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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
With a belligerent China figuring
high on their radar screens, India &
Japan will conduct their first-ever
air combat exercise next month in a
significant developmental ties.
The accused in the Shraddha
Walkar murder case, Aaftab Amin
Poonawala withdrew his bail plea
on Thursday applied erroneously at
the New Delhi Saket court.
DESPITE SC ORDER,
NEPAL JAIL DOES
NOT AGREE TO
RELEASE SOBHRAJ
Kathmandu: Nepal Jail authorities refused to release
serial killer Charles Sobhraj even as country’s SC ordered
his release. Meanwhile, Ex-Mumbai cop Madhukar Zende,
who arrested him in 1986 said dreaded criminals like
Sobhraj should not come out of the prison for life.
DEFENCE MINISTRY
CLEARS `85, 000
CR FOR ARMY’S
TANKS & OTHERS
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
of Defence Ministry on Thursday accorded approval
for Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for 24 Capital
Acquisition Proposals. It includes 6 for IA, 6 for IAF,
10 for IN and 2 for ICG for value of `84,328 crore.
As India steps up Covid ‘Shield’...
‘CONCERNED’ PM TAKES A KNOW-HOW
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
chaired high-level meet-
ing in the backdrop of
spike in cases in some
countries on Thursday
to assess the Covid-19
situation in the country
,
preparedness of health
infrastructure and
emergence of variants
and their public health
implications and cau-
tioned against compla-
cency. Advising strict
vigil, he said Covid not
over yet and directed of-
ficials to strengthen the
ongoing surveillance
measures, especially at
the international air-
ports. The nasal vac-
cine has got a go-ahead
in meeting as India is
stepping up the vacci-
nation drive. He advised
states to audit COVID-
specific facilities to en-
sure the operational
readiness of hospital
infrastructure, includ-
ing oxygen cylinders,
PSA plants, ventilators
& human resources. P6
Gehlot enumerates his govt’s achievements
of 4 years, commits to more development
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot said on Thursday
that the public welfare
schemes being imple-
mented in the State are
being discussed in en-
tirecountrytoday
.‘State
govt is working with
commitment to provide
facilities like water,
electricity
, health and
edu to every resident.
All the budgets of state
govt have been dedicat-
ed to public welfare and
the upcoming budget
will be dedicated to
youth and students. Up-
liftmentof deprivedsec-
tions is at core of every
scheme of state govt,’
Gehlot said. Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot hands over a cheque to a beneficiary during foundation and inauguration of works
worth `68.15 cr at Kanwar Ka Bass, Jaipur on Thursday. Dr CP Joshi, Shanti Dhariwal, GS Dotasra,
Dr Mahesh Joshi, Lalchand Kataria, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Amin Kagzi and others are also seen.
Gehlot will visit Delhi
to take part in meeting
of general secretaries,
Cong in-charges today
Modi urges people to follow the
Covid-appropriate behaviour &
asks States to audit medical facilities
No order has been issued by the
Central government to curb the
incoming flights from China: Sources
In a big move, Prime Minister
gives a go-ahead to the Bharat
Biotech’s Nasal Covid-19 vaccination
A MEGA SURGE! CHINA IS LIKELY SEEING 1
MILLION COVID CASES, 5,000 DEATHS/DAY
Beijing: China is most likely experiencing a whop-
ping 1 million Covid infections and 5,000 virus-related
deaths every day
as the country of
1.4 billion people
is experiencing the
worst outbreak the
world has ever seen,
according to a new
analysis. This current
Covid wave may see
the country’s daily
case rate rise to 3.7 million in January and 4.2 million
till March, according to British scientific information
and analytics company Airfinity.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation in India,
via VC, in New Delhi on Thursday. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya, Jyotiraditya Scindia
alongwith NITI Aayog CEO Parameswaran Iyer and other health & medical experts are also present here.
MAJOR
HAPPENINGS
They have now come
up with a new idea.
They wrote a letter to
me and said Covid-19 is coming
so stop “Bharat
Jodo Yatra”.
They are com-
ing up with ex-
cuses to stop the
yatra. Wear
masks, Covid is
spreading, these are all excuses.
—Rahul Gandhi, Congress Leader
States to create aware-
ness about wearing the
face masks and admin-
ister precaution doses; especially
in view of up-
coming festivals
& new year cele-
brations. Centre
to test random
2% of int’l trav-
ellers for Cov-
id-19 amid new variant scare.
—Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister
 Random testing of
international passengers
from Dec 24, airlines to
select flyers for screening
 Hours after suspen-
sion due to Covid-19,
Jan Aakrosh Yatra in
Rajasthan to continue P2
 IMA and other health
experts appeal for Covid
appropriate behaviour
with immediate effect
DAY 12: WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
Sansad stormy again due to Tawang
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Both Hous-
es on Thursday saw a
stormy start as Opposi-
tion members demand-
ed a discussion on the
India-China border
clash in Tawang Sector,
Arunachal. While the
LS was adjourned till 12
pm, Opposition mem-
bers staged a walkout in
the Rajya Sabha after a
heated back-and-forth
with the Chairman.
Later in the day, RS
took up Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Or-
der (Second Amend-
ment) Bill, Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Or-
der(ThirdAmendment)
Bill and the Constitu-
tion (Scheduled Tribes)
Order(4thAmendment)
Bill, which modify the
scheduled tribes list. P5
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
 Didn’t intend to insult
Bihar: Piyush Goyal with-
draws his remark in Parl
 Speaker Om Birla ad-
vises MPs to wear masks,
follow Covid protocols
 RS passes Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Order
(Second Amendment) Bill
 Government introduces
Jan Vishwas Bill in LS
 Members have freedom
of speech in RS, but it’s
not free for all: Harivansh
RAJ HC REJECTS
VADRA’S PLEA TO
QUASH ED PROBE
Jodhpur (PTI): In blow to
Sonia’s son-in-law Rob-
ert Vadra,
the Raj HC
on Thursday
rejected
a petition
seeking
quashing of an ED inves-
tigation into purchase
of land by a company
linked in Bikaner. P7
4 weeks stay on arrest
‘Ukraine will never surrender’
Washington (FIB):
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
told cheering US legis-
lators during a defiant
wartime visit to the na-
tion’s capital that
against all odds his
country still stands,
thanking Americans
for helping to fund the
war effort with money
that is “not charity,”
but an “investment” in
global security and de-
mocracy. He also said
that Ukraine will nev-
er surrender, democ-
racy is being tested.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla RS Speaker Jagdeep Dhankhar
APPROVE COVOVAX
AS BOOSTER FOR
ADULTS: SII TO DCGI
The SII has sought the
DCGI’s approval for
market
authorisa-
tion of its
Covid-19
vaccine -
Covovax
as a booster dose for
those aged 18 years
who have been jabbed
with 2 doses of Cov-
ishield or Covaxin. It is
indigenous version of
vaccine by Novovax Inc
and made under SII.
(L) Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Joe Biden at White House on Wednesday.
Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris present signed Ukrainian flag to Zelenskyy.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2022
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Government of Rajasthan
Office of Director, Archaeology &
Museums Department, Rajasthan Jaipur
E-Bid Notice
(Phone : 0141-2820360, Email : dirarch-jp@nic.in)
No.: A&M/TS(M)/Four Wheeled Electric Vehicle/2022/16818 Date : 16/12/2022
On behalf of Hon’ble Governor of Rajasthan, online bids for operation and
management of Four Wheeled Electric Vehicles on Elephant route of Amber
fort, Amber are here by invited from interested and eligible company/Firms/
Individuals/Joint Venture. Details of the bid are as under:-
Particular
Period of
Download of Bid
Documents
Period of Online
Submission of
Bid Documents
Date & time
of opening of
Technical Bid
Operation of Four
Wheeled Electric
Vehicles at Amber
Fort, Amber.
Date 22.12.2022,
10.00 AM to
Date 02.01.2023
upto 5.00 PM
Date 22.12.2022,
10.00 AM to
Date 02.01.2023
upto 5.00 PM
Date
03.01.2023
on 11.00 AM
1. Bid UBN No. AMD2223SLOB00110
Detailed bid document can be viewed or / and download from
websites http://museumsrajasthan.gov.in, http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in &
http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.
Director
DIPR/C/16233/2022
No. : S-10(11)SCRB/Store/2018-00296/4444 Date: 19.12.2022
RAJASTHAN POLICE
STATE CRIME RECORDS BUREAU
NOTICE INvITINg BID
Rajasthan Police invites bid from eligible bidders for the following
item :
Item Estimates Cost (In Rs.)
Supply of modular furniture, works station
and Cabin etc. in Rajasthan Police.
48,40,000/-
Interested bidders may visit & download RFP comprising of details
from https://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in, https://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in and
http://police.rajasthan.gov.in portals from 19.12.2022 11:00 AM and
submit the same till 30.12.2022 at 02.00 PM.
UBN : CRB-2223gLOB00003
(Madan Lal)
SP, SCRB, Raj., Jaipur
DIPR/C/16308/2022
DIPR/C/16162/2022
Bids for Building Construction/ Maintenance works are
invited from interested bidders upto 26.12.2022 (6.00 PM).
Other particulars of the bid may be visited on the procurement
portal http://sppp.raj.nic.in and http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.
UBN No. : PWD2223WSOB12840, PWD2223WSOB12841
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BJP’s U-Trun on Jan Akrosh
Yatrasuspensionafter2Hrs
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Hours after de-
ciding to suspend its
“Jan Aakrosh Yatra” in
Raj in view of a rising
number of coronavirus
cases globally, BJP said
it will go ahead with its
plan of public meetings
in assembly constituen-
cies while following
covid protocol.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia said that
there was some confu-
sion regarding Jan
Aakrosh yatra which
has been cleared now
and the Jan Aakrosh
Sabhas (meetings) will
take place as per the
schedule.
Earlier, the party had
announced to suspend
the yatra. With an eye
on the Assembly polls
due next year in Ra-
jasthan, BJP chief JP
Nadda launched the
‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ in
Congress-ruled state to
corner the Ashok Ge-
hlot govt on issues re-
lated to farmers & gov-
ernance on Dec 1.
“The BJP has sus-
pended Jan Aakrosh
Yatra in Rajasthan in
the wake of rising num-
ber of COVID-19 cases.
For BJP, people come
first before politics.
Safety of people, their
health is priority,” BJP
national general secre-
tary Arun Sing said.
A few hours later,
Poonia said there was
some confusion but
public meetings will
continue.
Decision of suspension was taken in view of rising number of coronavirus cases
JP Nadda flagging off the Jan Aakrosh Yatra in Jaipur. Also seen Arun Singh, Satish Poonia,
Vasundhara Raje and other BJP leaders. —FILE PHOTO
‘BJPisfrightenedby
our public support’
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Former
deputy CM Sachin Pilot
will visit to Bharatpur
on Friday and take part
in the birth anniversa-
ry celebrations of
Chaudhary Charan
Singh. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, National
President of Lok Dal
Jayant Chaudhary will
also attend the program
at college ground.
“BJP was so shocked
bythesuccessof Bharat
Jodo Yatra that the Un-
ion Health Minister
wrote a letter to Rahul
Gandhi to follow the
protocol related to Co-
rona. But he should
keep in mind that BJP
leaders will not cam-
paign and they are not
following any kind of
protocol in rallies. Peo-
ple have conveyed their
views on issues like in-
flation, unemployment
and hatred to Rahul.
