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‘CHINTAN’
BEGINS
Anita Hada
o the big day, which the en-
tire Indian National Con-
gress had been waiting for,
came on Friday when the
‘stars’ descended in the ‘City
of Lakes’ to mull amongst
themselves the future course
and to decide in their own conscience,
what the party means to them. Party
president Sonia Gandhi, in her clarion
call, has asked the leaders to start think-
ing about the party and let not be con-
sumed by their differences, rather put
up a united front against Opposition. In
short, Sonia drew the outlines of the
‘Nav Sankalp’ that party leaders will
have to make not just to their colleagues,
but also to themselves to bring about a
turnaround for the party
.
Congress’firstdayof ‘Chintan’wasthe
harbinger of much anticipated ‘structur-
al changes’ in party’s policy where it has
beenstressedthatthepartywillnotenter-
tain any parachute candidate, or giving
multiple tickets in one family
. In addition
more ‘resounding’ changes are promised
to the party workers after the three day
exercise is over. Now, all eyes are now
glued on the second and third days to find
out as to how the top leaders from across
thenationareplanningtobreathenewlife
into the Grand Old Party!
S
PRIYANKA GANDHI AND ASHOK GEHLOT
RAHUL GANDHI AND ASHOK GEHLOT
SONIA GANDHI AND RAHUL GANDHI
SONIA GANDHI

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RAJASTHAN
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CM Ashok Gehlot welcomes Congress Prez Sonia Gandhi in Udaipur on Friday. Also seen Ambika Soni. Sachin Pilot welcomes Sonia Gandhi in Udaipur. Also seen here is Dr Raghu Sharma and others.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot greets Rahul Gandhi during the Nav Sankalp Shivir. Anand Sharma also seen.
Govind Singh Dotasra greets Sonia Gandhi.
Priyanka Gandhi greets Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma. Avinash Pande at hotel gym.
Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal.
Dharmendra Rathore and Preeti Shaktawat
welcome Priyanka Gandhi in Udaipur.
Shashi Tharoor with Kerala Congress leaders in Udaipur on Friday.
Mamta Bhupesh greets Sonia Gandhi on
latter’s arrival for party’s shivir on Friday. (Left) Anand Sharma, P Chidambaram, Siddaramaiah, Rahul Gandhi and Sachin Pilot during the Shivir.
Congress Punjab in-charge Harish Choudhary cuts his birthday
cake with supporters during Nav Sankalp Shivir in Udaipur.
Pushpendra Bharadwaj, Preeti Shaktawat, Khanu Khan Bhudhwali,
Kamal Nath and other MP Congress leaders in Udaipur on Friday.
‘POWERFUL’
FRIDAY BLOCKBUSTER
NAV SANKALP SHIVIR MAY 13-15
CONGRESS’S THREE-DAY CONCLAVE BEGINS IN UDAIPUR ON FRIDAY AND OVER 400 SENIOR CONGRESS
LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE TAKING PART IN THE BRAINSTORMING SESSION
(Front row from left) Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, P Chidambaram,
Kamal Nath, KC Venugopal, Digvijay Singh and Avinash Pande.
Media personnel listen to the virtual address of Congress
President Sonia Gandhi during Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Priyanka Gandhi, Govind Singh
Dotasra, Rajiv Arora and Dheeraj Gurjar.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Priyanka Gandhi, Govind Singh Dotasra, Mamta
Bhupesh and Dheeraj Gurjar ahead of the Nav Sankalp Shivir.
Congress president
Sonia Gandhi arrives to
attend the party’s ‘Nav
Sankalp Chintan Shivir’,
in Udaipur on Friday.
Congress supporters wave the party
flags ahead of the party’s Nav Sankalp
Chintan Shivir, in Udaipur on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

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BJP BRUTALISING MINORITIES, GLORIFYING
KILLERS OF GANDHIJI: SONIA AT CHINTAN SHIVIR
Aditi Nagar, Yogesh Sharma
and Naresh Sharma
Udaipur: Congress in-
terim president Sonia
Gandhi on Friday
launched a scathing at-
tack on the Narendra
Modi-led BJP govern-
mentattheCentrestating
that the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) wants to keep
people in a “perpetual
state of frenzy” by pro-
voking and instigating”.
Gandhi further went
ahead and targeted PM
Modi’s slogan ‘Maximum
governance, minimum
government’, saying BJP
is viciously targeting and
brutalising the minori-
ties of the country
.
Theremarksof Gandhi
came while addressing a
three-day ‘Nav Sankalp
Chintan Shivir’ in
Udaipur, Sonia said that
wearenotoblivioustothe
failures we have received.
“Nor are we oblivious to
the struggles and difficul-
ties that we have to face.
We are not ignorant of
people’s expectations. We
have gathered to take this
pledge, we will bring our
partyinthepoliticsof the
country in the same role
it has always played, the
role expected by the peo-
ple of the country in this
deterioratingtime.Weare
introspecting.Decidethat
if you leave here, you will
leave inspired with a new
confidence and commit-
ment,” she said.
Urging members of
the party to combat BJP’s
divisiveness, Sonia Gan-
dhi said, “Most Indians
want to live in an atmos-
phere of peace, amity
and harmony
. Turn to P10
It is “painfully clear” that PM Narendra Modi’s “minimum
government, maximum governance” policy meant keeping
the country in a permanent state of polarisation, roars Sonia
Change in working
style of party is need
of the hour: Cong President
1 2
CONGRESS’ POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES
ARE LIKE INDIA’S DNA: GEHLOT
M
eanwhile, prior to Sonia’s address, Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that during
the time of UPA government, care was taken
about people’s opinion
on government. “Today
these people have oc-
cupied the country in the
name of religion. Religion
and caste is such an
issue that you can incite
riots. Now Rajasthan
is number one in their
target. Their people
are clean of any wrong
doings as there is no raid on them. Where did the
country reach in 70 years. The principles and policies
of Congress are like the DNA of the country. They
shamelessly say what did Congress do in 70 years?
Our weakness is that we work but don’t do market-
ing. These are false fraud people, who work less and
indulge in more marketing of their work,” he said.
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi addresses party leaders during the party’s Nav
Sankalp Chintan Shivir in Udaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
SECOND KILLING BY TERRORISTS IN LAST 24 HRS
J-K constable shot
dead in Pulwama
NEVER-ENDING: Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat, a govt
employee, was killed by terrorists inside his office
at Chadoora in Budgam district on Thursday
Pulwama: A constable
with the Jammu and
Kashmir was shot dead
by terrorists at his res-
idence in Pulwama dis-
trict on Friday.
Constable Reyaz Ah-
mad Thokar was shot
at in Gudoora in the
district this morning,
a police spokesman
said.
The injured cop was
rushed to the Army’s
92 base hospital in the
city but succumbed to
injuries.
CONG RIDER ON ‘ONE
FAMILY, ONE TICKET’
KASHMIRI PANDITS BLOCK HIGHWAY,
STAGE PROTESTS ACROSS J&K
Budgam: Hours after reports surfaced of a Kash-
miri Pandit being killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Budgam area, the KPs in the union territory
stage massive protests late at night on Thursday,
demanding the end of injustices against them in
Kashmir. The protests continued on Friday as well.
Protesters blocked the national highway during
their demonstration and demanded safety for their
community after the killing of 36-year-old Rahul
Bhat, who was a Kashmiri Pandit, by terrorists. P7
Congress has put a rider
on ‘one family, one tick-
et’ proposal mooted by a
panel set up for the Udaipur
Chintan Shivir and has said
that the formula will not be
applied if the second mem-
ber from a family is actively
working for the party for at
least five years.
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance
top-ranked Indian firm on
Forbes Global 2000 list
4 Dead, 20 hurt as bus
returning from Vaishno
Devi goes up in flames
Mumbai: Billionaire
Mukesh Ambani’s Reli-
ance Industries Ltd
climbed two spots to No.
53 on Forbes’ latest
Global 2000 list of pub-
lic companies world-
wide. Forbes Global
2000 ranks the largest
companies in the world
using four metrics:
sales, profits, assets and
market value, Forbes
said releasing the 2022
ranking of the world’s
top 2,000 companies.
Reliance is the top-
ranked Indian firm on
the list, followed by
State Bank of India at
No. 105, HDFC Bank at
No. 153 and ICICI Bank
at No. 204.
Jammu: Four passen-
gers were killed and at
least 20 more injured
when a bus they were
travelling in caught fire
near Katra in Jammu,
said the police.
The bus carrying
Vaishno Devi pilgrims
was on way from Katra
to Jammu when it sud-
denly caught fire.
Katra is the base
camp for the pilgrims
visiting Vaishno Devi
shrine.
Confirming the
deaths, Additional Di-
rector General (ADG) of
Police, Jammu zone,
Mukesh Singh said ini-
tial probe does not point
to use of any explosive.
The police said the
forensic experts were
immediately rushed
to ascertain the cause
of fire.
An inconsolable family member of Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat
during his funeral in Jammu on Friday. Bhat, a government
employee, was killed by militants inside his office on Thursday.
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa
bin Zayed passes away at 73
MEHBOOBA UNDER
HOUSE ARREST?
Srinagar: PDP chief
Mehbooba Mufti on
Friday claimed that
she was placed under
house arrest in Srina-
gar. Mufti said that she
wanted to visit Budgam
to express solidarity
with Kashmiri Pandits
but was not allowed.
Reliance Industries Chairman
and Managing Director
Mukesh Ambani along with
two sons Anant (left) and
Akash Ambani. Also seen with
them is Rohit Bansal.
MODI TO MEET YOGI
CABINET ON MONDAY
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will meet UP CM Yogi
Adityanath and his cabinet
on Monday. This will be PM’s
first meeting with all UP min-
isters since new government
took charge earlier this year.
New Delhi: At least 26
peoplediedand30feared
trapped in fire near
Mundkametrostationin
Outer Delhi, police said
late on Friday
.
Delhi Fire Services
chief AtulGargsaidthat
thetollcouldgoupasthe
firecontinuedtoragetill
late Friday night and
rescue operation was
still underway
.
The building where
the fire broke out was an
office complex where
CCTVs were manufac-
tured, officials said. The
fireislikelytohavestart-
ed from the first floor
and spread to the second
and third, they said.
Prime Minister Nar-
endraModihassaidthat
Rs 2 lakh each will be
given to the families of
those who lost their
lives. The injured will be
givenRs50,000,hisoffice
tweeted.
“Shocked and pained
to know about the tragic
incident.Iamconstantly
in touch wid officers.
Bravefiremenaretrying
their best to control the
fire,” tweeted Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday,
May 13, refused to pass
an order on an appeal
seeking to stay a Vara-
nasi court’s recent or-
der calling for an in-
spection of the Gyan-
vapi mosque, located
near the Kashi Vishwa-
nath temple complex in
Varanasi.
However, a bench led
by CJI NV Ramana said
that the court would
have to examine the
files of the case before
listing the matter for
hearing. The mosque
survey will resume
on Saturday as per
district court orders.
SC: NEET-PG 2022 EXAM
WON’T BE POSTPONED
Supreme Court bench of
Justices D Y Chandrachud
and Surya Kant dismissed
petitions seeking post-
ponement of the 2022
NEET-Post Graduate
examinations, saying any
change to the May 21
date “will create uncer-
tainty and deficiency of
doctors in hospitals”.
