare
schemes that will help
in increasing the in-
come of cattle farmers
through improved
farming and provide
benefits from improved
cattle breeds and milk.
Min of Cooperation
Udailal Anjana said:
Speaker of Rajasthan
Assembly Dr CP Joshi
is a Vikas Purush who
gets the development
work done and will
leave no stone unturned
to modernise Nath-
dwara. On this occa-
sion Goswami Vishal
Bawa addressed the
function and extended
his best wishes for the
programme. The CO of
Mandir Mandal, Jiten-
dra Ojha conducted the
program and gave the
welcome address.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Former min-
ister Devi Singh Bhati
seems to be active these
days. In a conversation
with First India News,
he said that he will con-
test the elections but
this time the parties are
not trusted and he will
depend on the workers.
He held the police re-
sponsible for the dete-
riorating law and order
situation in Bikaner. He
said that when the
Chief Minister picks up
the phone at night and
talks, then what is the
problem with the po-
lice. Due to the failure
of the information sys-
tem of the police, there
is a problem.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Newly-promot-
ed IAS officers were al-
lotted their batch on
Tuesday
. In 2011 batch, 9
years’ weightage is giv-
en to Narendra Gupta,
Premsukh Vishnoi and
Anil Agrawal over oth-
ers. 2 was allotted 2012
batch. 2013 batch was
allotted to MP Meena,
Ram Avtar Meena, RD
Meena, Khajan Singh,
ML Chauhan, Dr Rash-
mi Sharma, LN Mantri,
Iqbal Khan, Kalpna
Agrawal, Manish Aro-
ra, Sunil Sharma and
Pushpa Satyani.
Jinendra Shekhawat
Jaipur: Former Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot wished
Acharya Pramod
Krishnam on his birth-
day on Tuesday and
prayed for his long and
healthylife.However,re-
plythatAcharyaaccord-
ed to Pilot, on Twitter,
hasheatedpoliticalenvi-
ronmentinRaj.Godman
replied, “I am grateful
frombottomof myheart
to future CM of Raj.”
Even before this, Acha-
rya has been tweeting in
support of Pilot. There
is one segment in Cong
that stresses that these
are mere ‘predictions’
is not always true. Acha-
rya is considered close
to Priyanka Gandhi.
Accelerate procurement process
of pulses, oilseeds at MSP: Arya
Atechnologicallyadvanced,modern
Nathdwarawillbebuilt:DrCPJoshi
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS! CS Niranjan Arya being greeted by
former President of Secretariat Employees Union Shivji Ram Jat and
employee leader Sitaram Chaudhary on his birthday on Tuesday.
Dr CP Joshi lays foundation stone of new building of Government Multipurpose Veterinary Hospital
in memory of Niligonti Rajiv near Gaushala at Nathuwas in Nathdwara on Tuesday. Also present here
are Lalchand Kataria, Udailal Anjana, Rajendra Bhatt, Arvind K Poswal, Jitendra Ojha and GV Bawa.
CS Niranjan Arya while
celebrating his 60th
birthday at his residence
on Tuesday said that to
know the problems of
the common man and
help them is the religion
of every officer. He said
that to ensure good
governance, it is impor-
tant that public welfare
schemes of govt must
reach common man. “I
have been fulfilling my
responsibilities and will
continue to do so in the
future as well,” he said.
MLA Shobha Chauhan,
RAS Rajesh Chauhan
Shruti Bhardwaj, ex-IAS
Lalchand Aswal others
wished Arya. Regarding
his extension, Arya said
that higher-ups will take
a call on this. Arya’a wife
Sangeeta was also hon-
oured on this occasion.
ARYA GIVES LESSONS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AS HE TURNS 60!
I will contest the
elections this time
with workers and
not parties: Bhati
Batch allocation
for promotee IAS
Political environ
heats up in Raj
after Pilot’s B’day
wish to Acharya
Devi Singh Bhati
Sachin Pilot
The Memu trains will provide easy-cheap
and punctual rail transport to nearby areas
MoS for Railways Darshana Jardosh will
also be present during the inauguration
Lok Sabha Om Birla addresses the public in Government Higher Secondary School in Nayagaon, Kota on Tuesday. He also distributed
sweaters to the students and said that children will lead the country in future. (Inset) The new look of Sogaria Railway Station of Kota.

JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 5, 2022
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t’s a big world
holding the
dreams of
many in its
fists and some
find the right
spirit and path
to steer their dream
into transforming
them into reality
.
Kanishka Bhagat
is one of the names
in the long list of
those achievers.
Bhagat who hails
from Chandigarh
bagged the title of
Miss Confidence at the
First Miss India Teen
2021 and is a teen mod-
el, all at the young age
of 13.
Talking about her
journey as a teen mod-
el, Kanishka said, “Ini-
tially, I was inclined
towards dancing but
for the last 3-4 years, I
have been pursuing
modelling and my jour-
ney from small photo-
shoots to competitions
and beauty pag-
eants has been ex-
tremely beautiful
and enriching. It
has transformed
me as a person
and offered
great opportu-
nities to ex-
plore and im-
bibe more to
excel and
shine.”
Speaking
about the
support she
gets from family, Bha-
gat said, “There is no
greater support system
than the core family in
your life. My parents
are my pillars, support-
ing me both emotional-
ly and financially
.”
Sharing her motiva-
tion to work through
life, she said, “Success
doesn’t taste good with-
out failures as they say
.
My experience has also
been the same. There
are times when you feel
low and locked over the
slow pace of things but
eventually, the bless-
ings of God, parents
and consistent hard
work pays off.”
Lastly, Kanishka
spoke about being in the
First Miss Teen India
pageant and said, “First
miss India teen was a
breakthrough in my life
at such an early age. I
can’t thank the platform
enough for providing us
with such a great oppor-
tunity to nurture and
display our talent.”
MONICA PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
I
Kanishka Bhagat, a 13 year old dancer and a finalist of First Miss India Teen 2021 from Chandigarh
shared her journey with City First about navigating her way in the modelling industry!
BIG DREAMS
BIG DREAMS
BIG DREAMS
Small Steps,
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

10
ETC
PRIYANKA
KHERA,
Model
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Satisfaction is foreseen
for the image conscious
people trying to achieve
perfect figure and
physique. Your efforts
on the academic front will keep you in
contention. You are likely to spend an
enjoyable time with a close relation
today. Your helping hand to someone
in need will be greatly appreciated.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A rethink is in order for
those going in for a
heavy investment.
Recovering a loaned
amount from someone
will not pose much difficulty. You will
manage to defuse tensions prevailing at
home by your tactful ways. A work trip
is on the cards for some. Manage to
weave your magic on the one you love.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Homemakers can
exceed budget in doing
up their homes. An old
friend or a relative is
likely to pay you a visit.
You succeed in putting an ambitious
project on the tracks and cross all
hurdles in making it a success. Love
beckons and promises to give
immense joy and fulfillment.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
Financial worries evapo-
rate as new avenues of
earning open up. You
will put in extra efforts
to complete a task
entrusted to you. Your academic
aspirations may take some time to get
realised. A contentious property issue
may not show any signs of getting
sorted out amicably, so have a backup.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
You will manage to
ignore distractions and
interruptions at work to
complete a pending task
in time. Job prospects
for those freshly out of professional
institutes are set to brighten up soon.
Those not in a stable job can expect
permanency. Health will be satisfactory,
as you remain regular in workouts.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
A major purchase may
make a dent in your
savings, but will help in
keeping up with the
flow .Speculation may
not be profitable and you can very well
burn your fingers. Some of you may
get hard pressed to find a good match
for someone eligible in the family.
Spending time with family.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
A lot of time may be
wasted in socialising,
but you will love every
moment of it. You will
succeed in surmounting
the odds to get a stalled job back on the
tracks. Something concerning property
will work out in your favour. A romantic
outing is on the cards and promises
much fun and frolic.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Spirituality will have a
special allure for you.