BJP is so frightened
by huge public support
that it wants to harm
the Bharat Jodo Yatra
in every way,” he said.
REDC writes to power companies
on rostering 1 hour power cut
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Power compa-
nies have announced
power cuts across the
state. Rajasthan Energy
Development Corpora-
tion has written a letter
to power companies re-
leasing the schedule of
area-wise power cuts.
Power cuts have been
announced in rural and
urban areas. There will
be one-hour power cuts
from 6.30 am to 7.30 am
in the municipality and
rural areas. From 7.30
am to 8.30 am, district-
division headquarters
will see power cuts.
Power cuts in industri-
al areas will be from 5
pm to 8 pm.
However, power cuts
will not be there in
emergency services like
drinking water, hospi-
tals, oxygen plants and
the Military sector.
Decision was taken
after seeing increase in
demand for electricity
.
Student outfits protest against change in
rules for PhD admission in Raj University
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The student
outfits, both NSUI and
ABVP
, on Thursday pro-
tested at the main gate
of Rajasthan University
against the change of
rules for PhD admis-
sion. The agitation stu-
dent’s leaders jammed
the JLN Marg, following
which, the police resort-
ed to force to disperse
the agitating crowd.
The protesters said
that the varsity admin-
istration has imple-
mented interviews in
PhD admission process
and 30 marks of the in-
terview will be calcu-
lated for admission.
Both the student out-
fits have been protest-
ing against the change
in admission rules to
PhD. courses.
The police also ar-
rested two students in-
volved in protests on
Thursday
.
ABVP protested un-
der the leadership of
Bharat Bhushan and
NSUI protested under
the leadership of Amar-
deep Parihar
Students sitting at the main gate of Rajasthan University. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
13 candidates
in the fray for 6
posts of RCA
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: As many as 13
candidates are in the
fray for 6 posts of the
Rajasthan Cricket
Academy, according to
the final list released by
RCA’s Chief Electoral
Officer Sunil Arora. Af-
ter scrutiny, Arora re-
jected nomination of
joint secretary candi-
date Shatrughan Ti-
wari. The contest for
the post of president is
set to become triangu-
lar as Rajsamand Crick-
et Association secre-
tary Giriraj Sanadhya’s
nomination paper was
not rejected.
However, Vaibhav Ge-
hlot faction is trying to
persuade Giriraj Sanad-
hya to withdraw his
nomination.
If Sanadhya does not
withdraw his name on
the last day of with-
drawal of nominations,
the elections could turn
into an interesting and
triangular fight.
Sachin Pilot during Bharat
Jodo Yatra. —FILE PHOTO
Tourism and
hospitality
expo from
Jan 7-9
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: The three-
day tourism and hospi-
tality expo will be held
in Jodhpur from Janu-
ary 7 to 9. The expo will
witness the presence of
travel agents, tour op-
erators, hotel suppliers
and caterers while it
will be kept free of cost
for the general public.
President of Jodha-
na Hotels and Restau-
rants Association JM
Boob said that after the
introduction of Ra-
jasthan Tourism Policy
2022 and the Rural
Tourism Promotion
Scheme, an environ-
ment of investment has
been created in the
tourism sector.
“The situation in the
tourism sector is quite
good after the hotels
got the status of an in-
dustry,” said JM Boob.
Secretary Rajesh
Singhvi said, “Tourists
from abroad come to
Jodhpur and Jaisalmer
in the new year. This
expo will be like a boom
for the tourism indus-
try and is aimed to con-
nect tour operators
coming from across the
country. So, that it can
boost the industry.”
IN 41 ASSEMBLIES
Satish Poonia said
that so far, Jan
Aakrosh sabhas
have happened in 41
assembly constituen-
cies. Since there is no
advisory of the central
and state govern-
ments, there was
some confusion, the
confusion was about
suspending yatras but
our public meetings
will take place,” he said
in a video statement.
He said that covid pro-
tocol will be followed
in the public meetings.
There will be one-hour power cuts from 6.30
am to 7.30 am in the municipality and rural
areas. From 7.30 am to 8.30 am, district-division
headquarters.
POWER CUT IN RURAL URBAN AREAS
BJP was so
shocked by the
success of
Bharat Jodo Yatra
that the Union Health
Minister wrote a letter
to Rahul Gandhi to
follow the protocol
related to Corona.
—Sachin Pilot,
Former deputy CM
Meeting today
to review covid
management
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid re-
ports of rising coro-
na cases in China,
Secretary of the
Medical and Health
Department Dr
Prithivi will chair a
meeting of depart-
ment officials in
Swasthya Bhawan on
Friday to review the
Covid management.
Secretary Dr
Prithvi informed ox-
ygen, ventilators and
other things are
available in suffi-
cient quantity,” said
Dr Prithvi.
Tiger T-57 unwell,
closely monitored
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur:
The health of Ranth-
ambore National Park
tiger T-57 has deterio-
rated once again. The
tiger was reported to
be in a critical condi-
tion on Dec 20, follow-
ing which, it was tran-
quilized on Dec 21.
Ranthambore Field
Director Sedu Ram Ya-
dav Tiger T57 recov-
ered on Thursday, but
condition again wors-
ened in afternoon.
“The tiger is being
closely monitored and
efforts are being done
to treat him,” said
Sedu Ram Yadav.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Additional
Chief Secretary, Mines
and Petroleum, Subodh
Agarwal has said that
the expansion of do-
mestic gas facilities
through pipelines in the
cities is the priority of
the state government
and Agarwal was pre-
siding over the meeting
of the Board of Direc-
tors of Rajasthan State
Gas Ltd. at the secre-
tariat on Thursday. He
said that along with
speeding up the PNG
connection work in
Kota, new CNG stations
should be set up so that
people can get cheap
better services.
Agarwal also re-
viewed the CNG distri-
bution system of RSGL
in Neemrana and Ku-
kas and expressed the
need to increase busi-
ness. RSGL Managing
Director Ranveer Singh
said that preparations
are in the final stage to
release 200 new com-
mercial and more than
9,000 new domestic gas
connections in Kota by
RSGL. He said work is
being done by RSGL in
Shivpuri and Gwalior.
Gail Gas representa-
tive CGM Ajay Jindal
also participated virtu-
ally
. Diptanshu Pareek,
Vivek Srivastava, Gaga-
ndeep Rajoria Ravi
Agarwal were present.
Speed up domestic expansion work: ACS
BOOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE
lll
Raj State Gas,
a joint venture of
State govt,
will have to
speed up the
infrastructure
and CNG-PNG
work by
coordinating
with other
agencies
COURTESY MEET
Niranjan Arya paid a visit to Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on Thursday.
Subodh Agarwal during meeting of Board of Directors of Rajasthan
State Gas Ltd on Thursday.
BHARAT JODO YATRA

RAJASTHAN
03
PROF SUSPENDED, SLAPPED IN COURT;
SHOE THROWN AT VC DURING PROTEST
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Associate Profes-
sor of Rajasthan Tech-
nical University (RTU)
Girish Parmar, who
was pressurising girl
students to have physi-
cal relations in lieu of
not failing them and
giving good marks, was
suspended on Thursday
.
RTU Kota VC SK Singh
said that action has
been taken on the basis
of the investigation of
the three-member com-
mittee. When the police
reached the court with
the accused professor,
he was slapped by advo-
cate Atish Saxena.
Meanwhile, ruckus
was seen at RTU for
about three hours. A
large number of stu-
dents protested de-
manding action. They
sat on dharna outside
the university gate
since10:30amonThurs-
day
. They kept shouting
slogans with banners
and posters in their
hands. During the con-
versation, someone hit
the VC with a shoe.
However, after suspend-
ing the accused, the stu-
dents calmed down.
Another girl student
has registered a police
complaint against Par-
mar alleging him of
pressurising her to
have a physical relation
or he would flunk her.
Theuniversityadmin-
istrationhasconstituted
athree-membercommit-
tee to probe the matter.
This includes Professor
SK Rathore (Dean), Pro-
fessor DK Palwalia, Pro-
fessor Dr Manisha
Bhandari. VC SK Singh
said that the inquiry
committeetookthestate-
ments of the students
and collected facts and
then Parmar was sus-
pended. “He will remain
suspended until the in-
vestigation is over. Arpit
Agarwal has also been
suspended,” he said.
Professor, middleman sent to police remand till Dec 25; NCW to send three-member team
Students vandalise campus gate during the protest on Thursday.
GARG CONDEMNS INCIDENT, DIRECTS
UNIVERSITY VC TO TAKE ACTION
PROF WAS BEATEN IN 2012 FOR ‘STEALING
FEMALE TEACHER’S UNDERGARMENTS’
Bharatpur: Condemning the incident RTU professor
seeking sexual favours from girl students, State
Technical Education Minister Subhash Garg said,
“The Technical Education Secretary has directed the
Vice-Chancellor to take action in the matter.” Garg,
who was a professor before joining politics, said
that what could be more reprehensible for a teacher
than to keep such an eye on students.
Kota: In 2012, the accused Assistant Professor
Girish Parmar reportedly stole the undergar-
ments of a female teacher, following which,
he was beaten by her family members and the
faculty concerned. The administration of the
Rajasthan Technical University had then moved
Parmar out of the hostel.
76 tourists arrive
in Jaipur on PoW
Quinquagenarian couple
found hanging at home
Jaipur (PTI): The bod-
ies of an elderly couple
were found hanging in
their home in Jaipur
Rural, police said on
Thursday
.
Ramesh Sharma (50)
and his wife Santosh
(50) were found hanging
in their home, located
opposite the Mohalla
Sarai Janana Hospital,
Kotputli police station
SHO Sawai Singh said.
Initial probe revealed
that the couple took the
step after Santosh Shar-
ma was diagnosed with
cancer. They probably
committed suicide by
hanging on Wednesday
night, Singh said.
On Thursday morn-
ing, the couple’s tenant
informed the police,
who took custody of the
bodies. The bodies were
handed over to the cou-
ple’s relatives after post
mortem, SIngh said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A female resi-
dent doctor of SMS
Medical College at-
tempted suicide on
Thursday morning.
The female resident
consumed poison in
the SMS Girls Hostel
room. During interro-
gation, it has come to
light that Nikita was
under stress for the
last few days.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The royal train
Palace on Wheels on
Thursday reached
Jaipur with 76 tourists,
who are on a Christmas
tour, from three coun-
tries. A red carpet wel-
come was given to the
tourists at Gandhinagar
station here. They were
welcomed by applying
Tilak and garland.
Pradeep Bohra, Gen-
eral Manager of Palace
on Wheels said that the
luxury train has been
decorated in a special
way for Christmas. “Jin-
gles are being played in-
side the train, Christ-
mas trees have been put
up for Christmas. The
main event will be held
in Jaisalmer where
there will be fireworks
and special cake cutting
willbedone.Turkeywill
also be served,” he said.
Diya meets Rajnath, Gadkari,
requests funds for devp works
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Rajsamand
MP Diya Kumari on
Thursday met Union
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh and Union
Transport Minister Ni-
tin Gadkari and ap-
prised them about the
demands of Rajasthan.
During the meeting,
Diya requested Singh to
give financial approval
for the ECHS polyclinic
and canteen in Ajmer’s
Beawar. On which, the
Defence Minister as-
sured that the approval
will be given soon. Diya
also urged Gadkari to
allocate funds for repair
and reconstruct of
roads in the Rajsamand.