Massive fire near Mundka metro station in Delhi
26 dead, 30 trapped
SC refuses to
stop survey
of Gyanvapti
Mosque
Firefighters try to douse fire that broke out in a building at Mundka, in West Delhi on Friday.
Narendra modi @narendramodi
Extremely saddened by the loss
of lives due to a tragic fire in
Delhi. My thoughts are with the
bereaved families. I wish the
injured a speedy recovery
President of India @rashtrapatibhvn
Distressed by the tragic fire accident
at a building near Mundka Metro
Station in Delhi. My condolences
to the bereaved families. I wish for
speedy recovery of the injured
...but agrees to look
at the case papers
 The United Arab Emir-
ates (UAE) President Sheikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
died aged 73 on Friday,
according to Emirati state
news agency WAM
 He was battling illness for
past several years
 Burj Khalifa, the world’s
tallest tower, is named after
the late leader of the pros-
perous UAE
 He suffered a stroke ten
years later, which kept him
mostly out of the public eye
ever since
 The Ministry of Presiden-
tial Affairs has announced
a 40-day period of official
mourning, with flags flying
at half-mast and a three-day
closure of federal, state, and
local government minis-
tries and all official entities
including the private sector
 Sheikh Khalifa oversaw a
massive overhaul of both the
Federal Government and the
government of Abu Dhabi
since becoming President
of the UAE
 He also spearheaded
growth of the oil industry

RAJASTHAN
04
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Former CAG
Padma Bhushan Rajiv
Mehrishi was felici-
tated in an event at
Jaipur Club on Friday.
Club President Anil
Vyas, Secretary Dhar-
mendra Kamthan and
other office bearers of
the Club and members
were present. Anil
Vyas honoured him
with a shawl while
Kamthan presented
him a bouquet.
Mehrishi while ad-
dressing the gathering
said, “There are young
children here. What-
ever you do, do it with
all your heart. Study,
go for Sports, write po-
etry, whatever you do,
do it with your heart. I
am grateful to the Club
and gratified to re-
ceive this honour,” he
said.
Presently, Rajiv
Mehrishi is the chair-
man in IFSC, a subsidi-
ary of NSE.
He has been a fromer
CAG, ex- Union Home
Secretary, former Fi-
nance Secretary, for-
mer CS of Rajasthan.
Mehrishi is one of the
most senior members
of the Club.
Rajiv Mehrishi advises young brigade:
Whatever you do, do it with your heart
BJP’s intention is to instigate
riots in state, says Dhariwal
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Jaipur Dis-
trict in-charge Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal
while reviewing the
progress of flagship
schemes in the dis-
trict at the Collector-
ate Auditorium, ac-
cused the BJP of dis-
turbing communal
harmony in the state.
Dhariwal said that the
work done by CM
Ashok Gehlot has
brought relief to the
masses and this has
made BJP nervous. He
said that the voters of
the state are intelli-
gent and will not get
swayed by BJP.
He added saying.
“There is a competi-
tion going on as to
which leader causes
how many riots. Be it
Bhairon Singh Shek-
hawat, Mohanlal
Sukhadia or Shiv
Charan Mathur, all
had good terms with
opposition leaders but
today the BJP has
stooped low. BJP Na-
tional President JP
Nadda came here but
didn’t say anything to
maintain communal
harmony.
He lauded the ef-
forts made by the state
government in the
Jodhpur violence.
About temple demoli-
tion in Rajgarh in Al-
war, he blamed BJP
board.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur/Kota: A
POCSO Court in
Bharatpur has sen-
tenced an accused to
life imprisonment for
raping a one-and-a-half-
year-old and slapped a
fine of Rs 2 lakh. The
case is of Bhusawar po-
lice station area when
on March 21, 2019, on
the day of Holi, the ac-
cused Chhotu took the
victim on the pretext of
feeding and raped her.
When the family mem-
bers didn’t find the
child, they started
searching for her and
saw the accused, who
fled after seeing them.
Later, a case was regis-
tered.
The POCSO Court in
Kota sentenced a man
to 20 years of RI for kid-
napping & raping a
6-year-old girl 4 years
ago. Special Judge Nar-
endra Singh Malawat
also imposed a fine of
Rs 1.1 lakh on him.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A farmer iden-
tified as Ranglal Jat,
was shot dead late on
Thursday night in Kum-
haria Bera area near
Kishangarh. According
to information, the mis-
creants entered the vil-
lage for a loot. Jat, who
was guarding his farm,
stopped them & was
shot dead. Cops includ-
ing Sub-Divisional Of-
ficer Parasaram Saini
CO City Manish Shar-
ma CO Rural Lokendra
Dadarwal reached the
spot. BJP leader Vikas
Choudhary sat on a
dharna along with de-
ceased’s kin & villagers
& demanded compensa-
tion & arrest of crimi-
nals. MP Bhagirath
Chaudhary too reached
there. He said that de-
ceased has three chil-
dren & family is finan-
cially weak. A proposal
letter will be sent by
administration for com-
pensation of Rs 50 lakh
& employment for the
girl.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Several allega-
tions have been made
against a Commandant,
Pushpendra Solanki of
the 7th Battalion (RAC)
based in Bharatpur.
Havildar Munna Singh,
posted in the same bat-
talion, alleged that the
Commandant is exploit-
ing them and making
all soldiers work at his
farmhouse. “He even
pressurises us to get
girls. When I refused to
provide girls and work
at his private farm-
house, the commandant
suspended me,” he said.
Later, when Singh’s
wife went to the Com-
mandant with a com-
plaint, he started abus-
ing her. She went to po-
lice station to register a
complaint a, but it went
in vain. The woman
said. “RAC Comman-
dant is harassing my
husband, makes him
work and demands for
girls. We are disturbed.”
The victim has ap-
pealed to the higher au-
thorities for justice in
the matter.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Following in-
structions of Chief En-
forcement Officer Raghu-
veer Saini, JDA’s En-
forcement Squad carried
out action against illegal
constructions in Zone 12
on Kalwar Road at four
places including Mach-
wa Ramkutia private
khatedari land behind
Ramkutia, Ansal Sush-
ant City II, Manchwa
Khasra No 671 and 672.
Pindolai of Sabrampura
road and Bhomia Nagar.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The curfew
has been completely re-
moved from the B & C
Roads, one of the busi-
est markets of Sardar-
pura, in addition to the
entire police station
area of Sursagar.
The curfew will, how-
ever, remain in force in
remaining areas of
Sardarpura, Pratap Na-
gar Sadar, City Kotwali,
Sadar Bazaar, Khanda
Phalsa and Nagori Gate
police station areas
from 10 pm to 6 am. Dep-
uty Commissioner of
Police, Rajkumar
Chaudhary released the
order in this regard.
First India Bureau
Bikaner: Shortly be-
fore Chintan Shi-
vir began in
Udaipur, Higher
Education Minis-
ter Rajendra
Yadav once again
raised the issue
of conspiracy to topple
the Ashok Gehlot gov-
ernment.
Yadav, who was in
Bikaner, said that Rs 20
- 25 cr were offered to
topple the Congress
government. Without
naming anyone, he
said that he also knows
who had offered
the money. The
minister also
praised CPI (M)
MLA from Sri-
dungargarh Gird-
hari Mahiya say-
ing that the MLA also
had the offer of money
for toppling the gov-
ernment but he did not
accept. CM Gehlot has
said that no minister
will step back, if Ma-
hiya asks for any work.
He described Mahi-
ya’s victory as Dungar-
garh MLA to be a wise
decision of the masses.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ACB has
registered an FIR in a
case of corruption re-
lated to housing coop-
erative societies in
cooperative depart-
ment. The FIR has
been filed against the
then Dy Registrar
(Jaipur) Anil Mittal &
Inspector Amit Jain.
The role of two inspec-
tors will now be de-
cided after probe.
The probe of the
FIR registered has
been given to ASP Ra-
jendra Nain. The case
was transferred to
ACB last year. A video
recording wherein,
the complainant was
caught on camera giv-
ing Rs 15,000 as bribe
to the inspector of co-
operative dept was
also sent. The ACB
first sent the CD pro-
duced by complainant
Shankarlal to FSL for
probe. FSL in the re-
port said that record-
ing hasn’t been tam-
pered with. After this,
the ACB proceeded
with investigation.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Police arrested
a youth on Thursday
night for outraging the
modesty of a 22-year-
old girl and duping her
of Rs 5 lakh on the pre-
text of helping her be-
come a Forest Officer.
The victim had lodged
an FIR at the Manak
Chowk police station
here in this regard.
According to the
complaint registered
by cops, the 21-year-old
victim, accused a resi-
dent of Nurmahal
Phillaur in Jalandhar
city in Punjab, raped
the victim in a hotel lo-
cated in Sindhi Camp
area and also clicked
her obscene photo-
graphs.
He then threatened her
to make the photos vi-
ral if she told about the
incident and took Rs 5
lakh from her to pro-
vide the job.
Jaipur (PTI): The body
of an elderly woman
with her throat slit was
recovered from her
residence in Sadar
police station area
here, officials said
on Friday
.
Sharda Jain
(67), a resident of
Badodia Basti, was al-
legedly killed on Thurs-
day night. The attacker
locked the main door of
the house after killing
her, sub-inspector
Mukesh Kumar said.
Finding the door
locked, the neighours
grew suspicious and in-
formed her relatives
and the police, who
broke open the door
lock and found
her lying in a pool
of blood, Kumar
said.
According to
police, Jain used
to live alone in the
house. Her husband
died sometime ago. She
is survived by five mar-
ried daughters.
Kumar said CCTV
cameras in the locality
are being scanned and
Jain’s mobile phone is
being checked to iden-
tify her attackers.
Shanti Dhariwal chairs a review meet of flagship schemes at Jaipur Collectorate’s Auditorium
on Friday. Also seen here are Sudhansh Pant and Rajan Vishal.
MP Bhagirath Chaudhary, ex- MLA Nathuram Sinodia and Vikas
Chaudhary provided financial help of Rs 50,000 to the family.
(Inset) The deceased farmer, Ramlal Jat.
Havildar Munna Singh’s wife
Rajiv Mehrishi being felicitated by Anil Vyas, Dharmendra
Kamthan during an event at Jaipur Club on Friday. Other office
bearers & club members were also present.
BJP’s inten-
tion is to in-
stigate riots
in the state. Riots
took place in 9 states
during Ram Navami
but nothing like this
happened in Ra-
jasthan. But now that
elections are ap-
proaching, such inci-
dents are increasing.
In Bhilwara, mutual
enmity was used to
spoil the communal
atmosphere.
—Shanti Dhariwal,
UDH Minister & Minister
in-charge, Jaipur
Work done by CM
Ashok Gehlot has
brought relief to
the masses & this
has made BJP
nervous, he said
CCTV cameras in the locality are being
scanned to identify her attackers, cops said
Accused of raping minors
get lifer & 20-yr in 2 cases
TEACHER BOOKED FOR RAPE WITH
DALIT GIRL, 18 MORE NAMED IN FIR
AJMER: POCSO COURT GIVES LIFE
TERM TO TWO GANGRAPE ACCUSED
MINOR’s BID TO
RAPE KID FOILED
Baran: A rape of a Dalit girl by taking her hostage has
been reported in Mahila Thana. Police has started the
probe by registering a case against 19 people under
various sec-
tions of the
IPC, SP KM
Meena said.
