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The Felicity Ace, a massive Panama-flagged cargo ship
carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles,
caught fire near the Azores islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
The ship’s 22 crew members were successfully evacu-
ated. The ship was transporting 4,000 luxury cars.
SHIP ON FIRE
WITH PORSCHES,
LAMBORGHINIS
ABOARD
Rakesh Gangwal, who along with Bhatia had started
IndiGo at the start of this Millennium but had a serious
fallout in last few years, on Friday resigned as director
from the board of the airline’s holding company, Inter-
Globe Aviation. Gangwal will reduce his stake gradually.
CO-FOUNDER OF
INDIGO RAKESH
GANGWAL RESIGNS
FROM BOARD
LIC LIKELY TO LAUNCH
IPO ON MARCH 11
SENSEX ENDS FLAT,
NIFTY BELOW 17300
A public offering of shares by
India’s state-run Life Insurance
Corp (LIC), set to be the country’s
biggest ever at $8 billion (Rs
60,000 crore), is expected to open
for anchor investors on March 11,
three sources with direct knowl-
edge of the matter told agencies.
Sensex ended 59.04 points or
0.10% lower at 57,832.97, and
the Nifty settled 28.30 points
or 0.16% down at 17,276.30.
Sectorally, except bank and capital
goods, all other indices ended in
the red with oil & gas and realty
indices down 1 percent each.
TWO STUDENTS KILLED AS
BUS HITS JEEP IN SIKAR, 2ND
SUCH ACCIDENT IN TWO DAYS
Sikar: Two students
were killed and 8 other
persons injured when
a roadways bus hit a
jeep, carrying students,
near Palsana RIICO
area in Sikar district
on Friday. The accident
happened a day after
two students were
killed and around 20
others injured when a
speeding school bus
overturned in Jaisalmer
on Thursday. The Sikar
mishap occurred on
Jaipur-Sikar highway.
The victims were
identified as Jatin (11)
and Satyam (8) and the
injured were admitted
to a nearby hospital,
said the police. CM
Ashok Gehlot tweeted
his condolences pray-
ing for strength to the
parents and family
members. P7
DR SUDHIR
BHANDARI
APPOINTED
RUHS VC
Jaipur: SMS Medical Col-
lege principal Dr Sudhir
Bhandari, who is also
the official
physician of
CM Ashok
Gehlot, was
appointed
as the Vice-
Chancellor
of Rajasthan Univer-
sity of Health Sciences
(RUHS) by Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Friday.
After his predecessor Dr
Rajababu Panwar retired
last month, Dr Bhandari
was given the additional
charge of RUHS VC. First
India News was the first
to have anticipated Dr
Bhandari’s appointment
as permanent RUHS VC.
 The Karnataka
government on Friday
contended before the
High Court that the hijab
is not an essential reli-
gious practice of Islam
and preventing its use
did not violate Article 25
of the Indian Constitu-
tion, which guarantees
religious freedom.
 Advocate General
Prabhuling Navadgi
said that government
has taken a stand that
wearing hijab is not
an essential practice
under Islam.
 The AG also re-
jected the charge of
some Muslim girls,
who challenged the
Karnataka govern-
ment’s order
on February
5 that barred students
from wearing hijab or
saffron scarves saying
that it violated Article 25
of the Constitution.
 Meanwhile, Kar-
nataka Police has
booked hijab-clad
Muslim students of
Empress Government
Pre-University College
for allegedly taking
part in an “unlaw-
ful assembly” and
showing “disobedi-
ence” towards public
servants. According to
police, 10-15 unidenti-
fied girls have been
booked by cops.
 On the other hand,
male student of a
government PU college
was stopped on Friday
from sporting vermilion
citing the Karnataka
High Court’s inter
order, spark-
ing Bajrang
Dal activists to
stage a protest
against the col-
lege authorities.
HIJAB NOT AN ESSENTIAL
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OF ISLAM:
KARNATAKA GOVT TELLS HC
GIRLS BOOKED
VERMILION ROW
3 CONVICTS
FROM KOTA
Kota: Among the con-
victs, three belonged
from Rajasthan’s Kota.
Imran, Atiqur Rehman
and Mehndi Hasan
Ansari. Imran ran a
medical store in Patan-
pol and came in contact
with SIMI. The wires of
Jaipur blast were also
connected with Imran.
His input was received
from a terrorist caught
in Jaipur. Mehndi Has-
san Ansari, a resident
of Ghantaghar area,
used to run a breakfast
shop in front of JK Lone
Hospital in Nayapura.
Atiqur Rehman was
caught from Nanta area.
—Bhanwar S Charan
Out of all the convicts who were awarded death penalty,
Usman Agarbattiwala, also convicted under the Arms Act,
was additionally awarded a year in jail under the Arms Act
In this Aug 16, 2008 file photo, suspected militants who were produced by
crime branch for their alleged involvement in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts.
Ahmedabad: Aspecialcourtdes-
ignatedforthespeedytrialof the
2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts
cases on Friday sentenced 38
of the49convictedtodeath.
Theelevenothersweresen-
tenced to life in jail. Ac-
cording to the defence
lawyers, this is the
highest number of
convicts to be sen-
tenced to death in a sin-
gle case in India’s legal
history. The court of spe-
cial judge AR Patel directed
payment of Rs 1 lakh for the
56 victims who died, Rs 50,000
for those who suffered serious in-
juries and Rs 25,000 for those who
suffered minor ones.
2008
AHMEDABAD
SERIAL BLASTS
VERDICT...
‘HANG 38
TILL DEATH’
11 GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT;
FINE OF `2.85 LAKH IMPOSED
ON EACH OF 49 CONVICTS
56 WERE KILLED, 200 HURT
 Police investigations con-
cluded the IM was a regroup-
ing of the banned SIMI
 In February 2013, 14
accused were booked for dig-
ging a 213-foot-long tunnel
while they were lodged in
Sabarmati Central jail
THE INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN
Ex NSE chief, accused of
sharing info with Himalayan
yogi, interrogated by CBI
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) is ques-
tioning Chitra Ram-
krishna, former manag-
ing director and chief
executive officer of the
National Stock Ex-
change (NSE), in con-
nection with a 2018 case
in light of revelations
made by the Securities
and Exchange Board of
India that Ramkrishna
has passed on confiden-
tial information to a
“Himalayan yogi”.
The case pertains to
alleged abuse of the
NSE’s co-location facil-
ity (where brokers can
buy “rack space” for
their servers) to make
gains by getting early
access to the stock mar-
ket. The CBI had booked
Sanjay Gupta, owner of
Delhi-based OPG Secu-
rities Pvt. Ltd, and oth-
ers in the case.
Meanwhile, a lookout
notice has been issued
against Chitra Ram-
krishna, former Chief
Executive Officer (CEO)
of NSE and others for-
merly from the top man-
agement, a move to stop
the accused from leav-
ing the country
.
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CIRCULARS ISSUED
Chitra Ramkrishna
Russia all set to stage
massive nuclear drills
amid Ukraine standoff
Moscow: The Russian
military on Friday an-
nounced massive drills
of its strategic nuclear
forces, a stark reminder
of the country’s nuclear
might amid Western
fears that Moscow
might be preparing to
invade Ukraine.
Russian President
Vladimir Putin will
personally oversee Sat-
urday’s exercise, which
will involve multiple
practice launches of in-
tercontinental ballistic
missiles and cruise mis-
siles, the Defense Min-
istry said.
Russian President
Vladimir Putin will
personally oversee
Saturday’s exercise
New Delhi: The Uttar
Pradesh government on
Friday informed the Su-
preme Court that it had
withdrawn 274 notices
issued for recovery of
damages to public prop-
erties during the anti-
Citizenship (Amend-
ment) Act protests.
The state Additional
Advocate General Ga-
rima Prashad conveyed
this to the bench of Jus-
tices D Y Chandrachud
and Surya Kant, which
accepted the same and
appreciated the “fair
gesture”.
The Bench also di-
rected that recoveries
made in consequence of
the proceedings that
had been withdrawn, be
refunded. Though the
state urged the court to
direct status quo on re-
coveries already made
till the Tribunals de-
cide the matter, the
Bench said that when a
proceeding itself is
withdrawn, all conse-
quent actions, too, will
have to go.
UP GOVT INFORMS SUPREME
COURT ON ANTI-CAA PROTESTS:
‘WITHDRAWN ALL
NOTICES ISSUED
FOR RECOVERY
OF DAMAGES’
The state government
also said all subsequent
proceedings would be in
view of enactment of a
new law and would be
referred to Tribunals
constituted under the Act
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FEBRUARY 12, 2022
‘Sensitive’ Gehlot steps in to
aid ace archer Limbaram
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Taking a sensi-
tive decision, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has approved financial
assistance of ten lakh
rupees from the Chief
Minister’s Relief Fund
for the treatment of
well-known archer of
the state, Limbaram.
Limbaram,anativeof
Saraditvillageof Jhadol
tehsil of Udaipur, has
beensufferingfromseri-
ous diseases for some
time. He is currently un-
dergoing treatment at a
hospital in Ghaziabad
due to brain stroke.
As soon as the infor-
mation was received in
this regard after Lim-
baram’s wife sounded
the Chief Minister’s of-
fice in this regard, Ge-
hlot, giving relaxation
in the Chief Minister’s
Relief Fund rules, sanc-
tioned immediate fi-
nancial assistance of
Rs. Ten lakh. Immedi-
ately, on the instruc-
tions of CM, the Princi-
pal Housing Commis-
sioner reached Limbar-
am’s residence located
at Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium Turn to P8
CM, giving relaxation
in the Chief Minister's
Relief Fund rules,
sanctioned immediate
financial assistance
of `10 lakh CM Ashok Gehlot
I’mworld’ssweetestterrorist:
Kejrijunksseparatistremarks
New Delhi: AAP leader
and Delhi chief minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal on
Friday responded to al-
legations made by for-
mer party colleague
Kumar Vishwas, saying
he must be the “world’s
sweetest terrorist” who
builds schools and hos-
pitals.
He said Vishwas’
charge that he was
Khalistan supporter
was laughable.
Kejriwal also target-
ted Centre and said that
the government could
not find any evidence
against him, but just
keeps accusing.
“All these corrupts
are calling me terrorist.
I am the first terrorist
in the world who builds
schools for people,
builds hospitals, fixes
electricity. I am the
world’s first “sweet ter-
rorist,” Kejriwal added.
The Delhi CM’s
reaction came after his
ex-partymen Kumar
Vishwas claimed in an
old video that Kejriwal
was supportive of the
Khalistan movement
in the state of Punjab
CONGRESS PUNJAB MANIFESTO
PROMISES ONE LAKH GOVT JOBS
Chandigarh: The Congress on Friday released its manifesto
for the February 20 Punjab Assembly polls, promising
`1,100 per month for women, eight free cooking gas cylin-
ders per year and one lakh government jobs. The party also
promised to end the mafia raj by creating corporations for
the sale of liquor and sand mining. Addressing the media,
state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said the party’s govern-
ment will procure oilseed, pulses and corn from farmers.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted the satirical cartoon on Friday.
 The emails purportedly
sent out by the IM contained
images from the Gujarat
riots of 2002, and claimed
the bombings were revenge
for the riots and for the
destruction of the Babri
Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992
 56 people were killed and
around 200 were injured
 Ahmedabad was the third
city to be bombed that year,
after Jaipur in May and Ben-
galuru just the day before
 On July 27, similar bombs
were found in Surat
 On July 26, 2008, in
the span of 70 minutes, 22
bombs went off at various
places in Ahmedabad city in-
cluding at Gujarat govern-
ment-run Ahmedabad Civil
Hospital, the Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation-run
LG Hospital, in buses, on
parked bicycles, and in cars

Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The opposition
BJP on Friday lashed
outatPCCpresidentGo-
vind Singh Dotasra for
accusing the party of
giving a religious colour
to the battle between
Maharana Pratap and
MughalEmperorAkbar.