MP Diya Kumari with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
4 electrocuted in Bhilwara
while placing motor in well
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: In a tragic
accident, four people
died at Jodhdas village
near Rayla region of
Bhilwara after they got
electrocuted while in-
stalling a motor in the
well, on Wednesday
evening. The four died
oneaftertheotherinthe
well. Among the dead,
twowerebloodbrothers.
According to the re-
ports, motors were be-
ing installed in the
well during which the
accident happened. Af-
ter receiving the infor-
mation, Rayala Police
Station Officer Sunil
Chaudhary, Tehsildar
Bhanwar Lal Sen, Naib
Tehsildar Mohit Pan-
choli, Patwari Mukesh
Chotiya reached the
spot and operation was
initiated to recover the
dead bodies.
SMS resident
doc attempts
suicide: Cops
Palace on Wheels arrives with foreign tourists — on Christmas
tour — at Gandhinagar Railway Station on Thursday.

PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
You should perform
your duty with a view to
guide people and for
universal welfare.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Saddened to hear about the demise of
renowned Gamak Vidwan Padmashri
awardee H R Keshavamurthy Ji. He
was a pioneer who mastered Gamak
even taught children this great art
form for free. His legacy will live on
forever. My condolences to his family
admirers. Om Shanti.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
India, led by PM @narendramodi
ji remains the biggest hope for the
world. An all-weather champion of
multilateralism, more of the world
today strongly acknowledge India’s
criticality in maintaining global peace.
‘Not an era of war’ has resonated
strongly and touched chords.
TOP TWEETS
REFORMED OR
NOT, THE ‘SERPENT’
TO BE OUT OF
PRISON SOON?
harles Sobhraj may
have spent two dec-
ades in jail; his re-
lease from a prison in
Nepal still makes
news. The serial killer, notorious
as Bikini Killer, is now 78 and
hopefully a changed man after
long incarceration. The French
national shot to infamy after he
killed 20 tourists on South and
Southeast Asia’s hippie trail be-
tween 1972 and 1976, most of
them backpackers. “Handsome,
charming and utterly without
scruple” women easily fell to his
charms and he ruthlessly fin-
ished them off after he was done
with them. What made Sobhraj
stand out as a criminal was his
ability to evade police and avoid
detection, which earned him the
nickname of “Serpent”.
He continued with his crimes
like drugging tourists and rob-
bing them to maintain a luxuri-
ous lifestyle even in prison. In
mid seventies he bribed Tihar
jail staff to live in comfort. Later
he drugged them to escape, but
was nabbed by Mumbai Police.
Is Sobhraj a reformed man now?
C
aliban are gradu-
ally showing their
true misogynist
and hard-line
character but the
world is a silent spectator. Af-
ter banning girls from at-
tending schools, Afghani-
stan’s Taliban government
has taken the regressive step
of telling women that the
doors of universities were
now shut for them, leaving
female students in tears. The
anguished students were left
with no future as other re-
gressive restrictions on wom-
en’s clothing and movement
are already in place. Instanc-
es of public flogging have
also been reported. All these
are dreadful reminders of
the old Taliban regime and
its brand of ruthless Islam.
President Joe Biden left
the Afghan people, especially
women, after the withdrawal
of Allied forces from Kabul
in 2021. In his White House
address Biden said that it
was “the right and the re-
sponsibility of the Afghan
people alone to decide their
future and how they want to
run their country”. He also
said the US will continue to
speak out for the rights of
women and girls. Does speak-
ing out for them makes them
less vulnerable to the attacks
on their psyche being wit-
nessed now? Reacting to the
latest Talibani firmaan the
US said the “move would
come with consequences for
Taliban”. Other than turn-
ing off the aid tap, which will
only starve the Afghan peo-
ple, the consequences have
not been spelt out.
Taliban stand out like a
sore thumb for the way they
treat women. In no other Is-
lamiccountryarewomensub-
jected to such treatment. Iran,
where women are protesting
against wearing hijab, does
not bar women from attend-
ing schools and colleges.
TALIBAN RETURN
TO OLD WAYS
Taliban are gradually showing
their true misogynist and hard-
line character but the world is a
silent spectator. After banning
girls from attending
schools, Afghanistan’s Taliban
government has taken the
regressive step of telling women
that the doors of universities
were now shut for them, leaving
female students in tears
T
MERKEL’S BOMBSHELL
WEST v/s WEST
uizzically enough, as I
chanced upon the recent in-
terview of Angela Dorothea
Merkel, ex chancellor of Ger-
many, it gave me a peep into
the pandora box of the West-
ern world’s political dynam-
ics. A seasoned politician and
a scientist, she was the first
and the only lady chancellor
of Germany and was referred
to as the de facto leader of the
European Union. Having
been brought up in erst while
East Germany under Krem-
lin’s influence, her control
over Russian language was
perfect yet, she was not in-
clined to communist ideology
.
Her actions and decisions
as the chancellor of her
country ensured a command-
ing position for Germany not
only in Europe but amongst
all NATO allies. Nonetheless,
today many find faults with
her for increasing Germa-
ny’s dependence on Russian
energy imports through
Nord Stream 1, without ac-
knowledging that the graph
of Germany’s industrial
growth was highest during
Merkel’s chancellorship.
All through her political
career, she professed that she
did not want to give advice
from the side-lines, and there-
fore, described Russia’s inva-
sion of Ukraine as a “brutal
war of aggression” which
constituted a far-reaching
turning point and the most
glaring violation of interna-
tional law in Europe since the
World War II. She further be-
lieved that European solidar-
ity goes out to Ukraine which
has been attacked and raided
by Russia, and that the
Ukraine’s right to self-de-
fence was incontestable.
Surprisingly
, a leader with
such clarity and frankness on
Russia – Ukraine war, sudden-
ly took a U turn and in an in-
terview in the second week of
Dec 22 to a newspaper Der Zeit
of Germany
,cameoutwiththe
facts that hitherto fore, were a
subject of confidentiality
amongst all NATO leaders
joining their hands to support
Zelenskyy and fight Russia.
In a dramatic style, Angela
confessed that there was no
real interest amongst the
Western powers to imple-
ment the provisions and con-
ditions laid down in Minsk 1
2 Agreements signed by
Ukraine and Russia in 2014
and 2015 respectively. In-
stead, the intention of US
and allies reeked with con-
spiracies and deceits by the
West to give time to the NATO
and Ukraine to build up their
military capabilities for the
sole purpose of a confronta-
tion with Russia.
In other words, the West
planned and schemed for the
war against Russia since 2014
after they organized a coup to
forcibly remove a democrati-
cally elected Ukraine govern-
ment and replace it with a
puppet government loyal to
the West.
In my opinion, Angela has
proven herself to be Putin’s
friend as her confession is
almost a declaration to let
out NATO secrets. In simple
words, what Merkel said can
be taken as an announce-
ment that Putin is not the ag-
gressor but the victim of a
veiled Western conspiracy
against it. In fact, Angela has
provided Putin the defence
which he may need in the fu-
ture to protect himself from
Western actions at interna-
tional courts when the war
crimes are taken up.
Obviously
, the implications
from this interview are far
reaching. It shows that inter-
national agreements with the
WestspeciallytheUScarryno
value and remain in play only
till the time they favour the
West and allows them time to
turn the tide to suit their in-
terests. Yes, it is amply clear
that Western powers are like-
ly to dump treaties and agree-
mentslikeaHOTPotatowhen
theynolongerservetheirpur-
pose. It indeed is a lesson to
India, China, Pakistan and to
the rest of the developing
countries in international
politics. While negotiating
with west, countries should
choose friends with open eyes
Judging so called friends not
by what they say but by what
they do and their past reputa-
tionof honouringtreatiesand
agreements with other par-
ties in the agreement.
The numerous visits of
German Chancellor to Russia
between 2014 (in the after-
math of annexation of
Crimea by Russia) and 2021,
when Merkel vacated her of-
fice as the ultimate leader of
European Union and Chan-
cellor of Germany are being
looked at with suspicion of
delaying Russian onslaught
on Ukraine to buy time. She
out rightly mentioned that
she felt no regrets for her
handling of Vladimir Putin
during her time in power and
blocking the route of Ukraine
joining NATO membership
as Putin would have taken it
as a “declaration of war”
against Russia by the West. It
appears that in the opinion of
the West, democratically im-
mature Ukraine would have
been less prepared for an in-
vasion then what it was in
February 2022 and thus, hint-
ing at a global conspiracy
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Q
It shows that international
agreements with the West
specially the US carry no
value and remain in play
only till the time they favour
the West and allows them
time to turn the tide to suit
their interests. Yes, it is amply
clear that Western powers are
likely to dump treaties and
agreements like a HOT Potato
when they no longer serve
their purpose. It indeed is a
lesson to India, China,
Pakistan and to the rest of the
developing countries in
international politics
Surprisingly, a leader with
such clarity and frankness
on Russia – Ukraine war,
suddenly took a U turn
and in an interview in
the second week of Dec
22 to a newspaper Der
Zeit of Germany, came
out with the facts that
hitherto fore, were a
subject of confidentiality
amongst all NATO
leaders joining their hands
to support Zelenskyy and
fight Russia
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker Corporate Trainer

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INDIA
05
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: The Aam
Aadmi Party has now
started preparing to
contest the Karnataka
assembly elections. As-
sembly elections are go-
ing to be held in May
and before that Arvind
Kejriwal’s party has
started making populist
announcements. The
party has promised that
it will implement the
old pension scheme if
its government is
formed in the state. The
Congresswasalsoabout
to say this, as it had
promised in Himachal
Pradesh and won the
election, but AAP made
the announcement even
before the Congress.
Not only this, the par-
ty’s state number two
leader Bhaskar Rao also
participated in the dem-
onstration of state gov-
ernment employees.
The employees were
demonstrating for the
restoration of the old
pension scheme. Senior
leader Brajesh Kalappa,
who left the Congress
and joined AAP, also
talked about restoring
the old pension scheme.
However, AAP’s
weakness is that it does
not have an organiza-
tion in the state and
does not have senior
leaders either. Then the
question is how will the
party contest the Kar-
nataka elections? Will it
fight in the way it fought
in Gujarat or will it
fight in the way it fought
in states like Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand
etc.? If it fights like Gu-
jarat i.e. Arvind Kejri-
wal and Bhagwant
Mann and other leaders
work day and night then
Congress can suffer a
big loss. There Congress
party is hoping to re-
turn to power this time
but if AAP fights with
full force and JDS also
contests the elections
on its own, then BJP
would be benefited. But
if AAP contests elec-
tions like in Himachal
Pradesh, then Congress
will not be harmed. Five
months before the elec-
tions, it seems that AAP
does not have an organi-
zation and will fight just
for the sake of fighting.
But the real picture will
emerge after Arvind Ke-
jriwal’s first visit.
CanAAPdentCongandBJP’smoraleinK’takapolls?
AAP’S EXPANSION PLANS
AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal. —FILE PHOTO
PANEL TO CONDUCT
ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT
OF SC PREMISES
JACQUELINE
WITHDRAWS PLEA
TO GO ABROAD
New Delhi: Chief Justice
of India DY Chandrachud
has constituted a commit-
tee headed by apex court
judge Justice S Ravindra
Bhat to conduct an audit
of “physical and function-
al access” of the top court
premises to make them
disabled-friendly. The ‘Su-
preme Court Committee
on Accessibility’ has been
given a broad mandate
to prepare and release a
questionnaire for persons
with disabilities, including
the apex court employees,
advocates, litigants and
interns, who visit the top
court premises.