The victim
said that dur-
ing her stay
at Baran for
competitive
exams, a teacher of a private coaching institute, took
her to Iklera to take exam & took her to a friend’s room
& raped her. During this, he made obscene videos &
threatened her. The accused then forcibly married the
victim and locked her in a room. The victim somehow
managed to escape & disclosed her ordeal to her family.
Ajmer: Ajmer POCSO court has sentenced two gan-
grape accused to life imprisonment till death on Friday.
The case is of 2019 in Beawar city of the district when
accused Mahendra Singh and Kushal Singh took away
a seven-year-old girl sleeping with her parents on a
scooter to a secluded location & raped her. After being
informed about the incident, police swung into quick
action & identified the accused with the help of CCTV
footage and arrested them. On behalf of the prosecution,
16 witnesses were presented in this case, after which
the court pronounced its order and said that those who
commit such heinous crimes should be punished.
Jaipur: Transport Nagar
Police arrested a 16-year-
old teen boy for attempting
to rape a 5-year-old girl
residing in neighbourhood.
The girl’s father, who rushed
to the spot hearing her cry,
saved her in the nick of time
from becoming a victim of
cruelty. Angry family mem-
bers reported the matter to
the police a week ago.
Farmer shot dead,family to
get financial aid,job for girl
Suspended havildar’s wife accuses RAC
Comdt of harassing her hubby, others
`20-25 crore were offered to
topple Congress Govt: Yadav
Jodhpur: Curfew
lifted from two
busy junctures
Elderly woman found
dead with throat slit
ACB files FIR against
2officersofcoopdept
Youth held for raping,
duping girl of ` 5 lakh
Zone12 at Kalwar Rd: JDA razes
illegal buildings at four places
Girdhari Ma-
hiya was of-
fered Rs 20-25
cr, but he didn’t accept.
He is so big as far as
character is concerned,
that is why all MLAs
are in awe of his ethics.
—Rajendra Yadav, Higher
Education Minister

RAJASTHAN
05
Indore (ANI): The
Hindvi Swaraj Sanga-
than sent ‘Hearing aids’
to Rajasthan Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot, Ma-
harashtra Chief Minis-
ter Uddhav Thackeray,
Congress leader Digvi-
jay Singh, and All India
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Mus-
limeen (AIMIM) Chief
Asaduddin Owaisi on
Thursday
.
The Sangathan had
sent hearing aids to
eight politicians via
courier with the inten-
tion that they could
hear the sound emerg-
ing from loudspeakers
properly and stand
against them.
“We have sent these
machines to Owaisi
Saab, Bukhari ji, Digvi-
jay Singh Ji, Ashok Ge-
hlot Ji, and Uddhav
Thackeray Ji as this
machine is for those
who cannot hear prop-
erly so that they get to
hear society’s problems
properly,” Amit Pandey,
a Sangathan member.
“We have always been
protesting against the
playingof Azanthrough
loudspeakers so that
everyone can live peace-
fully
. We want all the
loudspeakers, be it in a
temple or at mosque, to
be muted as Muslims
also get disturbed but
cannot speak about it,”
he added.
Hearing aids sent to Gehlot, other leaders
LOUD SPEAKER ROW
lll
Hindvi Swaraj
Sangathan had
sent these aids
to 8 politicians
so that they
can hearthe
problems of the
society amid the
high volume of
loudspeakers
Policeescorts KirodiMeenato
Udaipur suspecting ‘nuisance’
BJP MP alleges that Aravali Taj hotel, where Cong’s Chintan Shivir is held, is constructed illegally
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP Rajya Sab-
ha MP Dr Kirodi Lal
Meena was taken to the
Commissionerate of Po-
lice from a private hotel
near Jaipur airport on
Friday afternoon. From
there he was escorted
away to Udaipur as he
remained adamant to at-
tendtribalconferencein
Udaipur. He was given
verbal permission to go
amidpoliceescortas the
police is alert that he
should not turn towards
the Congress’s Chintan
Shivir.
In his PC, Kirodi ac-
cused the Congress govt
for the illegal construc-
tion of ‘Aravali Taj’,
where Congress’s nav
Sankalp Shivir is going
on.Hesaid,“Gehlotgovt
had flouted all the laws
andregulationsinbuild-
ing the hotel. The hotel
has been built on forest
and tribal land. The way
to the hotel has been
made by bridging the
river. There has also
been a violation of the
LakeConservationAct,”
DR KIRODI, MINISTER RAMESH MEENA
EXCHANGE BARBS OVER CASES
Jaipur: Panchayati
Raj Minister Ramesh
Chandra Meena and
Rajya Sabha MP Dr.
Kirodi Lal Meena
have crossed swords.
Ramesh
Meena,
while in-
teracting
with the
media in
Bharatpur,
said that
5 cases have been filed
against Kirodi and he
is a wanted criminal.
The police has been
told to arrest Kirodi
and he should surren-
der. While challenging
Ramesh Meena, Ki-
rodi while challenging
Ramesh Meena said
that get me arrested if
you can. Kirodi said,
“I was not arrested in
Udaipur. Not arrested
in Ajmer.
Now
again I am
going to
Udaipur.”
to which
Panchayati
raj Minister
Ramesh Meena replied
that “What work does
he have other than
doing nuisance? He
himself is a criminal
and should surren-
der,” Ramesh Meena
stressed.
Constable Exam: Not allowed
wearing sleepers at centres
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Constable
recruitment exam was
conducted from Thurs-
day at 470 exam centres
for 4588 posts in Ra-
jasthan. In the exami-
nation, to avert any
chance of cheating, the
jewellery of the girls
was taken off, and girls
wearing full sleeve
clothes were cut to half
sleeves. In many cen-
tres, the candidates
were not allowed to en-
ter even wearing slip-
pers. In such a situa-
tion, barefoot candi-
dates were seen run-
ning to and fro on the
hot pavement. At a cen-
tre in Dausa, the girls
started crying when
they were not allowed to
enter as they reached a
little late than the stipu-
lated centre entering
time.
Candidates running barefoot at exam centre in Jaipur on Friday.
IAS Rohit Kumar
is now Joint Secy,
Cabinet in GoI
Jaipur: Raj cadre IAS
Rohit Kumar’s stature
has increased manifold
at the Center as on Fri-
day he was given ap-
pointment to the post of
Joint Secretary, Cabi-
net. The appointment
committee of cabinet
approved the proposal.
Rohit Kumar is a 1997
batch IAS officer who
was playing the role of
Joint Secretary in the
Union Ministry of Ru-
ral Development. Earli-
er, he has served as
Home Secy
, Rural Devel-
opment Secrin the Got
of Rajasthan and has
played important roles
as Collector in Nagaur,
Jalore, Jhalawar and
Rajsamand. He has
been posted at the cent-
er since 2018. —FIB
BARMER BOILS
AT 48.1 °C!
BARMER 48.1
BIKANER 47.2
GANGANAGAR 47.3
JAIPUR 44.0
PHALODI 47.2
JALORE 47.7
PILANI 47.2
JAISALMER 47.2
TOP
8
HOTTEST
CITIES
Above Temperature in °C
Intense heat broils Raj, Barmer,
Jaisalmerworsthitwithheatwave
Barmer/Jaisalmer,
(PTI): Streets in many
places in western Ra-
jasthan bear a deserted
look during much of the
day as if a lockdown is
in place, keeping people
indoorsduetoheatwave.
Barmer recorded the
highestdaytemperature
of 48.2°C on Thursday
while mercury soared to
47.2°C in Jaisalmer.
The MeT dept has is-
sued a red alert for Bi-
kaner,Churu,Jaisalmer,
Sgngr, Hanumangarh
and Kota for May 14.
HC seeks case diary
on Pahadia’s bail plea
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Bench of
Justice Narendra Singh
in the High Court on
Friday asked the ACB to
present the case diary
on May 27 while hear-
ing the bail application
of suspended Alwar
District Collector Nan-
nu Mal Pahadia, who
is jailed in bribery case.
In his bail plea, Pa-
hadia has claimed that
he had neither demand-
ed bribe amount nor
was he caught with
bribe amount. He had
already been trans-
ferred from the post of
District Collector before
alleged incident. As he
has been in jail for a
longtimenow,heshould
be released on bail.
As per ACB, the com-
plainant had taken the
contract of a portion of
Delhi-Mumbai Express
Highway project. In lieu
of allowing his work to
run uninterrupted,
govt officials were de-
manding monthly
bribes. The ACB had
caught Settlement Of-
ficer cum Revenue Ap-
pellate Authority RAS
Ashok Sankhla and bro-
ker Nitin Sharma tak-
ing a bribe of Rs 5 lakh.
Jaipur: The result of the Assistant Public Relations
Officer recruitment examination held for 76 posts was
released on Friday. Rajasthan Staff Selection Board
has cleared 156 candidates for 76 posts. Candidates
can check their result by visiting the official website of
Rajasthan Staff Selection Board rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.
in. APRO will be given salary on the basis of Pay Matrix
Level 10 (33,800) as per the Seventh Pay Scale.
Jaipur: A flier, who managed to travel abroad us-
ing a fake passport, was however caught at the city
airport on Friday. The passenger Aslam Khan reached
Jaipur from Sharjah in an Air Arabia flight early in the
morning. He fumbled when Immigration officials at
the airport inquired about a few things from him as he
was about to exit. Already, a look-out notice has been
issued against him. The Immigration officers are now
interrogating the passenger.
APRO EXAM RESULT DECLARED; 156
CANDIDATES SELECTED FOR 76 POSTS
A FLIER FROM SHARJAH WITH FAKE
PASSPORT CAUGHT AT JAIPUR AIRPORT
NEWS DIGEST
Leopard Conservation
Authority in state soon!
RAJ ALL SET TO BECOME FIRST STATE IN COUNTRY
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan is go-
ing to become the first
state in the country where
LeopardConservationAu-
thority will be formed.
Due to the increasing
number of leopards, the
forest dept is working on a
special plan for leopard
conservation. Sunil Me-
hta,amemberof theState
Wildlife Board, had also
recently suggested to con-
stitute a Leopard Conser-
vation Authority
. The For-
est Dept has taken this
suggestion seriously and
has prepared a
draft for the for-
mation of au-
thority
.
CAMERA FRIENDLY TIGRESS T-61
DIES DUE TO INTERNAL INJURIES
Jaipur(PTI):
A tigress was
found dead at the
Ranthambore Tiger
Reserve in Sawai
Madhopur on
Friday, an official
said. The carcass of
T-61, aged around
11 years, was
found in Zone 7 of
the tiger reserve,
following which it
was taken to the
Rajbagh forest
chowki. Rantham-
bore Field Direc-
tor Seduram
Yadav said prima
facie the death oc-
curred after falling
from a height
but the exact cause-
as per post-mortem
suggest that she
died due to internal
injury. Forest of-
ficials said T-61
was the daughter of
T-8 (Ladli) and T-34
(Kumbha) and had
made Zone 7 and 8
of the tiger reserve
as its territory and
was seen with T-58.
MP Kirodi Lal Meena being escorted away by a police official to
CP office from a hotel at Jawahar Circle, Jaipur on Friday.
This is victory of the truth. The police
commissioner has spoken to me. There
is a big convention of tribals in Dhari-
yavad of Pratapgarh. I have been called there.