ThefightbetweenMa-
harana Pratap and Ak-
bar was for power but
BJP gave it a religious
colour, Dotasra had said
on Thursday at a party
meeting in Nagaur.
“This is not the first
time that he has given
such a statement. They
have taught distorted
history
. In their eyes,
Akbar is great but in
this country
, Maharana
Pratap will re-
main great. It
was a fight of na-
tionalism and
not a power
struggle,” BJP
state presz Sat-
ishPooniasaid.
LoP Gulab
ChandKataria
and his deputy
Rajendra
Rathore also
said that the struggle
was for self-respect and
freedom. “He (Dotasra)
should read history
again, if has not read it.
Akbar was an invader,”
Kataria said.
Former CM Vasu-
nadharaRaje,Union
Jal shakti Min ga-
jendra Singh
S h e k h aw at
and BJP
MLA Vas-
udev Dev-
nani have
also
launched
their at-
tacked.
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Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Santra Devi, a
resident of Naka of
Shastri Nagar Nahari,
who was widowed 20
years ago, was getting
worried about joining
the pension scheme.
Santra’s application
was disposed off imme-
diately and she was
linked with the social
pension scheme due to
theinnovationof Jaipur
Collector that will bring
new light in the lives of
many needy people.
The Jaipur district
administration, lagging
in providing benefits of
the state govt’s schemes,
is busy in improving its
pattern. Jaipur Collec-
tor Rajan Vishal is busy
working to overhaul the
slow system. Since as-
suming office, his focus
is on getting the eligible
people of every scheme
on time.
The Jaipur Collector
will now connect the eli-
gible elderly and wid-
ows and their children
of the urban and rural
areas with the pension
and foster scheme by
running ‘Operation
Sambal’. Under this
campaign, eligible el-
derly people will also be
linkedtotheoldagepen-
sion scheme. Vishal has
also directed the officers
to conduct a special
campaign to remove the
pendency of such cases.
DC Rajan Vishal’s innovations
make govt schemes accessible
REACHING LAST MILE
BJP LASHES OUT AT DOTASRA
OVER REMARK ON MAHARANA Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The Cabinet
Minister Mahesh
Joshi on Friday com-
pared BJP with touts.
“As the lapke (touts)
corner the tourists as
soonastheysightthem,
in the same way the BJP
also tries to capture eve-
ry issue. Nobody doubt-
ed Maharana Pratap be-
ing great,” he said.
PCC President Dotasra
also did not express any
doubt. His statement needs
to be understood seri-
ously and subtly
.
“If any academic aspect is
expressed goes on any sub-
ject, it has different mean-
ings. Dotasra has also made
an academic point but BJP
is trying to give it a political
colour, which I condemn,
BJP people want to hear
only which suits them or
what they like. From the PM
to other BJP leaders, they
have suppressed the free-
dom of expression.” Joshi
said.
Meanwhile,Dotasraagain
tweeted on Friday and said
that BJP has done the work
of distributing poison
among the children.
DOTASRA’S POINT WAS
ACADEMIC: DR JOSHI
RAJASTHAN POWER CORRIDOR SPLITS OVER MAHARANA PRATAP
Govind Singh Dotasra
@GovindDotasra
No one has the slightest
doubt on the greatness
of Maharana Pratap, he
was great and will re-
main so. But in the Hal-
dighati war for the power
of Mewar, Pratap’s fight
of self-respect against
Akbar, BJP has done
the work of distribut-
ing poison among the
children by telling the
war of Hindu-Muslim in
the books.
Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJP
The Congress has challenged the glori-
ous history of Mewar by describing
the struggle of Maharana Pratap and
Akbar as a fight for power only. Ma-
harana Pratap continued his lifelong
resolve to protect the motherland.
His war with Akbar was not a power
struggle, but a struggle for na-
tional security.
Pratap will re-
main great. It
was a fight of na-
tionalism and
not a power
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Gajendra S Shekhawat @gssjodhpur
The Mughals have left behind the
Congress agents who link the fight
for the honor of the motherland
with power. On what basis is Ra-
jasthan Congress state president
Govind Singh Dotasra saying
that our Maharana Pratap
had fought for power
with Akbar.
Even if anything is said on educational is-
sues, they take its wrong meaning. No one
doubts the greatness of Maharana
Pratap. Dotasara has given his views in
the educational sense. I condemn BJP
leaders for misinterpreting the state-
ment of PCC Chief.
—Dr Mahesh Joshi, PHED Minister
Gudha hands over `5L to
deceasedtruckdriver’swife
Manoj Tak
Jhunjhunu: Minister
of State for Home
Guard and Civil De-
fence Rajendra Singh
Gudha handed over a
cheque of Rs 5 lakh to
Manisha, wife of Ram
Niwas who was driv-
ing the container car-
rying the REET ques-
tion papers from Kol-
kata that met with an
accident killing him
on the way, at her resi-
dence in Udaipurwati
village on Friday.
The state govern-
ment has already de-
posited Rs 5 lakh in her
bank account in 2 in-
stallments. That apart,
Manisha has already
been appointed as a
home guard on compas-
sionate ground. The
owner of the container
will also pay her Rs 2
lakh. Moreover, the
mishap case has been
reopened and she will
get the accident claim
amount when the nec-
essary investigations
are completed.
Meanwhile, Manisha
has said that BJP MP
Kirodi Lal Meena
showed her path while
minister Rajendra
Gudha delivered the
justice to her.
SOG’S REET PROBE IN RIGHT
DIRECTION: GOVT TO HC
REET MAY BE
CONDUCTED
RSSB
JALORE
ACCUSED
SUSPENDED
Jaipur: The High Court on Friday heard the PIL filed by
student outfit ABVP demanding a CBI probe into the
REET irregularities. The next hearing of the case has now
been posted to 24th Feb. Submitting the reply, state govt
claimed before the Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi
and Justice Uma Shankar Vyas that the SOG is investi-
gating the matter in the right direction and it will submit
a factual report after the investigation is completed. He
also accused the ABVP of filing the PIL unnecessarily and
levelling baseless allegations against the SOG and other
govt officers, the outfit is also trying to mislead the court.
The conduct of REET
exam may be handed
over to the Rajasthan Staff
Selection Board(RSSB)
under chairmanship of
former IPS Hariprasad
Sharma instead of RBSE.
REET exam gave a big
issue to the Opposition.
Hariprasad Sharma,
chairman of RSSB, was
responsible for conducting
Patwar exam.
Gram Sevak Narendra
Kumarwho was
posted in Jalore has
been suspended after he
was arrested by the SOG
of Rajasthan Police in
connection with the REET
paper leak case. The Pan-
chayati Raj department
issued the suspension
order on Friday. He had
arranged the papers for
some of the candidates.
Road rage:
Minor mows
down elderly
Couple found
dead, sparks
sensation
Jaipur: An elderly citi-
zen was killed when a
speeding car, driven by
a 13-year old minor hit
him near the Chitra-
koot stadium on Thurs-
day. According to eye-
witnesses, the car, first
hit a bike from the rear.
When people went rush-
ing to the spot, the boy
got frightened and
started driving on back
gear to escape from the
scene. But in the pro-
cess, he hit the elderly
person and kept drag-
ging him under its
wheels for almost a 100
metre. The police have
not been able to trace
the juvenile. —FIB
Bhagwan Sahay
Renwal (Jaipur):
Dead bodies of a
woman and a man
found in suspicious
condition on road-
side of Kanwarpura
bus stand in Renwal
police station area
on Friday created a
sensation. As soon
as the information
of the incident was
received, the Ren-
wal police station
team and FSL team
reached the spot.
Prima facie, the po-
lice is looking at
this whole matter
by connecting it to
the accident.
‘PUBGaddict’teenkills
selfoverdelayofmobile
NNH launches campaign
to remove encroachments
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A class 12 stu-
dent, who was report-
edly a PUBG addict, al-
legedly died by suicide
afterhisparentsrefused
to gift him a phone on
his birthday
, police said
on Friday. The teen,
identified as Aaditya
Kumar, 18, celebrated
his birthday on Feb 13
and demanded a mobile
phone as gift.
His parents assured
him of buying it after he
clears his 12th board
exam with good marks.
They were shocked on
Friday when they saw
him hanging from ceil-
ing fan with his moth-
er’s saree.
Officer Rajkumar of
Sodala Police station in-
formed that his parents
broke open the door and
rushed the boy to SMS
hospital where he was
declared brought dead.
Rajkumar said that
Aaditya was a PUBG ad-
dict and he had gone si-
lent after his father’s
assurance for a mobile
phone. On Wednesday,
he went to his room to
sleep after dinner and at
midnight hung himself.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a big action,
Nagar Nigam
Heritage(NNH) has
launched an extensive
campaign to remove
permanent encroach-
ments. The vigilance
wing has removed tem-
porary encroachments
from outside of more
than 200 shops in differ-
ent markets. In the ac-
tion carried out from
Badi Chaupar to Hawa
Mahal, Chandi Ki Tak-
saal, Kale Hanuman ji
ka mandir and Subhash
Chowk Road, around
three truck goods were
confiscated. Vigilance
Deputy Commissioner
Neel Kamal Meena ex-
ecuted the action on the
instructions of Com-
missioner Awadhesh
Meena. The action was
taken regarding the
UNESCO survey
.
Nagar Nigam Herit-
age has also issued no-
tices to 152 people for
not depositing UD tax.
Hawamahal Amer Zone
Deputy Commissioner
Dilip Sharma issued no-
tices on the instruc-
tions of Commissioner
Awadhesh Meena.
BVG case: HC
continues relief
to Nimbaram
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: Over the pos-
sible involvement of
RSS’s Nimbaram in de-
manding `20 cr bribe
for clearing `276 cr out-
standing bills of BVG
company
, the HC on Fri-
day maintained the sta-
tus quo and ordered not
to take any action
against him untill next
hearing on Feb 22.
Taking a dig, PCC
president GS Dotasra
tweeted that in the
BVG bribe case, the
Court has asked for au-
dio and video as evi-
dence instead of giv-
ing bail. “Will say
something on this too,
Dr Satish Poonia ji?,”
Raj Housing Board to also give pattas
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: In a first, now
the Rajasthan Housing
Board (RHB) will also
give lease (patta) of
colonies settled on
their unclaimed land.
On Friday
, UDH Min-
ister Shanti Dhariwal
accepted the demand
of Housing Board in
the meeting regarding
Prashasan Shehro Ke
Sang campaign.
During the meeting,
RHB Commissioner
PawanAroraraisedthe
demand to give the
right to issue lease in
such colonies to the
Board and said, “The
land was acquired by
the Housing Board.
The JDA has no role in
giving lease on colonies
settled on such lands.”
Considering the de-
mand, Minister Shanti
Dhariwal gave the nod
and instructed officials
for changes in this re-
gard in the relevant
law. Notably, colonies
are settled on the un-
claimed lands of the
Board across the state
in which about 81 colo-
nies are settled in
Jaipur alone.
RAJAN SPEAKS
Rajan Vishal
Statue of Maharana Pratap
in Udaipur’s Moti Magri.
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(Item No. 1 and 2)
S.
No.