New Delhi: Actor Jacque-
line Fernandez, accused in
a money laundering case,
on Thursday withdrew
from a Delhi court her
plea for permission to go
abroad. The actor told the
court about her decision
after the judge said the
question of charge should
first be decided. “You can
withdraw the application
and let the question of
charge first be decided.
Otherwise I will pass a
judicial order,” the judge
said. Fernandez had sought
permission to visit Bahrain
from December 23 to Jan-
uary 5 to see her mother.
Kolkata: A CBI court on Thursday extended the judicial cus-
tody of former West Bengal Education Minister and ex-Tri-
namool Congress secretary
general, Partha Chatterjee and
six others for another 14 days
in connection with the teachers’
recruitment scam. All the seven
individuals will be presented
at the same court again on
January 5 next year. On Thursday, Chatterjee’s counsel Selim
Rahman made a fiery argument at the court, even going to
the extent of questioning CBI’s competence as regards to
producing concrete evidence in the matter. In his counter
argument, the CBI counsel said that although charges of
incompetence have been raised by the petitioner’s counsel.
PARTHA CHATTERJEE’S JUDICIAL
CUSTODY EXTENDED BY 14 MORE DAYS
IN THE COURTYARD
HC ALLOWS TEEN
GIRL TO DONATE
LIVER’S PART TO DAD
MADRAS HIGH
COURT ORDERS
NOTICE ON RSS PLEA
Kochi: The Kerala High
Court on Thursday granted
permission to a 17-year-
old girl to donate a portion
of her liver to her ailing
father. The High Court took
the decision even taken
after an expert committee
constituted by the Appro-
priate Authority under the
Transplantation of Human
Organs and Tissues Act,
1994 initially opined that
the daughter cannot be
exempted from the bar
imposed by the Act and
Rules on organ donation
by minors. Court asked it
to reconsider its stance.
Chennai: A division bench
of the Madras High Court
on Thursday ordered no-
tice on a batch of appeals
challenging the orders of
a single judge, which had
granted permission to the
RSS to take out “route
marches” and hold public
meetings in auditoriums
and open grounds alone.
A bench of the HIgh
Court ordered the notice
returnable by January 5,
when the appeals from
G Subramaniam of Anna
Nagar and 44 others came
up for further hearing on
Thursday.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Lok Sabha was ad-
journed for the day on
Thursday without any
business, owing to con-
tinuous protests by the
Congress-led Opposi-
tion, which sought dis-
cussion on the India-
China border clashes in
Arunachal Pradesh.
As Lok Sabha assem-
bled at 4 p.m. after sev-
eral adjournments
since morning, Opposi-
tion members led by the
Congress entered the
well of the House,
shouting slogans and
seeking Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s pres-
ence in the House.
Rama Devi, who was
in the Chair, adjourned
the House till 4.30 pm
amid chaos and slogan
shouting.
At 4.30 p.m. when the
Lower House reassem-
bled, protests and slo-
gan shouting by the Op-
position members re-
sumed. While Congress
and DMK members en-
tered the well of the
House, NCP, JD-U and
TMC members stood
near their seats.
Opposition members
shouted slogans seek-
ing PM Modi’s presence
in the House and called
for a discussion on the
India-China border
clashes issue.
Amid the pandemo-
nium, Commerce Min-
ister Piyush Goyal in-
troduced the Jan Vish-
was Amendment of
Provision Bill 2022 in
the House. He also im-
mediately referred the
bill to a joint Parlia-
mentary panel.
Soon after this, the
House was adjourned
for the day
.
Earlier in the morn-
ing,bothQuestionHour
and Zero Hour proceed-
ings were washed out
due to continuous pro-
tests by the Opposition
on the India-China bor-
der clashes issue.
LOK SABHA ADJOURNED AGAIN AMID
UPROAR BY OPPN ON BORDER ISSUE
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra
resumes from Haryana’s Nuh district
Nuh (ANI): Congress’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra led
by Rahul Gandhi re-
sumed from Malab Vil-
lage in Nuh’s Haryana
on Thursday
.
People in large num-
bers were seen joining
the march holding ban-
ners and party flags.
The ongoing foot march
of the grand old party
entered the state of Har-
yana on Wednesday
. On
Wednesday, while ad-
dressing a gathering
here,RahulGandhitook
a swipe at the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) and other parties
and said that the leaders
of these parties do not
listen to the public.
“Nowadays, there is a
gap between the leaders
of BJP, Samajwadi Par-
ty
, and the public. Lead-
ers think there is no
need to listen to the pub-
lic and give speeches for
hours. We have tried to
change this in this jour-
ney,” Gandhi earlier
said on Wednesday
.
On Tuesday the Yatra
observed its last day in
the Congress-ruled
state of Rajasthan. It is
the only Congress-ruled
state where the yatra
covered around 500 km
over 17 days before en-
tering Haryana.
“BRS to hold
Maha Dharna
against Centre”
Panchamasali
Lingayat’s march
for quota in K’taka
Nizamabad (ANI):
Bharat Rashtra Samithi
will hold a ‘Maha Dhar-
na’ in all the district
headquarters on Friday
protesting against the
Centre’s “anti-farmer
policies”, MLC K Kavi-
tha said on Thursday
.
Kavitha, daughter of
CM KCR, alleged that
the BJP govt at the Cen-
tre is “forcing” Telan-
gana Govt to take back
schemes under MGN-
REGA. “Tomorrow the
party will launch Maha
Dharna in all district
headquarters, against
BJP Government’s anti-
farmer policies, in light
of the recent demand to
exclude agricultural ac-
tivities from MGNRE-
GA Scheme in Telanga-
na,” Kavitha said.
“Today it is a fact that
the BJP is an anti-farm-
er, anti-poor, and pro-
corporate Government.
On one hand, the Gov-
ernment is targeting
farmers and the poor,”
she alleged.
Belagavi (ANI): The
Panchamasali Lingay-
at community pady-
atra, demanding more
reservations to meet
the educational and
professional needs of
its people, reached Be-
lagavi in Karnataka on
Thursday.
The community is de-
manding they be in-
cluded in the 15 per cent
OBC category of 2A. A
heavy police force has
been deployed at Hire-
bagewadi in Belagavi
due to the Panchamasa-
li padayatra being held
under the leadership of
the Jagadguru Basava
Jaya Mruthyunjaya
Swamiji of the Kunda-
lasangama Peetha.
Karnataka Assembly
is currently holding its
Winter Session at the
Suvarna Vidhana Soud-
ha in Belagavi.
BJP SCARED
OF LOVE BJY
GOT: KHERA
Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Nuh. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI):
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya’s
letter to Congress
MP Rahul Gandhi
and Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
asking them to follow
COVID-19 guidelines
strictly during the par-
ty’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
has elicited diverse
reactions from leaders.
Talking about the
issue, Congress leader
Pawan Khera said BJP
is scared of the love
Bharat Jodo Yatra
has received. He said,
“Their intent is clear.
They are only bothered
about the love the
Yatra has received.”He
also added, “If BJP
was worried about the
country, they would
have written a letter
to Satish Poonia as
well who is taking out
‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ in
Rajasthan.”
CHANDY’S SON TAKE JIBE AT BJP
Nuh (ANI): Former Kerala Chief Minister’s son Chandy
Oommen on Thursday aimed at the Centre government
over its letter to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, urging
him to consider suspending or postponing the Bharat
Jodo Yatra if Covid protocols could not be followed.
“When PM Modi took out a Yatra in Gujarat, a similar
situation was there but no action followed,” Oommen
said after joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra here.
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
Lok Sabha adjourned amid commotion in the House, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
RS PASSES THE
CONSTITUTION
(ST) ORDER BILL
GOVT INTRODUCES
JAN VISHWAS BILL
IN THE LOK SABHA
GOYAL TAKES
BACK REMARKS
“AGAINST BIHAR”
New Delhi: The Rajya
Sabha has passed The Con-
stitution (Scheduled Tribes)
Order (Sec-
ond Amend-
ment) Bill,
2022 and The
Constitution
(Scheduled
Tribes) Order
(Fourth Amendment) Bill,
2022. Tribal Minister Arjun
Munda moved the bill.
New Delhi: Commerce
industry Minister Piyush
Goyal on Thursday in Lok
Sabha intro-
duced Jan
Vishwas Bill,
which seeks
to decrimi-
nalise minor
offences by
amending 183 provisions
in 42 Acts with a view to
promote ease of business.
New Delhi (ANI): Union
Minister Piyush Goyal on
Thursday withdrew his
“demeaning” remarks on
Bihar, which triggered
protests in Parliament by
MPs from the state who
demanded an apology
from him.“Let me clarify
that I have no intention to
insult either Bihar or the
people of Bihar. If it has
hurt anyone’s sentiment,
I immediately withdraw
that statement,” he said in
Rajya Sabha. On Tues-
day while RJD member
Manoj Jha was speaking
on inflation in the Upper
House, Goyal had said
“Inka bas chale toh desh
ko Bihar hi bana de”.
2841 selected as Khelo
India Athletes: Thakur
Mulling EC proposal on
political donations: Govt
New Delhi (FIB):
Khelo India Athletes
are selected on their
performance in the
Khelo India Games,
National Champion-
ships / open selec-
tion trials. The
Sports Authority of
India (SAI) provides
a platform for identi-
fication of talented
sports persons in pri-
ority Sports disci-
plines through the
National Sports Tal-
ent Search Portal.
This was stated by
Union Sports and
Youth Affairs Minis-
sterAnurag Thakur
in a written reply in
Rajya Sabha on
Thursday. Under
“Sports Competition
and Talent Develop-
ment” component of
Khelo India scheme,
athletes are selected
as Khelo India Ath-
letes based on their
performance in the
Khelo India Games,
National Champion-
ships / open selec-
tion trials.
New Delhi: The govt
on Thursday said the
Election Commis-
sion proposal to re-
duce anonymous po-
litical donations to
Rs 2000 from Rs 20,000
is uder examination.
On a question about
the government’s re-
sponse to the Com-
mission’s proposal
and whether such
measures would ush-
er in reforms and
transparency in do-
nations received by
political parties, Un-
ion Minister Kiren
Rijiju in a written
reply in Rajya Sabha
said, “The proposal is
under examination.”
Aiming for reforms
and transparency in
donations received
by political parties,
the poll panel had
proposed reducing
anonymous political
donations from Rs
20,000 to Rs 2,000.
“ISRO SIGNED 4 CO-OP DOCUMENTS
FOR SPACE EXPLORATION TIE-UP”
OVER 40K WOMEN TRAINED IN INDIA
UNDER NAI ROSHNI SCHEME: IRANI
New Delhi (FIB): The
Minister of State (MoS),
Dr Jitendra Singh, on
Thursday
said In-
dian Space
Research
Organisa-
tion (ISRO)
has signed
04 (four) cooperative
documents specifically
to collaborate in space
exploration in the last
five years.In a written
reply to a question in the
Rajya Sabha on Thurs-
day, MoS Dr Singh said,
the agreement with the
USA is for accommodat-
ing USA instruments in
India’s Chandrayaan-2
and Chandrayaan-3. He
informed that the agree-
ment with Japan is to
conduct feasibility study
for a joint lunar polar
exploration mission.