—Dr Kirodi Lal Meena, BJP MP
Dead Tigress T-61.
Jaipur: The scare of
corona virus seems
to be not ending for
state capital Jaipur as it
record nearly 50 cases
again on Friday. The
State reocrded 80 new
cases of Covid-19 on
Friday, with which the
active case tally rose to
616. However, no death
related to Corona was
recorded and the 92
patients were recovered
from the deadly virus
and went back home.
Meanwhile Alwar re-
corded 10 new cases.
CORONA UPDATE:
STATE LOGS 80
CASES, 49 IN JPR
HOMAGE TO BLAST MARTYRS!
Police officials remembering martyred policemen who stood guard during serial bomb
blasts that took place on 13 May 2008 in Jaipur. The 14th Anniversary of frightful incident
was held at Chhoti Chaupar on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SAHRMA
Amid intense heat a lady trying to cover head of her kid and self
on Friday in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
State forms six committees to address various issues
DR Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has revised six
committees of minis-
ters, which will give sug-
gestions to the govern-
ment on matters related
to teacher recruitment,
problems of contract
workers, and advocates.
Thecommitteeconsti-
tuted for redressal of
contractual workers in-
cludesBDKalla,Mahesh
Joshi, Ramlal Jat, Mam-
ta Bhupesh, and Ashok
Chandna. The commit-
tee on grade 3 teacher
and nurse recruitment
includes BD Kalla, Par-
sadi Lal Meena, Govind
Ram Meghwal, Zahida
KhanandSubhashGarg.
The committee for the
speedydisposalof allthe
Nazul properties in-
cludes Shanti Dhariwal,
ParsadiLalMeena,Ram-
lal Jat, Bhajan Lal Jatav,
Murari Lal Meena. The
Cabinet sub-committee
forissuesraisedbyadvo-
cates includes Shanti
Dhariwal Committee,
Lalchand Kataria, Ma-
hesh Joshi, Ramlal Jat,
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas, Dr. Subhash
Garg. This committee
will soon submit the re-
port to the CM.
The cabinet commit-
tee for issues of Gurjar
Aarakshan Sangharsh
Samiti includes BD Kal-
la, Ramlal Jat, Vishven-
dra Singh, Shakuntala
Rawat, Rajendra Gudha,
AshokChandnawithSo-
cial justice as the admin-
istrative department.
Thecommitteefordis-
posal of pending cases
of UDH, LSG and Indus-
tries Department in-
cludes Shanti Dhariwal,
ParsadiLalMeena,Ram-
lal Jat, Mamta Bhupesh,
Bhajan Lal Jatav,
Shakuntala Rawat, Ar-
jun Singh Bamnia and
Rajendra Singh Yadav.
Shanti Dhariwal BD Kalla PL Meena Mahesh Joshi Vishvendra Singh Shakuntala Rawat

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ALLAHABAD HIGH
COURT GIVES
PIL ON TAJ THE
TREATMENT IT
DESERVED
he Lucknow Bench
of Allahabad High
Court threw out a pe-
tition unlocking 22
sealed rooms of Taj
Mahal and used strong words to
discourage such frivolous pub-
lic interest litigation in the fu-
ture. Justices DK Upadhyay and
Subhash Vidyarthi wasted no
time in junking the petition
with the observation, “Tomor-
row you will ask for permission
to see our chambers. Please,
don’t make a mockery of the PIL
system.”
Certain forces have been mak-
ing sustained efforts to prove
that Taj Mahal is a temple of
Shiva and call it Tejo Mahalay
and snip its Mughal past. The
recent PIL “to find the truth be-
hind” the locked rooms was one
such attempt. Fortunately, the
high court sharply advised the
petitioner to “do some research
first...do MA, PhD, enroll your-
self somewhere. Don’t make a
mockery of this”.
It is tragic that a set of people
is seeking the conversion of a
mausoleum to a temple. Global-
ly, these moves are viewed as
retrograde and polarizing.
T
aking a strong
pitch to revitalise
the Congress, par-
ty President Sonia
Gandhi’s impor-
tant message to the partici-
pants at the Nav Chintan Shi-
vir was to speak freely and
frankly here, but “let only
one message go outside” as
the Congress leader remind-
ed members that it was time
for them to pay back the debt
which they owe to the party.
A better part of Sonia Gan-
dhi’s speech was targeted to-
wards the BJP and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi for
brutalising minorities, “sub-
jugation of institutions and
reinventing history”. Polari-
sation, as Sonia Gandhi said,
has indeed driven minorities
to live in fear.
The party President is So-
nia fully aware of the issues
dogging the party and hinted
about them in her speech.
“Changes in organisation are
the need of the hour, we need
to change the way of our
working,” she said, urging
participants to keep the or-
ganisation above personal
ambitions. It was an obvious
reference to the G23 group of
dissenters who are seeking a
non-Gandhi as the party
leader. They are also demand-
ing “open elections” to the
Congress Working Commit-
tee. This group will be keenly
watching the development.
The brainstorming comes
after a failed attempt to get
poll strategist Prashant
Kishore on board. It is the re-
vival of the Congress and en-
suring unity at all levels is
whatthepartyleadershipwill
be focusing on. Her emphasis
on “meaningful self-intro-
spection” is important as the
party will have to prepare for
upcomingassemblyelections.
AmbitiousCongressleaders
would do well to heed Sonia
Gandhi’s advice and put up a
joint front to take on the BJP
.
SONIA GANDHI TAKES
ON BJP, PM MODI
The party President is Sonia fully aware of the issues dogging
the party and hinted about them in her speech. “Changes in
organisation are the need of the hour, we need to
change the way of our working,” she said, urging
participants to keep the organisation above personal ambitions
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YouTube,Facebook,andTwit-
ter. However, most of this ac-
tivity became dominated and
monetized by a small number
of global companies.
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cial interaction will become a
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free digital economy
.
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your own dime without any
regulation will make it more
popular over time. So either
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cantcomponentof ouroverall
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. Regardless of
the industries, organisations
will have to adapt most effi-
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I think Web3 is here to stay
and with the power of
earning your own dime
without any regulation will
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embrace the change or be
obsolete, there are enough case
studies to prove on how Web3
will soon be a significant
component of our overall
digital strategy. Regardless of
the industries, organisations
will have to adapt most
efficiently to remain
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CONCEPT FOR THE
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IDENTITIES. THEIR
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The writer is a TEDx Speaker, Integrated
Communication Specialist, Leadership Mentor,
Public Speaking Coach, Image Consultant
Renowned TV Anchor in India.
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INDIA
07
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: In his pres-
entation to the Con-
gress party, election
strategist Prashant
Kishor had remained
silent on the issue of
presenting a leader or
face from the opposi-
tion. His emphasis was
on the fact that the op-
position should create
a narrative and keep
that narrative running
continuously. By doing
this, even without a
face, BJP and Narendra
Modi can be chal-
lenged. This part of his
advice is right that the
opposition should cre-
ate a narrative and
keep it running, but af-
ter that the face will be
formed automatically,
this aspect doesnt seem
to be right. Along with
making the narrative,
the opposition and es-
pecially the Congress
will also have to pre-
sent a face. That is why
the Chintan Shivir of
Udaipur is important,
in which the Congress
party declares Rahul
Gandhi as the leader.
Anyway, whether
Congress declares it or
not, BJP has made Nar-
endra Modi fight
against Rahul Gandhi.
That’s when in every
poll or in every debate,
Rahul is projected
against Modi. Whenev-
er there is a survey on
the functioning of the
Modi government or a
survey of the populari-
ty of leaders, only Ra-
hul is kept in compari-
son to Modi. Propagan-
da is made by the BJP
that as long as Rahul is
there, Modi wont face
any difficulty. In social
media, jokes are circu-
lated stressing Rahul to
be the biggest asset for
the BJP.
Right now BJP has
chosen Rahul Gandhi
knowing him to be a
weak wrestler from
Congress’ side. Now is
the time for Congress
to go ahead and chal-
lenge on its own behalf
and announce the con-
test between Rahul and
Modi. Remember how
Narendra Modi fought
and got his name
stamped from BJP?
Udaipur’s Chintan Shi-
vir is a Goa moment for
Congress and Rahul.
Just as Narendra Modi
became the President
of BJP’s election cam-
paign committee in
2013 Goa session de-
spite opposition from
LK Advani and other
leaders of his camp
and then became the
prime ministerial can-
didate, so the Congress
needs Rahul Gandhi to
be the party president
and declare him to be
the prime ministerial
candidate.
Rahul Gandhi keeps
saying that he does not
want power, but it will
not help the Congress.
It will be good for the
Congress when they
walk their side and
challenge. The BJP has
already made him a
contender, so there is
no problem in becom-
ing a claimant from
Congress’ side. If there
is courage, commit-
ment to its agenda, con-
fidence in the strength
of the organization,
then Congress should
announce Rahul as
their leader in the par-
ty and contest election
under him as the PM
candidate. Modi had
the courage to get his
name announced, con-
test the election and is
ruling today. Rahul and
Congress also have to
show the same courage.
CONGRESS NEEDS TO HOLD THE BULL BY THE HORNS!
An ‘aggressive’ Fadnavis emerging as New Delhi’s ‘point man’ in Mumbai
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: With the
fast-changing political
scenario in Maharash-
tra, especially in Mum-
bai, over the last couple
of months, a fresh
lease of life was given
to “silent performer”
and former Chief Min-
ister Devendra Fad-
navis who, for the first
two years since the fall
of his government,
maintained an ex-
tremely low profile de-
spite being the leader
of the opposition in the
state legislative assem-
bly
.
According to sourc-
es, amid the ongoing
BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP
political war, Fadnavis
has suddenly emerged
as New Delhi’s “point
man” in Mumbai to
take on the saffron par-
ty’s political oppo-
nents, “by hook or by
crook”, and was re-
cently advised by the
party high command
to “perform or perish”.
With the growing num-
ber of CBI, ED and In-
come-Taxcasesagainst
leaders of the Shiv
Sena, NCP and Con-
gress, it is believed in
relevant circles that
there is a “hidden and
discreet” role played
by Fadnavis as “princi-
pal informer” also
working as a “friend,
philosopher and
guide” to central intel-
ligence agencies.
Fadnavis, as Maha-
rashtra CM for five
years, is reportedly in
possession of highly
sensitive documents
and tapes which can
put quite a few senior
Sena, NCP and Con-
gress leaders in a tight
spot. There is a general
feeling in the opposi-
tion that Fadnavis is
working as the “coor-
dinator” for central
revenue intelligence
agencies having thor-
oughly done his
“homework”, in addi-
tion to having gener-
ated his own “data
bank” to nail political
opponents.
This was in fact one
of the aspects on
which he was grudged
by his party high com-
mand: for not exploit-
ing the sharp intelli-
gence gleaned from the
home department
which was under his
charge to neutralise
political opponents in
Maharashtra. Fad-
navis chose to main-
tain good political
equations and a steady
boat instead of going
after his political ri-
vals outside the BJP.
In one particular
case, when Fadnavis
was asked by the media
how he was in posses-
sion of a “secret tape”
related to phone tap-
ping, he “innocently”
replied that the con-
cerned video, and au-
diotapes were received
by him on his mobile
through Whatsapp,
while some were sent to
him by post. All these
“developments” have
virtually forced the
Mumbai business and
corporate world to ac-
cord an equivalent sta-
tus, importance and
recognition to Fad-
navis on par with Ud-
dhav.
