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Security personnel at the site after an explosion at the Ludhiana district court complex on Thursday.
1 DEAD
5 INJURED
IN EXPLOSION AT
LUDHIANA COURT
WASHROOM
An advocate who was present on the spot said the blast
happened in the public washroom on the second floor
PM holds Covid review
meet amid rising concerns
over spread of Omicron
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
held a review meeting
on the COVID-19 situa-
tion in the country on
Thursday evening amid
rising concerns over
the spread of the Omi-
cron variant of the cor-
onavirus.
Official sources said
Modi took stock of the
pandemic situation
across the country in a
high-level meeting at-
tended by senior offi-
cials and experts.
India has recorded
236 cases of the Omi-
cron variant of the cor-
onavirus across 16
states and Union Terri-
tories (UTs) so far, out
of which 104 people
have recovered or mi-
grated, according to the
Union health ministry
data updated on Thurs-
day
.
In a communication
to the states and UTs on
Tuesday, the Centre
said the Omicron vari-
ant of the coronavirus
is at least thrice more
transmissible than its
Delta variant and asked
them to “activate” war
rooms, keep analysing
even small trends and
surges and keep taking
strict and prompt con-
tainment action at
the district and local
levels.
There have been de-
mands that the govern-
ment allow booster
doses of vaccines to be
administered to those
already fully inoculated
against COVID-19, as
has been done by many
countries.
Aditi Nagar
Ludhiana: One person
died and five others
were injured in an ex-
plosion at the Ludhiana
District Court Complex
on Thursday
.
An advocate who was
present on the spot said
the blast happened in-
side the public wash-
room on the second
floor, at a time when the
district court was func-
tioning.
Ludhiana police
chief Gurpreet Singh
Bhullar said the area
has been sealed and fo-
rensic teams will collect
samples from the blast
site. Replying to a ques-
tion on preliminary in-
vestigations, Bhullar
said the source of the
blast is unclear as of
now. “One body has
been recovered. The
person was either car-
rying the explosive or
was very near to it. We
are awaiting the arrival
of an NSG team from
Delhi. The five injured
are out of danger,” Bh-
ullar said.
MHA SEEKS REPORT
ON BLAST INCIDENT
ANTI-NATIONAL ELEMENTS ACTIVE
AHEAD OF STATE POLLS: CHANNI
New Delhi: Union Home Secretary
Ajay Bhalla on Thursday dialed senior
Punjab government officials over the
incident. The Ministry of Home Affairs
has sought a report from the Punjab
government about the blast. According
to sources from the home ministry,
officials from the NIA and the National
Security Guard have left for the spot
for an inspection.
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief
Minister Charanjit Singh Channi
on Thursday said that the act of
explosion at the Ludhiana District
Court Complex is the doing of
“anti-national elements”, ahead
of the state’s Assembly elections.
Channi also said that the
government is on alert and those
guilty won’t be spared.
MADHYA PRADESH
ORDERS NIGHT CURFEW
FROM 11 PM TO 5 AM
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh chief
minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan on Thursday
announced that night
curfew will be brought
back across the state
from 11 pm to 5 am
amid fears of a surge
in Covid cases as
Omicron cases rise
across the country.
MP, however, hasn’t
registered any cases of
the Omicron yet.
PM inaugurates, lays stone for
`870 crore projects in Varanasi
Varanasi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday inaugurated
a total of 22 develop-
mental projects worth
over Rs 870 crores in
Varanasi, his parlia-
mentary constituency
in Uttar Pradesh.
Also, he laid the
foundation stone for
the ‘Banas Dairy
Sankul’ at the UP State
Industrial Develop-
ment Authority food
park. This aims to de-
velop the dairy farmers
and the economy of the
state.
The Prime Minister
also transferred Rs 35
crore bonuses to the
bank accounts of more
than 1.7 lakh milk pro-
ducers associated with
Banas Dairy and then
laid the foundation
stone for a biogas-
based electricity gen-
eration plant for the
Milk Producers Coop-
erative Union Plant in
Ramnagar. Apart from
that, PM Modi also dis-
tributed the rural resi-
dential rights record
named ‘Gharauni’ to
more than 20 lakh peo-
ple in the state.
AmitShahonUPpoll
campaignfromtoday
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah is embarking on a
statewide tour of Uttar
Pradesh from Friday to
give momentum to the
party’s election cam-
paign.
Shah is expected to
address public meet-
ings at nearly 21 differ-
ent locations and each
public meeting will be
attended by party work-
ers and supporters
from the surrounding
seven Assembly con-
stituencies.
In this way, he will be
covering around 140 As-
sembly seats in his tour.
The BJP plans to put
Shah on the forefront of
organisational strategy
even as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi goes on
a spree to lay founda-
tion stones or launch
developmental projects
in the state.
Sources said the par-
ty plans to bring sup-
porters from Dalit and
OBC dominated constit-
uencies at the Shah’s
public meetings.
Haridwar meet seeks weapons
for Hindus,‘war on Muslims’
Haridwar: A three-
day ‘Dharam Sansad’
held in Haridwar by
controversial reli-
gious leader Yati
Narsinghanand called
for a “war against
Muslims” and urged
“Hindus to take up
weapons” to ensure a
Muslim “didn’t be-
come the Prime Min-
ister in 2029”, with
one of the speakers
warning he would
have “emptied all six
bullets” in a revolver
into ex-PM Manmo-
han Singh. Former
Delhi BJP spokesper-
son Ashwini Upad-
hyay was among those
present at the meet-
ing, held from Decem-
ber 17 to 19, and pre-
sented Narsing-
hanand a copy of the
Constitution.
The office of Uttara-
khand DGP Ashok Ku-
mar said he had di-
rected Haridwar DIG/
SSP Yogendra Singh
Rawat to take cogni-
sance of the videos
regarding the event
and take action “in
case a complaint is
filed”.
The speeches be-
came public Wednes-
day after videos of the
closed-door event
leaked.
Known for his con-
troversial remarks
targeting Muslims
and accused of incit-
ing communal ten-
sion, Narsinghanand,
the head priest of a
temple in Ghaziabad,
is facing several FIRs
in UP. He had also
been charged with
making objectionable
comments regarding
BJP women leaders.
TALKING ABOUT COW CRIME FOR SOME,
BUT WE REVERE COW AS MOTHER: PM
Varanasi: Launching a veiled attack
on the Opposition, PM Modi on
Thursday said some people have
made talking about cows a crime
but for us cows are revered as
mothers. “Talking about cow and
‘govardhan’ has been made
a crime by some people.
Cow can be a crime for
some people but for
us cow is revered as
mother,” said the
Prime Minister.
Speaking to a
news channel,
Prabodhanand was
nonchalant. “I am
not ashamed of
what I have said.
I am not afraid of
police. I stand by my
statement,” he said.
‘STAND BY MY
STATEMENT’
Home Minister Amit Shah
PM Modi holding Covid review meeting on Thursday.
Allahabad High Court
has appealed to PM
Narendra Modi and the
Election Commission
to consider the
postponement of
elections in UP in view
of the third wave and
rising Omicron cases.
Justice Shekhar Yadav
while passing an order
on a bail application
observed that people
must exercise caution.
He also appealed to the
Union government and
election commission to
delay elections saying
large congregations
and rallies can result in
further spread of
the virus.
ALLAHABAD HC
APPEALS TO PM,
EC TO POSTPONE
UP ELECTIONS
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KANGANA APPEARS BEFORE POLICE
Actor Kangana Ranaut appeared before the Mumbai Police
and recorded her statement in connection with an FIR
registered against her for a social media post that allegedly
linked farmers’ protests to a separatist group.
SENSEX CLOSES 500 POINTS HIGHER
Sensex closed at 56,319.01, up 497.00 points or 0.89 per
cent. It recorded an intraday high of 56,900.74 and a low
of 56,047.22. The Nifty 50 closed at 16,770.85, up 156.65
points or 0.94 per cent.
K’TAKA PASSES CONVERSION BILL
The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed the conten-
tious anti-conversion bill, titled ‘Protection of Right to
Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021’, amid huge uproar from the
opposition parties.
Gehlot approves establishment of Rajiv Gandhi
Centre of Advanced Technology in Jaipur
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A day after
former Uttarakhand
CM Harish Raw-
at took to Twitter
to vent his frus-
tration with his
party, its leader-
ship is said to
have reached out
to him to address his
grievances. After Raw-
at’s ‘outburst’, Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra called
him on Thursday and
asked the reason for his
displeasure. Sources
say Rawat’s atti-
tude softened af-
ter this talk. In
such a situation,
now Rawat’s
meeting with Ra-
hul Gandhi may
happen on Friday and
the former CM’s dis-
pleasure might wane.
Priyanka reaches out to
Rawat after his tweets
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal to
provide free equipped
trainingspaceandmain-
tenancefacilitytoworld-
classITcompaniesinthe
Rajiv Gandhi Centre of
Advanced Technology
.
The centre is to be set up
in the information cen-
tre of Jaipur to train the
youth in the latest tech-
niques of information
technology
.
It is noteworthy that
Gehlot, in the 2021-22
Budget, had announced
to set up Rajiv Gandhi
Centre of Advanced
Technology in Jaipur
with an amount of
Rs200 crore as to make
the general public
aware of the innova-
tions happening in this
field Turn to P8
CONG GETS ZILA PRAMUKH IN
3 OUT OF 4 DISTRICTS IN RAJ
Jaipur: Congress
candidates became Zila
Pramukh in three out
of four Zila Parishad
in Rajasthan. A BJP
candidate was elected
Pramukh in the remain-
ing council. Congress
formed boards in
Baran, Karauli and Gan-
ganagar Zila Parishad
where Urmila Jain,
Shimla Bairwa and
Kuldeep Indora became
Zila Pramukh, while
BJP’s Mukesh Kumar
became Zila Pramukh
in Kota. Results of
Pradhan in 28 out of
30 panchayat samitis
were also declared.
Congress candidates
became Pradhan in
18 Panchayat samitis,
Bharatiya Janata Party
candidates in nine, and
an independent candi-
date at one samiti. P2
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In the Panchayati Raj elections held in 4 districts,
3 out of 4 Zilla Parishads have been made district
chiefs and 19 out of 30 panchayat samitis have
been headed by Congress. This is a symbol of the trust of the
people in the Congress government. Congratulations and best
wishes to all the newly elected district heads and heads and
thanks to the public.
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CBI ASKED TO PROBE DESHMUKH’S ROLE
A Delhi court has directed the CBI to probe the role of
former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in
the alleged leak of the agency’s preliminary enquiry (PE)
purportedly giving clean chit to him.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2021
02
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: There are elec-
tions in some important
states at the end of 2022.
There is a challenge
again in front of the vet-
eran leaders of Ra-
jasthan. Both the BJP
and the Congress have
reposedfaithinthelead-
ers of Rajasthan to con-
quertheelectoralstates.