Your innovative ideas
on the professional
front are likely to be
well received. Good health will keep
you fit and energetic. You are likely to
expand your social circle. You are likely
to get immense fulfillment in your
current romantic relationship.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
It is one of those days
when you will feel
satisfied with whatever
you do today on the
social front. Those
seeking love may not get lucky, but
persistence will pay! A friend or relative
can touch a sensitive nerve and get you
all upset. A job switch needs to be
considered. Taking care of everything.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Sticking to workout
routine may benefit you
on the health front.
Meeting relatives at a
marriage or party
cannot be ruled out. Support from the
family may seem most encouraging
for those aiming an academic pursuit.
A passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
romantic front brightens.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
Homemakers will get a
chance to implement
their ideas. You are
likely to be recognised
for your efforts on the
professional front. Chance of a raise is
possible for some. Timely and correct
decision will help you in saving a lot of
money. You will be able to de-stress
yourself completely today.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
A profitable day for
entrepreneurs is
envisaged. You may be
played upon for
spending on someone
else’s needs and desires. Homemakers
are likely to enjoy the day in the
company of neighbors and friends.
Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but
adequate breaks will keep you going.
YOUR DAY Horoscopeby
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o and a half dec-
ades after my
Boarding School
education fin-
ished, I’m still
regularly asked -
“Should we send
our kid to boarding
school?” I suppose people
feel that I can offer them a
unique insight into the
world of residential
schooling, one that per-
haps eludes the vast ma-
jority of folks who attend-
ed regular day school.
Perhaps they’re right.
And then perhaps, it
comes down to common
sense.
That a boarding school
education can be infinite-
ly enriching. That it can
expose a young mind to
limitless possibilities of
self-discovery
. That it can
liberate a student from
many conscious or uncon-
scious constraints. These
are foregone conclusions.
Ones that most people are
aware of.
Having said all of this,
there is one insight I can
offer. And that is, that for
all the wonderfully ex-
ploratory benefits of a
boarding school; these
don’t need to prove to be
assets for each and every
child. Boarding School is
a testing environment.
People used to believe that
as long as a particular
boarding school does not
have bullying, it is well
and good. But even WITH-
OUT bullying or ragging,
it is STILL a testing envi-
ronment. It is a space
where a child needs to be
strong-willed, self-confi-
dent, and self-driven. If
there is a child who is ex-
tremely attached to a
home, isn’t particularly
self-motivated; chances
are that the atmosphere a
boarding school offers
will not sit well with that
student. In the best-case
scenario, that student will
go through the motions
(years) at school not ben-
efitting at all. The worst-
case scenario could be
much more tragic, with
the student developing
many complexes and is-
sues!
So, when it comes time
to send you to ward to
boarding school, it is less
the advice of other people,
less the reputation of a
school, less your own en-
thusiasm as parents that
should determine your
choice - and more your
own child’s disposition,
of which, you should have
a clear, objective, unbi-
ased perception and as-
sessment. ONLY if you
feel that your son or
daughter can ‘handle the
pressures’ of a competi-
tive space where one has
to work immensely hard
to carve out a niche,
should you take the
plunge.
Additionally, parents
should also be aware of
some general truths that
hold of all residential
schools. Focus on Overall
Development rather than
High Marks or Academic
Excellence ALONE: If
your ward and/or you are
set on the IIT/IIM and
Competitive Examina-
tions path post-schooling,
boarding school may not
be the ideal option since
the singular focus of a
boarding school is NOT
maximum academic per-
formance.
Sense of Independence
Can Be Extreme: Some-
times, the freedom and
the sense of independ-
ence that comes with a
boarding school educa-
tion, living away from
home and family since a
very early age, might
manifest in a familial dis-
connect, later on, making
products of a boarding
school unwilling or una-
ble to cohabit with family
.
One should be aware of
this tendency and guard
against it.
Maximum Exposure:
While I have advised
against the ‘negatives’,
the fact remains, very few
homes, or day-school envi-
ronments, can recreate
even a third of the board-
ing school experience in
terms of sheer exposure
to LIFE. It can be life-al-
tering for a student.
Minimum Interference:
Many residential schools
also discourage too much
involvement of parents/
home front in the day-to-
day goings-on with wards
on campus. This is my
view is by and large a
good ideology since an
interference-free environ-
ment teaches students
and learners to become
independent and become
leaders for life.