New Delhi (FIB): Union
Minister of Minority
Affairs Smriti Irani in a
written reply
to a ques-
tion in Lok
Sabha on
Thursday
said during
last three
years, i.e., 2019-20 to
2021-22, around 40,000
women have been trained
all over India including
175 in Bihar. Nai Roshni
scheme has now been
merged as a component
of Pradhan Mantri Virasat
Ka Samvardhan (PM
VIKAS) scheme w.e.f
FY 2022-23, to improve
livelihoods of minorities,
particularly artisan com-
munities, through skill
development, education
and leadership training,
to support their entrepre-
neurship interventions.

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi-NCR is likely to wit-
ness dense fog for the
next two to three days
while Punjab, Hary-
ana, and North Ra-
jasthan may expect a
decrease in tempera-
ture by 1-2 degrees
alongwith cold wave
conditions, Dr Kuldeep
Srivastava, Head of
Regional Weather
Forecasting Centre
said on Thursday.
“If we talk about the
weather in Delhi, then
a thick blanket of fog
is seen in the morning
hours and visibility is
dropped by around 100
meters. In the Palam
observatory, today
morning the visibility
was till 100 meters, and
later around 8 in the
morning there is an
improvement,” Dr Kul-
deep Srivastava said.
“In the next two days,
there are chances of
having dense fog in
Delhi-NCR and the vis-
ibility will be around
100 meters. The tem-
perature will remain
between 6-7 degrees for
the next 2-3 days,”
Srivastava added. The
lowest temperature for
today was recorded at
4.6 degrees in Ra-
jasthan’s Bikaner, he
said. “We have fixed
criteria for the forma-
tion of fog. A layer,
availability of mois-
ture along with less
wind speed are the cri-
terion. From Punjab
up to Bihar and till Gi-
gantic West Bengal
and Northern parts of
Rajasthan, the wind
speed in the morning
hours is less which is
2-3 km per hour along
with sufficient availa-
bility of moisture, and
during the day time,
we have a clear sky,” he
told ANI.
North India likely to witness cold wave
MERCURY SET TO DIP
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
on Thursday said that
the government has
started random RT-
PCR sampling among
the passengers arriv-
ing at International
airports in the country
amid the recent surge
of Coronavirus infec-
tion in various coun-
tries including China,
Japan, South Korea,
France, and the United
States.
“We have also started
the random RT-PCR
sampling among pas-
sengers arriving at In-
ternational airports in
the country. We are
committed to tackling
the pandemic and are
taking appropriate
steps,” Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
said in his statement in
the Lok Sabha while ad-
vising the States to
make sure that people
wear masks, use sani-
tizers and maintain so-
cial distancing even
during the festive and
the New Year season.
He also encouraged the
states to increase
awareness towards pre-
cautionary doses
against Coronavirus.
“We are keeping an
eye on the global Covid
situation and are taking
steps accordingly. The
States are advised to in-
crease genome-se-
quencing to timely
identify the new vari-
ant of Covid-19,” Union
Health Minister Man-
daviya added.
He further said that
the health department
has been proactive in
managing the Covid
pandemic. The Centre
has also provided finan-
cial assistance to States
in the fight against the
pandemic, he added.
“So far, 220 crore cov-
id vaccine shots have
been given,” Union
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya men-
tioned. Mandaviya then
claimed that the num-
ber of Covid cases is
depleting in India de-
spite its surge across
the world.
“From the last few
days, Covid cases have
been rising in the world
but in India, the cases
are depleting. We are
seeing rising Covid cas-
es and deaths due to it
in China,” Union
Health Minister said.
STARTED RT-PCR SAMPLING
OF INT’L PASSENGERS: GOVT
Parliamentarypanelraises
concernsoverproduction
ofelectriclocomotives
New Delhi (PTI): Rais-
ing concerns over
missed targets in elec-
tric locomotive produc-
tion during this finan-
cial year, a parliamenta-
ry standing committee
has asked the Railway
Ministry to closely mon-
itor the manufacturing
capacity of production
units.
TheStandingCommit-
tee on Railways, in its
report presented in Par-
liament on Thursday
,
noted that with the na-
tional transporter head-
ing towards 100 per cent
electrification on broad-
gauge lines, the require-
ment of diesel locomo-
tives would reduce sub-
stantially
, while that of
the electric ones would
increasetoagreatextent.
The committee also
noted that the Banaras
Locomotive Works
(BLW) and the Patiala
Locomotive Works
(PLW) were given tar-
gets to manufacture 450
and 200 electric locomo-
tivesfor2022-23and2023-
24 respectively
.
Army doctors
save woman
badly injured
in bear attack
India wary of Taliban’s decision to
ban women from Afghan varsities
New Delhi (PTI): India
on Thursday said it is
concerned over reports
that the Taliban have
banned women from
universities in Afghani-
stan, and renewed its
call for setting up of an
inclusive government
in Kabul that ensures
the equal rights of wom-
en and girls in all as-
pects of the Afghan so-
ciety
.Several countries,
including the US, Aus-
tralia, Canada, France,
Germany
, Japan and the
United Kingdom, have
strongly condemned the
Taliban’s decisions to
ban women from uni-
versities. “We have not-
ed with concern the re-
ports in this regard.
India has consistently
supported the cause of
female education in Af-
ghanistan,” the MEA
spokesperson said.
Udhampur/Jammu
(PTI): Army doctors
have saved a 61-year-old
woman badly injured
in a bear attack in a vil-
lage here by perform-
ing a timely surgery to
repair her wind pipe
and blood vessels of the
neck.
“A 61 years old fe-
male resident of
Pancheri village was
brought barely breath-
ing to emergency of
Command Hospital af-
ter sustaining severe
injuries to her neck
and abdomen following
attack by a wild bear on
December 16,” an of-
ficer said She was im-
mediately attended by
trauma surgeons, who
found out that she has
got life threatening in-
juries to her wind pipe
and large blood vessels
of her neck.
Submarine corruption case: Nod
for prosecution of Naval officers
New Delhi (PTI) The
govt has given the go-
ahead to prosecute four
serving and retired
Navy officers in connec-
tion with alleged cor-
ruption in purchasing
spare parts to retrofit
Russian Kilo-class sub-
marines, officials said.
The CBI had filed its
chargesheets in Novem-
ber last year, within two
months of initiating a
probe into a corruption
case, following which it
had sought the govern-
ment’s sanction to pros-
ecute accused Navy of-
ficers Commander S J
Singh (retired) and
three serving com-
manders — Ajit Pandey
,
Abhishek Kumar Shar
and Jagdeesh Chander,
the officials said.
After more than a
year, the government
has finally given the
sanction to prosecute
the four accused figur-
ing in the CBI (CBI)
chargesheets.
Covid nasal vaccine to be
rolled out as booster dose
New Delhi: Paving
way for more options
for third or precau-
tionary doses in India,
Bharat Biotech, which
is the manufacturer
of Covaxin, will roll
out its nasal vaccine
as a booster dose after
receiving a final nod
from the authorities.
Sources said that
permissions are in
the final stage, and
they could be intro-
duced on the COWIN
platform by the up-
coming week.
Bharat biotech’s
Nasal vaccine, being a
needless jab, will be
India’s first such
booster dose. It can be
administered to those
above 18 years. Pric-
ing of the vaccine will
be decided soon and it
will be made available
in government and
private facilities.
ScienceMinistryrec-
ognised the vaccine as
the ‘World’s first intra-
nasal vaccine for COV-
ID developed by India’.
In December, it also got
approval from Central
Drugs Standard Con-
trol Organisation for
restricted use in emer-
gency situations in 18
and above age group.
HOW NASAL SPRAY WORKS
It is a vectored, needleless, intranasal Covid
vaccine. An intranasal vaccine stimulates a
broad immune response – neutralizing IgG,
mucosal IgA, and T cell responses. It comes
with ease as one does not require a health
practitioner or worker to give them a dose.
COVID SURGE
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya speaks in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
There won’t
be a lock-
down situ-
ation in the
country since
95% of the people
here are vaccinat-
ed. The immuni-
ty system of Indi-
ans is stronger
than that of the
Chinese...India
needs to go back
to Covid basics -
testing, treating,
tracing.
—Dr Anil Goyal,
Indian Medical Association
In India,
we have
sufficient
evidence to prove
that those who re-
covered from
Covid are best
protected. It’s im-
portant to moni-
tor all variants.
But it’s unlikely
that we’ll face
any serious prob-
lem due to the vi-
rus in the current
scenario.
—Dr Sanjay Rai,
Senior Epidemiologist,
AIIMS Delhi
“We have
also started
the random
RT-PCR sam-
pling among pas-
sengers arriving
at International
airports in the
country. We are
committed to
tackling the pan-
demic and are
taking appropri-
ate steps,”.
—Mansukh Mandaviya,
Union Health Minister
“Just like
last time
we had
conquered covid
with collective ef-
forts, similarly
we will succeed in
stopping this epi-
demic in the fu-
ture also.”
—Om Birla,
Lok Sabha Speaker
OM BIRLA ADVISES MPs TO WEAR
MASKS, FOLLOW COVID PROTOCOLS
TAJ MAHAL ON COVID ALERT, NO ENTRY
FOR TOURISTS WITHOUT TESTING
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Thursday advised all the
MPs to wear
masks and
follow the
Covid proto-
col com-
pletely, in
view of the
increasing cases of Covid
19 in many countries
across the world. Birla
himself was operating the
House wearing a mask in
the House. Birla appealed
the MPs to be careful and
spread public awareness
regarding Covid before
the uproar by the op-
position MPs during the
Question Hour saying that
in view of the past experi-
ences, this time there is a
need for constant caution
and vigilance. The govt
has also advised follow-
ing the Covid protocol
across the country.While
advising all the MPs to
use masks, Birla appealed
to them to make efforts to
spread public awareness
in their respective areas.
Agra (ANI): With the surge in Covid cases in China
and other countries, one of the most popular tourist
attractions of the country Taj Mahal in Agra is put on
alert, confirmed the District Health Information Officer
in Agra. Domestic and foreign tourists come every day
in large numbers to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra. Keeping
the situation in mind, they will have to undergo a Covid
test before their visit as per the official sources.
GENOME TESTING
OF ALL POSITIVE
CASES IN J’KHAND
Ranchi: Concerned at the
reported spurt in Covid-19
cases in countries like
China, USA and Japan,
the Jharkhand govern-
ment has asked officials
to send for whole genome
sequencing of all positive
samples of Coronavirus
to track the variants, a top
Health department official
said on Thursday. The
development comes in
the wake of Union Health
Minister reviewing the
Covid situation.
PUNJAB CM MANN
HOLDS COVID
REVIEW MEETING
Chandigarh: Punjab CM
Bhagwant Mann held a
meeting of health of-
ficials over
Covid-19
situation.
“We just
have nine
active cases
of Covid. 16
districts do not have any
positive cases of Covid so
far. We have established
oxygen plants have pre-
pared hospitals as well ac-
cordingly,” Health Minister
Chetan Jouramajra said.