GUJARAT
The home state of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and Home
Minister Amit Shah,
Gujarat is also politi-
cally called the labora-
tory of RSS. Here the
contest is between Bhu-
pender Yadav and Dr
Raghu Sharma. Both of
them belong to Ajmer
district of Rajasthan
and started their politi-
cal career with student
politics. Raghu Sharma
is former President of
RU Student Union,
while Bhupender Ya-
dav was the Vice Presi-
dent of GCA Ajmer Stu-
dents Union.
Yadav
,alawyerbypro-
fession,isthediplomatic
face of the BJP
. Raghu
Sharmahasgotfullcom-
mand of a state for the
first time. The Congress
highcommandhasgiven
a big and challenging re-
sponsibility to Raghu
Sharma.
PUNJAB
Here the face off is be-
tween Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat v/s Harish
Chaudhary
. Both belong
to Marwar in Rajasthan
and have been the stu-
dentunionpresidentsof
Jodhpur University
. The
two have been face to
facesincethetimeof the
university
.Shekhawat,a
confidante of Amit
Shah, has the command
astheelectionin-charge
of Punjab. Shekhawat’s
way of working is dif-
ferent. He has to cross
BJPbymeetingCaptain
Amarinder since BJP
does not have strong
ground in Punjab.
Harish has been a
strategist for change in
Punjab Congress. He
was also behind the
script for the farewell
of Captain and making
Channi the CM. His
contribution was also
in bringing the Con-
gress government in
Punjab last time.
UTTAR PRADESH
Sunil Bansal and Arjun
Meghwal are responsi-
ble in UP fro BJP and
they have competition
with Dheeraj Gurjar
and Zubair Khan of
Congress. Although the
ground base of Con-
gressinUPisveryweak.
Dheeraj Gurjar &
Zubair Khan are secre-
taries of AICC.
BJP has made Union
Minister Arjun Ram
Meghwal as election in-
charge of BJP in UP.
Meghwal specialises in
making electoral strat-
egy, skilled in migra-
tion & campaigning.
RSS campaigner Sunil
Bansal, one of Amit
Shah’s confidants, is
recognised as a skilled
organiser and strate-
gist who strengthened
the BJP in UP in the
last few years.
Litmus test! Leaders from state face each other in other states
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PANCHAYAT ELECTION RESULTS
CONGWINSZILAPRAMUKHPOLLSIN3DISTS
Congress candidates became Pradhans in 18 Panchayat Samitis, BJP candidates in 9, & an Independent candidate in one Samiti
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress on
Thursday, won Zila Pra-
mukh elections in three
out of four districts
where the elections
were held.
Congress formed
boards in Baran, Ka-
rauli & Sri Ganganagar
Zila Parishad where the
party candidates Urmi-
la Jain, Shimla Bairwa
and Kuldeep Indora be-
came Zila Pramukhs
whereas, BJP’s Mukesh
Kumar became Zila
Pramukh in Kota.
Mines Minister Pramod
Jain Bhaya, managed to
make his wife Urmila
Jain Zila Pramukh in
Baran despite falling
short of one vote.
PCC Chief GS Dotasra
said that Congress will
serve the public with
more zeal adding that
party’s continuous suc-
cess in polls has made it
clear that it will again
form its government
with a majority in
2023-Assembly Polls.
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: The results of
the by-elections in
Ward 57 and 97 of JMC
Heritage were declared
on Thursday. In the by-
election held after the
death of BJP council-
lor in Ward 57, Con-
gress made every effort
to win BJP’s seat, but
in vain.
In ward 57, Himan-
shu Dhalait won by 340
votes. Congress candi-
date Sunita Devi from
Ward 97 defeated BJP’s
Prem Devi by 11 votes.
Talks about Rafeek
Khan being stronger
than Amin Kagzi are
doing the rounds.
Bhayachangesgame,helpswifewin BJP workers vandalise Dushyant
Singh’s office after Cong wins
DHEERAJ GURJAR’S DEFEAT
SHOCKS HIS SUPPORTERS
RAMESH MEENA’S EFFORTS HELP
CONG’S SHIMLA WIN IN KARAULI
BJP GETS ZILA
PRAMUKH IN
KOTA; JOLT TO
CONGRESS
CONG’S KULDEEP
INDORA BECOMES
SRIGANGANAGAR’S
ZILA PRAMUKH
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: BJP on Thurs-
day formed board in
23-member Kota Zila
Pari-
shad,
where
the
party
can-
didate
Muke-
sh Meghwal was
elected as Zila
Pramukh by securing
13 votes. Congress
candidate Geeta
Meghwal got 10
votes. After winning,
Mukesh Meghwal
said that develop-
ment and addressing
problems in rural
areas will be his pri-
ority. except Ladpura,
BJP candidates were
elected Pradhan in
four Panchayat Sami-
tis of Kota.
Sunil Sihag
Sri Gangangar: In the
Panchayati Raj elec-
tions, Kuldeep Indora
of Congress registered a
decisive
victory on
the post
of district
head of Sri
Ganga-
nagar.
Congress managed to
make its president in 8
out of 9 panchayat sami-
tis of the district, while
independent Veerpal
Kaur was elected head of
Srivijayanagar panchayat
samiti. The BJP, on the
other hand, could not
even open its account.
Various Congress MLAs
and other officials from
the grand old party said
that the victory was the
result of the welfare poli-
cies of the Ashok Gehlot
government.
Harpal Yadav
Baran: Despite lacking
a majority, Mines Min-
ister Pramod Jain
Bhaya’s wife and Con-
gress candidate Urmila
Jain won election of
Zila Pramukh in Baran
giving a major jolt to
the BJP.
Jain was falling
short of one vote and
due to cross voting, she
won election and de-
clared as winner.
Of total 25 seats of
members of Zila Pari-
shad, BJP had won 13
seats and Congress 12,
making the polls inter-
esting. BJP members
voted wearing PPE kits
while Urmila Jain and
another member
Pradeep Kabra reached
together.
After counting of
votes, collector Rajen-
dra Vijay announced
the results as per which
Urmila Jain got 13 votes
and BJP’s Priyanka
Sharma got 12 votes.
Baran: BJP workers
peltedstonesandvandal-
ised office of Jhalawar-
Baran MP & son of ex
CM Vasundhara
Raje, Dushyant
Singh in Baran af-
ter the party can-
didate lost Zila
Pramukh polls
despite having
majority
. They shouted
slogans against Dushy-
ant andSinghviforcross
voting. However, the
turning of tables in
Baran has resonated
acrossRaj&nowtongues
are wagging that
cross voting was
done to humiliate
Dushyant. How-
ever, Dushyant
was not present in
Baran. On the oth-
er hand no statement
was released by state
leadership yet.
Bhilwara: Cong Secy
Dheeraj Gurjar’s reputa-
tion in Bhilwara has
been severely hit after
result of Zila Parishad
bypolls were announced
on Thursday, wherein,
Congress candidate was
defeated in Ward 14.
While, BJP’s Ladi Devi
registered a one-sided
victory & Congress’
Samta Devi Jat saw a
crushing defeat.
Samta is believed to be a
sup-
porter of
Dheeraj
Gurjar.
Now it
is being
asked
how will
Dheeraj win polls even
after getting a ticket
from Delhi?
Karauli: Political acu-
men of cabinet minister
Ramesh Meena was
visible in panchayat
polls. Shimla Devi of
Congress was elected
unopposed for the post
of district chief. Out of
the 8 Panchayat Sami-
tis, 6 Panchayat Samiti
Pradhans were from
Congress.Panchayat
Raj minister Ramesh
Meena was in-charge
of panchayat polls in
district.
Of the
27 seats
Zilla
Pari-
shad,
Con-
gress
won 15 seats. BJP
suffered a setback in
Karauli. —Manoj Jain
CongmoredangerousthanCoronavirus:Poonia
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: BJP State
President Dr Satish
Poonia visited Chittor-
garh on Thursday and
participated in the Jan
Aakrosh rally against
the Congress govern-
ment. He reached the
District Collectorate
and while addressing
the gathering, said that
people say that Con-
gress is a curse. “But I
say Congress is more
dangerousthanCorona-
virus.”
Taking a dig at Rahul
Gandhi and Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot,
Poonia said, “I would
like to thank the CM for
repeatedly calling Ra-
hul Gandhi. Wherever
Rahul Gandhi goes, BJP
wins.” Adding further,
he said, “ The reason for
public outcry in Ra-
jasthan is that 6.50 lakh
cases were registered
and ministers say that 47
% are false. By saying
this, they are insulting
everyone.”
Himanshu Dhalait among his supporters after winning election.
JMCHeritage
by-pollsin2wards:
BJPgetsmajority
PSKS:Meenainspectscamp Online classes would
continue, says Kalla
Manoj Sharma
Tonk: Principal Secre-
tary
, UDH Department,
Kunji Lal Meena in-
spected the Prashasan
Shehron ke Sang camp
in Tonk’s Niwai town
where people of
Jamaat and Shivaji
Colony demanded
from the secretary to
get the lease issued.
Meena gave necessary
instructions to the ex-
ecutive officer Mahi-
ma Dangi.
Meena, while ad-
dressing the people,
said that the state gov-
ernment is distribut-
ing residential leases
to the common man
by relaxing the rules
so that they get the
ownership of their
house. All the depart-
ments have been
asked to help the com-
mon man avail bene-
fits at the camps.
Meena distributed
land leases to 51 resi-
dents.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Education
Minister Dr BD Kalla
visited the Shrinathji
temple with his family
on Wednesday. While
talking to the media, Kal-
la mentioned the achieve-
ments of the government
and questioned why the
BJP doesn’t talk about its
achievements. He also
said that the government
has issued an advisory
that online classes will
continue and if anyone is
found infected at an insti-
tution, it will be closed
for 14 days.
District Education Of-
ficer Secondary Shush-
ma Bhanawat, CBO
Khamnor Kaushalendra
Goswami, ACBEO Rajen-
dra Kumar Heda, Assis-
tant Director Kanhaiya
Sharma, Additional Dis-
trict Education officer
Pankaj Salvi and other
officials received him.
Vishwkarma
Murder: Case
filed against
woman, hubby
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a twist in
the murder of Yogesh
on Dec 21, his father,
Krishnapal has filed a
case against a woman,
Varsha, & her husband
Karan. Krishnapal has
alleged that the ac-
cused Karan called Yo-
gesh on December 20
asking him to bring Rs
two lakh, promising
him a government job.
Yogesh visited Jaipur
from Delhi, with mon-
ey. Krishnapal has
lodged an FIR accusing
Karan and his wife Var-
sha of murdering Yo-
gesh and robbing him
of the money, also sus-
pecting involvement of
more people in the
crime. Cops couldn’t
find any CCTV in vi-
cinity of the crime
scene. At present, they
are investigating the
case from the angle of
a possible love affair
culminating into rob-
bery and murder.
MESSAGE FOR CONG
Kunji Lal Meena distributes
land lease at camp in Niwai.
Gajendra S Shekhawat v/s
Harish Chowdhary in Punjab
Bhupender Yadav v/s
Raghu Sharma in Gujarat
Bansal - Meghwal v/s
Dheeraj - Zubair in UP
Govind Singh Dotasra
@GovindDotasra
Many congratulations
& best wishes to all on
being elected as President
of Congress in 19 out of
30 Panchayat Samitis in
the polls of 4 districts.