The reasons are very
clear: Most business
bigwigs are suitably
“concerned” about the
operations of the ED,
I-T department and
CBI and, at this stage,
believe that any “com-
munication gap” with
the former BJP CM
can prove fatal to their
business interests. All
said and done, despite
clarifications and con-
tradictions made by
Fadnavis, almost eve-
ryone in India’s finan-
cial capital now be-
lieves that there is
close coordination and
understanding be-
tween the central agen-
cies and the BJP in
Maharashtra, which is
closely monitored and
supervised by the pow-
erful and strong ‘Num-
ber Two’ in Delhi.
According to politi-
cal observers, by now
Union Home Minister
and master strategist
Amit Shah has as-
sumed complete com-
mand and control of
all “developments” in
Maharashtra and it is
likely that he may
spring a major politi-
cal surprise in the
coming months to vir-
tually compel Uddhav
to enter into a “power-
sharing compromise”
with the BJP once
again, with Fadnavis
back at the helm as
Chief Minister of Ma-
harashtra.
In Mumbai’s business world,
Fadnavis’s ‘say’ is no less than
CM Uddhav Thackeray’s
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi with party leader Rahul Gandhi.
Srinagar (Agencies):
Jammu and Kashmir
police used tear-gas
shells and mild lathi-
charge to foil the pro-
test of dozen of Kash-
miri Pandits at Sheikh-
pora, Budgam, who
were marching to-
wards Srinagar Inter-
national Airport.
There are nearly
1,500 Kashmiri Pandits
living in government
constructed flats at
Sheikhpora in Budgam
district besides other
clusters in various dis-
tricts across Kashmir.
Chunni Lal Bhat,
head of the Mandir
committee at Sheikh-
pora said, the local ad-
ministration, particu-
larly deputy commis-
sioner Budgam Shah-
baz Ahmad Mirza, is
not paying attention to-
wards the problems of
the KPs who have re-
turned from Jammu
and other parts of the
country to stay back in
their mother land.
“There are hundreds
of government employ-
ees who got jobs under
PM package putting up
in government flats at
Sheikhpora in Bud-
gam. The migrant offi-
cials should have been
posted at the headquar-
ters particularly in-
side deputy commis-
sioner’s office which is
safe locations com-
pared other far flung
areas like Khan sahib
and other villages,”
Chunni Lal said.
He said, unfortu-
nately the terror vic-
tim Rahul Bhat was
recently shifted from
deputy commissioner’s
office to Tehsil office at
Chadoora by the DC
Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza
even though he had
pleaded for his stay in
the DC’s office.
TEAR GAS, LATHI CHARGE
KASHMIRI PANDITS’ MARCH TOWARDS SRINAGAR AIRPORT FOILED
Srinagar: Over 350
government employees
in the Kashmir valley,
all Kashmiri Pandits,
have submitted their
resignation letters
to JK L-G Manoj
Sinha on Friday, a day
after their colleague,
Rahul Bhat, was
murdered by terror-
ists. The Pandits said
they didn’t feel safe.
Rahul Bhat, a Kash-
miri Pandit government
employee, sustained
serious injuries after
terrorists fired at him
inside the Tehsil office
in Chadoora town
last evening. He was
rushed to a hospital
in Srinagar where he
died. The terror group,
‘Kashmir Tigers’, has
taken responsibility for
the attack.
OVER 350 STATE
EMPLOYEES,
ALL KASHMIRI
PANDITS, RESIGN
Chamba (Agencies):
Union Minister of In-
formation and Broad-
casting Anurag
Thakur on Friday
proposed to build
Chamba as a heritage
town to woo interna-
tional tourists.
He said a heritage
walk can be started by
identifying heritage
buildings in Chamba
so that more and more
tourists visit this
beautiful place.
The minister prom-
ised to take the art,
craft and culture of
Chamba to world level
to attract more tour-
ists here.
Dharamshala (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty chief JP Nadda held
a roadshow in poll-
bound Himachal
Pradesh on Friday
. Na-
dda, who has been
overseeing the poll
preparations, was ac-
companied by Chief
Minister Jairam
Thakur during a road-
show from the Dhar-
amshala airport. Peo-
ple in large numbers
gathered at the airport
and welcomed him
with flower petals. He
will attend a number
of public and organi-
sational programmes
during his visit.
Nadda, Thakur create buzz through
separate rallies in poll-bound Himachal
Union IB Min Anurag Thakur
in Chamba on Friday.
Nadda greets supporters at
Kangra Airport on Friday.
Police fire tear gas shells at protesters to prevent them from moving towards the Airport Road in
Kashmir’s Budgam on Friday.
Srinagar (Agencies):
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) terrorists who
had recently infiltrated
into Kashmir were
killed in an encounter
with security forces in
Bandipora district on
Friday, police said.
Security forces
launched a cordon-and-
searchoperationinBrar
in the Aragam area of
Bandipora in north
Kashmir following in-
puts about the presence
of terrorists there, a po-
lice official said.
He said the search op-
eration turned into an
encounter after the hid-
ing terrorists fired upon
security forces person-
nel, who retaliated.
In the ensuing ex-
changeof fire,twoterror-
ists were killed, he said.
Theofficialsaidtheiden-
tityof theslainterrorists
was being ascertained.
Earlier in the day, In-
spector General of Po-
lice (IGP) of Kashmir
Vijay Kumar said the
twoterroriststrappedin
BrarwerePakistaniand
belonged to the LeT.
They had infiltrated
into Jammu and Kash-
mir recently
. They had
managed to escape dur-
ing an encounter in the
Salinder forest area on
Wednesday
, he said.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Bypoll to one Rajya Sab-
ha seat in Odisha will
be held on June 13, the
Election Commission
announced on Friday
.
The seat fell vacant
following the resigna-
tion of BJD MP Subhas
Chandra Singh in April.
The poll is being held
for the rest of the peri-
od that is from April 24,
2022 to April 24, 2026.
According to the
Commission, while the
notification for this poll
will be issued on May
26, last date of making
nomination is June 2
and scrutiny of nomi-
nations on June 3.
New Delhi (PTI): Sen-
ior bureaucrat Nidhi
Chibber has been ap-
pointed as the chairper-
son of the Central
Board of Secondary
Education(CBSE) as
part of a senior-level
bureaucratic reshuffle
effected by the Centre
on Friday
.
Chibber, a 1994 batch
IAS officer of Chhattis-
garh cadre, is currently
Additional Secretary,
Ministry of Heavy In-
dustries.
Nidhi Chibber has
been appointed as
chairperson of the
CBSE in the rank and
pay of Additional Sec-
retary to the govern-
ment of India, an order
issued by the Personnel
Ministry said.
New Delhi: In a latest
development in connec-
tion with the Panama
Papers leak case, the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Friday con-
ducted searches at four
premises in Bhopal and
Goa in a money laun-
dering case registered
against one Sanjay Vi-
jay Shinde.
Searches were con-
ducted at the four prem-
ises related to Shinde.
These include the resi-
dential premises in Goa
and Bhopal, the prem-
ises of his then employ-
er VS Dempo Holdings
Pvt Ltd, Goa and the
premises of RPM Sonic
Adventures Caravan
Resorts at Bhopal.
Cash amount of Rs
88.30 lakh and various
incriminating docu-
ments were recovered
from the premises.
“Name of Shinde fig-
ured in the Panama Pa-
pers Leak case wherein
the names of various
individuals were re-
vealed, who had benefi-
cial interests in various
offshore entities. Shin-
de had beneficial inter-
ests in a British Virgin
Islands-based offshore
entity, in whose Singa-
pore-based bank ac-
count, more than Rs 31
crore were deposited by
various offshore enti-
ties,” the official said.
The Income Tax de-
partment had filed a
prosecution complaint
against Shinde under
provisions of Black
Money (Undisclosed
Foreign Income and As-
sets) and Imposition of
Tax Act.
Bypoll to 1 RS
seat in Odisha
on June 13
Nidhi Chibber
appointed CBSE
chairperson
Panama leak: ED raids
four places in Goa,MP
2 LeT terrorists killed in encounter
with security forces in Bandipora
BJP Prez rally gets complete attention of state unit to make it a success, however,
Thakur makes up with his unwavering following making it a lustrous event!

New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia logged 2,841 new
COVID-19 cases in last
24 hours, informed Min-
istry of Health Fami-
ly Welfare on Friday
.
With this, India’s tal-
ly of daily COVID cases
remained below 3000-
mark for the fourth con-
secutive day. The coun-
try’s active caseload
currently stands at
18,604, which now con-
stitutes 0.04 per cent of
India’s total positive
cases.The daily positiv-
ity rate is at 0.58 per
cent, while the weekly
positivity rate of COV-
ID in India is at 0.69 per
cent.
As many as 3,295 pa-
tients have recovered in
the last 24 hours and the
cumulative tally of re-
covered patients, since
the beginning of the
pandemic, to 4,25,73,460.
The national COVID-19
recovery rate was re-
corded as 98.74 per cent,
the ministry said.
A total of 4,86,628
COVID-19 tests were
conducted in the last 24
hours, taking the cumu-
lative tests in the coun-
try to over 84.29 crore
(84,29,44,795).
India’s COVID-19 vac-
cination coverage has
exceeded 190.99 crore
(1,90,99,44,803) as per
provisional reports till
7 am today. This has
been achieved through
2,38,51,277 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccina-
tion for the age group
12-14 years was started
on March 16, 2022. So
far, more than 3.12 crore
(3,12,97,391) adolescents
have been administered
the first dose of the
COVID-19 vaccine.
INDIA
08
Ranchi (ANI): The
charted accountant of
suspended Jharkhand
mining secretary Pooja
Singhal, in his state-
ment to the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
has said that most of
the cash amount recov-
ered from his house by
the probe agency, in
connection with a case
linked to the alleged
embezzlement of MGN-
REGA funds, belongs to
the IAS officer.
The ED had on May 7
arrested Kumar after it
recovered Rs 17.51 crore
from premises of Ku-
mar and Rs 1.8 crore
from Ranchi’s Pulse
Hospital. “As per the
statement of Suman
Kumar the CA who is in
ED custody, most of the
cash amount recovered
from his house belongs
to Pooja Singhal were
collected by him on her
instructions. Further,
he disclosed that on in-
structions of Pooja Sin-
ghal he gave Rs 3 cr in
cash to a renowned
builder for purchasing
the land of Pulse Hospi-
tal owned by Pooja Sin-
ghal and her family,”
ED said in a statement.
As per statements of
other witnesses, it is re-
vealed Pooja Singhal
played a pivotal role in
the construction and
managing the impor-
tant affairs of the Pulse
Super Speciality Hospi-
tal huge payments
were usually received
in cash. ED has in-
formed court agency
has reasons to believe
Singhal’s involvement.
Most of recovered by ED cash belongs to IAS
Pooja Singhal, says her chartered accountant
Modi, Deuba to continue talks
on hydropower, connectivity
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Modi and his Nepal
counterpart, Sher Baha-
dur Deuba, will focus on
connectivity and elec-
tricity projects during
their bilateral talks on
Monday, when Mr. Modi
travels to Lumbini to at-
tend Buddha Purnima
celebrations.