Item
No. Events
Existing
Schedule
Revised
Schedule
1 1 &
2 Period for downloading
tender documents
From
10.02.2022 to
16.02.2022
6.00 PM
From
10.02.2022 to
19.02.2022
6.00 PM
Period for uploading tender
documents.
upto
16.02.2022
6.00 PM
upto
19.02.2022
6.00 PM
Physical submission of copy
of challan deposited in bank
for tender fee, processing fee
and cost of tender documents
in the ofﬁce of The Executive
Engineer, Construction
Division III, Bisalpur Project
Deoli (Tonk)
upto
17.02.2022
2:00 PM
upto
21.02.2022
1:00 PM
Date of time for opening of
Technical and Financial bid
17.02.2022
04:00 PM
21.02.2022
04:00 PM
Executive Engineer,
Construction Division-III,
Bisalpur Project, Deoli
Corrigendum No. 24/2021-22
No. Actt/Div.III/2021-22/4857 Date : 15.2.2022
DIPR/C/2142/2022
GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION-III, BISALPUR PROJECT, DEOLI (TONK)
Rajendra Gudha giving cheque to widow Manisha Jat.

Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra has
stayed power of VC of
Haridev Joshi Univer-
sity of Journalism and
Mass Communication
Om Thanvi to take deci-
sions on policy matters.
Two weeks are left in
retirement of Thanvi &
therefore the govern-
ment stayed decision
power of the VC. With
this, Thanvi will not be
able to take any policy-
related decisions.
A meeting of the
Management Board of
University was called
on February 21 while
the meeting of the advi-
sory board was called
on February 25.
The stay on Thanvi’s
powers was imposed
under the orders issued
by Higher Education
Department. In the or-
ders, universities were
asked not to hold meet-
ing during assembly
session. Mavli MLA
(BJP) Dharamnarayan
Joshi had given a mem-
orandum to the Gover-
nor requesting him to
stay power of Thanvi.
Thanvi said his term
is being completed in
the next month, but not
of the Board of Man-
agement.
RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Bundi: Amid fears of
a possible war with
Russia, the return of
Indian students
trapped in Ukraine has
started. On Friday,
many Indian students
from the Ukrainian
capital Kyiv left for
New Delhi.
Congress leader
from Rajasthan
Charmesh Sharma,
who has filed a petition
in the President’s Sec-
retariat for the safe re-
turn of Indian students
trapped in Ukraine,
said that a large num-
ber of Indian students
have left for New Delhi
on Friday
.
These include many
students from Ra-
jasthan. They are Loke-
sh Meena, Rajkumar,
Lakshya Rajawat, etc.
from Kota division.
The students will
reach New Delhi’s In-
dira Gandhi Interna-
tional Airport in the
early hours of Sunday
via Sharjah.
Taking up the issue
of more than 20,000 In-
dian students studying
in Ukraine, Sharma
had filed a petition in
the President’s Secre-
tariat to President Ram
Nath Kovind for safe
return of students to
their homeland.
Raj students start arriving from Ukraine
SILVER LINING AMID WAR FEAR
Governor stays Thanvi’s policy decision power
Thanvi said his term is completing next month but not of the Board of Management. The Advisory Council has no right to take policy decisions
Governor Kalraj Mishra along with his family visited the Jhalana forest area on Friday. Mishra sighted a leopard named ‘Bahadur’
groaning on Shikar Hodi. The Governor, while calling tourists, said it is the collective responsibility of all to ensure cleanliness and safety
of the natural habitat of wild animals. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
COURTSEY CALL
On Friday, JMC Greater Mayor Dr Somya paid a courtesy
visit to Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhawan and
apprised him of the Swachh Survekshan 2022. She got
guidance on how it could be implemented better.
Covid: 1,233 fresh
cases, 6 deaths in state
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 1233 new cases
of corona infection
have been found in Ra-
jasthan, while 6 pa-
tients died. For the first
time since the third
wave hit the state, the
test positivity rate in all
the districts remained
below 10 percent. In the
last 24 hours, samples
of 35, 444 people were
tested and the positivity
rate was recorded at
3.48 percent. On Friday,
a maximum 337 infect-
ed cases in Jaipur.
Tourism to Cruise with effective media plan by tourism Min
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Tourism Min
Vishvendra Singh on
Friday instructed de-
partmental officers to
prepare a plan to pro-
mote water sports & ad-
venture tourism.
Preparations are on
to start cruise tourism
in Chambal river as a
pilot project. Heritage
River Journeys Pvt Ltd
CEO Raj Singh has giv-
en presentation to Sin-
gh&PSGayatriRathore
about Cruise project.
A few more compa-
nies are preparing to
send proposals.
Singh reviewed pro-
gress of works related
to effective branding of
upcoming media cam-
paign of tourism, prep-
arations for organising
RDTM, border tourism
in Jaisalmer, prepara-
tions for upcoming fairs
and festivals and Raj
Day on March 30. Gay-
atri Rathore, Nishant
Jain and other officers
also attended.
Vishvendra Singh during review meeting at Paryatan Bhawan,
also seen are Gayatri Rathore, Nishant Jain & other officials.
RTDC WILL
START PoW IN
SEPT: RATHORE
Ajmer: RTDC Chairman
Dharmendra Rathore
was on a day visit here.
He said RTDC will start
Palace on Wheels train
in Sept. While speak-
ing to First India, he
said that he will restore
old splendor of RTDC,
restore huts of Khadim
Hotel Pushkar & make
good arrangements
at other places. He
stressed will also speed
up work of making rope-
way in Dargah & make
Ajmer a tourism hub.
12,72,713
TOTAL CASES
1,233 IN A DAY
337 IN JAIPUR
12,51,006
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,507
TOTAL DEATHS
6 IN A DAY
1 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
ACTIVE CASES
12,200
Kota murder: City
witnesses closure,
Bhaya visits family
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: A bandh was ob-
served here by Kota
traders association
against the murder of
a girl in Rampura area
of the city
.
The accused Gaurav
Jain, the tutor of the
slain girl, is abscond-
ing and there is unrest
among people over the
murder incident.
The traders associa-
tion has given an ulti-
matum of three
days for arrest of
accused.The bandh
call received a positive
response on Friday
& commercial
establishments re-
mained closed.
Businessmen as-
sembled at Gumanpu-
ra and demanded ar-
rest. They also de-
manded the death
penalty to the accused.
Meanwhile, mines
minister Pramod Jain
Bhaya and his wife
and Baran Zila Pra-
mukh Urmila Jain
Bhaya visited the resi-
dence of the victim.
Students stuck in Ukraine have started leaving for India.
Rameshwar Dudi takes over charge of Chairman of Raj State
Agro Industries Devt Board. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
RTDC President Dharmendra Rathore welcomed by Congress
workers in Ajmer on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANAND SHARMA
4 UDH ADDITIONAL CHIEF ENGINEERS
PROMOTED & TRANSFERRED
Jaipur: Four chief engineers have got the new
postings after promotion from the post of
Additional Chief Engineer. Urban Development
and Housing Department issued the orders
in this regard. Chief Engineer Ashok Kumar
Choudhary is posted as Director JDA, Mahen-
dra Kumar Mathur as Director JDA, PK Jain
as Additional Project Director, RUIDP, and OP
Verma in Kota UIT.
Jaipur: In a bizzare development, an IPS, getting
married on Friday, had to be escorted under police
protection in Shah-
pura for fear of ob-
jection and trouble
made by anti-social
elements. Manipur
cadre probationer
IPS Sunil Kumar
Dhanwanta got
married on Friday and his baraat was taken out
under Shahpura police’s watchful eyes. During the
baraat procession, the Bhagatpura Jaisinghpura
village appeared more like a cantonment as ASP,
DSP Kotputli and additional force from 8 police
stations including Shahpura were present on the
spot. This bizzare development was much talked
about since the groom was an IPS officer.
IPS GETS MARRIED AMID HEAVY POLICE
PROTECTION AT SHAHPURA IN JAIPUR
BANDH SITUATION
NEWS DIGEST
The Advi-
sory Coun-
cil does not
have the right to
take policy deci-
sions. Why its
meeting was
canceled, it will be
known to the Raj
Bhavan only. The
council was to be
headed by journal-
ist Shashi Shekhar
nominated by the
Gover-
nor.
—Om
Thanvi,
VC HJUJ

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
He who experiences the
unity of life sees his own
Self in all beings, and all
beings in his own Self,
and looks on everything
with an impartial eye.
—The Bhagwad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Participated in the road show for
Captain Amarinder Singh ji at Patiala,
Punjab today. The people here want to
create ‘Nava Punjab’ and only the BJP
led NDA can bring the change.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
@narendramodi’s govt. has approved
the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha
Abhiyan #RUSA for FY 2022-27 with
an outlay of `12,929.16 crore to
improve the overall quality of higher
education institutions and strengthen
institutional base.
TOP TWEETS
WHEN A BOY OF 12
REGARDS GODSE AS
A ROLE MODEL, IT’S
TIME TO WORRY
odse wins, Mahatma
Gandhi loses. That
too in Gujarat where
Bapu was born! In
the latest attempt to
idolise Godse and denigrate
Gandhi was made in an elocu-
tion contest held under the aegis
of Gujarat government’s depart-
ment of youth service and cul-
tural activities. Participants
were aged between 8 and 12
years. Students had to choose
from one of the three topics: All
I want is to be a bird and fly in
the sky; I will become a scientist
but will not go to America; and
My Role Model---Nathuram
Godse. No prize for guessing that
the student who spoke of Godse
as a hero won the first prize.
Although there has been a
sustained effort to idolize Godse
while condemning Gandhi, this
is the first such attempt with of-
ficial sanction. Those looking at
Godse as a role model at such a
tender age are being awarded
for worshipping an assassin. Is
that the future of India? The
very thought is scary
.
G
ingapore Prime
Minister Lee
Hsien Loong’s re-
mark that
“Nehru’s India
has become one where, ac-
cording to media reports, al-
most half the MPs in Lok
Sabha have criminal charges
pending against them, in-
cluding charges of rape and
murder, though it is also said
many of these allegations
are politically motivated”. In
his prepared speech Loong
underlined the importance
of MPs with good values and
clean image in a democracy.
He described India’s first
Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru and Israel’s David Ben
Gurion as “exceptional”, of
“great courage”, “immense
culture” and “outstanding
ability”. The comment has
not gone down well with In-
dia lodging its objection with
Singapore’s High Commis-
sioner and calling the com-
ments “uncalled for”.
But what is there to object?
Is the objection to a foreign
leader talking about Indian
lawmakers having a criminal
background, or praising
Nehru? Lawmakers with
shady backgrounds are a
harsh reality about Indian de-
mocracy
. The Association of
Democratic Reforms report
said in 2019 that 43 percent of
newly-elected MPs have crim-
inal charges against them.
The numbers were 26 percent
higher than in 2014.
TheSupremeCourtandthe
ElectionCommissionof India
are both taking a stern view
of increasing criminalization
of politicsbutallpoliticalpar-
ties just can’t do without
them. Yet, the Singaporean
prime minister could have
avoided making the remark.
Invoking and praising
Nehru in the present times,
however, is definitely uncalled
forasitmaynotbetotheliking
of the present dispensation.
What should be praised is
Loong’s appeal for preserving
democraticvaluesasthe“qual-
ityof democracyhingesonit.”
SINGAPORE PM’S
REMARKS IRK INDIA
The Supreme Court and the
Election Commission of
India are both taking a
stern view of increasing
criminalization of
politics but all political
parties just can’t do
without them
S
THE QUINTESSENCE OF
INVENTION DESIGN
omparisons are odious. But,
comparisons are part of life.
A cricket bat isn’t a bat with-
out the willow for reference.
Hence, the equation — a
unique object, or organisa-
tion, halts assessment and
comprehension, because it is
singular. This explains for
human aptitude to ‘invent-
ing’ technologies.