Thanks to people of the
state, Panchayat Samiti
members & Congress
workers for this victory.
I would like to
thank the CM for re-
peatedly calling Ra-
hul Gandhi. Wher-
ever Rahul Gandhi
goes, BJP wins.”
—Dr Satish Poonia,
BJP State President
Dr Satish Poonia participates in BJP’s Jan Aakrosh Yatra against Congress at Chittorgarh on Thursday.

RAJASTHAN
03
Ghana returned man tests
+ve for Omicron in Ajmer
Patient arrived in Ajmer on Dec 18; family members are not vaccinated yet!
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: The Omicron
variant in Rajasthan is
continuously spread-
ing, the health depart-
ment is on alert mode
after a 28-year-old man
who came to Ajmer
from Ghana, West Afri-
ca tested positive for
Omicron. The patient
had came to Ajmer on
December 18.
During tracing by the
health department, the
patient and his family
members tried to mis-
lead them by giving
them false address of
their house. But on
Wednesday night, the
department’s team
reached their house in
Chandravardai area
and immediately admit-
ted him to the special
ward of JLN Hospital.
The family members
have been isolated.
According to CMHO
Dr KK Soni, some of the
patient’s family mem-
bers have not even got
vaccinated. The health
department is looking
for people who came in
his contact.
A graffiti on road to create awareness in Jaipur. —FILE PHOTO
NOWHERE TO HIDE
Mayor Sheel Dhabhai hints
at kicking out BVG in NY
Ziyauddin Khan
Jaipur: Mayor Sheel
Dhabhai has said that
Greater JMC will soon
get rid of BVG compa-
ny. She said, “The sce-
nario will be clear after
the court hearing on
January 3. JMC will
seek removal of the
stay. We will get rid of
this company very
soon.” She added, “No-
body wants the services
of such a worthless
company
. You will see a
new arrangement of
sanitation system in
city in coming days.”
Earlier Dhabhai vis-
ited various places in
the city and directed the
officials to take action
against encroachment.
She began his inspec-
tion from Mansarovar
metro station and found
heaps of garbage every-
where. Expressing dis-
pleasure she cleaned
the spot herself and
reprimanded both JMC
& BVG staff.
Mayor then reached
Swarn Path where she
got encroachments out-
side shops removed at
half a dozen places.
Dhabhai ordered action
on 2 dhabas located at
Swarn Path. Challans
were issued to half a
dozen shopkeepers.
Sheel Dhabai on inspection
Minister Ola
holds review
meeting with
officials
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A review meet-
ing of departmental
works was held at the
Transport headquar-
ters under the chair-
manship of Minister of
State for Transport and
Road Safety Brijendra
Singh Ola on Thursday
.
The Regional and
District Transport Of-
ficers of the state par-
ticipated through vid-
eo-conferencing. Appre-
ciating the officers, the
minister said that the
way transport facilities
have been made easy, a
collective effort should
be made to increase rev-
enue, too.
Pink City sees
tourism boom
amid Covid fear
Jaipur: With the New
Year ringing in, tourists
are thronging to the
Pink City. More than
6,000 tourists were seen
at the Amber Fort and
the numbers will in-
crease in coming days.
Up to 60 per cent rooms
are already booked in
Jaipur hotels.
As the day begins,
long queues of vehicles
seen from Jal Mahal to
Kanak Valley and Am-
ber. The fear of a third
wave of Covid has not
been a deterrent for the
tourists. Amber Fort is
a popular tourist place.
New guidelines to help
head injury victims
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Those injured
in road accidents in the
State will get ‘life-giv-
ing’ treatment during
the golden hour — the
first hour after the in-
jury. According to the
new guidelines of the
Neurotrauma Society
of India, doctors at the
district level will be
trained to deal with se-
vere head injuries in an
effective manner.
Brain injury is the
6th major cause of un-
timely death in the
country. Despite this,
even today, patients are
not able to get immedi-
ate treatment for brain
injury. In view of this,
new guidelines have
been prepared by the
Neurotrauma Society
of India for the treat-
ment of brain injury.
The guidelines have
been prepared by four
senior experts, includ-
ing Dr VD Sinha of
SMS Hospital.
The guidelines in-
clude awareness, pre-
hospital care, hospital
treatment and rehabili-
tation in case of a brain
injury
.
Works worth `617L
done in Piparcity
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The Piparci-
ty is illuminated by the
development works
of Rs 617 lakhs com-
pleted within one year
of formation of Pipar
Municipality Board.
Executive officer
Suresh Chand Sharma
said that in all the
wards of the city, about
81 works have been
completed by the mu-
nicipality
. On which Rs
617 lakh has been spent
and six development
works are proposed, the
estimated cost of which
is Rs 34.66 lakh. Ashok
Udyan in Indra Colony,
Gandhi Bal Vatika at
old bus stand construct-
ed, besides beautifica-
tion works by installing
tubular poles from rail-
way crossing Jodhpur
road to Sathin intersec-
tion bypass completed.
Residents of Piparcity
DG ACB Soni honours
officers for good work
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: Director Gen-
eral (DG) of Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB)
BL Soni honoured the
police officers with DG
disc and citation for do-
ing an excellent work
against corruption in
2019, 2020, 2021 at the
ACB headquarters in
Jaipur on Thursday
.
The award ceremony
was organised during a
state-level review meet-
ing at the headquarters
in which Soni honoured
ASP Pushpendra Singh
Rathod, ASP Narottam
Lal Verma, ASP Van-
dana Bhati, ASP Rajen-
dra Singh Nain, DSP
Rajesh Jangid. ADG
Dinesh MN, DIG Vish-
nu Kant, Sawai Singh
Godara and other offic-
ers were also present on
the occasion.
DG BL Soni gives award to ASP Narottam Verma at a ceremony
where Sawai Singh Godara & Vishnu Kant are also present.
Award ceremony
was organised
during a state-level
review meeting at
the headquarters

PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The tongue like a sharp
knife… Kills without
drawing blood.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Another milestone towards a safer
tomorrow, as over 60% of the eligible
population is now fully vaccinated.
India under the leadership of PM
@narendramodi Ji, marching ahead to
achieve the target of 100% vaccination.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
National Dope Testing Laboratory
(NDTL) regains the World Anti-
Doping Agency (WADA) accreditation.
Restoration of accreditation is a
boost to India’s efforts to achieve the
highest global standards of excellence
in sport. This is the result of untiring
efforts by GOI.
TOP TWEETS
SUSPENSION
OF MPs GIVES
NUMERICAL
ADVANTAGE TO
GOVT IN HOUSE
ongress leaders in
Parliament have ac-
cused the BJP gov-
ernment at the Cen-
tre of using suspen-
sion of opposition MPs to con-
trive majority in Rajya Sabha.
“The united opposition had 120
MPs in Rajya Sabha while the
government had 118, and it
would have lost in case of divi-
sion over any bill. So they selec-
tively suspended MPs against all
rules, like punishment for one
session cannot be handed out in
the next session,” said Mallikar-
jun Kharge of the Congress.
Jairam Ramesh feared what
would happen if the opposition
MPs were suspended in the
forthcoming Budget session.
Repeal of the controversial
farmlawswithoutanydiscussion
marked the start of the winter
session. The session ended with
the bill linking Aadhaar and vot-
er ID card being passed, again
without any discussion. The gov-
ernment on its part blamed the
rowdyconductof oppositionMPs
for their suspensions which do
giveanumericaladvantagetothe
rulingparty
.Especiallyif itwants
to avoid division of votes.
C
K Delimitation
exercise has run
into controversy
over perceived
pro-Jammu bias-
es creeping in its final report.
The PDP has called the exer-
cise pre-planned and former
Chief Minister Omar Abdul-
lah of the National Confer-
ence asked why instead of
waiting for the 2021 census
the JK Delimitation Com-
mission was relying on the
2011 census when Jammu’s
population was recorded as
53,78,538 and that of Kashmir
as 68,88,475. Population is one
of the delimitation will also
take into account physical
features of the terrain and
communication facilities.
Jammu is predominantly
Hindu and the Valley is Mus-
lim majority
. More assembly
seats in Jammu therefore
suits the BJP and weakens
both the PDP and NC. Both
the JK parties stayed away
from the Delimitation Com-
mission’s deliberations.
In the case of Andhra
Pradesh’s bifurcation the de-
limitation exercise has been
put off till after 2026 to coin-
cide with the national delimi-
tation exercise. The 2011 cen-
sus does not reflect the declin-
ing population numbers in
severalstateswhichputsthem
at a disadvantage vis-à-vis
states with high populations.
After delimitation Jammu
stands to gain six seats and
raise its share in the 90-mem-
ber Assembly to 43, while
Kashmir will get only one
extra seat to increase its
share to 47. Jammu region
has 37 seats at present and
the increase will give it near
parity with the Valley. It is
also expected to increase the
Union Territory’s represen-
tation in the Lower House.
The general view is that
delimitation in JK should
not be rushed through. The
CEC Sushil Chandra has
promised transparency in
the exercise, Kashmiri lead-
ers have their own fears.
APPREHENSION OVER
JK DELIMITATION
After delimitation
Jammu stands to gain
six seats and raise its
share in the 90-member
Assembly to 43, while
Kashmir will get only
1 extra seat to increase
its share to 47
J
Delectation of European
Weihnachtsmarkt or Christmas Market
pen-air street markets in Eu-
rope that sell local food, wine,
handmade goods, and much
more, have a rich history, long
before someone came up with
the idea of a Christmas mar-
ket. The germination of
square markets is difficult to
pin down, but in the late Mid-
dle Ages special winter mar-
kets, often opened only for a
day or two in early winter, of-
fering townspeople a chance
to stock up on food and sup-
plies to tide them over in the
freezing months. They were
popularly known as the win-
ter markets. The products of-
ten came from the household
industries mostly centring
around the local talent.
With the wheel of time, peo-
ple started setting up stands at
winter markets to sell baskets,
toys, and woodcarvings. There
were also booths for almonds,
nuts,roastedchestnuts,ginger-
bread, and other baked goods.
These items were often pur-
chased as gifts to be given out
forChristmasoronNewYear’s
Day
. These winter markets
were the precursor of contem-
porary Christmas markets.
Exchanging gifts on Christ-
mas day also happened to be a
levitation for these markets.
For example, in Europe 6th
December is celebrated as
Nicholas day and 11th Novem-
ber as St. Martin day
. Kids are
generally gifted small goods
on these days. Some people
gift local food items to kids
which are bought from these
open-air markets. Another
such popular figure in Ger-
many is Christ- kind, a roman-
tic, fairy-like being, dressed in
white and gold, with a golden
crown. It resembles Santa
Claus. It also distributes gifts
to children during and around
this time at winter markets.
These markets are generally
located at the downtown
square, giving easy accessibil-
ity to the people. Buying and
selling local is the focal point
of these markets. This tradi-
tion of giving gifts on Christ-
mas proved to be a gratuity to
these winter markets and
eventually, they were called
Christmas markets.