Giving details of the
Prime Minister’s visit
to Nepal, which will
span only a few hours,
Foreign Secretary Vi-
nay Kwatra said it was
significant that bilater-
al meeting was taking
place just a month after
Mr. Deuba visited India
for talks on April 1-3.
“In their bilateral
talks, the two Prime
Minis will pick up from
where they left off in
Delhi just last month
will build on productive
conversations in Delhi
with a view to further
expanding our shared
understanding coop-
eration in multiple are-
as, including in hydro-
power, development,
partnership connec-
tivity,” Kwatra told.
The leaders are ex-
pected to sign some
agreements after the
meeting, although offi-
cials said they were still
being finalised.
This is the first visit
to Nepal by Mr. Modi
since the Kalapani-Sus-
ta dispute broke out be-
tween the two countries
in 2020, and Nepal
amended its Constitu-
tion to incorporate a
new map showing parts
of India in its territory
.
Asked whether the is-
sue would be discussed
by the two leaders, Mr.
Kwatra said boundary
issues would be dis-
cussed by established
bilateral mechanisms,
which, he said, were the
“best way forward in
discussing those issues,
discussing in a respon-
sible manner without
politicisation of the
[border] issues”.
Asked whether the is-
sue would be discussed
by the two leaders, Mr.
Kwatra said boundary
issues would be dis-
cussed by established
bilateral mechanisms,
which, he said, were the
“best way forward in
discussing those issues,
discussing in a respon-
sible manner.”
New Delhi: Calling the
anti-encroachment
drive by Delhi munici-
pal corporation “cheap
and unjustified bulldoz-
er politics”, Deputy CM
Manish Sisodia on Fri-
day wrote to Union
Home Min Amit Shah
asking him to immedi-
ately intervene and stop
illegal demolition drive
being carried out by his
leaders in Delhi.
Sisodia said saffron
party is planning to raze
63 lakh houses and
slums in unauthorised
colonies and turn 70 per
centof thepopulationin
Delhi homeless.
“BJP and its leaders
crossed all lengths to
run its cheap bulldozer
politics in Delhi though
its period is over in
MCD. I have written a
letter to HM Amit Shah
to immediately inter-
vene and stop the demo-
lition activity,” Sisodia
said. He added that AAP
and each and every one
of its leaders and party
members will take to
roads to oppose and stop
the demolition drive.
“The Delhi BJP is plan-
ningtobulldozeallthese
houses and make the
people homeless. This is
just cheap,” Sisodia.
The bilateral meeting was taking place just a month after Nepal PM Deuba visited India on April 1-3
The country’s active caseload currently stands at 18,604, which
now constitutes 0.04 per cent of India’s total positive cases
PM MODI LAUNCHES NEW START-UP
POLICY OF MP GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the
Madhya Pradesh government’s Start-Up Policy 2022 and
a start-up portal through video link in the presence of young
entrepreneurs in Indore. Under the new policy, start-ups
would get subsidies towards rent and salaries of employees.
Modi also interacted with a few entrepreneurs on this occa-
sion to learn about their start-ups.
Sisodia slams BJP’s
‘bulldozer politics’,
writes to Amit Shah
In last 17 years, BJP
its MCD leaders, may-
ors, councillors junior
engineers filled their
pockets let people
build houses in author-
ised colonies. Now, when
its time has expired in
MCD, it wants to demol-
ish houses.
—Manish Sisodia, Deputy CM
Mumbai: A court here
on Friday allowed jailed
Maharashtra Cabinet
Minister Nawab Malik
to be treated at a private
hospital, Bar and Bench
reported. The court,
however, refused to
grant him temporary
medical bail.
Malik, a Nationalist
Congress Party leader,
was arrested by the En-
forcement Directorate
on February 23 in con-
nection with an alleged
money laundering case
involving fugitive gang-
ster Dawood Ibrahim
and his aides. Malik
had filed an application
seeking a six-week re-
lease from Mumbai’s
Arthur Road jail for
medical treatment.
Jailed Maha
minister Nawab
Malik allowed
private hospital
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s
new PM Ranil Wick-
remesinghe has said he
looks forward to closer
ties with India during
his term and thanked
India for its economic
assistance to the coun-
try as it tackles the
worst economic crisis
since independence.
Ranil Wickremesing-
he, 73, was sworn-in as
Sri Lanka’s 26th Prime
Minister on Thursday
to stabilise the coun-
try’s debt-ridden econo-
my and end the political
turmoil.
“I want a closer rela-
tionship and I want to
thank Prime Minister
(Narendra) Modi,” PM
Wickremesinghe said,
referring to Indian eco-
nomic assistance to his
country. His remarks
came during a religious
ceremony held here last
night after he took the
oath.
India has committed
more than USD 3 billion
to debt-ridden Sri Lan-
ka in loans, credit lines
and credit swaps since
Jan this year.
India on Thursday
said it looked forward
to working with the
new Sri Lankan govern-
ment formed in accord-
ance with democratic
processes Delhi’s
commitment to people
of the island nation will
continue. PM Wickrem-
esinghe said his focus
was limited to tackling
economic crisis.
Sri Lanka’s new PM takes charge,
says ‘I want to thank PM Modi’
SC STAYS BIHAR HC’S ORDER ASKING SAHARA CHIEF TO APPEAR
COURT TAKES COGNIZANCE
OF NIA CHARGESHEET
DELHI HC SEEKS AAKAR
PATEL’S REPLY ON CBI’S PLEA
SYMBIOSIS SOCIETY ASSURES
HC TO ALLOW UNVAXED STAFF
RAHUL GANDHI GETS RELIEF
IN 2019 AMIT SHAH CASE
Wickremesinghe,
73, was sworn-in as
Sri Lanka’s 26th
Prime Minister
In 2019, PM Modi welcomed by Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Healthcare worker collects a nasal swab. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on Fri-
day sought replies from
Centre and the Jammu
and Kashmir adminis-
tration on a plea chal-
lenging the delimita-
tion exercise by way of
which the number of
seats in JK Assembly
was recommended to be
raised from 83 to 90. A
bench presided by Jus-
tice S K Kaul also asked
the petitioners why
they had not challenged
it when commission
was first formed in 2020.
Plea contends only EC
could have undertaken
the exercise and it is
constitutional.
ED RAIDS ABHIJATA CONSTRUCTIONS
COMPANY, ITS DIRECTORS IN KOLKATA
Kolkata (ANI): ED has conducted searches in a money
laundering case involving Abhijata Constructions Company
Private Limited and its directors, agency said on Friday.
The searches were conducted at business premises of the
Abhijata Constructions as well as the residential premises of
its directors-- Abhijit Sen and Sujata Sen in Kolkata. During
the course of search operations, incriminating documents in-
cluding several electronic devices were recovered and seized.
Federal agency initiated a money-laundering investigation.
CDL KASAULI CLEARS OVER 21 LAKH
MRNA COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES
India registers 2,841 new
COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central Drugs Laboratory
(CDL), Kasauli has cleared
more than 21 lakh mRNA
COVID-19 vaccine doses
for stockpiling, the sourc-
es said. India has started
stockpiling its first mRNA
Covid 19 vaccine. This
vaccine is manufactured
by Pune-based Gennova
Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
The CDL Kasauli under
the Health Ministry is
responsible for checking
the safety and efficacy of
the vaccine, the sources
said. The company hasn’t
submitted the data of
phase 3 trials to the
Central Drug Standard
Control Organisation
(CDSCO) yet, but interim
data for the approval has
been submitted by the
company in the month of
March. Company said that
it has filed its phase 2 data
with CDSCO in the month
of January this year. Gen-
nova’s mRNA vaccine is
an Omicron-specific vax.
COURTESY MEET
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla calls on Arunachal
Pradesh Governor BD Mishra at Raj Bhawan, in Itanagar
on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi (ANI): SC
on Friday stayed the
Patna High Court’s order
which asked Sahara chief
Subrata Roy to appear
before the court physically.
A bench of Justices AM
Khanwilkar and Justice JB
Pardiwala order came on
Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s
plea against the Patna
High Court’s order that
asked him to be person-
ally present before it. The
Court also issued notice
on his plea and listed the
matter for further hearing
on May 19. Patna High
Court had earlier asked
Subrata Roy to appear and
explain its plan for the re-
turn on the investment of
the investors. Earlier
SEBI also made
a complaint to
the apex court
and sought
contempt
proceedings
against the Sa-
hara group for obstructing
the auctioning process,
initiated under the court’s
direction. Subrata Roy had
been in troubled waters
after the group failed to
return Rs 24,000 cr
to its investors by
August 31, 2012, as
directed by court.
Roy, who is out
on interim bail,
has already
spent 2 years
in jail.
New Delhi (ANI): A Special NIA Court on
Friday took cognizance of a charge sheet
filed by NIA against Ex IPS officer Arvind
Digvijay Negi and human rights activist
Khurram Parvez and others arrested in
connection with a case of leaking secret
documents to an overground worker of the
banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group. The
Additional Sessions Judge on Friday took
cognizance on the chargesheet filed under
stringent sections of UAPA, IPC and Official
Secret Act. Court asked the prosecutor to
serve a copy of the Chargesheet in jail to all
accused.
New Delhi: Delhi HC Friday sought
response of Amnesty International India
Board chair Aakar Patel on a plea by CBI
challenging a trial court’s order directing
the withdrawal of a lookout circular issued
against him in connection with a case for
alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act. Justice Yogesh Khanna
issued notice to Mr Patel on the CBI’s
petition and listed the matter for May 18.
The CBI had told high court that it was not
against relief granted to Patel, and its griev-
ance was directed towards the trial court.
Mumbai: Pune-based Symbiosis Society on
Friday assured the Bombay high court that
it will allow their unvaccinated employees,
who had been sent on unpaid leave till they
get fully vaccinated, to resume their work.
The assurance came in response to a peti-
tion filed by an employee who had moved
high court, challenging January 2022
notice by the institute, asking unvaccinated
employees to go on unpaid leave till they
produced evidence of complying with vac-
cination norms. The employee challenged
the notice saying that the institute cannot
make vaccination mandatory
Ranchi (ANI): The Jharkhand High Court on
Thursday granted relief to Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi against the warrant issued by
a lower court for his alleged controversial
remark against the then BJP national presi-
dent Amit Shah during the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa. Justice
Sanjay Dwivedi while hearing the petition
filed by Gandhi ordered a stay on any kind
of coercive action against him. Along with
this, the court has also stayed the proceed-
ings of the lower court in the matter and
has issued notice to the petitioner.
SC notice to Centre
over plea against
JK delimitation
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
I am deeply sad-
dened to know about
the passing away of
HH Sheikh Khalifa
bin Zayed. He was a
great statesman and
visonary leader un-
der whom India-UAE
relations prospered.
The heartfelt condo-
lences of the people
of India are with
the people of UAE.
May his soul rest in
peace.
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NEWS
09
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State Elec-
tion Commission has
issued guidelines for
the by-elections to ur-
ban civic bodies in the
state. A model code of
conduct has been is-
sued ahead of the by-
elections to be held on
May 29 for 17 members
in 14 urban bodies in 10
districts of the state.
In the order, Special
Secretary of the Com-
mission Shaili Kishna-
ni said that in the con-
stituencies related to
the by-election, the min-
isters will not go on of-
ficial tour till the end of
the elections.