It’s not that animals don’t
invent; they use tools to carve
and manipulate environmen-
tal objects to improve their
quality of life. Chimps, for ex-
ample, peel off twigs to make
better termite traps, while
beavers arrange logs and
sticks to make handy ‘dams.’
Yet, one fact remains: each of
such species does not boast of
a single ‘miracle’ invention.
Most conventionalists, as
the British philosopher-aca-
demicKarlPopperexpressed,
seem to, however, feel that
this simplicity would be per-
plexing, also astonishing, if
we were bound to believe,
with the realists, that the
laws of nature reveal to us an
inner, a structural, simplici-
ty of our world beneath its
outer appearance of great
diversity. The German phi-
losopher Immanuel Kant’s
idealism, likewise, sought to
illuminate this simplicity by
saying that it is our own in-
tellect which imposes its
laws upon nature. Most con-
ventionalists, yet again, treat
this simplicity as our own
creation. For them, however,
it is not the effect of the laws
of our intellect imposing
themselves upon nature,
thus making nature simple
— for they would often reso-
lutely believe that nature is
simple. Agreed that the ‘laws
of nature’ are simple; and,
what most conventionalists
embrace, or espouse, are our
own free creations, or inven-
tions, as also our arbitrary
decisions and conventions.
This is the true perception
of reality, or fundamental
characteristic of the human
species — one that may have
determined our origin during
the evolution narrative. The
supposition — our technolo-
gy is, doubtless, a natural and
inescapable progression, be-
cause we are supposedly the
most intelligent, thinking
species, influenced by every
code of the universe. Our in-
telligence may not always be
rational, but what is impor-
tant is the stunning sequence
of our own biological charac-
teristics. The fact also is we
have our endoskeleton based
onthe‘lever’principle,unlike
large animals that need to be
necessarily viewed in the con-
text of metazoans — earthly,
ratherthanmarinecreatures.
Scholars reckon that a suit-
able comparison for human
technology exists — the
evolved technology of living
organisms. Hence, the big
question—couldwecontinue
to characterise biology as
technology? Maybe, yes. How-
ever,thetruthremainsthatbi-
ological technology has been
shaped by natural selection.
Besides, it’s agreed that our
commonplace templates in-
volveexternalconstraints,yet
the paradox is differences of-
ten arise either from history,
or refined differences in natu-
ral contexts. Such disparities
may, again, be just the right
grist for our own technology
mill, as we move increasingly
towards a position compara-
ble to biological systems —
one that promptly guides ge-
neticelements.Whatdoesthis
connote? That our biological
world includes an array of
technologies — mechanical,
chemical and computational.
The only difference being the
technology fulcrum of bio-
logical chemistry — it needs
analyses, just as much as the
technology of biological com-
putation remains unfath-
omed.
The similarity between en-
gineering and biomechanics,
likewise, is rich enough to
supplyextraordinaryinsights
intobothbiologicalchemistry
and bio-computation. Prokar-
yotes, for example, are bio-
chemical geniuses, directing
chemistry to make their liv-
ing and identifying their
roles; yet, they do extraordi-
narily little orchestration of
external mechanical forces.
Research suggests that the ab-
sence of structural metals, in
biology
, is proof that animals
would be far better off, if only
they had them. You may not
agree with such a hypothesis,
thoughyou’dbetemptedtofor
a reason, or two.
Here’s another analogy.
The pliability of metals ex-
plains for our elevated tough-
ness, but organisms have
found other routes to attain
it. Also, if ‘elasticity’ under-
lies the usage of metals in hu-
man technology
, there’s noth-
ing like the mechanism at
work that would allow an
animal to mend a deformed
tooth. The argument is obvi-
ous — that the metals we use
in our technology, iron and
aluminium, were ignored by
evolution because their poor
presence in seawater holds
no weight when investigated
from a pertinent geological
standpoint. When free oxy-
gen was a scarce commodity,
over three billion years ago,
iron and uranium were deli-
cately soluble, while the great
iron deposits in a part of our
living planet are just enough
evidence of the ‘crystallisa-
tion’ of ‘that’ iron which
helped oxidative photosyn-
thesis to really come of age.
The inference is simple —
as we approach true nano-
technology and biotechnolo-
gy
, cultivated comparisons of
the two will perpetually
transform the way we look at
either paradigm. For all the
good reasons.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
C
RAJGOPAL
NIDAMBOOR
The writer is a wellness physician,
independent researcher and author
The supposition — our
technology is, doubtless, a
natural and inescapable
progression, because we
are supposedly the most
intelligent, thinking
species, influenced by
every code of the universe
SCHOLARS RECKON
THAT A SUITABLE
COMPARISON FOR
HUMAN TECHNOLOGY
EXISTS — THE EVOLVED
TECHNOLOGY OF LIVING
ORGANISMS. HENCE,
THE BIG QUESTION —
COULD WE CONTINUE
TO CHARACTERISE
BIOLOGY AS
TECHNOLOGY?
MAYBE, YES
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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Ashwini
Kumar has never been a
leader with an immense
hold in the grass-root
and has never been ac-
tive in day-to-day poli-
tics. He has not played
the same role in legal
matters as Kapil Sibal,
Abhishek Manu Singh-
vi or Vivek Tankha. De-
spite this, he continued
to get his work done by
managing some kind of
jugaad within the Con-
gress. He was a Rajya
Sabha member thrice.
Think, how many such
leaders will be there in
Congress or BJP, who
were sent to Rajya Sab-
ha thrice? After this, he
became a minister at
the Center by aligning
his Punjabiyat to Man-
mohan Singh. He left
the Congress just be-
fore the voting for the
ongoing Assembly in
Punjab. Everyone
knows that his stay or
leaving has no effect
on the Congress, but
his resignation is be-
ing covered by the me-
dia as if it has spelt
doom for Congress.
That’s when it seems
that his resignation
has been done under
some plan. By the way,
the immediate reason,
doing the round, is
that he was asking for
a ticket for the assem-
bly in Punjab for his
son, which the Con-
gress did not give.
He realised that even
for him it will be diffi-
cult to get anythin in
Congress, so he became
a part of the ‘big game’
of damaging the Con-
gress, thinking that he
might get something
from there. Congress
leaders have such
greed for trading their
position for favors that
any party is using
them. However, five
days before the polling,
his resignation seems
to be a calculated move
because immediately
after his resignation,
leaders like Ghulam
Nabi Azad, Anand
Sharma, Manish
Tewari, etc. have given
statements saying that
the resignation has
been done under a
plan. However, its ef-
fect will not be seen
now but only after the
election results.
Will Ashwini’s exit really hurt Cong chances in Punjab?
PARTY EXIT AMID CRISIS
New Delhi: India was
not born in 1947, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi said on Friday in
an interaction with sen-
ior Sikh leaders at his
home in Delhi ahead of
the Punjab election on
Sunday
. “This country
was hardly born in 1947.
Ourgurus went through
so much... We suffered
somuchoppressiondur-
ingtheEmergency
.Iwas
underground at that
time. I used to wear a
Sikh disguise to hide. I
used to wear a pagdi,”
PMModiisheardtelling
the gathering in a video
released by his office.
PM Narendra Modi
hosted a number of
prominent Sikhs at his
residence and high-
lighted the works done
by his Government for
the community
.
The meeting came
two days before the
Punjab Assembly polls,
with the BJP going all
out to woo the Sikh
community as it seeks
to put up a strong show
in an alliance with for-
mer chief minister
Amarinder Singh’s
Punjab Lok Congress
and the Akali Dal fac-
tion headed by Sukhdev
Singh Dhindsa.
BJP leader Man-
jinder Singh Sirsa told
PTI that PM Modi in
the interaction said he
wants to work for the
community everyday
and regretted that the
previous Congress dis-
pensations lost oppor-
tunities to bring Sikhs'
holy places like Kartar-
pur Sahib, which is in
Pakistan, into Indian
territory
. —Agencies
India not born in 1947: PM Modi to
Sikh leaders ahead of Punjab polls
Congress failed to ensure that Kartarpur stayed in India during the partition, says Modi
Yogi: Grand Ram temple in
Ayodhya will be ready by ’23
Mainpuri (UP): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Friday said that a
grand Ram temple will
be ready in Ayodhya by
2023. He made the
statement during a
rally in the Karhal As-
sembly seat where the
former UP CM Akh-
ilesh Yadav is facing
the Union Minister of
State SPS Baghel.
The UP CM also stat-
ed that the Ram temple
will be a ‘Rashtra Man-
dir’ of India. Karhal is
in the Mainpuri dis-
trict of UP.
The BJP’s UP cam-
paign had begun with
the unveiling of the
redevelopment works
of the Kashi Vishwa-
nath temple in Vara-
nasi. —ANI
Ayodhya: The BJP’s
national President JP
Nadda on Friday
slammed Samajwadi
Party president and
Uttar Pradesh's former
CM Akhilesh Yadav for
allegedly giving shel-
ter to terrorists and
withdrawing cases
against them.
Addressing a public
meeting at Fatehganj
in Ayodhya, the BJP
president said, On 23
November 2007, there
were bomb blasts in
three courts of Uttar
Pradesh. 15 people had
been killed in the blast
and 50 people were in-
jured. Indian Mujahi-
deen took responsibil-
ity for this. —ANI
Nadda bashes Akhilesh
for harbouring ultras
NADDA VISITS
RAM TEMPLE
CONSTRUCTION
SITE IN AYODHYA
Ayodhya (UP):
Amid the ongoing
electioneering for
the Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly elections, BJP
national president
JP Nadda on Friday
visited the construc-
tion site of the Ram
temple in Ayodhya.
Construction work
of the Ram temple
is stated to be in full
swing. Nadda was
seen talking about the
temple construction
with the workers.
The third phase of the
construction of the
Ram temple began at
Ramjanmabhoomi in
Ayodhya on January
24 with the laying of
the granite stones for
the plinth.
Etawah: As high deci-
bel campaigning in UP
has intensified further
after two phases of
polling, an interesting
picture emerged from
Etawah where SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav, his fa-
ther Mulayam Singh
Yadav and his uncle
Shivpal Singh Yadav
were seen together on
the campaign trail for
the first time after
more than five years.
The trio was last
spotted together in
public in October 2016
to flag off “Samajwadi
Vikas Rath” in Luc-
know ahead of the 2017
Assembly elections.
In 2016, Akhilesh
had shown the Sama-
jwadi Party’s exit door
to his uncle Shivpal
due to a family dispute.
Shivpal later formed
his own party Pragat-
isheel Samajwadi Par-
ty (Lohiya). —ANI
Akhilesh,Mulayam,Shivpal
spotted together after 5 years
Imphal: The Congress
has hit out at the BJP
manifesto for Manipur
and released a booklet
named 5 years of dark-
ness where it claimed
to have outlined with
proof misrule of BJP.
Senior Congress lead-
er and AICC observer
for Manipur, Jairam
Ramesh, described
BJP’s claim of bringing
stability to Manipur as
hollow and its zero-
tolerance policy to-
wards drugs as a joke.
5 yrs of darkness:
Cong’s swipe at
BJP in Manipur
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee’s nephew Ab-
hishek Banerjee won a
major vote of confi-
dence from the Trina-
mool boss on Friday,
renewing his hold on
the party’s No. 2 posi-
tion, after weeks of in-
ternal wrangling.
That Banerjee will
once again be the par-
ty’s All India General
Secretary was an-
nounced after Mamata
held a meeting of the
newly reconstituted Na-
tional Working Com-
mittee — the top deci-
sion-making body of
the party
.
The meeting was held
at Ms Banerjee’s resi-
dence in Kolkata days
after the party swept to
victory in municipal
elections to four major
towns despite talk of
the internal rift.