Nowadays during the four
weeks of the Advent season,
leading up to Christmas, al-
most any town in Europe for
example German-speaking
world has at least one Christ-
mas market. Some larger cit-
ies usually have many. They
are locally popular with vari-
ous names such as:
Weihnachtsmarkt, Advent(s)
markt, Christkindlmarkt,
Nikolausmarkt, and Krippen-
markt. Christmas markets are
popularly known as
Weihnachtsmarkt in Germa-
ny. People from wide and far
come to see and buy from
these markets. The signature
hallmark of this market is
also the spirit that it builds
around. The light traditional
music with the alluring aro-
ma of hot chocolate mixed
with the homemade cookies
popularly known as Plätzchen
can enchant anyone to sink in
the spirit of Christmas. The
added magic of the local drink
popularly known as Glühwein
holds the centre of attraction.
This is generally served hot.
Quite a few of the stalls are
essentially outdoor bars.
Glühwein is the traditional
drink at German Christmas
markets. It is a gentle mix of
sweet, spiced wine, mostly
red. Environment-friendly
selling is taken care of here as
you can finish your drink and
then give back the glass or
mug. You’ll be charged extra
for the mug which you can get
back if you return the mug. It
is called Pfand in the local lan-
guage. Children especially are
very fond of these markets as
there are musical rides dedi-
cated to them. A hot grabber
among children is Kinder-
punsch, a kind of fruit juice
served hot. What really makes
these almost look alike Christ-
mas markets differ from each
other is the local trading of
goods which gives it personal
flavour. Food and beverages
that are sold, are each town’s
local make and production
which display distinctive re-
gional characteristics. The
Christmas market stalls twin-
kle with colourful lights, espe-
cially when it gets dark which
is generally mid-afternoon
around this time of year. In
most cities, the market is in
the centre of town, often
ringed by the charm of an-
cient churches and city gates.
With the current situation
created by the pandemic, the
Christmas market in Europe
has changed a little. The visi-
tors must take care of the lo-
cal rules to safeguard them-
selves and others from infec-
tions. Although the picture
does not look so positive yet
the spirit is very high. Wher-
ever it is not possible to hold
the Christmas market in per-
son, it is conducted through
online portals. Preserving the
culture is not only promoted
through such Christmas mar-
kets in Europe but also this
legacy is passed on to the next
generation with a sense of
pride. The richness of reli-
gion, wrapped in the promo-
tion of local talent, support-
ing the local economy is cer-
tainly something the others
can look up to.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
O
DR JYOTI JOSHI
The writer is a soft skill, yoga trainer,
business coach and English language
instructor in Germany, Europe
The signature hallmark
of this market is also the
spirit that it builds
around. The light
traditional music with
the alluring aroma of hot
chocolate mixed with the
homemade cookies
popularly known as
Plätzchen can enchant
anyone to sink in the
spirit of Christmas
Kids are generally
gifted small goods on
these days. Some
people gift local food
items to kids which are
bought from these
open-air markets

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Chennai: The Tamil
Nadu government has
granted parole for Na-
lini Sriharan, one of
the seven life term con-
victs in Rajiv Gandhi
assassination, Madras
HC informed.
State Public Prose-
cutor Hassan Moham-
med told this to a divi-
sion bench of Justices
P N Prakash R He-
malatha, when a ha-
beas corpus petition
from S Padma, mother
of Nalini, came up for
further hearing on
Thursday
.
Recording this, the
bench closed the peti-
tion. In her petition,
Padma had stated she
was suffering from
various illnesses and
wanted her daughter
to be by her bedside. In
this connection she
had sent several repre-
sentations to State gov-
ernment to grant pa-
role for one month, but
to no avail. 7 people
Murugan, Santhan,
Perarivalan, Jayaku-
mar, Robert Payas,
Ravichandran and Na-
lini are serving life
term. —PTI
INDIA
05
PRIYANKA BATS FOR SC LED PROBE INTO
AYODHYA LAND DEALS
New Delhi: Alleging
loot of land related to
the Ram Mandi Trust
in Ayodhya by mem-
bers of BJP and RSS,
Congress general sec-
retary Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra on Thurs-
day said the Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath-led government
is indulging in corrup-
tion in the name of
Lord Ram.
Addressing a media
briefing at the AICC
headquarters on
Thursday along with
Congress leader Ran-
deep Singh Surjewala,
Gandhi said, “Almost
every household in the
country has donated
something to Ram
Mandir Trust. A door-
to-door campaign was
held too. It is a matter
of devotion and that is
being toyed with. The
pieces of land of Dal-
its, which could not
have been purchased,
were grabbed.”
She said land of Dal-
its not allowed to be
sold were brought by
some officers wrongly.
The Congress leader
demanded a Supreme
Court-led probe into
the alleged land scam.
“Some pieces of
land were of a lower
value and were sold to
the Trust at a very
high price. It means
that there is a scam re-
garding the money
which was collected
through the donation.
I got to know that the
investigation into the
matter is being carried
out by districts level
officer. The Ram Man-
dir trust was formed
following the Supreme
Court’s order. So the
investigation into the
matter should be done
under the supervision
of the Supreme
Court,” Gandhi said.
She further alleged
that the big leaders, of-
fice bearers of BJP,
RSS and trustees were
involved in buying and
selling lands to earn
profits. —ANI
Priyanka addresses a conference at AICC Headquarters.
WHY IS
MAYAWATI
QUIET, ASKS
PRIYANKA
New Delhi: “I
don’t know why
Mayawatiji is
quiet,” Congress
General Secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
said while ad-
dressing a press
conference in New
Delhi on Thurs-
day. She also said
Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh
Yadav “woke up a
few months before
elections” as she
attacked the Yogi
government for
misuse of funds of
the Ram Mandir
Trust formed to
construct a grand
temple in Ayodhya.
New Delhi: Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA)
on Wednesday effected
a major reshuffle of AG-
MUT cadre IAS and IPS
officers. Altogether 27
officers were trans-
ferred to various union
territories including 17
IAS officers and 10 IPS
officers. The list goes as
follows:- Santosh D
Vaidya (IAS:1998) was
transferred from Delhi
to Andaman Nicobar
Island (ANI).
Similarly, Kunal
(2005) was transferred
from Goa to Delhi; Ni-
harika Rai (2005) from
Arunachal Pradesh to
Delhi; Ramesh Verma
(2009) from Delhi to
Goa; R N Sharma (2010)
from ANI to Delhi; Ku-
lanand Joshi (2010)
from ANI to Delhi;
Danish Ashraf (2011)
from DNH DD to Del-
hi; Pooja Jain (2011)
from DNH DD to Del-
hi; Indu Shekhar
Mishra (2011) from
ANI to Delhi; Pooja
Joshi (2011) from ANI
to Delhi; Naveen S L
(2012) from Mizoram to
Delhi; Kinny Singh
(2014) from Arunachal
Pradesh to Delhi; An-
kita Anand (2015) from
Goa to DNH DD; Me-
kala Chaitanya Prasad
(2015) from Goa to DNH
DD; Purva Garg from
Puducherry to Chandi-
garh; Bhanu Prabha
from AP to DNH DD
Kumar Abhishek
transferred from Mizo-
ram to Delhi.
17 IAS 10 IPS
transferred to
various UTs
10 IPS TRANSFER
NHAI: RBI
cadre officer
Rajendra
Kumar is the
new member
New Delhi: Finally,
the National High-
ways Authority of
India (NHAI) got its
Member (Finance)
after a long gap of
over two years.
The Appointment
Committee of Cabi-
net on Wednesday
endorsed the pro-
posal of the Search-
cum-selection-com-
mittee appointed
senior RBI cadre
officer NRVVMK
Rajendra Kumar as
new Member (Fi-
nance) for a period
of three years.
The post lying
vacant since Oct
2019. Presently, Ra-
jendra Kumar is
working as Chief
General Manager,
Reserve Bank of In-
dia (RBI) who was
among the five
shortlisted candi-
dates from a list of
nine applicants.
New member Rajen-
dra Kumar replaces
Asheesh Sharma
(IAS:1996:MH) who
is now Joint Secre-
tary, DOPT.
IAF EXTENDS RELEASE DATE OF OFFICER TILL MATERNITY ENDS
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force was releasing a woman officer currently on mater-
nity leave after giving birth to a premature baby but changed its decision after the
intervention of a military court. As per the counsel in the case, Colonel I S Singh
Retd, the case is related to Squadron Leader Anju Gehlot, a short service commis-
sioned woman officer. She was aggrieved by the order as she was being forcibly
discharged from service prematurely on medical grounds on 23 Dec even as she
is already on duly sanctioned maternity leave until March 11 2022, he said.
DELHI HC TO HEAR JUHI'S PLEA ON JAN 25
AGAINST SETTING UP OF 5G NETWORK
New Delhi: The Delhi HC would hear on Jan 25,
the plea of Bollywood actress and environmental-
ist Juhi Chawla challenging its earlier order which
dismissed her lawsuit against the setting up of 5G
wireless networks in the country. Observing that
there is no urgency in the matter, a Division Bench
posted the matter for January 25, 2022.
DELHI COURT RESTRAINS SELLING BOOK
BASED ON FORMER YES BANK CEO
New Delhi: A court here has restrained publisher Pen-
guin Random House India amongst others from selling
and distributing a book based on former CEO of Yes Bank
titled The Banker Who Crushed His Diamonds: The YES
Bank Story until the next date of hearing. The court also
restrained Almighty Tech Films from releasing any movie
having reference to Rana Kapoor without prior consent.
AMAZON SEEKS
RELIEF FROM ED
SUMMONS
New Delhi: Amazon has
filed a writ petition against
ED in HC here seeking
clarification on unneces-
sary summons issued
to its employees and
questioning the scope of
its investigation in alleged
FEMA violation in the
Future Group deal. In a
plea filed before the Delhi
HC, Amazon accused ED
of conducting a fish and
roving enquiry against
it. It said that the agency
is causing unnecessary
harassment. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
8 ACTIVISTS, DENIED BAIL IN ELGAR CASE
Mumbai: Eight activists accused in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, who were denied
default bail by the Bombay HC earlier this month, told the HC on Thursday that they will
file review petitions against order which was based on a “factual error”. The accused
activists and academicians - Sudhir Dawale, Varavara Rao, Rona Wilson, advocate
Surendra Gadling, Professor Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun
Ferreira, had earlier this week filed an application for ‘speaking to minutes’, which is
used for getting minor corrections.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Rajiv assasination: TN
grants parole to Nalini
Nalini Sriharan

New Delhi: A factually
incorrect narrative has
been presented based on
the observations of
some leaders and Mem-
bersof Parliamentof RS
in the matter of stale-
mate over the suspen-
sion of 12 members of
the House and adjourn-
ments of the Upper
House, said the RS Sec-
retariat on Thursday
.
The statement issued
by the Rajya Sabha Sec-
retariat comes a day af-
ter continuous disrup-
tions due to the Opposi-
tion’s ruckus over sev-
eral issues including
the suspension of 12
MPs, Lakhimpur inci-
dent, and others forced
both the Lok Sabha and
RS to be adjourned sine
die ahead of schedule
on Wednesday
. —ANI
New Delhi: Centre pro-
posed a fivefold strategy
for tackling the threat
of COVID-19 variant
‘Omicron’, in a review
meeting on Thursday
over public health pre-
paredness by States and
Union Territories for
fighting Covid-19 and
the Omicron variant.