“HAVEN’T GOT REQUEST FOR USE OF
GANGA WATER IN COVID TREATMENT”
New Delhi: The Centre
on Thursday clarified that
it has not received any re-
quest from
National
Mission for
Clean Ganga
to conduct
research
on the use
of Ganga river water as
a cure for the COVID-19
virus.In a written reply
in Lok Sabha, Jal Shakti
MoS Prahlad Singh
Patel said, “Govt has
not received any request
from National Mission for
Clean Ganga to conduct
research on the use of
Ganga river water as
a cure to the Covid-19
virus.” “However, NMCG
had sent two proposals
viz., ‘Ganga Sediments
could immunize against
COVID-19’ and ‘Treat-
ment of COVID-19 by
Ganga Jal’ on April 28,
2020, to the Indian Coun-
cil of Medical Research
for examination.
UP CM HOLDS
MEET TO ASSESS
COVID SITUATION
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi
Adityanath on Thurs-
day held
a meeting
to assess
Covid situ-
ation. Of-
ficials said
after the
meeting that though
face masks have not
been made compulsory
but should be encour-
aged at public places.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

NEWS
07
Kashiiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Soon after Dr
Dev Swaroop resigned
from the post of Vice-
Chancellor of Dr Bhim-
rao Ambedkar Law Uni-
versity, another contro-
versy erupted regarding
the appointment of a
member in the search
committee for the new
vice-chancellor. The
Board of Management
(BoM) of the University
nominated an academi-
cian, who is already a
member of a committee
in the university, as the
member of the Search
Committee. However, af-
ter intervention of Raj
Bhavan, the BoM had to
reverse its decision.
It may be noted that
after controversy re-
garding the LLB degree,
Dev Swaroop resigned
as the VC. He was not
cooperating with the in-
quiry committee. At the
same time, in the search
committee formed for
the selection of the new
Vice-Chancellor, the
BoM of the University
nominated an educa-
tionist, Professor Ran-
bir Singh, who is al-
ready associated with
the University
.
On October 21, Subir
Kumar,PrincipalSecyto
Governor Kalraj
Mishra, wrote a letter to
AyubKhan,Registrarof
Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar
Law University for the
nomination of a mem-
ber in the search com-
mittee for the selection
of new Vice-Chancellor.
In addition to the
members of UGC, Raj
Bhavan and state govt,
one member is nominat-
ed for the search com-
mittee by the board of
the university
. In re-
sponse to this letter, a
meeting of the BoM was
held on 22nd October, in
which Prof Ranbir Sin-
gh was nominated.
Professor Ranbir Sin-
gh has been the Vice-
Chancellor of Law Uni-
versity in Hyderabad
and National Law Uni-
versity in Delhi. He is
already a member of the
University’s Committee
for statutes and this way
,
his nomination was the
Violation of Section 11
(4) of Act No. 6 of the
University Act 2019.
On Dec 17, the varsity
admin dropped Ranbir
Singh’s name and Vi-
jenderKumarwasnomi-
nated in place of him.
Now, dispute on VC search committee member name
DR BR AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY
RajHCrejectsVadra’splea
seeking quashing of ED probe
Court however, extends stay on Vadra’s arrest by four more weeks
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: In a blow to
Congress leader Sonia
Gandhi’s son-in-law
Robert Vadra, the Ra-
j a s t h a n
High Court
on Thurs-
day rejected
a petition
seeking the
quashing of an Enforce-
ment Directorate inves-
tigation into the pur-
chase of land in Bikan-
er by a company linked
to him and his mother.
Justice P S Bhati also
turned down his plea
seeking for “no coercive
action” in the alleged
money laundering case,
but extended an earlier
stay on Vadra’s arrest
by four more weeks to
allow the petitioners to
appeal before a two-
judge bench. The ED
filed an Enforcement
Case Information Re-
port (ECIR) in Septem-
ber 2015 based on a com-
plaint over the pur-
chase of 125 bighas of
land in Bikaner’s Kolay-
at by Sky Light Hospi-
tality
. Vadra, had sought
the quashing of the
ECIR. Forged docu-
ments were allegedly
used while making the
deal. “The present peti-
tioners have not been
arrayed as accused, and
at the given stage, seek-
ing the intervention of
this court for quashing
of the ECIR in question,
is premature,” the judge
said. KTS Tulsi argued
the case for Vadra.
The Jodhpur High Court has given four more weeks to allow the
petitioners to appeal before a two-judge bench.
HAD SOUGHT ECIR
NIA presents
charge sheet in
Kanhaiya Lal
murder case
Two arrested
over Bundi
girl’s murder
Jaipur (FIB): The Na-
tional Investigative
Agency (NIA) on Thurs-
day filed a charge sheet
against nine accused in
the matter relating to
the murder of Kanhaiya
Lal Tailor in Udaipur.
RiyazJabbar,Moham-
med Guas, Riyaz Attari,
Farhad Sheikh, Asif,
Mohammad Mohsin,
Wasim Ali, Javed and
Muslim Khan, has been
neamed in charge sheet
and the investigation is
pending against Amjad
and other accused.
Three days before the
completion of 190 days
of arrest, the NIA pre-
sented a charge sheet in
the special court under
various sections of the
Unlawful Activities Pre-
vention Act, Indian Pe-
nal Code and Arms Act.
NIA Court Judge Sunil
Ranwah extended the
judicial custody of the
accused till January 3.
Bhanwar S Hada
Bundi: Two people
were arrested in the
murder case of a
girl, hailing from
Bundi district, who
was killed in Mum-
bai by her lover. Po-
lice informed that
Urvi met accused
Riyaz Khan, who
promised the girl to
marry her but later
refused. When the
girl persuaded, Ri-
yas Khan and his as-
sociateImranIsmail
Sheikh killed her. “
A
murder case was
registered in Panvel
and the two accused
havebeenarrested,”
added police.
ACB-DGBLSonihonors47officerswithDGDiscs
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: The Director
General Disc Samman
ceremony was organ-
ized on Thursday at the
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau HQs in Jaipur. In
thisprogram,Rajasthan
ACB’s DG BL Soni hon-
ored 47 officers and em-
ployees who have done
remarkable and excel-
lent work in the Anti-
Corruption Bureau by
awarding them DG
discs and citations.
During this felicita-
tion ceremony
, 20 RPS, 4
Police Inspectors, one
Sub-Inspector, one Head
Constable, 11 Consta-
bles were awarded DG
Discs and 10 officers
and employees of other
services were awarded
DG Citations.
In the program, BL
Soni said that action is
being taken against cor-
ruption by adopting the
policy of zero tolerance.
“Duetothehardworkof
officers and employees
of ACB, strict action has
been taken against the
corrupt in the state. In-
formation against cor-
ruption is also continu-
ously coming on ACB
helpline. It is through
teamwork that ACB has
taken record action
against corruption this
year as compared to pre-
vious years. There has
also been a lot of speedy
disposals,” Soni said.
4 die in road mishap as
speeding car rams into
parked trailer on NH48
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Four people
died on the spot in a hor-
rific road accident on
the national highway of
Bandanwara. All four
youths belong to Sangte-
da village of Kotputli.
According to police,
on Thursday evening,
four people in a car were
on their way to Kotputli
from Ujjain. Mean-
while, a speeding car
rammed into a trailer
parked in front of the
hospital on Bandan-
wara NH48 from be-
hind. On information,
police reached the spot
and took the bodies out
of the vehicle and trans-
ported them to the mor-
tuary at Bhinay with
the help of a highway
ambulance. Due to a se-
vere collision, the front
part of the car was com-
pletely damaged. The
bodies of two fell out of
the car and two were
trapped inside the car.
They were pulled out
with the help of the lo-
cal people and people.
Mangled remains of the car after the accident.
ACB DG BL Soni and ADG Dinesh MN with the officers who have
been conferred with DG Disc on Thursday. (Inset) DG disc or the
commendation medal. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
ACB NABS CONSTABLE IN PALI WHILE
ACCEPTING BRIBE OF `4,000
Pali: The ACB on Thursday arrested a police constable while
accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 in Pali. Police informed that
Dilip Singh, a constable posted
in Jaitaran Police Station in Pali,
was arrested while taking a bribe.
“The accused demanded a bribe
in lieu of not implicating the com-
plainant in a false case. Constable
Dilip Singh demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000. The constable
had already taken a bribe of Rs 6,000. The complaint was
verified and a trap was laid. On Thursday, the accused was
caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 4,000 and
the matter is being investigated,” police said.
Sriganganagar: The ACB Hanumangarh unit arrested
Sugan Chand, assistant fire officer, in Sriganganagar on
Thursday taking a bribe of Rs
25,000 from the complainant.
Bhagwan Lal Saini, Director
General of Anti-Corruption
Bureau said that the complainant
told the unit that complained that
Chand was demanding a bribe amount of Rs 30,000 in
lieu of issuing a fire related NOC for the hospital building.
AFO IN ACB NET OVER TAKING
`25,000 BRIBE IN SRIGANGANAGAR
RPSC celebrates 74th
Foundation Day
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: The 74th Foun-
dation Day function of
Rajasthan Public Ser-
vice Commission was
celebrated with
great pomp on
the commis-
sion premises
on Thursday.
Commission
Chairman San-
jay Shrotriya be-
gan the event by light-
ing the lamp before
Goddess Saraswati.
Commission secretary
HL Atal, legal advisor
Bhanwar Bhadala and
joint secretary Ashu-
tosh Gupta welcomed
and felicitated the
chairman and mem-
bers by presenting
bouquets to the
c o m m i s s i o n
personnel.
Presiding
over the pro-
g r a m m e ,
Shrotriya said
that various in-
novations were made
by the commission dur-
ing 74 years and it con-
tinuously worked on
improvement.
YOUTH SHOT DEAD BY
FRIEND WHILE HUNTING
Punit Chaturvedi
Dungarpur: A 22-year-
old youth was allegedly
shot dead in Khera
Samor village of Dun-
garpur district by a
friend while hunting in
the jungles. Police in-
formed the deceased
has been identified as
Arvind Dindhor.
“The deceased along
with his two friends had
gone to jungles in Khera
Samor jungle for hunt-
ing. One of his friends,
identified as Arvind Na-
noma, fired a gunshot to
kill animal, but the bul-
let incidentally hit
Arvind Dindhor, who
sustained grievous bul-
let injuries and was
rushed to Punjpur hos-
pital. However, he was
declared brought dead
by doctors,” police said.
“Thedeadbodyhasbeen
kept in the mortuary of
Aspur hospital for post-
mortem. Deceased
friend Arvind Nanoma
isbeingsearchedforfur-
ther investigation in the
matter,” police added.
Rape accused occultist with `25k bounty
on his name held in Barmer,probe on
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Barmer police
on Thursday claimed to
nab an occultist who
has a bounty of rupees
twenty five thousand on
his name. Police
claimed that they need
to travel around 12-13
thousand kilometres to
catch the accused. Offi-
cial said that arrested
accused has charged of
rape and abortion of
woman. The case
against the occultist
was lodged around a
year ago but police
could nab him on
Thursday
. Deepak Bhar-
gav, Barmer SP, in-
formed that the accused
has been identified as
Lal Baba and in Janu-
ary 22, a woman had
lodged a case against an
occultist alleging that
he had raped her many
times and had got her
aborted several times.
Victim also alleged in-
volvement of her fami-
ly member. Bhargav
said that they an-
nounced a bounty on
him, police got a tip-off
about the accused loca-
tion in Junagarh, where
the accused was hiding
in a temple by changing
his appearance.
Occultist identified as Lal Baba in Police cusotdy on Thursday.
After the FIR, he had stopped keeping the mobile phone.