Besides the endorse-
ment for Abhishek Ba-
nerjee, the Trinamool
chief also signed off on
the appointment of
Congress defectors Su-
shmita Dev and Mukul
Sangma for the han-
dling of the party’s
units in the northeast.
Didi backs nephew
Abhishek, restores
his number 2 status
New Delhi: BJP MP
Varun Gandhi, who has
been in news of late for
consistently targeting
his party, is in attack
mode again, this time
over bank frauds and
the economic offenders
behind them.
Listing names of eco-
nomic offenders Vijay
Mallya, Nirav Modi and
Rishi Agarwal - former
chairman of ABG Ship-
yard currently under
the scanner for a mas-
sive fraud — Gandhi
took a swipe at the Cen-
tre, saying a strong
Government is expect-
ed to take
“strong ac-
tion”
against
such cor-
ruption.
Varun’s swipe at
Centre features
`23K cr scam
New Delhi: The contro-
versy over Punjab CM
Charanjit Singh Chan-
ni's UP, Bihar de bhai-
ya comment was re-
flective of an unfortu-
nate systemic and insti-
tutionalised social bias
against migrants
stretching back to the
inception of the Green
Revolution, Congress
leader Manish Tewari
said on Friday, compar-
ing the issue to the ra-
cial tension in US be-
tween African Ameri-
cans and people of Eu-
ropean descent.
The row had flared
after the Channi made a
controversial remark
asking the people of the
state not to let the bhai-
yas of Uttar Pradesh
and Bihar rule the state.
‘Bhaiya row’ like ‘black
issue’ in US, says Manish
His stay or
leaving has no
effect, but his
resignation is
being covered
by media as if it
has spelt doom
for Congress
TIGER FOUND
DEAD IN MP’S
KANHA RESERVE
FIRST-EVER
‘DANGER TO LIFE’
ALERT IN LONDON
Mandla: A tiger was
found dead in Kanha
Tiger Reserve (KTR)
in Madhya Pradesh’s
Mandla district, a forest
official said on Friday
The carcass of a big
cat, aged around three
years old, was found
by a patrolling team of
foresters on Thursday,
KTR’s field director S K
Singh said. Prima facie
evidence suggests that
the tiger was killed in
a territorial fight with
another feline.
London: Millions hun-
kered down as Storm
Eunice pummelled
Britain with winds on
Friday, leaving the
streets of London eerily
empty and disrupting
flights, trains and fer-
ries across Western
Europe. The UK capital
was placed under its
first ever “red” weather
warning, meaning there
is “danger to life”. The
same level of alert was
in place across south-
ern England.
CRUCIAL READ
INDIAN NAVY TEST
FIRES BrahMos
CRUISE MISSILE
VISHWAS’ SECURITY
REVIEWED BY
CENTRE: REPORT
New Delhi: Indian
Navy’s warship INS
Visakhapatnam carried
out the test-firing of
BrahMos supersonic
cruise missile off the
western seaboard
on Friday. The war-
ship has now reached
Visakhapatnam to take
part in President’s Fleet
Review on February
21, informed Defence
sources. The missile
was tested from INS
Visakhapatnam which is
the latest warship.
New Delhi: The Central
Government is review-
ing the security of for-
mer AAP leader Kumar
Vishwas and may give
him protection through
a central agency, official
sources said on Friday.
The move came in the
wake of Vishwas’ al-
legations against AAP
convenor and Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal. The
government is review-
ing the security of Ku-
mar Vishwas and may
give him protection.
POLLS
UTTAR PRADESH
POLLS
PUNJAB
PM Narendra Modi during a meeting with Sikh delegation, at Lok
Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WHO ATTENDED
UP Chief MinisterYogiAdityanath shows victory sign at Ram Katha
Park, in Lucknow on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
POLL BATTLEGROUND
l Amarinder Singh,
Sukhbir Badal two
sides of the same
coin, says Navjot
Singh Sidhu.
l Anurag Thakur slams
Kejriwal, says AAP
signifies 'Arvind Anti
Punjab', people of
Punjab will never
accept it.
l Samajwadi Party urges
EC to deploy additional
security forces at
'sensitive' booths in
UP's Jaunpur.
l ‘Karhal is worth 300
seats’: UP poll battle
hots up for Yadav fort
l Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh, along
with Punjab Lok
Congress founder
Amarinder Singh,
conducted a roadshow
in Patiala on Friday.
l The Association for
Democratic Reforms
(ADR) has come out
with a report that
shows that Chief
Minister Charanjit
Singh Channi’s
wealth has decreased
by over `5 crore
while that of his
predecessor Captain
Amarinder Singh has
gone up by `20 crore
since 2017.
Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav
during an election campaign on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP National President JP Nadda during his visit to Ram
temple, in Ayodhya on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AKHILESH: WILL THOSE WITHOUT
FAMILY BE ABLE TO FEEL PAIN?
Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh: Hitting back at BJP leaders
over their dynast jibe against him, Samajwadi Party
(SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said a person who
has a family understands its pain and asked will those
without a family be able to feel the pain of families.
Addressing an election meeting in Jalaun in Uttar
Pradesh, Mr Yadav said, They are terming me a 'ghor
pariwarvadi' (ultimate dynast). A person who has a
family understands the pain of the family. The BJP lead-
ers do not have any family, will they be able to feel the
pain of families? Only a family person can understand
his responsibility. A family person can understand what
inflation is. People who have families are sitting here
and they can feel (pain of) price rise.
Manish Tewari
Mamata Banerjee
Ashwini Kumar
Varun Gandhi
BE LESS THIN-SKINNED: THAROOR
JABS GOVT ON S’PORE PM REMARKS
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi
Tharoor on Friday said it was most unseemly for
the Ministry of External Af-
fairs to “summon” the envoy
of a friendly country like
Singapore over remarks by
their prime minister to their
own Parliament, and asserted
that “we must learn to be less
thin-skinned”. Tharoor’s remarks came after
India on Thursday lodged a strong protest with
Singapore over the comments made by its Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
Mumbai: There is com-
plete silence in the me-
dia on the biggest bank-
ing scam of the country
.
The media is not ‘inves-
tigating’ the matter and
even trivial things are
not being told to the peo-
ple.Inthisscamof about
23 thousand crore ru-
pees, the maximum
amount of seven thou-
sand crore rupees which
has been defaulted upon
belonged to ICICI Bank.
The bank was also lead-
ing the consortium of 28
banks that gave loans to
ABGShipyard.Butsince
the complaint has been
made by State Bank of
India,thefocusisalsoon
SBI.However,thereisno
mention of ICICI Bank,
eventhoughone-thirdof
the loans are of ICICI,
which had also given
loans for overseas pro-
jects of ABG Shipyard.
ABG Shipyard Com-
pany was given such a
huge loan from ICICI
Bank when Chanda
Kochhar was the head
of this bank. There is a
lot of discussion about
the loan given to Video-
con Company, in which
it was revealed that ICI-
CI Bank gave loan to
Videocon and later Vid-
eocon invested in the
company of brother of
Deepak Kochhar (Chan-
da Kochhar’s husband).
At the same time, a sim-
ilar game seems to have
happened in this case as
well. Arvind Gupta, a
whistleblower and so-
cial activist, has re-
vealed that industrialist
Ravi Ruia through his
son-in-law Nishant Kan-
odia’s company invest-
ed around Rs.400 crore
in Deepak Kochhar’s
company. The question
is, if the loan goes to
ABG Shipyard, what
has it got to do with
Ruia’s investment? The
takeaway is that Rishi
Agarwal, the most
prominent of the own-
ers of ABG Shipyard, is
Shashi and Ravi Ruia’s
own great-nephew.
ABG Shipyad Case: Birds of a feather, flock together?
IN THE COURTYARD RajnathreviewspreparationsofDefExpo
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Friday reviewed the
preparations for the
12th edition of DefEx-
po-2022 which is sched-
uled to be held in Gan-
dhinagar, Gujarat in
March this year, in-
formed the Ministry of
Defence (MoD). Ra-
jnath Singh appreciated
the arrangements made
by Ministry of Defence
in collaboration with
the Govt of Gujarat and
exuded confidence of a
safe and successful Def-
Expo-2022, said the
press release issued by
the ministry
.
DefExpo-2022 will
now be held between
March 10-14,2022 and
will be held in a hy-
brid format featuring
both physical and vir-
tual stalls, said the
ministry.
Defence Minister while reviewing preparations def expo 2022.
GOVT APPOINTS
NEW IG
ON INDRANI MUKERJEA'S BAIL PLEA,
SC ISSUES NOTICE TO CBI
U’KHAND HC SEEKS
INFO ON CRIMINAL
CASES AGAINST MLAs
New Delhi: Defence
Ministry has ap-
pointed Inspector
General Homesh
Kumar Sharma as
the new Deputy Di-
rector General at the
Indian Coast Guard’s
Western Seaboard
headquarters in
Mumbai. Sharma
has been in charge
of various sea and
aviation installations
of the ICG in his
nearly 35 years of
service. —ANI
New Delhi: The SC on Friday issued notice to the
CBI seeking its response on a bail plea by Indrani
Mukerjea, the
prime accused
in the murder
of her daugh-
ter, Sheena
Bora. Ms
Mukerjea, who
is currently in
judicial custody
of a special CBI court, filed her bail plea last week
but the hearing was postponed to Monday after
the SC failed to receive a copy. Arguing for bail,
senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for
Indrani Mukerjea, told the Supreme Court: “She
has been in jail for six-and-a-half years... this trial
will not even in the next 10 years.” 185 witnesses
have yet to be examined (and) no witnesses have
been examined in the past 18 months,” he told a
bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao.
Dehradun: Uttarakhand HC
on Thursday took suo moto
cognizance of the criminal
cases registered against the
MPs and MLAs of the state
and directed the govt to pro-
vide information on the reg-
istered and pending cases to
the court by March 3. There
are a total of 70 MLAs and 8
MPs in the state.
UNITECH CASE: 66
FIRMS IN ED RECORD
SPICEJET ADDS
KHAJURAHO FLIGHT
New Delhi: ED has
named five individuals
and 66 domestic and
overseas firms in its
charge sheet in a money
laundering case against
Unitech Group, the agen-
cy said on Friday. The
federal agency filed the
prosecution complaint on
Thursday here in Rouse
avenue Court naming
promoter of United Group
Sanjay Chandra.
Gurgaon: Union
Civil Aviation Minister
Jyotiraditya M Scindia
inaugurated SpiceJet's
direct flight from Delhi
to Khajuraho in MP. We
aim to construct 100 new
airports by 2025. There
were 6 crore passengers
in 2012, it has increased
to 14 crores, he said.
The airline will operate
flights between Delhi and
Khajuraho twice a week.
KIRIT SOMAIYA HAS LOST HIS
MENTAL BALANCE, SAYS RAUT
Mumbai: On the former Lok Sabha MP Kirit
Somaiya going on a trail to identify assets owned
by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thack-
eray’s wife Rashmi Thackeray, the Rajya Sabha
MP of the Shiv Sena Sanjay Raut claimed that
the BJP leader has “lost his mental balance”.
Somaiya had alleged that Maharashtra Chief
Minister’s wife own 19 bungalows in the Korlai
village in the Konkan parts of the state, and he
would be going to the area to identify the assets
himself.Speaking to ANI on Friday, Raut said that
Somaiya is “a mad, thief, and dacoit and he is
finding his road to jail”. —ANI
NO DEFAMATORY
REMARKS AGAINST
NOVELIST VIKRAM
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Friday in an
interim order restrained
several historians and
others from publishing
any defamatory content
(online and offline) about
Dr Vikram Sampath,
author of a two-volume
biography of Vinayak
Damodar Savarkar.