According to Health
Ministry, states are ad-
vised to Impose night
curfews and ensure
strict regulation of
large gatherings, espe-
cially ahead of the
forthcoming festivities.
Promptly notify “Con-
tainment Zones”, “Buff-
er Zones” in the case in
new clusters of Covid
positive cases. Ensure
strict perimeter control
of Containment Zone as
per extant guidelines
and send all cluster
samples to INSACOG
Labs for Genome Se-
quencing without delay
.
“As many States have
decommissioned COV-
ID facilities, they are
required to keep an ac-
tion plan ready for mak-
ing these operational
along with adequate
availability of doctors
and ambulance on call,
in case there is a rise in
COVID cases,” said
Health Ministry
. —ANI
INDIA
06
Gurugram: A total of
117 Directly Appointed
Gazetted Officers (DA-
GOs) from 21 states on
Thursday formally in-
ducted into the CRPF
after their almost one-
year training here at
Kadarpur Academy
.
The 52nd batch of
DAGOs consists of 117
trainees including
three lady officers and
91 officers who have
engineering-related de-
grees. The 52-week ba-
sic training of the batch
commenced on Novem-
ber 2, 2020. MoS for
Home Affairs Nity-
anand Rai, chief guest
of the function, took the
salute of marvellous pa-
rade beaming with
pride and exuding cour-
age and confidence
with each step. —ANI
New Delhi: Tibetan
spiritual leader the Da-
lai Lama on Thursday
interacted with staff
and students of the IIM
Rohtak via VC and as-
serted that India is a
country with years of a
tradition that promotes
Ahimsa and Karuna.
He said I came to India
as a refugee due to con-
flict in Tibet. I was re-
ally captivated by reli-
gious harmony of this
nation. India is a living
e.g. of religious harmo-
ny across world. —ANI
Haryana ACS (Health and Home) Rajeev
Arora conferred SKOCH Public Service Award
India is country with
tradition: Dalai Lama
FAREWELL FUNCTION
HELD FOR JUSTICE
RS CHAUHAN
Balasore: India on Thursday successfully conducted
the second flight test of indigenously developed
surface-to-surface missile
‘Pralay’ off the Odisha
coast, the DRDO said.
For the first time, flight
tests of a ballistic missile,
developed by the DRDO,
have been conducted suc-
cessfully in two consecu-
tive days, it said. “In today’s launch, ‘Pralay’ missile
was tested for heavier payload,” it said.
Thiruvananthapuram: President
Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday
unveiled a statue of late PN Pan-
icker at Poojappura in Thiruvanan-
thapuram and said he wanted to
remove the evil of illiteracy. The
President said Panicker spread
an important message - “Vayichu
Valaruka” which means “Read
and Grow”. He said that Pan-
icker made libraries and literacy a
movement of the people.
Hyderabad: Rich tributes were paid to former Prime
Minister PV Narasimha Rao on his death anniversary
on Thursday. Telan-
gana Governor Tamilisai
Soundararajan, state min-
isters, family members
of Narasimha Rao and
leaders of various political
parties paid floral tributes
to the late leader at PV
Gnana Bhoomi on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake
here. Speaking on the occasion, the governor recalled
the services rendered by Narasimha Rao to the nation.
She said ex-PM was an erudite scholar.
CRUCIAL READ
FIRHAD HAKIM
NAMED NEXT
MAYOR OF KOLKATA
ED ATTACHES
PROPERTIES OF
‘LOTTERY KING’
Kolkata: WB Minister
Firhad Hakim is going to
be new Mayor of Kolkata.
Four days after sweeping
the Kolkata Municipal
Corporation (KMC) polls,
the Trinamool Congress
(TMC) declared Firhad as
the next KMC Mayor. The
decision was taken at a
meeting of the newly-
elected TMC councillors
in Kolkata Thursday,
which was chaired by
party supremo and West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee.
New Delhi: ED has
provisionally attached
immovable properties
worth `19.59 crore in the
case against self-styled
‘Lottery King’ Santiago
Martin and others, the
agency said on Thursday.
Martin Santiago, better
known as ‘Lottery King’
Martin, is a business
tycoon who built his
empire by printing and
selling lottery tickets.
Immovable assets in the
form of vacant lands in
TN were attached.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha-
born Justice Sanjaya
Kumar Mishra has been
appointed as the acting
CJ of Uttarakhand HC. A
farewell ceremony was
organised in honor of
Chauhan. He expressed
gratitude to Bar and
Bench of Uttarakhand
High Court. Other office
bearers including the
President were present in
the function. Acting Chief
Justice Sanjay Mishra will
take over his post from
December 31, 2021.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
The Odisha govt’s an-
nouncement of giving
preference to OBC can-
didates in the upcoming
Panchayat polls is all
but tokenism. The anti-
OBC face of the Odisha
govt. is evident from its
lack of iron will in imple-
menting the reservation
quota for OBCs in local
body elections.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS NEW-GEN PRALAY
MISSILE FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY
PRESIDENT KOVIND UNVEILS PN PANICKER’S
STATUE IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
TRIBUTES PAID TO FORMER PM NARASIMHA
RAO ON DEATH ANNIVERSARY IN T’GANA
WARNINGBELLS!
OMICRON CASES RISE
z Omicron cases in
India rise to 236, tally
reaches 7,495
z Maharashtra records
the maximum 65
cases
z New Delhi records the
maximum 64 cases
z Rajasthan reports 21
new Omicron cases
z Tamil Nadu reports 33
new cases of Omicron
variant
z Karnataka reports 19
new Omicron cases,
tally rises to 38
z Two fresh Omicron
cases in Odisha, tally
rises to Four
z Delhi prepared to han-
dle 1 lakh Covid-19
cases daily
z China locks down
Xi’an amid COVID-19
surge
z AstraZeneca vaccine
booster shot effective
against Omicron
z With Omicron, experts
warn against cloth
masks
z Omicron less likely to
put you in the hospi-
tal, studies say
z India crosses
140-crore Covid-19
vaccination doses
milestone
z Move over Omicron,
‘Delmicron’ is new
villain hurting West
1 2 3 4 5
Centre proposes five-
fold strategy to States,
UTs to tackle new
Omicron threat
Consider local curbs
ahead of festive
season, Centre tells
States and UTs
States were advised to
be vigilant and monitor
case positivity and
clusters of new cases
Attention needs to be
placed on conducting
tests as per extant
ICMR, MoHFW norms
Omicron creates
hurdle in lawyer
couple’s wedding, HC
allows online marriage
n CONTAINMENT
n TESTING AND
SURVEILLANCE
n CLINICAL
MANAGEMENT
n COVID SAFE
BEHAVIOUR
n VACCINATION
THE FIVE-FOLD
STRATEGY
Students of Gurukul School Of Art, dressed up in Santa Claus attire, make a painting with a message
‘Celebrate Christmas With Care’ in the wake of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, in Mumbai.
Chennai: Thirty-three cas-
es of the fast-spreading
Omicron strain have been
reported in Tamil Nadu,
taking the state’s tally to
34. All of them, except
two children, are fully
vaccinated, the govern-
ment said. “30 of these
are returnees from abroad
and 1 from Kerala and 3
from Tamil Nadu,” said
Health Minister Ma Subra-
manian. He added that
all of them are asympto-
matic and have reported
only “mild giddiness and
sore throat” so far. The
minister said the infected
included the contacts of
the state’s first case, an
air traveller who arrived
here from Nigeria via
Doha.
33 NEW OMICRON CASES IN TN,
ALL FULLY JABBED EXCEPT 2
PETITION IN DELHI HC CHALLENGING
PROHIBITING GATHERINGS ON X-MAS
New Delhi: A petition has been filed before Delhi HC
challenging completely prohibiting religious gather-
ings in the NCT of Delhi on the eve of Christmas. The
petition has been filed by Kamlesh Jacob, a senior
citizen and an educationist. The Petitioner said that she
is aggrieved by the impugned orders of the Delhi govt
completely prohibiting religious gatherings in NCT of
Delhi at the eve of Christmas all of a sudden without
any prior notice.
PIECE OF ADVICE
States going in for elec-
tions in the near future
to exponentially ramp up
the vaccination, espe-
cially in the low coverage
districts to protect the
vulnerable population and
pockets with low vaccina-
tion coverage and those
with low COVID exposure
may be more vulnerable
to the new Omicron vari-
ant of Covid-19.
HIGHLIGHTS
With regards to Clinical manage-
ment, States were informed that
the existing National Clinical
Management Protocol remains un-
changed for Omicron. They
were advised to increase bed
capacity, ensure logistics like
ambulances and enforce mech-
anism for seamless shifting of
patients. —Rajesh Bhushan,
Union Health Secretary
Suspension of MPs; Few leaders
presented wrong narrative: RS
117 directly appointed gazetted officers
from 21 states join CRPF,91 hold engg deg
Nityanand Rai confers a trophy to CRPF personnel at the Passing
out Parade of 52nd batch of DAGOs of CRPF in Gurugram.
KISAN DIWAS
New Delhi: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah,
former PM Manmohan
Singh and Gandhi family
will now be protected by
women commandos of
the Central Reserve Police
Force, apart from the
male contingent provided
to them for security. They
all are Z-plus protectees
of CRPF. This is the first
time the force will deploy
women commandos for
VIP security.
In a first, CRPF
puts women on
VIP detail; Shah,
Gandhis on list
Leaders pay
tributes to ex-
PM Charan
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Haryana’s
Additional Chief Sec-
retary (Health Home)
Rajeev Arora has been
conferred with prestig-
ious SKOCH Public
Service Award. SKOCH
Development Founda-
tion, a not-for-profit
company and an inde-
pendent think tank,
confers these awards to
the country’s Best Per-
forming Civil Servants.
Arora has been at the
forefront in tackling
the Covid-19 pandemic
in Haryana. Under his
guidance, the state took
several innovative
measures to increase
Covid-19 testing and
vaccination. Molecular
Labs have been set up
at the District Hospi-
tals in Haryana, where
tertiary-level health
care services such as
ICU care, ventilators
and NIVP are provided.
To ensure the afforda-
bility for the general
public, he capped treat-
ment cost for Covid in
pvt hospitals. He also
handles home affairs,
jails, criminal investi-
gation and administra-
tion of justice depart-
ments.
New Delhi: On the oc-
casion of the birth an-
niversary of former
PM Chaudhary Charan
Singh which is cele-
brated as
N a t i o n a l
F a r m e r s ’
Day (Kisan
Diwas), De-
fence Min-
ister Ra-
jnath Singh, Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra on
Thursday extended
their greetings to farm-
ers of country. Paying
tributes to Chaudhary
Charan Singh, SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav
on Thursday demanded
Bharat Ratna for the
former PM Chaudhary
Charan Singh. —ANI
Dalai Lama interacts with students of IIM, Rohtak on Thursday.