Skilled For Life: Experi-
ences on the Sports field,
team-building, bonding
over a Trek in the moun-
tains, encountering and
traversing harsh terrain
andchallengesonaCamp-
ing or Cycling Expedition,
all this immense exposure
builds character and inad-
vertently imbibes life-les-
sons in pupils of boarding
schools that then con-
sciously or unconsciously
are applied in different
scenarios throughout
their lives.
Like I said at the begin-
ning, while people may be
able to present many ad-
vantages and disadvan-
tages of a boarding school
education, it is for you as
a parent, to judge what
you feel your child is best
suited to. And if that
means sacrificing a
boarding-school educa-
tion to preserve his or her
well-being. It can be a life-
altering education but it
can unfortunately also be
a scarring one. So THINK
hard before you commit
your child to it.
KARTIK BAJORIA
The author is a Jaipur-based
Communication
Skills Educator Writer
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The Government of India has announced vaccination for the 15 to 18-year-old age group against
the covid virus and its variants from January 3. City First interacted with parents from Rajasthan,
Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad to have their opinions on their children getting vaccinated!
ince the authorisa-
tion of the first
COVID-19 vaccines
in December 2020,
millions of people
in the world have
been safely vacci-
nated. More than 10 months
of data show the vaccines
are safe and effective at pre-
venting serious disease or
death due to COVID-19.
Amid concerns over the
new, highly transmissible
Omicron variant of SARS-
CoV-2, additional shots and
boosters are also being au-
thorised for certain groups
to make the protection even
stronger.
The Indian Government
has announced vaccination
for the 15 to 18-year-old age
group against the coronavi-
rus disease from Monday.
But, it is to be noted that
only Bharat Biotech’s indig-
enously-made shot ‘Covax-
in’ will be used for vaccinat-
ing this age frame. Where
some parents showed signs
of relief with the announce-
ment others went helter-
skelter about the risks of
vaccines that they forget to
worry about the risks of the
diseases vaccines prevent.
City First asked parents to
send in personal stories and
testimonials about why
they vaccinate their chil-
dren.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
The Government of India has announced vaccination for the 15 to 18-year-old age group against
COVID
VACCINE
S
W
hile I do educate
myself about my
children’s health
concerns so that I can be
an active participant in
their health care, I also
trust their paediatrician
and the medical commu-
nity as a whole to be the
experts. Being informed
does not mean being at
odds or weird”.
I
think everyone should
immediately register
for the COVID vacci-
nation for for safekeeping
of their children. The new
COVID variant is spread-
ing like wildfire and
children are most at risk.
We must do what we can
to keep them safe. While
I have not registered yet, i
will soon enough. I need
to know my son is safe
out there. —Deepshikha Sharma,Rajastan
T
here are so many
things I cannot
protect my child
from, so I will take every
safe and healthy way to
protect her that I can
find. Vaccinating her
from potentially deadly
diseases is a gift—one
that she needs now that
diseases we thought we
had conquered are start-
ing to come back.”
—BHARTI SAXENA, RAJASTHAN
—RANI THAKUR, UP
T
he omicron vari-
ant has a looming
mirage on all of us
and the new decision to
vaccinate the kids is a
good one. I support it and
I’m going to book the slot
as soon as it’s available.
I hope everyone does it
soon because this is the
only way to overcome
this virus.
—BHUPENDRA SINGH BISHT, UP
W
e were relieved
to learn that
children would
be vaccinated. We are
fully vaccinated and
want our children to be
vaccinated as soon as
possible. And we will
not wait to see how
other children react be-
cause covid is spreading
quickly
and we
want our
children
to be
safe.
—PRIYANKA KASLIWAL, GUJARAT
I
am glad about the
government‘s deci-
sion to vaccinate the
younger generation too.
Since my children have
to attend schools too,
they should be vacci-
nated to better battle the
virus. Although, I will
wait for a little before
booking an appointment
for my child to see how
the initial vaccine drive
works, as a precaution.
But in my opinion we
should encourage each
other for this important
step, After all our chil-
dren is important! —MANUJ BIDALIYA, GUJARAT
PARENTS FEEDBACK
IT’S JAB TIME
FOR KIDS

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