The restriction
would, however, be lift-
ed if the law and order
situation worsens or in
case of an emergency
where the presence of
the minister of the de-
partment concerned is
necessary
.
The Secretary of
Government of the de-
partment will have to
inform the State Elec-
tion Commission if
such a situation arises.
According to the
guidelines, if the minis-
ters are on tour in the
constituencies where
by-election are to be
held, they will not use
any government vehi-
cle and their private ve-
hicle will not have a red
beacon or siren.
Guidelines for model code of conduct issued
URBAN BODY BY-POLLS ON MAY 29

According to
code, if
ministers are on
tour in
constituencies
where by-
election are to
be held, they
will not use any
govt vehicle
Ministers review government’s
flagship programmes in districts
Mins face complaints of corruption and official apathy in execution of budget schemes
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the middle
of Congress’s ongoing
Chintan Shivir in
Udaipur, ministers re-
viewed the implementa-
tionof flagshipschemes
and programmes in dis-
tricts under their
charge on Friday
.
Jaipur district in-
charge minister Shanti
Dhariwal expressed dis-
satisfaction about the
arrangement of food in
Indira Rasoi.
In-charge of Chittor-
garh district Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas
reviewed the implemen-
tation of Nirogi Ra-
jasthan campaign,
Shuddh ke liye Yuddh,
CM free medicines
scheme, Chiranjeevi
Health Insurance
Scheme among others.
In Kota, district in-
charge Parsadi Lal Mee-
na accused the BJP of
spoilingtheatmosphere
in the country and the
state.
Alwar in-charge Min-
ister BD Kalla had to
face the discontentment
of workers. Two work-
ers strongly reported
corruption and claimed
that without money no
one can get any work
done in Tijara tehsil.
HEMARAM PITCHES IN FOR PILOT!
ACB traps registrar office clerk
with `1.11 lakh bribe in Jalore
First India Bureau
Jalore/Nagaur: The
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau on Friday arrested
a junior assistant
Vikram Singh working
at the sub registrar of-
fice in Jalore district
while accepting a bribe
of Rs 1.11 lakh, officials
said. The accused had
demanded the bribe in
lieu of a plot registry,
they said. After verifica-
tion of the complaint, a
trap was laid and the ac-
cused was arrested
In Nagaur, senior As-
sistant of Makrana Sub-
division Office, Nand
Singh has been arrested
by Sikar ACB team red-
handed while taking
bribe of Rs 30,000 on Fri-
day
. The action was tak-
en by Sikar ACB team
ledbyDSPZakirAkhtar.
Accused Vikram Singh in
Jalore ACB custody
Accused Nand Singh in Nagaur
ACB custody.
Chittorgarh district in-charge Minister Pratap Singh Khachariywas reviewing the progress of the
state government’s flagship schemes virtually on Friday.
Dungarpur district in-charge Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati
reviewing the progress of flagship schemes with officials.
Jaisalmer district in-charge Minister Hemeram Choudhary
reviewing the progress of flagship schemes with officials.
Rape case: Min
Ramesh Meena
defends Rohit
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Commenting
on the rape case lodged
against PHED Minister
Mahesh Joshi’s son Ro-
hit Joshi, Panchayati
Raj Minister Ramesh
Meena said that the girl
can say anything.
Meena said that he
has to be trapped or
some work has to be
done. The minister said
that everyone has read
and must have heard
what was the relation
between Rohit Joshi
and the girl.
Meena, who is the
minister in charge of
Bharatpur, held a re-
view meeting there and
talked to reporters.
He said, “The girl can
say anything. Earlier
they were roaming to-
gether. If anything hap-
pened, then the allega-
tions of rape and others
emerged. All this will
come out in the investi-
gation.”
Meena said that eve-
ryone has read and
heard about where they
went to visit and lived
and what was the rela-
tionship between them.
Eight detained after
clash in Udaipurwati,
security beefed up
Manoj Tak
Udaipurwati: Police
have detained eight
youths in connection
with the Wednesday
night brawl in Udaipur-
wati in Jhunjhunu. Ad-
ditional forces have
been deployed here to
prevent any untoward
incident. Late that
night, around two doz-
en youths armed with
hockey and sticks came
near a girl’s school here.
Some of them allegedly
barged into a house,
ransacked it, beat up
people and misbehaved
with women.
According to the in-
formation, there is a
dispute going on be-
tween the people of a
community and Vikas
Kumar Rathi. Kumar
was sitting outside his
neighbour Kamlesh
Dandiya’s house on
Wednesday night when
over two dozen youths
from a community
came. Rathi ran away
seeing them and the
youths entered Dandi-
ya’s house searching for
him. When they did not
find him, they went on
a rampage.
After getting infor-
mation, SDM Ram Sin-
gh Rajawat, SHO Bhan-
warlal Kumawat
reached the spot but the
youths had fled.
Police arrest a person who was allegedlly involved in brawl.
Birla to hold public hearing
programme in Kota today
2nd Lok Adalat
to be held today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The 2nd Nation-
alLokAdalatof theyear
will be held on Saturday
with an objective to pro-
vide cheap, accessible
and speedy justice to the
people. Justice Ashok
Kumar Gaur will inau-
gurate it at the High
Court at 10 am. Organ-
ised under the aegis of
National Legal Services
Authority and under the
direction of Rajasthan
State Legal Services Au-
thority
, the Lok Adalat
will be held at Jodhpur
Main Bench and Jaipur
Bench of the HC as well
asallsubordinatecourts.
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Om
Birla will hold a public
hearing at his camp of-
fice in Kota on Saturday
.
During the visit
to his constituen-
cy, he will also in-
spect the under-
c o n s t r u c t i o n
building of IIIT at
Ranpur in the
evening. Birla
will meet the general
public at the camp of-
fice from 10 am on Sat-
urday and and try to
solve them.
After visiting the IIIT
site, he will attend the
swearing-in ceremony
of the newly elected ex-
ecutive of IMA, to be
held near the RTO of-
fice on Jhalawar Road.
Speaker Birla will par-
ticipate in the
mass marriage
function of Val-
miki Samaj at
Electronics Com-
plex at 12 noon on
Sunday. He will
inaugurate the
Raika Samaj hostel at
Tagore Nagar at 1 pm.
At 3 pm, he will go to the
mass marriage ceremo-
ny of Yadav Samaj in
village Bavdikheda
Tanda.
Month-long drive against
Illegal mining from May 15
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: A month-long
special intensive inves-
tigation campaign will
be conducted from May
15 to June 14 against il-
legal mining, transpor-
tation and storage in
the state. ACS Mines,
Subodh Agarwal said
that the operation
would be conducted by
a joint investigation
team of five depart-
ments -- Mines, Forest,
Revenue, Transport
and Police Department
-- formed by the District
Collector. The team will
consist of sub-division
level officers from the
Revenue Department,
Deputy Superintendent
level officers from the
Police Department,
Sub-Inspector-Inspec-
tor level officers from
the Transport Depart-
ment and Ranger level
officers from the Forest
Department.
7 die in separate road accidents while going to
appear in constable exam in Sikar, Bundi, Udaipur
First India Bureau
Sikar/Bundi: Three
members of a same
family while going to
appear in constable
exam in Jhunjhunu
died in a road accident
near Palsana in Sikar
late Thursday night.
According to police, the
three deceased were on
their way to Jhunjhunu
to appear for the police
constable recruitment
exam.
In Bundi, a scooter
rider was hit by a bus
on Aktasa bypass of
Taleda police station
area. According to po-
lice, scooty-riding
youth Dilip Kumar
Meena was on his way
to Kota on Friday morn-
ing to appear for the
constable examination.
COURTESY VISIT
The Zero Hour
Committee of the
Jharkhand Assembly
visited the House
and galleries of
the Raj Assembly.
Assembly Secretary
MP Sharma
presented literature
of Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly
to members of
the committee.
Member of Zero
Hour Committee of
Jharkhand Vidhan
Sabha Kishan Kumar
Das and officers
were present.
Rathore targets Raj govt, says
Gehlot has failed on all fronts
First India Bureau
Churu: Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore while address-
ing the Jan Hunkar
rally organised in front
of the Collectorate in
Churu to protest
against electricity, wa-
ter and poor law and
order situation said
that the state govern-
ment has failed in man-
agement of power. Peo-
ple from all over the
district participated in
the protest.
Rathore attacked the
government over 12 to
16 hours of power cuts
in rural and urban are-
as. He said this was
making life difficult for
people and causing
problems to the indus-
tries and farmers.
“Work has been delayed
in the Jal Jeevan Mis-
sion”, he ssaid.
Rajendra Rathore addressing the Jan Hunkar rally in Churu.
Subodh Agarwal
Victims Banshidhar Prajapat, Dipesh Prajapat and Pooja.
KILLER TRUCK CLAIMS 3 YOUNG LIVES
Makrana SDM
office clerk held
with `30,00 bribe

LEADERS ASKED TO
KEEP PHONES OUTSIDE
Sonia Gandhi Friday
urged party leaders and
delegates to keep their
phones outside the prem-
ises where the meeting is
being held to avoid “leak-
age of crucial information”.
INSIDE VIEW MORE
 Shivir will empha-
size discussions over
‘communal polarization’,
farmers’ issues and
strengthening party for
upcoming polls
 Youth Empowerment
Committee proposed giv-
ing tickets to individuals
below 50 and put forward
proposals related to
removing unemployment
 Avinash Pande, who
had accompanied Rahul
in Chetak Express, and
reached the hotel, Pande
did not waste any time
reached gym for workout
 Issue of paper leak was
raised in Shivir by a cong
leader, although he was
pointing towards paper
leaks in UP and Railways
TODAY’S
EVENT
10:00 am: Press Briefing
10:30 am: Group
Discussion continues
01:00 pm: Lunch Break
02:30 pm: Group
Discussion
08:00 pm: Meeting
of Conveners of Six
Coordination Panels to
finalise reports
A true piece of architecture
speaks about its time (period)
but it’s essentially timeless.
—Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
10
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
COURTESY VISIT
Jagdeesh Chandra paid a courtesy visit to SMS Hospital
on Friday afternoon to meet Dr Mahesh Joshi and enquire
about the well-being of his wife, Kaushal Joshi, who was
admitted to the hospital on Thursday night, following a
brain haemorrhage. Mahesh Joshi told him that she was
stable and recovering under the good care of SMS doctors.
Party has given us a lot, it
is time to repay debt: Sonia
FROM PG1...
B
JP, its cohorts
and surrogates
want to keep peo-
ple in a perpetual state
of frenzy
.Theyconstant-
ly provoke, instigate,
and inflame.” “We’ve to
combat this virus of di-
visiveness that’s being
maliciouslyspread,”she
said while addressing
the Chintan Shivir.
Talking about the Shi-
vir, Gandhi said that it is
also about “aatmachin-
tan” (introspection) on
the issues pertaining to
the party
. “It is also an
occasion to deliberate
on the many challenges
ahead of us. It is both
‘Chintan’aboutnational
issues and meaningful
‘aatmachintan’ about
ourpartyorganisation,”
she said. The Congress
interim president also
hit out at BJP and RSS
stating that the country
is facing numerous
“challenges due to their
policies” and the Shivir
gives the grand-old par-
ty an opportunity to dis-
cuss those challenges.