New Delhi: A day after LoP in the
RS Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu had left it
to the govt and Opposition to resolve
the stalemate over the suspension of
12 MPs from House, and that he said
he “cannot do anything”, RS Secre-
tariat Thursday countered the same. It
also challenged Kharge’s assertion that House was
repeatedly adjourned at slightest disturbance.
New Delhi: The Congress delegation
formed in response to the Nagaland
killings presented its report to Con-
gress interim president Sonia Gandhi
on Thursday. A firing incident by
security personnel earlier this month
killed 14 civilians and resulted in the
death of security personnel in a mob
attack in Tizit of Mon district in Nagaland. Congress
on December 6 constituted a four-member panel.
SUSPENSION OF MPS: RAJYA SABHA
COUNTERS MALLIKARJUN’S CLAIM
CONG DELEGATION SUBMITS REPORT
ON NAGALAND KILLINGS TO SONIA
Rajeev Arora (inset) receives award from Sameer Kochar.

Barmer: A mother
and son died on the
spot after they were
accidentally hit by
a goods train while
crossing a railway
track near Mokalsar
village late on Tues-
day night. On getting
informed police
reached at the spot
and recovered the
bodies. The deceased,
identified as Mamta
and her three-year-old
son Praveen, reaident
of Maylawas village.
Police which the
acident spot said that
they met the accident
while crossing the
track around 9 pm
on Tuesday night. Till
the last report no any
case was lodged, said
police.
MOTHER-SON
CRUSHED TO
DEATH BY
GOODS TRAIN
IN BARMER
TWO PERSONS DROWN IN
FARM WELL IN SIROHI
MAN INJURED AS GOONS OPEN
FIRE OVER LIQUOR SALE DISPUTE
THREE DIE AS BOLERO HITS
MOTORCYCLE IN BARMER
POLICE SOLVE RAPE, MURDER
CASE OF GIRL; ACCUSED HELD
NEWS DIGEST
Sirohi: Two persons were drowned in
a farm well when they were working
inside the well and the
rope they were hang-
ing with got snapped,
in Kailash Nagar
village under Shivganj
tehsil of the district on
Thursday. Barlut police fished out the
bodies of 60-year-old Rawataram and
45-year-old Ramesh Kumar from the
well with the help of the villagers. The
police are investigating further.
Jhunjhunu: Unidentified miscreants
resorted to indiscriminate firing injur-
ing a youth in a farm house situated
in front of a petrol pump on Surajgarh
Road in Buhana town of the district on
Thursday. Dispute over liquor sale is
said to be behind the incident. Accord-
ing to witnesses, more than two dozen
persons packed in four vehicles arrived
in the farm house and started firing ran-
domly. However, Ravindra had a close
shave when one of the bullets passed
by close to his belly, injuring him mildly.
Barmer:Three people, including two
brothers, were died here in a road
mishap took place under Chohtan
police station area in Barmer. Incident
occurred when a motorcycle collided
head-on with a Bolero. In the incident
trio motorcycle rider died on the spot
while Bolero driver escaped. Police have
identified the deceased as Deraj Ram,
Khartha Ram and Veerma Ram.
On getting informed police reached at
the spot and recovered the bodies and
sent the bodies to mortuary.
Jaipur: A girl was raped, murdered
and buried in Tunga area of the capital.
Jaipur East Police has arrested an ac-
cused. The girl was allegedly murdered
because of a love affair. The incident is
of Tunga PS area where Vikram Meena
raped his sister and then killed her and
buried the body. According to police,
on Dec 21, the dead body of a young
woman was found in a field in Siyaka-
bas village. Police identified body and
after preliminary investigation, police
nabbed accused Vikram Meena.
NEWS
07
Govt will raise target of crop
loans’ distribution: Anjana
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan
government will raise
the target of disburse-
ment of crop loan to Rs
23,500 crore in order to
bring more farmers of
the state under the
purview of coopera-
tive crop loans, coop-
erative Minister Udai
Lal Anjana said.
This year, he said,
target has been in-
creased from Rs16,000
crores to Rs18,500
crores and loans worth
Rs13, 878 crores have
been disbursed so far.
He directed officials
that maximum loan
disbursement should
be done by January 31,
2022. In a review meet-
ing of the department
of Thursday, he said a
decision would be tak-
en at a high level to de-
posit the deposited
capital of Krishi Upaj
Mandis, RCDF and Ra-
jfed in cooperative
banks. Managing Di-
rector Rajfed Sushma
Arora apprised about
the progress of the
purchase.
Honest cops get out-of-turn promotion
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: When it comes
to bad press, the police
department has to make
no special efforts. There
is no dearth of fallen
cops who bring disgrace
to the police force. But
not all is gray with men
in khaki. In the past one
year, over 100 policemen
who have done good
work in Rajasthan Police
have been given out-of-
turn promotions. That is
a record in itself.
DGP ML Lather has
said on many occasions
that the policemen who
do good work will be re-
warded. In technical
terms, this is not an easy
task. But after the in-
structions of the DGP,
policemen from differ-
ent districts who either
showed indomitable
courage in crime control
or displayed good work
in the field or completed
administrative tasks ef-
ficiently, were given out-
of-turn promotions by
the PHQ. The out-of-turn
promotions in 2021 in-
cluded 56 constables
(who were promoted as
head constables), 25
head constables (pro-
moted as ASIs), 2 ASIs
(promoted as SIs) and 2
SIs (promoted as inspec-
tors).The speed and mer-
it with which the police
headquarters is taking
decisions regarding pro-
motions have generated
a lot of enthusiasm.
DGP ML Lather himself
is monitoring how the
committee is taking de-
cisions on the proposals
for out-of-term promo-
tion. “If any policeman
is outstanding in his
work, he must get en-
couragement from the
police headquarters,”
said the DGP.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Income Tax
raids on 51 premises of
two groups engaged in
electronics and hotel
businesses continued
on the second consecu-
tive day on Thursday
.
The IT sleuths have
recovered digital docu-
ments pertaining to fi-
nancial transactions,
investment and proper-
ties during the raids
which are being con-
ducted in Rajasthan,
Mumbai and Uttara-
khand. Sources said
that one of the two
groups has connections
in Dubai and hawala
transactions have been
done by the group.
The department is ex-
pecting recovery of
black money and tax
evasion worth crores of
rupees. Raids are being
conducted at 51 loca-
tions, including 25 in
Jaipur, 8 in Mumbai
and one in Haridwar. In
Jaipur, two hotels and
under construction
premises were also
raided apart from other
premises located
in Sitapura, Adarsh Na-
gar and Nehru Bazar.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: In RTI activist
kidnapping and assault
case, Barmer police de-
tained four accused
within24hours.Besides
this, station house of-
ficer of Gida police sta-
tion under which inci-
dent took place has been
removed and sent to
police line. Deepak
Bhargav, superinten-
dent of police in Bar-
merinformedthemedia
persons on Thursday
.
RTIactivistAmraram
Jat, was kidnapped and
assaulted late on Tues-
day night when he was
returning to his home
from Jodhpur.
In his complaint to
the police, victim stated
that after kidnapped
him at an isolated loca-
tion around seven ac-
cused have brutally as-
saulted him. Not only
had this accused also
pierced his legs with
nails.
Later, on getting in-
formed police reached
at the spot. Initially, vic-
tim was admitted at Ba-
lotra government hos-
pital from where he was
referred to higher cent-
er in Jodhpur.
I-T raids on,
many digital
documents
seized
73rd nat’l track
cycling tourney
from today Conductors recruitment:
HC rejects Roadways plea
11 Public Relations
Officers transferred
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The 73rd Sen-
ior National Track Cy-
cling Championship of
Cycling Federation of
India will be held in
Jaipur. Where more
than 700 cyclists from
across the country will
participate.
The championship
will be held from De-
cember 24 to 28 at the
velodrome at Sawai
Mansingh Stadium,
Jaipur. More than 700
cyclists from across the
country will participate
in it. More than 200
women cyclists are also
going to participate in
this tournament.
Om Prakash Sharma
Jaipur: The HC has dis-
posed of the appeal of
the RSRTC regarding
the recruitment of 552
conductors. Hearing
the case on Thursday,
the Division Bench of
CJ Akil Kureshi and
Justice Uma Shankar
Vyas asked the petition-
er to file a review plea
with the single-judge
Bench if it wants.
The court sought to
know that when the
Roadways has told the
single-judge Bench that
it is not going to re-
trench the conductors,
why then they are ap-
pealing again.
After hearing the
pleas over issues relat-
ed to the conductor’s
recruitment drive in
2010, the SC ordered the
Roadways declare the
amended results, ren-
dering 552 candidates
jobless who were select-
ed earlier.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 11 Public Rela-
tions Officers were
transferred in Ra-
jasthan on Thursday
.
Suraj Kumar Bairwa
has been transferred to
disaster management
and relief department,
Jaipur, Sohanlal was
shifted to tribal area de-
velopment department,
Jaipur while Deepak
Dutt Acharya was
transferred to Jodhpur
as deputy director.
Dheeraj Kumar Dave,
Vedprakash Ashia, He-
mant Chhipa, Anil Ku-
mar Shakya, Akanksha
Palawat were trans-
ferred to Nagaur, Ja-
lore, Pali, Ganganagar
and Jodhpur as district
PROs.
Anupriya will take
charge of PRO-Indus-
tries Department,
Jaipur while Sakshi
Purohit will be the PRO
in Jodhpur DISCOM.
Ritu Sodhi has been
made in charge of Ra-
jasthan Information
Centre- Mumbai.
DGP ML LATHER SAYS, THOSE DOING
GOOD WORK WILL BE REWARDED
State police chief ML Lather has said on many
occasions that the policemen who do good work
will be rewarded. In technical terms, this is not an
easy task. DGP ML Lather himself is monitoring
how the committee is taking decisions on the pro-
posals for out-of-term promotion. The out-of-turn
promotions in 2021 included 56 constables (who
were promoted as head constables), 25 head
constables (promoted as ASIs), 2 ASIs (promoted
as SIs) and 2 SIs (promoted as inspectors).
JUDICIARY
Promotion list of 2021: DGP is monitoring panel for such promotions to ensure speed and accuracy
Assault on RTI
activist: 4 held;
SHO removed
Arrested accused Bhupendra Singh,
Khartha Ram, Aadesh Kumar
Ramesh Kumar in police custody on
Thursday. (Inset) Amraram Jat
Satish Poonia
@Dr SatishPoonia
Oops, which democracy is
this? Which and what kind
of government is there, is
there still a Mughal rule
in Rajasthan? Under what
misunderstanding the public
will take account of the pain
of each nail. Chief Minister
who chants the slogan of
democracy for his selfishness
@ashokgehlot51
Do you have any answer
for this?
Udai Lal Anjana holds meeting with officials on Thursday. Also
seen is Sushma Arora

Yes, the world is getting
increasingly complicated but
simple things like kindness and
honesty are forever.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: A young IAS of-
ficer of 2015 batch—
Pooja Parth—is on APO
for the past 40 days.
Pooja was put on APO
from the post of CEO,
Jaipur Zila Parishad on
November 13, 2021 and
as of today, she is the
only IAS officer who is
on APO and at home.