Scared of ED action,
Raut adopts 'offence
is the best defence'
strategy against BJP!
Moni Sharma
NewDelhi: Shiv Sena
MP Sanjay Raut is
scared of central agen-
cies. The Enforcement
Directorate (ED) had
sent a notice to his wife
regarding a 10-year-old
transaction. His wife
also appeared before the
ED and said that she
had taken a loan from
an old friend, which has
now been returned.
Even after that, the eyes
of the central agencies
remained on Raut. Lat-
er action was taken by
the central agencies
against one of Sanjay's
close businessman
Praveen Raut. Many
leaders close to Raut are
on the target of central
agencies, for which he
has written a letter to
Rajya Sabha Chairman
Venkaiah Naidu and
other opposition lead-
ers saying that pressure
is being put on him
through central agen-
cies to topple the Maha-
rashtra govern-
ment.
Actually,
Raut is
afraid of
g e t t i n g
caught in
the investi-
gation, so he
is trying to
position him-
self well in ad-
vance. Along with
this, he has also
started intimi-
datingBJP
leaders
also, as a side tactic. He
has adopted a strategy
of attack to defend him-
self. Raut has claimed
that some Maharashtra
BJP leaders will soon be
behind bars. He has
talked about 'three and
half' i.e. three and a half
leaders going to jail.
This means that three
big leaders and one
small leader will be
trapped.
But, on the hindsight,
is he not weakening his
own case by making
such announcements?
After this announce-
ment, if any agency of
the state government
takes action, then it will
be considered as an act
of political vendetta
and it will be easy for
them to get relief from
the court. That's when
it seems that he is pres-
surizing the BJP lead-
ers by intimidating
them that if they want
to survive, then the ac-
tion against Raut will
have to be stopped.
GREEN FLAG TO DEVELOPMENT
PM FLAGS OFF RAIL LINES
IN THACKERAY’S PRESENCE
New Delhi: PM Modi
inaugurated two addi-
tional railway lines con-
necting Thane and Diva
in Maharashtra via
video conferencing on
Friday. He also flagged
off two suburban trains
of the Mumbai Subur-
ban Railway. The inau-
guration was done in
the presence of Maha
governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari, Maharashtra
CM Uddhav Thackeray,
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
and Railway Mini Ash-
wini Vaishnaw.
36 new trains were
also inaugurated, out
of which 34 were AC lo-
cal trains. Talking
about the same, PM
said, “From now 36
new locals are going to
run on the Central
Railway. Most of these
are also AC trains. This
is part of the central
govt’s commitment to
expand the facilities of
the local, modernize
the local.” This new
line will give more life
to mumbai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flag off during the inauguration of the newly commissioned rail line
between Thane and Diva in Maharashtra, via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
PM Modi to inaugurate Asia’s biggest
Bio-CNG plant in Indore today
PM inaugurates
two additional
railway lines,
34 AC locals
Indore: Nearly 400
buses in Indore will
soon run on Bio-CNG
to be generated from
waste at a plant which
will be virtually inau-
gurated by Modi here
in Madhya Pradesh
on February 19, civic
officials said on
Thursday
.
The plant has been
set up in 15 acres of a
trenching ground of
the Indore Municipal
Corporation in the
Devguradia area with
an investment of Rs
150 crore through the
public-private part-
nership (PPP) mode,
they said.The civic
body has claimed it to
be the largest such
Bio-CNG plant in
South Asia. The plant
is capable of produc-
ing 19,000 kg of Bio-
CNG per day from 550
tonne of wet waste (of
fruits, vegetables, raw
meat, stale food, green
leaves and flowers)
and a part of this gas
produced will soon be
used to run 400 buses
in the city, officials in
the civic said.These
buses are currently
running on diesel and
they would be con-
verted to operate on
Bio-CNG in a phased
manner, they said. In
the first-phase, 55 Bio-
CNG buses will start
running in the city
from this month itself,
they added.According
to an official, the In-
dore Municipal Cor-
poration has not spent
a single rupee on this
plant. —ANI
INDIA INKS
CEPA PACT
WITH UAE
Delhi: India and
the UAE on Friday
inked a landmark
Comprehensive
Economic Partner-
ship Agreement
(CEPA) and unveiled
a roadmap for
expansion of overall
ties at a virtual
summit between
PM Narendra Modi
and Crown Prince of
Abu Dhabi Sheikh
Mohammed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan.In
his remarks, Modi
delved into vari-
ous facets of ties
between India-and
United Arab Emir-
ates and said both
the nations will
stand “shoulder-to-
shoulder” against
terrorism while re-
ferring to the recent
terrorist attacks in
the Gulf country.
Prince Zayed Al Nahyan
Inter-Operable Criminal
Justice System project
approved by goverment
New Delhi: The Modi
Government has ap-
proved the implementa-
tion of the Inter-Opera-
ble Criminal Justice
System (ICJS) project
by the Ministry of
Home Affairs at a total
cost of Rs. 3,375 crore
during the period from
2022-23 to 2025-26.
Under the guidance
of the Union Minister
of Home Affairs Amit
Shah, Phase II of the
ICJS project will be a
step towards ensuring
effective and modern
policing. The project
will be implemented as
a Central Sector
Scheme. The ICJS sys-
tem would be made
available through a ded-
icated and secure cloud-
based infrastructure
with high speed connec-
tivity. National Crime
RecordsBureau(NCRB)
will be responsible for
the implementation of
the project in associa-
tion with National In-
formatics Center (NIC).
The project will be im-
plemented in collabora-
tion with the States and
Union Territories. —ANI
Union Home MInister Amit Shah
Bhupender Yadav
GOVT NOTIFIES GUIDELINES ON
EPR FOR PLASTIC PACKAGING
Taking forward the
clarion call given by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to eliminate
single-use plastics, the
Environment Ministry has
notified comprehensive
guidelines on Extended
Producer Responsibility
(EPR) for plastic packag-
ing, Union Environment
Minister Bhupender
Yadav said. Announcing
the notification of the
new Plastic Waste Man-
agement (Amendment)
Rules, 2022 through so-
cial media late on Thurs-
day night, Yadav said
the guidelines provide a
framework to strengthen
the circular economy of
plastic packaging waste
and promote alternatives
to plastic.
—ANI

Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: A day after two
students were killed
and around 20 others
injured when a speed-
ing school bus over-
turned in Jaisalmer on
Thursday, two students
were killed and 8 other
persons injured when a
roadways bus hit a
school van near Pal-
sana RIICO area on
Jaipur-Sikar highway
on Friday. The victims
were identified as Jatin
(11) and Satyam (8).
The collision was so
strong that the van
overturned and two stu-
dents died on the spot.
CM Ashok Gehlot has
expressed condolences
on the death of the stu-
dents by tweeting.
SHO Kailashchand
said that the school van
was going towards Pal-
sana with about 15 chil-
dren from Ladhana and
Kishanpura area of
Aryan School.
NEWS
07
AUTHORITIES WAKE UP FROM SLUMBER
AFTER FOUR STUDENTS DIE IN TWO DAYS
5 die in separate mishaps
in Rajsamand, Barmer
ASI accused of rape
after 10 yrs, suspended
Rape victim dies: Ex-min
demands compensation
SPs, RTOs told to be stricter on all school vehicles
First India Bureau
Rajsamand/Barmer:
Three people, including
former chairman Asha
Paliwal’s son Sandeep
were killed in a car-bike
collision near Maniraj
Hotel in Nathdwara on
Friday. Efforts were on
to identify two other
youths riding bikes.
In Barmer, two peo-
ple died on the spot in a
collision between a tem-
po and a taxi near Meli
village in Siwana area.
According to the infor-
mation, Chhagnaji, who
worked as a drummer
in bandoli programme
in Meli village, and Mi-
tharam of Jinpur rode
in a tempo to their vil-
lage. While going to-
wards the road, the
speedy car coming from
Sivana hit the tempo, in
which both the people
in the taxi died.
Pawan Rathod
Kushalgarh (Ban-
swara): An ASI of
Anandpuri police sta-
tion has been suspend-
ed on charges of raping
a married woman for
over 10 years and forc-
ing her into physical
relationship with his
teacher friend also. The
woman appeared before
SP Rajesh Kumar Mee-
na with videos and pho-
tos, on the basis of
which the accused
blackmailed her, after
which a case has been
filed at the Kushalgarh
SP and accused ASI
Patidar has been sus-
pended. The woman
complained that in 2011,
there was a dispute be-
tween the woman and
her husband over the
construction of a house.
When she went to the
police, she met the ac-
cused ASI who came to
her house and made
physical relations with
her when she fell un-
conscious after drink-
ing tea.
First India Bureau
Nagaur: A day after a
rape victim died during
treatment in Jaipur’s
SMS hospital, former
minister Yunus Khan
demanded a compensa-
tion of Rs 1 crore and a
government job to one
family member.
Khan said that he has
spoken to the CM and
SP Nagaur demand-
ing strict action against
the accused.
The victim’s last rites
were not performed as
Dalit organizations pro-
tested outside SMS Hos-
pital Mortuary de-
manding justice.
Subhas Trivedi
Pali: Police arrested 3
policemen including a
Station House Officer
(SHO) for threatening
and and extorting Rs 2
lakh from a business-
man of Punjab. The
search for 2 other po-
licemen is on.
All 5 policemen had
been suspended already
and 3 of them were ar-
rested on Friday follow-
ing an inquiry by a sen-
ior officer.
SP Pali Rajan Dushy-
ant said that a Punjab-
based jewellery busi-
nessman Surendra Ku-
mar had come to him
with a complaint.
Kumar said that he
along with two others
had been travelling to
Sirohi from Ajmer on
February 15 and his ve-
hicle was stopped by
some persons in two
private vehicles. Five
persons, including one
in police uniform asked
him to come and made
him sit in one of their
vehicles.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: The Alwar Mu-
nicipal Council council-
lor Narendra Meena
and contractors Dinesh
Gupta and Sanjay Bhar-
gava were on Friday re-
manded to three
days custody of the
ACB for interroga-
tion. They were held on
Thursday in a bribery
case of Rs 5.15 lakh.
Narendra Meena was
expelled from the party
for 6 years by Alwar
District President Yo-
gesh Mishra.
On Friday, Munici-
pal Council Commis-
sioner Kamlesh Mee-
na was put
on APO and Fateh Sin-
gh Meena from Kotput-
li was given the charge
for 15 days. But ques-
tions were raised on
putting Kamlesh on
APO in a back date of
Feb 16. There is also a
protest of giving
charge to Meena.
Meanwhile, BJP
councillors staged a
dharna outside the
c o m m i s s i o n e r ’ s
room over a bribery
case. BJP councilors ac-
cused senior party lead-
ers of being involved in
this.
On November 22, for-
mer chairman Bina
Gupta was caught by
the ACB taking a bribe.
Ashok Kumawat
Sirohi: The ACB
sleuths caught an ASI
red-handed here on Fri-
day when he was ac-
cepting a bribe of Rs
5,000 to hush up a case
involving the complain-
ant. According to ACB
sources, accused
Prakash Kumar Mali,
an ASI posted as in-
charge of the RIICO
beat under Pindwara
police limits, had de-
manded Rs 10,000 from
Somaram Bhat of Nan-
dia village to shut down
a case against him.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Energy Depart-
ment Additional Chief
Secretary Dr Subodh
Agarwal has said that
despite the impending
coal crisis due to delay
in coal mining approval
in Chhattisgarh, a
smooth power supply
will be maintained in
thestate.Immediateand
long term measures are
being taken for the
same, he added.