Sonia gave the advice
to work in the interest
of the party and reiter-
ated what was said in
CWC recently stressing
that the time has come
that we have to work un-
der the interests of the
organization.
SONIA GANDHI WILL NOT
CONTEST NEXT LS POLLS
Yogesh Sharma
Udaipur: Congress’s
Chintan Shivir started
on Friday to breathe
new fervor in the party
and from the talk that
has started in the camp,
it seems that Party
president Sonia Gandhi
will not contest next
Lok Sabha elections,
rather will present an
example on the lines of
‘one family-one ticket’
formula. A guiding
board will be formed to
implement the innova-
tions of the party. The
most important of in-
novations is the formu-
la ‘adjusting’ those be-
low 50 years of age.
This ‘Chintan’ is dif-
ferentandorganizedata
time when Congress is
going through a crisis.
Now, the political party
is going to start a series
of innovations to com-
pete with BJP
. It is clear
fromAjayMaken’sstate-
ment regarding the fam-
ily ticket formula that
Sonia Gandhi will per-
haps not contest next LS
elections from Rae Bare-
li. During the Chintan
Shivir, meetings of dif-
ferent committees were
held,inwhichSoniaand
Rahul also participated.
The party has given a lot to
all of us. Now is the time to
pay off the karz (debt). The
party has ‘given all
everything’. Everyone should
keep their views open.
—Sonia Gandhi,
Congress President
Most Cong leaders
set to be exempt
from ‘one family,
one ticket’ rule
BIG PICTURE! (From left in front) Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel,
P Chidambaram, Kamal Nath and KC Venugopal. (Inset) Digvijay Singh, Avinash Pande and Bhanwar Jitendra Singh.
Cong promises big changes after Chintan Shivir
...no ticket to kin of leaders without any work experience says state in-charge Ajay Maken
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Senior party
leader Ajay Maken on
Friday said there is
complete unanimity on
the one family
, one tick-
et rule, and stated that
the party is set to usher
in big organisational
changes after the con-
clave. He said that the
aim of the Shivir is to
transform the way Con-
gress functions as an
organisation.
Person who is hold-
ing post for 5 yrs should
have to step down, and
there should be a cool-
ing period of at least 3
years for that person to
come back on the same
post. For over 5 years a
person should not be on
same post, said Maken.
(Left) Pranab Jha, Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge addressing media in Udaipur on Friday.
‘PARACHUTE CANDIDATES’
WILL NOT BE GIVEN TICKETS
Now ‘parachute candidates’ will not be
given tickets and they will also have to
work in the organization for the first 5 years.
“There should be 3-5 Mandal committees at
polling booth one mandal would comprise
of 15-20 booths. There will be a discussion
on making a block of 5 Mandals. Often we
bring surveys only at time of polls, but Cong
should have its own internal dept and surveys
should be done continuously,” Maken said.
One family, one ticket'
proposal being discussed;
the exception only if
another family member working for
at least 5 years in the party. There
is a proposal to give 50 percent
representation to those below the
age of 50 at all levels from top to
bottom, including in the CWC.
—Ajay Maken, Senior Congress Leader
‘Internal strengthening
first,alliance talk later’
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: The Congress
on Friday said it will
discuss alliance issues
after strengthening its
own organisation and
unifying its cadres as
no partner will come if
you don’t have any in-
vestment . Senior Con-
gress leader Mallikar-
jun Kharge said party
will decide on alliances
with those parties that
subscribe to its ideolo-
gy and are concerned
over “attack” on democ-
racy and Constitution
and want to save them.
“This is a fight between
Indian nationalists V/S
pseudo nationalists.
Those who stand with
principles of INC repre-
sent Indian way of life
thought that has sus-
tained this civilisation
for 3,000 years,” he said.
Not the fake
nationalism of
BJP-RSS. It is
Congress that adheres to
the Indian path of rejecting
all extremes. This Chintan
Shivir will usher in a clear
message that nationalism
and love for India is the
core philosophy of INC.
—Mallikarjun Kharge,
Senior Congress Leader
BJP’s scathing
attack on Cong’s
Chintan Shivir
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting to
Cong party’s Chintan
ShivirinUdaipur,Union
MoS Arjun Ram Megh-
wal said first remove
unemployment in Ra-
jasthan, then make alle-
gations. Union Jal Shak-
timinGajendraShekha-
wat said that Cong
shouldshowmoralcour-
age to brainstorm on
dynasty politics. BJP
state prez Satish Poonia
said that in his address
Gehlot repeated the
same things that make
Gandhi family happy
.
Raj Bhawan-Govt
‘cold war’ intensifies
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Inongoing‘Cold
War’ between Raj Bha-
wan and the state govt,
one more incident took
place on Friday where
the state government
showed its ‘attitude’ on
visit of Guv to Mount
Abu. Governor Kalraj
Mishra is going to visit
Mount Abu as Raj Bha-
wan is being shifted to
Mount Abu during sum-
mers. Guv is proposed to
go from Jaipur to Mount
AbuonMay22.However,
sourcesclaimthat,“Govt
is reluctant to give air-
craft to the Guv.” Now
Raj Bhawan has made a
plan that Guv will travel
by train, although plan
has not been finalised
yet. Notably, on May 11,
govt had not given plane
to Guv for his Delhi vis-
it, although later Guv
postponed Delhi tour.
YOU READ IT IN FIRST
INDIA ON MAY 13, 2022
Gehlot,Venu,Pilot and others
welcome Rahul in Udaipur
Naresh Sharma
Udaipur: Unstable po-
litical situation in Ra-
jasthan will also be a
topic of discussion in
Chintan Shivir and it is
believed that after this
camp, the picture re-
garding working will be
clear.
The effort was to send
message that all is well
in Rajasthan Congress.
Sachin Pilot is neces-
sary for Congress and
party would not want to
lose him at any cost.
ALL IS WELL IN THE RAJASTHAN CONGRESS
RaGa CONDOLES DEATH
OF UAE PRESIDENT
Congress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Friday condoled the
death of UAE President ruler
of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa
bin Zayed Al Nahyan said he
will be fondly remembered as
a visionary leader who brought
rapid devp to UAE.
CM Gehlot, Venugopal, Maken,
Pilot, Rajiv Arora, Rafeek Khan,
Qazi Mohd Naimuddin others
reach Udaipur railway station to
receive Rahul Gandhi on Friday.
We face ‘80s like challenge,
but will stand up under
Rahul ji’s leadership: Gehlot
Aditi Nagar
Udaipur: Prior to the
formal start of the Con-
gress’ ‘Navsankalp Shi-
vir’ in Udaipur, CM Ge-
hlot held a presser
where he emphasised
on the vision of the par-
ty stressing that a new
resolution will be taken
in the Navsankalp Shi-
vir. “The resolution will
be successful in taking
the policies and princi-
ples of the party to the
public so that the at-
mosphere of brother-
hood, non-violence can
be ensured again in the
country. Today the
country is passing
through a crisis. Infla-
tion and unemployment
are at its peak. An at-
mosphere of polariza-
tion has been created in
the country since 2012
and false allegations of
appeasement have been
levelled on Congress.
Today we are yet again
facing the challenge
faced in 1980s, but we
will stand again under
the leadership of Rahul
Gandhi,” Gehlot said.
Gehlot further added,
“
A historic hour has
come for Rajasthan. So-
nia Gandhi has chosen
Rajasthan for the Shivir.
Today the situation in
athecountryisworrying,
the Constitution is being
brokendown.Thosewho
talk of Congress-mukt
Bharat will be Mukt
soon. PM should come
forward and address the
country that violence
will not be tolerated.
There is a big conspiracy
behind the recent events
of Rajasthan.”
(From Right) Ajay Maken, Ashok Gehlot, Tariq Anwar, Mukul Wasnik, Ramesh Chennithala and Neeta
D’Souza in the meeting of various committees during the Nav Sankalp Shivir in Udaipur on Friday.
GEHLOT, PILOT
SAATH SAATH!
On Thursday night, a
dinner was organized at
Taj Aravali where leaders
broke bread together. Many
leaders including Gehlot
were present. Notably, Pilot
was also present. Mean-
while, a pleasant picture of
Raj Cong surfaced, when
Pilot, who was standing
at a distance of 30 meters
from Gehlot, approached
CM they met very
intimately. Gehlot also gave
a good response to Pilot
they spoke for 10 minutes.
THE GANDHIS AND
GEHLOT CONNECT!
The connection of
Gehlot and Gandhi
family was visible on Fri-
day when Rahul Gandhi
came to the hotel sitting
with CM Ashok Gehlot in
the bus. Moreover, party
matriarch Sonia Gandhi
reached the hotel from
the airport with Gehlot
by helicopter. Meanwhile,
Priyanka was welcomed
at the hotel itself by
Gehlot who offered him
a cotton weave and these
three pictures were most
discussed images.

SHRUTI PAREEK, AN ALL-ROUNDER
HAILING FROM RAJASTHAN, IS
TAKING THE FASHION WORLD BY STORM,
WITH HER STRIKING LOOKS AMAZING
PERSONALITY. CITY FIRST CAUGHT UP
WITH HER TO ASK A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT HER JOURNEY!
hruti Pareek, a
r u l e - b re a ke r,
fashion lumi-
nary, and eternal
icon of the su-
permodels be-
lieves in following her
heart and passion and
has imposed her majestic
beauty on the catwalks of
a lot of fashion houses, as
well as participated in
the Queen of Cosmos
beauty pageant held re-
cently, with a gentle
strength.
When asked about her-
self, the beauty began by
saying, “As an explorer
and dauntless follower of
my heart, I always stay
happy and satiate. I’m a
medical student and en-
joy dancing a lot. Apart
from this, I’m a black belt
holder in Taekwondo.
Having such a vast expe-
rience, I can affirmative-
ly say that this has helped
my confidence grow to a
huge extent. As a girl my-
self, I focus on teaching
young girls how to defend
themselves.”
She further added,
“My journey began as an
underconfident anxious
girl who was so afraid of
stepping out. Earlier as a
kid, I was even bullied
for being physically
weak. But I did not stop
there, I decided to be-
come the best version of
myself. I fought a war
with my low self-es-
teem and believed
in myself which
made me a part
of such a pres-
tigious pag-
eant. I may
not have
won the queen
of Cosmos Pageant
but I’m already a win-
ner who came so far
fighting with the anxiety
issues.
On her achievements,
the young diva said, “I
am a NSO gold medallist,
Taekwondo gold medal-
list ( district, state), na-
tional-level player and
have bagged the Miss
India Glam RU also.
When asked about the
challenges faced during
her career, Pareek re-
plied, “When I came
up with the dream of
being a taekwondo
player I often received
statements like “ladki
ko ye sab shobha nhi
deta”, but I believed in
myself and my dreams
and I finally made it to
the Nationals.
When asked how she’d
like to see herself a few
years down the line,
Shruti said, “I see
myself to be a
confident wom-
an of substance
just like my mom,
who is an ideal ex-
ample for me.”
When asked about
what message she’d like
to give to the coming
generation, the beauty
said, “For me it’s always
about the confidence you
carry.
Failures are stepping
stones to success. One
should believe in them-
selves and never be both-
ered about what the soci-
ety says, be the better
version of yourself, fight
for your rights and win
one day at a time.”
MITALI DUSAD
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
S
JAIPUR, SATURDAY,
MAY 14, 2022
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