The specific reason
as to why she has been
put on APO has not
been revealed by DoP,
but word is that her
closeness with Jaipur
Zila Pramukh—BJP’s
Ramadevi—did not go
well with the govern-
ment. However, if this
was the case, then she
could have been trans-
ferred and there existed
no reason for putting
her on APO.
Pooja served as JS in
the Finance Depart-
ment and from there, in
April 2021, she was
shifted to the post of
CEO of Jaipur Zila Par-
ishad, where she held a
mere two month long
interaction with BJP’s
Zila Pramukh.
Pooja, a native of
Kota, is the daughter of
a school librarian and
her father coached her
into cracking the IAS
exam as a result of
which she secured 163
rank in the country in
2015. It is thus clear that
she is intelligent and
brilliant. For her six
month term in Finance
Department, she had
displayed exceptional
performance.
But in spite of this, in
her short career of five
years, she had to under-
go the pain of being put
on APO. Not only is this
painful for her, as a per-
son, but it is a develop-
ment that will be dis-
played as a ‘negative-
point’ on her service
record for the entire
career and will be a hin-
drance in her progress.
Those in the know-
how of administration
claim that if at the start
of the career a young
IAS officer is met with
such a behaviour, then
their moral is hit. It is
therefore completely
wrong to put a brilliant
and hard working wom-
an IAS like Pooja on
APO in an arbitrary
fashion. Transfer is a
normal occurrence but
in putting an IAS offic-
er on APO, the DoP
needs to handle this ‘op-
tion’ with more caution!
DoP needs to exercise caution in its ‘option’ to put officials on APO!
YOUNG HARDWORKING IAS OFFICER PUT ON APO
Pooja Parth
Indira Gandhi Urban Credit Card Scheme:
Gehlot exempts stamp duty on loan papers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot took a
sensitive decision to ex-
empt stamp duty on
loan documents issued
by identified banks and
other financial institu-
tions till March 31,
2022, in favor of eligible
persons for purposes
related to Indira Gan-
dhi Urban Credit Card
Scheme.
It is noteworthy that
this scheme was start-
ed to connect the youth
and unemployed, who
are affected by the live-
lihood crisis due to Co-
rona, with self-employ-
ment and to provide
loans up to Rs 50,000 for
their daily needs.
The goal of scheme
is to provide financial
support to hawkers,
rickshaw pullers, pot-
ters, tailors, washer-
men, hair dressers, ma-
sons, painters, without
any need for guarantee
and provide micro-
credit facility for liveli-
hood and self-employ-
ment.
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Six groups of
officers sitting in
Jaipur have been
formed for giving “tips”
to personnel for speedy
disposal of cases in
PSKS campaign. The
groups will hold work-
shops from January 4 to
18 in which the person-
nel will get district wise
training from the offic-
ers. District collectors,
head of the local body,
officers of development
authority/UITs, Nagar
Mitras and observers of
the respective district
will also be present in
the workshops. The
groups will be separate-
ly headed by UDH ad-
viser GS Sandhu, prin-
cipal secretary UDH
Kunji Lal Meena, LSG
secretary Bhawani Sin-
gh Detha, DLB Deepak
Nandi, CTP R K Vijay-
vargiya and JS UDH
Navneet Kumar.
3,000 sq yard govt
land freed
JDA enforcement wing
freed a valuable 3,000 sq
yard govt land from il-
legal possession at Raj
Nagar near Kartarpu-
ra. The market value of
land is over Rs 30 crore.
JDA to repair roads
in JMC Heritage area
JDA will repair dam-
aged roads in the area
of JMC Heritage at cost
of Rs 10.08 crore.UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal gave approval for
the works to be done by
the JDA. The works in-
clude repairing/ renew-
al of roads from Khasa
Kothi flyover to Sanjay
circle, Shastri nagar
circle to Mazar Dame,
Sikar Road dam, near
Ambabari, to Panipech
tiraha and more.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: An impor-
tant meeting on Ra-
jasthan Congress was
held in Delhi regarding
Congress’ membership
campaign. The meeting
was attended by state
in-charge Ajay Maken,
PCC Chief Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra and other
leaders associated with
membership campaign.
45-minute long meet-
ing started in Cong War
Room at 11 am wherein
discussion was held re-
garding two-day train-
ing camp to be held in
Raj. Also, Dotasra ex-
tended an invite to Ran-
deep Surjewala, Sachin
Rao and in-charge Ajay
Maken for training
camp to be held from
Dec 26 to 28. On ques-
tion of appointments,
Dotasra said, “The pro-
cess is going on an-
nouncement is expected
soon. Although it is pos-
sible to have another
meeting before second
list of district heads.”
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The 4 officers
of the Rajasthan Police
Services (RPS) will
soon be promoted to the
Indian Police Service
(IPS) cadre. In a meet-
ing held in the UPSC on
Thursday in this re-
gard, five names have
been approved regard-
ing selection through
promotion from RPS to
IPS.
Out of these, Suren-
dra Singh, Sanjeev
Nain, Narendra Singh,
and Yogesh Goyal will
become IPS while
amongst the other se-
lected names, Satyapal
Midda is also included
however a case is going
on against him in ACB.
Therefore, he will be
promoted only as per
the decision of the case
post which the orders
will be issued.
It is believed that
Satyapal has been se-
lected on a provisional
basis for the reason that
no challan has been pre-
sented against him. At
the same time, 15 names
were sent to UPSC
against five vacant
posts.
Chief Secretary
Niranjan Arya and DGP
ML Lather also attend-
ed the meeting on
Thursday
.
It is worth mention-
ing that Bharatlal Mee-
na has already been
promoted from RPS to
IPS as, after the deci-
sion of CAT, the charge
sheet against him un-
der 16cc was with-
drawn.
FROM P1
Cong Delhi war room
abuzz with talks over
membership campaign
Expert advice! 6 officers to give ‘tips’ on
quick disposal of cases in PSKS camps
RPS to IPS promotion:
4 OFFICERS TO BE
PROMOTED SOON!
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Education
Department has issued orders re-
garding the name of Grade 3 teach-
ers/physical teachers. According
to the new rules issues by the Ra-
jasthan Education Department,
now the Grade 3 teachers/physical
teachers will be known as lecturer
physical education , senior physi-
cal education teacher and physical
education teacher. A month ago,
the then Education Min-
ister Govind Singh Do-
tasra announced
about the name
change for this the
order has been
issued now.
Jaipur: A High-Performance
Training and Rehabilitation
Centre will be set up at SMS Sta-
dium, Jaipur to provide high-
tech-based physiotherapy fa-
cilities to the players. CM
Ashok Gehlot has approved an
additional budget provision of
Rs 8,55,00,000. CM had announced
the establishment of this centre
in the state budget 2021-
22. CM approved
`6,52,00,000 for
establishment,
`2,03,00,000 L
for operation
and mainte-
nance.
NEW NAMES:LECTURER PHYSICAL
EDU,SENIOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION
TEACHER,PHYSICAL EDUTEACHER
`8 CR 55 LAKH APPROVED BY CM
FOR REHABILITATION CENTRE AT
SAWAI MAN SINGH STADIUM
MOTHERS TO GET CCL BENEFIT AFTER JOINING SERVICE
Jaipur: In a sensitive
decision of CM Ashok
Gehlot towards women
welfare, now if any
female govt employee
has delivered a child
before joining service,
she will be able to take
the benefit of CCL after
joining the service and
they will be entitled to
180 days of maternity
leave. Rajasthan is also
ahead in implement-
ing CCL. The state has
been in the forefront
of providing facilities
and welfare to women.
To avail, the concerned
woman will have to
apply for the CCL
benefit within 15 days
of joining the service
and the calculation of
maternity leave will be
considered from 15
days prior to the birth
of child. The age of
child will have to be
mentioned to dept. Spl
Secy Sudhir K Sharma
has approved the file.
BHARATPUR LEADERS CALL ON OM BIRLA!
Bharatpur MP Ranjita Koli, youth leader Kripal Singh Jaghina, Dinesh Bhatra and other BJP youth leaders called on Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Birla in New Delhi on Thursday over their demands for Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency. Birla will be
on a 11-day tour of Kota-Bundi parliamentary constituency from December 26 to January 5. He will inaugurate the Sogaria
railway station on January 5 and will also flag off the Memo train.
Dotasra invites Surjewala, Rao and Maken
for training camp from December 26 to 28
PILOT MEETS MAKEN
Jaipur: Congress leader
and former deputy CM
Sachin Pilot reached 15
GRG in Delhi
on Thursday
and met AICC
gen secy in-
charge for Raj
Ajay Maken.
Pilot congratulated party
candidates for winning
Zila Parishad and Pan-
chayat samiti polls in 4
districts. He congratulated
AICC Secretary Kuldeep
Indora, Urmila Jain Bhaya
and Shimla Devi.
Randeep Surjewala, Ajay Maken Govind Singh Dotasra. —FILE
Shanti Dhariwal
State govt woos Hyd
investors: MoUs, LoIs
worth `40k cr signed
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A Rajasthan
govt delegation led
by 3 ministers show-
cased investment op-
portunities in Raj
during an Investors
Connect programme
at Hyderabad.
Emerging indus-
trial scenario and
investment-friendly
policy framework of
the state were fo-
cused in the program
by commerce minis-
ter Shakuntala Raw-
at, technical educa-
tion minister Dr Sub-
hash Garg and reve-
nue minister Ramlal
Jat.
They held discus-
sions with investors
at Hitech city, Hy-
derabad. In the pro-
gram, Axis Energy,
Semaliya Energy,
Akshat Greentech
and Crochet indus-
tries pvt Ltd, signed
MoUs and LoIs worth
Rs 40,510 crore.
The event organ-
ized with support of
CII arrives was part
of a series of global
outreach programs
of Raj govt planned
ahead of ‘Invest Ra-
jasthan: investment
summit 2022’ going
to be held on 24-25
January in Jaipur.
Industry minister
Rawat said that Ra-
jasthan Government
has created a policy
framework to pro-
mote growth across
all industrial sectors.
Shakuntala Rawat, Ramlal Jat, Dr Subhash Garg and Dr Subodh
Agarwal during an Investors Connect programme at Hyderabad.
Gehlot approves...
and provide certificate
courses and multidisci-
plinary research to the
youth of the state in Ar-
tificial Intelligence, Ma-
chine Learning, Robot-
ics and Virtual Reality,
as well.
This centre has been
envisaged as a high
level institution, in
which latest informa-
tion technology train-
ing programmes will
be conducted for the
youth of the state by
world class IT compa-
nies. To facilitate and
encourage these com-
panies to start their
own training facilities
in the state, CM Gehlot
has given approval to
provide well-equipped
training institutes and
maintenance facilities
free of cost.
Various quality train-
ing courses in three cat-
egories will be conduct-
ed in this institute by
world class IT compa-
nies as training part-
ners.