Deepak Hooda celebrating after slamming second ton of
the match at SMS Stadium, Jaipur on Thursday.
Hooda slams 2nd
consecutivecentury
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Ranji player
Deepak Hooda’s
dream year contin-
ues as he scored a
second consecutive
century on third day
of Ranji match be-
tween Rajasthan and
Kerala. In the first in-
nings, he scored 133
runs. The Rajasthan
team scored 278 of
five wickets in the
second innings.
Team players Ab-
hijit Tomar scored 68
runs and Kunal
scored 48 runs, re-
spectively
. Rajasthan
was 278 for five at
stumps with a lead of
309 against Kerala on
day three after Deep-
ak Hooda slammed
his another ton of
the match while play-
ing classic cricket at
SMS Stadium Jaipur.
Earlier, Kerala,
which had resumed
its first innings at 268
for eight, was bowled
out for 306, conced-
ing a lead of 31.
—PHOTO
BY
SANOTSH
SHARMA

Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Former Deputy
CM of Punjab and in
charge of Rajasthan
Congress Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa will
visit Jaipur on Decem-
ber 28 to chair a meeting
of the party
.
PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra said that
Randhawa will take
meetings of the party
leaders. He said that
Randhawa will start
taking feedback from
Jaipur.’
He said that discus-
sion on the prepara-
tions for ‘Hath Se Hath
Jodo’ campaign which
will start from January
26 will also be held in
the meeting.
Dotasra said that the
party leaders will un-
dertake a ‘Yatra’ for at
least 15 km in one
month to reach out to
the public and to listen
to their problems.
“During the Yatra,
all the office bearers
will go to villages,
dhanis, mohallas and
wards,” he said.
He said that the par-
ty’s state unit will take
tour programme of the
leaders in advance and
separate in-charge
will be appointed. He
said that the party will
soon give a name to
this yatra.
Speaking about the
suggestions and memo-
randums received dur-
ing the Bharat Jodo
Yatra, Dotasra said
that nearly 200 memo-
randums were received
and Rahul Gandhi him-
self has seen every
memorandum.
“We will try to pro-
vide relief through the
budget,” he said. The
PCC chief said that the
directions of Rahul
Gandhi will be followed.
Sharing his experi-
ence of the yatra, Do-
tasra said that he does
not walk much but see-
ing the atmosphere
and Rahul Gandhi’s
resolve, he too was also
energetic.
“If we all remain like
this together then 2023
and 2024 will not be dif-
ficult,” he said.
On the other hand,
Dotasara will go to Del-
hi today to attend a
meeting on organisa-
tional issues.
On BJP’s decision to
suspend its Jan Aak-
rosh Yatra, Dotasra said
that it was ridiculous.
He said that the Yatra
against the State Gov-
ernment has failed
from day one. He said
that the public used to
say that the anger is
against the Centre.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot while
holding a pre-budget
dialogue with youth,
sports persons, women,
professionals and tal-
ented students in the
Conference Hall of Gov-
ernment Secretariat,
said that youth, sport-
spersons, women, pro-
fessionals and students
are an important link in
state’s development.
“By using their ener-
gy and capabilities in
the right direction, the
State Govt is constantly
taking decisions so that
State’s development can
be given a new direc-
tion with new thinking.
Advancement of youth
and women by provid-
ing better opportunities
and environment is
State Govt’s topmost
priority
. Suggestions of
the youth women
were given place in pre-
vious budget as well
and the upcoming budg-
et will also be made ac-
cording to their aspira-
tions and expectations,”
Gehlot said. He said
that Raj youth should
become partners in
State’s development
through their ability
.
“The government will
encouragethematevery
step provide adequate
resources.Womenentre-
preneurs and talented
students are being en-
couragedthroughpolicy
decisions schemes.”
“It is our endeavour
that maximum opportu-
nities of excellent skill
training employment
are available to youth.
Work is being done in
this direction with posi-
tive thinking. Rajiv
Gandhi Scholarship for
Academic Excellence
Scheme-2021 has been
started for studies in
prestigious institutions
abroad,” the CM said.
A simple action with powerful
results is to say things you mean;
Be a person of your word and
watch your life change.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora
said on Thursday that
the Rajasthan Housing
Board (RHB) has once
again been awarded
the ‘SKOCH Gold
Award- 2022’ in the
Housing category for
innovations and reju-
venation. Notably, RHB
has got the distinction
of earning this honour
for the second consecu-
tive year.
Director (Projects)
Sandeep Garg and Resi-
dential Engineer (Pro-
ject) Sanjay Sharma
received the award on
Board’s behalf at a
function organised at
India Habitat Centre,
New Delhi. The RHB
Commissioner has con-
gratulated the Board
family for this achieve-
ment. It is noteworthy
that in the past years,
RHB has established a
new identity through
innovations like
Wednesday auction fes-
tival, e-bid submission
e-auction, disposal of
more than 16,000 sur-
plus properties, Coach-
ing Hub, MLA Housing,
Mukhyamantri Jan
Awas Yojana, etc.
RHB honoured for innovations, rejuvenation
and achievements in Housing category
Arora:Paraengineersworkingon
infraprojectsmustgetspltraining
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE
SKOCH GOLD AWARD-2022
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora,
while addressing the
closing ceremony of
the 12th International
Conference on ‘Struc-
tural Engineering’ as
thechief guestatMNIT,
said that structural de-
sign has its own impor-
tance in infra projects
and it is necessary that
para engineering staff
working on them gets
proper training in
structural designing
architecture. The pro-
gramme was organised
under the joint aegis of
NCDMM and MNIT.
“Generally civil engi-
neering students do
not get the opportunity
of field exposure dur-
ing their studies. They
are confined to class-
room study
. The RHB is
ready to provide field
exposure opportuni-
ties to MNIT engi-
neering students in its
projects. This experi-
ence would prove im-
portant in their ca-
reer,” Arora said, add-
ing, “Such events
prove to be an excellent
opportunity for knowl-
edge sharing for stu-
dents they should
acquire maximum ben-
efit from them.”
Pawan Arora being presented
a memento during the
programme held at MNIT.
Pawan Arora addresses the
gathering at the Conference.
Sandeep Garg and Sanjay Sharma receive the ‘SKOCH Gold
Award-2022’ on behalf of the RHB during a programme at India
Habitat Centre in New Delhi on Thursday.
CM: I was very happy when SC too
said no one should sleep hungry
I will make everyone happy in the budget, will announce about Krishi Mandi, he says
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot while
addressing the founda-
tion stone laying and
inauguration ceremony
of development works
worth Rs 68.15 crore at
Kanwar Ka Bas in
Jaipur on Thursday,
said that the work of
Bisalpur scheme is go-
ing on fast to solve the
water problem in the
area. “Our priority is
to provide drinking
water and water for ir-
rigation to the people
of the state. Instruc-
tions have been given
to officers for proper
power supply to the
farmers for irrigation
of rabi crops,” he said.
“Announcement of
Krishi Mandi Will also
be done in the budget.
I will automatically
make everyone happy
in the budget. We fol-
lowed “No one should
sleep hungry” policy
in state and I was very
happy when even the
Supreme Court said
that no one should
sleep hungry. The
State Government is
always ready to help
every needy family. I
am proud that during
the Corona period I
had said that no one
should sleep hungry
and now the Supreme
Court has also said the
same thing.”
The Chief Minister
said that Rajasthan is
the only state to give 9
months grant to Gaush-
alas. He also planted
saplings in the Gausha-
la premises. Gehlot
said that Rajasthan has
emerged as a model
state due to public wel-
fare schemes imple-
mented in the field of
health, is continu-
ously progressing in
the field of education
government is running
public welfare schemes
in every area to provide
maximum relief to the
people of the state. On
this occasion, Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
said that effective steps
are being taken by the
State Govt to bring
change in lives of mass-
es. In-charge Minister
Shanti Kumar Dhari-
wal said that State Govt
is getting development
works done on a large
scale in the area.
Agriculture Minister
Lalchand Kataria said
that remarkable devel-
opment works are being
done by the State Gov-
ernment in the area.
Meanwhile, talking
about Bharat Jodo
Yatra, Gehlot said, “Ra-
hul Gandhi has praised
our 5 schemes and PM
Modi should implement
them in the country.
Pension scheme should
be uniform in the whole
country,”
PCC Chief GS Dotas-
ra was also present.
CM Ashok Gehlot lays the foundation stone of various development works in Kanwar Ka Bas village
in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here are Shanti Dhariwal, Lal Chand Kataria and Dr CP Joshi.
CM Ashok Gehlot holds a pre-budget dialogue with youth, sports persons, women, professionals
talented students in Secretariat. Also seen here are Mamta Bhupesh and Usha Sharma.
CM: Suggestions of youth
will decide direction of State
Congress observers likely to
visit Jaipur on January 14
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Once again
there are murmurs that
Congress observers are
coming to Jaipur!
There is a word that the
observers would come
on January 14. Accord-
ing to sources, supervi-
sors can bring propos-
als in the legislative
party meeting wherein
every MLA will have to
express faith in the
High Command.
This would be the
same proposal which
couldn’t be passed on
Sept 25. However, so far
there has been no offi-
cial confirmation as to
what will be the agenda
of this CLP meeting?
RandhawawillchairpartymeetinJpronDec28:Dotasra
GehlottoattendRLD’s
rallyinBharatpurtoday
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: A large
public rally will be
organised at MSJ
College Ground in
Bharatpur today to
mark the 120th birth
anniversary of For-
mer PM Chaudhary
Charan Singh. CM
Ashok Gehlot, Con-
gress leader Sachin
Pilot, RLD Nat’l Prez
Jayant Chaudhary,
SP leader Dharmen-
dra Yadav, Chan-
drashekhar Ravan
other senior leaders
will also be present.
RLD MLA Sub-
hash Garg informed
that CM will lay the
foundation stone for
various development
works worth over Rs
1,000 crore. The dis-
trict administration
of Bharatpur has
made preparations
for the CM’s visit.
ADM (Administra-
tion) Kamalram Mee-
na informed that an
exhibition will be
inaugurated by CM
Ashok Gehlot on the
occasion of the com-
pletion of four of the
Congress govern-
ment in Rajasthan.
The CM will also dis-
tribute Scooty to
girls under the ‘Bhil
Meghavi Scheme.’
Govind Singh Dotasra
State Govt is always ready to help
every needy family. I am proud that
during the Corona period I had said
that no one should sleep hungry and now the
Supreme Court has also said the same thing.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
CM Ashok Gehlot worships cows at the Balaji Gaushala in
Kanwar Ka Bas village in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here
are Shanti Dhariwal, GS Dotasra and others.
CM Ashok Gehlot hands over symbolic key of tractors given to
farmers by Agriculture Dept. Also seen here is GS Dotasra.
UPA’s MISSION 2023 TO BEGIN
FROM BHARATPUR TODAY
CM IN BHARATPUR ON DECEMBER 25 AS WELL
Bharatpur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot will be
on a tour of Bharatpur
on December 25. He will
lay the foundation stone
and inaugurate various
development works
in Nadbai assembly con-
stituency and provide a
gift about 50 schemes
worth Rs 1,000 crore to
the people of the region.