He discussed all pos-
sible options in a high-
level meeting with the
concerned officials in-
cluding Chairman DIS-
COMs Bhaskar A.
Sawant and CMD Vidy-
ut Utpadan Nigam RK
Sharma at Vidyut Bha-
wan on Friday
. Dr
Agrawal informed that
CM Gehlot in his in-
structions has clearly
said that the power sup-
ply should be main-
tained without any in-
terruption. On Wednes-
day and Thursday Min-
ister of State for Power
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
and ACS Agrawal met
Union Energy Minister
RK Singh, Union Rail-
way Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw, Coal Secre-
tary Anil Kumar Jain.
Hemsingh Rajpurohit
Raisinghnagar: A
UDC has been arrested
for embezzlement of
lakhs of rupees in the
education department
after a special audit
team from Jaipur inves-
tigated in Raisinghna-
gar. The police arrested
Sohan Singh, UDC of
Raisinghnagar CBEO
office on charges of em-
bezzlement of lakhs of
rupees. Singh had
transferred Rs 5 lakh 60
thousand 378 to the ac-
count of his family
members while embez-
zling the amount to be
released in various
items. In order to avoid
arrest, the accused UDC
had deposited the
amount of embezzle-
ment in the education
department’s govern-
ment account 1 month
ago. In the investigation
of the special audit
team, many big faces of
the office will be ex-
posed.
Jaipur: On Friday, the
DoP issued orders giving
additional charge to two
IAS. Sita-
ram Jat was
given addi-
tional charge
of Land
Management
Commis-
sioner and ex-officio
Director of Settlement till
the time Rajendra Vijay
returns from election
duty as observer. Fur-
thermore, IAS Hridayesh
Sharma has been given
additional charge of the
post of Executive Direc-
tor, RUDSICO till further
orders.
Udapur: In a shocking
incident, a drunk man
killed his mother with
stone over some petty
issue in in Kandi village of
Kotra PS area. Kotra SHO
Pawan Singh said that
Kalia started beating the
family members last night
under the influence of
alcohol. Meanwhile, when
his 45-year-old mother
Beki went to the rescue,
Kalia hit a big stone on
Beki’s stomach. Beki was
seriously injured. The
family and nearby people
took the injured Beki to
the nearest hospital where
Beki died during treat-
ment.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A day after
two students were
killed in a bus accident
in Jaisalmer, Police
Headquarters issued
instructions to all the
SPs on Friday to con-
duct checking of all
school buses and vehi-
cles through a week-
long campaign in this
regard from February
25.
At the same time,
the transport depart-
ment will conduct in-
spection of school ve-
hicles in all the dis-
tricts.
Transport commis-
sioner Mahendra Soni
issued directions to all
RTOs and DTOs to
take strict action on ir-
regularities. The de-
partment officials will
conduct inspection of
the vehicles and will
submit reports to the
head office.
Meanwhile, a team
led by SDM Bhaniyana
has been constituted to
investigate the bus ac-
cident at Phalsund in
Jaisalmer Jaisalmer
accident and submit a
factual report.
Collision was so strong that the jeep overturned and 2
students died in Sikar. CM Gehlot condoled the deaths
Pali: SHO, 2 more held for extortion of `2
lakh from Punjab bizman; search for 2 on
Coal scarcity: ACS assures
uninterrupted power supply
Cong councillor expelled for 6 yrs,
Mun commissioner put on APO
ACB arrests
ASI with `5k
SHO Shivpura police station Anil Kumar and two constables
Tulsiram and Gigaram in police custody.
The ill-fated jeep in which school students were travelling.
ACS Subodh Agarwal
Councillor Narendra Meena
and two contractors were
remanded to 3 days ACB
custody for questioning.
CBEO clerk
held for `5.60L
embezzlement
ADDITIONAL
CHARGES TO TWO
IAS OFFICERS
DRUNK MAN KILLS
MOTHER IN FIT OF
ANGER IN UDAIPUR
FLO AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
Navika Kumar, Group Editor of Times
Network, was honoured by FICCI-FLO
with the FLO Award for Excellence in
Media. Avani Lekhara received the
award for excellence in Sports 2022.
Former CM Vasundhara Raje, who was
the chief guest on the occasion, handed
over the awards. FICCI-FLO President
Ujjwala Singhania was also seen on the
occasion. 25 women were felicitated for
a positive impact on the society.
NEWS DIGEST
SONS AS ‘STAR
CAMPAIGNERS’
FOR MINISTER
CM ADVISOR
IN 2023!
CM Advisor Raj Kumar
Sharma and Minster of
State Rajendra Gudha are
harnessing the skills of their
sons and preparing them as
star campaigners for 2023.
Now the followers of both the
leaders have also started
increasing in large numbers.
Dr. Rajkumar Sharma’s son
Yuvraj started appearing in
programmes. At the same
time, Gudha’s son Shivam
has also entered the field.
Both look very cute in their
fathers’ style. Yuvraj came
into limelight during
badebandi in panchayat and
municipal elections and
remained in limelight in
Jaisalmer Maru Festival.
Shivam Gudha is sighted in
programmes in the absence
of his father. Both will be star
campaigners in Nawalgarh-
Udaipurwati in 2023
elections. —Hukum Singh
NIRANJAN ARYA
GETS NEW
BUNGALOW!
CM’s advisor and former
CS Niranjan Arya has got
a new government bungalow
located in the Chambal
Guest House Colony on
Hawa Sadak. Arya had
vacated the CS bungalow.
Although Arya has own
house in Siddharth Nagar
but being CM advisor he has
got the government
accommodation. However,
former two advisors Arvind
Mayaram and Govind
Sharma did not get
government bungalows. In
view of 2023 elections,
seeing the active role of
Arya it was necessary to
give him a bungalow. Arya
has got new office in Yojana
Bhawan. —Rajendra Chhabra
Raj Kumar Sharma Niranjan Arya
Shivam Gudha with father Rajendra Gudha

From P1
Sports Hostel in Delhi
on Friday
, handed him a
check for assistance
amount enquired
about his health.
Limbaram is suffer-
ing from ataxia - a dis-
ease wherein, the brain
cells start shrinking.
About a year and a half
ago, Limbaram was
also treated at SMS Hos-
pital in Jaipur. Recently
,
he had also contracted
Covid. He is the first
archer from India, who
achieved success in the
field of archery at the
world level. Limbaram
has represented India
in many international
championships includ-
ing three Olympic
Games and won medals.
In 1992, he won the gold
medal in the Asian Ar-
chery Championship
held in Beijing by set-
ting a world record. In
the 1992 Barcelona
Olympics, Limbaram
missed out on a medal
by just 1 point. In 1991,
he was awarded the Ar-
juna Award. Limbaram
was awarded the Padma
Shri award in 2012.
Limbaram was also
the chief coach of Ra-
jasthan team. Recently,
former MP Raghuveer
Singh Meena had writ-
ten a letter to the Union
Sports Minister de-
manding to provide
medical facilities to
Limbaram. The CM has
wished for speedy re-
covery of this Olympi-
an archer, who brought
laurels to the state.
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,884,499
TOTAL DEATHS
345,268,373
TOTAL RECOVERED
69,802,358
ACTIVE CASES
420,955,230
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
510,937
TOTAL DEATHS
41,977,238
TOTAL RECOVERED
292,060
ACTIVE CASES
42,780,235
TOTAL CASES
Explore, Dream, Discover-Take
these journeys within and
outside to live life to the fullest.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: When the ad-
ditional charge of MD
of Rajasthan Rajya
Bunkar Sangh was
handed to Chairman of
Tax Board and senior
officer of Principal
Secretary rank -
Naveen Mahajan - the
entire bureaucracy
was surprised since the
reason for giving a sen-
ior officer a paltry re-
sponsibility could not
be understood.
Till the year 2016,
RAS officers would be
posted on this post and
in the past six years,
junior officers of In-
dustries Departments
were being given the
additional charge. Due
to the state govern-
ment’s apathy, the
Bunkar Sangh
had come to the
verge of collapse.
The organization
whose turnover
in the year 2016
was Rs 26 crore,
d r o p p e d
down to
m e r e l y
Rs 3
crore in
t h e
current year and the
majority of the depot
and showrooms in dis-
tricts have been locked.
But the manner in
which Naveen
M a h a j a n
has started
his work
after tak-
ing over
the reins,
it seems
that the
‘Ache Din’ of Bunkar
Sangh are here. The
biggest work undertak-
en by Mahajan is a re-
vision of handloom
rates, a work which
was pending for almost
a decade as the last
time rates were revised
was in the year 2013.
Even though inflation
increased, the Bunkar
Sangh had to operate at
its old rates and since it
was facing losses, the
business was also clos-
ing down.
It is the Industries
department’s responsi-
bility to ascertain the
rates, but in the past 10
years, almost half a
dozen HODs came and
went, but no one took
the initiative of revi-
sion rates. However,
within a month of tak-
ing charge, on Febru-
ary 10, Mahajan has
got a revised rate list
issued by the Indus-
tries Department and
has got the item rates
to increase as much as
40 per cent.
It is believed that it
is due to Mahajan’s
seniority and pressure
thus created that the
work could be done as
officials of the Indus-
tries Department
could not say ‘no’ to
him. Societies linked
with Bunkar Sangh
are happy and elated
as the business will
gather momentum as a
result of which quality
will also improve. The
interest which Ma-
hajan is taking in
Sangh’s work, it seems
that the ‘glory days’ of
Sangh will be back
soon. Efforts are being
made to take a loan of
Rs 8 crore from SIDBI
which will be used for
training, moderniza-
tion, and renovation.
Societies will be moti-
vated and awarded for
doing good work.
Furthermore, the
Bunkar Sangh is being
registered on the GoI’s
portal due to which or-
ders of various depart-
ments under the Cen-
tral government can
also be received.
Breathing ‘Naveen’ life in defunct Bunkar Sangh!
It is therefore a blessing in disguise
that the reins of once defunct Bunkar
Sangh has fallen in the hands of bold,
result-oriented, senior, and experienced
officer like Mahajan and it is highly
possible that with Mahajan at helm,
the annual turnover record of Rs 26
crore may be broken!
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Rajasthan is all
set to join the league of
states who have dedi-
cated agriculture budg-
ets. CM Gehlot will pre-
sent the first-ever dedi-
cated agri budget for
Rajasthan on 23rd Feb-
ruary after the annual
state budget. A separate
agri budget will send a
strong message to the
entire political frater-
nity and farmers, espe-
cially after the inci-
dents that have tran-
spired in the past 14
months. Farmer loan
waiver can be the big-
gest issue in the agri-
culture budget. The
state government has
waived all types of
loans of farmers’ coop-
erative banks, but the
loans of farmers taken
from commercial banks
have not been waived.
Now the Gehlot govt
might focus on one-
time settlement of the
commercial bank
loans with
farmers
bearing only 10% of the
total settled amount
while the state govt
takes the financial
load of the balance
90%. It is also a fact
that some time back,
cases of farmers’ land
being auctioned by
banks in Dausa, Jaipur
and Alwar districts due
tonon-paymentof loans
of commercial banks
came to light. However,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot had immediate-
ly instructed them to
stop such auctions.
Political analysts feel
a dedicated agri
budget could prove to
be a game-changer in
state politics.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Received the news of
Olympian Archer and
Padma Shri awardee Shri
Limbaram being unwell.
Shri Limbaram is under-
going treatment in Delhi.
To support his treatment,
financial assistance of
Rs 10 lakh will be given
from the Chief Minister’s
Relief Fund.
On CM Ashok Gehlot’s instructions, Chief Residential
Commissioner Shubhra Singh hands over the cheque of Rs 10
Lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to renowned Archer
Limbaram at his residence at Jawahar Lal Nehru Sports Hostel
and also enquired about his health in New Delhi on Friday.