Surendra Singh
CM Ashok Gehlot
Yogesh Goyal

JAIPUR, FRIDAY
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Facets organised
its first-ever im-
mersive experi-
ence in India, to
connect more with
its people. After
huge success in
America, they are now ex-
panding in India. The rose-cut
reveals the soul of the dia-
mond and by creating fine
rose-cut diamond jewellery,
it celebrates every facet
of the modern wom-
an. Sitting close to the skin,
these diamonds glow delicate-
ly from within, providing a
brief yet intimate glance into
the heart of the wearer.
Held on Wednesday at Ram-
bagh Palace, Jaipur, _La Vie en
Rose_ (Life seen through rose-
colored glasses) was a fun and
never-seen-before
celebration. Brand’s aesthet-
ics and values were
brought to life in the
most immersive expe-
rience by Envelop.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as
the Chief Guest.
It was an invite-only
event with all the social-
ites and elites of the town.
From decor and entertain-
ment to food and mood; every-
thing was heavily inspired
by the rose. The in-
vitees could first and
foremost, explore the brand in
detail and find some of their
finest pieces of rose-cut dia-
mond jewellery on display.
Further ahead, they explored
a whole new world of rose.
The food menu had a whole
section of French desserts
honouring rose. An exquisite
and exclusive drink was con-
cocted, which was a toast to
their Rajasthan (India) roots
and an ode to their in-
ternational presence.
A rose wine, brewed
exclusively by a Royal
family of Rajasthan,
was the main ingredi-
ent. A fine martini was
curated out of it, cele-
brating the internation-
al culture. Inspired
from the old European
culture of storing jewel-
lery, a musical in Bal-
lerina Box, a life-size
box was curated for
the event, from which
ascended finest balle-
rinas and the music
team. Leaving every-
one spellbound, it in-
deed was the highlight
of the evening. Through
the event, people experi-
enced the brand’s
world with a stun-
ning, rose-tinted
perspective. The
whole immersive ex-
perience generated
buzz-worthy impressions
for the brand. More on P10
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64 Facets
celebrated a
glittering
timeless and
glamorous
facets in the
most fun style
revealing life
seen through
rose-colored
glasses and
never-seen-
before
celebration held
at Rambagh
Palace on
Wednesday!
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
64
Jagdeesh Chandra with Rishee, Suman,
Lokesh , Neeru, Lalit and Radha
Neeru Soni and Toshi Vijay
(Clockwise) Neeta Ramlakhani,
Pearl Agarwal and Swati Gehlot
The ravishing collection by ‘64 facets’
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
The gorgeous
Ballerina

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ETC
64Facets is a family-owned and operated ‘global fine jewellery business’
with operations in New York, London, Hong Kong, Jaipur Mumbai.
Currently carried at 9 Neiman Marcus locations in the United States,
along with independent retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, 1stdibs,
Stanley Korshak and Bahrain Jewellery Centre; the brand is
expanding to various locations in Europe as well. City First brings
to you some more glimpses!
SCINTILLATING EVE!
Jagdeesh Chandra with Rishee Miglani, Suman Soni, Kavita Chauhan, Pearl Agarwal, Lalit Soni and Lokesh Sharma
Suman, Lalit, Jai, Neeru and Priyanka Navdeep and Manushree
Gaurav and Medha Sonal and Himanshu Maanya with a guest Shailendra Singh Sisodia, Lalit Soni and Suman Soni
Shekhar, Madhu, Sanjay and Yash
Richa, Suruchi and Anshita
Radha, Arshad and Sadhna Garg
Guests captured in a candid moment
Pallavi Aggarwal Shreya
Natasha
Singh
Chauhan
Swati and Anshita caught in a candid moment
(L-R) Swati Oberoi, Rekha Kapoor
and Indu Dhull
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Manushree

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SANTA BABIES
If you walk around the streets, it’s common to find a kid or two dressed in the Santa Claus’ attire and why not it is the
most amazing time of the year and we should celebrate it in the happiest manner possible. City First brings to you
glimpses of Santa babies caught on camera shared by our readers from Rajasthan, Ahmedabad, UP and Delhi!
t is the most
a w a i t e d
time of the
year and the
Christmas
cheer is vis-
ible every-
where. People have
been baking cakes,
if not baking buying
probably, Christmas
trees are all set, the
great star that led
the Magi to baby
Christ is shining,
which, reminds me
of babies. The little
Santa babies are all
decked up to con-
quer this season.
The cute little
cherubs with their
bright smiles and
playful eyes remind
us of how Christ
would have been as
a baby. Let’s cele-
brate the spirit of
Christmas with the
Santa babies exclu-
sively shared by our
readers!
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
I
I couldn’t help but
wonder what baby Shawn
Sarilla must be thinking
dressed as Santa, ‘Have
I been a good boy, will
Santa give me gifts/’ Not
sure about Santa but
everyone else after seeing
his cute chubby face
certainly will.
Daksh Gupta with his minion like
smile doesn’t fail to attract eyeballs
from everywhere. The cute little
baby looks more like an elf who is up for
some kind of mischief.
Some habits never
change, Siddhisa who
looked like a cute little
baby as a Santa, gets
excited every year to
celebrate this season and
deck up in the colours
of this season, red and
white.
Armaan has landed straight from his
sleigh with scintillating lights in the
background, he has presented the gifts
and is ready to surprise everyone, or, so
it seems.
Proclaiming the crown of Miss Santa
Fashionista Claus, Sanvi happily whirled
her skirt as she cheered for the most
awaited season of the year. Dashing
through the snow!
Little Devang who failed to smile for
the shutterbugs looks like an innocent
soul, reminding me of the lyrics of the
famous Christmas Carol: Silent Night,
‘Sleep in Heavenly peace’.
Surely the brothers Vikhyat and
Veohm couldn't decide who would be
Santa this year and they decided that
they are going to share the responsi-
bility. Coming up with sweets and gifts and
joy this season are the coolest Srivastava
brothers.
Sanvi Agarwal
Vikhyat and Veohm Srivastava
Devang Gupta
Armaan Patni
Shawn Sarilla Siddhisa Bareth
Daksh Gupta

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
T
he latest Ra-
jasthani song,
Gorband, sur-
faced on the
internet and has
been making a big
buzz featuring
Sawai Bhatt and
Himani Dave. The
song was
released on Tuesday on the
official YouTube channel
of Sawai Bhatt. Sawai
Bhatt rose to fame with
Indian Idol 12. Cur-
rently playing among
the top singers of Ra-
jasthan, he started from a
small village called Gach-
hipura and led his journey
afterwards. He has also
produced four block-
buster hits with
Himesh Reshammiya.
Whereas, Himani Dave,
an international model
and actress hailing from
London, has taken on the
journey as she prepared
herself as the desi girl
around the streets of Ra-
jasthan. An epitome of
beauty and grace, Himani
takes the role of a Rajastha-
ni tribal girl exquisitely
. In
an exclusive interview with
City First, Himani shared,
“First of all, I’m very hon-
oured to work with THE top
artist, Sawai Bhatt, he is
very hardworking, plays
more than ten instruments
and I really want everyone
to support this incredible
artist. Gorband is a song
about a camel, representing
Rajasthan. Two songs com-
bined in one and it’s sung in
a very traditional and the
singer’s style.”
GORBAND-MELODY OF CULTURE
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirstdel@gmail.com
CITY FIRST
resented by
aspiration,
the pop-up
show with se-
lective de-
signers, Vel-
vet began on
Wednesday at
the Hilton,
Jaipur. The
e x h i b i t i o n
shall con-
clude today.
Models dis-
played the
various de-
signs as
Gaurav Gaur
curated the show.
Owner Shalini
Agarwal also ap-
preciated the
plethora of de-
signs and ar-
ticrafts. The
models were
dolled up with
makeup and
hairstyling by
Jassi Chabra
from Shades.
The event
was much
adored by
f a s h i o n
bloggers,
and de-
signers.
Mr and Miss Pinkcity
M
odels from various cities of
Rajasthan showcased their
talent at the grand finale of
the state-level beauty pag-
eant Mr and Miss Pinkcity Season 5,
organised by Verma Events and En-
tertainment at Raj Aangan resort
MansarovarJaipur.Around1000mod-
els, both male and female participat-
ed. Out of whom, 34 models from the
age group 16-27 years, were selected
for the grand finale. Gaurav Verma,
the organiser, mentioned that audi-
tions were divided into three rounds
this season. Models will be given sev-
en days of grooming before the finale.
Other events included Yoga and
Meditation sessions, Portfolio shoots
etc. The dressage collection was given
by Prateek Verma, Rajveer Rathod,
and Vijay Butati, with Kalpana Jilani
giving the makeover. The judges of
this event were Fashion Designer
Karan Vig, Mr Pinkcity 2018 Milan
Kumar, and Mrs India Universe Globe
2019 Kanchan Solanki. The chief
guest of the event was Mukesh Saini,
MD, Raj Aangan Resort. —CITY FIRST
EVENT!
The members of BNI Jaipur Titan participated in the second chapter of the Speed Networking
Motivational, Collaboration and Development Seminar titled Beyond Business 2.0 program on
Wednesday at Hotel Marriott. Saurabh Singhvi, President, BNI Titan said that Mahendra Soni
IAS, Transport and Road Safety Commissioner, Government of Rajasthan was the chief guest
of the seminar. In the program, more than 150 businessmen, industrialists, architects, doctors
and entrepreneurs of different categories networked among themselves in seminars and
focused on business motivation, collaboration and development.
CHRISTMAS BELLS AT RAJPUTANA!
T
he coveted ITC
Rajputana Hotel, Jaipur
is introducing festive
greetings by its gourmet shop -
Nutmeg. Patrons can celebrate
everything with delightful gift
hampers for their loved ones.
They can have a memorable
festive season with delectable,
lavished and delightful flavours
created specially to celebrate
joy and cheer. Their delicious
hampers start from INR 999
and are prepared with utmost
hygiene. The restaurant also
customises desserts, taking
into consideration allergies of
the guests. From plum cakes to
tarts, puddings to cookies, the
menu has a lot to offer.
—CITY FIRST
WHAT’S HAPPENING!
Jaipur District Kickboxing
Association (JDKA)
hosted the Rajasthan
State Kickboxing
Championship, 2021 at
Royal Haveli, Murlipura
on 12 December. Anika
Sharma, a class 7 student
of Dharav High School,
Jaipur won a Gold Medal
in the - Junior Cadet age
(10 -12 years, Weight 37
kgs, Girls Point Fight). The
Principal, Seema Sehajpal
congratulated her on the
occasion.
Abhishek Soni
with his latest
achievement has
made everyone
proud. His name
has been registered
in the Influencer
Book of Records for
solving maximum
questions of
trigonometry at
the age of 21.
He is currently
writing a book on
Mathematics and its
Uniqueness.
P
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Sawai Bhatt and Himani Dave
A still from the song
Shubdha Panwar, Sapna Bundwal,
Neelanjana Jangid,Divisha Paliwal,
Tanu Choudhary, Megha Shyam,
Vishakha Mathur, Aanchal Ajaipal,
Soumya Goyal and Rewati Upadhay
Sapna Bundwal
Rewati Upadhyay
Vishakha Mathur
(L-R) Harsh Sharma, IAS Mahendra Soni, Akshay Goyal and Harpreet Bagga
The stunning models
During the event
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