During his visit, the
Chief Minister will ad-
dress the public meeting
at the playground
of Uchain after the
foundation stone laying
ceremony. At 2.30 pm,
he will leave for Jaipur
by helicopter.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot, PCC Chief GS
Dotasra, ministers Vishvendra Singh, Parsadi
Lal Meena other Cong leaders will take part
in Chaudhary Charan Singh Jayanti pro-
gramme in Bharatpur today. RLD Chief Jayant
Chaudhary leaders of other parties will also
be present, in event focused on farmers, dalit
tribals. This will be a politically significant
event where leaders of coalition parties of UPA
will be present. Bharatpur is constituency of
RLD MLA State Minister Subhash Garg, who
is making all efforts to make the programme
successful. —Aishwary Pradhan
CM holds pre-budget
dialogue with youth,
women, professionals
and students

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JAIPUR, FRIDAY,
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strong woman knows she
has strength enough for
the journey
, but a woman
of strength knows it is in
thejourneywhereshewill
become strong, believes
Ritu Sharma from the
beautiful place of ‘Pilani’.
She is also a perfect example of
influential woman. While sharing
herbittersweetjourneytoCityFirst,
the diva expressed, “ I have completed
my post-graduation and am always
seeking opportunities where I can utilise
my skills ability to show my talent to
the world. I am a multi-talented girl who
is working in one of the top 10 compa-
nies“
Accenture”undertheaccountsand
finance profile with my favourite pas-
sion modelling. I always wanted to keep
my parents proud and become an inde-
pendent girl who always aims high.
The modelling industry demand indi-
viduals who have the ability to organise
their time and workload, to be flexible
and open to change and most important
ability to work well with others. Also, a
model should be brave to try new things
and not be too afraid to express them-
selves model should be original, creative
and have the courage to do modelling.”
According to the ravishing beauty
, “My
inspiration is my father “Surya Prakash
Sharma”. He faced so many problems in
his life but he never give up and so hard
work for us, so here I am and following the
same what my father is doing work hard.
While sharing about her memorable mo-
ment, “ I have so many memorable and
rewarding movements but the most beau-
tiful movement is becoming top 15 Elite
Miss Rajasthan 2022. When I took the tro-
phy for the top 15 Elitemissrajasthan that
movement changed my life and it brings
me to the top of Rajasthan and feel very
beautiful and confident. This also makes
my father happy and proud and this makes
me the happiest daughter in the world. I am
truly grateful to Jagdeesh Chandra sir and
Gaurav Gaur for supporting me during my
journey
.”
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
A
ONE
WOMAN
ARMY!
RITU SHARMA,
A SUPERMODEL
FROM THE BEAUTIFUL
PLACE OF PILANI,
SHARES HER
JOURNEY WITH
CITY FIRST!
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

10
ETC
Rahul Faujdar
eing on stage, pre-
senting, talking,
interacting, moti-
vating, mentoring
and offering crea-
tive solutions,
that’s what keeps
Sammy fueled. The micro-
phone and the stage are his
callings! As an anchor, he
has worked with some of
the biggest brands in the
world. Kolkata Knight Rid-
ers, Delhi Capitals, Chen-
nai Super Kings, Delhi Dy-
namos, Jaipur Pink Pan-
thers, Dabangg Delhi, Ben-
galuru Bulls, Puneri Pal-
tan, Ranchi Rays, La Liga
India, Premier League In-
dia and Royal Challenge
Bold league are some of
the names who have
turned to him for their big-
ticket events.
When asked about his
career choices, Sammy
said, “I started my career
as a radio jockey in 2011
with Power FM and Kolka-
ta and my hosting career
with Kolkata Knight Rid-
ers in 2012. I used to host
events before that but not
of a magnitude of an IPL.
It was always a conscious
effort to keep both ships
running together.” He fur-
ther added, “Sports was
always a part of life grow-
ing up. My mother’s side of
the family is sports fanat-
ics including my mother. I
remember growing up
mom and I would sit and
watch cricket and football
matches together. There
was an India match in Ban-
galore where Javagal Sri-
nath and Anil Kumble bat-
ted out of their skins to
take India home, their re-
spective moms were in the
stadium watching, and I
was watching with my
mom at home. My first
match as a host just reaf-
firmed the fact that I was
born to do this.
When asked about the
challenges he faced, the dy-
namic man said, “Quite a
lot. Starting with the fact
that I was one of the first
containment hosts in the
country, so did not have a
reference point to go to.
The third season onwards
I had an idea of what works
and what doesn’t work. I
think the fact that I under-
stand the game very well is
anadvantageIhave.Bench-
marking your cost also is a
challenge honestly
. People
don’t know how much to
pay you. A very interesting
reply was received when
asked if there is a scope for
the next common man who
loves cricket and is trained
in media journalism to
come through. Currently,
the arena is dominated by
ex-
cricketers, he said, Yes why
not? Look at Harsha Bho-
gle. Look at Jatin Sapru.
Non-cricketers yet some of
the best in the industry. It
will be difficult for sure to
make a name for a non-
cricketer, but it is not im-
possible. Always try and
see how can you bring a bit
of “you” into it.
On his experience with
FIFA World Cup, Sammy
told that it was absolutely
fantastic. He continued,
“The fact that I hosted the
FIFA women’s World Cup
here in India is a big deal to
me. Honestly
, you get to
learn so much. During the
games everyone was fo-
cused on one and only one
thing, everyone in the sta-
dium should have fun. And
that just resonates so well
withwhatIbelievein-“Give
everyone in the stadium
theirticketmoney’sworth”.
When asked how he
wishes to inspire the
younger generation and
guide them to seek inter-
views on the ground,
Modak exclaimed, “Be-
lieve in your dreams. Work
very hard to make them
true. On the path to suc-
cess, you will be hindered
by a lot of obstacles and
stupid people. Don’t make
them your reason to whine
and cry. Just forgive and
move ahead. You should be
dictating your life, nobody
else.”
THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE TO
HARDWORK: SAMMY
B
Only a few people
do what they love
and follow their
hearts. Following
your heart is an
exhilarating
feeling and thrill;
it is an adventure
that you must
experience before
leaving this world.
City First caught
up with Soumyajit
Modak, popularly
known as Sammy,
about his journey
and the challenges
he faced so far!
Sammy with the Indian National Flag during the Ind vs Pak held at Dubai International Stadium Sammy at the ElClasico screening for LaLiga in Mumbai
Sammy with his nephews, Dhruv and Arunabh Sammy with Rahul Faujdar
Sammy at the finals of FIFA
Women U-17 Women’s World Cup
2022 at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai
Sammy at the Pro Kabaddi
Players Tunnel in Pune
Sammy at the Barabati International Stadium, Cuttack, hosting a match in the Legends League Cricket 2022 Sammy with the LaLiga trophy

A
nushka Sharma and Kareena Ka-
poor Khan are one of the most
popular actors in the Bollywood
industry
. They both have carved
out their niche in the industry and have
not given a pause in their acting career
even after getting
married. Recent-
ly, Anushka was
roped in for pro-
moting a popu-
lar sporting
brand following
which she
faced severe
backlash.
A n u s h k a
Sharma and a
popular sport-
ing brand
PUMA exchanges bittersweet com-
ments with each other on Insta-
gram after Anushka accused the
brand of using her images with-
out prior permission.
A day later, on Tuesday
, Anush-
ka signed a mutual agreement
and then was seen promoting the
brand with energy and enthusi-
asm. Taking to Instagram, she
now recalled Kareena’s associa-
tion with the brand’s Yoga collec-
tion and said, “Thank you @ka-
reenakapoorkhan!”
S
hruti Haasan is ex-
tremely active on
social media and
loves to share every
aspect of her life with the
fans. She also is vocal about
her live-in relationship
with her doodler beau San-
tanu Hazarika and keeps
on posting glimpses of
their ‘we’ time on Insta-
gram. Recently, the Salaar
star took to the story sec-
tion of the photo-sharing
app, and dropped a lovey-
dovey couple photograph,
along with the caption, ‘
All
I want’. The lovebirds can
be seen smiling as they hug
one another.
The Luck star spoke
about her bond with Sant-
anu Hazarika, “Santanu is
my best friend. He is an
amazing, talented
person, and a very unique
human being. People think
that a lot of the time we call
paparazzi, and yes there
are times we do when we
are looking extra cute or
something (laughs). But a
lot of the time we don’t,
and it was just getting silly
to like being photographed.
I also like to share my life
on social media, I think it’s
been a great avenue for peo-
ple to connect with me as a
person, and this is a big
part of my life.”
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POOJA
CIRKUS
ONHERROLEIN
nterestingly, the popular actress,
who is joining hands with both
Ranveer Singh and director Rohit
Shetty for the first time in her
acting career, stated that her
character is the only ‘reality
check’ in the mad world created
by the hitmaker. “Rohit sir’s brief to me
was like - In the mad world you are the
one person like a ‘reality check’. Except
for the one scene, I would say
, towards the
interval. But everything else is like, I am
the ‘seedha’ character - the emotional an-
gle of the film,” revealed Pooja Hegde.
“So, for me, it was a different experi-
ence. I was watching the comedy around
me and had to keep sane. Because it was
very tempting to kind of, want to be a part
of it and to go extra, and be like ‘oh even
I wanna do something like that.’ But
that’s not my character in the film. So my
journey was switched towards that,” con-
cluded the Cirkus actress.
I
SHRUTI SANTANU CANNOT GET
ENOUGH OF EACH OTHER
V
icky Kaushal and Katri-
na Kaif are one of the
most loved couples in
Bollywood. Their fans
love them a lot and always
showed a lot of love.
Vicky said that Katrina is a
known face because of her work
and she represents Bollywood
along with Amitabh Bachchan.
He did mention that Hema Ma-
lini used to be one of these fac-
es. Talking further he also said
that his wife has achieved that
status.
Vicky compares
Katrina to
Hema Malini
T
he actress turned a year older this
Wednesday. It’s her 32nd birthday
and she has ringed in her special
day with her loved ones. Taman-
naah is going to spend her time in Coim-
batore at Isha Yoga Center situated at the
foothills of Velliangiri. The actress has
had a rather eventful year with multiple
releases and much more. This break will
help her re-align herself, reconnect to
nature and give her a much-needed
break. As much as it’s important to
work, taking a break too is equally
important. Tamannaah’s cele-
bration reminds us to take a
break and be present in the mo-
ment appreciating everything
we have. The actress celebrated her birthday last year with close
friends family
. Social media was flooded with celebratory mes-
sages, fan art and indeed an amazing day. The actress has had a
wonderful career with many memorable projects in Bollywood as
well as various Tamil and Telegu films.
TAMANNAAH BHATIA TURNS 32!
Anushka calls Kareena
to form a ‘cat crew’
T
he demise of the late San-
dalwood star Puneeth Ra-
jkumar left a huge void
in the Kannada film in-
dustry after he passed away in
October last year. He left for a
heavenly abode after suffering
a heart attack. Back in 2017, he
shared the screen with Push-
pa actress Rashmika Man-
danna in the action enter-
tainer, Anjani Putra. As
the project completed 5
years of its release today
on 21st December, the
diva took to her Twit-
ter handle and
penned a heartfelt
note, sharing her ex-
perience of working
with the Power Star.
Rashmikaremembers
PuneethRajkumar
Shruti Haasan
...her post
Katrina Kaif
Pooja Hegde Anushka Sharma (L) and Kareena Kapoor Khan (R)
Rashmika
Mandanna
Tamannaah Bhatia
The b’day celebrations

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