CM’S MASTER STROKE!
GAME-CHANGER DEDICATED AGRI-BUDGET,
UNWAIVED COMMERCIAL LOANS COULD
BE A BIG ISSUE IN FEBRUARY 23RD
BUDGET  Govt grant is pos-
sible for starting and
operating agricultural
processing units.
 Easy credit avail-
ability through village
service cooperative
societies.
 Measures will be
taken for timely avail-
ability of agricultural
inputs.
 Promotion of organic
farming is also a
priority of the govt.
 Micro irrigation
plants and water
conservation will be
encouraged.
 Focus will be on
promoting agro-
processing.
Padma Shri Limbaram,
suffering from ataxia, gets
immediate aid from govt
Cong’s state-level
convention today!
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Governmentwillformu-
late a new policy for the
regulation of kutcha
settlements in the state.
The decision was tak-
en in a meeting chaired
by UDH minister Shanti
Dhariwal. He instructed
officials to prepare the
draft of the policy while
consideringahighcourt
order in the Bhanwar
Singh case.
UDH will send the
proposal for approval to
the cabinet. Sources
said for regularizing,
the cut-off date can be
revised from 15.8.2009 to
December 18. Also, the
condition of not selling
the plot for 10 years can
also be removed.
At the same time, ex-
ercise is going on to in-
crease the cut-off date
for the regulation of
colonies settled on agri-
cultural land. The exist-
ing cut-off date is 17th
June 99, which may now
be changed to December
2018. Officers said that
changes in the Land
Revenue Act are neces-
sary to increase the date
which will provide re-
lief to thousands of plot
holders.
Sources said that the
ratio will also be revised
to 70:30 instead of 60:40
in plot and facility area.
Also, less amount will
have to be given to get
the lease of the plot. In
themeeting,attendedby
principal secretary
UDH Kunji Lal Meena,
JDA commissioner
Gaurav Goyal Housing
Board Commissioner
Pawan Arora, and oth-
ers, several other issues
related to Prashasan
Shehron ke Sang were
discussed.
Meanwhile, relief
was given to applicant
in transfer of name and
grant of lease, etc. Un-
der this, a detailed ad-
vertisement will not be
published and the name
and other details of the
applicant will not be
published. Brief infor-
mation about the matter
will be given in adver-
tisement Dhariwal in-
structed local bodies in
this regard.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s
condition isn’t very en-
couraging in Jal Jeevan
Mission. It ranks 29th
among 33 states UTs.
So far, tap connections
have reached 23% of
households which
amounts to 23.37L
homes. 1,01,44,997 hous-
es still await tap con-
nections. Not even 50 %
of target is achieved in
a single district. The
situation is not good
even in home district of
PHED Minister Mahesh
Joshi. Only 34.53% of
work has been done in
Jaipur. Water is to be
supplied to 5,27,517
houses, whereas the
current number reads
mere 1,82,163.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The state-level
convention of Ra-
jasthan Pradesh Con-
gress Committee will be
held today at Birla Au-
ditorium in Jaipur. All
India Congress Com-
mittee General Secre-
tary and Rajasthan in-
charge Ajay Maken,
PCC President Govind
Singh Dotasra, CM
Ashok Gehlot and AICC
Secretary and Ra-
jasthan Co-in-Charge
Tarun Kumar, members
of the State Congress
Committee will attend
the conference. AICC
members, MLA/MLA
candidates, State Con-
gress Committee offi-
cials and several others
will also be present.
GEHLOT
BUSY IN
FINALISING
BUDGET!
CM Ashok Gehlot is busy
preparing for the State
Budget these days, as one
after the other, he is chair-
ing meetings with Finance
Department officials since
morning. Gehlot has
stressed that the budget
will be different this time
around as he has finalised
many important plans. CM
Gehlot will give ‘gifts’ to
Congress and independent
MLAs as he has already
asked the leaders to “Ask
for whatever you want,
you will get everything.”
CM Gehlot will also seek
proposal from Congress
leaders on Saturday.
Gehlot will also present a
separate budget for agri-
culture sector and gave a
special task to Akhil Arora
of preparing for some
special announcements
for the ‘magic budget’ on
February 23.
IN STORE
FOR FARMERS
UDH MIN DHARIWAL TO ADDRESS SLUM
REGULARISATION THROUGH NEW POLICY
UDH Min Shanti Dhariwal chairs a meet on new slum regularisation
policy. Dr Kunji Lal Meena GS Sandhu were present.
Dr Kunji Lal Meena, Pawan Arora, Dr GS Sandhu during the
meeting on Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang campaign on Thursday.
EXERCISE TO FULLY REALISE GOAL OF PSKS
SESSION OUTLINE
In the first session, Gehlot will talk about govt’s
flagship schemes suggestions on budget will
be taken, while in the second session, a proposal
will come about the Centre’s failure. Media isn’t
allowed in event, which would continue till 5 pm.
LEADERS TO SUGGEST
Party leaders can suggest on how to bring the
government to power again in the assembly
elections to be held in 2023 and how to fulfill
promises made in Congress manifesto and imple-
mentation of public welfare schemes etc.
JJM: Poor
performing
Rajasthan in
bottom five
Naveen Mahajan
CM Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR, SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
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eauty pageants cele-
brate not just beauty
but empower young
girls and women to
stand up, be confident,
raise pertinent issues
and give them a plat-
form for a career and
financial independence. First In-
dia endeavours to do all this and
more, as we celebrate the indi-
viduality and strength of each
participant who becomes a part
of the First India family
.
In a breath-taking beauty
pageant, 26 gorgeous models
competed for the coveted ti-
tle and the responsibility
of representing India at
the international Queen
of Cosmos beauty pag-
eant, emotions ran high
as with true competitive
spirit the girls gave their
best in all the rounds. Af-
ter the introductory
round and the evening
gown sequence, the em-
inent jury selected 13
top participants who
then went in for
the question-an-
swer round. It
was not an easy
choice as each
girl spoke
brilliantly
from her
heart.
Sanskriti Negi was crowned the
winner and Sanskriti Sharma was
the 1st Runner-up. The 2nd Run-
ner-up was a tie between Angela Ku-
mar and Khushi Verma while Aarna
Vishvkarma bagged the Viewer’s
Choice award.
Jagdeesh Chandra congratulat-
ed the winners, he said that re-
gardless of who won, all the
girls were queens and First
India would continue to sup-
port and promote them. First
India is always keen to pro-
vide opportunities to young
local talent in the fields of en-
tertainment, glamour and fash-
ion, he added. He also congratulat-
ed Brand ambassador Rishee Mi-
glani, Show Director Lokesh Sharma
and their entire team for the stupen-
dous success of the event.
Rupa Khurana hosted the event
with her usual grace and pa-
nache. First Miss India Teen
2021 Rayna Sikri also graced
the event. More on P10-11
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Lokesh Sharma, Rishee Miglani, Rayna Sikri, Anita Hada, Rupa Khurana with the 26 participants;
Aarna, Aarti, Akansha, Amisha, Amrita, Angela, Ayushi, Bahaar, Dayana, Disha, Kalpana, Kashika, Khushi A, Khushi V, Nivedita,
Palak, Pooja, Priya, Ritiu, Rukmini, Sanskriti N and Sanskriti S, Shruti, Simran, Sweezal and Vioma
Jagdeesh Chandra with the smiling crowned beauty Sanskriti Negi.Also seen are (L-R) Rupa Khurana,
Manju Sharma, Rishee Miglani,Aditi Jaggi,Anita Hada, Priyatam Sogani and Khushi Verma
Jagdeesh Chandra with the winners.(From left) Sanskriti Sharma,
Sanskriti Negi,KhushiVerma,Angela Kumar andAarnaVishvkarma
Sanskriti Negi (Winner), Sanskriti Sharma (1st Runner-up) and Angela Kumar Khushi Verma (2nd Runners-up) AarnaVishvkarma (Viewers’ Choice)
Joyaux De La
Cour nne
THE FIRST INDIA QUEEN OF COSMOS ‘INDIA’- SANSKRITI NEGI, WHO
WILL REPRESENT INDIA AT THE INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT IN
DUBAI ON 10 MARCH 2022 WAS CROWNED IN A GLITTERING CEREMONY
AT FAIRMONT, JAIPUR ON FRIDAY. BUT FOR US, EACH OF OUR 26
PARTICIPANTS IS ‘JOYAUX DE LA COURONNE’ —A JEWEL IN THE CROWN!
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—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO

10-11
ETC
A Galaxy of
BEAUTIES
T
he eminent jury consisted of Manju Shar-
ma ( Chairperson, Eternal Hospital), Pri-
yatam Sogani ( Sogani Jewellers), Rajiv
Kapoor (GM Fairmont), Ruchika Sodhi
(Ace Nutritionist), Aditi Jaggi (Fashion Design-
er), Akansha Bakshi (Fashion and Lifestyle
blogger), Dhirendra Raghav (Businessman),
JD Maheshwari (NS Publicity), Vanish
Chugh (Founder, Sizzlin Scizzors) and Usha
Punia ( Ex-Tourism Minister, Raj).
Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Khadi
Board Navneet Sehgal, sent across
beautiful contemporary Khadi de-
signer dresses for the winners de-
signed by Aditi Jaggi.
Among the eminent guests who
reached the venue to be a part of
the evening were Preeti Bakshi,
Nikhil Anand, Vishaal Mathur,
Mohit and Anjula Falod, Timsy
Sikri, Farha Ansari, among oth-
ers. Supermodels Tripti Arora,
Muskan Mulchandani, Sim-
ran Kashyap reached to en-
courage the participants.
Hotel Fairmont was the
hospitality partner while
the production was by
Vineet Jain and Gunjan
Singhal designed the
beautiful set.
FROM P9
‘MissTalented’
was bagged by
Palak Shah
‘Miss Photogenic’was
bagged by Sanskriti
Sharma
‘Miss Beach Body’was
bagged by PriyaVinod
Singh
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Sai Girdhar. Also seen are
Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani
The top 13 selected beauties: (L-R) Sanskriti Sharma, Aarna Vishvkarma, Angela Kumar, Kashika Bassi, Khushi Verma, Priya Vinod Singh, Sanskriti Negi, Simran Mahendrawal, Palak Shah, Khushi Adesra, Bahaar, Amrita Khurana and Rukmini Chaudhary
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Sanjay Sardana. Also seen are
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Pawan Goyal. Also seen are
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Nikhil Anand. Also seen are
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Team Star Entertainment.
Also seen are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Vishaal Mathur. Also seen are
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Preeti Bakshi. Also seen are
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Bharat Gupta. Also seen are
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Swaroop Bhati. Also seen are
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Vishal Jalani. Also seen are
Khushika felicitated by Rajiv Kapoor,
Ruchika Sodhi and Rupa Khurana
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Team Fairmont, Jaipur: Amit, Indu
and Sukhpreet. Also seen are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani
‘Miss Beautiful
Skin’was
bagged by
Khushika Bassi
Palak felicitated by Dhirendra Raghav and Akansha Bakshi
Priya felicitated by Anita Hada
and Rayna Sikri
Sanskriti felicitated by Dhirendra Raghav
and Akansha Bakshi
Disha felicitated by Rajiv Kapoor, Ruchika Sodhi and Rupa Khurana
‘Miss Beautiful Smile’
was bagged by Disha
Nareda
‘Miss Beautiful Hair’was
bagged by Ritiu
Bhadauria
Ritiu felicitated by Ruchika Sodhi and Rupa Khurana
Sanskriti felicitated by Aditi Jaggi
‘Miss Fashion Icon’
was bagged by
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